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CONGRKSr?. — rhe Senate further considered the currency question, with speeclies bj Messrs rulberson and N- Ison; the bill to revise the criminal latrs was SS ed. ===== H<ra» :In the debate on the army appropriation bill Mr. Dal r»ll cf Pennsylvania, made a strong defence af the policies of the R< publican I irty, and was loudly applaudeu. FOREION. — The Bouse of Commons* adopted •K-jthout division a resolution urging the rov *rnmcnt to do all in Its power to bring about UK speedy transfer of control of the Congo Independent State, and. in case of failure, as surtaa; the gx>vernni«m of support In any meas m*» taken by <;rcat Britain alone or in con junction Tviui th<» powers which signed tbe Berlin act. Queen Wllhelinina and Prince Henry of Holkuid had a narrow escape from l>einc killed by an «-]ectri<- tar which ran into the phaeton which tbe prince was driving:. ===== Advices from Vienna say that the government highly appr«-ciatos Great Britain's attitude tow ard Austria in the Balkans, but fears serious results of an attempt to appoint a permanent povernor in Macedonia. = Thefl of mer rtouidfse. valued at millions of dollars, were discovered on Moscow railways, causing a sharp drop ill the shares of these lims. Tli. j Russian Emperor received 3l'O members of the Douma, uud urged the passai of the govern mem - measures for ■btts rian reforms. - Ex-President Soto of Honduras died In Paris. ■ President* Pardo and many Peruvian of jicials attended a ball for the American officers st the NadonaJ Club. DOMESTIC. — In an adur<-.sp to educator? in Washington President Roosevelt urged the im portance of character tratning [the inculca tion of the dignity of labor. ■' The Senate at Albany, bj a vote of M to 1?. refused to ....... Kelsey a.« Superintendent of In- Burance. , . Upon ai.plication of the M ercan tile Trust Company of NTew York a receiver r« a^ appointed In Fort Worth. T« x., for the In ternational & Great Xorthern Railn a Gould line. — The President transmitted to ♦."oncresp the ... <>f the Inlanri Waterways Cornmis'-'on, wlt!> h message commending the r'.Cf»rrm«>rj<lations. ' ' Secretary Taft acted e< toastmaster at a dinner of thf 'nlversity Club In WashlrMgton. --=z- The Texas Supreme Court «-on_fir-m o fl the d^ri 1 -!"!! of the low <t courts ruftinc the Waters^Pierce Oil Company from the <-t2T« and a.sses-?ing dmiHCfs of $1. €00,000. CITY. — Stocks w»re dull nv><\ rteady. r=r=r^ Mrs Paul H. Roy t^ld how h~r husband shot her brorrier sst N»win™t<>n. N. 11. in Jainiar>-. The McAd^o jnhp<s under xhf Hudson to Hoboken c~\d a rnFhing business on their •■'..■ -.. — — I» -IVS.E r"r^>rt«>fl that th*> p!;'n of the Oriental Bank? directors io turn over its isets to the Metropolitan Trust Company would ro through :' .•■ A brakeman wi a New "yv<rk Central *reisht uas 1;i!l^d and a dreman was badly in jured in 3 r<~ar-<=nri collision n^ar Bartow station! =-■ - Th<> Armenian j>;io?t c}\nrso<l with black nail testified yesterday that the Turkish go-i *mment v.*y cosapellinß his friends t«> appear #ig3i^. cT him in the iiunchakist case. — Chairman Stevens of th» Public Service Com xnlESkm nt the 2rj L»i«trict roTit-nd>-d in a letter That th» commission had ihe risrht to fix railroad rE*«=? - "Dreakdown" service was the sub lect Investigated at the first s^ss-inn of the Pub iic Service Commission's inqtiir>- into ♦Jortric Vrht r-->mpaT>irv:. . An 'ir.irirnttfiod tvoman yimp*><i in froni «'f n subway train nd was ground to rteaih. THK WEATHER.— lndications for to-day: Fair arid colder. The t-Turierature yesterday: Hisrhe's-f. 4<; dfgr^r:": lowest. 31. TUi: VTATEIIWAYS REPORT. Presi<i«TiT Itoosevolt's transmission t.-, Con r"" ywkerdnjf of t!i<* |treluninarv repofi iif the Inland tt*at«*rways • 'onuuiwion |in4tabl opeus >■ r^w «haiitor in legislation for the develop mect of our aucwd natural resources ;uu] tin; creation of new sources of public weniih. This noastxj li.i* readied a -■.)•< e oDomieally nt ■nhi'-b it inusl !*-£in •;;•)»• liood of j!i,' waste fulness "f i,,i<t nietljrxls of <!<»alii!c with tiM natural , ■■- and appliances whlcn sustain Hv flizaTion We hav« Inherited mu\ followed i<> a anss>e>uuß oxtent tii«* aborisioe'a iiid!JT«Tonco to the d«v<l= of tbo Mm and liis r<s-klf»ss use of tb*' pesouren of th* present. Setting out wiih the purpose «>f eubduln^ :t n<-w -•';•..■ hevr- bVousnt too ir>u<b of utilizing and Mnploy inc to <>xliaustion our ttura resources and too littl** of conserving tb^ni in the Interest of BJ*- (Sjeansttj generations. Tl;e pubtie now ■.<■.-< ii,-.t it- is time io call n h«lt ami to temiier our p<»i icy, cf stibjupration and unlimited (inniedlate sa tv itii .soine forethought For the future! Tbe nation tins been wasteful hi two wnys. On tLf one Laud j? has alienated to private use hixl t<» practical destruction rait areas of tim ber, mai and mineral lands which should have b^fii bc!«l intact as a iu<*ssur«» of public prbtec .taon. Tfce deforestation of tbo areas i!t which water ?'jj!j.lio«< luust Ik- accumulated has led io tho deterioratiou «>f our rivers :is sources of f;o\vor aud irrigation and ;«< channels of cotu njerce. .Flood eeasons, causing eoonuous aunual Issat 1 * an* fallowed 1.. drouth m-isouv when riHvijratiofi i« ia:ni<- impossible, aud th« uudue «-ntsio:i of the s:«il has [nijMyeris-hcd fertile a; ricaltnral lands and fined ihe Im^; s of t!i<r water <-ours«'S with s.iil dejiosits. We have allowed a vicioiis <-ir<-l<* to !/«' forn«il. each neglect .',,,; ins io cM^hasLßetheTiadeffeetabf all the otLeri To brrat the circle there must '■• rrforniatbfy ■etkm .-.' ■!! [loutu Th«« t"i.'st< luu^t '■■■■ re aaaar**! conservins tli»: tfasber •u; ply. and tUi-y Ui turn trial tiil the river: bsda, diminish cs tremes of flood and drouth and multiply the ase of the rivers for purposes sC irricatio-.. power and navigation. Harmonious develop ment of t!ie forests and rivers aud the creation of Ihousands of miles of new waterways wi'l vastly increase the facilities of agriculture, COtß merce an.l manufacture ami make the country as a whole immensely richer and stronger. It Is cianirriTiß by the most intelligent man» srers tliat railroads can no longer be built fast enough to meet the demand for trssßfJortation. The railroads will have all they can do to serve the portions af the country deprived of water transportation and to act as auxiliaries t.. water traffic The population of the United States will probably reach 130.000,000 within the nexl four decades, and its expanding traffic require ments can be satisfied only by turning to the river aud inner coastwise systems for means of transporting freight. We have, as the lnianl Waterwavs Commissioß points .a-., twenty-fire thousand miles of navigated riveTh ana twenty live thousand miles liore of rivers whl.h are navigable or capable of belug made navigable. Beside* there are tweuty-tive hundred eiiiea of navigable canals and more than twenty-live hundred miles of coast line inner waters eapahl of being connected by short link canals. By a IftTMICli system uf improvement nearly every part of the Union could he brought into water connection with every other part aud an e.v ehange of products effected at ■ na«rb lower average cost than is possible now. The rvport of the waterways commission is. of. course, tentative, lor the vasl scheme of cou servation aud development which it suggesta wiii have to be worked out gradually and eare fully. But i: is highly desirable that a begin ning should be made. The President Is entitled to great credit for his leadership In tbe B»ove inent for the conservation of our natural re sources. It must lie ranked high among hi> many notable public services. IBE ii! D6OX RIl ER Tl W/.7 >. Practical observation of the Hudson River tunnels on tbe nrst day of their regular opera liou causes many favorable toipressious. The .smoothness aud. comparative uoiseiessness i>! traction and the superb ventilation seem to leave nothing to !>e desired, Long and deep as the bores are, and of course quite destitute of openings s. (V e al the ends, the air is fresh and pure al everj point, more than in the subway. which has resorted to Uie objectionable expe dient of tr.itis!oi:i!ln^ sidewalks overhead Into gridirons. This is doubtless largely duo to the construction of the tunnels In two entirely separate tubes, each only a little larger in diameter than the cars, Bo that each train acts .-is a pis;<>!i in pushing Old the air before and drawing In fresh »lr behind it. The tunnel liuint: and the walls and ceilings of the stations are t!'»i as pretentious or as ornate as those in the subway, but they are satisfactory. The massive columns and the plain masonry roof are dignified and appro priate. The platform walls are unhappily dis figured with advertising posters, lair much less than those in tbe subway, for instead of hav ing nightmare-like yellow tin frames nailed against encaustic tiles tbe placards are simply pasted fiat in sunken panels ma Le for the pur pose. It may be a question whether the signs should be There at all. but certainly if 'hey are t o be there the Hudson tunnel method of placing th«m is Incomparably preferable to that in the subway. Tbe ears, which after all are of most concern to the public, are a decided improvement upon those i'i the subway. They are obviously tire proof, since th«\v contain no wood or other combustible material of any kind save tbe. seat coverings, leather straps and signal ropes. Tbe solid concrete Boors of cars and platforms are not only [':. fireproof. but are doubtless far more cleanly and sanitary than wooden tioor* and wooden grating*. The division of seats may or may not lessen the tendency to crowd-: in-! but it will certainly check the "Move along there!" abomination, while the upright posts are a happy thought for the convenience and safety of passengers standing or walking through Hie cars while the train is In motion. It is gratifying to see that in addition to px ceptionnlly wide end doors the cars are pro vi.i.d with central side doors, such as were adopted at The Tribune's urging many years aso on the Brooklyn Bridge and such as this 1,,,,,,.,. has since recommended for elevated railroad and subwaj cars. However much the tunnel cars may be crowded, exit from them is »]!•<• to be far easier and more expeditious than i from those of tbe subway. On the whole, then, we must regard these pioneer Hudson Klver tunnels as constructed land . pipped in a praiseworthy manner which marks an advance upon anything of the kind which this public has had before and which '■ Is in a hish degree creditable to the projector? and managers of the enterprise'. Such routes I of travel will not only bring tlie northeastern i parts of N>w Jersey much nearer to this city In point of time, but they will also make ; transit to and from them actually more picas i ant than thai between this city and any other of its suburbs — a conaideratioij which strongly bespeaks the need of transit improvements in other directions. THE BALKA\ PERIL. The British Secretary of State for Foreign Vffairs Is far too serious and responsible a statesman to say what he did on Tuesday c"i cernlns the situation in the Balkan Peninsula unless matters there were iudeed in a critical condition, lie would not have reminded the House <<f Comiuoiw that the Turkish questiou, of which the Macedonian question is simply a part, had more than once led to a European war unless in bis judgment, which is always i-alni and conservative, there was measurable danger of another such «rar. The powers, i-'i said, were rapidlj nearing a poiul at whicii their "concert" must be cither justified or stul tified. Hiv.iiim;. . justification is to be etVc iii one of only two ways. The Porte must yield to the demands of the concert, or must be coerced. If the reforms prescribed by t!ie powers for Macedonia were honestly wrought and ■■■- povernor of ability uud character ap proved by the powers were apjioiated. tbe prob lem might be solved, sir Edward Grey appar ently did iiot Bfieculate ou the chances of the l'oii s ilms yielding to the concert, but the world knows well how reluctant it has always l»een to yield to the (iiaour and how resource ful it bas been in postponing the necessity for yielding. The present situation ksed i*eseuts a strik ng pxamide of this Ottoman faculty. Long at;j the powers [leremptorilj — as it seemed — pre scribed certain ■!u'i iii- and iiujxtrinnt reforms in the admiuistration of Macedonia. The Porte did uol refuse them. It did uot fiout them, But on various pretexts it delayed their execu tion. They have never yet lieeu executed. and the late of Macedonia is to-day probably worse than It was before the reforms were ordered Some time ago it became evident that simple .je!,t\ would not much longer avail and that some new scheme must be resorted to. It is not, of course, io be .supposed that Barou von Aehrcnthal's railroad policy In the sandjak of N'ovi Bazar was suggested by the I'orte. but it is certain thai tbe Porte could have wished and could have planned u<» wore effective diversion i'i its f v.;r than that which was caused by the announcement ■•: thai policy. Instantly the attention of Kurope was drawn away froni on pressed Macedonia '■>> the eonmietvlal ambitioi and rivalrlea of Austria-Hungary and Kussia, and vital seeds of suspicion aud disseus among the powers were planted in a .s^ii Hrhk-li has a habit of jrielding hundredfold returas. The Hungarian plan is to extend the railroad which u w runs us far as BeraJfSfj io DUTY TRIBI NK, THIKSDAV, FEBRIARY 27. 1908. Bosnia down tliroueh the sandjak of Novl Bazar to Mitrovitea; then- lo connect with the roau which already runs from the latter pace through Macedoula to Salonlca. Turkey has of coarse, given her conseiit. Hw would 11ll ' t * done that if for no other reason than to pro mote envy H-:ilous.v and discord aaMMg the powois. Of the right of the dunl t**m^ r« build such ■ road, ttnJer tke TivM.v of Berlin, (here <; hi be little dowbt That the buUdiug aiM operation of it would materially conduce to the restoration and iuaiiitvuan<o of order la Mace douia is not to be douhtetl. But tt..-'f is still in existence an agrwiuent between Ausiria-llun gary and l.ussla tbitt neither of them will lfiak.! any forwanl movement in the Balkans wlthotii the co-oiK-nttioii or ai h'Mst hV assent of iht> other. That jijrriM'uient has thus far operateu somewhat as did the unhappy Clayton Bulwer treaty in Central Auiorl.-an affairs, in a dog-t«» the^uauger fashion; Now I'aissla coiupluliH that Austria-Ilungafy is vlolal that agree ment, and demands either thai Ine Austro- Ilangarlaiii scueme shall be aharidouwl or th'.t she litnst'lf shall he iiermltted to build a conn terraillug line from Nisch. wlience there lh al ready a rood to the Danube connecting with lines through Kuiiuiuia to Kussla. through Ber via, .Miictiloiihi and Montenegro to Uulclguo on the Adriatic, crossing the existing. Vienna*'o,i irantinople liue at Niseli uud the proposed new Auatro-Hungarisn line at Prlatlaa. It is not kii<rwu whettier the Msetti of Seivla. Turkey and ICiMiteiiegTo has been secured for such a road. If it lims. or shall be, no reason is ol> vious why ltussiu should not be permitted lo build Ihe road. Bnl whai is desirable is that tl.es,- Intel": Dational commercial and other rivalries shall noi be permitted to break the concert "t the powers or to delay the mocb. needed work of reform in IOUg sofferittg Itaeedoula. ami it i* highly auspicious thai the British goyernmt'ut, which stands entirely aloof fr"6ni T these rallrond schemes, is ai>parentlf commltteuT to the policy of seriously aud effectively Insisting upon those reforms. It probably could not In exist ins cir cumstances alone compel their enforcement. But it eau and apparently will hold the con cert up io its engagements and duties ainl com pel It to determine whether it is to be Justin". or Muliirled. even though the latter alternative ii.is.iit. as Sir Edward tirey warned Parliament, give rise in nusunderstandiugs which it is im possible to foretell — a diplomatic and cautious way of Raying that the failure of the concert would mean chaos. The reassuring feature of the case is that the powers seem to realize the portentous gravity of the situation. If they do ir should be Incredible that any of them would provoke, or would fall to do everything possible to avert and to prevent, a catastrophe. BROWNSVILLE. S>> many Brownsville resolutions were voted on last Tuesday l>y the Seuate Committee on Military Affairs that the net result seems to have mystified not a few commentators. The main issue was presented in both its negative and positive forms, und the vote on one form of presentation differed widely from the vote on another. The most direct opposltea were the resolutions offered by Mr. ForaUer aud hy Mr. J.otlße. Tlie Ohio Senator submitted his conten tion that the evidence proved that noue of Hie soldiers of the three companies stationed at Brownsville had hud a band in '*sbootlng up" the town. This was rejected hy 11 votes to •J. Mr. Bulkeley voting with Mr. Poraker. Mr. Lodge's resolution declaring that the sbootins \\;is .join" by some of the soldiers belougiug Iu the garrison was adopted by 8 votes to 1. Messrs. Foraker, Scott, Hemenway and Bulke ley opposing It. Mr. du I'out, who withheld liis vote on this phase of the question, wanted to hav«- the declaration of responsibility apply to only one of the throe companies In the garrison. On the exonerating' Foraker resolution six Ite publlcan and ti\e Democratic Senators repudi ated the theory that the soldiers at Browns ville were noi implicated in the shooting. In the inculpating declaration that certaiu uniden tiiied members of the garrison were Implicated tive Democratic und four Republican Senators Joined, with four Republicans roting no. in other words, the Senate committee, igno" inp; party lines, found by a large majority that the exact stale of facts existed on whiih th- War Department and the President had been forced to act It Indorsed the practically un avoidable conclusion that the garrison as a whole could not have played a passive nud in nocent role in the transaction and that the of fenders to be dealt with, though unidentified, were to be found In tbe ranks of the '_'.">tii Infantry. OEXERAL BIXGHAM'S CHARGE. General Biugham made us sensational a charge of failure against the police us has ever been uttered when he said at the dinner of the Police Lieutenants' Benevolent Association at the Waldorf on Tuesday aigbt: There are two p!.T-,-s -.\ltlnn half a mile ol where we are now where any crime from ih> lowest io the greatest can be bought for money, and I know it. and many of you men know it, and know the places, no doubt, and l can't touch them under present conditions, and i say thai to all New York, nnl I will prove it if they will give me the opportunity. That's one reason I want soni" secrei service money. The Commissioner Implied that this scandal existed because of the alliance between politics and crime. Elow can It be that be knows. positively enough to make public utterance of his knowledge, that two places exist where • rime is bought and sold, and how can he know as his words seem to imply, the situa tion of liiosc resorts and yel not l>e able to suppress them? If the Commissioner is so clear regarding his facts a^ his words indicate he should take the public more fully into his confidence, lie should lei it know more exactly what lie has in mind, and if he can convince ii that au\ ■-ucli shocking condition exists he will aroii>e enough iudiguatioii in tbe community to give him whatever force be regards as necessary to wipe out the evil. Vague charges of a k.mis.-i ttonal sort have been s^ often made in the past about the alliance oi politics, vice and crime that nothing can be accomplished merely by such a statement as General Bittgham has made. New Yorkers. Inured to ihem. will wait for proof, and cynically dismiss them If evi dence is not forthcoming. If thej are uot backed up they will not help the Commissioner in obtaining the additional men he needs, hut will only Injure the pity's reputation through o\n the country and the world, being; quoted everywhere as au official rtateiuenl that crime i< freely iKHigbl and -<>ld In New Vork. the SII'REME rouirrs lOXORiWE. Mr. ftompers takes tbe receut labor decisions of the Supreme Court lii the spirit of n pulloMo pher. Thi attitude of the jud^is is due to simple Ignorance. "The language oj the de cision," he writes in "The Federationlst/' •makes it clear that the Supreme Court has not informed itself upon modern economics." Men who are brought up on Mill and the classical writers might be expected to enter tain such old fogy notions as the Supreme Court does, iiui If the judges had only studied Marx iiinl Gompers tbej would have betrayed no sucli laiueiiialili- uiie.ullghtenint*nt. We all know what tht* World o\\vs to Mi Gompers as ih. Inventor of his simple remedy for paniCK l'.ui that is by no means all that Mi-. (Jumpers has contributed to economics, ftir in his exposure of the Kupreme Court's Igno ranee he throws new li::lit upon the question of "restraint of trade.* The court held that When the boycotting hatters threatened dealers if they bought LBtjTS & Co.'s liats and co eresd them Into refraining from doing so they were restruLniDg truUe. Such a yie.w, o( course, mI1( .tMd crlttoal examination by a ***** economic, and Mr. Ootnp« H"«* '" rl<|(l f i, Hou- MB th.Mv be »uy restraint of trade when, as be points out. t!..- a.-tlou of tl.« >;"'''; i,, prrv.ntin,- »h, snlo of 1,,.V,-, »nts -..I nc^ -nsuli In fewer iMlti t.,tn^ i.mvhnH-«l h\ jtne •Voniiunuli.VV Hats .onilt.uo.l t<» w.-:.roi.t J»s as If ttfe boycoti lukd n.v.-. l»e*u .1.-.iu.v.l. MM .„„:, >.hv mii I*? i^v-'v, |: ;;' tl hv«vs -1.,..,, it may fnlrly b« .i....i,i.-.i. i..-> . wheth.4 mi.- loss bnt wnji iwugW or MldjA^ caiise or Hi.- boycott, CH wlinl Iniportnncc \m t t tlie pubJli M loiiK «h «>...« ,-un i"'.y h hat just as uhuul xv1.,i1...r ..,- no Igw n.nk, «n,l s,ll .h.-ir product.} TkodIWNWJ between the iSnubiiry llrm «>"« «i« batte» lUiJl>ll „-,,,.. or ,<„„>,. ■ |.rl»H^ '■■■"'■'; w1,1,1, il.r •ountry bml no ImwlHwh to ntcrfere «,!;! L..M .;«v.. ....,,.,„,. "r»-^" r »-^- (i ;; 1 ; I1( ,t beca so lMiiu.ntnl.ly l«nor«!»t of w.uomic iii r ';:;:,;„,. I.«h ««py rev^ jjg S poii.i,,. 0,0n0.,,y la tbe 5:,.,,- dlr.-t . , ' which he wookl r.-vis,. Ibr law- ol the nation. Inhor ls no, to b,:.r Its hire « ggg josses On 1 ."tmry. the only Wlfctj HM £ k,,plnc w.^ u,,. Let Int^l -at- .II an l etl»rotlts,llsap,»'nr. l.nt ,lon t jUghwaig <:o too if n .•nplt.-.llst uses ,rH si.nilnr to those o , 'i iH.^s »ia«t,rs to Eu-lwl? the product. ::; •„:».,!,..• Hon. ,b, nmrk.-t —^;--;::; t of tra«l.> Wli.-n lac un lon* <!<• »<> it W nm. T h , unions ,nn ,lu no wron, 'ITey »re t^ privileged .lass imder H,, prim-lpl-s ol -»jd iSllilSifii rUlle,^ rl«s« .ind« tl..- town of the nai , Court f; „■;„ .i iu Us present dense iui<i pltlablr IgiuTiiiu-e of tli.- M.->v .v..nou.y. There are a good many "P."." taklng^he name by It-eJf. and similarly a good mam "Tin,*." and also an equally lar^ n,.mHer of char!eß .- But when the "Pats and tlu. ••Tin"" and the •Oha.l.es" «r« all mentioned to g«a»« in one breath, as waa do«. by .•—oral Nirigham, are there many <«f lh*m? M last proofs are forthcoming lo show that as woman becomes mor* nearly emancipated she becomes less fitted for domestic life. Terrible a- thought cannot Its truth in he face of the latest lnve.sti atlon launched by the Women's Municipal league. The plan Is to dls cover some method of purifying dishwater so that patrons of public tables may be spared the rear of contracting Rerm diseases. Sterilizing so lutions will be ncocted and tested. PtatistWs Will be compiled about ti.- geographical distnbu tlon and frequency of microbe* on plates and forks Perhaps half a doaen magazine articles will be evolved before some mere man butts Into the emancipated conclave with the suggestion that thorough rinsfng with boiling, soapy water will send most of the wicked germs either to Nirvana or else down the drain pipe, and that anybody who cant get the better of the fewsar vivors is bound to die soon anyhow. Being emancipated from dishwater has its disadvan tagesa. in the general rejoicing over the Hudson River tunnels Is it forgotten that they were built by that bated and proscribed thing, private ,-apl tar > Would it be any more painful to have a subway constructed in Manhattan by private capital? The answer to 'The New York WorWs" fa mous question, -What ii a Democratr has been made Infinitely more difficult by the evident In clination of the disputants to sing -My Coun try "lis of Thee," as if the hymn were an invo cation to their own private real estate holdings. Democracy becomes an esoterie concept when its leading exponents become such strict construc tionlsta that "my people" means ••people be long ing to me.- and "My BQOdnessr-mea^ My private sto. k of virtue!" We do not think it fair to obfuscate .still more -The World's" classical an.l wellnlgh insoluble question by complicating the political theory of private and government ownership. THE TALK OP THE />tV. The Imperial post of Austria has Issued the jubl lee B tamps comraemoratlye of the sixtieth >ear of the reign of Fran* Josef. There are elgni stamps, and these form a miniature portrait gallery of .even of \.^triri-s rulers. The stamp of the lowest denomination^one hellcr^-bears the portrait of Charles IV Maria Thereala's picture is« on the 2 heller stamp. an3 Joseph 11. Leopold Tl. Franz ana rdinand on the 3, 6. 12 and 20 heller stamps respectively. The »-heller stamp has a portrait of Franz Josef as he appeared when he ascended the throne sixty years ago. ami the 5-hfHer stamp lir&rs the profile portrait of the Emperor which was taken shortly before his receni Ulness. -Do you believe tha< all things come to him who Sn»v may start for him. but usually some nwn who hustles 'overtakes them before they K*t to the mnn \vii<> waits."— Houston Post. The anti-duelling league of Europe has received .-,„ enthusiastic recruit In Count Genovs di Revel, who was ■> lieutenant gonfral in the Italian army. Minister of War and military adviser of Victor Emmanuel 11. The current number of "Rassegna Razionale" of Florence contains an article by him entitled "A Veteran and the Duel." in which he denounces the practice and says: "Ills majesty, or.r King, in becoming the rro»ector of the Italian anti-duelling league shows not only bis nobility of purpose bui proves that he has no sympathy for a practice bo out of keeping with the spirit of our times." "Why is Billington so unpopular with his fellow *?!"He" ? s always the Brsl one on duty In the noorn ine and the last to leave sit night. I suppose they Lre nractisinc on the way they will have to hate i»lm wn"n he " .'ts to be their boss." Chicago Record-Herald. Early in March Mr Price, the South Australian Premier, will arrive in England on a holiday trip. \ir rii i> a picturesque personality. He is es- Qtlally a seW-made man, clever and a born a tor " lie rose i" the Premiership ol South Aus tralia from small beginnings. Born In Derbyshire in 1852. he spent the early part of bis life In Liver pool, following the calling of a stone mason. In 1883 he emigrated to Australia. Ten years later lie was elected to Parliament, In l«0l he was appointed to tlie leadership of the Labor party and he became Premier In 1905. Mr. Price helped to erect the parliamentary buildings In which he now speak* as Premier. \\ t.\ is «ue KettinK « divorce? "On "ttie Ki'oiind!* of misrepresentation. She says Chat before th«*) were married he claimed i<» be well off!" ••And what does Ik- say.' "He s.ijs he was, bill didn't know It." -Lippin cott's. l*nil«r >:,,. headline "Conrled'a Retirement" the "Berliner 1 Tageblatt" says: "Conrled'a fame as a manager reached Ita tenltb In the whiter «>r ISM. H'hen dexplte the curse of Bayreuth and In th- lace "r" r the war council, ■>■ took possession of ■Parsifal.' The Presbyterian bishop* (?) who wept over the ffence t<i religion helped to advertise It. The i:. ii were •..■./.■• I with u 'Parsifal' fever and had [g -see the performanc* The receipts ran up io 280,0u0 murks, and tli<" back-stair dramatists wrote that Bayreuth had been outdone. The same business rapacity was shown by Conrled when he produced on the Metropolitan st:»S'"* the operetta* of Johann Strauss and MMloek*r." "Bllgglna thinks he knowi more than aaxi>ody else on earth." "Vou -i.'ie it mildly.' answered Miss Cayenne. "'Slii<«- the Hssiriimi thai Mars Is inhabited, he tcors further than that."— Washington Star. "The Nn Spelln Leag of Amurrika has," sayi "The Glasgow Herald "Just added seventy-five more wurds lo the langwagi "I'i.HiH' and 'tung' are two of tha wursi. It wood giv us, a aik feelln Bbcul iii-- diafram i<i . ■■! an <-g -j .-it with wun 'k.' SV( ;;.i a nun, ... thru ill OUI lins ut the site of siich foreri irdi aa 'agoar and 'gard,' lam' aud 'lndetted.' There are about sixty more, bui thea< ,u - irfore th. in enul for wun parragraf." Mm Did you say your mamma whipped you i>e rauan you wouldn't tell a He? Boy— Yes. sir. Bhs ■ranted inn to fpll me teacher I was sorry l playoal "hookay,* 1 when 1 wasn't.— Chicago N«w». \ About Teopte and Social Incident*. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From The TrJbun* Bureau.] Washington. Feb. 2C.-Th e President and Mr£ Roo'eTelt llilllUl«li at dinner this '•••'■ '" Wh their KU»3t!' w«>re: Tt* Japsseea 41 ■■■» ******** sn MIS - M^TM^HerbwtW^ Mn;. fff^S^ Th- tswre:»ry « ' '»♦«»'• •:"' The , ; "i.!e wa. decorated' with plain and white , uriini lons. The President stal to CiajrlM t,.-day a special MMP urgimm legislation f«r the systematic Improvemeni of the eoualry'a af»lsrwa The President thla aftsrsooa ahsol] ha«4s with tbe delegates'; t'» the Vi.tlona! KUutaUonal A-5.. clatlon Convention and their friend-.. numbering ,no,e than I.IM After the handshaking the President delivered an addrSS* Senator Cnllom, of Illinois, called on the Presi deal to Invite him to Springfield, 111 on ■^tbrwary 1- next year. wh«n the MM luilidredth anntver sarv Of Abraham Lincoln's birth Will be ce.e brated As the Presldeal had previously prom- He.i to speali at th« btrthplaf « of Lincoln. ta Ken tucky. next year. If he Koes anywhere oa that occasion; he was oMlared t.» decline. Kepresontatlve Cocks, the Cmgiiaiaiia from President Ro-ovolVa home distr-.t. sacortod s party of boys from Suffolk County to t h* %V htte llousa to-,lay Tbe Preside»l told the lads that •Suffolk rouaty is all right.- then added. "There Is not much tall grass there, but IbeWf lots of good Republicans." Other callers at the White House to-day In cluded Senators Lodge. Guggenheim Borah and DuPonti Representatives HafSbsll. 11..H. Drl.s.'Oll. Slmms Ellis. Hayes. (ironna. Cockran. Dwi ht an.l Olmstead. Intewf teCiiisaentre Commissioner Cocarell aad Assistant Attorney-General Cooley. THE CABINET. [h*roni The Tribune Bur^a-i I Waßhlngton. Feb. 26.-i!rs. Root, wife of the Se. retary Of State, wcelTed al her home, ui Hh.^ie Island avenue, this afternoon und *a* assisted by Mr* Wales 1. -1 sister-in-law, nnd Mrs. Bacoa. Colonel and Mrs. William Cary San^r. th« house guests of S.-cr.-tarv an.l Mr». Root. aISS remained with thrn during the afternoon recepdoa and met their old friends. The Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Oarfleld entertained a number of guests at dinner to-nlßht. Mrs. parfleM also received this afternoon a large number of persona from resident and official so •iety. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. [From The Tribune BUNBB.] Washington, Feb. 2C-The Brazilian Ambassador and lime. Nabuco were hosts at dinner fo-nlKht having aa their guests Senator and Mrs. Stephen i'.. Elkins, the Argeattae Minister and BeOora do Portela. the Chißan Minister and .Srf.ota de Cms, the Grecian Minister. Representative and Mrs. I>wlght. John Barrett, the British Second Secre tary and Mr.-. Toung. Mrs. John M. Ttmmlns, Miss Kean, Miss Wetmore, the Brasfnaa Sacoud Bee retary at.d Mme. Chermont, Mr. Kroupensky, of the Russian Embassy: Bbjaor Mentagna. Italian Counsellor, and Mr. do i Amaral, bJiaziiiun Ceeav s.-llor. The Hon. abm Jaanes, wife of tbe British mili tary attach*, i-mert.iit.ed Informally at luncheon to-day. Hrr slater, the Hon. Xlna Kay-Shuttle worfh. who has spent the greater part Of the wln ter here, will go to Boston Saturday and will sail for her heaaa in Kngland oa March 1 IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY. [From Th<- Trlbur.e Bureau. 1 Washington. FeJ>. 26.— P.ear Admiral and Mr* William abeffieM Cowles r-ntertained a anaaber af auesta at ilinner to-n'ght to meet Mr. and Mrs. Dougi^s Robinson, of Pfow York, who are staying with them. General and Mrs. Cbarlea L. FltzHugh entertained guesu at dinner to-night to meet Ibe Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Metcalf. Representative and Mrs. Van Vechten Oicott had dining wiih them to-ni»?ht Senator and Mrs. Depew. ex-Seuator end Mrs. Dryden, Governor Magoim, the British Coimaellor and I.ady faMbetta Howard. Mr. and lira. K Tiffany Dyer, Mr. arid Mrs. Gibson Fahntstock, Mrs. Cameron. Major General ar..i Mra. A IIOLLOIV EARTH. Expedition to Pole to Test William Reed's Theory. To tlir Editor of The Tribune. si- In Rn editorial of Saturday la.«t. "A." sim ple aa Can Be." you make light of William BsooTa theories of tbe earth lieing hollow. You may hav» to lauuli on the Other side (Inside) of this world one or these days, for it Is possible that i>r. f. a. Cook may open the door to the inside world as a result of his explorations. What wU the readers of The Tribune say when they remember your dls l>rlief In these theories? Newspaper editors were Skeptical when the steamboat mad* Its advent; more po with the telegraph, the ocean cable, the sewing machine, the telephone, elevated railroads, electric motors, wireless telegraphy, wireless tele phone and a hundred other things, all of which are have lived to see become of practical bsk Why may not live to see, or see those that have seen, a hollow earth? God In His mercy and wlsdoan only sr'vs to mankind the good thin«9 H needi and uses In quanttti«s and at the times when Ills creatures are capable of u.«ln.s: them to the best advantage. The real estate fraternity, for instance, have not as yet disposed of all their holdings on the surface of tbe earth, and it Is .vi.ient that the time for them has nol come to enlaißj* th^lr borders and e:n brace new Oelda of exploitation. it ls. perhaps, no: the opportune moment to open ap new and attrac tive tonrlsi routes and to turn the tide of summer travel northward and to new lan.ls. Besides, he has not yet convinced the average polai explorer thai it hi time te switch off from old methods, which brin* no results, excepi writinar books, making moving pictures and tMtMming mat ter for public lectures. These an all aooMwhai interestfais, bui they bearia to lack novelty and wl I boob becomi worn threadbare. " K.»r centuries tbe poles have been searched for, but every search has been h failure. Is it beyond ihe ranaje cf posslblll tiea thai Ood, who moves la a aqrsterloua waj HU wanders to perform, should have selected William Reed to prepare the way by his teachhkajs to open up the a*teway« to this unknown Inner earth— this new world? We may scoff al Keed'a theories, w« may laugb them to scorn; b»i( one thinK Is certain; that ls. that no polar expedition will herp.ifter leave the ahorse of this outside world without seeking to te^t the truth or falsity of ReeoTa Bubiishod theories, atid If they will only bring back frosa tbe polar leKions the solutions of .nine of the theoriaa that have been advanced by this author they will have ac- COtnpllshed BSUCh t;0i..l This >\il>j»-. tla heinn; Me! ously i nimideiiil by mea of well known sclentinv attainments and *tundiiiK. and it will not be lunK before at expedition wHI be seal poleward to teat th« theories as expounded atid recorded In the pages ol "Tbi Piiantom of tbe l'i>l«* " ii is possible ihut un ii> return we may be able te greet men who have been tbe flrst to enter btta ibe hi i <i.m> niysterlea of .i boOow earth. Stranger ililiix 1 * than this have happeu#«l H s , >siii>\ Xew York, K.-1. 23. 1908. J. P. MORGAN SAILS FOR EUROPE. J. P. Horajaa, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Herbert I. Satterlee, —tied fur Kurope yesterday on the White Star liner Adriatic. Mr. Hetyjaa ar rived at tls,- pier fully half an liivir before the Adriatic departed aad went aboard al once, Mt* .-•ii. J. P Morgan, jr.. s.. ,i thai Ma father was Hbout to g.> on his annual vacattoa, and iimi bo d.itc bad been .set fi»r his return. DR. GEORGE F. KUNZ AGAIN HONORED. Im\ George P. Kua»r»c»lv< through ilm Norwe- I ■'■> chars* •' ■'■• ■'■•-■• iit Washington, >»l*rda3 from King iin.ik..ii \ii r Norway, ih*« Cross »>f Ihe i ii -.i «'iii.. ..r llm Uoyal <>!... r - st »>i;i\ In r« gnltton ••! hla service* to nclem-o i;> rolner alofcy. Laal year ii<* received ii!-- t'ross of itM I.i-Ki"ii of Howw oi France for a xiniitMr r?t».*«n, ami before that the i«|VM <>f Doctor of PhUoso* l>hy from th« I'iuutsiii of Mnrburß for li^ work la uUviiadus lUa kaowlodso o£ mctouriter. C Bates. Major General aSM Mr*. GUlespie. KepTO* sentative and Mr*. PSSI i»nd others. Captain and Mrs. Edward F. Qaaltrouarh had to dine with them to-nicht Paymaster Ceneral and Mrs. Harris. O«B*ral Woodhul!. BXta V.'oodhsU. Dr. and Maa I aasag Mr.-. Jaasa, Mr. and Mrs. Wel &t. man ,<nfl Mr and Mr-. Hatch. Mr. and Mr?. Warren C fllrHstl left Vaahioaj ton to-day for their home In Chicago. a£t?r visiting the Vice-president several we»ks. Hen;«tor nnd Mm Bulkeley. Mr. and 5»Tp. HigH Legare, Mrs. C. C. Glover and Mrs- ' spssui w«re> an)onir th»- hosts to-n I NEW YORK SOCIETY. Mrs. I^wis Crujje" ■sisl will iriv<».a the«:r» party, followed by a supper at Sherry's, thb ev»a i:iK fee h"r daughter. Miss Mary Masnn KaseQ. Th» third In the serl»s of five musical mornings for the N-neflt of the Mu3iC School - -"'lwamag] gtvea bf Mr. and Mrs. DanrM Jlanaen win b« at I ta day at the hnra<« or Mrm Charts B. AI-xa::<!er, In West 88th street. Mmm l>ati CaMwwß Wbitebead, teujSjai of \. Penninston Wbliahiad. eai aaawvied yest»r<iar afternoon in Ibe Brick Presbyterian Church f> Kiiw.nd Ku-h Duer. Tat a*Ms>, «hs was Klven awa: : ■■, her father, wore a cown of T7hlt<* Liberty .-atin. trimmed with old hce. Her lß*e veU was fastened with orange blossoms and she carrici a. bouquet of orchids. Sl»- had no attendants. Mr. Dwer, who hi the only son of lira Geor?<» R. Duer. •I 1 1 bile ■ II N. ./.. an-1 a n«>ph»w of Dr. Edward 1... Doe*, •■• PMla<i«-!pn!.a. had as fcfs best romm Charles Arthur Richard*. rl\* ushers were Fred eri' B. Hoppfn. jr.. Cecil r.yon. rrederick '" Rtrbarda Ellery O. Anderson. Judge Frederick Di Witt Wells. Wlßlarn 11. Benjamin. Arthur Han aad Oothout Zabrlskte Wbltehead. brother oi the bride. TIM ceremony was performed by the R»v. Dr. William R. Richard.", pastor oi th* church, and afterward there was a smalt r^-r-tfen at t'a* honl of the bride's father, in Ea-«=t TKh •treeCa Tbe newly married couple will sp^nd thet- honey moon in the South. Th* Brttai Consul General In *sur Tewfi as* Mrs. Courtenay Benmetl gave a largely atten2-<l leceptios last evening at th«> Maj«>-t!c. 72d street and Central Para vTest, wh*re they are e.'tab li.-htd for the season. T'nd-r the patronage of Hn J- Plerpor.t " «aw. Mm Frederic J. Da Peyster. Mr?. Charles B. Alexander. Mr?. B. PwiiSaM Osbom. Mr". N«-«- bold Morr!«. Mrm George :„ K:ng!«.ar.ri. Mrs. David ,i. Greer and J!r«. Ira Barrows, a ceaacam and tea for the benefit of the Horn* Garden. Italian fhildr-n-'s Settlement, was srlven yester day afternoon In the n?»mbiy room of th« Co!oc7 • .Pub. An attractive mus!<-al pawawwassße had beew. Hiran)s»-d. and among the arti3ts wer«» Mm». Br<?so if-r-Glanoli, Helnricfa ilevn and others. General l!. ice Porter apnre a dfnner last nfght at bfal house In Madison avfnn*. HJai Evelyn Van Wart gave a party fm children yesterday afternoon at the \VaJdorf-Astorl3. TwSS vtere tntertaln^d h$ a conjurer BBwl ventrJlOQ^lst. i'Tid aften tea was served at flvs tables. Mlse Van Wart will give a hM at this even'.n?. Mri. Richard" WharTon will irfvo a brMgo party. , this afternoon at her house In. West 36th street. Mrs. Frederick Pearson w!I! glv» a *rl&g9 parry ' r.ext Twl Sway. Mr«. Alfred O. TSSwMSwfJI has BwVJ town, and returned to Newport. _______ Mr and Mrs. FTederic R. Halsey inr»nl to ypend tbe greater part of the summer abroad an 1 ! ar«s h.ioked to sail for Europ« ea J- ' - William Ruloff Kip has left Paris to fabj fcis mother, Mnt J. BBalM Baker, at BBeet, SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT. [By IMwjmpl toTh* Tribune. 1 .NVwr-irt. R. 1.. Feb. 26.-Mr>». Walter N. EldrW?* has returned from a visit in n- • York. The Rev. George C. Hotjfthton. of th<* ttiurch oZ the Transfiguration. Blew York, ta th# guest or >T--«. Zabriskie here. J. f. E>. Lanler. who ha-"* 'been In Ne-R-port for a few days, returned to New York to-day. MR. TAFT TOASTMASTE*. Introduces Speakers at University Club Dinner m Washington. ■Washington. F^K 28L— SVwnr hr.ndr--! eol!**^ it.-tt arror.iM Um annual barnu^t to-nl^hr of Iha Css» vrrstty C*» at tbs llalrtßji Tfr>t-i. at which -- . retar-v- Taft «rk the l«a««a«a«sst and in. a faapr? vein lalioihifiii the various speakers. T- »3? 0m Bral time that Mr. Ta't lias asjpaatofl at. a. puolis function in Washington In many months. an<l h* Interwove with his Introductions many M aafej al his recent travels which particularly appealed TO his BMStflvn, praduates of universities and, BSaSBBBI in all parts < f the country. TIM '>rnnt!ot;S of IBM banquet r^nm w--r lar*3!y c '>«" flasr!" of Rr<>at siz*\ and across on* end wa3 ' an immense Italian fia«- in oorr.plim»nt to BaaMBI Mayor des PI;»noh*«. the Tratlan Ambassador. t**9 (UCSt of honor, who resp°nd«><i to th» toa^t ■- • Cosanopotttaalsi of University latsaL*" Jus* tice Brewer, of the BJugawßM Coort, talked of *'Th» Political < •:■ r:<-in?> of Educated Issa Dc Ed^'-» A. Alderman, president •-• the University cf v>- ginia, '!'<:• is«e«l "Public Spirit fn a Democracy"; General Bell, of th<* army, spoke of ->-;-''.f';'---»-!S as an Army Factor." and Representative B'lrtcu of "The Heal CuTprtr."* Addresses also were ma>ie by the Itev. Pr. Charles Wood, pastor of the Church cf th« Cnv» I enant: Oejieral Dr.vall. of th*» army; Represents | ttve J. Hampton Moore. Bsbmm m Proctor and ' Thomas »lson Pase. Baron Tnkah':.i. tli* Japanese A mbassa-ier. said the warm sentiment manifested toward him left mi iouM as to ihe friendly and iyxnpatnctfc fmQmc his hearers BMi for Japan. He caßai on Secretary Taft. «rhfl vli<ife.i Japnn recently, to testify a? to th<» Riifit feeling there toward American?. Secre tary T.ift .Ip.'.a:-,! that he would say asafn that the suggestion of war between BBSUS and M ttilt- | Slates was the suggestion of a crtaM aealns; clvmzaUun. J ■<•■■• Brewer said that Secretary Tafr '^.id made good." anil whrn he eot to hls'ner places fc* would still make good. Justice Brewer comment?! ••!> what lie declared was an inordinate lon^inar fV>r legislation. U- added that if ifRJ-slatJon oou!d s.*v» ibfei country •• would all be In ha rvsa in a fe^r days. Presi.ifut Alderman of the University of Vi»* KinU spoke of public spirit In a democracy, a? pealinjc for hich ideals in public and private llfs. ASTRONOMICAL PUZZLE UNSOLVED Observations of Professor Campbell Dispel Theory of Planets Between Sun and Mercury r^u an< l*-o. Keb. W. -There are ro plar.et* between tlie suti and Mervuiy, anil scientists will have Iu build jp some other theory to explain whT Mrr-.-^irv «U>r* not moie in the regular orbit d? s» rjh«-«l for it. accon&Bg lo the t-onchssU-c!" reached pyj Professor W*. W. Campbell, head o( Uat Ob servatoiy. from the davelopment of s>he>tesrapt»;« plates tak"n st Flint Island several BBBi a*- . >h..i\!iiK iha coaasssts asassca of <ir.v plaast s* tween Um sna and Mercury. For fifty year* astronomers hav» been uaabl» t.i understand why Mercury .io-.-« not follow the p»th or orfctt whlcfa st-otild l»^ !:^ mathemattca! MBBB) «!»•! !t has been the theory that there wa« som-* forte pulling It from Its orbit, and that this cora pelllng r.i . • was thr attracltcn cf planets inter- Tenlog between it anvl the »un. NORTH CAROLINIANS" DINNER TO-NtGHT. The annual dinner of the North Carolina Society will h«- held at the Hotel A>t- ; r to-nisht. l>r. Jota C. Kiltio. president of Trinity CbUege. North Curt» line; I*r«>fcs.««r C. Alphonso Smith., of the l'ai\.*r •lty of Xorth Carolina, untl Senator asaji >'• Dlxon. of Montana, will speak. William L. Hal' % of the United States Forestry Service, will a«4T*» • l«ctur« wltfc «tßreoßUcoa viaws, - ***l