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lo Amy tr.tcttd articln rttuninl inuil 1
-sts-ah oie efsil uias uc lAuf onu.e.
The Kail of Prrmyil.
Cracow after Przciny!, it ml t licit
"()it t llerlln" l vn, of llrc-'liiii t
Till' Int- 1kii Hie it must in fitvnr
with the ltiisi!tii SLUT. Providing
Cracow cotild lie liiuen. tln way
WOlllll bo OIK'll tn I lit' Invasion of tier
iiinii.v by it route not ioHigi':iphloiilly
(llltlcnlt. I tit t Cracow i mI-mi ii fort
res of the llrst r1n mill wmilil ln a
hard nut tn crack. If II has taken
inontti. to reduce I'riMii.v-l. Itiiu long
-onll rrattnv, chce lo tin- Herman
border, ivltlisiaiul lego7
T1k ocvtipatlnn nf Pr7.cm,isl Is be
yond doubt one of tln great achieve
ments of the win, iiud it makes mi in
spiring bulletin for Petrngrud. A
Kient BitrrlMiii. no less t tin n ."0,(XM)
HK'ii, with rich store- nf war iiiittori.il.
fall Into (lie bauds of tin- Ku-siuii-,
mid thi' lii'.-li-KiT-, with riviiforiv
incuts, ran bcsln the march on Cra
cow; but llii-iv they will have lo
reckon with a i-troiii: conceiiiratlon
of (iei'iuau and Au-trl.iu force. The
KiiImt cannot afford to lov t'r.icow;
the defence hould be even --tlner
than that made at I'l'xeuiyl. Hut if
Cracow should succumb tit last, l'.re
bill would be another si eat obstacle
In the iMlh of the Invader-. A city
of .".ihM""' on the Oder. Ilre-lau is the
oonire of a network of i-.illro.id-. and
trooii- coiilil lie ra)ililly assembled
front e.tst, north and we-d to defend
It. The way lo t.-rlin will be Ions
by this route. Nevertheless, the pos.
session of I'rzeniy-l will brins the
Hrand Duke Nu iioi.as welcome stra
teglcul advantages. Success In Kast
Prussia and Poland will not be of
fo much luiHirtauce iui. Uolilhi'.
his lines in the north, he can
reenforce (icner.tl Iimiikiiu'- army
and make the Invasion of Silesia the
nhjecl of a -trout; offensive ciuiii;iIuii.
The situation will lie a -tlireino te-t
of the genius of Von IIi.mii:niii'i:i.. and
devploiuiients may -non be exicted.
Just What Is "Sodal Service"?
At the celebration of the twenty
fifth annlioi'snry of the IMucailonal
Alliance Mayor MiirilKl. s.tld ;
"The time Is comlns In New York
when e must el-nose hetuoeti cm tall
mcnt of botlnl aervnc uml the lniiu.
tlon of heavlpr burdens on the tnspay
rr v hear sometimes rrnat lb" city
ha cone too far in social rre, ami
that the lime has cmnc to isjonomUe
oy rcticnchlng or cuttlnc out wmi of
this work, but we have this seivke he
cause there In need for It, anil It will he
a ehamn If New York ever has to take
the back track."
t
Purely In a purpose of serious in
flulry Tin: Sun asks: What Is "social
service"? The phrase is not found
in any work of reference that we have
consulted. It does not seem in be In
eluded In a book where we expected
to find It, ihe "Cyclopa-dht of Amer
ican noverntuent" 1 11)11 1, edited by
Professor .Mcl-wmii in of the I'nl.
verulty of Chicago and Profes
sor II.MtT of Harvard. That
work does contain an article on
"Problems of Social Keform." Is
fcclnl service" ihe application of
(oclal rcforiiV Charities, social set
tlfineuis, the care of children and de
ft olives, the iinprnvomeul of housing
iind fadory conditions, playgrounds,
the regulation of the emplo.i incut of
women and children, sanitation and
safely In Indu-iric-, many (uestion
of regulation, priihlhiilnu and beiter
ntent, inaiters of suite or iVdci-,ii
legislation and .iitunul-tratloii, mat-1
tors of municipal concern, are In
eluded obvlou-ly in "oci,il reform."
Indeed, If. as Mr. .Iwus I'oiin writes
In the Mi'l.augliliu I Ian cyclopaslla,
"social reform has for its object the
adjustment "f social conditions," is
not everytlt'iig leiaiing lo man living
In the social -Lite -abject lo social
reform mid therefore, if ve gue-s cor
rectly, to social service?
Ittlt iNTlliips we don't gue-s i-or-rectly;
nor I- tlii- gue lug matter.
Iu private adveiiiures into social ser
vice the comuiiinii.v as a community
s not concenicd. Individuals or
groups of them furui-h the fund- and
flo the work. Their.- is ihe merit of
tho generosity, the public -pint and
tho self acilllclng labor, and fioin
the aggregate of their labors, hull i
clotisly couducH'd. tin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i.
IiniBt henelll. llui when socla. -er
vice -If ll bo somelhllig dlstiticl and
npart from what, this generation, or
aulcut Uic oltlur gcuitruilou, was ac-
cusloined to renrd the iiroin'r fnnc
lion of the Stale, surely the taxiuyer
N entitled lo know exactly, If correctly
and tlcllnllcl.v the knowleilge can be
Imparled, what N meant by "social
service" and how ela-llc and e.vlen
slble ll Is.
If we speak Ignorant ly. as laymen
and day laborers, of "-oclal service."
are not the majority of folk- In about
I he .same dim, vague state of knowl
edge' If they generally approve as
kindly and humane pcr-oiis, a tax
payers called to chooe between
higher la.xes and heaven knows
these already scrape lite sky and a
certain abridgment of social service,
how can they decide competently
whether their heatls or their oeket
Imnks ought lo bleed unless they aru
clear aboui .social service?
DititliiiK the .lob.
If (ioiernor Whitman's plans for
the I'ublle Service Commission In tii(.
1'irst Hlstrici iirc correctly understood
In Albany he ha lilt upon it sensible
and reasonable division of labor and
ivsponslblllty for the members he pur
poses to appoint when he has ilN
missed four of the men now serving
as Commissioners,
Mr. Wiiitni.y. one of Ihe new elec
lions. Inn Im-oii -ivrctary of the com
mission since It- creation, and previ
ous to entering its service he was fa
miliar with l li' State government and
ll ntrolling personalities therein.
A- a Commissioner he should be thor
oughly couietetu to -tiprrvl-e and
direct Ihe executive work of the board.
Until Mr. Maiitin and .Mr. Honor
are englne"rs of good repute, each
acquainted with some aspects of the
transportation problem and capable of
comprehending others as the need
arles. Itetueeit theiit they ought to
prolec! us front Imposition and waste
ful enterprises and guard the city
tieastiry efftvtlioly against frauds
and foolish expenditures.
The-e three, constituting a ma
jority of the board, could control Its
action In the city's Interest and per
form its luiNirtaui functions, thus
leaving Colonel William Haywahu,
lo whom the chairmanship Is to go,
practically free for the Important
work of promoting the (tovernor's po
litical interests. In which high public
sen Ice his efforts are at pro-out
greatly needed.
Tlic llritisli (ioveriinirul and (he
Labor Troubles.
failure lo settle ihe strikes in llrit
isli shops and factories turning out
war material, and lo deal success,
fully with grievances among the
miners and dock workers, mentis pro
longation of tlte war by mouths or
even year-, if il does not mean some
thing wor-e. from which I'ttglainl
averts . her face. Mr. I.i.oyii tltoia.t:
w.i- not exaggerating In the le.t-t
when he -aid in his fatuous Sunday
speech at llangor:
"This war is not golni; to be fousht
mainly on the battlefield" of ttetfcluin
find Poland. It l colng to he folic lit
In the woiltshops or Prance and (ire.it
llrltaln "
As .Mr. I.iovn (iiOKi.t. said to his
con-l ilueiil-, 1'r.tnce. with a Soclall-t
Prime Mlnlsier. a Socialist Secretary
for War and a Sncialil Mini-ter of
Marine, was having no strikes be.
cause "the employers and workmen
were subordinating everything to the
protection of their beautiful land."
It I- very different In I.'iigiand: there
labor troubles, which have already
cnu-ed the tiovernment great enibar
r,i nient. are on the iucrci-e. and It
seem- lt-ele to make the appeal to
pairlotl-m. The I'rench think that
-itch a condition Is a reproach to Eng
land, and here In America we are in
clined to point tlie linger nf -corn at
her. Hut the matter i- by no means
so simple a- ll seems.
Tor the employers in the (ila-gnw
engineers' strike, who agreed I" make
an advance In the wage rale, but not
as much as wa- akod for. It Is said
that they boohed a large number of
contract- during the threatened slump
In trade before the war and would
have stood to lo-e heavily If they
granted the full demands nf the striker.-.
The men, on the other hand,
have seen the co-t of living go stead
ily up, and the economic law, that
the lioverninent soothed them with
when Invoking the spirit of patriot
Ism, has done nothing for rhein
wages have not automatically risen
Willi ihe advance In necessaries. It
may be unpatriotic at such a time
to believe, as the workmen do, that
manufacturers are making huge prof
its out of (lovernnieiil contracts, hut
it Is human. Mnst of the employers
are doing nothing of the kind. It
may not be patriotic to expect better
wages I au.-e the (ioveruiuelil Is
spending vast sums of money on tho
war: but the labor agitator encour
ages the hope, and he has a hypnotic
Inllueuce over the men. Then there
is the feeling thai if it is JuM a
patriotic to work in ihe war material
factories as to light in the irenches
and the workmen have been told
lids by the (ioveriuneni nver and over
again -it is only fair Unit Ihe fac
tory "soldiers" should receive wages
that keep pace vvitll the Increasing
cot of living.
While something may be said In
favor of each side lo ihe controversy,
there remains the fact that neither
side, each looking to the continuation
of llie stilfe of capital and labor after
tlie grout war Is nver, Is willing to
realize the slrnlls of the lioverninent
and lo recognize the danger of defeat
on tlie Continent. This -coins unwor
thy of Ihigll-hiiicu In the gre.ii crisis,
but it hum be remembered Hint free
I ii -i i i u t i i m ponult -itch Injurious In
depeiitlein e of .iclloli. Prance 1 1 , 1 - hot'
con-crlpioin and ever.v workman Is a
soldier in I. I'd as wei as in theory.
I!c-ices. the war is being fought Upon
her -oil, What i- tn lie done, then,
by t lio Hiltish lioverninent to wttle
the labor Uimuulllu.s and quicken the
output of the shops, factories and
I mines? Lord KtTciiLNKit has threat-
ened the dock laborers with some
I vague power. .Mr. I.i.oyii (ii.omu: Is
' having til' Defence of Ihe llealm Con
! solldatlon act amended to allow the
' taking over of factories and work
' shops of any kind, with the object
of using I heir plains lo make war
material. Hut lit Ihigland this would
liol help at all unless the factory
forces were willing lo do Ihe work
needed. A new arbllratlon court has
' been appointed by the (iovernmeni,
which, ItoHcier. has no power lo en
, force ii decision. The strikers could
I balk if Ihe award were against thetii,
I and "slay out."
It has been suggested ibai the (io
I eminent spend some of Its money on
either the workmen or Ihe employ
! er or on both, to settle strikes and
keep the workshops going overtime.
The (lovernnietit I.h naturally loath
lo do anything of the kind, for the
evils Mowing from such a policy might
be Incalculable. Hill this the (5ov
eminent could do. ns has also been
promised: it could vigorously lines
tlgnte contract protlts and also, as a
war measure, regulate prices of nec
essaries. Publicity and regulation
would aid vastly In bringing employ
ers and workmen together and pro
ducing a satisfactory wage schedule
during the continuance of the war.
The Hcv. Mr. Sunday's Krvrntirs.
Pllt-btirg has rewarded the Itev.
"Hilly" Sunhay with $11,000, Scran
Ion and Wllkesbariv have contributed
S'.'l'.oOO each, and Philadelphia's "free
will offering" now amounts to exactly
.s.'l.l.'ttl.'Ci. Simple souls askisl what
would he do with It? The question
surprised the "advance organizer of
the evangelist's campaign." lie asked
another: "What would you do If
soiuelKHly gave you $.Vl,0()?" Soinu
thing of a iK-er for the average man,
who knows that fortune will never
shower such favors uihhi lilni, and
who. moreover, is aware that neither
nature nor art has made him a pro
fe lonal evtingcllsl.
The question concerning the Iter.
"Hilly" Suniiav'm use of the great
sums that fait Into his lap In every
city where he hold, meetings to -ave
souls confuse- that undertaking with
the material side of his occupation,
that l to say, with his human desire
to lay up treasures on earth. What
Is his own he may hold fast to. and
free will gifts from his audiences, on
certain days set apart for the "hire"
of the laborer In the vineyard, are
I'idl-putubly his own. He may Invest
in gilt edged securities, real etate or
precious stones. If the ltev. "Hii.i.y's"
hearers think that he should employ
his revenues In uplifting humanity
and Improving mankind, not to speak
of making new converts by putting
other evangelists In the Held, such
Idealists should obtain a guaranty
from Mr. Sunii.vy before they -well
the collection plate. With hlin evan
gelizing Is a practical business as
well as a service to his fellow man.
lie would not deny this himself, nnd
It would be Idle to equivocate about
the matter.
There can hardly be a doubt -although
there may be differences of
opinion about It that the ltev.
"Him.y" Sl NnvY earns what he re-celve-.
enormous its the sum, are iu
tlie cottr-e of a year. Tho-e who go
to hear hlni harangue and strike
acrobatic attitudes to listen to hill-reverent
slang and laugh at his an
daiious Jokes In the name of religion,
In short to be shocked ami amused,
nttend an entertainment for which.
If they are not stingy, they should
expect to pay. Those who believe
that the evangelist Is turning the
thoughts of men and women to a bet
ter life by his extraordinary appeal
and passionate exhortations, simulat
ed or otherwi-e. should be grateful
enough to give him Ihe iccunlary re
ward solicited In the advetil-einenls
of hi- meetings. Those In his audi
o'loes who are "saved" by him eon
tribute, of course, according to liielr
mean- and ability.
Outsiders will divide upon the
moral right of tin I!ev. "Hin.Y"St
nvY to reap a golden harvest from
his organized activities for the sal
vation of great urban centre.-, a-they
will differ about hi- sincerity and
singleness of purpose. Hut they will
agree that a candid uuinhlography
of the ex-baseball player from the
old White Stocking days down to the
prolllle pr nl would be a "best
seller." Captain Aiiuivn Anson must
sometimes reflect that he made a mis
take when he went from the diamond
Into politics in Chicago,
.Mr. Tajlor's I'nirly Won Title.
Agalusl tlie "clllclency methods"
with which fhe mime of the late 1'iuii
iiiick WlNsiovv Tayi.uk will always
be Ms-minted many violent assaults
have been made, and -nine of the-e
are entitled to ro-pivtfnl considera
tion. Tho-e which come ii'om lazy
men ansion- to shirk, and from nils
guided labor leaders who-e sole con
cern Is in nuike as many Job- a- pos
sible, arc bene.ilh notice, but when
"flllcleucy" reaches ihe point of quick
exhausllon of the worker, an early
"scrapping" of the human agent- em
plo.ved in Industry. Ihe -eliotts os
rulilng I herefrom overbalances
heavily the Immediate gain arising
from Improved proce cs.
Probably Mr. T.vyi oil's, theories suf
fered more from I lie misguided ac
tivities of overziMbius or merely
Ignoraul exponents than front any
other source. It is unlikely thai lie
would have sustained the eiilhu-la.-ts
who sought lo apply Ihe s.islciu lo ill'
struciors and oilier.- engaged iu In
lelleiiu.il activity. Vet some of his
lollnwers did 1I1K and Tin St n only
a slioti lime agn had Hie privilege of
withholding it- iudor.-cnieiil from a
highly pretentious exposure of "In.
elllolency" In American colleges, In
which an elaborate tabulation of the
number of hours sjient In cln-'srooni.,
laboratories, research by professors,
general leading, public service ami
recreation had a conspicuous part.
The plan was, as we recall It, to show
that Professor Hlank was a wastrel
liecattse he did not give a much lline
to certain duties as did Professor
lti.vNiii. On paper the nualysls was
11101 convincing. It merely over
looked the fact that live mlnult's of
IIi.vnk might be more prolllable for a
student than live years of Hi.ancii,
Mr. T.vvi nit's scheme consisted In
general of ihe elimination of false
movements and of wasteful -processes.
He -ought pi iind the must expeditious
and cheape-d way of achieving the de
sired result. If new machinery, new
arratigeiueui of machinery, were
needed to accomplish this they must
be Installed. The time spent by men
In trerformlng their task. must H- re
duced to the minimum: unnecessary
motions must be excluded, and waste
of time, material and ell'ort brought
down to the lowest possible level.
Years before Mr. T.vyi.oii became
well known factory owners who never
heard of hlin learned the cost of some
of the leaks to which he directed gen
eral attention and proclaimed their
discoveries in window gln i treated
that attention of their employees
could not lie distracted by street scenes
Iind Incidents. He was a genuine of
luiciicy engineer who Induced the cir
cus pa fade to puss his workshop In
tlie noon hour rather tlmti while the
power was on. and the llrst oillce man
ager to compel the extinguishment of
light when they were not needed had
a good grap n the main Idea of ef
llcleiicy. Hut Mr. Taylor recognized the pos
sibility of Instructing others, employ.
its iind einplovees alike, iu the pos
sibilities of small economies slight
saving, conservation of energy and
the like. He was able to convince all
except the thickest headed that an
existing method was not necessarily a
siqierlor method, a thing frequently
most dltllcult to do. He brought home
to the Industrial world that the meat
packing trade was not the only one
In which everything might be utilized
except the squeal, and that small eon
conv as well a large could profitably
Instruct their workmen and carefully
watch the scrap heap. He set a great
many men to thinking ulmut econom
ical management in details of their
businesses, and by doing so he fairly
won the title of "father of busine
efficiency " which will remain an hon
orable distinction in spite of the many
torn fool things that are s.ild and done
In its name.
It Is a comforting thought that the
amount of conversational criticism
and expert comment Iti this rountry
on the fal, of Prremy.-I will be reduced
to the minimum by the fortunate fact
that nobody knows how to pronounce
the name of the fortress.
Another American ship ha- been
held up on the high seas, but as It was
done by an American warship there
Is no excuse for the international law
yers to get excited about It.
Immediately after the lecturer had
said sorrowfully that "the Ignorance
of the average American Is amazing
so far ajv the Gorman ideal is con
cerned" the audience hissed the Sec
retary of State of the 1'niied Stats
and cheered the fterman Hmperor.
thu- offering us an object icson In
true patriotism
HUDSON TRAINING SCHOOL.
A Former Pupil Defend- It Acain-t
the Charges In the llchincj Heport.
To tiik KniToti or The Si-n Nir In
h recent number of TlIK Sl'N thfre was
an article datid Albany giving an ex
tract of a report criticising the Hudson
Training Sihool and Its superintendent.
Ir. llortense V Ibuco. was one of
the girl- of that school for three ear
I no caiiii'ii el -urn an lnjusiu-e ne none
I without a prides:
I vent :n a itude. wilful g.il Thr.nisn
Pie inrHieiwe of Pi Iliuee and the nlM
rers of the school I came out nt the
end 'it three years a girl with self
respect, self-control and h'ah ioVmIs
and with the ability to earn tin own
living, for I was taught Ihe pniete-al
things In a llinrvtigh in.inn.c-r: but I was
taught more ivan tlitt by the high ex
amples of Pr llrure and the teachers
Some of ihe piinlsh'neiitn mav b"
given, for sonii nf tlie girls are so bid
that ordinary discipline would not affect
them. They have to l' put Into ctnptv
rooms be an-,- f there was furniture
Hiev would hre.ik It or n-e It to break the
windows. The institution is not for pun.
'shmeiit, but tn restrain and influence
tlie girls and to teach them' light living
1 know many of the girls who have gone
out nnd made good
The control of lir llrure Is felt in
every department of I ho school She Is
n wonderful woman, and though she
manage the big affairs of the Institu
tion In the mnst able manner, there is
no girl In the school or out on parole
who does not feel she Is personally te
sponsible lo nr. Hliice for her daily
actions. UitATKi-i'l. Pl'l'll..
Nnw Yoni.. March 110
THE FRIENDLY GARDEN.
How .should liowers lie Packed to j
He Sent to a Distance'.'
To Tin; 1','DlTott nf Till: Sl'N Mr It
has ocium-d to me t li.it other might
b" as Interested a I nin to know Just
how liowers grown on our countr plio e
may he sent in boxes, to our less fortu
nate fiieuds who have no liowers.
Having read an elaborate Hint explicit
dcsi rlptlon of the caie ami method of
packing sweet peas foi sending a long
distance, 1 am womb tine huvv vvc are to
pack roses and other liowers, that they
m iy reacli the r destination In a fair
state of freshness.
Pur half the pleasuie of a garden is
sharing it with far away friends ns well
as witli near neighbour
Annkttu W. Iliiiui:.
Nkw Youic, March i'i.
"Deserve,"
To tiik KniToitoi'TllKSt'.N .Sir. Youi
correspondent ll. K Drown of Water
bury, Conn., siiggeMts that "Doubtful"
look up lil Webster and he will tlnd:
'.'one but tlie bravo deserves tho fair
lrutttn
dgllvic's linpeilal tiu'tionaiy of the
Ihigllsh language quotes:
N'nns but tin bnve deserv the fair.
firtffrii
Which of the two limitations is cor
rect ' T C It
lIolioKI.N. N ,1 , Mai. h
Daimrr III Hie limine of Vnlshii.
,r Knlrker Don't ynu make nur
husband go tn iliurch?
Mrs nncker' No. I'm afrall he might
pUu tJOiue L'aatcr duds fur hlniiiif.
CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS Off
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY. I
What Were Perhap llli l.nd Written j
Words on the Subject -He Korc- I
saw a World Feiler..tlon ami
an liilernallninil Police.
To thi. KniTott or Tins Sun .sir As i
an admirer and occasional corioKpondeiit
of the late Churle I'Vanci Adams I '
urn gra tilled by our Just coniiiunl;
upon tlie chaiiuLr of that line and,
wle American of the hlKhet lie. Hu.
cloed I send for our perusal, and pith-'
litatlon If you like, niv lust teller riom ,
hlin, (till- I I'eliru.iry ti, Ifilfi. Pos
sllil.v It was among lie- lui of Ins
studied lelteis. It seems to me Hint Its
poMhlllilDUs liuhlle.iliun llln he of some'
leal service.
The addle.- leferied lo In Mr. Ad.nm'.i '
note was written to he delivered hefoie
the New York Society of the (Oder of
Pounders uml Patriots of America. The i
pitsHone "priHlly illscused liy him Is 1
here leiiroduced In older to make clear
.Mr. Adams's remarks in replv :
Uelli-iInK as I do that (irrmuii) l Irvine I
In beentiit Ihe Over-Lord of ihe whole
IvIIKed world, and In nil.- It under ita
uvvn Iron mllltarlnni, I have, perftniiallv,
small sympathy with thn who favor neu
trality, I regard this war as utterly Im
moral, an erforV tn eilnhllnh ihe tiu-ehrts-tlan
and most unholy dm-trlne that
"There Is no I'.laln
Hut that of .Vlldht."
Sic h a doctrine vlnUt all prin.-lples
of morality, ll saya "Whnturr yaw c.in do
vnu mav, because the jinwer lo do gives
the rlitht lo do."
In Ihe fare nf such an lufaninii. ereed
all Just men should unit' In opposition.
The prnt temper and Ihe present
tlmldliv and love of selflih as predis
pose many to neutrality, and to "pear
at any prtre ' I proudlv sav thit I am
not of Untt ilis and, I hope, none of
mv hearers.
In my JudKmenl even at this lt date
the United fUate. .is i lilef of the neutral
I'owc-ra should make lis most serious pro
tec against anv further onupatloii of
Ilelglum by Ihe flernitns express Ihe true
feeling of the vast majority of our rltl
sens anivln.t the violation of Delglan neu
trality, and ssnd Identical notes tn all the
Powers, neutral and lielllKerent, and Invite
their cooperation and Joint protest.
This would be the course demnnded bv
night and Common Moralltv
It Js particularly to this lubsage that
Ml Charles l-'rancls Adams's teni.irks
referred.
Jostrit Ctu.nr.RTPO.v Ui.atto.v.
niiooKt.TN, March :J.
Mt Dnin Sm: I have to acknowledge
the receipt of your memorandum of
the 30th ultimo and the accompanying
typewritten copy of your address.
I agree entirely with the prptn.se.
I of your address, hut hesitate some
(what over n portion of the cnnclu
I sion.s 1 by no means regard the pros
i ent situation as likely to prove tin.
'fruitful of definable results, nor am
1 In favor of any precipitancy of ac
tion on the part of neutrals, espe
cially on the iart of the t'nlteil State.
The time and situation, to my mind.
make calmness, hesitancy of action
and a thorough comprehension of con
ditions most eminently desirable.
We suddenly tlnd ourselves thrown
back nn entire century. Again wo
are confronted by "paper blockades"
on nn almost unprecedented scale, nnd
by "Milan" and "Berlin" decrees, with
"orders In council" In reserve and m
response thereto.
Such n situation has got lo work It
self out: and. In my belief, can do so
only through the complete exhaustion
1 of those more immediately engaged.
When that condition of exhaustion i
fully developed the neutral Power,
i If In the Interim they have held
! t' .emselves In reserve, will be In a po
! ulllon effectively to Intervene. The
whole Sea I'sage of Nations, com
monly known as "International law."
will then have to undergo a process
of fundamental tevislon. Tlie basic
principles only will be left, and u new
svstem. which will include m my
1 lief a World Federation, an organized
I Judicial tribunal and an intet national
police, must be evolved.
! This Is a large cuntr-ait. ami yet
the task is one to which both legis
lators and publicists cannot. I think,
too soon or too seriously address
thenij-elves. A great educational
proces is involved, and cannot be
prematurely entered upon, but the
I time and mode of action nnd concrete
'outcome arc as .vet hardly foreeh.nl
I owed.
ruder the conditions, therefore.
whbJ.'i I have thus sought to outline.
It seems to me that the present Is a
tune when those who think and fi el
a I do should possess their s-iiils
Willi patience. I. for one. cottainl.
1 feci no disposition to lift up toy pcunv
.trumpet amid such an npioar nf 111
'considered speech, of one thing only
I am I confident, were I so to do my
: elfon would iu im way avail
Thanking you for an opportunity t"
ntud.v your address. I remain. c
Ciiaiii.ks I'r.vM'ts Am t.
W.vsiiimiton, ll. C. February ! !!H."i.
I in mil table Philadelphia.
To tiik Hm nut m 'I'm h, Si .s .'o In
Philadelphia, thai iHv leiiivvned "
pro'e and pnelr for r- liadition
iii, d i h.mgelen. puipoe. the follow iic.
mi liv.il for by friends, was iclalcl to:
llie '
Three of them were homeward bound ,
on a late trollev car. pa as vou liter.
At a cro-Mng In the outskirts of Hie '
cit tlie cat came to a sudden -lop. hut )
nn dnois opened An irate citizen beat ,
upon the front door, which eventtiall.v i
opened, and the following was heard
fiom the mntorinan '
ill thsre' er .an'i it nn this ur
I The conductor nin t Rot no chance !
i Poor slammed, citizen left, ih.ingc
I less conductor taken on his w.iv
Nkw Youi.. March 22 PrqrKssK.
She Walled for the (iiillbillne.
To Tin: Hiiitoi: or Tut: Si s---'lr- The
'following woids of Mine HoLitnl come
I back thliillgh Ihe .veais and addles
i tlii'ins'lves to the critics of Pros dent
Wilson's "walling" pnllO .
I "Our line minds laugh at patience as
la negative virtue 1 confess Hint In m
e.ves it I the true sign of the force of
tile soul, the f I nit of piofouud relic
tion, the nee. sary means for con Plat
ing men and spreading Instruction; in
. short, t virtue of a flee people."
I Wo havo everything to learn on this
j subject H. H. IL
I Ciiaiilestok, S. C, March 21
Ilcfornicr- r.'.'.d the Hcfnrineil,
To tiiu Kpitor hi: Scn Mr.' "Sad
Clt zon" complains oat teforuiers "up
lift" nothing but taxes. I ask him to
ponder the following sciiueine I
I An elllclent but unmoral city gov- '
einment falls 1n keep up with tho public ,
consticiicc
2. A lerorm '.idiinnlstratlnn proves Dial I
Its liiexpci lence Is expensive
3 Tho practical nnd expern le ed ie- '
turn to power, chastened and resolviil 1
lo be a Utile better
This is lint a vicious circle hut all1
.iM-cndliig spiral.
MonitnTKi.r lloi'trrt. Cirtzt.s.
Ai.hany. March 22
llie Inn Kinds,
Km Urr sulelt b inif m il m i
I IV 0 rlHSfSS
Ilocker Thof who think i'"v know
how tn ralsn children nnd those vvliu Hunk 1
they cun raise ihlvkcn.
THE INSULT BY LETTER
MARKED "PRIVATE."
('oiiiiiieiil- on Hie Cave of the ltev.
Dr. Itamlolpli II. Me Klin.
To TIIK KlilTol! of Tut: Hps .Sic.' As
one who bus had occasion lo hear and
admire 111' .MeKlin's iniiRtillli'eiit ser
mons permit me to exptcss my syni
p.itliv with nitr pilltnrl.il article In lo
ilav'x sin. It is Indeed lamentable to
vvluit violent rxtretnes good Christian
n il nl 1 eif will go when lliey depart from
their life's vocation of preaching the
(iospel ami Interfere with matter. In
which their Judgment Is apt to he
vvntptd mill their ideas erioneoiis.
l)i. MeKlin's lnslim.it, on that anv one
could make "worth white" any expres.
shins of opinion or line of action In
1 ,1111 ,-tillOiitis ll, ll tr.ii(-H' .if Till' SlIV
- - - " -
foi the last forty-two vears might he
passed over If uttered by one frenzied
Iiv passion, lull lo be calmly written
seems loo sad fur expression. "How ate
the mighty fallen from their sent !"
ll must be the hope of all gond
.iuuchinen thai action- such ns Bishop
(beer's onslaught on Majnr-deneral
Wood should never occur again, and the
clergy Hhoiild clently iindernt.iiiil that
the) will lose their influence for good
when Ihev take up mutters In tegard
to which their opinions ate neither asked
nor appreelated. T. limit lloollMAN.
Wahiiimiton IIkiiiiits, Mulch 21.
I'rom n Friend of the Allien.
To TIIK UtUTOIl of The Sr.v .Sir. I
have lead with tho greatest pleasure
our well merited cnatlgatlon of the
Itev. K.indolpli 11. McKIm In your edi
torial article of to-day's SUN under the.
caption "We Print a 'Private' Letter."
In jour leuly you nay that the rev-
i rend gentleman !. a "doctor of illvln-
.,."" docu.oMaws ar of crvh
laws, a student, a rluhmrvu and an oil
s' rver of mankind as well as "the
ological . ontroversl.illst.''
And et iiothwithstundlng these many
title to distinction the reveiend gen
tleman Iu his "private" letter does not
hesitate to Impute to Tun Siw merce
nary consideration because your paper
seeks to he Impartial and neutral In the.
publication of war news.
The doctor almost asserts that be
cause you give the Herman side as well
as that of the Allies you must therefore
be subsidized by the Herman liovern
inent. and that It was "worth while"
for Nour paper to publish Von Hern
hardl's article last Sunday, which I.
although wishful for the succee of tho
Allies, read with great pleasure.
To leverend gentleman's belief re
minds me of many men whom I have
met and whose minds are so sordid,
base and low that they think that every
man In political llfo from the Judiciary
down has his pricv and can be Influ
enced by things "worth while"
If the doctor's mind Is no fairer In
theological controversies then no de
cent nuin should bother with him.
Tin; St'N needs no defence or vindi
cation from me or anvbodv, else. For
many vears it has brightened my life
in health oi In sickness
My devotion to TlIK Sus arise from
these facts. It Is clean, and, above all,
Its treatment of current e.vents is al-wain-
characterized li broadness of vis
ion, absence of prejudice or racial hate
and a deep and abiding Americanism.
Umg mav It shine. May Its rays never
become let effulgent.
Pr.r.itT W. Fltnn
Nr.w Yohk, March SI.
From n Mrnng Herman S inputhlrer.
To tiik HniTot: or Tiik Scn sir: Al
though our sympathies In this war are
ns far apart as the two poles 1 cannot
help expressing my belief In your abso
lute integrity In view ef the slurring
remarks made about ou bv I)r McKIm
or Wa-nmgton I am clan to see mat
oti have ciin-en to treat his "private"
lotn'i.'inication eo openly and have an-swe-el
It in a w.v. vv'il-h Ir McKIm
is not likely to forget.
At.rp.KD Mi'r.i.iir.,
New York, Maich 21
I This Dr. McKIm the Old Friend of
Ihe freedom of the Press?
To tiik Hmtoi: "F Tiik Si n So- 1
this Itev. Pr Itandolph Harrison .Me
Km of Washington vvhi so Jutly
doroumed .o vour editorial pag" of
to-da the same P M' Klin who spoke
,ii favor of the Weiince and aaainst the
piot.st of the C.ithoP. s who wlhed It
excluded from the mails"
Ills att. tilde on ta.it oci.muiii was
that he uphi Id the freedom of the pie.
He would wish no interference with uch
paper ivLvh sv stematlcall.v slander tho
Catholic Church, would give them all
ll'ense, and vet lie attack Tltn SCN
for puh'.wni' j Von Hcrnhnrdi's article,
not contt-ilng it- column to articles from
friends of 'he Allies, thus proving Itself
brviad minded h giving both sides of
the war argument. F. M 11,
New Vor.K. March 21
liiaraiierlllr'.'
To the Hiutor or Tin: Scs sir: I
I. ne Jui read with satisfaction yoiir
rdltnrlal artl'i' n the ltev Itandolph
II .M Kim I disioveied -ome jc.irs
ago his "lack of christian chnr.ty and a
congenital Impulse to hear false v lines
ac.uiist his neighbor, ' which vou so
deplore
ll Is a Er.itlllcatton to have mv pr I -vat.-
opinion nul'llilv corroborated Iv, so
va'u.ib'r an .ituboritv a lilt: Sl'N.
The lettei vvhe h ou published l ehir
a lciisti ot the icvercnil gentleman
.1 P.. A
Wvsiiimiton. P C, March 21.
Dlscu--ed at A Hum v. ,
'I. i tin: HniTon ot The St V -mi May j
I '.ue 'iiir Itnlulgen in order tNit a i
few vvonls may be penned in approval
ot ihe editorial a i tide of lo-dav id, invi
to the liev I ir. Itandolph ll.iirou Me- I
Kim ami his "private" lettei? I
The editoiial article was re.nl and
discussed b many public men at the
State Capitol, and those with whom I j.
itiinco ii'k-iiooik no soon- eiies-eo
themselves strongly as rcgaids the
tout o pursued bv Tun Srs- In giving
to the reading world tlie reverend gen
tleman's "pclvite" letter.
As Tun St'N verv properly savs. "The
Iti-ult r Move us of any old. gallon, or
din ii Iiv obtaining In correspondence lx.
Ivvem gentlemen, lo respect hi desire
that the insult shall he treated as .oiiH
dentlal "
A .low n of bay foi Titr Sew unrlcht
arbiter us to the true slginilcain e nf
"honor''
The dlgiili.v ot Tiik Sun In rightly '
resenting the t verend gentleman's tin-!
thai ll.ihle aspeislon. and at Hie same
time t'oi-clblv l colluding him nf the en-I
dining maxim that bids all to terrain
ffroin ' bearing false witness against a
neglilior " coininaiiils the lesp.ct of all I
who believe In hnnornblv upholding tho
ethics of a gieit and Justlj vainest news
paper John j HNmoitT.
Alm.vny. March 21.
Selfish Sal Mini loll Expressed.
To tiik HniTon ok Tm: Si-n Sir, 1
have no Idea my personal opinion lias
the slight si weight with you, hut I may 1
be allowed a selllsh satisfaction 111 ex- t
In i'i Iiib my slmeio nivioval of the.
iliessing down you pieseiitid lo l)i, Mc
Kim ,ii Tut: St'N ot Sunday 1' F.
Nkw II.vvks, Conn, M.ueh 22
rieii Itea-nns and a Siiggeslbui,
To Tin: Hiutoi: or i ill Si sir: It
IS needless lo irpnrt m Till Sl'N or to
any li.il'Hii.il rooters that its r ph lo
Pi' MeKiio 1- eh iia. tei Istlc, and good
and Hue liom Tut; Si s'n determined
t iMdp ii'ii . ilightlv too trd for Hie
ripilt v ol lolrr in- e
I i" ieid liic Si s di.lv for oeinlv
. . ' v e.i - w o nev ei I on Id Itll.v , oj-v
1 II .ii 'I III . i is hiiaio. oils,
iirm 'eg a i I 'ugh sun lied
2 Hi" ause no man, w orn in m h id
ever cracked a whip or an Imposition
over tlie head of Clurle A. Dana, or Ills
I
sti, cfssois without learning that TlIK
Hl'N lid si teeth and heels.
.1. Ilecause Tim Si N knows Hint It
imist ii It'll and hold Inlet i st lo put any
certain Institution or enleituliimviit Into
pate leading matter.
I, Ilecause Tilt: Si N l not super
human, inn spot less, nor too good foi
human nature's dally food.
5 Ilecause Titr. Sl'N burns every bird
tli.it would foul Its own nest,
r,. Deans' Tub Spn does tint VHtttit
itself. I- lint ptifTrcl np, does not liebave
Itself utiseeinlj and thus far stands for
charity
7. I!ecnue TlIK Sl'N I willing to sell
ll w.ites ii.iy by day in the marketplace-
li cninpiiratlve measure of itinn
llty and iniallty at a reasonable prlro
without fulsome lunulu of Its "lieuts
nnd fc.ittllcs.
, My side suggest Ion to Till: Sl'N Is to
I i. o ,. .... . .. . . llA
, I i-jiu Horn iij. rt-iili' .1 1 r.l llseill III I i u -
f,.or r.rasset's simgestlve work "The
Seml-lnsiitic and the Keml-ltesnonsiblc."
csponsit
well translated by I)r JelllfTe at the
time of the llrst trial of llarty Thaw
When orilltiarllv sane bunians and In
telligent (termini are substituting "ftott
strafe die Hngluenib r !" for "Auf WIo
ilerselien" in their nightly fa lew ells lo
one another, when Kngllshnien. Scotch
men, most Irishmen and many denatur
alized Unions are nlllirted with attacks
of vliuleni suspicion when an American
newspaper restrains Its own sc.irrip.ithy
and publishes, on the ground nf fa I r
play, the best representative defence
or pnlllatlve of the ultimatum to Scr
via and the Invasion of Belgium , when
the tribe of Hldder is pluming Itself on
being the only reliable exponent of
Americanism and neutrality, then It Is
gravely to he feated that this epochal
war Is fomenting nationwide paranoia.
May we not trust, therefore, that The
Hr.-J will follow the step of Abraham
Lincoln In his learning of matchless con
M"alon for the honest lunkheads and
the professors and doctots of all degrees:
Nkw Yohk, March 22. Kliot lord.
1'enre Without 1llnrmamenl.
To the Editor or Tub Si'.v .Sir: Tlie
belief that the present Kuropean con
flict will result In the disarmament of
the world sounds plausible, but to me It
seems a delusive eXwn.'tatlon.
.lust as militarism debauched and de
graded Kuropean diplomacy hefoie the
war. greed, ha tied and vengeance may
predominate at the peace conference
where the map of Hurope will be
changed. If Justice and Impartiality are
not the dominating facto at tho com
ing conference It will result In the
frenzied piling up of guns nnd the swell
ing of naval budgets far beyond ex
pectations thus furthering parsimonious
appropriations for the causes of social
betterment.
What is most Important Is that the
results of this conference will launch us
either to the formulation of a policy of
disarmament or vice versa. Is this not
a great opportunity for peuo advocates
to further the ause of peace and
i brotherhood nmorg nations" It will be
well for our peace societies to have
their representatives preent at tlie com
ing conference FRANCIS SWDX.
Nkw York. March 22.
Jn-ephus and Ihe Knnmnrrd l.'ti-lgn.
To tiik KntTon or The Sun .sir; The i
Hon .loseplms Daniel states In relnstot- I
in- the Knslgn who lost his commission I
on account "f break. ng the law agalnt I
marriage, "If I were In love with a ctrl 1
and knew that mv marrlace lo her would
j result in the entire breakdown f the
Government Id marry her anvhow."
There 1 no such law In my code and
Aphrodite and Hymen say that It ! new
to them. One of our maxim of trans- ,
cendent Import-in- " Is, "I ottld not bwei
thee half so much loved I not honor '
: ,ore
Trie t ,e- l a saving "love knows
no 1 ivv ' tint I to sa, lovo often slop
over and is forq- veil
Hut the Hr.sign who does not wait for
the very rvasonuble time when he 1 al
lowed to marry should not be com
mended. If a man took Josephus's advice he
would rather break down his country
than wait until he ts fitted to marry.
Such man I worthy of the oblivion
which Is atiout to descend on Joe and
his fellow sclollstlc philosophers. Love
without nonor does nlther the man nor I
the girl any good.
Joe knows nothing of my profession.
I hear he knows nothing about the navy ,
for the love of Mike where does he get
off Dan Cti'in.
Nsw York, March 22.
Sweet Timothy; or Snied by the Sec
retary. A SVI.I.MI 01' TIIK I'N'ITF.P STATFS NAVT
If I were . jounc middy In lovs with
girl. I would marry hr If It broke up
the vvh'l' n I would let nnthlnc Ilk"
tht stand between me nnd 'he slrl I
loved fcrflnr!t JiTrphits ihtmtl
It was Just eight bells or about half
past.
And mur tea was In the process of
rotation.
When lhe piped ail hands to the nialn
topmast For to solemnize a naval execution,
An' we heard the horn of the Horse
Marines.
An' thelt Invite drumming hollow on
tlie planking
As thev marched up a youth in his enrly
teens
With manacles an' fetter locks a
i lahlunc
eh.
Ihc.v drasced him up
and I felt
reel bnil
When I saw 'twas little Timothy the
ensicn.
An' 1 knew tli.it they meant for to hang
the lad,
A proceeding what there wasn't any
rene in.
And our c.iptlng stern to the. prisoner
said,
"You will ehortl.v be suspended from
a eltibet,
you've gone .in' went nnd a gal
you've vv ed,
Which the articles especially pro
hibit !"
Ph. In g.il rim up. so pale an' sweet
(And she was a tavin', icaiin'
beauty !
An' she swooned for grief at the c.ip
tlng' fiet.
Hut he onl.v muttered, "Seamen, do
your dnt.v !"
mi. I wept tug tears nil niv
hlotl-e
was soaked,
Foi the tied a halter round the mid
dy's wishlHilie,
An' Ihe paor boy gulped, and the poor
oov cnniceii
An he might have been a-swallerm'
a tlsbboiie.
, . ,
'Nmv "'' heard a shout an a wlustle
toot.
And orders come lo anchor an' to reef
us ,
An' a man mine aboard In a broadcloth
suit
Which I seen was the I.'mlnent Jo
sephus. Oh, he stepped right up to the hoy
I poor chap'!,
And scz he, "Yviuie a cicdlt to the
nation !
An' ,vou sba'n't be hanged by no gold
lace cap
For the breakln' of a stupid regula.
tlon '
"For if I loved a gal an' the g.il loved
me
I'd main her III Atrlky or Slam
If It wicked every ship Iu the hull
tl.i vee
For thai s the sort of prairie , he iien
I am '
'An vou saail o'lisf Hi lour hr.de
va -'i. II
f.tr on tile ocean w ii.v,
For I 11 make vou a l.oid II i. duiril,
If there s an.v such position in the
navy I"
Arthur Guitlrman,
B. & 0. HEAD URGES
BIGGER U. S. BOARD
rrosldoiif Wninril Snjs Jon.,,.
hiMon Ts Wciicr Than Gov
iTiimpnt Owner-Inn,
FOR TniOATVKK POWHTN
llA-fornr., X. IT., March CS -D.trrtsl
Wlllard, president of tlie lUlttmnrn nn
Ohio Itiillroad, In an address before tlm
students, of Dartmouth College nnd corn,
tnunlty to-night discussed tho relation,
ship tietween the railroads and the pub.
lie with reference to tho need for bronct
statesmanship and cooperation betnsen
regulating bodies and tho carriers If thu
general policy of railroad regulation ns
now established Is to succeed.
. After reviewing briefly the history
the steam railroad and Its relation ti
the development of America Mr. Wlllurd
said that "If tho present plan of private
ownership with (Jovernment regulation,
should fall because of nnwilllngnes,, on
the part of the public to Invest further
In railroad securities It will be no lest
the fault of those responsible for the pel.
Icy of regulation than of thoe respon
sible for the management of the ri.
roads "
Continuing Mr. Wlllard said:
"The railroad Is not a nwmifactursr
nor ii merchant, although It may bi mi,
that It manufactures tram tulles and
sell ton and passenger miles tt Is nm
a producer, but In a large way is rather
the servant of others the servant of thi
public
"While the Oovornment toieht hvs
constructed, owned and operated 'h
railroads had It decided lo do so, nt,
matter ot fact the Oovernment did not
build the rallroaJs. but Instead Invited
private capital to dlsihsrge for 't this
public function, upon the assuntce
supported by the common law thj
capital so invested should be allowed to
tecelve a fair compensation for Its use.
and as Commissioner Proutj has wl
said, 'Nothing can bo more unjust than
to deny to this capital that right
Itnllrnnd lliislness,
Mr Wlllard showed by statist.es ho
min b greater is the use of tho railroad
In the United States than In arv ot's
country of tho world, and also civ
tlgurea showing the magnitude of dus
trial growth In this country how oi
more than S.'fl.nftii miles of line of Amir
loin railways there were carried ovr
2.05s, 000.00" ton of freight nr. I 1 -3 :
OOO.ftOU passengers In lfi3. II, e igg-,
gate onriiing of roads from n l s njr
being $3,125,000,000, with mi npi 'at c
xpene of over 12.1 S2.noo.ono, !.
per cent of which went to pay the mo
than I, iiiO.hOO employees
"It was shown also that tne capita
Izatlon of the railways of the t'i ' !
State. for the year HM3 was fd.Att p,
mile, a lltllo more than one-half of '
of (Icrmanv and less than onc-fotr'h . '
that of the Ftnted Kingdom
"Notwithstanding the statcmet,' si
often made In the past," said M U"'
lard, "but much less frispientlv ,t pr
ent, that our American rallrni - a
overcapitalised, it will be seen i n:, th
tlcures Just given that the ave'.ige ; -t
, 1 1 1 7. .1 1 1 1 1 1 or co-t per mile of ti.n rend
III the Kuropean countries mentioned -more
thin double what It Is in ti'
Ftilted States "
I'ontldenco was expressed by Mr Wll
lard that the Fe leral valuation of t'i.
railway now In progress would demo'
strate that the carriers are not ov"
capitalized and hestated that In. hU op.r
ion, they could not be duplicated as i
whole for the amount of ihe present e .
standing capital obligations.
For I'a'ilf-rnl Jtegnliillon,
While recogidzlng that the ;
power should, and probably will, 'e .
with the State,., Mr. Wlllard exj. ts.-e
the view that the true Interest of ail
be bct served by Federal reg'jtn'.e i
the railroads rather than by State rsc
la tlon.
Mr. Wlllard suggested t lat the pr.r
pie conceded by the Interstate o
mene V.'oumilsslon m the 5 P' '
case be generally accepted and u id. t
bas.s of our national polic ,.f ri r
regulation He fell that tils p-il .e-n
how best to provide adequate serv s ,
roason.iblo rates will be sit -f, r
worked out under the pre-, I 'in
private ownership through -"( ''
tal control, and to nalue th, f
believed that the interstate i ,
law must be amended
"The Interstate dimmer
si vn," lie said, "should be li . I .
reorganized and its pnvvirs ' : ,, ,
that it may bo able to deal ,
and effectively with th' vano.-
tinder its Jurl-.llctloti Ii i
to do so ai tlte present tnn
"It Is right that the people - s
protected from the sdll-h i - '
r.illroids, but it Is cpiill-- tun
that the railroads be piot. iM f n I
utireasoninc demands of the pu'. . T"'
comtnlssion should be sn" ' eon''
to tlx the minimum as we" i- .ns
mum rale whlih tie al 'ii mi
char-c "
Mr. Wlllard disi use' d at - -.
the alternate sugsesiion ef li i "
ownership :
"In no coinitr.v outsid" o' .
In my oplnbn, are the i i '. -ated
and managed as pni l'.,''
flclcnlly under Hover' nin1 n -
. Is the CISC HI tho I'lllted SMI. -
private ownership w ,t g.e . i
couttnl, and Height rales it. 'i. '
States arc, uimn the .turn.
lower than those charged in
Kurope.
"I ani not eonsciousl'
against Hov crnment icvni -
road-, but my own epir
servatlnn convince me ll.at 'i
tiy tnu ptesini plan :s -i '
one.
I'leseot I'lllli Ihe llellei
"If Oov erntmtit resii.ii.
road with private ow nets'.
made a snei ess, 1 do rtoi -
exre. t that clove nuin
under G ivornment owioi-'
success, and .:' 1,ovi"m
with private! owners. op s
then there would seom t
on for bringing a.b.nii a
would certainly tnlii'iio
Iv ins vv lilch mluhl er on
whole future eioi.oti.u o. .
.Mi Wlllard ref.ured t '
objection there would "
mote than two million n l
on tho civil list of the (e v.
vvhilo roi ocnlzlng i'.,,t tin
Quired might be sei ured ' -
ost, lie did not feel tl
net gain to the publn f
ma nrigeincnt.
In oh sing Mr Will ml -.
"To my mind II theie i-
dlnlrctlic.lv Ainertiau oi
should all be Justlj proud
way sMem, bci aue, ' i '
all that mn) be said a - a ' '
1111111111 that H has I'ii.i '
wages and sold Us ..... -transpnrlutlon--ai
the v.
at l ho s.i l.e time h i fo '
tl anspnrt 1 1 ton pr iloll.i
f nilities than ai v ot i r . o
win Id, i coord. I nict
Should ill be ln-ll i,
llelio tl, Lewis Nnioeil I ml
A l him . V ,r 1,
i iv O'ln, eo 'o-il iv ' ,i ,
lleiwv 1, lews i- i
Judge n Kings i imc i v
come up tor elect en to 1
next Novcmbci.