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The nattier or Bnyonne.
Kever wns the riot net rend with
uch orotund resonnnce ns when the
rw t.-..,.v v Kt-cKiran read It. The
Sheriff of Hudson county hns, and has
under ndmlrnbio coniroi, an iuu i-um-phcrnalia
of open air oratory; the
flashing eye, tho silver plnted voice,
tho eloquent list, the fluent phrase,
of Instant transition from
Jovian dignity to tho ucnlnl graco of
the smotlns room raconteur, a nne
flguro of a man." Arnmls, lVrtho
and D'Arfctjrnan In one, with nn Irish
man wniarliiB the triangle. Congress
nmn. Sheriff; and still n, Harkls.
With growing delight wo have read
of Kinkkad's Hnttlo of Dayonne. For
ns it Is nil Klnkead. Wo forget tho
trlkcrs, the employers, the police, the
Governor and tho Invisible militia.
We liavo eyes only for that heroic
figure, crowd and cloud o'ertopplng.
We swim In ecstasy ns ho pleads:
"Hoys. I haven't had a bite of food
since 0 o'clock this morning, and hero
It Is 2 of the afternoon. Would you
starve your poor old Sheriff? Ho
Bootl. now !" We chortle as the bricks
and bullets bounce off him. for well
we know he cannot be hurt. Almost
we wlHh they might whlmlo jwst a
head at Sen Olrt, and stir the hesi
tant Governor Into notion. We bow in
reverence wheu the Sheriff "arrests
the iHilk-e" nnd lugs them to the line
of battle; it 1 the simplicity of true
genius. Hut when (In the report,
whether or not in fact) he smites tho
infunious 1Iai.v, thrice smites the cai
tiff, beats the mischief maker to his
knees mid wrings from the cowering
wretch a disavowal nnd nn apology,
abject of course, we laugh find cry nt
once; we freeze, we burn.
Theso nro days oi too democratic
mediocrity. People are nil alike.
There is reason to rejoice when n
"character" nppears. When the head
of a Klnkead rises above sea level
It shall be no shillelagh of ours that
cracks it.
Who Is nrhlnd nnldy?
It now nppears thnt the ludlvldunl
calling himself .Tfrhmiah J. IIaldv,
who has been constrictions In the fo
menting of disorder in Uayonne and
the efforts to destroy the Standard
Oil works in that city, is nn Austrian
by birth nnd haa never been nn em
ployee of tho assailed coriwration.
What wns tho origin of this philan
thropic outsider's nltrulstle Interest in
the welfare of the men who hav
Wtherto seemed reasonably well satis
fied with tho terras and conditions of
their employment?
The Twin Handicaps of Business.
The Federal Trade Commission's
Inquiries In Chicago again brought
out a matter on which wltness be
fore tho commission at its cessions
hero laid much atrcss. All of the
men of large affairs who touched tho
subject In their testimony hero were
unanimous in the opinion that until
the obscurity surrounding tho Sher
man law's overseas application is
cleared up American business opera
tions on a large scale In tho Central
and South American countries, now
o invitingly open to us, are uot to
be considered.
Mr. JmiN II. Kihuy, of Houston,
Texas, the head of a tlrm which does
n lumber exporting business. In his
tCKtlinoiiy at the coiiinilnlon's Chi
cago M'sMmt was very posltUe In tho
Bninp view. Conipeiltlim In the lum
ber trade In foreign market Is very
keen ami Ainenran merchants are
heavily haudle.ippiHl in .such markets
by the Sheniiiiu law re.tretliiiK
"The bulk of 1". urn lean and Smith
American trade Is obtained by form
ing selling combination''," Mr. Kiituv
emit limed. "Credits can be secured,
ships can 1 subsidized and agents
In the principal cities can lie main
tained by the foreign merchants, but
we cannot do that, Tho restraint of
trado clause In tho Sherman law pro
hibit. us,"
Mr. II. I Davison In his testimony
before the commission hero did nut
go so far its to Interpret the Sherman
law as actually prohibitory, but his
Tlew and that of all the other wit
nehses was that the uncertainty of
the law's application iimmiiited to
prohibition. Hither tho law must bo
amended or deilultely Interpreted as
Bontppllcable beyond sens, or Ameri-
can foreign business expansion must
rt'innlu hopelessly luttiillcnpiietl.
N'oxt to repeal of the a Toilette
Fumsoth Hpntnen's net nothing more
urgently tloiiuitiilK IckIhIiiUvo attention
tliiiu does UiIh befogged nroa of tilt)
Stieniiiiu law. Tho ltiiiKrt:t no to
American business expansion nt home
mid ubroatl of relief In both these par
ticular Is ho great Unit. In any other
t linn the Abnormal times In whleh we
nre living the propriety of rnlllnc; nn
extra session of Congress for their
eonslilrriitlon would hardly lie ques
t loned.
Pools Not on I.nng Island.
If Umg Island has prided Itself on
Its numerous fools who delight to risk
their lives nt grade crossings, It can
not claim a monopoly of the breed
Its representatives are omnipresent.
President Fairfax Harrison of the
Southern Hallway Company has Is
sued a personal appeal to "Stop,
Iook and Listen," In which he shows
that, In the year ending with June 30
there were sixty-nine automobile cas
ualties at grade crossings on the lines
of his road In Alabama, Georgia,
North Curollnn, South Carolina, Ten
nessco nnd Virginia, resulting In
twelve deaths and serious Injury to
llfry-elght persons.
President IIarhison asserts that
"It Is probably fair to say that n
large proportion of these accidents
hnpiened solely through the careless
ness of the drivers of nutomnblles, or
their lack of experience In dealing
with vehicles at high speed." and he
refers to n type familiar to every rail
road man when he adds:
"There are among; them alto well au
thenticated cases of deliberate assumption
of risk by the drivers of automobile
from pure love of excitement and apeed,
evidenced by racing- with trains and
seeking the thrill of a narrow escape.
"Our enginemen report auch occur
rences dally.
IT fortunately they are without fatal
conaequences In the great majority of
casei, they are always paid tor by a
heavy strain on the nerves of all con
cerned, particularly thoae of the loco
motive engineer, who maintains speed
from duty and not for fun."
They are found In every section of
the country, dashing through the
gates with which soulles? corpora
Hons vainly seek to save their lives nt
grade crossings, raving wildly to "beat
the express" for no other reason thun
to see how close to death they can
come; nnd we doubt the power of the
railroads to reform them by any
method less violent than thnt which
lu the past has ended the careers of
a number of them.
Grant, Twain, Scott nnd mills.
Is It virtuous to pay? All the
world loves a Sklmpolo nnd ndmlres
a Walter Scott. Now a great preach
er, the Uev! Nnwn.i. Dwioiit Hilms
of Plymouth Church, has Joined the
ranks of great doctors nnd promises
to be a heroic payer.
Certainly the details of the Iter.
Dr. Hillis's navigation of the seas
of industrial finance nre no concern
of ours, or of anybody's but the doc
tor of Plymouth theology and his
creditors. However, the doctor has not
shunned publicity, as some delicate
debtors do, nnd his proclamation of
purpose to earn n place with General
Grnt, Mark Twain nnd Sir Waltm
Scorr will charm the public mind.
A Favorite Son Speaks.
'The United States must maintain
strict neutrality by preventing ship
ments of ammunition and arms to
belligerents," says the Hon. Frank
H. Willis, Governor of Ohio, In his
comments on President Wilson'b
final noto to Germany.
A sentiment lu every way worthy
of Governor WiLLts's great reputa
tion as "n good vote getter" In a
State where there Is a largo hyphen
ated population of the usual bifur
cated Americanism of far straddling
possibilities. A Bentlment valuable
moreover as a measure of tho I tuck
eye Governor's breadth of statesman
ship and grasp of large questions. He
Is one of tho bountiful supply of fa
vorite son offerings for the next He
publican Presidential convention's
consideration. So Is Mr. 1'aihiianks
and so Is Mr. La Fomxtte ami so Is
Mr. Norrib nnd so on far down in
the roll call until the heart grows
weary at the mere thought of the
roaring cataracts of oratorical rant
the suffering thousands In tho conven
tion hall will endure before all this
litter Is cleared away and the busl
ness of nominating a candidate for
the Presidency begins.
Hut between now nnd next June
there are ninny dnys and many op
IHirtunltles for public utterance open
to tho favorite sous with all the pleas
ing prospects of n reduction lu their
nuiiilw.rs by self-destruction which
that Implies. All the same It Is a
little disheartening that even a "giwd
vote getter" statesman, If he happen
to be ( ,o ernor of a great State like
Ohio, should select a moment like
the present for Just that kind of n
demonstration of his hopeless unfit
ne.ss for re.-Mnslble olllee.
The Overhead Gardrni,
III a loiter to Tut: Scn Commis
sioner John .1. Mtiti'iiY hays that
the Tenement House Department U
lu sympathy with the efforts to re
lieve tho monotony of "our long rows
of tenement and apartment houses
by the Ilitl'oiIiK'tlon of dowers nliil
plains." Ills restrictions regarding
the cluttering of lire escapes. Insecure
fastening of window lioxes and flush
ing of plants with water are all up
parontly Just. We have street dan
gers enough from devil drivers and
their wagons without adding such
overhead perils.
The Interest In thi branch of flori
culture Is shown by the "numerous
Inquiries" which Mr. MuRrnr says
are received by the department Win
dow gardens Increase In number nnd
iK'auty each summer. They have
grown away from scraggly plants In
old cans and soap boxes of the lower
Fast Side to rich expensive blooms of
the uptown resident districts. They
come from nnclent nnd worthy ante
cedents, these window gardens. Noble
ladles waved farewells to departing
knights from timid beds of flowers o
deep slono casements of castles and
the gentle heroines of the mld-Vlc-rorlan
age sighed deepest at rose em
bowered windows.
Old Now York had Its tulip bed,
then Its rows of blooming plants nt
the front door, Its' shade trees and Its
Ivy evivered walls. Hut the town's
growth stopped the gardens and the
trees, and the Ivy walls are luxuries
only for churches and vild family
mansions.
In the place of these have come the
window boxes, and the little gardens
blaze as true beauty spots these warm
summer days on the homo fronts.
They are In ns great variety as the
tnstes or Inclinations of the nlnntcrs.
They nre confined to no part of the
city; n window full of geraniums on
one Mulberry street tenement gives
color to half n block, and n wealth of
blooming plants nnd greens dropping
from a ilrst story window of a Park
avenue bouse covers tho bare stone
walls nnd transforms the entrance
Into n bower of creeiior roses. They
nre the common gardens of the rich
nnd poor; and If the city has made
the land too valuable for the flower
lover, It has endeavored to recompense
him by carrying his gardens up with
Its high buildings.
For Hot Moralists to Ponder.
The Spanish Government has placed
an order with Chicago contractors
for a large quantity of military stores.
Including rifle cartridges. Work on
the order will begin In August and
continue until Fcbruarv.
We suggest for the Consideration of
nil amenders of International Inw nnd
self-constituted censors of other folks'
morals these questions:
If In Jiinuary Spain declares war
on Franco and uses these cartridges
against French troops, will the deliv
eries made previous to tho declaration
of war constitute of their fabricators
murderers and assassins?
Assuming that Spain were able to
keep her ports open and get goods
from this country, would tho contin
uance of deliveries on these contracts
convict us ft unneutrallty us between
Spain nnd France?
After the opening of hostilities,
were Spain to obtain all the goods
called for In tho existing contracts.
nnd on their completion to renew
the contracts, would the accentan.-e
of the new contracts be a breach of
neutrality?
A sufficiently violent rjacitlst of the.
kind so familiar nowadays should be
able to get comfortnhlv
lug these simple problems In ethics.
Thouirh Mr. riRTAX has Bald no word
himself, there Is n conviction here that
IIS Will tl in WnuMnr(,,r, i
to lend his powers of leadership to
those opposing Increnses for the na
tional defence. Wellington despatch.
"The enemy's country."
Now that the suffragists are cam
paigning In the barber slvps there Is
but one refuee. for tho mere mnn ihn.
caught. Let him order n shampoo ami
piunaie nis nean into the nearest basin.
There are quarters In which a des
pernte effort Is making to change It
from the S. O. C. to S O 8.
The Hon. Heumav rtinnra niirnu Vila
Journallstla brethren to bewars of
untisn gold. Likewise they might be
ware of German-American Muff,
Curiously enoimh the Initials of
German-American Muff spell Gab.
A race of giant rata has been Infest
ing one of the residence districts near
the centre of the city. Cats and small
doga are the prey of the huge r.its.
which nmke of an ordinary sired cnt a.
good meal. Deipntch from Tiffin, Ohio.
Can the Mighty Hunter resist the
call?
Commissioner FrrnmsTON of the De
partment of Street Cleaning la hecln-
nlns to talk of next winter's snow.
City newt.
The Commissioner will never qualify
as a poet. Poets talk exclusively of
"laat year's snow."
The constitutional convention now
in session at Albany has proposed to
abolish the existing law exempting
tho tuemliers of tho .National Guard
of this State from Jury duty.
At a time when endeavors are being
matin to Increase the efllclency of the
Guard and to enlarge its ranks such
a step would prove n great handicap
to accomplishing this end.
Service In the Guard requires time
and money, and Its members must
nlwnys be ready at the call of the
State, For tho sacrifices of these
men and their service to tho Wato
exemption from Jury duty seems li
small reward.
Tho leMnurantM nnd cafes Klltler nnd
Ih orchestra", which are lesion, play
lively limes with a pnrllnllty for Ameri
can runtime. Oirinon rnrrraiiuntfenre.
tine American note, at least, Is popu
lar In llerlln.
Kven Kansas, where money gushes
from the farms like oil from Okla
homa wells, is moving to the towns.
There has been an increase In tho
I'tiian population over the rural for
yenrs; In the twenty years fiom 18(10
to 1010 the Knln was 20 per cent., and
the forthcoming reiiHiis wiil show a
still gt enter gain. "There are too
n.any non-producers In Kansas," says
tlio H'crctaiy of the State Hoard if
Agrliiiltuie. "It Is time to get a lot
of the fnrmiTs who moved Into the
towns to go back to the fnrms." Hut
will the men whom "Farmer Conrns"
helped Into devil wiikoiih nnil whoso
fronts he loaded with diamonds heed
tho voice of his successor? With whnat
more than a dnllnr and corn at eighty
cents It seems an opportune moment
to make the appeal.
"HOLIER THAN THOU ARTS
Candid Commentary nn Itiidynrd Kip
ling's Soathport Speech.
To tiik KutTOIl ok TIIK SUN Sir: Mr.
ttudyard Kipling in an address mndo
Juno 21, 1D15, at duuthport, Knglnml,
snld the HelKlaiis "receive enough food
to support life, ns tho Herman thinks
It should bo supported (by tho way, 1
bellevo tho United States of Atncilcu
supplies a largo part of that food). In
return they are compelled to work nt
tho point of tho bayonet. If they ob
ject they nre shot. They linvo no more
"property and no more rlithts thnn cnttle.
anil they cannot lift a hnud to protect
tho lienor of UHr women. Thero has
been nothing llko thu horror of their
fute in all history."
Buppose the charge hero ngalnst tho
Hermans were lltrnlly true, the state
ment that thero has licun nothing II ko
thu horror of their f.ito In alt history
Is cheap liutu'oinlie I do not wish to
ploud for the German who Is fighting
like a tomcat that has deliberately
Jumped Into a ring of dogs, but It Is
worth while uskltig Is nit this heaven
ward rolling of tho Ktigllt.li eye an evl-tlutx-e
of a lack of humor.' I'osluvt-iy
theio Imvm lien Keeral Cii.' a In I .story
llko the Ilclglnn horror, nnd tho Kntr
Hull themselves supplied tho cuuso for
the fei'llnu .if no. , u
There wero threa main revolutions In
Ireland during thu Uiim of tin trans
'endent Kllza, Shatw U'NelU's In 1560.
Uennond's In 1507 and Hush O'Neill's
In 15U6, all rxc.ted by systematic vio
lence and suppressed by wholesale dev
astation utid massacre. I.ecky paid
("History of KnglHlid In tho Klghtcctilh
Century," volume !, paxe t) : "The
suppression of the native nice In tho
wars nuiiltiBt .Shane O'Neill, Desmond
and Trom was curried out with a
ferocity which surpassed that of Alva
In the Netlu-i lands at.il has seldom
been exceeded In tile panes of hlstoty."
In Munster tlio soldlurs of 1 'ell nun
nnd Ormond killed men, women, chil
dren, tho blind, Idiots; they tilled barns
with peasants ami then Hied tho
barns; they tosred babies from man
to man bj the points of their pikes.
Percle left "neither oorn, barn tior
house unburnt between Klnsalu thcro
the l.usltnnln went down! and ltons."
In li"9 the K.irriH.iii of Smerwlek, which
had fcurrt-ndered, was niaM.acre.1 by
Gray In the presence of Sir Waller
ItalclKh. This Gray murdered 00 other
people at Sletilocher. Sir (leorge Cnrew
estimated ("I'licnta lllbernla") that In
six months of lt2 the KngllHli suc
ceeded In starving to deuth 3U.00O p.o
ple lu .Minister, beyond thosu killed by
tho sword. Thero was no L'nlted .State's
of Amer.oa to fee-1 them. Malhlu and
HltiRliam acted lu the earn manlier In
ConnaUKht. l.ecky says thnt 3.0UH peo
ple were (Lined In Tyrone in the coutao
of a fei months.
In the seventeenth century the plan
tations' massacres and confiscations
practically never ceased. In H',11 Owen
Hoo O'Neill owe III ItiHurreition and In
the suppression of thin uprising C'.x'te.
St. I.ocer and Hamilton a. ted llko
Mountjoy. Cnrew and Malble of the
preceding century. A single regiment of
Coote's killed by starvation 7,000 p.o
1 pie, and this la his own report. They
I butchered the babies with prudent fore
sight, because, ns they said, "nits will
be lice," Cromwell came lu 16V- and
"In tho name of Jesus'' butchered .10.000
nt DroRheda. He did a like deed nt
Wexfotd. Sir William I'etly (see
I.ecky, volume 2, page 172) estimated
that In the eleven years after Owen I ton
O'Neill's uprising the Knglish slaugh
tered 'lU.liOu petrous In Inland.
About 0,000 Irishmen tied to France
nnd Spain. Cromwell contlscnte.I nil
Ireland except u part of the west, mid
drove tho Irish "to hell or Cotinaught"
to liiuko room for his carpetbaggers.
In February of this :ar tho present
Pope signed a decree of bealltb-atlon of
257 Irish men and women who were
kilted by tho Kngllsh for their religious
faith In the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, and tlie.se nre not half tho
actual number. The Ilrst name on thu
list is that of Permot O'llurley, Arch
bishop of Cnshel. lie was tortured,
then his legs were put Into tin bnots
filled with oil, resin and salt, the oil
was boiled over a grate, the boots were
Jerked off with what remained of tho
legs, he was thrown Into prison for
four months In this condition, then be
was taken out and hanged, The other
250 were treated In llko manner, rxicpt
that tho leg boiling was omitted. The
leg boiling In Archbishop O'lturley's
raso was done ut the Hiigtresliou of
Walslngharu, the Knpllsh 1'reHldunt of
the Council, and put into effect by tho
Ungllnh Archbishop of liublln. solely be
causu O'l I in ley would not renounce bla
religious faith.
As late as 179.. within the memory
f my own grandfather, tho Knglisli
used the pitch cap In Ireland tsce
Myles O'nvrne's "Memoirs"). A cap
filled with tar was fastened to the scalp
and tho scalp was Jerked off with the
cap. This was more efteetlvn than tho
scalping process emploie.l by thn Ameri
can savages. Ilotweou 1741) and 1771
the Kngllsh In their own country hanged
10? men and women for shoplifting
alone, and as late as 1820 they had 221
capital offences on the list. They
hanged a man for draining a llsh pond,
fur stealing a shilling, for chopping
down a tree, for cutting a bop bind ;
103 hangings followed the I.ent Asslxei
f 17KS, They nre authorities on
utroclty. ArariN O'Mallkt.
rillLAPit.Pttu, July 2G.
Sonrenlr of America.
When Columbus returned triumphantly
from his lultlnl voyage of discovery he
appeared before Ferdinand nnd Isa
bella. "What have you brought us," they
asked, "from this far country?"
Whereupon Columbus opened his suit
case and mndo them the following
presents :
A sueetrraM work basket.
A sweetcrass handkerchief ess.
A sweetgrnss sclisori sheath.
A toy birch bjrk canoe.
A rnllnpilble drinking cup and ess.
A lihe,l wo'hI paper cutter.
An Indian hesd pipe.
A Mrrh bark photeKraph fram.
And a set of picture postcards
Columbus placed the outfit nt the foot
of the throne, and their Majesties re
garded him with much amazement.
"What," finally spluttered King Fcril
nnnd, "Is this bunch of Jitnk7"
These nre souvenirs of America,
your Majesties," explained Columbus ;
"they were all I could get."
Herein lies the true, Inward reason
why Christopher Columbus died In
chains.
Final Count Against the Tange.
To Tim KniTim or Tut fit-v Mr- One nf
nur newspapers reenr.ls this serious acel
Jpnt: "Hllia Williams, 7S, of th Widows
II .me ut 1310 Knst M...Mtm.n utret't, was
received at the gvnernl hospital Haturd.iy
suffering from the effects of a broken hip
She told l)rs ll.i.ler and Fchwurtii In the
receiving want thut 1'rlilH) night she re
moieit her shoes and was dancing the
inllgr, for the edification of several of her
friends at the Institution, when sh stum
tin.il over her shoes and fell, striking on
hr hip "
Does this not complete ths Indictment
of the new .lances? I'snmrKtiUN.
Cicinti, July it
Another I'nusiial Address,
To tii Keiros . The scn .sir: Here Is
an address lourer than II wit of Corporal
Litmus pulillsliril In The Sin. It nent out
from this toun on a letter last weeki
J C Melknlch, A. II.
1st Section, llth Platoon,
I) Company. Il-wke's Ilattallon,
noj.il Nuvnl Division,
1st tlrlt:ale,
Ilrltlsh Me.Htsrranean Expe.llllon.iry Force,
(Jen. Post Offlrs,
London,
England.
Uiairuar, S. C, aly 21. M, E. a.
ARE WE NEUTRAL?
A German States the Cnso of Undo
Ham vs. John Hull.
To tiik KniTon or Tim Sun Sir: I
am attacked on the stieet with knife
and pistol by .Mr. Jones, and 1 wound
him seriously In self-defence. I am
taken to court on a charge of assault
and battery and enter a plea of self
defence. If .Mr. Wilson were sitting
upon tho bench my plea would be re
jected In some such fashion as this:
".My good man, your plea Is u pica In
confession nnd avoidance. It Involve
an admission thnt you have vlolattd the
law against laying violent hands upon
tho person of a fellow. Whether or
not you hnvo violated that law Is the
only iiucstlon 1 deem pertinent on this
trial. I cannot allow you to obscure
that plain and simple Is-lie by an irrele
vant Imiulry Into the conduct of Mr.
Jones. Vou say that he Ilrst broke the
law by attacking jou, and that you were
forced to follow suit for your own pro
tection, but you will readily appre
tlatc, sir, that I can properly discuss
that matter only with Mr. Jones, Ho far
as you nro concerned, you admit your
sullt, and I therefore condemn sou to
tjunlshment."
Such a Judgment would be ns valid
n loalc and Justice ns the treatment of
our controvert) with Germany by the
Administration and by u majority of
the newspapers, tiermany has Insisted
uniformly that her submarine opera
tions against the merchant ships of
Uie.it llrlt.iln were undertaken as a
means of self-defence against Hrltaln's
Illegal suppiesslon of her commerce with
neutral nations. ha has protested al
ways her willingness to withdraw these
operations within tho limits set by In
ternational law as It was undcl stood
before the war began, If (Irejt Ilrltaln
would abandon her own lawless prac
tices and respect the saino Jiite-bellum
law of nations.
No one denies, I believe, that (Ileal
Britain, almost from the beginning of
the war, has Interrupted commerce
which slui had no legal right to dis
turb nnd has dune It In a manner un
sanctioned by law. Thus a situation
Is presented which can bo doalt with
fairly only through slmultalieout and
e.iually fold fill rciie.enta;loni to both
offenders. It Is us Irrational nnd un
fair to suspend protest ngii.nt the
offences of Ilrltaln and concentrate our
wrath on Germany alone us It would
be for a policeman to approach while
t was defending- myself from tho at
ticks of Mr. Jones, and say to mo ;
"You must cease striking Mr. Jones at
once, and some time In tho dim future,
when the splr.t moves me (nnd 1 hope
after you have been battered to n pulp)
I may protest respectfully to -Mr. Jones
uralnst his striking you."
Ilrltnln's arbitrary su-pcnslun of the
law of the seas occurie.l long before
Germany's submarine programme was
Inaugurated, and It has never ceased.
On the contrary. It has been extended.
It has Interfered with our commerce
in a manner that the bu.tdeis of the
reptib.lc refused to tolerate Yet t!in
Administration has meekly acquiesced.
Strong word- have been spoken to Ger
many beeaue of her defence by sub
marine, but to Britain nothing has been
said except n message phrax-d so mildly
that the British Government waited
four months to answer It We heir s m
ply Idle, bin's now and then that a note
may lie prepatixl and despatched to Lon
don and hollow proclamations that we
hall Insist upon the freedom of the
seas "from whatever ciuarter violated,
without compromise and at any cost "
In view of the actual conduct of th
Administration, however, llrlta'n nnd
British sympathizers among u treat
such declarations, with goo.1 reason, as
mere brutum fulmen.
The course .'f the Government In this
controversy cannot b squared with the
rules of fair play It does not deserve the
support of a un.te.l country, and In my
opinion It will not receive It If the Gov
ernment were making tqunlly for.eful
efforts to compel the observance of the
law by both belligerents, It would deserve
the enthusiastic support of every clt zen,
though in that event presumably th"
numerous. Anglophiles among us would
flsht with frintlc fervor any effort to
fitter the wlli of Britain w.th the bonds
of mere law. Witness their denuncl.i
tlon of every such suggestion as an ab
horicnt effort to enlist the I'titted States
in a Teutonic plan to "rob" KngUnd of
her "advantage" on tho seas The fact
that thnt "advantage" ns enjoye.1 nt
present Is maintained largely at thu ex
pense of law and the rights of our own
commerce Is negligible of course Any
advantage that Kit-land can giln by
hook or crook must U rcspe- ted by u.
Only Germany must be made to toe
the iMertistlotuil law rnsrK.
It cannot t denied tint these ec
centricities of reasoning have g.vcn us a
considerable momentum toward war
with Oermany. Concurrently with th
outbreak of war It would be fit'lni to
toss the Peclnratlnn uf independence
to ths funics, apologize for George
Washington ns a troitor and pet tlon
the Crown for the formal reincorpora
tion of "Tho Slates" Into the Biltlsh
Empire. IlniM.vN A. Hkrtwpj,
New York, July 27.
STEAMBOAT INSPECTION.
Son Is tho Time to Test Its Srnpe
nnd (utility.
To the KniTon or Tin: mv fir: Now
Is the time to establish beyond nil ques
tion tho competence or tho lack of it
of the steamboat Inspection service. The
character of np)olutincuts to the servlro
In all ranks should bo thoroughly
scrutinized and If there are possibilities
of Influences that would tend to affect
the Impirtlil elllclency of the service
they should be carefully Investigated
In respect of tire prevention mens,
tires the Government air horltles hive
not kept up with the progress that liai
beep nude In civil alTalis. The Sloctim
disaster revealed that, and the chances
are that very little real prouicss Lis
been made since except that duo to tho
progressive spirit of some owners of In
land steam vessels. KcoNoMii'l's.
Nr.w YoitK, July 27.
Let No Man lie Ilecehed by Tales of
Quill Shooting Porcupine.
To Tlir. KniTon or Tiik Ki'N Sir: In
looking over The Si-s- of July 21 1
found nn nitlcle on the editorial page
entitled "Maine Indian Meets a. New
York Demand"
He has eight porcupines trained by
him to appioa. h Ins cimp near Spencer
Mountain each morning and shoot their
quills Into a tub he keeps sliin.llng out
side the camp door fur the purpose.
He then packs them In bundles ami
ships them to New York to bo used is
toothpicks.
I would like to Inform your readers
that porcupltun do not shoot their
quills I'Al'l, Kkii..
New YonK, July 20.
I'nnecessary Noises,
To Tlir. l-limon or Tun Prs Sir: Thi
pnllre seem to be negligent In enforcing
ths law Munlnst miner-ess iry nnlsrs; thev
do not enforce It rUldly enough. Kor
Instance, there Is too much hack .ir.l
singing p-rinltted In ptares wheie tha
resMents want quiet, t'nder certain con
ditions the "singing" ! tolerable, Imt few
have the remotest Mea of the .lirference
between slnglna and shouting, and so
muiiy young are Indulging In Hit
habit to th detriment of their eiluratlon
thnt the police would do well In stop the
nuisance At best It Is only another form
of li-Kslua, and In pln.es hete persons
hnppen to lis 111 the "sinning'' Is very
offensive Alio
Nrw York. July !7
Behind the Times.
Mrs. Knlcker Are they old fashioned?
Mrs. Hooker Very; they have boiled
shirts and fried stesk.
WAR STOCK VALUES.
Are Their Prices Inflated, or Actually
Under Their Worth?
To the KniTon op The Hun Sir: It
nppcnra to mo that, while there Is e
veto criticism of the general advance)
In price of the war stocks, the only
legitimate ground for complaint Is tho
lack of a ixisltlvo knowledge of their
earnings, which lack of course lends It
self to nil kinds of Inflation, Just and
unjust, deals and rumors of deals nnd
unbridled stack Jobbing.
That tho Increase in price is out
rageous and unwarranted Is by no
means certain. I bellevo the majority
have not begun to represent the profits
accruing to them through tho war.
It tnc most strongly suggest to the
ardent critics of alleged stock market
Inflation of the war stocks a compari
son of price of the standard chemicals,
easily verified In any reputable trado
Journal, They are a very fair compari
son and they are directly affected by the
foreign demand :
July, 1914. Auciist, 1I1S.
Carbolic, acid, to to. H...7c. to Sl.CS
Toluol, 22 cts. gat It to 17
Benzol 2 cts. gal 17 cts, to SO cts.
VAretlne, cts. lb 25 cts.
ah aciu auoui iw to suu per ceni, iQTsntc,
Potash, 1,000 per cent. Increase.
I havo with Intent omitted smaller
or less Important drugs. These ate the
standard chemicals needed for civilized
existence. You will observe the aver
age advance ranges from 300 to 1,000
per cent.
Imagine the howl and roar from one
end of the rountry to tho other against
wicked Wall Street If the W'nr stocks ad
vance 1,000 or more per cent. Conse
quently It follows there Is ground for
belief they have not begun to represent
their Improved isisltlon.
Itonr.RT S. IUpdi.e.
ItAHWAT, N. J July 27.
THAT GINGER CAKE.
A itetiilnlsrcnce: Hut Where Is the
Desired Itcrlpe?
From Ihf lliddttord Hailv Journal.
What memories this reference to tho
five cent ginger cake of commerce will
arouse In the minds of men approach
ing or past middle age, who passed their
boyhood In the country I
At ull public gatherings whern con
cessions were given for the serving of
refreshments It was the chief feature
lu the order of the day down to k period
much later than ha.f a century ago.
And then It seems to have disappeared,
biiddetity and mvsterlously, after the
manner of the dlsappeaianeo of the boot
Jack and the passenger pigeon, and llko
them probably never to return.
Who among us whose hair has grown
llilu atop or disappeared altogether enn
not recall the bill of faro of the refresh
ment .venders In those earlier nnd sim
pler days ut fairs, town meetings and
Fourth of Ju.) celebration ' The as
sortment was not elaborate, hut It was
filling nnd satisfying, and one got a good
deal for his money
Most conspicuously displayed were
those ginger cakes, everywhere locally
known as "bnker gingerbread," to dis
tinguish It from home made ginger
bread, which lacked the delicate color,
the spicy fragrance, tho workmanlike
finish and pleasing regularity of tho Im
ported nrtlcle. Then there were coffee,
served In big mugs, crackers nnd cheese,
baked beans and brown blend, not In
fnquetitly home made doughnuts, and
always raw oysters.
The gingerbread and the oysters were
tlio things that took with tho crowd ;
for only on such occasions were these
viands readily attainable. What coun
try boy has not watched some older per
son order a saucer of raw oysters, cover
them with vinegar and cajenne pepper
mid then absorb them ns though to the
tnat'tier hot a, u .t'.ueit a.ltulrli.g thn graco
i.nd iioncliiilnnie with which tho trick
v.as done and wishing for tho tlmo to
come when he might venture to glvo
such an exhibition?
Ills consolation lay In a "shtct" of
that famous baker's gingerbread, and If
he was particularly well llxed financially,
n piece of cheese to go Willi It. Those
were Indeed happy .lays, when a piece
f gingerbread and a bunk of cheese,
at a total expenso of fi cents, would
fill an aching void which In these de
generate days Is hardly satisfied with
a six course dinner.
It may be assumed that the men
who made that f uncus gingerbread are
not all .lead. Here and there through
out the country there must bo scvjral
survivors who retired for well earned
rest after long servlco In tho best In
terests of hungr.v humanity. This being
Hie case it Is barely possible that tho
recipe for those linger cukes Is not
Irretrievably lost.
ASTRONOMICAL NOTE.
Tremendous. Disturbance of the Side
real S)Ipiii Predicted,
To tiik KniTon or Tin: Sun sir,' My
obs.rvatory ha recorded the presence
of an eighth planet, it lies beyond i
.Neptune, it Is hair sun and half planet
In one hundred jears the effect of this
ilant stravling on tho other eeven plan
et.s will have been so strong that our
sidereal system, ns we know It to-dny,
will hive passed through tremendous
cataclysm. Hut It will eurvlve.
The name of this new tun-planet Is
Nietzsche.
llEVJAMIN DE CaSSSSIS.
New YonK, July 27,
WELCOME TO ATLANTA.
.Strange Mesnge on the Decline of a
i ItellKlous Movement.
To tiii: i:niT"it or Tub Spn -Sir; As
your Journal canles more weight for
ability among Southerners (and gets
away with It) tlian any other vehicle
J may I say to the 300,000 Southerners
in .-sew- i.ii-K cuy max. :
Atlanta has bulled the "men and
religion movement" so deep that no
gentleman need now hesitate to stop
oft here and be ptoperly entertained.
In Vino Veritas.
Atlanta, Oa., July 2B.
ew Tork at the Nntlnnal Negro
Fxposltlon.
In the pamphlets Issued by the Now
York State Cotumlss-.m of the National
Negio imposition held last week nt
Richmond, Vn., Is shown by means of
statistics the marked advancement of
tint negro race In this Stato during the
past few j ears.
The negro population of New York
State Is now 170. 12S, of which !'l.il,'l
negroes are engaged In some, special oc
cupation or Industry. In 1910 thero I
went 2!if farms valued at $1.300, f.23
owned by negroes. There iu fc.i'il
negroes engaged In the farming lndustty
alone
In 1510 ths proportion of llllterites,
ten vears of age and over, was 5 per
cent., and In 1015 this was reduced to
I 5 pr cent. The death rate has also
decreased; In 1!10 It was 210 to tho
thousand of population ns against 27. 'i to
the thousand In 1900.
Thus It Is seen that the negro Is tak
ing long strides toward tho advunco
ment of his race j and the desire of the
nation should b to encourage and help
him in his efforts tu solve his Indus
trial ptoblems,
An Omission In the Walhallo.
To Tna KniTos or Tns Prx Sir: your
friend Mr. I- Darke hns left nut the names
of two great Hermans In his letter pub.
llshed In Tits frs, Ilelmlioltz, a treit
mstliemstlelnn. miulrlnn ph)ilean an 1
the Inventor of the ophthalmoscope, and
I.elbnltt, the real Inventor and discoverer
of ths differential and Integral r.ilcu us
DrKjAXiM r unota, al, D,
BilTlstoai, Md., July 27,
CHEAPER RADIUM
IS NOW ASSURED
Government Cuts Production
Cost to $3(5,050 a Gram,
rind Mny I)o Hotter.
OHE CONSERVATION UliOKI)
WASHlNOTON,.Iuly 27. Hecrctnry I.nne
announced to-day that the production of
radium from Colorado carnotlte ores by
tho bureau of mines of the Department of
tho Interior, In connection with the Na
tional Itadlum institute, has passed the
experimental stage In Its now process
nnd Is on a successful manufacturing
basis. Ho also declared that tho state
ments made to Congress concerning the
ability of the bureau of mines to produce
radium nt a grently decreased cost over
other processes had actually been veri
fied anil that tho cost was even less
than predicted, Secretary I.ano raid :
"The cost of ono crnm of radium metal
produced In tho form of bromide during
March, April nnd May of the present
year was I3C.0C0, I am Informed by Or.
Charles I,. Parsons, In cbnrgo of the
nullum Investigations of tho bureau.
This Includes the cost of ore, Insurance,
repairs, amortization allowance for plant
nnd equipment, cost of bureau of mines
salaries and all expenses Incident to
tho production of high grade radium
bromide. When you consider thnt
radium has been selling for $120,000 and
$160,000 n gram, you will sen Just what
the bureau of mines hns ncomplishcd
along these lines.
"The cost ol producing radium In the
small experimental plant during the first
few mouths of tho bureau's activities
was somewhat higher, but not enough
seriously to affect the final avvragu.
No Immediate Drop In 1'rlre.
"The public, however, should not Infer
thnt this low cost of production neces
sarily means nu Immediate drop In the
selling price of radium. Tho National
Itadlum Institute was fortunate In secur
ing through thn Cniclblo Steal Company
of America the right to mlno ten claims
of rarnotlto ores belonging to them and
this was practically nil tho ore iivattablo
at the time. Since then new deposits
have been opened, but. these nro closely
held, Accoi.llng to tho best Judgment
of the bureau of mines experts tho
Colorado and rtnh nclds, which are
much richer In radium bearing ores than
any others known, will supply ore for a
few years only nt the rate of nroductlnn
that obtained when tho Kuropoan war
closed the mines.
"The demand for radium will also In
crease rapidly, for the two or three,
surgeons who have a sufficient nmount
of this element to entitle them to speak
from L-xpericncu nro obtaining results
In the cure of cancer that are Increas
ingly encouraging. A few more reports
like that presented to tho American
Medical Association nt Its reient San
Francisco meeting and thn medical pro
fession as a whole will bo convinced of
Its efficacy.
"Under all the circumstances It does
seem to me that It behooves thu !overn
SC"! ,0. n,,,k. "1"" arrangement The committee on publb- ut itls v
whereby these deposits, so unique In . report tomorrow favora .lv 't'e. , n
.r.r?.,?n "'.'i.' XMt ,,cl,lc"' ''l' ivet.tion tl.e article regn zlrg -
conserved In the truest sens., for our'l,,- ,,rv!.e C,miinl...n ,
people by
extracting ino rn.uum rrom tho
where It now; lies useless and put -
ores
ting It to work for the eradication of
cancer in the hospitals of the aimy nnd
navy and the public health servlco.
Produces Ore nt M.fIO rt Tun.
"The ten carnotlte claims being op
erated nt Lonir Park. I'ol . h- tin. V
tlonal Itadlum Institute have already
produced over 7'JO tons of ore averaging ienn expire.
above 2 per cent uranium oxide. The Tho Ilrst amendment prop e. to te
cost of the ore delivered at the radium State Constitution to be k.. e.l i :
plant In Denver has averaged $M 30 1 Hour of tho convent. on w . tho I -tet
per ton. Till Included If. per lent. toy. I amendment eliminating t ie .r n
alty. salary of bureau of mires cm-the official oath wlo.h r. jii-s
ployees, amortisation of camp n' d , elected - ITlclal to swv.ir :!...t he 1
equipment and all expenses Incident to i "Not directly or Indlre, My pi I, o"er.
tlm mining, transportation, grinding and!pr promised to paj, .-. nt-i!-r- I or
sampling of the ore. , fered or promised to cent. .w.
"A concentrating plant for low- grade mo: ey or other valuable tl. : as i
ores haa been erected at the mines and shir ration or reward tor Me ti 'i?
Is successfully recovering material for- Withholding a vote at tie . ' r.
merly wasted. Urlnding and simpllng
machinery hns been Installed at D.-nver
and a radium extraction plant ereote I.
I he radium plant has now a capacitv
of three tons of ore pr day, having
been mora than doubled in size since last
February. Ilefore that time that plant
had hern run more or less on an ex
perimental scale, although regularly
producing radium since June, 1911
"To July 1 slightly over three grams
of radium melnl had been obtained li.
the form of radium barium sulphate
containing over one milligram isf nullum
to tho kilogram of sulphates. Thn con
version of the sulphate Ir.to chiorldcs
and the purification of the radium there
from Is easily accomplished nnd with
small loss, ot material.
"Unfortunately, however, special acid
proof enamel ware, obtainable only In
France, has not been delivered of suffi
cient capacity to Itandlo tho erv stnlltza
tlon of the full plant production, so
thst n little es than half the output,
or, to tin exact, 1,301 milligrams of
radium element, hnvo been delivered to
thn two hospitals connected with the
National Itadlum Institute.
"The radium remaining can be crys
tallized nt any tlmo from neutral so
lution In nppuratus already Installed,
but the greater rapidity and efficiency
of production of this valuable materia!
by tho methods used have decided the
bureau of mines to await the euinplet.on
of apparatus nw being bu.lt b. 'ore
pushing tho chlorldo crystallization to
capacity."
REGENTS ELECT CHANCELLOR.
Pliny T, Seaton Succeeds) the I.
t. Clair McKcliTi.t.
Ai.bant, July 27. The Hoard
of
Hegents elected to-day Vlce-Chancellor
l'llny T. Sexton of I'almvra as I'nancel
lor of tho University of the State of
New York nnd l)r Albct Yunderveer
of Albany as Vice-chancellor Pr Sex
ton succeeds the lat.t Chancellor St.
Clair Me.Kelwny. He ts tlio srnlor
member of the Hoard of Hegents, hav
ing been elected In U90. pr. Vaniler
veer ranks next In seniority us :i
member of tho Hoard of Hegents
The Hegents appointed a boatd of five
examiners under a law passed this eir
providing for the rcg str.itinn and li
censing of architects The memhe's
of the board are Arnold W Hrtmner
and 1. Kverett Yv'a'.d of Manhattan;
William lianntster of HrouMjn, A I.,
llrockvvay of Syracuse, and K. H. i Sicca
ot Iluffalo.
CABLES FROM JAPAN SOON.
Commercial Vlessiiues for I'. S Ac
cepted In Short Time.
TOKlo, July 27. Wireless, mrss.igrs
were sent between the new station lit
I'unab.ishl, near Yokohama, and tlio Hi
wallnn Islands to-day. Cuiniiiercl.il
messages w'll bo accepted between
Japan and tho United States In a short
time.
Hrom Kunabuehl to Honolulu Is ah wit
3,100 miles, The first message sent be-i ) liberate euuvlct ..n 1' -tween
Honolulu and Japan was in l'loo. I have received tho ho d
Since then experiments huvc been cuing suffered dining the u.
fonvaid constantly, been comiccLnd t-.LU.jt,"
CITY'S STRENGTH AT
ALBANY IN DANGER
Lenders Fight for Tipp;islntlv8
Apportionment by (ho
Convention.
HOOT BLOCKING TIIK P,x
At.naNT, July 27. Pre'-1 ' i ,
tho Constitutional Convention ' . t
pressed hard by I-Mgnr T I -Lemuel
Kly Qulgg, Itay II K (
the other members of the con t
legislative organization, who .-
complcto legislative Hppor'l n
Tho Keptibllcan members h., i ,,
with Mr. ltoot to-day nnd Mr !'
and Mr. Qulgg Insisted 1 1 ... t , f T
yours New York city's (input it n. u
permit that locality to control up H'V
affairs through tho Legislature, p (
out that It wan not against t! , . t
Hum that Westchester and Nas-au i ,
soon becomo a portion of the tnattr
city and thus mako certain the doir.l.
nation of Now York city over the siv
Chairman Tanner of the Ilcjbu M
Stato committee wns called In by Jir
Hoot and took part In the conference
Mr, Hoot, Mr. Tanner, Herbert I'arsora
Henry L. Stlmson nnd what have been
termed tho "federal crowd" In ths con
vention have all nlong opposed an ap
portionment by the convention wi'h t
view of keeping politics out of Its d
liberations. I'rarea Thorough Job.
-Mr. Qulgg; Insisted that the ronven.
Hon would Insert provisions In the Con
stitution curtailing New York city's reo.
rescnt.itlon In tho Senate and Asserr.b'r
without regatd to tho population In t).
greater city, and If tho convention ton
this It might Just as well iln.sh Its ii
and mako the apportionment. He thoutht
tlio Democrats In the convention hn
com Incest that the rcpret ntHtlon of thi
big city was to bo limited would prefer
an apportionment by tho convention
rather than by a Republican LegUIs'.
ture.
Mr. (toot said that he had an ojen
mind upon the question nnd that before
agreeing to u convention npportionmest
ho would prefer to loo the llnea alors
which It wns Intended to cur'a.l N.i
York city's representation In the (,.
laturo and tho outlines of tho leg.slatm
districts which tho new apportionment
s.-uiurncp. it was ite-Ide.1 to hits
' another confcrcnco upon the question
IV-IIIUJ I uw,
Tho committee on corporat.'-s
which Jacob Ilaenner of Klrgi is . '.it!
man, deri.kd by a veto of 13 to 3 to
day not to report favorably Lu:n Mr
snails proposed ammdmcit wh.-h
would permit a minority m a ccrjio-a-tlon
to recur representat.on on ths
board of directors and access u tr
corisiratlon's tlnanclal affairs i .roiu
the Introduction of the cumulative vot
ing plan in tho election of directors
lltclinnue Hill Killed.
The only other Important tell In Us
committee, which would compel th It.,
eorporatlon of tho New York .Stoek Ex
chat ge, also has been kl.K-J by ti,
iviiiitiiui-,-.
tion..l bod.m. givi.-.g the corp
1 constitutional right of rev
right of review ,,- .
the fa ts and tho law from ! -
tho commission ; prohibiting th Vr
laturo from p.islr.g a M 1 . rr- t .
rates or service of public ir- v , -
poratlnns until after an itiv. - gi-.on :
tho l'ubiic Service Con.m . i- .
keeping in office tho present Pe, crj'
' members of the commission ui.
I madi any promise to lu'l'n- .e t:i f,
Ina or withholding of a vo'i
Tho taxation artl. Ie r. portol fivers
lily by Mai tin Saxe, the president of
the Slate Tax Commission a'ol ct. i rm.r
of tho committee on taxa'. n. stru'
snag to-day. It cam., up for ion. I
cratlon in the convention whei- ex-A!Mr-ney-lleiieral
Wlikerslmm inquired If '
.11.1 not contain a provis.on wh' h wtM
permit the Legislature t" rep- ..1 the se
cured debt tax law. Clt rn.ati Pav
said that It did, but that th s wis i. '
a new departure, ns the l.eg..-.ataro r.o
has the light to repeal ti e fe 'irf I
debt tax law as well us tho mmtsu
tax law.
Stole 1 1 is si nbllgstlnna.
"When the Stato luus on, general ry
tem of annual taxation," ea 1 M W f
crsham, "and Invites tho l.oid'r ef
particular kind of prop. ity. u 'h es
mortgage and a bond, to p-.y a r
titular tax, on. u nnd for .. in
sider.itloti of the solemn oi : pi'."n ef
tin. Slate that that pit e . f pr I"f
shall not bo subje. t to tax.i''."' 'n the
future, that Is a ...iitnut'iil et nnVi.
of the State, despno Chu.mi.in Mi"
contention othetwlse.
"1 do not think It would he w!e
to enact In the Con''Mtl..n a 'vu
which would attempt to repeal . 'rs't
solemnly made by the s:..'a ' f N'
York. b. nu-". laws whi l. r k'' ' rea
sonably be claimed to l... ,
the part o' the Statu w .' I
s ''
n I'
gallon which would go to tie .-'
Coutt '
Afterward Chairman Sx s"
that under the tax art ' r-;
him to He cooventlon .m .,
. ou'd be levied by the Si us
of 111" New York St n k I s
pre- t
ATTACKS MTLITIA-jrRY TLAS
lien, WliiKitle sn n rt i-.l 11
should He I'.s.'.opt
i len I leorge W V
hud fifty . ats exp i .
tlonal ( liiard, obj. . ts '
to ill ) mil the law 1 '
Oil .rd-inen are ex. n p' t
lie has sent a I. Iter lo
at the cohstiiuloo
which ho vole, s bi' I '
change and exploit s r 1
exemption fioin Juiv d-i
main aiguiuents in Ind
Join,
"This exemption." '
writes, "is also a str g
'i.du. e bus'iiest men inf. ,
plo) res enlisting, lis II "
called away for juty d .i
come older and mote 1
"The labor unoois .-sc- , '
ntul successful IntlU'T.. . .
their members from Jo n
"ill, ild. If those who in- ' ,
of laU.r unions nre r i ' 1
w 1th tlm days nnd n g '
have spent in servng ' - ',','t
ill.-rs as against the imo- w 1 ' ,,
later days they w-i.i'l '
sp ml us Jurors, tl e f '
iirg imeiit which ie w -
them to servo is u
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