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' v Uvlnrreton street ' Mr r.nta tree frae bs trtlA mn senna and HMMMMMM or petVlrullon MM It imvt rejsrfed articlrt r'tvmri thru must all rtw send ttampt for that purputr Week fer th Prosecutor. Sot th Polltlrlsn. If the arrnisntlona tliRt were mnde yes terday directly and by Implication before the legislative committee In vestlgatlng the rubllc Service Com mission In this district are well founded, their consideration ts a task fer the Grand Jury and the District Attorney, and not for a political agency whose activities are as likely to result In Immunity to wrongdoers as to bring them to book. The misconduct alleged ngalnst one of Uie Commissioners Is of a charac ter so serious that, should he be proved guilty of It, only the severest punishment will satisfy the public. Removal from office is not the appro priate penalty for such betrayals of the public trust. The legislative committee hns ac complished Its political task. Txt It refer to the prosecutor's ofnee the case that now holds Its attention, and by so doing gain a credit for good faith It has so far conspicu ously failed to attuln. rromotlon In the Navy by Selection. Secretary Danitxs admits that "un less a system can be devised which does promote the most meritorious and efficient men nud which does In cite officers to the development of the highest degree of professional excel lence, promotion by selection would be undesirable." Mr. DAntCU thinks that if the selections were mnde by board of officers of high rank after examining the reports upon Individual efficiency now made twice a year by superiors on sea and shore duty, "the question of promotion by merit would be solved." The Secretary sees In this plan, If rhe suierlor officers placed their sub ordinates In one, two, three order of ral and efficiency, something like mathematical accuracy In determining i what the best interests of the service require. But Mr. Damei s leaves QUI the human factor. Not all superior officers are good Judges of men, or even good Judges of the quality of a subordinate's work. It often happens that the subordinate's fellow officers of the same rank ore better judges of the man and his work. Efficient offi cers sometimes lack personal attrac tiveness and their commanders see no merit In them. Some officers are ingenious sclf-;rd-vertlsers, others never lime n word to say In their own behalf. Some are politicians, nnd not too scrupulous; others abhor the arts of success. Favoritism would certainly play n psrt In the scientific plan of promo tion devised by Secretary Danish. It would Introduce personal polnU's between decks, if It Is not there al ready, and It would deny very capa hie men a chance to distinguish them selves on active service. Lord Alverstone. The announcement from London of the death of Lord Vivi.rstonf. Blr RtrHABD WSM'rW, who was Lord Chief Jastlot of Fngland from WOO ro 1P13, speaks of him ns "one of the strongest friends of America In public life.'1 He was, for he hnd troops of friends in America, at the bsr snd In Washington, and he was an sdmlrer, If a gonial critic, of our Institutions: hut the Canadians will Interpret the quoted expression dif ferently, because as England rspre nentatlve on the Alaska Boundary Tribunal he concurred with the Amer ican commissioners. Senator Loongof Massachusetts, Secretary of War Root and Penator Ggoani Tnawn of Washington, in excluding Canada from the sea coasr north of tU de grees 40 minutes. Ii was the conten tion of the Canadian commissioners, Iirrs A. Jrrrfc and Au.E.N D. Aims wosth, that the ten marine leagues from the const fixed s the boundary In the Anglo-Russian treat)' nf 182(1, should not be measured from the actual shore line fallowing IndoutA tions, but from a line running from I headland to headland The Cnnndlans could never forgive fjord Ajvtsstonk, and his construe tion of the wording of the treat made him a target for vicious at tack! by the guerniias of the Rngllsh prssa Rut the fpeefafor spoke for sll thos Englishmen who knew that Trd Alvt.uktonf whs the guul of honor as a man and professionally when it ssld : "We are convinced hst Lord Alvkshtomt, Hlilioiurh he 'ugt naturally hnve regretted to be egai ss deride egslnst Csnnds's rlslm. ael ea a Jajat sod nerrlgfet bp law mnii have eotes," frord Aj.vtnsTora when Wr Mim as WsssTBa wss chairman of the nrlttsb commission to th world's fslr at Chicago. He caw over In MSs. to attend the meeting of the American Bar Assoeistlon at Seattle Ills son married the granddaughter of Httit Et. Rrrvr.Ns of New Tork So Ms Interest In America was keen ittid his ties with It were rlose. I'er sunnily he was one of the most at tractive as well as one of the most gifted and human of men. With the distinguished American lawyers who knew him well he was not less popular than with their brethren at the Kng llsh bar. It was not the least of Lord Ai.vrasrorm's accomplishments that he could sing a comic What Doe the Administration Know About Meilro? Krom the beginning of the contro versy over President Wagon's MeH can policy there hna been an astonish ing divergence between the facts al leged by the Administration concern ing conditions in that distracted coun try and the reports mnde by respect- nhle authorities In non official places. Disregarding ns prejudiced the out givings of the subsidized agents In this country of the Mexican factions, the testimony of disinterested Amer icans hns frequently contradicted the assertions of Washington. The deiiiuls mnde by responsible persons of the contentions put for ward In Mr. Ttmiitt's recent letter furnish a case In point. Yesterdny the Washington uccount of railroad and commercial Improvement In the country was explicitly -ontravened In a news letter from Mexico city. In which the declaration Is made that accredited representatives of the United States know the statements In question wore not Justltled. In this It Is recorded that the Wash ington analysis Intended for the In formation of Americans actually went beyond the pretensions of the Klrst Chief himself. Does the Wilson Administration know what Is going forward in Mc leo7 If It does, how are these dis crepancies explained? They are so numerous tho suggestion of n ma licious conspiracy Is untenable; they are so well supported by trustworthy evidence they cannot be dismissed as fabrications. The men who take Is sue with the Administration do so over their own signatures, and cite their authorities by name. Their ex posure. If they bear false witness, is a matter requiring not days, bul hours. The fact that they persist unmolesied in their denunciations is sljnitWnt. For the sake of the Administra tion's good faith, we hope It Is mis informed. The reason of that mis Information would be Interesting. Or shall we attribute the astounding di varication of tho official conception of Mexican affairs from the well es tablished version furnished by disin terested observers to a psychological affliction In the White House that clothes hojs'S In the raiment of fart and translates altruistic ambitions into a impllshed ends? o the Driver's Seat When streets Are Blocked With Snow. We have no technical skill, but lively human Interest. In the profes slonal problems of the truck driver in the streets of Gotham. We ndmlre him because he makes the doctors wlih their health rules look ridicu lous, because he smokes multitudi nous cigarettes yet is leather lunged, and for Ills general sense, crude elli Curacy (gimp) and unaffected cussed ness nnd cussing. We love to see him make the furconts scramble at a crossing. We are sorry when he urges his nngs too hard, but blnme the mnn who sends out an overload more than we can censure the hard driven driver. But we wonder why he does some of the things he does. Why, when his front wheels nre huh deep In the snow trnps set bj earnest street cleaners at street cor ners, does he turn his team nt right angles to his course, and set them straining at the tugs, not budging the '0B0i v'" times out of ten snapping short the pole nnd leaving ids enravel a wreck in the Inne of traffic 1 Why, having to stop on a street that spurns the horizontal by several feet In a hundred, does he back his heavy load uphill? This, to jour unskilled sense, seems sheer per- verslty. We have observed If, regret fully, nil too often. While there are some few enulnes lefr In which horse-power Is really the power of a horse, let us grind sharp thrlr calks, let us not demand f them superiority to tho laws of j gravitation and meehnnles, let us rec ognle a difference between gasolene nnd tnusculur fibre. Japanese Policy In China. The Interest of the world In the present change in tne form of gov ernment of China has been centred less on the attitude Of tho Chinese than In the unusual concern shown by Japan and the opposition that she has Interposed to Iho new monarchy. Recent disturbances In China, notably the sensational outbreak at shnnghni. have been laid at Japan's door nnd considered as pari of her scheme to undertake an overlordihip of her big neighbor. The Japanese policy regarding I China In the past and the orrporfnnlfy that the war has afforded for enrry Ing If out ere, perhaps, the principal reasons for belief In Japan's designs Of aggression. She Is no longer only an Islnnd empire and the recur rence nf seclusion Is now Impossible for he Is sn established continental In Asia with border lines valnst Ituselsn snd chines ferrt lory. Iler dreams of further ctpnn slon II elong the see ersst of Tiina and In Mongolia nnd Manchuria. Nothing In recent years has tended mote nearly to realize thew dream nnd at the same time change the whole aspect of the I'nr Fast question fhnn Japan's enpture of Tlng tno. As the representative of the AIM she took possession of the territory origi nally leased to Germany. "The entire leased territory of Klao chau" was de llvered to her, according to Japan's ultimatum to Germany, "without con illtlon or compensation" and "with a view to the eventual restoration of the same to China." The word "even tual" In the language of Oriental diplomacy does not mean the first opportunity. The Japanese know what It will mean. They hare had experience with n similar situation. When they expelled the Russians from South Manchuria they took over all that was left by the Russians; then they had the Chinese Government ratify the possession and transfer to Japan till the leases nnd concessions that Russia had held. To her strong hold ngs In Manchuria and Mongolia Japan can thus expect to add tho harbor of Tslng-tao, one of the finest on tho const, nnd besides the most valuable strategic railway In China. This will give Japan n preponder ance of Interest over nil other for eign countries and place her In u position to enforce nny further claims nnd demands. The prize is worth the winning, nnd with all Europe it war no time could be more opportune thnn the present. Yuan knows too well his country, the rnstness of Its territory, the mis fortunes of Its government, the wretched condition of Its finance and the Incoheslveness of Its people, for him to Imagine that the regeneration of Japan can be repeated in China. He knows, too, that from the very nature of things foreign Influences. even foreign control, are necessary tp the country's preservation. Hut he must bitterly resent that the domi nant figure In that control will be lapan. the nation that would be first to profit by his country's overthrow. He revealed tin understanding of the problems before hlni when he snld that nor congrntulntions were in order on his accession, but condolences. The Black Man In the National Convention. The Republican National Committee, nctlng with the approval of a Inrge majority of Republicans, has recog nised fact in its new apportionment rule for the national convention, nnd discarded theory. The parly clung for a generation to the tiction that the negroes of the South were voters, en titled to representation In Its conven tions. For years It has not attempted to enforce their nomlnnl rights In Congress; the upsetting of the grand father clause in Southern State Con itilutlonsby the Supreme Court found its spokesmen umong the tirst to pledge their strongest efforts against black domination. How win the negroes In those Northern Stales in which llieir votes ire imtiortnnt accent this revision of rha llat nf rtoliwara.1 Th. n.iMIM. managers In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and half a dozen OthW States must have given thought to this Incident of the reform. Their answer would be. undoubtedly, that under nny circum stances the negro can expect no po- lltlcal preferment from Democratic national administration, nnd In local affairs the itepuhiicnn organisation can care for him ns well ns Its op ponents. Moreover, the negro race should benefit from the termination f the scandals that hnve been brought on It by the delegations from the Southern Stntes. The loss ts to In dividuals; the gain to all the black men In the country, whose place In the community Is not to be fixed by a few politicians, 'but must be deter mined by themselves. Biennial Aspect of the State Tsi. In exnet accordance with the pro gramme ndopted by the majority at Albany last spring, It Is now an nounced that the direct State tax for 19HV17 will be small, liovernor Whit man thinks It will bo only .(l.noo.non, conceived by him to be of t rl til n ir consequence. Comptroller Travis, In his computation printed this morning, asserts that It may bo nvoldod alto gether If his advice Is followed. We shall not enter here upon an gnalyalS of Mr. Travis's tabulation : Ooreraer Whitman's mathematical and financial excursions the college of expert accountant long ago gave up ns beyond the field of their under standing. We accept thankfully the promise of relief from n heavy hnr I den : wo rejoice with our fellow tax j payers; nnd wo urge them to give heed to tho grent material blessings I which flow from biennial elections, tlM ln''l'on''" of which compels even politicians to give biennial heed to the protests of the afflicted cttlren eal Prosperity. The American farmer Is the true author nf American prosperity. The d,(s00,fl00,000 he contributes this year to the national well being repre sent no chicane of trading, no fortui tous Incident of speculation, no ncel dent of politics. Bis skilfully directed I labor look froni the soil what no po litical platform, no programme of so cial service, no reformatory scheme of enlightened uplift could have ex tracted from It; and every man, producer or pnrnslle, will enjoy the benefits of his fruitful toll. The farmer Is depicted ss rich. THE SUN. THURSDAY, nVvll wssxm driving, ptetoersMc; sat hops he la, lie has earned whatever of luiury ho hna. He gives snbstsncn. solidify, rontlmiltr to the prosperity of the Inn i and the people thereof; he tights the demons of drought, of flood, of cyclone and of Insect pest nnd with the cooperation of benign Mother Nature ho wins snnuslly a great battle, a diplomatic success and h commerclnl triumph. We salute the farmer. He Is his country's first line of defence, and Its ultimate support; and trusting that he may never produce lan than he has this year, we hope most of the $6,000,000,000 will find Its way nltl mutely into Ills pocket. The week of June 7 should be lively stid entertaining In Chicago; but the delegate to the Republican national convention have no one term plank to excite their interest. The Milwaukee vapors hav dropped the hyphen between the words Ger man American. It Is not sa improve ment, rather the reverse. Why not substitute Americano of German birth or descent? There should bs no such person as a German American, or a iirltlsh American, or a French Ameri can. The disintegration of the forces of General Villa goes on so slowr that his original army must hav been something of a host. Harvard's strongest man. Ososos A IVscr of Arlington, Mass., whose offi cial strength test is given ss 1442.2, we:h only 11 pound and 1 5 feet luohea 1n helaht. Tost Batbbs ami Fitebimmons were middlewelghts, or very light heavyweights. Kdwasd Han si von preries sciiuer, was not a Ma man. Sporting and athletio rec ords contain many name of cham pion who were strong, fleet and skil ful without being big men. Mr. Tait thinks that preparedness of the land force might be achieved by Increasing the regular army and ftremrthenin the militia. Appar ently he doe not approve of Secretary Garrison- continental army. The ex- rresident no doubt redeot the opinion r men In both partle, but how are both the regular army and the militia to be raised to a trentn that Will prom lea security? it is a question not easily answered. Governor WHITMAN! campaign for the Republican nomination fnr Presi dent has boea indorsed by the Kings county Republican committee, which, it will bsj observed, knows of severs: residents ,.f Brooklyn who would malt, admirable candidate for the office hs now holds. Mr. Clark Howkll, Georgia member of the Democratic National Committee, has discovered that Senator John W Witkj of Massachusetts Is the logi cal candidate of the Republican party for President. The Republicans might do much worse than nominate Mr Wkkks. who is one of tho most useful men !:i CongTess; but when Mr Howell says that down South they think that the Republican convention will nam John W, Wrens, and Mr. Howsll In the same breath predicts the reelection of President Wilson, the Massachusetts Senator will not thank the Georgia editor for hi encourage ment. I If Cuba can Ineress her ermy of 10.000 men, ns recommended by the VsshIngton Government, surely the I'n.ted State should not be backward a'.Hiut raising the strength of its regular army to the complement pro iose,i by Beers tary Garrison. Is OUVbw Osborne the man who tempered with the court records In the S'afford case? PROMOTION BY SELECTION. The Taint of Polities sa In the Proposal of Secretary Daniels. To Tilt Kditob or Tata Bust gr: "I limit-Is Defend His Promotion Plan Is the title of a eoinmuuiaatlon from Washington which appears In Tub Sc. of Dsosmbsr H. It Is notorious that not In a (generation and a half hav politicians leen so powerful In the Navy Dspartmsnt as now. In consequence, all Of Daniels's recommendations, without exception, are viewed with suspicion It is safe to (issume that every one of them Is framed to help him aohieve his ambition of representing North Caro lina la the Senate. Ills schema of pro motion by selection 1 1 will not discuss Its merits herel suffers from this uni versal taint. The navy will fight hard and long against any project which DISCOS the llnal (election In the hands of a Denials It la this power, to be used for iiolitlvsal effect, which be un questionably seeks ami whi.-h It Is fair to predict be will nevr he permitted to sxsrclss The navy ar.d lis friends In the press and Congress are not to be gulied, and they will wage relentless war sgSlnSl this contemplated prostitution of the ft rat line of the national defence to sordid, personal alms If Daniels, elimi nating his preiosterou self, will plao the final designation of the fortjnate oftlcir to be promoted over the heads of bis fellows absolutely and unre servedly with the service he mav pne fbty gt such a bill through, hut not otherwise. Osr or th Mrrrrirr. New Toss, December IK. EX-EXECUTIVES. 4 select Orgsntsatlnn Whose Mem bership Will Increase. To Tilf. EniTos orTaseuN ifir.- With in the abort period of sixteen fleeting month that necessarily moat limited and very able Isidy whose members' so unremittingly criticise adversely the re quired ofllcial Kxecuilve pronunciamen tos of their flhOSSn successor will verv probably bs augmented. In view of bite UlStaitOSS II belifsives us to awaken to Its elgnlileanca 'Phis UnprSCSdentSdly large assemblage of ex exeoutivos, coupled with the doing of th thrice denied aspirant, whoa very torua aa audi eeema be of oonalder able Import, will be vlenred with much concern by the coming naw AdrrnnUitra tlon. J. H. 8, Hi(irtT.AW Falls, Decenrber IS reiser!!. H:d :hs lur-lly sun: "Lie you pause tn ass 11 m Hie mem rentsnS For a v ' In vne?" K.dri rbs pstUd meea: ' It Appear in he That ths foolllh ewe ek a place Is ma ' Pal hs nhristmai etas: "Thr will wot h fru Tim h' tears iw strive Fer e pkyie In me." VoUohimi WlLAUS DECEMBER 16, 1015. BYZANTINE LOQOTHtTt. Derivation of the Term Trseed by a Ieeraed Res testes To TMSlCoiro or 'Purser ft Will you permit a shy eprts o' th h.imro-k t step out rroin ISA cranny la the tooun tain leds and give his impression of was a tiKiuatit when h flrst tried to apeak that tooth chattering epithet. ' Hrtantlne loeotlwrte"? What doe it mean and hrw does it apply? Your clear and linen, live ell torlal artlcl In Thk t cn preiied nil the encyclopcdle lore, leaving only the etymologioal slgmncance to be studied. Evidently th old Oree word "Imto. meaning word, so familiar In our com pound word n4lng In "ology," forms th flrst half of the epithet, whUe the Istter part msnrests origin in the Greek rero tlttieml, meaning to put, or pla, or arrange. lgo, the logothete must be a putter (not a golf nutter. sacsM he be a ricotcn logothete), or a placer or ar rangsr of words. To borrow a nhrae from my genial townsman Mr. Thomas w Lewsont a logothete must be an architect or a builder of a "wordlam. or to state It more eonclnelyv a logothete I a "worajanrmer." Now as a good many wordi are no more than so much wina ll is feasible to deduce that a word Jammer It at time a windjammer so muoh for th noun part of the epithet. Nflrw for the adjective. Why call him a "Bysantine" toflpshsts I We know that the Bysantine represented the smart est, moat efficient and conuinmatelv skilful people of the world In. say, from 700 to 1000 A P. It ha be.i said lhat one Turk eouM set the bet of Ave Jena in a trad or bargnln and that on Armenian could easily beat fl e Turtle at a bargain. Now the Byxant ties who are th children of th Armenlina and Turks were more akllful than a Wall street broker of the present diiy who deal In put and call and marnieres to catch everything both sides of the utrce:. going and coming. Thus a Bysantine logothet Is limply a consummate past master at handling He 1a able to arrange his 'wnrdj un" to arouse, nonthe, cheer, mislead, aiuter. enllgtiten or blind his hearer. A stimu lating or angering wordJam" might be called a brickbat, or, s they av In Ireland, a dornlck: while a soothing. quiet, peaceful or meaningless "word Jam" might be c.illed a feather pillow. Which of these meanings carries with It th literary parallel donel Hofrse. velt Intended should toe applied to Presi dent Wilson's fneasasre? In your cdltortal article you spoke of the snakes of Ireland, and I must con fess I failed to see the point, he.-.vtse I believe there are snakes In Ireland is well as Banshee, glib orators, and many very queer things, some of which In reari gone by have escaped In this OUntry, but I never hemd of an Irish SJOthStSs except our two recent Sl.iyors ttosio.:. who might possue.y come undsr the definition. A Scotch logOtbStS is fenslb.e, since Scot often talk Just for the sake of uttering, and they are vers" patient ut- rer. throwing out words her find there at random, then watchfully WStt- ng the rosull The;.- patience and watchful waiting are synonymous nnd osrabl very much their stubbornness, r. I should say, ilia! peculiar stubborn--ss so manifest when the Bool Is "nn 1 an td in hi OOOVictlOtlS," which is his usual condition. This patient, stubborn. watchful waiting N what makes the-n sUOh stanch fr'eiuls snd St the same hns such mipiaca .ie and unconqusrabh nernles. I trust that these hints will help your rortby correspondent "it M" of De ruber n t get at the real truth about V logOthStSi whether the latter lie a Byiar.tlne, Scot. Celt or American Boston, December 1 5. p. w 11 PAYING THE FREIGHT. Thooghts Inspired by an tlleged gSOO.VOO.OOO "I.oss." To ths Kditos of Ths Si s Sir. Mr It., Hard i u.u;te In error fsgsrdsng ths OSS of the estimated 1100.000,000 ':. ean freights. If the Chamber of Com merce staled the facts as quoted by hlic. t must have hern at one of the Uin. here urties whence emanate all sorts : nr.s In all three ways of shipping rrsvl.- or.iered by foreign countries snd psld r by them to th sellers of tins com ll v tile goods and frciKlif lire psld for by, ami only by, ths said fo-eicn coun- tries. The fact that 10 per cant Is earned by foreign fl.igs has absolute!.' rioihing to do with It. If Shipped "cost" the freight te pni.l at destination, if shipped "cost ami fn Ight" the freight Is Included In to, price of the evmmoditv, a 1so hipped "V. I. f." The mere hsnl hers pays the freight t.. the SSIIISII company, but he g. ts hack when he present 1.1 bill nt hi.s banker's. On th other- hand, goods -'on -.tig this way rsvsrss the situation, go we are not go badiy off after all. Bveryhody ships by the cheapest w,n no matter who we are. As to the aiing.-d statement bv th" ''.amber of Commerce fbst "America' - not only eubscrfbs to the oonstruotioi Of but also upkeep of ships of the.r mgrins cojnrpetitirs," it l another of th iss parrotssqus, burstod and fallacious theories that also emanate from tho-. Vldsntly exhilarating luncheons. If the millions go to foreign flag they earn It. and that's about '.he on way any of US can lay our bands on a few of the neceesnrv shekels. The mote" 1n our transportation proh lem 1 not "In the foreigner's eye" but In "our own eye." Jams Mot Ppnwv N'rw T-isk, December It, OVER MOUNT WOOLWORTH. I iKusprrted Details Knund In One of Mr. Penned' 1 tellings. To THS BOITOa ok Tug Six gr, if Joseph I'ennell "saw" what be put Into one of his SkStOhSS In The Pi's of December 19, "Ixsiklng Down i,ow-r Broadway, Showing Wool worth ni-,.i Sinner Towers.' then, Indeed, should New York beware the Kaiser. gsirmountlng Mount Woorwortti rhe-.. is a well dt-nned (0 my eye, caricature .f FJrnperor William, with the "im perial" reenforced by a beard that mlglr have Just been sclsaored In ( "nns'.ajn I -nople. while an uprnlsed right arm holds either a beacon light or cone of LOS cream. That It I a beacon Is Indicated b' thS fierce look t lie Kaiser I giving t . Oyster Bay country Hound Ins bend the wireless wave ! are i nacfclliig, with three S's appsarlng ! Just before the message, on the wes' Id, curls Into "ID, w " Apparently the Kaiser's head Is resting against gh top j of a throne. WooVworUVS idrinie'le. The throne top dopiots a mysterious wonigll I whoso right Index finger Is hold as if cautioning "ansnssr Atop her asad sits BddlS Foy In silhouette. Just under the royal left ear Is the frontal section of a kid' (goat's) head. Two swing Providence (R I.) -ward from the Singer tower, with a climbing turtle. losr in pan in trie any, making fir them. What does It nil meant Samt'Cl P. Pmtthf, i Net n Post-Impreasl.inlst ) Kllllt, r,v, December 14. Krea Tn tus Kniros or Tas Srs Sir- a Me DeweM of Nsw Itiwen. Cnnn., writes sb.eir s deer In he rllaehiTy Rtver V.ile wlies, "brown orbs rolled. " 1 have uudersioed a desr isinnnt re'i it, elihar right sed left or up and down, and that Is ths reason f..r the ajuddSR turning of His head so ofts sbservad. In ions soodsman tall u. mors su thorltat'vety 1 M p. Vr Tosg, Daeewifcer 15. WHAT ITALY MAM DOME. A f'emprraestlv Mervey sf Iter (astpalsn Agalsst the ssstrlss To tgSJ JiioTO o THS StrsI Sir- I have rend Mr Charles Klener- letter and SJSO the aniwer to It by Mr. I. Donate dl I'aola. My vlw la that It was unnecessary to answer Mr. Klener'e tirade u- a us lh proper anawer waa In rtSSr tern hesdlln. Mr. Klener In Direct Communication With th Aus trian frontier?" Hut lo.ismuch a Mr Drmnfo took th pain to w rite to THS Hrsr on th subject, I, w-lth du respect for him, wlh to ndow- his answer with torn knowledg I have acquired In Italy, from which I came back a ahort tlm ago, having been there inr the vary day that Italy declared war on her anetent enemy, Austria Up to May 2J th Italian position on th Austrian frontier waa Ilk a hous without doors, while th enemy' wss a line of formidable fortlfleatlona whlen had been constructed and strengthened enntlnuallv aino th war of IMS. Why did not th Italians build door to their house? It was because they could tint do It without rreptlng war from Austrl. and Italy, Svelng in a dl- advantageou military position, tried al ways to avoid war. Austrian activities went on uninter rupted for year snd years, and for years and years the mountaineer and peas ant along th Italian frontier, from th Bwlss confine down to th lake of Oerda. and up again to the Dolomites, and along th Carnlo Alp, and down again along the Tsonso line to th sea. had to watch silently th sctlvltles of thlr ancient enemy and hear th con tinuous blasting of the rocka going on yonder for the construction of new rail way branches, mountain paths, for tresses and artillery positions on top of mountain peaks and the eonatructU n of cemont trenches on the pis testis. Every blast had a painful echo In their heart, and they would go on with their toll mumbling a prayer to Ood to preserve their sons, the son of Italy, ""for the day to come " And the day rame, and tire Italians knew that their house wa still without doors and that every avenue was open to Austrian biraidon of their territory a General Conrad had planned. They understood the meaning of the Austrian boast that the Invasion of Italy would lie a military p.irade to Home. Still, when they beard the war cry happiness possessed their henrts. nnd the "eons of Italy" responded to the call of their flag. In front of the Austrian iron belt forged along their frontier they opposed the line of their breasts, and they fought. What hnve the Itnllans done In six months'" One look nt a reliable topo graphical paper showing with flag the actual positions of the two contending armlSH -will reveal a line of Italian, flags pinned on Austrian eoll, and not one Austrian flag on Italian territory. Niiw let us follow the "line nf the flags" from the Stelvlo Pass to the sea and we shall see that the iron belt of the Austrian defences is solidly occupied by the Italians, with the exception of 'iorlti and Tolmino on the Isono front cm the western Tyrola-Trentliio front the Italians have captured all the pases and fortifications, and Cms blocked tho way to any attempt at Austrian Inva sion. On the southern front the Italians have advanced almost as far as Itove reto, which bulletins say is being bom barded. On the eastern froht of the sime section they have advanced past the city of Ilorge ns far as Col dl LeVia, m : going ths my of Trent. They have blocked the way out of the Dolomites, capturing all passes and strongholds. On the Carnlo front tho Italians have conquered the entire chain of fortifica tions along the Carole Alps, penetrating as far (ast as the stronghold of Mai. borghtto, Prom here down tothseastsm front of the theatre of war they have cen QUSrsd the stronghold of IMezito, penetrat ing for miles east of the tsOMO, they have almost surrounded the Strongholds "f Tolmino nnd OorltS, and thence hold the line of the Isonzo down to Monfal- cone and the sea. Therefore, hat .iu; captured tho entire line of frontier de fences, and a' places penetrated for miles inland, the number of Austrian fortresses captured by the Kalians can no morn ho counted. What have the Ital i"s done in six mor.ths? They lmvo dons the impossible, they have accom i hi d f.-a'e llttlt short of the miracu oris. They have conquered position on mountains over 10,000 feet high, fighting and const ruvtlng their iatli to carry he ivy guns to such altitudes, blasting i. e and rocks under th enemy's fire They have advanced and cnr.querej for- m .i ibis intranchmsnta, at the same time nstructlng paths, roads and tracks, ll Short, th Italians have done and llndon what the enemy had don In rt year. Th Italians have gone outside th!r house without doors, and have made the captured lr n belt their barrier against which any attack by th Austria..,, vviil be hopeless Italy has about ::. inn, noo mer. under arm at p-eaent, put two-thlrdd nre held for "future emergences" i in the eutir Austrian front there nre not more than 100.000, What has bsn the loss Very small compared to what has been accomplished. Between dead. SroundSd and missing It r not be more than r.0.000 Italians, while n eoeeervat've estimate places the Austrian losses at about ln.onn roe-. Gtosarea Vrreu i Rrooki.TK, December 15. WE MUST HAVE SHIPS All I uncerned I'rged to I'nlt for Legislative Action. To Tin: RpiTOg OP Tin: SVM Sir; In Ills address delivered before the lnier- national Trade Conference at ths ii tei AstOr on December S. In telling of the poignant nssd for relief to American ex porters In the matter of vS!s, Mr. B. N. Baker. rSCOgnlSSd js one of Vmer ICS'S sanest and most patriot! experts on shipping matteis, ald : !. us sii j.or,. m i : ur cann..-. asesrs b) gtsIatlon ce-"thinf we fln.l naees l 1st " Mill unite to secure -hH". wa Isn t that shout th beat advice we car, have at a time when Rspubll ans want ehip siibsuiie, Dsmosrsts fiovsm- rr ei r ow iership. cipltalla's one thing. hi I or in. oils another, the I'aist. th.. mi.i- dl We.t and Psclfla coast somsthlncl else. et all aiming at toe same thing sii , American iner.antiie marine the Object being tn save our country from paying .alien ship owners 1100,000,000 In times of nea.-e and o'er ll, 000.000,000 in war time to carry our goods? Secretary McAdoo has at least ai.own hlms-lf to he a real live man end that he has 'he Interest of trie country at heart, Apparently he is the only one in either politics! parly who Is ndSVOr Ing to give Hie I'nlted Stntes r.ller from the domination "f the foreign ahlpplng pools, which have found im the easiest kind of a mark In th world s history liven though Mfc McAdoo s suggestions do not mist with our entire approval, let u. In the words of Mr. Raker, "unit to see n - what we can" In the matter of shipping legislation. P.. F.. CSOrtST. Nkw Tork, December 15. Fraud I T tbs ReitSI o v Tss scs -sir 'in, f tloaa ho ran snd didn't win in rha re cent Ton nasi! Senatorial primer, onargri (rSUd h anise the negroee sea s'.iovred s v'e. In the o.d days ef ipjttenburg pony owner told a aarrswful tela: ' Tai k shout hsrd lurk," lie Tnortttel "This hs- pony of m1ns sa a two to one fn.vr.rtt So of SfturSS I Plsia him to loae. Ther. 1 lvea Mm a whole poll of water an1 bran J itsrx nefn-e ssdSUng, Ten asm what hSPPsflsl H '"TO . through ths bunch ' p oes ,n.- was miana ans wins In a yawn' Hlni rsrrvlng a t pal! o' Mute- sad bran. It's a fraud i ' stitss tsiisB nremker II TVarwss I NATURALIZATION. Strang Proposal te Join I barra aad lata la (tlrhig f lUsesshlp ToTIISBOITOSorTSsrifv -Sir: When peac Is concluded In Kurop ""d Punish America" will replaca In the mind of the Teutonic military clique th "Ood I'tmlsh Shetland I" Aids nd Africa being definitely taken, ther re. mains but on great continent, ours, where tlm Teutonlu Power cn bop to reestablish thalr military prestige ana Oil their pocket But tot u not SCCUSS tli entire Ger man snd Austrn-llungarlan population of this country of sympathising with the predstorr ambitions of their former fatherlands. l.c u without much ado imprison or expel or. If that be Impos sible, ostracise th handful of mean creatures Infesting our highways and byway with their nefarlou treachery of heart and hand. Whv. however, uac leeelv offend tlie overwhelmingly loyal majority of our Teutonic fellow oltlsens. driving them through our very suspi cion Into the camp of the enemy? Let us revoke, If necessary, the nat uralisation privileges of thoae who are unworthy of them ; let us be mor care ful. In the future, In the choice of our candidates for the full cltlsenshlp, avoiding imoeiial Home's blunder In that direction, which was on of the con trlbutlng cause of th disintegration of th empire Let u finally modify our very pro cedure of welcoming the foreigner in our midst. We deliver the oltlsens' paper with as much nonchalance as If they were fruit stand or new vending licenses. For once State and church ought to loin In patriotic cooperation Tho abjuration of fealty to the old Gov ernment, a serious act. Indeed, and the oath of loyalty to th new fatherland, a momentous step for any eentlent hu mn being whom life Is deeply rooted In the ancient soil, ought to take place with Impressive solemnity In the presence of a large gathering In the house of Ood at Ills sacred altar. I "Mil TeH KNATED FKISKO OF UNCI.B SaI. New York, December 15. THE MARINES. Osr sea Soldiers Hare Barned Powder la Many Remote Leads. To ths Kpitos or Tits Sun Sir.' Presi dent Wilson is asking Congress to In tense the strength of the I'nlted States Marine Corps by 1.500 men, and It may be interesting to know that: The I'nlted States Marine Corps was authorised by the Continen'al Congress on November 10. 1776. and therefore baa the distinction of being the oldest branch of the service. Lieutenant P, N 0 Bannon of the I'nlted State Marine Corps hoisted the first American flag ever flown over a fortress of the Old Wot Id. when Der ne, a stronghold in Tripoli, waa taken by assault on April I!7. 1805 The first regulars who eniered the fortn ss of ChSpUltepso In Mexico city when it was taken by storm on Septem ber 13. 18i7. were the fnlted States marines under M ijor Ijevl Twlgg. Under the command of Itotiert B. I.ee the l.'tiited States marines oaptUTSd John Brown nt Harpers Ferry In 1850. A battalion of marines under Captain John !,. Broome occupied New Orleans upon Its surrender and hoisted the Amer ican flag on the custom bouse April I!'. 1 812. A battalion of marine. r.ic, officer and men, commanded by l.ieutenan Colonel I: W. Huntington, was tire first American force that landed tn Cuba In 1898. when It established a hare for Samps n's fleet st Quantanatno, holding their position ngalnst Spanish regular! who were estimated to number 7.' Tlie United States irr.rinwi of the I". g ft, Oregon, Captain J i : T Myers commanding, were tne first American troops to enter Pskln Just before the Boxer Insurrection broke out In 1900. A battalion of marines under Maj.v L W T Waller were the flrst to enter Chin after the outbreak. Lieutenant-Colonel Neville's marines were the first ashore st Vera Cruz In April. I ''It The 1'nited States marinsS have cap rled their colors into action 1n Tripoli Fgvpt, West Africa, the FIJI Islands, Sumatra. Hawaii. Mexico. China, Uru guay, Paraguay, Alaska Panama, For mosa, 'ores, Nicaragua. Cuba, Santo Domingo nnd now 111 Haytl. L P PtNXSTOKi Captain, r. S. M c. Retired, In chsrgs of Recruiting Publicity Bureau Nrw ToSK, December 10. THE DRAGON FLY AGAIN. Its I arr llestrov the Mosnniln Restroy th Wlgglers. To HS Boiros or The low Sir: i with much Interest snd epprobat i . letter ig:-.,--il "W. F .' in Tne m which the merits of the dragon li as mosquito bawl, were extolled. 1 wonder if the full merits of this remark able Inse.-t nre known. Not only does tlie Srtnged adult devour mosquitoes ind other nhxiou" Insects hut th lar va eat immense nuiu'ier of mosquito "wlgglers." These larva live In the same siagnant pools ss does the mos quito, but only In permanent pools, and live entirely on small water Insects Tpe wlggler ts their most plentiful food. "W. P." speaks of dragon tiles being caught for halt. I presume lie means the larvae. Any one who has tried to oa'oh the adults must admit that it Is pretty hard to get them. Those who call the dragon fly "horse stli.Kir" ui.d other odd mines have ...... - j.-uiiiriH v.i irying to j get the crirtr to bite one. The dragon uy nas no sting snd cannot sting nny- thing, even the little blue fellow (Rnsl- lagma) tba' makes motions as If sung I Ing, The or.ly one whose Jaws can give even a nip mat can Po slightly felr g ha big green darner (Anuxl so com mon on Long Island In the fall. All In all, the dragon fly s cur best friend among Insects s U. RtCH New York, December lf SCOTCH-IRISH. Why Is President Wilson So Proud of His Hyphenated .tnrestry? ro th fi gjoiTog or rur sun Sir Mr .;s.:i in bis ad dree. s t 1 talumhus aal l " rerareaes to ins ancastry "'' f"r example, be., i pd "I origi 1 1o a st,. which bs never failed to fee: at ho.,,.. imywuere as soon as If got tie-re I mean the gcotah-Irlsh.'' Thl has mor.. than palng Interest because of his use of the te-m S.-ot.':i- Irishi hyphsnated Irish, As our Tree. dent lua a great averwfo to f.ie hyphen, it Is eurpi iirlns tVu v. should boast of . is h-pbenated descent If ho 1 really a dsscsndsglt of the M,..,., I planters wiio settled In Ireland, thai I stock ha been lor,,; enough in the green 1 1st to drop the hyphen, n s. Foist N t at Voag, Dtcombsr 1 1 ray IBS Canadian Dulles Karl) : To rs RpiTSS or Ts srs ,. -i, horrid hs ramaoihsred uist sntcies n. landed us sifts IntSTIng Canada are In general dutlabie at the aatn rstes ti Slmttar anleln for eotomercf.u purpsssa" says VI. sCORul O daylerd Msrsh fe' the Infarmstlen of those deatrlng to ea-1 Oarlstms ard other gift t.. fariida Tha Canadian unff ru:,. provides for th f:aa admission ..f t'oese nr'l ... "Casual donations fio.u abroad eant hi frtrnjji end ro- bslng advertising mattsr. '"'' SrtlelM e.mtsintr.g sptrtta or mttwhaadle for . -h,n 4ty o-horwi... PSyaStS User!! doe pat axceerl f.0 cents In any one cim undM raoutatlana kv v,. Mlnlieer of ir la en wy of pmpn-tng th, m, ed .1 if. en Hr-:. ;s ssr.t to for-an eSUMrlSa except Si arrarnrernan-a wlUl rvn-sss rn-rmsplfi n pasre's frw.l-dsd , toisitjii dettlnsHen b espreas NSW Tosa. DanetnSer IS nJJIUATBS DL' a i US, CRIES MRS. CATI Wmii AMt in r.ie 1 1, m. Pnljtirinn. M n Sura Hr. Bhaw, IDEATiTSTS' DAY WasniNOToN, Dec. IS. Mrs Chapman Catt said th .t paupers a llllteratos cast the deciding ,.,, w brought about the defeat e.' , m , fffl amsndmsnt In the recent New v election, addressing t., Senate r mlttee pn Woman BUffraS I Tielegates to the suftrage convene abandoned thstr dsllberal s . , Mrs. Catt and other IDakr ,,r . sj, ing before the committee i... fainted In the packed committee roe vu,rl" rrureu gasping f.,r i,rei,tr v aaawM aawxsn lor two !,., Ing to tlie plea of their speskt Istti me eurrrngims and the aatn n .. siiuuiur uy in court to wher they appear befors Ih Judiciary Committee i; arms lln. stivsi r.wsd of the Congressional Union w before the Senate commit .... The House eommltts li isollotfed ths sufTrage proponents u,re ho '. , resting a dlvhUon of tlm thai it an up trouble, as the Natl ,nl x ., ',. for Woman Suffrsg., , ,i the slonal UnkMk between arMeh , ... friction, must settle the . ... the suffragists srs unsbls to ,i V'.t,. ts time satielactonlv. lb rues..,, t,,,.,.. .. , of North Carolina, chair mar 0 , mute, win act a umpire. Mrs. (an lareasilr, In a aarcastlc rsfeean m defeat of SUltrsgS In Nee V r catt told the Semite rcmmliie to a,, that New York "was verj llbi ., , Its nuffrage except to Somei cur workers reported," sht , , 'that In many pre in : , vntei , . . Ignorant that they had to be ,. casting their ballots. "All the lnm.it. o' .. and all the paupers wep. , machine to beat our u:u.- dm nt " Dr. Anna Howard Shaw In her - . ing atldress to-day as roes tl nl nt National American Woman Huffr.s. , sociation declared thai the mover had passed bsyond tlie grasp nt "t Idealist reformer'' Into th,. h.nSa . those "capablu of dealing with Sol: I clans. Those who i ,,,, , ti. rail . n- movement In the l.. g .,i r . . . .. ,.. siiaw. "were reformers those w ., sporid to-day are polltlclai Ou lias parsed beyond the erase nf .. discussion and entered th realm nf nn tical politics. To the Ideal si II - , ..... a revelation and a distinct i she must recognize that ll la tm submit to the trend, though personally bo unable to aij t hi ft the changed condition. Tlie t .. me when organised tnachlneev m. be political in character and tl a directed by political leaders n not disturb us. for the science f e ivi n ment Is essentially as rlghti holy a the science of rellg not be afraid of th demands of 1 day.'' r. S. Cannot Mediate. Dr Shaw expressed th npli ths L'nlted MateSi until ths I h. granted women. Is In no t I mediate between the wan nt- Europe "No one will deny." said rpealtet "that the real cause of ths war was I Injustice nml selfishness r ' pennil QotnsrnmsntS as well as Ind!. ignore their obligations and I each other. JKut can the I Hi ' be .lid to hold a sup, rn.r posli can It plead for Justice In I: r pi It denies Justice to its , How can It claim thai v merits between nation- are bti ng s it violates the fundsmeiital prtti i ( its own national Constltutl tl, S clares that the r.ght of Ih CI1 vote (hall not bs denied 01 sbr c ' by the t'nitetl States or by any B Is it true that the Constitution t - ' but s-rap of paper to be rrpu at will'."- Dr. Shaw's farewell addles ras f lowed closely by dlgati I u d v Ion who crowded the con vi tion hall Ha remarks were greeted With pr il nged ' plans. Miss Margaret w wi among the visit... i, At the close of ! s.'.'r. " Ray mond Brown ef New amendment to the bj lav i I datlon making Dr, Sh president for life." Th I greeted with great i l STATE REPUBLICANS TO MEET Fasraar; Con en I . o to Too l nste National Delegates tares Frederick Tanner, . - of Republican State ce ' rs turned from WashlngK St In be attended the meet I R ol tl Republican committee, anm i be will call toge'Iier lilt m en ft! Stat commit! on .t : . r- i . city to discuss the ho'dllll ef a convention soma tv-ie i l Th purpose of th Stale Is to susgest to the part! ' ' names of four delegates si four alternates st large, :. chosen at the primary atscl 4 to go to the nation il co ' Chicago on June 7 Mr. out that 10 per rent, of the d Chicago sill come from N v that the success "f ' t by th convention depei par upon the did irll -purpose" of th Suite s Itepub torate. In addition I i I an tig 0 -at large and their slteri Ilea, convention will "adopt ad " rsssntstret of - ... . llcana Of the State ol ,N . n TO TELL STORY OF BELCH si-illnal Meeeler's Delegate In IW at Colon) i 1 nl' At toe Im itat: p of M I !'.' Whitrldgs, Mrs JoSS A: Ml M 1 gine Ige'lp and Miss Man i ' tagiie, the Hv, Father glum Will deliver n': add noon In the saJml I) r ony Club, ICO Ma. I tun ii Ituttsn Is a cose frier I of tit h -ths Belgians, n riistingu -. the delegate of Cardinal country. ii still spsak 1 1 -' at nation and Sufle r.cs ol " ' .loseph H. Chests ha et ton chair-nan of the .. . n II.1 drliver an address BROWN MAKES NEW BEC0R Inlaerslly Ilea Oala of ai 1,114 s i n . in s V e i Paovingm 'i-. 1 1 ' . ' Univsralty has s. - i tins ysai w ,t!i : . l 1 4 ' f si studei -. - last ear, w lien for tin thousand mark S i.s e i cgis' i atlona. Tlie last i our- . : - . of t Tit hludeui i, nr 1 srow t'l aeli R s 1 a . r sd I uate men's i oih , school, Bflth gain M per cei t. resp 'tivel' The oral', sla ol ' : riraduatr dl il Inn at man, 76" , a mi n'l