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Wfer Not a Prc-Prlmary to Select
Primary Campalgu Managers?
According to public report find be
lief, there Is In the Wood organization
a conspicuous lack of harmony and
conflict of authority between Colonel
William C. Procter, who holds the
title of chairman of the National Cam
palgn Committee, and the Hon. Frxnk
Hitchcock, whose official designation
In the hierarchy Is that of National
Campaign Manager.
Wo aro far from having any defi
nite information regarding this intcr
neclno controversy, If It does In fact
exist The exact character of the
IbsUo pending between the National
Campalgu Chairman and ithe National
Campaign Manager ' of the Wood
forces has not yet been clearly dis
closed. Whether it concerns broad
principles and rival policies of ante
convention propagandism or financial
methods of promotion or the geograph
ical distribution of campaign effort
or merely the pride and "consequence
of nominal leadership, only those who
really know arc In a position to say.
Certain It Is, however, that the re
ported clash has attracted general at
tention among practical politicians
throughout the country; and that the
Interest, in the outcome of the con
ference to be held In this town to-day,
with General Leonard Wood himself
f ..present and voting, has been scarcely
less lively than that excited by the
prospect of significant returns from
Indiana and iCallforuIn.
This reported conflict within the
Wood organization, whatever may be
the merits of the contesting persons
or principles, presents to the mind of
the disinterested observer yet another
illustration of the futility and confu
sion of the ante-conventloii primary
system ns an attempt to obtain by
statutory regulations an expression of
the party's will in advance of the
open, convention called for the pur
pose of making nominations for Presi
dent and Vlce-l'resltlciir: We have
been having a striking object lesson
as to the failure of the Government
controlled primary to do the very
thing It was theoretically expected to
do, namely, to remove .the prelimi
nary canvass from, subterranean In
fluences, and ,to permit an Indepen
dent utterance of the voters' prefer
ences for candidates by legal restric
tions on party procedure.
Ycarsago when there was first talk
of regulating by. law not only the ma
chinery of the election Itself but, In
advance of that, the more private
Initiative of associations of citizens
not officially recognized by law or
then subject to the 'law's control in
the matter of nominations, this news
paper expressed the belief that the
primary system would make neces
sary sooner or later the pre-primury.
What was meant by the pre-primary
wa8 some governmental device to bear
the same relation to primary rcgmfi
tlon as primary regulation bore to
election regulation. For human na
ture, and particularly political human
nature, Is adroit In getting In behind
any obstacle Intended to hamper Its
choice of methods of expressing its
desires and purposes. If there was
evil and danger in the convention
system In the possibilities Involved In
the selection of the delegates who
were to select the party's candidate,
bo. might there be the same evil and
danger In the possibilities Involved In
the selection of the candidates of the
primary Itself; Vud so on ad Infini
tum, step by step back toward the
fountalnhead of action.
Not to get too metaphysical, we
hare bad In the present preliminary
or primary campaign a prcttygood il
lustration of the almost farcical fail
ure of the so-called preferential pri
mary to do what It was intended to
do. Generally speaking. It has not
k.nclil mif nnnilii.l,.. .. r 11.
C fiartlfls. It has sottleil, nothing in ml.
TEjince of tlielr rcsjiecttre nominating
conventions. Its working Iras been
attended by unfortunate exhibitions
of the very practices which It was
5; designed to eliminate; for instance,
tho strong arm, long purse methods
of forestalling representatirp action
i. which The 6un and New Yobe Her-
xw has at times taken occasion to
.it . . . . .
f'dcpiore. .ana nere ana mere evidence
hns nnnenred even of collusive hi
partisanship In tho'partlsan poll. The
wliolo experience Is npt encouraging,
though It Is instructive.
to Iho lnck, of harmony which
is said to have developed In tho Wood
organization, why' should not such un
fortunate Incidents bo nttended to
also by law? It It Is Importnnt that
tho Government shall supcrvlsu In
minute detail tho prcllnflnarles to
nomination, by unofficial organizations
of citizens, why docs not n logical ex
tension of tho idea require that In ad
vnnce of tho primaries thoro shall bo
pro-prlinarles to choose tho men who
nro to run tho preliminary campaign
to vote, to use the Wood case as an
oxamplc, on the respective qualifica
tions of Colonel I'jiocteh and ex-Tost-
master-General Hitchcock?
It must be apparent to every Intel
llgcnt mind that tho moral' and Intel
Jcciunr qualifications of the prcllml
nary campaign managers hnvo a dt
rcct and important relation to the
purity and reasonableness of the final
result the result after pro-primary,
after primary and after nominating
convention, In tho person of tho suc
cessful candidate which the elaborate
process has produced "to bo tho repub
lic's President
A Blunder Mortifies a Great Eng
. llsh Editor.
The editor of the Saturday Review
of London unquestionably docs an
Injustice to n numerous body of
American artists In the subjoined
paragraph :
" 'Let us see what It Is that makes
bo many Scotchmen happy,' was
Johnson's apology for drinking neat
whiskey at Invorary. With a similar
wish to see. what makes o many
English men, women and children
happy, wo passed a part of an after
noon at a famous 'movy' show.
Apart from tho physical objection to
being switched 'back and forth' from
one picture to another, which Is bad
for mind and eye, we were frankly
disgusted to find that tho whole thine
waa American from beginning to end.
Tl scenes, the manners, tho Inter
ests, were American. But, far
worse, tho language on the screen, tho
film story, was In such strong Amer
ican slang that at times it was to
us unintelligible. 'If Browning
squeals, that's some bounce for me.'
'Why shoot elephants In Africa when
there aro so , many Ivories hero at
homo? Theso words have, we sup
pose, somffTneanlng. But if this Is
the language that is being taught
the rising generation, by methods far
more Impressive than any school or
university, tho sooner 'the literary
gent' puts up his shutters and turns
dock laborer tho better for his health
and purse."
It is obvious that in the first sen
tence quoted from the film the re
porter has erred, and has substituted
"some" for "the." "Some bounce,"
unless the reference were to a form
of liquid refreshment of home manu
facture and wide reputation for kick,
would.he meaningless. Plainly, Brown
ing's; squeal can have nothing, .do
with tills beverage. But make the
sentence read "If Browning squeals,
that's I It's the bounce for mo," and
the London critic should instantly ab
sorb its significance.
The second cut-in Is also incorrectly
transcribed. Instead of "ivories,"
which is understood by persons of
culture to mean piano keys, rend
"Ivory domes." With this change the
sentence becomes "Why shoot ele
phants In Africa when there nre so
many Ivory domes here at home?" and
the editor, of tho Saturday Review
will Instantly comprehend its message.
We say this with complete confidence
because the gifted and highly educated
author of the legend nssures us by
oulja board that he had the genial
and accomplished editor of that Jolly
publication In mind when he com
posed It.
Our Strange Trade Balance.
Our imports from Europe aro now
of very much "greater volumo than
their Custom House values indicate
because in that trade wo buy In
poundsv francs, lire and marks which
arc depressed in our exchange mar
kets all the way from 20 per cent, to
SO per cent Our exports to Europe
nre of smaller relative volume than
their Custom House values indicate be
cause we sell In dollars and of smaller
positive volume, because, at -that, our
dollar priccs.aie roughly doubled over
normal times and conditions.
In March our Imports from Europo
as recoraeu ny tne uepartment or
Commcrcowero' $85,000,000 higher
than in March of last year. But of
this amount $11,000,000 was from
France. A year ago our Government
was figuring French Imports at nor
mal .franc values of about 20 cents.
To-day when our Government Is fig
uring them at actual exchange mar
ket values In this country, tho franc
is worth over here nbout C cents.
French Imports, therefore, may have
gono up In volumo not merely three
times, as Indicated by the Department
of Commerce money figures, but all
of nlno times.
Italian Imports went up In March,
Jy the. Department of Commerce fig
ures, nearly five times over what they
were a year ago. But with tho lira
worth licro only a quarter of its nor
mal value the volumo of our Imports
from Italy for March may be up
twenty times.
Imports from the United Kingdpm
went, up from some $19,000,000,000 rto
somo $60,000,000 roughly about
three times., But with tho pound fig
ured a year ago at somo $4.87 find
now at about n dollar less, thq gain
In volumo 'may bo more than three
and one-half times..
Imports from Germany,, went upj
THE SUN
from about $72,000 to $7,000,000. On
tho face of It theso fmpoite Oucrensod
about ninety times. But with marks
quoted here at 1 cents Instead of n
normal valuo of nearly 24 cents, tho
Increase In volume may havo been
about 1,200 times!
Now It Is truo that, when a foreign
trade balnnco Is .struck; if ill not tho
volume, but the dollurthn'countH In
determining wWo Is tho debtor and
who Is tho creditor; Nevertheless,
anybody who stops' (o thliikwlll un
derstand that'. If one nation .should
send us perhaps two shiploads of
goods as against one shipload she
took from us, and another' three ship
load as against one shipload sho took
frqm us, and another perhaps five
shiploads as against one shipload she
took from ,us, and- still another icr
Itaps fifty shiploads as -against one
shipload tho look from us when the
oxchango of actual commodities
should get on any such basis ns that
It would bo only a questloiuof time
until our markets became submerged
under n tide of foreign goods.
In March wo wero taking In from
tho res); of North America nearly as'
much In actual dollars as wo wero
sending out to It From South Amer
ica wo were taking In $20,000,000 moro
than wo wero sending. From Asia we
were taking In $.15,000,000 more than
we were sendfng. From Africa we
wero taking In $10,000,000 moro than
we were sending.
In our total foreign trade our ex
port balance for March was $295,
000,000, but our export balance
against Europo alone was $3i0,
000,000. Tho balance against us by
other continents and countries, there
fore, was $45,000,000. It was poor,
broken down, bankrupt Europe which
was paying us with low powered
money while wo were paying pretty
much till tho rest of the world with
our high powered American dollars.
Our foreign trade, In other words,
has got Itself Into such a lopsided
situation that without economically
destitute and physically starved Eu
rope bidding desperately for our
goods we might bo worrying as much
nbout meeting our foreign balances as
some of the countries of the Old World
are new worrying about meeting
theirs to us.
The Comparatively Small Increase
in Housing Cost.
Without wishing to add warmth to
the already hot blood of enraged
tenants let us call nttentlon to the
figures of tho Federal Department of
Labor on the Increase of living costs
in tho last five years. These show
that on the avcrago housing In this
city has advanced least of all only
23 per cent., while clothing has gone
up 210 per cent and food 01 per cent
It Is likely that a comparison made
this month would show a further ad
vance In rents, but possibly not enough
to bring them even with the advance
of 50 per cent. In fuel and light.
The Record and Guide, which has
been digging into the housing, and
particularly the apartment, -Question,
bns no consolatlori for renters.' It
sars that the rents which must be
charged In the handful of new build-1 It will urge them to cultivate the
.... . fln.. ....
Ings now. being put up will be from
150 to 175 per cent, above the prices
before the war.
It Is not only that tho wages in tho
building trades have doubled aud that
material has risen from 100 to 500
per cent The cost of borrowing
money,. tbe higher expenses of opera
tion nnd tbp growing tax rate all add
to the bunlcn which no investor is
going to assume. unless he expects to
get a return on his risk
The tenant may be vexed because
his rent Is raised, but the prospective
landlord Is seared away by tho gob
lins of labor, material, operation,
taxes and legislation. And the last
of these Is not the least fearsome.
Of tho measures recently adopted hi
Albany the Record and Guide says
that "the passing of such laws Is fair
warnjng that further .unsound legisla
tion may bo enacted next year to
govern new holdings. The prospec
tive builder thus faces a prohibitive
risk."
That has always been one of the
dangers of 6uch laws; and yet wo
find them enacted just at the time
when it is important to encourage
building. Is capital likely to build
on an uncertain expectancy of C per
cent net return when It can buy Gov
ernment bonds yielding that formerly
attractive figure?
How the Danes Beat Radicalism.
The final count of the votes in the
recent Danish general election marks
tho end of a strife which had brought
about a peculiarly Interesting politi
cal situation In Denmark. The ques
tion which was left to tho nation to
decide was practically, this: Should it,
support the extreme radical element
In Its demands for the overthrow of
the present kingdom and tho estab
lishment In Its pinto of a socialistic
republic, or should it support the con
servative element and the existing
Government? Ay Copenhagen news
paper, commenting on the results, says
that Iho election passed like a steam
roller over the Radicals and that the
majority of the people "stood like a
w;all against the Socialists and crushed
their brutal arrogance'
Tho crisis was preelpltatedate in
March; when in remonstrance against
tho King's dismissal of Prime Minis
ter Zaulb the Socialists nnd Radicals
held a noisy demonstration in front
of tho royal palace, declaring that the
King had acted In an unconstitutional
and high handed manner. There was
a strong menace of revolution In tho
mob's threat to tie up nil tho counr
try's industries by a general strike,
its insults to. the Government and rul-
AND NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY,
Ing house, and Its apparent 'readiness
to.rsort tnvj"'e"t WWI lit
A considerable misunderstanding re
garding Minister Zahix'u position ex
isted not only outside of Denmark
but within the nation Itself. Ho had
held ofllco since n year 'before tho
war, tuid although ho Was uunble to
command n majority In tho JUksdag
ho refused to take the, necessary steps
for tho dissolution of that body and
tho ordering of a new general elec
tion. Hfs reason for this, it is now
understood, was that ho was endeav
oring to build up a machine which
would pass the election laws lie fa
vored and which wuld give him n
strong advantage.
He unquestionably overestimated
his own popularity and tlio strength
of his radical supporters. The Znhlo
party emerged from the strife with
M-'urecly more ilmn half Ha former
strength, whlloall Itsopponentsshowed
n decided increase in popular sup
port. Tho Socialists havo 42 votes
In tho new BIksdag and can depend
perhaps upon tho 17 Badlcal votes.-
Against them, however, arc the Lib
erals, who won 48 votes, and tho Con
servative party with 28 votes and the
Trades party with 7, both of which
will act with the Liberals on all
vital Issues.
The Danes can now go back to their
farms and dairies and their task of
furnishing Europo with Jts much
needed food supply firm in the belief
that for the present at least they nre
ficcuro in the existing form of Govern
ment and free from the menace of
extreme radicalism.
A Good Fourteenth Point.
Senator Thomas, also, is a writer
of fourteen points. Ho recently In
troduced in the Senate for tho con
sideration of platform writers In both
Chicago and San Francisco a politico
literary composition of fourteen points,
all likely to suit some and some likely
to suit nil tho people. Theso three
points will surely meet with general
approval, at loast among the respec
tablo number of voters not attending
either national convention:
"10. Revision and decrcaso of na
tional taxation to the lowest possible
rate cornpatlblo with the actual needs
of an economic national administra
tion. "12. All appropriations to be wholly
conrtned to public objects and pur
poses. "13. The consumer Is the ultimate
taxpayer. Though unorganized he Is
entitled to our first consideration
whatever his political affiliations or
lack of political influence."
But there will bo praise bestowed
upon the final point which, brief as
it Is, seems tho ono which should be
written large on the walls of the Chi
cago nnd the San Francisco committee
rooms where foregather statesmen se
lecting, smoothing, painting and other
wise dolling up planks for platforms :
"14. Tolntlng with pride and vlew-
Ing -ft-ItlV alarm will catch no votes
In iajo."
PolnVl4 will keep the delegates in
ralnd of what they must not point at
fine art of omission.
- The literary lady who finds tliat
married llfo runs easily when hus
band and wlfa havo separate estab
lishments announces hor theory at a
time unfitted for imitation by many.
It is hard enough to find ono apart'
ment, let alone pay for two.
A juror's lot is not a happy one, to
Judgo by tho number or talesmen who
wish to bo excused. But when ail a
Juror has to do is to sit and hear ono
of GAirnrjt'a novels read from start to
finish tho job of tho twelve good men
and true seems softer than slaving
At a desk tho only place? where much
slaving is dono nowadays.
Tho historical old bridge at Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, ono of tho In
dustrial landmarks of tho West, has
been purchased by tho Government,
according- to a despatch from Wash
ington. This was tho second bridge
built across tho Missouri, and waa used
by many of tha early Western rail
roads us well as by the pioneer wagon
trains bound for Kansas and tho
Rocky Mountain region. Styles phango
in Western railway bridges as they do
In New York skyscrapers, and as long
ago as 1S93 tho old Leavenworth
bridge fell into disuse. Tho Govern
ment has been planning its purchaso
for somo time, but only recently was
it nblo to bring this about. Somebody
sold tho old bridge to a Holland com
pany a quarter ot a century ago and
this concern has been Its owner ever
since.
Tents nre celling Uko hot cakes to
houseless peoplo in Chicago. If Omar
Khayyam wero allvo ho could get' up
from under tho bough and make $8 h
day at his trade. What ho could sell
tho Jug for is a matter for personal
speculation.
.Massachusotts's action In favor of
2.75 per cent amber suggests that tha
Sacred Codfish is as dry as thoshfud
ded kind that comes in boxes.,.
Favorite Sun. .
Old Sol As a c&ndldata I'm itront both
In tha I.'at and 9fet.
Belated Sprlax.
Bald Kobln, Orlolt and Jay,
Ixt's form a torlet.
Tha ptpara must ft hither par
And whistles suit ha watt ,
Thaa Daisy did to Cowitlp croon,
Wt'll Join tha union quick; ,
And thus ba aura we'll bloomlsf aoea
Get raised enough to pick!
Chimed In 'tha Moon, The world 3uit fat
A turn down cold from Man.
I'll Jack my llcht rates up a lot; '
They're not fixed, like tha atarat
Then rhirbus. Just otrlfle miffed .
At Luna's rapid work.
Declined to force tha clouds to lift.
And aoldltred at tola work!
And ao the Spring-, poor hampered alart.
Fell deep Into the ruck
When Daylight atarted In to eave,
And all tha Honrs struck! ,
Mimics Moms.
UNDER TWO FLAGijl.
itoie 'jDiperatorVfisfAatrRWr The 'Only CouiitryTJUie oTBfTcVTriat
and With British Crowtu
To Tub son And Npw Yonic jifciutn ;
To suppose that the British, martins en
gineer has anything to learn frpm his
American compeer Is ludicrous In the
I extreme. Could "A." who compares tho
Impcrator's performances under Urltlsh
nnd American naval management, hear
the frantlo calls for help sent oufci dally
by wireless from American ships;, calls
duo to the incompetency of thdlr en
gineers, ho would quickly modH'y his
views. So frequent aro these 0 S
signals that tho Shipping Board Issued
an order to the effect that only tin the
case of gravs danger was a Shipping
Board ship to accopt assistance flrom a
ship other than ono similarly open.ted.
I havo no knowledge of tho later- per
formances of tho Imporator. Ot her
first voyage under British operators she
made a long passage owing to the,aorced
draft apparatus being removed fceforo
being: handed over. Whether this uppa
ratus w&s'taken out of the ship through
petty Jealousy I am, not prepared toj say.
If "A." Is a practical man ho will appre
ciate tho difficulties of running a farced
draft Job by natural draft
"When tho Impcrator was taken 'over
by American engineers they had the
assistanco of threo German engineers
who knew tho machinery. When SUrll
Ish engineers took over tho ship fhey
did not havo' any such assistance, nor
did they require it w.
Brooklyn, May 4.
SULKING LABOR.
Benefits Aro Forgotten at tlio Momjcnt
of Their Receipt.
To Tub Sun and New Tons Hkraid :
If it is truo that many alien girls elm
ployed In the factories of this city are
paid more wages a woek than some of
tha professors of Rutgers College receive
as salary, s there any reason for their
being- dissatisfied? ,
If it is true that many alien tailors
and craftsmen ot different kinds, matiy
of them not even naturalized citizens,
are receiving wages that aro three nnd
four times thoso paid for similar labbr
fivo years ago nnd they havo a shortir
week, should they not havo somo consSl
cratlon for their employer who furnlsht s
tho capital and do their best to Increase
production rather than to shirk in their
work and thereby lessen It? lias tlh,
man who furnishes tflo capital to nun
tha business and tho brains to direct it
no rights which labor should respect?
What would many of theso aliens rei
eclvo a3 wages back homo? Whatcom-?
forts would they enjoy on tho other side?1'
Why should they come hero and enjoy
all of the privileges of American born
citizens nrrd then bo allowed to contrib
ute to making conditions worse by not
doing n fair day's work? Can they not
remember ?-hen they worked, from sun
rise to sunset for a mere pittance, and
had but llttlo In tho way ot clothing
or comfort? Fair Pj.ay.
New Brunswick, N. J., May '4.
DICKENS, DIAGNOSTICIAN.
An Admirer of the Novelist Uses His
Long Memory.
To Tnn Sun and New York Herald:
Ono of your correspondents wants to
know who was tho doctor and at what
tlmo and placo he mado tho statement
nbout Dickens's diaimosts of a paralytic
In one of his stories. I think I can givo'Wft'ect tho box office receipts, and the
him somo information. payers should bear in mind tho-fact
Tho year of Charles Dickens's death.
1870, there wero several conventions
held fn'OreatUrltaln, that of the British
Scientific? Association for one, also tnat
of tho British Medical Association..
Liverpool or Bradford, I forget which,
waj where tha medical' association met
Tho president, whoso vname, I forget. In J
passing a voio or conuoieuco wnn uio na
tion In its loss and eulogizing Dickens,
mentioned tha remarkable fact to Ms
associates that Charles Dickons, with no
scientific medical training, correctly di
agnosed the Bymptoms of every Invalid
In hla books. A famous physiognomist
of that day also stated that tho delin
eations ot Dickens's characters wero
scientifically true. I am sorry I cannot i
be fnore specific, but hope I am giving
some light on the subject
GEoaan F. Faoan.
Statin Island Hospital, May 4.
RIDDLE OF THE CHURN.
Milk Worth 93.30 Used to MaVo q
Pound of GO Cent Batter.
To Tub Sun and New York Herald :
Would', you llko to know a test Just
made to find the real cost ot a pound of
butter?
The cows were Jerseys and Guern
seys. They tested from 6.5 to 7.7 butter
fats, so the milk was all it should be.
Six quarts was used. This at. 1
cents a low price for such milk is
84 cents. Tha yield in butter was just
ono quarter of a pound.
A pound would consequently really
cost, without taking into consideration
tho labor, electricity to run tho churn,
paper and boxes to do It up, aud stamp.)
for postage. Just J 3.36 a pound. Tha
makes it look cheap at CO cents, doesn't
It?
Of course tho skimmed or separated
milk Is used for young calves, pigs or
chickens. But. It's moro profitable, to
sell the milk. E. T. D.
Gladstone, N. J May 4.
Tho Care Man Worked Hard for Ills
long Green.
To Tub Sun and New York Herald:
It Is not unlikely that there are In the
United. States a few citlzons just a few,
of course who do not know all that
thero Is to know about Federal finances ;
poor creatures who may havo a cava
man's notion that tho mpro of a thing
there Is the easier It should bo to get
Bomo of It. To such benighted oacs
how puzzling It must bo to understand
why they nro so short of long green
as It may bo they call paper money
when they read that tho circulation of
Federal Reserve notes Increased from
March 1 to April 1 by $43,851,625, and
from the latter date to April 24 by $36,
976,1X5. But Any sort of fellow; can
easily enough understand why his purse
does not Jlnglo with gold when our gold
coin. Including bullion In tho Treasury,
decreased from March 1 to April 1 by
the tidy cram ot $58,481,063.
Brian Bonotacs.
New Yoke, May 4.
"Ih Franco One Fights for Honor."
To Tub Sun and New York Herald:
It may not ba untimely to recall-the
reply of a French soldier when asked
by an American how ho could bo 'con
tented with his small pay of five cents
a day:
"In France one fights fox'honor.' '
That la the spirit!
It wU bo a sad day for this or any
other country when patriotic effort is
measured with money.
V. IL
New York, May 4
MAY 5, 1920.
JAPAN AND HER FUTURE.
Is Capablo ot Sol.Govemmcnt."
To Tub Sun and New yortK IUrai,d ;
In the first part of your editorial article
on Japan last Sunday; wlshlns to point
a certain moral,' you plctura the pitiful
sta(to of tho downtrodden people when
,1'orry opened up tho country ; but In the
latter part, when you wish to point a
different moral, you speak ot tho two and
a half centuries of profound peaco which
theso happy peoplo had enjoyed In se
clusion, or word to that effect. It is a
paradQX.- As a matter of fact, for 236'
years 03 per cent, of tho pcopjo woro
never mjlested. If they woro deprived
of their liberty they did not Ifnow It.
Only 19 por cent, wero killing; each
other.
You also refer to the Japanese Gov
ernment adopting the German form of
doing things nnd prophesy that she' will
reap tho crop that Germany has. Japan
adopted tho German kind of zov
ernnjent beciuso It was tho best adapted
to the genius ot her peoplo, and had she
not dono so slit- would long ago havo
liocomd a Russian colony. She will lib
erallzo her government, which with her
kind of people must bo done from the
top down and not from tho bottom up,
as soon as education ot tho masses is
aufllclently advanced, and nowhero is It
being so widely encouraged by tho Gov
ernment ns In Japan. Self-government
la a matter of race civilization, nnd nt
prcsmt only the Anglo-Saxon raco Is
capablo of it. Look at 'the mess In
Europe now.
The general Inference' from your edi
torial Is that had Japan a. form of
government ilka pura, sbo would ccaso
her operations in Corca, China and
Siberia, Ignoring tho fact that "there's
Is a divinity that shapes our ends,
rough-hew them how wo will." Kng
land is tha most liberal country In tho
world to-day, and yet her empire was
never so large ns It is now. Japan Is
tha only country east of Suez that Is
capable of self-governmsnt without for
eign advl3trs. She Is also the only East
ern raco .who Instinctively havo a knowl
edge of tho care and preservation as
well as tho use ot weapons of precision.
Hcnco she will eventually dominate the
whole of Asia, no matter what her form
of government. Why do almost all of oar
newspapers and magazines continually
knock Japan? F. M. Barber,
Captain, U. S. N retired.
New York, May 4.
CLEAN BASEBALL WANTED.
A Reminder to Players Not to Treat
, Umpires Rudely.
To Tub Sun and New York Herald:
Tho prediction has been mado that this
will bo tho most' prosperous season In
j tho history of professional baseball,
especially in zvew rorK, tne greatest
bascbull city in tho nation.
Tho prediction has boen borne out to
somo extent by tho size ot the crowds
'who have attended games at tho Polo
'Grounds when tho Giants ond the Ya.ni
3tees havo played there. Although the
reason Is still young, however, a dark
-loud has been looming up on the horl
aon In the form of misbehavior among
flha players, and unless tho ovll Is aulck
3V stamped out tho popularity of the
qame may bo affected, for lovers of
qlcan baseball are not apt to counte
nance rowdy tactics for any length of
tf mc. Tlielr displeasure will of course J
. tne Putlllc P3 lno wanes.
' .Tho outbreak of rowdyism nt tho Polo
.Grounds has not been confined to tho
.American League, for teams In tlio Na
tional Leacue have sinned as well. Wlt
'ra;ss the conduct of members of the
Philadelphia team of the National
league a few weeks ago, when Frank
Ft lsch, third baseman of 'the Giants,
throw a Phlllls player out at tho plate.
Tlio entire team from the City of Broth
erly Lovo Immediately gathered around
th -umplro and gavo v)lca to their feel
ings! It even looked as If some of them
wcirf about to assault the field officers.
and none was louder or more Incensed
l.HH w. ........ ...v......
th:in their manager, Gawy Cravath. The
latt r, however, lost somo of his wrath
w'hen ho knocked tho first ball pitched
to hilm for a homo run.
Nliw tha Yankees show signs of the
oaaoki spirit, and recently In a gamo be
twjjon the Boston Red Sox and tho home
teanr it was necessary for Umpire BUI
DInnj ecc to order Manager Miller Hug
glna of tho Yankees off the field. Two
dayi prior to that tho cntlro Yankee
tcari gathered around Umpires Dinrieen
and Nallln to object to a ruling and Carl
Mails wan ordered to the bench.
Njrw York, May 4. ' Fan.
0no MiU Which Will ?ot Close.
t) Tub Sun and New York Herald:
Tho, statement contained in a despatch
frcsii Providence, published by you on.
Mrrj- 3, that tho Stillwater Worsted mills
clojles Friday is not true. Likewise is
the istatement untrua tlint tlio Stillwater
WcBstcd Mills has declared' that tho
wotillen mill at Nasonvlllo will close
nes. Friday. This company has no con
troli over the operations of the mill at
Naaonvllle. Our mill Is not going to
to aihut down. It will be operated as
usiuil, excepting for the abandonment
of iin extra shift In ono department.
Tlih curtailment Is not influenced by
waE33 considerations of any kind.
Stillwater Worsted Mills,
' Martin T. Levt, Treasurer.
' EjRRlsviLLE, R. I., May 4.
The Circus Honrs.
I
Tibet unwonted sound ot multitudinous hoofs
. on tha city pavement,
LIkn tha slow, cool clatter of stones
Un fli r a retreating wave on a beach,
Ucrntles ma to tha window, In tha May
night.
To -patch with delight a Ions cavalcade
ot white ateeda
WilU:lng two and two, and lightly har
nesaed by traces In fours and sixes
Stilox.g, floasy, superb' draught horses ot
. the circus.
On lholr way uptown to draw tha men
agerie vans to tho train sheds for
departure.
Acta illy horses fit for knights and era-
aadera to ride,
Aa&V aeemlar now to have strayed from.
it some Immenaa medieval pointing.
So jJallen and ornate do they appear to
I eyes accustomed to the ceaseless tor-
1 rents ot automobiles;
Sa Uraavely restful their mnscular bodies
' and undulant progress,
Whnre tha furiously rushing- wheels and
' sharp level lines ot tha cars have
scored "and wearied the vision almost
. to exhaustion.
And.' tha uninterrupted placid roll ot their
. hoof stroKes so strangely calming,
'Afitsi,' the raucous din of the myriad
shrieking horns. j
And I see!
Wlid.-e the arc light under "Vfilch the
' horaea pass '
Sht4s -IU brilliance on tha moulded
haunches. .
The' gleam smooth as satin,
WTuJ.e, exquisite as the tender downy gloss
On ,1 ha hacks cf aana
Bolt 'ean their glistening alabaster wings.
Emot Wnrrt
AS SONG PRINCE
Archbisiioiiirnycs So Describes
Iflm nt Farewell
Dinner.
SINGS TO MOVE IT
Two Songs and Other Things
Howard 000 Diners nt
Waldorf-Astoria.
John McCormnck was tho guest of
honor at a dinner at tho Waldorf-As.
torla last night given hy his friends In
recognition ot hla services to the coun
try during tha war nnd to bid him a
ploasant Journey on hla impending trip
around tho world. About S00 persons,
Including somo of tho most prominent
.citlzons of Now York, gavo tho tenor
a rcmarkablo ovntlon when lio sang- two
of his songs, "A Broken Down Shack
In.Athlono" and 'Then You'll Remem
ber Mc."
Mayor Hylan told how Mr. McCor
mack'a efforts had raised over S500.000
-for war charities. Ho Bald tho city
recognizes tlio tremendous educational
valuo of music na exemplified toy tho
famous elnger njid Is proud to number
him among its citizens.
Archbishop Hayes hailed McCormnck
as tho Frinco of Song nnd "the apostlo
of Almighty God who turns song Into
prayer. Senator James D. Thelan of
California, on old friend of tho tonor,
comparoil him to Orpheus, whose magic
voice "softened stones." in hl3 ability to
raleo money' for charity.
"I would rather bo Enrico Caruso
than Hoblnron Crusoe," said Senator
Thelan, "and I would rather bo John
McCormack thin John Bockefeller.
Thero Is no rcasoy why McCormack may
not be both."
William J. Henderson, musioal critic
of Tub Sitn and New York Herald,
tipoko of Mr. McConnack's talents and
his great contrlbutldn to tho musical
llfo of New York. Secretary Daniels,
who woo to have spolton, woo prevented
from leaving Washington, as was Martin
II. Glynn, whose mother died yesterday.
Justlco Victor J. Dowllng, toast mas
ter, read letters of regret from Gov.
Hmhh, Gov. Calvin Coolldgo of Massa
chusetts, Gen. Pershing, Henry P. Davl
Fon and Bishop Curley of riorlda, tho
long time friend of Mr. McCormack.
Fritz Kreisler played several of his
songs and Clarcnco Whltehlll sang
"Gypsy John," a song by Clay.
Among tlio5e present were the Very
RcK John J. Dunn. Dr. John T. Bottom
ley, tho Bight Rev. Joseph F. Mooncy,
tho Rev. Howard Dufficld, Daniel F. Co
halan, John D. Ryan, Col. Edward I
Logan, David I. AValsh, Major-Gen.
Clarence It Edwards, Gov. Edward I.
Edwards, James W. Gerard, the Itlglit
Rev. M, J. Lavello, tho Rev. Dr. Joseph
Silverman, William D. Cunningham, tho
Rev. Michael J. Earls, John P. O'Brien
and tho Rev. Joseph P. Dlnecn.
SINGERS BIDDEN TO
MEMORIAL FESTIVAL
3,000 in Garden Will Honor
Dead War Heroes. ,
Invitations wero Issued yesterday ,by
the memorial festival committee, of
which Major Lorlllard Spencer Is chair
man, to all persons who sing to join
the chorus of 3.000 who will appear
at tho memorial festival and pageant In
honor of those who lost their lives In the
national service during' the war to ba
given nt Madison. Square Garden May
2G and 27.. .
Tho Garden will be decorated with a
forest of shrubbery and flowers and
thero will be spoclal ' lighting effects.
Two thousand school children, with tha
cooperation of the military and naval
authorities at Fort Jay and tho New
York Navy Yard will take part in the
first In Memory of Our Hero Dead'
, . , , . .,,,,
' 't.."'J,,' T';",
will bo ah allegorical pageant symbollz'
Ing the meaning of America, tho land of
opportunity, to the oppressed peoplo of
tho earth.
Persons wishing to join the chorus aro
asked to send their names and addresses
to tho memorial festival committee, 7
East Thirty-sixth etrcet, and report nt
8 o'clpck to-night In the High School
of Commerce, US West Sixty-fifth
street.-
FOREIGN BORN AND
LEGIONS WILL MEET
Americanism 'Will Be Theme
of Coney Gatherings.
Beginning May 15 nnd dally for two
weeks -thereafter, .at- Luna Park, Coney
Island, tho different legion posts of tho
Stato-.of- New York will meet the many
thousands of our foreign horn copula
tion whoso1 favorlto resort and outing
place Is "Coney." At this reunion tho
Itlfiln of Americanism will Via pvntnlnp.il"'1" Plk at n reception, and dinner by
iuwi3 or Americanism w lji oe explained lll0 Canauian Society, Hotel DUtinors, 7
to those of foreign birth and advantages , P. Si.
and duties of 'American citizenship ira-L Annual meeting. National Security
bressed unon them,
On tho days' which wljl be ret nsido
for tho different nationalities tho leadcra
of radical groups will bo Invited to
gather and bring to Luna Park as many
representatives as possible for special
meetings.
Tho national, Stato nnd civic agencies
and tho voluntary associations that are
eixpressly organized to promote Ameri
canization will ba afforded the oppor
tunity nit only to set forth their own
programmes, methods and accomplish
ments, buf'to co'mo into" contact with
tho members of thejeglon'and thus dis
cover their mutual object and Interests
and theroby arrive at a common basis of
understanding,
nrrun. v,i,. ..mu., .u.
Hall of Records. City Hall Park, tele
phone Worth 1011C; an-I 784 Broadway,
leiepnone siuyverant 7UO.
PRINCETON DIPLOMAS
GIVEN 31 THEOLOGS
Twenty-two Are Made Bach
elors of Divinity.
Special to Tub Btn fd Nw Tons Heud.
Princeton, Hay 4. Tho 108th annual
commencement of Princeton Theological
Seminary was held hero this morning
when thirty-ono seniors received their
diplomas. Twenty-two of this number
received their Bachelor of Divinity de
grees. Dr. XT. O. Thompson, iho president of
Ohio Stato University, delivered the
chief address of the graduation exercises
on "Present Day Problems." Dr. J.
Ross Stevenson, president o,f the scmi
.nnry. presided at the exercises, which
were-'held In the Stiller chapel of the
seminary.
Ona of the features of the commence
ment exercises was tlio return of eleven
members of tho class of 18C3. who came
back here to celebrate their firtv.fifii,
commencement anniversary. An nliimnl
luncheon In tho graduate Wliool followed
the commencement programme.
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advertisements will ho received at ofllie
rates and forwarded for publication.
Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.
For Eastern New York Fair to-c'Kf
and to-morrow, gcntlo to moderl
north winds.
For New Jersey Fair to-day and to-mor
row, gentlo to moderRtn north winds.
For Northern New lingland Fair to-day
nnd to-morrow, llttlo cliunso In tempera
ture. For Southern Now Ilngland-Fnlr to-day
and to-morrow, little cliango In temperature.
ror wusiern Now xorK vartiy ciouoy to
day and
peraturu.
to-morrow, llttlo cliango In tem-
WASHINGTON, May 4. There 1ms licen a
general rlso In pressure except In tho ex
treme Southwest, with tlio crest of high pres
sure remaining over tho north upper laUo
fcglon. There waa, however, conslderablu
cloudiness cast of tlio ltocliy Mountains ami
there wero rains In Now Knglan'd, New York
and the Gulf States nnd local showers In (!
central valleys, tho central plains States ami
tho Northwest. Elsewhere the weather waa
fair. Moderate high temperatures continued
In the Southwest and low temperatures else
where Occasional showers will continue to
morrow and Thursday In tho east Gulf
States and local showers aro also probnblo
to-morrow In tho Ohio Vulloy anil west Ten
nessee. In tho lako region, tlio Atlantis
Spates and eastern Tennessee tha weather
win bo partly cloudy to-morrow and Thurs
day. There will bo no temperature changes
of consequence.
Obvnratlons at United States Weather Ti'J
reu stations taken nt S P. M. yesterday, Fer-enty-fltth
meridian time:
Temperature Rainfall
last H hrs. B.iro- Init 21
Stations. Ulca. Low. meter, hrs. Weather.
Abilene 90
3
2U.66
Cloudy
Albany 51
Atlantic City.... CO
llaltluiora 61
Illtniarcli hi
IlOfttoti 46
Buffalo M
Charleston ...... 77
Chicago ...SO
Cincinnati t,2
Cleveland ., iC
Pcnver M
Detroit .......... rs
Gslveaton ...... SO
41
:a
i
to
s
M
42
44
42
41
45
7:
SO. 11
50.lt
ao.i:
SO.22
M.14
30.21
root
W.21
.-VMS
DO. 2 1
EiUtl
: :
19 91
.01 Clear
.. Clear
.. I't Cldy
,0t Cloudy '
.21 Clear
.. Clear
Cloudy
. Cloudy
. Riln
C ear
.11
Cloudy
Clear
J't. Cldy
Clear
Clear
Clear
uejei! ...... M,. Mt.w-l--.tav-w
.mcksomiue .., k SwoSn.oi
Kansas City..:.'ff "VSlTa.Si
Helena i.
IA.00
.02
Los Anscli'S...., 63 . 5: ' .30.01
Milwaukee ,..,..,) -4 80.M
Now Orleans.... M 7t 23.M
.. Cloudy
.. Cloudy
. Clear
cloudy
.. Pt. cldy
.. C'ear
.10 Clear
. . Clear
.. Cloudy
.. Cloudy
,. I't. Chly
, CTear
.. Clear
.. rt. Cldy
.. Clear
OkHlioraa M 7H ; iS.M
Philadelphia ei 61 ,-zoms
nttsburg 51 n 10 U
Portland. Me,... 4f , W S0.1S
Portland, Oro... 60 ' -Mlfc'SO.W
Salt Lake City,. tH.JiST tZM
C l.lnnln ' 4 iC7a
San Antonio..,.. S3"
Sua Dirgo 6-
Ran Francisco.. M
St. Louis...,..,. M
' JO.OJ
C0.M
S0.01
. ro!t
St. Paul,...!.... 5t
Waihlngton .. R'-St &W.12
IX)CU. WEATHER RECORDS.
8 A.M. SI- M.
raromcter 5O.0S 30.13
lluMdlty Grt M
Wind-direction NW 15
Wind-vcloclty, , SO 11
Weather Cloudy Cloudy
Precipitation , ... r. ...... 00 00
Tho temperature In this city yesterday, aa
recorded by the official thermometer, Is
shown In tho annexed tabic:
A. M.
8
0
10 .-.
11
VI
1'. M. 1. M,
10 I, 48 ,
no 2, r.t 7
112 3 54 H
E2 4 17 !!
53 C , 4'J 10
i. 47
,. ro
,. 4'
.. 44
. 43
10111.
Id
7il
f3
1020. 1010. 1020.
0 A. St.... tO f.8 ft P. SI.... 47
12 M M 71 0 P. SI.... 4".
3 P. SI.... SI "11 12 Slid 44
Highest temperature, r,7 nt 12:40 P. SI,
Lowest temperature, 42 at 3:30 P. SI.
Averaso temperature, 60,
EVENTS TO-D4Y.
Dance. Washington Helshts Past
Amerl-
, M.
can Lesion, IloCel -Mc.Vlpfn, 8:30 P. M.
Dinner. The Sun Alumni
Association,
Hotel Commodore. 7 P. 31.
Sir Edmund Walker, Dr. II. J. Cody.
Job H. Hedses and Dr. Toroklchl Ivenasa,
Lecture. "DeslKn In Textilea for Hisli
School Classes." by Sirs. Theodora t Pop,
Sletropolllan Sluseum of Art, 3:4.1 P. 31,
Theatre party at the Jewish Art Theat-n
tinder the auspices of th Hadassah, S .1,1
P. 31.
Joseph P. Day will speak on "Buslnes
English a Necosatty to a Dullness Career"
In the Journalism Building:, Columbia Uni
versity, 8 P. 31. -
Slectlnr and tea, "the. Jewish War Itellaf
Society, Hotel .BUtmore. In the afternoon.
Dinner. Now Tork City Association o(
Trust Companies. Hotel Commodore. 7 P. M.
Luncheon, "Dlxlp Club, Hotel Commo
dore. 1 P. Sf.
National Travelers Aid Society, S3 Wet
Forty-third k street, all day meetlns. com
mencin nt 10 A. SI.
Meetlns and dinner, New Torjc Com
raandery, .Military Order ofi tho Loyal
Legion, -Delmonlco'a, 0:30 P. St.
Concert.
international College ot siusir.
Waldorf-Astoria. 8 P. M.
Association, Waldorf-Astoria. 12:30 V. M.
Luricheon. Fifth Avenna Association.
WaIdorI-Atorla, i2:3Q p. -si.
i-
PUBLIC LECTURES TO-NIGHT.
"Our Native Wild Flowers and Their
Haunts,"- Uy Edward C. jAvery, Publ a
School 101, Elarenth street, noar Lexing
ton avenuev Btereoptleon views.
"The Brazilians and Their Country." by
ClAyton S, Cooper, Public School 40, Pros
pact, avenue, ' Jennlnn itrest and nitter
place, Tha Bronx. Stareoptlcon views.
"America, tha Land of 'Political Rights
and Duties." by Prof. William D. Guthrie,
Publlo .School 43, Brown placa and 130th
street. The Bronx.
Rhode lalnnd 144 Yenm Old.
Newror.T, Mny 4. Rhode Island !
Wared her Independence two months be
fore the United States was born.ind to
daj' Is tho 144th annlvormty of that dec
laration. H was observed hero by tlio
flying of flags and tlio firing of a m1u(
from old Kort Grecno by tho Newport
Artillery Companv, organlrcd In ITU.
Storm' )cnd Number .-,!).
SIuskooee. Okin., Slay 4. Tlw death
list of the storm that twept tlio llttl
town it P'-'Sgs. 0!;!a. frnin ciUUn. ;Hm
Sunday nlsht .reached flfty-nlnc to-night
with the finding to-day of nlnn hoilh--.
tmdemcuth the debris of ruined homes.
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