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14 THE SUN, FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 1917. r V.'i r I J5uh and new remit PRESS. FRIDAY, .MARCH 30, 1017. Eaters at tht rost Office at New York as Second Class Mali Matter. Habwrlptlom hy Mall, t-ostpaid. DAILY, Per Month .. M SO DAILY, Par Year 0 SUNDAY, Par Month IS SUNDAY (to Canada), Par Month.... M SUNDAY. Pr Year.. 5 M DAILY AND SUNDAY, Per Yar... 8 CM DAILY AND SUNDAY. Prr Month... 13 Fornax lUici. DATLT. Faf Month 1 M SUNDAY, Per Month S DAJLY AND SUNDAY. Per Month... 1 rkz EVENING HUN, Per Month SS THE RVENINll 8 UN, Per Year 3 M T11E EVENING SUN (Foreign). Per Mo. 1 It All check, money orders. Ac, to be made parable to Till Sin. Published dally, Including Sunday. b- the Bun Printing and Publishing Association at IM Nassau street. In the Borough of Man hattan, New York, irreildent. Prank A. Munsey, ISO Nassau street; Vice-President, Krvln wardman. ISO Nassau street: Sec retary, II. K. Tltherlngton. 110 Nassau street: Treasurer, Wm. T. Devart, 150 Nas aau atreet. Tendon office. 40-4:1 Fleet street. Paris office. 0 Rue ds la, Mlchodlere, ol Rue da Quatre Septembre. Washington office, Munsey Btitldtnr. Brooklyn office. Room 20Z. Eagle Build tag. 303 Washington street. If our frinit rit Inter us ( mit eels'r and lllasfritlens for ent ile lion H re sate rtlttttd artulri relnrmd tier nasi 4a all Mere scad itimss or lAel turpou. TELEPHONE, UEEKMAN 2200. THE VOICE OF LEXINGTON. Whereas we, citizens of Lexington, Massachusetts. In town meeting as sembled, are ever mindful of the un remitting klgllftnoe and fearless a: tloa of those who dwelt here In 1775; and Whereas we desire to fulfil our re sponsibility of remaining true and loyal to their memory; and Whereas, although bearing no ma licious hatred toward any ruler, class, race or nation. we yet determinedly ad advlsefily condemn the cause of a Government whose present policy is flagrantly abhorrent to American- prin ciples; and ' Whereas we would not seem un grateful to those Governments which serve our highest Interests and the highest interests of mankind: There tore be it Resolved, That -we do hereby express our entire and hearty sympathy with the cause of liberty against tyranny, the cause for "which the allied Govern ments of the Entente are now fighting; That we thankfully acknowledge whatever debt we already owe to the armies and to the navies of said Governments; That we cordially favor serving the said Governments by granting them leans of money on such favorabl terms as shall show our gratitude for their help in the past and In the present; That -we openly challenge the at tention of such inhabitants of the United States of America as are not, even at this late hour, fully alive to the dangers that threaten the life of the nation: a challenge uttered to these ends: That sleeping patriotism may every where awaken to an Intelligent and loyal public spirit, which shall ac ttrely carry out whatever measures are vnost conducive to the national welfare; That the foundations of our Gov ernment, as laid by the men of old, be not shaken, but that the President and the Congress of the United States of America be consistently supported; ad That the American people, which In 1775 had no didiculty in seeing across the Atlantic Ocean, may have less difficulty in determining Its duty while endeavoring to serve, to the ex tent of its power, the righteous Inter ests of democracy as against autocracy throughout the entire world. The foregoing la a true copy of the reso lotions passed by the Town of Lexington, Massachusetts, at a town meeting held March :c, 1917. Attest: Cmau:j v Swax, ''. Town Clerk. In the Public Schools. That the public schools should teach loyalty to America and respect for America's Has has been officially recognized and enforced in practice for many years. It hns been the boast of New York that in its vast educational establishment patriotism wns implanted In the mind and heart of every pupil, and that from the clnss rooms the children went forth pledget! and prepared to defend with their lives If necessity arose the land that gave them opportunity. Plainly, if this policy u policy adopted Ions before Prusslanlsm as sailed the rights and flouted the lib erties of American citizens Is worthy of adherence. It should bo oberved to-day. wheu the United States Is threatened by u relentless and power ful foe, eca mow strictly than In happier days. Consequently, the Board of Education is entirely Jus tified in scrutinizing most particu larly the demeanor and the teachings of nil its employees, and In refrain ins from promoting any whose con duct does not square with absolute loyalty, or whose words and ex pressed opinions are open to misinter pretation and misconstruction. In following out Its duty in this re spect the board may expect assault to be made on It from many vicious quarters. It will be attacked fiercely by creatures wlioo present disloyal ties may soon be translated Into trea son by act of Congress; by the paid agents of foreign Powers; ami by the weak minded adherents of non reactance. P.ut to coiniten-nie them for thee attacks the members ofnhc board will have the conciouuess of duty performed, and the united sup port of patriotic men and women, two factors In the present situation that rniinot fbe other than sufficient reward for honet and fearless offi cials notwithstanding any annoyance that may be caused them by others. To light t'ntll Germany 'Kinds Herself! Willi ihii revolution In Russia the war Iwftiiiii'N iiio)iittstaiiy a war for Hie Illmrnll.iitltm of (ieriimiiy and for her di'iiioi'iiiM.iuioii from wlitiln. Prom within, not from without; It js Jmpoiiiduli! fur uny nation or set of nations to decide how rjermmiy shuU be be governed unless tho people of Ger many assent. Wilhixw II. may be, sent to. St Helena, the Hohenzollems may be destroyed root and branch, but the German people must acquiesce or there will be no new Germany. All Mint Is needed for the complete overthrow of Prusslanlsm Is n suffi cient duration of the war. The seed long sown In Germany must ripen. Events in Russia may do more to hasten the end thnn a great success on any Imttle front. When tho German people compre hend what Russian liberalism has done they will look about them and take tttock of the ruin wrought by their own rulers. They hnre endured much, these humble nnd faithful sub jects, and they wilt endure more, but at last they will turn upon their mas ters nnd rend them. The war must go on Irrespective of military results If Germany Is to free herself and the world from the Divine Right of Might. Two Questions for FaellsU. Those Americans who are Implored to uc their influence or give their money to prevent the declaration of n righteous war against Germany might well nsk certain questions of the Pacifists now uppenllng to them. For example : "Are you a Pacifist because your war sympathies are pro-Germnn?" "If the proposal was thnt the United States should enter the war ns nn ally of the Central Powers and In order to save Germany from de feat or perhaps destruction would you lie the same sort of Pacifist that you are to-day I" These nre fair questions. They would be fair questions to ask even of Mrs. Henry Villard, chairman of the Woman's Committee of the so-called Emergency Peace Federation. The estimable woman Is now advertising for funds to be expended In persuad ing members of Congress that "we have no real cause for war," and In thus withholding front the President the war powers he asks for the vindi cation of the republic's rights nnd honors Henet Villabd was a German, born In Bavaria. He did not come to this country until be was nearly of nge. Mr. Villauu's name then was Gus tavcs Hilgabd. William Lloyd Gabmrox, the father of the chairman of the Wom an's Committee of the Emergency Peace Federation, was the passion-ate old abolitionist who had o little re spect for the quletlstlc sentiments and non-resistant attitude of his distin guished grandson, Mr. Oswald Gar rison Villasd, that once when he was urged to moderate his ardor lie ex claimed: "No: -"No! Tell a man whose honor Is on fire to give a mod erate alarm; tell hlui moderately to rescue his -wife from the hands of the rnvtsher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire Into which it has fallen ; but urge me not to use moderation In a cause like the present." Organised Labor oh tbe Eire of War. To assure American effectiveness from the outset of a war with Ger many it Is necessary that the aims nnd purposes of organized labor should be understood by the country and by organized labor Jtself. Organized labor Is patriotic. The important statement adopted at Wash ington on March 12 by representatives of 3,000,000 organized workers Is not a pledge of loyalty conditioned by demands of one sort or another. The statement Itself, when studied In full, shows certain proposals, nearly all of them vague. Nearly all are simple declarations. Such and such a thing "should lie" done. One exception is to be noted : "Whether planning for peace or war the Government must recognize the or ganised labor movement as the agency through -which It must cooperate with wage earners." Of course the Government will rec ognize organized labor Just to the ex tent that It actually does represent wage earners nnd no further. Organ ized labor knows that. Consider for a moment the conces sions for which organized labor has prepared In the statement in ques tion. The union leaders declare that Industrial Justice is the right of those living in this country, but continue: "With this right there Is associated obligation." They go on to say that in war time the obligation takes the form of "service In defence of the republic against enemies," nnd that this service may be either military or industrial. Is It a fair Inference thnt neither military uor Industrial con scription will be opposed In emer gency? Not only fair but correct. What does organized labor propose In exchange for the waiving of eight hour rules In private Industry, In re turn for the speeding up processes that may be necessary to supply the sinews of war? Merely that "more exhausting service than the principles of human welfare warrant should be asked only when accom panied by Increased guarantees and safeguard, and when tile profits which the employer shall secure from tho Industry In which they nre en gaged have been limited to fixed per centages." This lays a basis for just such an Industrial revolution and na'tlonal en ergizing ns has taken place In Eng land. Tliere all the old union regu lations limiting Individual output, In sisting upon antiquated machinery, creating needless Jobs and hopelessly hampering the wheels of Industry have been scrapped for the duration of tho war at least, and probably forever. In exchange the workers have re ceived higher wages, better pay for piecework nnd protection against rnto cuts on piecework, larger representa tion hi (he Cabinet and reprcaentatloa in the War Council, the restriction of profits and a beginning of a share In the control of various Industries. Each man gives the best that Is in him nnd he Is not allowed to sacrifice his vigor doing it; the Government has not hesitated to enforce shorter hours nnd insist upon special labor holidays, four In a row. The same thing enn and should oc cur here. It Is simply n question of labor leadership. Nothing can bo got by force or threats of force, and prob nbly the labor leaders will not repeat In war time the mistake made In peace tlm In the affair of wages of trainmen. If when the time comes to formulate concrete proposals they pattern their concessions upon those made to labor In England, and base their demands on the recognition and protection that has been extended to labor In the countries already at war, the benefits to organized and unor ganized labor ns well ns to the coun try will be Immeasurable. In the first place, America's top production will be attained at the outset of Mie struggle with Germany ; secondly, wages will be higher nnd Individual earnings grentcr thnn ever lefore In the history of our Industries ; In the- third place, organized labor will have ncqulred the position of leadership which it has always cov eted but has never been able to at tain; In Uic fourth place, represen tatives of the workers will sit In di rectors' meetings after- the war, and the workers themselves will receive as dividends whnt now comes to them only occasionally and casually In the form of profit sharing. The crowning consideration is that America will emerge from war eco nomically made over and ready to compete on equal terms with any other nation the world over. Bestore Yamhill! The City Commission of Portland. Ore., hns succumlted to an attack of niocli elegnnce and under Its Influence has erased from the map the excel lent. Juicy and meaningful name of Yamhill street, substituting for It the commonplace and sordid Market street. How the Commissioners es caped "avenue" or "boulevard" Is n mystery; when sensitive reformers turn their attention to place name they usually riot In pretentious nnd Inappropriate designations. The re tention of "street" may betray a sav ing common sense that will soon re store Yamhill to the directory. The Kelly clan, according to the Portland Oregonian, demands the undoing of the commission's work; the Ore gonian Itself cries for rectification of an error "thoughtlessly nnd Igno rantly" committed. Yamhill Is ancient, respectable, typical, historic. Alexander Henby, a fur trader of the Northwest Com pany, traversing the then unknown Willamette country, met at AVilla mette Falls, January 10. 1814. seven "ugly, III formed Indians" leading a horse. They were of the Y'amhela tribe, as Henry spelled it in his diary, the name being derived from the Y'am hela, or yellow river. Ynmhela be came Yamhill, and: "Itias an honored and undying place in Oregon history. The Tamhlli River was the seat of early navigation, and the Tamhlli country -was the home of many early settlers, who cleared the land, tilled the soil, founded schools, churches, communities, civilization, and there established the beginnings of a State. "There are many leading cltiiens of Oregon who are proud to have hailed from old Tamhlli. Well they may be for they belong to the real aristocracy of Oregon, the men and women of true living, high thinking, worthy doing and sound patriotism." The City Commission should undo its blunder and give back to Portland a fine and characteristic place name from which the townsfolk will learn more geography nnd history than they could get out of all the Market streets in the world. If the Commissioners seem reluctant to confess their wrong doing and make restitution, let them be eliminated, and put the Kelly clan, which loves and defends the splendid monuments of a glorious past, in com mand of city affairs. L'nlTersal Training Under State or Federal Control? Governor Wititman was right when he said that "you cannot cut the na, tlonal defence up into forty-eight sep arate Jobs," but that Is exactly what an elera?nt in the National Guard wants done when It advocates uni versal training under State control. The Chamberlain bill provides for complete Federal control. It Is sig nificant that a great many of the young guard officers who have gone through a period of hard training on the border under Uie direction of regulars protest vigorously against State control If we are to have uni versal training. That discerning stu dent of preparedness Mr. Fekderick L.,Huipekoi'Er 1ms hit the nail on the head In this statement : "There Is no more ground for the States to maintain land forces which are destined to be employed In national service in time of war than for them to maintain navies independently of the United States." State control of universal training would cortaluly not be as repouslbIe and effective In muny of the Western antl Southern Statcsuas would prove to lie the case In New York, Penn sjlvtiitln, MasMichusetts, Ohio and Illinois. Arguing the point Is not necessary. Federal control would give the country an army fairly uni form lu physique, training, discipline and equipment. Consider for a mo ment, ns relatlvo to the subject, how much more thorough and Impartial Is the enforcement of a Federal stat ute than a State statute from Maine to California. National Guard regiments sent to tho Mexican border Improved vastly under regular army Instruction and observation. Take tho Twelfth New York, for Instance. It was never as soldierly nnd serviceable as It Is to day. A few more months of such salutary training and it would have been fit to fill n gap In the line in Frnnce. So much for contact with disciplined regulars, team work with them, and being Inoculated with the spirit that strives for perfection. Dut let tho Twelfth, or any other regi ment In the National Guard, come under the absolute control of one of tho States, parting compnny with the regular army, and what a marked relapse In a comparatively short time there would be! General William A. Mann, tho capable Chief of the Militia Bureau, has expressed the opinion, based upon observation of the National Guard In training camps on the border, that It would be worth while to preserve tho force for State purposes but not for Federal. That Is not the harsh Judg ment It seems to be at first sight. What General Mann meant was that the National Guard partly under Fed- enil and partly under State control svould not prove effective enough for the first line of defence. That excel lent document "Report on the Organi zation of the Land Forces of the United States" has stated the bedrock principle that "a nation's military power Is to be measured not by the total number of Its male citizens capa ble of bearing arms, but by the num ber of trained soldiers with which it can meet a given emergency." What the author would have: thought of universal training by the States apiears from this Judgment: 'The mobilization of our citlzeu sol diery to-day would not result In a well knit national army. It would be an uncoordinated urmy of fifty (forty eight) allies, with all of the Inherent weaknesses of allied forces, empha sized by the unusual number of Uie allies." Suppose there wesjurdversal training under State control. It would not be long before the opinion of the Governor of New York about the Flbrldu or the Nevada contingent of the national nrmy would be abso lutely unfit to print. Splendid has beeu the service of "the National Guard on the border. Men and officers alike distinguished them selves. Those who passed through the ordeal sound in wind and limb were physically as good men ns the regu lars. Praise for the devotion of the stiardsraen cannot be too hlglu The States have u right to be proud of them. But It was a different, a re markably more efficient force, tkat came awaj- from the border. Every officer knows It and tbe reason why. Let, then, tute question of Federal or State control of universal training be considered dispassionately und disin terestedly. In the light of that valu able exiierienee. Allow sincerity to men who differ, be they Generals or privates. Politics to the rear! This is no time for considerations of rank. pay nnd personal influence. Congress cannot afford to blunder. If a better plan for a citizen army than the Chamberlain bill proposes can be de vised, so much the better for the country. As one who expects to live' up to a cltlsen's duties If war comes. Chautau qua's oTiy ex-Secrrtary of State. Dollar Bill has his eye on the box office receipts to be won by a redhot appeal to patriotism after the declara tion Is made. Boston pacifists hope "some fitting way may be found to give Germany a. chance to renew her peace offers tlong better lines." The way is broad and open; no statesmen know it better than those of the Central Empires; no obstacle prevents them from entering It. Why do the pacifists in this coun try always assume, as tho Prussian Junkers do. that ail the world outside of Germany is Inhabited only by fools? Germany now defends the devasta tion of northern France by saying it is not worse than that accomplished by the Russians In their retreat. But we thought Germany stood as a shield be tween Russian barbarism and Western civilization. Lady Walnut. White Leghorn 707, has accomplished a world's record by laying eighty-three eggs in eighty three days, a shell production achieve ment that even a munitions maker never can hope to equal. If the birds could have been con sulted .(for instance, the starlings, which are very wise), they would not Jiavo chosen Friday, April 13, for Bird Day. The battle of Son no reported from Cuba demonstrates that it is still pos sible to conduct modern warfare lei surely and In an almost painless man ner. Eight hundred Government troops fought 500 rebels half a day, much powder was burned, - the casualties were so light as to be mutually sat isfactory, and the rebels retreated in good order to fight another day. President Altred W.tcsTArr of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should te sup ported In his protest against that sec tion of the dog bill which would per mit any person to kill on sight an un licensed dog found on his land. An unlicensed dog may be a harmless ani mal, and "any person" may be a mali cious neighbor. What militant methods could not gain for them, national service has brought to the women of England. The reasons for the success of their cause aro worthy the study of all who long In other countries for the ballot. Secretary Daniels would never win Ttutonlc esteem. He Is so inefficient that he blunders even In his malice. No; She Insisted ass Cfrence. To t KDitoa or Taa Sux Sir; Did Germany state the terms on which she wanted to make peace when she offered to make peace? Kecd I'txj, T"iotov. Conn., March "9. la tbe Kosb Hour. Knlcker Do you stand behind the Presi dent? Backer I'vei keen standing se long it would be a rails e hug aa a strap. t THE -NEW LINGO. Charlie Dawson was a salesman rep resenting a New York drug house and was In Paris when the war broke out He gave up his Job and at once Joined the ambulance corps. He was f. Jolly little man. full of sympathy, well known and liked by the boys In the trenches. One day he came to them laden with good things cigars, cigarettes and wines that had been given him as birthday gifts and which ho wished to share. He was made welcome and speeches fol lowed the feasting. Charlie was called upon for a speech. Ho said that as he was no speechmaker he would sing instead. Rattling off the words at lightning speed, he sang: A frog he would a wooing go, elng aonr poll? wttcha kl me o, Whether hla mother would let him cr no. Sing song polly wltcha kl ma o. Then tho chorus: Klmo caro daro hars Mehl meho marumpskl punldudle Polly Kltchem nip cat Polly wltchem soot bag. Sing song polly wltchem kl me o. This was received with shouts of merriment and demands for encores, but tho height of the fun was reached when the Frenchmen began to try singing it themselves. As Charlie left them to return to hie work he could h,esr a weird imitation of the chorus of his song. In the nearby German trenches several Es perantists listened and shook their heads gravely. y NO SUNLIGHT SUBSTITUTE. Therefore No Color Photography That Will Perfectly Deceive? To the Editor or Tin Sun sir: Just now there seems to be a revival of In terest in natural color cinematography. This is a subject In which I have taken a great Interest for the past twenty years. Anterior to my interest In cine matography I was also concerned in the subject of ordinary, or still, photography In natural colors. As I write the sun is shining In a clear blue sky and the hues or colors of the objects within my view are vivid, brilliant and pleasing to the sense of sight. I. e., they are In natural colors. For the purpose of this letter I have asked those around me If they would like to see accurately reproduced on the screen of a motion picture theatre the beautiful and highly colored scenes which I and they are at this moment enjoying. The scenes Include some mag nificent views of the Hudson River, with shipping, people and traffic to add animation to the spectacle an idea) test subject for a natural color process. But it Is at present Impossible to cre ate in the brain by chemtcal or physical means the same tensuous impression as the scene Itself. Why? Simply because jou are dealing with imperfect substi tutes for sunlight, the haloid sKver salts, aniline des and tho electric are. It denes the nit of man to use these things. In any known way or combina tion of ways, to produce pictures on the screen which have the verisimilitude of nature so marked and convincing that the human brain recognizes them as passable imitations of or substitutes for the originals. The illusion is always incomplete, perfunctory, Imperfect. It must be so, of course, as every school boy knows. Why not be honest, there fore, and abandon these absurd claims to natural color results? Why not frankly give the public what it wants photographic, hand or stencil color films which please by their brilliancy and contrast? Commercially there Isn't a dollar in these natural color processes. Scientifi cally of course they are Interesting. Practically they fall to please the vast majority of movie goers. Ignes fatul hav. misled people from time immemorial. Transmutation, the restoration of suspended animation, pho tography in natural colors, are thrr.gs which appear to be Inherently Impossible of achievement. Thomas Bedding. New Tonic, March 19. GRAND CENTRAL MAIL. The Traveller Finds No Postal Facili ties In the Concourse. To the Editor or The Sun Sir: As jou are aware, there are no post office facilities in the Grand Central Station. The branch post office In Forty-fifth street is infonvenelnt and Inaccessible. The consequence Is thatthe public Is subjected to trouble and annoyance and this hardship should be corrected. For this purpose a letter of complaint was recently sent to the new postmaster. His reply Is enclosed herewith. An Old Sun Basker. New Tork, March 29. CviiiD SriTcs Ior Oirii-r, Nw Voix. Sr. Y.. March :). 1017. Slit: la answer to your letter of the Imtant. suggesting that a branch post office be established In the New York Cen tral Terminal, I have to state that there Is a station In the terminal at Forty-fifth street, near Lexington a-enue It Is presumed, however, that you mean a sub.statlon to be located In the con course of the terminal, but thu oBce has been unable to make the nectary ar rangements to have sjch a station estab lished. Respectfully, T. G. Pirrs.. Postmaster RAISING ARMIES. Only by Conscription Can It Be one With Fairness to All. To the Editor or The Sun Sir: It Is announced that the President (s to call for 300,000 otunteers. What we may need Is 5,000.000, but I write to protest against obtaining men In that way. What we want is conscription and c want It from the start. In that highly instructive book 'Ordeal by Bat tle," by F. S. Oliver, there Is printed a letter from a German, the Krelherr von Hexenktlcken, who Is comparing tferman lovernment with British, and of tho lat ter the Frelherr writes: Tou are still, It would spptr. enamored of jour voluntary system. You hav not yet abandoned our belief that It Is iho duty of the man i"ho posstses a sensi of duty to protert the skin, family and prop erty of the man ho does not. TIT us this sems a topsy turvy creed, and not more topsy turvy than contemptible. This Is so apt that I do not hesitate to quote it. AurctD Hopkins. New Tork, March 29. THE SPIRIT OF A MAN. This American Can Still Shoot Straight and Offers Ills Services. To the Editor or The Sun Sir; I am an old man, 70 years of age. I am the last of my family. I had three brothers in the Union army and my father paid sfx men a bounty to enlist in a Vermont regiment. I can shoot as well as I ever could. I stand ready any day to fight for Uncle Sam oa land or sea. Jews-it P. Cain. A arts, March :. THOSE LOTS IN JAPAN. The TesUatosy About Taesm by the Late iBiseetor Winiaau. To the Eotron or Tits Sun Sir; Tou gave a quotation from the late Inspec tor Williams's testimony before the Leiow Investigation which recalled to my mind the fairy tale which has been current sines that time as to his having testified that he made his money specu lating In building tots In Japan. Though the newspapers In outlining his career after his death last week repeated this legend, as a matter of fact Williams did not say anything of the kind. On pages 5431, S432, HG6 and E4S7 of the record In that Investigation It will be found at he testified that as a young man he had been In 'charge of work In shipyards In Hongkong, Shang hai, and also in a treaty port of Japan ; that In order to engage In business there the laws required him to be the holder of real estate, and for this purpose he had acquired several lots from Freder ick Wllkle. the Commercial Agent of the United States Government, and that hi had never realized anything upon the property. This popular legend makes a good story but does not rest on facU Herbert W- Alrictl New Tork, March 19. THE CLAM INTRENCHES. An Assault on the Moliosk as Chow dered In New England. To the Editor or Tub Sum Sir: Tcr mlt me to say that Tankees know noth ing about making chowders, and I am a Tankee bred and born. The idea of a chowder in Beantown and further north Is one of a very few clams, one big round biscuit, one gob of greasy pork and some assorted vegetables swimming around in on extraordinarily exaggerated quantity of milk. In fact, the mess is principally warm milk, In which may be found, by fishing around at some length, evidences of material intended as seasoning, which material determines the labelling of the brand. The milk Is abundant but the taste is in doubt : the biscuit is always on top, and the entire mess a poor sub stitute for warmed milk stew. The only chowder which deserves the name Is that of Maryland. n, P. M. Philadl-lpiiia, March 28. The Enemy's Coeafer Attack In the Milk Regloa. To the Editor or The Sun Sir: Tou print several readers' recipes for clam chowder -and not one of them Is fit to eat Who ever heard of a real clam chowder that was not made with milk? I believe also that a much finer chow der can be made from the steamer clams than from the hard shell or little necks. New England is the home of the chow, der, as.lt is of the -bean, and New Tork era Invariably spoil both. K. B. W. Merioen, Conn.. March 29. A Pacifist Proposal. To the Editor or The Sun-t-SiV; Clam chowder made from clams steamed be fore being chopped can be eaten at midnight with no bad effects. Clam Juice that has been heated tastes dif ferent from raw clam Juice when added to the other Ingredients. H. E. Mapes. Mount Ver.von, March 29. No Peace Wlthoat Victory Is Possible. To the Editor of The Sun Sir: will New Tork people never learn that al though a savory stew may be made from clams and tomatoes It is not clam chowder? g. Boston, March 29. ODDITIES IN THE FILM. Scoundrels Sah-Vlllalns and Loving Mothers Criticised. To im Editor or The Sun Sir; in a movie I saw the scoundrel get the drop on the hero and at about five paces address him thus: "Hands up. Bowie Blake ' What have you got to say be fore I bore your Now, it was some pumpkins to get the drop or. Bowie, be cause he was a heller with both knife and gun, and he would stick you or plug j-ou with equal facility. But the villain wasn't satisfied with what was an unassailable position; he advanced on the redoubtable Bowie until he had ills gun stuck into that Individual's ribs. Whereat Bowie, who was going to be bored anyway, took a chance, brought his hands down and took away the villain's gun. I would have been more impressed with the suicidal conduct of the villain if they didn't all heroines heroes and "gun toters" generally dc exactly the same thing. They'll hold up anywhere from two to a score of men arrange them In a semicircle and walk Into .the bunch with a gun that covers one out of the whole crowd. It looks foolish to me. And then there's the type hired to do Uie dirty work. Was ever one of them seen to walk out of a house in an or dinary manner? No; he sneaks out with, a week's groath of beard, pulls a slouch hat down oer his eyes and ears, puts up his coat collar and then slinks along the street In a crouching manner, hugging the fences and in every way acting as a walking adver. tlsement of a double dyed yeggman. Wli, if there was a policeman within forty miles he'd put him in Jail on sus plcton. Even the movie cops have to arret 'em sometimes. And what a moving picture the mother of the screen drama always Is, hugging the child to her bosom and kissing it passionately with enough makeup on her Hps to show two black lines only across her phiz. The poor Infant If generally shown crying, and who car, blJine It? Why is it. In thlsi connection, that' the men don't find it necessary to make up so much for the camera, while the women in many instances turn them selves Into caricatures? . The fact that when making purchases the movie actors never get any change is more readily understandable. Thetr opulence probably accounts -for that. Or Is It mere coincidence that they ! wajs ha the exact amount ready" Whether buying flowers, candy, a clav or bidding at tho auction for the ola home, the hand soes Into the pocket no looking, no counting and appar ently Just the needed sum comes forth and Is passed oer. William n. Thornton. Brooklyn, March 29. Cold tbe Forty -sOaera Missed. auburn corrttpanienc Scrqmmts See. The das of MS have been revived here to a certain extent, several Auburn men having brought nufgets worth from tl to 120 which were found In the ravines and streams since the heavy rains have washed the dirt from the craveli One nutiet, Mch It Is said la worth ISO, was found sear the county hospital. Oet ( Date. Knkker They ara drilling with broom sticks. t Becker Why not vacuum cleaners T NOW, TO TELL EACH CITIZEN WHAT HIS WAR DUTY 75. GorernawBt, Press ami Loyal (hfanlxatlMU Must Exorcise the Doi, f Do obi ani Ineflciencj-. Now that the Government has got positive orders from the nation to go to .war tho Individuals making up the nation await their Government's or ders as to how each may servo it. Tho earlier nnd more deflnlto those orders, the less wasted.effort and cross purposes. Service in the navy and In the army are the most obvious duties. Doubtless a comprehensive plan for these will be legalized Immediately upon tho convening of Congress. By adopting universal service we shall build not only for this crisis but for all time. Any plan not Including uni versal service will be a national calam ity. The' President's defence council U understood to be occupied with vast and systematic plans for mobilizing tho war industries. In that work, as In most other matters, wo have the wnole experience of Buropo for a guide. We have seen what measures other democracies had to tako in order to tecome efficient. We have had end- Jtss time to have expected what has at last happened to us. Therefore the fact that we are a democracy will not excuse us for muddle. We are en titled to look for brisk efficiency at the capital. We are, however. In even less favor, able circumstances than most demo cratic countries for the effectual mo bilization and unification of tho na tional spirit and of the national intel lect. Only through the mobilization and clear expression of these can a Government like 6urs be stimulated and supported In Its tremendous task. We are also less favorably placed than most countries in that we lack the habit of systematic and uniform na tionwide action to be performed by local authorities under orders from the capital. We also lack, to some extent, ihe administrative personnel for this, although we have the machinery In skeleton. Two definite ways in which citizens can be of the greatest use are (1) in tho mobilization and unification o the rational spirit and the national intel lect, "and their vigorous expression, and (2) in supplementing the local ad ministrative and executive machinery, Including police, home guards, regis tration officials, 4c. There are many things to be done locally which must be either danger ously delayed or else done in different communities without any uniformity, and probably done over again later on. The reglstfctton of aRens and enemy aliens and the registration of citizens of military age are examples. Uni formity and system are so Indispensa ble that one woukl think it would be worth wftile lo call a conference of Governors at Washington, or at least by correspondence, to arrange for a uriform programme in all the States. After all, In war time the Governors should regard themselves as the Pres ident's deputies and the Legislatures , as the Governors' councils. Just so. Mayors, town councils, selectmen, all ' Iccal executives, should regard them selves as the deputies, through their Governors, of the President. If in a great crista like this we can drop our rotten party politics and Just be Amer icans we can get In this way an in telligible skeleton machine for the swift and .uniform and systematic car rying ont of the necessary work. In each community, aa in New York city bj- (he Mayor's committee, with its auxiliary police or home defence guards, et al., the citizens can work with the existing executives as extra personnel for extra work. But all "this work requires some Kuldance from Washington. Other wise all system and uniformity are lott. Registration in Connecticut will be different from registration in Illi nois. Neither perhaps will give quite tre data desired by the military. WHO IS A CLUBMAN? Does Ssch a Being Exist or Is He a Fabled Monster? To the Editor or The sun Sir; What is a "clubman" ; and further, why Is a "clubman"? There are probably not so very many male citizens of voting age who hae the price and the incli nation to Join that are not members of a club of some sort, and plenty of men are members of more than one. Tet we are constantly reading in our news papers about something happening to "John Smith, clubman." or "James P Robinson, the widely known clubman." Is this designation supposed to dis tinguish the Individual named or meant to be a reproach upon a man's natural Instinct to affiliate with his particular friends In some social organization? And Just why should a plain, Inoffen sive clttzen be branded as a clubman because he happens to die or get a divorce or go to the theatre and be run over in the street? Have you the an swer, and if so, will you give it? J. It. Mrsstcn. Philadelphia, March 29. Mrs. llepew's Hospital Work Near Solssons. To the Editor or The Sun Sir; Th French Government, as already related In your columns, has conferred upon our compatriot Mrs. C Mitchell Depew 2d the highest medal of which women are deemed worthy, for her generosity in giv ing her chateau near Solssons as a hos pital, her Bklll In managing it, and most of all for her enduring bravery In doing so In person, although within- reach of German guns almost uninterruptedly from the battle of the Marne to the Ger man retreat last week. More than once German obus have fallen in the court jard of the chateau. . No more medals are needed for this work, but there Is deeperatc need o( money, and this must come from her own country. The condition of the civil ian population In the neighborhood of Chateau d'Annel and the consequent extra nork assumed by Mrs. Dcpew and her staff are appalling. Witness her latest cablegram: Mlsrj' Indescribable. Coutd yen posub'.y set subscriptions? Wilt distribute person ally. Immediate relief needed. No Imagi nation can picture scenes. Cable, This was sent to her sister, Mrs. Stowe Phelps, 12S East Sixty-first street. New Vork, where subscriptions for this caust may be sent. Aside from the satisfaction of helping out In such a historically horrible state of affairs there will be In this case an added comfort in knowing that whatever Is given will be used wisely and at on:e by an experienced and trusted expert on the spot.. Jisas Ltncii Williams. New Tosk, March St. naval, Industrial, secret ri,te other authorities concerned To avo'd chaos all such things real.y must L promptly standardized and set on. by Washington. If nece.ar the Cab. lnet or the National Defence t.'ouncli should bo enlarged eo n to fopilim, this work' and to assure smooth, tys. tematlc and uniform &tlnn by tb. federal Government through t.i,. sut, Governments upon the many i-.ii . fairs which In war time th IVderal Government must supervise T if Ked. cral Government alone has oinp;ete reports of methods employed to meet the same problems in Grc.it Ilrtuir. the country next to ourselves tnot u'i prepared. Tho C!overnmnt at Wah. ington alone can secure t noedfui uniformity of system by trn.itmg tin Governors not only as deputies but a i sort of national council as wei, T.'-.t country is eager. It waits upon tilt capital. The other way in which ciLzpm not In the navy, the army or trie war In dustrlcs (and agriculture will have to bo a war Industry culling for Govern, mcnt stimulation) Is even more ur. gently Important. That Is the t,rk of mobilizing, unifying and expressly the national spirit and the national in tellect, most of which by the neuh; cf numbers must always be outside even the most brilliant Govern mem The nation has often been put on no tice that it must demand what 1' wants. 'To be sure to get it, the na tion should speak In some deux anu it should give Its attention to ques tions of domestic and foreign poiic affecting our future as well as to the most Immediate questions of prcpsr eoness. The National Security League, the Loyal Legion and the Navy Leigut have a Joint committee or conference of very distinguished men and have done a great work, we all know, for preparedness and for patriotism. That Joint committee is the nucleus of an organization which should be developed Into a great nationwide patriotic club or league. The membership could t-e re cruited from many other organization and from the citizens generally until ;t thoroughly embraced the who.e country. It could be a veritable cor respondence school in patriotism Thf present committee, which ha.t upon It such eminent men as Colonel Roose velt and Mr. Root, could be eniaryti to Include representatives front the different parts of the country Then ready to stand by the Presiden' rer.ij to criticise but not to carp, Amen-ai but non-partisan, such a morn tt. could keep public opinion Intcil.qer.ti, and articulately insistent upon meas ures demanded by the national interest and could greatly aid tho Governmer' In giving it generous support in .it wise and efiiclpnt action. We may hope also that ou.- p.t -. otic newspaper- will drop polln. ai .i and will cooperate in a dimply Amer can unanimity of fruitful !.ugEt.. candid constructive criticism and wra support of the Government ma s workJ. This very day a newspaper w always la lenient to the present v ministration states in its Washing correspondence that the Prejidfi "waits for public opinion"; that t'vr is in Washington "precisely the s.,.n muddling and chaos as m London August, 1914"; that Washington confused mass of unassorted ! over which bewildred mon n.-.jp casually and almlesIy " Therr s t. use now In stopping to weep . -or to condemn Its causes, horn- i Is. Now we want effort, n- -r r And we must rely upon t. e f.s, . dated organizations for preparin end patriotism and upon t. e .- effort of the press to exorcise t of doubt muddle and inem ier.'- It w BUT GOOD WILL COME OF IT In Tlaie tbe Sentiment of the Vatiuo Will Be Enforced. To the Editor or Till S-" The Sun of March 2S appears a under the title "Arrest ttve ...-,". , addressed to jou by a Udy - . Just as well have had the capu Ing Against the Pricks ' The same thoughts expr;ssd ," correspondent must have o-. rrJ hundreds; many like rayse'f mm: fca thought of writing you oi ti sub e then thought, as I have, wlu' s use? It seems impossible to do " -to get action by this Gove-t r" ing toward protection. Ii son ' b. we stand behind the Goier e how can the President rrnl.i 'v-s tii. of those nhoe loyalty to ."" permits them no other cou-se If the Huns destroy tlie v-j o fined wltmn our harbo-, a- -a . suredly believe they wi.l. t! s 1 tratlon is responsible for s , - may occur to life and prop' 1 As I asked before. w.,a. " 1 done by writing tetters ' s other than to relieve o "'" After alt, what's the u? ' r' ! New Tork, March 23 TRADE BRIEFS 1 Twenty-?o thojtanl Columbia herring er p. ... 'This fish was former'.-, jse ! The bureau of for s commerce has sent , South America fw i ' conditions In the furn American dlrectjr'. been asked for bv ' ment of the Corporat ' catalocues should b j oUl Library, UUai ' 1'tfty per i.n this country sr silpp ' in 1011 expo? , - -amounted to is -'nl " valued at f U.rwm i a The shoemik J Krnce. has p-.vpr.'i i as the re 1't of a ; I New factories t-.ie .oe American m hinr Slntapore i depaf t. finest In M Or!-- . features evpt sod.i clothing:. phonirjp.i sewfnr machines, refr xoods are carr.d In Tranipacln? fretj"" ra -freaied 15 pr cent . of rates on rice and s Mil be Increaiei 50 per be carried at forme.- " Shipments of crv s j Maiadl, tlermsn U' '" hsn ocean freizht rs The like contains 'on 000,000 tons of ,'ri 4 It Is asserted that - i- haustlble. 9 Iff at- vli 111