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TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 2200.
In Germany to-day It Is a race be
tween revolution by constitutional re
form and Bolshevik upheaval with
all the hideous possibilities of the
reign of red terror. As the civilized
world even the civilized world actu
ally yet In arms against the German
people and what is left of tile Ger
man Government watches -the swift
progress of momentous events, its
sympathies and h6pes must be strong
for the success of those who are now
desperately struggling" to preserve
something of the structure of lawful
authority. The sternest advocate of
tho severest retribution upon the crim
inals of 1014 cannot wish for Ger
many the fate that has been Russia's.
We Haven't a Doubt of It!
Our esteemed contemporary the
Courtier de ElaU-Vni, one of the
best and best loved American papers
printed In another language than Eng
lish, asks this morning this question :
"Will not the American people, who
not long1 "so acclaimed Marshal Jormc,
entertain Marshal Fock?"
Entertain him! The millions of
hearts and"voIce3 lining Fifth avenue
jvhen Febdinand Foch makes tils
glorious drive up that thoroughfare
11 not merely acclaim blm. They'll
belong to him.
And likewise to Geoeoes Clemen-
ckau when he comes too.
After Thirty Years.
"There Is only one master In this
country. I am he and I will not tol
crato another. There Is only one law,
my law, the law which I myself lay
down."
Flushed with the first full strength
of his war lordship and addressing
his army, in which ho placed his re
liance and faith, William II. thus
took up the reins of government and
announced his allegiance to the trndl
, tions and tenets of his Hohenzollern
ancestry,
Behind these words was the chal
lenge of an autocracy 'supremely fortl
fled In the belief of a divine right
to rule the people over whose des
tinies tho accident of birth had placed
him as Emperor. The words were
addressed not so much to the German
people, for of their loyalty he had
little reason to doubt, as to a small, al
most Inconsequential element,, then in
tho lnclplency of Its growth, which
was bold enough to question the
divinity orIs right to rulo and the
autocracy which he was then begin.
nlng to manifest.
For years this element, the radical
element of tho German people, strug
gled for expression. It grew with
tbo imperial scorn that wns cast upon
It It gathered strength from the
very oppression to which Its lenders
were subjected; its principles lived
though Its nrdent disciples were de
prived of their rights of citizenship
' and were thrown into prison. It
dared to oppose tho doctrine that
the future of the German people
lay only In the spread of German
'Imperialism, that might was right
that the whole mission of Gcrmuny
was to crush mankind beneath the
weight of Prussian arms,
This element was not tho powers
of destruction and revolution, of dev.
nutation und ruin. It was In this
stage of its growth the mind of saner
Germany. It helped swell the voBt
crowd that gathered beforo the Im
perlal palace of Berlin and If raised
its voice In the grent tumultuous
- wave of cheers that greeted the
I 'Hohenzollern lord's words, "The God
of battlo has thrust tho sword of
war Into my hands." It was loynl
to the German people; It gave Its
blood upon the battlefields of Europe
it followed the lend of Prussian mill'
Urlsm Into the Balkans nnd Asia; it
- swept on In conquest beneath the
flog of Imperial Hohenzollerolsm. In
tho Council of Empire It remained
neglected nnd obscured. It was
pushed aside ns weak and pusillani
mous by tho mighty military power,
in the high tide of successes nnd con
quest; It wns endured, even blamed,
10 aeienis nnu disaster.
With the downfall of nil that
' had opposed, with the crumbling
a military strength built upon Its
unquestioning fealty -and with the
destruction of nutocrncy, this Iodr
repressed power nroso ns the might
of tho German people. Its represen
tatives became tho party nt which
Wim.iam had cast his challenge. In
PiiiLirp Sciur.nKMANN, the Socialist
leader, It spoke after thirty years.
In tho demand for the abdication
of William II. and the renuncia
tion of tho throne by Crown Prince
Frederick Wiixiam It spoke with
tho voice of supreme authority and
for tho happlniss and welfare of nil
mankind.
Dig Now!
No American can frame adequate
or respectable excuse for failure to
contribute to tbo ultimate limit of his
pockctbook to tho great fund this
country Is going to raise this week for
the seven societies that have pooled
their enorglcs and resources of appeal
In the United War Work Campaign.
Christian and unbeliever, Jew and
Gentile, Protestant and Catholic, re
ligious and secular, for every man
and woman of ercry faith nnd every
degree of lack of faith, this stupen
dous union of moral nnd philanthropic
force offers n vehicle for Jhe wise
and economical distribution pt money
to accomplish essential 'purposes.
Outside tho political fabric of those
fortunate nations which know neither
creed nor race In their institutions.
Jthere has nover been a combination of
normally opposing elements to nil em
bracing In its scope and so vast In its
extcut ns Is now presented to us. As
tbo Government of the United States,
as the Army of tbe United States, as
he Navy of the United States, official
ly unite nil men of good disposition
for tho public well being, so this
union 'embraces them for voluntary
labors In n work none of Its elements
could perform unassisted, and which
requires for successful prosecution tho
generous support of all of us.
It Is unnecessary, nnd It would be
Impossible, to describe here the details
of the tasks performed for our sol
diers and sailors by Knights of Co
lumbus, tbe Young Men's Christian
Association, the Jewish Welfare
Board.-the Young Women's Christian
Association, tho War Camp Commu
nity Service, the American library
Association and tho Salvation Army.
Where the limitations inevitably Im
posed on official agencies of the Gov
ernment prescribe that their activities
sunn cease, tne organizations in this
union for civilization assume the
grave responsibilities of protecting,
aiding nnd serving the men who fight
that we may have peace.
The work they do needs no descrip
tion to tho ilien in uniform. It needs
no description to their fathers and
mothers, to their wives and children,
to their sweethearts, who have learned
of it In detail through letters written
In cantonment and camp, from mes
sages conveyed by sympathetic stran
ger from the very trenches them
selves, from tributes penned in naval
bases abroad. .These instrumentali
ties of practical comfort, of pbysicaft
mental and moral sustenance,, have
won a place fof themselves none of us
who doc not know tbe facts first
hand can ever understand.
Neither armistice nor peace Itself
will reduce the need of our fighting
hosts for the ministrations of these
seven societies. Neither armistice nor
pence itself can relieve nny of us of
his obligation to help; and as the time
for investment In this noble trust of
humane endeavor is short, so must
the response be prompt and generous.
Itobert C. Cornell.
IIodert C. Cornell, long a city
Magistrate, who died on Thursday
nt the age of CO years, was one
of the best public officers In the ser
vice of the city of New York. Ills
capacity and attainments would have
been creditable to a Justice 'of the
Supreme Court; yet ho served tho
people, contentedly nnd efficiently, for
nearly twenty-five years, as a .subor
dlnate Judge, whose name could never
appear In the law reports and whose
work could not avail to bring him
conspicuous fame.
Ills education wns equal to that of
our most distinguished Judges; so
was his soclnl position. lie was gradu
nted from Columbia College In 1874
und at tho Columbia University Law
School two years Inter, when ho was
admitted to the bar. In college be
was a famous oarsman. lie became
a City Magistrate In 1805 nnd served
as such until he was appointed Judge
of the Court of Domestic Relations
upon ihe establishment of thut trlbu
mil In 1010. .
His friends nnd admirers and
they were many often expressed stir
prise that ho had not, aimed at higher
tilings, wiiy was sucn a man, n gen
tleinau and a scholar, content to sit
In an inferior court year after year,
when he saw his contemporaries, cer
tainly not superior In nbillty, rising
to tho highest places on the bench
und InMhe legal profession?
Tho answer is not difficult to sur
mise. There Is n peculiar attraction
In -judlclul work which brings one
Into close nnd dally touch with the
lives nnd the wants nnd woes of the
common people. A Mnglstrate like
IloiiERT C. Cornell sees human life
In nil its varied aspects. He is the
embodiment of Justice; nil that they
ever know of It to tho great ma
jority of those who come before him.
His opportunities for doing good nro
endless. Stern severity toward in
veterate wrongdoers nnd merciful
consideration for those who hnvebeen
misled Into misconduct through weak
ness characterize tho typo of magis
trate we hnve In mind. Tho qualifi
cations of the Inferior magistracy are
ns Important to the community as
those of the higher ranks of the Ju
It dlelnry. Their errors are seldom sub-
of Ject to review by appeal, and ihere-
fore they should bo mcn'who nro not
likely to make mistakes.
Tho pcoplo nro to be congratulated
when men llko Itonr.nT C. Cornell
are willing to serve them In such po
sitions. The lato James T. KiLnaETit
did likewise. In England there have
been many Instances of similar ser
vice by those who might well nsplrc
to higher places. The lato Sir Thomas
MAnciiANT Williams, an accom
plished scholar, who was president of
the Welsh Lnnguago Society, served
for fourteen years as the Stipendiary
Maglstrato of Merthyr Tydfl! nnd
Aberdare. The chief Metropolitan
Maglstrato in London is n Knight,
Sir Joiist" Dickinson, who has been
on tho Magisterial bench eighteen
years. In Birmingham the Stipendi
ary Magistrate. Is a peer of tho realm,
Lord Ir.fcr.STON, who succeeded to tho
title In 1013 on the death of his father,
the first Baron Ilkeston, better
known as Sir Walter Foster, one of
the most distinguished physicians In
England. V
IlonERT C. Cornell deserved well
of this community, and we are sorry
he hns gone.
The Talk of a Recount In New York.
If Governor Whitman demands a
recount of tho vote 'cast on Tuesday
In New York city, Governor-elect
Smith will of course demand n re
count of the votes cast in several up
Stnto districts. But The Sun docs
not think Governor Whitman will
call for a recount.
There- is no reason why he should.
Nobody, believes he wns cheated out
of any votes. The unavoidable error
In counting the cross marks on our
ballots would work to the advantage
of nobody; that was proved in the
Tecount of the Hearst-McClellan vote.
In that contest there were changes
in detail, but the result was not af
fected. Such changes are Inevitable;
Mr. Justice Lambert, who presided
over the recount, took occasion to re
mark that If another Justice, should
pass on the ballots, still further
changes would undoubtedly result.
Governor Whitman's disappoint
ment Is not difficult to understand.
For years tho possibility of obtaining
the Itepubllcnn nomination for Presl
dent has been In his mind. The con
vention of 1920 could not Ignore a
man who three times la, succession
had carried the Empire State; that
record of Itself would put him in the
front rank of candidates. But the
man who lost tho Emplro STate In
1018 will not be n figure of conse
quence In the convention of 1020.
Governor Whitman kuows that well ;
he knows It, let-us say, as well as
William Babnks of Albany knows It.
Colonel House Ab riving special at
tention to Itn recent products and la
lending his knowledge of German psy
chology to the task. Detcriptlon of the
United Stales profaganaa service in
Europe.
Wo liopo Colonel House's knowl
edge of( German psychology Is more
complete than President Wilson's
knowledge of American psychology.
Perhaps the German armistice
delegates wero waiting to hear from
tho rcvolutlonls 3 and not from the
Kaiser. '
Marshal Focil read the document In
a firm, loud voice. Report ot the armU-
!(ce meeting.
Even a whisper from Marshal Foot
Is heard around tbe world now.
It became known yesterday that
Major-Gcncral 0txn BuNDr was In
New York on Thursday, having re
turned from Europe, where ho has
been practising his profession for some
time. Ho did not Join In tho celebra
tion, but watched It from a hotel. Thus
It Is proved that General Bunut Is as
discreet as he is valorous, for If the
people of this city had known ho was
In town on that historic day ho might
have recovered his health, but ho
would never hao looked the same.
Trots KT has resigned. Despatch from
Kuttla.
Tho Commissioner of Immigration
chould be extra watchful. This pest
la lmely to Invade America again.
If Matihas EnzBinccn gives tho
measure of tho new German Govern
ment'a moraiB, nny tlmo spent In
traffic with It It wasted.
THE SISTINE MADONNA.
Why Raphael's Most Famous Paint
lag Should lie Itestored to Italy.
To THE BuiToit op Tun Sun Sir; As
a part of the peaco ecntlment with
Italy tho Oermans should be required
to restore tu the Church of San Slsto In
l'lacenza Uie greatest of all of Unphacl's
palntlngn, If not the greatest picture In
the world, tho "Madonna dl San Slsto,"
now In the Dresden gallery. It was
painted in 1510, and after remaining
In the ancient church Yor over two cen
turies was sold by tho Benedictine
monks to Augustus III. of Saxony for
H&.000 In 1753.
Monks never had any right thus to
dlspoie of church property, nnd accord
ingly the -Germans never had any valid
title to It.
Bssldes there Is a clear precedent for
tho restoration of the picture cVen after
having been taken ns spoil of war. Na
poleon sent It to I'nrls In 1797, and upon
tho demand of lta former (merely de
fact") Orman pnanessnr It was re
turned to Dresden upon the conclusion
of the peace of 181C.
There was no united and victorious
Italy then to make the clnlm. There
In now, and a long bill of Indemnity to
be paid her. Art Is of no use to Huns.
Make them hand over the picture to Its
rightful owner. Kvvlva Italia redental
Anna Maria Bolcui.
New York, November 9.
A FIFTEENTH POINT.
Justice Also Mhould Begin nt Home
To the Editor or The Sun Sir: While
we are In the business of righting
wrongs, let's add another point to the
fourteen :
Ileparatlon and restoration to General
Woodl Justice.
New Miltord, Conn., November 9,
THE SUN, SUNDAY,
POEMS WORTH READING.
John Ireland.
Flaming sword of Bt Michael! Hater
ot meanness and wrong,
Smlter of fools and the. lukewarm, your
arm for Juitlcn wob strong.
Who Khali replace you, O Pastor, who
shall replace you, friend?
Thanks to the Qod of our fathors, your
power on earth cannot end.
Here lies a man who feared no thing
That snarled at tho feet of the Just ;
Scorpion's poison or snake's' death
sting
That hid In the shadows of dust.
American 1 lie wns the best ot us ;
Soldier! St. Michael his guldo;
lllahopl Ita made the test of us,
The truth he would not dlvldo.
O noblo soul of our nation,
Ills West the 'land of his heart.
In you he found inspiration ;
Of you, his light is a part.
But tf to him you are traitor,
If you can his lessons forget,
'Your crercent will never prow greater,
The glow of your glory will set.
What honor'of ealth could have made
you
Greater, O prleft of the throne?
Trlnce, you were born. When they
laid you
In love you had come to your own.
Flaming sword of St. Michael, splen
did In terror and might.
Crushed are the evils you hated,
Fled are foul fiends to-night,
Shrieking, defeated, unsated.
Oh, If blest death could have waited
Till from the sta came the sound
Of the cheers of cur soldiers elated,
neturnlng from reconquered ground.
Till France, whom you loved and de
fended' y
Tou, client of West Joan the brave
maid
Had come, all her agony ended.
To thank our true land for her aid.
Gone! But your glory Increases
First, 'mong the first of your land;
Not till the beat of life ceases.
Shall we lqse the clasp of your hand.
Hater of all the base hatreds that dark
ened the light ot the sun,
Hlldebrand. staying their coming Into
, the altar's clean place.
Now wo know what we owe you, now
that your goal Is run;
Patriot, prophet and pontiff, you at
the end of your racel
Flaming sword of -St. Michael! Flash
from your home in the aicy,
Guide of the lovers of freedom, you
who for freedom was free.
Smite. O militant Bishop, swift that the
tyrants may die.
And leave the world rejoicing In the.
clasp of our victory.
MACBtCI FRANCIS D3AN.
Haw Mlat In the Mornlnc
Roaa mlat In the mornlna
Taniled In the trees.
Bearfllnc all the brinchea,
Lansuld la the breeie.
Epanslea by the brookald.
Froat lace on the craie, .
Tiny tlobae and bubblaa
Spun of rainbow glaae.
Jto- mlat In the morning
Meltlnc Into gold;
What will be the euniet
When the day Ij old?
Mastiia B. Tnoua.
The nlndenbarf Statue.
Hlfh In the Square stands Hlndenburr,
the Doomed, ,
nwnr,. whose oath baa loomed
The fata ot Fire when onea the lied
Flower's bloomed.
For knew they not the People In that
dav
When, mad with conquest and the will to
slay.
They drove the nails the Iron nails and
strong
n.n In the wooden body, how the long
i..w. In Its working, move one certain
W1V.
Bringing the flower to bloom and then
decay?
Knew not the People this? The Leaders
Yea!
They drove the great nalla In
The Iron Essence. .Sin
That, makes so '"-cr.g before decays begin!
With purpose dire and grim.
With Iron Crosses they hae coverid him;
And made tho mighty fool
Their ecapegoat and their tool,
To uie and cast awuy
At end of day.
After the flower hsd bloomed what use
of It had they?
Followed so swift the bloom
The great strength that they gave
Their victim and I heir slave
It flashed nnd died away.
And wrought betimes the doom
Ere fruit of It had they. v
Now In the Square stands Illndenburg, the
Spurned,
Whose barren flower has turned
To dust and ashes gray.
At end of day.
f. E. I3ciii.e.
A Sleehanlo Named Slfcrphy."
"There waa a mechanic named Murphy"
That's all we hasa ot his name In the
story
Sent from the front around Verdun.
Down where the St. Mihlel salient bulged
Defora our boja said "Dlffl"
Now this "mechanic named Murphy"
(Ills Chrlatlun name doesn't count)
Was running a tank near the firing line
At least he had been 'fore It bucked up
ind came to a stop near Frltsle's trench.
The crew had all cone back disgusted,
I suppose to look up another tank.
Leaving the mend up Job to Murphy,
The "plain macharie named Murphy."
Murphy waa busy a-plugglng away
Filing the monster'a funny fins,
Or whatever you oil that double cross
That looks like boosy wheels.
Murphy was peacable-llke and calm
And tending strictly bis proper Job
When "rattledy-r.it" from a forward
trench
Came machine run hall on hla rhino's
hide.
That didn't bother Murphy; another turn,,
Another yank with hla monkey Wrench
"Itattledy-rat" the wrench's down In the
mud.
That aettled Murphy. "I'll glvo 'em the
tankl"
Up he Jumped and Into old rhino,
And started the engine chug! chugl chugl
Then straight for tna bodies' nest he
steeir-d.
Now, he Is there! A leap from the chauf
feur's aeatl
A aprlng to the gunner's perch;
While the tank crashed on. A blate and
roar
And down In tha ooie. down In a ahatttr'd
heap
Went Frltile'a gun and crew.
Then back to the wheel hopped Murphy,
And ateered for r6me, somewhat annoyed
To ba thus delayed at hl proper Job
Of plugging his tank on the Verdun front.
And that'a why we've hi ard, I suppose, ,
Of tha "plain raeobanlc named Murphy,'"
John Jrioug llooxtr.
NOVEMBER 10, 1918.
CATHEDRAL ARCHITECTURE
SEEN IN , GOODYEAR
PHOTOGRAPHS.
Departures From tho Perpendicular In
Edifices at Chalons, Ithelmn and
Amiens Presented in Pictures at
the Brooklyn Museum Other Views
and 'ilevlews ot the Art World.
By HKNHY McDIUDE.
Tho fatigues of last week's search
for great virtues in tho work of
Antsfeld, now being tihown In the
Brooklyn Musoum, left me with in
Nufllclcnt energy to study another art
question propounded by another col
lection in tho same building. I refer
to i'ror. uooayear s group or pnoio
graphic enlargements of aspects of
certain medheval cathedrals.
Thcso photographic - records havo
great charm, as all carefully made
photographs of such splendidly deco
rative material as may be found in
Ilhelms and Amiens must have, but it
was not for the well known and
obvious beauties of these cathedrals
that Prof. Goodyear photographed
them. Each plato beats a subtlo argu
ment for a theory of niodlteval church
construction that is Professor Good-
year's own a theory that is not yet
accepted by all architects,, a theory
that is disturbing or not as you choose
to take it; a theory, finally, that If
accepted will be found tar reaching in
its effects and bearing directly upon
certain problems brought forward by
tho war.
Prof. Goonyear became Interested
a number of years ago in the do-1
partures irom ine perpenaicuiar 10 ue
observed in the columnal supports ot
most ancient churches departures
that were frequently nscrlbcd by lazy
observers to havo been the result of
accidents duo to tho "thrust" of the
vaulting. He mado a long series ot
careful photographs at Amiens,
Rhelms, Chalons and other places and
found that tho departures from the
straight line were far more frequent
than he had suspected, and that In
fact In proportion aa the edifice waa
beautiful the straight line was rare.
He became convinced that so far from
being accidental his spreading apart
of tlw pillars as they ascended was
duo to deliberate plan, to an "archi
tectural refinement" unpractised by
the moderns and practically unknown
by them.
The photographs were made from
many angles and heights, and tho
difficulties of makln;? them, after the
difficulties of securing the permissions
from the nroper authorities, nnd the
difficulties of arranging the attesting
plumb lines which fell from lofty
vaultings could only have been sur
mounted by an enthusiast, nnd Prof.
Goodyear fortunately was that. He
was' rewarded by finding" that the
lenses bad recorded many variations
that were not apparent to the ordi
nary eye; the whole object of the "re
finements" being to please the eye;
the eye that has been pleased does not
readily suspect that an artifice has
been employed.
"A curious Instance of the value of
this photographic evidence may be
cited from Amiens," says Prof. Good
year. "The nrchltect in charge of re
pairs nt Amiens .was a pronounced
sceptic as to tho existence of a widen
ing refinement in this -church. He
became an enthusiastic convert after
examining sixty-five enlarged photo
graphs of the cathedral. When these
photographs were shown to this arch
itect wo remained in tho sacristy, and
we havo never been In the nave ot
Amiens Cathedral In company, cither
nt this time or before It or after It."
Architects who have been In charge
of tho Cathedral of Rhelms, St. Mark's
nt Venice and the Church of St. J.oup
at Chalons have also certified to these
refinements, and no one of the three
was previously "aware of th,e widening
In his church. Not all, however, who
hear of tho theory Immediately adopt
It. Tho editor of tho Builder, which Is
one of tne most Influential architec
tural Journals of Great Britain, re
fused to examine the photographs
when they were shown In Edinburgh
or to send a representative for that
purpose, and up to tho present con
tinues to deny there Is nny widening
refinement In Europe, ridiculing It as
an absurdity. Tills also lias been the
opinion of two well known English
architectural critics, K. H. Trior anil
John Bllson, and of the distinguished
French antiquarians, D Lasteyrle,
Enlart nnd Durand. "None of these
gentlemen," says Prof. Ooortyenr, lias
seen tho evidence, and they are nil so
Incredulous as to believe that there
can bo no evidence."
I, for my part, am not Incredulous,
and can accept the conclusions of
Prof. Goodyear without senso of
shock. At an extremely tender age I
learned thnt tho ijJse Greeks put
bulging instead of mechanically
straight lines to their columns and
that tho horizontal lines of tho
Parthenon Vero In reality curved, but
I was told that these variations from
t'ho straight line wero , designed as
corrections of optica effect of Irregu
larity and that the" Greeks sought
for the geometrical effect which the
actually straight lino did not give.
But now It appears that the Greeks
loved tho variations for tho quality
of life they gave tho structure.
In tho Parthenon, for lnstnnce,
surfaces or members which are set
true to perpendicular are most excep
tional, rerhafis tho end walls are
the only e.reptlons. All the columns
lean Inward nbout three Inches In
thirty feet toward tho contro of tho
building. The side walls lean Inward.
Tho antro or Hat pllastem at the an
gles of tho end walls lean forward
one unit In eighty-two units. The
faces of tho architrave and frieze lean
backward, whereas the acrosferla,
the faco of the cornice, and tho face
of tho fillet 1-mn forward. Further
more, the columns and capitals are of
inequal sizes and the widths of the
Intercolumnar spacings are niso un
equal.
In order to appreciate tho signifi
cance of these variations It Is neces
sary to remember that the amount of
variation attributable to masons' er
ror has been fixed by Penrose at
only one-quarter of an inch, because
the two ends of the temple are equal
within the limits of that variation.
On tho other hand, the medlreval
cathedrals are fairly alive with varia
tions and presumably alive because of
thorn. Tho method of tha "widening"
Is sometimes in straight lines from
the pavements up. "This Is found,1 for
Instance," writes l'ror. uooayear, "in
two churches at Rouen, the Cathedral
and 8t. Oucn. In other churches the
nave widening begins at the arcado
cupltals; tho piers below the arcade
capitals, us distinguished from the
vaulting shafts above them, being ex
actly perpendicular. This method la
also found In the cathedrals at Rhejms
and Amiens.
"The construction thus consists of
one bend in two straight lines, SInco
1 I . .11 ,n 10A9 thnt n twtrH.
lb nun uiaiuvcuu . . -
in two straight vcrtlcul llncjb gives tho
effect of a curve It la rather doubtful
how many true vertical curves may
really be found In the medlreval cathe
drals, and this doubt 1 1 accented by the
fact that even the so-called horizontal
curves of Greek archl'.ecture wero pro
duced by, a series of ?ends In straight
lines. The effect for tho eye Is, In all
casos, that of a curve, andstho bends
at'Rhelms and Amiens wero originally
seen by tho writer tu curves and an
nounced as curves." N
Tho essential point about mcdkcvnl
architecture is that It was proved by
the eye. Tho eye ruled and columns
were bent outward and pilasters wero
Inclined slightly to one side because
they looked better so. No stone wns
accepted as laid until It looked well.
Hero and now we do all our proving on
paper. We plant our rigid supporting
girders and often put In tho stones on
the upper floors beforo we begin the
bases. Right or wromr, onco the con
tractors begin to ulum cement tho
architect Is powerless to make changes.
The resulting rigidity Is aa flno a con
trast to the pulsating liveliness of the
old cathedrals as could be asked.
But If Irof. Goodycar's theory that
tho ancients prelorrcd curves to
straight lines be accepted by archi
tects, can It be applied by them?
H-m-m! I think not. There were too
many other factors that assisted In
the. building of the old cathedrals that
can no longer be counted on. Tho
whole fabric ot life has changed and
life has a habit of doing a thing thor
oughly but once. The artist artisan
may return to tho earth In sufficient
numbers In some future eeato
do
comparable works, but at present there
Is no clear Indication of his advent.
But if the workmen are not here
who could build medlreval churches
and If Pro'f, Gooilyear'a researches
have the disturbing effect ot calling
attention to some of the lost arts of
building does It not at least hint that
the restorations into which on eager
world la about to plunge, onco tho war
Is terminated, should bo entered into
with a degree of caution?
Who Is to do these Restorations?
wnat is to be restored?
Only yesterday I heard a soldier
he was ono of those recently con
scripted, one who had never travelled
In France I heard this soldier say
that he thought tho entire United
States Army o'ught to stny abroad for
a year, or two years If necessary, after
tho termination of th counict to re
build the Bectlon devastated by war.
Tho soldier Bpoke-wllh generous exal
tation, but I was so astonished at the
suggestion that' I was powerless to
reply to It.
But I'd "as lief have the soldiers
rebuild Rhelms Cathedral as most of
the architects whom I know.
Activities In the World of Art.
The Anlsfeld pictures, now In Brook
lyn, are to go later to the Boston Art
Club, where they will be under. the
enre of the Copley Society. Mr. Anls
feld, who did a number of eccnlc de
signs for tho Ballet Russe, hns been
commissioned by the Metropolitan
to do the rfecor for tbo forthcoming
"La Relne Fiammette," by the com
poser Xavlcr Leroux. A number of
Mr. Anisfeld'n defilgna for stage set
tings form part of the present Brook
lyn exhibition.
Mr. Anlsfeld was born at Bleltsl, In
Bessarabia, In 1S79, and began his
artistic training nt the Odessa School
of Art. After flvo years' work In this
school he entered the Imperial Acad
emy of Arts nt Petro?rad and com
plctcd his training there In 1309.
Many of tho pictures which he exe
cutcd during tho two years' travel
which followed are included In the
present exhibition. His work had been
I exhibited at the Salon d'Automne In
Paris In 1906, and at the Vienna Seces
sion of 190S. Subsequently his work
was enthusiastically received In Rome.
His latest participation .In a foreign
exhibition was nt the Baltic Exposition
at Mnlmo, In Sweden, In 1914.
Mr. Anlsfeld arrived In this coun
try In the early part of the present
year with his wifo and daughter as a
refugee from tht- revolution In Petro
grad, where he witnessed the bread
riots and was himself a member of the
bread line. .Tu subsequently packed
his pictures and fled for hla life by
way of the Trans-Siberian Railway to
Vladivostok, where ho spent two
months, nnd thci came to this coun
try by way of fapart.
A MATTER OF COURSE.
Naturally American Soldiers T.ook on
School ns an Kssentlal.
To the EniTon of The Sun Sir.' In
an extended conversation with a young
Welsh sallo from a British cruiser I
learned to look with new eyes nt an
American Institution with which I havo
been associated all my life, the Ameri
can public school.
Ills elation In his own discovery and
his conviction that ho wns richt Im
pressed me more than be can ever know.
Ho said that every American ho had
met took schooling, education, to bo aa
much a matter of course as air or sun
light.
Our army carried with It to France
Its spirit of Initiative, unquenchable
faith In the Tightness of Its cause, its
pies and doughnuts, Its phonograph rec
ords, nnd Its simple faith that It could
have Bchool If It wanted to. '
The moment seems to have come when
It must, after being stimulated to a hlsh
degree of spiritual exaltation, a victori
ous nrmy In a great and generous cause,
sit Impatiently waiting while demobili
zation takes place. In the Interim flicy
ask not for recreation, sightseeing, en
tertainment, but for school.
With foresight nnd energy the Army
Educational Commission has already or
ganized the greatest sotiool the world
has ever seen. Next week the machin
ery for the collection of U"0,000,000 will
begin to operate, and very bhortly the
most American of Institutions will give
the American soldier abroad .the op
portunity to make his homecoming a
day of rejoicing not only nt tho esne
of his body from calamity but at his
Increased power to cope with tho after
the wnr problems that will beset him.
Nr.w York, November 9. CI, N. D.
The Parado of Victory.
To the BDiTon or Tub Sun Sir: It
will bo a wonderful day when our men
como home and parade from tho Battery
to central Park, But they should not
come home alone. Regiments of allied
soldiers should come along with them
that America may honor these men who
made the world safe for the democra
cies. Lack of tonnage? Of course there
will be, but what ot that If It will help
to cement further theso tlea of union?
The receptions of llplfour and Joffre, en
thusiastic as they were, will be mild- In
comparison, Parade the heroes of the
world I Let every nation that fouxht
autocracy be represented.
Alexander McD. Stoddart,
East Oranob, N, J November 9.
sTRADE DANGER IN
GERMAN INDUSTKi
Peace on "Wilson's Principles
Means Keen Competition, .
Say Manufacturers.
EXCEL IN DYE MAKING
Teutons Prepared to Sell
Products at Cost Through
Aid of State.
If peace Is made on President Wil
son's principles It Is an Interesting
question, according to manufacturers
In allied countries, whether Gorman
competition In special lines can bo met
successfully with the present scien
tific organization of thcso Industries
In tho chemical and dye Industries
manufacturers expect to see some de
prcsslon, and they seem to doubt
whether the present effective scientific
management will pass through the
crisis without some Interruption. War
conditions In thcso Industries are no
Index to conditions after the war. No.
body knows this better than tho ex
pert engaged in the making of dyes
and chemicals. He does not take tho
prevailing view that It Is merely a
question of technical skill ln.whlch It
la possible to beat tho German on his
own ground. There exist other ques
tions which hre too often laid aside for
future solution.
Chemists do not deceive themselves
as to tho astonlsning nmouni m
strength in the Germany dye Industry.
After the war Germany will mainly
rely upon dyestuffs as articles of com
merce destined to recover a place in tne
world's markets and to compensate
her trade losses In other directions
Tho chief factor In this strength Is
the slmnle truth that German factories
can turn out dyes and other chemicals
cheaper than any other concerns. The
cost of making theso products In other
countries, notably England, was clearly
brought out In trado Journals, which
quote the preparations mado by the
different Governments to meet tho ox
pense. In England, for example, It
seems necessary to feed tho Industry
out o State money. Tho sum re
quired, according to Sir Watson
Rutherford. Is forty million pounds
This Is regarded by business men of
all lines as a heavy capitalization to
produce the two and a quarter millions
of dyestuffs imported prior to the war.
Tho question suggests Itself, If the
gross output is only per cent, on (
the capital employed, what Is the net
profit likely to be? It Js also uncer
tain how much private capital will bo
Invested along with the public money,
but It is clear that the returns are
destined to be small until many years
have passed.
Germnnaj to Sell nt Cost,
This is tho feature of tho dye In
dustry In allied countries which Is
attracting most attention from the
Germans. They assert In their latest
trado Journals that British, French
and Italian manufacturers will bo
obliged to offer their dyes at high
prices, whereas they, with tho Stato
fed companies, can sell at cost price,
or even loss. Moreover tho Germans
are prepared to ofTer other products
of chemical Industry on the same
terms, by which they hopo to under
sell all competitors. There Is cer
tainly danger hnt they will make
good their boast, because their fac
tories and works have been organized
on this basis for a long time.
In recent Issues of tho German
trade paper the Journal o Applied
Chemistry the present position of tho
dye Industries In various countries Is
reviewed In the confident fashion
characteristic ot fie Teuton, yet there
aro some points v. hloh manufacturers
would do well to consider. Tho first
has reference to tho textile Industry.
Tho person most Interested 111 tho dye
stuff problem Is probably tho textile
manufacturer, and It Is In this Indus
try that the Germans hopo to Intro
duco the entering wedgo by means of
new dyes which they have mado by
what appear to be new methods. In
the chemistry of dyes there Is always
tho possibility that among tho new
products there may bo some of especial
value. At first many tcxtllo manu
facturers placed considerable confi
dence in optimistic reports In tho
newspapers, and were lulled Into a
sense of security In the belief that nil
dyestuffs used In Kntento Industry
would bo manufactured In Un gland and
America by processes much in advance
of tho nntlquated German methods.
Untried Method a MUtnlce.
Some of thcso experiments have
beqn tried, such, for Instance, as tho
extraction of a red dyostuff from tho
cranberry, the belief being apparently
that vcgctablo coloring matters might
In sotno cases take tho place of sya
thetie dyes. Tho result of this and
other expedients showed that In the
piesent critical tlmo It Is a mistake to
endeavor to prepare dyestuffs by new
nnd untried methods. Tho making of
the finished and useful dyes Is not In
the Judgment of chemists a dlfTlcult
and complicated problem provided tho
proper so-called Intermediate materials
are available. The crux of tho prob
lem lies In the economical production
of theso Intermediates, the by-products
of the vgns and coke oven tnrs.
But all thcso products nro at very ab
normal prices owing to tho demand
for high explosives.
There Is a disagreeable modicum of
truth In the German contention that
these prices must come down beforo
the riyo industry of tho Allies can bo
organized on a good working basis.
The time factor In starting manufac
ture Is an Important one at tho pres
ent moment It Is more Important than
the efficiency factor. It is upon this
prospect that tho Germans nre pro
paring, believing that any schemo for
the establishment of an American
dyestuff Industry will bo lnadequato
If It does not first ot all Insure tho
firm and permanent organization of
the manufacture of tho various ma
terials needed on a profitable basin,
liltebln's Service.
To tu e EniTon or The Sun sir: Don't
be too bard on Kltchln.
He made It easy for us to capture the
Senate and House, ItErt'ut.tCAN.
Waterburt, Conn., November 9.
HAPSBDRG EMPIRE
FAST BREAKING UP
Final Lines-of Cloavago Must
Await Decision of Peaco
Conference.
0ZECHO - SLOVAKS LEAD
Northwestern Section Claimed
By Them and Much of It
Is in Their Hands.
Those clear vlsloned statesmen, schol
ars and patriots who from the beginning
of tho war In 1114. have predicted tho
Inevitable defeat of the Central rowers
and as an Issue ot that defeat tha par
tition of the Austro-Hungarlan Emplrn
have had their Justification within re
cent weeks, beginning with the recog
nition of the Czecno-aiovaic nauon uy
the United States and her allies and
ending with the appeal for an armistice
by tbe commander of tbe Austrian arm
ies to tho Italian high command.
The -ecoa-nlt on of the Ctecno-biovaKS,
taken alone, and with tbe forces ar
rayed against Germany and her allies
In tho ascendant Is sufficient guarantee
that when the councillors arise from
tho peace table the map of southeastern
Europe will have undergone chances
that shall express at once the realiza
tion of dreams cherished by ..oppressed
peoples through centuries and Ihe shat
tering of the dreams of those kings alnd
their administrators who nourished o
lone the delusion of divine rlgnt anu
dominion by force.
ainat Avrnlt Peace Treaty.
Exactly upon what lines- of cleavago
the Dual Monarchy will be cut apart
no one can know until the war Is over
and tho peace conference shall have
concluded Its deliberations. But Hun
gary already bos proclaimed Its Inde
pendence of Austria and of the German
alliance, and the Inhabitants of various
other portions of the empire expreas
their demands either for separation Into
self contained states or liaison with
other countries or nations of which they
claim to bo a part.
The northern, and especially the north
western, section of tho empire as It
used to be Is claimed by tho Czecho
slovaks. They already command a con
siderable portion of It and have pro
claimed their Government, with Pragus
as Its capital. Bohemia, Moravia Ond
Silesia they possess, but their claims on
racial grounds run ncrosa the north part
of Hungary, comprising something be
tween a fourth and a fifth of Hungary
proper and excluding only Gallcla, which
In Its turn claims the right to be In
cluded within Poland restored.
Tbe New Juso-SIavln.
The Jugo-Slavs, or South Slavs, de
sire that their State and separate Gov--nment
shall Include the whole Austro-
ingarlan littoral upon the Adriatic,
,itn tho exception of that northernmost
section of It which Is claimed by Italy
as Italia Irrredenta. Their pretenslon.i
tako In Carnlola, Croatia. Slavonla,
Oalmatla, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia
Itself and Montenegro, the peoples to set
tle among themselves whether Serbia
and Montenegro shall remain Intact as
countries by themselves but federated
with Jugo-Slavla.
Transylvania, lying In the east of
Hungary, Is desired as a matter of right
by Rumania as part of Rumania unre- '
deemed.
Tho world hns not been Informed
whether- Austria proper proposes to re
mabi Intact, separate Into two or more
States or become part of the new Ger
many which may possibly emerge democ
ratized upon what the victors prescribe
as the territory which may remain Ger
man after old Germany has paid In full.
Every day last week brought Its des
patches setting forth rhat the Auatrlam
proposed to do with themselves aftei
they had set aside their king. Other
despatches of equal reliability, each ona
contradicting another, are likely to In
terest the world so long aa tho present
Government Is able to maintain the sem
blance of rule.
In studying the map of Austria-Hungary
from now until the last Issue of tin
war has been settled It must be remem
bered that there Is no nuthorlty bold
enough to fix, or attempt to fix, tin
boundaries of any ot tho new Stat, s r
nations except within the most clast."
of frontiers. For while In the main th
map of .Austria-Hungary may be plotto1
upon racial lines there Is no section C
the empire wholly Austrian, wholly Hun
garian, or wholly Slav.
Only Two ThlnRi Certain.
Just as there are parts of old rolan
so populated by Germans as to be. e
cept territorially, a part of Germany, ..
there are territories of Hungary utteny
Austrian and places In the Slav sectlmn
of tho empire where Hunsrarlans pre
dominate. And In the northern nn'l
western sections of Bohemia, the mala
state of Czecho-Slovakla and contalni
Its capital, there are German-Bohemians
who already have proclaimed the right
to Independence for themselves and havj
set up what they describe as a capital.
There are only two propositions re
garded as definite in the whole matter
of the partition of the Hapsburg em
pire. It alreudy has begun to dlsfU'i
and inevitably musi resign us sway over
other lurge sections of Its territory. Th
other certain thing Is that whatever
quarrels and Jealousies may 6prlng w
in the creation or tne new stales ami
alottments, will be settled without fur
ther warfare. The United States and Its
allies will gave due attention to that.
Ilrrnea of I'nlo Harbor Freed.
Rome, Nov. 9. Commander Rosettl
and Surgeon-Lieut. Paoluccl, who were
captured by the Austrlans nftcr enter
ing tho harbor of t'oia ana torpedoing
the Austrian battleship Vlrlbus Unltls on
November 1, wero released late.- when
the Italian naval forces occupied Pola.
The Taxpayers' Joy Over the Forced
Abdication of Kltchln.
To the Editor or The Sun Sir: Many
thanks for The Sun's publication of
Senator Martin's statement about tliu
absoluto necessity of econonv by tin
United States Government.
Judging by the recklessness with
which the taxpayers' money Is being
spent, one would think it Is only worm
two cents on the dollar.
Fortunately we have at least one
newspaper In New York that has tho
courage of Its convictions.
Every man and woman who Is a vic
tim of the back breaking FeAval Income
tax law of Kltchln owes a debt of
gratitude to The Sun. H. W.
New York, November 9.
Jelly
Diet for Sufferers From Ih-
lluenia.
To tub Epitor or The Sun Sir; In
the epidemic It was noted that sufferers
wero handicapped by loss of arpetlte
In my case I 'tried Jellies and got eatls
factoiy results.
.tellies with croaan nre satisfying
and nourishing, and I "pass it along''
with tho hope that others may benefit
by my experience.
Edward J. Akthont,
Concord, Mans., November 7.
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