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withdrawal Of the British forces without
| tbe admission OF the mountainous nay
have TO be decided on at any moment. 1t
IA the physical incapacity Of n large part Of
the British troops engaged to bear up
AGAINST the fatigues and hardships Of the
csmpaign. 1t IL true that we hear Of a
creditable feat Of arms by some small body
NJ men. such as that reported at Dargai,
north Of P~eshawur, In the Swat
try. but, according to the Bombay Gazette,
the general behavior Of the British troops
has not been invariably equal to their repu.
tation. For the English public 1t n
have been pleasant to read "that one regi-
ment with a fine fighting tradition" was
unable or unwilling, after several hours
difficult march, to make a final effort that
would have brought the days work to q
successful close that, owing to fatigue and
the want Of water, they refused to go for
vard with the rest of the column that
other regiments or detachments refused to
bring in their wounded, and that a native
regiment performed that duty for one of
the British regiments which was admit
tedly dead beat. The men Of another regi-
ment took possession of the hospital sup.
Dies anu tQuipulchO OhSiE " uoO, .
fusing to give them up when ordered. The
Civil and Military Gazette, another Indian
paper, attributes what can only be de-
scribed as the complete breakdown of the
British troops in the field to their extreme
youth and diseased condition. Several
corps, says this paper, ave been so deci-
mated by sickness that they have had to be
sent back to the base"
There was abundant ground, then, for
the orders which were sent from England
some time since for the speedy termination
of the campaign. The bad impression,
too, hat would be produced by all the
above detailed circumstances on the Sikh
and Gurkha regiments would be another
reason. 1t is rational to suppose that the
Afridis and the other tribes are not igno-
rant Of these difficulties Of the British
Government, and that their Fabian tactics
are the result. How far they may be sue
cessful remains to be seen, but it Is clear
that Gen. LoCKHART and his troops are
in a serious dilemma. If a disaster should
overtake them similar to that which over.
whelmed the army on Its retreat from
Cabul through the Khyber Pass in 1912,
the British people would surely make an
example Of the Government whose policy
was responsible for 1t.
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ENJOYS and CameIs,

The progress of Mr.. JAMES GORDON BEN
NETrs special ENJOYS to Asia Minor con-
tinues to attract the sympathy of philan-
thropists. A despatch from DR.. GEORGE H.
HEPwoRTH, the chief envoy, was printed
by the Herald on Monday. 1t twas dated at
Erzeroum, and this was its essential infor.
nation:
1--WE shall start on Monday for Bitlis. There is No
house on the road. and for ten or twelve nights we
shall rest In open stables. with our companions the
cows and cameis. Both the Heruld's correspondents
are in splendid condition."
For more than a week to come, then, DR..
HEPwoRTH and his companion In mission
will sleep. II a sense of the Importance of
their travels will permit them to sleep,
among cows and camels and practically in
the open air. They have already been half
frozen. Now every night they are to
be exposed not only to the inclemency
of the air, but to the rudenesses of cows
and camels. They are liable to be kicked,
to be trampled on. Many Of the Kurdish
cows are known to be unruly, and every
camel has a bad eye and an uncertain dis
position. Ten nights in a stable; twelve
nights in a stable, among vicious camels
and unruly cows. The position is not dig.
nihed for an envoy; 1t Is not tranquillizing
for an observer. How can men who are kept
busy lodging camels ave their minds open
to receive those impartial Impressions to
collect which Mr.. BENEFITS ENJOYS nave
braved cold feet and malicious camels2
Mr.. BENEFITS missionaries are " insplen-
did condition" or 80 reported themselves to
be on Sunday. But how long will this splen-
did condition lasti How long car a philos-
opher and author endure cold feet and lodge
with COWS and camels without injurious
results, IL not to his physical constitution,
at least to the accuracy and deIIcacy of his
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08

The Hon. LON V. STEPHENS, Governor of
Missouri, hurls as far as Detroit the tale that he
borrowed his Thanksgiving proclamation from
Ex-Governor RICH Of Michigan. He calls upon
the Secretary OF State Of Michigan to produce
the Rich proclamation or BIO forever fallen.
Finally he cries with a rich. but stern voice:
~ want to assure my constituents that / have not
gone to the Republican Governor OF Michigan for .
Thanksgiving proclamation. and, more than that, I
never will"
Does the Hon. LON ". STEPHENS mean to i'm
ply that he would scorn TO borrow q Thanks
giving proclamation from any other than a
Democratic Goyernori
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Eree Lecture. for Rrookl,n.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sfr: I was pleased to
SEQ your Endorsement OF the great usefulness of tho
free lectures in the Cooper Union under the Board
OF Education. and would ask of you to use your
influence in the further extending Of these free leo
tures to the people Of Brooklyn, which almost i'm
mediately becomes part of the Greater New York. I
am not alone in the opinion that these lectures would
be greatly appreciated in the populous centres of
Brooklyn and Williamsburg. elevating the people to
a better and higher citizenship. What Dr.. Leipziger
has done for New York should be done by some OF
Brooklyn's educators. and there 10 no time like the
present.
Noted Brooklynites have often lectured in Cooper
Union and in the different school buildings OF New
York. Charity, and Justice likewise, should begin ut
home. and these lecturers should be appealed TO at
once to do their duty in behalf of the New York
across the East River. There should be no favorit-
ism toward any class Of the American people; but I
have often heard It remarked that Brooklyn seemed
neglected educationally. In regard to the spread OF
through popular lectures. while tho
foreign-born population of New York's east side en-
Joyed advantages which were enviable. We have
an abundance OF school buildings suitable for these
lectures scattered in different directions. and all that
seems to be needed is the consent of the Board OF
Education and the lecturers themselves. The New
York city course of lectures would be welcomed in
Brooklyn, as their subjects are of the greatest inter
est to Greater New Workers. GEoRaIus.
brooklyn, Dec. 4.
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~
spprehensionf II Mr.. EErrrrr had cold
feet, could he write those clear and brill
liant leading articles with which he mumi-
mates the Herald and delights the world3
Could he compose with such spirits II he
had to sleep in an open stable, In the dead
OF winter, with camels treading ON his toes
and cows munching around hint
As Mr.. BENNETT lies, warm and soft, to-
night, and plans new premiums and funds,
will no thought visit him OF his ENJOYS,
exposing their constitutions among Kurds,
cows, and camels2
Surely some of the balances, unexpended
and ~unaccounted for, Of his ice fund might
be used for the purpose of fitting up con-
venient hospices, with folding beds and
state.rooms securely partitioned against
COW and camel, on the road to Bltlis.
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The British Army on the Indian
Frontier In Danger.

According to the latest and most trust
worthy reports from India, the expectati on
that the subjugation of the Orakzais and
Afridis would be effected by the English,
and the army back in its usual quarters be.
fore the winter set in on the Afghan noun
tains, has been abandoned.
The object of the expedition into their
country was to show these clans that the
military power OF the British was strong
enough to penetrate into the inmost re.
cesses Of their valleys, and so assure their
submission; and it was thought by those
responsible for the plan of campaign that
this end would be attained when the Mai
dan Valley had been penetrated. The point
aimed at has been reached and Gen. LOCK-
II camp has been established three
weeks in the valley. but the clans have not
come in, nor, at last accounts, were there any
signs that their offers of submission were
anything but devices to gain time. They
refuse to give up the rifles stolen during
the past two years from the British depots,
having tested their value in the recent
fighting; and the most powerful of the
clans, the Zakka Khels, manifest no in.
tention whatever to submit. Added TO the
ndisposltion OF the tribes to accept the
terms offered by the British Commander,
which cannot be said to be excessive from
the military point of view, the coming on
of the winter. when the passes and dedles
may be blocked at any moment by snow.
falls, is causing disquiet to The authori.
ties. 1t is even said that the invading
force may have to be withdrawn to the
lower country or possibly back into India
itself before the setting in of winter
makes such a retreat dangerous. If not i'm.
possible. What this would mean in the
face of such enterprising enemies as the
Afridis, inhamed by the desire for ven.
geance for their burnt homes and DESTROYED
crops, and familiar with every ravine and
rock on their mountains, is too obvious to
need comment.
There are other reasons also why the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
The Kaiser and Hayti.

The arrival of the two schoolships at
Port au Prince to sustain G%ermany's claim
In the Lueders affair was perhaps a natural
sequence of the official declaration made
the other day in the Reichstag.
Minister Won BULow said that the mere
release of LUEDERs could not satisfy the
Government, because his imprisonment had
been unlawful, and hence was a proper
subject for that indemnity which would
certainly be secured. There Is some ground
for surmising that. at the time this
announcement was made, Germany had as
surances that Hayti would accede to her
demands. a despatch from Washington to
that effect having appeared that day in one
or more OF the German newspapers. At all
events, as Germany did not propose any
annexation or permanent occupation of
Haytian territory, which would lave been
a violation of the Monroe doctrine, she had
no reason to fear complication with the
United States in dealing with Hayti.
The detailed merits of the dispute it is
perhaps not worth while again to discuss,
since Hayti has concluded, it is said, to &C.
cede to Germany's terms. The city of Port
au Prince is perfectly open to the sea, and
there would be no difficulty In its lombard
ment even by the German scholarships,
which are of course not primarily intended
for such work. 1t would appear from the
dispatches that the possibility of employ
Ing force had caused the German residents
to take refuge on foreign steamers in the
harbor, and that the French Minister had
also caused a steamer to be brought to
the port for the use of French residents.
These precautions were further justified by
the chance hat the Governments yielding
to Germany's demands might provoke a
revolution.
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Secretary Cages Report.

The Secretary Of the Treasury, the Hon.
LYMAN j. GAGE, has sent to the Speaker Of
the House of Representatives the usual an.
nual report of the nations finances. For
the year ending June 80 last he shows a
deficit of $1S,O52,454 for the current fiscal
year, he estimates one of 1913, 900, 900; and
for the fiscal year 1899 one of 1921, e47, 1856.
The last two items are mere guesses, and
may or not prove to be correct. Certainly,
unless all signs fail, the deficit for the cur.
rent fiscal year, even after crediting up the
extraordinary receipts from the sale of the
Union Pacific Railway, will considerably
exceed 1913. O00, 900.
The interest of the report centres upon
the Secretary's plan of currency reform,
with which 1t closes. This plan Is substan.
TALLY the same as that which was given out
by Mr.. GAGE, q month ago. 1t involves the
funding Of $500. 600, 900 Government
notes into gig per cent. bonds, specifically
payable in gold, and an enlargement of the
note-issuing powers of the national banks
70 the par of the Government bonds de-
posted to secure 1t, and, besides, to 25 per
cent. without security of the par of the re-
funding bonds deposited. The entire issue,
secured and unsecured, is to be guaranteed
by the Government, and to protect the Gov
eminent against loss from its guarantee, a
tax Of per cent. per annum is to be laid
on the unsecured notes to create a safety
fund. No bank notes are to be issued Of a
less denomination than $40: all of them
are to % redeemed at the Government SUBJ
treasures, and for redemption a fund of 10
per cent. is to be furnished by the banks.
1t will be time enough to discuss the de-
tails of the plan when it is embodied In a
bill and comes up for debate in Congress.
To its fundamental principle, the substi-
tuition of bank currency for notes issued
directly by the Government, THE SUN is and
will be opposed. One point, however, is
worth mentioning now. The Secretary
shows that, on Oct. 9, 1896; the national
banks of the South, having an aggregate cap
ital of $6S, CSC, 200, borrowed from banks in
the East, to assist in handling the cotton
crop, $13, 54S 900, in addition to their own
note Issues of SIS, $50, 900. Under his plan,
the Secretary says, these banks would be
able to issue notes equal to the full amount of
their capitals and % per cent. more. What
would become of the additional issues,
when the crop-moving season was over, he
does not explain. Apparently, they would
go into general circulation, and at the
next crop season, they would have to be
called in to supply the demand for them.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
The platform of the Boston Socialists

The platform of the Boston Socialists
contains a great thought which is hereby sub
mitted to the consideration of Democratic plat
form makers. The great thought is that strik-
ers should be supported by the city. When tho
anti.plutocrRtio ideal takes form there will DO a
community in which nobody works and every
body lives at the expense of the city; and tho
city will duly mulct plutocrats for the necessary
funds. 1t may be said that there are practical
difficulties in the way, but practical difficulties
cannot be considered. Get a sublime theory and
stick to it; and il the theory that strikers should
get wages from the city for consenting to do
nothing is not sublime. then there is no sublim-
ity left.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
'oreign Notes or Real Intere,..

MISS Elm Nussey, who acted as bridesmaid for
charlotte +onta. has Just died at BirstaiI, at the ago
of SO years.
ono great anne energies from the Dreyfus muddIe.
mayor faty = Clam, 1t seems. was prosecuting ON.
Ger at the cout- martial.
Aberdeen utversity's Literary Society, presided
over Dy q nephS of Mr.. ], u. Barrie, has decided by
= large hlalorF. after debate. that the Scottish
sehooi OF nctioIdOes not deserve tho favor IL has
received.
Count Dimitrt iHIJutin. formerly Wal Minister Of
Car Alexander II, md one OF the chief nro,no,srs -,
the Emperor's lbef1 reforms, has 1ust celebrated tho
Si1tieth anniversary,f his admission TO the Russian
general stan.
a Lohaon author guilty OF a book entitled
'DVorak Anu Fernp" when sued by his publlsheY
LOT the cost OF publishing II. demanded that the case
De 'ried by a Jury conSting OF four publishers. four
poets, and four ~professs OF Arabic.
Dutch pictures broushvery low prices at the sedel.
naesef na'ein faris' tho hole collection bringing In
OF the collection, was wi,drawn IN, nnset pr,ca
10000 francs. not having sen bid.
Juggernaut's car csnnot Ass through thu strcet, NJ
Coionibo owing to the intenrerc, OF overhead tels.
graph wires Petitions hay been sent to the GOV.
efnor by the ceyloncse. as tenty.nye person, wish
10 'hro" themselves under IL idols car.
An irish ex'sergeant In % army, who died a,
warrington. England. left dActiops that n bottle OF
inSh whisky should be buAd with him. As tho
sexton objected. q comrade OF 10 dead n,an sprInglcd
the whiSkey over the CONN. 10 was arrested aud
tried Tor indecent behavior" It was acquitted.
Burglars broke into the fortres OF yinecnn,s. rear
fariS. recently. and after Stea,g the money and
Valuables OF the soldiers aud Oilers. used the tools
VI me military blacksmith shopo break into tho
commissariat, which they plundsd and Then made
their way out through the moat , means OF the lad.
ders in the fort.
A gang OF thieves organized to ,v upon thieves
has been discovered In Paris 1oIr Man vas 10
watch for shoplifters in the dcpa,ment ,tores Ike
the Louvre and the Bon Msrche. b NOV them home,
- aen uHaer pF'tehco OF boinl pllc. inr pcctors 10
search their apartments for stoll oo+s vbIrh they
carried on with no fear OF compbg, being made.
Italy has obtained possession DIN, art treasures OF
the BorghsSe family. For the la sorsnese on tho
-N't~u mn the Government IGy the family =
yearly pension OF $50, 900. and l. IN, Borghese gal.
iery It will give $500. 900 In ndannual paymen;s.
An arrangement Is under way bylich twenty mAs.
terpieces In the B"uoncompagni Aery VIII be coded
government In considerably Of permiSSIOA -
sell the remaining works OF ArI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08

The Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
delivered his famous lecture on bimetallism"
at Guthrie the other afternoon to an audience
which filled less than two-thirds OF the house
ana which was composed largely of ltepubli-
cans. Hundreds of Populists and farmers who
had come to town TO hear BRYAN went homo
mad when informed OF 30 cents admission"
Probably these same Populists and farmers
would cheerfully pay a dollar to see a poor
strolling theatrical company. Yet they were
not willing to pay half a dollar for the privilege
of hearing the leading Juvenile In the thrilling
melodrama of Tho Crime OF 1873" Evidently
there Is not 80 much craving for excitement In
Oklahoma as some OF the performances OF its
Legislature have seemed to indicate
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
Spain's Policy Still on Trial.

The variety of the comments made. both
In this country and in Europe, upon the
Presidents discussion of the Cuban cues.
ton is remarkable. yet the message itself
Ia lucid and unequlvecal.
While the President holds that the
change OF policy introduced by the Saeasta
Government is SO great that we ought to
await its results. yet this very statement of
the case is most suggestive. To say that
Spain deserves to have ga reasonable
chance to realize her expectations" in
Cuba. implies that it is for our Government
70 accord or withhold this chance. Indeed
the message throughout assumes that our
relations with Cuba are SO Intimate and
important that we have rights in the de.
termination OF its future as we'll as Snaip
Ihus Gen. WooDFoRD was instructed. IL
now appears, to say to Spain that eve
could be required to wait only a reasonable
time for the mother country to establish its
authority ana restore peace and order
within the borders of the island that wa
could not contemplate an indefinite period
for the accomplishment of this result ="
Our right to intervene to end the war ia
thus clearly implied, and even our right In
intervene soon, since the President sup.
gests further and other action" unless II
shall be shown in "the near future" that
"a righteous peace is likely to be attained"
1t is perhaps even more noticeable that
while the President mentions "the wide.
spread losses the war entails, the burdens
and interests 1t imposes upon us, with con-
'stant disturbance of national interests"
he does not put our right to intervene
wholly on such grounds. He says that in.
tsryention upon Humanitarian grounds -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08

Chicago clasps affectionately the rumor
that the Hon. BUCK HINRIoHsEN. who is known
to be a statesman, every pound Of him. is re-
solved to succeed the Hon. CHARLES JAMES
FAULKNER of West Virginia as Chairman of the
Democratic Congress Committee. Mr.. HINRIcH-
BEN may be more active than Mr.. FAULKNER.
but has he the %latter's valuable prophetic gifts :
Mr.. FAULKNER can sweep the country with his
pen and carry every State in the Union with an
interview. Hope may DO moro useful than dex-
terity, and MIR. FAULKNER has all the hope there
10 and q good deal more there isn't.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
eliminating tho Negro Vote in the sov,,.

From the Neto Orleans Times Democrat.
Some idea Of the sweeping effect that the new
registration law has had in eliminating the negro
vote can be had from the reports that have reached
tho city from a few Of the country parishes. In tho
parish of PlaquemineS. which formerly had q negro
registration of $500. only Ave blacks have 80 far
registered. In the parish OF West Baton Rouge nve
negroes are said to have presented themselves up to
last week for registration, but none were competent,
and in consequence all were refused. Unless things
have changed in the last few days there Is not q
negro on the registration rolls in West Baton Rouge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08

In the view of the Hon. WILLIAM Brook
YIELD and his brethren a "purged" enrolment
is one that will give them q majority. 1t will
take u good many series OF p~urgings to bring
that about.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08
Can't Collect Pay for VHhIskey sold fer Can.
pAiRn Use,
From the Indianapolis Journal.

SErERsBURG. Ind Dec. ION Friday Judge Ely
gse out his decision in the case Of Adams VS.. Morgan.
Aoms brought suit against Morgan. Chairman of a
can'aign committee. 10 recover for whlskey sold for
oamhign purposes on order of the latter. The Judge
ueciud that inasmuch as the whiskey was used for
iiegahnd immoral purposes no recovery could be
had Dis important ruling has settled up n large
huhiDei'f campaign debts in this county.
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Already you can hear the Hon. JERRY
SIMPSON simmcring. Wait till he boils. Then
the Capitol will quake and TON REEL will re.
gret the past.
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From the Kansas CITY Times

~ HuN0UI Guy IIHlCL
The day that LenorA McMahan was mArIsd ..e.
Joseph Sho ordered the dead body of her nrnt bus'
pAnd sent to her from wichita This was done sna
ahs Forwarded 1t TO Wisconsin roE naAl burial
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08

u our Friends Spho favor US nth manuscripts for
publication ,ofsh TO haze rejected articles returned,
thsy must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Tho Hotel Idea In a Police Court.
From fhs Chloa0o Trlbunl

Mlgistrate-You were drunk. OF course, when the
hold'up men went through you?
BAttered.up Prisoner-I was, your Honor.
hAEistrate-They got everything you had. / SUP.
Prisoner-EverythinE, your Honor. except = % bill
I had In my watch pocket.
NAEistrGte-Ths 6as Wtn b o.. Gail the Asxt oassI
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-08

1t cost the Citizens Union a little more
than Q dollar q vote. Good government seems
to come high.
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P~ARp-Riosque no. ip. near Grand Hotel and
Kiosque No. 10. Boulevard des CApuoines.