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The Navies OF NeutralG.

It Is we'll 70 recall that ono OF the chfer
incentives to the building Of our navy, q
century ago, was that Of protecting our
from European powers at war
with each other. ITO secure respect to q
neutral flag" said WASHINGTON. In advis-
ing the creation of a fleet, "requires a naval
force organized and ready to vindicate 1t
from insult or aggression"
We now find a British authority, Lieut.
Col. Sir G. CLARKE, discussing the impor-
tant bearing which the navies OF neutrals
may have upon the mex great war In Europe:
"The United states arc now . considerable naval
power. and their sea-borno stands NEXT TO
our own. It ia uncomfortable that they would tolerate
such q confscot.on OF their property as occurred In
1909. when American cargoes. admitted to Dutch
ports by LOUIS BoSArARrE, wore seized by tho ordes
OF NAroLKos. II Is as inconc'ivable that they would
recognize the vast paper blockade proclaimed by tho
British Government in November. 1907. Russia,
moro formidable now than when she headed the
armed neutrality, would. II neutral. be well able to
guard he. Interests. ana those interests would DO the
same as In 1901"
1t is not unlikely. however. that Russia
will take the role of q participant, rather
than that of a neutral onlooker, in the
next great European war. But Japan, as
Sir G. CLARKE points out, would be another
great accession to the powerful neutrals in
such o contingency, and "in a contest Of
European navies on the China Sea would
be well able to Insure respect for her rights
as q neutral"
The question which the discussion thrusts
on US is whether We are fully prepared to
assume the part even Of aneutral in the next
war Of naval giants. The question too, Is
every whit as important In these closing
years of the century as it was recognized to
be in the opening years. with the added
difference that the greater relative naval
strength of belligerent nations forces q like
increase of protective strength upon neu'
trails. In the means to defend our com
merce and our rights may be security from
being drawn into a contest or else suffer
ing from its excuses.
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make the future not Of one, q o. several
nations, no problematical that the wisese
statesmanship could not hasard more than
a surmiso as to the ultimate solution. The
event would be one Of the most momen.
tous that has occurred in Europe In half
a century. Our weight as q nation thrown
into the scales Of empire there would have
nm influence far.reaching and ~stupendous,
from St. Petersburg to Delhi, from London
to Melbourne, from Paris to Montreal, and
from Berlin to johannesburg. II, on the
other hand, we lent willing ears to the
siren song of another nation and should
rive our adhesion to the emotional pro-
posal for the uni6cntlon Of the English
Speaking races in war and In peace, the
deslinies Of nations and Of millions of peo-
ples for years to come might be predicted
with almost scientific certainty.
Never before has a power 80 command
ing from every point Of view been held by
a nation. Dur majestic position, wondrous
development, and peculiar system are
among the very greatest achievements OF
all time. We lave fully demonstrated the
sublime truth, proclaimed by THOMAS JEF-
FERsoN, that man is capable Of self.gov-
eminent, not dependent upon kings for
his material and moral progress, and that
he is happy in proportion as he Is free.
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I'm Hattie.

To THE EDrroR OF TIE suS-Sfr: In THE suH Of
Sept. o IL an interesting article from the st. Louis
Globe. Democrat on ''self. Murder in Battle which
terminates In these words:
Among the siuns of progress in civilized nations no
one ls more significant than th!s-that suicide on tho
battlefield Is unknown wuere the armtes of civilized
nations confront each other. In our civil war or In
the FrAncoIierman war the prisoners knew we'll that
NO torturea aw aited them.
man who served Is Captain under Buell. in our
civil war told me a few years ago that throughout his
time OF service he carried concealed . phial OF pruS-
sic acid, to be used should there arise q probability Of
his being captured and consigned to Andersonviile.
and that many Of his comrades were similarly
equipped against 4 similar poss, hility. He was then
q young mtn, having no family d dependent ON him.
He said that. in the Union army. the horror OF Ander-
sonville exceeded tho fear OF death. He did not toll
me that any solder 80 provided actually made use OF
the means OF suicide; hut. n the intention and tho
means existed in many cases, there may have been
some cases wherein. occasion occurring, the me aus
were really employed. h. N. o.
BosroN, Sent. o, lSp7.
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An Attack on Lord Roberts.

England's scare at the news from India IL
producing strange manifestations. The
Times Enthusiastically tries to bury It's
head in tho sand, denying the gravity of
the situation. while the other London news
papers publish the news and face the posi-
bility of a general uprising. The Saturday
Revietc already looks about for a scapegoat
and selects for that purpose the only Brit
ish General who has been tested in real
war and as to whose ability there Is no
room for doubt, Field Marshal Lord Rob-
ERTs Of Kandahar.
Lord ROBERTS was incautious enough
recently to express the opinions that the
Afridi tribes could be trusted, and that he
suspected the Ameer of Aighanistan had a
hand in the movement. Events have
shown that he was mistaken In the former
opinion, while the Ameer has solemnly
sworn in public durbar that he has always
been loyal to the British. To forget, how
ever, that he has grounds for resentment
against the British Government and people
requires British short memory and blind
ness. Two years ago, having been officially
invited to visit England, he sent his son
HAsR ULLAH Khan in his stead rs his
ItlICotilldIlNC- lhc afghan pIiuCo was
tolerated and treated with scant courtesy
by the officials, while the press criticised his
manners. his unpunctuality, the length of
his stay, and made fun of him generally.
This he was able to contrast with his re-
ception In Russia, where they know how
todeal with Oriental susceptibilities. Lord
ROBERTS Is not alone in expecting results
from the Sights to the Ameer's representa-
tive. and he of all men must know best how
fur ABDURRAHMAN may be believed.
Starting from these possible errors In
judgment, the Saturday ReutetO bitterly
attacks Lord ROBERTS as the chief cause of
the difficulties that have arisen since his
departure from India, owing to his advo-
cacy of the forward policy of the Indian
administration on the frontier question.
Not content with calling down upon him
1.-The Nemesis which very generally over
takes rash calculations. extreme self-conh-
dence, arrogant disregard of sober minded
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-sr: Referring to the
editorial remarks in yesterday issue OF your paper
regarding "a womans Adyuissions About Women's
Powers" l cannot refrain from saying that I con-
side it would have been moro in keeping with the
usual fairness Of The Sun to have concluded its edt
toral by some such comment as here follows:
1t will be impossible to mako any correct estimates
Is to the eventual possibilities OF women before We
shall have bad several generations OF absolutely tho
same freedom aud Independence, socially as well as
politically, for women as we have IL for men Then.
and not before then, will IL be fair to make any com
parisons between the intellectual capacities OF the
sexes. And it seems to ne that n w consider the
extraordinary prngrcss she has made. despite the
many and cruel obstacles that still rem ain in her way,
We need have no approximations ~ 70 the outcome Of
the struggle.
As to woman's probable inability TO "catch up
when masculine education Is advancing at as great Q
rate as feminine, II must be remembered thAt knowl.
edge 10 not inherited. but has to be acquired. and the
abil ~ to acquire It 10 present In the female as well
rs IA the male, as may be readily proven by inquirtng
into the respective standing OF girls aud boys and
men and women In coeducational institutions.
As TO genius. IL L. fair to assume that under proper
conditions IL will disregard sex.
should be pleased II you would give room to these
lines In the columns OF your esteemed paper.
q. L. VoLKKNs.STRUnCE.
NEW YoRK, Sept 0.
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THE sUNrsUNDAY. SBPTEMBER. fa. isoZ.

advisers. weakness and imbecility," and
disculpating the viceroy, Lord ELerS, at
the expense Of the Lansdowne-Roberts Ad-
minlstration, "whose motto was military
aggression. and whose means were rs un-
principled as their motto" IL accuses him OF
dlsingenuousness, Of throwing the blame
for his actions upon other mems shoulders,
and says Of England's foremost soldier:
"Not In vain was the astute little man
named, Of his godfathers and godmothers'
SLEIGH RoBERTs." To back up Its opinion
1t quotes heavy criticisms Of the present
system by elderly retired Indian oficers'
Gen. Sir NEvILL CHAMBERLAIN, for In
stance, says:
"A new departure has been embarked upon. oue
posts have been pushed forward inside the nh".
permanent garrisons have heen established on 'anus
belonging to the tril esmen. valieyshaveb been openeo
out and roads made with tho object OF letting 'nom
understand that they are no longer Independent ous
that they are at our mercy, and the whoie eys'omo'
intercourse with them has made them aware tna' 'ne
old order OF things has passed away. 1t these acts
that have led the tribes to coalcscei 10 Is TINS syseom
that has taught them that union is strength ana us
famed the spirit Of resistance that VIII " '"n'
mitted to future generations"
In spite Of the retired Generals ana the
Saturday RevieW, nevertheless, England
would breathe easier II she were certain
that the White Gar and the Amer had
nothing to do with the troubles In the khy'
Der Pass, and II she knew that little boBs
Bahadur were there to look out for her
safety instead Of rusting gloriously In his
Irish command.
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The Ohio Gold Democratic.

They have a strange new zeal for civil
service reform; call for its extension
wherever possible in the nation" and in
Ohio, chide the Ohio Republicans for not
loving 1t, and thank Mr.. MCKINLEY for
"his support and extension of the merit
system." In SO far as the Ohio Republicans
oppose the merit system, they are not true
to the st. Louis platform; whereas Mr.. Nc
KINLEY is, but the Ohio Gold Democrats
show again their isolation by their love for
civil service reform. 1t is o Republican in
stitution at present. 1t never had many
friends among the Democrats; probably 1t
never will have. The Ohio Gold Democrats
agree with the Republicans as to it. That
is one more reason why they should go into
the Republican party instead Of continuing
their lonely existence. but no; "the recent
tariff legislation" o a encouragement Of
extravaganza and an infringement Of pri.
vate right. an unfair tax on all for the ben
eft of some." The old tune. In short, q
Republican protective tariff is an enormity,
while the Wilson protective tariff was pre-
sumably a masterpiece, although the Ohio
Democrats omitted to say 30.
They did not forget. however. to "de-
uoubSo III tho AluBiey oii tuo heavier
duties on lumber, wool, and hides, as In
creasing the cost Of clothing and shelter to
the people," The American people don't
seem to no worrying about the increase.
They will let these Ohio resolution writers
worry for them.
The talk In the platform In condemnation
Of the annexation of Hawaii and speaking
of what will be only another step In a long
course of territorial expansion, most of
which has been the work Of the Democratic
party, as 1.-THE beginning of a policy of ter
~ritorial expansion certain to entail upon
our country large taxation and so on. Is
not the old.fashioned Democratic language,
nor is 1t the language of fa~rsighted Amer
lean patriotism.
A sense of narrowness, of growing hunk
erism. seems to he present In this Ohio plat
form. The maintenance Of the gold stand
ard Is only a casual detail In the resolutions.
Instead OF the retirement of the %greenback,
a gradual retirement of the so.called Gold
Democrats may be looked for.
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"A Danger Averted from the Republi.
can Party.


The political situation which now com.
pels the Republicans to nominate a ticket
wholly their own, on a platform distinct
lively and emphatically Republican, is AN
outcome of the summers political turmoil
altogether fortunate for the party.
The danger to the Republican party from
the Citizens Union movement was in the
temptation to n fatal compromise Of princi-
pie which it offered to the Republican lead
ers. Naturally, in their desire to attract
TO their party all votes which seemed to be
within it's possible reach, such II tenIpta-
ton was well nigh irresistible. The Low
movement being the sole political enter
prise of the summer, 1t assumed for the
moment al importance in their eyes and in
the estimation of the public which 1t did
not really have. Low held u%ndisputed
possession Of the field for three months.
LAS the only candidate seeking the Office OF
mayor, he had no rivals, and the course
was free for him.. No opposition to
Shis canvass came from any quarter, and
not even the first preparations for the
laying down of the lines Of battle for the
kcampaign had been made by the two great
Fparties while no was already hustling to
take possession Of the u~noccupied field. In
, the usual interval of rest from politics 1t
was easy for his agents to absorb In his
candidacy such political interest as there
was. His personality also tended to give a
sensational character to his enterprise, and
: the method by which it was carried on
aroused curiosity. The entrance of the
President of a great New York university
upon a long struggle to secure public favor
O. for his candidacy for office WINS a navel ex.
q, pertinent In our politics. and his device OF
canvassing for signatures In his behalf was
not less II novelty. 1t Is remarkable that
at a season when the usual public amuse
ments of the town are intermittcd the cx,
traordinnry undertaking provoked so LITTLE
popular interest as 1t did.
II served, however, to give to the Low
candidacy u theatrical prominence decep
tive to superficial observers of political cur
rents, and induced an exaggerated esti
mate OF its Significance. Accordingly, the
Hanger was that its glamour might affec,
the lmaginations CT Republican politicians
80 far hut they would become blinded
to the vital Importance Of keeping theil
party faithful to the principles which cal
alone give 1t strength In tho municipal
campaign to come.
That danger was great last month wheI
the Republican organization invited tn,
representatives of the various clements o
the opposition to Tammany and Bryanisu
70 join with 1t in a conference to secur,
"their unity. The peril was happily averted
however, by the retusa. of the Low agent
10 enter Into the harnonizing discus
SaonS' Tor The Republican party could no
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have come 10 any agreement With them
without effacing itself by becoming q mere
~appendaGe OF the Low movement, and be-
trayinr the cause Of which now 1t 10 the
sole champion In politics. There was no
common ground on which It vas possible
for the Citizens Union and the Republican
party to meet in agreement. They are rad
ically and Numerically opposed to each
other, and they could not get together I'M
less one swallowed the other outright. The
Republican party ls q national party, get
ting its vitality from q national issue. The
Low party was generated simply n espe-
cially to keep hat very issue out OF the mu-
nicipal campaign.
Moreover. in pursuit Of its end Of Great
ing a distinct municipal party opposed to
all national parties, the Citizens Union
has made concessions to all forms OF politi-
cal eccentricity and d~isorganizing social
delusion. 1t has become a hodge-podge OF
Organism, single-taxism, socialism, COM
munism, and anarchy, seasoned with re-
ligious fanaticism and phi~lanthroptc senti-
mentalism. This IL a mixture too explosive
to makeit safe for any sane political organi-
cation to enter into association with II.
When the sources from which 1t drew SYM
pathy by catering to destructive social and
political delusions are better understood,
the revulsion against 1t at a time when
such trucking Is q crime against civilized
order, will extend to all conservative peo-
pie. Least of all. therefore, could the Repub-
licana afford to assume any responsibility
for the Citizens Union, representative OF the
very spirit Of disorganiZation it has set out to
quench aud destroy. Hen the possibility
that the Republican leaders might be In
duoed by an exaggerated estimate of the
Importance of the Citizens Union to make
concessions to its forbidden schemes af-
forded legitimate reason for alarm to all
conservative men who understood the grave
pcrils involved.
1t is true, of course, that there are real
and ostensible supporters Of the Low enter
prise who do not recognize Its mischievous
tendency, regarding it only as an under
taking to elect as Mayor a man they
deem intrinsically suitable, but they be-
long to the class of minds which never
discern the true Significance of social and
political movements until they are fright
ened half out of their wits by the sudden
revelation Of 1t to their understanding
after it has long been apparent to minds OF
truer penetration. The spectacle of bank
Presidents and SNUG merchants lending
aid to this Low Reorganization, threaten
ing to every interest they have at stake,
may seem astonishing, but it has been fire.
quently parallelcd in history.
Happily for the Republican party, it has
been saved from that contamination, and
will take its proper and logical place as the
implacable foe of the Low movement, and
all the vicious social and political heresies
which are it's strongest motive force.
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Lady Clara Klondike. the golden.haired daughter Of
the nnt Duke OF Dawson. stood within tho &, and cid
oaken hall OF her fathers palace, overlooking the
frozen river and the snow clad hills She was clothed
heavily In rich and elegant fup, for the winter had
been long and cold and the end was not yet.
She shiv, red rs the seneschal announced the ar
rival Of tho Count of St, Michael. Full well she
knew the intent OF the Counts visit. AMI she steeled
herself for tho encounter which she knew must fol.
low quick upon their meeting.
Seeing the fair being standing by the wide fireplace
OF the drawing room. looking more lovely than he
had ever seen her. he approached her side In . whirl
OF emotion.
"Atlast." he circulated in suppressed tonea-
"Why Pr she inquired In n tone OF voice which
made the Klondike winter seem like a tropIc dream.
"oh. sweot Claire. he murmured. $50 long have I
yearned for this moment. Day unto day uttereth
speech and nigAt unto night showeth knowledge, but
all days were dumb to me and all nights black in
ignorance while I have been waiting to CONS thus into
your presence and oner you my heart. my hand and
my fortune"
Thus speaking he hung himself at her feet. tho
lille ten large end soiled Indians from the
headwafers OF tho river came forward rolling into
the beautiful reception room ten barrels Of pure, un.
Adulterated gold dust worth go, 50 au ounce at any
mint In tho land.
At nrst Lady ClAirea fair face took on q kindly
look. and there was In II almost a rosy nush Of hope.
shc watched the barrels eagerly. for they looked SO
much ike the barrels her father was wont to pack
hams In ere he had como hither from Chicago so
many years agone.
However. It was but a moment until she detected
nothing In the barrels save gold dust. and sha invoi.
unfairly and convuisively clutched AZ her bedia.
mone.i aud gold stomacher. hanging now 90 loosely
about her fair form.
The Count. stli at her feet. took no notice, for he
had not spent the winter In Klondiko, and did moi
know how Il was,
A aha n w what thA Count ~ A. I viubtnn raau 49,.
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The Sheriff Of Luzerno.

The exact details OF the affair at Latimer,
Pa, on Friday afternoon are somewhat OBJ
9 pcurely known, yet the salient facts arc
perfectly established.
] For two weeks q body Of striking coal
miners, mostly Poles and Hungarians, have
roamed up and down the Lehigh Valley
menacing the property Of their employers
and the w~orkingmen who desired to con-
tinue at their toll. On Friday afternoon
they made a violent charge against the
miners at Crystal Ridge who refused to
quit work, and were repulsed with diff
Guilty by the sheriffs on guard. Then, while
they were marching In force to attack an
other mine. they were met by the Sheriff OF
the county with his posse. The Sheriff read
che riot act to them and commanded them
to dispense. They refused to disperse, started
TO march through the Sheriff's party, and
the Sheriff arrested their leader. The
strikers tried to forcibly rescue the leader.
assailed the Sheriff, and brought about a
pitched battle. Shots were fired which
finally grew into n solid volley on the part
of the Sheriff's deputies, from which fifteen
or twenty strikers were killed and many
more wounded.
Whether the volley from the Sheriff's
posse was or was not preceded by the
Sheriff's definite command, the action
should and will receive the applause of all
the law abiding citizens of Pennsylvania
and of the whole country. 1t is deplorablc
that human blood was shed, but it was
shed In defence of the law officers of the
State in the performance Of their duty in
resisting and attempting to suppress an
armed rebellion. Far more deplorable than
the killing of these rioters is the abuse Of
lthe brave Sheriff which Immediately pro-
sceeds from the d~emagoSue politicians and
the Pulitzer newspapers and it is an mex
tplicable fact of human nature that even
reputable people who should be the first to
approve such a deed are among the first to
condemn it.
During the railroad riots in Buffalo sew
Seral years ago a boy was killed by a stray
bullet fired by one of the members OF the
Twenty-second Regiment OF this city, which
was in Buffalo to help maintain the law
The death of the boy was in every sense I'm.
avoidable and he had recklessly exposed
his life. Yet the District Attorney of Erie
county, replying to what he thought was
an exhibition of popular sentiment. made
great efforts to discover and punish the
soldier whom he went so far as to call the
boys murderer"
The disgraceful proceedings in Ohio few
months g are in every ones memory.
There the Captain of a company which was
called out to protect a man from lynching
came very near being assassinated because
he la actually ordered his men to fire upon
the lynching party which was endeavoring
TO tear down the county Jail. Then, as now,
the shooting was declared to be unneces
sary, the officer in command was said tc
have lost his head, and a vast amount OF
similar pother was made, all based upor
the theory that guns are made to look al
and not to shoot with, and that the Sheriff
Of a county and his deputies ought to sac
fiflce their own lives rather than kill {
1eioter.
Honor to the Sheriff of Luzerne county