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followed by the announcement that the
Russian feet would be allowed by hin
to hibernate at Port Arthur. The time has
n by when Engllshmen were willing
publicly to protest against Russia's reason
able wish for an ~ice-free port on the Pacific;
indeed, 1t Is recognized by the National
Revie,o that "cvery power desires to have
q naval base in the North China seas,
and, moreover, every power considers It.
self entitled to make its choice at Its
W convenience" Japan already has
wei.hai-Wei In her possession, and Is
entitled by treaty to retain 1t until
the wal indemnity Is paid fully. She
may now request that, even after the
payment Of the indemnity, she may be SUI
fered to keep 1t on terms equivalent to
those upon which Kiao Chou Is leased to
Germany. The Revtst1 acknowledges that
Great Britain herself has long shared Ger
many's ambition for a suitable port on the
seacoast of North China, and predicts that
the German Government will be as unruf-
fed by England's occupation of q harbor in
that quarter as the British Government
was by the Kiao Chou episode. In fine, the
people of the two countries are advised
W UdhO OuClE Cuo ilOhh phSih
rather than from their newspapers"
While 1t lie admitted that. for CONNER
cial and naval reasons, the right to occupy
q harbor considerably north Of Hong Kong
would be desirable. the Revie,o jrepels the
charge that Great Britain has any design
of impairing the territorial integrity Of
China, or any wish to add to the Chinese
population which she already controls in
the Bay Of Canton. England has, however,
immense commercial interests in the Mid
die Kingdom which require vigilant and
resolute protection by British statesman
ship. Some figures recently compiled by
the st. James's Gazette are quoted for
the purpose of displaying the magni-
tude of the British stake in China. In
1895 the total foreign trade Of China was
valued at 314, 9s9, 926 taels; the Haikwan
or customs tael, which was worth about 81
cents in 1895, Is to-day worth about go
cents. To this total the m with
Great Britain and British possessions con.
tributed 213, ,765 taels; that is to say,
British subjects transacted 81 per cent. Of
the whole foreign trade of the Celestial
Empire. Again, the tonnage of the British
shipping entered and cleared In Chinese
ports in 1905 was 2O,b26,79s tons, while
that Of Germany, France, Russia, Den
mark, and the United States combined was
only 3,224,271 tons, or less than one'sixth
as much. We observe, lastly, that while
in 1895 England had 4,Os4 residents in
the treaty ports, the United States, which
came next, had but 1925; France, s75 ;
Germany, s12, and Russia, 116.
The data just quoted show that Great
Britain could not permit, without commit
ting a species of commercial suicide, the
partition of the Chinese seacoast~ among
European powers, which, should they fol-
low their habitual colonial policy, would
shut her out of the Chinese markets.
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As TO BUILDING BEYOND THE LINE,
Letter from n Correspondent whose Mind 10
Not Clear on This subject.

Letter from n Correspondent whose Mind n
Not Clear on This Subject.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-!Sir. I should
think 1t would be q mighty serious thing for q
man who had all his money locked up in q
house in a city block which he designed to make
his homo to see somebody come along and build
next to him a fiat, or q house, or any sort OF
building out beyond the building line. l am
not IN expert, but ] should think that this
would damage the adjoining houses. l know
such a house would be less desirable for me.
What Is right in such q case as this l don't
profess to know. I have an idea in a general
sort of way that q man who WINS a lot ought to
be permitted to improve 1t to his own best ad.
vantage. and yet It seems too bad that his adjoln.
ing neighbor should DO made to suffer thereby.
And yet I suppose that when q man buys q
house he takes it subject to changing conditions
to. the shifting Of population and so on; he
takes The risk; We can't do anything without
But here is a thing that I have never been
able to cipher out to my own satisfaction, and
that is The real merits in the case Of a church
building line. A church built out shuts Oft
light and air and view as much as any other
There are many churches so built in the city.
The church naturally desires. as any other
effect Of the church are undoubtedly for the good
Of the community, but does it not do an injury in
some, degree to tho owners Of property imme.
diately ADJACENT by building out, and is il right
tnat IL sn oue oa daa OUT Dey9ha me mnet ~.
cept, now that I come to think Of it, a Gene.
tory lot. I'm not worrying about this matter
but whenever j see o church beyond the line I
can't help thinking Of 1t. I don't believe that
any =" church. would deliberately do what IL
ing that the property Of the man next door is
more Of. less injured. What / want to know is,
is 1t light and fair for the church to build Quit
HOUSE LINE.
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Diplomatists on Bicycles.

An important ruling has Just been made
by the British Foreign Office, which prac-
tically allows diplomatists, their sons, their
daughters, their Wallets, and their cooks, to
ride on bicycles when and where they
please within the realm of the Queen.
Under this ruling all laws and regulations
of British municipalities to keep off the
"~footpaths," as they are called in England,
may be broken without fear Of the police
by any ~diplomatist or any member Of q
diplomatist's family while riding on a
wheel. To put the case In another way, the
bicycle has been invested with the awful
s~anctity that clothes diplomacy. The wheel
Is at liberty to run at pleasure, provided q
member of an Ambassadors official family,
or one of his servitors, is in the saddle.
AS set forth in TuESUNs cable dispatches
on Thursday, this diplomatic revolution in
the case of the wheel has been brought
about by Mr.. SPENCER EDDY, Secretary to
Ambassador HAY. An audacious Magis-
trate of Maidenhead had the temerity to
summon before him Mr.. EDDY and the son
of Mr.. HENRY WHITE, Secretary to the
Embassy, on the charge of riding ~tricycles
on the "footpath" at Wickield. Neither
Ol UueSc lISe anu uueptuutuU ALlcIiCullb
paid the least attention to the ukase Of
this modern %JEFFREYs. Appeal Yves made
by them to the American Embassy in Lon
DON. Secretary WHITE was equal to the
emergency. At once he sent a mandate to
the Maidenhead Judge, ordering him to
desist from his fell purpose of filming or in
generating the diplomatic invaders Of the
"footpath." That terrified official imme-
diately communicated with the Home
Office, which thereupon stayed the hand Of
Justice and bound it up tight with the
thongs of diplomatic privilege.
The victory is a momentous one for
our Embassy at London. 1t establishes q
precedent of far-reaching consequences. If,
for instance, a member Of Sir JULIAN
PAUNCEFoTE's household at Washington,
or Sir JULIAN himself, should be tempted
when on q visit to New York, to take a
spin on his wheel on the "footpath" up or
down Broadway. he can do so in the exer-
else of his diplomatic privilege and bid de-
fance to the entire police force of this
metropolis. Secretary SHERMAN and the
Administration must see that Sir JUL1AN's
diplomatic rights are respected. As to
Washington, no law Of Congress against
excepting Off the grass around the Capitol
will run against the British legation or
any of the other foreign legations. In future,
to lay violent hands or the wheel Of a diplo.
matist may imperil the peace of the world.
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Tnr aFsrexAr1ox 81 pn. nA1n,
n purrsstisn Thst ne Ts the Csnsesuencs or a
FIet u the Session OF MS Church.

PIet In the Session or rHis Church.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. As
strolled mp tho avenue last Sunday morning A
friendly arm was put in mino and q newspaper
thrust under my eyes with the words. Road
thati' My eyes caught the words, Tho Rev,
John Hall. ID. D., pastor Of the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church. will to-day read his resiR.
nation to his congregation" Impossible I" I
exclaimed. "what can DO the reason =,
"why. he's getting old. isn't hof' Getting
oldi l know upon good authority no 10
younger than you or 1. He IL only 90. and a
moro vigorous. energetic man for his nge I
never saw. why in the world does he resign
That puzzles mo-
Its q nne building" 1 said. as We turned 10
20 up the steps Of the Fifth Avenue Presby.
torian Church. I'm 1875 they finished 1t, and
i attended the opening services. They couldnt
do enough for DR.. Hall then; rumor says that
some Of his people arc leaving him now-nckle
minded human nature: they must DO tired OF
the doctrines taught, for his power is Just the
Same. know 1t cannot DO his wish to give up
work or leave his charge. There must BIO some.
thing underneath 1t all. I have heard rumor,
The resignation was indeed read after a DOW.
erful sermon. Though feeling still strong and
vigorous. DR.. Hall is willing TO give place to 4
younger man IL his session and his people think
II right and fit. Lam convinced II is the ses
sion. not the people. Rumor. and rumor put
| viii ali come out by and by, although the ses
sion wants tho deed to appear as coming from
tho congregation.
It 10 to hold q meeting on "wednesday
night next to act upon the resignation. God
grant tho plot may be defeatedi To accept his
resignation would be base-Judaslike DR.. Hall
10 q peaco.loving man: long ago. In speaking OF
his session and tho perfect accord between him.
self and its members, he said that II differences
should ever occur and peace BIO broken he would
resign his charge. And now the resignation has
como.
speak boldly. though the papers tell us that
such courage In some of the younger and more
independent members has been disciplined"
May have been silenced; some are afraid to
speak.
I know the truth of what I say-the pastor
knows It in his heart. God grant that the poo.
plo may rise in q body, refuse to accept the
resignation, and keep henoeforth, SO long as God
spares his life. this faithful. noble. long suffer
ing pastori TRUTH.
New YoRK. Jan. IS.
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THE SUN, SATURDAY, JANUARY Is, 1893.

any dangerous form. Our friend can
find hundreds Of girls employed In gain
full occupations in Bridgeport who are
strictly temperate do not drink at all, but
abhor the use of alcoholic beverages by
women as heartily as he himself does. He
will have no trouble In getting a teetotal
wife there, IL he can get a wife at all and
he can safely dismiss from his mind all
fear Of marrying q drunkard IL he Guilt.
Yates the society Of good and true women.
What is our solid advice" to hint 1t
is to go forth like q man and win a good
woman FOR a wife, and In Bridgeport there
are multitudes Of good women, so many Of
them that they far outnumber the good
men, with, alas | the consequence that some
of them must go without good husbands.
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A Mistaken Mission.

General" BooTH, the English autocrat
Of the Salvation Army, IL expected at New
York to-day, he having sailed for this
country from Southampton one week ago.
He in the New York, Of the Ameri.
can line, thereby taking pains, we suppose,
to indicate o o~onciliatory spirit toward
Americans.
The purpose of his mission to America,
as he announced before sailing, 10 to mako
an effort to bring back to the discipline Of
the Salvation Army his son, DARLINGTON
BooTH, and Mrs. DARLINGTON BOOTH, and
thus cause the surrender and dispersion Of
the American Volunteers, established by
them as an independent evangelizing force.
1t is not at all probable, however, that he
will be successful in his undertaking.
Since the American organization declared
Its independence Of Gen. BooTH's London
None of the money contributed to It and
by 1t goes into the London treasury, but Ia
spent wholly here, whore 1t should DO
spent. Tho enterprise 10 ~distinotively
American. while the Salvation Army 10
managed despotically in London.
Moreover, the organization Of the Ameri-
can Volunteers by Mr.. and Mrs. BADnrNe-
o BOOTH was duo to the arrogance and
superciliousness of Gen. BOOTH when he
visited this country several years ago.
They had become A~mericaniEed; he re-
manned extensively English. They knew
from experience the o and temper Of
this country; he objected to any conces-
sion to them by the Salvation Army, to the
5t,olon hu a. - kba Ckor, and Stripoa and
to the eagle on the crests and insignia Of
its members, and demanded absolute obedi-
ence to his insular English will. Accord
ingly, they declared their Independence
and started the American Volunteers.
That was the proper thing for them to
do, and they cannot now yield to Gen.
BooTH's attempt to persuade them from 1t
without sacrificing American respect. We
have no use for this despotic Englishman
and his Salvation Army. Its continued
existence here only serves to provoke rancor
that outrages public decency, to say moth
ing Of religious sentiment. 1t fosters the
spirit of the devil only.
However the American people may diff
fer as to the propriety of the methods Of
these evangelizing organizations, they all
honor the purity Of character and elevation
of motive Of Mrs. DARLINGTON BOOTH, a
refined, gracious, spiritually minded, and
engagingly eloquent woman, and such
success as the Salvation Army had after
its initiation in this country was duo to
the confidence in her which induced largo
contributions to its resources. Her with.
drawal from 1t was sufficient evidence for
the public that it had lost title to their re.
spect and their support.
We do not want any English General for
any American army, be 1t military or
spiritual. We can manage u own re-
ligious enterprises without dictation from
London. General" BOOTH, therefore, has
mistaken his proper field for usefulness in
coming to America. The best thing for him
to do is take the first ship homo again. He
will waste his efforts to rebuild here his
system of spiritual and financial tyranny.
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The InstaIIment Plan,

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus-Sfr: The criticisms by
an. NJ" on the reforms in the laws relating to "in.
stailment plan" debtors advocated by Mr.. Gino C.
speranza and Mr.. Ernest II. Crosby, appear convincing
from the standpoint OF the dealer. But they suggest
q conside ration apart from tho interests OF either pur.
chas II or seller. I. C.. why should the public inter.
fer by law with tho business transactions OF private
Individually
II Cohen sells a clock on the installment plan 10
Smith. that is his own anair, H. charges a higher
price because Of the risk he takes, and, II Smith does
not pay, why should the machinery OF the law be set
In motion 10 compel payment? Why should tre com.
which to maintain delinquent debtors, in order 10 en-.
and SmitnP
Is II one Of the proper functions Of government.
from a Jrfersonian point OF view, to nne or impriaon
men because OF their failure to carry out an agree.
ment? wa
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C-nURoHeo1xa AKFPrIcIs1r
Prss os,avin s.its op ,ss greatest Of
O,sn-fnann-

EFUh SetuNtn b.tNn w = SENsN
Questions.
To TIE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. One cmi-
nent clergyman, as you say, denies the infelli-
bility Of the Bible and treats the Church as an
association for general impro vement. A second
finds in the Bible lnaccuracy and worse. A
third processes to believe only so much OF the
Biblo as commends itself TO his judgment, Mr..
willourhby, in his interesting lotter 10 you,
robukes one of them for indiscretion In the pub
lication Of truth. At tho same time he says
himself that the truth may be rightly told In
private conversation. For his own part he re-
CARDS churohRoing as a moral tonic and o
mental bath" adding that ut 10 often not COM
Portable to get up and take o sponge bath with
cold water In q cold room. but lacking better ia
cilities you must do It II you would DO decent
among your friends and agreeable to yourself"
The eminent clergyman might perhaps DO justi-
fed in retorting on Mr.. WillouRhby the charge
of indiscrect disclosure.
How many churchgoers are there to whom
churchgoing 10 merely q moral and mental
sponge bath which they take without any
definite belief in the doctrine. that they may be
decent among thoir friends and agreeable to
themselvcsi How many arc there who, dis
sembling In public, tell the truth in private con.
versationi II the number is large. tho end
cannot be far of, and this hollow crust Of out
ward conformity may presently fall In with o
crash all the greater for delay.
Mr.. willoughby Ia q layman and has only to
ait nasssIvo IN bis nav. INT A CLERGYMAN has
~notivolv IN nrofesa and preach the doctrines.
II no has oeascd 70 believe them. what ia he to
do, never could regard without entire aver.
aIon tho tbeory of Renan. which. i fear. was also
that of Matthew Arnold. that truth was tho
privilege of the onIiebtened fev while tradition
WINS tho lot of the crowd. But the most fatal
- - A. 49, tkAk ~ l>lt,.NAl
tho clergy m fa,sebood.
Caution ana tondorness ara mo,t neceasorv in
dealing with roliplous ouestions. seeine To how
Great an eytont relioion has formed the basIs of
morality. But skopticism has now spread 80 far,
| not onlv oron, Inc Ioorn.d bu, apono mecbsn.
ics. that the nolicv Of aiIence mr. Discrimination
supposinp a. were sound. IA NO longer possible.
There ia nothing for a. now lint nerfectlv FREQ
ino,,irv ma front .ocantonoa n, ro.nlt, Can.
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our Fleet for tho Gulf:

1t is a fortunate coincidence that the de-
parture of Admiral SIoARD's squadron, or,
rather, of his advance vessels, for the win.
ter drill grounds near Key West, occurs
just as the tumult in Havana makes the
proximity of an American naval force to
Cuban waters a matter of Importance.
Hitherto, since the outbreak of the war
in Cuba, we nave gone to the verge of sac
rifcing our own naval interests In our
anxiety not to excite the alarm or wound
the sensibilities of Spain. Our ships have
refrained from their customary winter
cruises in the Gulf of Mexico and the
Caribbean Sea, and the training, which at
this season requires o low latitude, has
been abandoned.
A few months ago our naval authorities
concluded that this a~bnegation had been
carried far enough, and that we ought not
to forego longer the advantages of maneu-
wiring in the waters Of the Florida coast.
The decision to hold evolutions there in
January was long ago made public, and,
though the departure southwark of the
vessels assembled at Hampton Roads has
frequently been postponed, the date last
fixed for that purpose, jan. 10, was an
nounced long before the Havana riots.
The Madrid Government. therefore, can
not take umbrage ut the Outward move
ment of our North Atlantic squadron,
while this movement has a twofold timeli-
ness just now. This powerful array of war
ships will prepare for its prescribed pro.
gramme of exercises as though nothing un-
usual had occurred In Havana, and yet it's
presence. only a few hours run therefrom.
will be a source of relief and of reliance for
tho protection of American citizens and
American rights.
At all events. with a feet which may
eventually include the battleships Iowa,
Indiana, Massachusetts,, Maine n Texas,
the armored cruisers New York and Brook
Ign and perhaps the monitor Terror, to say
nothing of unarmored cruisers and the
torpedo ~flotilla, our force within a hundred
miles of the Cuban coast will be such as
never before assembled there.
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Fell lutte tho River and Went to Sleep.

Charles Malloy. aged % years. residing In
day. He was Intoxicated, 1t is said. and, while
attempting. to attach q hawser to a tugboat at
the Callowhill street wharf. Schuylkill. fell
overheard. All attempts to discover Malloy by
the tugboat hands and men OF the wharf were
futile. They dragged tho river and searched
under tho boat, but found no trace of the miss.
ing man., Finally, they gave It up. concluding
that Malloy,. too drunk to make any effort to
save himself. had sunk to the bottom and
drowned. But they were in error. An
hour and q half after no had fallen into
the river Malloy was found by Dan" Gala
nauRh, the woll-known oarsman who was row.
ing up the river in his boat. .Malloy was lying
upon q log floating In the water. with his arms
was with difficulty that Gaianaugh aroused him.
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HERE rs 4 CAMPAIGN DOCUMENT
A Colorea journalist in Texas Rooms . Cam
didnte Tor Mayor.

a Colored journalist in Texas Rooms o Can.
didnte Tor Mayor.
From the Austin Metropolitan and Hand Of Friend.
shfp.
We appeal to the colored voters of the city Of Aus
tin to vote for the Hon. John D. Mccall. our candi.
date for Mayor.
A friend Of the poor. . sympathizer of the colored
man. Look within the face Of this pious and honest
citizen OF our city. Can you resist those stern eyes
that express confidence. honesty. and faithfulness2
Can you withhold your vote from him? A man who.
by his assiduous labors and faithfulness. has acquired
fame and the confidence of the leading business men
OF the city; not this city alone, but Honest John pos.
sesses the entire confidence OF the leading statesmen
OF our grand and glorious Texas, and after his cleo
tion, Dec. o, you Will witness the wave of prosper.
ity and better times. His influence will be q foun.
tain Of healing water fed by hve perennial springs
piety. moral fidelity. love Of his fellow man, and the
cultivation Of sweet charity to tho poor. forgetful.
ness OF self. To say the least. that the Hon. John
D. Mccall never scorns the affinity that binds him to
humanity; ignorant and poor nnd In him q friend.
We appeal to the colored voters to see that their
ballot Is cast for this gentleman, whose high aim is
to improve society. His fidelity to his moral and re-
iigious convictions makes him strong and great and
worthy of your vote. Mr.. Mccall is eminently q pious
man. honest as the days are long; certainly he never
embellishes meagre conceptions with o dazzling
trope. nor uses nne words to conceal poverty Of sense,
but honest to express his conviction. his oongeniality
Is like o brook in tho leafy month OF June, takes no
pains to woo your eye or ear to Its musical and
sparkling waters. but come when you will come. in
serene weather or in cloudy days. daytime or night
time. It murmurs sweetly rs 1t goes; break on It in
the thicket. cross It In the meadow, It welcomes you
with the same pleasing note. flowing It sings. and sing
Ing It nows. and his piety gives sweetness OF Its tone
to his life and character. These metaphorical illus
~trations are but faint ideas OF the greatness of our
subject.
Do you want a fair percentage of the city work ?
Do you want q fair representation on the police force?
Do you want better schoolhouses for your children ?
II SO. We advise the colored voters to vote for the
Hon. ]. D. Mccall. His recommendations will be for
such. and We are quite sure the Aldermen will respect
such recommendation. Let US abolish the evil of
bartering on our rights for a paltry pittanoe. Let's
turn out on masse on the 9Th OF December and elect
the Hon. J. D. Mccall Mavor Of our prosperous and
popular city.
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The Swami S~ARApANANpA. too, is going back
to India. Like his brother monk, VIvEKANAsDA. he
has preached the old gospel OF thu yoga to the great
interest OF all who have listened to him.-Sprfnafeld
Republican.
vwEKANANDA and S~ARAKANANpA have sailed
across the sea. and "Welaway.' and ALAS"
and 20. land.a." are heard where the Brahmins
be. where the Boston Brahmins be. With
wrlnging hands and with bosoms choking and
eyes wherefrom the tears are soaking they
gaze across the main. and tho Goldfish writhes
and the crow is croaking. Where now are
your yoEas lain your lovely old yogas laini'