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the one hand, that the Transvasl and the
Orange Free State must cease to exist as
independent commonwealths. but, on the
other hand. that the new communities TO
be established In their places must be self
governing communities OF the freest kind
known to the Empire-communities, that
is TO say, which shall be connected with the
United Kingdom by no closer ties than
those which unite TO IL the great self
governing commonwealth OF Canada and
Australia. Another condition OF reconstruc-
tion, which is pronounced essential, is the
provision OF guarantees that the Dutch
minority shall not be placed under any dis
abilities. The Spectator would not even
prohibit the Beers from carrying arms for
their defence against the savage native popu-
lation by which they are surrounded. In
other words, this influential Unlonist news
paper thinks that the utmost pains should
be taken, after the war Is over, not to
deepen and inHame race enmity, but to
prepare the way for the ultimate formation
OF South African federation, modelled on
the Dominion Of Canada.
The words In which Lord SALISBURY
referred at the Guildhafl banquet to the
course that would be pursued toward the
Boer republics after their subjuRation were
cautious and ambiguous. In some quarters
they were construed as warranting the
assumption that both the Transvaal and
Orange Free State would be annexed to the
Cape Colony; by others they were supposed
to Justify the belief that the Beers would
no treated in the most magnanlmous way.
lott oil nf
taken by Lord EDMUND FITzMAURIcH, who
drew the Inference from the Premisrs
language that England did not intend to
extend her territories in South Africa, to
take possession OF the gold fields. or to do
tate terms OF peace that would be. In any
sense, humillating. It this Interpretation
which Lord SALISBURY rcpels In public
letter, for, while declining to discuss any
political arrangements which the Govern
ment may ultimately think desirable, he
desires, he says ITO enter . protest against
any one assuming that the quotation which
Lord EDMUND Is reported as having made
was correct representation Of my
speech" It does not, OF course. follow
from this protest that Lord sALBBuRr re-
fuses beforehand TO sanction, under any
circumstances the continuance Of the
Transvaal and Orange Free State as sop
arate political entities in the sense that
Newfoundland and the Cape Colony are
such. What he says Is that he declines to
commit himself In advance to any definite
position with relation to the question, thus
leaving himself something to offer the
Beers in return for q speedy cessation Of
hostilities.
1t is probable, indeed. upon the face Of
things. that the ultimate fate Of the Boer
republics will be materially affected by the
extent OF the sacrifices in men and money
which the task Of conquering them shall
impose upon the British Government.
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Persecution.

To-day there will take place of Tomp-
kinsvle the deplorable ceremony which
In To signify that Rear Admiral ScuLEY
takes command Of the American squad
ron for the South Atlantic. To the
honest wcarcr OF the American uniform,
soldier or sailor. it can bring no feel
Ing but that OF modification, for the
reason that SCHLIY goes, not In the
dignity OF cloudlcss name and fame,
but sinking without genuine remon-
STRANGE from accusations that disgrace
him, and terrified to the last moment
before weighing anchor lest word should
come ordering him back for the investiga-
tiop which he breads.
Hc goes after having prevented every
man VI tho late Atlantic navy, whose good
fortune IL was to be picked out for special
honors, from receiving tho rewards duly
assigned him.
ScmLEr goes when the records Of his
Government show that his conduct dur
ing the war was unworthy OF n COM
mandcr, and that since the war he has been
guilty OF two succinct acts OF personal dis
honor, namely, falsehood and Justification
OF testimony.
II is shocking to learn that any American
wearing epaucts has in him 30 little OF the
officer and 50 little of the gentleman as to
leave this record unassalcd, shielding HIM
self behind the hystcrical clamor that has
unfortunately prevented the Administra-
tion from dealing with him as he deserves.
or course the thing cannot stop az 1t la
Ii Is Il running sore that cannot be healed
10y covering 1t over. The Nays self
respect and its loyalty to the moral stand
ards held to in the past are too strong to be
washed away by the slush OF weakness
thpt longs to have ScHLEYs case dropped,
and hopes that II will be ended by his
departure from the country.
Wh!lr SCHLEY hasn't dared to challenge
the truth Of the official statements made
concerning him before jury OF his peers,
his newspaper partisans, guping his record
al dishonesty as though it were sweet
have raised against the Administration
the humbug cry OF Persecution" The
day that an officer in ScHLEY's condition
steps upon an American ship t. command
it and carry the Star and Stripes about
tine world there will begin persecution
that is indeed without parallel. 1t will
he the persecution OF the United States
Navy, outraged but helpless.
Can such thing be?
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Nickel steel for water-Tube Doiler.

Some remarkable experiments have been
made recently on the relative durability ~
nickel steel and mild steel. an alloy Of -
per cent. nickel being used In the one case a,
high grade open hearth in the other. The oy.
reriments were male nv Yarrow. tha famous
torreio-hoat and Ater-tuhe-loi'cr builder,
and tho results point to the use Of nickel ,tnnI
In wa'er-tuhe boilers even at largely In
creased nrst cost. The two great causes o,
trouble In these boilers are pitting Or zorro.
sion due to impurities and acids In the water
and burning out Of the tubes due 10 direct i'm
pact OF the Are on tubes unprotected by water.
In the experiments the two test pIAcns %
tubes were immersed In a bath of hydrochorI,
acid TO which steel IL most sensitive. and the
protortionatc amount Of loss due to corro sion
was only a little over 2 rer cent. In the case ~
the nickel steel and over 81 per cent. In the
other Likewise In the hre test tho percentage
Of loss due to oxi zAtipn was 81 for the nickel
steel as against ~ for the other. These results
would seem 20 give certainly double the life -
nickel steel tubes In n boiler. and as they are
the weakest link in the chain the life NJ tbs
whole boiler would Increase to the same de-
gree. Assuming that the first cost ~ tho tube,
was 30 per cent of the finished boiler cost and
that the nick 81 steel cost five times the ordinary
there would be n saving ~ money In the use ot
the more expensive and durable material
Then again the percentage OF danger due n
n tube bursting wond he materially reduced
Taken al In al tho results of Yprrow's cHps RI
mentA are " incalculah'e Importance to thu
builders and users OF steam generators both
marine and stationary.
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Russin,s Merchant Marina.

most important measure that Il expected
ports will go Into effect on Jan, next. Tho
Russian coast trade has heretofore been free
to the ships az all nations, but beginning next
year no foreign vessels, excepting one small
class. may engage In the trade between Rus
sian ports, The far-reaching nature OF this
law will be understood when we consider that
many thousands Of miles separate the eastern
from tho western ports Of Russia. Under this
law, for example. shipments may he made be-
tween st. Petersburg and Odessa In the west
and fallen wan, China and Vlailvostock In
the east only in Russian bottoms, The excep-
ton TO the law permits foreign vessels To trans
port salt from the ports OF the Black Sea and
Sea OF Azov to the Baltic ports.
About four-flfths Of this trade has heretofore
been in the. hands Of foreign shipping
change TO be made In the carrying trade by
the PRONUNCIATION Of the new measure in May.
1877, two years and seven months before the
date fixed for Its enforcement. The purpOse of
the aw Ia tn stimulate the growth OF the Em-
pire's commercial marine The Commission
appointed In 1897 to Investigate the question
o. Rqssia,s ocean carrying trade reEortet that
year In. freights paid to foreign vessels be-
cause Of tho inadequacy Of Russia's shipping
The Government Pays an annual subsidy "a
the Black Sea steamship Company. but has
not favored similar payments To other lines, II
believes, however. that the measure II has
Russian shipping interest. and while develop
ing the home coast ng trade will give the Rus
sian merchHnt marine the ira ming IL needs for
Wider activity In the International maIksvs
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The Small Cruisers.

Speed in a cruiser is so obviously q valu-
able quality that we were somewhat at q
loss to account for the decision OF the
Board Of Construction limiting the speed
OF the new ships OF the Denver class to
sixteen knots. There are rumors OF a
leaning toward slightly higher figure, but
nothing conclusive Ia heard from any Official
source. There ID n lack OF proportion
In the details OF these vessels. The battery
Is an excellent one. The coal endurance
and protection are fair; but the speed. in
these days Of twenty-knot cruisers. Is
abnormally low. The most advanced opin-
ion favors the greatest attainable speed
having regard to sea endurance and mill
tary qualities, and we believe that higher
price would be met with equanimity by
Congress II the engineers should decide
that the higher quality should be paid for
at higher rate.
We have often sinned In the matter Of
proportion in our ship designs. The
Misunderstanding alteration is a force
full instance. The Raleigh Cincinnati
cruisers, with steam power suitable for
Minneapolis dimensions, are being rebuilt
SHADRAcH and ABEDNEao suffered In q cold
storage chamber compared with the fiery
furnace in which the engineer force on
board these vessels were obliged to work
for their country, But the alterations In
the Cincinnati and Raleigh will simply
reduce the boiler space. diminishing
the speed to about seventeen knots.
We're these vsssAlS langthsned say thirty
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Government, Aid, to comm.roo.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. While We
are nourishing In period OF revived industry
would like to call attention 10 the develop
ment Of trade In foreign countries.
The British Board Of Trade Ia o department
In the Govern m emit and It's president has q scat
In the Cabinet. II has Just opened . CONNER
cial Intelligence offioe to collect all sttainable
information with regard to markets, tarifs.
competition. prices, DO. tsbulats and edit tho
data obtained and supply them TO oil msr-
chants seeking them. who may md them use-
full. This 10 the latest among many recent facts
showing that since the competition for trade
became intense. and particularly since the
United States began TO place its man ufactures
as we'll as its breadstuffs and raw cotton In
foreign markets. the European governments
have begun to promote In many new ways, the
commercial interests OF their peoples.
These ofiloial efforts to aid commerce are q
striking feature to-day even In Russia. with
only partly developed industries and . modest
place In International trade. When MIR. Pole
voy addressed our cotton manufacturers. two
years ago. he said Russia desired both TO keep
foreign cotton goods out OF the country and TO
export q large amount OF them. Russia Is
actually achieving both these ambitions.
The raw cotton brought to her mills Is worth
twenty Ave times as much as the foreign cot
ton goods bought by her people. She 10 eI-
porting her cotton fabrics to Turkey. Persia
and the Orient to value about double that OF
the cotton goods she imports and her export
trade is growing every year. She Ia seeking new
markets for her cotton products. particularly In
South America. Russia Ia waking up indus
trially and commercially. and the Government
Is prime factor In the transformation now In
progress. The rapid growth OF cotton and
other industries would have been i'm poasi BILE
~ the Government had not wholly abandoned
its former policy OF discouraginR the invest
ment Of foreign capital, and the EN- p oyme nj Of
foreign supsrintendence In developing tho
young industries. To-day foreign cooperation
Ia invited. and tho Government has even as-
sisted financially In the erection OF manufac-
turing establishments. ana Its special agents
are seeking markets abroad for Russian
products.
Russia Is specially mentioned here because
the efforts OF her Government and merchants
TO place her In the front rank OF industrial and
trading peoples have scarcely attracted gem
eral attention. The facts underly ing this new
phase OF governmental activity are that the
improvements In international communication
have made the whole world one vast trading
community. that all leading nations must COM
pete In the worlds markets II they would hold
or improve their position 10 commerce and
that merchants must study foreign industry
and com merce az they have stud ed their own
home trade and as the field Ia too wide and
the task too great for individual effort govern
ments are extending the most valuable aids to
help their people to win a worthy share OF the
worlds trade. A. II.
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Nov. 10.
The Sale of Poiaons.

To THE EDITOR OF The BUS-Sr: In his effort TO
correct what he claims To have been error in an
editorial in THE Bun. correspondent Charles W.
Parsons, himself falls into error regarding tho
poison laws In force in this city. In point OF fact
there the statute books two laws applying to
the sale OF poisons in the city Of New York One OF
these the Penal Code require, the registration OF
the sale OF all poisons but does not define the
Ing OF the term poison the other IL portion NJ tho
charter and contains two schedules, A and b US In.
dicAted by your correspondent. Any one famili ar
with the prosecutions brought for tho sale Of
hydrate. for use ~ Knockout drops" some years
since will recall the fact that The city nAyis rates in
these held hat the provisions o. the Penal Code
where thsv ounhicte with the poison law rae ad
IN the charter should take precedence Of the latter
You we're therefore in effect, in stating at
druggists required 10 reg the sale " poisona
The entire matter needs legislation as we'll Judi.
ciAl attention. PHARMACIST.
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PROPER FOOD FOR sOLpIERS
DIR. Seaman Thinks Men in tho Tropics
Should Have More Rice and Vegetables.

DIR. Seaman Thinks Men in tho Tropics
Should Have More Rice and Vegetables.
WARRINGTON. Nov. 17.-Dr. Louis l.. Seaman
OF New York. who recently offered a prize OF
500 for the best essay on food for soldiers.
WAS at the War Department to-day
to sec Commissary- General Weston. DR..
Seaman has Just returned from the
Philippines, whore for several months he
studied ths question Of food for soldiers in T. .
tropics. He travelled on several OF the mil
tary. expeditions and observed closely tho
needs OF the soldier while campaigning, He
said to-day to Gen. Weston that he found the
soldiers fed on food ri the finest quality and
there was always plenty u It. He thinks, how
ever. that the enlisted mon are fed too much
meat He believes that In the tropics the
soldier should be fed considerable rice and
vegetables. and that the meat component
should be correspondingly reduced
DR.. seaman was Major In the First Nolun-
toer Engineer Regiment, which saw service In
Porto Rico during the war with Spain. and In a
paper on the United States army ration. which
he has Just submitted TO Gen. Weston, he re-
fers to the great difficulty experienced In OBJ
tanning rice and fresh vegeta bles. He adds
that he believes II the men IN Porto Rico could
have had cargo Of rico and. potatoes in Ponce
In August tho sickness Of tho army there
would never have reached half It's proportions.
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ART NOTES.
Drawing. BIZ O. d. Gibson.

The annual exhibition Of drawing s by Charles
Dana Gibson is In progress under Mr.. KeppePs
kindly auspices In East Sixteenth street. The
visitors are many and the sales are good. so
that the popularity OF the artiats work may be
taken for granted: and II there is nothing new
to note In his m ethods. II may at least be said
that he IA as proficient in the old ones as be-
fore and that the results are about what we
have been accustomed to. The leading char
acterlstcs OF the drawings are as usual seen
10 be q good deal OF facility In composition.
much skill In the use Of the pen In bold and
striking style, and decision In the
stroke, but no great delioacy. Perhaps
in the series called Tho Education OF Mr..
PipD" there Ia n little more carelessness In con-
struction in the drawing OF the figures than In
other drawings shown at previous exhibitions
where American girls were p ,otured In various
foreign settings. such as drawing rooms at the
Court OF st. James, but the two beautiful
daughters OF this sadly oaricatured Ameri-
can paterfamilias retain their loveliness
throughout their travels. and In spite OF some
purely artistic defects are In all cases good TO
look upon. In this series Of twenty two pages
No. 3 exhibits q pleasant sense OF humor
with no suggestion OF cruelty. No. o 10
notable for good study OF types In a
casual French rdssemblsnen on the highway.
No. 10 Is funny but unlikely. unless str
Humphrey Plungington was boor: and the
two girls going to the wedding In No. 81 pre-
sent lovely vision. How Mr. and Mrs Pipp AZ
they are made TO appear In the pictures. could
be the parents OF such duchess-llke offspring
Is question that must be left unanswered.
In another series entitled I'm Egypt" con-
sisting OF twenty drawings. Mr.. Gibson intro
duces fiat washes with good effect. and In
"Thsbes Jan, a, 1898" No. "a, and Tho
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THE CHURCHES AND Exp.ys,,y
The Freedom OF Religion Now Secured 4,
the Philippines Favorable to All.


From the 81 Louu Giob,. Democrat
Archbishop Chapclle the Paral Delnro,. ,.
the Philippines. declares that he favor. the "a.
tention Of the islands by the United stat.
They should he ours" no said, ION moral
legal. commercial, sociological and rcIirt,n,
grounds" similar view was expressed h.,
Bishop Doane OF Albany. \. Y. in his nlIrr,,
to the Protestant Episcopal NJ ssionary C,r,
ell In session in st. Louis The alternate.
which thu United States took In its aitruJ.
toward the Philippines. h. SAYS. IL the an.
which ought to have been taken and il must l..
continued"
II was boasted bv t'Se snti-oxransiopis.s =,
the outset that the Catholic Church in m.
United states would Opposes the roursr NJ IN.
Administration In exercising tor tho country
supreme control over the islands, the Catholic
being the dominant religion in the PhIrppo.
80 far as Christianity NJ any kind IL found Z,
them. II turns out in this case "a in al Other,
that the enemies ~ expansion have boon IN q.
taken. Not only does the Catholic Church
offer no opposition to the policy oft tho 4 Iu,,.
istration. but II earnestly npplauis that f., ~
This IL seen bv the expressions of nearly ..y.rv
prelate Of that fai'h. from Arohb shop ireland.
who came ont In advocacy Of the retention y
tho Philippines almost IA soon IA the r.r.. n
first came Of the defeat Of tho Spnui1r.l- IN
Manila Bav. to the latcat minister us 'nl,
Church who has spoken on tn" SUBJECT. Ihs
other churches also favor this course
N In easy % explain whv the clergy ~ m,
churches In general take the side nj the ~.
mlnistratlon on the expansion question. Ora
OF the articles ~ the roarc treaty provides ma,
the inhabitants Of the. territories "ynr wlmh
Rnaln redes her sovoreign'v stall he s,r,ra IN
the free exercise NJ their religion" Tho an.
Ollie church will have the same con-i '.'Inn
In the Philippines an the rect ~ IT, .-',u q
which we have obtained from SPAN y, :
had when the territory was in tn" con'-ul
Of that power. Al religions Will he ou he
same footing Tho support VIII rh va.
Church received from IN" Spanish Govern.
ment will h. discontinued. hut. on IN" o're-
hand. the restrictions and ob-trur'tons ~
which II and al the other lcnnminntior. We
hninncrnd will he removed There wi,. bono
discrimination for or against auv form y
faith IN N" islands Tho Church W h. ~ u,
In Tuzon "a II Is In New York or Missouri TO-
favor which the Influential pr"ln'os ~ ihs
Catholic Church ARE showing for the American
policy l. likely "a have good "'r""' IN the 81.
nnds. Tn th" case ~ Archbishop Chir"Nc 'Hs
influence will he direct md i'm m "hia'n. nv N,
promises. just ~ soon ns he reaches Manila ~
use MI IN" authority he has over IN" cl"rgt
and lni'v ~ hi- Church In tn" islam T. 10 it.ry
about nm early recognition Of American sp'-
ere gnty
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Servant Girls and tho Municipal
Assembly.

Alderman GooDMAN's announcement OF
an intention to ask the Municipal As sem
bly, to take up the question OF the relation
between household mistresses and maids,
shows really how little OF veritable public
work the Municipal Assembly has to do.
The status Of the servant girl has i'm
proved OF late years astoundingly. Stand
ards Of comfort, or Of luxury, pertaining to
domestic help have risen 30 steadily that
to-day they would make the ladies Of Queen
ELIzABETH's time think that society had
been transformed Into new rich" from end
to end. The Ladies' Of the Lower Floors
have now privileges as to release from
work that would have made them seem idle
to their predecessors OF thirty years ago;
and when they 60 out to walk or to bicycle
they are. as q rule. as smartly dressed as II
they were Fortunes own daughters. New
York women taken altogether make up a
homogeneous crowd OF neatness and
fashion. In which old styles melt with every
Spring sun. Mistress and maid, rs a rule,
are often indistinguishable.
New York servant girls do not need to
have the Municipal Assembly NEEDLE with
their affairs. Alderman GOODMAN had bet
ter, instead OF trying to provide work OF
this sort for the members Of tho city legis.
laturc. move that that body devote itself to
public business only and cut down their
salaries to . sum commensurate with the
little actual work required OF them.
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CUBAN EXHIBIT AT PARIS.

The Best Possible Exhibit TO be Made of
tho Islands Industrial Interests.
WARRINGTON. Nov. 17.-At the meeting Of the
Cabinet to-day the pro position to mako a
Cuban exhibit at the Paris Exposition was dis
oussed. The plan was considered favoraby
and It was decided that the Secretary OF War
should take such steps as may be necessary to
make the best possible exhibition OF the
various Industrial interests OF Cuba and the
progress Of the island under American rule.
Secretary OF Agriculture Wilson reported that
sentatives OF Cuban agricultural interests that
the Government provide for an adequate
exhibit at Paris. 1t 10 probable that about
and this amount will be charged to the Cuban
pavanuas
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AT q. 4. co.. perbsps but slightly exceed.

feet at cost perhaps but slightly exceed
ing the proposed outlay, the country
would have two magnificent sea-going
cruisers Of high quality in all respects.
The Olympia is asymmetrically designed
vessel, perhaps with the New York and
Brooklyn among our best productions
but her battery power was increased some
thirty per cent. during her construction.
We have ground for pride in our later
battleship models. In particular those re-
Gently submitted by Admiral O'NHIL from
the Ordnance Bureau, but "our light cav
airy OF the sea-" the smaller cruisers which
are about to be built, are not design
with due regard to proportion in the rela-
lions OF the gun, the coal and the engines.