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MIR. ROOT NOT ALONE.
Other Instances OF Hasty Assumption IN
10 what In I'm the Constitution.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sr' Inv
editorial article In THE Sun OF Sunday Aug
%, correcting Secretary Roots blunder ms
Irport'u Ill the i,'o""s any, 49, ~ he praridsnt
press nHsuu No.. ,s c,t,ysps OF
anu Nlce-fresiuehC Vanhot " - n,,t
the snme State, should interest," MN D".
Mr. Root IN In n iares company. II is not
w., N.Y.. IN ~ l., i.,.,,ar. IA In edi.
tnriot 49, ohndl,ra Innocence of what
-. ''I. . ',a ,,,hihita and orders
'he eonsttutoh provias ,s. nnrnn nawsma ners
One of the most widely known newspapers
in the interior of this State, In an editorial
nanti,n NJ Aiavander Hamilton N few months
aen s,'d =. 40 knaw he never could be presi-
ago sara ne kne" ne heFe, co"'. ,S,.,.aa
dent. having been born outside tine NHitco
States" This I have mentioned to num-
her NJ ve,i-informed LAWYERS and editors,
oe. Va ~, W. ~ i. 80, .,,.n az
every one ol "hoii' s"iu " "a' In IN.
Yet how easy for any one 10 read I'LL tno
United States Constitution. Article H.. Sec
~ wv -, 80 49, yrr;,ad S,ates Mt
citizeh' or ctHeh Oh 'ne Snu ~u".,.s.,on
the time Of the adoption OF this Constitutioh'
shall be eligible to the Office Of President"
U.s,I,,.', ,.., - ,I.i,an NJ tba Tins tina Com
iiaiil'o' was o..ieA ~ ' Ia chiId
stituton was adopted ne OF q ha'e '' nv
country one day old the day before the Con-
sti,,,in, ,o, ag,n,ad ifor bs TOO was n citj-
s.,su''on "a ", ' aaop..u nv p.as;dsncv AZ far
as birth was concerned. So it was possible
for MA to have a President OF foreign nativity
ms lately as within Atty years OF the present
time
Not long ago one Of the New York city
daily papers had this in an editorial article:
W., ~. n...,,.n,,,, ,noon..,on v,, ~, s.fore
tne nrst fsae ,r long 81 ys.N. wo%d the Secrs
oy on onS W hecome the head OF Inc Government
tsrsough The demise Of the off,cers above him
'"' 49,. p.,
That is TO say. by the death OF the rtesl-
dent and Nlce-President: buI me o. i .no,s ~,
the Secretary OF STATE was never IN su u,aN.
sion to the Presidency until Congress- mn i
him So, about = venteen ysa years ago; da uis
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The Game Of War at Portland

Playing at war in time of peace is a
most excellent occupation for the fight.
ing forces of the country, and for that
reason there ought to be no small in
terest in the war game which is now in
progress around Portland, Me. A large
and powerful feet of warships under the
command of Admiral A, s. BARKER is
attacking the defences of the Maine city,
which are Under the general command of
Major-Gen. CHAFFEE. Neither of these
officers is acquainted with the plans of
the other
1t was arranged that the strategical
plans of the Navy Department should
he communicated to Admiral BARKER
only few days before Aug %, when the
game began. Gen. CHAFFEE was to
have no knowledge whatever of these
plans. On him and the officers under
him falls the burden Of using such skill
and vigilance as they possess TO prevent
the navyfrom effecting its purpose. Many
lessons learned in the games of last year
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Reasonable Time and Terms.


The Courier-Iourndi propounds to us
a short series of questions which we an
swer with pleasure:
Does THE Sun propose to ncite Panama to
secede'"
No, that is not our business in life. As
chronicler of facts and probabilities,
however, we are compelled to recognize
the enormously greater potency OF the
forces leading to divergence in case the
permanent interests Of Panama should
now be sacrificed at Bogota, than OF
those which existed when Panama and
Veragua seeded, in ls4l, or when, fifteen
wears later, Panama and Antoqula pro-
claimed their independence.
"Perhaps THE SIN would admit Panama as a
State into our Union"
Perhaps Congress might, at some far
distant day, if Panama wanted to come
and were qualified for admission. We
can't say The question is too speculative
to be worth much thought or space
just now.
the rest Of us. processes TO recognize' II Is the
law of the land that the President, upon failure
after reasonable time 10 come 10 terms with Co.
lombin. shall construct the canal through Mica.
ragua"
Not at all The mere failure of Co.
lombia to come to reasonable terms,
after a reasonable time, does not COM
pel the President to construct the canal
by the inferior route. The act of June
90. 1902, interposes yet another condi-
ton as preliminary to the contamination
of that misfortune The President must
first obtain for the United States per-
petual control by treaty Of the necessary
territory from Costa RIGA and Nicaragua
upon terms which he may consider rea-
sonable. Here again he is the sole judge
of reasonableness, and here again there
is considerable interval Of time neoes-
sary before the shall construct" begins
to operate. In short, the matter is prac-
tically solely within the Presidents
discretion; and the process required by
the law of June 2S, 1902, might easily
cover the time between final rejection
Of the pending treaty at Bogota and the
meeting Of our own Congress and the
amendment OF existing legislation in
accordance with new and unexpected
conditions.
Us THE SUN q nulllnca Ilonstr"
No. There is no notification in the
foregoing suggestions; unless, indeed,
any amendment of existing law consti-
tutes, in the Courier-Journar opinion,
the thing called notification.
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Canada and Germany,

The Dominion of Canada is the main.
spring of the new Birmingham move
ment. The Australian Commonwealth
and New Zealand are thus far wheels
Our enterprising neighbor to the north
Of us holds the stage. Whether the Lon
don Colonial Office is wagging Canada,
or Canada is wagging the Colonial Office,
is not yet quite plain to spectators. Nor
is it thus far quite obvious why adequate
treatment by England of the ostensible
cause of grievance against Germany,
which was putting imports from Canada
under the higher tariff rates which seems
to have been so far back as 1897, was post
poned till 1908, or why worldwide pub
licity was so long deferred. Mr.. CHAM
BERLAIN said in the House of Commons
on the 2sth of May last:
1t is quite possible that the issue OF the next
general election will not be the issue which some
honorable gentlemen have anticipated, but that 1t
VIII be In connection with very great and In my
opinion. more Important subject"
The saying has set international poll
ticians to asking one another whether
his new departure is an electioneering
device to save the Tory-Unionist-Im
perialist party from defeat by raising
new issue, which is whether Great
Britain will lie down supine while Canada
ia Inundated and maltreated by Ger
many Imperialism in peace may be
assuming new face, since Imperialism
in the South African war has passed
away Corn may be taking the place of
khaki.
The historical student who puts in the
deadly parallel certain sentences of the
Birmingham speech by the Minister OF
the Colonies and contemporaneous ut
terances by the Prime Minister on repeal
of the shilling duty on corn, and those
few days later in the House of Com
mons, may come 10 the conclusion that
they are so nearly identical that they
must have been prearranged But, how
ever that may be, Canada is now at
the fore, which should be gratifying to
all patriotic North Americans, provided
always that the innocent United States
and her exported food stuffs are not
penalized by the electoral skirmish in
the United Kingdom.
The same student, looking only at his
atlas, may think that Canada ought, as
British colony, to have united her fort
unes, century and quarter ago, with
the thirteen other rebelling colonies and
that FRANKLIN'S proposition, made to
Lord SHELBURNE in the early nepotia-
tions, should have been more vigorously
backed by his American colleagues, and
Canada allied with the United States in
the treaty of peace. A domain lying
between the northern boundary Of the
United States and the Arctic Circle, and
stretching from the Atlantic to the Pa
cific, would be fruitful field for freedom
~ internal trade and such repelling Of
""npeting external products as the wis
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VIII DR.. briggs Bring Up in tho Catholic
Church!

An article In The American Journal OF Theoio0l
from the pen OF DR.. C. A. Briggs Of tho Union Theo
logical Seminary, entitled "Catholc-The Mann
and tho Thing" Is significant both from the FAC
that DR.. Briggs writes 1t and from The trend o
the subject matter OF the article.
The author proves by the historical argument
tina. the name Catholic always stood for three eS
sental things: a. the vital unity OF the Church IN
Christ; az the geographical unity OF the Church
extending throughout the world: 81 the Historical
unity OF the Church In Apostolic tradition The
conclusion Is they who would have Just claim
TO this title must possess this triple unity
We md such passages as the following scattered
through the article 1t Is mere perversiiy not 70
return 20 Rome II the conscience Is convinced TIA
Rome is right in all her great controversies VIE
Professionalism" He is referring to the RITUALS"
There can be no doubt that at the close OF ihF
third Christian century Roman and Catholic were
30 closely allied that they were practically ident
cal" There can be no doubt that the Roman
Catholic Church of our day is the heir BY unhroNer
descent TO the Roman Catholic Church 1.-THE second
century, and that 1t Is JUSTIFIED In using the name
Catholic as the name of the Church as well a. 'At
name Roman II we would be Catholic, We can
not become Catholic by merely calling ourselves
by that name. Unless a name corresponds VIII
the thing IL Is a sham and II Is shame
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many of valuable right enjoyed for
thirty years. A little later, Germany
excluded Barbados as well as Canada
In May, 1891, the German Bundesrath
impaired power to the Emperor to pro-
long most favored nation treatment till
Dec. 81, 1908, to the British Empire. A
month later Berlin sent word to London
that Canada must remain excluded.
Thus the affair stood during nearly
two years, from July II, 1901, till March
IS, 1908, when Lord LANsDowNE revived
it by meekly asking at Berlin If Canada
was to be longer kept under the ban.
The prompt reply again came that South
Africa would be added to Canada. Then
the Canadian Dominion Parliament en-
acted, in April, 1908, in retaliation, sur
tax on German imports.
Finally, and on June 81 1908, Germany
summed up her side of the case by ex-
planning that when England abrogated
the treaty Of 1865, German law automat-
ically put British and Canadian goods
under higher rates of duty Canada was
the prime mover. She was, Lord SAILS
BURY had declared, an independent ma
ton in tariff matters, and she persistently
preferred British over German imports.
In the end, Germany distinctly intmated
that if British colonies in general dis
eliminated against Germany, as Canada
had DONE Germany might exclude even
the United Kingdom from favored ma
ton treatment.
Any one who compares the date of
that last German note with the date ofthe
new departure at Birmingham, will not
fail to see that the Minister of the Colonies
has since its date repeatedly declared
that if Canada shall not, by British voters
and by Parliament be protected against
Germany, the days of the British Empire
are numbered
Canada now enjoys happy dual posi-
ton, as, on the one hand, an Independent
nation unincorporated in tariff matters
into the British Empire but, on the other
hand, incorporated so far as concerns
protection.
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Strik ing Far.

Tom JoHNsoN's Ohio platform is in
one respect novelty. 1t not only con-
demns monopoly in general, but it spe-
cially condemns legalized monopoly.
I'VE oppose, says the platform, "finan-
cial monopoly, together with every
other legalized monopoly and legalized
privilege
Tom JOHNSON and his followers there
fore condemn and oppose, among other
things, the patent rights system and the
patent rights laws of the United States
Government.
This system and these laws afford the
most perfect example Of deliberately
legalized monopoly and privilege that
exists anywhere.
Down with the patent laws!' is part
of the Tom johnson platform.
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Reliance and Shamrock III are to meet
to-day for their second race to windward
and return. This will be the hardest race
of the three for the gallant sailors OF the
challenger. In it they will have an oppor-
tunity to give their finest exhibition of
pluck Twice beaten and with the Ger
tainty Of third defeat staring them in the
face, they will have to buck up as the
Britons say, to meet the situation with
hearts Of controversy" II they make a
close contest Of it they will be cheered to
the echo. If they should spring surprise
upon us and win, echo would have to work
overtime But in the whole history of the
Americas Cup surprise has been sprung
but once. and that was when the America
snatched the trophy from the amazed Royal
Yacht Squadron
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Native and Foreign in Our Population.

To THR EDITOR OF THE SuN-!Sir: have beer
much Interested In your discussion as 10 the fores'
element in our population. Perhaps you WIN O'
interested, In your turn, TO learn the result o.
calculation TO which you stimulated me, TN'
method by which reach my conclusions Is to'
complicated and tedious to bother you with W
conclusions themselves are as follows;
Native white stock lin 1900 less than three rgh'h
OF total population tunder 2s,0O0.O 600 -
Native born whites OF foreign stock. more ins'
three elghths OF total population lover p 90 I"
Foreign born whites. more than one elghN
total population lover 10000, 900. ...-
Colorcd (including Chinese Indians, &cl, less ina
one eighth OF total population tunder IO.N'"
Thus, in 1900. the foreign element appears TO
include already more than one half the total poPi
lation and also more than one half the total o.
native born whites. a.
NEW YORK, Aug rs.
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at New London will now be applied. For
example, last year the navy found no
difficulty in locating the army search
lights, but this year several power port
able lights have been made, and these
will be moved about so as, if possible,
to battle the enemy.
Gen. GREELY, Chief Signal Officer of
the army, has prepared an elaborate
plan for communications among the
various Notifications and the system of
submarine mines will DO much more
extensive than it was last season. The
problems to be solved by the officers of
the two branches of the national service
are numerous and of vital Importance,
and the information to be gained from
the imitation warfare is Of wide variety
and inestimable service.
There will undoubtedly be some spec
tacular features to excite the interest
of the general public, but in the ascer-
tainment by the army officers of such
knowledge as the most efficient way for
district commanders to exercise COM
mand of the defences of artillery dis
tricts in action and the practical CO.
ordination of such defences, or in the
requirement by navy commanders of
information as to how to concentrate
their fire or what formation is best
adapted to an approach through such
channels as are open to their ships, there
will be nothing TO convey much signifi-
canoe to the casual observer of the
"pomp and pride and circumstance Of
glorious war" Nevertheless, it will be
from the examination of such matters
that the officers will profit, and what
they learn will be cheap at the price
which these games cost.
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TURBINE ENGINES ON wARsHrps
Construction Board Approves Admlrn,
Melyllle's Recommendation for Trial

Construction Board Approves AdmIrn,
Melyllle's Recommendation for Trial
WASHINGTON. Aug. 2s.-The Naval Board
on Construction has approved the recon-
mendation recently made by Rear Admiral
Melville, lately retired, that a trial be made
OF the new turbine engines by placing
them In scout ship, to be used for ex
perimental purposes by the Bureau of
Steam Engineering. II the suggestion
meets with the favor Of Secretary Moody
Congress- will probably be asked for an
appropriation of $500 600 for the construc-
ton Of ship Of about 5000 tons to be-
equipped with turbine engines OF the an.
proved pattern.
Rear Admiral Melville. while not COM
mitted TO the new type Of engine, believes
it should have thorough trial, in view
OF the promising character Of experiments
on commercial vessels. Attention is called
by Rear Admiral Melville to the ability
10 rapidly utilize superheated steam and 10
the increased speed attainable by the use
Of turbine engines. Plans for scou,
ship Of the required size have been drawn
and have received the approval of the Board
on Construction.
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In March last the Canadian House of
Commons, through its Speaker, the Hon l..
p, BRoDEUR, sent an address to King Ed
WARD VII on Irish affairs, In it the Cana
dian legislators expressed their answering
loyalty and devotion TO his person and
Government, and referred to the fact
that on three occasions they had adopted
humble addresses to the late Queen eX-
pressing the hope that "A ust measure of
home rule would be granted the people Of
Ireland AT the same time they said that
they had observed with profound satsfac-
ton the recent desire TO usher in new era
and lasting peace and good will in Ireland
and hoped for an early settlement Of that
long vexed and troublesome problem, the
solution Of which has for so long taxed the
powers Of British statesmen"
Mr.. JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN' reply on be-
half 81 the King was curt and somewhat
cold. In three brief paragraphs he acknowl-
edged receipt of the Canadian House OF
Commons's address, told them the King
was pleased to note their expressions Of
loyalty and devotion, and referred them to
the following paragraph in the reply to the
address to the Queen in June, 1882:
Her Majesty viii always gladly receive the adj
vice OF the Parliament OF Canada on all matters re
latlng to the dominion and the administration Of
It's affairs; but. with respect to the questions
fcrred TO in the address, her Majesty will. In nc
cOrdanCc with the Constitution Of this country have
regard TO the advice OF the Imperial Parliament
and Ministers. to whom all matters relating to the
affairs of the United Kingdom exclusively appcr
tain"
.I,N,, l,ne
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Nominations.

To THE EDITOR or The SuN~sir, Please
give This n small part OF your valuable space.
My ticket is:
william Trnvers Jerome for Mayor
Fritz l.indinger for Sheriff
You can bet all your loose change they would
be a strong combination to beat.
Their platform would be fearless Decency.-
NEW YORK. Aug. 28. A.HZ
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Nor. Asou. a Gun That Could BE Lifted

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str CORE
spondent In yesterdays SUN suggests Sham'""
Cup 10 be held and run for In England, so tha' ~
American yacht could go over there and taSeh
This Is good suggestion and would be Soo'
answer TO those Engllshmen who call the p'cSe'
race conditions unfair because the English no''
has 10 cross tho ocean TO meet what they cav
mere racing machine. l. II y
NEW YORK AuR. rs
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The Apportionment OF Asphalt in the streets

TO THE EDITOR or rHR SUN--Sir Coming dow
town this morning on the Ninth avenue rr'a'"
I noted the pavement In the cross streets IRON
Fiftleth street TO Fourteenth. There are twenty
three streets paved with asphalt, and the rcmaiNd'
with the old fashioned Belgian blocks. The NIe"'
seem to be paved In one way or the other WHO"
any special systcm--qulte at haphazard. sh'""
like TO know by what method and for what reasons
certain streets selected TO have one kind oi pave
ment and certain others the other. Is II maI'''
OF favor. or is there a definite plan and Il pa"
what Is ~ 49,
NEW YORK, Aug. q
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-.Sr' WI 'on"
OF your New England readers. also your "os'e.s
and Southern readers tell me the difference oo'"0'"
. crullor, doughnut and fried cake
LAKE CHAPLAIN. Y. Y. Aug. q. GRA.N
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Many knowing persons are talking glbly
about the Queens Cup" again. The
Americas Cup never was the Queens Cup.
No American yacht has ever sailed for that
prize The Americas Cup was just plain
regatta prize. offered for race of the Royal
Yacht Squadron around the Isle of Wight
on August %, 1851. That Cup is still here,
despite the efforts of many would-be filters
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justified on other grounds than the mere
Volunteers. n that rank entitled an offioer
TO the same grade in the permanent es,
Establishment the Regular army list would
now he stuffed with Major-Generals Doth
active and retired. LRsLlE j. PERRY.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20.
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That is to say, about / 8 per cent, of the
Philippine freiGhts went to help Ameri-
can shipping and 9s4 per cent. went to
foreign ships mostly British.
Thus our Far Eastern possessions con-
tinue to feed the merchant marines Of
other nations.
How long is this to last?
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IN. Incompatible, Nineteenth Century,,

Prot. r. s. Woodward. IN Science.
In all that makes for the permanent progress Of
humanity. the contributions of science In the nine
teenth century alone are held by competent judges
60 compare favoraoly with those from all other
sources th roughOu historic time.
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The chief increa ses in this list were s5O7 ooO
TO Germany, sI47. 900 to British Africa. and
sp7 900 to the West Indies. The decreases
were scattered and inconsiderable.
WALTER J. BALLARD.
SCHENECTADY, Aug. ~
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Tn. Good Heart Of George Warrington

The 5000 hoart OF Oe0fRo Wa'n'"A
Washington WAS asked why he had crosse" '"'
river az Kings Ferry.
Il hope he replied with considerable sSpo',5
you didn't expect mo 70 uso the S'sieo A~'""
Ferry"
And Tho soldiers onoo moro know thss hs' &s'
kind hearted and humane leader.
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Readers OF The sun leaving the city can have tho
Daily and Sunday editions mailed TO their addresses
(which may be changed when necessary for 10
cents month. Order through your newSdcalcr
or rHE sun, 100 Nassau street,
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RoCnIhad.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN,sr II appears ol
the records at our County Clerks once ths esE'
Minks has just bought lot Of land.
We respectfully suggest that Mr.. hink' ro''"
20 be immortslixed upon your list
HAMPTON FrraIAA
BnrDuEroN ". j., Aug. 20.
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When Will Congress see the Point ?
The Philippine Islands are an American

possession. Their exports and imports
for the ten months ended April 80, 1903,
amounted to $so,s75, 1853, nearly equally
divided between outgoing and incoming
goods. This carrying trade should be
done mainly in American bottoms. In
stead of that, the humiliating record for
the period in question is:
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No Sport.

Yachtsman-Arent you fond Of yachtinRy
Chauffeur No Too much space around you
and one to run down.
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PAHIs- Klosauc No. H. near Grand Hotel, ant
Gos0ue No, TO- Boulevard des Capurnes
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There was a falling on. compared with
1907, OF 81. es2. 1888 in our export of cotton
cloths to the Chinese Empire, but an increase
of 1915 o3e to the rest Of Asia. There was
also an increase OF s64s.s30 to Colombia,
5000 .4s6 TO British North America. 3ls2.5lt to
Chile. and 3l48.l72 to the British East Indies
The other cotton manufactures went
mninlv To.