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logical statistics OF selected populations
in Paris, Berlin, Vienna and London, laid
down the law that "the birth rate of the
poorest localities is three times that of
the richest localities. DR.. JOHN s.
BILLINGS, in his study of the subject in
our Census of 1900, reached directly
contrary conclusion. The better-to-do
tho Jewish families, the higher he found
their average of children to be. The
statistics OF this Federation are to the
same effect. In typical districts it finds,
with reference to the Jews, that "the
average is higher in families with do
mestics than in families without them"
DR.. WALTER LAIDLAw's conclusion is
that, beyond a peradventure, religion
has more to do with the birth rate, and
especially with fecundity, than statistical
writers have been wont to conoede. v
He agrees with the view that the high
birth rate of the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries was due largely
TO the influence of the Church Of that
time" when the command of Genesis,
"Be fruitful and multiply and replenish
the earth, was regarded as imposing a
positive religious obligation; and he holds
that lessened religious belief in the au-
thorty of the command is one of the main
causes of the diminishing fecundity OF
this period. He points to the tabulation
of statistics gathered by the Federation
in New York as proof that as the religious
belief declines the average number Of
children to a family diminishes. Prot
estant families with a distinct religious
belief have a higher average of children
than those which have none, and the
lowest average is among Agnostics.
Perhaps our correspondents who are
agitated over the new immigration, the
greatest in our history, will find food
for thought if not fuel for additional
alarm in the statistics of DR.. LAIDLAw.
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Austria and Greece.

The forthcoming conference at Vienna
of the Emperor FRANCIS JOSEPH, King
EDWARD VII. and King GEORGE Of
Greece will be an event of international
importance, for it is undoubtedly con-
nected with the events now passing in
the Balkans. 1t will probably mean the
ending Of the feud between Austria and
Greece, which began when the former
handed over RHIGA, the village school,
master of Velestino, in Thessaly, and the
poet of the Greek Revolution, to the
Turkish hangman at Belgrade, early in
the last century That feud has continued
ever since.
1t was the Austrian influence backed
by Prussia that crippled Greece terri
torially at the time of her emancipation
from the Turk; and it was the same in
fuence, with the same support, that
when the conference of Berlin, in $780,
had given to Greece compact territory
with defensible frontier, caused it to
be whitfield down to what was eventually
conceded by the conference of CONSTANT
nople, in 1881, and handed over the same
year, after Mr. GLApsToNE's Govern
ment all but threatened to use force
to compel the observance of treaties and
conventions by Turkey. 1t must also
be said that Italy was with Austria and
Germany on that occasion. The Greeks
have always borne these things in mind,
and consistently rejected the overtures
that we're made on several occasions by
Austria for closer relations.
In the recent war with Turkey, Austria
again showed herself implacably OPP
posed to Greece, and it was chiefly due
to her pressure and that of Germany that
there was a rectification of the Turco-
Greek frontier in Thessaly on the con-
clusion of peace, and the key of the Greek
defence Of Thessaly, the Miluna Pass,
was handed back to the Turks. 1t was
also the Austro-German threats that
prevented the Greeks from using their
navy to prevent the Reinforcement and
supplying Of the Turkish Army operating
against the Greeks.
But circumstances have changed, to the
disadvantage OF Austria. The tortuous
policy that was pursued by Count AN
GRASSY toward all the Balkan States at
the Berlin Congress, and subsequently
by himself and his immediate SUCCESSORS,
has reacted in the profound mistrust to
be found existing all over the Balkans
against Austria and Germany. Not
even the beneficent administration Of
the late Austrian Finance Minister, BEN
JAMIN Won KALLAY, in Bosnia and Herze-
govina, has had the effect Of making
popular the idea OF Austria's organizing
and predominant power in the Balkans.
1t may have been reserved for King
EDWARD VII. to act as mediator and to
bring about a better understanding on
the part of the greater Power toward the
lesser lfso, great point will have been
gained, and one of the greatest obsta-
cles to the settlement Of affairs in Euro
pean Turkey will be removed.
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A Question Of Natural Increase.

The last number Of the quarterly maya
zine published by the Federation of
Churches association which is doing
80 much valuable work in the collection
of statistics rs to the social and religious
conditions of the population Of New York
contains the information that over one
hundred clerks are now busily engaged
in the Census Bureau, at Washington, in
tabulating ~the fecundity of the social
classes the races, the occupations and
the localities OF the United States in
other words, are gathering material for
a statistical exhibit on the race suicide"
question.
So far as New York is concerned, this
Federation has pursued the subject with
a thoroughness which cannot be ex-
pected from the Federal Census It's
system Of collecting such statistics seems
to be very perfect, and in tabulating them
and drawing conclusions from them
DR.. WALTER LAIDIAw, the secretary of
the association, exhibits rare ability.
Moreover, the statistics presented by
him supplement those gathered by the
Census, in furnishing data for comput-
ing fecundity in terms of religious faith.
1t will also be seen that they have per-
tinency to the discussion now going on
among our correspondents concerning
the influences which the great immigra-
ton of the present time will have on the
American race and on the social reli-
gious and political destinies of this
republic.
DR.. LAIDLAw's New York statistics
indicate that the average number of
children is greatest in Jew families, that
it is larger in Roman Catholic than in
Protestant families, and in the positively
Protestant" than the indefinitely Prot
estant,' and is smallest in the Agnostio.
In every district investigated the same
result was disclosed. The percentage
of childless families or families with
only three children is lowest among the
Jews, with the Roman Catholic next,
the Protestant Christian next and the
Agnostio highest.
M. BER-ILLoN, after study Of sooio-
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The New Cunard Subsidy

A decade has now elapsed since the
Campania and Lucania were completed
for the Cunard company, and no British
built steamship intended for the trans
atlantic passenger service has since
surpassed the speed of about % knots
attained by the vessels named. Mean
while two German companies, the North
German Lloyd and the Hamburg-Ameri-
can lines, have put on the North Atlantic
four steamships-the Kaiser Wilhelm
der Crosse, the Deutschland, the kron-
prinz Wilhelm and the Kaiser Wilhelm
(which have brought the record Of
ocean speed up to 2319 knots. Now,
however, the agreement made by the
British Government with the Cunard
company offers British shipbuilders q
chance OF carrying the speed record to
PAN knots or higher. The conditions
under which two new Cunarders are to
be constructed are discussed from the
viewpoint OF experts in the well-known
journal Engineering, and confidence is
expressed that the record for speed will
revert to the British line.
In consideration of the fact that the
two new vessels are to be at the disposal
of the Admiralty in war time, the agree
ment provides that the British Govern
ment shall advance to the Cunard COM
pany q sum sufficient to pay for them
not exceeding $la,O0O,O0O, secured by
bonds bearing 2s4 per cent. interest.
The money is to be advanced by INSTALL
ments, when an inspector appointed
jointly by the Admiralty and the COM
pany shall certify the realization of GER
tain stages of progress. We add that the
loan shall be equal to one-twentieth of
the total amount of the advance. Practi-
cally, the British Government furnishes
the money with which the loan is to be
repaid. 1t covenants to give $3.50, 1000
annually for twenty years to the Cunard
company, on condition that it shall
forthwith cause to be built in the United
Kingdom two steamships of large size
capable Of maintaining the minimum
average ocean speed of 2412 knots an hour
in moderate weather. Should this speed
not be maintained, but should the speed
not fall below 23l3 knots, a deduction
is to be made from this annual subven-
ton, the amount of the deduction to be
determined by agreement between the
parties, or, in the event of their inability
to agree, by an arbitrator. 1t is not
certain that the ships will be rejected,
even if they fail to attain the speed of
2315 knots, but there is no doubt that the
Cunard company will aim at rs knots,
and Engineering believes that the aim
will be fulfilled.
The annual subsidy to which we have
referred is exclusive of the money to
be earned by the carriage of the mails
1t is stipulated that during the term of
the agreement the company shall con-
vey mails from Liverpool or Queenstown
to New York once in every week, employ
ing for such purpose the fastest of the
steamships for the time being owned or
chartered by the company. For this
mail service the company is to receive
a minimum sum of s340, 900 year, but
whenever in any one W eek more than 100
cubic tons of parcel mails shall be car
ried further sum Of SO SO is to be paid
for every ton in excess of the quantity
named.
1t seems that the designs for the two
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The State Department will do all that
ought to be done in the matter OF holding
the Turkish Government to strict and
prompt account for the murder of MAG
E1ssEY. our Vlce-Consul at Beirut. Every
body can be sure Of that. As an interna-
tional incident the affair is Of no special
significance unless it should appear that
Mr.. MAGEIssEN was assassinated because
of his nationality, reason not likely to
obtain in a city where 80 many Americans
have enjoyed life, liberty and the pursuit
of happiness for so many years as in Beirut
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The Navy ana the Merchant Marine.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sr: In tho
merchant service it goes hard with captain
who loses n ship. According 60 the old rule,
he never got another ship. Yet our navy
vessels. battleships and cruisers. are run on
rocks and sand bars and wrecked. lost, or
damaged and no officers OF them seem TO
suffer because of the catastrophe
Why Ia thisl Might il not be to the benefit
Of the navy to hold Captains and navi eating
officers as sharply to account as they are held
in the merchant serviceY MARINER.
NEW YORK. Aug 81
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The Hat on Parade.
Here is an important piece Of labor
news from the Pittsburg Dispatch.

Here is an important piece of labor
news from the Pthsburg Dispatch.
Patterned after hat worn b. the most famous
advertiser OF the broad brimmcd black felt the
bats of the several hundred aides in the Labor
Day parade In Plttsburg will be exact duplicates
OF one of those used by President ROOSEVELT. The
sample hat one worn by the Chief Executive Is IN
the possession OF W. j. KELLY. secretary Of the
general committees. he having written to and
secured II from Mr.. ROOSEVELT That there must
be some interesting history in the well worn tile
that is the all absorbing point OF interest at Labor
Day headquarters is presupposed, but no history.
no reading matter. nor any comment accompanied
the gift. a local halter has been engaged to make
exact du plcateS for all aides to the marshals"
There had been much discussion
among the marshals and aides /as to
their headwear, but as soon as that Chief
Executive hat appeared all discussion
was hushed. As our Pittshurg con-
temporary says, "all suggestions and
SUCCESSORS quailed before the argument
for the headgear like TEDDY wears.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT has often paid his
homage and shown his allegiance to or
ganized labor 1t Is graceful act for
organized labor to wear his badge.
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and his fellow countrymen who are les

and his fellow countrymen who are les
owners.
There will have been ample time for
preparing a full report to accompany
Congress.
If be can send to Congress evidence
found by him showing that capital has
generally or even sporadically restrained
trade unreasonably by unreasonable mo-
nopoly prices, during MCKINLEY terms
Of Office or since, he will be justified; but
if he fails to make good by competent
specific testimony his offensive aver
ments against capital, he must stand
condemned
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The facts In this case are these: Belle
Nelson was married April 20, 1897, to Arthur
Kemp, Protestant. by Archbishop Corrigan
not in Catholic church. but at the home Of
her mother in Fifth avenue.
On May rs, 1909, Mrs Kemp obtained a
divorce from her husband at Newport, on
the ground Of neglect to provide necessties
of life, but by law the divorce was not TO
become operative for six months Now il
is reported that she Ia engaged TO marry
Hollis Hunnewell of Boston, from whom
his wife. originally Maud Jairray OF New York.
obtained divorce about a year ago on the
grounds. as alleged in her complaint, Of
adultery with woman unkn own, cruel
and abusive treatment and confirmed
habit Of intoxication." The divorced Mrs.
Hunnewell was recently married, at London.
to John s. Tooker Of New York.
A distinguished Roman Catholic priest
to whom We referred the inquiry of our corre-
spondent. informs us that there is no Father
Fitzgerald in Newport nor has there been, "
and he adds that u Father Fitzgerald" or
any other Catholic priest married di-
vorccd woman when the previous marriage
was valid. he would he suspended" The
inference Is that II Mrs. Kemp and Mr. Hume
well are to be married they will have to get
somebody besides a Roman Catholic priest to
perform tho ceremony.
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Insurance in Canada.

The annual report of the Canadian Super
intendent of Insurance has appeared, Asum-
mary of its more important features shows
81 companies carrying on fire insurance
business in Canada and the same number
engaged in life insurance. OF the IS fire in.
snrance companies arc Canadian II British
and American. OF the life Insurance com
panes 20 are Canadian, 7 British and II
American The gross amount Of insurance
carried by these companies stands as fol-
lows:
Fire Insurance ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, $780,. N4asSA
Life Insurance .......... ..... sos 81? sos
Tho total fire premiums received during
the year were SlO577 Os4 and the losses paid
amounted to 81, l52 2s9 The rate of premium
averaged l467. The total insurance shows
an increase over the preceding year of
370,527 032.
In life insurance tina policies tnk"0
amounted to $50 j52 ass an Increase of Sc
853 73s over the figures Of 1901. In the amount
of business done the Canadian companies
show an increase over 1901 Of s75s3 42o
as against decrease in 1901, when compared
with 1900. of s247. 2O2. The business Of III"
American companies showed nm increase
in 1901 over 1000 Of $500. POP Comparing
1902 with 1901, the latter year shows for tn"
American companies decrease of 81 1914
$50 The life insurance effected during the
year 1902 shows rs follows:
Canadian companies ...,,.,.,,.,...... .sA5SS2'N
British companies NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3S2i aE
American companies NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 $40 IS
The total life insurance in force a the close
of the period was distributed as follows
Canadian companies .......,.,..... s3Os 90. -rG
British companies .....,..,......,.,. 81 .S56.9}5
American companies .......,....,.,. l5a 059. iSi
Total .S5Os 81? sos
In addition to this. there is shown the busi-
ness done by fratcrna organizations and
by companies doing business in such lines
a. accident. plate glass. guarantee, burglary
guarantee and steam boiler insurance,
Marine insurance is also shown
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"Nothlng Doing" In the EIghteenth Century.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--.Sir' In this morn
ngs Sun noticed that, answering or CORRECTING
a correspondent whose communication DID not
read Dr. Spitzkn states that he found the expression
nothing doing" used by DC Quincy as far back
1927 thus preceding Dickens S use OF this phrar"
by twenty one years.
Or, Sptzka Is correct whan he states that It may
be Judged that the phrase was In fairly GcnerM
use in the lrSt half of the LAST century
II may Interest Or. SpItzha to learn thar In TN,
Fortunate Mistress" or, as Il Is morc ItncnNv
known. IN "Roxana" published IN March, ii2i W.
md Daniel Foe or Dcfoc using TINS same Expression
During visit TO France the deserted ROKans 5000
denly Sturnblrs upon her husband among the gen
darmes and with her maid Amy, goes 10 Paris ia
watch him and states Vet this nothing dol'S
wretch was Obliged to watch and guard agA.A''.
as against the only thing ihat was raVGhir OF DONG
me hurt In the world
May we not infer that this paraNe was In v"t
popular during and prior Ia the authors INN
Daniel Foe" contemporary Ntrtn> rs master
OF the English tongue, and can N'N what he pirhN'
upon any subject" and he CrrTalGy could SH'
about the people Of whom he wrote their rharhci"' ,
habits and speech. and. although NJ tho da'r w
The Incident mentioned occurred CDir SNr'r tlNc
prior thereto l.. ORMuNnh inVhb
NBw YORK. Aug "a
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A Question About the Rem arriaEe Of Q
Divorced woman.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--.Sr. Can you,
through your valued columns. kindly cnllghtcn
me as TO whether the Catholic Church which
has always stood out so boldly and nrmly in all
ages regarding marriage and divorce. has. in a
number Of cases OF late In the higher circle OF so e
cle,y countenanced the rcmarriage OF divorced
persons' l will mention recent case as an ex
ample in the Newport set" namely. Mrs Arthur
Kemp who was Miss Nelson. a Catholtn. who
was married 10 MI Kemp, a Protestant. In the
Catholic Church. Mrs. Kemp recently d-
vorced from Mr., Kemp and Is soon to be married
again In Newport by a Catholic priest (Fathcr
Fitzgerald ! ask this information 20 as to be
able to answer tho question and give the reasons
to some Protestant friends who have been child l.
Ing me about II. CATHOLIC
NEW YORK, Aug. IT.
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Various Advice 20 the Yachtsmen.


To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Slr' d. Mc'or
macHs letter in your issue OF Aug ?S IS 50 far on
in It's premises that 1t is well the public should know
shcreot
Sir Thomas not an irshman o"o Is ~, 10 s az
Yachts, Scot FRA. Glesca.- All he knows about
-, T. -. ~ ,.unsa ,-,r, hi. ,,,hsr and
which claims Sir Thomas a. . son: and no son OF
Saint Aungo 10 better known Than he'
In building these racers. DO knows more ABOUT
where they ought TO be designed ana oulit IMAM
does your correspondent Belfast mas certainly
built the largest and finest greyhounds." but what
Sir Thomas wants is not large and hne racer, bus
neet one and in the building OF feet ocean grey
hounds Belfast is not one. Two three WIN SIas
gov or the Clyde vicinity. This applies also TO
yacht building giving all credit to Belfast for what
1t can turn out In the way OF marine arohitecture
AS regards the Shippers on "hoih 40 H'ucn &c :
Ponds for the successful sailing or ooa'. the OLD
shippers along tho west coast OF Ireland are, Hke
the nshing industry there. mighty SioW' ana the
people on the Clyde take ono grain OF comfort from
the successes OF the Cofnmbia and now OF the no
lance and that IT, perfect handling OF both by
o Scot frae Gourock.
After all. so far. expert designers ana builders
In England and Scotland have found the task OF
lettering their Yankee cousins hopeless there
fore, how much more hopeless would tho effort
be II Sir lhOnlaS auopleu yvuI 'oIieSpohuent
suggestion No. no, Icy belfast h ud otIer aISn
sasppuuing End hmiIding now and in the mean
time let the genial British Bar0nct marry an Irish
girl. and probably the issue. one or two genera
lions henos, nay ne a',e bi,.S. " ir'n an
S S,,n' d,t. IN. opnort,nltv will sill he avail
able Hoor Mon
MoNrcLA1R, v. j.. Aug. TO-
To THE EDITION. OF ihH SoN-np' 10 AZ least
the international yach' races Judging from the
newspaper reports OF the races already sailed
IN. success Of the Reliance on Thursday Will.
NV -, 49, ,.. =, ran., .,d ,h.,.,,, r.,,,"o
WINNING INC Srie' vi ta.'' "''u SiSieo' fe'aihiue
the precious Cup, would, nevertheless. leave I'm
settled tho question as 70 which Is really tho si.
.r,,r h,.,
pei"i oo"''
II these internat'ona yacn' races nave any pur"
pose whatever, II must be to decide which boat
h,s the sunerior construction and IA built ,Iong
nus , -, w.. "a,,,, ,h. nroo,,,, .n..s p,.
the Hhcs pfouuonk tne k'ea'ts' spoo"' FAULTY
seamanShip or bad handling or the shamrock Ill.
which has been repeatedly charged. II true does
mr. faster boat. even though the Reliance should
cross the nnishlng line ahead OF the Shamrock
three times successfully. Indeed II would he
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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 Tor W
cents a month. Order through your newsdeher
or THE SUN. ITO Nassau street.
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Erom THE sun Of AUG. q.

GLovRRsvILLE. n. y. Aug. %. While there Is no
doubt that Governor odell Will be well taken care
OF on his tour OF the State to address county fairs
and farmers plcncs 1t Is doubtful II he VIII at
any point have as big demonstration In his honor
as no will receive on his visit at the Fulton County
Fair In Johnstown on Sept. g. This Is the nome
county of Congressman Lttaucr. and Littauer. 1t Is
said wants to have the demonstration as elaborate
as possible
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SPORTS Of the Aneient..

Columbus, with hts ships, was approaching
America.
"Geel" muttered the Indians this IL the first
man to come after the cup In fourteen hundred
and ninety two years"
Hastily secrcting tbeiy treasure, they watched
the ships spread out theft baby iib topsails.
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MIR. LTTTAUER, LETTER WRITER.
The Here OF ''Gaunts" Advises tho Fresi-
dent: Don't Trust Odel or Platt."

OYSTER BAY. Aug. Ex-Governor odcI's visit here
to day, II Is sad has resulted In the establishment
of the best relations between the Governor and
President Roosevelt
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ny inadvcrtencr an article In Yesterdays SrS
suggestive OF leaninas toward the Roman CathoH'
Church on the part otthe Rev. Or Charles y hTlEs'
was not credited to tho Catholic World from WHEN
agazine II was extracted.
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Paul Revere was doing his famous stunt.

Paul Revere was doing his famous stunt.
There's one satisfaction" he gaspcd, the SIN all
boys can't yell Gttahorse' at me-"
Feeling that life worth living without an
auto under these conditions, he sped on.
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had Just received n

Alexander had Just received Bucephalus as
present
Don't you think IT'S nne horse'" asked tho
courters.
"No" he retorted. weeping angrIly ct want
Lou Dillon or nothin'."
Spurnlng the gift, he sought for other worlds
TO lick.
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To rHB EDITOR on THE SuN-,Sfy: Tho writer
suggests notwithstanding tho Reliance and calling
her "Lipton's Tease" JENNIE PHilIIPrs.
NEW YORK. Aug. ~.
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PARIS iosQue No. H. near Grand Hotel ana
KIosauc No. TO- Boulevard des Capucines.