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ohau in China and a section Of New
Guinea. She has no prospect Of ac-
curing more. unless. having conquered
Holland, she should be allowed by other
great naval Powers 70 seize the Dutch
East India Empire. Il Is at least ques-
tlonable whether Great Britain would
tolerate such an act Of spollation. A
for France, though she possesses a base
in Indo-China, her interests In North
Africa are so much more important
that she would scarcely deem IL worth
while to risk, for the sake OF retaining
her Asiatio dependency, the loss Of her
whole fleet, even il that feet should be
qualified a decade hence to contend with
British, American or even japanese
warships France once had an opportu-
nifty Of becoming a great Asiatlo Power,
but the opportunity was forever for
feited when, in the eighteenth century,
the English forced the French TO forego
their plans for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in India
Between the three Powers that SEEM
ingly are destined 10 be rivals for domi-
nance in the Pacific there is, Is we have
seen, but little TO choose as regards the
possession Of strategic coigns Of vantage.
Japan, however, is handicapped in the
race by her comparative poverty; and
in respect Of funds applicable TO the
creation OF feet In the Pacific even
Great Britain is outclassed by the United
States. The United States are already
richer than is the United Kingdom, and
their superiority In point of wealth lie in
creasing yearly. Not only, too, have
we more money TO spend, but, owing
to the small size Of our army, we could,
il we chose, devote larger proportion
OF our national income to the extension
Of our naval strength. Moreover, Great
Britain, having to defend possessions
scattered all over the globe, would not
feel at liberty to send all Of her war
ships to the Pacific, and thus her feet
in that ocean might find itself outnum-
bered by that of the United States at a
particular crisis.
These are some Of the reasons why
many persons agree with the German
writer in the RuHdschdu in believing
that the United States are iated ult-
mately to hold place Of primaoy in the
Pacific.
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FIGHT NEW BRONX LINES.
Union Railway Interests object TO Plans
OF the New York city InterbOrOugb.

Union Railway Interests object TO Plans
OF the New York City InterbOrOugb
Notices have been served upon Bridge
Commissioner Best and the Commissioners
Of Public Works Of Manhattan and The
Bronx that IL they grant permits to the
New York City Interborough Railroad
Company to tear up the streets in the two
boroughs or to cross Washington Bridge
an in junction will be applied for,
The company Is seeking to gridiron
The Bronx with surface railroads. Its
plans have been sanctioned by the State
Railroad Commission and the requisite
consent from the Board Of Aldermen has
been obtained. The Union company,
has, however, appealed from the decision
of the State Commission on the ground
that the proposed lines will parallel several
OF the Union routes. A few days ago
President Arthur Turnbull applied 70 the
Bridge Department for permission to lay
tracks across Washington Bridge and il
also seeking TO obtain the necessary munio:
pal authority to disturb the surtacO OF
streets for track laying.
A taxpayers suit has been brought 70
prevent the granting Of such permiSsiops.
II Is thought in the Corporation Counsel's
Office that the suit is one which has been
prompted by the Union company. The
Metropolitan interests are back OF this
company and the Belmont interests back
Of the New York City Interborough.
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CONFESSIONS or 4 HUMORrST
The Hon. ". Z. Chandler Really Not for
Fairbanks. Shlw or Foraker, but for
Roosevelt. as Candidate OF Both Parties.

To THE EDITOR or The SIN Sir: In THE
sUN Of May / were erroneous statements con-
corning letter TO me from Vice-President
Fairbanks. The two extracts given In quo
tation marks were entirely Incorrect both In
form and substance The Vice IT esident
wrote me nothing Of the kind. To avoid
misappr eh enBion IL should. however. further
be said that In q letter which he did write he
expressed neither a desire to receive nor
deter mination TO reject the Presidential
nomination.
The substance OF my letter as given in TIE
SrN 10 correct, but IL IL not an exact copy and
think the expression in the original lie better
| take occasion also to admit that | was not
entirely frank with the states men address ed
My first choice for the next nomination is
President Roosevelt His canvass last year
was phi enomenal. II began with all the pluto
Gratis against him and II ended with them all
voting for him, NJ well ne vast majority Of
the plain people. in addition. No one voted
for him who did not wish to do so. while one
or two millions voted for Parker who would
have liked to vote for Roosevelt. Since the
election Mr.. Bryan, the now ACKNOWLEDGED
leader NJ the Democratic party, and other
great Democrats say the President has
adopted the principles Of the Democratic
party and TINT the party must therefore
sustain him. SO nv hope is that the Demo-
Gratis under Mr. Bryan's lead will first noni-
Republicans will do the same. Under such
conditions Mr.. Roosevelt's declaration not 70
he aRain a candidate should not stand in the
way Of his acceptance OF both nomination..
and he will be chosen without noticeable
opposition.
Railroad trains will continue to run, and
m and steel and railroad millonaires will
ontinue TO donate 20 the colleges and the
churches the vast profts which they have
gained. while nysteriously enough oil and
steel prices and railroad rates have been as
low AZ they ought TO be. or lower $50 they say;
and the donations will he gratefully accepted
and freely used TO instruct 'he people and
relieve their burdens 10 purify politics and
generally 10 elevate rAnkind. With such
blessings n be shOwered upon rs, other can
dldates will cbeerfully yield to President
Roosevelt
All lovers Of their country should rejoice
at the pros pect Of the non -partzanship which
Is 40 nenr AZ band. The ardent support Of
these projects by TIE SUS il earnestly de-
sired WILLIAM T.. CHANDLER
CONCORD, V. II. MHy4
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when a Church. NS, for example, the
Roman Catholic. frowns on the inter-
marriage Of its adherents with people
Of other religions II does not array itself
against the mixture Of races.
Our remark as TO assimilation had
reference TO the feeling OF Jews rather
than Of people Of other races or religions.
May II not come to pass that the Jews
Of this country themselves will resent
their race separation, when In other
respects their association with the other
races Is 50 close?
The public schools, colleges and pro-
fessional schools in New York contain
more Jews proportionally than pupils
and students OF any other single race.
As the Hebrew Standard says, "economi-
cally, socially and on the broad grounds
Of patriotism, the Jew in America yields
to none Of the citizens, native OF foreign;
"he is as good and as true an American
as the descendants Of those who came
over in the Mayhower." Many OF the
Americans Of the oldest stock are Of
Jewish blood. A celebration Of the two
hundred and fiftieth anniversary Of the
first settlement Of Jews in New York is
about to take place. A strain Of Jewish
blood is mixed with that Of other races
in many American families. One Prime
Minister Of England, Of illustrious mem
DRY, was Jew by race. Another Prime
Minister Of England, still living, married
a Jewess.
"On theological grounds says the
Hebreu Standard, the Jew naturally
differs from his Christian neighbor' But
the theological difference is not 80 broad
and radical as that between the believer
in any religion and the non-believer who
rejects all religions; or even between the
rellgiously faithful and the religiously
Indifferent, Of whom, apparently, the
ma jority Of the population Of this town
is made up; and in that majority are at
least a considerable part Of the three
quarters Of million Jews.
The very question we suggested was
whether any white race could be per-
manently kept apart from the general
race assimilation which is proceeding in
this country, "on theological grounds,
when actually they had abandoned
those grounds or become indifferent as
to them. Jews may be Jews in race
yet not Jews in religion. just as there are
nominal Christians Of every race who
reject the Christian religious belief.
When the religion goes is not the main
barrier Of race distinction likely to be
removed, at least eventually?
That is not a question for heated dis
cussion. The rancorous o3ium heologi-
cum has nothing to do with it. Here
everybody is free TO believe or to deny
both Christianity and Judaism and also
any other religion So long as man
obeys the laws of the State in his mar
riage he is civilly free TO marry any
woman he chooses. Christian, Jew,
Buddhist, Mohammedan or infdel have
the same privilege. The question is as
to the extent they will exercise it with
out any bar raised by distinctions OF
more especially when such dis
tinctions are nominal rather than real
with them.
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Our Future Relation to the Pacific

A we'll informed writer discusses in the
Deutscht RuRdschdu the relative posi-
tions in which the great commercial
Powers are likely TO be placed with refer
ence 10 ascendency in the Pacific after
the termination Of the war between Rus
sia and Japan. Beginning with careful
comparison Of the geographical, fnan-
cial and naval resources Of the several
countries concerned, he arrives at what
seems to us the reasonable conclusion
that by the time the Panama Canal shall
have been opened the United States will
be the most formidable Power in the
Pacific Ocean.
We concur in the opinion that in the
improbable event Of Admiral ToGo's
fleet being reduced to impotence Japan
might ultimately be compelled to evacu-
ate Manchuria and Corea and might
have 10 resign herself 10 definite ex-
Clusion from the Asiatic mainland. For
she will never be more competent TO
cope with Russia than she is to-day:
should she lose her existing fleet, she
present opponent in the field Of naval
expansion Under such circumstances
Japan would remain an island empire
and might he eliminated from the list Of
first class Powers in the Pacific. Russia,
on the other hand, in spite of protests
from western nations, would probably
resume the execution Of her designs upon
Manchuria, and she could hardly fail TO
exercise immense influence at Pekin.
II is unlikely, however, that the day
will ever dawn when Russias naval
strength in the Pacific will equal that
already possessed by the British Empire
or that which the United States may look
forward to attaining n decade hence.
Great Britain, owning ice-free naval
stations at Singapore and Hongkong,
and assured Of the cooperation Of the
Dominion Of Canada and Of the Austral-
ian Commonwealth. would possess signal
strategic advantages over Russia, and
would be able to draw upon a much
larger bank account. In respect Of
wealth and the number OF its white in
habitants, nevertheless the great Amer
lean Republic is superior 20 the British
Empire; it possesses equally convenient
naval bases in the ports Of California
and Washington, in Hawaii and in the
Philippines, and might show itself at a
given conjuncture a mightier naval
power after the completion Of the water
way across the Panama Isthmus should
have enabled il 10 concentrate tho whole
OF It's feet in the Pacific.
In the probable contingency Of the
japanese Admiral winning victory
over RoJEsTvENsKY, and thus permit
ting the Island Empires communications
with the mainland 10 remain uninter-
rupted, the present war cannot but
result disastrously for Russia, which
thenceforward would have no chance
Of becoming preponderant in Eastern
Asia. The struggle for commercial and
naval ascendency in the Pacific would
then be practically confined TO Japan,
Great Britain and the United States, for
even the writer in the Rundschdu admits
that Germany, as we'll as France, might
az well be left out Of the calculation.
In the Pacific Ocean Germany has ac-
quiTed only the remote and virtually
useless Carolinos, the harbor Of Kiao-
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state Charters and the Surrender of
stIte RIGHTS.

President ROOSEVELT has given an
emphatic support TO a political effort
to take the income Of all the interstate
railways out Of the management Of ths
owners, unless the courts shall interfere
and place it in the hands Of Congress.
Az it is now, and always has been,
the States, chartering the railways,
authorize the owners to make reason
able rates and collect the same.
The recommendation OF the President
that the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion be empowered TO fix rates presents
70 the several States the question whether
or not they wish TO surrender TO Congress
the power over rates they have so long
exercised.
That is, in the last analysis, a State
question. II twenty-three OF the forty
FIVE States represented in the Senate shall
prefer not to surrender their ancient
rights, and their Senators shall so vote,
that will close the discussion.
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THE SEAGOERS.
Hail . Dozen Liners Garry We'll Known
Folks Abroad

Folks Abroad.
The White Star liner Celtic sailed yester-
day for Liverpool with her cabins well
filled. Among her passengers were;
4. X. Agassiz. DR., Edward S. Allen, Col
William Barbour, Gen. and Mrs. =. W. Benson,
Wilfred Buckley, W. c. Goldman. Miss Condo,
the Hon. George A. Cox, J. A. Deacon. Mise
Mildred de We're, l. Frank Durham, Mr.. and
Mrs Anson r. Flower. J. G. Goold George
b HaTyis. j. clbb9r4 Hhl DT. z, T. k tSsI
W Msrchmont, the Rev. Dougles MeLe,lli5a'
George Prentice Geo0rge W, StTaw v.
LORD and Lady SUFFOLK Toll MT Sao P mrs o. ne.
Lancey Townsend.
The American Line steamship st. Paul,
sailing to-day for Southampton will carry:
Miss Georgianna Bishop. woman golf
champion Of the United States John =, brhy.
Mrs, {. Z. Caswell, Ted D: Marks, stenslaus
de Gutowski, Secretary OF the Russian En-
Ressy at wss hd Ir Ns snd MI Hiss E
Mlward, r. c. Peabody, Count aud countess
Wachtmeister, the Hon: Eugenio ScarteZzini
and Lieut. Amanda Mola,
Among those who have booked passage
on the Mesaba, sailing to-day for London,
are:
DR.. Z. II Bodman, Kendrew Day. Miss
Bret HartS, W KinEstone, W. LLOYD Russell
a%S0D6S Gen harm NJ S s'eTsT and samSs
Morrison,
The Campania, for Liverpool, will have
aboard
Mr. and Mrs Charles Booth. Mr.. and Mrs
T. W. BHgR, J. NJ. Burr, Mrs. G. Campbell
Gleason, Mr. and Mrs. Phillips PhpniE, MIR
and Mrs William G, Van Antwerp, W. u,
Knox and the Rev. DR.. A. +. Kirkpatrick
Among those sailing to-day on the Gale
donia for Glasgow are:
Mr. and Mrs. william B. Campbell, II. s.
Cosgrove, Rankin DuyAll, DR. and Mrs. John
Leigh KnabenEhue. William Lutge, James
L. Norris, Grant ste wart. David W. Murtha,
George Stark and Mir. and Mrs. John Laurie.
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Connecticut's New Senator.

Colonel and Representative FRANK Bos-
WORTH BRANDEGER, who has won the
contest for the Connecticut Senatorship
made vacant by the death Of ORvILLE H,
PLAT, has been figure in the politics
Of his State since his admission TO the
New London county bar in 1885 He
was born in New London, educated at
Yale and when "a years old he was
elected TO the Connecticut Legislature.
From 1850 until 1900 he was Corporation
Counsel Of New London, except for two
years, during which the Republicans
were not in power. He was a delegate
10 the Minneapolis convention Of 1892,
which renominated HARRISON for Presi-
dent. In 1899 he was Speaker Of the
Connecticut House OF Representatives.,
and he il now a member Of the Repub-
lican State central committee.
Mr.. BRANDEoEB was elected TO the
House Of Representatives OF the Fifty
seventh Congress To fill vacancy. He
was reelected in 1902 and 1904. In the
Fifty-eighth Congress he was a member
Of the Committee on Naval Affairs and
Expenditures in the Department of Agri-
culture, and visitor TO the Naval Acad-
envy. The Congressional Record shows
that during the last session he made a
number of reports on naval subjects for
his committee, presented several petit
tons to the House and introduced a
few private bills. He did not make any
speeches.
Mr.. BRANDEGEE's success in the Re-
publican caucus was a defeat for Senator
MORGAN G. BULKELEY, whose candidate
was Ex-Governor GEORGE P, MCLEAN
Of Simsbury. The contest between
MCLEAN and BBANDEGEE was a close
one, and thirty-seven ballots we're neces-
sary to decide II. The election will be
held by the Legislature Monday.
Mr.. BRANDEoEE is Al, and Connecticut,
wisely holding TO the policy Of continuing
good men in public office, Is likely to
keep him in the Senate for many years
His predecessor was a solid and useful
legislator, and the new Senator has a
large vacancy TO fill.
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JURY OF EXPERTS BARRED.
Appellate Court Rules Against Panel N
BANKERS In Bankers' suit


The Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court to-day handed down decision in
the case Of the Industrial and General Trust
against j. Kennedy Tod and others on an
appeal from an order which directed the
case to be tried before a struck" jury.
The suit h brought 10 recover about q 600
900 against the reorganization committee
Of the Birmingham, Shefield and tennessee
River Railway Company for using the
bonds Of the plaintiff, an English corpora
ton, in buying in the property
The case has been twice In the Court Of
Appeals and this is the third trial. On
the first trial there was a verdict for the
plaintiff Of S35S,OO0 which was reversed
by a divided court In the Court Of Appeals
On the second trial the plaintiffs com
plant was dismissed This was reversed
In the Court Of Appeals the court holding
that the plaintiff was entitled to recover
ThereupOn the defendants asked for a
struck" jury on the ground Of the large
questions which they said the ordinary
fury would not understand. The special
Commissioner made a list OF forty eight
names as required by Law,
Thie list included largely bankers and
accountants, on the theory that they would
best understand the questions. The plain
til objected to this sort Of list saying that
II did not care to try a case against bankers
before bankers and accountants. The
objection was overruled by Judge Bischof
who denied the plaintiffs motion. On
appeal this order was reversed and jury
is to be drawn after different fashion.
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AN EPOCH MARKING Statute.
Courts should Not Whittle Down the Child
Labor Law, says GaSnor.

Courts should Not Whittle Down the child
Labor Law. says Gaynor.
Supreme Court Justice Gaynor, in Brook
Ign. has denied motion made on behalf
Of the Sterling Silk Manufacturing Com
pany TO set aside verdict Of 81, 900 ava rded
to Robert 4. Lee, 10 years old, for injuIie,
received while in the employ Of the com.
pany. The action was brought under the
Child Labor law, which provides that child
under IL years Of age shall not be employed
in any factory In the State. On the trial
Justice Gaynor ruled that having employed
the plaintiff the defendant became liable
for the injury to him by machine and that
by reason Of the statute the question
OF the plaintiffs contTibutory negligence
and assumption Of the risk of the employ
ment could not enter into the case.
The statute writes Justice Gaynor,
establishes that children under IL years
are not mentally At, do not possess the
judgment, discretion, care and caution u
be suffered 10 assume the risk or incur the
danger to life ind limb OF factory work. Are
the courts nevertheless going to submit 10
juries in each case, In spite Of the statute
whether such children do possess the judg-
ment discretion, care and caution TO assume
the risks Of the employment and commit
contributory negligence, and IN that way
allow the employer to be eyonerated from
the consequences Of his defiance OF the
statute, according 10 the varying opinions
or interests OF jurorsg
This is a statute which marks an epoch
in the progress Of humanity, and the courts
should not get in it's way or whittle IL down,
as courts have done In the past
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J. HEvRr sMITH WINS on APFEAL
C0.Exeoutor who Resigned. but wanted
CommlshOns, Loses again.

CosANeoutof VINO htalsuNus uut Ue"'NH
Commissions, Loses Again.
The Appellate Division affirmed yester-
day the action OF Suprems Court Justios
Fitzgerald In Diminishing the action brought
by BENJAMIN n. oakeshott Of Kingston-on-
Thames, England. to recover about SSO0,OOO
from ]. Henry Smith. known "a silent
Smith" and George A. Cooper OF Elgin,
Scotland
The three men were named as executors
Of the will OF George Smith, who died In
London In 1899. By this will j. Henry
Smith and Cooper inherited the bulk OF
the $4,000 900 estate. Oakeshott had been
the testator's secretary for years, and on
his death Smith and Cooper, who did not
desire 10 probate the viii In New York,
got him TO sign an agreement by which
he was 10 continue his seoretarial duties
In management Of the estate for $3.50
year. The agreement also provided that
Oakeshott should resign as executor, on
condition that he should participate equally
with the other two In all the commissions
to which executors are legally entitled.
There are no commissions payable to
executors In England, but the commission
here would have amounted 70 about $500 600
apiece for the three men. As the viii was
never probated here. all the estate. CON
slsting Of real and personal property IN
England, no oommisSions ever became due
here to any Of the executors. The de-
PENDANTS interposed this as q bar to Oake-
shott's action, and pleaded further that an
agreement on the part Of an executor 70
foreRo his commissions was against public
policy, as tending to render him less careful
OF the property entrusted to his custody.
On these arguments the action was dis
missed, though the facts adduced by Oake-
shott were not disputed. The Appellate
Division upholds the dismissal on the same
grounds but more particularly on the public
policy theory.
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Almost ihainnountable obstacles 10 ac-
curacy and completeness are In the way Of
such census a. the Police Department has
been taking Of the Chinese population Of
New York city. By each successive Fed
sral census the number Of Cinnamon In
New York-there are practically no Chinese
women here's returned, but without any
oonhdence In the figures. The same dihi-
Guilty attends every effort to take a census
Of the Chinese In their own country.
There we're $3.50 Chinese inhabitants OF
New York aooording 10 the last census,
but the popular estimate is that the actual
number Of Cinnamon is twice as large.
Though there IL . rigid Federal exclusion
law and few births occur in the Chinese
quarters, the Chinese population seems
to increase
To the traditional reluctance Of Cinnamon
10 stand up and be counted which has
for centuries baffied the work Of Chinese
snumsratort at home, is added the often
marvellous resemblance which one China
man bears 10 another. So marked is this
similarity that there Ia always present the
danger Of either counting one ChinamAn
twice or emitting him entirely from the
count