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large a part Of the electorate, and the
nobles warned the Premier that nothing
short Of a radical readjustment OF the
suffrage on the basis Of a tolerably high
property qualification would assure TO
him the tractable assembly which he
desires. The purport of Mr.. SToLYPIN's
reply to the appeal Of the mobiles seems
TO have been substantially this: Not yet.
but soon!' He will try nee TO obtain a
subservient Duma under the Witte elec-
toral law as lately interpreted by the
Senate. If he fails, a third Duma will
be chosen under a materially different
law framed by himself.
1t might have been fOreseen that the
very steps taken by the Premier to dimin-
ish the number of his opponents in the
next Duma would provoke a movement
toward consolidation on the part of the
anti-Government parties. Such q move
ment has already taken place. The
conservative wing of the Social Demo-
Gratis at a recent meeting Of their party
carried a resolution that in districts
where there was no hope Of returning
a Social Democrat the party vote should
be thrown in favor of the Constitutional
Democratic nominee. There are signs
of a disposition to bring about a coalition,
under similar conditions, between Con-
stitutional Democrats and Octobrists.
By such methods of Cancellation and
compromise the Constitutional Demo-
Gratis hope to retain preponderance in
the coming national assembly, though
they admit that it will be diminished.
The leaders Of tho Opposition also
seem to have profted by experience and
have determined to avoid the tactical
blunders committed in the last Duma.
They will give the Government no pre-
text for d~issolving Parliament until they
themselves shall have secured the con-
fidence Of the electorate by an endeavor
TO secure universal suffrage and a thor
ough reform of the system of local adj
ministration. If the Duma passes bills 10
that effect the responsibility for reject
ing them will rest elsewhere. That is to
say, the next national assembly will de-
vote itself to constructive work before
it resorts TO obstructive tactics.
In a word, the electoral campaign in
Russia is well under way, and the lines
between the Ministerialists of all shades
on one hand and the diverse components
of the Opposition on the other are sharply
drawn. The only element Of uncer-
tainty is the position that will be taken
by the delegates of the peasantry. Mean
while, there is a umo that Count WTTTE,
who has bought the Sloro and made il
his personal organ, means to come for.
ward as a candidate for a seat in the new
Duma. and that if elected he will be
found among the Governments oppo-
nents. Stranger things have happened
than would be the return of Count WIrTE
TO power as the head Of an Octobrist-
Constitutional Democratic coalition.
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A Great Reform.

The momentous question OF spelling
reform cannot be settled by a paltry and
hidebound subcommittee Of the House
Committee on Appropriations. The Pub
lie Printer is already an object Of en-
lightened public sympathy, nearly torn
into pieces as he 10 by the neo-orthog-
raphers and the cacographers. The
Supreme Court of the United States,
whatever veneration may have clothed
it in former days, is known to have made
decisions which do not COM
mend themselves to the living present
and President. In these as in other
matters there is a final authority. a SOW
ereign and an i~rrefragable court of APP
peals. The people expect much, and have
the happiness Of getting sometimes more
than they expect, from that ultimate and
i~nexhaustible source.
Mr.. ROOSEVELT does not need anybody
to hold up his hands in this or any other
emprise; but his assurance is doubly
sure with Professor BRANDER MATTHEWS
and Lord Rector CARNEGIE at his back.
1t may be said that there is no popular
demand for reformed spelling. There
was no popular demand for the railroad
rate law. The demand came from the
source of supply. The people had but
to know what was wanted and they
wanted il at once. So will it be with
spelling reform.
Crises are thick. Problems press for
settlement. Congress will be busy. But
no diplomatic, no economic concern
should be permitted to keep spelling
reform waiting. At present that re-
form is merely oficious. It should be
made official. Unnecessary letters
should be discharged at once and with
out honor.
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According TO a statement made at
St. Petersburg on November 20 by the
Strdnd, a semi-oficial organ, Premier
SToLYPIN expects hat the composition
of the next Duma will be satisfactory to
himself, and fitted 10 solve the problems
with which the Government is on
fronted. Should the new Duma disap-
point his expectation he declares that
he will summon a third national assem-
bly,, which he guarantees shall be n
of the kind that Russia needs in order to
establish upon firm foundations a regime
of law and order. Such a regime the
country must have, he says, if it is to
give the world a bond for the payment
of its outstanding debts. This means,
Of course, that if the changes recently
made by the Senate in the electoral law
fail to secure a Government majority in
the next Duma that body will be dis
solved quickly on one pretext or an
other, and the conditions of the suffrage
will undergo such drastic RECONSTRUCT
ton as practically will restrict the
franchise TO the landowners above the
InIllk CldSo, u eldJe VI J1llRS WHICH may
be said to have prevailed in England
before the Reform act of 1882 became
operative.
There is reason to think that Premier
SToLYPIN il overconfident as regards
the effect Of his precautionary meas
ures. That was at all events the opinion
avowed at the meeting of the mobiles
~nlI the other day at St. Petersburg, in
--hich slmost every province in Euro
sGan Russia was represented. That by
the exclusion Of a large part Of the rail-
way employees from the franchise and
by regulations intended to deprive all
workmen in Government pay of the
suffrage the proletariat vote has been
much reduced is u~ndisputcd. The MINOR
Dureducrats, also, have been warned
that they will lose their places if they
fail Il support candidates having Min
isterial approval. But, as WIS pointed
out at the meeting Of the mobiles, only a
weak minority of the constituencies
could be affected in this way. Much
doubt was expressed concerning the
success Of the Cabinets attempt to infiu-
ence the PEASANTS who constitute so
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To TEE EDITOR OF TIKI SUN-,Str: Your CORE.
spondent IN. M. s." asks, and answers 70 his own
satisfaction. some questions concerning the au.
thority Of the legally and shsmefully mlscalied
Protestant Episcopal" Church to de1nc heresy
and its power TO deal with II. His queer conclu.
sIons are reached by assuming II to be a Protestant
sect.
Your correspondents premise is historically
wrong, and therefore his conclusions arc false.
The Church which he has attacked Is not a Prot.
estant sect. but a living part OF the great Anglo
Catholic CO nmunlon. founded IN apostolic times.
with an unbroken descent in apostolic succession
to the present day. and possessing the apostolic
priesthood, sacraments and faith committed to
her by ner Divine Founder. Christ. She Is there
fore a divinely appointed guardian Of the Catholic
faith. and has divine authority 10 debne that faAh
aud power to state what heresy per se is. TO expose
and 10 reject that hercsy.
The sssu upton conta med in your correspond.
ent's closing question Is denied BY two thirds OF
Catholic christendom.
JON F. W. FoRrEscUE COLE.
STAFFORD, L. l., November 30.
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Progress In Cuba.

The Cuban situation shows encourage
ing signs. Governor MACON is evil
IDENTIFY profting by his experience, and
seems TO have taken a firmer grip. Dur
ing the first four weeks of his control
there were numerous indications that his
attitude was somewhat o ~indulgent
toward a clamorous group on which
excessive indulgence is worse than
wasted. From various accounts recently
received we infer that he has now
reached a better understanding with
these selfish aspirants for place and
power. If this is so, the step has been
wisely taken.
I, Our information is that the island is
tranquil, and that the people are busy
al their customary work. Here and
there offences are committed. but they
are not in any way political. Men of
criminal tendencies have taken advan-
tage of a disordcred situation and have
committed crimes. but such matters are
for the police, and the police and the
Rural Guards are attending TO them.
Even in Cienfuegos, which has been a
particularly active centre of disturb
ance, there is a general restoration of
law and order. The city is now under
a new set of officials composed OF men
of property and standing. II is reported
that their appointment has given wide
spread satisfaction. If that vicinity can
be kept quiet for a while, the rest Of the
island will give little trouble.
The political pot continues to boil, of
course. Without that element in its
life the island would be unrecognizable.
There Is a growing appreciation OF the
fact that the present Administration is
not a patron of any party. The Mod
crates are in a good deal of disorder and
disagreement, while the Liberals, though
somewhat at odds regarding men, are
quite harmonious regarding
Some of the Noderates desire a com
~parativelv brief American protectorate,
while others favor a protectorate of
indefinite or even permanent continu-
ance The Liberals are practically united
on a policy of Cuba for the Cubans, i"
and desire a complete withdrawal of the
Americans ut the earliest possible time.
With that end in view they are doing
not a little to make possible an early
withdrawal, and are thus forcing an issue
with their opponents.
The value of the present Liberal policy
must be measured with accuracy. We
have certain work TO do before we can
wisely leave the island. Our RESPONSE
bility will continue even after u de-
parture. There is every probability that
the Liberals would win heavily at an
election. The earlier the election the
larger would be their majority. Before
an election is ordered there should be
fair assurance of the good faith of that
party. There should be no election and
no transfer of government so long as
there is any ground for suspicion that
the probably successful party is on its
good behavior only to induce our with
drawal and repeat the experience which
wrecked their opponents.
Meanwhile the immediate reports are
reassuring.
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Four Thousand Dollars for Chaplains.

The Board of Aldermen on Tuesday
adopted the Recommendation OF its
Finance Committee and disapproved an
appropriation Of $4,000 allowed by the
Board Of Estimate in the budget for 1907
to pay the salaries of four additional
chaplains in the Fire Department. Four
chaplains of the department now receive
1900 each. They have alarm bells in
their homes and are taken to fires in de-
partment vehicles. What services of any
particular Importance they render at
fires that could not be performed at least
as well by Others has never been clear.
It il apparent, however. that they are
not worth paying salaries to, and that
the maintenance of a religious annex by
any executive is open to serious objection.
When the department first appointed
chaplains it was explained that they
would cost the taxpayers nothing, and
their duties were left vague and unde-
scribed. They we're to attend such fires
an suited their convenience, be Of such
use as they might, visit the fire stations
when they wanted to, and otherwise
enjoy themselves after the manner Of all
so-oalled bluffs
The taxpayers made no objections to
this innovation, and the making of the
chaplainships salaried jobs was the nat
ural result of the good natured tolerance
with which it was received. When the
appropriation was first allowed TO go
through il became a permanent item
in the budget. The Police Department
now has volunteer chaplains, and they
too wanted salaries for ext year. which
the Aldermen properly refused to
ton. Next the Dock, Street Cleaning,
Water. Gas and Electricity, and Finance
Departments, the. Counsel TO the Corpo-
ration, the Aqueduct Board, the Rapid
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Relations ana Relatives.

To TIE EDITOR OF The SuS-Sk: Which is the
preferable trm for ones cousins and aunts, rela-
tives or rslAtions,
Ny little bootal dictionary admits both, appar-
entity. and seems 70 be sustained by common prac-
tlce, for We say poor relations and then limit
Invitations TO relatives ana Intimate friends" ,
SucA indct rtinate usage. however, is pulling.
ana Gauss a h~esitancy In ones dow OF speech n4
bcco ming In toe designation Of ones kInsfolk.
Relation" conveys TO my mind the Ida. more
exclusively, OF a state Of connection. waIle "~relatIy,-
Is NOR, CLEARLY suggestive OF a concrete mAss--the
descent of ones relatives on rnan ..SsIvIny Day.
for instance. J. " r
NLw loRK. Noyemb,r 80.
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THE roo ACTIVE POLICE.
Oniciousncss Charged Against some OF the
Move On" Men.

To THE EDITOR Or THE SUN-Sir; Last
Wednesday night. being unable to get a gen-
eral admittance ticket to hear Caruso in ia
Boheme." ! was sauntering northward from
the opera house. when ran into an acquaint-
ance OF mine. a you ng law student. We We're
quietly taking together on the sidewalk
north OF the Metropolitan when 4 peppery
individual. with a small. bristlingS dark mus
tache. and dressed In a policeman's uniform.
rushed up to me and with wild gestures
exclaimed: Now. move on therei have
told you To move on. How many times must
] tell your" l told the fellow that that was
the first time he had said anything TO me.
He stammered something or other about
showing me what he could do" and started
to touch me. but evidently thou ght better
of it II am six feet one and not easily excited.
started to move on. well knowing the
expedienCy OF SO doing. My friend. younger
than /. and not quite so cold blooded, did not
take very kindly to his repeated hints ~ to
m we on faster. as we were walking away
at an average gait. and turning said: oh.
hold on there: | will walk just as slowly as
/ please. Your buttons weigh too heavily
on you" Rather inofensive words these.
OF law, who started after us, threatening to
lock us up and do other dire things. l had
said nothing except to, quiet my friend. We
had reached the carriage entrance by this
time and were crossing the street. when our
peppery friend was reinforced by another.
VINO also InTedl PUeu us WIN HTTebis-
We paid no attention but continued crossing
the street, when one of the policemen rushed
up behind my friend and deliberately pushed
him forward. II then became my pleasant
duty TO quiet my friend and pacify the blue
coat, did not care to be the centre Of o
small riot. for such IL might easily have be.
come. as the crowd was evidently on our
side, and the large number Of Italians among
them were in such a frame of mind that they
would only too readily have caught up any
excuse to get at the representative. OF the
police-the prosecutors OF their beloved
Caruso,
We, however, got safely out OF the mess,
and had reached Broadway again, when q
good looking foreigner came up to my friend
and the following Conversation occurred:
Are you a foreigner"
NO" answered my friend.
Are you an Americana"
Yes: why do you ask?"
-You are an American, and you stand such
treatment Well. | have nothing more to
say, and he moved on. shrl g9ing his should
ers in a most significant fashion.
have been in much worse crowds than
last nights, but have never before met such
ineficiency on the part OF any policeman.
IL was more good luck than anything else
that more serious consequences did not fol-
low such a display OF lack Of self control.
How long ntlst we submit to such of1oious
treatment from the guardians OF the city's
peace? INDIGNANT.
NEW YORK. November 20.
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The Star OF Montreal makes the sub
Joined editorial comment on Canadian inter-
est in the Monroe Doctrine:

The Star OF Montreal makes the SUBJ
Joined editorial comment on Canadian inter-
est in the Monroe Doctrine:
America will be British aud American as long
AZ these two Powers ran keep II so. Any attempt
TO plant another outside Power IN this hemisphere
would be resisted by the whole force OF both the
empire and the republic; for both the empire and
the republic are behind what Is called the Monros
Doctrine. There are those In Canada who some.
times allow themselves 70 speak as II this doctrine
we're hostile TO US. and as II We would proat by Its
curtallmen or destruction. But this ls . stTselsmic
view OF the situation. The Monroe Doctrine fsvOrs
the present position OF Canada, and binds a great
nation to defend II. IL also keeps away from this
continent any other Power which might conceiv.
ably think Of encroachiny upon Canadian nights or
territory that Canada should be inter
ested in. No one will gain more than ourselves
nom the policy Of making Of this hemisphere Q
British American preserve"
Our esteemed contemporary continues it's
remarks:
Protection Is a nscal policy which may or may
not persist In the United States after II has
reached an industrial strength which makes u
more hungry for outside markets than fearful about
the home neld; but the Monroe Doctrine will only
die when American power 10 enforce II has de-
csyed."
This view is neither strabismio nor myopic.
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To rss EDITOR or THE SuN-sty: In TEE Sus
OF November 10 Is an article headed Chinese Pro
hibIton or Opium In which It Is said that the
nrst attempt resulted only In fastening the trads
upon her aud involving the country in q costly war
with Great Britain. The result was that China
had to pay a nnc OF %, 100000 for kicking M such
q row.
Although this amount Is technically correct %
representlnr what China paid merely for traders
opium destroyed, yet Il is misleading in that n
gives one the impression that %. 100000 was the
total OF Indemnity that China paid 20 England for
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Transit Commission, the Aldermen, the
Board Of Election-every oficehOlder on
the payroll, will be taking thought as 70
the hereafter, and begging for official
religious advisers. There will be no
dearth of applicants for the jobs, either.
The Aldermen did a good job when
they knocked put the appropriations Of
5000 for Fire and Police Department
~chaplains. They made a mistake, due,
probably, to no motive more reprehen-
sible than good nature, when they al
lowed any money at all for the pay Of
religious mentors.
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It'S GOOd 70 n, Alive.

| have herdcd with the smotlersd
In the sweating subway cars:
But I've bT .atled the m )u ltaln brsez-s
Underneath the Alpine stars.
I have fought the iamlny fever
Where the trOplc fun II thrive;
But i've swum In coollnv river.
md IT'S good to be alivel
have suffered great mlsfortunes.
Suca as Fate 10 all men sends.
But I've found that each one showed me
Jus, whom I could call my friends.
so let kings and raging rebels
For their petty powers strive
For a little child Just kissed me.
MD us good 10 be alivci
HORACE DARSks.
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h Etn,c. or Ex,ra.Jud,c,aI rest,mo,v

To rKE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: Is the
President going to establish another new
law. one for school children. n~ewsboys, boot
blacks, the race that Is having such a tussle
to become as good as white folks-that 1t is
honorable to tlttle? Does he wish IL to be
understood that II he had been in the ranks
OF that degraded battalion he would ha We
-sauealed"?, Many people are waiting to
know. An OLD SOLDIER.
PEEKsKILL. November 30.
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Assessed value Of nrop.
Trade Opportunities In yIldIyo,tok.

The for Ign trade OF VladlvoStok was suspended
FOR eighteen months durng the war. but Is aga.A
in full operation, says Consul n. $. Greene. tn
country needs farm macAlncry and Implements
and machln,Ty for mines. dour mills and saw mill.
American agricultural machinery has an excellent
start In Sibtri but most OF the houT and saw mills
are Of German or European makes. American
typcwhters rs, sewing machines. scales. arms AIT
Photographic apparatus are popular. and there
Is q splendid opening for American shoes. baTOei
wire. rubber goods, leather. carriage tires, lamps,
stoves, Iron roofing, wagons. kitchen utensils, &C.
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suit, We shall have business and moth
ing else henceforth.
The President scores another victory,
and this time, fortunately for the u
try, IL is a victory in the interest Of COM
mon sense and expedition.
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To TIE Error or THE VS. The average
Amerf an In trying to save time loscs II. What I
mea Is that he shortens his life. This seems 20
be an irony OF the gods. fEsTINA LESrL.
new YORK, December I.
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n our friends rho favor Us ttth manuscripts fof
publication ptsh to haze rejected articles returned Mev
must in all cases send stamps for nhas0UrpOsc
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Deccm her In FlatIand.

Flatter Do you have any trouble with the heat,
K~nlcker-None whatever: but we have consld-
cradle with the cold.
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Stclla-Does she look at him through rose colored
glAssesI
Bella-No. auto goggisA
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Prosperity OF the south.

The South is getting nch By leaps and bounds.
Here Is part Of what she has gained in only . quarter
OF q century. The partial schedule following
refers to the fourteen Southern States. namely /.
Alabama, Arkansas. Florida. Georgia. kentucky.
Louisiana. Maryland. Mississippi. North Caronns
South Carolina. Tennessee. Texas. Virginia snd
West Virginia:
Census Cain In
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ably there are other places where Toe has COL
lected on mountain tops. Under the blaze
Of the sun. instead OF glaciers breaking OF
iceberRs from their bases as on our own
planct. avalanGhes Of ice must come thunder
ing down from the submits. II they did
not find channels ready cut for them by
myrisds Of former such masses they would
begin themselves TO cut such channels.
But they must find them cut. and once cut,
owing to there being so very little air, the
surfaces OF these channels must remain
smooth and perfect. The almost friction
less Ice, with a specific gravity only n third
that which water has here. must slide along
this channel. rapidly melting as it goes,
and carrying vegetative life beyond the
equator. At the same time. owing to the
absence Of ordinary erosion and 70 the
small gravitative attraction. the ice masses
must at certain points be liable TO strike
ROCKS which sharply delect those that
hlppen TO sri Sc them. and thus furcations
mus. occur IN these channels.
Sc much for what as u would seem must
happen. Now. what is actually observed ?
In the first .iace no kind OF observation is
40 excessively dieicult as the observation
Of the face Of a planet. Not owing TO
defective instruments, but TO the lack OF
sufficiently fine observers. il was not until
1877 that anybody saw anything that seemed
20 indicate the presence Of a channel on
Mars. Mr.. Percival Lowell above all and
a number Of others have now been able TO
discern not the waterways themselves.
but dark bands apparently Of vegetation
along the borders Of unseen channels.
These bands appear in the Marian spring.