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Timon in Madison Square,

The Rev. DR.. PARKHURsT seldom
allows himself to stray into religious
topics, we believe, but his weekly views
Of the condition of this city, this State,
this nation and the rest of a wicked
world are full of that atmosphere Of
sweetness, light and charity which he
inspires and exhalcs.
In his Sunday discourse he spoke of
President ROOSEVELT, in whom Officially
the heartlessness and the greed Of unre-
generate nationality is functionally rep
resented"
Unrcgenerate nationality; in other
words, hearty patriotism, the disposition
to stand up for the United States, to
believe the best and O the worst of
America and Americans. DR.. PARK
HURST has no such narrow feeling. He
is too broad minded for that. He be-
licves in a reeenerate-or is it degen-
erate?-nationality.
How a this petty national spirit,
this mean, instructive sympathy with
your own country, how can it be de-
stroyed? Listen to our gentle friend:
The regeneration of a nation Involves the
putting into places OF great national trus, men -
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going to please our public. There IL a
great difference in the taste Of our audi
ences and those OF the European ooun-
tries. Singers that have pleased In other
places have here met with no success.
1t is at least an advantage for the man
ager, and in a smaller degree for the
public, that these newcomers are not
engaged for the entire season, When
they do not please in the first place,
familiarity is not likely to make them
any more acceptable.
Famous foreign singers have hitherto
been averse to coming here for brief en-
gagements because of the long journey
and the time lost in Europe when they
were not engaged for an entire season
at the opera house. 1t is not to be over
looked, however, that the number OF
those who are able to make q long and
profitable tour in Europe Is very small.
Mr.. CoNRIED knows that a number Of
these stars practically confine their
profits to this country, and either sing a
few performances or rest entirely when
they do not return to the opera house.
Some of them eve attempt to appear
anywhere else. Taking advantage of
this knowledge, Mr.. GoNRIED is able to
put into operation in our opera house d
rule that has long worked well abroad.
1t is certain to have some interesting
results here, whether or not it is found
suited in the end to u operatio insti-
tuition, which differs from every other
in the world in the high standard to
which the performances must conform.
Even if the new system has NJ other
outcome than to show ID the merit of
the singers to whom we have been ao-
customed, it will have accomplished
something.
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BALTIMORE MUNICIPAL ART.
The "Knocker's' Heel Is on the Shore OF
the Monumental city.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: l could
never understand why Baltimore was called
the Monumental City, True. it has in my
opinion the most beautiful monument in this
country. the Washing ton monument. on
Mount Vernon place, but you can hardly base
q claim for monumental fame on one monu-
ment. Baltimoreans can, however, boast with
truth and exultation that theirs is q city Of
municipal art societies"
There are more such societies in Baltimore
than in any other city in the world. What
they accomplish in the shape OF municipal
art / am unable to ascertain. They do not
prom their members to rid the city of blots
or eyesores. for these are as apparent in Balti-
more as they are In other cities.
Baltimoreans Will strenuously insist that
they have the finest pleasure park in the
world, and yet they allow you to be dumped
into the mud and mire of an unpaved street
by the street car that carries you to the park.
we cannot pave that street." they will tell
you, because 1t Is in the Annex. and the
Annex law declares that q tax of full rate as
paid on property in the old city can only be
imposed on property in blocks that are paved
on four sides. II a block Is paved on only
one, two or three sides. then the rate ia only
90 cents on the iO0-less than one-third as
much. You don't suppose the people living
in the Annex are going to allow their taxes
Well, then, where Is municipal art? Go
over to the other park gate: Here Is muniGi-
extending for about 800 or 600 yards and
shutting out all view of the park. The mu-
nicipal art associations selected that wall.
How it fosters artl See the carlcatures drawn
by the small boy. See how skilfully the
loafers have decorated the base with tobacco
Juice. A beautiful hedge was pulled up to
erect that wall. 1t cost 10000. Why leave
those dilapidated buildings facing 1t? Munich
pal art has nothing TO do with them, They
belon z to the street railway company.
The people OF Bait more are worthy OF the
In about two years they have almost entirely
built up their burned district. Anticipated
buildings have been replaced by modern,
up to date structures. Many new edifces
are beautiful and imposing, hut | don't be-
lieve municipal art societies had anything to
do with them. II. A. NJ.
BALTIMORE, March H..
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A LESSON FROM RUSSIA.
Relations OF Civilization. Political COnserv.
atism and se%lhshness Illustrated.

To THB EDITOR OF THE SUE-Sir: The
course which events In Russia have taken
since the Governin ent got the upper hand
OF the revolutionary element should be a
lesson to those who thought that the walls
of the Jericho of the Museovite autooraoy
would fall OF the mere shouting for the social
revolution. Entan gled as the russian Gov
eminent was In every conceivable form OF
difficulty, the moment seemed most favor-
able for a radical upheaval; but the academic
plans for the establishment Of the Socialist
republic in the while YOU walt style failed.
for the simple reason that their authors were
without the material whereWith to build
them up. They also failed because nc ao-
count had been taken Of the strength Of the
conservative forces inside and outside Of
Russia that were necessarily interested In
preventing the success Of what, after all. was
much more Of an anarchlc than a collectivist
movement.
Even where. 1t was not fully recognized or
understood. the INSTINCT of the conservative
from mere lack Of material alone. The mass
Of the R eg SK PIP people pIs ,psao far from rom being
ern Europe. where. With all the advantages
stili p q llfGns WY fSd from sRo d1S%lnsnt or = pn, dtsi,h in
gulshed from the REVOLUTIONARY Socialist
could see well enough that. however great Is
autocraoy, the creation OF a mass OF anarchio
communities scattered over 30 vast a territory,
varying In climatic and other conditions,
would not work for progress or prosperity.
but the reversei. and therefore the whole
scheme of the "intellectuals" cam to the
ground because II had no cold foundation.
Like other peoples, the Russians Will nave
to work out their salvation by. the slow but
sure process of evolution. The conditions
Of the age in which We live no longer permit
OF the decapitation Of monarchs, as In the case
q Charles I. q England, and ne qPsettInaI q
is hugely Indebted to international finance.
which is the agency for the Investment OF the
country, great and small, and that the breaH
down Of regular government In Russia would
and in the stock exchanges of the world,
which would in turn cause embarrassment TO
every Government, prevent active sympathy
with the reyolutionists In Russia from any
but the nihilistio enemies Of modern society
or from. the revolutionary Socialists, who
believe that before things can be made better
they must be made worse.
AS neither of these lB as yet powerful enough,
or Immediately likely 20 be, to carry out Its
programme. the evolutionary process of re-
form in Russia is the only one that is likely
to mme itself to general approval, simply
because the completely OF modern civiliza-
ton has engendered a degree Of comfortable
sel1shness that Is the stron Rest support Of
conservatism in every country that
has had to struggle from a primitive TO q
higher civilization. F.
NEW YORK, March 10.
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Good American Business.

We did some good American business In exports
OF domestic products last month. reaching a total
Of S74.e5l 600. according to the figuring Of the
Bureau OF Statistics, against S5l $50, 900 in Febru-
airy, 1905. aninorcase OF S2s, 53i 900, nearly 81, 900. 900 a
day increase for each working day OF the month.
That increase was made up OF 50, 000.o 900 breadstufs,
100000 provisions, IS. 900 900 raw cotton tor only
o.45ob bales more cotton and 81 $50, 900 mineral oils,
Yet on March 1 our farmers still held 15S, 40s, Oou
bushels of wheat. 1,ios. 900, 900 bushels OF corn and
$50, .o0o bushels of oats. This large reserve,
Just as good as money in the bank. means more
good American business for our railroads, for ships
(foreign) and for the Great Lakes season about TO
open. II Is enough TO make a year's business for
any country of ordinary natural resources.
In one way, heavy homo demand, II is good
American business that the steel Corporation IL
obliged 10 limit tho taking of foreign orders, but
II would be better American business for that com
pany to enlarge Its productive capacity and take
all the foreign orders 1t can lay Its hands upon.
There should not be any ~self-imposed limit on
American exports.
1t Is also good'American business that the British
Parliament. by a vote OF l74 10 eS. has rejected
protection thigh tarf or any tarihD as its policy
That means a continuance OF our large exports 10
the United Kingdom. II ako helps our exports TO
British colonies by weakening the reliance OF those
colonies on the tariff preferentials In favor OF British
goods.
There is no discount on the good American busi-
ness shown by the 81 100000 February gross earn
ings OF two railways, the Rock Island and the
Frisco systems-w1th their Joint net gain OF 81 $780,
900; or the AtChison with Its gross Increase in Feb
ruary OF more than 81, 500 600, OF which nearIy
81. 600 900 is net gain; or the Louisville and Nash
willie with its earnings for the current nscal year
equal to 20 per cent. on Its stock. rendering the
road now able 10 spend s6,o0o, 900 a year on i'm
provcments and yet keep UP It's dividends: or the
Chesapeake and Ohio with Its January increase OF
2i6yoo0 tons in shipments OF GOAL and coke, and It's
72.,a25 tons increase for the seven months: or the
New York Central with Its. January. 1905. excess
OF 961. 4Sl cars moved over January, 1905. and its
February. 1905, excess OF 4e7,o 900 cars over Febr-
AIRY. 1875.
There is no discount on the present American
business anywhere-lts all good. every bit of it.
In 1905 our tropical and subtropical Imports
reached the enormous total OF Ssos, 900 900 OF our
S5so,ooo.oo0 total imports. In 1895 the total was
ssoS, 100000, but in 1885 II was only ISIS, 900 600,
This is a gain OF $500. 900. 900 in twenty years, or
Ola, 500 900 for each OF the twenty years.
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THE LOG CABIN CAMPAIGN.
A New Hampshire Stump Speaker, Cider,
Webster and Clay.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-1Stf: II you have
not had too much campaign literature, I will add
q little more. In the log cabin and hard cider
campaign Of 1870 I heard james Wilson of Peter
boro, N. II. He was called by Daniel Webster
the best stump speaker in the country. .Ho com.
menced by saying: Here ! am. long. tall. Jim.
! measure Q feet and two inches in my stocking feet
and every inch of me Is Wing. For the last six
weeks I have been speaking In the State of New
York. / have not gone through in a straight line,
but / have cut II UP In squares like a checkerboard
and I tell you that New York is going for TIppe.
canoe and Tyler, tool"
When he spoke at Auburn Y II began TO sprinkle
soon after he commenced and some began 10 move
away. but the speaker was equal TO the occasion,
for he instantly said: Gentlemen, any rain but
the reign OF Martin Van Buren," This 30 pleased
the people that they stopped, and as It did not rain
much they stayed until they heard him through.
Henry Wilson Of Massachusetts soon afterward
Vice President OF the United States, was 30 pleased
with his speaking that he had his own name changed
from jeremiah ]. Colbaith 10 Henry Wilson.
AS Gen. Harrison at ono time lived In q log cabin
and had a barrel of hard older, II was quite popular
TO drink hard cider during the campaign. An uncle
of mine, living In Weston. near Boston. was march.
ing with a procession that was TO pass his house.
He hurried on ahead and rolled out of his cellar q
barrel OF hard cider for the procession when It came
along.
One of your correspondents speaks of the grief
felt at Clay's defeat. / well remember the great
grief at that time. Just before the election Daniel
Webster spoke In New York city. He said: "If
Clay is elected II will be by the skin OF his teeth
and New York city must put HMM, " but New York
city did not do II. |. S.
BROOKLYN. March II.
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COTT0N CULTURE ABROAD.
IN German East Africa and Togo and In
AbyBsinia and Portuguese East Africa.

IN German East Africa n Togo and In
Abyssinia n Portuguese East Africa.
WASHINGTON, March 19.-Consul Harris
Of Chemnitz says that the latest reporta
on the growth Of cotton in German East
Africa and Togo show that the attemptA
to grow this important product have probs
ably passed the experimental stage. The
main question is how 1t will Affect the South
ern States, but the Consul believes that
American cotton will have no real COM
petition, with the population Of Germany
increasing 800, 900 a year and the United
States 100000 a year.
Consul Covert writes from Lyons, France
that Frenchmen are pushing the cultiva.
ton Of cotton in Abyssinia, n Consul
Hollis OF Lorenzo Marques writes that in
Portuguese East Africa, where cotton
grows wild, excellent results have been
obtained in raising cotton from imported
seed, and shipments are made TO Lisbon
and Manchester at a cost Of $40 per ton
from the plantations. Mr.. Hollis sayB
that some good cotton has been raised in
British Nyassaland, but high cost OF trans
portation caused the culture to be ADAM
doned.
Charles Page Bryan, American Minister
at Lisbon, quotes q Portuguese official as
facturers will take all the cotton grown
in the Southern States. Even in FIVE years
IL is calculated that 1s,Ooo,ooo bales an
nually will be necessary for the worlds
consumption, the present production being
10, 000, 600, and this is the basis Of argu-
ment for cotton culture elsewhere than in
the United States.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SUE-sfr' Not long ago
THE SUN said In an editorial article that II the OK
port of Canadian grain should be prohibited through
United States ports the people OF Great Britain
would be in danger of starving, as not q bushel
could reach them from Canadian ports for a great
part Of the year.
Did THE SUN mean on account OF the icet II 1t
did. II was all wrong and must have forgotten Hall
fax, which is as i~ce-frec and easy OF access at any
time OF the year as New York. Sailors who 60 into
tho former splendid hnrbor well know that there
is nothing more obstructive than a strong odor
of the staple exports OF old Demerara: and II a
New Yorker happened to spend q few days In that
town he would, while drinking his beer or ale. have
proof positive there was no Ice in the vicinity.
The only thing that keeps Halifax from becoming
n great shipping port 10 somnolenoe and dependence
on the Government for subsidies and pap.
PORT MoUroS, n. S.. March 10. Sou YVES.
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STATES ATTACK ON POLYGAMY.
Resolution Passed Urging Amendment to
the Federal Constitution.

The concurrent resolution recommending
an amendment to the Federal Constitution,
placing polygamy under Federal control,
which was passed by the State Senate
some days ago, and by the Assembly on
Friday last. wal given out yesterday.
After reviewing the fact that ~polygamy
still exists in certain parts of the United
States, in spite of various State enactments
against the practice, the resolution says:
RESOLVED, That application be and here
by is made to Congress, under the provi.
sfons of Article ". Of the Constitution Of
the United States, for the calling of a con-
vention to propose an amendment to the
Constitution Of the United States whereby
polygamy and polygamous cohabitation
shall be prohibited, N Congress shall be
given power to enforce such prohibition by
appropriate legislation.
NResolped, That the Legislatures of all
other States Of the United States, now in
session or when next convened, he and
they hereby are respectfully requested
to Join in this application by the adoption
of this or an equivalent resolution.
"Resoiped, further, That the Secretary Of
State be and he hereby is directed totrs nsmit
copies of this application to the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the United
States, and to the several members of said
bodies representing this State therein;
also to transmit copies hereof to the Legis-
latures of all other States of the United
States
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A Great Political Discovery.

The apostles Of a new political dis
~pensation who have been 80 busy for
several weeks declaring the crimes and
follies Of the United States Congress
are getting on bravely. One Of them
has recently made a discovery which is
almost as startling as the announcement
that "there are milestones on the road
to Dover" Nh. LINCOLN STEPHENS has
diagnosed our political malady and dis
covered the cure for it.
Az O result Of several weeks Of patient,
industrious and perhaps painful investi-
cation. Mr.. STEFFENs has reached the
conclusion that the Congress is not a
localized cancer slowly but surely eating
out our national life, but a kind Of car
buncle which is the result Of a generally
diseased political organism. He de-
clares that he knows the remedy, but
Washington ia not the place for Its ap-
plication. Washington" he says. "is
only a result-a result Of our local folly,
negligence and our own unconscious
corruption" This is somewhat worse
than we feared.
ne HuInluS lfldU UIe OendI6 u6eQ5 re-
forming, but he finds that ito bawl at
the Senate is Like baying at the moon"
That is a capital suggestion, and we hope
it may sink deeply into the souls of the
hawlers. Let them turn and storm the
great centre Of corruption to which this
mighty discoverer calls attention. Let
them shake the dust of Washington
from their shoes and go elsewhere and
bawl at the newly discovered source and
centre of political evil.
The Senate cannot be reformed, says
Mr.. ~.STEFFENs, Except by reforming
first the city, county and State govern
ments." ALEXANDER HAMILTON had a
vague idea Of the cold fact which Mr..
STEPHENS has discovered in all its length
and breadth and coldness. He even
went so far as to intimate that a bad
Senate was practically impossible be-
cause q corrupt people and corrupt local
governments were practically incon-
ceivable. Mr., STEFFENs has discovered
that political depravity is a national
epidemic and not a local disorder. If
the people were good they would have
a good Senate.
We cordially agree with Mr.. STEFFENs
that the stream will not rise higher than
its source, and we fail to see the good Of
scolding it for its failure to do S
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The leading English treatise or interna-
tional law is that by WILLIAM EDWARD
HALL, who died in 1894. In Part H., Chap
ter 2, Of his treatise he discusses the terri
torial property Of a State, and he uses the
Archipelago de los Canarios"-including
the Isle Of Pines-as an ILLUSTRATION OF the
conditions under which the territorial line
of a country includes islands in the neigh
borhood of the shore. He treats it as a
typical case, n concludes with this
statement:
Each must be Judged upon It's own merits.
But In the instance cited there can be little doubt
that the whole Archipelago de los Canarios is a
mere salt water lake, and that the boundary OF
the land OF Cuba runs along the exterior edge OF
the banks. international Law, pages l24-l25, NTH
edition.
In the fourth edition, which was published
in 1895 and was in use as a book Of refer
ence and text book at the time the Treaty
Of Paris was made, this quotation is to be
found at page 1870.
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The situation I'm South Africa.

1t will be recalled that since the OPEN
ing of the new British Parliament the
intentions of the Liberal Government
with regard TO the T~ransvaal and the
former Orange Free State have been
defined by Sir H. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
MAN. The Premier announced that an
elective legislative assembly would be
conceded to the inhabitants of those
dependencies as soon as an organic
law regulating electoral conditions could
be framed. He also said that the Gov
eminent, while not as yet prepared to
offer a final solution of the Chinese labor
problem, would defray the cost of re-
turning to his native country any Chinese
miner who might desire to leave South
Africa. 1t is estimated that about
1000 Chinese will avail themselves of
the opportunity.
The devising of a satisfactory cleo
toral law should be easy in the former
Orange Free State, where the popula-
ton is mainly agricultural, but In the
Transvaal it will prove difficult, If not
impossible, to formulate conditions Of
the franchise with which both the British
and the Hollander elements OF the COM
munity will be content. Shall the seats
in the coming Legislature be distributed
according to population, as they are
In the United States, or according to
voters? The answer to this question
will have great political significance,
for it will determine whether Britons
OF Beers are to rule the former South
African republic. The number Of
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What Is the Religion of the Socialists.

From the PtrSburg Posi-, e
a fierce attack was made upon the Kaiser ycstcr-
day by Socialist members OF the German Reichs-
tag. who accused him OF being DESTROYS OF assum-
Ing the leadership OF Islam. It was averred tina;
German %oflcials In Africa had told the natives that
the Kaiser was occupying such q position. The
foundation for these charges rests upon the action
OF the Kaiser toward Turkey. He has for years
cultivated friendly relations with the Sultan. The
object OF this has been TO push German interests
In Palestine and It's vicinity. German officers have
drilled Turkish troops and German money and war
materials have helped equip the Suitan's armies.
The good Offices OF the Kaiser have been invoked
on several occasions by the Sultan when he has
become involved In trouble with other Powers.
Naturally the German Emperor has come to be
looked upon with much favor by Moslems every
where. That Is about all there Is 10 the charge
that he assumes 10 become the leader OF the Moham.
medhnS generally.