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France to Have Trained Nur,ss.

From the Pail Mol Castle.
The Assistance Publlque. charged with the hospital
service OF Paris, Is. writes our Paris correspondent.
about 70 mako an interesting experiment. On
vacant land near the Salpetriere. the apmous hos
pltal for women suffering from hysterla and other
nervous ailments. 10 to be erected a school for
nurses, or. as they are called. "innrmIeres.-
The Institution will train young women OF xood
character and education on the English plan. The
training Will last three years: two years will be
occupied In tho theory OF nursing and the third
year In the practice of It.. Almost next door IN
this Institution will be built the new hospital NJ
La Pitie. 30 that the student nurses will have .
neld OF labor close at hand. Seventy i've young
persons will be received each year. and for m.
nrst two years residence in the school will h. 70.
CURED. The experiment Is the outcome Of visits
paid by French doctors 70 England. whence they
have brought back enthusiasm for the devotion
and skill OF the British nurse.
Hitherto the patient In the French hospital has
been very badly on. The ordinary Law nurse 4.
generally an unqualified and incompetent creatur.
and doctors have found very little assistance IN
this direction. Now It is all TO be altered. and tbs
French nurse will bring science and wom.nIv
tenderness 70 the bedside.
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japanese Use Chinese In F0rmosa.
From me ,Japan We,klu Mon


The operations against the aboriglnes in Formosa
are steadily proceeding. We explained the plan
OF action in a recent issue, namely. an advance
by the Aiyu line from two points. Toyen and Shinko,
one In the east. the other in the west, with the object
Of edecting an ultimate junction and thus drawing
a Gordon round the disaffected region. This move
ment commenced on September s, and so great
were the difficulties encountered that not until
October II was tho projected junction effected
at fuku Mountain. A general advance along
the whole line will now be commenced. IL ia
plain that. although public attention Is very
little directed 70 the region. an operation OF
great magnitude and Importance is being conducted
In Formosa. an operation which. were the scene
laid on the frontiers of British India or in the regions
OF German West Africa, would be watched with
the keenest interest and not without anxiety. In
the eyes OF the Japanese. however. the thing seems
70 be regarded as part OF the days work.
Yet there is one feature Of the affair which should
attract keen attention. namely. that the force
employed on the Japanese side consists almost
entirely OF local Chinese-"Aiyu. as they are called
Under the direction Of Japanese gendarmes and
police, the former being the officers and the latter
the non commissioned oficers. On the present
occasion, In view Of the magnitude of the affair.
. considerable body of regulars Is added 70 stiren
the Aiyu line. but Il Is nevertheless true that the
bulk Of the work devolves on the A,yu. Hence
what Is now going on In FOrmosa Is the nrst serious
use OF Cinnamon by tho Japanese for warliAo
purposes.
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trymen Of GUsTAvUs ADoLPHus and
CHARLES XII. to stoop even TO q partial
announcement of their national inde-
pendence in favor Of their Prussian kins-
men; but no harder than IL would be for
the Danes. who cannot forget that they
once ruled England and conquered Nor
mandy, and that one OF their ~sovereigns
pushed his conquests from Kieff in Rus
STA to Aix-la-C hapelle in Germany, and
Sens in France. The Swedes and Danes,
however, should both be able to stomach
a certain subordination to Prussia il the
Saxons can, who gave more than one
head to the Holy Roman Empire and
more than n King to Poland.
The delivery Of the key Of the Baltic
to Germany would make Russia ex-
tremely loath to engage in war with her
neighbor across the Vistula. Already
muzzled at the Bosporus, the Russian
Empire would find itself strangled also
at the Sound. It's Baltic ports would be
exposed to German attack, and they
could hope for no deliverance at the
hands Of their French ally. The moral
pressure which would be exercised by
the provision Of such a situation would
be hard to resist, and would furnish
Russia a strong additional reason for
desiring France to enter into cordial
relations with Germany and abandon
the hope Of recovering Alsace-Lorraine.
From this point Of view the consolation
Of Denmark with Germany would make
for tho peace Of Europe.
How would such a treaty as, accord
ing to the Berlin correspondent Of the
London Daily Mdd, has actually been
arranged affect the United States2 That
part Of II commerce with the Baltic
which Is carried under the Stars and
Stripes is now pitiably small. Not in
that quarter would our interests be
materially affected. It Is patent, on the
other hand, that the moro or less COM
plete Incorporation Of Denmark with the
German Empire would involve the trans
fer to German hands Of the FARGO ISL
ands, Iceland, Greenland and the Danish
West Indies. At a bound Germany
would loom on our horizon as at ono q
North American and a Central American
Power. Under her control the islands
Of st. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John
would regain all Of their old commercial
and strategic importance. and would
constitute a standing to Porto
Rico, Cuba and Panama. We pointed
out the other day, when setting forth
some s for adhering to the Monroe
Doctrine. that the acquisition Of a foot
hold by Germany in the Western Henri
sphere was at least conceivable. Not
only is 1t conceivable, but If the reported
treaty between Germany and Denmark
has been made it Is imminent. Now,
perhaps, we al guess the secret iniu-
ence that thwarted our purchase Of st.
Thomaa
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Hard word. for an Aristoor.tie Pe.sinisa


To THE EDITOR OF TIVE rs Your -aristo-
cratic pessimist.- Harold Maynard. 10 probably
proud either Of his views or his literary ability.
or he never would have exposed his name TO tho
multitude Of good stanch Americans who read
THE SUN. He Is about the nsrrowest specimen
of . man that ono nnds on this earth: selfish TO
isolation, cgotisttcal 70 Intolerance. When he har-
nesses his devil wagon II IL safe 70 say that nine
times out Of ten no either drives alone-and like
the devil, II there are no cops" In sight. regardless
of women and chTdTen-or else he invites along
som idOlatrous. empty headed -chump- who will
listen to his high and mighty structures on the
damnable condition OF things In general IN silent but
acQulcscinR awe.
know Of a few men like him. and they are simply
uncomfortable. Deductlng . per cent. for a few
scattering monstrositios like themselves, they hold
that tho gamut Of creation 10 idIotic. They do
nothing. yet they continually SEQ SO much which
should be done.
am surprised that this rank pessimist succeeded
IN business Of any sort, and the statement that he
has succeeded leads one 70 wonder what the business
was. lean only imagine him a dismal failure pursu-
ing any line Of business which requires contact with
the public and faith in the integrity OF others.
A personality like his would repel the patriotic
Idiots" who swarm daily to their breadwinning
duties with their responsibilities to their families
and thelr country uppermOst In their hearts, and
who on election day take time to go and record
their honest convictions on men and measures In
the ballot boxes Of the land. They would size him
up for what he s-a conceited ass.
". T. scoYxLD.
~PHnADzLrHIA N. Y. November %.
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Jack L0udOu's Case.

10 rHE EDITOR OF THE SUS-SN' In THE Sun
Of November 0 a Scranton correspondent says:
THE name OF Mark Twain. Jack London or Thomas
Nelson Page on the cover Of q magazine means
sales. What does the name of George Brown or
William Smith amount TOT"
Let me ask Mr.. Hall and other contributors Who
seem 10 entertain the same belief in the editorial
prejudice against the unknown writer how much.
for example. the nam OF Jack London amounted
70 when he was struggling for recognition.
Speaking OF his early efforts Mr.. London has said:
IAN my manuscripts came back They continued
70 come back. This went on for months" For
his nrst accepted story lof 1000 words) he received
IS after publication and a great deal OF embarrasS-
menJ and trouble" To-day he can count bis time
worth 500 a day"
Nor Is Jack London's an Isolated case.
OwEoo. November 20. GEORGE W. S. BROWN.
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Views of Mr.. Dick.

= The Hon. CHARLES DICK, the junior
Senator in Congress from Ohio, uttered
the thoughts that arose in him at the
banquet OF the Garfield Club in Cleve-
land the other night. Mr.. DICK, the
echoes of old Republican platforms
ringing in his brain, was sure that the
Republican party will prove itself equal
to the task" That is guaranteed by
its splendid record in the past 1t
seems, however, that the party of the
splendid record is not equal to the task
of revising the heaven born tariff. 1
ask myself," cried Mr.. DICK, what will
Tshalll we profit by o~verturning the
tariff" The friends Of revision are not
asking him to "overturn' the tariff. A
demand for revision cannot be salts
fed with readjustments.' That depends
upon what the establishments are. Mr..
DICK will not readjust. Besides. some
OF the railroads have raised the wages
of their employees. Is this a time, then.
70 think about n broad revision of the
Sarff2 And as a broad minded states
man Mr.. DICK cannot consent to any
other kind of revision. After ten years
Of prosperity we should go slow" Surely
nobody can complain that the Repub-
lcan party is not going slow enough
In this matter. Let revision come with
adversely, so that the Democrats will
have the discredit Of both. That seems
TO be Mr.. DICKS thought, though not
his expression. Meanwhile, though tariff
revision be POSTPONED for the evil day,
there is work for the Republicans: There
Is opportunity yet for a broader spirit
of liberty" Whatever else this liberty
Is. IL is not more liberty of commerce.
Turn from Mr.. DICK standing pat
TO Mr.. DICK standing IN the prophetic
tripod:
In my opinion the nett great contest must be
between parties standing for Government owner
snip on the one hand and Governmental control on
tho other. There viii come questions of radical
ISM and conservatism with tho radicals in one
party and the conservatives In the other. Then
the American people must decide Shs question.
oorrecuy. I hope. as they have decided all others.
It 10 well. therefore, that We begin now our cam
paign OF 1908. l expect TO see on this issue all men
of radical Ideas In one party and all men Of con-
servstiVe ideas in the other
All the radicals on n side; all the
conservatives on the other: thus does
the ingenious Mr.. DICK read the en-
trails Of the future, interpreting them
In the rosy glow of his own hopes.
By the way, in a fight Of Government
control against Government ownership,
where does conservatism come in? Who
are the conservatives, and where are
they?
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4 Tho Failing supply OF Teachers.

From a report prepared for the Board
Sf Education byone of the district super
intendents Of schools it appears that the
supply Of teachers available for the pub
Hc schools is diminishing, and that a
serious situation will result unless the
profession is made more attractive to
young men and women. For a number
Of years the institutions in the city for
training teachers have not furnished a
sufficient number Of candidates to fill
the vacancies that occur. In the past
the deficiency has been filed by appli-
oants from other parts Of the country.
Eight years ago the number Of out Of
town appointees was from q quarter to
athird of the whole. Now IL Is less than
q tenth, and the proportion Is rapidly
growing smaller.
New York pays high salaries to all It's
teachers, but the cost of living is greater
here than elsewhere. The school au-
thorities have learnedL that men and
women from out Of town entering the
New York schools as teachers do not
urge their home acquaintance to follow
their example, and. In fact, discourage
them from such a course. Their argu-
znents against taking work in the New
York schools are the cost OF living, and
tho loss Of home associations and the
social life to which theyhave been accus-
toned. Thus the inflow Of recruits from
other States In checked. The fact that
all over the country the pay OF teachers
"a being adjusted TO meet the require
ments Of Life also has an effect.
Several Influences work to prevent a
larger proportion Of young men and
women from becoming teachers. The
course Of preparation necessary to obtain
certificate Of competence Is a long one.
Practically an cities and towns require
that applicants for positions shall be
graduates Of normal schools, at least.
Thus the young person anxious to carr
q living finds that money returns for his
labor win be received more quickly il
he enters some other calling. This is a
potent argument against adopting the
pedagogus's profession.
The conditions thus produced are of
the gravest consequence TO the public.
The great majority OF the future citi-
ems receive all the schooling they are
TO have In the lower grades of public
schools, which are the least remunerative
and the supply Of teachers for which
10 threatened with serious curtailment.
That the standards Of proficiency estab-
1ished fer instructors in these grades
should be lowered is as improbable as
It is undesirable.
The only practical solution Of the
difficulty appears to be in offering such
wages as would make the places of teach
ers in these schools attractive to large
numbers Of men and women. This would
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Trade with Our Neighbors.

While Secretary Roof is in the Middle
West calling attention to the trade posi-
bilities open to us in Latin America, 1t
is of interest 10 note the expansion which
has already taken place. In 1895 our
sales to our neighbors Of the Western
Hemisphere, northward and southwark,
represented 1874 per cent. of total
exports. In 600 they represented 1872
per cent, and in 1905 21.3 per cent. For
the first nine months Of the present year
the figure is "a per cent These are in
all cases figures for calendar years. Con-
sidering only our sales to the southwark.
the percentages for the same periods
are, approximately: 1890, 8 per cent.
1900, 10 per cent; 1905, 1875 per cent.
1908 mine months). II per cent.
While our sales to Europe consist In
large part Of surplus agricultural
products, provisions and raw materials,
our exports to our neighbors are made
up mainly Of the products of our mills
and factories. Argentina's purchases Of
our agricultural implements during the
last fiscal year equal those Of Germany,
France and the United Kingdom COM
bined. While we got only a small frac-
ton Of their total orders for such goods,
we sold more cotton cloth in Cuba, In
Chile, In Brazil and in Colombia than we
sold to Europe and the United Kingdom.
Mexico'alone bought more electrical ap-
pliances than did the whole OF Europe.
Cuba bought more sewing machines than
France bought, and, with the exception
Of Japan, Central America was our best
customer for locomotives. Latin Amer
lea bought $500, 900 worth Of our type
writers last year, and ~ per cent. Of all
the boots and shoes We exported. We
sold more furniture In Cuba and In
Mexico than We sold in England. Mexico
bought $420. 900 worth Of automobiles,
and ~ per cent. Of our exports Of steel
rails went to Latin America Cuba
bought 81, 500, 900 worth Of lumber, and
our neighbors to the southwark took
80 per cent. Of our entire export OF
builders hardware and tools.
The imports Of all the countries Of the
Western Hemisphere, excepting the
United States and Canada, approximate
$3.50, 100000 a year. Our share Of that
is about s225, 900 900, in which our sales
to Mexico and Cuba represent about
one-half Of the total. A trade OF half a
billion Of dollars escapes us. There are
two special causes for our failure to
secure a larger share. They are, first,
inadequate facilities for transportation
and communication; and secondly, the
failure of our people to seek the trade in
businesslike ways.
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On. CRAPsEY
Suspended, Not Deposcd. and stfn Entitled
90 Draw His salary.

To TEE EDITOR or TIE SuN-Sir: There
Is evidently some Tniaapprehension regarding
DR.. Crapsey's case. He. cannot be deposed
from the ministry Of his church under thu
present sentence. He IL merely suspended
from the exercise Of his ministry. and this
sentence will prevent him from onfciating
either In his own church. ST. Andrews. RNches-
ter, or in any other church Of the Protestant
Episcopal Church in the United States, In
order to depose DR.. Crapsey from the min
istry he must be again presented for trial.
and until he is deposed he will remain nomI-
nally rector OF st. Andrews and be entitled
TO the salary which was promised him When
h was elected rector. minus the expense Of
employing q clergyman to o~ficiate.
It Is only very gradually that the Episcopal
Church In the State Of New York has realized
that In her temporalities she stands precisely
In the same position as the Church OF England.
and that until the rector of a church Is actually
deposed he cannot be deprived of his salary.
In certain States. In Maryland, for example.
there has been legislation to change this
condition Of things. but not in New York.
In certain dioceses there are canons which
seem to authorize a Bishop to remove the
rector from a parish. but these canons are
not good In civil law. OF course. II the rector
on the one hand and the lay members OF his
vestry on the other consent to bring theE
differences before the Bishop. then the de-
cision OF the Bishop must be nnal: but not
otherwise.
The civil rights Of a rector cannot be alien
ated by any ecclesiastical process short Of
deposition. The reason for this is the fAas
that at the Declaration OF Independence
the Episcopal Church did not cease to be the
Church OF England. She was practically
the Church Of England In the United States.
and she retained this title for about a year
after the separation Of the Church from the
State. A notable case Of suspension from
the ministry was that of Bishop 0nderdopk
OF New York. He was suspended but not
deposed, and until his death Bishop VAIN
wright and Bishop Horatio Potter were only
provisional Bishops. But / believe the
diocese refused to pay the suspended Bishop
his salary. Bishop onderdonk never carried
his case into the civil courts. preferring to
die. as many still believe. a martyr to the
tongue Of scandal.
While 10 il impossible under existing cir
cumstances for the Bishop OF the diocese 20
depose DR.. Crapsey, IL would seem that a. an
honest man the latter can take no other course
than that of renouncing the Episcopal min
istry and becoming the head OF some Uni
tartan organization. DR.. Crapsey was per-
fectly justified in remaining In the Church
until the legality. or otherwise. OF his posi-
ton was established. But now he cannot
consistently remain a minister Of the Prot
estant Episcopal Church. with her definite
standards. II he the ministry Of
the Anglican communion after q good nght
for principles he will carry with him the re-
spect OF his fellow men. IL. D.
New YORK. November 10.
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FOOTBALL SUGGESTIONS.
Placement Aftor Touchdown Some
times Q Penalty for Good Play.


To TEE EDrroR OF TIE suN-sfr: The
new rules have robbed the game Of excite
mont almost completely. I saw the Yale
Princeton game Saturday. a. I | have year in
and out for seasons. and never hAvs l at
tended q game where there was less to thrill
the spectator. The old. eager roofing " ~
gone. the desperate prayer to hold EN- and
get the ball" was missing. for in the minds
OF all IL was a Settled conviction that the ball
would be punted almost directly. IL looked
as though each team realized that ten yards
in three downs presented too great Q task.
and both adopted q waiting game in the centre
Of the field. always hoping for q tumble or
lucky luke.
in succession In The second half. but I do not
make a first down from the twelve yard line
when the game ended. For this reason. In
the modern game two players are back al
ways. and so the defence osn oppos only. nine
against the attacking eleven. When. how
ever, Yale lined NJ to attack on the twelve
yard line the whole Princeton eleven was
available to resist the attack. For that rea-
stopped a further Yale advance.
read with the greatest interest the letter
In to-day's Sun signed Football" His sug-
Inside the. twenty-five yard line Is excellent.
and would undoubtedly bring back the ele-
ment OF excitement lacking in Saturdays
g %os,o The goal. goal from on placement after a
touchdown count six. Why should a team
be penalized for making a touchdown in one
corner Of the field, for that is what il amounts
20, as compared to the one scored between
the posts2 These changes, with the reduo-
ton in value Of a drop kick and the %restora-
ton Of the thirty-iye minute halves, would
tend TO restore the game TO It's old place as
an excitement producer. F. IL. G.
NEW YORK. November 81.
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The Hon. ROBERT EMMETT BURKE, the
leader of the Cook county Democracy,
never takes "A drink. but he is hot against
fanatics who abridge the personal liberty
of the citizen to take a drink in a constitu-
tional and legal manner. He is carrying
on n grand campaign for the restoration OF
the good old times in Chicago; and his fell
low Cook county Democrats are giving him
a glad and helping hand. They cry for
broad gagged opinions and candidates.
They jeer at millionaire grannies who get
drunk in their clubs and wine cellars and
refuse TO allow the poor man TO get drunk
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Bear Hunting Statesman.
From IN. Washington Herald.

FTOW nv WuNVIIptOH HCTuIu.
The mightiest bear hunter In all the West when
President Roosevelt Is not out there will be a mem
Der OF the Wyoming Legislature this winter from
Bighorn county. He Is tho Hon. George b. McCleI-
land. and by his prowess has won the ~sobriQuet
OF Bear George" He earned this title years ago
when he and q partner killed twenty three bears
in six weeks. In the Bighorn Mountains, where
bruin is extremely plentiful. Mr.. McClelland
stands more than six feet IN hts stockings. wears
a blond mustache and an imperial. and Is credited
with being able TO ride anything with hair on II.
retire from the Commissionership OF the General
Land Once in Washington, own a ranch m tho
Bighorn country. and. c~uriously enough. although
the bears play havoc with the sheep herds OF other
ranchmen in the neighborhood. they don't bother
the McClelland ranch.