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MISSISSIPPI ECLAMATTO
Millions Of Acres Might BE Made Available
by Lakes 20 a;nIf Waterway.

TO THE EDITOR or TIE SUN--Sir: Com
pletion Of the proposed commercial waterway
connecting the Great Lakes with the Gulf Of
Mexico will accomplish far more than seems
at nrst glance to be involved in the scheme
itself. Such a waterway will not only furnish
q means Of cheap transportation for the entire
region lying between the Allegheny and the
Rocky Mountains and extending north and
south from Minnesota to the mouth Of the
Mississippi River. but IL will lead to the reclaim.
alton OF millions Of acres of the most fertile
land In the world. The establishment OF per-
manent banks for the great river. indispen-
sable to the maintenance of . virtually psr-
manent commerdai channel throushout it,
course, will make ths work Of reclamation
altogether practicable
Districts OF The valley. but thsy ore NOS 81:
tensively distributed among .Arkansss. Ms:
ssi ss : sIon nsd th sSs &c. Randl r. tue sp6 Is1 srS sd%;S
vi %hi saoS soalS Be d r. Gov: ,SI q d ! a.: q Ssss,
ne fsss ssn ea% .r:a.lc X. sol ir & q ,D:1S s. EGs
fertility. Throughout . vast area, capable
S pf.n sSPp sns .Su %tdIsSos Il }ls.s . d SSSs: y. y
pure alluvtum anywhere from thirty to seventy
Feet IN thiSknsss Centuries OF cultivation
and transported elsewhere for the purposSH
would serys e @fertilise A. empire: TO-DAY
sional interruptions By lumbsraen and the
hunters Of bS game. Should the oovsrpmenes
once estaDuen the works necessary to the
creation and maintenance Of all the year round.
navigation In the Mississippi River the rescus'
Of these enormous territories from desolationT
would become the simplest and most inexpep-
sive 9f a~chievements. Indeed, by the stnglS
River and diverting It's waters to the Gulf by
the much shorter route OF the A~tchafalsya and
Berw1ck's Bay q very little sc4enoe and . very
Louisiana and very considerable areas OF
Arkansas and Texas
II will be n work Of years, no doubt; but
we are sn gagged In other enterprises NO less
formidable and at least no more certainly
remunerattvs. kKcLAMArIoN,
WASHINGTON. D. c.. October Is.
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A Protest AGAINST italian Domination .
the Vatican.

To rHp EDITION OF THF SUN-Sp: The
writer docs not agree with Fathef Brann
that all Popes and q majority OF the Cardinals
should be Itali ans, but considers On the con-
trary that II would he more conducive to the
interests Of the Church nj large II counsellors
we're selected from other countries. more
especially the Gemanic and English speak
ing nationA The Catholic Church extends
throughout the earth. mum herring within its
folds white and black. red. yellow and brown.
The rtaians comprise hut an infnitesimal
ratio Of the whole. Moreover. the subjects
Of King Victor Emmanuel are merely nomina
Adhererts of the ancient institution and give
but slight GR&sntion to her mandates.
The vritor recently spent three months
travelling In italy. and knows by personal
observsfim thss fully tvo-thirds Of the male
populsfton are satisfied to display their devo-
siop by participating once . year In the parade
In honor Of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. which
is due morn 90 love Of ostentstiour pomp
than belief In religion ID is n matter Of
Rome shas the average male II alian only
ruter Q church three times during his Bfe-
when he Ii. christened vhsn he Is married
i ns1 80 i 600. 90, and Il ii .tsrssed : ten
cent piece . year the Holy Father would hsys
q decade. The world rsnownsd Bisnis not
e1cspted And these people actually control
eVcYY QeVATtmdnt OI inc NBAiCAn-
n r. very unpleasant for an American 70
know oil these things and be told to make
his Peters Pence offering Larger than for
In need Of fundA n the Italians muH CON
troll the Church OF. turn Protestant, then
let them pay the freight: either that OF
tun Affairs over 10 those who are real Catho-
Nos and are Wiling and anxious TO provide
for all legitimate expenditures OF the various
ents Of the Vatican.
No4 even Father Brann can Justify the con-
frrinR Of Card n slitia al honors on Obscure
VILLAGES In the hits of Piedmont while such
centres Of Catholicism - New York and
Chicago must be satisfied 10 be called upon
to contribute More. more, more money,
the Vatican excheguer L. bankrupt The
writer 10 Q devoted son OF the Church, hut
~smphatically agrees With Prof. Gold win Smith
that 1T Ali anism has invested the Vatican to
puCh q degree that the Pope's countrymen
regard the Church a. their " individual
possession.
An infudop Of American blood into the
machinery Of the Vatican would. materially
asetst in ersdicating from the wheels much
Of the oorrodsd grease that has been ac-
cumtil stine for Agee and which has undoubt-
edly retarded the work Of development. Thsre
Ia at least one American who will never give
q copper TO Peter. Pence while the Vatican
ir under the domin alton ofNthe Itali ans, and
there Ia every reason for knowing that the
same opinion hnds reflection In the minds Of
American Catholics. WILLIAM g.. LoHo.
CAMDEN. N. j., October ~.
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A. the Magistrste's whim.

Only q dishonest policeman can tall in
advance whether he il going to arrest an
offender OF the classes arraigned In the
night police court before or after half
past I O'Clock in the morning. The dis
honest policeman is not going to inform
the night court Of his plans, because II
he does the court will be kept open. his
prisoner must be taken before the sitting
Magistrate and the professional bonds
men will get no profit.
The effect Of closing the court at the
hour adopted will DO to aus dishonest
policemen to postpone until later arrests
for certain misdemeanors. The court
moe adjourned, the arrests will be made,
the professional bondsmen will be called
In and the spoil win be divided. Magis-
trate CoRNHHL tsstif1es that he has
found It difficult to keep his eyes open
from las O'Clock until 8 O'Clock In
happily. the gentry whose disgusting
business the night court was designed TO
break up have no snch difficulty. Their
Eyer and palms arc open at al hours.
II is Increasingly evident that the
MagistTstae courts were made for the
bondsmen, and for the thieves among
the pollen
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each newcomer 10 robust, works hard
and has at least $4,000 francs. Every
other French colony. including the Congo
and all parts Of Madagascar, Tonkin and
AMMAN, says that French laborers have
not the slightest chance Of success.
In other words, not one Of these pos
sessions offers a living TO French labor
ers whose hands are their only capital.
The Island OF Reunion asks how French
workmen can succeed when the labor
market ia glutted with Asiatics who toll
for a franc a day. Pondicherry says that
native labor is cheap and that Europeans
cannot work in that climate. Most Of
the colonies assert that nature never
intended q white man to toll with his
hands under the hot, tropical sun; also
that native labor in abundant, that IL
costs next to nothing for the native to
live, and white labor cannot compete
with him.
and will repay the mother country for
all the labor and capital she expends
upon them. But France has had none
Of the delightful surprises that came to
Great Britain and Germany when they
found some colonial regions n h tropics
40 elevated above tho sea that they may
become tho homes OF thousands Of white
men. The French colonies, however, do
invite the French peasant to aid
colonial development with his Drawn
and muscle.
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The Indian Football Team.

That was a terrible revenge that LITTLE
BOY, LUBo, MAsEUKA, AFRAD-oF-A-BEAR
and their friends took upon the pale
faces at Frsnklin Field last Saturday.
and well may the football heroes at
Princeton. Harvard. Chicago and Mime
sota tremble in their toys. Great Chief
WARNEB, the paleface medicine man Of
the Indians, is after the scalps Of all tho
great college teams. and tho writing on
the wall, Carlisle 20. Pennsylvania 8, IL
portentous.
The football reformcrs now realize that
they have changed tho rules to exalt the
red man. Both in strategy and tactics he
is excelling the white nan. The game is
70 the swift and the crafty; IL has be-
como a succession OF ambushes and raids
In which reversion to typo works out.
We have mentioned LITTLE Boz and
AYRAIp-oP-A-BBAR becaiise ths names are
racial; there Is no fear Of weakness in
the ranks Of the braves, but great strength
and cunning. feroeness in attack and
Stnanhaaaa nz6e&epeA I@G ~ n
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glory OF MOUNT PEASANTS daring be
sung In tho wigwam-three touchdowns
against Pennsylvania alone; and the
fame Of HousRR, the bull. viii never fade.
Mr.. WILLIAM EDWARDS big chisf nim-
self in tho days gone by. sfirms -
the phalanxed Indians arc warrior. -
heroes every one Of them. and nS 49,
In amaze at their prodiesous sxl %o
white mans game: = ao,uios .no
YOUNG s~pcodsIists ~ Princeton to grid up
thstr ioins Tor tho fray and dash fiercely
20 tho attack when the whistle blows
or all will be lost. But come veal or woe,
there will be mourning at Carlisle, for
the paleface soldiers Of West Point will
not meet the onset Of the braves this
year, and in fancy AFRAID-or-A-BEAR and
see the sCalps Of the officers
Of the Great White Father hanging at
their belts.
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yellow Fever in Cuba.

La LseAo NJ Havana makes in It's news
deportment not infrequent reference to
the yellow Fever Situation On oCto-
Der Il. for example. it announced three
or four new cases, and two new cssre on
October 2.
Of COURSE thar Is no just csrrre for IN
easiue~sin any number NJ similar bulletins.
The disease has BEEN stamped out 80
far - our troops in Cuba are concerned:
The assurance comes to us officially; and
IT is ~inccnceivable that in such q mat
ter and from such a SOURCE there should
proved either ignorance or prevarication.
We nv bound TO suppose. however. that
yellow fever stin survives In Cuba. The
nstfve physicians are not likely 70 hun
der over . diagnosis in that particular
connection. They have been familiar
with the symptoms al their hives.
The truth seems 10 be that the Cuhans
have no fear Of yellow fever, no belief in
The mosquito theory, and no disposition to
take the smallest trouble In the premises.
To these conditions No may a. well
reconcile ourselves now - ut any later
time. Doubtless yellow fever h snscep-
6ble Of determination. a cur own medical
authorities assert, but The fact remains
that in Cuba The natives don't caro- three
strawe whether Il be a1terminated or
not, and have no thought Of exerting
themselves in that direction.
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The Roosevelt Panic.

To TEE EprTor OF THB SuN-S,v: The re-
cent financial crisis is but one warning OF ths
dangers OF the popular demag ogue. 10 is
bewilderfns 10 men OF patriotism to sec how
In these last few years our Chief Executive
has bent every energy not 70 the continuance
Of our former prosperity. but to concentrate
the power Of government in himself. He
bulldozed the Legislative departments into
framing laws satisfactory TO him. In rage
the sovereign heaps abuse upon every Judge
that dares to support the Constitution and his
oath Of office. The square deal Ia a shibbo-
leth OF hypocrisy and applies only where the
deal will square the dealer.
When the pinch Of financial depression
reaches In It's certain course the high wages
Of labor then perhaps tho light Of reason will
shine once more over our glorious land and
We can point to the Roosevelt panic Of 1907 as
a DOGGY to our children. j. r..
New York. October 20.
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AUDr ALrsaA rARTrM.


10 8SUoHs hhohos
To rrp kDfroa or TM SuN--5tr: I have
read with close attention tho letter in TIE Sun
Of October rs signed -Business.- and I would
IKE to ask the writer what kind Of business
IL 10 which he claims the President Of the
United States does not understand I pre-
sumo the President ~thoroughly understands
Wen Street business. and that b the reason
he has opened nre on ~ and WI continue 90
do 80 Just 20 long ~ Wall Street methods
require purginR. While the result has caused
many Innocent persons to become involved
10 the panic" caused thereby. it 10 ever thus
the innocent suffer for the guilty-that h
one penalty OF living In an atmosphere OF
dishonest business methods.
for one trust that the President will kesp
MP the good fight unto the bitter end. 30 that
when the war In over and the business dead
ones" are counted and buried. we shall be the
better for. having had the President 90 oour-
ageously turn on the searchlight OF exposure
30 that the whole world Of get rich quick
lambs will be secure In the future from the
black sheep OF finance.
believe that this action OF this President
appeals TO all OF us outside the Immediate
world OF finance While Mr.. Roosevelt Ia
by some made the scspesoet Of our present
trouble. II will In the end rebound to his credit,
90 far as to hand him the Presidency for an
other term. and his possible refusal to accept
the nomination Is the only really doubtful
condition thereto. JOIN O. wsAvrs.
EAST ~RuTHRnronD. n. j.. October rs.
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white Labor Not Wanted in French
Colonies.

The Comit6 Duplex was organized
in Paris in 1894 20 collect information
about the colonial domain and spread
IT. among the French people. The work
Of the committee is accepted rs supply
ing accurate and impartial data on many
aspects Of the colonies Its latest report
deals in part with the opportunities
afforded to French workingmen TO mako
new homes In the colonies. Every YER
sea possession WAS included in the in
vestigation, excepting Algiers and Tunis,
which are already the homes Of many
French working people. All the infor-
nation came from Government officials
or responsible merchants, engineers and
others who are at the head Of important
enterprises. Eighteen colonies are repro
Scnted and several reports have been
received from different parts OF each Of
the larger possessions.
Nearly all these expert advisers assert,
with surprising unanimity and with all
the emphasis they can command, that
there are no openings Of any kind for
French immigration. French Guinea says
that immigrants, Hindus and Annamites
preferred, may be employed In q few
industries. The Ivory Coast and Cochin
China say that immigrants will fail unless
they have capital The Society Islands
-ysport that M3mjgrants VIII thxiys 4
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transitional agreement might have been
broughtint conflict with the colonial law
and the colonial courts.
For this reason three days later Lord
ELaIN, Secretary Of the Colonies, issued
an Order In Council ~forbidding the New
foundland authorities to serve process
on board any American vessel or to arrest
any such vessel or take Possession OF
It's gear. The Newfoundland Ministers
promptly refused to accept any respon-
sibility for tho order and declined to
publish it in the island until the first
American fishing vessel should have
arrived. Then, OF course, they would
yield TO pts MOTOR. but meanwhile tnsy
desired most earnestly TO deny the COIN.
patibility of suoh an Order In Oounol
with tho Fundamental right OF a SELF
0overnino colony. Theoretically Sir
Roprnr BOND seemed justified in the
assertion, for to find a warrant for the
order the homo Government had to fall
back on a statute passed when GEORGE
III. was still alive and when az yet the
first concession Of partial colonial auton-
omy 20 Canada was still distant. The
statute relied upon authorized the King,
by Order in Council, to issue directions
for securing TO the United States fisher
men the rights granted to them by the
treaty OF 1918. Such a statute may well
have seemed reasonable enough at the
time when IL was enacted, because then
not only Canada and Newfoundland but
all other British dependencies occupied
the status OF Crown colonies. It il,
however, very doubtful whether Lord
ELGrN would venture TO invoke il now
against a powerful daughter State like
the Canadian Dominion or the Australian
Commonwealth.
On grounds Of equity, nevertheless,
the Canadians and the Australians are
unlikely to protest against the applica-
ton Of the statute Of GEORGE lit. to
the particular case OF Newfoundland,
because the Canadian Government has
consented to share in the eminently
proper reference Of the Interpretation Of
the treaty Of 1919 to a court of arbitra-
ton at The Hague; and also because
the Imperial Government, having made
important territorial sacrifices to pro-
mote Newfoundland's interests in the
recent treaty with France, claims a
moral right to expect the islands CRATE
full cooperation in the effort Of the Colo
NAL Office TO further the collective in
terests Of the British Empire, which
obviously require, pending q decision by
arbitrator, an avoidance of a collision.
or even friction. with the United STATES.
Sir RoBKRr BOND asserts that his COURSE
has been prompted solely by devotion
to the essential principle Of colonial
autonomy, but what he ignores is tho
question whether those principles ought
moi to Be suspended when q stiff Cd
herence To them might leopard the
welfare ~ the empire considered ~ q
whole.
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These who imagine that the suggested
us Of specially constructed automobiles
in some fields Of polar travel Is . hsr>
Drained notion do moi know. perhaf~,
how the idea originated. No has
PROPOSED that the sutnmotor he trisi
in the Arctic, but the discovery Of some
remarkable conditions in the Antarctic
SCOTT led that leader to suggest that .
machine made to travel over the SNOW
and ice 06 . CERTAIN region there might
render effective service
The discovery rs this: The British ex-
pedition found that q vast, fat glacier
ia pushed of the surface Of . part Of the
Antarctic continent that has not vet bean
seen by explorers. II lies south Of the
Pacific Ocean between South Victoria
Land and West Antarctica; and its north
ern front is the Great Ice Barrier dis
covered by Ross. Nobody knows tho
extsnt OF this glacial mrfane, but its
northern edge has been Traced for four
hundred miles east and west,
This mighty field Of ice is apparently
afloat but not drifting. and its surface is
almost perfectly level. SCOTT travelled
over it for more than three hundred
miles Z o the south without finding a
crevasse or a ridge except within a few
miles OF the coast OF South Victoria
Lard, where il is much broken. SooTr's
journey to the south. RoYDs's sledge trip
to the southeast and the balloon obeer-
v~ations At the northern edge revealed
this glacial surface as a level expanse
OF snow covered ice.
On this fat surface II is thought posi-
BILE that an automotor built for snow
and ice work may help explorers to reach
the land to the south OF It.; in other words,
TO attain a more southern latitude than
has yet been reached.
ARCTowsKI. CHARIOT and SHAcKEL-
TON. all seasoned Antarctic explorers,
know this mighty glacier afoat on the
sea, and all Of them intend to try the
automobile experiment. 1t may fail, but
they believe IL is worth trying. These
expeditions are fitting out for solid SER
vice, and ARCTowsKI and CHABCor will
lead parties whose programmes Of pro-
posed scientific field study have scarcely
been equalled by any other polar expe-
dition. If automotors will not carry
them further into the unknown than
other appliances they will simply be dis
carded and the usual methods Of travel
employed.
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The o Of SkibO.

To TIE EDrroR or TIE uN-Sir Permit
me on behalf Of a number 81 your readers as
we'll as myself to congratulate TIN Sun on
it, editorial this morning under title. The
Extreme Temerity Of Mr.. Carnegie" Mr..
Carnegie has been isttered until he In spoiled
to the point Of needed disinfection Let US
see what he looks like underneath the velvet
epidermls he always presents to an adoring
public through his libraries and other forms
Of Social and ethical SOD. Recently In Salt
Lake City a handsome library building was
pointed out TO mo a. the git Of one OF the
rich men OF the town. the only condition being
that Il should not bear his name.
BRoOILyN. October 20. A. Y,
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Mr.. Haggard's Coincidence.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Ssr: In regard IN
II. Rider Haggard's letter. "A Literary CotnoI-
dencc." In the Spectator, I beg To offer the following
explanation:
A vivid imagination as possessed by a brilliant.
successful author 10 As we'll trained as tho imasi-
nation can be. InscnsIbly a successful wrter
studies nfo and human nature. and tho imasi-
nation 70 . great extent shows tho effect of that
study. Truth 10 stranger than nctlon. or. "a IN
tnis Case, tho Imagination can unwtttlngly describe
reality evon h q persons name.
Such an instance q shAs 10 psycholostcni ,uy.
and simple. a vivid Imagination Ia frequently 40
compsnied by strange experiences OF q psychoiog.
icai nature. A man has q wonderful Imagination
20 whom suoh an experience can como.
PkBrH AMBoY. n. j., October a. A. n
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In fv~ wepS< moro the Hon. JOSEPH
IL CANNON of Uiups will have the Repub
bean majority of the Siytieth Congress
N his hands. the selection 81 Uncle jon
~ Speaker being a ~foregune conclusion.
In spite Of thu ennharras-uens that he
would naturally feel under the circum-
stances fourteen Illinois Representatives
havs met in Chicago and informed Mr..
CANNON of their decision TO make him
a candidate for President In the public
Interests. whether he liked it or not. As
they had conferred together for three
e. hours Uncle JoF could not tar his friends
with prpcipitanCv, and there WIS nothing
fcr IL hut 10 humor them. Wei, boys
vii be bows" hr said with a sigh. DO
~ YOU pleas
There IS something very touching
ahcut the devotion ~ rhess Youngsters to
ahcmcspun old millionaire who has been
in public life so long that ne has hest
ccunt Of his Congresses. and no longer
chprishes illusions nor finds it hard TO
fling away ambition. BY that sir fell the
angels. and Uncle JOE does not affect
to be an angel. To few elder statesmen
is it given 10 nc the inspiration and the
criismrne VI a new generation of public
servant who hail him a. the centre Of q
peoples hcrc.' Old men Tor counsel and
young men for war. but Uncle JOE is
acclaimed rs warrior and sage in one.
Mr.. CANNON can no longer disscmbie
the fact that ne is a candidate for Presi-
dent. He has passed the ~favorite son
stage; the demand for him has over
leaped the bounds OF Illinois into Michi-
gan. where two Cannon delegates were
chosen the other dav. His we'll wishers
may deprecste the impulsivcness of the
Illinois Representatives and talk about
their action az premature, for Mr.. CAN
NoN's reluctance 10 he forcsd into the
field he has made no secret Of. But
q greater trial awaits him in Washing
Ton. Incoming Representatives from
other States will rally around him and
no is sure to he the object Of nm enthusi-
astic demonstration.
Uncle JOE will have 10 bear with his
friends in Congress when they greet him
a. our next President" in the early
days of the session during the period Of
organization. The zeal Of his friends
in the Illinois delegation is natural
enough, but it may prove trying to him
when he to make up the House
committees.
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Major 0noRos o. SeuIxs, %. 8. A., adj
dressing the international ae~ronautical pom
gress on Monday. claimed little too much
for the military irigible balloon when he
said.
1T Ia possible even now 20 TOW . load Of high
explosives with a dirigibls balloon and drop the
destructive load at such points a are desired.
Against such an attack there In no effective resist-
ance save BY wsging an aerial warfare. air neet
against air 1eet.-
No dirigible balloon has yet been able to
stay up a. long an its navigators pleased
or to go where they pleased. Until ths air
ship can make long voyages into and over
the enerny's country IL seems idle to talk Of
IL a. O formidable engine Of war.