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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
Mr.. BRYCE'S TASK.
Cement Ties Bet1ceen Great
sYitain and the United States.

Newcastle. England jan 15.-In speech at
the annual dinner tonight OF the Gladstone
Club, James Bryce. the recently appointed
British Ambassador to Washington. said he had
undertaken the difficult and responsible mis-
sion 10 the United States with some hesitation
He felt reluctant TO leave the work in which he
engaged in this country but he believed
however. that this mission offered great oppor-
tunities. and he was sure that there is no task
10 which a man should be more ready 10 devots
the remainder of his life than that OF trying TO
cement the ties of friendship. already strong
and binding between Great Britain and ths
United States.
Mr.. Bryce dated the growth Of this cordially
from Mr.. Gladstone's conclusion OF the Ala
hama treaty. which he called the most fruitful
act in the field OF foreign politics Of the present
generation
Mr.. Bryce devoted the remainder OF his speech
10 a review of his administration as Chief Secre-
tary for Ireland. He said much remained 10 be
done; that feelings OF suspicion and diStrust OF
England still existed, and that the Irish problem
must still be regarded as unsOlved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
CANALS AND RAILROAD CONGESTION.

President james ]. Hill Of the Great Northern
Railway says In his letter to Governor Johnson
of Minnesota that the relief of the railway con-
gestion is 'the greatest business problem that
has ever threa tened the nation" AS he states
the problem, bis words seem abundantly justi-
fed. The railroads suffer from the lack OF every
facility for the proper handling OF freight but
above ALL IN Mr. Hil's opinion. from lack OF
trackage. both through and terminal The tracks
are overcrowded with business. The country
should build. Mr.. Hill estimates. In the next
five years 1900 miles of additional tracks
which at $4,000 q mile the rate Mr. Hill fixes
would cost s5.J00OO0,OO0. That is we should
spend s1,100.0O0.OO0 a year on through and
terminal trackage. During the last five years
the railroads have been spending about $500
100000 a year on all varieties of increased
facilities, of which sum a little more than half
has gone TO increase mileage In other words
the roads in recent years have spent from $780,
100000 10 s300.000,0o0 annually On tracks
when. according TO Mr.. HILL they should be
spending S1.100.O10.GO0.
Mr. Hils statement seems amazing when put
in billions Of dollars but when considered In
the form of miles Of track ard percentages of
track increase its force and reason become
rroee clear From 1870 10 1881 railroad mile
aee Increased at the average rate of about
1909 miles year: from 1881 to 1894 the rate
was 1000 miles 9 year: from 1894 to 1904 it
WAS 5000 miles a year. and since 1904 il has
been 3l25 miles a year. The percentage of
Increase averaged about per cent year until
1894. between 1894 and 1904 II dropped 10 . 10
per cent and since 1904 il has been only / 45
per cent The volume of railroad business on
the other hand, during the LAST ten wears has
increased more than IL per cent wear Now,
OF course. IL railroads may have been
slightly overbuilt ten years ago. and even though
more powerful locomotives and bigger freight
cars make possible tie hauling of more freight
ever a given mileage OF track than decade
ego. track mileage cannot go on increasing at
iess than per cent a year while business
grows more than II per cent year Mr. Hill
states the problem. but seemingly despars of
obtaining the capital aud the labor 10 do tho
work.
Er. Hills suggestion that & canal or deep
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau


Washington. Jan. 15-The President to-day re-
ceived the executive committee OF the League Of
Republican Clubs. headed by General Edwin A Nc
Alpin, president of the organization. The COM
mittee is meeting here for the purpose OF getting
ready for next years Presidential campaign
Frederick Levy vice-president OF the Greater
Louisville Exposition called at the White House
to-day and secured President Roosevelts promise
TO touch the button which will start the machinery
Of the show March is. at m. Washington
time
President Roosevelt and Attorney General Rona-
parte conferred this afternoon the case OF
Judge James Wickersham. of Alaska. who has be en-
nominated eight consecutive times for place on
the territorial bench, but who has failed OF con-
frmation each time in the Senate After the in
terview Attorney General Bonaparte said no de-
cis1on had been reached as to the Presidents fut-
ure course In the matter
The Cabinet met at IL a. m. and remained In
session until D. Before the meeting the Presi-
dent received visits from Senators Crane and
Lodge and Representatives Boutell and Fletcher.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
THE READING ROOM or BABEL

II the Tower Of Babel was really at Bor-
sippa, or at Amram. or anywhere in that re
gion. we must strongly suspect that 1t had
a sort of reading room annex. Carnegie
library, away up In the Jaxartes Valley, on
the other side Of the Roof of the World Such
certainly is the Indication Of recent discoveries
at Turfan, for surely such a polySlot find of
literature has seldom before been made In all
the history of antiquarian research The dis
coveries made by a German scientific
expedition led by DIR. Lecoq and his as
sistant, Mr.. Bartus, and were the result of
seven months Of hard labor. the first three
months of which was entirely frultleSs. Then
Mr.. Bartus came upon store of literary AMI
artistic treasures worthy to mark an. epoch In
archaeology.
The manuscripts found are not on papyrlIs.
but on paper, leather and wood, and are there
fore. in far better condition than most papyri
They in fewer than ten languages be
sides a number of variant dialects Some OF
them are Aryan. some Semitic and some com
bination of the Two of the languages
Central Asian Brahmn and Nagari were hith-
erto practically unknown A third. Tangut has
hitherto been known only In a few rock in
scriptions in Tibet. fourth which appears
to be related TO Syriac was hitherto entirely
unknown, and its existence was never before
suspected. The Manichnan MANUSCRIPTS fount
are written in modified Syriac characters but
in the Middle Persian language and are SAID
TO equal in volume the entire mass of Middle
Persian writings hitherto known 70 exist
Other manuscripts in Chinese. Tihetan.
Syriac. Uighur and the Kok Turkish or Tr-
Turkish. the primitive Turkish language. the
alpha bet of which bears n curious resemblan nee
10 the ancient Morse
This intensely interesting discovery should
throw some light upon the history of that little
known part of the world between the Gyms
and the Irish Readers of Firdusi will racaIt
various references to il which. indicate its great
importance in the days Of Chosroes and sre
gest that It was then precisely what these
discoveries proclaim it to have been. meet
Ing place of many tribes and nations the cos
mopois of Asia. There Persian Turk Mongol
and Tartar met and strove. and there was es
pecially. the point of impact or of junction of
China NJ the east. of Persia AT the west and
of Hindostan ut the south. We should also
learn something more of Mani and the great
religious system which he founded or revived.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
TIE WY PERSONNEL.

No recent proposition affecting the usefulness
% the American navy has been more urgently
recommended by those who are best qualified
10 speak about such matters than the one which
aims to give officers who are 10 command squad
rons and fleets a fair chance 10 learn their
business The need of this reform has been
pointed ont repeatedly by Rear Admiral Con
verse chief of the bureau of navigation. one OF
whose duties is 10 devise means of increasing
the efficiency Of the service. II has also been
recognized by President Roosevelt and Admiral
Dewey. who have been emphatic in their utter
ances on the subject. and by Mr.. Bonaparte
who, Secretary OF the Navy. convened a spe-
cial board last year to mature specific plan
for Its execution. That body, which completed
Its work several months ago, pronOunceS the
present condition serious menace" to the in
terests Of the country. and believes that legis-
lation for its correction Is Immediately de-
manded.
Other reforms in the navy have been advo-
Gated by Mr. Bonaparte and his predecessors.
among them general reorganization of the
machinery OF the department But there is ap-
parently no such pressing need Of that as there
is of facilitating promotion. Inasmuch the
full effect Of the measure urged by the Navy
Personnel Board would not be felt for several
years, there is the more reason for its prompt
enactment.
Battles won by skill, not luck. Nc officer
can hope 10 acquire without long practice that
mastery of naval tactics-that general practical
efficency-on which success is dependent TO
deny him an opportunity TO manpuvre a squad
ron fleet until just before he Is retired
from the service imposes the nation whose
servant he is a tremendous handicap
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16

a day. for 100000 people for eight months.
That means a total of S12O0O0O0 Deducting
from this the sums already given by the gov
eminent and the Red Cross, he concludes tnat
unless at least 100000 can be secured Tor
relief In the next six months nearly 6OO,Ooo
persons will starve in that one province Ana
there are half dozen populous provinces in
similar plight.
Mr. Shiffkoff discusses the causes of the ram
inc in plain words They are the same In 1907
as they were in 1898, in 1891 and in 1873, 10
wit lack of rain. hot winds from the plains
of Turkestan, and consequent failure of crops
But in a country lying between the Volga ana
the Ural rivers and at the foot Of the Urai
Mountains drouth could easily be held at dell
anCe through artificial irrigation, and the plant
ing of forests would provide screens against
the hot southeast winds, while the soil m1gnt
be prepared. by proper tillage, TO retain ana
economic the life sustaining moisture. "Why
is not all this done?' inquiries Mr.. ShiffkoH.
and he replies to his question. because
the people are poor and ignorant Again ne
asks why are they poor and ignorant:' ana
Eagan he replies, Because of bad government
II might seem censOrious for persons not nus
slams 10 pronounce such an original Judgment
hut from it, when pronounced by Russian OF
discretion and authority. there Is n" neeo 10
dissent The appeal to the sympathy and De-
neficence of the world Is strong Five dollars
is the price of a human life in Samara- han
a dollar will keep child alive for fortnight
That is Mr. Shlffkoff'S epigrammatic way OF
putting it, But the appeal TO the wisdom ana
humanity of Russia. or of the rulers OF Russl'
should be no less strong The latter is an ap-
pea! for good government, which VIII educate
the people and so enable them to improve tue
land and to make famines hereafter impossl
BILE 1t should not be without practical erect
that the parliamentary elections are to be held
next month and that the Douma is to assem-
BILE in March, In the presence Of this appalling
scourCe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
THE RUSSIAN FAMINE.

Mr. N1colai Shiffkoff who on several former
occasions has been connected with works for
the relief of famine and plague sufferers In
Russia gives In The Manchester Guardian"
particularly detailed and authoritative ac-
count Of the present famine in that empire
which lies In Central Astrakhan between the
upper reaches of the Volga River and the south
ern end of the Ural Mountains Samara Sara
toff, Simbirsk Kazan. Penza and other prov
inces are suffering grlevously from famine and
from those two plagues-typhus and scurvy-
which usually accompany il. How widespread
the distress is may be perceived from his state.
ment that Samara contains nearly 1000 900
people of whom 100000 are in need of assist
ance. and that. with full allowance for the cat
tie. grain and vegetables on hand, there is n
minimum absolute necessity of feeding 900 .
600 for eight months
he says. two pounds of rye bread n bowl OF
hot Cruel. four ounces of meat. four ounces
Of millet. eight ounces Of butter or OIL an onion
and pinch of salt Now bread is worth IS
kopecks, salt meat kopechs, mllet 80 kopecks
and potatoes and salt cabbage | kopeck a
pound, and a kopecE is about half cent The
cost of food daily for each adult is therefore
about opec6s, or : cents. Reckoning chill.
drens laions At kopeeks each. AIr. Shiffkoff
reaches an average OF kopecks. OF Pa cents
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
DINNER FOR FREDERICK s. LAMB
Friends Present Artist with Medal at Ma
tional Arts Club

More than hundred friends of Frederick 8.
Lamb. the artist. director of the National Arts
Club. gave a dinner for him last evening in the
clubhouse IN Gramercy Park TO express their APP
probation of his efforts to make the club success
both In it's old home in West Sith street and It's
home in the Tilden mansion
Frederic Crowninshield. president of the Fine
Arts Federation. presided A medal executed by
Victor Rreuuer-s portrait medaon-was presented
to Mr. Lamb
Among those present MIR. and Mrs. Haga-
Hall. Edwin Rowland Blashfield John La
Fargo. Nelson Spencer. Mr. and Mrs Charles r
Lamb DIR. J. c. Baylies. John ]. Murphy, F. We'll
lington Ruckstuhl. Charles de Kay. Register Alfred
j. Boulton and John G.. Agar.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
4nl9senlents.


ACADEMY OF NCSIC-2-s:l5-Ths Giri OF tie Golden
West.
ALEXANDRIA 2-s-vaudevi.Ie
ABSORBED 6:5o-The Straight Road
BELASCO-s:l5-The Rose of the Rancho.
BROADWAY-s:lo-The Partisan MoceI.
CASINO-S:15-Princess Beggar-
COIONIALI-2-s--Vaudevi
ERITERION-2:ib-S:i5-The Truth.
DAEH'S-2:l5-S:.5-The Belle Of Mayfair
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax.
EMPIRE-2-s-Peter Pan
sARDEN-2:I5-S :15-The Student King
GARRFCK-220-S: 20-Caught IN the Rain.
HA JETS :30-The Chorus Lady.
IIAMMERsrEIN's VIcToRIA-2-s:lo--Esn
HERALD sQUAEE-s;15-The Road 20 Yesterday
HTPPODRONE-2-s-Neptunes Daughter and Pionser
EUDsON-2:15-sI5-The Hypocrites.
IRVING PLACE-s20-Der Blinde PaSsagier
KNICKERBOCKER-2:1b- Red Mil
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Girl Who Has Everything
IYCEuM-s :l5-The Mouse
IYRIC-s:15-The New York Idea
MADISON sQUARE-2;1 -s:1b-The Three Of Us
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-1o a. m. 20 II p. M
Automobile Show.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Harvard
MANHATTAN-2:15-s :15-Les Miserabes.
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUsE-s-Pagliaoei and
Handsel Grete
NEW DAM-2;15-s:15-Brewsters Millions
NEW YORK-2-SI5-The Vanderbilt Cup.
PRINCESS-215-A Dolls House: s:20-The Great Divoe
SAEoG-s:15-The MAn OF the Hour
TE;I.HARMONIC HALLS, 4:15. $50. sS5-Electrlc
wAILACKs- Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer.
WEBERS-s-presm City and The Magic Knight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
THE CABINET.
From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune Blreau.l
Washington Jan. 15.-The President and Mrs.
Roosevelt were entertained at dinner tonight by
Secretary and Mrs Taft To them were
Senator and Mrs Spooner. Senator Foster, Mr.
and Mrs, Thomas Nelson Page. Judge Townsend.
of the Circuit Court OF New York and Mrs Town
send, Mr. and Mrs. w. w. Farnham. Of New
Haven: Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Glover. Mrs Bayard
and Mr.. and Mrs Henry Taft
Secretary and Mrs. Root hosts at a din
nor tonight in honor of Vice President and Mrs.
Fairbanks. Among their other guests Attor-
ney General and Mrs Bonaparte and the Minister
from Norway and Nine. Haugs.
Mrs. Bonaparte came to Washington this morn
ing from Baltimore. TO be present at Mrs Roose-
velts regular Tuesday morning with the Cabinet
members wives. She will observe her Wednesday
re ,epton hours tomorrow and will be entertained
up to the time she returns 10 Baltimore. Satur-
dav
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16

anna Canal Commission and Mrs. Shonts entertained
at dinner tonight for Secretary nnd MIRA Shaw
their guests including a number of out-of- town
people.
The Hon. Maude Pauncefote. daughter Of the late
Ambassador TO this country from Great Britain
will arrive IN town tomorrow for visit with Mrs
Richard H. Townsend. There VIII be a tsa given
in her honor by her hostess Thursday and hrv~
number OF other entertainments being ar.
ranged for her.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Reyburn were among tn.
dinner hosts OF tonight, and Mr. and Mrs. Dunn
Mckee had their guests Of honor Mr. and Mira
George Vanderbilt.
Miss Katherine Elkins has gone to New York T.
VISIT Miss Pauline Mo-t1n. whose bridesmaid she
will be at her marriage ]. Hopkins Smith On
r. brNsry q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
LETCHwoRrH GIFT WILL BE ACCEPTED
Slight Change in Deed Suggested by Attor-
ney General.
nv Telegraph TO The Tribune. ]

Albany. Jan. l5.-The Senate Finance COMMITTEES
reported the Hill bill permitting the state 70
cept the Letchworth gift with slight change. The
bill undoubtedly viii be passed by both houses early
next week
Attorney General Jackson. after examining tho
deed to the property in the town OF Geneses. that
Mr.. Letchworth has offered TO give the state. has
advised that It be accepted by the state. The At
torney General, however. recommended change
In the deed. AS IL is at present the state Is al
lowed to the property only for park purposes.
Mr.. Jackson advises the request Mr.. Letch-
worth to allow it's use for the erection of chart
table institution should the state desire Ii
for that purpose. This will not delay the passage
OF the bill however.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
PRESIDENT AND BROWNSVILLE.
Independent Papers Commend His Messags
and Uphold His Stand
CONVINCING TESTIMONY.
New York Herald.

From The New York Herald.
There is one phase OF the Texas case. however
which in the public mind Is pretty we'll settled
whatever the Senate opponents OF Mr.. Roosevelt
may think OF II. The serious charge has been
Senatorialy made. cOndemnatory OF the Presi
dents military order. that il only IN
constitutional assumption of power OF dismissal
OF United States troops but that II a char
RcteristCally hasty. hot headed conclusion 10
facts without Justification by adequate proof; that
the President within his alleged legal
rights of dismissal stripped OF their
uniforms for OF which there evil
dence that would carry conviction in civil or
military court.
This positively asserted constantly
reiterated. that there were many who began 20
ask II the President had done gross in
justice TO those concerned 10 move dscisively
In the matter without proof 10 back his conclu
sions- In message transmitted 10 the Senate
yesterday Nr Roosevelt this by submit
ting the sworn testimony offered a exhaustive
investigation Of the AFFAIR that has been had
Brownsville.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY

and perhaps through him also of that still
greater and no less shadowy prophet, Zoroaster
When we recall that Manich@an writings were
first discovered and deciphered only three or
four years ago, the interest of this great ind
OF them is evident. The discovery gives hope
that the buried ruins of the Old World may
yet be made TO surrender other treasures per-
haps entirely unknown and unlocked for. or
like the lost books of Livy or the poems of
Sappho, known TO us through repute, but long
deemed TO have been irretrievably lost to the
modern world.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
PLAIN FACTS
From The Hartford Courant.

From The Hartford Courant-
The President has candidly Acknowledged the
error he fell into when he undertook TO deoar tnose
discharged Negro soldiers for all time from any
civil employment under the government He noti-
hes the Senators that the remainder or his cxscu-
tive order in that is not subject TO reversal or
review their hands-which is the plain fact
That will not prevent them from making speeches
about 1t. however until they get tired OF the exar
else.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
SUPPORTED BY THE Law
n The philadelphia Press

From The PhiadelphIa Press
The President Is very earnest and very honest
in his convictions that he has done entirely right
and he Is strongly supported In this by the Law
and the evidence that We expect to general
acQuiescence in this view. Mr.. Foraker will doubt
less hold TO his position He rather enjoys being
in a minority. He will have the support OF Mr..
T1llman whatever that is worth. We are confident.
however. that as soon as II decently the Sem
will ind way to put sort OF extinguisher
the controversy that II proceed without
further hindrance with the necessary work Of the
closing session OF the seth Congress
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
NO DOUBT OF THE FACTS
From The Philadelphia Record

f-HIIdNsIpIlA fltCOrU
No believe that the niiscreants were not
shielded by their comrades. or that garrisons
would be other than meraces to all towns and
cities unless example were made of the
whom the President correctly calls midnight
sassins' and their comrades who protected them
from punishment II we 10 have standing
army there must be strict discipline IN II. and.
at the cost OF individual instances OF injus-
tice, United States soldiers must he made to
understand that they preserve order and
disturb IT.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
COURAGEOUS
From The New York Sun.

From The View fOrk sun
No moro creditable and honorable thing has ever
been done by Mr.. Roosevelt than his confession OF
error IN the message sent TO Congress yesterday.
The President frankly admits that such part
OF his executive order In the Brownsville AFFAIR
disqualified the dismissed soldiers from holding
civil office thereafter lacking IN validity, and
it is consequently revoked
1t requires courage for such 70 say he
has been in the wrong. particularly when he or
some of his friends FOR him have been insisting
long and strenuously that the penalties IN
nicted by the executive order well within
the Presidents constitutional power.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16

The agitation caused throughout Paris by the
proposal to withdraw governmental support from
the four national theatres proves that the
French people somewhat deficient In their
sense of humor-at least. in a sort Of responsive
ness that is endemic IN America II somebody
among us were 10 propose tho abolition or the
Board of Health the ground that II produced
no works of art. only the comic papers would
register the rant But Gallo Joker protests
against subsidized drama because II pays no
dividends. and straightway the boulevards buzz
with wrath. Now that the F'renchman has re-
vealed this fatal flaw In his sense Of humor the
Yankee is free to claim the worlds champion
ship. For. up TO date Jean Crapaud has been
our only dangerous competitor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16

We read with pain and grief that Boston is
suffering from more than blue law Sundays
The country. it seems. is treating Boston with
jocOse familiarity, and the home of philosophy
is become the butt OF newspaper sarcasm,
travellers wit and clubhouse anecdote." 1T is
time" says THE Transcript" severely. for
Boston to be taken seriously again" The sacred
Goldfish is IN no mood for mirth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16
PRINCE AGA KHAN IN FRISCO.

San Francisco. Jan. 15.-Prince Aga Khan. OF
India. a descendant OF of the oldest and most
families of Bombay arrived here
yesterday on the Japanese steamer Hong Kong.
The prince Is accompanied by several secretaries
and has come TO study Amsrinan industries
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-01-16

Senator Bailey is willing to he investigated
but wants to prescribe the lines on which the in
vestigation shall be conducted. He doesn't want
anarchists and Socialists running amuck
with his record and hopeessly confusing his po-
litcal. poitico-legal. plain legal. lega-hnahciat
and other manifold activities as promoter and
statesman.