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Coming Naval Wars,

The discussion of the latest revision
Of ~Germany's naval programme, which
provides for the laying down Of four
batteships Of the Dreadnought type
every year up TO and including 1911, has
called forth az interesting pamphlet by
NJ. LAUBBUF, former chief constructor
Of the French navy. He begins by e1-
pressing the conviction that the ques-
ton Of supremacy in the Pacific will
eventually have TO be settled by heavy
guns in favor either Of Japan or Of the
United States, but he foresees a truce
until the japanese Dreadnoughts now
under way are ready for sea. Inas-
much as the war would be a purely
naval conflict, he thinks that Japan
could stand the financial strain, but he
expresses no opinion concerning the
upshot Of the contest.
The pamphlet, however, is mainly
devoted to an announcement Of the
writer's belief that a trial OF strength
upon the ocean between Germany and
Britain is inevitable. He also directs
attention to the fact that il Britain il
TO resnsia &c !ncontestably superior 10
Germany In respect Of sea power at the
end Of 1911 as she is to-day she will
have to build seventeen great battle
ships in the next four years. Her present
naval programme provides for only two
IN the coming twelyemonth, but Mr..
AsQuITH, speaking for the Government,
has said that next winter and there
after measures will be taken to keep
The British navy up to the "two Power"
level. Under the circumstances what
possible chance would Germany have
Of securing maritime a~scendency?
NJ, LACBEuF replies that it might be
done in two ways. The Power which shall
be thf first to build ~battleships Of $4,000
TONS high speed and huge armaments, |
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Tammany Relents.

1t is announced, apparently officially
that Tammany is not TO make an effort
to exclude the Hon. p. HENRY MCCARREN
Of Kings county from the Democratic
State convention next week. Perhaps IL
has BEEN sufficiently impressed en- Tam
many that Mr.. MCCAHREN is what is
called in the reprehensiDle language OF
the street "a live wire
SO far the efforts Of Tammany and its
allies against the Brooklyn leader have
not been conspicuously successful. The
brilliant scheme 10 eject him from the
Democratic State committee had TO be
abandoned, The expeditions against his
strongholds have come to naught. In the
matter OF keeping the tiger on his own
side Of the bridge, in fact, Mr., MCCARRRN
has been far more potent than the Fusion
generals Of 1903 or HUGH MCLAUGHLIN
ever were.
1t is proclaimed vociferously by those
who do not like the man that P. HENRY
MCCARREN is a bold and wicked person.
Bold he unquestionably is; wicked he
may be, for he has associated with poll
ticians for many years and their inhu-
ence must be bad even on the sweetest
and most delicate nature; but in spite Of
this it must be admitted that he is a
person whose ability 10 got and hold
what he wants is not in any way to be
despised.
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1 Poser for Professor jerks.

To HI EDITOR or TIRE SCN-Sir The
Developments In the hearings on the Hepburn
bill amending the Sherman antitrust act
astonish one more and more. What are We
to think Of the mental attitude aud moral
makeup Of Professor j. ". jerks? Accord
ing to the reports in the papers he has been
telling why certain things have been inserted
in the bill. For instance, he gave the aston
ishing information that when IL was doubt
ful whether the corporations could legally be
compelled to divulge certain information
= . not connected with interstate COM
merce," a provision had been inserted in
the bill allowing the President TO refuse
them registration unless they furnish such
information. -
This, II correctly reported, is indirectiOn
with a vengeance. 1t seems incredible that
/ professor OF law at a reputable college
could father such a sQuint eyed proposition
and nalvely state it before a Congress com-
mittee.
In plai in terms once a corporation registers
under the proposed law II il to be bludgeoned
out OF its legal rights al the will OF the presl-
dent, and in this case the President would
be a mere legal fiction, Information Of the
highest value TO competitors would be at
the mercy Of 81 200 clerk in a Washington
bureau. No business would be safe. Let
us have straight law, but no trlckery. no
indlrection.
What does Professor jerks say? LEX.
April 7.
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aromatic aa%voring'; Farmers 7Ameri-
canisms' gives more details, "a wine
glass Of brandy, whiskey, gin or other
spirit, TO which Is added a ~teaspoOnful
Of bitters, with a pinch Of sugar, and
crushed ice, whisked briskly round until
the mixture, sparkling and foaming
nearly overruns the vessel in which ii IL
made; Bartlett's Dictionary Of Amer
icanisms' is the only authority which
admits water, but il ia moderate In this
subject, concluding its list Of ingredients
with "A very little water
Reddalls Fact, Fancy and Fable
includes under one Of It's titular olassi-
fications the story that the cocktail was
invented in 1879 by one ELIZABETH
FLANAGAN, who kept ahouse Of insplra-
ton In the road between Tarrytown and
White Plains, Westohester county, where
she served her admired beverage TO
American and French officers, who forgot
the hardShips, h e'horrors, even the poll
tics Of war under the spell OF Dame
FLANNAOAN's magic mixture.
Our search has yielded these impor-
tant points: whatever spirit forms the
basic principle Of the cocktail there must
be added sugar Tor SYRUP, bitters, and
II you wish, aromatic flavoring, which
may be yermouth, in which case the
Manhattan Cocktail Of general commerce
stands revealed.
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Waste Of CITY Money.

No possessed Of even a slight ac-
quaintance with the methods that obtain
in the transaction Of the city's business
will doubt that the estimate Of S2,OOO,O 900
az the amount wasted in the last five
years in a few bureaus Of one borough
is conservative. This sum does not in
clude the money paid unnecessarily for
lands bought, or what may be called the
excessive expenditures on capital sc-
count, II comprises merely the waste
and thievery in the maintenance ofnec-
essary public works, the days paid for
on which no labor was done, the names
improperly or illegally carried on payrolls,
the overtime graft and the like.
Nor is the one borough Of which this
estimate is made unique or ever bold in
its manner Of robbing the taxpayers,
In the investigation Of the affairs Of
Manhattan the grossest mismanagement,
to say the best Of it, was disclosed. The
affairs Of Queens have had an airing
recently, The telephone bills of the
Brooklyn borough administration have
been called TO public attention by Comp.
troller METZ. Richmond has not been
shaken up yet. 1t is small and poor, but
its turn may come.
As notorious as this misuse Of the
city's money is, it is cheerfully accepted
by the public, and no serious effort is
made to prevent it. The voters are cap
able Of high excitement In the few weeks
Of the campaign. They apparently care
nothing for their corporate affairs dur
ing eleven months Of the year, So, a.
they think Of the abuses under which
they suffer, they may comfort themselves
with the reflection that they are treated
as they deserve to be, and that while the
enterprising persons who rob them are
highly blameworthy and culpable, in the
end the principal fault lies with them
selves.
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49, -sAa
Each member Of our baseball team,
On edge for the seasons fray,
Counts his p~osltoIe Ghe one supreme
And nnAl test Of play;
When things look dim the fans on him
Depend 70 save the day.
Each plsysr7bls work the records tell
fruitful bat can WELD;
And stolen bases Join 10 sven
The sticks productive yield:
In him combined see Drawn and mind
At clockWork poise revealed.
Cheer, while the band prolongs the din!
The rival teams come marching in
A coin Is tossed, the choice we win,
Our favohtes take the field.
There's the catcher who shows GOOD cause 10 bras
OF his lightning throws 10 the midway bar;
outnelders three
Unfallingly
Pull down the screamers twiIt earth and sky.
And the s~hortstop clever,
Who never, however
impossible suffers a chance 90 by:
The bssemen wary; the mascot small,
TIE cyclone pitcher who sends a bali
That, curved or straight,
sui cuts the plate;
And the manager, last not least Of all
Is he managing wtnnes' Just wait MI faIl
Bare palm or init,
Each man 10 1T.
He rounds the team, and he makes Il a.
To notch the seasons high per cent.
And nos' our nag nom The ohlmploa's tent.
aoEHd TAnpWkR.
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QUESTION FOR THE DEMOCRACY.
Il Bryan to work the Paty'S Complete
Destruction?

TO rHR EDITOR or The sUN-Sir! II Mr..
Bryan Il the candidate OF the Democratic
party for the Presidency this year and meets
the same overwhelming defeat a. In 1895 and
1900 the final destruction OF the Democratic
party will be an accomplished fact.
The Republican party win In 1910 have
been. with the exception Of Mr.. Cleveland
two terms. In uninterrupted control Of The
national administration for fifty years. DIR.
ing only two years OF that entire period hs.
The Democratic party had complete control
Of all the branches Of the national Govern
ment. For most OF the period the Repuhl.
can party has been in u%ndisputed control,
until to-day we see the Democratic party Of
the North practically wiped out Of existence,
while such inroads have been made upon the
strength Of the party In the South that DO
has become utterly impoteht as a factor la
AFFAIRS OF the nation. Yet the man under
whose leadership the party has reached the
brink Of destruction bids fair 10 be is nom..
nee for the Presidency again.
The fatuous ignorance by which a party
representing six or seven millions Of voter
can take q step or this nature shakes ONES
confidence. to say the least. in the cflcsc,
OF popular self-government. Yet the fa,.
must Dt lhCtu Nuul Nnt tlttllOu TINS ldI Ui
either Mr.. Roosevelt or bis appOintee, Mr..
Taft, means the final extinction Of an oppos
ton ps9ty and the practical permanent in.
stallatiOn Of the present corrupt aud brutali2ri
Republican party.
The depth OF degradation TO which the
Republican party has sunk was %recentlv
pointed out by THE Sun in a brilliant and
scathing article, The truth Of the statement
contained therein no honest man can deDv
The question Is. What are the American
people going 10 do about 1t? Is It not about
time for them to sit up and take notice when
they are compelled to choose between n
party saturated with corruption and one led
by al ignorant and unprIncipled mounte-
bank?
Can the people possibly deceive themselves
with the idea that their government can
long exist on its present foundations. when
they are restricted to such a choice as this
Can they not realize that his continual choice
two evils" can only end in disaster
to the nation2 II the American people are
unable to realize this-If they cannot rise r.
n sense Of their real danger and lit a hand
10 save their country from the devil Of Repub-
licanism on one hand and the deep sea M
Bryanism on the other. then the end Of
government in this country as planned by
our forefathers ia in sight. T.. II. S.
NEW YORK, April &. -
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LOOKS LIKE AN ARCTIC FAKE.

Mr.. v. Stefansson. the e~thnologist who
returned from the American Arctic last fall
has received letters from Herschsl Island
dated January 20 last. which increase the
probability that the story Of the finding Of
Captain McClure's wooden exploring YES
sci, the Invest gator, abandoned on the
north coast Of Banks Land more than half
a century ago, is not true.
"0ne Of the dispatches from British
Columbia said Mr.. Stefansson yesterday
reported that small vessels had no diff
Guilty in getting alongside the old ship
The fact Is that there are only two sea-
going vessels In the Arctic north Of this
continent at the present time, aud 1t ID
feared that one Of them is lost. The whales
Karluk. Captain Wing, Of San Francisco,
has been wintering at HerBohel Island,
The only other vessel IN Beaufort Sea was
the Olga, a little trading schooner. which
was last seen near Herschel Island In Sep
TENDER just before a terrible storm came
up. Even the stanch whAler was In grave
danger for a while, and ~ the Ola was
small and not seaworthy and nothing had
been seen or heard Of her up to the last
week in January. my friends report that It
Is feared she Is lost.
Another despatch says that the whalers
who discovered the old vessel we're guard
ing their prize in the Bay Of Mercy oil the
north coast Of Banks Land, the fact being
that the only whaler In the north is the
Karluk, and she IL 500 miles 10 the south
west Of the Bay Of Mercy. where Mcclure
abandoned the Investigator. Moreover.
the letters ! have received from friends at
Herschel Island say nothing Of the discov-
cry Of McClure's famous ship or Of the
finding Of any other derelot or stranded
hulk, but they have much 10 say about the
winter life on the only Beaufort Sea whaler,
and tell how many polar bears have been
seen and shot and how many caribou
slaughtered,
40ne story says that the ship was dis
covered floating about and all safe and
some Of her provisions we're still ct TO eat.
But Mr.. Krabbe Of the British ship Reso-
lutte, who waited the Invest gator on Mays.
1854. and was the last TO bring news Of her.
reported that the ship had leaked so much
as TO be full with water up to her orlop
deck
OF course it is conceivable that the In
v~estiGator might have been frozen into a
huge cake Of ice and thus kept ahoat; but
there are so many weak points in the story
that It is difficult to give credenoe toit.
As far as | know the nearest a whaling
vessel ever got to the Bay Of Mercy was
some forty or fifty miles. and that wal the
Narwhal, Captain Leavitt, in July,
1907. She saw no sign Of the Investigator
or Of any human being.
There is just one historic instance Of a
abandoned in the Arctic and picked up
later while drifting In free water. This was
the British ship Resolute, abandoned by
Belcher's orders in Melville Sound
in 1854 and found drifting a year or two
later in the Atlantic and brought to port
by an American whaler."
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DR.. Warns on Work for the Unemployed

To II EDITOR or THg SUG-Sir; In your
report this morning Of the Ethical Social
League meeting at the Hotel Aston yesterday
on the question Of the unemployed II il stated
that "Dr, Warne objected to the prosecution
Of municipal works as a means Of relief, say
ing that this would mean an immediate check
to the homeward rush OF laborers 10 Europe
sud would be 81 no benefit here"
/ beg leave to state my position as being
heartily in favor Of the immediate proseou-
ton OF public works as a relief measure for
the present critical situation among the un-
employed in New York city. At The same
time / also believe that such work should be
intelligently ~safeguarded in such a way az
not TO check the homeward rush OF immi-
grants now crowdlng the steamship lines for
Europe. II this were done ] believe that the
undertaking OF public works would be OF
immense benefit and would aid materially in
relieving the unemployed situation.
NEW YORK, April 8. FRANK WARNE.
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Our eminent friend CHARLES ROGERS Of
Chicago writes to suggest that Mr.. RoosE-
WELT shalltake the second place on a ticket
headed by TAFT, The distinguished gen.
tleman loads a postal card with these
pregnant thoughts:
Thus ROOSEVELT would really succeed himself
and nobody be any the wiser. Furthermore.
Mr. ROOSEVELT could endure such nominal Oh
scurily and grow fat on Is, ready 10 be elected
again TO the Chief Magistracy In 1912, giving us
really hfteen years Of bis policy. This is no scoop. 70
We agree with the celebrated inventor.
It's no scoop.
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An IncreduIOu, EnElIshman.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sh: Let me. a,
an Engllshman, congratulate Mr.. Edward NIcoll
Townsend on having achleCed the feat Of finding
new tplthets describing the stAlesmAnshlp Of
Great Britain. | have heard many and strange
charges made against II, but never yet those Of
being "~iarseelng and enlightened"
In view Of the signal and glorious victories we
won against the Boers and the fact that there are
said % be. three intelligent oficers In the British
army Il simply record this statement without in
doTsement-personally ! do not like paradoIesl
can Mr., Townsend mean to hint that the empire
will build a wall really around her possessions and
shat benlghted -beastly foreigners" will be eI-
cluded from those regions OF blissful Elooml
What a horrible prospect for you "beastly for.
elgnersl No more OF those delightful English
Sundays for you-no more English cooking. 7
would elaborate the list were II not for an uncon.
trollable NJ OF yAwning. RICHARD sEFHoUA
INV YORK, April T.
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tn. wrestling Championship.

TO TIE EDITOR or TIE suN-SE would have
been proud II the worlds wrestling championship
had been fairly won by an American, but the gorFe
rises at the outrageous deal that HAckenschmIdt
Eot al Chicago.
II Hack could not be defeated ssve by gouEInr
oil smeaTinE, nose and ear wrenehlnE, then for the
fair name OF American sport let II be recognized
that We have no athlete capable OF coping with
him. A championship acquired In 30 foul a manner
causes Us International dlscredlt.
INV YORK. April 7. ERNEST GRAHAM.
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Nero Property Owner. in Maryland.

HUM Wt FHHuutpNId HttOfd,
Under the property qualification clause Of the new
DISTINGUISHING amendment passed by the Mary
land Legislature. and which will be submitted 10
the voters IT the next State election, more negroes
will be entitled To the franchise than many OF the
politicians supposed. They have been surprised
TO learn that the negroes own property In Maryland
assessed at over u,COo.OOo, including Sl1.Cs In
Baltimore city.
The largest amount Of real estate owned by the
ooored race Ia In Kent county, while Talbot, Prince
George. Montgomery. Somerset. 81. Mary, Car.
olne, Baltimore. Frederick. Hartford and Dor
chester follow closely In order named. The quail
Acstloh clause nxes the amount Of value OF property
eWnsd ~ a. Individual a ttoA
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Wait UntIl the Weather Is More Ap.
pTOprlate,

While we are heartily in favor Of
inAlcting condign punishment upon
CIPRIANo CASTRO, We have a very strong
impression that the whole matter can be
advantageously and wisely deferred until
Congress reassembles in December. In
the first place, there is evidently no
imperative need for hurry. CASTRO and
his derelictions are brought TO the atten-
ton Of Congress at this particular juno
ture solely to serve Mr.. RoosEvELT's
political ambitions and personal ends.
Any thoughtful review Of the documents
in the case will show how long il has been
pigeonholed in the State Department
awaiting the psychological moment for
its production,
CASTRO cannot get away, and there are
no interests involved apparently which
have not learned to await Mr.. RoOsE-
vELT's convenience and may therefore
easily await the convenience of Congress
and the convenience Of tho American
public.
We disapprove Of converting the larger
affairs Of State, particularly when they
concern our relations in this hemisphere,
to the vulgar use OF demagogiery and
political buffoonery. There is abso-
lutely no urgency, 50 far as this country
is concerned, in the adjustment Of our
affair with Venezuela, Besides, it will
be the part Of wisdom to defer it
until we have some Of our ships mat
lantic waters, in case Of possible compli-
cations, as we'll until a season more pro-
and suitable for tropical duties,
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Philosophical and Historical EXaml.
nation OF the Cocktail.


To stir or not TO stir a cocktail is a
matter TO give us pause less than the
question: What is a cocktail? This was
g~enially touched upon by n Of the sew.
eral informed correspondents who have
favored us with views evoked by the
current discussion Of how an old fash.
ioned cocktail is, has been or should be
made. Basing belief upon such respect
able authority ~ il available, il seems
safe TO assume a certain fundamental
negative, and so restrict the scope Of
inquiry That is, eau sucrts, favored
with nutmeg and heartened with two Tor
more) fingers Of straight goods is not a
cocktail Of any fashion, old or new, It
is a toddy, As TO the obisr dictum Of a
correspondent that II should be drunk
before breakfast, il, we sternly maintain,
depends upon the breakfast hour.
What, then, is a cocktail? To say that
it is a dream, and let it trickle at that,
is to drift into pleasing mists Of ineIacti-
tude where poets dwell. 1t is to sidestep.
To consult the dictionaries is to invade
a company no less ~ineIact, perhaps, but
somewhat less misty.
However, Webster says that a cock
tail Is "a beverage made Of brandy,
whiskey or gin, favored or sweetened';
the Standard, an iced drink made OF
mired with bitteu, sugar and
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The Democratic Golden OppOrtunIty.

To THR EDITOR or THE sUS-Sir. II We
can nominate Judge Gray we can carry
Pennsylvania.
The country wants a rest, and with a man
In whom both capital and labor have con-
ndence, with 4 fair judicial mind at the helm,
pushes Of all kinds will start at once.
JOHN V. CRAVEN,
War CHESTER, Pa, April T.
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LaMIer,a FrIand.
From ia BIZ.

As proprietor Of Trun ME. Henry IAboych'''i
PECULIARLY known ~ -Iabhy" has had 10 SDSnda
deal OF money In libel actions. He once admitted
In court that he had spent over $1,000. Then.
said the late Sir Frank Lockwood, Il must ib'as
you, Mr. Lbouchsre. on behalf OF the profession
Go on, and prospetl- Needless to say, there v''
roam Of laughter IN court.
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source. Of state Re,ennes.

The report OF the General Treasurer Of
Rhode Island for 1907 gives in detail the
sources OF the revenues Of that State, with
the sections OF law under which they are
collected. The receipts Of the treasury in the
year were g.. 2sS, 100. Of which $50, 900 were the
proceeds OF q note and t72, I73.6I the balance
hand on January I. 1907. The payments
to the State came under these heads:
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la One Year 400 Execution, for Robbery.

Rpeam eorr'spORdsAes lSOUn China Post.
Armed robbery Il still rife In this district desplte
the efforts Of the authorities 10 suppress It. over
four hundred executions Of offenders for this Grim.
have taken place In this district alone during The
past twelve months.
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Better Dodnr.

First once ~Boy-Golng to attend funeral, thI,
seaSon1
Second once Boy-Nopei I'll ask for afternoon
on ter run fer President.
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n our friends Uho fatOr vs. pfh WdnuJcrDn for
ptblfahoH ciIh 10 hare rtJsasd articles rsiurnsd tAty
must IN on cases send SampJ for that purDoSS.
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Paris once, 50 Rue Louis ls Grand The daily and
sunday editions are on sale al Klosque u. near the
Grand Hotel; Kiosque Il. Boulevard des Capncinss
comer Place do ropers, and Klosque 10, Boulevard
dee ItAllens, corner Rue Louis Ia Grand.