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New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
THE UATERn.4l-S REP0RT

President RooseveIs transmission 10 Con
sress yesterday Of the preliminary report IF the
Inland Waterways Commission probably opens
new chapter i'm legislation for the develop
nlent OF our unused natural resources and tie
creation Of new sources Of public wealth This
country has reached point economically nj
which il must begin TO take heed Of the waste
funess % past methods of dealing with the
natural gifts and appliances which sustain civ
iiization We have inherited and followed 10
dangerous extent the aborigine's Indifference 10
fhe needs Of the future and his reckless use Of
the resources Of the present Setting out with
rbe purpose 81 subduinG a new continent. We
have thought TOO much IF utilizing and employ
ing 10 exhaustion oar natural resources and too
little OF conserving them ia the interest of sue
ceeding generations. Tie public now sees that
il is time 10 call halt and 10 temper our pol
icy q subjugation ana unlimited Immediate
use with some forethought for the future.
The nation has been wasieful in two WAYS
On tie one hand il has alieliated 10 private uS..
and 10 practical destruction vast areas Of tim
ber, coal and mineral lands which should have
been held Intact Is measure Of public protec-
tioD- Tie deforestation Of the areas In which
ware- supplies must be accumulated has led To-
the deterioration of our rivers ;S sources Of
power and irrigation and as channels Of com
merce- Flood seasons. causing enormous annual
losses, are followed by drouth Seasons when
navigation j. made impossible and the undu.
erosion Of tie soil has Impoverished fertile ~
ricultural lands and filled the beds Of the wafer
courses with soii deposits We have allowed a
vicious circle 10 be formed each neglect wort
ing 10 emphasize the bad effects OF all the otars
To break the circle there must be ref0rmatorv
action 1T all points. The forests must De re
stored, conserving the timber supply. and t1,.v
n turn viii Ill the river beds diminish ex-
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
THE BALKAN PERIL.

Tho british Secretary Of State for Foreign
Affairs Is far too serious and responsible
statesman TO say what he did on Tuesday Coa-
cernin- the situation in the Balkan Peninsula
unless matters there were indeed in Il critical
condition lie would not have reminded the
House Of Commons that the Turkish question,
of which the Macedonian question Is simply a
part had more than once led to Il European
war unless in his judgment. which is always
calm and conservative. there was measurable
danger of another such war. The powers, Ee
said were rapidly nearing Il point at which
their concert must be either justified or Stul-
titled Obviously, justification is to be effected
in one of only two ways. The Porte must
WELD 10 the demands OF the concert, or must
be coerced. If the reforms prescribed by the
powers for Macedonia We're honestly wrought
and governor Of ability and character ap-
proved by the powers appointed. the prob
lem might be solved. Sir Edward Grey appa.-
entity did not speculate on the chances of the
Porte'S thus yielding TO the concert, but the
world knows well how reluctant it has always
been to Weld 10 the Giaour and how resource
ful it has been in posponins the necessity for
yielding.
The present situation indeed presents 4 striI
ing example of this Ottoman faculty. Long ago
the powers peremptorily-as it seemed-pre
Scrbed certain specific and Important reforms
IN the administration of Macedonia. The Porte
did not refuse thcu. Ii did not f0ut them
But on various PreteNts ii delayed their excel
tion. They have never yet been executed. and
the state of Macedonia is to-day probably worse
than IL WAS before the reforms were ordered
Some time ago ii became evident that simple
delay would not much longer avail and that
some new scheme must he resOrted to. 1t is
not, OF course 10 be supposed that Baron Won
AehrCnthaIS railroad policy in the sand ak OF
Novi BaZar WAS suggested by the Porte, but il
is certain that the Porte could have wished and
could have planned no more effective diversion
ia its favor than that which was caused by the
announcement of that policy. Instantly the
attention 0f Europe was drawn away from Oh
pressed Macedonia 10 the commercial ambitions
and rivalries Of Austria Hungary and Russi.
and vital seeds of suspicion ana dssension
among the powers were planted in a soil which
has habit Of yielding hundredf0ld returns
The Austro- hungarian plan is to extend the
railroad which now runs as far as Serajeyo ia
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
4 HOLLOW EARTH.
ErDedifi0n to Pole to Test UiQidm
Reeds Theory.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In an editorial OF Saturday last. 'As Sim
pie as Can Be-" you make light OF William Reeds
theories of the earth being hollow You may have
20 laugh on the other side (inside) of this worlo
one of these days for it IS possible that Dr. F. A
Cook may open the door TO the inside world as
result of his explorations. What will the readers
of The Tribune say when they remember your dis
belief in these theorieso Newspaper editors were
skeptical when the steamboat made its advent;
more so with the telegraph. the ocean cable, the
sewing machine the telephone. elevated railroads.
electric motors. wireless elegraphy, wireless eIe-
phone and a hundred other things. all of which
we have lived 10 see become of practical use. Why
may not live see. see those that have seen'
a hollow earth?
cod in His mercy and wisdom only gives to
mankind the good things it needs and uses in
Quantities and at the times when His creatures
are capable of using them TO the best advantage.
The real estate fraternity for instance. have not
as vet disposed of their holdings the surface
of the earth and il is evident that the time FOR
them has not come enlarge their borders and en-
brace new fields OF exploitation. 1t Is. perhaps no
the opportune moment to open UP new and attrac-
tive tourist routes and turn the tide Of summer
travel northward and to new lands
Besides. he has not yet convinced the average
polar explorer that ii Is time 20 switch OFF from
old methods. which bring no results except writing
hooks making moving pictures and gathering mat
ter for public lectures. These are all somewhat
interesting but they begin lack novelty and will
soon become worn threadbare For centuries the
poles have been searched for. but every search has
been a failure Is ii beyond the range Of possfbit-
ties that God. who moves in mysterious way His
wonders TO perform, should have selected William
Reed To prepare the way by his teachings 10 open
up the gateways TO this unknown inner earth-this
new world?
We NAV scof Reeds theories. may laugh
them to but thing is certain: that Is. that
no polar expedition will here Ifter leave the shores
of this outside world without seeking to test the
truth falsity OF Reeds published theories. and
IL they Will only bring back from the polar regions
the solutions of some Of the theories that have
been advanced by this author they will have &C
complished much good. This subject is being seri-
ously considered by of well known scientihc
attainments and standing. and il Will be IonK
before expedition will be sent poeward to test
the theories expounded and recorded i'm the
pages of The pusutom of the Poles IL Is
possible that on its return may he able greet
who have been the first To rnte~ into the hid.
den mysteries OF hollow earth Stranger thiuSS
than this have happened X. = OSBO\
New York. Feb. %. 1908
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
RROHNST{LLE.

So many Brownsville resolutions were voted
on last Tuesday by the Senate Committee on
Military Affairs that the net result seems 10
have mystiied not few commentators. The
main issue was presented III both It's negative
and positive forms, and the vote on one form
of presentation differed widely from the vote
on another The most direct oppositeS were the
resolutions offered by Mr.. Foraker and by Mr..
Lodge The Ohio Senator submitted his conten-
tion that the evidence proved that none of the
soldiers OF the three companies stationed ut
Brownsville had had hand in shooting up
the town This was rejected by II votes 70
>. Mr.. Bulkeley voting with Mr.. Foraker. Mr.
lodges resolution declaring that The shooting
was done by some Of the soldiers belonging -
the garrison was adopted by votes to I,
Messrs. Foraker Scott Hemenway and Bulke-
ley opposing it. Mr. du Pont, who withheld his
vote on this phase of the question, wanted 10
have the declaration Of responsibility apply 10
only one of the three companies III the garrison
On the exonerating Foraker resolution six Re
publican and five Democratic Senators repudi-
ated the theory that the soldiers at Browns
Vile not implicated in the shooting In
the inculpating declaration that certain unideT-
titled members of the garrison We're implicated
five Democratic and four Republican Senators
Joined. with four Republicans voting
In other words the Senate committee, igno"-
ing party lines. found by large majority that
the exact state Of facts existed on which the
War Department and the President had been
forced To act. 1t indorSed the practically un-
avoidable conclusion that the garrison as
whole could not have played passive and in
nocent role in the transaction and that the Of
were to be found in the ranks of the 25th
Infantry
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27

tremes of food and drouth and multiply the
use of the rivers for purposes OF irrisatioh'
power and navigation Harmonious uefe'op
ment of the forests and rivers and the creation
of thousands of miles of new waterways WIZ
vastly increase the facilities of agriculture COM
merce and manufacture and make the country
as a whole immensely richer and stronger
1t is conceded by the most Intelligent ihaha-
gers that railroads no longer be bulIt lasI
enouph ia meet the demand for transportation
The railroads Will have all they can DO 20 serve
the portions of the country deprived OF watef
transportation and to act as auxiliaries to water
traffic The population of the United Sta'eS
will probably reach l30OooVVo Wltlih 'he n.A'
four decades, and its expanding traihc REQUIRE
ments can be satisfied only by turning 10 'le
river and inner coastwise systems for means oI
TRANSPORTING freight We have, as the lhiaiii
Waterways Commission points pr-- twenty -h'e
thousand miles OF navigated rivers ana twenty
five Thousand miles more of rivers which are
nayigable or capable of being made haNls'pi'
Besides there are twenty-five hundred niles of
navigabIe canals and more than twenty -h'e
hundred miles of coast line inner waters capaDi2
of being connected by short link canals hE Il
thorough system of Improvement nearly every
part of the Union could be brought into water
connection with every other part and an eA-
change of products effected at Il mulch lower
average cost than is possible noW.
The report of the waterways commission Is,
Of course tentative. for the vast scheme oI con
servation and development which 1t suggests
will have TO be worked out gradually ana care
fully But it is highly desirable that begin
pin, should be made The President is entitled
To great credit for his leadership i'll the move
meut for the conservation of our natural re-
sources. Ii must be- ranked high among his
many notable public services
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
GENERAL BTNGH4U'S CHARGE.

General Bingham made sensational d
charge of failure against the police as has ever
been uttered when he said at the dinner of the
Police Lieutenants' Benevolent Association at
the Waldorf on Tuesday night:
There are two places within half mile of
where now where any crime from the
lowest 10 the greatest can be bought for money.
and | know it, and many of you men know it,
and know the places no doubt, and can't touch
them under present conditions and l say that
all New York, and l will prove ii if they will
give me the opportunity. That's reason
want some secret service money.
The Commissioner implied that this scandal
existed because of the alliance between politics
and crime How can 1t be that he knows,
positively enough to make public utterance of
his knowledge. that two places exist where
crime is bought and sold, and how can he
know. as his words seem to imply The situa-
ton of those resorts and yet not be able to
suppress them?
If the Commissioner is so clear regarding
his facts aS his words indicate he should take
the public more fully into his confidence. He
should let it know more exactly what he has
i'll mind. and if he can convince il that any
such shocking condition exists he will arouse
enough Indignation i'll the community to give
him whatever force he regards necessary to
wipe out the evil. Vague charges Of sensI-
tionaI sort have been often made in the
past ABOUT The alliance Oh pOilllcS, vice anu
crime that nothing can be accomplished merely
by such a statement as General Bingham has
made. New Workers, Injured to them, will wait
for proof. and cynicaly dismiss them if ey
dence is not forthcoming. If they are not
backed up they will not help the Commissioner
In obtaining the additional men he needs. but
will only injure the citys reputation through
ont the country and the world. being quoted
everywhere as al official statement thai crime
is freely bought and sold i'll New York.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27

Rosn,a down through the sandjak OF now haz'.
to Mitrovitza. there TO connect Win 'he io"'
which already runs from the ia''er Pi"
tbroryb Macedonia to Salonica. Turkey hhS
of course. given her consent. She wouid i''e
done that IL for no other reason IMAM 10 pr
mote envy jealousy and discord among 'he
norers or the right of the dual realm 10
huild such a road. under the Treaty oi po'i''
there can he little doubt. That the building ah'
oneration of it would materially conduce 10 Tue
raStora ion and maintenance of order III Ma'"
donia is not TO be doubted But there IL sun
in existence an agreement between Austrla nun
gary and Russia that neither Of them VIII ihhNe
any forward movement in the Balkans "l'ho"'
tbe co-oneration or at least The assent oi the
other That agreement has thus far opcrateo
somewhat as did the unhappy Clayt"h-hui"e
treaty in Central American affairs. III Il doS St"-
The manger fashion Now Russia complains
that Austria Hungary is violating that agree
ment and demands either that the Austro-
Hungarian scheme shall be abandoned or that
she herself shall be permitted to build q couil-
teryailing line from NiSch. whence mere Is III
ready road to the Danube connecting WIN
lines through Rumania to Russia. through Ser
via, Macedonia and Montenegro TO Ducisho OH
the Adratic crossing the existing Nienna-Coh-
stantinople line at Nisch and the proposed new
Austro- Hungarian line at Pristina 1t Is hot
KNOWN whether the assent VI tooA'is "''''
and Montenegro has been secured for such II
road If it has. or shall be, no reason Is oo-
yious why Russia should not be permitted 10
build the road.
But what Is desirable is that these lhter-
national commercial and other rlHalrieS shall
not be permitted to break the concert OF the
powers or 10 delay the much needed work oi
reform in long suffering Macedonia. ana II i
highly auspcious that the British government,
which stands entirely aloOf from these rallf"Hd
schemes. is apparently committed TO the policy
of seriously and effectively insisting upon those
reforms. Ii probably could not in existing CIR
cumstances alone compel their enforcenleht.
But it can and apparently will hold the con
cert up 10 its engagements and duties ana COM
pei il TO determine whether it is 10 be Justified
or stutified though the latter alternative
might as Sir Edward Grey warned Parliament
give rise to misunderstanding which 1t Is I'M
possible to foretell-a diplomatic and cautious
way of saying that the failure OF the concert
would mean chaos The reaSSurinS feature "I
the case is that the powers seem 10 realize fhe
portentous gravity of the situation. If they 10
ft should be incredible that any of them would
provoke or would fail 10 do everything possible
to avert and to prevent, a catastrophe
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
4mnSementS.

ACADEMY OF NTsIC-s :Is-The Great Divide
af.HsMRRA-2-S-Nsu Vaudeville
-2n-Paid n Full.
CO-2-15-s15-The Narrens OF Nrsihia
Qg-s.Io-f1chard III
ETANEyrS-al5-s:l5-The Mormon WIG
RRospWaT-s:I5-A Waltz Dream
Nearly Hero
COZ 4
CFsTTFgFoN-S-I5-MiSs Hook OF Eoilano
DAL1-S-s-Caraiiie-
r>FNE-Y-2-S-NaEdexflfe-
EDEN MUSEE-The World in Wax
7-NPTRE-S.2o .2o-The Testers.
CARRICKe -so-Fiftv Miles, from Boston-
tsF,fRNkN-S=15-sscheTlni1
HACKETT-2:I5-s:1-- Nitching t.oo1-
EsMMERSTE-lN' S-2-s :I5-kauceXlie:: - ,-o.,.,,
sEFEsT,D ST- AFsr-si5-The Girl BEHIND tile Con.
ToTSR0AIE-2-s-Batt!e Of Port Arthur S"S'
Drowning Dancers.
-T,S0N-s.2o-The Honor Of the Fanny.
SlNTCkFRROCk ER-s -I5-The TAX OF Ne" AN1N-
ITpERTY-s:2e-PoIy Of the Circus
YyC.F,T -3o-The Thief
F.YFIC-s-I.ord Lun6reary
HkDISOS SOTARE-s:s0 :s0-The Worth OF a "9,'el1 -
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-10 a m 10 ii p H.
SpofrSrnan's Show.
NAJESTFC-s -I5-BandanEs Land
NFNnFT<~OFIN HALL<-3-Piarlo Fzecltai-,-
MEN zSTERDAM-s-l5-The Merry HioO"-
Nrw rTrCT,E-s: :1t--Lonesoue Town
y0RK-S.20-The Soul kiss
s.roT--2:Ie-s:I Rising Of the Moon ana A"''
t- Shade
ct NICHOLAS RINK-Ice skating-1'hree sessions
S-I-YTF1S II Music Master
Knight for 3 l1aA-
SFBFR'S MUSIC HALLJ-S;lS-Buriesaue oA A"0 49,
Widow
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
MR. TAFT TOASTuASTER.
Introduces Speakers at UniCersity
Glib Dinner IN Washingt

vssbington Feb es-Four hundred college
attended the annual banquet tonight OF the Unit
versfty Club at the Raleigh Hotel, ar which Sec
retarv Taft the tOastmaster and IN nappy
vein introduced the various speakers. It was tho
first time that Mr. Taft has appeared AZ a puo-lo
function in Washington in many months. and -
interwove with his ntroductions many tnctdents os
his recent travels which particularly appealed 70
his hearers graduates Of universities and colleges
in all parts of the country.
The decorations of the banquet room were largely
college flags of great size and across one end was
an immense Italian flag in compliment Baron
Mayor des PIanChes. the Italian Ambassador. ths
guest of honor who responded the toast "Ths
Cosmopolltsnism of University Graduates JUS
tfce Brewer of the Supreme Court. talked OF This
Political Obligations Of Educated Men: DE-. Edwin
A Alderman. president of the University CT vir-
ginia. discussed Public Spirit IN a Democracy's
General Bell. of the army. spoke Of @Yourhfunsss
5 Army Factor and Representative Burtoa
of The Real CuIprit.''
Addresses also made by the Rev. II.
Charles Wood, pastor OF the Church OF the Gov.
enant: General DJvan OF the army; Representa-
tive J. Hampton Moore Senator Proctor and
Thomas Nelson Page
Baron Takahfra, the Japanese Ambassador sad
the warm sentiment manifested toward him leSr
q doubt the friendly and synpathsrir feeling
his hearers had for Japan. He called on Secretary
Taft. who visited Japan recently TO TESTIFY as %
the good feeling there toward Americans Sscrs-
tary Taft declared that he would say again that
The suggestion or war between Japan and rrs
United States was the suggestion OF crime against
civilization.
Justice Brewer said that Secretary Taft ~hsi
made good" and when he got 70 higher places -
would still make good. Justice Brewer COnlulentsd
what ne declared inordinate longing for
legislation He added that IL legislation could save
this country would all be in heaven in lev
days
President Alderman Of the University O, vr-
sinl' spoke OF public spirit in a democracy. as-
pealinx for high ideals in public and private life.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
NV, vopu DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY. FEBRUARY ~ 1eos

cannot stand critical examination by mouei"
acopomist and Mr. Gompers proceeds 10 riuu,e
II How can there be any restraint OF u'oe
when ms he points out. the action oi the univ,
in nrevantlng the sale Of Loewe's MATS oio no'
.result IN fewer hats being purehhsed ps 'ne
community? Hats continued To wear o"' J
49, ~ ,h hovrott had never been declared Men
,n,,, ,h,,.d +, l,,y new hats just as tney i''u
,.. aou. II mny fairly bc doubted tnch'
,,,h.r ono less hat was bought or sofa De
.,rse of the hoycutt OF what importance - !.
Z, th. nublic so long as every one cnn p"y nv
inst as usual whether or not hoe"e W. 80
make and sell their product ihe "ine'e"o
between the Dnubury firm anu tue
unou were Of course. II P'iV"'e
which the country had no business 10 '"'''
aud would not have intertefed II Ju"H''
No, heen so amentably ignorant Of economic
principles. ,h. laws Of
-, aa,no,,. I'm fine same direction Ill
which he would revise the laws OF me ha''o''
W., , risis In Industrial affairs comes hnio"
,.hor 10 n,t IN bear It's share OF the genera
Ios On the contrary. the only Saleiy ~
I'm laanin,, wages up Let interest rates i"i'
and let protits disappear. but don touch "''S'
"a too II n capltalIst uses arts similar ~ t'i'
f ,b. yrniteN Hatters to exclude me pTou"C'
,f another from the market that i
of trade When the unions IL" 80 1t -
1he unions can do 10 wrong ih'!
n,I,,,esed class under the principles OIL Nio'
.rn economies" If Mr.. Gompers can haTe u
way he will make them just as, much INV
,ri,iIa,aJ class under the laws OF lhe h''io'''
r.. t of course So long the supreme
Court is wrapped III It's present "e"' ~
nitin bic ignorance of the new ecohoihS'
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
YHE SrPRENE COURTS IGNOR iNCE

Mr.. Gompers takes the recent labor decisions
Of the Supreme Court in the spirit or phiiGSo-
pler. The attitude OF the judges is due 10
simple ignorance. The language of the de
ci>ion." he writes in The Federationist"
makes ii clear that the Supreme Court has
not Informed itself upon modern economics" ="
Men who are brought UP on Mil and the
classical writer's might be expected to enter
tain such old foGy notions the Supreme
Court does, but if the judges had only studied
Marx and Gompers they would have betrayed
no such lamentable unenlightenmtnt.
We all know what the world owes TO Mr.
Gompers the inventor OF his simple remedy
FOR panics. But that is by means all that
Mr.. GomperS has contributed 10 economics. for
in his exposure of the Supreme Courts igno-
rance he throws light upon the question
of restraint of trade" The court held that
when the boycotting matters threat tened dealers
If they bought i,osWe & Co.'S hats and CO.
creed them into refraining from doing they
We're restraining trade. Such = view, Of course,
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFror, The Tribune Bureau. /

IFIom The IIIDuHt
uasbinstop Feb 2e-The Brazilian Ambassador
and Nine Nabuco hosts at dinner Tonight
having as their guests Senator and Mrs Stephen
y FIkins the Argentine Minister and Sonora de
Portela, the Chilian Minister ana sonora ue tl"~'
the Grecian Minister. Representative and Mrs
Dwight John Barrett, the British Second Secre-
tarv and Mrs. Young. Mrs John NJ. T1Tn1nins MISS
Kean Miss Wetmore the Brazilian Second sec
retary and Mime. ChermOnt. MIR. '<roupensAE, oi
the Russian Embassy; Signor Montasna. ltalan
Counsellor and Mr. do Amaral Brazilian CoUn-
sellor. go
The Hon Mrs. James. wife of the British MILL
tary ettache entertained Informally at hncheon
to-day. Her sister, the Hon Nina hay-ShuttIe-
worth who has spent the greater part OF the win
ter here will go TO Boston Saturday and will sail
for her home in England on March J.
New-York tribune., 1908-02-27
ASTRONOMICAL PUZZLE UNsOLvED.
Observations of Professor Campbell Dispel

San Francisco. Feb. 6--Thers are 10 planets
between the sun and Mercury, and scientists viii
have To- build JP some other theory 10 explain Why
Mercury does the regular orbit de-
scrbe for It. according The conclusions reached
hy Professor w W. Campbell. head OF Lick OBJ
servatory. from the development OF photographs
plates taken at Flint Island several months aso.
showing the eornplete absence OF any planet BE-
tween the and Mercury.
For fifty years astronomers have been unable ~
understand why Mercury does not follow the path
orbit which should he its mathematical course.
and !t has been the theory that there was sons
foroe pulling II from its orbit. and that this COM
pellius force the attraction CT planets inter-
VrniHg between il and the sun