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New-York tribune., 1908-03-06

BT TRE BEAPD or THE PROPHETt
The argument of Ex-Governor Frank :. Black
that the legislators viii abolish gambling only
al the peril of their immortal souls lifts the
case for the racetrack boobmakprs from a basis
Of gross material significance 10 one of hIgn
spiritual import Tt waves mere mundane ci--
cumstances aside II IS inpatient of such prac-
ticai considerations a. whether. gambling at The
tracks being forbidden. IooiroOms in the cry
would or would not flourish in greater numbers.
il ignores the question of vested interests, the
possible depreciation in ra"o1rack properties
through the anti gambling legislation * ap ar
G1IInent TOO ignohle 10 rcst she ,-iSa UHoH- I'm
proving the breed Of horses, Important n that
may be. is spurned from the arena OF thought.
Tho humane consideration that proper regard
for the gamblers health requires that hC sno1I.J
enjoy in the pursuit Of his vocation the bless
ngs Of sunlight. pure air and the inspiring
influence Of country scenery. and not be driven
10 fUTtive inner rooms crowded with foul,
smoke laden atmosphere, hidden from the
eyes Of the policemen this noble sentiment
is TOO gross and Of the earth earthly TO be pre-
sented upon that lofty moral plane TO which
the eX-GoyerDor has lifted the case of the book
makers. Cod implanted the gambling passion
in the human breast, and since he put It there
il cannot be wrong To prohibit its exercise,
though the speaker did lOt say so. surely be
comes something in the nature Of 8 blasphemy.
ETery boOkmaker he read Mr.. Blacks
speech Yesterday must have felt 4 thrill of
pride al finding himself placed before the world
al last in his true light, and at realizing his
wholly unsuspncted but nevertheless divine,y
ordained function as an agent Of morality.
The trainers 6f the state constitution in for
bidding gambling came dangerously near an act
Of impiety, from which, however. praised be
Allah and his prophet Mahomet. they were
saved by the Legislatures making nonsense Of
the constitution.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
rGrNICS IN JAPAN.

Those who recall how zealousiy the Mikado :
subjects set out 10 complete their Europeanlza-
ton at the close of the Russo-Japanese War
nav he interested TO learn about the startling
DroCress which they have made in becoming
more like their brethren Of the West Super
fetal changes. in dress cotfure, speech ana
modes Of life were effected with astonishing
ease. so that the Japanese themselves STOOD
achasr III the IightningIke transformation, al
most Convinced that they were destined TO be
come as cosmopolitan and coiOrless rs al DC
cidental head waiter But this fearful pros
nect was not fearful enough to check them in
their aspiration toward our patent leather
neroxide blonde bToiled lobster civilization. A
great national movement began. according 10
the e1lpposablv veracious Toxic correspondent
of The London Standard for the European
ization OF Japanese legs. Of course The VI
terror motive OF this reform Is 20 add cuDt
or thcreabouts 10 japanese stature, when com
pares unfavoraby with that OF other races only
because Of short leggetness. As We read che
accounts Of the campaign TOR longer Lnl-h
bones the hoary old yarn about the unOflElnaI'
initiative Orient appears 10 he gross SANDER.
Japanese Psychologists have expressed the
onjnion that national short-leggedness is the re
sult Of doing without chairs, the habit of sit
ting on the floor with eytTemities folded up
like rateut scissors hampering the growth of
thigh and shin bones. This once proved, the
novernment sought to remedy the attiction with
characteristic thoroughness. Says The stand
ard correspondent;
Consequently the medical staff of the Japanese
army has for some years been putting the native
soldier through a strict course OF gyIlnastlc ana
dietary discipline. insisting that the moVement
bn carried into the homes Of the people, until all
should he ob4essed with the desire 10 grow tall
or produce i progeny with this qualification for
cftizenship Mothers and nurses are being ad-
vsed not 10 carry their babies on their backs, as
the custom is deemed sufficient 70 account for
The prevalence nf handy legs among the jap
anese The nation is besought, and the soldiers
are required. TO sit something higher than
the floor Ii is interesting 10 note that these
experiments regarded as on the whole sat
lsfactory. The army surgeons aver that in the
few years that they have been liable to give any
proper attention To the subject the physical CON
ditiUn of the Japanese soldier has shown marked
improy encut ana that even an appreclabie in
crease of stature can be noticed
Ia this vivid picture of Il great nation being
bullied, argued, exercised and dieted into n
state Of long-leggedness the glorious possbli-
ties of benevolent despotsm are clearly sug
sested japan has evidently accepted Mr. Cal
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
TEE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFrorn TIE tribune Bureau-I

IFTon The Tribune 6ureaOI
washington March 5-AiInc. JUsSSsrsad IT-Virec a
number Of women the Cabinet. the diplomatic
corps and resident society 10 meet Nine Menned
Ali wife OF the Turkish Minister. Mehmed Ali Bey
at a tea al the French Embassy this AFTERNOON
In commitment to the custom OF her guests coun-
t,, no men were present either visitors Or ser
wants Nine Jusserand was assisted IN receiving
and entertaining her guests by Nine de BIanpTe'
wife of the naval attache and Niscounress de
MarteI wife of the third Of the embassy
Nine. Mehrned All went yelled 70 the embassy as
she does IN attending TO al OF her social duties but
removed her veil in the presence Of her hostess
The British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce nave
issued invitations for evening receptions Llis
month one on Wednesday o< next week and one
the following Wednesday.
The British military attache and the Hon Ars-
James entertained at dinner tonight, HaFIHS
among their guests the British counsellor and Lady
Isabella Howard. the Austrian naval attache ana
Baroness Preuschen Won und zu Liebenstein. MISS
Tuckerrnan M and Mrs. Herbert WadsT-o7th and
William Phillips.
4 new Norwegian minister will be appointed II
Apru to i'll the post here left vacant b. the dea-n
of Mr. Hauge and will probably come 70 America
shortly after appointment M SkybaA1 ne ciarS@
d-anaires has been joined by the rev at-ache,
Alexander WilheIInsen.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06

ously inhabited and is open to multitude OF
visitors of all dispositions and habits. In such
circumstances the possibility of either careless
or wilful pollution is never absent. The Croton
region has afforded numerous examples of poi
luton and has long been an object lesson In the
need of police protection. IT will be recalled
that at one time large number of laborers en-
gagged on work necessitated by the citys own
extension of its water supply camped directly
upon the bank of one of the chief afiuents uf
CrotOn Lake. carefully constructed their camp
so that its drainage would all be directly into
that stream. and in addition habitually used
the stream to battle in and 10 wash their soilet
clothes in until The Tribune called the atten-
tion of the city authorities TO the matter and
sent them hurrying there on an early Sunday
morning train TO put stop 10 the nuisance.
The history Of the Croton region abounds IN
cases Of similar pollution. great and small
nearly all of which have been of precisely the
kinds which 4 police force could and should
guard against. We assume that the Catsktll
region will he kept free from such scandals
If the wafer supply of this city, however.
which Is being secured At so great cost and
which is of so ineStimable Importance TO the
public health, is TO be adequately projected
something more than the creation of a police
force, however vigilant, will be needed THAT
force will have to be endowed with adequate
powers and there must also be some revision
or amplificati0n of the laws which will give
the city fuller authority over its own water
supply and over the region from which il je
drawn At present il is almost Impossible II
get nuisancPs Of certain kinds abated, save
through the good will Of those who are main
tanning them, or else through long, tedious and
costly processes of litigation. II is prepost@r-
Gus and dscredtable state of affairs that 4
city Of four and half million people after
spending scores Of millions Of dollars is
wafer system. should have lis water supply.
that prime requisite of life and health, left st
the mercy of every careless or malicious PEI
son and should be without summary and plen-
aTy power for its own protection.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
~rvyoRK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY, MARCH G, 1905.

toms new science of eugenics and is going 10
stop nowhere in her efforts to improve the
breed of men. Westerners whose CIVILIZATION
is being copied by the japanese VIII dououess
agree however that the Sunrise kingdom
might better have begun remodelilng other de-
fails of IFS iuha makeup. 1t Is all very
uail tn elevate the race few inches ana tnere-
nv broaden its views; but is there not more
urgent need of toughening it so that II may
stand the wear and tear of ordinary western
UfeP Through the administration OF coid Dalhs
twice daily to all citizens over six weeks oio
the next generation of fat dwellers might caehie
hoarselv at the disappointment OF laholoruS
who frv to kill them with ICY rada'"i0-
Through the drilling of every property o"he'
in +be pame of tag" the arduOus duty known
as dodcinC subpenas and jury service hisn.
soon ne performed with the palnlessnesS fio
ease of an instinct BY kicking. maulihs' Pncn-
ipr and reyiIinc young and old alike the III
tado-s eucenic agents might soon eVoIFe EacV
we'll fitted to ride on subway trains anu I'M
hack talk" from employees aud hoodlnnlS Mo-
vioorous massage with sandbags ana polp7
poud inure the gentle Fasteners 10 hiacN
1zand a+iouette While this process was SoinS
on tha patients might suspect that htty years
of Flrnne were worse than cycle Oh Ca1n"!
R,,+ the results would be worth all the pan5'
of avOlu+iOn.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
4 NrU IERSEY CRISIS.

some remarks by Governor Fort reported N
Yesterdays Tribune are 10 be earnestly COM
nended TO the consideration Of political lead
prs in New Jersey for application TO a variety
of mattcrs II was speaking of the selection
of delegates 10 the Republican National Con
vcntion and ne said in effect that he believed
thst tho time was past III that state when any
little company or clique Of men could get TO
cethor and say who should should not be
delegates. In that he was doubtless right Ibe
state convention. and no less al authority VIII
select the deIeca tp>-at-large. And it may be
confidently added that it will select men truly
representative OF the best Republican senu-
ment of the state,
The Governors words have also rs we have
suggested. wider application-for example
10 some pending measures before the LeglslaJ-
ure We trust that the time is past when any
coterle Of sef-appointed bosses could get togeth-
er and say what bills should and what should
not he enacted In particular. il is to be hoped
for the sake OF the state and OF the hepubhcan
marty that no such sinister disposition can be
made of the Civil Service bill which has al
ready passed the Senate and is now before the
Assembly That the latter house should take
sufficient time TO consider the measure care
fully is fitting. II may ne able 10 suggest some
desirable amendments though the bill, as Sen
ator Ackerman drafted it. seems to be about all
that could he desired. But il should be under
stood plainly that the emasculation or killing
of the bill would he not only deplorabl for
the state but also politically disastrous TO those
who did the deed
The bosses may. as reported. issue an edi"I
that the bill must he killed. But bosses edcts
are not exactly what they were. The people
Of the State Of New Jersey have not forgotten
that the Republican party in its platform last
wear specifically and emphaucally pledged itself
TO the enactment Of such d measure and that
Governor Fort both before and after his eec-
ton and in his inaugural address spoke strongly
in favor of it That the Governor still favors
il IS of course not TO he questioned. 1t re
mains for the House Of Assembly 70 make
good the pledge of the platform on which its
members were elected. Indeed, both party
platforms declared for q Civil Service law, so
that Democrats as we'll as Republicans are
nIedCed 10 the enactment Of such measure.
We cannot believe that the bill OF Senator
Ackermau will fail. But since there has been
talk about IT'S defeat having been ordered by
the bosses. il is well 10 recall the declarations
Of last wears campaign, and TO remember, too,
how the voters CT New Jersey have now and
then dealt with politicians who have broken
their pledges and have defeated and dcfed the
popular will.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
POLICING THE WATERSHEDS.

The BOARD % NS1er Supply has done mum
bcr Of excellent things, bur probably none more
colrmendable n practical common sense, from
several points Of view. than the creation Of Il
special police force 10 patrol the neyv watershed
81 the CatskiiIs. The ordinary police Of The
city are often called guardians Of the peace.
These watershed police viii lee guardians Of
both reaCr and health. Tbey VIII. moreover.
finely demonstrate ;bc intention Of this city 10
zeal a. equitabiy a. possible with the communi-
ties whose territory il invades 10 secure IFS
wafer supply, since tbe first duty Of the new
police. and indeed almost their sole duty for
several years. VIII ba 10 serve the welfare Of
those communities. The complaint WAS made
in the Croton region and nor without cause
thzl this city had planted therein numerous
ceionics of alien workmen of uncl.an habits
sud turbulent and sometimes Iswless dispos-
Tic1s and that thus for this citrs sole benefit
he communities IN the watershed were put 10
much expense FOR their oWn protection and
were actually subjected 50 much law breaking
and 20 occasional outbreaks Of pestilence. rh.
police ia the CatsAiils VIII. Il is 10 be assr1ua
oviate cause for any such complaint there
They will keep in order the army Of workmen
which VIII De employed, and Will protect the
water supplies Of the local communities from
such contamination IS that a. Katonah and
probably that Il PeekSkn recently suffered
That viii be their duty during the period Cf
construction. When the great work is finished
We asSunle enough of them VIII be permanently
retained 10 protect this ciGv's water supply from
al preveEtabie pollution There win Of course
be ne Eeed 0f any such army Of police as some
h8ve u8warr2ntablv suggested. Two or three
dozen VIII be Needed al first, and the number
may be- Increased 10 FIVE or six hundred when
the fuil force OF laborers Is AT work. but there
VIII probably n no time be need Of half rs
nIauy as some reports have stated.
Df tie heed Of Il moderate sized but vigilant
police force for The Permanent projection 81 the
ciiT's water supply there can be little question
= 5e watershed is not depopulaied nor barr@l
s>ains1 fle ingress OF visitors IL is numer-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
QUESTIONS COST OF PENSIONS.

To the Editor % The TrT5un.
SIR IL yoC- issue of cais dz-s u1ds- -h- -ar
tiou a Costly ProjeC-.-' Tcur Washington co---
sponder- says that -i- would cost rh= so-s-11lenf
SS-.1to000 year. according 70 the estimate t-ss
submitted TO Congress ~ the War Department. z
the bill placing the ve-erars OF the Civil Var 81
the retired list OF the army should be rasss1- I
suppose this has reference % the blU Placing r1s
officers Of the volunteer army and nav who served
more than one year during rae ClvE Va and vao
are now over s-x-y-tou- years or age ne -
tired list AS me amount 20 - paid sac1 veteran
officer would amount 10 about s. 10 vou- state
nent would seem 20 imply thar there SIT
eiSllty-tvo thousand officers living think tAar
your informant must Be slightly deficient Il rs
computations think that q fai- statement woua
De about One-tweit-E OF S-10. about SSS5. which
IN my estimation. would be nearer right o course
/ should be happy 10 be assured thai there ATe
s2o'0 SIN living but Z believe they are Sar Below
that number. Hoping you viii see your way clear
20 correct your arithmetic. T am
ISAAC VAN STEECEERSA
Late Captain I02d Regiment. New York Vciu-r-s-s
Brooklyn, March s. ISoS
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
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New-York tribune., 1908-03-06

tharity over il, and that authority must De
complete. without any imperiKm an tmper1o or
other Objectionable reservations. But the
doubtful feature of the new treaty is tnat u
does seem to make certain reservations, which
may or may not be acceptable. That the SOW
ereign should retain some profitable interest III
the State, so as TO derive a personal revenue
from it in return for the fortune Re IS SAID 10
have expended in developing it, seems fair But
the Belgian Parliament viii doubtless think
more than twice before it binds itself to the
ratification Of vast concessions which the sov-
ereCn is said to have granted in anticipation
of the transfer OF the State and which are sald
10 cover secret schemes for his personal prohI
II is not agreeable TO hear that the sovereign
of the Congo has displayed i'll feeling al rne
attitude and course of America in this matter
and if the rpport be true we shall be glad 10
believe that he has thus acted because OF some
misapprehensiOn II would be easier 10 as
credit the report if it were not Tor the Iact
that the announcement of the new treaty win
IFS apparently complete surrender of the SOY
ereiGn'S former demands. has followed so closely
upon the manifestation of American sympathy
an6 moral ro-operation with Great Britain in
urging a prompt and radical readjustment OF
Congo affairs OF the entire correctness OF the
course pursued by these two countries there
can TO our mind be no doubt II has been ex-
actIv consistent with the principles OF the acts
of Berlin and Brussels TO which the congo
State owes its existence. That America mas
been actuated by any selfish or sinister mo-
rives is entirely unthnkable, and the same MAJ
be as confidently said concerning Great Britain
10 mower in Eurone has been more benevolently
disposed toward Belgium and its King since
the creation of that kingdom than Great
Britain and none has been freer from any red-
sonable OF plausible suspicion OF coverousness
toward the Congo territory, it being per1eclly
well understood that the title TO the latter, II It
should pass br Belgium. would revert 70
France The attitude of King Leopold toward
the British and American ministers, therefore,
If correctly reported, would have TO De 1ntec-
preted as the result either of misapprehensiou
or Of deplorabp resentment at the baking #
unworthy designs.
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.

TFroul The Tribune EuTeaul
Washington. March 5.-The Hon Violet Vivian.
who has been the guest OF the Postmaster General
and Mrs Meyer for several weeks. has gone 70 New
York where she will be the guest for time OF
Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt
Mrs. L. Chapman Smith. of Pasadena, Cal, who
WIS 10 have been ratron OF honor for her sister Miss
Helen Ffoulke, at her marriage n NIr- Havenitn
on March Is viii be unable 10 come East for the
wedding Miss FfouIke will have one or two brides
maids
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page entertained
number Of guests Al dinner tonight
Senator and Mrs. Beve-idge have as their guest
Mrs Augustus EDDY, Of Chicago. Mrs EDDY has
inst recovered from a serious illness which caused
her retirement from society in the winter, but is
much improved.
Mrs. stephen Eikius and Miss Katherine
EIkins have gone South for a fortnight
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
THE AEW CONGO TREATY.

The text Of the new Congo annexation treaty
is published, and various opinions are ex-
pressed concerning its terms. The cablad
synopsis accOrds with the official forecast in iu-
dicating it 10 be much more satisfactory In
StrumenI than its predecessor. but careful
scrutiny and consideration will be necessary
10 determine precisely what the effect Of all its
provisions would be. The former treaty was
AT first made 10 appear in favorable light
but when its various ''annexes" were revealed
and Interpreted il wHs seen 10 hc something
quite different from what had been supposed
So far as can ROW be perceived. the sovereign
Of the Congo offers 10 concede TO Belgium much
more than ever before. That mysterious Grown
domain for example, concerning which so
many different stories have been told, is to be
surrendered, and so are some European prop
critics which have been purchased by the SOY
ereign out Of the profits of the Congo. while
the finances and the entire administration of.
the Congo State are To be turned 10 the
control of the Belgian Parliament Just as COM
pietey are those of Belgium itself II goes
without saying that these reasonable and
just provisions, nothing short of which wound
be satisfactory. II Belgium assumes rcsponsl.
biIity for the Congo State she must bupe au-
New-York tribune., 1908-03-06
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
"EMBEzZLEMENT OF POWER

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
SIr. N you- issue of to-day william J 8-ya- -
reported 70 have charged that Democrats e -
Kentucky Legislature have .'err1eZzl>G po-rs--
He might with truth and p-oprfe-y have co--o11-
rated his charge by adding that the crime he has
discovered is Democratic propensity, that eight
years ago Democratic Ensmbsrs OF THAT Leg-szlu-s
's1nbezzed power by giving the Office of governor
20 William C5oebeI Who had been defeated BY VII
IAN s Taylor bv 422S majority; that il the Seracs
OF the State OF New York sixteen years az7, Dem
ocrats 'eYulezzIed power by stealing -1e Duchess
County clacrion returns and making thar body Dem
oc-atic when 10 was honestly Republican. that
f5--y-elEh- years ago the Democrats n clever
states 'eucezzIeI power and organized and al
tempted maintain = new nation whose corner
stone was proclaimed 5y its Vlre-F-eslie-- 10 5s
human slavery and who t-u-Ifu-Iy claimed -ls-
it cHr only nation ever founded --.s- -1sa-
The manifest sentiment % the civilized world nov
appears TO warrant the assurance tha- -ls-s VII
never be another such enterprise undertaken
EmlezzleilElI IS z very nelnJIs crime ard
cszZ.e-s are very Glsreou-a5le characters. and g.
Mr. Bryan a1a-s suc1 business In the MAJ
OdorOus political association with which ls Is
identified and sxQrI such -laIeSac-o-s from i- .
viii effect a great -e<5---ore OF those -e5o-cs
that Il very seriously needs 70 either dsssr-e
receive The couhdeuce and SUPPORT OF majority ot
the people " = BALDWIN.
Liberty y y. March g sos