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New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
THE FRENCH NAVY.
Liverpool

For the last few years the French naval
establishment has been regarded as decadent
and as rapidly approaching negligible cOndi-
ton. Time was down TO Mr.. Pelletan's admin
istration. four years ago. when it was easily
the second navy in the world and was, indeed,
nearer to riyalling the first than any other has
since been. But in recent years, since Mr.. Pei
letan's policy became effective, new CoEStruc-
tion has been neglected and the French navy
has been decidedly surpassed by those of Ger
many and the United States, and thus has fallen
to fourth place. Moreover, a number of grave
disasters and the exposure Of serious scandals
and corruption have shaken faith in even what
navy the republic has. 1t was only the other
day that OF the worst Of the scandals was
made public, and it is therefore not little sur
prising TO learn that plans being matured
for French naval expansion on n scale which
promises to rehabilitate the establishment II
1t does not restore it TO its former rank
The proposal is TO adopt a fixed programme
for the next ten years which will assure to tile
navy in 1919 fewer than forty-five first
class battleships. No more first class armored
cruisers are to he built. but the navy is to be
provided with twelve protected cruisers or
cruisers scouts. Coast defence is to he p1ain-
tained by eighty-four destroyers, while sixty
seagoing destroyers are TO supplement- the might
of the big battleships. Finally the French pre-
dilection for submarine boats Is to he gratified
in the provision of siKty-four of them The new
battleships. Of which at least twelve will be
required. are to he improved Dreadnouehts''
They will he of more than 22.000 tons displace-
nent each, with a speed Of more than twenty
knots and each will carry a homogeneous bat
terry of fourteen 12nch guns. Each Of these
formidable vessels will cost $16000O00 and
the entire programme of construction now pro-
posed viii involve the expenditure of 5000
100000.
That this progfamme will be accepted as a
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
THE GRAFT PROSECUTIONS DEFEAT


The result in the San Francisco graft case is
unsatisfactory because indecisive, but verdict
of acouittal or a disagreement was to have been
expected by any one who had followed the evi-
dence. The difficulty in obtaining a conviction
of Mr.. Calhoun. the street railway official illus
trates the difficulty usually encountered in such
cases. 1t may be easy To prove bribery, but the
distance between the "one really responsible
man. and the humble instrument OF corruption
is so great and so many agents intervene be
tween them, operating naturally in devious and
secret ways. that 10 establish legal certainty
over the whole route is manifestly an arduous
task.
In this case the chain that the prosecution
sought to establish was this: From Calhoun
To TREY l. Ford counsel of the street railway
company: from Ford 10 Boss Ruef, from
Ruef TO the bribed supervisor. Now. if every
one along this lipe below Calhoun had turned
states evidence, and if the confessions had
been sufficiently cOrroborated, II would have
been possible 10 carry responsibility back 70 the
principal. if Calhoun was indeed the principal.
But the only confession the state had was that
of the bribed supervisor that Ruef had paid
him for his vote in favor of a certain franchise
for Calhoun's street railway company
To trace the money paid by Ruef hack TO the
responsible officer of the street railway company
was the prosecutions task. 1t was apparently
proved that 100000 was on deposit at the
San Francisco Mint belonging 10 the street rail-
way company; that il withdrawn and
taken 10 the Office of TREY L. Fnrd that sub
sequently Ruef visited that office, and that
thereafter the supervisor was bribed Now, that
chain of evidence may have established all
kinds Of moral probabilities and presumptions,
but IL not direct enough legally 70 con-
meet Calhoun with the bribery. The testimony
Of Ruef might have remedied the defects but
perhaps even Ruef. who was not called could
not if he would. carry the crime back to ''the
really responsible man" The prosecution ap-
pears 10 be blocked in that direction, but its ef
forts and it's revelations cannot fail 10 have a
wholesome effect upon public sentiment in san
Francisco.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
sHncKLNG AND DANGEROEs.

The fate of Elsie Sige ought to put an end to
the practice of permitting young women TO De-
come the teachers of adult Chinese i'll the mis-
sion schools. The idea Of an immature and un-
SOPHISTICATED girl, such as Miss Sigel was when
she began mission work, being placed III the
peculiarly intimate relation of the individual
teacher of an adult Chinaman is shocking 1t
would be shocking even if the adult pupil were
a white man about whose character asSocia-
tions and antecedents no more known than
is known about the personal history of these
Chinese, who. in the cynical language OF the
police, work the missionary game. How
much more so is it when sentimental and sus-
ceptihle girls are exposed TO close personal con-
tact with adult aliens who cut of from the
society of women of their own race ana OF
decent women generally, and come in contact
only with the missioner and the surreptitious
creatures five hundred of whom the police nave
lust banished from Chinatown.
The idea becomes even more repulsive when
due allowance is made for race feeling. The
whites are not the only people with an instinct
for race prejudice. The yellow man has just
as much contempt for the white as the white
has for the yellow. the black or the brown; and
the attitude of the unsCrupulous white man in
the tropics toward the inferior yellow or
brown woman is well understood. In the Mott
street district the situation is reversed. There
il is the white woman who belongs 10 the IN
ferior race and such white women as the
Cbinaman ordinarily meets are not likely 10
disturb his sense of race superiority.
We do not mean 10 say that every Gilman
who attends a mission school Is working the
missionary game" but enough of them are 70
make it an unsafe place for young women. The
proper teachers for these adult Chinese are
men and mature women. IF the attendance at
such schools falls off with the exclusion OF
youthful and pretty faces there vii! be no loss
TO Christianity.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22

satisfactory fnaity is by no means assured
In 1900 the aim was TO have % battlesnlps anu
80 destroyers. In 1907 the numbers were III
creased to 80 battleships and 100 destroyers-
Now 45 battleshps and 144 destroyers are de-
manded Long before 1919 the numbers ma!
igain be materially increased. Indeed, II Is
probable that such will be the case when the
French realize that the present programme
would leave them still far behind Germany ana
probably the United States also. in the fourth
place as at present, If France wishes to regain
the second place in the next ten years she must
probably set her standard at sixty battieshlps
instead of f0rty-fve. That she may do, though
of course even then Germany's standard may
he further increased. And these figures suggest
the colossal magnitude of Great Britains under
taking to maintain her navy at more than the
united strength Of the next two powers, or at
twice the strength of the next power How
france and the other nations will endure the
cost of these armaments. in view of their en-
barrassment in meeting present expenses Is
question of extreme gravity. 1t is all very Wen
To say. as "L'Ecar' of Paris now does, I'VE
must pay or PERISH But it is conceivable thaI
if the steady increase of naval cost keeps on
there may come a time when 10 pay will he TO
pprish If only the British proposals for liml-
tation Of armaments had been favorably re-
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau. J

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. June H.-Mrs John d. Wood, OF
New York who has been the guest for week OF
her son-in-Iaw and daughter. the Assistant Seore-
tary Of the Navy and Mrs. Beekman Winthrop. re-
turned 10 her home this afternoon
The Re- Roland Cotton Smith. rector Of st.
Johns Church, accompanied by Mrs Smith and
their and daughter Will leave here within a
few DAYS fer their summer home at Ipswich. Mass
Nr and Mrs Franklin Ellis have closed their
house and kone 20 Osterville. Mass, where
they viii be the guests Of Mr. and Mrs Thomas t
Can until they sail for Europe July 10 Mrs.
Gan and Mrs Ellis sisters
Mrs. Charles 3. Hovry will leave here Tomorrow
for GreenbTiar. White Sulphur Springs. where she
viii spend several weeks Later in the season
Judge and Mrs Howry viii go to Maine. taking
the judges daughters with them
Senator and Mrs. GUEgenheim have taken for
n@yt season the house formerly occupied by the
ex-Secretary of state and Mrs. Bacon.
Commander and Mrs Richard T. Mulligan have
closed their Washington house for the season and
gone TO their summer home at Northeast Harbor.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
ONE OF LARGEST GIFTS TO YALE.

New Haven, June 21-The Yale University treas-
urer announces that the agreement with the reI@-
tives of Frederick C. Hewett. OF Owego. n Y OF
the class OF IS. to his legacles Is fnal ana tha-
there will be contest in the courts. Under @ t-o
arrangement Yale will receive 100000. or Ssv"'
less than under the terms of the will. and the pay
ment to the university will be made before Ions
The legacy will go to Yale without restrlcuoh'
and Will be added to the general university fun-
With the exception OF the bequest made oy .n0
late Joseph E. Sheffield 10 the Yale Scientiho
School, the Hewett bequest ranks among the iars
est ever made TO Yale and has been exceeded only
by one individual gift, that made several years
ago by John d. Rockefeller.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
TESTING HoLrHEAD's CONVENIENCE

TESTING HOLYHFAD'S CoNIEAibNfE.
In the experiment which the White Star Line
made on Sunday with the Cedric there were two
departures from previous usage. Such mail as
was destined for London not put of az
Queenstown. but was carried along To Holy
head on the Welsh coast Passengers who
would otherwise have been landed at Liverpool,
which remains the terminal port for a part. ot
the White Star fleet, were also put ashore at
Holyhead
So far as the mails are concerned il IS not
Vet apparent that there Is any particular gain.
The route followed by letters for London when
taken off by a tender At Queenstown is little
circuitous They 60 for considerable distance
in Ireland by rail, cross St Georges Channel by
ferry to Holyhead and finish the journey by
rail If the Cedric had made no stop at Queens
town she might have been able 70 deposit her
mail bags on the pier at Holyhead little
sooner than II they had gone the other way.
Not only is the distance from Queenstown 10
Holvbead bv sea somewhat shorter than when
q portion Of the route lies across the Emerald
Isle hut more or less time IS consumed by the,
transfer of mail on the east coast of Ireland 10
the ferry The advantages of the more direct
tourney. however. are offset 10 some extent by
the superiority Of a railway train over steam
ship in the matter Of speed. and they may pos
sibly have been sacrificed altogether by the de-
lay at queenstown
As Holyhead is only about seventy miles from
Liverpool il might not at first be supposed that
passengers would find II much more convenient
To 90 ashore at the former than at the latter
point The journey by rail TO London from
Holyhead probably requires an hour more than
the journey from Liverpool to the same destna-
ton. but slow steamships Ike the Cedric would
need four or five hours more to reach the Eng
lish port than the Welsh port. BY following the
established precedent then loss Of at least
three or four hours would seem to be assured.
An additional reason for the fest just made is
afforded by the uncertainty of prompt landing
at Liverpool. The embarrassments due To the
tides there have not, White Star Line officials are
represented as saying, been wholly overcome. Oc-
casionally therefore, the detention at Liverpool
might he even more serious than this computa-
ton indicates. II the conclusions drawn from
the experiment made with the Cedric are con-
frmed when il is repeated by the Baltic. there
is a probability that Hoyhead will achieve a
new popularity, even if the operations Of load
ing and unloading freight are continued at
Liverpool
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
GBy Telegraph to The Tribune ]


Newport June H-The seasons announcement.
were posted at the Casino to-day. The music SEA
son will begin on July z, and there viii be a morn
ing concert each day, with an afternoon concert
on Wednesday. The tennis tournament starts on
August It. and the horse show on September s.
and 5.
Mrs. James B. Haggn, c. H. P. Gilbert Colonel
c. L. F. Robinson and Philip A. Clarke have re-
turned to New York
Hermann Oelrichs. jr.. has registered at The Ca
sinO
Pembroke Jones. jr., has returned from St. Marks
School to spend the summer with his parents
Dr. and Mrs. Roderick Terry are entertaining
Mr.. and Mrs. John T. Terry and John T. Terry. 3D.
of New York
The steam yacht Narada, Henry Walters. left
for New York to-day
Richard T. Wilson is expected for the season on
Tuesday
Mrs. Bargsr waIlach has gone to Philadelphia
for a visit
Mr. and Mrs John J, wysong left for Bar Har-
Dor to-day.
Mr.. and Mrs Henry C. Mcvickar have returned
from abroad.
Mrs. William Grosvenor and Guy Norman have
returned from New York
Alfred q. Vanderbilt has sent permission BY
cable dispatch TO the Sunday school OF one OF the
Newport churches use his farm on July @ for
picnic.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22

are that Americans shall consult the tastes and
desires OF their patrons and shall cater to them
instead of trying to force their own tastes
upon alien peoples and that in shipping goods
to remote points, TO go by steamer. by rail,
or perhaps by mule train across the Andes
they shall pack them a little differently and a
little more carefully than they would if they
were merely TO be carted from New York TO
Brooklyn. With these principles of elementary
business common sense observed, American com
merce ought 10 and. believe. would hold an
easy first place in the markets OF South America
instead Of a second. third or fourth place.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
THE CABINET

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington June 21.-Thc Secretary Of State has
returned Washington after an absence of several
days Valley Forge.
The Secretary Of the Treasury returned TO the
capital to-day from Princeton. N j., where he met
Mrs MacVeagh. The latter has returned to her
summer nome in Dublin, n. H.
The Attorney General, who left Washington near
the end of last week attend the wedding on Sat
urday of his son. Cornelius w Wickersham. 20
Miss Hincl1ley. and for visit TO Mrs Wickersham
and the members of his family at their home on
Long Island returned here this morning
The Secretary of the Navy Is in New York, ana
win meet Mrs Meyer and the Misses Meyer. his
wife and daughters their arrival there on the
Berlin tomorrow. The family will go on the Dol
phin TO Hamilton Mass. their summer home
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau.I

Washington, June 1.-THE German Amoassador
has returned TO the embassy from a visit in New
York He has made definite plan for leaving
the capital for Manchester. where he has leased
a summer embassy.
Count Moltke has closed the Danish Legation
here for the summer. and will sail from New York
tomorrow to spend several months abroad. Coun-
tess Moltke and her little daughter will spend
the summer in this country with the countesss
parants Mr. and Mrs Thaver at their summer
home in Lancaster Mass and IN Newport.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.l

IFron Tribune Bureau
Washington. June 21.-The President spent HealiS
the entire morning discussing the corporation tax
question with the Attorney General ana members
of Congress. including Senators kean. Elklns ana
Dillingham; and Representatives Morgan, ByrnS'
Parsons, Wilson, Lowering. Tawney ana DehoS-
Mr. Wickersham and the President have helo many
conferences on this subject and to-day they oiS-
cussed it for hour and half
Because of exceptions taken TO the report OF so
Iicito~ General Bowers on the question or "hat 10
whiskey?" recently made public at the White House
President Taft to-day promised to give a hearing
to the representatives of the disteres IN his once
on Monday, June 2S.
The hot weather led President TAFT TO /aOan-
don his office for afternoon on the SolI
links and, in company with the Vice-President
Senator Bourne. Captain Archibald Butt and Cen
eraI Clarence Edwards. he left the White House for
the links about 80 O'clock
The Secretary of the Interior. the postmaster
General and eX-Representatives Hepburn and Wat
son callers the White House.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22

II a corporations IS net income were to be taxed
by the government including income to he used
in paying interest on bonds, here Is an illustra-
ton of how unequaliy the burden would be
divided Two corporations have net earnings OF
S1OOO0O apiece. One pays so per cent OF the
total to its bondholders and 20 per cent to its
stockholders. The other pays 20 per cent to It's
bondholders and so per cent to its stockholders.
Each concern would have to pay the same tax,
namely. $1,000. Since the bondholders would
really pay nothing the stockholders of the cor
poration with the larger bonded debt would
have to surrender 10 per cent of the fund avail
able for dividends. The stockholders of the con-
Germ with the smaller debt would surrender only
De per cent.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Miss Elizabeth Sands married at noon yes
te-5ay John Moore Dickinson at the home %
her mother. Mrs. Philip J. Sands. IN East s2d
street The ceremony performed by the Rev.
Or. William NJ. Cirosvenor in the drawing room.
which was decorated with pink and white flowers
The bride. who was given away by her mother.
in white satin. trimmed with point lace and wore
point lace veil She carried a bouquet Of lilies
cf-the-valley and orchids and wore a diamond
brooch. sift Of the bridegroom. She had no
bridesmaids. but her sister. Miss Anne A Sands.
stood her during the service. She was dressed
hrorher's best man, but there were no ushers A
reception and breakfast followed the ceremony.
Among those invited Mr.. and Mrs Charles
r Huntington, Henry q. Trevor. Mrs. John @
Neeser. tbs brides sisters. Mrs. Robert d Graham
and Mrs Church; Mrs. Sackett NJ. Barclay. Mr..
and Mrs Lindsey Tappin. Mrs. Charles d. HaIsey.
Mr.. and Mrs Dean Sage. OF Albany; Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Maeee Ellsworth and Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen
H F.. Pell. Mr.. and Mrs. Dickinson will sail for
Europe Saturday the Arabic TO spend the
summer abroad.
Mrs Philip J. Sands and Miss Anne A. Sands
booked to sail for Europe to-day remain
abroad until the fall
Miss Eleanor Ames daughter Of the late Oliver
Ames. of So. Paul. will be married 10 Alexander
Lincoln in North Easton. Mass. to-day.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
TO STUDY THE GREGoRIAN CHANT.
Roman Catholic Mission TO Benedictine Mon
astery in the Isle of Wight

Baltimore June 2l.-The Rev. Father Besnart. OF
the SUIpician Order. member OF ths faculty ana
AIessrs Riley. Gleason and OHara. students. 81
ST. Mary's Roman Catholic Seminary. going 70
the Isle OF Wight TO study the Gregoria1 chant u
the Benedictine monastery there. This monastery
has been selected by the faculty Of St Mary
Seminary because the BenedicttneS have rnusicai
traditions dating from the fourth century. and ars
considered as knowing best how 10 instn eorrecs-
ness In the use OF the chant.
The party will remain for month and a han a.
the monastery. and will then return to Balunore,
where the students will continue their studies at
St. Mary's Seminary. After their courses AT .
Mary's. the students. who Will then be priests VII
to their respective dioceses and tnsruoE -
the usage OF the pure Gregorian chant
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
THE sYLPH ORDERED TO BEVERLY

Washington. June H.-The naval yacnt 0SPN'
commanded by Lieutenant Roger Williams haS
been ordered TO proceed to Beverly, Mass, IN uno
arrive there by July 3. when IL is expected u-
President and his family viii reach that place
The SyIph will remain az Beverly throughout 20
family.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
CONGESTION EXHIBITION NOW OPEN

a conference and exhibition on congestion -
population and city planning. which Is to last loI
ten days. at the pa Battery armory, The brOn1-
opened last night The conference and exhloiuo
opens at 10 a. m and closes at 10 .. N. Topics o.
importance will be discussed every evening" am
after the speakers have finished talking the a.--
ence will be invited to offer suggestions On -"
subject IN order.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
lsm7lork Daily Sa-ibmats
TUESDAY, JUNE 90. 1909.

Tbis nelcspaper is o5rned and published bV
The Tribune Associations. Nelo York corpora
tion; Office and principal place OF business
Tribune Building. No. I54 Nassau street NeW
York; ogden Mills president; Henry W
Sackeff. secretary: James IL. Barrett. treasurer
The address Of the officers IS the o6oe OF h'S
fesCspaper.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
Inde.r to Advertisements.
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New-York tribune., 1909-06-22

Westbury, Long Island
Mr. and Mrs. W. Rockhin Potts have gons ta
jamestown, r. l.. for the summer.
Count and Countess Laszlo Szechenyf have A.
rived in London from the Continent. and are stav.
ing at C1aridge's.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Mccullough ard Miss Ne,
CulIoush leave town to-day for their country p1ac.
at North Bennington. VT. where they will pass tba
summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward D. Adams OF Madison avs-
nue. have opened their summer home on the Rum
son Road. Seabrfght. y. J., for the season.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. Orne Wilson and their so,,
Orne Wilson and r. T. Wilson. sail for Europs ~.
day They will make automobile tour OF th.
Continent and return to New York in September
William Mcneil Rodenwad and his daugh+a-
Miss Eleanor H. Rodenwald. are booked 70 sail f,r
Europe on July II. They will remain abroad uptil
September.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar B. Ward. OF East Oraues
N j. are to sail for Europe Thursday On board
the Lorraine.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
Summer seems to have kept an eve on the
almanac in timing its arrival

Whether or not Peary has reached the Pole
must he matter Of pure conjecture for the
next two or three months. he took radio
telegraphio apparatus with him and cannot
reach Newfoundland on his return before Sep
tcmher. For the current wear. however. the re-
suit of his labors has hee0 settled one way or
the other. The best time for travelling over the
polar is IN the early spring. before the sun
IS high enough groatly - soften the Arctic Ice.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22
About People and Socfof incidents

Mrs. Robert Bacon viii give a dinner dancs o.,
Saturday night. July g. her country place -,
Westbury. Long Island
New-York tribune., 1909-06-22

Professor de Martens. whose death is an
nounced from St Petersburg. will b remem-
bered less originator Of new principles Of
international law than a sane and temperate
interpreter and administrator Of existing laws.
He earnest and indefatigahle friend of
peace and an acceptable arbitrator yet he
Stunned the Incorporate extremes Of some
irenic propag gandists He was a man OF prozres-
sive principles in politics, yet mere than once
he defended the Russian autoCracy against ir-
responsible and inconsiderate radicalism He
was one Of the foremost figures AT the two
Hague congresses and he left for good the i'm
press ~ his scholarly and judicous mind upon
aH their deliberations. He will be held In CRATE
ful remembrance.