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The sun., 1909-06-23
ENGLAND AT WAR
How Her Colonial Possessions Would .,
6AfeguAytied.

How Her Colonial Possessions Would 4,
6afeguArded.
To THE EpIroH OF TEE SUH-Sir: Ita
surprisins that the remarks IN THE epy
pointing out what we must do 10 Mn
Canada in the event Of her being suadk.d
have not excited more comment. Eaye
our people forgotten that there 70 svch
thing az the Monroe Doctrine?
Do they realize that in the event Of jreat
Britain becoming involved In war sni dan.
ger OF losing her possessions ON tbs con.
tinent We should be compelled 10 come
to her aid in order to maintain the status
quo?
With Japan bound by solemn treaty TO
come to her aid In the event q war, sh.
need give herself little concern about her
possessions in Asia and Australasia. for th.
Yanke@ Of the East. with thtr powerful
navy. will take care OF things fo her in thos.
quarters. By her control Of Gibraltar and
the suez Canal the Mediterranean Sea d
little more than Q British lake. ponsequ emily
It will be an easy matter for ler to defend
her African possessions. especially with
France, Russia and the refining party In
Turkey friendly. With conditions A
pointed out. what show will Germany hay.
on the sea against her eve II the latter
Power 10 able to enlist the ad Of the Other
members OF the Triple Alliaaee?
Able as the German Kaver is ADMITTED
to be. he is apparently no match for the
statesmen who conduct the British Foreign
once. EDWARD NIooL TOWNSEND.
GARDEN CITY. June 81.
The sun., 1909-06-23
A CLASSIC IN PITTSBURG,
A Strangers Fruitiess Search for "ReliEit
Mcdicl."

To THE EDIron OF The SUE-.Sir: The mention
In TO- days SUN Of Sir Thomas Browne recalls an
experience had In Pittsburg last winter. where
evidentiy DR.. Thomas Browne may be locke
upon a. the author Of Tom Brown at Rugby
or the compoupder OF spring medicine. asked
At book store for -Religio Modici" and gave
the authors name. The clerk looked puzzled.
bu, be recovered quickly and said, Oh the med
icsl books are over there That seemed too
good beginning for test OF Pittsburg book loro
70 allow 10 pass, 80 ! went over there
Religious books In the annex. nrst aisle" said
another clerk quickly. This was getting inter.
estins. so into the annex ! went and asked a
Medici." Let me see." he said renectveiy. and
he began 10 look amo ne all kinds OF works on
new thought, higher criticism and high reiIs ious
life In general. is It something-er-in reg ard
TO the Emmanuel movement" he asked. as he
spotted Or. Worcester's book. ! explained that
Il WAS pure literature and had been delight 10
thousands OF English reading people for some
hundreds OF years. He said II was probably
among the classics. and ! crossed over trio OF
aisles 10 . well fed dowsger, who was nothing II
not self co nndcnt She tried 10 send me back 10
the religious books. but explained what "Relgio
Mcdlci" wss and that II was written some hundreds
of yesrs ago.
"Oh. then you will hnd II In the second hand
book stores" she warbled checrfully and patron.
islnsly. Well, then told her that new editions
Of II are coming out every year, and she volun.
teered the Information that she had never heard
of 1t among the best sellers The Incident
ceased to be . Joke by that time and quit.
BROOKLYN. juno 20. p.
The sun., 1909-06-23
The Long Wait.

Congress was called in special session
to revise the Dingley tariff. The sooner
the better, Mr.. TAFT told Congress, in
effect. A tariff bill OF sort was passed
by the House. The Senate is still peg
ging away at one OF its own. A period
of conference, possibly long and acri-
monious, is to be expected after the
Senate tariff bill has been passed by
the Senate.
When will that be? The tariff bill
has disappeared, 80 to speak. 1t Is
moving along. but /. has been rather
elbowed out OF sight by proposals of a
new excise tax. The imposition Of a
new tax like the corporation tax would
be surprise, not to say fraud, upon
the country, The country has been
waiting to have the tariff revised and
uncertainty and suspense removed from
business. The country seems likely to
wait. Instead OF the relief to business
which was promised, burden upon
business is threatened. The virus Of
Rooseveltism still infects.
Everybody has hoped and hopes that
Congress will get the tariff out Of the
way and adjourn; but no Senator who
breads Government interference and
control OF corporations, no Senator
who believes in keeping the fatal hand
of bureaucracy of Of business will be
bulldozed by any intemperances Of the
mercury or persuaded by longing for
home to consent to the perilous scheme
sprung without notice or warning upon
the country. The tariff with such a
tail to it would be a curse and not q
blessing.
The sun., 1909-06-23
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
Coed Faith ce nes.-m.n: Brewers C.iec
in 0uestiGA.

To THE EDITOR OF THESuN--Sir: Your
contributors article Suggestions by A
Brewer for Its Regulation" Is stro ngly
promised, ably argued, and 50 exactly
olimsxed as to leave nothing 10 be desired
always provided that tie end ght Is a
treatise to serve as a comprehensive, peril
nent exemplification OF pe ancient ma kim.
When the devil was sick. ths devil monk would
be;
When the devil was well, thedevi monk was b.
So long as the liquor traffic was strong.
healthful. prosperous. profitable. without
even q semblance Of tnger to threaten
its stability, no brewer over presented in
print any such system OF regulation or
method of control TO gtvern. restrict or
lessen the output Of spirituous liquors.
and now, judging the future by the past,
venture to predict that II the liquor In.
terest gets full sway again for one year,
with fair prospects OF st further immunity
from interference. then at the end OF th.
year though you search with medium even
90 minute as a fine tooth comb you wouIa
be unable to rake up another such mani.
festo from any brewer. Beware OF the
Greeks bearing gifts"
As most OF your CONT butor's material
would be absolut ely nS-effective EXCEPT
upon the bare assumptin that the public
has marvellousy shortnemory. Therefore
y mGas n hep psd Of i tG.aa sess ps
to an extent SUFFICIENT tdpresent from tn,
many one pertinent exatple to show how
OF brewers to supervise and censor their
iswbreaker or. other deorderly, under.
sirable person from seculne a place, n.
salient features Of the example selected
4 saloon keeper arressd and fined for
Sunday selling; several Yseks later again
detected in a violation OF Re same Sunday
vigorous assaults; the lire Departmen
summoned. ladders put uIsnd an entrsnc.
breach Of the same law; folthis last oiIencs'
a monetary fine and 2 PrDn penalty also
n coos es sad ar oIe s bs 6ss
by the discoveries of the lrewer's owner.
employees name upon the I1ender'. bond
vas s 60 Dot 9s: rssSsns saS q fss pay
delayed arrival, Of. your cotributor's we'll
arranged. laudsble. Gomntndabls pros.
traffic upon conservative, temperate moral
basis.
My communication should be construed
sy a. oS n So e % he to snp
the sentiments and explain NE methods Of
brewers in general; so far he IS person.
ally concerned | am prepred to believe
that he is honest aud Consistent in word 3,
we'll as in deed, aithou gh his views would
have had much more fore had they, been
made public before the Ildor traffic began
to experience trouble. Een superficial Ia;
promptly demonstrate tht, the most oh.
iectionable liquor places uring many years
past have received equipment and main.
psuedo proprietors hsyepeen supported in
worse than ouestionablepractices by these
same brewers, who no win a spasm OF yl,;
tue are clsmoring for q suppression OF all
dtsreputable drinking faces.
law AND ORDEB.
DAYTON. Ohio. Juneel.
The sun., 1909-06-23

1n the July number Of kcOsure's Maeostss Mn.
fremont Older. the wife Of tho managing editor
OF the San franclsco Bulstia. tells Tho story Of
Reformer's WIFE," turning tho light on the
OF her husband and tho shooting Of Fr.ucis j
Heney, the prosecutor Of Abe Ruef. Mr.. George
Y. PARKER writes most Interesting article on Mr.,
C'ssslsnds Vsossus,a nesssge, and Incidentally
contributes more OF his opinions about public
men. An srtiols b. Mr. William Archer. the ORA
nn.fe rEtun. deals with The negro problem In thu
south from al Ensishmas's = point Of vtsw. Thar
u WAY % We modern trsstmsat OF osnoer
By Nj. Burton y. Asndrick Mr.. Nbsrtus
Aocrss!yt seoouas Of bis sxpsytsucss durtse the
ossNe ef osssyseurf - VILLAGE boz has oonsid.
srsbls human tntssees. -
The sun., 1909-06-23

refuge In fortified harbors, and the Cor
man mercantile marine would have bean
swept from the ocean. AL Of Gernaany's
colonial empire, all Of GerInany's hard
won traffic with countries overseas
would have been extinguished. More
over, although the land force which
England could place at the disposal Of
her French ally might at first be small,
as was the force with which General
ARTHUR WELLESLEY started, it would
gradually be augmented; and the
chances are that the lessons of the Penin-
sular war would teach the British mill
tary authorities to level the expedition
ary force at the enemy's vulnerable
point, namely. Prussian Poland. 1t would
be as easy for the British navy, which
would he mistress of the sea, to land q
force near Danzig or Konigsberg as
near Hamburg, and there ia good ground
for believing that four divisions Of Brit
ish regular soldiers would soon form the
nucleus of formidable Polish army.
Such an army, acting in conjunction
with Russia's unlimited military levies,
turned to account with British gold,
might make Germans tremble for Berlin,
instead OF caressing the dream of another
capture of Paris.
We would not advise Frenchmen to
let Englands wild terror of invasion
cause them to look with ooolness on the
prospect of cooperation with her; espe-l
cially as thus far the only practical
effect OF the terror has been to increase
the determination of Englishmen to
extend both their naval and their mill
tary power
The sun., 1909-06-23
German Garden Cities,

From me WeNnlfnisf Cdtctif,
A Berlin society has acquired a laree plot oil
land on the northern outskirts OF the city for the
construction, under the name of Frohnau, OF the
nrst real garden city OF the capital. The garden
city will be built in picturesque hily part OF the
STATE forest will have It's own railway station and
will be laid out regardless OF cost as regards
amenities and external adornment.
Reports from, all parts OF Germany indicate
that the garden city has taken = strong hold on
the people. The feature most insisted upon Ia
the abandonment OF the prevailing nat house,
which Is here called contemptuously "Niets.
kAserne," and the substitution OF small houses
and villas on the English model.
In bavaria. where the house famine Is chronic.
the Government proposes TO transfer for garden
city purposes pars OF the State forests in the vicu
ity OF large towns. Garden cities arc either be-
Ing built or are projected at Dresden, Ndmberr,
Magdeburg and Karlsruhe. Al Maedeburr
houses with large gardens for single families viii
soon be rentable for about els a-year.
The sun., 1909-06-23

To rHE EprroR Or TIE SuS--Sv: The greA,
publicity given In the last few days 10 the so
called nrst game Of baseball by electric iirht
Is amusing. Some thirty years ago the nrst
match game ever played by electric HSht
took place at Strawberry Hill, near Nantaskst
Beach, Boston hsrbor. between nipes represent.
Ing the sreat dry goods nrms Of Jordan. Marsn
4 Co. and r. n. White 4 Co. The game was
played under the auspices OF the New England
Weston Electric Light Company for purse Of 10.
The game was widely Advertised but at simost
the last moment the two nrms men TONED forbade
,her employees taking part. 70 the game was
played sub ro.a.
For this reason II is inexpsdient 70 mention any
names Of pisyers As some OF them may stlli be
employed In these establishments. although .
number OF players were recruited from the var1-
GUS 5obbing houses in the dry goods trade. After
the game there wss nne supper servsd 10 play.
ers and of,cials by the electric light com pany.
and OF this the present writer has the most VIVID
remembrance. for at the much talked Of Gams he
was THn OFFICIAL SCoRxR,
NEW YoRk, June ~.
The sun., 1909-06-23
The Cult Of the Aryans.

We salute, not to say bow, before the
bill introduced into the Senate to in
corporate 'the cult of the Aryans' by
the Hon. SAMUEL DOUGLAS McENERY
Of Louisiana, and only regret that no
body in public life-or in private, prob
ably-proposes to heap honor upon the
Hittites and the Accadians 1t should
DO satisfaction enough for the just and
reverent man to see that the Aryans are
not forgotten by their posterity. II we
may intrude personal confession into
these high discussions, we have long
loved the Aryans, and have had to weep
as, in the progress OF theories and pro-
fessors, they have been moved without
notice from Asia to Europe or Europe
to Asia or one end Of Europe to another.
In moments Of biliousness and soepti-
oism We have sometimes felt that they
were the Mrs. HARRIS Of ethnology and
etymology, or that they were as dead
as their old friend MAX MULLER and 80
much OF his work. Mr.. McENERY re-
assures and comforts US. The Aryans
are on deck and able to attend to bus-
ness again
Come to think, the Aryans have swum
into our ken in the last year or two
only in the speeches Of Southern JEFF
ferson Brick now and then. Whatever an
"Aryan" is elsewhere, in the South he is
supposed to be a Caucasian; that is,
an "Anglo-Saxon," consequently vio-
lently opposed to the immigration OF
races so crude and savage. compared
with "Anglo-Sa1ons" in point of the
age and extent OF their civilization az
the Italians, for example. Caucasian"
seems rather too inclusive and sociable
since the Todas and Hairy Anus are
entitled to 1t. "Aryans' has the merit
of age and obecurity.
1t is possible, however, that the new
Aryans are, as the old race seems to be
etymologically, ploughmen, honest farm
ers. II is also possible that the cult of
the new Aryans means the further ele-
vation OF the sons Of JAPHETH and the
further depression Of the Sons Of HAM.
The sun., 1909-06-23
THE PLIGHT or TIE REPUB-
LICANS.

WARRINGTON, June 22.-Republloan
Senators are between the devil and the
deep sea They object both TO the in
come tax proposed by Bailey and to the
corporation tax proposed by President
Taft 1t is their present opinion that one
or the other will be enacted. and they don't
know which Ia the worse. As they see
1t, either will create swarm Of official
spies and inquisitors to invade mems
private business affairs and to base their
proceedings upon suspicion. No great
amount Of imagination IL needed TO pre-
figure dropsioal growth Of the Bureau
Of Corporations, the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Attorney Generals
Office Prosecutions will multiply Of
necessity, invasions and surveillanoes
and shadowings will keep pace. The
tortured and harassed corporation off,
oials -nine-tenths Of the business now
transacted in this country has long since
been put into corporate form-will seek
cover. and in the end large part Of the
money extorted by this eocentricity of
taxation will be diverted to the payroll.
THBSUN has proposed another and a bet
ter means Of revenue, means that admin
listers itself and does not involve the en-
ployment Of a single sleuth-the Roose-
welt stamp tax-but as that will not in
volye the marrying Of corporations or the
orucifixion Of wealth the smallest popu-
larity cannot be expected for II among
the muokrakers and the demagogues. 1t
would raise for the Government more than
the revenue needed. It's fatal defect is
that It does not call for the creation Of a
single salaried swashbuokler Or expedite
the exploration by Federal officials Of
business affairs. Apparently
these income and corporation tax propo-
sitions are designed to create. an official
class in hostility to the class Of private
citizens. The situation is familiar to the
Of established monarchies,
whose experience has Injured them to the
pNVVSSu 'IoScc3oo. IAOW anu VI Wu6G
extent the new arrangement will commend
itself to the inheritors Of the Declaration
Is very different matter.
Republican Senators are gravely pom
dsrins. They do not want to antag-
onize the Administration, and they are
not sure that antagonism would do the
smallest good. Bailey can withdraw his
income tax amendment and subsequently,
reintroduce it as substitute for President
Tafts corporation tax proposition. thereby
getting the first vote. 1t does not seem
to have occurred to them that they are
engaged in framing revenue hill that
nobody can say at this stage whether it
will produce surplus or a deficit. and
that meanwhile extraordinary e1pedients
are outside the pale OF serious considera-
ton. 1t is not necessary to undertake to
explain this amazing obsession. It is
simply a fact.
The sun., 1909-06-23
The Inflamed Georgian Mind.

IL Will be recalled that when the
striking unionists on the Georgia rail-
road won their victory it was decided to
submit certain questions to so-called
board of arbitration in order that the
powerlessness, weakness and humilia-
ton Of the State and Federal Govern
ments should not be too odiously pre-
sented. This board is going through
the form of taking testimony now, and
it has been addressed by a lawyer for
the firemens union in this wise:
This commission viii have to take Into con.
sderatIon the state OF public mind In so far as Il
Affects the safety Of passengers or the safety Of
other employees Of this railroad. We purpose
to prove that the people OF this State are so
bitterly inhamed against the negro nremen that
were you going 70 restore them 70 their positions
or were the railroad under your decision to put
them on the engines again, there would be vto-
lence and boodshed, and that the lives OF neither
employee nor passenger would be safe. We will
bring here the Mayors Of cities and others who
have investigated and who know. They win tell
you that the people of the State win no, stand
force him there there will be trouble"
The extent OF the antagonism to negro
fremen entertained by the people Of the
country covered by the lines Of the rail-
road company may be Judged by two
significant facts. At present negro fire
men are running on the engines without
the slightest sign OF opposition or i'll
will from the people. When the United
States begged humbly, as favor, that
mail cars be allowed to run at the height
OF the strike, those cars were sent out
with negroes in the engine cabs and not
hand was raised against them after
tho union had given the word that they
should not be molested. II these facts
were not sufficient to indicate the truth
about the -anti-negro uprising, this con-
versation between a member OF the arbi-
tration commission and tho lawyer for
tho strikers would furnish clue to the
real situation:
Are any negroes running now,- Inquired Mr..
HARpwIcx.
Ivy e1Au ~hNobb' pusouiS peuulnS ucCl-
sion By this commission; and TO get even this con-
cession Vice President KELLY had to 90 down the
line and explain TO the people that the restoration
Of the negro was only temporary"
The uprising Of the whites against
the negro fremen is scarecrow, man
Of straw. The strike originated in the
desire OF the union to control the road.
1t was called to force the railroad COM
pany to accept union supremacy. The
race issue was injected to cover the real
purpose. The disorder has been con-
trolled and exploited from the begin
ming by the union leaders, and in watch
ing the development of this campaign
it will be we'll to bear these facts con-
stantly in mind.
The sun., 1909-06-23
The Psychological Moment for the
Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.

Beyond being Mr.. TAFT's daily part
ner in golf the Hon. JONATHAN BOURNE,
Jr,,,, has not hitherto given the Admin
istration his countenanoe and moral
support. Mr.. ROOSEVELT in his last
year Of devotion to the public service
had the benefit OF both. The new
Senator from Oregon was sitting on
the White House steps before the milk
man came, and seldom left at night
until the President signified very nat
nrN desire to close the front door.
!, Mr. BoURNE's purpose in life at that
stffne was to procure for Mr.. ROOSEVELT
a second elective term He was not
reconcied, as we remember, to the nomi-
na&ionsof Mr.. TAFT, whom he now 90
assidnously attends on the golf links.
In fact, the new Senator was terribly
worked up about it.
The new Senator summoned Mr..
TAFT to declare in his letter of accept
ance that he would not seek to bequeath
the Presidency. The Senator was in
no mood to darken the portal of the
Wnlte House alter Mr., ROOSEVELT s
departure. But we now know that
JONATHAN BOURNE, Jr., cannot keep
away from President. II Mr.. BRYAN
had been elected it would have been
the same; that is, if we are TO credit
the tradition in Oregon that Mr.. BOURNE
voted for BRYAN and SEwALL in, ls9s,
Hitherto. as we have said, the Senator
has not indorsed the policies of the
Administrations has only given Mr.
TAFT his company and faithfully PLAYED
coli with. him. But the time has now
come for JONATHAN BOURNE, Jr., to take
the plunge and lend his moral influence
to the Administration. Accordingly,
tho announcement is authorized that
he may be counted among the PRO
gressives' in support OF the income tax
The sun., 1909-06-23

To TEE EDITOR OF TIE SuN--Sfr: Just let me
say 70 Mater that when The Girl becomes her
daughter.in-lsw she will very likely cali her
Aotnsr-in law. and when the time comes
and she does csn her Mother. .in.lsw Mater
win mink II all hight and be pleased TO be 50
called. Mater and borrow unnecessary trouble.
and when the real thing comes along We wake up
md wonder why we were so foolish. Around my
way The Gin has been 10 see US severaI times,
and the more we sec Of her the better We like her.
and II seems now as II she could call Us any old
thing and we should tskc II all right. for after
all II Isn't what we are called that counts but
who Il Is that does the calling. and when TIE Girl
lkes That BOY, "mother In law and daughter.
In law" are just a. full OF feeling and rersrd and
respect - mother" and -daughtor..
PRosrEcrIvK FATHKR .IN.LAw,
NEW YoBK, June 2,
The sun., 1909-06-23

The popular colleges. like Harvard, Princeton
And Eaie. whets rascsiity. immortality and a
hcFaUi.
Much may be forgiven to rhetoric and
the perfervid temperament, but 10 not
Bishop McFAUL far exceeding the terms
OF the largest license? They do not
even learn the len Commandments at
the Large colleges the Bishop continues.
stu, his emiablo rUmerks may revive
at Cambridge and New Haven and Prince
ton some memory Ct the Commandment
against bearing false witness.
The sun., 1909-06-23
Where Is Senator Root:

To TIE EDITOR OF TIE SUE-Sir! Why
all this 'hullaballoo- about tsxation?
Isn't there . statesman In wsshineton2
II there Is. why doeen't he advocate q
stamp tax" to meet our temporary de-
nciency?
When the Roosevelt deficit has been met
by this process, then remove the Roosevelt
stamp tax, consign II 10 the rubbish heap.
where 1t will be Joined by the rest Of My
Policies, and from then on let Uncle Sam
continue to live within his income like any
one else.
Where 10 Senator Root? Which camp 10
he In? A. B. II.
UNION LEAGUE CLuB. June %.