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TiIlie. Wonder what she and Mary the
maid are after now?"
Five minutes afterward came another
department store sensation-the arrival
of a bushy haired exponent Of Shake
speares tragic heroes. SOmbre were his
features in thought. Was the great man
meditating a new Interpretation of Ham
let's ITO be or not to be-" or did his
noble rage simulate Macbeth's when that
kfngIy warrior dared Macduff to come on
and damned the fellow who should cry
Hold, Enough? The thunderclouded
Thespian took the elevator to the toy
department. For the next half hour he
was busted with bobsleds belly whop-
pers" and gocarts. and when he had
completed his purchases down again 10
terra firna he came. as sombre and as
menacing as ever.
over in a part of the store where the
crowd was thickest a determined looking
woman was elbowng her way in and
out among the throngs of shoppers.
Somehow she always caught the atten-
tion of the clerks, made her choices
carefully and precisely. completed the
purchase expeditiously and then was off
to the next department, where again she
won out in the battle Of the bargains
1t was some time before the observer
recognized her as a well known actress
who is frequently seen in Broadway pro-
duCtions
Notice that woman said an ac-
quaintance the observer chanced upon in
the hig bazaar shes OF the tvne
known as the store fan. and outside the
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Are your armament contractors the
chief cause of this continued expan-
sion?" the caller inquired.
THE official answer is found in the
rise of a new naval power. Until q few
years ago the German government con-
tented itself with the possession of the
most powerful and best organized army
In the world; but more recently. alarmed,
D rhaps, by the close alliance between
he two great military nations on the
ca stern and western frontiers, and also
by the isolation which is supposed to
be the result Of a malign British diplo-
racy. it has turned its thoughts to sea
power For this change the Emperor
himself may be held mainly responsible.
for 1t does not appear TO be popular
either with the military caste or with
the masses Of the people if we may
Judge by the growth of the Social Dem
ocrats.
1.-The German fleet which has struck
such panic is largely imaginary, how
ever, and the supposed danger is entirely
due to the fact that our Admiralty in
vented the Dreadnought and fostered an
impression IndL JillS type or snip I3d
superseded all others. It is only by
imagining that a { some future date Ger
many may have as many Dreadnoughts
as Great Britain that any material for
panicky extrava gance can be got to-
gether But many eminent authorities
and apparently most of our naval cap
tains and admirals. consider that the
Dreadnought type is positively inferior
to the King Edward; and no one can be
found TO suggest that battleships of
every other type should be 'sCrapped. ,
which would be the logical consequence
OF adopting the Dreadnought principle
According 10 the Navy League An
nual. the Dreadnoughts Of the Wurld's s
navy in 1911 viii be: Great Britain, H.
United States. 4 Germany. >. Japan. =
According to the same authority. in
1914 We may have - Dreadnoughts
and post t-Dreadnoughts. together with
whatever number We lay down next
year. At the same time Germany may
Lave y, .ho United States. "a: Japan
: Fran g. s. Russia. Austria aud Italy
/ apiece. ] think tile figures for Ger
manv are very much exaggerated
"Ou learning Of the scope aud i'm
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6be Christmas Shopping of Actors

hours devoted TO acting. sleeping and
eating, the shops have her undivided at
tention. No mere gadabout. either. like
most Of these actors trying TO kill the
dull re-Christmas week. I've seen her
in most OF the principal cities OF the
United States. and always as the per-
sistent buyer in the retail stores
What does she do with all the Junk -
Sells a lot OF il. Her judgment Of
Oriental fabrics. china. old silverware
jewelry, antique furniture and the like is
excellent. and her friends send her many
commissions. Then she often fits up va
cant apartments with the loot. finding
tenants for landlords and purchasers for
her artfully arranged goods. And her
private collection OF curios Is a marvel: !:
whenever she holds an auction sale of her
belongings. which is every now and then
she gets fancy prices for a lot of these
bargains
In the shops last week many DrecOn-
ceiVed notions about the youth and Ro-
hemian status of noted Broadway stars
were rudely shattered \ Titan haired
actress. famed for her fiery passion in
emotional plays. might have been noticed
purchasing a motor car for her thirty
year-old son. a youthful looking come
dienne and Il leading Juvenile" his hair
slightly tinged with gray. put their
ndmothcrly and graudfatherly heads
together to equip a Christmas tree for
tiny tots of the third generation. \
bachelor actor. who skips about the stage
as lightly as he did twenty-five years
ago. had a whole army Of greatuephews
and greatnieces to provide for \ clown
who loves kids and has nine OF his
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naval baIance had become necessary
and eventually the formula Of the two
,o,rer standard was invented in order TO
give a plausible excuse for naval ex-
mansion. 50 our expenditure began 10
rise. The 100000 point was passed
IN 1886. and in 1883. with tiooo8S
transferred from the army vote, the
figure nearly reached t17000,@o This
increase. Of course melted France to
fresh efforts, and the French vote rose
trou - .SptWo TO E1o,00oo0o in 1s92'
,,biie Ru.si4 WAS spending "A little over
f-.nnomDo. Great Britain, however
,,c,,t ou forcing tho pace. and our csiI-
..,,o- went forward Ly leaps and
,.,,,,as p4-zing teo.ptn""o ia iS?1 and
- nn0 oon iu 1sHa
IN that eag tAv French vote reached
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- .o;e W. Has @ Sp.,dd 0,,or,u,,>
Unfadne Glory by Playing he
Sense Foo1Lsbi> Extra Co,1ee1

! tl2,000.0e0. at which figure it remained
practically stationary. Russia now
Joined in the race, increasing her naval
votes from t6,000,0G0 in 1897 to ILL.,
000,000 in 1901.
During the three years preceding the
South African war our total naval ex-
penditure was more than f67 600 600
The i'll feeling aroused by that war on
7 the Continent, and the fear of inter-
VentiOn by the European powers while
! cur troops Were in Africa, caused further
/ sensational additions to the navy. In
Guiding the amounts borrowed for new
, works, the expenditure reached the un-
/ paralleled figure of f31 100000 in 1900
or three times as much as had been de-
manded when Lord Goschen, the first
LORD, served his apprenticeship at the
Admiralty as Mr.. GosChen in 1871 I'm
mense surIs borrowed with fatal facil-
:ty. were sunk in docks, basins. dredging
and other works IN all parts OF the
world. many OF which have been aban-
doned as useless or admitted to be I'M
necessary. This, I may add, is the usual
result of spending money which is bor-
IoWed and not raised Immediately by
taxation. The Admiralty and the War
Office are only the biggest examples Of
the relation between waste and borrow
trg The town councils have often frit-
tered away the money borrowed from
posterity in the same way. though not
TO the same extent, as the Admiralty and
tie War ONCE.
with the establishment Of peace in
South Africa with the return Of the
army to Great Britain and with the
dying down of anti-English sentiment
on the Continent, our naval outlay should
have declined as the dangers OF 1900 dis
appeared. Nothing Of the kind hap
pened We forced the pace. and Ger
many was at last induced TO enter the
field Of rivalry. In the four years 1899
to 1903 our total expenditure was nearly |
f11S. 100000 Then came further and |
even more important changes in the in |
ternational situation.
IN 1904 the war between Russia and |
Japan resulted in the extinction OF the |
Russian navy and SO made the old two |
power standard a meaningless formula |
I
A prospect Of retrenchment was opened |
up. for not only had the Russian naval
bogey been destroyed by Japan, but an
entente CordiaIe had been effected with |
France. and two long standing differ
euces had been finally settled by the
French recognition Of our position in
Egypt and by ours Of the French posi-
ton in Morocco. In the Far East an
alliance with japan brought another
strong feet into partnership with our
own and relieved US Of all possible
anxiety in the Pacific Ocean. Our nat
ural friendship with the United States
was being steadily strengthened under
the auspices Of Mr.. Bryce. On the con-
-inent of Asia all possibilities Of differ
once with Russia were removed by an
agreement with the Russian government,
and although many people IN England
1sliked the idea Of association with a
1espotic power. no one could deny that
he agreement made for peace and might
lave been used IN the interests Of
economy.
There followed some economies. such
ls the reduction of the China and Medit-
,rranean squadrons and discontinuance
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own brood and four adopted ones. was
playing Santa Claus 10 them all IN sober
earnest. while at another counter L
dainty musical comedy dancer and singer
was purchasing supplies needfuI for her
eighteen-year-o boy in college.
But how did it happen that fifteen
thousand actors were shopping and
near shopping in town last week. It's
this way: The power plant Of stageland
runs half time-and half saIary-ths
weeks preceding Christmas and Easter
The managers, according 10 the wording
OF the contracts. have the option OF
working their actors and paying them
half salary or laying them of and pay
ing them nothing. With many OF the
companies the latter course was taken.
Broadway is the actors idea OF Paradise.
and TO Broadway most OF those laid or
within easy distance Of New York hur-
ried.
But they did not stay long BY Friday
they were on the wing again. Boston.
Philadelphia, Baltimore. Washington (to
say nothing OF Nausatuck. PoComoks
and Tunkhannock) called them. But as
the policeman said. there are thousands
also fer whom the theatrical open door
has not Yet swung wide
Something doing after New Years.
is the cry of these optimistic folk.
They're watching the manag gers. tho
agencies and the theatrical columns OF
the newspapers mighty carefully. and
each and all hope that before the ciulness
of Lent arrives Broadway viii blossom
with new productions and the road with
iunumerahIe NO. - companies OF res-
tablLshed New York sucCesseAs
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OF the practice OF maintaining great
numbers Of cruisers IN every part Of the
world. But these economies were almost
entirely absorbed in new expenditures for
construction. All this time prodigious
and unparalleled sums were being ex-
pended on new ships. so that the British
fleet attained a fighting strength abso-
Iutely beyond all precedent; the two
mower standard, indeed. was far sur
passed, and our fleet rose to something
between a three and a four power
standard
However. the craven spirit Of the
Upgocs and panIc-mongers rose with
fhix expansion. and with every fresh
,,.tliou they got the naval contractors
,l...,ored for more. And the naval esti-
,,.s,os If the last eight years have to-
tiled more than t-76.00o.0o0.'
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ernment IN this good cause and VIII
treasure them among the loftiest en-
teavors of great nations
THE Lord Chancellor IS no dealer IN
conventional compliments. He IS think
ing of the magnificent pertinacity with
which ever since FTanklin's treaty with
Frederick the Great Americas states
men have pressed for the commercial
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

Washington 7 took counsel with the
Lord Chancellor. who, writing to me
upon this effort for the judicial settle
men of international disputes, said:
1T Is the hope Of the future and will
be realized-of that I am confident
sooner or later. And when it comes the
world will with gratitude remember the
sustained efforts of the American gov
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freedom OF the seas He is also think
ing Of the splendid way IN which British
and American statesmen have Cooper
ated IN solving their difficulties by ar
httral proceedings. Why should not this
process be made automatic IN future. Sd
as to exclude all possibility OF serious
disputes between Great Britain and the
United States?"
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

The British 13.5-inch gun ard tho
statement that Germany has in hand a
14-inch krupp weapon of even greater
power, have once more called attention
to the enormous guns OF the naVies of
tire world. 1t is significant of the prog
-ess made that since 1906, when the
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GUNS OF THE

original Dreadnousht was floated, the
British Navy has adopted two new types
of big guns. The new 1875, which was
known as tho 12-inch A until the Lion
was launched, has length of 45 cali
bres, and has muzzIe- energy that is
10 per cent greater than that of tho so
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25
WORLDS NAVfES

caIibre 12-nch of 1909 and 1910, which
has nuzzIe-energy of something over
$4,000 foot-tons. This newest weapon has
a proiectile weighing 1880 pounds. No
arrnor at present IN use can stand
against these guns at six miles range.
1t may be noted that tho caiiDre is the
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diameter of the bore of q gun The
statement that a gun has a length Of 15
eaiihres, for example. implies that sE1s
guns length is forty five times ehe
core's diameter. Thus a 12-incn gun cs
45 calibres is 45 feet long.
Illustrated Lurcoo News
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

u- Eirst. A Londoner. who has
--s-io,,s works on political econ
VIZ International law. came TO this
'nr NJ the other day to attend a meet
GU washington Of the American So
III - r. the Judicial Settlement Of IN
ois-. .-;or,al Disputes In an interview
tribune correspondent after the
VIZ closed. Nr. Hirst said:
sS-s +vo crying evils We have TO
are the waste Of life and money
rs bv wars and the waste OF money
o's bv arTnarents- As the diseases
c. and vary. so we must be ready to
'i'-.7 ,-e-ious remedies. There is uni
sH. 5;et-tae extension Of law, the
-.4,r Of peace and good viii. the
- or trade. the development of
IT, ---r-;-a+ions. These things dispose
I'D nations BY interest and sym
- more moderate and humane
There are also special growths
sissas7s. sudden outbursts OF jeal-
ed ferocity. which require special
.,.,--izes. or medicines, or even
1.,-ricsl operations.
THE growing wealth and power Of
.-.-scrors who supply governments
=, e+o-es and armaments OF all kinds
= -o-+entious. They can well afford 10
sse, newspapers which shall play upon
-,.brsc fears and jealousies, setting off
-. nrospective battleiship against an
Other
The favortte plea Of armament
-rorre-s-ard this argument appeals
,,s-r strongly 20 some types Of minds
,ba- arnaments are the only security.
90 YOU are unarmed you are unsafe
-svs and conventions may be broken.
r,bera Is no international force behind
n International award. no army or navy
,sbi-,6 an International tribunal, no
-esns Of aTresting an International
,-i-7irlaL They quote the ancient dogma
.fs z-ou want peace prepare for war
New-York tribune., 1910-12-25

ator in this internecine feud. Your Pres
! ident, I doubt not. like every other re-
+ sponsibe statesman is surrounded hy
! many embarrassments and doomed to
many disappointments. But if his en-
/ deavors TO extend the Jurisdiction at The
Hague, and above all his ever admira BILE
effort to bring about a scheme for the
/ limitation OF ornaments should meet
with success he Will win eternal fame
and his name viii he invoked with graft
tude by humble citizens and disburdened
taxpayers in all places and for all times.
In the sphere OF arbitration for the
settlement Of disputes old England and
New Engla. l are keen and honorable
competitors But in this untouched soil
Of International economy You may be the
pioneers, and a rich harvest would be
yours"
What is the present trend Of British
opinion?" was the next question.
ENGLAND FoRGETs ECONOMY.
of late years in England as in other
countries, politicians and statesmen
have been chiefly concerned with the Sc
lection OF new. or the increase of old.
taxes Amid warlike exciternents and
newspaper panics economy was forgot
ten, and any one who limited at the old
trulsm that war expenditure in time of
peace weakens the nation and spoils the
services was ridiculed as an idiot or re-
Viled as traitor. For years, like Don
QuIXote's niece and housekeeper, We poor
economists have been preaching in the
desert and hammeri1g cold iron
How has your expenditure risen?"
To answer that you must allow me to
refer 10 recent supplement which I
published IN The Economist
From 1851 to 1857 our naval ex-
pendituTe Was almost stationary. and at
the last named date the British navy
cost only two-thirds as much as the
army. Between 1897 and 1907 nhe dis
astrous decade which included the Boer
War naval expenditure rose from S..
100000 10 S21 .000,0Oo while military ex-
penditure rose from SIS. COO 900 to SOS
"o".a0o. Yet common prudence would
suggest that expansion in one depart
men should be Offset by economy in the
other The cost Of our army depends or
is supposed 10 depend, on the work il
has 70 do-in India, Africa, etc-and
its size bears no relation to the con
script armies Of Continental nations.
But the size and cost Of the navy are
regulated 3rofessedly by the size or os-
timated fighting strength Of the navies i
belonging to other nations.
IN the earlier part Of tho nineteenth /
century It vas practically an accepted .
maxim on both sides Of the Channel that :
the British fleet should stand 10 the /
French fleet il the proportion Of three
10 Two Occasional oUtbursts of panic
and excitement made very little impress
sion upon our government. Statesmen
kept their heads The leading news
papers were conducted with prudence
and moderation, and the naval votes
seldom exceeded E10Nn0. .0n0 or FL COO
900. Even as late as 1850 the navy
cost less than the army. and about one
third Of what i costs now. Twenty five
years ago. however. an agitation vas
fcmented by William T. Stead and 9th
crs, who declared that our naval eXpen-
diture was not large enough. It was
declared that readjustnlent oe the
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MR. AsoUITH WARNING.


Yes; but as M Asqujth pointed out
-5s other DAY. the growth of armaments
q Incoming such q financial burden upon
evsr the richest states that the taxation
. involves is provoking most dangerous
t--e--al disconteutS. which may at any
inc end in outbursts destructive Of the
worlds pace.
The diversion Of capital from fruitful
erterprfses into forts and battleships, Of
men from productive employment into
armies au6 fleets. where they have 10
I've VI II the taxes. is perhaps the most
obvious of the great economic rnischiefs
of our time To the maxim II you want
-eaca prepare for war one may reply
~ 4 series OF other questions: DO you
mean that there is 10 limit TO he set 10
expenditure on uaVies and armies Are
81 ravias To Join in the race Are all 10
force TIE uacec Are all the winners 10
e or taxing and borrowing until they
al down ono by one exhausted II the
hsnkruptcv court In the old wars there
vas at element Of romance and chiv-
Fl-- with finance very much in the
background
Brave Brooke ho waved his sword
c-yng. Vow. my lads. lets board
I'm a modern action 'hra1e Brooke
Mould probably have been lifted into
oblivion rv - submarine mine COM
pounded rr Schmidt, the famous inter
,stional chemist. with the assistance OF
Jones. th7 famous electrician. Or. II Il
had not come u that. brave BroOkes'
nation would have won or lost in the
TreIiuinarr race Of financial exhaustion,
during which schmidt and Jones would
isse made their fortunes
AN ARGUMENT BY DISRAELL
The more you reduce the burdens
O. she people in time Of peace the greater
VII aa gogr strength when the hour 81
per comes said Disraer. That is a
sound military argument for economy in
ernsrleu-s"
Just here the correspondent asked Mr..
Ei-s-- How do YOU view our pros
poets for q reduction ot army and navy
exprndituresr'
America" he replied. 'is certainly n
{ good position for taking the Initiative
The United States IS SO rich, populous
an powerful and 50 far removed from
pan. ky contact with armed neighbors.
thst she is free 10 play the part OF nedi-
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-23
WAGON CRUsHES
OUT BOYS LIFE
Carl Haverty, Five Years Old, Vic
tim of Accident While Play
ing in Alley.

Crushed beneath the wheels of a
heavy coal wagon, Thursday morning,
Carl Haverty, years old, No. 1l9
Vermont-ave., was SO badly injured
that he died while being taken to Red
Cross hospital.
The boy was playing In the alley
In the rear OF the Detroit Flower Pot
Co., at vermont-ave and Howard-st.,
when William Nye, n driver for the
A, Y. Malcomson Coal CO., who lives
at No. 1917 Gratiot-ave., drove up to
the plant with two tons Of coal. A
wheelbarrow was standing In the way
and Nye started to get down from his
seat to remove 1t. A man In the al
ley saw the trouble and volunteered
TO remove the barrow, SO Nye climbed
back on his seat.
The little Haverty boy, thinking the
wagon would stand still for some
time, ran under the wheels, Just as
Nye started his horses again. A rear
wheel passed over the boys chest
breaking the ribs and puncturing the
lungs.
Carl was removed 10 Red Cross hos
pltal and breather his last, just as he
was beink taken into the institution.
Coroner's Clerk Almond was called
end decided Nye was blameless.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1910-06-23
DETROIT MAN ELECTED TO
HEAD MICHIGAN BANKERS
Emory w. Clark Is Chosen President
Of observation-disclosures Officers
Named.

PARRY SOUND, Ont, June o.
The Michigan State Bankers associa-
ton, in session on the steamer st.
Ignace, previous to arrival here, elect
ed Emory w. Clark, vice-president OF
the First National bank OF Detroit,
president of the association for the
ensuing year.
Other officers we're elected as fol-
lows: First vice-president. G. j. Mon
roe, president of the First State bank
OF South Haven; second vice-presi-
dent, b. F. Davis, president OF the
city National bank OF Lansing; treas
urer Leon F. Titus, cashier OF the
First National bank Of Traverse City;
attorney, Hal II. Smith, Detroit; sec
rotary, Mrs. II. M. Brown, Detroit;
members executive council. j. M. G..
Smith, president OF the First National
bank of Charlotte; w. A. Acker. OF
the Richmond bank; Jos. w. O'Brien,
president of the Grand Haven State
bank; Leroy VIII, cashier of the Big
Rapids Savings bank; w. F. Gallagher
president of the State Savings bank
OF Owosso; F. f. Beard. director OF
the First National Exchange bank OF
Port Huron; c. verschure, cashier OF
the Holland City State bank.
For American Bankers association
officers the convention named F. r.
Browne, cashier Of the First National
bank of Bay City. as /vice-president
for Michigan, and Emory w. Clark
for member OF the executive council.