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New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
THE WORLD AND THE LOSER

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: In conversation the other day with
a former Confederate colonel from oouIii
Carolina, I asked him how he regarded tie
respectiye generalship of the two great
commanders in the war. Very unexpected
was his reply: ~ only know that GFait
u,,ed lee You may explain it all you
want TO, but Lee was defeated, and that
was the end of it"
And Is not that the worlds brutal way or
looking at the loser In a strife? Ihere IS
so,,a.i,,,ea 2 certain feeling of sympathy
and pity for the conquered, but II does NOT
helm the beaten man. The true man does
not want pity He would rather forget
it, ,,r-
But my South Carolina friend remark
suggested another thought. In sendlns 10
the national Capitol the statue OF Lee III
the uniform he wore in fighting against
his country did she not seek TO teach .i'e
country at large that there Is soihetiii"s
higher than mere success? our peopie, es-
pecfally the young, have continually oiileu
into them the Importance of acnieVe1heht-
OF success, as the highest aim IN NE VII
sinia says in the statue of Lee, we oe-
spise success Here Is the efhgy OF iliah
who was beatenl Let his statue stana III
fioner of honest endeavor, no matter no"
,,srccessful. We do not honor him for
his gallant conduct in fighting for the nag
be had sworn to uphold; nor that he was
ono of fhe first 10 free his slaves in Janu-
i,,r,-. 1853. when Iincolns emancipation
proclamation took effect; nor that he lent
his name to the rehabilitation OF uselui
institution of learning, but that ne hao
the courage to fight for nearly eleven
months in the face of what he knew TO De
inevitable defeat Success is vulgar we
do honor to the man who lost, the man
who was beaten"
But General Lee must be lonesome IN that
gallant and honOred company IN the Capl-
tol Every man there stands for nolaoie
achievement to the betterment OF MANKIND
The worlds harsh verdict on cause that
ia lost Is in the long run, Served it right
WILLIAM NELSON.
Aug 20, 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
SEDITIoN BY MAIL.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. Perusing your splendid Sunday fs-
enc as 7 always do. came across the
,.er,- interesting article on the mercurlai
exnioits of certain DR.. Tomas Ceron
Camargo. of No Pine street, whose
anti- American activities all over Latll
America have been OF late directed toward
Porto Rico, the thriving island Now
word as to that. The United States never
bonored its foes with martyrdom by expei-
ling them from its domains, as other ma
tions are prone to do and have done III tiie
mast. but what about the use of the mails,
which should be denied to all those VINO
carry on from our midst seditious propa-
ganda against our moral and material IN
terestso Should those open enemies OF
America share the subsidy from the federal
Trea sury which in a sense the carrying
of the mails entails, in order to nJure'
with their pernicious literature, the good
name of our country?
sav this because I know that not only
Porto Rico, as your truthful informant
saws but the whole OF Latin America is
being flooded at present with misrepre-
sAntations of that sort What astontshes
me the more is TO read in the same article
that American born citizens are giving
countenance to suclI an unpatriotic move
mert In laying open the injurious work
of this CLIQUE you deserve the thanks OF
the whole nation
FREDERICK MOSER,
NovI Iork 9i 1910
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
NIC4R4GUAN POLICT INDICATED.

The decisive incidents of the last few
DAYS in Nicaragua should and probably
will give that country relief from the
destructive strife which has long been
ravaging and impoyerishing it. They
certainly afford a gratifying but by no
means unexpected vindication Of both
the practical shrewdness and the justice
OF the policy toward that unhappy coll
f1ict which fias been pursued, amid no
LITTLE carping criticism. by our State De
partment 1t was said that our govern
ment was partial toward the revolution
lists and that in being so il was betting
on the wrong horse" since DR.. Madriz
had the great mass of the people on his
side and WAS sure 10 win. In fact. our
government was neutral and Impartial.
but had it pursued the course which was
falsely imputed 10 if it would have been
lacking not the loser but the winner.
ASSlredly. II was well that it did not
associate Itself with the cause of the
nan whom events now prove to have
had little real strength and not 10 have
been the choice of the Nicaraguan poo-
pie. The pretence that the revolution
lists were strong only on the coast un-
der the guns cf our ships was manfestly
false. since they have won their decisive
victories fer inland. They could mo-
have taken ManaglIa had the mass Of
The people been opposed 10 them
But the policy of cur government was
one of as perfect neutrality as it as
possible 10 maintain. and that was wise
and Just. The rival governments were
recognized only in their dc fdcfO capacl-
ties and only so far as was necessary
Tor the protection of American interests.
and the Njcaraguans were left to work
cut their own salvation. 1t WAS, of
course. trying to the patience of spec
fatOT 10 see war OF rcprISalS and de-
struction drlg OH month after month
without apparent result. and it was pos
sible that the time might come when
for hUmanity'S sake intervention of
some kind would he necessary. There Is
cause for profound qualification in the
fact that the end has been reached
without the realization OF so unwecome
n necessity, the results Of which would
have been embarrassing TO the power
which interviewed and humiiating to
Nicarag qua. The episode is not yet
ended, fer there must be constitutional
action supplementary TO military
achievement, hut we may expect that
to follow in due time.
The wise ana prudent policy hitherto
observed by this country toward Mic
;tfagua naturally suggests that which
viii be appropriate in the now happily
changed circumstances. We have been
recognizing two de fact0 governments.
ilenccforth there will be only one. But
il viii for the present he only dc fdcto
government In the treaty which was
made by The Central American states
ut Washington in December 1907. if
VAS agreed that none Of those states
would recognize as dc inrt any revolu-
fi"narF government in another of them
until 1t had heon constitutionally sane
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
NOTABLE WAR TESSELiS

Between the two colossal war vessels
for the British navy launched this
month there is a curious difference
The cruiser Lion. carrying only eight
guns, viii have displacement 4,HD
tons greater than that of the battleship
orion, which will be armed with ten
weapons of the same size. For the
peculiarity Of the Lion a simple explana-
ton can be offered She is designed to
travel at the rate of thirty knots,
being about seven or eight knots faster
than the Orion and three or four knots
faster than those swift cruisers. the In
flexible, the Invincible and the Inde-
fatigabIe. 1t was long ago discovered
that one OF the essentials to high speed
is length of hull, and in planning the
Lion the British Admiralty has only
made new and striking application Of
an old principle OF course 1t will be
necessary to provide much more power
full engines than are required for q bat
tIeship, but without an Increase in the
length of the vessel their capacity would
not be utilized.
on both the Lion and the Orion use
will be made for the first time Of breech-
leaders having "a calibre Of 1879 inches.
At present England's biggest naval gun
has 12-inch bore. The change viii be
made almost simultaneously with but
little before a somewhat similar innoYa-
tion in the American navy The two
b-ttleshipg cathorized at the last session
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
APPROVAL OF PROTOCOL
Belief That Costa Rica-Panama Bound
airy Dispute Will Soon Be Settled

Washington. Aug. 23.-The government oe
Costa Rics. after months of delay. has
finally approved the protocol drawn IN
Washington for the settlement OF the bonn
Diary dispute between that country and
Panama. This information was received
at the State Department to-day from Amer
lean Minister Merry, accredited to Costa
RiCa-
The protocol was drafted through the
good offices of the United States. and pro
vided for arbitration of the dispute by ths
Chief Justice OF the United States. Some
weeks ago the intimation came to Wash
ingtop that Costa Tsica desired 70 reopen
negotiations for the purpose of amending
the protocol. Secretary Knox at that time
announced that il the negotiations were
reopened the State Department would have
nothing further 10 do with them.
To-days news leads the state Depart
ment officials 20 believe that the protocol
soon will be ratified by both countries.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
fBy Telegraph TO The Tribune.

lBy Telegraph 20 The Tribune.
New port. Aug. 23.-There were numerous
dinner parties here tonight, and after they
had been concluded the guests, without ex-
ception, went to a benefit tableaus pep
fornance at the Casino Theatre. Even the
tableaus were followed by a social enter
tainment, Mrs. Barger Wallach having
taken over Berger's Lodge for dinner
and dance Dinners were given this even
ing by Mrs. Edward J. Berwind. Mrs
Henry Symes Lehr. Mrs. James P ker-
nochan and Mrs. Reginald Brooks.
Mrs Adolph Ladenburg and Mrs. Clar-
euce w. Dolan both were luncheon enter
taineTs to-day.
While attending the dinner dance given
bv Mr.. and Mrs Frederick H. Prince at
their summer home on Monday evening
Mrs. French Vanderbilt was taken sudden
w i'll and had to be removed TO her home
To-day It was said that Mrs. Vanderbilt
had fully recovered.
Richard Lounsbury. OF New York, IS a
guest OF James B. Haggin-
John c. Darragh, of San Antonio, Tex,
has arrived to spend the remainder OF the
summer here
Mr.. and Mrs Hamilton Fish webster
have returned from visit to the Adiron-
dacks.
Registered at the Casino to-day were
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24

families have given the comic newspaper
men much paragraph material. But the
fact that they are always crowded SHOWS
thai the German summer widower disiiAe'
the condition.
Il wonder why women always get OIL cars
the wrong way" said the average man
Because the car is always runflihS tILe
wrong way" explained the average Woihan'
with corviction.-Buffalo Express
Denver always on the lookout for some
thing to celebrate that will incidentally
boom the city. recently had Railroad
Day. the idea being TO show the pubic
the Importance of the railroad industry, the
number OF men and women employed
locally and what the railroads are dong
along progressive lines parade of five
thousand persons and many industrial hoats
was the big feature of the day.
sententious Gentleman Degrading japan
ese,-There go the future rulers Oh the
world
Yorkshire Porter-Nay, they've sunmat
to learn first They didn't know they'd got
to change at Low Moor for Bradford
Punch.
The burning of the exposition buildings at
Brussels will probably make no difference
In the business of the enterprising man VINO
sent this advertisement to hunst"art
and other papers: Mail to me marx
in postage stamps and / will send to you
through my Office at Brussels six postcaras
bearing the pictures of exposition buildings
On receipt of the cards you may ADDRESS
and write messages on them ana return
them TO me- They will then be sent 10 my
Brussels office to be mailed, ana youi
friends will believe that you are at lhe
worlds fair great and amusing JOKE.
For every card returned to me you VIII
please :nclose % pfennigs in stamps.
"Bft there's no speedometer on this MD
chinel"
There is not" os
How can YOU tell when you're exceed
Ing the speed limit ,,I.r
features of the machine. .'-Cleveiano
Leader.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

A Swedish man OF letters and Student of
languages, Sc says the ''Corriere della Sars
is at present engaged on a undue work on
which he is laboring with great enthusiasm
He 1S endeaToTing 10 collect the phrases
used by the various people of the world to
express 'I love you Wherever there are
human beings, he says, declarations of love
are made and there are one thousand Ian
guages in which the tender passion may be
expressed. The Chinese say "Uo ugai nj"
the Armenian expresses his love with "Ss
siren as hez," the Arab is content with the
short IKE hahbek," while the Turk mur-
murs "Sidi seveiOrum.' In India Main
syne ka pisar KARIN" is the declaration, but
the Greenlauder holds the palm for the
word of love When he does not stalnmer 1t
has fifteen sylables and has been recorded
phonetically thus: Unifgraeerndlainalerfi
IA natunguarrigujak'
"r sea Won often in your automobile these
days." ,.-....-.,-.
YES. I have the use of it frequently:
My new chauffeur is Just landed ana hasn't
made many friends as yet Washington
Herald.
Joining Mayor Gaynor III his opposition
to the personal property tax, +. W. up
ham, Il member of Chicago's Board of Re
view, declares the ia" dh tIlioi Ctd III no
city is farce My opinion is that only
tangible property should be taxed" says
Mr. Iypham at is absolutely out of the
question to make every man In Chicago
declare the value of his personal wares
And at the same tine this works q great
hardship on honest men. When we took
hold OF the board we found that only ST.
100000 worth of personal property was
har
think we are cheating the people at that
If we We're able, or if it were human pos
sibiIity. TO collect all OF the personal taxes,
Chicago would be so rich that 1t wouldn't
The First Horse-Well, there's one indis-
nifty they'll never put upon us.
The Second Horse--Whats that?
The First Horse-Thcy'll never call on US
TO drag a stalled airship out OF a sogSy
cloud Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Tie summer widower is not an eXclu-
sfvely American type, according to an ar
ticIe in Die Woche." Berlin has so many
or this class which IL fortunate or other
wise, accoSllng to the point of view of him
who discusses IT, that special trains which
run Tor their accommodation between that
City and SNinemunde, Ahlbeck and Her
insshof in the summer season are known
as the "strohwitWe grass widoWers'
trains. These trains. on which the summer
WidoAera make thelr weekly VISITS 10 thelF
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
CITILIZA TTON AND DEGENERA-
TT0t

Just as we are beginning TO 1atter
ourselves that we are directing the evo-
luton of civilization evidence accumu-
IGtes that civilization has got the upper
hand of us and is rushing us into phys
ical deterioration. The pace is too swift,
the pressure too high. The latest bit OF
evidence Of this impairment of the
strength of the race is now presented to
Us IN the form of the automobile face,
q symptom9 SO we are Informed, Of the
harmful effect on heart and lungs Of air
pressure at high speed. How much
more can the white race stand, and not
merely survive, but do battle for its con-
tinued supremacy against an awakened
East and an awakening Africa?
1t would be hard to say when this de-
structive influence of our civilization be-
gan. We are concerned here merely
with some Of its earlier symptoms. One
Of the earliest we remember is writer's
cramp, which was first discovered and
diagnosed, we believe, in Indiana. Its
ultimate result has not yet been ascer-
tanned, but it appears to lead to poor
writing rather than TO cessation of au-
thorship-to deterioration, not necessarf-
l. to extinction. IT is not contagious, but
has been known to cause deplorabe ms-
thetic and intellectual disturbances In
others. More serious is the athletic
heart. one of the unforeseen by-products
Of our elaborate higher education. to
which can he traced also goUdly pro-
portion of the baseball fingers of which
their posSesSors are so iDeenuouSly
as a passing affection without after-ef-
fects. It is different with poor mans
gout which should be on the increase
Just now considering the growing pro-
portion of cost of living to income
Housemaid's knee has apparently disap-
peared and the things that preservatives
in our food must have done to various
organs are fortunately of the past. Let
us forget them.
If is wonder that the white race CON
tinues to flourish with all these destruc-
tive influences of its civilization al work
to reduce its efficiency. We shall, no
doubt. know In good time the harmful
effect of flying on the airman; sufficient
unto this day Is the automobile face
thereof But now that we have dag
nosed The effect Of the speed mania
upon the speed maniac. let us not forget
II study its influence upon the face, the
nerves and the heart Of the pedestrian
If, constant danger of Injury and sudden
dea tb
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
EAIR PLAY FOB STRIKERS.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. To a large section of the public the
Terms strike and lawlessness are synono-
nous. and from such d generation IL 1ol-
lows that a strikcr-any strikers nat
ursI lawbreaker. Whenever there occurs
sucb a riot as that of Friday in eonnec-
ton with the American sugar Rehnins
Company strike. the citizen inexperienced
in strikes disposes of the incident "a one
more exhibition of the lawlessnesS of tho
strikers
The facts of the Friday riot as set forth
In various newspaper accounts, do not
show conclusively that the strikers were
the aggressors and any one who has been
through, a strike in which riots occurred
knows that ii is usually impossible for an
outsider with any degree of fairness to
fix on any one or Oh several the cause for
the first aggressive act
II would be well at this time to call to
mind the unusual testimony as to aggres-
sive action gathered in the strike of the
shfrtwafst makers last winter. The shirt
waist strike differed in no respect from
other strikes, except that. through the
testimony of disinterested citizens, the
nuhIic came to realize that outrages were
committed during the strike for which
Tho ennloyers, through their hired protect
ors, were responsible
From another point of view, the Amer
lean Sugar Refining Company should not
escape its share of responsibility for riot
ing and disorder This company has reaped
The advantage of employing the cheapest
immigrant labor and has gathered in a
plant men OF various nationalties who do
not understand one another. the manage
ment of the plant in which they work or
the customs OF the people around them
1t IS like filling a storehouse with matches
and powder. What measures do such
manufacturers AZ the American Sugar Re-
fning Company take to prevent the inevi-
table contlagration? And. once more
what every striker knows must he remem-
bered 10y the publc-that riot during a
strike works TO the interest of the en-
poyer, In turning public sympathy in his
direction. HELEN MARoT
Secretary Of the Women Trade Union
League.
New York. AuS. %. 1910.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
Aarusenents.

afHAMBRA -2-S-N auaeNfi4e.
a0ERICAN-2-S-Na
TOR-2:I5-S:I5-Seven DAYS ,-,,
ppoanwAy-S.I5-The summer Nloo"sis
CASINO -2la-s:15-up and down ~, Br'ga~sN pecor,s
s-6IrT isI1sND- Brighton Peach Park, Dream
.apd Isina Park
,-,,rTSEPTON-S-2 -2e-The Commuters
nIYSe.lh-S:9 :9o-Baby Mine.
PnT-N Ml-sEF-The World IN wax
FIFTH AvENUE-e-S-Na aaee.lne, r,,,,.r
% cn.rET-y-o .I,-S: :I.5-The Fortune II huhte'-
20 ssn1p51I<ES .ao-I4ovs among The lions-
S;IpRE,-s:Io-Th Echo: Cor
49, I-T--r-s .l:l-The Marriage oI Staf-
f1S 1.H.T-r Z s.--Y-J \ e-.-S .15-NaCdeNilie.
HERALD SQUARE :I;.Tiliiesss TildssshTifs niEh'"
htDsO--N-rr DA DAprS-s:l5-Follies OF 1910
x,N.lcKFRBoCKER KER-s:i5-The Arosaians.
T,yCTI-M-s:I5- Brass Bottle
PTC-2.I5-S:15-The Cheater
MaNHATTAN BEAcH-f1reworks,,
WFU ANSTERnA AM-2:l3 ;lS-t,.f.ss- ;lS-.
prpr-TsT -o:1s-S:I5-Bobby Burnt ,,
nr.r5 IT, K.S-2:f5-s:I3-Alias Jimmy NSien-
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
THE LESSON OF THE PARK,

There are probably those still living
who remember when Central Park was
thought by many to be so far ahead OF
the needs of New York that the CITY
would never catch up with It, lt was
AWAY uptown. practically out of town. In
the semi-rural suburbs. People had to
go too far , get to it, Also 1t was
extravagantly large. There was not
even a prospective need of so vast an
cypapse And so forth. from those
whose vision was limited by the sunset
cf the day after tomorrow. Ihey are
perennial anl numerous tribe. Later
they have iliveighcd in like manner
against the still larger parks which the
city has created much further TO the
northward- hereafter they will find
fault with something else.
At the present time Central Park is
one of the most crowded parks in this or
any other city. and thousands come down.
town to reach 1t. So enormous are the
demands upon it that it is actually be
inc oyerworke and Is in danger Of
being so much overworked as to have
its original ami undiminiShed utility as Il
park DESTROYED There is need In that
central portion of the city not only Of a
park but also of Fairgrounds and sites
for museums and art galleries and va
rious public or semi-public institutions
and a multiplicity of other eminently de-
sirable things: wherefore there are those
who would crowd them all into the al
ready overcrJwded area of Central Park
For time many citizens wanted to
centre on the single Brooklyn Bridge all
the traffic of ali kinds between the two
great borougns, until the span became
SO crowded that no class of patrons was
satisfactorily served Then at last the
necessity was acknowledged of proyid-
ing other means of transit across the
East River The lesson Of the over
crowding OF Central Park is similarly.
that other facilities should, when pos
sible. be provided for these other things
for which the park cannot give room.
Nothing is more obvious than that every
acre of it is needed for u park. which
means park and not q playground or
a museum or anything else. If some of
It were taken for any of these uses it
would be made inadequate as park, and
additional park space elsewhere would
he demanded. It would be more eco
nomical and rational to let the park,
once created as such, remain unim-
paired and to create these other things
elsewhere.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24

toned and confirmed by the nation con
cerned The United States was not a
party TO that treaty, but it was the
benevolent friend under whose auspices
it was made by the five signatories. ana
for that reoSoa as well as for the more
practical ones which will readily come
TO mind the policy of this country VIII
doubtless be to observe that same DIS
Greet principle. and TO recognize ana
deal with Mr.. Estrada as the dc fdcto
President of Nicaragu while it awaits
the holding of national election whlch
will determine the choice of the Nicara
guam people for their Chief of state.
New-York tribune., 1910-08-24
MONUMENT TO GENERAL HAMEF
Appointed Ulysses s. Grant to Cadet
ship at West Point.

TO General Thomas l. HanleT. OF Mexican
War fame, who as Congressman appointed
Ulysses s Grant to a cadetship at West
Point. will be dedicated here on August ls.
1911, as a result of efforts at a meeting held
here last night. Led by DIR. Madison c.
Peters. of New York, half the amount
necessary to erect the memorial was sub
scri5ed at the meeting of country folk
General Hamer died from fever whils
serving in Mexico His body was brought
back TO Ohio and buried at the expense of
the state. but the cemetery in which Z
was placed has since been practically
abandoned. and only rude stone marks
the grave. Efforts 10 have monunen.
erected at the spot have been intsrmit-
tent since 1S+5