New-York tribune., 1910-05-01
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

: HoLLANDER's PoSITIOS.-The fact
that Professor Hollander had been sent te
Ssnto Domingo by this government and
that he had received approximately S5,0cf
FOR his services made Secretary Bacon and
Letter Secretary Knox feel an especial re-
sponsibility for his course, but this country
vas not q receiver for Santo Domingo IN
the ordinary sense Of that term, and could
exercise no control over Santo Domingo S
expenditures beyond insisting upon the seq
regstion OF the fands necessary to meet
the bonded indebtedness There were other
fees paid under the head of sundries. nota-
lily enc for $50 400 Ger attorneys work, RS
garding which the officials CT the Depart
ment Of State made inquiry. but which
they were poweFless 20 prevent, IS that, as
well es the Hollander fee, had besn 70
carefully arranged for at Santo Domingo
that this government had no oprion but TO
approve the vouchers. Secretary Knox has
secured and made part Of the records OF
the Department OF Stste specific state
nlsnt declaring II to be the wish of Santo
Domingo that these items be paid and
charged TO that republic. Nevertheless he
is. as has been said, thoroughly ashamed
of the SsHSss OF Professor HolIander.
ER-That Congress will coon honor the
sreat-grardfatfler Of ex-Fresident Roose-
welt Is indicated by the favorable report
Of the House Committee on Library on the
bill providing for the erection Of rnonu-
ments to Generals Daniel Stewart and
James Screven, the former the great-grand-
father OF the ex-President on his mothers
side Both these men were generals in the
Revolutionary War. Both were descendants
from Puritans who. having first come from
England TO Massachusetts and having later
migrated to Georgia, founded the Midway
Society in what they named Liberty County.
Ga General Stewart was born IN st. Johns
Parish in 176l, and at the age of fifteen he
shouldered a rluslzet in the defence Of
home and liberty. He served throughout
that war with several narrow escapes and
q record for bravery, and later commanded
a regiment in the Indian wars which ragged
in Georgia, Alabama and Florida. When
he returned from the Revolutionary War
he found that his home had been occupied
by the British general Provost, and on the
wall OF the sitting room was painted the
legend: This house was the hoHs OF
nest of rebels" In the War of 1&2 Cen
eral Stewart rendered gallant service as
brigadier general OF cavalry. His daugh-
ter Martha, better known as "Patsle. nrst
married United States Senator John Elliotr
Her second husband was James 5. Bullocn'
whose daughter, Matte, married Theooore
Roosevelt, sr., father of the ex-Fresident
HABIT TORMING DRUGS.-Secretary
wilson has issued bulletin calling atten-
tio1 to the increasing use of habit forming
drugs and giving the Eames Of number
Of patent medicines which, although appar-
entity harmless, contain these deieterious H.
sredients. It is estimated that the NUMBER
OF persops addicted to the use Of drugs in
the United States ranges from one million
10 four million. Among the preparations
against which warning is issued are a
number of the so-called soft drinks to be
found at soda water fountains. soothing
svrJpg, cures for headache, asthma, ca
tarrh, epilepsy. the tobacco habit the drink
habit and various drug habits. Consid-
cradle space is devoted to the sale OF NOR
pfine in disguised forms and fhe appliances
for using Il. Most OF the advertised rene-
dies end cures for consumption arc eul-
phaticaIIy denounced, with the statement
that they contain habit forming drugs
which may, and often do, control the symp-
toms. such dS coughing which give to the
patient a temporary exhiIaFation, but By
the use OF which '+the ravages Of the dis
ease are neither checked nor abated, in
spite of the fact that the patient appears
TO fesl better G. G H