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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The Tnionists made a net
gain of four seats In Parliament in the
British elections, but at this rate they
will not secure a sufficient majority to
upset the present coalition government
80 Count Maurice de Perigny deliV-
erred = lecture before the French Geo
graphical Society, in Paris, on his discoV-
cries of the ruins of Nacun. the capital
q MAYA. an empire in Central America,
hich tIourished before the AztecS- -
The twelfth automobile salon was opened
.p Paris. The sailors OF the Amer1-
can feet We're guests OF the corporation
OF the City of London. at the Gulldha1l,
and OF Ambassador and Mrs. Reid, at
dorchester House Torrential
downpours continued throughout France
snd the flood situation hourly grew more
serious Steps to guard German
oefenses from espionage OF avlatorS were
taken by the German Ministry of War.
All shipping at Colon was SuS-
pended on account Of heavy gale. -
The Duke Of Manchester, who recently
underwent an operation for appendicitis,
was reported at London TO be slightly
Improved II was announced at
Peking that the Chinese government had
opened negotiations for a new foreign
loan Of ST. oaoos0 for the development
OF the navy
Characterization Taft held con-
ferences with Republican leaders in the
and Borah. Proeressives, causing much
comment among Washington politicians
The President appointed Fred
erick w Lehman. OF st. Louis Solicitor
General of the United States, and Sena-
tor Root a member of the Hague
tribunal. - Henry c. Emery. chair
man Of the Tariff Board, explained the
work Of the board in an address before
the Chicago Association of Commerce
80 Major General Wesley Merritt
died al Natural Bridge. Va - Silas
y Phelps. at Greenfield. Mass was
found guilty Of murder in the first de-
gree in causing the death of Deputy
Sheriff J.. T. Haskins last June. =
TIE trial OF Hattie Leblanc accused or
numbering Clarence T. Glover. was con-
1irued at Cambridge, Mass. #= Miss
Tleanora Sears placed an order al Bos-
ton for q bipiane-
CITY Stocks were irregular. closing
al small gains. == In a raid near the
financial district the police took seventy
prisoners from an alleged gambling re
sort i jury i'm the Supreme Court
gave verdict sustaining the clause IN
ssphalt contracts requiring successful
bidders to keep the lavements in repair
for fifteen years. ---= lawyer, one or
six alleged conspirators in the blocking
OF foreclosure sales. was arrested ==
A woman and man with whom she
lived were found dead. having drunk
,,ojson together Lee McClung,
Tinted States Treasurer. spoke OF Gov
eminent Finances" at Cooper Union.
Lively contests are on for the four
erpointments as Commissioners of klec-
tons to be made by Mayor Gaynor on
January / The alimeny suit
brought by the wife of George Primrose.
Of minstrel fame. was decided in favor
Of the defendant. Mrs. Webster
Powell exhibited her blfuTcated skirt TO
.he women attending a reception IN the
Governors Room. City Hall.
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-
H7v- Snow or rain. The temperature
yesterday: Highest. 36 degrees; low
est. ae.
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.

REPRESENTATIVE Thomas, of Kentucky, is
fearful for the future of Mammoth Cave
and i, preparing a bill providing for its
purchase by the federal government and Its
preservation as national reservation. His
argument Us that the United States gov
| eminent should take steps to preserve a
great natural wonder that is likely some
day to be destroyed unless some strong
hand intervenes to protect 1t. The cave Is
the largest that has ever been discovered
and its natural beauties excel those OF
every ether. There are now more than ISL
miles of walks. and some idea of Its size
NAV be obtained by the statement that its
main avenue is four and a half miles long,
l20 feet high and 60 feet wide. There are
g ether avenues large and small, and at
least 100 chambers.
What do you do for a living. Nose"
Use de manager oh laundry.
WHATS the name Of this laundry
Eliza charlottesville Courier-Journal
The committee having in charge the pro-
posed memorial to Bill Nye. has decided. If
the funds warrant it, to erect a building
TO be named after the late humorist al the
Stonewall Jackson Training School, at Con-
cord, n c. Penny contributions from the
school children of North Carolina are to be
solicited.
School Teacher-Do not attempt to deny
1t, You were playing hockey.
Kid was not. ] was IN dead earnest
Judge.
Quoting a cengratulatory telegram sent
to a citizen of that city who has been con-
spicuous in communal and eharitabi work,
THE Denver Outlook" says: Your heart
has ever beaten in sympathy with the suf-
fering Your hand has ever been open in
response to appeal for succor and relief. a
true soldier in the service of humanity: In
appreciation of your lifes work, the high
school of humanity eonfers upon you, on
this occasion, the highest degree. the an
cient and honorable degree of Ph. D., 'Doer
Of Philanthropy.
Wigwsg-What is your idea of the milk
of human kindness?
GuZzer-The kind that goes into milk
punches.-Phiiadelphi Record.
London will have its usual supply Of
''the roast beef of old England" for Christ
mas lie the steamer Minnewaska. which
sailed from this port yesterday. makes her
trip safely. Among other items in her
cargo was a consignment OF s34 beeves,
which cost In the West more than 81 Q
ment intended specially for the Christina.
trade, the other part being more than 2.500
quarters of dressed beef. English" beef ID
popular, but scarce.
81 hear she is to be married Who is
the happy mani"
"Her father. "-Iippincott's.
The recent marriage Of Prince Victor Ma
poleon Bonaparte and Princess Clementine
of Belgium led the Paris Figaro To draw
renewed attention To the curious fact that
neither Prince Victor nor his brother Prince
Louis both Of whom were born in Paris,
is entered In the archives of the bureau of
vital statistics of the city. The birth GER
tihcates o. both these members of the
family were fled AT the time III register
specially reserved for the imperial family.
hut il disappeared during the Commune.
IN the other hand. their names are found
In tue army lists of recruits, but there
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
THE TARIFF BOARD.

Mr. Henry c. Emery. the chairman OF
the Tariff Board, talked most sensibly
in Chicago last night about the work
which he and his associates are dong.
1t is foolish for anybody 10 think that Il
tariff board. even with the best lnten-
tions and the fullest access TO such data
as are now obtainable, will be able TO
write out month from now. or even a
wear from now, q series of tariff Sched-
ules which will be accepted by everybody
as absolutely just and unimpeachabie
The board cannot. as Mr.. Emery point
ed out, perform miracles. 1t should not
be expected, off hand. TO make prices
high enough to suit the producer ana
at the same time low enough To SUIT
the consumer. 1t can only break ground
at first and slowly collect evidence
which. II used in the preparation of
any given tariff schedule, Will prevent
material departure from the principle
on which the revision is attempted III
the revisers acknowledge that they want
10 give protection to the home pro-
Queer equal to the existing differentlal III
cost of production here and abroad. the
information gathered by the board VIII
act as a deterrent against either eA-
cessive or inadequate duties. 1t VIII
help the country TO understand JUST
what Congress is doing when it levles
a certain duty. and enable congressman
themselves TO resist pressure from IN
terests which are trying TO obtain over
nrote ction on the strength of eT pGrfc
statements.
The Tribune has heartily favored
the creation of q tariff board on the
ground that such a board could supply
to n great extent what has been lacking
in all previous tariff making-an equl-
table standard of judgment. Its influence
Will he more powerful, perhaps, III FORM
ing public opinion than in directly
SHAPING legislation. 1t will constitute a
valuable moral force so long as IL sup
niles with entire impartiality the facts
which it has set out to discover Ihere
are those who have said. and still say,
that no facts worth while will be DIS
covered. Hut we prefer TO credit NJ.
Emerv's statement Of last night. that
the information which the board can
gather will actually form basis TOT
a fair Judgment regarding tariff rates,
that it "can be secured in quite adequate
measure" and that lit must III the ehd
have influence Oh public opinion. ana
so on public policy
The board is evidently working on the
right lines. 1t realizes the difflcuitles
ahead of it. butt is confident that 1t can
accomplish its main mission. which 3
Ia sunnlant the old grab-bag method III
tariff making with a metnod which niIs.
take into account actual conditions oi
cost and produce rates whose fairness
or upfairness Will be evident to every IN
telligent voter.
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HasTEkFNG AOPIUM SUPPRESSION

HasTFKTSG aOPITM EUPPRESSfoN-
There will he strong and widespread
lsymnathy with the action OF the Chlnese
| National Assembly in urging greater
axneditjon in the anti-opium campaign
Only little while ago the Assembly
took similar action on the subject OF the
orpa nization of the Imperial Parlia-
mont with the result that the govern
ment acceded TO the request ana VI
aarad the election of that body and the
comnletion of the constitutional system
st an earlier date than that when hdu
at first been set. The present demand
is for like Fastening Of the process OF
srlpnressinS the opium traffic ana hapi'
which was begun some time ago, anu
which has already made most hopeful
advance. This demand, like me other'
is made in response 10 and with the
hacking of a strong agitation. not among
the common people so much as among
the gentry. The same doubt of its prn-
denca is expressed and is sincerely Iet'
Inv many. together with the same strong
desire that it may prove practicable
Certainly il is urgently desirable to
oct rid Of the opium trafhc at the
earliest practicable date. At the same
,imp there are some desirable things
which cannot be instantly effected. In
this case there are treaty Obligations
and pronerty rights to be considered.
to"etbpr with the physiological problem
of curing the opium habit. which III the
ma iority of cases amounts 10 a laFiicu-
larly stubborn and persistent disease
That the Chinese government is earnest
Il. working for the great reform. ana
that il has the sympathy ana co-opera-
tiop of oIber. nations there can be no
Doubt The only question is the extent
"a which the process can be expedited
rho nrogress which has thus far been
made is certainly highly encouraging
and will. if maintained. result III the
comnIete extirpation of the evil save as
IL may he surreptitieusly INDUCED H.
at an early date.
Durin.y the last three or four years
tho area of land devoted to poppy cult
ure has been reduced more than one
half Reports from five of the chiei
onium-usjng provinces show that the
uuher of shops in which opium is SOLD
hos been reduced from about 42,No 10
Il 600 Hundreds of refugees or places
for scientific and humane treatment OF
onium users have been established, i'll
which 1.I10,690 cures have been ef-
cacted while 1.411.S6l patients are now
under treatment The number of actual
users of lie drug has been very largely
reduced. and is steadily and rapidly de-
c!ining. especially since the use OF
onium has now come 10 be regarded rs
:, dissracefu thing. Al this rate the
comDietion of the specified term or ten
wears should see the end of the OPIUM
trade and habit. Al that time me
treaty which permits importation OF the
drug from India will also expire. The
production Of opium in China IS OF
e,Iirse "A much greater evil than the I'M
nortafjen of il from India. but il Is de-
sirabie Z" stop the latter rs soon as ~
can lawfully he done. Whether me
british EBdian government viii assent
10 the suggested modification OF inc
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"FORETGN" LANGUAGES.

The proposal TO remove German from
the curriculum of the New York schools
for reasons Of economy. and the con-
trasting decision. for other reasons. 10
add Polish TO that of the Chicago edu-
cational system. alike point TO the sig
nificaut fact. generally overlooked. that
English itself is the foreign language
whose teaching is of paramount I'M
portanee in many public schools of this
country. In the congested immigrant
quarters of our large cities 1t is the
alien tongue par crcellence the cleavage
between the older generation. which.
mastering it in only primitive fashlon.
iistrusts and even dislikeS ii. and the
younger one, which takes to 1t under the
influence of its new environment. ara.
as is always the case with children, 1T
the expense of the tongue of its an
cestry.
The attempt to hand on the mother
tongue TO the child immigrant. and even
10 the first generation in this country,
side by side with English has failed in
the past in countless hyphenated Ameri-
can homes. where, so to speak. the
children listened TO their parents in the
foreign language, but answered in Eng
lish The result amounted on the whole.
to little more than corruption Of the
speech Of the country.
If this question Of the teaching of a
foreign language, like Polish. In our
public schools were a cultural one, 1t
might have some standing in court, but
ii is not Almost avowedly it is prompt
ed by a desire to preserve an alien
identity. TO defer. or at least TO divide.
the new allegiance that should be the
only one 1t may be manifestation OF
the national or racial instinct OF self
preservation it is as often the result
of transpanted national hatreds as OF
national sentiment; but whatever Its
essence, il must be discouraged. not IN
dulced. No considerable OF higher edu-
cation. Of wider culture, is involved in
the agitation so far as the public schools
gre concerned The overwhelming ma
jority of the pupils will never in life
suffer from the lack of such modicum
of knowledge of foreign languages as the
public school would be likely to teach
them. 1t is the heaviest part OF the
task of that school to turn the children
of aliens into Americans, and Its
strongest lever for that laborious and
costly purpose is the language Of the
nation. The mastery Of 1t at the cost
Of ancestral languages is the price which
the young immigrant must pay for his
American citizenship. his success. and
his usefulness TO the country. The sen-
timental desires of bis elders. bolstered
up by political solidarity. should not be
taken into consideration at ALL
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People and Social lncfdenfs
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
rFron The Tribune Bureau-l


,rashinzten Dec 3-The Presloeh' I"
dav snpointed Frederick w. Lehman"' VI
81. Louis. Solicitor General OF the Depol',
mont of Justice to succeed the late iAoS''
w Bowers: appointed Senator Root i'e'"-
her of the permanent Court or Arpitra..o"
~ The Hague. to succeed Chief Justice
Fuller. and held conference TINS at'oi
noon with Senators Cummins ana bo' a"'
Senator Bailey called on the PRESIDENT i"'-
r,sdiateiy after dinner this evening Se"
ator Bristow has been invited 10 the ~.
House for a conference with the
Senator Smoot introduced Governor op.s
of Utah and discussed various bi'is' I''e
ing conserva ton and the revision ana c"''
hcation of the printing laws
Representative Champ Clark. when ieaN-
ing the White House after conference
with the President, said that in his opi",o'
the Speaker of the House was just as ao'7
% wall, or ride i'm a streetcar to ana from
work as anv one else. Asked II ne Wou'u
,se tho automobile allowed by Congress Aor
the Speaker, in the event OF MS eie0'o.'
to that office. Mr.. Clark replied. MOI iho
Seth Low. of New York, who was q
luncheon guest al the White House 'a'Aei
with Mr.. Taft about Supreme court ap
pointments. Senator BURTON ac'o'"f
by a delegation from Cincinnati N
the President to urge the appointments u
E. e Williamson TO the vacancy III -
Interstate Commerce Commission, winch
Lii occur when ex-senator Cockrelfs term
expires.
Tba president held a number of confer
ences with Senator's and Representatives,
Distressing legislative and judicial SUBJECTS.
to-day. His Congressional callers ineiuoeo
Senator's Flint. Curtis. Piles. Warren. Yam
hIe Owen. Nelson, Kean. Nixon. MaF'iii'
Swanson. Burton Overman. Money. Sfnooe'
burrows. Lodge Foster, Lor1rner. Jun
Minis McCumber. Borah and Bailey anu
Representatives Foster. Kennedy. Ahtiiohs'
Richardson. of Alabama: Pickett. Parhef'
Payue. Kahn Knowland, Smith or Cai-
fornfa: Needhan, Prince, Mondeii. Law
OIcott. Austin, Langley, Hubbard Long
worth and Hanna
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
HAILING A lEADE r.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: The Democratic party ought great
II to rejoice over the long delayed advent
of leader who has the intuitive force. the
wisdom and the courage of one who truly
leads" Not since Tilden has that party
had one so admirably fitted to lead as
Woodrow Wilson.
AS a matter of deep conviction, I have
long opposed and still oppose, the So
called Democracy. but have in active
operation two great parties. and from
their healthful antagonism only good
should flow. Feeling thus. let us all. even
those in the opposing camp, rejoice at the
coming of Wilson
A reading of his strong and pregnant
address at the conference of Governors oc-
casions this letter. II would be we'll II
every voter you'd ponder ove- what lrs
said about leadership about the privi-
lege and duty IF Governors and other en-
ecutives to lead" their Legislatures and
their people. and not 10 rest content with
a mere perfunctory message"
JOSEPH CULRERTSON CLAYTON
Brooklyn, Dec. 9. 1910.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
FOREIGN TONGUES IN SCHOOL.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: May I say one word In regard to
the instruction In modern languages IN the
elementary schools. from the point OF
view of the pupils?
The subject under discussion is not the
value OF the French and German IAN
guages. but the improving OF the currfcu-
lun in these schools. At present modern
languages taught in some OF them 10
boys and girls thirteen years OF age for
one hundred minutes a week. In school
class. even in German neighborhood.
there are also Italian, Irish and RUSSIAN
children. For most Of these children TINS
is their last year OF school, and they need
physical training and industrial training
TO fit them for practical life, and instruc-
ton in English, which is, to more than
half of them, foreign tongue.
It is simply absurd to waste the time or
forty children on a necessarily inadequate
study OF a modern language.
JANE E. ROBBINS,
Executive Secretary, Public Education
Association.
New York. Dec. 2, 1910.
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THE CABINET.
from The Tribune Bureau.

From The Tribune BUREAU
washington Dec 3--The Secretary OF
soto and Mrs Knox are again thrown into
mourning by the death. in Pittsburs yester-
dav. of Edward Arthur Smith. brother OF
tho latter. Mrs Knox had just laid aside
mourning for member of her FANNY ana
made her first social appearance at the
debut tea of Miss Helen Taft at the White
uo,,se on THURSDAY. She was planning
her social programme for the winter WIN
a great deal of pleasure She and the Sec
retarv OF State have gone to P1ttsourg lot
the funeral.
The Secretary OF Commerce and LABOR
and Mrs. NageI will give a dinner III
honor of Miss Taft on December 26- MIS-
Nagel Is expecting a visit from TWO young
r,.ces for whom she and Miss Nagel VIII
entertain. The Secretary of the treasury
and Mrs. Macveagh left here for New YORK
this morning They are expected 10 90
some Christmas shopping and to return
Monday evening
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-04
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,".
IRON, The Tribune Bureau

TFronl The Tribune BUREAU
Washington, Dec. 3--Miss Helen Ialt
was the guest at dinner tonight OF MI
and Mrs. Chanler Hale They invited 10
meet her the second British secretary and
Mrs. III. W. Kennard. Mrs. Reynolds Hit,
Miss Marion oliver. Miss Sophy Johnson
Miss Cecilia May. Jerome Bonaparte, Oden
Horstmann, Signor Centaro. Italian first
secretary; Mr. de Thai, Russian second
secretary. and Frederick H. Brooke.
Senator and Mrs. Depew arrived here
to-day and opened their home in n street
for the season
Mrs. John II. Newson was hostess at a
tea to-day in compliment to her daughter,
Mrs. Avery d. Andrews Assisting her
were Mrs. Leonard Wood. Mrs. Fremont
Smith, Mrs. A. III. Fowler and Miss Bar
ney.
Miss Taft will be entertained at luncheon
tomorrow by Captain Graham L. Johnson
and Mrs George W. Wickersham- Major
General and Mrs Wood and Brigadier
General and Mrs. Wotherspoon will chap
eron the young party.
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To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Having received a very strong anti
Roosevelt letter, this is TO inform the writer
of it that my good opinion of the former
President is unchanged, and il is still my
belief that one of Your correspondents told
a great deal of truth in few words In say
ing that Roosevelt was raised up by Provi-
dence to fight corruption as truly as Lin
coin was to free the slaves and save the
Union. Roosevelt's record for fighting cor
ruption and trying to give square deal"
10 every one is a stone wall that cannot be
battered down.
S. PATTERSON CASTOR.
Turbotville, Penn, Nov. 30, 1910.
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ADVICE FOR sHAKEsPEARIANs.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: have no idea that you wish to open
up on the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS controversy.
so called nor is 1t necessary: but upon
reading the letter published to-day from
Harvard, 49," L am again struck with
the ignorance-or. better. lack of infornla-
ton (they are not ignorant)-that those
calling themselves Shakespearians manifest
in writing on that subject II they would
read and investigate evidences readily at
hand they would see there Is just as much
reason for attributing the authorship of
the Shakespeare writings to Sherlock
Holmes as to Wi'lnTn Shakspar. of STRAIT
ford: whoever did write them is another
story, and proofs are plentiful enough as
to that also ], F.. WILSON.
Newark. n. J.. Dec. 2. 1910.
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SHEPARD FOR SENATOR.

From The Rochester Herald DemD
great step upward and forward was
taken by New York when Elihu Root was
made the successor of Thomas G. Plat
Now that the obligation iitly In choose
Senator Roots colleague has fallen upon
the Democrats, good citizenship may well
hone that the choice viii fall upon the man
who is pre-eminently the best fitted Ed
ward NJ Shepard.
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A SUCCESSFUL STORY.
q Editor Of Tho Tribune

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: While in Brooklyn yesterday L IN
uuired in the book department of Abraham
e. Straus if they had the book entltied
THE Bolted Door, now running in The
Tribune's Sunday Magazine supplement-
To my surprise they told me they had In
uuiries from a score of people each day
for this book. I prophesy after It ends IN
your Magazine and is published in book
form it Will have a big sale
w F. ARMSTRONG
Brooklyn, Dec. ], 1910.
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New-l,nr..s Iribnlle.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1910.

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