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New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
Az ARISE or AVIATION,

1t is made known that an aviator. fol-
lowing the example recently set at
Princeton. intends to fy over and around
the stadium at Cambridge on Saturday
and the thirty thousand spectators VINO
will be there TO witness the football
game between Harvard and Yale. There
is 10 law to prevent the performance,
and as the only appeal will be to an In
divldual's sense of propriety 1t Is highly
probable that the propOsed nuisance VIII
re committed. In such a case ii Is van
itv. we suppose, which leads the per
former to think that he is giving an in
tereSting exhibition. and that, inasmuch
as there is no charge. those who see II
ought TO he grateful instead Of Indignant
As a matter Of fact, 1t is as gross an i'm
Dertinence as il would be for mounte-
bank 10 make his way. TO the stage at Il
theatrical performance and interrupt the
play with some speciality Of his own.
II nav be said that nobody present at
the football game will be compelled to
took mt the flying machine overhead; but
that is a silly excuse 1t Will be virtual
" impossible not to look at it and won
der what would happen if It fell; but
nevertheless almost everybody present
will consider the performance an outrage
and be irritated by the needless selfish
ness Of the performer. Moreover, the
danger will be by no means negligible, as
more than hundred fatal accidents dur
ing the last year Of aviation have abun-
dantly proved. We do not refer to the
risk which the aviator runs. Thatis his
own affair and can be contemplated
with comparative composure. 1t is the
consequence to others Of the collapsinc
Of his fragile machine over a crowded
stand that all rational persons will bear
in mind.
This threatened action Of n man eager
to exhibit himself and make as much Of
sensation as possible forcibly suggests
the serious abuses which will inevitably
follow the multiplication Of flying ma
chimes unless stringent regulations are
imposed by law, and which possibly no
regulations. however drastic, will suffice
to avert except in limited degree. 1t Is
not too soon for the public authorities Of
every state to take this problem under
serious consideration. Some attention
has already been paid to it in Connecti-
cut, and perhaps elsewhere. but 1t calls
for general and concerted action.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
STFFRAGETTES AuUCK.

1t would not be easy to imagine any
thing much more melancholy and dc
pressing than the spectacle which was
presented IN London on Tuesday in the
outbreak Of the militant suffragettes.
A considerable number of women Of Ill
telligence and character violently stroye
tu suggest their lack Of both those quail
ties. Women tried TO show lack Of won-
anhood. Would-be voters tried to demon
strate their unftness for the franchise.
Those who were nominally making APP
peal to equity and morals allied them
selves with the forces of lawlessneSS AMI
vice. II was an insane performance, but
mhappily it was not unprecedented.
Other similar scenes have been enacted.
there and elsewhere and probably viii
be again. That is why it was most dis
heartening. One acute eruption can be
endured, but a chronic eruptive fever is
the most distressing of maladies for the
individual body or for the body polite.
II will not do to plead I'm eXtenuation
that these suffragettes ran amuck to call
attention TO their cause. Attention had
already been fully attracted TO It. It was
not a valid protest against a system
which the protestants regarded as wrong,
because one wrong is not good protest
against another. II cannot be said that
the end 10 be gained iustitles the means,
for there is really nothing TO be gained
by such means. We would not. Of course,
liken it to the assassination Of a tyrant
ruler. Yet in fact il is less logical and
less promising of results than even such
q crime. For the removal Of an obiec,
tionable ruler might mean the accession
of a better in his place, while smashing
windows can mean nothing more than
new panes. The smashing of all the
glass i'm Somerset House would not cause
the retirement Of a single minister.
II is not the question Of votes for
women which was at issue on Tuesday.
but rather the fitness of the suffracette
leaders for any part in the complex GOV
crnmental machine. II may be that the
British Parliament will grant woman
suffrage. If so, that will not be. or at
least should not be, because Of, but m
spite Of, the performance Of Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
The CABINET.

fFrom The Trihune Ruresu1
Washington. Nov. 22-The Secretary OF
state and Mrs. Knox are entertaining Mrs
Katherine McCook of New York. and had
few guests to meet them at dinner last
nieht, later taking them TO the theatre.
Tho marriage Of Hugh Knox. second son
Of the Secretary and Mrs. Knox. and Miss
McCook will take place AT the home Of the
brides parents In New York at O'Clock
on Thursday December II. Mr.. Knox and
his bride will make their home in Wash
neton
The Secretary OF the Treasury and Mrs
Macveagh entertained a few friends In
formally at dinner tonight.
Mrs George Won L. Meyer and the Misses
Meyer, wife and daughters Of the Secre-
tary Of the Navy. have Joined him at their
home. in Scott Circle. They have closed
their house at Hamilton, Mass, and are
here for the season.
The Secretary OF Commerce and Labor
has followed the plan OF entertaining fire.
quently the chiefs OF bureaus and other
officers Of his department in order TO come
into closer touch with them. and tonight
gave a dinner for them at his home, IN K
street His guests were the bureau chiefs
the solicitor OF the department, the as
sistant secretaries, the chief clerk the DIS
nursing clerk. the appointment clerk. the
chief OF the division Of supplies. the chief
Of the division of publications and others.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
PASSPORTS TO RUSSIA
A Statement Concerning Russian Laws
That Affect Them.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. Never before were the American
neopIe so interested In the Russian pass
mort question as they are at present The
Jewish vote is growing strong In this coun-
Try. and In some states II has the balance
OF power to bring success to one party or
another Each of the political parties, real
ling this fact. IS trying to gain the sym
rathy OF all classes Of Jews; hence arose
the passport question.
II is true that the state Department on
several occasions had TO file protests with the
Russian government for refusing to admit
American Jews, but in each case the Rus
sian government answered that the appli-
cant did not comply with certain regula-
tions and therefore was refused admission.
Ii is necessary to mention that no Ameri-
can Jew IS venturing TO go TO Russia In
order 10 settle there permanently. He has
T. 20 there for only two reasons: First,
for business and second, on visit for
pleasure. In both instances the desire IS
to be in Russia for only a short period. and
al the American IS by nature not pet
tifogger" he drops the matter as soon as
he finds any obstacle I'm getting permis-
sion.
No special laws exist in Russia against
American Jews Whenever law mentions
foreigners II also mentions foreign Jews.
For instance where the law prescribes how
a foreigner may settle i'm Russia and be-
come a Russian subject it says that n for
cign Jew may not settle In Russia or be
come a Russian subject This law has an
amendment under which exceptions can be
made I'm the following cases: First. when
a foreign Jew comes 20 Russia TO develop
an Industry or take up manufacturing he
can reside there, and after the expiration
OF five wears he can become Russian sub
icct IL he wishes 10 do so; second, when a
skilled workman comes to Russia upon the
REQUEST Of a manufacturer he can reside
there. and after five years permanent resi-
dence he can become a Russian subject.
According 10 the laws OF l%". all other for
eign Jews can come to Russia. but they
must ask permission Of the Secretary OF the
Interior
As matter Of fact. a number OF Ameri-
can Jews are going tn Russia every year.
They remain there for some ume ana do
business. 1t is only necessary Tor lhem To
present credentials from substantial firms
that they are going to represent their BUSH
ness In Russia and their passports arc
vised bv the Russian Consul without any
difficulties
When the state Department issues "a
passport 10 "a naturallzcd citizen It sends
together with the passport a notice In
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23

some great eXpounder TO show wherein
the letter Of the Constitution is violated,
either fragrantly or fagrantly or other
wise by our occupation Of those Islands
or by' the government Of them according
t. the will Of Congress.
And rs for the purpose for which the
Constitution was. written, with all due
respect for the superior knowledge Of the
Sage of Jersey City, our recollection is
that the Constitution itself in its pream-
ble declares itself 10 be Constitution
for the United States Of America" But
then. perhaps the people who wrote It
didn't really know what or whom they
were writing It for, or what purpose the
thing was TO serve after It was ordained
and established. Poor old Constitution
II stands second only to the Monroe Doc
trine in the torments Of Interpretation.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
PoOR Old CONSTITUTION!

Our fortnightly contemporary, THE
Philippine Republic" whose motto is
'The Immediate Restoration Of the Phil
"ippine Republic 10y Whatever Means
and i'm Whatever Form" chortles joy
ouslv over the aid and comfort which it
thinks 1t finds I'm some remarks Of Inc
Hon. T.. L. Kinkcad. Representative IN
Congress from New Jersey. TO the effect
that american occupation Of the Philip
pine Islands is a fragrant"-our contem-
Dorary says fragrant though we are
willing T. give it the benefit of the doubt
and assume that it meant and that the
Hon. Gene" said "nagrant' violation
"of both the letter and the spirit of 'he
Constitution Of the United states. The
Constitution was written for the benefit
"of all the races cf the world"
Each 10 his own Interpretation of the
spjrjt. If is not inc0nceiyable that some
regard the Constitution as bulwark Of
Predestination. or Supralapsarianism. or
Of the Binonia Theorem Let each be
fully persuaded in his own mind But
we are waiting and have waited long for
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
THE CULT OF CRIME AGAIN.

Another manifestation Of what we
have called the cult Of crime, and one
of the most scandalous and abhorrent
of all, Is seen in the current case in
Kansas town. in which young woman
was led into ambush, stripped, and
tarred and feathered by company OF
the foremost male citizens Of the COM
munity. her offences being that she was
possessed Of personal attracuveneSs
superior 10 that of some other women
Of the place and that she had repelled
certain unclean advances on this account
Jealous women melted men to perpetrate
the outrage, and one Of the men eager
Is lent himself to the plot as a decoy.
1t would be difficult 20 imagine more
shocking exhibition Of obscene brutal
ity than that which followed. Ii was
the sort Of thing which. If reported
from a pogrom at Kishineff or massa-
ere at Sian-fu would be exploited as
cause for American Intervention against
the hide0us outrages Of less civilized
nations.
II is Of piece with the spirit which
in some places leads men and women
to take their children with them to g!oat
over the acOnies Of a wretch who Is
being burned at the stake or cut to
pieces I'm slow torture; which in other
places arrays the mob spontaneously
against the officer Of the law when
he attempts 10 perform his duty
against a criminal, and which else
where induces other variants Of wick
pdness. The difference is really chiefly
one Of degree rather than OF kind be-
tween the vileness Of women who would
conceive and urge such an outrage upon
one Of their own sex and the men who
would perpetrate it and the degenerate
creature who under the fcverish
promptings Of a degenerate passion.
murdered his wife and sat upon her
bleeding body while he FASTENED his
Joy ride" h0mcward.
Ii will conduce 10 a sane appreciation
Of such things and perhaps to some
repression and abatement Of them, II
we recognize the practical and essential
uniformity Of crime There is no more
profound truth in criminOogy than that
he who breaks one commandment
marks himself as potentially guilty Of
breaking them all. The defiance of law
is the same everywhere. The difference
is i'm the temptation 10 or in the oppor-
tunitv for its exercise. There is no in
Justice i'm assuming that the man who
in Kansas. 10 cater TO the spite Of some
Jealous Jezebel would commit a brutal
outrage upon a blameless woman, would
i'm some other place. or in Kansas itself
if opportunity occurred there, torture
fellow man 10 death just for the sake
Of cloating over his agonies. 1t may be
that this lawless spirit is universal and
perpetual If so. that is only the strong
est Of reasons for an unrelenting war
fare against it which shall be equally
Widespread and enduring.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From the Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington, Nov. 22.-The Presioen'
was well enough to go to his office where
he spent the greater, part Of the morning
debating his MESSAGE to Congress. when
he hopes 10 complete early next "eeA'
He talked with the Attorney-GeneraL the
Secretary Of Commerce and LABOR ana
the Postmaster General about depart
mental legislation to be recommended IN
the message
Andrew Carnegie told the President that
nothing had so strengthened the ties Oh
friendship between this country ana
Great Britain as his arbitration treaty
Mr.. Carnegie said that he travelled In
both Great Britain and France TO sound
sentiment on the peace treaties. and was
gratned 10 report that they had been en-
Enthusiastically received IN all parts Of tho
two countries.
Representative Calder called to pay his
respects. Senator Sutherland made an en-
gagement 10 see the President later In
the week.
President Taft will soon issue invita-
tions TO two dinners. He will entertain
at dinner on December the delegation
OF Western Governors who are making
a tour OF the East In an endeavor to bring
about closer relations with the West On
December II President Taft will give a
dinner in honor OF the Republican ma
tional committee. which holds its meet
ing In Washington December ~.
The President will 70 TO New York on
December 10 to attend a meeting Of the
Economic Society that evening and the
next day will address the Genesee So
clety and the Automobile Club OF
Ar1prica
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
SAVING BY NOT PLYING DEBTS.

The statement obtained by The TTib-
une from Controller Prendergast IN New
Orleans makes it clear that the Board
or Aldermcu's economy in cutting
down the appropriation TO make up the
deficiency in tax collections amounts
simply TO putting of paying one of the
city's debts Meanwhile the city must
issue revenue bonds 20 meet this def
cheney. and the absurdity of the alder
mems action is apparent when it is con-
sidefed that the board has increased
very considerably the amount Of short
term borrowing that the city must do
and ar the same time cut down by
100000 the sum appropriated for inter
est on such borrowing.
What the action Of the aldermen, if il
&c confirmed by the Mayor and upheld
bv the courts. leads TO is also apparent
from the Controllers statement The
deficiency In tax collections. for which
The S1OO00O0O appropriation just re-
duced by the Board of Aldermen was
made. has accumulated since 1908.
Prior 10 1905 there was another de-
ficiencv Of the same sort which had
been allowed by Tammany administra-
tions 10 mount at one time TO S33,-
100000. Most Of il is still unpaid, and
the policy has been adopted Of gradually
funding it. that IS to say. issuing cor
porate stock to meet IT, Thus these old
deficiencies which Tammany concealed
sre going 10 swell the city's funded
debt. This means in the last analysis
that old running expenses are being paid
in corporate stock. That was Tam
many's way Of making the budget seem
small Deficiencies in tax collections
were looked at in the cheerful manner
in which the present Board Of Alder
men looks at them. that is TO say. as
only apparent Budgets were kept down
by the simple eXpedient Of not paying
what the city owed The Board Of Al
dermen's economy is the old familiar
Tammany economy If if is practsed
for a few years there will be another
big floating debt accumulated subse-
0nent 10 1903. bigger probably than The
one accumulated before 1900. and this
IN turn will 10 doubt be funded, adding
another S30.000.000 or so TO the cor
porate stock used 10 pay running eX-
penses.
IL the Mayor is willing TO adopt this
Tammany method Of deceiving the pub
lie about the cost Of the city govern
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY
rFrom The Tribune Bureau

lt iOlu AUH lIlUuHt bulfhA
Washington, Nov. PA small but charm
ingly arranged dinner dance was given al
the Playhouse tonight, with Mr.. and Mrs
Preston Gibson as hosts. The dining room
was decora ted in yellow. Their guests were
Miss Helen Taft. Mrs. George Won l.
Meyer, Brigadier General and Mrs. Clar-
ence r. Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Esmond
Ovey, Mr.. and Mrs. Kennard. OF England
Mr. and Mrs. Walcott Tuckerman, Wis
count and viscountess de Sibour, Miss
Mary Switzerland. Miss Margery Cotton
Lieutenant Colonel McCawley, Lieutenant
Edward McCauley, Oden Horstmann and
Samuel Elliott
Invitations were issued to-day for the
marriage Of Miss May Taylor Arms, daugh-
ter Of John Taylor Arms, and Dean
Stockett Edmonds. OF New York, at the
Church Of the Epiphany at noon on Decem-
ber H.
Announcement of another Christmas
week dance has been made, adding brill
lancy to a week which bids fair to be un-
surpassed I'm the rush OF social entertain
ments. Mrs William Haywood and Miss
Doris Haywood will give a cotillon on De-
cember ?S With a White House dance and
a dance for almost every night Of Christ
mas week, the young people who return
from their schools for the holidays will be
constantly entertained.
Mr.. and Mrs Thomas r. CAN are spend
ing a few days in New York.
Captain Beatty, cCmmandant Of the navy
yard, and Mrs. Beatty and Naval Con-
structor and Mrs Taylor have issued cntds :
jointly for the presentation OF their daugh-
ters, Miss Beatty and Miss Taylor, at the
navy yard, from 10 Z o'clock on Decem-
her s Another dcbutaute whose cards are
lust out for December is Miss Mary
Howry. daughter of Judge Charles Il.
Howry, of the Court Of Claims, and Mrs.
HoWTy.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23

which II Is stated that those VINO desire W
travel to Russia must have their passports
vised at the Russian Consulate. ana IL
they are natives Of Russia they can 20
there OH their own risk only. and cahho'
expect the protection OF the United states
since It is a crime in Russia for SUBJECT
whether a Jew or Gentle TO become citi-
zen Of another country without a release
from the Russian government Under the
word foreigner" is considered every per-
son who was not born In Russia, and there
fore n German. Austrian or any other Jew
who became citizen OF the United states
could go to Russia on the same conditions
as an American born Jew.
GEORGE oFFIN,
Nav York Nov 90 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
NEW YORK FROM THE SUBURBS,

Two sheep escaped from Centfai FN -,
tied up trafc for an hour. New foiN aOcr III
know how TO handle 'em outside {"
Street-woshington Post
New Workers object TO the oolleel'V1 -.
ashes and garbage nc night because u 49,, ',y
them awake. Well. well. isn't that s''''
old town.--Phnadelphia Press.
once more that horse is engaged x.,,
regular annual task OF inspecting INC
York four hundred -Newark News.
New York is trying out the old adase m
declares new brooms sweep clean Ne@'y
her street cloauers are new hands At tns ne sue
Tnhappily, some facetious persons 49, couN
gcsted that the same sorf OF rtnoN s1.on -. many
be tried with good eject ~ tpr
official ialr-Cicyeland Plain peaier
Very nne and attractive is the plan w
curyins avenue connecting the PennSy /,
Terminal with the Grand Central slauOa o..
New York. as laid out by Henry RutgeIs ccu.
shall architect for the Municipal ~. .fst
mission from 1902 10 1903. II j. preels..s,
New York needs "a break Us recuaneS neSight
mouotory, and II properly huut up u I. ths
easily become the most handsoms suse'
city Springfield Republican
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
IN THE sERKsHlRES.
lpv Te.cernnh 70 The rr.bu.

tPy Telegraph 20 The Tribune
Lenox, Nov. 22.-Mr. and Mrs. Giraud
Foster will close Bellefontaine on Oecem-
Der 10, and after i short stay in New YORK
will go to Europe for the winter.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Turnure closel
their country place Beaupre. to-day. Fol-
lowing the debut of their daughter, MISS
Elizabeth Lanier Turnure, they will return
20 Lenox and will open their country p'"s
for the holidays.
Mrs. George Westinghouse has gore 70
New York.
Miss Gertrude Parsons. who has oeeh .
guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel troIhlns'
ham, has gone TO town.
A son was born to-day 70 Mr. ana N'S
Clark voorhees,. The child Is granlsO'
OF Mr.. and Mrs. George Winthrop to'soul
DR.. Charles McBurney will speak on Wv
pollution OF tile Housatonic River q .
meeting Of the Lenox village socleV ''
the Lenox Club tomorrow morning
New-York tribune., 1911-11-23
THE OPEN AND SHUT OF 1T.

M OILA dN ~ NV ~
Some confusion no doubt exists in the
public mind over the subway situation
which was spoken Of last summer as set
tied and which is now being referred TO
by members of the Board of Esti-
mate and ApportiOnment IN terms which
suggest that it is as open as ever. Much
was heard a few months ago about the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company's of
fer" being accepted" Nevertheless, the
discussion now indicates that the city Is
free to award the subways which 1t is
building to another operator.
This sounds bewildering. but the sltua-
ton is simpler than 1t seems. It is read
ily understood when the nature Of the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Offer which
was accepted" is recalled. That offer
In its practical effect was nothing more
than an offer TO bid on the operation OF
certain subways If the city should build
them, and TO bid on certain terms set
forth in the communication. It's accept
ance did not mean that a contract had
been entered into by the city with the
BROOKLYN company for subway operation
If that had been done the present talS
Of possible rectification OF mistakes
would be sheer nonsense. But such q
contract was not possible at this stage OF
the proceedings. The law requires that
a contract for operation shall be let at
public auction. Only when q contract
thus let has been entered into do any
permanent and indefeasible relations ex'
ist between a rapid transit company and
the city. Up to the present time the
city has only, so far as its practical If
feet is concerned, the promise OF tha
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company to DID
for the operation Of the subways under
construction upon certain terms agreed
en- with the city. And the city has ac-
cepted the offer in so far as it is going to
build the subways where the Brooklyn
company wants them, so that 1t may i'd
vantageously bid for their operation
rather than somewhere else, where they
would not be so useful to it. What the
Brooklyn company got out Of the nego-
tiations last summer was the construc-
ton of the subways where it wanted
them. What the city got was the prom
se of an operator on terms regarded rs
acceptable. When the subways were
built they would not he a mere ''hole in
the ground" As to the moral obliga-
tions that grew out Of this arrangement
we do not express any opinion.
When the operation Of the subways Is
to be let at public auction separate con-
tracts can he offered for separate routes
in such a way that the lnterborougn
company could advantageously bid IN
some Of them-On the upper part Of the
Lexington avenue subway. for example,
If negotiations which are now being re-
vived should lead to the building of the
line down Seventh avenue. Legally there
is nothing TO prevent the citys accepting
another operator than the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company for part or even
all of the subway system being construct
ed. though, no doubt TO do so would 5e
called bad faith by some. IN the sense
that a public auction viii determine the
award Of operating contracts the rapid
transit situation is stlll open.