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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-27
TIE TRIBUNE AND CUBA.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: | have before nI' copy oil Po'
ton of your Washi1otoH correspondence
Of January 8. headed. MI. Tart Ihpd'
tIent." which / no; heartily continent
because one uewspapcI ascertained tilat
the American fleet was % VISIT CuDaH
waters. and worked it up In a news ITEM
the sensational trimmings caused the press
in vario,,s portions OF the States 10 devote
= great deal Of space in its news columns
and editorially to tho Cuban SITUATION
Without ever having waited 10 verify the
story. many papers rushed INTO an tNPi -
sion OF editorial opinion. and condemned
cuba and the Cubans most Vigorously ho'-
vithstandine that within twenty-four hours
after the first story was puohshed t'eSs
parers must have known that ire WISH Dy
the fleet TO Cuban waters was III purSu-
auce Of an annual itinerary, and merely
for the purposes of target practice ana
drilling.
1 want to congratulate you upon your
having a level headed man to represent you
IN Washington. for by cnance happeheu
10 see the output of another Washington
correspondent. which was as wild ana
woo,ly and as far from the truth as 1t
could possibly be.
The Cubans are doing remarkably We''
and the editorial attitude your paper mas
maintained from the beginning Of the hrs'
administration of Don Tomas ESTRADA
Palma has been fully vindicated. reeol-
lect that your paper was one OF the most
reliable in giving Cuban news and IN the
editorial analysis OF the situation here AZ
that time and since. and I wish to thank
you very much for the help you have rem
dered in this way in assisting the pros
perity Of this country, for it has been very
h.ipful 10 all of us Americans who have
come here 10 make homes and establish
bus css.
Thanking YOU again Tor your good juds-
ment and just attitude, am
L. j. CANONA,
Editor The Lucha.'
Havana cuba Jan. Is 1911.
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POOR SCHOOL TEACHING
Ignorance of Instructors as Oause
for Backwardness in Pupils.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Your editorial In Fridays Tribune
on backward school children is exre'heN
interesting. There Is little doubt that Eo"
get at the cruX Of the matter wheh 70"
quote the city superintendent as sayIhs
that poor teaching is one of the chlei
causes OF lack Of progress among the puD''
school pupils. The whole matter hinges
right there-the children suffer on account
Of the ignorance and bigotry of the women
to whom their education 10 intrus'eo.
few days ago a woman Of unusual iii'e.'
gence and intellectual attachments WHO
has investigated the conditions. said 10 "'e'
1T is a wonder that the children IN our
public schools here In New York city rear"
anything: the teachers represent every n"-
tionslity and almost every religion uhu'
the sun. and each one teaches ACCORDING |"
her own sweet will. until the average 'hil"
is so confused that 1t knows not whoih u
believe"
I myself a few years ago lived IN 'n'
Same house with two YOUNG women schooi
teachers whose places had been optali''u
through the services Of prominent H"H'
Side politician. These girls were me-
American born girls, but they were IA h'''
fitted for teaching children as for cohuu''
ing bank. Many time nave seer.
them CRYING in despair for fear they cou''
not teach the morrow's lesson lana t'e9
we're Of the lower grades. while at eN-
animation time | more than once a'"'u
them IN marking the papers. al '''H
tried 10 do was TO keep one day aheau o.
their students. and many time eN'
piained To them a simple lesson in arithme-
tic or grammar that the ordinary pupil Oh
fifteen should have understood without az
fculty.
7 have always favored equal pay 'o'
male and female teachers. because W.
lleve that II the salaries were equal moro
men would be employed and fewer IN
competents with political pulls would be
upon the city's payrolls.
oRVfLLE @. VICTOR.
Now York Jan. % 1871.
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The suggestion of American acquisi-
ton of the Galapagos Islands will doubt
less seem startling Ia many. and repug-
uanl 10 some who regard with aversion
every expansion Of American sovereign
~. control or influencc-likc the patriu.s
"l century ago who opposed the az
ueXation Of Louisiana on the ground
that the United States was already too
large. There should. iu ced, he no in
clinatiOu To acquire more lands. BY
either lease or purchase. just for the
sake Of expansion, and there may well
bC a prudent reluctance Ia increase the
weight Of the burden OF outlying posses
SiOus which is already imposed upon us.
But if we ar not Ia expand merely for
the sake Of expansion. neither are we
conversely To refuse to expand merely
through opposition la expansion. The
question is not simply whether wo are
or are not TO I'D 10 our holdings. but
rather whether there is any convincing
reason for our doing So.
i long time aga The United States, ~
fundamental principle uf policy. re-
fused lo give its assent to the transfer
of certain parts of The American CONT
ncnt and their inSular appauages to any
non-American p0wer. aud subsequently,
that principle was assumed 10 apply 20
al tine Western Hemisphere. and there
was suggested the not illogical corollary
that this country should itself take oyer
any territory which had Ia pass from the
possession Of its sovereign. rather than
have il ga to an alien power. That prn-
ciplc WAS applied To Florida. Ia Alaska
and to The Spanish Antilles. II has never
been repudiated nor rcnounccd. LIS corQl-
larry might. of course. If fully accepted.
prove embarrassing. surprising there
were 10 be- wholesale one ol territory
10 ~ as an alternative to that sale Of
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also she would greatly prize direct con-
nection with the extensive and impor-
tant system of railroads which Russia
has created ia Turkestan and Rokhara
and the adjacent regions. These ends
will be attained In that joining of the
German and Russian railroads I'm Per-
sia which. according 10 the ingenious
"Tanin.' the two powers have not
pledged themselver To forbid
Nor is that ALL nor even, perhaps. the
most important feature, Of this compact
II will not escape attention that in
creating this route from Europe TO India
and the Far East Germany and Russia
will he turning the flank Of the British
position at Suez. At the present time
oil communication between Europe and
the Far East must pass through the
British-controllcd Sucz Canal and un
der the very guns of the British fo~-
tresses which guard each entrance to
that neutral waterway. This new
route. by the way of the Bosporus
Mcsopotamia and the Persian Gulf. and
also from the Caucasus and the shores
of the Caspian 20 the same outlet, will
leave those Notifications far 10 one side
and will turn the British position with
doxtcrous strategy That the British gov
eminent will be able to thwart the
movement does not convincingly appear
That it will essay some counter move
mput is to he taken for granted with
what success remains To- he seen.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-27
UEtT is COERCTONt

What does Governor Dix think If his
net theory of Il Legislature free from
ont side interference i'm elccting q United
States Senator. when lie hears OF
"packv" McCahc. 10y grace of Murphy
clerk of the senate. Furnishing an insur-
gent Senator 10y refusing Ia let him
name the clerk of the committee OF
which ne i chairman? Or Of fire press
IRE upon another inSurgent being ear
ricd to the extent of taking away The
county advertising from the legislator
newspaper and persuading the holder 81
mortgage ON the paper To withdra"
his financial support? These are only
sample instances of the kind OF hludgeoh-
ING To which the Democratic members
who refused 10 enter or I've bound by inc
caucus are being subjected. Is that I'll
proper? is MurphyS continued bosstlS
of every member of the legislature who
can be terrorized into obedience I'll
above criticism and within the contem-
plation of the law which Governor plN
is 80 scrupulous to uphold. and which
saws that the election of Il United STATES
Senator shall be the duty of the Legs
lature?
And if all this is not outside inter-
ference and coercion and perNerSloI %
that constitutional system which Mt.
Dix i'm the language of one of ms al
mirerS restored at one stroke. wherein
would the mere expression of an opinion
bv the Governor upon the SelmtorSllp
contest do violence 10 our institutions:
The Governor does not cease to be Il
citi2on when he becomes Governor. lie
does not cease TO be an important meih-
Der of his party when he becomes TOW
ernOr.
No one desired that Governor piN
should use pap or patronage or blach-
iocl, i'm influencing the result OF the con-
test All that was hoped for by those
who believed that the Governor might
ureyept lust such coercion ~ Is now
Icing pI.actiSed upon the Legislature WAS
chat he should not remain neutral when
he SAW the PEOPLES interests the pre-
q, selfish bosses and their sordld Hines
in the business world. The only weight
that would have attached 20 an! 'nius
no might have done or said would nave
heen. rs Governor Wilson well said III
describing his conception of Governor $
duties. the weight of personal character
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II IA Furone which we have forDldden'
Practically. however. such daheei
.chimerical II Ecuador should re"',S
want to get rid of the Galapagos iS'""''
we should either have to take 'nen' '''
solvos or acauiesce In her transfer VI
them to Japan or whatever other po",n
would take them. We couId sc"'
nlov the dog in the manger ana ioro''
her 10 sell or lease them at ail.
As for their utility to us. eihi"e ~
,o man shows how considerable II liligh'
Inc They lie oh the Equator ana III W.
Longitude of New orleans. Jhey are ''"'
opproximatcly rs far from the fai"'''"
canal at that side ms Guantanamo vi
porto Rico is NJ this side. ana tnes
,orld serye equally well as naval p"Se
for the guardianship of the iS''''''u'
They lie close to the paths OF cohi'''e''e
from Panama To the West 'oa'.
south America and TO Australia ana 'ne
Southern Pacific generally. and' lhueeo'
practically all transpacihc co'"l'''' y, ~
from Panama would approach tne,u'
we had possession of them we '"o''o
be situated with respect to the fana,"a
Canal much as Great Britain Is nj Ma,'a
and Alden with respect to Su% nv
valuc Of the islands is slight save io'
strategic purposes-whch does not ihed
ovcI,s;vclv warlike stratcgy-aho 'ne
oucstion of their acquisition. II " -
raised is therefore to he decided Oh inc
strategic and diplomatic grounds WIG"
we have noted.
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AT TIE WHITE HOUSE.


,r,shiroton Ian 2s.--Thc President sent
. sneciaI ,uessnco TO Congress to-day trans
,ritting the Canadian reciprocity agree
ment. Representative Payne consulted inc
President regarding the best menber Oh
the ways and Means Committee 10 nitro
duce the Joint resolution to put the agree
mont into effect No decision was reached.
president Taft told Senator Smcot to-
dav that no woutl leave no stone unturneh
:, bts efforts to secure tho enactment OF
his legislative programme, including a per-
nanent tariff commission, an appropriation
for Panama Canal fortihcations and inc
conservation measures providing for the
right 70 appeal in public land cases and the
s,ne of coal lands and oil lands. MI
raft Is hopeful for the success OF all THESE
measures
Tho resignation OF William Barnes, jr.'
az surveyor Of the Port Of Albany was re-
ceIved at the White House to-day.
Senator McCumber, after a talk with the
President. said that careful consideration
would be given 70 the Grand Army OF inc
Republic pension plan, which calls Tor an
increased Appropriation Of about IoU""p'
when the pension ldll Is brought before Inc
Senate.
Representative Gardner. accompanied ny
Thomas J. Carroll, president OF the Cham-
Nor of Commerce of Gloucester, Mass
called 70 discuss the reciprocity agreement
especially that part making the importa-
ton Of fish free.
Indications point 10 o extensive TRIP 10
be made by President Taft In Morch. lie
has accepted invitations 20 address the
Southern Commercial Congress at Atlanta
on March 10 and to visit Anderson, ,. Go
Cleveland and Cincinnati, where ne VIII
address the Friendly Sons of 81. Patrick
Oh March r. The President has under con-
sideration visits 20 several other cities IN
the state.
James T.. West. secretary and George
Pratt. treasurer, Of the Boy scouts OF
America. called to discuss with MI. 1elI
plans for his participation la the meeuhe
Of the roard OF directors in February. MI
Taft has promised 10 deliver an address IN
the East Room to the memters of that
organization.
The protest which was to have been filed
to-day at the White House by delegation
Of Jews against the treatment Of their race
in Russia failed TO materialzs- Inc only
representative who called was Harry Cut
ter, of Providence. who discussed the sud-
iect briefly with Mr.. TAFT.
Among the White House callers were
Senator Burton who introduced Professor
Charles T. Thwins, president on Western
Reserve University, Ohio; Senator Ste
phensoE. ,'moot, Briggs, Burkett ana Cham
berlain, Representatives HollnSsworth'
Byrns. Morehead, Douglas. McDermou'
Dwight. Young Iesare. McLachlsL, Crum-
packer Hill. Cline. Jameson, hinshaw.
Mcclure and Hayes the Secretary of the
! Navy. the Secretary of Commerce and La
Dor and Colonel Cecil Lyons. of Texas.
The President, with Secretary Norton and
Captain Butt, went walking this afternoon.
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AmuseHents.

AcApFMy OF MUsIC-2-s-The Two Or
Notwithstanding
AMERICAN: So .3O--Naudevihe.
NSTOR--S :30--Judith Zaraine'
EELASCO- S:30-Thc Concert
BIJOU- .30--The Havoc.
Marriage Ia Carte
CIRCLES :ij--Two Women.
COIONIAl-2-S-Na
COMEDY- s:i5-IIi BE I-anged II Do
CRITERION-S :t5-Sire
DAIY'S-S .ib-Thc Eaun.
EMPIRE .1O--Treiawny Of the Noi'S'
FIFTH AVENUE -S-Naudeyiile; ,,,,,d
GAIETY -S:l5-ict Rich Quick Mailns NM. w.
GARDENS: iJ--The Daughter 81 fabilel"S'
GARRICK-S:l5 The ScarccroW.
G4.OBE-S:l5-Tbe Slim Princess.
ITACKET~T-S 10 over Night. ,,,
1TAMM ERSTEI Mss :l5--N audcNlhc -,
ODRoME-e-s-Thc International Gun
BALLET az Niagsra-The EARTHQUAKE
HUDSON so Nobodys Widow ,,
1PVlNG PLACE--S:l5--Das Jungfernsth' -,
JOE WEBER IS l5--Alma. Where DO YOU
INDEPENDENTLY 10-Chantccler
1IBERTY-S :15-Tho Spring Maid
1.YCEJM $50 Suzanne.
lyrics .l5--The Deep Purple.
MNJESTIC--S .t5-Way Down East
MANHATTAN-2-S -NaudcViUe.
NAXTNE ELLIOTT SIS .3O-The Gambler =,
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, 'n' -
NAZIM0V ass so-Baby Mine
NEW AMSTERDAM-S:lj- Madame Sherry
NEW THEATRE S.t5-Nanity Fair.
NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Marietta.
PLAZA so :3O--NaudcviNc. 3,
HEPCBLlC -- SIS - Rebecca OF SunnHp'ooN
ST. NICHOLAS RINK-1ce Hockssy
WEST ENDS .15-rhe CITY
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MAIL AUTOS IN NEW YORK.

70 the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The article appearing ia tho issue
OF your paper Of the oath inst commenting
upon the adoption by the Russian Postofice
Department of automobile service, has been
brought 10 my attention, and particularly
the statement therein that New York has
not a single motor Griven mail wagon" AS
this statement Is nos correct, / assume that
voa desire that fact brought 10 your atten-
ten.
Motor driven mail wagons were first in
troduced in this city on July l. 1902, and
are still in operation. This motor wagon
$, rvice il used I'm connection with the sup
pIy Of stations above 42d street as far
north as Washington Bridge on the West
SIDE OF the city, ana fremont on the East
side Of the city: the machines are of cleo
tr;caI type. and Of Il carrying capacity OF
/ 400. 800 ana $500 pounds respectively
in addition to which in emergencies. such as
,hr Christmas holiday ambitions. etc. there
arc introduced into the service electric We
hicles Of carrying capacity OF 1000
pounds
When the pneumatic tube service was
extended on the East Side ~ the city to
station j.. at 125Un street and Lexington
avenue the motor wagon service between
the Grand Central rOstotfice station and
thar point was somewhat reduced because
o. tho extension of the pneumatic tube SER
vice.
There is approximately n half hourly mo-
tor wagon service on the West Side Of the
city between station j, AT 12ith street and
Eighth avenue and stations College. Ham
ilton Grange. VI md Washington Bridge.
and on the East Side Of the city between
station l.. at f25th street and Lexington
avenue. and stations y. Y, T. Fox street
and fremont.
The motor wagon service in operation
between 42d, and l2jth streets On the East
and West sides is supplemental To pneu-
roi.tic tube service. which supplies ALI sta
tons embraced within that territory. and
the former therefore does not require to be
of the same frequency as that above 125th
street.
From this YOU will obsArve that motor
driven mall wagons do form "A very impor-
tent part In the transportation service Of
this Office. #. NJ MORGAN.
New York, Jan. 20. 1911. Postmaster.
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GERMANY. RI SSI lND SOME
OTHERS

The intrinsic purport of the new Rus
so-German compact in what have become
known a, the Near and the Middle East
may pretty safely bc discerncd in the
statement Of The "Taniu." of COnstan-
tinoplc. that il understands. on the best
authority that the agreement between
the two powers does not contain any
clause whereby Germany would pledge
herself not 10 construct branches OF her
lGagdad Railroad toward the Russian
frontier The sincerity of chat r@lnarl,
* rs mdoubted ~ itS apparent aiveft
is touching. II really sounds very much
gs though some one We're to say thai the
terms Of the Triple Alliance did not for
bid the members of that league 10 aid
each other in case Of war.
II * difficult 10 escape the Impression,
indeed. that the aim. or obc of the chief
aims of the Russo-German agreement l.
not 1T all 10 forbid or Ia discourage, but
ia promote and 10 provide for. the eX-
tension Of branches Of the German Bag
dad Railroad. not merely toward but 10
the Russian frontier. or 10 a conjunction
with Russian railroad lines. Russia az
upars to have conceded specifically the
right of Germany 10 push her railroad
system into that northern part of Persia
which under the Anglo-RuSSiau couyrn-
lion regarding the latter empire y
recognized aS the Russian sphere of in
fuence In doing So, argues the "Tage-
blatt." Of Berlin, Russia adopts thc policy
Of the decentralization 0f the hnal
section Of the Bagdad Railroad That
H. the RuSso-Gcrman answer to the NJ.
leged British claim Of sovereignty over
that part Of The read. and therefore over
it, terminal on the Persian Gulf Rus
Sia and Germany mean 10 have n rail
road from Europe 10 the shore of the
Indian Ocean. which. with its terminal
harbor. shall be. if not under their eX-
elusive control. least not under The
coutrol Of Great Britain.
Their object is plain. Russia has for
two centuries been seeking an outlet
upon warm seas, IN "A port which IS
never iccbound. That she will find on
the Persian Gulf. Germany wants
through traffic from the valleys Of the
Rhine and Danube 10 eastern seas, and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-01-27

The hearing which the Aldermen hcid
Yesterday on i proposed ordinance II"
reoulate the length of the hatpin point
ia which il shall henceforth be legal ana
uropcr 10 expose the face and eyes OF
fellow nOrtalS developed one a~tohlsn-
inc fact: All the women are Tor the
nronosed ordinance, All the men, ~"
doubt are for il. since it contains sub
stDntial concessions 10 their safety.
There appears. therefore, 10 bc nothing
tc do but TO pass il unanimously anna
general rejoicing. 1t provides that bat
hin points shall not henccfOrth project
more that half an inch outside the
crowns Of hats. 70 men who have been
accustomed to being impaed full depth
upon the pins that projected half foot
a half-inch iab will seem "a tribe 10 De
overlooked. And it does seem that
women should he satisfied with some
thing less than complete skewcring Of
their fellow SojournerS on This earth. y
half inch deep ought "a bc enough.
The odd thing about il is that with all
women favoring an ordinance limiting
the exposed hatpin point 10 half an inch
they should have waited for such an
ordinance to be passed. Why have they
waited: Why haven't they shortened
their hatpins themselves while men gal
hnuy maintained their attitude of. pa
ticnt nOn-interferenccE This is an OBJ
scurc point Of feminine psychology that
requires clearing MP. but ii * plainly too
reconcile for daily newspaper.
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NEW YoRA. FROM THE SUBURBS

There will le one satisfaction IN ylh'
on the ifty-eii nth floor OF that new bhln,,
ing i'm New Va X. and that l. that one W."
he we'll out Of New York -Philadelphla ~
Quirer.
II is estimated that in 1855 New York VII
have a populatie n OF g, 10000 Then VIZ
come the auestics I. Why don't people "a''
New York Toledo BLADE
II they keep GA increasing The h slsn NJ
New York buildn,i;s New Jersey w. ,t.oppsns
Court 10 force The, tail metropolis 10 s.Sp
shutting OFF the m ~ INNS SUNSHINE
News
Accounts OF the beginning Of tennio ~
service in the New York SUBWAY ,nG In
standing room AZ prenniun a. In the
fact. conditions sbolt the same ~ rs,,aysly
shorter trains IL is almost supeiun nv
added that the nam tgement u "fd,er-
pleased by the shou ms. -poS'V"
User.
Mr.. Edison SAYS that the time " tor The
when tbere will be- no more work loi ssy
horse There Is hope, then' tnas 49,, cars.
New York will have mo- more H0'
Rochester Post-ENpres,.
New York City has serS ,lrr,stv thinks
bur the New York ZoOlob1 car so'tt asking
ia is not what IL ought 20 p', onarorristion
Tho mnnicinaIity 10 make an appiVVtIi,c -
FOR the construction OF - new I,nes II
accommodate the increase ~, snuariuni
h designed 10 make II the taIs'' Iii in all
i'm the world. and the 40 Vow York
probability be carried out. as N =, every
bent upon outstripping all w.. attractive
thing that goes 20 make Guy San Fran
to its residents and strani sar'
cisco Chronicle.
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IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY,

lr rom iii' 4Ithuur bureau.
Washington, Jan. 26.-The Vice-President
and Mrs. Sherman were entertained at
dinner tonight by Mr.. and Mrs Herbert
Wadsworth who invited large company
10 meet them. Following the dinner Mrs
Wadsworth gave a regular Thursday night
reception and dance, when many OF the
young married people and the bachelors OF
the diplomatic corps and others were
guests.
Miss Helen Taft was the guest OF honor
at the Congressional Club this afternoon.
when she met many representatives Of Off
cial society. Miss Taft received with the
president OF the club, Miss Gregg. Others
assisting were Mrs James $ Sherman, Mrs
MacVeagh. Mrs. Meyer. Mrs. Ballingcr, Mrs.
Nagel, Mrs Beekman Winthrop. Mrs Hunt
ington Wilson. Miss Foster. Miss Hardy.
Miss Hill. Miss Page. Miss Moore Miss
Reside, Miss Hitchcock and Miss Hughes.
The club drawing rooms We're decorated
with pink and white blossoms and palms
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Livingston Gerry,
Miss Angelica Gerry and Craig Wadsworth