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New-York tribune., 1911-12-19

| The changing Of The capital city Of one
Of the worlds greatest empires is an in
cident of geographical and historical I'm
portance. In the present case II is also
/ invested with peculiar sentimental inter
est and may be expected to exercise no
| little political and social influence. In
deed we may suppose that it was largely
! because Of this last consideration that
| the change was made. In some respects
| Calcutta. Macaulay's city of palaces
| is much more desirable than Delhi rs the
seat of British Indian government. II is
FIVE or six times larger, more accessible
and defensiblc aud incomparably more
important as a commercial centre.
The radical difference between the two
cities i'm their significance i'm Indian his
tory politics and sociology, however. is
that Calcutta is essentially modern and
is inseparably and exclusively associated
with British domination while Delhi is
in surprising degree associated with
fhc ancient glories Of native India In
the DAYS of Akbar Calcutta was An in
significant village. As a place of any
real importance it was founded by Job
Charnock, of the British East India Com
pany. as late as 1880, and the present
city dates from 1857. II was not "A seat
Of even provincial government until 1907,
aud did not become the capital until
1884. Delhi on the other hand dates
from prehistoric times, while the pres
en-. existing city harks back At least as
far as the eleventh century. Two Hindu
dynasties held sway there before the Ma
hometan conquest, and il was there that
the first NIahometsn ruler established his
court and capital Thereafter the place
had a varied career. being sometimes
abandoned rs a capital in favor of Agra
and Lahore. But II was the capital of
the Moguls in the most splendid era Of
their empire, from Akbar and Jehan TO
Aurungzebe. and I'm The days of the Per
sian invasion. the Mahratla wars and the
Mutiny il was the most conspicuous of
Indian cities.
To the romantic and imaginative Ind
ian mind, therefore, we may suppose that
this change will signify in measure the
ending Of the purely modern and alien
rule Of John Company ANA its sue
cessors and the rc-establishmcnt # the
old regime II Is true that the dynasty
is alien and not native. But 81 were It's
chief predecessors. the Mahonetan. the
Afghan and the Mogu Indian princes
and people Will no longer he reminded
Of Give aud Hastings, hut of 'rugblak
and Akbar and Aurungzebc. If they are
also reminded of Nicholson and IIodson
and Campbell and Lawrence that fact
may be more salutary than offensive At
any rate. the British dynasty Is row
identified with the capital Of its predeces-
sors for more than eight centuries, and
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19

"war" must also be protested against
energetically. Euphemisms duh the
sense of realities. Why do the Rev.
Mr.. Holmes and those who think as he
does call the blowing mp Of innocent
printers in Los Angeles war Be
cause. says the Rev. MIR. Holmes. the
McNamaras feared that their union
would he crushed by n capitalstic com
bination and because there was no way
to prevent this except by using dyna-
mite. Human nature being human nat
ure dynamite was inevitable" But does
anybody except an insane man ever
commit murder without reasonF Nhen
the criminal commits murder IN order
TO rob isn't that war? He, too, per-
haps feels the crushing force of an un-
fair social organization. he has never
had n chance" So he says 10 himSeH.
Accordingly hc wars upon the cruel
social order that has made him a THIEF
and an outcast, The knife, the pistol,
dynamite. or whatever il is in his case,
is inevitable.
Are we not already beginning TO SUI
fer I'm our capacity as IN organized So
ciefy 70 protect ourselves against Grim
inals from the sentimental dwelling
upon that inevitable" Of the Rev. Mr..
Holmes? The thief. the murderer the
robber can't help II. He is the victim OF
society. His environment. We are told
is responsible. Crime Is a disease. How
-. q lan n
Of private wars" before we are t0ld
that crime too. is "war" upon society,
that the criminal is only taking JUST
revenge because society did not feed
him sufficiently. educate him properly.
select proper father for him or failed
in some other respect? Only utter moral
confusion can spring from letting the
word war be used to describe private
vengeance.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

From The lrihunH bureau.
Washington. Dec. ts President Tatt mas
practically completed his tarin mess's'
which will be sent 10 Congress on NeoneS
day.
Another engagement has been adde" W
the Presidents Ohio trip. Mr.. tar ha'''"
accepted an invitation 10 attend inc oi'-
nor Of the Columbus Chamber ol 'o"'
merce on January 90 other engagements
are the Mckinley dinner Of the Tippecano"
club. If Cleveland, January 2s' ana wv"
dedication Of the new federal building al
Columbus January 80.
The Lincoln Memorial Commission helu
meeting i'm the Presidents office TINS
afternoon.
REPRESENTATIVES SIemp and Austin urged
the President 10 appoint Malcolm Coles ~
present an attorney in the Department o.
Justice, Solicitor Of the Navy Department
Mr.. Taft promised 10 take tho mater up
with Secretary Meyer.
II the date for the celebration ot the
opening Of the new railroad at Key West
can he set for the middle OF February
President Taft will attend, having maze
this promise to the Florida delegations III
the House and Senate.
As much a the President would like 10
accept the invitation TO leave the 'turmoh
and turbulence Of Washington life and go
'possum hunting In Forsyth County, y. 60
he was compelled to decline because ot tho
pressure of business. The invitation came
from J. NJ Zemy.
Tho Presidents approval ot tho pan ~
restore the canteon 70 the army was so
,n,,Dpsc1 Of
Maurice simmons commander IN chlet ''
the United Spanish War Veterans. OF Ne"
York Dr. clifford :. Cox and John Lewis
Smith, Of Washington and Representatives
DYER. Anderson, Crago and Stone.
The President received in the Blue Room
this afternoon the Netherlands Minister
who called 10 pay his respects
President TAFT will leave Washington at
noon tomorrow for New York for two
davs visit His itinerary IS as follows
Tuesday p. m. dinner of the Economic
Club at Hotel Astor; :i5 r. m, motor trip
n RrookIyn. where he will spend a short
time at the New England Society dinner
at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music; 10
n m. dinner OF the Young Republican
Club; the night will be spent at the home
~ the Presidents brother. Henry w. Taft
dnesday-Afternoon, laying cornerstone
for first settlement house for the bHnd IN
the world, at No. / II East 59th street; ~
n m. dinner of Automobile CLUB OF Amer
lea at Waldorf-Astora p. m. dinner oi
Young Mems Republican Club at Hotel
Astor. Mr. Taft will return here on the
train leaving New York at midnight
Wednesday.
Among the White House callers we're the
Vice President. the Attorney General
Speaker Clark, ex-Speaker Cannon. Sen
ators Rayner. McCumber, Cullom Burton
and Perkins, ex-senator Money, Repre-
sentatives Good. Peters, Dwight Mcclure,
Foss. Prince, Burke, Young Taylor Pray
Austin. Slemp. Wilson. Sherley. Kahn, Ans
berry. Martin. Kennedy and Mccall
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
GOLD PIECES FOR EMPLOYEES
Interborough to Give SIS Each to
Eight Thousand Men.

Eight thousand InterborouEh Rapid Tran
sit Company employees will receive s.
cold niece as a Christmas present when
the nav cars make their trips this week.
Each man employed in the system since
December 81. 1910, at salary OF $40 or
less month. will receive the gold piece.
The directors made an appropriation Of
$4,000 for the purpose last Wednesday, and
Al the same time passed resolution thank
ing the employees in the following enthusi-
astic manner:
high apprecist ton OF the efficient and faith
ful manner in which the employees of this
company perform their work individually
and collectively. Tho unparalleled accom-
ulishment in the transportation Of passen-
GERS on the subway and elevated divisions
Is due very largely to the unanimous and
earnest desire among all classes 10 Improve
the service and add 20 the comfort and
convenience OF passengers. without other
thought than the efficient performance Of
their duties, ana this under the most trying
circumstances.
President Shonts gave out statement
last night saving that on December II the
subway carried l,OS0SSo passengers. more
than on any other day I'm it's history except
during the Hudson Fulton celebration. and
an increase of So6ll, passengers over the
same day last year. More than $50 0nn car
miles were operated. an Increase o,e,. tho
1910 date of 13,~O miles ON the san,s dat
the elevated road carried lGlQ lss pass.r
gers with n car nlleag ge of IQi 100 t'cr ,bo
FIRST sixteen days OF the month the elevated
roah luVt'aSc ul'I l'l" was about 2OOp
passengers daily; the subway's incroas,
T1.nel
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
ANOTHER WOMAN'S PLAN.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune to-day on the edi-
torial page Is communication signed
Douglas D. Black, asking how to spend
an enjoyable Christmas at a moderate ex-
penditure.
The best investment for the least money
for that day that I can think of is TO bor-
row a child for the day and enter into its
happiness I have lived with my own
children and other peoples long enough 10
know that II takes very little 10 make a
child happy I'm the way of toys, the real
fun being in having some one to play with
and enjoy the new things.
It was not long after the first rapture
of receiving the gifts was over till | was
sure to hear "Oh, come on, mother. play
with us and my happiest memories are
those connected with the days when two
little boys wanted me for a playfellow.
Some very Inexpensive toys. only one. per-
haps, with YOU for a playfellow, will change
your day from lonely one to a happy
one YOU will love to remember.
Single ont some child and make him or her
your comradc for the day; go somewhere
that you can march his soldiers with him
or have battle with them. Or use your
pocket knife to fashion something for him
while he tries the new jackknife.
crowd of children on that day will
make you lonely and bring back memories
10 make your heart ache. but one child 10
play with. 10 talk to and make happy will
bring you nearer the manger at Bethe-
hem. MOTHER HUBBARD.
CatSkill y. y, Dec L. 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
THAT LONELY MANS CHRISTMAS
How One Woman Would Solve His
Problem

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Please convey this reply to Mr.
Black whose letter asking how 10 spend
Christmas you have published:
My husband and were interested in youT
letter, and II II were not for the fact tha'
we ourselves leave home for Christmas tc
spent IL with my parents We should nave
asked YOU to our house for ChristhnaS
Day. As this is not possible, We at leas'
desire TO show our feeling and understand
ing by sending you few suggestions as
YOU ask Doubtless you will receive many
such-because there are thousands OF warm
hearted people among the inhabitants oi
every city-as we all know, and particular
~ at Christmas time tho spirit OF giving
is alive within most Of us.
You must realize, of course, that thero
are hundreds OF people situated just as you
are. and with precisely your feelings only
they haven't had the inspiration that came
TO you when YOU wrote to The Tribune
Wei. then. why not have some or them
ioin Won? II seemed To US that you could
by writing n letter 10 the newspapers
reach good many men who would be gao
10 join you on Christmas Day for a II"
hours Why not-each man contributihs
his share 10 tho fund for tho dinner and
possibly a play afterward? II you had SIX
or a dozen about you-what an interesting
experienced Choose good hotel, JOIN
forces and give each other as good a tim'
as you know how. Make up your NINA
10 givo Of Yourself to some one else-it Is
the secret of happiness.
Or. If this plan he not to your liking, how
would you like TO play Santa Claus 10
couple Of newsboys or waits and give
them dinner playing the host yourself
Then You might take them 70 the hippo
drome Just think what perfect bliss II
would be to the little chaps-you couldn'
help having a charming time yourself. and
the knowledge of giving some ono else a
couple Of perfectly happy hours would
make YOU happy, I'm sure. The main thing
about Christmas IS having somebody 10
give things to and to please-its half the
charm OF the whole.
If you try the first suggestion and get a
few men interested, YOU could doubtless
arrange for a private dining room, have a
little Christmas tree on the table; possibly
some of you would be muscally inclined.
and others could tell stories OF their most
interesting experiences or travels. You
might find some one who would become a
sincere friend among them, and then the
effort of planning and arranging the affair
would have been indeed worth while.
We should be interested to hear how you
solve the problem. and meanwhile please
accept our sincere wishes for a Merry
Christmas. X. Y. Il.
New York Dec II 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19

The Secretary of the Treasury makes
one suggestion the acceptance Of which
would improve the prospect for an early
enactment of n currency and banking re-
form law when be says that the None
tary Commissions plan should forbid
the ownership by banks in the Reserve
Association of stock in other banks.
This prohibition. ne urges. should be so
explicit and effective that its spirit AS
we'll as its letter could he enforced, for
The tendency 10 concentration is 50 in
evitabe in the mere processes of tinan-
eial evolution that only a drastic law
will prevent It's resulting in the control
Of the banking power of the country by
the few The tendency toward cOnCen-
tration which has developed 10 such a
marked extent in industry has only re-
Gently begun to show itself in banking.
il the Monetary commissions plan prom
iseS 10 afford a means Of stopping if
that fact will give the plan additional
strength with the public and increase
the chance of its prompt acceptance by
Congress and the country.
But while such a prohibition as Mr..
MacVeagh advocates would no doubt
strengthen the Aldrich plan with the
public. the danger that n money trust
will obtain control Of the supply of capi-
tai in this country is easily exaggerated
The fear Of it springs from the suppOsi
tion that something analogous 10 what
has taken place i'm certain industries will
take place in banking. Conditions in bank
ing and i'm industry are not analogous
Banks cannot establish branches, nor
can they crush out local competitors as
they spring up by any such means AS
have been employed to crush out local
industrial competition. Consequently,
local and independent banks will con-
stantly be organized in such numbers
that their regular absorption by the
"monev trust" will be inconceivable
Moreover. i'm the Aldrich plan the part
which the little banks in the localities
where capital is concentrated play is
calculated fO keep the Central Reserve
Association free from the control of any
single interest. The representation Of
The great money centres is TO be re-
sirlcted. nor does large banking capital
carry its proportiOnate weight and III
huence The rights of the little banks
are safeguarded with somewhat the same
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
COMPETITION THE THING
Writer Points Out That II Is Effective
~ Assured by the Sherman Law.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In the vast amount of words which
have been uttered on tho subject OF the
Sherman law the most fundamental con
sderations are often the ones TO receive
the scantest attention 4 large proportion
Of writer's and speakers on the subject rush
wildly about in a fog Of half developed
thoughts which obscureS the inspiring fact
that the enforcement Of the Sherman law
plete solution of the trust problem. The
fundamental consideration referred 10 and
continually emphasized by the President
are as follows:
First-There are two. and only two,
methods by which prices can be kept within
reasonable limits. Either they must fol-
low the laws OF supply and demand, both
demand and supply being competitive, or
they must he regulated by the government.
There is absolutely no other conceivable
method. II We do not want government
regulation Of prices We must have compe-
tition But
Second Although the sherman law in
siSts that there shall be competition, il
does not insist that the competing units
shall be small or numerous The law IS as
we'll satisfied with real competition between
two corporations, each capitalized at one
billion dollars, as with competition between
two thousand corporations, each capitalized
~ ono million dollars H. IL =.
New York. Dec l5 i1lt
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rrrom The Tribune Bureau.

FROM Inc lrlDuUe bureau
Washington Dec. 1S-The French Ambas-
sador and Nine Jusserand entertained At
dinner tonight the German Ambassador
and Countess Won Bernstorff, Mr.. Justice
and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Senator
Lodge. senator Burton. Senator Root. Mrs.
Walter l.. Fisher, the Spanish Minister and
Sonora de Riano, PLY Akharaj Varadhara,
Siamese Charge d'Affaires; Representative
and Mrs Longworth, Brigadier General
and Mrs Edwards the German Counsellor.
and Nine. Haniel Won Haimhausen, Mrs.
Slater. Mrs Sheridan, NJ. Lefevre-Pontalis,
French Counsellor. and the French Mill
tary Attache and Countess de Chambrun.
The British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce
have as a guest Mr.. IIohler British Charge
d. Afaires I'm Mexico.
The Brazilian Ambassador save recep-
ton to-day for the members of the Diplo-
matte Corps, i'm accordance with the custom
Of new ambassadors extending an invita-
ton to all the other members Of the corps
The Italian Ambsssad and the March
ioness Cusani Confalonieri Casati will so to
New York the last Of the week for the per-
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
GENIE OR "WdR" (

The Tribune does not see that the
HAYNES Holmes INDUCES when he
speaks of the NcNamaras as 'unseltish
soldiers of cause gets MS anywhere
unless on the road toward more blood
shed Whether what the McNamaras
did is called murder" as Colonel Roose
welt calls if. OF %war" as the Rev. Mr.
Holmes prefers to call it, it is equally
intolerable i'm organized society. \
state can no more permit its individual
members 10 carry on private wars than
il can permit them to crafty their lust
for bloOdshed 10y such Staying as no sen
timentalist would now call war" TAX
ing the law into their own hands IS u
crime against society on the part of
those who do it, whether their object is
individual vengeance or group ven
geance The only organization with the
right TO wage war is the state. If II
tOlerates such anarchy as the Rev Mr..
Holmes gloves over it cOnfesseS Itself
a failure and had better 20 ont of bust
ness dN II Nidl'' ~ ms ldlItu vi ITO ii1ih
purpose, 10 maintain order and insure
safety TO the lives and property Of its
citizens. aud il has admitted its failure
If it permits labor and capital or any
other antagonistic interests 10 resort TO
bombs and mutual destruction while II
stands by. condoning the bloodshed OH
the ground that il Is war"
But IL is not enough TO say that, what
ever the slaughter by the McNamaras
is called. il is crime which the state
is bound 10 prevent by the employment
Of every resource within It's power aud
10 punish when il is committed with Il
sufficient deterrent penalty 10 keep or
ganized society from falling apart by its
very futility The misuse Of the word
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
BENEDICT YACHT SAILS
Commodore's Party Will Go SSV
Miles Into South America.

Tho steam Yacht Alyins. cosled snd
stocked for a long voyage, viii pi' y"
from East 26th street az noon To dsy couhu
for Southern waters. commodore p. ~
Benedict. member Of tho New NorN
Yacht club. who has chartered tho veSss
from her owner. Thomas L cole. OF De
trolt, viii be aboard with party of iriei"
anxious 10 he somewhere else while vim
ter is holdins forth ip these parts
In the course Of the voyage the Al'ins
viii penetrate 80 miles into the interior
Of South America. tyirg up for time Al
Manaos, city on the Negro. Just ah''S
where that river foUs into the miglN
Amazon. This IS one terminal ~ a WIZ
less line which the commodore has esit''
lished 10 operate between there and Tara
four davs down tho river los FAST NscNl
The only method of communication be-
tween tho two places until the wireless
was put into operation two months ago
was by boat The reason for tho VISIT
TO look into tho order from IN" Rra'il'n
government forhiddins l. 20 operate COM
mercially.
The stations. the commodore sa'd yes'"
day. had taken seven or eight wears 10
build ana equip, at q cost exceeding SLOW
coo. Before finishing the work he said ne
had obtained "A license 20 operate The COM
pany ON commercial basis, and ha1 W.
tended e. assist materially in opening Wy
the country
The ,ommodorc's guests viii include M
daughter Mrs clifford u. Harmon, m'
rephew. T. l.. Benedict Colgate Hoyt ~
ward Beers pr II. y Arnold, Miss Me''
Finley and Miss May Bird.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
NEW YORK SOCIETY.

Mrs Alfred Hennen Morris gave lunch.
con at Shcrry's YESTERDAY for her debutants
daughter, Miss Cora Hennen Morris. he
guests, numbering about sixty, included
Miss Cornela Van Auken Chaplin, Miss
Lucy Dahlsrcu, Miss Eleanor Prentice, Miss
Katherine S. Sands, Miss Helen r. Gourd,
Miss Ethel Outerbrdge Miss Mary Eliza
beth Kane Miss Elizabeth Stillman Ken
dali Miss Elizabeth Remseu Thompson.
Miss Vieva Fisher, Miss Helena Fish Miss
Justine Ingersoll, Miss Msrgreta Beekman,
Miss Doris Porter, Miss Charlotte Marshall,
Miss IIazen Symington, Miss Priscilla and
Miss Dorothy Flagg, Miss Dorothy J.
Manice, Miss Charlotte Delaiield, Miss Jean
Morris Miss Betty Carson, Miss Marjorie
Weeks and Miss Marguerite Kennedy.
Mrs Benjamin Nicoll will give A dance
at Sherry's tonight for her niece, Miss
Josephine Nicoll. the debutante daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. De Lancey Nicoll.
Nine Schumann- Heink, Ricardo Martin
and Boris Hambourg were among the art
lists at Albert Morris Bagby's musical
morning yesterday al the Waldorf-Astorta.
Among those seen in the audience were
Mrs Richard Stevens, Mrs. Anthony J.
Drexel, jr., Mrs. Stephen II. p. Pell, Mrs.
| Edwin Gould, Mrs. John Clinton Gray
Mrs. II. Fairfield Osborn. Mrs. J. Allen
Townsend. Miss Adeline Townsend. Mrs
Warren Delano, Mrs. Edwin H. Weather
bee, Mrs Arthur Murray Dodge, Mrs
Charles b. Alexander. Mrs. William Ever
ard Strong, Mrs. John r. DreXeI and Miss
Constance Warren.
Mrs. Charles II. Baldwin gave a dinner,
followed by music, last night at her house,
I'm West 18th street.
Mrs. Hamilton Mex. Twomby and Miss
Ruth Twombly will 80 10 Canada on Tues
day of next week.
Mrs. Sidney Dillon Ripley has returned
from Europe and is at her house, IN Ess,
I'D street
New-York tribune., 1911-12-19
THE CABINET.

From The Tribune Bureau
Washington, Dec. 1S-The Attorney Cen
eral and Mrs. Wickersham were hosts to-
night at the last dinner they will give
until they return from Panama the middle
of January. Dining with them were the
British Ambassador and Mrs. Bryce, the
Postmaster General, the Argentine Minister
and Nine Naon, the Belgian Minister and
Nine. Havenith, Senator Lippitt, Represent
ative and Mrs. Peters, Mr. and Mrs. Henry
White, the Chief Of staff and Mrs. Leonard
Wood. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Francis
Adams of Boston; Mrs. William +. Draper,
Miss Boardman, Mrs. Hunt Slater and Mr..
Hohler British Charge d Affaires IN Mex
leo.
The Postmaster General returned this
morning after an absence Of several days.
The Secretary of the Interior, who is in
St. Paul to-day, attended the conference
held by the Western Governors. who have
Just completed a tour OF the East and de-
livered the principal address at the ban
quet there tonight. He will return to
Washington on Wednesday.