Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

who is serving in the navy. demands for
the men of the lower deck more wages,
more liberty. less class distincti, n, that
all important offenses be tried by Jury in
civil court, that small Offenses be pun
ished only by stoppage Of wages tenn
powers Of officers and numerous other
reforms th.-t are long overdue
Our Navy an Example.
The writer, who spent considerable time
together with American bluejacke S, says
he was surprised to hear how well these
were fed and treated on board Uncle
Sans men-of-war, and he does not see
why Britannia should not treat her sail
ors, who form the sole guarantee OF her
national existence" with equal considera-
ton. and asserts that IL this were the
case the admiralty would find no difficulty
In manning all the vessels Of the navy.
Openly advocating the formation of a
Royal Naval Industrial Union for
fighting purposes" he concludes as fol-
lows:
war between the fore part of the ship
and the after part. Under the present
arrangements we are helpless and hope
less The board Of admiralty intend to
keep their sons and relatives, who occupy
the after part Of the ship. invested with
all the privilege and power it Is possible
to give them; In fact, at Dartmouth
College the cadets are actually taught
to despise the men on the lower deck,
and have 1t migrated in their minds from
Dirth that they are special brand Of
humanity. and are born to rule
1t Is about time we had a change, as
II is obvious there can be no reform on
the lower deck without in some way re-
admiralty will not do, and therefore it
is only by organizing every man in the
service, irrespective OF rating. that we
can hope to force their hand
IL the admiralty is wise II will do well
not to treat symptom like this letter
lightly. The bluejackets have seen what
the brethren on board the merchant YES
sells have done to the big concerns like
the Cunard. the White Star and the VII
son lines, and being hired men themselves
they see no reason why they should not
be able to enforce their own reasonable
demands at time like the present when
the whole tory press asserts that Eng
iano may need her navy at any moment
Made Fortune In Tips.
Having amassed a snug fortune from
the tips OF princes and American million
aires whose confidential guide and ad-
wiser he has often been during the last
thirteen years. Rost. the chief porter of
the Carlton Hotel. has retired from his
poSAeioh anu entered upon commercial
career.
The fortune he has earned from his tips
alone. for he received no salary, he has
invested in land just south Of London,
which he intends to develop as real es-
tate agants at New York and other Amer
lean cities develop American suburbs.
When I saw him yesterday in his new
offices almost opposite the Carlton, he
said:
II made q fortune at the Carlton. and
l have bought land. What better invest
ment could / have?
London now has 100000 people. She
can't help growing. In a few years she
will be 100000. There is only one
London and only one England. 1t is the
center OF finance. The English make the
world work for them. They invest their
money abroad, and II comes back in in
terest at 10 and II per cent. When other
parts Of the world prosper the people in
London draw the proceeds.
Il have no politics. No country in the
world can make money like England The
social standard has gone up. The man
OF moderate means now wants q house
OF his own with a garden. am going
TO cut my estate up and sell IL freehold
70 the man who wants to build his own
oouse."