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New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
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II IS easy To realize how sorely dis
appointed the midshipmen at Annapolis
must he over the order of Captain John
II. Gibbons. superintendent of the Naval
Academy. forbidding the wagering of
money. either individually or in pool.
on the Army and Navy football game to
hc played on Franklin Field next Sat
urday. The cadets at West Point had
sent to Annapolis a wager of $1,000 aS
an even money bet on the pToweSS or
their own team. and the midshipmen.
from the greenest 'plebe' 10 the most
seasoned senior. had for months been
saving their change to meet the bet. The
amount had been accumulated, and
would have been placed i'm trust pend
ing the outcome Of Saturdays game.
when word of il reached the SupeTin-
tendeut
The course of Captain Gibbons is
worthy of Commendation. and sympathy
with the disappointment Of cadets and
midshipmen should not blind any one to
the Righteousness OF the practice. Life
in both army and navy affords abundant
temptation without inculcating at the
academies the idea that betting is an eS'
sential part of sport and that any man or
boy who fails to wager all the money lie
can raise on his home team is no better
than a ''pker." MidShipmen and cadets
come from all walks of life. To some,
having wealthy parents, the five or ten
dollars they would wager on the. annual
football game may be bagatelle 70
others ii may he no slight thing But
in either case betting ought to be for
hidden rather than tacitly encouraged.
On Captain Gibbons rests the respon-
sibility of training character as well as
minds and of maintaining a strict code
of discipline. lie should be upheld, and it
would be well for the army if he received
the hearty cooperation Of the authorities
at West Point.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
S iPPHO.

The meritOriOuS work Of exposing the
scandal mongers Of history goes stead
ily on. Reputation after reputation that
has come down to us through the ages
black as ink is washed white as snow
by the modern Investigator. Occasion
ally the rehabilitation is the result not
of systematic research but of mere
according to the recent researches OF VI.
Solomon Reinach. was Il respectable and
highly respected widow and the keeper
of a boarding school for young Greek
ladies at AIitylene. She wOOed the Muse
by way of recreation from the labOrs of
teaching the young idea how to shoot.
and also TO impress parents who sent
for circulars of her school with her cult
ure. "7OW CONNIE chez NOUS with this
difference always, that most currcn;
pedagogic poetry lacks the inspiration OF
hers Egypt which has already yielded
source whence VI. Reinach has drawn
bis information contained I'm some fifty
newly discovered verses.
70 he sure they do rot give the name
of the poets all too early departed huS-
band. and. no doubt, Mrs. Grundy will
draw up her eyebrows at this. even after
twenty-scvcn centuries one cannot be
too careful. especially in the case of :he
director of finishing school for girls
But the new fragments have at least
yielded the name of Sappho'S father. and
that is something. We know already
from the dignity of the public office held
by one of her brothers. that the family
was Il good one: and the nature Of the
escapade of another brother. which She
publicly rcbukcd in verse. must hp taken
as cOrrOhoratiyc evidence of unimpcach-
able social standing. II was one of those
rash folics which the jCHHCsSc dOrfc Of
Europe commits occasionally 10 this day.
There are certain discrepancies be
tween VI. Rcinach's biographical sketch
and the conclusions arrived nj 10y other
modern students. hut these will probably
be cleared up when the full account Of
his address before the Academy Of In
scriptionS and BcllcS-LettrcS reaches this
country. Meanwhile let the good work
go on. and above all else. let if. 10 use
significant modern phrase, "go higher
up" i'm classic Greece Some Of the ladies
of Olympus stand badly I'm need Of re-
hahiltation-no doubt Sappho, as an
educator. already held that opinion. n
ciGentally. it will he worth while 10
watch the effect of VI. Reinach'S dis
coverieS on the sale of Sapphos poetry
in this country and abroad
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
THE PH. u. DEGREE.

The rap which Dr Butler president
Of Columbia University, gives to the alb
Surd Importance which has come to he
attached in the educational world to
the possession Of the degree of Doctor
of Philosophy is well deserved. The
habit of requiring every candidate for a
teachers place in higher education to
possess that degree DR. Butler condemns
as "deplorable form of educational
snobbery.' 1t is a species of educational
window dressing like that which impels
some educational institutions To stuff
their catalogues with descriptions Of
courses that are never given. The Phi. ID.
after every instructors name looks i'm
preSsive in the catalogue.
The grubbing for some insignificant
scrap of truth, some contribution to
human knowledge" as the result of the
young doctors labors is grandilOquentlv
described. is not the training that makes
the best teachers. DR.. Butler says that
few persons are less well equipped TO
make good secondary school and col
"lege teachers than the most recent pos
SCISSORS of the degree Of Doctor of
PHILOSOPHY They are likely TO he IL
nOrant outside Of their narrow sphere,
and their speciality is ordinarily of little
interest or utility. Their period" is IN
obscure decade in which there was the
possibility Of picking up some scrap of IN,
formation because no one had thought II
worth while TO rake that particular un-
promising ash heap before.
The desire on the part Of educators
for teachers with higher training than
that obtained i'm an ordinary college
course is legitimate. But education.
which has found special training to fit
men for the bar. for medicine or for en-
has failed TO provide the epe-
cial course which would make teachers
for high schools and colleges.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
stance were the former oversauCuinc and
that in a number they erred, if at all on
the side of moderation.
TIE eRESPONSIBLE MEN.,


The endless legal manTuvreS in the
Chicago packers prosecution illustrate
the difficulty of criminal prosecutions
under the Sherman act After eight
years of effort the government has not
yet succeeded I'm getting the cases of tho
accused men before Il jury. \ surrender
for the sake of preventing or delaying Il
trial has just been held 90 be Il sham
but there is the possibility of delay. new
ertheIess. for the defendants are likely To
60 TO the United States supreme Court
e. determine the legal nature Of their re-
cent confinement"
These are only the technicaliticS that
may he resorted To for the purpose IF
delaying trial There remain undS-
closed the technicalities ny which es.
cape may be effected when trial Is
actually under way. or by which I'm case
of conviction punishment may be delayed
and even averted on appeal. And DOUBT
remains as to Judges and jurors. The
Judge in the wire combination cases in
this city used language showing de
gree of sympathy with violatorS OF the
Sherman act which may he common. II
is yet TO he demonstrated that iuries will
convict for offences against It, Bringing
TO Justice those guilty Of crimes which
the community is unanimous i'm repro
batting is so difficult as to inspire little
confidence i'm an effort to convict and
punish those responsible for actions re
gardiug the moral quality of which the
public has not yet fully and definitely
made up its mind.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
CONFIRMED.

Some Of our esteemed contemporaries
found material for amusement i'm the po-
litical forecasts sent TO The Tribune
from the Taft train. While gratifed by
the attention those dispatches COM
manded. We were not less 50 that they
should have furnished some measure of
diversion 10 those contemplating a po-
litical prospect which of itself could
have given them little pleasure.
Though We did not doubt the correct
ness Of our accounts of the political sit
uation i'm each Of the many states
through which the President travelled.
II is nevertheless gratifying 10 find the
local papers confirming them The
Tribune'S correspondent describing the
situation i'm Iowa. said that Senator
Cummins could secure a delegation in
structed for himself, but that ne could
not effect the selection Of delegation
which he could deliver to any candidate
other than Mr.. Taft The Des MoineS
REGISTER and Leader" has since con
firmed that assertion. and now The De-
COrah Journal Dem.) comes along with
this assertion: President Taft is in
"the lead among the Republicans This
lis somewhat amazing, as this vicinity
lis considered Progressive ard Senator
Ia toilette is the acknowledged Pro
"creSsive' candidate"
The TTlbune'S correspondent report
ing conditions in Oregon. which had beel
supposed in the East 10 he an inSurgent
stronghold said that "the odds are
slightly I'm favor OF Mr.. Taft" And now
comes The Portland OregOnian" with
the statement that it is content to let
that estimate stand because Iii is sulli-
ciently accurate" and with the further
statement that "'The Oregonian' wonld
suggest 10 those Eastern newspapers
and any others VINO may have been I'M
pressed by any representations from
ANYBODY in behalf of Mr.. La Toilette
that they ought 10 send somebody here
"tO SOY ont the land
4 careful comparison of The Tribune s
reports on political conditions In the
West with the estimates OF the western
napers the latter made IN many n-
stances after the Presidents visit and
when It's effects could he even more ac-
curately gauged. shows that IN no IN
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20

Joyce, "a national body of melody superior
to that Of any other nation in the world
An Irish king, Ugony the Great, crosseu
the Alps with an army two centuries before
Hannibal, whom Irish legons later aided
in his war against the Romans. The nrs'
universities were founded by irish scholars
under Charlemagne. Europe was Christiah-
lied and civilized by Irishmen-Ensiahd
mainly by Aidan, Scotland by COLUMBIA
France and Northern italy by Columbanus'
Switzerland by Cali; Germany Scandinavia
and even Iceland by others, each with IN
srlred bands Of lone-ha disciples-lrish
flames of intellect and zeal. Brendah
pushed even TO America
ireland presents the spectacle OF an ar
rested patriarchal civilization, that had
grown equally from the very childhood OF
the world. Were 1t not for the brutal med
ding of a nation raised by nor from bar
barism, she would have led the world to
raths of knowledge and achievement uneN-
plored to-day.
HERBERT O'HARA MOLINEUH.
New York, Nov. 13. 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
FAMINE THAT THREATENS INDIA.

To the Editor OF the Tribune.
Sir: The approaching visit Of their ma
iesties the King Emperor and Queen En-
press TO india. with the planned-for pomp
at the durbar AT Delhi and the splendor of
receptions IN the great cities Of india, VIII
soon so MI the public eye that the APP
rroaching visit of gaunt famine with IT'S
attendant horrors to a corner Of Western
India will it is feared, escape notice.
The expectation Of famine has arisen be-
cause Of failure of rain The ntful course
Of the monsoon rains i'm July and August of
this year had filed all hearts with anxiety
for the whole Of Northern India but hap
PLY rain In September saved the crops
I'm this large area, with the exception of
those in the northern part OF the Bombay
Presidency. There Is now no escape, for the
monsoon rains are over, and only the
strenuous efforts of the government can
prevent i'm that section of Western India
the horrors of starvation, disease and
death
Official reports issued weekly by the gov
ernment show that the supreme govern
ment and the government of Bombay are
alert to the ominous approach of famine
conditions The first steps of prevention
have already been taken, and plans are
ripening for meeting conditions as they
may develop. The first pinch is always felt
by the cattle, on which the Indian agricult-
urist places mis- first dependence. Wherever,
therefore, the withered crops and grass
has deprived cattle of food. government has
brought in large quantities of fodder by
rail and Is selling II al a cheap rate.
The severest blow of the famine falls,
however, on classes other than the COM
paratively well-to-do farming class. The
wild tribes I'm the hills. the laborers who
are dependent on the prosperity Of others,
the petty artisans whose customers are the
poor the wandering classes-these suffer
first and the most severely. For them are
contemplated the expansion Of the already
existing public works so as TO give proht-
able labor to large numbers.
Missionaries are planning a noble cam
paign of relief in supplementlng the greater
work Of the government. The government
of India will find its own funds for its
planned-for relief Missionaries and other
phianthropic agencies will have to appeal
TO those whose hearts pity the suffering
and distressed Of mankind and feel the
privilege of giving help OF American mis-
sionaries those Of the American Board
(CongregationaD, the Methodist Board and
Christian Alliance have their work in the
expected famine district.
JUSTIN f. ABBOTT.
Summit, y. j., Nov 1S, 1911
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
THE INFLUX FROM EUROPE.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Eighteen months ago The Tribune
published my comments on the remarks
made just then by a noted pedagogue who,
among other expressions about immigra-
ton said: Existing legislation is sufi-
cient 10 exclude undesirable immigrants"
This I fatty contradicted. To-day the an
nual report by immigration Commissioner
Williams fully substantiates that contra
dicton: and Il clearly supports the state
ment then made that more than two mill
ions of extremely undesirable immigrants
have been admitted at the New York port.
II is therefore high time TO insist on
the public's attention being directed To the
fact that there are already in this country
sCme millions Of alien immigrants too
many. Formerly the word "alien" was
never used as designating immigrants.
That was when our next OF kin. so TO
speak. came here; but now most of the
immigrants are not our ethnologic kin at
all, for they are principally of Semitic
instead Of Aryan strains.
ALFRED LAURENS BRENNAN.
New York, Nov. Il. 1871.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
THE ROOT RESOLUTION
It's Legal Effectiveness in Ratifying
Arbitration Treaties Defended.
Editnr nf The TrIhune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The principal resolution Of rathca-
tion of the proposed arbitration treaties
now before the Senate is the one offered by
senator Root. which reads in part as fol-
lows:
THAT tho Senate advises and consents 70
the ratification Of the said treaty WIN the
understanding. to be made part OF SUI,
ratification, that the treaty does NOT au
thoriZe the submission to arbitration o.
any question which depends upon OF III
wolves the maintenance OF the tfadllIonal
attitude of tie United states cohcerhhs
American questions or other purely govern
mental policy.
II seems that the legal effectiveness OF
this provision, if passed. is questioned by
many persons. including some lawyers ana
II would therefore seem advisable TO bring
10 the attention Of those interested in the
treaties certain precedents for the so-called
Root resolution. The first precedent IS
found i'm the resolution Of ratification oil
the treaty between Spain ard the United
states dated February %, 1919, by which
Florida wan ceded to the United States
The Senate, without changing the original
treaty, annexed a written declaration at the
time Of its ratification. and in ls'3 the va
lidty of this declaration came before the
Supreme Court i'm the case Of Doe agt. Bra
den O6 Howard $3.50, and Chief Justice
Taney. in delivering the opinion of the
court. said:
II is too plain for argument that whore
one of the parties TO treaty at the time
of ifs ratification anneNes q written dec
laration explaining ambiguous language IN
the instrument or adding a new ana dls-
tinct stipulation, and the treaty Is alter
wards ratified by the other party with the
declaration attached TO it. and the rattlca-
tions duly eXchanged-the declaration thus
annexed is a part of the treaty ana as
serted I'm the body of the instrument. The
intention of the parties Is to be gathered
from the whole instrument as II stood
when the ratiicationS wore exchanged. (p.
G5G.
The foregoing decision ought to settle all
doubt as To the effectiveness OF such
statement as is now proposed. There Is
SIN later precedent I'm the ratification OF
the Hague arbitration treaty dated Cc-
tobor Is 1907 Certain reservations were
made I'm ratifying that treaty which were
not included I'm any of the ninety-seven ar
ticles of the treaty. and yet all nations
parties to that treaty recognized the reser-
vatons made ty the United States, and
these reservations were specifically incor-
porated I'm the proclamation signed by
President Taft. February 2S. 1910.
It might be added that both treaties now
before the Senate provide that they shall
take effect on the date of the exchange of
It's ratihcations." +.
New York, Nov. H. 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
NOILNG PLCTIRE OrTR4GEN.

Special emphasis was given TO last
cieticS against moving picture niquities
by piece Of news which through an III
tereSting coincidence appeared in The
same days papers. This news came from
IOboken. and was 20 the effect that show
men had placed on exhibition films rep
rcsenting an alleged high school elope-
mcnt' The actual high school building
itself was used as the background Of
the pictures. and two girls dressed TO
represent high school pupilS-with just
dash Of "faStneSs" shown com
ing Slylv out of its door, throwing them
selves into the arms of two fashionable
Young men-with a dash of the sport -
and Fastening away. supposedly to some
marrying uarSon.' The films were ad-
vortiscd as a "high school clOpement"
ard were exhibited in places where they
would most appeal to the patronage Of
the pupils Of the high school and other
schools
II would be difficult to characterize
without strong language the obvious
evil Of this performance, and it is not
surprising that the Mayor of the city
promptly sought police aid i'm suppress
ing the outrage. II was, of course. a
libel upon the school 10 use it for such
q purpose and to intimate that il had
been the scene of such an occurrence.
and an insulting libel to the pupils It
Of oil Il ,f
Ia waywardneSS among them.
IT seems to he Il law of nature that
whatever is of greatest usefulness is also
capable Of being perverted to the great
est misuse. There are few more inter
eStiug. entertaining and instructive 1e-
vices of modern inventive genius than the
moving picture: and there are few if
any which are more abomnably miSusod.
rs i'm the case of the automobile. the mis-
use is confined 10 a minority but that
minority is large enough 10 do almost
incalculable mischief II is necessary.
for the welfare Of society. that the Ju-
thoriticS shall exercise strict aud IN
Telcnting censorship over such shows.
perhaps TO the legitimate extent of pro-
hibiting any portrayal Of unlawful acts
1t is also eminently desirable. for their
own sake as we'll as for that of the pub
lie, that reputable makers aHd exhibitors
of films should discOuntenance the max
ing and showing of the pictorial outrageS
10 which we have referred and lend their
potent influence for their entire sup
preston.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20

They have been so dlscreditcd that the
ccurtS have taken from them the power
&C. selecting grand iurics and given il Ia
cli,crs. aEd they themselves have been
indicted. This has led 10 the exercise of
more discrimination in clecjing shcrils.
but +; also suggests the dcsiruhility OF
relieving even the best Of them Of the
jury drawing power
For the fact is that the sheriff X a
political officer. and is generally Il con.
ypiCuouS partisan. while ia ail cases ii j.
desirable ard in many il is absolutely
essential to Justice that the jury shall H.
constituted on an entirely non-politicnl
basis. II is no uncommon thing for
causes involving political issues and in
tprestS Ia he brought into court and sun
mittpi to jury II is. of course, poSSi-
bic that such u Jury could he drawn
without political bias by sheriff who
was directly interested in the issues M
stake. But there are things which are
possible hut which are not probable ana
which are beyond the bounds of reason
able expectation.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-20
THE CONTROLLING OF CONTROLS.
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: | recently read a letter in The
Tribune from Belle V. Cushman. l wish TO
make a statement for the benefit Of Mrs.
Cushman, Or. Hysiop and others of your
readers who think they have communica-
tons from dead friends
I have been a constant investigator of
"Spiritualism" and "splritsm," If there is
any difference between them. since the
early days Of the Fox girls-more than
fifty years ago. ! have known and sat
with" or had "sit" for me many so-called
mediums Of prominence in the United States
and Europe. I have been merely a seeker
after truth and light and had no axes to
grind.
In the very beginning I ran across a fact
and have run across ii a thousand times
since and that was that 7 was never able
to get a correct answer to any question
put to the spirit" or through the me-
fore ! put the question. When / knew
the correct answer before I put the ques-
tion l often got the correct reply but no
other one. I will not pretend TO say how
the spirit or the medium abstracted from
my mind the correct reply to my question.
as that has nothing to 90 with the present
question.
If Mrs. Cushman Dr. Hyslop, Professor
Lodge. Moses or CrooSes viii sincerely use
this test I feel absolutely certain their ex-
perience will agree with mine. The de-
sire 10 know IS so strong that it needs n
strong mind to effect the honest working
of this test. JNO. A. DOONE, NJ -.
Chicago. November -. 1911