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New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
STARVING IN CHINA.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir Again the press Of China voices the
crv of the starving millions, left penniless
bv the Yang-Tse River floods Although
overshadowed by the war, the famine sit
nation is clearly the most acute ever
known In that land of famlnes whose
colossal scala is appalling n the Western
mind. The fact that one fourth the popu-
ation ~ the empire is affected by prices
which are. according TO the State Depart
ment. the highest in China's history, ar
lords Underground for belief that the NOR
tallty. II unchecked ny outside aid VIII
he the highest yet known.
Already o committee, as in previous re-
lief distributions, has been formed. and
fund IS opon at the American Red Cross
Washington, for the purpose Of succorlns
the starving. As It is probable a conserva-
tion plan under the approval Of the Chi
nese government will be carried out 10 pre-
vent further disasters Of a similar nature
on the Yang Use, every contribution at this
time will 81 rye a double purpose, and should
be made without delay. {. r.. +.
New Haven. Conn, Nov. p, 1911.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
BLAMING THE IMMIGRANT.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir. At the dinner for Mr.. Cortelyou Il
is reported that Mr.. Wickersham said;
THE American OF to-day is a man akin 10
all the universe. And being akin 10 all
he takes from each some characteristic
which goes TO make up the compleXity OF
American character He then refers TO
English, German, French and Italian as
the antecedents Of Americans. Conceding
three Of these and declaring that the modi-
cum OF Italian blood Is. i'm Americans, a
quality not worth considering, l respect
fully assert my own positive disinclination
10 accept any such showing as at all con-
elusive in Mr Wickershams proposition.
which IS, in the main, IN alleged univer-
salitv OF character peculiar TO Americans.
He stops short at Italy, he should, were
he ethnologically right, stop short at
France, after properly including the north
countries-Sweden, Norway, Denmark-for
Americans are the descendants, almost
exclusively, OF North European peoples.
Teutons and Teutonic-Celts.
It is a staring and implacable fact to-
day that the failures OF civilization in Amer
lea just now are due-entirely due-to the
blind and binding circumstance that eigh-
teen million Of aliens are here; admitted
to full opportunity. which results in GUST
ing American-bo born people by millions from
their naturally improving llNngs; aliens
admitted and fostered here In much adult
ignorance, aliens permitted to print their
foreign languages here, not to the end OF
English educating. obviously, but to the
sustaining Of their alienistic, nepotic ten
dencies here where AZ least three-fourths
c9 this eighteen million remain practically
as foreigners among VA.
ALFRED LAURENs BRENNAN.
New York, Nov. 10. lall.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
THE ORDER REST ORING TRANS
rERS.

FERS.
The street railway companies OF TINS
city will. according TO report, contest
the order Of the Public Service Commls-
sion restoring transfers at a large num-
her of noints where they have been aboi-
ished though It is not easy TO see where
they will find convincing evidence thdt
10 REQUIRE transfers would be confisca-
tory. The public impression is that the
advantages which the companies hoped
IN derive from doing away with more
than half the transfer points in Man.
haitian proved delusive. They had rs
signed the use of transfers as the chlat
reason for their bankruptcy. They abol-
iShed a large proportion Of them, but
they did not emerge into Solvency. In
fact. their financial statements after
the change did not indicate that the
abolition had had any very marked Of
feet on either expenses or earnings. Inc
use of transfers declined extensively.
but the resulting financial advantage was
certainly not remarkable. Perhaps the
COmnanlpS VIII Uc dDlP ~ SlVN 'h'
courts that there was consequent say
ing. hut that increased expenses in other
directions consumed it.
So far as the public is concerned. it
is impossible 70 tell how real demand
for the restoration of transfers exists.
No doubt the lack of them at certain
important points is q genuine incon-
venience Whether or not there are 151
such points is . question which 1t is 10
be presumed the Public Service Com
mission considered with great care.
While the cutting off of transfers seemed
at first great hardship TO those WHO
had been accustomed to rely upon them,
it is not improbable that the public has
BY this time so adjusted its habits of
travelling that the minimum of incor-
venance remains. except at certain iW
portant intersections Of uptown and
cTnSctOWn lines
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01

4 REFIECTTON ON CONSERVATION.
II would be difficult 10 conceive a more
disingenuous. misleading and discredt
able statement than that put forth 10y
Chairman Graham of the House Com
mittee on Expenditures i'm the Interior
Department in explanation of the pro
posed abandonment of the in5nTti cation
If the Controller Bay scandal ihls
statement. prepared hy Louis D Bran
deis as counsel for the committee end
Concurred in 10y Amos pinchot as coun-
sci for the National Conservation AsSo-
citation. should be promptly repldiated
hy that association, on which it cannot
otherwise fail n bring serious di~Credt.
Messrs Brandeis and Pinchot explain
the proposed abandonment on the ground
that Secretary Fishers recommelda-
"tiOns mark a reversal Of the policy "
"the administration in dealing with the
Alaskan problem" in that they provide
for safeguarding the Alaskan coal fields
against private monopoly through the
system of leasing coal mines. the con
"structiOn and operation Of a r.. road
"hy the government and the operation #
"a government owned coal mine The
statement asserts further that "the
"policy and method pursued by the
president. under which private indiyid-
"uals were afforded an opportunity to
control the transportation Of the Bering
River coal field appears now TO he rec
"Ognized as mistaken and that The
adoption by the administration of the
nolicy of Secretary Fisher brings il IN
'line with the principles Of the La Fol-
."lette resolution" etc, which is described
elsewhere in the same statement as pro-
viding for government ownership and
"oueration of railroads. docks. wharves
and terminals and for the leasing and
operation of mines etc.
Secretary Fishers recommendations
mark no reversal OF the policy of the
administration. President Taft i'm both
his annual and his special messages 10
Congress. has declared himself emphati-
cally in favor of leasing coal lands and
has never favored any other policy.
Secretary Fisher not only does not ac-
knowledge. that the administrations
policy with regard 10 the Bering River
fields was mistaken, but clearly affirms
that il was correct and that there WAS
no ground for the contentious Of Messrs.
Graham, PinchO5, Brandeis ct al to the
contrary.
The entire substance Of the charges If
Mr.. Graham and the others was that he
administration had permitted Controller
Bay, which they described as a magnih
cent aud the only available harbor If
fording access TO the Bering fields, TO
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
NO RELIEF TOE CHINA,

Some comment is made upon the tal-
ure of the public 10 respond 10 the ap-
peal Of the American Red Cross FOR
funds for the relief Of sufferers from
famine in China and also for the organi1
zation of Red Cross agencies on the bat
tle6elds of the Chinese civil war. II II
said that only about 500 has been con
tributed since the appeal was made.
month ago. and there is speculation as
TO the cause Of such unwonted back
wardness There IS of course. no dlmi-
mutton of confidence in the Red Cross as
the steward Of philanthropy or Of the
inclination OF ability OF Americans 10
aid in works Of needed relief 'r any part
Of the world Nor is thern q dis rimina-
ton against China and ne Chinese on
racial or other grounds.
The cause is probably complex. II in
wolves a grave doubt whether in the pres
ent disorganized and almost chaotic state
Of affairs in China an effective admins
tration Of relief is practicable. There is
also q feeling on the part % some that
China IS ae@ravatiaG b. her own perver
stv the unfavorable conditions which
exist. instead Of seeking 10 abate them.
\ season Of famine and widespread dis
tress adds peculiar hardships 10 a move
ment which necessarily paralyZes ad-
ministrative efficiency, though it must he
recognized that such times have often
been deliberately chosen. 1t may he that
the majority Of the actual sufferers are
in no respect responsible for these
things, but that fact would not make II
any less difficult for the Red Cross 10
administer relief or to make sure that II
was heing properly administered
There is another probable cause. II is
found i'm the reports, unhappily not with
out confirmation, Of savage massaCreS
and outrages peIpetrated by both par
tics TO the prevailing conflict These
things naturally dull American sym
pathies. Benevolent persons cannot he
severely censured for adopting the ira
ditional policy Of Divine Providence
that Of helping those who help them
selves. Of course. allowance must he
made for those who really cannot help
themselves. But so must. or at any rate
will. unfavorable consideration he given
10 those who. instead, actually seem will
fully 10 iniure themselves or their fel-
lows and TO make the task OF relief more
difficult. We would not. Of course, be
understood rs regarding even those CON
sideratons as sufficient TO restrain the
giving Of relief 10 China. 1t IS cause for
regret that the Red Cross appeal has not
evoked far more generous response.
But II is well 10 recognize the reasons for
the reluctance 10 contribute, which is so
marked and which has caused 50 much
comment
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
People and Social Incidents

riage. AZ Geneva Switzerland in the he.
/ ginning Of September, are on their vay n
New York, and on their arrival here vii
/ take possession ~ the house No 80 Park
avenue. which they have rented from Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Douglas Robinson Tor
the winter. Mrs. Straight. who was Mia,
Dorothy Whitney. has secured from her
aunt. Mrs. Charles r. Barney. the lat,ers
box, No. 2, in the parterre row Of the opera
for the season.
Receptions for debutantes will he give,
TO-DAY by Mrs. Robert Taylor Narnum for
her daughter. Miss Justine Gngersoll. II
Sherry's: by Mrs. Edwin r. Holmes for
her daughter. Miss Mildred Holmes. a. her
house, No 50 west 57th street; by Mrs
William Armstrong for her daughter. Miss
Elizabeth Stllman Kendall. at her house,
i'm West 18Th street and by Mrs. Allen
Fitch at her house, I'm West 5sth street, for
her daughter. Miss Diana Fitch.
Mr.. and Mrs Archibald S. Alexander p.lll
return 10 town to-day from Bernardsville.
N J., and will occupy Mrs. Charles r
Bsrney's house, in Park avenue, for
short time. They will soon sail for Europe.
Mrs. John \. Weeks will give reception
on Saturday afternoon. December ?. AZ her
house. No IS West nth street, to introduce
her daughter. Miss Margaret Dursnt Bow
ers.
Mr.. and Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry have
taken the house No. 1925 Fifth avenue for
the winter.
Mrs. Clement G. Moore is booked N sail
tomorrow for the Mediterranean and will
spend the winter in Algiers. where she will
be ioinad toward the new year by her con,
william s. Moore
S,uvvess1l 90 Roy has left town for
Aiken. s c.. where he will spend the win
ter.
Mrs Hcrrv e. Slocdm has issusd caris
Cor reception on December Al her
house. I'm East 3sth street. for the dNout -
her daughter Miss Nathalie Slocum. The
reception will be followed by dinner and
theatre party.
Mrs. John II Livingston has left town
TO spend the week end with her son-in-law
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 5.
Melen. AT their place at Stcckoridss, IN
the Berkshires.
Miss Agnes Claiin Will make her dsont
at reception given by her mother, Mrs.
John Claflin. on December -. at her mouse
in Washington Square North. Mrs. Claim
other daughter. Mrs. Gustavus T. Kirby
will give a theatre party for her younger
sister followed by supper and informal
dance AT her residence in Fifth avenue on
Friday next.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
ROOSEVELT TO SCHooLBoYs
Colonel Tells Students Of St Mark S
About Good Citizenship and Africa.

Southboro. Mass. Nov. 3o.--Only one per-
son outside OF the pupils and the faculty Of
the school heard exPresident Roosevelt
speak at 81 Marks School tonight The
favored auditor was h. Irving Morse. OF
Marlboro, who was "A member Of Mr. Roose-
velts class at Harvard. and who had not
met the ex-Presldent for many years. Early
I'm the evening Mr.. Roosevelt gave the 100
boys OF the school a talk on good citizen
ship and then delivered an illustrated lect-
uro on his African hunting expedition.
After spending the day in Groton as the
guest OF DR. Endicott Peabody. head mas
ter of the Groton school. Mr. Roosevelt
motored' T. Southboro late this afternoon.
rIe was accompanied by DR. Wilfred r.
GrenfclI. the Labrador missionary. Quentin
Roosevelt the ex-Presidents youngest son,
and Philip Roosevelt. a nephew.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
NEW work FROM THE SUBURBS

N.u yorkor, are said 20 hsvs lost ",e'sS'
..ror,,ns flights. Possibly the sport mas
come TOO tame to suit them.-Mil"auSee
mel - =,
ssv. an .,chanse: There are always 10,
,.cIssss, g, the New York Horse SHOW
ana most Of them are entitled 70 ,ne o'ur ,,o",S, [
in their particular class. Philadelphia in0'l''
Tn. nsw,y opened school for detectives IN ,e ~,
vors should include courses in the rolling COW"
nu,ton % and the elusive feminine handSer'n'''
Boston Herald - v..s
Thar. will oe a slaughter OF dogs IN New i'
CIV when the supreme Court ruling .u' ~"
I,c,,.e fee must be paid ON every o"' -,
.,xtv thousand CANNES in the to"n ,,,.,
generally known Rochester Union ana
tiser. .ils
,,,,,o,,iv the troubles incident to u' i,h
=, M YORK garbage collectors did not enc 80
,ha Nl,ne Of the strikers places. Ih' nv" .s',,e
90 suar6-d on their rounds, nlles Nv ,,,rsslth
su So % 9pr,c 81 tho streets unsightly an' u s,rry
ri ana riots are more OF less tsausm,,
rllsS, 'i FOR the greatest city in the eou'''''
falo Express.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01

THE TAIN or THE DAY.

in downtown office where for many
years every employe has been remembered
at Christmas time there will be no visit
from St. Nick this year: not because the
custom has been abandoned, but on account
Of change I'm the schedule In the pay
envelopes which were distributed on
Wednesday--several days ahead Of the
usual time because of Thanksgiving-there
was inclosed for each person the usual
Christmas present in the form Of p check
and also a slip Of paper on which was writ
ten Those who save prosper. II you
must shop AZ Christmas time, do n early
Usher-"Are YOU friend Of the bride
groom"
Msdar1-"Oh. nv. no. I'm the brides
mother. Judge.
THE MAN BEHIND THE HAT
cannot hear 2 single word
cannot see a thing
Except a hat that looks hsurd
And 81 my thoughts take wing
They wander freely to and fro
At vagrant fancies come and 60
Although the men in church seem few.
The explanations pat;
Some man may we'll he hid from view
Behind each womans hat.
For several other men T see.
Are fellow sufferers with mo.
81 Paul would probably approve.
Were he alive to-day.
II women should their hats remove
When we have met to pray.
He never saw . thing like that
A modern woman calls "a hat" -
Then Won't the ladies' say Hats on
or else decrease their size
] would not AZ their beauty scofr
Or seem 10 criticise.
But. somehow. church is not Il place
Where ! can best admire their grace.
G. r. n.
Football is the only game v here tho big
feller KIN Jump on little feller and ct ap-
pla uded. Louisville Courier-Journal.
y wall thirteen hundred feet long. four
feet high and three feet thick at the bot
tom has just been completed IN a country
estfta near Port Chester under the drec-
tion Of Samuel Parsons. who SAYS that II
IS unique. The granite blocks which form
the wall were quarred about fifty miles
awsv snd were used Just as they came
from the quarry. The interstces have been
filled with loan and mould and planted
profusely with such towering herbs and
creepers as will flourish hest and look
prettiest In that environment The stones
are all large-from three tons down and
from three 10 ten feet long and fitted as
closely as they could be without the use
OF any other tool than hammer TO knock
of the rough edges. This specimen of
Cyclopean masonry says Mr.. Parsons's
description. "in which about eight thousand
rock plants have been planted, is withal
perfect fence-horse high, bull strong and
pig tight
Mrs Malade (weakly)-1 wish n explain
again 70 you about willing my property.
Family Solicitor-There, here: don't
worry yourself. Leave II 10 me.
Mrs Malade CresignedJ-I suppose | might
a. we'll You'll get II anyway-The sketch
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
THE CABINET.

fFrom The Tribune Bureau.l
Washington. Nov. 30.-The Secretary OF
the Treasury and Mrs. MacNeagh' the
Secretary OF war and Mrs. Stimsoh' the
Secretary Of the Interior and Mrs. risher
and the Secretary OF Commerce and LABOR
and Mrs. Nagel dined al home to-day each
family having few friends with them
The Secretary OF state and Mrs. Knox
Will return TO Washington tomorrow from
Valley Forge, where they spent lhanhs-
giving Day
The Attorney General and Mrs. WICK
ersham will return from New YORK ana
the Postmaster General from the Eastern
Shore of Maryland. where he spent the
day hunting with friends.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
ROUGH SEA FER SAILOR KING
Queen Mary Uses Medina's Storm
Cabin. with Swinging Cot.

London. Nov. Reports reaching mere
from the steamship Medina. which Is
conveying King George and queen MAY
70 India. indicate an extremely lousu
passage through the Bay Of Biscay' Inc
sea. which IS. usually rough IN the nay.
was uncommonly turbulent, and part ol
the Queens apartments was uooI'o
Queen Mary was forced ~ take UP her
quarters in the special storm CABIN WIN
a swinging cot. but the King VINO i
oooa sailor continued to occupy HIS usual
cabin.
The Medina, which has proved herselt ,
oood sea vessel. suffered less than the con
voying warships, which were se'eie'
butfeted by the gale. Several Of them sus.
tanned damages TO boats and ratings ana
the King. appreciatins the dihculues
under which they were lsboring' oroeleu
them 70 steam ahead OF the Medina.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
BANKERS BOUND FOR PANAMA
Party at Colon After Cruise in Carib-
bean-Fatal Accident Reported.

Colon. Nov. 30.-Three steamers bringing
the members of the Bankers Association
and their wives, who have been making
cruise in the Caribbean Sea after paruci-
pating in the convention of the American
Bankers Association at New Orleans, ar
rived here this morning. The vessels kept
close together throughout the voyage, dur
ing which shsy alternately arranged fire.
works displays. The weather was delight
full. but the fne passage was marred last
night by fireworks accident on board one
OF the vessels, as a result of which the
ehIp's carpenter had his head blown of
and Captain " T. Smith was badly in
jured I'm the leg.
The party left Colon for Panama this
forenoon
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
rFrom The Tribune Bureau.

FROM The TribunA Hur"aH.T
Washington. Nov. S0-The Russian Am
haqsador and Nine. Bakhmetieh we're the
guests Of honor at large breakfast Al
Friendship. the country home OF Mr.. ana
Mrs. John r. Mclean, to-day. The Ger
man Ambassador and Countess Won Bern
storff were also guests, and later enter
tained the members Of tho German EN-
bsssy staff at dinner.
rho Danish Minister al several hache-
Ior dinlomats 70 dine With him at the le-
cation, in 18th street.
The British Ambassador ana MIS-. brHc'
are entertaining for snort time MISE
Tuckerman, Of Washington ana ne"
York. and Miss Dawson, ~ Baltimore
They will entertain at dinner to-morro"
night
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
ROYAL, sToRK's VISIT EXPECTED
German Crown Princess Leaves Dantzic
Tomorrow for Berlin.

Berlin. Nov. 3o.-The Crown Prince FREQ
Arick William. although he accompanies
the Crown Princess Ceeilie from Dahtzl' -
Berlin on December ., will nor remain j"
Berlin, but will go 70 silesia 70 par'l5lp''7
in a hunting party.
The accouchement of the Crown Prln.es'
Is expected about the second week II pe'
cemher
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
From The Tribune Bureau.

From The Trlbuhe F7HT'H"'
yysebineton Nov. 30-The President
Win Mrs Taft attended the Pan-Ameri-
can Thanksgiving mass AT 81 fS"'
Catholic Church. Diplomatic represents
tives from the American repubncs '"'
prominent officials Of the executive 'esis
latIve and judicial branches OF inc eo'-
ernment were present
The President remained in the eSecu-
tive Offices less than an hour, chatuns
with Justice Lurton and signing letters III
the afternoon he went for ride
Miss Helen Taft and the Bryn Ma"'
school girls forming her house party spent
a part Of the day on the Potomac USING
the Sylph for the cruise. Several trlenos
were with them.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
THE OLYMPIC UNDER WAY.

Southampton. Nov 3o.-The fog lifted in
the night and the White Star liner Olym-
pic. which had been detained was able 10
sail at 7l5 o'clock this morning for New
York. She has Loo passengers on boa-d.
and ia making her first voyage since her
collision with the British cruiser Hawke on
September ~,
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
This ne,cspcper Is oioned and pub

This nepspcper Is oioned and pno'
Nshed by The Tribune Association, O
Neto York corporation; office and pr'n-
cipdl place of business, Tribune Baud-
tpo. No. 154 Nassau street, Neio lorf;
ogden Mills, president; ogden NJ Re'e'
secretary; James II. Barrett, treasurer
The address Of the officers is the oGIce
of this newspaper.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
MRS TOWER GUEST OF EMPRESS.

Berlin. Nov. So-Mrs. charlemssne Tow
took luncheon with the Empress at potso IN
,o-dsv Mr. Tower arrives in Berlin this eve
nlns 10 renew scquaintsnces maoe wN',e
was American Ambassador here Mucn ~.
terest is being shown in society eircles o., a.,
these evidences OF the resumption OF co.',.'
relations between Mr.. and MIS-
marne Tower and the imperial court
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
FOR AN EMBASSY IN VIENNA.

Vienna, Nov. So.-Richard c. kerens' ne
American Ambassador. is negotiating WI"
the municipality Of Vienna for the sopul-
sition Of site for an embassy building IN
the schwarzenberg Plstz, at present oocu'
pied by an infantry barracks The sl'ls
t,on ,s the finest I'm Vienna snd the centre
OF the diplomatic quarter.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01
EIRTHER REGILATION y.

Public opinion is emphatically not
ready as yet for the regulation OF DIX
business" which Judge Gary advocates
and if the development of railroad reSu-
lation affords n parallel it. VIII TAKE
long time TO prepare the public mihn'
With regard to railroads and otnPr pun
liz service corporations the idea OF pun
lie regulation was familiar from me ou'-
set On account Of the obvious genera
interest the states usually reserved me
right i'm their charters 10 regulate both
the quality Of their service ana tne
amount Of their charges The pubic
first axperimented with Spasmodic regu-
latte, by legislatures. Then 1t went tor-
W. i 10 the establishment OF comlnlS-
sIons nut il hesitated 10 give them au-
thorify to make and enforce orders.
They could merely investigate, advise
and report. public opinion being relied
upon ~ enforce their recommendations.
Then some states ventured q step tur-
ther and gave their commissions autnor-
ity TO make and enforce orders, and reg
ulation as il Is now understood came
into being. But it is only . few years
old in the greater part Of the country,
and some states have not yet adopted II.
Regulation OF public service corpora
tions may have prepared the way for
regulation Of miscellaneous corpora
tions, but TO adopt it would he long
step. If it IS ever undertaken it proba-
bly, will not he all at once. but gradually
as the public becomes convinced that
other devices have failed. The fact that
"hig business" is asking for regulation is
nor calculated to convince the public that
the Sherman Jaw is a failure Regula-
ton Of railroads was not established at
the demand of the railroads.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-01

litically old is not necessarily bad. ana al
things or theories supposedly new are nor
because ~ that fact good.
HENRY W. WILBUR.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov 2s, 1911.