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New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
VICTOR EuuANUELS ESCAPE.

General rejoicing over the failure of
the wretch who yesterday 'tried to muir
der the King of Italy will be especially
sincere>in this country, which contains
so many of Victor Emmanuers country
men and subjects, and which has itself
suffered so deeply from similar crimes.
In any case assassination is Odious but
it is doubly so when its object Is per-
son Of upright life and Of great service
to his fellow men. The fine talents Of
Victor Emmanuel and the esteem and
love with which he is regarded by his
people mark him as man who should
be exempt from hatreds and murderOus
attempts. But such qualities did not
protect Mckinley, and they have not
protected the King Of Italy from an
assault which in some salient aspects re-
sembles the tragedy at Buffalo.
There is resemblance in the persOnali-
ties of the objects of attack, and still
more in the characters Of the criminals.
Like Czolgosz. the wOuld-be slayer Of
Victor Emmanuel appears not to have
been an agent or member of any mur-
derOus organization, but solitary Grim
inal and degenerate. TO what extent he,
like CzOlgOsz, was influenced by the law
less and inflammatory utterances or
others, working upon wayward mind, is
not yet revealed, but it is probable that
such influences were important factors
in the crime. Unfortunately there are
in the world many persons Of imperfect
moral sense and distorted mental de-
velopment who are readily controlled and
impelled by influences which to the nor
NAL mind and conscience would be con-
temptible or repellent
Such deeds as that Of yesterday can
not be tolerated or condOned on any
ground, and neither should he the vicious
indictments to them. Italy has granted
license Of speech comparable with that
of America. and appeals to base passions
and unbalanced minds have been fire.
quent and plausible there. It IS cause
for sincere congratuIation that the latest
fruit Of such vile seed is not an actual
tragedy, but it is TO be hoped that the
lesson Of it will be none the less seri-
ously taken to heart.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau. ]


Washington, March 1.-The President
and Mrs. Taft were entertained at dinner
tonight by Mr.. and Mrs. John r, Mclean.
a number Of guests from Washington, New
York and elsewhere being asked TO meet
them Following the dinner, there was a
musical, when Nine. Alma Gluck, soprano
Ada Sassoli, harpist, and Sammarco, barry
tone. gave the programme. A number of
guests were asked in for the music.
Mrs Charles Anderson, Of Cincinnati, the
sister OF Mrs. Taft, was the guest Of honor
at a luncheon to-day. with Miss Mabel
Boardman as hostess
There were "a number of dinner parties
tonight. both hosts and guests afterward
going to the musical at the home OF Mr..
and Mrs. Mclean. Among those thus en-
tertaning were Brigadier General and Mrs.
Clarence r. Edwards and Mr.. and Mrs.
George Eustls.
one OF the sprightliest dances of the sea-
son was the subscription affair given at the
Playhouse tonight, composed of the MEM
bers of the Monday Dancing Glass, which
disbanded for Lent. Two pianos were used
for the dance music. and a number of sup
per parties followed the dance Among
those present were the Secretary OF the
Navy and the Misses Meyer the Postmaster
General, Vscount and Viscountess Benoist
day the Spanish Minister and Sehora de
Riano, Viscount and Viscountess de Sibour,
Mr.. and Mrs Esmond Ovey. Representative
Catlln. Mr.. Won Btlow. of the German En-
bassy; the German counsellor and Nine.
Haniel Won Haimhausen. Miss Gladys In
gals, Miss Jean Oliver. Mrs. Preston Glib
son, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore, Miss
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
From The Tribune Bureau. l


Washington, March 14.-Baroness Hen
gelmtller and Baroness Mia Hengelmtiler,
wife and daughter of the Austrian Ambas-
sador will sail for this country about the
end of this month. and Join the ambassa-
dor here Immediately after their arrival.
The ambassador and Baroness Hen
gelmtller have issued invitations for din
ner on April 13.
When the Japanese Ambassador and WIS.,
countess Chinda left Washington this morn
ing for New York they were accompanied
by Miss Eliza Scidmore, who will be the
guest for whom the Japanese Society will
entertain In New York this week.
The Norwegian Minister and Nine. Bryn
entertained at dinner tonight Senator and
Mrs. McCumber, the Swiss Minister. the
Swedish charge d'affaires and Nine Eken-
gren. the Spanish naval attache and Sehora
de Urcullu. DR.. and Mrs. James Brown
Scott, Miss Helen Lee and Mr.. Johannesen
and Mr.. Morgenstierne of the legation staff.
Major Won Herwarth, military attache of
the German Embassy, and Nine Won Her
warth entertained at dinner tonight in
compliment to the chief Of staff and Mrs.
Leonard Wood. Their other guests were
the Assistant Secretary of War and Mrs.
Robert Shaw Oliver, Miss Marion Oliver,
Brgadier General and Mrs Wotherspoon,
Mrs. Francis B. Crowninshield. Miss Elsie
Aldrich. John Phillips Hill, of Baltimore
Major Blanton Winship and Lieutenant Won
Herwarth. OF the German army.
Nine. Haniel Won Haimhausen, wife OF
the German counsellor. was at home this
afternoon to large number of persons.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
LFrom The Trlbune Bureau. ]


Washington. March 1.-THE President
this afternoon signed the resolution rushed
through Congress amending the neutrality
laws, and then issued proclamation which
prohibits the shipment OF arms and ammu-
milton into Mexico from the United States.
The Attorney General and the President
spent some time preparing the proclama-
ton. This afternoon and evening the
President conferred with Assistant Secre-
tary Huntington Wilson several times.
The British Ambassador spent more than
an hour with the President to-day discuss
ing. among other things, the arbitration
treaties.
President Taft had a long list OF politi-
cal callers to-day, including ex-Represent-
ative ]. Adam Bede, Representatives
Slemp and Anthony and Senators Gallinger
and Townsend.
The Secretary of Agriculture, who will
deliver an address at Cincinnati on March
i6 and later will speak at several points
in Colorado, reviewing the work of the ad-
minstration I'm the interest of the farm
crs, had a long talk with the President
II is possible that President Taft WILL be-
fore his departure for New England on
Sunday. issue an order closing the govern
ment departments while memorial services
are being held at Arlington for the Maine
dead on March %.
The President will have as a caller to-
morrow the Countess of Warwick, who
will talk about woman suffrage and inter
national peace.
h. yaI1a
Senators Lodge, oliver Crane. Jones, Rich
ardson and Burrows and Representatives
Calder. Brantley. Pepper, Morse, Rowland,
Moon, Campbell, Swltzer, Hughes, Austin
and Currier.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
SOCIETY TO GIVE CIRCUS
Entertainment Planned for Char
ity in Washington.
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tFrOm Tho Tribune Bureau
Washington. March 1i-Much fun Is
looked for at the society circus TO be given
by an "all smart set class at the Riding
Club on April 26 and q, when the best
known women and mer Of society VIII
turn out to make sport for the benefit OF
the Diet Kitchen, which supplies ice. eggs
milk and daintIes 10 the sick poor or
Washington There will he clowns in plen-
~, with chariot races, pig-back rides run
in the ring with papier.m .mache horses ana
wild animals. fancy shooting. bunslinS
trapeze performances wheelbarrow races
and clowns. william c. Marrow. leader of
the young smart set. Is the chIef factor in
getting up the circus. He has had expert
ence in other cities, where he figured prom
nently in a social way. He will engage
the services OF a professional circus man
TO assist in arranging the ring. coaching
the people who take part and constructing
the necessary apparatus. DR.. Alfred f.
HOPKINS. who has had considerable expert
ence in such matters, having arranged the
circus performance for several seasons at
Narrasansett Pier, where he spends the
summer. will he ringmaster.
Among the men who have expressed Will
Iingness TO lend their talents are Baron
Hardenbroek. attachG, and Major Won Her
warth. military attache OF the German
Embassy staff; Mr.. Maugras, French third
secretary; Jack Siebert, Captain l.. Mason
GulIck. william Newton Gulick, j. Low
Hartman, OF New York and Washington;
Paymaster Merriam Representative Their
on Catlin, OF st. Louis; Mandeyille Car
Isle. Lieutenant Commander Edward Nc
Cauley. Walter Tuckerman and host of
Others. The young women, who will sell
lemonade peanuts and confections, and
also assist in the side shows and in the
ring. will include Miss Laura Merriam,
Miss Elizabeth Reid Rogers, Miss Laura
Britton, Miss Alice Meyer, daughter OF the
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. Meyer,
and many other girls of the same set.
Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins Is acting
as chairman of the entertainment commt-
tee I'm the absence of Miss Mary Gwynn.
presiden1 of the board, who Is In the South.
Assisting Mrs. Perkins will be Nine. Chris
tian Hauge. Mrs. Winthrop Murray Crane
and Miss Edith Wetmore They VIII see
that i'm due time the fashionable sections
OF the city are fully decorated with glar-
ing posters setting forth the charms OF
the ring, and otherwise promoting the sue
cess of the affair Assisting Mr.. Marrow
are John T.. wilkins. Viscount de Slbour.
Edward A. Mitchell, j. William Henry and
William Llttauer, each a host In himself
I'm promoting interesting entertainments
for local charities.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
MAKING NEUTRALITY REAL.

Another item to President Tafts last
ing credit is entered upon the record Of
current history in the securing of an
amendment to the neutrality laws which
will make our neutrality real and put
an end 10 one of the gravest abuses OF
our neighborly relations. The long-estab-
lished Drinciple of freedom Of trade even
i'm arms and ammunition. with recognized
befligerents may be preserved. The pres
ent enactment does not attack 1t, but It's
eXaggerations and abuses. Many have
seemed TO funk and to act upon the
theory that If they were free to ship
arms abroad to any belligerent they were
free TO do so to any one who wanted
them. They are now reminded that
there is radical difference between
recognized belligerents and mere insur-
gents and brigands.
For many years there has been en-
tircly too much ''gun-running' to insur-
gents and revOlutiOnists in some OF the
Latin.American countries. Many out
breaks there would never have be-
come formidable if indeed they had oc-
Cured at all. had ii not been for this
morally Illicit trade Some of them were
actually conceived and fomented by UNI
scrulnllous American spectators just for
the sake of thus being able TO sell arms,
ammuGltion and other supplies at exorbi-
tant prices. Such trade is detestable,
Int il has hitherto fiourished, and 1t has
been nowhere more extensive and pros
porous, perhaps. than on the Mexican
border. TO stamp ii out will be com
parable with the extinction of some
deadly epidemic
Morally and legally the new prohibi-
tion is to be commended in the strongest
terms. Practically, in It's effect upon our
own interests, ii is equally worthy of
commentator. There is 10 doubt that
It will do much, perhaps more than any
thing else. to discourage border feuds
and fghtings. II is notorious that MeXi-
can insurgents have sought the border as
q fighting ground largely because they
could there secure supplies 0f warlike
material from our side Of the line. This
new law will debar them from that privl
lege. and they will have that one induce
ment the less for iOcking to the Rio
Grande 1t will very greatly assist our
government, on the other hand, In main
tanning neutrality that is real rather
than nominal.
The effect Of the act on Mexico and
Mexican regard for the United States
must be marked and salutay. It will
reassure The Mexican government and
its constituents Of the sincerity OF Ameri-
can friendship, and at the same time
( discourage those WHO are disturbing con
stitmional order IL that country and
trying to enlbibil Mexico In trouble with
the United States. The President, who
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
People ana Social Incidents

Dorothy Williams Captain Sheridan, Lieu
|; tenant Commander Mccauley, j. Low Har.
rlman' the Misses Cameron, Senior Algara,
OF the Mexican Embassy, and Captain
Little
Inc musical tea at the Playhouse this
afternoon enlisted the attendance of nur.
Der OF music lovers. Francis Rogers bary.
tone, giving the programme.
Lady Mary Curzon, the elder dausbts-
of Lord Curzon and the late Lady t.urzor
was confirmed to-day at the church ON her
fathers country estate. lakewood in tho
presence Of distinguished company. LADY
Mary Curzon is now sixteen. and said %
be much like her mother
Nine. Christian Hauge will close a brn.
liant social season here within a few d,vs
and will go to visit relatives IN Louisy,le
Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley nave gone
to New York to remain until SATURDAY.
Captain and Mrs. Harold p. Norton en-
tertained number Of guests at dinner
dance at the Chevy Chase Club to.nlsht
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15

Court and quoted in the proposed law
will be liable to this tax.
If idle wealth held by idle persons
will escape taxation on the ground tha'
said idle persons are not engaged III
business" what certainty can there De
that all other classes in the community
besides "tbe idle will be lncludeu
within the broad definition OF persons
doing business? From the excise poiht
of view as well as from the point Oh
view of equity, why should not the same
exemption be allowed to salary earners
and wage earners that is to he alloweu
to the votaries Of leisure? Beng ldle ls'
according TO common sense IDEAS anu
definitions. lust as much business
ms accepting wages or salary from an
employer. If the meaning of business
can be stretched far enough to allow the
collection Of an excise tax on either the
wages or the idle wealth or salarled
employe, it could just as easily De
strained t0Scover the case Of person
whose only business is amusing him.
self. We believe that the Supreme Court
would be as accommodating to Mr.. IN
derwood on one point as on the otner'
1t is to be regretted that the defend
ers of the bill have found a class OF
Americans not entitled to he classihed
as business men," The greatest eco
nomic and philosophic merit Of the "ex-
tended excise bill appeared to he that
It levelled all distinctions now known
to the dictionary and enabled us ALL
without distinction Of sex, race, age
color or purpose in life, to qualify as
brothers and equals in the world OF
business"
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
RROhEN RAILS.

It is time the truth was accurately de-
terinined about the cause of broken
rails on railroads. One of them led TO
the accident to the Twentieth Century
Limited train at Hyde Park and an
other to the injury yesterday OF twenty
five persons on Il Chicago Great west
ern train mt DunkertOn, Iowa. Broken
rails have been frequent in the last
decade, causing 2,059 accidents. with
106 deaths and ALP cases of personal
injury. Their cause has been debated
for the last half dozen years, or since
the time when. with the especially
heavy traffic of the boom years imme-
diately preceding the panic. they be-
came especially common. Yet the re-
sponsibility continues to he shifted DacK
and forth between the railroads ana
the steel rail manufacturers. and moth
ing is accomplished for the safety OF
the public
On the one side ii is said that directors
and managers have done little toward
strengthening their roads to bear the
heavier rolling stock and much denser
traffic of the present day. Rails are
said to break because they are not sup
ported by a proper roadbed and the
steel manufacturers point to the alleged
superior rOadbeds Of Europe. On the
other hand, it is alleged by the railroad
men that rails are not as well made as
they formerly were, and they assert
4, a. l. In hot n
which are responsible for the immunity
there from accidents due 10 breakage
In proof of the former contention they
point to the fact that the lighter rails
made years ago outlast under present
traffic conditions the heavier rails now
manufactured; they allege that the mills
Of one and the same company dlfcr
among themselves in the freedom OF
their rails from breaking indicating In
their opinion a difference in care of
manufacture, and they point to defects
In the rails that break, defects that
ought to he obviated by watchfuness
and skill in production. Lack OF an Ell
fective competition among the steel rail
makers, it Is said, has prevented manu-
facturers from producing rail that
will stand the strain Of modern traffic.
This debate promises TO be endless
unless some public authority determines
where the truth lies. When the facts
are ascertained the country should take
whatever action is necessary to compel
either the steel manufacturers or the
railroads to make travel safer than it
is to-day. If the railroads Of this coun-
try should be shown TO be behind
those of foreign countries in providing
safe roadbeds, the Interstate Commerce
Commission should be empowered to
act for the protection of the public. If
the American manufacturers can not or
will not supply rails that will carry pas
sengers with the safety enjoyed in Eng
land and Germany, foreign rails should
be made available TO American rail
roads. American passengers cannot 90
on being killed at the rate Of ten a year
and injured at the rate Of four hundred
year by breaking rails. and the various
interests be permitted merely to debate
whose fault 1t is.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
AN AMAZING VOTE
Writer Regards Defeat of the Arbitra'
ton Treaties as Only Temporary.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. In a recent issue OF The Tribune an
editorial discusses the topic Faction De-
forming Diplomacy" in such mastery
manner as to deserve the emphasis OF spe-
cial commendation. wish that n blazing
copy of that superb editorial could be hung
I'm IN the United States Senate Chamber. so
that those Senators. who voted against tho
arbitration treaty could see themselves as
others see them and during this Lenten
season repent OF their folly. After six
thousand years OF history. written mostly
in blood to vote down a peace proposition
that we all believe In is the most con-
stimmate folly, II II is not a crime. While
our President and his Secretary OF State
are leading the nations toward peace, that
we should bolt the course and defeat one OF
the most farreaching propositions ever
submitted for the blessing Of mankind Is
amazing. What are our Senator'S thinking
about?
The American people and the English
speaking people want peace. and they VIII
have It, Even France and Germany and
Japan are ready to sign the peace pact. II
these representatives will not give us what
we want the next election will give us
officials who will be more responsive to the
wishes of the people. Then TO think of
the contemplate motives underlying this
action, Every one knows that our great
President deserves the credit Of this peace
movement, but for fear this will help him
to another term In the White House these
pesky little politicians propose to punish
him for concentrating one of the nobest
deeds In human history. This Is contempti-
BILE peanut politics instead OF statesman
ship. II that is the way great public ques-
tions are treated by the highest legislative
body In the country, is 1t any wonder that
the people clamor for the referendum and
the recall?
There is one thing sure--the defeat IS
only temporary. The arbitration principle
is right and solid as the hills. Even after
war we have to agree on some termsl Of
settlement: how much better to settle our
disputes before the land IL drenched with
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
AN IMPORTANT GIFT.

The anonymous gift Of S2.500,00O just
made to the Massachusetts Institute Of
Technology will attract attention not so
Gle gifts 10 other educational institu-
tons have been larger, but because 1t
may open the way TO a notable cOnsOli-
dation Of educational facilities i'm one of
the great university centres Of the coun-
try. The gift will suffice to erect build
ings for tile Institute of Technology on
the new site on the Cambridge side of
the Charles River Basin. That site is
not very far from Harvard Square, and
the Institute will be put into close touch
with the university, thus realizing to
some extent the hopes for future CO.
operation between the two entertained
at the time the unrealized plans for
actual fusion were under consideration.
1t was the idea Of those who favored
amalgamation that Harvard should dis
continue its scientific school and rely
upon the Institute to furnish technical
instruction, at the same time giving the
Institutes students access to It's aca-
demic courses Legal distractions to the
merger proved insurmountable but now
that the pressure of urban growth has
driven the Institute away from its for
mer site I'm the choice Back Bay sec
ton of Boston and it is to transfer its
activities TO the other side Of the Charles
River, where land Is cheaper and there
is plenty of space for dormitories as
well as laboratories and lecture halls,
some plan Of exchange will probably be
devised by which students in one insti-
tuition may receive partial instruction in
the lecture rooms Of the other.
1t would be a practical economy for
each to utilize the resources. of its neigh
bor although retaining its own inde-
pendence and individuality. Most of the
benefits Of union would he thus oh
tained, while the Inconvenience OF an
actual merger would be avoided. If
what looks like the manifest destiny of
the two institutions is gradually worked
out, Cambridge will attain more com,
manding position than 1t has ever before
enjoyed as an American university city.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-15
Concert of Action Urged to Bring
About Immediate Legislation.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir The long drawn out struggle for an
up-to-date parcels post is on the eve Oh
victory. Everywhere ground has oeen
gained, and the logic OF common sense ana
accomplished fact has at last shattered the
army OF foolish objections The Postmas-
ter Generals report entirely favors II. IN
dividual members OF Congress and united
States Senators have sgnifed their ad-
hesion to the cause.
II is now proposed to lombard the hals
OF Congress on March IS with such hall
of letters postcards and petitions favoring
parcels post as shall compel our national
legislators to grant this too long delayed
boon. Let every one who reads this COM
munication send to his or her Congressman
and Senator on March IS or before letter
or postcard urging immediate action on this
question. EDWARD BEh"lCh'
President Postal Progress League OF Cal
iforna.
San Francisco. March 7, 1912.