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THE LAWRENCE TESTIMONY.

The testimony being brought out in
Washington regarding the Lawrence
trouble is one sided and doubtless exag-
gerated but Il serves 10 suggest how
grave was the suffering among the ch.l-
dren Of the strikers which it was sought
to relieve by sending them elsewhere and
how harsh the conduct Of the police IL
interfering with the natural rights Of the
parents to act for their children's wei
fare. Those who were sent away before
the police interyened are described by
persons who fed them as being wolfishly
hungry, while nurse testifes that out
of large number Of children examined
by her only a few had underclothing,
and only very meagre protection against
the cold.
Two explanations are made Of the &C
tion OF the police One Is that some Of
the children were being kidnapped
that Is. sent away without the consent Of
their parents-and the other is that some
parents we're practically desertlns theif
children in sending them away. 1t Is not
at all likely that the labor leaders had
to knidnap children In the circumstances
Of the strikers children in order to OBJ
tain enough to send away temporarily
to good homes, but If the mistake was
being made Of shipping any child without
its parents consent the police should
have acted In that case. And IL any evil
dence existed that any individual par
ents were acting improperly in sending
their children away their cases might
properly have received police attention.
But to make evidence justiHing police
interference in some cases, II indeed
there was any such evidence, an excuse
for wholesale interference with the rights
Of parents was nothing less than q legal
outrage, in this instance made vastly
worse by its inhumanity.
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THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
fFrom The Trlhune Bureau. /

[From The Tribune Bureau
Washington. March 5.-The British Am
bassador has accepted an invitation to
speak before the Christian Conservation
Congress TO be held in New York April
10 to "a.
The Netherlands Minister has obtained
three months leave Of absence, and with
Nine. Loudon will sail for Europe on
March l6J They will entertain the Russian
Ambassador and Nine. Bakhmeteh at
dinner on Sunday
Captain vassllieff. the Russian naval at
tache, left this morning TO remain several
days In New York.
Ali Kuli Khan. Persian Charge d Aifaires'
went this afternoon to New York to deliver
an address at the Cornell alumni dinner
given at the Waldorf Astoria Nine. All
Kuli Khan, who has been the guest of Mrs.
Frederick Schoeff. OF Philadelphia, presl-
dent of the Mothers Congress, met her
husband and went to New York with him.
They will remain at the Waldorf-Astoria
for several days and will fill many social
engagements.
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uom,,,gs OF POPE GREGORY |.

re- ,he Editor of The Tribune.
Sir. Both as a Catholic and literary
student | read with much interest tne al.
,ouncement OF Professor Wendel l.
pusb,s gift to Columbia University OF t"o
yaluable twelfth century manuscript con-
tanning the homllies of Pope Gregory
ON the Prophet Ezekiel. Aside from It's
intrinsic worth as a literary antique trIs
manuscript is invaluable for It's exhaustive
and commemorative history of the theology
Of the Middle Ages Gregory Is universahy
recognized as one of the most notable hs-
ures I'm ecclesiastical history and exercised
a momentous influence on the doctrine the
orpanization and the discipline of the Cath
Ollie Church.
His achievements were SO varied that tneS
have won for Gregory the title OF the
,,reot" but, perhaps. among the English
sneakIng races, he is the most honored OF
all as the Pope who loved the bright-faced
angels and taught them first to sing the
angels song There has always been more
or less discussion regarding the authen-
ticity of many of the writings attributed
10 Gregory. Some have been proved to be
spurious: others are still doubtful, but
among the few admitted universally to be
genuine the "Homilarium Ezechlelem
Prophetem Librl II" takes the most proml-
nent place. J. X. DONOVAN.
New York, March o. 1912.
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PoRTo RICAY CITIZENSHIP.

In the passage of the Porto Rican citi-
genship bill by the House Of Repre-
sentatives there is a prospect of the
tardy doing Of an act of elemental JUS
tice, the delaying Of which has not been
creditable 10 this country. The proposal
Is to extend TO the people Of Porto Rico
the rights Of American citizenship, such
as have been and are enjoyed by the in
habitants Of other territories which are
the property of the United States but
not q part Of the federal union. The de-
sirability Of doing this as soon as the
insular inhabitants are ready for citi-
zenship is obvious, and that they are
now and long have been thus ready will
scarcely be disputed. Without such ac-
ton the Porto Ricans are in the unhap-
DIV condition of people without coun-
try. and while our legal right thus to
hold them may be confirmed, the moral
right and the civic expediency of 1t are
gravely to be questioned.
Opposition to the measure appears to
be based upon two grounds, at the re-
spective extremes. One is that the
granting Of citizenship would logically
lead TO the admission of the island to
statehood That seems to us entirely
erroneous. Convincing precedents are
against it, Other territories have been
and are now held, quite outside of state
hood either actual or prospective, and
yet their inhabitants have been ad-
mitted TO citizenship. The District of
Columbia has been excluded from state
hood for hundred years and more, and
doubtless always will be. but its inhab-
itants are not excluded from American
citizenship.
As for the contrary theory that the
Porto Ricans arc already dc juye citizens
of the United States, IL cannot be sue
cessfully maintained on legal or consti-
tutional grounds. The Constitution Of
the United States Is not automatically
extended TO any new territory which
NAV be acquired. but must be specin-
calIy extended TO 1t, il at all, by act Of
Congress. OF course, the same is TO be
said of the rights Of citizenship guar
anteed by the Constitution. AS Webster
argued in the case Of Florida. before
that territory came into the Union, so
it may be said Of Porto Rico. that II has
no rights save those which Congress
expressly grants IT,
American citizenship must therefore
be a gift to Porto Rico from that power
which is constitutionnlly endowed with
authority to grant ii. THE proximity OF
the island 10 the United States and It's
intimate relations with this country.
the character aud conduct Of its people
and the length Of time during which
they have been under the rule Of Con-
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on the whole movement. but 1t has brought
discredit on every woman | believe in
the justice of the cause in every possible
way, but to commit lawless deeds IN order
to bring about juster laws is to defeat
your own object irretrievably By this
action Mrs. Pankhurst has set over against
her the sympathy Of every intelligent and
law-abiding citizen of every class i'm Lon
don, and | write this as one who has been
in the thick Of the movement in London
for some time.
also feel that it has put the English
government more than ever over against
our principles. Mrs. Pankhurst has quoted
the English miners now on strike. But
they are law-abiding and self-contained
men. and carrying with them the respect
Of the whole of my nation. howev much
one may be opposed to the strike. But
this window smashing campaign is unpar-
donable from every aspect.
HARRY PHILLIPS.
New York, March s. 1912.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

lFrom Inc Tribune Bureau'i
washington, March 5.-The President post
poned the regular Tuesday Cabinet meeuns'
cancelled all engagements save one or TWO,
including the reception of delegation oi
hay and grain men. to whom he SPOKE
briefly, and spent the entire day N Ms
private study working on the speeches. nc
will deliver in Toledo and Chicago.
The President and Mrs. Taft occupied
box at the Columbia tonight to see Henry
Miller In THE Rainbow" A. L. Thomas
new play. With them were Mr.. and MIS-
Horace Westcott and Lieutenant Rockwell
Mrs. Taft attended the philharmonic 90
ciety concert. where Josef Lhevinne' the
Russian pianist. was soloist, at the Ma
tional this afternoon. With her were Mrs
Fisher, Mrs. Marshall Field. Miss Maoel
Boardman, Mrs T. T. Gaff and MIS- Frahh
Ellis.
Miss Taft went to Bryn Mawr this morn
ing to visit several schoolgirl friends' one
will return on either Friday or Saturday
New-York tribune., 1912-03-06
FALSE AN4LOCJES.

Mr.. Underwood In illustrating the ap-
plication of his enlarged excise tax
put the case this way: "The bill simply
''means that |, whose business in that of
"a member Of Congress, will pay to the
government | per cent Of my salary
''incOme over $1,000" The excess being
$500, the Alabama Representative fig
ured that he would pay an annual tax
of S25.
The trouble with the Illustration is
that Congress, having exclusive and en-
tire control Of the salaries paid to Rep.
resentatives and Senator's, can at any
time vote TO reduce them in any manner
IN which 1t may see fit. Ii can lessen
the amount to Congressman's credit by
either $25 or $500 without the neces-
sity Of going through the form Of passing
an income tax or declaring lawmaking
to be business" and lawmakers to be
business men,"
No one will dispute the right Of Con-
gress to dock the salaries Of its )wn
members or of other employees Of tie
federal government. But Ii has no such
unconditional right to dock the salaries
of private citizens. and that Is where Mr.
Underwood's analogy fails. Congress
men can be reached in an ordinary APP
preparation bill. no matter whether they
are business men or not. But the courts
viii have word to say before an "ex-
else tax Is collected on the business"
carried on by saaried man or wage
Garner.
Mr.. Underwood said last week that
the excise tax would accomplish the
same result as would have been accom-
'plished by an income tax, If ii were IN
"the power Of Congress to enact an in
come law" If that be true, excise Will
be collected on such forms of business
enterprise as clipping coupons. deposit
ing dividend checks and receiving rents
Getting money from home" will be clas.
sifed as n business, under the rule.
Here, too, Mr.. Underwood stretches anal.
ogy far beyond the breaking point II
the Underwood excise tax is to do the
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4 DANGEROUS EXCURSION.

Secretary Stimson expressed the feel
ing Of the great majority Of those Re-
publicans who favor constructive work
along progressive lines" when he re-
GREETED in his Chicago speech last night
the intrusion of Colonel RoOSevelt's can
didacy into the Presidential campaign
on the ground that it could only ham,
per the cause Of progress. The .Repub-
lican party during the Presidential
terms of Colonel Roosevelt and Mr..
Taft has worked steadily to carry into
effect important reforms in legislation
and administration. Mr. Taft has dis
charged with striking success the obll-
CATION which he assumed to enlarge ana
perfect the machinery by which the
political standards set by his predeces-
sor might be attained. He has accom-
! plished results which, though they have
not been accentuated by dramatic dis
play, have been immensely valuable. No
/ one can successfully maintain that the
| Taft administration has not been AMI
mated throughout by a high sense OF
disinterestedness and duty and has not
| tended always, as Mr. StimsOn says.
toward purity and elevation in our pub
| lie service and our public life.
| 1t is regrettable. therefore. that any
contest should arise within the Repub-
| ican party which must divide those
friends Of progress who have hereto
fore worked together in harmony. But
for Colonel Roosevelt's candidacy such
I division would have been impossible
since the so-called insurgent move
ment-the personally conducted creation
of small group of Western politicians
had collapsed ingloriously and Presi-
/ dent Tafts right to denomination on
] his record as Progressive was no
! longer contested, except by few ire
concilables actuated by private griev-
ances. But the tossing Of Colonel Roose-
velts hat into the ring has had the
! effect of creating new grounds of differ
ence and of dividing Republican Pro-
| greSsives on issues not pertinent TO a
! national campaign and only meant to
distract the carty from its main pur-
! poses as a national organization.
! Secretary Stimson is right in refusing
/ to have any part in creating such un-
necessary divisions. The initiative, ref
! erendum and recall, even as Colonel
/ Roosevelt himself defines and would
| apply them relate to state government
| only. It Is not within the province Of a
! national party to say that all the states
shall put the same value on such innO-
vations in local government. What may
suit Oregon may not suit New York or
Massachusetts. In basing his candi-
dacy on the principles which he an
nounced in his Columbus speech Colonel
Roosevelt practically confessed that he
could not raise any substantial issue
{ with the administration on national
questions and that his fight against the
! President must be one which would
lead the party away from its proper
| field Of action into barren and profitless
controversies over state instrumental
/ ties and concerns.
| Most true Proeressives will agree with
! Mr.. Stimson that TO follow Colonel
I Roosevelt in that superduous and danger
Gus excurslon would tend to weaken the
ability Of the national party to carry
out the progressive national policies to
which il is now pledged.
New-York tribune., 1912-03-06
AMBASSADOR BACON HoNoRED
Notable Frenchmen Express Apprecia'
tion of His Work for Arbitration.


Paris, March 5.-Many distinguished cid
zens of France united in an eXpres'
sion of regret at the departure OF Ambas-
sador and Mrs. Bacon to-day, when spe'
cial session of the interparlamentary arol'
traton group was held in the Senate 10
honor OF the American Ambassador.
Mrs Bacon and Miss Bacon were also
present, and the company included Emile
Loubet, former President of the Republic;
Premier Raymond POincare. Arstide BIZ
and. Minister Of Justice; Antonn Dubos!'
President Of the Senate; Baron d 'Estour'
nelles de Constant, Auguste Rodin, the
sculptor; Louis Lepine, prefect OF Police.
and large delegations from the houses Q,
Parliament and other spheres OF Frsnen
life.
Baron Estournelles lie Constant. wn'
presided, expressed Frances regret at -"
Bacons departure saying that the ampes
sador had won the esteem OF all Frenen
people with whom he had come INTO con.
tact. He hailed Mr.. Bacon as trlend o.
France, and consequently as friend o.
justice, and as a man who had WorN7u
for a closer cooperation between Franc
and America for justice and peace 10 'u'
world. He presented to Mr.. Bacon yen
tiful bronze sculptured by Auguste h"r'i
The President of the Senate Antoh'n N'
bost then presented Mrs. Bacon VIVA
medallion inspired by the painting o' h
gene Carriere, the portraitst.
Ambassador Bacon responded ieennss
expressin& the opinion that despite shsfS
cism the world was moving toWaiu
substitution Of an appeal TO jusuco
place OF an appeal to force. =,
Premier Poincare followed win an o.
dress Of commendatlon OF Amoassss,
Bacon's work toward binding the eh's
States and France closer togetner'
thereby contributing to the peace oi
world and the progress OF civilization
New-York tribune., 1912-03-06
A CALL FOR THE SNOW SHOVELLER

Come back, oh, Stubs! Leave the
little job Of snow shOvelling in Topeka
to which the police have directed your
attention. Somebody will clear those
walks. A bigger job of snow shovellinG
awaits you in the East. AS soon as the
influence of your ardent temperament
was removed from this section the mer-
curry dropped. Icy blasts came from the
North and the Boom was covered knee
deep In snow. Who will dig II out bit
Stubbs. the Kansas snow shovelleri
Who but him will see to it that the 20
litical walks are not too slippery for the
uprising Of the people?
Some profess TO see in the call of the
Topeka police the hand Of the big inter
estS conspiring TO take Stubs away
from the movement by technical in
sistence upon the removal Of snow from
in front Of his residence. They do not
understand Stubbs or his function. II
never SHOWS where Stubs is. His pres
ence tempers The wind. He carries with
him perpetual spring. When his back
is turned snow may come, as 1t fell in
Kansas when he came East and as II
fell upon the Boom when he rushed
back TO shivering Kansas. He is the
great snow remover. If there were
two Stubbses Kansas would not have
to suffer while Its Governor was rails
ing the political temperature of the ma
ton. If there were a million Stubbses
the people would not have to wear their
goloshes and their ulsters while partici-
pating in this uprising. But there is
only one. Let him come back and shovel
off the snow.
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to be maintained only by maintaining the
former.
There are governmental problems still
to be solved in Cuba, and civic lessons
te be learned by her people. But each
threat of trouble is less formidable than
the one before. and each assertion Of con-
stitutional authority more effective. 1t
is a satisfaction to believe that Cuba Is
on the road to full realization OF the
ideal of freedom. not only from the OPP
preston and misgovernment of Spain,
but also from the civic decentralization
and incapacity which those conditions
entailed upon the island.
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WINDOW SMASHING
Mrs. Pankhurst' 8 Move Fatal and
Unforgetable Blunder," Says Writer
To the Editor OF The Tribune.

To the Editor or The Tribune
Sir: VIII you permit me. first, as an
Engllshman. and, secondly, as an official
speaker for the woman suffrage move
ment both here and in England. to enter
my strongest protest and condemnation
of the militant tactics now being carried
out by Mrs. Pankhurst and some OF her
followers I'm England.
Mrs. Pankhurst has done magnificent
work for the movement in the past, but
To-day she is like a general who has made
a fatal and unforgetable blunder She
has set back the woman's movement in
England for years just when 1t was within
sight of victory. This window smashing
campaign has not only brought discredit
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weoNeFuL IMPRISONMENT

,ro the Editor Of The Tribune. ,,rr,v the
Sir. want to commend very nlsnny 'S oS
o.,,c,o in your Issue of Feo,o"1
,,,dor aic the heading; Would Provide r''rn a.,
o'oI % Indemnity for Those Wronstul'y .as,o IN,
Or,soned." % That article shows ref'arMsore a.'on
,noroughness u, in research and prepara.,o" r'oo
I''o, o,'' O's n a posltion to say this because
I.,a o." made special study Of the suo)ec'
ond nn know what the difficulties are ~
',,or,rg "''u the materials and presenting
them In a readable form. ,,,,,
Naw York, March 4, 1912.
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gress. all indicate not only the pro-
priety but the urgent desirability Of TAX
ing this step and of doing so at once.
In following the example of the House
and enacting the pending bill into law
the Senate will be comforting a great
and merited boon upon the Porto Ri
cans and will be vindicating the wis
dom and justice Of our rule over our
territorial DOSSesSiOnS
New-York tribune., 1912-03-06
NEW ATTACHE FOR LoNDo'
Major George G. Squicr, U. 5. a. "
Enter on Duties There in june

Washington, March 5.-Major Geo.so
squier, u. s. A.. has been apo ont,u ~ sssy
tary attache TO the United States ~
at London to succeed Major stephsh - n
Slocum. He will leave here for Lones a
June, but in the mean time VIII ''a.t Vet
trip 70 the Isthmus of Panama 10
sites for Ave wireless stations. ,ssn
Major Squier, who for some time nss ,hs
attached TO the signal corps ihsea, ~. nat
multiplex telephone and dedieate'
ant m the government
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THE GROWTH of CUBA.

The removal of the wreck Of the Maine
from the harbor of Havana will soon be
followed by a celebration of the tentl
anniversary of the establishment Of Cuba
as an autonomous republic, and at that
time it will be natural to indulge in some
retrospect and TO observe the progre 5
which the island has made under the
rule Of its own people.
Such q review will. on the whole, be
gratifying, so far as the business inter
ests of the island are concerned. There
has been a steady growth In material af'
fairs, relatively comparable. we should
say, with that Of almost any other :oun'
try. Perhaps 1t will be most TO the pur-
pose to take the whole period since the
Spanish War for observation. I'm 1899
the total foreign trade of the island was
S125. 5.OO3,O00, and the balance was S25,-
Coz. 900 against Cuba. In 1910 the total
was 1858 100000, or more than twice as
much us I'm the preceding year, and the
balance was S43,312.000 I'm favor of Cuba.
In 1902 Cuba had in her ocean trade
3. .S4S ships. of 7S46,671 tons; and IN
1910 she had 4.647. of 11.944,272 tons
Greater progress than this the island
could not have expected.
II Is TO be wished that growth In
civic spirit and constitutional stability
commensurate with that In commerce
and Industry might become apparent
While that is more difficult to secure
than material growth In country which
nature so greatly favors. the very prog
ress in business affairs which is -
marked and gratifying should serve to
promote improvement in governmental
affairs. The people Of Cuba ought to rec
ognize the close relationship between
GOOD government and material prosper
ity, and to understand that the lattef is
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SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.

tSv telegram TO The Tribune
Newport March 5.-Though II has been
reported that Mrs. William Watts sherman
would not visit Newport this summer. II is
now said that she intends to open her es-
tate on Shepard ay.nue early In the sea-
son. She will have as her guests for a part
Of the season, it Is expected. her son-n-law
and daughter. Lord and Lady Camoys, OF
England.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence I. Gillespie will
again occupy the John Carter Brown es-
tate, on Bellevue avenue. this season.
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WelorDnrk Gribume,
WEDNESDAY. MARCH G. 1912.

Otcned and published daily By nc
Tribune Association. Nelc York corp"-
ration; ogden IL. Reid, President; Conde
HamIin. Secretary; James u. Barrett
Treasurer Address. Tribune Building
No. l54 Nassau street Nelc York
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LEAD US NOT,v ETC.

From The Horston Post
II Is said Pierpont Morgan got sIO0ooo 600 for
organizing the steel trust. While we hate that
man. We cannot forget that the Lord was good
enough to keep the temptation of such an oppor-
tunity as that out Of our reach.
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full work Of an income tax, even Dreath-
ing will have TO lie considered as iS1'
ness and everybody in this country no"
between the cradle and the grave Oe
tagged and indeXed as business man.