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New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
The Spanish Flag First.
ten years ago

The widespread approval of the suggestion IN
those columns that vessel bearing the Spanish
flag sbould GO first of all through the Panama Canal
encourages the hope that the government may be
rarsuoded to adopt that gracious course and to do
60 moreover. with supreme felicity on the Balboa
nov" which is elsewhere TO be 50 greatly cee.
brated.
There is perhaps not time now to construct a
rorrCduction Of one Of Balboa's caravels but some
suitable vessel could be found and sent from Spain
to serve the purpose.
On that day the world viii be celebrating one "'
the greatest achievements in geographical eNPI"ra
ton and discovery. Surely the lSthmus 'l IahaHl'
above all other regions on the globe should snare
in that commemoraton. And in no way could that
be done more impressiyely than In that "hich We
have suggested.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
China Drifting Upon the Rocks.

China has now practically surrendered outer
,,oocolia to Russia the polite fiction of buffer
state" being maintained for time merely to save
face" Tibet of course. goes to Great brlId'h' No"
q number Of the great southern provinces are VI
ganizing a revolution the object or winch Is 'ne
establishment of an independent repuohc
Meantime Yuan Shih-kai as mere fro'lSioha'
President has no power to check these processes.
and the National Assembly or Parliament persists
in an intermnable taBfest and negiects el'her u
elect President to adopt constitution
When such craft with so little structural CO.
berence goes full tilt upon the rocks it is not likely
70 get off again. at least under its own flag.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
Arbitration or Reputation !

Nothing more stutfying or more lReN 10 aodse
America in international esteem could easily oe
imagined than an application of the principles WHICH
Mfr BRYAN sets forth in his latest note To japan
II has been this country's pride that mouern aroi
trotion was first advocated here by Franklin ana
Hamilton that in our Treaty Of Washington 1t mao
its first great use and that il has been resoried u
by us more than by any other nation. MI bryau
has himself been proclaminc at countless Chau'au-
ouas the gospel of peace through arDnraton' anu
has made or renewed various arbitration treaties
Yet now the world is told that 1t really Is ho'
worth while to arbitrate disputes with the Ohieu
States because the awards will he of no euect ui-
loss they can be enforced by litigation; wherefore III
stead of seeking an impartial international tripuh''
II is better TO be content with an appeal to our oN
courts And TO this it is added that no treaty Vi
any kind with this country is binding beyond tue
will of any individual state.
The relationship between national treaties anu
state legislation is not fully defined and ii may III
volve some delicate and difficult problems But the
American people will refuse to believe that II I'M
nosos upon us a non possumus which would plilorE
America as the one nation whose plighted faith was
false and whose treaty obligations were subject 10
rpDplatiOn
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
The Final Test for the Davis Cup.

Our brilliant American tennis team made cIe"n
sweep of its matches against both the German anu
Canadian teams-a fairly notable achievement I'D
itself. If now meets Great Britain in the challenge
round for the Davis Cup, and hne tussle Is III
nrospect with the chances well in our favor
The only cloud on our prospects Is the apparent
"in.and-out" form which the marvellous McLoush-
lin." as the London papers delight to call him. mas
been displaying of late. He seems to have gone
stale as a result of the long Wimbledon tournament
and not to have found his top form since. tie had
enough in reserve to cope with the best Of Germany
and Canada But the British team is another
matter.
Parke Dixon. Roper Barrett and Gore are tne
folr named and though none Of them IS capame
Of tbe rare pace which Wildng struck in his we
tory over Mclaughlin there is host of wise souiu
tennis among them Long experience is back oI
tbe team and an of-day the part OF any OF our
Youngsters is certain to be taken advantage Oh
There is the additional fact that the English u"u'
blcs team-probably Dixon and Roper-Barrett-naS
a clear advantage over our men ana Is IKeP ~
score AT least this one point for Great Britain.
Great tennis is in store this week. And the DAVIS
Crn Is surely i'm graver danger of fitting from the
onnire than II has been since it left these Shores
ten years ago
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
A WATERWAY OF EMPIRE
For Which the Servians Are Fighting
in the Vardar Valley.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: relegrams from Europe have ap-
peared in American newspapers. notably
July l3. headed New Balkan War Wagcd
for Control Of Vardar Valley. Servia' $
outlet TO the Sea Serbs Fight tor OPP
portunity to Construct Ship Canal from
the Danube 10 the HlScan."
May ask the courtesy Of your columns
for clear statement Of the matter some
what variously referred to in those dis
patches? They concern the Dlnube-
TScan Canal. a work of large inter- a
tional commercial Importance initiated
and carried to its present stage wholly
and entirely by my husband, Prince
Lazarovch- h-Hrebelianovich. and Servian
engineers under the direction Of the most
distinguished OF all Seryan engineers,
Professor Stamenkovich. OF BELGRADE Uni
versity, whom my husband engaged for
that purpose. This work has formed the
object Of my husbands 5 efforts for over
ten years.
The Danube H5gean Canal. through the
rivers Elbe Rhine. Oder. Danube. the
Seryian river Morava and the Serbo-
Greek river Nardar. will form a direct
waterway from the Baltic and the North
seas TO ,he A5gean shortening the route
from Hamburg and all other ports on
those waters to Suez by over LOO miles.
It's enormous commercial value to all
S----Srn and Central Europe Is self-evl-
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
New York. July IS. 1913.

The question as 70 how 70 spen 'n'
name OF a watering place IN Bohe'nis
was submitted by a New York woman
n a resident OF the spa. The answer d'o
not decide the point. but It afforded 'nOs'
who were interested some amuse'ieHs
"Tre place is naming after a name w. -
bv Won is Charles" says the writer. ~
person will be deceive II carl or haii :
written. Each one is entire right so you'
letter with Carlsbad will come equal ul'
"a with Karlsbad addres. Us ousii'esS
people care us very little OF the hs"e
hcw Il is spelling" The evident desns
on the part OF the writer 70 be on o'
sides OF the question was uusUa
however. by the printed letterhead' WIN"
had "Karsbad" on the date line ana con.
tained IN a corner also the legend HHS
lish spoken
Mike-Do yez believe in the recall Oh
Pat|That do not The last time ,sss S
up before hts honor he seZ: rscan n.calI
face. sixty days" Am agin the le
Of iudges.-IAfs.
What he calls an effective sussesuO"
test" is given by Professor Hugo ~
sterberg in an article on How can
Know Ourselves?" In THE Youths |V~
panion." Draw several pairs OF -,
cles." writes the psychologist, a"D ~
your friend decide which circle !" rs
pair IS the larger. In some cases ", Sn,.
one circle slightly larger than the o'n.
usually. however make the circles ol
paIr the same size. In each circle W. W..
figure of two digits. Although the e. %,
are alike. you will find that II IN ony a.
have written a small number S", ,gs,
twenty-one. and In the other a,
number. such as seventy-nine' the UV' ell
girl who is open to suggestion WI" aha
YOU that the circle that contains n
higher number is the larger. Ine 'iIS Son,
.he number suggests a wrong idea A'
the size OF the circles
You say your wife is an anu'''
glst?" .,,,,a gsddlns
around the country asserting thaas,nstor thas
ans place Is the home. -" aS"'
Herald.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
Travel.

When you travel do you look for that with when
YOU are most familiar already: That Is at least
better than setting out to verify all the bromide
congratulations Of your predecesSors-the sI"WhesS
of Spanish railway trains the sameneSs OF BRUSH
breakfasts But since vacation Is supposed 10
imply some kind Of a change why shouldh We
travel this summer with determination TO be open
minded. trying 10 be impressed by what really Is
the fact without reference to a priori misconcep-
tons?
Many Anglo-American travellers in Latin coun-
tries assume that those countries are notable for
volatile qualities and sexual rregularty; they are
seldom disappointed in discovering that the French
Substitute Italians, Spaniards ArgentnoS accord
ing 10 your travel routeJ are indeed, superficial.
ebullient. effeminate and grossly immoral Yet the
most intelligent traveller in the world is very often
the dupe of an accident. coincidence. into which
he reads all the signfcation of Browning poem.
He may and often does accept the anomaly as the
tyre. We remember an Englishman at Pau who
positively insisted that all American women worth
million or more dollars had their teeth set with
diamonds He wasn't iesting. either; he swore that
he had seen an American heress so bedecked, and
the vision made him sure Of his ground. But this
travellers wise ignorance is no more striking than
that OF the Traveller whose HTSl IMPRESSION OF SOhc
land or nationality conflicts with the truth Of the
ages and who ever after distortS all history.
science art and politics in order to substantiate
and document his great discovery The influence Of
the Chestertonan paradox is active here. \ jour
nastic friend Of ours ate indigestble dinner on
the occasion Of his second visit to Paris. and argued
rather hotly with his travelling companion as to
the word sabotage--and whether 1t was in any way
associated with the word savate His disgust at
these little incidents had the effect Of depressing
him. and he straghtway turned off an article for
British review entitled "rhe Misery Of Paris
demonstrating to his satisfaction that life in
that capital was torture 10 any one Of fine in
slncts that the Lutetian repute for good cookery
WAS hollow jest; that the accommodation for trav-
oilers was execrable, even in the Rue Castigone;
that the French name for courtesy was deserved
neither In the twentieth century nor any other;
that the scholarship of the. sorbonne was beneath
contempt; that even the most highly respected
newspapers were absolutely purchasable that there
WAS no more French acting worth the price of
ticket an f,oisi6mc: that the entire French army
could not conceivably face even squadron Of
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
An Open Forum for
Public Debate

power in repose' and spiritual refresh
ment in quiet meditation.
Moreover how can anything which
from all points OF view Is right and
practical De looked back to With horror
The former American Sabbath IS looked
back &c as something that was a,together
desirable and good that was "a shining
light" whereas the burning OF witches
was a chaotic darkness where light had
not yet been created. The two have no
more comparison than have darkness and
light.
II the present Mayor had been so good
a s 10 advise that the American saooatn
he still remembered would 'PFesoyte-
rian" also in that case have appreciated
the Mayors word? Even within the
home one regrets 70 see the time OF res.
broken into by secular duties OF one klnd
or another. but to walk out Of the IRON.
door on a Sunday with baseball bats ana
tennis racquets looks un-American' wiz
and uncivilized. Isn't that true?
TRIBUNE READER
Brooklyn, July IS, 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
THE AMERICAN SABBATH
On That Day Baseball Bats Look
Wild and Uncivilized to This Reader.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: "A Presbyterian" advocating sun
day baseball? That looks somewhat SEN
sational and defiant. hut, Of course, II
does not mean that every Presbyterian"
In order to keep well and happy must
play baseball on the Sabbath day. Sure,
the Sabbath was made for man. but,
then. man is supposed TO have head. -
as well as arms and feet II was be-
cause OF the Sabbath being made for
man that the grandparents of some OF
these present day Sabbath breakers
would with their dearly loved Bible retire
10 some shady nook to search out It's
valued meanings and in this manner
after their six days labor would find
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
The City's One Big Job and the
Man to Do 1t.

The Evening Post" which is supporting Mr. NC
Aneny says that he believes there Will be nVe pis
Jobs before the next Mayor of this city:
The establishment of systematic and construc-
tive plan OF city building, in the broad sense OF Tue
phrase; Improvement of general living conditlohs'
revision of the finances; reorganization ana better
mept Of the administration of the police and the
inferior courts that deal with crime, and last but
most important revision of the city charter
Some of these big jobs" may be brushed aside
as not worth considering in picking cahdida'e
who is qualified for Mayor city plan has oeen
talked of for years 1t probably Will be talkeu ol
for years to come. If it ever becomes an actualty
it will be the work of the Board of Estimate ana
Apportionment not of the Mayor alone Many at
tempts have been made to revise the charter Nhen
It is revised the Legislature will do the revising
The Mayor lacks authority.
Improvement of general living conditions is
a fine big phrase Everybody uses it. Everybody
sympathizes with the ideal. Very little is accom-
pished in single administration, and that little IS
largely the work of the Board of Estimate and Ap-
portionment Revision of the finances is no one
mans work The Mayor may do something through
his heads of departments. The Board of Estimate
and Apportionment may do more.
This leaves only police reform, of the 'hye og
iobs" the one pressing issue before the city to-day
and the only one Of Mr.. McAneny's five whose so
luton is solely dependent on the Mayor We may
have a good Board of Estimate and Apportonment
and the police administration may be rotten. his
administration has shown that
There is only outstanding issue Wmch every
ono will recognize as vital and pressing 1t Is I'M
nossible TO lose this big job of cleaning UP the
nolice among a lot of other big jobs 1t Is I'M
nossible 10 cover il with words or make the puphc
lose sight of It, 1t is impossible to distract atteh'
ZION from it with talk Of charter revision cl'!
naps improvement of living conditions or revision
of finances
There il stands and it makes the other big Jons
look mighty little 1t has been the city's big Jop
since Lexow days. twenty years ago 1t VIII be the
citv's big Job twenty years from now II men WIN
no more qualification for performing 1t than ME-
McAneny has are elected Mayor.
The city has never got far with its Die Joo ne
cause it has never had the man for It, 1t now mas
the man for # in District Attorney Whitman. Men
may fry 10 confuse the issue by pretending 'hal
other little twoby-four jobs are as big as TINS Joo'
Selfappointed reformers may pretend TO select can
didates. but the people know what the DIE Joo Is
and they know the man to do IT,
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
Still Lootine the Foreign Service.

In unpleasant contrast with the nomination OF a
man of admirable equipment Ike PROFESSOR fau'
S Reinsch as Minister to China is the raid when
the state Department is making on various Lauh'
American posts at present hlled by pronoIionS
from the lower ranks Of the diplomatic service Inc
Tribune not long ago called attention to the aomn-
fstratons surrender to the old spois theory In the
appointment Of Ministers TO Cuba. Costa Rlca ana
Nicaragua In order TO make room for men uh-
trained in diplomatic life and owing thelr prefer
ment to political influence or partisan services three
Young Americans were displaced who had taken at
jts face value the governments pledge to recognize
merit In the lower grades OF the diplomatic corps
and by promotions from the bottom up to insure
II pcrplanent career in it for those who might dis
play special industry and ability.
II was bad beginning for an administration sup
rosedlv LOYAL to the merit system and pledged 10
maintain it against the assaults of the hungry once
seeker Now the State Department has commnted q
fourth offence against the spirit of the Executive
order OF November 26 1909 encouraging recognition
for merit in the corps by forcing out Montgomery
SCHUYLER jr. the present Minister to Ecuador ana
dsposing Of that post as piece Of political spos'
Mr.. Schuyler had worked up from the lowest grace
In the service and had qualified himself by study
and experience TO be capable diplomat. 1t was an
objectionable blow at efficiency and stability in the
service to displace him, since that was equivalent
10 giving public notice that men in the lower grades
must run the risk of dismissal without cause In case
they show enough capacity to rise to the rank Of
minister or ambassador
Inder Mr. Clevelands second administration
Josiah Quincy won unenviable notoriety as the
"looter' Of the foreign service. But there were
then no orders or precedents warning of the spoils
men One Of the most striking evidences OF the
development Of sounder ideas since that time has
been the general recognition at Washington that
maintaining a foreign service chiefly for purposes
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
FROM A SMALL TRADER
He Supports the Complaint of : IS.
elimination.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir Like Mr.. H. Z. Hamilton have
been penalized In trying TO trade in less
than one hundred shares of stock on the
New York Stock Exchange and have
given 1t up I'm disgust AS 10 Mr.. Muirs
statement that small lots Of stock can
be traded In at prices quoted on the tape.
It may be said that said statement Is all
bunk" and simply an evidence Of loss
of temper. proving that he knows that
he Is In the wrong.
The members Of the Exchange have
OF course, the right TO scalp one-eighth.
one-fourth or ! per cent or more II
they can from one another, but dealers
should deal in their offices with their
customers. naming the price at which
they will buy or sell AS II is now. one
buying ten. twenty or hfty shares has to
pay one-eighth over the tape quotation
and selling to take one-eIghth less. This
surely. in spite OF Mr.. Muir's special
pleading, is an unfair discrimination
against the small man.
ALEXANDER j. MILLS.
New York. July 10. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
INTERVENTION IN MEXICO
None of Our Business TO Enforce
Peace There. Asserts a Reader.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir. By what Just warrant or what
moral grounds. can the United States in
termedile with Mexican affairs. however
muddlrd?
The business of our government IS 10
maintain an equitable public order within
the territory of It's jurisdiction. but NOT
elsewhere. Its forclble interference In
Mexico would be Incompatible with that
order. involving the imposition OF i"-
equitable burdens upon the people OF this
country the great majority OF whom have
little interest in the ventures which some
have chosen TO make In Mexico.
when our citizens shall come 10 under
stand that they must look 10 the Mexican
government alone for protection Of invest
mcuts they hazard In It's territory. and
that this government will no longer IN
dertake to pull their chestnu;s out OF the
fire, We shall have little trouble with
Mexico aud Mexico will have less With
herself JOHN SHERWGN CROSBY.
New York. July IS. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
THE PEOPLES COLUMN

dent-a fact which led my husband to put
forth the scheme with fun commence
though his chief object in the under
taking was the economic development an"
liberation OF Scrvia from Austrla-hu uh
gary. The dispatches have erroneo1sN
mentioned American engineers as having
made the reports. That confusion oi
statement is. due. no doubt 70 the tact
that Prince I.azarovich-Hrebe
for the purposes exclusl' ely OF his canal
project. Incorporated the American En-
cheering Company OF New jersey,
which is his individual property. as are
also all Of the engineering reports. sur
veys. maps. financial reports. project OF
construction. etc. and the concession
from the Servlan government for the pre-
liminary work-which has still some wears
10 run.
This great work. enhanced immeasur-
ably in SCOPE and value through the re-
acduirement by the Serbs II their old Sero
lands. will he continued and put through
10 final accomplishment without delay as
soon as the war comes 10 an END.
Tie American Consular and Trade Re-
ports from the Balkans 10 Washington
for July I. 1909. take note Of the Danuee-
.Tgoan Canal surveys and project. whlch
are also fully elucidated with map In the
appendix Of the second volume Of the
Servlan People by Prince and Princess
I.azarovlch- -Hrebellanovich. published oy
Charles Scr!bner In 1910 and Werner
Laurie I'm London in lell-nnd in 1909 The
New-York Tribune was one OF the news
papers which gave this subject the fullest
notice. devoting TO II half a page, with
map illustration.
ELEANOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ANOVGCH
Nav York July Il, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
THIS MADDEN1NG TOWN
Appeal Is Made for a Suppression Of
Needless Noise.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: The Tribune editorial Of Tuesday
on New York uproar encourages me to
appeal to tie Mayor to enforce the ordi-
RANGES against needless noise.
Were the ordinances enforced New
York would he improved for such or
us as are obliged % dwell N town.
will appeal TO the owners OF auto
mobiles 10 observe the ordinance against
the use of the cut out IN the city streets
will appeal also to the companies operat-
ing taxcabs 10 abate the uProar caused
by the cut out
Why should the Mayor not interest him
self in the enforcement OF ordinances
intended TO protect the health of the
people against noise Mayor who
would subdue the maddening roar OF New
York would be a blessing 10 every inter
est ELMER LEE. VI. d.
New York. July Is. 1918.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

Neyicap Federas without fnching-ahd ~ ini"'
noints besides that we have forgotten them
That friend was paid five pound sterling io' n''
LITTLE article and bought ticket to Geneva "nen'c
no vrote long account of Swiss mountain cIimplng
Crbose risks he rdculed). Two days after he 'au
nosted the article he lost his life in TeVasSe' yet
our friend was always sincere and tried 10 pe just
in his articles and il only traVeIer tn"' "e
proved an utter failure.
America has long figured as the lahu u '"'
dollar" To-day the country is rediscoVered D! -"
r,,,oous nc dealism's native heath. Pretty 500"
Americans will perhaps really believe themselves
mast masters of aesthetic as well as elhIc' WI
d.ys If is the fashion for artists iourne!lhs o""
MGR to clan America on the back as the nome oi d
now architecture \ few more white lies sPoNe'
nv roto o,iests Of ours more polite certainly tlin
ron,oir Hall and Mrs. TrollOpe and Charles pch
ensl and we will believe them ourselves ""' ''
about convincing the rest Of the world. lI'e'atu''
-rowadavs il is iournalism-has a great deaI 10 uo
with establishing national types ana CUSTOMS -
was only because writers made France out TO oe
tho homo Of gallantry (boh meanings. please) tn''
r,rorcb,,er bocame the lovers of Europe. Anlerl
can hustle is an equally literary tradIti'h' ""''
= New York business man runs up the sup"a!
stems and iostles fellow pedestrians on the paw
mont only to relax in swivel chair place his ieet
n, tho desk. light cheap cigar ard devise ways OF
uoetinr fine ostentatiously enough 70 live UP 10
the convention.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
LAYING" ON THE SAND
Mud Turtle English Is Properly
Rebuked.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: The defrauded taxpayers OF MAD
haitian should unite IN demanding thar ,n'
pspils in its public schools be tausht Us
Ginerence between the verbs 10 lay ana
10 lie. Since the beginning OF the sea-
side season / have listened 70 iar we,
hans I should say sunburned) girl sFao,
yates speaking OF laying In the SAND ui1.'
| have felt disposed TO ask. "When "e''
YOU transformed into turtles%
CLARA MARSHALL
New York July IS. 1913.
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

OF political patronage is an insult to the nation
intelligence Is the Wilson administration whilhg
TO 90 back to Quncysm in its demoraizing use VI
the service to pay patry political debts!
New-York tribune., 1913-07-20
EVEN MORTIFIED.

still do!

From The Philadelphia North American.
Cheese. learn part Of our lesson this morn
ing is now cured by electricity. We have cheese
that must have been shocked dreadfuly.