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4 BIiS>EU P4C' EICf7OR.
InJuring american business and violating
Neutrality.

To THE EpIToR OF THE SrH-Sir; THE
StN has made abundantly clear both in
ternatiunal usage and the historical att
tude of the United States respecting the
SHE Of goods cuntraband of war. The
conclusion follows from the facts that IT
MIR Wilson's ambition in truth is, as he
has declared to serve humanity by main
tanning for this nation a standard of neu-
tralty which shall render its good offices
in conclusion of peace acceptable to all
the belligerent nations. he is most unfor-
tuuate in his method Of striving toward
thar end
In enforcing departure from we'll es-
tablished custom in this matter Mr.. Will
son has assumed personal and official re-
spOnsibility for "A positive act Of injury to
several of the bellgerent Powers; posi-
tive because international usage creates
distinct presumptve right on which each
nation is entitled to rely and an injury
because that right is denied. In these
circumstances those nations cannot be ex-
pected to accept Mr.. Wilson or any ennis
stry representative Of him as fair and
impartial arbitrator between themselves,
whom he has injured, and their enemies
whom he has favored. contrary to the
international understanding OF Justice and
am'ty. n lack of friendliness may not
be inferred. an upfavorable Intellectual.
moral or practical bias will be regarded
as demonstrated beyond the possibility of
doubt.
1t l. of small Importance whether or not
Mr.. Wilson's ambition of availability for
prdccmdking IN Europe Is grdtified. Eu-
rope is fully competent to compromise It's
own differences. and will do 80 in its own
time and its own way and quite as well
without AS with our assistance. None hut
dcvotecs of the new freedom OF natioral
clf-rghtooLvuess is able to discern the
smallest obligation ON the part OF the
United States to serve other interests than
its own. hut II Is distinctly important TO
every American citizen that this nation
shall not further be restricted in its legti-
mate courses OF trade. and OF supreme
Importance that Il shall not he embroiled
with any other nation as result Of
ttopian ideals Of duty assumed in de-
hauce Of international standards OF right
and Justice and applied in direct oppCsi-
ton to the overwhelming and hardly re-
pressed sympathies Of our people
FRED METcALF
PLAINFiEtp. y. j. December IS
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Total for sixteen years. si,645.OOO.is 8
The grand total of S1,6i5.ooO, 600 for
The sixteen years makes the average
yearly expenditure for our navy little
more than SlOO,OOO,OOO during the pc
Rod of modernity. The Secretaries OF
The Navy in this period have been:
ions DAVIS LONG Of Massachusetts.
ncp.. March +. iss7--May 2, 1902.
WILLIAM IIESRY Moopr, Massachusetts.
RCD, May ., l9Oa-Iuy /, 1904.
PAUL MoRroN. Illinois. Rep. July /,
laot-July !, 1905.
CHARLES JOSEPH BoSAPARTE. Maryland,
Rep, July /. laO5-December Il. 1906.
NiCToR HOWARD METCALF, California,
Rep, December II. leo6-December /.
1908
TRUMAN HANpY NEwBERRy. Michigan,
Rep. December /. l9OS---March s, 1909.
GEORGE Won LENGERKE MEYER. Msssa-
chusetts, Rep. March s, ls09-March 4,
1918
JosErHus DANIELS, North Carolina,
Dem, March I. l3l3--.
We proceed to compare this cXpendi-
ture with that of the nation whose
naval power, on paper NJ least. is most
properly comparable with our own. We
refer TO the German Empire. The avail
able figures exhibit the estimates as
recorded from year to year in the
Statesman's Year Book. As they are
there given in pounds sterling, and as
we have for convenience reckoned Ave
dollars to the pound the figures below
exceed the actual expenditures OF the
German Government, hut are sufficiently
accurate for the purpose of broad
comma isOn.
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Here he average annual cNpcndi-
ture for The entire period of sixteen
years is somewhat less than SNOMn, 600.
In other words, Germany. 10 get her
present navy and 10 maintain ii mcan-
while has spent lrsS than four dollars
where We have spent more than five
dollars. And the comparison is between
cheney which her lesser expenditure
has achieved AMI the lack of pre-
parcdncSs and lack of potential eff.
cheney which is now being pointed our
in our ease. Ia the Amusement Of every
patriotic American and to his intense
desire that the whole truth shall now
b" known in order that conditions -
dangerous and So disgraccful may not
long continue.
Such, then, in one sense is the cost
of our naval rnprcparedness. How
does 1t happen that the vast exprndi-
ture has been wasted to the extent
Indicated hy he fearless tcst mony ~
the men who know ana the men who
are now telling the country the truth?
VIII" can say what the cost of o'ir
unpreparedness would he IN that other
and more important sense the cost In
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

Fran the Ral'u,n,e american
Si,. o'd santa CLAUS.
Ih,- proposal sitt.
Could N"u NOT this wear
A. ~ christmas GIT
Nu ms war rtckrd VorN
BRING this conflict grim
lu 4 -uidou ono.
AMI It's rHrrr ilrcS d'm'
ro h.. pug drawn -uif.
l'ui decisive sfop
hn the tmic- spread
something qWck let drop
- when ,hristmss comes
stead ~ Shot and shcN.
NAV ih'r' sound alone
But its 'himing bel
Na'd tho wand of War.
llnm rtpt"iuu~ clutch.
NIN" h.t what % uIHNS
'li' of plumber 'nu,h
ku' iu Europe hand
hnf ~tre'rhed Without yraE,
Place hest gift of all
Blessed one OF peace
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the form Of penalty or blackmall cx-
acted from the nations purse by n
successful invader after inillcting the
bitterest Of humlliations upon the ma
tons pride and prestige? Who can
say?
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WINTER ACADEMY
ABOVE ITS AVERAGE
Bellows. Weir and Carlson show
the Most Discussed of
the Works.
CARNEGIE PRIZE TO LENEE

The National Academy ~ I....
opened its doors vest rdty tp Iu.....I
guests and will open them today rY .,..
public on u winter exhibition that
above the academy's average iu .cr..
There are no revolutionary Worr- t...
burst upon ones view with the flr,.. ,.
masterpieces. and there is notn..s Sod.
germane to the present state ~ ,ll,u.a
In America that IT might he sent ta ...
ternational exhibitions with the ho,c 20
gaining converts to our native BON. .,.
view. One OF the pictures. hy Vi.
Cecilia Beaux. has figured In an inle,
national show, that IN pittsbur. us,
spring but had not been seen Ina tho
more brilliant company that it obtains
here.
II IL OF interest to know that ~.
place OF honor In the Vanderbilt "a.
lcry has been given this year 10 p re-
ligious work by an American painter not
hitherto known as worker on sacred
linrs-Emil Carlson. Also that Alden
WeIrs and George Bellows's picture sra
the finest they have shown f,r soma
time. ana that the jury Of awards hss
been so astonishingly indep ndcn' az -
venture into the "morguc' To- award a
prize. that for portraiture. wh.,u the.
allotted to Wayman Adams
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morpha do not exceed 10000. and the
cocaine users are very much fewer"
DIR. Blue may be a capable physician
and authority on sanitation, but he is
plainly poor crusader
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

II Is difficult to understand from
paragraph in the Springfield Republican
whether Mr.. GEORGE DUDLEY SEYMOUR of
New Haven has bought the birthplace
OF NATHAN HALE at South Coventry,
conn, IN order to preserve 1t or has
come into possession of house built
during HALE's boyhood Mr. SEYMOUR
ought to know what he is about He
mas always been an authority upon the
Connecticut hero and patriot. Yale
owes its statue on the campus to Mr.
SEYMorR's labor of love. lie has written
book about HALE which seems to leave
nothing To he said about its subject. II
the birthplace Of NATHAN HALE can he
Identified his biographer has probably
made no mistake.
IT would be interesting to know
whether there is any real foundation for
the Springfield RcpubNcdns impression
that HALE was not born in the house
purchased for a shrine. II is described
as "a typical Id New England farm
house with frame of solid -hewn oak"
situated about twenty miles cast II
Hartford ana commanding ~ distant
and lovely view westward over the Boil
ton hills WaumgamhauE Lake. whore
HALE swan. iished and dreamed az a
boy. IL in the vicinity.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

WILSON'S business legislation praised
Hc@iiinc in the ErcntnD POST
strangely enough, by the United
states Commissioner of Corporations, "A
subordinate of the Secretary of Com
merce. who is appointed by the Presi-
dent of the United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

" our friends uho favor us nth manuscripts
and Illustrations for publication tnish TO have
rejected articles returned thev must in oil cases
send sfamps for that purpose.
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London once. Bingham House. Arundel
street, strand.
Paris Office Rue de Ia Michodlere' o"
Rue du Quatre septembre.
Washington ONCE. Hlbbs BUILDING
Brooklyn once, lo6 Livingston street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

In IN" opinion Of urgcon- General
iiLrE Of the Public Health service "thc
estimate uf thc number nf drug users
has been high" the persons addicted to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-19

The graft hunters Of Rockland county
succeeded in putting two men Ii the
penitentiary, while the graft hunters in
New York county put one man in the
GONcrnor's chlir
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Prizes tvar,icd.

The Carnegie prize Of $500 for to
most nTeritorious painting In the cNh .'-
ton by an American artist, portraits .\.
copied. To HaSley Lever, foy hs "Wi-
ter st. ives
The Thomas Il. Proctor pre- for the
best portrait. to Waymau Adams
The lsidor medal for the h,s' ngug.
composition, TO Charles ". Hawthorne
The Helen Foster Barnett prize for ..
best piece Of sculpture. to LOUIS =.
trCh
There will not he any quarrel W.
this distribution of the huuur~ except
possibly in Mir Clrchs ease. whose lt's
table ornament seems rather modest fo-
such Il great distinction. Nj L,Ncl 'h-
vim OF the Carnegie prize, has bee
openly trying for a prize for sonIc yetrs
and u was foreg"ue CouciusIu. '.1t
one would come 90 him soon. It's awe
Guilty heretofore has been that 90 .ol-
forming TO the large size that IS rqulte
for prize gaining pictures he has too
much extended subjects not fitted for
extension. and in consequence ms com
positions. IN spite OF the rigor of 'Ns
execution. have been thin. This YEA he
has gaug6d the size Of his canvas W.T.
more success, and II one qudrIcIs 1T At
with the contents Of his scene 10 ls nor
because il Is empty hut that It is nov
rather too full He shows IN" beach o.
I.
ing village. with some OF the SHOWS -
winter and all Of the dul gray green
atmospherp. 1t is a characteristics pri1"
winning picture. hut has no especia.
charm. There are rathcI more char'r
and more wit and life IN Nj. Lever
second work. "a summer view OF =
Ives, with bathers in the SURF and mn.
else besides but upon the whole '.'
committee was quite right I'm liking u'''
the more compact winter scene.
Mr. Hawthorne must also Ice conced"
from an accidental point of view, TO d.
serve his prize. for his "PelGuoir Rose
better than much of his recent work
is drawn with NOR" neatness and 'uIo.'
with less Alteration than usual
PORTRAIT Of Alexander Eruestinnn,' p
Wayman Adams Of Indianapolis, VII
uvercame the prcjudices Of tho Jur
against the "morsue,' m which II hang
and secured tho Proctor prize, h. W,'ho'
color. 80 To- speak. but the artist HIS MA
fearless grasp At the character OF '-
sitter
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In the postponemert until Deccm-
her 1918. ~ the labor union bill "a
crowd American ships with unucccs-
sarv scamen Senator IA FoLLETrE pcts
a hard slam. hut the national mercan-
tile marine gets a years respite from
extinction.
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Published daily. including sunday. by the
sun Printing and Publishing Association al
40 Nassau street, In tho Borough OF Man
haitian, New York. President and Treasurer
william c. Reick, 10 Nassau street; vice
President. Edward Z. Mitchell, 10 Nassau
street; Secretary. c. L. Luxton. 10 Nassau
street
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History is silent "a to whether lions
ever before escaped in New York and
peramhulated the highways. The prob
abilities are that the incident Of Thurs
day evening will not he duplicated in
n hundred years. II was unique OPP
poriunity, So, naturally, the police had
to make the most Of II. They managed
to net three prisoners on charges not
clearly defined. Justice may not he
quite satisfied. hut the record Is swollen
"A little and one more point Is scored
FOR slccplesS vigilance.
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The Cost of Unpreparedness.

The growth Of expenditures on ac-
count Of naval preparations for de-
fence has been portentously rapid dur
ing the past sixteen years. Since the
war with Spain the annual disburse'
ments for the upbuiding and mainte-
nanco of orr navy have been a. follows.
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-25
GUARD IS
PUT BY KAISER
ON HIS WEALTH
William Transfers Extensive Bank
Accounts to Institutions Loyalty
German in All Transactions.
Special Cable to The, American.

BERLIN, Jan. Glowing to politi-
cal considerations, Kaiser Wilhelm has
decided to make an important change
In the administration of his very con-
siderable private fortune.
Heretofore the management OF his
personal possessions have been in
trusted almost wholly to the financial
firm of Delbrueck, Schiclsler & Co.,
who acted also as his bankers. Herr
Ludwig Delbrueck, head Of the arm,
was an old and trusted friend of the
Kaiser and advised him upon all mat
ters pertaining to investments.
Upon his death. short time ago.
the management of the firms affairs
devolved upon Baron Won Schickler,
the younger partner who lives In
Paris, and is a Frenchman in all but
birth SchiclSler's daughter Is also
French by marriage, her husband,
Count Hugo Pourtales, being reserve
officer in the French army
While Franco German relations are
theoretically quite friendly. the Kaiser
decided 1t was inadvisable to leave the
administration of his wealth to hands
so largely subject to foreign control
and transferred his business affairs TO
two purely German institutions. the
Royal Seehandlung and Imperial
Bank.
The exact extent of the properties
involved is unknown, but outside OF
his civil list and the domains belong
ing to the crown the Kaiser has an
immense personal fortune in his own
right, though but little OF 1t Is readily
convertible into cash. According TO
some estimates, he is the richest man
in Germany. though, as considerable
part of his property is in the form OF
unproductive estates, he doesn't al
ways have surplus ready cash at his
disposal.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-25
u. S. Cotton King MacFadden to
Finance Shackleton's Forthcom-
ing Polar Expedition.
ENGLlSHMEN ARE WORRIED
Pathetic Story Of Scott Tragedy
Comes to Light as Prepara-
lions Are Made.
sn.oisl Cable to The American.

Special OdpiC " tHC S>HtCt eSdus
LONDON, Jan. 24.-All London
clubdom. as well as scientific circles.
is wondering who the financial power
behind Sir Ernest Shackleton's forth
coming expedition to the South Pole
is.
Despite all speculation, the identity
of the hacker remains a dead secret,
but public opinion seems to be di-
vided between Sir James M. Barrie
and John AlacFadden, the American
cotton king, but when asked concern
ing the rumors, Sir Ernest denied
pointblank that either was responsible
for the s250,0G0 subscribed.
$4,000 Anonymous Sift.
Neither Barrie nor MacFadden
is the donor of the sum-" he said.
III is true that l received an anony-
nous gift of ,$175,e00 from an Eng
lishman. but no American has given
as much. it is possible that Mr..
MacFadden may contribute some
thing on his next trip to England, but
! can not say anything now whether
he has vet given anything or not"
Despite this diplomatic denial there
IS no doubt that Sir Ernest Shack
Teton mas three gIuarantors, namely,
Lord Northcliffe, Barrie and Mac
Fadden, each of whom is ready to
advance the entire amount.
In Barrieis case it is on account
of his wish to see the work OF his
friend Scott completed. In regard to
Lord Northciiffe, Shackleton doubt
less is unwilling to tie up his expe-
dition with a newspaper proprietor
who would make demands for first
news. while in the case of MacF'ad-
den. between whom and Shackleton
great friendship exists, the explorer,
beyond question, can ask anything ne
likes
Press Battles for Rights.
Meanwhile, Shackleton is in active
negotiations with various newspapers
and pictorial agencies for the sole
rights to his news and pictures, and
g lively battle is now proceeding be-
tween the competitors.
Apropos the Shackleton trip, Gu
rious story has just come TO light in
connection with Captain SCOTS
death. One night, it is related, MS
little son, Peter, was alone and heard
mis- father calling. Lady Scott as
sured him that this was Impossible,
but the child persisted until finally
he said: Daddy has now stopped
calling"
Afterward it was ascertained that
this incident occurred at the exact
time when Captain Scott was writing
his last words in his diary
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-25
LADY MARY CURzON
TO BOW At COURT
Lady Suffolk, Her Aunt, Objects
to Lady Miller as Choice for
Her Chaperon.
Special Cable to Tho American.


LONDON, Jan. 24.-Great prepare
tons already have been made for the
coming out OF Lady Mary Curzon,
daughter OF Lord Curzon and the
former Miss Mary Letter, of Chicago.
who will be presented soon at court
Lady Mary has not her mothers
proud look but under the supervision
of her father she has been brilliantly
educated and already Is noted for her
striking wit and her sparkling con-
versation. Lady Miller of Mander-
ston will act as h ecrhaperon the
firsts eason.
1t Is an open secret that Lord Cur
zon intends to obtain q special ire
mainder" whereby the title will pass
to Lady Mary at his death, which
would be otherwise impossible should
he died without male heir.
Constant rumors are floating about
regarding Lord Curzon's matrimonial
intentions for his daughter, but Moth
ing definite. In any event, II only
on account OF his enormous wealth.
there is sure to be great competition
for the hand of Lady Mary. The for
tune left by her mother has hugely
accumulated under her fathers care.
The only fly in the ointment at the
present moment is the fact that Lady
Suffolk, sister of the late Lady Cur
zon, objects to Lady Miller as chap
eron.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-25
Special Gable to The American.

0poCiaI SdDie TO ' ne american.
LONDON, Jan. 24.-Colored and also
pure white tresses are gaining a GER
tain vogue for evening wear. The
fashion started in Paris, and was in
troduced to London very tentatively
in September Nothing much came
OF 1t until, at the recent Picture Ball
at the Albert Hall, one lady appeared
with deep indigo hair and another
with mauve curls encircling her fore
head. At the recent Arabian Nights
ball one of the dancers wore green
hair, and white has been worn on
in modern costume, the wearers being
in modren costume. or course, in
each case the hair has been in the
nature OF a wig.
M. Vasco, OF Dover street, an ex-
ponent OF the fashion, said: 81 think
the new idea should make its way.
We have as many as from is to 20
inquiries a day concerning It. think
white hair will most certainly become
more general for evening wear. We
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-01-25
Make This and Try 1t
for Coughs
This Home ade Remedy Has No
Equal for Prompt
Results.

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Take a teaspoonful every one. two
or three hours.
This simple remedy takes hold Of
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