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TURKEYS RAILROADS.

A map of Turkeys railroad lines
NAV be of considerable interest to
those working out the possibilities
arising from her participation in the
war.
Turkey is in contact with the allies
at two points-with Russia on the
Caucasian frontier, with England at
the Suez canal. Even when she was
a European power her strength lay
in Asia Minor, where the great body
of her Mohammedan as well as her
Turkish population is concentrated.
In past wars the difficulty in mob
ilizing this strength has been her
chief weakness. In the Turco- Rus
sian war it was fatal. And when,
after that war, she seriously con-
! templated a program of railroad ex-
pansion to overcome it, the diplo-
matte pressure brought by Russia
against the plan was so heavy, and
has remained so obstinate, that she
has mover yet been able to complete
the ncftheyn line which wac intended
to run to the frontier. Its eastern
terminus is still Angora, and for
land operations against Russia she
must still either rely on the forces
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rine in time of war he would "string
them up to the yardarm, even If he
had to face a court-martial after
ward"
Holding the view that humane
warfare is foolish, it is easy to see
how he was led to remark "when
you have to wiring a chickens neck
all you think about is wringing it
quickly. You don't give the chicken
interval for refreshments and recup-
Grafton. 1t should be the same with
warfare"
Within a year after Fisher became
first sea lord he scrapped every
naval vessel that was not absolutely
up to date. A man as drastic as
this is the type of man who will not
permit cruisers to be torpedoed if his
iron hand can reach the seat of the
trouble.
With the entire North Sea mined,
there may not be such opportunity
for daring submarines of the U-9
type to steal from behind trawlers
and send English battleships to
Davy Jones' locker. But catching a
British submarine with a dropped
mine is quite as serious.
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II. !. NJ. the Conductor. Defended.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
In answer to b. NJ BalllngtOn:--I
think 1t Is too bad he cannot afford an
automobile, and ] for one second the
motion that the $225 per day Mon
archs" will profit considerably bv all Of
wards getting p. NJ b. n machine, il he
and all of his kind will solemnly swear
not to ride on n street car again.
all classes of people: First, the man and
ready: Second the man who tries to get
through without paying anything at all;
Third, comes man boarding the car
Ist a transfer junction after having
spent about an hour looking around for
q discarded transfer about a month old.
who is in a terrible. hurry knocking
everybody over getting in the car. and
tries to Sip II over on the Con" and
If His Majesty nails him and makes
him come across, he is a Sorry looking
Guy.
He gets by sometimes. and the poor
''Con." Is five to the bad. His Males
ty." the $225 per day "Monarch" is "a
good fellow If you treat him as such.
but after he gets through his DAYS work
erd finds he has to pay some fares for
old transfers. or he gave that Guy
a quarters worth OF tickets for a nickel
which that party said was a quarter,
why ] think IL he gets over all this.
he should not only he called the 81 u
per day Monarch" but His Majesty
the Grcat--The Conductor. C A. c.
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IN MEXICO.

Every week increases the complex
ity of the Mexican situation and de-
creases the seeming probability that
peace can be restored and real re-
construction begun without more
warfare. Down underneath the froth
of the Aguas Calientes convention is
the bottom fact that Carranza and
Villa are determined to quarrel; that
each has some claims to considera-
ton, and that each has at his back
a military force that he seems will
ing to use if necessary.
Villa does not want to be Presi,
dent, but he also does not want Car
rama to be President. The effort tc
find a man on whom the two sides
can compromise is well-nigh impos'
sible. Gutierrez has been designated
The Washington times., 1914-11-04
Books on the War
At Library

Available for students of the war are
the following works on Politics and
War, placed on the open shelves in the
lobby of the Public Library by Libra
rian George F. Bowerman.
Additional pamphlet material and
newspaper clippings to supplement the
material will be found in the references
room.
POLITICS AND WAR.
Angel, Norman, pseud. Foundations OF in
ternationaI polity. 1914 JQ-An44f-
Angel. Norman. pseud. Great Illusion 1919.
Bloch, /. s. Future of war in its technical
and political relations. 1903 JQ-B622.
Fullerton. W. NJ Problems of power. 1915
JU3o-F955.
Gooch, G. P. History Of our times. lss5-1s11
1911. FO7e-G5s3.
Hawkesworth. c. E NJ Last century In
Europe. C1s14-1s10.) 1872 FSo7s-H34
Hill, d. j. World organization as affected
Lamszus, wilhelm. Human saughter-house.
1915 JQ-L219.
Lynch, F. H. Through Europe on the eve
of war 1914 FsGs-L99.
Mahan, A T Armaments and arbitration.
1912. JXAR-M275.
Mahan. A. T. interest of American In tn
ternational relations. 1910 JUS-Mz4.
Ogg. F. a. Governments Of Europe. fsfs.
Quick. Herbert. On board the good ship
Earth; Il survey OF world problems. 1913.
HOE.
Rose. ]. H. Development of European na-
tions. 1s7e-1soc. v. 1896. F3o-R72d.
Schevill, Ferdinand. Political history Of
modern Europe. 1911. JU30-Schz1
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of the neighborhood or move her
armies and supplies through 5Oo
miles of mountainous and almost
roadless country.
But for a campaign against Egypt
the situation is altogether different.
German enterprise and German cap
ital have gradually driven the Bag
dad railroad line diagonally through
the entire stretch of Asia Minor. 1t
has now reached Alexandretta, and
southeast of Alexandretta there IS
but a small gap before the river
route of the Euphrates is reached.
Meanwhile, with the aid of French
and English capital, the Turkish am
bition for a line to Mecca and Me-
dina has been nearly consummated.
On the north it still stops short OF
connection with the Bagdad railroad.
But the gap would not be difficult
for armies to negotiate; and from
the northern terminus south the line
is carried on we'll back from the
coast and skirting the Syrian desert,
to within easy striking distance OF
the Egyptian border, and thence tar
enough southwark to be of material
value for the transportation OF Arab
troops to the north.
The Syrian section Of the line IS
some $50 miles long and is tapped
by branches to the coast at three
points, opening at Beirut, Acre, and
Joppa. In the event of operations
against the canal and Egypt its safe
guarding becomes Of the utmost i'm
portance to Turkey, because the
Syrian coast region is itself too poor
to furnish either adequate military
forces or supplies for the campaign.
All must come from Asia Minor.
But by that same token the destruc-
ton of the line is of equal strategical
Importance to England. And in case
Turkey finally decides to enter the
strife we may expect to find some
of the earliest operations of the
allies undertaken by forces from
their ships along this Syrian coast.
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MINE VERSUS SUBMARINE

From sinking cruisers with sub
marines the Germans have turned to
sinking submarines with mines. This
gives Lord Fisher a new nut to
crack.
The virtual closing of the North
Sea to traffic, which the secretary of
the admiralty announced on Monday
night, was to settle the submarine
business.
John Arbuthnot Fisher, Baron
Fisher of Kilberstone, who reorgan-
lied England's sea forces and pre-
pared them for the present war with
Germany, proposed to check the
work of submarines and took drastic
measures.
Fisher has the characteristics of
Il bulldog, and one of his notices
has been that "the frontiers of Eng
land are the coasts of the enemy"
He has a hatred of the submarine
and has been quoted, with more or
less accuracy, as saying that if he
caught the crew of hostile subma-
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Total ...............4 .4o4

The Democratic plurality is 1852,
and the Democratic majority 145. In
the new House, elected yesterday,
the political division cannot yet be
calculated with even approximate &C
curacy. But indications are that the
Democrats will hold control by a
small majority, what the politicians
refer to as a working majority"
whatever that may mean. Instead
of a dozen and half of Progress
sives, there will be more nearly a
half dozen; the Republicans are like
ly to count just about 200, the DEM
ocrats around 23O.
But in such a revolutionary result
it is impossible to be certain of any
thing. Some of the computations
place the Democratic majority below
20; and that means that the ma
jority might possibly be wiped out
entirely on complete reports. If, for
example, complete returns should re-
duce the apparent Democratic
strength as much this year as COM
plete returns augmented it two years
ago, the Republicans might actually
elect the next Speaker of the House.
But that is evidently remote prob
ability, and could only be brought
about by the coincidence of practi-
cally all the very close districts
wabbling to the Republican column.
Two years ago it seemed as if al
most all the doubts were finally re-
solved in favor of the Democrats;
but it is not a common occurrence.
The Democrats had hoped some
what to increase their strength in
the Senate; it is now doubtful wheth-
er they can do it. On the returns
thus far, however, it is pretty GER
tain that President Wilson will have
both branches of Congress with him
for the next two years. 1t gives the
Democrats chance to do everything
that complete control of four years
could accomplish to win the approval
of the nation in 1916. They will
have no occasion to complain of the
fate that denied half their oppor.
tunity.
Champ Clark will be elected
Speaker of the new House, anc
James R. Mann will continue the Re
publican leader. That both these
gentlemen have Presidential aspira
tions is very well understood; there
fore, the new House is likely to be
come the forum of an interesting
fencing match by way of making W
the issues of future campaigns.
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WILSON IN 1916.

One result of the election is to in
sure beyond uncertainty that Presi-
dent Wilson will be the Democratic
nominee to succeed himself in 1916.
Champ Clark said, not long after
the election of 1912, that if Wilson
succeeded, nobody else could possibly
be nominated; if he failed, nobody
else would be willing to be nomi-
mated.
The record, as made up at the
polls yesterday, clearly points to the
denomination of the President, on
the ground that the nomination will
not be in sufficient demand to justify
a fight against the Administrations
forces for it.
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by the convention to serve for brief
period; but atop of this comes the
announcement that Carranza and
Villa are moving troops and SEEM
ingly getting ready to fight further.
Small wonder that the selection of
President ad interim is difficult.
De la Barra, during a short period in
the chief magistracy as a compro-
mise, did enough damage to make
him largely responsible for the
breakdown of the succeeding Madero
regime. Villa is determined that
there shall not be another fiasco of
that sort. Everybody is suspicious
of the possibility that whatever man
is named may represent some cien-
tifico taint; and the big powers of
business and intrigue are using ev-
cry influence to shape conditions to
their advantage. A tremendous stake
is at the end of the play: the control
of the country. Either that control
will remain with the same general
group of spectators and exploiters
that has held it in the past, or it
will not. That is the issue to be
determined; and it will be small
wonder if the country finds itself
again in war. Only the insistence of
Washington on program of peace
and of moderate yet thoroughly pro-
gressive reconstruction can save the
day.
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NOW FOR BUSINESS!

Without serious doubt, one result
of the election will be an improve
ment of business. The mere fact
that the election is over will be
enough to encourage the business
community. The fact that there has
been a sharp rebuke to the radical
tendencies of legislation and admin
istration, and that a good many men,
long looked upon as the representa-
tives of conservative business inter
ests, turn up as victors at the polls,
will not only cheer the conservative
elements that dread legislative ex-
periments on general principles, but
will give a warning to the party
which still remains in power.
Within the last month world busi-
ness conditions have distinctly i'm
proved, 50 far as concerns their bear
ing on the United States. The war
ring nations have acknowledged, in
the substantial form of buying or
ders, their dependence on the pro-
ducing capacity of this country. Cot
ton and foodstuffs have moved at
ever-increasing rates. Conditions in
the neutral countries, where we hope
to expand our markets, have been
found better; the ability to buy is
being restored.
Altogether, then, it is confidently
TO be hoped that a distinct, persist
ent, and permanent upward turn will
be marked in business and enter
prise. The winter will be more
cheerful than it promised, and the
spring will bring a renewal of the
upward climb toward good times
and stable conditions.
The Washington times., 1914-11-04
HUE-AND-CRY INDICT-
MENTS.

There was a time not far back in
the legal history of this country
when an indictment was supposed to
be the next thing to conviction. 1t
was, in a way, the vestibule to the
chamber of conviction. In those days
no man was indicted unless the
grand jury had before it evidence
enough to make it reasonably sure
that the trial jury would agree, in
the main, with the true bill.
Sometimes, of course, indicted
men escaped conviction through the
strength of a defense unknown to
the grand jury, or by technicality,
or otherwise. But the people came
to believe that an indictment was al
most as grave blot upon citizen
as a conviction would be. Some
judges told prosecutors and grand
juries in so many words that they
should not indict unless conviction
was reasonably certain.
That fine old day is past. With
out entering upon the merits Of
either side of any particular case, ii
may be set down as a fact that an
indictment has lost its ancient odium
or should lose it. When grand juries
set out to see how many big names
can be blanketed on an Indictment
and leave it to the trial jury to take
the mob's blame for acquitting mer
who are not guilty-it is indeed time
for the indictment to lose it's old
identity as the equivalent of guilt
about to be proved.
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Building Permits During
October Total &O7, All

Four hundred and sixty-four bufidlne
permits. involving an expenditure Of
s4c7.411. were issued during the month
of October. according to the monthly re-
port of Morris Hacker, building In
srector. The permits include seventy
six brick dwellings. s1s7. .5ss: 1s7 brick -
pairs. s4s, s35: tile dwellings. s22,75o; q
frame dwellings. $50. .oS0. and frame re-
pairs. $685..
The following summary shows the dis
tribution of improvements in the varf-
Gus sections of the city and their value:
BuiIdfngs-Northeast, s3s. 133; southeast.
sl5,7OO; northwest. s42.111: southwest.
s1.5O0; county, s214.s2S. Total, S312. .3Ss.
Repairs. etc.-Northeast. s21. .SsS; south
east. s5,424; northwest. sI. .1S6; south
west. sS,145: county. s23.744. Total. ss5. .o42-
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THE ELECTION VERDICT

The elections result is repetition
of the verdict that has uniformly
been registered following national
experience with low tariff. The coun-
try has gone Republican because it
is not a low tariff country. The
tremendous sweep that the Democ-
racy accomplished two years ago, by
reason of the division of the Repub-
licans, did not commit the country,
in sentiment, to the Democratic tar
iff policy. But the enactment of that
policy into law became inevitable as
a consequence, and now comes the
reaction that inevitably follows such
experience.
AS a matter of fact, the Democrat
ic disaster has been tempered very
much by reason Of the war in the
eastern world. Down to six months
ago the conditions in this country
justified expectation of a much
greater Republican victory. 1t will
hardly be questioned today that if
there had not been a world war the
Democrats would emphatically have
lost the House of Representatives.
Exactly why the war in the old world
should have strengthened the Demo-
Gratis is not very logical or apparent.
The tendency to stick to the same
horse while crossing stream ex-
plains about all that is susceptible of
explanation.
1t was the pinch of poverty, the
smokeless chimneys, the idle fac
tories, the armies of men unem-
ployed that impressed the country
and that brought the verdict against
the economic policy that was charged
with responsibility
Twenty-Five years ago Mr.. Cleve-
land was elected for the second time,
on a promise of tariff reduction. The
Republican party was swept out of
power by a tidal wave of Demo
cratic votes. That it could ever be
resuscitated was doubted by many,
even of its still loyal supporters.
Then the triumphant Democracy
proceeded to the business in hand,
of carrying out its tariff pledges.
The new tariff was enacted as soon
as possible, and it brought the
wretched results that the country re-
members so well. So, in two short
years, came that terrific overturn,
that started the country on the way
back to its traditional economic poll
cies and to its reliance in the Repub-
lican party.
New York in 1892 gave Mr.. Cleve-
land $4,000 plurality for President
Two years later it was carried by
Morton, Republican, for governor
by 10000. That is surely an i'm
pressive parallel with the results OF
1912 and 1914. The figures and the
issues alike run side by side. The
country has got a chance to declare
its attitude toward the economic pol.
icies of the Democratic party; and
it has given the verdict that could
have been expected on the record Of
other times.
There will be little question that
had it not been for the war, the
Democrats would have lost the
House, and with it in all probability
the Senate. The verdict is less de
cisive by reason of the injection o.
an issue that had absolutely moth
ing to do with American domestic
policies.
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Would Teach Spanish in Schools.

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
Why not take the bull by the
horns?" in winning South Americas
friendship and trade and start right
here in the schoolrooms of the United
States to instill into the coming genera
ton the language of the folks south
of the Equator, together with n knOwl-
edge Of their customs, history, needs,
etc.
Spanish, ,above all other. languages
at this time, should rank next to English
in the public school curriculum. It's
teaching means that the pupil is being
fitted for a position in the business
world for, indeed. at this moment
Spanish-speaking North Americans are
in demand. The teaching of the Ian
guage spoken by tin-AmeriCans alone
will work in d great measure iowa rd
the cementing of relations between the
great republics of the Western Hemi-
sphere.
Respectfully.
The Washington times., 1914-11-04
Defends Gas Company Deposit Plan

To the Editor of the Mail Bag:
few days ago an article appeared
in the Mail Bag complaining against the
deposits required by our lighting COM
panies from the thousands of individ-
uals who use their product Far be it
from me to try to defend these domi-
say a few words in reference to both
sides of the question.
Several years ago / rented a house
here and very naturally applied to our
gas company for service An eXamina-
ton of the books showed that the pre-
vious tenant had left an unpaid bill
of several dollars. and / was told that
the gas, according to the rules of the
company. could not be turned on until
that bill was paid. 1t made no differ
ence to them who paid 1t, but paid it
must be- The previous tenant had left
town for parts unknown. and paying
out several dollars for gas that some
other person had used didn't appeal to
me even a little bit. After a talk with
the owner of the property, he paid the
bill, and 1 had no further trouble Had
this INSCRIPTIONS tenant been required
to leave a deposit guaranteeing the
payment of his bills. quite lot of COM
plication could have been prevented
These companies pay per cent inter-
est on your money, which is more than
most savings banks allow, and the
transaction is practically nothing more
nor less than bank deposit or course,
it is indefinitely out of your hands. but
it belongs to you and is payable on
demand. If the service is discontinued
They have little Of my coin. and am
anxiously waiting for the day of day
light when | can go down and demand
it. AN OLD WASHINGTONIAN
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Tomorrow.

Meetings. evening:
>,asopIc-NayaI No 4: Hiram. No. 10; Ii
2.oyofte No 10; George c. Whiting. No -
WiiIiam r. singleton. No. 80: Almas Teus-
nIe Shriners; Board of Relief. Esther. Ne.
Odd FeIlows-Columbia. No. 10; Excelsior.
No Il: Salem. No ~.
Knights of Pythias-Franklin. No. .: J. T.
CuIdweu Company. No. :, Uniform Rank.
AscaIon Temple. No. 81. Knights Of Kho-
rassan.
Maccabees-Georgetown Tent. No. 8; District
Tent. No. g.
National Union-William H. Collins Council
Rocialist Party-SrndAy school conference
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The Silver
Lining
Edited By ARTHUR BAER.

There are worse atrocities than scat
tering mines in the sea. Misht have
been mine literature.
Now that the rabbit season 10 on, It's
a wise farmer who puts cuirasses on
his cows.
Chief outdoor amusement In Mexico
seems to be Ioing somebody else's re-
signing.
Colonel Goethals had lots of company
in the landslide industry yesterday.
Navy surgeon bawls out American
man for being too fat. That's Ameri-
can chivalry. Able to get up and give
your seat to three ladies at once.
The only effective way to halt a rival
army is to get 1t marooned behind
lady fussing at a postoffice money
order window.
Science hasn't reached that high point
of efficiency where it will enable the
layman to make four cents and . but
ton do the work Of a nickel
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~ hats on the Program, in
Washington
Today.

Meetings, evening":
Masonic-washington-C No. 10:
Osiris No Is: King Solomon. No. 81: East
Cate No "a: Columbia. No. 1 and Bright
wood. No 9. ROYAL Arch Mssons: Poto-
mac. No. 3. knights Tempiar: Areme. No.
TO- Eastern Star.
odd FeIlows-Eastern. No. Z: Federal CITY
No 20; Harmony. No. 3: Friendship. No.
IL: Mount Nebo. No. g. Encampnent
Eriehts of Pythias-Mount Vernon. No 5:
Linton. No Il: Friendship Temple. No. ..
Pythian Sisters
r p O. EIks-washington Lodge. No. Is
National ITnion-The General Deputies As
sOCiation.
Concert. United States Soldiers Home Band.
soldiers Home. $50 D. m.
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Will tSudy Birds.

An interesting work will be carried
on through the bird study commit
tee under the direction of Mrs. Anna
Rogers Tracy. Throughout the win
ter literature on ornithOloSy will be
studied by those joining in this
course. and in the spring tramps for
observation Of bird life will be ar
ranged.
throughout the winter various
cI,,hs will continue their efforts TO add
70 tho clubhouse fund. started last
year with $1,000. An all-day lunch
con TO add to this fund will be held
soon by the federation et the Ma
sonic Temple. 80.
I'VE go into the years work with
the pleasing consciousness, said
Mrs. Logan. that much of the an
tagonism and misunderstanding or
our work has been swept away.
Husbands, and women alike, now re
oIize that the woInen'S club is not a
pleasure ground. or a sort OF recrea-
alton We are not working away
s., tho home, but for the home.
We believe many home problems or
todav can be solved only by the
united effnrts of home-loving women.
W. reoli2e the Importance of mans
n,or,t INT we realize. too. that no
amount of success on mans part
Co. atnnc for Il woman'S failure to
carry her share of the home burden.
Tnr1es, are broken up today mainly
Nv - lack of intelligent cooperation.
W-ben sucE cooperation exists you
have n home, no matter how small
the income. nor how unpretentlous
the dwelling.