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To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir: While
I appreciate and approve the fine spirit
which prompted the sentiments Of Mr.,
James G. Russells letter In THE Sun OF
october 81, 1t may not be amiss TO point
out the cause OF the so-callcd anti-German
sentiment
Although Americas neutrality Is nat
ural attitude and a wise one, 1t should he
remembered that the cause for which the
allies are fighting is the honorable fulfill
ment by nation of Its solemn and delih-
crate obligations, and the United states
IL as much Interested In enforcing the
lesson which the allies propose to teach
Germany as are the parties to the present
conflict. Germany has cheated at cards
I'm a club Of which every nation IS mem
Der. Its offence has been committed not
only against the actual players but
against every member of the club, II has
placed itself beyond the pale in the com
ity of nations
But In point OF fact there are few indi-
cations OF hostility TO the German people
on the part of American citizens, while
there are plentiful signs of definite Teu-
tonic sympathies among no small section
of the population q, 5. Cox.
NEW YORK, October 23
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4 worthy CAUSE.
Funds Wanted for an American \mbu-
lance (Orps IN France.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir: Many
readers OF THE SuN Will no doubt be glad
OF an opportunity to contribute toward
rescuing from the battlehelds OF Europe
tho unfortunate men who have fallen ia
the strife, and this letter is written for
the purpose OF calling attention to one NJ
the most prascwOrthy efforts In this al
rection, The present European war is
frightfully destructive, and many hundreds
IL not thousands of wounded are COM
PEELED 20 lie upon the field OF battle, 30
die perhaps alone and unaided because of
the scarcity OF motor ambulanccs 20 carry
them to a place where they may be prop
ery attended TO
Realizing the necessity OF prompt ser
vice In this particular. Mr.. Richard Nor
ton son OF the late Professor Charles
Eliot Norton OF Harvard, with hcadquor-
ters In Paris. has organized volunteer
ambulance corps and has without backing
equipped a squad OF ten motor amhu-
lances and gone to the front to aid in
carving the wounded to the nearest hos
pitals This volunteer ambulance corps
has the approval and authority Of the
London War Office. Under Sir Claude
Macdonald and the ST John Ambulance
Association the first ten cars went to the
front on October II. Gasolene is supplied
by the French Government The cost OF
one ambulance Is $3.50, and no doubt each
ambulance Will save the lives II many
wounded who might otherwise be left 70
suffer and die for lack OF immediate as
sistance.
Mr. Nortons sister Miss Elizabeth Gas
KEEL Norton. Is In n private way soliciting
contributions for this most admirable OBJ
ject and IN helping her my request among
friends for subscriptions has been eagerly
complied with In amounts OF from 81 to
SO each.
ANY Of your readers who would like TO
assist may send their subscriptions direct
tn Miss Norton SO Mount Vernon street.
Boston. Mass, with the fullest confidence
TINT ali amounts contributed Will bc most
effectively used FOR the above purpose Miss
Norton will personally acknowl,dg e all
authorizations JoHN HALL JoNEs.
New YoRK, October 2S.
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QUIZ Anglers POLICE CLERKS
Headquarters Workers object to Mr.
DriscoII's Questions.

Policemen assigned 10 clerical work AZ
Headquarters expressed anger yesterday
because OF questions put 10 them 'F
Clement ]. Drlscoll. former Deputy Police
Commissioner and now employed by th'
Bureau OF Municipal Research
Mr.. Driscoll, accompanied by e''uuf
rapher, came TO Headquarters ycsterIN
and Immediately sought out the "cle'irN
work" men. lie began hts inquiries, IL was
said, by asking what Tammany captain
got them their Jobs. how much they l.l
for them and how long they had hhl
them. Then came other questions when
the men agreed we're, 10 say the .''''
hardly tactful.
Most OF the men now detailed to N 'e
work at Headquarters are men famed
otherwise crippled or In some way s''-
ously injured In performance Of dI'F
There are nearly a hundred Of them d. '-
gether and they have been given '.-'
places. according to the officials, In o'''r
that they may continue to make ''
and to save able bodied men for pI.''
duty.
Commissioner Woods was surprised ~
hear OF Mr.. Driscolps activities, but sara
he had no comment TO make
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The Karlsruhe has been n thorn In the
side OF the British cruiser patrol In the
Atlantic of tho American coast. She has
been located several times by British
warships. but her superior speed has en-
abled her TO get away.-London despatch.
This is a fair statement OF the case
The Karlsruhe Is remarkably well
adapted to the work of commerce de-
stroying in which she IL engaged. Her
maximum speed IL twenty-e!ght knots
therefore she can overhaul any ship OF
the British mercantile marine. She
has an armor belt four inches thick and
much internal protection. Her steam
ing radius at diminished speed IL $500
knots; so she can keep the sea for a
long time unless pursued by warships
of greater calibre and gun power. In
battle with cruiser of her own size
the Karlsruhe should he able to hold
her own AT least. for abe carries twelve
4 inch guns and two torpedo tubes.
British ships with more powerful bat
teries. the battle cruisers excepted, ID
not as rule have the Karisruhe's
speed, and a battle cruiser cannot be
spared from North Sea patrol duty to
hunt her down.
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War Sermons.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN--Sir; As n
layman | cannot understand why so many
preachers are making the war In Europe
their subject for Sunday morning sermons
when President Wilson asked his coun-
trymen to refrain from talking on this
subject, In Newark last Sunday n GER
tain minister In a well known church de-
lvered II talk on the war In which he bit
terly denounced Germany
In Newark / notice that the church bull
letln boards which can be seen by pedes-
TRANS announce that The War In Eu-
rope" Ia to be the subject OF sermons in
not few OF our churches the coming
sunday JEROME A, Ross.
NEWARK, ~. j., October 23.
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INCOME TAX TANGLES.
A Merchants Queries as to Certain Rul-
Ings and Deduct ions.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: II
WAS announced In THE Sun a few days
ago that the Treasury Department had
ruled that deductions from income for the
purpose OF income tax would not he al
lowed this year on account OF shrlnkage
In value OF stocks and bonds or losses
sustained through trades in such securi-
ties. wan a taxpayer be considered hope
leSsly stupid II he asks what there Is
In the law to warrant the allowance nf
such deductions last year and their pro-
hbitOn this year?
n the present ruling II n correct in
depreciation OF the law, did the financial
genuses who now administer the Treas
ury Department act without warrant n
law when they allowed such deductions
last year?
Under this ruling any profit made In
securities by "A non professional trader n
stocks or an investor will be taxed. while
tho losses sustained in such transactions
may not be deducted in computing in
como for the purpose OF the tax. The
idea Of paying n tax on profits and being
denied any relief when loss is suffere I
will hardly strike the public az an equ-
table scheme OF taxation.
Is the same ruling to be applied 10
other transactions, those in real estate.
for instance? II dry goods merchant
makes cash profit on a trade in real
estate, suCn prOllt must NO reported Tot
taxation as income. II his real estate
trade results In a loss will the Govern
ment disallow any deduction from m
come. on the ground that his deal was
not trade" rs contemplated by the law
Must not the ruling he broadly applied
to any and all losses not incurred In IN
taxpayers regular business II It In APP
piled TO stock deals? And Is there not
room To- question the Treasury Depart
mcuts Interpretation OF the phrase lin
CURED IN trade" az now announced? II
while also engaged In other business
trade In stocks are my stock deals any
less trade" than they would be II
had no other business?
In n case where a loss has not been in
CURED through the sale Of stock NJ less
than cost or through the wiping out 81
margins In stock trading but through
the bankruptcy and liquidation OF con-
Germ whose stock had been bought for
investment, can the loss Ne deducted from
income under the new ruling?
NEW YORK, October %. TAXPAYER
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boundaries Of Queens and The Bronx

boundaries Of Queens and The Bronx
Thus is dispelled, practically, the sus
picion that large numbers Of well to do
persons have been evading the tax.
The new income tax facts and those
already known suggest another inter
esting calculation. Reverting to the
fact that New York pays about twenty
five-ffty-sixths OF the tax, or between
forty-four and forty-five per cent, we
find that this proportion Is borne by
about nine-tenths Of one per cent. of
the whole population of the country,
thus:
There are supposed to be about 100.
900, 900 Inhabitants In the United states
at the present time. The actual tax
payers are 357 sos; the New York CON
tingent is therefore about $4,000. As
Stunning as above that each actual tax.
payer represents on the average a fam
lily group Of Eve. rather high figure
1t appears that the entire body of New
Workers.. taking the State at large. who
are affected by the tax directly or in
directly numbers approximately $4,000,
or well short of nine-tenths of one per
cent, as stated
The figures just given out by the
Treas ry Department nrc most intc..
esting. In these days Of the new Justice
they commend themselves to the study
of all intelligent and fair minded citl.
zens especially Of New York State and
city
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The Newest Light on the Income
Tax.

Those who enviously watch the
stream of automobiles from the vantage
OF the curb and then crane their necks
at the sky raklng apartment houses In
which the rent climbs with the elevator,
may be surprised to learn that there
are only 357,50S incomes of $1,000 n
year or over in the United States. The
display of expensive living might have
tempted people to think that there were
almost that many in this city alone.
But prevalent ideas OF individual
wealth have of late been undergoing
gradual demolition.
We learn from earlier reports that
nearly half the income tax, $12,523,000
out of $2s,3oG,33G, Is paid by New York
state. II X a fair assumption that
practically half Of the persons taxed
are residents of the state, and perhaps
n hundred aud twenty-five thousand or
80 h"lour 70 the city, the contribution
81 which is Sl13iS,OOO A hundred and
twenty 1--we thousand taxpayers. how
Ger. would represent probably 1000
people counting wives. minor children
Gnd dependent relatives. This, estl.
mating III" population OF the city ut
about five millions, would mean that
shHGt ono -. ninc ~ rh- Inhabitants he
longs 70 the income tax paying group.
NJ doubt this ratio sutilces to account
for the marvellous display OF wealth
wE!ch chanctrrizes the central thor.
oughfarcS and moro favored residence
quarters, for II must be remembered
that for every mile Of Flfth avenue
that Is crowded with motor cars there
aka ut least nine miles Of parallel ave.
nueS on which the Ave cent trolley ear
s the fnvorite vehicle. similarly for
syery block of mansions or ''palatlnl'
apartment houses that ndorrs the cen,
IRE, the upper West Side" o. the Park
slope there are square miles OF chear
hats and tenement houses stretching
from the Bowery to the uttermos
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THE SOUTH No BEGGAR.
or Interest to Hocus smith and His Broth
ers I'm BuncOmbe.

From the Manufacturer Record
The South is not a beggar. It does
not need to beg and II can take care of
Itself, or II 1t cannot do so, then the
sooner it's people learn that fact and
bring in others who can take care Of
themselves in such heaven favored
land the better II will be.
No other country on the face OF the
earth has so many advantages az the
South. No other country upon which
the sun shines is SO rich in resources.
No other country Is so well equipped
by nature TO produce the foodstuffs Of
grain and provisions and vegetables and
fruits for mans sustenance. and no
other country Is so rich in mineral and
timber and water power resources so
susceptible of development.
II In such a land as this, where the
farmers for the five years preceding
the present crop received an average OF
largely over IL cents a pound for their
cotton, yielding very large profits, one
years complete failure Of the cotton
crop, or one years inability. as at pres
ent, to sell the cotton crop, brings
about such n condition as to flood the
land with plasters begging for charity
to help the South" then II is time for
the people OF this section who have
backbone and stamina to take the lead
and try to stem the current.
The South OF olden days did not do 40.
The South blasted by four years
war never asked for charity, and never
in those days was the country plastered
with appeals TO help the South" In
the ten year period between 1892 and
1901, when cotton sold at from 4 to 5
and 8 and cents a pound In different
years. the South suffered much, but It
endured the situation and fought It's
fight without any such appeals as are
now being made by politicians and
others who are trying to make the
South believe that It ought to be a
beggar and make the world believe that
il is a boggar.
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4 turn OF the wheel In Haytl has
brought luck to the rebel Senator
DAvILMAR THEODORE, 50 often reported
slain or missing in combat with Presi-
dent ZAMoR. who is now said TO be sur
rounded at Grande RIviere by the troops
Of General BOLIVAR. "A new candidate for
glory and ultimately tho presidency. At
the present time Senator-General THEO-
poRE seems TO he the coming man, and
the United States may have to recoE-
nize him as President any day. Keeping
track of Haytian executives and duly
recognizing them must be n monotonous
pastime for the State Department at
Washington.
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Hocus and the south

The national Speak House Ia still
open, to the unuttcrahe WEAKNESS AMI
disgust Of everybody but the Hon. IIo-
Gus SMITH and his little squad Of cot.
ton wlldcntters They are playing to
the hill billes" and wool hat boys.
Their mock heroics are solely for home
consumption.
The south is srepresented by these
brothers in Runcomhe. The brains and
energy and enterprlslng self.relinnce
that have given so wonderful a renais
sanca To the Southern States are not
dazcd by temporary partial halt
therein. They are not dazed by the
economic reflection Of the European
war. As the president Of the Rome
Georgia. ChSmber OF Commerce puts 1t
blunfly. Are the Southern people
lot of pale faced mollycoddles with
skinned goats milk flowing through
their veins" THE Sun prints else.
where on this page some remarks OF the
Manufacturers Record to which It espe-
cially invites the attention Of the Hon
HoCtS SMITH and his fellow hocusers
The Southerners. outside OF few
"pol!ticianers'' and their dupes, know
perfectly well that there Is no more
rea son why the Government should cod
de cotton with extraordinary favors
than why it should lend helping hand
to the copper men of Montana-and cop
per is in a bad way just now-or make
emergency currency out OF baldwins
and greetings and Roxbury russets To
boost the Yankee farmers over hard
winter.
The brothers in Buncombe are doing
their worst 10 discrcdt the South.
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JoHN A. HENSEssY. defeated In tho
primary election for the Democratic noml-
nation for Governor. has quietly holted
the Democratic party ticket.-fhe Fro
ming Post.
II man named JoHN 4. HENNEssY
has bolted the Democratic ticket quietly,
he is not the HENNEssY who was de-
feated for the nomination for Governor.
That HENSEssY never did anything
quietly In his life.
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YOUNG GUARD" INCORPORATED.
Ex-Mayor Kline, Herman 4. Mo"
and Others to Teach Rides Use.

The Young Guard. an organ ? ~
to teach young men how to handle . D
shoot rifles, was Incorporated vest. y"
on articles signed by Supreme Couri = d.
tice Ford. Tho incorpOrators Incl ~
former Mayor Ardolph L. Kline He AT
A. Metz and Gen George W, Wlngh"
Tho court had recently refused a.
prove the incorporation of Tho No ;
Guard on the ground that the pet,''N
stated that the purpose was to train Young
men as soldiers TO fit them for mem
bershIp in Industrial organzat ''-.
Justice Ford suggested that this o''''o
be eliminated.
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Making u Myth.

The process Of myth .,nklng as II
affects men In public life Is clearly
and conciSely illustrated In the Incident
described In the subiOlned letter:
ITO THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: At
last nights executive session OF the Gen
temen's Sons OF Flatbush Literary and
phianthropic Association a member In.
corrupted the deal 10 tell us that Two
Cent TANNER was the first man who grew
rich by forgetting to 'sweeten,'
us this true? O. Y. DEALER
"BPooKLYN, October es"
Not only Is the suggestion without
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81 will never 20 back" to the Repub-
lcan party, says the Colonel IN n poetic
moment
The question that must he seethlnr
in the Coloncl's intellectuals IL; "Can
| ever come back"
Looks rather dubious Just now.
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There should be n statute making It
penal offence to bully and browheat
any citizen into the surrender of his
constitutional rights or TO bludgeon him
afterward for refusing, What IL the
value of constitutional rights II public
officials are empowered to sweep them
away at any time with blast OF vitu-
pcration? II Is precisely against such
coercion and durcss that constitutional
safeguards are established, why have
a Institution at all II any public ON
Cial may at any time dictate whether
or not it shal he ahrogated in whole or
part To further his own well meant
and widely trumpcted activities?
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The Only Free.

What though our ways may DO just
And tho heart OF our nation be pure
II IL might that could say to us MUST"
The aim OF lts gunners Is sure.
Turn TO the Fast or the West.
We who dream of the coming OF peace;
See the strong from the imSotent wrest
What only men dying release,
Ploughshares and pruning hooks2 Yes.
They are noblcr than cannon or gun;
But only when froemen possess
The gifts that God sends from the sun
Rustod the tools In the grass
Where the reapers OF Belgium lie:
While they who were mlghtler pass,
And they who were unprepared die.
Open your eyes 10 tho light,
q We dreamers OF dreams that betray
There II strength for the soul In the right
But they who are unrighteous slay.
Hearken, ye blind, To tho truth.
To the warnings from over the sea
For the strong and the ready. In sooth,
Alone OF all peoples are free,
EDWARD $, VAN ZrE.
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The new inquisition into the prices of
provisions in New York seems to grow
out OF the deluslon that commission
merchants increase their earnings nv
checking sales. AS a matter of fact the
produce trade Views waves OF high
prices with dread and adherence. High
prices mean reduced consumption, re-
duced business, reduced turnover OF
money. reduced commissions, reduced
earnings. Moderate prices mean plenty
of trade and high profits.
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or twenty-scven Americans fighting
IN Battalion g of the Foreign Legion IN
France It appears that nine have already
won distinction. The figure Is worth
noting in view OF the fact that the
battalion embraces probably 900 to 800
men and the Foreign Legion is made up
of the most desperate fighting men in
Europe
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1t Is to be hoped that the introduce
ton of exotic influences may not have
a bad effect on the manners of the
native New York type of suffragists
The Disagreement OF sidewalks AMI
flppant treatment of policemen doing
their duty are unpleasant symptoms Of
militant spirit.
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Slogans.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir.
notice that a Newark, y, j.. correspondent
wants to know what has become OF the
Russian slogan Berlin in three weeks"
have no definite Information but infer
that 1t has gone TO join the German
slogan Paris In three weeks" and one
billion francs indemnity. BEACON HILL.
BOSTON, October 23
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From tho Minneapolis Journal
believing that all the world except Paiss-
tine will be destroyed within two years
Adolph Koenls, . prosperous farmer of
Chok!o. sold his farm and with his family
has departed for the promised land.
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The report OF PoRFTR1o DIA2s death
turns out TO be untrue, which Is not
surprising Don PoRF1RIo Is OF endur-
ing fibre and takes good care OF his
health. Quite likely he is hohnohhing
daily with that other illustrious Next
can exile. Don VIcToRANo HUERTA. II
would be interesting 10 know how that
sturdy philosopher and cheerful cyn!c
Is passing his time IN retirement.
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War and Diplomacy.

Mother-why ala YOU hit Tommy
Frcddy--Aw, I'll get out green book to
tell YOU.
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criminals are arraigned in court? Might
not a little immediate severity obviate
next sentences altogether
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Why Is IL always the next sentence
that Is 10 be SO severe when reckless
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