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duction, the importation and the use
of opium is soon to succeed. At pres
ent alcohol is unknown to more than
could be no sounder argument for
the destruction Of the liquor traffic
where it now fiourishes than the pre-
servation from it's terrible influence
of our brethren in the distant East,
who are but beginning to enjoy the
blessings of liberty
In India the feeling of the ma
tons population against the liquor
traffic has become so strong that re-
Gently one of midas foremost states
man, Hon. G. K. Gokhale, asserted
in an appeal to the British secretary
of state for India, Lord Crewe, that
total prohibition was the sentiment
of the Indian people.
In Japan, where the traffic in in
toxicating liquors received an i'm
petus from the admission Of foreign
ers in 1868, numerous temperance
societies are developing and a ma
tional temperance league has been
formed. At a recent meeting of this
league the president, Taro Ando, de-
clared the curse of alcohol would be
| L., Toy
soldiers were prohibited from using
any kind of alcoholic liquors in the
| field during the great war with Rus
STA in 1904 and 1905, and the result
| is an eloquent tribute to the army
that abstained.
In 1911 the question of national
prohibition was submitted to the
people of New Zealand and resulted
! in 259,945 votes in the affirmative
| 205, 661, or a majority of 54,2Sl
aginst the liquor industry. AS the
law required three-fifths vote for the
abolition of the traffic, the poll had
no other effect than to show the feel
ing Of the people. In Australia the
temperance forces are becoming
stronger and more determined every
year.
| In Africa the liquor traffic ha:
been prohibited in large sections anC
restricted in others by an agreement
among Is of the leading nations, in
Guiding the United States, known a:
| the Brussels agreement act of 1890
The importation of alcoholic liquor:
| into the territory under this agree
ment is also prohibited. An inter
national federation has been formed
for the protection of the native
races of Africa from the liquor traf
fic one of its main objects being the
enforcement Of the agreement EN-
bodied in the act of 1890. 1t should
be stated here that Menelik, ruler o.
Abyssinia, has issued an edict pro
| hibiting the importation of intOXicat
ing liquors into that country. He i:
using every measure at his command
| to prevent the introduction into hi:
kingdom of wine, beer. whiskey anC
other intoxicants, all of which h
calls European poison.
When khama, King of Bechuana
land, issued an order some 30 year:
ago prohibiting the manufacture o.
sale of intoxicating beverages within
his domain, the order was disregard
ed by the white traders. Khama ant
other native chiefs who were follow
ing his example, appealed 10 Queer
Victoria for assistance, and she re
piled:
/ Il approve the provision excluding
strong drink from your country.
feel strongly in the matter, and an
glad to see the chiefs have determin
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OF this country and the liquor trade,
a partnership whereby the revenues
that sustain the republic-yea, our
very salaries as Senators of the
United States, represents mems
broken bodies, the widows and the
orphans cry, the white slaves bar
tered shame-we shall invite, and
will deserve, any disaster that may
oVerwhelm the nation or the race.
tApplause in the galleries..
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ROYAL ARCH MASONS

Regular convocations of the Ocala
Chapter No. IS, R. A NJ, on the
fourth Friday in every month at
7:30 p. N. c. E. Simmons, H. P.
Jake Brown, Secretary Ad
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DIR. w. X. LANE-SpeciaIist, Eye
Gar, Nose and Throat. Office Law
Library Building. Ocala-Adv.
The day book., 1914-09-11

Ian, waiter, who said that he was hid
ing from three negro women who
tried to rob him. .--. .~..
John BendeI, 1854 N. CIaremont
aV., bruised when his wagon was
struck by North av. car at Lincoln st.
The day book., 1914-09-11

type from printing shop of David
Brysbourgh, 951 w. 69th st. Case
continued.
Names of four Chinese too awk-
ward. Re-christened by U. S. Com'r
Foote, In court next week on charge
of smuggling opium.
Five kids of Patrick P. O'Donnell
got $175,OOO in will. To be held in
trust forty years.
Mrs. May Hunt. 756 E. 46th St,
robbed of $500 in her fiat.
Stewart Collins, 9640 AV. 81" fell
80 feet from trestle in yards of Illi-
nois Steel Co. Dead.
Florence CIapp and Potter Rogers
suing Samuel Campbell, sec'y West
ern Assn Shoe Wholesalers, for S5,-
900 damages. Both hit by Campbell's
auto while crossing street.
John Nee, GA w. 47th St, and
Malachy Kenny, 631 w. 46th pl.,
pinched for stealing beer from the
Tabor Brewing Co., 614 W. 47th st.
Frank Ferda, s52 S. State st., stab
bed six times by stranger who es-
capped. Police suspect mistaken iden-
tity.
Inquest over body of Carl Krause,
76, and wife, gassed in home at 1929
Kimbal av., resulted in open verdict.
Abraham Marcus, 10, 1902 E. 41st
pl., arrested while trying to sneak
into Powers Theater. Turned over
to father. Turned over by father.
Michael ThieIan, 1923 Garfield Ct,
dead in barn behind home. Natural
causes.
Gus Carlson, $40 Roscoe ST., died of
injuries received when he fell trying
to board car.
GioVanno SciavareIIo, 1872 Polk ST.,
wanted for beating wife to death
Sunday, brought back to Chicago
Dnn%1y,
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The Substitute shipping Bill.

The substitute for the La Toilette
shipping bill reported by the House
Committee on Merchant Marine shows
an advance In the direction OF rea son
and moderation. The lifeboat require
ments for vessels navigating narrow
waters wherein help Il usually within
reach has been reduced one-half. II
is believed that this will enable river
and harbor craft TO keep In commission.
The La Toilette bill, It was emphati-
ally asserted. would cause such lines
40 our Sandy Hook service to 60 out
II business.
AS respects oceangong ships the new
bill requires 100 per cent. provision Of
lifeboats or RATS for passengers and
crew. The phraseology IL rather sin
gular. II reads that lat no moment OF
its voyage shall any passenger steam
vessel have on board TO-
tal number Of persons greater" than
the life saving appliances can accom-
modate, u Is probably not intended,
however, that If few boats are
smashed or carried away in a storm a
corresponding number Of persons shall
he thrown overheard. Yet Il this be
not done II Is hard to see how the law
can be obeyed at every moment OF every
voyage. II Is specified that II the boats
on the dayits have not sufficient cana
city for all on board additional boats
must be provided mp 10 the required
limit. This will hardly Impress sen
men or the public as "A very practical
measure. The launching of boats not
already slung on the davits Is apt to be
Il slow process. The conditions on a
sinking ship are distinctly unfavorablc
II Is quite certain nothing useful could
he done with such boats when the ca
tsstrophe came as rapidly as In the
Monroe and Empress of Ireland In
stances, Probably ship owners will
make no objection to this provision
bat 1t may seem to many that life RATS
which are easily put overheard, might
he more practical than boats carried
on the decks.
In another aspect the bin will Civ,
n great deal of dlssa abstraction to shin
ping men, who viii hold that the con
cessons made 10 ing union cemen
among scamcn are distinctly injurious
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The Right Re medy.

While the revival OF the bright COM
help the theatre managers over some OF
their trying times II Is doubtful II their
effect on the theatre will be OF endur-
ing good. To both WILDE and SHAW II
liz possible to attribute much of the
present lack OF commercial success OF
managers. Their plays were sufficiently
brilliant specimens Of their kind to de-
light the public to degree that kept
the playhouses more or less full for a
limited period. SHAW and WILDE at
their best are the rare delights OF the
English stage.
But their imitators! To them Is
chiefly due the inability that managers
at present encounter in providing their
audiences with interesting dramas.
The talk OF the two geniuses named Is
quite different thing from the cackle
of their imitators. Without story or
character and with only the futile eff
fort at parkling talk. the lmitators OF
the two brilliant Irishmen turned the
theatre into temple OF pretentious
ennul.
Possibly the renaissance Of SAHDoU
may have more stimulating effects on
the playwrights who are to come under
the influence Of this despised crafts
man. One Of his plays has recently
completed run OF almost Il year in
r. L., 30. - hAr rni
and some Of the other dramas of the
same playwright may be seen in the
near future. Probably the formula
which he employed with such enduring
success may attract the attention Of the
budding dramatist. SARDoU's example
will certainly be less destructive than
that Of the two men who were gifted
enough to make their generation he
lieve that drama was talk.
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Fervent Expression OF Disgust.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Str: The
editorial article In THE Sur this morning
The Regulation OF the Federal Execu-
tive" will, | predict, II put In pamphlet
form and placed on the news stands
throughout the country, become the best
seller this generation has seen. II has
awakened In me the desire 10 rush to the
highest roof and bawl therefrom my ut
ter disgust. WEAKNESS and Ill temper at
the continued attempts OF Wilson. Bryan,
Daniels, Hobson and the rest not only TO
upset business by unending regulation
and d Niagara OF new laws, but as well.
what to my mind In the last straw. their
COMPOUNDED nerve In the attitude they
take b. posing as models possessing all
human virtues.
In what school OF experience did any
OF them learn how 10 cope with even Or
binary business problems?
which ono OF them has the knowledge
or ability to start, say. with 100000 cap!-
tai and put brand on the market?
BY what road worn smooth with years
OF toll did any OF them win the goal OF
business success. having met and defeated
competition?
Another one OF their pet schemes seems
20 be the passage OF a law directly aimed
mt the interference with personal liberty.
the so-calied prohibition Law intended to
prevent the importation. manufacture or
sale OF alcoholic beverages in the United
States. and this In spite OF the Constitu-
rior, .nsuring to all religious and per-
soaal freedom.
ny what inheritance did these men. or
the!T kind. come into possession OF the
righ, to prohibit OF regulate us IN the
exercise Of our individual free wills?
Ry the same right demand II law pro-
hihting the manufacture or sale OF I'M
farnented grape juice and soda water.
They make me sick: ! can't and don't
want TO use them, and I don't want any
one else 20 he permitted to.
No, have no use for a reformer. his
parents relatives or friends. l want TO
be let alone in the conduct OF nay busi-
ness and private life 50 long AZ l keep
the laws OF God and man.
/ object to regulation or prohibition or
any OF my business or private acts OF
themselves not criminal.
Since first I read Dickens my disgust
has been daily and yearly growing
stronger for Uriah Heep.
LOUIS ]. SNYDER.
New York, June 10.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: For
the information OF people who distrust
all motives but their own ] beg to say
that my effort, as a small business man. IN
behalf OF business large and small COM
menced within a fortnight after the In
auEuration. At first It was confined to
argument and persuasion, mostly by cor
respondence.
with thousands OF others, however. I
soon discovered that tho vital energies
OF people" had already received the most
careful, sincere and benevolent considera-
ton In the und!sturbed atmosphere OF a
library. There were the plans Joining
together all the loose threads OF tangled
human endeavor with geometric precision !;
even providing for subdivision into agate
lines That the solar system should not
be neglected In the work Of rsgenerating
the universe. the whole invention was
skilfuliy adapted to the mechanical ,di-
mensions of vast flying machine. 1t
was certainly a wonder. TO me the safest
thing In flying machines that ever came
out OF human brain. There was no
question II could literally do everything
but fly. Even that defect, II II Is a
defect, has since been remedied by a psy-
Geological attachment.
Assuming that dividends are not sinful
and are still considered desirable In their
relation TO the income tax. | am suffi-
GENTLY ir-everent 20 believe that the con-
densed learning OF all the universities In
the world. crammed into the head of one
man. would be "A poor substitute for the
experience back OF our least important in
dustry.
Small business men, you have acquired
the habit OF waiting for our captains of
industry to fight the battles of commerce,
Don't forget that their lips have been
officially sealed and that their heads are
in danger of the guillotine on the infor-
nation OF any cheyenne scullery maid,
Remember that the combined small In
dustries Of the nation exceed in volume
that Of sill the great trusts put together.
Your manifest duty Is to speak up, and
over your signature. a protest IL impo-
tent unless II has behind II tine punch OF
personal identity. They will say you are
seeking notoriety an easy but not origi-
nal method of dlsarming criticism. What
do you care, what does any sef-respecting
merchant care, for the heaviest artillery
of demagogues?
Few Of us can AFFORD 10 wait until that
wonderful flying machine drops down
mama from the skies We have a living
to make. credit 10 maintain. mouths 70
feed. OF course We know there are good
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Tie Marriage Service.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir: d.,
Anna Shaw's objection to the wholesale
perjuring Of brides makes her food fo-
laughter Well and good
BY an odd coincidence In the issue OF
THE SUN which contains Poll Parrotry
and wickedness' In an account OF the
wholesale perjuring Of bridegrooms and
husbands "A surrogate In Brooklyn
handed down a decision In which. accord
ing to your own account, the pledge with
all my worldly goods ] thee endow" Is
merely an "amiable nullity." This de-
c!sion, II seems 10 me. and the many de-
cisions like II affecting property holding
a 4. husband and wife, have been the cause
OF much deprivation to gray hearted Wild
ows who, as gay hearted young brides
did not realize that bridegrooms too per-
lure themselves. II II Is pain to her
husband to discover that the promise 20
obey is merely an amiable nullity. II Ia
no less n pain. II Is a pinch 70 a woman
TO discover that the terms OF the marriage
service have no real meaning.
Can we not find some ministers who
will have as much nj heart the prevention
of perjury on the brldegroom's side as
DR.. Shaw has on the brides?
New YORK, June Is. ALICE HILL.
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Mr.. AsoUITr's reply TO the SUI
fragette delegation was a foregone con-
clusion. II IL well known that person
ally he Is a convinced opponent of votes
for women Despite his yielding on
minor point. that of receiving the dele
gates, it could not be imagined that he
had changed his mind. nor could he be
expected to make any surrender on the
part Of his Ministry TO the course OF
crime and madness represented by
SYLVIA PANKHuRsr and her crew. He
spoke with great courtesy and mildness
10 the women but gave them no tangible
encouragement.
The question now Is whether he has
lost or gained ground by the minor con-
cession which ne has made. Of course
the screaming contingent will exult.
They will claim that they terrorized
him into yielding a point and by per-
severance may force him to retreat an
other step. On this theory Il ia not
impossible that fresh outburst OF
sma shing and burning may be the reply
to Mr.. AsouI1H's refusal to bring In a
suffrage bill.
But IN reality Mr.. AsoUITH has
strengthened his moral position. Ills
concession may. in fact, have been only
a preparatory step toward dealing with
militancy in a spirit OF severity. He
has now set his personal attitude right
in the eyes of all dispassionate people.
His opposition TO suffrage constitutes
no grievance. He is entitled to his con-
scientious view Just as well as Mrs.
PANKHURsT. But his refusal to listen
TO the women. 70 give them an oppor-
tunity 10 state their case and hear his
reply, has probably impressed many
Engli shmen as equivalent to ignoring
the right Of petition. so long as he
refused TO listen he may have appeared
in the light Of offering provocation FOR
the outrages of the militant group
Nov he has changed conditions. and
II the outrages continue the ultimate
blame will no longer lie upon him In
the eyes Of any fair observer.
The new situation will he watched
with interest. 1t remains to he seen
whether the women will see that they
have been outmanpuvred and whether
~ they still remain combative and def
ant. the Government VIII take the op
portunity to adopt stern measures.
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at high figure. Her successor was

at high figure. Her successor was
rumored TO be n stock company.
What contrast she was to that jovial
devil In blue jumper, his voice husky
with night airs and gin. He knew the
preludices ~ the experienced and the
path TO cynic pennies. Say. boss, I'm
Just out of the penitentiary and amt
Subtle but too Epicurean psychologist,
where art thou gone? Where IL the
choleric rascal who stood or limped on
Broadway In front OF the City Hall,
and had been known to hurl his wooden
supporters a rod away while he danced
in anger on his particularly sturdy
legsl Where Is the fellow who played
the humorous hobo In the daytime and,
shaven and well dressed. "bucked the
tiger" at night?
This last professor. like all these
brethren Of the besace. be they savers
or spenders, enjoyed TO the full the
sense of contrast. II is a tribe Of hu.
morists, whatever political economy and
municipal progress may have TO say to
them. What II they are humbugsf
Are there no others? And they give
human nature chance to prove how
kind. how soft, how helpful 1t Is willing
TO he. no matter how much It is ma
ligned in books IL Is not credulty to
believe II beggar's tale. Few Of us do
believe II. What IL the philosophy OF
The performance? 1t may be true; the
more improbable II sounds the more
admirable the artist: II II is stale. why
make It improbable too? But per
haps the reason one gave TO beggars In
their heyday was the ashamed, unac-
knowledeed but subconscious glow Of
foolish self-complacency one got. After
all. one has kind heart!
And It il fair to say that these r.
regular charities left more for cigars
and such necessar ies and ornaments OF
life than the constant contemporary
demand for contributions.
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THE DEVIL DANCERS.
Why They Attack Property. the God Of
the Twentieth Century

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
enclosed ignorant and vicious extract from
an editorial article IN THE Sun has been
handed TO me. I think II III belts ma
ton that has allowed the wives and chill
dren OF the miners In Colorado TO be shot
down In cold blood by armed guards.
which atrocities have been stopped, hope,
owing to the intervention of the women
OF Denver, to call Mrs. Pankhurst and
her followers devil dancers" The ex-
IRENE sympathy expressed for Engiishmen
Is quite unnecessary. as they with a few
exceptions have shown neither chlvalry
nor craftsmanship toward the suffragettes,
bu, have allowed torture by forcible feed
ing. the cat and mouse act, and bromide
druRglng TO be used.
The only constitutional right left to IN
represented women OF a personal audi
ence with their King has Just been denied
TO them. and the women who composed
the deputation have been battered, Kicked
and obscenely assaulted by the police.
and particularly BY the plain clothes de-
tectives. ono cripple In the deputat!on
had her tricycle. smashed. her crutches
broken, was knocked In the spine and then
thrown before a motor. only being res
Gu ID by some American women who. un-
like the American men. understand and
whom the police dared not touch.
Small wonder, when constitutional acts
are SO treated and the women sent 70
prison. that property. the god Of the TWEEN
tleth century. should be attacked.
There IL AT present a woman who ac-
cording TO English law 10 innocent until
tried by a Judge. being drugged by bro
mides and forcibly fed In prison before
her trial, TO letters allowed and no chance
given TO defend herself, although she has
no business TO be In prison; her only
crime being that she is paid official OF
the W. s. =. :. There have been several
cases the same as this lately.
The present Government OF England
Liberal?) OF MarconI reputation only
wars against voteless women.
The Ulster gun runners. who have al
armed force ready TO fight and according
10 law are guilty OF much worse Deeds
have never even been prosecuted. This
In the English idea OF playing The game.
II the Government instead OF passing
the Infamous cat and mouse act had
passed a bill enfranchising women on The
same terms as men. for which the only
qualification IL certain payments, this
struggle would have ceased.
A. McNAIRS THOMSON.
LONDON, June Z.
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How Much DO We Owe to spain?

Let us see. BY the Hay Bunau-Va-
rilla treaty we paid the Republic Of
Panama S1O,OOO,OoO for our canal rights.
powers and privileges, and agreed to
pay S25O,OOO n year besides
But the Republic Of Colombia owned
the zone before the Republic Of Pan
anna came Into existence and took nos
session. So President WILSON and Sec
rotary BRYAN, the great ethical experts
and universal public servants. think
that we should pay Colombia S25. OOO, 600
besides various perquisltes and prefer
entail rights not strictly In accoria nee
with the provisions of the Hay Paunre-
fote treaty.
Now, spain owned the zone before
Colombia arose in martial revolt In
1910 and overthrow the old sovereignty.
But for these successive revolutions
Spain would perhaps have been the
present proprietor Of the canal terri.
tory.
If we paid Sl0.OOO.OOO TO the actual
pOssessor. and ought on moral grounds
10 pay S25,Oo0,Ho to the predecessor
of the actual possessor, how many mill
IONS, or hundreds of millions, in the
view Of ethical diplomacy and disin-
rerested world service, do we Justly
owe 10 the predecessor of the prede-
cessor Of the actual possessor Of the
lsthmus?
Poor old Spain. Have we not done
her injury enough in other parts of
the globe!