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An Embargo on Neutral American
Citizens?

OF the precarious position Of bel
lIgerent nations subjects on the enc
mys territory international law takes
full cognizance. When war broke out
between Great Britain and France In
1903 about ten thousand Englishmen
then In France were arrested and held
as prisoners. and many of them did not
get their freedom until 1914 Since
that time the usage and practice have
heen more liberal. OPPENHEIM says:
1T may safely be maintained that there
is now a customary rule OF international
law that all enemy subjects must he al
lowed a reasonable period for withdrawal
But a beligerent need not allow enemy
subjects to remain on his territory, al
though this II sometimes done. Thus,
during the Crimean war Russian sub
jects in Great Britain and France were
allowed 10 remain there. as were likewise
Russians In Japan and Japanese in Rus
ala during the Russo Japanese war -
OF course, In case bellgerent allows the
residence Of enemy subjects on his terri
tory. he can give the permission under
CERTAIN to0ulNlhlS bll9t cutn as hIl ohlI
to remain neutral, or a promise not To
leave certain region, or the like"
Under such conditions the danger to
he subject of the bclllgerent remain
Ing on enemy territory is not from ar
rest or maltreatment by the Govern
mcnt itself, but merely from mob VIC
fence or irresponsible outbreaks of hos
tile national feeling: in civilized coun-
tricS this danger is probably much less
than might he surpassed,
We are not aware that any authori
tative writer on international law has
discussed or dreamed Of the possibly
prccAriouS position of the citizen of {
neutral nation caught at the beginning
II war upon the territory Of "A bcllig
crout; that Is, except so far rs con
Germs his personal convenience or phys
teal safety when actually within tn,
range Of gunshots.
Yet now II has been reported tina
here has been imposed by the German
Government ON neutral ana frlendl,
American citizens happening 10 h
within the German borders at the sud
den outbreak Of this most uncXpectc
uf wars an arrest, detention and r.
Strnht of liberty of the nature of IN
ol fashioned embargo which used I
w called the Garrett dc prince
TNc arrhi dc prince was imposed q
the Ups Of neutral flags with the pm
l'osc Of preventing them from carryin
abroad news Of political importanc,
IN" reported embargo upon neut raj an
friendly Americans Is sad 10 he "a
the purpose Of preventing them frol
spreading military secrets when one
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1--WE. the Only Decent People,

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-Sir:
am "A follower OF Roosevelt. and therefore
my conviction is that Barnes should go.
At Chicago he stopped the nomination
which had II been made would have
given decent people control OF government
Need / say, after saying that am n fol =
lower Of Roosevelt. that | am decent
OF course not.
We are the only decent people. and we
think. 80 as to have our way when next
the choice arrives all stumbling blocks in
our pathway. such as Barnes IL. should be
eliminated We tried all sorts OF ways
In 1912 10 kill or wheedle barnes n.
would not bulge. Ia that not now
abundantly sufficient reason why we want
him OUT
Just think Of IT,. we decent people land
We are the only such) are stood OFF in
our plans 70 benefit ourselves by the hor-
rible obstinacy OF this chairman 81 the
Republican State committee. why doesn',
ne step down" so we can have the
country to ourselves?
BELIEVER IN DECENCY.
New YORK August g.
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TELEPtTHI AND the rack.
Curiositics and Mysteries Of Cutting cards
nj MN

70 THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Str. AS
a relief from war let me discuss SOME
thing different. Last night ! had some
curious experiences with cards I had
seen friend cut fours AZ will from n
pack with startling frequency. so took
the same pack and. to be peculiar. sought
to cut nves. cut forty-four in Atty
tries To show versatility I then cut the
four Of hearts thirteen times out Of
twenty. Objections being raised 10 the
poss bic human arts involved. test condi-
tions were applied. The cards were now
shuf'ied and squared between cuts and |
did not look at the cards while cutting.
| got this sequence
-Four ~ spades nve ~ clubs Ave NJ clubs
four Of spades. four 81 spades. flve Of clubs
seven Of clubs, Jack Of hearts, Ave NJ clubs
seven Of clubs. Jack OF hearts. i've OF clube
five Of clubs queen Of diamonds. seven OF
clubs. three OF hearts.
This seemed to indicate that the former
fours and fves mentally affected the
operation. II WAS suggested that try for
some new line and kings were chosen
| cut:
Queen 81 clubs six Of spades. seven n
clubs. king Of diamonds. king Of diamonds
tack OF hearts Jack OF hoarts. queer OF da
monds. Jack OF hearts. queen OF clubs, KIM
| OF diamonds. jack OF hearts. eight Of dia
monds.
II was then suggested that I switch &c
| scNens. | cut as follows:
Seven Of diamonds queen OF hearts 1acl
Of hearts. two Of clubs. five Of clubs, KIM
OF spades seven Of diamonds, seven OF clubs
king OF diamonds. Jack OF hearts, I'VE o.
| clubs. queen OF diamonds. seven Of clubs.
| Noting that the former favorite foui
OF hearts had not appeared I then boldl!
cut for that alone. and see the result:
! - n
hearts ACC OF clubs. Jack ~ hearts, four q
hearts two Of hearts Jack OF hearts, fou
| OF hearts four Of hearts, Elk Of spades. fou
Of hearts eight OF diamonds, Jack Of heas'
Queer how the Jack OF hearts kept turn
ing up. Nobody asked for him.
Later I tried to see how easy II woult
he 20 cut card. knowing its position
| linked an edge, and even with this for
guide | could not cut IL better than on
In seven. Those interested in mathe
MATES may figure that the chances in III
last sequence show over 100, 900. 900 TO
against T.,
What Is the answer I don't know
and | was an active member of the So
ciety for Psychcal Research, II is no
the sort OF telepathy that depends @
transference of knowledge from anothe,
II does show an intimate relation he
tween desire and accomplishment and
most remarkable selectlve faculty operat
ing through tho skin OF the fingers.
I-know "A man who announces what
ticker prints from across the room. an
another who told five cards in a row tina
no one knew In advance. We all have ha
lunches" IN poker. ! used Ia think
wonderful when I could call the turn OF
wheel two or three times running. but tn
outclasses anything OF that sort.
FELIX FoRpYcn.
| NFw YoRK August G
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My DEAR Mr. SANE: I am very much
obliged to YOU for your letter Of July 81.
including clipping from THE SuN which
contains your letter 10 that newspaper on
the subject OF my recent proposal am
very glad that YOU have taken up the sub
tect and discussed II. ! think the gem
eral aim which underies both your
proposition and mine Is the same namely
TO bring about better working rcla-
tion between the Executive and the Legis-
ture which will produce more efficient
and responsible legislation. particularly
financial legislation. | do not propose. as
YOU seem to fear. TO break down the the
DRY which places the executive power
in hands different from those which hold
the legislative power, but ] do propose to
bring those separate branches OF the gov
eminent into better working relations.
All our Constitutions OF practically
every State Of the Union. including the
Federal Constitution recognize that both
OF these branches have a function TO
play in the enactment OF legislation. My
suggestion Ia that II is foolish and unwlse
TO hamper and impede these working re-
lations instead Of facilitating them and
making them more efficient. The method
in which this coordination should be ac-
complished Is u matter OF detail, and I
welcome your suggestions
Ii IS an old saying In constitutional his
tory that where for any reason. coordi-
nate action OF the various branches OF the
government IL made difficult or abnormal
those branches will he made to work har-
moniously. either by violence or cor
runtlon. In the days OF Walpole, before the
present system OF coordination between
ths executive and legislative branches
OF the British Constitution had been
worked out, those branches were made "a
work coordinately by corruption. The
use OF executive patronage In tho
| United States TO influence legislation, and
still moro 10 cement together party
machines which control both the Execu-
| tive and the Legislature, IL, I believe. ar
example OF the same rule OF constitu
tional action and is directly attributable
to our failure to provide proper leg!timat,
machinery Of cooperation between thos,
two branches by providing such legit
mate machinery coincdently with a Wig
orous enforcement Of the civil serytce law,
tho influence OF the Executive cab. l be-
love. be transformed from illegitimatc ant
secret persuasion into the open, efficient
and legitimate leadership OF debate anC
discussion. II I am right, the indepen
| dence and dignity. as we'll as the purity
| of our legislatures would he greatly en-
| HANGED. HENRY l.. STIMsoS.
New YoRK. August 4.
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At the conclusion OF this war perma-
nent peace can he assured to Europe
only through the overthrow OF the
Hohenzolern, Hapsburg and Romanoff
dynasties York Times.
A trifle like that ought not to stand
in the way Of permanent peace" q new
variety. by the way. But isn't too much
irsistence laid upon the power and re-
sponsibility Of the sovereign and upon
"dynastic interests" in promoting war
The cnmity between Slav and Teuton,
for example. is wholly or mainly racial.
Would race antagonism become less
acute and dangerous under a changed
form Of government insuring a more
instant popular control? IL is an easy
bat erroneous habit to assume that the
sovereign is everything and "the people
nothing. But whatever foreign opinion
may be OF Germany's course, for In
stance, in the present trouble, who can
doubt that 1t Is approved by the mass OF
Germans? II Germany became a re-
public, yes. and with absolute manhood
suffrage to-day. would not tho present
German Emperor be the first German
President? To group together the
Hohenzollern, Hapsburg and Romanoff
dynasties Is a rcgrettably loose classifi-
cation, but even on the assumption that
they are essentially alike how can II
he reasonably assumed that they arc
blindly guided by "dynastic interests
unless those interests are supposed by
tho great body Of the people TO be their
own?
We are afraid that even the deposition
Of all dynastics wouldn't insure "perma
nent peace" Human nature Is some
what permanent too.
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sad flight Of the Same Old Bill.

who will withhold from the same old
BILL n measure OF sympathy In the
trying hour Of an enforced silence
Notable among the contributors to the
noise that sustains and nourishes pol
itics. he appeals 20 be heard by the
most famous consumers of words In the
state: in vain his plea Is entered.
There IL no time for his oratory. no
welcome for his phrases. No ears are
tuned to catch his utterances, and the
same old BILL Is left. gagged and help
less, by the wayside as the car of
sound rolls on.
4 dlreful omen. n among Pro
gressives such master of elopucnce
Is shouldered TO the rear. to the exit,
to the pavement throng engrosscd with
European struggles, what does the
future hold for him among those less
greedy of the spoken word? Has the
seemingly unappeasable appetite been
surfcitci? Has the capacity for the
east wind been exceeded? IIns the
fatal hour in which mere talk will
cease to satisfy struck?
Alas for the same old Bill. The
market for wind appears to have col
lapscd with some others.
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To-day the most pessimistic members
Of Congress look for adjournment he
fore September /, but this plan con
templates the passage. inside of threc
weeks. Of mass of legislation OF the
graveSt consequence 10 the nation. or
the desirabilty of quick adjournment
there are not two opinions. hut of the
danger that now threatens us because
of the notorious ahsenteelsm from the
House Of Representatives little account
has been taken.
The closing days Of every Legislative
assembly offer in their crowded and
confused hours the opportunities sought
| by those who desire the adoption Of
mca sures that will not stand the test
81 long study and minute dissection
Thus amendments Of apparently trivial
effect, but actually of far reaching con
sequence. then find their chance for
/ approval in a hurry bury that pre-
cludes reasonable inspection.
/ In these same hours the duty TO theli
constituents OF Representatives who
regardless of party. want honest legs
latlon first. 10 TO he NJ their desks
alert and watchfu TO arrest the jokers
against the perversion of the legisln
lures function The delegates Will
axes to grind need no urging to h,
present. Their interest and their pur
poses hold them in their seats.
Yet the fact IL that the House o
Representatives to-day records 50 smHl
n proportion Of its membership on dut!
that the Speaker has been compelled t.
threaten arrest for those members VIII,
have left their seats. When on Tues
day Mr. MANN made point Of n
quorum the Speaker said:
1.-THE gentleman from Illinois make
the point OF no quorum present. Their
Is no quorum present There Is no us
to pretend to count"
This Is the acknowledged conditio
! Of affairs in the House. \ long an
hers: the heats of Washington hav
driven others To cooler sites; and man
have now thrown overheard the respor
siblltles and duties that two years ng
they eagerly fought to assume, In ol
, der to use the time for which their cot
81 stitucnts pay, to further their ambition
to succeed themselves.
0 To those members who have absen
ed themselves from the House for can
paign purposes this pregnant though
: is offered will the electorate MOI
highly honor next November the ma
who evadcd his labors in Washingto
deserted his post, and spent his da!
In efforts TO conserve his personal 70
tunes, or that Representative who too
seriously his oath of office. pcrform6
= faithfully his duties. and was four
Mt his desk even when ambition M
aclfShness hcckoncd him Ia desert Il
= Capitol and take up the work of p
litical fence repair?
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what liz "the immediate and vital 10
sue? The Colonel told the State Pro.
gressivc conference:
"Clean and honest government and the
overthrow Of both bosses and both ma
chimes"
Granting. then, that woman suffrage
Is vital" it is clearly not Immediate"
/. e.. Of 1914. in the Colonel's estlma-
ton. Aud there is no more immediate
statesman and no sounder judge of
immcdlacy.
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TO CHANGE CITY COLLEGE.
Mayor Mitchell SuEgests Rndich
Changes In Policy.

sharp departure from the present
policy of tho College OF the city ~ Ne"
York Is suggested by Mayor Mitchell IN 4
letter which he sent to the COLLEGE trustees
yesterday announcing that he had roar.
pointed James W. Hyde TO the board n
which Mr. Hyde is now secretary. The
letter follows:
81 have delayed making this appoint.
ment because IL seemed to me that
should avail myself OF this occasion 70
bring the trustees Of tho college aud ne
city authorities in somewhat closer touch
and cooperation.
~ desired especially to MI vacancies
in the board with men who were inter-
ested IN the modern development OF 'lu.
cation and who are concerned to mako "
the city College an institution OF d,s''0e'
tive value to the city OF New York
ITO accomplish this Il has seemed o
me the city College should look o. tram
/ ing men for public service. should give
emphasis to training In business alm.n.'-
/ traton along the lines Of the work don" fr
| Harvard University and should cr,'a ~
It's peculiar province the training %! Young
men for successful participation iu ~
municipal and commercial activitl,- o' the
city as opposed to the rigid academic
training OF the conventional COLLEGE.
with several great private un!N""sluF'
In the city II H. not "A question whether p,
! is wise for the city to conduct a general
| university or an institution merely ~
higher academic training? similarly with
the growth ~ our public high school u.s.
TEN. II seems matter OF doubt 'h8t II
wise for CITY College TO maintain q Sec
ondary school.
''ln short. I am strongly convinced ~
advised you In our recent couf'''''" n
my office, that tho timo is oppOr'uu' 'o'
the formulation Of II clear polov '' g.N'
ern the future development OF tho .'.
along lines which will thoroughly '
tho cost TO the city OF maintaiiinc tN
which will advance tho mstltu'u p,
these matters | shall he glad 90 n' o
such service to YOU as I may, '..'
YOU that I shall he ready ~ nN ''
4. a 4. mn 4.
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THE ENOCH BROWN MASSACRE.
Pennsylvania Celebrates Notable
Pioneer Tragedy.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS--Sir: One
hundred and nifty years ago one OF the
most pitlful tragedies OF the frontier life
of Pennsylvania occurred In a pine forest
in the township OF Antrim about three
miles north OF where Greencastle now
stands IL was the massacre on July 2s,
1884, of Schoolmaster Enoch Brown and
his pupils. Tuesday, August I. was set
apart by the association In charge OF the
park as the day for the celebration
OF the anniversary of that event.
About 1000 people gathered to hear ad-
dresses made by educators and men OF
note of Pennsylvania and Maryland.
monument marks the place where the
schoolhouse stood and another the COM
mon grave where Schoolmaster Brown and
his pupils were buried. rrovidentially.
one of the eleven pupils recovered to tell
the story. He stated that three Indians.
one young and two old. approac hed tho
door soon after the opening session OF
the school. Schoolmaster Brown entreated
them to have pity on the children. lie
was willing to give UP his life N only
they would spare the children. but all
were brutally knocked IN the head with
an Indian maui and scalped.
II was during tho Pontiac war OF 1763-6i
that this massacre took place. The great
chieftain OF the O,tawas inspired the en-
nifty OF the tribes against the English set
tiers between the Great Lakes and the
Alleghanies lie sought to drive the red
coats and palefaces into the sea.
Colonel Henry Bouquet met them on
August 5 and 6 in 1888 and defeated the
eastern wing of Pontiac's conspiracy at
Bushy Run. lie pleaded for moro troops
but was refused. lie sought tn penetrate
the haunts OF the Indians In central Ohio
and bring the war to decisive close. The
consequence was that bands OF 1ndiane
ralded the homes Of the settlers and
brutally murdered and scalped them
through Pennsylvania. Maryland and Nir-
gInia. The Indians raided the Cumber-
land Valley Of Pennsylvania on july 20
1854, and on this date the Enoch Brown
massacre took place pprkmau. the hts
torian. speaks OF II as IAN outrage un.
matched I'm ficndish atrocity through all
the annals OF the war And again In
his Conspiracy of Pontiac he writes
"In the centre lay the master scalped and
| lifeless, with "A Bible claspcd In his hand
| while around the room were strewn the
bodies OF his pupils mseraby mangled
| though one Of them still retained spark
| OF life Tho deed was committed by
| three or four warriors from an Indian VII.
| lagc near the ohio"
| Such places as these lie broadcast and
| unmarked over our beautiful land hal
lowed by tho blood sprinklcd on the sol
by the martyrs OF pioneer days. Il
| behooves US as a nation and az
people to mark the spots where martyr,
! OF pioneer days sprinkled their preciou,
| free and beautiful country We possess
As n duty and AZ a homage to our fore
fathers We should mark these holy anC
| sacred historical spots. to preserve then
for our children. WALTER A. HENLEY.
| GREENCAsTLE, Pa. August =.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: |
submit this answer TO wv. J.'s' com
munlcation regarding "hremanic" The
word Is good stun" etymologically and
lexicopraphically. even though II may not
be In those repositories of canned Ian
guaRe the dictionaries.
The journalistic and literary authori-
ties of Port Jcrvis have used "fremanic''
for forty or more years, 50 that neces-
sarily Il goes" The next crop of
canned word books will have IL In their
columns and the uptodatcs In 1924 will
smllo nj tho mossbacks Of 1914 who
quizzed "hremanic" as dubious.
Not 10 know ones "anics" or les Is
10 argue oneself unread There are
"talsman'' and "talismanic." Mussul-
man" and "mussulmanic." Titan" and
titanic" ocean" and oceanic" Adam
and "ldamic.' and many other "ics" In
regular recognized canned English. us
"a dandy for securing terseness In the
American language. +, J. w
PORT JERvIs. August g
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NeCinrOcItN.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-SW: Since
the safety of the German Empire demands
that to American citizens. even women
and children, he refused tho right to re-
turn to this country, would II not be well
for us to follow the hrazcn rule Of doing
unto others AZ they do unto you and for
hid Germans to leave this country? Is
II not AN obvious violation Of "A strict
neutrality Tor the United States to permit
the reservists Of any foreign country to
leave here with the knowledge on our
part that tho rcservsts are to fight
against other nations with which We are
at peace? FRANK \, EGAN.
New ROCHELLE, August g.
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NELSON OUT FOR STATE SENATL
AsscmbI lyman Oppose. the R"N d.
johnson Ia Nineteenth.

Dean Nelson, Assenlblymau fro.
Twenty first district. has annou -
Republican candidacy for tho ~" 9'
ate from the Nineteenth SenAt' "-
which includes part of Wa. "
Heights and Harlem, lie 10 q "".'
with an office at rs Park Ro"
Ho will be opposed in IN" p'.n' ~
nv the Rev Dr. Rufus = johns"
merly pastor OF the Fifth Avenn' r ''
church and later If the Wash <
Heights Baptist church, and Do"
tired from the ministry Or johnson y
been Endorsed by the organization 100
Twenty third Assembly district
mr., sent Senator from the Nuot'rN'h =
George w. simpson. Democrat
Henry G, Hirschberg, cashier ~ ''
Department OF Highways IN The hf',
IL after the Republican nomination
senator In tho Twenty second Senate pr
trlct. He says he ia supported by Nc re-
publIcans OF the Thirty-fourth AS'"Wo'
district
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Ac-
cepting the challenge Of your correspond
ent "IndagRtnr' Of Brookline Mass. Ia
cite a split innnitlve in Shakespeare,
take pleasure in suggesting that he de-
vote his spare time TO reading "Coriola-
nus where rises the pure white figure of
Nolumna clad In the dignity of honor
and patriotism, the grandest woman IN
Shakespeare, the embodiment OF all those
virtues that made the Roman mother.
To cite the instance as well as the act
scene and limo would he TO pay n premium
to ono who deserves to he put to some
pains for his knowledge. lest he remain
In that state OF blissful ignorance to which
wisdom has been declared to he folly
NEW YORK, August s. On. SYNrAx
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what could he less rhetorical and
more admirable than King ALBERr's
address to the Bclglans when he took
command of the army2 We print It
again In this place ms a model Of mod
est and effective phra seoogy:
"A neghbor. naughty In It's strength,
without the slightest provocatlon has torn
up the treaty bearing its signature and
has violated the territory OF our fathers
because we refused to forfeit our honor,
II has attacked us, Seeing It's indepcn-
dcncc threatened tho nation trembled and
lts children sprang to the frontier. valiant
soldiers In "A sacred cause. have conf
dcnco In your tenacious courage ! greet
you in the name OF Belgium, fellow clti-
zen who Is proud OF you"
This Is sure of it's place on the pages
Of history among the moderl master
pieces Of powerful and restrained OK
preston 10y monarchs and other rulers.