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CANADA DOESN'T RELY
ON MONROE DOCTRINE
Borden and Lanrier Agree ma,
Protection of United States
Is Not Wanted.
"WOULD MAKE Us NASSAL"

OTTAWA, Dec. 20--Ex- President Tar,
respect to Canada has stirred UP no end o,
discussion in the press and on the pla'.
form. Most of the newspapers, ugcspc..
tive of politics. take the stand thar can.
ada has no interest whatever in tho Mon.
roe Doctrine and could not depend uDo,,
II for protection without certain los o,
national self-respect.
Thus the ottawa ErcRtHg Iouylui
which voices the views of the Government
declares that Canada lis about a., mu.b
protected by the memory of James Mon.
roe as it is by the memory Of Alevande
DoNie or by Buffalo Bill" aud adds tina,
unless we sent an annual contribution to
the upkeep of the United States navy M
self-respecting Canadian would wish
otherwise" The Toronto Globe, which
speaks for Canadian Liberalism, and Tn,
Montreal star, the organ of the ultra.
imperialsts, deal with the subject In
similar strain.
Sir Robert Borden and Sir Nl'dd
Laurier in recent addresses laid emphasis
on the contention that while the final ln.
depreciation of the Monroe Doctrine musi
rest with the Administration which hap.
pens to hold Office in WASHINGTON, N.
Canadian people do not want or expect
its protection.
I'VE are a part OF the British Empire,
said the Premier I'VE are, as such. a.
war with Germany, and We are prepared
to take the full consequences of or
position, without regard to whether an
attack upon our coasts or the occupa,iof
of our territory by German troops would
be a violation OF the Monroe Doctrine"
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in the course OF al
address before the Montreal Reform Club
was equally explicit. For the Canadian
people" he said. ito seek national So
curity within the Monroe Doctrine would
be the equivalent to placing Canada r.
the relation OF vassal state 70 H..
great republic to the south. That do.
trine is at hest mere expression of polio.
and upon ii Canadians must not depend
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GERMAN REPLY TO LEON.
Embassy Mt Washington Explains
the Citizenship Problem.

WAsHlNGToN, Dec. 2O--The German
Embassy to-day came TO the defence Of
Representatives Bartholdt. LobeclI and
Nollmer. who were severely criticised 10y
Maurice Leon of New York in state
ment published in TIVE SrN on December
10, because of the bills introduced by them
to prohibit the expectation OF war ma
terlals.
Mr.. Loon was quoted as saying that
under German law German subject
in the United States miGht become a nat
urali2ed American citizen and retain his
German citizenship provided he obtains
consent 10 do so from a German Consul
in this country.
At the embassy il was declared that
Mr.. Leon had miss lated the effect of the
new German law regarding naturalization
and that under no circumstances could
the law affect the citizenship Of the mem-
bers OF Congress named. because II did
not go into effect until January !. 1914.
The law referred 10 by Mr.. Leon g..
declared by the embassy to be as fol-
lows:
"a German who has neither his DON'T
ellie nor his permanent abode within the
empire loses his tGerman) nationality
upon the acquisition of a foreign nntiou-
ality provided such acquisition takes place
upon his Application OF Gin case Of mar
ried women Or minors) upon the appll-
cation OF the husband or legal represent
tative.
However, a person who before acuuir-
ing foreign nationality has received uDun
h application the written permission OF
the tcompetenD home authority COZ his
native State) that he may retain his
tGemau) nationality shall rot lose Il.
Before such permission IL granted the
tcompetenD German Consul has to be
heard con this case).
THE Chancellor wlih the consent or the
BunieSrat may decree that the above
mentioned permission be generally with
held with regard to persons who desire
to acquire the nationality of certain for
eign States"
The wording OF the law. il IL declared
at the embassy, leaves no doubt about
the general rule that German subject
who voluntarily acquires 4 foreign ma
tionality loses thereby his German ma
tionality As Tor the exception from the
general rulo IT deserves to be mentioned
that not the German consular officers
abroad, rs Mr. Leon alleges, but the COM
petent home authorities, after hearing the
competent Consuls opinion on the par
ticular case, have the power to permit n
German contemplating naturalization i'm
another country 10 retain his German ma
tionality
Such permission, it IS stated. can n.
granted only since January /. 1914, To
Germans before they have taken out their
naturalization papers in another country,
not inter they hvyo already become ctN-
2cns. OF another state
with this" the embassy states "Mr
Icons alterations with regard to certain
American citizens OF German descent RI ho
for decades have lived In this country
NAH absolutely to tho grounds
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ATTACK BOURASSA IN OTTAWA.
French leader of Nationalist, Start,
Riot by Attitude.

OTTAWA. Dec. Ca great desl %,
racial and religious prejudice Las bee,
stirred up in sections of Ontario an.
Quebec through the refusal OF Ottawa
citizens and soldiers to give a lear.ss
to Henri Bourassa, the Nationalist le,der
when ne attempted 20 address an and
ence in the capital last week Mr. Bou.
rassI's appearance on the stage Wis t.,
signal Tor one Of the most rlotuus ds.nlt.
STATIONS that Ottawa has Witnessed ID.
many years. Uniformed soldiers In The
audience jeered and Kissed tho ll.r
Canadian leader. whose attacks mr..
N.r Edward Grey have laid him open I'd.
the charge of disloyalty. Tac clr,.
came when n Dragon leaned on the p.a,.
form and showed a Union Jack ir ".
Bourassa's hand. calling on Inn =,
wave il.
II viii wave IL under liberty. hut r..
under compuisior,' was the Natiorl'
readers angry rcturt and iu few sc
oNds the Platform was crowded VIII
surginE mass Of soldiers and cIyI.,..
,Fne curtain was ruug down. NJ I,.
rassa esc.pod "ti q fcw friends 9
under strong police protection mao. ..
way to his hotel
1t is feared that the anal, re
nave bad effect upon rccruiti'. I- o..
Province OF Quebec, where Bourt-s1 '..
large foil wing. Since The utrth~n,'
of the war he has rouudlv denounced $
Edward Grey, charged him with h.. .'
sincerity in his dealings with Fra,
criticised Canada's particippt ON y o..
conflict. sneered AZ Canadian sold. r.. 3-
adv, French Canadians mo-, 20 ..
until they secured school cuuces. n.
the Province or ontario.
The result has been thar Mr. Pou~as.
IS The best hated man i'm English ,ns
.rE Canada to-day, and some OF a., .o...
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1t is no wonder that the Kaiser has
aged" as sundry dispatches from Ger
many have announced in the last two or
three days. II he has had half the
maladies with which he has been cred
tied 1t Is a wonder he is not dead.
Among the list have been cold in the
head, bronchial catarrh, dlphtheria,
pneumonia and nervous breakdown.
with hints Of the same throat disease
from which his father died. Consider
ing that he has been confined to his
bed very III with something in his own
palace at Berlin for two weeks, there
is some ground for wonder as to how
the current observations on his appear
ance have been made. Perhaps when he
reappears, recovered and rested, there
may be new crop of reports telling
how marvellously well he stands the
strain of the war.
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Bantam soldiers lauded.-Heudline.
Some Of them, NAPOLEON for instance,
have been amply "lauded" before.
HUMOR.
Addison's GeneaiOg OF II: was Job the
First HumOrist?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir! III
:. f." asks when and In what people
was the sense of humor first DEVELOPER"
] do not think the question as framed can
be answered categorically. Most of the
Wit. humOr and satire which delighted
past ages owed it's existence and charm
to circumstances and accidents OF time
and place and person. and must therefore
seem TO people of our day excepting the
esoteric few. lacking in point.
The Genealogy Of Humor." by Joseph
Addison, may in way answer the ques-
ton of II. ;. +" Addison says.
II is indeed much easier to describe what
70 not hdmor than what Is; ana very DIM
cult TO define II otherwise than Cowley
has done IL, by negatives. Were | to give
my own notions OF II would deliver them
after Plates manner, In a kind Of anegory,
and by supposng Humor TO he person de
duce TO him all his qualifications, according
to the following genealogy: Truth was the
founder OF the family, and the father OF
Good Sense. Good Sense was the father OF
Wit. who married a lady OF collateral line
called Mirth by whom he had issue, HumOr.
Humor, therefore, being the youngest of
the niustrious family. and descended from
parents Of such different dispositions, l.
very various and unequal In his temper.
sometimes you see him putting on grave
looks and a solemn habit. sometimes airy in
his behavior and antastic In his dress; in
somuch that at different times he appears as
serious as Judge and az JoculaT a. a Merry
Andrew. But as he has a great deal OF the
mother in his constitution, whatever mood
he Is In, he never fats to make his com
pauy laugh.
The earliest bit OF humor have found Is
In the Book OF Job. After Job had been
tOrmented not only by boils but by the
gratuitous advice OF his three wouldbe
comforters, he turned in his misery and
said to them
No doubt but We are the people. and wis
dom shall die with you
This bit of humor was los, on the COM
forters, for they continued TO give jon
advice. ARLINGTON II. CARMAN.
PATcHoGuE, l.. J., December ~.
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The GOr,ng of Oxen.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir' II S
easy 10 see that the German Representa-
tivcs in Congress Herren Bartholdt, Loo
beck and Nollmer, would make no objec-
tons If we were shipping war materials
TO Germany.
They think We should help Germany and
not the Allies. A despatch in THE SUN
tells US that the German authorities are
paying their soldiers to gather up bullets
and shells, while the Allies have all the
supplies furnished they need.
What complaint will the German Herren
in Congress make against American bank
ers when Germany comes to the end OF
it's financial rope? W. l.. SASpERs,
NEW YORK. December 20.
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The first drowning OF winter sport is

The first drowning OF winter sport is
recorded. The safety belt between the
boating and skating seasons has been
passed. This incident adds name to
the honor roll of those who give their
lives to save others. JAMES MADIGAN, l6,
saved his nine-year-old brother but
slipped under the ice and, 1t may be
hoped. into the realm OF recompcnses.
No doubt the dreary tale. with or with
out its Frightening touch OF devotion
and bravery. will be repeated at short
intervals until the ice melts. The sea-
sons change only TO bring variation in
the forms Of foolish rashness by which
the lives Of the best are wasted.
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Assuming the truth of the Admiralty's
statement that none ~ the destroyers
engaged with the German cruisers bonn
harding the Yorkshire coast was lost,
the craftsmanship of the enemy could
not have been very good. A destroyer,
which has considerable length and
stands we'll out of the water. makes a
fair target. The small British fiotilla
with its inch guns could not be eX-
pected to sink any OF the German
cruisers. At the same time one would
like to know why the dcstroyers did not
accomplish something with their torpedo
tubes.
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Title Salary.
Disburslng officer. ............... $500
Confidential Secretary and Special
Disburslng Officer. .............. $500
It is no part of the function Of the
Book OF Estimates to record the duties
which fall on the shoulders of the Sec
rotary the Disbursing Officer and the
Confidential Secretary and Special Dis
bursting Officer respectively. That large
and arid compilation OF figures deals
with no such romantic subjects as the
difference between Secretary" and a
Confidential Secretary; it makes no
note of limitations that are imposed
on "DisburSing Officer in order that
there may be something with which a
special Disbursing Officer" may busy
himself. II does not reveal why Sec
rotary" with the aid of a chief stenog-
rapher. eight stenographers, one typist,
six clerks. one research clerk. one legal
no time to he confidential" Nor does
1t show why disbursing officer for
whose bureau the annual appropriation
for 19lI-1J was 100000 should not be
competent to pay the bills without as
sistance.
On these things. we repeat, the Book
of Estimates is properly silent. But it
does show. with that CONTINGENCIES
of which figures alone are capable, that
the Commission on Industrial Relations
comes high.
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SAVE 4 SEAT.
society Needed for the Bcncnt OF
TheatregOers Thin OF Purse.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir; |
saw a show Tuesday night. / enjoyed Il.
! shall not see il again. | cannot afford
20. few Years ago the footlEhts at
trdct"d me twice a week. Twice a season
Is now about my limit. The spectators
have taken away a source of pleasure to
me Nl!sA was my chief indoor winter
sport. Are we really helpless? These are
days when theatres are medicine 10 4
man whose nerves need a tonic. | want to
go, but The hallway bandits won't let me.
Here's what happened to me this week:
promised my wits visit to a thea
tire, any old" theatre she selected. That
was piece Of carelessuess which cost
me lot Of trouble and more money than
| can afford She selected a show which
should have been named Watch Your
Pocke'hook." | applied at the box Office
and shl1velled at the plying glance the
autocrat of that institution favored me
with. Remembering my promise TO my
wife ! began the search for tickets. Sew
eral hotels had seas az an enormous adj
vance, but these We're from fourteen 10
eighteen rows from the stage No, far
from the nineteenth hole Of the Forty
second Street Country club ! found "A mod
est little stand and man hardly in har-
mony with the mOdestv of the stand.
Here | was Informed / could Sc; 81 tickets
for Sl2j, oh, joy Tn" millennium had
arrived! | had been staying away from
shows for two years Horrible thought
and keen regret
Gimme two for the Blank Theatre"
That was my old time voice that spoke,
sure" was the reply. Two in the ninth
row centre SO each" JOY turned to sad
ness, but | was game, Gimme EN-" I
said 81 amt got 'em now. but I'll have
'em in an hour" AN right III send
boy FOR en-
l sent a boy and he got two IN the tenth
row AZ 81 each. Twas the best he could
do. We saw the show. but i"s an eN-
travagance / cannot again indulge myself
in until some one organizes save a
seat society for the alienation of tho
sufferings OF the theatregoer.
New YORK, December l9 l..
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: We
are approaching the beginning OF new
year. the time for good resolutions For
some years our people have been passing
through a period of what many charac-
terize as progress" and "uplft" The
difficulty with this movement has been
that il has in the main consisted OF ef-
forts by each man to reform his brothers.
What | now suggest is that on next New
Years Day each and all OF us highly re-
solve to reform himself or herself, This
way real progress" and "uplift" lie. The
task may be more onerous. but the re
ward certainly will be greater. J. j. O.
NEW YORK, December 20.
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BarthoIdtian Neutrality.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Why
Is Mr. Bartholdt of Missouri so anxious
for peace all at once?
We did not hear OF his anxiety on this
score when poor little Belgium was being
pounded to death: not a sound was heard
then about peace.
Now Germany Is going to get dose
OF its own medicine somebody is getting
very busy.
1t surely makes big difference as to
whose OK is being gored.
No, sir. this game doesn't 20. There are
men enough out OF work already. with
out our refusing any orders the various
foreign Governments may wish 20 send
US
II these neutrality" fellows don't think
so let them come here and visit our mill
section MILL. HAND.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., December 10.
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value of the Rural Health OfHccr.

The influence of the city Health De.
partmcnt upon the maintenance of eco
monte integrity and the saving of life
has been frequent theme in these col
umns. The city dweler rarely appre-
ciates the imperative demand for sani-
tary supervision in the rural districts
unless some member OF his family falls
a victim to undetected unsanltary en-
vironment. II Is still too often the GUS
tom I'm these districts 70 entrust santa
tiou 70 part time health officers, who
must exc out a living by engaging in
general practice.
happily the value OF full time rural
feaith officers IL growing IN apprecia-
ton, as illustrated in a recent report
of the North Carolina State Board of
Health, one Of the most alert and active
distributors Of health literature in this
country " may serve as lesson IN
rural ana village communities TO reflect
upon these figures.
IN N"ooSon county, which lies in the
nl'nral section, there has been re-
corded during the past three years a
reduction Of mortality from eighteen IL
twelve a thousand despite he fact thu.
n % per cent, of the population ara r.
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VIII Attorney General GREGoRY's upln-
ion that the Federal Reserve Board is
an independent entity and not an au'
mex OF the Hon. WILLIAM MCADoc per
suade that dilated and dilating lord of
the Treasury and New York political
settlement worker to sclf-compresSlon,
or must Congress pass an act for his
restraint. deflation and reduction?
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Minimum Expectations, Not MAXI
mum Demands.

Let no innocent citizen believe that
the tidy sum Of sd 1880. the amount
recommended by the House River and
Harbor Committee. represents the tota,
that the river aud harbor bill for 1918
is likely 10 attain. ON the contrary, 1t
serves only ms basis for addition, and
the proportions the bill may assume be-
fore it reaches the stage of fnal pas
sage are predetermined.
The estimates on which the river and
harbor bill for the present year was
based called for the appropriation of
S3i. o66.39j. The bill reported to the
House on February II carried S39221,:
5O4. In the course of passage through
the House about S1SO.0OO was added,
the bill appropriating $50, 4OS,0Oi when
it was sent to the Senate on March &c.
The Senate committee tackled more
projects on the bill, increasing its total
10 Si333O. iOI. or S?.OOO,oOO over the
estimates and SI.OOO.0OO above the
House proposals. Thus frcighted. the
hin was reported on June Is, and
Senator BURTON at once began his men,
orable struggle against II. At one
time il seemed likely that it would 60
10 conference bearing the glory Of $751;
100000 in pork but Mr.. BuBToN's obsti-
macy in behalf of the taxpayers pre-
vented this, and eventually il was abau-
doned for u lump appropriation Of So
100000, to he expended under the d.
rection of the engineers. This, with
S6,9AooD carried in other bills, brought
the total draft on the Treasury up to
So6.9oO. 900 for 191I-15
From this record il will he seen that
the S3I l33.J20 provided for in the bill
at present is not the maximum, but the
minimum. that its authors hope to get.
in the record. Representative EREAB Of
Wisconsin directed attention on Mon
day 10 the growth of expenditures for
rivers elnd harbors by biennial periods
since 1883. His tabulation is highly
instructive:
1Ss3-1SS4. ...........-- .sl'73s.S75
1oOJ-lSOi. ,..........,....... 52,113'34c
1al3I0l4......... 7s.105,sS9
That Senator BURTON will be ON duty
until March 4 and that he has an
nounced his Intention to oppose the
river and harbor bill again are the facts
most gratifying to the taxpayers that
emerge from the present situation.
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from the low level OF brigandage to the
high estate of strong man and savior OF
his country vice =. VILLA, lost some
where in the confusion.
Before leaving the Carranzistas burned
fourteen railroad cars and damaged seven
locomotives"
In at least one quality Of modern
milltarism tho Mexicans of all factions
equal the highest European standards.
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Woman in Yonkers accused OF witch
craft-HCddlinc.
A reminder that civilization" IS not
standardized; that the twentieth CEN
fury includes many persons in civil
zcd" countries who are really living in
the seventeenth the sixteenth or earlier;
and that darkest Africa" is but
patronizing and SNUG phrase.
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To THE EDITOR or the SuN-Sir: Now
that the city Of New York Is endeavoring 30
put In use covered ash and garbage carts
It would seem as though the issuance of
licenses to private parties to collect ashes
and garbage should Impose the condition
OF protected carts similar TO those used by
the city,
The discomfort and defilement caused by
irresponsible licensed ashmen are almost uu-
bcsrable r. IL
NEW YORK, December 10
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While no act Of the LEGISLATURE re-
Ouires that the G,0oo cnumcrators AMI
supervisors to he employed in taking the
State census next year shall he selected
after competitive examination. It A. not
to be supposed that men of unestab.
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1t Comes High.

From the payroll of the Industrial
Relations Commission. which since frs
creation in 1912 has cost the taxpayers
of this country $35OOOO. 1t appears that
among its employees are these:
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II our friends uho taror US ,enh manuscripts
and Illustrations for publication Uish TO have
rejected articles returned TIER must In oil cases
sead stamps for thai purpose.
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London ONCE, bingham House, ! Arundel
street strand
Paris Office, Rue de la Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre Soptembre.
Washington office. Hibbs Building,
Brooklyn Office los Living ston street.
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The City Club studying the woes Of
the policeman may seem to the police
man to he an occasion for introspec-
ton.
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That Senator BrRToN will be on duty
until March 4 and that he has an
nounced his Intention TO oppose the
river and harbor bill again are the facts
most gratifying to the taxpayers that
emerge from the present situation.
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