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To the police authorities OF New
York the landing Of an aeroplane on
the sacred meadow In Central Park
was n big question as the descent
Of II German airship at Nancy. Mounted
Policeman MCGUIRE at once served a
summons upon the rash intruder. who.
strange to say. turned ont To he the
chief pilot of n Long Island aviation
school, and the flying machine was
wheeled by willing hands tn the sheep
stable. In the history of Central Park
the visit Of The stray aeroplane will be
red letter day incident. fully as not
able rs the raising Of the obeiisk, with
which it does not seem tn he In har-
mony at all. NJ. VEDRINEs few about
the Pyramids; the Long Island pilot
lowered over the obelisk. Grandchil-
dren of Officer MCGUIRE will tell the
story Of how he swooped down on the
flying man who showed himself In Cen
trial Park aud took his ship to The sheep
stable.
1t may he suspected that the visitor
from Long Island was not altogether
guilcless In coming down In the sacred
meadow: there were other vacant
places Ia make II landing, and nil Jrr-
Sey across the river. To he II spring
manbirl in Central Park was certainly
something Of an advertisement in II
dull season. The law, however. must
he indicated l'pon sufficient proof Of
necessity may III honorable aviator
treslnss on the grass? In The absence
Of sufficient proof of artle~s irreSpon-
sibility, what is the offence with which
he can he charged? The familiar
makeshift disorlerly conduct. would
naturally occur Ia II perpeNed Magis-
trate. hut after all, is there any au-
lhorily that II lawlesS aviator fears but
the Aero Club:
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HLEBS ~ SEtRfH.
Ills erienccs with u BashfuI Young
Woman selected by His Aunt.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Sfr, As
the writer of the letter signed Another
sufferer may | thank tn. young lady
from East Orange, y. j.. for her kind sug-
geston that | would be- more likely 10
ma happiness I'm married If. II | soupht
out the plain and old fashioned girl in
stead of counting "A butterfly beauty? |
have very tender hearted aunt who
hnIds mo same view and took enough
interest in me recently to give a lunch
IN honor Of the belle of village in which
she lives, She invited me with tho ide,
81 haNlng me become Interested i'm tn,
aforesaid Young lady
! certainly found her most pretty and
attractive, but dumb as an oyster Nv
aunt AMI ] exhausted ourselves endeayor-
NIX 10 pump conversation from the intel
l''tuhl fountains of the young lady i'm
question, Whether she knew that she was
particularly invited FOR the purpos. of
making an impression upon me | do not
know, She WAS evidently very much EN-
harriss"d. In an effort 10 hiring about
conversation ON "A subject in which ! hc.
ll"Ned Sno would TAX. an interest, as all
young people seem to, the theatre, sh,
suddenly surprised me by asking II | had
seen omaha III" Tcntmakcr." and asked
me II | was familiar with the writings OF
omaha
II would he difficult to take this Young
lady out of her setting and bring her into
IN" society Of CilN without AT least "A
long period OF rcadjustmeW of her man
h"ls an' faculties To make her environ
m"nt any thing else than "A source OF ha sh-
fu suffering. would persuade my ad-
wiser from East Orange that affections
cannot he scientifically planted in that
manner kIsMEr.
NEW NoRK, April 10
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THE PRESS Law IN EGYPT.
As Now Arbitrarily Enforced n fs fntoI'
erabie and Breeds SeditiOn.

To THE EprrcR OF THE SUN-Sir. have
Just received through friend copy OF
THE Sun dealing In a January issue WIN
the press law In Egypt. In u am ms
represented. The British press. winch y
naturally more Interested In Egypt and
knows more about II than the continental
or the American press. treated the sub
ject more alphabetically. Perhaps you
took me for one OF the so-called NATION
alst party, who sees everything British
through pre:udiced eyes. i have sup.
ported the Ang.o-Egyptian Government
practically all my journalistic life. The
Dolly Ne,rs Of London describes me es
"a well known Coptic journalist who. Ike
90 many OF kA corel'giorists. was not
only quite recently In favor Of the British
occupation of Egypt but Is still to-day a
supporter, as he himself admits. OF y
strict censorship based on Just laws
raised only two points when dealing win
the subject In London. The two points
are: First. the necessity for an open trial
for accused papers, and secondly. permits
sion to start a newspaper SHOULD be WITH
held only when sufficient reason exists
for the refusal I have reason TO believe
that these two points are appealing TO
those responsible for tho conduct OF
affairs In Egypt.
You speak about the fearlcssness Of
Lord Kitchener. and you give as an IN
stance Of il his muzzlng Of TIE press.
In another place you speak OF the fear
lessness of Lord Crorier, and ycu say
that native editors knew better than 70
preach anarchy. No doubt taey wee
both fearless. but whereas tire fearless
ness OF Lord Kitchener created sedit!ous
movement. that Of Lord Cromer kept the
press In order. without having recourse 10
force or exceptional laws.
The present Government OF Egypt In
taking repressive measures to get rid of
unwlse and extreme criticism has created
a movement OF more dangerous char
acter. Copies OF an Arabic newspaper
published IN Europe Of n very sedtious
nature have been discovered IN Egypt
The portrait OF the assassin OF Boutros
Pacha Ghali. the ex-premier Of Egypt. IS
reproduced In each number as an example
FOR the young men OF Egypt to follow.
Most OF the people with whom have dis
cussed the subject consider the appear
ance OF paper of this nature as n result
OF misuse OF the press law. which was
introduced into the country few years
ago and under which a number of news
papers have been suppressed without
notice or the publicity Of an open trial
You speak of Gorst's regime. I could
explain how the policy pursued at the
time was not less responsible than the
unwise policy OF the native press for the
anarchy which prevailed then.
always said that an absolutely free
press IN Egypt would lead 10 anarchy. bu,
there is a great deal If difference between
strict censorship based on Just laws
which plead for. and the press law now
In force in Egypt. which gives the CIV
eminent the right to suppress newspapers
without giving those responsible for them
the chance Of defending themselves The
press law now in force in Egypt Is no,
only tyraanicai but Is msused
KYErAKcs MiKHAIL.
ALEXANDRIA, March 90
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Senator Cummins.

Senator CUMMINs Is one of the last
OF the railroad baiters. Hailing from
Iowa and imbucd with the ideas which
have made Iowa politics always So ne.
culiar, II Is hardly likely that he could
he anything else than he is to-day in
his attitude toward the common car
riers. 1t seems 10 he impossible for
Iowa politicians To recognize in the rail-
roads anything else than n capitalistic
instrument for expressing the people.
There are others like him, although
they are not so numerous as they used
10 be. When Senator CUMMINs deliv-
cred his address the other day assailing
the railroads for what he charged WAS
an unhallowed conspiracy to stampede
the Interstate Commerce Commission
into granting the increases asked for In
the Eastern rate case he posed. like all
the railroad baiters, as Il champion OF
the public. The more intelligent no.
ton which has begun to prevail. that
the cause of the railroads is ON the
whole identical with the cause of the
public, seems wholly beyond him.
The Cummins argument Is very much
In substance like other arguments which
have been advanced against concedlny
living wage to RAILROAD capital. One
OF the principal Cummins contentious
IL that railroad earnings arc falling
to-day because there is n wide dcprcs-
sion in which the railroads must share
MI fne hi
a legitimate relief. This opinion over
looks the fuct that much Of the business
depression in the United States Is IN
doubleday owing In the peculiar flnau-
cial conditions of the railroads which
have caused general stoppage of rail.
road enterprise. If these conditions
are relieved there should be in copse-
quencc less depression To bc shared by
all Interests, whether engaged in trade,
Manufacture or transportation.
Again, according 10 the Cummins
argument. the present rate structure
was made by the railroads themselves.
Here the argument turns against itself.
1t does not allow for the eXactions of
legislation and commission rulings
which have helped to effect rate red,c-
tions, but taking the Cummins state.
ment AZ it stands 1t supports the rail-
road plea Tor permission to Increase
their tariffs.
Tho present rate structure was es-
tabllshcd many years ago. Even the
Interstate Commerce Commission has
recognized that these rates are the out.
come Of n highly competitive era of
railroaNlg. They ARE the product IT
o neriOd OF ferocious economic warfare
which ended when real Government
regulation Of the railroads began and
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
has admitted that II has gone forever
In the meantime Government regulation
has set up all manner of restraints oi,
upward changes In rates white imposing
steady burden of augmcnting rNI9n-
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lively engaged with ministering to the
requirements Of active and prosperous

lively engaged with ministering to the
requirements Of active and prosperous
business.
On account Of the lack Of customary
opportunity for the profitable employ
mept Of funds there is, as yesterday
subscription shows. a great deal Of
capital available for investment aud
seeking Il. The subscription shows
more than this, however. It shows
that the city has benefited from ten
d,ncy Of recent years. more pronounced
In recent months. which has engaged
the interested notice Of economic OBJ
servers.
We refer 70 the manifest disposition
Of capital to prefer Government obi
cations, whether issued BY municipali-
ties. counties or States. over the securi-
ties OF private corporations. Munich
pal bonds to-day are enjoying the great
est favor In the investment market. and
INC ney IL no, forthcoming for private
enterprise with any such readiness
or In any such quantity as It can be
extracted by an offering Of public Sc
curities.
Government obligations have the tax
ing power to support them Is against
securities dependent on earning power
alone, which is in turn subject to taxa
ton. There 10 politics on the side Of
public securities. while private securi-
ties are liable to political hostilities
and impositons. This seems to the
investors mind to make for superior
safety in the case OF public securities,
which furthermore carry an exemption
from taxation annoyances and deduc-
tons. Here Is clearly a powerful rea-
son why investment money seems more
ready to 20 into public issues and con-
tent itself with a lower yield than is
true Of private issues.
As the times change and when busi-
ness conditions improve there will be
some lessening Of the present disparity
between public and private borrowers.
With prosperity more assured capital
will be embroidered to take more risk
for the sake Of larger returns. but the
course Of finance Of late years must
give the thoughtful pause Govern
ments can afford to bid higher for cap.
ltal than can other borrowers because
they are not concerned with the neces.
sity of making balance between in
come and expenditure.
II politicians nre to go on forever
widening the field Of public enterprise,
communistlc enterprises will he accel-
Grated because Of the diminishing sap
ply OF capital that can I've procured for
private undertakings
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Now comes another national commits
sion wrecking illusions and whitening
the few surviving joys Of life. Down
to to-day New Workers. have content
eddy smeared the matutinal toast or
mullins with golden glory and licked
their chops with contentment over their
savory cleo After the macaroni and
red ink the simple youth and blushing
maid have cooled their fevered Threats
with generous slabs of frozen CASTLE
soap without fear for the future But
from this time on it's "hence. vain de-
ludng joys" Dr. CHARLES T.. NORTH
has spoken a warning Stale is the
butter that lubriCates our machinery
for the days toll and tainted with of,i-
cial condemnation is the ice cream that
crowns the nightly repast. Suspicion
henceforth usrrps the place OF appetite
and dread discomposes the somn descent
pleasures Of digestion. This is weary
world where even knowledge and
benevoience poison the sources of fe-
LEFTY. Would that some of our guar
dian angels ere too late would remem-
her the maxim. Where ignorance Is
bliss it's folly to be wise
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Senator BOrah's Monstrous Mistake

Benstor BOrah's Monstrous Mistake.
The one pernicious thing was said by
Eenator BoRAH OF Idaho when he spoke
Of the Presidents move toward Tam.
pico. eve have started OH march to
the Panama Canal and we will not stop
until we get there" said he. and he am.
pli6ed in such words as these: "Once
our dag goes up In Mexico 1t will never
come down" 1T means that before we
are through all the territory lying be-
tween Mexico and the Panama Canal
will be under the American flag"
Does Senator BoRAH desire the world
to believe that the word Of the United
States Government never binds Il?
Does he wish Chrlstendom to believe
that we are false and faithless pen-
pie instigated only by greed. rapacious
toward the weak and regard Of the
rights Of other people to freedom and
their place in the sun.
We are just as definitely pledged to.
day to acquire no territory at the ex-
pense Of Mexico as we were TO respect
the independence of Cuba when we de-
clared war on Spain. Should we be
obliged by misfortune to take up arms
I'm the Mexican quarrel. our justification
would be exactly and only the same
as it was ON the former occasion: that
Is. humane desire TO lberate suffer-
ing people from II rule Of oppression
and conditions bordering ON anarchy.
This we must do dislnterestedly, II we
do 1t at all.
incidentally. let us thank COP for the
neighbors to the north of usi
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TITANIC SANK TWO YEARS AGO.
Yesterday Was &Uui,rrSnr, Of
Tragedy THAT Cost I,5OO Lives.

YESTERDAY was the second ar.tt.rs '
OF the sinking of tn, WHIT, ~,Ir Ir..
T.tanic--a tragedy that cost muf, ..,
500 lives
Tho Titanic. tho 'igs,st .np "A. ...
world up t. thar umr. ,aJcI ,s ..r
maiden trip from Southampton. I,s'.d
April TO- 1872. bound 70. This i..
command of Capt. - j Sm.H T.D e
were LIZA passengers and a cr,A ur ,..
on board. ON Sunday night Apl q. r.
latitude ~ l6 north AMI lousiuds so 8
west, the liner struck the suhm,..,i -.
OF an Iceberg mat ripped her side DO, ..,
the wdtri line.
MI told 'ui persons got off on fno =.
boats mat could have accom- modal p .-.
persons. Practically all tuoS, r..-..
were rescued 10y the -t,amship C,.u....
ana brought "a this port. The l.4-.r.
sank early N the morning uC Ave. '-
John Jacob Astor, lsidor Straus Matte
Archibald Butt. aid To Preside. IT,.
Jacques Fuirelle. the writer. V.-..I OPP
stead, the journalist; q. H. Wld.a.r o..
lhliadelphia ana Henry H. fIur.
tn~"trl'sI manager, Were among 60
drowned
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pate the King from the charge Of undue

pate the King from the charge or undue
Interference. and were hardly less quick
In dIsclniming any intention Of making
the relations OF the army to the civil
Government m election cry. Oficially
no doubt, the Liberal party will follow
the course marked out by its leaders at
the next general election. but the Labor
party will not feel self under any such
ronstrnint. 1t was Labor member.
JONI WARD. who voiced I'm Parliament
u protest against interference by King
or army" and drew forth o storm of
applause from Liberal as well ms Labor
benches. Labor candidates at the next
election are not likely to forfeit the
privilege Of raising n slogan that will
appeal strongly To many Of their hear.
ers Radicals MS well as Labor men.
Moreover. with such an opportunity
II may he doubted whether the indie.
pendent Labor party will consider itself
bound by the agreement that Is said
to have boon reached with the I.iber.
ais concerning three cornered contests.
wherever tn'r" NiiearS To be the lea st
chnnre II q Labor candidate even max.
Ing c'ase rHcc 1t seems likely that one
will he nut forward. with the probable
result that mGuy seats will go TO a
minority Tnionist candidate Tuesdays
resolution Is tan;nmount to n declara.
ton OF war against official Liberalism
ard IL The Labor banner Is inscribed
with the legend The army versus the
people" not n few discontinued Radicals
may he expected to follow It. II the
Cnionlst party can only rcprcss its nat.
ural disposition to biunder whenever
the aspect Of things is most promising
Tor II. its prospects for the next gen.
eral election have been considerably
frightened by the action OF the Labor
party.
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Where Does Criminality Begin Z"

Is it malignant competition if man
ufacturing concern can produce Il bet
ter article of the same kind than any
Of its rivals;
Is it malignant and unfair on the
part OF manufacturing concern TO
produce an article AT less production
cost than any Of It's rivals?
Is a concern guilty Of monopolization
when 1t attempts to sell the better arti-
Gle nj the same price az its rivals?
Isa concern guilty Of monopolization
when 1t sells the same article. more
cheaply produced, at lower price than
its rivals:
Obviously the effect Of all these acts
tends toward monopOlization. Where
does criminality begin In the attempt to
get all the business you can:
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phOnO graphic Records for Hospit n Is
ami timshOuscs.

To the EDITOR, or THE SUN--Sir: As a
member of the New York city visiting
committee ! should like to cali the att.n-
ton OF the public 10 the great demand for
phnnngraph records in our city hospitals
and almshouses Diversion for IN. sick
Is an important factor during Gonzales
Concc which Is usually "A more prolonged
condition than the acute stage of illness
Most institutions have some kind of
phonoGraph, though many more could he
used To- advantage. There Is great need.
however, of more records. Every KIND
of record tor every kind of machin. Is nc-
C"ptahl". ana may h" sent to the Sew
York city visiting committee of the State
Charities Aid Association. room 1O1. lOJ
East Twenty second street, New Nork
Mrs JrLIus LlEBMANN
BRook,vN, April 10.
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1T MUST BE MOVED.
An Industrial Plant Ni,asc FOrcOrdained
Site Is Washington.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. I
notice that the Government is about to
prosecute the Union Carbide Company as
trust. 1t Is alleged that carbide is
manufactured AT 81 ton and sold at
$500 ton. That is a magnificent profit
and should make our railroad heads. who
only ask for per cent. increase in
freight rates. look like grain Of sand
on the Sahara Desert.
My friends who are owners Of auto
mobiles tell me that they are obliged to
pay 30 cents for five pound can Of
carbide. which certainly does figure out
$500 a ton for the product Now why
shouldn't they he able to purchase this
at cost plus a reasonable commissio n
such as is charged for the purchase OF
stocks on the New York Stock Exchange
say onc-eighth Of one per cent? This
would make fve pound can Of carbide
cost them about one cent plus onc-eighth
OF mill. There is no use In charging
Tor the can. rs cans are thrown away
and can be picked up on any dump heap.
IL this suit is successful il should es-
tablsh precedent for the prosecution
OF all drug companies who put UP a
prescription for SO cents which costs
about one cent to manufacture.
However ] am getting away from my
point. The Union Carbide COMPANY has
a subsidiary called the Llnde Air Prod
scts COMPANY. which, | understand, ex-
tracts the oxygen from the air.
No or" VIII dispute the fact that the
air should be under Government control
and that a commission for the consarva-
ton of"ur natural resources should pre-
vent any private corporation from taking
the oxygen out 90 the air. which j. the
property Of the people
! would suggest that hill he passed
to prevent this company from extracting
the oxygen from our atmosphere and
that II be compelled To remove its
plant 80 Washington and bottle up al the
not air emarating from that section at
the present time. In this way IT would
"vade prosecution and receive the thanks
"r the pnolc nj large, r.. u. II.
NV YORK. Aprn IL
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The Liberal Government aud Its
Labor Allies.

The resolution adopted nj the final
meeting Of the annual conference Of
the English Labor party at Bradford
On Tuesday is significant in its bcarn.
Oh the political fortunes Of the Liberal
party. by this resolution. passed by n
vote or 2's' I" IS. Labor members Of
Parliament were instructed To act indie.
pcndently of the Liberal party. and in
the wording ~ il Cabinet rulc was de-
nounced ns thinking impossible the free
consideration of proposals which have
not received the Cabinet hallmurk." "in.
imlcal to good government"
As the majority by which the second
reading of the home rule bill was
passed was only eighty, n turnover Of
forty Labor votes In the House Of Com.
the Government. The occasion would
he extraordinary. for usually the Labor
members would content themselves will
abs;ninns from taking part In the di-
| vision but even nhslentiOm would he
sufficient to reduce the Government ma
iorlly from II comfortable 10 II some.
what precari0us status.
More important, however. than the
immediate consequences of The Labor
resolution IN the House Of Commons Is
The light that it throws upon what Will
be- ia" niiitud" of the Labor PARTY in
III" for Incoming general election. The
leaders OF lac ldbrrnl party during the
resent army crisis FASTENED To pxcui-
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Army and Navy Opinion About Joint Inter
ycntOR.

To rHt EDITOR ~ THE Su>-kir' | speut
part OF last summer with an Admiral Of
the navy and a General Of the army. with
whom ! discussed the disturbing Mexican
question and To both Of these AS well IN to
some other officers I said: DO YOU think
that our sacred ark OF the covenant, other.
wise the Monroe Doctrine. would he Nin-
lated " the President invited the principal
European nations to tom with us in send
ing proportionate forces To uucll that dread.
ful internecine strife in NeNico"" An the
officers said; 40. especially ns there is no
reason why We should bear All the drain OF
men and money when SO many peoples have
so much ~ stake. EDWARD ~. GRAY.
BRookLYN, April is
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diture for which the railroads could
not obtain compensation through rate
advances.
The more you examine the conten.
lions Of seS-constituted advocates Of
the public cause against the railroads
the more apparent 1t Is that the public
interest Il more Identified than ever
with the cause Of the railroads. II the
people do not deal fairly with the COM
mon carriers they injure the carriers,
and In so doing they hurt themselves.
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Advice of the German Emperor 10 Naval
Cadets,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-SW: 1t
il contended by some that total abstinence
orders are Fundamentally needless in
our navy. II may he interesting for the
supporters of this opinion to know that
AT the opening or the new naval acad-
envy at Muerwick Emperor william made
plea for temperance on the part OF the
cadets, cautioned them against excessiv.
drinking, that undermines nerves, which
the strenuous naval service requires to be
strong, and counselled total abstinence
The Emperor contended that the nation
which In the future will use the smallest
mount OF alcohol will march at tho head
OF the column in warfare and art.
WALTER J. STANLEY.
DANBuRy, Conn, April 10.