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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: We
shall soon see whether the prophecy made
by the German Emperor 10 the effect that
"thr nation which drinks the least alco-
hul will he the winner in the next war"
which he is reported to have made to the
naval cadets at Murvik November /, 1910,
will be realized.
AS every one knows, the Germans are a
beer drinking people. children in that
country have beer to drink even in their
infancy, and they thrive on II. In the
great conflict now going on between the
European Powers little Belgium. whose
people drink more beer per capita than
any other nation in the world. is giving
remarkable account Of its fighting
efficiency The Brlgians drink about fifty-
eight gallons of beer per capita per an
mum. The country has 1885 breweries
and these produce, according to the latest
statistics 16.50O,000 hectolters annually,
220 llters for each unit Of popula-
tlOn. Last year the people in the United
states consumed only 20.G2 gallons OF
malt liquors per capita, The people
Of Belgium drink about three times as
much beer as the people of the United
states Does this extraordinary consump-
ton of malt liquor indicate nation of
and paupers? When we think OF the self
sacrificing horOism of these wonderful
fighting people, who but the professional
prohlbitionist would say that n beer drink
ing people is decadent9
JEROME A. Ross.
NEWARK, y. j., August ~.
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The Antwerp acknowledgements"

The letter of the Attache OF the Ger
man Embassy at Washington. Captain
Roy ED, defending the Zeppelin a!rship
performance ut Antwerp, Is not well
advised. lie tells us that Antwerp Is
Il strong fortress and must lpe prepared
for Siege ana bombardment Ii mat
ters little or not at all whether this
Commandment comes from land or sea
or air"
Antwerp was not invested by II be-
siegng army when this airship raid
took place Before Antwerp Is BON.
barded, II II Is to he, 1t will be the duty
~ the commander Of the German forces
entrusted with that operation to notify,
ar do all in his power To notify, his
intention ~ that private persons within
the town may seek shelter. Has Ant
werp received any such notification
Has there been any "bomba rdment'
other than this mad attack In the dark
ness from the air.
The hest apology, defence there Is
none. The Germans can make for the
Antwerp butChery Is t. assume that II
was due to an excessive zenl, 10 be-
disowned since the physical results
while peculiarly lonthsome, We're mill
tnrlly naught, and the moral result
upon the world has not quickened sym
pathy for the German cause.
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Referendum Frauds No Crime?

Justice BOWLING dissentei from the
decision Of the Appellate Division up
holding Justice SEApuRY's order deny
ing an Injunction to prevent the elec-
tlon Of delegates tn "A constitutional
convention. and in his opinion curious
suggestion is found. The prevailing
opinion reads. in part:
where there are no officers to be
elected the vote OF the people not at
general election upon an abstract ques-
ton submitted to them for their determi-
nation can hardly he said TO be an cleo
ton within the ordinary meaning Of that
term. Nobody is elected, Nothing is
done to which the word election would
apply"
Considering the point disposed OF by
the court Justice BOWLING said
TO hold that the action OF the people
In voting upon a proposition submitted
10 them for action does not come within
the scope Of an election would, II seems
TO me, not only encourage fraud such as
was practlsed In this particular election,
hut would make such fraud immune from
punishment
The immediate interest Of this OBJ.
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our neighhor the World IS severe in
its characterization of the action taken
by the progrcsslves ut Utica in recon-
mruding candidates for nomination for
state office:
III BARNEss machine or MuEPnY's ma
chine had undertaken to tear up the direct
primary law and appoint candidate for
Governor, that would have been boss rule.
When RoosEyELr's machine does II, that
Is the emancipation OF the people from ma
chine government"
But did "RoosEyELr's machine" un'
dertake at rt!ca to tear up the direct
primary lnw"f
4 number of citizens having n com
mon purpose form themselves into II
society for the promotion of the object
IN which their interest centres. They
seek the counsel of those In whom they
repose confidence. Each sacrificing
something Of his opinions, they meet
to exchange advice and to adopt what
ever measures seem to them best suited
To achieve their design. Among them
one Individual. 10y his experience, his
vigor, his superior attainments, ar-
quires recognized supremacy. This
individuals suggestions are generally
followed.
Thus the "machine" comes into effec.
tive being
This machine" decides that for the
guidance Of its supporters n document
setting forth its plans shall be drawn
up and circulated, soliciting the adher-
cncc Of all who are in agreement with
the principles therein advocated, The
machine" further declares that among
all who might effectively translate into
action It's ambitions there are indl-
viduals of peculiar availability, and
these it names urging all men to unite
in their behalf AZ the polls.
No law is "torn up" A natural and
simple method of bringing about union
has been followed. A scheme of coop
Grafton older than any statute has been
observed. but no effort has been made
to disohey the law. "RoosryELT's ma
chine" did not undertake 10 tear up
any law. 1t INDUCED in preprimary
thought more complete than HARNESS
machine" or "MURPHY's machine
deemed advisable; and none of these
"machlnes" did anything which any
two or more honest electors who have
the inclination aud the energy may dc
without in the slightest degree impair
ing their standing as law abiding citi'
| Zens.
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Reopen the Freight Rate Case.

1t Is the purpose and the function
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion 10 reconsider its rulings and read
just the railroad freight and passen-
ger rates which 1t has prescribed
from time TO time; that Is, Ia alter Its
schedules according to changes In the
conditions which determined them.
This is what the commission exists
for. ana we venture the opinion that
nobody is better aware OF the fact
than the members themselves, or more
perceptive Of altered conditions indi-
eating revision and readjustment.
Since the commission rendered its
decision four week ago in the Eastern
freight rate ease the unexpected events
in Europe and the decentralization Of
the whole worlds business have radi-
cally changed the circumstances upon
which the decision was ba sed. II the
problem confronting the American
railroads was difficult on August I,
II bids fair 10 he insolublc at the be-
ginning of September. II the burden
the companies carry was heavy then
1t Il crushing now.
For this reason aud for the sake Of
the myriad interests, commercial and
private. which depend more or less
directly upon the ren sonable prosperity
of the country's transportation sys-
TENS. we both hope and believe that
the commission ana the carriers will
get together ngain for n rehearing, with
u view to the possible amelioratiOn
Of the railroad situation.
Certain it IS that unless relief Is
obtained the consequences will be seri-
Gus and far reaching. II the Stock
Exchange Is to reopen sooner or later
and our railroad securities are To be
bought and sold again in open market
they have got To be made worth some
thing to the purchaser
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outside Of New England, whose ship

outside Of New England, whose ship
ping interests suffered n popular war;
Opposition to it was about the Bnal
stroke to the Federaist party. 1t was
scarcely war of brilliant American
success on the land Mt least. until that
post-pacem victory OF JAcKsoN's at New
Orleans, yet the memory of II survives
as something We are supposed to be
proud Of.
The Mexican war again was popular
outside of the Free Sellers and Aboll-
tionists. 1t gave the country n Wing
President. Participation in II was all
there was to General ScorT's candl'
dacy in the moribund WING party OF
1852.
The political fate OF the Copper
heads. of the Democratic nonsense OF
1854. is familiar to everybody. The
Republican party long lived on the war.
In 1898 the country, If Congress rep
resented the country, forced Mr.. Nc
KiNLEy into the war with Spain,
Politically. to oppose n war. at least
after It has been declared, Is fatal.
The people who didn't want war are
usually a little more bellicose and fiery
for its prosecution than Its original
supporters.
We are all against the war in Eu-
rope. partly from general weak philan-
throplc peace sentiments-we don't
speak OF them as weak In themselves.
but as fnbblly and insincerely held
when war has become an American,
not European, fact--partly because IT
cnuseS various losses and inconven-
fences 10 the people of the United
States. But, II war ~ home has nj
ways been popular, can we say that
there Is any firm reality to our beautl.
full romantic pacliismy
Honor and vital interests: Is any.
body really going to refer them to some
and vital interests a nation can't help
being partial. And then there are 40
many causes. outside these categories,
which may bring war. As NJ REMAIN
or one Of his characters in the "Philo-
sophie Dramas says in effect: War
II rather the result Of a given situation
than of the will"
We won't say may the Lord deliver
the United States permanently from
war, for all the picty of Europe seems
military at present; but such Is OF
course the hope OF most Of Us.
In reminding the peace paraders OF
the political and popular strength
which war seems Ia possess. we wish
merely to emphasize the difficulty, per.
haps the human imposslbilty, OF max.
ing man or woman an nnwarllkc, ut
any rate u war stunning, animal.
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A TOIIt for Corn sugar,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr. In
1911 sugar was soaring In price. II had
reached "a dollar pound and indications
pointed to still further increase. Rccog
nl2!ng the necessity Of sugar AS a food
Napoleon decided 10 Offer prize OF
5000. 600 to any one who would produce
sugar from any plant grown at home, The
result is the sugar made from corn, which
can be- readily and chcaply produced in
this country
COMPARED with cane sugar II Is equally
nutritious though not quite 50 sweet; in
fact, il is less disturbing TO the digestive
organs because of this. I'm cost II Is
much cheaper. and the supply IL almost
unlimited because of thi enormous yield
Of corn In this country
over 500O0,00O bushels Of corn were
used last year IN making sugars, syrups
and starch, producing over 500, 900 600
pounds OF these materials. with sugar
selling in the neightbOrhuod Of ten cents
a pound, the use Of corn will solve ON,
of the high costs Of living e, u NJ.
New YoRk, August -.
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THE SUN yesterday corrected Mr..
MELVILLE Il. STONE, general manager of
the Associated Press, In his statement
to the Atlantic MonthID in which he
described as amusing" the assertion
that franchise to Il newspaper in
New York or Chicago is worth from
100000 to S2OO,OW"
THE Sun pointed out that Mr.
ADoLPH y. OcHs, proprietor of the
Philadelphia Times, resolved 100000
from other publishers Of Philadelphia
for the suppression of the Associated
Press franchise of that newspaper.
A reference to the advertising col.
umns Of The Sun this morning will
fully corroborate all that THE sun has
said. 1t will show also that Mr.. OCHs
disclaims responsibility for the lnitla.
ton of this sale In these words:
1T IL understood that this agreement
is not made AT the suggestion and in
stance of the parties of the first part
(the parties of the first part being
ADoLPh \. OCHs, representing the Pub
lie Led0er and the Philadelphia Times
Company.
or course THE SUN has no means of
knowing how this transaction was
brought about, and therefore we are
quite prepared to take Mr., OCHs'S word
for II, We feel, however, that If the
other newspaper proprletors of philn-
delphia violently insisted on Mr.. OcHs
taking the 100000 the struggle was
brief
THE SIN wished only to point out
an error on the part Of Mr. MELVILLE
+. STONE, ana we are delighted to have
this immediate cOrrobOration.
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Unconstitutionaiity of the Pro-
posed Moratorium.

This nonsense about n moratorium,
or postponement Of the payment OF
debts, in this country at this time
ought to have short life at Washing
ton or elsewhere.
We are not considering a war meas
ure, undertaken when laws are silent
amid the clash of arms. The United
States is ut peace. Neither the Federal
Government nor the Legislature OF
any state has constitutional or extra
constitutional power TO declare mora
forum. The Constitution provides In
the tenth section of Article I. that no
State shall pass any law impnlring
the obligation of contracts, The power
which the Constitution expressly de-
MES to the individual States II nowhere
grants to the Congress. \ state law
and Federal law authorizing n
general suspension of payments are
alike impossible.
II may be asked II such moratorium
would he, In fact. In impairment Of
the obligation of contracts. Judge
SToRy's comment on this constltu-
What may properly be deemed Inn
pairing the obligation Of contracts In the
sense OF the Constitution? II IL per-
fectly clear that any law which enlarges.
abridges or In any manner changes the
intention ~ the parties, resulting from
L..
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: Hoch
der Wilhelm, ! read with great deal
of wearness your subsidized Indignation
at the German methods. PERHAPS Eng
llshmen would ho better pleased had the
Germans purchased Bcccham's pills,
shipped them IN English bottoms To Ger
man ports and have them peppered into
Antwerp. This would help Brltish trade.
In this cowardly and unequal fight any
and all means are justified that Ger
many may employ
A little inquiry will perhaps show you
that the Red Cross movement Is being
used AS a cloak to extract funds from
the phlhnthropic rich Zeppelin bomb
dropped into the midst ~ this crowd
might rid the world of few grafters at
least. II remained for the Kaiser Ia
give Ireland home rule. Without his
for il yet. lEISHMAN,
RnOoKlyN, August 2S
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: |
notice that Mr., Carnegie has changed his
Views on the Kaiser and SAYS this auto
crat Is "more sinned against than sin
ming" Would Mr. Carnegie like to have
a friend such az the said Kaiser. who
breaks his word to suit his own conven-
fence The breaking Of ones word Is CON
sidcrci an objectionable sin by all men.
and mat 'instinctiVoly what excuse can
Mir Carnegie give for Germany's Invasion
Of Bclgium' None but that the ruler of
Germauy willed H. The stain that WI
helm H. has put upon the whole German
race can never be- effacrd, even though
Mr. Carnegie may hnd II convenient Ia
change his views and always he in favor
of what appears To be the winning side.
New YORK, August ~. A BELGIAN
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what Adriaen BlOk Began.

Scarcely had the Hudson been dis
covered when the capable and Intrepid
navigator ADRIAN BLOCK, whose name
we like better in the alternative form
biloxi rs more hetitting his obvious race,
entered It's waters to trade with the
resident Americans. lie took rich store
of furs TO Amsterdam In Holland, and
40 passengers two sons Of sachems
Thus began the history Of what IL now
New York AS trading post. The
States General was not slow to encour-
age adventures that promised such rich
returns, and in 1914 biloxi was back
here on the ship Tiger.
The Tiger burned in port, and biloxi
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built a sixteen ton yacht, the Unrest.
in which he passed through He'll Gate.
the first European to dare those trou-
bled waters. lie found the "River OF
the Red Hills" now the Housatonlc,
and the "Freshwater," known to us as
the Connecticut. He saw the site Of
Hartford. and discovered Block Island,
which is named in his honor. The
Unrest he quit on Cape Cod, leaving
her to the fur traders, aud made his
homcward journey In another ship that
had sailed in company with him.
Thus began the commercial history
of New York among the white men
To-day the three hundred years that
have passed since Blocks enterprise
brought him back here with n definite
plan for trading are reviewed In Cen
trail Park, with music, floats and ban
ners. Ten thousand chlldren--were
there ever that many redskins OF all
ages on Manhattanf-wlll revive the
customs Of the changing times, and en-.
act cha IA cteristic Incidents OF the town :
development A strange and romantic
history they will portray: of growing
wealth and enterprise, better living,
humaner customs, broader sympathles,
greater power more generously exer-
cised. Through It all that Dutch strain
has persisted. and to-day 1t remains
strong in mixture OF racial tenden'
cies unlike anything the world knows
outside this city's metes and bounds.
An honorable. peaceful history, as
such records 90. with far more of calm
prosperity and pleasure than Of strife
and turmoil In II. Is II to continue 50?
Or will the future show another tale
for the mite Of land on which stout
biloxi built the Unrest2
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The University OF Louvain Is al
most Ave hundred years old. The Cloth
Workers Hall in which II has been
housed for two hundred and thirty odd
years was hundred years It's senior
Jovial American ycllers of "old" Harvyalc
or old Columbnassau cannot but be ar
fected by an antiquity recent indeed
compared with oxford or Paris. but
most venerable 10 Occidental youth.
Though It's studies and virtues wor"
50 prominently theological one has
read So much OF I,ouvain that In the
Imagination II stands by the side OF
Padua and Bologna, Salamanca and
Salerno. with an Old World charm about
II. one misses II even more than the
architecturally famous city Hall, like
wise sacrificed In the Joyous Entry OF
German culture. Necessities OF war.
the world will be told; salutary lesson
to the enemy and Just reprisals. None
the less the destruction OF the monu-
ments OF Louvain IL dlminution of the
artistic and historical treasures or the
world. We hope the "Cossacks' Will
be better advised II they come to
Rothenburg or Hldeshcim
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RTFtS THE CENSORED.
4 Grateful Flatbushman whose Letters
Are Edited by the Commander In Chief.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr: This
censor business is not new To- me. For a
long time my letters have been censored
boy my wife We had not been married
many years before this censorship began.
letter that wrote submitted to her
for judgment.
"Why, Rufus" she said To me very gen
t.y, don't YOU think II would he better II
you said So and 500 suggesting change
in "a sentence that | had been In doubt
about myself and her way of saying 1t
was immensely better
BEFORE We had got through with II she
had rocast the whole letter and she has
been editing my letters ever since.
She "cuts OUT whole lot Of my
STUFF" Just ~ the regular censors do,
though IN my case simply because il IL
surplusage. and then she improves the
rest. And ! do not resent this censorship.
censor RUFUS y V.
FLATBUsH. August 81
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MR. kINGSBt RVS AIDS.
4 Catalogue OF Their Names and Quail.
neat ions Called For.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Su: To
settle the dispute between Commissioner
Kingsbury and Dr Meyer Wulff as to
whether the Commissioner has lodged
the civil service laws and made a lot Of
jobs for personal friends ana political
prutrges | make the following sugges-
ton:
Let the Commissioners tell the names Of
the persons he has appointed to these
jobs, telling the citizens what Is the occa-
sion of the appointments ana the special
fitness OF each appnintee. what are the
duties and what Is the matter with the
present heads OF the charitable institu-
lions Of the city that forty-seven persons
must lac appointed to watch them. why
NOT remove them II they are inefficient
instead Of sending more Of the city's good
money after that spent on their salaries?
That, what business man would do
most certainly. ]. i. MCC.
New YORK, August 81.
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CITY COURT JUSTICES
NOT LEGALLY CHOSEN
Court Of Appeals Decides bvnes
and La Fetra Must BE
Elected Again.
DELEHANTY HOLDS TO 1919
Plan Urged to Save the Two
Officials by Having Al
Parties IndOrse Them.

Word was received here vestsr1. VA,
the Court Of Appeals at Albany I d,
nrmed the decision of the Appe'I,.. p.y..
sion OF the Supreme Court IN o.. cr.
Court Judgeship tangie that the torn ~,
either Justice Edward B. La Fetra .a I'm,
tice Richard T. Lynch will come .. . %,
at the end of this year, ana INSTRUCTED
the Board OF Elections TO include The
vacancy in the places to be filled ..t ufs
fall election. Like the Appellate l....o,
the highest court wac unable o. deter,
mine which OF the Judges must retire
As soon as the Court of Appt.ls d,c..
sion was made known here "A tnuv,r,.p,
was started to comply with the s4gf,.
ton. OF the Appellate Division thar i-s
Justice who retires in order TO csH.'y
with the ruling OF the court b, r,.li1.
Mated unanimously at the prlmar.,. T.,
be held on September rs II was said
In behalf OF the two Justices that n .r
political parties agree that IN fairness
to both. who were each elected .n zoos
for full terms, they are entitled Z. A
unanimous denomination, they Will r.. on
before September next, on which ,,ts
the petitloSAior the nomination Of ..r.
didates must be filed with the Board %,
Elections.
In that case the CITY Court WI b.
seriously handicapped until January
next, as the Court OF Appeals has already
decided that Justice Joseph l. Green uas
not lawfully elected. Justice Green ha,
been holding court this week under De-. q.
nation by Chief Justice O'Dwycr
II both Justices Lynch and la FD-t
resign with the expectation Of being =.
elected some agreement Will have to hN
reached as to the term OF officc or each
lf both are reelected the term ~ ono
will end In 1917 and OF the other I'm 1877
and the question as TO which viii axe
the long term will have 20 be decided Doe.
tween them. A matter OF $4,000 I'm sa..
AIRY Is at stake
The Court of Appeals decided ycsicrlae
that the term OF Justice Francis ~ Dole.
h,nty. whose right to continue in Office
was also questioned does not end unit.
1919 and that Justice william l.. Ran.
som, who was elected last fan on tho
fusion ticket for full term, may con
tinue. although the voters OF Bronx
county. who are entitled To- ballot pr
city Court Justice were not permitted
to exercise the right last fall
While neither Justice Lynch nor Justice
La Fetra would discuss yesterday h,s
probable action In view of the Court NJ
Appeals ruling, their counsel. Herbert G
Smyth said he didn't believe that nv
political party would take advantage ~
the unforeseen situation TO work an IN
Justice to either Judge since both have
giv.n satisfaction. and the votes who
elected them were cast IN the belief tha
they would hold office for full term
1T would be only simulc justice ~
Judges Lynch and La Fetra each o. 70
ceiVe n unanimous nomination" said NJ
Smyth