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WALSH ON ROCKEFELLER.
Brief Comment on the Report Of the
Chairman Of "the Commission to Pro-
duce Social and Industrial Unrest"

To u EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Since
Frank =. Walsh. chairman Of the Fed
eral Commission on Industrial Rela-
tons, has gone back to the French
Revolution and finds there some sim
ilarity between the supposed tyrannies
OF John ID. Rockefeller. Jr.. and Louis
XVI, he should supplement the parallel
by a reference to the marked simili-
tude between his W fantastic antics
and those OF Jean Paul Marat-Jean
Paul. the sometime horse doctor OF
Charles. Comte d'Artois. with his
books called "Chains OF Slavery" and
his anarchistic newspaper misnamed
Friend Of the People.
IL Mr.. Walsh really desires to dis
cover m OF the chief causes of social
and Industrial unrest" he need look no
further than t. the existence and ex-
traordinary proceedings Of the COM
mission Of which he il chairman. The
Ingenious mind OF nan cannot con-
ceive OF a more prolific promoter OF
social and Industrial unrest than n
Of these so-called commission OF in
quiry" or committees of investiga-
ton" They should rather be named
Official engines Of ambitious dema-
sogues." "airings at public expense OF
private grievances" or opportunities
for uplifters to set everybody at log
gerheads." BENJAMIN A. RICHMOND.
CUMBERLAND. Md. August q.
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The Case OF General Wood.

In view OF General LEONARD WooD's
sanctioned activities Mt the Ilatts-
burg training camp. not only as pro-
moter OF the excellent plan that Is
being carried out there. but as com
mander Of the Department Of the
Fast, 1t Is not easy 10 understand
why a storm OF official disaTproval
has suddenly descended upon his head.
That there should be n hint Of court
martial Is bcwildcring. Surely Gen.
eral WooD cannot be called to account
for inviting nm cx-Presidcnt Of the
United States TO visit the camp nj
his personal influence and Of his OK.
perience MS a veteran Of the Spanish
war nor. II seems. can General WooD
be taken to task for the character OF
Mr.. R~oosfyELT's remarks 10 the vol
unteers there aSSemhled-the resIpn-
sibility il Mr.. RoosrNFLT's. and he
In able to speak for himself.
There Is. indeed, an intimation that
General WooD has incurred displeas-
ure by too great carnestness In warn.
ing the country Of its unpreptrelness
for war. and that IL Is for this he H.
now under u cloud. This seems sin
gular. General WooD had been talk.
ing to all sorts of assemblages Abou.
army affairs in n patriotic spirit for
two years or more. and the muzZle
was not put on him. As long ago Ms
January ~. 1913. he addressed the
Jewellers Club, m influential organl.
cation, at Its annual dinner in this
city: he has lectured NJ Princeton on
the subject he has talked TO the IIar.
ward Club; and he has been inter.
viewed ut great length without re.
bike or disapproval. On one occasion
he quoted President WILSON'S com.
mendatlon Of students camps. What
he has done in the main Is to repeat
IN plain terms the very things he used
to put into his reports as Chief Of
Staff for the information OF Congress,
adapting his Views to the present
state OF the country.
10 is true that General wooD has
been talking from time to time about
the military weakness OF the United
States with good sense and commend.
able ~self-control. and Of course ns an
authority: he was not officially re
strained or reproved. and we do not
see why he should have been. II the
country Is not 10 look to men like him
for advice about the national defence.
- long as the regulations Of the ser
vice are observed, will II ever he
enlightened at all? 1t was to Gen
eral WOoD that the country owed tho
students military camps. ana IL he
had held his peace there would have
been no real stimulation Of interest
in the now MI absorbing question Of
perIa rcdnesS for war.
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THE JUDGES OF BRAVERY.
Do German Officers Lead" or
Drive Their Men?

To THE EpIroR or THE SrN-Sr: Per
nit me to give q + X" some advice
In reference to his letter Where ths
officers Fight
Tn explanation Of an intelligent
man" to which 90 +. *" refers. IS NJ
explanation, 1t belongs to those WORKOUT
myths which during the war have been
heralded IN order to detract or conceal
German victories.
That officers lead their soldiers 70
battles and not as the intelligent man"
asserts. drive them before them Ike
sheep. shooting them from behind II
they do not advance" Is the truth.
Any one who really cares to hear the
op!n!on of either side should get 1t from
the man In the trenches, not from A
story of IAN intelligent man"
English and French as well as Ge~-
man officers fully recognize the deeds
of bravery OF their enemies, and these
ar" the men to Judge, not a so-calied
Intelligent man" o. [.
BROOKLYN, August "a.
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TEACHERS PENSION FUND.
The Board Of Education Taken TO
Task for Neglecting II.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Str: In
an Interview in THE Sun with General
George w. Wingate he 10 quoted as
saying. among other things, that the
teachers never fully understood the PEN
sion system" That is not correct. In
February. 1912. the Brooklyn Teach
ers Organization. OF which / was at
that time president. realizing that the
pension fund was being drained. con
garding the matter. On his recon-
mendatlon the services Of an actuary
were engaged. He reported that II the
present system OF conducting the fund
was continued the surplus would be ex-
hRusted in a few years. which has
proved correct.
ON March 2. 1912. the chairman Of
the executive committee OF the organi-
cation and myself called upon one of
the active members OF the Board OF
Education. also a member OF the re-
tirement board. and told him what tie
actuary had reported. He Acknowledged
that he knew nothing OF the condition
Of the fund, as IL had been left largely
to on. nan While we were In the
office he called up the president OF the
Board Of Education and asked him TO
summon a meeting Of the retirement
board for Wednesday. March 6. He as
sured US that tie matter would be
looked into and that one Of the best
actuaries IN the city would be employed
TO put the fund on a sound basis. We
suggested that the money which was
allowed for the running expenses should
be used. After that We asked repeat
eddy FOR reports on what was being
done. but We were never able TO get
IA information They old us that
the reports were not ready.
In the same article in THE SvS 10
which | refer one member OF the board
speaks OF spending money for the
building " tunnels. &c. That in no way
Effects the pension fund. The Board OF
Education has mide itself an insur-
ance company by deducting one per
cent. from the salary II ever" teacher
as a premium There il no direct
taxation for the fund. the teachers
largely supporting II. think that un-
less the BOARD Of Education goes into
bankruptcy 1t viii have - meet its
obligations. ! hardly think a city so
large and rich as New York will allow
the teachers to lose their hard earned
savings that have been entrusted TO the
city's keeping. The telchers have used
much time and money trying to save
their fund from being unnecessarily
drained. and az no time have their en-
deavors he"n supported by the board
So far as | can learn.
IDA X HISps.
. 6~oLoRADo SpEISGs. August -.
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He n0ws.

To rHE I.pIToR OF THE SUS-Sp:
Colonel Roosevelt. with Mr.. Dick-like
perspictuity. bids us insist that the ma
ton take the right course Of action and
shall stand by the President only when
he acts rightly Now why didn't some
one think Of hat before, Are we ever 10
huddle helplessiy until u Colonel points
the way? Remember. even agains, the
majority opinion OF our fellow citizens.
We must demand the right course OF ac-
ton. To be sure. a few hopelessly mud
He'd people may venture the question A.:
How are We to know the right course,
when every shade Of opinion. urged with
all the insistence OF a limited viewpoint
or a hyphenated bias. IL dinned daily In
our ears? such clouded reasoning is only
70 be expected OF the man in the street.
but fortunately we are not dependent
upon Il President and his foolish little
Cabinet. with their access TO the people,
chosen representatives. in Congress. FOR
guidance in our perpleNity. We need
only turn, like trusting children TO a
father. ard ask the Colonel what is
right. He knows r. T.
MoSTCLAIR. ". J, August 81.
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Loose Language.

Discussion of II German cortro-
versles Is not lnfrequcntly clothed II,
a certain lOOseness of language which
tends to PROMOTE %regrettable confu-
sion Of thought.
Two instances in point may be-
cited from the editorial page of our
esteemed neighhor the Times. In one
case the Times very properly takes
to task certain Germans who NJ a
meeting in Elizabeth gave expression
to "A strongly worded resolution
against the continued sale "by Amer,
lea" Of arms and munitions OF war to
Germany's enemies.
OF course, as the Times points out
"America" has sold no war NUM-,
tons TO Germany or to any other of
the belligercnts. What American citl,
Gems, acting wholly within their lcgnI
international aud domestic rights, may
have done Is another ana wholly ir
relevant matter. This distinction hns
been so frequently presented that tht
persistence of the puzzle headed oh
security of thought on the subject caf
-nly be explained by the equally per
sistent carclcssness In the lunpag,
Of It's discussion.
The other case of l]nadvcrent lax
fly In the use of terms mus, we fear
be chalkel mp against the usually
very accurate Times Itself. In th,
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a me issue and on the same page with

same issue and on the same page with
Its very proper rebuke to the Eliza.
be;hnn Germans there occurs In n
vigorous editorial article on the last
German communication these not very
well weighed words:
1T Ia only by 4 somewhat strained
Inference that we can accept the state
ment that the loss of American lives
would naturally he contrary TO our in
tentions' as evidence that Germany had
already resolved TO abstain from U b
marine warfare on peaceful merchant
men"
or course our ncighbor well knows
that submarine warfare In itself.
whether against peaceful merchant
men or belligerent hattleShipa. has been
In no way involved in our issue with
Germany. II Is not against subma-
rine warfare hut against n barbaric
sea warfare viOlative Of all principles
~ International law AMI all consd.
erntions OF common humanity that
we nave complained. We have no
more right to demand that Germany
cease her submarine warfare than we
have that she cease her dreadnought
warfare.
But we had q right to insist that hef
warfare of whatever nature. wherever
1t affects Americans in their free and
lawful movement on the high seas.
should be n warfare In conformity
with the established usage OF civil
lied nations. In the case Of a mer-
chant vessel attacked such usage
demand preliminary visit. search and
opportunity for those on board to es-
cape with their lives.
Language tending to confound this
entirely proper AMI now, we hope.
demand preliminary visit. search. and
a wholly improper n that submarine
warfare ms such shall wholly cease
only tends to promote confusion where
clarity Of thought Is eminently de
sirable.
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To THE EDITOR of THE SuS-Sir: Your
editorial article on mean golfers GER
tainly listed some specimens would
like to see ruled OFF the links, but the
one ! consider the meanest I ask you
to add 10 the list. He's the fellow who
pulls the rules on YOU to make you lose
holes when you've don no wrong,
For Instance the winner of this
years championship Of AN Eastern state
was standing in "A bunker. niblick in
hand. waiting to play out when the
match ahead were on the green. He
leaned onward and plucked a blade Of
grass to chew. His opponent pulled
the rule that a player In a bunker must
not touch anything therein under
penalty Of loss OF the hole or some such
fool thing.
Every golfer knows the object OF the
rule, and ] say that the meanest golfer
Is the one who soaks you with A
penalty for a purely technical violation
of n rule that has not helped YOU
or hurt him.
ANTI-STRIcT CONSTRUCTION,
NEW ROCHELLE, August &c.
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AMERICAN CONTROL
AT ONCE IN HAY7I
Working Agreement Will Re-
Reached Pending the Rat.
ficatiOn Of Treaty.
THE ACTION Is WELCOMED

W.,sHtNoroS, Aug 27.-AIl fa, 80.
m have been perfected by the Tinted
States to extend the financial r-u.a..
torate over the Republic Of Hay'. az
co. mplated in the convention VII h +,
n the subject Of ne. 'latiors De. waer
the Government at Port au Prince and
the State Department in Washington.
Attn ugh the convention cannot b.
made effective until ;atifed by the
United states Senate following apr-,y,,
by the Hayti I Government. the United
St-tes will at once assume drector
over Hayti's affairs through the med UNI
OF a modus vivendi which is dra,te,
along precisely the lines Of the trca,y
itself.
Advices received At the state Depart.
merit to-day indicate hat tho |Iiaytaa
Government will accept the treaty and
agree to the modus vIvendl early neAt
week.
Immediately upon notification % the
ac eptance Of the modus vv,njI BY
Hayti the United state Will take over
all custom houses in the r,puti.. ~.
s.. in the Notation Of a loan 20 dis.
charge the country's debt and otnerw Sc
aid the Government Il Ir.s.den'
DArtiguenavc IN the administration of
Haytis affairs.
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Mr.. Charles NoOnan Defines the
Standard Of His Citizenship.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Sir. In
your editorial In THE SUN you claim
that the letter which sent you for
publication was unsigned. I beg nov
10 inform YOU that 1t was my intention
TO sign that letter. and ] desire you 10
accept this note as a confirmation OF
my signature. II the editor OF THE Sun
thought that the letter was probably
unauthorized | beg 10 remind him that
Fourth avenue is only a short distance
from Nassau street, and that England
has not as yet .nterfered with the free
use OF the telephone.
You are pleased TO refer TO my letter
as q communication of the hlpatrio.
sort" and II seems that you regard all
American citizens "bipatrlots' who 10
not subscribe 10 the sentiments Of the
Anglicized press. Painful as Il may
appear to THE SUN. | am nevertheless
determined to have the standard OF my
citizenship governed by the oath %
allegiance and the Constitution OF tho
United States. and not by the Anglicizsd
press, II our Anglicized press "is doing
its ievel best to avoid the Impressions
and discountenance the u]tterances
which influence war passions" then tho
English language IL playing a peculiar
trick with the thoughts OF our editors,
Whereas their thoughts. according to
TUE sun, are angelic In their peaceful
ness, the words as they appear to read
ers Of newspapers are as a tocsln sound
ing to war.
1t may be "A 'grotesque falsehood" to
state that the Anglicized press desires
war; II 1t ls, the falsehood lies in their
utterHnces and not in the Impressions
derived from them.
VIII the SUN do me the justice Of
puhlishing my letter In full. now that Il;
is duly authorized?
CHARLES NooSAN.
NEW YORK, August 81.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. |
want to enter protest against further
use OF the term COMMUNICATIONS 1t
should be American-Germans The for
mer served to distinguish our hyphen-
ated citizens from ItalianiAmericans,
Irish-Americans. and so on the latter
distinguishes them from P~russian-Ge~-
mans, observation-disclosures. &c, and cv,ry
substantial news item OF the past year
backs M my protest.
Careful reading Of the u%tterances
of Ridder, Viereck and the rest fails 10
disclose exactly how these American
Germans differ from those who did not
emlgrate, but ! suppose time win show,
although 1t IL not evident now, that
living In America has made some change
In them. S. H. BURGESS.
MoNp, Va, August 20.
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The influence Of DR.. Osler's Theory
and what He Might Have Said.

To THE EDITOR or THE SCS-Sr: |
desire 10 thank YOUR correspondents ~
Baltimore Physician" for his corrected
version OF the Osler theory.
II is a pity the original version got
such a start. for II has given a sort of
bad name to middle age and has dis
couraged many "A man. ON the other
hand Il has encouraged the Younger gen
Grafton to believe that II Is not neCes-
"A TO live in order TO get wisdom or
sound judgment. Hence we see Young
men just from college ready TO tell Their
elders how to do things.
As to the corrected version. there Is
really nothing new about II. II is a mer"
ruism to say that men must educate
themselves when young and lay the
foundation OF success before 40. II that
was AL Dr.. Oslcr said II wal hardly
worth the trouble OF saying IL,
Something that would have been worth
while is this that success is relative.
A man may be n success as an obscure
carpenter or blacksmith as well as "A dis.
tinguished savaut or tnanCler. Also
that the man who has failed is not
necessarily an object OF Contempt. Per
haps he has not had the advantages or
been so fortunate AS his successful
brother. Anyhow, the world yves him
n helping hand. +. NJ.
NEW YORK, August 25.
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The secretary and the Naval APP
prOpriatlOns.

II il with satisfaction that TIN
SUS learns on the best possible au
thorIty that II the Hon. ~JosEPHrs
DANIELS could name the mex appro.
printiOn for submarines 1t would h.
much nearcr SoO.O00.O 900 than the lone
million mentioned In nm Interview
with him that was printed n day or
two ago.
\ million for more aeropianes but
millions for submarines is IA he in
scribed upon his banner fun high ad-
vanccd.
We are glad Secretary DANIELS
has been misunderstood or mIsre-
ported. and hasten to give him credit
for his sensible view az the require.
ments Of national defence.
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J the mind travelled further than from

the primitive" calendar OF notched
sticks to the compressed mathemnti-
cal formula OF the calendar "perpet-
unl' and the dominica notation1
The calendar now proposed Is a
holiday calendar. 1t makes all holl.
days come on Monday. 1t Fixes the
shifting festal days. II makes every
month begin on Sunday and end on
Saturday. with a uniform run Of
twenty eight days. The gain In each
month Is. browning glory Of inspira.
ton. to contribute toward n new
month for which the plea SAINT name
Holiday Is suggested. This project Of
calendar revision Ia we'll baited.
But what people really want. II
there Is TO be a change. Is a calendar
that will make pay day come oftener
and rent day less often.
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COLD WAVE ON WAY TO SEA.
Yesterday Was the thillicst ,u-
gust - since 1850.

The cold wave has reached 49, t,s't
severity in the middle W,s; d. Nes
York. where it was not chilly or'.-. %
he uncomfortable, the mor,Ur, r 10
thermometer dropped lower THAN .1 az
August - since 1855. when the w.. m.n
temperature was ~ degrees
At 4 o'clock Yesterday tft"rr'o' 20
temperature was - degrees To-" hr7-
est temperature FOR the day Wa b.. .e-
grees at 4 \. NJ 1t was as loss as =
degrees. NJ Sault Ste. Man" 1875. q
parts ~ Michigan, the reports s'F. 80
bean. corn and Other crops have .f.'
ruined by a heavy frost v1l'l I.''''
Thursday night.
The cold wave extended east 'r.H '1s
Mississippi River ard came d.N. IN
Medicine Hat. Canada, over If.. S-
perior.
The weather bureau experts .. ~
the drop in the tempe'atur" - '-
ably be over tomorrow or NNr.f.. I
the cold wave viii vanish into 'h' ''t''
tic Ocean ami give place 20 ''''. 'I
summer weather again IT." TO" a
for to-day is for fair wea'0g. ~
partly cloudy M warmcr, N.' .'
ate east and southeast w.'ls
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PRESIDENT THANKS
THE GOVERNORS
Wilson Tells Them That Their
Resolution Of Support
Heartened Him.
CONFERENCE AT AN END

BosroN. Aug. 27.-with a genera
discussion on preparedness ana CON
servation" and some on Io'e
Biease's speech yesterday the annual
conference OF Governors was prousn'
10 a close here to-day. 1t was an
nounced that Salt Lake City had been
chosen for the next convention and GOV
spry OF Utah for the leader OF the BODY
Thoush Il had been expected ina
resolutions would be adopted askins
Congress to increase the size OF the army
and navy no such step was taken
The Governors n their friends were
entertained tonight At Pemberton with
a real old New England clambake oy
the members Of the Massachusetts keai
Estate Exchange.
GOV. Walsh received a telegram from
President Wilson expressing his appre-
citation for the resolution oil support
which the conference adopted earlier IN
the week. This was the Presidents tele-
gram:
IT deeply appreciate n am greatly
heartened by the generous resolution Oh
confidence and support passed by the
Governors in conference. and beg ina
you will convey to them my heartfelt
thanks and my cordial best wishes Tor
a successful and profitable conference
I wish that | could bring the greeting
in person"
During the days session Secretary
Redheld was invited to speak. In hus
address he counselled cool action and
preparedness.
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Meeting the Submarine Menace.

The British Admiralty. In announc.
Ing that Squadron Commander Ar.
THUR BrGswoRTH Of the navy has
wrecked and sunk a German subma
rine on Ostend with a bomb dropped
from his a%eroplane. says:
1T Is o the practice OF the Admit
rally to publish statements regarding
the losses OF German submarines i'm.
portant though they have been, in cases
where the enemy has no other source
OF information as 70 the time and place
at which these losses have occurred.
In the case referred to above. how
ever. the brilliant feat Of sauadror
Commander BIoswoRTH was performed
in the ipmedlate neighborhood OF the
coast In occupation OF the enemy, and
the position OF the sunken rine
has been located BY a German de.
stroyer."
This explanatory statement may he
more Important than the official pub.
l~ication Of the young naval officers
exploit. for It has been persistently
rumored that the British navy In deal.
ing with the submarine menace had
scored heavily In sinking or trapping
undersea boats but had adopted the
policy u conceallng lts successes 10.
the moral effect upon the enemy. The
British Admiralty admits the policy
In the statement issued concerning
Commander BIGswoRTn's lucky hit of
Ostend the news Is given out only
because the enemy has found his
sunken submarine. The assumption IL
that II this had not been the case
nothing would have been said about
the loss of one more Of the enemy's
boats. BE 1t Motel the Admiralty also
lntlnates that the enemy's losses
known but unpublished 10y It have
been important"
The British naval authorities are
very close mouthei and not given
To bluffing. II may lie recalled that
the German press made ugly charges
about the fate OF the daring Won
WEDDIGES. declaring that foul tactics
were employed In sinking his boa:
with her crew, hut not a word came
from England. silence seemed to coli.
firm the report Of the submarines de-
StructiOn. hut that was all.
Nothing official has eyer been pub
,lshed about the tactics devised by
he British navy TO match stealth
with stealth. trick with trick. and
leat the German submarine at its own
game. liumOr may have magnifiel
the success Of British methods. but
the Admiralty IL now on record as
admitting the policy Of eliminating
enemy submarines and saying moth.
ing about the German losses.
Submarine attack has added n new
and awful peril 10 naval warfare. bu:
the German officer Is being paid In
kind and with interest when he goes
mystcriously to his death AMI his
Government knows nothing Of his fate.
Can there he any doubt about the
moral effect upon the service?