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sense and obstinate and sometimes
aggressive courage WiTTE resembled
BISMARCK, and naturally made enc
mics. Corruption in public life. or
which there was so much in Russia,
found in him a vigorous opponent. 1t
became necessary to placate his n
mics, and he was transferred to the
ornamental position" Of president OF
the Committee of Ministers. but here
again WrTTE proved to he master OF
the situation. He had to deal with
the revolutionary agitation that fol
lowed upon the heels of the disas-
trous war with Japan.
WiTTE in that trying period which
saw the creation of the Duma was
not a believer in the kind Of repre-
sentative institutions its promoters
demanded. lie sought to compromise
with them. proposing extension Of
The suffrage. an elective lower house
Of Parliament under restrictions, and
the Imperial Council as the upper
house. He held that Russia vas not
ready for democracy. a benefcent au.
tocratic government being better for
the people. 1t was his view that Rus
STA was going mad. and he ceased to
figure prominently in the reconstruc-
ton after ~resigning the new Office OF
Premier.
But WITrE's turn came once more
when the Car sent him to the peace
conference at Portsmouth. where he
scored a signal diplomatic triumph
in the negotiations. In a rescript
The Car thanked him for rejecting
The payment in any form whatever Of
The expenses of a war not commenced
by Russia and only consenting 10 re-
turn to Japan the southern part Of
the island (Sakhaiinl belonging to
her up to 1915" For his services
wiTTE was made a Count of the Rus
sian Empire. Early in his public
are he had brought about a Gov
eminent monopoly in alcoholic spirits,
thus efecting a marked decrease in
drunkenness throughout the country,
and It was at his advice that vodka
was banished from the field when war
began in August last.
SERGIUs WHITE was useful in so many
ways TO his country. so accomplished,
far seeing. resourceful and resolute
that he stood out in an age Of cor
ruption and indulgence AS one OF the
great patriotic Russians Of his time.
The title Of statesman canine he de
MED him. He will be missed when
the war ends and a peace conference
assemblies.
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THE POOR CONGRESSMAN.
A Probably Futile Plea to . Toe In
human Public.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvS-Sir: Let
US pity tho poor Congressman. for now
Is the time OF his sore trouble. For
two long years ne 15as been sequestered
within the secure confines OF the new
Utopia of humanitarian service, abas-
Ing himself with the unquestioning faith
OF the devotee before the altar OF Execu-
tive inspiration. He has been hedged
about with the protecting %auonor,ty Of
'nerrant wisdom. guarded ~s~dulously
against the contaminating Influences OF
doubt. discussion and disillusionment.
But now, all suddenly and u~nprepared,
he has been thrust forth into an unsym-
pathetic world OF practical men and az
fairs and brought face 20 face with an
rate constituency, long since disahused
Of the fantastic ohsess'ors OF his pre-
election DAYS.
Pity the poor CONGRESSMAN surely he
is suffering keenly. Alone n defence
less. far removed from the safe retreat
Of his servile ~sycophancy and the sup
port OF hts fellow idolators ne is called
harshly TO account for an unfaithful
stewardship He ~ learning IN travail
Of soul how far the world has advanced
since he sought the cloistered secluslon
OF unwOrldly idealism. and tie recnrni-
ton Of his utter failure az an indie
peUdeut representative OF the people
must he coming home To him with sick
euirG force.
But most crush rg Of all must he his
daHninC realization OF the futilltv OF his
NuhleSt efforts OF partisan devotion.
With what hopeless horror. what dos
pcrate despair must . gain tho kuowl-
edge that IN his unseltsh ahors at IN.
fourda' ons OF a.. imper!shahle mouu-
ment 10 the New Freedom Of opinion
atod scholasticism and Executive usur-
patton he has succeeded ONLY IN digging
his own political grave, Let US pity the
poor Congressman. for now 5 tho time
of his rude awaken M
FRrn MFrCAlF.
~PiAfNFlElD, y. J., March i3.
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Sergius Wife.

Railroad expert. |iinanCicr. ccouO-
INST and statesman. SLRGIuS WIIrE
WAS n citizen that Russia could i'll ar
forl IL lose. lie had great admins
irative ability, and ~ Il practical re
former his courage stood every Test.
Al ~ VIM was au authority IN rail
road transportation AMI expansion. No
ulIcr man in IA" country knew ~
much about the complicated problem
Of railroad rates. ana his Information
was used effectively in developing in
dustrial and agricultural, Russia. lie
haa been called the builder of the
siberian railway.
.>scb , man was hound To- 20 far
and he always in demand. From the
post of Minister of Ways of Commune
cation he was transferred to that Of
Minister of Finance, and 10 him Rus
Sl2 owed her resumption of specie
pAymcnts and a sound credit system.
A Minister of Finance in Russia must
have n SURF grasp of foreign affairs.
aud Berlin soon learned than SERGITS
WIFI was 10 he Trrhun"i Win. H."
did admirahI" work in freeing Ii :
country from German economic in
Huences, and doubled the revenues Of
the empire. In his strong Common
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THE JAMES BOYS.
Their Legend and the Fine Old AGE Of
Frank.

To THE EptToR OF THE SuN-Sfr; read
with considerable Interest Clarence l..
Cullen's article on the James boys pub
lished in THE SCN OF February 2s, to
which Arvid Strom refers In his letter
published in yesterdays SUN.
There Is M doubt, Of course, that the
James boys were. az Mr.. Strom con-
tends. n bad lot. But that is true also
of such characters as Dick Turpin,
Robin Hood and various other robbers
around whom romantic traditions have
grown ~. The nearer one comes TO
such characters In their active DAYS
the less one is likely to see the pic
turesque In them. AZ their d%epreda-
tons recede with the years 1t is nat
ural that the romantic legend of them
should grow
one reason why 1t is almos, impos-
sible to be sure of the authenticity of
many stories told of them is that Frank
James refused las mentioned in the
chapter from my book. Abroad at
Home which was republished in THE
SuN along with Mr.. Cullen's a~rticle)
IN affirm or deny all allegations as to
crimes attributed to the James gang.
In publishing the anecdote to which
Mr.. Strom refers, the tale Of Jesse
James giving money TO n widow to pay
OF a mortgage and then robbing the
mortgagee of the same money, | did
not present 1t as fact, but AZ ar exam
pie OF the kind of story which makes
up the James legend.
Last spring | spent some hours with
Frank James. and days with men who
know him well. and l gained very
definite Impressions of him as he was
then. | feel safe in saying that Mr..
Strom Is altogether wrong In declaring
that Frank James never reformed and
was a criminal all his life
As an old man he was painfully. even
ludicrously. pious. He quoted the
Bible freely, expressed the most ortho-
dox sentiments and Illuminated against
sensational literature n moving pic
ture shows since his death | have
read an article In the Kansas city
star telling OF his having gone into the
show business" at one time, but hay
ing Withdrawn from Il because he dis
covered some dishonesty in connection
with tho way the show was being con-
Quoted.
Personally I believe that in his late
years Frank Jamas was pathet.cally
eager for tho good opinion OF his fell
low men. I saw Jesse James,
but from his pictures and from all that
! have heard I believe ne was a man
OF the criminal type. Frank James was
not. He was more Of the pioneer type.
He was intelligent and ~rcsourceful He
had hunor. His face was not tough"
but very strong. Under normal condi-
tons he might have been a wild young
man, but | doubt that had he not been
confronted by thu horrors Of border
life IN those times he would ever have
become a cutthroat. In this opinion
am backed by the men who knew him
best. JULIAN STREET.
NEW YoRK rch 10.
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5 YEAR HIGH SCHOOL
COURSE Is PLANNED
Aim Is to Put American Pupils
on Par With Europeans
or Same Age.
FOR SHORTER VACATION

An experimental high luo. o'. >
five wears course viii be started 80 .e
opening Of tho ncxt riI' form t...
Superintendent William II. NaNve. .
yesterday. This viii be suuic -.
approval Of the Board Of vi. . )
which 1t Is expe tod viii pc = t".
The board Of surerir'cudcn'~ ..
working out tho details under I.
tons from Supt. Maxwell. ,rd NuI ..-
have the plan completed for >Ilm.-. .r
to the school board
Supt. Maxwell in oxpla ming tie -.l.
walton said the principal aim or 'ha
proposed new school system MAS n
eliminate one year from the six wear.
made up OF the four year high school
course and the last two wears IN 'hs
elementary schools. 1t 5 intended mat
the pupils shall accomplish IN nyo te,-s
IN the proposed system all tho work
which now requires six y ars.
The school authorities have he'e.ei
for some time that tho school svs'sn
did not do justice TO TIVE native INTEL.
rence OF the pupils In equ,rpirg hon
for taking up a ifc occupation II
was said to he true that tho Anc'..r
boy on leaving high school 81 tie .ee
Of is years Was at leas' two wears
behind the German or French boy n,
similar age. when the Rhodes scholar.
were sent 70 oxford. England. from ta!s
country Il became apparent that Am.ri.
can boys were from tvo to four year,
older than their English competitor.
This unfavorable comparison is not d..
10 lack of intelligence on the par ~
the Americans, pr. Maxwell said. r..
school system In which the boys a-s
taught IL responsible.
The ~,en-year-old schoo' hot IN F.ra9a
is obliged to work steadily and lr'.7
s.vely the American boy Is not so ,ou.
PEELED and In co'scgueure l'ses ir'cres'
and Is backward. The hoy is allowed
too much choice as 90 whether DO shall
work or not. Supt. Maxwell quoted ~
Charles l.. Dana. professor % nervous
diseases in Cornell Uu.ycrsi'' a s1t
ing tina: tho codii.nG o. An'r''an no =
g absolutely wrong Mental N7.t =
not only hetlthfIl for the IS. shHi
but II IS absolutely beneficial The h-3 %
more than any other organ responds -
exercise and training aui mas u" .
il more poteutlalt'IoS 90 development
than any other tissue
The city Superintendent believe "
would be a good thing 20 extend '7e
school DAY IN the high schools and m 'h-
seventh and eighth wears of The "'-
mcntary schools FRONT Eve Go SIN hoI-s
THIS would increase tho cri''"rrs NJ
pupils and teachers. Ice 'A'nN-. r."
school wear. SIpt Maxwell he. 'Fe*.
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Some hobby rider will pay a middle
class" family's quarterly rent to he
GRoUCHY, to whom BoNAPARTE wrote.
1t will go. not to a historian, to be
impaired to the reading public, but
to some selfish treasurer Of a sealed
up archive Of the curious items Of
antiquity.
Here are SrERNE and THACKERAy as
duns. The Sentimental Pilgrim. re
viewing his finances euphemism Of
pure hypocrisy-fnds himself 600
short. Ho. Brother GARRIcK. do the
duty Of a friend. Show virtue and
win merit in correcting where you
have had no opportunity for fault
THACKERAY hides behind a rhyme:
in case you owe. send what you owe
In case YOU don't. don't send, you know
or all duns, Is any 40 contemplate
as the literary Teller using graceful
speech to cover the ungracious act?
Here are the LAMBS. MARY utters
the Woman's Wall: CHARLES had
a months holydays at home. but I am
happy to say they end on Monday"
CHARLES wishes the new HAzLIrr
something a better temper and a
smoother head Of hair" than his
dads. Water the ink of your letters,
that they may the sooner fade.
What a procession Of dead hands
JOSEPHINE. EuGfNIE. SoUrHEY, SWIFT.
STEELE. RrsKIN. STEVENSON. Scorr.
SHELLEY. SHERIDAN. PITT, PORE,
PEPys. CARLYLE and a host besides.
But the best wine was served first.
There cannot be in this museum OF
European chirography Of the vari-
ously illustrious. this thesaurus OF
unhallowed relics. such another treas
ure as the Cooked Hat OF Woodrovian
origin and beloved memory. II Is not
IN the nature Of things that snch
beauties should he twinned.
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Autographs. Excellent Autographs
Who'll Buy Autographs?

Letters are personal as your
pocket and not much more respected
as 10 privacy. Writing Il letter to II
friend il the ultimate Of trust in
human nature: to trust in which is.
IN harsh bur empirically justified
view, a rash thing. If the epiStolary
hand i common clay aud happens to
writ" for a sentimental eye, its follies
are al, too apt to be laid away in
WhuIoNrI may be- the modern Suhsti-
tar" for ancient dusty garrptS. and
preserved for the S'orn of generations
YET mriScu. And the letters of the
greatly Mise or greatly foolish, the
inevitably az advcnlitiouSly great.
targets Of cmiurnce, are legitimate
prey for those who make a profession
of ia" hum for intimate relics,
The collection of bare autograph
signatures. least IN violation Of de.
parted personality, is but drudgory
Of ii" hunt, TIN" nminhlc collector
Who's" asS"mhlagc Of trophies is tn he
uurtlon~i off this month how dear
To- Mr., JolINt'S heart was the hound
yullm" of signatures Of NAPOLEON
and his Grucralsf Eagerly sought
of III" collecting amateur horde, At
good prices, they must have been to
him rs swept up, haSkctci Sawdust
al"ug~id" the 'tcchniraiIy) noble tim.
her Of his autograph, letter park.
Her" = NAPOLEON Describing in his
own urr\uuS list n cavalry charge
in his RUSSIAN campaign, VIII the
world war levltate the bidding?
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"Germany and the Present War"

WI hh~ns ~ ~ hNcVbN Vv"''
The opportune outbreak Of the Eu-
Fopean war brought to General Won
BERNHARpr's Germany and the Next
War" a circulation and a fame that
for once restore the nap to the thread
bare adjective worldwide" Fruit OF
the long study Of a military expert
who happens to be also a thinker and
q transmitter of German imperialist
ideas, deeply devoted to his profess
sion and penetrated thoroughly by
that profound passion Of German ma
tionalism and patriotism which even
those who most lament or hate what
they conceive TO he its fatal interna-
tional harvest must respect. he does
not shrink before what he esteems
the inevitable conclusions OF a re-
morseless logic. No doubt his in
fiuence has been exaggerated and Oc-
casion has been more than kind to
his literary fortune: but IL sincerity.
frankness of expression. knowledge
of his subject and a steady flame OF
conviction make 4 great author, shall
not l'RiEDRICH Won BERNHARD. who
had uo pre'cn>inns Ia the name. and
very likely de>pi>es the trade. he ac-
counted one:
OF his style IN the original we
know nothing: but it must he utterly
remote from the fine passionate
rhetoric and scholarly grace Of an
other imperialist. the late Professor
CRAMB, a man. by the way, who was
able. as most Eng,ishmen were not.
to appreciate and even overestimate
the resolute rising force of The German
will to power. But even in transla-
ton BERNHARDr says what he wants
to say. clearly and without flourish.
The hopeless perfection Of julius
CESAR. a perfection still bemoaned
by schoolboys, is just that in its con
cisest and most pregnant form.
So much. and that perhaps super
huous, THE Sun records, not in in
PRODUCTION to or celebration of the
remarkable article on Germany and
the Present War" printed this morn
ing, but because that article is the
continuation of the book which every
body has read. General yoN BERN
HARpI's views Of the causes and re
probabilities for the war. his re-
view Of a part Of the campaigns and
his provisions. whether they arouse
assent or anger. dissent or approval,
Of a high and rare interest, ire
epective of the readers nationality
II he IL an American, irrespective of
his belief as 10 the origin or his
wishes. subject To a public neutrality,
as to the result. of the war of The ma
tons. And SO. The Sun leaves thi
piece Of mighty interestin' rcadin'
to the public,
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George r. Thompson Reveals U'nsus'
pected Depths Of Character.

while conducting its investigation"
INTO the Public Service Commission
in this district the Thompson commit
zee achieved what many competent
observers conceived 10 be It's ultimate
possible record for unfairness. II APP.
The committee was misjudged. In its
upstate persecution il has revealed
n genius for indecency not paralleled.
we venture TO say, in the recent IN
nails of the State.
The other day the committee through
It's chairman asked one Of the up.
state Commissioners whether he or
any member Of his family had ever
received free transportation from the
Delaware and Hudson railroad. The
answer was in the negative. senator
THOMPSON thereupon
read a social item from = Troy news
paper which described ,ne trip " a
special car taken by the genera mana
ger OF the Delaware ana Hudson and
his wife TO Lake George over Washing
tons Birthday. Mss 1.-THE
Public Service Commissioners young
daughterl was mentioned as among
those present"
Had the 'soclal Item quoted from
the Troy newspaper been correct In
every detail 1t is only fair TO point
.A,, ,hn. ,hfa in.fIant - haItln,
excursion might have been entirely
proper and pralSeworthy, End that in
any event Il would constitute. under
the most rigorous legal or moral code,
an offence so highly technical and so
inherently lnconSequential as 10 receive
no attention from n sensible man, or
eyen from n professional politician
except. as the record shows. The Sen.
alto from the Forty seventh district.
But the truth vas that the "socia,
ten was not wei. founded. The
of the general manager Of the rail.
road. The circumstances Of her trlp
IN Lake George she set forth in an
affidavit. in which she swore that
mot only did she not ha We the pleasure
OF the acquaintance Of the general mana
ger and his wife, hut that on the occasion
OF the trip in question the parlor car
OF the Lake George train had been So
crowded that she had been compelled
to ride most Of the way IN the smoking
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THE SuN acknowledges the receipt
Of a resolution of the Republican club
Of the City of New York. adopted. by
that body AT the suggestion VI its Com
mittee on city Affairs. in which the
newspapers of this own are requested
ito give fuller. more prominent and
regular publication Of the powers,
duties and proceedings ~ the Board Of
Aldermen and its committees So
far az the powers and duties Of the
Aldermen are concerned. the Charter
and the amendments thereto set them
forth AZ length. As TO the proceed
inEs Of the board and It's committees.
when these lave been OF interest to
me public generally. no newspaper
has neglected 10 report them. This
was the ease when JAKE SHARP en-
joyed power in the board when the
municipal legislators were prosecuted
for contempt OF court in the early
days Of the present city; when tho
town fathers attempted to hold up the
Pennsylvania improvements. and when
the sale OF news stand permits at
tracted attention. So far as TIVE SvS
&, concerned. We pledge ourselves TO
exercise in the future the same vigi-
lance in collecting and publishing In
teresting facts concerning Aldermen
that we have displayed in the past.
and we trust that this assurance OF
continued watchfulness will crafty the
members OF the Republican Club OF the
City OF New York and OF It's Committee
on City Affairs.
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Sad Case Of Job Hedges.

The Hon Ion r.. HfDGrs. with I'M.
ahateh good humor, continues his If
forts to inject sanity and rca sol into
contemporary politirs. lie is nope
lcsSly. sruhbornly, consistently sensi-
hle in his discussions Of public AZ
fairs, and his independence is SO
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Is Billy sunday n Doctor Of Divinity

To EpIToE ~ TUE SrN-Sir am
herewith enclosing cl pplug from THE
SCN under date Of Wednesday. March
10, from an editorial article entitled
The WI ,od,li Of N.upud Lake.
hog leave to advise YOU that the
Rev William \. SUNDAY mas not ro-
Ceived the degree Of II. n. from the
Pennsylvania College for Women. This
institution has not given thus degree In
Is history.
We shall appreciate correction ~ tho
statement In your columns.
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London ONCE. Emnshsm House, l Arun
del street, Strand.
Paris ONCE, 8 Rue de Ia Michodi.re, ON
Rue du Quatre Septembre
Washington once. Hibbs Building
Brooklyn once, los Livingston street.
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The acquittal Of HARRY X. THAw
and -four codcfendants on the charge
Of conspiring to effect his escape from
Matteawan eighteen months ago does
not promise to bring the notorious
case to an early md. THAw's coun-
sci have two strings to their bow. and
the litigation may go on as methodi-
cally as before with little regard to
the passage of time. Indeed, 1t Is
even conceivable that a conviction
upon the conspiracy charge nigh;
have been more welcome to them as
affording evidence Of the soundness Of
his faculties.
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Published daily. including Sunday, by the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association at
ITO Nassau street, In the Borough OF Man
haitian. New York. President and Treas
urer. william c. Reick. 10 Nassau street.
vice-President Edward r. Mitchell, 10
Nassau street. Secretary. c. e. Luxton. 10
Nassau street.
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shockingly manifested on all occasions
that 1t constitutes a cause Of sincere
regret to all who would like to see him
attain high Office. That there are few
men active in public life afflicted by
the dlsqualifcations which are so
evident in Judge HEDGES is unqucs-
tionably the reason Of sincere congrat-
ulation among party leaders and the
eminent trimmers they put forward,
support and control. What. for ex-
ample. would be the fate Of the di-
rect primary. which last week he
rudely characterized as call hunk"
II q dozen men Of similar truthfulness
and force were to arise in various
parts Of the State and show that i'm
position up as he did?
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THE EVENING Sun, Per Month ..... q
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THE EVENING sun Foreign. Per Mo. | o.
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