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plete disinterestedness Of Austria
Hungary in Albania"

plete disinterestedness Of Austria
Hungary in Albania"
The internal conditions In Italy. ac-
cording to the correspondence. were
used by Baron SoNNiNo rs a rason
that Austria should support the exist
ing order In Italy and not expose
herself ito the Universities that the
existence Of a republican country" on
her border would imply. The gen.
eral situation" in Italy was then thus
summarized
THE profound irritation, the inability
Of the dynasty to maintain its throne II
Italy should fail to obtain territorial
advantages from the general confiagra-
ton. and the consequent necessity OF
making preparations for war"
The negotiations regarding the ces-
sion of parts Of Austrian territory In
the TyrOl and Trpntino e to have
proceeded more evenly. They occupy
much less Of the report than might b.
expected and agree In the most part
with the Italian statements. The
catire Tyrol Of Italian nationality
aud the entire western Mnk Of the
Isonzo Of Italian nationality. including
Gradisca. are represented ~ the eX'
IRENE limit OF the concession offered
IN this territory to Italy. The In
adequacy Of this offer. the demand Of
the population Of "Unredeemed Italy"
for incorporation In Italy and the de-
sire Of the italian people for the
realization OF their national ideas
led to the rejection Of Austria's propo
sition, and finally to the alignment Of
Italy on the side Of the Allies.
An Illuminating part Of the CORE
spondence is the despatch Of Count
BrRCHToLp. dated August IL. 1914, in
which he says:
I'VE had. it is true, received the as
surance from Germany that she would
stand by our side II Russia should inter-
vene.'
The existence Of any such under
standing between Germany and Aus
tria has been frequently denied. Tn
attitude taken was that Austria con
suited no one in sending her ultima
tum to Serbia. If any additional evi
dence Of the completely Of Germany
in bringing about the wal is needed
II seems To he given here.
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'''A'''', i'ib
Not urdcr the light NJ the dawn was
the deed of horror done,
Nor yet in the blaze of the noon. under
the gaze of the sun.
But in the stealth of the night. Such Is
the way of the Hun
What saith the Word" As We SOW, thus
shall v" also reap!
once, We read. there was one, a bastard
who murdered sleep,
And summoned the furieS of hell from
the waists Of the outer deep.
out of the neither gloom again shall the
brood not come,
And gather about his bed. yengeful, de-
mouiac. dumb.
Who wrought for a woma a crown, the
crown of martArdom"
Foul upou hisiOry's page there IL writ.
ten many "A blot,
Fury and lust and rage, rapine and sack
AND plot,
Cruelty and crime. from the time OF
scarlet
l,ut uaught more Wanton than this uu.
der the eyes of the Lord
Naught Ia he more desplsed, taught [.
he more abhorred
What shall the suerdon be? What be
the Just reward?
CLINTON SCOTLAND.
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Italy and Austria.

''rhe Diplomatic Documents Con-
corning the Relations OF Austria-H Hun
gary With Italy," just published, is a
peculiarly interesting contribution to
the official literature of the war. The
documents. although evidently care
fully edited for publication and repre-
senting 'Only the correspondence be-
tween Austrian diplomats, throw con
siderable light upon the rather vaguely
known terms of the agreement OF
italy with the other members of the
Triple Alliance and also upon the in
ternal conditions that may have i'll
tiuenced Italy to esrOuse the cause of
the Allies.
\ treaty. cvr onc so carefully pre-
pared as that which binds Italy with
the Central Powers, Is apparently sub
ject TO two very different lntclpreta-
lions. The .Austrinns recognized from
the first that the wnrlike complication
with Serbia would bring forth n claim
for compensation from Italy and an
nOunord that the conditions of the
treaty applied only to Turkish terri
tory in the Balkans" Italy held that
they applied 10 the whole of the Bal
kan peninsula, In the correspondence
! that resulted upon this loint Italy.
course WAS denounced ms ~ policy OF
blackmmil' and fears were expresses,
Of ltaly's attempt Ito misuse the right
tc compensation for the purpose II
extOrti0n." This long drawn out con
troversy resulted In the immunity OF
Serbia from attack for more than siA
months ana in the final Offer to Iial,
Of the port Of ValOna and the com
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Are American Companies Needlessly
Withholding Dividends?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: Con-
siderable irritation is being caused in
this country by the continued withhold
ing uf dividends by American public SER
vice companies since the war began.
without any adequate reason.
The private investor who distributes
his Investments impartially over the
world has been heavily hit by the war,
Mexican Investments, mostly through
American companies. ave been AT a
stands;ill for the last two years. The
Brazilian Government has defaulted and
their constituent States and cities have
followed suit. Peru and chile have
pleaded adverse exchange as an excuse
for not RENTING. while nothing is TO he
got from the disturbed countries OF Flu
rope. The %unkindest cut OF all. how
ever. Is when America, which is pros
Irring exceedingly by her increased
trade with hclligerents, withholds diyt-
deids already earned. and instead heaps
up already plethoric reserves.
The private investor in Great Britain
sees his Income reduced to the vanishing
point. while AT the same time he IL
called upon 10 pay heavy extra taxation.
"A trebled income tax I'D. to ed. in the
pound) and innumerable demands for
subscriptions.
We on this side of the Atlantic have
been buoy ed up In our roubles by the
generally expressed American sympathy.
but that sympathy takes u very peculiar
form when It proceeds to diminish our
already stra!ned private resources.
Cannot the American press do come
thing FOR us by bringing public opinion
Ia bear upon companies which are hold
ing up dividends. very much to our
detrimeutH
d. not suppose the companies gen
orally have considered the matter from
the British investors point of view. but
feel sure they would he ashamed will
fully to continue what might AMIDST be
called an unfriendly action when once
II has been brought to their notice.
\ SUFFERING INVESTOR.
OXFORD, England, October IS.
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The civility. h%elpfulness and SYM
pathy Of the Japanese policeman In
his relations with foreigners are
gratefully acknowledged by Intelligent
travellers. but an experience reported
by the Rev. WALTER WESTON, who
recently lectured upon the northern
Japanese Alps before the Royal Geo
graphical Society, piles Pclion on
Ossa. This special japanese cop
who wore n white drill suit and cot
ton gloves made for a giant and car
ried II two handed sword, attached
himself to Mr.. WESTON. probably I'M
der instructions. and was %indefatiga-
BILE in his services. This is the story
the English mountain climber tells:
In our little shelter shed at the bath
house OF the Renge Onsen 5000 feet w
the north flank Of q Renge) he made his
bed on the bare board floor, hut when my
hammock gave way above, and ! landed
on him somewhat heavily as he lay
SllDfllG IttttluAlN DfI'N, NlS 'iilN l'A'i-
ence to the midnight interruption was a
polite apology. % jana We itashima-
shita.' t. e. I am so sorry to have been
IN your honorable way"
Later. whether in consequence of
this little ~pOliceman's report to his
superior or not. Mr.. WESTON ,who
was accompanied by his wife, does
not know. the Governor of the prov.
ince issued the following notice to
the public:
mo criticism should he made. either
by gesture or words. regarding the Ian
guage. action or attire of foreigners.
Foreigners are most sensitive regard
ing cruelty to animals. therefore special
attention should be given to this matter,
1T should be remembered that ladies
| will not take OF their hats, even In pub
lie places. and that 1t is the usual Gus
streets hand In hand.
when a foreigner pulls out his watcl
and ooks at 1t, you should think that Inc
has business elsewhere, and that il Is
time for you To leave,
ct is a mistake to suppose that for
eigners will always respond to an appli'
cation for a loan of money
Between the lines may be read con
sidcration not only for foreigners hut
for the native people. The strangers
must not be stared at or talked about
audibly or annoyed In any way by
curiosity. Beggars must keep theiI
distance. Universal friendliness mus
he the rule, In such II country is i
surprising that the policemen vie viii
each other in making the foreigneI
feel at home and impressing him viii
IA humility which, unless he Is obtuse
he will regard NJ evidence Of the mos
DISTINGUISHED consideration but by n
means an admission OF the visitors su
perlority?
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IDENTIFY THE PLAYERS.
Consider the supporters OF Football
and Number the Teams.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: IL
liz time for football coaches OF the well
known colleges to realize that by plac-
ing numbers on the backs of their play
ers. for the purpose of identification.
they will make the game Of football
popular with the masses instead OF the
Glasses. The public should be coisid-
cred. and In using the word public I do
M intend TO use II in the broad sense.
but the public which consists mainly OF
the graduates and their families.
The "erudite' football coaches appar-
emily either do not care to consider the
wishes of the public or else they have
not the foresight to realize that a man
who graduated from a certain college
ten years ago canno be expected TO
know by sight the various players on
the football team, In view OF the fact
that II may be his first sight OF that
team. The fact that he In an
does not clothe him with exceptional
powers Of identification. for undoubtedly
he will experience as much difficulty AZ
a stranger in Identifying the players
unless he has some means to assist hin,
In doing NO. The number on the players
back supplies the means.
One would y that a college foot
ball coach would be wise enough TO
realize this, but apparently most OF them,
judging from the small number OF team3
tbut lao tho n,.,,h.r s,agonn have NOT
:. W e. Sy.,S,,t,,a. n ia
49,. 49, aarao v,,,b
,ha ,'i.uan no,,,o NJ xears
80 10 Sn ns tho val,
..vsI.n.u q, ,,n, helm,
- "m 80 ~. Nm,
o.. = sunIs ~" ~ ,a., ara not
80 Wv :, ~. "a. n,,h,ic
80 h ~ n,n... and ,hc
:"
-. ,hor,r1 ~, the
~ S,nns .n'S hsw.
1890 !. uon..nan.rs
&C. ~ ~ e. ,,upys he
:" ~ vi y. % LILLE
49,. - "ua snra,hinv
~ ,hosa ,n'a, ,ni,oaa .unnor,ers who
.,a,ra ,h. -, 49,, 81, 80. ,ha ,aap,
80 ,hai, .,,na ,,a,ar narnr,, cortaIniy.
,hosa ,,h" ,rarai -. It, .nd cheer-
s,iI, ~ ~. n,ton ~, ad,nts.in, arc on
,i,ied 70 som, cnnstdor,tion n ana. or
IN. nrasen, d,v cantains are like
Ks,cbam .n.,. mo, a., ny.riook tho
fac, Tho. ,hoso ~ ,rn,,d he heneated
by mo nu,,h.r ~ ~ ~. nioyers arc the
s,a n.rsn,s ,.h, ha,n 60 Laan Tho ~an,s
.I,ya in ,ha cnii.,as h,. dn,ny their mart
In dos,, ,in, ,ha ox,arsns
M .ihor, n Sharno hoad coach NJ
,b. CORNELL fon,h,I tam 10 ono n, the
leading football cn,ches Who ia no, on
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THE MULETEER AFFIDAVITS.
Comment ON the Question Of Their
PrObative Value.

TO THE EDITOR ~ THE SuN-SiT' In
AN editorial article this morning YOU
refer TO aifidavits transmitted recently
nv the German Embassy to our state
Department containing charges that
"German sailors OF a sinking submarine
we're shot down by the British after
they had surrendered and held up their
nds The reference OF course Is To
the affidavits concerning the Nicosian
and the so-called Baralong. They were
made. ex parte. in New Orleans D!
three or -four negro muleteers VIII" we're
on the Nicosiau. 1t Il to he hoped thai
those of your readers who have read
these statements will not forget certain
facts which have "A not ~unimportant bear
Ing on their ~prohative value.
The German War Regulations
kr!egsbrauch i'm Landkriegcl. issued
by the German General Stan. In Chapter
H., Subhead Il, contains the followins :
international Law is in no way on
posed I. the exploitation OF the crimes Of
third parties assassination incendiarism.
robbery, and the like) to the prejudice of
the enemy.
Manifestly perjury may fairly be
covered by the words the like"
,. When Il was being contended tha'
the I.usitania was an armed cruiser
the German Embassy Transmitted In
our State Department the affidavit OF
one Stahl. which stated that he had heen
on board of the steamer just before she
sailed and had seen -four guns mounted
there ready for action. Upon being
tried ON AN Indictment for perjury II"
admitted that these statements of his
were absolutely false. and pleaded
guilty he is now doing time, To his
credit he II said that not even the
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Exclusive Transportation Service DE.

To THE EDITOR % u SUMMIT, We
have at present three kinds of trans
portat!un in New York the five cent
kline OF street cars, the ten cent kind or
stages and the more expensive cabs.
We need more of the ten cent kind.
Many people would rather pay ten
cents and nave a comfortable and good
quality conveyance than pay five cents
and get AN inferior quality.
Now that the question OF new motor
bus routes Is before the Board of Esti-
mate let us hope that whatever they do
they will give US ten cent buses, and
not mark down the price and the quality
to the five cent level. The demand for
quality IL entitled to be heard.
AN UNWILLING SARDINE.
NEW YORK, October &c,
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MOTIVES.
Mr.. Roots Constitutional Review
CHALLENGED In One Particular.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: |
uotiH, in Senator Roots speech de-
livered before the Republican club Oc-
tober Is, a synopsis Of which was
printed In THE Sun, the following
We have taken away the temptation to
trade in Offices. the temptation to bind
the Governor Of the State to all sorts Of
bargaining. by requiring all the appoint
ments to be confirmed by the Senate.
| deny that it was the object of the
convention to accomplish this result. |
was a delegate In the convention and
| heard the debate on this proposition.
| know who first suggested removing
from the report Of the Committee on
Governor and state Officers the pro.
vision requiring the confirmation of the
Senate The suggestion was made by
the Hon. Alfred T.. Smitn. the present
TamIuaHy candidate for Sheriff, and
the amendment WAS offered 10y the Hon.
JON Il, Stanchfeld and accepted by the
leaders of the convention, known as the
Federal crowd"
The object of the amendment is clear
and its purpose plain. Mr.. Smith Is a
wise politician. He had the foresight to
see tina some day TIE Democratic party
might elect "A Governor and that the Sem
ate might be Republican. In order tn
remove any handicap that u Democratic
Governor might have under such cir
cumstances he proposed To strike out
the confirming power OF the Senate. The
provision was In the original report OF
the Committee on Governor and State
officers. but the Smith suggestion wdq
accepted with the hope OF securing votes
for the Constitution.
was a humble and helpless delegate
in the convention and witnessed the per
Torrance with the same intens" interest
and fascination that "A child witnesses a
moving picture show.
CHARLES II. BETS,
Editor the Lyons RspublicdH.
LYONS. October %.
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preme Court Of this state as long
rs 1891 in the ease Of The People eA
rel RUSH vs.. THORNTON. reporter J"
% Hun, $50.
TnoRNroN was a candidate FOR the
office Of County Judge. and rs an III
ducement to his fellow citizens to vote
for him he made the following oher:
81 here repeat that II ELECTED to the
Office OF County Judge I will pledge my.
self to take only 81. 200 for my SER
vices that I will pay out OF my own
pocket for the coal necessary to heat my
law office thai I will pay for all sta
tionery and letter heads. and will see
that those persons needing blanks shall
pay for them themselves"
THORNTON having been elected AMI
the salary Of his Office being S2.5OO.
he turned owe 1890 to the credit Of
the Poor Fund In accordance with his
campaign promise. The defeated can
dldate %thereurOn brought Il suit to Dust
THORNTON from Office. Judgment for
custer was pronounced IN the lower
court. but a reversed at the Gen
ernl Term In the Third Department on
technical grounds apart from the uues.
tlon OF the legality or illeeality Of his
ante-election pledges. or the promise
to turn back half his salary, II elected,
the court said:
I'm View of the numerous cases, boti
In England and In this country. In which
the subject Of selling offices and OF the
bidding for offices has been under dis
cussion. We must hold such promise;
and pledges as were made by the de.
PENDANT to the electors OF the county In
this Ease to be ~reprehensible in the ex-
IRENE, being against public policy and
in fact criminal. being no less than ar
orer in the nature of an intended bribt
to h electors to whom they were made
The court then cited various opin,
ions by the courts Of other States
ns well as English decisions, bearin.
upon the same subject Of intent t,
bribe by the promise to work for les
than was allowed by the law. The
court then said:
These cases. We think. warrant IN
conclusion that the promises made h!
the defendant to the electors were IL
violation OF public policy. and indeed
criminal. even BY the common law"
1t Is conceivable that a study o
the foregoing provisions OF law ant
judicial decisions might save some
body from Indictment.
We spoke the other day of the sill!
promises attributed to Under sheriff
Frank X. BOWERS by his enthusiast,
friends and called them immoral. II
the view Of the Supreme Court. as ex
pressed In the opinion In the Thornton
case. quoted above. such immoral bid
for Office are clearly 'criminal."
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The bombs dropped from the Aus
TRAN aeroplanes upon Venice in the
last raid fortunately did little damage
To the greater treasures Of the city.
.ne fell on the Chieeai degli Scalzi, the
church OF the barefoot monks. damag-
ing the ceiling and frescoes Of TIEPoLo;
another dropped In Piazza di San Marco
but did no damage to San Marco or any
other Of the buildings around the
Piazza. The peril to priceless works
Of art il so great from these air
raids and their military value 80 in
significant that bomb dropping in
Venice seems n o war but merely
vandalism.
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With a dozen or fifteen States pre-
senting ~"favorite sons anything Ia
likely. to happen.-Ch0trm0n HILLEs OF
the Republican National Committee.
As many OF the candidates already
proposed are not Of Presidential cali
bre something is likely to happen
quickly. But It is Of good omen for
the Republican party that the aspir-
ants are so hume Gus. II President
WILSON were reall. so "strong' In the
West. as itinerant politicians Of the
Democratic faith assert. there would
he a scarcity Of candidates for the
Republican nomination.
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The seaman's act Is called iu the r,.ior'
the "cuimination OF IA series of measures
which have adversely affected ~. pros.
poets of American shipping iu 'ht
foreign trade and the report shows
how the act brought to a stop ~, joe
crease OF the merchant fleet under the
registry act. Up Ia February - there
had been transf.rre1 To- American
registry 1873 foreign built ships of i,i..
ga gross tons. but stree then My
twenty-eight ships of SS.745 gross TINS
have been transferred.
The report finds that the expense Z
altering life saving equipment and the
disadvantages Of the '~languAgt' ,.tse
OF the seanan's act fan dituEc;A, N
American ships. and adds
These laws that add to the cost =
operating American ships are said 10
apply equally to foreign vrsS,i- cr.
tering u ports. without arguing r
IN detail there IL only this to hr -ui
III IN practice they apply also 'u tHr' -n
vessels, they increase our fr,IEll ft''1
and handicap our trade thtl I. '
apply 10 foreign ships they drive .r
ships out Of business. Thrr, o
escape from one or Ia. other go. lu .uu
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Tt rHE EDITOR ~ THE SrN-Sr, would
like to make a suggestion in reference to
the poets grammar. which has been dis
cussed in TnE SuN,
. You and T. sounds so much better here
Erammatically AS well as POLITICALLY that
II seems as II some explanation might he
made OF II AZ II Is. Couldn't II be in
terpreted as independent In the sentence,
u nominative absolute with the particlple
left outr NJ, &. \.
MTppLE HorE. October %.
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my BROTHERS KEEPER%
Remarks on DR.. WyetA's Letter by n
Man who Knows Mexico.

MINI w uV nmVVc p"V&sNVs
To THE EplroR or THE suN-str: The
intermixing Of the Aztec, the Indian
and the Caucasian races In h recent
centuries has created h Mexican
people. The Mexicans are to-day In
the preracial state before their final
solidarity as an integral race.
II fate had decreed that they should
develop their own logical civilization
It is by no means difficult to conceive
that that civilization would have
become eventually of a very superior
order. Their right to develop a civili-
xation coordinating with their natural
characteristics cannot be denied. but
this right has been forcibly taken from
them by the Caucasians. Their nat
ural naturalization mus remain for
all time a mystery. The Cauca-
SLAMS, with their advanced and more
forceful civilization, have dominated
from the beginning. The responsible
ity Of the Aztec and the Indian ceased
through their destruction by the eau
casian races. BY this act. the eau
casian has made himself solely re-
sponsible for the guidance OF these
children in their development among
the older races Of men.
49, ~ 80 20 Ca,ras,.n
N,u,. .,,i,,on r.'
',n-"" T.... -. - 49, T.,
$500 -. 80. ..., ,.a Wa,i-
can people do protest most emphati-
cally against their Inevitable fate.
a u, ~. -. -. -
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80. ~, NV T. ana shaI no .o,e,v
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we unue'',a,u s. to
'n's p ~. 80
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ahce OF ."eir uu'. .a,,ar
ven we ,'".. ,,hU. u,
WHAT oeco'"es VI 'o'""
are c"a',"s u"u ~.
cisioh' wa.ch'hs WI" ~" "."...,
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n...is,anoa
cnieny LOT lts Tei'a'haoe p
In cohuhua"'
OMISSION.
IL seems 'ncreo'o'e 'na. wy ~
with MS hhsers u" INC puIse -.
na'iois ca'."o. '.au 49,. 80.
the higns OF the t'ineS' "e~'s' P'"
trate' because is e.a'u" $50.
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The "two shots from an enemy sub
marine which sank the German ar
mored cruiser prirce Adalbert in the
Baltic, according to IN official state
ment issued at Il Rim on Monday.
We're presumably torpedoes, for the
shell of the light gun mounted on the
submarine cou.d hardy have pierced
the Prince Adalbert's armor and sent
her To the lottom. She was IA mod
ern cruiser 19O3) of $3.50 tons dis
placement, With batteries of 80 inch
and SO inch guns and a complement
Of sol officers and men, Germany has