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AN GIRL.
II Was the Lieutenant. and Not She
Who Gave Way,

To rHE EDITOR OF TIL SuN-Sir. The
letters OF "Ammi Wright" Mr.. kott-
man and Arlington II. Carman in THE
Sun have interested me greatly in view
Of "A personal experience OF my early
youth. ] had for some years a Ger
man governess. a nice little woman
from Munich. engaged to n officer OF
the Bavarian army, whom she could
not marry until she had earned the "cau-
ton money" by coming to this country
and teaching. She Used to tell me long
tales about her home life and the GUS
toms OF the country, to all of which |
listened, and none made a greater i'm
preston on me than her repeated asser-
ton that women OF all ranks were
obliged to give way to officers of all
anks, even 10 the extent OF stepping
of OF a crosswalk to let an "Oberst" or
Lieutenant pass. ! detained loudly az
this n said never would | do such a
thing, Sc. She assured me / would.
In the summer Of 1872 | spent z
week in Berlin. ! vas then is and not
unattractive How II came about thar
| was out in the street alone l cannot
now remember, | think my mother was
suddenly taken Nj, n | went in search
Of a pharmacy. However this may rave
been, ! met. midway OF a very narrow
gorgeous being in full uniform. He
stopped. stopped. We waited. He
cooked down at me from an immense
height. lie at last remarked 81 am
waiting" To which I with true Ameri-
can sang froid replied And l also.
| am AN American VIII IL be believed,
he stepped off into the mud m | walked
on. J. IL. e.
EAST HAMPTON. y. Y. August 81.
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Great Britain's Concession.

The decision Of Great Britain to
release for shipment from neutral
ports to the United States goods Of
German and Austrian manufacture
that were contracted for prior to
March >, when the British order in
council went into effect, is spoken of
MS a concession. but 1t does not touch
the main issue between the United
States and Great Britain. That issue
was plainly stated in the American
note Of March 30. which dealt with
the British blockade notice of March
Is, as follows:
THE novel and quite unprecedented
feature of the blockade, II we are to
assume it to be properly 80 defined,
is that II embraces many neutral ports
and coasts. bars access to them. and
subjects all neutral ships seeking to
that would attach to them were they
bound for the ports OF the enemies of
Great Britain and to unusual risks
and penalties. II Is manifest that such
limitations, risks and liabilities placed
upon the ships OF a neutral Power on
the high seas, beyond the right OF visit
and search and the right to prevent
the shipment of contraband. are a dis
tinct invasion OF the sovereign right
OF the nation whose ships. trade or
nnp, Ia Intarfarai uIth
The United States contended for
free admission and exit to all lawful
traffic with neutral ports through the
blockading Gordon" 1t went on to
say that this traffic would, OF course,
include all outward bound traffic from
the neutral country and all inward
bound traffic to the neutral country
except contraband In transit to the
enemy" and Great Britain was re-
minded that "the right would remain
with the b~lockading vessels to visit
and search all ships either entering
or leaving the neutral territory which
they were in fact, but not of right,
investing" The words but not of
right" were particularly significant.
The British Government In It's
trade memorandum OF June 30, which
was intended to be a reply to the
American protest, promised that
there would he no c~ontiscation of
ships or cargo and that measures
would he taken to facilitate the pres
entation OF claims against the Crown
Cotton sold before March Q and
shipped not later than March 81, or
insured before March 2 and shipped
not later than March 10, was to have
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MIDDLE GROUND FOR
WILSON ON DEFENCE
Politics in Preparedness Prob
lens Puts President Be-
tween Two Fires.
PARTY FIGHT INDICATED

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31.-Oplnion IL
rapidly developing here that tho national
defence issue Is becoming more and more
a political question, m that in 40 much
as this Is true the difficulties OF the Pres
ident are multiplying.
Senator Kern's visit to the White
House yesterday and the Interview he
gave out in sympathy with the recent
utterances OF Representative K'tchin. the
next majority leader Of the House. en-
phasized the problems which the Presi-
dent faces from a large wing OF his own
party in Congress.
Col. Roosevelt's u%tterances and the
propaganda OF the national defence or
CARNATIONS, It was said. mark the other
extreme from the Administrators pres
ent viewpoint. The effect OF the two ele-
ments In the political situation regarding
national defence Is to leave the Admin
~istratlon between two fires.
President Wilson's friends assert hat
he decries the attempt being made 10
give the national defence issue a political
character. They believe that II Is really
an lSSut I1ltht ny Nv ptopio
in the light OF the conditions which have
developed In the last several months and
that no political party or party faction
may properly claim priority In having
taken the initiative In regard to this
issue.
Developments since the German crisis
arose have demonstrates to most politi-
cal observers. however. that the Admin
istration cannot hope TO escape the no
cesslty OF playing politics with the ISSUE
The best information available as 10
the Presidents policy is that he Intends
to take a middle ground. Just how
many battleships and submarines and
how large an army increase he will rec
ommend are open questions. n IL IL
indicated that the President intends TO
TAKE plenty Of time In making up his
mind.
1t appears that the Presidents feeling
OF a need for haste, which characterized
his IN to the War and Navy de-
partments to complete their reports in
the latter part OF July, has given place
to the belief that the national defence
problem is a domestic problem and that
he can well afford to study all the ele-
ments In the situation before formulat.
ing his own ideas. II was said to-day
that the President has made no engage
ment yet to confer with the military and
nava! committee chairmen OF Congress
and that he is NOT ready TO see them yet.
a recent interchange OF personalities
In Missouri has attracted attention here
as emphasizing the trend OF develop
ments in regard to the national defence
issue. Major w A. Dickinson. a former
stanch friend OF Col. Bryan, has been
sent on "a speech making tour OF tho
West by the Navy League. supposedly
To combat the influences of the former
Secretary of State in that section against
a big navy programme.
Recently in Missouri he was asSailed
by Representative Walter l. Hensley. a
member OF the Committee Of Naval
Affairs in the House. who charged that
the manufacturers are financing the big
navy programme. II is feared here
that this is only a mild indication OF
what Is to come when the big and the
Mttle navy men clash in Congress.
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ATLANTIC CITY. y, j., August 81
The Crowless Rooster Rejolccs Mont
clair,

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. There
We're some derisive cacklcs heard when
Montclair's town fathers proposed a
law f%orbidding the growing OF rousters
before CAB a.. NJ, AT which hour the
commuters by the 7;l1 are called. II
Was said to I've an attemp, to nv I'm the
face of nature and "A slap at the poultry
uslne which is carried on intensely
in the back yards Of some Of the hest
citizens of Upper Muntclair, Wei, II is
our tuin to crow, | guess. judge ". q.
Deal of Hayward, Cal, about as far
from san Francisco as is Montclair from
New York, has produced "a noisrlrss
rooster by the science If ln"tcrhreediuR.'
selecting as the dams Those hens
blessed with vigorous voice" The
Pomona Progress, from which gather
tie facts quoted above, adds: "Judre
Deal has a rooster to-day that can hiss
but not crow"
It's about time some folks stopped
trying to trip up the forward march OF
TINS WATCuUNG.
MoNTCLAIR, y. J., August 81.
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Peace and Rumors OF Peace.

There would appear to be nothing
in the military or political situs ton
as between the %belligerent Powers to
discredit the renewed rumors Of at
least a hospitable mental attitude on
the part of Germany to suggestions
looking toward peace discussions.
Indeed, 1t Is wholly conceivable
that the imperial authorities may see
In the present as favorable a moment
for pacific pourparlers as Is likely
to ecu before the opening Of the
dread campaigns of winter. While
the German victories in Russia have
been indecisive 80 far as crushing
Russian military strength is con-
cerned. they have undeniably yielded
prestige possibly now near its high
est attalnable diplomatic value.
IL would not be unnatural that
home enthusiasm over these successes
should have materially exaggerated
estimates of the impression they have
made on Germany's enemies as well
as upon the world at large. The nice
mechanism of sound judgment on the
part of the masses at least Is too
susceptible 10 emotional dislocation
TO leave anything surprising in the
fact OF an error of that nature.
That the keen directing minds Of
the empire share any delusions born
of such miscalculations Is not to be
believed. That on the contrary they
fully appreciate the magnitude of the
danger still impending and against
which the Russian successes are but
a light and probably ephemeral OF
set cannot be doubted. The appalling
cost in lives and money of these sue.
cesses themselves. the still more ap
palling sacrifices threatening as in
evltable on a western front growing
with every passing day in menacing
strength, another winter, and a Rus
sian winter at that, now near at
hand: it is not in the least unrea son
able to believe that Germany is fully
~acquiescent TO the spread or rumors
that her present attitude toward peace
suggestions would be one Of benevo-
lent consideration.
Unhappily for the prospects Of es-
another winter Of wal horrors.
from not one of the allied nations
comes the slightest intimation of a
willingness so much al even to con-
slider the question Of peace I've on
such conditions rs Germany could
not now for a moment tolerate.
Welcome indeed are even rumors Of
peace, but Frightening rs they are
for the homer one cannot help con-
templating the all but hopeless fragil-
ity Of the foundation on which they
are based.
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what's In a La bel?

The Ddip Herdld Of PasSaic, y. j.,
after nearly half a century of Demo.
cratic utterance and influence in its
modest territory, and not long ago
brought into temporarily widenel no
tice by the public interest In its then
proprietor. Congressman Bon BREM-
NER Of brave memory, has passed into
new ownership and will henceforth,
by announcement, he ''independent."
The reorganized moulder aud mouth
piece of political sentiment in the
Seventh New Jersey district IL TO
be managed 10y the cX-clty editor of
"a strong Republican organ in Pat
erson, and control Of the paper passes
into the hands Of one of the owners
Of Il stirring" Of "Pennsylvania Re
publican newspapers"
In the domestic affairs Of the Pas.
sale newspaper neither we nor any
OF our readers except those in It's
wi office have any concern or lively
Interest, still less a desire 10 NEEDLE 4;
hut there Is In the brief announce
nent n hint of wider import. The
juxtaposltion Of the labels "lndcpcnd-
ent' for the paper and unn0dlfied
"Rcpublican' for the men who are TO
remake 1t tickles normal aud healthy
curiosity about what the rest of the
folks do, say and think.
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ish propaganda In European politics un.
beknown to themselves and on certain
subjects; for Instance, Document No. 1913
OF the British White Paper In re Belgian
neutrality, or the alleged violation OF
Serbian sovereignty in the Austro-Hunear-
Ian ultimatum, or the completely Of the
Serbian Government officials In the Sara
Jevo assassination, there seems to be among
them something closely approaching a
conspiracy of silence.
I think Sir Edward Grey, the c~raftiest
statesman now living. Is more responsible
for the Austro-serbian imbroglio becom-
Ing a world war than any other person.
Instead OF trying to persuade Russia to
stop mobilizing he encouraged her In her
b~ellicose attitude and tried to get Ger
many to convoke a congress of the
Powers. mostly hostile to Austria Hun
gary. before which Austria-Hungary should
be hauled like a culprit. He knew per-
fectly well that erman could not consent
TO such a humiliation of her ally. Read
Professor Conybeare's article on the sub
ject In the Open Court for July. 1915.
am not at all surprised at the Ameri-
can attitude toward Great Britain and
France. though the assertion that the
Allies are nghting for liberty. democracy
and the principle OF nationality IL hum
bug pure and simple. Nobody who Is hght-
Ing for Russia or with Russia can be night
Ing for liberty. democracy and the principle
OF nationality. Besides, the hands OF the
Allies are far from being clean. since
they are the imperialistic. viz. predatory.
Powers OF this earth. what. however.
came as a very, very sad disappointment
to me Is the silent sympathy for Russia,
the most perfect despotic and autocratlc
Government In the world. Surely this
cannot be in accordance with American
political Ideals and Is contrary to the stand
this country took toward Russia in is4s.
AS a footnote to what this Hungar-
ian says about Hungary's Constitution
II may be recalled that. like England.
Hungary has a Constitution evolved by
time and never written, while the AUS
TRAN Constitution is an imperial gift.
As a result, Franz Joseph is superior
to the Constitution In Austria and in
ferior to 1t In Hungary, II the sources
OF his power as Emperor n King be
analysed. o.
NEW YORK, August 81.
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ANOTHER SET OF WHY'S.
A Woman Demurs TO IL Of Arnold
Barrett's IL why's. and Declares
the WHY OF the Mouse Aliunde.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Str: why
should men have the vote when they
cannot teach m to get of the trolley
cars correctly?
Why should men nave the vote when
thousands of them follow the almost
naked women" In the streets?
Why should men have the vote? They
are responsible for the form OF the mar
riage ceremony.
Why should a man be allowed to vote
who after experimenting with 10000
women could not get one TO properly
keep his house or cook him any digest
ible food?
Why should men have the vote when
not one in a million knows how TO run
a trolley car?
Why should men nave the vote when
millions upon millions of them cannot
keep enough hair to comb?
Why should any lazy. fat and shape
less man have a vote?
Why should n man nave a vote when
by his very nature only catty and vim
dictive women will have anything 10 do
with him?
Why should any being or thing or
Top or man dancing attendance on dis
satisfied women have "A vote?
Why should any man have a vote
II he cannot marry a woman who suits
everybody
WY should men have the vote when
there are already so nan OF them In
the insane asylums?
Why do men need the vote? Is Il
to steal other mems wives?
Why should a man have the vote
who keeps himself so we'll Informed on
all the scandal women distribute?
Why should a man have a vote who
spends his time watching large women
try on small shoes?
Why should men ave the vote?
They started the instalment plan.
Why should a man have the vote who
spends half his time watching women
powder their noses
Wy should a man hav a vote who
publishes uufuunded statements?
About the little mouse: Wen have
to admit il. but what have mice to do
with votes
lsoBELI.E SCUppER F~ARRrSGToS.
New HAVEN, Conn, August 81.
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"Part Time" in the Schools.

Labor Day Is near at hand, the
smmme playtine dwindles fast, and
In a few days more the school chill
dren will be again ut drill.
A statistician OF the municipal
schoolroom states that at the end OF
the last school year there were more
than $4,000 children in part time
classes. and In the regular classes,
first year, more than 100000 who lost
one hour iu every five that they
should have had. According To this
critic. only 1900 new "~sittings'' will
be available at the opening OF the
school year 19l5-16. When 10 the
numerical discrepancy between pupils
and seats existent last June is added
the expectable increase in enrolment
of 10000 to 10000. the congestion
problem assumes disquieting form and
dimensions.
A good teacher and an apt pupil
can travel further in one hour than
an Ill assorted pair can 60 in five,
and in a less laundering world than
this part time" might he a blessing
undisguised. But public education is
a commodity in which dealings are
wholesale. School classes are ma sScs,
and however earnestly and intelli.
gently conscientious administrators
may strive for adaptation of the sys-
tenn to the needs Of the individual.
through frequent opportunities OF
promotion, subdivision of grades
and similar devices OF accommodation.
the ultimate attainable achievement
In elasticity lies far short Of the ed
ucators' desire. They deal with the
raw material of mind in bulk. Any
thing that breaks up the bulk is bad.
Lack uf seating accommodation breaks
the bulk seriously. therefore il
Is peculiarly pi>rhievouS.
Into the merits Of the technical
controversy, the Battle of the Boards,
We do not now propose to 60. The
work of education must he done. II
cannot be done without money, and
the people of New York supply the
money ungrudglngly 80 long as sub
stantial evidence Of It's proper use is
visible. In the terms Of the debate
between the municipal adminiStrat ton
and the school board they have no
interest. These things that are
simply must not continue to he. Pub
lie education is on the same footing
as national preparedness for defence.
II those who should provide for its
necessities are derelict in delegated
duty, the slow but powerful stream
Of public opinion will carry them TO
the scrap heap.
Part time" is a disgrace 10 this
city.
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Why She stood by Germany Instead
OF Joining the Allies.

To THE ENRON ,F THE SIS-Str.
From A private lc,,,r received from ,
IIungarian scholar tax. IN. suhi,ined
view Of the war:
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To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. No
city in the United States has benefited
to a greater extent because of the war
than Saratoga. which is enioyirg a
season Of unusual prosperity. Visitor.
nave come from all over the continent
to partake OF the siluhriOus waters and
undergo the various treatments which
we're heretofore given only at the Ger
man spas.
since IN" state Government took over
tn" springs, which have u%ndoubtcd cura-
tive properties, as evidenced by the tea
timony Of Professor Hertel and othor
experts who anne from Germany M tho
hcNcst of the authorities to analyze tbp
waters ana recommend the best methods
Of caring for the public, those vbirg
were formerly sCeptical have been com
yer,cd and there are hundreds of mrn
and women who are anxious to testify
To- the efficacy of the Saratoga trc,t-
neni Many Improvements have been
made mt me work Is only IN it's initial
stage, \ large drink house simll,r =,
those at Carlsbad and Weishod,n
among the improvements planned far
the near future. y goo band playsi in
the park, morning, afternoon and eve.
nlnE, ana thCre is every phase of III. nm
tap for the visitor.
The racing this season has hecn q,
powerful attraction The best nurses
from the West have been in contest vim
those Of the East and the attendance
of society has been large. visitors com
ing from Newport, ~Narragtnsett, Ror
llarhor and Manchester for the week
10 augment the colony which re-
manned AZ the springs t roughout the on
IRE month Of August The war has given
an impetus TO horse breeding. and racing
which Is 50 Intimately related with ,bI,
branch OF our economic cndcavor inns
taken ON an added Importance in consc-
quence. T.
SARATOGA SPRINGS. August 81.
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SHORE COLORS.
Ghostly Purple and Gray, Blue and a
Darker Hue Bless Jersey Ewes.

To THE EplToR OF THE SuN-Sir. We
have had a symphony OF color afte- "A
sudden rain, over the ocean, from south
east to northwest, a rainbow in tho
south, dazzling white sky, against which
Ncre set the colors and shadows of III,
towers and gables of the town. Idttl.
gray black clouds iiecked III. dazzlir.
white, and n dark blue cloud mass hnr-
tered 1t westerly, for a space descend
ing TO the horizon. then rising again
to the upper sky.
bordering the blue, to west and north.
Was luminous purple suffused with gray
and thinning below to ghostly purple
mist over the bright green of the marshes
glistenlng after the rain.
Through the purple showed the dark
blue wall OF the distant hills, and ahov"
them the darker blue mountains of tho
sky behind the purple mist.
DAVID WALBRo.
ATLANTIC City, N. j., August 81.
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BY many disappointed visitors to
the country this will be remembered
as the summer Of lost vacations. How
many hundreds who left New York
with the usual enthusiasm for the
pleasures that depend on sunshine and
good weather returned to lament their
experiences. But their lot
was at least more fortunate than that
of the city's workers who had only
Sc few Of them favorable for
the II of door pleasures that make
for health,
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SIXTY FOUR LOSE CITY JOBS,
Charities Department Vacancies to
10 lie FILLED From Eligible List.

Sixty-four employ os ~ In" Charities
Department who, although ON the civil
service lis, rs hospital helpers have
been used a. clerks, stcuOgraphcrs and
typists, lost their jobs Yesterday by or
der Of the ClNl service commission.
They viii l." replaced to-day by hfty-
nine others from an eligible list.
Robert W. Bclchor, secretary Of tho
CiNil Service Commission, said that un
der the law the siNty-four dismissed
employees could not be retained by a
change of classification or in any other
way,
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All dye manufacturer In this part
of the country are fast running out OF
materials. Soon people will have to
wear more white things.-A Philadelphia
dyer.
Among those not praying for peace
will soon be numbered the laundry
men of America.
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His Best Weapon.

To TIRE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. |
like those queries "Wby do women
wan TO vote rropounded by the des-
picahle one, especially the one which
advcrts effectively to the time they
spend IN powdering their noses. /
read them to my wife and daughter,
both OF whom think they are suffra-
gists. While not exactly converted.
they were Individually much impressed
Now " euever opportunity offers ! say
"Nhy do" and dodge. y. Y. z.
BROOKLYN, August 81.
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While indorsing the well proved old
stream, the engineers of Russia's mill
tary reorganization may believe that
when the old mount gives u In so
a place It Is mighty sat
isfactory to have n new one available
there. 1t is a long way to the further
end OF the crossing.
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lie tSenator-General THEoDoRE1 was
President of Hayti from October 80.
1914. to February 2s. 1s15.-Port du
Prince despatch.
A fairly long term for a Haytian
President in the last eighteen months,
but 1t explains why THEODORE, return
ing from exile. has placed himself
under American protection.