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The Position OF the Carnegie Endow
ment Explicitly Set Forth.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
view of the many statements appearing
in the press that the Carnegie peace so
cietles are spreading the peace at any
price propaganda the following corre-
spondence Is interesting, n when taken
In conjunction with the public statement
issued by seventeen officers OF the New
York Peace Society that they are op-
posed to the movement to place an en-
barge on munitions II would seem TO
indicate that these societies have been
misrepresented.
IN June 7 last I wrote n letter 10 the
Carnegie Endowment for international
Peace at Washington. d, c., as follows
The statement has been made In the pub.
lie press that a Congressional lobby which
has done much 10 defeat appropriations
for national defence has been and Is he.
ing maintained by an association OF pact
fists,
Has the Carnegie Endowment for In
ternational Peace employed any means for
this purpose7
Has the endowment opposed additions 10
our present means OF defence In advance
Of the decrease of by other
nations7
Does n advocate disarmament by THIS
country . advance OF disarmament by
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If WOMEN SHOULD VOTE.
! Man with an Open Mind Asks a
Pertinent Question.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: II
would considerably %enllghten me and a
good many other men II some one favor
irH woman's suffrage would explain how
we would be Justified in voting for the
proposed amendment on the subject
when W. feel that there would be added
to the electorate by the passing OF such
an amendment a tremendous number OF
ignorant voters. thus greatly increasing
a difficulty now giving concern to think
ing people and threatening to embar-
rass the efforts OF good men and mn
to elevate the status of voters.
Being blessed with many women &C.
quaintances who are Just as we'll fitted
to vote AZ I am, l find II a troublesome
thought to dwell upon the great dis
aster that would overcome US IL for
that reason one should vote to enfran-
chise multitudes Of women absolutely
untitled TO vote. but who would. l fear.
exercise the suffrage mostly to please
others, while the Intelligent women
would, perhaps. stay away from the
polls once the novelty of the thing
passed.
This question. as presented here for
solution. Is not on the abstract equality
of man and woman, mentally or other
wise. or on the general argument rs
TO equal suffrage. but it is the con-
crete one of policy. the workableness
In a practical way or the enfranchise-
ment OF all adult women whether they
want II or not, or whether they are
fitted for IL or not. II the question can
be answered satisfactorily. 1t will 20
n blessing to what is now a mind In
great doubt. A. p. BAcHMAS.
New YORK, September s.
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EAST LYNNE,S MOTORS.
An Intrusive Background Of Speeding
Motors on the Film.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Far
be II from me TO knock the dramatic
unities OF the photoplay In any form,
but when did we nave our first auto
mobiles Of the present day pattern?
/ ask this because the other evening
] saw East Lynne In the movies, and
in one park scene through the foliage
glimpses OF limousines and such might
be caught as they p u swiftly along
the street beyond.
OF course the man who managed the
camera didn't think about the street
showing at all. for English private
parks are moi located in the cities, but
when the film was developed somebody
might have noticed the cars. That is
TO say. somebody who knew that "East
Lynne" appeared in 1861. say about
hfty-four ear ago.
BY the way, how many people who
know Fast Lynne know of hand who
wrote the book? None OF the many /
asked did. including myself. and the
man | asked in a book store had 10 &c
TO a register to find out. W. ]. L.
NEW YORK, September 10.
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The Optimism OF General GOrgas.

The county hospitals will Danish
tuberculosis in a few years If every
sufferer ian he treated, Surgeon-Gen-
eral GoRGAs told the American Health
Association. What a boon to human
ity 1t would he. But can the money
lie found to make the comprehensive
scheme practicable? General GoRGAs
compares the tuberculosis campaign
to the yellow fever campaign in Ha-
vana and on the Isthmus Of Panama.
He says:
1--WE employed many measures. any
one OF which probably, II 1t had been
completely carried out. would have sue
ceeded in controlling yellow fever, We
knew that no one OF them, however.
could he carried out with complete eni-
cheney, We therefore employed all
measures that promised success as ex-
tensively as we could"
lie does not say, however, what the
cost was. The United States Govern
ment paid the bin, ana 1t was heavy.
Money was no object when the order
Issued to make n "health resort" OF
the Panama zone, The determination
Of the mosquito required an outlay
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Our Treaty Obligation rs to the In
dustrlaI Freedom Of Austrians and
Hungarians In This Country.

Will there be an end to the rubbish
that is talked and written about the
sovereign right of Austria-Hungary
TO reach over into the United states
and prohibit her subjects sojourning
here from industrial activities lawful
under American law?
We have a treaty with Austria
Hungary concluded in 1920. ratified
in 1880. and proclaimed in 1881. lt
Is still valid as between the two Gov
ernments. Article l. OF this treaty
provides:
THE inhabitants OF their respective
States shall be at liberty to
sojourn and reside In all parts whatso-
ever OF said territories. in order to at
tend TO their commercial affairs: and
they shall enjoy. TO that effect. the
same security, protection and privileges
as natives OF the country wherein they
reside, on condition of their submitting
to the laws and ordinances there pre-
vailing."
Is 1t pretended in any quarter that
his Majesty the Emperor of Austria,
King Of Hungary and Apostolic King
Of Bohemia can establish a grievance
against the United States for extend
ing to his subjects sojourning in our
territory that very security, that very
protection and those very privileges
which we have contracted by treaty
to secure for them while they are
with us?
They have the same right as Amerl-
can citizens to work at the manufac-
ture Of munitions; and the right of
American citizens Is unquestioned.
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Plattsburg Compared With the Hay
Foot, Straw Foot" Boys Of 81.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
reference to the speech Of General Leon
ard Wood to the Plattsburg encamp-
ment l would say: There Is "A difference
in the stuff an army Is made OF. Can
o imagine that any other body OF
raw men could be found to equal the
plattsburg body In natural aptitude or
ability to be made into soldiers? 1t
doesn't seem strange to me, when the
men are considered, that tho General
said You could now take a squad
Of men and drill them in h school of
the soldier and whip them into shape"
to whip an enemy!
Good commonsense IL the first REQ.
uisite for attainment In any line. This
new soldier school had II in a marked
degree. In the days OF our civil war,
for instance, the material out OF which
they made soldiers was sometimes very
crude. Ignorance, rather than good
sense, was then frequently the principal
characteristic. ! well remember a drill
Of recruits composed of such material,
for instance. A newly graduated West
Pointer was tho officer. The men were
so dense, there were so many bone
heads among them. hat the Captain
had actually to tie hay or n foot and
straw on the other Gin place OF right and
left) to rave them keep step In drilling
them: Hay foot. straw foot, hay foot,
straw foot-now you've got II, damn II,
keep it--hay foot, straw foot" &c. How
long would II rave taken the upstate
officers to whip" such a body OF men
into competence to take other men ana
whip them into shape? @. W. c.
T~ARRYrowN, September 3.
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Two Last Sons OF the Revolution.

TTO" t't fiVgi'th H'pNOtf
As to the last son OF the Revolution"
will say that Attorney w. a. T. Nor
ris OF Madison. Wis. enjoys this dis
tinction. Mr.. Morris was born I'm Nor
ris, Otsego county, New York, May 10,
1892. He Is the son OF Jacob Morris,
who was an officer in the Revolutionary
army and who at different times was
an aid to Generals Lee. Gates n
Green. His father was Lewis Morris,
who was a half-brother OF Gouverneur
Morris. Jacob Morris was IN battles on
Long Island. at Fort Moultrie. the sec
ond battle OF Trenton. and Princeton.
and was Lees aid at Monmouth. He
was born December IS. 1856. and died
January 10. 1Si+. aged SIS years and l3
days. The first marriage was on July
l6. 1887. and his second marriage was
on March !. 1890. Twelve children were
born of the FIRST marriage, all of whom
have been dead for many years.
W. a. l., Morris was born May 10, 1892,
when his father was In his s~eventy-sixth
year. Mr.. Morris became one of the
early awyers of Madison, the capital OF
Wisconsin, and is still in active practice
and is carrying theoretically the bur-
dens OF his profession. He greatly en-
Joys his friends. his bridge, his golf. and
has smoked ever since he reached his
youth. lie has four children and nu-
mcrous grandchildren, none OF which
take the work and play OF life with more
zcst and cheerfulness han he, one of the
last two OF last sons OF the Revolu-
ton"
The other who also enjoys this dis
t%inction, as stated in a recent issue Of
the Republican. is Judge jeremiah
Smith OF Cambridge, Mass,
". T., CoLr.
DARABoo, Wis. August 80.
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Japanese Subsidies.

We might have been warned mt n,
Japanese, who have been ttk.rE =.
only effective means I know ~ 70 build
up n merchant marine, that t- by
granting reasonable subsidies, would
seize this opportunity to take orsr -,
balance OF our trade.
During the last three years the Up
anese tonnage trading between ~ "a
Japan and our coast has iucr't-, rom
twenty ships with n tonuIE" OF Ni.-.5
tons in 1913. to forty ships hay x a
tonnage Of 1915 ton August ! o. Us
year. and in addition they are iu..in ne
n very considerable number e SIPS
which are 10 be put into the N'N lo.k
Panama and Pacific coast trade
Albert Greene Duncan, Pre-, .ont OF
the association, said that 'hs
theme of national prcpar,ducss is grper-
most In every ones mind the ."la.-y
u he commercially prepared 'r any
thing hat comes, so that eve PM
behind any nody OF men enlisted go m"
nations defence n united, prosperous,
contented and determined Ir'-tton
and be able To supply tho fI' 80 up.
port to the Government ia ,as OF
trial"
lilo attacked the mania - l"-s'',
lures for passing laws. o"l t. mn
business and politics should no ".tiM
into harmony.
Charles @. Bancroft, rrcs.do"' ~ 49,
International Trust Company 81 BOSTON,
was another speaker. lilo u"g't -
manufacturers not TO SIT GN' o.. H' -'
the calumny which he sl.t i .-HF
hurled at them from all s.'.-
OF labor discomfort. and Sal! '' "s'
solution was to undertake %
OF enlightenment, 50 chat '." PIT.
lEnAuF HRaEH ,,slaV l.H- .HrfF .. ... '
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L IN MUSIC.
Does New York Prefer Negro Players
to White, and Why?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: WHY
does society prefer the negro musician?
The question Is not infrequently dis
cussed by the white musicians. The
negro musician Is to-day engaged at
most OF the functions given by society.
especially it's dances. Why should this
preference be given 10 the negro So
called musician who hasn't the slightest
conception of music rather than to the
Cauca sian musician who has spent years
in painstaking study?
Surely II isn't because OF the Oft re-
futed contention that ragtime music de-
mands the negro musician, for the
white musician has proved tint and
again that he can render a ragtime
selection better than the negro can.
Even the New York hotels are now
beginning to discard the white musician
for the negro. 1t will not be long before
the poor white musician shall be obliged
TO blacken his face to make a livelihood
or starve. EUGENE DE BuERis.
NEW YORK, September 3.
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They love 70 twirl the Quilted bat.
They love to swing "A set OF clubs,
Although In golf and tennis chat
They're technically termed plain dubs.
But were they lightning at the serve,
And could they putt with perfect aim.
No credit then would they deserve
For sticking grimly to the game,
They and their fellows are the bone
And sinew OF these games OF skill.
From them the fashions take their tone
And sport shirts shape their oollared
frill.
Yea, but for them the daily blare
Would die. and prosy news would slain
The sporting columns. which IL whore
They altogether play the game.
MAunioA MORRIS.
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better armed countries which may be our

better armed countries which may be our
potential enemies1
What Is IT'S programme with respect TO
this phase OF internationai disarmament
A. one to whom your communication
have been directed and a. a. ardent ad-
vocate OF international disarmament l
feel warranted in eddreeang these Inquiries
to YOU, and trust that you may not only
see NJ to answer them. but to make q
public statement Of like substance.
To this Mr.. James Brown Scott, Sec
rotary of the endowment, under date or
June is replied:
am in receipt of your letter Of June
7 asking a number of questions concerning
the attitude OF the Carnegie Endowment
for Internationa Peace upon the question
Of arnaments.
In reply have to inform you that the
trustees Of the have not as
sumed any attitude on this question. nor
has the endowment taken part in any
Congressional lobby for the purpose OF
either defeating or recurring appropriations
for the national defence
No programme of action has been
planned by the endowment beyond . pro-
gramme for systematic and scientific In
qutries into the subject
1 enclose growth . ieefet containing
the programme adopted by . conference OF
the leading economists and publicists OF
the world. whose names win be found on
page Q. relating to q number OF subjects
bearing upon the question Of internationsl
peace. You will ma on age 8 and 7
OF this pamphlet the series Of inquiries
relating to ornaments which are now In
the course of prosecution under the aus
pices of the endownment in so far a.
present conditions permit.
Mr.. Scots statement n borns out
by the contents of the pamphlet
KIRK Brown.
Monrrcu ~ GHntamher @
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Mr.. Ford Then and Now.

To THE EDITOR Oh The SUN-Sir' II
Henry Ford the ~workngman had en-
pressed the same opinion OF the United
States army and navy as being on a
par Will the inmates OF our charitable
institutions which Henry Ford capital
list INDUCES In now safely behind the
shelter of his millions, no doubt he
would have had to answer for It per
sonally In any assemblage OF the self
respecting defenders OF the honor OF
their country. JOHN +. DAWN, NJ. ID.
NEW York, September 10.
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n knows who Is aware Of what our
foreign trade in the past year has
done to change our economic condi-
tons from acute depression to in
creasms activity.
The Ia SIX which c~onfronts the rom
ferences Is to agree upon the method
which will furnish American credit
to an initial aggregate Of anywhere
from half a billion dollars to a billion
dollars for financing our export trade.
Both the tremendous Importance Of
this trade to the whole country and
the dimensions Of the undertakings
which must be arranged require that
there shall be countrywide support
for the bankers who take the leader
ship for us in this matter.
1t Is not New York's affair, except
perhaps to assume the initiative; 1t
Is the affair Of the entire banking
community. It is for the bankers Of
the whole land to undertake to find
the funds in the shape of credits
with which to move the manufactured
goods and the staple commodities Of
American business through the chan
nels Of foreign commerce. New York
alone cannot swing the operations
which must be launched, nor Is II pos
slble for any banking group or group
Of banking interests to carry through
these operations, which will probably
be only the beginnings Of the great
departure of American business in
really selling goods on credit to for
eign lands
Whatever our banking and business
sympathles may be in the war, these
sympathies have nothing to do with
the matter now in hand. 1t Is a mat
ter Of big business. the biggest kind
of business, but Of business pure and
simple; not business in war munitions
solely or chiefly, but the whole range
Of foreign business which we may do
abroad 10 and in time to come.
Furthermore, a large element Of bank.
ing duty enters into this matter, the
faithful discharge Of the obligation
which the bankers of the country owe
to the business interests Of the coun-
try. Some Of our best foreign Gus
toners have come TO us TO ask for a
large extension OF credit; and 1t is
unthinkable that the entire banking
community should fall short Of the
complete cooperation Indispensable to
the arrangement Of the credits which
must he granted.
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The German Offer 10 A%rbitrate.

There seems 10 be somewhat Of a
mlsapprehcnsion of the intent Of the
proposal. in the German note on the
Arabic case, to go to the tribunal at
The Hague.
The Washington correspondent of
the ErcninD Past, for example. says
that THE offer Ia send the disputed
points 10 The Hague Is in effect n
request to arbitrate the principle I'm.
DERIVING both the Iusithnia and Ara
bic cases. In many quarters here the
opinion is strongly entertained that
Germany is now seeking 20 reopen
the submarine issue and TO postpone
as long as possible n full understand
Ing on It,"
II Gcrmany's intention was TO re.
open at The Hague or elsewhere the
whole question Of international law
as to submarine warfare, DR.. vow
,IAGow certainly expressed himself
with singular infclicity when he said,
AZ the end of the note now under
lScussion
"It 1.-THE German Government assumes
hat as a matter OF course the arbltral
lecision shall not be admitted to have
The Importance OF n general decision on
he permlssibillty or the converse under
International law OF German submarine
warfare"
German diplomatic writing is not
always Of the %clearest. Indeed, as We
have seen sometimes, when these sin,
gular gentlemen intend to he very
friendly, very conciliatory, their ex
pressions are so unfortunate ms to be
Interpreted as truculent and defiant
n the extreme.
1t takes Il careful study to get at the
ne meaning Of even DR.. Won JAGow's
lomatic writings. For example
this case. that which he really de,
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THE MANASQUAN CANAL.
shame Upon This Jerseyman, VINO
Sneers mt a Noble Project.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: /
noticed recently in your editorial coi-
umns remarks on the proposed canai
connecting the mighty M~anasquan with
Barnegat Bay. 1 subJoin some details
as to the nature of the country TO De
served by this canal.
The shortest distance W Barne-
gat Bay and the Manasquan is a little
over n mile, and a canal taking this
route would go through country largely
under water or nearly so and nowhere
more than five feet above water level.
To dig a canal along this route could
not cost above $4,000. The very fact
that the canal is to run by a route four
times as long and through far more diff
cult country shows hat New Jersey
knows what It Is about.
The object OF the canal is, ] believe.
to furnish an outlet for the produce OF
the fertile Manasquan valley. Atlantic
City and other coast towns are to be the
grateful recipients OF this produce. /
have spent nine near this river.
have sailed on. canoed up and motored
round II, and / can think OF three or
possibly four farms that lie on its
shores. The rest is occupied by the towns
OF Point Pleasant n Brielle. by
swamps and pine woods.
A valley so productive as this. such
a factor In the supply OF coast resorts
with fresh vegetables. surely deserves to
rave a paltry s25, 200 spent for its i'm
provement.
The river IL two and a half miles
long and about two and q half feet
deep. an awesome flood.
Besides, think OF the fun motorboat
and sailboat owners will have plotting
their craft through the canal from one
body NJ vyatar "a tho other
We Jerseyites expect your ardent up
port In the matter OF this canal.
w. T. L.
BAT HEAD, n. J., September Q.
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4 Naturalization Question.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir: In
view OF the position taken by Dr.
pumha In the matter Of loyalty to the
country OF ones birth, Is il not gem
orally understood that although an
Enelishman may be naturallzed I'm the
United states, yet when he returns a.
England he at once becomes an Eng
hshman? So ! have been Informed hy
Englishm"n both in this country and I'm
Europe, Americans who are naturali2cd
In England or Germany, | am Informed
continue as OF those countries.
&. NJ u.
PHILADELPHIA, September 10.
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An Intricate Missouri Knot.
From the Macon Times Dsmocrai

From the Macon Times Democrat,
The Times, Democrat has brevetted its
Drake Township representative for the
hest story OF tho week. which told of a
man marrying his mother in claw. The
bridegroom has four children. two boys
and two girls. who, by this marriage.
become their own uncles and aunts. They
are also brothers-in-law OF their own father
and grandmother. The husband 10 now
his own father -in-law and his wife's SON
in-law. while his wife Is his daughter in
law and her own mother-in law.
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Berlin declares oficiany that tn

great Russian victory at Tarnopol,
which signalized the Cars taking
command OF his armies after he had
dropped the Grand Duke NICHOLAS,
VAS the same kind OF victory thai
the Russians won In the Gulf Of Riga
recently. AS Petrograd has now ad-
mitted that the only German ships
sunk in the channel were not cruis.
ers, but vessels Intentionally scuttled
by the Germans. II seems o unlikely
that the great victory Of Tarnopol is
also a myth.
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From the Dss noinss Register and Leader,
Although handicapped by having lost
his sense OF hearing and power OF speech
when young. A., A, slikkorvser has become
n successful barber and has bought the
shop OF Al I.und, The mute has been In
the business twelve years at Orange City.
la. where his father Is Mayor Mr.. silk
kerveer has not allowed his aniictions to
handicap him In a business way. Ho car
ries a little pad on which he writes and
answers questions.
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FRANCIS MARION CocKnrLL, Jr.. son c

FRANCIS MARION CocKRELL, Jr.. son Of
the ex-senator, probably will not face
trial next Saturday on the charge OF
shooting WILLIAM J. BRoHM on August
4. II Is understood the case will be set
tied out of court.-LoutspilIe despatch.
As the fact of the shooting was sup
pressed for nearly a month the re-
port that the case is to he settled out
Of court seems quite plausible. Are
the First Families" OF the State OF
Kentucky above the law?
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PHILADELPHIA. September 10.


10 II EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: If
the new law against 'maShcrs" Is not
enforced with greater severity than
the old law against smoking automo-
biles. us men can 20 right ON MASKING
with perfect impunity. AMAuio.
NEW YORK. Sentemhor q.
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The Villa dollar Is now quoted at
one cent, and il may be regarded as
the true measure of PANcHo's military
prestige. Yet the opinion is hazarded
that some time in the indefinite future
when Mexico has a stable government
and the country is prosperous again
the villa paper dollar will be worth
something more than a cent to col
lectors.