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Our Free Born Sons.

The Right Rev. Or. CHARLES d.
WILLIAMS, Il Bishop of the Protes-
tant Episcopal church, preached II
sermon last sunday in which anon
other things he uttered the subjoined
foolish words:
There are those who poin; with
scorn at our standing army. our battle
ships and alleged faulty submarines
and at our general meagreness Of
armament.
1T seems to me that 1t Ia not a
shame but a glory for a free country TO
depend upon its free born sons, upon its
men, and not upon its ornaments"
If Bishop WILLIAMS Is logical. he
would send an army into, the field
without trenching tools, hospital sup.
plies, telephones. wigwag flags. tele-
graph instruments. glasses: without
arms or ammunition without food
supplies. transport trains: without
kitchens or cooking utensils: without
any implements, in fact. lie would
depend on the country's free born
sons to repel invasion. apparently
by the muscular might of their strong
right arms.
Bishop WILLIAMS ought to know
that he talks nonsense, and probably
he does. or has he forgotten what
happened TO Americas free born sons
as recently as 1898?
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The Fight In the Fog on Courland.

Is the naval battle in the fog on
the Baltic last week between a Rus
sian squadron of cruisers and a 40
tilla Of German d~estroyers and sub
marines, in which the Cars ships
are reported completely victorious
disabling and forcing ashore a Ger.
man mine layer, driving Off the enemy
w%arships and repelling an assault by
the submerged scorpions, to be taken
as perhaps prophetic Of what may be
expected when larger fleets come into
action in those waters, AS In all prob
ability they will? The Germans ap-
pear (for the reports are Russian) to
have been outmanPuvred, outfought
and outdone In craftsmanship. As
they were the attackers and chose
the battle-ground, the fog might fairly
have been expected to operate as an
ally Of Teuton seamanshlp. 1t was at
least as unfavornble to the Russians
as to their ndversaries, yet they are
reported to have made every shot tell.
while many of the German projec,
tiles q wild. The five Russian
cruisers made n neat and complete
job Of it, and incidentally let u little
sunshine through a rift In the gloom
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General smiths Military Career.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir:
WAS surprised to find that the author Of
a review Of the life OF the late General
George Moore Smith in q letter to TIN
Su:: who seemed to know the General
SO we'll should refer to his military SER
vice as a distinguished one in the civil
wal for which he earned the titles of
Adjutant-General and later Brcvet
BriRadier-,ieneral.
General Smiths military service as ]
knew IL was hat of an active member
Of the seventh Regiment, y. q. y,
y, both during and after the civil
war. In that organization he rose IN
the rank OF Lieutenant-colonel. while
holding tina commission he was dcsig-
mated to command the Sixty-ninth Rcgi-
ment. which had been temporarily re-
duced to a battalion. His success In
this position enabled him to reorgauizc
the battalion into "A regiment and I've
was elected colonel of the SiXty-ninth
Regiment. lie served as Colonel until
elected Acknowledgement of the then
Fifth Brigade
ON a reorganization Of the National
| Guard he was rendered supornumerary
but Immediately was assigned to com
mand of the new First Brigade, which
consisted mainly of the infantry regi-
, ments of Manhattan Island. lie held the
commission of Brigadier-,ieneral Of his
brigade until he was retired for age. IN
the meanwhile he had received from
the Governor Of the state of New Work
a commission a. Brevet Major-Gcncra'
for long and faithful service.
Lincoln DoTY brown.
NEW YORK, July 6.
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Gated and discharged a. a protest
against law and order; thus II be-
came an instrument Of assault di-
rected to the destruction OF public
safety and domestic security.
To the condemnation Of the sup
porters of the anSrrbic propaganda
il is unnecessary to add many words
because Of one or two outrages perpe-
trated by them. They are public enc
mics. to be repressed with every
instrument that can he turned upon
them. To urge the police to exert all
their energy in pursuit of their poten-
tial murderers would he superfiuous.
Their duty and representation die.
tate the course they must follow. They
have previously. in the st. Patrick's
Cathedral case, given earnest that
they understand the requirements of
the ca We.
incidentally. 1t may be recalled with
entire appropriateness that the Chi
cago anarchists reached the height of
their audacity in the Haymarket at.
tack on the police.
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EMPLOYERS URGED
/. TO HELP THE MILITIA
Security League Asks Corpora
lions to Allow Employees
to Join Guard.

TIL National Security League, VIA
Headquarters at 81 Pine street, has ice
gun "A nationwide campaign 10 i'I.'"
corporations and other emploN'., 40
encourage employees to join the "a
tional Guard. The following sitt''uea
WAS issued yesterday by the l"tgI'
The National Security League '.d,
that the attitude of employers lul -
much as any one thing has proved o
serious obstacle in the way OF i'".'i
development of q national defence Nf.N
who would have been glad To ,"' ''"
militia have been deferred by 'ho tt.l
that the winter drills and III, -Imm
tours OF duty might So intcri re- VIA
their regular work as to eudtn-C ia.r
positions.
Gases have been brought 90 TIE 'i-
teution of the league whore ,'uinHt'''
have been discharged on tins t'''"'
To meet this situation the league u pow
sounding employers regarding their ''
tude toward the National Guard lN '.'
belief that One the matter Is hrohEa
to their attention they VIII ADOPT a
patriotic course. Employers who oj'
courage their employees to- join 'e
National Guard are requested To N.It'
the league"
Among those who have written i.e
league tina positions would be kept ",'"
for employees absent on guard dulE "'1
col. samuel J.. colt, president OF RIO"
United States Rubber Company ! N
Bethel. yiCe-presldent of the New >''n
Telephone Company NJ, +. N'~,aH''
secretary of the General Electrl' 'o"
! pany. and the American EApr,sS '..0-
pany,
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Of P%etrograd. The moral effect on
the Russians must be far from neg.
ligible. II ought to make every shell
in their depleted stores 10 per cent.
effective; aud, specifically. tc
spur the sailormen Of NiCHoLAs's
fleet TO great achievement when at
last the big guns boom on the Baltic.
Probably, however, the men afield and
afioat need the spur less than do the
administrative Offices.
The dearth Of detail in the subma.
rine phase Of this fight Is regrettable,
but the fact that the Rurik was able
to beat of her assailants' seems
fairly to indicate that the submerged
pest Is most to he feared, most relied
upon. as "A commerce destroyer. She
Is more effective against n Lusitania
than against a Rurik.
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4 Lyric on Vega Of uyra.

To THE EplroR OF IL SUNNI: The
time has come once more for VEGA,
beautiful, blue. brilliant sun of night,
to reign as queen OF the star lighted
armament. Beautiful. blue. brilliant,
a sparkling sidereal gem, "A Jewel OF
fire, brightly blazing!
Westward, southwestward of Cyguus
Is Queen Vega, where the Northern
Cross spans. a glittering bridge. the
far remote Milky Way,
Eastward, northoastward of dim
Hercules. facing u%ndaunted the open
threatening jaws of the Dragon. Vega
Of Lyra, rising higher and higher
with each successive evening, presently
TO sparkle royalty at the very zenith
of our star lighted armament.
CHARLES MEYERS IloL MES.
KITTERY POINT, Me, July 5.
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Torpedoing Lake Shipping Also.

The La Toilette seamen's act havoc
Is by no means confined to the Amer
lean mercantile marine on salt water.
The entire merchant shipping Of the
Great Lakes is listed by 1t for limbo
as well. The Lake Michigan Passen-
ger Association has taken the matter
up with much ~earnestness In the hope
to avert the ruin threatened and HIS
just issued a general statement on
the subject showing that the "Ameri-
can merchant marine will be driven
from Lake Michigan next November
by the seamen's bill. which raises the
cost of operation to q %prohibitive
figure
For freight carriers on the Lakes
the bill means either the British flag
and British registry or abandonment
Of business. For steamships in the
passenger trade there is a faint hope
that abandonment of the low fares
altogether and a general raise Of
transportation prices to the last limit
travel will bear without stopping en-.
tirely may possibly keep the Ameri-
can flag flying from some Of the
American lake boats even after next
November sees the La Toilette sub
marine turned loose. But this Is Of
course always provided Canadian
vessels. immune from the American
destroyer attack. do not cut In with
the lower rates which this immunity
makes possible and take our .Ameri.
can travellers under the protection of
their British colors.
While the La Toilette act does not
begin its devastating work until near
the close Of lake navigation this year,
steamship men Of all the Great Lakes
are already making a strong plea for
an extra session OF Congress either to
repeal the deplorable law entirely or
so to modify it that business exist.
ence under it will lie possible without
protection by Il foreign flag.
The La Toilette act is In fact rap
idly coming 10 a pass where its
friends are getting too few to insure II
even a decent burial after the inevi.
table execution. Even those labor
unions at whose dictation the bill
was passed are by no means un.
likely to revise their views as to
It's value when its operation strips
them of their American employment
just as It is stripping the American
flag from American ships both OH the
salt and the fresh water seas.
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THE LAW AND THE MUIR
DEROUS CRANK.
What the Community Owes TO Those
who Are Most Valuable TO II.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: OF
course Frank Holt is insane "unbal-
anced,' "a crank" whatever you
choose to call II. He Is so in the same
sense as, In varying degrees. are the
German Emperor. the General who or
dered the destruction of Louvain, the
Captain who directed the torpedo
against the Lusitania, and many others
OF their kind. Only in that they have
lacked the murderous impulse do
those diner from him who can see
nothing but neutrality and love OF peace
in their propaganda to prevent exports
OF munitions to nations striving to
defend themselves against German
domination Any brain that does not
work logically, that under stress of
self-interest. egotism or emotion. is
unable to balance things accurately is
not quite sound. which was what the
late Or. SDitzka put In rather extreme
form when he said that 90--or was II
!5?-per cent. OF mankind were insane.
The practical question of to-day Ii
what Is to be the attitude of the law
toward these people. So Ions as their
lack OF balance does not result d.
rectly in injury to others we can prob
ably do little. Whenever II does reach
this climax ! cannot but feel that
nothing but the public safety mould
control our action. The Law for which
We pay is supposed to protect us.
Does IL really do so? Consider how
many lives valuable to the community
have been destroyed during the last
few years by murderous 'cranks."
Very likely these creatures are not alb
solutely sane. but they generally have
pretty clear IDEAS about their "
safety II comfort and they count def-
nitely on unprincipled lawyers and doc
tors and sentimental fool juries to
save them from the consequences Of
their acts. They are very clever in
their way.
Is 1t not time HI for the protec-
ton of sane, law abiding and useful
citizens the ,defence of insanity be
wiped from our statutes? Usually it is
a mere pretence. morally speaking, but
even when il is real how much better
all around that a murderously in
clined lunatic SHOULD be humanity put
To sleep than that he should become a
public burden, p~unctuated. If he has
means. by repeated motions To set him
loose again on the community. Death
IN the chair is much more kindly than
the death m~arauding microbes award
10 most of us, yet no sane man can
doubt that a realization by all would-bs
murderers Of the certainty of prompt
ohliteration would be the strongest
possible deterrent to crime. the best
protection to those worth protecting
and whom the state is morally bound &c
protect to the best Of its ability.
DrfrIElD OSBORNE.
NEW YORK. July 4
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KAISER'S TOAST OMITTED.
Imperial Beer M Longer Drunk
by British Regiment.

LoNpoN. June 26.-For close upon "A
century the First Royal Dragons, of
whom the Kaiser was Colonel IN chief,
have celebrated the anniversary Of the
battle OF WatCrlo, by roasting tie
health of the Prussian monarch in a
pint of hec provided by his Imperial
Majesty. But the old custom was
broken this year and there were 10
cries If "Iioch. lloch, the kdiser!' as in
previous years.
On several occasions the last being
at S~horurltfo in l?oi-thc Kaiser has
attended In person 10 go through the
annual ceremony of addressing the
regiment ON parade, presenting / with a
laurel wreath 20 cclehrat" tho victory
won Side hy side with the lrussians,
and entertaining the m'n to the time
honorcd pint" ON the other occa-
slons he has been represented by the
Gcrman Consul of Ihe town in ,hich
the Dragons happened TO b" static ed
for the time being
The last ceremony took place In South
~ 4 two months before III" regiment
sailed for England prior 10 participating
In the present war.
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The Wife Of the Man in the Trenches.

All heroism Is not in the soldiers
fighting I'm the trenches. nor all faith
in the commanders who day by day
battle front In north France.
Aboard the last ship that sailed
from this port for England was "A
little woman with Il baby and two
small boys. She had come to New
York from Canada. Her husband
was one Of the Pats" ON July Il
he will begin a four days leave Of
absence. When he wTrote for her Ii
meet him she had only time To draw
their savings. lock the door of their
home and reach the boat.
The long trip was nothing: her
husband wanted to see the baby, it
was only three days old when al
night the transport bore him silently
down the ST. Lawrence without Civ
ing him even n chance to say good-by.
He had fought IN the Boer war, then
emigrated to Canada; he had just
proved a homestead when he hea rd
his country wanted trained soldiers.
She hoped the children would be-
well when their daddy met them
But what of the man in the trenches
exposed to death day and night?
Nothing would happen to him. moth
ing could. Why, he was one of
five men Of his company who re-.
manned alive; he had passed un-
scathed through the carnage of Ipres;
n day, carrying ammunition. four OF
his helpers were killed beside him,
and he had been buried and left for
dead under piles OF earth when the
Germans blew up a trench, And he
is alive to-day without a scratch.
He will her. for It was or,
dained he should. lie sen her an
order to buy summer things" for her.
self, but the day It arrived was fete
day in Quebec and the bank was
closed. The next day and the next
she could not get away from home
then she knew Con intended she
should use that money for some other
purpose. Resides, when her husband
drew lots for the order OF leave with
his four comrades, If he had not
drawn the last four days he would
not have had time to send for her
As sure as she Is alive now will he
meet her on July II. Then four day.
with the baby and he will retnrn I,
the trenches and she to her home.
Who would not pray that that sol
dier may be spared from poisonous
gases and shells, and that the ship
bearing the faithful wife may escape
mines and subma rines?
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THE Colonies LADY AN
JUDY O'GRADY.

A simple thing happened on Long
Island last Saturday. which emphasized
how much alike are the children Of
men. Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Unexpectedly
met a man advancing toward them
with two pistols in his hands. Mrs.
Morgan did what hundreds Of thou
sands of other wives would have done.
She sprang between her husband and
his assailant. And Mr.. Morgan did
what hundreds Of thousands of other
husbands would have done. He
brushed aside his wife and rushed
straight for the pistols. And after he
had borne his assailant TO the floor
and disarmed him. he got up quietly.
without disclosing that he had been
wounded, and himself tent for a ply
sician. And a little later, propped up
In bed, he did what hundreds Of thou
sands of other sons-English, Ger
man, French or Japanese-might have
done. Before the surgeons had told
him what the bleeding really meant, ne
insisted upon t~elephoning personally
to his mother &c assure her that the
wounds were not serious.
We are all pretty much alike. We
pile on our own backs different kinds
OF burdens. We cloud our W minds
with different kinds of humors. But
when 1t comes to a simple elemental
thing like a man staying behind on
the Titanic, or a woman nursing a
sick baby. 1t stands out clearly to the
dullest that the points of similarity
far outnumber the points Of difference.
Even the man with the muddieo mind
in Mineola Jail forgets for a little
while his task of recognizing the
world and exclaims, "Mr. Morgan is
a mar Of courage"
In this hour, when half the world
is locked in conflict, 1t Is perhaps OF
some comfort to reflect that 'our like
nesses are in the things that are real
u differences in the things that are
transient.
For the Colonel's Lady an Judy
OGrady are sisters under their skins
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To THE EpIroR OF THE SuH-Sir: II
seems a pity that in ~ L Of
yesterday DR.. Alfred Mueller in his
very clear and just estimate of thu
British intellect" should have SO con-
fused the terms Bit sh' and English
British are not all English, as the
average Londoner of to-day would wish
us to believe what this doctor SAYS Is
eminently true as applied TO the English,
but surely not to the Scotch. Irish.
Welsh or Colonials. who appear to lo
the fighting, while the English claim
the glory
L. not this much the same game their
enemies are playing?
We have had numerous accounts Of
their savage outrages. Should not these
be blamed on the Prussians mainly?
PHILADELPHIA. July 4 &. VI. Il.
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GREENHUT OFFER
EXPECTED TO-DAY
Creditors Look for Concession
of at Least 81 - Per
Cent. i'm Cash.
HEARING Is POSTPONED

capt. j. Il. Greenhut and the Mon.
mouth Securities Company have virtu.
ally decided to accede to the demands "
the Independent creditors Of the ! r
Greenhut Company for Il largct cash
dividend on their claims. An adjourn.
ment Of the examination of the Grccu.
hut officers. scheduled for Yesterday
afternoon I'm the rooms of the Merchants
Association. was obtained with that
understanding from Referee Peter y
Olney. II Is unlikely If the expected
new offer Is accepted that any further
examination will be held.
Although none Of the attorneys ou.
gagged In the Greerhut adjustment would
stood that the cash payment to the
creditors will be not less THAI go per
cent. of their claims. Cornelius W
Wickersham, counsel for the Monmouth
Securities Company. and benjamin C.
Paskus, Capt. Greenhuts personal couu.
sci. are expected to communicate the
Greenhut decision to Saul :. Myers and
Selden Bacon. attorneys for the indie
pendent creditors, this morning.
II the new offer Of settlement enhrac.
ing a reorganization of the Greeuhuf
Company's business. based on susges.
tons made to the Greenhuts last Thurs.
day on behalf of the independent credi-
tors. meets expectations. a meeting u
the committee will at once be called to
consider It. Judging by the optimism
OF all the attorneys yesterday, the new
PROPOSAL will be acceptable.
Only a few of the creditors were at TIE
hearing Yesterday afternoon before
Referee Olney. James y, Rosenberg
counsel to the trustees. Informed the
referee that his process servers had been
unable to locate "A man who signed
-. II. Richards. 343 Manhattan street
to a letter recently sent to the creditors
committees and the trustees, alleging
that he had information which would
tend to show that the Greenhuts ought
to offer to pay about IS cents ON the
dollar. Subpenas were issued last week
for his appearance as "A witness, but the
address was found to be fictitious.
II understand" said Mr.. RoSerheig
after that matter had been disposed ot,
that all the counsel unite in suggesting
that an adjournment he taken for OLE
week In the interests of the Crcditprs
An adjournment for that period VIII Doe
satisfactory to all concerned n Is de-
sirable for the creditors best interests
The hearing was then adjourned uuill
next Tuesday afternoon. As Their" is
a hearing before Referee Olney to-Uor'
row afternoon on an application Tor a
decree OF sale OF the ireenhut assets
the Independent creditors wish to get an
answer on the new reorganization plan
by this afternoon.
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MANY ENROLL TO GO TO CAMP.
Five Hundred Expected I" "''
Summer Military TrRining.

Applications TO join the Summ'r '
tary camp for professional dhi bis t'
men continue to come in rap.d.', '..
at Governors Island and ~ 'h' ,.'' <
Office. II Bload street. I'll" tort.
her Of men who wish To JOIN fh' '.
in the four weeks from Aug .~'
September i has noW reached tH"'H
There will be room for l,p0o ~ '." '''
but those in charge VII ron~.I'"
distinct success # a0n mon l.'
his is the first wear duNtn.HE
Kind has been tried.
N,u from various colleges ave
Ing meetings 10 organize tho
enrolment. Willard - Strd Cn' o.
Morgan a Co viii preside ~ 10
meeting TO he held soon
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Whey summer mornings scorch
She hunts a vagrant breeze
And sits upon the porch
Demurely Smelling peas,
4 quick result II brings,
The method always tells,
Some other green young things
Pop also from their shells,
some Early June nay he,
And some are marroUfat,
Some wrinkled she VIII see,
But troubles not thereat
She gathers In a peck
With prartised grace and ease.
An. little do they rock
She shells both men and peas.
MCLANDRrRGn WILSON,
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BpautieS Of the Baltimore Platform.

To THE EDITOR OF THr S~uS--Sir; The
Democratic platform of 1872 declared
for the exemption Of American coast
wise trading ships from the payment
Of Panama Canal tolls. Whereupon
the Democratic Congress set about and
accomplished the repeal Of the law Civ
ing such exemptions, In the same esti-
mahle document there WAS "A clause ad-
vocating y single term for the Presidency.
Which may account for the fact that
President Wilson * about to be re-
nominated for a second term.
DO Democrats speak and write in
antnnyms? or is this a system of Demo-
cratotes ,akin to litotesD by which a
statement, II made especially emphatic
nv the insertion of it's contrary in a
Democratic platform"
BENJAMIN GINsBrRG.
July 3,
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The american IndeI endence Union

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: In
answer to the letter from Mr.. Thomas
y. Ivy In TIVE Of July ;. would
like to state very briefly that the
reason for the existence of the Ameri-
IAN Independence Union is the un-
neutral and pro- English policy Of the
present Administration. supported by
citizens Of Mr., Ivy's way of thinking,
The membership Of the union is
largely composed of citizens who, like
myself. are natives of a neutral coun-
try. when we took the oath of ale
glance to tho United States We con-
tracted tn become Americans and not
Englishmen in disguise,
LoRENTz CANToR.
July Il.