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The sun., 1915-06-20

In Justice to Mr.. ALEXANDER c. OssR.
LANDER. tho editor OF the Syracuse
Union, printed in the German Ian
guage. We copy these highly creditable
remarks from an editorial article in
that newspaper on Friday:
Tho Union IL not a German pap~r.
hut an American paper In thought word
and action ppnted in the German Ian.
guage. We cannot and do not speak to
German extremists Of excitable temper.
but We will speak for the average Amer
tcan of German birth and descent.
Should Germany ever attempt an inva-
sion. and We do not believe she ever will
De FOOLISH enough 10 to attempt, or
mould she try to seiSe additional terri
tory In this hemisphere. even a port in
MEXICO. they. tho Americans of German
blood and birth, would be found TO be
the first to rally TO the fiag and proudly
and loyalty night for II. as their fathers
did In lssl-S6 and again In the Span
ish war"
The Unton's neighbor. the Post
Standard Of Syracuse. assures The
Sun that there Is no doubt of the
loyal Americanism Of Mr.. OBxaIA spsR:
1t points to tho fact that ever since
this war began he has kept standing
In his Newspaper. In the most conspic-
uous position and typa, the words Of
SAMUEL Francis SMIrH's America"
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A CAMPERS GRATITUDE.
He Has Found Q ParaAiss N the In
terstato Park.

To rHn EDITOR OF THs sun-str: wha,
a glorious place for the tired man dur.
Ing these June days and nights u the
splendid tract OF land which the Inter
state Park Commission has acquired al.
most within the boundaries of the Erea,
city. Nowhere can there be found such
place OF natural beauty In such close
proximity to great city as those grand
old cliffs past which our noble river
wends its way to the sea.
The campers are already on the
ground. and yesterday afternoon, after
splendid walk from Alpine along the
river path. I pitched my tent IN a de-
lightful spot with the cliffs as . back
ground and the river close by.
As evening comes on the setting sun
casts Its reflections from tho Window
OF Manhattan. The canoeists and the
motorboats are out In force. while here
and there happy campers are singing TO
their hearts content,
After a while the chuG- G-chug Of the
motorboAts grown less. the camp fires
die out and stiffness hangs over the
place. and you turn In for rest. forget
ting utterly the rush and turmoil of the
great city only a few miles away.
How weird II seems when, awakened
from q sound sleep by q terrific thun-
der storm. you hear the pattsring OF tho
raindrops on your tent and know that
you are protected from the west wind
BY the mighty cliffs acting a. q barrier.
You fall asleep again, to ind on awak-
sning that the sun has beaten YOU up
by an hour. A short prayer to the Al
mighty for creating tho beautiful spo;.
not forgetting the generous mon and
women who have made this place a
retreat for nature lovers for all time to
come. plunge in tha river n ~inn,.
meal and the small boa, takes you back
TO Manhattan refreshed In body and
mind.
The coming summer promises to be
the banner season for this the most
beautiful Of this fortunate city's outing
places. PrRcIvAI ERSrsr
SEw YORK. June Is.
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Observations Of an UnpreJudlceA Wit
ness In Several States.

To The EprroR OF THE SuN-Sir. Mr.
Elbert Wakeman in to-day's SUN says
that q great many people would drink
in Maine II v were lawful. have been
in every state In the Union. and my
observation has been that the law has
nothing whatever 20 do with q mans ap-
petite for liquor.
Colorado Springs. Col. 10 one OF the
most beautiful and well governed cities
In this country. Her beautiful homes,
we'll paved and well lighted streets and
public schools. OF which she Is con-
stantly and rightfully boasting. lead one
to believe that II 10 best for Colorado
Springs that abe 10 dry. Yet n ons
must drink In this gem Of the Rockies
store and purchase In the original pack
age bottle OF his favorits brand
Binshamton, n. Y, the 'parlor city,
Is . wet town. conta ming moro prettily
kept door yards and homes than any
city Of ts size In the country. walla
WAlla. Wash. II also 4 wet town. A
Few years ago there were sixteen sa-
looms on one side Of one city block. In
tho heart OF the business district. nhis
10 not a very attractive city and one
must admit that It has = careworn. run
down appearance
On the other hand. North Yakima In
the same State. a wet town, with a
moderate number OF drinking places, Is
one OF the most attractive cities in the
Pacific Northwest.
So we can go on throughout our land
making these comparisons Wichita.
Kan. Is not a pretty town, but Hutch
attractive city Augusta. Me. Is a beau-
tiful city. Lewiston, Portland Rock
land Rumford. all in Maine. reveal to
my eye many unpa!nred buildings, loose
clapooards and poorly kept streets and
lawns. / md this is also true in the
wet State Of New Hampshire. Yet in
Dover. Manchester. Concord. Ports
mouth. there are rust as beautiful
homes and attractive streets as there
are In the above mentioned cities OF
prohibition Maine.
My opinion is that liquor has nothing
to do with civic pride A city can be
we'll kept and prosperous looking II its
individual citisens want II that way. l
have seen drunken men In every city In
prohibition Maine and Kansas.
I think II Mr.. Wakeman had really
observed he would have found loose clap
boards and drunken men in Maine. They
arc TO be found everywhere. for that mat
ter. IL you look for them. Mr.. wakeman
In all proba bAity could find more drunken
men on Broadway. New York. at mid
night than along the waterfront ~ .
o'clock In the morning. yet by reversing
the hour of his tour of Inspection he
would md the reverse conditions to
exist. 1t all depends on when and
where you look. l saw a drunken man
In Portland. Me-. at IL o'clock last Fri
day night There was no doubt about
his being drunk. for bellboy assisted
him to his room. Maybe he was the
one Mr.. Wakeman saw In Portland.
JAMES J. Rogers.
DOVER, N. H., June ls.
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will douhtl.., y. an. rdsH 80 ~,
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landing of the Ea.t Ind,an. go
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ern and ~ IN. col,,n.,, n.S,..',.
there WA. need os a Iaaaer % ra,,,, ,sa
Britiah troons who were .xnos., ~ 30
q terrific nrs and had SUSTAINED enoro
NOUS losses Sudden,v a ,,an oeo.r
appeared ana ordered . haxon., ,ha
after running from gronn 80 aroun
and shouting words Of encoura uem.n,
10 the men He carr,ed on,,, 80.
in the charge and raced ow, .haas
The Turks we're cleared sror, ,h.,-
position on tbs cre., =, . I'M b., ~.
of1cer who v.. ~. A.. no,. ."'
WYL,E. fell in the moment y, ,r,nn,ns
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An ActOr.Nlanager.

With all the talk Of theatres to be
founded by this actor and directed by
that one, II Is interesting to learn
that NO less distinguished figure in
stage life than +. II. SoTHERN will
be at the head of the Booth Theatre
during the coming season. Since
RICHARD MANSFIELD made his attemp,
to manage a playhouse In this city
there has been no such important task
undertaken by any actor. Mr.. SorH-
EsN Is just now the most eminent
member Of his profession in this
country and his place at the head Of a
New York theatre IL a distinct honor
to the stage here.
Mr.. SOTHERN has not yet made
known his plans, but 1t is certain
that he will revive many Of the
dramas connected with his fame be-
fore he and JULIA MARLowE devoted
themselves to the theatre OF SHAKE
sPEARE. Probably the playhouse will
not be in the least advanced" in the
sense that most promoters Of the
repertoire theatre desire that the in.
stitution shall be advanced. Mr..
SoTHERN has always been more in
sympathy with the plays of romantic
spirit and poetic beauty, Of hearty
sumor and absorbing action, than
with the drama Of analysis and social
dfscussion. So there will probably
he no contributions to his repertoire
from 1BsEN and STRINDBERG, from
BRiEUx or any Of the contempora neous
European playwrights who are max
ing the theatre forum for the dis
cussion OF an endless assortment of
social and ethical problems.
1t may be that Mr.. SoTHERN will
be the manager to give to New York
the theatre for which 1t has been 40
long waiting lie may provide Just
the kind OF plays that used to be
acted to the immense qualification OF
audiences IN the old days, say when
Wallack's at Thirteenth street and
the Union Square were at the height
OF their success.
Tho eminent actor. ma ger will nc.
The sun., 1915-06-20
STILL FIGHTING THE BAT.
TIE OF WATERLOO.
Napoleon a. Organiser Of Peace, the
Abraham Lincoln Of Europe.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sk: Your
allusion to megalomania In connection
with the Waterloo centenary, which. BY
the way. finds the same battle fighting
and still undecided, should not pass with.
out objection. since judgment Of Napo-
leon has instructed and reconstructed
itself in the century following his down.
fall The man with . swelled head sacrihc-
Ing myriads Of human lives to personal
total perversion.
Az a matter Of fact Napoleon was
conscious Of very different aim. though
ne never knew the sensation OF explain
Ing II to an investigating committee.
namely. the organisation Of the C0nti-
nent by the restoration of the western
empire. BY organisation I mean what
the North did In North America In 1855
and what BismArck did In the Germanic
body In 1870: namely. abolish frontiers
with their accompanying military estab-
lishments. the sole means Of ending mill
tarism and making permanent peace.
Only three circumstances need be cited
to prove this intention: namely. that he
chose the title OF 'Tmperator' for him
self, that Of king OF Rome for his
son and heir. and always insisted that
he was the successor Of Charlema gne,
not Of Louis XVI.
~ ID asserted py some historians that
had he conquered Russia he would have
had himself crowned in Rome emperor
OF the West" How much better for the
world would even this crude despotism
have been. assuring as It would union
to western Europe. than the balance Of
power" which along with a fascinating
variety Of culture nevertheless has
brought with disunion militarism and
the present horror. which makes the
Napoleonic struggle tame by comparison.
and which II spccessful again now will
repeat the performance In the coming
century on an even larger scale.
Yes, Napoleon with . loneer and
rougher road to travel and with differ
ences In character both Of himself and
his work as irrelevant az they are great,
actually anticipated In western Europe
the achievement Of Lincoln in North
America HIS failure demonstrated that
the feat is beyond a mushroom empire
and superman. II remains to be seen
what can be done by a race as extraor-
dinary collectively as Napoleon WAS a. an
and equipped with a politi-
cal Organization the chief business of
which for at least three centuries has
been to train for the Job.
HOWARD NJ. CANouNr
PLAfNPrrLD, N. j.. June 10.
The sun., 1915-06-20

This important information from
Boston comes to us in an envelope by
the kind care OF Uncle SAM:
WHITFIELD TUCK OF Winchester,
Mass. the original Bryan man, has
taken out nomination papera at the State
House to put State ticket In the field
favoring the Bryan peace propaganda.
The name of the party Is to be the
Bryan Democratic Peace party.
"Mr. TUCK will be the candidate for
Governor. and WENDELL PHILLIPS THoRE
has been suggested as the candidate for
Lieutenant Governor. Mr.. Tuck has
been prominent Democrat, while Mr..
THoRn IL the we'll known Progressive.
'ln the platform of the new party will
be the various progressive measures for
which Mr.. BRYAN stands. tho details of
which will be given later"
Fore! TUCK and THoRp!
The sun., 1915-06-20

mon," move NJ not; but Professor
SouDpxa, whose competence there II
none to dispute. says:
'1IArd 10 surpass IN modern Acs,on
that bit Of dialogue. Here 10 full Greece
delight in beauty Of form as of counte.
nance: win courtesy; the socrAtic lov,
OF 1oveliness within. and
finally shs uDquepchable sest for conver.
sation."
The unquenchable xest for conver.
sation": good hanging and hemlock
matter. Oh Daddy DUMAS never
did anything like this Platonic gem.
There 10 dialogue or polyiogue In the
Newcomer; certain pampsred Eng
lish menials In the courtyard Of a
French hou0. the hotel F7orac or
what not. There II a coachman; there
is an invaluable character, Backy-
stopper. who at that has q pretty
voice but no cultivation" That dia-
logue. which we have almost entirely
forgotten, may seem to some Of us quite
the equal Of that Of our new friend,
PLATO the novelist. But these are the
errors Of the uninstructed. Professor
sCupDrs says:
'Of conversation. that cruz Of the
novelist. Piano u past master; one
must turn TO MEREDITH or ANAroLs
FhANcn 70 hnd his equal"
What has ANAroLE done that hs
should be yoked with the mighty
mouthed composer Of mOnologues In
Meredithese. the Welsh Euphorion1
Evidently w differ with Professor
ScuDDER on principles; and we are
wrong. BesideA to be frank, It is
possible to feel about SOCRATES as
RUFUS CHoATE whispered over a Par.
ker House table and drink: 'T say.
don't you hate that damned WASH.
INGToNf"
The sun., 1915-06-20

Seven American Superdreadnoughts
The battleship Arizona, which was
launched at the New York Navy Yard
yesterday, Is sister ship to the
Pennsylvania, and both Of these dread.
nOughts will use oil as fuel. In
length, beam, displacement, speed.
batteries and armor they are the
same. When the Delaware was
launched on February 9, 1909, she
was hailed as one Of the most power
iul Of battleshipA but q comparison
Of gun power will show the great
superiority Of the Pennsylvania and
Arizona. The ten IL inch guns Of the
Delaware throw four tons Of metal
at a single broadside, but the new
ships will discharge seven and half
tons at broadside. The Pennsyl-
vania and Arizona will also have a
much greater cruising radius for
they will carry 100000 gallons Of oil
stored In double bottom. With coal
as fuel the Delaware Is at a great
disadvantage compared with dread
uought oil burner.
1t is to be noted particularly that
the Pennsylvania and Arizona will
form with the Nevada and Oklahoma,
already built. and with the Califor-
mia, Mississippi and Idaho. the latter
two building and the first not yet
laid down, homogeneous squadron.
The California class Of three ships
will have slightly greater displace-
ment, $1,000 tons, than the two ships
Of the Pennsylvania class, and the
main batteries will be alike, twelve
ii inch guns. The Nevada and Okla
homa are to carry ten ii inch guns,
90 that the Aquardon Of seven su-
perdreadnoughts will bring eighty
IA inch guns into action. The Ne
vada class has displacement Of
1880 tons, and the twin ships are
to have length of $50 feet. as CON-
pared with 625 for the Pennsylvania
and California classes. 1t has been
announced by the Navy Department
that the California will be the first
electrically propelled warship, her
steam turbines generating the elec-
trical current in turbo generators for
the transmission Of power to the pro-
pellers.
Built for defence and heavily ar.
mored at. the expense Of high speed.
the superdreadnought squadron Of
seven American ships should be able
10 hold Its own against and beat OF
any enemy squadron Of the same
number Of ships afioat.
The sun., 1915-06-20

ths world allied Itself to crush Ger.
many"
with Cons help this mill.
tarism.. branded a. q foe 70 civfiisa.
tion. will prove strong enough not only
to maintain itself a. An important nac-
tor Of civtiisation In the coming era,
owf also 70 safeguard fAe fysedom o.
~ofso~s and peace on eorthp
Thus far General Won BmNnAsp1
in his own words. 1t 10 q pacturs not
30 much Of facts verifabie or argu-
ments refutabfesas Of q state Of mind
utterly beyond the range Of usseul
controversy. The only criticism THE
Sun has to.ofrer isvthat General Won
BERNILARDI perhaps shows weakness
in concsding somethins to moral pref
udices, a. when hs.uses afterthoughts
or aftsr-events 70 explain or apollo
gize for or extsuuats those principles
Of German ,militarimn which he postu-
lated IN advance four years ago %
feariessly and with such immoral SCI
entinc precision. Concerning his the
ory Of q purely. defensive war forced
upon Germany in spite Of herself. We
have no other comment to make than
to quote these two passages from his
prophetic treatise written 40 hong ago
a. the spring or summer Of 1911:
We have fought IN the last great
position among the Powers Of Europe:
We now must decide whether We wish to
develop into and maintain . World EN-
ptrs, and procure for German spirit and
German ideas that ft recognition which
has been hitherto withheld from them"
Tn ono way or another We vsvst
square oSr scoovwt scttA Frawcs. II ye
wish for free hand IN our internatiousl
policy. This 10 the nrst and foremost
condition of . sound German policy, ana
since tho hostility OF France once for
all cannot be removed by peaceful over
tureA the patter must be settled by
force Of arms. France must Be % COM
plstety crushed that shs can never again
como across our path"
We have only to add that the f.nlics
in the foregoing quotations from
Germany and the Next War" are
not THE SUNS, but General FRIED
RICH Won BERNHARpI's.
The sun., 1915-06-20
THE PROHIBITION STRONG
HOLD.
Strange Statement About Malne's
Tonsorial Establishments.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Thu
letter OF Mr.. Elbert Wakeman In TN
Sun Of June 16 upon the encouraging
conditions In Maine due to prohibition
needs some comment The assertions
that In Maine the fences are painted and
well repaired and the homes are more
homelike than In New Hampshire is ar
excellent example Of "deceptio visus u
and Mr.. Wakeman must oe q "sagacious
saint Of secular sophism" openly TO as
sert any such IDEAS One would be led
to suppose that all along the State line
there were terrible contrasts, on the
New Hampshire side an assortment OF
tumbledown ash boxes and refuse cans
and on the Maine side beautifully ar
ranged gardens and Towering shrubs.
My visits In Maine would not bear out
Mr.. Wakeman's observations. and the
most recent was not long ago. can
recall seeing the bar In the Bangor
House well patronized and remember
that the leading brands were In stock
for the customers, a very impressive
stock and some very expressive Gus
toners. was introduced properly In
one barber shop where II was possible to
get q drink and shave for two bits.
There was a very we'll equipped place In
the rear OF what would appear to be an
innocent poolroom. the front .of which
had formidable arrangement Of mir
rors.
The lumberjacks were In Bangor q
week previous to my arrival and they
were not short of liquor. as some OF them
were still in Bangor q week after they
should have returned. Oldtown was a
resort above Bangor that was wide open
and much liquor and rowdyism pre-
vailed. A. for Portland. no comment
will be too severe for the existing con-
ditions. and this would be a fine city
to compare with some OF the Massa-
chusetts cities under our lawn. The
records in Portland show drunkenness to
be very prevalent, and there n no such
word As dry known to the summer
folks.
some Of the leading men thers ad-
nit this corrupt condition. United States
Senator C. r. johnson says that the
corruptness II due to the lack OF sup
port by. the people. Gov. oakley c.
Curtis is In favor OF enacting a law like
our Massachusetts, law and no stated
when Governor-elect as the Mayor OF
Portland. He attributes the failure in
Maine to divided responsibility and lack
OF support by the people. and says II
never can be q success.
Should We believe the Governor of
Maine, speaking as the Mayor OF Port
land with the experience gained ~ an
executive, or Mr.. Wakemanf
JAMES X. MANN.
HoLYoKE, Mass, June IS.
The sun., 1915-06-20
NEW POST FOR RALPH FOLKS
Appointed Comm issioner Of Puhlir
Works Of Manhattan.

Former Aldeyman Ralph Folks was
appointed Commissioner Of TIhh'
Works of Manhattan yesterday Ny Hor
ough President Marks, Mr. = - Uls
secretary of the Manhattan ,our
office until recently. He then 'r ans
Deputy Commissioner of PuN r NHr,s
Mr.. Folks has been meutIor.| fS a
candidate for city Magisira',, ~ N +
close friends have thought tH .'7rc
that Mr., Marks wanted 10 t,'" b ~
In the borough office.
Commissioner FrothinGhaw r-'eHNy
resigned
The sun., 1915-06-20

compliah q great deal II he succeeds
In creating such esteem for the thea
tire NJ 1t possessed in those days.
Whether or not he does 20 much as
that, his post at the head of a metro.
politan theatre will be productive Of
good results. He IL welcomed cor.
daily by the best class Of New York
theatregoers.
The sun., 1915-06-20
OUR WORLD BUSINESS IN
TOBACCO.


To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: The
United States 10 to-day the greatest
producer Of tobacco In the world, the
greatest exporter. the greatest i'm
porter, and the greatest consumer.
Our production Of leaf Of oil sorts
Averages somewhat morn than 1000.
100000 pounds a year. having q value
to the producers Of about 500, 600. 900.
An enormous quantity II exported,
considerably more than a third Of the
production In normal years, for the
sales o( American tobacco abroad are
excelled by only seven Of the many
products America sends to other
countries. These tobacco exports Of
ours exceed In value such items AZ cot
ton manufactures, electrical machin-
cry. paper and paper products and
leather and leather manufactures, says
the Department Of Commerce.
Tho dislocation Of trade resulting
from the war has had Its effect on
these tobacco sales. however. Just as
1t has upon the exports Of many other
items. The sa1es Of unmAnufactured
leaf have suffered most. and these sales
represent the bulk Of our tobacco ex-
ports. In the frst place. Il 10 prac-
ticaliy impossible TO ship leaf to some
Of the belliserents at all: and in the
second place, the factories In the war
ring countries that arc accessible are
not taking their usual supply Of leaf,
probably because sufYscient labor can
not be spared TO manufacture Il.
Our manufactured tobacco IL holding
its own in spite Of tho war, thanks
The sun., 1915-06-20
Snake Strawberries.
From tAs AAbsuiHs Press and Banner.

IFom tAS A66sVtIlS Press and Hammer.
Joe. the three year old son. and Anna,
tho nve-year-old daughter OF Deputy
Sheriff J. r. Jones were desperately sick
not long ago from eating snake straw
berries. Jack and Hugh Bradley we're
alex for sevsvai days yscsn,,y ana also
from the same cause. The Bradley boys
and our son bill went down In tho rear of
Foster Barnwslrs lot and found a vine
there. Son Hill only ate those with FUR
on them. as he says those without fur
have been licked ~ the snakss sAd poi-
sonsd. Jack and Hugh ate both kinds
and were wotsonsd. while Bill escaped.
The sun., 1915-06-20
The Carrsway Grow.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Ssr: This
Is the way We sang It in Newark In the
SOS:
cArraway crow was sitting on an oak,
Sing song Polly. won't you kimso?
Looking At = tailor. cutting out Q coat.
Sing song Polly. won't you ktmsof
CBolua
Kesmo kimo. dar . wAh.
Ny H. my no, my rump sti pump . Middle,
Soup bag psriwinkle
Link Tom, nip cat,
Sing song Polly, won't you kimsof
Said the tailor to his wife. 90 bring my
bowl"
Sing song Polly, won't you kimeof
And Will shoot this earrawAy CROW,
Sing song Polly. won't you himsof
There are several other verses, but
] am not sure Of them.
JossPH ID. HoLMss.
New Yoax. June ls.
The sun., 1915-06-20

The story from Vera Cruz that Cen
eral CARRANzA. alarmed by opposition
In his cabinet has moved his head
quarters to San Juan d'Ulloa Island.
out In the bay, might be impressive
II the fact had not been published
weeks ago that the First Chief spent
most of his time in the old fortress,
which Is cooler than any house on the
mainland
The sun., 1915-06-20

To TIE EpIroH OF rHs suN-S1: II 4
reported that the Hon. Josephus Daniel
has been crowned BY Ohio Wesleyan I'm,
vsssity with an LIZ d.
Why was this degree bestowed,
saruHla
Nav HAvus. Conn. June ls