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vidual and benefits his nation and

vidual and benefits his nation and
his fellows.
Nor would the author Of such n
speech surround himself, on an ex-
cursion which did he not attach i'm
p%ortance to Its outcome he would not
undertake, with persons incapable of
adequately maintaining the stand
ards he would as a matter of course
erect. Thus we may form from this
single and perhaps not capitally con
sequential incident n fair and proper
Judgment Of the citizens of China
who are to-day with us. We con.
ceive this to he Of some public i'm.
portance. II the sincere hope enter
tained by them and by us for a re
vival and expansion Of our trade
with China is to bear good fruit. That
correct understanding which must
precede any substantial commercial
relations cannon he too quickly formed.
md Its foundations may be firmly
buttressed only In recognition of the
undeniable wisdom and the astuteness
Of Mr.. CHENG's fellow countrymen
and their impressive similarity in all
things except negligible e%xternals to
other members Of the human race.
We earnestly hope that this ex.
petition shall achieve the immediate
result Of revealing to our visitors the
fact that they may protitably increase
their commercial transactions with
Ms: and we sincerely trust that Its
broader effect shall be revealed in Il
letter. popular valuation by our own
countrymen Of the virtues andsamla.
BILE characteristics of the people which
Mr.. CHENG's party worthily repre-.
sents. To the accomplishment OF this.
nothing, We are convinced. could con.
tribute more effectively than the per.
sonal qualities 30 evidently possessed
by Mr.. CHENG and his companions.
who, 1t Is to be wished. may be as
favorably impressed by their hosts
as their hosts have been by them.
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The Clock OF Rheims Minister.

To THE EDITOR or TuE SUN->b: The
man who wrecked Rheims cathedral
lat in the tower working tho Go 4 for
the benefit of French artiller.s,s' IL tho
Interesting assertion Of Howard ".
Canounc In "A letter printed In THE SuS
OF May 30. ! do not know NIcrc MIR.
canouuc obtaiicd his information. hu,
I strikes me as Aumorous.y typed of
the manner IN which tho Germans at
tempt to defend their actions. for as
far as ! know there rs no such clock.
Neither MY rcrollertions ~ the ca
thedral, ana I have been in Rheims
since ~" beginning of the homhardment.
nor photographs Nor guido books ph -
the slightest evidence tilt there Is or
ever was i clocN III a." outside of either
owe rha there is not ON the west
front, the o'' facing the French posi-
tons. ! am reasonably SURE. " Mr.
Canounc cannot show that there WIS Il
clio K which could have been seen from
the French lines the absurdtty or his
assertion must Ice apparent oven To him
self. T.. V. SroupAun
ROCHESTER,, June 2.
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Certain Welcome Visitors.

The sixteen Chinese business men
who in their inspection Of the United
States have reached New York are
not the first representatives of their
ancient civilization, n civilization
Of wonderful attachments and amaz
ing endurance, who have visited US.
They did not. indeed, come TO n wholly
strange country when they landed on
the soil of the United States. Thou
sands of their fellows had preceded
them, and they were prepared for not
a few Of the sights that have been
spread out before them. We permit
ourselves to doubt some suggestions
that have been made as t. their as
constituent at what they have seen.
We make no question that they have
been politely sympathetic in the Of
and have given expression to the sat.
lsfactlon they must feel rs the objects
IF generous hospitality; but they are
not children, and they are not nm
ycr>cd in Occidental ways.
No reader Of CHENG HsUN.CHANG's
highly appropriate and skilful al
dress at the luncheon in their honor
on Wednesday can believe that liz
author stands In need of instruction
AZ 10 the essential facts of life In
America, which are, we venture 10
| suggest, not entirely unlike the essen,
tails Of life elsewhere. The form,
The structure. the sentiments Of these
remarks differ In no way from the
form, the structure, the sentiments
| which a cultured gentleman OF Ger
man, or English. or Italian eXtrac-
ton would adopt upon n similar
occasion. The matter Of the visitors
speech n marked by good taste, by
avoidance of subjects not germanc to
| the day and the environment, aud by
n sound sense that deserves attention.
It's maliner was most satisfactory :
and the man from whose lips it fell.
while obviously alert ana keen for al.
good things, is not one who needs TO
sit at the feet Of any of us To learn
that water runs dowS hill, that
clothes do not make the man, or thar
honorable enterprise BELTS an indi-
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NEW JERSEY POLITICS..
Statement by Former Governor Stokes
OF His Acts and Intentions.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Your
article on New Jersey politics In The
SUS Of June .. under "A Trenton date
line of June l.. contained statements
concerning myself that are inaccurate
and in justice require reputation on
my part.
Thu article at the outset very clearly
shows the cause of the party feuds in
Essex county and then ugges that
there is 4 reason to suspect that I am
responsible for some Of the trouble In
Essex county, II, indeed, I did not origi-
nate IL.
! want to deny most cmphatically
this intimati1n and statement. The
party contest in Essex county arose
from causes over which I had abso-
lutely no control. | am not the orisi-
nator of the trouble and | am not a
party Ia II.
I have been endcavoring for some
years t0 promote peace in the party,
and my efforts have been directed To
bringing together the discordant Gle
ments. I am not now. and I have
never at any time, participated In the
Internal f.uds In the party in counties
other h a that IN which ! resided and
voted. Essex county Republicans are
cutie competent TO settle their own
lifdirs without outside Interference.
Tire Essex county Republicans are COM
posed largely OF independent. self
thinking citizens. and they have always
proved in the past their thorough in
dependence Whenever that issue was az
stake. 1t would be entirely gratui;ous
for mo 70 interfere in tho matter OF
their party management.
Equally erroneous is your statement
that ! am flirting with al candidates
FOR Governor, real and prospective. The
i~uberuLturial campaign Is yet IA long
way off and ! am neither discouraging
nor encouraging any candidate for Gov
ernor at the present time, That is a
matter, moreover, Tor the people to
settle at the primaries. and that is over
4 year distant, When that time comes,
,et me add, | shall allow no ambition
If m.u,--if | have any--to interfere
with the selection of a good candidate
for Governor, no matter from what
locality ne halls. even though he should
he my next door n%eighbor.
T.. c. STOKES.
y. J.. June 2
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DEPRECIATING SHEEPSKINS.
Yalensian Views with Alarm HonOrs
Of the Non-G raduatc Graduate.

To THE EDIToR OF THE SUS--Str. As
the college commencement season draws
near, permit me TO suggest that this
may be a good time to call attention
to a practice of our universities that
might well be discontinued. | refer TO
the granting of Bachelor OF Arts de-
grecs to ex-students who have never
graduated at all.
Now. as | understand the case, the
degree Of a. r.. signifies that the per-
son receiving 1t has studied tho four
years necessary course and has passed
all the required examinations OF that
course. The Bachelor OF Arts degree
IL not and never has been considered
AN honorary" or conferred" title. II
means. II II means anything at all,
that the student receiving II is a bona
hdc graduate who has earned 1t by
four years Of real labor. Yet II has
become a practice Of our colleges to
confer this degree OF men who have
been dropped from their classes or
have resigned n who have never
passed the required examinations.
Thus II comes TO pass that, at n
college reunion. n man who has never
some personal favor. or because OF some
SIT to the college. or because his
friends wish TO please him, will turn
up as IA member of the Glass OF is.
or 10" and will be found enrolled
among the Graduates OF - Univer-
sity," receiving thereby all the rights.
privileges n honors hat belong TO
those who have genuinely earned them
| sugg ST that this IS unjust. dishonest
and peruicious. YALE, &c.
NEW YORK. June 3.
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How Many Are the American Sympa,
thIzers with the German Cause?

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: There
appears in THE SUE Of June > In a
news article a quotation from a mes
snge "a President Wilson sent by an
association of which the Hon. Richard
Rartholdt ia president Tie message
contained the following statement:
There are twenty to twenty-five milton
,oya ritlIcus Of tho uui'"d states who
are IN sympathy WIKI Gcrnany and Aus.
,rla and profoundly convinced Of their
righteous cause,
The statement surprises mo, for my
previous impression had been that the
number of persons In this country whose
"Nmpdth'cs were with Germany and
Austria in tho present war and m the
methods employ ed by those countries
was very far from being anything like
the numbers stated by Mr.. R%artholdt.
lf 1t he true that there are twenty to
twenty-five millions Of German sympa-
thizers among our citizens, II Is a very
impressive statement, If II he not true,
II evidences a roc<lessucss of statement
which II not likely 10 attract to its
cause those who are not already adj
mirors of tho rrussian system OF war
fare HERBERT BARRY.
NEW YORK, June 3.
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WOMAN VOTERS.
They should Have and Re Forced to
Keep "a Special Holiday.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir: Those
kindly gentlemen who would withhold
the vote from women because OF the
unusual and unnecessary labors the
franchise would impose upon an al
ready oVerburdtned sex might solve the
problem by enacting an extra holiday
Tor the women, especially and only for
the women.
1t has been thought necessary TO give
the men 4 whole dav In which to per-
form their duty to the State. Why not
give the women an entire day also?
Allen on Tuesdays, of course, so the
women could make every arrangement
for the men to have an easy time on
the women's day. The meals could be
prepared. the clothes laid out. the rooms
swept and busted, in fact everything
could he done double in one day to make
the next day light. And women on
Wednesdays, so they could walk out
carly in the morning with easy con-
sciences and a the entire day to cast
a ballot Think OF it Not a Hing to
do all day but vote.
\ man who attends strictly 10 voting
can. 10y close application. complete tho
job in something less than an hour. The
voting done. those women who like out
door life could golf or tennis for the
rest OF the day those who returned
home could read the papers all morn
ing, uudisturNed by household cares,
dnd could 20 to n movie IA the after
noon. With dinner off their minds. they
could stay out all the evening. II
friends came in. tie women would be
entirely relieved Of any thought OF re-
~freshments. The men would see to such
things.
As 20 the possible difficulty OF cnforc-
ing such n law or legal holiday. one can
only hope that the women would profit
by the excellent example of the mon
and make fun use OF their privilege.
But since the police have been called
upon to aid In the distribution % CHAR
ity and III ascertain'ng the number of
unemployed, they could very readily
visit every home, make n careful in
spection. and arrest each and every
woman OF voting age who was no, taxi
ing n full and complete holiday after
voting. ELLA PoMERuY.
NEW York. June 2.
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4 Father Of Department Stores.

The obituary notices Of BENJAMIN
FRANKLIN DuTToN. who died in Nal
len, Mass, Wednesday. in his eighty.
fourth year, proclaim him as "thc
father Of the department store" and
mis- firm, EoughtOn Il Dutton, as the
first TO employ ONE behind the
counters. The senior member Of the
,irm, by the way, Is said 10 have
opened what has long been one of the
most famous department stores OF
sew York. II will he found. We fancy,
il any authoritative investigation Of
the history of the department store is
made, that like many other great in
'entions it sprang from IA number OF
brains at about the same time. II
was, as everybody knows, the en-.
largcmcnt and application 10 urban
Conditions of the old fashioned conn.
Try store" m institution which kept
.vcrything needed by It's customers.
from rum to knitting needles and
from shorts" TO callcoeS. Mr.. DuT-
TON was the son of a New Hampshire
country store keeper and in partner
ship with his father after, c~urious,y
enough, starting "a commercial school"
In the Nlrginian Alexandria. The
direct inspiration of his department
store idea is evident: AMI 1t must
have occurred to others brought up
in that college Of experience, that
community centre" OF earlier days.
hat capital OF gossip, politics, cracker
nj cheese, checkers that club OF
Shrrwd and dry citizens.
The immense range and momentum
Of the idea, nee made concrete, the
most enthusiastic dreamer couldn't
have imagined. 4 thousand econo.
mics and efiiciencieS and ingenuities,
The ranSacking of the world for com
moditles. the qualification of the hum
hlest and the most cultivated tastes,
this store OF stores for millions, all
this IL but The country store immeas.
urably magnihed ana made cqual to
multitudinous demands.
We wonder If any ndequste chro-
nology or history Of the rise and prog
rcss Of department stores has hcou
written,
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Error of q Professors St%enographer.

In Il letter to the Times Professor
iANDELL HENDERSON. an eminent PHI
y. and Psychologist of Yale. who hold,
that the sinking Of the Lusitania was
chiefly horrible because II was dra-
matte" and that lit probably saved
en- times as many lives as 1t cost
lescants as follows on his woes:
Newspapers like THE SUN =
urge that, a man who dares to speak or
write publicly his sincere convictions
should be discharged from tho ins;ltu-
ton which employs him"
THE Sun believes unilinchiug.y In
the infallibility Of the whole gifted
q C Of professors and Ph. Ds.. and
it is forced to suspect that Dr. Hen.
DtRsON's stenographer has been guilty
Of ~heterophemy. THE Sun has never
said or thought that the s%agaciou'
and amiablc war Psychologist of New
Haven should he dismissed by the
college upon which he sheds such lus-
ire. On the contrary. VT know. and
re tickled TO know, that like III
never enough To be venerated Mtys.
b of Harvard. Professor HEN.
DERsoN is now ~irremovable: and ne
doubt the Cambridge ana the New
Haven dons share in our happiness
Dr. HENDERSON has an inalicnable
right to speak his mind. The pgi,
II free speech guards that bold bosom.
Long. long, may the professor wave
and rave!
But We can't hide the pain we feel
ut seeing a member Of the noble cor
poration of professors betrayed 10y
his ste%nographer into misreprcsnntinl
perhaps It's most ardent champion
Without the war in war of the pro-
~fcssors. without the calm, dispasslon
ate white light of intellect beaminl
from n Hall, II Burgess. a Minister
berg, n Henderson and all the bland
brethren Of the Professionalism
across the water. our health and
spirits would decline.
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TAFT GLAD A JINGO
ISN'T NATIONS HEAD
War with Germany by Vow /,
One Was. He Tells Bryn
Mawr Graduates.
PRAISE FOR MIR. WILSON

PHILADELPHIA, June 3--EV-pro.s..,
Taft paid tribute to President Wp,,.
to-day In an address before the yr,ia.
ating class of niuety-ouc members +,
Bryn Mawr College.
III we had had "A lingo In the VIII.
House." said NJ. Taft. this count,
would now be at war with Germany
Instead he continued. Our cs..
Executive Is "A man who appreciates a,
responsibilities and realizes that. con.
sidering the temper OF the people, 4,
turn of his hand would plunge us ina
an international conflict.
81 do 10 mean to say that the cr.,
has passed. resumed MIR. Taft. Cos.
ditions are critical still. but IN the shor,
time which has elapsed since the ls,u.
was forced upon US we have had tim,
to pause. consider and reflect
Mr.. Taft began his address ,o1ay
with a reference to his last omm.,c
ment appearance at Bryn Mawr Ina.
was FIVE years ago. when he was Pres.
Dent.
Il am no longer ornamcntei with On.
cial tinscl," he remarked. The coun,-
prODaDly Ueenneu nt more uSeiul and
less harmful In the academic shade,
whence my successor was drawn"
The privilege OF marching In b.,
daughters commencement procAss,or
was enjoyed by Mr.. Taft. For the f,.
time professors In other colleges who
had daughters at Bryn Nawr wer. IN.
vited to join in the march from IN,
library to the gymnasium. where II.
graduates received their degrees
Miss Caroline Stevens Of the class ~
1917 and her sophomore marshals lei
the way. Miss Harriet Bradford. senio.
president, marched At the head x No.
class. After the seniors am the fqcrl,,
and guests. President Thomas and Nr
Taft walked together.
P!cturing n p.ostratc Europe. Wit
humanity and civilization shat,ersi ar!
the priceless treasures vanishing ov.
night never TO be replaced, Preside.
Thomas declared in her address TIA, 4.
hope of the future rested With your,
college girls and college men Of Arr.
lea. who must not only foster the ser-
ment OF peace. but must strive toway
the upbuilding of a more perfect race
Miss Thomas related how a rumtr
Of students at Bryn Mawr had coz,
20 her with suggestions for a cours
which would teach them how 70 p!l
out husbands who would insure th.=
perfect children.
Then she described the coniitions q
the hundreds OF young girls in Euroi,
who are working at relief stations, {"
the terrible suffering OF the w!ys,
daughters. mothers and sweethearts O.
the soldiers az the front. and o. n,
great leaders of intellect and culture
who are fighting and dying 20 ;ne de'f.'
ment Of civilization.
Her farewell to the graduates was ,
simple expression of her faith in the'
ability 10 rake their places In the vor.!
as scholars and workers and TO be use
ful and happy women.
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Not Even . City Gets Something for
Nothing.

Comptroller PRENDERoAsr exposed
one of the common fallacies to which
we owe the enormous city debts which
now in all parts Of the country op.
press the taxpayers when he told the
conference Of Mayors at its meeting
in Troy that
W must endeavor to show taxpay.
ers that they themselves are now the
poeterity which 1t was thought ten o.
fifteen years ago would SO easily pay
FOR the improvements then enjoyed
without cost. and IT should be clearly
! shown that paying for improvements b.
means of long term bond issues entails
a financial loss and waste that is now
proving and will continue to prove a
most serious municipal problem"
The notion that a fifty year bond
bearing Az per cent. interest could
he issued ny the city to pay for a
permanent improvement without g
peuse in the present OF immediate
future has been at the bottom OF
many extravagances. Posterity was
TO pay It: a small charge annually
would make the burden easy to bear
the growth Of the city would provide
amply for interest and principal,
without expressing. anybody. How
| this has worked out the budget OF
Ibis city. {. community certainly not
more wasteful or less sagaciously
| managed than scores Of other towns
but conspicuous for the naturally
large expenditures 1t must make.
clearly shows.
Mr.. PRENpERGAsT recalled that in
1901 $12.0OO.OOO was appropriated to
pay interest on the city debt. The
sum raised for this purpose in 1910
i $i2.42S.903. In fourteen years the
interest charge has risen by thirty
and a half millions; the rich poster
ity that was TO pay without effort the
iehts We contracted turns out to be
| ourselves: the natural growth has
been unequal to the task consigned
10 It. aud Il condition alarming t.
.yery real estate owner and rent payer
replaces the easy circumstances 81
slibly p~rophesied by every proponcni
If a wasteful enterprise.
The remedy, In the Comptroller
opinion. is to he found in short tern
or serial bonds, budget a%ppropria
lions and economy. The first and
second methods of raising money
would bring to those by whom 1t !,
contributed an acute understanding
If the cost OF .dyocated" improvements
and promote the essential thing
economy. 1t would soon become ap
parent that many desirable things
are n~on-essential; that money could
be saved by doing without these non
essentials. When the government was
restricted to the necessary things OF
life. and luxuries were recognized foI
what they are. we should o get our
| affairs on a sound basis.
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''Petty Politics."

To III LpfToE OF THE SUN-Sir; In
a letter In to-day's SCS IL Is suggested
that in the present emergency President
Wilson, IN order that the leaders Of
both parties lay aside political discus
sion" Sc, nou that he Will not
consent IN he a candidate for r"nomlna-
ton.
can il be possible that tho writcr
means that when questions affecting the
country 5 most vital interests are con-
ccrnei our political leaders cannot
cease to plav petty politics? Is il
possible that those whose ambitions
would be unfaN orahly affected by the
success ut the Administrations policy
would deliberately hamper It's steps?
! Canno believe Il. The only late
occurrence giving II the semblancc of
possibility ~ the hasty ana III consid-
cred action of "A leader whusc patriotism
cannot be questioned for a and
| am quite sure he regrets II.
WILLIAM ', CARoIIS.
NEw NoRH, June 3,
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TT tn, San Marino'


To The EDITOR OF THE SuN-SI: l
asked Dorothy whether, in case of war,
she would be willing 10 die for her
country. She replied, Certainly not"
Surprised. ! sought the reason Of her
unpatriotic answer.
In defence She set forth that the Gov
crnmcnt dil nothing for her that It
freely permitted dishonest folks to sell
her worthless securities q suspect
Dorothy . has been buyiug mining
sto.ksl that il lei bank officials spect-
late with her money and lose II that
n t,xcd h,- ronyliy denied her ony