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Her Observations of the Kaiser, the
Crown Prince, Won Bernhard,
Zeppelin and Many Others

date a number Of important guests at
the same time. Gen. Won Bernhard
was one: and his was another dome Of
a head such as all the greatest men of
Germany are supposed to possess.
In seeing several of these supreme
!ntellects' grouped together and hear
ing certain sentiments they expressed.
il struck me that something rather
sinister must be packed up with the
solid contents Of the domes: for one
thing a colossal and astounding ma
t!onal Conceit which has helped more
than anything. | now believe, to bring
about the present European situation.
\ thought which occurred to mo FOR
the first time while at the peaceful
seeming, pleasant Villa IIurgel was
that the German domes. compared
with the best intellectual heads | re-
called in England and America. were
not nobler than the domcs of mosques
IN comparison with cathedrals.'
During this visit the govcrncss met
Bornhardi for the first time. and she
gives this impression:
AN l knew then of Gen. Won Bern
hardi was that he was considered "A
great soldier and had been the frsr
officer to ride into Paris IN 1871. or
some tale of that sort. However, the
minute l saw him I felt that here was
Il tremendous r. rsonality and an in
tensely repellent one, man to bc
rcckoned with. ! determined To- ask
great many questions concerning
him of the Countess, who knew every
thing about everybody and did not OBJ
ject to telling what she knew with en-
be.lishments.
"My name was politely mentioned
by the host and the visiting gentlemen
al bowed To me. The only one who
did so stif'ly. as II he grudged bend
ing his thick. short neck for my hene-
Mt. was Gen. Won Bernhard. He gave
me one sharp look from under his
rather beetling eyebrows and I won
dered II he despised all women or had
merely taken d!staste to me.
"You are English? he asked shortly
In German, his tone being that of q
man accustomed to throw out com.
mands as you might throw a battle
axe.
"'She was born in Washington,
said Herr Krupp Won Bohlen in his
pleasant, cultivated voice. Washing.
ton is the most interesting city Of tn,
United States and holds pleasant
memories for me. Miss IS grand
father was II distinguished American
naval officer
AS he said this he gave me
faint, rather humorous smile, which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-18
Young Woman Discloses Frankly
What She Saw and Heard
Among Nations Greatest

They have begged to finish destroying
London before their supper"
Naturally the new governess was
eager to see this absorbing game. She
writes:
AT one end Of the garden is a
Kegelbahn, or bowling alley. protected
by high glass roof. AS Frau Z
and I followed a path hedged with
roses shrieks Of Joy fioated to us from
the Kegelbahn.
They have succeeded, perhaps"
exclaimed my guide, pleased and ex-
cited
When the governess was allowed TO
peep in ait the game she received
shock.
1.-THE instant l realized what the
children were doing" she says, 1T
struck me as horrible that innocent
little souls should be encouraged TO
work destruction. Afterward Il am
ashamed to confess now my helpless
ness TO protest against the game and
others more or less like it chilled me
into resignation. The children them
selves and their elders seemed to take
all sorts of Kriegspielen. or war plays.
SO light heartedly that ! tried to con-
vince myself of their harmlessness.
1t was the German idea to infiame the
martial spirit OF boys from babyhood
in every way, no matter what way.
and sole VOLTA, There was nothing
to do about 1t,
"The Kegelbahn had a wooden floor
raised one step above the surrounding
grass and on this solid fiat foundation
a city had been erected-a city Of
churches, theatres shops and houses
a few of the largest seeming to be
built up of separate pieces. There
were parks too with tiny outstanding
trees. messy imitation grass on
wooden trays. and sheets of pre-
tend water, made not Of glass but
glittering mica. At first glance the
thing was like a glorified kindergarten
game on a scale suited only to rich
nurseries; but no kindergarten game
that l ever heard Of had any such de-
velopment as this invention Of the
great Count Zeppelln's. While one
small golden headed bog looked on.
jumping up and down In his emotion,
an older, dark haired laddie. weedy
girl OF z or 8, and an excited young
officer in uniform each manipulated
miniature airship over the threatened
city.
"These airships. so far as an amateur
could tell at superficial glance. were
carried out with quite clever outward
realism, except that the sausage shaped
balloons were too big In proportion to
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interpreted as a warning or request
not to try explaining my antecedents
Zach. That is better grunted the
General. And | knew that whatev~
might be his attitude toward women in
general English women We're anyhow
beyond the pale.
Later | heard from the Countess
that women Were not much higher
than the four footed animal kingdom
for bernhard; that he loudly contra
d.ytcd his wife even At hotel tables,
when they travelled together: that
he always walked ahead Of her in the
street and pushed past her or even
other ladies. If strangers to him, in
order to 20 first through doorway.
prom the Countess | learned what
a great military expert he was con-
Sid"rcd She said. as if i were a good
joke, tAat he was almost ready now
for the long waited war on ENGLAND
That was why he was at Essen. t. see
how the new surprise big guns vera
ting along,
Il did not pay much attention 10
that part of her gossip, because II was
Of course, the Krupps' business TO
make guns, and | did not realize
that tho Countess was iudiSCrcctly
hlabbing To- mo what she must have
heard whispered as a dead secret. II
did not occur To me that she meant
anything in particular, and even now
] hardly believe that she knew her
self what an important piece Of N
formation she was lightly giving away.
Gen. Won Bcrnhardi took sean, no.
e 1, L
charming room given up 10 my Princes
for their few lessons and many amuse-
mcnts. He sat down and lifted a hoy
on to each large knee. They wers
not shy with him and answered his
catechismlikc list of questions as freely
as If he We're an old friend, though
they had not seen him before since
they were quite small.
"Thc elder said that he was going
To pe ii sailor as soon as n was old
enough, Bcrnhardi asked the elder
about the size of the various nations'
armies, and the boy WAS eager to
show off what he had learned. not
from me, but from Lieut.. Won -.
When he came to the English army,
he announced that there We're only
100000 men | wanted 10 break in
with What about Ind!a?' but ! man
aged to keep silent.
"'Ah. we shall not have much
trouble with them, shall We?
chuckled Bernhard
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RINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA
- procured in 1909 for the anony-
/ nous author Of the interesting
book OF "reminiscences, What
Found Out" just issued by Frederick
\. Stokes Company, the position Of
Eoverness in German princely house.
Her employers insisted on regarding
her as American, not English, because
her grandfather had been an Admiral
n the United States navy. She was
so presented to the Kaiser and other
visitors, and therefore there was little
attempt at reticence in her presence.
The Kaiser, the Crown Prince. Gen.
v.n Bernhard. the Krupps Count
Zeppelin, Gen. Won Kluck, Herr Dern-
burg and important secret service
ieCp.. al came under her observa-
ton She tells frankly what she saw
and heard, giving names and conceal
ING OILS the Identity of her employers.
HIGHLY significant and interesting
are .H. revelations of the attitude of
ne German court toward England,
esq lily in the light Of recent events.
From The first meeting with her young
char-es at their Zeppelin game, de
'Iu. #- London before supper" to
her Tina. escape in disguise after war
h'-'r The authors experiences make
lively reading. The publishers state
thai they have proof of the genuine
ness O.! the events in the book.
Tie authors father, an English
man III good birth, held when a young
man a small post in the diplomatic
service in Washington and there mar
RED the daughter of an American
naval officer who in the course of his
travels around the world had met the
present Kaiser before he came to the
hfonc and the Kaiser's brother, Prince
h'h'y Of Prussia. 1t was this Amer
icau Grandfather whom the Germans
always chose to regard when consid-
eFng the family connections of the
EoEcrncsS
In addition to several nurses the new
govcrness found in charge of the little
FF.hccss and two Princes a sort of
mA4'ary governor whose business 1t
was 70 teach the elder Prince Jagged g.
10 he so!dierly in mind and body.
The boys worship the Herr Lieu
tenant the governess was Informed.
lhey think it Is a grand thing to be
IN me society of a soldier, grown
man Besides, he has been a pupil OF
count Zeppelin and he has brought a
game which the Count invented and
ofHrr"d to be made for the Princes to
,each them warlike spirit. We shall
ma he children playing II now and
'H'.' cousin, my little Princess. also.
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Continued on Fifteenth Page.
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~ RINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA
. procured in 1909 for the anony-
nous author Of the interesting
book OF "reminiscences. what
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09

So far the registration for the elec-
ton Of November 2 has been discour-
agingly light. 1t testifes to a popular
lack Of appreciation OF the important
questions to be submitted to the cleo
tors, and threatens to leave their de-
clsion TO a comparatively small frac-
ton Of citizens qualified to vote. A
partial and imperfect record Of public
sentiment ON the Constitution, woman
suffrage and the barge canal bond is
II Of SGT 600. 900 is in prospect.
1t is still possible to bring the num-
her Of IN on the poll list ny to
a respectable total. The registration
places will be- open to-day from I
o'clock In the morning until O:3O
o'clock at night. For the first and
only time this year the officers will
Ike on duty all day. completing their
work. and when they close their books
ut night the opportunity for registra.
tion this year will end.
More important than the election of
any individual to office. more far
reaching in its consequences, will be
the outcome of this years balloting ;
and this Saturday. October o. Is the
last day on which citizens can per-
form the essential preliminary uct in
the discharge Of their highest duty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
JAPAN'S AMERICAN POLICY.
II Is One OF Friendship and Contem.
plates Cooperation In Asia.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SUS-Sir: II
was "A great surprise TO me to read in
The Sun of October : "a letter. ~"Japan's
American Policy by one who sisuei
himself american" The wr!tcr Of 4
makes the assertion that the Japanese
press at home Is carrying on a am
paign to educate the people TO look
upon America as their next enemy. To
prove the hostile attitude Of Japan he
resuscitated the Turtle Bay story. And
no ingeniOusly connected the wrecklng
Of the cruiser Asaina with the Japanese
negotiations with China. making 1t aa,-
pear that the bleaching Of the cruiser
was a premeditated affair.
The general public of America Is now
fully aware that the Turtle Bay story
was a fake. officially 81 declared 10y the
authorities Of Washington and Toxic.
The writer OF the letter IL then mani
testify n of the very few Americans
who are NOT wide awake and VINO take
as fact any false story the wind may
bring, or who ignore the truth and pro-
Ject Willingly any Mlsehood to serve
some Interior purpose.
A. To Japan's American policy, Il;
needs no efrnJisAsis of mine II IL entirely
contrary to what Is conveyed IN the let
ter. In short, II is to continue the ira
ditional friendship and to cooperate with
each other In the healthy development
OF Asiatic civilization.
may also add that despite indus
trious search | have failed Ia ind any
trace OF the pr~opagandisn ~ the Japa-
neee press TO arouse the enm!'y of the
people against America. IN spite Of the
fact that ! read most of the prominent
newspapers published In Japan.
r. IYESAGA.
New YORK, October 7.
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FORE RIVER.
A Pioneer In Submarine Construction
Defends His Old Company.

To X EDITOR Of THE SUNNI: AL
though | am no longer connected IN any
way with the Fore River Snip Building
company. | spent 40 many years In it,
service and took so much interest IN
building up AN institution IL which i
thoroughly believed that ! cannot remain
u~n'nindful OF Its continued success, nor
would ! care 10 have any errors of mine
affect its present excellent prospects.
Naval Institutes letter appearing at
a time just before the opening of bids
when VIII excite considerable rivalry
among the builders of submarines. IL
seems fair that | should be permitted
Ia state that ! was particularly, and re-
main particularly, proud OF my record in
the Fore River ship Building ompa
III the building Of submarines. During
my service in the navy | was "A thor
ough believer in the development OF the
submarine boat, and am glad tn recall
that when Secretary whitney asked me
to advise him in writing as to the types
of vessels whose construction he should
seek | advised him to develop the sub
marine boat. believing that tho progress
in mechanical arts was about to tender
useful and practical the Dreams OF the
earlier inventors OF submarines | have
reason to know that the first official
action of the Navy Department under
Secretary Whitney for design and con-
struction of submarines was undertaken
at my suggestion. The construction Of
the first Holland boat for the navy re-
suited from that action, and ! have been
a steady and consistent advocate of the
construction of more and better sub
marines for the navy ever since.
| believe that the Holland submarine
boat Is the type on which all the most
successful subma rines I'm the world have
been based. AMI ] believe that the boats
of this type built by the Fore River
snip Building company are the equal
Of any In the world OF their size. The
development of the submarine IN the
United States, which had the advantage
IN I'll" beginning, has never proceed Il
with the interest and activity on the
part OF the navy which II should nave
had. and ] think il Is fair To say that
what development we have secured has
been rather in spite OF the navy than by
It's initiative. The greatest credit is due
to Lawrence Y. Spear.
FRANCIS T, BowLEs,
RoxBuRv, Mass. October I.
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MISSIONARIES TO MEET
Fifteen Protestant lions
to t.nthrr in thicngo.

40 fewer tian fifteen Iru'r-'II' ia
nominations win participant" W '' n-
slunary campaign to he ourHod PEP Dis 's'
veutiun in chicago nest Thu'~''t. .Ws
Gather'ng is to he followed b, Mons
conventions in scveuty-iiNr u'h'r '''
ing cities Iva the country, the s'rH4 IL
minating with a national Uis.''I.'N n
greSs in Washington IrXt AHl'l
leaders of the N,thrd.s'~ ~ ? az
a preliminary conference H. - .. o. We"
y. J., recently, white the ar'r. .'t-
lists met IN chicago and tN. i.'..F'
'cr'dns In Atlantic Ctty lE q =
Stevenson. moderator Of tlr 90 r'
Assembly, presided at the wat = ;
prcshNtt .latIS. The lnNu,r.- .'
AIRY Movement, of which lr I., D.
Fisher il general sccrc,,r', ls '''nt
the work of The McthodiS's.
John W. Wood. secretary oC pho 81
81 MISSIONS, ~ organizing tie I'- ""..
forces. shop kInsulv.ug uf ~
viii be \ speaker AT the first ,NiN,.' H.,
and missionaries now abroad a' N
recalled by this and IL" Il .hu' 4"
nomination To participate
pr Itcuhcu l.. Breed is r' .'. H y
"a tommitier wa.rh IS MARS
forces Of Cong rgttiout' ~lu 8
cummItt,' lu |'lar-. ,Arn,ai-
gates ut that fahih to dt'pru '..
convention. lrr. ohm VI Nu
Quoting the campaign Irnuus -
lists.
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duced in order to meet the decision in
the Jacobs case. where the Court Of
Appeals held an act prohibiting the
manufacture Of cigars in tenement
houses to be unconstitutional. 1t is
true that decision was based upon the
facts of that particular case. and prob
ably the decision would not be held to
apply TO such cases as those to which
public attention has been called by
the report Of the New York Tenement
House Commission: but the facts
shown by that report concerning the
conditions under which clothing and
other articles are manufactured In the
overcrowded tenements Of New York
city were such as to convince the
convention that all doubt AZ to the
power Of the Legislature to deal with
the subject should be removed. The
convention also was Of the opinion
that the Department of Labor and
Industry as one of the civil de-
partments Of the State Government
should be made secure by inclusion in
the Constitution as one OF the regular
departments Of the State, leaving to
the Legislature to make the head Of
that department a single commissioner
or a commission Of two or more COM
missiOners az II should see ft.
One other provision OF Importance
to railroad employees and other wage
earners. which was adopted. is that
whereby the Legislature is empowered
to enact laws to enable special regis
tration Of electors engaged in a regu-
lar vocation or occupation which occa-
sions their absence from the county ~
their residence during each Of the reg
ular days OF registration. This pro-
vision will enable a large number Of
men who are now unable. by reason Of
absence in the regular course of their
employment, to exercise the right Of
suffrage Of which they at present are
deprived.
Delegate Curran Of Rochester. a
prominent labor leader, on the final
vote upon the entire Constitution said:
believe this proposed Constitution
should be adopted at the polls. 1t will
be many q year before the working people
Will get the relief they can nov II these
amendments are not adopted.
GEORGE w. WIcKERsnAM.
New YORK, October s.
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The Turks Allies.

Each new revelation. every added
detail of the Armenian atrocities dis
closes fresh horrors-and only In one
nation are defenders found for the
conduct of the Turks. Can 1t be that
in Berlin there are men ~ diseased
that they desire to confirm the words
Of JosEPH II. CHOATE, who on Sep
teimber 80 said in a public address:
Putting these two reports Of his
Lord BRycEl together. with the tw,
nations whom he indicated, they AN
exactly alike.
III you scratch one OF them. you md
the blood of the other underneath.
You scratch the other and you find
the blood of one underneath.
There Is no possibility of distinguish
ing them in character or conduct"
That defence of the Turk and apol'
ogy for the determination OF the Ar
menians is not the purpose OF all
Teutons, the procedure Of the German
and Austrian Ambassadors at Con.
stantinople bears testimony. They
recognized the dreadful inhumanity,
the cumulative horror of the Turks
course: and from the Grand ViZier
they demanded n written certificate OF
their nations innocence in the
cres. They. On the ground. and int,
mately acquainted with the plan OF
wholesale murder. could not take the
stand Of VoN REyENTLOw in Berlin
who holds the ~extirpation Of a race
Ia he mot only the right. but the
duty" of the Turks.
Mr.. CHoATr's words 10 the Pilgrims
recur to mind with Il terrible signif
canoe. Did he correctly designate the
allies of the Turk?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
Battle Cruisers for the Navy.

1t was a %foregone conclusion when
Admiral BEATrr's warships, led by
the 80 knot Tiger, sank the Blticher
and mauled other cruisers OF the Ger
man raiding squadron in the North
Sea fight. that our Navy Department
would be- powerfully impressed. AZ.
ter the conference between President
WILSON, Secretary DANIELS and Chair
man PADGETr Of the House Naval Com
mittee on Monday at the White House
1t was reported that battle cruisers
would bc recommended ms units of the
new construction.
VI may no observed that Secretary
MxiER In his last report three years
ago brought the battle cruiser to the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
Proposed Platform for . New Party.

We beg leave to suggest the follow.
ing as the eutire and adequate decla-
ration Of principles by party OF
American citizens including Demo
Gratis, Republicans, ~Progressives, Pro
%hibitionists and every other sect In
good and regular standing:
PROSPERITY first and politics after
ward"
This has especial reference to the
adjustment Of the tariff TO new con-
dltions brought about by the great
wal in Europe.
The nations opportunity II as OBJ.
yious us the sun IN the morning sky.
Are the partisan leaders, and par
ticularly the leaders Of the party now
In power AT Washington, going to sac
riiice the sunshine for the sake of
personal pride Of opinion or the dim
echoes Of past declarations. or canned
creed Of any kind?
Bad for America If such Is the case.
Mr.. WILSON, Mr.. UNDERWOOD and
others.
Bad for America if such is the case,
Mr.. MANN, Mr.. LODGE and others!
What n chance to wipe the slate
clean Of ~prcconceivcd notions and con-
ventional formula regarding the legit-
innate Use OF tariff taxation for the
promotion Of American industries. in
FAINT or otherwise!
Politics afterward and prosperity
first."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-09
The Invasion Of Serbia.

With an Austro-German army
breaking over the northern and west.
ern border of Serbia, a Bulgarian
force menacing her eastern frontier
and an Anglo French expedition ad-
rapclng w the Nardar valley to her
aid, the wal returns to it's original
scenes, Scrhia's most vulnerable Dor
der Is the northern, the low level val
lcys of the Save and Danube. The steep,
rugged dciilcs of the Drina furnish n
natural defence on the west. On the
east, with an evident mistrust of Bull
garin, she has strongly fortified Pirot,
ON the Orient railroad a few miles
from the bulgarian frontier, and she
has built fortiications commanding all
OF the Wsses. The more recently ac-
quired frontier, Ia the south, running
along mountains and the edge of
high cliffs, Is in Il a natural
defence against invasion Of the Var.
dnr valley. Here the Serbians won
their victory over the Turks Mt Ku.
manoya and Kolrili in The first Bal.
Kan war and in the second defeated
IN" Bulgarians In the desperate en-
counter at Bresalnltza.
The Orient railway, tho only i'm