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Viewpoints Of the Civil War.

To iii EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir, In
to-day's III is published an account OF
the "unveiling OF the memorial erected
by graduates and friends OF the univer-
slty in memory Of men OF Yale who
lost their lives In the civil war in the
Union and Confederate armies. and
former Gov. Simeon T.. Baldwin is re-
ported as saying In making the pre-
sentation speech June 81, 1865, tust
half a century ago, n committee was ap-
pointed to report on the best method OF
honoring In some permanent manner
he memory OF those OF Yale's sons who
had fallen in the civil war in the ser-'-
ice OF their country" (italics mine)
Nothing vas done by the committee.
and the Governor says. perhaps IL VII
well for as the years went by they
brought US to a viewpoint of the civil
war impossible In 1856"
OF course II is impossible to deter
mine Just what meaning the Governor
intended TO convey by the last quoted
sentence. Apparently Il was by way OF
apology for or defence of the failure
OF the graduates and friends of the
university 20 distinguish in the memorial
any difference between the character Of
service rendered by those OF her sons
who had fallen In defence ~ their coun-
try n those who had fallen while trv-
ing 10 destroy II. II is not credible
that the Governor meant that the view
point OF the people OF the United states
has so changed since 1865 as to hold
such service In equal honor,
W. 8. CoGswHrr.
NEW YORK. June 81.
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THE HOUSE OF DREAMS.
Moving Day for Lodgers That Have
Been Snoring There.

To THE EDITOR OF The SuN-Sir, What
at no very distant day seemed in line
TO become a sort of national clearing
house for sociological reveries has de-
Neloped into "A very satisfactory ex-
change for handling hard realities.
These are evil days for houses OF dreams.
They have projected a rude and insistent
intrusion OF hard and harsh facts with
all their crude materialism into clois-
tered retreats of uplift speculation where
facts OF any kind are ever objects of
suspicion, putcasts without standing or
recognition. humping and bruising reaii-
ties in the mbullstiC p%eregrina-
ton paths Of idealistic philosophers.
But there they are. and In the case
in question their Invasion In producing
interesting changes. The house of
dreams is apparently having a house
cleaning. Some dodgers are leaving and
even the particularly stertorous nautical
one IL beginning to show signs of at
last waking up to such grasp OF things
as Is not beyond certain inherently re-
str'ctive limitations.
housekeeping is an upsetting and try
Ing ordeal at the best, but wholesome. n
let's In a tonic and bracing change of
air. and IL In this instance It will only
give us a new and definite freedom from
certain things which even within n few
weeks past have manifested a disturbing
tendency TO take n fixed abode in the
attic, the gain will be well worth all
the trouble. y
CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 81.
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Mr.. Rosenberg C%apitnlIzes Crime.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: M
H." Of Flushing, l.. l., in tu-day's sun
y entirely mistaken about the L. :.
going to War with Germany on account
Of the Lusitania AFFAIR. True that tho
llfes were lost and those OF many Nmcri-
cans, but they were lost on "A BRITISH
Steamer On lost IN BRITISH WATERS
and lost under the BRITISH FLAG and
We must hold GREAT BRITAIN rc-
sponsiblc for not giving this boat that
had - many American Lives on board
BRITISH pRoTEcT1ON in BRITISH
WATERS and not go to war with GER
MANY.
This would hc an injustice n play-
irg In to the hands Of BRITISH IN
TRlGtE which brought about the dis
aster through not protecting with their
Idle Cruisers tho british BOAT IN
british WATERS and save tho
AMERICANS.
That T. the point that we must bring
forth. Fight Great Britain and her
famous intrigue that caused more mis-
cry and heart ache than Germany over
can bring about, Great britain the
thief of liberty and right. Great Britain
the thief of homes and land All over the
world. Great Britain the thief Of human
rights Great Britain tho thief of Amer
lean Lives from the days OF the Boston
Tea Party to the Lusitania disaster.
ARrHr s. RosENRERG.
NEW YORK, jun 81.
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OF THE NEWSPAPERS.
A Daniel Comes TO Judgment and
Foresees Reprlsals by Germany.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: All
honor to Herve, the brave French jour
nalist. who has lone more for his coun-
try than all those fighting in the
trenches; for. as he has pointed out,
they ave done nothing.
How well our editors tHave we any
journalists?) might copy Nerves fear
less courage in telling the truth, for It
cannot be presumed that our news
papers can believe the stun they print
or that they cannot see that the cause
they have so foolishly espoused Is hope
less and hat the excuses Of "humani-
tarianism' cannot be seen through by
Intelligent people.
A country that has the memories Of
our savage civil war. our ruthless
treatment OF the indians of the West,
cannot preach against "atrocity" and
ought to rave better sense than to back
the loser In a fight even II that loser
does conform to our peculiar uniformed
ideas of warfare.
The main point is that your gross,
blind prejudice is making you foolish, and
! your news" and editorials printed day
by day are COMPOUNDED Just 80 surely
as day follows day. OF course our pa
pers, as Jerome once said. ARE run
from the counting room and cannot
afford always to tell the truth or defend
an unpopular cause but then papers
cannot be suppressed in this free coun-
try.
Who created the popular feeling in
this country against the Germans, the
most unaccountable. ridiculous pretu-
dice that an Intelligent people could
conceive? The solely and
they will be to blame when Germany.
having emerged from the war victorious,
or even II partly victorious, as she is
bound to be, seeks reprisals. +.
NEW YORK, June 90.
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LAY OF THE LONE FISHBALL.
4 Bostonian Wrests IL From Cam
bridge to Bestow II on New Haven.

To EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: The
origin OF the ballad OF the one Ffshball
must be pushed further back than any
OF your correspondents have yet mag
incd. My father, who was a graduate
~ Yale College In the class OF lsi0, and
who also WAS quite incapable of carrying
"A tune without moral and musical sup
port, was never weary in certain hours
~ solitude Of singing, half 10 himself
and half to the little boy who rode or
walked with him. this same ballad. which
he explained his fondness for as one
OF the college traditions. The text quoted
by Mr., Hayden Carruth recently seems
to point to "A Harvard version In it's ref
erence to Kirkland street. The text Of
the opening stanzas sung in New Haven,
as | recollect them. run az follows:
There was n man wen, up and down
To seek a dinner In the town.
lie felt hts cash to count his pence,
And found he had but just six cents.
The cheapest Wand OF them all
Was twelve and a hair cents for two nsh
ball.
After procuring his single conGlom-
Grafton NJ fish and potato, he beCkoned
to the waiter, and in ingratiating tones
he said:
A little bread, sir, ~ YOU please
Then follows:
Tho walter bawled Il through tho hall:
we don't give bread with one hshball,"
| would recommend tho patient and
Industrious investigator to pursue the
search In the reference libraries OF New
Haven or In the recollections OF its old
est graduates, ISAAC OGDEN RANKIN.
RosToN, June %,
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Banking for tho World.

Certain very material questions de-
rive fresh interest from the latest
weakness Of quotations for British
money in terms Of our own dollar.
BY the further decline Of the pound
sterling In the foreign exchanges the
increasing international ascendency
which the European war has helped
to establish for American finance Is
confirmed. Testimony is also given
to the tremendous economic derange-
ment which the war. has wrought and
%provokes reflective minds to inquiry
about the eventual discharge Of the
obligations which the belligerents are
mourning and the present maintenance
Of such commercial communications
rs the war permits between the
United States and Europe.
There should. however. be no doubt
that II banking community will ex-
emplify on an unprecedented scale the
spirit Of American enterprise which
has made this nation synonymous for
daring progress In every field OF
material endeavor. We have been the
worlds debtor. We are going to be
the whole worlds creditor. In the
past In order to finance our expan.
sions we have placed billions of dol
lars Of securities abroad. We are
setting up a market here for the
eventual absorption OF billions Of dol
lars OF foreign securities 40 as to
maintain the commerce OF war time
and provide the means for the con-
structive works OF peace in all lands.
There Is no warrant for the more
or less depressing conclusions drawn
by assorted economic specialists from
the war trade and the war finance
which are generating a forward move
ment in American business. 1t Is
pointed out that the present growth
of our foreign commerce on the export
side must spell calamity because II
has been SO much at the expense OF
normal trade. Yet in these disjointed
times nothing could he more danger
Gus than to resort to the economies
Of the book to shape opinion about the
business prospect.
This abnormal trade which We are
doing IL, for n thing, giving us co,
lossal power to meet the exigpncies OF
the future beyond the war, to create
the trade which may then be done by
financing 1t, and to compete with the
rivalry of other trade seeking nations
which the war will weaken. For an
other thing the International problems
and dealings in which our manufac-
turers, merchants aud bankers are he
coming increasingly absorbed are Civ.
ing them an invaluable experience In
new forms Of business and finance
without which they could never make
satisfactory Use Of the facilities and
means for the peaceful expansion Of
commercial empire which the war Is
placing at their disposal. Extensive
ms tn" economic arrangement result
ing from the war may he, We ran find
in II some present advantages and n
prospect OF ultimate compensation not
for this country alone hut for all the
nations OF tho world.
Estimating that next year the Uni
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The Psychology Of Oncialdom.

The recent triumph Of Borough
President MARKS in his fight for
floating baths not only presents a
victory for the toilers who will
thereby gain refreshment and en-
HANGED working capacity; 1t also
marks Il triumph of courageous public
service over perhaps sincere but mis-.
guided pugnacity. II the Comptroller
has not been incorrectly reported, his
opposition was not based upon econ
omy alone. but upon the idea that
its all tommyrot that physical and
moral improvement may come from
bathing"
History appears to have made NJ
impression upon this otherwise in.
telligent official, though 1t has de-
monstrated the efficiency Of the bath
ing Romans and japanese in peace
and war, and Is now demonstrating
the efficiency OF the German people,
among whom public baths OF the best
type are more abundant to-day than
my Nh'lC az III lIt WOIlu, anu WIZ
are encouraged by the unremitting
stimulation and support Of the Gov.
eminent and Of influential people in
all strata of society. 1t may not be
generally known that the German
Society for Peoples Baths receives
a telegram from the Emperor, who
also IS represented by high officials
OF the Government, the army and the
navy, at each annual meeting The
rain (shower) baths were invented
by an army surgeon and were first
introduced in the army. whence they
were populariZed, and our own pub.
lie baths are patterned after them.
The attitude Of Our efficient Comp.
troller presents therefore a problem
in the psychology Of o%fficialdom, for
recognized authorities in hygiene and
among school principals failed to
move him. Even when he saw dele
cations Of school children filing into
the Aldermanic chamber, pleading
against threatened deprivation of &c.
customed Joys, he resisted the appeal
and scolded the teachers for wasting
their time and the city's money.
Another side of the psychology Of
officialdom is presented by the attl-
tude Of Borough President MARKS
when he ~endeavorcd to meet by tact
full repartee the opposition to the
floating baths that would bring to
the tenement population joys which
are too rare in their toiling lives.
JOHN WEsLEY's Cleanliness Is next
TO g~odliness" proved naught against
the a~damantine "tommyrot' Idea. Mr..
MARKS executed a flank movement
that was creditable alike TO his tact.
fulness and his knowledge Of city
finance. Again the Comptroller at
tempted to balk him, but without
avail, for despite his ridicule Of moral
support, Mr., MARKS obtained it from
his other colleagues and won the fight.
The attitude Of these officials pre-.
sents n study in psychology that may
not be without its lesson.
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We reprint from the news des-
patches from Washington the sub
Joined sentence:
president WILSON is having the new
seamen's law closely reviewed to deter
mine whether It's effect on American
shipping or its relation to other laws
on the same subject makes amendments
necessary"
The law to which Mr.. WILSON Is
directing the attention of presumably
qualified authorities is the La Fol-
lette statute which was passed by the
Sixty-third Congress In Its last ses-
sion. and signed by the President.
who now seeks light on the effect Of
Its provisions. not yet operative. 1t
has already compelled the abandon
ment OF the Pacific by one Of the few
survivors Of our trade. The enforce.
ment OF It's requirements will compel
the remuneration of II score of treaties
with foreign nations.
The ruinous consequences this stat-
ute would inevitably nave on Amerl.
can shipping were % hidden during
the time it was before the House. the
Senate and the President. Legislators
and Executive alike were warned,
solemnly and repeatedly, Of the suf-
locating restrictions II would impose
on our merchant marine. Again and
again they were informed by the men
most competent TO speak on the sub
ject that it would efrectually suppress
the poor remnant Of our foreign carry.
ing trade.
Despite these admOnitions, despite
the necessity 1t created for negotiating
new treaties. despite the pleas Of men
who longed to see the American flag
flying from Merchantmen on the high
seas, the Congress and the President
put ii on the books, and now the
President is having 1t examined by
experts 'to determine whether It's ef-
feet on American shipping or its rela.
ton TO other laws on the same subject
makes amendments necessary!
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Father knickcrbOcker's Flag.

New York has grown steadily and
even too rapidly without a city flag,
which it will acquire today; and
while the Aldermen over whom Mr..
MCANfNY presides have not caused
much trouble in his incumbency, the
record Of their predecessors in the
30 years since they succeeded tho
RnrgomaSirrs and Schcpens inspires
no feeling of gratitude or of reverence
with II flag Of It's own. New York
Will continue to grow, and the Alder,
men will not be able 10 prevent It.
And that flag will be borne with
pride. The color guard will have nc
occasion Ia blush for il or for tho
community over when II flies. Its
morals arc good: It's outward aspect
pleasing; lis enterprises wisely con,
""irel ana generously carried out
II invites those who seek recreation
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Men Of Honor.

THE Sun has always been a loyal
friend of the Naval Academy 1t has
believed that the honor of the young
gentlemen. the c~ollegians of the United
States. the budding officers of perhaps
its most popular and most admired
courage. THE Sun has been inclined
TO palliate the little eccentriclties of
the mlddies in the matter of swiping
examination dope; IA curious anl
perverted morality fingers in many of
our institutions of learning; and
practices there prevail and may there
be defended which To the coarse Phi
listine bourgeois" world may seem
doubtful or crooked.
The ~collegers of the United States
are bound. we think, to a higher
standard Of personal honor than Is
required at present of the useless,
careless undergraduates. l.ogarithms
on the cuffs of a sailor and a gentle
man. indeed the whole apparatus OF
ucSCptioh tuhl eAistS VI may AIS III
civilian schools. seems IN Of place
in a naval or military academy.
However that may be, how can we
think without shame and just anger
Of midshlpmen who play burglar,
wander about with lashlight, pincers
and a key, open the doors Of depart
ments, prig examination papers.
In the seventy years Of the Naval
A%cademy's life has anything more
irritating, more abjectly mean, re-
vealing "A queerer deviation from the
standard of, let us say, the manners
of gentlemen, been seen than these
prowlings of some collegians of the
United States trying to get dishon-
estly something which they ought to
earn?
This sort Of thing leaves a bad
taste in the mouth. The Annapolitan
youth are expected to be gentlemen OF
an especially sensitive sense of honor
and doubtless they are as a class,
even IL some evil customs have cor.
rupted some or many Of them. Gen.
tlemen, men Of honor; not a pack OF
~''muckers,' such as might plot from
some boozlng ken Of Manhattan a raid
upon "a set Of civil service examina.
ton papers.
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EXPECTATION OF ARMS
Friend Of Germany Favors II as q
Means OF Bankrupting the Allies.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUs-Sir: "C
NJ. b." OF Brooklyn is quite right in not
signing the petition for the prohibition
o; the expectation Of arms.
| was AT first in favor OF this appeal
for humanity's sake, as | consider IL
criminal and unchristianlike to lend a
hand In any shape or form to this ter
rible wal. but lately ! have come to
the conclusion that we should furnish
the Allies with as muoh war material
AS possible and at exorbitant rates. The
sooner We can bankrupt them the sooner
the war will be over.
Germany does not need us. thanks to
the aifiuent supply of armament Rus
STA has been providing her with and
her fortunate foresight TO have an estab-
lishment like krupp's. SO by aiding
tIe Allies with war armament and at
the same time aiding the Germans by
bankrupting her adversaries We remain
neutral and we will end the war quickly
and grow In the esteem of all the bel
ligerent nations.
/ might admire &c. NJ. B.'s' broad
mindedness. but | fail to detect IL. She
must admit that there are two sides to
everything. and although she can only
see the dark side OF Germany's ac-
tons, there is a light one just the same.
NEW YORK. June %. Z. W. s.
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A PESSIMIST.
He Finds Cause for Humiliation a.
Well as Pride In the Arizona.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
stead OF wine and water 10 "chrlsten"
the hattleship Arizona Just milk and
water wouli have been more appro-
PIRATE. Those mild beverages best typify
the policy OF the Administration in the
matter OF military and naval prepared
ness To protect the United States from
possible Invasion. Naturally II touches
the pride of the average citizen to be
told that when this big ship IS finished
1t Will he on a par with the hest of any
navy In the world. The humiliating part
Is that We have no men TO man this
great fighting machine without stealing
them from battleships already in COM
mission and leaving these undermined
and in no condition TO meet an enemy.
We have been told over and over again
that the navy is $4,000 men short OF
enough to man our warships already
buI!t. but the Navy Department is do
ing nothing about II. lneficicncy seems
to reign in every department of the
Government VI. L. r
New YORK, June 20.
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Lemberg.

Lember:. which has fallen into the
hands Of the Teutonic allies as the
result of a succession of furious
drives begun by General Won MACK
ENsEN on April -. is about seventy
five miles from the frontier of the
province Of Volhynia In West Rus
sia and the same distance from the
point where southern Poland meets
the VOlhynia boundary further north.
If a line be- drawn south ON the map
from Warsaw it will pass 125 miles
west Of Lemberg. This gives an idea
Of the advance eastward of the leu
tonic armies from the Dunujec River
with first Przemysl and then Lemberg
as an objective.
In possession of Lemberg the Aus
trO-Germans can move northwest
against Warsaw while German ar
mics advance upon it from the
west and north; and the Teutonic
forces are also in a position to deal
with the development of Rumania's
entrance into the war as an ally of
Russia.
The strategy of Rumania would
include no doubt an invasion
OF Bukowina from Moldavia in con
junction with n new Russian often
sive. An important railway centre,
Lemberg, situated in northeastern
Galicia, Is essential 10 the execution
OF the KaiSer's plan of capturing
warsaw, 10 which he has adhered
tenaciously. And the possession of
Lemberg SEEM To he n checkmate t.
the successful invasion Of Hungary
through the inrpmthian passes by n
Russian army. II is difficult To con
ceive of n Russian offensive now nc.
complishing much in Ga!icia durln.
the sunm"r campaign. By no mean,
Is Russia eliminated on the eastern
front, hut the s~trat"gical value of hen
forces 10 the Allies in France Is neg
NS'hIc for the Present. Til" inianc,
could not be restored even hy thr
launching of Rumanian armies int,
pennsylvania and Rukuwina.
To minimize the triumph Of Austro
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Our Hartford friend who utters to-
day in THE Sun the complaint that
many men have sighed in private over
concerning the disreputable stamped
envelopes Postmaster-General BuRLE-
son sells to his customers. maintains
an admirable calm under trying cir
cumstances. The samples Of absorb
ent paper he sends to us are truly
wretched and the ink spreads as on
blotting paper. The eXchse OF the
Department for putting forth such
cheap and nasty stationery, for which
it charges a good price. will, we sup
pose, be that 1t is economizing. But
parsimony is not economy. and an
abominable service will not endear the
monopolistic Mr.. BURLEsoN to his pa
irons.
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those who would study, those who

those who would study, those who
would toll. 1t has a place for all
who seek its shelter, and IL some
times Il seems harsh, It must be re-
membered that the lot Of the unfortu.
nate among Its people Is certainly
not worse than IL that Of other chill
dren OF hard luck elsewhere. 1t has
faults; 1t is noisy, and not without
b%raggarts. But 1t is good tempered,
and tolerates more cranks to the
acre than any other settlement we
know Of. Perhaps 1t is the cranks'
paradise: sometimes we think SC.
1t is particularly appropriate mat
Mr.. VAN DE SANDE-DAkHUYzEN, the
Consul-General Of the Netherlands.
should present the flag. In which the
colors Of the Dutch find Il conspicu-
Gus place. TO the town they founded.
The Holland flavor still persists In
New York: Holland and the United
States are friends; and at the present
moment both Of them occupy the pre-
carious and highly disturbing position
of neutrals.