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Diplomatic Syntax.

To THE EprToR or THE SrN-Sir' In
THE Sun OF Friday appeared a letter
signed - r.. s." defending President
Wilson'S grammar IN his wording of the
German note. Can this be the same
- i. $" who n few months ago at
tackled the President for certain gram
NAUTICAL %errors7 II Il Is, then I an
forced TO observe. with apologies ~ the
principals IN the recent disturbance at
Syracuse. that he must be n Jokyll-
Hyde individual. the Hyde being much
In evidence In his righteous criticism
made on the former occasion, and the
Jekyll now In his somewhat sophisti-
cal defence as THE SUN has go aptly'
pu, It. or is -. r g" one OF n class
OF persons who always themselves
'on the other side" for the sake of
argument Lindley Murray. Swinton,
Goold Brown and all the other gram
marians, including myself, protest
against this defence" OF Mr. Wilson'S
diplomatic syntax." FIAT JvsrtTiA.
NEW YORK. May 20.
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D%isnraced England, Stupid italy.

To II EDIroR or THr SvN-Sir. When
there is n fight 7 IKE It - he a fair and
honorable one, that IS, an even up fight
IN both SIDES, hut I'm the case or the
European war Il Is five or more to one
England so FAR has d.sgraced herself
and people. even with all her support.
Why does not she quit before she fur
Their dlsgr1ccs herself? Italy, poor.
stupid Italy. Engiand's last chance, has
allowed England through her ncwspa-
pers and press gents In Italy to !nvclg,e
her Into the a This d~lshonurahic act
Of Italy's will always leave "A stain upon
ltaly's character. Thank God. the Prcsi-
dent u some OF the people in this
country are not SO stupid as 10 allow
England 10 Influence or inve,gle mis-
country into the war. l.. THIELKER.
THE Bronx. May IS.
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MAIL.
How the Present Cumbersome and
Expensive System Works.

To EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sty. Ny
attention has been called recently, in a
striking and also somewhat touching
manner. TO the subject Of reform in pos
tai finances.
Two months aeo I transferred my
residence from another city 20 New
York. II II proper OF course under such
conditions 10 give notice Of change OF
address TO those likely 20 send mai mat
ter. but such notification TO all con-
cerned IL 10 easy affair, and especially
so TO those likely 20 send circulars or
other mail having other than first class
postage. Now this Is what occurs:
Letters with first class postage nre
forwarded without delay or additional
demands for postage. As to all other
matter. the same IL held IN while the
office where received sends me n card
demanding additional stamps for for
variinr. To return the ard with the
required postage requires an envelope
and n two cent stamp. Fol example, to
obtain m advertising circular mailed
with a one cen, stamp costs me three
'en's in postage. ms we'll as some
bother. Not worth Il. 70 be sure. yet
one prefers 20 receive his mail. Tho
exact nature OF Il cannot safely be
guessed
IL such a system really fair to the
public. possibly aside from parcel post
matter. and does II pay? To me u is
only a petty annoyance: 70 many Il
must he n decided grievance. As to the
revenue In considerable part not earned
by any real service TO the one taxed. I
should venture 10 surmise in the ab-
sence Of contrary proof that II does not
meet the cost Of the clerical time spent
in collecting q 7. W, T.
Nrw YuIs. Nav ?s.
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To THE EDITOR Of THE SuN-Str: !
wonder II the writer OF tho editorial ar
tlcle Academic Freedom realizes that
he Is a little bit hard on professors
n he would hut think what a dreary.
wearisome, monotonous life II Is trying
to educate others, the lowest form OF
art. sorrow would now from his pen In
stead Of ridicule.
Most people are kind 10 professors,
feeling that It is IA narrowing life they
lead, generally stunning their develop
ment and denying TO them the wisdom
that comes from the sou IN beautiful,
unfettered Freedom Inspiring the hold
Ing high converse with the exalted few"
So people who expect the average pro-
fessor, whether bedeCked with a Phi u
or not, to have any sense OF proper
ton, ~unbefuddled thought or to under
stand life except through sociological
s~pectacles, have only themselves to
blame. JAMES n. DEwELL. Jr.
NEW HAVEN. Conn, May 26.
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THE GIANTS ALIBI.
A Clrcumstantial Recitation OF the
Cause of Present weakness.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: |
have read several letters In various
newspapers about the downfall of
Matty. McGraw and the whole Giant
team IN general; and I would like to
remind the fans OF the hard luck that
the Giants have run into this spring.
First: At Marlin, Bill Ritter was
taken III with typhoid fever.
Second: George Burns injured his
ankle seriously.
Third: The Giants were followed by
bad weather everywhere they went.
Since the season started at the Polo
Grounds the Giants have run into worse
luck.
First: Even though Burns took part
In the opening game, he was not in con-
dition to play after being out OF so
much practice.
with an injured hand.
Third: Merkle out Of the game with
a bad arm.
Fourth: Al one time. for almost a
week. all the frst string pitchers were
on the hospital list, Marquard III Per-
ritt's nose broken Tesreau's thumb so
sore that he couldn't throw n bail
Matty in his usual spring slump. also
had a sore pitching hand Doyle suf-
fered for over a week from a bad
ankle.
Now do you wonder why the Giants
are In the cellar? don't: but take II
from me, by the middle OF July they will
be leading the National League.
They have. in my opinion, the
greatest third baseman and outielders
In the league. and when Matty m
around to his usual form the Giants.
with John McGraw in back OF every
play they make, win have their oppo-
nents looking like a bunch OF old
m JOSEPH II. KELLEY.
GLES RIDGE. N. J., May 2s.
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IL not the Comptroller. WILLIAM A.
PRENnERnAsT.

Ii not the Comptroller. WILLIAM A.
PRENDERGAsT.
For entirely different but not less
potent reasons, 1t Is equally plain that
the fortunes Of the Mayor. JOHN PuR.
ROY Mitchell, do not engage the ear
nest thought OF Mr.. Brown and his
associates, although any d~lsfavor that
may he incidentally achieved with re.
spcct OF him will not be counted lost.
But in 80 far as the President OF
the Board Of Aldermen. GEORGE Nc.
ANfNY. Ii concerned. there are ines.
capable and easily comprehensive
facts and tendencies that accurately
and exactly dellmit and outline the
purpose Of the impending visitors.
We are sure that Mr.. McANrNY will
not regard lightly the solicitude of
n Of his sincere admirers.
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A War Play.

No more appropriate way Of dedi-
eating the new stadium OF the Col
lege Of the City OF New York could
he devised than the presentation of
ErRIPTDEs's tragedy The Tro1ar
Women" The audience In the Levi
sohn Stadium on next Saturday
Will include many persons who have
seen other war plays during the past
famous as this tragedy Of EURrPIpEs,
which has borne Its fame for more
than two thousand years.
1t was thought by the translator
Of the version which will he used
here that such horrors as this drama
depicts belonged to the benlghted AMI
distant past and could never be re-,
peated. But the women Of the M
lions that are ut war to-day are the
Trojan women OF our civilized and
Christian era. The same sorrow and
suffering. the same destruction and
death are to he @ now on every
side in Europe, After all these ZEN
turtles the world has not changed IN
It's hearts core.
SO those who watch the actors In
the beautiful frame which the
Lewisohn Stadium provides may see
through the eyes OF the great poet of
the fifth century before CHRIST the
same drama which some poet OF our
own day may immortalize for pos
terlty lust ms the Greek did when he
wrote THE Trojan Women"
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To THE EDITOR OF THF SuN-Sir: Some
nons ago. during the dry spell. a Ro-
manifest advanced into the empyroan
with "A theory In explanation OF the pre-
waiting fair weather. In brief. firing In
the war zone attracted all the moisture
from the heavens and left the fortunate
IN these parts high and dry under the
comforting rays OF a benignant sun. The
rainy season Is now at hand, Why not
apply the Romantic theory TO present
conditions7 Is not the precipitation OF
the past week due to the blasting In
the subway excavation In Long Acre
square? '93.
New YORK, May 20.
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There certainly will be an increase In
the United States army unless condi-
tons change materially before the next
Congress-Sendtor CHAMBERLAIN, chair
man Of the Committee On Military
Affairs.
There should he an increase in the
United States army whether the wal
n Europe ends before December or
not. Preparedness IL not for a day but
for the future so long as great
ornaments are kept up either In Eu-
rope or the Far East. We have had
warning enough not to go on living
in a FOOLS paradise depending upon
idealism as n preventive of war.
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"Gprman VOIunteers."

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str. Mr.,
Frank A. Egan In THE sun OF May "a
questions the possibility OF 1000, 900
volunteers in Germany on the ground
that lat all times every man capable
Of hearing arms Is a soldier"
For Mr.. EgRn's Information | will
say that Germany calls to tho colors
each year only about two-thirds OF the
men availa BILE for military service. As
Stunning that a man Is ht for military
duty u-t v cen tho ages % 60 and 20,
Il vii. !! th!nk, be conceded that in
twenty years the number Of men not
called to the colors will make n consid-
cradle number. from which 1000, 900
sound men could doubtless without
much trouble he selected. A READER.
ROLAND PARK, Md, May rs.
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A Bad Nine.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. The
three curses OF tho world are war, sin.
poverty.
The three scourges OF tho world are
the inconsiderate, ruthless. heartless
despot. the fomenter OF d!soord, govern
mental extravaganza.
The three pests OF the world are the
fox, the hawk. the parasite.
A CONSTANT READER.
New HAVEN, Conn. May 20.
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NRndcrIip on Branch banks.

The following interview with Presi-
dent Nand'rl'p regarding the plans of
the National city Bank for developing
its branch banks In South America was
given out tonight:
We are making n beginning IN the
countries To the south OF us through our
foreign department. which already has
five branch offices In operation. We
maintain our own consular corps the
personnel of which Is scattered through
out the principal countries ana which
report commercial conditions thoroughly.
This organization - constantly hrlng
added to. hut We are handicapped to "A
great extent by lack of the proper Kind
~ young men to take IN this work. We
have found that II is difficult TO ge, the
hight type OF young American men who
are wiling to practically cNpatriate
themselves and go TO the Latin Ameri-
can countries for indefinite periods. and
OF course 10 render tho service this Is
what must I've done,
I'm our offices I'm New York We are
teaching a number OF such young mon 20
speak spanish, giving them a rather
thorough course In international bank
ing, foreign exchange, sc. Members Of
this particular class are required 10 use
nothing but Spanish for their ordinary
conversation. sixteen are in this class
at present. and they viii soon be avail
able to make a real beginning In our
South American branch offices"
''roo much opportunity AT home is
the eason given by MIR Nnndarlip for
the inability 10 get enough young men
FOR these places.
European countries are different"
said Mr.. Nanderlip Their young men
have to look outside for opportunity, ana
'h'' :" one 90 m" reasons for Enrop"ar
supremacy in the past In Latin America
American young mon OF the ability nrr-
cssary for these places are greatly IN
demand AT home and they are able 10
achieve success without leaving their
homes, family and friends and establish
Ing themselves in a far away country"
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A. Sea

shy ana swest as n spotiess eou.
Swift In its night As spirits be,
This lone, fair bird whose far sought goal
Is the moving deck where II flies TO me.
over the worlds blu- rim u slips.
The molten blue Of the surging sea,
As the seRgull vessel scars and dips
on the waves sun.it tn.rably
And all thu sky 10 an azure 1ams
Hlown from the forge Of a sapphir. sea,
As out 81 the vast whence the fret souls
came
H''he this sen bird Meth fres.
Ana lifs and death ana Tins and place.
what are they all but vnnity7
As over the ocean OF Infinite space
From some far island my own seeks mel
N, r. BuHLaA
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ting itself in the way Of rendering the
most important service within Its ca
paclty to render. both to Its own peo-
pie and to the people Of other lands.
II the business to which the coun-
try has been devoting Itself has been
' profitable, II It promises to be even
more profitable, 30 much the better.
But 1t has in all ages taken the
hope Of profit to provide Incentives
and momentum for the work on which
the structure Of the social organiza.
ton has been built and on which 1t
must he based in the future when the
reconstruction OF the shattered struc-
ture of the domestic and International
social organization OF Europe becomes
the order OF the day.
Accordingly. 1t Is not taking a mean
advantage Of Europe when able rep.
resentatives of the Latin American
republics meet with our bankers and
business men in Wa shington under
our Government auspices to plan for
tht tiOBlutht VI IUIl-EN I1tTltIn
trade. We have never had anything
like the commercial dealings with the
countries to the south OF us that We
should have had; and It Is time we
began to change all that. The Eu.
ropean war presents the opportunity
because 1t also brings with IL respon-
sibility and n corresponding duty.
Our international financial ascen.
dency resulting from the war Is no
longer questioned. From assuming
that the world money market would
be transferred to the United States
during the war we r proceeding
to the conviction that the end Of the
war Is likely to find the world money
market permanently established here.
The extreme financial collapse toward
which Europe Is being precipitated
by the war and the course Of the
foreign exchanges * heavily in our
favor are evidence that It IL the United
State to which the world must IN all
probability turn in the years imme-
diately ahead to have international
trade financed.
Not all but a great bulk Of Latin
American foreign trade has been the
outcome Of a vast provision Of Flu
ropean capital to the Latin American
countries, and Europe has financed
their trade. The war has been cut
ting Off these nations from the Old
World finance on which they have been
dependent. As the war goes on and
for a long time afterward It will he
increasingly necessary for these coun-
tries TO look elsewhere for the invest
ment from outside and for the exter-
nal banking which will enable them
to exploit their internal resources
and maintain their trade volumes.
Where shall they come hut to the
United States? The answer IL given
In the conference which Is now being
held at ashington. and from the
very necessities Of the case the con
clusion IL inevita ble that the confer
ence will issue in understandings and
agreements which will not only give
all the Americas dollar exchange"
rs n vehicle Of expanded commerce
between the American countries, hut
It will lead 10 an investment invasion
Of Latin America by the same dollar
to carry on the beneficent operations
which the pound sterling. the reichs-
mark and the franc cannot now con.
tinue. There will be money in It for
us, hut there will he money in It for
MI other countries too. and nobody
will he what is commonly called a
loser.
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Private Advice to George McAneny.

To the Acting Mayor OF the city
OF New York THE SuN offers this un,
solicited advice: srepare yourself
against the politicnr excursion to be
led next July against this town By
the Hon. ELON Il. Brown, the ma.
Jority lender in the Senate of tht
State Of New York.
1t Is obvious that rhe principal oh.
sect OF Interest in this community tc
MI BROWN and his fellow sta tesmer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

The Germans In front OF the British
lines near Ypres are using poisonous
gases with such cce that until
June comes In with winds blowing
steadily from the west and south
west no persistent British offensive
seems to be possible.
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GermeriCanG,

To THE EDITOR OF TIVE SuN-Str: WHY
not accord our un-, dis or ex-hyphen-
ated Teutonic brethren. and In so doing
conCede them what liz German 10 the in
sting: 81 real citizenship IN. distinctive
titln "fcrmcrican"?
Now then. al! together,
What Is a Germcrican' First for
peace. First for law! First I'm tho
ranks OF our business men.
JOHN WORTHY.
NEW York. Nav "a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Comptroller OF the Treasury DowNEY
approved to-day nm Interior Department
plan for the physical valuation of
Yosemite National Park.--Netos despatch
nOm Washington.
TO prove that tho Park has not
been overcapitalized?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

The dreamy. easy life in Ha wall in
terested me a lot more than Europe's
troubles.D'UncIe" Jon CANNON.
Mr.. CANNON has got to a time of life
when he can be philosophical about
other peoples troubles and his Town
too
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Tho enlistment OF "Bombardier"
WELLS in a Welsh regiment IL credi-
table to the =. r.. which has not al
ways been distinguished for sending
its darlings to the firing line. The
"Bombardier" had better take n pair
of gloves with him. for he will nave
TO contribute to the entertainment of
Tommy Atkins as well as TO the con-
fusion Of the enemy.
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Arbitration In Business.

President Nanfe-lip OF the National
city Bank, President Fahey of the
chamber Of Commerce Of the United
states and Richard c, Aldo OF the Ar
gcn'!ne delegation were appointed to-day
a special committee to formulate tho
plan for establishing n commercial arbi-
tration code to settle BUSINESS disputes
between the two countries, This plan has
been Endorsed in principle by the execu-
tive committee OF the Chamher OF Com
merce.
The ~Uruguayan conference COMMITTEES
perfected a plan for floating the indebt-
eincss VI that republic through a bond
issue in the United States.
II was said that A. Barton Hepburn
of New York has PROPOSED 10 the Para
GuAyan conference that the United
states and the east coast countries Of
South America guarantee an issue of
bonds for the development Of IA steam
ship service. lie assured the delegates
that such "A hon issue could he financed
in hi United States at II low rate Of
interest.
The Argentine committee VIII recon-
meU1 that United States manufacturers
establish adequate show rooms or Job
bling houses In Argentina.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Tho Republican representative In
the Michigan Legislature who intro
duced q resolution Of sympathy with
the plaintiff In che Syracuse libel
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

London orice. Emngham House. 1 Arun
del street. Strand.
Paris ONCE. 8 Rue de- Ia Michodiere on
Rue du Quatre septenbre.
Washington office. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. log Livingston street
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nus be a novice in politics. The
Colonel as a candidate for President
carried Michigan in 1912 by a plural
ity Of $3.50. Mr.. TAFT running second.
with Mr.. WILSON close up.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

Morally New York Ia headed for a
big catastrophe.-A viotIdnt censor.
II always has been.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-27

All checks. money orders. 40. to be
made payable to TuE Sun.
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Published daily. including sunday. by the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association at
10 Nassau street, In the Borough OF Man
haitian. New York President and Treas
urer, william C.. Reick, 100 Nassau street.
ice-President. Edward = Mitchell. 10
Nassau street. Secretary. C f. Luxton. 10
Nassau street.
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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-16
LARGE GATHERING OF FRIENDS
At Funeral of Giuseppe Gervasi, Held
Yesterday Afternoon.

The funeral of Giuseppe Gervasi, whose
death at his home on Oswald street Fri
day afternoon followed long illness
was held at the house Sunday afternoon
at o'clock. There was large gather
ing of friends and relatives. The bear
ers were: Bonifacio Cuciz, 0ttavio Di-
Marco, Serafino Moruzzi, Eugenio Cozi,
G. Leonardo Tomat and Rugo Vale. In
terment was made in Hope cemetery.
Among those who came to attend the
funeral were: Mr.. and Mrs. G. Colombo
of Northfeld. Floral contributions in
cluded the following: Wreath, family;
floral heart, brothers; wreath, Mr.. Par
lenti; anchor, Harrison Granite Co.;
heart, Del Amici; dahlias, Nipoti Ger
vasi; sweet peas, G. Cardi, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bianchi, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Comolli;
asters, Mr.. Calcagni; pansies, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Campbell; several bouquets
without names.
Mr.. Gervasi was born in Italy around
80 years ago and came to Barre in 1900.
His marriage to Teresa Colombo took
place in Concord, n. H., in the same
year. The deceased was a granite cutter
in the employ of the Harrison Granite
Co., and was well Unknown and popular
workman. Besides his wife, he leaves
daughter, Mary; two sons, Antonio and
and a brother, F. Gervasi, living
in Barre. His father, three sisters and
brother reside in Italy.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-08-16

TO RENT-Upstairs tenement all modern
convenience. For particulars inquir, At
Brock street isute"
ANYONE INTERESTED In buying good
organ cheap. write or call a. David Bolles',
Hill street. Barre VI i3ntss
work a good homo. Apply NJ 4 I1uruis
street. Nontpclcr VI. tel tbo-W. is0if
INDIAN MOTORCYCLE FOR SALE Twin
cylinasr. fully equipped and In good running
order; FOR sale cheap N takrn ~ once. ~
esuld take horze IN cNchsnvr Tor same. Cal
af Sc farwen street o. Del haa-M i1etss