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Teaching Belgium kultur.

viscount BRYCE. chairman Of the
committee which was appointed by
the British Government to investigate
"alleged outrages. the maltreatment
OF civilians and breaches of law and
established usages of war by Ger.
man troops, is hard headed Scotch
man who practised at the bar for fif-
teen years and was law professor
at Oxford for twenty-three. He has
long been accustomed to weigh his
torical evidence; his distinction as an
observer and n historian we all know.
The other members of the committee,
whose report was issued yesterday,
are Sir FREDERICK POLLOCK, eminent
as law writer and now Judge of
the Admiralty Court of the Cirque
Ports; Sir EDWARD CLARKE. long the
most acute, successful and famous
English solicitor. known here by his
part in some notable cases, at one
time Solicitor General: Sir ALFRED
IIOPKINsoN, q. c., Il barrister law
professor, now the principal of Owens
College: HERBERT \. l.. FISHER, his
torlan and economist: HAROLD Cox.
mathematician aud economist, editor
of the EdiHbHrgh RCricr; kENELM
f.. DIGBY. bnrrlster, County Court
Judge, permanent Under Secretary of
State.
Highly trained, all in dry and
solid studies. inaccessible 10 sentmen-
tal.smS, bound by their education,
pursuits, experience and habits OF
mind 10 seek ana know facts. They
began their work with doubts
whether "A positive result would be
obtained" Presumably last winter
they shared in the general incredulity
n German atrocities" The concur
rent testimony Of many witnesses
more than that the involuntary and
:rrafraga bic testimony given by the
diaries of dead German soldiers, has
changed the committees minds. All
allowance made for unconscious bias
FOR prejudiced or imaginative wit
neseeN, the results are positive; and
they are given to world that has
Just had another opportunity to est
mate the German standard OF hu
manity in war.
A German diary paints a German
fate in IAege the night Of August 20
houses fred with benzine and man!
jewellers in them burned alive; twenty
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4 Place for German Propagandlsts.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. Tho
time has come for the United states to
4 spcusc with the services or Won Bern
storn, Deruburg, Muonstcrhcrg and the
two kunos. Of whom some, I regret to
say, are connected with Harvard Uni
vcrsity-the "Rovcroud" nr. Hall Of the
linton Theological Seminary, --agel,
colleague ~ Mr. Wickcrshlm's In the
Taft Cabinet, and the rest OF the Ger
man gang we have been harborng in
this country. 4 use can be made OF
them, however. They should ne rounded
up somewhere. and every ship for Eu-
rope CARRYING Americas citizens should
have on 1t one Of these gentlemen and
they should not he allowed to put on lie
preservcrs. The discussion Of whether
international law" authorized or ev-
cused the sinking Of the luSitania il
on the same plane as discussing Inter
national law" questiOnsNyith the Sultan
OF Zanzibar, LAWRENCE GopKIN.
NEW YORK, May 10.
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Relclans too uncultivated to appre-

Relglans too uncutlvated to appre-
cinte this Teutonic joviality shot while
seeking to run away. At Andenne
400 persons are said to have been
slaughtered; we catch a glimpse or
the German military genius for pleas
antry and Zeitvertrelb; n hairdresser
with n child on each knee IL slain in
his kitchen: a paralytic in his gar
den the unma sacred many are made
to rid the houses of the sacrifices to
Ku.tur and bury them in trenches.
neat piece Of efficiency; some are
used again and again on pontoon
bridge as screens (women and chill
drcn were so used elsewherc) against
the fire of the Belgian forts We see
the conUuerors. flushed with wine and
lust. revealing by night in the Place:
we hear the Belgian women compelled
TO cheer for the Kaiser Of Kultur-
land and to sing that noble hymn
Of Cons favorite folk, Deutschland
iiber Allies"
At Dinant unarmcd civilians were
shot en- masse. At Namur. Charleroi.
Malines--but we can't make the pious
journey OF congratulation to the chiv-
alrous victors all along the trlumphal
way of murder. Only signal exploits
can detain us. Haecht is a glorious
field. "A child of three with its stom-
ach cut open by bayonet": the child
of two or three nailed by its feet to
farmhouse door. a girl shot in the
forehead: these are worthy monu'
ments of the new German art OF
Schrecklichkeit. without stopping at
splendid ruined Louvain, desolated
with all miseries. let us dwell on a
few entries from soldiers diaries:
"A transport Of 800 Belgians came
through Duisburg in the morning. o.
these. eighty, including the oberburec-
master. were shot according to martha
law"
About 22o inhabitants ana the village
were burned. All villages
chateaux and houses are burned dowr
during the night. II Is a beautiful sigh
to see the fires all round us in the dis
lance"
I'VE had no fight. but We caush
about twenty men and shot them"
We took about 1000 prisoners; a
least 500 were shot The village wa
burned because inhabitants had ais
shot. Two civilians were shot at once.
Pillage, fire. massacre. rape: tn
heroes of WALLENsTEIN and TILL
survive; the Thirty Years war itsel
scarcely yielded so rich harvest
GoYA's Disasters Of War" on a IA
ampler scale and illustrating stronge
type of the military macabre.
An ex parte report, to be sure bu
the Germans have just furnished o
the water a more than sufficient pr'
sumption of their gentleness on lane
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what the I. w. VS. Hope.

I'VE hope 70 see the day when no
child will labor. when all men Will labor
either with their brains or their muS'les
and when every old man and every old
woman will have assurance OF dying IN
peace. I have an idea that we can have
a better society than we've got, and
have another idea that we can't get
worse one"
In this ideal society. according 10 NJ
Haywood. men will work for the a1Hro-
hatlon OF their fellows instead ~ '-
gold. hut he conceded 10 Comw'gs rcr
We'nstock that private property wogI
not he entirely abolished
nm willing there should DO some r"'-
waite property" he said. 81 dom want
your watch or your toothhrUSH
Police Commissioner Arthu Woods
told the commission earlier IN the las
that since he assumed Office IN. ".f"'"
Of New York city authorities Nv r.
stree. meetings and strike n'ckc'rr beg
been changed and that the police '"'
undertook to protect strikers ~ q"
rights of free speech. free aS,''r'' go
and picketing. The result has been p"
said, that there are f'wer disturb noes
and fewer complaints against ~" r'..e
from both sides Of labor controversies
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The Anti.German Riots In England.

Two Of the best tests Of civilisa ton
and culture" are. Hrst. the manner
Of warfare which great nation en-
poys in the stress Of conflict; and,
secondly. its treatment Of helpless
non combatant subjects or citizens Of
the enemy nation.
The world is at this moment vain
ing Germany by the first test Of cul-
ture. The anti-German mobs In Eng
land are inviting the application OF
the other to British civilization.
For the credit Of our common ira
dltions OF fair play and humane pro-
cedure even under extreme provoca-
ton 1t Is hoped in the United States
that the mob violence now directed
against innocent and inoffending
Germans in the English towns. the
destruction Of German property by
rioters Unnamed by the Lusitania out
rage, may be sternly repressed and
effectually checked. Otherwise the
stain on British honor will be dark
and lasting.
There Is a difference in degree but
not in kind between the murder Of
the helpless and innocent non-com-
batants on the passenger ship Lusi.
tania and these reprisals on the pec.
sons and homes and shops Of equally
innocent and helpless Germans on
| British soil.
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temperature applied TO the skin is
established by psychologists as i'm
proving the heart action. deepening the
inspiration. stimulating the appetite
and enhancing muscular power.
Since these are the main elements
OF full health, 1t Is but reasonable to
assert that economic efficiency will he
promoted by the new floating baths
to an extent that will amply repay
the city, in increase earnings, I'm
proved health and acquired ability
to swim, for the necessary outlay.
Borough President MARKS said yes
terday I'm his address of welcome that
while he always urges economy In his
administration. 1t would he mean to
withhold this great boon Of refresh
ment in pure flowing Croton water
from the toilcrs Of the city. 1t Is
hoped that Mr. MARKs's enthusa an
for this novel bath may he justified
by winning the appropriation he has
asked for the new floating baths. 1t
were penny wise and pound foolish
parslmony to withhold 1t.
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WELLESLEY. Mass. May II.


To THE EDITOR oF THs SuS--Sir; Your
excellent remarks about the "pacihst prin-
cipal" In THE suN Of May recall that
just year ago ex-comptrolIer Coler
showed the same educator as a contribu-
tor to socialist funds. and as having urged
the pupils OF his upper grades to read,
ponder, digest and presumably act on the
doctrines contained In Bebers woman
Under Socialism" The educator not
only did not deny tho charges. he boosted
OF his dOings.
Nothing whatever having been done Il
him. he concludes. naturally, that his H.
cense IL unbounded and that he can have
street song In his school wherein he
belittles the soldiers necessary trade. al
though the laws OF the State Of New York
explicitly provide for military service
what monumental gan the educators
display now and them
RoBERT p. GaBEN.
Nsw YoRK. May II.
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Blossom Time In japan.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. These
are troublous times, and one can the
more appreciate radiation OF peace
from the recent letter OF a Japanese
lady. She writes in her artless English {:
The spring has come, All the worlds
paradise In the season OF the pear and
the cherry blossoms. As YOU know, IN
Europe the terrible war has not ceased,
but in Japan there IL perfect peace when
this letter reaches YOU | suppose the pear
and the cherry blossoms are all gone, but
the wstaria and iris will bloom, and every
season, every aspect In the shifting pano-
rama Of nature has real beauty
In autumn We are expecting to have our
Emperor's coronation. 1t will be great
Joyous day for us.
EDITH A. SAWYER.
WELLESLEY. Mass. May IL.
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Soldiers overcome by the asphyxiat-

Soldiers overcome by the asphyxiat-
ing gases which the Germans use In
their operations in France suffer the
agonies Of acute bronchitis. according
to a report made by Or. j. s. HALDANE,
an authority upon colliery explosions.
who visited the front to investigate.
The victims examined by him were
lying struggling for breath and blue
in the face" Some Of them died from
"rdema OF the lungs" According to
a deposition made by Captain BERT
RAM OF the Eighth Canadian Battalion.
he saw no less than twenty-four men
lying dead from the effects OF the gas
ION a small stretch Of road" He HIM
self was afterward overcome. but
survived with prompt treatment.
Hereafter the gas cloud generated by
the Germans will claim few victims, for
several hundred thousand respirators
have been sent to the British firing
line TO be worn over the mouth and
nose.
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Our Country's Condition.

Reflective attention In the last few
days must have been struck by the
incessant repetition OF the question:
IF the United States has to take
something else than a neutral stand
in this world crisis. what can II do:"
OF all the inquiries now current on
the lips Of men there is none so per
sstcntly reiterated.
If there Is any doubt about the
matter there could he no better time
to find 1t out and no better time than
now to begin the necessary processes
OF change.
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HAYWOOD SEES END
OF ALL Big CITIES
Large Centres Of Population
Useless Under I. w. w. Mil.
lennium. He Says.
"NEw ORDER UNDER WAY,

WASHINGTON. May i2.--Willam n.
Haywood. tho leading spirit OF the mos.
radical Of Industrial Workers Of ne
World, was witness to-day before the
United States Commission on IndusttIa,
Relations During his testimony Haywood
discussed the objects OF the Org niza'ion
which he represents and act forth some
OF the Ideals which 1t hopes to realize
He referred to the gathering together
Of large numbers OF people In the rrca,
cities and predicted that New York ana
other populous centres would he event.
ualiy eliminated or left merely as monu.
Mr.. Haywood was not advocating the
wanton destruction Of cities. bu, was
explaining that in the I. w. w, millsn.
mum there will no longer be any use or
excuse for tho existence Of these great
centres.
I. W. w.-ism Ia DEFINED ny Haywood
as SOCIALISM with its working clothes
on" Himself he chara cterized a. q
parasite, because ne no longer IL pro-
Queer, and to illustrate his attitude
toward the courts no declared:
"rve been plastered UP with in1unc-
tons till I didn't need q suit Of clothes,
and rye treaAed 'em ali with con.
tempt"
Tho new order Of things, he said.
would be brought about by revolution
rather than by the slow process Of svo-
luton. Asked when II would come. he
said he could rot tell.
"A year ago" he said, no one could
have foretold that the world was 10 os
plunged into war our revolution may
come Just as quickly as war There is
a class struggle going on IN society 20.
day--a struggle between the workers or
the one side and capit;S on the other.
The worker has only hts power 10
labor. Capital controls and has the IN
fuence OF all branches OF the Govern
ment. the police. the militia. the regular
army. the legislative bodies and the
courts. There are workers who have
come 10 the conclusion that there !. only
one way to win this battle. Personally
do not think II can be won by pol!tl-
cal action.
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To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Si: VIII
not some one he good enough to go and
tell Mr., Paderewski that there is already
a very admirable fund to aid the suf-
fering Poles, that 1t is we'll organized
and capably administered, and that a
great many Americans. including the
writer have contributed to 1t? IT seems
too bad that there should he two Polish
funds with two budgets OF administra-
ton expenses, Mr., Paderewski appar-
entity thinks there Is only one, which he
has Just started, PAM.
New YORK, May l2.
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"The Pledge"

To THE EDITOR or The SUN-Sir:
am in hearty sympathy with and wish
TO congratulate you upon your suCges-
ton regarding a pledge to tho Govern
ment. Any conscientious man will do
much more sober thinking and talking
after reading your editorial article.
You may not only count on my pledge,
hut I will agree to get at least i've
others as soon as YOU have the pledges
of Roosevelt. Wickersham. Gardner and
a few more OF those ardent battlers In
words. PORTER w SCOTT.
BgooKLYN, May II.
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A Referendum In He'll.

CrRCLEvIIL.K. May IL (by aidote!e-
phone). The special referendum held
in all the Circles OF Hell to-day was
carried almost unanimously. The main
opposition came from the Sons OF
Schrecklichkeit, hut proved negligible
The referendum declared it to he the
sense OF tho whole Internal commu-
nifty that the statement attributed TO
General sherman is a gross libel upon
n peaceful and humane common
wealth
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What New York Wants.

The official expression Of the de-
mands made by this city on the Con
stltutional Convention is contained in
Corporation Counsel Folks moder.
ate and enlightening statement given
to the public this morning. Condensed
into the smallest space they are:
Equal representation.
Equal taxation.
Home rule.
Protection to its investments.
In urging the Constitution makers
10 compose document which shall
insure these reforms, this city pro-
poses no injustice or inequality for
any other community In the State.
1t pleads for no special favors or
privileges. 1t seeks to escape no just
and proper burden.
1t asks that II vote in any OF its
five counties shall carry exactly the
same influence and no more than n
vote in any Of the other fifty seven
counties of the State.
1t asks that Il dollars worth Of
property in any of its five counties
shall pay as much, and no more
than. in taxes as dollars worth Of
property in any Of the other fifty
seven counties Of the State.
Ii asks that to every city In the
State be granted the largest measure
of control over purely local and do
nestle affairs that is compatible with
the maintenance of strong and eff
cent State government.
1t asks that its title 10 property
owned by II he made secure. and that
taxes paid by it beyond its borders
be as high MS, and no higher than, the
taxes paid by other owners Of SINH
larry situated property.
The city is neither grasping nor
selfish. 1t wants only what 1t is will
Ing to accord gladly to every other
political corporation within the State
| absolute fair play.
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Something the Amateurs Did Not
Know.

Undoubtedly a large number Of en-
inently respectable and otherwise Idle
folks who have enthusia stically intro
dueed themselves into the affairs Of
the garment trade in this town will
be surprised to learn that Dopie
BENNIE. wholesale dealer in assaults
and murders, was their not disin-
terested colaborer in their work Of
social uplift. They never suspected
that his unparalleled organization Of
gunner, blackjack wielders and bat
terry experts was under retainer to
correct the deficiencies of their gen
tier methods. and to provide that CO.
ercive power their less forcible prac-
tees lacked.
Mr.. BENSIE. whose translation to
Mr.. OsBoRNEs academy on the Hud-
son has been temporarily stayed for
the enlightenment of Mr.. PERKINS,
appears 10 be n man OF no strong
was favored by the patronage Of
unionists in the adjustment Of their
disputes with employers and with one
another. 1t Is not to be assumed that
his selection to assist in the solution
of practical problems Of industry and
organization politics was conditioned
on anything except Il recognition OF
| his professional skill and efficiency.
That the resources of his subordl-
mates would have been at the disposal
OF the manufacturers. had they de-
sired to employ them. his remnis-
cences of highly interesting career
abundantly testify.
He is the professional Many Of his
coworkers were amateurs. lie knew
what was going on. They did not.
He was not astonished to find them
contributing to the success of the
cause to which his talents were de-
voted. They did not know of his ac-
tivitles. 1t is plain That Mr. BENNIr
had the better of the situation.
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CALDER TALKS AT SING SIM.
Congressman shows
Noytc. Of punnmn ,nun' Woe

OssiNlNG. y '. ''rN D.. 7''
hundred inmates of SIuc Sin D'.-'
entertained Tonight uy ''.f''-' ~.
William VI Calder Of hruot '"'
illustrated lecture showing -" N''
of the Panama Canal
lie illustrated with larorr s".", ''
moving pictures his talk, NN.' VIE
in two performances Un"r' '0"
of the Mutual M"liar" l'.''
prison chapel turlrN l"' 'I--
former Congressman Villa"
Augustus Price, the former H''
number of other inmates 'or'
nent In Rrooklyn took I'm the '..
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A Spectacle.


FFo" INV P"'''"''' '""
with the smoke curling from its ears,
eyes, nose and mouth, the New York
Hsraid declaims what a pity Theo-
dore Roosevelt is not President OF the
United states to-day"
What a pity the Hcrald's absentee
proprietor does not spend some of his
time ON this side of the water, learning
something OF American public opinion,
What pity a great newspaper can
make such an ass of itself,
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In tho past the ordinance prohibit
ing the picking of flowers and shrubs
in the parks has been practically nom
enforceable because, excepting In cases
in which the offender was actually
caught in the act. il has been easy To
explain that the branches and blooms
had been gathered outside and brought
within the jurisdiction of the depart
ment. The destruction OF foliage and
blossoms has become so serious that
new ordinance has been enacted, which
prohibits any person from having in
his possession wild flowers in a public
park without written permit from
the Commissioner. The enforcement
Of this regulation since the citywide
cooperative movement TO protect the
parks began has resulted in the impo-
stion Of fines on half dozen persons,
who contended that they were only
carrying souvenirs gathered outside.
II should he understood that the new
ordnance in now effective, that IL will
be enforced. and that persons carry
ing through the parks wild flowers
picked in the country are Liable to
arrest unless they have a permit.
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THE SONS OF ScHRECK-
LICHKEIT.

sc,rocLiichkoi, waa hold in tIellboro
Intarno % ",oL. annronr,a,a ac,ionv
-. a.. - -,..,,. ,.t-...,.
81 ~. o"' So, 'o", "' va
'"o oe'"ah navy HN.eiiio VA W.
naho' presineht OF the clup' III Gazing
the meeting 10 order sald In part;
As q humble iaborer In my day In the
Romagna for the cause OF "frightfulness"
I want to bring my testimony to the mag
nifcent exploit the news of which has just
reached us by psychotelephone. In our
time. st least in my time. our studies and
efforts In behalf OF the science Ut was
then scarcely more than an arD now pc
culiarly German were necessarily limited
or sporadic. My own choice Of subject
for experiment was narrow; our towns
were small. To wall up q prisoner or
two, to hang a. few noblemen or bour
seois, in the presence Of their wives and
children, to bury . poor devil Of a peasant
alive, We thought that was doing good
work; and I got q reputation out OF 1t
which was rather costly to my family
There were what Wse men resaraeu as
90 ,"'. 49," A., ,ae, 40 ,s.o',nh
80, ~ n,,,,'., 80, - :, go
hr.,hr.n "a mi. va,.r demonstration, So
neat. 40 swift. 40 easy. and so productive.
smUherins all prejudices OF birth. honor
/ Tedeschi My hand at manning. blind
ing. torturing. numbering. was but a
'prentice's hand after ALL My. l may say
our exploits In what | have called sci
encs but which should rather be ealieu
the science OF government as / ana al
s '''', .".n ,.,.,' 49,. ,st.S,nass
sp'enaor, an'e'uo""', INV o 1870 "a
h. .,on ,,ax,nr en-. p,snop., skull long
enourh7, to tn. full MONDAY Of German
accomplishment The scale Is greater.
The Germans are wholesalers, " a base
merchant phrase may be pardoned In this
presence. where we were regraters. Cen
tlemen, from the beginning Of this war
the Germans have shown genius In
,rirntf,ln..s such as has never before II.
iumined this planet of weaklings. They
are men, men after our own hearts. Ev-
viva Won Tirpitz. Evviva Guslisme
Loud and prolonged spplause.l
r.u.r,.r. ala TIM, n. would No,
49,. ..,,,,n ,,,,os.
,aNo up .no I'M w. VIZ 80, ~
una"''nI'' VA ..,.,...,,,, ="
hity years w $40
warfare ali over ASIA hc Hau never
| been able to approach tho German
| Standard and remember, gentlemen
| that these Incompatible conquerors
are as eHectlVe IN the ar ana the
water as on the land' WI" Ho' IN
/ dulge IN overpralse' pu, II ~ mere
justice to them 10 say tnat tney A'
more than worthy 10 oe la'a's Vi my
army
On motion OF ivan tne lerr'oie' SCI
onded by PEDRO the cruel the io'iow,
| ing resolutions "erc ihl'ouu0eu' ""N
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that the cruiser Goeben has again
been badly damaged by Russian shells.
II the Goeben continues to suffer in
the future a. she has been reported TO
in the past. her proprietors will soon
be in the plight OF the man whose
knife, having been successfully
equipped with new blades. new
springs and a new handle. led him TO
inquire whether he possessed the old
knife or n new one.