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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
The Bombardment Of Belgrade.

The meeting of the Grecian and
Serbian parlianrents and at the same
time the massing of an Austro-Ger-
mar army along the Serbian border
for a drive acros the Balkans bring
on a crisis in southeastern Europe
that indicates Il speedy decision by
the Balkan States that have so far
taken NO part in the war.
The bombardmcnt of Belgrade
seems timed to have its effect upon
the d~ellberation of these national as
scmblles and 10 prevent the reforma-
ton of the Balkan League, which was
10 he n of the principal matters OF
discussion. The meeting of the Gre,
clan Parliament yesterday has beer
taken ~ mean the restoration OF VENT
zrLos to the Premiership. Since The
last election he has given no intima.
tion of his position upon the two mos
Important questions, Intervention In
the war and the cession OF territory
for the benefit Of Bulgaria.
Premier PAsHITCH will to-day la,
before the Serbian Assembly at Nisf
IN" negotiations with the Bulgarian,
regarding the REIMBURSEMENT Of q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
One Survivor Left.

Just one American merchant steamer
Is loose on the Pacific Ocean with the
American flag flying, the sole survivor
Of the not very large but still cred
liable enough transpaciac feet Of
American ships sailing under the nag
of their country which the President
doomed to destruction when he signed
that letter Of marque against the
American merchant marine known as
the La Toilette act.
One survivor Is left, the Minnesota,
owned by the Great Northern Steam
ship Company Of Seattle, but she will
lot survive long. The Admin stratio
submarine has her bearings and we
may as well be prepared to hear any
day that the Stars and Stripes have
been hauled down to her deck.
Our capitalists are not familiar
with shipping enterprises" explains
the bronzed mariner of the Treasury
Department from the superior ped
estal OF his own vast and varied nau-
teal experience to such kindergarten
novices as, say, JAMES j. HILL and
ROBERT DOLLAR. They will not en-,
gage in shipping ventures on any large
scale. no matter what inducements
are offered
Queer, but a fact. Not even such
an indUcement as a Government
created certainty Of hand over fist
bankruptcy to every financial hacker
of every American merchant marine
craft under the American flag on the
high seas can lure them to a life on
the oceans a They will have
naught to do with the wide and wan
dering sea. BY actual preference
they seem to be logging 1t for a mer-
camille mariners snug harbor. quite
unswcpt by cea breezes and as near
10 the in~terOceanic entire of the con-
tinent as possible.
1T Is because they can make more
money in other lines Of business" ex-
plains Mr.. McADoo. Quite likely the
sagacious salt Is right. Other lines
of business not all leading to inevi-
table Government guaranteed ruin, 1t
Is not Improbable that capital. pro
verbally timid, may prefer some of
them to sea ventures.
Meantime the Pacific Ocean Is now
all swept clear for the socialistlc ex-
cursiHn In Government owned nauti.
cal enterprise of which the Trea sury
Department seems to be Admiralty
Headquarters.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
Heed the Cali Of the wild and Learn
to Love Nature.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir.
These are times when the city MAI
should take a few days of, go out into
the country and get to know nature
Even Sundays away Will help IL this Is
all that may be had
Nan becomes 50 obsessed with city
life hat he actually believes the best
things in existence are only to be found
in town. lie is not attuncd to the
hills and mountains and nature, but
they are indeed worth cultivating,
After a s~ojourn in real country,
away from pavements, trolleys, crowds
and noise, among the birds, trees and
flowers, there will rome a bigger and
broader view of life. II has in II the
essence OF quiet and contentment, You
come to realize that the city with It's
man made intrlcacios Is but a trlnIne
incident, very ephemeral indeed, as
compared with the grandeur and vast
ness OF the country,
You are not getting the best out oi
life II YOU do not keep In close touch
with nature, whicnSoro1e found twenty
miles, In almost any direction, from
New York. ]. A. u.
JERSEY CITY, N. j., August 16.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
The Annapolis Scandal.

Rear Admiral w. r. FuLLAM. su.
p~erlntendent of the Naval Academy,
properly recommended that seven
midshipmen be dismissed for having
In their possession Monograph copies
of examination sheets The court re.
duces the number 10 two, and imposes
various lesser punishments upon the
other midshipmen; also, az 1t will ap-
pear to civilian observers, lets all the
midshipmen involved in the scandal
down easy, while II finds extenuation
for the system of dope" that had
been perverted to favorltism and lar
ceny Of papers.
The evidence showed that nearly
900 cadets had received advance In
formation, in some form or other,
about the questions that would be
asked them in tho examinations and
profted by the knowledge at the ex
pense of those not In the secret. This
was outrageOusly unfair as well as a
blot on the escutcheon Of the Naval
Academy.
The door to what may he called
examination graft" had been pushed
open wider and wider until most of
the cadets seemed to be involved IN
a conspiracy to beat" the examiners,
and all we're IN tho same boat, 30
that to them there seemed to be moth
ing helnous in the business 1t Is rec.
commended by the court Of inquiry that
the door be now shut fast in the faces
Of the youngsters That part at least
Of the report can be approved, but the
feeling will remain that the court
has failed TO deal vigorously with
the principals in the scandal and has
made custom do duty to palliate the
abuses that were the subject Of this
exceedingly unpleasant inquiry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
The End OF Walsh's Federal Ind US.
trial Commission, So Called.

Early in the sessions of the Fed
eral Industrial Commission, of which
Mr.. FRANK T. WALSH is chairman,
tendencies manifest little calcu-
lated to encourage hope of ultimate
results Of any substantial value.
Aside from the astonishing exhi-
billions of his own grotesque unfit,
ness for ven participation, let alone
leadership, in what should have
been an open minded, unbiased in
qulry which Mr.. WALSH 80 lavishly
supplied, lines Of cleavage We're SION
noticeable In the ranks of the COM
mitteemen themselves pointing plainly
enough to a division into groups, each
%cancelllng the other down to a final
zero as the sum total OF public profit
from "A by no means inexpensive in,
vcstment.
That, 1t would appear, Is just about
what Is likely TO be the outcome.
After an executive session in Chicago
which is reported as having stopped
but little short of an explosion of
actual physical violence, the commit.
tee has split into three seemingly If,
reconcilable parties with n triple
headed report as the probable result
"A report by Mr., BASIL NJ. MANLY
a report by Professor JOHN Il. Con-,
MONS, and finally one representing
1.-THE employing faction" and drawn
by Mr.. HARRIs WEINsTocK, formerly
the proprietor Of a department stor,
In California.
The Manly report Is Endorsed h,
the %Judicious WALSH and Is to IN
largely devoted Ia the Rockefeller
family and no doubt characterized b,
that well weighed restraint of express
sion and absence Of prehidgmcrr
which distinguished Mr., WALsH's al
titude at 10 many Of the public heal
ings OF the commission.
The sixty-seyen pages OF the Com
mons report, tacltly recognizing tha
even a Rockefeller has some vagu,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17

rights a. an American citizen, win
expcnd most of its ample volume IN
Recommendations"
Tho nature Of the employing fac,
tfon's" report is not az yet foreshad.
owed, but as it will probably be signed
by a raiiroad president and others of
actual business experience on a large
scale II Is under the anticipatory sus-
piclon of being rankly tainted with
common sense.
1t is rather a pity when President
WILSON in the then p~hflosophic epoch
Of his career was making the sea rch,
ing exposition Of Government com.
mission defects which has lately been
exhibited by THE SUN that he did
not have at hand so striking an illus.
tration for his thesis as the Federal
Industrial Commission now Seems
likely to offer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
U ~VERNAcULAR.
The Standard Of . Language Is Formed
By the People who Speak II.

To rvr rn,ro, mr. r.rv suy-sir. Won,
corre.nondent 40 q p" ~ pitt.burp
usr,,ins about tba Amor,can ,ang,age
,area The view that AmarIcan. have M
,ans,ays ~ tbs,r own ana ara in ,he
~,,naisr,e.S ro.,,,or of .nasr,nS a hor-
rowaS tonsun Inasno,,ch as the Arari.
can noonIs n !. . n,hois naysr mas anv.
thing hut an Engiish communi,v hoib
In hiood .na .naaoh 4, 4. hara ,o co.
de-, - a. h aa.,s Ia.
u hassd Tha Amoricar. In q natura
and nronsr NAV have Jnhoritsd Ensiish
traai,ion. t,I,, aa,s,onaa 20 az. it,.
NJ Nilton and nrac,icai ,v 20 mr. John.
son. what more from tbs mas, havs
the british yeceived, No,hinS of course
Tben WHY tsIk shou, Amer,can. .neak.
inx a horrc-.a Ians,ag. s,,n,e,t,n. =
fors,gn ~cu,,,,rs and in GENERAL demon.
strstin. n cr,as counterre,t ~ me In.
comnarah,s Isiss
the s,a nd. "a ~ ,.rr,ar. 4. IN. n.o.
nj. ,rho .n..x I, 70 ~. H,aroan Ia.
g,,.r. 4. .uh.,ana.ra 49, 30 80. ,hs
Amsricar nson,s Witch 10 n.ua,iv ,bat
IN. d,.n. assr. a, Amarc.n snasoh ars
s,n,ns =, 7, IN. Hm.r,can noon,a ars
srsa,. ,h.ir ,srs,,e "a !. ,nsn $40 ,,re
"a ,,r5sn,IS $500 Soasn,t
hav. N taiL nv r,i.. I, ins, ta,s. ana
the mia. ne, N live tsnsi,.h i,s.,S i.
the hest nrooS ~ This Tor Er,ii.h is
rally no, |. I.n.,... ~ al 7, a. a
vsst c~osmoro,,,an ,oo..,v
hunr unor ths n ana d,.io,r,sd
atr,,ct,sr. % Al M sa,on 1yis lnoo
hevever 4. ,ha ..Eng,t.h Ian~,a.." air.
nIv ana on,v h.c.us. 4, hannar. 20 hs
ths idiom ~ ne grss, ~ si,sh natIon.
~ IN. ..m. ns,,nn. .hanoad 90 ,.IL
Choc,sv Ind,.n ~. 1870 -,o,,a ,.c..-
sarily he a feature OF a universi,y edu.
- ~ Va . slNJ tNAe~
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
Arc the Censors Becoming Pcrfunc-
tOry7

To rHE EDITOR OF The suN-str: Has
the censoring of motion pictures be-
come perfunctory?
I ave Just seen a picture showing q
man and wife travelling on horseback
in the Western mountains. The road
bed crumbles under the womsn's horse
and she 10 precipitated down the o
tain side. She lands in bad shape. but
stlll living and capable Of motion. Her
husband soon reaches her side, looks
her over. and without making any ef-
fort to save her other than kissing her.
blows her brains out.
The assassin is the hero OF the play.
Later on he Ia rewarded for his hand
some treatment OF his first wife by the
acquisition of a second, more beautiful
than the FIRST. and with riches.
am wholly opposed to censorship,
believing the public amply able to do
Its W censoring. This view is justi-
fed by the number OF people that left
the theatre directly after the scene
mentioned was shown, duly noted by
the manager. However, In the few cases
where censors might be OF service they
seem to fail us. Why7
STANLEY WHITING.
NEW YORK, August l6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
THE EDITORIAL IMPROVE
MENT ASSOCIATION.
Another Editorial Improver Ex.
DreSHea HIA NleMs.

To EplroR OF THE SuN-Sir:
Press of sord!dly, material duties has
delayed the punching of my typewriter
TO assert what you, al we'll as all think
ing people, will admit. that you've got
to hand 1t to the worthy Sec
rotary of the Editorial Improvement So
clety, OF which | am one Of the gang.
Her contribution in THE SUN sets
forth some OF our Ideas which I am
who has at heart the preservation of
English, pure II indebted, but for the
benefit of those not Yet familiar with
our aims. take II from me there is to
be no effort made to cut out entirely
the use of certain ldlomatic forms OF
expression which rave been passed on
by our Committee of Possibly Permis-
sible Usages, forms which II Is thought
by our main squeeze will in time be-
come O.. X. In the language, although
Of lowly and obscure ~parentage. There's
lots OF perfectly good words which had
dreadful slanEy origins, but. taken up
by real 'genteel" takers and writer's.
nave been built into our language, Just
like that. See? And besides. there
are times when one hasn't the time
to stop and choose words he, or she,
just uses the first Mt hand.
The Split lnhnitive Committee will
pass upon the times when II is per-
missible for a guy to use old forms of
expression under the stress of sudden
emotion or excitement, such as l have
heard related In the story that
There was a young lady Of Oshkosh,
Went TO Sioux City to play squash.
She slipped on a stick.
Sat down pretty quick,
And all she could say was, "oh. Gosh -
Y~sPAppApEN PENKAwR.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. August II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17

part Of Macedonia. The Allies round
the serbians less willing than they
had expected to make this concession
to secure the aid Of Bulgaria, but the
present crisis may result in their
yielding. The Importance Of the ac-
tlon Of these two assemblies becomes
apparent when It IL considered chat
granting Bulgarian demands would
reestabllsh the Balkan League and
throw its power to the Allies
But apart from the action Of the
two pa rliaments now IN session there
must he considered the effect of the
Teutondc EFFORT to force a passage Of
the BalkanA The Austrians In their
former campaign in Serbia compelled
the evacuation of Belgrade only after
four months of siege aud then held
the town for only a week. They ad-
vanced into the heart Of the country,
but were forced TO retire before the
Serhians with considerable loss in
dead, wounded and prisoners.
How much better equipped they are
to-day for the conquest Of the country
Is not known, as little information Is
given Of the dne Of the force that
they have assembled. With the con-
troll Of the Serbian railroad through
the vardar Valley and the Orient line
to Pirot they would have an advan.
tage Of nearness b. Oonstantinople.
Rut from both roads they would be
forced to Cross Bulgarian territory to
reach their goal. Bulgaria has said
that abe will not grant this permits
sion; the Teutons have announced
that they will construe refusal as 'an
unfriendly act"
Rumania has already BEEN con,
froDted with the same problem and
has apparently consistently prevented
the transportation across her country
Of supplies to the Turks Both Of
these nations thus see a peril IN the
present German attitude and IN the
EFFORT 10 force a way over the BAL
kans. The time has come for an early
decision; the attack upon Belgrade is
likely TO accomplish what months of
negotiation has failed to do.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
WOMAN'S DUTY 70 SOCIETY,
A k~entuckian's Opinion Of the Saf-
frage Question In the East.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Nc
woman, says Mrs. Kate Norris, ''can
care for so many children and do her
duty to society"
Laying aside the feminine ingenuity in
p~ersuading themselves that their duty
In whatever they wan to do. and con-
sidering her only in her relation to So
ciety, what is a married woman's nrst
duty to society IL II is not to bear and
care for children? Why do women
marry? That some man may support
them while they enjoy themselves?
IT the breadwinner devoted himself
to the kind of social duties he liked and
neglected his work OF providing for his
home and family in the same proper
ton, how long would there be a home
from whose shelter these fine women
could sally forth when they were seized
with an impulse to regulate other peo-
pies affairs?
Then comes Mrs. James Lees Laid
law: mo child ought - be born into
the world until Its econon ic future is as
far as possible assured"
How many children could be born
under such a silly scheme? No man
with a position he may lose. with a
business that may fail, or no man whose
life may be lost by illness or accident
should marry unless he has already
laid aside enough to rear a child.
Considering only a woman's happiness,
which Is the more enviaDle. tho oma
who Is taken into a we'll equipped. finan-
tally endowed home or the coura-
geous young woman who shares her
husbands early trials. whose encourage
ment. counsel and thrift are contributing
causes of his success, who Is as much
a home builder az he is, and in whose
home are the loyalty and affection and
rom fArfinD enn,na ninnSbin IN NJ - fo,,,l
where the ties OF necessity and Joint en-
deavor bind the family close together?
Most OF the worlds ach .evements have
been wrought by those whose economic
futures were not assured before they
were born.
Had the women Of Virginia demanded
that before coming West. Daniel Boone
would I'VE lived in vain. Nancy Hanks
married "a harsh, ignorant Kentuckian
who could not care for his children
after they were born. much less prepare
for their economic futures. Yet a nation
that thanks God for Abraham Lincoln
reveres her memory
Admirable women like Mrs. Laidla "
should no make foolish speeches. The
men In the West gave women the vote
because their mothers and wives and
sisters wanted II. The men knew them
and their good sense and capabilities
But in the East the most frequent de-
mand for the vote il made in "A man
ner that convinces most men that those
demanding the vote need restraint and
not suffrage, that sensible women do not
want to vote. II is possible that these
spectacular ~viragoes make sensible
women afraid To say they want the vote
lest they be classed with their undig,
nified sisters. j. b. c.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, August 10,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
Tho Vended Hessians.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Still
they come, those letters from readers
about the "~iiesslans," this tim one from
An American" In your ISSUE of August
~, How any one can see treachery 10
us. on the part Of Germany, in the
fact that those poor devils were sold by
their petty rulers like cattle TO Eng
land to fight the latter's battles, is alb
solutely beyond me. It's hard "a
eliminate some forms of prejudice and
ignorance. but how do they arise? Has
superficial teaching in our schools some.
thing To do with It? n is II quite
right to print such letters without edi.
torial correction? +. CHAMaLAIs
New YORK, August Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
Hard Times and Hard Coal.

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. The
Interstate Commerce Commission has in
Its wisdom. made a sweeping reduction
In tho freight rate on hard coal. This
action Is taken in order that the con-
sumner may buy his hard coal for less
money. Now, when the members of
this committee md that the price a
ton TO the consumer is not reduced Will
they make n investigation AS "a
where the money is going that has been,
by their action, taken from the rail-
roads CURIOUS.
LAKEWOOD, ", j., August IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
.DANIELS'S REPORT IS
READY FOR WILSON
Four Battleships Will Prob
ably BE Recommends 10
Congress.

w.sutNcroN Aug I6-Ths r,1.r. :
-. :. ~. r, ~
me Secretary VI '"o "'' A..
he needs or the navy, ca ''"
President Wilson just h'io''
parture for Cornish some W"
viii he forwarded 70 the Nh''"
the latter part Of the week p
Daniels will inform IN" froS'i... .
lively just what additions 30 '' ..
should he authorized by 'o'l.f.~ '
winter In order that a hr-in'. o.
mado for such naval p'eNt'''l'' -
viii enable the United S''I 4.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
Belgian Prisoner Asks for Razor and
Illustrated Papers.

should be very much Obliged to receive
from any quarter "a razor. My ad-
dress II Belgian soldier of the artillery,
Battery &, Hall s, Harderwijk Deten-
ton Camp. I cannot obtain anything
from my wife and children. who remain
In Belgium, as II II impossible for me
to communicate with them.
have not a pair OF boots. number 7.
II YOU have old Illustrated papers or
magazines please send TO me. I learn
English n also Is II possible for 20
learn this language.
with thanks for your many courte-
sizes Your most humble servant.
GEORGE MADoN.
HARDERwIJk. NetherAnds. July 81.
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His Candidate Is In Berlin.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
don't know whether any Presidential
candidates have already been decided
upon. But what's the matter with AM
bassador Gerard? He would. ] believe.
make as hne and efficient a President
as this country has ever had.
ALFRED MULLER.
New YORK, August 16.
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II Sir GDoRon BUCHANAN, tho Brit
ish Ambassador At Petrograd, 10 cor
rectly reported when he is made TO
say that Great Britain and France
entered upon the Dardanelles expedi-
ton at Russia's request as a dem
onstration to draw of Turkish forces
In the Caucasus. it would be dificuit to
match the fatuousness Of the BUSH
ness In military annals. The British
alone have lost more than 4 10000 off,
Gers and men. besides several battle
ships.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
Already at Work,

A one OF the results Of ira Pan.
American financial conference the See.
retary OF the Treasury has already set
IN motion certain agencies in South and
central America through which II 4.
hoped to obtain a large amour, % n.
uminating information relating 10 ~,
problem OF ocean transportation he.
tween those countries and tha Ir'ei
States.
ii has asked each country ror DE-.
tailed Information regarding present "a.
cilities and rates and the needs oy ma
situation 10 build up trade between 20
United States n South America. TNs
data will be furnished TO IN" conris.
sion as soon as received.
Ocean facilities are of primary IN.
p~ortance TO the business men ana pro
ducers of the United States end q win
be the aim Of tho commission - d.
Nelop all rhe facts and conditions OF
the situation for the information OF ne
President. OF Congress and CT the coun-
try.
The commission Is clothed With au-
thority to conduct this investigation
unde section 81 OF tho act 70 rcEula'.
commerce, which requires i among
other things to make a report Of such
Information INC data as may Ne ron-
sidered OF value In tho deterniGaton
OF questions connected with the reEl-
lation Of commerce. IN addition the
PAM ma Canal act has very greatly 90.
larg-d the powers and duties % ~
commission with respect 20 water l's
carriers"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-17
The Adornment Of Fifth Avenue.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: When
Is the Bureau OF Encumbrances going
to remove the stone pile in tho plaza
at FNfty-ninth street and the park?
II gains accessions and becomes more
unsightly daily. Something should be
done. CIYIs Nov: EBoR
NEW YORK, August IS.