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The sun., 1915-10-03
A Triu mph OF Business Sense.

Apparently the Anglo French loan
might just as well have been negoti-
ated for a billion dollars as for half
that amount. In the very few days
since the agreement for the loan was
completed the demand which has de-
veloped all over the country for par
ticipation in it has far exceeded the
sangunc expectations Of the most
hopeful who realized what Il tremen-
dous opportunity the loan gave the
country to advance its legitimate
business interests.
In the assurance Of a gratifying
success in placing loan all the argu
menis Of the obstructionists are an.
swered. Their futility was always
apparent. hut now II is demonstrated
cmphatically how public opinion will
decide an issue between the country's
commercial welfare and propaganda
conducted here for allen advantage.
Quite aside from the assistance Of
the loan In maintaining the undimin-
ished influence Of the foreign trade
factor in our recovery this year. the
exhibition both of resources and Of
practical business sense which has
been given in this great transaction
in credit viii have a wide reaction
The sun., 1915-10-03
LET US HAVE ENGLISH!
4 Discourse by the President Of the
Editorial Improvement Society.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir:
cannot tell you how pleased was when
read that editorial article entitled
Let Us Have English"
have always felt assured that THE
SUN would eventually come to the reali-
xation that slang Is never In good taste.
For this reason I shall not permit the
vigilance committee OF the Editorial Inn
provement Society to send in their com
plant against the use Of that dreadful
word busted" Gin sense OF meaning
financially embarrassed or in impecun-
ious circumstances) which they found a
few days ago in the editorial article Oh
the Beard OF the Prophet.
feel, however, II 10 my duty to ex-
press firm disapproval OF the sentiments
found In that article. The great amount
OF space devoted to persifage in news
papers and magazines these days is
really painful for any serious minded
person to contemplate.
The frivolous manner with which YOU
commented on the red boards (Which
consider in themselves are almost n
physical afiiiction) of Mark Twain and
several other well known persons, and
referred to them as beacon lights,
autumn foliage. SC, Is nothing short OF
ghastly irreverence.
Years ago boards were regarded with
venerat!On, but good many people oi
to-day scarcely know the meaning of
that word.
or course IL does not follow that all
persons wearing boards are worthy o.
our respect
This criticism has been delayed some
what owing to the fact that my time
has been pretty much occupied looking
over the editorial departments Of sew
erh other newspapers and magazines
Since | expect to devote my personal
attention 10 the Atlantic Monthly and
the North American RerieU for n while
to see II anything can he accomplished
toward improving that vague and RAM
bling editorial style which seems to he
common to both THE SUNS editorial
articles will be left in the care OF an
other member OF the society for the
present. MARY RETrop
Linden. y. J.. October ..
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A Good Days work for the Naval
Academy.

While the penalties inflicted upon
midsh irnnn at Annapolis involved In
the examination papers scandal were
Inadequate in several cases and there
was reason to believe that the poll.
ticians had successfully interviewed as
usual. both the President and Secre-
tary DANIELS in dealing with hazlns
at the Naval Academy have displayed
q robust sense Of justice and an un.
yielding front to the politicians that
will greatly help to restore the disci.
pline Of the corps. Six midshipmen
are to 60. four will be suspended for
year. and fifteen others will be
dropped class. In this case the pun.
ishment fits the offence.
As for the political friends Of the
culprits, they stormed the White HOUSE
in vain. Mr.. WILSON'S reception OF
them should discourage efforts in Con.
gress to relnstate any Of the mldship
men dismissed. The fact that one Of
the youngsters turned back to lower
class IL a son Of Admiral BENSON
Chief Of the Bureau of Operations
proves the thoroughness and fairness
Of the Investigation. The politicians
should take notice. Not in long time
has such salutary action been taken
by the authorities in behalf Of the
good name and usefulness Of the Nava
Academy.
In connection with the sentences
now passed and executed Secretary
DANIELS has said the fitting and con
elusive thing: "If at the Academy q
man cannot obey the orders OF the
Superintendent and an act Of Con
gress, he demonstrates that he lacks
the first essential quality required OF
a naval officer"
The sun., 1915-10-03
Kitc chencr's Conseription Cam paign.

II England resorts to conscriptiOn
10 filI the shattered ranks at the front
and maintain reserve Of troops, the
credit Of bringing the last available
man to the colors will belong to Lord
KITCHENER. Mr.. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE
u supplying the munitions: Lord
KITCHENER by his appeals to the peo-
ple is trying to assure the success Of
the voluntary system OF enlistment,
and II he fails he will at last convert
the dissenters to obligatory service.
This may seem like an extreme state
ment. but the faith OF British work.
ingmen in the Secretary for War JUS
tifes II. If the workingmen of Eng
land accept the principle OF what
IL wrongly called conscription and
should be called compulsory service
the question will be settled and the
Government can so ahead with a
united people behind it,
At meeting OF the National Union
Of Railwaymcn on September 10 Mr..
J. II. THOMAS. NJ. r.. who has been
regarded as an obstructionist at West
minister, declared that no appeal that
Lord KITCHENER would make would
fail Of n response" Mr.. THOMAS, who
Is one Of the labor leaders in Paria-
mont went on to say:
"pp not misunderstood or misinter-
pref the strong feeling that the working
CLASSES have against conscription In any
shapc or FORM Give us fair oppor-
tulGtv ~ proving that voluntarism has
not failed. Tell the men and women
al that sou expect of them and they
vii no; ',.l you"
Til, sounded like n determined and
unaltrrlbIc attitude against conS'rip.
tIon, bur ten days later Lord KITCH.
TNrR appears lcforo II meeting of Ia.
hor leaders and proposes military
ballot system or casting of lots in dis.
tricts that have NOT furnished their
quota nf men Voluntarily, which
would lie the entering wedge Of con.
scriptlon. Over and over again he has
expressed u preference for voluntary
enlistment, but II ii falls short of the
country's needs then he IL for the gen
eral adoption Of the other system
Probably no other man in England
could have suggested n military ballot
10 workingInen without provoking Wig
orous oposition, but the labor leaders
whom he addressed knew that they
The sun., 1915-10-03

Wall Street is exaggerating as
usual. The augmented violence OF
speculation for the rise in stocks,
which has been so striking a feature
of the financial year. has undoubtedly
been encouraged BY the wartime forces
that are stimulating industrial and
trade expansion in this country. As
such the new and more pronounced
speculative manifestation may be op-
timisticauy regarded as a sign that
the spirit Of business enterprise Is
reNving. The current stock market
phenomena. betraying symptoms Of ut
least an incipient public frenzy. have.
however. another aspect.
Probably no cautionary advice can
chill the costa sizes OF these Wall Street
moments, but the unmistaknble exhi.
bition of an excessive gambling mania
calls for a repetition Of the word OF
warning which We uttered a few
months ago. The profits actually or
only conjecturally accruing in war
contracts are hardly likely to be par
ticipated in by the uninformed public
plungers in the stock market. Many
there may be who at one time or an.
other will reckon fortunes on paper,
but few there will be who will actu-
ally harvest them.
Speculation which breaks out into
Wild volumes Of mere betting on the
nuctuation Of quotations invariably
comes TO grief in the end. 1t Is ex-
hilarating while 1t lasts. but always
something occurs to induce the sub.
sequent sobriety of q penitent mood
No delusion has been NJ disastrous to
the unwary as the notion. which pro.
vides the bait Of all get rich quick
games that one can always cash In
and get out before the game IL raidctl
BY circumstance or the police.
Whatever inducement offers for q
fier in the long catalogue OF wal
munition stocks Is more valid argu
ment for investment or even specula
ton in more sea soned and less vola
tile securities. The profits Of war ex
pandel industry must contribute tC
the further broadening Of the general
business movement which Is under
way. Whatever else the gamble i,
the war stocks advertises, II is an
advertisement Of benefit to accrue to
substantial shares the merits Of which
are determined by their relation tc
permanent and not epheneral factors
Of prosperity.
The sun., 1915-10-03
JUDGE SwANN'S SUPPORT.
Numerous Repub bllcan and Progressive
Votes VIII swell His Majority.

To the EDiToR OF THE SUN--Sir: or
course we are thankful that the Repub-
leans have nominated respectable man
for District Attorney, but that Is no
reason why a Democrat should vote for
him when their own candidate. Judge
Swami, is the full equal In character
and intellectually and has In addition
thereto the long judicial experience and
poise 80 much needed and so often lack
ing in the Office of District Attorney.
Assured az he is of large Republican
and independent support. that Is the
best of reasons why every Democrat
should vote for him. for the larger his
majority the less will he owe to the
machine that would never have ac-
cepted him had 1t not been compelled to
recognize the public sentiment that de
mands in that particular Office at this
time moro than the ordinary. and the
assurance that the man nominated is
OF ideal qualifications. which the Demo-
cratic candidate admittedly possesses.
New YORK, October 2. II.
The sun., 1915-10-03
unwise and will lead 20 the pauperixa-
ton of the State may we'll stand with

unwfse and will lead 70 the pauperixa-
ton of the State may we'll stand with
out comment. The reiterated declara-
ton that the suffrage will be Of no
value TO women from an economic
standpoint is directly contrary to the
views Of Samuel Gompers. John
Mitchell and all labor leaders and to
the opinion OF organized labor ex-
pressed again and again in conven-
tions by delegates ofiicially represent
ing millions Of working men.
The article from beginning to end is
thoroughly illogical. He pronounces
all the concrete objections to woman
suffrage to be without weight Then
It's own interests must have a voice
In its government; that women are not
intelligent enough to vote; that "the
exercise of the ballot itself is a prep
aration for its future wiser exer-
cise"; that there is no basis to Justify
the claim that with the same train
ing and experience a man may know
enough to vote and woman may not"
but suffrage for women must be de-
layed until they are better prepared
for It." To the obvious question. How
long? Mr.. Taft answers: We may
we'll hope that II will be postponed as
long as feasible!"
1t rests with the voters at the APP
preaching elections to say whether
they will be misled by such sophistry:
whether they will cast their ballots
to support such reactionary and un-
just ideas; whether they will say by
their votes that the women OF their
family. their neighborhood, their
church are not intelligent enough to
have the franchise. Have they not
proved II In countless ways? Have
they not worked and sacrificed enough
to show that they want the suffrage ?
Will the men not spare them further
effort and give them what 90 many
thousands have fully earned for them
selves and for all women?
IDA Hustled HARPER,
The Empire State Campaign Com
mittee.
NEW York, October 2.
The sun., 1915-10-03

Our compliments to Mr. GuiDo
bruno, the garret sage and singer of
Greenwich Village: but he should not
print in his Bruno's Weekly such
things as this:
zone Of the small houses next to my
earret. in Thompson street. formerly
Amity street"
Does this amiable candidate for the
hierarchy OF the Washington Square
region suppose that II is Thompson
street which used to be Amity? He
ought to be better posted in the mat
ter Of longitudinal and latltudinal
thoroughfares. He must qualify in
the historical geography Of the neigh
borhood before his larger pretensions
can be tolerated.
The sun., 1915-10-03

when an Eric train ran on tho track,
When he slipped on the pavement and
hurt his side,
When check he sent 20 the bank came
back:
I'm going 20 write to the pap~r," he
when the tailor tore his sunday eu,t
when his servant got peevish and LEFT
him nat.
lie exclaimed out loud Ike a cave man
brute:
I'm write 20 TIE SUN you can bet on
that!'
oh. he wrote his stun in dreadful tone;
All tho readers feared to incur his wrath
He could make his victims loudly moan
Twas daring man who would cross
his path
! had read his stun and knew his name;
Then a friend of mine pointed him GU,
To me,
And my eyes bulged out in foolish shame,
lie was fat and putty and nve feet thr~s'
EDWARD Hors.
The sun., 1915-10-03
there IL nothing to prevent their trial
ip the civil courtA

10 the civil courts
It 10 because Judge CULLEN finds a
presumptive approval Of this doctrine
In the action Of the Constitutional Con.
vention that he asks the voters Of the
state to reject its work In Its entirety
His argument is that the vote Of the
convention on this question. II ap.
proved by the people in adopting the
Constitution. will he rega rded as a
New York precedent in favor Of the
doctrine Of the West Virginia decision
lie calls attention to the speeches OF
two delegates who opposed the amend.
ment on the floor Of the convention
and the language used by these gen
tlemen certainly indicates that their
opposition was based upon the idea
that military courts should be allowed
to exercise Jurisdiction over civilians
even in times Of profound peace and
when the ordinary courts were open
If 1t be true that a majority Of the
convention were actuated by any such
view In rejecting the amendment and
that Its rejection imports nm approval
Of the very sort Of military trials
which the amendment was designed
to prohibit, then We agree with Judge
CULLEN that the proposed Constitu
tion ought to be defeated.
We feel bound to say, however. that
we entertain some doubt as to whether
the delegates who voted against the
amendmenk-with the exception OF
the two gentlemen whom we have
mentioned-are fairly chargeable with
having thereby sanctioned the obnox.
ious West Virginia doctrine. 1t Is
conceivable. and. indeed. by no means
improbable. that many delegates may
have thought that there was 80 little
danger of any such doctrine ever
being adopted by the courts Of the
State Of New York that provision in
the bill Of rights on the subject was
wholly unnecessary. We do not agree
with this view. for we think the Wes,
Virginia decision is warning which
ought to be needed in other states
but IL the amendment was rejected il
fact only because II was deemed not
to be needed. the action Of the con
ventiOn lacks the Significance at
tributed to it by Judge CULLEN.
The questions which Judge GUILE,
has raised IN his extremely able and
interesting address are Of capital i'm
portance. His protest and the argu
ments by which he supports 1t canno
be ignored by those who are respon
sible for the action Of the Constitu
tional Convention In rejecting tn,
amendment prohibiting the trial O
civilians by military commission
when the civil courts are open. Tn,
delegates who voted against the pro
posed amendment owe II to the public
to explain their votes.
But we cannot see that any safe
guard against the danger Judg'
Cullen sees would be erected by tn,
rejection Of the Constitution now be
fore the reople.
The sun., 1915-10-03

Not every citizen who swears of his
tentative assessment for personal prop
erty is a tax dodger and a perjurer.
The method in making up the tenta-
tive valuations Is perfectly well known.
The assessors get the names Of per-
sons who may have taxable property,
guess at what may be a liberal esti-
mate OF their holdings, and then leave
II for their victims to correct the sums
by reduction or erasure. Let nobody
unjustly assessed, whether for a small
or large amount. hesitate to swear on
the improper impost. No system OF
municipal finance based on false as
sessments and supported by threats
Is sound or defensible; and no citizen
should submit To extortion. even when
II appears to have official sanction.
The sun., 1915-10-03

A statement issued last night by the
Admiralty shows that In the week ended
September 10 the total number OF arri-
vals and sailings OF oversee steamers
over 800 tons net OF all nationalit'es 10
and from United Kingdom ports was
l,4l5. Three merchant vessels with a
gross tonnage OF 1851 and one fishing
vessel Of forty-seven tons were sunk OF
oiptured.-London Times.
Submarine warfare" reduced 70
such ineffectiveness would certainly
not warrant a rupture with the United
States.
The sun., 1915-10-03

\ cloud possessed the hollow field.
The gathering battles smoky shield:
Athwart tho gloom the lightning
flashed.
And through the cloud some horsemen
dashed,
And from the heights the thunder pealed.
Then, at the brief command Of Lee.
Moved out that matchless infantry
With Pickett leading grandly down.
To rush against the roaring crown
OF those dread heights OF destiny.
Far heard above the angry guns
A cry across the tumult runs.
The voice that rang through Shiloh's
woods
And Chickamauga's solitudes:
The fierce South cheering on her sons!
All. how the whitening tempest blew
Against the front OF Pettigrew
khamsin wind that scorched and
snged
Like that Internal flame that frnged
The British squares at Waterloo
\ thousand fall where Kemper led
\ thousand died where Garnett bled
In binding flame and strangling smoke
The remnant through the batteries
broke
And crossed the works with Armis,ead.
"Once more in Glory's van with me"
Virginia cried to Tennessee
I'VE two together come what may.
Shall stand upon those works to-day"
The reddest day in history.
Virginia heard her Comrade say:
Close round this rent and r.ddlcd
rag"
What time she set her battle fag
Amid the guns OF Doubleday,
Bu; who shall break the guards ,hat
wait
BEFORE the awful face of Fate
The tattered standards OF the South
We're shrivelled at the cannons mouth
And all her hopes were desolate.
In vain the Tennessean set
His breast against the bayonet:
In vain Virginia charged and ragged,
y tigress In her wrath uncaged
Till all the hill was red and wet
Above the bayonets. mixed and crossed.
Men saw a gray, gigantic ghost
Recedng through the battle cloud.
And heard across the tempest loud
The death cry OF nation lost
The brave went down, Without disgrace
They leaped to ruins red embrace
They only heard fame's thunders wake
And saw the dazzling sunburst break
In smiles on Glory's bloody fae!
They fell who lifted up hand
And bade the sun in heaven TO stand
They smote and fell who set the bars
Against the progress of the stars.
And stayed the march of Motherland!
They stood who saw the future come
on through the fights dclrium
They smote and stood who held the
hope
| or nations on that slippery slope.
Amid the cheers of Chrstendom
Cod lives He forged the iron will
That clutched and held that TREMBLING
hill
God lives and rcigns. He built and
lent
! The heights ror freedoms hattlemcnt,
Where floats her Nag in triumph still
Love rules Her gentler purpose runs
mighty mother turns in tears
{ The pages Of her battle years,
/ Iamenting all her fallen sons
WILL HENRY THOMPSON.
The sun., 1915-10-03

The swearing Of the army in FIan-
ders is a tradition but in variety and
violence II is probably exceeded by
the language OF the British trawler
crews in the .f.gean. Their business
is TO carry supplies to the troops on
shore, and they work in all kinds of
weather sixteen hours out OF the
twenty -four ard often longer. The
rough and ready trawler sailors are
constantly exposed to shell FIRE. They
are no respecters OF persons says
Mr.. AsHMEAp- BARTLErr. and their
language toward their superlors when
ordered on some particular job they
do not fancy, or when told TO do a
particular thing in a way they do not
fancy, would insure an instant court
martial for any one in the regular
service" Apparently trawler profan-
ity would unnerve even Mr.. KIPLISr.
who is not easily disconnected by bad
language, east or west Of Suez.
The sun., 1915-10-03

n Mr.. HENRY FORD has ever seen
General SAM HrGHEs OF Canada and
noticed the set OF his jaw and the
CLEAN in his eye. he. the Detroit sub
marine inventor will realize that the
Minister OF Defence Is in grim earnest
when he wants to know by wire or
wireless whether Mr.. FORD. who has
had some profitable business dealings
with the Canadian Government. has
said that he would tie n can to the
[loanl commission and pack II back
TO Europe"
The sun., 1915-10-03

The enemy soldiers were very drunk
and totally irresponsible From the
Cologne Gazette,
How fortunate for the German
arms, Had the enemy troops been
only slightly drunk they would have
got to the imperial frontier: sober.
they might have advanced until they
could attack the Kaisers eastern
armies from the rear.
The sun., 1915-10-03

All the Mexico city labor unions held
n meeting tonight to discuss the action
OF La Fabrioi Universal. the principal
department store here, In refusing TO re-
instate discharged employees upon the
unions dernand.--Mc rico city dcsputch
A further hint OF Mex!co's remote
ness from modern civilization.
The sun., 1915-10-03

Tho Berlin Foreign once. IN the in
terest of humanity and civilization, de-
mands that colored troops be no longer
used in the European arena Of war
Cable.
There is room. It seems. for but one
brand of Kultur in Europe at q time.
The sun., 1915-10-03

or course II a teacher has taught
l, follows q preacher has praught.
And then at the game
We next must acclaim
The fan on a blcacher who blaught
The sun., 1915-10-03

Police Commissioner WOODS yesterday
sent request TO the captains of all
precincts to find four men who have had
experience in deep sea diving.-The rews
Of the day.
pect another Crime Wave?
The sun., 1915-10-03

SrErTENs told chief BIMsoS that his
prohibition OF free speech would re'
Paterson into trouble.-Pdt'rSon dtS-
patch.
Later Mr.. STEpFENs's fellow agitators
got into trouble by falling into the
hands OF the police, but he. in the
Paterson vernacular, beat it."
The sun., 1915-10-03

IN the betterment Of domestic en-
deavor. It will promote a sturdier
growth Of business confidence and 1t
will provide a stimulus for broad
investment movement which is al
ways the basis Of forward enterprise
and prosperous activity.
The sun., 1915-10-03
were dealing with an honest man who
understood the military situation bet

understood tho military situation bet
ter than they did. Instead Of protest.
ing. they promised to begin vigor-
Gus campaign among the workingmen
to determine the resources Of volun-
tary enlistment.
And then?
The answer seems TO be that II
KITcHENEa wnnts more men he will
get them. frst. through the military
ballot. and then. with tho last barrier
down. by. the conscrlptlon he plainly
wants but is too good a Judge Of hu-
man nature to advocate until he has
won over the country.
The sun., 1915-10-03
The Songs Of the Trenches.

From the London Spectator
The suhaltern's battalion contained
many Welshmcn. and We are treated
in his letters 20 a special disquisition on
the curious songs and sayings. The
songs plainly belong TO the family Of
chanteys:
These fellows are great singers and
have heard n lot OF weird war chants
already one runs TO the tune of The
Milky Cocoanut which YOU may know :
Coo-oo-oolncss under Hrs.
Coo.oo- oolness under nrs.
Mentioned IN dispatches for
Drinking the Company rum.
Coo-oOlness under frel
The sun., 1915-10-03
"HIGH TIDE AT GETTYS.
BURG"

The Ten Of Mr.. Thompson's Nobiy Pa
thetic Poem Of Reunion.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-Sn. The
recent discussion of High Tide at Gettys.
burg" has excited SO much interest that
| believe a large number OF your readers
would like to see the poem published In
your columns OF Poems Worth Reading
Or elsewhere J. r. SATTERriELD.
SELMA Ala. September 81.
The sun., 1915-10-03

Knicker-What Is pLncreatlts'
Bockcr-Inrammatio Of all creation