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Captain JoHN BLACK OF the Tran
sylvania was right: the submarines did
no get him. Perhaps It was because
he shaped his curse round the north
of Ireland to get into Glasgow. Per-
haps he would have been in no dam
ger while running along the south
coast and through the Irish Sea. The
civilized world has been 81 Mortified
by the destruction OF the Lusitania
with more than a thousand OF her
non-combatant passengers that Ger
many may have decided to heed the
universal protest.
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thought about the navy's faults Of

thought about the navy's faults of
organization and It's lack Of plans Of
battle approach and torpedo attack. 1t
Is Of record and does not make pleas
ant reading. Those able and respon-
sible officers did no. libel the navy.
The truth Is that much remains to be
done to make It strong enough to
meet on equal terms the navy Of the
strongest possible adversary" to quote
Admiral DEWEY. Telling the truth
about the navy when It Is not up to
standard is neither libel nor treason ;
It IL a public service.
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Born In Ireland.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Apro-
pos OF 4. Il Lewls's letter In which he
objects to Nlscount Bryce being called
~ hard headed Scotchman" because ne
was born In Belfast, Ireland, may | In
quire whether the fact OF being horn
In a stable makes one a horse? Were
all the lrishmen in IIolyoke born in
Ireland? l.. 4. ANDERSON.
~PIrTsFlEtD, Mass, May IS.
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1,472 DEATHS HERE LAST WEI
Decrease Of o. for Same Herl""
Last Year. Report shows.

There were l.47a deaths 'H ''"
last week, making q rate 90
thousand of population /. '.
week OF 1914 there We're l-'.
Scarlet fever, typhoid 'r.r'
heart diseases, pulmonary '1
and chronic Brlght's disease a' shove
n decreased mortality.
Viewed from tho point OF nc" r..
there was a considrrNh'"
the deaths OF children urlor
age groups showed a U,'r.N'.
The death rat ~" 'lc "-.'
weeks Of 1918 was - CT, q IN.
10 OF a point from li"' year
for tho same period.
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MORE FINANCIERS ARRIVE.
PastOres brings Nine 90 tho ''"-
Rrcs at Wn~shiuGtuur

The United Fruit steamship
which arrived Yesterday ir1u g..
Havana, brought the follow .'r "
10 tne Far-Amcrirau reuc.F' ''.'
gress at WASHINGTON. q,
Icopoldo cordrv1, NJ
Finance 81 Honduras. l'r.
Pedro Coslo, SccrotrrN of - '. .
quay; Pablo n~cHNcyu|no g., .
state OF cuba; Porur.p .
Cuba. Mariana Guard 4. "
Finance of Costa RiC1, j. VI ' j,
Costa Plea, Gabriel Terra, S..r' 10
Finance OF Uruguay, and Juan
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The feet that President WILSON
will review as 1t passes out to sea to-
day includes some Of the most power
full dreadnoughts aioat in the New
York. Texas. wyoming, Utah, Florida.
Delaware and North Dakota, and the
efficiency Of the rank and file leaves
nothing to be desired. The Officers
are competent, full Of zeal, and de-
voted to the service; the target prac-
tice has proved that NO gun crews In
any other navy can make better
scores, II as good; the fighting spirit
Is American. and what that means
the history Of the United States
navy proclaims.
We are all proud Of the Atlantic
fleet, but no good purpose is served
by acclaimins 1t as the best Of all
possible fleets on the day Of review.
This IL no time for complacency and
holiday compliments. The officers Of
the feet do not deceive themselves.
They know its deficiencies as we'll as
its excellence in certain units. The
people should not be deceived, for
the people through their representa-
tives In Congress make the navy
what It 10. What did Admiral
FLETCHER himself say at the dinner
in honor Of the officers Of the At
lantic feet in this city? He cannot
be put in the pessimist class by Sec
rotary DANIELS. "A feet" said the
Admiral. must have large scouting
cruisers, because without them the
battleships cannot find the enemy and
bring him to action, nor can they
evade a superior force. A feet also
needs destroyers and submarines in
order that 1t may be well balanced,
so that the different types of vessels
can be effectively utilized"
The navy has o no large scouting
cruisers, that is to say. battle cruis-
ers. and no squadron Of swift cruis-
ers of any kind. 1t should have three
destroyers for each battleship-the
proportion 10 much less. Whatever
Secretary DANIELS may say about the
number Of submarines In commission,
building and ordered, the fact is that
the available fotilla Is not up to the
German and British standard by a
considerable margin. Some day II
may be. So will the navy be much
more powerful when the Nevada, Ok
lahoma, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Cali
fornia, Mississippi and Idaho with
their great displacement and II inch
guns fly the nag. In the building of
such ~leviathans the American navy
has kept well abreast Of the times,
but in submarine development 1t has
fallen behind Of late.
Admiral FLETCHER can be quoted
again In regard to the deficiency In
officers and men from which the At.
lantic feet suffers. He has reported
to Congress that 'in the twenty-one
battleships In commission and now
composing the Atlantic feet there is
a shortage Of 5,219 men and $3.50 off,
cers required to fll all stations neces-
sary TO fight efficiently the ships In
battle" The complement will be
brought to full strength In time, but
a man-of-war's man Is not turned out
In a day.
Two Of the highest authorities In
the navy, Rear Admiral BRADLEY A.
FIsKE and Rear Admiral AUSTIN NJ.
KNIGHT. president OF the Naval War
College, have told the House Com
,,tttn> M Nouol APat,. wk.x 49,
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" orr ttends ,cho favor us ,cifh mdas.
scrtsts sad illustrations for publication pish
70 Asce rejected articles returned they mSsf
IN su csses ss~d sfamps for that pSyssss.
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The Faithful Wick.

Mary had q little lamp
with wick rs white as snow.
And when her husband stayed out late
The lamp was sure to 80.
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London once. Bingham House, 1 Arun-
del street. Strand.
Paris once. 9 Rue de la Michodiere. on
Rue du Quatre septembre.
Washington once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. 10s Livingston street.
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Vice-President Edward p. Mitchell. ITO
Nassau street. Secretary. C. e. Luxton. 10
Nassau street.
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IF THE WOMEN STRIKE.
win the Unemployed Men Seize the
Opportunity to work?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: What
an opportunity is offered to the men "
Mrs. Whitehouse's suggestion that the
women go on strike and remain at home
for t~wenty-four hours Is carried into
effect. without crowding, jostling Or
pushing, the ousted, downtrodden, out OF
a Job man can work with his own once
more and equilibrium will be restored.
For more than n generation women
have been %crowding men out of positions
by working cheaper than a man with a
family could afford to. Having sue
cessfully driven men out BY this means
until they have grown to consider the
industrial field largely their own, women
are now striking for equal rights and
equal pay. The number OF males who
are without employment In New York
city alone is one OF u most serious
problems. II the pay Is to be raised
and the privileges the same. when OPP
portunity invitingly opens the door men
would be "scabs.' wouldn't they. II they
slipped into their own domain again?
How simply the establishment OF
the old ideal could he brought abou, :
The world may well thank Mrs. White
house for her inspired suggestion.
PALMYRA, August ~. +. f.. q.
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Awaiting Representation.

In the last and unanswered note
from Washington to Berlin there o
CURED an expression which, literally
interpreted, might stand in the way of
the acceptance Of even a square dis
avowal by Germany Of the act Of the
commander OF the submarine which
sank the Arabic:
Friendship itself prompts II 1.-THE
American Government to say TO the
Imperial Government that repetition BY
tie com mdnders Of German ara res
sells OF acts In contravent.on OF those
rights must be regarded By the Govern
ment Of the United States. when they
AFFECT American citizens, az deliberately
unfrlendly."
II will he obvious that this was not
entirely felicitous phrasing. OF course,
our State Department Is not consider,
ing the friendliness or unfriendliness
III acts OF individual German naval
commanders; only the friendliness or
unfriendliness of their acts as repre-
senting the deliberate intention Of the
German Government.
1t is a question Of the deliberate
intention Of the Imperial Government
at Berlin. not OF the immediate act OF
a commnnder-an act. perhaps, sus
ceptible Of explanation or subject to
disavowal.
1t Is just and reasonable that this
distinction should be kept In mind
pending the receipt Of the informmtio,
which rhe German Amba ssador hn.
asked our Government to await.
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What of the British Electives :

\ statement from an authoritative
British source" of Gernlany's losses
in the war'and her electives in the
field has been published in London.
In Berlin the figures would be de.
rided, and it may he asked, Can the
British source" he authoritative? II
is estimated that NJ to June 80. 1919.
the German casualties amounted to
l,G79.444. of whom 3u6. l23 were killed
ana l5,SOS died IF disease. while 30.
I3 are either missing or prisoners.
or - seriously wounded that they
will never he able 10 return To- the
cOlOrS.
The fact that these totals are not
In round numbers but precisely reck
oued out IL suspicious, They were
probably made NJ from the bulletins
published In Berlin from time Ia time,
and Implications may have occurred.
The sum Of the German losses for
ia" lir,t year If the war Is given ~
9,oHH'tHhi, IN attempt IL made 10 cnl.
culate how many wounded men have
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to $~7,63s,536. An American citizen
doing business In Santo Domingo
wrote of the transformation 1--WE
have had peace during the whole
time not a whisper of revolution.
Bonds for s20,OOO,OOO have been
placed on the market at % lin Europe
they are at par), and the internal
obligations have been settled to the
satisfaction Of all" AS II was in
Santo Domingo. 80 ID will be in the
western part of the island when
American supervision Is est blished
for a term of ten years: peace, pros
perity and s~olvency.
Acceptance by the new Haytian
Government Of the proposals made for
the redemption OF the country may
be deferred; In remote parts of the
country 1t may be necessary to do
sonie police duty. for which purpose
Admiral CAPrRToN's force Of marines
has been increa sed but the United
states has put it's hand TO the plough
and there will he no turning back. II
is now simply a question OF the terms
Of the convention and its ratification
by the Senate at Washington.
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The subway Construction Tangle.

With the single exception VI peace
with honor for our beloved republic,
there is probably no II thing 80
heartily desired by 81 many citizens
Of New York MS the speedy completion
Of the subway contracts.
For this reason everybody will he
interested in the efforts of Chairman
MCCALL OF the Public Service Com.
mission to prevent further unneres.
sary delay in the building II the dual
system. His proposed compromise In
the controversy between the commits
sion and the Board Of Estimate re-
garding the tied up contract for tho
Times Square section merits attention
for its ingenuity and simplicity, and,
II practical from the legal point of
view. Is manifestly conceived in the
public interest.
1t will he a rainbow day fer Father
KNICKERBoCKER when his town ceases
| To be n labyrinth Of trenches and lie.
comes once more a metropolis in nor,
mai operation. And few men have
done more 10 hasten that day than
Judge MCCALL.
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toward the border. Napoleon dictated
terms after the campaigns Of Austerlitz.
Marenso and wagram, and the world
bowed to the allies after Waterloo. Yet
In the latter case the victors had fought
for years.
The first step when a nation is un-
prepared is the appropriation OF money
for the national needs. Has Congress
appropriated or been called upon to APP
propriste one dollar in the emergency?
Yes. to the extent OF the ordinary repairs
and requirements required by our peace
strength policy. i~naugurated when we
knew so little Of the necessities Of n
tlons in arms. To-day we know them.
The handwriting is on the wall. Shall
We awake, or shall we continue to slum-
Der to our undoing? AN AMERICAN.
NEW YORK, August rs.
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An Appeal for the Peace of Ken.
lucky.

To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Sb. II
seems almost impossible hat Kentucky
is the land of 81 much righteousness as
your editorial article "A spirited can.
vass" describes, FOR | recall IL but a few
weeks ago on a sunday afternoon as A
land OF calm and plenty. with cprutrlds
waving their tassclled glory at the dying
nods OF the sleepy sun. with birds sing
ing in the glory ~ the evening as / sped
across the ohio River to Fort Thomas
VIII re up In the hills under friendly
trees one was made to feel that Colonel
Henry Watterson had transpltuted some
enchanted spot OF gastronomic delight
from the old World
There was no evidence there of as.
sault and battery except upon the deli
cious food and liquid refreshment.
The people OF Kentucky ought To take
pity on Cincinnati and the strangers
within her gates and save At leas, this
delightful spot from the a OF pro-
hloltlon, JAMES n. DEwELL, j..
Los ANGELES, Cal, August 20
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Prusslan Military Manners.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-StT. MI.
William A.. HOFFMAN has probably had
sufficient evidence by this time Of ladies
and others having been pushed OF the
sidewalk by German army officers, a
Ions well known common incident or
German, especially Prussian, street life.
lie may want to turr ais attention u
some cognate questions-
Is there In German army codes such
a misdemeano as conduct unDecnm-
ing an officer and a gentleman
never heard Of IL during my three years
residence in Germany while II is a we'll
known article OF army codes in English
speaking countries.
Do they know the mean!ng OF iho
word gentleman in the German army?
Is there a word in the German lanSuig"
that expresses that meaninc, and what
Is it
Incidentally your readers will re @ct-
ting an idea Of what 'militarisW'
means especially when the kind of
people described in ese military anec-
dotes are imagined as superior TO the
courts and other civil authorities as
they are. in effect, IN Germany, even IN
10 the War Office overriding all other
branches OF the Government. when II
comes to declaring and the manner o;
prosecuting war. the true explanation
OF the rape ~ Belgium.
We thus see how great consequences
flow from. or are the Accomplishments
Of, unrebuked lesser misdcmeanors.
AMMI INIT.
New YORK, August IS.
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MAYOR OF CHICAGO
ATTACKS REDFIELD
Says Secretary's Investigation
Of Eastland Disaster Was
Farcical.
HERE AFTER \ VACATION

1.-THE investigation into the Tas'Ia-l
disaster was farcLl. Se@creta-, Red.
fields treatment OF the situation o,s
most unfortunate. While ..4-g,re,
were preaching N over TWENTY.
nine collins Mr.. Redheld vas ash ~ 'n.
most asinine questions Of w.tuesse. To
questions were ridiculous. and I bel, ev.
II was Mr.. Redfeid's purpose 20 White.
wash the whole affair
That Is what william Hale THowrso,
Mayor OF Chicago, had 10 say 10 ..
porter OF THE SvS last night AZ n.
Hotel Biltmore. The Mayor. looking ~.
picture Of health after a vacation A.
Castle Rest. the surmer home % Fr,-.
q. Lowden in the Thousand Islands. V,s
most bitter in his denunCiator ~ NJ
Redfeld's Investigation Of n. Eas,ltrd
disaster.
For instance said the Mayo-. there
was an inspector on the stand and VI
Redheld wanted TO know aAeth.r me
Inspector wore his stree, clothes or /,
tuxedo or II ne were responsible ,o- Ne
stepson. | haven't the remotas' idea ~
to the intentions OF Secretary Redae't.
but the people NJ Chicago believe ne was
not sincere"
Mayor Thompson discussed the a.' o-
OF the Chicago school Board i, phic-
the rules committee passed rules the
effect OF which would he 10 abolish the
organization Of the teachers The con.
mittce holds that meuper~n,r IN labor
unions or organizations OF ~teaa1egs an !.
ated with n trade union or q federation
or association % trade unions a. well AZ,
teachers organizations which have
officers. business agents or other rer~-.
sentatives who are not members ~ the
teaching force Is !nlmical 20 proper d..
cipline and prejudic!al to the efficiency
Of the teaching force on It's sIbje,'
the Mayor said
Although ! took o. part ln the acton
OF the Board OF Education In p3ssirg %
rules prohibiting teachers from benz
members OF a federation want 90 say
that I most thoroughly approve - 70
the people OF Chicago who e.eo,ed me
I am convinced. is that the public s,-pos
nave not been managed pr p"r,y. When
DDk office there were 'Se'ty.pTe
members OF this board. and the board .
intact at this time, Notwithstanding ''at
the terms OF seven expired on july ! !
have made no a re IN the Bo-ri %
Education as far as it, p%ersoune. Is g i-
cerned. because | am awaiting ne e
suit OF the Investigation being yar. ed
on by the Senate
The Mayor then took w the qge>'.or
OF city employees being organized Sc.
eral years ago he said. "a efor, Vai
made to organize the pyiire force 20
Chicago along the lines OF the Nsv
York police organization. This VA
stopped.
City employees should be prohihi'e,
from Organizing TO .p"rat' agt!Hs: ~
municipal government. ! am opposed 4
1t, for such a mOyemca: can bring n
good"
Mayor Thompson will leave fo~ Cri
4 Gag, to-day. He dllel last, night " =
President Gilmore OF tho Fedora, Base
ball league.
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The VallandIgham Campaign Song

To THE EDITOR oF THE SUS-Sir: In
1868 Lincoln knew what to do with VAL
landigham OF Ohio. ! wonder II your
correspondent Robin Hood" Of James
town recalls the old and dolorous chant
OF the wartime campaign, whereof the
closing half line. indicated by "Twillv-
willy-woo." was either whist'ed o.
shrllled by the ffes. AS thus
but q N.t,e while ago
The Cppperheads Nere found
With the.r great Nal,andighammer
A~-hamme-!ng around.
And they tried to scare us
wish a du,"ful ypund:
YIN An Twily.w ily-Noo"
SalI thoy. 90 people lea.
Poor old ru,!e sam i iHaI
l., as put hin IN his conn
And hammer down the ui
50 10 work they went
A. these words they said.
TIM An Tw!iy-wltIy WOO"
Hut TN the third verse the whistle
became a snake call down" and the
copperheads scooted for grass.
! agree with Robin Hood There
are Coppeyheads now with US, a-ham-
merirg around and trying to scare us
with their doleful moan. But soon, very
soou now YOU shall hear the true
American whistle, when 10 a flicker o.
disappearing tails
GRAHAM McApAM
New YORK, August %.
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AVIATION MEET NEXT SPRING.
Aero Club Announces PIans for
Combined AHair Here.

\ combined aero show. aviation NEE,
and convention of %aeronHutic eng -eers
the first since 1871. - being planned {,
next spring under the auspices of 's.
Aero club Of America.
The purpose Is expressed iu the nI..
letin issued yesterday by the Aero CAB
ITO bring together the ~aerousu'. "r.
clneers, the a~erDDautlc eNp"rt~ t.t 49,.
ators to discuss acroutltc problems AMI
to enable them to see each other, i'ra'
planes and ar]IOuaut.ral motors jos su'...
as well as or exhibition, thu Aero Gao
OF America and the American Society
Of Aeronaut,c Engineers have lie lied
10 hold simultaneously an aero show
aviation meet and a convention OF aero.
nautic engineers
There are many problems vita. 20
aeronautiys. the bulletin says. - ~usr
which requires IN" combined cH.- '.t-
ton of the engineers AMI t'e, .t},
not had a get together session IN 20.
or hve years. Among the problems .rs
the increase ~ the factor Of st'o'F
the construction OF aeropl,ucs and ,a'
Standardization ~ the manufacture L
aerorlaues
From a military v@.ewI"in,. Il ; 81 {
Standardization has great value W
the a~crouaut.cal strength - i've .rg'
try in time ~ wa V'll zoe de'rrw #,,
by the combined strength - the 90
nautical organizations ot 'nr army ','.
ana militia, a general Observation-Disclosures I
aeroplanes and controls i ueCes>tr.
make the aviation squadro"s 4 .r'
The aviation meet Will b" he'll a,
the Sheepshctd Bay Speedway TIE
aero show and the convention - me
a~croUtUtlr engineers viii I. held AZ ne
Gram Central Palace. The time p,nr". J
Is late IN April or early IN MAY, 1875
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The women's One Day Strike.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir; The
plan to disproye by a one day strike o.
women employed outside the home that
imam place Ii In the home Is bad
strategy for the cause of woman's SUI
frage, and the logic OF u truly feminine.
! presume that the campaign being pur-
sued by women sufragists II to gain
votes for their cause. How many votes
are going to be gained by putting mil
lions OF men to discomfort. annoyance
and financial loss? Every man in my
employ viii vote against the amendment
II our women clerks should absent them
selves for such a cause.
When IL is said "Woman's place is In
the home II does not mean that there
L. no place for women outside the
home. II does not meal that woman q
vote need interfere with the home. Home
Is the place for a woman with
"A husband and children, for nature.
the specialist. has designed the. average
woman as best suited for the work Ia
be done at home, and the more women
have usbands and children the happier
the world will be. The class OF women
who are advocating this strike hav'
maie the home \ place OF .dleness. quite
unnecessarily so and so they advocate
the abandonment OF home as womans
sphere.
To say that woman's place Is In the
home is like saying mans place is N
the factory, the office. the field, the
mine. That is the place for SO out II
100. But 1t does not follow that VIC
should say 10 the artist. the musician
the poet. mans place Is In the fields.
As to demonstrating woman's power
and her importance, by such a strike
tina is rot good reasoning. Modern bust
ness conditions are so specialized that the
elimination OF the smallest factor para
lyzes the whole system. Cut on ~,
supply OF lubricatins oil for n daS
and every factory. every railroad. every
steamship. every machine in the world
stops. electric lights go out, &c. Tht
stoker is a very humble person and N
makes up a very small part OF the
population. But when he strikes al
things stop,
Our dearest memories. our fondes
hopes. cling round the home. Dur striv'
iugs are Tor those We think Of there
Wealth. fame and honors are but emptS
things unshared, And those OF US VIZ
cling to thoughts OF home, with woman
as its queen. are still in the majority
and II Is bad politics to tell us we are
out OF date. CHARLES VEIN. Sr.
New YORK. August "a.