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The Vital Point.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir. Ex-
Secretary tthank Heaven Cor She "ex"N
IrydU's iEs'steure that the tinted states
should refer its dispute with Germany
20 an international commission for set
tlc'Uert and ~. war should not be de-
olared by either country uI,!, after the
Lapse q ore year. as provided IN hts
peace treaties, fats 20 recognize the
vital point IN the present trouble This
point. which constitutes the chef de-
mard In President Wilson's rote 20 Ger
many, IS that the acts complained OF
must cease.
Should any OF the twenty nations with
which peace treaties have been con-
Clgded by US commit some act !rir!cal
20 our interests. even n grievous out
rage such as that OF the L%us!tania. we
might with propr!ety refer that action to
an international commission for sdiudi-
cation, but only on the express condition
that there should he no repetition Q,
such acts pending such settlement
Fol an extreme illustration Suppose
n foreign warshiH were to drop a shell
Into New York CT" and XII a number
q: American citizens Suppose further
that We exchanged diplomatic notes with
'ha offending country and agreed to sub
nit the matter for arbitration. Then
suppose 'E.t this same warship were to
lrop another shell into New York citv
the following week. Would ex-Sorrctlrv
Bryan have us keen peace at any price
md permit the aforesaid warsh,p TO CON
ttnue to she'll this city each week dur
ing the whole year OF probation?
President Wilson does we'll to insist
that Germany shall AZ once deslst from
further submarine attacks on unpro-
tccted ships carrying American passrn-
gers. The circumstances attending Mr..
Br'ar's resignation almost suggest tina,
IN hts retirement Germany has sustained
a substantial ioss. W Y HAMMOND.
HRIpGTPDIT. Conn. June 10
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A Sing Sing Play.

IN honor OF Warden OsRoRyE's
days Of playing prisoner at Sing Sing
o playwright of that institution has
made Tom Rrown the hero Of n drama
called ''The Higher Judge" which
was produced there with an entire
cast Of convlcts on Wednesday night
and received with enthusiasm.
The plot teaches lessons which are
not likely 70 he OF advantage TO IN"
public when members O. the oflc,a'
audience are restored 10 the commu.
nifty. A rich man Is the villain. In
the course Of his y~illainy he brides
a Judge and a District Attorney Thu
the convicts are impressed with the
notion that the courts are corrup'.
and convtcts victims OF corruption
ana injustice. The w~lchedness OF the
capitalist Villain IS an Indictment To-
prey upon property As n means Of
making %conv!cts pity themselves and
hate the social order and the laws
for offences against which they are
in jail The Higher Judge" seems
admirably educational.
IL Is possible, Of course. that such
n Judgment OF this Sing Sing drama
Is "re%actionary." There seems N b.
a growing advanced" opinion that
convictS are innocent. misguided, sui
fcring babes, Of whose little errors the
law and society are really guilty.
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UNDER TEST.
Not Mr.. Bryan but the American Citi-
zen Must Disclose Himself.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Mr..
Bryan has taken the measure of his
W loyalty, judgment. and sense OF
obligation by discussing, from knowl-
edge gained In n place OF official rust.
the American note to Germany before
that document was In the hands OF our
Ambassador. and while its presenta-
ton might have been delayed. its con-
tents modified. Its matter amended. or
the entire communication cancelled.
In no act has his ignorance, his head
strong and unressoning habit OF mind.
and his disregard for consequences.
been more convincingly displayed.
This conduct constitutes a breach OF
faith so indecent that twenty-four
hours ago We should have declared
that no man In public he could be
guilty Of II.
II now remains for the American
people 10 take their own measure. II
an important fraction OF them IL 20 be
deceived by such arguments as Mr..
Bryan outs forward. the nation is In
truth In danger, but that danger Kos
within our borders. and not beyond
them. II a considerable number OF our
tlIsIf'lS tHV ~ '''iFlll''b 'sldA pAA 'DH
eminent should license any Power for
a year % Kill u c~oVrtryTer Will"
maintaining the form o: peaceful! in
with II. II a respectable
minority OF them can be brought to
regard as sound The assertion by III
nation that Our rights must be exer-
c!sed only In a manner tHat suits rs
convenience; II the theory ,hat he act
OF a civi, magistrate In a moment Of
domestic turbulence is comparable In
ary detail w,.h ire course he suE-
costs with respect 81 our rights IN tn
ternatlonal Intercourse win approval
outside the madhouses: then. and only
then. shall We be imperi,led.
TIE test IL not Of Mr. Bryan. but OF
TIE quality % Dur citizens.
A. NJ. r..
MoSr-rArH. -. J.. June 10.
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lDisinterested Advice.

The opportunity has heen offered to
THE SrN to join a party Of addle.
pates who are seeking ny popular
citation to influence the decision of
the Judges In the criminal courts In
the case Of n married man whose
name escapes our memory. who is ac
cused Of disseminating obscene litera.
ture. We are not grateful for inclu.
sion in the mailing list Of these cru.
saders in behalf Of immortality. and We
decline their invitation without thanks
and without respect.
In so doing we suggest to those
among them whose powers of percep
ton have not been entirely distorted
in the course of their pestilential
propaganda that the object of their
present solicitude Is not likely to de.
rive great popular benefit from In.
sistence on the contention that the
woman did It, Hiding behind his
wife's skirts is not the customary be-
havior Of a qualified martyr.
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GRANT ON PEACE.
To Maintain II. II Is Necessary to Re
Prepared for War.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuS-S,r, In
these startling times, when 'he silver
tougued Prince OF Peace resigns MS
portfolio because the nations head re
fuses 20 Jerk the eagle from Us perch
ard replace u with "A yod".iing dove, Il
may rot be amlss TO call attention to
the message OF our warrior President.
= :. Grant. In point Of pertlnerce the
lines might well have been written yes
'criaN afternoon. II is !r1"ed difficult
% realize that they We're penned thirty
years ago. while the savior o: his rl-
tion was lying on hts death bed. Not
the least significant feature OF his u
decls ration that This war 1.-THE clyIl
warl was a fearful lesson and should
leach US tho necessity OF avoiding wars
IN the future:
To maintain peace In ths future e, 4.
'-r-Ssa-y 70 No prepared :ar w1- Their,
clu scarcely be "a possible chance - =
crrNl,, such - the last ore nrru~viUy
among our own people again. NJ' gov.
ing r. We are, IN population. wealth AMI
military power. W. may hnco-re tive envy
~ nations which Id us IN a.! those par
'iou'ars only n few years ago. ana uu's7
we are pr pared for T. We arc 'u danger
Of a combined movement helrc some Ia,
made to crush Ms out Now. scarcely
twenty years after the war. Ve seem -
have forgotten the lessons Il 'Vrvh'. arl
are going on IN the Erea'es' security.
without the power TO rcsls' an i.,t-'ru
- the fleets % fourth rae Elr'pogr Pow
ers for a time until We could propa-" FOR
them.
We should hav. a good navy and our
sea coast d"fence- should no pu' IL 'he
finest possih'r condition Nc.'he- ~ these
49, much when q Is considered vher,
the money goes and what We got IN re-
'u-U. Money expended in a N0a navy not
only ads - GUY security and tends - pre-
vent war In the future. hu' Is very ma
tc-in' aii 20 ou- with fo-.'gn
nations ~ the meAut'r" Money ~pen,
upon sea cNaN def"ures is spent among
our own people. and al goes back ag,in
among the people -Gront's "M"molrs.' II
54.-b47
The work accomplished TOO. ne says.
like that OF the navy, gives us n feeling
of security. SIMoS T STERN.
NEW YORK. June 10.
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Its own again, that Mr.. KtPLINo's
ram you, damn you liner with a pair
OF Kicking screws" Is not going to
have things quite 30 much Its own
way, and that the Government Of the
Seven Seas Is to be a dual nar chy
at least for a long time to come.
The waterfront news Is all TO the
effect thai the demand for sailing
bottoms is not only greater than FOR
many years but that It widely over.
laps the supply. The general facts
have been gathered by our neighbor
the Times. Charter prices have been
proportionately high. An 1882 ton
ship was recently chartered for Rio
Janeiro at s7.75 a ton, and a little
800 ton schooner from Newport News
to San Juan, Porto Rico. at 1910 a
ton. Moreover, sailing vessel brokers
have become pickers and choosers In
the matter Of cargo. Instead Of hav.
ing to take the ragtag and bobtail
refuse OF steamer business, and glad
to get 1t at that, they are nov draw.
Ing the line ON dirty" cargoes as
they have M ventured to do In many
a year gone by.
1t Is not n~peracttvity In the coast.
wise trade that Is the cause Of tho
change for the better. Indeed. the
coastwise trade Is reported az rather
under than over the normal. 1t Is
for distant foreign destinations that
the demand for sailing craft is par.
tlcularly active. For instance. there
IL Just now reported an urgent call
for sailing tonnage to carry lumber
and coal to South America. while
there Is n steadily increasing mum.
bcr Of sail ship departures for remote
Australian and Asiatic ports. And
now that the ice IL out Of Archangcl
harbor many winged craft are head.
ing for Russia by that route. Mean.
time the shipysrds all over the world
are reported TO be working night and
day turning out more and yet more
sailing ships.
Nautical sages are already on rec.
ord with the prediction that this
windjammer revival Is not merely
transient. Born Of a war emergency
though II be, they have an abiding
faith that It will long survive the war.
So II Is not out Of order 70 salute the
wlndjammer and incidentally { q Join
with the greeting a kindly remem.
brance Of RICHARD HENRY DANA and
W. CLARK RUSSELL.
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"MARPIAGEABLES.
Bachelor Men, ~ the West, "Bach-
elor Women" Of the East.

T. TUE EuiroR n THE svS-Str:
Aside from Is literary merits ard -
manly sentiments. tie Information cor
taiuel IN Mr. Au'hory's letter n THE
SIN was rather startling Nevertheless
ard strange to relate, a very dear friend
uf mine ~as married several years ago,
his wife being Hf;cen years his senior,
end IN contrast 90 man diretu. rred!c-
tors made IL advance OF the event the
marriage IN question turned out 20 be
quite happy. remarkably so. Surely love
Is one o. the most ennob!ing o: human
emotions. True love trusts the obIec'
Of ,ts alteration and Jealousy has no
place there. no room for anything but
happiness.
However. because a few intellectual
sd highly endowed women have seen
III to accept or select husbands
younger than themselves Il does not
follow that the examples set by them
WI. become at a.! fashionable. on the
coHtrarv, g, seems quite likely that III"
Cd order will continue 20 prevail -
:. end o, time.
II seems 20 RE that We shoul set our
minds or dev's'ng ways and means OF
bringing the unmarried ''marriag-ables"
of both sexes together. For instance.
tho ane bachelor men % the West and
the splendid and charming bachelor
women Of the East. Many. many OF
them are destined TO wander along the
lovely path 20 old age for want , : their
soul companion TO help strew the way
with flowers. In the present order OF
society II is as accidental as a stroke
OF lightning tor one to meet his or her
affinity. As II Is. IMAM proposes. hut
woman ~disposes.' Lite becomes uncon-
genial, commonplace. and the spiritual
and ideal atmosphere IL non-existent
where owe Is not present.
The opportunity TO marry. with love.
docs not always come even 10 ,hc very
best OF women and men.
4 BACHrIoR.
CurypSSF Wyo luna
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MR.. BRYAN's PRINCIPLES
An Unalterable Devotion to His Can
dldatc for President.

To n EDITOR or THE SrN-Str: In
I'VE m.nd ~ one who has watched Mr..
Bryan's political career from the begin
ning there Is no doubt that he Is a SELF.
!sh opportunist and a politician OF un-
bounded ambition.
IL Is no; necessary TO review his whole
career. but his action at ;he Baltimore
convention should be recalled When
he found that he could not secure me
nomination himself no reversed the usual
procedure and compelled the adoption
~ the platform before the nom.sation
OF tho candidate, and In the platform No
inserted a declaration against a second
term The design. OF course. was 10 bind
the candidate TO this principle so shat
the way might be clear for Mr. Pryan's
own nomination In 1915 IN case the nom
inee OF the convention wor in 1912
The same cool calculation Is IN evidence
now The President has not declared
against a second term hts friends are
advocating his denomination. and there
Is no doubt whatever that Mr. Wilson
desires and xpccts to run again BY
remaining In the Cabinet, therefore, Mr..
Bryan would remain h,tched TO the WI
son chariot. freedom 20 carry out hts
own plans would be denied. ard hts W
nomination would he impossible. trless
Mr.. Bryan was willing that the PresI-
''l'' FIf''Hi W Fta'lltllNN'f' l' VIZ Nplia
PEELED 70 leave the CabiHe'.
He goes at a tine when his going
gives AID and comfort TO our opponents
who mas become our enemies. But that
Is = less importance 20 NJ BRYAN .nan
a resignation amid sensational circum.
stances In days OF peace and quiet his
resignation would Se Of litt.e corse-
qYerce In tSese days Of doubt. urcer-
tainty ard danger Il draws 10 him the
eyes Of the whole world. He stalks a.
)rce INTO .he l'uelight. ard IN a great
cr's's te absStoGs MS post Of iuty 70
his country 70 1rer himself as 'he leader
u a.! re elements Of she American reo-
pie ,ha; are ~antagorist,c TO the digit.
fed assertion ard the Urn Ta!nte.ance
o. American principles
Mr. Bryan has deluded himself. as he
has many others. into the belief nat ne
Is retiring for the sake OF a principle,
but re really retires because Re warts
20 be President and thinks this is the
greatest opportunity that he VII, ever
Have to advance his political fortunes.
He is a selfish politician who Is taking
the only CHARGE.
Rut T. Is tncorce,vahle that the Amgr-
team people will forgive Mr.. Bryan for
ircreas,rg their t~'"'cult,es b. running
way from his duties IN a great ma
,ioral crisis. ". n. s.
NEW YORK, June 10.
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To THE EDITOR OF Tue SUN-Sir. II
Mr. Bryan were So faithful to the cause
OF his peace. that IT,. to the cause OF
peace ~ any price, he would not have
signed the first note to Germany II M.
Bryan were so LOYAL to the person he
brought TO ominonCe virtually, or as
loya. as he had shown TO hc by the above
act, he would not have deserted him at
the time Of crisis.
Apart from his inconsistency and H.
logically, we need take his resignation
In no serious consideration, 90 far as the
r~esigntr is concerned. Ia ne serious CON-
sidcrat!On did he enter his onlrr The
thduttuqua cs,apIl,S piedc~tinatri
something, He had dWiudlod down To
an ignored parsonage in the Admlnistra-
ton. HIS resignation is nothing but a
natural conclusion OF his own cholce.
AS an attendant at the Baltimore con-
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All the City Wants.

The committees OF the Constitu.
t1onal Convention have already dis
posed Of n large number OF cranky
and radical proposals by the admirn
bic method Of quiet suppression. This
has served TO clear the atmosphere and
10 throw into higher relief the ex.
pediency and necessity OF acced,ng
to the just and proper demands made
on the delegates by the citizens OF
the State whose homes are In this
town. Those demands, as to each of
which there Is a concurrence Of opin-
ion that without exagceration may
he described as unanimous, are for:
Equal representation.
Equal taxation.
Beyond the adoption OF equal rep.
'esentation and equal taxation by the
State. this city asks nothing. II
would ike to have n fuller measure
Of home rule assured by the Consti.
tuition: It would he glad TO achieve
security for It's enormous investments
beyond ITS boundaries: in many other
details 1t would he pleased &c see IS
privileges and rights put beyond leg
i%slative interference. Rut II equality
Of representation and equality of tax
alton are secured TO 1t, II will he sat
istied: and II these are not granted,
II the essential reforms Il wants are
withheld. It will regard the new Con.
stitution with profound disfavor.
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CHEYENNE. Wyo. June 5.
John Hays Experience with the Hy-
phenatpd Germans,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: In
: letter OF John Hay TO a friend writ
ten in 1899 while the negotiations for
the settlement OF the Samoa question
We're being carried on with Germany.
which Is printed In the June number OF
ScriGner's NdOdsine. he says:
The hyphena'ed Germans are 80 sranti-
ca'Iy unjust toward US that nothing We
could DO would have any effect upon their
how Ing. 80 that | think We viii have to
decide tho matter withou, reference 10
them
Every word Of this. written by n fair
and discriminating Judge. II az true to-
day as when 1t was written. lie says
further:
They are acting badly about our meats.
AMI cannot help being bullying and swag
gerirg. l. Is their nature.
Here again there is no change, Mr..
Hay adds:
The Emperor Il nervously anxious to be
on good terms with US. on his own terms
Tn same Is now the case.
UHHYPHESArEp.
NEW YORE. lima IN
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A Windjammer Renaissance.

An Interesting by-product Of the
war reported by the shipping au.
thoritieS Is "A very marked increase
In the activity OF sailing vessels.
Sea rcity Of steam craft has created
a corresponding demand for winged
craft. Tho wars III wind Is fll!n:
the windjammor's sails, blowing some.
body good in that direction at any
rate. Ancient mariner oracles are
even saying that the deep sea wind.
TANNER Of their youth Is coming into
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4 Dollar DAY.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SvS-Str. A
dollar sale day n Utica, the curtain
dropping OF the dollar dinner and anti
dollar diplo'nat'st, tSe refusal Of the
grape jui-. brewer 20 sign tho firm :
note. leaving Wilson THAT'S all") alone,
are :oe condolences o: this beautiful
day.
= SvS. look a. 'he great big. black
letters o. yOu- headline this morning
Bryan Refuses 20 Syn Firm Note
Sh How can Won sugres. such com-
we~cia.!sn as B-yar signing a note? he
doesu'. have to. he ffty-ff'v psrtict-
patton In the Chautaupua class enables
h.m 10 pay cash. NEUTRAL.
UTICA, June q.
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Kirby.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Tho
letters on Wake Me Up When Kirby
Dies set me digging in my %scrapbook.
] lind this letter head, dated 1850:
Kirby House, Milwaukee. Wis. John T.
tIrh., proprietor.
wake me Mp when Kirby dies"
was told In those days that the hos
telry was probably tho most popular
stopping place in the United States for
commercial travellers and that the motto
originated with Colonel Kirby. its pro-
prietor. Was he "A p%lagiarist?
W, T. ~BEArCLFRc.
HEALING STRINGS, Va, June 8.
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American Citizens as Children.

To n EnITOR or THE SUN-Str, In
1877 a serious riot occurred In this CITY
between steel workers and corporation
men. resulting In the death ~ a num-
her OF strikers. The Mayor advised all
good citizens 10 stay AT home until the
situation was adjusted, My children
had a perfect right on Lackawanna ave
30 during the progress Of the fght, hut
~ ept them home and they were safe.
Mr.. Bryan IN my opinion is r!gh, In
he position he has taken, ard uotwi'h-
standing the CeuSOrious attitude Of GER
tain Journals I'm the East, is 70 he COM
mcnded for his courageous action.
SCRANTON, Pa. June 10. f.. n +.
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Good Radiance.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
very best thing that could have hap
pened to our country is the resignation
OF w. !, BRYAN as Secretary of State.
! with All Cleveland Democrats say "a
good radiance" All patriots without
party will say appoint n good man as
Secretary OF State, Lansing is all right
and so Is Root. but how about the grand
old man who dictated the Venezuela
message, Richard tlney? GEORGIA.
South BETHLEHEM, Pa, June ..
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The British losses announced by
Premier AsQuITH In the House of Com
mons, 25S,0 69 killed, wounded and
missing, give the first clue to the
size of the army employed in France.
Apparently 1t IS holding a much longer
lin" of dcfonccs then it was credited
with In the French statement made
several months ago, for the British
casualty list now published implies
the use of at least a million OF com
batants.
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Arbitrating a Blow.

To THE EDITOR or THE Sus-Str' r. a
person should IN the course 0: a dispute
with " Jennings Bryan administer a
v,o'er, blow 20 the check 81 that .ndi-
vidual. thereafter assuming an attitude
OF complete readiness 20 administer u
similar blow 70 the other cheek. would
+; De incumbent upor Mr. Bryan 20 APP
ply .or a years time 20 submit me case
20 a proper tribunal 20 ascertain the
facts, or would he be justified in taking
prompt steps 20 protect MIS- front and
rear cleyat.ors7 ANXIOUS.
New YORK, June 10.
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Faith in the stability OF our Ameri-
can institutions is Justified and sus-
tanned by the permancnce OF BEDFORD
the Minute Man. otherwise the Great
Ejectee. Faithful to his ancient prac-
tees. he stlll keeps the police from
getting too much rest. Tntcrriied. hn
fights INCREASINGLY for the right OF
every man 10 cell space In the lookup.
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The deposition Of RooUE GONZALES
GAR2A from the thankless post OF
provisional President Of Mexico at the
capital as VILLAS fortunes are waning
and General CARRAEzA boasts that his
troops will reoCCupy the city OF Mexico
in a fortnight aus be n relief to
the gentle historian ~ the first battle
of Juarez. The name of his accom-
modatinG successor, Senior LAGOS Qua
FARO, has not been blown on the trump
of fame before.
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The Fateful Number.

To THE Error or THE SvH-Str'
Kaiser Wilhelm. william J Bryan,
Woodrow Wilson.
By counting the letters in each OF
these distinguished names we md the
number 10 To which sAa!! the fates
be k.ndest? y. J. lyman.
NEWARK, -. j., Ju-e 10.
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vention three Years ago ! see In him a
formidable foe In opposition, a tide
turner as supporter. Whatever he the
state OF his mind. let the issue he an
issue. and LEI him be. az party man. ~"
latter. az he was. and not the former, TO
our troubled President. TowGoo.
New YoRK. Jura 10.
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To TIVE EnIToR OF TIVE SrS-Si- Wash
inCton dispatches say tina, president
Wilson has a careworu look. II ought
10 ,onc of now. + II y
NEW York, Juno N.