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Is Kitchener's Mission to india?

According to advices received at
Washington Lord KITCuENER's mis-
SION IL not alone to the Balkans but
to India, where there has arisen a
state Of unrest and revolt 70 serious
as to require firm and immediate
measures Of repression by the British
Government.
A revolt nor important than any
that has yet threatened the British
rule has broken out. according 10 re
port, in Hyderabad, the largest and
most populous Of the interior States.
The bulk Of the population Is Hindu.
from which ace have come some Of
the most active agitators against the
present Government. The native
ruler. the Nazim Of Hyderabad, who
has been a stanch supporter Of the
British, is, however. a Mohammedan.
Advices say ne has been dcposed by
his subjects.
Early in the summer Sir REGINALD
HENRY CRADDocK. a member of the
Vlceroy's council, said In connection
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The one-thousandth number OF the
Syren and Shipping has just been
published in London. and Ia honor of
the occasion q special edition Is
printed. This edition contains sixty
two articles, mostly contributed by
such men as DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. Sir
CHARLES JOHNSTON. the Marquis OF
GRAHAM and Sir JOHN l. THORN YcRorT.
The articles treat on almost every sub
ject connected with the shipping In
dustry from The Possibility OF In
creased Speed Of Ships and The Fu-
ture of the Port OF London" to AN
Appeal to Patriotism" and Nautical
Epigrams and Poems"
Perhaps the article that Is of most
Interest to the American people at this
time Is "A Message to the Men OF Our
tEng!and's1 Mercantile Marine" by
LLOYD GEORGE, In which he says: THE
country yves a great debt to It's mer-
camille marine. New conditions have
had 70 be met. arduous duties under
taken. long hours worked and many
difficulties overcome As our armies
are fighting overseas a heavy burden
has been imposed of necessity on the
men of M mercantile marine on whom
we must rely"
Where Is the United States mer-
camille marine and on whom could We
rely in case OF new conditions and
many d~if1culties"f
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I. c. G. MAY DECIDE MAIL RATE
Roads and Post once Drpartmcnt
Cant Agree on Terms

WAsHINGToN. Nov. 9Th ucN' ~
Gress probably viii be ashci 2,
the question OF Increased pay ~ 1921.
ing the mails, which has bee. it-.'
by the railroads Of the country o. -
Interstate Commerce Connie aH. VIA
the stipulation that n tud.gs 9
commission az to what Is % '.''
adequate compensation for me . =
performed shall be conclusive 50 W
appeal TO the courts on cons. A
questions.
Many chambers Of .uIr $40
other commercial urGa.l1a. ave
adopted resolutions IN supio.' i'7
proposition, which the commit.
way mai pay of the railrutu,
and on which the ra.irnl It 70
Post Office Department So, 500 =
agree. 1t has resulted IN g.
suits by tho railroads for ~.
OF large sums alleged to b. oI
Government.
senators and Representa-
ing IN Washington for the
that they are receiving TEL OIL.
And letters on the subIc.t
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THE DRIPPING SWORD OF
KULTUR.
II he Professor" Replies to the CUES
ton Of .Ammi Wright"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: VIII
YOU permit me TO reply To the lady VINO
attacks me under the heading "Of Whom
Was the Professor Thinking In THE
Sun OF November 3 and who signs her
self "Ammi Wright?
First as to this Kaiser who is
slashlng through Europe with his dip
ping sword OF Kultur." "Ammi Wright"
has not read professor BURGESS The
Wal OF 1914" or she would know that 1t
wa Sir Edward Grey and not the Kaiser
who was responsible for the war. She
ought to keep up with the literature If
her subject.
Ny heart goes out, ] hope. to m
enc who is suffering. bu; why did the
Belgians not act as the Greeks did when
their neutrality was violated? Has not
the German assumption that the Eng
llsh or the French would have fallen
on their fiank through Belgium been
amply justified By the way those Powers
have marched through Greece" ~ TO
the shooting of Edith Cavell, was 1t
really no crime for that woman 10 have
used the Red Cross as Il cloak for COM
spiracy? II Is the one organization that
ought to be single minded n above re-
proach. Make II an object OF suspicion
and you destroy IT'S usefulness. The
wolf in Sleeps clothing was nothing in
NblillNil lsbn'
To continue. would not the Allies have
Grasped the blood stained hand Of the
murderous Turk and Rugged him tu
their bosom" If they could hIv. got
him? Does "Ammi Wright" really be
lieve they would not? Are the Scrhiaus
SO very much to be preferred? or the
Russians? One could be quite as elo-
Quent about Nhe M ssacre OF Jews as
".Ammi Wright Is about the massacre
of Armenians. And poor Alexander and
praga, co.. were not very nicely
treated. Nor was II kind OF England either
10 starve 20 many German babies. For
fodder has been Germany's greatest
lack. Without fodder you can't keep
up the supply OF cattle. n without
cattle you can't have milk. and without
the free milk German cities nave given
away In such enormous quantities pool
babies die, II Zeppelins and sub
marines will stop this cruel starvation
policy then Heppellns and submarines
are justihable,
In conclusion let me say that when
at the meeting OF the German Cniver-
sity League | poured out my admiration
for the way In which the German schools
organize the hunt for the least ray Of
youthful intelligeuve. the way in which
The compulsory insurance roots out the
causes of want and misery aud the way
in which the marvellously run labor
exchanges make the seeking of a job
quite a self-respccting affair and when
| prayed God that we might learn 10
achieve some of the same results, |
little expected to be requested to "shr.vel,
shrink and disappear from the lanai
ERNEST +. HENDERSON.
RosroN, November Q.
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A National Association for Amateur
Wireless Workers.

To TIE EDITOR OF THE ~suN-sir: ANA
teur wireless workers have decided At
last To prove themselves q benefit to
their country.
On the evening of October rs q class
In wireless telegraph instruction In the
East Side Branch Y. NJ. c. A. heard the
details Of the organization OF the Ma
tional Amateur Wireless Association.
This association aims ITO lend q help
ing hand to young men who look for
success In q chosen field" BY encourage
ing cooperative working the officers
hope TO stimulate the younger members
TO greater efforts In research and in
ventive activities. Courses OF study will
be arranged for FAC member and fasci-
mating experiments will be provided.
Preparedness plays a large part In the
aims OF this society. II is hoped that
next summer small group Of young men
will accompany military bodies to their
encampments as members and officers
OF signal corps They will become
members OF "a third line of national de-
fence In event of war. Attention is
called to the fact that were our country
at war our vast coast line would re-
quire the services OF hundreds of wire
less operators.
Trained operators are also needed for
aeroplanes. "a radio MESA yes are prao-
teal for scout duty for distances OF fifty
miles and over,
The officers OF the organization guar
antee to supply competent operators ade-
Quate for all needs within a year.
As special training IL necessary for
military operators Major William II.
Elliott las been elected one OF the vice
presidents of the society and will pro-
vide for such special instruction.
Technical difficulties which may con-
A
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Painful Results OF Competition En-
forced.

Complaints OF monopolistic practices
we're nowhere more loudly raised In
any business field Il few years ago
than in the tobacco industry. One Of
the most popular prosecutions ever
undertaken was the litigation which
the Government successfully con-
Quoted to dissolve the American To-
bacco Company, the so-called tobacco
trust. Observe the consequences.
Among other interests represented
by the new Tobacco Merchants Asso-
citation are some Of the branches of
the trade which were most vociferous
In their demands for a forcible res.
toration Of competitive conditions. The
association, which has just perfected
its organization at a meeting in this
city, covers the whole tobacco field.
The official statement issued in out
line of the principles Of the Tobacco
Merchants Association says:
Since the dis%tntegration Of the for
mer tobacco combination into a number
of rival concerns competition has been
so keen and so violent that the industry
has become very much demoralized. One
of the main objects of the Tobacco Mer.
chants Association will be &c bring
about the employment OF healthier and
more profitable methods OF doing bust
ness"
Apparently the crusaders agains,
monopoly In the tobacco trade are not
satisfied. They got what they wanted
a restoration Of competitive condl
tons, but It turns out to be more thar
they wanted and therefore not wha,
they wanted at all.
From this incident certain conclu
sions can he drawn, One deals with
the recent widespread derision Of tn,
Sherman Law az ineffective TO pre-
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The Case Of the London "Globe."

The suspension or temporary sup
preston or conflscation Of the Globe
newspaper in London. for reasons sat
lsfactory to the Government, Is all the
more striking In view OF the general
tolerance and cven generosity OF the
British recognition Of the rights of
speech and print. Lord CURzoN's ex-
PLANTATION to the House Of Lords is
sufficiently straightforward:
ut not only made fake statements
but assigned thereto false and malicious
reasons. After having In
vented a false statement. II repeated II
after It had been officially denied and
then declared that the denial was un-
true. In these circumstances the Gov
ernment authorized the action under the
Defence Of the Realm act, Tho Globe
was duly warned. but persisted in pub
fishing false statements"
IL is particularly interesting to
Americans that the Globe, long a
chronic defamer Of our country and
persistent in and notorious for its ma
liclous Misrepresentation of Jul af.
fairs, should have forced its own Gov
eminent to this extraordinary meas
ure by its unpatriotic behavior In n
crisis Of international affairs.
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yAPAN,S IMPERIAL SHRINE.
Compared With the Ark Of the Cove.
nant and the Egyptian Arks.

To THE EDITOR OF The suN-Sir. Your
special correspondence from Toxic is re-
plets with historical suggestion, and
bears internal evidence of the common
origin of Japan's imperial shrine. the
Hebrew ark Of the covenant and the
Egyptian ark Of the gods.
According to your correspondent the
imperial shrine Is more than a historical
treasure. inasmuch as II IL revered az
the actual dwelling place of ancestral
spirits. The Significance OF this becomes
valuable for comparison when we recall
that the Hebrew Lord of Hosts dwelt
between the cherubim.
The fact that the imperial shrine Of
Japan 10 a portable shrine also links it
more closely to the Hebrew conception.
Christian orthodoxy has excluded the
thought Of fixed %habitation'' unless we
ooncede that a suggestion still remains
In the ~eucharistic forms. The archaic
origin OF Japan's shrine requires no
stronger proof than the national accept
ance OF this custom of moving the fixed
habitatlon OF ancestral spirits when
times Of convenience or necessity de-
mand 1t. 1t vas An absolute concession
that tho early pastoral people had to
hhhhNos ehho t8ut Va EIobltiiy III NOIi"
nection with their sacred shrine. In no
other form Of society could the idea
secure acceptance. Jerusalem. Mecca,
Tibet. are the worlds immovable shrines
which demand pilgrimage.
Another striking feature, as described
by your Toxic correspondent, IL the
group Of sacred relics enshrined within
Japan's palladium, a sword, a mirror
and q string OF beads. There were also
three sacred objects within the Hebrew
ark OF Yahveh. y rod, a vase OF one omer
and W stones.
The comparison may possibly cease
beyond this point. although there is fur
Their evidence Of q common origin.
The Egyptian ark Of the gods IL
portrayed as having the figures of Maat
or truth at each end with their wings
covering the ark. This deifying OF truth
apparently made a great impression on
the religious life OF the Israelites during
their ~sojourn in Egypt. They not only
adopted the form. but along with the
acceptance OF the ark as the fixed hab-
itation Of Jehovah they retained and de-
veloped the exalted principle OF truth as
p~ersonifed In the Egyptian Maat.
In fact they progressed beyond the
conception OF abstract truth and made
their shrine a receptacle for the pres
eryation of those standards OF truth
which form the basis OF all exchange.
In reality the ark became their bureau
Of weights and measures. the rod es-
tablishing their standard OF length, the
vase of one omer becoming the standard
OF capacity n the stones creating
standards OF weight.
The objects within the Japanese shrine
are by no means so easily interpreted,
but 1t Is easy to see how the sword might
have been substituted for the rod and to
conceive OF the mirror as n symbol OF
truth.
II would certainly be- interesting TO
know more Of the popular traditions sur
rounding this Japanese shrine.
p. Il. DU Bots.
WEEHAwKeN, y. J., November Q
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THINK BRYAN CALLED
WILSON TWO FACED
House Leaders May Ask Sher
wood to Tell President Who
Was His Informant.
G AT DEFENCE TALK

WASHINGTON, Nov. s.-Prcsident VII.
sons friends are more concerned oy>,
what William J. Bryan may have said
to Representative Isaac II. Sherwood
OF Toledo than they are over tho far,
that Mr.. Sherwood has declared agains,
the programme OF nationa, prepared
ness.
Mr.. Sherwood's opposition TO a bic
army and a big navy is traditional,
He has voiced It on more than one
occasion In the House. But what con.
Germs the White House is the following
passage from a speech credited to Gen
Sherwood, q Democrat. before the Cen.
tral Labor Union Of Toledo:
"A distinguished citizen told me tina,
President Wilson Is not strongly in favor
Of this war preparedness, hui tina, ho
has indorsed II because he believe, the
American people want IL. n organized
labor were to protest, the Pr,siden,
would not support the scheme"
The suggestion that the President i
recommending something to Congress
not because he believes IN IL but lie.
cause he thinks II may be politically
e~xpedient to do so is an i%nsinuaion
at which the White House balks
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with the Introduction Of q bill for the
defence Of India that II was neces-
sary to arm the military authorities
With special powers to prevent law.
lessness. This sta tement and the trial
that followed soon afterward at La.
hore. In which eighty-one persons
were charged with a conspiracy to
wage war against his Majesty and
to overthrow by force the lawful Gov.
eminent Of india" are evidences OF
the discomfort with which the British
have been ~contending.
A serious manifestation Of the
revolutionary spirit was shown In the
recent outbreak In Singapore in which
a number Of German and Austrian
prisoners were released. Another up
rising was at Cawnpore, and another
was the attempted rebellion Of a regi.
ment Of Pathans at Rangoon. In
both OF these . the revOlutionists
were Mohammedans and they were
believed to have been Influenced by
Turkish and German agents who had
reported the appearance Of the Sultan
Of Turkey as an ally Of Germany, and
had also e~ndeavored to work upon
the religious symrathles Of the Mo-
hammedans Of india.
Since the beginning Of the war tho
British authorities have sought to pre-.
vent the presence In not only India but
also in Egypt and other Of their Mos.
lem dependencies Of persons who might
stir up sedition. In this they seem
to have been unsuccessful, and the
present revolt may be only the begin.
ming Of q more serious disturbance.
While Lord KIroHENER's experience
has been more in Egypt than in the
Far East, he has proved his ability
rs an organizer In the Nile country,
and his firm hand and strong will may
be guidance needed to root out disaf
lection and restore the might of Brit
ish power in India.
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To THE EpIroR or Tue SUN-Sir. In q
letter 20 Thr SuN It Is said that no young
man at college can tax part In athletics
ana do well in his studies. Pennock. all
American guard, graduated from Harvard
WIKI honors IN his studies. Dies Jard,en.
University % chicago, captaip q, a foot.
bah team. member Of baseball. basketball
AMI track teams, one o. tho best OF coll
lego athletes, had high scholastic standIng
sixteen men OF tho Harvard varsity foot
ball squad were honor men In their les
sons. HOBBY Baker. former Princeton foot.
bah aud hockey captain. stood well IN his
studies, Comerford. star thle;e Of Exeter
Academy. besides working his way through
the school, had a high scholastic standing
Ana these young mon were all ''btg' mon.
leaders IN the college life. V NJ.
NV YORK. November
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IL IF. l.. NJ" q Member Of the Ed.
tOrial Improvement Society?

To EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
an editorial article on November 8 in
THE SUN occurs this awful language
at Is difficult to foretell from this Incl
dent II Venizelos will again become
Premier or II Greece will at last decide
to take an active part In tho war"
As lately as November 3 Rossiter
Johnson. repos!ng entire confidence In
TIE Sun as a mar and brother and loyal
defender Of the faith. exposed IN Its
columns the full horror OF this verlnl
atrocity.
Can II be that THE SUN n able "a
defend It's conduct by an appeal to some
cal sophistry? i. l.. N.
PLAINFIELp, N. j., November Q.
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serve composition even when rigidly
applied. The outcome Of the tobacco
trust case is proof on this point.
Hence, also. the new Line of legis
lation which so-called progressive poll.
tics has come to favor, the regula.
tlon Of competition in business. What
this means. II 1t means anything, may
be inferred from the workings Of rail-
road regulation, which has been oper.
at1ng for the establishment Of political
monopoly in the place Of private
monopoly.
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SNOBS.
Fairchild's Definition.

To TIM EDITION OF THE SuS-Sir, "a
snob II a person who mennly adinires
mean things" This definition was given
to me many years ago by a famous sch Dol.
master. the late Dliss A. Fairohild Of tho
old Flushing Institute. II 10 concise and
accurate.
For illustrations Of tho different varie-
ties Of snob nothing IL better than Thaok-
eray's Book of snObs." Though applying
to England In the early half Of the laAt
century. HIS types are 10 be found In
America to-day. J. +.
FLrsHINa, November q.
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BARSUM BROWN, fossil hunter. who
has been prospecting since last July for
more dinosaurs. Is expected to stu
soon.--The nrios from the Museum Of
Natural History.
A most opportune arrival. A con-
genial fossil hunt awaits him in the
vicinity Of Bull Moose headquarters.
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To ruB EDITOR or The SUS--Si,: Stories
printed in magazines for women remind
me OF some 'thsmes' written by certain
schooimarms during a summer sch DOL
course In composition for teaohers at Mar
ward University.
In one OF these Compositions the
writer had the temerity 20 describe the
pond lilies she had kept In water In her
washbasin % overnight.
"And at dawn" she wrote. "they tftei
their faces. like little babes. 20 that hight
which cometh from on high. a trembling
mass Of voluptuous purity" UShl
AREAsoLie. Nd. Nove mfbsr D. u. G.
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Swinging from sill. policeman saves
two iives.-Nesospoper headlt~e.
Our policemen and fremen make
heroism a habit. and hnd 20 many OPP
portunities. all In the days work. that
We read Of their mighty. valorous
performances almost without a thrill.
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rhscker.y Considers Them psm.,t...

To THE EDITION OF THE sUS--Sir. Your
correspondent ID" asks for the definition
OF y snob. Thsckeray says: "a tuft
hunter Il a snob. a parasite Is q snob. the
man who allows the manhood within him
to be awed by a coronet Is a snob. The
man who worships mere wealth Il q
snob." ARLINGTON II. AMMAN
ca, l., l., November 9.
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vorroaerts IL suppressed.-ve,ospoper
headline.
Turned ruckwaerts to let the rest of
Germany catch up with its advanced
views?
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The story Of the Georgia negro who
broke out Of Jail to visit his twenty
second wife will make Annuity PINNEY
EARLE envious. He has lost the cham
pionship.
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Winter has already beset Berlin. a
heavy snowfall. the earliest In 200 years.
has falien.-ROtterddm despatch.
The Russian invasion?
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The diplomacy OF the Allies illus
trates the impotence that springs from
an excess OF watchful waiting.
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err Iresds 1ho favor ~ rih MANI.
e0Spts eR1 WSstranoas for publication irish
g A0cs rsJactsd articles returned tAev must
~ ou coses ssaA stomps for Aaf pSypOse.
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No Discipline Planned,

1t was learned to-day that there .
no disposition on the part Of Admins.
tration leaders in the House To- try 10
discipline Mr.. Sherwood by depriyinx
him OF his place at the head Of tho In
valid Pensions Committee, but the Pres.
dents friends are anxious to know ia.
name OF the distinguished citizen Who
thus indicted the President for Iue,n.
cerity. Administration Democrats be-.
lievc that Gen. ~Sherwood's Informant;
was ex-Secretary Brya an.
When asked, in Toledo last rig NJ. II
Bryan was the man Gen, Sherwood was
quoted as having aid
why is not Bryan competent To- TAN
for Wilson" He is supporting Wilson
for President and controlling the Ne
braska patronage. despite the .toL
OF Senator Hitchcock. Bryan Is trying
TO get Wilson away from the army and
navy clique"
This statement by Gen. Sherwood dd
not name Bryan as his informant. bI.
the Inference seemed plain. The feel.
ing In I'll" Administration circles he.
been intensified by tho last statement
from Gen. Sherwood. 1t would not caus.
surprise here II Gen. Sherwood Is asked
to give the President the name of ~.
DISTINGUISHED citizen who has been
supplying him with this Information. Gen.
Sherwood has not been In Washington
since the adjournment Of Congress las
March. but Mr.. Bryan was recently In
Toledo campaigning for the "drys"
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Published daily. including sunday. by the
6vn Printing and publtshins Association at
lso Nassau street, In the Borough OF Man
haAtaa, New York. President and Treas.
Ylee. William c. Reick. $50 Nassau street;
Vice President. Edwsrd p. Mitchell. $50
N00mu street.