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measures toward increasing her home
production of foodstuffs, but in the
main everything would go on as be-
fore, and-Germany What would
become of Germany?
Slowly but surely Germany would
win up again; international capital is
very acute and international capital
would flow to her. In ten years or
in twenty, according to the conditions
imposed, she would again come to the
front and challenge her rival. The
next time England will not be helped
by Russia, France and Japan; and
by herself She has hardly any chance
Of succeeding, for this reason; her
ablest sons all go to India, or in
England devote themselves to uphold
ing the oligarchy because of the re-
wards. There is no middle class
education an England; hardly any
high education of any sort; the mental
product is woefuIy insufficient |
always come back to the same refrain:
only through defeat will England be
brought TO her senses or turned into
modern State.
The task before her is gigantic; the
oligarchy must be abolished; primo
geniture done away with; the land
must go back to the people; the middle
classes must be educated; the Judges
must be demoCratized; their pay re-
duced to one-quarter Of what 1t now
is: the church must be Spiritualized
and the pay of its Bishops and Arch
bishops diminished by at least four
hfths. Doctors and dentists should
be paid a minimum wage by the state !;
scientists and artists, writer's and
journalists should be regimented and
given professional status and a small
salary; the mental and spiritual power
of the State should be vastly increased
and made Independent; finally every
one should he trained to arms as a
part of the national schooling in man
Illness.
There Is stlll another alternative
England is now buttressed by hel
democratic colonies, by Canada ant
Australia and New Zealand who dc
not realize that their support in war
prevents the internal forces of reform
from compelling vital and life giving
changes. In another twenty or thirty
years these colonies Will be so power
ful that Germany may hesitate e
attack Great Britain; 1t Is possibl,
that the daughter states by protecting
England may preserve her in hei
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i'm War, He Declares

effective; accordingly h. advocated
big ships and big guns, and it was
generally admitted by the mediocrities
that the Russo-Japanese war had
lent the approval of experience to his
contention.
AS soon as the submarine became
really practical, which was synchro-
nous with the great development in
the torpedo, quick witted folk saw and
said that all Dreadnoughts and big
ships were doomed, but Jacky Fisher
pooh poohed the talk; he was too old
to change.
Naval strategists were split into two
schools: those who believed in tor
pedues, sea mines and airships and
those who believed in Dreadnoughts
and fast Dreadnought cruisers. Just
before the war the irresponsible critics
who had made fun of the Dread
noughts from the beginning were re-
enforced 10y Admiral Sir Percy Scott.
Little Percy Scott who had been the
right hand man of Lord Fisher for
many year and who was looked upon
as the chief gunnery expert in the
navy, suddenly came over to our side
and in a letter to the TimCS declared
that in time OF war the Dreadnoughts
would not dare the open sea nor face
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for the English navy as it is to-day;
he is responsible for the Dreadnoughts.
He was First See Lord of the Ad-
miralty from 1904 to 1910. Before
that he had been Commander in Chief
and Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty
and Commander in Chief of the Medi-
terranean as early as 1899; for the
last fifteen years he has directed the
naval policy of England.
When Prince Louis of Battenberg
was forced TO resign the other day
because of his German birth, Lord
Fisher was Immediately recalled to
the headship Of the Admiralty though
he is - years of age and had well
deserved a rest His reappointment
was due to Mr.. Winston Churchill,
the Parliamentary head of the navy.
SO sturdy honest, Woodworking
Jacky Fisher has come in his old
age to honor and almost undisputed
authority. I'm glad to he able TO
state that he's a good deal Of "A sailor
and very little of a snob: he prlCked
the Beresford bubble and has rele-
gated a number of titled nonentities
to the oblivion they merted. Besides,
his heart has always been in his job
If he's not a great man or farsighted,
he's earnest and means business and
sees To il that others attend To their
business as well. Thus he has brought
n new spirit into the British navy,
and, the iudicious Will remark, only
just in time.
Jacky Fisher is regarded by the
powers that be as the ablest English
Admiral since Nelson, and it Is possible
to admit as much without according
him high praise, for in the hundred
years or So no distinctively English
naval policy has ever emerged till we
come to the Dreadnoughts. Armored
ships, heavy guns, torpedoes or mines
almost every modern innovation was
tardily borrowed by the French and
English from the inventive powers
shown by the Americans in their Civl
war. Even the Dreadnought Is rather
a moment of growth than a new de-
parturc.
Now what is Lord Fishers policy,
the policy of Dreadnoughts? Jacky
Fisher has always believed in gunfire
and not in tOrpedoes or airplanes or
submarines or any newfangled devices
Twenty years ago he declared that big
guns would win all battles, and IL you
have big guns you ought to have the
most solid and steady gun platform
possible in order to make your fire
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ah Author Discusses the Spiritual Outcome of Present
European Conflict and Points Out What
Should Be First Ethical Result

wants To get to Constautiuople above
mi things, as Germany wants to keep
Antwerp. Germany can give financial
a.d to Russia almost as fre ~ as
France has done. and if Russia de-
mands territorial ACKNOWLEDGEMENT il
would pay Germany to give her Ca
licia for the sake of an immediate
peace.
With Russia pacined Germany could
deal with France at orca. She could
offer to withdraw from French soil
and even concede some French COM
munes in Lorraine. or else overwhelm
France and overrun the who'll coun-
try. France could not hesitate. She
would conc.ude peace. and So Ger
many would at length come to hand
grips with her real enemy.
It is nearly twenty " airs row since
! first warned England in the Sdtur-
DAP Rcricic that she would have to
put her house in order and conquer
Germany or else lose her pride Of
place among the nations. The Ger
man Minister, Prince Won Buelow, in
his book, Imperial Germany" speaks
Of my paper as "thc famous article"
which first showed Germany her dan
ger. Again and again in the Boer
war and after pointed out that Eng
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sccptre and sink to the level Of another
Holland. Her oligarchy-her Rose
herys and Sutherlands. her Manches-
ters. Rutlands, Norfolks and Bedfords
might i'm their hearts prefer this lat
ter alternative; but the English people
are proud and struggle loving
people; once up against it, they may
be trusted to get rid of their snob-
hishness, make short work Of their
parasite masters and get down to
business.
The one hope Of progress in Eng
land is sharp defeat in war Pros
perity," says the French thinker,
prosperity reveals vices; adversely,
virtues" Every one who loves Eng
land should pray for a bitter lesson.
More than a hundred years ago now
Tom Paine declared that nothing
would civiiize England till the blood
II her children had been shed on their
own hearUhs. 1t will take a defeat in
war to wrest the land of England from
the lords who stole it and give It
back to the people.
And this FIRST reform would pave
the way for "A thousand others. for
the characterization of the judiciary
and Inauguration Of free speech AMI
free criticism, for a national system
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Photo by Paul Thompson

submarines and torpedoes; they would
have TO hide away in port. This opin-
ion of the little Admiral was hotly
contested and ii was officially stated
that the view was SCOTS alone and
not Lord Fishers. by recalling Lord
Fisher 10 his place as First Lord of
the Admiralty Winston Churchill sim
ply pinned his faith to the policy of
Dreadnoughts.
Every one sees now pretty plainly
that he made mistake, that he should
have selected Admiral Sir Percy Scott;
that the big ships are doomed that
the Dreadnought belongs to the past
and that the submarine and torpedo
and airship will decide sea battles in
the future.
When the news of the battle in the
Pacific reached England, stating that
the English squadron had been beaten
by the Germans, winston Churchill
met the criticism in the House OF Com
mons by the declaration that the
British fleet was stronger than 1t had
been at the beginning Of the war:
We have thirty-two Dreadnoughts."
he said proudly. and we shall have
twelve more by April" The House
cheered Justify, as it always cheers
pompous or portentous platitudes, or
indeed any patriotic boast. But a
friend of the other school Immediately
wrote to him:
what, Winston, another set of
false teeth"
II is curious that the English who
Won their first great sea fight with
small vessels, should now believe in an
armada of big ships. 1t is not impos-
sible that the word condcmning Dread
noughts may become historic; it
deserves to:
what, Winston, another set Of
false tgcth2"
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Only Hope of Progress, Prosperity and Reform
i'm England Would Be Sharp Defeat
i'm War; He Declares

present decadcnt state for another
century or so--a dlshonored and dis
honorable old age.
If they do, SO much the worse for
her. her gift to humanity is all given.
Nothing more can be hoped from her.
The pages Of her history are all writ
ten. Sooner or later the great Pow
ers, headed by Germany or the United
States, will take the sceptre of the
seas from her nerveless hands and
neutralize the waters as they must
soon neutralize the or.
The outcome Of the war is said to
depend in the main on the ability
Of the heads Of the English War Of
fee and the English Admiralty.
do not believe this. There are more
important factors in the game. At
the same time IL may be well to say
something here of Lord Kitchener and
Lord Fisher and naturally, when
speaking of things English, the navy
comes first.
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OlQ, OF GOODNESS I'M THE, WAR-By Frank Harris

the detection Of Austria. which seems
the most likely cause, or through a
gradual process of wearing down or
because of the entrance of fresh Powers
into the field such as Italy and Ru-
mania. Let us admit the worst
that Germany may have to consent to
partial dismcmbermcnt Every one
knows how the English governing
classes at the BEGINNING of the war
talked of giving Alsace and Lorraine
back to France. in fact, of making the
left bank Of the Rhine the French
boundary; Gallcia, it was limited,
would be a suitable reward for Russia.
or new boundary line might he
drawn through Danzig and Thorn,
giving Koenigsberg and that slice of
northeast Prussia to the Bear; then
monetary compensation would have to
be provided for Belgium; Heligolan1
would have to go back to Great Brit
ain, with most of the German colonies
in East Africa, and the Kiel Canal
would be destroyed or handed over to
Holland.
What in such a case as this would
be the spiritual outcome Of the war?
What soul of goodness would come to
light?
France would have TO be more on
the alert and better armed than in
the past; Belgium would have to ally
herself closely with France for pro-
lection; Russia and England would
palter on in the old way; the autoc-
racy in the one and the Oligarchy in
the other would alone be satisfied.
England would probably adopt con-
scriptlon. might even take some half
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Lord Kitchener of Khartum.

It was in 1887, think, that l first
heard of Kitchener, at that time a
Colonel, If am not mistaken. II was
at a dinner in the Sporting Club Mt
Cairo; my host was Gerald Portal,
then Cromer's right hand man, who
afterward made himself famous by a
daring and successful diplomatic eXpe-
dition to Abyssnia and came back to
be made Sir Gerald Porta! and die OF
enteric fever. Portal was very tall,
on the right side of 40, with a small,
eager, expressive, sympathetic face,
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Admiral Lord Fisher, and his
Dreadnoughts.

Lord Fisher. or as he is called by
every one who knows him. Jacky
Fisher, is the man really responsible
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tears, purchased a paper and read the
ball score to his father. The appar-
entity dying man was Interested too. in
the accounts OF his own case, ana par
ticuiarly i'm the scientific side.
When he talked in person to news-
paper men his face was swollen
greatly, and he appeared to he very
weak. but dauntlessly he spoke of his
faith in God and his love for his
family.
DIR. $. S. Goldwater. health commits
sioner, to-day admitted he was puz-
zled over the number OF cases OF the
dreaded anthrax which have made their
appearance In the city since the first
Of the yeT.
Since January four persons. two
men and two women--two In Brook
lyn and two in MGnhattau-have sue
cumbed to anthrax. This is the largest
number OF victims recorded in tho city
III a single year since 1909. when five
persons died OF the malady.
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FABRE, ENTOMOLOGIST.
DEAD. NEAR CENTURY MARK
Remained Almost Unknown 70 World
Until He WINS Over Eighty
Years Old

ORANGE. FRANCE, October Ii
Henri Fabre, the chronological is dead
He MAS born IN France In 1923
Henri Fabre remained almost un-
known to the world until no was over
eighty years old, when suddenly he be-
came recognized as one OF the greatest
scientists OF the times. He spent his
long life exploring the insect world.
Entomology Is not, 1 know. to the
taste OF everybody" he said in speak
inC OF his science. ITO the terrible
utilitarian a bushel Of peas preserved
from the wccv!l is Of more Importance
than volume Of observations which
bring no profit. It is by the accumula-
ton Of ideas that humanity has done.
ana Will continue TO do, better to-day
Than yesterday and better tomorrow
than to-day"
fabre's life was one OF poverty, sac
f!ficc. struggle and perseverance,. lie
vas born of humble and illiterate par
e"ts al ST. Icons, France in 1929 His
youth was constant struggle for edu-
cation.
his first adventure Into natures So
crets began at his NTH year, whom he
sought TO learn how the cricket pro-
duced its chipping sound. His interest
ID insects never tagged, although he
staFtcd his career as teacher OF ma;hc-
MATES In school at Ajaccio. II was
mere he met the celebrated botanist.
M"qN'n- Tandon, who gave him this
/ advice:
Leave your mathematics and get to
: the beast"
/ lie followed the advice, but. direct.
ing MS attention to insects. and after
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MARTIN OUTLINES HIS
VIEWS ON PREPAREDNESS
Senior Senator From Virginia l.
Strong Advocate OF Adequate
Coast DefcnseS.
WANTS FORT Ar CAPE HENRY
Advised by Naval Experts Tint Hos
tile Fleet Could Now Push i'm Vir-
ginia Capes and Reach Washing
ton or Baltimore.

United States Senator Thomas S. Mar
tin. who arrived in the city last night
to attend tho unwilling Of the Tyler
monument this afternoon, expressed
himself In favor OF ample coast de-
Tense at Cape Henry as the most inn
portant step in preparedness" on the
part of the United states.
The Senator would not discuss to
what extent he would indorse pre-
paredness" during the next session of
Congress. but asserted that he was
not in the least inclined to Mysteries
over the danger of the United States
being plunged into war with any for
cign power. lie made II plain, how =
ever, that he considered coast dofenscs.
particularly those at the Virginia
capes. almost imperative. lie had
urged appropriations for this purpose
for years and he hopes to see Congress
accent his yipv.S
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I rouble Feared
at Charleston
.Militia in Readiness on account
OF Bitter Feeling C,ouins
Out ofMoyoralty Election.

COLUMBIA. :. c.. October l1.-After
Sheriff J. Elmorc Martin made repre-
sensations that he was unable TO cope
with an alleged threatening situation
growing out of the mayoraltY election
in Charleston tomorrow, Governor
Manning to-day ordered the Charleston
militia TO report ut its armory tonight
prepared for duty. Acknowledgement
Moore left ut once for Charleston to
take charge of the militia.
Sheriff Martin told the Governor that
feeling was running high as the result
of n bitter election fight. and he feared
hloodshed.
other National Guard companies
within a short run OF Charleston also
Will Ice held ready to proceed to
Charleston In the event of serious
trouble, IT was said.
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KEEP WEDDING DETAILS
EVEN FROM FRIENDS
President Wilson and Mrs. Calf
Begin Making Preliminary
Arrangements.
HONEYMOON PLACE IS SECRET
Congratulations Continue to Pour In
From All Parts of World-Dinner
at White House In Honor Of Bride
Elect.

WASHINGTON, October 11.-Presi-
dent Wilson and Mrs. Norman Gait
his flancee, to-day began making pre-
liminary arrangements for their we'd
ding. The President and Mrs. Gait
are not discussing their detailed plans
even with their immediate friends and
relatives. ~ wedding trip is being
considered. but the place has not been
revealed.
Reports that the couple might go
TO the San Diego or San Francisco EN-
positions. apparently were dispelled to-
day. when the President replying to
an invitation from school children in
san Diego asking him to visit the ex-
position, wrote that he secs no posi- =
bility of visiting the Pacific coast at
present.
Congratulations from all parts of the
world continued to arrive at the White
House. one cablcgram came from
President Estrada Cabrera, of Guate-
mala. The President is answering
personally the messages.
a dinner was given by President
Wilson at the White House tonight
for Mrs. Gait. the small party includ-
ing Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo. who
leave tomorrow for a trip through
the West.
Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo will not
return to Washington for nearly a
month, and as Miss Margaret Wilson,
the Presidents eldest daughter. Will
not come here for the winter until
about October Is, il is considered GER
tain that the President and Mrs. Gait
have not changed their original inten-
ton OF delaying their marriage at least
n month.
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country should be strengthened ma
terially. the Senator said. and the
United States Army should be incrca sed
20 minimum or $4,000.
The Florida Senator was particu-
! larly In favor of steps by the national
! government to aid tho militia OF the
'arious States. and indicated that he
would favor increased appropriations
Tor the National Guard by the next
Congress.
FLETCHER APPROVES
WILSON'S GERMAN POLICY
Senator Fletcher gave his hearty APP
3roval of President Wilson's course i'm
dealing with Germany on the questions
of submarine warfare, and expressed
the belief that, like Germany, Great
Britain would yield to tho conscien-
tious representations of the United
States on questions at issue between
the two countries.
Il am for peace. but peace with
honor" Senator Fletcher told re-
porter for The Times. Dispatch at
Murphy's Hotel last night, where he
was being introduced to Il number OF
virginia political leaders by J. n.
Brennaman. secretary of the state
Democratic Committee. ~ believe In
h'NpihE vic y uH lOdlpu. lnCrc nave
been peace palaces and efforts to bring;
about pence by peaceful means ever
since the temple to the Goddess of
Peace was erected In Rome 1000 years
ago"
Senator's Fletcher, Martin and swan
son VIII represent the United states
Senate ut the unveiling OF the TYLER
| monument. They arrived In the city
last night accompanied hy Sergeant
at-Arms McGrRin. Of tho Senate Tho
senators md the delegation from the
House OF Representatives., which came
| IN by the same train, have established
headquarters ut Murphy's Hotel
In the congressional party are Rep
rcsentativcs G. G. Carlin. OF Virginia
r.. w. Rohcrs, Of Massachusetts: j.
Thompson Baker, Of New jersey, and
Jim McClintic. of Oklahoma Mrs.
Baker is with Representative Baker.
The party is in charge of william y.
Nicholas. OF Pennsylvania. deputy ser
scant-at-arnis OF the House who has
, ns his guest ]. !. Slnnott. of Richmond.
| doorkeeper OF the House
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TOO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

CITY salesman, good position. steady
work, Office man preferred south
crn stamp and Stationery Company.
Apply TO Mr.. Rosendorf.
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MEASURE
TO PRESERVE ORDER

CHARLESTON. S. c.. October IL
Governor Manning's order to-daY-hold-
ing the local militia ready. for duty
and instructions to Sheriff Martin TO
appoint a large force Of deputies was
accepted by many persons here only as
n precautionary measure to preserve
order AT the polls in the Democratic
city primaries here to- morrow.
There has been no trouble here. al
though the campaign has been bitter.
Governor N1anni Ii telegraph ed
Sheriff Martin that the militia was to
hc used only in case OF necessity.
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SAYS HOSTILE FLEET COULD
FORCE WAY IN Virginia CtPES

y hostile fleet, unhampcred by suffi-
cient naval force. would have no trou-
BILE In passing the Virginia Capes and
being at the gates OF Washington or
Baltimore within two weeks. the SEN
ator said he had been informed by
naval experts. He thought II OF the
utmost Importance that steps should
be taken to safeguard the approach
to the National Capital with it's navy
yard. as we'll as to Philadelphia with
its navy yard and private shipbuild
ing plants, as we'll rs the city Of Bal
timore with it's wealthy environments.
Senator Martin is not In favor OF n
large standing army, hut believes in.
more hearty support for the National
Guard of the country from the Federal
government. To maintain a large
standing army would entail so great
Il burden on the taxpayers that II
would not meet with approval, while
to provide for Il volunteer force for
less, and at the same time answer the
purpose.
He declared himself in favor of an
adequate navy and for the improve
ment OF the field artillery branch Of
the United States Army, which nc con-
siders inadequate.
MORE OPpORTU NIFTY FOR
TRAINING OF OFFICERS
In addition. the Senator is OF the
opinion that there should be more OPP
portunitics for training officers for both
the army and navy by Increasing the
number OF cadets at West Point and
Annapolis, as we'll as providing for
the training Of competent young men
, in other institutions as a reserve force
of officers.
senator Duncan Y. Fletcher. OF Flor
! ida, who accompanied Senator Martin
to Richmond for the unwilling ccre-
monies at the grave Of the tenth Prcsi-
dent Of the United States, last night
declared that the United States ought
10 increase Its navy, particularly by
! the development OF submarines and
aeronautics. The coast defenses Of tho
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john H. Miller,

John y. Miller. n prominent farmer
OF SperiNville, Rappahannock County.
died this morning shortly after
o'clock, at the home of his son, j. Cliff.
ford Miller, president of the Miller
manufacturing Company, 1923 West
Franklin Street Mr.. Miller had been
in the city for two weeks for treat
ment. He was scventy-two years old
Funeral arrangements have not been
made