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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
When Our Big Gums Roar at Sea.

The "war game" planned for the
Atlantic fleet the latter part Of this
month will, 1t Is announced, he 'un.
usually thorough" and more like ac-
tual war than anything yet achieved
in practice manpuvres. Target prac-
tice and tactical drill are to he made.
the authorities say, rs much MS posi-
Bile like the real thing"
Good! But let the announcement
go a little further. Let us hear that
we are to have Il full. honest report
OF the mimic war; no "doctored" per-
centages, no glowing generalities Of
praise. We want the truth.
The war game Is expensive, but the
American people who foot the bill will
begrudge the cost OF no shot that
proves the accuracy of the eye that
sights the gun. Let there be no more
secrecy than that which military fore
sightedness imperatively demands.
We can afford just now 10 let othe-
navy departments know a little more
about our condition than might ordi-
narlly he advisable, IL only thereby
our own people may acquire, whether
1t be comforting or disconcerting, a
m hundred per cent. reliable knowl-
edge Of our navy's actual condition
and degree Of efficiency.
Especially II the knowledge Ia dis
concerting! Turn the %searchlight on!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
FOR ROOSE-
WELT.
The Monroe Doctrine Declaration and
Why IL Was Made.

To r,,r rn,-o, M T,,r crS-S;,. I
bave road win ,nterest vour editorial
a%rtic,e rs,uting NJ Rooseve,t,s claim
thar under The Uauue convention /.
was our bounden duty to pre-
vent to undo the hideous
wrong that was done to Belgium. We
have shirked this duty"
Mr.. Roosevelt has been ringing the
changes upon this charge notwlthstand-
ing that he has been repeatedly asked
in vain TO quote his justification. 1t has
been pointed out TO him and other EN-.
brollers that the United States commits
sioners signed the Hague agreements
with the following reservation:
Matthias contained A., ,bi. convention
-.
rnitea s,ats. ,o denar, from its ,radi-
,ionai pol,cv N, No, i,trudIng imam. inter
,o,,rv yt,n o- on,anr,I,v ,ssi, in tho
n%olitic,l ou..,,or. a, noIicv or internal
admi,i.,r,tior n, a,y ,or.,yn s,ate
-
III. mater 70 sea-
wv 90 W iNooseNei na.ps sn"a
vi "a .'"tse vi our na'ioH'h ,9
80 nn ~ WI y 49,,
W puote tlOhh historio"i eoul'.S '"N'
arc contemporary with that cautiohary
p'p,aon A..
ny vi our COMMISSIONER " .ne
,,hsue Cohterehe OF 1878 was tht
''o"' H"urc" ~ WINE Inc ioIio"ing
N'N..s iton hs ut~opioRrauh W"'
=! 'O"'u "''"S ""' e"'S"'er'"N
July ~ ls's-ln the morning the Ameri-
ian delegation met and Captain Mahah
threw In a bomb regarding the Article
10 which requires that when any tive
par'''s 70 tne conference are drifting into
wa, II other Po"eis shou'd CONSIDER "
a duty tdevoirl to remind them OF ms
ADMIRATION tribunal. &c. He thinks that
'nls ln'rihsrs the American doctrine OF
ho' eh'ahs ing ourselves In the AFFAIRS %
loreish states ana VIII prevent the rati-
noH''oh OF 'he convention by the Unite
states Senate. This aroused earnest de
'u'y N-ror some days In fact eve'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
Anti. American Sentiment In Missouri
Metropolis Denied.
From The 81. Louis Giobe-Dem

From the 50. Louis Globe-Democrdt
We desire TO call the particular at
tention of the people OF ST. Louis to an
editorial from THE SUN, which we print
In an adjoining column. II is headed
"Anti-Amerlcan Feeling in st. Louis"
and is based upon an article In the
Washington star, said to rave been
written by a correspondent Of that paper
who recently visited this city in the
course OF II tour OF political inquiry"
Much untruth has been published In
relation to this war. but We have not
yet seen a falsehood quite 30 gratultous
or 50 atrocious as this. The German
population OF st. Louis Is large and in
luential, but Is by no means predomi-
nant Less than $ per cent. Of the
population is OF German birth, 47,765,
to be exact. and not to exceed 40 per
cent. is of German blood. The native
German population is not more than
one-ffth that Of New York city. These
facts the star correspondent could have
ascertained by a cursory examination OF
the census reports.
But, aside from that. the sentiment
OF the German element In st. Louis is
iSt, and has never been, anti-American.
The Germans here. as in New York and
everywhere else, are strongly In sym
PATTY with the German cause. Tho ma
jCrlty of them. no doubt, as elsewhere.
are opposed to the shipment Of arms
to the ALLIES. But there has not been
the slightest indication Of d~isloyalty TO
the American Government and as to
their feelings, their business or even their
social relations with the other inhabi-
tants of st. Louis. the allegation is ar
rant nonsense.
There are, OF course, individual cases
or enmiiy growing out OF war Discus
slonS, n again we say the same is true
IN every other city in the country, but
these instances are rare. and in general
the Germans OF st. Louis and those who
are not Germans associate and transact
business in the same friendly manner as
before the war.
Their attitude was shown In the abor-
i've attempt Of the so-called Neutrality
League to get up a public demonstration
against tine shipment of munitions. The
meeting was widely advertised and every
Effort was made TO draw a crowd. but
the league demonstrated to empty
seats. The German population would
have none of It.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
PRESIDENT TO FIGHT
PORK BARREL BILLS
Secretary McAdOo Will study
Needs Of Towns Wanting
New Post Offices.

WAsHINGToN, Sept. 7.-Refa-, r"-
sress meets next Decomh,e rr,. ?
Wilson will hold conferences w'1
chairmen of the Scuate and Uu.-. Pc
preparations committees IN an ,T..' '
persuade them to adopt an arrange. ,'
which Will cut out pork barrel a,
priations. Prior 90 these oouf,.,.
and before the departmental ESTIMATES
are completed, Secretary of tra T.,..
ury McAdoo will probably trs, L..
low Cabinet members to Keep t
figures as low as possible.
II is hoped that the joint House r,
Senate committee appointed llst ,,--
To devise a budget scheme may uy
TO report on a bill at TIE fnr,n...
session, but 1t is reearioI Is au,..
whether n part Of III" measure ,r
become operative in time % cuycr pes.
years appropriations, The Pre-. .y
therefore, is said to have dpierU .r.I
appeal directly to the heads of tlc ,A
appropriations committees.
WITHIN the next month Secretary 80.
Adoo, who took lunch with 'Nr ~.
dent to-day, expects TO make an ius.
ton trip throughout tho country To-
INTO the actual requirements tn CE
and towns whore new post offices ..
other Federal buildings have been
posed, or where II IS poss. Die to a.
don the upkeep OF buildings abroad.
existing, Although tho policy of
Government heretofore, tho Seer. DE-"
Indicated, has been 10 eNpcnd on p','.
buildings the maximum Of the apu'.ir
Ration allowed in each case, or cyu' ~
excess of that mount, IL Is his in'@'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
Comments on the "Unhyphenlted
Friend"

To II EpIroR OF THE suS-Sir: The
letter OF "Unhyphenated Friend Of Uncle
Sam has been thankfully and gltefully
added to our collection.
Keep up your war s~crapbooks. boys +!
II you use your shears and m~ucilage
judiciously you are sure to possess thu
most comprehensive library Of un-
conscious humor ever written.
After the valiant assaults upon the
three windmills OF Nietzsche. Treitschke
and Bernhard. and after the wild
Wrestling with the mistranslations OF
K~riegsherr, weltmacht and Kultur, our
unhyphenated friends have at last pene-
trated to the very essence Of the Ger
nan Volksseele. the Prusslan sidewalk
Lieutenant.
When history Sits the causes and
facts OF this great war. she will no
doubt appreciate the historical truth
and Judgment OF these letters, the deep
knowledge OF German life. and, above
all, the neutral. unbiased American
spirit which can watch and Judge both
sides Of the big game sine Ira ct studio.
as a decent umpire watches a baseball
game. ID. SIEBRAND.
NEW York, September 1.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
The Lesson OF PlattsbuPg.

Mayor Mitchell talks sensibly about
the Plattsburg encampment. lie IN
derstands that the work done there,
that Is to say the drilling, evolutions,
mNnnuvres and theoretical instruc-
ton in the 4 Il c Of warfare, did not
qualify the business men who spent
Il month at Plattsburg for the duties
and responsibilities Of regimental oif-
GERS In the field. We have no doubt
that they also understand this, for a
keener and more serious minded body
Of men was never assembled in this
country to receive military instruc-
ton. We do not except the young
sters Of the college encampments, al
though In vigor and stamina they had
the advantage of their seniors.
THE Plattsburg encampment," says
Mayor mitchell, has taught 1900 Of
the representative men OF the nation
the futility Of relying on volunteer
armies in case Of need" This Is not
II reflection upon the rank and Ale OF
the National Guard or militia. which
contains some splendid regiments, not
as good rs the regulars but worthy
to be brigaded with regulars. Speak.
ing for his Plattsburg comrades Mr..
Mitchell goes on to say:
I'VE know, In a way that arguments
can never bring home, that a soldier,
much less an officer, cannot be made
In a few weeks OF training, and that II
would be a crime against our people,
amounting 10 nothing less thar national
suicide, TO send into the field armies
manned and differed by unframed
volunteers"
The speaker had in mind the old
system, which came down to the
Spanish war and which sent crudely
organized regiments OF i~neffectives
to the colors for service. Sometimes
these regiments were raised and COM
manded by influential politicians, who
knew very much less about drilling
n squad OF volunteers than the bust
ness men who have taken n prellmi-
nary course In soldering nj Platts-
burg. Fortunately the United States
was not at wal with a military ma
tion In 1903; and, fortunately, the
bruntybf the fighting In Cuba and the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
Remarks Concerning a Certain Signer
of n Famous Round Robin.

10 THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir, In
no other way did the author OF shake
speares Plays" show his Knowledge az
the great drama OF life more clearly
than 10y his Introduction OF comicalities
INTO the most chastity tragedies that
came from his pen. 1t would be hard
indeed Tor humanity to endure the bur
den or living without the relief that
comes from the blessed sense OF humor.
commonly possessed in the highest de-
gree by those who would suffer most
without 1t. Your stolid person does nor
need IL, for he does not know how mucn
he ought to be suffering.
TO go a little further. II is well to re-
member that what makes Shakespeare $
clowns lrreslstIbly funuy-the best OF
hem-ist their way OF taking themselves
seriously. The Jester who knows him.
self as such can never promote IN.
Gayety OF nations as does the earnest
ass who deems himself a figure OF dig.
hlty' And II is well for the nerves of
the audience that the centre OF the STAGE
sh"u!d De heId from time to time by one
whose outrageous antics, even though
they be OF the slapstick order. provoke
good honest laughter.
Just now, when thinking men are
staggered by the horrors OF the war tina,
threatens to involve the world. a mer-
clful shifting OF interest gives much
needed relief from the strain.
The stage directions. had the Great
Manager written them out. would read :
EIit Bryan. reenter Rooserelt.
No two Americans ever took than
selves quite so seriously as these TWO.
NO TWO We're ever elevated by admirers
VINO TOOK them seriously into higher
stations No two were ever able to come
higher to plunging the nation into dis
asler IMAM these two wholly dissim.lAr
men. No two ever appealed more
strongly, in their most strenuous efforts
to the delicate sense OF humor of the
more obserNant portion OF the audience.
You published a letter the other dav
from Luis Jackson in which he declares
that the ex-Commander in Chief has
forgotten the first duties OF a soldier. '
But, sir. how can a man forget v-hst he
never learned? Did Mr.. Roosevelt ever
obey anybody In his life? Were Gen.
eral Shafter alive he might answer that
question by exhibiting a certain famous
'rNund robin"
The late Robert Il. Roosevelt proba blv
knew his nephew as well as anybodv
ever did, He said TO me once. with n
dry emphasis on the word Sometimes .
Teddy always did run his head against
a stone wall whenever he could find
one, and sometimes It's bad for the
wall" CEsr A Rnv
L YORK September 5.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

dismissal, by means Of a request for
the appointment Of an acceptable sue
cessor, be any more OF a strain Of our
friendly relations with the Imperial
Government Of Austria. Hungary than
was the dismissal OF Lord SAcKvILLE
a strain on u friendly relations with
Great Britain?
Our main point, however, Is that
these questions should he decided, and
doubtless will be decided, with justice
AMI dignity by the Administration
itself. on its own responsibility. The
case of DR.. DUMBA Is not the proper
subject for any sort Of a referendum
to popular demand or opinion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08
Mr.. Maurice Icons Last Word for tbo
Colonel.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir, M
one contends that the United States *
"A guarantor OF the naturalization OF Rel
GUM, whether by the treaty bearing the
signature or n King OF Prussia since
dishonored by his heirs or by any other
treaty nor hat the United States ought
to depart from the Monroe Doctrine.
| have argued that the Fifth conyen-
ton or The Hague was binding on Ger
many Notwithstanding the belligerence
of Serbia and Belgium, and am glad 10
note that THE SUN does not further
uphold what the editor OF the North
American RepieD, misled by n notion
or literalistic attorneyship. said in sum
port OF the right OF a contractant 10
release himself by his own wrong from
an obligation which but for that wrong
would admittedly be binding on him,
Practically the whole civilized world
subscribed at The Hague to the prin-
ctple. there clearly formulated, that the
territory of a neutral Power is inyIo-
liable and may not be traversed by armed
forces and conveys.
Colonel Roosevelt has asserted that
It was the "bounden duty" OF the
United States to uphold that princlple
In the face OF a fragrant infringement
so far reaching as to threaten an era
OF worldwide international anarchy.
TIL SUNS position In the last analy-
sis Is that the United States is war
ranted In relying upon IA thrice recorded
declaration OF adherence to traditions
of American aloofness as Justification
for failure TO oppose hat infringement.
There Is much TO be said In support
of either proposition. but | wish To- be
recorded as stu siding with the Colonel.
II THE SUN cares to do the recording.
NAIfpIgrs \ nnk.
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JUST AMERICAN.
The Serious Thoughts OF an IntellI.
gent "Nankee.Teuton" Girl.

From a letter ~ ne Rochester Post Erpr,ss
/ wish to thank the American people
FOR all that they nave done TO better
the conditions and uplift our people OF
Foreign speech. And in doing this 1
know that am volc!ng the sentiments
OF several thousand worthy people.
| thank YOU, first OF all. for your
standard OF life that you regard no
man better a another that Won do
not worship ancestry: that You Judge
by personal worth. not by family pres
tige.
! thank YOU for your great SCHOOLS
colleges where the young people
OF other nations meet on an equal foot
ing. and where, instead of fostering
race hatreds, all ranks are absorbed N
the American people.
| thank you for your beautiful ideas
about women, Ideas garnered from
elShteen nations and made into one
great ideal OF reverence and veneration +:
that the American man regards woman
In the old Biblical way as good 70
look upon" and that she may take hrr
way through the streets to business
and pleasure u~nguarded, secure in TIE
thought that her womanliness is her
protection.
thank you that you. like the plain
people OF earth, despise idlers thar YOU
are not shamed to clasp the toll worn
hand that an active, useful life is the
great American ambition.
] thank you for the cordial welcome
mat you give TIE foreigner when he
arrives. because he has heard thar ~,
Is a goodly land that welcomes the on.
pressed of other lands"
thank you for your Just laws under
WhI'h the people OF many n%ationalities
live together i'm Dpace and cOncora -.
as nowhere else In the world, really
form IA brotherhood OF man.
thank the American people that.
from the lessons that their ideals have
taught me, ! can change the foreign
motto our tongue. our nationality,
our religion In the new home. In
this great and glorious land, let us be
just American.
A fANKEE-TEUToN Girl,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

That the United States has no land
famine may be Judged from the re-
cent report Of the Commissioner OF
the General Land Office. According
TO this there yet remains more than
2T9, 600, 900 acres of land %"unappro-
priated and unreserved," This great
amount when entirely surveyed will
be available for homesteads. The
greater part OF this area is In the
far West. Without any desire to
depreciate Uncle SANS liberality It
might be said that an Eastern man
who desires to possess a landed es-
tate might expend the amount that
II would cost TO reach these offerings
upon some Of the thousands OF acres
nearer home that await tenants: ex-
pecting that with the same thrift and
industry he will be quite as we'll Off
as IL he went one or two thousand
miles away TO be a pioneer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

To THE EDITOR OF THE suS--S1: Green
tomato pie. II appears from consultation
with the chief. has no traditional written
or printed recipe. (This In reply to the
request OF "E. s." OF New Rochelle.) But
! learn that the dough Is piecrust dough
OF the normal richness and nakiness: that
the hllins Is green tomatoes sliced. the.,
natural gentle tartness heightened by
lemon juice. swestened preferably with
brown sugar, but II you haven't any on
hand don't send out for II O. purpose. AMI
richened by a lump OF butter about the
size OF a tablespoon. Preserved ginE.r
cut In little bits and scattered over, some
powdered cinnamon and a small amount
OF lemon peel add tho touch Of gilt. -
Dredge nour over all to take up the Juice
and keep It from being runny. Put the
'.kiver' on and bak
The undersigned considers this pie
right In the front rank. Il. w,
N~osTHPoRr. September 7.
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Senator JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS. &C

cording TO a Washington despatch,
is about 10 make personal efforts to
have released from German detention
camps a number of his constituents,
No doubt, a laudable ambition on the
Colonel's part. for he may have need
OF these detained scores of persons
from Chicago and other western
cities" But, success or failure, his
presence Is bound to add an air OF
courtly grace TO camp and trench
and bright blotches Of pink 10 wars
sombre coloring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

Uncle Sam, himself adjoining. started for
the South this morning
To congratulate Saint Augustine on, this
her natal day,
He avows that she a sage Is. but don't
ask him what her age Is,
For your Uncle SANS a gentleman and
would refuse to say.
But some books treat not so lightly ladies',
ages. Impolttely
They will tell you she was born In afte.n
hundred sixty 1--WE.
SO. with proper veneration for her age and
sex and station
Let US hail her with the hope that she
may never cease to thrive,
c. u. 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

The sinking OF vessels of the Allies
by German submarines, two or three
a day. goes on with such unfailing
regularity that n wonders what
would have happened II so large a
number OF German submarines had
not been sunk or trapped by the
enemy. The number has been put as
high as fifty.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

The Hon. JoEBAnEY will have no
talkover victory in the Texas loquacity
tournament. The Hon. ROBERT LEE
HENRY, Representative from the
Eleventh Congress district OF that
State, also is a candidate for the Sem
ate. and Colonel Bon is some tallier.
He began talking in June. 1885, when
he was graduated from the South
western University Of Texas. lie has
never stopped since.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

II Is said that General LEHMAN. the
defender Of Liege. who is a prisoner
at Magdeburg. has read his obit-
uary notice with delight" II Is with
still greater pleasure that admirers of
the grlzzled hero learn that, aside
from nursing a equity foot, he is in
excellent health.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

Finds misery everywhere.-HeadNn
Former Mayor MCCLELLAN, In six
months travelling In italy. France and
Belgium. A German guide in Little
Belgium would have pointed out to
him many reasons why this ungrate-
full people should be hugely happy
for benefits conferred.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

semitism and is arch-fomenters in
Russia" Not a very gracious return
for a very gracious profer Of assist
ance and support! Timent Teutones,
dona ferentes?
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A Keystone Cryptoxram.

To THE Enron or The SuS--Sir, A su,
headline OF September 3 says 1T. II. on
for Month"
Hey, Mr. Editor, max II two.
DELIGHTED.
PHlLApEIrHiA, September 6,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

The utmost lingo must increase his
ferocity II II is to equal that Of the
peace advocates in Chicago who, on
the Sabbath day, cheered news Of the
torpedoing OF the Hesperian.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

Swimming should be taught In every
school.-NeICdrk Eagle.
Country pupils in the Bahbling
Brook, city pupils in the Pierian
Spring.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

Government gets EpIsoS's battery
Headline.
1t ia expected to prevent the genera
ton of deadly chlorine fumes when
salt water gets on the wrong side
OF the hull. May it erase the f from
our submarine alphabet!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

The COW Jumped over the moon.
"The only safe place for me during the
hunting season. she explained.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

" our friends cho favor W toith rdru-
scripts and Illustrations for publication nish
10 hare rejected articles returned htn must
IN all cases send stamps for thaf purbosS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

The Jetcish Chronicle Of London
calls the Teutons 'patentees Of anti
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

London ONCE. Efnngham House, 1 Arun-
del street. Strand.
Paris once. 6 Rue de la Michodiere. en-
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington once, Hlbbs Building
Brooklyn once. l0s Livingston street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-08

Readers OF The Sun leaving town for the
summer months can have the daily ana
sunday aad evening editions delivered TO
them In any part OF this country or Eu-
rope on the terms stated above. Addresses
changed as often as desired. O-der through
newsdealer or directly OF Publication OF.
hce, telephone 22OO Beekman.
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Nassau street.
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