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The Bells of q

The. great bell Of the Cathedral Of
st. Stephen. Vienna. cast from cap
tured Turkish more than
two centuries ago, is to return 10 war
a. an Austrian ''skoda," 4 ~ cent?
meter mortar, big calibre shells or
shrapnel. The church has given this
treasure Il be melted up as part Of
the war metal collection.
Here is another Of the reversions
b former times that the war has dis
closed: to the days when he who COM
nanded the bell commanded the town,
when the c%onqueror melted down bells
for ammunition or the conquered saw
his cannons cast into bells. Bells have
had q great part In war, they have
summoned soldiers to arms, and they
have rung oye triumph and defeat.
The old bells Of Chester C~athedra,
rang the victory Of Trafalgar and the
death OF NELSON, latter every peal n
single booming note Of grief" An
other old English bell, cracked under
the strain OF Waterloo rejoicing, was
recast and reinscribed, II rang the
downfall Of Buonaparte, and broke"
Some OF the famous French bells
were melted down for gun metal In
the Revolution. Many of the bells
Of Belgium, renowned as a land OF
bells and where were the finest prod
ucts of the art in its prime, have al
ready mel the fate of the tocsin of
st. stephen, Old Roland" the ball
Of Client, that sounded only victory.
and the 900 year old "Horrida' Of
Antwerp, proclaimed neither their
city's danger nor fail.
The Great Grower, "dic CROSSE
Rrummcrin,' OF st. stephen weigh.
only seventeen tons, not much when
u is remembered that If Russia tou
/ vas to melt up her bells she could
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The Hand on the Steering wheel
and the Foot On the Pave.

The report that thirty-four persons
were killed in the city streets by gu.
tomebiles in June is d~isquieting to an
extent not indicated by the numerical
measure, though it is more than one
death a day; not even because 1t
shows a startling increase over the
death score of June. 1914, for auto
mobile accident records do not rise
and fall in fixed relation to any de-
termlnable factor-but because the
annual ~cxaction Of the gasolene jug
gernaut exists at all.
In every one Of those thirty four
fatal cases. as in hundreds that were
not fatal, 1t is altogether likely that,
however inevitable the crash at the
moment Of its happening, there was
negligence or fate defying reckless.
ness by some II that contributed,
entirely a%voidably, to the inevitable.
ness. and for which there can be
named no explanation save that of
criminal or insane readiness TO take
Il chance" and, aatly, no excuse The
fact that the fellow who expresses
readiness 10 take the chance gener-
ally escapes with n whole skin while
the broken bones belong to the fellow
who did not mean to take chances at
all ought to operate upon the public
mind in two ways; to stimulate 1t
to insistence on ironclad, restricting
control OF the agencies Of disaster,
and to encourage greater prudence
In the first person, singular.
Control Of the mail van, empty per
haps and playthlng OF a speed bitten
driver; Of the private car rushing the
''nagnate" to The Street In the morn
ing and back to his home or club at
night; Of the taxi dashing to catch a
patrons train or to save the loss OF
I'VE minutes at n tango party of the
private chauffeur taking her out
without his employers knowledge and
teasing his GREATNESS, ecstatically
scared lady friend with a performance
on the high; reasonably complete
control OF these menaces is in the
power Of the police, They cannot make
the f%inancier rise earlier, but they can
make the penalty OF hardness hi.
instead Of the innocent %bystnnder's
They cannot make the traveller start
In time. but they can make him miss
his train instead Of endangering other
riders or foot passengers.
Error should be stopped at the
source, The recklessness of some com
petent drivers Is one source, and It IL
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FORMING THE LANGUAGE.
Joint Board Of International English
Wanted by u student.

To ruE EpIroR OF THE SuN-Sir; No
language has been subjected to mo:e
or greater changes than the English
Read Shakespeare in the original edi-
ton and then read him IA he liz printed
to-day. Or better, read Chaucer and
thon read Noyes or Watson. To say.
therefore, that the English language is
something sacred that must not no tam
pcrcd with by Americans Is absurd.
However, ! think there ousht to he an
academy made up OF English and Amcri-
can scholars. similar 10 those of France
and Spain. TO pass upon all changes or
innovations. The plan heretofore in
England has been tn let the language
take care of itself or to follow the lead
of the court. Now. Courtiers may he
very proficient in the art of howing and
saving "nice things" but that hardly
fits them for reforming n language.
Undoubtedly the beautiful elegance Of
the French and Spanish languages has
been due to the fostering care Of the
academies aforementioned. T.. NJ.
NEW YORK, August 7.
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To TIE EDITOR OF THr sus-Sir: For
fear Frank A Egan's suggestion In THI
SuS should not elicit that favorable re.
Spouse It's wisdom requires from tho speed
way authorities. | venture to make a small
suggestion for the benefit OF the 'shank's
mare" millions and for his.
Let us OF the vast majority fancy thu,
though the speedway was provided by tho
city at our expense as a SNOWY theatre
for periodic displays by the fashionab bic
few, an everything Providence at no ex-
pense to us at all actually provides both
the glittering show and tho brilliant actors
thereof for tho special delectation of
hoi polloi who may occupy posti dI,.
tint at our own free choice and good
pleasure with ease ana utter safety "a
ourselves. Packards and Pierce.Arrows
thus become the property Of tn. poor.
CHEsTgR. August 6. j. A NJ
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Port and stsrbosrd Patriotism.

DIR. c. j. HExAMER Of Philadelphia.
who Is German on the port and Amer
lean on the starboard side OF his
hyphen and who has been presiding
V %hyphenated dolngs on a large
scale gu In San Francisco. confessed
In an address that he is not proud Of
his country-that Is Of his starboard
country. 1t Is because of the war
munitions commerce.
"A nation" said the excellent Herr
Doctor, speaking for port as opposed
to starboard patriotism. (which prays
for peace on Sundays and supplies
England with arms and ammunition
all the rest OF the week is. to say the
least, hypocritical."
This Is pretty severe. but not II whit
too severe on a nation neutral that
would sell arms TO a nation belliger-
ent, even with or without a weekly
day OF for prayer. OF course not
an ounce Of explosives or a weapon
Of any sort has been sold by the
United States to England or any other
Of the Countries at war. On the con-
trary, very rigid measures have been
taken to prevent 81 much as n OF
our discarded Krag rifles reaching
the belligerents. American merchants
and manufacturers. on the other hand
have been doing and are likely 10
continue doing a roaring business in
selling war munitions to first conner
on the market, a business from which
many Of DR.. HExAMER's sagacious
fellow hyphenates have no doubt
made substantial profits by judicious
attention 10 the stock markets. All
this, it should be hardly necessary to
say. Is quite another matter from 4
nation engaging in such traffic. OF
course DR.. HExAMER knows this. and
that makes 1t all the more regrettable
that his looseness of language should
contribute to the already too great
confusion Of thought on an extremely
Irritating topic.
But perhaps DIR. HExAMER's own
mental lucidity may temporarily leave
something to be desired in the stress
OF these exciting days. For instance,
in the same address he says: From
the way most war reports read We
might just as we'll tear up the Dec
laration Of Independence and become
loyal subjects Of King GEORGE"
Not a bit of it. not u bit OF II, Herr
Doctor. We got through with King
Georges for good and all many a year
ago, and all the' vast supplies Of not
only munitions but Of men as well
our last GEORGE was able to buy so
freely on the continent Of Europe for
u destruction here ut home were
not sufficiently potent 10 keep us his
loyal subjects.
1t really Is to be feared that the
excellent Herr Doctors port boiler Is
Q little overheated.
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HE WAS RIFFLED.
And He Carried His Roll In the Only
Safe Place.

To THE EpIrOP or THE SUN-Sir. o.,
dip" will always 10 for "A hip pocket, so
Mr.. Page is wrong. Also he will - for
the right hand pants pocket.
| was rliicd for my polk" AT tho
Johusou-Jcffries fight. BY advice was
carrying it in my right hand trousers
pocket and trying to keep tight hold OF
my money
| learned long where To carry
currency no dip ever looks for II
there, and whom | carry It there | am
never "rinled
That place is tho upper loft waistcoat
pocket, l.ATu.
NORTH CoLERRooK, Conn, August !.
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Benjamin r. Tracy.

More than sixty years Of useful.
ness the late BENJAMIN +. TRACY
gave In an unseltish spirit to his
country. This generation has to be
told that he was a pioneer Of the Re.
publican party in New York. As Dis.
trict Attorney in Tioga county In
1854, being then a young a Of 81.
he promoted the first mass meeting
to elect delegates to the convention
at which the Republican party In this
State was organized. The orator OF
the Tioga gathering was DAVID VIII.
NOT Of Pennsylvania, author Of the
famous proviso. Young Tracy drove
forty miles in a buggy to invite him
to speak. or WILMoT General TRACY
said long afterward: "He was a fine
man. very serious and sincere. not
particularly humorous. but just
adapted TO reach the convictions OF
our people The description would
have fitted BENJAMIN +. TRACY him.
self during all his public service. He
came OF the hardy, enduring Ameri.
can stock that took its politics serl-
ously. and, loyal t. its convictions,
was ever ready to fight in the last
ditch for them.
1t is not surprising that the Wing
boy" who went into politics before
he could vote and after helping II
organize the Republican party en-
listed for the war to abolish slavery
and save the Union was a partisan
TO the end Of his days, always one OF
the Old Guard and II conservative
distressing the new school Of reform
with its indifference to the safeguards
of the Constitution. But II General
TRACY was a partisan no one ever
doubted his intellectual honesty VI.
inpugned his courage. His loyalty TO
associates was sometimes thought a
fault, but he knew no other way OF
fighting for a cause. Character could
never be denied him. He "a an old
Roman. and while men might differ
with him they could not but respect
him. He was always n Of the robust
figures in the Republican party Of the
State and nation, and in every crisis
BENJAMIN +. TRACY was a genuine
American.
AS Secretary Of the Navy General
TRACY rendered the country an ines.
Unable service. for 1t was during
his administration that the battle
ships Indiana. Massachusetts. Oregon
and Iowa and the cruisers New York.
Brooklyn, Columbia and Minneapolis.
which played so prominent 4 part In
the war with Spain. were authorized.
lie was M Of the earliest and most
vigorous advocates OF an adequate
navy. For this alone his memory
should be endeared to a people who
find themselves now confronted with
the stern necessity Of prepa ring the
country for the arbitrament Of war
lest 1t be overwhelmed in its weak.
ness in an evil hour.
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$500 FOR DEFENCE
CREED BY A WOMAN
Navy League Section Offsm
Prize to Combst Teague
Of White Feather"
MEMBERSHIP Is GROWING

WASHINGTON, Aug. S.--From all nru
| Of the country enthusiastic response mi
| come to the appeal of the wofnan's eo.
| ton OF the Navy League II was An.
| nounoed tonight by the section ira. a
| patriotic member had given 800 20 h.
devoted to a prize for tho best $50 word
creed of national defence TO he us,d
I'M the work OF %aroustng the need OF a..
country for national defence. The prl..
offer is open to any woman over r.
Of 16 years.
The only requisite for entry |. 10 SIN
and send In a membership pledge. ard
thus become a member OF TIC snctIo,
All manuscripts must be in by Septemb.,
Is. Written manuscripts will he A..
cepted. but typewriter ones are pr..
ferred. They should be sent TO "a
| Woman's Section of the Navy L.eaSu.
southern Building. Washington, G
The winning contribution viii he for.
mally adopted by the section ~ ID
creed.
A feature Of the opinions voiced n,
members o. the section was the ~.
pressiou OF thankfulneSS that N.
womnn's section has been formed Ia
offset the formation OF pace AZ arv
price societies and anti-cnliytmer,
leagues. Mrs. Mary s. Lockwood.
founder of the Daughters Of The Amer.
can Revolution. said
II would boycott any man who 70.
fused To- serve his country when (.
needed him. Let the men try am, anti.
enlistment business In his country ara
the women will show them. nl
such rank towards and traitors mewh p.
Of the league Of tn" wh.'e feather BIT
! do not believe such u league would
get a very large memhs rshIp b. m ,
country. American men and women are
patriotic 20 the core. one" They under.
stand and comprehend TIE need 'or
them to he so.
~ have worked for peace al ~, lo,g
lie. hut ! know the hes, WY n -,
peace Is to insure IL hy preparedness,
our present weakness uf r,t.ral 49,.
| fence IL both silly and dangerous
W. put our men ir 'ourro.- ~ 40
our Will, and II the men OF Tho 'ri '-v
can't make Congress vote su'i..rHt i1.
tiona, dcfenCes We Women can and VIII
II cur legislators Will pu' their oars o
the ground just now they W. h,,r A
mighty shout swelling over wis ,1g''y
from cast 10 west. from forth 20 -.u'r.
ard what II says is Prepare. .,,.t'A
II they do not heed-hu' they
know they Will
I'VE Ieycr "a MD have a .h.,,sI or
freedom If when the hour of ,,,' =
upon us every man had signed r.sls.
not to give military service 20 hs pun.
Try in time of need. L. the l''. &
great necessity IL would have been .'. I'd
Uupatrioiic ana d!sloNai
Let every man N''Stlt''' 'H' W.
DERIVING secrets o. 'ht P'''' ct
Irice anu ",'',' ,n.,''
90 ht Sc'S nv "'''"''- ''
VI Po'"" 49, 90"
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Twas Ever Tins.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. II r
rather amusing 10 see the two sides OF
the picture. Mr.. Hashigen ot Boston
kicks that the British beat us to a fraz-
Gle In transportation. and In another
column of THE SUN Wa read that tho
British are up in the air over or
knocking spots out of them in cheaper
grade autos, Mr.. Hashagcn, what's
sauce for the goose IL sauce for ih,
gander. Don't worry II all depends
whore tho arrow finds It's mark. Tn.
man that can produce the goods the
cheapest wins out, Twas ever thus,
JAMES MEG. Brown.
NEW YORK, August I.
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AIR SPECIALISTS FOR BOARD
Two Named by >orirE. with Nd
Sisor> Committee.

There won't hp r'uw TO- al 'Ue ~
ITO specialists ON the NtNy N.fspr
Boari, Secretary Josopbus itn os'
mobilization ~ the Couu'ry'~ Inventors
SO in nominating two members ~ -
hoard tho American Society ~ No''-
naut!c Engineers has rtu,i "a sr.rN.
committee composed % expects ~ o.
branch Of aviation to help i's nominees
The society has named 20 So o. -
navy board Henry \ WIso Wood, =
pres dent. and Elmer \ sporty, ia'cr''G
of the gyroscopjc stab, zeg for aero
planes.
To h.lp Mr. Wood and NJ S7crTr
these members have been made q SPECIAL
committee of the society.
Orville Wright. Glenn n Csrr's7 "
starting burgess and Charles II N#',
to advise on the theory AMI rN"s' I'.'
of ]acronlaucs and a~crouau'I.,| uu''s
Peter Cooper Hewitt. JOHN fl,ys Ham
mond, ,1r. and Joseph \ S',.'wo'z 81
advise on the application OF arr''f -
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SOCIALISM AND WAR.
The Possible Results Of the German
American Controversy.


40 rHh r.piroh W SuN-o"' INC
deNelopment OF the controversy between
this country and Germany has al
ready eliminated the leading Ameri-
can demagogue, Bryan, and his infiu-
ence from the American Government,
which is a no mean achievement in
itself; a far greater result is obtain
able. II the American nation Is COM
PEELED to play its part in the worlds
work of destroying the H~ohenzollern
and Uapsburg dynasties. and their
coalition to dominate continental f.u-
rope, the resulting German-American
war will determine not only Europe's
great military struggle. but also the
greatest political and economic strug-
gle in the history of this country, to
wit: the attack OF socialism and its
kindred cults upon representative gov
nmen in general. and upon the
American political. social and eco
monte structure in particular.
The sum and substance OF the So
called philosophy of socialism. stripped
Of all Its demagogy and its political
and economic falsehoods. Ia that the
capable Individual shall no, only SUM-
port the incapable Individual. which
is Unavoidable ANYWAY. hut that the
former shall also divide ALI of the
products OF his intelligence and indus
,ry with the fool and the idler
Socialism. ~favorite nethod ~ onera.
lion ia ~ organize Ia bor and ,nci,e the
resulting union. IN attack husIness hv
making ,~vrannicaI demands and then
bv seeking 10 enforce those demands
he violence. America ha. ,onu heen
familiar with This cannaign Yhic, uiiI
rench TO- crisis 10 ,ha 49,, ~, Co.
.icr wsr i,s toto .iii no n. ,nay,,a.
hIe as ,ba, ~ tbsc amnaig, N destroy
the p%.tiop's credi, no .s,,h,Ishi,o n
silyer standard
ALREADY &, is .,,a.r, ,,o, ~. labor
u,Ions nvnno,s 90 soc,a,ts,, ,,i,, naLo
Tho mIli,srv ard nayai naoassi,,os 81
| this courtrv a means -, a,,amnting 10
nl,cs tho Matte, u,Gsr durass Il,
rncIa,d ,bo, h,,. airoady ado,,ad
,his curse vim dts,s,rons r,sui,s IN
IN. co,n,,, "a ~ prT,I., coyo,n-
,,e,, .m,for. ,ha .n,nu,a,to, -, .aaL-
mo ,b.r yavor Such a condition ~,
n~oii,,c,, ,rd .co,oric s,a,err mns, n.
uorse NAV cerman domI,,,ior ~
Tho Amerlcar ne,,ie +. s,Iii .o.ri,c
n control ors,nized c,nlt,i no means
a, ia,,.i,,ion =. norL ,ha, I. hctrn ~
10 r,,ed cr,doiy "a Iannr,n,i~ Ia
In many caa.s u,ius,,y ro,ahi, auonc
n,hIIc s.ryIc. cornora,to,. w. ~
fsce tho enuaiiv imnnr.ar, ,,,r ~
sorur,r. n, absoi,,a ror,ro, % o,-,,-
lied Labor This vii, NO, he accom-.
plished by making any new, Laws tho
existing machinery NJ tho law is
annie Tho ISSUE vii, come whom labor
a,t.mpts TO block tho manufacture ~
s~ppplies for the American army and
navy. Tn. Federal Government will
NEE, that attack with tho Federni
army. and A nation behind n and tho
triumph of Law and reason viii no as
certain and as final nc tho no,ice newer
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An American Pledge.

In psychology MS In the practical
affairs Of life 1t seems to be true
that In union there Is strength. As
the churches have a Day of Prayer.
a day certainly Of reiexive IL not Of
visible objective beneficial effect, THE
SuN ventures to hint that the spine
OF patriotism may he stiffened by n
Day OF Resolve. when every loyal
American may bind himself. in some
such form as Is herewith tentatively
suggested. TO the application Of his
individual influence to promotion of
the common fortunes:
II. JOHN SMITH, citizen. by birth or
by solemn oath OF allegiance, Of the
United States OF America. do resolve
from henceforth to avoid the pessim!s-
tic negligence, unmanly surrender OF
prerogative and unjus. default OF civic
duty that give opportunity TO the
d~emagosue. the dlsloyal p~ropagandist.
the organized strength OF 'pacinst'
weakness to oppose. so far as In my
power lies. the civic heres!es OF hypo-
critical or blind ideallsm and the
treachery that would send Uncle SAM,
armed with a broken bladed t~ackknife.
into International ways where highway
men lurk to support my party % far
as it promises TO uphold %unspotted the
American fag, to defend American
rights and protect American citizens ;
to endeavor to purify It Of factional-
ism and error. and In every way. by re-
lion OF sanity with courage. 10 con-
tribute so far as l may to the spread
OF true A~mericanism In this time OF
test. I shall earnestly and increasingly
endeavor to keep my head straight on
my shoulders, and not twist the other
fellows neck because he Is not looking
In the direction ! do"
Perhaps II will not he thought i'm
pertinent to direct n special adjura-
ton to Democrats. Being a Democrat
has always been exciting. To-day
that peculiar condition OF political al
legiance parenthetic to the major rela-
ton of Federal citizenship offers I'M
matched opportunity for level headed
A~mericanism. or ignoble and mis-
chievous un-American influence in the
complex Of civic forces out Of which
Is inevitably to emerge a fate in ter
restrial relations for the United
States OF America. Necessarily the
determination Of that fate for good
or bad depends upon the wisdom and
courage Of the nation, and at least
until March Of 1917 the responsible
privilege Of executing the national
will devolves upon the Democratic
party as agent.
There will be politics, bitter poll
tics. even in the settlement of the
problem Of national defence; but woe
unto that man through whom politi-
cal obstruction comes. The snake
warmed in the bosom Of the Admins
tration has wriggled into the open (;
there let It be ~scotched, the menace
Of Organism. The direct way Is for
the constituencies Of gentlemen who
will represent in the next Congress
the opposition wing OF the party In
power TO let their representatives
know that the interpartisan and in
trapartisan rivalries and %jealousies
that gave them electoral charter are
suspended in the interest Of the com
mon welfare OF the united citizens Of
these United States.
Make your resolution nowi
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ACT TO AID JEWS IN WAR ZONE
More Than roo Bodies V~"prcs"nfrh
at Relief Conference.

More than a hundred Jt".' r
cations were represented ~
cuGc in the Educational NN.1m.r '. ''E
in East broadway yesterday
pose was To plan for rcllef ~ ''''
CougrrsSman Meyer london. "a d N'e
sliod. was made chairman g. a .'
mittce Of a hundred Jews, "
collect money for relief wo'h
II was voted that tho "'"'
should pledge itsclf 20 sCc '.t ''
cally every family iu tho or
p"alcd to- The committee 81.
muuiCitt with Jews IN other ... r' .
to create a stream of conti4hl'N ~.
tho Jews abroad until the cni ~ -
a
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Two citizens Of Kentucky perform
ing their duties at the primary polls
were shot to death last week by en-
thusiastic %partisans. This form Of the
preprimary even the most devoted
supporters OF that engine OF virtue
will not long TO see generally en-
forced,
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On Saturday the witnesses to a
Brooklyn street car accident raised
the cry Lynch the motorman." Proof
positive that the midsummer madness
is on the town. Before 1t IL overcome
We confidently expect a visit from
our faithful friend the Wave OF
Crime"
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The French General Staff may find
GrsrAvE HERvf somewhat Of a null
sancc at times, but he strikes a true
note when he takes n grave view of
the Russian reverses and warns his
countrymen against going to sleep
under laurels, already faded. which
were won for us by our troops eleven
months ago on the banks of the
Marne."
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Realization.

The bloody war rolls on
To reach the hidden end;
We speak of leEions gone.
But cannot comprehend.
We cannot grasp the woes
So greatly multiplied.
There Is no maj who knows
A million men have died.
but by tho hearts bereft.
The gravestones scattered vide,
All me. tho millions left
Who know one man has diedl
0o1ANpsuaoH WILSON,
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n our friends uho favor W. ,rith manu-.
scripts and Illustrations for publication ,rtsh
to hare rejected articles returned hey must
IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
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Canal slide holds up big tourist ship
II, ddifne.
Was the union OF the oceans only
a trial marriage?