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The opinion Is prevalent II the Bull
earian capital that Macedonia will be
another Gallipoli for the Anglo-French
arny.-Bcrlin despatch.
The terrain l. not the same. Gall
lipoli from the tip of the peninsula at
Sedd-el-Bahr 10 the Bula!r lines. n
distance of forty-two miles in a
straight line. is all hills and gorges:
the hills crowded together, the gorges
abrupt and deep. Achi Baba. in the
extreme southwest, ia 700 feet high;
Sari Bahr. looking down on Anzac
Cove. where the Australians effected
a landing, runs up to 81 feet, and
other attitudes are. Cveik Dagh, la
feet: Burgas Tepe. l,32S feet. and
Chinar Dagh. oil feet. Every beach
on the peninsula Is commanded by
rugged cliffs. and every ridge gained
IL under fire from another ridge. Ma
ture made Gallipoli q bad country for
the offensive. an ideal country for the
defensive. Nature also made the Turk
the stubbornest Of trench fighters. Gal
lipoll is studded with Plevnas. Under
the direction of German artillery ana
engineer officers the Ottoman soldiers
proved invincible there.
Macedonia has its highlands. but II
Is a very different country. Macedonia
Is large enough to hold a good many
Gallipolis. 1t is spacious enough for
strategy on a large scale. II abounds
In rivers. streams and lakes. The
Anglo-French armies suffered griev-
ously for lack OF water in Gall!poli:
there should be no scarcity OF il in
Macedonia in the fall and winter
months. on the whole Macedonia is
a good campaigning country. The
French and British will have the SER
Vices OF local guides who know every
Inch OF It: in that respect the Bull
garians Will probably find themselves
at a disadvantage when operating on
the offensive. Gallipoli must be a
nightmare to troops that have been
transported to Salonica. Macedonia
with it's elbow room and healthier con-
ditions should be a paradise by com.
parison.
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To TIIr EDITOR on THr StN--Nr. In Tur
SrN Of November II appeared n cartoon
with the caption "Gormanih the IIaus-
frau" Tho cartoon depicted a housewife
cutting a loaf 81 bread with a channc,
hlndrd sword This particular variety OF
sword has two shtrp"net edges. and tho
cartoon shows the housewife cutting the
bread IN thin slices with one Of hem.
while the point OF this cartoon IL
apparent to me, ! would Ike very much
to no enlightened on one feature ~ II
which NJ present T. not quite clear to
me. why did Mr., cesarc mako the house.
wife lrii handed when he drew tho car.
toon' She could just as we4 have been
right handed, and doubtless she conll
have sliced the bread Just rs thin II shp
hal been right handed instead ur 4 south
paw, as the cartoonist made her
Perhaps there Is some Significance Il,
ms Whi'h ! have not comprchpndod If
there is ! am anxious 20 he Informed II
! remember correctly, the Bible tolls u4
that tho tribe az Hni,min N,- Jeff
handed. hat / doubt II ther, Is any con-
n"ction between the ,r!h, amt tn. house.
Nife whom Nj, tr,aro pllyri before TIM
N'>S r'''''N lIlLEp
NEW lukk, Noyembsr IA
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NO HYPHEN HERE
Only Eighteen Swcdes In New York
Signed Hillstrom Resolutions.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
Under the captiVn 'Swedes Spurn Citi-
zenship' o say that "at a meeting II
Swedes held in Harlem on Sunday reso-
lutions We're adopted ~forsNearlng al
leG!ance TO the United States II Joseph
lilllstron, the I. W. W, worker who has
been convicted Of murder in salt Lake
city, is put to death" and further. that
the s!gncrs will hold the United states
people responsible for the outrage"
There are over 60 900 persons in New
York city born in Sweden or ~ Swedish
parontagc, az these less than 100 at
tended the meeting. on the resolutions
containing the paragraphs above stated
there were eighteen votes for and
forty-eight AGAINST. The majority
agreed to a resolution asking that Hill
strom, who claims to be innocent of
murder and who was convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence. have "A new trial
or that his sentence be to life
Imprisonment.
The minority 81 eighteen met later
and adopted the resolutions.
Is II fair that the great mass Of law
abiding citizens Of New York Of Swed-
ish origin be held M to ridicule because
eighteen anarchists adopt I. ". W.
resolutions SVEN SvrSsKE.
NEW YORK. November 16.
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FREE SPEECH IN PATERSON.
Results Of the Former Efforts Of Some
/. ". W. Leaders.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvS-Sir: J.
$. Dodd and others say that Elizabeth
iuriey Flynn has a perfect right 10 ad-
dress meetings in Paterson and they
call the peoples guardians Of the peace
Flaw breakers for stopping her.
When trouble broke out in the SILK
mills about two years ago. Tresca. Hay
wood. the above named lady and a lot
Of other professional labor agitators
and d!sturbers 81 the peace rushed to
the scene. Their incendiary speeches
reused the strikers II 5000 foreigners
compelled $4,000 ~peaceable fellow work
erI ~ strike.
For a year there was "A re.-u OF ter
ror. violence. assault on workers, de-
struction OF property, even Erie Rail-
road rains were held up, and Paterson
suffered great losses,
Now after that fearful experience
Mr.. Dodd wonder why the police, who
are paid by the people To maintain law
and order, will not permit these r%rofc>-
sional mischief makers To- repeat their
former crime OF stirring up strikes and
riots. There is a law permitting free
dom Of speech. hut there il another law
that calls for the arrest and suppress
sion OF disturhers II the peace this
IL the more important law.
I. w. w. orators who make speeches
are professional mischief makers. their
business is to disturb the peace and
make all the trouble they n Their
leaders started for Canada some years
z and the authorities there warned
them that II they put their foot on
Canadian soil they would be put in jail
Peace has relgrcd there ever since.
These |. W. W, leaders are most un-
desirable citizens. and rs even country
towns give such twenty-four hours to
get out. | do not see why our large
cities should not do the same.
II. w MATrIsoN.
brooklyn. Novemher 10.
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senator Chamberlain Not ut His
Best.

Is not II commonly staid and
phlegmatic friend Senator GEORGE T..
CHAMBERLAIN of Oregon talking rather
excitedly about the Anglo-Japanese
alliance as a menace to the security
Of the United States? The Senator IL
80 full Of fearful imaginings that he
may be quoted at random. For In
stance:
"The Canadian Pacific Railway was
built as a military road. and II trouble
comes Japanese troops Will pass over
it to attack Us from the north, while
others attack from the coast and the
British @ what they can spare against
our eastern and northeastern fronts"
but there will be no trouble II
England can help 1t, Her desire to
avoid being drawn into n war between
Japan and the United States was Mt.
tested by a provision in the revised
Anglo-Japanese treaty In 1911 to the
effect that "Should either High Con
tracing Party conclude II treaty of
general arbitration with u third Power
1t IL agreed thai nothing in this agree
ment shall entail upon such Contract.
ing Party an obligation to so to war
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RObbing Africa OF . Terror.

Quite as interesting as the fine col
dition OF the American Museum OF
Natural History returned Is the re-
markable record Of immunity from
sickness. Mr.. HERBERT LANG, the
leader. says that Of the 10000 natives
employed o one died from disease,
and that during the entire six years
Of exploration not one OF his party
was i'll for Il single day.
Both DAVID LIVINGSTONE and HENRY
MORTON STANLEY considered the dis
eases Of the tropics as the greatest
nent; the famous Scotchman died in
Africa before his work was finished
and Mr.. STANLEY attributed much OF
he suffering Of his later years to
fever contracted in the African
mps,
The Congo, where much OF Mr..
LANG's time was spent, has been gen
orally considered one Of the most UNI
healthy regions Of the world. 1t was
here that STANLEY suffered 80 We
verely in his expedition Of 1887.
where Major T.. NJ. BARTELLoT, who
was left in charge Of one of the re-
lief camps, was murdered and where
J. $. JAMESON died OF fever. Upon
his return TO his camp STANLEY found
only one European alive. In fact,
Of the GAG men with whom he en-.
tered the Congo only 24G remained
when he assembled the expedition at
Albert Nyanza.
Conditions have no doubt changed
since S~TANLEY's days. The Belgian
Government has establis shed military
and trading posts and there is no
longer nothing but miles and miles,
endless miles, Of forest" and a march
through forest, bush and jungle, with.
out eve having seen a bit OF green
sward of the size Of n cottage cham.
Der door" While such IA condition
does not exist now there still remain
many Of the past perils. Mr., LANG
says that he saw hundreds of de-
serted villages and trading posts
which had been swept BY sleeping
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PhOnoeraphs or Records Wanted for
the Hospitals.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Sir. In
the spring Of 1914. ms Il member OF the
New York city Visiting Committee. !
made an appeal to the public. skiing
that any ~phonographs or records which
could Ice spared in the homes be- sent
to our committee 20 he distributed to
the various municipal hospitals and
homes for the aged OF our city. The
response was so gratifying that am
making another appeal through your
columns. asking Manhattan residents 10
send Photographs and records Of all
kinds to the New York city VISITING
Committee Of the state Charities Aid
at los East Tweuty-second street. and
the Brooklyn residents to send them to
the care Of Mrs, julius Lehman, 3SO
Clinton avenue brooklyn.
Where il IL not possible or convenient
TO send them by express or parcel post
7 shall be very glad to call FOR them,
No other form Of entertainments brings
quite the same cheer to both the tenn
porary and the permanent inmates Of
our city institutions. not only at this
THANKSGIVING season hut the whole
year round. Mrs. JrLGUs ~I.IEBMANN.
R~RooKIYN, November l6.
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WITH PEACE, WHAT?
Highly Interesting Specula-
lions About the Wars Settlement.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. Read
ing your paper day by day as I have
for upward OF fifty years. others also,
for no man can keep we'll informed IL
he confines himself to a single paper.
the impression Is gathered that the pres
ent objective Is EN- gland as 1t is in
Lissauer's poem. Tax War on British"
ITO Stop Arms Exports" &c, are tho
headlines. May 1t not be we'll to give
some careful thought to these PROPOSE
tons?
Or course we can insist, IL We choose.
as they are set forth in detail in the ex-
haustivc note Of protest we have sent
to the Government Of Great Britain. We
can try. II 1t seems best, to enforce
them by some sort OF embargo. Incl
dentally. unless France Is included in
the embargo, it would result merely
In two additional landings and car haul
from Bordeaux or some other French
port to the English Channel. But what
ever We do in that way will necessarily
irritate England greatly: she has a
case OF nerves. rs we had during the
civil war, and it will take some time to
quiet them.
There is no apprehension that this
would lead to war between the two coun-
tries let us Danish that idea from con-
s~ideration. This controversy involves
dollars. not lives. But what may happen
while the irritation, embargoes or what
not continues? Before many months
these warning nations. which are bleed
Ing white and wasting their boarded
treasures, will be negotiating for peace.
and each will be keen for a peace that
will save its face. Outlying matters.
colonies. &c, may afford some chance of
exchange, but England certainly cam
not save her face unless Belgium IL put
back where she was before the war. in
tact. with no chains on her in the shape
OF customs union or strategic points.
own people II she gives up Belgium,
unless she be driven out of II by force,
which does not now seem likely. without
some very substantial quid pro quo
Would It not be a sufficient quid pro quo
IL England at the council table said.
should you choose some place in the
sur in the Western Hemisphere. south
OF Canada, whether in the Caribbean or
on the Spanish Main. Mexico or South
America barring our wi or French
possessions. We will not interfere with
you. II the United States chooses to
fight with YOU in support OF what they
call their Monroe Doctrine We guarantee
that We shall staad NEUTRAL
I express no opinion OF my own as 10
the Monroe Doctrine. but possibly many
who are now keen FOR undertaking 10
constrain England by embargoes are
strong believers In 1t. II seems up to
them TO AXE n long look ahead.
NEW YORK. November Is. + II T..
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ROGER WILLIAMS.
Authorities Cited 10 Prove His Re.
llgiOus Tolerance n Nyth,

To THE EDITOR OF FIJI SUN-Sir: In
THE Sun of November 10 there was a
letter from n gentleman from Kentucky
stating that Roger Williams was the
true and original proclaimcr Of religious
liberation In this country and that Ban
croft was Incorrect In saying that Lord
Calvert of the Maryland Colony was
entitled to that honor. Our
our plblic speakers and many OF our
serious writer's are never weary or ad-
vocating the cause of Roger Williams.
and nearly all OF the histories used In
our public schools state him to have
been the original advocate OF religious
freedom. Is he entitled to possession OF
this distinction?
] beg to say that the gentleman will
find that Mr.. Albert Bushnell Hart, prob
ably the leading authority In this u
try to-day, a at page 400 OF his
American History by Contemporaries
that the Roger Williams brand Of tolera-
ton did not extend to Pai,sts: they
were considered guilty of Righteousness"
Senator John Sharp Williams. another
recognized authority, In his Thomas
Jefferson" say positively at page 251
that the law was not applicable to
Roman Catholics"
] beg to suggest that the gentleman
from Kentucky procure from the New
York Public Library a volume entitled
Land OF the Sanctuary" by Russell.
n In the appendix ne will find the
Calvert Proclamation of federation set
out in full. and will also learn that there
was no punishment of any kind pro-
posed for atheists. Jews or n brand
of infidels whatsoever but he will find
that the Protestants of both the Massa-
chusetts and Virginia Colonies. who were
prosecuted by their fellow Protestants
on the coming to power of Cromwell.
were invited TO a X asylum in Mary
land. n Providencetown exists to-day
as evidence that n considerable number
accepted the invitation extended by Lord
Calvert.
That Roger Williams tale Ia a dream
story. II will not stand investigation.
The facts are all against 1t,
JAMES SYLVESTER.
NEW York, November l6.
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IF GERMANY IS WELL FED.
What Justified the Submarine Policy
and Wholesale Murders2

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Mr..
Il, $, Ir.eth presents in II SUN an in
tercstingly authoritative statement of
Germany's food resources. quoting az
tual prices from "A recent Munich news
paper. German soldiers have always
been well fed and it is pleasing to know
that their families at home are also far
from want.
Does Mr., Trieth realize, however.
how detestable this truth makes the
f~alsehood of Germany's military rulers,
who months ago justified their barba-
Gus and cowardly slaughter of women
and children by the pretext tina Eng
land was starving Germany by her
blockade? II Is some months since the
Arabic and the Lusitania were sunk,
but AS Mr.. Prieth shows us. Germany
is even now in no near reach of starva-
tion.
Tn" more we learn Of German mill
tary methods the more totally unworthy
and contemplate do they appear
BOSTON, November 10. W. &. I.
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with the Power with whom such
treaty is in force" 1t has been au.
~thoritatively said that this clause
was put in at the behest Of the
British Government. which became
alarmed ut the possibility Of being
forced into a war with the United
states on account of Japan" 1t may
be at least cited OH the peace side
OF the account. Senator CHAMBERLAIN
to the contrary Notwithstanding.
AS chairman of the Committee on
Military Affairs in the Senate Mr..
CHAMBERLAIN will not advance the
cause Of preparedness by vying with
Captain HoBsoN in c%onjuring up the
japanese bogie-the Senator accepts
all the weird stories Of Japanese nc.
tivities in Mexico.
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The Military Policy OF the United
states.

In Its last issue the ARM and
Nary journal observes that IAN edi-
torial In the usually we'll Informed
NEW York Sun makes the mistake of
comparing Secretary of War GARRI-
sons plan for an army of 100000
oficerless, u~norganized Continentals
with the late Major-General EMORY
CPToN's suggestions for II force of
trained National Volunteers to sup
plement the Regular Army in times
of peace" What THE SUN really said
was that Secretary GARRIsoN's mill
tary policy Originated" with General
UPTON, the meaning of which OBJ
viously was, Il s the context showed,
that the outlines Of the two plans are
the same; that is to say, that Secre-
tary GARRISON had adopted General
TPToN's suggestion that u military
system consist of the Regular Army,
n force of National or Federal volun-
teers, and the Militia.
Inv army uHu NutV OOHIWUf goes
on to say that General UPTON "would
have been among the first to point
out the mistaken aspects of any prop
ositiOn that expected 100000 men,
whose total training consisted of two
months a year for three years, to
stand In the first line Of defence"
This is hardly fair to Secretary GAR
RIsoN, and We are inclined to think
that ven General UPTON would have
seen some merit In Offensive train
ing" for two months In each of three
consecutive years. Now 1t is to he
noted that the Secretary does not re-
gard the two months period as neces.
snrily sufficient for the training of the
Continental Army. lie says In his
"Outline of the Proposed Military
Policy:
"It is recognized that with respect to
this period OF training and other features
of the plan "A final wise determination
can only be reached after the fullest in
~terchange Of views between those who
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that dreaded

sickness. that dreaded African
s'ourgc. lie also reported that out
OF Il Belgian party Of six mel only
n survivor left Africa. The others
persisted.
Mr.. LANG's explanation Of the es-
cape Of himself and his party is sim.
pie enough. They were their own
physicians and they took the usual
precautions. What being ones Gown
physician" and taking "the usual pre-
cautions may imply naturally de.
ponds upon the individual himself.
but the recipe seems not beyond the
application Of most men. Explora.
ton, and even big game hunting, in the
dreaded Congo, are thus apparently
robbed Of their greatest terror. and
they may vet become personally con.
Quoted" sporting ventures for mild
hammered men whose prediction had
been the rocking chair.
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Lead On, Brother Kitchin!

Is the gentleman who as leader OF
the House in the next session Of Con-
gress expects to be grand marshal Of
the forces opposed to that programme
OF national defence which Is gradually
taking shape and gathering momen-
tum in the nation correct in fore
casting solid Republican support for
the defence campaign assisted by II
fear a large majority" Of Democrats,
though "the convictions Of four-fi fths
Of the Democrats are opposed to IT.?
How does he know what their mex.
pressed convictions are, and how can
he predict faithlessness to those con-
victions? What sort Of leadership Is
II that sets out with such n declara.
tion about its followers?
As Mr.. KITCHIN's views afford prob.
ably the best epitome Of the opposi.
ton. these heads OF his statement are
important: The Presidential lash on
Democratic backs Is feared: the de-
fence advocates are accused Of dis
righteousness and an ultimate pur-
pose OF territorial expansion; the
necessary expenditure looms horren-
dous: American preparedness will
alarm Europe and invite aggression.
on the other side. vi military equip
ment IS now better than ever: other
nations are less disposed and less able
to attack u.s., and after the present
war they will need years for the work
Of regeneration.
Which is the greater risk. "militar-
ism" or helplessness in emergency,
and whether the war will leave any
European nation more OF less inclined
and fit TO strike Mt America. these
questions, which cannot be side
stepped, commend to both bodies Of
opinion the wise counsel which Mr..
KITCHIN has uttered. that "the .Ad-
ministration. Congress and the peo-
pie" must consider with deliberation
and without haste a military and
constructive policy" None more than
those who believe the North Carolina
Representative wrong will hope that
he can enforce dcliberatlon and eau
ton without letting those excellent
qualities turn to dangerous delay.
The more stoutly Mr.. KITcHIN leads
his anti defence army, the more Ger
tain shall we be Of getting what the
country wants. And the country does
not want what Mr.. KITCHIN says he
thinks It wants.
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Another New Jersey Preprimary.

Governor FIELDER Of New Jersey
and Chairman GBosscrP Of the Demo-
cratic State committee are going 10
Washington this week to have Presi-
dent WILSON tell them who shall be
nominated for United States Senator
next fall to succeed JIMMY MARITIME.
Enjoying the direct primary, the Dem
Ocrats Of the State are Of course I'M
trammelled in their selection Of the
nominee for whom they are to vote,
% long as they vote for the individual
named In the preprimary conducted
under the Presidential hat.
Senator MARITIME must 90. His ora
torical gifts caunOt save him. The
choice Of the peepul in 1911, his sue
cess at the polls was the incident that
revealed to Mr.. WILSON the necessity
for the preprimary, which he has
used with such marked success ever
since. The scholarly president Of
Princeton would not have hit on
JIMMY for Senator; an electorate un-
instructed committed the blunder Of
MARITIME; therefore. the preprimary.
1t worked splendidly In the case Of
Senator HUGHES; no man can have
forgotten the enthusiasm with which
the sturdy citizenry of New Jersey
welcomed the benevolent intervention
Of the Hon. JAMES A. O'GORMAN Of
New York in their affairs at that
Interesting time.
Let It he understood that the con
ference for the supplanting of Farmer
Jim Is not to be n congregation of
Bosses. Far from it. The preprima-
ries owe which WOODROW WILSON pre-
sides are congresses Of statesmen per-
forming their function as Leaders of
the best thought Of the land, and are
NOT for n moment to be confused with
those vile combinations at which
IN n ruder day the Bosses cut up
the pie.