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BULGARIANS IN AMERICA.
They Deny Any Interest In the Pro
German Propaganda.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Su. In
THE Sun of December Is. under the
OF German Spy Stan in United
States Is Shifted" you claim to have
the pro-Teutonic propaganda
in this country is to be handed over
TO successors, comprising chiefly Bull
garians. Aibanians and Turks and that
the transfer is said TO include every
OF activity In which Germans
the aim OF preventing the shipment OF
the sinews OF war to the Allies"
We do not know to what sources YOU
have had access In the making of your
discovery. but We have no hesitation in
declaring that the implication OF Bull
garians in the matter is unjustifed. The
Bulgarian immigration in this country
is composed almost exclusively OF poor
working people, who neither by tenupera.
ment nor by mental caiibre are At for
participation in conspirac!es or cunning
propaganda. Very few Of them, II any.
are employed in any factory for the
production OF "sinews of war" The
great majority of them work on rail-
roads. IN mines or in factories Of which
the outpui contributes TO the comfort
and welfare of this country.
As far az We know. no Bulgarian. up 10
the present, has been involved In any plot
or n other act In violation OF the laws
Of the United States. On the contrary,
universal testimony of the authorities and
private individuals wherever B%ulgarians
live in this country is that they are
quiet. peaceful, sober, thrifty. hard
working people. They are loyal to the
country where they reside and earn a
livelihood obey its laws, and by their
labor contribute their share TO the eX.
tension and development OF It's usefu'
industries.
We feel 1t, therefore. our duty as per.
sons OF Bulgarian birth who have enjoyed
Americas hospitality FOR years 10 con,
,rovert your statement in regard TO ou,
fellow countrymen and To protest
against il as an aspersion upon their
character and loyalty to this country.
y. u. N~AssiLEFF,
ALEX. ANGELINoFF.
:. ". kARAsToYANoFF.
NEW YORK, December 81.
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After the disastrous experience of
the Mitchell administration resulting
from the standardization OF salaries,
ii is not To he expected that the State
will undertake the same task in the
same way. The Board of Estimate
voted to make reductions and in
creases Immediately applicable. The
be~neticiaries of it's act showed no
gratitude; those who suffered and all
their friends united in denunciatiOn
Of the board. and voted unanimously
against the fusion nominees for Al
dermen. 1t Is too much to ask the
State economists To repeat this eX-
pertinent, ven though they had only
a political excuse for avoiding it.
As n matter of fact there are excel
lent' arguments in favor of bringing
the reductions into effect gradually,
permitting the present job holders Ia
serve their time nt their present rates
of compensation, and employing their
| successors on the revised schedule.
In many cases hardship viii be
worked by Decreasing salaries Of com
petent clerks who may through acct,
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dent OF classification re paid more
than the market rate. and In not a
few instances thjs would involve &C.
tual injustice.
THE SrN's readers will not suspect
II Of encouraging the retention Of in
cOmpetents or drOnes in the State
employ our position with regard to
them has been set forth sufficiently
often. But the same considerations
which argue against the abrupt dis
missal of large numbers Of employees
from the public service apply with al
most II not quite equal force to vio-
lent disturbances in the payroll. The
number Of job holders. except under
the most urgent circumstances. should
he lcssened by allowing places to re.
main untitled. and the dismissal of
satisfactory workers. not needed in
one department should be avoided by
absorbing them into others. In the
same way ii will frequently be found
judicious to let Il salary judged TO be
too high for the work performed stay
untouched until its recipient with.
draws from his job rather than dis.
rupt bureaus and divisions by arbi.
trary reductions.
II we were asked how the too gen.
erous pay would be justified. we
should reply that 1t might be profit.
ably set down to cover education by
experience, but we do not believe
such a question will he framed. The
number OF excessive salaries running
into large sums is small the more
micro revisiOns downward are
bound to be in the lower grades OF
employees. and the state can afford to
he good tempered with the present
incumbents. whose tenure will not be
long and whose liberal emoluments
are directly assignable to the States
bad policy In the past.
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The British official announcement
that the casualties in the r~eembarka-
ton at Suvla Bay were only three
wounded, together with Mr.. A%sorIrH's
assurance in the House Of Commons
that there was no truth in the Berlin
story of a great drive by the Turks
compelling the British to TAXI to their
ships, seems Ia put the wireless bulie-
tin industry on the defensive, But
perhaps the highly colored tale OF the
battle and the rout was put out for
home consumption.
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RACIAL COMPOUNDS.
When the Blend Il Complete the
symbolic H~yphen VIII Co.

To THE EDITOR or THE ~SrN-SiF, In
THE SuS of December 10 II. :. Foley
criticiscs President Wilson for the use
of the hyphen In tho accepted phrase
which d~esignates his racial origin.
II President Wilson stated, as al
legged. in his Columbus address that he
was of "Scotch-irish" descent may |
inquire how he expressed the hyphen
in his speech"
As Mr.. Foley says, the President does
seem to have "A great aversion to the
hyphen, but where is the evidence that
he nov uses il?
As an American citizen OF Scottish
blood | think the hyphen might we'll be
dispensed with between the words
Scotch and Irish in designating
those who have contributed SO very
greatly 10 the upbuildine OF the Ameri-
can republic. j. w JoHNs1oN.
ROCHESTER, December p.
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OLD TAPESTRIES IN FREE
- Artistic Antiquities" for nn""n
Estate admitted without nut

Tapestries OF the LOUIS NIi.
attached 10 furniture import I'D
late T., Il, Bacon, formerly a.. .c-'
Of the Raltimorr and ONO 'i r
Company, valued at S3"p"". see
passed yesterday hy JOIN IS
appraiser of the port, free ~
artistic antiquities, With. 'r
of the present tariff act,
The tapestries, the roln
which were unusually .,.#
VIVID, wcr" used a. .p,,'.
sofas, ten chairs AMI a.
wood work IN the flrnfl',
Gildsd WAS found 70. tho N'
ticials 10 ne modern trI u.'
cordingly ass ssed undo" 'r
al the rate Of - prr ,'.' OIL.
as "maru'd lures OF wool
amounting to a rotnnaratIN.
was pad AID the tapc>i'.,-
t. III, executors of the y.
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The Economic Value Of war Exports.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. We
are on the edge Of a Boom" a boom
so far as demand goes. But business
cannot be called satisfactory unless
there be a fairly adequate supply to
meet the demand. The world Is facing
a famine. This country will probably
escape hunger. but We shall share q
merchandise famine the like Of which
no man has seen. The cost OF this
war, according to DR.. Helferrich. has
reached $50. 900. 900 a day. That means
that the wealth Of the world is i'm
paired by a large part OF that amount
each day. Add to this the property
destroyed by fire and shell. the towns
laid low, the bridges and railroads
and shipping and crops destroyed.
And this is not counting the economic
value Of human life. You cannot de-
stroy the wealth Of half the world
without making the other hslf share
in part that impoverishment.
Much Of our productive energy has
been diverted from the task OF pro.
ducing wealth in the shape OF textiles.
food. machinery. new buildings. .
railroads, &c, TO the production OF
something which moi only II mo Weaitn
but Is destructive OF wealth already
created. 1t is true that we are being
paid for producing this destroyer OF
life and property. and many no doubt
think that this means added wealth
to us as a net result. But the money
W. get for this result of our produce
tive energy will only add to u ma
t.onal wealth IL we can exchange It for
the result Of other peoples produc.
tive energy.
Else it leads only to imitation, false
values. increased cost Of living. with
the few It's b~eneiciaries. Whether an
exhausted Europe will have a surplus
Of her energy 10 exchange for this
money remains to be seer.
CHARLES VEIN. Sr.
New YORK, December 81.
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GePmany's Financial Condition.

AS b European war Is not only Il
war Of men with which 10 recruit
wasting armies. but of material with
which to %replenish depleted supplies
and even more n wal of money with
which to finance the whole gigantic
extravaganza. anything which sheds
light on the financial position of the
belligerents helps to determine the
posture of the conflict.
There are special reasons why
every fact which tends 10 illuminate
the financial condition of Germany at
tracts special attention. The great
mystery Of the wal is Germuny's eco
nomic condition. The Central Pow
ers still hold very clearly the military
perts are calculating the II Of
The Teutonic allies in terms Of armies
and territory occupied. the real battle
NJ the war Is being fought by forces
which operate i%nexorably, although
not 80 much In the open.
It is material and money, the mum.
tons Of war and the commodities by
which the non.combatant population
Is supported, but above all money,
which has most to he reckoned with
in the prosecution of the struggle.
The side to which the balance OF adj
vantage inclines In these respects,
particularly In respect to money, has
most in It's favor IN the continuation
of the war. That Germany in this
relation stands MS well as it does in
all the relations of military organiza-
tion II more than doubtful.
Taking monetary for car
rying on the var TO mean all the
apparatus Of finance which can he de-
vised to mobilize accumulated and
productive wealth, there have beer
few economists Of. any description
who have been able to analyze salts
f~actorily the relative strength of the
~belligerents in order 10 yield unde'
batable conclusions. Nevertheless the
known or ascertainablc facts have
all conduced to the view that the
Quadruple Entente was financially
stronger than the Teutonic alliance
The difficulty has been in establishing
n basis of comparison, for German
war finance has been conducted he
hind wells Of ObScuritV.
Great Britain and her allies have
maintained contact and dealings with
the world outside the area of war
Information about their affairs has
been more readily available. Tn,
state Of their domestic markets ha.
been regularly reported and the ordi
nary measures Of international trade
and foreign exchange have furnished
II pretty reliable gauge Of their eco
nomic position.
How different it has been with Ger
many every trained observer know,
who has tried to follow the involve,
processes by which the German I'm
periAl Government has raised a dizz,
structur" OF pyramided credit or VIII,
has sought to calculate the conse
Nucnces without regard for the otficin
explanations If German finance, nots
h'y the explanations offered by tn
FINANCIAL Secretary, HELFFERIcI
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King PETER OF Serbia. old. infirm and
III. fleeing before invaders and seeking
an asylum in Italy. is one of the pa
thetic figures OF the war. lie managed
to please his people principally by
being merely "A royal parsonage and
never mixing III their politics. His
daughter, a good. sensible girl, whose
advice he often sought. married and
went H. Russia; his oldest son. in
whom he centred his hopes. vas com
PEELED To leave Serbia, and tho old man
afterward led "A lonesome life al the
royal palace In the shadow Of the crime
that made him King. Even should
Serbia survive as a kingdom Il Is
scarcely likely that he will return as
It's King; he Will be more willing than
ever to turn the honor over to .Ar.EX-
AMBER. his secon o n
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MI. FOrd's First Duty.

The alOOfness and serenity of Mr..
HENRY FoRD while his guests on the
Ark Of Peace almost came to blows
bring to mind those lines by another
gentle dreamer:
"'Tis pleasant. through the loopholes
OF retreat.
TO peep at such a world-to see the stir
OF the great Babel and not feel the
crowd"
But Mr.. FORD cannot avoid his duty
as host and crusader. especially since
II shipmate compares him with LIN
coin (Poor old ABE.). The good
charterer must reconcile and recon
struct-he must get his own boys and
girls out of the trenches by Christ
mas-the colonies, the reverends. the
suffragettes and the pacifists who
have been bandying epitbets, glaring
at n another and making physical
threats that sound more like the
fo'c'sle than the gilded saloon. Mr..
FoRD should net upon the advice of
the fair Portia Of his crew: III we
are going TO mediate Eurole's trou-
bles we must first learn Ia mediate
among ourselves" Words worth
their weight In sapphires. Shall Mr..
FoRD's life work be irretrievably
wrecked? as Colonel MCCLURE asked
with a sob in his voice.
We don't know what was the first
cause OF chaos on board. II may have
been the attempt to impose curfew
upon the company. or the movement
by Pastor .AKED. who sings My Coun-
try. 'Tis of Thee so feelingly for an
Englishman. 10 begin the day with
prayer, a suggestion that Mr.. f'oRr
baniShed with an eXpletive and the
question, rs this n camp m%ecting:'
The Rev. JENKIN LLOYD .IoNEs must
he wrong when he says that the news.
Eden" Their only offence seems Ia
have been that they had II sense of
humor. Besides. 1t was Il reelection
upon Colonel MCCLURE, who is II news.
paper man first and n pacifist after
ward. But hist. There's n rumoi
that the Colonel has recanied. He Is
quoted as saying with "A rising in.
Election:
When I went on board the Oscar II
7 was a pacihst. ] am now converted
TO militarism. To raise the greatest
possible army. one would need only &c
march this bunch OF paclfs,s through
the country"
There Is here a key to the iirsl
great cause. The pacitists aboard the
Ark. as they could not get away from
one another. go on one anothpr's
nerves. II was not II difference about
the Presidents message that divided
the ship against herself. but antipnthN
generated by contact between self
conscious idealiStS contcndiug for tn,
place in the limelight.
Sad indeed is the sight Of dissen
sion among these crusaders. flower,
of the flock, first pickings of human
ity, who sailed away from Sand,
Hook full of the milk of human kind
ness, and blithc in the noble purpos,
10 stop the war upon their arriva
in Europe. Tidcns Tcgn. Chrisiiania'.
leading paper. says that Mr.. FoRD ii,
not of this earth"
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which have been 40 obviously designed
for the comfort Of the German people.
" begins To look more and more.
however. rs though Germany had
reached u stage Of economic impair
ment which was forcing involuntary
confessions that all was not going
nearly rs we'll with Teutonir finance
as had been represented and that a
military situation on which n world
umpire might. In n cosmic Kriegspiel.
award a decision to the Central Pow
ers was perhaps more than offset by
rapidly growing financial weakness.
There IL 4 new note in the ad-
dresses which DIR. HELrrERICH is max
ing to expound the new war budget
and invoke support for the programme
Of war expenditure. In the last few
months rumors of the skyscraping
cost Of living In Germany have indi.
Gated that commodities were express
ing a mounting premium on gold, de-
spite edicts prescribing the quotation
Of German paper credits at any
discount from gold. In the same way
the foreign exchanges have been tell
ing Of the debasement and debility Of
Germany's monetary system.
We have seen here In the last few
weeks alone the discount on the Ger
man mark carried from fifteen to al
most twenty per cent. The discount
has been still larger in Holland, with
which Germany maintains closer bust.
ness relations than with any other
country. At the same time the prin-
cipal exchanges Of the Allies lave
shown. in the firmer recovery Of some
stability for sterling and francs. a
Strengthening derived from an in
creasingly effective mobilization Of
British and French wealth. And now
comes DR.. HELrrERicH talking TO the
German people through the Reichstag
about axe which are going to be
| colossal!
As late as last August DR.. HE'LL.
fERICH was discussing war finance in
the language of an avoidance Of tax
atiOn. There was II hint that some
heavier burden of taxation must be
expected. but he was still able to con
jure up a vision Of enormous indemni-
ties to be paid by Germany's enemies
which would be compensation for all
the financial sacrifices of the German
people during the war. The whole
German scheme Of wal finance WAS
founded on discounted indemnities.
To-day DIR. HELFrERICH alludes to in
IDENTITIES. although nobody outside of
Germany can see any prospect that
Berlin and Vienna will eve have 1t
in their power to make II peace in
volvins the exaction of money in any
form from their present foes. But
the references ia indemnity which the
German Financial Secretary makes as
yet are only incidental. The change
which Is coming over Germany Is all
summed up In his efforts to prepare
the Kuiser's subjects for the taxation
which they must endure henceforth.
Probably when the time arrives ia
take up the budget after the one now
under consideration all talk of in
IDENTITIES will have ended and some
progress will have been made In an
swering the question which German
socialists seem to he limiting AT rs Ia
whether or nc Germany is going
bankrupt.
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Their is good sense, and a fine
manly ring, in this sentence in AN arti-
Gle in the HnrUord Illustrated "Thor-
oughly prepared, we believe we can ef-
fectively say we are too proud Il fight;
on the other hand, We will fight, not
to be slaughtered, If fighting is thrust
upon us" Congratulations for the ut
terance of this loyal and logical sem
timent VIII not be the less hearty be-
aus it forms the conclusion of an
article contributed, in spokesmanship
for the majority of Harvard's woman
students. by Radcliffe IL
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ferent countries, most Of the neutrals
having forbidden the expectation OF
gold" This is true Of Germany and
Austria. But what about the annual
gold production of Russia. amounting
to S2s,bs10O0 in 1914. according to the
United States Mint. the 2.000.0 900 an
nual gold production Of France against
only 1886 for Germany. and tine
$3.50, O0O. 900 gold annually produced by
the British possessions?
I have no objection to any one de-
Tending Germany's economic position II
he elects to assume the task. But l
protest against a Misrepresentation OF
my statements or any implication OF
bad faith against the statistics that l
compile from authoritative sources.
JAMES 8. II. UNLISTED.
NEW YORK, December 20.
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THE Suns" Correspondence Court Is
Invited TO Pass Upon This Charge.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: As
a student Of literature have been
struck hy this; that while France, Spain,
England. italy and even Russia have
produced works which In translation
have charmed and delighted tho world,
Germany has produced none.
What is the reason? There can only
he one, and that is that the German
mind is lacking in sympathy, is too
self-centred. LIrERATrs.
NEW YORK, December 81.
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The retirement NJ General RUssKY
from command Of the Russian armies
on the northern front will be regarded
in some quarters as for the good OF
the service. but the fortunes Of Russia
steadily mended after General RussKy,
the zero of the first Galician cam
paign. took command. 1t is probably
true that his health has suffered in
the furious fighting OF the northern
front. as he Is no longer In the prime
Of his vigor.
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new one bought with economy in view.
II has not the exuberant fulness that
belongs to the holiday hut
the night Is kindlier than the day. and
when the festooned bulbs receive the
illuminant current II will no doubt
%irradiate the open spaces With proper
Yuletide glory.
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There will be much speculation
about the new mission Of silent Colonel
HOUSE to Europe. Perhaps he Ii being
sent over on a reconnaissance. since
Mr.. WILSON has but lately said that
he would let no opportunity pass to
use his good Offices to promote the
cause Of peace.
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As a protest against war, Turkish
ome rent their garments and pa
raded the streets almost In a state Of
nudity" 1t never before occurred to
us, but that may account for various
startling sights in the streets of New
York.
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Christmas three days off-snd the
Rec Hall Is up outdoor skating COM.
pares with the giddy grind on a rooted
rink pretty much rs any other real
thing" does with a miserable counter
felt. Small boys UP to the age OF
sixty. and their sisters who do not
know what years are, will be happy.
This town has everything good in the
world.
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EARLY INDIAN HISTORY ST.
anderson sale Of americana \'N
Totals S., t..V.

The history of the lo.bi
North \merlca, 10y M,hr'tr.
No 50 in the sale of .>l.g.
proceeding IN the Anderson SIS.
brought the highest price 81. ''-.
session. II sold to + w Nurr~
McAfee's History 81 tho l~'0
the Western Country puli~ o."
ington. ISIS, sold 10 q VI p--
S37.
other sales We're No 44o, t'H
tlarks Expedition, pUuIs'."l
dclph!a by Bradford 4 Iueh'''
to L. =. Harper for $50, ,,0N =
j. j. Jacobs Capt. Michael & '
the t'admus l;ook shop To- g.
total for the session Was 'l.-i %
the total to date is 81. $40 -
The sale continues to-day.
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Resisting he almost irresistible
temptation TO refute this indictment.
or even To characterize it, We pass II
Oh to the jury, without 81 much as "A
hint that the younger members Of
The SUNS family might give enlight-
ening comment on the tales OF the
Brothers Grimm, Wilhelm and Jakob.
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As THE SIN or its readers generally
can not only reason out the reasonable.
hut can even unsCrew the inscrutable
at times. will YOU kindly tell me why
the postal authorities here are COM
PEELED 10y ENGLAND to turn back all mail
for that country which bears a Christ
mas or charity stamp England gem
orally has a good cor bad) reason for
her public regulations. why does she
disapprove OF the charity stamp"
LETu.
NORTH CoLEBRooK, Conn. December 81.
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The Judgc-Now. my good woman. don't
you think IL IL possible for YOU TO live with
your husband?
Tho Woman ought 20 know, begging
your Honor's pardon; I've heen living with
him for the last ten years and It hasn't
been possible.
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\ Doubling OklahOmsn

From the Ohinhomd Times.
Jsb SwIsesood coMba,s the theory Of
the secretary OF Agriculture 10 the ETC,
that "A toad eats $3.50 worth Of flies aad
Insects every year. lab says there are
not $500 worth OF nies and insects in
tho world.
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The Christmas tree in City Hall
Park, now receiving it's final touches
AT the hands of the trimmers, is skin
nier. less luNuriantly b%ranched, than
we are used, or like, To see in the
municipal decoration. Whether it is
last years tree, resuscitalcd from
storage and Topped To disguise yag
Of the Hnawing tooth Of time, or 4
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In childhood days
Wiih JOY a-ting.e.
Your faith il flrm
In old Kris krlng ?
Then comes the time
hua thinh him stupid
Nuu soon believe
In one Dan cupid.
rhat god outNorn,
Nlrh youth YOU mi0ss
Ralief returns
In old Kris krinsle
AcLAspBUsGH WILSON