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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14
More omcers Country,s Need

f there is one lesson that has been driven
home by experience in the great war now
raging. it Is the vital Importance Of trained
and experienced officers. To nation with
small force OF regular soldiers the need OF
such officers, In time OF war becomes exigent
with them,' as was said recently by Presi-
dent Lowell of Harvard, armies can be re-
crulted and drilled in comparatively short
time. Without them the creation OF an eff
fcient defensive force is almost impossible"
Secretary Of War Garrison, doubtless with
this thought i'll mind. recommended to Con
fress at its last session substantial increase
i'll the number of army officers. 1t is we'll
known that matters stand the officers
corps is not adequate to the proper supply OF
even our small establishment. SO many are
ON detached duty Of various descriptions that
many organizations are without their pre-
scribed compliments.
The remedy is that Mr. Garrison urged, but
Oh larger scale The means are at hand.
Appointments to West Point should be in
creased, and greater proportion of the grad
yates Of such excellent training schools
the Virginia Military Institute should receive
commissions. There is plenty OF material
within the armys noncommissioned ranks.
For the officers provided there are large
fields of usefulness More should be detailed
TO the instruction of the National Guard in
the various duties of the soldier, and there
should be increased assignments to the mill
tary headquarters of the several States.
In this way and through more adequate
Federal appropriations the National Guard
could be brought to a degree Of efficiency
scarce below that Of the army itself With
funds provided for paying the men for the
time they devote to military duty, as might
we'll be done, the organized militia could be
Increased easily to approximation of it's
war strength and with such increased num-
bers would come, of course, further need OF
expert instruction.
Our road to preparedness for war does not
lie through the establishment of a great
standing army or such follies as the American
Legion. We want more regular officers and
more efficient and numerous National
Guard. Should the call to arms then be
sounded should have an adequate first
line of defense and enough officers to train
the gallant youth Of the country, who would
rally around the flag.
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Defeat of the Torrcns Bill

N EFEAT of the Torrens bill in the Senate.
- after it had passed the House Of Dele
gates, is a severe blow TO the States progress.
Save on grounds too mean and selfish to be
imputed to any one without convincing proof,
it is difficult TO understand opposition to this
measure, SO clearly wholesome and so greatly
needed here in Virginia.
- Wherever the Torrens system has been
tried, it has proved highly successful Under
ts operation land titles have been made GER
tain and source of trouble and expense
definitely removed The measure defeated
by the votes OF sixteen Senators did not inn
pose the system on a single community but
merely permitted its introduction in certain
cities and counties that desired it,
1t was obvious always that it would en-
counter the enmity of land title companies
and OF certain stamp OF lawyer who eX-
tracts a portion Of his livelihood from the
very uncertainty the rorrens system is de-
signed to destroy OF course il is impossible
10 think that such influences as these con
trolled the majority of the Senate. hut the
result whatever its reason or inspirations is
equally unfortunate and dscoura ging
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NATIONAL EXPANSIONS DANGERS
One of tho Days Best Cartoons.

Tho hope OF attaining national eco
nomic independence through expansion
iH Will the wlsp." declares n writer
In the Unpopular Review Upon inves-
tigatlon he makes out n case against
the policy OF colonial expansion that
seriously reflects on the wisdom of
hghting to get or to retain "a place in
the sun" There Is not one important
English colony. he declares, that does
not cost the imperial treasury more
than IL yields. directly or Indirectly:
and the experiences OF the other ma
lions which have attempted TO emulate
fhGiahds example OK acquiring terri
tory Mt any cost have been very much
the same. In the case of this country
and it's one real exploit in the field OF
international colonization he maintains
that our inability to make the philip-
pines pay anything like an ADEQUATE
return on what II cost US to pacify
them, and what IL will cost us to main
tam a navy adequate to defend them,
Is not due TO our incXperience in colo
niZation. but TO the fact that neither
we nor any Other power could make
them pay a fair dividend
beSinhinS WITH Frances awakening
after her defeat by the Germans. tho
great nations OF Europe have strivcu
Win increasing zest for more territory
france Went after African sand and
got about all OF Il she could talk. care
OF. even with her great financial re-
sources Then England intensified her
desire for land, apparently regardless
or Its location. ana sprawl.d from
Honskong 10 Cape Town Germany
came In In time 10 get a hold here and
ihere; Russia went into the heart OF
ASIA and finally passed through to meet
Japan coming westward: Belgium went
INTO darkest Africa 10 get territory
IN the kongo which yielded her n re-
turn under Leopold that n man OF
lesser cruelty can never realize Por-
tugal reused herself TO tho building OF
"A paper empire. Italy fell In line and
finally the United States subdued Sp,in
in an orderly piece OF warfare and he
camc proprietor OF the Philippines
Most OF thcs" countries had n valid
excuse in the fact that they faced
real peril In the shape Of a growing
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14
Virginia ATKINS Tax Reform

W DIRK of enormous Importance to the
w State has been done at the special
session of the General Assembly that adj
jcurned last night, Largely aided by the I'M
selfish efforts and patriotic leadership of Gov
ernor Stuart, the Legislature has provided
system of taxation that should encourage
Progress. rather than retard it,
Doubtless, mistakes have been made in the
terms of some of the measures enacted This
was inevitable, because interests were so
diverse and in some cases SO conflicting that
compromise became the only practica BILE
course. AS experience demonstrates the
existence OF these errors. future Legislatures
will see to their removal from the general
scheme.
The important thing is the adoption OF the
partial segregation principle. Leaders of the
Assembly have declared that this was the
basis of the future adoption OF complete segre-
cation. With this ideal attained will come,
we expect with confidence, substantial reduc-
lions in the rates those subjects of taxa
ton segregated TO State use.
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The Ladies'. Bless En-,

II EFT us talk little together about women
IL News of the day is full of them Just
casually reading through single days col
lection Of items from hither and Won. we
run across
Mgr Russell eminent ccclesiastic. in an
address at Washington warns men against
1.-The dol-faced kind" He cautions with
eearnestncss and good intent that the doll
3aced woman is not fit 10 marry She lacks
substantial qualities Marry contrary
woman, because women like TO be contrary.
and when you've married one let her boss
you Just little bit, even though YOU know
and she knows she would rather he bossed
Item: President Frederick H. Sykes of
1.-The Connecticut College for Women inter
sestingly dives into statistics and discovers
that O,O0O women being added m thc
colleges annually. Ten years ago there were
ssix college men TO three college women: the
ratio is now five 10 three What does this
Just mean? Nothing serious We have seen
1T coming during the past fifteen years
"a Item: The chief probation officer of Bos
ton delivers lecture on the slovcnly wife
pointing out that man may. he arrested for
neglect OF his wife but she may be as
Ssloyenly. illkept, careless Ms she NAV, and
mo law protects the poor man. however am
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Has the Allied Offensive Begun

HERE are evidences that Lord Kitchener
intends to anticipate his oft-uuoted
prophecy that the war will begin in MAY"
The movement on La 'Bassee, following the
arrival in France Of large contingents Of the
new army, would seem 10 indicate that the
promised offensive a large scale has at
last begun.
Dispatches for several days have recorded
successes of British troops on that part OF
the allied line in the west committed TO their
guardianship. German trenches have been
captured, and. ii claims are TO he credited,
La Bassee itself is now seriously mcnaced-
so seriously, indeed, that The Germans have
brought up large re-enforccments and are
massing their troops for count erattack
1t may be that the British offensive has the
same significance the recent French on
slaughts III Champagne prevention that is
or the diversion Of enemy troops to the east
orn theater. The Russians are fighting a
series of hard battles, and il is obviously i'm
-Hortant TO The allied cause that Won linden
.burg's forces should receive no accre,ions
from the west II may be. however that
the real allied offensive has begun If that
be the correct Interpretation. the world Will
witness shortly such destruction OF life as
never before in al! the bloody history of the
human race
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14

breach between tho domestic demand
for food and the domestic supply. II
has been shown that the British Isles
would starve without food from other
countries. Nor can most OF tho other
countries approach a sufficient pro
duction OF present day foods 10 meet
thelr needs. But the fallacy IL shown
10 lie In the circumstance that while
the great food producing countries lie
In the Temperate Zone, the territory
lately acquired lies IN the hot zones.
IL ~ only natural that territory rich
IN food producing qualities should pro-
ducc race not easily reduced TO
tributary relation. and this has been
the case Canada. Russia. including
siberia. and tho United States have
the natural combination Of climate and
soil which makes for abundant crops.
ana they have, OF course. long since
been established SO firmly that n, pres
ent no nation has tho power TO dis
The moral argument for expansion
namely. that IL - the duty OF the
stronger nations to care 70. and guide
the wcaker-has .ts advocates, but un-
less expansion proves financially profit
able in the long run. It is likely To
have revcrses which no moral argu-
mcnt VIII stay II was the lust for
gold that led TO much o. the conquest
OF this country In its early DAYS anu
tho same motive still actuatcs much OF
Inc expansion OF lo-uaE But whereas
few hundred years ago countries
were fought over because Il was
thought they contained temples OF gold
today the bone OF contention IS for
c!Sn markets, and current or trade
which Will bring them cheap foodstuHs
In tho Review article II 81 asserted
that the highly efficient Germans have
found that in order 10 protect their
overseas trade they have had to main.
tain navy NJ an annual expenditure
OF -. per cont OF tho total export and
import trade OF the empire And
against tho achievements OF German.
France and England Is the example
OF such countries us Sweden, Denmark
Norway and Switzerland. which have
attended to affairs at home, and now
enjoy tranquility when all about them
Is blood and spoliat!on.
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Chinese Make Appeal

The Chinese Young Mems Christian
Association OF Washington has ad-
dressed the following appeal to Presi-
dent Wilson and the Christian pcopls
OF the country
Realizing that the fate OF our native
land is quiverng in the balance. we
appeal to YOU to give us your great
influence In moldinG the public opin-
ION OF the Christian world for our ma
tive land. China
For three years and half China has
struggled through an internal revolu-
ton and is only now beginning to rean
the benefits OF republican form OF
government. Her sons and daughter.
nave only begun TO realize what pntri-
otism means. and her government ha.
Just begun to develop her vast natural
resources. Just at this time when her
every energy should be devoted to
building up strong and stable roy
eminent, and at the psychological mo
mcnt when the attention OF all IN.
world is absorbed in the awful Euro
pcan conflict, the government OF Japn,,
mas seized the opportunity to max,
twcnty-one drastic and far-rcachinr
demands upon China, which, IL acceae.,
To, viii mean the absolute absorptiot
OF our country by Japan and will rr,
cipitaic. inevitably, q war between IN,
two countries.
Among the twcnty-one demands
which Japan has laid down to chin,
she stipulatcs the transfer of "all the
rights she has obtained from Germany
IN Shantung, including Kiauchau con
cession; the placing OF Japanese In
hlgh positions advisers In the nd
minlstratiVe. finance and military de-
partments of the Chinese government.
tnat 10 section of China's coast be
ccdcd, or leased to any other power
than Japan; and that Japan have IN.
right TO establish arsenals in any part
oil emma. Should China have to Weld
10 these demands the death knell IN
her freedom Will have rung. she will pass
INTO state OF subsection inexorably
but I'm the process the blood OF tho
mower or her young manhood will flow
in riVulets throughout her land as
H0ws the blood Of the young manhooL
of Europe day.
TO prevent this great wrong IN
Cnlna TO prevent the war which must
follow If Japan presses her unrigbteous
demands. We appeal to you, the Hon
orabIe and Most Worthy President OF
Inc United states, and to .hc Christian
people of this great country, to rive -.
at least your moral support to study
the situation carefully, to give Il nub
hcitN, and thus to awaken n puhlic
opinion that Will make the horril,,,
wrong which is threatening China an
mpossibility. We pray that Won vii,
use your utmost influence to helm 10 In
this crucial hour 81
"WILLIAM w. CHUNG.
president"
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This is only too true.

bilious he may be. This is only too true.
And now
Item: Thomas A. Edison, the great in
Ventor. was lighting fire when his wife came
along with pair OF rubbers. Put these on.
Ihomas!' ooh. go away! l haven't time
for rubbers!" Thomas Edison, you put
these on Instantly or come home with mel"
Ana Thomas put them on! Isn't, that de-
Ecious? We don't know when we have come
across a more delightful note Of the always
delightful SEX Whether that man be great
or small who has the love Of his wife, he will
always find himself obliged to put on his
.rubbers. It's that about women that makes
rs hunt them up in the days news
The days news is full Of the woman touch,
ard news OF women is the most worth while
the modern newspaper prints.
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A Deadlock,

Deadlock.
Said the Car to the Kaiser:
1T is foolish TO try. sir
You'll have TO step back to Berlin
The fact is, you bore me
by getting before me,
For Prussia 1 want to get in
Said the Kaiser to Car Nick:
Why. you'd make Jack Tar sick
Though used to the waves OF the sea
Get out now from under
Or I'll give you thunder;
Then. cousin, OH. where would YOU be?,
So they keep on beratinE,
And scoldlng and hating,
With Poland. as usual, the goat,
For that luckless nation
Feels more castigation
And still tighter grip on its throat
THE TATTLER.
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oh' MNf JOIN TIE CHOIR INVISIBLE!
Oh. may join the choir invisible
OF those immortal dead who live again
In minds made better by their presence: live
In pulses stirred TO generosity
In deeds of daring recttude in scorn
For miserable aims that live with self
In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like
stars
And with their mild persistence urge mans
search
To Vaster issues.
So to live Is heaven:
To make undying music in the world
Breathing as bcauteous. order that controls
with growing sway the growing life Of man.
So we inherit that sweet purity
For which we struggled failed and aponfzed
With widening retrospect that bred despair
Rebellious flesh that would not be subdued
a vicious parent shaming still its child
Poor anxious pcnitencc, Is quick dissolved
Its discords. quenched by meeting harmonies
Die in the large and charitable air
And all rarcr, better truer self
That sobbcd reliGiously In yearning song
That watched to ease tho burning OF the world
Laboriously tracing what must be-
And what may yet be bettcr,-saw within
y worthier image for the sanctuary
And shaped II forth before the multitude
Divinely human. raising worship so
To higher reverence more mixed with love-
That better self shall live till human Time
Shall fold it's eyelids, and the human sky
BE gathered like scroll within the tomb
Unread forever.
This is life to come
Which martyred men have made more glorious
For us who strive to follow May reach
That purcst heaven, be to other souls
The cup of strength in some great agony
FInkindlc generous ardor. feed pure love
3eget tho smiles that have cruelty,
BE the sweet presence OF good dffused.
And In diffusion even more intense.
So shall join the choir Invisible
Whose music is tho gladncss OF the world
George Eliot.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14

Not to into dubious cases
Submarine 1t seems fairly certain that at
Warfare least fonr Of tho German long
E:, radius submarines have been de-
i"'o stroycd, against less than II
thus far of British mcr-
chaitmen The tonnage Of the latter has marked
them rs vessels Of the smaller and less valuable
type. and tho loss incurred has been chiefly that
or the value of their cargocs. If Germany has
lost. roughly ono of her submarines for each
four vessels that the raid has cost the cnomy
1t is plain that tho exchange is for her losing
one. She must come to the end OF her supply
or long distance submarine cruisers at this rate
long before the British shipping list is mate
rally shortened. Tho submarine operations
may, indeed. favor Germany in this sense, that
two or three millions of dollars represented by
-FOUR of these frcighters and their cargocs ex-
cceds the cost Of the submarine whose existence
we are weighing against theirs. But since the
number OF submarine cruisers available for the
work OF commerce destruction Is limited to the
ncighborhood OF score, the total OF damage
which they are reasonably likely to he able to
infict is also limited 1t docs amount to
enough to exert nm appreciablc drain British
resourccs.-New York Evening Sun.
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The Voice of the People
American. Wercom. in C,nod,

TO The LSditor Of The Times Dispatch:
Sir.-The idea seems to have got abroad amone
some OF our American cousins that in cnnsa
Huence of the war they are not permitted to
enter Canada without producing passports or
be!nS SUBJECTED 10 other annoying restrictions
Let Let, me assure them that Americans friendly
intent are as welcome in Canada as the flowers
in May The war has added no restrictinns -"
their free entrance, and passports are re-
CURED other than their friendly faces and a
pocketbook sufficiently ample to meet their obl
The latch string Is always out I'm Canada for
Its friends from across the border whether u: a r
is on or not X. Il. ARMSTRONG,
Secretary Board Of Trade
ST. John, y. r.. March H. 1915
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I'OlittCnI.

Please give the names of the members NJ ~.
Cabinet and OF the Supreme Court of the United
States. SIrpSCpIpI.p
Cahinet-W j. Bryan. W. G. McAdoo l.. NJ
phus Daniels. i. X. Lane D. +. Houston, w, G.
kedhcld. W. t. Wilson. Court-E. d. White
Joseph Mckenna. O. w. Holmes, w. r. Day, c. +
BBiughes. w van Deventer. J. r. Lamar Mahlon
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At least, II must be said OF Mexico that
her ways are ways Of peace, and her gang
leaders Christian statesmen. compared with
those of the most enlightened nations of Flu
rope. also, She has never attempted to
carry Kultur across the Rio Grande
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14
Hopeful Mission.

NNIVVUIWHU IJcaUer)
lf even one OF those 400 commsrc,s,
travellers who have gone to Sout,,
America succeeds I'm making n South
American SEQ United States joke their
toll VIII not have been i'm vain.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14

Accident makes more men famous than de-
sign. For instance a Californian has lust
discovered a new and wonderful peach by ac-
c'den'ally dropping a pit into a hole where
chemical fertilizer had dripped from bar
rel.
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Colony, Kans. has a hot election on. with
women candidates whose platform is the
abolition of pests. chiefly cats Never mind:
the mems day will come when they have a
platform advocating the free distribution Of
rat traps
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-03-14

Four students in the Ohio College of Agri-
culture have been demonstrating that they
can live on o cents a day each. That is all
very well, but why do something so ridiculous
when nickel more would set fellow I'm
in style?
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Gossip From Down Home"

The Henderson Gold Leaf expounds with great
lucidtty difficulty that all forward lockers
experience from time to time. IT says: There
are those who seem to think that you cannot
be in sympathy with any movement or cause
unless YOU VIII consent to swallow, without
Srcasing or asking Il question:, every who
seeks to be leader In that particular cause
or movement. But while your heart might he
right, your stomach might not ALWAYS be in
good order" Some of the reform leaders must
find ii difficult to swallow themselves.
The law should make 1t harder for tho
blind tigers. for the average map can make use
of all that ho order In his own name says
the Durham Herald. or course, of course
How could the average Tarheel be expected to
go whole month beggarly halr-galIon?
The Greensboro Record hangs on valiantly TO
'he eye Tor an eye and tooth for tooth"
philosophy-and without any modern frills or
furbelows. either. According to tho Record
1T Is sometimes said by people and by news
papers that crime is not lessened by capital
punishment In Great Britain. when man
takes the life of another. they get his goat and
homicide is about one eighth az frequent as In
TINS country Truth is. execution for murder IN
this country is a rare thing. There is too much
gamble about it-too much chance to escape
punishment of any kind" Most observers OF
the operation OF the criminal law will agree
at least. with that last observation
County treasurers to be abolished down
nome. and the Rocky Mount Telegram is not
unhappy in the prospect. 1t means according
TO the Telegram, "the abolishins of one OF the
most attractive plumS In county affairs and one
that years ago involved task but now It's
handsome piece OF political patronage There
is no reason why the banks could not handle
'he iuhds or every county In the State and the
point Is that. instead of such an enormous sun,
TO he paid the treasurer. the banks would really
be up and doing with sleeves rolled up and ever
so glad TO get the account"
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;, j. +. SUTTON.
1t would be impossible to reply to the first
were conspcuouslv far apart in nducatinnai
methods and results, and the two which you
ihehlioh are rather close together. AS to the
second query, much the s true We ito
not know the exact number OF manufacturing
enterprises In either State: the number docs
not remain the same long enough for any ono
to count them. and II is likely that they ara
so nearly the same I'm the two States that II
would be matter OF guess -