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be called upon to bring "the struggle

be called upon to bring "the struggle
for liberty" to a successful end by
interviewing the chiefs of faction IN
turn and pointing out where their
duty lay. 1t would be moral suasion
on a scale hitherto unheard Of IN
Mexico, extending from the Rio
Grande to the businesses of Morelos,
where the Zapatistas Turk.
The General might be able to in
duce his old friend PANcHo VILLA to
dlsarm and negotiate. for every day
OF the week is n blue Monday for
PANcHo now: but would Sefor CAR.
RAMA, with his head in the clouds,
be tractable? AS for the 1.-THE and
sinister ZApATA, his occupation would
be gone II he agreed to anything. And
how in the world would a personal
Invasion Of Mexico by the Chief Of
STAFF be the mean Of reconciling the
new land owners Of Mexico with the
old proprletors who have been do
spoiled? In fact, there are so many
wheels within wheels In the problem
OF peace and reconstruction that a
hundred General SCOTS might we'll
shrink from undertaking the prelim.
lnaries.
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NEW PAN-AMERICAN
RETURN VISIT PLAN
Committee FavOrs Sending
Several Parties to South
ern Republics.
McADOO URGES ACTION

The committee appointed by Secretary
sion Of the recent Pan-American Finan-
cial Conference in Washington to re-
turn the visit Of the delegates from Cen
trail and South America met yesterday
at India House to arrange for the trip,
or rather trips. for 1t was decided that
the better plan would be to rave several
committees visit groups Of countries.
A plan and scope committee was APP
pointed to draft a general programme
for the visits. This committee consists
Of James A. Farrell. chairman; Senator
Duncan u. Fletcher of Jacksonville.
Fla. John Barrett, director-general Of
the Pan-American Union. Elliott Good
win. general secretary of the
of Commerce Of the United States.
James J. Shirley of the r. A. Gillespie
Company. New York w. S. kies Of the
foreign department of the National City
Bank, New York. and Robert II. Pat
chin. secretary OF the National Foreign
Trade Council. who will be the secretary.
This committee will act In conjunction
with the chairmen Of the eighteen per-
manent group committees which are in
etoi 81 a. nv Va
trade relations between the United
States and the countries of Central n
South America.
A canvass OF conditions has indicated
to the committee that the best results
will probably be obtained by one visit
to the countries on the mainland of Gem
trail America, another TO the republics
Of the West Indies and Colombia and
Venezuela. Il third to the west coast of
M Ast asl AaRHl1, -, 80
visits to Argentina. Brazil, Uruguay and
Paraguay. The size OF the visiting com
mittees and the details of the trips Will
be arranged to suit the convenience OF
the countries which have extended the
invitation.
Secretary McAdoo, who was unable to
attend the meeting, sent the following
telegram:
u am satisfied that we have a mar
vellous opportunity, not only to extend
our trade and financial relationships
with Latin America. but to establish "A
political accord and a friendly under
standing with those countries which are
working for the good Of civilization and
the words peace. We must not neglect
this opportunity. You can, | know, rem
der highly patriotic and useful service
to your country in what you are DOING
The next meeting of the committee
Will be called by the chairman. Those
present at yesterdays meeting were Mr..
Fo.rell, Mr.. Barrett, u. T.. Black, presl-
dent of the Pittsourg Chamber of Com
merce ID. /. Cooper. Henderson, y. -.
Mr.. Fletcher, Mr.. Goodwin, Mr. Kies,
Mr.. Patchin. Waiter Parker, manage
New Orleans Chamber of Commerce
MIR. Shirley. and c. T. Williams, repre-
senting Edwin Warfield. president of the
Fidelity Trust Company, Baltimore.
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More Municipal SOcia ism.

The people in Cleveland have a
municipality owned and operated cleo
trio light plant and some OF the peo-
pie in Milwaukee think they want
one also. SO the Real Estate Board
OF Milwaukee organized n meeting to
talk the thing over Mr.. L. W. BAL
LARD. manager Of the Cleveland mu-
nicipal plant. was invited to present
the municipal side Of the question, and
Mr.. JAMES ID. SHAW, attorney for the
privately owned Milwaukee light COM
pany, was asked to discuss the sub
ject from the opposing standpoint.
Free speech being the very keystone
OF the socialistlc arch and a very
large proportion Of the 800 people
present at the meeting being socialists
Of the ultra Milwaukee variety Mr..
SHAW was promptly howled down and
silenced before he could utter a word
Of his reply to Mr.. BALLARD; 80 he
handed it in to the newspapers, and
let II go at that.
There Is nothing particularly novel
in his exposure Of the accounting
methods by which the managers Of
the Cleveland plant turn an obvious
deficit into Il handsome profit. They
are methods with which our Post OF
flee Department bookkeeping has made
us familiar, an old enough story OF
municipal and Government ownership
plants generally. But as we appear
to he booked for mt least an attempt
to launch us soon into Government
ownership adventures in shipping,
factories and what not on a scale of
rather b%ewilderlng magnitude, some
OF the points Mr.. SHAW makes in the
Cleveland case may be noted.
For instance the managers of the
Cleveland plant in their Bulletin No. /
covering the first four months OF 1915
show over $4,000 revenue above op-
Grating expenses. From this sum
there Is deducted $4,000 for bond In.
terest, while the balance Of upwar d
OF $4,000 Is set down as net profit.
Here Mr.. SHAW points out that the
interest for four months on the
$2.77O,0o0 OF outstanding bonds Is It.
self $4,000, or $1,000 more than the
entire alleged quarterly surplusage
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up1dlty or Obiouity?

The most unkindest cut Of oil has
been dealt to the anti-suffragists In
Jersey by Asbury Park. Founder
BRADLEY in refusing to permit them
to hold meetings in the auditorium
on the beach called them gulls OF the
liquor interests, dupes Of the rum
power. This is an attack not on the
motives OF the Association Opposed,
but on its intelligence. the bitterest
and perhaps the most hurtful attack
that car be made. People will "stand
for sharp practice as long as 1t can
be regarded as good play in a game
Of politics, but for exposed stupidity
they have no tolerance.
These are the Founders words:
THE liquor interests. which I hold In
adherence. a. I look at It, regard sim
cere ladies as yourself as allies in their
efforts TO crush the suffrage movement.
because they know that when women
tecting their homes from the curse VI
rum"
If JAMES A. BRADLEY had said "Yon
are in alliance with liquor" that could
have been borne. not with ~equanimity,
perhaps, but with the self satisfaction
Of the martyr. But to be told that
you are sincere but stupid Is an
i%ntolerable afront.
But the situation takes another
twist when the Autocrat Of Asbury
(and the Car Of All the Russias even
In the worst old days was not half
so autocratic) makes the charge, as
reported outside Of the quotation
marks, that the liquor dealers have
contributed cash, hard and tainted,
to the fund out OF which anti-cam.
p~aigners are hired. These words eat
the others.
Any impartial Judge will rule that
Founder BRADLEY's real charge is not
that for which he publicly stands
sponsor, but the unquoted but appar.
emily authorized inslnuation not Of
stupidity but Of conscious and in
tended obliquity. An expert in crowd
psychology might say that the anti.
anti has in trying to hurt the ants
hclptSi them.
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RHETORIC IN OUR r M
NOTE,
A Challenge Of the "Beautiful Dc
ton" In Our Last Message.

To THE EDITOR ~ THE SuN-Sfr: A
correspondent who condemns as 'dn-
fammatory" and otherwise objection
able the Administrators latest note 10
Germany states that the beautiful die
ton of the message Is generally con-
coded. While differing most radically
with this critic as to the s~ubstantial
nature and purpose OF the note. which
most Of us consider admirable. I am
moved to dissent also In some measure
from his 1audatory remark on the score
Of rhetoric.
1t Is true that some parts OF the note
are very well written, but the compost
ton is far from fiawless. For example.
observe the excessive length OF sentence
and the confusing repetition OF the WORD
ut" in the first paragraph:
The note OF the Imperial German Gov
eminent dated the sth OF July. 1915. has
received tho careful consideration OF the
Government OF the United states. and titl
regrets to be obliged to say that tit1 has
found It'll very unsatisfactory. because titl
fails to meet the real differences between
the two Governments and indicates no
way In which the accepted principles OF
law and humanity may be applied In the
grave matter In controversy. but proposes.
on the contrary. arrangements for a partial
~
tually sets them aside.
II one OF your copy readers had been
given a free hand with this sentence he
would nave probably revised 1t to read
as follows:
The note OF the Imperial German Gov
eminent dated the sth of July. 1915. has
received the careful consideration of this
Government of the United States. To our
great regret. the same has been found
very Unsatisfactory 1t fails to meet the
real differences between the two Govern
ments. and indicates no way In which
the accepted principles of law and hu-
mainly may be applied In the grave mat.
ter In controversy. but PROPOSES. on the
contrary, arrangements for a partial sus-
pension OF those principles, which would
virtually set them aside.
In the newspaper copy before me the
final clause of the last sentence reads.
(which virtually set them aside" There
Is apparently "A typographical error here
which | have corrected in reproducing
the original paragraph. Possibly. how.
ever. the official copy reads as In the
suggested revision.
The second paragraph also consists
OF a single sentence. and "A very long
n involved sentence IL Is so much so,
indeed. that | have been unable as yet.
though somewhat informed as to the Is
sues In question. to determine satisfac-
toriiy what is Yeant.
Such criticism Of "A diplomatic message
having phases so much more vital may
seem n trife ungracious yet no little
harm might be done TO the cause Df
good English expression In this country
II such work were to pass without cha.-
lenge as beautiful diction." or even,
In som. respects. as of average merit.
Ex-DEsKMAN.
New YORK, August 1.
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Too Much Even for General Scott,

We have the highest respect for the
attainments and tact of General
HUGH LENox SCoTT, Chief OF Staff,
but is 1t not asking toe much to ex-
pect him to pacify Mexico by reason
ing with NEWSSTAND CARRANzA,
PANCHo VILLA, EMILIANo ZAPATA,
ALvARo OBREGoN and the lesser lights
in the struggle for liberty" such as
HILL, MAYToRENA, GONZALES and
FIERRo? None Of the personal repre-.
sentatives, lawyers all Of them. and
here and there Il ~linguist. has sue
ceeded in making a single Convert
to constitutional government in the
whole Of Mexico, and General ScorT
Is not Il statesman. but n soldier.
General ScoTT always obcys orders
he would invade Mexico with his ac-
customed calm. But consider the task
that would he set him! 1t IL no mat
ter Of %persuading ragged Constitu.
tionalists on the border TO cease firing
over 1t or Of inducing an Indian off
the reservation to surrender to a dis
comfited sheriff. The General would
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on the front IN Flanders to strike a
decisive blow, or against the Italians
on the Austrian frontier (although
var has not been declared by Ger
many, or in a demonstration against
the Serbians south Of the Danube to
raise the siege Of the hard fighting
Ottoman battalions.
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TESLA'S FIGHT ON MARCONI UP.
Reserves Decision on Motion
Aimed at Answer.

Judge Augustus y. Hand ~ the United
states District Court reserved decision
yesterday on motion to strike out Ger.
tain portions of the answer OF the de.
PENDANTS In the suit brought by Nikol,
Tesla to prove that he, not William
Marconi. was the inventor of wireless
telegraphy.
The special paragraph in the Maroon
answer to which Tesla took exception
was IN a letter in hic 1t was a~ssertc.
that Judge Van Vechten Veeder ~ ~,
Federal District Court in Booklvn bad
ruled In the patent litigation brought h,
the Marconi Wireless Telegraph com.
rany of America against the Nation,,
Electric Signalling Company that Tho
Marconi patents were not an infringe
ment of the Tesla devices.
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Nlaarten Martens.

A Dutch lawyer, DR.. JOosT MARIUs
WuLEM VAN DER PooRrEN-SCHwARTz
died August 3 At Zeist, Holland.
Born in Holland August 10, lS5S, he
became Il barrister, practising In n
desultory way in his native country.
But the ~disposing fates meant him to
write, and when, twenty-five years
ago, he published THE Sin Of Joost
Avelingh" the world approved, AMI
he wisely slmplitied himself into
MAARTEN MARTENS.
He wrote more sinewy English than
many, even professional writer's of 1t.
who are born to the speech. Other
Hollanders scolded him for not using
the language OF his native land, but
Dutchmen were reading French and
English print, and he made no error
in his choice. Written in whatever
tongue, his human quality, broad and
deep, would have carried his books
through the lands and languages.
Gifted with fine graces and powers
Of mind and person, he priced his
possessions without conceit, he minted
his metal generously and with care
full limitation Of the base alloy to
the just proportion productive Of
wearing quality. His stories, like the
old Dutch painting, show scorn of
mere decoration; simplicity to home
illness In choice Of theme and setting,
and by their honesty to the facts Of
life, gay or sombre, tragic or dull or
romantic, they score an impression
hot ephemeral but quietly persistent
In the memory.
English literature may lay claim to
Gods Fool" AN Old Maids Love-"
The Greater Glory" and the rest,
but Holland. now kindled with re-
vival Of its ancient patriotism and
pride, will make the memory OF the
man her own. Americans, who have
given his books a cordial welcome.
will recall with some affection the
genial gentleman who visited this
country in 1907.
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A NEW STEAMSHIP SERVICE.
Should English Ships Carry Amerl-
can Shipments?

N THE EDITOR OF TIKI SrN-Sir: II
is announced that new steamship SER
vice. using English ships, IS to be es-
tablished between Boston and Buenos
Ayres and between New York and the
west coast Of South America.
BY using this service We will supply
the British manufacturer and merchant
with all the Information relating to our
shipments. The bills of lading, consular
invoices II other documents fully de-
scribe the shipments. and these give
the name of the shipper. the constance.
the rate of freight. kind OF goods. value
per Sc. style Of packing. n every de-
tail incident to the shipment.
a very large business on the vast
coast is controlled by a prominent New
York house. who forward their goods
In American boats to their own repre-
scntat!yes. This method gives them the
means OF safeguarding their informa-
ton and their business relations are no.
subject to the scrutiny Of a Home Office
In England.
our present situation may be likened
to two department stores doing bus!-
ness in the same city and one store en-
trusting to the other its delivery seq
vice.
A number Of English steamers have
taken out American registry and make
a brave show Of sailing under the Amer
lean flag. But many OF them are owned
In England and reports Of their manifests
80 abroad regularly. whore they are
intimately scrutinized to our detrimert.
Firms OF forwarding agents with strong
English or German affiliations have
been organized into corporations In or
der TO hide their Identity and still keep
open sources Of information for their
transatlantic friends.
The Importance OF this information
cannot be overestimated. and until we
have our own lines OF steamers with
traffic departments In sympathy with
our shippers our success In foreign COM
metce will he open TO the secret scru-
tiny OF our English or German compet-
itors. who Will not DO slow to take
advantage of the Information.
\ prominent exporting concern once
informed me that whenever they could
ascertain and equali2e freight rates they
could secure the business, but TO ascer-
tain freight rates in c. |. (. sales was a
difficult If not impossible matter.
In short, as long as the information
relating to our foreign business is -
readily available to our European COM
p~etitors we are simply supplying the
ammunition with which It may be as
s~assinated. The only remedy is Ameri-
can ships for American shipments, that
WIN give us a fair field and no favor.
j. ID. H~AsHAGEN.
RosToN, August 4,
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over disbursements. Furthermore, ap-
plying the Wisconsin Railroad Com
missions accepted percentage for de-
probation the light plant should have
charged Off $4,000 to this account
for the four months, whereas 1t
cha rged of just half that amount.
Adding to these items the loss to
the city in taxes of $4,000 for the
quarter. Mr.. SHAW succeeds in max.
Ing a pretty strong presentment for
hiS assertion that the municipal light
plants alleged quarterly net profit Of
$4,000 is in reality a quarterly net
loss Of $4,000. all Of which is taxed
out Of the peoples pockets so that a
very small fraction Of the electricity
users may have the service for less
than It costs to produce 1t.
To be sure there are the collateral
personal advantages to patriot poll
ticians to be considered.
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FROM THE FAR WEST,
Itinerant Alaskan Reports General
An%glOphObia.

To II EnlToR OF THE SUN-Sir. A
square deal for Germany and the Ger
mans Is expected by eiGht-tenths of the
people from my home to San Diego.
Last winter | travelled in the West.
and Eastern newspapers that pretend
to represent American public opinion
would be astonished to learn how little
their opinions OF pro-Ally tendency are
meeting with favor.
EVERYWHERE among Americans sentl-
ments were expressed that England was
controlling the American press in tho
face of public opinion 20 the contrary.
We do not like England nor will wa
ever be made to Ike or fight for her
our past contains too many evidences
OF her i'll will toward us. V, j. DIVER.
SrRELNA. Alaska, July Is.
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SUN" AND ITS FRIENDS.
From the Wilmington Ners

"Provincial' scribes visiting New
York, with the traditional regard for
THE L as the bible" OF the frater-
nifty, always had affection for the old
sun Office. 1t was typical OF the newS-
paper home OF the days that are pass
ing. on a larger scale 1t duplicated
offices IN a countless number OF smaller
cities. There was nothing beautiful
about the old SUN office excepting the
features Of the men who make THE SUN.
Even an insurance agent or a humble
out of town newspaper writer could
his way into THE SUN office,
II brave enough to climb those never
ending steps. without e%ncountering any
thing more formidable than a mild man
nered Office hoy. not "A stern creature
behind a barricade who might frown
you into a Russian retreat,
We wonder whether TuE SUN carried
away all that ancient and honorable
equipment, some OF 1t old enough to
have been used in the days OF Tacitus,
including tables and 'morguc" furni-
ture probably made from the wood In
the Hon. Mr.. Noah's ark.
The new quarters viii be In keeping
with the brightness that has always
marked the pages OF THE Sun. News
paper men In all parts of the country
are pleased with the development and
prosperity OF The SUN. Probably no
other newspaper is studied in outside
offices as consistently as is THE sun.
May it continue to shine with ever
greater lustrc. II that be possible. In It's
new quarters, Is the wish in scores II
other newspaper offices where THE sun
IL read with profit n pleasure.
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R0CKAWAY BUS LINE OPENS.
Runs From City Line Over RouIe-
ward to ROcka way Park.

A line OF automobile buses from the
city line along the boulevard in Ear
R~ockaway to Fifth avenue in Rock way
Park was opened by the Far Rockaway
Transportation Company, Inc, yester-
day morning.
The buses have accommodation for
thirty-one passengers. They are
equipped with pay az you enter devices
and electric lights, No passengers VIII
be permitted to stand. The line will he
operated day and night throughout the
year.
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DR.. JOhnsOn's Use Of English Words.

To THE EpiroR OF TIE SvS-Sir: |
ave read he letter which appeared
in THE Sun headed Kings English
and signed "A Britisher."
Are such clauses as 1--WE merely ask
and must indeed have been" the pur-
est Kings English? will not de
fend "grewsone." against Or. John
sons 'gruesome." but | will suggest hat
Dr. Johnson also wrote "chuse.' chi
rurgeon,' 'shew." "terrour" and AUX
ward" none of which. | think. even "A
Britisher" would employ to-day.
And here is a sentence from Or.
Johnson There IL nothing considerable
done or doing among US here" Moth
ing doing"-that dreadful American
slang. AN AMERICAN.
NEW York. August 8.
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CABLE NOTICE RENEWED,
British Censorship to Covcr IT.
regular Joining Of Words,

The Commercial Cable Company
makes the following announcement:
THE British censorship authorities re-
new notice that cablegrams to or
through Great Britain must be IN plain
language or in authorized code. This
notice relates to the irregular io,n-
ing of words. Words joined together
are not plain language. nor are they
authorized code, and messages contain
Ing such irregular compounds are liable
to detention by the censor"
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Mr.. DIxey Resuscitates sold Grammar
Veal"

To THE EnIroR OF THE SuN-Sir. 7
can solve the problem for 20. b." ON
July 3 he wanted to know about an old
ballad, Granny O'Wale." ! have II. 7
have waited almost "A month TO see how
many patriotic New Yorkers' would
answer him ! would send YOU the
ballad, but 1t is very long and Won
might not care to print II. by the way,
II is not Granny O'Wale," but "Old
Grammar Veal" HENRY T.. DIxry.
pLANDoME, |. l., August 4,
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Vacation.

thirsted for the taste Of dew.
%hungered for the trail:
craved the solace OF the blue.
The music OF the gale.
Each little wind that stirred the trees
Along the dusty row
Was whispering the mysteries
or far skies whence they blow.
Ana when one morning cams the word
hat all the days were mine
1t seemed as though the mountains heard
And rivers sparkled wine.
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Erie, which lost so severely in lives
and property in the recent Hood was
situated differently from towns that
usually suffer such disaster In that 1t
wa not in a narrow valley but on the
banks of one of the great lakes,
where there would seem to be an
ample and prompt escape for surplus
water. But the collapse OF a dam
under unusual pressure. it Is said, let
loose a torrent that swept through
the town carrying destruction as in
so many other of the floods in Penn
sylvania. In this respect 1t was a
repetition Of the disasters Of Johns
town. In the Conemaugh Valley, and
Austin, in the Sinnamahoning. After
both Of these calamities there was a
great outcry for more careful inspec-
ton; then-why repair the leak in
the roof when 1t is not raining?
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II was reported here to-day that Mrs.
PANcuo VILLA is arranging to go to San
Francisco and that she expects her hus-
band TO join her here for the trip In a
few days.-EI Pdso despatch.
II properly approached General VILLA
might consent to r~eestablish the "ex-
elusive Mexican colony" at Forest
Hills.