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lFay's Confessions.

The eagerness and verbosity OF the
mar calling himself FAY who IL under
arrest charged with plotting TO de-
stroy ships and munltion plants In the
interest Of Germany Justify the strong
est suspicious Of the t%ruthfulness Of
everything he says. His laxative.
ness manifested itself at too early a
stage OF the proceedings against him
to inspire confidence. and his willing.
ness to tell any story that might please
his captOrs without involving him In
any new difficulty cannot easily es-
cape notice.
Three courses are open to an ac.
cused person under the questioning
Of the authorities. The most difficult
is to stand mute. The easiest is to
tell the truth. The one offering tn.
largest opportunity to confuse and
thwart the police is to confess volubly
and artistically. %inventing motives,
methods and purposes MS they may
be desirable. thus creating an at
mosphere Of doubt and indecision in
which chance may afford a means Of
escape. Detection in falsehood when
this plan has been adhered to is rather
to he hoped for by the culprit than
avoided. 1t merely increases the per-
plexity Of the inquisitors.
Already FAY has succeeded In re
| ating doubt as to the authenticity of
all his declarations. and no progress
has been made toward establishing a
serious relation between him and Off
cinl representatives of Germany in
this country. II has not been shown
that he was the active agent in any
of the accidents that have occurred
here and aided the Teutonic-T urko-
Bulgarian alliance. lie has talked
MS much as Il candidate for office AMI
his ~outglvings have been about rs
valuable as n stump orators.
Meanwhile. Boy-Ep has been pro.
noted in the German naval service
as a reward for his successful activi-
ties in the United States.
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The Main Door Opened Inward;
There Were No Fire Escapes.

When 100 children were trampled
and burned to death In Collinwood.
Ohio. on March 4. 1908. because the
doors Of the Lake View public schoo;
opened inward and the building was
without adequate fire escapes. there
was al %outburst of Indignation from
coast to coast. a great show Of Off
cial activity, and a demand. expressed
by every organ Of public opinion. that
no such condition should he allowed
to exist in any part of the United
States. Yesterday. in Peabody, Mass.
st. Johns %parochlal school. with 0
pupils, was destroyed by flames. A
score and more children were crushed
to death or killed by fire, and:
"The big main door at the front of the
three story brick building opened in
ward. and before the first to reach there
could swing II back they were crushed
against It by those behind.
There were no FIRE escapes"
MASSaCDuSetts mas stdtutes pre-
cisely prescribing the manner in which
schools shall I've built. She has an
executive force, her State police and
local authorities not less honest or
competent than those Of other States;
and yet within eight years Of Collin
woods disaster her helpless children
are sacrificed to the non-observancc OF
precautions the absolute necessity OF
enforcing which that calamity i'm
pressed on the mind of every indi.
vidual in the country.
Laws ~disobeyed. ignored. forgot
ten: h%ysterical denunclation of neg
lcctful officials that comes to moth
ing; common prudence rejected: ,io-
lence in speech, laziness in action /:
and the school children continue to
he burned TO death!
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The Piebald American ms.

This suggestion is we'll meant. but
perhaps 1t can be improved
10 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sir:
Would Il not be a good plan II all true
Amer1cans should at once wear buttons
stating the fact?
"A VETERAN AND SoN or A VETERAN.
"Nsw YORK, October 2s.'
Would IL not he a better plan il all
~hyphenated or hfurcated or pielald
Americans. so-called Americans of iii.
vided allegiance. should at once wear
buttons Of significant parti-color call
ING attention to their status:
This might not he so good for the
button Industry. inasmuch as an over
whelmlng majority Of nj fellow citi'
en- would need no buttons; but rs
a general principle of classification OF
segregation 1t Is more logical to mari
the exceptions than to decorate the
truly American rule.
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Singular as II may seem. there are
members of Parliament who imagine
that Lord iALpASE Is working stealth
ily with the Kaiser to destroy the
British Empire. one of them, Sir
RICHARD COOPER. is determined to tear
the truth about Lord H~ALDANE's mys-
FERROUS golngs and comings from Mr..
.AsoCITH though the Cabinet tumble
down like a pack of cards. Sir lslcH-
ARD particularly want to know what
the suspect was up To at the Foreign
Office when he went there for n on
ference after returning from a visit to
Sir JoHN FRENCH at the front.
If Lord HALuANE sinned al all when
in good faith he mislcd his country
men about Germary's attitude tuward
England two or three years Il the
statute of limitations should have run
against the offence by this time, ON
the credit side OF the O should
be entered the inestimable service he
rendered England when he created the
Territorial Army. which Lord KrTCH-
ENER found ready to his hand when
reenforcements were sorely needed in
France.
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Revising Miss Liberty.

Miss Liberty Is to be deprived OF her
light green suit, dressed in gold and
painted to accord with the present
mode. Her attire has not proved
offensive to oldsters, but progress
requires that she should he fresh
encd up. and rs the old Miss Liberty
represents things that we have all
outgrOwn 1t Is only right that she
should he rAlecorated to meet the
modern TASTE.
II would be appropriate while the
Administration Is painting her to fur
nish the symbolic lady with II com
plete new outfit. As typifying the
relation OF the Government to citizens.
Miss I.iberty's torch might well he eX-
tlngulshed and thrown away, to be
replaced with a dark lantern. The
tablet commemorative OF our freedom
which reposes In her left arm might
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be dispensed with, and in Its place a

be dispensed with, and In Its place a
revised edition Of the penal statutes
set up. For her feet the professional
gum shoes Of the detective would
serve well and II she is exactly to
set forth the immunities which Fed
eral. state and municipal governments
confer on us in these piping days OF
meddlesomeness, paul-pryism and gen
eral interference, a set Of false wills
kers would not be unsuitable upon
her too benign c~ountenance.
Mr.. BARTHoLDI made an ADM able
model of Miss Liberty as he and his
contemporaries and their forebears
conceived that lady to be, hut times
I'm We changed since his labor Of art
and affection was done. Truth ar
CUES for the revision Of his master
piece, and II she Is to he gold plated,
as is now threatened. she should like
wise be transformed into an emblem
Of the present. and not left a memo
rial Of the past.
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Too Proud to Fight Against Eyilc

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
action OF the National Council OF the
CONGREGATIONAL Church at New Haven
in passing resolutions against the in
crease In our army and navy for protec-
tive purposes emphasizes once more the
inability of clergymen In a body to
grasp material and practical matters.
The resolution says: THE policy of
armed peace has demonstrated the fu-
tl!ty or gigantic ornaments as the
guarantee of international security and
Justice
II should he borne in MIND that Ger
many did not arm for either peace or
international security" but for the ex-
press purpose OF making war upon her
neighbOrs.
Those who are so vehemently shout
ing against preparedness on the part az
the United states should consider " hat
would nave become of France II she had
not been AT least partially prepared.
Preparedness on the part Of her navy
has saved Great Britain up to the
present time, while she has been franti-
ctllN Organizing her army.
II France had been In the condition
the United States il in to-day and Great
liriLiin's navy had been as poorly pre-
pared rs her army. Germany long ago
would have been in possession or both
IaylS ANA London and the dominant
Power Of the world.
There are non so blind as those who
will not see NJ II n
NEW YORK. October 20
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the system, and this year the attempt
TO cripple It's usefulness will he as
vigorously opposed. The lectures
have proved their worth: the peo-
pie a them and they have a
right to demand that the system be
kept up to its present efficiency.
One Of THE SUNS correspondents
has made the thoroughly reasonable
and sclf-rcspecting suggestion that in
the present impoverished condition OF
the city 1t would be entirely proper
TO ask the immediate bcnefciaries Of
the public lectures now given free Of
cost to bear a part of the expenses Of
producing them. His plan contem-
plated the collection Of n dime from
each auditor. which should produce a
sum sufficient TO meet the lecturers
fec and possibly reimburse the city
for Il part Of the cost Of providing
balls, lighting and heat.
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The Resignation Of the French
Cabinet.

The resignation yesterday OF Pre-
micr RENE VIVIAN is attributed to II
difference over the present critical sit
uation In the Balkans. The same con.
ditions brought NJ the heated discus
sion on the preceding day in the Brit
ish House Of Lords and II demand for
a reorganization Of the Cabinet. I'M
lortant ~ these governmental upheav-
ais are. they are less So than the fact
that the underlying cause. the Near
East question. may yet prove a source
IF discord among the Allies.
Until the resignation If THfoPHiLE
DtLcAssE II few days ago there wa
nothing To Indicate To the outside
world that there was any dissatisfac-
ton in France with her Cabinet or
any disaffection among the members.
VI. DEICAssE resigned upon his return
from London. The reason generally
assigned was i'll health brought on toy
cares Of office. Premier NIyiANI, how.
ever. refused To read his letter Of
resignation In the Chamber. 1t was
stated al the time that the real rca'
son for his retirement grew out Of
II disagreement with the British au-
thoritios over the conduct Of the Bal.
kan campaign. He il said to have
maintained that the interests of Eng
land in the Near East were So much
greater than those of France that the
British should furnish the main part
Of the evolutionary force.
The opinion has been very gener
ally expressed that the Near East
might form an obstacle to the thor
ou.h accord Of the Allies. The inter
ests Of Russia and Great Britain had
50 long FLASHED that 1t was difficult
10 see how they might adjust their
claim in case of the Allies success.
TO these two OF her allies France has
to q great extent entrusted the diplo-
matte task OF securing Balkan aid,
and upon them. ms the principal bene.
iicinrics by the Allies success in that
part of Europe. many of her states
men have held that the bupicn OF the
war should fall. To this disagreement
over the respective duties In the Bal
kans must he attributed IN no small
measure the lack of support for Ser
bia and the fact that The German
lrive south has met with so litth,
opposition.
The attitude of NJ. BRAND, who ha'
been called by President PoINCARE Il
form a new Cabinet, Is not known
lie has already proved his ability
MS n leader by his distinguished ser
vices TO his country. Several of th'
members Of the former Cabinet. no
tahly NJ. VIvIANI himself, II is said
will hold posts In the reorganize,
body. The situation Is n critical one
for upon the attitude of the Cablne
toward the broader questions of tn
war depends not only the fate o.
France but also the success Of tn
Allies as a united force.
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MILITARY TRAINING.
What a Naval Officer Thinks Of the
Broken WIN" Argument.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Ex-
President Eliot says: "A soldiers
training begins with breaking the mans
will, and hat is not n good way to
train Americans As one who has both
undergone and impaired military train
ing Tor should | say suffered and in
fictcd it?), | venture to offer
To break a mans will or humiliate
his spirit Is the direct opposite OF the
aim of military training. To teach in
dividuals to act together most effec-
lively when and where needed, and to
strengthen the will SO that none may
ever falter or slacken In his allotted
duty. are the chief aims in view. Self
control II n prime requisite. and when
it has been insuficiently developed in
u new recruit. his training aims to i'm
prove 1t. Can this be done at the same
time that the will is being broken?
Strong will Is indispensab Bile in every
leader. whatever his degree OF author
ity, else he will have no control over
his men. Is ii conceivable then that
officers would allow the wills TO he
broken OF the rank and file. from whom
they have to choose the non-conmis-
stoned officers. who, Kipling says. can
make or mar any command? No; the
training aims to make the will respon-
sive. not weaker; Inc the fnal effect
on the individual Is better command of
himself.
Ask any employer of honorably dis
charged enlisted men of our navy or
army whether these mems Wills have
been broken. He will say they are more
capable OF leadership han the average
unframed man. Ask in any community
where one or more live whether there
are any better. more respected and self
respecting citizens. Look In vain In any
ship, amp or training station for evil
dence Of broken spirit. Naval and mill
tar achievements. even In peace. are
not made with weak or broken Wills but
with grit.
And what of the men OF Grants and
Shcrman's armies" What OF Grant
Sherman. Sheridan. Lee. Stonewall Jack
son. Gocthals. Dewey. sampson. Evans
! All We're graduated from West Point or
Annapolis. where the strictest training
, il in this country. Were their Wilt
| broken" Or were they mcnded again?
II. II. BELKSAP.
Commander. L. :. y.
PoRrs Mouth, y. H., October 90.
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$500, 900 FOR PRINCETON.
Trsstees several
Changes In E'acultS.

PRINCETON. y. J.. oct. 2S.-i'!is .,n-
ming close to 5000 were repo.'7i .,
the trustees of Princeton tu:vc SIS. .'
a meeting here to-day. tn" eNa.' sIu
is $i63.92S. OF which Mrs. Hurs"a : 80"
gave s250.0 600 for the new dining .u
Mrs. william Church Osborn 90. N.w
York contributed $4,000 for O." o.
dow1ment of the Dodge prcfesso.s
medieval history.
A cameo of DR.. With"rspouh
he brought from England ir l7>i soc
presented 10 the university hy A.'Iu'
Van Tuyl of Colorado. Tex.
Henry q. johnson of IN. = bose
qualified as an alumni ;rustrs $40 o.
ing John w. Barr. Jr., OF LOUSY .r
beginning September next the .''-
will open one week later thta u' 60 ''
make possible entrance board exam .a
lions In September rs well a. 10 JI
BY this new ruling the dates OF E
academic year will lie ]prtrucailN =
same as those of Yale and Harvard
The trustees appointed p~
Mayer lecturer in biology ldN1H Is
Harvey, Pm. u, Columbia. N,is Ouidr -
sistant professor Of physiOtuE, tn' Nl-1
=. Taylor. Liverpool. WlS promoted - H-
sistant professor OF physical ,l,H.s'r
Henry j. Van Hoeson. IN. u, prt"'''
was appointed curator 90 utnis 'p'
on the staff Of the univers " Ebrtrt
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YALE TO TAKE OVER
ADDITIONAL CAMPUS
Committee Named Looking N
Development of Peabody
Museum Square.
SOME CHANGES IN Shelf

New HAVEN, oct. 2S.-An important
to the Yale University campuses
Is suggested in the annual report of Sec.
rotary Arson Phelps Stokes, which wa.
made public to-day.
As the result of a corporation ~ot.
John II. Farwell, treasurer OF the uni
versity Dean Frederick $. Jones OF the
college and Prof. T.. s. Dana OF the
Peabody trustees are named as "A com.
mittee ito make inquiries regarding the
possible development Of the prop rty
owned by the university on the Peabody
Museum Square with a view tn It's use
for college dormitories and uniyersity
and college lecture room purposes"
The committee Is to report TO tho cor.
poration and have preliminary plans
made in case sufficient money IL con
tributed for this purpose.
This square is bounded by Elm. High.
Library and York streets and is ives,
OF the old college campus. At present
II liz occupied by Peabody Museum lles.
rick Hall and Pierson Hall. besides pri.
vate house and business blocks.
Another vote OF the corporation pro.
viding for regular annual medical FL.
aminations of all candidates for ath.
letic teams is published in the secre.
tary 3 report
To the provisional gift Of $1,000 900
made to the Sheffield trustees last year
for the purpose of developing "A graduate
course of one year with special ref
erence to business has been added
another contribution OF n similar amount
made by another alumnus.
In Director Russell ii. Chittenden's
report he states that a new atmosphere
In the social life of the students OF
the Sheffield Scientiii" School has re
suited from the development OF new dor
mitories for the upper class students
on Vanderbilt Square. This year, how
ever, the senior council OF tho Sheffield
Scientific school has voluntarily recon
mended to the governing board thaf
hereafter tho dormitories belonging 10
the school be given up entirely 70 the
use of the members Of the freshmai,
class. on the ground that this will
prove advantageous for ths ultimate
welfare of the student body.
1.-The governing board. therefore, has
voted the report states. that. COM
| mencing with the college year l9l6-isl7,
the members Of the freshman class In
the Sheffield Scientific school Shall he
housed in the dormitories on Vanderbilt,
Square"
Owing to the desirabllity Of having
freshmen room in college buildings
tho dormitory building on Berkeley
Oval. formerly occupied by the junior
class. will he assigned IN July 20 '7in-
didates passing the entrance examine
| tons. The displaced Juniors must seek
quarters In other college buildings NJ
in private rooms until other accemmoda'
| tions can be found for them.
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As the Thanksgiving proclamations
accumulate we are more strongly con-
WINGED than ever that there should be
a set form to summon the people to
contemplation of their blessings. which
no President or Governor should be
permitted to alter in any respect. The
duty OF the signatory' authority
should be to fill in the date and affix
his name to the document. Governor
WHIrMAN's production, published yes
terday. calls upon us to show our
profound appreciation Of the many
benefits which we have derived from
a Just and wise GoD." II a just and
wise Cop has apportioned to us bene-
fits He has brought to Europe un-
paralleled suffering and tragedy. In
evitably 1t must follow that we are
infinitely more virtuous and deserving
than those on whom the hand of pun
ishment rests so heavily: but this we
know Is not the case, nor should we
be put in the position Of asserting II to
he so were rhetorical flights excluded
from Thanksgiving proclamations.
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NO GERMAN SPY.
william Russell Explains His Opera.
tiOns In Baltimore.

To THE EpIsoR oFTHE SrN-Sir: You
published an article about me on Sun
day, October "a. in reference to some
wireless experiments ! have been con
Quoting. The appellation German spy"
is very unpleasant to me. especially as
| am working to assist in the develop
ment of our rather lax military inter-
ests in the perfection of scientific In
struments for defence.
am an American and mighty proud
OF the fact my father and mother and
my entire family are Americans my
grandfather was Lieutenant Robert Rus
sell of the Twelfth United States Cav
airy and he Tough; and was seriously
wounded and disabled in the civil war.
The Baltimore newspapers uufor-
tunately m~!scoustrued my intentions
through the coincidence of a wireless
call | made from the Marconi station
at Baltimore and the disappearance of
several Germans informed at Norfolk,
Va. who were supposed 10 have es-
capped by means Of a wireless message
sent to a yacht.
| found in my pocket to-day a letter
! had written TO the reporter, which l
thought l had mailed. giving my reasons
for postponing the aeronautlcal wireless
tests | intended 30 make between Balti-
more and Washington.
My departure without further notice
from Baltimore, and a lack of iuforma-
| t!on in reference To myself and my sud
den chance in plans caused the sus-
picion that ! was a German spy" es-
pecially because | had operated the
wireless at that particular time. with
out any apparent necessity or reason.
Severt! months ago my pal. Cecil pcoll.
was in Washington trying to get the
Government ~acroplane contracts with n
machine Of his own design and construc-
ton. was to install my controls ON
J his machine to demonstrate how mines
could he exploded by wireless from aero
craft unfortunately he was killed In
"A test flight at the United States Army
Flying Field at Washington. This de-
layed my experiments. which have now,
however, been perfected and improved
into the radio electric gun for subma-
rine destruction. The Government OH.
cials will remember that, ! ann sure.
At the New York Police H~eadQuarters
I installed and operated a wireless sta
ton,
The statement that | was not chief
wirelc : operator of thc Seventh Rcpl-
meN;, New York, is untrue, | i~nStalIr,
a complete wireless station Ia the rcgi-
mcnt and sent messages for Colonel
Daniel Appleton and officers, communi
eating for several months with a great
number of other stations. An of which
Is registered in the Seventh Regimen
gazette.
During the Connecticut Wal manWu.
vres | "A a wireless with me n the
mounted scout detachment and made 4
number Of experiments with wir"loss
mine controls. This proves my rcgt-
mental connections. There * no wire.
less at the regiment now. I took II
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The Rich Man Of New York.

To IN EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir, |
am the richest man in the world, No.
~ rich as any, ON the Island of Man
haitian own broad acres richly beau
titled 10y nature and art long boulevards.
palace lined. on the one hand, a splcr-
did river on the other an avenue where
thousands OF beautiful women and hand
some men promenade that may
brighten my thoughts by the scene n
library Of a million books l own a sca
wall where ] may stroll and look out
upon n great bay alive with lovely Graf
Of and pleasure, ! am
A DwnllER IN NEW YORK.
MILLS HoTEI. M. |, October rs.
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The President's Opportunity Next
Week.

1t Is announced that In his address
in this city on November 4 the Preei-
dent will discuss fully and frankly the
Administrations plans for m increased
naval and military equipment.
II this prove to I've the fact. will he
take advantage Of the opportunity To
denouncc the intrigue to make a pa
trionc duty the stalking horse for 4
mysterious promotion scheme abhor-
rent to the American system?
Even II the President be still in SYM
patty with the mysterious project for
Government speculation in the ocean
freight and passenger traffic. he cannot
he in sympathy with an attempt 10
nOat such an undertaking at the tax
payers expense by sneaking II through
under cover of Il movement to which
1t would be irrelevant and Gripping.
II the ship purchase bill should get
through Congress by choking the sem
ate with II cloture gag. we have had no
recent first hand assurances that 1t
would meet the approval of President
WILSON. Things have changed since
the President dismissed the entire war
prepa redness discussion as academic"
They have changed since he gave his
support to the Mc.Adoo measure. What
eve Obsesslons still dominate certain
members of his official family. there Is
no recent disinteresled evidence that
he shares them.
Irrelevant rs is The ship purchase
bill itself 10 the Presidents topic of
war prepa %re1iness. the design lately
revealed to foist that bill on the
country as a rider on the measures
required for national defence is no,
only obtrusive but 50 intrinslcally rep,
rehensible that it seems impossible
that the President should let slip an
occasion to record his unqualified con
demnation Of It..