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Captain Won Papen's Opinion OF
Americans.

That Captain FRANZ voN PAPEN,
military attache of the German I'M
bassy, will soon quit this country
was made certain by the exposure of
the documents which DIR. DUMAS
rare and safe messenger failed to
deliver. The circumstance that in "A
personal letter included among these
papers Captain o PAPEN revealed
his private opinion of Americans,
whom he characterized ms "ldiotic
Yankees" is OF no consequence in
comparison with his larger transac-
tons. Yet from this disclosure the
objects of his reflections may derive,
II they please, realization of the dis
dain in which they are held by Cap
tain Won PAPEN and the highly eff,
Client Government he serves.
The Captains estimate of Ameri.
cans is the fruit of his industrious
excursions among them, in the course
Of which he has had ample OppOr-
tunity to inform himself on their char
acteristics ana methods. lie has per
sonal knowledge Of the c%omplacency,
with which the Government Of those
he stigmatizcs "a ldiotic permits It's
laws to be violated, its interests sub
ordinated, the industrial system de.
moraliZed, its domestic peace threat
ened, He has seen the individuals
who support that Government condonc
its failure 10 enforce its penal stat.
u,cs. He has watched the progress
Of grave conSpl racics against the good
ordcr OF the society whose members
I've holds in such dlseStcrm, and noted
he fact that those who must suffer
most seriously from their effects have
,ailcd to check them ar to punish their
authors, The !ncnpaclty of the persons
with whom h" came In contact IN
,'mprch"nd the significance Of The
r"tS that ""re hnlrhcl to iniurr
''"m, ana thcir neglect tn project
themselves against the pIotlcrs. nm.
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A Scramble Free for All.

When President WILSON took the
Pacific merchant marine trade out of
American hands by ahiXing his sig
nature to the Seamen's act he handed
il over to our foreign competitors
without the slightest intention of dis
eliminating for or against any one
among them. As a matter of fact.
there was no such discrimination. All
the President did was to take the
business away from Americans and
throw it out to be scrambled for by
the eager cXpectants.
IT the Japanese got the largest piece
ont Of the International grab bag the
responsibility il not the Presidents.
Ills attitude in the matter has been
and is entirely correct and neutral.
Al the present writing It docs look as
though Japan were indeed going 10
emerge from the scllilc with n largcr
share Of the jcttlsoncd American car.
goes than any other mixer in the
merry melee.
In 1913 Japan had fourteen ships
|uggrrgatlng Sizes tons in the Pacific
trade, In 1911 only one Japanese
ship was added, making fifteen In al.
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The New Order to German Sub
marine Commanders.

From Berlin the semi-oiiicial
announcement that commanders or
submarines have received strict or
dcrS' that they must permit liners to
escape when in doubt concerning their
'intcntions': that is 10 say, there
must be no more cases like that of the
Arabic to imperil the relations of
Germany with the United States.
The Arabic was torpcdoed without
warning after Count Won B~ERNsroRfF
had assured the State Department,
under instructions from the Imperial
Government, that intercepted liners
passenger carrying shlps) would not
be sunk without warning and without
everybody on board having n fair OPP
portunity 10 take to the boats. pro
yi,lpl resistance was not offered and
no attempt was made 10y the captain
to save his ship by fight. AS Il mat.
ter of fact. the commander of the sub
marine that turpcdoed the Arabic had
received the very instructions that
proved such Il relief when commune
Gated TO our State Department. Such
was the statement Of the German
Government in dealing with Its COM
mandcr's report that he torpedocd the
Arabic because he believed that she
was steaming toward the submarine
to ram her.
It was declared by the officers OF
the torppdocd ship that when she
changed her cuursc no enemy ship
had been seen. and the German Gov
eminent is now disposed to accept the
view that the Arabic had no such hos
tile intention rs was ascrihed to her
by the submarine commander. The
new order means nothing less than
this: that an mndcrsea boat must not
make a mistake about the purpose Of
a liner, but must submcrgc and let
her escape If necessary.
Naval authorities who know the
great advantage the submarine has in
her peculiar style of attack and that
she can quickly disappear from the
surface of the sea, may not regard
the German announcement Is much of
Il concession; but the point is that 1t
is another step toward the acceptance
of President WILSON'S view Of the
=. .-is a 49,. .-...
should I've conducted. That view may
never hc accepted in it's entirety. hut
there is no doubt that the rule hy
which Germany now binds herself will
materially narrow the field Of con
trovcrSy.
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AMERICANS.
Our Title 10 the National Adjective Is
C~nassaiIable.

To THE ErlroR OF The SrN-Sfr. The
letter Of Mr.. A. Il. Strauss. in which
he criticises the use of the term "Amer-
lean" to describe persons and property
in the United States. may he
as follows
The name America" given by the
earliest cartographers. was not adopted
by the aborigines of either North or
South America.
The European countries coloni2inr
the two continents did not adopt the
America" but rather used the
OF the parent country with tho
prefix New as In New England. New
Amsterdam. New Spain. New France.
New Granada. Nova Scotia, sc.
The first use Of the term american"
to indicate a political group was made
by the Atlantic coast colonies Of Great
Britain about 1884, II the term was
loosely used from that time onward to
designate the colonies which later re-
belled from England,
The Constitution. done in convention
on September II, 1857. land Of the in
dependence OF the United States of
America the twelfth" was ordained and
established for the United States Of
America" The name America" as
part of the corporate name of a nation
appears first then as part OF the oni-
cial name OF our nation. and IL has never
been so used by any other nation.
] read some open letters in which IL
was contended that we should be called
United Statesers. But then the people
Of the Dominion Of Canada should be
called Dominioners Of the Kingdom OF
England. K~ingdomers. How absurd
No. The people Of the republic OF
Mexico are MeXicans, of the Dominion
OF Canada. Canadians: of the United
States Of America, Americans.
II. +. HARRIS.
CoLLINGswoop. n. J., September 90.
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INHERITANCE TAXES.
Important Changes That Have Been
Made in the New York Law.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: \
1915 supplement to "Chrystie on lnhcri-
lance Taxation has just been published
dealing with the amendments enacted by
the last Legislature and the recent judi
cial decisions relative to Inheritance tax
alton,
Among the most drastic changes made
in the law was the provision taxing
JOINT accounts upon the death OF either
joint depositor irrespective of VINO FUR
nished the money for the account. WITH
respect to this Chrystie says:
II would seem tina, a hardship may bo
worked by this amendment in a case
wner. a Joint depos,tor who has furnished
all the money In a Joint account survives
tho toint depositor who has not CON
trihutcd anything Phis phase OF the
amendment emphasizes tho extent to which
its terms are novel in our transfer tax
legislation.
He also calls attention to the recent
decision OF the Court of Appeals in Mat
ter OF Hodges, where the court in deal
ing with gifts made during the life OF
the donor but in contemplation OF death
sad
As such gifts seldom become known 10
the taxing authorities until after thu
death OF the person making them, there
IL usually ne EFFORT to tax them earlier
but this fact does not AFFECT their la
bil,,y TO earlier taxation II a'~certa!ned.
With regard to thIs ruling the author
comments
So far as known 20 the writer there ha.
never been any effort made to tax earlic'
han death. II the doctrine laid dowr
in the above quoted diCtum Is adopted a
a principle OF transfer tax law It vii
mark "A new departure. The oil fash,one
notion Of transfer tax has been that tn,
transferrcr must be dead before the tax
ing authorities could make an effort I,
tax.
Another subject that receives extern.
sive treatment in the new publication
ia that Of good Will and closely hela
stock.
II has heen the practice NJ wealthy
persons owning homes in New York but
retaining a residence elsewhere to con,
vev their real estate to a corporation
Of which they held al, the stock. I'm.
der the law as IL previously existed non
residents were able to prevent the col
lection OF a tax by this state upon Z
transfer OF this property at their death
BY the 1915 amendment to the law TN!
is no longer possible. for the law as il
now tands taxes the transfer Of share.
of stock owned by n nonresident de
Cedcnt In A corporation, other than 8
moneycd corporation, railroad, t%ranspor
tation, publIc service or manufacturers
corporation, owning real estate within
the state OF New York, LEX.
NEW lORE. Scntpmhcr %
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tuition providing for the election only or
the Governor. observation-disclosures, Comp
troller and Attorney General; and we
pledge ourselves to the preparation and
submission OF a scheme OF constitutional
amendment which shall concentrate re-
sponsibility for executive management
shall simplify the administrative system
Of the State. and shall provide general rules
of departmental organization for tho future
guidance OF the Legislature.
1t is therefore not surprising that
twenty-eight Democrats Joined with
nlnety-seven Republicans in voting for
the amendments which specifically
carry out this pledge; and 1t is aston
ishing that fifteen Democrats united
with an equal number of Republicans
in opposing 1t. Among the Repub-
leans who voted against this amend
ment were Messrs. Bracket. Belts,
Olcott, Ostrander, Quigg and II. b.
Smith. Their opposition was based
upon the contention that any lessen
ing Of the number of elected State
officials was undemocratic.
Yet, as a matter Of fact, the Repub-
lican platform OF 1914 went further
than that OF the Democratic party, and
recommended that all State officials
be made appointive except the Cover
nor and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Senator Root in one of the most elo-
quent speeches delivered in the con-
vention traced the history OF the
short ballot idea from Governor
Hughes's annual message to the Leg
islature in 1910, and showed that his
recommendations were advocated by
Speaker NOW Senator) Wadsworth.
reiterated in resolutions adopted at the
great mass meeting of Republicans in
the city Of New York in December.
1918, embodied in a resolution adopted
by the Assembly in 1914, and formu-
lated in the official party platform of
September, 1914. The amendment now
submitted to the approval OF the
people IL in exact accord with the
recommendations of the Democratic
platform Of 1914 as we'll as with the
doctrines and pledges officially adopted
by representative Republican bodies
from 1910 to 1915. 1t is difficult to
understand how either Republican or
Democratic electors can fail to sup
port it. II Is designed. as MIR. De Lam
cey Nicoll said in the convention, ito
bring about a more efficient form of
government. a simpler form of govern
ment, and IL rightly administered a more
economical form of government"
These he rightly said, ARE the
keynotes OF this amendment: first.
simplifcation; second. responsibility
with power, leading in the end TO a
more simple, moro efficient, more eco
nomical government of the State, in
which the people get the maximum Of
government at the minimum of cost
II the revised Constitution contained
nothing more than this amendment it
would deserve the ratification of the
people, yet this is but one Of many
great improvements in the State Gov
eminent which this remarkable In
strument offers to the people Of the
State. GEORGE w. WIcKERsHAM
BRETON WOODS. n. H., September 20,
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Banking for the Human Equation.

rs long as there Is so much lepway
Of lending capacity in our banking
position there is danger that prece-
dents will be established in the
policy of the Federal Reserve system
which will plague us later on when
credit conditions are not 30 comfort
able as they are now. For this reason
the Federal Reserve Boards support
of the Treasury operations In the reg
ulation of commercial interest rates
by the provision Of Government funds
for cotton loans so that the planter
al hold his product for a bull mar
kct in the staple deserves more Sc
we're criticism than II has received.
\ dubious transaction has on the
whole been made rather worse by the
speech Of Mr.. W. p. G. HARDING OF
the Federal Reserve Board, delivered
ut Raleigh. y. C.. in defence OF Sec
rotary MCApoo's cotton loan scheme
and the boards Endorsement of 1t. All
that MIR. HARDING had to say about the
high rate of interest in the rural
money market in the South goes TO
show that there Is n large element Of
risk in making loans for which the
banker has to he compensated. 1t
offers no justification for a benevo-
lent interposition by the Govern
ment which will interfere with those
automatic processes by which sound
credit is gradually established.
II is difficult TO see how Mr.. HARD.
ING could argue that the Treasury
had not Disseminated in favor Of any
one section because the Secretary of
fercd 10 deposit public money with
Federal Reserve banks for crop loans
in other sections. Mr.. HARpINo's fur
thcr remarks are his own answer on
this point, for he IL reported as say
ing. the italics being ours:
II fully agree that from a purely bank
ing standpoint and eliminating all other
considerations the deposits were not es-
sential, The situation as a banking
proposition could have been cared for ny
the Southern Reserve banks, but the
human equation has 10 be reckoned
Nth, particularly ,rhen n comes TO deal
ing ,cith Southern farmers"
Those who do not find this utter
anCe by "A member of the Federal Re
serve Board disturbing to the salts,
faction with which the beneficent DOS
Sibllitles of the new national bank
ing system have been regarded must
he ~sinGularly complacent. When the
Federal Reserve Board considers a
transaction in any other light than as
"A banking proposition It Is preparing
10 open the door wide to n DONNA
nation of banking by political infiu.
cnces. Banking for the human equa-
ton is a mighty sight more unsafe
than just plain banking, particularly
when the regulators of banking policy
are as much subject to political pres
sure as is the Reserve Board.
Al the recent conyention OF the
( American Bankers Association the
opinion was developed that one Of the
MOST substantial necessities OF bank
ing reform had yet 10 be accom-
| pll>hed in limiting the power OF the
Treasury to influence the Federal Re
serve Board through the manipulation
Of Government deposits. Reform IN
respect To the power which the Treas.
ury possesses In this matter was ex-
pressly promised by the Democratic
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1uestlonably supplied the basis OF
Captain Won PAPEN's conviction as to
their mental capacity.
Moreover. while Captain Won IA
PENS phrascology Is unquestlonably
somewhat exaggerated, we are not
prepared to say that his belief Is en-
tircly without Justification. In mat
tcrs within his knowledge we have
undoubtedly acted idiotically.
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Sing Sings entire judicial system got
a jolt to-day and so did WILLIAM Will
LETT, convicted of attempting to buy a
Supreme Court nomination in Brooklyn,
when a stool thrown in an argument
struck WILLETT. who was sitting as pre-
siding Justice AZ n Mutual Welfare
League trial-News from sing Sing.
The recall Of Judges, as practised
at Sing Sing, is singularly free from
red tape.
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A player must have passed ffty-ave
solfing summers TO enter the oldsters'
tournament over the Apawamis links.
and the spry contestants trail along
from that trifiing age on to ninety.
Time changes time: these rugged fell
lows look no older in their pictured
groups than those in a forty-year-old
Illustration Of a couple Of professional
baseball mines.
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Praise for the Republic.

Referring to the republic II nina
pr. kpo said
The republic Of China was founded
only four years ago, and yet within TIA.
time law and order have been restored
n many great reforms brought 90
pass. At present in lima there l. ID
sense of ~nationulism which had never
been felt under the old regime. Under
the old regime there ViCerOys aud Other
officials were sent into the far corr, re-
oe the country and they would report,
affairs in excellent shape. when very
probably the reverse was the case. Now
things are changed. The central GOV
rnmcn is close to the hearts OF al
tho Chinese people and II is looked uro'
with an amount of respect and with q
fvCl.uS OF seriousness which In Itself
is a sign Of "A nation that is united
Mr.. Clcws paid a high tribute TO 'Nc
Chinese for their honesty n for the
desire which they had shown to maI'-
tain peaceful relations with the word
lie lauded them for the rapid progr ,
which they have made in industry.
In referring TO Dr. koO's mission TO
Mexico Mr.. Clews said:
I'm Mexico, a mans work co,'roI's
him. If he can he an iustrum'u, .
helping 10 solve the troubles that rN.-
in that country his mission Will r'-
fleet credit upon him and upon hs ,oH
try. His great knowledge Of iu'orfa-
tional law will certainly be strained H
dealing with the problem in Mexico, but
I hcspoak for him success In his under
taking"
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As Colonel r. NJ. HOUSE has a peer
less reputation for reticerce his state
ment that he never quoted President
WILSON to DIR. DUMBA will be generally
accepted. Moreover, the Ambassador
has not been the soul of discretion as a
diplomat.
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Much of the work done by ANTHONY

Much OF the work done by ANTHONY
CoMsTocK was necessary and valuable.
and this received little attention.
Whenever he engaged in a needless
or unreasonable crusade. however, his
conduct was widely advertised. The
fact hat New York streets and shops
are remarkably free from offensive
prints and obscene literature is not
entirely the result OF his efforts, hut
he contributed not "A little to the i'm
provement Of conditions. Had his
Judgment been better he would have
avoided many unnecessary rows: but
CoMsTocK never sought to avoid n row.
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A policeman who for years did duty
on Park Row Is writing the "Recollec-
tons Of an Old New Yorker" The book
should be worth reading, and some Of
the individuals who fell under his OBJ
servation probably are now wondering
whether It is to be uncompromisingly
truthful,
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Massachusetts, has the opportunity
to elect SAMUEL w. MCCALL to the Gov
ernorship, but as he has succeeded in
keeping on an eve keel intellectually
most Of the time in a long and arduous
public career, he will probably be over
whelmingly defeated.
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party and expressly broken in the
Federal Reserve act. The McAdoo
cotton loan scheme, with its attendant
circumstances, emphasizes the impera-
tive necessity of reform.
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From the wash in0tOn star

From Inc WdSNIn0FOn NF0r-
II statues In the park could eat,
or go to see a show,
OR have the hours with JOY replete
That common creatures know,
Instead OF standing silent there
In motionless array,
To rust or crumble In the air,
Where throngs all careless stray,
n statues in the park could dance
And md reward Al last
For men who braNely took "A chance
And struggled. in the past,
oh. then some reason ! vOuld see
For tool from morn TN dark
Ia gather FAME aid strive to bs
statue In the park.
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Many of Prominence Present.
Among those present AT the lLug' .o-
were:

Among those present AT the luncheon
We're:
] 8. Alexander, Natlona, Bank o. com
merrc. IL. j. W. jerks. New l,rk !"
versity, oscar :. Strdus, Laws <,
American Exchange National BANK, li F"
pany Mayor Mitchell; Samuel ". |.t'
chi!d, Isaac y. Seiigman, r. : 'n,
president international Banking t'ri.Fa
lion Mr.. lchlominya, MANAGE JApN -
Bank; Louis Wiley, George Brous'' u
shanghai, Mr.. llug, Chinese ty.-I ''
eral. New York; Mr. Neu-ltn ".
tiTy Chinese Legation, Mexico. 'N- ''
William Carter, d. John T. ''.'
Wilson. Alton y. Parker, a. 10 iar .~"
Emerson M,MiIl!n; George ]. GoH.t 'ut'"s
Schwab and Or. Louis Livingston S"'nNu
In the evening there was a rcc"'.'"H
in Dr. Koo's honor at Philosophy li'
Columbia University. where the chinese
Students Club We're the hosts.
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United states defers actlon.-News-
paper headline.
In deferring action the United States
has attained a degree of efficiency en-
titling 1t to the highest praise.
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" our friends rho fdror us Tih mann.
scripts and Illustrations for publication rush
10 hare rejscfsd drncies reiUt1cd hsy must
IN al cases send Ni0btpS tVr hdt purpose.
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London ONCE. Emngham House. l Arun-
del street, strand.
Paris Once. & Rue do Ia Michodierc, on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington office, Hibbs Building
Brooklyn office, iO5 Livingston street.
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DIR. KOO HONORED
AT BANKERS CLUB
Chinese Minister to Mexico
Tells of Friendly Feeling
of Oriental Republic.
CLEWS LUNCHEON HOST

Dr. V. X. Wellington Koo, Minister
yesterday at the Bankers club at a
luncheon given by Henry Clews. pgesl.
dent Of the American Peace and Abb,
tration League and vice-pressient Of tho
China Society. Many men OF prominence
were present. Speeches were made hv
DIR. Koo, Mr.. Clews and \. r.. Humphrey.
executive director of the American Peace
and Arbitration Lelgue, Or. hoo was
one of the first of the students 10 h4
sent here by the Chinese Empire through
the Boxer rebellion fund. and in his ,d.
dress seriously impressed on his audi.
ence the deep feeling of friendship witch
the Chinese people have for this country
DR.. Koo said:
THEY know that his country has 10
political designs or China, they know
hat the Government of this county
made it possible to send hundreds ~
students here every year, So say that
the Chinese people have a liking far
Americans which Is as intense .S ID .
well justified, and when I say this I 30
not speak on behalf Of "A portion ~ 10
people. 1t is true even Of the i~ili,,ra'e
= ihFT'SAilON' WV ll'tAiAit I'A'l nor
write ask them how they feel toward
America and Americans and they vii
tell YOU the American Is all right
They can give you the labor ree,s.
slry to develop China, What they need
IL the capital to harness this labor AID
make II productive so that the tosnurge,
of China may prove protitahl" to emma
and to the world. with this increasing
sympathy and friendship which l- 30
apparent between the Chinese ana no
American people We can well look for
ward with great hope n confidence,
and | see before us "A con muui'l uf n
terests never attained in other times.
look forward with a great deal ot Uh,er.
fulness TO our future. which | think vii
enable us to bring about an even closer
friendship, an even greater community
Of interests. china will not only repay
those who contribute in the d-ey,'punont
Of her resources but this work viii also
contribute in very great measure 20 the
progress of the world at large