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Sir Ian HamiltOD's Chance.

General Sir IAN STANDIsu Mon
TFITH HAMILTON, who has been So
lcc;ed to command the land expSii-
ton that will cooperate with the
French and British fleets in the cam
paign TO take ConstantinoUlc, dearly
loves battlefield. He takes posi-.
tive delight in the collision of armies,
sd regards the profession Of arms
AZ the noblcst on earth. Doubtless
ne lndorses TBElTsCHKE's view thar
war IN the school of manly virtues
ana essential TO the progress of ma
tons destined to be truly great.
That General HAMILTON finds his
ksenest pleasure in the shock and tao
tics of the battlefield reading of
"A stan Ofiicer's Scrap Book" will
show. In two humping big volumes
1t deals with japanese operations In
the Manchurian campaign, IN which
the author represented the Govern,
ment Of India. The billet was hardly
one for q Lieutenant. General and
Qua rterma ster-Genersl to tho Forces
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TWO SoNNETS.
The World Poet Ohcrs Illumination
10 n ClOuded Soul.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN--Str:
road the letter OF Puzzled" and those
answering his avowals OF disbelief. TIC
my mind. the gentleman needs more
quiet hours OF CONTEMPLATION also. let
him absorb the thoughts OF the olden
poets such as Milton. Coleridgc. Victor
Hugo and others. In the meantime, two
o. my sonnets. writon twenty ysAs''
ago. when myself was in doubt, may
be OF value to his clouded soul. The
name of the first In "fsc,isttn"
know the suns small orbit is controlled
BY some vast power greater than tho sun.
Yet that same power sho uld have but
Its power through might that had an
terror hold
or power absoSate-and 80. TIL dizzy
grow
Our thoughts conceptions Of an endless
chain
or powers creating powers and powers
sgain-
This do deft science and rare logic knov.
But In our heart or in our musing soul
There is a sentiment that seeks for God.
Some mystery that shaped all on earth 8
Some vast omnipotence that knows our
SO. IN the quiet hours below the skies
We fcel---and tears MI both our doubling
eyes.
The second is called THE Final
Sleep:
q. wo are only mirrors. wherein ALL
what nature has. reflected lies. We live
Through day-at night. an unknown night.
We give
Out whole. whole life 30 fate; our powers
fail.
Like lightning struck eagles through the
blast; no call
We hear; We are no more: We cannot
shrive
For any sin--Dcsth tells us legends; give
Him all thy sccrets-thou art HIS own
thrail!
To man. as to this globe. all thinss are
The winter auietcneth ail--sieep feigns
us dead.
Each morn &c feel q spring arise: each
nigh.
An irresistible spell draws us to Heaven.
We must die whiis We breathe In warmth /.
why dread
Tho fnai sleep, that wakes us to fresh
might?
Let Puzzled" know that not all the
sciences. inventions, psychological re-
scar hes, with which the billions OF men
through the ages have tried TO gauge,
sound. or even tried to deride. the mys-
teries of nature. can achieve the Won
drous work. though inconsequent!al.
which is seen In the thrush's flute call
by the forest gate Let him ponder this
and he will lead new soul life and
te quick TO adore the Marvel behind the
Veil. LOUIS II. EfLsHEMIUs.
The World Poet.
New York. April 22
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MURPHY CHALLENGES ROOT.
The Fan River Farmers Platform and
Plea for support.

To THE EDiroR or THE SuN--Sir: Not
n few persons seem to regard Senator
Root as the only real statesman in the
country. He may he great in compare
son with the other politicians of the
period. What is the matter with the
politicians?
They have lost the respect and oprfi-
dence of the people by catering to the
labor unions and the trusts. No one
can eater To either of those classes and
be true to the Constitution and the
country
When the labor unions and the trusts
combine, the task OF the politicians will
he simplhed. That is combination
the poor people of this country will have
to face soon. Then the union label and
the trust label will be practically one.
one OF your correspondents recently
said Senator Root compared with other
Presidential candidates as a giant Cali
fornia tree compares with a weak vine.
Last summer announced myself as
an anti-immigration candidate for Pres
ident. and l take exception to your cor
respondents remark.
When Governor Whitman was run
ming for his present office the reformcrs
and political Job seekers said the same
good things of him that are being said
of Senator Root. II looks as though
the American people, who like to be
fooled and like to fool themselves, we're
getting ready for another flop on the
tariff question, Notwithstanding that
there have been two panics under high
tariff, one in 1876 and one during
Rooseyelt's term. Not long ago a men,
Der of Congress said In the House that
politicians were fooling the people by
saying to them:
I'll make the things you sell 60 up.
And the things you buy come down.
II candidate OF either OF the exist
ing parties gets elected. he will devote
his attention to tariff revision, political
appointments and big business.
My proposition IL to look after little
business without doing injustice to bust
ness OF any size. I would stop immi-
grafton and give all the idle men and
women suitable work, - that they could
support themselves. In that way !
would practically do away with aims
houses and other charitable institutions
that burden the Taxpayers
Until such a change could ne effected.
I would have the Government assume
the burden of finding Jobs for the un-
employed, paying TO each unemployed
single man and woman 81 week while
waiting for Jobs and to each family
sufficient to make their income $40 a
week.
II the Government acted promptly
and found the Jobs. II would have very
little to pay. If the jobs did not exist,
people who were willing TO work ought
not TO be pauperized through enforced
idleness. II there is any truth In the
theory OF the observation-disclosures that
this country can maintain 1000. 900, 900
no,
little difficulty in finding work for those
who are here
AS TO my candidacy. would like the
support OF all honest and some dishonest
people. as 7 doubt n there are enough
honest people in the country TO carry
an election. T. l.. MURPHY.
FALL RIVER, Mass. April 81.
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OPEN AIR CONCERTS.
Is the Music Furnished BY This City
an Inferior and Political Sort?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCN-Sir: Now
that the season for open air concerts
is approaching 1t may not be out OF
place to voice some OF tho complaints
SO generally heard last year and to sug-
gest methods of improvement.
The city OF New York. that 10 to say
the taxpayers, defrays the cost of these
concerts, and the accepted theory 10 that
the object Is TO afford instruction and
pleasure to those who cannot pay for
admission to opera or concert. The
price paid by the city for the music is
presumably adequate.
No one who is qualified 10 judge or
who cares for his reputation will say
that the average Of the concerts given
In the parks last year was good. II is
an open secret that many OF the So
called leaders or conductors who drew
pay from the city could not get em-
ployment on their own merits as con.
duc;ors or as musicians anywhere else.
The city pays conductor. leader. band
master call him what YOU will for his
band at SO much a musician. Does any
one inquire how many Of those posing
as the band are musicians and how
many are dummies who do nothing but
pose. holding an instrument as an ex-
cuse for drawing pay?
Why should concerts be passsbly good
In Central Park. where tho we'll 10 do
assemble and inferior In the smaller
parks. where the poorer people abide?
change IN method Is necessary. 4
committee on music should be appointed
by the city. and TO that committee
should be assigned the task OF select
ing competent leaders who will super
wise the makeup OF all bands giving
public concerts at the c!ty's expense.
The Park Commissioners. who under the
present rulings make contra It's tor tho
park concerts, have not the time nor,
perhaps, the necessary qualifications 10
Judge musicians, and they are only hu.
man anyway. They may have political
affiliations. and the band leaders" with
friends whose political tendencies match
those of the Park Commissioners arc
moro likely TO get contracts than better
musicians who are relying on merit
only. l'giEL DAVIS
NEW York. April 90:
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THOUGHT TRANSPARENCY.
A Critic Of Certain Tests In This Town
Is Taken 10 Task.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN---Sir. There
Was once wise man named Solomon.
who said that there were some things
neither he nor any one else could under
stand. and he did not pretend to ex-
plain them.
But "A namcsake OF his in a letter to
The Sun OF April 20 In commenting
on some tests OF thought transference
being given at one OF the plsyhouses
pretends TO understand the modus oper-
andi OF these manifestations and to crit
icise tho principals In the tests because
forsooth. they do not fulfil his idea OF
what "A psychic should be In appearance
He first crlticises the "transmitter," as
we may call the young man who gets
tho messages from the audience. beca use
he appears negative, and then crit!cises
the receiver" as We may call the lady
who interprets these messages, because
she appears positive. that Is, In good
health and condition.
He evidently thinks that to be psy-
chic one should be pale and anernic
and wasted In appearance
As a fact. however. thought transfer.
ence IL In no way dependent on an ema-
ciated, unhealthy condition OF mind or
body. and many very robust people are
extremely psychic.
Why and what thought transferencs
Ia remains for wiser persons than our
selves TO determine, but that Il Is a fact
Ia certified to by many thousands Of
people, among them tho most learned
men OF our age.
The fact that q correct answer IL
ever obtained ~ a public meeting. with
antagonistic minds like those OF Mr..
Solomon In the audience. Is to me
greater proof Of the genuineness OF the
tests than the failure in come cases
would be disproof OF the fact OF
thought transference
] have not seen the persons referred
10, but ! should hate TO brand them as
impostors simply because ] was unable
to understand anything No subtle as
mind reading. l..
NEW YORK, April 20
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The Age OF Opportunism.

To THE EpIroR OF THE SUN--Sir. Your
editorial article The Extinction of a
Great Political Doctrine in tho South
suggests some questions:
What relation has political doctrine
TO economic conditions! II the South
is prosperous and has forsworn tbs doc.
trine OF states rights, does that mean
that the political aspects OF business no
longer follow State lines?
wonder what other doctrines have
been extinguished In the past nifty years
even wonder what doctrines are gen
orally and definitely held now. II seems
to mo that opportunism IL the prevailing
characteristic.
What are tho doctrines Of Republi-
canism OF Democracy? on what doc
trines do Taft. Roosevelt. Wilson. Bryan
and Root disagree?
T. ]. LLOYD.
BLOOM INGBuRG, April 90.
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DOCTORS DEFEND
TWILIGHT SLEEP
Deny Its Abandonment At
Polytechnic or the Git,
Hospital.
ADVISE CARE IN IT'S TSt

Discussion of the twilight s'oc.. .-,,.
mcnt In childbirth was rencwe. ..,,....
physicians yesterday by b., i,Y.,.. .. ~.
two hospitals had abandoned T..
George p. Shears, chief of the oh.,.t..
division OF the Polytechnic IIo.p.,, .
MED that he had said that the f...
mcnt had been found uns,i,,,s.,,r
that IL had been given M "A, ia, r,,,
clinic Hospital and the CITY uo.,u..,
Blackwelrs Island.
Il merely criticised ia. me,ro4 =.
administering the treatment r,, -,
treatment itself" said Dr. Shears 90.
terday. And just because I er,,...,..
the method. that does not moan ,h,.
is to be discontinued in any OF III. w..
pitfalls ! am connected with. d,t s.,
that the treatment is dsngerou, ,,io,.
properly administered"
DIR. Irwin Arrow Of the Jovisb v.,,.
nifty Hospital denied most emnha,,s,I,.
mat the treatment was danreron. y.
that its use was being restricted Al ,b,.
hospital He said that his answcr :,
that was 'bosh." He added that ,h.s.
u no danger to mother or child d, ~,
treatment Ia properly Administered
other physicians agreed that n ",
not question of the danger in ~.
treatment itself. but In the adnir,s,,,
ing OF it, They pointed out ,hn, ~
should be used in selected cases o,,,.
and that physicians should be sDoci,i,..
trained to practise Il.
DR.. John O. Polak and his Associate.
at the Long Island College Hosn..,'
IN Brooklyn have used twilight -
In between 200 and 200 Cases tn
reported yesterday that the success has
been great. DIR. Polak. however aavo.
Gated It's use only In those hosr,,,,,
In which there Ia no change OF siI-cco.s
employing the method.
Il am well assured and am v,,,,r,
to put myself on record as to IN. .,,c,.s,
OF twilight sleep" said DR.. Polak "I7
December. when ! and my associate,
made our last accounting. we had A.,
ished $50 cases of childbirth in Nhi,L
the treatment had been used Its sr..
cess was great. If twilight slee, Is M.
successful anywhere, i, Is the FAM.
or the way in which the treatn.r,
administered. OF course, Its Use shout.
be confined Ia selected cases O-a
doesn't give everybody the same KIND
OF anssthetic."
DR.. Polak added we ara us,,.
1t day after day. and will continue :,
use IT,"
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A Lover of Hum anity.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir: II
seems TO mo that IL Is time that sons
one had tho temerity TO point out that
the cause OF the magnetism OF Colonel
Roosevelts character Is great love OF
humanity. This produces In him great
intensity OF expression. which is con-
stantly misinterpretcd as anger by the
ignorant and also by those who are
otherwise Intelligent. There IL a tre-
mendous difference between earnestness
and anger, but, curiously enough, this
difference is not observed except by tho
few who have an intuitive understand
ing OF human nature,
While Colonel Roosevelt undoubtedly
often feels great anger and great ami
mostly and even hatred, he does not
allow these feelings to govern his ac-
lions. Ills actions are controlled by his
love OF great qualities of mind and
heart. such as truth and Justice.
The same cannot he said OF Mr..
Barnes. PERCY GfANMLA,
BROOKLYN, April az.
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Mr.. DAVID LLOYD GEORGE has told the
House of Commons that as much am
munition was expended by the British
at Neuve Chap@lle as they used in the
entire Boer war. which lasted two
years and nine months The Chancel-
Tor of the Exchequer has such a genius
for figures that he might make an estl-
mate of the amount OF ammunition
wasted in the hattie In Flanders. In
the Boer war the shells OF the Royal
Artillery seldom found their mark. At
Magersfontein, for instance, the Brit
ish guns swept the crest Of ridge far
above the Boer rifemen. who were in
trenchcd at the base and invisible.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: My
son says that while tho Governors wer,
meeting to consider tho conservation OF
the country's resources millions OF cat.
tie were busy tramping out tho rich
green pastures throughout the land.
There should be a continual cutting OF
grass and feeding It to horses and cat.
tie, but they never should be allowed
to tramp out the grass.
Think of tho vast herds that could be
fattened upon tho wasted grass, de.
stroycd BY catt!o and horses.
u. A. n, GROVER.
KANsAH Cry No. April 20.
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Exactly.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS Sir. In
the editorial article to-day CLOTHES ard
the Man" YOU say OF Mr.. Barnes, lie
is brave. STRAIGHTFORWARD. too honest
and NcracIous for his ayocation" As
the Standard Dictionary defines "ayoca :
ton as an irregular occupation, side
interest, diversion, do YOU wish your
readers TO infer that MIR. Barnes's prac-
tice of politics Is his avocation and not
ms vocation OLD READER.
NEW YORK, April 81
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Railroad Receiverships.

That the largest railroad receiver
ship in the country's history should
occur without visibly disturbing ef-
fects ON financial and business condi.
tons shows a financial and business
position which will conduce to the
rehabilitation Of distressed enter
prises, such as the Chicago. Rock ISL
and and Pacific Railway. which are
now in the hands Of the courts or may
come there. The mood of the financial
community seems to welcome recourse
t. the courts for the termination Of
difficult situation and as clearing the
way for the processes necessary to put
corporate cripples on their feet
These railroad recciverships Of re-
cent date are not unsettling, for
variety Of reasons, all of which de-
note that the economic tide, which
had been ebhing in the United States
for half dozen years, turned not
long ago. with the result that the
minds of men are less and less pre-
occupied with the adversities of hard
times and increasingly occupied with
the incentives 10 general business re-
coNery and expansion. An episode
like the Rock Island receiyership Is
regarded quite generally as conse.
quence Of the past and not a portent
Of the times ahead. but its prophecy
depends much on the way In which
public policy is shaped toward cap
ital employed in private enterprise,
especially enterprise devoted peCu-
larry to the public service.
When all the scandal mongers are
through with the Rock Island re-
ownership. when they have sufficiently
exploited the mistakes which appear
in the chronicle Of the railroad in the
last decade or so, there will be an.
other side Of the matter TO be con.
sidcred. Most Of the exceptional fea-
lures of the Rock Island history are
of little moment for the future com.
pared with those features which the
railroad has shared in common with
other railroads
After all has been said that can be
said about the holding company ex-
perimcnts, the chief causes Of the
bankruptcy which the Rock Island
now confesses have been the same
causes of other railroad bankruptcies.
Among these causes are rising costs
Of capital, freight and passenger
rates reduced by an excessive severity
of State and Federal regulation, UNI
prepayment for the transportation Of
mails. swelling taxes and operating
expenses swollen by compulsory in
flation of wage scales and heavy adj.
ditional expenditures Of all sorts
coerced by legislative cnactmcnts and
commission cdicts.
No matter how the i'll fated holding
company schemes, which were only
excrescences on the Rock Island
properly and have now been blown
away. are assailed by criticism TEEN.
ing with personalities, public policy
cannot he absolvcd Of "A heavy burden
Of responsibility for the insolvency to
which the Rock Island, like other
systems once in good credit, has been
brought.
There Is only one path out Of the
maze Of embarra ssments which rail.
reading in the United States has long
threatened to become for all systems.
Public regulation OF the railways Inns
reached a high pitch Of development.
Tho funds which como under the
qualified control Of railway mana 60
ments, other through earnings from
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POLICE DELAY STIRS WOODS
VIII Inquire Into Poor WORK IN
search for Missing diri

Poor work on III" part - 'te ,-- .
IN their search for Eva F!tgcslaa v-,
disappeared from her home. ~ So.
first street, Brooklyn last Fr..a, Lac
caused Police COMMISSIONS Wool. %
start an investigation. After -,,i r..
the record Of the case the Ctmr.....-.-
said:
We received the report n. ~4'.-.,
morning that the girl WIS m.s,.-. g.,
gil was picked up by 4 pl'.o..aa .
The Bronx early Suuddy Size e.r4t
have been identified aaa &c.. rs.. -.
or family notified within I'D: g. ...
shall make an invest.ga;.n- a.. OWED.
The girl was Identified ,t.,e.Hs
her stepmother. Mrs, Cathe-... T..sc,.
aid, OF l4a Shetland avenue. $eR4-.
and her sister, Mrs Albert e W..
with whom she has been ',rs 500
BROOKLYN
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In Rdrper's Nd9dxine for May W. 4
Bradley describes the native poetry and
music OF the southern mount aineers
Mary L. Jobe recounts a Canadian noun.
tain climb, W. Wood tells Of Yorkshire
smugglers and Norman Duncan Of New
Guinea sorcercrs T., Huntington dis.
cusses the relation OF climate to civiIIla.
ton, II. =. Candy defends culture, ". r.
Eaton lauds nature aud ". v. Thayer
provides more John Hay papers There
are eight short stories and one poem
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VOCAL IN SPOTS.
Did the President Mean Roosevelt or
Bryan?

To THE EDITOR or TIE SuS-Sty. I.oy-
atty to America first doesn't mean
much unless it finds expression in some
thing more concrete than self ma sterful
inactivity.
san it does one good to read be.
tween the lines tho Presidents opinion
OF the sef-advertis!ng vocalist at SYRIA
cuse L. 5. T.
SALEM, Mass. April 81
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The Authorship Of = Notable State
Paper.

Considered merely MS product Of
diplomatic and literary craftsman
ship. President WILSON'S reply TO Am
bassador yoS BERNsroRFf deserves q
high place among recent state papers.
It is sdroit, gcntlemanly, effective,
polished in phrascology, and remark
ably free from affectation, sclf-con.
seriousness or smugness: that is, eX.
cept in the last sentence Of the con.
Guiding paragraph:
TT will be matter OF qualification to
me II have removed from your Ex-
cslency's mind any misrepresentation
you may have been under regarding
either the policy or the spirit and pur-
poses Of the Government OF the United
States Its neutrality is founded upon
the nrri basis OF conscience and good
will"
The truism contained in the last
thirteen words might have been
omitted with advantage 10 the dig
nifty and force Of the document. Per.
haps Secretary BRYAN was permitted
10 add them in order that when he
signed the note to the German Am
bassador be might really be signing
something. even if only q single sen.
tence, Of his own composition.
Some readers of this note will be-
lieve that 1t was conceived and writ.
ten entirely by the President him.
self. Some will believe that 1t was
conceived and executed by the Hon.
ROBERT LANSING, the able Counsellor
q the Department of State. who sup
plies, SO far as they are supplied At all,
the experience and skill and special
knowledge which the Department lost
when DR.. JOHN BAssEIT MOORE left.
some readers viii believe that the
note was sketchcd by Mr.. LANSING
and edited and revised 10y the Presi-
dent; some that It is the product Of
the equal collaboration Of President
WILSON and Counsellor LANSING.
Nobody. We venture TO say, will en-
terrain the remotest idea Of an orig ia
chat credits the Secretary Of State
with the initiative, or any consider
able part Of the thinking, the phras-
ing and the poll shins that make this
note so remarkable and 50 effective
for its purpose.
The current number of MIR. BRY.
ANS newspaper, the Commoner. fairly
ethical and hortatory writings, signed
by the Secretary of State. Never has
his editorial pen been more industri-
ous. He tells why Lecture" he
asks Boys. Will You Sign the Pledge
With Me?' he quotes Scripture for
the confusion of the stand pat" Re-
publicans, he warns and pounds the
predatory interests" he quotes Mr..
La TOILETTE to impress the public with
the fact that president WILSON was
stronger some time ago than he is
now" that is to say, that the Admin
istration has lost ground politically ;
and ne prints verbal picture OF him.
self on his knees on BILLY SUNDAYS
platform. calling for volunteers to hit
the trail for the fight against the
Demon Rum. They who pay one dol
lar n year. or seventy-iiye cents in
clubs Of hye or more, to read the
Commoncr In order to learn what Mr..
BRYAN is saying and doing certainly
get their moneys worth this month.
When in the history of the Depart
mcnt of State has there been situa-
ton and Secretary like this?