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No "Slur" Was Intended.

To III EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: In
your leader OF to-day entitled Mr.. Will
son" you say Nothing of Henry
Clay's or James q. Blalne's invaluabls
il not lofty art OF profting politically
by personal contacts and stirring a pas
sionate devotion"
Art Is: practice as guided by cor
rect principles In the use OF means for
the attainment of desired ends" II
Henry Clay's and James @. Blaine's
power 10 inspire a passionate devotion
On the part OF their followers arose
from the practice OF correct principles"
II was from a knowledge OF those prin-
ciples so innate. and a practice so UNI
conscious. that heart would probably
be- a more correct term than art for the
generating OF this great power which
they possessed In common.
In the thrill that comes to us all at
the thought that our beloved country
may have found a leader worthy of tho
great crisis possibly stretching before
her, as she did In the crisis OF her four
years OF civil war. must those who in
their writings emphasize the reasons
for this hope slur our great men OF
the past?
MARGARET BLAINE ID AMRoscH.
NEW York, May Is.
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Dr. Dernburg's Failure.

Or. DERNBURG's decision to abandon
his propaganda in this country was
fOreshadowed by the silence which
enveloped him Immediately after the
publication Of accounts of the disfavor
with which his activities were re-
garded by the Administration in
Washington. While dissatisfaction
with his course existed previous to
the destruction OF the Lusitania. IL
was not officially limited at in public
until that disaster had produced a sit
uatiOp Of grave import. The neces-
sity Of maintaining popular calm then
became highly serious and DR.. DERN-
BURG's labors were at once recognized
as q source of irritation.
II Is not too much to say that DR..
DERNBURG's later exertions have not
been marked by the same skill and
tact that characterized his earlier eff
forts. This Is not unnatural. As his
stay heightened the difficulties of his
mission increased. His failure to
achieve his purpose unqiestionably
reacted upon his methods, and even
his admirable intellectual equipment
was incapable OF supporting the hard
and trying pose to which his objects
obligated him. Moreover, while DR..
DKlNBUR0 displayed an understanding
Of American institutions and the
American mind superior to that at
tanned by many Of his fellow coun
trymen, he was not entirely free from
shOse misconceptions which, since this
va, began, have so frequently ;hwart-
ed German endeavors.
The position In which DR.. DERN-
BUR- was placed "a Of exceeding
dalicacy. The design he struggled
to advance was, we believe, hopeless
from the start. 1t Is not improbab BILE
that he was as successful as any
other nan among all Of Germany's
servants could have been; perhaps
he was NOR successful than any
other could have been. No person
can explain away Belgium; no per-
son can explain away the non-com-
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The Abolition Of Explosives Proposed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: War
which as carried on previous to the in
rention of g~unpowder gave full scope
TO the manly virtue OF courage and TO
superior physical proves. training and
skill in the use of arms, as well as to
individual Initiative. has become in Its
latest development a matter of whole
sale slaughter by frightful explosives at
long range and suffocation by poisonous
gases. There Is left very little room
for the exercise of the chivalric quail
ties in which brave and knightly men
tool pride and which contributed not
only to the development of great cap
tains but 10 the formation OF lofty and
generous character.
Can 1t not be said that Just a. II was
found that II was unsafe to trust any
one with unlimited power. and that II
was necessary In founding constitu-
tional government to put checks upon
the people themselves for their own pro-
lection. so the time has come when In
the interest OF humanity II wars are to
continue. and there is no immediate
prospect OF their cessation. there must
by general consent be limitations put
upon the use OF explosives?
Why not abolish explosives alto
gether. and go back to the old fashioned
manful hand TO hand contests where
every soldier a an equal chance. and
where generally tho hravest. strongest
and httest survived and went back to
perpetuate the race? Now the best are
culled out from every country and
rushed to the SHAMELESS. while the weak.
the incompetent and degenerate are left
to become the fathers Of future genera
tons.
In war without powder there was OPP
portunity in the absence OF dense Oh
securing clouds of smoke and the deafen-
ing roar of gun for more personal
leadership and generalship In handling
troops than is possible to-day, and there
was much less destruction of property.
Instead Of the standup manly fighting
in the battles 81 Alexander, Hannibal
and Cesar, war has come to be largely
a matter OF chemistry and high explo-
sives, and causes shocking mutila,ions
unknown before gunpowder.
II war Is to continue In II not
worth while to consider going back 70
the methods OF the "hrave days Of
old? Would not such a step backward
in roint Of time he a step forward IN
civilization and humanity and In the
conservation OF the race?
ARCHIBALD HOPKINS.
WASHINGTON, II. c.. May IL.
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"VILTFYIN0" THE COLONEL.
The Voting Multitude Said to Re
Pleased BY His Recent Exhibition.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: From
the most prominent and from the most
obscure places came the wonderful vote
polled last Presidential election for
Theodore Roosevelt. Under the exist
ing conditions II was a tribute seldom
extended to any man II was q per-
sonal triumph. an expression, this vote.
OF confidence In the man. It placed him
above tie meering rant Of that ever
present army left In the wake Of a
truly famous man.
And even from an obscure place comes
his protest against your editorial Will
flying this great statesman OF ours for
an expression of the method OF proceed
ure he belieyes proper.
With war clouds on the horizon the
Christian gentleman at Washington, the
supreme representative of all the peo-
pie, must look to this same people for
some expression OF their will In this
matter that 90 vitality concerns them,
for II war he declared Il Is they who
must bear the burden.
Such a rhetorical expression Of con-
ffdence as came from ex-President Taft.
while praiseworthy. to me seemed to
lack that element Of solution to be ex-
pected from n man In his position. 1t
takes no courage to praise.
Theodore Roosevelt, realizing that
tnat element OF the people who believed
In him demanded an expression Of his
solution-and therefore their solution
OF Americas problem, answered, and
answered we'll. this pressing question.
1t was the opinion OF a man well
able to handle the matter-not the rant
OF a publicity loving politician as you
would have us believe. He braved the
storm that he surely knew must follow
he gave the world the best that was
IN him without fear.
In the prominent and in the obscure
places the aforementioned voting multi
tude Ia well pleased.
HAROLD M. VAN LEW.
NEW YoRK Nav IL.
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defence. The roads were more
adapted to strategic purposes than to
the needs Of the settlers, who were
to n great extent retired Prussian
soldiers, and the railway was a loop
that might supply the interior forts
and connect the two extreme points
OF the coasts. A most elaborate sys-
TEN Of blockhouses was built along
the eastern border, Joined by under
ground wires and wireless telegraphy
and watched over by airmen. Beyond
this line was q great belt Of desert
land, separating It from the British
colony.
1t was across this arid sand tract
that the Union troops forced their
way. The Germans fought not In
the solid formation Of their Father
land but in the open lines which they
too had learned from the Beers, and
retreating destroyed the wells to re-
tard the advance of the enemy. That
the Union forces finally gained the
line Of blockhouses, the strategic
railway and the capital city was no
easily won victory.
The conquest was, NJ General
BorHA said, one Of the utmost I'm
pcrtance to the empire and the Union
Of South Africa" 1t removes a men
ace to the British possessions, and
In case of the Allies success will give
the Union much desired ports on the
Atlantic.
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A NATURALIZED WAITER.
His Singular View Of the Allegiance
TO Which He Has Sworn.

To THE EDITOR OF THE S~uN-Str: There
is a prominent hotel in the neighbor-
hood OF Herald Square whose walters
are chiefly Teutons. ! had occasion
TO dine there recently with some friends,
one Of whom was recently returned from
England. Her pro-German sympathies
were well known, although she is an
American girl.
During the progress Of the dinner she
spoke to tho German waiter who
served us.
should the German and American
nations become involved In war;" she
Inquired. "where would tho naturslized
Germans standT"
Without a moments hesitation he re-
piled
with the Fatherland."
IL developed that he was a naturalized
citizen of the United States, and when
pressed for further information con-
fessed that among his own associates
the fact that they had sworn allegiance
10 the United states against all countries
would in no way bind them II the enemy
should he Germany.
IL was impossible for him to realize
his duty to his oath. He simply knew
that he was a German now, then and
forever, and would feel IL his duty to
take up arms In Germany's cause, who
ever her enemy might be.
This, ] am told. Is not an isolated
case. DINE HISE.
NEW YORK, May 16.
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and the unprepa redness Of the law
yers"-but because the Westminster
political appetite demands new Jobs
to appease 1t. That appetite is one
Of the most wonderful now on ex-
hibitton. 1t has never been sur
passed for intensity, continuity and
cubic capacity. 1t makes ordinary po-
lihcal greed seem modest, and It IL
not to he satisfied by anything eI-
cept new Jobs.
Justice ToMPKrNs 10 an organiza.
ton Republican. He ought to know
better than to think that public needs
have anything to do with the desire
for a multiplication Of offices in West.
chester county.
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Old Systems Obsolete-The Yankee.
Canadian Method ExtoIled.

To THE EDrroR on THE suN-str: Like
most OF the readers OF THE Sun, i be-
lieve that the defence Of nation ID
OF paramount Importance at present. We
all wish to keep our homes and families
secure, our industries In prosperity. OUT
shipping fearless Of attack and our ma
tional ideals u~nscathed.
The method OF this defence must OBJ
viously be determined upon the basis OF
efficiency. Several methods are urged
upon US by various organizations, the
chief Of these being fortresses. armies
and navies. Fortunately also we have
been able to survey these means Of de-
fence for the past nine months In active
operation. Has their efficiency been
proved? Belgium has defended Its
homes with fortresses second to none
In Europe, and the homes OF Belgium
have been wiped of the face OF the
earth. Germany has defended Its FAINT
lies with the most formidable army In
the world, md the women of East Prus-
sia ave become the prey Of Russian
Cossacks. Great Britain has defended
Its shipping with the mightiest navy Of
modern times. and the tragedy OF Brit
ish shipping 10 too recent and too ter
rible 20 lame.
There was once a time when war and
war preparations were an efficient means
OF defence, when "preponderant naval
strength and adequate military strength"
had power to make life and rights
~'scrupulously respected" That time
d disappeared with the invention Of the
airship, the Ions range gun and the
submarine torpedo. In the twentieth
century war can avenRe. can punish.
can DESTROY. but can no longer defend,
Tho sentimental among m. NAV indeed
sigh for the DAYS of chiyalry and noble
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STUDY THE CRIMINAL.
One Way Only to Improve the System
Of P%enolOgy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr. A
comment on Judge Swann's New PEN
ology" rs set forth IN THE SUN seems
pertinent since the author takes no ac-
count Of the only feature In the so-called
chronological problem which promises
any hope for its solution, namely In
tensive, scientific study Of the individual
offender to discover the causative factors
OF his departure from normal conduct.
Without such study and diagnosis
there Is no possible hope Of ever re-
ducins the criminal problem to any
degree of scientific understanding. At
present the new penology" is as chaotic
as was the practice of medicine In re-
mote days when with no conception
OF the causation OF disease a hundred or
two remedies were jumbled together
and given to a sick patient in the blind
hope that something would hit some
thing. The blunderbuss prescription
method Is still chiefly In vogue In deal
ing with prisoners.
This fact is recognized by a handful
OF persons who are laboring earnestly
to institute diagnosis as a prerequisite
to the prescription OF treatment for the
prisoner. The Laboratory of Social
Hygiene at Bedford was established by
Miss Davis for this specific purpose, and
a few other institutions are doing sim
liar work. Such study must become
universal before reform or punitive in
situations are worth a picayuns except
as detention places-criminal vacation
schools. 80 to speak.
No matter from what angle viewed the
iawbreaker Is a not typical person. He
has departed from the normal mode of
conduct. The origin of the departure
must be discovered, then he must be
made to face the facts OF his own par
ticular abnormality. Until he Is made
to recognize his acts as abnormal there
Is small Likelihood that he will alter
them. 1t Is a question Of developing
what peychiatrlsts term insight"
The New Penology" therefore doesn't
call for the employment OF "misdirected
sympathy" nor coddling, nor Is II a doc
trine of non-resistance II asks simply
that the offender against society shall
be Interpreted n that the corrective
treatment for which society pays shall
show some reasonable degree OF sue
cessful results.
ALBERTA s.. b. GuIBoRp, NJ. D..
Boston, May IS.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir,
What a comfort II is that Woodrow
Wilson is President, AZ a moment OF
national ~revulsion. with a powerful press
whipping up n passion for war, and an
impotcnt war too, II Ii more than a
comfort, perhaps a providence. that n
sober intellect, n clear head unmoved
by the intempersnce OF clamor. governs
our destinies.
We need only to point to the cases
Of the N%irglnius and the Caroline for
presidents. not possibly Of final deter
mination, but Of processes for dealing
with the I.usitsnia case. They far
more ~grieyously offended the dignity of
the United States one was cold blooded
murder. G~ermany's intent was not to
destroy American lives. but to prevent
any supplies from reaching her enemy.
We could do little injury TO Germany
II we declared war. We have not in
siSted upon our rights OF m
Gndeed, the right OF commerce Is de-
batable. according to publicists). We
hav permitted Great Britain to arrest
our trade with countries contiguous to
the North Sea. England has monopolized
it. Germsny's late offence had American
blood in II, and there's the rub. Let
America keep her skirts clean on all
sides.
suppose we declared war how would
1t end? our army-what else may II
he Galled?-being modified. and our
fleet assembled in the Atlantic, there
would be nothing else to do. No United
States army should go to Europe. II
is doubtful II an American fleet would
he able tn accomplish what has been
impossible In the instance OF the Brit
ish and French armadas. But the blood
lust would have heeu teased. and II
JaDan did not take tina onnortunity TO
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Chance for Heated "PatrIots.v

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Our
streets, highways. bywaSs, saloons. the
aires, hotels and boarding houses are
Just now fun OF patriots. Since they
clnmor for war with Germany. let me
advise them to offer their services TO
either England. France. Russia or Ser
via. who seem 10 need them badly. Let
these would-be patriots give an account
OF the faith that IL In them.
ARTHUR II. PAINE.
NEWARK. ", j., May IL.
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CHELSEA'S BELL HEARD AGAIN
New Clock sounds Tours In -
pcter's BcIfry.

The inhabitants OF ''o.l Chelsea 't'
lage' were delighted yesterday h' me
sounding forth OF the hours once more
from a clock in the nrltr} ~. y
Peters Protestant Episcopal urea N
West Twentieth street, bet cen !-SaR
and Ninth
A little more thar two muu'as ago
tns old clock which had been f.H ~
to the village for more thuu orN.''l
Years. began to strike IN an crraI "H
Then a new clock was ordered . q
meeting of the ycstry, TINS w. jA'
into the belfry last week, and N,-'r. 'N
after eight week, Of silence, Oh, IS
were sounded again
The money needed to romiio'" pay
ment for the new Clock Will be- 's"n
II ts hoped. at a festival TO be ne.
In b. Peters Hall. adjoining tho caIr'"'
wednesday night.
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Listen to Cato,

To TIs EDITOR or tbs SUN-Sir: Est
audiendus Cato:
Let not a torrent Of impetuous zeal
Transport some thus beyond the bounds
of reason;
True fortitude Is seen In great exploits
That justice warrants and that wisdom
guides.
All else is towering phrensy and distrac-
tion.
Let us appear nor rash nor dlrident;
lmrnoderate valor swells into q fault.
And fear. admitted into public councils.
Betrays IKE treason. Lot ~ mum EN-
beth.
CAuerun. Nay n. ]. 4. u.
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WHO the deuce wal THOMAS DRK-
KERg" Is the query one Brooklynite put
to another on a street car yesterday
Brooklyn Eagle.
with all respect to our transporting
contemporary we must decline to be
persuaded hat in a region where
Elizabethan literature is a familiar
theme of street car conversations the
name of THOMAS DEKKER can be I'M
known. The ignorant one can't have
been a 'Brooklynite." He "a some
frivolous Manhattanite.
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EHsabethfoun correspondence PhHadelplio
Record.
In demolishins the parsonage Of tho
Lutheran Church. built eighty-two wears
ago, the skull OF a horse was found i'm.
bedded IN tho wal,
In this section there is. a superstition
that II the skull OF a horse Is placed
under the church 1t would help the acous.
tic properties. and the voice OF the minis.
ter or any one occupying the pulpit could
be heard to better advantage.
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Mayor Noiland of Columbus has called
a halt on the back to nature" movemen@
so many people have heard the call Of IN.
onion bed. the lettuce bed and the truck
patch generally that city property Is be-
ing appropriated. In the suburbs are sew.
erai streets ana alleys not In actual use.
People have ploushed up these thorough
fares and have things planted there,
Mayor Volland has Instructed the stree,
commissioner to see that this ground Is re-
turned 10 the city.
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We Find II In Webster's and the Century
Dictionaries.

To the EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: In TIL
sun of May s in an article headed Order.
End Put to subway Crowding" I find thu
word "unsanitary." I believe there 4,
no such word as "unsanitary' in on,
language. | venture to suggest that in
your most excellent paper you use the
word correctly. II being "insanitary."
Mrs. AsrHus T. Casa.
T1Droa. N. H., Nay ~.
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Rub the Hcaln.

To III EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sty: NV
attention has Just been dra wn TO the
clipping enclosed signed Reader" and
ms | am anxious to try tho treatment
referred to, would appreciate your as
sistancs in obtaining instruction details.
T., e Hurt.
MoNrcLAIR. n. j.. May Is.
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StopfOrd Brooke on Death.

To II EDITOR or THE suN-Sr; The
Rev. Stopford A, Brooke OF London Is
a famous literary man and Unitarian
preacher. sitting with him one day
In his study he said to me: II expect
the day Of my death to be tho most
romantic day of m life"
NJ. ]. SAVAGE.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, May II,
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We wonder how many of the young
gentlemen who heard the "Iphigenia in
Tauris" at New Haven Saturday and
OF those other young gentlemen who
will hear It at Cambridge Wednesday
can pronounce "PYLADEs" correctly
without q classical dictionary.
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Where Ish Dot Barty Now?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Will
ex-Congressman B%artholdt please re-
port progress on that German political
party which was about to swing the
United States by the taiif w. G. 7.
BkooKLINs, Mass. May Is.
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A Trouble Seeker.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Next
to cows the most stupid things | know
are the women who want to vote. l can
prove II. RALPH Il. AIMEs
NEWARK, N. j., May 10.
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The ~insurrection habit has seized
upon Portugal again. The temptation
to do a little killing must have been.
irresistible when so much OF the rest
OF the world Is practising the art on a
grand scale.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-17

The Slogan" Of New York cities Ia
Efficiency First" In some Of them II
has seemed to be deficiency First"
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" esv friends toho favor Ne ,cifh manu-.
sevdsss aSd 'tipsfsof'ons for publication ieish
10 Adus rsjsted articles returned they musf
IN sH coses ssnd sfamps for that purpose.
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A. II IL In kausas.

From the topeka Capital.
mounting that you would care to have
yevr name PUBLICLY oonnsStsd with han
Dsns after ~ O'clock At night.
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London once. bingham Houss, 1 Arun-
del street. Strand.
Paris once. Q Rue ds Ia Mich odiere. on
Rue du ouatre septembrs.
Washington once. Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn once. 100 Livingsto on strest.
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line.
Hasn't she trouble enough Already
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Published daily, including Sunday, by the
Sun Printing and Publishing Association at
40 Nassau street. In the Borough OF Man
haitian, New York. President and Treas
ursr. William c. Reick. 10 Nassau street;
cs-President, Edward p. Mitchell. ITO
Nassau street; Secretary. c. e. Luxton. 10
Nassau street.
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All checks. money orders. &C. to be
made payable to The Sun.
The Washington times., 1915-05-15
WOMEN'S TOURNEY
RESUMED MONDAY
Mrs. Cuno H. Rudolph Wins Con-
ISOLATION Prize BY Going
Course in 1O5.

Play in the first and second four OF
the women's golf tournament at the
Chevy Chase Club will not be resumed
until Monday. The pairings for the first
four are Miss Oliveri VS.. Mrs. Frailey:
Mrs McCarmon VS.. Mrs. Newbold: sec
ond four, Nine. Ekengren vs. Mrs. Daz-
gell; Miss Schley VS.. Miss Thacher.
Mrs. Cuno II. Rudolph captured the
consolation prize when. with a handi-
cap Of 70, made the course In l05 strokes.
Miss A. Lacey was second. having
negotiated the course in 10s Mrs.
Chase, with a handicap Of IS, did the
course in 129 and finished third. Miss
Lacey's handicap was the smallest of
all. being 6 strokes.
Two interesting games We're played in
the second cights. Mrs. Dazgell de-
feated Mrs. Gaff by UP, while Nine.
Ekengrcn won from Miss Wiley by tho
same score. Mrs. Frailey won from
Miss Locket in the first eight by up
and ! to GO. while Mrs. Newbold won
from Mrs. Carlisle by the same count.