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Indian Troops Back to the East.

No recent move Of the British War
Office has been more significant of
perils In the East than the transfer
Of the Indian troops from France to
another theatre Of the war. 1t Is
suggested that they may be sent to
Mesopotamia or Salonica, but the In.
dications are that their destination is
rather Egypt, where their services are
most likely to be demanded.
The Indian army is not the prac-
ticnlly inexhaustible quantity that
has been believed; had 1t been, the
British would no doubt have retained
lhese thirty or forty thousand men
in Artois and Flanders where they
have rendered valiant service. It is
doubtful IL Mt the beginning Of the
war the Indian army, including Brit
ish and Indian troops and auxiliary
forces, numbered much more than
three hundred thousand men. In nd.
dltion to furnishing the garrison fol
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29
The Munitions Conspiracy lndict.
ments.

ments.
After an investigation by the Fed
eral Department Of Justice extend
Ing over three months. indictments
under the antitrust law for conspir.
Ing to cripple the foreign commerce
Of the United States in munitions OF
war have been found against Repre-.
sentative FRANK BUCHANAN Of iii.
nois, ex.Representative H. ROBERT
FOWLER Of Illinois, Franz 8. MONET,
ex.Attorney. General Of Ohio; FRANZ
Won RrNTELEN, a fiscal agent Of the
German Government: DAVID LANAI,
recently convicted Of impersonating
a member of Congress, and three
members Of the so-called Labor's Ma.
tional Peace Council, JACOB 9. TAy.
LoR, HENRY b. MARTIN and HERMAN
ScHULTEIs. The accused are now
charged not only with consplrins
to institute strikes in munition fac.
tories and in the transportation In
dustries but with seeking to bride
labor oficials and with distributing
printed matter to promote their I'm.
lawful propaganda.
The antitrust law was never In.
voked for a worthier purpose. and
1t is Il remarkable coincidence that
among those indicted are several men
who as labor agitators lave been
blatant supporters Of the very law
they are now charged with violating.
1t Is also TO be noted that some Of
them have been conspicuous In doing
publicity work for Labor's National
Peace Council and acting as officers
Of II. This organization Is under rea.
sonable suspicion Of being more in
terested In stopping the expectation
Of war material than in the welfare
Of labor.
That there has been n concerted Mt.
tempt with the lavish use Of money
to destroy a legitimate industry EN-.
ploying many thousands Of operatives
Ia patent to everybody, and there II
little doubt that the vicious work has
been done In the interests of Euro
pean belligerents and at the solicita-
ton Of their agents. The labor or.
CARNATIONS are as much concerned.
for the good name Of labor and the
welfare Of their members, to see the
conspiracy broken up and the offend
ers punished as are the manufactur.
ers and others whose business has
been raided; and the long suffering
American people have an interest in
the matter too.
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WORLD COURT GETS
NEW YORK CHARTER
New Peace League Is Designed
to Prevent War Through
Arbitration.
j. II. HAMMOND AT HEAD

ALBANY. Dec. 2s.-The World Coat.
designed TO prevent war through arbi,-,-
ton. was Incorporated here to-day. Tie
new peace organisation grew out OF The
World Court Congress, which was held
in Cleveland last May and In which
many prominent men pa anticipated.
Thu incorporators are John HAYS
Hammond. president; Emerson McMl.
lin, viee-president Or. John Wesley
Hill. secretary. and Henry Clews. treas.
urer. Among the directors. In addition
to the officers named. are Alton d. Par
ker. Oscar S. straus and W r. Knox
Of New York city Augustus Busch Of 8,
Louis. W. W. Wilson and Henry Rath-
bone OF Chicago. Samuel c. Dutton OF
H~artsdsie. n. Y. and +. c. Stokes of
Trenton. n. j.
The purpose Of Incorporation. as
stated In the papers Nled with the So.
rotary OF Stale. Is to establish a world
court for the judicial investigation and
settlement Of international differences
and to enlist the support Of all peoples
in n plan 20 secure permanent! peace,
Henry Clews, treasurer or the nav
peace league. said yesterday at his Wall
street office that the league Is not cor.
nected with any other peace organizs-
ton and that II Ia the outgrocth OF tho
best thought OF many well known
Americans who believe that war can ho
abolished through reason and fair deal
ing.
I'VE do not purpose TO interfere vita
the curse of the present war said NJ
Clews. W do intend. after this WA
ends, TO work energetica.ly to prevent
another war ever occurring. We rur.
nose 10 form n league OF peace com
pris!ng the great Powers. with a word
cour. for the adjudication OF int-ns-
;ionai disputes and a Cancellation com
mission for non-tusticiable differences.
1--WE believe that a world court can he
esta bli by the time the present wa
is terminated. and perhaps In connec-
ton with the discussion OF the terms -
peace. The World court Congress held
last May in Cleveland was called FOR
the purpose of focusing public atten-
ton upon this matter and to devise
ways and means for the realization q
the great project.
"A standing committee OF 100 mem
bers was appointed TO carry on an ag.
gressive publicity campaign. Broadly
speaking, the world court contemplated
would resemble in Its bearing upon mo
nations the status of the United States
Supreme Court toward the states of the
Union Various plans as to representa-
ton In the court M as 10 the method
OF submitting differences have been pro
posed and will be thoroughly worked out.
AT the congress in Cleveland thou.
sands OF dollars were subscribed 20 ray
the cost Of the next congress, which Will
be held in Louisville in February. Mean
while we are meeting constantly and
working ~assiduously to mature our
plans, The incorporation was fo- the
purpose of giving the project legal
standing"
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HELP THE HOSPITALS.
Contributions Asked 10 Fund for Free
Treatment Of the Poor.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. De-
cernber a6 was Hospital Sunday in New
York churches. the one day In the year
when collections are taken TO provide
free treatment for the poor. On account
OF the very stormy weather the attend
ance was small and contributions were
greatly reduced.
There are doubtless many OF your
readers who on learning this %unfortu.
nate situation will be glad to help make
up the sorely needed funds by sending
a check direct to Mr.. Charles Lanier.
treasurer OF the Hospital Saturday and
Sunday Association. SO Cedar street.
Three years & a similar reminder
was needed and brought many gifts. in
Guiding one OF $500 and another OF
$1,000. The heart Of New York IL in
it's right place II In only a question OF
reaching II. Every n who responds
to this appeal may be sure Of the bless
ing OF the sick poor. for whose sole use
the money Is devoted. without regard
to race or creed.
FREDERICK d. GREEN,
General Secretary.
New YORK. December 20.
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BURDENED REAL ESTATE.
Nelehborly sympathy for an Unfor.
tunnte Property Owner.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir:
should like to call attention to a case
OF 're inspection which ha happened
next door to me. My interest in the
matter Is that OF an o%nlooker. but as
the Fire department orders in II Dor.
der on c~onfiscation OF the owners rights.
as a resident and taxpayer in this city
] can see that In no very remote way
II Affects me. as Il does a whole lot of
people in New York.
The building ! refer to lay Idle for
four years at least. II Is four stories,
of a kind that IA familiar, fairly sub
stantial. and more than suitable for the
use to which II Ia put.
The three upper floors were lea scd
lately for light storage. and the frs,
floor Ia occupied by n carpenter shop.
This carpenter shop employs one man at
a bench. and on the other three floors,
two. sometimes three. men are engaged
In taking in goods or transferring stool,
TO the firms main building. around the
corner, OF these two or three men one
Is always on the sidewalk, and they are
not engaged in the building more thar
two or three hours a day. The reader
can easily estimate the number Of people
employed on the premises. Next door is
a three story building, safely within the
rules OF the Fire Department, and at the
other side 10 a vacant lot.
Now the owner has been ordered by
che Fire Department to place fire es.
capes. do fireproofing OF hols.way and
stairways. wire glass windows. &c,
which he estimates will cost between
$4,000 and $4,000. AS a consequence
the landlord told mo a few days ago he
was around to notify the lessee TO va
cate the three floors Of the above build
ing because it will not pay him TO go 10
fhA AxnarS fhs avInre Ant g.
There should not be and there Is not
n objection to the primary object for
which these orders are issued, the pre-
vention OF the loss of human life. hut
more discretion and a better Judgment
should he used when dealing with cases
OF this kind. In all human probability
a fire would never occur. on the lower
floors which would cut off a man tenn
porarilY upstairs before It would be dis.
covered by his partner In the lower hall
at the hoist and he be warned I'm time
TO get down the stairway. but If this
should happen he still could escana
through the hatch In the roof to the
adjoining building.
Taxes must be paid. ever on vacant
buildings. and We know that taxes arc
inclined upward, This building is 10.
Gated In a section where 1t I, hard 10
rent property therefore II is no, too
much to say that his example hordcrs
on confscation of the owners rights on
the premises, NJ +. CRoNIN,
New York. December IS
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Who
are the guilty wretches who ara re-
sponsible for the coming introduction Of
the sale of horseiesh for puhii, con.
sumption In the state Of New York
under sanction of the law: The land
ladies', no doubt.
q shades OF Lucullus! Henceforth
must the so far unsuspectins third 40 r
hacker daily approach a dinner tab,
prepared and garnished by a landladv
none too refined in taste or feeling. bu,
with a sharp eye To business, only to
painfully realize that the unknown thing
brought forward in delcctable and dainty
'sgu'se nay he the caput mortuum OF
a once loved, noble, honest and hard
working representative OF the horse
species
A ch~ateauhrisud Of old boss, O
heaven forefend II T. ~
GLEN RipGE, n, J., December 81.
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Plato On tho Decay Of the Power Of
Defence.

TO II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
following, quoted by Charles Dudley
Warner In his 1.-THE Relation of Litera-
ture to Life" ana be OF interest:
"One cause OF the decay OF the power
OF defence in a State, says the Athenian
stranger In Plato's Iaws'-one cause
is the love Of wealth. which wholly alb.
serbs men and never for a moment
allows them TO think of anything but
their private possessions: oil this the
soul OF every citixen hangs suspended.
and can attend to nothing but his daily
gain mankind are ready TO learn any
branch Of knowledge and to follow any
pursuit which end to this end, and they
laugh NJ any other; that is the reason
why n city will not be In earnest about
NEW YoRK, December IS. NJ. II. W.
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Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes Asks a
Question.

To II EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir. I
regret to note what seems to he a
campaign against the use Of the public
hoo rs centres for the public
discussion OF vital questions. Such a
campaign seems to me. even from the
conservative standpoint, to be not only
anti-social hut shortsighted and unwise.
For nothing being done to-day In likely
TO contribute more toward IA peaceful
solution OF our problems than the as
scmbling OF the people In their school,
houses for discussion.
Who Is against this democratic ins,i-
tuition. who Ia back OF tho agitation TO
destroy It? They must be stockholders
Of something or other. For. surely.
nothing that has opacity has anything
on the stock certificate. II Ia harder
TO see truth through one of these than
for a rich man to squeeze through the
eye OF a needle. ROSE PASTOR STOKES
NEW YORK. December %.
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TO TEACH S. P. C. A. METHODS
De pnrtmen Of Humane Iduontinn
Established ny SocicN.

The American Society for The o. ,.r
ton OF Cruelty to Animals has -
lishcd = department. OF iuma , o..
ton. Ii - tn SHOW the fre'os o. .
society what is being done AVID 20. ,i.
cate the rising generation Lectures
to be delivered by H. Elmer Ga Nr
and The first OF these. on "Mau h, a
HTute or the Conflict with Cruc.t =
to be delivered IN the Washington l'r
High School auditorium fo-Hu"r.'
night AT ) O'Clock.
In preparing this lecture Mr.. C'
mas 800 lantern slides from WI -
select and seven moving picture y
Ills topics are the humane cause. go
of cruelty, cruel sports and Tive n""
OF the society in dealing with lh'-"
This lecture will be dclNr".
churches and in schools aud is ;lr. -
free by tho society. For younE ,rr'
tho lecture j. modified ia e, ,rffJ" '.
tent aud stories ot animals e"C
teach tho chIhirou to love and l.U .N
animals ANA buds.
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Come. citizens. With pride proclaim:
First Of all. American
Come, countrymen. In unison sxclaLn:
First OF all. Amerlca!"
he loyal, be loyal. be loyal to THE land Of
ours,
No matter whence THY fathers came:
First OF all, America
Lift UP thy voice In glorious acclaim:
First OF all. America!"
30 loyal, he loyal. be loyal to this land o,
ours!
In times of stress that mayhap come.
First Of all. America"
Fen though your life ne added tn The sum a.
First Of all, America" -
BE Loyal, he loyal. BE- loyal TO this land Of
ours!
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4 Japanese Hope.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. A
Japanese educator, reaching home after
a world tour. writes:
The western telegrams continually
terrify me with their awful news. Tn,
wal seems to have become worse thai
ever. since Bulgaria has taken part with
the Germanic Powers. and because OF
the probable destruction OF Serbia and
other Balkan states,
II am still In the hope that the Presi-
don't OF the United States. representing
the mind OF the only Christian nation,
will lake some ,easure for the early
peace and 10 stop such terrible business
of murder" EDITH A. SAWYER.
NEW York, December IS.
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Enxland's Coalition Cabinet.

At this crisis in the military and
political fortunes of Great Britain it
Ia appropriate 10 recall what was
said Of the great war ministry Of the
Earl Of CHATHAM by his German
biOgrapher. VoN RUvuLE:
$50 concentrated and firmly founded
an administration has seldom been secn
In England. The vigorous and uniform
guidance which was q necessary conse-
quencs OF it's nature. gave England a
vast advantage over her opponents. and
was the reason Of her later success"
Continuing his study Of CHArHAM's
sagacious leadership:
1T was marvellous how PITT was able
to abolish the carelessness. the want Of
initiative, the selishness and red tape
which seemed permanently to have
had hitherto prevented all decisive
action"
There we're thirteen Ministers In
CHATHAM's Cabinet (1757 to 1900,
including himself, but his was the
master mind and he ruled his col
leagues like n dictator. Being re-
sponsible,' he said. ~ will direct"
Even the King took no notice of the
Duke OF NEwCAsTLE's complaint that
affairs cannot go on without Mr..
PITT. and nobody can 60 on with him,
except he Is brought to humor." There
were only seven Ministers in the
Cabinet which the younger PITT
formed In 1888. and the maximum
number after several years of war
was eleven In 1904. DIsRAELI's Cabi.
net In 1874 consisted Of twelve Min
listers, 1.-THE ideal number" he said.
In the Cabinet Of PEEL 1S41-46),
which GLADSTONE said was a per
fectly organized administration"
there were thirteen. Later British
Cabinets have not been perfectly or.
ganized when Lord SALISBURY formed
his third he had eighteen colleagues.
and Mr.. BALFouR on his accession to
power added one more Minister.
The most successful war cabinets
in the past have been small. COM
pared with the Asquith coalition Of
twenty-five Even Lord L~ANsDOwNE,
Il member Of the coalition, may be
quoted as saying that the wisdom of
a Cabinet is likely TO be In inverse
ratio to It's numerical size. Sir Ed
WARD CARSON, retiring from the Cabi-
net which has distinguished itself by
doing hardly anything Of a political
or military character right, declared
In his vigorous speech In the House
of Commons that he did not believe
in "a Committee of the Cabinet. then
a Cabinet, and then again an Inner
Cabinet"
That was a fair description of the
coalition makeshift which Sir EDWARD
CARSON quilted In disgust, for AS one
of the Outer Cabinet he had been OK
Guided from consultation on matters
OF moment. He knew nothing. for
instance, Of the offer of Cyprus to
Greece until he read his morning
paper. Concentration Of responsible
ity, agreement upon policy, initiative
and vigor in execution are impossible
in such an unwieldy body. Not even
Lord CHATHAM could have impressed
his will upon twenty-one colleagues.
Mr.. AsQUITH always held II loose rein
over his Cabinet In peaceful times,
with the result that Ministers were
disposed to kick over the traces. It
would be disingenuous to say that he
has met expectations as n war Pre-
mier. Even the "bonrd Of strategy"
which he authorized within the Cabl.
net has proved inefficient, but 1t has
worked under u handicap Of diplo-
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matte laundering for which no one
but MI. AsourrH himself should be
held responsible.
England in her extremity needs a
Prime Minister who has the temper.
wisdom and iron will Of a Chatham =;
but until the politicians are sent to
the rear and the assumption Of pre-.
destined victory Is banished with
them he will not be Forthcoming.
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II will be seen also from the above
table that the Bank of England cam
not include the treasury note re.
dempt!on fund" in It's holdings of gold
coin and bullion. Whatever truth
there may be in other observations OF
Mr.. O~berfohren, In this respect he
labors under a Misrepresentation.
Speaking about the Bank Of Eng
land MIR. Oberfohren also says that
even strong believers in English
finances will probably doub, that the
whole stock of silver money held by
both departments Of the Bank of Eng
land 1t ia unnecessary to
complete the quotation of the entire
sentence. as II Will be seen from the
part quoted that Mr.. Oberfohrcn per-
sists in his belief hat silver forms a
part OF the sun reported by the is
suance department as gold coin and
bullion" and which metal, together
with certain iduciary amounts. con-
stitutes the basis Of the English note
issuance, I am quite positive that
he cannot adduce any fact 10 sub
stantiate his belief. There are none
II Is Of course true that the Peel act
allows that notes can be- issued I'm ey-
cess of the fduciary amounts, on the
basis OF metal. one-ffth of which
may be silver, But whenever any
such silver was n part OF the metal
holdings OF the bank 1t was so spe-
officially reported in the bank state
ments. On the strength of statements
by Mr., Withers and Sir Palgrave,
whom for the present ] consider bet
ter authorities on British finances
than Mr., O~berfohren. we have It that
since 1853 no silver has been held in
the issue department Of the bank.
That any has entered this particular
department since the outbreak Of this
damnable European war Is not borne
out by comparisons OF the reported
gold movements Of the Bank Of Eng
land with the actual bank state
ments published.
For Mr.. Oberfohren's own informa-
tion ] might state here that ! am
not a British agent" and that not
long ago I came publicly to the aid
Of the German Reichsbank when the
truthfulness Of its accounts was i'm
pugned by missiles OF the same char
acter as those now hurled by Mr..
Oberfohren at the Bank of England.
RupoLPH DAMANT.
Newark. n. j., December rs.
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Our hats are or to Two ~Jerseyrnen
Editor LuCIrs T. RUSSELL OF Elizabeth
who calls Governor F1ELpER's Demo
cratic conference "a co&eris Of king
makers. q cabal Of sell. ordAined arbi-
ters Of Democratic destiny. SEM
ancinted royal a~utocrats." And Mayer
RIDDLE Of Atlantic City. who. while
the righteous wrestle in prayer for
him, continues TO favor a sane but"
sensible Sunday. The Mayor asks for
his resort town freedom to indulge in
no such fiery fluids a. the EDITORS po-
table vocables.
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Whatever others may think OF it
the scheme of fertilization OF the Jer.
sey coast, with a battery Of heavy
mortars at Sea Gtrt. a submarine base
ut Barnegat and an avistion station
near Lakehurst. as a centre for tho
defence of New York and Philadel
phia. will be unanimously Endorsed by
the hotel keepers of the shore.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29

The newly organised Harvard resi
ment' could have In It's constitution
no more certain guarantee Of success
and durability than the rule that off,
GERS are to be appointed for military
efficiency, not elected. Politics and the
appetite for popularity have played
hob in many q college organization
and their m!schievous consequence
are not unknown in the militia. Har
ward Ia evidently quite in earnest In
Its enterprise Of military education.
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When a Swede marrles a lady with
the blood of Irish kings 'coursing
In her veins something II likely to
happen. 1t did: in Roselle. n. j. Mrs.
ERIC PAuLsEN spent Christmas Day
applying a coat Of shamrock green
paint to her kitchen floor and her re-
monstrant husband. ERIC now agrees
with Mr.. LLOYD GEoR0E about the foo.
ishness and futihty Of "haxgling with
an earthquake"
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me Fire Department. Our hospital
ity to this communication 10 not to be
interpreted a. adverse criticism Of the
authorities. We g1ve space to the let
ter because It recounts without ran.
cor or Irritation an incident that can
DO matched In the experience Of prac.
tically every real estate owner. end Il.
lustrates the dimculty encountered In
the effort to obtain safety for workers
without putting an unbearable bur-
den on taxpayers.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29

The prohibltionists of Minnesota
who threaten to put an x-Governor
OF New York on their Presidential
primary ballot might make sure Of
German American support by conced-
ing the addition OF a little rheinwein
to their SUL.zER.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29

The American Magazine Of Art 10 a com.
rctent and comprehensive peri odtcA. known
until the present January number az Arr
end Progress. II 10 intellgently edited by
l ella Mechlin and 10 published by the Amer.
lean Federation OF Arts. There H. further
promise in its scheme and In the indica.
tlons OF its growing achievement.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29

1t Ia all very we'll TO be polite, as
Michigan says she means I o he to the
Colonel; but will It please him to have
II made too easy to Withdraw his
name, filed by Progressive petitioners?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29

If the conference Of sporeHmsn nov
In session IN this town succeeds In ita
purpose Of framing q national defini-
ton Of amateur. 4 will achieve the
greatest triumph in the history Of
photography.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-29

We print in another column to-day
a letter relating the unfortunate pre-
dicament In which a real estate owner
finds himself through tho operation OF
certain safety first orders issued by
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HsNRY FoaD's crusade for peace has
left him in . state Of mind In which
he would md a spot where strict 0eu-
trality prevails a great relief. but
does such q place exist?