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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29

Afyer spendink some time IL vixxins1,
she Wtlf yletf WHshington. BsIflfnors
and Nee York from which place am
viii eail Tor Pnnama
Captain w. W. Baker. chairman Of
the virginia con1mission 10 the ex-
position. has returned from 4 several
weeks trip to the exposition. Captain
Baker wa 4 notable host while there.
entertaining lavishly at the Virginia
ouiiding and having a. his guests
some Of yirginia's distinguished
dacshters and sons az well as West
ern friends.
Rev. ana MRS. Ernest Earle osgood
are traveiins !. California
Mr.. william A. Green win return
to the city on Tuesday nfter vaca-
ton speist = Atlantic City.
Misses Nellis and Kathleen STAR
key, OF Floyd Avenue. who have been
the guests OF Miss Maude Tenor. OF
Hanover. have returned home. They,
were accompanied BY Miss Tenor. who
VIII be their guest for this week.
Miss Ruby Powell has returned
home after spending the summer
months with friends in washington
and at Wrightville Beach, N. c.
sasA
Mrs- w. H. sampson = spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs. J. =.
Craig, OF Roanoke.
Mrs w. G. Camp and Miss Mar
garet Camp are the guests OF Mrs.
LAttleton Davis, OF Roanoke.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29
STATE CONvENTIO U. d. c.. DAN.
WILLIE. VA. SEPTEMBER
Pigs, 1918,

Southern Railway announces re-
duced round trip fares on certificates
plan basis account the above occasion.
Tickets to be sold and certificates
issued September II to 20. Inclusive;
final return limit September 20, 1915.
For further information. call on near
est ticket agent. or write, II. L. Bishop.
Division Passenger Agent. Richmond.
Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29

Mrs w. G. Camp and Miss Mar
garet Camp are the guests OF Mrs.
Lttleton Davis OF Roanoke.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29

Misses Ida Byrd and Elizabeth
Warwick are the guests of Mr.. r. r
Brock brough, of Tappahannock.
Va
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29

Professor Claude w Owens, OF En-
poria. is in the city for few days.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29

Mrs. w. H. Sampson - spending
some time with Mr. and Mrs. J.. r.
Craig, OF Roanoke.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-08-29

Guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Luck, near Ashland. are
Misses Constance Redd, of Gintef
Park; Dorothy Keaster and Elizabeth
People. of Richmond.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20

Whether the Syracuse Jury records
its legal verdict in favor Of Plaintiff
BARNES or of Defendant ROOSEVELT,
those eminent statesmen emerge from
their contest before Mr.. Justice An
DREws each justified in the belief that
he has inflicted a good deal Of injury
on the other. Neither has been ex-
allied in the eyes Of his c%ountrymen
by the revelations that have been
made concerning him. Neither has
escaped inspected; and neither has
in the last month acquired credit
among those whose good will he may
be supposed to covet.
Much Of the testimony offered has
been beside the mark and irrelevant
to the issue. The Judge has ruled
out so great a portion OF the evil
dence and dismissed from consldera-
ton 40 many facts advanced that the
public Is rather puzzled to under
stand exactly what is to he decided
by the twelve men, undoubtedly good
and true. and probably very weary.
who have listened to all that has been
offered. But the excluded testimony
emphatically has not been erased from
the popular mind. in which 1t will
weigh effectively. and which is en-
tirely competent 10 understand II and
apprize its Significance.
This significance Is distinctly I'M
eiifying. 1t does not increase the
moral or intellectual status OF Plain.
tiff BARNES or Defendant ROOSEVELT.
II does not raise either In popular es-
teen. In a word It justifes the gen
cral sentiment. which Is that both
the ~litigants lose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
May 20. 1918.

We have devoted n considerable
amount OF space on this page to-day
to extracts from historical authori-
ties dealing with the departure from
the port OF New York on May 90,
1915. of Commodore STEPHEN DECA.
I and his squadron on that voyage
which ended the system " blackmail.
plllage and slavery which the Bar.
barry States imposed for generations
on the civilized world. The glorious
deeds Of the great commander are
only family indicated in the passages
we have reproduced from works OF
reference. our hope Is that they may
stimulate those who peruSc them 10
read once more the story of DECATUR.
and thus to refresh their minds with
IN A~mcricanism pure and undivided,
n spirit high and dauntless, a pr0feS'
Slonal skill worthy OF the highest re.
spect and n devotion to duty that
must command respect.
To THE SUN It Gems that the spirit
which armed DECATUR and commits
stoned him to free Americans from the
cXactions of the Barbary States: the
spirit that refused TO accept European
precedent in dealing with the corsalrS
Of northern Africa the spirit that
broke for us and for the world the
oppressive yoke older and stronger
nations had long borne patiently, was
n good. an excellent spirit. 1t was
the American spirit, and II It does not
live to-day, the nation that DFcATuH
represented has failed OF its mission,
regardless Of its remarkable expan'
sion. Its vast increase in population,
and Its unprecedented growth IN its
material possessions and power.
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Italy and q Scrap Of Paper.

The position Of Italy has been din.
cult and must have seemed inglorious
to the mass of her people. To the
Irresistible pressure Of popular feel
Ing the monarchy. to save itself. IL
for no other reason, has at last to
yield. Long italian hstreds and old
hopes have been quickened; German
methods Of warfare have added to
the flame; and what trust could be
put in concessions promised by Aus.
tria-lIungary. the mere echo OF the
imperious will Of Germany? 1t Is not
wholly a question Of adequacy II is a
question of fuliilment.
The Italians cannot but interpret
Austrian offers according to German
actions. What engagement. what OBJ
legation. what pact can be believed
to bind the nation that invaded Lux.
embure and Belgium In the face Of
treaties. henceforth to he esteemed
by 1t scraps of paper? The n able
German diplomatist. NoN BrLow.
STAYED or the evil day for a time: but
his Governments had made the result
inevitable. Germany is already reap
ing the harvest Of her broken word.
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\ Coalition Government.

Mr.. .AsQrlTU. and OF course Sir ED.
WARD GRfY. are to remain. We don't
know what changes are to be made
In Mr.. A~SQrfTH's Government, but a
number of changes would be an i'm
prOvemant. Whatever of political
intrigue now mdcrlics. n Govern
ment representing both the great par
ties If not "all the talents was al
most inevitable during the war which
will determine Great Britain's fate
and which on her part has not been too
vigorously or wisely waged SO far.
Mr.. AsQUlTu's Government contains
several members whose genius is vari-
ously for social welfare or social dis
tinction or literature rather than FOR
the momentJus labors Of war. In Lord
KITCHENER II has the nan Of men for
his post, albeit hampered by the Brit
ish %"muddling" habit consequently
some prophets would transfer him to
the field.
On the other hand. the Right Hon.
WINSTON CHURCHILL. that worthy de.
scendant Of SARAH JENNINGS and in
heritor OF her talents of o%bjurgation,
cannot he taken out Of the Admiralty
too soon. But how the Germans will
miss him and his Illuminating prattie
and descents upon the Continent!
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NEUTRALITY.
"The Allies Are Fighting for the Lib-
erty Of the World"

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir. VIII
you kindly inform real Americans II we
are stu TO follow our Presidents APP
peal and remain neutral? After what
has happened are we still TO blind our
eyes and force ourselves to keep silence
when our hearts are torn with grief
for our murdered brothers and sisters {:
or may we at last let the world know
how we feel and break the unnatural
restraint We have put upon ourselves.
and as n free people repudiate such
crimes az the sinking OF the Lusitania
and the ruin OF Belgium and the hideous
atrocities recently reported and vouched
for by thousands of victims?
What good has our neutrality done
us? In the seven months we rave
faithfully observed 1t we have been in
sultingly accused by the Germans here
and abroad hat we have not lived up
to II. They have sunk our ships, muir
dered our citizens. used our newspa-
pers to their ends and sent such men
as Dernburg to stir up tho people In
their favor. thus abusing our hospitals
ity and our neutrality.
Better we had taken sides at once
with right and truth. for we ought to
know by 10Y that the Allies are fight
ing as much for our liberty and the
liberty OF the world ms for their own
ELLA MARSHALL.
New York, May 10.
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THE SHORT BALLOT.
A Danger In Putting Too Much Power
In the Governors Hands.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir, One
Of the subjects before the Constitutional
Convention which has caused a dlvi-
sion there into two hostile groups IL
that with regard TO the short ballot.
The adherents of this kin OF ballot be-
lieve that only the Governor should be
elected, and that he should choose all
other state officers.
SO far as the Offices of Secretary OF
State and state Engineer are con-
cerned. II would appear that the best
interests OF the state m'cht be served
10y placing the appoin'iye power as TO
them in the hands OF the Chief Execu-
tive. Those offices should he under his
control II the salaries thereof should
be Ia some extent reduced
The Office OF the state Treasurer Is
so closely related to that NJ Comptroller
that the functions of both should be eN-
ercised by a single official, whose com.
pensation should not exceed that at
present paid u the state Comptroller
Such "A change would have the merit OF
economy.
Tn positions Of state Comptroller and
Acknowledgement respectively are OF
such Importance that their Independence
of Executive or other influence should be
preserved, which, 81 course. can be best
accomplished by their remaining cleo
tive. These two officers should very
properly continue directly responsible 10
the '~leCtOrS.
That the MISUNDERSTANDING ought
Ia be chosen In the same manner a. the
chief Executive, whom rmder certain
circumstance he wOul succeed, seems
too eelf-evidcnt to admit of argument.
There Is danger In the short ballot In
that II seeks to make the Governor more
OF a patronage dispenser than an admin
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20

To THE EulTpR or THE SUN-Sir. An
editorial In TUE SrN OF Sunday and
N". clay In a quotation assume that
tho attitude Of the Prodigal Sons
brother needs an apology, The late
Cardinal Newman Tor one did no, think
50. Tho lrodigal is placed on a par
with the crring sheep. his elder
brother with 'h" uinrty-u!nc. Rc,rr
hut a nero ptrahl" the evangelical mar
ration scarce falls within tho scope OF
legal discussion.
Some mud themselves offended hy
unclll,d for treatment Of any sacred
subject from a pro!auc point OF view
Fnis ~ what happeued when the late
Mayor Glynnr, a distinguished juris',
made ~" trial and condemnation of
Christ tho subject ~ legal inquiry and
- vision. That performance was thought
20 he In bad taste. The p~rodlgars story
MAS meant 10 shoN forth tho merc,ful
reception awaiting every repentant and
returning sinner, not to throw disCred!t
upon a brother needing no pcnancc.
one uuohtrusiNe sentence IN the edi-
i'rinl article is worth all the rest the
Ultimate goal of every frequenter of
red lighted lohsteria is the garbage
barrel table d'hotc and that cul de sac
described by Shakespeare as the
primrose path that leads TO the ever
l'"tlnS bonfire You have pointed out
a tact which In It's Generality fully jus-
titles the divine theory that the way
of tho transrrcSsor." and so ON,
CHESTER, May 10 j. A. NJ
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out Of The permanent army and In
the second place, the equipment pro-
vlded for the troops. 1t cannot be
said that the army has been neg
lccted in recent years, but II Is a fact
that nothing has been too good for
the navy. Italy Ia a poor country.
and the money spent for military pur-
poses must be doled ont. The equip
ment Of the army was not all that
could he desired when the war cloud
broke in the first days of August, and
the Italian Government has since been
trying to supply the deficiencies by
making purchases abroad. The term
of service in the permanent army IL
two years. The soldier then passes
into the reserve on UNLIMITED leave"
for eight years service, receiving from
two to six months training during
that period next he becomes a mem-
her Of the Mobile Militia for four
years. and ends his service with a
term Of seven years in the Territorial
Militia. The permanent army Is well
drilled and Its officers are competent.
The calibre Of the reserve troops Is
to I've determined. and the test Of mod
ern warfare Is severe.
Italy has a fine navy and the spirit
Of the officers and men In the brief
Tripolltan war was an assurance that
they would distinguish themselves in
nm emergency. The submarine iotilla
has made a name for itself In Europe
In the annual peace manPuvres. Like
the Germans. the Italians have made
a Speciality" OF submarine tactics. 1t
was estimated that by May I. 1918.
there would be six dreadnoughts In
commission. OF n displacement OF 49,
roo tons and carrying main batteries
Of thirteen IL inch guns. or pre-
dreadnought battleships Italy has If
teen, ten Of them equipped with 10
inch and five with IL inch guns. The
cruiser division is light. hut In de
stroyers and torpedo boats the italian
navy makes an excellent showing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20
Safety First.

In 1910 the Chicago and North
western railway organized a Central
Safety Committee to lessen the acct
dent risks to which Its men were sub
jccted. and TO impress on them rs
individuals the necessity Of exercising
rare in the discharge OF their duties.
SO gratifying have been the results
obtained that the committee has pre-
pared a diagram illustrating the de-
crease in fatalities and injuries, whose
lowering curve gives convincing testi-
mony to the practicahility Of the plan
and Of the met sures taken to put 1t
into operation.
The motto Of the committee, after
Safety First, which Is the common
slogan Of the movement throughout
the nation. il ut takes less time to
prevent an accident than II does to
make a report Of one" The results
Of the instructions given to and regu-
lations enforced on the workers, and
OF safeguards adopted for machinery.
ARE exhibited In this table:
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To THE FniroR or THF SrN-Sir: In
connection with the devotion Of German
Americans to tho stars and stripes you
take another fling at the hyIrhen and
point out that the English Of Colonial
ancestry never used one; which IL
Eut how about the large body Of Eng
fish OF recent arrival among us whose
~antipathy to the hyphon is as great as
yours, but takes the form Of superiority
TO American citizenship and all else
American excepting the American dol
ar? r. cse are not Rrltish-Amerlcans.
Their devotion to us prevents a hyphen ;
they are Just British,
We know now where the Germans Of
America stand and inasmuch az the
British among us have p%artaken OF
American life to the limit, surely they
will not allow themselves to be outdone
by Germans in devotion to their
adopted country tndopted because
Equity looks Mt the substance and not
at the fOrm'D. Howard NJ CANoUNE.
PLAINFIELp, y, j., May 10.
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A Good Year In Cuba.

Another year has passed to con
found those who have asserted Cuba's
inability to maintain successfully an
Independent republic. To-day the
island celebrates the close of its thir-
teenth year of independence and the
second year Of the present Admins
tration. General MENoCAL deserves
congratulations on the success Of his
policies. and we offer them heartily,
No faint OF graft has touched his rec
ord. ana his two years of service mark
II time Of peace, order and progress,
His Cabinet is composed Of men of
high standing and Of experience in
public affairs, 1t includes DIR. DEs-
NIRNlNE, who was II member OF the
Cabinet in the days OF General
BRoOKE: Dr. CANCIO and Colonel VII
IAIoN. who were in General Woop's
Cabinet. and General EMILIO NUNEz.
one of the most distinguished men Of
Cuba and the head Of the Cuban Vet
erans' Association. q body similar to
the Grand Army Of the Republic In
this country.
The year has brought the island
both good and bad fortune. Winter
storms heavily damaged the tobacco
crop, and the wal has cut of a large
part OF Cuba's mi rket for cigars. On
the other hand, European conditions
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-20

To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
THE SIN to-day william English
Walling says that II the truth regarding
the sinking OF the Lusitauia is known
In Germany there can he no doubt
that Mt least a million or two million
socialists oppose It."
I question If there he anything like q
million socialists IN Germany. The go
cialiS, party there may have that many
votes, and more. hut that these votes
are socialist is another question. The
GERMAN voter who Is arti-m,litarist can
nnd no party save the Socialist party TO
give expression to his views, The same
is true of the advocates OF manhood
suffrage and others having liberal views,
The only polit!cll medium through
which they can express themselves is
the Socialist parry. The day that sees
the complete overthrow OF Gcrmany's
fcudal system. which, Mr.. Walling holds.
still dominates affairs in Germany, and
| think he II right in his contention.
viii also he the day when new parties
viii arise, Then the German socialist
vote will shrink to its proper proportions.
To-day 1t is hugely and unhealthy in
tiated. JoUN GILBERT,
JERSEY CITY, y. j, May lG.
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Italy's Army and Navy.

The Italian army. If called to face
the Teutonic allies, would he an IN
certain quantity. OF the efficiency Of
the Italian navy. which has scores TO
settle with Austria, there car he no
doubt. The army on n war footing
has on paper a complement of more
than a million men. Recruited to full
strength the regular force consists OF
$4,000 men. and 1t would be used In
the early operations. or reinforce
ments thu Mobile Militia should he
able to contribute 245.OOO men and
the Territorial Militia 100000 men.
An excellent arm Is the % nm. Mimi
iicher-Carcano magazine rifle. hut
some OF the regiments OF the Terri.
torial Militia still use an inferior rifle,
the Vetterli- Vital. At the outbreak OF
the war last August the artillery was
receiving new guns One hundred OF
the field batteries were using the
80 nm Krupp, AMI other batteries m
older gun. What Is called the deport
gun, - mm.. pattern 1911. had been
adopted. and contracts were made to
equip 100 batteries with it by the new
year. or howitzers the Italians have
n good many q m. Krupps. ami they
are said to he well supplied with
siege and fortress guns OF large
calibre.
The army on n war footing consists
OF S24 infantry battalions OF Alpini.
GrenadIers, Bersaglicri AMI the line
$50 squndrons Of cavalry, one of the
most efficient branches Of the Italian
army $50 horse, field. mountain and
heavy batteries, and 4T5 fortress ar.
tillery and technical companies. The
Afrfnt, which In the event of war are
likely TO be first engaged in the opera.
tlons upon the Austrian TyroIesc
frontier. are admirable troops-there
are probably none better for noun
tain work. What makes the army
as a whole an uncertain quantity Is
the training the Mobile and Terri,
torial Militia receive after passins
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Ii will be seen that the progress
made in eliminating dangers has been
steady, and while the numbers OF
killed and injured are still absolutely
large. in the first class a saving of 30
per cent. has been accomplished,
while in the second the gain has been
almost as great. Ii should be borne
in mind also that in every movement
OF this kind one of the first effects Is
to bring to attention incidents prevl-
ously disreearded or unrecorded. Tn
der any conditions the death of an
employee would not pass unnoticed,
hut the adoption Of n plan to prevent
all accidents might well result in
reports on non-fatal misadventures
hitherto ignored. This is particularly
likely to be the case when the nature
Of the Safety First campaign Is con.
sldered. II does not class any pre-
ventable accident rs trivial, for its
supporters recognize that liberation
of minor mishaps inevitably invites
greater ones.
How direct the appeal to the EN-.
ployees for loyal cooperation is may
he judged from this declaration, con
~spicuously printed in the railroad
"ompany's bulletin
Safety First means fewer widows.
orphans and cripples n less destitu-
ton and misery"
The figures compiled from the re-
ports Of the company sustain this In
every particular, and furnish an i'm.
pressive Endorsement OF the sanity
that inspires the disciplined effort to
save lives, decrease suffering and in
cidentally to stop the heavy economic
losses directly attributable to reckless
and careless behavior.
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DEFENCE OF THE NATION.
Reliance Upon Treaties Possible Only
In Exceptional Cases.

To u EDITOR on THE SuS-Sir: TO
some OF us IL seems very strange that
an intelligent and patriotic person like
Mr.. j. w. Hughan should advocate, as
he does In a letter to THE SrN. n reli-
ance for defence upon n treaty between
ourselves and other countries. All that
he says In praise OF the arrangement
which exists between Canada and the
United States Is quite Justified. but why
Is that arrangement effective? Is II
not because the treaties n agreements
have been made by honorable and trust
worthy Governments? How long would
that defenceless condition exist II either
Canada or the United States regarded
a treaty AZ only IA scrap OF paper?
No nation can AFFORD 10 do away with
Its defences asains, a relentless foe. in
different to promises, INSCRIPTIONS az
to treaties.
How does Mr.. Hughan argue that
IN tho twentieth century war can no
longer DEFEND? Is Il not defending
Servia, and France, and England? Sup
pose England had no navy. France and
Russia nc army. and Servia was with
out arms, where would reliance on the
Kindly feeling of Austria And Germany
and trust In their agreements have
landed them? Let US grant that Bel
GUM by her fortresses was not able to
defend her homes. has she not In q
noble unselnshness and splendid hero
ism checked German greed and covet-
BUSINESS. aided France and Great Brit
air TO resist the mos. hateful spirit OF
conquest that has appeared since Bona
par;e. and probably given us the ad-
vantage OF a deferred and possibly
broken hostility?
Non-reslstance awaited nothing when
the pirates OF Morocco imprisoned Amer
leans. There are some natures which
appreciate nothing but force. some con-
ditions where to leave your door un-
locked Is TO invite burglary and muir
der. ! am sure Mr. Hughan will nnd
Il difficult 70 prove that "deferces Of
proved efficiency" n existed between
unfortifed frontiers. except as both peo-
pies were Christian In reality. or the
more powerful regarded a treaty viola
ton as so d~!shonorable a. TO be in
credible. There Is a Scriptural ques-
ton applicable here How can two
walk together except they he agreed"
We shat! be glad to continue and ex-
tend this treaty method OF defence
whenever we meet a nation that thinks
as we do. and Is devoted to and intent
on justice "a we are. But when a ma
ton is without honor or morality we
must DC on our guard. II IL stlil true, as
the humorous verse puts Il
Thrice Is he armed who hath his quarrel
just,
And four times he who g-ts hi. blow In
fust.
PrTrsBvrG. Ia. May 10. YANKEE.