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ROMER ISLAND.
Advantages to Re Derived From
Building Cp the Present ShOal.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir. There
are many good reasons why the substi-
tu,e proposal to build an island on
iiomer Shoal should receive more seri-
Gus consideration from the city. State
and Federal authorities
In addition to its use n a site for a
garbage disposal plant II would be an
ideal location for the cnplacement OF
a battery of big guns, thus completing
with Sandy Hook and Rockaway
Point a chain of forts across the gate
way TO the harbor. II would also tend
To Increase the force OF the tidal cur-
rents on each side of the proposed island.
making unnecessary probably much or
all Of the dredging now constantly being
done at this point.
Despite the statements made at the
Mayors conference yesterday, the eX-
pensc would not he prohibitiye when the
benefit, 20 I've derived are considered II
could hc built AT a minimum expense, as
were the extensions To- Eiker and Gov
"rnors islands. by using the ashes and
refuse from the city, "A method that
woull provide q dumping place for this
material to the satisfaction. very likely.
OF the street Cleaning Commissioner.
Tho proposition affords an opportu-
nifty for some militant and civic pre-
parcdness tina should not he turned
down lightly nor intorf,rcd with in the
interests Of the warning contractors
JAMES J. DUFFY.
NEW York. NAV 6.
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True Preparedness In Danger.

In refusing to accept the volunteer
army provision Of the Senate bin and
In rejecting the Sena,r'S proposal to
increase the regular army Ia 2jO,OOO
in the twOfold emergency that now
confronts the country the House OF
Representatives has made a gripvous
mistake. And 1t has Numbered with
Its eyes open. Az Secretary BAKER
said n few days ago, at is far better
To overweight preparation than to
underwpight it," No man is prophet
enough to say whether the United
| States will be able TO avoid intervcn-
ton In Mexico, not to speak OF the
overloaded prospect on the other
| side of the Atlantic.
The latest raid across the Rio
GrandA with It's mcnace to the pend
Ing n%os otiations with General CAR
RAMA, should have prompted the
House to cooperate with the Senate
in giving the country rs full n meas.
ure of preparedness as possible. But
what has happened? by Il vote of
251 to 100 the House yesterday went
on record against section 80 OF the
Senate bill, the volunteer army pro-
vision, and threw out the proposal TO
increase the regular army to 2iO,OOO
men, the vote being "2l to li2. At
the same time the House confcrees
were instructed to stand out for m
increase Of Federal aid To the Nh
tional Guard from $4,000 900 to S4s,,
100000. There you have the milk In
the cOcoanut. The Hay hill was es-
sentially n National Guard bin. the
regular army being OF secondary In
terest to Its supporters, led by the
chairman Of the Committee on Mill
tery Affairs
1t Is lamentable that politics should
parcdness, but the thing Is o plain
for self -deception. The army bills
60 back to conference with the scien.
tiic plan of the Senate bill In eclipse,
1t cannot he said that the prospect
Of an acceptable compromise Is dis.
cernible. We hope that Senator
CHAMBERLAIN will hold fast to the
volunteer army provision. In the face
Of the lobby that Is working against
II. II should no retained and enacted
even II the Senate has to give way
on Its figures for the regular army
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WHO OWNS THE MONKEY?
Has General Gocthals an A%ntpcrdcnt
Responsibility?

To THE EDITOR or THE SvN-Sfr The
legal-literary consideration OF the Ques-
ton Of the ownership OF the monkey that
Bit an estimable Brooklyn lady Is GER
tain 10 arouse Interest. My own opinion
Is that the monkey Is not and never was
owned" either Ivy Congressman Fitz-
gerald or by Fire Chief John pooley.
There Is ample evidence TO maintain the
opinion. What are the facts?
Congressman Fitzgerald, during an Of
hcial inspection Of the Panama Canal,
was amused by the waggish WAYS Of a
monkey, whose owner-owner. mind you
sent II to the ship on which Mr.. Fitz-
gerald returned. addressed TO the Con-
gresham.
The latter did not accept, acknowledge
or claim ownership, He acted as super
cargo Of the monkey tipped his state
room steward 10 feed and otherwise care
for the monkey, nothing more.
Thu monkey Ownership still not es-
tabl!shed) was sent 10 the Fitzgerald
Brooklyn residence, whose inmates in
clude seven youthful Fitzgeralds hrim-
ming with health, high spirits and mis-
ch,cvousness. Not much later Congress
man Fitzgerald appeared at Fire chief
Dooley's headquarters. accompanied by
a monkey. and in manner at once
chastencd and firm said John. know
when it's no time for a sensible MAJ
to argue with his Wife
You're a sensible man at all times,
Congressman said the fire chief
Thank YOU. john the Congressman
said. "And ! know when to pass the
buck. Just hold this pretty little
creatura please, John" and the Cow
| gresham disappeared,
Have | not demonstrated that General
Cocktails owns the monkey?
BROOKLYN, May 8. TRUTH.
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There ONE Il sudden jolt I q the
smooth running praise Of the Won
ders of wireless telephony when one
Secretary pANiELs's message to Skip
per CHANplEE Of the New Hamp-
shire: at viii not he long before the
Secretary Of the Navy can c"mmuni.
cate verbally with ships all over the
world"
tionS increase rather than decrease
the prrils of them that co down to
the sea in ships, that do business in
great waters.
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McDonagh's Own Epitaph.

To THE EpiroR or THE SrS-Sir: The
Thomas McDonaGh who was shot in the
Tower OF London last week for rebellion
was the author Of a book entitled 18th
Golden JOY published in Dublin in 1907,
and not. I believe. reissued In this coun-
try. On page 81 Of that work appears
n poem entitled ITO a Rebel Patriot
Dead" with prophetic vision the poet
has written his own epitaph in the last
six lines:
No quiet sleep: though thy young morta,
coil
Hath fallen dust to dust with all the grea,
Thou shalt attain the haught Apostle,
fate.
And the oblivion OF Silence foil,
Ever shall Time thy call reverberats
And LIES long sea rock to thy far ,ur
MOL,
The high purpose of McDouagh and
hts associates will one day receive ful
recognition from even those who now
defame them,
EDMOND BYRNE HAcKErT.
| NEW HAVEN. Conn. May Z.
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NEW YoRK. MAY 6.
From the British Front.

THE Sun has received the s~ubjoined
letter. This missIye the field censor
passed. perhaps since II contained no
reference To the bathing costumes:
To 1uE EriToE or TuE SrN-Nr' A dis
cussion having arisen as to the largest
bathing Mt Atlantic city on a Sunday In
August at one time, We decided, in an
orfcers' mess on the British front. to abide
by your opinion
WI YOU therefore favor eome Of your
old readers with what you consider may
reply to JOSIAH NEWMAN. Lieutenant.
care of n q II. and Il, q. NJ. G, France.
l.. S-And would you he so very kind
as TO send n copy Of your reply to Lieu
tenant Fraser. care OF same address?
A letter repeating Lieutenant New
mans query has been addressed to the
secretary of the Atlantic CITY Chamber
Of Commerce or Board Of Trade. but
while awaiting his d~lspas.ionate census
Of the millions having simultaneously on
the fr!ngcs of the Million Dollar Pier,
It seemed wise to submit the topic "a
the world At large. From he widely
varying estimates that are likely to be
presented We shall a X pleasure In for
warding the most circumstantial 70
Lieutenant Newman AT general head
quarters. enclosing a copy to carry con-
viction to Lieutenant Fraser.
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that does not comport with the prac-

that does not comport With the prac-
tice OF Its adherents IA worse than
useless. Does II Church exist for the
Articles. or IL the faith made for the
living members?
Can II harm n Church or any Of
Its members TO cease to affirm be-
liefs they have ceased to entertain.
such as the belief that all men are
born In SIM There Is n higher Au-
thority than the theologians of ten
centuries ago, and we can hardly sup
pose that He desires this age Of man
to be governed by the doctrinary
wisdom Of that age. With minds like
unto theirs. we have a thousand years
more Of experience to benefit by.
Churches are subject to the laws Of
all life. and must grow or decline.
How can they grow and do their
work right n they cannot accurately
state their own minds?
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Colonel Slbley's Task.

The Mexican bandits who raided
Glen Springs, Boquillas and Deem
er's In the Big Bend country last Fri.
day night, killing three American SOL
diers and two civilians, will have nj
least four or five days start Of the
"hying column" commanded by Colo.
mel FREDERICK W. SiBLEy. 1t seems
grOtesque to call the pursuers Il "fy-
ing column" for the few troops (well
under the service complemcnt) that
compose 1t were to meet mt Marathon
a railroad station seventy-tive miles
north OF Glen Springs, Major LANG
HoRNE's two troops coming 800 miles
by rail east from FL Paso and Colo
mel SIBLEY's contingent of the same
strength coming west almost us grea,
q distance from Eagle Pass.
Again the cry goes up, sect the out
laws at any cost; but the Ameri
q people should understand the ma
ture OF the task set Colonel SlBLEY
who, by the way, Is in his siXty-fourtt
year--he will retire for age on Octo
her II. II is not the language Of pes
simism to say that 1t would be abou'
as hard 10 find n needle In a haystacl
as to run down the bandits in the
wild region south of Preside San VI
centc. 1t has no railrond, M goot
read for the passage Of motor trucks
and ranches are few and far between
in fact. it Is the most spnrscly settled
part of Mexico, not excepting Sonora
where there are mines as we'll n
ranches. A hundred miles south o
where the Big Bend dips lowest be
gins that most arid and inhospitabl
region the Poison de Mapimi, 70
generations the scene Of Apache raid
vpon venturesomc settlers, 4 wors
country to campaign in could not b
imagined. An American expeditio
would have to be we'll rationed, 70
there IL no living off such n country
And II Colonel SrBLEy rides ms IN
south as the Rolson de Mnpimi waite
for his men and horses will hecom
grave problem.
il seems singular to say SO, but
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VISIT AND SEARCH.
Is There q Fly In the Ointment Of the
Latest German Note:

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir Re-
yarding your editorial article on Satur-
day. May Is. relative to YOUR interpreta-
ton o: Gerrnany's reply 20 our note,
permit me 10 call attention 20 the FOL
low !ng:
o assume that that portion o. the
note witch sets forth the orders To he
submarine commanders complies with
our demands. which are. In brlof. that
not only should the submarine COM
mauders warn merchant vessels and pro-
tect the lives OF ueutrals. but they should
visit, and search the VcsSc'. "a only hY
Inspection Of the vessel IL cargo and
It's passengers can they. iu IA measure,
a~dequatol, protect neutral lives
In rcply to these essentials, the Ger
man note states the following
The German Government notifies the
Government ~ the United ~is'cs that
German naval forces have received the fo.-
lowing order:
In accordance with N. genera pr'rr'-
pies OF visit, and search and the Gcstruc-
ton ~ merchant vessels recognized hy
international law, such vessel, both within
and without the area declared n naVa'
war zone. shall not b" sunk without warn
ing and without saving human lives. unless
the ship attempt 10 escape or ofer re
s~lstance.
cannot agree with your statement
| that this Is plainly = declaration OF
the abandonment of the present methods
of German submarine warfare. II nay
| actually be an abandonment, but II does
not appear to me To be a plain statement
| that the orders issued TO the submarine
commanders require them to Ns.t and
search a vessel before they sink her
The declaration In question "onstrucs
the general principle of visit and search
and accordingly issues ~ dcrS ih"rtulr'
10 warn merchant vessels and to save
| human lives. but il does NOT say that
in accordance with the general prInci'
pies. submarine commanders shall Visit
and search, and thus warn vessels anl
save human lives. In other words. th'
Interpretation of the general principles
OF visit and search is left TO the Ger
nan Government, and the submarine
| commanders under such Interpretation
are merely required 20 give warning.
This is just the point for which Amer
lea has been striving, namely, that suc'
Interpretation shall neither he left Il
the German Government nor the subint
rine commanders. but that they snail, II
every instance. be required TO visit AM
search an approaching vessel victim
This may have been intended, but as
suredly II has not been definitely s.
stated. Under the present orders Ia th'
submarine commanders an error, with o.
without drawings, is still quite possible.
THEODORE FRINGE.
NEW YORK, MAY s..
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is the fact that when General PERISH.

IL tho IaCt tndt Genera fEhSh-
ING and Colonel Dom penetrated Mex
leo from Columbus they had a much
better country to operate In. They
could follow either the Rio Casas
Grandes or the Rio de Santa Maria
200 miles or more to their source ;
they could move In touch with a rail-
road II necessary: there was some
sort Of a highway most Of the way
for the commissary's motor trucks
and along the route we're strung adobe
towns and ranches. where extra sup
plies could be bought. Moreover.
there we're Carranza troops for such
cooperation as they were disposed to
give. Finally. the Columbus base was
only n few miles north Of the Mexi.
can frontier.
But what a handicap Marathon ms
n base will be to Colonel SiRLEY. II Is
nearly a hundred miles from Preside
San Vicente, and the region be.
tween Is the widest and toughest In
Texas. particularly In the area in
cluded In the Big BEND. II the Bend
he regarded ms a bow that IL bent,
| the chord. from south OF Sandcrsor
TO Preside. Texas. Is 125 miles long,
In the spnce between are desert and
mountain. the elevations running ur
to 5000 feet and more. No "lying
column" a traverse this savage
| wilderness for an invasion OF Mexico
without methodical preparation. The
Government should he ready for such
an emergency. but 1t must he remem'
bcred that General PERsHISG could
not move for a week nfter VILLA
raided Columbus.
Colonel SiBLEy Is an old Indian
fighter, having taken part In nearly
all Of General CRoox's campaign.
against the Sioux and ~Chcyennes, anc
no one knows better how n punitive
expedition should he equipped; bu'
II he Is hurried away from Marathon
he will lead a forlorn hope.
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Formulas OF Faith.

II the General Conference Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church enacts
for the government Of that important
religious society the amendments rec
commended by It's Commission on Re
vision Of the Ritual 1t will be max
ing, so 1t must eem 10 persons with
a sense for the fitness OF things, the
best use Of its legislative powers.
Advocates Of revision In the services
Of marriage, baptism and burial, OF
liberalization OF readings rendered
sacred by long custom, will meet an
opposition that should be kept from
bitterness by the moderation and rea-
sonnbleness with which the recon-
mendations have been framed.
Commentator of the spirit Of the
tentative revision is not n mark of
reckless radicalism on the part OF
those who will utter 1t In the coun
ellis Of this or any other Church. The
common character Of the separate
present proposals, and Of similar en-
deavors in other ecclcsiastic organi.
cations, Is tho desire to correct n Ger.
tain mediTyaiism In the formal vO,
cabulary. Conservatism In forms
ceases to he n virtue when the forms
become anachronistic, and Q rltua'
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Sign the building Inspection NH!

At the last session Of the I.egisla-
ture a bill was passed consolidating
the building inspections services in
this city. II does no promise to cure
all the evils Of the present chaotic
situation. but Its effect would he to
relieve real estate owners, lessees and
the taxpayers Of heavy unnecessary
expenses, and to prevent the conflicts
" authority that now vitiate much Of
the work that Is done. Against this
measure no important opposition was
shown In Senate or Assembly. and II
was assumed that II had generally
the approval of the numerous inter
ests concerned.
II now appears that Its enactment
Is fought by n number OF agencies,
some Of which fear It may reduce
their importance and others that II
may interfere with projects In which
they are Interested. Directors Of the
first class are MOI worth considering {;
those of the other are mIsinformed.
The consolidation would operate only
tn make better and cheaper the In
spection of buildings by the public
authorities and Ia ccntralize resron-
sibility therefor.
Mayor MITCHri. representing the
city, has appointed II committee of
| .tttvnnS yAnrt,tta y1N n,,nttAnt 40 tla
subject treated by the hill. To appear
tomorrow before the Governor M n
hearing he Is 10 give before he nets
on II. Their duty will le 10 inform
him OF the great benefits IL would
confer on New York and the residents
within it's boundaries and when they
lay the facts before him, urging him
to sign the measure. they will speak
for the city administration. tho own.
ers and occupants of the buildings
that house them and for the public
generally.
The building Inspection conSolida-
tion measure Is IN inf%elligently drawn
bill In the interest If business admin
istration and efficient. economical gov
eminent. Governor WHITMAN should
not he deferred from signing il by tho
political ambitions Of public officer,
whose authority It's enforcement would
slightly c%urtail. or by the u%nfo'inded
fears OF those not familiar with the
effects II would produce.
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President wilson's Ia test Effort III
"PepsOnal" Nomination.

In President WILSON'S letter to
Senator CHARLES A. CuLRERsoN. n
member Of the judiciary Committee.
exposing the reasons which prompted
him TO nominate LOUIS n. BRANpEIs
Of Massachusetts for membership In
the Supreme Court occurs the sub.
Joined passage:
Many charge. have been made
against Mr.. BRANDEis.
"'The report Of your subcommittee
has already made II plain to you and to
the country at large how u~nfounded
these charges were.
They threw a great deal more light
upon the character and motives OF those
with whom they originated than upon
tho qualifications OF Mr.. BRANpErs.
81 myself looked into them three years
ago when l desired to make Mr.. BRAN
pErs a member Of my Cabinet, and found
that they proceeded for the most part
from those who hated Mr.. BRANpEis be
cause he had refused 10 hc serviceable
TO them in the promotion OF their own
selfish interests and from those whom
they had prejudiced and mlsled.
The propaganda In this matter has
been very extraordinary and very dis
tressing to those who love fairness and
value the dignity of a great profession
On March II a communication re-
lating to the nomination of Mr.. BRAN
prrs was submitted to the judiciary
Committee. Its text was as follows:
1.-The undersigned feel under tho pain
ful duty TO say to you that in their op'n-
ION. taking into view the repute. char
acter and professional career Of Lows
n. BRANpErs, ne Is not a Az person TO be
a member ~ the Supreme Court OF the
United States
THIS concise and straightforward
document bore the signatures of six
former presidents OF the American
Bar Association. These were WILLIAM
II. TAFT, SIMEON T.. BALDWIN. FRAN
CTS RAwLE. JOSEPH II. CHoATE, ErlHu
Roor and MooRFIELD STOREY. Their
communication ''made a profound i'm
preston upon members Of the Sen
ate; and It had n proportionate In
fuence outside the chamber.
Are these the gentlemen who are
accused by President WILSON OF that
Ing" LOUIS d. BRANDEIs because he
has refused to be ~serviceable TO then
in the promotion Of their own selfish
Interests? Has their ~"propnganda'
been Every extraordinary and very
distressing to those who love fair
ness and value the dignity of n grca,
profession?
The appointment OF Mr., RaANpEi'
to the Supreme Court was at frs
declared to be personal 10 Mr.. VII
SON. Apparently 1t has since dcvel
oped into n rebuke to the men whit
have been honored by the legal pro
fession by election to the highest Office
its members can confer on n o
their brethren.
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IRISH HISTORY.
Attitude Of the Nation when America
Taught Rebellion.

To rUE EDITOR or THE SrS-SF' The
editorial article Germany and America
IN Ireland In THE Sun OF May 3 Is UNI
fair TO the Irish people. The assertion
that "the lrish Parliament after Leyinc-
tom and Bunker I'M declared hat 1t
heard Of the rebellion with adherence
and was ready to show to the world its
attachment to the sacred person OF the
King While perhaps literally true. u
calculated to create the impression that
the Irish people were not in sympathy
with the American Revolution. although
In reality nothing could be further from
the truth.
The Irish Parliament was not a truly
representative body pnly Irotestants
were eltg hie for membership. although
about nVe-siXths OF the inhabitants OF
Ireland were ~ the Catholic faith. The
members OF that short lived uurepre
sentative Parliament were chosen hy
the so-Cdllcd "SCotCh-lrish' ,hypheuated
irish, and a small body ~ Protestant
landlords Of English blood. These bone-
fc.aties OF the spells Of English con-
quest were naturally loyal to the
sacred person Of the imhen lie King
The catholic population, Coinpristus
nearly all the Inhabitants OF pure Irish
blood. vas allowed neither to vote nor
TO hold office. and they. 1rr obvious rea-
sons. were heartily in sympathy with
the American Colonies IN their struggle
for freedom. II - significant thai, one
OF the strongest arguments urged
against Catholic emancipation in Ireland
was the fact that $1,000 Irish soldiers
had fought for American independence.
The Irish regiments were recruited he
fore the outbreak Of the American wal
for Independence. and as they were part
OF the British army they were com
PEELED to obey orders and go wherever
sent. These regiments did not come 70
America OF their own free will, nor were
they sent by the Irish people.
\ large number OF Continental soldiers
bore good old Celtic names. TO say moth.
ing OF the Holland Dutch, Germans and
French. For example. five soldiers bear.
on the \mcrican side at Bunker I'm
and ! can assure you that the Ryan
are neither English nor 'ScD.ch-lrish.'
They were just plain Irish the same n
Commodore Barry. General sullivan anc
other distinguished soldiers OF the Revo,
luton There We're, however. no rca
Irish mon the Tories
Without the aid of France the Ameri
can Revolution would IN all human prob
ability have failed. and General Wash
instou and the signers OF the Declaration
Of Independence would doubtless hav,
suffered the same fate recently mc,et
leaders OF the latest Irish Revolution
LAWRENCE RYAN.
NEW YORK, May 6.
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Bitter attacks were made or ''"'
ect by Representative l.''r. ~
con.in, and others, who ,Gl.H. .
was urged by "A water !.'
which "infcstcd every corr'.
Capitol and IL was cha''.i.'. .' -
u scheme To hiring about ''r
nIont Of water AT tho Mussc. p
la Alabama
Representative lcuro0t o~,'.'
stitute providing that a
should make an investigator rep"
10 Congress before the hg..t.'F y
plant was considered. T'h,s ~ 't'.
by a vote Of 49, to 1914
Representative Moudeil W ''" -
linen proposed a substitute .,
the appropriation altogether n'.
lug for an investigation ot ' y,
proposition, This was d"fra'~. .' ".
To lii, The Hay amendment H-N Ah"''
adopted,
southern Democrats aN!ea'"' ~,
colleagues 10 vote Tor the ''l"' -
| rather because 4, would supr'F i.' ''
than for tho cause Of pr'pArra' "a