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DOLLAR AN OUNCE SILVER?
What Win Happen to America II the
Debtor Nations Of Europe Remone.
tire the white Metal After the War:

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Str. DC
c~asiOnally situations occur which rouse
"A desire to appear In your kindly coll
ANN and start the public mind thinking
along new channels.
Have your readers followed the recent
rise In the price OF silver" In the past
year about ten cents an ounce. Who
is buying silver n advancing the price
Certainly not the United States. Circum-
stances abroad. where In two years a
debt OF thirty billions OF dollars has
heen incurred by the allied nations. may
throw some light on This interesting
subject.
Europe is hopelessly bankrupt and the
DAY of settlement can be somewhat
modified If the debtors can pay in a
deprecated currency. A long step in
his direction would be the remonetiza-
ton OF silver. When John Bull was a
creditor OF the whole earth gold wac
All he wanted. but John hull as a
debtor Is u different matter. and ne would
he glad to pay in silver, the only means
In fact by which the enormous debt
can ever he paid.
Now here il the prediction. After
the war Ia over the Allies will remone-
tize silver. They are the buyers now
This alone will create a new value to ali
the silver on earth. at least five thou
sand million dollars toward paying their
debt. In addition IL will give a new
purchasing power to the silver coun-
tries of Asia. Africa and South America.
Ocean freights will be all In the power
OF the Allies, n arranged for their
convenience and profit. Trade destroyed
by the war will be built up by giving
foreign countries a new power to pur-
chase.
And where will Uncle Sam he? He
will 40 ttat.ai CnrpA IN ~ thA Gail a,l -
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Derlin's Theory OF the Attack on
the SUSSEX.

Berlln's assurance that no German
undersea boat or other war craft
could have attacked the Channel boat
Sussex appears to have been conveyed
to Ambassador GERARD with all the
ccremonious %solemnity 40 important a
declaration Of innocence required.
1t will, Americans may be sure, ex.
onerate Wilhelmstrasse Of all respon.
sibility In the premises; and In no
uncertain fashion It indicates the
authors Of this tragedy.
II Germany did not torpedo the
steamship. France or England must
have; and 1t Is plain that the leu.
tonic authorities will expect the
United States to accept and act upon
this theory without quibbling and
without loss Of time.
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PLANT A TREE.
This Is the Season and the Park De.
partment VIII Aid.

,.At-
10 EDITOR oflHE ScN-Su. lmls
10 inc season Ior trcc p,antlns w wv
ana country. an asreeaple enterprise 80
engage IN, insur,hg pleasure anu rrous
10 inc 1ndiViduai property owner iarse
ana smaiI. we IN TINS country na,c
oeen iar from providcnt or apprecatIve
IN our INGENIOUS or want Oh tnein III "ea,
ing with our vast ana 'arleo ha'u,s,
resources OF ,orest ann e,reani' our NV
animals ana pirds. ana we are euilcrins
.ne pehaity OF our hesioct ih '''a"y VIZ
Do directions over our whoIc nauo"h,
territory. inns as evidenced III our
wasted Streams n other water eourcos'
IN the oisappearance OF many varie''eS
vi insect destroying pirds ana un.i' re-
Gently IN the destIu.'.on
or the forests, the ihte!ngeht ~ oeIalsu
saIva&e OF when mas peen aus largely
10 tho enorts or the press
our native ana acclimated trees an"
shrubs IN almost variety pro-
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Mr.. Wilson's Ides q the Wills
Chase.

The discrepancy between the orders
issued through oficial channels to
the Major General commanding the
Southern Department concerning the
pursuit Of the bandits who on March
0 raided the town Of Columbus, N. NJ.
and the twice repeated declaration Of
the President as to the purpose Of the
expedition possesses greater interest
as an illustration Of Mr.. WILSON'S
psychological processes than impor-
lance as revealing a divergence Of
purpose between the trained military
oficers Of the United States and
their Commander in Chief.
General FUNSTON was directed to
organize a force to pursue the Siexi.
can bandits. to continue the pursuit
until the de facto Mexican Govern
ment- was able to relieve them Of the
task. and in any event to regard the
job AS finished "as soon as VILLAS
band or bands are known to be
broken up"
Mr.. WILSON. on the other hand, on
March 10 announced with all the au-
th0rity Of his office that the pursuit
Of VILLA would be begun with the
single object Of capturing him and
putting a stop to his ~forays"; and on
March 25 he declared that the expe.
dition was ordered "for the single
purpose Of taking the bandit VILLA"
To an observer unacquainted with
Mr.. WILSON'S intellectual and emo
tional processes. the formal state.
ments in which he described the pur.
pose Of the Mexican expedition and
the order regulating 1t might appear
irrecOncilable; but when allowance is
made for the Presidents disposition,
they are easily brought into harmony.
Mr.. WILSON must have an individual
to punish. reward. pursue: the army
Is not 50 handicapped. Mr.. WILSON
wanted. in April Of 1914. to declare
war on HuERTA and urged on Con-
gress Q resolution to that effect. He
was only restrained from so doing by
the wisdom OF the Senate; he then
demanded a salute to the flag. and
spilled blood to get 1t. only to he
satisfied without 1t nfterward. In the
present case. Mr.. WILSON has seen
only VILLA and has had In mind only
the punishment Of that elusive and
disreputable disturber Of the peace;
the army officers. unaffected by the
personalities involved. saw the real
task and prepared to accomplish It.
Mr.. WILSON did not get from
HUERrA his salute for the flag. and
that fact has not seemed to Cypress
him /; II the bandits Of northern Mex.
leo are effectively dispersed by our
troops. or by the soldiers Of the de
facto Government. the President may
content himself even though VILLA
slips away to some impenetrable
hiding place.
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II wore square toed shoes and swung
my arms they said ! was mannlsh. and
II I carried a parasol and wore a ribbon
In my hair they said I was too feminine.
II ] smiled they said l had too much
levity. and II l sighed they said I had
no sand.-Dr. ANNA NJ. CoMroRr's rem
tniscences OF womew doctors fffy pears
ago.
So the brave woman wore the shoes
that suited her. dressed her hair as
she pleased, smiled or sighed as things
went well or badly. persisted in spite
Of persecution. lived up to her cheerful
name. gained honor in her profession
and happiness a the mother OF a fam
lily: and proves her quality by refrain
ing from verbal!zing that rebuke to
the s%creeching fem!nists which her
useful life embodies.
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What more natural than that Sen.
ator JAMES HAMILTON LEWIS should
arise In hot reply to National Guard
critics? His " picture In the uni.
form Of the Washington State militia
still blazes with all its pink reful'
gence in the minds Of thousands OF
his countrymen. 1t outdazzles even
the photographs Of the great Ne.
braska Colonel. who 80 u%nfinchingly
faced camera battery after camera
battery before the Spanish war was
finally won.
As between the two photographs.
perhaps that Of the Nebraska Colonel
excels in stern grimness Of express
sion. with the thin Tipped, widely
elastic mouth compressed in a firm
%unyielding line we'll across the ex.
pnnsiv6 chasm between the two bel.
l~igercntly square Jaws.
But what the Washington Colonel's
portrait may have lost In suggestion
Of wars awful, u%nrelenting realities
Is made up In romantic loneliness
IT feature, pose and trappings. The
Jaunty, straight vizored martial cap
gracefully aslant toward the star.
board ear. the alert upward tilt OF
the beautiful face. the smart he.
frogged military Jacket, the keen
sword ready to the hand. the brisk
impression Of attention conveyed by
the squared forearm supported by the
clenched fist against the side. and
above all. the golden glory Of the
square cut but sweetly curled and
parted whiskers!
Short lived as the gratitude Of re-
publics may he. surely the joyous
greetings of a great people when that
vision was flashed upon them are not
yet wholly forgotten. There indeed
was militia preparedness for you.
With the cameras indisputable word
for It that the originals Of these two
Colonies actually existed and were
not fiippant stage f1ctions. who could
doubt instant readiness for wars
direct emergencies; who could picture
the blighting effect upon an enemy
" two such visions as these suddenly
sprung upon them?
It Is to the militia modified for
Federal defence that we owe both of
these precious memories. No wonder
Senator LEWIS arose In fiery defence
Of a force he himself has done so
much to adorn and Of whose s~artorial
preparedness his own treasured por.
trait has left an indelible impression
on the public mind.
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A Water Power Bill Under SuspicIon,

To wiE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: There
In a bill before the House NJ Represen-
~tatives. the Adamson substitute for the
Shields water power bill. which gives
spectators opportunity TO secure any
existing dam or water power Oh any
stream In any State II q part Of the
stream IL or can he made nayigable.
If the owners OF such existing water
power or dam do moi want TO sell their
dams n water powers they can b.,
taken from them by condemnation pro-
reedines and At prices probably mucn
below the owners valuations.
1T behoove every water power owner
to take up this matter with his Congress
man m Senators. WATER PowrR.
ALLE0AN, Mich. April 8.
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Echoes From Carnegie Hall.

TO THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Str: A
I 80 o'clock Thursday evening. April 6
I entered Carnegie Hail, taking Will
me an open mind on the subject OF pre-
~paredness. At about II y. NJ. 7 departed,
a convert to preparedness. having lis
tened TO two hours and a half ~ the
most uninteilieent ~lapdoodle by anti
preparedness speakers. accompanied by
vociferous and still less Intelligent. oh,
viously socialistic, applause. which
reached its climax. not at any argu-
ments against increased arnaments. but
at a violent dcnunclation Of capital
However. my desire is not to denouncs
these earnest souls. but to call attention
to two points which seem to have beer
overlooked by the reporters.
The first of these was a statement by
Congressman Oscar galloway. who is
ny tho way. n perfect specimen of the
theatrical producers idea OF n Congress
man, lie aid IAN our ports Tor forts
Il could not quite make out which, hut
the point Ia the same In either case are
as strongly fortified as the Dardanclles.'
Is comment upon this statement neces-
sary"
The other was that while all ths
speakers hut one launched tho highest
enoomiums for "~citizsn soldiers" that one,
Amos Pinchot. objected to the proposed
summer camps for schoolboys on the
ground that the boys would he under the
supervision OF ignorant militiamen. so
stupid that they do not even know how
to take care Of their horses, I do not
recall his exac words. but that was the
essence OF the remark.
Another point worthy of note II that
Carnegie Hall was not filled for this
widely advertised meeting. There were
less than two rows occupied In the gal
lery. and wide open spaces in the bal
comics, and even on the stage, And, "A
remarked above. the nature OF the ap-
plause was clear proof Of the character
Of the audience. n.
NEW YonK, April O.
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JoSEPKUS THE SUPPREsSoR.
A Portrait Etched by Colonel Harvey
with Needle ana Acid.

TWIN inc NOItN HWertCuw nettC6.
We have already sketched the ro-
mantle early career Of our First Lord
OF the Admiralty. but the full story
OF his arbitrary and shaimefully unjust
acts, designed to discredit faithful Of
ficers, which have resulted in the par
tial decentralization and the utter dis
heartenment Of the service. remains
to he told.
1t suffices the present purpose to
instance two examples Of suppression
and deceit. Of which was limited
at most reluctantly by Admiral Badger.
When the Secretary Of the Navy
reported officially TO the President.
the Congress- and the people, in
December, 1914. that the navy was
In q state Of full preparedness. he
was not speaking out Of his abun-
dance Of Ignorance; he deliberately
distorted the truth. Not once but
many times. both orally and in writ
ing. his senior adviser. Rear Ad-
miral Fiske. since denoted. had placed
before him the facts to the contrary
which have since been elected by the
Naval Committee and established by
preponderance of testimony. Simulta-
neously. moreover. he refused TO pub
lish the report Of the General Board
unless Its recommendation OF a large
increase in personnel were eliminated.
This having been lone with great re-
luctance. IN consequence Of the boards
desire to put the other portions Of
its statement before the public. the
Secretary brazenly quoted the emas-
pttlafosN rarSnrt I'm S,sntNarf ~ bic NJ
sertion that "by wisely utilizing the
present enlisted personnel all ships
Of tho classes named can be main
tanned in full commission without addi-
ton to the present enlistment and
therefore no legislation Is needed"
The net result Of this subterfuge Ia
q decrease in battleships with full
complement from 81 &c Is.
In December. 1915. after having sup
pressed the July report Of the Gem
eral Board, the Secretary repeated the
deception Of the previous year by
publishing another REPORT which
omitted important recommendations
M represented the views Of the
board only partially and therefore both
inadequately and inaccurately. lie
~" oPe.'A e'eu. 0
' nA'
ihc,easeu 'ne es'i'na'es oi 'he Cen
era Doa,u "'e". as -" MATER VI 'ac..
no "ao h"i''eu ny "roi'r"y o.oe.
we amount wnich ,ne poaru snouIo
p'opo'e 'o,s, ",euIess w say ',ue'
smaller thar ii had originally advised.
riehoe ,"e TERM Il oah'e's' ho" Ia
iliiiar the navy as sSuoh-
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Nothing could better illustrate the
speed with which the city In pushing
it's built up spaces into the very limits
Of Greater New York than this SEN
tence concluding an account OF the
sale Of acreage property In the Little
Neck district:
ut is not known whether the pur-
chaser intends to develop tho property
or use it for agricultural purposes"
Some men who will not admit that
they are yet oldsters remember when
it was a full days yachting cruise to
Little Neck's shore: now a railway
ride while one reads a newspaper.
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To THE EDITOR OF TIE SrN--Sp. PRO.
lessor Phelps of Yale said 81 ,su't
quito see the consistency OF going To
church II We mean to murder those who
Interfere with our personal liberty"
One OF the unaltorable and forever
applicable passages OF the sacred Scrip-
lures reads "When the strong ono
armed guardeth his courts hls goods
are secure, but II m stronger than he
come upon him. and overcome him, IA,
taketh away all his arnor wherein he
trusted. and d~tstributeth his spoils."
Must not h good churchgoing stu
HIGHLAND FALLS, April S, J.u.B.
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the tigers didn't get Mr.. ROOSEVELT
while he was in Africa, but II the Re-
publicans nominate him for President
I would have to vote for him." As q
naturalist Mr.. Wilcox IL not to be
taken seriously, being ignorant ap-
parently Of the fact that there are no
tigers in Africa; but as a loyal party
man he Is above reproach. Any mar
who would vote for q candidate he'd
rather see dead than President shows
a devotion 10 the creed Of political
regularity that should endear him to
the hearts Of all standpatters.
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Art At the Civic Centre.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Just
let your eye-one eye will be enough
rest upon that model erected upon the
desccrated fountain In CITY Hall Park.
whether II represents Casey at the bat
or Teddy with his club. Or can II be n
~premonition Of the Angelina Crane foun-
tain? Also please stand on tho sidewalk
at the northeast corner Of the Post
ONCE and observe where FOUR line OF
vision, passing over the head OF Casey,
or Teddy. or whoever he Ia. strikes the
City Hall. and let III know why this
muchness OF dimension. Is the CITY
Hall to be made 4 side ornament Of the
monument? SPECTATOR.
NEW YORK, April q,
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Not all OF the utterances and acts
OF the Hon. SAMUEL GoMPERs have
been SO sensible and commendable as
his reminder to labor hat its in
terests are bound up with the common
fortunes. and that the immediate
problems OF preparation for defence
are distressingly complicated by the
Introduction OF "incongruous and ir-
relevant matters" however excellent
In themselves these matters may ap-
pear. His plea for nse and un-
s%elfishness a the confusing lines
Of class consciousness.
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ment Of this Newspaper forbid II to
attempt the impossible.
The editor Of the Ar0onaut Is too
wise not to be a constant reader Of
THE Sun. and cannot have failed to
discover and rejoice in our uncon.
cealed admiration for all the people,
all the climates, all the e%xpositlons,
all the markets Of San Francisco
but that interesting city's character,
so far as We are concerned, must re.
NAMED unappraised because 1t Is I'm.
appraisable.
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With VILLA crushed. now Ia the logical
time for the punitive force to withdraw.
-Rem1rks Of an anonymous member OF
the CdrraMsd Government.
The Mexican definition Of punitive
loses something Of the v~indictiveness
attributed TO tropical temperaments
when soldiers from the north arr the
agents Of punishment. While there's
a VILLA At large there will be villistas
plotting mischief. as none should know
better than the Carranzistas.
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what do the people who LUXURIOUS.

what do the people who lugubrious-
ly depict our colleges lack Of culture,
British model. think Of that cultures
demonstration In the remarks of JOHN
COOPER PowYs, Oxon.. about u demo-
cratic "sentimentalism. false ideals
phrases. catch words" wage slaves
fiagellated and pushed down at the
bottom" an "unctuous. self-compla-
cent. unintelliGent. unillumined bourse-
oisie in the middle and capitalist
''rascals at the top? Oh. admirable
culture!
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Where Are the Witches?

Delaware still use the whipping
post, and New Jersey. 1t Is said, car
ries on her statute books an unre-
pealed bit Of ancient legislation
against witchcraft. A woman in
Newark is under police surveillance
pending the result Of examination Of
the old law and determination Of its
applicability to her case.
Modern superstition Is a rccognizn-
BILE descendant Of the elder witchcraft.
The brew OF the old hays on the heath
In Macbeth" has lost It's potency /;
from horrible II has become ridiculous.
The authors of "Malleus M%aleficarum''
would not recognize as matter for
their critical attention, however they
would admire, the diabolical arts Of
politics. But charms and nominations,
love philtres and divining rods are
not too crude an apparatus for this
generation; brOOmsticks are no long
or aerial jitney buses, but black cats
are ms OminOus as ever. Our Ca
gliostrOs are not so admired for learn
Ing as their prototype; our Matthew
HOpkinses ply their witchhnding
trade without penalty of n wizards
fate themselves. Halloween Is mis-
chievous and mussy, but mundanely
so. Who nowadays "gcts" his enemies
by pupcturing with pins their waxcn
cfigies? Walpurgisnacht Is a party
convention.
Newark had better not try to match
Salem. Probably Shadow Lawn next
summer will be the nearest thing to a
real revival Of witchcraft.
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Not quite the thrill. probably. in the
score Of Columbia's rife team that Is
found in baseball or rowing stories.
but there 10 high contemporary inter-
est In reading that It's score Of 992 In
It's shooting against the Oregon Aggies
leads the previous best college record,
also Columbia's, by four points. 1t
was the accurate rife shooting Of Colo
mel DoDD's men that most distressed
Mexican bandits and mo- impressed
Mexican non-combatantA Well done.
Columbia.
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Harvard o. the water.

IL was TO ne expected that after
Harvard's humiliation on the Thames
last June the undergraduate deeps
would murmur until a ground swell
swept something from Its m~oorings.
Perhaps the figure is not adequate.
Certainly the agitation at Harvard
over the rowing policy Is more like
breakers on a lee shore than q ground
swell. When popular undergraduates
like the first marshal Of the senior
class and the captain Of last years
football team attack the present sys-
TEN. which vests control Of rowing in
the captain Of the university crew In.
stead Of In the coach when the Grim
son demands a change; when the COX.
swain Of the first crew and even men
In the boat desire coach control. old
Harvard Is nightly stirred up about
the matter.
Undergraduates always want vic.
tory, and so long as the means are
s~portsmanlike they are not particular.
Another clean sweep on the river by
Yale would put rowing at Harvard
In the doldrums. and interest In It
would languish. During the long
series Of Yale triumphs in the period
from 1880 to 1907 Inclusive. when
Harvard won only three times. rowing
was naturally the least popular sport
Mt Cambridge. Between zoos and 1913
Yale understood why. Rowing has
a strong hold upon Harvard in spite
Of the defeats OF the last two years.
as the hotilla of shells Of all kinds on
the Charles River proves, but the zeal
and zest would not long survive
added reverses.
An impression prevails among the
undergraduates that favoritism has
crept into the selection OF members
Of the university crew. This Is re-
Elected In what the first marshal Of
the senior class writes to the Grim
On: AT a recent meeting Of the ath-
letic committee one former cap
tain made the arrogant remark that
although our crew had been defeated
by six lengths. It vas composed Of
eight Of the finest men in the univer.
sity. This Is just the spirit that We
undergraduates interested In Harvard
sports resent" To-day Harvard wants
winners On Its teams and crews. NOT
good fellows" and young gentlemen
Of the Four Hundred. 1.-THE crew"
says the first marshal. SHOULD not be
a detached part Of our athletic sys-
TEN, but an integral part OF it," And
so say the great body Of the under.
graduates.
MIR. ROBERT r. HERRICK. the new
rowing coach. dissents from the opin.
lon that absolute authority should he
vested in him. THE captain OF the
crew." he says In q letter to the Grim
son.. sis elected by the itself as
Its leader, and to the fullest eX-
tent possible should act so through
out the season and in the race" To
this strictly amateur view the re-
joinder Is made that a boy Of twenty
or twenty-one seldom or never knows
what Is best for a crew. and II the
coach is a seasoned vetcran and a
specialist. as he should he. his indc.
pendent judgment ought to rule and
prevail. Ultimately the u%ndergradu-
ates will have their way, We believe.
Harvard has become so mighty In
football by giving supreme control to
her salaried coach that the logic Of
the situation points to the subordi-
nation Of the captain Of the crew to
the rowing coach.
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Now an American seaman. member
Of the crew Of one Of the saucy
Moewe's prizes. tells the story OF her
run through the British naval Gordon
into snug harbor al Wilhelmshaven.
With every new contribution to the
narrative the wonder OF the Moewe's
record grows.
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When a member Of the House Mill
tary Committee assures us there are
mo jokers" in the army reorganiza-
ton bill and an officer of the National
Guard solemnly afirms that there ia
no militia lobby. what can there he In
the way of quick action and q deciding
vote?