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Nature Taxing ut Harvard.

II IL not necessary for Colonel
ROOSEVELT to 90 To the wilds of AZ
RIGA. South America or the West In
dies to make startling discoveries. In
whatever capacity he may appear NJ
ANY given place. he has always with
him those keen eyes from which Moth
ing Of moment escapes. During ms
recent visit to Cambridge in the dig
nitied and conservative role of II Har-
ward Overseer he was annoyed 10 hnd
that his Alma Mater Is carele>>ly
jeopardizing his reputation as n natu-
ralist. Harvard has done, in fact. Il
rank injustice tn her greatest living
graduate by putting his Devil Bird
of Trinidad In II false position.
Harvard has chosen tn make It's
stuffed specimen Of the Colonels nut
eating. hewhiskered archaeological
m%onstrosity assume the appearance
of Il robin roosting on its nest, an
attitude never taken by any kind of
bird that has something Of the heroic
in its makeup. The Devil Bird of
Trinidad requires but little sleep. anl
when il needs rest from its permanent
occupation of looking for trouble II
squuts on the ground, maintaining,
even In slumber, n condition of thor
ough preparedness against attack.
The Devil Bird, in fact, Is to II robin
what n p%ugnacious patriot is L" III
ultra-pacitist. a fact that makes Har-
wards nature taking at this crisis
, especially reprehensible. For the
| sake Of scientific accuracy, and in
! justice to It's illustrious Overscer,
Harvard should take Its Devil Bird
of Its perch and place II with Its
feet on solid ground and its head
perked up tn catch the first rum"rs
of impending peril.
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Books OF College Verse.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: \
Cambridge correspondent in TUE SrN
Of April 3 somewhat hastily
that there will he nothing new about
the ~"Princeton Book OF Verse; mas
much AZ a man named Tompkins col
iected some verses from the Hdrrdrd
Advocate thirty or forty years ago. and
inasmuch as there Is to he another Of
these collections, containing both prose
and verse. appearing shortly.
The "Princeton Book OF Verse will
he something quite new. both in the
character Of the work itself and in the
method Of selecting and editing that
has been adopted. II is almost entirely
new and unpublished work by men on
the Princeton campus, not a collection
OF verses from old college magazines,
There have been books OF Princeton
verse In the past. and these have been
in the hands Of the editor OF the pres
ent volume. When therefore Mr.. AL
fred Noyes says that he believes tina
this new book Will be unique in college
literature II would be- fairer to wait and
see rather than to dismiss II before it
has appeared, OBSERVER.
PRINCETON. ". j., April IS.
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KultuP.

Several more expOnents of true
neutrality have been brought to light
by the police after Il prosperous career
Of blowing up merchant ships depart
ing from American ports. Their EN-
terprise exhibits that superior respect
for law and punctilious regard for
the obligations reposing on all per-
sons domiciled in the United States
In which persons moi Of Teutonic
extraction are lamentably lacking,
according to the best observations
Of Kultur. and their methods betray.
70 far as they have been disclosed.
IN approximation to the processes OF
the yeggman which must stir the very
founts of true affection.
It Is u matter Of sincere regret. in
high Teutonic circles. we ire cred
IDLY Informed, that the inherent and
acquired limitations ~ the unhyphen.
ated American mind prevent 1t from
recognizing the obvious preeminence
IN all things that are good Of those
whose hearts are bound up with the
Kaiser's cause. With what detection,
then, will the d%etestable activities
Of Captain TUNNEY and his aids be
regarded wherever the true light OF
devotion to honor, liberty and peace
= cherished!
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Interpretations ny a Misappre'
hender,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Your
editorial article Hypothetical Questions
and a Question OF Fact" in THE Sun
Of April II will undoubtedly fool sorne
Of your readers.
Now that the American people are
being Inundated by Mr.. Wilson and our
country discredited in the eyes OF the
world. II certainly helps the situation
for sou to c~riticise ex-President Roose-
welt. Especially 80 when he Is one Of
the few patriots doing his utmost at
this time "a save the country from ma
tional ruin.
Instead Of throwing cobwebs in the
eyes Of the people II seems to some Of
us that II would be more wholesome II
your splendid paper would uphold Colo
mel Roosevelt In the magnificent fight he
Is making. as against trying to em-
barrass him.
Most people have a fair idea what
Colonel Roosevelt II talking about. and
the real pity of the situation Is that
more public men do not follow In his
footsteps of criticising the present stupid
Administration. II you are proposing
questions. ask President Wilson II he
would again appoint MIR. Bryan and Mr..
Daniels to his Cabinet.
To call attention to Colonel Roose-
yelt's article In the outlook OF Septem-
Der ~, 1919, ~ NOT relevant AZ tnls
time In view OF what has happened in
Belgium and In this country since that
date. That article was written only a
few weeks after the Wal had started.
on September %. 1914. Belgium was
merely invaded. Since that time the
Germans AVE tried 10 practically eX-
! terminate the Belgian people by commit
ting in that unhappy country every
crime tabulated in the Penal code. Since
September %. 1914. the I.usitinia and
a dozen other passenger ships have been
wantonly destroyed. and public sen,i-
ment in the United states has there
fore completely changed.
Our neutrality as proclaimed by Presi-
| dent Wilson. in view OF German bar
barism, has at last become a stencil In
the ~nostrils Of the American people
Since the article In question appeared
In the outlook Colonel Roosevelt has
changed his opinion. The American
people have changed their opinion as
we'll.
II will also b apparent in November
that most Of the voters in the land have
| changed their opinion Of Mr.. Wilson
| and Colonel Roosevelt.
RICHARD NESRr GATtISG.
NEW YORK.. April IL.
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JOE BROWNS REFORM.
GeOrGia's Foremost Letter Writer A.
sails the Milling Trust.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Many
times have ] seen II intimated that
Little Joe Brown. former Governor of
Georgia, was in with the money devils,
wicked railroads and many other imps
of Satan. and cared little or nothing for
the uplift OF mankind in fact. the milk
Of human kindness wasn't in him.
but. alas. Little Joe has driven the
Knife deep into those who have made
these base assertions against him, for he
has just opened a grist mill o. Little
River. Cherokee county. from which runs
a constant and impeccable stream NJ
philanthropy, giving tn. poor forty
pounds Of tiour 10 the hushel after taxi
ing out seven and a half pounds as toll,
where heretofore mills have given only
At the best thirty-four pounds to the
bushcl.
Thus at one fell swoop not only does
Little Joe distribute free six pounds Of
hour to every one who brings a hushcl
of wheat to his mill. but shows up the
wiCkcdncss OF those who have been
grinding the faces ~ the poor by tax
ing loaNes OF bread from their mouths in
more thar seven and a half pounds in
tolls a bushcl of wheat.
JAMES u. DEwELI, Jr.
MARIETTA. Ga. April II.
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THEODORE AND THE C0UN.
Mr.. Gutson Borgllm Depicts the Colo.
mel - the Most UnselAsh Of Men.

To II EDITOR o. THE SUN-Str: MIR.
George l.. Upshur's letter in your Sun
days paper makes an earnest appeal to
Colonel Roosevelt to support the great
one time Secretary Of State and Of War,
and he points, rightly and wisely, to the
wholly unique position the Colonel holds
and the opportunity that Is his OF
magnanimously naming another and 40
answering and burying forever all
calumny that lies neck deep about our
and against "Roosevelt's Unsuitable
self"
As one who makes the reading Of men
and character his life study. and one
who has known the Colonel more or
less personally. seen. studied and OBJ
served him. not always with the preju-
dice Of admiration, let me here say. and
put II down now. I believe Theodore
Roosevelt Is one Of the most ~selfiess
men. A. s%elnshness IL understood.
have ever met or come to know, grant
ing that he. In common with all great
leaders. possesses one Of the most force
full. yet perfectly honest. eGos that I
have soon. and which leads the timid
and superficial into misjudgment.
The Government Of this great land
IL about to return to the people. who
will reentrust II to such trustees as the
people may elect. Mr.. Upshur IL con-
scious Of the power Colonel Roosevelt
holds In this reconstruction. M that
he may be able to name the standard
bearer. should the harmony necessary
be ENDANGERED by his own candidacy,
But Mr.. Upshur IL not mindful OF the
great inland and West coast, which
would not accept Root, and there Is even
a more dangerous reason, the Progress
sives would not indorse him.
Roots services to his country. TO the
common cause OF mankind which we
Republicans feel has suffered in the
hands OF the present Administration
must now he In the great aid he. bat
ter than any except the Colonel. car
give In harmonizing and reconstructinH
the broken political ranks Of the party
Of Abraham Lincoln. There Is great
work to he done. and America now
needs, az she has rarely needed, great
unselish men. who will take our coun'
try. like the great, will-less, patient chile
she In. and restore her to strength. give
her back a prosperity that is not wrune
from widowed Europe, q protection that
helps legitimately our own. a prepared
ness that secures us against not only
the fate OF Bclgivp. but i%ndignities non'
Is too contemplate TO heap upon Us
with IMMUNITY.
But before and In Chicago We mus
| give and forgive. unite. harmonize AM
agree We must remember none OF us
are all right. none OF us are all wrong
with only an inclination toward thi'
state Of mind the Chicago convention
will mark. in the only way IL should b'
marked. the new era that now over
whelms us. that Is forcing this Western
world INTO international dimensions
into certain reconstruction. with worlo
obligations that are rapidly uniting al
mankind. GUrzoN BoRGLCM.
NEW YORK, April 10.
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watering the Rursl end suburban
Districts.

We can see no objection to selling
city water to communities outside the
corporate limits Of New York, II we
have more than we need for Our WI
purposes, and the customers are will
ing to pay a fair price: a price, that
L.. in reasonable proportion to the
cost Of swollen charges for land. ex-
cessive condemnation fees, %preposter-
Gus taxes levied by rural assessors.
II IL notorious that the water supply
costs more than 1t should. largely be-
cause OF the scientific gouging to
which this town is subjected by the
rustic population whenever It ven
lures outside to purchase anything.
IL Westchester settlements are will
ing to bear part Of the burden, and
water can be diverted from the nque-
ducts without hardship TO the resi-.
dents south Of the county line, We
should drive a bargain with them.
But this equitable arrangement Is
not proposed. as we understand the
matter. What the statesmen Of West
chester want to do Is to tap the
mains, draw of whatever amount of
water pleases them. and then through
legislative enactment establish a price
that will suit their pocketbooks, re-
gardless Of the damage that may be
im,.ncod IN Now York. They believe
it lies within their power to bring
about n situation In which their con
tribution to the upkeep Of the collect
ing and distributing system shall he
purely nominal. To accomplish this
they need only to speed up the up
| State political machine a little, utter
a few shrieks about "Tammany," and
proclaim that to make New York city
pay is the supreme act Of II virtuous
administration.
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EARLY PREPAREDNESS.
In 1i4S the Long Bow Il Replaced. by
a Wise Defender. with Cross Bows.

TIC THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Here
is Il copy of a letter written in 1449 by
one Margaret Pastor to her husband.
John
Ryt wurchipfui husbond. r~comawnd
me to yu. and prey w to gete some
crosse bowls and wyndacs to bynd them
with. and ausrrels: for your hwsis her ben
SO low that Their may non man -chet owt
with no long bowe. thow We hadde never
so moche nede.
| sopose ye xuld have seche things of
Ser Ion Fastolf, II ye void send 10 hym.
and also I void We xuld gete Il or rs
schort pelleaNls to kepe with doris. and
also many Jakkys, aud ye may.
Partryche and his felascheps arm sor
aferyd that ye void entren aycn up on
them, and they have made CRETE ordnance
with the hwse, as II H. told me. They
have made harris to barre the dorys crosse
weyse. and they have made wyket. on
every quarter OF the hwsc to schote ovt.
ate both with bowys and with hand
gunHys; and the holys that ben made fovr
hand gunnys. they hen scarce kne hey
from the plswnch"r AMI OF such hollis hen
made FIVE. There can non man schctc
o"t AZ them with M hand howy>.
The letter - copied from social Eng
land, by II Il. ryaill. J. y. r.
MorNr NERSoS. April IL,
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Earl RUSSELL wrote on January 10,
1852, to Lord LYONS, the British Min
lister at Washington:
IF the real terminus Of the voyage
be bona fide In a neutral territory. no
English. nor, indeed. as her Majesty's
Government believe. any American au-
given c~ountenance to the doctrine that
either men or dispatches can be sub
ject. during such a voyage. and on
board such q neutral vessel. to belllger-
ent capture as contraband Of war
That was the principle maintained
BY Great Britain In the case Of the
seizure Of the persons Of the COnfed-
crate Commissioners MASON and Sill
DELI from the British mail steamer
Trent by the commander Of the Amer
lean man-of.war San Jacinto. That
doctrine Of neutral rights on the
high seas was insisted upon by Great
Britain as fundamental. and 1t was
finally recognized by the Government
Of the United States. at some cost to
national pride. by the liberation Of
the persons seized.
The British Minister for Foreign
Affairs had stated the case to Lord
LYONS on November 30, 1861:
'Certain individuals have been forcibly
taken from on board a British vessel.
the ship Of q neutral Power. while such
vessel was pursuing a lawful and inno-
cent voyage-an act OF violence which
was an affront to the British nag and
. violation of international law"
In his preliminary discussion of the
subject Mr.. SEWARD had advanced In
q tentative way the self-preservation
theory In defence Of the seizure:
~ the safety of this Union required
the detention OF the captured persons
It would be the right and duty of this
Government to detain them"
A proposition which Earl RUSSELL
promptly brushed aside in the follow.
ing reply:
His frankne8 compeA me to be
equally open. and to inform him tina,
Great Britain could not have submitted
to the preparation Of the wrong how.
ever nour!sh!ng might have been the In,
surrsction in the South and howeve,
important tho persons captured Nigh,
have been"
Not to multiply extracts from the
correspondence in this we'll known
case, 1t is enough to cite Secretar,
Stewards frank statement Of his rea
sons for %acQuiescing In the British
argument and complying with thu
British demand:
~ ! decide this case In favor Of m!
own Government 1 must disavow II
most cherished principles. and reveu
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From ht Pea Ridgf rod.

FfOU Wf Tea HIdOf Tod,
An Old fashioned taCkE party was in.
dulgei In by the young folks of Pea Ridge
Friday night. Miss Hazel Rarr took the
prize for the ttckiest party, and Hurley
Miller Vas the orneriest looking boy.
CNothing unusual for Hurley
a peanut drvouring contest; was a fca-
ture OF the evening Flight peanuts were
given out to each guest and the one cat-
Ing them In the shortest time received
four sticks NJ chewing gum, Miss Tina
Gaines secured the prize, and is quite proud
of her ga>tronrWic teli.
Refreshments were peanuts, pop,o~l a"l
chewing wax
There was not u lsrge crowd present. but
all enjoyed themselves, Proceeds % ~.
to he used In paying for furnishings for
the auditorium.
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SOLDIERS; lNrEMPERANcE.
A%bolishing the Canteen Said to he
the Main Cause Of II.

To THE EDITOR " THE SUN-Str: f..
A.. Moffett In a letter to THE Sun OF
April 6 rightly deplored the mistaken
zeal "of a group Of gOody goodies n
busybodies who could not rest until they
had prevailed upon Congress to Abolish
the army canteen." 1t seems that there
was no referendum allowed In the mat
ter. The men in the army had no op.
p%ortunity for discussion. It Is charged
that the woman's Christian Temper
nee Union led the crusade In a fanaticaI
spirit. m to this day refuses n pro-
posai for a reconsideration. II the wo-
men continue Il use their voting power
in this arbitrary manner II Will make
a strong argument against their right
of suffrage. The officers OF the army
adopted the canteen rs a means OF pro-
noting temperance. and satisfactory re-
suits followed. Why did Congress in
terfere? II was surely a question OF
home rule in the army.
The Catholic Bishop Of Wheeling. w.
Va. the Right Rev. r. J. Donahue. was
quoted by Jason Martin In his pam
phlct. THE Fallacy Of Prohibition" as
follows:
am opposed to prohibition. among
other reasons because II does not prohibit.
I have ever set my face against Intern
perance. yet I prefer to see a man drink
n glass Of beer openly than buy and
drink u keE sneakinGly. Arch.
bishop Ireland. strong advocate OF tenn
perance as he II. did. together with the
oldest and most experienced ofncers OF the
army. Enormously oppose the abolition OF
the canteen. This attempt at prohibition
a. army posts and soldiers homes has
resulted In vastly Increased drunkenness
and disease among the men. ] have In
vestigated matters OF this kind at Old
Point Comfort. With the csnteen the old
soldiers took their glass OF beer or light
wine at their meals and other stated &C.
cas!ons, without 1, they are lurcd into
dens of vice cutsid the home. are stupe
Ned with drugyed beer or whisky. robbed
and infected with loathsome disease. In
those vile haunts the degenerate and de
graded. without distinction OF color. min
gle In debauches which words fail to de
scribe. Tho abolition OF the can,een has
produced n vcritsble hell upon earth around
army posts. and II our representative
In Congress had the courage TO look facts
In the face. the present reGime would not
last twcnty-four hours. Let us he Chris
tian men OF moderation In drink as In all
other things. but do not lie, others put q
muzzle on US as they do on dogs.
Last summer ] had the opportunity &c
see some OF the grog shops adjacent to
the barracks at Plattsburg. and was
informed that II Was not the quantity
but the bad quality Of the liquor tha'
had suc injurious effects upon the men
One humanitarian was endeavoring to
get samples for chemical analysis.
A FRIEND OF THE SOLDIER.
NEW YORK, April Is.
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SIMPLIFYING r
District Attorney Cropsey Has Found
Authority 70 DO II.

To THE EDiToR OF THE SuN-Sir:
Your editorial article Common Sense
in the Courts" prompts me TO write
this letter. You point out h slmplifed
form of Indictment for murder now In
use in England under a statute re-
Gently passed. and you compare with
that a portion Of an Indictment very
recently found in this State In "A muir
der case. The English form contains
but a few words. while the other form
you have pointed out contains many
hundreds OF words. My object In writ
ing liz to call attention to the fact that
under the statutes of this State in
dictments not only can but should he
drawn in the most simple form. and
one for murder ran be drawn with
almost as few words as the English
form.
In 1881 our Criminal Code was
adopted and that provided that an in
dictment must" contain "a plain and
concise statement Of the act constitute
ing the crime without unnecessary
repetition" All old forms were then
abolished and since that time the form
should have been siinplifed as the
statute provides. However. that has
not been at all generally done. as I
ascertained shortly after became
District Attorney. and thereupon this
Office undertook to prepare simpliied
forms Tor use in all cases.
This was lone as far back as 1912
by us and since that time simpliied
forms have been in general use In this
county. The form of the murder In
dictment which was in general use
when I entered his office contained
oil words. The form OF murder In
dictment which I have prepared and
used for years contains 25 words. Our
form is o unlike the English form
II is as follows:
The defendant, on -. -. In the
county OF Kings, w%ilfuliy. feioniousiy and
Of malice aforethought shot and killed A..
Il with a pistol.
Under this form a number of persons
have been convicted in this county
and their convictions have been af-
frmed by the Court Of Appeals and the
Judgments executed. We have pre-
pared aUd are using similar forms for
all the crimes, and have been doing
go during the greater part OF the past
o years.
Few Of these forms have been di-
rectly attacked for insufficiency. but
those hat have been &c attacked have
been sustained. Because the provi-
sions OF the Criminal Code referred
10 have been so gene1ally ignored for
so many years. II not unnaturally has
misled people into believing that an
amendment to our Law was necessary
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q" lut t.pIr"H {" rnr Sr> >r: Tan
shoes viii crack dutck"r 'han bia,k lcath.
crs because during the pruccss employed
to get In. tan leather Of even roloring tho
nils are extracted II the shoes are
washed nov and ta"u with water and
CASTLE SOAP ana polished with a soft cloth
hcfure they are Thoroughly dry, their lie
Viii Il" prolonged Hut hard cloths should
never be used, for such cloths crack tho
leather, Moreover care must be taken
taat not too much friction is used IN pnl-
ishiug Bonf.
NIW NuEk, ApTil ~.
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A number OF friends OF the soldiers
who have learned through THE Sun
that the pursuers Of VILLA want to-
bacco have asked us to accept con-
tributions to crafty their longings.
one gentleman has already sent us a
check for s25 and another a dollar bill.
THE Sun regrets that it cannot I'M
dertake the administration of a fund
OF this kind, and requests its readers
not to send any money to II. The thing
to do is TO send the money To Major
General FREDERICK FUNSTON. Fort
Sam Houston, Ten. and General Fun
sToN will have the Quarternaster's
Department make a proper and states
manlike division of the proceeds.
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The gravity Of the situation In Mex

The gravity Of the situation In Mex.
ics. In the new aspects presented by
General CARRANzA's present attitude
and BY the reports Of actual attacks
By hostile troops or mobs upon the
American soldiers. makes It all the
more important to birdie indignation
and restrain expression till the course
Of our Government Is determined.
The difficulty Of the problem Of the
Administration should be apparent to
every patriotic citizen and infiamed
writing or cocksure talking mt this
time can contribute nothing to the
solution.
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TO AID OLD POST OFFICE MIN
uouac Sub-i Ommittcr R"p"r's "-
NOrRbIy for SuprranuuHtr'

W>suINGToS, April - \'..
report on the bl.l i~ulrndg,,.i Do"
sentative Griffin of Sew N"'.. -
Tor retirement of ~>up,',,t..
ployces If the Post bN. .r l''i
was made to the full, Ilnv, ir
committee To-day hy tho rHh.
The hill author iz"S IN"
indefinite leaves of ah~rl, e. -. .'
incapacitatcd for aCtIN" N"lN
''Thc Subcommittee 'cr|-.
report, that If the p''."".
policy IL to he continued ''r
must he devised So that TO-. tN''
Of the employees in tn" -"rN "
increase beyond the p"'"' 81"
maximum of service wl'hln ',I
hours of ernpiuN ,u"t u '
"As Assistant Postmaster o.
Roper has expressed No.
d%extcrity, ouickncss ~ hand ag.
other qualities of Nouta are 'r
required Tor the p"rf"rmu
office work 80"