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IT COMES HIGH.
Millions for the Mexican Policy and
All for the Glory Of Wilson,

To THE EplToR OF THE SUN-Str: I
was staggered when | read In THE Sun
that our Mexican policy would cost US
$500. o00. 900. Is this huge sum to be
pointed TO with pride by the American
commissioners In conference with the
Mexican ENJOYS? Is 1t to be shown as
proof Of what the American Government
is willing to do for General Carranza?
Two hundred million dollars! Sweep
out padded cell No. 90. and put into 1t
at once our eminent Washington leaders
who are taxing us 10 death to point
with pride" What would any great
business do to a president who spent
100000 OF Its money so that he could
point with pride?
Much to my hamc I voted for Mr..
Wilson o years ago. One OF my sons
answered tho call TO the colors and
marched or with his regiment. His
mother and I tearfully but proudly babe
him goodby, for we could not foresec
that the whole man1uvrs was Intended
as a setting for the point with pride"
farce. We felt that In all probability
our nag was In danger. Now our eyes
have been opened. The militia was SIM
ply used as a pawn In n game that will
cost the taxpayers 5000. 600. 900. And
the Secretary OF War has the %effrontery
10 assert that this money must not be
considered rs wholly wasted"
Well, we must be patient. November
Z Is not far off. 1t was q costly cx.
pertinent for the country. Our lemon
has been purchased at a terrific cost.
NEVER AGAIN.
JERSEY CITY, y. j., September ..
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A S~alutatl0n TO . Friend Who Is
Stll1 with Us.

General JAMES HARRISON WILSON
has had the are felicity of receiving
the spontaneous tribute Of n friend
who. mourning him sincerely, be-
lieved that he had gone over to the
majority tn join the choicest spirits
of the civil war: and The SuN has
passed through the grateful expert.
cncc Of learning that the information
that occasioncd its farewell to n gal
liant soldier and good citizen was the
result of the mental confusion of Il
contemporary whom 1t has always re-
garded as Il Rock Of Gibraltar for
reliability. the Army and Nary
journal.
In its issue Of Saturday that ex.
cellent service publication conveyed
the unwelcomc tidings TO its readers
that General WILSON was no more.
and the General will be pleased to
read the splendid record Of his ser.
vices In three wars that followed the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SuCu u prev lOuciy uU-
impcachable authority THE Sun could
not doubt. and 1t proceeded in good
faith and with poignant sorrow to
repeat the announcement and say
what it thought of JAMES HARRISON
WILSON as an officer and II gentleman.
and rs a man ami n citizen. 1t re-
tracts nothing and aflirms everything
that 1t said In praise and appNcia-
ton Of General WILSON, but 1t is
sincerely sorry If the mistake has
caused him or any one a moments
discomfort.
One of General WILSON'S numerous
friends has brought to THE SuN the
news that he Is in sound health with
his habitual cheerful outlook on life.
1t Is most welcome news and lie him
self will realize how glad THE SuN
Is ~ receive 1t.
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Low Visibility Again.

There will he no complication in
the case of the American steamship
Owego, which n German submarine
fired ut In the English Channel on
August 2. Everybody concerned was
satisfied: Captain BARLOW Of the
Owpgo. because his ship was not hit:
Kommnndant HEIMRRINCK OF the L
boat, because he did not hit tho
Owcgo and make trouble between the
United States and Germany.
At first the AFFAIR looked sinister.
Pains had been taken to make the
Owego conspicuously American: she
was all Stars and Stripes on her
sides. in paint; her name stood out
in letters Of warning not to shoot {; and
n national flag twenty-five feet Ion;
strcamed v her stern. Nobody Oh
board worried. Yet as she nenrcl
the French coast shots fell all about
her, rs II she were an ordinary neu.
trail that had used the paint pot spar
ingly and depended for security upon
her national colors. When Captain
BARLOW realized that his ship was Il
target he rang the right bell and she
stopped. He saw nothing but the
weather. which was thick, and the
sea. which was calm. Suddenly a
submarine emerged nca him, and Ne
went on board by request. The Amer.
lean skipper. at home again, reports
the following dialogue. K~ommandant
HErMBRINCK speaking first:
Captain. you should be more care
full this Is war time"
"You should be more careful didn't
YOU see my flag
But l ~signa.ied you TO stop"
How could I see your signals when
I could not see our boat
We think the American captain had
the best Of the argument. but ne
tcstiiies that the Kommandant was
very pleasant; indeed, he gave Cap
tain BARLOW Il permit to proceed with
his ship, which looked like an al.
yertisement of the American iln.,
Low visibility has played the deuce
with things marine and naval IN
the "war zone and perhaps it cX.
plains what seems like an optical
eclipse on the part Of Kommandant
HEIMBRINCK. Or was he color blind?
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ABUSE OF THE PARKS.
Director H%ornaday's Campaign for
Cleanliness Deserves Support.

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LEGISLATURE or Barbers' Union:

Among the demands sem by the
striking union BARRIERS 10 their en-
ployers was one which would require
the shops to close nj l o'clock l.. NJ.
on Sundays. The diligcnt student of
the Penal Law will find in Article 1872
Of that entertaining work Il section
numbered 2l53. which rcnds thus:
ANY person who carries on or en-
cages In the business OF shaving. hair
cutting or other work OF a barber OH
the hrst day OF the week. shall be
upon conviction thereof shall be fined
not moro than 50: and upon IA second
conviction for a like offence shall be
flncd not less than $40 and not more
than SIS. or be imprisoned In the county
jail for q period OF not less than ten
days. nor more than twenty-five days.
or be punishable by both such fine and
such Imprisonment at the discretion of
the court or magistrate provided. that
~ NV Nhbhbo ~ Spllnss, isoIIl
the fifteenth day Of June to the fifteenth
day Of September. inclusive. and in the
city of New York throughout the year.
barber shops or other places where a
barber is engaged in shaving. hair cut
ting or other work OF a barber, may
be kept open, and tho work OF n barber
may be performed therein until ! o'clock
OF the afternoon OF the FIRST day OF the
week.
The act Of the discontinued bar
bcrs in including the Sunday half day
specification among their complaints
shows that this section Of the Penal
Law Is not enforced. If It we're, of
course the BARRIERS would not be call
ing for its observance. This being
the case it would he Interesting to
know why It has been allowed to be-
come n dead letter: and speculation
rs to the relative potency Of the Leg
islaturc and the BARRIERS union In the
regulation Of Sabbath Day conduct
will unquestionably I'LL the minds of
the statesmen who wrote this part of
the laws of New York.
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informed the Government Of what
was going on.
DE WET shot for high treason would
have been a martyr. His grave would
have been n shrine. His memory
would have been I'M inspiration to
the disaffected Beers. Another rls-
ing against the British I'm South AZ.
RIGA would have been only n question
Of time, and the Union might have
been rent asunder in bloodshed while
Great Britain was fighting for the
life Of the empire on the fields Of
France.
1t is curious. and to friends of Eng.
land discournging, that clemency 50
unreluctantly given to BOcr rebels In
South Africa was withheld from the
brave but misguided men who raised
the banner Of nationality In ireland
in SO forlorn n hope that their fanatl-
cism should have pleaded eloquently
for them.
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iHE CONGRESSIONAL.
Positive Prediction Of Her Election In
Montana.

To THE Epirog OF THE SrH--Sir:
Jeanette Rankin. prominent surrIrist
who lobb!cd In the New York l.eglsla-
,urc for two Years, and who has at
'racted attention by her suffrage work
throughout the United States. has Just
been nominated for Republican candl-
date for cOugresswoman from Montana.
h ran IN the primaries against seven
men. and led the ticket by over 5000
votes. Her election In November is al
ready conceded by all the politicians in
the State.
Few realize the significance OF her
election. Nations OF the world will OH
serve with interest the conduct Of this
nation In seating "A wopan In it, ma
t!oual legislative assembly.
Tho presence of a woman IN Congress
will have a direct bearing upon ma
t!onal suffrage. prohibition. child wei
fare and such matters. Hence national
interest In Miss Eankin's candidacy.
Miss Rankin has a rare personality, a
fine intellect and an unusual perspective.
BELLE FirGELMAS.
HELENA. Mon, September 2.
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A HERO OF SANTIAGO.
The Charge on San Juan Led BY Nc.
Farland Of the 18th Infantry.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir: The
death of Major William Z. Mcfarland
recalls the campaign In Cuba and the
victory Of the American army at San
tiago. to which he contributed. In my
opinion. more than any other single indi-
vidual connected with our army on that
occasion. A campaign Of blunders was
TO be expected with a commanding Gen.
eral so ~incapacltated physically that he
could not walk or mount a horse, but
history. at least that Of our own country.
vii! be searched In vain for II scene OF
confusion and disorder comparable to
that which occurred at Santiago.
Without personal direction. with n
vague order to move on the enemy.
without guides to pilot the troops
through the dense tropical jungle. the
line OF battle was 80 d%isorganized that
regiments lost their brigades and
brigades and divisions became sepa-
rated from their commanding officers.
When the Sixteenth United states In
fantry. In which regiment Major (then
Captain) Mcfarland commanded T..
Company. reached the sunken road
where. behind a barbed wire fence, the
troops were made to lie down for pro-
lection from a well directed fire from
the Spanish trenches several hundred
yards In their front and In plain view
across an open field. there was not a
single field officer present.
In this emergency, with the Instinct
of the soldier. realizing that the men
were suffering from the Spaniards. h
had the range and were using their
Mauscrs with telling effect. this gallant
officer alone walked some two hundred
yards across the field toward the
cnemy's line to satisfy himself that there
were no distractions to an advance. Re
turning. he ordered his own company 10
cut the wires and follow him. which
they did with alacriiy. for his men
literally worshippcd him. AS these FEAR
less men ran In the open toward the
Spaniards. the captains of the com
panics on either side. seeing the adj
vance. shouted Follow Il Company"
and with this the entire limo swept for
ward without a commander. with Nc
Farland far in advance leading until he
fell within a few feet OF the trenches.
shot In the back of his head by a
fragment OF shrapncl from one of our
own guns, "A mile or moro in the rear,
80 far away and firing 20 blindly that
an American soldier was as good a
target as a Spar!ard.
The victory OF Santiago, as far as
this very Important part % the line was
concerned. was won Ivy the initiation OF
this movement by Captain Mcfarland,
who never fully recovered.
Il fell 70 my lot to have professional
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Knew Him at Once.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir: The
following story | heard almost four
years ago. At a reception the hostess.
observing that one of her guests. q gen
;lcman whom she only slightly knew,
WAS not couversiuc with any one. went
over 10 where he was standing and
began 10 talk to him. Golf was her
first subject. He knew nothing what
ever about the game SO she switched
to automobiles. This failed to interest
hti,. 81 she tried numerous other sub
jec;s without success. and finally as n
las, resort mentioned Mark Twain as
her ~favorite author. lie had never
heard OF Mark Twain. Being very
much surprised AZ this, she said "You
surely remember IIuck Finn, Tom Saw
yer and rudd'nhead Wilson" His ex-
preston changed as she finished. "Oh,
yes" he replied. II voted for that last
fellow" ESSEX.
GLEN RIDGE, September =
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SOME STRAIGHT TALK.
Mr.. Wilson Examined Through Plain
American Spcctaclcs.

To THE EpiToR OF THE SvS-Sir; While
in New York city recently !. always Il
reader OF THE SIS wucu ! can &c: 4.
was greatly impressed in an editorial
article. Questions TO Notcrs.' ! have
given serious thought TO this article.
I am OF Southern birth. hence a
Democrat. but cannot vote for Wilson.
Neither can ! vote for Hughes. as he
has nothing. 20 far. for M 20 r'vc
him my support, ! am an Independent
Observation-Disclosures. II such u party
exists.
Hughes and Wilson are both far short
OF my ideals. As to your question Of
the Lusitauia. pctrolite. &c. Mr. Wilson
las "A long "watchful waiting" In store
for him and us citizens OF the United
States OF America before the Kaiser
cult will give him. or us. any satisfac-
tory answer. heset "a Germany Is, with
her very national, existence mcnaccd
and at stake.
That Is a Joke on the United States
OF America.
am OF Gcrman-lrish parcntagc. bu.
ma "pro" IN mine. on the other hand,
I'm earnestly IN favor Of tho Allies,
Voice and purse damn such hypocrisy
Of "ncu'ral!ty" as has been current In
MIR. Wilson's procedure. botn as to Ger
many and England grave offences
against u nationality on both hands
and "A p~ussyfoot!ns protest to each o.
the transgrcssors.
Let us AS a nation protest or shut
up" My personal protest shall he that
under no conditions, price or iudur,mcu,
will ! buy any article that Is made in
Germany or Austria until a day -.
reckoning be had against the barha-
rians OF the Lusitania, the Petrolitc,
the Fryatt and the Cabcll murders.
MARYLAND.
LOUISVILLE, September Z.
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Thoughts Suggested by the Old Parlor
WhatnOt.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr. Evil
letter you print under the title "Cha-
meleon OF Weasel?' fails in apprecia-
ton OF the difference between simple
pedagogy and heightened pedagogy with
an Oliver Twist craving, What's the use
of barking back 10 closed incidents?
Aren't We all open TO fresh convictions
on altered presentations of opportunity"
by and Ivy you'll be calling the ambi-
tious man of letters "a "kaleidoscopc." n
'JoscplI's coat or n "Whatnot." 10 you
remember, by tho way, the old parlor
"whatnot." on which everything curious
that there was no other use for was as
seinblcd? JOHN WORTHY.
FAR EocKAwAY, September ..
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Not Only Single Track Rut Narrow
Gauge,

TO TIE EDITOR or THE SvN--Sr: White
bordering On that single track mind of
our Presidents. 1t occurred 20 me that il
must be distinctly OF the narrow gauge
variety on which small and noisy trains
of thought fight for position on the sin
gle track with utter disregard of danger
signals or set switches. OF course this
small system can pay no dividends, as it
is run entirely for the operating force.
At present II has an enormous amount
OF notes ont and ought to he In the
hands OF a receiver after election day.
FREpERick a. kIN0.
BOSTON, September Z.
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Do Vets AtOnement.

Clemency to General DE WET, who
took the field in the revolt against the
British authorities which his old com
rade LOUIS BoTHA put down, was tn,
wiser policy, 1t seems. At the trial
at Bloemfontein Of the two national
lists VAN DEB NERVE and SCHoNKEN
for high t~reason-they had been nc
tive recently In fomcnting rebellion
IN South Africa-Generul DE WIT
took the stand to testify that he hal
used his influence to prevent another
rising. In fact 1t was DE WET who
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The Mystery Of the second Four Pens

To THE Eplron OF TIE SuN--Sir: II
II took four pens for one signature. can
you tell us how II was DONE Was the
mama split into four sections. ono for
each pen? II 30. then each ono Of the
great strike leaders has n pen that
memorializes one-quarter Of a name.
Considering the fact that even this was
not valid and had to he signed again with
four moro pens. the question arises.
What Is the Significance Of the first
four and who got the second four
ANrI-TRCCKLE.
NEW YORK, September ..
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Corporation and Cooperation

To THh f:piruH OF I'M So - at
is Mr., wilson going to Gu go %"
himself IN the {. - Of al ,rl..
AmcrItans now that ilc &c. u' m
have had a $4,000, 900 psi. ., -
voted them 10y Congress at ..s ,'''''
II is thought that ne ~, .r. %, =
INK to shift this added bIr.rr . "
railroads t. t.c prup.c, piut .., d. r.
the Democrats party "r s'...n ".
the railroads In the coming c..
If the CommunNcail S.cr. D ..''
OF -. Louis. Mo. can slvc "''
p!oyces sl"0 a year hy hu'.F eel"
sale Gas stated IN \. =, t,ppc , ,''i'
OF August 20 TO Tue : -. w.. -
some other corporations &C. 'fri
Gan!zatiois give their INC. 's- '" :
or buying IN large quahtHj,s' '''
Democrats party curb this ll.. '-
!a'ion and give some puui'.lt. '. q
idea. and they need not fear tu' Or
at tho polls this fan, L. !. tNr"
SouTH BETHLEHEM. IA, Scptcl.'' >
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The Quality 81 tho PILGRIMS.

To THE Enron or THE SuS Sir: m n
letter 20 THE SrS Richard Henry Green"
says OF the Pilsrims;
"ThoSc who came to New England were
better than those who came to any oth-r
Colony and FAR better than the cmlgrants
who came later from other lands
Now is this a fact and has Mr., Greene
his proofs to supper, tho assertion? II
Mr., Greene is q Maynow"r d~escendsn ut
nuf sed. T.. J. BUTLER.
NEWARK, September A.
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New Jerseys Backsllding.

New Jersey Is In n state Of mind,
and according to several gentlemen
who as candidates for the highest
office In It's Government ought to
know, its state Of mind just now Is
very bad. The gentlemen display re-
m0rkable unanimity on this point. but
are amazingly far apart In their pro.
pOsals for remedial administration.
New Jersey deserves sympathy In
her present trouble, but even q su.
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The Victim.
From the Bdlfimors lmeStcsN.

From the Baltimors AmertcsN.
VIII II the power In the land
That hath the sole. supreme command,
un theory. please understand)7
The public,
who gives this power to be used
For It's own good and interest fused,
With no thought II should DO abused7
Tho public.
Who suffers wrongs most meekly borne,
By Its own servants held to scorn,
Who comes out small end Of the horn2
Tho public.
who's told by those II put to serve
That II II darcs the least to swervs
Course OF Its business. 1t has nerve.
The public.
Who sees all sorts OF suffering near
In strikes. but II spectator mere,
Is told II must not interfere?
Tho public.
Who hunbly stands aside to wait
what In decreed to DO It's fate?
Who has no say. but pays the treightf
The public.
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Two Years Of War In the Air.

u AN
ming of the war in Europe had under
taken 10 keep Il tally If aviators shot
down by both sides. he would have
concluded long ago that aerial scout
Ing and lighting were no longer pos
siblc. since the supply Of aviators must
be exhausted. From the western front
last week came the report that no less
than nine Germans had been brought
TO earth by the daring and skill Of the
"Frcnch air forces.' The Germans,
Oh their side. present amazing figures
Of the havoc done by their flying men
in the ranks Of the enemy. and 1t
Is TO be SUSPECTED that the truth Is not
in the Germans any more than in their
ndverSarics. II is therefore q relief to
find in the F0rfnightiy Rcricr Of .Au.
gust n rational and conservative ar.
ticle entitled. ''Two Years Of Aerial
War;" by CLAUDE GRAHAME-WHITE
and HARRY HARPER.
This review Of operations in the air
begins with the admission that at the
outbreak of the war none of the com
batants had an air feet that was in
the least adequate" Nevertheless
some very creditabie scouting was
done by the British ut Mons. by the
French in Alsace-L.orrainc. and by
both the Germans and Russians In
East Prussia. But it was the Ger
mans who first showed co~nclusivcly.
thanks to the test work before the
war. how an aerial observer, signal
ling down to his gunncrs below. could
increase TO n marked extent the ac.
cnracy OF shell fire. The Entente
Allies o o learned the lesson. how
ever. In scouting they gained an early
superiority. because their machines
had been designed more for speed than
for stability. nor were the German
avlatOrs so renturesome; it might be
added. with the French in mind, so
foolhardy.
As to speed. the Germans forged to
the front with the "Fokker" in the
second year Of the war. but did not
long retain the lead. They also put
the first heavy lighting machines into
the air, realizing that huge armies
would lie facing each other without
movement month after month, with
the aircraft during their flying
brought into daily conflict" but here
again they did not reckon with the
inventiyeness and dnring Of the
enemy. "Thc German tactics and the
German machines" We are told.
were employed mainly as n defen.
sive": that Is to say. to keep the
cnemy's aeroplancs away from the
German front by attacking them when
they appeared. But the French and
British sought combat and carried the
war over the German lines. by the
frequency and yigor OF their attacks
they gained n superiority In the air
and an advantage in reconnaissance.
1t was not n case Of greater courage,
but Of more imagination and native
initiative and dash.
Much more than the Germans the
French and British have studied ana
cultivated the raid, large numbers OF
planes sweeping down on Zeppelin
sheds. munitiOn factories and railway
functions. and dropping bombs TO dc.
stroy them. In soInc cases the trans.
port Of troops has been intcrfcrcd
with. But these enterprises and tho
superiority In combat claimed for the
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The Wilson Limerick.

To THE Enron or THE SrN-Sir. No doubt
some people will he wondering and In
Gu!ring n President wilson ia IN" eu'ho-
of that lilting Limerick he quoted to de-
scribe his own face, To settle the uues-
ton Of the authorship I can say without
fear Of contradiction that the author l.
Mr.. Anthony Euw"r. poe, and painter. Of
New York city, Mr.. Euwer has done some
other things quite AS good ns that lin
crick. both with his pen and his brush.
and he Is fairly modest about It too.
w, j. lAMrToS.
NEW YoRK. September o.
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Good Rlddancc 10 Congress.

To TIE EplroR II THE SrS-Sir. :
thank God Congress has adjourned. II
n railroad strike could keep the mos. o,
the lawmakers away from Washington.
let US have 4, before they are ready TO
return. They arc In n class by them
selves. We should vote this time 70
replace them with better material.
J. II.
wILIIMANTIc. Conn. September ..
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To III EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Pres
!dent Wilson says that the laws enacted
by the SiNty-fourth Congress "consti-
tutc Il contribution OF capital impor-
lance II lac had omitted the unncccs-
sary word 'inportancc," his statement
would have accorded moro nearly with
tho facts. This body Of laws does con-
a contribution OF capital.
W. iloApLEY.
NEWARK. y. J., September 2.
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New YORK, September ..
The Irishman on the Social Ladder.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN--Str: Talk
Ing OF social climbers. my observation is
that Of the people who come here and
make money Irishmen arc the least
snobbish. In act It might 10 said Of
them they are natural born republicans.
! think 1t il to this largely may be at
tributed their success In politics.
New YORK. September .. AcAsrr.