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WHAT WE" WISH.
Readiness to Judge the Belligrrents
for America Resented.

To THE EpIroR orTuE SrN-Su. Mise
Edith N. Thomas writes: W AWeri-
cans do not wish Germany TO Ice We
toriOus in the present wal" II IL all
right for Miss Thomas to SPEAK thur
for herself and those whom she Knows
10 Ice Ike minded with herself. But
when she says w Americans" It il a
proper thing to ask who CAV. her au-
thority to speak for US Americans and
by h authority she does so.
With the same right ! may say that
w Americans do not wish England 10
lie victorious In the present war which
is true OF very many OF US. No doubt
this Will sound very remarkable and
also very unpleasant'to Miss Thomas and
those Americans whom she may possibly
represent with or without their consent,
But one statement may offset the other.
and both may he equally true.
As a matter Of fact. neither state
ment Is of any Importance aside from
the fact that both m!srepres-nt. The
real Americans are very much al var
ance in their thinking and
upon the war In Europe meet real
Americans every day who's. sympathlcs
are wholly with tine Teutous in this
war. And they are New England and
New York Americans whose ancestors
came TO America from a century Il two
centuries ago.
Under the circumstances Il might be
vel for Mss Tlomis t. be- a Little
more careful IN her statements when
she attempts TO SpeaE for the American
people. II she should attempt 20 move
that Eng and makes or ever n,s made
for real human freedom 81" would
be Coufro .'tl by volumes 81 historical
facts %disproving nor ella M. would re-
FER her 70 England : treatment Il India
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The Garrlck Theatre.

New York could have parted more
readily with some Of her other small
playhouses than with the Garrick
Theatre, which is about 10 give I'D
art and z" into trade. 1t was built
when managers pun Mp playhouses IN
earnest. They were no in It's day
satisfied I" shoot up "A shack with a
minimum distance bet ween the last
row of orchestra seats and the edge
Of the sidewalk.
Then the theatre "A place In
the history Of irs lime. WILLIAM Gill
IETrE first gave there both Secret
Service and sherlock Holmes"
Then DAVID RELAsCO int reduced there
"Za@a,' which brought back the
French emotional drama in a new
form 10 the American stage. ELEANOR
l%'onnoN's charming Merely Mary
Ann WAS another prolonged sojourner
t this theatre, and surely The little
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ii communication by wireless with
General PERsHINo In the foothills Of
the Sierra Madre is at times inter-
rupted there will he no cause for
alarm. He has other means OF report.
ing to base headquarters; aerOplanes.
mounted couriers and motorcycles.
Captain BENJAMIN u. FOULOls Of the
First Aero Squadron. an expert avi.
atOr himself. has several machines
for reconnaissance and for such other
duty as may be required Of him. by
this time he should have established
q chain of stations as far south as
Nami1uipn. He has with him ten
officers and eighty men. aviators and
mechanics. Communication with Co.
lumbus should be only u question Of
a few hours when Captain FOULOIs
completes his arrangements.
Fifteen motorcycles were purchased
for the expedition. and they ran
he used wherever there is Il road
or n good trail. Mounted cOuriers
can keep the advanced column In
touch with the cyclists and with the
aviators detailed 10 fly to base head.
quarters. II Is u system that may
break down under strain at this point
or that. hut only at brief intervals.
General FUNSTON is doubtless hear
ing from PERsHING with a fair degree
Of regularity.
We are inclined to think that Gen.
eral PERsHING can look out for him.
self and keep his communications
open. According to the best unofficial
information he entered Mexico with
n force Of 5000 officers and men, In.
Guiding the Seventh. Tenth and Thir.
teenth Cavalry, the Sixth, Sixteenth
and Eighteenth Infantry and a bat.
terry Of the Sixth Field Artillery.
besides Engineer, Signal and Hospi.
tai troops. Two hundred cowboys and
ranchmen familiar with the desert
region Of chihuahua and Sonora VOL
untepred and they are acting AS
scouts to the expedition. Under Or
ders from General OREGON, CARRAN.
zA's Minister Of War, five columns
of Constitutionalists are cooperating
with General PERsHING. Even II he
cannot use the railroads he should
have no serious difficulty in getting
up supplies, for by this time the
fifty-slx motor trucks bought in Ohio
and Wisconsin should he In service
Mt Columbus. They would Of course
have to he supplemented with mule
wagons. The transportation question
In northern Mexico presents a good
deal OF n problem. 1t IL the inten.
ton to use some Of the motor trucks
to carry the infantry. Colonel GEORGE
A. DopD's cavalry column, which rode
due south after crossing the frontier,
ought now To be In touch with the
main expedition.
There should I've no hesitation In
saying that unless General PERsHINa
has the cordial and active support
Of the Csrransa Generals his force Of
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AN UNAMERICAN ORU
why Must Taxpayers support u High
SchOOl Auditorium NJ Spdition?

To THE EDITOR Oh u SrN-Str; Last
evening | spent more than two hours
In the auditorium of the Washington
Irving High School listening to nun
Citations of our Government. our ma
tional institutions and our army. APP
plauded by an audience composed chiefly.
Judging by the facial types. Of persons
To whom our institutions. our n%ationa!
aims. aspirations and ideas OF freedom
are vet foreign. THE more violent the
foundations by the two foreigners
who spoke from the platform the louder
and more prolonged were the pliudit-
OF that assembly.
A telegram FROM Washington. - G..
bitterly ~denouncing our Government for
send ng troops into Mexico in pursuit
OF the bandit villa. read by the chair
man of the meeting. received prolonged
applause. A. woman seated near me
screa med with deligh as O~pprUbrium
after opprObrium was cast upon the
United states as a nation.
Charges were openly made by the
speakers that We ourselves had shot up
Columbus, y. NJ, in order to bring
ABOUT Intervention, dnd these CHARGES
In turn were loudly applaudcd, rs also
the statement that there was no evil
dence whatever that villa had shot VI
the " The statements made by the
revolutionary propagaidists who spoke
from the platform were in many in
stances absolutely false. religion was
denounced, and a final attempt to de-
nounce all religions by an individual In
the audience, who could not express
himself clearly In the English language.
was cut short by the chairman. who in
formed him that questions only we're
In order.
why are the Taxpayers OF the oity
Obliged to have "A building for which
they have paid, ostens bly, for educa-
tsonal purposes. used for revolutionary
propaganda and the d~enunciation of
our Government and national institu-
Tons THOMAS X. DAwLEy. Jr.
NEW YORK, March 22
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CsepasWIts.

The abandonment Of Czernowitz BY
the Austrians. II the report from
Rome IL true. means that the Russian
offensive In Bukowina has at last
beaten the Austrians back and driven
them from the capital. Bukowina IL
thrust like q wedge against the Ru-
manian frontier. and Cxernowitz on
the Pruth In very near the boundary
line The occupation Of the BuLo-
wilma capital by Russian troops Is
bound to make an impression at
Bucharest, where for some time prep
arations to enter the war have been
going on.
With the Russians overrunning
BukOwlna and forcing the Austrian
positions on the DnieSter In the
north, the Rumanian Government will
soon have to decide the question Of
intervening on the side Of the Allies.
All the TeutOnic Powers ever ex-
pected Of Rumania was strict neu-
trality. and they have not always got
that. OF late they have had an In.
easy feeling that their influence at
Bucharest was ebbing fast.
The time seems near at hand for
Rumania to make terms with Russia
and enter the war for territorial
consideration. Russia's successes in
Asia Minor and the failure Of the
plan Of the German offensive at Yer
dun are signs Of TeutOnic decline
that will not be lost upon the Ru-
manian statesmen. There may he
important developments al Bucharest
any day 10Y In the far north the
Russians have begun an offensive
against the German lines to prevent
the despatch Of requirements to
the western front. At Salonica a
formidable Anglo-F French army has
been assembled. which. taken with the
failure Of the Turkish defensive cam.
paign in Armenia. signifies the aban-
donment Of German plans for the
invasion of Egypt. Turkey can no
longer he regarded as a useful ally Of
the Teutonic Powers.
Czernowitz Is another link In the
chain Of circumstances impelling Ru-
mania ia declare herself. To call
verdun the German Gettysburg may
not be wide Of the mark.
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Railroad Commission cases tStone vs.
Farmers Loan and Trust Co, ct cetera'
116 l.. 81. heard by the supreme
Court in 1885 and decided in January.
1886. the late James Fentress argued
on behalf Of the Illinois Central RAN
road Company for the all embracing
nature of the power of Congress oVer
commerce by railroad. | have been
unable tn find a copy OF his brlet' p"t
well remember that among other
things it showed that the WORD
among" means in the midst VI,
that it cannot he applied to two put
only to larger numbers. while be
tween must of necessity refer solely
to Two; and further that the use in
the clause of the words the
several" to qualify states" absolutely
precludes such "a narrow meaning as
that the power of Congress Is limited
to the regulation of commerce De
tween two States or two groups oi
States. The cases last above referred
to involved other issues and the court
did not see 1T to rule on the particular
point thus raised by Judge Fentress.
The court did, however, say. Nothing
can he done by the Government or
Mississippi which will operate az a
burden on the Interstate business OF
the company"
I am not unmindful Of the fact that
decisions Of the Supreme Court have
been cited to show that Congress has
no " over railroads in respect 10
such of their business as has both
..s-G. .. lU.fnr a.. cha anfna
State. but let me ask. How far have
those citations become available to
that end by reason Of the ~non-action
OF Congress from In inception or
railroads in 1880 down to 1887, and by
its then exercising but a part OF It's
power to regulate railroads? j have
always believed and often publicly
said that when Congress shall legis-
late in respect to railroads in the pre-
else language OF Its constitutional
power to regulate among
the several States without making
any exception, the court will sustain
the constitutional.ty OF the act.
The evils under which our whole
people suffer are commercial and na-
tionai, and their removal calls for the
exercise by Congress in respect 10
railroads Of all It's powers over COM
merce. Except in the matter Of rates
charged. Congress has for eighty years
most minutely regulated all steam car
riers by water. II IS high time that
4, should regulate al, carriers by rail,
and do 1t everywhere. among the
several States" SrUyyEs,ST FISH.
New YORK. March 90.
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bird sang at the heart Of all who Jaw
ISRAEL ZANawnL's play.

ISRAEL ZAN0wI1L's play.
EDWARD HARRiGAN. who built the
theatre. o succumbed 10 the indif-
ference Of his public. which can he
more relentless when humOr Is in
question than mt any other time.
RICHARD MANSFIELD. who gave the
playhouse the name it has borne for
so many years, accomplished more in
his career In o.hnr theatres.
1t might that there il to-day
activity enOul. about its site to make
n theatre profitable there. Must the
jewellers In the capaclous hotels which
are towns in themselves. and the ar.
irving thousands at the railway ter
minals, turn northward when theat-
rical diversion Is sought? That seems
to be the rule to-day. Will the thea
tire south Of Forty.second street o
be out OF the way1
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Yes, Brooklyn: We Shall; We DO.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. /
note Uhe following sentence IN an edi-
torial article entitled "The Dancing
Days:
So there Is no proof OF the uniiminish.d
popularity Of the new dances In the con-
tinued prosperity Of the restaurants In
which It Is still permitted.
Can you Justify the use OF at" in the
above sentence? can't, because | he
lieve the word is Incorrectly used. You
should have said 'ln which they are"
&c. referring TO dances
Won't you he honest about it and ad-
init your error? FRANK WnsoN.
BROOKLYN. March 90.
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Will SHAKESPEARE ever survive the
celebration Of his death? Will there
he any demand for the dramas Of the
Bard on the stage after these per-
%formances have come to An end, or
will the public be so Full up that 1t
will be "A long time before there ia
again an appetite for the dramas Of
SHAK EsPEARE on the stage? II can
scarcely he said that a hunger exists
at any time. Or will the present
feverish activities on the other hand
supply a knowledge that will create a
demand for the works Of SHAKEsrEAEE?
Either event OF the present cele5ra-
ton seems possible. and it is with in
terest that observers Of the publlc's
taste in the playhouse just o await
the result.
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There is q great rang" of a,'N -
'or tn" bureau Of public works. /. has
only a small direct appropriated f,t
the !nsular Government 30 handle. ts.
Supervises and directs all kinds ~ pub
lie works for provincial government
and municipalities at fixed rates. T.
constantly has more work To dn thar
'au be handled easily with it, .,up
meu'.
Here. a. In the cas-. Of the hlr,4u
Of education, the cry is constantly >
more funds and greater equipment
There Is so much IN be done in hrog
the Philippine Island establishment w.
to standard and those who are charged
with responsibility are 50 eager - &C.
the work done that they would all ibr
10 nave a great deal more money IN.
medistcly available than they hays
y vast amount of good has been 2
"nnplished. The mos, distinct : rr'"
piece OF work was the grca, htrh'r
Improvement at Manila. tho constr''
tion Of the hreakaater and TO pc.
with the reclamation Of n great are.
along IN" old l.uneta fron'.
In every OF these lire. ~ .~o~' a.
was necessary f"r IN. Americans 30 So
WIRE an American personnel. There ~
Ma Filipino personnel upon whi,'i -el',r %
could I've placed for cffe tive service
nad never been the policy ~ the Sna'
iards "a facilitate native d.Nclrwe"
along such lines. Where such davelup.
'nert had occurred II was the r.-u't -
Individual initiative and enterprise ana
such cases were few
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Tanning q Colorado >hrrw.

F0M he Nan NI0ufI 7 1MnU,
\ complaint was sworn CA tn, Nvak
against Edward kimbds. whom q va
charged threatened to shoot hls wife. and
Nhom rumOrs SAYS took = gau 10 nri WITH
him and KEEP, tt there al nisht Tor me
purpose Of Int!m'da'ing h. wife ana max
ing her love him more. kImhls Is , Finn
who married a buNom young woman about
half his age, and as IL oftea tho case. he
disparity OF the ages and desires make.
trouble between them freuucu.y and the
wife stood T. 40 ioug ~ she could and
then called on the authorities 20 tame N.
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NO DEBT FOR FUTURE
IN FILIPINO ADVANCE
People Pay for Every Improve.
mcnt without Recourse
tn Bond Issues.
BIG PROBLEMS FACED

MANiL,. Jan. 2i-Wh.n the Cd
states acquired the Philippine I..a d.
there was next to nothing mere winch
could be called public works. Oge Yah.
road maintained n feeble existence ON
Manila To Daeupan. n hundred milo,
north or his city. and that was he q,
tent of rail transportation.
Outside OF Manila and one or two OF
the provincial cities there were no puh.
lie buildings worthy o. the name. Ter.
has never been any effort by tile Span.
iards 20 develop means of TRANSPORTS.
ton and communication. 4 Few sh,r,
stretches ~ highway had been con
etructed but had fallen into d'suss and
dccuN.
The bridges We're down or dans.r.
Ously near collapse IN most instances
and many u stream had never been
bridgeI. The American troops, tramu-
ing over the Islands in the DAYS of 10.
occupation. forded practically every
stream they crossed
That was the situation which cor.
frontcd the newly installed civil govern
ment. The genius Of American c~lyiliza.
ton IL transportation. and IL wen g.
work on this problem win immeiia
and sustained enthusiasm. Now. ,hou.
sands OF miles of first class highwavs
adiate in all directions throughou, the
Islands.
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The city Of New York has little rcd-
son to complain OF interference from
the State Legislature this year. Up to
March 20 forty-eight new laws had
been enacted at Albany. only one Of
which directly affected New York: "A
charter amendment providing that all
taxes shall become liens on real eS-
tate on the dav they fail due. and
not earlier. The demand for home
rule for cities is constantly growing
stronger and is bound to prevail in the
end even IN this conservative and re-
dictionary commonwealth.
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New York has the most interesting
streets in the world. whether the test
he historical or contemporary. And
New York has no street richer IN old
associations or closer TO the life OF
the town to-day than Nassau street,
The tablet at the corner OF John
street, to be dedicated to-day. Will he
passed In one business hour by more
persons than Gotham had when the
street ran by the Pye Woman" and
the Colony was loyal to the House Of
Nassau.
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Is this last winter or next winter?

ALBANY. March 2i.-"curly JoE' CAS-
sipy was In the Capitol to-day seeking
TO pave the way for an application to
obtain restoration Of his citizenship.
CASSIDY interviewed several Legislators
to this end-Nepspdper despatch
To facilitate the peddling Of a few
more Justiceships Of the supreme
Court
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Pri.cisn on the sports Page.

=" tuE Fpit"R "r I'M SIS I'm.
main pag' Of he doss hani''i ". hc ina
ported from England So
what j. 'hr main pat az dog, Where
do the other parts come from"
SFw NuRh, March -. II u WuiF,
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10 rus EDITOR ~ Tuf Sr>-.u, what
is wrong win this sentence"
She was notified on Tuesday 90 play
50 she on'y hat 'Np days vet
to practise Il up in -
NEWARK. y. j.. March -
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To THs EDITOR ~ tins SUNNI: This
10 evidently the March of the Mullisan
Guards. Fou Gul
NEw YOaK, March g.
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Each Zeppelin accompanying The grand
feet will be fitted out to fish FOR enemy
warshlps. Suspended from the gondpla
o: the Zeppelin In y wire more than two
miles long. Al the end OF the wire
bangles a cluster OF bombs filled with
high explosives. The Zeppelin will drop
its explosive bait to the water and drag
II at a high rate Of speed in the direc-
t.on Of the approaching Rr.tishers. when
the bomb cluster strikes the side of an
enemy warship the Zeppelin commander.
two miles above the water. will touch
an electric button. setting of the charge.
Tale dscribed 10 the Striss bod'men Of
Lake Constance.
What size is the w!rer How much
does Nv miles OF it weigh? How Is IL
TO be paid out and reeled in" by what
miracle Of mechanics Will the bomb
cluster he guided" What effect will
atmospheric resistance have" \ high
explosive dangling AT the end of two
miles OF wire" presents some inter-
esting problems.
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A. lrrsverent Rhymes,~r.

ton says;
The pleasant days of spring have come,
The jolliest Of the year;
II amt too warm for whiskey,
And II sin't too cold for beer.
BALKAN suoaI.
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smiths sumUnlty.

kn'cker-rhe jail Is yswnins for Snl'n
Booker Vel. n II is a. sleep, 40 that
abeut u. u won't Set him.
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" our TREND. ,oho favor ~ srifA manu-.
s~riptS and alterations for publication trtsh
70 hare rejected articles returned they must
IN on cases send stamps for fhat pnrpose.
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from fMr Pn'dHhi fonHig bcmo'IGt
Jerry hosti'k Mondayei ana Tuesda>e Ell
and part OF Wednesdayrd at Monnn.
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Care Of the I've.

F'om ihS Opfrdi ioa,uu.
Avoid being hit with q ba'! or AM, ..l,,
hard substance.
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London ohicc. Ehnnghsm House. I Arun-
Del street, strand.
Paris ofhce. q Rue de 10 Michodiers. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington ONCE, Hibbs Building.
Brooklyn ONCE, 100 Livingston street.
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So petty grating In city depart
ments is not impossible yer under the
beneficent operations of a classified
civil service.
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Poet on way to front-JouN MAsE-
FIELD doesn't expect a crushing German
defeat.-Neicspdper headline.
Who says poets cannot he modest?
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A curtain Of fire still separates
GEORGE w. PERKINS from WILLIAM
BARNES.
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Published daily, including SUNDAY. by the
Bun Printing and Publishing Association At
ITO Nassau street. in the Borough Of Man
haitian, New York. President and Treas
urer. William e. Reick. 1870 Nassau street
Vice President. Edward r. Mitchell. leo
Nassau street. Secretary. G. +. Luxton. 100
Nassau street.
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All checks. money orders. &C.. - be
made payable to TBE Sun.
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THE EVENING SrN. Per Month ....
cHE EVENING sun tForeign), PerMo. I .
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HAspscSAsSLs. March "a
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-11
OFFICERS ELECTED
BY THE LUTHERAN
SOCIETY

The EudytlHl uuir'y uE So Pour
EtauEch.1 Lutheran church hDll
th"'~ annual "I. tom % connection
with the husin'- meeting '1.' Mon
dIt evening Tn, new officer. u.l.
uc Installed 10 'lc young p""pI,
meeting tomorrow evening
Tn" meeting vIl have" y number nf
special features I%uoluiIug 'h. pre-
cu,c uf the church u%fiDers iu body
. special rJmhcr of the boy choir.
and several tails. hy visitor. Mar
I'm johnson Us tho leader. The mr'i-
I1g VIII commence promptly n' hu.f
past six The topic is, TIN, Causes
oi FAILURES iu lI'n.'
At the morning service tomorrow
- Paul. church ~ a. be- favored
with a solo hy Mis- B%onuiur vii, -
tho uew secretary Of the Y VI g :.
The sale uy oar ladies last Sa'ur-
day turned o.i - be just about IN.
biggest thing uUI workers have ever
pulled OF boo on, afternoon iuclId-
Ing u iittl" sewing that vas offered
the receipts Tor the afternoon ran
nctr nf'y dollars. t. donors and
patrons the ladies' say THANK uuU'"
our young people viii hold one
more social before quoting du'r for
the lontcu season Miss lydia Kr1N-
berger Vili uc he hostess 100 tho
home Of L. O. Albors. 1880 south
second street. .uf "A 50. Patrick day
social next Ft.3tE cvcninE