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victory Is certain 1t will require hard
and prolonged efforts to break Prus-
sian militarism and prevent recur.
renee Of its crimes" Even Mr.. DAVID
LLOYD GEORGE, when we come TO OK.
anime his language of good cheer and
inspiration. does not find the Anglo
French offensive in the west quite
up to expectations, for he said but the
other day:
1.-THE French and ourselves have can
tured positions on the Somme front
whence the course Of the campaign IL
visible. and ! think in the dim distance
we a see the end
The "dim distance" is looking
through the telescope ut the big end.
What we gather from the uttcranccs
Of these observers is that they have
no abiding faith in any offensive and
are wondering whether Mr.. AsorIru
was not right after all when he said
that this would he n war of exhaus-
ton. victory resting with the group
OF allies whose organization was the
better and whose resources of men
and gold lasted the longer.
The sun., 1916-09-23
OF E A
Full Responsibility for Paralysis Panic
Laid nt the OficlaI Door,

To TUE Eoiror Or THE SrN-Str. T. is
very seldom I differ with TItr SrN. hut
tn. editorial article "Ncw York Parents
VII" Is II that has made the New York
parents historical and rowardlv" Who
is II that cav" New York so bad n name
that tho surrounding towns and cities
would not let us enter them"
Who Is i; that has sent ambulancos
with shrieking horns and whistles blow
ing constantly. giving everybody along
the way a pan.cky feeling? who Is II
that day ny day filed the newspapers
wish the idea that New York was nlled
with infantile paralysis cases. publish
ing names and addresses Who Is it
that has done a thousand other unneces-
sary and hurtful things spreading the
Idea that New York was a pes, house
Is IL any wonder New York paren ts are
afraid to send their children to school?
In two or three generations more We
may he enlightened cnough not to APP
point men To office who are utterly lack
ing IN practical knowledge or ordinary
COMMON sense and whose fret thought
will he the public good. not public adj
vcrt'Sing. Then there will he no fear OF
,ysterical parents. Until such a time
comes We might a. we'll sit still and
watch the circus. for words will have
no effect. T.. Morris.
BROOKLYN, September 80.
The sun., 1916-09-23
On Solid Ground.

The Mayor gets his feet on solid
ground when he notifies all organ
izers Of disorder In this town that
the full civil and military powers
vested by law in his Office will he en-.
;,iOyed to combat lawlessness and to
suppress riot.
Nobody doubts that these powers
will he so used. II necessary, by
Mayor Mitchell with absolute fear
lessness. Justly. firmly and without n
single thought Of the political effect
of the proceeding.
he is not another WOODROW WILL
eoN, thank Heaven. lie has earned
his right to full confidence on the
part of the public: and the invinciblc
force Of snne public opinion will he
behind Mayor mitchell in the per-
formnnce of his duty.
It is n complex business IN adiu-
dictate II labor dispute. to npportion
between employers and employed the
tangled equities. to conciliate the pas
s.ons and plucatc IN" prides Of opin-
ion born of the deadlock.
But 1t IL Il simple matter to enforce
the plain everyday law for the pres
crvation of the peace and the pro-
tection of life and property and that
Is the Mayors job and the power Is
In his elbow.
The sun., 1916-09-23
Short story Of . Lost Dog.

There Is nothing singular or mys.
FERROUS about the return Of Patsy.
the mascot dog of the steamboat
berkshire. who fell overheard in mid.
stream nea Hastings in the presence
Of n green deckboy. The hoy did not
dare to tell the engine crew what had
happened.
Yesterday Patsy turned up Mt the
steamboat dock in New York. What
the dog did was TO follow in the wake
"f the Berkshire until his dog sense
told him that it was no GO. Then
Patsy headed for the shore.
All lost dogs know the points of
the compass by instinct, and an I'm.
visible magnet draws them to the
spot where n welcome awaits them.
The road may be long, but they fol.
low 1t TO the end Tho return Of
Patsy Is no more strange than the
migration Of spring birds from Cen.
trail America TO the old nesting place.
The sun., 1916-09-23
Hebrew a. n Living Language.

To rur I.nIToR OF THE SvN--S,r: Wa.
tor NJ Wilson is right IN calling alton
,iun Ia the common error Of referring 10
Yiddish - Hebrew, However. hn IS
wrong In calling Hebrew n dead Ian.
guagr, Neither tho European jew nor
the Jewish Immigrant here knows IIc-
brew, with the exception OF a few iIc-
brew prayers used in the synagogue,
bu. there il a place where Hebrew is
the language Of everyday life.
Since tho first Zionist settlement IN
Palestine about a score Of years ago
there has been n revival OF the ancient
Hebrew tongue. Though the first set
tiers and mos, of those who came later
did not speak Hebrew. and for the most
part spoke Yiddish or Russian, their
children. the first native generation. are
speaking Hebrew as "" do English.
This il due to tho fact that Hebrew Is
the language used In the schools pro-
vidcd 10y the Iionists,
hebrew. like Greek. IL undertaking a
modern revival. Dead though t. was
even before tho DAYS Of Christ. and cN-
sting until recently only as tho Ian
guacc of the synagogue, Of prayer and
of the rdhhiniral scholar. 4, is now on
tho way to a place among the living
languages. |. NJ $.
NEW YoRx, September 20.
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The Remainder Is 10000.

VANCE McCoRMIcK stops for breath.
and EDWIN S. HARRIS. the Democratic
State Chairman, does n little talking :
There are 100000 assured Democratic
votes in this State. WILSON. SEABuRY
and McCoMBs will get 80 per cent, Of
those votes In November"
4 bit reasonable, this. 4 State
chairman who claims only 10 per cent.
of his party's estimated strength Is
in for a wigging. The fact is. how.
ever, that Wilson's vote in this State
in 1912 was GJJ,513.
The combined vote cast for TAFT
and ROOSEVELT in 1912 was Stj,5SO.
The arithmetic appears To he so
simple that eve a Democratic chair.
man can understand.
The sun., 1916-09-23
SAD HOURS FOR ERIC.
The Strike Provokes Puns and Halts
the Pursuit Of the Blonde.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir.
am glad to be able TO eport that the
strike is all over. OF course I am re.
ferring to the private strike that Bill
Eric and myself instituted. went on and
then declared of. It was a sympathit
strike and I never cared for sympathie
strikes anyway. Bill started 1t. lie is
SO sympathic.
We were seated in a cafe and got to
talking OF labor troubles and strikes in
general. Bill said that II the electricians
and gas men struck. the lights would
probably 90 out too. l told him that
that was the poorest Joke ] had heard
since the car men had said that the
companies must recognize the union and
the companies had replied that they
"Shonts' do anything OF the sort. Al
this. Eric, who ~cs under the table, be-
gan to sing softly. Then as | was light
ing a cigar. Bill observed that even the
matches were striking AND Eric sang
loudly. replied that no labor union
had as many strikes TO It's credit or
discredit-it all depends on how you
look at it-as the New York baseball
club, and then trouble threatened.
1t was then that our strike was de-
cided on. Bill and l were To lift no
more glasses and Eric was to eat No
more pre;zels. Eric. in his dilemma.
was most human. Here was a dog on
strike. lie didn't want to he. lie
couldn't tell you why he was striking.
but he was. just the same. After tho
strike had been Oh half an hour. Bill
arranged with the waiter to feed him a
drink now m then fror, n bottle. ]
followed suit. I condemned the waiter
as "A strike breaker. but offered him no
violence. | gave him a tip.
After Bill had been fed by the waiter
several pints he began TO cry. I though,
that 1t was the strike getting on his
nerves. hut lie said no. It was the
recollection OF one OF the saddcst stories
lie had ever heard. II seems that once
he knew a man who was a heavy
drinker. lie always took five fingers OF
whiskey that was his standard drins.
Then Re married and a little child was
born. hat worked something of a
reformation IN tho man. lie still con
iinucd 10 drink five finger drinks. but he
measured his drinks by the standard OF
a child's fingers. ".And finally reforme,
altogether ! asked. NO" answered
Bill. that was the saddest part. Tho
child soon grew to he n strapping big
hoy with a hand the size of a ham. The
father canc 20 the inevitable end"
Here Bill broke down altogether. Eric
reached up and licked Bits tears away.
| mn no, sure whether 4, was sympathy
on the dogs part that made him do this
80 tina; the salt tears made w to a
deere" for TIC missing prctz"ls. Any
WAY tho strike was declared on then
and there.
This story touched me 50 that to cover
my grief I hid my face behind my copy
Of THE SuS. II Was then | CHANGED
t, see "J~oscphlne's" letter. wan,
Josephine To- know that re is entirely
mistaken in tho identity Of tho person
he describes. My personal appearance
is ly no means 50 futuristic az tina, O.
III" person OF whom he writes. The
man is an inpostor. r. l..
NEW York. September 20.
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Why Did the War Department Reject
This Motor Battery?

To THE EDITOR or THE SvN-Sjr: Re-
Gently We nave heard a great deal about
armored cars and their success in the
recent battles Of the great war. Does
any body know that We had n motor bat
terry in our National Guard? In that
battery there were several arinored cars
besides a great number OF motorcycles
and "A few OF the new four wheel drive
trucks. The battery was not acceptable
to the Federal service under the new
militia law,
Why Is II that a. battery equipped
by individuals through a desire TO show
patriotic spirit should he refused 10y the
Wilitary authorities. whcu any one who
reads Ito war news from time to time
secs mention often mado Of tho utility
Of sirnillr batteries under much more
trying conditions than We could possibly
encounter here" Tho battery | speak of
spent about two months in camp at
I'eekskill his summer waiting 10 re-
ceivc official inspection by tho propcr
military authorities. The inspection was
held about two weeks before the guard
left camp, No report OF tic inspection
has been given out. AZ OBSERVER.
NEW York. September 81.
The sun., 1916-09-23
IN DEFENCE OF THE SOUTH.
II should Not BE Judged by the Hang.
Ing Of "Murderous Mary"

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN--Sir. In
THE T. of September IS appears a
letter from "E. b." about the Lynch
ing of Murderous Mary tho bad ele-
plant. I'm Tennessee. lie asks, "wili
1t ever be possible for the people OF the
South to do anything in an enlightened
mud humane way? Will they always be
savages at hearth
l fully agree that the elephant should
have been put to death in a more hu-
name and LEGS sensational manner. and
this is not written in defence Of the un-
happy ending OF this poor animal. but
tina. the entire South and all It's people
should not be called and rest in the
mind of IL. b as savages and bar
barians.
I would like "E. b" to be better In
formed about the South. lie has in
cluded all the South in his criticism and
judges II by things that are unfortunate
when they happen In any community.
Is 1t not we'll to remember that no To-
cality. North. East. South or West, has
n monopoly OF good or bad? Does
IF. H." also realize there are more than
one kind Of people everywhere? lie
silouiu NV JUICE any community ny tne
worst things that happen. Would
az. H." Ike New York tnot including all
the North) to be Judged by It's recent
white slave exposures and have South.
erners say in d~crision "Oh, l suppose
these men will he sent TO Sing Sing to
play BASEBALL Let us be Influenced
rather 10y the best deeds and the better
element. az. D. would really find some
very delightful people in the South who
would be surprised at imprcssing any.
body as savage at heart
There was something not altogether
angelic stirring in the heart OF "E. b
when he wrote his letter. II does not
impress ne as being so full OF sympathy
for the poor elephant. but rather as an
opportunity seized to get something off
his mind. believe IL az. b." could
spend a vacation some time among some
of the gentle folks Of the South he would
return home with a softened opinion.
\ SorrIIERNEr.
The sun., 1916-09-23
General Interest In Orr Nclyhbor.s
Trouble,

To THE i;ptror or THE SrS-Sj: Your
leading editorial ar,icl" to-day Was a
c"rkcr. ! have wondered WHY soui.
paper had not taken the pains To look
over the former editorial articles of tho
New York Times. That newspapcr ,airc
ou'. as YOU remember. for Roosevelt and
OF course was disappointed whom Eoo~e.
volt was not nominated. but I never could
understand h"" IT could GO over 10 Wil.
son after tho friIhtful editorial articles
'1cy had written against him and against
his Nacillation, cowardicc and lack o,
patriotism.
! think you will 10 doing good Wort;
Tor Hughes and the country II YOU cal
at'ention to n few more - those editorial
articles. II wouldn't take one Of vor,r
men very long 20 RIM thr"u.h all II them
Tor that matter. hut those which followed
the tusi'ania atr"ity showed Wilson nm
pretty we'll in his true ,olors. or lack
Of cnlors. Cu>rIrs u IIopps
NEW York. September 81.
The sun., 1916-09-23
LOUISIANA ,SSUCAR MDUS7RYRUINED
BY THE DEMOCRATIC TARIFF.
The Once FIourshins Lower Coast Now the sIost Impoverished Part
Of the State.

and the only M left IS mak.a. \ crop.
or will make n this autumn, ~ but
q third Of its capacity.
That limited Lower Cons. section
was formerly the garden s,ot Of
the Louisiana sugar Industry. an
among those who lived there and
helped to make II ficuiishing were rep
resentatives OF such families as TIE
Bradish Johnsons. Kcinochans. Law.
rences and Osgoods of New YORK, and
Whitneys, STATIONS and p~achwoods OF
Connecticut. Now. from the futh.es.
and almost complete destruction OF tho
local sugar indugtry in the frs, two
years OF the Wilson Adminis,rlti,r b.
has become the most impo,crshc.
part Of the State.
The unfortunate fate Of tho Stantor
central factory Of orleans parish WI,
shared by forty-two other central IA
tories at tho same time all over ,h,
Louisiana sugar district. Some o.,
these went to Cuba, Central hm.ri,i
ard Mexico. with thos. erected %.
the last named country il was mos'
"out OF the frying pan into Inc Are
as our present Governments ioirt
toward american investments IN Me-.
leo practically invites native srol',.io,
Of such: and II is Unnecessary 10 STAG
that such official Invita- IN has hccn
mostly cordially accepted.
The sudden diSp Of 200 200 sAo.'
tons in louisiana SUGAR prod lion. n.
abou. 60 per cent. under Democrat.
dcstructivcncss. would haye sonc 60
down "a n finish In the four vca'.
81 tho present Presidential term =
for the breaking out OF the generd
European war at a time when thrse
engaged in sugar production we
getting rOndy to abandon Il. Tho
h,d then largely run out OF worl
ing capital, cane and working s.o-'
and were unable 10 take advat
tagc OF .ic great r!so In sug
prices irrespective OF the tariff. Tv
or three years are required 10 resec
and restock abandoned cane rlan'n
tons. This year will see a gain 60
100. 900 tons ovc last years crop, To-
not until ncNt year can tho fprin''
maximum production OF tho State 30
reached.
Uut the destructive Demorrnrv CO."
take ro credit for the rchah.lti'.o'
Of our American beet and cauo si.a,
industries. Both would ia,o t.rl
ruined by Democratic legislation la.
not the worlds commercial sugar
supply oecn Immensely reduced
an Unforeseen war uf cnu'lr.n'i
magnitude. Then the restoration -
tho reduced duty, sct for total ain'
ton last May. was IA measure co. .
most reluctant c~umpu.>iuu. more ~.
luctant because 4 Va n fur,o' -
know lcd:rnent OF tho folly - 'Nc
sugar feature of the Underwood it;
bill.
National Democratic hostility
cost Louisiana .ncalculan.c million. i'
little moro than orc-hIlf the 1ros,r'
Presidential torn in more Than aa.
destroying tn" SUGAR industry ~ '
two years. and thus preventing
from enjoying tho prosperity r. ''.
ing from doubled prices IN ,rli t
1915. ANrEEw WILtl%go.
The sun., 1916-09-23
GERMAN HUNGER RIOTS.
Reasons for Dlscreditlng Report
From Brunswick,

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: In
THE SrN of September is ! noticed a
Reuter- despatch from Copenhagen. cabled
by way Of London. which arrested my
attention. German ~ewspapers were re-
ported as saying that hunger riots had
broken out In Brunswick. The hunger
rioters were said to have been severely
punished with from five to ten months
Imprisonment.
on this side OF the ocean II Is rather
difficult TO form all opinion as to
whether this report is based upon truth.
still. the in which it winds up
makes me sccptical. The public prose-
cutor that other and more
serious offenders would not he tried in
Brunswick. but chat their ease would be
referred to the Grand Jury" II we
would draw conclusions from this al
legged statement in regard to its cer-
tainty. the whole report would fall TO
pieces. or better, is as untrue as this
very statement.
The German penal code explicitly says
that the l~awbreaker may bc indicted
and convicted only within the jurisdic-
ton OF his local Judge. and rowl,ere else.
The Grand Jury o; the duchy of Bruins.
wick IL hold!ns It's sessions in the capi-
tai or brunswick. which capital is named
after the duchv. Brunswick. To that
man only who H. wholly unfamiliar with
the rudest elements OF German law will
occur the ridiculous idea of transferring
the Grand Jury OF the duchy Of Brur.-
wick and It's capital to some other place.
viewed In this light. the report about
hunger riots In brunswick renders its
own verdict. In. oruMrr.
NEW YORK. Septenber 81.
The sun., 1916-09-23
Request for More Hughes Campnien
Arguments by Our Neighhor.

To THE !.orroR or THE SvN-Sr.
was almost tickled To death this morn
Ing when I road your editorial article
"fortrait Of an lrsinccrc Politician hv
the New Work YUd"S." have been a
consistent reader az tho Time. ror ~.
past twenty years. hut lately its attachs
on Mr.. Hughes ~ r.Nt l'res!dcn:I
have been too much for ne.
wish you would print, day by DAY,
editorial articles from the Times FOR tho
past year wherein they have attacked
the present Administration
] have met men from all over The
country. bankers. merchants. farmers
and labor men, former Democrats now
all FOR Hughes. Even the Southcrners
are for him so this year they will mo-,
vote, rather than vote for Wilson.
J. JONES.
ATLANTIC Cirr, Scptrnher 81.
The sun., 1916-09-23

In u recent issue OF a New orleans
paper appears this apparently unim-
portant item Of Central American
news:
The factory OF the Honduras Sugar and
Distilling Company. at Celia. Honduras
stopped grinding cane on september y.
after having completed a four months
campaign and produced 10000 pounds
of % ties, sugar and 100000 pounds OF
graduated sugar. This factory was the
old stanton" factory OF Miiiiten e.
~Farweii. which. up to 1919. operated below
Aigiers. La. Uhe Fifteenth ward OF New
Of,cans). This was the second year tina;
this factory was operated In Honduras.
Now hguratively. this Is emphatically
a case of casting the bread OF the
children to the dogs"
Stanton Central Sugar Factory was
actually in the parish of orleans,
and the nearest to the city limits OF
any large central sugar factory In the
state. IL was actually III the city's
suburbs. and It's tributary cane fields
almost bordcred tho populous streets.
II has just demonstrated a manufac-
turing capacity OF over ten million
l'o'''''p Va ''iSti 'f " 's''
This complete sugar factory. costing
several hundred thousand dollars. was
erected near the end Of the last CEN
fury with n view 70 manufacturing
tho cane crops of Ave formerly indie
pendent sugar plantations. For a
score OF years Il, furnished employ
inent to about 200 factory hands
mostly from the laboring class NJ
New orleans, and 600 field hands. with
most of it's harvest hands from that
city. OF its Algiers ward.
Soon after the inauguration OF
President Woodrow Wilson. and on
the We OF the f~oredoomed passage ~
the Underwood tariff bill. that costly
and capacious sugar factory was shut
down and ~dismantled. and Its machin-
cry sold and shipped for erection In
Honduras.
Now the large outlay Of wages Il
for long years contributed exclusively
10 tho support OF American labor is
distributed among the mongrel popu-
lation of n foreign land n thousand
miles distant. And its valuable pro-
duction of n share in n or our own
country's most important food crops
has been lost or sacrificed for another
coun,ry's gain.
But this sad story does not stop
here. Before the last Presidential cleo
ton the strip OF forty mics OF coun-
try bordering the Mississippi River
on both hanks below New Orleans.
knoHn locally as "Thc Lower Coast"
contained fonr large central sugar
factories of q combined capacity of
10000, 600 pounds of sugar. These
worked up tie cane crops OF moro
than nifty formerly Independent sugar
Plantations in tho parishes OF orleans,
-. Bernard and riiqucmincs. Thc
names Of such factories arc. or were:
stanton" "kcnilworth.' Myrtle
Grovo' and Magnolia" They en-
ploycd IN factory and field at least
1000 laOorers. with a large number
&C dependents. In the first two years
IT the Wilson Administrator three OF
these factories went out Of business.
The sun., 1916-09-23
DO AWAY WITH THE DELE.
GATES.
Let the WOrkmen Re Represented by
One OF Themselves

To TIVE EDITOR OF TIE SuS-Sir: Let
the unions do away with their delegates.
Have the men appoint from their own
number "A few who W and would
gladly serve gratis and take up Just
causes Of their fellow employees with
their employers. There are many men
in their respective unions who have more
brains. and can use thcm 70 hettcr adj
vantage. thar most Of the delegates that
arc representing them.
How many delegates can step ri;h'
into tho working places OF men they
are representing Not many Then.
how can they expect to know what
hardshipg tho employees have 20 boar?
only by what they are told by "A few
dissatisfied employees. ". r. "
NEW YORK. September %.
The sun., 1916-09-23
J. r. .yon-. and September 81, ,,,s.

John Paul. Nho came to aid u. In our
struggle to h" free,
Knew only one allegiance. hyphenate he
could not he.
our Lane he loved, our aims he praised In
no uncertain tones,
And, s~rvering all former ties, he took the
new name Jones,
When France cav. Va 4 NehtinG snip
France, ever stanca and true
We named her Hon Homme Richard and
let Jones command her crew.
lie sailed her forth ~ seek IN. foe, and
on this famou. day
lie yanquished the serapis In . Thorough
Yankee way.
The sun., 1916-09-23

To THE EnlToR OF TIE S~rH-Sir: Ar,cr
readinG your smashing leader this morn
ing I remember that tho World some
months ago printed an editorial article
under the title TT Does Matter, MIR.
President" In which tho President was
taken Ia task FOR conniying NJ or justi-
Tying Secretary Daniels's action in not
granting Admiral Fiskc's request .or "A
court of inquiry.
| dare say YOU have this and similar
rods in pickle, Anything that a pick
thank organ like the World has to say
or has said against the President ought
to nave double weight. II. G..
NEW YoRk. September 81.
The sun., 1916-09-23

To II Enron OF THE SrS-Su.. Tho
mystery OF the New York Times is
hard To- solve.
They said oditor.a'ly on September {,
MIR. Hughes, il We take him at his word.
would have brought on tho strike" by re-
fusing 10 sigu the hill of Which .hov
said "thc manner OF It's enactment was
hateful to all right thinking Americans.
II was N truth a surrender by Congress,
the national legislature acted under
threat and dursss, /; was humiliating, II
was shameful
Perhaps their appreciation Of fright
thinking Americans" has been rrc'uli,,d
Ivy humiliation and shame.
H.rRy |" i'RrSCu.
WliNEsEARCr. Pa. Scutcmher 81.