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: Wherever the ancient Roman went
he carried his rights with him.

Reports from the Serbian front say
that General PUTNiH has been COM
PEELED on account OF Illness TO leave
the army. lie has been measured
more by a European than a Serbian
standard and pronounced one OF the
greatest OF s~trategists. The victories
of the Serbians in the two Balkan
wars. the defeat Of the Austrisns in
their first advance into Serbia n
the retreat of the Serbian army before
the overwhelming Teuton-Bulgarian
forces were due to his skill. He was .
grim. gray old warrior, with an uncon-
auerable spirit and a weak body: and
his temper was lever agreeable. He
knew Serbia SO thoroughly that he
directed the army without map or
chart. His home was q small house
not far from the American consulate
in belgrade. II may not have been
mere chance that an Austrian shell
crushed 1t. One OF his admirers pointed
N this modest home as a proof OF
the small pay W Serbian officials and
their freedom from graft. Despite
all his years of hard work" he said.
General PUNK V had money
enough t lift the mortgage on his
home
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Our remarks on the ACCESSIBILITY Of
letting Mr.. LANSING do the talking
just at present apply also to Senators
Of the United States. II is not "A
matter Of right but of patriotic cx-
lediency. The right of the Senators
to discuss in public. for the y g and
ears of the whole world. any subject
of public Importance within the rules
of order is not To bp questioned. THE
SuN would he the last to question
that right. But the job of asserting
and protecting American rights on the
high seas belongs In its present stage
TO the Executive: and such outbreaks
of conflicting opinions as occurred IN
the Senate chamber on Wednesday
make that task infinitely more din.
cult and might even render IL i'm.
possible.
Moreover, some Of the Senator's
who talked unnecessarily on Wednes-
day also talked foolishly.
Most .Americans-all Americans. we
believe. with the exception of II rela-
lively small number of citizens cher
ishing extremely ardent sympathies
On the one side ar the other of the
European confict--desire that the
Administration shall succeed in Its
steady. patient and generally consist
ent efforts to preserve the neutrality
Of this Government. Both the Sem
ators who demand that the legal
export Of war munitions shall be
stopped and the Senators who urge
n modification OF our own position
regarding the rights Of American
travellers In belligerent merchantmen
are making proposals essentially un-
neutral and therefore destructive Of
neutrality.
Neutrality maintains the status of
International law or practice existing
at the beginning of the war. A
departure in one direction or the other
Is Il departure In the interest of one
or the other of the belligerents and
consequently an unneutral act.
Let LANSING do the talking!
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BETTER HAVE A DOCTOR.
That Is the Sensible Way TO Treat
Attacks OF the Grip.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir: May
| ask that you give publicity to a sim
pie treatment for grip which I think
is not generally known? BY way of pre-
vention some good ointment or salve
containing eucalyptus and %cainphor.
such as are sold as cold and hay fever
remedies, should be used In the ~nostrils
according to directions that Is, snuffed
up the nostrils and rubbed on the bridge
and sides OF he nose and on the fore
head over the nose rubbed hard.
Then II symptoms Of the grip appear
In spite OF this preventive treatment
the same remedy should be rubbed up
and down the spine ten or fifteen times.
night and morning.
This combination treatment will also
break up a mild attack of pneumonia
If faithfully used in the early stages.
An ointment is preferable 10 oil be-
cause more penetrating and not so
greasy.
Is It not probable that the present
style OF heavy collar worn high about
the neck and kept on In cars, stores, &c,
causing the wearer to get ~overheated,
has something to do with the unusual
prevalence OF grip? A. f. D.
NEW SoRK. January 6.
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III JOHN IL. RILEY. the Superinten.
dent of State Prisons. has been guilty
Of misconduct justifying his removal
he should not be allowed to resign.
Charges should be brought against
him in the n prescribed by law.
and he should have an opportunity
IL be- heard.
Governor WHITMAN by the course
he has adopted in assigning II trivial
incident and alleging the breach Of a
gentlcman's agreement as the excuses
for his demand for Superintendent
RILEY's resignation has done much
To confirm the suspicion already
widely held that conditions In the
state prisons generally are worse
even than the Sing Sing tumult indi-
Gates. There Is every surface indica-
ton that something and somebody.
perhaps n number of somebodies. are
being shielded from exposure.
Superintendent RILEY holds Il con.
stitutional office and reports To the
Legislature. He is not Il clerk to the
Governor nor subordinate TO any of
the four agents and wnrdenS.' al.
though II has been attempted To re-
!ucc him to this status. He was ap.
pointed in 1914 by Governor MARTIN
GLYNN: does this circumstance ex-
plain any of the curious incidents
that have marked his administration
since January l. 1915:
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people Of England made the

common people Of England made the
choice between war and peace.
Was Mr.. CARLYLE right? Is NORTH
cLlrrE wrong? Can the supermen In
all nations to-day defy the will Of the
average men and have their way with
reluctant peoples who may possess the
machinery but lack the will to rule?
Every historic institution In the world
to-day Is undergoing a fight for ex-
istence. Democracy Is no exception
to this. Together with hereditary au-
tOcracy. representative government,
and all notifications Of the same,
government by the people Is on trial.
Is civilization to belong eventually to
the superman or to the average man?
Are war and peace to be the play
things Of Carlylean heroes or are they
to be eventually under the control Of
what Lord NonrHcLrrrE calls the COM
mon people7
1t will be a long time before Flu
rope can give a satisfactory answer to
this question. But is II not possible
for the people of this country to dem
onstrate the weakness Of CARLYLE's
position. TO avoid oil tendency to
exalt the supermen. and to 80 carry
themselves that the world will receive
new proof Of the assertion that the
people Of a free and enlightened ma
ton may. In any crisis. determine
their own destiny?
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proportion to their population, and IL
further direct taxes are necessary. as
they surely are not, It might be we'll to
invoke that ancient power in order that
all the States might be permitted patri-
otically TO contribute TO the support Of
the national Treasury rather h a to
conine the different adventures in di-
rect taxation to those peculiar forms
which will chiefly fall upon one portion
OF the Union.
The States perform tine most cxpen-
sive functions OF government. and espe-
cially those functions which most closely
concern the people. They provide edu-
cation. roads. fire and police protection
and many other important services. We
raise each year in Massachusetts TO
carry on our local governments $93.-
36o,1Ss. or abou, s26 per capita. En-.
elusive OF the postal department. where
a special service Ia rendered in carrying
letters and commodities. the national
expenditure is nov about 50 per capita.
ard that is larger than I. ever has been
in time Of peace In other words. we
require in Massachusetts nearly three
times as much per capita TO carry on
our local governmental functions as Is
needed by the nation, and a similar dis
parity IL shown in very many OF the
o;her states OF the Union.
obviously, IL the states are to con-
tinue TO perform the vital functions
which they have so long performed. the
national Government must respect their
sources OF revenue. and should conflne
itself to those rich and almost llmltless
fields of which It has exclusive command.
In times OF grave emergency. when this
existence OF the nation is at stake. the
last dollar in the country should be at
its command. but except in such times
there should be no settled policy of taxa
ton established at Washington which
would threaten to cripple the local gov
" NV tvhiINlN dilu 40lVSlf tUelI
efficiency"
This Is ns spirited ms it is luminous.
The snme ideas have been In many
minds. but seldom, If ever. we think.
have they been expressed So clearly
and presented so forcibly. There is
matter for at least one Presidential
contest in the issue which Governor
MCCALL here formulatps.
Not the least interesting feature Of
the protest is the circumstance that
the defender of the States rights
against undue extension of Federal
activities and excessive e%ncroachment
upon the States by the Fed
eral taxing power is an old fashioned
Republican attacking new fashioned
Democratic policy and practice.
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SHERMAN ON WAR.
Opinion of . Widow Whose Husband
Heard His Characterization.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN-Sir. As
the widow OF an officer ~ our civil
war ] would suggest to the women of
his country that "A thorough training of
their sons In an upright life to At them
for decent fatherhood would he far
better for them than TO arouse their
animal natures TO shed tho blood Of
brotherhood
How much I would like my sex TO
read he diary of my brave husband,
and then, II they still want warfare,
which Is the only name for prepared
ness. ! shall. forever hold my peace.
There was nothing aroused all the
hatred and malice in the hearts OF a
soldier as the sight OF the enemy in
front Of them. but what a change
would come over them In their mad
charge after the enemy when a dying
would beseech for a shot to end
his sufYerings.
A. General Sherman said to my hus-
band, Wars hell. Captain Some day
this wonderful account Of our civil war
written by tho heroes OF Gettysburg
and all tho battles will be published.
agree with Mr., Dana when he once
said to Captain Galwey. "War is an
Client history" but I guess he would
think otherwise II he were alive now,
MARY V. GALwEr.
NEW YORK, January s
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CARRANZA'S LEADERSHIP.
An American Long Resident In Mex.
leo Speaks Well Of II.

To THE EDITOR or THE SvH-Sir: !
have lived in Mexico for a quarter OF
a century and was there during the
period spoken OF hy Mr.. Henry Lane
Wilson In an interview at Washing
ton reported in THE SrN OF January ..
the period OF the murder OF President
Madero and Huerta's rise to power as
dictator. To say the least. Mr.. Will
sons statements are ambiguous. He
says that the Car:anza Government
must eventually fan" Perhaps the car
rama Government will fail, for the
powers that control Washington will no
doubt disrupt Mexico through some pre-
text. Mr.. Wilson also says that the
Indebtedness growing out of the reNolu-
ton amount to more than IA billion
dollars" What concern is that OF
the people Of the United States?
Had this country stayed out OF Mexico
her indebtedness would have been less
interesting. Mr.. Wilson further observes
that he has seen the way tho Mexican
people treat their heroes. Diaz. Ma
dcro. Felix Diaz. lIucrta and villa" To
call these five men heroes is dry hunlor.
II II Is humor, otherwise | cannot
classify II.
But Mr.. Wilson most important
statement. misleading and false. is that
this recognized element 1.-THE carranza
element has destroyed American inter-
ests n thrown $50 Americans into
filthy jails." Il Is perfectly true that all
interests. foreign and domestic. suffer
during a time OF revolution hut Ameri-
can interests in Mexico have suffered no
more under tarranza than under his
predecessors on the contrary. there
has been more order and general pros
perity under his rule.
Who asked the United States to recog-
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OPPOSES STATE INCOME TAX,
Reform Association Fears Injury
From Mills PIan.

Some of the disadvantages OF A state
Income tax, which tho Mills taxation
committee Is expected to recommend
IN its forthcoming report 10 the L-gis-
lature. are pointed out by the New York
lax telorm Association in it's annual
report. The association is OF the opinion
that such a tax would have a tendency
TO tnjure real estate and business here
'The income tax" SAYS tho association.
rs already used by the Federal Govern
hcht, aIld with the great additional de-
WiidS Tor Federal revenue will undoubt-
edly be extended IN the near future 50
as 10 reach smaller incomes than those
now taxed and to obtain more revenue
from large incomes. An income fax
can II" administered better bv the Fed
eral Government than a Stat because
of its broader Jurisdiction. \ state in
come tax affords more opportunities
for evasion. or locating outside of tho
aNing jurisdictions With the great
diversity OF Investments and the prepon-
dcranre OF interstate business, II ia
hard To determine what part OF an in
come IL taNabie by the State IN which
Inc taxpayer ives or the taxable husi-
ness Is conducted. The present tax laws
OF New York attract many wealthy resi-
dents from other States and thereby en-
nance the value of residential and busi-
ness real estate. To the extent that a
state Income tax retards this tendency
OF wealth and capital to come here, real
estate and business must suffer"
The association Is OF the opinion that
no large new source Of revenue, such as
an income tax. should be provided until
every effort has been made to keep ex-
penditures within the present receipts.
AT any rate. 1t feels that before AN in
come tax reaching down TO p,ople Of
modest means, is enacted there should
he an Investigation to determine whether
or not the state is receiving "a much
AZ other States from the privileges en-
)oyed by corporations, Such an inveetl-
9auoh' " points out, was not made
by the Mills committee, on the altered
excuse Of lack OF time,
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Helping Governor Whitman.

Diligent readers Of contemporaries
Gus news will he cheered and heart
cncd by the efforts disintercsted patri.
OTIS are making to rehabilitate the
Public Service Commission.
The kindly intervention of the Hon.
LEMrEL +. QUIGG in behalf Of greater
efficiency is revealed on occasions
when his modesty In good deeds fails
10 his we'll meant activities.
The benevolent purposes of AMAsA
THoRNToN, who ut present clonks his
distinguished record under the unos.
tcntatious title of IA Brooklyn at
torney." are momentarily disclosed
TO compel acknowledgment Of the
intellectual supremacy and political
acumen Of RoBERr X. Lawson, who
dwclls, with singular appropriateness.
on Woodbinc street, deep In rcmotest
Kings county.
The unchnllenged public spirit of
GEORGE +. THOMPSON animates tho
~reformniory project and illuminntes
the midnight resignation and it's ac.
ceptnnce.
Too ileeting climpscs Of "a well
known railroad lobbyist contribute
to the picture tho final touch of veri.
>imilitnde and convince the most
scertical that the time honored prac-
'icc Of conserving the public welfare
still enlists edifyinc aid.
Not u new face. not an unfamiliar
figure: how diligent and long lived
are the self-sacrifcing guardians OF
the common interest.
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EXPLAINS A PLAN
". u. Straight Tells <dycrti.ius
Men Of Overseas Chance.

willard H.. Straight, speaking % '-
terday's luncheon of the AdN-rfH ,
Mems League of New York. a. '.
TWenty-ffth street. described thu Np.. -
work that lies before the ucN
ganized American Overseas CoDr0r. 900
and answered several questions t,g
ing IL.
Mr.. Straight expressed the g..
that II this country pursucS a T..
generous policy in doing lu~.ros. Va
the countries at war our future A..
trade will benefit i~mmeus,ly.
The American Overseas Cprp.....
however. Will have as lts p".uar.
pose, he said. the fostering ul
with countries neutral IN 'Ic r..
war, This promotion. said NJ ~...
will result directly from e., .".
tons specially of Una ciu- o.r
abroad.
II can best express tie rr,'|.
concrete example" explained '.u
IN reply to one question. "~ur..
American contractor gets a ,....
$1,000, 600 worth If paviug .r
Ayres. The Argcniua. Il H..
vrnieut to pay hia IN so,ur ~ ',
securities. The contractor w.s',-
his material IN the United S'..,.
cannot manage II very wei, ".
curi,ies offered him.
II comes 20 the America.
seas Corporation. which |ro,oerIl,- .
south American bonds ae tu.,o..
sound and promptly takes Thea. e."
hands, giving him monty for titu. 90
which he proceeds at once 10 uay
plies here.
The corporation will then ia-
own securities against the fore.
curities acquired, Thus tho u,i ii!
spened for American Investors ., It
their capital IN foreign tclds r,
simplest way"
To another qucstloncr Mr.. Sfa-
replied that This field OF worS l.
distinct from tho purely banking
ness in bills OF exchange, &
the National city Bank * uuicr'e
through It's foreign branches So -
II the Intention that the rnrpor o..
shall go directly into merrhin.
In unnecessary competition with AH
merchants.
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Limitation Of the Immunity From
Arrest Enjoyed by Congressmen.

To THE EDITOR OF TIN SrN-Sir: The
contention of the members OF Congress
who have been indicted In the Federal
court In New York that they are privi-
legged from arrest Is un%warranted
In the Ease OF Williamson VS.. United
States. % Supreme Court Reporter, 1853
u@O7), the Supreme Court quoted with
approval the statement OF the rule as
made by Lord Chancellor Brougham,
THAT he who has tho privilege OF Par
Lament in all civil matters, matters
which, whatever may be the form. are in
OF a civil nature. may plead
1t with success, but that he can In no
criminal matter be heard TO urge such
privilege" c.
WARWICK. January 9.
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ILL AFTER MAKING PLEA.
Michael Kenealy, Attorney In New
Haven Case, II Serious Condition.

Michael Remedy OF Stamford. Conn,
n we'll known lawyer of Connecticut, had
n narrow escape from death yesterday
morning and Il not yet out Of danger.
Mr. kenealy. although suffering from
grip, arose from his bed To make a
plea 10" Edward II, Robbins in the trial
of the former New Haven directors in
the United states District Court. After
he had finished lie returned to the Hotel
Belmont and apparently suffered no i'll
effects. However. he suffered n sinking
spell early yesterday morning and was
unconscious when physicians reached
MN. He was revived and was reported
a little s%trongc- yesterday afternoon
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The Wcakling's Voice.

Free men we are and our rights We know.
But we must not sail the seas:
The voice Of the weAklinV cristh: lie.
IT'S time Tor our Bonded knees!"
ms time for men to forget they're men,
For liberty's sons to auail:
"Beware! Beware" They murnur aSaAn,
"Ye'rs fools II " dare to saAi"
rights ys claim are rights indeed,
But war Ia q wNnton thing:
When freemen trust In freedom's crsed
They SEQ not Force Is king"
freedom Of the seas vas won
by heroes Of your race:
Bun what they died for 10 unAsas.
We swallow our disgrace"
r. JoSss.
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PENALIzlNG NEUTRALITY.
Observations Of Readers Of "The sun"
In Trying Times.

To TiiE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. In
view OF the record of the Unated States
during the last seventeen months I ven
ture to make the following s~uggestion
Take down the sundry soldiers and
sailors monuments that are scattered
over the various States. and in place
thereof erect statues representing Uncle
Sam bending over writing a note about
strict accountability and the Kaiser
giving him a vigorous and merited kick.
Such statues could be made much
more artistic than the present efiigies
and would express much nor truthfully
the martial spirit OF this land Of the
free M homo OF the brave"
EDWIN A. RooERs.
BosroN, January 6.
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shall We Erase Amerlcan,sm:

10 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Srt
Doubtless excellent advice. that offered
in your heart to heart talk about keep
Ing cool.
Could you add anything in the way OF
suggestion as to how to forget hat one
is an American citizen. at least for a
time?
II strikes me that II such were pos
sible IL would he much easier to keep
ones temperature down. W. l.. ".
NEW YORK, January !.
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As the State Administration has
promised to restore him to his war
denship II he isn't convicted on his
trial. and the District Attorney has
pledged his best efforts to send him
TO prison. THOMAS Mort OSBORNE has
a pretty fair chance Of fulfilling his
ambition to get back to Sing Sing.
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When Under War Secretary TEN
NANT tells the House of Commons
that the British casualties in the bat
tie Of I.oos IN September were nearly
5000 the opposition to CONSUMPTION
does not seem to have a leg left to
stand on.
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Nav YAx. January S.

Mr.. Maurice Leon completely missed
the point OF the editorial. which was
that for the honor of the British navy
the Government should make a frank
statement about the Baralong incident.
admitting OF denying what was charged
against the captain Of the patrol boat
and publishing the Information in its
possession. There was no contention
n all that. as Mr.. Leon says. Great
Britain ought to accept "A neutral in
quiry into German charges OF inhu-
manity by British naval forces en-
gagged in the destruction OF a German
submarine" and II was assumed that
he Germans would not accept sir
Edward Grey's proposal.
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Governor WHITMAN now recalls hav-
ing seen LEMuEL T.. QUI0o on Monday.
and LEMuEL Z. QuIoG recalls having
seen Governor WHITMAN; and some
day both may recall what great boon
to the taxpayers occupied their minds
on this momertous day.
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January Q enth.

One Putnam. Who was born this day.
Unto the pacihsts might cay,
81. too, thought We need fear no m,
But changed my mind at Bunker I'M"
{. r u
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The British Empire may eventually
win the war with Germany. but the
prospect for its success as against
England IL by no means %glittering.
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II 10 IN Irregular Verb.

To THE EDITOR OF TVS SuS--Sir. VIVA,
Is the past parttcipIe Of tho verb McAdoo =?
NEW NoRx- January G. GOLDEN Aurs.
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The pork barrel at Washington ex-
tends greetings to the pork barrel at
Albany and remarks hat human ma
ture changes slowly II at al.