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Il II Time 70 Get Rid Of Carransa?

There Is much talk In Washington
about the possibility Of General CAR.
RAszA fleeing from Mexico. We can
not imagine why he should. Has
President WILSON examined CAR
RAN1A's personal morals and found
them wanting? Then we had better
make war on him AT once. rs we did
on viCTmASo HrrRTA.
Probably this is not the explana-
tiun. We must cast about for some
%, her reason. Maybe it exists in the
person of FELIx DiAz. He is said 20
be within Il few miles of Mexico city
nt The head Of several thousand men.
Possibly the WilsOnians think DiAz
w'sIld be more manageable than the
old Spaninrd with the eyeglasses.
After all. CABRANZA has been ter
ribly trying. especially when Presi-
dental campaign is In progress. As
he Is helpless without money aud as
Mr.. WILSON can't seem to- get wicked
Wall Street 10 lend the old fellow
$IOO. O.OONUD. perhaps II would be Just
as we'll to drop him. Trust Mr.. VIII
soN I" ,lo 1t with genuine regret and
unaffected cordiality!
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] I.

Ny correspondent IN Texas not or.
expresses his own opinion but ,ha' "f
a political leader and a uuondam uiiice
holder with large experience In pol,ticl!
campaigns: "Refoie the primary c.cc-
t.ous in the state. the catholic voters
never agree on one candidate. and IN.
man who would attempt 20 line them W.
except when they would tind thcmsclyt :
attacked would have a heavier task than
settling the peace of Europe. 1t is true
that the shaping of politics occa sonally
brings forward a man who is looked
upon as not bigoted. and who. therefore,
attracts even a large proportion OF the
votes OF Catholics. but such alignment
sccords with what have said above,
The gentleman ! referred to says the
following on this phase: While | am a
Catholic myself, ! could never line them
1.-THE Catholic votersl up. but found them
always divided. I consider the Catholic
vote the most independent vote in the
state Of Texas"
My Wisconsin correspondent cites an
instance where the Catholics of that
state voted practically rs unit In 1880,
when" he states. the Catholic Bishops
OF Wisconsin and the Lutheran synod
united In . fight against the Bennett
law a measure designed 10 put the
Catholic and Lutheran parochlal schools
under direct State control1, the Catholic
vote with practical unanimity was cast
for the Democratic party. which prom
Used. and after effectuated. a repeal of
that obnoxious measure; but think the
stragglers were driven into line not go
much by the Bishops and priests as by
the violent anti-Catholic tone OF many
OF the Republican orators that year"
He further adds: "As to the State at
large, do not claim to know very much
hut have n general impression that the
Catholics do not vote together upon
merely political questions or in sup
por, of candidates who are Catholics
After reciting several instances OF the
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Esrl Grey's Pertinent Question.

II was not to h. expected that Earl
GREY In his speech to the Foreign
Press Association would encourage
the pence efforts Of neutrals. or indi-
cate what terms the Entente Allies
would accept. The policy of the Brit.
lsh Government is fixed. Its spOkes-
men have been the Premier aud the
Secretary OF state for War. MIR. As
QuiTH and Mr.. LLOYD GEORGE. II is
to Ike war until the TeutOnic allies
sue for peace and give guarantees
against aggressive mllltarism; in
other words, until they are beaten
In the field and cry Enough
Nevertheless. Earl GREY = speech WAS
notable for what he had to say about
the American League for Peace and
other neutral associations whose oh
ject Is the prevention Of war after the
present war has passed into history.
Of what avail will he the leaguing
of nations together to maintain
peace? the cynicnl have asked. None
whatever, says Earl GREY. unless the
confe,lerated nations nre prepared
to undertake not more. than they are
fully able to uphold by force. and ia
see. when the time Of crisis comes
that 1t is upheld by force" There
fore there must he an international
police consisting of the armies und
nnvies Of ,he leagued nations. Does
1t seem too large an undertaking
Not in the light Of IL struggle into
hich all but n few of the gre 1t M
tlons Of the world have been drawn
At any rate. mere treaties and nm
derstandin:s will not suffice. entered
into however sOlemnly.
A question the United States will
have Ia face after the war Is whether
the American people think enough OF
world peace to authorize participation
In such an armed league as Earl GREy
has in mind. President WILSON nnd
eN.Presilcnt TAFT and others of our
public men have expressed some laud
able sentiments In addressing assO
| Citations whose intentions are excel
lent. but what Of the British states
mans question: 'Wiil you play ~
when the time comesT'
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Salvaging Sixth Avenu ue.

The purchase by n Philadelphia
drug firm Of the old Altman building
on Sixth avenue between Eighteenth
and Nineteenth streets IL u welcome
indication that the former shopping
district. recently deserted and profit
less. IL being recognized ms ideal terri
tory for the manufacturer and the
jobber. The fact THAT this property
which cost BENJAMIN ALTMAN about
S2WO,OO0. brought only half that
amount Is not 10 much n sign Of lts
real worth as 1t IL an illustration Of
the havoc wrought In land values by
the false economic moves that wrecked
The district where. until about six
years ago, most Of the great retail
stores were grouped. 1t to this ,lis-
trict that the manufacturers now In
the fashion streets are expected to
move when their present leases expire.
II is zone favored Of transit sys-
tens. convenient 10 the factory hand
and to the buyer and close enough Ia
the freight piers.
II il an axiom among real estate
men that outsiders know the value of
New York property better than New
Workers. do. 40 II Is not surprising
that men from another city have made
the first large purchase In a district
which, thanks to the Save New York
movement. seems certain to be re-
stored to its rlghtful place on the husi-
ness map.
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"Buy . Bale OF Cotton"

Two years ago cotton was low. Fed
eral and Stnte Legislation was de-
mande,l for the relief of The planters ;
buy a bale NJ cotton was the cry
Of ,he sufferers aud their political
saviOrs From the white House tu
the remoiest hamlet in the land the
imperative duty of adopting extraOr.
dinary measures for the salvation Of
the planters WIS preached.
Cotton went yesterday to- 2O.aI
cents II pound for the May option on
the publlcntiO Of the Government gin
ming report.
Shall we hear now OF n movemen,
for The relief of the mill owner. the
mill worker. the ultimate consumer;
VIII the Congress, the Treasury DE.
partment. the bankers. devise IL
scheme Ia defend the housewife
against eNtortiOnatc charges. the high
cost of cotton fabrics? Or Is it na
tiOnal duty To mitigate only the lot
Of the agricultural population?
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SHE WAS A BLONDE.
Mysterious Adventure of o Pitts
burger In an Eating Place.

TO THE EDIToI OF Tux SuN--Sir. Is
this lost blonde person buxom body
with a Ieonine stare. a Hartford step and
a Gaby smile. who tips the steeiyards at
about 1877? Has she the pose Of Pixies
Peak and the disconcerting repertoire Of
n creditor? Her continued absence from
the haunts Of her childhood cxcites nay
sympathy. 10 you suppose she could
have drifted beyond the buoys Of ciyili-
zation and docked at sburg? No
disparasement. you understand, but
strange things transpre and others ham
pen n she can jugyle half a bushei Of
stone age earthenware without sp.liing
pygmy pork chop and a cup Of the es-
sence Of acidulated alfalfa leaves l may
have a clue to her hidden habitat.
one dim and dusty evening when I
vas overcome by the continued gnaw-
ings Of an unsatisfled aiimentary canal
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Mr.. HUoHEs to pose magnificently. to
repudiate the vote Of this individual
or that, to declare that he did not
want the votes of this or that body
Of citizens--while all the time lesser
men strove to bargain for the votes
he publicly renOunced. What would
be the resultl MIR. HUeHEs would,
II elected. go into Office as the repre-.
sentative. not Of the whole American
people. but of "a class or classes.
Every act Of his In behalf Of Ameri-
can citizens--for II will he necessary
to stand up for American rights some
day--wopld be vitiate,l. Other coun.
tries would see that he spike for only
a part Of our people. They would
seize upon the differences that he had
set up and the role of America as II
nation would be ended.
SIR. HuuHGs has left the appeal to
partisaushlp. to race feeling. to I.reju-
dice and to sectional blgotry for
WOODnOw WILSON.
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Proposition Number One.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS--Sir: Prop
osition No. l IL the Meier ten million
dollar referendum which comes before
the people at the coming state election.
This bill approprlates s7.500.000 for
further purchase OF Adirondack and
Catskiil lands and $4,000, 900 to aid In
the purchase OF lands for completion of
the Interstate or palisade Park.
The Adirondacks and Catskills are the
playground and health resorts of the
eastern half of the United States.
Fully twenty millions of people benefit
In having this natural resource with its
glorious climate and wonderful, scenery
perpetual place for recreation and
health. and its economic value to the
State Is best expressed by the statement
Of competent authorities that the origi-
nal state purchases have Increased five
times in value.
Watercourses must he protected for
the future demands OF our cities for
water supply and to do this adequat 70
fire protection must be afforded by re-
forestation of dcnudod lands embraced
In this section.
Further State ownership OF these wild
la nds In the surest method of controlling
this situation
The Palisade Park, our most beautiful
local scenic possession. should he an.
ished, and the use of that part OF the
proposed appropriation is OF the utpos,
importance to New York city. because
OF its close proximity and the oppor'
| tunity It affords for recreation for al
| classes of our people.
Vote for Proposition Number One oi
November Z, HERBERT s. CARPENTER.
AspsLEr-oN-HrDsoN. octoher 25.
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mans, who failed to wrest the "key to
Paris" from the enemy, will be able
to hold him In the bloodstained zone
Of Douaumont. There more men have
been killed In battle than in any spot
Of the same size on earth. win the
Germans make good the counter
boast: "YOu shall not pass? The
safety Of verdun was. however. as
sured when the Franco. British offen-
sive on the Somme steadily advanced
the allied front mile after mile. Tux
ing one strategic position after an
other.
General NrvELLE's success makes
this change In the situation: The Ger
mans now have to deal with two
vigorous Offenslves and cannot afford
to concentrate lurge forces in the
SOmme sector at the expense Of the
Crown Princes army before Verdun.
There the Germans have now lost the
fort and village which they occupied
four months ago and ever since had
held. To draw In their lines from the
Meuse mt that point that is tO say. to
retire To the old positions which they
left on February ~ to begin the Of
fensive against verdun. would be n
confession OF failure and national
humiliation. for the great assault was
proclaimed "the last offensive against
the French" the beginning OF the end
~ the war.
II is not ~ he expected that Gen
eral NNELLE will often repeat his vie.
tory and forge straight ahead. for the
strong German defences that still
make Il half circle in front of the
French lines must he rc,,ucsi one hy
one. In that difficult country ~ hill
and rnvlne fighting j. necessarily n
slow. desperate and costly business
But il seems to he the purpose Of the
French General Staff to keep both Of
fensives going and by so doing frus-
trate the half revealed German plan
to recover ground lost on the Somme
by great forward movement.
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I v


So FAR from its being true that there
Is Catholic vote or that the Chur, p.
authorities either have any inf,usnc,
upon Catholics In politics nr seek to
exert any influence. 1t would seem that
the last consideration in the minds %"
Catholics in voting is their religious
point OF view. \ number of instance
rec!'ed by my correspondents show that
Catholics, even when candidates for Office
are Catholics themselves, divide thel,,
vote according 20 their party affiliations
or according to the merits OF the issue
and the candidates utterly irrespectiye
~ the latters religious affiliations
catholics running for Office in C~,mmuni-
ties where there are large number of
Catholics voting are defeated asain and
, again, and ther nou-cathollc opponents
are frequently elected.
, entertain no doubt. however. that
Catholics. without concentrated action
would east t" a great extent their bal
lots agd!nst any candidate who would
advocate legislative measures that might
ne Injurious to their religion or "A po,iti-
al policy that would either directly o.
indirectly prove harmful To- it. But !
lelierc. at the same time. that the
tn,holic voter would oppose sucn n can
didate NOT simply on the ground that
The candidate in question Is hostile to
Is religion, hut on the ground that such
| 4 person is unfit in nur scheme of gov
ernment to hold office at all Nowhere
| in the world IL uo' simply the govern
mental tolcration but the protection OF
| religious freedom and rights so funda-
mentally insrained in the political life OF
the country as in the United States.
Among no body Of our citizens IL the
realization of this basic principle of our
political life keener than among
Catholics, They appreciate to the full
the meaning OF religious liberty under
our Constitution by their acquaintance
/ with the history OF political lntercer-
! ence with the freedom Of the Church in
other countries They have only to con-
trast their happy freedom from State
control with the untoward conditions
which have been imposed upon the
Church in the Old World by political
concordats or other diplomatic arrange
mcnts. binding her to the chariot wheels
/ of the secular power.
For this reason. and by virtue OF their
profound sense of their constitutional
! liberties as Americans, which guarantee
fair and equal treatment to all. Catholics
resent the imputation OF RELIGIOUS soli-
darity In purely political questions and
repudiate the label Of their franchise
as "The Catholic Vote"
! The candidate who would raise the
religious issue In campaign Is clearly
un-American and obviously unworthy
The officehoder who fails to square his
conduct with the principle Of religious
equality and to safeguard religious
: rights and public morals from attack
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III.

Only two answers to my inquiry re-
cite instances of Catholics voting to-
gc;her as such. one in the case of can
didate who happened to be a Catholic,
running for purely local office. and
who attributes conjecturally the hand
some majority he received TO the fact
that his fellow Catholics voted for him
irrespective Of local party affiliations
He had made no appeal as "A Catholic.
II was purely personal compliment in
his estimation The second was the cpl.
sode of the defeat of the party which
had enacted the Bennett law in Wscon-
sin. Another instance came within my
own experience in 1892 in Illinois wnt re
another Bennett law had been put
upon the statute books Of that state.
In Illinois as in Wisconsin the authors
~ the obnoxious legislation we're de-
feated by the united vote OF the Luther
ans and the Catholics. This was the
year when Altseld was elected Cover
nor on the Democratic ticket.
Outside OF these instances | have never
known OF Catholics voting untedy In
any election. Moreover. | have never
heard political sermon. nor even u
political allusion. from any Catholic pull
pit, nor have ! ever had q Catholic prizes,
or prelste seek privately to influence my
vote. nor have I ever known priest or
prelate to try to direct or try to control
the vote ~ any other Catholic.
The sun., 1916-10-26
A scot Denies That the Late Daniel
Was ut All Irish.

To THE Ep,1on or TmE SrN Sin, The
American iIish Historical society in .
cirruIar advertising it's Reid day, to o..
cur nest Saturday. gives - Lumo.r Of
points ~ interest connected with Irish
mems history IA this city. wh.,h thc
m"mhr;s uf the su,i"tN intend 10 visit.
one Of them is Mc,:1wus Pass Tavern.
winch was kept by Daaiel Mc,;oWp.
whom the circular calls an Irishman
Daniel Mctown was as Scotch az Rob.
ert Bruce, Ramsey and also McWhir-
ter, both historians OF yepute. say Daniel
Mc;oWn was BORN in Scotland and that
his only Irish connection was that he
pa ssed some time in Ireland before sail
ing to America. But Ike most OF the
other Ulster Scots, because he as much
az passing through Ireland the Irish So
oietles must claim him as an lrishman.
ARCHIBALD FERGUSON.
NFw York. October 25.
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General NIvelle's Offensive. J..

The capture of Fort Douaumont,
the village Of that name and Thlau.
mont redoubt, with $500 prisoners, by
General NIvELLE brings to mind his
address to the Eleventh Army In the
end Of June. In which he said: "You
will not be content with resistance.
You will 90 on biting In order to keep
In front Of you by a constant threat
the largest possible number Of enemy
forces, until the approaching hour of
the general offensive has struck" In
a few days, that Is say on July I, the
battle Of the somme opened. and
with only brief lulls 1t has been in
progress ever since and has been car.
ried almost to the gates of Bapaume
and Peronne.
The presumption Is that the Ger.
mans have transferred q number OF
divisions from the verdun front b
the Sonme arena. They began the
assault on verdun with six divisions
and In two months had reinforced
them with twenty-fOur more. How
many divisions were diverted I'd the
hard pressed army along the Sommt
hns not been disclosed, but General
NvELLE has evidently seen his op
portunity. After three months OF
nibbling at the German line about
verdun. NIvELLE. under orders from
his superior. of course, has launched
an offensive Of his own. A sentence
Of a bulletin NlvELLE issued to hi,
army on June 23 has gone round thu
world: you will not let them pass
my comrades" It now becomes {
question whether the weakened Ger
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results Of elections at various times. my
correspondent in Nebraska writes
These inside facts are the best proof
that Catholics are Democrats or Rcpub-
leans because OF their associations and
surroundings and act and vote indepen-
IDENTIFY OF any other influences"
Minnesota tells the same story. As
a matter Of fact" declares my corre-
spondent there, "in our state there is no
element which. by united. definite action.
marks itself out as the Catholic vote
My Indiana correspondent writes
you are entirely right in your position
your conviction-in regard to the In
dependence Of the Catholics in voting.
II squares with my observation as far
hack as I can remember"
From Pennsylvania comes the express
sion Of a similar conviction: 81 do not
think that the votes of Catholics are
often cast for any particular person be-
cause he is a Catholic. although, under
certain conditions, 1t will happen. namely.
when Catholic sentiment solidifies In the
face OF direct attack upon the rights
Of Catholic citizens, as In the instance
Of the Bennett law in Wisconsin in
1890"
Maine reiterates what the others de-
clare: 81 can assure YOU that in Maine
there is politically no union among the
Catholics In general nor even among the
members OF the clergy"
NewS York adds its testimony as fol
lows Il think. indeed that an effor,
on the part OF ecciesas,irs to Influence
votes for political or party objects would
he deeply resented and would fail COM
pletely. The Catholic vote AS II is
called does not exist in any political
sense.
And so throughout the various sections
of the country. there is no Catholic vote.
no dictation on the part Of ecclesiastical
authorities as 10 how Catholics should
vote. and the strongly expressed con-
viction that any attempt to direct the
Catholic vote as hearing upon political
questions. either by the clergy or politi-
cal leaders. would meet with instant and
deep resentment.
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The sign In the Brooklyn Cars.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun-sSir: Cam
didate Wilson's campaign managers
have caused to he put In the Brooklyn
cars signs containing the following:
President Wilson says: II am the can
didate Of n party. but ! Am above all an
American citizen. I neither seek the favor
nor fear the displcasure Of tha; snail alien
element among US which puts loyalty to
any foreign Power before loyalty to the
United States
What high sounding phrases Mi.
Wilson speaks as u candidate. so there
can be hut one meaning OF the word
"a!ien." namely. a subject OF a foreign
Government. Now. Of what interest are
the aliens TO candidate for office7 They
have no votes Henry L. Wi.kE.
BROOKLYN. October 2b.
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\ I

II IL a note worthy ftt 'a' - A.
this moment We are witncssiuc = s''-
but inevitable mo ement toward ucU D..
litical alignment in this couH'ry. Tn"
lines Of demarcation between the Ms
toricll parties are no l'ns., ds loAii
tive and obvious aS thev used 20 h" AeN
problems have arisen hy the grown -
new conditions, The United states =
America is no Longer democgar, 10
SIM LEFTY. remote ard isolated. yoi'.'
ful republic. whose domeSi. e. economy '
concerned solely with the antique iiS'""
and spinninr wheel The old ord@r
char geth. yielding place to the -"
citizens are vitally concerned wth N"
processes Of the new development al"
the prescient are aroused 20 ANXIETY N"
the future Is III" ship Of STATE dr'iWs
or Is It being guided through tho ie',or
and uproari"us currents Of the world
,Olitlcal ocean
Catholic Americans, as Hrc 'h'r y
low citizens of any or ~ cre"a A."
profoundly interested IN th" cont
changes. They have contributed Tier
generous share in tie material '''
bldI sIbNlll hI INV H'HllllN ll''
strongly conservative element IN ''
community, making profouudlN :" :"
bility and soldity. Their regard .
the card nal principle Of religious i't''
dom is tenacious and fNcd They, a'''
all others. abhor the Intrusion ~ iH''
ious prejudice In political life, a'' "'h''
be righteously Jealous Of any attempt "
exploit their religion as political "a"
tor either for or against thenseN'
They themselves. as IL dHunis ;lH eN
dent, never vote as Catholics, and n
pose never to be voted as Ct'h'.s '.
the Vaccinations ~ bosses n ptrN"
The politician who casts t.- ne's ''
the Catholic vote is fishing 10 Nar'e
waters. and the anti-Catholic dciai''
for the most part knowingly 'ca"'s
spirits from the vasty deep "h''
never materialize. There no 1ol'
that the anti-Catholc crusaias Tr.or -
elections have some efrect uron -"
backwoods element In our popu!dN'
which likes 20 be humbugsei, and tneN
are politicians who unscrupul"uSlN se'"
the opportunity But on tie ~Aot
ligious motives or prejudices have !'
effect upon election results In VI"
country. Americans have too 9rof"ln'
regard for religious liberty ava re-
llgious conviction to he sNaNed N a''
extent in their use OF the frai chtSs
The "Catholc vote though
Banauo's ghost II will not DOWN ar'lA'
election time. is pure phantom or
jurcd up in the overwrousht fancy
nervous politicians and nsurastNe''
fanatics COSpF u. ltl lsN
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An Invitation or on Allegation 7

To THE EDITOR OF THR SrN-Sir: The
Wilson banner stretched across Broad
following
All loNal Americans work for Woodrow
Wilson.
was not aware that Congress had
passed a law giving Democratic cam
paign managers the right publicly to
brand as disloyal Americans those who
do not work for woCdrow Wilson: nor
did I know that the public streets of
New York could be used for the purpose
OF branding as traitors those who re-
fuse 10 work for Woodrow Wilson.
New YORK, October .5. PErTuRBEp.