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The Army Bills.

Preparedness now has the right Of
way In the House of Representatives
and n week will he devoted Ia debate
On the Hay army hill. which Is an
Administration measure. The Chnm.
berlnin army bill whs reported To tn"
Serptc yesterday and will he taken
up for consideration early next week !:
II does not have the entire approval
of the General Stan. hut i. more
acceptable I" the army experts than
IN" Hay bill is. \ comparison of the
two measures leaves no room for
doubt that there will be II vigorous,
fight when they 60 to conference be.
tween those who support the principle
Of the liberalization of the militia
and those who advocate the volunteer
system.
II is first 10 be noted that the Cham.
t~rlnin bill practically adopts the
continental army plan proposed by
Secretary GARRISON, while the Hay
bill provides that the organized mill.
tia or National Guard shall he put
under the control and direction OF
the Federal Government. Mr.. Hay
in reporting his bill said that "tl.c
committee has no doubt If the con.
stitutionnl authority of Congress 10
provide for the discipline, organizn-
tlon. training and pay Of the mllltiu
as set forth In the bill" Nevcrthe-
less. III constitutlonality OF the Hay
bill as II deals with the organized
militin is to hc challenged by some
Of the ablest lawyers in the House.
The Chamberlain bill deliberately
overlooks the organized militia a> n
force that might he federalized. and
provides for raising In time of war
a volunteer army to consist Of 600
officers and men from ench Congress,
district, mr. 284, 900 mon. In introduce
ing the bill In the Senate on March
4 Mr.. CHAMBERLAIN said: "The vol
nnteer force authorized will be N
strictly Federal force md viii not
he under the control Of Governors In
any way The continental army Is
therefore still an issue in Congress.
1t will he heard Of In conference.
An elementary distinction between
The two bills would DO that the Sen
ate measure Is primarily Il regular
army bill, and the House measure.
while proposing an increase OF the
regular establishment, carries the
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What sank the Tubautla?

The Tubantiu, like the Silius. WINS
sunk without warning. and as In the
case Of the Norwegian bark. the as.
sertion Is made that a submarine
torpedoed her. In the matter Of the
Silius it has not yet been established
that the damage was not done by u
mine; the Tubantia may have met
her fate without the intervention Of
q hostile vessel.
Whatever the fact Is. the loss of
these peaceful neutral vessels. sent to
the bottom without warning. their
companies exposed TO the dangers Of
explosives and Of the sea, illustrates
the contempt In which neutral rights
are held by the belligerent Powers.
1t Is only - pretencc that II friendly
iac absolves the ship that flies 1t
from attack. The sea IL strewn with
deadly mines whose source no blown
up skipper can know the submersi.
ME ma their prey. and leave II To
their Governments Ia IND excuses for
them. The line between belligerenry
n neutrality u drawn. q for the
safeguarding Of the neutral. but only
that he shall not defend himself.
International law: Who shall res.
cue 1t: Freedom Of the seasi Does
1t give freedom TO assassins only:
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General GaIlIenI Out.

The retirement Of General JOSEPH
GALLIENI from the Ministry OF War
In France will disturb his country
men II the explanation of Ill health
%engenders u suspicion Of dissension
In Government councils. GAILIENI
has been IA mainstay and hope If the
nation since. by secretly assembling
Il reserve army when NoN KLrcK was
threatening Paris, the veteran turned
the tide of battle and saved France.
II was assumed that nc would re-
main In Office until the war was over.
The reason given for his resignation
seems to belle an active patriotism
and n spirit Of youth for which GAL
LEM has always been famous.
II Is conceivable that the hero
OF brilliant OVERSEE campaigns and
writer Of many books dealing with
the army and colonial administration.
u soldier honored by the scientific
societies. might IND IL hard Ia take
orders from a commander In chief
who was less renowned before the
war and radically different In tenn
permanent from his senior In years
GNInNI and JofFKE have never
mixed we'll, and their schools. their
IN fact. are not the same.
Perhaps the older nan chnfed In
the harness. But there l. no cyi.
dcnce of any clash Of opinion, Ger
tainly "f no serious difference be.
tween tho two q GALrlr>r has
recently been absent from meetings of
the Council Of National Defence, hut
illness WIS pleaded for him. Al e.
II man who has Q q long aud nrdu-
III, service in the tropics may feel
his vitality waning. In his letter Of
General GArIIf>i quotes
tho doctors impressivcly. II may
b" only u coincidence" that his sue
cessor. PIERRE .ArGrsrrs Roorus. 4.
old friend Of General JorrIt.
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HENRY JAMES,S COMMENTS.
Confusion IN Report Of His Reference
10 John Bright Corrected.

To EDITOR or The SUN--Str: In
the supplement of THE SUNDAY Sun Of
March IL. In a report OF Henry James's
comments OF the ~personases Of his time.
Is this paragraph
Bright. perhaps. had Ioftier Nights. a.
In his famous GRAFTON on the Irish famine:
Tho angel Of death Is lowering over US;
one can almost hear the beating Of his
wings" remember hearing a man who
was present when that speech was made
say tha. he trembicd when Bright began
his hight lest he should fail. but that
Bright came out triumphant ana aroused
;hc greatest enthusiasm.
John Bright did not deliver an grafton
on the Irish Famine. which happened In
tho years 1878. The "angcl Of death"
incident occurred In "a speech delivered
In the House OF Commons February 23,
1855. long before Henry James ever took
up lbs work In England. In Barry
O'Brien's Bright" page ESQ. Is this
anccdotc.
After The speech. 50 Bright told Spence
Watson. II wen; into BellAmy's TO have q
chop. and Dia4y came and Eat do~n be-
side me. and he said. Bright. I would
give ali that ! ever had 20 have made this.
speech YOU rsdc Just now Ana ] just
said to him. We'll. yon might ha,. mads
II II YOU had been honest"
Again. u AZ Richard Golden who
said to .Iohn bright. "You went very near
that time. II you had said Tapping
instead ~ beating Of his wings the
House would ave laughed Then his
h'ocrapher, -. VI. Trevelyan, adds. But
Bright could no more have said nap
ping than Mr.. Gladstone could have
made a false quantity"
GEORGE \. EDWARDS.
WILKEsBAREH. Pa, March II.
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u Is unjust 10 say that the cinema
plays have divorced the interest of
the public from SHAKESPEARE. They
nave no helped to develop taste or
intelligence In entertainment and they
have proved a diversion imposing the
slightest tax on the intellectual now.
ers. The cheapness Of the picture
shows put them within the reach of
the public, but 1t is the fact that they
offer entertainment which slides cas-
lily along the line Of least mental re-.
sistnnce that has kept them In such
high favor with the populace.
The public stays away from SHAKE.
srEARE for various reasons. The nun.
Der Of representations Is small. Those
that are adequate are expensive.
Then for several generations the mis-.
taken effort Of actors and stage man.
aSsSs Aas been TO crowd Shakespeare
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Inc memory OF "a good American Is
being IGNORED to-day in the niacc of
hts nirth GROVER CLEVELAND was born
March IL 1881 at Caldwell y. !. lie
never loved Caldvel, as much as ,',ld.
well loved him-sfter he became IA
nous He became an entirely natural
l"ed New Yorker. ana az Assistant
District Attorney ot BuNslo. Sheriff
OF Erie county. Mayor ~ RuYalo and
Governor Of New York displayed those
Qualities which won for him the Presi-
dency of the United States Of America.
qualities not Of brilliance bu, of pcr.
s'S'enre. not az genius but Of common
sehse. n an honesty mo- merely YER
Ia but Intellectual. The
81 PRESIDENTS II always !~nterestiut, and
l"e peculiar effectiveness of Mr.
'LE'EI-ANDs concentrates in tins. that
ne never ran. like the mar In tho story
u" Keep up with the crowd. "becausc.
You know. I'm their leader"
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G. SCHOOLS GROW.
superintendent jenkins Nakcs Re.
port e President WiIIcos.

President Wilcox of tn. Beard o.
Education made public last night Il .
port made TO him BY Henry /. J'rhlr-
superintendent IN JlarCt 80 cIc"''.
schools. In which NJ. jenkins say 'a'
the reorganization Of the cNelirs school,
on January | las; has had hicr'y '.to
iicial effect, and hat with IT,, t..u7r
OF a few activities at small cos -
their former status the evening : noaS
will be more efficient than hoy &C.
were.
The reorganization was f.rrd NO.
the Board of Education because a' ,..
% money. Sessions In the .Ncr.re O. ,H'
schools were reduced from foa 80
a week to t"o nights "A v"ei. a.. ,'
ming high schools were continued
-four might schedule, but uor-'"Cta II
instruction IN cooking, sowing dyes
making. millinery and crihr" i.rt va
transferred Ia the evening ,l,'r'' -
schools, only the tccuuica. t...'r g.
women actually .uga-.i 90 ''e '-e'
being continued In a." q. go
Trad" classes for men 'r .l.- '
drawing, plan r,adi!e asa 49, tfr
electrical installation ant e. 80
work were trarstc. 'cd '.rr. 81,
schools 10 the TRADE -,lC,l-. cas- t
training classes we, duui'.l,. "t.
and high schools session ~ 'I' -
schools WI, lvd!.,. e. T. 90.
nights to three uirnt.
Supt. Jenkins poi.'~ "ut 90 :""
February. lsl,. 10 I'eurau... t'i.. '.
Increase IN the uuiub,r 90 I'i
been . 80 per cent. ami i..I '.
crease in average attouo tu't t- .'
II per cent. lie dcducts i.t ~f'
cutting down the humber "'
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Ian drama into the narrow frame Of
the modern stage.

Ian drama into the narrow frame Of
the modern stage.
Consequently the plays are long In
performance, and swiftness Of action,
even when most needed, proved to be-
difficult. IL not impossible. For the
sake Of the theatrical intrigue which
was eve SO valuable as the incom.
parable poetry Of the great dramatist,
the necessity Of the platform stage
was ignored and beautiful speeches
we're hacked of that plays might 1T
modern building construction.
II 10 surprising that SHAKESPEARE
withstood 30 long a treatment N.
posed to the sweeping spirit Of his
art. The modern manner Of acting
these dramas. which Is wrongly
named, since II looks to some sort Of
restoration Of the material conditions
under which they were first heard,
seems likely to bring back the tnste
Of the public TO the plays Of SHAKE
cFLhHc 10 uO OtIicU tTcutUUtut W tUeIu
has been able to.
There Is nothing in common be.
tween the taste OF the public which
attends the movies and that which
goes 10 the plays Of SHAKESPEARE.
Censors need not look for the inspira.
ton to crime or wickedness In these
pictures q much as for the banality
and stupidity, the lack Of taste and
imagination. their indifference to all
that IL artistic and intellectually
stimulating. 1t Is these characters
tics Of the moving pictures which
makes them as substitutes for the
spoken drama such d source of dis
enlargement. A generation reared on
and melodrama might not
be- expected to acquire any high stand
ards OF taste In the theatre. but II has
the advantage of a public that has
known only the photo play"
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Irnli' Service Commissioners lIEr-
Wy and WHiTNEY have been ,ioi,ntl,
assaulted, ana whuleh.artedly defended
Their confirmation by the Senate. being
Al defeat and rebuhe for TuoMpsox
LAWSON ANA their crew, may be re-
sdfhed as n victory for sound admins
ration. But tie proof Of the wisdom
ot their selection lies in their own
hands. They enter "A body that needs
rehabilitation in popular esteem, whose.
chairman manifestly cannot unaided
restore ii to good repu,c. and Their
ondic in the future Will v!nd!cate or
discred!t their promotion.
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COL. HARvEY,S OPINION.
The Mexican Expedition Regarded -
"a bid for Massacre"

To III EDIToR ~ TuE SuN-Sir: Has
Washington gone crazy? Can It DE pos
sible. as reported here. tina the Presi-
dent has sent "A paltry force OF only
5000 III equipped and unsupported sol
diers on a wild bandit chase into a
hornets nest Of gringo haters, ten times
their number and ten times AS well sup.
piled with machine guns and ammunl-
ton. without safeguarding a line Of
communication In case Of need OF re-
treatH Not $50 long ago We we're bid
den to trust amisbie villa. who at
Juares sat al tho feet OF our chicf OF
stan. acting as personal representative
OF the Commander In Chief. INC obedi-
emily studied the uaagcs OF civilized
warfare. only later AZ Columbus TO re-
turn with marked effect a few OF the
millions Of bullets which ws had sup-
Piled TO him. as our ally IN the Prcsi.
dents wal upon Huerta.
Now wc are told to place faith in the
no less gentle Carrsnza. who has held
nominal authority by Houting, deridlng
ana dcfying u Government at every
turn. and who canno reverse his policy
without inviting deposition or assassi-
nation. We DO not have 20 heed thin
ADMIRATION any more than we
have to bo neutral IN our thoughts but
our soldiers do. Carranza and hts ariny
n spare their lives. or they may be
cut ON and surrounded. They soon will
be at the mercy perhaps OF the relent-
less First Chief. but none the less cub.
Jet to the passions Of his horde OF hos.
and savage men.
This MAJ adventure Ia nothing less
than a bid for the massacre OF Ame,.-
can soldiers. Can nothing be done to
IT. GEORGE HARVEY.
AIKEN, :. G.. March u.
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hopes of the National Guard. The
Senate bill provides for "a suficient
Increase Of the regular army to en-.
able the mobile force to be organized
In divisions and brigadcs." Nothing
would please the War Department
more: divisional organization th.t
would permit Of automatic expansion
Of the army in emergencies has sheen
Its hone for many years. With n short
enlistment term. ms proposed. the re.
serve would rapidly grow. each re.
servist receiving 1914 a year to keep
the Government In touch with him.
The regular army under the Cham.
berlain bill would have q peace
strength Of 1871 900, including a com.
Blatant force Of 10000 men.
While the Hay bill contemplates a
regular army of no more than 10000
men. including the hospital corps
and other non-combatants, II assumes
'the effective strength OF the National
Guard to be 10000 and plans re-
serves for both the regular army aud
the guard; II also makes tho militia
u paid organization. Both bills rec.
osnizc the crying need Of officers to
drill and command troops for active
service. Mr.. HAY proposes cadet
companies for the training Of officers,
an officers reserve corps, and en-.
enlargement Of military schools and
drill and instruction In the colleges.
His bill calls for n corps Of cadets
at West Point Of twice the present
strength. Senator CHAMRrRLAIS's
bin contains somewhat similar pro.
visions. and makes u point Of open.
Ing the doors OF West Point n re-.
cru'ts In the army.
Out of the conflicting principles of
these measures must come IA com.
promise II preparedness is not 10
fail. but Mt this time they seem TO be-
i~rreconcilnble on the main question
or u reinforcement for the regular
army. Unfortunately neither provides
adequate first line Of defence. The
Chamberlain bill pleases the army
more, but does not satisfy the Gen.
eral STAFF. The Hay bill 4, a yren,
disappointment to II.
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Od 'ungrcssman links Is laid up in bed,
III doctor Is worried and 80 Is the
nurse,
hc ssys that ever, thing looks 70 him red.
II h. doesn't get better he's sure 10 get
worse.
links murmur AZ times: az REILLY Amt
right
Fer Wilson to throw the hull burden on
us,
We're thinkin' OF pork and We don't want
TO nght.
He'd oushter take care Of this submarine.
MUS.
'our fnrrin relations IL furrin 10 ms,
lie said he could handie EN- all on his
own;
And look what he done. To make u,
agree
Hes set tn. House bsrkin' ana enawin.
y ain't what ! ~uz and ! don't under.
stand,
The world hss gone crazy, hi, I Am
still sane.
! didn't think Wilson would show any
sand,
But hos doin' u now. and h. give. mo
u pain JoSns
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TRUST n MEN!
A Woman Points Out the Ustlmell.
ness Of suffrage Activities Now.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
presence In Albany during tho past few
days OF a number Of women endeavor-
ing to force the State Assembly and
Senate to ubinit to the voters again
the question VI female suffrage IL re-
srettaDlc. II was unwise last year.. and
Is even more unwise this year. that the
men should have their minds diverted for
one moment from the great n serious
questions Of national dcfence. Federal
railroad legislation. tariY and ship
building problems n State finances.
This is "A Presidential year when they
must seriously select a leader, who shail
be capable OF meeting conditions Of the
ave nature.
Lot tho women Of our country. for the
present ut least. forget their political
aspirations. IN cease hindering the men
from seriously considering and deciding
the great and moinentous questions Of
the hour.
WILLING TO TRUST THE MEN.
B~RoNxvrLLE, March II.
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THE UNDERGROUND.
Disappointing Report on %ventilatins
the subway.

To THE EDITOR or THE ~SuS--Sir: The
report Of the committee OF consulting
engineers OF the New York Municipal
Railway Corporation and the INTERIOR
Rapid Transit Company. which will
he considered by the Public Service
Commission, recommends that the pres
cnt system Is open gratings he adhered
To for tho ventilation in tho new sub
WAYS.
This recommendation. will disappoint
New Workers who hoped a civilized way
be found to vertilate the new
subwaIs. The opcn gratings system IL
most offensive.
New Workers are tired Of breathing
n" tvu! air released from under ground
ON will not walk on the gratings,
and when the erills are wet they are a
rrenac" 10 life. l..
NEW YORK. March II.
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abroad while the American banker ID
extending credit TO foreign borrowers.
International confidence In American
banking Is growing Slowly. Our
bankers, however. are not at all Oh
viously seeking ito wrest the suprem.
acy Of finance from London and vest
1t In New York." to quote from the
article In the bankers Journal.
They are simply doing what they
al to promote American business in
terests In foreign markets, and as a
result Of their efforts New York's
International financial Importance Is
steadily increasing. II II becomes
paramount. that will be In the nature
OF an evolution and not an outcome
Of design. American finance and
commerce can hardly plan TO estab-
lish world leadership unless or until
the country forms and adopts a ma.
tional policy commensurate with the
responsibilities involved.
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1000 TEACHERS TO
Be PAID IN FULL
Estimate and Ednc,t,o,
Boards at Last settle Con.
troversy Over Deficit.
MITCHEL'S PLAN ADOPTED

The controversy between The Board ..
Education and the Board ~ Estimate. T..
tho matter Of payment ~ t,,,,.o-.
salaries to teachers In the s.,cutb .,a
eighth grades Of the public schools w.,
settled yesterday when tho Board %,
Estimate agreed to make up aiy d.ac,,
In the general school fund cves,ed =,
tho promotions OF teacher Tn. -,.o
luton offered by Mayor Mitchell vli,.
was adopted u~nanimously, tcole =.
follows:
"Resoipcd, That II is .hc so,-o ~. e.,
Board OF Estimate tina, ,he Eo,rd a.,
Education bc advised that iu 'Io eyre,
OF that board making promotions " ~.
seventh n eighth rradca 81 tho o..
mentary schools during the current v,,,
and hat should there oxist .ny d1nc.
In the general school fund due TO ~,
making Of these promotion. even att,
such further economies az arc ross,bl,
have been effected. tho Board of EST.
mate Will be prepared to furnish u,
funds necessary Ia cover the dcne,."
Despite repeated urgines on the na-.
OF the Bosrd OF Eduoition the Boar, q,
Estimate has heretofore refused TO An.
propriate the m"fry to pay teachers II
the seventh AMI eighth grades On H.,
ground OF lack Of funds. MANY q tie
teachers have served In these grade,
without receiving tho s~.la,ies hN.l b,
law for those who teach in thsyc grade,
ut is N great satisfaction to ne Sal
President Wilcox of the Boaid at Ldu
cation. that the Board OF Estimate hss
ugreed TO concur with the Hoard o.
Education In making the long Gef.-re,.
appointments OF seventh and egh,l
grade teachers. II is especially r,a,i,r
sng that this action should hayo hcc,
tahen as "A matter uf tJs'lc. -ltl...
reference To technical legal right.
The State Commissioner Of Educ.
lion has given no in'imatiou - iis yicv
and the Corporation Counsel no. rcr.
dered no opinion as TO the legal obi. cato.
OF the Board OF Education TO make ,ho-
appointments, but ] think the men bsrf
or the Board OF Estimate wee Impressed
with the fact that the special committee
OF the Board Of Education appointed 70
tbc matter Was Unanimously n
FAVOR or making such appointments!
without further delay.
THE action taken to-day Is the r.
suit OF a formal application wHioh
To Mr.. prendcrgast list Nanl4.
that the Board OF Ls.ma,.
should make these appointments ios.i..
by agreeing to provide for any d,t-' T.
school appropriation resulting fr.r
payment of the statutory siltr- G..
seventh and eighth grade positions
About n thousand teachers are -
by the resolution passed .,s's
day.
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THE MALIGNANT PALM.
Does the Cocoanut Shed It's Fruit
Only on the Great?

To rIE FnIToR or TIN SrS-c;r. 7
nave read IN THr SrN that the Colonel
recently had - narrow escape from being
hit On the head bv = failing coco,nu,
Also, tina MIR. Vincent Actor csr,r,J
serious INJURY ~ 3, coruU'ut yrash rs
throush = skyltsh'. pieces II which
barely missed b's head. have lived
in Porto Rico nln" Years ,rd va cuba
four years, and frequently visited groves
Of c~oco'nIts. also nave htl Thorn IN my
vtrd, but | have ueNcr had af- STRIKE.
IA" or fan ucay mo. J. IL that such aI.
can halpcn only to the man
h'H''r up W Il. :.
SAN JrNN. Porto HL,n. MnrcM I.
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MUTE WINS EDUCATION.
baSonnc VIII Pay His TuitIoa En-.
pcnses In Jrrsey CITY.

William ,iottcsman Of o5 Yves,
I~"'hty-lhIrd street. I~ayonne. has a ten
Near-old son, William. who Is a mute
Iherc ar" no accommodations for mutes
III the BaNonnr schools. so Mr.. t;ottes-
man notified Preston II. Smith, school
superintendent. that unless the Board of
Education provided his son with school
Ing lac would sue the city under the act
S"ttiuc forth that every child between
b and IL must he given schooling
Mr.. smith notified the board and YES
terday the members decided 10 pay the
transportation OF william Goi,esman
lr,, TO ANA from Jersey city and the
cost Of his tuition In a school there
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FFVW NJ hTOON''N0 TrII7o TIHcs
II ve Thought that Il would do any ynud.
~ could CIV" a long ist ot names of moo
pc wh" have been engaging In Disgrace
IA. nights during tho last Few days and
nights " they c%ontlnp" W shah pros
ably feel that u i our duty 10 break away
from our policy ut rcfrainiug from publish.
ms items that are Injurious 10 q porson,s
reputation. We hope tina; the lighters an
~prcciate the fact that W. do not hav. th,ir
names IN bold headline and that to show
their spprryiatiou thov VIII cut II out be.
for" We become desperate and do give
them some unwoicomc. notoriet,