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what Shall We DO About lt7

The English military forces In ire
land have suppressed the Sim Fein
revolt. and within a few days the
island will he "pacIfed." The danger
laden problem Of what to do with
leaders and participants remains to
he solved, and the repair Of British
prestige requires consideration. That
task will not be easy. The Ministers
cannot he " Of the painful i'm
preston this sanguinary occurrence
has produced in those quarters Of the
globe where confidence in the integ-
rity Of the empire Is now essential
to the success Of the work II has un-
dertaken to do.
1t has been asserted that the insur-
rection was expected to influence pop.
ular thought In the United States
against the allied cause. We have
seer no evidence Of such n reaction.
The anti-English in our population
had aligned themselves before Dub
lin became a battlefield: American
opinion as To the inefficiency Of the
British Government In comparison
with those Of France and Germany
did not need the Illuminating climax
of last week for its guidance. Ameri.
cans know that ineficiency them
selves: they need not 60 away from
home to find It. Their understanding
Of what has zone on In London Il
fortified by first hand knowledge OF
what Is passing, and has passed. In
Washington.
Instead OF i%nfuriating America
against France and Russia. the revol,
of the Irish against England is more
likely to inspire n searching Of hearts
and heads on this side OF the Atlanti,
with respect Of domestic conditions
to which has long been refused the
sober and intelligent study their i'm
pOrtance requires.
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10 THE f.piroR or THE SUS-Sir. why
don't the editors of New York and else
where Jump at the chance to work for
Henry Ford for President For many
years W have heard the complaint that
our practical II successful business
men will not lend their talents and
abilities for the public welfare by stand
ing for responsible public offices. Here
is "A man with wonderful inventive
genius. great organizing power and un-
limited common sense. who has made
a conspicuous success in "A highly com
petitive business. lie has marketed a
democratic product in such a democratic
way hat nobody has ever for a single
moment thought OF charging his success
10 grasping or inoropolistic methods.
AT the same time he has extended Ia
his employ es the most liberal profit
sharing plan that has ever been known
OIL n large scale In this country.
So also In his public utteranccs and
hle general attitude toward social and
political questions. he has shown the
same comprehensivencss OF vision. the
same democratic spirit and the same
invariable tendency 10 consider the vel
fare OF the greatest number u his Eel
low citizens. Any one whO has followed
his public activities and his published
interviews during the last three years
or so cauuot fail 20 see that az all times
he has Il remarkably clear vision OF the
fundamentals OF American problems.
All his may have been lost upon the
myopic politicians who approach things
from a different standpoint and whose
interests may he somewhat more self
centred. hut II has not been lost upon
the great mass OF the people who have
been benefited and who hopc to he bene'
flied stiil more by a wider diffusion and
general application OF the same priuci'
pies. That is the unmistakthle mcaulnl
of the votes for Henry Ford in Mchi'
gan and Nebraska. and there Is no re1-
son whatever TO believe that the peo'
pie OF the other forty-six States fee
any differently about him.
Henry Ford possesses a rare comb
nation OF excellent qualities which make
him an ideal candidate for tine nighos'
office in the land. While the old style
politicians are threshing over old STRAW
and wondering what To do ~ the p'escu'
chaotic situation. this dark horse looms
up m a refreshing Spontaneous manner
that - tremendously significant.
Whoever overlooks his rortent1u:
fac, * out OF touch with the tendency o.
the times. ELLIS q. JONES
FOREST HILLS. May !.
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Colonel Harvpy's Moment Of Rapture

To THE EprroR or THE SuS-Sir. Colo
mel George Harvey mentioned the name
Of wood ow Wilson for President OF the
United states AZ the Lutos Club fchru-
AIRY ,, 1905. as stated by your Boston
contributor -. J. T." in THE Sun Of
April 80. The colonel's exact words
were:
A. ons o. n considerable number OF
Democrats who hav. become tired OF yoi-
ing Republican tickets. It IL w'th a sense
almost Of rapture that ! contemplate even
the romotest possibility - casting n la'ot
for tho president Of Princeton University
N become President OF the United states.
In any case. since opportunities IN ma.
'ionai political convon.i"ls arc rare. and
| usually preempted. 30 the "ulisht.rsl and
enlighten!ng i.otos cub I submit, the nomi.
nation.
These wee the concluding sentences
Of the speakers Interesting and brilliant
address at 4 l.ot1s club d nner IN honor
- Woodrow Wilson. president of Prince
ton University, and I believe they con-
stitute the first public suggestion of a
political future for the distinguished
guest Of the evening,
HARI.Es W. PRICE,
Secretary Of the Lotos club.
NEW YORK. May /
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NOT ALL ALIKE.
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r. X. and william H..

T. the EDITOR or TnE SUN-Sir, The
realization OF my suggestion thrown out
in your columns. namely. the recon
citation Of Root and Teddy. gives me
the courage TO address in behalf of the
latter the following plea to all true low
crs OF peace. our college. pulpit. Con-
gress. office. street and farm archipac-
fists included Make up your minds to
vote for T. T.. for his very nomination.
IA far az ! am able to gauge the psy-
chology OF Emperor William. would
mean the real beginning OF the real
ending OF the European hed.am.
ASK Eerns,orff. ask Muensterberg. and
II they are sincere with you, they will
confirm my diagnosis. They know as
we'll as | hat the Emperor personally
was not anxious at all TO risk n a real
world war the existence of the German
Empire and Of his own dynasty, for in
spite OF his tremendous vanity William
was too shrewd not to know that, as in
all other fields Of his feverish meddling,
he was but a dilcttante In military az
fairs he was still more convinced OF his
kronprinz being = huge Joke az "A STRAIT
cgist he knew hat his Moltke, Jr, had
only the name In Comuon with his great
uncle. the silent Schlachteudenker of
1866 aud lS10-7l as an old university
chum OF Won Jagow he was fully aware
- hi' A'AN FAf' W fN' " VII IfLN
chinery Of his Minister Of Foreign AZ
fairs, and so on and so on, up and down
the scale.
II was to he the tragedy OF Williams
life and reign, and alas perhaps also tina;
of the German nation, that the Empcror
found In Sir Edward Grey his superior
In the Bismarckian blufiing game he so
successfully played for nearly twenty
years-and what arc nlne-tenths of d.
plomacy II not one big blum after the
other When on hat forever historical
early August day ot 1914 the nc,.!ch
Ambassador left Berlin the game was
practically over and the Tcu,onic dcbacle
began.
Well, II there Is one man In tho world
able vigorously to continue Sir Edward :
job OF vaporizing the last traces of the
biulfing spirit still thriving IN the i'm
nerial system II Is certainly II. r., and
] should not be astonishcd at all to see
william yield with consummate grace IN
Wilson'S last ultimatum with the silent
purpose Of enhancing Wilson's prestige
and to see Bernstorff at the psychology.
cal moment swing the whole German
vote toward the Democratic nominee
everything to beat 7. II. IL the mantle
parole Of tho Teutonic clec,ioncerinc
machine.
In brief. the only Presidential candi,
date Of whom Emperor William and nj,
three imperial and royal vass,ls ar,
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An English Estimate Of the German
Army an d Its Generals.

In nm article in the May Atlantic
Monthly Mr.. ALFRED G.. GARDINER,
editor Of the London Daily Nrws, has
undertaken to analyze German tao
ties and generalship In the great war.
As the author of THE War Lords"
an intimate study Of the statesmen and
soldiers who are playing leading parts
in the conflict. Mr.. GARDINER quail
fled for this task Of estimating and
a%ppraising the enemy's military ca
paclty. In comparison that Of the
Allies often suffers, for impartiality
and n love of truth are characteristic
Of this writer.
BISMARCK, we are told. had a small
opinion OF German commanders.
MoLTKE and good old RooN" ex-
ceptcd. However, the Chancellor
thought less Of French generalship.
which he held as beneath contempt
In the FrancO-Prussian war, a judy
ment that not ven the cOuntrymen
Of IMAGINATION and BAzAINE will dis
pute to-day. The German victory In
1901 vas really won In advance
by BrsMARcK's skill in uniting the
German States under the banner Of
Prussia. In entering upon the present
war Germany was handicapped by
her diplomacy: and she had to rely
for victory upon the preparations Of
her General Staf, the ability Of her
commanders In the field, and the
working OF her military machine. Mr..
GARDINER cannot say enough In praise
Of German mastery of tho science of
war. lie declares that III we judge
German Generalship by strictly mill
tary considerations, as distinct from
the political and imaginative factors.
we are hound to admit that Its sue
cess has been complete"
tn" Allies 'hnd no common STRAIT
rgy. no body Of agreed doctrine" In
fact. "thry had little to ofer hut I'm
proyls"d Methods If France WINS
better prepared for war than the
France of NAPOLEON ILL.,, there had
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BEFORE THE CONVENTIONS.
The Two Roads and the Intervening
Thickpt.

To n EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: IL
seems at least possible that the intelIi-
gent voter may be confined. ut the next
election. 10 "A choice between Wilson and
Roosevelt.
1t reminds me of the choice that was
offered TO his congregation by an old
darky preacher ! once listened to at
camp meeting.
Carried away by his wi elounence,
he got things a little twisted. "Dey is
two ways open afo' us In dis world,
he said. zone am de broad an crooked
road what leads to death everlastin'. an
de oder am de straight an narrcr path
what leads to de he'll fire an brln-
stone
"Den dis Niger gwine take to de
woods said one of his hearers
A. MANN trATREE.
NEW YORK. MAY 1.
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does more to maintain and further the

does more to maintain and further the
prosperity Of the country than any
other propaganda.
That "health Is wealth" has be.
come an axiom. The healthier the
people arc. the less AFFLICTED by sick.
ness and death, the more prosperous
they become. and the more prosperous
they are the more frequently they
will travel for pleasure and business.
II follows that In permitting the
health authorities to utilize their prop.
crty for the diffusion Of sanitary in.
formation they have started a propa.
ganda which must inure to the inter.
csts which they guard.
The smoking and retiring rooms Of
passenger cars could be probably
utilized for the same purpose. This
would he advertising that pays"
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country, constituting a living monu-
ment to his gentle and benefccnt life.
The man who plants Il tree deserves
the thanks of his neighbors aud all
who pass that way. He establishes
an enduring claim on their gratitude.
Mr.. CLOSE did this. and he did more.
His trees beddcd In soil enriched by
the blood Of brave men. or made in
terestlng by It's association with the
doer Of some great deed. possess a
peculiar and lasting interest denied
to other trees. The wanderers who
rest beneath their shade. the towns
folk who watch their development,
will see In them reminders of fine
courage. Of wisdom. Of rare unselish-
ness: and they will think Of SOLOMON
CIosr. Among them. II may he. some
will be encouraged to prosecute a de-
sign out Of the common. which they
have hesitated TO practise because of
the fear Of being different.
That Mr.. CLOSE was uneconomical.
e%xtravagant, wasteful the worship.
pers Of statistics will say. They can
not understand. They live In be.
n%ightedness with those eminently
practical men who will prove to them
selves and try to prove tn sensible
folk that Mr.. CLOSE was foolish. that
It makes no difference where the soil
that beds n tree comes from. 80 long
rs It is suitable IN It's task. It IL n
waste Of time to argue with them.
Let them make munitions. Mr.. CLOSE
was n better man than any Of their
tiresomp tribe.
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"He Who Runs May Read"

The utilization OF railroad sta
lions for the purpose Of disseminat-
Ing information on the preservation
Of health and prevention of disease
IL n Of the most practical methods
Of educating the public In matters
sanitary and hygicnic. This plan has
recently been adopted by DR.. HER
MANN BIGGs, Health Commissioner of
the State OF New York, who has de-
mOnstrated practically the immense
value of educating the public on this
vital subject.
DR.. BIGGs has convinced Governor
WHITMAN by statistical proof Of the
economic value Of sanitary education,
and thus won over u practical Gov.
ernOr TO all his suggestions for the
betterment OF sanitary conditions In
the State Of New York.
That progressive railroad companies
are willing to give the Health Com
missioner space for his health bulle
tins In their stations Is evidence oil
their appreciation Of the value ol
these publications in the promotion OF
The general welfare Of the people. II
" sud that Corporations have M
souls" and no M has denied thn,
they nrc governed by III" ''lmckoI
nerve" The officials "f railroads arc
furthcring the financial interests o'
the properties under their ""nlr"
when they cnconrng" health officer
10 spread broadcast knowledge whicI
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really afraid, the only American states
mar with whom the kings of the neutral
nations. our potential powerful allies IN
the ending OF the war, are ready to treat
on the foot Of personal equality. the only
American celebrity whose identity stands
clearly outlined before the great masses
Of Europe. and to a certain extent of the
Orient even, is Theodore Roosevelt.
II was he who by skilfully helping the
Russian and Japanese delegates IN their
mutual bluning game brought about the
Peace OF Portsmouth, and there ls none
more qualified han ]. II. to convince
Emperor william that II would he In his
and his dynasty's interest to withdraw
from the game before he Is beaten to
a FRAGILE.
AN rNnYrHENATED FRrESp OF UNCLE
SAM.
NEW York, Nav /
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The Authorized War,

An avtuai Mltiloship comes 10 our snore
And this IL III" Nay We shall greet II:
To shivnv her timhCrs and silence her roar
An authorized d%rcadnought viii nee, #.
And after thai simple encounter We foil
To adj 10 the diminishing rag ms.
An actual army will land on our sol.
our authorized arm engaging
The actual alrsh ps 49, swarm ~ m. skv.
Above onr positions ascending.
Aud up In the air We VIII have - dcscrv
oar authorized aIrshps c~ou'cutIug
Ana after tho authnriSod VA ". ncic,o
Ihe outcome WI 'ru'y ne handsome.
The actual Ni'lors 49, promr IS receive
our actual homage ~ rsn-om
Mrl.ANrRt RGH WILSON.
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Art Is Greater Than tho Artist.

To II EDITOR or THE SuN-Str: What
does II matter who wrote the plays that
have endured for three hundred years,
Is II not better to learn to love the beau
tiful lines of the plays attributed "a
Shakespeare than TO waste time in try
Ing to prove that Bacon wrote them?
Is II necessary, in order to enjoy the
beauty Of the Moonlight Sonata" 10
Obtain q decree OF some court that
Beethoven composed II? To love the
sublime beauty OF youth and purity
shining forth from the eyes Of the
maiden in Ingrcs's "La Source must
We ave seen him paint tho picture
And to feel delight as "the woolns
air is jubilant with song must we fnd
the birds whose melody charms our
ears? JAMES n. DEwELL. Jr.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. May |.
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There are, no doubt. many thou
sands of American citizens who be-
lieve one or more or all Of the several
subjoined propositions:
That Colonel THEODORE RoosEyELT's
campaign IN the middle West was
solely for the sake Of Il patriotic
and entirely impersonal conception Of
AmericanIsm and Preparedness;
That, In with his positive
declaration at Port Of Spain. he does
not wish the nomination and Is in
terested only in awakening his fellow
countrymen TO the need of facing I'M
pleasant facts, and in procuring the
triumph Of certain great principles
for which with all his heart and soul
he Is contending;
That he Is firmly convinced. as he
announced in Trinidad. Of the mag
nitude Of the tasks which the coming
Administration will have to do or
leave undone during the mex four
PEARS; and that the candidate should
b chosen. as he so forcibly expressed
It. from among "the very best men
that u be found In our country" a
candidate representing "a programme
Of clean cut, straight out. national
A~nericanism, in deeds not less than
in words, and in internal and inter-
national matters alike. n candidate
who will not merely stand for such IA
programme before election but will
resolutely and In good faith put it
through II elected;
That the motive of Colonel RoosE-
WT's present political activity, so far
from being supremely selfish, and to
that extent sinister. Is precisely what
he declared 1t to be when he began
his campaign:
That II he can bring the Republican
convention and the Progressive CON
vention to formulate the right plat
forms Of Americanism and Prepared
ness he would joyfully witness the
concurrent nomination. by the two
wings of the old Republican party.
Of another man than himself enter
tanning the ideas for which ne con-
tends and capable Of putting them
into effective practice:
That persons pretending to speak
for Colonel ROOSEVELT, directly ar In
directly. who 60 about a%sseverating
that under no circumstances would
he favor or support the nomination
Of ELIHU Roof, speak without his au-
thority and misrepresent his senti.
ments and Intentions.
Their reservations are well nigh
incredible. in view not only of what
Colonel ROOSEVELT said in his Trini.
dad interview but also Of what he
has warmly and repeatedly and spe-
cincally said Of Mr.. RoOr's character
and superlative abilities.
We have been looking, therefore,
for another statement from Colonel
ROOSEVELT which, In his own charac-
teristic and conclusive way. shall e.
fectually and finally dispose Of such
unauthenticated attempts to put him
In a light not altogether pleasing To
his real admirers or wholly creditable
to his real self. Unless Mr.. ROOSEVELT
declares to the contrary, his statement
printed to-day. II have not expressed
and do not intend to express myself
as for or against any man." can he
taken as positive evidence that he has
not threatened to bolt If Mr.. Roof he
nominated.
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|CAVEIN DEATHS LAID
TO SUBWAY NEGLECT
Thompson Inquiry t'ncarths
L. S. Engineers Report
DcnOuncing Supports.
SLAP AT THE INQl Est

Tho Thompson legislative
turned its lately auicscent guns ,s,',-
dav upon Coroner Israel l.. FcInhorr,
investigation Of the subway caycns b
Seventh avenue and Broadway las' Son.
tember in which nine persons ve.
killed and nearly a hundred iniurci
Senator Thompson and tho CONN
tees counsel. Frank Moss. arc uo' .,..
fed with the conduct and nndHes I'D.
the accident inquiry. In fact. Nj Mo-.
expressed his disapproval emphatic,
at the close Of the day by announc r.
for the record tina. 'thc blood ~ ma,
dead people cries for vengeance"
Celebrating y o this conclusion. ~.
committees counsel stated that the ,eS,.
mony showed hat tho hearing before m.
Coroner was overloaded with ovidenc.
favorable to tho United States Realty
and Imrovement Company. builder NJ.
the subway section affected by the S,,.
enth avenue collapse. whio tes'imor,
available TO the city was not used IN
the latter connection Mr.. Moss referred
to a confidential report on tie accidents
made by Charles Enzian. an ongncnt
of the United States Bureau OF Mines,
and to the findings Of the Ell ginecrs On
the committee appointed by Mayor
Mitchell to investigate the subway col.
lap-es.
The Enzlan report with comments
by George =. Rice. also AN engineer -
the Government bureau. was received w
Leonard NJ. Wallstcin. Commissioner ~
Accounts. under a seal Of confidence and
was not to be made public, although Nh.
Information 1t contained was to he AVA.
able for use by the city authoritiss
Mr.. Wallstein sent a copy of the report
TO District Attorney Perkins.
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Peru! PERU
Is that your
This Ia McAdoo-yes. McAdoo.
I'm out here on the u
n!ted States naval cru
User Tennessee-the ocean blue,
We'd like to visit that beau,
tiful capital or yours-salutes. bs nquet,
and speeches too
hut fact is--that COMPOUNDED bu-
homie plague makes II our du-
~ to keep away. Twill never DO
To taxi that 10 wsshinston-for, entr.
nous,
The Administration has about oil II css
rtsnd-to get through,
Awful scr-r-cut Ne mus. say "Ahoo
Adoo"'
IaR scuprms.
WAsHiSGToN, D.. c.. May /.
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TO THE EDITOR oF THE SCN-SU- IIay-
ing read recently the life Of a ConSpicu-
Gus American and the biography of an
eminent irishman | am strongly II the
opinion that Sir Roger Easement has
governed his activities according IT, the
example set hy Theodore Roosevelt and
II h" has ard persists in his desire to
emulate that great statesman Sir Roger
Will soon oNer himself In the British
Government as the only man who can
save ENGLAND II England ~ IN heroic
mood, Rrru LICA
JERSEY City, y. j., May |.
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From The y from Wfsf End Nous.
Those who expected TO see the Colonel
at,ired In military or fashions swell cos
tune were disappointed. The author of
The strenuous Idfe" likes simplicity: he
wore a suit OF dark gray tweed, and h.
undoubtedly Is strongly attached to his
Panama. and II to him. judging how
closely the well worn somhrero stuck N
his great head.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-02

TV" TT H"TTTTV ' FWTVTTV
\ man living near station 10 pat some
corn on the ground near his home to feed
four Hungarian psrtridges. but they Womb
not approach II. Some crows found The
corn. and, after eating all they wanted,
coaxed the partridses to come amt got
some too
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Side by side In the columns of yes
tcrday's newspapers the names La
MAR and LIScoIH appeared, n identi-
tying a man sentenced to the Fedora
prison at Atlanta. tho other a prisoner
t. he extradited To England for trial on
a charge OF forgery. There's nothing
In a namc.