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Two Interesting Facts From the
History Of the United states.

Secretary LINDLEY NJ. GARRISON OF
the War Department recalled to the
memories of his hQuis!tors Of the
House Committee on Military Affairs
two interesting facts from the history
OF this country which those who sub
scribe to the sunset volunteer theory
should bear In mind. Representative
QuIN was intent on bringing out the
virtues of the volunteer system. The
examination brought out the subJoined
question and answer:
"Mr QuIN--As a matter pf fact has
there ever been any trouble in getting
volunteers?
Secretary GARRrsoN-Well, We had to
use the draft in the civil war. and the
Presidents call for volunteers In the
Spanish war was not filled. / should say
the fact was there was always trouble
getting them"
The earlier failure Of the volunteer
system occurred at time when the
very existence OF the nation was in
the balance. The incident that In
lSoS men responded to the call OF the
President in numbers sufficient for the
occa sion has Obscured the failure 10
come forward of the whole number
Of men wanted.
We commend Secretary GARRIsoN's
words to the consideration Of all who
believe that emotionalism is an ade-
Quate substitute for paredness.
The sun., 1916-01-10
Pan.Amer!can Good VIII.

Whatever may hc the ultimate ef-
feet Of the deliberations Of the Pan
American Scientific Congress, whose
delegates are soon TO return, each with
O report, official or private, to lay be-
fore his fellow citizens of one of the
twenty American rpublics that joined
IN amicable conference with this coun-
try, the promoters Of the enterprise and
all who took part in It deserve tho
congratulations Of those who have at
heart the welfare of the Americas.
North and South, for the practical
demonstration they have afforded of
the possibility Of friendly intercourse.
Ancient grudges, II any there were
lingering In the minds of the dele
gates, were kept out of sight with
. spontaneous community Of impulse
more credtably significant than any
The sun., 1916-01-10
Miss Rehan's Place.

Absent from the stage for so long
that the present generation may
scarcely m said to have made her
acquaintance, ADA REHAN enjoyed
her triumphs as an actress in rather
strict partnership with the man sup
posed to be responsible for the de.
vclopment Of her natural gifts as an
actress, This was AUGusTIN DAILY,
the last noted theatre manager of this
country. Since his day there have
been successful speculators in amuse-
ments and real estate. lie was always
n theatre manager, however, In the
fullest sense of the word.
1t was In the company Of Days
Theatre that the talents OF Miss RE-
HAN showed themselves. at first Oh
Turely. only TO bloom into such bril-.
liant and beautiful effervescence later
that they became the prepOnderating
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PAN-AMERICAN DEFENCE.
Absurdity OF . Union Of Military
Forces Pointed Out

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir. To
any one familiar at first hand with
Spanish American conditions military,
social and political. the present agita-
tion In tho direction OF defensive al
lance between those countries and our
selves is certainly grotesaue.
First to be considered is the strategic
difficulty Of concentrating the forces OF
those widely scattered States In tho face
Of hostilities. since not one Of our south
ern neighbors possesses transports wor-
thy Of the name. and but three. Chile.
the Argentine and Brazil. can boast OF
enything resembling navy. Under the
circumstances II Is difficult to see how
their troops could be moved to our as
sistance. assuming that we were as
sailed by strong naval power. and
clearly no European or Aslatic Power
without navy could attack US.
Let US suppose, however. that by some
miracle our prospective allies reached
our shores what then? II Is necessary
to have seen with ones own eyes those
armies with a very few notable excep-
tions). composed OF tatterdemalion
scarecrows, barefooted. ragged and COW
cred with vermin. armed with rusty
rifles OF the early sos. taller than the
men who stagger under them, without
a commissary. depending on a horde OF
women camp followers to steal food
for them. and ofiicered by squeaky
voiced runts who trail huge sabres, II
Is necessary to have seen all this 10 COM
prehend fully the ahsurdlty OF the talk
now emanating from men connected
with the Pan-American movement How
much help could he looked for from
such allies7 And does any one seriously
believe that American soldiers would
take orders from a HaytIan or an Ecua-
dorian General should the latter happen
10 he the ranking officer OF a mixed
command? Ask the men who served In
the Santiago campaign and who camc
in contact with Garcia's Cubans.
Lastly, the motto: "One for all and
all for one" while highly appropriate at
a banquet. will turn out to be an empty
sound when the test Is applied. Despite
all protestatons OF friendship at Pan
American love feasts, our southern
neghbors do not like us. our anneXa-
tion OF more than half OF Mexico's ter
rltory in 1Si7. our seizure OF the Canal
Zone. the Plat amendment and our in
reference In the internal affairs OF
Nicaragua, Santo Domingo. Hayti and
| Mexico. have bred distrust of us that
no explaining will allay.
Add to this the intense Jealousy and
| hatred Of many OF the Spanish Ameri-
| can countries for their ne!ghbors. such
| as the animosity between Chile and
Peru over the question OF Tacna aHd
africa, and the enmity between Guatc-
| mala and Mexico and one wonders how
| persons who are supposed To have
studied Latin American conditions can
he fatuous enough to believe IN the
| feasibility Of n Pan American alliance.
Finally. II the different elements IN a
single country will not unite 70 resist
an invader. as was proved on three sep
arate occasions In Mexi an history. wha.
chance Is there OF twenty such nations.
scattered over an enormous area and
having few common interests. uniting IN
| any cause whatever
o. W. KSoPL.CcH.
The sun., 1916-01-10
REDFIELD TAKES UP
LATEST FASHIONS
Foreign Underwear No Longer
Smart, Secretary Tells
the President.
HOME INDUSTRY THRIvES

WAsHINGDoN. Jan. s.--The uudervs..
industry is prosperous In the rrnl
States and foreign underwear De- f..
longer fashionable, according to "a ror,s.
which has been submitted 10y So.ge'a-.
Redheld to President Wilson. This
the third of series Of reports on i..
various phases OF the clothing iniu.'r.
The Secretary says:
Foreign underwear is no Longer
fashionable IN the United States Tie
average buyer may have no very deHn.'e
idea OF the origin OF the underwear Ne
purchases at the store. but the fact ,ha,
he no longer demands something In.
ported Is ono OF the sign!acan, and en.
couraging signs of the times
'"rhe total output OF American naia
knit underwear In 1909 was valued a.
ss4.4t6.000. according TO statistics cor.
tained In a report on the subject ius'
issued by the Bureau of Foreign ami
Domestic Commerce. whereas the l"..
ports of cotton knit underwear for ''e
year previous to the war were valued 10
only $4,000. Cotton underwear FORM.
the bulk of the imports OF this class -
wearing apparel.
The sun., 1916-01-10

Superintendent. RILEY adopted the
only proper course for an honest man
when he refused to resign at the Gov
ernor's dictation and compelled the
fling OF charges against him. APP
parently the defence he may put for
ward will have no influence in the Ex-
ecutlve Chamber: the Governors pur-
pose TO remove him is unconcealed.
But Mr.. RILEY will have what resigna-
tion would have denied him. the op-
portunity to put on the official records
his side OF the controversy and to ex-
pose the influences that have worked
against him. Meanwhile the farcical
nature of the hearing" he is TO have
IL amply demonstrated by the agita-
ton which possesses tho breasts os the
aspirans for his Job.
The sun., 1916-01-10
MATERIALISTIC MONISM.
Clear Statement Of the Harmfulness
of Hacckcllan Philosophy.

To TuE EDITOR or THE SvN-Sir. Not
ing the editorial statement that Pro-
{, .sor lIacoHcl does not speak for the
German millions and that several New
York "lcrgymcn are paying too much
attention To the German professors un-
healthy theories, embraced in the term
"matoriai!Stir mon.sm." think YOU
treat the teachings of Professor Haeckel
altogether too lightly. We have a man
over here who * "a very active teacher
OF the mltoralitics OF liaeCkel, Pro-
tcssor Hugo Muensterberg.
You acknowledge that the German
professors theories are unhealthy Dcr-
haps you will admit that II IL very
serious thing that the minds OF n large
and important portion of tho youth Of
the country should be IN course Of i'm
rrrgnnt.un with them; but that is pre-
ciscly what Professor MueNstcrhcrs Is
engaged In doing.
so far NJ am able To- interpret the
essential meaning ~ "materIalstic mon
ISM" IL undertakes to make the work.
'uSs Of the mind and spirit as purely
mechanical rs those of the body.
The excessively materIalistic educa-
ton OF the schools and colleges OF tho
l'cscnt day Is turning out minds OF the
order of card sharpcrs and trickstcrs,
and ! do not believe there can he any
remedy Tor lIlS except lUe we tNlIl" nitk
to the old authorities based on an ideal
something that lies Noyond the reach
of man, call 1t what you Will.
The dictionary defines monism as
the doctrine Of cosmology that attempts
to explain the phenomena of the
cosmos 10y one principle of being or
ultimate substance. Monism may he
% idealstic; holding that all pho
nomena, spiritual and material are
from spirit, ,2) materitlistic: that
both material and spiritual phenomena
are from matter; or 90 panthe!s,ic /:
that neither matter nor mind IL sub
stantial, both being referred 10 one
original substance"
The I'm yclopndla Britannica says
"Hacckcl's munism Is mere material
ism diGnined by a higher title. .
As Il consequence Of these views
liaeckel was led TO deny the i'm
mortality Of the soul. the freedom OF
the WILL and the existence of n personal
God"
Professor Haeckel's teaching "is ut
tcrly removed from possibility OF inf,M-
euce for good. and we believe for bad,
In the common business Of living" 1t is
an insidous poison which. AS indicated
, Is being instiled into the youth q.
America, and every practicable effort
should ne made TO obliteratc il.
N, b. WIlD.
DALTIMoRE, Nd, January 8.
The sun., 1916-01-10

attraction Of Daly's Theatre. From
the modern farces which Mr.. DAILY SO
skilfully translated from the German.
through the classic old English com.
edy Of the eighteenth century to the
crowning glory Of her career. the hero
Inc of SHAKEsPEARE's comedies, the
actress assembled triumphantly. always
with the experienced counsel Of Mr..
DAILY, and surrounded with the su-
perior artistic forces Of his theatre.
He had made other stars pre-
viously. Both CLARA NORRIS and
FANNY DAVENPORT had made the
march to eminence under his orders.
Their careers. however. had not ended
after they we're removed from his in
fluence. But Miss REHAN. although
as loudly praised by English audiences
as by our own. made but few desul.
tory appearances in public after the
death Of her old manager.
She was certainly missed, for the
American stage lost one Of its most
brilliant figures after her retirement.
After all, some Of the great are In
dlspensable Just as ADA REnAN was
when she ceased to act a decade or
more ago and as JULIA MARLowE Is
to-day. Miss REHAN was the creates,
American comedienne of her day. and
she won this distinction by the
severest tests. She arose from the
more trivial Of modern plays, through
PISERo to SHERIDAN. and found her
greatest glory in the plays Of SHAKE
spEARE. In those plays she give the
full and final measure Of her powers
as an actress.
The sun., 1916-01-10
MAYOR THREATENS
ASTATE ROAD SUIT
Writes Legislative Leaders
Regarding Equitable Ap-
portionment for City.
TRAVIS ANSWERS ATTACK

In a letter to leaders OF the two
houses Of the Legislature Mayor Mitchell
threatens legal action to compel the
State to give this city an equitable APP
portionment Of State highways. as pro-
vided In an amendment to the Consti-
tuition.
The Mayor calls attention to the fact
that since the passage OF the amend
ment bonds amounting to $100.00O.0O0
have been authorized for road construc-
ton and the city Is now contributing
through q direct tax for the retirement
Of these bonds. However. In the APP
Of the roads the FIVE counties
composing tho city have been excluded
Tho Mayor continues:
THE result OF this discrimination Is
that II no amendment is made to the
present apportionment. New York city
will be compelled to pay for the con-
struction of State highways a sum which
will eventually total $ls2.o00,0o0 and
receive not single mile OF highways
In return"
The Mayor adds that the $4,000 miles
Of roads outside the city must be main
tained at a cost approximating i2.-
00O. 900 a year. and of this sum the city
will be compelled to contribute at least
$S,000.000.
"In the light OF those facts there are
but two courses open to the city" says
the Mayor THE first is to appeal to
the Legislature 20 remedy this intoler-
able situation: the second is to apply
to the courts for the city's constitu-
tional rights. I believe II best to ex-
haust the first remedy before resorting
to the courts"
The letter II addressed 20 Speaker
Thaddeus g. Sweet. Republican Leader
Elon Il. Brown and Democratic Leader
Robert F. Wagner of the Senate. and
Joseph NJ. Callahan, Democratic leader
In the Assembly
The sun., 1916-01-10
CTTY'S LOAN SHARKS CURBED
Open Usury Reported Thing Of the
Past Here.

amounts a, Illegal rates of iu,cres. has
practically ceased I'm New yo-k. accord.
ing 10 tho repo-t submitted hv Walter
: Hellborn with his resignation as
Deputy Assistant District Attorney In
charge of the usury bureau. Two wears
ago Mr.. He,lborr saws. Illegal money
lending was omen and notorious In the
county Of New York
The change has he.n acrorpl,shed
he ,,yE by prosecuting every illegal
money lender who cnt,,d he fouud In
addition II has been made impossible
for the money lender ,o rolicr, ,itb,-
nrlrrlra, or ,n,oros, uror tIs ,rc,oI
The sun., 1916-01-10
ENGLAND NOT THE EMPIRE.
A Loyal scot Objects to IA Careless
Form Of speech.

To the EDITOR or THE SrN--S,r, Th"
constant appcarlrc" Of "Engnnd" IN
the first - r~nIal pIououn, when dealing
with imperial affairs, is unjust Ia the
other members of the coalition which
constitutes the British nation
one shudders to think what England
would be to-day had she not scotland as
her great copartncr, England herself
must not forget she ceased To he Eng and
In an imperial sense after King James
OF Scotland marched In state to London,
there to annex the "crown Of England"
on plane of perfect equality with that
of scotland to be known thereafter as
the Omitted Kingdom OF Great Britain
and Ireland" "
II Is unjust to cNalt one section of the
British people AT tho expense of the
whole. As units of British unity each
can, with perfect Impunity, toast ST,
George, st Andrew, St David or st,
Patrick ROBERT Ross.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio January g.
The sun., 1916-01-10

The use OF antiquated machinery and
the failure to keep machinery In proper
condition are given Gs causes Of "
profits IN some mills. There have boo"
many improvements in machinery I'm o.
cent years and mills TIA have Con''uV,
to use the Old 'ype machines are fn'.' r
Themselves at a decided d!sadvau' Ig.
without being aware In some cases or.
the real cause OF the trouble.
In spite of certain adverse Cr'
clsms. however. the report as a Whole
Indicates that the knit underwear .r-
dustry ls In q soundly pro- porous c0r-
dit!on and that there IS no reason f,
suppose that the future promises .r'
thing but a continuance OF tha, pr.
pcriiy.
Now that the industry has dove we
sufficiently 20 meet the enormous how.
denrtnd II - moro than rN,y ''..
American made knit underwear Will ':
.ts way ~ Increasing quantities 'r'' o..
mos; promising foreign markets"
The sun., 1916-01-10
STATE UNDERTAKING. GIRLS
Some >'cnou rnphcrs only G-ttiug
$50 Year.

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N',E N'E'' "..i INK !" 'N'''Nn
''"i' 1"" "-,'' 70! u" ~fh''"
'"'''' wa N'. -, vice. .I'"h j. u.
''l'. '''i ".'' "' we ''nl'''''e gave OBJ.
S,''''. '' b" i'''' "S ''f'""S
'N'''.'..N IVY we, ''i' u" :"
'.'..r ''',lr "'r = 'u.'.'E ' "''e'Ir'il
'"E 'P"''S '' H''.' sew III "'' '
p"I are 80 ''E .ph'rS '' '.
lux "" year h"o"' sou wee.
"r ,nt u''ie'' 'u.S j. "N,hE We
" 80 "'f"'N Si'"" '"'t '' W.
'"',.'E ny 'ot'"p'''N ','i.
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~, We. I' 'N's' ""' "S''@' 80
IA" sh''''S ~ 'h" 7tu"hh.iE '''
The sun., 1916-01-10
MONTPELIER. VI, January $.
Old Weapons Do Not Suit with Mod
ern Political Warfare.

TO TUE E9lTuR ~ THE SuN-Sir.
BcCauso Of deterioration from age and
their questionable CUmpos .tion, ! believe
the esteemed editor of the Lyons R"puJ-
lean and others into the newly forming
Roosevelt trenches ara ineffective for
their purpose
\ new political dav "a here, a fact
some i9l2 warriors with their ancient
formulas do not yet realize hut they
VIII awake, II not during, then after the
coming cscloue ~ NirN" Amcricansm
has cleared our national .fc Of misman-
agcmcnt and Incompetence, and. Incl
dcutally. OF rusted st1ndpatiSm.
! I.,wEIIAM, NJ n.
New YORK. January :.
The sun., 1916-01-10
Civilized Waefare.

Both tragic and ludicrous are the
efforts Of mankind to wage war In
this century after manner that
goes to prove that the race Is not as
barbarOus as In former centuries. To
assert that the average European to.
day when engaged in slaughtcrlng
his neighbors Is not intellectually and
morally superior to his ancestors Of
thousand years ago, that he does
not make war on more altruistic
basis. so to speak. than did the cave
man would be to hurt his sensi.
tive soul, to do him. he would assert,
grave injustice. Are there not
accepted rules OF civilized warfare,
Hague conventions. International la W
and other safeguards against the ten.
dency OF men to become brutes when
they go stalking other men as their
prey? Has not the use Of Greek fire,
chain shot and dumdum bullets been
abolished? Would a German scalp q
Frenchman or would Frenchman
scalp n German? Has not war, In
short. through the progress Of clvili.
cation, become gentle. kindly. hu.
name compared with the kind Of war
that dlsgraced the human race in
former ages?
When we compare the details of
medieval warfare. for example. with
the grewsome facts that have come
to light regarding the brutalities that
make the present war In Europe
hidcous to the Imagination our ego
tism AS moderns receives II shock and
we are forced to admit that war Is
as 1t always has been, he'll. and that
the leading industry of hell is the
manufacture of devils.
1t made no difference to the Amer.
lean pioneer whether It was an
Oneida, IA Seneca or a Delaware by
whom he was attacked from ambush
In the broadest aspects of this
discussion. the question TO which
VI tut WuiiihS uu'ioiiS DelouNS III
undersea or an aerial weapon
that destroys the lives of non-com
batants in Europe to-day Is not ma
terinl. The damning. incontroverti
bile fact remains, whatever may bt
the details Of any given outrage
that civilized nations are at present
carrying on war in ways that II me
| diPval freebooter or an American In
dian of Colonial days would have beer
too proud 10 employ. 1t is easy to
miss seeing the trees on account Oi
the woods. II is not difficult to foi
n large issue by insistence upon de
/ tails. But the past year In Europe
has brought shame To the race n
large. not merely because many ma
| tions and millions of men have beer
engaged in the most colossal struggl,
of all the ages. but because II ha'
been demonstrated more clearly thar
ever that there cannot he such q
thing US civilized warfare.
| Warfare came from the jungle an'
belongs to II. The mark of the bens
is upon II and can never be removed
Diplomatists may pursue their call
ing, International lawyers may OK
press their views, the tcchnicalltle'
involved in one given outrage or an
other may be discussed by Presidents
and Kings, Ambassadors and Cabine
officials, but as so-called civilized be
ings they are hampered at the outse
by the unchanging truth that war Il
savagery, that 1t begets savages. ant
that oil the ingenuity Of man has no
been able to cleanse 1t of its foulness
to make OF 1t anything but legalize'
Wholesale murder.
The sun., 1916-01-10

DR. William H. Dieffenhach, chairman
Of the finance committee OF tho New
York Medical College ard Hospital for
Women, announced last might that the
trustees had purchased the apartment
building at u West l"lst street, adjoiu-
ing tlrr college property This gives the
institution q total frontage Of 200 feet,
The sun., 1916-01-10
BROWN COMMITTEE RESuNE>
May Recon- Ucfrrcudun r
Various Home Rule prupuspls

The Brown l"GlS Ht,v, ..l'.
resume It's inquiry INTO u" ..t.'
cal r"rds a. - o.,,u.n q.
folloN.n ing a rcvrss ui moe
days
A. ono result or Tie pNat'
Car maNe the Republican r..'
the committee Is SAID t. 'uN. ,
virtually 10 ask tho I.cg's.ar.jr
vide for referendum to dct,'1...
c!ty's attitude toward V1riou, .u.u
proposals, The principal po''.
passed upon are the iX.ug o. ...
tn" salaries OF county emplu,rr
teachers, policemen and Nrr'ucn Ft
establishment of the cl'y'S Nut ..s ''
sion funds on Il sound bass
Schdtur George Cromwell .. '
moud, author OF two homo rH.. '..
hearing his mann, rd. y,-t,'..r
he WAS uncertain whether '.. .
would he introduced IN the Les ''
again this year.