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THE KAISER AND CHINA.
4 Story That lie Offered TO Aid Yuan
TO Become Emperor.

To THE EDITOR or THE SCS-Str: II
may % unwise 10 believe the charge
that the Germans IN Chlna encouraged
the monarchist, who recently succeeded
in overthrowing the republic. hoping
that an added ounce OF uneasiness in
China woul worry and trouble Japan.
makes mo suspect that Germany favored
the scheme to make Yuan Shih-k'a a!
Emperor.
II is said that tho eldest son OF Presl-
dent Yuan played "A strong part in
Yuan's ina decision to accept the great
honor conferred upon him by the peo-
pie who favored monarchy. There Is
nothing remarkable or uncommon when
an august Chinese father consults his
son OF mature age about an ordinary
AFFAIR. But hen a sons opinion IL the
deciding factor In an affair OF state II
Is a very Unusual thing,
According to my news, this u mar
was In Berlin some time q and was
one day taken to see the Kaiser. Dur
ing the conversation between the En-
the Far East Il was said that the Kai-
ser gave his guest the assurance tina.
he would help President Yuan II he
desired to become Emperor OF China,
The Kaiser said your father Is the
only living great man OF the East. &C
a n tell him that u no schemes to be-
come Emperor, I. the greatest man OF
Europe. will do all that ! can to help
him" $. MoRI.
ROCHESTER,, February 90.
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Serious Work for WOmen's Clubs.

A circular issued by the Commits
sioner of Naturalization, RICHARD
X. CAMPBELL, to the presidents OF
women's clubs impresses upon these
organizations the Importance of their
cooperation In the effort to provide
for the advancement of the family
life Of the immigrant. lie reminds
the wOmen that american homes
will never be established where the
foreigner lives unless the American
woman, imbued with the highest pa
triotic ideals. will lend her individual
vitalizing influence toward q change
Of the existing order" The Commits.
sioner recommends that members of
women's clubs enlist for the work of
Increasing the number of night schools
having courses devoted to teachinp
citizenship, Of increasing the hours Of
the night school course and Of aiding
in obtaining teachers until funds are
available for their employment by the
scnO0l department.
There Is no doubt that by cnllsting
In this work the club women would
contribute in the trucs to the
preparedness of the nation by vitaliz-
ing these foreign forces and convert
Ing tho Immigrants into healthy
minded. loyal citizens Of this country
The Bureau OF Naturalization has
outlined a course of instruction In
citizenship for applicants and urges
the womcn's clubs to use their iniu.
cnce In promoting the adoption of
this course In the public schools. 1t
| offers prizes for the most creditable
attainment In English speech and for
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war correspondent" has become a
complimentary title like that Of Colo
mel In the South, not to be closely
inquired into. The species Is almost
extinct. Occasionally Il specimen is
found in the Balkans with n sorely
harassed army dispensing before the
Austro-Germun horles Smelling their
way through the i'll equipped enemy
with big howitZers. Some of the best
stories of the war have been written
by adventurous spirits who attached
themselves to the Serbian army.
Other narrators on the eastern and
western fronts have been personally
conducted and forcibly restrained.
The war correspondent In Europe
has no standing and he Is not wanted
on the battlefield. In fact it Is rather
the fashion to disparage him and
write him down a nuisance IA well
as a danger. despite his readiness to
go anywhere, as OF old. to endure
h%ardships and expose himself in or
der TO serve his newspaper. Even
the giants Of other days. the days of
open fighting and topographic STRAIT.
egg. when there were no telephones
and aeroplnnes and the scouting Of
an army was done by its cavalry.
share the obloquy OF contemporary
war writer's.
1t is a relief from the monotony Of
abuse to see WILLIAM HOWARD Rus.
SELL, perhaps the greatest Of all war
correspondents, defended by the mos
distinguished veteran Of the British
army, Field Marshal Sir EVELYN
Woop, who dates back t o the Crimea,
where he was severely wounded while
carrying a scaling ladder to the Re
dan. on June Is, 1865. The memory
Of RUSSELL was recently nssniled be-
cause. 90 said his critic, he indicated
the position Of Il building used as a
powder magazine. showed the posi-
ton of hattalions and described the
almost Incredible miseries Of our SOL
diers." Rut Sir EVELYN WooD, coming
70 the rescue OF a reputation, says:
"As one who wis there and was en-
camped, until after the great gallo OF
November -. close 10 ne magazine In
question. which was beyond effective
gun range al that epoch. | may state
hat disclosures on the first two points
did NOT affect In any degree thosa
CHASTITY operations In which the be
sirg.rs were hesieged for SIX months,
but that the disclosures Of Great Brit
a!n's then uMwarlike systems have been
Of great value In all later campaigns.
'FowARD RUSSELL never told the
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the best essays and debates upon citi.
zenship by the students.

the best essays and debates upon citi.
zenship BY the students.
That this movement offers q fruit.
full field for usefulness Ia self-evi.
dent. THE SuN has hitherto spoken
Of the beneficent activities Of certain
women's societies In the city which
endeavor to i%nstruct. the wives Of i'm.
migrants In housekeeping, cooking and
the like, making the homes Of the
Immigrants more comfortable and
thus enhancing their estimate Of the
beneflcent results Of their migration,
while at the same time the newcom.
ers r imbued with the American
spirit under conditions that make
them receptive Of the kindly infu.
ence emanating from those whom In
their own country they would regard
ms %superiors.
The usefulness Of women's clubs
may be greatly increased by commit
tees for these purposes The elevat.
Ing and satisfying effect upon those
who devote themselves TO this work
will PROVE ample compensation.
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THE ACTORS FAME.
Some 1heatreeoers DO Remember the
Triumphs Of Yestcryear.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sr.
protest against showing into the am
background Of a remote and forgotten
past any theatregoer whose recollcc-
ton goes back more than, say, fifteen
years. Your correspondent &c. II. s.
speaks Of the audience seeing. as an
Incidental character In Tho Melody oil
YOUTH the Bitnd Bs0gdr OF James
O'Neill, and being quite Ignorant OF
his fame and OF his reputation" Surely
there must have been some person IN
that audience who. like myself. retained
q vivid and agreeable mental picture oil
O'Neill's Ddntcs, for instance. In Monte
Cristo." as q remarkable performance
Of true romantic nelodrama.
I am not ready to call myself AN old
p%layEoer." like o u correspondent. Not
til I have slipped considerably further
into my second half century OF play
going and play enjoying shall l claim
that title. But I yet clearly recall
James O'Ncill Justify declaiming the
robustious lines of tho sailor count al
Twenty-third street. in 1888. Katherine
Rogers being then his Mercedes. Look
ing further over my programmes. ] am
reminded Of Marie Shotwell as a later
Mercedes In his support. In 1901. when
Frederic de Believille was, to my mind
the best Norftsr ] had seen.
Monte Cris.o." by the way. was FIRST
played In America at the old Broadway
Theatre. near Anthony street. Lester
waliack playing the prisoner Of the
Chateau d'1f az ~. Lester" This was
before my " h~eatregoing days. the
run OF fifty performances beginning on
Christmas Day. ISiS. and preceding the
memorable engagement OF Edwin For
rest at the same theatre. when Macready
was at the Astor Place Opera House
the feelings Of tho partisans OF each
tracedian resulting IN the "Astor place
riots in March. Is49. Later players
OF Ddntos we're Edward Eddy. j. II.
Studley. whose "Jibcnainosay" at the
old Bowery was one OF the most tcrrify-
nj delights Of my youth. Louis Aldrich
and Charles Fechter.
Otis Skinner excellent Tea Remand
In "A Celebrated Case at the Empire
last Apri, reminded me. In its excel
leucc. OF O'Neilrs perhaps more touch
ing rendering OF that part at Booths
In 1850. His fiercely dramatic moments
in that play. his touches of deepest
pathos. surely cannot be wholly forgot
ton In 1916. HENRY s. BLAKE.
NEW YORK. February 90.
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ENDOWED
Common Sense Comparison Of Liter.
ary Work With the Professions.

To THE EpiroR OF THE SUS-Sir: No
ono can take exception to Dr. Rossiter
Johnson's classification OF writer's among
thol learned professions. yet there is evil
IDENTIFY something wrong when he At
tanpts 20 draw comparisons between
the author and members OF such pro-
fesslons as the physicians and the law
yer y. The status OF these professions is
easily defined In II given community.
In both OF them the term qualified to
practise" is used tn designate the fact
that their professional recognition is
based on the cure foundation OF a uni
vesity degree.
The author or writer at best is sim
ply using the mechanical medium OF
thought registration, the written word.
As such II Ia the common heritage OF all
educated mon. and every ono who thus
expresses himself Is certainly not en-
titled to professional classification
II would be Interesting TO know just
what combination Of qualities or h
number of public appearance" quail
ties n writer for professional classified
ton. The universities have discovered
that IL IL not possible to rubber stamp
their finished wares as professional
writer's. No c%ertincation Of theirs seems
able to furnish the magic. Not from
the university but from obscurity comes
a mighty host OF virile writer's out
from the FORGET. the desert, the sea
These men look for but mo form or
recognition. the cc~rtification OF public
approval. Therefore when THE SrN re-
fers to the accepted manuscript as
the only satisfactory endowment. the
statement Is correct. and Il IL the only
certifcation that will entitlc authors 10
any form of professional classification.
Or. Johnson refers TO the fact that
an author can Increase the sale OF his
works bv taking advantage OF the lee
ture platform. which Is un|qucstlonably
true. but at the same time II is Il strong
Endorsement Of TIE suns opinion, IN
asmuch as the author has secured there
by "A wider range OF publicity. II IL
the sam. old public that lie reached
through his accepted manuscript.
The endowment OF the author is
TO meet with the sTne fate that has
overtaken tho endowed drama, u the
disaster that settles upon the subsidized
theatre will also firt with the sutsl-
died medium through which the author
Is exploited. tn. public is ever ready
to become aggressive when asked to
assume the duties of manager or editor.
II likewise iesents the flourish OF truin-
pets which accompanies the public APP
p~earance of the endowed knowing full
well that there IL no royal road 20 pub
lie approval other than 1.-THE suFvivn!
OF the tfttest" - u DU Bpis.
WHEHAwKkS. y. j.. February ~.
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III, and the reason Of immunity Of the
larger number Of persons receiving
the typhoid infected milk was dis.
covered to he that this milk was
p~asteurized.
This accidental aud unparalleled ex-
pertinent with human beings demon
strates c~onclusi,ely the absolute pro.
lection that pastcurization affords,
and furnishes a conclusive argument
against the use Of raw milk, a prac-
tice against which we have frequently
warned the public.
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President WILSON addressed the
Congress on December Z and urged
II to provide for the national defence
by authorizing certain increases In
the regular army. and "supplement-
ing the army by a force Of 100000
disciplined citizens" who would bind
themselves to servo with the colors
for purposes Of training for short
periods throughout three years. and
to come to the cUlors at call ut any
time throughout an additional fur
Tough period Of three years." These
men we're to be trained with suit
able units Of the regular army" or
this plan the President said;
AT least 30 much by way OF propAra-
ton for defence seems I me TO b alb
solutely imperative now. We cannot d.
less"
Immediately after this the adher-
ents Of the National Guard proposed
the substitution Of that force for the
so-called continental army. and on
January ~, In a speech to the Rail-
way Business Association. President
WILSON considered their proposals
and rejected them In these phrases:
Il IN not forgetting our National
Guard. But you know that
under he Constitution of the United
States II IL under the direction Of moro
than two score States. and that II Is
not permitted 20 the national Govern
ment directly to direct IL development
and organization And that only UPON
occasion Of actual Invasion has che
President Of the United States the right
TO ask those men to leave their respec-
tive States. for my part am afraid.
though some gentlemen differ with me.
that there Is no way in which that force
can be made 4 direct resource "a a ma
tonai reserve under national authority
Yet In answer to President VII.
soN's often repeated appeals the
House Military Affairs Committee has
proposed q "Federalized" National
Guard In place Of the United States
force for which he pleaded an army
under "the direction Of more than
two score States" which Mr.. WILSON
on January - IA afraid could not
he made O direct resource as a ma
tiOnal reserve under national author.
ity." Nor does the committee pretend
that It has worked out in detail its
plan. but It foresees a day when forty
eight Governors will subordinate their
constitutional powers to the authority
Of the Secretary Of War. and relies
or the advice Of sable lawyers" to
escape the obvious constitutional Of.
~ticulties It purposes to embalm in a
statute for national defence.
Can President WILSON accept this
compromise which compromises his
plan out of doors? Does he conceive
n legal controversy Of the gravest
possibilities a satisfactory substitute
for all army2
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SHAKESPEARE VERSIONS.
Tracing the History Of Prince Ham.
let's ~SOllloquy.

To THE EpIron OF THE SrS-Sir. n
Mr.. Gleason will read the Hamlet" of
tho Bankside Edition o. Shakespeare
(VoL Nj. of that edi,ion) and Hamlet
and the Cr-Hamlet' OF the Rankside
Restoration Edition OF Shakespeare he
will. / dare prorhesy. revise his con-
clusion that Shakespeare wrote Hamlet 3
~soliloquy in two forms at different
periods. and assent TO the generally nc
cepted theory that the form Of the
s~oliloquy In the First Cuarto was a
pirated verslon-tLken by memor!zation
from the actors mouths--of the longer
and coirpleter version IA found IN tho
Second Quar;o. THIS Is by many lines
and whole Passages longer even thar.
the First Folio version OF that soliloquy,
and IL the version given in every modern
edition OF the plays.
This theory was first announced by
Richard Grant White IN this city IN
1856, and provoked a raft Of criticism
from English Shakespearians. Bat these
latter. A. did the German ShHkespear-
ians more promptly. came most neekly
TO adopt and swear by t.
TIL volume Hamlet W tho Bank
side Shakespeare parallels the First
Quarto form OF the s~oiiloQuv, the one
AIR. gleason print IN his letter 20 The
Sun. with the First Folio version. The
volume Hamlet and the Jr-IIamlet'
pa rs!leis the Second Quarto version
with tho "kyd' or "I'r." Hamlet. so
that these two volumes taken together
give every known II con1ecturally
contingent fact that can possibly be un-
earthcd regarding S~hakespeare's master
piece.
Both these editions OF shakespeare.
the Banksido and the Eanks,de Res
toration. are printed In this city nv
The New York Shakespeare Society. and
Mr.. Gleason will find them In any OF
the larger libraries.
ESERsoN GRAHAM.
NEw York, February %.
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4 Crucial Test.

Judging from the volumsnous liter.
ature upon the subject If milk con-
troll and milk publication, il would
be assumed that this subject requires
extraordinary knowledge and expert
ence. THE SrN has frequently pointed
out the We'll ascertalned fact that
proper pastcUrlzatlon Is the simple
and only positive protection against
milk horne disease, That the prob.
lem of obtaining milk free from
disease germs is not complicated. but
quite simple, after proper study. is
again demonstrated by the following
Incident:
Doctors GEIGER and KELLY Of the
California State Board of Health re-.
port In the journal Of the American
Medical Association the result OF an
Investigation Of a number of cases
Of typhoid fever In Richmond, Cal.
Twelve cases we're traced 10 sub-sta-
tion /, a dairy on the outskirts of the
CITY VI NV llll'll'l lI'lH WHICH oD'
deliveries of bottled milk we're made
daily, the supply obtained from
twenty-four COWS This sub.Station
also receives from Dairy A ninety
gallons NJ milk a day, which Is sold
separately. The conditions of the
s~ub-statiou We're excellent. while In
Dairy 4 a mixer vas found infected
with typhoid fever.
Fortunately the records we're so
kept that II could be demonstrated
concluSively that tho persons attacked
by Typhoid fever were supplied with
milk from Dairy 4. The latter also
supplies GOO gallons n day to sub.s,a,
ton ,. which makes 1000 deliveries
IN Berkeley, While 500 persons re
ceived milk from substitution |. twelve
Of whom were attacked by typhoi,
fever, not one OF the 0,OOO person.
supplied by tho same dairy becam,
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Asking questions Of Under Secre-
tary for War TENANT IN the House
of Commons must be a bootless
business, although no one III gain
say his ~pollteness. Major General Sir
CHARLES HUNTER inquired the other
day whether the divisions n France
were being kept M TO their fun war
strength, and this IS the reply he got:
The War Once is obliged to the hon
orable and gallant gentleman for call
ing It's attention to this very impor-
tant matter. which is. and has been.
continuously and constantly since the
beginning OF the war receiving all the
attention that II deserves"
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alarming fact that for many woeks IN
the winter Ct 1855 between three and
four hundred mon only were available
nightly to guard our trenches
1T should. moreover. not be forgotten
az a personal factor that RUSSELL Of
fered to submit all hie letters TO any
military censor and on the other hand.
"a regards HE third offence. wo should
gratefully remember that unless he had
spoken on, 70 frankly the starving and
naked emnsnts Of cir little army mus.
have p~ershed."
And then the Field Marshal. now
nearly eighty years Of age. says some
thing that should earn him the graft
tude Of public spirited newspaper
proprietors rs we'll as the thanks Of
the soldier who serves his country:
the greatest mission OF the press Is
being exercised to-day by the great ma
joriy Of editors In striving to awaken
tho national conscience. i~nculcating It's
spirit, n In creating a nation In arms.
For "A soldiers whole life. whether he
will or not 10 an enunciation of the
greatest religious truth--the voluntary
sacrifice Of one for the sake OF many"
This fine and true sentiment, II
written for England. fighting for her
national life. should fnd n response
among the people Of the United States
who are now doing ONE deep think.
Ing about the peril their country will
invite If 1t does not effectively arm TO
uphold the nations policies and de-
fend its territory.
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TRADE BRIEFS.
Note. on Commerce and Manufacture in
Various Lands.

!, ma ronsols tho victims Of the Edge
water fragrant breeze. to learn that the
2pl. ooo-oid Inhabitants Of Bradford. Eng
llnd. have been struggling for more than
i've years 10 persuade Parliament to help
purify the smoke and gr.; polluted at;nos-
phere Of that city.
It t. Interesting 90 note that Great Brit
ain. Austria Hungary, Denmark Germany.
Trance. NORWAY. Brazil and Spain have
Issued decrees forbiddinr their citizen. ~
subjects To sell and transfer TO the flag Of
another nation any merchant ehip under
their respective hags.
An Italian agent fo- wonen's wearing
apparel warns American manufacturer IN
an article In the Buiies,n OF the American
chamber OF Commerce In Milan. against
producing for Italy the TOO pronounced
and fantastic styles which Paris some
times devices for expectation but which
are rejected by authentic PArisfennes.
Canadian housewives complain OF the
advance IN the price OF broonts They
cannot blame /. on the war. for rainy
weather In the Western Statas caused the
shortage In the American broom crop.
Apparently Great Britain has convinced
herself that the Teuton!c Powers cannot
hold out another year. Plans ar. being
made for a British Errp''. Fair 10 he held
IA the spring o. 1917. THIS exhibition
building wilt cost 81. 900. 900 and will cover
an area % $4,000 square feet
The President Of Salvador" saye Com
,,.-~s Reports. has expressed the desire
that American steamship lines he es:Ab-
llshed TO do a commercial! transport buai-
mes, between the Atlantic Snd Pacific ports
Of salvador"
india offers an excellent neld for AmeN-
can trade. Consul James o. LAM an
uHuuces a steady demand IN the Karachi
So &C. alt, -rIeA tfsAV ~'asa4
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While Senator UHumwoop Of A

Whi1e senat UNDERWOOD Of Ala
bama is fighting to stave or the
drought that threatens the District
OF Columbia a delegation Of apostles
Of aridity from his own State IL ask
Ing Congress To exclude from the mails
all publications that carry liquor ad-
refreshments. This petition. which
makes ridicule struggle with tho sense
of outrase for mastery Of the mind.
has another aspect. In addition to it's
alcoholic side. which Alabamians and
others who retain their senses. and
smong them the sense OF justice, ran.
not fail to recognize. Its promoters
would choke on the line In the ma
tional anthem that celebrates "ths
land OF the freq
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Count Won BERNsroRyP, the German
Ambassador. told Secretary LANSING to-
day that II was his personal opinion
that In the now submarine campaign his
Government Intended TO abide by Its
promise not 10 sink unresistinE liners
without warning" given in the Arabic
case and referred to In the Lusitan,a
agreement. Mr.. LANSING informed the
Ambassador that such a declaration
from his Government would be highly
desirable. Washington despatch.
Highly desirable" Is presumed to
be a euphem.sm for positively neces-
sary.
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Everybody seems IN be more or less
Interested n the Hughes boom cx-
cepting HUGHES.

Students OF reform movements de-
signed 20 correct the business meth
DDS Of New York exchanges must
note with interest that cotton State
champions are IA silent as they are
happy when the price Of cotton is
rising. But IL the wicked brokers In
the Cotton Exchange fail IN their up
lift endeavors General Tom HEyLiN
of Alabama instantly mObilizes and
demands that the Department OF
Justice 'nd.ct the brokers for con-
spring TO deprcsS tho price OF cotton
M his spirits.
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GOLD MEDAL TO MAJOR 30 Nf
COlOred Army Onirrr h"n"t'' I"'
Work In Ith-rtr,

EoSToN. Fen "a
awarded annually to To- ~"
OF African descent an
Icnship who shah have
the highest Achievements H.' '-
was presented tom ~ p" ~
Young. L :, \, q Nr.' 'r
for his work ~ org 81 .T''-
III. con5tabulavy ui Lir,f
The presentation to'.
meeting held under tu"
National Associate" 'ur
meut Of rolorcd I,nulr .'
rdru of New York vim
medal. which was ur.e'
Mccall The committee ..
composed uf ~rN-l'rrsii'''
q. Willard. l'r. iain"- Il
two men Of Major No-re
Hope and Bishop John li#'