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SCHOOLS FOR OFFICERS.
There Are at Least Twenty eight Of
Them Resides West Point.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sr: The
demand for preparedness beyond doubt
L. receiving the support of at least two
thirds Of the people Of this country. but
~ Congress ii Is quite evident that re-
sponse TO this demand IL delayed and
hindeied by the desire Of the members
to obtain all the political advantage
possible from whatever plan is adopted
Every well informed nan knows the Ma
tional Guard regiments are not pre-
pared" soldiers. and hat IN the event
Of val against a first class Power they
would bee little better than recruits, but
of course money expended for the state
military establishments Is money planted
III separate political districts.
Another astonishing taing Is Con-
grcss'S treatment of the advice of army
officials. While admitting that training
and experience are necessary TO make "A
soldier or sailor they assume that no
such knowledge Is requisite TO say how
such a soldier or sailor shall be made.
ard isuore the advice and assistance
% the professional military and naval
men Who have spent their lives in the
study and practice OF their calling in
Oulldin. q larger army and navy.
Since tho recruiting Of "a mcagre
10000 now Iags IT is doubtful If any
larger number could be recruited, even
when provided for by universal com
lulsurH service Yet a considerable num-
her of young men. already trained. not
SIMPLY drilled in the manual once "A
week. but under military discipline
night and day for from six to eight
years during a time when they are at
the most receptive period of their lives,
from ten 10 twenty years Of age, are
.eft largely out OF consideration In ,he
present necessity time j. of the greatest
Importance, These young men are all
officers in embryo. having studied mill
tary science fNr years As we'll as lived
4 military life under a regular army
u'hc"r. There are twcnty-eight military
&, hools In the county maintaining such
4 trained and uniformed corps. II viii
surprise the general public to learn that
TIE boys 80 many E these schools drlll
more often and longer than the boys
at West Point mat q cavalry as wei,
1- ,tH infantry body is ma uttln.d At
many of these schools, and that the
aicts arc never ont Of their uniforms
during the ,hool year or released from
military discipline that they go into
OCULAR ~cnCanpmert and work out army
manWuvres IN the field, with sham bat
ties executed with military science and
that they are inspected every year by
the authorities ~ the regular army, who
report and grade the schools according
t. the showing made.
Under the present circumstances II
Mould seem that all graduates of thos,
! sphop!s who are Of sufficient age should
uo encouraged to enter the army and
their offer to 10 so welcomed, but il has
a get been provided that only two ar,
offered commissions from each school OF
Passing the arny examinations. Lee
the army and navy have the say in that
which is within their province and these
departments would he established on a
basis that would satisfy an the people.
y. brTEANS~ SHERMAN.
NEW NbEk. MtN .
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tOrccasting History.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrN-Sir. A
future history Of the United States will,
| venture to prophesy. contain the fol-
lowing paragraph:
The four long years Of tho Wilson Ad-
ministration are the sole exception in the
century and a half existence Of the Ameri-
an republic 20 the fact that Its power
and name have been respected throughout
the world. Never before or since, in the
early days Of the struggling republic. or
In the dark days Of our ciyil war. have
other nations, or individual outlaws. In
other lands. openly, oantonlv and with
impunity attacked and killed American citi-
zeus. Nothing short ~ an actual raid on
American territory provoked even a puni-
tive expedition The reason for this phe-
nomenon at the height OF our actual power
was plain. 1t was known abroad even
before IT was proclaimed at home hv the
Administration would not allow The cotN-
try to be involved IN war. l. was known
also that this sentiment or sentimentality
was as Donest a. IL was n-Anerican. and
tha the Administration Uss prepared to
temporize with every insult and outrage,
to confer with tho offender and protract
the occasion, always with the ignoble motto
100 proud to fight" Cpon the election
n President - the world knew that this
policy had received IT,. rebuke from the
country and that the accident OF the VIII
son regime had passed forever from the
government Of the American people, It's
stain removed by nm Unprecedented vote OF
the electorate. Even before the ina ugura-
ton f. was evident that America had re-
gained her place among the nations. The
!n.ults ceased. and instead of continuing
p.ousls shrinking on the brink Of a war
that never came. suffering repeated out
RACES almost without protest, tn. nation
suddenly found the recent offenders vyinG
with each other TO regain our friendship
and TO remove the offences that had been
given. when the new President took the
Aath ~ ONCE not even a Roosevelt could
have found ,sc) an occasion for offence
in our international relations.
Should MS paragraph never be writ
ten-I have no doubt that II villa
relatively short one would conveniently
take its place
when the peop'. nv their vo..' Endorsed
tn. wilson Administration the greatness
OF America was a thing Of the past. Her
honor and her wealth We're opened 70 IA"
hand ~ the first 'Ak-r, u VAS plain that
her pcope WITH al 'hs!r iuIlN.GuH. 81.
periori.y had In some way lost the pp.
ltlcal IDEAS essential to a nations life.
and that sooner or later tho paciS dcmor-
crat. native or foreign. Al that followed
tina, momentous at was latent In IT.
The choice II ours
Ex-WusoH DEMOCRAT.
New YopH. MAY 2.
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Rural Credits Run Mad.

That only five Senators should he
found to vote against the Hollis farm
loan bill while tifiy.eight voted for il,
suggests the viciou>neSs of the mea-
sur All honor to Senator BRANDE-
GEE, LoD1E, bIINEE, FAGE and WApS-
WORTH, who registered their oppose
ton. They at least were not afraid
TO go on record against n hill which.
in the guisc of establishing IL system
of rural credits, proffcrs in outrage.
Gus Government subsidy of private
enterprise and translates itself in eff
feet into an effort to buy the suffrage
Of the agricultural community.
That the Government AN do some
thing to improve the financial facili-
ties of the farmer is generally admit
ted. The SyStemntizing of the bust
ness Of making farm mortgage loans
and lending to farmers on their notes
Is well within the province of GOV
ernmental %end"hNor. Tn" provision
OF machinery designed to render
farming more II business and less n
mOnotonous adventure with the SEA-
sons has, however. made much prog
ress under private and State initiu-
tive, and the lines for proper develop
ment Of Federal legislation have been
fairly we'll Indicated, 1t is doubtful
II Ccngressiona! attention 10 ,hc Guh
ject calls for much more than or
ganized supervision which will assist
farm mortgages aud farmers notes 1,
make improving Roadway ON thcil
merits In the financial markets.
what the country Is thrcaleuo,
with In the legislation denoted by tn,
Senate rural credits bill l. the gran
Of large and "minous special priv
ilege to farmers .S !, class, This hil
and the House bin, which differ
from II IN no essential particular
enjoy Administration backing. The,
aim to set IN n new banking system
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: For
President Of the United states at the
1915 election. Colonel T.. N. House OF
Texas.
For Personal Adviser TO the President.
Woodrow Wilson of e Jersey.
Thus would the one term pledge or
the Democratic platform he redeemed at
100 cents on the dollar. and the safety
and morality Of the nation be duly pro-
tected. There would be no interruption
II the present and Immediately past
promissory note and renewal policy OF
the national Government.
Democrats who voted for Colonel
House In 1912. even though they didn't
know It. will be glad to do so again.
doubtless.
what a joke is our national politics!
k~ESTUCKIAN.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, May Z.
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VpnizeIOs Reduy.

The recent marked spread of senti-
ment in his favor and the political
demonstrations throughout Greece
made the election of VI. NrNlZrroS T."
the Chamber Of Deputies almost II
forcg"uc conclusion. The enthusiasm
over the result was not unexpected.
for the victory was merely an express
sion of the public will which had soy.
rral times before been declared 10y II
majority Of m" people.
N~FNlzEIo> has not swerNed from his
original contentious aud has through
out consistently maintained that
Greece should stand 10y her treaty
agreement with Serbia. In his recent
controversy with King CONSTANTINE
he insisted that present conditions IN
the Hellenic Kingdom would have
been better than they mr." If Greco"
had taken this course; for, 10y break
ing faith with Serbia, sh" had aided
in building up Germanic and Bulga-
rim influence, both Of which were
inimical Ia her " growth and de-
relopmcnt.
He held. too. that popular rights
were al stake; that the line was
clearly drawn between the political
freedom Of the Greek l~iopl" on "u"
hand and In" pernici"uS doctrine of
the divine right of kings ON the other.
Twice had \ENIzEIoS and the Liberal
party. of which he is the head. re
cei\ ed the Endorsement of th" el"r-
torate. and both times were they over
ruled. In III" last contest the Coy
erumpnt reSorted tn armed force To
deprive tn" M%,rtiSans of NENIZiIos
of their constitutional right Of assem-
blare and freedom of speech.
Throughout the whole controversy
he has pursued II patrioti" and pru-
dent course: while he has felt that he
WAS lighting an invisible and strong
antagonist he has carried ON his war
fare openly. r"uls"lling moderation
and opposing reNol, or iuStlrrerii"lL
King C~ONsTANTINE has prOtc>Scd 10
believe that tho demonstrations in
favor of NENlzElos were merely Pc
litical munmnvrcS and not an expires
sion of public opinion. This third
victory of the Liberal party AT the
polls should enlighten him as to the
sentiment of the nation.
According to all reports Greece is
IN serious financial straits. ON" of
the wealthy men OF the country
recently advanced the Government
81 .OOO,NU, but this sum WAS scarcely
more than enough to pay the amount
due the families Of tho soldiers. The
nay of the troops Is months In arrears
and many of the civil officers have
: no, been paid for almost !, year. The
Government is apparently at the end
of its resources for raising revenue,
Money would be furnished the ma
ton by the Allies; but the price
would be- The participation of Greece
in the war. Conditions were never
more critical than at present and
there il reason to believe that the
restoration OF NENIzEIOs to political
,mwpr will lead To n definite align
m"nt of Greece upon n side or the
other in the struggle.
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A. to an Agreement with MEXICO.

Never was there more reason 10 be
unmovcd by fugitive rumor and to
remain cool In facing the situation In
northern Mexico. which has been ~.
gravatcd 10y the Big Bend raid and
the unsatisfactory progress of the ne.
gotiations between General SCorr and
General OREGON. 10 both of them
the wanton attack upon American set.
Elements In Texas was evil news.
but viewed calmly 1t need not affect
the decision ms to whether II time
limit should be set 10 the stay of
American troops in Mexico. Not only
was this latest outrage unwclcome is
n disturbing element 4" General CAR
RAMA aud his Minister Of War. but
there Is reason to believe that II was
planned to pmbarruss them and dis.
rupt the negotiations at J.. l';,>o.
This must l." taken into accoun in
considering what can be hnlmrahly
done Ia avert armed intervention,
which would mean nothing short Of
a bitter conflict with tn" Mexican
people. followed 10y II Ion. drawn out
period of paciiication and recolistruc-
ton. The border must be protected.
come what may. Twenty-Five thou.
sand soldiers To guard II frontier of
1000 miles from Brownsville Ia Yuma,
and beyond to the Pacific. has been an
nbsurdly di>prul,ortinnate force. We
have g~ri"yously paid ut Columbus.
Glenn Springs aud other places for
our unprcpureIn">s. Con knows we
had notice enough if We had not been
SO blind. Mr.. WILSON has ut last
risen to the emergency 10y despatch
ing more regulars to the frontier and
calling out the National Guard in
Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. Ii
may be- necessary to make II further
demand upon the organized militiu.
There should hc no hesitation about
IT,. Procrnstination has already borne
bitter fruit.
We do not regard tho sending of
a punitive expedition into Coahuila
after the Big Bend raiders as an act
likely To provoke the resentment of
General tAEEANZA. He must bo rs
anxious aS Mr.. WILSON to have the
vermin eNterminated. The critical
matter Is the issue of the conference at
II Paso between General t~ARRANzA's
Minister Of War and General S,orr.
II now appears that General OBI!huuN
has been the victim of sensational
rumorS, which lie speaks Of ,s the
exuberance of the yellow press He
Is trying to come To an agreement
with General SCoTP about II date for
the withdrawal of American troops
from Mexico. 1t ought to he possible
to name n time. with the understand
Ing that II the American frontier i
still IN danger our troops shall remain
until the frontier is safe. We do not
despair OF Il meeting Of the minds on
this point. since both sides earnestly
desire a working agreement.
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A SOCKLESS BOSTONIAN.
He condemns American Hosiery. Fur
niture and Breakfast Foods.

T. THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: What
t. the matter with the sock makers Of
the United States?
Before the war bought three pairs
Of socks for 81, made in Germany, nom
est in dye and texture. durable in wear
- heel ard toe, nicely iinished-to mo
"A perfectly satisfactory article,
Now at no price apparently can ! herr"
S.cur, such an article. The PruSSItu
.oldicrs may 10" Huns I'm sure they
are but the t;"rUan makers Of mems
socks are hoN"et, square ana satisfactory
to IA" customer. They are not II q ut-
ton OF advertising liars. Aud I'm pas
ing they don't throw green wood too
pcthcr with a slick Of Natuish and call
II furniture. q Ia Grand Rapids. nor do
they as Vet grind up corn husks and call
the stun breakfast food.
". b.. WRIGHT.
BoSToN, May 3.
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Baby Week.

baby | sang as I tramped,
"Notic. Your name on the week has been
stamped,
Seven long days We are counting your
points,
Taking Of you from your soul to your
Joints,
iiushaby baby and shut up your roars,
Kindly take notice the week Ia all yours
PausIns a moment to swallow a tear,
Gee cried tho infant. Il want the whole
year,
"Hushaby baby" I sang ms I hoped.
"Noticc that minor arairs have been
dropped;
All tho wise mon Of the city will meet
Watching your highne-s parade UP the
street:
Uushahy hlhy and shut up your roars.
kindly take notice the town r. all yours"
rausing n moment for breath In his Eirlh.
Gee cried the infsnt. u want the whole
sarth"
MclANbsuRGs WILSON.
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A Gibe.

Tr THE EDITOR OF THE SUM: |
have always understood from the writ
Iugs of Bret Ildrtc and others hat the
frOnticrsindn was not at all the kind of
man to insult or even inJurc, Have
twenty years Of prosperity rotted all his
bones" our army IL always being sur
prised and hurt by the wicked Greaser
The old time Texan never had to fire
u shot, because every one knew that
when he started he might he hard to
stop. To-day our hands are muiiied in
cottonwood II Is the antiseptiC thing
to do. We have become afraid of
germs we have learned TO dread wills
key and coffee, It IL lucky for us that
We have had the idea of training uur
women to fight for us. what is the
matter STuARr.
WASHINGTON. II. G.. May 2
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"KILRoY cannot he censured for
shooting q mar he believed was about

"KILROY cannOt 10 censured .for
shooting a man he believed was about
10 kill another officer" says Police
Commissioner Woops. The Commits
sioner shows both sense and moral
courage when he admits the badness
Of his Judgment in permitting
the discharge of blank cartridges in
the stunt" staged before the Mayors
reviewing stand at the police parade
OF last Saturday. Mr.. Woops might
have gone a good step further by
giving assurance of restriction in
the future OF the exercise Of creative
Imagination calling for such exciting
demonstrations Of police efficiency in
the presence of n holiday crowd. And,
as "A fellow officer remarked, II Kill
ROY had been doing what he thought
he was. he would have been the hero
Of the day. AS REILLY. the injured
policeman. is recovering from his
wound. the incident stands simply as
a warning to stage directors OF The
Force To remember that the best laid
pans gar aft agley.
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his seamanship. The Cymric was not

n fast boat. Every sailor on board
understood the risk he ran. She cnr-
ried no passengers, and apparently no
member of the crew was an Ameri.
can citizen.
The Cymric had been II lucky ship.
narrowly escaping submarine attack
on more than one occasion. ON her
last voyage there seems to have been
no convoy ms she approached the Irish
coast. A submarine lay In wait. and
the torpedo sped on its way ~ her
hull. which could MOI, very we'll be
missed. 1t was the fortune of war In
the sense that she was n legitimate
target.
But n question remains. and the
United States Government is con.
cerned about the answer and this
without regard to the "ncw instruc-
tons" issued by the German Admit
rally TO its submarine commanders :
Did the Cymric receive warning he
fore she was attacked. and was time
given the crew to take to her boats!
She was not on Admiralty service.
according to her Owners nor was
she ever n warship in the German in.
depreciation. II the Cymric were tor
pedoed without warning. the United
States could moi recognize the attack
on the ship as valid. although her
business was to carry war material
II would not he n case for calling
Germany to account. unless the lives
Of Americans wee lost. and that /,
denied hut n doubt would certainly
he cast upon the good faith of III,
Imperial Government.
That is the only interest the United
States has in the torpedoing If the
tImric. aside from the fact that the
right Of submarines to sink any yes
sci but n warship without warning
has never been allowed.
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The Municipal Tulips.

T. 1HE Enron oF THE ruN.-Srt no
H., 'h3' tho gardener who has charge oT
tue lawns IN 'I'v Hal PARK IL on IN. Job
aEatr ih.- year and HI. efforts TO bring
40 m" tulips In front ~ the CITY Court
ami the county Court House have neon
very successful ! mink thoy ar. NOR.
beautiful than hey were asst YEAR. After
being enclosed within four walls Of an
III " h~ui'iing al day It Is rather A re-
f''s1'nG sight 90 go oIt N tho open and
S."W the brls OF hrautlful red. vi - and
yellow tulips amid such somhre -ur-
roprllnCs. How peasant and refreshing
- would bc Il th"r- were Other open spaces
fp' packs IN .hr lower 81 '.0n OF the CIV
.hGSe tu.Irs and othr- sots.Hahl" flowers
cNuN >. raised. II take, the ltttle thing
+" make Mo rlenSan, ana worth wing
Sew NuUk, Nav q g. n T
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Vhe Unmittee did not strike ne
commitments and Dbl cations tra!l
until late in the afternoon, The morn.
ing was devoted to an inquiry into ire
1ntetborough's negotiations VITA ,ae
L.ongacre Electric Light and Power Com
pany for the sale OF surplus power,
which failed of contamination
Frank Moss, counsel TO the committee,
asked repeatedly whether some on. In.
terested in the power negotiations IA
not demand "A large commission
81 600, 600 wss mentioned falling
to get /, had blocked the plan. hu, none
" the witnesses called knew suy,u'rs
about such a matter. II was vHila m
TINS tack that the comm ttcc got an
emphatic verbal setback from De lan'ey
Nicoll.
Anything that ! may have known
about the proposition I" sell surplus
power to the Longacre company SAD
Mr.. Nicoll on the witness stand. 4
gained as counsel to my Clients. a!d
| don't see how ! can avoid tie aharge
OF violating the statute II rev.t.
il. But there l. another thing want
to say to you n Senator Thompson |
think the power Of this commute" Ter.
minated with the adjournment u Tia
Legislature. The committee is tug.'.s
oiticio and doesn't exist"
That stirred Mr.. Moss and Senator
Thompson considerably. Mr.. M'ss SD
| he must refuse TO BE- instructed a. 90 Vt-
| ncssos and charged that Nj. SO.
only purpose must have been - sy'
voluntary help TO unwilling v'r.- q.
who want II raise uuihb,iug Gu'-'" -
Mr.. Nl,oll replied that he had 900 s
idea that he Ms simply 'ry4r .
"eNtvirate Nou from % very d't.ui' 49,.
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The Case Of the Cymric.

The Cymric carrying 1900 tons Of
war material not only invited but
provoked attack by nm enemy submn-
rine, Before she sailed from New
York the constituents of her cargo
were we'll known. Her captain rrn-
lied tina, he would have To run the
gan,let and he was prepared for the
worst. OF the danger he made a
Jest, having faith In the resources OF
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those who clear their mindS Of man
made ugliness by feasting their eyes
on the matchless works Of Dame
Nature.


AS the days Of Verdun grow into
weeks, and the weeks into months of
battle. the great fight takes on the
az pect OF a big fellow who Is "A cool
and clever boxer stopping the charges
of a burly opponent who fights in
bovine rushes. with eyes closed. head
down. and fists failing taking pun
ishment and hoping to land a swing
for a knockout; the boxer and the
%sluggcr,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SW' Re-
cent developments show onlv too well
that il is the bosses that want to nomi-
nate some one other than the man from
oyster Bay for President. Put the mat
ter up to the people and you Viii hnd
that eight out OF every ten men would
vote for Theodore Roosevelt for Presi-
dent If they had the chance
They may never have the chance. Tor
IL looks TO me as though the bosses Will
again see To ii that some oUe else is
nominated. America first" means T. X.
for President.
STILL A R~oosEvELTER.
BROOKLYN, May :.
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Columbia's nine unkissed enior
need q gricNc hcCause their company
i, smaller than princeton's. some
young gentlemen have such an appe-
tite for distinction that they would
even fiji ava their kisses to attain
IL when other to fame are
barred To them. Probably Columbia
uiters more opportunity both for
kisses and for other honors than the
Jersey college. three miles of the
main line. Princeton has no Barnard
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T'TF IT W'TTVF TVTTVW
NJ oxford Fowler Is IN a thankful
frame OF mind at present, About a month
ago lie got an offer OF a job on the police
force at the Badin power plant AZ an at
~tractlye salary, but decided not to take It.
Bu; the man who ala take II IL now dead.
having been shot while trying go arrest
two Italians Therefore Mr.. Fowler happy
state Of W.ui. nf course i might have
hccu t1at Mr.. tnwlcr's action. might not
have h'"u the same a. his uu~fur'unat.
hrothcr officer, bat he says II he hal been
thcrc me- would have done EXACTLY the
samc Identical ,hing
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sion T. II. GILLESPIE vas cN,u.,.
ordered to- anrear with his fa'l,.. :
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