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THE MEXICAN MURDERERS.
A Strange Suggestion Of Possible
Fraud in the Satisfaction Pieces.

To THE EriroR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
murder OF Americans In Chihuahua
has stirred thiss country. Reparation
IL demanded. Carransa Is asked to
catch and kill the murderers. Carranza
will round UP a batch OF innocent
poems, call them by the names of Rod
rigucz and Almeida, and. IL he dared,
also villa, and declare they we're the
assassins and shoot them. And this
Government will be satisfied.
Iiut the real culprits VIII escape.
CRrrauza will not catch them.
In the matter OF rounding up poems
Carranza would only follow precedent.
Not many years ago several Spaniards
were killed. also some Germans and IA
woman arnonG them, The respective
Governments of the victims made
strong representations. and the MeNi-
can Government. unable to secure the
cal criminals. fastened the a~trocious
act on some ~irofcnsivs poems, made
a ~farcical trial. n the unhappy
wretches paid for tho inability of the
Government to produce the a~ssassins,
This kind OF thing is ommou enough
in that cursed country.
You ask any one who has lived
there long enough TO know Y
NEW York. January 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
The West side Railroad.

The scheme for remodelling the
rnilrond on the west side OF Manhat-
tau at last agreed tn by the OH
cials of the New York Central and
the city authorities promises 10 rid
the town of u constant menace 10 the
safety of its people and nm cypsorc
inilicting great injury on property,
public and private, without depriving
the community of any Of It's neces-
sary transportation facilities. This
result will he brought about not by
coercion but through the adoption of
II sensible policy of compromise, UNI
der which city and railroad make con-
cessions necessary to the accomplish
ment OF the object both had in view.
II viii he recalled that Mayor
mitchell was accused last year of
lack Of diligence in the negotiations
with the railroad OF this subject.
The Sun at that time remarked TINT
to satisfy the public his answer to
these charges must be complete and
understandable Of all. As that an
swcr Is set forth In the announcement
Of the agreement made yesterday, We
think the Mayor need give the mat.
ter no further thought.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
CAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY.
BulaIr should Have Been Attacked
Instead Of Gallipoli.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Str: All
the papers are full OF the tragedy OF
the Gallipoli campaign, a published in
the Officini Gosette and as passed by
the English censor. with the appalling
loss Of about 100000 men. Evidently
the object Of making this official expose
Of bad leadership and lack of coordina-
ton Is for the purpose of divcrting at
t~ntion from the real cause OF disaster.
the failure to make the attack at Bulair
instead OF Galiipoli.
Bulair IL at the narrowest part of the
isthmus connecting the peninsula OF Gall
lipoli with the mainland. The troops
could have been landed from the Gulf
of Saros at Bulair. where the land Is
low and rolling. which would have en-
abled them TO take the Dardanelles OBJ
structions In the rear, n having re-
moved them the navy could have en-
tered n together the army and navy
could have taken Constant!nople. As
Mr.. Ashmead Bartlett In a recent lee
ture al the Republic Theatre said: 1T
was a fatal mistake not to try to cut
tho neck Of the peninsula instead of
trying TO night our way through IT
Ever since the English made their
first attack on the Dardanelles this
matter has been q subject OF discussion
among United States army and navy
officers who have been there. and II Is
probably the cal reason why Sir an
Hamilton was relieved. PowHArhS.
WASHINGTON. u. c.. January 10.
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Recent reports from the Schwim-
mer-Lochner party abroad, and like
wise from Detroit, indicate IA certain
lack OF connection and rapport be
wee the original promoter OF the
expedition and the persons who are
responsible for Its grotesIue and now
homing fortunes.
We are glad of this for Mr.. FoRD's
sake. Almost everybody will be glad {;
the kind feeling toward him Il. We
believe. nearly universal. II he made
n mistake in his estimate Of people,
and. In some cases. OF their real mo-
tives, II was the mistake Of Il sincere
friend OF humanity.
II he made n mistake In his fore
cast Of possibilities. II was the mis-
take Of not only n sincere but also of
a very generous man.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
The Fall Of MONTENEGRO.

Montenegro has been scrapped for
the Tcntopir heap along with Bel
GUM and Serbia. The aged MICH
MAS completes a trio OF Kings OF the
Allies without a country.
Vii" M~ont"Daprins ut the outset Of
the Austrian invasion made a val
liant resistance: but while their force
was employed npOn one frontier the
armies of the Ilapsburg poured wei
The other boundaries. Their land
filled with starving, homeless fugi-
ti,"s from Serbia. their supplies of
food and ammunition exhausted and
their little army left to fight alone,
they were finally forced to yield ia
the well equipped, numerically SUI
perior foe.
For the first time In Its history
Montenegro IL under the heel of the
conqueror, When Christian Europe
erected a military boundary along the
Danube and the Save against Turk.
ish invaders, Montenegro maintained
alone the inviolability of the Black
Mountains. What the Turks for fyt
centuries failed to do their ally OF
today has accomplished.
What will he the fate Of this little
country The wrath Of the Haps
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16

she has II. She IL the victim of a
stupid and laundering statute. en-
acted by Congress ostensibly to punish
certain evildoers but actually to meet
the demands Of hystericnl and unin-
formed persons whose purpose may be
high but who IN wofully deficient
In Judgment.
Is 1t too much to hope that the
revelations she is instrumental In
making may penetrate the lawmaking
consciousness sufficiently to insure, If
not the repeal Of this foolish and
crime breeding enactment. ut least its
amendment In such manner us to dis
solve the partnership nov existing
between the Government of the United
States and extortionersr
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
A STUDENT REGIMENT.
Plan 70 Combine the College Course
with Military Training.

To THE EDITOR oY THE SuN--Sir. Be-
lieving that the chief aim of a collegi-
ate curse is to PRODUCE good citizens
VOL equipped with health, learning and
moral stamina, able TO win their way to
Nigh positions in the affairs OF life, and
believing that military training Isl Of
great benefit to the Individual, as well
AS II duty of citizenship, a plan has
occurred to me which might produce
men of superior mental and physical
ECU pineut with no financial or time loss
TO the student and little extra cost 10
the Government. II is an effort to give
the student tho great advantage Of "A
short continunus military training and
10 give the country "A source OF potential
strength not u available.
Thc plan follows \ student legi-
ment would b. formed At "a Government
post, oficcred by regular army mon,
such rs the typ" detailed now TO teach
at West Point. Th" course would con
tiuuo for onc-half year, beginning at a
semester period and tapping over the
summer vacation, tho students r'turliuS
TO IN" college when the course Nas
finished. such subjects a. ",viCs, mill
tarN history. strategy. military cngl-
neeriiss, sanitation im"Chduiotl sugI-
re-ers might take a month IN u Govcrn-
m"ut arsenal shup), AZ, would he
taushl ny ih'Nt INSTRUCTORS as well as
discipline and personal hygiene, Their,
would also ho extended military ma
nTuvres under fun equipment, in other
words, sin months of intensive West
Point training at Government expense,
The hest graduates of this course would
qualify ar officers I'm a volunteer army.
The regiment would bc entirely sepa rate
from IN" regular army, and COMPOSED
Of students from various colleges.
IN" college would give oue-halr Year
school credit to those completing the
'ours, which would t." entirely cleo
tive, and such college would select such
subjects To he omitted from graduation
requirements IN each department AZ
would leave a required course Of study
which in addition to the army course
would produce citizens with equal If not
better attachments than those remaining
-four years in college. I would prefer Ia
have the student return to college for
an uninterrupted senior year under M,
collegiate influence, making the usual
-four Years from matriculatlou to grad
uation, WUAUroN ,'lar
cnICAGo, January 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
burgs has been directed especially

burgs has been directed especially
against the Serbs, and the conquest
Of Serbia and Montenegro has been
in q measure the working out Of this
bitterness. Teutonic success would,
no doubt, leave both shorn Of terri
tory: Montenegro shorn Of the Low
cen and Now Bazaar; and Serbia OF
the Macedonian possession. And,
judging from Austrian methods of the
past. both would be Hapsburg DEEPEN
denotes. There may be- the germ of
this project In the reported plan to
supplnnt the present house of the
Karageorgevitch by an Obrenovitch.
thus restoring the conditions OF the
days Of MILAN, when the doings Of the
Serbian Cabinet and Parliament were
subject to reversal at Vienna.
Count AEHRENTHAL's dream was the
collection Of all the Serbs under
the Austrian standard and event
ually their formation into a third
integral part Of the Heterogeneous
monarchy. Whatever hopes there
were for this plan vanished mt the
time Of the making of the Balkan
league. and 1t IL scarcely probable
that the Austrian victors would now
entertain the project as feasible for
their vanquished enemies.
The Hohenzollern and Hapsburg
militarism has fallen heaviest upon
the weakest, and no small nation has
escaped the sweep Of It's remorseless
power. The Allies have been unable
throughout the war To protect the
weak among their numbers. although
they announced as one Of the cardl.
nal principles Of their warfare the
preservation Of the integrity of small
States Of Europe. Aid from Italy
that might have saved Montenegro
failed as help had failed Belgium
and Serbia. and with Italy's W per-
IL Increased by the Austrian successes
there seems now little hope of Italian
ability to restore Montenegro tn her
King and people.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
The Latest Submarine Disaster.

The explosion on submarine E-2 In
u dry dock In the Brooklyn navy yard
calls for n prompt and searching In
quiry. That such a disaster should
have happened to this vessel Is puz-
zling. E-2 was the first submarine
to he equipped with the Edison nickel
batteries with the design Of prevent
ing the generation of chlorine gas II
water leaked into the batteries when
the ship was submerged. This sub
marine with the new equipment had
a trial on Long Island Sound on No
vember II and Ia said to have run at
the rate of thirteen knots for three
and n half hours while submerged. II
remarkable record for Il compare
lively old boat. proving the value of
the new batteries as motive power.
The first report of the disaster mt the
navy yard intimated that the explo-
sion was caused by IN electric spark.
but the gas was o accounted for.
llltlt - u lultIul tOIllitellou v
tween the loss of "a at Honolulu on
March -, 1913. and the explosion on
E-2 as she stood in dry dock. The
board of inquiry In the case Of Fl
found that c%orrosion Of rivets adj
mitted sea water to the exterior of
the storage batteries and thence To
the interior of the ballast tank. The
sea valves of the tank We're open and
additional water entered the hull.
tons FL must have sunk to the
bottom in a few minutes. Chlorine
gas was no doubt generated from
the action of the salt water upon the
sulphuric acid Of the batteries. hui
the board concluded that the crew
were drowned. not nsphyxiated. Al
any rate, the seams of the submarine
were burst by the pressure OF water.
II Is rather significant that the build
ers of "a insisted that "the item OF
lead lining and corrosion of rlve,s
would indicate lack of care" also that
the sea valves should have been Ell
tirely closed after the tanks were
filled. There seems to he no doubt
that the disaster to "a prompted the
Department 70 make n test of the
Edison battery. Whether the crew
Of F-4 we're drowned or asphyxiated,
chlorine gas was always a danger to
he feared.
These dcplornble accidents, together
with minor mischances Of recent oc-
currcncp In the navy, cannot fail Ia
create an impression that the men of
the submarine tiotilla do not always
understand the intricate machines
with which they have to deal. and
that sometimes the officers are either
deficient In technical training or lack
experience.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
"Sudden--and Related"

Among the letters taken from the
enterprising VoN PAPEN and transmit
ted to this country from London Is
one signed with the initials "R. V.
NJ" and assumed to be from the hand
Of the German Consul Mt New Or
leans. 1t bears date of December T.,
1915. and In II n phrase is used that
SCI completely exposes the name in
which the Government dealt with VoN
PApEN it merits reproduction:
THAT demand for your recall has
been SO sudden--and belated."
The accommodating evidence of Won
PArES's activities. the full measure Of
which Is not yet known to the public,
indicates the essential accuracy Of
the Use Of the word debated" in re-
ferring to his disappearance from this
country. When finally II became the
painful duty of the Administration to
dissociate him from our official life,
the ultimate action was taken sud
denly. 1t IL true; but with Teutonic
exactness the astute New orleans cor
respondent. unQuestionably possess
ing personal knowledge Of the pro-
fessiOnal zeal of the German military
attache. could not refrain from the
triumphant reflection that It was she
lated" or in the defnitive words of
the dictionary, delayed past the
proper hour"
1t was Won PApLN who wrote con-
t~emptuously of the "bloedsinnige Yam
KEGS" He did not 40 describe them
without a certain measure of iustii-
cation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
INTERPRETING DICKENS.
Of Brooklyn Attempt "a
Impersonate His Characters.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Slr. I
attended on January II an entertain
inent described as Life Portrayals OF
Dickens's Characters.' given under the
auspices Of the Brooklyn Institute Of
Arts and Sciences. The individual who
inpersonated the characters limited that
they would he ~ true TO life that they
would appeal alike 10 the student and
the casual reader Of Dickens. Appar-
emily he had some warrant for his as
s%ertion. for the applause was liberal and
one enthusiastic lady In my hearing
said he was magnificent" Maybe he
was, 1t certainly took something
colossal In the way OF nerve TO mis-
bundle Dickenss text and characters as
was done at this entertainment.
For instance. he introduced immortal
San Weller. or course Sam left moth
ing worth repeating In his own lam
guage, so his imitator had him partly
sing and partly recite Mrs. 'E.nry
'Awkins,' lie had the grace to apollo
gize for this innovation. and with jus
tice. for he made poor Sam-San. Of
all men .-N simpering. effeminato de-
livercr of Che, alters songs
lie preficed his Introduction of Eriah
Heep at the never TO be forgotten scene
OF Mica wber's d%euunciation ~ the arch
hyIocrite by saying that David Copper
field. Traddles. Betsy Trotwood. Mr..
Dick, Agnes and Mr.. Wickfcld had been
summoned by Heep to witness the sign
ing of "a marriage contract" % be-
tween Agnes and Hep. OF course this
is ridiculous even to the most casual
reader OF Dickens. for there was no
such marriage contract nor talk Of
one and IIcep was appalled, AT tine APP
pearau7e of David aud his friends. Then
this poItraycr Of pickons's characters
proceeded to deliver a Sp-rtlled speech
Of Keeps In which he commanded Mr..
Wickfield repeatedly to come forward
and sign the Contract" As a matter
of fact Mr.. Wickfield at the time was
In bed with rheumatic fever upstairs
and took no part In Keeps undoing,
having conferred power OF attorney on
our lovnhle friend Traddles.
captain cutie was introduced In his
talk with Florence Dombey just proceed
ing the return of Walter Gay. but was
not. I regret TO say. the Captain Cutie
OF loving mcmory-none of YOU when
found make a note Of" Indeed. this
Cutie not only departed from the
~ Gems text. but he spoke with a
brogue that was thicker than the
thickest OF mush. Mrs. MacStinGer, on
he contrary. WAS presented without a
particle of dialect. 30 of course she too
was true to life.
In picturing Little Nells grand
father the actor described him AZ com
ing from his gambling to hover over
Nells death bed. My impression Is that
the grandfather had nothing to gamble
with nj that late day. At any rate
the actor made the old man say, Dear
Nell. why lie IDLE there when there are
hlackbcrrles TO p!ck"' The fact that
Dickens said bright red berries" is little
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16

Of everyday intercourse and at
present they should be scrupulously
avoided because Of their unhappy
facial resemblance to hyphens.
OF the ten questions Mr.. SCARF has
chosen to submit to us in his examl-
nation paper we shall answer n
explicitly:
IF. pursuant 10 legislation. the TOM
perature data now disseminated by the
Weather Bureau are given in the cent?
grade or some other scale tina the
Fahrenheit. could you without serious
Inconvenience use such data in your
work.
We do not now and shall not In tile
future use Mr.. ScARR's temperature
data. We record It every day for the
benefit Of anybody who wants to
amuse himself with II. Actually II
bears no relation to human life. Mr..
SCARF sits up on the roof OF n tall
building and gets summer tempera-
lures that are without Significance.
A steaming, sweating, exhausted pop
ulatiOn Is told by him that the day
Is ten degrees cooler than 1t really
Is and knows that the record Is n
fraud. In winter Mr. SCARR's tubes
are rs bad. They are set up on the
false assumption that everybody
works and lives on a level with the
attics of the woolworth and Metro
politan towers. We never let them
bother us. and Mr.. SCARF q keep
his records In cuneiform for all we
care; we are going to he true to
GABRIEL u. FAHRENHEIT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
THE B~UDGETEER.

His salary ls SIS or $50 q week, or
something between. but he subdivides
1t with as much pains as though 1t
were five hundred. He IL his WI
Board OF Estimate and Apportion-
ment; he In not niggardly n
arithmetic IL to him no task. but "a
charmed recreation.
The list Of his expenditures In not
long. First come the taxes. which
at the sum paid last year require so
much n week or month to be laid asioe
against their r~eimposition. He knows
TO a half ton how much coal he burned
last winter and IL saving a certain
small sum computed to amount. on
October /. to just the cost OF next
winters supply. The water rate and
Are Insurance are not forgot. II the
budgeteer pays city rent all these
items are Jumped.
Next comes the ho~usekeeper's share.
How fortunate II she is the budgeteer's
equal partner In he strange enter
prise OF living within their means!
Her word for It. she can't set the table
and dress the children for less than
so much a week. She kept accounts
for n twelvemonth and Ia equipped
with an average weekly cost Down
il goes on the list.
There are q life insurance item. a
communication ticket tor a fares).
weekly payments on the piano. certain
clothing appropriations. and the tale
Of fixed charges Is complete.
Now a clean cut s per cent OF
10 per cent. to be saved outright, II
II is humanity possible-to be savings
banked, as II ought to be lawful to call
it. until the dawn Of that inspiriting
day when the budgeteer becomes an
Investor.
Is there anything left? Yes. enough
pocket money. II may be. to permit
the budgeteer to buy his favoritc
cigar on occasions: and the equal
partner will be able either to have a
new hat come Easter or to 20 to a
couple OF the seasons concerts. She
will do neither. depend upon II. very
likely she will tell him later that
Mary needed to- go to the dentist. or
that Jack wanted skates too badly.
Then the budgeteer. pauslng in the
midst of the decimals. the long divt-
sion and the dreams that he finds
IN his scattered sheets Of scrubbed
paper. will look at her. and in the
eyes Of the other each will read the
blessing Of the present and the prom
ise Of the future.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
WstchtuI Waiting Scores a Victory.

There can be no question Of the
encouragement and relief inspired In
the bosom of official Washington by
the subjcined despatch which came
over the wires yesterday
"EL PAso. Jan. l5.-Americans were
feeling from northern Mexico to-day"
The flight of Americans from the
scenes of their productive lubors,
from the sites Of their commercial
and industrial efforts, represents the
final triumph Of watcbful waiting AMI
symbolizes the completely satisfactory
character of the Government that
Washington has decreed for the re-
public south of the Rio Grande.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
TeSt for June seventh.

We wonder. all r%evereutly. whether
when on the morning Of June sev-
enth in Chicago the Hon. q. w. PER-
KISs arises and opens his Bible he
will turn to Exodus xiii. and read:
"24. Thou shalt no bow dow TO
their gods, nor serve them nor do after
their works: but thou shalt utterly
overthrow them. and quite break down
their images.
80. BY little and little | viii drive
be Increased. and inherit the land
We wonder, reverently.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16
To . Lady In Philadelphia.

We conceive 1t to he only proper
md appropriate that expression
should he given to the gratitude and
respect inspired in the minds Of all
honorable men and women by the ac-
tion Of the courageous lady In Phlln'
delphia who, at the sacrifice of her
comfort and privacy, has rom
planned 10 the Federal authorities of
certain black mnilers and supplied
the testimony on which they may bt
prosecuted.
She deserves tn" sympathy of MI
respectable persons. md we are sure
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-16

We congratulate the editor and pub
Usher Of the Eagle Almanac for 1916
on the new and simplitied index with
which they have equipped this admit
radio reference book. II renders easily
available the information general of
the world, and special of New York
city and Long Island hat is con-
tanned within the covers ~ the work
and this IL high praise for any index,
as all who have occasion to consult
warehouses of knowledge will under
stand. Aided by this key the ordinary
mortal equipped with the almanac can
resolve his doubts on n subject that
commonly stirs men to disputes, We
know Of no more valuable aid to in
telligcnce than a good almanac, and
the Eagle Almanac II not only good IN
that II covers the official world sui,i-
ciently, but in that 1t furnishes a great
store of facts about social and semi
public life and characters that Is not
elsewhere easily available. We confess
without shame that we have Cribhed
freely from the Eagle Almanac Ia the
past. We admit that We shall do the
same in the future; and We counsel
everybody who may he moved to as
sail our statements OF fact to buy
an Eagle Almanac to confirm his
memory before he engages in dis
cussions with rs.