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CONDITIONS IN MEXICO.
OaXsca Refuses to Recognize Car.
or Admit His Troops.

To u EDITOR oF THE SUH-Siy, A
friend Of mine recently returned from
Mexico confirms the statements made In
THE SuS b. Mr.. Mark :. Watson. The
Mexican Railway. known as the Queens
Own from the fact that II was built
and financed entirely with British capt.
tai. has been for months operated by
torStitutional.sts, with the result that
the rolling stock OF this road. once ex-
celient, would not now be tolerated on a
scs:-repectins junk heap anywhere In
the United States.
The freight cars OF this road have
been apportioned to various Carranzista
Generals. who charge from four 70 eight
thousand pesos graft a carload for all
freight which rhey permit to be moved
from Vera Cruz to Mexico city.
The typhus epidemic Is extremely bad,
despite he enials OF Carranza's Off
Gals; in the city of Oaxaca no attempt
was made to bury the dead. SO great
was the mortality AZ one time. The
corpses were merely hauled out OF the
city limits and left In the open telds
The State Of Oaxaca has seeded from
the Mexican republic and does not rec
ognize CarTanza nor allow his troops to
enter Oaxacan territory. When 1t Is
realized that oaxaca is one of the larg-
est and most powerful OF the Mexican
states. controlling a long strip Of the
Pacific coast line, including Salina Cruz.
the western terminal Of the %Tehuantepec
Railroad. II will readily be seen that
Oaxaca's action has Increased Carran-
za's troubles very materially. All of
which has no particular value, except
in SO far as It MAJ throw light on rhe
prospect o: A speedy p~acihcario7 OF
Mexico. @. w. kSoBLAucII.
AMESIA. January ~.
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4 Trio Of GlsdistOrs.

Ii Is not too much to say that the
fate of the republic once hinged upon
the outcome of the historic debates
between LINCOLN and DOUGLAS just
previous to the Presidential election
of 1850. The skill, eloquence, wit
and humor of LINCOLN were not the
only qualities that enabled him 70
win n triumph of far reaching effects
over his brilliant opponent. His es.
sential honesty and demonstrated pa,
triotism combined to make LINCOLN
the choice Of n disturbed and agitated
people at II great crisis.
The prospect of n three cornered
running debate. with the people Of the
country as judges, between WILSON,
BRYAN and ROOSEVELT makes the les.
sons to be learned from the Lincoln.
Douglas meetings over fifty years age
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MR.. WILSON AND THE CIVIL
SERVICE.
A Western Bank Presidents Clipping
From the Book Of the Dead.

To THE EDITOR OF TIL SuS-StT. When
President Wilson was elected l read
with great pleasure his various utter
ances and especially those before he
took office. Whenever I found anything
that particularly pleased me l clipped
it and put it away and when friends
came into my office | took these clip
pings out and read them aloud.
was particularly struck by his cou-
rageous and beautiful thoughts uttered
at Trenton, n. j.. on January 90. after
his election. when a labor delegation
called on him and asked that a change
be made In the Office of the Labor Com
missioner. lie said.
There is another sid" Ia the matter
which must be taken into confederation In
justice and consideration - pubic ser
vice. Public service Is not worth any
thing II an entirely satisfactory fuihlment
OF the duties Of an once does not cntitIe
a man to conside ere ton for reappointment
n men are to know that a more change
OF adminis,ratio Is to empty an of'i"c. no
matter how they have deserved TO be re-
appointed. there is not anything OF jus
tice or public right ler I dm bound to
consider the claim Of a man who has made
good. I would be ashamed of myself II
! did not.
! was particularly pleased with TINS
statement and showed II on different oc-
casions TO many Of my frienje. but soon
after he took Office and his political
machine began to turn out men h had
spent their lives in preparing FOR the
governmental service. ! took 1t out less
often and I have not had IL out or late
until ! read In THE L .: tire removal
OF Mr.. Morgan. postmaster Of New York.
who had progressed througa the various
depa rtmen;s unt!l nc became it, chief.
I cannot make his action H. renlOvii.s
a faithful official. as Mr.. Morgan is rec
putri to ne. square with those utter
| ances on the Importance ot "A proper re.
gard for the civil service. and am not
the only one who feels that the high
deals with w.;ch the administrator
started out have not been lived w TO.
ELMER +. ADAMS.
FERGUS FALLS. Mimi. January 81.
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make salutary reflections on the In
dustrial Of France" Eng
land has been making up for lost
time with prodigious. unremitting in
dustry, and the results are amazing.
The magician is Mr.. DAVID LLOYD
GEORGE. Perhaps ut times he has
been playing possum. for NJ. DAvRAY
remarks that 1t would be a mistake
to attach much Importance to labor
troubles here and there. Elsewhere
the wheels have been whirring like
mad. There was method In the Mu-
milton Minister'S theatrical refrain
Of TOO late! Too late." On July 10.
1915, he had 1850 workshops under
his control. 1879 on November 10.
and 2,O83 on December 10. And the
work Of converting plants goes on In
all the eleven staked out areas In
the war workshops more than 1900
600 operatives are employed. about
half of them women and girls. There
are night shifts as well as day shifts.
The production Of shells and car
tridges. fuse igniters. machine guns.
&c. never stops. Typical Of the In
crease in working forces Ia n Biz.
mingham factory, where 1900 women
aud 1000 girls are now employed.
as compared with 900 before the war.
The following Is significant:
''One evening, when we had walked
for miles through the internal din Of
machines Of every kind employed in tho
numerous processes necessary for the
fabrication of a shell. the engineer at
the head Of the establishment suddenly
observed. Yes. all this place was green
fields not many months ago" Some
days afterward In Scotland. when an icy
blast from the mountains was flashing
our faces with hne rain, we were visiting
a town in course of construction on
Some hundreds Of acres"
The women work like furies. for
they feel that they are helping In the
a Dressed in khaki they often
have an English. French or Belgian
flag tluttering in front of them In the
| wind made by the whlr of machin.
cry. THE production OF munitions
Of all SORTS" says NJ. DAvRAY. has
already reached n %stupendous total"
1t is being turned out for England's
allies as well as for her WI armies.
In the Frenchman's judgment Ger.
many has been distanced and can
never catch up in the manufacture Of
n material. The wish may be
father tn the thought. but ~ fire.
Iuently Of late have officers NJ the
front h"asted If the grent superiority
of the British In shell fire that this
French observer may he right. At any
rate. his second argument for victory
Is not tn he dismissed lightly.
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The Committee In search Of Graft.

The Hon. GEORGE +. THOMPSON Of
Middlep"rt. Niagara county. who since
last winter has spent much time in
this city at the taxpayers expense.
and whose theories of bookkeeping in
the conserving of public funds have
recently come in for attention. will
address the city Club today In its
temple Of virtue in Manhattan. The
OCCASION should be most inspiritinG
for speaker and auditors alike.
Senator THOMPSON should he able to
elucidate to the members of the City
club the methods by which the State
treasury may he tapped for the price
If theatre tickets by ambitious states
men, and the manner In which the
expenditures of n lawmaker M
table may he charged against IN.
other. Should his mood be encourag.
ing to historical research he might
lay bare the remote origin Of those
familiar practices which when pur'
sued by another constitute despi-
cable graft. but which. on application
to ones OWL needs, are translated
into admirable generOsities. Dealing
with conremporaneOus political Incl
tnin his hearers IL in the course Of his
lecture he were to diNulgp the names
of all the benaficiaries Of the Stnte's
liberality in the matter Of amuse.
n,ents for It's vigilant servants.
II will not. we are sure. escape the
notice NJ Senator THOMPSON that an
exposition of the moral difference be-
tween riding on personal business In
II motor car owned by the State and
sitting in al opera stall paid for by
the State would serve to educate not
only the members Of his immediate
audience, but that greater public for
whose benefit the newspapers will
doubtless record his words. The dis
cussion of this subject offers oppor
tunity for a display Of the Senator'S
suDtiNtN UUu iOEN With We tollu'
IDENTIFY believe he cannot resist and
unless we are much mistaken he will
attach 10 it Il homily on the matter
Of false accounts that cannOt fail to
be instructive and elevating.
The Senator has displayed the
breadth Of his mind and the sound
ness Of his morals In the fervid ex
clamation: Damn this petty polite,
anyway" The sentiment, though
clothed in deplorable language, does
him every honor. How earnestly hi
must long for an appropriate and op
perfume moment In which 10 cry from
the housetops Damn this petty graft
anyway!
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IRELAND IN THE WAR.
Tribute. which None VIII Cainsa!
10 Gaelic Nslor and Devotion.

t. rvs EDITOR ~ THu SUN--Sir. In
al editorial paragraph YOU AK wv J.
Ireland object 20 consrript aid from her
neighbour across tho SEA ~ case oi ia
Nas.on Ia a powerful enemy con
scription or no cunecription. % : safe
to propAesy that though III" PiddNs.
Tommies. ow ers aud StndI~ MAY fall
In ,aeir thousands. when the var is
over the only danger that "Wullyum'
will have faced vii l." the ,vcryda
ono. the tSo edged sword ot MS LIZ
zie'~" tongue.
There re now and always az, beer
thousands OF individual Ehgl'~hiuHu
Who are Irelaud's tri.uds. hu: thi' does
mot alter the fU't TIA; down :" tu's
present day English 'iov.rumeu.s. even
the best OF them. nave considered gross
Injustice good enough 'ur Ireland ii2t-
TALON. ~ Irish reg monte. were So
i.c'od 10 lead me charG" - ';ai'iuo'I,
I'd thor h~rdN.r! =. 81 l-s H'ro sta
great as 20 win the admiration OF tll
the world EXCEPT the Rr'i~h war OF.
nee. which iRunrel their tcu;s IN sI
manifest a manner a. to ali forth =
pro,es, from tie Liberal press.
The London Dddn Chronicle ashc'i
now org It Wouli hc befor" the MILL
tsrS authorities Mere mad TO realize
that the uat.oua aud local feeling OF
Ireland was hs much worth treat ug
CONSIDERABLY as that uf The donations Ell
Tee Rev, Dr. O'Donr-ll. Catho,,
BsAnp Of tho Diocese of I;aphoe. re.
marked in a letter 10 the press thai "tht
dispatches from the front m1usged &c
waste no breath ia trumpctlug hUut
thu praises of IRISH valor. a. disuist I'D
hy amy body Of Irish troops. i1oN-0
Trey had h."u n the most p@,riluG,
undertakings since N. war h'san'
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Last evening the Hon. LANIER l..
WINSTON. Third Secretary of the
American Embassy near the court of
the German Emperor. was to leave
his post for Switzerland I o meet an
American traveller described In the
dispatches as president WILSON'S
Emissary" and to escort that exalted
parsonage to Berlin.
Those Of Our readers who are gifted
with penetrating Intelligence have
already surmised that the "Emissary''
In question Is none other than MAGMA
DoMUs himself.
Mr.. WINsLow. in his capacity us
Escort to the Emissury. is an official
representative Of the United States
Government. He is n part Of the
regular diplomatic establishment. The
duties he performs and the powers he
exercises rest on statutory and con.
stitutiOnal warrant. His nomination
was sent by the President to the Sen.
ate on December 10. 1918. IN the con.
stitutional way 4: and on December -,
less than four weeks ago. the appoint.
ment was in the constitutional way
confirmed by the Senate.
The confirmation Of this young and
we hope. promising member of our
regular diplomatic establishment oc.
CURED just in season tn give him the
inestimable privilege and the historic
honor Of meeting mt the Swiss from,
tier the Emissary-MAGNA DoMus
himself and Of conducting that per
nag with proper ceremony TO the
neighborhoOd Of the court of the Ger,
man Emperor.
And yet the Emissary. unlike hi.
Escort. Is not n member uf the ,liplo
mntir establishment. has never beer
nominated as Emissnry. has never
been confirmed by the Senate. and
could not have been confirmed 10y that
body, inasmuch rs the proud Office
which he holds does not exist.
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Of enlightening significance to this
generation Of Americans. An issue
that may concededly prove to be Of
more vital Importance to the republic
than that which confronted the cOun-
try In 1850 and 1880 Is, 1t Is reported.
to be discussed in a peripatetic man
ner by three prominent Americans
who approach our present interna.
tional and domestic crises from three
different angles.
That this coming triangular debate
will be full Of spectacular incidents.
a combat Of brilliant minds resulting
In n success Of syllogistic triumphs
and defeats for each one of the cor.
testants. II is safe to predict. But It
does not require any deep or pro-
longed study Of what Is called the
psychology Of the crowd to 60 further
than this and to prophesy that the
crown Of laurels. when this crucial
discussion has come to an end. will
he given by the public to that one Of
the trio who has the most thoroughly
impressed his countrymen with his
honesty and patriotism.
What this country needs In the
immediate future is a Lincoln. moi a
Douglas. Not only the strictest loyalty
to American ideals, but also the hon.
esty that raj exist only where selfish
ambition Is non-existent. must char.
acterize the next President Of the
United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-22
Who Shall Run the state Prisons:

Governor WHITMAN dismissed Su.
perintendent RILEY from the State
service before charges were made
against that unfortunate gentleman.
The hearing which Mr.. RILEY had
WAS Il ratification meeting. Mr..
RILEY knew what was coming when
the letter demanding his resignation
was given to the press before it was
delivered for him. and his refusal to
quit IA the natural act of a man
who, satisfied with his conduct. did
not intend openly to confess himself
u wrongdoer.
Mr.. WADE, who may succeed him, is,
so far as we are Informed. respectable
and he may he Il genius In penOlogy.
We hope he Is. for the State prisons
need one. His immediate course will he
interesting to observe. There exists
something more than a suspicion that
an effort is on foot to remodel the
punitive establishment of the State
by endowing the warden of II of It's
component institutions with powers
superior to those Of the constitutional
officer nOminnlly ut it's head, II this
Is to be accomplished, we may expect
to hear from Mr.. WADE, for, unless
he Is willing to hold II job for the
sake of the salary, he will not he
found less assertivc than Mr.. RILEY
has been.
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RECOGNIZING CARRAEZA.
The Ab>urdity Of Sending an Am.
ha>>ad"r to Him Pointed Out.

t. TrIT HrrTOE ~ THE SJN--Sr' How
cam tG, l1.j'd StA'a> o. America se0l
81. Nml'i- ,inr 10 q c~"sI0t-y ;hat an.
u,t |rcr.p.ptais' According 20 the Men.
ian Constitution the nomination 81 an
NuuIssaaur must IL. made By IL, Pre-
dent II tho republic NTH tho pprHyAl
-. thc :. ate and iu M"Niep '.,.c :
u,.'her senate nor P%ro.idsGt 81 all.
,trrauza calls himself and makes every
.oiy call hm First Chief of the $50
ca'led Coust nationalist arm! and that
e.. mat he .vd,! Il. thu chief % an
army o. a revolution. or what r. I
truthful fact. 10y the grace % Wilson. TIE
"Fir.t ,'liof oC several gags 90 ban-
dts AND mUriore~s but never the Pres
icI the NET Executive o: the natt'..
The following are the articles Of the
Mon ga Constitution Wl.,a .ctr. 20 tne
Arti,'. - Tho c>er..s, ~ ii, ,lprcrs
,>co.,rt,, poac- # Il, Union IL vested l1
.ing'o tun,>idual, VINO shall he ys o.!
president ot w. Tinted Mexican S,a't~
~. b. - I'll, powe-s AMI duties Of he
'-.sli.a ,~o the follow ny III.
To appoint. wt,h the appro'st ~ 'pugr's-.
t. 4. .. IS re"'.E, 90 fhr ~parMaG"it CON.
WI'i'o. Mtst'',, diplomatic asCas AL
,oUsI.-,G.ur"t
Article :. rho fo',ring a., c|y-.a.,r
'1I'F ~ .' .' 'AH'. 100
.ourrn the uonina. ,nus made ay Tao
presI'u' o; IA" Repuu4.. Of diploma:
Mlt,'srs a. ug,'t~. Consu,s-God.".i .u
pe,lug II OF the Treasury. Cl,ua> .
aul .Iprr'or officers OF the arm ard nav
~ -lo manner and form established ay
IA,
To send IN AuhassaGo' :, such a
FIRST ciiot" would be uud, quilted 20"
tho United states Of America Il wou'd
he the regular, the constitutional poHe-
~ a gyssi country dealing not with an
othor large or small country hut Wit. a
First thitf" 'wNateSer that mcaNs).
and h,sto,y viii take ro;,"c Of these
facts. ard sooner or later they viii be
soon through the light of the justice.
honor and diGn.ty of the nations.
In ANY way the most SIAmcCul ami
uniuStid tnlr ac' Is 80 help Carranzs and
his gang They hay" not established
tho majesty ,f law in a : sle square
foot OF & territory on the contrary,
they avuld al law that opposes thc,r
vii. ItHduza "utcrcd Mexico city 70
July. lHli Ne was aftervard in Vera
cruz. ami SOME Other places hut In no
,NstaH has the law hetU enforced. T.lc
best example of this Is the decree trans
mitt.d by Consul SillimaU in wh!ca Car
rarHt. to piaCale the American peopl,
to- the recent murde, OF Anericans, d.
reefs all inhabitants Of Mexico to XII
at s,ght the muidererS. To commit tho
punishment &C the guilty to an, body
outside of the public power is not on,
al cv,derne Of weakness but OF the az
solute want Of law and justice.
The ma iestg OF ~jlstice req..es al
ways III. application Of - Law by a
tribunal. jury or court, \ special ana
retroactive decree to punish the muir.
n,.,rs uaag mn, .. 500 ~ -. l-.-
previously enacted punish IN the most
severe manner such crimes NJ this
means clearly that the C~arranz.s,as hay.
neither government nor Law, And the
SoUate of the United States is asked to
confirm the appointment Of an Ambas-
sador 10 the caVranZa outfit.
New YORK, January 81, DIPLOMAT.
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To THE EpIron OF THE SrS-Siy: In a
letter published recently In Tue SuS w.
condemns the paper match, alleging that
they are OF an insidious, dangerous char
acter,"
have been using these matches for ten
years and the card OF matches has been
ignIted In my hand on two occasions, bY;
II was due 70 my misuse Of and not 20 any
Inherent danger Of this convenient match.
II wv rill heed the caution printed on
the cover Of most OF these matches. to
'close cover before striking match" he
will no. experience any further danger OF
being burned.
In using these matches In windy places
the lame from the struck match some
times Ia blown by the wind toward the
other matches, but II the cover /. closed
or the nasers are placed over the head
% the unused matches the danger Of their
becoming ignited IL p~rccludsd,
These matches are Intended 10 be us.t
by smokers ana not In the home. Ash
receivers are usually found In the HON,
TO receive ASH 81 and burned matches. and
matches deposited therein. though sti!i
glowing, will not cause the danger Of nre.
II w" 10 wont to Gas, away" hts used
matches, do not wonder It his fear Of
hre. VAS r. PAvDn,
NEW Yosx, January 10
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Two Who Broke Dow

BY recalling from Stuttgart Consul
opinions have found too free express
sion since the wal began. the Depart.
ment Of Stnte has followed the Yrece.
dent established In the ease Of T. ST.
JOIN G%ArrNE>. whose bias In favor
of his hosts rendered his retention In
Munich inndyisnble. In each instance
it appears that the personal predi'
lection OF the consular officer oyer'
came his official obligation. and his
usefulness Immediately ceased.
The difficulties that have beset our
diplomatists and consular representa-.
tives in the belligerent nations are
such that the inability of II few ~
them to withstand the pressure i, not
cause for surprise. Rather II Is ns.
tonishing that more of them have
% stumbled into trouble. They have
been called upon 4 do u great amount
Of extra work with inadequate assist
ancp, In an atmosphere Of d'strtSt and
suspicion. The opportunities for false
steps. the dangers Of misconstructions
and Observation-Disclosures. are apparent.
So far the men in the service have
conducted themselves with n becom.
ingness and discretion that deserves
high praise.
Mr.. HIGGINS we shall not censure
TOO severely for his misconduct. He
is not the only American who since
August. 1914. has allowed his intel
lect to be submerged by his emotions.
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A Frenchman's Faith In Ultimate
Victory.

An optimist by temperament. nS he
admits himself Il be, NJ HENm u.
DAvRAy e%ntertains no doubt Of the
ultimate triumph Of France and her
allies In the great war. u~otwithstuud.
ing German occupation of so much Of
the enemy's territory, north, south.
east and west. and railway connec-
.tion between Berlin and CONSTANT
nople with all the military advantage
that II implies. Not even the Callip.
oil fiasro discOurages NJ. DAyRAN. nor
L. he disturbed by the deadlock on
the western front,
''You believe in victory douhterS
have said IN him, "as men believe in
Cop. in JESUS CHRIST. in the good
old German god (der alte quite Corr.
in MAHOMET. ALLAH. BupDHA.' So II
will strike many Of us in Americn.
But NJ. DAvRAy Is also a practical
optimist. The faith that is in him
he can support with AZ least tive
impressive arguments that he pre-
sents in the Nineteenth century for
January.
First there is the argument Of men,
what.may he called shells. "Calrula-
lions which are most accurately COM
puted" gave the Teutonic allies on
December II. 1919. 5.No,UU men.
plus 10000 Bulgars and SOo.oOO
Turks. q total of 100000. The Rus
SLAMS alone will have 6.OUO,O men
under arms in the spring. with re-
serves for which. however. equipment
will not be ready for several months.
England can count on 4,UOO.OOO fully
equipped II not veteran soldiers by
midsummer. Always it must he re-
membered that electives is a term
that can no longer be used TO de-
scribe the Teutonic reenforcemcnts In
the past year. The Italian strength
now or soon available VI. DAyRAY
puts at 2,OOO.OOo. France has lately
called u $4,000 young soldiers. and
while he is silent about the French
total he observes that the Govern
ment is arming the whole of the pop.
ulaiion Of military age in the colo
MES rs well as AT home. His conclu-
sion that the Allies have now and
until the end will have n numerical
superiority Is not likely tn he chnl-
lenged, However, NJ. DAyEAy's first
argument will not impress most of
us as II does him. IF there are not
as many men IN the other side there
is a better organization and n more
scientific system of warfare. Supe-
riOr numbers may count for less.
II IL the Frenchman's second arg,I
ment that ~impre>ses. II" has made
Tho rounds Of the British, munirior
factories and seen great things
which he describes. The French
started earlier, and, Ms he says,
under the showers az fire and iron
which drench them the Germans MAJ
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WILDE IN BOSTON.
The Metropoll, Of Ernditiou Not on,
Cribs. hut Cribs Wrong.

To THE k.rlroR or TIE SIN So. Tho
heading ~ the letter rom 'ti' of RnS-
ton should ave been "Superplag.triSt T.
Discovered in Boston" instead Of super
pes-imist."
IoI know, as We know, that no Bos-
toniaH could have made thai opig~aw
abou, Everything In Ne taa : agree
able being either eNpens. We. indigcst Me
o. wrong except Oliver Wendell Holmes,
and he didn't.
And besides, oscar Wide said ",'n
moral" which is a more amusing wort
thar wrong"
II O." of Boston asks YOU to print
"A rolling stone gathers no moss" d.
not he deceived. ]. VI f..
NEW YORK.. January -.