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Among certain tribes Of Australia
Il is the belief that souls departed
from their tenements Of clay lurk be-
side the paths, waiting to enter new
bodies> 1t Is a poetic thought, with
perhaps as much basis as any Of
the other theories Of transmigration.
Would 1t not apply to political souls.
X such there be? The question rises
naturally after reading a part Of an
Interview with Judge HYLAN:
TO. 1t has been asserted that your
Nesignation was triumph Of McCooEY
eSer MURPHY. Is that right?
"A. I'll tell you what 1t IL. 1T 10 q
triumph of the people. The people I
have met tell me that II ID q triumph
Of the people. and shall stand by the
psople in the future as have stood by
them in the past
The voice came from beneath the
handsome red mustache of the
Brooklyn jurlst, but were the words
the words Of his own soul? Nobody
with memory and a faith in politi-
al metempsychosis will believe 1t.
The people " the people
Ne people the people
Across the vale Of years the very
words carry a shadowy picture of a
statesman with the face and figure,
but not the limitations, Of HENRY
CLAY.
Where is that statesman now? We
mean his body, not his political soul,
for that soul must be reincorporated
in Judge HYI.AN. Where Is Bill
SuLzER and why has he lent his po-
lltical ghost to another?
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DANIEL WEBSTER ON DYING
1OR ONES COUNTRY.

The Patriotic Sentiment Of His Boy.
hood Repeated After Half Century
IN His Last Speech In the Senate.
To THE EDITOR or TIE suN--str: On
the Fourth Of July. 1909. Daniel Web
ster then twenty years Of age, delivered
an oration at Fryeburg. Me-. where he
was engaged in teaching school. The
closing paragraph Of his address 10
curiously pertinent to the present situa-
ton of Europe and our own country:
Unhappy Europe! The judgment Of GOD
rests hard upon thee. Thy sunerings
would deserve an : ANGELS pity, II an
angels tears could wash away thy crimes!
The eastern continent seems trembling on
the brink OF some great catastrophe. Con-
vulsions shake and terrors alarm II. An
Client systemS are falling: works reared by
ages are crumbling into atoms. Let Us
humbiy implors Heaven that the wide
spreading desolation may never reach the
shores Of our native land. but let us de-
voutly make up our minds to do our
duty In events that may happen to us. Let
US cherish genuine patriotism. In that
there 10 . sort Of Inspiration that gives
strength and energy almost more than
human. When the mind IL attached to a
great object It grows to the magnitude OF
its undertaking. A true patriot. with his
eye and his heart on the honor and happi-
ness of his country. hath an elevation Of
soul that lifts him above the rank Of
ordinary mon. To common occurrences
he 10 Indifferent. Personal considerations
dwindle into nothing. in comparison with
his high sense Of public duty. In all the
vicissitudes Of fortune he leans with
~t> -
and on the dignity and composure Of his
own mind. While his country enjoys
peace he reJoices and 10 thankful: and II
II be In the counsel Of Heaven to send the
storm and the tempest. his bosom proudly
swells against the rage that assaults II.
Above fear. above danger. he feels that
the last end which can happen to any man
never comes too soon II he falls in defence
Of the laws and liberties OF his country.
Four years later Webster delivered
an address at Concord. N. H.. and used
the same expression at its close. with .
last speech which he delivered in the
Senate Of the United States. July II.
1850. with the sentiment that had lin
gered in his memory for nearly half q
century: mo man can suffer too much.
and no man can fall too soon. II he
suffer or II he fall in defence Of the
liberties and Constitution of his coun-
try"
What a blessing It would be IL the
sound Of webster's imperial voice could
be heard in place Of the maueln senti-
ment and Ill concealed treason that are
striving to sterilize the virility Of the
nation! F. b.
NEWARK, N. j.. August II.
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The food question IL ono that travels
in . circle. We are informed that
meat 10 expensive because the farmer
prefers selling grain to feeding 1t to
stock. But the poultry farmers are
going out Of business because grain.
in spite Of its being, poured into
Mr.. Hoovna advises people to cut down
the consumption Of wheat. II corn
becomes popular diet then there
will be 30 much less Of 1t for the steers
and the hogs and the chickens. and
meats will continue to advance. The
most puxxling feature OF the whole
matter is that no one WHO works goes
hungry.
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The Father Of Preparedness.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Str: Let
all stand behind the Government, but
not the way the Government has stood
behind General Leonard Wood, the
father of preparedness, the founder Of
Plattsburg.
Working on the same principle to it's
deadly conclusion, We might, expect
Russia to appoint Mr.. Kerensky town
crler Of Kungur. Lloyd George bailiff of
Stratford. and Sir Douglas Haig at
tache of the court Of Slam.
Democracy is blind. democracy is the
pawn of politics. And democracy Is a
wretched war maker.
We wonder II Napoleon ever inquired
of Marshal Ney. Are you Democrat?
1t simply isn't done, Mr.. Baker
BEACON HILL.
BOSTON, August FL.
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Judge Hylan Dodgcs Clumsily.

After taking two hours to consider
whether he would associate himself
with the prof. German ex-Representa-
tive HENRY BRucKNER on the Tam
many ticket, Judge HYLAN clumsily
lodged 1t.
II have no right to dictate to the
people Of The Bronx or any other bor-
ough what they shall do," was the
response. BRUcxNER is the Tammany
candidate for President Of the Bor-
ough of The Bronx.
Perhaps not. But Mt the present
moment the people Of The Bronx have
nothing to do with the case. Tam
many, whose beneficiary HYLAN Is,
selected BRucKNER, AZ 1t selected
HYLAN, and offers him to the Demo-
Gratis Of The Bronx as the sole candi-
date for whom they may vote In the
primaries.
Judge HYLAN has a right-though
he probably has not the courage or the
will-to dictate to Tammany some
things relative to the ticket on which
he is to stand. In spite Of his own
entire lack of any recorded interest
in or sympathy with the war prepara-
tions of the United States, he has at
least the right to demand that he
shall not be burdened With running
mate who voted in Congress with the
Kaiser's cohorts. He probably lacks
power to enforce that demand, but 1t
is equally his right and his duty to
make 1t.
The record of patriotic effort and
expression made by Mayor MIrcHE.
since the United States entered the
war will appeal strongly to great
body Of our voters. If Judge HYLAr
has neither the patriotism nor the
pluck to protest against having an
ally of Kaiserdom for an associate on
his ticket he will suffer deservedly.
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tween the rivers of Germany and Aus.
tria-Hungary.
The scheme in the past has gener-
ally been considered from its economic
advantages. To-day 1t IL considered
from political standpoint. The
canals will bring to Vienna the prod
ucts Of the Bohemian and Silesian
mines. but the development Of the
Danube will result in still greater ad-
vantage to Budapest By making the
river navigabls to large boats in its
entire course through Hungary. Tho
doubtful advantage to Austria made
the Austrians loath 10 further the
scheme and lukewarm at the recent
Vienna conference The fact that de-
veloped at this meeting was that
Austria was undoubtedly forced by
Germany into active participation In
the project.
The reason that the Central Pow.
ers, burdened as they are by heavy
war debts, should vote large sums for
the immediate development Of water
ways becomes evident Politically
these internal trade routes will bring
Rumania, the Balkans and Turkey
into closer relations with the Central
Powers and extend Germanic influ-
ence. They will furnish feeders to
Germany's railway ventures in the
Near East and will afford q much
cheaper means than railroad or the
sea in pushing German products into
southeastern Europe and Asia Minor.
They will. in fact, be material as
sistance In tiding German trade over
Its period Of reconstruction.
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The Prussians o Century Ago.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Cap
tain Gronow In his "Reminiscences and
Recollections." London, 1899. Volume l.,
page 81, says: I'VE bivouacked for three
weeks In the Bois de Boulogne. The
Prussians. who were in bivouac near us,
amused themselves by doing as much
damage as they coulc. without any use
full aim or object they cut down the
finest trees and set the wood on fire at
several points" This. of course. was in
1915. just after the battle OF Waterloo.
The Prussians do not seem to have
changed much In the last hundred years.
BOSTON, August 20. c. u. g.
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such a stupendous national debt, hi.
1t is not q cheering feature to con.
template. 1t begins to look as II the
cities would have to finance their own
proposition for housing and other i'm
provements without Government as.
sistance.
The Ministry Of Munitions was com.
PEELED to provide housing for many
thousands of people in order to get
workers convenient to new factories
established in isolated areas. Its
methods. Notwithstanding that its
plans were devised hurriedly. have
been found generally excellent. In
some cases houses were built for munI.
ton workers by the local authorities.
the Government making q consider.
able contribution as a free grant. In
other cases the houses built for the
munition workers have been merely
temporary structures. Thousands of
people, particularly unmarried men
and young women. are thus housed
in the munition making districts. The
temporary structures in which they
have been living must sooner or later
be replaced by permanent ones. and
this adds to the housing demand.
One proposal Is that the Government
shall build houses under an agreement
with the local authorities by which the
latter after a fixed term Of years will
take over the property at the appraisal
value at the time of assuming them.
Another form Of subsidy is proposed.
the Government making a compare
lively small contribution Immediately,
the local municipal authorities build
ing the houses and at the end of a
short period, not exceeding five years
paying back the Government grant.
There is an increasing desire that
the local authorities shall assume the
financial responsibility, because, as a
rule, they are more conservative and
better informed than the Government
agent about the character Of the in
vestments that will be safe. The de-
sire to keep private capital willing to
engage in this kind Of investment is
very strong. and some Of the proposals
that have been brought forward lately
have a strong flavor of the system in
augurated by the Federal farm loan
legislation in the United States.
IL the United States law which was
devised to encourage farm develop
ment should be practically trans
planted to England with the modiflca-
tions necessary to make 1t apply to
the building of town homes. Yet the
scheme seems thoroughly feasible for
this purpose as we'll as for rural de-
velopment.
1t Is interesting to observe that
considerable attention has been at
tracted in England to the Federal
farm loan plan and that it is being
studied by some people as a possible
basis for a scheme Of placing more
people in possession Of land in Great
Britain. The desire to slice up the
big land holdings, to place more peo-
pie on the soil and to increase the
agricultural production of the nation
is now deeply rooted. Yet there is
tie same determined opposition as
for many years past to impose tariff
duties on imported foodstuffs in order
to protect home agriculture. 1t is
pointed out that the objections to
tariff protection would not apply to
the form Of encouragement that asri-
culture would receive through grant
of Government credit to enable the
purchase of land at the lowest price
and on the evenest terms.
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On vlmy Ridge-lSl7


''vimy Ridge In covered with fowers.r-
WILLOW PAUtp SSmms. press oosresposdsWt.
In dreams I climbed . height
Where battle late had been;
Now bathed In summer light.
And all In summer green,
With crowding howers--so bright
Their like had no one seen!
The poppy's wildhrs ran
And on the wind increased;
The thistle wrought its plan
In purplss Of the East:
And whore the daisies ceased
The spssdwelrs dowsr began.
Soft murmured sound was blown
From out their fairy mass-
TIL then I had not known
(Yor all their spsschful gass)
That flowers had voice or tone
In any earthly ways!
But. In my dream. these spske:
'Ths worlds shed flowers are we
30 shed for all mons sake
That they 90 safe and free:
We rise again to break
This tidinSs unto thee"
EDlrH u. TsoNAs.
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At conference In Vienna a few
days ago 1t was decided to carry out
plans advanced almost year ago for
the improvement Of the navigable
rivers Of the AustrO-H Hungarian en-
pire and for the building of n chain
Of canals. The real purpose was the
connecting Of the waterways Of the
empire with the waterways of Ger
many for the purpose Of forming q
route from the North Sea and from
the Rhine valley by way of the
Danube to the Balkans and to the
'ancient and long desolated homes Of
early civilization in southwest Asia"
The scheme for the improvement Of
the waterways Of central Europe has
been under discussion for years. Ger
many has made considerable advance
by the utilization Of the Oder and
the Spree, and the connection of the
Rhine and the Elbe by means Of
canals with the Danube. But Austria
In the past has been lax In c0mplet-
ing the connecting waterways within
her domain. The lower Danube was
improved as one Of the conditions Of
the Berlin treaty by the removal Of
impediments to navigation at the Iron
Gate below Orsova. Nothing, how
ever, was done to open the river to
large boats from Vienna to Regens-
burg, Bavaria.
This section of the Danube is to be
improved, and the connecting link with
the Rhine, the Ludwig Canal. Is to be
widened and deepened. Besides this
the plans call for a canal from the
Danube at the Austr0- Hungarian
frontier with one branch to the Bo-
hemlan tin mines and joining the Elbe
and another into the mines Of Silesia
Joining the Oder. The plans include
| the finishing Of the canalization Of
the Moldau to Prague and Budweiser,
and the building of canal from Bud
weiser to the Danube at point above
Vienna. There are some other minor
developments that would make in all
i've connecting nsvigable links b
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1t IL to BE- hoped that tho IRE which
swept over Salonica, tho ancient
Thessalonica, spared the monuments
Of antiquity in which the town was 10
rich. The triumphal arch across the
once Via Egnatia Las Incantades. .
flno old porch with caryatids. and the
many mosques Of Byzantine origin
and the White Tower Of Blood were all
Of great archaeological value Saionica,
somewhat of the path Of travel. may
be expected under new conditions after
the war to attract many more visitors
than in the past. and the loss Of these
superb examples of ancient art would
be q matter of Keen regret.
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Tho Grand Tour.

To THE EDITOR OF The 8uN-Sir: In
the lobby of q local Y. n. C. A. large
scale war map Of the western front was
recently placed on view with the words
"Going to Francer' printed above. An
ambitious member In khaki afixed the
following answer below: "Then to Ber-
lin? Sure!"
Not exactly downhearted.
@. r. ARNOLD.
NEW York, August 20.
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The burning OF q greater part Of
Monastir by the Bulgarians was q
wanton, cruel destruction Of property.
The town has no strategic value. and
the only result Of the destruction Of
hundreds Of houses in the residence
quarter was to make a thousand or
more women and children homelesss.
The Bulgarians. who proved themselves
adopts in cruelty by the butchery of
Greeks and Serbs in the last Balkan
war. have been improving their meth
DDS under the hltelage Of their Teu-
tonic masters.
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Woe, woe and lamentation have
befallen the leisure class OF Balti'
more. Not since the price Of canvas-
backs and diamondbacks scared into
yellowbacks have the clubs Of Charles
street witnessed such scenes OF sor-
row, Melancholia has marked the
Maryland for its own. The Balt-
more cries aloud and refuses to be
comforted. The gigantic blue bottle
of a famous morning-after remedy.
which, dominating the city on a tall
tower, offers bright promise OF relief
to aching heads Of Baltimore, Is but
a mockery. For what bromide can
charm this melancholy, what seltzer
wash these bitter tears away?
For mark you. Law. law enacted
by mere politicians, the proletariat,
the sansculottes If you will, has de-
clared that in Baltimore there shall
be no more leisure class. All must
work or the State will find work for
them. Clipping coupons Is not work,
neither Is bridge nor golf. Courts re-
cruited from the slower classes" have
SO decreed. Work, which the philo-
sophical Mr.. GEORGE ADE long ago
pointed out Is the curse Of the drink
ing classes, must be real and earnest
in Maryland. Mendlng roads. fixing
sewers, collecting garbage are all pub
lie functions. Can we wonder that
the fine pink terrapin and champagne
complexions that once adorned the
windows of Charles street clubs are
now ashen and sere?
without fxed occupation all citi-
zens of Maryland must register with
the authorities for assignment to hon
est toll. Was Weary Waggles or
Dusty Rhodes first to thus inscribe
his name when the fateful moment
came last Monday? Not go. First
on the roster was a long time resi-
dent Of the Maryland Club, who
pleaded that he could not handle a
plough, though not unfamiliar with
rakes, and while not unacquainted
with horses knew more Of ponies than
of Percherons. His fate is in the
hands of the Bureau Of Compulsory
Employment and its revelation is
eagerly awaited.
The law IL inflexible. Its enforce
ment Is in the hands Of inveterate
and hardhearted men. We SO for
the clubmen Of Baltimore no possible
escape from work unless with one &C.
cord they Join the I. w. w.
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"HEY. RUBE~
The Fighting Cry Of tho Circus for
the Big Blue Tent Over France,

SAo ASs6 ASs1V ACuk VvOI EI0uC6s
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Str: Not
in any spirit Of derision. but In the ut
most sincerity. propose the name Of
our boys over there to be "Rube."
AZ long as the memory of man
runneth back this name has had
an inspiration and rallying effect that
has been heard all over the world. l
have been told by men who have served
both a. sailors and In the marine ser
vice that tho name Of "Rube" or the
cry Of Hey, Rube." has never failed
Of a quick response.
! believe It was in Japan that the
call brought assistance from the Eng
lish tackles at the time whom It was
semi-officially discovered that "blood
was thicker than water" H.
MOUNT VERNON, August ~.
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whiskey. and a. from four to four and
half gallons are made from . bushel,
and ~ this Demoniao rush win con-
tinue day and night until IL p. n. Of
the eighth Of September. . consider-
able volume 10 being stored against the
day Of threatened drought.
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Oeesge Loekha4t 1lves.
In Newport this morning the burial
service viii be read over the body Of
a citizen whom New York can Ill al
ford to lose.
GDosoE LoCxHAHr RrvEs, lawyer,
scholar, athlete. author, Assistant
Secretary Of State of the United
States and Corporation Counsel Of the
city Of New York. was an embodi-
ment Of the highest type Of American
gentleman.
Born Of distinguished lineage, In
1SA9, he had not reached the Scriptu-
raj term Of old age;, and q youth
which had been vigorous enough to
make him a victorious oarsman at
Henley when he was at Cambridge
University in England, after having
graduated at Columbia in the class Of
1868, promised a much longer life
than has been allotted to him.
In college he stood high as a stu
dent. Greek, Latin and mathematics,
we'll taught. sufliced to take a young
man through Columbia In his day !;
but he browsed in wider fields Of
learning and his classmates c0nfiden-
TALLY predicted for him a distin-
guished career In public life, unless
indeed his aristocratic tastes should
make the game appear hardly to be
worth the candle.
For GEORGE RIvEs was an aristocrar
from the top Of his head to the soles
Of his feet, ms the Irishman said OF
the Duke Of ABERcoRN when he went
to ireland to be inaugurated as Vice.
roy. His arlstOcrntic tastes, however.
did not have the effect which some of
his friends feared. A Democrat by
Inheritance and choice, he early advo-
Gated the political doctrines which
have come to he indissolubly assOci-
ated with the names Of TILDEN and
CLEVELAND; and under the Admins
tration Of President CLEVELAND he be-
came an Assistant Secretary Of State,
being particularly attracted to the Of
fee because the State Department has
always to deal with matters Of the
broadest scope and highest interest.
He became partner in a prosperous
law firm soon after his admission to
the bar; and under Mayor Low he
held the office Of Corporation Coun-
sci and administered the affairs Of
the Law Department of the city with
marked ability aud success. There Is
no more honorable position In the
legal profession in this country than
that Of chief law officer Of the city Of
New York. He knew this and dis
charged its duties accordingly.
In the quieter domain Of education
and books he was also always at
work. For years he was the master
mind in the board Of trustees of Co
lumbia University. and the same may
be said of his relation to the govern
ment of the great Public Library in
this city. He was an accurate and
accomplished scholar without being a
prig or pedant; and by reason Of his
broad and generous sympathies he
was intent upon making the library
and its branches render the utmost
possible service to all sorts and condi-
tons Of men. women and children in
the community.
GEORGE RIvEs was not a man who
demanded recognition from the pub
lie; he was too modest for that. 1t Is
because he deserved more than he re-
ceived that we pay this tribute to his
worth and memory.