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The sun., 1918-08-13

A despatch from Amsterdam says
that Emperor WILLIAM is now in
Brussels. 1t would require the gentle
mind and the fac1le pen OF Herr Ros-
NER to do justice to the presence of
the All Highest In the capital of the
nation that has so deeply grieved him
with its sense Of ingratitude. The
tale Of the tears Of a German Kaiser
washing the ruins of Louvain, or the
lofty thoughts inspired by the sight of
the devastation wrought by the Bel
CLANS upon their own land because of
their Unsuitable greed for world do
mlnion, would make a more moving
recital than the picture drawn by the
faithful Boswellian chronicler of the
All Highest alone on n hillside with
q violet.
The Kaiser's visits to Brussels have
apparently been few; but they are
we'll remembered by the inhabitants.
Shortly before the war he paid an
imperial visit to the Belgian King
and Queen to assure them of his de.
termination to defend at all peril the
strict neutrality Of the nation and the
compact assuring the inviolabillty OF
the soil of Belgium. To the Belgian
General HEIMBURGER and NJ DEL,
vAUx DE FENFFE, who greeted him
in behalf Of the Belgian King, he
said: Recently, understand, you
have felt In your country serious
apprehensions. Believe me these ap
prehenslons are unnecessary. You are
quite right to trust u.s."
Following the Kaiser's first visit tc
Brussels after the subjugation of Bel
gium the eSactions upon the city were
increased by one million francs. After
his next visit one hundred men ant
women were sent TO the fortress O
Charleroi for trial and imprisonment
With such high regard for his dut,
The sun., 1918-08-13
Rivers OF Victory.

When We go out and after the Huns
with a storm OF steel and a gust OF guns
And tho stars andl Stripes TO lead the way
With its glorious eolors bright and gay.
And our little grenades all. ready TO toso,
There Is always river or so to cross
BY bridge or ford. as the case may be.
And the other side of rs victory.
The tragic Marine with Its Redeemed waves.
The Aisne that ripples by new made
graves,
The ourca with the name that twists the
Jaw
And ought to be changed by act Of law,
Have all been crossed by the boys In
brown
As we hammered the Hun from town to
town,
So I opine tina. the Y, 6. line
VIII soon be crossing the River Rhine.
MiSSA IsyISG.
The sun., 1918-08-13
LOUIS THE TRUTHFUL.
Well. OF Course. He Once Told . Fib
but 1t Was to a Lady,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Why
should a man who says the truth be
voted unpopular The late Mr. Hart
proved serv!ceahle TO owners OF works
OF art. think they should have been
thankful to him Does prevar!ca alton
make for popularity; do white lies act
as kowtows to win the friendIiness of
fellow beings? After all, truth Is bet
ter than fiattery The most popular per
son ought to be he who tries 10 edfy.
assist and show the faults OF his fell
lows. Therein lies the benefit to others.
Az to being asked expert opinion on
works OF art. three years ago Mrs Blank
attended my studio exhibition. Fine -
she said. But call at my house and
You will see the best collection OF for
elgn paintings In a private house in the
city"
bit dubious. still called two weeks
after, She showed me around in both
parlors, then upstairs through three
rooms. True. as to numbers the array
was cred!table. But as to quality. every
large painting was copy some figure
pieces were mere English processes. that
is, prints. so we'll done you thought
fresh oils had been used. The original
was worth $4,000 The medium sized
ones were cheap originals. all right, but
can be bought in Rome for forty lire
apiece right on the sidewalk.
AS to the small oils. we'll. more ex-
plicitness will eluc!date.
See how wonderful the face is. the
Jewels on her hands, the drapery, every
fold Indeed. a masterpiece she en-
Unused.
Trusting merely to my eyesght. I be-
held dabs of paint in the corners OF the
painting. Sure. II was a chrome worth
ten cents. deliberately framed to deceive
the ignorant The others were OF the
same quality.
or course. this time ] was untruthful
YES. you have a fine collection" I
have not seen her since.
1t Is difficult to fiatter persons As
to myself. l am suspicious Of any one
who showers 1atteyy on my head. Then.
when will the world learn that the truth
sayers are their benefactors. loyal and
disinterested? For surely the late Mr.
Hart Upheld the snnctity CT worthy art
and did good to the art collectors in his
| services to disclaim fraud, ito show
them the true value of painting. and
in the long run TO educate them for
| noble cause.
Then MAKE the men who say the truth
| the most popular of persons batteries
! &c. unmade Rome-the bare truth told
! US has made our country imyregnable.
LOUIS NJ. EILsHEMIUs,
Supreme Spirit OF the Spheres
NEW YORK. August ~.
The sun., 1918-08-13
ALL HOLLANDERS RISE.
Hendrick Is Good Dutch, Not n Ger
man Name.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: I
am aston!shed at the profound ignorance
which Is so stupidity displayed by Tom
Bowling OF Brooklyn in his letter to
THE Sun. which was published on Mon
day. August 5. The great Hudson must
no longer be called "Hendrick" because.
as is asserted. that name was foisted on
us when German influence was rampant.
at the time Of the Hudson Fulton cele-
brauon! I should personally hate 10
display such ignorance before the army
Of intelligent readers of New York's
greatest newspaper. THE Sun.
arm an American citizen who have
among my ancestors Gin addition to
French) men who came from Holland
during the early part of the nineteenth
century. AS a boy I heard Dutch
spoken and could In a measure speak II
myself. That word Hendrix to which
objection is made Is plain Dutch and not
German The German would be Helm
rich" as can readily be ascertained
from any German dictionary. / believe
as we'll as does Mr.. Bowling. that Ger
man should be driven out OF our Amer
lean lie as soon as It can be done. but
let US be Intelligent about It.
l too am IN favor OF making It Henry
Hudson. but only on the general principle
that We should make the English Ian
guage supreme IN this land OF ours as
over against tho language OF any other
nation on the face Of the Garth. ! am
sure that Mr.. Bowling will agree with
me, however. that the German language
is a heil OF a language
HENRY J. Du BoIs.
Lone ISLAND CIrr, August IL
The sun., 1918-08-13
WAR TAX POLITICS.
Curious InconcIusiveness OF the Pro.
claimed Adjournment

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr IN
considering the matter Of war taxes re
Ways and Means Committee coa.pr.
Plates with horror the idea Of invading
the breakfast table Of the so-ca'st
!aboring man by placing a moderate Tax
ON sugar, coffee, tea. &c.
Why is the "hrea kfast table" ct ~.
iaboring man any more sacred than
the breakfast table" Of any other ra7
who works for a living
Man!festly there is Just one rsa 'r
and that is because there are n;';s
votes among tailoring men" ard ~
Democrats are desperately AFRAID a;t1s
Forthcoming election in November tie
Republicans may outvote them !sr'
1t direct insult 10 oil laboriNE mAH
to call In question their patriotism ~
the ins!nuation that they would 70, q.
Of the war as represented by TAX IN
breakfast table products?
The President insisted some .!r~A sso
that politics should stand st'oGrHAt
III after the war. bu.. judging !rom
the interest he has taken IN sAv-rs!
special elections since tina; remark w's
made. he meant Republican po!''.'s and
not Democratic politics.
or course We oil know thsrs Is nsve'
any Adjournment ~ politics n ne
Southern States. They go Dem 'cFat'
under any and all conditions. l. there
fore. certain percentage OF Hor:He''
Republicans can be hoodwinked MO
voting tho Democratic t"Irt tbs ta'
tho new House ~ Repres' 'l'lves WI
continue Democratic and the South w'"
continue 70 remain IN tho saddle an'
be In position to hnrass Nocn"ra u
duStrtes to the queens tRs:e, So "''
zone last fan when the outrSs-5ut ''a'
postage schone was Sam ned tIoHs
Congress and became law through
tho efforts NJ one Southern mec.Ssr wv
seems TO hate everything Northern
Republicans every where sAni.i 20
cautioned against listening to sS-c''N
arguments calculated TO induce go
to vote for a Democrat instead o, '.'
publican for Congress n
ASHLAND. y, H. August 10.
The sun., 1918-08-13
Tho Broken Vase,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SCS-S''' M
be It from me 10 asslil the Accuracy u"
Mr.. JOAN b. Kirkmap. who IN f"s
IN THE SUN OF Sunday writes :. ~ -
his recollection Is correct. "lo'5 s'N
the man who broke the vsse ''' :"
scissors. but a. ChalonS
Such authorizes rs GI'yo' ~ ~
History OF France" say So.ss'"' 7'T'
historical critics refer 20 49,
as legendary. which Is indicated .'
article by the undersigned - 0''' %
THE EVENING SUN OF Angus.
All this was long TINE ago go ~
should welcome new ligh' A a..
vanciHg years one Is s!hciy to
dates and even pa ,sS perGh07
respondent viii A~t, on co0F
diaries for about the wear -. Old
that his recollection = n ,A",
JoHH WALKrs hAr-.'
NEW Yoax. August -.
The sun., 1918-08-13
ALFRED E. SMITH.
This Is the Man the Republicans
Must Beat for Governor.

To THE EprroR OF THE SUN-Sir: II
is remarkable to note the universal
approval which has met the unofifcial
designation OF Mr. Alfred L. Smith as
the candidate OF the Democratic party
for Governor In the coming primary
elections. I have neither read nor
heard anything but warm commenda-
ton OF Mr.. Smiths character and
ability.
This is the more remarkable because
he has been at all times strong party
man and a member OF the local Demo-
cratic organization OF this city which
has never lacked critics. 1t 10 a very
gratifying tribute to the force OF per-
sonal character in political life that
Mr.. Smith has won the esteem and re-
spect OF his political opponents as well
as OF his political allies. For myself
can say that I have known him init
mately for many years, and my regard,
respect and tUeem for him have in
creased with closer acquaintanceship.
His jealous and disinterested support
of enlightened and progressive labor
legislation shows that his ideals OF hui
mainly are high. His we'll known skill
in matters OF public finance. such as
drawing the annual appropriation bills
and the like, as we'll as the successful
administration OF the important Office
OF Sheriff Of New York county. have
shown him to be competent and sx-
pert business man. l doubt II there Is
any one in the state who has a more
accurate knowledge Of its finances or
OF the finances Of New York city than
Mr.. Smith.
Furthermore, have personal knowl-
edge OF his Views in regard to political
ethics. He is a man who never gives
promises which ne does not intend 70
keep: he never makes recommended
tons in which he does not believe.
was chairman OF his campaign commit
tee when he was a candidate for the
Office OF President OF the Board OF AL
dermen, and l may say that have never
known any candidate who was more
scrupulous and discriminating in his
acceptance of campaign contributions.
He refused many checks from quar-
tiers which were unaccustomed TO such
refusal. It was very evident through.
| out his campaign that ne intended to
put himself under undue obligations &c
no man or to no business or organiza-
ton.
Notwithstanding this strictness on his
part and the absence OF the usual arts
or tricks OF popularity used by most
politicians, he Is easily. think, the
| most popular man In his party in this
| State. He has not striven for this pop.
nla~itV nv nrartiHpo ~ ha no nd
The sun., 1918-08-13
Make Nassau Street Safer for the
Pedestrian.

In his first semi-annual report Police
Commissioner ENRlGHT calls attention
to a number of wise traffic reforms
| that have been recommended to him
| by Mr.. HARRIss, the Special Deputy
Commissioner in charge Of the Traffic
Division. These include the barring
| of pedlers south of Chambers street.
which would rid Park Row and other
crowded streets of takers and huck-
sters, and the cruising in Fifth ave
nue. of those hacks which go slowly
back and forth. their drivers appear
| ing deliberately to clog traffic.
| There is another and equally i'm
portant street problem which Mr..
HARRIss may have overlooked. or for
which he may not yet have found a
, solution. This Is the vehicle traffic of
Nassau street. That lane should no
longer be treated as q thoroughfare
Metropolitan progress has turned It
into sidewalk. At the hours near
the opening and closing of business
Nassau street Is only wide enough.
from wall 70 wall, to take care of
the army Of persons walking between
Brooklyn Bridge and the Wall Street
district. 4, n quarter to 8 O'Clock in
the morning. for instance, its entire
width barely accommodates the pedes-
trians comfortably. This is again true
of the narrow street at the luncheon
hour and from p. NJ. until 6 P. NJ.
| A long time ago Nassau street was
made q one way street. only south
bound vehicular traffic being permit.
ted. This regulation is not enough
however. Every morning the narrow
strip of asphalt Is filled with q process
sion of motor cars carrying passen.
gers toward Wall street. Half the
cars have only one occupant, yet fol-
the sake Of that one passengers com.
fort the walkers, men and women, are
forced to scurry Off ths asphalt and
crowd into the already uncomfortable
throng on the sidewalk. AS an ex
ample Of what Is not the Creates
good for the greatest number, Nassau
street shines. The pedestrian fire.
quently has to wait two or three min
utes to cross the street, and there |.
always danger of accident.
There are hours when necessary
trucking could be permitted in Nassau
street without discomfort or danger
The present evil Is not from vehicles
that have business in Nassau street
but from those who use 1t as a Ian,
for passenger traffic. Nearly all thes,
lone passengers are men who coulC
easily leave their cars in the vicinity
of City Hall Park and walk the resi-
of the way to their Offices.
1t would be we'll for the city t.
recognize the fact that Nassau street
is no longer the street of the Pie
Woman. 1t Is the sidewalk of a mill
ion persons who are important, ever
II they do walk to work. The rights
Of the pedestrian are above all other
street rights, and steps should bt
taken to respect these rights by order
ing passenger cars off this Sidewalk
street during the rush hours.
The sun., 1918-08-13
Commodore Benedicts Thoughts on
Politics.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN.Str: Every
Congressman, Senator. statesman and
business man should read Mr.. r. c.
Benedict's article which appeared In THE
Sun OF July 20 and his later letter. APP
pearing on August I.
Mr.. Benedict's contribution was i'm
mensely Illuminating and should ac-
complish a great deal OF good, Now that
he has pointed the way. let others
follow.
for one wish TO thank Mr.. Benedict
and also THE SUN for publishing his
article. JOHN f. WATSON.
EDGEwATER, y. j., August IL.
The sun., 1918-08-13

and go through PAGES. and fnsuv
must stand mental tests before HI,
medical examination is completed I,
the preliminary tests do not show him
sound to the core he Ia sent to which.
ever one OF the specialists his ca,.
seems to demand.
At the conclusion OF the met,,,
tests he files by the brigade surseo,
who examines the records in his cas-.
and accepts or rejects the man rA
ject to the final action by the cam,
commander. If rejected he Is d,
| charged from the draft. his clothes A..
| returned and he is sent home wtb,r
twcnty-four hours of his arr,va, a.
| camp.
On completion OF these tests hls bar.
racks bag is returned TO him and hs
continues blithely on his way. N,
next stop Is in the clothing ICON
which Is arranged with long a!sles and
counters. Being nude his first Gar.
ments are a suit Of underwear with
two extra to put into his bag Sock,
olive drab shirts. gloves, &c. are given
him. and after Quitting himself me
surplus goes into the bag.
| Into another room he goes vhs-s
breaches. coat. hat, leggings and over.
! coat are issued TO him and tried on
! BY this time the barrack bag con.
tains approximately the require,
weight for the scientific fitting a.
shoes. as required by War Depart.
| ment order. The recruit, bag on shoul.
der. steps up on a l6 inch platform
| and the weight of the bag flattcrs n,
| feet SO that the expert can At him
! Russet shoes and marching shoes A..
! given him, and the latter go into ,ts
| bag
His issue of clothing now conlp,e,s
and signed for by the recruit and sup
! ply officer he passes to the record
room. Clerks make out his service
record, which Is TO follow him ,hrogrh
all the Journeys to coma HIS erl!s,
ment record is completed and his a.,
'otment N part pay To some Of the
+, folks at home is made out.
An army serial plumber. to stick =,
him in the future through thick AMI
thin. is given him and stamped upo,
his data card and all other recor1s
The personnel Office is next, and
there he must answer questions as u
his life at home, the works he has da,a
, the trade he has worked a. and A
complete and accurate class .fica.. or n.
his working ability in trade or protey.
sion is made. His statistical recor,
follows, and all the recruits Initial
records now are complete.
He now is assembled with aaor.
thirty others, their valuahles are 70.
turned and they are assigned to CON.
panies. Into a truck they 60 and are
, off for the detention camp, where they
must remain for period Of obseryl.
ton as to their health, and where trey
are to receive their NEGOTIATIONS WI c-
act as disease preventives and begin
their military training.
In detention camp he has had som.
intensive training, and in the mean.
time his detention has given any Ia.
tent physical ailment or contagious
disease OF which he carries germ
time to declare itself. The period q.
isolation prevents the spread Of ep.
denies such as were the unfortunate
rule in the camp when mon were re-
ceived and assigned last fall.
In all this operation of t.cke'frl
John Doe has required two hours
AS Private John Doe now ne &
ready to take the frs; lesson !.
Attention"
The sun., 1918-08-13
The Old Man Of Chinatown

permit constant reader OF THE SUs
from Westwood to make two corrections
TO the very Interesting article In TIKI
SUN regarding Mr. Charles 4. Passmore
the "old man OF Chinatown" Mr.
Passmore was a resident Of Westwood
" j., not OF Westheld. and he Is not
survived by widow, as Mrs. Passmor,
passed away several years ago.
He Is, however. survived ny six chill
dren. all Of whom. ! am pleased 10 say
are fne young men and women and q
CT edit to their parents.
A WEsrwoop CoMNUTER
NEW YORK. August IL.
The sun., 1918-08-13
The Hopclcssness of the Bolsheviki

Those good people who deceive
themselves with the idea that Russia
can be redeemed by the Bolshevlki are
blind to the signs Of the times. Aside
from the probability, not to say GER
tainty, that such leaders as LEVINE
and TRorzKY are acting in the inter-
est Of Germany, their incompetency
is so manifest that it is obvious that
no we'll ordered system Of government
can ever result from their efforts. A
striking Illustration is furnished by
1RoTzKY's complaint last week of his
inability to control the Russian Off
GERS in the military service Of the
Bolsheviki. and his project for deal
ing with the difficulty.
TROPHY declares that the hour has
come to master these counter revolu.
tionaries. Every officer in command
will be watched on both sides by war
commissaries. with revolvers In their
hands. No officer will be allowed to
take single step without supervision.
and IL he wavers he will be shot"
1t Is upon an army thus differed
that LENINE and TnoTzKY propose to
rely to restore good order and respect
for law throughout Russia. The
method whereby they intend to insure
/ the loyalty of their military subordi-
mates Is only a shade more preposter-
Gus than the system of discipline in
augurated by the KEReSsKY regime
at the outset of the revolution, which
left the question of military salutes to
the sweet will Of the private soldiers
and made the commands of Colonel
subject to the supervision Of a regi.
| mental town meeting.
These incidents indicate an affirma-
tive inability on the part Of the Boil.
sheviki leaders to comprehend the es-
sential elements Of stable govern
ment 1t is all very well to organize
an army to fight In fur:herance OF
the principles of democracy; but an
army organized as democracy whose
movements are determ!nable by a ma.
jority vote Is as crude a conception
as ever proceeded from the mind OF
man. TRoTzKY's picture Of com.
manding General placed between
armed watchers who are to pistol him
upon the first sign of misbehavior sur.
passes anything heretofore devised
by leader setting up to be q states
man. The discouraging feature Of the
Russian situation is that such man
can find hundreds and thousands OF
people to accept his ideas as gospel
truth and to aid him In putting them
into execution.
Whatever the United States may be
about to do in Russia, we cannot at
ford to sanction the apotheosis OF
folly which would be involved in pro
noting or tolerating the principles oil
methods of the Bolsheviki. Efforts
are being made every day to win fol
them the approval Of the President
We cannot believe that these schemes
have any prospect of success.
The sun., 1918-08-13
The superstittous Surgeon.
From tAe Medical Record.

Small wonder that the surgeon gets to
believe In the Goddess OF Chance. He has
his lucky and unlucky days. lie does his
part with the unerrins skill OF which he
is master. The rest is on the knees OF the
gods. We know surgeons who will not
operate on Friday, who must wear a Ger.
tain gown. who will not lot red headed
nurse assist them, who will postpone ar
operation until the next day because they
have spilled salt. who must be the lost
one in the operating room. and so on. We
all know these and many others. 1t lie nc
reflection on their skill. but rather an In
dication OF the immense complication and
subtleties Of the human organism.
The sun., 1918-08-13
FROM A BLACK PATRIOT.
A First Hand Refutation Of Pro. Ger
man Lies About tho Negroes.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--S-: Here
is an excerpt from a letter written by a
negro soldier In France to his wife In
New York:
We get plenty OF wholesome food and
our quarters are comfortable. The people
can't do enough for us and some of US
have already learned quite a little French.
Our officers are kind and hear very few
complaints.
Could there be a better answer TO the
traitors and Germans who have tried In
vain to shake the patriotism OF the
negro race by spreading stories OF how
their fighting men would be maltreated
In France? s.
NEW YORK, August IL,
The sun., 1918-08-13
THE OUTING OF THE COFFEE
HANDLERS.
No Thugs or Convicts MARRIED the
Pleasure Of the Day.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
reference TO your article on August
in which We were referred 10 as body
OF thugs" "convicts," &C. l wish to
state that the body OF men that at
tended this outing. called the 'Coffe e
Handlers" are hard working crowd
OF men.
II was asserted in your article that
'convics" attended the above outing.
We beg to correct this. "Convicts" are
not allowed to attend our games.
All the men attending this outing were
admitted. as none OF these men ever
committed a felony. j. SMILLY,
Captain. Coffee Handlers
NEW York. August IL.
The sun., 1918-08-13
PASSING OUT OF THE DRAFT
Should the Man OF 40 10 Exempt
Because OF Agei

To THE EpIroR or THE SUN-S%: In
connection with the proposed change in
the draft ages II seems to me that when
a registered man reaches his forty-slNth
year he should be automatically exempted
IN order to. apply the act with absolute
fairness. The fact that no provision was
made in the first draft act to exempt
those who had registered. when they
passed the extreme age limit. has beer
adversely commented upon.
r Z. wARNER.
NEW YORK, August IL,
The sun., 1918-08-13

perfldy with regard to any further
treaty engagements that may depend
for fulfilment, when peace has come
to the world, upon the moral respon-
siblllty of these same tearers up Of
scraps Of paper. And the time is
getting nearer every day when the
repeated warning becomes more i'm
portant to civilizations future.