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The sun., 1918-11-02
A Prayer for the Enemy.

The moving finger is writing so
swiftly ut Vienna, at Budapest, and
probably Mt Berlin. that the eye can
scarcely follow the sequence Of epoch
making events or grasp their full
significance to the world of the fu-
ture. The awful drama that began
with the insolent ultimatum to Ser
bla, intended both by its Hapsburg
authors and its Hohenzollern instl-
gators to preclpitate the war that
has now gone against them, Is ending
with the doom of empires and the
crash of thrones. Victorious Civlli-
cation is watching daily the most ma
jestic manifestation of Divine JUS
tace, effected through human agencies,
that history has ever recorded or
perhaps ever will record.
As we get In rapid succession the
news of the eliminating developments
Of the four years tragedy, the re-
ports of riot and assassination, of
fallen and falling dynasties, Of ma
tional disintegration and destruction.
Of the violent appearance Of long
submerged passion and lawless power,
one thought and one hope must be
common to all.
For the sake Of the innocent or
half innocent in enemy lands, the
hearts now bitterest toward the re-
sponsible authors Of the great crime
for which the whole world has suf-
fered through years Of sacrifice and
agony must pray that We may not
witness in German Austria, In Hun
gary, or In Prussia itself, that which
we have already witnessed in Rus
Sia. our friend.
The sun., 1918-11-02
The War Time Waiter.

Since 1872, when the hotel and res
taurant walters Of this city fell un-
der the influence Of the Industrial
Workers Of the World and resorted
to violence to intimldate their en-
ployers. the service given in even the
most pretentious establishments has
been unsatisfactory to their mana
gers and to their patrons. Here and
there an intelligent waiter has en-
deavored to perform his duties in a
way to win approval; some eating
houses have maintained standar ls
higher than others; but generally II
may be said that the dining rooms
have not been as well handled as they
were before the doctrine of wholesale
poisoning was preached as a neces-
sary part Of the walters training.
There have been disputes, quarrels,
strikes and lockouts in the las. five
years until the owners Of eating
places have been driven to despera-
ton. The guests have refrained from
taking sides, recognizing instinctively
that in neither camp had they any
friends. their sole function being to
get little food and provide the spoil
over which the struggle ragged. What.
ever happened, they suffered, in SER
vice and in pocket.
Now the walters have called an
other strike, and an important frac-
tion Of the hotel managers Of the
town have decided to adopt the heroic
course of employing women to serve
food In their houses, with men to
serve alcoholic drinks, which under
the law of this State must not be con-
yeyed from the bar to the table by q
woman. The experiment, according
to the hotel proprietors, Is working
well"; the guests are indifferent" or
"seem pleased" Perhaps; guests
have been reduced to condition of
tractability In which they are willing
to accept almost anything In these
abnormal times; there Is no rea
why Il woman should not put food
on the table in edible condition, and
to get food In that condition is the
real reason why men visit restau-
rants. But we dlstrust the reports OF
enthusiasm for the innovation and
shall not accept them as authentic
until they have been proved.
Meanwhile, walters are classified
by General CRowDER as engaged In
non essential employment, and a good
many Of them PROFESSIONALLY might
well be put at benches In factories.
There they would get war time pay,
perhaps almost equalling their former
wages and tips; and when normal
conditions are restored in other call.
ings It will be interesting to see IL
the women stay in the dining rooms
and the ex-waiters stay in the occupa-
lions fate now provides for them.
The sun., 1918-11-02
The Insult 10 Patriots.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sT: III
you are not n Democrat you are q
traitor, and such being the case the
Secretary is instructed to cast one vote
for each OF the retiring Democratic Con-
gressmen as we'll as for every candidate
for any ONCE running on a Democratic
ticket This being done. declare the
polls closed and all the said Democrats
unanimously elected"
This Is the proposal put before 6o,ooo.-
900 free men by this brazen attempt to
deprive the Republican voters of the
United States of representation in the
houses OF Congress.
We entered this war to make the
world safe for democracy. and while
we are trying to free Germany from
Kaiserism and will only deal with the
representatives OF the German people.
the Administration is trying to stifie the
voice Of the American people and TO as
sumo the power OF an autocracy.
I await with the utmost confidence
the result OF the boomerang on next
Tuesday. r. L. TUCKER.
NEW York, November /.
The sun., 1918-11-02
Liberty Loans and Liberty Votes.

The magnificent success Of the
Fourth Liberty Loan Is measured by
the totals announced yesterday, after
q necessary period Of delay.
Every Federal Reserve district has
largely exceeded Its quota. The sub
scriptions aggregate $6.s66, 1890.
The individual subscribers number
more than 21,OO0,OOO.
We congratulate Secretary Nc.
..Apoo, we congratulate the efficient
managers of the unprecedented cam
paign, but most Of all we congratu-
late the American people.
And we wonder how large is the
Republican majority Of the twenty
one million American subscribers who
would be deprived Of effective repre-
sentation In the Congress and In the
Government of the United States II
tho republic should respond to the
appeal Of President WOODROW WI
SON printed Just one week ago.
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What Is q Democracy?

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: After
reading the recent appeal of the Presi-
dent to the voters of the country to
elect only Democrats to the next Con-
gress / was constrained TO ask myself
what Is democracy"
1t would seem that the Presidents
Idea Of a safe democracy is nation
where only those who call themselves
Democrats are entitled to a voice in the
government. and in the coming election
at least there shall be but one voice
and one party. The Republicans may
furnish the sinews Of war in men and
money, but can have no voice In con-
Quoting it.
In other words, they must surrender
| Internationally" while the President
parleys with the enemies of the nation.
1t would seem. therefore. that while we
are engaged In a great war over seas
to make the world safe for democracy
we must also fight at home to make
democracy safe for the world.
A FORMER ApMIRER OF PRESIDENT WILL
SON.
NEWARK, ". J., November I.
The sun., 1918-11-02
Picking the Birdmen.

One Royal Flying Corps cadet out
Of four eventually reaches the air over
the enemy lines. according to a Brit
ish authority. American statistics are
not readily available. and at any rate
would be less valuable because based
upon briefer experience. But we do
know that rigid us are the physical
and psychological tests imposed upon
our applicants. still a large proportion
Of men pass them who never become
successful pilots.
The result 10 congestion Of the train
ing schools. a great waste OF time,
money and effort which would be
avoided II only an infalllble system
might be devised for separating the
applicants who never could learn to
fly we'll from those who surely can.
Physicians psychologists and military
men are expanding their best thought
upon the problem, not with the hope
of attaining infallibility, but of more
closely approximating It.
The training Officer at the flying
school likes to talk about born flers,"
natural aviators," men with Glands"
and the "knack." The materfalistic
philosophy Of the man Of science re-
jects all this as bordering upon the
mystic. The instructor notes that a
cadet Is "unlucky" with machines and
says "He's not born nier." So he
turns him out. But the physician dis
covers that 1t was some subtle physl-
cal defect which caused the cadets
clumsiness, and devIses a test to de-
tect the flaw in future applicants.
DIR. ]. G. McWALTER in the Medical
Press records, for example, that dis
eases OF the labyrinth of the ear
which would make no difference to the
health and happiness Of the ordinary
man from the cradle to the grave and
never would be detected, become a
source Of peril to the aviator-one OF
the most frequent causes of disa ster,
he asserts. These little known ailments
give rise at high attitudes mot only
to vertigo and dizziness, bat to a lack
Of that sense Of eQuilibra ton and roca-
ton which Is the very essence Of the
successful flying man. Also II has
been found that those aviators who
experience most difficulty In Judging
of the distance from the ground when
approaching a landing place are fire.
Quently the subject of this defect"
He adds:
Even a tendency to wax In the ears
seems to produce q dangerous giddiness
and vertigo The color tests should also
be stringent. as It is through this sense
that judgment as to the exact distance
OF tho ground when about to land ia
rendered accurate"
The London Lancet presents an at.
tack upon the problem from the other
the training officers - viewpoint.
Captain T. 8. RIrPoN and Lieutenant
L. G. MANUEL OF the Royal Flying
Corps tried by studying the essential
characteristics Of successful airmen n
form a composite picture. The nearer
the aspiring candidate comes TO
conforming with the outlines of this
portrait the greater the chance of
Fhls turning out well; the further his
divergence from It the less the proba,
bilityiof bis successsp the air. That
n 4
The sun., 1918-11-02
THE SCOTLAND NECK ISSUE
A Presbyterian Clergyman on Amerf-
can Prussianism.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH--Sir: You
are waging a great fight against Ameri-
can Prussianism. Your editorial arti-
Gle of Thursday showing how the South.
the backward portion of the country. is
ruling 1t for sectional interests. will ever
live as a great contribution.
So long as the eight millions OF colored
citizens are refused n part in the Gov
eminent which they are called upon to
uphold and die for, democracy Is a sham
In America. 50 long as a portion Of the
country through selhshness will use au-
tocratic powers to enrich itself at the
expense OF the others. democracy is q
rank failure and needs remodelling.
The South Ia as much justified in de-
manding the elimination OF the Republic
cans from the Government at this time
as II has been in enforcing the elimina-
ton OF almost one-haf OF Its voters for
nearly fifty years. The policy OF max
ing the North pay the taxes. raise the
money for Liberty bonds and furnish
the men for the army and in return be
eliminSted from the Government is but
the, expansion OF the Southern policy
of making negroes till the soil. work the
mines. lay the railways and produce the
money. They In turn are stripped OF
all and denied even representation in
the smallest way in any portion of the
Government
Mr.. Wilson being n Southern man, ac-
cepts the Southern policy and Is seeking
to fasten upon the nation what the
South has fastened upon the colored
race, taxation without representation.
That the country will defeat this
boldest attempt at tyrannical autocracy
Is not TO be questioned. The nation
is duty bound to have government by
the people and not by an oligarchy.
In defeating this evil THE SUN will be
foremost champion.
WILLIAM A. BYRD.
JERSEY CITY Nnyemher /
The sun., 1918-11-02
WETTEST NEW YORK.
Comprehensive Plan for the Promotion
Of Sport

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sh: As
have seen no reference to the follow
ing enterprise in any of the papers.
fear that It has escaped the notice OF
the press.
There is company being formed,
the object Of which is TO stock the new
y. II. T. subway with brook trout, so
that fishing may be INDUCED In be-
tween trains.
In order to insure the success OF the
enterprise, n large quantity OF eels
will also be installed. as there is some
doubt whether trout will thrive there.
and cells surely will. Bait will be pro-
durable at the ticket Offices, and 1t is
hoped that the sport will soon be opened
to the public, presumably first at the
Canal street station. where conditions
are the best. +. NJ. l..
NEW YORK, November !.
The sun., 1918-11-02
The Allied Successes in Italy.

The Italians have broken the Aus
trian line in the Monte Grappa re-
gion, the strongest mountain defence
on the enemy's front. The success of
the offensive was so marked that the
italian War Office reports a com
plete collapse" Of Austrian resist
ance In this section, and states that
It Is impossible to estimate the num-
Der Of prisoners who are coming
down from the mountains In docks."
The Allied gains along the upper
Piave have been as great. With the
assistance of the British, French and
Americans the Italians have passed
twenty-five miles east Of the river and
are now in control of Austrian bases
and Of the railways that have fur
nished supplies and reenforcements
to the Austrian armies.
This advance began, almost to q
day, a year after the retirement from
the Isonzo region. That the Allied
command had not coordinated this
movement with the offensive In France
and the Balkans was due largely to
the situation along the italian front
and to the understanding Of internal
conditions In Austria. After theiI
brilliant successes on the lower Piave
early In the summer the Italians
were holding their enemy so securely
in check as to make further Austrian
advance into" central Italy practically
impossible. In the meantime the de
ficiency in guns and troops was me,
by a supply Of heavy artillery, and
the gradual increase of the British
French and American contingents II
Italy.
Even had not the present condi
lions arisen In Austria, there is every
.eason to believe that with the thor
\sa,gh preparation made the ofrensiv,
As.uld have been successful. The
Il. blow was struck at the bitterly
ted Montello bend, and Will
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is their theory. Here Is their pic
ture Of the average successful aviator |:

Is their theory. Here Is their pic
ture Of the average successful aviator !:
He Is under 20. He is unmarried /;
the married pilot rs inclined to over
much caution. He IL full Of high
spirits and possesses high vitality, so
much so that "he seems to require for
his we'll being mt least one really riot
GUS evening q month" Not an alco-
holic evening, necessarily, although he
uses alcohol to some extent in the
mess while on duty at the front. He
Ia fond Of the theatre, of music, par
ticularly ragtime, and cards and dane
Ing. He lacks Imagination, yet he has
a sense Of humor. He possesses reso-
luton, initiative, presence Of mind,
and has, above all, hands" As to
hands:
The horse rider with good hands is
able to sense the mentality OF a horse
by the feel OF the reins and also to con-
vey his desires accurately to his mount.
We have never known of man who
has consistently been In the frst flight
in the hunting neld making anything
but good pilot. In the same way
the pilot with good hands Ia
Invariably a good fier, never uncon-
sciously throws an undue strain on
the machine. just as good riding man
will never mako horses mouth bleed.
Hands appear to be congenital and
cannot be acquired"
So far, so good. But when the au.
thors went on to assert their definite
conviction that the less the fighting
scout pilot knows about his machine
from a mechanical point Of view the
better" they stirred up a controversy
In England. From the very nature
or his work. the authors argued. he
must be prepared to throw the ma
chine about and at times subject It
to such strains that did he realize
how near he was to the breaking point
bis nerve would 60 very quickly"
Does knowledge then breed timid
ity? Is ignorant recklessness really
superior to wisely calculated daring?
Does Ii harm the pilot to know how
to adjust carbureter or to find a
loose bea ring? There have been many
expert machlnists who distinguls shed
themselves in the air. The problem is
difhcuit; psychologists and physicians
and the military authorities will learn
better how to identify the hopeless
would-be fiiers, but they will never
learn how to pick the aces our Of the
queue of applicants until a system is
devised for picking future Pershlngs
among the West Point plebes. For
the hawk man Is a combination of
fighter and athlete and something
more.
The sun., 1918-11-02

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Str: In
view OF the President's recent appeal
to MY Countrymen" l believe We Re-
publicans have been too sensitive In crit
icism Of the Administration. Much that
has happened could and should have
been severely criticised.
The Presidents appeal is beyond COM
prehension when analysed in the light
of what has happened in Congress and
the Senate during the last two years.
Our patriotic gentleman's agreement
to subordinate politics to the winning
OF the war was but n scrap OF paper.
Let us be up and doing.
To the polls. say. The answer must
be written there.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER.
New York, November /.
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by arbitrary or irresponsible force or by
their own will and choiceT'
Contrast these teachings and PROPOSE
lions with the strange and remarkable
doctrine now laid down by Mr.. Wilson
in his political appeal to my Fellow
Countrymen." He now demands OF the
American people that he be created and
allowed to continue the sole power In
the Government of the United States to
determine all questions Of war or peace
without regard to the mandates OF the
Constitution and the laws and practices
of the land.
Shall Mr.. Wilson's fellow country
men" be ruled and dominated in their
Internal affairs by arbitrary and ire
eponslble force or by their own will and
choice? AN AMERICAN.
EAsToN, Pa, october 81.
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THE PRESIDENTS APPEAL
FOR UNDIVIDED MASTERY.
Treaty Faith and scrnp. Of Paper.

To THE EpIroR OF THE suN--sir: The
President ties US up with n virtual
treaty IN his request for an adjournment
Of politics. believes and finds that we
are fairly honorable and then on the
eve OF election and without notice
springs his unwarranted and unprecs-
denied attack on the Republican party.
Did Germany do much differently from
that In her treatment Of a certain scrap
Of paper7 I think not. w. Il. s.
PAssAic, N. j.. October 81.
The sun., 1918-11-02

Cunning are the ways OF the VETS.
Not play. not trick Of the game
but they are right there for the adj
vantage. That good citizen OF Newark
who passed away recently after liv-
ing nearly los years. who played leap
frog with his great-great -grandchil-
dren until last year, when he had to
give up the sport because he put on
spectacles. who is incurred by ITO
descendants, Ia reported. observe. to
have. attributed his more than a CEN
tury OF sturdy health to lifelong
practice of eating ana drinking when
and what he pleased. How Is It that
our friends the Drys fail to card index
and report their own significant cases
Of longevity from nbstinencef
The sun., 1918-11-02

In announcing the official figures Sec
rotary McAdoo said:
THE great success of the loan Is new
and convincing evidence Of the deter
mined spirit Of America to carry on the
war until freedom is assured throughout
the world
But even with the highest purpose
and patriotism on the part of the people
this great result could not have been
achieved without Intelligent direction
and organization. I wish to thank the
Liberty Loan committees. both men and
women, the bankers and business men,
farmers. wage earners. railroad officers
and employees and every group OF citi-
Gems who have so ably and enthusiastic
cally cooperated with the Treasury in
conducting the campaign.
To the press OF the country especial
credit is due for emphasizing through It's
news columns and editorial pages the
necessity for making this great loan sue
cessful.
I'm spite OF the influenza epidemic, the
unenacted revenue bill and other unfa-
vorable factors. the American people
have consummated the greatest financial
achievement in all history"
Heavy oversubscription of the loan
places the Treasury in the most COM
Portable financial position II has been In
since the first loan. There have been
issued $4,000. 100000 in certificates Of in
debtedness, which will be returned on
loan subscriptions. leaving the Treasury
something more than $4,000, 600, 900 to
collect In cash.
Though the rate OF expenditures has
very nearly reached the rate Of $4,000
100000 a month. this balance probably
will postpone temporary financing until
1919, The Treasury balance is now over
$1,000, 100000 and with the tar customs
and other receipts can be maintained
until the end OF the year.
Figures on actual distribution OF the
loan to individual investors are not yet
available. but the number OF subscribers
indicates wide distribution.
The sun., 1918-11-02
The Perspicacity Of Lo, the Untutored
Indian.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sir: Was
1t not within the last year that In a
rare flight OF humor President Wilson
spoke of an Oklahoma reservation In
dian who upon being asked the object
OF the war replied without hesitation
that at was to make the world sa 70
for the Democrats?
Republicans and Democrats alike en-
joyed the merry sally. but 10, the ssgac-
ity, the perceptivity OF the poor. untu-
tored Indian No beautiful platform of
ideals deceived this real American.
Never for moment was he fooled.
And there is this TO be said In favor
OF this truthful aborigine, he made his
reply in the period before politics was
adjourned. +, G. l..
YoNKERs, November I.
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Shall We Have Free Determination .

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: One
of the principles enunciated by President
Wilson In his fourteen articles. and dwelt
upon by repeated utterances. Ia that of
"the free determination OF peoples" Mr..
Wilson has laid down the doctrine that
the people Of each nation. large or small,
shall have the undlsputed right to de-
termlne their own form OF government
and select their own rulers without any
force or power imposed on them by any
other nation. In his speech OF Septem-
Der 81. delivered In New York city. Is the
following; Shall heople be ruled and
dominated even in Mr. internal Affairs
The sun., 1918-11-02
It Was Not.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: In
Mr.. Tumulty's quotations from various
public men who in 1898 appealed for
the election Of Republicans TO office upon
the ground that this would sustain Pres
ident Mckinley and aid him in his eff
forts to bring about peace, fail to find
any quotation from the then President
Of the United States, William Mckinley.
Can you tell me II this omission was
an inadvertence on the part OF Mr.. Tum-
ulty? REPUBLICAN PATRIOT.
BROOKLYN. November l.
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Possibilities.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--ST: II
tho next Congress Is Republican, 1t Ia
possible the people may learn what
profits the South has reaped from IS
cent cotton. that great essential, the
price Of which has not been fixed by a
Democratic Congress. although the prices
and practically all essentials produced In
the North have been.
Furthermore. we may he able to learn
in what manner the billions OF dollars
which the country has supplied during
the last two years have been spent.
c. FRANK KIREKER.
PATERSON, n. J., November /.
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Awaiting the Return Of the Jury.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--str, The
President has issued the challenge. Colo
mel Roosevelt, Senator Knox and Judge
Hughes have replied. and on Tuesday
next that great body Of liberty loving
Americans of all political shades will
have announced by their ballots that
In the language quoted by the late
Mayor Gaynor. This Is a government
Of law and not OF men,
c. MELVILLE SMITH.
ST. JAMES, November /.
The sun., 1918-11-02

After a football game in Chicago
on Wednesday five members of the
Northwestern University team were in
hospital. Coach STAGES son with a
broken collarbone. The casualty list
of Loyola Academy is not mentioned,
probably not yet tabulated. We are
downright in favor OF sports, but we
feel 1t a duty to remind the North
western Faculty Committee In charge
Of varsity athletics that all hospital
beds in this country must be reserved
for the reception OF our wounded from
over there.