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statement until the oficial tape
proves II wrong. Men golfers are not
quite sane when they talk about their
drives. Aside from those few whose
brilliant play makes golf news the
great majority Of any clubs sound
players usually drive from It's to 1876
yards. Some happy day with the fair
way as hard as q billiard table, with
q following gale, a clean hit from the
tee will carry and roll the ball 200
to 225 yards. Presto! the player
thereafter nonchalantly refers to him
self as 200 yard driver.
A former woman champion, when
she was in truth Q slip Of a girl. once
drove down level fairway and her
ball came to rest near a greens com.
mitteeman. who knew every blade Of
grass on the course. When he recov.
cred breath he exclaimed, 1.-TWO hun.
dred and twenty-five yards, II an
inch; nothing gained by grade; what
breeze there Is Is against her. Well,
I'll bedam!'
Others have expressed astonish.
ment at the phenomenon. What Is
the explanation
The sun., 1918-08-14
TRADE BRIEFS.

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,r,ct oo,es a, tbs Rure,v ~ rorsl., ana
Dom..tIc comm,re. cu,,om uou,. mi,
c,tv. m. name, a, orm, IN A,,sr,. vho
vou,d hsnsl, ar.nc,,, for Am.r,csr ,,c,
Th.rs 4, . demand for 90 200 bar, a, ,oo
kIlos each. Inquiries about this need
should be accompanied by q reference to
File No. 1oalp7.
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ths vain. a, .m.,,c.n ,r.o,o,. 4, ~,
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An Unjust Tax Scheme.

We read that the Committee on
Ways and Means, racking its brain
for new sources Of revenue, has de-
vised a special tax of $40 a year ION
occupation or profession, except the
war industry trades, farmers, teach.
ers and minister's"
This plan would take $40 a year
from a street cleaner, a policeman or
fireman-from numberless men
whose income ranges from 5000 to
81, 400 year and the farmer, who is
making $1,000 n year and getting his
food besides, would 60 free.
This plan would take $40 apiece
from the tens Of thousands of stenog-
raphers Of this city alone. women who
are receiving smaller salaries than
most school teachers and whose liv.
Ing costs them more. A great many
Of them have been making painful
sacrifices to pay instalments on Lib
erty bonds. To tax them and exempt
farmers, teachers and ministers is
absurd.
Why war industry trades are in
cluded in the exempt class is q puz.
Gle. If there must be head tax to
support the war there is no reason
why the best paid mechanics In the
land should not be included. To tax
n stepOgrapher who makes 40 N day
and at the same time exempt a car
penter who makes So a day is in
justice.
Can't the Ways and Means Com
mittee contrive any kind of a tax
without showing in every line OF the
draft its consideration for and fear
of the Southern voter? 1t Is rather
surprising that this latest scheme
does not exclude all lawyers living
south of Mason and Dixon's line.
The sun., 1918-08-14
The Harples on Our Coast.

In the history Of warfare there Is
no more notable achievement than the
success Of the United States Navy In
safeguarding the carriage Of a mill
ion American soldiers across the At
lantic. That we are proud of our
navy, therefore, goes without saying.
Just now, however. the Navy De-
partment is confronted with another
important task.
Secretary DANIELS is reported as
having said that the submarine
raids have very little military sig
nificance. Well, the destruction Of
the Lusltania had comparatively lit
tie military significance. 1t called
for drastic measures against the de-
stroyers, just the same.
We refuse to believe that the in
telligence and vlgor which solved the
problem Of transporting an army
of more than n million men safely to
Europe can fail to subdue the German
harpies which are infesting our coast.
The sun., 1918-08-14
EcUADoR'S GREAT DAYS.
A Republic That Rejoices in Two An.
nual Independence Celebrations.

rum bho SoW-AVsetsCuS
The Republic Of Ecuador celebrates
two national holidays. and strange to
say both arc Independence Days"
Both are observed with the same en-
thusiasm and patriotic fervor that Is dis
played here on the anniversary Of the
adoption Of the immortal Declaration.
The liberty loving patriots had to
shoot two bolts at Spanish domination
before they succeeded in gaining per-
manent independence. The nrst time
they had a quiet but determined revolu-
ton in Quito, the present capital OF tho
republic, the patriots assembling at the
house OF Manuela Canizares, a brave
and beautiful woman, on August 6. 1903.
when they prepared their declaration Of
independence and chose the officials who
were to compose the provisional govern
ment That night the conspirators
gathered their forces in different parts
of the city. and Captain Salinas. who
commanded the two companies OF regu-
lar troops that guarded the city. sent to
their barracks. read to them the declara-
ton and won them over to the cause
of the patriots. They overpowered tho
bodyguard OF Ruiz de Castillo. the Span
ish Governor. early on the morning OF
August 10 and thus established the first
republic without shedding drop Of
blood. 1t lasted only about a year. when
Castillo succeeded In overthrowlng the
patriotic government and again brought
the country under Spanish dominion.
The fires Of liberty had been kindled.
however, and tho Ecuadoreans kept up
their heroic struggle Notwithstanding
many reverses, until in 1920 the people
OF Guayaquil. the leading seaport OF the
country, succeeded in rebelling on the
9th OF October. With the aid of Gen.
eral Simon Bolivar. the great Venezuelan
emancipation. and OF his compatriot, Gen.
eral Antonio Jose Sucre. the Ecuadoreans
after many bloody battles succeeded in
completely annihilating the Spanish
forces and established freedom in
Ecuador forever. Therefore 1t is that
the Ecuadoreans celebrate two indie
pendence Days" the 10th Of August and
the 9Th OF October
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iation or an International police force
with power to enforce national con-
formlty to rules Of right conduct 10 .
counsel Of perfection. The world 10 not
ready for any such thing and II can
not be made ready except by the prac-
tical surrender OF the Independence Of
nations. which lies At the basis Of the
present social organisation OF the civil
lised world. Such q system would mean
that each nation was liable to be law
fully controlled and coerced by q ma
jority OF alien Powers. That majority
alone could determine when and for
what causes and to what ends the con-
troll and coercion should be exercised.
Human nature must have come much
nearer perfection than 1t Ii now. or will
be in many generations. to exclude from
such a control prejudice, selnshness.
ambition and Injustice. An attempt to
prevent war in this way would breed
war, for It would destroy local self.
government and drive nations to war
for liberty. There 10 no nation In the
world which would seriously consider q
proposal so shocking to the national
pride and patriotism Of It's people"
The only sort of q league Of ma
tions which has any present prospect
Of success is a league to compel each
constituent member thereof to keep
It's word.
Every considerable nation Is bound
to others by two kinds Of treaties !:
First, those general treaties, signed
by many Powers, which form the
basis Of international law; and sec
ondly, those separate treaties which
constitute special agreements between
the high contracting powers. A vio-
lation Of either Is readily ascertain
able; and as every honorable nation
presumably intends to keep its word,
none need hesitate to agree that 9th.
ers may oblige 1t to do so. There
would be no sacrifice Of pride or pa
triotism in giving such consent.
where a nation is acting in good faith
and intends to fulfil Its treaty obliga.
tons in letter and spirit.
Such seems to us to be the limita.
tions which must hedge about any
practicable project for a league Of
nations after the war.
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What Ono Crawfssh Did.

From the Fismin0sbvrg Times. d smoerat
The l. N train due at Fiemingsburg
Junction at e:i4 was almost an hour late
Tuesday morning. the delay being caused
by . erawhsh. Now this crawfsh did not
crawl up on the track and butt the train
on. but II was pumped up by the pump
Ing engine out OF Licking River. or by the
Paris water works out OF Stoner Greek. At
any rate. II found Its way Into the tank
Of tho engine drawing that train. and
somewhere near Pleasant Valley II was
found to have got into the pipe which
feeds the boiler and shut of the water
supply. The train was stopped. the feed
pipe disconnected and the crawnsh taken
out alive and put In the pocket Of the
engineers Jacket. After the engineer got
his train TO going again he reached In his
pocket for . chew Of tobacco. when the
crawnsh resented IT, pinehlng his anssr.
This 10 the story told Us by 4 man who
came In on the train. and OF course he
wouldn't lie about = little thing like .
crawnsh.
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A Marvel OF woman's GoIang.

AS a general proposition 1t will not
be denied that few women can throw
as far, lift as much, strike as hard
q blow or hit a nall on the head MS
squarely as can nearly every man.
Here, then, is a problem, perhaps In
anatomy, the wise should solve: Why
can many women, some, as the saying
Is, mere slips Of girls, drive a golf
ball further than can the average
husky male golfer7 In the reports of
a series of four ball matches two boys
and two young women are playing for
Red Cross beneht we read as II 1t
were an ordinary detail that "the At.
lanta girl drove to the edge OF the
green, some 230 yards"
In q golf club membership Of 800
there will not be more than a half a
dozen who drive regularly as far as
that. We expect riot Of indignant
protests, but we shall stick to the
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THE STATE COUNCILS OF
DEFENCE.
A Plan TO utilize Them More Thor
oushly in War Work.


The Council OF National Defence au.
thorizes the publication Of the follow
ing iettsr from the President TO sscre-
tary Baker commenting on the work
Of the State Councils OF Defence
throughout the country. The letter was
written In response to a letter from Sec
rotary Baker, as chairman Of the Coun-
ell Of National Defence, outlining the
past and present work of the state
Councils and urging the further utillIa-
ton Of their machinery by Federal de-
partments and administrations:
MT psIn Mn. BAxrR. have read with
great interest your account Of the achieve
ments OF the State Councils OF Defence
and your general summary of the activi-
ties In which they are now engaged. II
10 q notable record, and I shall be glad to
have you express to the State Councils
nv appreciation Of the service they have
10 usefuily rendered. I am particularly
struck by tbs value of extending our de-
fence organization into the smallest COM
munities and by the truly democratic char
acter OF = national system so organized.
I believe In the soundness OF your con-
tsntion that In the interest of economy
and efscisncy such machinery as that
provided by the State Council system for
the execution OF many kinds OF var work
should be utilised as far as possible by
Federal departments and administration.
May ! suggest, therefore. that you COM
municate to the heads of all such depart
ments and Administrations my wish that
when they are considering extensions OF
their organization into the States or new
work to be done in the states they de-
termins carefully whether they cannot
utilize the State Council system. thus rem
dering unnecessary the creation OF new
machinery; and that they transmit all re-
quests for action by the State Councils
through the State Councils Section Of the
Council OF National Defence.
Cordially and sincerely yours.
wooppow WILSON.
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Let Culture Drive Out the A ffectations
Of Hultur,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str. One
criterion Of q gentleman unhesitatinsly
assert myself to possess-I have forgot
ten Greek. But Latin 10 another mat
ter. Every educated man must have
some acquaintance with It, and the
chances are that he will make some use
Of It. Hence. thanks are due to Profess
sor Chaffin for his letter In Fridays SUN
on 'Germanixed Latin"
Fifty years ago when began the
study Of Latin there was still a con-
troversy between the English and the
Continental" pronunciation. In this
country the advocates of the former
were probably to be found mostly among
the lawyers. A good many years later
one of the leaders Of the bar q think
It was Mr.. Choate) referred in an ad-
dress to the dismay with which he heard
"a young gentleman from Harvard" as
sert in argument "kee fari<it pare al
iium farkIt pare say'-his rendering OF
the maxim on which is based the law of
principal and agent
The Continental method" was we'll
established in the schools and colleges
before l left the Episcopal Academy, and
another young gentleman from Har-
ward" began as classical master the
connection with the school which Gull
minated in a long and cessful reign
as head master. After I had left school,
and after he had been studying and
writing In classical archaeology and the
languages, I found him an advocate Of
the italian" method, on the theory that
the continuity of speech in the Rome OF
Cesar, Rome OF Peter" made II likely
that the Italians speak something nearer
to classical Latin than any other people.
How far he carried this theory of his
do not know, but I do know that
in talk with his old pupil he deprecated
the then current pronunciation Of the
schools.
I entered the University of Pennsyl-
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MOLASSES IN BEANS.
The Sister Of . Once Celebrated Char.
acter Insists on Them.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sr: !
heartily indorse the letter Of Mr.. Curtis
In defense Of baked beans as a pa.atabe
and nutritious food except for two
minor details.
My wife. the sister OF my long lost
blonde sister-in-law. who comes from
Boston, says that molasses is a mos,
necessary ingredient In the proper cook
ing OF New Engiand's famous Saturday
night supper. baked beans. Not wishing
to spread the already world wide wa
into the intimate circle OF my ovn
family, I can do no less than back her
up in this statement, Mr.. Curtis TO the
contrary Notwithstanding
But what, perhaps. Is OF more In,
portance, Mr.. Curtis ends his letter wit
Beans detrimental? Tell that TO the
marines" Now the expression, Tel
that to the Marines" as a term meant to
convey the idea OF stupid credulty. Is
obsolete. Even in the days when it was
so used. was II not Captain links OF
whom 1t was sung. I'm Captain nks
OF the Horse Marines. I feed my horse
on pork and beans?'' Thereby showing
that links realized the nutritlve quality
Of beans.
The expression to which have Just
alluded has been superseded by the
phrase. Tell that to the Germans" be-
cause OF tho fat-headed compacency
with which the German people swallow
obvious lies.
incidentally. II reports from the In
terror Of Germany are to be believed,
the only things fat left to the German
people are their heads and. un'ortu-
nately. there are no signs as yet that
these heads will lose this fatty de-
generacy and shrink to the size Of hard
common sense Tp.
NEW YORK, August 10
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Turn on tho Cnneeded Light.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUM A
great saving In coal and electricity
could be effected II the employees IN
orices, both large and small. wer. in
structed to turn on their electric lights
when not In use. The negligence Of
some In this respect Is sufficient to cause
an annual waste OF hundreds Of tons
OF coal, We may feel the want OF the
latter this coming winter. A good Sus'
gestlon would be to have all employers
have small placards printed bearing this
concise but potent injunction: PLEASE
turn OF your light when not in use ~
The old adage OF Waste not, want not
is still In effect FRuqAL.
NEW York, August -.
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Reciprocity.
Horrible Effects Of Kultur on Students
Of Latin.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--SI: In
regard to 'Germanised" Latin. why not
do away with a pronunciation which to
a great extent defeats the great end of
the study of Latin?
1t 10 valuable to US largely as an
assistance in the comprehe nsion Of our
own language. When I attended Miss
Brackett's school the pupils carried deri-
walton books to all the classes, and were
expected at any time to give the Latin
root Of any word selected by the teacher
from either text book or recitation.
The so-called Continental pronuncia-
ton confused US beyond a doubt, and I
feel that the very valuable habit Of de-
ducins definition from the Latin root
would be much simplihed and moro often
found IL the Continental pronunciation
did not veil the derivation and make an
effort Of what would be otherwise an
almost unconscious application of our
knowledge.
My sons have often mispronounced
English words with Latin roots owing
to the German pronunciation Of Latin
which they were taught. one Of the most
remarkable evolved being ''rekiprokity."
NEW YORK, August IL. M. H. 8.
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The Presidents Courage.

Our neighbor the World, usually
newspaper Of boldness as well as a
warm supporter Of President WILSON,
takes q sther astonishing view Of the
Presidents appeal to Mississippi Dem.
ccrats to discard Senator VARpAMAN.
The World does not like VARDAMAN,
but 1t seems to think that Mr.. WILL
SON has made q mistake in saying
that, II the voters Of Mississippi re-
nominate VARDAMAN, II should be
obliged to accept their action as a
condemnation Of my Administration
The Worlds comment Is:
This Is . daring venture, and 1t IL
attended with grave dangers-with un-
necessary dangers, perhaps. That VAR
pAMAN ought not to be in the United
State Senate at this time or any other
time 10 q matter on which most intelli-
gent Americans will agree. regardless Of
party. But whether 1t 10 worth while
for the President to risk his prestige as
a world statesman in a contest with
vARpAMAN in a State like Mississippi is
quite another matter If vARpAMAN Is
renominated in the primaries the Presi-
dent 10 beaten and his Administration
condemned. not because vARDAMAN re-
turns to the Senate but because the
President himself made that the ISSUE"
Less timid friends Of the Admin
istrauon will take the view that n
condemnation Of the Administration
BY the Democrats of Mississippi will
not only not risk the President S
prestige as a world statesman" but
will rather act as a condemnation OF
Mississippi by herself. For ourselves,
We do not believe that the chancellor
les of Europe await with short
breath the news of the fate of JOHN
SHARP WILLIAMs's long haired and
unworthy colleague. II VARDAMAN is
likely to win, as the World seems to
fear, the Presidents courage is so
much the greater in opposing him.
What The Sun objects to, in this
war of the President upon various
members Of the Congress, is not Mt
WILSON'S taking desperate and cou.
rageous chances, but his entering re.
g1onal political fields after his ringing
declaration that there was to be nc
more politics. II he had not said
"Politics is adjourned" or II he had
said Politics Is adjourned except In
cases where wish to defeat my op
ponents," we should regard the Presi
dents action with less disfavor
merely pointing to the unwisdom OF
any act by which the Executive at
tempts to control the legislature.
But to find fault with the Presi
dent Just because he has entered q
contest where there is n chance of his
defeat Is an attitude which we scarcely
expected to find taken by the World
Mr.. WILSON'S courage is the most ad
mirable side of the whole affair.
The sun., 1918-08-14
Soldiers Letters.

To THE EDITOR OF THE syN-Sr: l
would suggest to those parents who
write four letters a week to their sons
in France that II is partly their fault
that their boys do not receive them
While our boy is away at college or in
a distant State we are both quite con-
tent II we each get one letter a week,
or one in two weeks. Why write four ?
II we multiply one hundred thousand
week by four is It any wonder the
post Offices are swamped? Be reason
able and write fewer letters. then some
Of our boys who have been waiting pa
tiently will get theirs.
A MOTHER OF SOLDIER.
EAST ORANGE, N. j.. Aug. IL.
The sun., 1918-08-14
French and German Morale.

The German newspapers, particu-
larry the strong militaristic or PAN
German organs, are having a hard
time explaining the reverses on the
western front and at the same time
heartening the German people to the
possibility of still further defeats Of
the army. The early comments of
IAN Insignificant surprise attack"
have given away to statements SIM
liar to that made by the pan.German
Deutsche Zeitung that the gain made
by the Allies is 1.-The most serious re-
verse of the war"
With the frank acknowledgements
of the disaster to the German arms
come Illuminating expressions of the
reception Of the news by the people
and its effect on the civilian popula-
ton. The Cologne Volksxeitung, in
advising the people to keep up their
spirits, says:
in Cologne 1t was the day Of the
defeatists. With anxiety depicted on
their faces they stood together. ex-
changing their fears and discussing the
dark prospects"
The Deutsche Zeitun0 makes use
of the defeat to lambaste the politi-
clans who have ventured to differ
with its wild jingoism. 1t says that
the statement Of VoS KUHLMANN
that the war could not be ended by
the sword alone had a depressing eff
feet upon the army. 1t hopes that
the defeat will have the effect of
bringing about state Of affairs in
which politicians will not agitate
against the supreme command" The
Post Of Munich complains that
Prince HENRY Of Prussia had tried to
misrepresent the facts and says that
ut Is ridiculous to suppose that the
Importance of the events can be con.
cealed ultimately from the people"
The Vortodrts of Berlin In much the
same vein calls upon the Government
to tell the truth and declares that
the expectations of those who wish to
lead the nation through the war as
If it were an ignorant child are
unfulfilled.
The charges that the truth is be.
ing concealed from the people are
more insistently made than at any
previous time In the war. The rea,
son given for the necessity Of frank
! ness by the Government is bluntly
stated by the Torodrts to be because
1t believes that the knowledge of the
danger in which the German people
stand would arouse their moral
strength, "the weakening Of which
since August, 1914, is rightly com
planned Of"
The fact, evidently, is that the
morale of the nation Is now being put
to Its severest test since the begin
ming Of the war. The German popu
lace has suffered the privations Of
hunger and has denied itself witt
more or less willingness to supply
The sun., 1918-08-14
The League Of Nations Again.

The League Of Nations is coming to
the front again. Its advocates be-
lieve that such combination will
prove the most effective means of pre-
venting the future outbreak of great
wars, such as that which is now con-
vulsing the world. They desire to
keep the project in the public mind,
to the end that 1t may receive favor
able attention when the present con-
fiict terminates.
Lord ROBERT CECIL, one of the most
influential Of English statesmen, has
recently expressed some views on this
important subject to a correspondent
Of the New York Times. He says:
IT am personally doubtful whether a
league can work by majority votes. For
instance. I doubt whether you in the
United States would accept a European
view Of the Mexican question. or whether
we should be willing to alter the gov
eminent OF Ireland to suit a league of
nations we may grow, or course, but
think at present we must follow the
ordinary rule in all international pro-
ceedings and must require the decisions
Of the league to be unanimous"
1t is obvious that there would be
no need of a league Of nations to en-
force action in regard to which all
were agreed. The only purpose of
such a combination would be to en-
force the will Of the majority upon a
minority.
Senator ELIHU RooT In his Nobel
Prize address In 1914 spoke on this
subject with his usual clear insight
when he said:
THE attractive idea that we can havs
parliams Mt Of man with authority tc
control the conduct Of nations by lsgis.