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The Irish Cable Seizures.

II 1 Is diftcut to understand why the Irish irreg-
i ulars have seized the Atlantic cable stations
The act has resulted in enormous amount of
inconvenience on both sides of the ocean. No mill
tary purpose has been served. The followers OF
De Valera have only increased by this outrage the
world sentiment against them They certainly have
not damaged the resources of the Free State gov
ernment. Comparatively little of the cable traffic
from Irish stations concerned ireland itself.
But organized bodies of men, as the Irish
irregulars doubtless are, do not do damage for
damages sake. They have some purpose in view
when they burn house other than that of watch
ing the fireworks. They likewise have some pur-
pose when they seize cable stations The reason
for the present act is somewhat obscure bit it
doubtless exists-at least in the minds of the SOL
diers.
In the first place. nothing could have more
excited the resentment of the world disrupted
international business. Perhaps members of the
rebel army think the chaos will become so great
that the British government will be forced to step
in the side of the Free State troops. Then they
could claim, with semblance of reason, that
Collins is an agent of Great Britain, fighting side
by side with their late enemies.
That Great Britain has done nothing in oppos-
ton to them has disappointed the De Valera fac
ton. They would rather British army IN the
field than to capture Dublin. 1t is difficult for
them to enlist much popular sympathy in the viii
lagos while they fighting only their own coun-
trymen who have the support of most of the popu-
lace. But if they could again raise the war cry
that they fighting England their cause would
BE- given a great impetus.
The wisest course for Great Britain, of course,
will be to do nothing. She had best let the Free
State troops attend to the situation, as they are
thoroughly capable of doing. If British ships try
70 be hark oil.
directly into the hands of the rebels.
Just at present. curious as it may seem, the
cause of the De Valera followers and that of the
bitterest tories in England is identical. Both wish
interference in Ireland and doing everything
they can to bring it about. OF course their uit-
mate ends are different-but they are in the same
camp now.
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MAros HrLAs's sALARY.

MAYoa HrLANs SALARY.
To tie Friend the People: ~
Nv whst salary does Z, JShp r Hy,sn = ma ssyos ..o Of
men, receive?--H. A. =. {
.:ss Y. sf. ss..s s:s:s: s
1t the
ABTICLEs ADNrTTED TO U. ..
To the Friend Of People; II 43s t
from there Wili you pleas. give list Of ,rti.
travellers to bring into this country? c. NJ.
The following articles are prohibited: Wines.
or parts Of sugar cane and plant. and seeds. ex-
ou, estsinsd from IN. Of asreS
turs Warrington, d, &C: smoking opium: fur
Pacific Ocean. and garments made in whole or in
part from such skins; aigrettes, osprey plumes
articles must Be dstivsred to tn. customs ofieer
FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK.
To the Friend Of the People:
whS vas the rrst governor of the state of
Adrian Joris. whose term was from 1s23 until
HEAD OF ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY.
To the Friend Of the People:
pre,,%.n, wl, yop & please give me the name Of the
short biography of him. NJ T. c.
David Kinley. He was born at Dundee in Scot
snf wss hssqs s ISL to the United states
degree from Yale university in fst issa: studied al al
,onns sonnn H1psn' 9sss fs9a University q Wis
H. 1897 Prineips Hndover sA Mass high M sanSl .ehooi
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Injustice for Labor.

To the Editor. The Washington Herald:
A child must not labor to the ex-
tent of becoming q wage slave
the Supreme Court only dissent
ing: fish and game must not be
caught or killed out Of season;
lawns must not be watered when
public facilities are inadequate:
one must be vaccinated; one must
not drink intoxicants; railroads
must not reduce rates without no.
tice; bakers un New York City,
are forbidden to sell bread below
what a Judges nat says is cost:
convict-made goods must not COM
pete with free labor in interstate
commerce. These are of the ac-
cepted order. ethical. and in the
interest of general welfare. It is
said.
But when. say. an Immigrant, a
low-brow. a Juke. or some gou-
lash. rice-eating specimen recruited
perhaps from the slums and crimi-
nal misunderstanding nothing but
food. raiment, and shelter-desires
to- scab. taking the place Of a man
who. with adequate pay and suit
able environment. would be a credit
to the community, rearing a fam
lily. cultured and reasonably certain
of staying out of asylums and jails
that's different!
ROMEO T. PERRY.
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Instructor. womsns College. Baitimoss. 1911:
wi:eon:ao Issss ...i.tsss a'S Drsf:..or ssenon,e:
professor Of economics. Dean College Literature
lsM ana Vice president isis-is. acting prssi.
Illinois G.ss. mnoi. ss' inaassr.l Gs as
ccommdI..ion, con 1867; appointed member Illinois
fourth intsrnationaI Conference Of xmericsn
nl.sion TO Chile on delegation representins, the
United States At Centenniai Of Chilean indie
verslty Of Chile: member permanent group Of
Of Pan-Ameriean Financial conference, assigned
Of Economic. and History Carnegie Endowment
roG n.ersss,o1si m peace membe, Illinois Com
eral clubs He 10 also author Of many books on
economies, history. ETC. His home is In Urbana,
ARKANSAS VOTE IN 1890
To the Friend Of Ps pie.
Stat. Of zas s HGsnt assH &c. Cox in 81:
Harding received 7l.117 votes in the State
Of Arkansas. Cox received lo74os votes
CITIES GAIN IN POPULATION.
To the Friend Of the Pe,pr
What .,,.,,. wa; the poHYas.Sg ;sss Of Los ANGELES
'' and A'i'n'' '' IN ''''' What 4 !. i <. nS~' g.
The population of Los Angeles was 2s5o71 in
IL @ ehe Ss sao 81 syes nc Ca os
Los Angeles at 576.673 and the population Of
PENSION CHECK PAYMENT.
To Of People:
am the widow Of civil war veteran. My
day? MRS NJ r a
Yes, bill was passed by Congress provid-
ing for the payment Of pensions every month.
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personal acquaintance with many
Socialists i fail to recall one who
had the slightest intention of in
cooperating into his political life
all that the Communism Of the
Bible demands. In fact there are
very few ministers of the Gospel
today who are willing to 20 that
far. 1t demands first Of all abso-
Lutte Remuneration Of, and repent
ance and conversion from, the
world and its ways. It disclaims
all interest In, connection with, and
fealty to any Of the nations and
Kingdoms of earth. His whole duty
and interest in this world is to do
all in his power to promote the
laws and practices OF the Kingdom
Of Heaven In the hearts and lives
of mankind. 1t also disclaims all
personal individual ownership of
property. but establishes a common
treasury with the income Of all
believers. Out of that treasury all
the physical needs OF the believers
are supplied. This simple religious
organization Is recognized and ac-
credited by the Lord Jesus Christ
as the best human representative
possible of His kingdom and its
power. In il is no lack of any phys
ical or spiritual need. The sick
are healed. the lunatic is restored
to a sound mind. the dead are
raised to life again. and fraud and
crime meet such severe and sum-
mary punishment at the hand of
God Himself that no man with evii
intent "durst join himself unto
them" In advertisement of these
conditions to all the world. the
Communion table, or feast OF the
Lords supper. was Instituted and
commanded. AS long as the church
stood to those ethics" and prac-
tices her membership possessed the
Presence and the power Of that
Presence in their midst, and ate and
drank worthily of those sacred EN-
blems. the bread and the wine.
Such. in brief. is the Communion
of the Bible. To claim that any
thing less than that is founded upon
the Bible. or rightly draws from 1t
its propaganda. is TO invite the RI
dicule and contempt Of the intelf-
gent.
Socialism. Communism. Bolshe-
vism and all other isms Of their
class must needs go elsewhere than
to the Bible for their authority
credentials and propaganda To
continue In that claim Is not fair
to either them or TO the Bible.
CHARLES T. SHAFFER-
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AIbee Acts Wisely.

ALBEE of the Keith theaters
a circuit has set example whcl, should be
followed by every theatrical manager in, the United
States. He has issued an order against "prohibi-
bon jokes" on the vaudeville stage.
1t has been almost impossible TO attend
fzriety performance of any kind lately without
earring some ill-natured quips on the national dry
lvs. The spirit OF the stage has been3 treat the
5rohibition amendment as a subject. for amused
halter. 1t has been taken for granted that nobody
vmpathizes with prohibition and that everybody
iolates the statute at every opportunity. This of
ourse, Is not true The violators of prohibition
BE comparatively few-even if they do make up
pe small numbers by the volume Of noise they are
BE to produce.
But the theater, unworthy though its perform
bee of the duty may be at times, should be true
irror Of life and thought of the times 1t forms,
N the pulpit and the newspaper one of the
kest diumvirate of organs for public expression.
Mr.. A1bee doubtless issued the .order because
believes that the Volstead act should be upheld
wen any other laws Of the land. He does
y favor allowing the stage to enlist itself in aid
outlawry IN American cities. The head of the
9TH circuit may, however, have been influenced
other considerations. He may have noticed the
eady drift of public opinion in support of the
tohibition laws. He may have forHseen the day,
few years hence, when the actor who cracks
ke or sings a song rdiculing this American insti-
don will be Kissed and not cheerrd by audi
Ice which appreciates the trems .ndous benefits
Fought to the United States by the absence of
huor.
We are not concerned. howe wer. with Mr..
bees motives. We do not care whether his order
= aetuated by moral or business, considerations.
& has been quick to grasp the cb Angling spirit Of
e times. He has been quick to- appreciate the
owing seriousness with which the American
ople consider law which fias transformed
befy to happiness, saved liEes and made
nerica cleaner and better. 500 ner or later all
sster magnates will follow his example
hcush some persist still in thel silly idea that
ohibition is a joke and that the american people
mt il repealed
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NEW YORK, Aug. 1l.-danhattan
now has . subway complex. For
years its millians shot through
with the rush Of the skyrocket and
even the most timid felt no fears.
The Subway Sun. that unique news
paper posted In q car window each
day. boasted Of its very few acci-
Elevated trains might totter to the
street and surface cars collide, but
the subway was Manhattan's passen-
ger carrying Gibraltar. then came a
series Of accidents ending in pas
sengers being trapped In cars and
carrted through chopped holes in
the street. suffocated.
NOW. no day In New York is COM
piete without its subway panic.
staned train sends men and women
wnite raced to the barred doors. A
Iuse blowout brings q collective
way with TASKS of smelijns-sait
and even other stimuiants.
Several passengers have been
caught in the nickel in the slot
gates which supplanted the ticket
choppers. The new slot system In
cidentaily removed from the sub
way group of picturesque old
men who stood at their choppers
and received the tickets. Nearly Ali
were gray haired and bent.
The truth Is, Of course. that the
subway has been singularIy free
from accidents when one considers
that express trains, ten cars In
length. run every minute and To-
calls. seven cars long. every three
minutes In each direction. And that
they carry their millions daily.
The greatest compexity of the
subway Is the inability of the pas
senger to reach his destination
without changing from express
trains to shuttles and then on to
locals. One may Follow the Green
Line" or Follow the Black Line
painted lines on the ceiling for
guidance from one train to another
but unless one Is acquainted with
the system IT Is like prowling about,
a mystic maze at Luna Park
There are men who travel daily
on the subway and have for years
who now and then find themselves
in the upper reaches of the Bronx
when they really wanted to be
downtown. 1t is disconcerting to
say the least.
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Treatment of Watchmen.

To the Editor, The Washington Herald:
Your correspondents description
OF the treatment to which the
watchmen of the Patent once are
subjected Is not only outrageous,
but inhuman. am told IL is the
same in all the departments since
they were taken over July 1 by the
superintendent of the grounds and
buildings.
Lieut.. Col. c. o. Sheriff. is super
intendent of grounds and buildings.
I have met the colonel and I found
him to be a very pleasant, courteous
gentleman, and I do not believe he
condition of affairs as they exist
today. I hope his attention will
be called to It, and I believe he will
rectify II II possible. Otherwise the
attention of the President or the
Congress should be made acquainted
with the facts. This Is a far step
to Prussianizing this country. The
idea Of civilians being subjected to
such brutal treatment should not
be tolerated in this country.
Just think Of 1t. a man compelled
to wear a thick uniform closely
buttoned up during the torrid
weather we have been having is
almost beyond belief and some-
thing should be done to put a stop
to this high-handed injustice and
inhuman treatment. These marti-
nets dressed in little brief au-
thority like to show their power.
They. should remember: "It was
a breath that made them and =
breath can unmake them" I am
told they have to buy their own
uniforms. too. These watchmen are
required to be on their feet eight
hours. less an intermission OF fifteen
minutes. each hour, I believe. and
must wear their heavy caps while
on duty.
Something should be done to
abolish this tnhuman treatment. 1t
is void Of rhyme. reason or common
sense.
have been told these men are
receiving only $50 or ss5 a month.
It Is insufficient to support man
and his wife decentIy and some
have one or more children to SUP
port.
These faithful employees taking
care of millions Of dollars worth Of
property surely deserve better
treatment. Open your heart Uncle
Sam and your purse too.
A SYMPATHIZER.
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tons the dome live those TO whom
the very necessities Of life are almost
luxuries. Gaunt wooden shacks or
hideous, varied-color brick buildings
SQUAT along the Avenue Of the Presi-
dents. Dirty yards, slovenly hovets.
filth and corruption lie but a few
steps to the southwark from the
statue Of the great warrior and states
man-Grant. Like the alley hovel OF
the beggars within the toll Of the
chapel bells of St Sistine Chapel at
Rome-like the vile wretch that calls
"Alnns, Aims! For the love of AL
lahl" on the steps OF st. Sophia, they
seem to cry OUT at the incongruity OF
their position,
Traversing the city. there comes
the view of palatial homes. glorious
dreams Of the inspired architect
Then. just next door. the tumble
down. abode Of one OF the city's poor
Here's a home with marble baths.
brass-knockered white doors; shining
electric csndelabra: wide porticoes
and drives. and next the humble ref
uge where burns the oil lamp. where
runs the rickety fence. and which
shelters the ''fiotsam and 5etsam."
Here q beautiful lawn-there a minia-
ture prairie. Here a smooth boule-
vard-there q cobblestone alley Here
q olls-Royce car. Next door a goat
hitched to q wagon. Here a palatisl
hotel: next a broken building where
a small merchant displays his gsudy
wares Here. beautiful. cool and
verdant park: across the street q
broken sidewalk passes the broken
and decsying landmark Of q byeons
day. This is Washington!
PAUL w. HOLyES
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Washington-Here and There.

To the Editor. The Washington Hersid;
Sunset in Washington. Soft gray
clouds edged in pink. red and gold,
banked on the horizon. change from
fantastic shapes into forms that en-
trance the beholder as his eyes fol-
low the glowing sun sinking into tne
bosom of the distant hills
A blue and pink haze enfolds the
capitol dome; Lincoln Memorial.
stately and grand, Is bathed In
nurple glow. The Monument. pure
as a limb Of Diana. stands straight
ana tall in the soft air. proudly
raising a lofty spire almost to the
low-hanging clouds. To the watcher
comes the feeling Of how the granite
the immortal character in whose
honor it was created.
Capitol lawn-great trees. gathered
from the ends of the earth. drop
their foliage to sweep the green
sward, or stand erect. their tops reach
ing toward the heavens. Clean. we'll
kept walks lead down to meet the
city. Flowers bloom as n inspired
by the gods. Lights begin to twinkle
amidst the foliage of the American
"Jardin des Plantes" like gigantic
firefiies.- The soothing tinkle OF the
fountain on the terrace plays tune
full music to the street-weary ear.
Away In the distance. vague out
lines of q Grecian temple. the archi-
lecture concealing so well the pur-
pose for which IL stands-the Treas
ury OF the United States.
Facing a park-beautiful in age,
fanked by the statuary Of those OF
other lands who loved us In our In
fancy: reminiscent In memories OF
historical personages who have troo
the smooth gravel paths-the home
of the President. Dignified by sim
plicity; grand by the very plainness
OF the construction and breathing
forth the spirit of q great country
whose guiding hand lives with the
lack Of pretension and without dis
play Of grandeur. II sends forth the
message that here the great are no
more than the least"
These and many more are the
beauties of this city where we live
as revealed in the summer sunset.
And yet Passing through one Of
the portals that leave the Capitol.
resting I'm the shadow Of the trees
through which the electric frefies
dance. We see misery. squalor. un-
sightiiness and poverty. Within tho
shadow Of the hgure of Liberty that
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national hatred and suspicious, and bring neafe
the prospects Of renewed war. representatives o
the liberal opinion Of the world gather IN the blu
Berkshires and discuss calmly ways IN which civ
ilization can etricate itself from the mess Ii is IN
Philip Kerr. secretary to Premier Lioy,
George. told the assembled scholars last week just
why new threaten the world. Mr. Ker
repeated and clarified some of the statements
which his chief in London has made Of fsfe The
war with Germany, he declares, exhausted the
nations. People are sick and disgusted with war
But precautions have been taken to preven
renewed hostilities and the states drift down the
same red paths again.
This, Mr.. Kerr says, is because the causes oi
war and peace are not understood. He says:
What is the fundamental cause of wari 4
do not say the only cause of war, but the most
active and constant cause. 1t Is not race or
religion or color or nationality or despotism, or
progress or any of the causes usually cited
1t is the division of humanity into separate
states.
That humanity should be so divided seems
natural, almost law of nature That it can
ever be otherwise seems almost impossible.
Yet it is by all odds the greatest cause of war.
and until it, is overcome, wars as frequent and
as terrible as those of the past will continue to
+scourge the earth. In : my judgment every
movement for the abolition Of war which does
not recognize this fundamental fact and deal
with it, will fail as every peace movement in
the past has failed. because it did not deal
with it.
The international world today is in the
same position the Western communities
of the United States seventy years ago. 1t is
without law; every state has to rely for its
rights upon its power; force is supreme.
In point of fact it is in a worse condition, be-
cause while peoples in Western mining camps
were united by constant contact by the COM
bond of human association and by a
fairly rigorous public opinion, the international
world has bond of unity at all
The highest condition to which any state
has reached is indifference to its neigh
Dor states Nations often show some love
for humanity, and especially suffering human
ty, in other lands, but of love by state for
another state there is not in history sign that
can see.
In these conditions not only is the
only method by which disputes or differences
can be settled, when negotiation diplomacy
fails and one side refuses to yield, but it is
extraordinarily difficult to prevent situations
arising when war becomes inevitable. How are
they going to keep the peace? How you
even going to make them disarm? You may
be able to hold back an era of competitive
armaments for few years. but
later of these states, feeling itself unjustly
treated or impelled by pride greed, will begin
to expand its ornaments. The others will
inevitably follow suit in self-defense. Then
sooner or later the competition will end in an
explosion as it did in 1914.
These words contain food for much though
in these days when peoples live behind screen.
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The ndme Of Mr.. Connor Por-
ter. Manchester apartments, icas
s'gned to a letter phich appeared
on July 80, IN The Open Court
section OF The Wdshim gfon Herald
under She caption of "Poor
Bleeding Terds." The article
scds eridentiy Drittcn in defense
Of fhe ku RIuz Kldn.
Mr.. Porter denies having
sor-iften this letter. II tcds re-
recired by The Herald and pub
hshed In good faith. Mr.. Porter
evidently scos made the pScfi,n
Of a practical Joker scifh poor
taste aud little Appreciation Of
the legal consequences Of his act.
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Socialism and the Bible.

10 the Editor. The Warrington Herald:
For any one to claim. as do Mary
8. Daugherty and other Socialists,
that the Bible Is the most socialis-
tic or Communicate book we have,
and shows distinctly where we get
the propaganda" illustrates one
more of the many unfair uses to
which people will put the Word Of
God in order to get some sort Of q
face with which to 60 before the
world with a creed or practice. Nor
Is II fair to the best interests Of
Socialism to place such . religious
burden on les shoulders. From my
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The /. w w.

TO the Editor. The washington Herald:
In your editorial of August 4. en-
titled, .lSothing to Worry About"
you say. speaking Of trade unions:
They are not trying to INTRODUCES
an l. w. W. or Communist move
ment in the United States
american labor unions are. az q
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Quits Brazilian Board.

John II. Kirby. OF Houston. Tex.
yesterday presented to President
Harding his resignation as a MEM
her of the Brazilian centennial COM
mission. There was no information
At the White House as to whether
the resignation would he accepted.
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nHE summer Institute of Poll tics, now in ses-
sion at Williamstown. Mas ., is remarkable
ore ways than While statesmen in
wrangle over petty differ sace.. secentuate
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Childish mischief is untutored pep" which
with time and education will move mountains.