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FIUDAT. JCNE 19. 191C K2. vtilsox AJailnlstratlon li rr's t. BouncJaesa of Judj-1 ailnss of Land that bare M' country In honor and la troubles and perUa flTt i to a vote of renewed I th prosperity and rt cf the people are the re-election.

la admlnla-t of rery recent t( who make the cara-. i behalf will find abundant rrument and ample 1 ti to the electorate. not be one of defense. ivi tut to make dear to the of the people that their their eecurltjr huve been cf Mr. Wiuwx'a pollclea.

ii preat and viui unaertaii- 1 Ail ministration he has met i -nsrs. urmounted all ob---. i carried hi purposes to full has eet his mark upon rr -f Ms time, he has done service for the country and Tfca of a anl currency aystem. a tafHed endeavor for i a Veneration, and the re- (f 1 and Cagrant tariff t' had t-eCome a superstition frrat enough to gfve i to any Adminiatratiun. ias that mark an epoch in the tiie United States were wrlt- the statute book by the Dem- rty, sruided and controlled by approve and applaud C.

ry mightily resist any item or alter their r. we add that Mr. Wiijio.h, provocation from with 1 I counsels from with ir runirjr put oi iwo be movid to Inquire it proofs of fault, expositions. and the Repub-i hoi to remove him from t-in he has so faithfully '1 to the need and desire of "try. frst time In twenty-four ivmoorats enter a lYesI-1 i as a united party.

i with nobody sulk-. 1 porting their candidate i and confidence. The elec- 1 was the List In which the ave s'juarrly confronted r. In the three Bryan cam iff and 1908 myriads helped to swell the Re rJ-iralities. in 1904 a shift rrent of disaffection worked r' In 1D12 the conven left too many wounds rs rty's jrood, and the Progres- It Is a political delusion and c.

dl futility to set tip yie fxcfss of the combined Taft -irveit vote over the Wilson i il rimmiED mm mfi mcuuiv rrer'th of the two? pii-tles In If Mr. Wilson's Administration -1 riven new strength him t7 party, then all political ex oes for naught and the an reople In these four yeara a change In temper habit of which bo outward is E.vea lorewaruiux. Is visibly stronger than A new man, an untried i cf hoH soundness and capacity had only conmon knowl confirmed by the supreme test and repponsiblllty, even i were a very Strom man, fill to spare the party the cha- i. ai. r.ven unaer mis tnta D.f Di-mocracy must mind Us them whera possible.

i a to make mistakes r-- i of impunity. a ilira'ful blunder to parade vA.y before the convention. It iou), ana in uisk roi "rty has displayed too much 'pro-y. It Is a delusion of blindness ve s'reneth to Mr. Wiijo.v'I can T' nanner of hi getting the Cabmet.

his known dis-r -t with the President's views which have support country, the refusal of his own s.crel:t him to the convents a dt legate, all the signs and is la the political heavens blaxed forth their warning against this senseless exhumation of a burled figure to shock the sense and affront the Intelligence of Democrats who turned away In disgust from the Nebraskan when be was a llvtns; personage In politics, and to confirm the too widely prevailing- belief that the Democratic Party is possessed of an unchanging ambition and desire tokmake Itself de serving of the symbol by which ltU everywhere represented In caricature. An examination of the platform, not adopted or made known at the bour of this writing, must necessarily be deferred. QU1COR RECRUITING WEEDED. With only 1,500 regular army troopa not employed either In Mexico or in guarding the Mexican border, the need of expediting the work of recrultlnf Is obvious. Three months ago Congress ordered an immediate enrollment of 20,000 new men.

Scarcely more than 9,000 have alace been recruited. The normal annual loss to the army is about 40,000 men. If enlistment pro ceeds at the present rate we shall have only 30.001) recruita as full year's total by next March. Even with more than the usual number of re-nllst-ments, (there were 10.000 last year. we shall still lack most of the 20,000 Increase, not to speak of.

the increase that will be required under the army reorganization law which goes into effect July 1. Of couraa, stronger efforts will be made to get re cruits quickly under that law. but val uable time has been wasted, and whoever is responsible tor the antiquated and ineffective recruiting system should be stimulated to action. The opportunities for advancement in the army now should make recruiting a much easier task than it used to be. The Mexican outlook, if not positively alarming, is certainly bot such as to Justify delay.

Another invasion of American soil by a band of outlaws has resulted In the killing and maiming of American soldiers. The Ill-feeling against our country across the border Is continually expressed in an exasperating manner, while there la definite assurance that Secretary Lamsik Is about to forward to Cabbamza an extremely stutrp note refusing bis demand for the withdrawal of the punitive expedition and taking him to task for not aiding our efforts to eliminate the northern bandits. There is new talk about calling the National Qufrd to the border, but the experiment already made with the National Guardsmen of the border Ftates has not been very encouraging. Whether or not the organized miUUa is called to service, it Is an undeniable fact that we need more men in the regular army for early use. The one way to get them is to Improve the method of recruiting.

THE WAR ISSUE. rtLTcs Choatb at the opera said to his daughter: I pray you translate to me the words of the singers lest "i dilate with the -wrong emotion." 6ome of the Democratic leaders at the SU Louis Convention seem to have been struck with a sudden fear that In their enthusiastlo applause for ex-Governor Glynn's speech the delegates were dilating with the wrong emotion. Mr. Gi.tn.v showed by citations from history that it is not the custom of. this Republic to go to war over provocations.

or differences which admit of an honorable settlement by the methods of peace. The delegates liked his discourse and were unwilling that he should abridge it. Wherefore the leaders, unnecessarily nervous and apprehensive, took it into-their heads that 'the delegates were applauding, not Americanism, hut the advocacy of peace at' any price. Americanfsm is the very thing the convention applauded, American policies and practice, long: established, enduring, sound, and respected. Peace certainly was the outcome of the negotiation by which differences were adjusted and wrongs righted in the Instances Mr.

Oltnn cited as precedents Just If ling the policy of President WiioN. They were all American precedents, established by Federalist Administrations. Whig Administrations, Republican I Administrations, and Democratic Administrations. Was It a grievous hurt to Mr. Wilson's chances in the' campaign that Mr.

Gltnn mentioned the Alabama in which instead of going to war with Great Britain, we recovered from her an Indemnity of 500.000? Was it a political blunder for him to refer to the Virginlus case? There," if the country had been bawling for war, was a fine occasion. When Spain seised the Virginlus and put to death fifty-three of her officers and crew, including Americans, British subjects, and Cubans, we demanded the restoration of the ship, an apology, the punishment of the Spanish officials concerned In the af- ffalr, and a salute to the flag. But Secretary Hamilton Fish and the Spanish Minister conferred about the matter, we discovered that the Vir ginlus had Bailed under false papers and a false oath, that she was owned by Cubans, that she was carrying arms to the insurgents in Cuba, and we "spontaneously dispensed" with a salute to the flag. Spain consenting to return the ship and pay' money for the relief of the families of the Americans who had been executed. So In the other eass A ettle- ment was reached by diplomacy with out loss of national honor or self- respect.

If. thw avoidance war hen American rights and the nation al honor and dignity ntey be protected without war is not good Americanism. what is? Could there be an? better, proof of the sound Americanism of Mr. Wil son's policy in respect to matters growing- out of tha war than the. fact that the very active and subtle minority of voters of foreign lineage whom he denounces for their disloyalty are vociferously supporting bis jThey cannot be much in love with Mr.

Hughes, but they dislike and denounce President Wilson because he refused to establish and pursue the purely German policies they urged upon him. Again the American policy has been triumphant. The Naval Military Record of London, an authoritative service publication, in an article by IIccTon Btwatch, described "as one of England's best-known mil itary' writeraj declares that the present inactivity of the German U-boats compared with what they were doing two months ago shows that Presl-" dent Wilson's last note baa done "the The German Government has renounced Its "barbarous practices at sea because his Sussex note made It clear to the die-hards of Berlin that he had reached the limit of bis patience. If the electorate defeats Mr. Wilson It will not, be because he has by the methods of peace what he could not have secured by the methods of war.

But how did the apprehensive lead ers at St. Louis get into their heads the Idea that the Republicans are go ing- to make their campaign on the Issue of war, that they are, going to assail the Democrats all along the line because Mr. Wilson has kept us out of war? Did the Republicans at Chicago adopt Mulvaney'a platform of "War. bloody, war. North.

South, East. Mr. Wilson was patient, and some voices blamed him for it. He' was deliberate, he dispatched notes where a swashbuckling President would have. dispatched warships.

But he gained his point. Von Tirpits retired, the U-boats were ordered to cease their work of assassination, and we have not yet fired a shot, The great majority of Americans hope we shall not be compelled to fire a shot. If the Republicans, forgetting the votes of their Senators and Congressmen against tabling resolutions of surrender and humiliation supported by all the hyphenates, want to take up the war issue against the Pres ident, let them make the most of It. THE CUBAN 0UTLO0JL The curious workings of the Latin- American mind when political questions are 'uppermost "are newly rer vealed In the bill passed by the Cuban Senate providing for the retirement from off lee sixty-five days before the election of a President who Is a can didate for re-election. If this bill becomes a law, administrative affairs In Cuba will lack the guiding hand of President Menocal from about the first of September until the date of the Inauguration.

It Is inconceivable- that such a preposterous law can. be en acted even In a young republic of lem- pestuous spirits. President Menocal Is Inevitably a candidate for re-elec tion. He has conducted the affairs of State with uncommon skill, and Judg ment. He is the logical -candidate or the intelligent and law-abiding part of the community.

But his retirement from office before the election might cause havoc, which Is' probably the desire of the promoters of the blft Gomez and his followers have deep- laid plans to regain control or the Cuban Treasury. They have been carrying on their propaganda not only In Cuba, but In -the United States. They call themselves the Liberal Party, but the best of the Liberals voted for Menocal. and will do. so again.

There may yet be serious trouble In Cuba this year, and if it reaches the point of lawless defiance of the Constitution and breeds dls. order the United States Government may be compelled once more to exercise the right of Intervention secured to It by the treaty of 1902. THE DISLOYALISTS. In his Flag Day speech Mr. Wilson dealt strongly and plainly with the dis loyalty of some American cttixens to the United States, their preference of the country of their origin to that the protection of whose law and the benefits of whose prosperity they ungrate fully enioy.

The war has sown here the seeds of division." Men who came here. or whose ancestors came here, to bet ter themselves, to avoid the iron In equalities of caste, to breathe, a freer air and find an ampler opportunity, have, In the passion of the European war, become in spirit and purpose clti- sens of the land from which they sprang. They think and act as for elgners. They are bot to sacrifice American "Interests 'to foreign. They make their political views and action turn upon the wishes or the exigencies of a fofelgn Power.

They have tried to bnildore Congress. They have iudged the President Invariably by his foreign policy as It opposed German arrogancies. and they have abused him for every assertion of American right. They have defended every Injury every aggression on the part of Ger many against the United Stsnea To them. Indeed, the United States is 'a foreign country.

The future of the United States would be imperiled. ita sovereignty would be made Impotent, Its self-gov eniment would be but a name. If ques- tlons of foreign or domestic policy were to be determined not by. American, but by alien, considerations. At best, we should come to some fluctuating sys tem of group government, of races balanced Against races.

To a people of many origins, hitherto living harmo nlously as one, this foundation of po litical action upon alien interests would be the worst of dangers. If the United States cannot depend upon the absolute loyalty of Its citizens to Itself, If it Is to become a congeries of clashing races and cease to be a nation, its power Is gone. The noisy manifestations of a foreign propaganda. Its bitternesa of proscription of public men who will not do its will. Its enginery of intrigue and combination, Its rodomontade of threats, are notorious and shameless.

If It could succeed. If It coulcf frighten weak-kneed politicians into compliance with Its orders and mold the principles of political parties and the policy of the Government according to foreign specifications, division, dishonor, ruin would be the portion of the United States. While we believe, with the President, that the force of this dissen sion 1st party or clan Is ridiculously weak compared to the shriek and clamor It emits, yet It must be resisted at every point, beaten without compromise and beyond hope. It must be beaten so memorably that there will be no repetition of this attempt to rule America for the behoof of foreigners, no future for race-politics. Mr.

Wilson speaks for all loyal Americans! There Is disloyalty active In United States, and It must be absolutely crushed. It proceeds from a minority, a 'very small minority, but a very active and subtle minority. It works underground, but it also shows Its ugly head where we can re it and there are those at this moment who are trying to levy a species of political blackmail, saying: "Do what we wish in the Interest of foreign sentiment "or we will wreak our vengeance at "the polls." That is the sort of thing against which the American nation will turn with a might and triumph of sentiment which will teach these gentlemen one for all that loyalty to this flag is the first test of tolerance in the United 8tates. It must be absolutely crushed, killed. not scotched.

Small politicians are a cowardly species, but the great exam ple' of Mr. Wilson and of Mr. Hughes may' put a little courage Into the plgeon-livered tribe. And whatever platforms may. say or not dare to say about this cardinal Issue of solid and sole American allegiance, of America First, Mr.

Wilson and Mr. Hughes will have the cchirage, and the political sense as well, to Insist again and again on summary and total dehyphenlra- tlon. The slaves of the hyphen will be kicked contemptuously from party to party. They will find no shelter anywhere. They will be the pariahs of American politics.

In course of time they will get It into their noddles that their room Is. better than their company. TOPICS OF THE TIMES. Judging from the ef-Accidentaf fects produced by the Only collision between two I- automobiles; on the in IName. Merrlck Road Wednes day evening, each car was movinr at the rate of something like thirty-five miles an hour, and It Is more likely that they wsr going faster than slower, The com ing together produced a sound described by those who heard It a like that of an explosion.

Both cars were hurled high air, to land some seventy-five feet apart: one of them lost all four. wheels and the other lost one. while one of the passengers, had an arm literally torn from his thing not easily done. The Impact was of a force comparable to that which would follow running an automobile, heavily loaded, at seventy mOes an hour. Into a stone wall.

Immovable, but low enough to allow the pas sengers to be thrown over Ita top. That any of them escaped aliv is the wonder, not that one wss killed. This misadventure will be! and has been, added to the list of automobile yet It wss not an accident in any true sense of the word. An accident, properly so called. Is an occurrence that could not have been foreseen and guard ed against by the exercise of normal -In telligence and reasonable caution.

To run motor cars at dusk, at a point where the road has been much narrowed by the work of repairers, and to continue at high speed whea ocrsslon for one of them to pass another arises and is seen by the drivers of both that creates conditions Inviting disaster, not deliberately, but certainly with recklessness. That the disaster came tells nothing as to the ncssry dangers Involved in the use of automobiles. There was no need for the collision, and there would be difficulty In rinding an excuse for It. What It Illustrates Is not the peril of automo-blllng. but the peril of Ignoring the con ditions, perfectly wll known, which.

If observed, make the automobile about the safest means of transportation that men have yet Invented. It Is only from reckless automoblllsts that the careful and competent automoblhat is 1n any appre ciable damrer. Were they all like him there would, Indeed, still be an occa slonal real accident, but they would be far fewer In number than the rest accidents that occurred when horses were the only highway motora How the Colonel deduced from the simple statement that Aoao came unto him delicately the decidedly An Ancieht Outrage Is Recalled. complicated assertion that the unfor-tnnat monarch arched his. neck and walked llshtlr that Is a problem for the professional exegetlsts.

who can. as Is well known, explain tverytnmg ana prove anything. For mer amateurs th taak la too hard. Probably enough. Aoao did bear.

himself about as the Colonel said, but the record warrants no more than ArllrateW." Another and perhsps more Interesting question is raised by the citing or this r.M atarv. Whv is It that such a tale can be heard in church or read at home without exciting In hardly any mind a realising sense of its sanguinary horror without producing pity for, the man who waa hewn to pieces or any inclina tion to criticise the man who did th hewing? If, with place, and data chanced, exactly such a slaughter of a helpless prisoner of wsr' had appeared In th British Commission's report on happening In Belgium, it- would rank 1 bv no means low among th atrocities chronicled In that remark able document, and the responsible offi cials would not have eacaped general cenaure. King Acao, so far as known, hsd been guilty of nothing worse than defending his country from Invaders, and seems to have displayed in captivity not less of dignity than he had shown of courage in battl. On tb whole, was. according to modern Ideas, a distinctly admirable person, irf spite of presumable errors in hia theology.

Not everybody could walk delicately to th hideous fat which, evi dently to bis knowledge, awaited him from his merciless conquerors. Tet nobody hss a word of compassion for hint! The Colonel treated th epi sode humorously, as did the reporters who quoted him, and on can safely pre dict that only here will be found even an intimation that there anything wrong or irregular In the unfortunate King's taking off. It's a queer world I In few Instances has much ado been mad about nearer to nothing than In the case of the three boys whose Indignation Poorly Justified. finger-prints were taken after they had been convicted In court of a misdemeanor by no means trivial. One might Imagine, from the outcry raised in certain quarters over this episode, that the boys had been subjected to pain strong and hard," and with no better excuse, too.

than that they had Indulged in th inno cent sport of tossing a ball from hand to hand. Neither charge is true. That the Mag istrate who ordered the finger-printing was simply executing the law as It stands in the statute book la Ignored, and Ignored as well are the fact brought out at the trial of the boya. They are evidently a trio with out any decent consideration for th rights and safety of their, neighbors. They were not arrested until after they had scorned repeated vain protests and appeals from those whom their sport there Is no good reason why the best means of Identifying tbem In th probable contingency of their arrest hereafter should not have been utilised.

They are not recorded as criminals, but as what they are misdemeanants, i Should they decide to behave themselves In the future, they will suffer no inconvenience from having their finger-prints where finger-prints belong. That they, like many other city boys, are without, the play places that boys ought to have may explain, but It does not. excuse, their offending. In present circumstances, the law they violated Is a necessary law, and its vio lation is properly punishable, And the punishment was neither cruel nor unusual, i Why, therefore, should anybody get excited over It? DEADLY IRISH SCORN Hurled Upon Germans' Who Made Overtures from Their Trenches. tk4 tditor TU AfW Turk Tima: The following is taken from a letter written by my brother from the front and received here a few days The day the revolution broke out in Ireland the Germans made two gas at tacks on ua.

We went up to th trenches that evening and my company went to the front line and held it for six days. At dawn, the morning following the night we -went in. a placard appeared Just In front of the German trenches. opposite the line we were holding, (The trenches were about 100 yards apart.) On the placard. In German lettering, but in English, was the following; Irlahmea In Ireland In revolution.

English guns ara firing en your wives and children. Sir Roger Caaement persecuted. Crulmr "Riiaael sunk. Englliih military bill rajected." Throw away your Join ua. give you a hearty welcome.

Ac.cv renlled wlth trench mortars and rifle grenades and blew the placard to piece. nightfall we- had aleo blown a good many pieces. Wasn't It th limit? That Is how th men who alone are worthy of being called Irish receive overtures from the Germans. But think of their outrsged feelings when that placard appeared that Insult to all that wa manlv and clean and decent and IrUh. MADGE RODDY.

New Tort June 12. 1016. Pacifist Mother's Dilemma. Ti ike Editor at Tke Xett Tore Tlmrt: crltlcUm of my recent protett concerning the Welah-Slater bill I reapect- fully acknowledge. C.

D. mlaunaeratanae me If he bellevee that I took upon the pree-ervatlon of yr human Uvea (thoa of my tw young sons and nyelD aa Ui paramount An nrrf ear emDhatlcally that I ahould rather see my boya court-martialed sad ahot than coerced Into th activities tut modern war method. 1 hare worked for their phyeical upbringing1, but far greater has been th atruegl for their spiritual of men In th aggregate rfiamclated from th ethics of th Individual, unleaa such individual accepts arvl'ltv to another's moral conscience. i i hi. arrvllltr In the pat to the dictates of self.reklng rulers that many an unrighteous war haa7een waged.

ro maiwr what tha motive of modern, warfare, Ita very existence calls forth, as in the peat, all th brutal InatlncU In man and, moreover, givee iirn in tha very vlcee which man, ae aa Individual, haa been taught to eschew. For example, I teach my son not to ateal; yet mr In war la condoned. I try to incul cate In my boy a paaioo for the truth at all ttmee; yet In war method or aecepxion are tiractlced and Ilea encouraged to outwit the enemy. The moat vicious of ln- ventlcma for man'a destruction are nauea wun nM and their auinoaa Willli pralaed. al though In th Good Book 'weare taught to took upon, all men as brotrtea ana to or ww-.

iii tns ard If permit my sons te acpt Btate military training I am either cetieenttng to their preparation ror poaaioie soldiery or I am a hypocrite. Fortunately, all of our Stales have not yet caught the con tagion of the WeUh-Slater wu IXDION-AXT MOTHER. Westchester. N. June 5, tem.

Origin of Boche." To rte rflfor of The Se Tor Timet: irtiM. umt weeks ago, eeveral com- anoeared la your eolumas reference to the etymology I wrote to dlstlnguUhed mesa ua eoi-lunii Prnfeasor Aadre of Parla, Member of the Academle des Science, who la as accomplished linguist snd phllolo-gist of contlderabl renown. aeklng. him und me hl view on that much dU- cuaaed subject. I append aa extract from letter' recently received from him.

C. MAILLOUX. New York. June' 1. 111.

(lnclosure.) -Regarding the etymology of Booh, I am aurprlaed to that there are so many dlattngulahed phllologlsta Is the rnlted State ready' dlecu it. In France 'It I generally admitted that tt come from Alboche and that Al- bochn la a slang word In Paris for. All- maud." Moreover, thla eleng word probably came from" Almuche." th termina tion much being of common uee la slang; for Inatance. say, Menll much" for Menllmorttant' Ther. sre other theortea Som even wert that Boch waa the name a Oerman tribe, and In fact there are persons In Germany who call themselves Bosche," for example: The Slms-Boscb Company, manufacturers of electric motor for nutcmoblle.

Hut. tet my part. I be Ilev in th PfrUlan etymology that ere back to. Almuche." In the workshops of Parie the wei-d Boche we uoed eom time before tt' rteacrtbe the-Oer- maa werklcgroen. ANDRE ELOXDKU Farta, May 10, il.

THE. NORTH 'SEA BATTLE. English Frankness Contrasted with German Misrepresentation. Queens University. Kingston.

Ontario, June 5. 1916. We Editor of Tke Xtw York Tim: Permit me te make a few comments on the contentions of the German Admiralty official, reported In a recent issue of Ths Times. His object is to sustain the official German account of the battle, te discredit the British Admiralty account, and to impeach the veracity of the statement of British losses. The British official statement com prises th following toeada: The battle was for the British primarily an affair of battle cruisers and of one division of superdreadnoughts the Warsplte di vision; the grand fleet was not effec tively engaged; the German fleet retreated, leaving Jelllcoe in command of the scene next morning; the British losses were one.

battle cruiser of th Lion class (the Queen Mary,) two battle cruisers of the Inflexible class, three predreadnought cruisers of th Defense type, and eight destroyers. The. battle fleet, less one unit, was Intact, and. after coaling, ready for aea. The line the German official takes Is that this last statement is absurd, for with the admitted British losses and the hammering of a three or four hours' fight it hi Inconceivable that there should not be considerable damage.

But this argument Is based on the theory that the engagement was between the two grand fleets. If we accept the British version and consider It as Beat-ty's vanguard against the German grand fleet then we must equate the losaea Of this vanguard with the losses of the German vanguard or battle-cruiser division. Confirmation that the grand fleet un der Jelllcoe was not effectively engaged can be obtained from the statement of Gunner Kutx of Admiral Sheer's flagship. After describing the sighting of the British cruiser, division, he says "at 5:45 o'clock our flagship fired her first salvo." and he goes on to relate that half an hour later the Warsplte squadron of five or six' battleships came Into action. The heavy gun action lasted from 6 till 10:30.

says Gunner Kutx, snd then "suddenly I saw the whole horizon filled with ships as far as my eyes could We had run into the whole British battle fleet." A naval expert can aay better jihan the present writer whether, at night In misty weather, it was possible for Jelllcoe to engage effectively. One would Imagine that it waa essentially a. time for destroyers. And that waa the course the battle then took, after Jelllcoe bad tried some range-finding shots in th dark and mist. What did the German fleet do? Under Officer Daunert of th Westfalen says that his ship, heading the fleet, turned Its nose at 1 A.

M. and made 'for port. This Is, however, what tha German Admiralty official characterises as the childish statement that the British main fleet was not engaged and that we ran from them." The facts speak for themselves," says he. They do; for. as he says himself, the fight hsd been at first a running fight and northward; the German fleet was then well-nigh two hundred miles north from Its base, and it arrived home, a he himself says, in the forenoon quite fair traveling.

More over, as the fight had been a running fight north, the part of Gunner Kuts's story which describes their course, along sn avenue of biasing British ships must have been a return Journey southward. And now for the score. we. take admitted losres on both the Get-' man tonnage (s 68.000, the British 113.000 tons. This rs very near the three-to-two proportion between the British snd German fleets which Churchill adopted as the standard before the war.

On their own showing th Germane, though they may. claim the advantage which Beat- ty's tmrtty gave them In the Hrst part of the action, have gained nothing In the'war of attrition. Hence th en deavor of theGerman account te em phasise Britain's losses and damages Hence, perhaps, the of th frankness of the British Admiralty. Meanwhile an. American correspondent has Interviewed the Captain of th Wsrsplt.

Th correspondent of The Glasgow Herald saw her return to port. Has any one claimed to have seen the HIndenburg? LECTEUR. The Russian Soldier. To tkt Editor of TU ym Tor Timn: In respaet to the letter of Joseph Dallnda and of Louts t.upenburg concerning the merit of the Ruailan soldier, there can be found In a lif of Genera! (Chine) Oordon. written bv Archibald Forbes, extracts from lettera of Gordon to hi friends at home In which he describes th valor of th Rueatan troops In th Crimean war In th atrongeat and highest terms, I It not th general opinion of military writers that the Russian Infantry ar not at all liable to panic? Th campaign of Eylan and Fried- land alone teatlfle te th valu or in kus-in uldiar.

Is tt not considered that Rus sian casualties In the war modern Europe In orooortlon to th numbers engaged haw been greater than thoa of any other Individual 8 Later Dr. Dillon, a great authority international affairs, has aatd. 1 defend ing h. Russian Army axalnst attacks la the British press, that th relations between tne Russian soldiers and their of Hear war kinder and more human than those of any other army In Europe. EDMONO MAGUIRE.

i Montgomery. N. June 13. 8tone's Disclaimer. To tkt Editor of Tke Tork My attention ha been called to th fact that a book entitled Ths War and th Jaws In Russia' published by th National Workmen's Commltte on Jewish Right, contain my nam among others aa a member of the Committee on Publicity.

Aa this Implies that I am part author of th book, or at least had some connection with It publication. I wish publicly to disclaim any responsibility or credit which may attack to it. having declined permit th use of my name In connection with this publication, th content of which had no opportunity to examine (let a- contribute to) until I purchased a copy, Brooklyn. June 10. Wis.

N. I BTONE. HELLAS. Greece, old Greece, thou changest not, though nations fall and rlset Or if thou dost, we'll mark it not. but gaze with willful eyes.

-One view of thee is pictured there, and time that view endears: We would not see thee as thou art, nor note thy flying years. We know strange ships thy harbors ride, strange tongues thy markets 7 ni; Strange legions march throughout thy coasts, and keep thee trembling, 7, 7 7 7-' We know the envious world hath robbed thy towers of all their pride. That from th wreck of what waa thine tho burning cheeks would hid; Yet try voice that stirs In thee can oply meet the ear As echoing those classic tones that we shall never hearr And thou for aye shalt be the land thy first-born loved so well More wonderful than this dull tongue or this dry pen can tell! Jt. O. DU BO 13.

i PACIFISM -THE REFUGE OF Why Demand for Aliens the Right Privileges Are Not By K. K. RITTENHOtnE. President Lif Extension Institute, Tork. June 14, 1916.

Te tk Editor of Tk Xtw Tork Tima: Mr. Samuel Joseph takes me to tsskj in your columns for my views briefly expressed In Ths Times upon patriotism. national unity, and the overloading of the melting pot. In doing so he baa given us a striking example of the wis dom and need of the efforts now being made to revitalize our benumbed and palsied national spirit. The gentleman describes himself as a Doctor of Philosophy and also as Chairman of the Committee on Naturalisa tion and Citizenship of ths National As sociation Of Jewish Social Workers.

Obviously he Is engaged in a worthy cause and Is doubtless doing much good In his But what sort of loyalty is this teacher imparting to these new citisens? Perhaps It la of the right kind, but If we are to Judge by his letter, ha fits very neatly into the indictment of those well-meaning but wrong-beaded individuals who in the name of peace are spreading the seeds of disloyalty. We learn that the suggestion that for eign Immigration should be adjusted to eur economic needs and to our capacity to properly fuse and assimilate the newcomers Into our citizenship Is unwelcome. Even the presentation of statistics to indicate the magnitude and importance of the problem brings We find patriotism belittled and referred to as word to Juggle with, a stalking horse, and so on. The movement to. prepare our country against war is described as the entering wedge of, militarism and designed to benefit the business classes.

sort of Americanism is this? In the development of our liberties we have reached the point where candidates for public office are threatened with th foreign vote In the Interests a foreign where educated people are teaching American boys and naturalised citizens that patriotism Is a sentiment to be avoided and that enlistment to fight in the defense of the nation is a crime against humanity. We have reached the point where In the face of national Insult and wrong, with the country on the brink of war, the President is unable, for economic or other reasons, to secure 20,000 volunteers to increase the regular army. We have reached the point where such States as Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona are unable to supply the President with the small volunteer militia force for which he hss asked for th purpose of protecting their own people against th murderous attacks of foreign outlaws. What a happy condition How It must please the distinguished gentlemen who are opposed to preparedness What Joy It must have given them to team that over 1X Tcxans wer to be punished for failing to Join the colors for the defense of their own State If It Is wrong to enlist. It must be right to desert.

Why not tell the Immigrant and the American boy the truth? Why. not make them understand that the first duty of the citlxen is not to humanity at large. but to that portion of humanity which 7 JAPANESE SENTIMENT. OneVyho Knows, the People Says It -r -leDecldedly Friendly. -T tkt Editor nflkt! Xtw York Tlmtt: I have a friend and eorreepondeet who for th past fifteen yeera haa served as a la one of th Interior cities ef Japaa.

His work is largely among th mlddl Intelligent class ef people, and la douWie better qualified, by hie long reaidenc and association among them to form a oorreat opinion aa to their sentiments than on who ha not had such apnortunltlaa. In a recent letter 1 asked him what thought about Japanese sentiment with reference to America, and 1 copy his reply from a letter Just received. W. S. B.

Harrimaa, Jun 10, 1910. Tou ask about th real Japanese sentiment toward America. I do not pretend to be a politician, nor do I think any on Is abl to dogmatize on thl question. It Is presumable thHt th beet papers reflect public opinion, bat 1 doubt If that la th tru aa In every country where liberty of the press la allowed there at hotheads who ar ready to fly off on th allghtest occasion. Naturally they get Into th papers and make a stir, and that la what some newspaper men like.

I have many level-beaded men aa my good friend, to whom I can lain frly. Judging from what I hear them say 1 bellevt th real sentiment is' decidedly friendly, but to aay th worst of It, Uiey feel that friendship toward AmerUa is necessary to their national life. Two or three years ago there waa tiro when 1 really feared trouble. 1 sympathise with the Japanese In their reeentment of th treatment they revived at the hands of eur law-makersespecUIly In California. .1 also sym-pathls with the CaUfomlana In not Wanting to be overrun by Japanese.

Nothlns short Of a serious Insult would drive the Japanese to war with th United States. America ought to be above giving another nation an Insult. Th ordinary Japanese consider that It would an easy matter to whip th United State. They admlra German a soWlers, but look Sown upon th British and th Americans. The- American.

hover, la the Ideal' business man with Sewing Machines, Needed. Frfiiorof Tkr Xtt Tork Tlmnr, Th sewing shops of th Now Tork Association for Improving th Condition of th Poor ar greatly la need of several Itght-runnlng sewing machines. The purpose of these shops la to provlds work for women! who, for one reason or another, ar unable I work to regular occupations. Th articles they make era used for hospital and similar nistllutlone. Any on who ha a light-running machine In fair condition would rendering a distinct ervlc to the sseocls-tloa by sendlns It to th hop.

which 1 lo-cated at 4uS West Twentieth Street. IMI MARIE BKI'RRE. ttupertntendent of New Tork, May SO. 131- Three Degrees of To tke Editor of Tkt Xeu Tork Timet: Th exhortation Miss Edith A. Relffert.

Presideat of the Women Oar-man' Descent," deserves th earfui alien Hon ef all Americana. Miss Relffert. al other things, fcs quoted a aaylng, Oo xpect more of an American than pacta of Hottentot, and He expects more of an Americas Oerman deceat than II xpect an American of any other d. It cannot be that there ar only tf.re dear) of worthiness in th eye of God tbst of Americans of German descent, of American of all other dens. and.

nf llotlentote! E. FIlAWK. Sew TorS. June 2. IQto.

The German from the New Terk Slaats-Xeltuns. (Rtils Edition.) Thl Is probably th first dm In modern hiatuiy that both th candidates on the Re-pjkllcan ticket wear whisker. I tfcla also avians In publlo oplflon? A smooth-shaven face belongs to the typical to a certain class of Air-ei leans who turn up their when It Is tatir In tendon. Tne boa ever, has aia been regarded aa lh ef usriaaa ma. of Citizenship if Its Benefits and Worth Fighting For? has gathered under the protection of the Stars and Stripes? i A man surrounded by hungry; wolvs must prepar fight or perish, 7 So long as there are lawless and violent Individuals and lawless and violent nations to use force against ua.

obvious- ly when attacked we must us te subdue them or submit to social and national degradation. What sort of an American cot) science is It that demands the privileges ef citizenship and the protection of the Dag and refuses to defend either, oil to approve preparations for others id defend them? Such, people demand peace, and deny the Government the power and means of maintaining It. They are passionately devotedj to humanity, but not to that portion of bu. manlty for which our nation Is directly responsible. 7 They are so fearful of militarism that they prefer to trust' militaristic nations already armed and their own countrymen with armaj for our They" shudder at our military spirit which Is so lifeless that we cannot, in the absence of a stimulating calamity, raise the troops necessary to properly defend our border against Mexican out- rases.

i They demand peace any kind any price. The galley slaves had peace, but thy did not like it. We could live In peace If Japan forcibly took our Pacific pos sessions, aa she did Southern Manchuria, or If Great Britain appropriated our Panama Canal as she did Hongkong, or Germany robbed us of Key West as she did China of Kiao-Chau. a 1 governed and policed as a colony of Jspsn. Great Britain, or Germany.

And this is the sort of peace the ultra-pacifists would prefer to the danger of adequate forces for nattonarVlefense. Americans naturally -love pe--e and abhor war, but for the Amerl- -can It must be the peace of righteousness. Th price of the honors and opportunities of American citizenship is obedience to th law. and loyalty to th flsg In peace and war. Those whose consciences will not permit there to pay the price should not accept the rwsrd.

That some people who favor peace at any price have rendered distinguished service to society and are. Justly admired for their intellectual attainments DUl vriipnaaizc ins senoiwirew v. i.iv... offense. By abandoning our national position they would rob ua of our place and influence in the council' of nations where the issue of universal peace must dcided.

So when Mr. Joseph asks me 'if I be- mrA 1lTa! ritl-- sens as David Starr Jordan. Vy ashing-ton Gladden. Jane Addams, Lillian Wald. and Stephen Wise are.

unpatriotic because they oppoi preparedness. tlie answer is: I do. And this answer will hold so long ss continue to urge a policy that will Jeopardize our honor, our liberty, and our extsteno as nation. K. E.

ACID TEST FOR CONGRESS. k- Will It Help Thousanda of Eager Men Military Training? tit Editor of 1 ke Xr 1 ork Timet: i In ibla Memorial Day addreee the President said that th add test would aooa be Bp-pi lei I to th business men of th country ulriH pormif their mployis to psr- tak of the military training afforded by tha new Array norganlza.ion bill; One pf th most signiricant portion of. thjs bill I a serltwfl whlfh Ukotisa ti sWeiary ef Wsr. to establish camps for. the' military Instruction and training of citlxen of th United states.

iy virtue of this pfogTMlvt leglatatUm a eoraprehertetv chain of training camna can be established throughout th country which, under th exclmdv direction and control of tha War Department, would go far towarj providing a citizenry trained to modern In short, th Flattsburg l-Jes of last Summer la her develpped and Th Military Training Camps Association, 4 Foderst training campa since their Inception In 1913, hss secured th establishment ef training camp for the coming Summer "at even different points extending: from th Atlantic to th Pacific coast, Thiaj association. In Impendent ly of Oovemroentai, aid. has eotuluLtcd "a recruiting campaign for lh camps, snd upward of lS.ooo men hav already enrolled opon the basis of paying their trwn' way. which approximate per man. 'Fifteen thouaand more men are pected to enroll upon the same basis, which means that flO.OuO men will' pa nearly out of their own pockets, for th learnlnsr bow to serve their country in the hour of need.

Nearly l.one employer, representing; l.OOo.Ono employe, hav already signed a declaration furnished by th association, stating that they will allow a reasonable number of tbeiij ma attend th training camp for four weeks without loss of oar and wiOout prejudice to advancement. In its ef forte to democrat lie the camp, a aa to make them avallablo to every able-bodied cltlaen of thsi United Staiea. tli Training Camps Association applied; to Congress In February last, not only for th legislation above mentioned, but for an p-. propria! ion te make It effective and: to meet only th bar expanses of the men. attend-Ins.

It la estimated that, even at this let date, at least GO.000 men weald enroll an adequate appropriation war mad. Aa yet no appropriation bill ha been area Introduced in th House of Representative. Meanwhile thousands of young men. without th necessary means to go, wh with th assured consent of their employers would glaJly 1 a their vacation to their country, ar holding back as th golds day Blip by, Vet a us thor is no assurance that financial assistance will forthcoming toi permit tbem to take th training. And Inimadlal action I necewar if th service Of the yuung man sre to be accepted, -ifor ths camps ar afallabl only wha vacaOons are available, which mean the Summer.

This, then. Is th situation: Thousanda of young men aager I volunteer for military 'training, hundreds of their employers pa-(unmliiir La lac tharn ao. but funds a yet provided by Congreaa. Tt War DirUnnt has dons Its part, by tabllthlng foe camps. th men stand ra1yf te do their part.

Th employers bsv met th'ald tee; handadmeiy. hot their res din- win hav keen In vain unless Coagrss set tee. J. DsJUBT. Undignified Conventions.

tkt Editor of Tkt Xew Tork Tie.y Tour ltrtal of. this morstlns. jerrtltled Macie and lllloal at Chlcsso eioreeea steurstely mr 0m Impresalous 5 w. It was- th fuel National CenvenfeU that I Iimv seen and It waa th mast homlllatlng apectacl that 1 bava ever wsvtohed. It h4 no r.re uliniiy than a al days Mcyl rata.

Why not atari a crusade te tnltlite In tbe u.nrinsr ef hehlins ojur N. tlor.s: vent tons XX Locust, N. Jun 12. 1314. 1.