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article returned Wi V mini ft alt caret send ttamvtfor Vial purport.

MrtllHtlon.Let no plan Unit promises iwioc with

honor lie rejected without it trliil. The

proposal un urmlrtkv i Ith a view

to mediation by three grout republics

of b'outh America Is ewe which this

nation can afford to consider, particti-larl- y

so because It Is somewhat In the

line of that new and desirable applica-

tion of the spirit of the Monroe Doc-

trine which Tin: Sun had the honorof tirplng upon the attention of theWilson Administration when the iiue-tlo- n

was one of Joint Intervention In

Mexican affairs, our.-vlve- s partici-

pating.The principle to which Colonel

Hoohk-elt- 's iiwfttl elTurts hac slvenvitality sotiih of the equator Is not

affected by tho circumstance that the

United Slates Government ttnil ItselfIn position In some wnse to be

Judged, not merely to Judge Hnd act.

The practicability or impracticabilityof the plan depends of course upon

considerations at the present writingunknown; upon the attitude of GeneralHuebta, and Indirectly, but in n Tery

Important detrrce, upon the behavior ofthe Constitutionalist.". Hut when anyway opens out of nu apparent ImpasseIt would be a crime itpainst civilizationnot to weigh Its posibllltos.

The fact that President Wilson andSecretary Bryan, by entertaining theproposal, are compelled to modify theirprevious theories on Hukkta's status,and substantially to recognize tilm,

whatever they may bay about It, Is ofno rreat consequence except as re-

tards their personal pride of opinion.It le the penalty to be paid for initialmistakes likewise personal. The coun-

try can Maud It, if they cau, for thesake of honorable peare.

The Adventures of Or. Foster.In tho April-Jun- o number of the

Unpopular Hcrino some sophisticatedassistant professor who combines n lit-

tle amateur folk lore und anthropologywith his tennis practice while be awaitsthe happy hour of a promotion or agolden marriage, writes h Jeering"Model of Ulvlnntory Criticism" onthose ancient, trusty and well lielovedlines:"Dr. Fos-rur-

. went to GloucesterIn a shower of rnln ;

He stepped In n puddle up to bis middle.And never went theto again."

The nssNtaut professor begins witha fatal error. He assumes that FosTtuwas n physician. Not so works thosimplicity of Mere IOje. "Quack,quack," said the Duck. In the timeof Dr. DiAi oiRis the Implication mightbnvo been clear. Not so in this day,and whether a prophecy, n history oru warning, tho quatrain must bo Inter-preted In terms of this day. Haiti orBblnc, what Is the commonest sort ofdoctor? It is the I'll. 1). and the l.L.D. What, In short, Is the mathematlchieratic value of the lino "Dr. Fnsraiwent to Gloucester"? It Is almost theexact equivalent of "l'hlloophliu ctLegum Doctor." Dr. Foster, then,was a I'll. D. and U.. D. What Is

the etymology of "Foster"? As philol-ogy and tho sequel show. It Is n personlikely to Jump Into a "fose," or ditchas Governor Foss of Massachusetts didIn the fall of 1D1L'. "Fo.ss" and "Fos-ter" nro of ono root.

And what and where Is "Glouce-ster"? Metaphorically, analogicallyand tjymbollcally, It beckons to thuMassachusetts port, to salt llsh, to thosalt sea, and to that still more famousbody of water Salt Klver. There Is also,and this must bo kept In mind by thewutchful Interpretative topographer, itGloucester In New .FromNew Jersey, then, to or toward SaltItlver, wont Dr, Fosn:ii. "In a showerof ruin." This 1 a cornucoplal phrase,a bosom of fertility, such as we expectfrom Diana of the I'plieslans or a now

nrltf or it new freedom."He stepped In a puddle tip to his

middle." That shallow and muddystream tho l'liille, i lie sacred riverof the god of the Sacred Ratio, is apuddle, in art puddling and muddlingare much the same, .Muddling and pud-dling inn bo praetiM'il variously.

will bo found In any diction-iii- j"The.x puddled mid muddled w 1th

III'1 Itil'M '; liliidiillng IiiinIiiiW;Vimd'Ulng "llli corporal Ions"; "mud- -

lng 1n r llroml-.- " and m on. HasuiAtlui ram brought fortlllij? Clearly

k

no; there is Salt Rirer In the back'ground; In tho foreground Is the Platte-Is- h

mud puddle and therein Dr. Fostebis up to the middle of his term. For aPh. D LL. D. and "cherlsher" (Fos-ter), who cherishes dreams great andsmull, must be n lecturer or professoror both.. Such a man Is naturallyhonored, he Is elected to office. In themiddle of his term do waves of mis-fortune (puddle) splnsh on him? "Andnever went theru again," Was not re-elected? Mr. Henry Holt's ingeniousassistant professor concludes that Dr.Foster is "n being of the same orderas Achilles and Wo won'tsay no; wo claim no monopoly of un-riddling. Piit our Interpretation Is atleast as good, even If It seems to pointto a Dlonytdun (Denntslan) fate, n"pelononiHsIn" or naming in mud;hence a popular expression.

Or Is this hydropathic hiker only ourold friend Dr. Facbtus? Submitted respectftilly to that Grand Legionary ofthe Order of Industry Dr. Henry Au-gustine Rkehs, Butfnlonlan exllo Inparts of tho Nutmegs and the only manwho ever rend Joel BARLow's'Colum-bind- "

through. Here is a poetical prob-lem worthy of 'The Thankless Muse."

Vcrn CrttE, a Comparison.The occupation of Vera Cruz, of

which the seizure of the custom housewas the first step, has cost the nnvynot far from the same losses Uint Gen-eral Winfielo Scott sustained in hiselaborate land operations to reduce thecity In February, 1847. Scott'u armyconsisted of 12,000 officers and men ofall branches of the service, and VeraCruz wns defended by a forco of 4,300,half of them regulars, commanded byGeneral Juan Morales. The war withMexico had been in progress for nearlya year. Palo Alto, Rcsaca de la Palmaand Sfonterey had been fought In north-ern Mexico with but slight effect uponthe Issue of the war.

A campaign against tho city ofMexico by way of Vera Cms had be-

come necessary. Scott was to strikehartl from the moment he, landed, nndfor that day his complement of 12,000men was a formidable American army.The landing on the beach wns unop-posed, und tit once ho begnn to InvestVera Cruz, which nt that time wasfortitled by a series of bastions andredans. Heavy siege guns were landedfrom the American transports, and forfour days an almost unremitting tirofrom the American batteries was keptup, to which tho Mexican artillery re-

plied vigorously. Thero was "snip-ing" of the American camp every night,and a Mexican force of 2,000 men wnsrepulsed In un attempt to tako the in-

vaders In the rear from the directionof the Medellln ltlver. Eighteen daysnfter Scorr disembarked his army theMexicans surrendered Vera Cruz. Theirlosses were reported as about six hun-

dred In killed and wounded, but "thesefigures," says Rivkh (In "The UnitedStates and Mexico. 182MR1S")"must bo grossly exaggerated." Thocasualties of tho American uriny weretwelve killed and forty-nin- e wounded,while the navy lost seven killed andeight wounded, a totul of nineteen menkilled nnd flfty-seve- n wounded.

In Admiral Fletcher's operations,not supposed to be an act of war Intheir origin, the American casualtieswere seventeen men killed anil fifty- -

eight wounded, while tho Mexicans lost12(1 killed and lf.1 wounded, a total ofr21. If It is true, us Hives maintains,that the figures given out by the Mex-

icans after the capitulation of 1817were "grossly exaggerated," It seemsto follow that history practically re-

peats itself lu the casualty list; that Isto say, tho losses Indicted tiKn theAmericans by "snipers" In undefendedVera Cruz In 10t4 were about the sameas Scott's casualties, while the lossesof .Morales defending the city withmoro than 4.000 men were no heavierapparently than those of the unor-ganized Vera Cruzlnns whom GeneralMaass left behind him to harry Ad-

miral Fi.etcher'h paclrlc Invaders.

Refusing the Medd of Praise.The perfection of tho Inopportune

and tho unfit was achieved when Rep-

resentative Saunders of Virginia madehis onslaught in the House upon thesoldiers and sailors of tho UnitedStates. Several thousands of thesemeu are risking their lives dully atVera Cruz In the country's service. Agood many of them have been killed,a largo number wounded. UnhappilyIt Is only too certain that hundreds,perhaps thousands of others will pres-

ently fall victims to Mexican bullets.' The callous cruelty of attempting torob the dead und maimed and thosewho are facing death and injury of thocredit duo their courage and devotionIndicates n distorted mental vision, anappraisal of human values alien to thohealthy heart and brain. The st

spirit when It tnkes n per-

sonal rather than an economic directionand assumes to belittle those who fol-

low tho trade of war Is always wrong-heade- d.

It Is untrue to history andto human nature. It makes for ef-

feminate and sordid Ideals. But atordinary times It may be passed oyeras oro sundry other mistaken vlowshehl by welt Intentloned people.

Hut there Is no excuse for the flaunt-ing of such Ideas when the country Isexperiencing tho ordeal of war nndwhen Its mllltury forces nro nctuullyundergoing tho perils and sufferingswhich ennoblo their calling. To saythat they deserve no credit becuusothey only do their duty Is nonsense atany time; It Is rank lugrntltudo In thopresent conjuncture.

If Is refreshing to rend In contrastwith this speech upon the floor of Con-

gress the words of John P. Lane,father of Dennis Joseph Lane, seamanof tho New Hampshire, who was killedat Vera Cruz: "Ho died In n goodcause," said the liereuvod parent, "nndI am proud of him. If I were thirtyyears younger I'd go myself." Prac-tically every one In the country Isproud of Seaman T(nb and his com-rades, whether dead or nit to. Kvory

cam

- Tlfe SUN,' SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1914.

one Is willing to praise them or al-

most every one.Probably Mr. Saunders's district

may be trusted to deal with him as hedeserves at the right time. But thereare a few others who are bewailingunduly this call upon the manhood ofthe country. Let them bo silent untilthe crisis has passed. This is no timefor discouraging the poople or theirchampions.

English for the English.Mr. J. Herbert Thewlis, sometime

Mayor of the English Manchester, Innocently or guiltily asks a Chicago Trtft- -

utte reporter what "swank" means andIf It Is "American slang or English."Wherever In tho land of the free thoInterviewer has tapped him, tho Manchester msn declares "swank" has beenlaid to his charge; and curiouslyenough, "never a reporter saw mo"him. If Mr. Thewlis seriously as-

serts that certain American reportersor insets imve Invented him, all rightIt Is none of our business or pleasureto maintain the theory of his reality,but "swnnk" is Imported English slangfor "swagger," as he must know orwould know wcro ho actual Instead ofActional. Wo nro mighty sorry If hedoubts his existence or doesn't haveany. An Ingenuous mind, Interested Inthe whimsicalities of contemporaryspeech, will Und ou this oblnto spheroidno richer fruitage of It than in Cookcounty. Illinois, the cnptlal of poetry.If Mr. Thewlis truly Is, nnd not afigment of some exuberant Chicago re-porter, we lg him to soak his mind Intho works of the Hon. Increase Eng-

lish Saniiorn. thu Chicago Trf&Mnfi'abaseball historian. In tho very snmonumber In which .Mr. Thewlis ex-

presses his wonder, occur these amongmultitudinous other Sanbornlana:

"Two prollflo peatlcs; piffling pitchingand peg-sing- Lone delivered his quadru-ple blow with two palB on tho runway ;cinched the. gamo right there; while thebugs were hustling;: a chartee to knot thecount; sprinted around the cushions; Itwas a beatific swat all risht and toppedoft a swell day's work by the husky rightgardener: reached third on tho doings;whiffed IUcekma.v for the nrst out; wildpitched Carisch across the pan."

Familiar as be doubtless Is with thevocabulary of Shakesieare, Miltonnud Burke, the former Mayor of Man-chester would have some difficulty Intranslating these gems into fair roiiudEnglish or medium Midlands; nnd whatwould he or anybody else, front JamesBryce to Maurice Hi.wli.tt, Unit wellknown collector of preciosities, do witha glorious soaring rhapsody like this:

"The big southpaw let In a third runwith a wild pitch rfnd blfiw the tylnjr tnllywithin ncorlnu distance In the sixth with1a looso chuck past Hat. Chase. With thatout of his system IIussell settled downand would have held the game to eightand n half Innings If Huck Weaver hadnot mode a high shot over Lord's head Inrelaying tho ball back after Leluxlt'bthree baso knock over Home's dome.There wasn't a soul looking for such athrow, consequently nobody bucked upthird. That blunder would have pio-long-

tho battle Indefinitely If Collinshad not objected In the form of a circuitclout In the homo ninth."

This rare nnd radiant English hasn'tbeen studied enough; hasn't been stud-ied at all In England. The Rhodesscholnrs haven't carried It to Oxford.

Yet, "how strange It seems nnd new."Won't some philanthropist found ntthat university or at Cambridge a pro-fessorship of Sitnhornese and oilierhieratic baseball lauguage?

Geuernl Tracy.General Benjamin F. Tracy at S4

Is an inspiration for all men to patrl-- 1

otic endeavor. Since he first took pub-lic otllco in 1853 he has given uiistlnt-Ingl- y

of his thought, his will, his en-

ergy to his country, und always to thecountry's profit. He fought throughthe civil war with honor, nnd thenachieved even greater distinction asthe upbullder of tho modern Americannavy. Ho was n leader In tho move-ment for strong sen jwwer for the Uni-

ted States, and under his administra-tion nearly till tho ships which took,part In the Spanish war, some of thogreatest lighting machlues of theirday, were constructed. To-da- y hiscourage und spirit remain undlmmedby years. Ito Is ns outspoken ns everforo national murlttmo force propor-tionate to tho greatness and tho re-

sponsibilities of tho eoimtry. Hissoundness of Judgment Hkewlso re-

mains unimpaired. His view of thorecent blundering Mexican policy dis-

plays robust good sense ns distin-guished from sublimated theory. ButIlls sense of the duty of every man tostand by tho Government is none tholess resolute. Let us hope that formany yearn to como General Tracywill continue to bo an exemplar of pub-

lic spirit and a wlso counsellor to biscountrymen.

The Theatrical Season.Few theatre managers would pretend

that tho season now drawing to n closehas been generally prosperous, althoughthere have been Isolated cases of goodfortune. Managerial success Is morewidely heralded than the costly fail-

ures of prospective enterprise.A play which cost Its orlglual pro-

ducer somo scoro of years ago n smallforttino Is Just now delighting tho town.It might bo possible to conclude fromIts present success that tho public Isnow educated to appreciate brilliantdialogue us It never wns before. Sincesparkling talk Is all that "Lady Win-

dermere's Fan" has to offer, theromight seem wisdom In that conclusion.Thero was a public for "Fanny's FirstPlay" sufficiently largo to keep It onview for months. "How easy, then,should the task of thu manager be";so might tho nnlnltluto reason. "Bril-liant speeches nro whnt tho publicwants now, even If It did tako yearsto acquire that taste."

Thefo would bo only disaster forthe theittro manager who camo to thisconclusion, it Is tho preponderanceof talk, bright and otherwise, In mod-ern plays that has led to the present

disheartened attitude of tho managers.That there aro audiences for the bestof these plays of verbal wit during acertain period is not to be denied; butfor real plays the audience Is pcrmanent, unfailing.

Evidence of this might be found intho present tendency of managers toreturn to the theatro of the despised

ahdou to find material of the kindthat the contemporaneous playwrightsare unwllllns or unable to supply them"Diplomacy," tho English version ofSardou'b "Dora" tho author calledit a travesty of his work has been thomost successful play of tho past fensonIn London, and it Is to be performedambitiously here next season. Thenthe ancient "A Scrap of Paper" willsoon be acted here. So thero aro stillmanagers too wise to bo persuaded bythe success of ono piny of brlillant talkthat tho public has learned to care onlyfor this kind of drama.

A new law has Just been passed bythe Legislature of this Htato (Chapter382, Laws of 1914) Inert aslng tho pen-alty for laying bombs In any placewhere human llfo might bo destroyedby their explojton. The former lawmads soven years Imprisonment thomaximum sentence for this offence unless llfo wcro actually lost. Tho newstatute raises It to twenty years, makingtho crime llo in tho malicious Intentregardless of the result. This severitywas needed to uphold tho authorities Intheir effort to nut down a' most Inhuman nnd particularly elusive form ofcrime. Tho punishment is none toosovcro for those found guilty, and thoexample of their fate, it is to too hoped,will have a terrifying effect on thocownrdly wretchen who tnko this meansof wre-dkln- vengeanco or practisingextortion.

Some one In London has Just pnldf210 for ono of tho lost letters thatNelson wtoIo to Lady Hamilton beforehis death at Trnfulgar. Thero Is some-thing Ironic In this when one thinks ofwhat that sum or even a tenth of Itwould havo meant to tho woman Inthoso last squalid days at Calais.

The reform that destroys is lcautl- -fully illustrated In the Kentucky

situation. Idealistic leglslutlonbus driven a hundred oompunlcs out oftho Statu and killed the business. Thounderwriters say parts of the Gret'n-Glcn- n

net arc Intolerable nnd they wiltwrite no policies until the objoctlonablosections aro nullified. Tho State au-

thorities refuse to coinpromi.se. Meun-tlm- o

no lnaurunco can bo got In theStutc; business men um neither makenew loans nor renew old one.s. Finan-cial Oliaos impends. But tho progres-sive spirit is duly elate.

Lapa Is a, surprise. In Itusslan dances.Headlinr.Tho .real surprise Ms that anything

Should surprise in the dunces of

Representative .1. IlAtrrr.N Moorb ofPennsylvania tells the American So-

ciety for Thrift that wo ro a "spend-ing people." What we spent on gew-gaws in the last tlvo years would havepuld for tho Panama Canal. Very true,but how would tho Panama Canal bebuilt If wo didn't spend money, andwhut would bo the use of It? Spendingmoney makes money. Wo could notgrow rich through moro hoarding.

It might socm that this country hadenough on its hands ut present with-out Inviting further International com-plications by exporting :i troop of hotel"turkey trotters" to London to dancefor tho diversion of thrlr visiting coun-trymen. Tho peril of tho projected In-

vasion lies chiefly In tho Hiperlurlty oftho American performers In this Held.Tho London tnngo nnd onestep ob-

served hern do not compare favorablyIn graeo of execution or originality ofsteps with tho native brand. May .therivalry lewd to no serious results I

TUi: "ttVTTKUVhV."A S)nilolle ami Saccharine Metnmor-plint- h

and evolution.To tiik Kditoii or Tiik Si'N Sir: May

I add a word In defence of the "butter-fly"? Tho culmlmitWR of woman's lifeInto tho butterfly stage fnreshadowH theheight of her exlsleneo and complete con-formity to nature's lawn. In tho greatoutdoor world th pasting of tlm rubto chrysalis and then awakening Into tlmbutterfly 1s all too familiar an occurrenceto Justify comment, but tho metamorphosisof woman warrants attention

History Is replete with the gruhllkewoman of bygone days, existing yet, ofcourse, among our Oriental neighbors,when man lifted up Ida olro i.nd sheobeyed. Here and there among the grubsono was transformed centuries ahead ofher sisters: wltncas Delilah of the shears,und ljuecn Kllzubeth, at whose nod andsign gentlemanly he.iJs fell with a thud.Kvo herself was a bit papilionaceous, lorwas not her avldlous ehitch on tho npphiof knowledge a lllng at freedom from thowatchfulness of man? Tho witchcraftoutrages nt Salem attest , the deathliketorpor of tho aurellun woman In our owncountry. Other nations offer epochs ofequal horror.

Casting off this lethargy woman hascome Into her own. Tho trial of her new-found wings has been pleasurable andgayly sho sips lier nectar from fashion,the arts and tho admiration of man.

Some, of moro daring typo or strongerwing, havo flown u length beyond nuordinary butterlly'fl flight and seek todrink the awect of casting a vote likeunto man. When thts honeyed romlltcloys the tasto tho gods alono know whatsaccharlno novelty will appeal; tho Del-phic oracle la mute. " Ltdia II. Gale.

Albany, April 21.

Champ Clark and the Czar.To tub Kniron or Tm: Sun sir: In

answer to tlm unnamed gentleman whocriticises In Tiik Hvm to-d- some com-ment previously made by mo on ChampClark, who spoko up hi my dlsltlct Sun-day last, I would say, I quoted him as bvThe Hun's report, of dato of April 2o.In case Tina Hun was quite In error. 1

was also; It iloes seem, however, likodollars to doughnuts that tho habit, longestablished, of old Now Yorkers, to be.llovo what thsy seo In Tun Hun, 'gives,a good basis for such comment oh I I t.dulgcd In. Your paper Monday quotedSpeaker Clark ns follows; "I firmly

that In less than ten years therewill bo a Duma In St. Petersburg thatwill put tho Czar out of business." ,&c.

New Yoiiic, April 24. T. W. n., . i

The Author of "The Volunteers. "To tub KotTon or Tiik Hun sir: The

stnnzas entltlod "The Volunteers" werowritten by tho Itov. Dlmund It. fears,D. IX, who at the tlmo of tlio war withMexico was a clergyman In tho town ofWuyland, Mans. "J. II. P." Is right In thocorrection hu suggests. v. U. it.

IJoston, April 21., i .

I'p Front the Languid Meatqun Stmt.Up from the languid Mextque sens

AVhat sound Is this our hearts abhor?Loud wafted on he southern brceie,

It Is thu sanguine. oIco nf War!

Our honor, this we hold In trust,IJcqucathcd by valiant sires to sons,

So, since ye must, aye, sluco yo must.Break, O c battle shotted guns!

Cmhtuii Scollard,

Mtt. DOVE'S METAMORPHOSES.An Extraordinary Incident In the Ltvet

tit Several Philanthropists.Mr. A. Carnegie, while walking In

Klfth avenuo yesterday afternoon, wasset upon by n largo and ungainlyfeathered biped, which slapped him onMio back and with an offensive air offamiliarity exclaimed;

"Oimrno yer claw, olo topi"Mr. Carnegie's first thought was to

summon help, but as ho was about todo so his ussallnnt suddenly fixed histalons In Mr. Carncglo's coat lulls ondflow with hlin over Central Park nndto a roosting place overlooking Morn-Ingsld- o

Heights.Mr. Carneglo was not Injured In

transit, but his conductor after themanner of a shrlko scratched htmslightly while Impaling him on a largothorn projecting from tho material oftho roost. It was some tlmo beforeSir. Carneglo. recovered his presence ofmind. When ho did ho glanced aroundhim and was surprised to sco u numberof his acquaintances depending likehousehold ornaments around the edge oftho roost.

Among them wero tho Hon. NicholasMurray Hutler, the Hon. Henry Clowe,the Hon. William J. Urennlngs, thoHon. Charles W. Halt-bank- WilliamDean llowells and several other earnestadvocates of universal peace.

"My frlelids," bald Mr. Carnegie, "whatIs the meaning of this astounding cir-cumstance?"

"Mr. Carnegie," replied Mr. Butler,"you can search me."

"How the dovll can I search you whileI nm hanging hern like a wasp nest Ina museum?" demanded Mr. Carnegie,somewhat Irritably.

"Gentlemen, Kcnrlemenl" exclaimedthe strangd bird that hud carried Mr.Carneglo to this extraordinary meet-ing, "do not Iosq your tempers. I am

for your'prerence here.""Who are you?" asked Mr. Fairbanks."Do you. then, not recognlzo me7"

said tho strange bird. "I nm tho Doveof Peace."

Tho company looked at tho bird Inamazement. It had a great hookedbnak and heavily hooded eyes. Itsclaws wero long and sharp. Its colorwas mottled frroy and Its dimensionswero thoso of an Andean condor.

"I havo fed tho Dove of Peace formany years and furnished n whole set-tlement of btrdhouses for It to roostIn." ut length said Mr. Carnegie. "Youwill see that I don't contradict you. butyou bonr smull resemblance to my llttlofriend."

"Yet T am not an Impostor," repliedtho bird. "I nm undergoing n processof expansion which accounts for myunfamiliar appearance."

"What! A new makeup?" inter-estedly nsked Mr. rirennlne.

"Hvcn so.'' said the Dove. "Andwith my new makeup I havo acquiredsome new lines tho propriety of interi-m? which I deslro to expound to you.My llrst thought was to Invite all of youto dinner, but I retlectcd tlint If Idid each would want to make a, speech.I do not wunt to hear a speech fromany of' you. i?o I adopted the course ofcollecting you here, where I havo rnudemy homo for somo time, partly becauseof the dictates of prudence and partlybecuuso In my present frame of mindthis moro natural place of habitationbus seemed to me more comfortablethan tho (highly artificial cages In whichI havo been welcomed for some time.

"Gentlemen, no matter how much Ithurts, you will bo silent for a time orI'll peck ye."

Knrnestly desiring peace, nil remainedsilent.

"lpor somo time," paid the Dove ofPeace, "I havo felt a change comingover my disposition and noticed a dis-

tinct iilteratinn In my point of view."This transformation began several

years hko, not long nfter our friendMr. Diaz quit that nation to the southof us for whoso peoplo we now bear aso well advertised love.

"At llrst Its effects were .slight, and Insomo Instances transitory. Hut eachrecurrent Incident of Its progress niadagreater 'headway und affected me moroImportantly.

"Purely mental In the beginning, thisstronger reformation of my dispositionsoon caused a considerable alteration Inmy conformation.

"My beak, once useful only for thotransfer ol vegetabln foods to my de-partment of tho Interior, assumed aconsistency nnd a hook that 111 suited Itfor that purpose. It became betterndupted to tearing and rending. Myeyes, oncu unprotected fiom thu glareof the noonday sun, were shaded soonby these notable brows. My pedal ex-

tremities enlarged and grew powerful.My wings altered hi shape. My de-meanor became stern and unyielding.

"These, things limy seem strango toyou, gentlemen, but they nro all In Wiecourso of nature. Tho truth must boupp'trent to you, ns It Is to me.

"The salient fact is that I was bornan eagle. In my youth and early daysI lived tho freo nnd venturesome llfoof my kind. I cared llttlo for tho re-

finements of luxury, but gave my af-fection to the vast open spaces ofheaven und earth. 1 knew no coop orcage, but nested on the Inaccessiblepeaks of thoe mountain ranges thatdlvldo my nattv land generally Intothree parts.

"In thoso days my hank roll wasnegligible, but my ambitions were likemy Might high.

"I recognized no man as master nndknew no law save andhonor.

"How It came about that my Inbornand natural characteristics were con-cealed In not plain to nut; but I becamnacquainted with luxury, and, seducedby Its ullurcments, I made a real ondsuccessful attempt to appear other than1 was.

"I was Induced to pop my eyes out,to lllo my beak off, to submit mynethermost extremities to tho nrt ofthe pedicure. I bleached my feathers,following well authenticated precedents,and sought to comport myself as asquab.

"How successful I wns you know.All of you wero deceived and acceptedmo as a Dove. Perhaps you did notInquire very closely; you rejoiced ntmy apparent weakness and my docility,nnd wero anxious to bo deceived foryour own purposes.

"As for me, I enjoyed t'ho llfo ofenso that you provided for me. Will-ingly would I bnvo continued In it.Hut, gentlemen, Mother Nnturo maybe bullied for n time, but eventuallyshe will havo her way. An Eagle maymusquerado ns n Dovo for a' while, butIn tho end its Innate Instincts mustassert themselves.

"This rellectlon came to mo whenat tlrst 1 observed the reversion I wasundergoing. It led nm to withhold fromany attempt to check tho process. Iteven caused mo to old It In tls prog,rrss. I huve shaken olt my unstintedhabit, and 1 soar abovo you lu my trueIncarnation 1"

With these words tho Kaglo soaredto tho top of tho Cathedral of St. Johnthe Divine and waved Its wings majes-tleull- y

ut Us wondering guests, Hav-ing done thN. It returned to the roost.

"I should bo nyhamrd to bo guilty oftrickery or deceit," said the noblo bird.

"frou fehtiamen have been Wnd to me,and suffered ntany a fit of Indigestionfor my sake. Bo, knowing the dlfUcultyof getting any of you to listen If youhad a chance to talk, I adopted thosenemo or wnicn you aro aware mtirinir vnn hr Vnw I shall returnyou to the places from which you weretaken. You shall surror no morro. leione warning I lcaro with you. Heedmy words;

"Never again try to convince thewnrM Mint natlnnnl Vllrd maintainedby your Uncle Samuel Is anything except a full grown Eagior-TB-

CANAL tX WAK TIME.

Existing Treaty entitles Vt to Close ItAgatntt Enemlei.

Ta rim Mnrerw ni Tits' 8tIK Sir: Intho debate ,m the toll bill Mr. Underwoodcontended that If we admit the canal tobe an international highway open to allnatloris on eual terms for commercialpurposes we must therefore admit It tobe a highway for tho enemy If we becomebelligerent, or, ns ho put It, "tho canalIn tlms of war would become a liabilityInstead nf an ajtsAt," The strategicalposition of the canal makes Its completemilitary control by us a vital weapon Inour scheme of national defence, and Itsuso or possession by an enemy n cor-respondingly powerful weapon against us.For these very reasons Mr. Underwood'sposition was absurd from tho standpointof International law, a well settled prin-ciple of which Is that any provision of atreaty putting the, safety or a nation indanger Is Ipso Jure voidable. Wo aretherefore entitled with perfect honor totako any measures at the canal whichthe military exigencies of tho case

'

That Great rtrltaln anticipated wo wouldCake this position1 If we. becamo u belliger-ent I think the paper In the case makeclear. Tho Clayton-Uulw- treaty of1850 provided for a completely neutral-ized canal; It prohibited assumption andexerclso of sovereignty, colonization, ex-clusive control nnd fortification ; militaryprotection was assumed Jointly by theparties to the contract, with provision fortho admission or other nations to thebenefits du submission to tho terms. Thtstreaty 'was abrogated In 1002 and re-placed by tho present treaty, whose objectas stated therein waa to remove tho ob-jections in tho old treaty to tho construc-tion of a canal by our Government, andw hich did remove tho objections .enumer-ated.

Fortification not prohibited by our pres-ent treaty and excluslvo management,regulation .and military occupation sanc-tlonc- d

by it are utterly repugnant to neu-trality In the event of our becoming abelligerent. If the treaty permits thomeans It cannot logically be Interpretedto prohibit the end, therefore the militaryprovisions of tho treaty must bo construedus applied to belligerents other than thet'nlted States, and Mr. Underwood's tlo

ud absuntum, that the highly de-veloped logical senso of Colonel Uoothalsand Ids force would compel them to lockthrough a .lapuneso fleut for a descentupon ?'cw York, was worthy of "Alice InWonderland." B. IL Corner.

Kuzaubtii, X. J April 21.

IXITED STATES AXD CAXADA.Offlclal Statement or Opinion of the Move-

ment of Immigration.To this Kditor or Titc Sun Sir: In

view of tho recent statements lie tho Con-gress of the United States and the news-pap-

controversy over the movement ofUnited States ecttlcra to Canada andCanadian settlers to tho United States,the enclosed statement, made on February10, 19H. by Mr. J. Hruco Walker.

Government Commissioner of Im-migration at Winnipeg. Manitoba, will beof Interest to tho public ennerHlly.

You will note that Mr. Walker saysthat the Dominion Government Is Just ascareful In compiling reports of settlersgoing out of Canada as thoe coming in.and he gives you exactly tho tlguies ofthe movement, which can hardly b dis-credited by any general statement. I

hae every reason to bellevo that hisfigures uro to all intents and purposesabsolutely correct and thut they repre-sent accurately tho movement to Canadaand tho United States:

"It Is quite true that filS.000 Americanscrossed the line Into Canada during thepast six years, but It is perfect noncensoto any that .''94,1100 Canadians moved tothe United States In the samo period.Wo count only an Immigrants to Canadathose who declare themselves Intendingto become permanent Canadian settlers i

and to detlnltely make their homes In .

Canada. The United States authorltita.on the other Hand, enumerate all thethousands of Americans who go back tothe United Stales for a visit nnd It willoccur to you In a moment that It la amighty Important difference. ThoseAmericans who leavo Canada, certainlyleavo Canada; that Is true, but theyleavo to conio back lu a week. In .

In two dus, or two months; theyare not leaving permanently.

"The Canadian Government takes ex-actly the same precaution to enumerateCanadian citizens leaving Canada tor thot'nlted States as it does to enumeratecitizens of the United Stati-- s who leavethat country to pome to Canada. Forinstance, during the year 1H13, l,C3t peo-plo left Canada declaring themselvesIntending to mako their homes In theUnited States, and they took with themiilntity-fou- r carloads of settlers' effects.In the same period 120.0U0 Americansdeclaring Intention to becumo Canadiancitizens entered western Canada ports,bringing with them 7,651 carloads of ef-fects. These facts tell a story better thananything else I can sny." U. J. Kellkt.

New York, April B.

Testimonial.To Tin: KpiTon or Tin: Hi-- Sir,' It

may bo a not Inopportune moment to di-rect tho attention of our distinguishedSecretary of State to the convincingdemonstrations which aro about to beginthroughout Kuropo und Latin America ofthat offectlon ami respect In which allnations must hold a Just people.

PLAlNriKLn, N, J April 21. F. L. M.

Modern Quick Action.To ths Kditoii or Tnc Hrs .Sir: Among

the many practical Improvements In ourof doing thlnin tht so ttinally mark

ths present time none etrlkes mo personallymoro agreeably than tho celtrtty with whichw now jires elothoi.

I csn remember a tlmo when If I de.trod to got my only presentable suit of

tlothes prtiseri I had to go to bed and waitfor It; for In that low aolng tlmo no tailorwould do a Job of that nort or of any sortIn Itii than twenty-fou- r hours; but now ?

Why, now I can etep Into a Ullorshop almmt anynhare, shea my wrinkledhabiliments, and then In twenty-fly- e min-utes walk proudly out wearing clothes r.stored to thstr original sightly mootlmess.

Naw Touk. April :4. Virrx MocsTicna.

Scheme.Ktilcksr How would you finance the war 7

Ilockrr Ta every ono who thinks heknowa how to run It bettor.

The Ilednlnf,from the Century.

I hoar you, UrottiT, I hoar you,Down In tho alder swamp.

Bprlnilng your woodland whtstlaTo herald Ihn April pompl

First of tho moving vanguard.In front of the spring ou come.

Whero flooded waters sparklo,And streams In tho twilight hum.

You sound tho note of tha choruslly meadow and woodland pond.Till, ono after ono up.plplng,

A uiyilad throats rotpond.1 em you, llrother. I eo vou.

Wttlt scarlst tinder your wing,I'lseh through tho ruddy maples,Leading tha pageant of tprliig.Karth has put oft her raiment

l Intry and worn ond old.Tor the robe of u fair young albyl,

fencing 111 srevn und gold.

I heed you. llrother, To.niorrewI too. In the areat employ.

Will ehed my old tout of sorrowFor a brand now curment of Joy.

Hum Camus,

MEDALS TORN EYES

TO NAPOLEON'S DAYS

Boys and Girls Preparing T!,says In Contest Open to

All Schools.

MORE PICTURES TO-PA- T

Stndles of Tonngr Writers Mhby Additional "SniiM T.

lustrations'.

Othtr wars besides the Mexican e.inftare occupying; the attention of many s,and firls of Greater New York ihiritetheir leisure hours. Stimulated bv ttessay competition for medals arranged by

Tits Surf In celebration of the N'upolegli

Bonaparte centennial, they have brnstudying with the irrcatest leal the I f,of tho most celebrated warrior of iretrr.times.

On April 50, 1814, Napoleon badi fart-wri- t

to his faithful old guard and 'tart'ijfrom Fontalnnbleau for the Islen1Ktba. He arrived there on May 4 The

train of events leading to this crlsh Ithis llfs rs portrayed vividly both rjpictures nd text In the magazine pctlie.

f The Sundat Svn of April 13. In thesame section of 's issus willfound the story of Napoleon's byrlioe4and youth.

These Illustrated weeMy articles wflicontinue durlnr ths contest and will foe. efthe Kreutest service to tho? thoturhtfnloontestants who take the trouble to nuthem carefully.

Tits Run asks tha artiool childrenNew York city: What la ths verdlot es.Napoleon to-da- Tho exact questionthat It asks 1st Was Napoleon L tia,greatest man of modern times, end at anwhy? If he was not, why nott

(Id, Sllrer and Bronre Metate,To .the boys and girls of ths city wi

send In ths best answers to this qriry ta.

essays not exceedlni; S00 words The Senwill aw-Ar-d three (told medals, bIj silvermedals and sixty bronze md.ils. Tha de

sign Is si huidsome one. On the face e!

the medal are tha words "lsay Otntes','with "Tub Pf.v" beneath. In tha rf.tre of the medal one tt tin run r'hlabove two mountain peaks, with bodtof water In the forcKround. At th

of the medal are the figures "IJHIn the centre of laurel wreath. On the

reverse a!do aro tho words "Awarded to.

with space for the name of the wi ire.Competitors will bo divided into tlr't

classes, according to age. There will b

no contest among tna classes, only .iwrtha boys .nd gtrl in each class. 1o Wi

ners lu each class a gold mdv tosilver medals and twenty broiu tr.eaaKwill be awarded.

Class 1 will consist of boys and s'r'!aged II, IS, 16 or 17 yeats whi atlriany school In Ureater New Tork X

scnolar oer 17 will be admitted to tscontest.

Hoy? nnd girls who sre 12 or 13 vei"old will form Class 2.

Tho third clars will consist of Imys asdgirN of 11 ycaib ir under.

Competitors Miould remember thiboy or ,i girl Is II je.irn old tint ' t' 'her twelfth birthday, 12 until ih t'teentli birthday hiiiI on, Thus ,i v inow attending school In the great- -

who has not reached his or her elp1 nt

hltthdoy Is eligible to compete. H iboy or girl entering must bo on aroll.

Open to All rhoole.As to the hind of school there i o "

strlction. The Scv wants theof boys nnd girls in puMn r'- -

and parochial elementalmar or high school grades', proi l CI1'

they mane within the ace 11ml'Assays must not exceed .Mai "'.!

may bo of any length under tha' r 'length will have nothing to d w ' 'Judgment passed upon them T - :will consider only Uio thou?'"" rJ "reasoning and argument of th wr r

Tho contest will close , V i'1and nil essays must bo sent l,vthat day. This give every c" .")' 'month to prepare and rubmlt an "JThe prize winners will lo 4soon as posslblo after the c!o s ' v

Kssiiyfl rhould be written lec neach boy and girl must s:nn ' t rname, home address, age and t

Each competitor must "l-- o petr" 'algn the following declaration a' 1"torn of bis essay :

"I give my word of lwior it tMessay abovo Is original with nic

lCssjya MUST lie written or er

side of each sheet of paper u"j P"-- '

roll up your essay In sendu g t ' T"Su.s Send It flat If you .an, '

you must: but If It is rolled It w.l' " 'considered.

Should Keep Copies nf !;

Tin Sun will not return p' '!Kach boy ami girl who wih 'ra copy of the contribution ' ' ' ' ''

contest. All ts'-- offered I ' ' vtest lire to be the propert o' I'll s "

with the privilege to publ sh w le ":

In part.At the top of the flrft paa- - ' '

essay should be written plalnUIn which the writer falls, a 'iage.

Essay of Klfl words are not !o- - F "

properly to allow etenive irso It Is a rule of the contet t'iniiHt not bi long ciuti" f

source. A sentence or two q- -- .

any work on Napoleon Is rut t 'slblc, but If the Judges Und tw ' 'paragraphs riunted lmdil f' ' r'writer they will reject th . -- a

Kssays should be addrKrl ' ' "

Contest, Tnr. SH'N, 1 To Nan ''"'New York "

There Is only one othfr cord ' v '

Is, that each esay be nlgne 1 l ' ' 'of the school In which the ct- '.- -

enrolled. The teacher's 'C'certify that the author i ;i i

school and of the age gi'" 'like this Is suggested .

"I certify that T"'Is enrolled nt -

years old." ,

This shall be copied si tl - "

the last sheet, to be sl- g- ' ' 'taacher.

NAPOLEON PICTURES PRAISED

Hid Much to Arouie Viilitli'I'lipUs1 Intm-s- t In Conic I.

Tho publication Hun t iy "'special Napoleon nuinN r fmagazine section of Tin: Nt.w '

pav SUN did much to add t" t'the schoolboys and schoolg

York in tho NapoleonTub ril'N.

Th" two beautiful fu'l pugprinted by Tub Hi'n'ii lutagiii tlthu other half p.ig pictures was htlmull und tlm tvt V a' "tl.em, which trts of un'to Napoleon's defeat by th ' '

Towers, his abdication nnd .'f '

to tho Island of ITlba. will I"' '

slstanro to tlm contiamulh'jfotK.

Wait f KnottVaiuvlue I'm i" er r'rtna Mo too. hut North A'

pay any attention tu ue