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Vol. XL, No. 16. Whole No. 553.
NEW YORK, APRIL 18, 1914.
uh. Vrrnl one
Man): 1
ran,
" PRICE FIVE CENTS.
D’liliii.ViAN SHATT-ERS REi’EAi. ARGUMENTS.
s natorksselts H s R-ght To Difisr With President, While Abativg Nothing
of its Respect For The Mall And Tho .0li'lce-Hopes For Victory in
. Senat-.-Exposes Shallow "Ship
Subsidy” Pieience, Only Eight
Per Cent. Of The Coastwise Vessels Being Exempt And The
Rest Owned By The Railroad
s-The British-Owned Tellu-
anieprc Railway, The Worst Monopoly Of All, Would
' Be Put Qut Of Business By Free Tolls.
The damage done to the position taken
on President wilson in regard to lie-
‘ is provision or the
gm‘ernriIcntnl canals in wbirh no t is
ent in coercinz
llontlay.
ergetlcally supported President Wilson
in t is‘muttei-. it has studlously le-
tu d‘ n.“ gt n on
viing last.‘ Before going he was lntsn
lured by a reporter o
lbe. artists will he iound
shatters some at the sionlt argument: ot
Lil! Repeaters and. laarticula
1
Tehuantepec Railroad, whic
to those who want to find the real mills’
in the Panama cocoanut.
+5.
TEEPRESIDEXT ‘lii'OT INFALLIELE.
(From the New York Sun, April 13.)
-. a o w a s
The iniervievier‘s question was. sen-
ator, what -in your comment on the POP‘
those who thinir
11 ludgment in every instance is neces-
nry to the maintenance or irlendly re
latluns. - v
Most linen have more respect (or
their own thinking than
"The oountl-y probably never has a
l>ridsnt
than Wontlrow wilson. but even he will
not Claim tl:at'l:1a judgment in always
infallible." : '2 .
n1 Aualsai-'brrul
coastwlse vnssci have, the same rights
to use the Pntlamn canal without pay-
ment or toils’! They don't have to pay
to pass ithlougil the intro st. . ar
canal it it'a'a subsidy in
why is it not in the other?
non A subsidy in either case, be
cause all ‘the canals are maintained and
operated principally to regulate rates
ior ireight on competing railroad lines.
sunsior Aw izAiI.lluAna.
"And now I come to a very in-iportant
paint. it is not without signiiicanca
ibst 92 per cent. or the present coast-
wise shirt! for many rcnra have new
under the control oi the great railroads
hum
of the country.rg Lllld-.r I 9 ii
Canal Act of August 33. 1912, these rail-
road controlled hilattl will nut in: were
mitted to use the Canal. That ['lYiYiif‘I2e
is only for rolstvrlnv. Vt!-<s0i5 Cunatltlltr
tn: 8 prr cent. or the entire cnastwise
tr: C. T 8 per rant. 1‘? nbk omi
noted by the railroads.‘ ll. rqnsssnts
lint indcnelldult ntliw.
‘ ' ifl(i1‘l'1l‘liri<‘7Il. lihiPlIirl!
makes for free competition. Th:-rt-inru
is it not slgllmtatlt that till‘. cry of ‘sub-
Ilg tllvl long
honest cltlzells y
the claim that the einniptioa oi: toils
constitutes I alihsldl’
“A subsidy means a naylnent 0“! of
the Federal Treasury tor the hoot-lit or
some s l interest, and nianirostl
it and compel rcasonaili:
to impose II tax on Amcrlr
wh ar SI)ii(‘iIl'Il to time c the
privileges oi the tralllcolltinentai rail-
oadrhavts nnver discovered that such
poiiry constltutrs a suhsirlr.
r 'l'Allr.s ll’ ’l'r.lillA.xTt:rrc r
--An now mark this point. ha!
not been stressed Mime: The 1'ohusnte-
lllmiro M the
Cowdray and the l-lritisli Ambassador
II In the e or the vote As lieiin . il sniois the greatest over-
io the w lngion report that the re land nllolmly on i s c rillvlent-I
but mm N “M D, ,m,.m,e Sm. ,,,,,..o,,.,i, w'hii'h wouill he lit-strnylr ii
tor. he um; i ur H‘ are rn pa.-I
“Thaeat.lmatea on the number or votes through the Canal free or dlitl i know
tor repeal are unrellabla and i ltnow or no rial llltt-rcal that has more at
to mm. ,, mgr. gist. the rnssni controversy than
"lkhv. Just how the senate will stand the Trhuuntoprc llailroad. lion url
'-nuot be determined until the discus-
sion is concluded and I vote tnke
"9 slve th. son an outline at what
Ibuarenti, will be his argument on tho
90" of the Sanatel
"Tbelassertion that exempting roast.
t
resard d by man ,ss, a mere subter-
"It is the old,,story 0!
3
--
E?
a
g aprnt am-mall
“W?‘IUi7n and maintenance oivoliler.
aubIldY ta 1' C I I .
Mil- or unit:
. ein the world. n
urvka an In eaorbitant that
tllry probably will retire trom business
: Anrrriian oo si e vessels are im-
lllilitd lo usr the Panama Canal as they
- unlll the -l.'niu.-d
toils.
"While the Panama canal Ian built
primarily ior national rlctence and the
promotion or Anicritan commerce. the
canals or the muntry usually have heel:
lrulit and operated tor the role: purpose
rentraiillilg railroad monopoly and
regulating ireigbt rates by rail.
the policy or the Government is
oursge m poly tile transcon-
tlnelltnl and other railroad E3 stems and
sani o r ogn e s right
of relg paler to dictate our domes
2
n why 1 K the Plma
Coastline Exernpllun Act should not be
P d. ll: we are to rosent. tareini
intrusion in our domestic niraira a d it
our domestic policies are not to be made
railroad exactlolis the
can an on‘ IIKIZ axzaicax nor-alt.
Regarding Prelldent Wilson‘: appeal
to Congress for support in this in e
be unable to deal with other:
tor 0'Gorman aaid:
nmbarasa-
i
and hatriotism oi’ a
American i'rev.-men, who will rally to his
call as patriotic Americana rallied to
the call of Abraham i..inr.-oin."
s 'Yer and an ex-Judge or the
rt Senator
ignoranrz or the (nil text or the Treaty.
while emphasis has been placed on tho
clause guaranteeing that all countries
using the Canal sllall be treated on an
lie purposes to take up the Treaty
clause by clause. and beliri-es that he
and those who lhlllli as he does will
prore that the matters or the Treaty
had no idea or prohibiting this rsuntry
rrnnt giving Jvre. passage to its on
ships it it wished to do so. ‘ -
"l tool that our position is absolute-
l.r sounds: the senatonsaid. -“Avid i
am collllorted hy the knowledge that in
legal ‘interpretation or the rrreaty we
have on our si e such men as lvilliani
ll. Tait, Richard oines. l"i:lllaridrr C.
Knox. osear Underwood. Democratic
leader or the House; John Kern. Demo-
crattc leader or the senate. and such an
authority on international law as liab-
nis Taylor.
"'1! is also well remembered that the
English legal authority. the London
Law Review. salrl in two articles in
November. 151:, that our position could
be well silhtailll.-d." .
THE PEOPLE PAY THE TOLLS.
Th York Evening Iuunlvll of
llionday last puhliulled the following ex-
tract from a letter recently received
by Senator D'Clvrn‘ial'l:
"The President ntatu that his princi-
in
that by lfantlnl Free Tolls to Amerir
can ahlpa he) will be billldlnl up I
monopoly
"How little real merit than is in this
statement is proved by the (act that all
contracts which have been mods within
the part tew months tor the carriage or
fr ght tween the Eastern and Wes
ern coast. a the o ni g i the
CI wnu ed two ntu. one being
"The second rate ta exactly the nut
rats pills the Tolls so that it does not
make one particle oi diirerencs to the
ship whether it pays the ‘Tolls or n
"But it does make a ditlerenos lo the
mrrcllaut in New York an a -
clam and to ths consuurerln both thoss
o
u
places.
"These are the people who really will
have to pay the Tolls." . ‘
onthis the Joltrmll remarlrs'edllor-
lly: -
"Oi course. the real cost will tome
out or the pocket or the consumer. It
i s d
on.
here will be an advantage. natur-
ally enough, to Anlcrlran shipping in
Free Tolls, ior American ship in Irlll
be built up by the added trains that will
routs to it through the canal.
may depend. that ii Tolls
’ e DQOPIC. not
lho ship owncrs. aho will pa) thorn:
co.l.l.ur:.VDl:n l.v LETTERS.
srnainr o‘Gormsn told a party or
iriends who called on him at his hours
in New vorir iut Saturday ehenlng that
in has revived hundreds oi lstters
trom all hurt! or the country since tile
recent discussion oi
DP0aitioIl t 9
ha ha! ilrurauad.-while all the
GORRALLING THE IRISH.
The New York "Herald," Alter
al:i Ariiuoll: Search, Has Found
Two Supporters of the Pieslr
dent in the Tolls Matter.
Jim laennetts urrola is still terrai-
ling the "lrish vote" in
President Wilson‘: surrrndrr to tone
e a host in itiICnI:elVPSi (or
iii. vi Herald
.vx:
ch interest has been shown here
Show By The incontestable Facts of
sir: i.ong hciore rrsclving this lot-
Iyatkdnln 1 a low day
were Iliiorn v . Will!!!-0“
ciiurcbill that. it net-rosary. torce would
the some bl
political aslliralion .
"These interviews show that there
are honest dlirerenceo or opinion sniong
or d
and is unuilntcil iiy at-lilsii
Anlerlcuna Irish ascent ovnr the
lsaue raised the Canal T qu
tlon. Just as there are honest diiicrem-cs
o pinion among other Anierirnns;
and that the subsidy lnlcivzsu that have
the bresunlntion lo tlii-cuten tile Ari.
iuinlstmtion with the ' '
gratuitously innulllnl a arn nu
oi Anloriran voicrs lor wlioln iltoy hair
all"
ts in only
two up to the proscnr. blit dlllkrllt
search may yci sunrend in ol-talnlllg a
whole balior‘s dozrll.
ii ohl'a i'OI'(>(‘lI5t or s llilalorl -
e Tolls rna c
eusy. ii illtertien. two inrn n
have abeulutely no innutnte arc to ill!
iaiien-lo- e(<rt>.oIutIuIVa‘raP$ed'll
smres oi bis meetings and the stronl:
statements of the rbinf omen.-s oi all
tlie-lrlsh- organizations in rucrllrl.
with a membership oi more than unit it
million, all loicrs. than the N:’YlliIi lids
found a new method or testing public
inion.
e
as
lir. obi did shod aorlr as a correspon-
t'iPlI[ in China I’i1il'lI Eiaulllcd him (1.5 A
bi-rri quoted rbole. or he is wholly un-
rarniliar with conditions in the iinitrti
s sic ‘out have waited till the
e lone-ly
two, beiore making such gnn nhsurd
claim. Hllt pcrharrs n Joe
Tumuitv the Presllicnlfa Secretary, lulu
D n his Collootnr oi the Port
ew York, among the "loading irIllh-
:-“on
PULITZER LOOKS AT HIMSELF.
The world, which is losing t-irt-uia-
a
lotion in the Panama Canal, undertakes
to Ipelk r the bubble. it has d
covorod that Senator 0'GorIllan
not rec oned with. the people
has “underestimated the moral tori-e oi
Dolzular sentiment."
at himself in I glass. eopiu oi‘
York are with senator O‘Lioi-imn
and repudiate Pulitzer.
rest warmly approved hls‘acttou Thiz
most llgnihcant. thin! about these let-
her Ir
great majority oi the writers are nutivo
living in widely separated
or them are Dronlillent
these letters fairly represent public
opinion on the Tolls out-slion. -
nrs UANTEPEC RAlLRO.iD‘E
PROFITS
“'ASHiNGTO.‘Z. Abril it.-The Do
psrivnent oi Collimerce today issued
an il‘H0lISDil‘Ll0LlS little bulletin contain-
iug ilgurcs which show the hnslnua in
will or the Tchuantehec Rullrahd acrnsa
lieiiiro. w lcn is owned y rd can -
ray. the head 0! the great English can-
trartlllg firm of 5, Pearson A Son.
The r: ue ot American products tar.
ried from coast to taunt last year was
$'J9.5tto.hoil. .
Toiia for Alvlerlcaql coantlline
as mild mull that this 119.500.
i' Wordl, tho
]Air
mi trom our cnd or the couniri tn the
other." Sir lrrndrriclr Maurirr said
lrish wolillrrn were me only ones who
ailulhrrl real “wrap! and I desire to
“Kill.
rl misrlr Ins nulir preparrd irlr ibis.
' r i saw
Inclirrril by-tun ismish army or south
icli or rounds large number or nin-
the rrnni. some said ihclr Lila and not
‘ cnl. lie asked why they had not
brought ihcir lady-s lllalda with l
and Mid lilrnl that ii the)‘ did not bro
rrrii at mire to the (run! he Vlcllid
slliu thrill harl. to Frlxlnirirl. cowsrdiro
is no bar to promotion in the British
arrily.
The n or cnnrhringr aho roul-
Iilavldcri the third rilliblrlrl at the hniiio
oi the Aim: nhovrcd tho unite ti-nu:-rr
n that was brought lulvia
to ruin the British army as romulsndrr-
ln.rhlr-I. S-‘otvil cnlin i. phnll had
lo land illr Illlililnil with his llighiund
ilrigadn inio iwiioll. lilrlxlaiio in his
illtiiory of the Crilnran “'ar said. CH9
Dllittl did not pllsrwsa Ihti iruculcnco to
lllhnllte. or the liilarda who formed a
brigade or tho Third llivlsion. and who
rinibllt-.l ilreilllcrtltmls tor the rearward
Killxlnixe IWYB. their ntivanre
occasion. 3 rt
d nnl tho trur-ulcncl
to advance. The Start told them it
would in: lrcttcr it Ihclr wholn brigade
1024! out. and the honor or the
army it-it llllnlllilcll.
Ilaidnlle's cowardly rum-ndsr or the
armorod train at tulovcly. in south
Alrlta.
bntrlx Lorri iial
s
2
1
shown the white leather. ordered to
white-ash captain liaiilana. Iilut brave
and distinguished soldier int-ld Marshal
Roberts. laid ilia.hlarno on General
an lrishlnnn, who cont him. it
Knox bad anliripatsd his
nowardlta, he rrriainly was to blame.
At hlaiuba the last words or General
coilsy. an irishuian. lo the heroic lie-
frrnrlnrs nt in bill, in number about or.
bus red. who were alone o tbs bottom
by one commando or lorty Boers. were:
-- n‘t run. man. tor God‘: nuke don't
run."
These saralry oineers who reiused in
race tbs ierorlous urabgemen are go...
nu o I‘! me
a Lieutenant in the nriiish army is
called "Mister." llunting ’
their principal llurnuitl.
General oalrcs. inspector or Calvary.
commanded the Tweltlh H,
k
inmerrs has omclaliy
disclosed the real dart stranger in the
‘woodplle.- - -- V
as ed him Wk! one of hi; Captains had
aent ill Ilia He reviled: Ba-
’ mule I won I allow hiurto-hunt-(our
ENGLANIPS ARMY ROTTEN AND BUWARDLY.
The "Curragh Mutiny" Moves A Former Ofiicer. With Mutrl Experience, lo
History What A Useless And Con-
tcmptillle Force it is, Without Irish And Scotch Soldiers-Quotes
Uncontradicted Statements Of British Generals To Prove His
Contention-Cowards Like Duke Of Cambridge And Lord
H;lidane‘s Nephew Promoted-Englishmen Are Not
Fighters-The Home Rule Fiasco.
days a wool. and ncglttt his dutic
There
Biand. hiundering
Ind beaming. he ought to be very popu-
ar -itb England's enemies. as he cer-
tainly is with the liouse at Commons.
(or the Floor man is a gentleman and as
irutbiul as he is allowed 1 4
are the legions which some day
may be mllfronled with men oi the
one who taught at
hison's --Decline and Fall at
the Roman l-zmpire," you will and the
some thing existing then. As tho
st-ytblan conqueror said to the Eastern
‘nine 'ou l yourselves an Em-
s
n a
t is about the condition
tile irish and
the I-11 i R eaisis in England to-
day. Corruption rlrcvails irona.top to
bolt
cm.
A great sensation was last week cre-
r l P.. in discussing the naval
estimates which amounted
to over 3:a0,0ittI.rlrt<i.
unequalled iutuity the Arlnllrllty is sup
plemenling this torpaio iooo.,.m, um.
marines which h v as much nb..m,
or blowing up an Wm.
, t o Admiralty
geniuses that the enemy's imuclads will
slow down Ior them,
are noes sad
But. re urning to the Home. mm
question and incidentally -rs, is...
"enormous u - Asquith. your ..g.,..
e l erneniber that bcrore tbs Par.
llament Bill dsstroying the em or ",9
nld to the Irish Natl
spider said to the fly: “Will you veg]:
into my parlor: i don‘: Hit. 9. ..k