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DANIEL’S RESPONSIBILITY.
(Exchange.)
Recent disclosures regarding the
tale and condition of the submarine
the K-4, which sank with all on board
in Honolulu harbor show that a terri
ble responsibility rests on Secretary
Daniels. He censured, last winter,
i lie naval officer who told a commit
ice of congress the truth regarding
i he inefficiency of the submarines, and
wno authorized the continued use of
the F type of submarines despite the
fact that they were known to officers
and men to be unfit for service and
that just such a catastrophe as oc
oured in the case of the F-4 was likely
to happen at any time. The navy de
partment is doing everything possible
to suppress the facts, but responsibili
ty for the death of the twenty-two
officers and met. lost on that ship
rests squarely al the door of Air. Dan
iels. They died a sacrifice to his
stupidity and pride of opinion.
NATURALIZATION RECORD
(Washington Times.)
in (lie last year 335,(100 aliens living
in tliis country declared their intention
to become citizens, a larger number
ilian in any previous year. During tin
Balkan wars und tlie more recent
struggle great numbers of aliens left
tliis country to tight for their native
lands. Those returning were infornu .
that their absence had invalidated
.heir previous residence us a qualifica
tion for citizenship and that they must
begin a new term of probationary res
idence. .Many of these were compelled
therefore to declare their intention a
second time, and the fact may in some
wise account for the year's showing.
The country is getting a new view
of the problems of Immigration and
naturalization. Almost 2,500.000 for
eigners have asked naturalization since
the present naturalization law passed
in 1906; but it is a striking fact that
l he 1910 census showed that of 14.000,
000 foreigners in this country 9.000,000
were unnaturalized.
It Is altogether desirable that alien
born persons be naturalized as prompt
ly as possible. To find fault with
them for their remissions is unfair;
our own laws. institutions and
thoughtless attitude toward the mat
ter are quite as much to blame. There
should l>e inducements to aliens to be
come citizens promptly.
THE WAR AND IMMIGRATION,
(Valdez Prospector.)
The revolutionary effect of the war
upon trade is surpassed by the effect
upon immigration. The excess of ar
rivals over departures for the year
ended June 30, 1915, was only 50,070.
Since 1910 the range has been be
tween 400,000 und 800,000. Naturally
there is a decrease in the arrivals
from all nations, the greatest decrease
being in Italians, 227,882. Italians
also lead in departure for home, 124,
246, but the greatest decrease in de
partures, singularly enough, is in En
glish men and women. Last year
120,842 English went home, and this
year of war only 76,868.
Each year since 1910, except only
1915, arrivals have exceeded a mil
lion; now they have fallen to 434,244,
These figures have an important
bearing upon the labor market, and it
would be interesting to know whether
the return flow will reach old dimen
sions when the war is over. The exo
dus from the United States just now
is only partly for patriotism. War
prices are paid for lul>or, sufficient
even to tempt some Americans to go
over. But after the war It may be
supposed that the American bid for
labor will again lie the world's high
est, while war wages will no longer
be paid. Labor like gold goes where
the hid is best, and there is no rea
son to supi>o.se that after the war tills
country will lose Its attraction.
PANAMA CANAL DEFENSES.
(Chitina Leader.)
A good deal of discussion is going
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oil as to the nature of the defenses
intended to protect llie Panama canal.
Ordinary fortresses have, in the
present war in Europe, proven only
able to delay, not to stand oil an
a .".I:- Can ■ « improved mini
at Panama?
Would it not be better to expend the
money on submarines, aeroplanes and
; tile wireless? < wait a year or
two and see if layes Hammond jr.,
cannot perfect i iparatus so that
he can guide a nroyer from the
shore and destroy any hostile ship
within a few miles of land? And are i
Hie gun makers experimenting? The j
Germans and Flench have demon- j
si rated that the limitations of guns !
have not been reached. Then if old
Panama smells as it old three score
years ago, cannot some chemist utilize
! that odor in a way to make the Ger
man noxious gases seem like a fresli
bouquet by comparison?
General Sheridan was wont to de- ,
dale that earth banks made the beat ■
forts. Earth banks with under- '
ground galleries in which guns could
in loaded, then raised and fired 'and
then lowered again. The most terri
ble fort that could lie built on the
isthmus would be out of Panama
fever if it could be confined and at
the right moment let lose upon an
army. It would in three days work a
Si nucharlh destruction.
THE MEXICAN PROBLEM.
fL'ubana (111.) Courier.
1 Reports which have reached Wash
ington, but which the administration
nas been trying n> suppress, describe
German Influences in Mexico as se
ll. qly encouraging Carranza to hold
: out against the peace propasals of
the Cnited States. As the Mexican
situation now stands, all the Mexican
“generals" who are discouraged and
who believe they might gain more by
i an election than by force of arms
I have assented to the proposed peace
conference while Carranza, who has
, Imd considerable military success, is
! holding out stoutly against the con
ference and proposes to demand that
the Cnited States recognize him. The
government would cheerfully do this
if 11 believed he could restore peace,
hut all the indications are that no
sooner did this country lend its sup
port to Carranza them all the other
“generals” would make war on him.
Meanwhile, the influence of the Uni
ted States in Mexico has become an
absolutely minus quantity. The Hex-'
icans f.mvn isirtfy contempt ttrir the
Oringoes, as thev call Americans.
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INEFFICIENCY.
(Valdez Prospector.)
When we come to make up the
profit and loss account on the war it
Is to be hoped that people will not
forget to Include the very valuable
soeial lessons that we have learned,
lessons which, if we can profit from
them in peace time, will he of incal
culable benefit. There Is one which
may he overlooked, and which even
now is only partially appreciated, so
it m perhaps desirable to lay stress
on it —it is the proper feeding of the
working class. This is no brief for
socialism. It is merely the obvious
truism that it pays a man to see'that
his workmen are well fed and com
fortable, sinco thereby he get3 regu
larity of attendance and effective dis
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charge of duties. When the best
men of the country went to Ihe war
there were many people who were
surprised ut the inefficiency of much
of the Irregularity of the labor that '
wag left. They denounced its irreg- j
ilarity, its drinking habits and its
indifferent output. They forget that
you cannot take an individual who
, has been under nourished and get
lie physical and mental work from
! them that comes from the well-fed,
well-hourislied citizen. By looking
after its citizenry In time of peace j
the government may expect top notch
| efficiency In war times.
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THE DEFICIT WORRIES.
(Cincinnati Globe.)
The steadily increasing deliclt is an
occasion of serious anxiety to the i
White House. Since July 1 Uncle I
Sam's expenses have exceeded his I
receipts by $28,600,000. During the I
same period of last year the excess
was only $15,000,000 Competent ex
perts are convinced that without spe- i
cial taxation the expenses for the
year will exceed the receipts by $100,
000,000. Secretary McAdoo says he 1
Is not worrying "There is no coun- I
trv on the globe more able to pay j
mere taxes than the United States.
'f our expenses are to be increasd,"
lie said yesterday, on his return from j
bis vacation in Maine. Hut the presi- |
Hi ut and others of his advisers are ■
worrying because they realize t he I
the impositon of further taxes will j
make the administration unpopular
The experts believe the administra
tion will have to sell bonds to make ,
good this deficit, evn without any
defense. While the failure of the '
f'nderwood bill as a revenue produc
er is largely responsible for the scri
ous condition of the treasury, an ]
other potent cause is the reckless ex
travagance with which the demo
crats have been spending money for
junkets, special commissions, \e'c
One of those commissions is describ
i*d as having been so reckless in pine
mg contracts that one man, an ex
pert accountant and a worthy demo
crat. is making $ 100 a day net profit
on his contract.
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