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TE' EPIIONE. UEEKMAN 2200.
t An afternoon nnd night of Joyous
excitement, In this town nnd through
put the country, followed an officially
unconfirmed report by way of the
United Press that the conditions of
armistice had actually been signed
by the representatives of Germany's
' military establishment. This report,
fitting so well with the glorious situa
tion on the western front, with the
news of Internal disturbances and
Bolshevik upheavals In Germany, and
with the natural expectations of the
American people, and persistently re
affirmed by Its original sponsors In
spite of the counter statement from
Secretary Lansino, was generally
, credited hy outdoor opinion. It was
accepted not only by the newspapers
relying upon this chnnnel of Infor
mation and by the millions who read
those newspapers but also In official
quarters In Washington and appar
ently for n time In the White House
Itself. Sere in New York the fer
vency of the celebration and the
unique methods which were spontane
ously devised for the expression of
universal Joy were in hilarious evi
dence for hours after the State De-
, partment, and later the War Depart
ment, had officially, notified the public
that the unprecedented manifestation
was at least premature.
1 At the present- writing the result
of the meeting of the, German white
flag with Marshal Focu's terms of
armistice Is yet' undetermined. The
one thing certain is that the genesis
of the early afternoon report from
France will Jbo the subject of rigid
scrutiny and most Impartial Judg
ment, for the responsibility Is serious
In the extreme, '
' New York's Neit Governor."
Alfbed E. Smith, a Democrat, pop
ular, energetic and personally re
spected by his fellow citizens, has
been chosen by a not very wide mar
gln to succeed Charles S. Whitman,
the candidate of both the Republican
and Prohibition parties, as Governor
of tho Empire State. ' This Is the
greatest achievement to date of a re
. mnrkublo career lu local and State
politics. There Is one greater achieve
ment ahead for Governor Smith, pro
Tiding bis timber Is morally sound
and Intellectually stout enough for
the Job. That Is to prove himself
bigger than the corrupt and sinister
influences that have hitherto seemed
to attend his progressive exnltatlon
to power and high responsibility. If
Smith In Albany undertakes to be
the master and not the servant of the
present Tammany dynasty In this
town, he will not lack well wishers
among honest citizens everywhere;
and In no quarter, we are mighty
sure, will the good wishes be slncerer
than shall be The Sun's.
The Americans at Sedan.
If the occupation o'l Sedan by the
First American Army had occurred
twenty-four hours before It did, (his
great achievement by our forces
would have been tho signal for nation
wide rejoicing. As It was, tho an
nouncement was naturally overshad
owed by the report of the acceptance
df'MnrAhal Focu's armistice terms
by the Germans. Nevertheless, we
must 'not overlook the splendid vic
tory we have contributed In this
operation to the triumph over the
German Empire.
The task assigned to General Per
8HIN0 by Marshal Focn was one of,
great difficulty, of a nature requiring
the utmost steadfastness, courage and
professional skill on the pnrt of the
units and Individuals undertaking It.
It has been carried out with tho high
est degree of success In Its details.
What the extreme objective set for
the Americans was hits of course not
beep disclosed,, but the occupation of
Sedan brought lines of .communlcn
tldnwltnl to the German army Into
our control, and crented a situation
"that was Intolerable for tho enemy
-armies depending on them for mip-
jiort. With these lines rendered un
Lm V HTnllWW for inetu, uio uermaus in
1, I l . . t . i m 1
IH.-IKIIUU ami imriiiurii rniiicu wnu
endangered to n fnr grenter degree
thnn they had previously been.
Since September 24 the Americans
have advanced more thnn thirty-four
miles from the point nt which they
began their offensive, nnd In so doing
they have overcome firmly organized
positions defended with the utmost'
tenacity. The Gcrmnn armies were
driven out by our troops; no pretence
has been made that they withdrew
voluntarily, and no such contention
could be supported In the face of the
captured orders to resist to the Iot
which have fallen Into our hands.
The movement of the First Army(
has been watched with peculiar Inter
est, not because the valor of the
troops was In question, but because
It was the most ambitious project In
which the army had engaged. How
worthily the organization fulfilled' tho
hopes of the country Us success am
ply testifies; It has made good our
pride, and hereafter the name of
Sedan will bear n new nnd special
significance far us.
Frederick n. Gltlett.
The Hon. Frederick H. Gillett,
Representative In Congress from tho
Second or Springfield district of Mas
sachusetts, Is, without seeking, fis
sured of n prominent place In the
Republican organization of the House
In the Sixty-sixth Congress. Long
before Representative Mann quit
there were half n dozen members ne
tlvely In training for his plnce. but
Mr. Gillett was not among the num
ber. Yet wlien It becamo necessary
for the minority to provide for Itself
another lenderGiLLrrrwiia the choice
of nn overwhelming mnjorlty of Re
publicans. Now, In all probability,
he will 'be elected Speaker ' of the
House nfter March 4 unle he pre
fers to tnke the chairmanship of the
Committee on Appropriations, on
which he now serves us ranking mi
nority member.
Whether Mr. Gillkit accepts the
Important and conspicuous office of
Spenker or the no less Important
though less conspicuous place ns
chnlrmnrVof the Appropriations Com
mittee nnd passes from that to the
chnlrmnnshlp of thp Committee on
Umlget soon. It Is hoped, to be cre
nted. not only Congress hut the coun
try will be well served. Mr. Gillett
Js not n fussy parliamentarian. He
does not always Insist upon rigid con
struction of rules. He does not hold
precedents In nwe. He Is disposed,
ns was Mr. Fitzgerald, with whom
he long served on the Appropriations
Committee, to construe parliamentary
rules to expedite legislation In nn or
derly manner and to preserve tho
rights of minorities.
Whether ns Spenker of the House
or chairman of the Appropriations
Committee Mr. Gillett will have the
confidence nnd respect of members
on both sides of the nlsle.
The Trlumrh of nclgli'm 0er Prus
slanlrcd Germany. 1
Ancient history furnished numerous
examples of state building, while re
vealing nlso both methods and re
sults. In modern times the two sys
tems. British nnd I'russlnn. show con
trasts both tragic nnd comic. Whether
the raw material lies In African sav
agery or In countries already civi
lized, the Anglo-Saxon output Is much
the same. Yesterday five daughter
nations, over a million nindus nnd a
score of contingents once with hos
tile nrms against Great Brltnln were
fighting under her flag. For this
there must be a reason.
When Germans attempt the same
business, either by colonizing or con
quest, It means for the nntlvcs chronic
tragedy nnd for the would-be state
builders a fiasco that Is self-provocn-tlve
of Jeers. The world knows nl
ready of German brutality, slaughter
nnd desolation In Afrlcn. China. Bel
glum and Poland one monotonous
story. At the sight o'f blood, fire and
tho ruin wrought humanity averts
her gnze.
On the other hand. Germany's the
ories, tested by reality, recall comic
opera. A generation ago our aca
demic world bowed before Prussia's
prestige In solemn attention. Now It
Is a case of "laughter holding both
his sides." The old fablo of the moun
tain lu travail has been outdone.
That nothing but a ridiculous mouso
should come forth as the result of
the birth pangs of German Imperial
ism Is to query whether mouse or
mountain wero the more Important.
Recalling college days, what wen
we to hear? Why did thousands of
American youths cross the sea and
flock to the land of things verboten
except duels nnd beer mugs? Then
our university halls echoed with the
terminology of German political sci
ence and rang with the names of
Stein, Gneist nnd Bluntschli. Even
ns wc gave hospitable welcome to
Bbtce. who on foot, rail and buck
board nnd with his own eyes nnd
tongue sought renllty, so wo hailed
with respect Von Holst, the clois
tered, to tell us our own constitu
tional history. It may be ns good nt
times to get the foreigner's critical
perspective as it Is to havo lively
Journnllm.
Japanese nnd Americans were In
the same boat. The Orlentnln were
i told tllat the only correct model of
government was In Berlin. So, ns
gullible ns some Americans, the Inds
of Nippon hied thither. Great states-
. men, Ito, Yamaoata, Katsuka and
I others, sat nt the feet of Stein nnd
' Onkist, while for the military men
, Von Moltke'b staff officer, JAcon
, Meckel, lectured In Toklo, and Bern-
, HAitm wits quoted ns tho oracle In
. Europe. In fact, on tho theory thnt
the Germans knew more nbout Eng
land than Englishmen did or could
even Siiakkspeake, ns alleged, being
more of n German than nn English
manBerlin, as we now know, per
suaded tho Japanese to study tho
British political system, not directly,
ne Bbyce did In America, but through
Gneist'h nnnlysls; thnt Is, through
Gcrmnn spectacles. Dear, deluded
Japanese Elder Statesmen! No flics
ever walked more Innocently Into the
spider's parlor than did they.
When, thereforojn 1SS0, after long
delayed promlscs7 tho Constitution
was proclaimed, the Liberals were
horrified to find It dyed In Prussian
blue. Tho Ministers were made re
sponsible to the sovereign, nnd not
to the Diet 1 Thereuponho Progres
sives raised Jhat cry of betrayal nnd j
treachery which has never ceased.
Ito's attempt to reconcile In some way
the Inellmlunble element In democratic
government the budget with Minis
ters responsible only to tho Emperor,
proved to be as the mixing of oil nnd
water. Cabinet nfter cnblnet -was
wrecked on the budget question; Ito
himself, nlmost In despair, had ol
rorm, n party, tnc sci-yu Hal, or
Friends of the Constitution. Abject
failure of Prusslnulsm resulted.
Now, lu 1018, a party Premier, n
responsible Cabinet, and a democracy
that has made Its stentorian voice
heard, form the actual situation
where once autocracy's brightest
hopes lay. In the Orient, Prussian
Ism has been beaten. The hoped for
German chicken, when hutched, had
proved to be a British duckling.
While the Japanese were burning
their fingers In snd experiences with
Gcrmnn theories, Americans atlded to
their gayety by discerning the humor
of tho situation. They proved Lin
coln's threefold aphorism which con
cerns chronology, fooling nnd the
people. Not only did some of our
students doubt the boasted deorti of
Prussian wisdom, but they even
looked usknnce nt the foundation.
The mighty structure proposed for a
world model appeared In their eyes
tophenvy. The Image might be gold,
but Its feet suggesied a mnterlnl
which Is plentiful enough on Jersey's
shore. In the literary field some crlt-!
les even Imagineu thnt Mommsen'b
History of Home, smelt less of the
lamp than of Hoheuzollern Imperial
ism. As for German philosophy, even
the goat's hair of pseudo-omnlsclenoe
could not hide the crnft of Jacob.
As John RrsntN lmtL his Osc.n
Wilde, there were some who looked
for Teeitschke's sequel, and they
found It In 'Bernhardi. As with
Azakias and Toiiit, "they went their
way and the dog In this case n
dachshund went utter them."
When further Gormnu educational
methods were scrutinized, n fresh
crop of irreverent suspicions arose,
even before Bern h Altai's gospel of
brutal force was published. Why
was that German school ntlas, In Its
two hundredth edition, so rich In
local color? Yes, even daubed on
with n swnb? On the map of Europe,
th nme tinting covered not only all
the stntes of the Fatherland, but ever
Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Swedei.
and Norway. Here wits prophecy In
pigment I With apologies to John
Buskin, the Kaiser threw a pot of
pulnt In the fnce of the world and
then called It a map.
Yet all this was no Joke for Flem
ings, Walloons, Dutch, Danes or
Scandinavians, any more than for
France, when Alsace anil .Lorraine
nnd Schleswlg-Holsteln were remem
bered. They began to look nt their
unprotected frontiers. Despite the
Jeers of the ultra-pacifists nnd the
soothing sophistry of the hundred
thousand or more German traders
who wero making both Amsterdam
nnd Antwerp virtually outposts of
Germnny.'n minority of Belgians and
Hollanders called for measures of
national defence. From damning
proofc, long since abundant nnd clear,
we now know that many of these
Germans were In active propaganda
and busy in spying nnd mnp making
for Berlin
France had seen whnt was coming.
As early as 1STG Henri IIavard, after
travel north in Hollnnd, had written
his book on "Our Menaced Frontiers."
But In Belgium, liecnuse of trust In
treaties nnd the fluttering assurances
of German visitors, there was reac
tion. For years the costly forts at
Liege lay Idle, with no garrisons or
with only a sergennt and file of men
ns Janitors. When, after Agadlr. the
black shadow wns unmistakably
lengthening, these were garrisoned,
but German soothing syrup had done
Its work. Then followed the onrush
of August. 1014, and Belgium sank
from sight under the German Inun
dation. Within half n year the deep
laid purpose of the Potsdam gang
was unmnsked. It wns not only mili
tary the use of Belgium as a strate
gic basis but nothing less than the
destruction of, Belgian nationality.
The method was to allennte the
Fleming spenklng northern hnlf from
the Walloon provinces of the south.
Heretofore, of whatever speech n
Belglnn plight be, he honored his flag.
Henceforth ho must be cither Gnlllc
or Prussian. A German stnte, ns n
definnt western outpost nnd gateway
of theFather!nnd, was to be reared
on the ruins of n kingdom whose per
petuity had been Insured by treaties,
Prussia being a signatory.
To build such n state only ono
method, that of NcniioHADNEZzAR,
wns known or employed by the Ger
mane. Force, fines, deportntlnn. rnpo,
violence, desolation, with churches
changed to rubbish and hundreds of
towns nnd villages mode unlnhnblt
nble. filled th,o programme. At the
very outset they gove nn exnmplo,
even while unwittingly spoiling their
plnn, by nn explosion of beastly stu
pidity anil destruction, nt Louvnln.
Four yenrs later, In retrent, the torclf
for the town, the nxe and eaw for the
orchard, and' n legncy of Infamy
showed their 'Mock In trade.
And the result of It nil? The abso
lute refusal of the Flemish people to
A.
THE SUN, FRIDAY,
do anything but bate their quondam
conquerors, secret Journnllsm of de
flnnce, patient waiting for redemption
and tho victory of tho Allies; yes,
oven singing In 1010, nnd In presence
of their oppressors, In St. Gudule's
Cathedral In Brussels, tho national
anthem, "Ln Brnbanconne," nnd this
though they knew the certainty of the!
flue of qnc million francs which was
levied upon them tho next duy.
After wiping off the map of Bel-
glum every French or Wnlloon name
and using officially or printing on,
their mnp only Flemish or German
ized names, until .It looked tike n
page In a German ntlns, they tried
to mnke tho University of Ghent n
Prussian school. After three years of
subsidy, free board and tuition, whnt
enormous numbers docked thither?
Twenty-one students, or four ouplls
to each ono of the professors I
As It Is ln Alsace nnd Lorraine, I
after a generation of hated rnle, so
In Belgium. Afrlcn. Chlnn and the so
colled colonjes, which In the name of
humanity, even moro, thnn of politics,
will not be given back. In Holland,
despite fifty years of Intrigue, bully
ing, threats, n diplomacy truly Prus
sian Satan nnd Machiavelli being
obsolete or surpassed nnd bribes,
tendered In n score of ways, the Neth
erlandcrs reientedly refused German
ollltmce. Thememory of the Prus
sian Fnvnslon oT 1887 Is still fresh.
Ready and willing to eubmlt to high
taxation to support their army of de
fence nnd to devote one-fifth of the
nntlonnl revonpe to support Belgian
refugees, the Dutch hold heir own.
Now with Belgium redeemed, with
Flemings nnd Walloons united In n
new pntriotlsm that demands no
longer dependence on treaties and the
Powers, but full sovereignty, as a na
tion able to take care of Itself, with
defences stronger than paper walls,
the vitality of noma old truths Is
again demonstrated. There are times
when even "the lame shall take the
prey." A great stntesmnn-poet, even
Cromwell's-intln secretary, wrote,
ii nd Potsdam may well ponder. "Who
overcomes by force hath overcome
but half his foe." Englnnd learned
her lesson long ngo. It Is time now
for Germany to sit on the same bench.
A .New Uunianlan Kingdom.
Secretary Lansino yesterday sont a
message to the Kumunltiu Govern
ment assuring It of the support nnd
sympathy of the United Stntes. In
this he follows tho course of the Al
lied nations of Europe, most of which
have already nnnouueed u decision
not to recognize the treaty of Bucha
rest forced upon Rumnnla by the Cen
tral Powers and to aid Rumania In
securing her political nnd territorial
rights. It thu-.i becomes evident even
before the final peace conerenee that
Germany's attempt to wipe out .Ru
mania as u free Stnte and to reduce
her people to subjection to a Teuton
lortlthlp ends In defeat.
. The exactions made In the Bu
charest treaty for the control of the'
Dnule. through the 'right of passage
of German und Austrian warships,
special privileges for German com
merce and the occupation of Con
stanza, all became null nnd void by
the terms of the armistice with Bul
garia and Austrln. The other Im
portant provisions were: the annexa
tion of a large urea of northern Ru
mania to Austria, n concession to
the Dual Monarchy which It was be
lieved would end forever the aspira
tions of the Rumanians of Transyl
vania for Incorporation In the king
dom of Rumania ; the control of the
entire grain production gf Rumania
nnd the occupation of the oil and
mineral lands of the kingdom.
These exactions were made nt the
high tide of Teutonic conquest, when
Berlin looked upon tho Black Sea,
and the Turkish Straits as German
waters nnd tho road to the Orient
open to German lmerlallsm. They
represented one of the most unsnvory
Incidents of the war; for the defeat
of Rumania was brought about more
through the connivance of Berlin
with corrupt .Russian officials than
by the success of Teuton arms. With
even these severe terms Imposed Ger
many was not satisfied; she began n
propaganda of Intrigue to replace the
Rumanian ruling house by a- now
dynasty with n subservient Prussian
princeling as the head.
With this odious treaty torn up
Rumania can begin a new national
existence. There Is every promise
thnt she will bo restored not only to
her previous position, but that she
will be able, through the -assistance
of the Allied nations, to gather Into
tho Rumanian kingdom all the Ru
mnnlan people of southeastern Eu
rope, This will be the realization of
a dream of a century and the end
of the bitter years of oppression to
which the people of the race have
been subjected In Transylvania.
Probably all the Smiths voted for Au
South responds to Wilson's call ; sends
Democrats to Senato nnd House. 3Tetra
pnper heodllno.
How gratlfylngl
An admirable wny to celebrate the
coming of peaco Is to double your pro
posed contribution to the United War
Work treasure box.
Assemblyman-elect Ida li. Sam mis
of Huntington, L. I., and Assemblyman-elect
Mary M. Lilly of tho Sev
enth Now York district will be the
first lawmakers of their sex to sit In
tho Legislature or this State. The
prompt ncceptanco of public respon
sibilities by women Is on Indication of
their sincerity ln demanding the right
to vote, and It Is an Interesting fatt
that tho population generally and con
fidently expects them to bo useful eer
vants of the State.
Old John Barleycorn very Eoon may
be forced to aik for an armistice.
It will probably please the Kaiser
to learn thnt New York was almoin
completely burled under scraps of
paper yesterday.
NOVEMBER 8, 1918.
A STURDY VETERAN.
Ho Still Docs Ills Duty' by His
Country. ' 1
To THE EDITOR or The Stw Sir: On
ono of cast Harlem's sldo streets tho
flat; on all appropriate occasions Is on
the (lagpoto outside of ono of the win
dows of the room In n private home and
occupied by a Q. A. R. veteran of 84.
Summer evenings, when windows aro
open, one often hears Ills still sonorous,
ploaslne voice singing Hio familiar na
tional war time songs of '61, or well
known operatic aire, dependent on what
the old gentleman hnd selected for that
oventng's self-entertnlnment, to accom
paniment of his Columbia.
Enjoying fine health for his age, this
fine patriot Is even now doing his bit
for the flag ho had actively fought tor
under 'Smythe, Burnslde and Ben Cut
ler, and again later under Hancock In
Indian wars.
Ho applied for work at a labor bu
reau, showed Ills army pnpers and ear
nestly added that work given htm would
release a younger man for muro valua
ble eerv'ce to Uncle Sam. nnd that the
pay, plus h's pension, would enable still
further aid through buying Liberty
bonds.
Employment was quickly given him
at switchboard1 and door of an uptown
apartment house, nnd the promise to
buy bonds has been made good.
Intensd patriotism such as his Is cer
tainly worthy of mention.
ADOI.PH OrPBNHEIUER.
New YonK, November 7.
DOGS OR SHEEP?
An Indictment of tho Cherished Pets
of Canine Lovers.
To the Editor or The Run Sir; There
havo recently been published In The
Sun several letters extolling dogs.
.Dogs, eome of them anyway, have
very admirable qualities, and they are
very lovnble animals. They sometimes
ave life and property, nnd they afford
a great deal of pleasure to somo per
sons. But dogs nlso often destroy life
rid property, and they cause great an
nounce to many persons, actual torture
fften, by the notvs they mnke and In
other wnys, Many fay taut they cause
so much annoynncc nnd Injury In va
rious ways that they should be got rid
of altogether. Whether or not this
should be done depends, doubtless, upon
whether dos do more good than barm
Of cour.v there l no way of cFtl
matlntr jusc how much harm and Just
how much good dogs do. but there are
certain facts which may enable people
to determine with nufflolent accuracy
for 11 practical purposes nhcther dogs
do nwre good than harm.
In the first place, dogs are a benefit.
If to anjbody, to but a part of the peo
ple, and In tome places to but o very
"mail part, while they cause Injury to
everybody, very serious Injury to a
great many. Dogs cause Injury to
everybody, or practically everybody, by
killing sheep, thus Increasing the price
and decreasing the supply of mutton
.tnd wool and depriving farmers of
profits that they otherwlte could maki
nd ought to make. Dogs Injure a
great number, perhaps every one or
nearly every one. by barking, by biting,
by destroying property and ln other
ways.
In Farmers' Bulletin No. 032 the
United States Department of Agricul
ture says :
Sheep killing dog are not only recog
nlied as the wot eSmlrs of E'ltern
flock maiteri at the prit time, but are
known to be the principal caute of to
marked a decreaae In the number of aheep
kept on farma.
Many persona fay that It Is solely be
cause sheep are wi likely to be killed by
dogs that a great many farmers, par
ticularly farmers In the Eastern 'Stitcs,
do not keep sheep. Halsing eheep Is
beneficial in several ways to the public
as well ns to those wlio engage ln It.
A conference was held n few days
ago In Washington between the wool
and woollen sections of the War Indus
tries Hoard and representatives of the
trade. "It mny now be definitely stated
that at present there la no wool avail
able for civilian allocation," It was an
nounced after the conference. When
the present stocks of woollen cloth and
clothing arc exhausted there will be no
wool avallaSle for the civilian popula
tion. That Is one of the things that
"man's best friend" has done for him
With the Arctic climate that wo have
In tho Northern States In winter,
woollen clothing Is absolutely necessary
to comfort and health.
Dogs cause Injury to health and un
told ml'cry by their barking, howling,
bellowing and yelping. The noise that
dogs mako Is a tlcep destroyer and
nerve poKn of the very worm kind.
While there nre dogs a plenty every
where, they seem to be especially nu
merous and noisy In those places that
are supposed to be the best for people
to go to get sound, undisturbed sleep
nnd rest for their Jaded nerves.
Nobody has any legal or moral right
to benefit himself at the expense of his
neighbors. Everybody Is under legal
obl'gatlans so to use bis own as not to
cause annoyance or Injury to others.
Wherever and by whomsoever kept, a
dog 13 practically certain to be a
nuisance In some way, and very likely
ln many ways, to. people In the vi
cinity. Dogs nre ostensibly kept to pro
tect life and proper), and at one time
they were useful and perhaps necessary
for this purpose, but now life and
property can be protected much more
effectively and much cheaper bV7neans
of locks, nnd bars, burglar alarms and
other Inventions, than by dogs, even the
best trained dogs of the best breeds.
Most dogs are untrained and perhaps
untralnable mongrels without any use
ful or redeeming qualities except pos
sibly that they "aro very affectionate."
Being affectionate Is'their only way of
getting a living, and it Is an easy one
too.
Dog taxes do little to abate the dog
nuisance and Imposition. Most of the
dog laws would do little good If en
forced, and they are not enforced.
Any dog. unless so kept that It can
not cause annoyance or Injury, Is
practically certain so to do by making
noise, by biting, by destroying prop
erty or In some other way. Anything
that Is even likely to be annoying, of
fensive or Injurious "to those who In
tho exercise of. legil right come within
Its sphere" Is a public nuisance unless
It Is necessary to the public "convenience
or Is especially authorlied by the
Legislature. Perhaps the best way If
not the only way to end the dog menace
and Imposition aa expeditiously as tho
circumstances require Is for tho authori
ties to notify dog owners to so gunrd
their dogs that they cannot cause na
twyance or Injury In any waj to other
peoplo or get rid of them, and then pro
ceed to prosecute those who fall to do
to or themselves get rid of all dogs not
so guarded. Onward
Niw Yor.K, November 7.
HAMSTRINGING THE TRADEk
OF AMERICA.
Discouraging Experiences of nn Ex
porter With tho War Trade Board.
To the EDtroa or Tltn SUN-Sir; We
havo read with Interest In a recent news
paper article that more than $5,000,000
AJUi'Ci (Willie UiUt IIIUID UIUII W,WWW,vvw
worth of various kind o merchandise r
destined for South American countries,
and fully paid for by buyers there, la
now being hold up here as a result of
tho scarcity of shipping space nnd that
In one Instance a Ercat quantity of ns-
sorted goods had been loaded on a ship
In tho harbor and documents sent by
mall, when the merchandise was ordered .
Juan, wucu iie iiici uiiuiiuisu nuo umvi .
out of the steamship und had to be
enrted back to tho warehouse, no ade-
quate reason being given therefor.
As an Instance fit our own experlcnco
wo may cite an order received by us on
July 1, and for which we promptly mado
application for export license. After
same was rocelved It wbb not until Sip- '
tember 6 thnt wo were able to get tho
goods Into the hands of tho forwarding
agents In New York, but the advice
received from tho shlDnlnc agents was i
thnt thero was no available steamship i
space offe.-lng for South America. On
October 2S tho forwarders advised us
that, without notice. the space had been
allocated to them, but for a boat load
ing of which would be completed on
October 29, nnd that In the meantime
the export license had expired and con
sequently shipment could not be ob
tained In time. It would appear that
there Is no notice given to shippers as to
when space would be allocated for cer
tain ports, and In the meantime, as,ln
th'a Instance, expott licenses may have
expired and the opportunity lost. An
other Instance of lack of coordination.
Another article In the newspapers of
October H regarding the German drive
against American trade, revealing a new
form of German propaganda Intended
to Injuro American business ln South
America through tho cancelling of Amer
ican placed orders for cotton goods on
the plea that as the war Is nearly over
and these orders can bo filled by Ger
man manufacturers at prewar prices. Is
extremely Interesting as showing what
may be expected on the part of such
unscrupulous competitors ns the Ger
mans, and Is only another Illustration,
to out mind, of the danger of the War
Trade Board not uslns; more diligence
In the execution of licenses for export
so as to permit of the prompter hardllng
of orders by American manufacturers.
Aa another Instance of such delay on
the part of the War Trado D"ard we
wish to state that we have had on file
applications for exportation of goods
to Mexico since July 26. August 16 and
20, but up to the present have been
absolutely unable to get action on them,
either favorable or unfavorable. We are
told, first, that perhaps the applications
may have been lost by the War Trade
Hoard ; secondly, that there has been
a change of policy regarding the par
ticular goods In question, of which we
have not, however, been officially ad
vised from Washlnpton. the net result
being that the goods aro still on our
floors and not on route or at destina
tion, thus creating no end of dlsat's
taction nnd causing criticism of Ameri
can methods.
As we ourselves prefer dealing with
those who attend to our wants promptly,
we realize that delays due to cauea be
yond our control, aa above described, w'lt
Inevitably prejudice us In the eyes of
those we are endeavoring to sorve, and
that If we can ever hope to retain a
share of the export trade that present
opportunity affords, the War Trade
Hoard will have to change its methods
and give sdeouate coordinate service.
We find through later developments
that the Shipping Board Is nlso ns much
In fault through undue laxity as Is the
War Trade Board.
Jerset MANtrrACTur.nt.
Newark, N. 4., November 7.
THE MALE TEACHER.
Illslng Cos I h Forcing Him Oat of the
1'nblle Schools.
To the Editor ofXe Sun Sir.- More
than 2.000 men teachers are In our pub
lic schools. Mote than 73 per cent, of''
them are married men who have
families to support. These men hae
volunteered for draft board work, for
the sale of Liberty bonds, for Bed Cross
eervlce and for all functions of a pa
triotic nnd loyal nature. Their patri
otism and self-sacrlflco aro of the high
est and noblest.
Conditions have arisen that are
forcing theee men out of our public
schools. Tho business world has recog
nized that the buying capiclty of a
dollar to-day It practically fotty cents.
Accordingly salaries In every walk of
life have been Increased from 2 per
cent, to 7o per cent. In many Instance?.
The salaries of the male teachers and
principals or our public schools havo not I
been advanced since 1S08. At no time '
was this salary more than adequnte.
To-day It Is wholly Inadequate, and the
male teacher Is forced cither to swallow
his pride aSid leave the public schools
to seek some other employment or else
to continue meekly and quietly to starve.
.The high cost of food, the Increaso
In -rent, the exorbitant prices of cloth
ing and the necessities of life have bit
the male school teacher as much as
others. Why have they and their fami
lies beet) slnp'ed out to bear the brunt
of starvation and suffering? Can't some
thing be done?
A Hard Workino Teacher,
BnooxLTN, November 7.
A Cable Message That Was NeTer
Sent,
To the Editor or The Sun Sir; One i
year ago to-day I addressed the fol-1
lowing cablegram to h'j Majesty Em
peror William, Berlin, Germany:
If tt afford! you prtda ana pleasure !i
ruling by divine right, you will nnd tho
aausracuon noming wnan compared to business concerns having fairly sub
the honor and glorj you would achieve 1 8tant!al payments to mako economized
by ruling through th. ballot, of your, hecks d d cu , ea
people. Tou velll be the greateit man ' , , , ' ""'Mu'
on earth If you will iU thl, time withdraw ' f course ln ever" 8Uch Instance the
from tho throne and become a candidate Government not only did not get the
for the nret preiidency of the Republic tax but lost the postage that would or
or Germany. Idlnnrlly bo used to send the check.
As the telegraph company charged $30 j As to the annoyance, it Is certainly
for this message and believing that tho Inconvenient to ainx a stamp every tlmo
I Hohcniollerna Individually and collec-
lively were not worth thirty cents, tho
enbletam was not sent
Georcib W. Markexi.
New York, November 7,
Noember Wood.
Come the aullen forcea
Hitter, cold and grays
Dinned are aummer'a colors
'Neath the victor away.
Yet they Kill are hidden
In the brenchei brown
Like forbidden banner!
In a captive town.
When at lut triumphant
Spring ihall free the brave,
Forth hall break the colora
Jubilant to wave.
HoLjNDior.on Wilson.
COAL FIELD AMERICANS.
They Meet Work, the Loan nnd the
L'pldcmle Daunllcssly.
To run Editor ov Thb Sun Sir; A
magailm, that Is brn
Manhattan made tho remark the other
day that "the labor situation ln tho
..i. 11. V....U1.. tin-
anthracite region Is
American. Now, wo puopie of the coal
"Slons are quite accustomed to being
treated In a rather fatherly way by all
" " - - ,
vice as how to mint more and bettor
coal ; wo have seen nil tho
oniclal "nd unofficial Investigators and
reporters, and wo havo heard all the
. . , .
hitherto unknown wieo men prescribing
their sure euro remedies, and "",!,how
wo havo managed to stick It out. True,
wo bad our Innings when wo went over
tho top with our different loan cam-
Palsns with unparalleled participation
ngures oi as, ana iuu per u0..u,
we had no heroes to parado our streets,
no war machines to serve as booths, nor
did we havo any liberty day holidays,
for we have to get out of the srund
our sharo of the nation's coal titer trlflo
of 5.000,000 tons.
When tho epidemic woke ioobo wo
bad another chanco to show our true
Americanism. All tho advisers and crit
ics had disappeared by this time, and
when the plague threw our peoplo down
by the hundreds we had nobody to fall
back upon. The armory of the nearby
town was "filled over night. The State
Hospital refused to tnke the contagious
cases. Then out of the confusion atepped
tho leader In tho person of Edwin Lud
low, the managing vice-president of one
of the largest coal companies. At his
call out we went on a Saturday after
noon to tho ball park. Thousands of
feet of mine timber were cut to make
boardwalks and floors on which to erect
army tents. The gas company ran the
gas lines, the electric company furnished
light, and after twenty-nine hours of
uninterrupted' work, without a stop or
hitch, we had an emergency hospital of
150 beds. It keeps on growing and will
grow until the pe&t is killed. The nurses
are volunteers from among our girls, the
doctors are army officers w-bo volun
teered, nnd volunteers are all the others
that help.
It Is such a genuinely heartening rec
ord that It Is well worth mentioning.
Is It not a Bplendld spirit of true de
mocracy under able leadership that
npontaneous standing together, shoulder
to shoulder, to take the b'irden from
tho weaker ones? It shall be mentioned
nlong with other battles won for the
coming day of victory to be born out
of this 'very true spirit of best Amer
icanism. Minbh.
Lanbford, Pa.. November 7.
NOW FOR THE GRAND ARMY
OF CIVILIZATION.
A Trojcct for nn International So
ciety of Soldiers and Sailors.
To the Editor or- The Sun Sir: As
out of the civil war grew the Grand
Army of the Itepubllc Is It not emi
nently fitting that out of tho present
world war there should grow an Infi
nitely greater grand army, an organi
zation I should call, unless somebody
else EU.cgested a more descriptive, com
prehensive and accurate title, the Grand
Army of Civilization, or, ln briefer
phrase, tho G. A. C.
The army I have In mind would em
brace officers and men of all tho armies
and navlea arrayed against that arch
foe of civilization, Germany, and It
should be founded on the battlefields
of Europe and Asia before the armed
forces of the Allies return to their re
epectlvo countries'. - it should ba Inter
national. Intercontinental, with the
Grand Army of Civilization the common
denominator the world over, for tho
pithy G. A. C. would be as applicable
In Italian and In French as In our own
language. All other text on badges,
mcd ils and banners of posts or com
mands composed of coldlers or sailors
representing other than English speak
ing lands would naturally and properly
bo In tho language of the latter. But
' from Greenland's Icy mountains to In
dia's coral strands" every Entente vet
eran of this war would and should be
known as a member of tho G. A. C.
Might not the league of veterans of
the allied armies and navies organized
on the scenes of their sufferings and
triumphs herald and help guarantee the
' perpetuity and success of that League
of Nations civilized nations of which
wo dream and for which wo hope?
L. C. .Evai.-s.
New Tosk, November 7.
TAXES ON CHECKS.
Their Effect on Payments During the
War With Spain.
To Tim Editor or Tub Sun Sir; In
reply to "Penny Wise," who has paid
me tho compliment of commentlrg on a
letter of mine that you published re
cently In relation to bank check stamps,
nnd who argued that these were satis
factory In England nnd therefore
would be here, l would point out that
there can be no compatlson because
there Is no such use of checks ln Eng
land, or for that matter In any other
country, as there Is In the United States ;
particularly for Individual household
accounts.
We did not ourselves mnke any ex
tensive use of them until after the. civil
war, so that It 13 difficult to say
whether the tax ln force then had any
effect in the use of checks, but It ts
significant that It rapidly grew after
that tax was abolished ; and at the time
of the Spanish-American war It fell oft
in the most marked way whllo the
tax was In forcd and sprang ud lmme.
aiately when It was done away with.
As the treasurer of a large concern at
that time, receiving a great number of
collections, I had a good opportunity
then to observe the extent to which oven
a check la drawn, nnd only concerns
mamng ure or a targe number can well
nrroni to nave tnem engraved. When
we did have the tax, moreover, thera
were numerous Instances when the
drawer did not put on the stamp, the
checks sometimes going clear through
to the bank on which they were drawn
before the omission was discovered. In
volvlng either an expense to the bank
or tho trouble of returning them.
j E, J. KnniVER.
Nitw Brighton, November 7.
An Arkaniita Karthquakr.
Hwh corretpowtrnet U'alaaf mln Blal',
The earth4aku ahock' at i SO Sunday
morning enme like an exploaian. J
cauied Mr. Herdtn, ntght clerk Kt the
Booi Hotel, to ataggcr and almoai fall
It ahooU a dollsr out of hla hand wblcli
hiJ Ju,t been paid him by a cunt.
RETRENCH, NEW CRY
OF SENATE LEADERS
Total of $7,000,000,000 for
War ami Allies Calls for
Quick Economy.
I tiumT
MARTIN SOUNDS WARNING
.
Suggests Clearing Canton
ments Onco Peace Is Suro'
and Stop Housing Plans.
Sfeelal Dttrateh to Tbk KrM.
Washington-, Nov. 7. -rtetrenchmer.t.
thorough, complete far reaching, must
bo tho policy of Congress Immediately
the certainty of peace arrives, accord
ing to Senator Martin (Va), the Demo
cratic leader In tha Senate.
"t ., .,, ihn American budget. In
cluding loins to our allies and the civil
and military expenses, iuuu
000,000,000," said Senator Martin, wbb
hnd called a group of newspaper men
to the quarters of the Appropriation."
Committee for a conference to-day.
'This year theso game appropriations.
Including tha loans to France, Britain,
Belgium and the other members of th9
Entente alliance, will reach the s.u
pendous total of 136,000,000.000. and
thte totals for the two years of tho
present Congress JB7.000.000.000. only
slightly less than one thousand tlm a
the appropriations of the entire Co; -gresees
prior to the time of Janic?
Buchanan.
Impossible to Continue.
"It Is Impcfc'lble for such a state of
affairs to continue. The halt must te
called tho day assurance is received
that peace has been reached The re
trenchment must be as drastic a the
appropriation of moneys and the author
izations of expenditures have hereto
tore been generoug.
'Tho flood gates must be Jammed
shut now. The waste which In time of
war we cannot consider extra veganc.
but simply the necessary letting down
of the bars of caution, must stop short."
Senator Martin expressed this opin
ion not alone for himself but for M
colleague without regard to party. h
said. He evidently was In earnest, A'
ready there hd appeared In the Com
mittee on Appropriations he said, a dis
position to begin a closer scrutiny of
appropriations He had prepared n
tabulation of the war time legislation
Wilch under terms of Its cnactmert
shortly will cease to function. Some of
the war time legislation, like the fed
eralization of the railways, continue!!
in effect after tho war. Other enac
ments cease to apply the day peace lu
proclaimed by the Prcs'dent.
"For example," said Senator Martin,
"tho appropriation of millions for hous
ing war workers must end now. I have
already given otlce to the officials who
have had housing of tho shipbuilders .n
charge that nothing more could be ex
pected by them from thef Treasury.
Within sight of these very wlndowj
are being erected blocks of build ngs,
dwellings for workers which will prob
ably never be needed or even, occupied.
Thousands of Ueelees Clerks.
'There are tens of thousands of ur
necesary clerks nnd Government of
ficials In Waah'ngton and throughout the
country who must be divorced from the
Federal payroll and given opportunity
to enter productive pursuits and begin
addlngHo. rather than subtracting from,
the sum total of national wealth.
VI f this country- Is not to face fifty
years of Industrial slavery while we aro
discharging this stupendous war debt,
action by the Congress In tho matter of
curtailment not only of future expend1
Hire but so far as possible the ea
topment of presqnt appropriations fo
th vet stores of a military sort tvli cb
will not be necessary. Whether by ac
tion of the Executive or by Congress.
It will follow, ono way or the other
surely."
Tho Senator pointed out that ther.i
were to-dny 1.25J.000 men in canton
ments who under hardly any Imasr.nablo
circumstances ever would cross rne seao
to fight. These men, in the opinion of
many legislators, should be demobilize i
at once and cent back to normal en.
ployment.
'The sooner the men ln the camps and
cantonments are back home the f-oone-will
America's productive power be re
sumed." the Senator said. "It Is or.iy
through that resumption that we are g"
Ing to begin catching up with this hide
ous, extravagance of war. , is onl"
through stopping the overseas transfer o!
soldiers once hostilities have definitely
ended, releasing the men from the can
tonments nnd retorlng as nearly an
possible normal conditions that Amer
ica U going to catch ufi."
Voted With Vjrm Mint.
Senator Martin said that ln the early
days of the war and tnroushour the
period when there was reasonable donn
as to the outcome' Congress had been
Impelled by the spirit of "do it now"
!nd f "do It quickly ' The theory had
been that "twice too much waj rot an
i bad us not enough." nnd for this reason
the Impuls- had prevailed, and with their
e's shut the legislators had voted eve-?
cent aked.
It was evident from Senator Martin')
earnestness In making his statement to
the pi ess that the matters he bid baro
bad but only recently been under dis
cuslon between the Senate nnd the ex
ecutive leaders of the Government.
Furthermore. It was quite evident that
unity of view as between the two wan
I conspicuous! absent.
TRADE BRIEFS.
Experiments are being carried en ln
Italy by a Milan company for the manu
facture of bagging, packing material, elus
ion Blllnga, mattreaeea, twine and rope fron
atraw nbre of barler, wheat or rice, a
cording to the atrength cf tha materia.,
wanted.
The Italian Commlaalon for Cold storagt
Facllltlei has recommended that Immed!.
ate meaaurea be taken for Increasing the
national cold atorage planta to conierre
the large quantltlei of mt and food prnC
uete that are now being Imported Into
Italy and that will be Imported after
tha war.
Krfnrti ar being put forth to have a
, regular line of Spanlih eteamera to Chile
Peru and p'rhape Ecuador, and thua re
Hove the great ahortage of tonnag an '
alao to aerure a market for the raw pro
. ucta of thcie countrlei. which are at p-.ei
nt encountering great dlUcultlea.
I The harvest of grapefruit, tt present r.
I principal proiuct cultivated by America
J fru't growon on the Iile of Plnee, te r.on
weu unaer way.
The establlihment of commercial eche
arahlpi In lAtln America hv rk.mk... .
commerce a5id other trade bodlra In tha
" - . uvw;ifa Dy uonaul Kra'
cla J. Dyer of Tegucigalpa, Hondurae. a,
a remedy for the preeent lack of iuH
dent number of adequately trained tie',
to represent North American bjiinei 1
teroita In the aouthern republics.
There la an opportunity for etpiu ,
etab',lh a new Induitry in the Ph'.li
pines In the form of the manufacture i
edco mate, elrrtllar to theae vMch f.
lome time paat have bee.n Imported
the United Rtatei In great quantities frt u
Japan and rormoea.
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