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TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 2200.
The Minority Report Wonderful
Effort of Senator Hitchcock.
Wo say advleedly that tho minority j
'report from tho Committee onFor
clgn Itelatlons, supposed to have been
drawn according to -President Wu
" son's wishes by Senator Ghjiekt M.
' Hitchcock, scarcely deserves the at
tention of candid Intelligence.
Such on argument as this, for -example,
with regard to tho four rescr--j
vatlons reported to tho Senate by the
majority of the committee:
"While masquerading In the guise
of reservations they are in fact al
terations of the treaty. They have
all the vices of amendments and the
additional vice of pretending to be
what they are not. Presented as
parti of the resolution to ratify the
treaty they would, in fact, if adopted
result In its defeat. All of them ap
ply to the League of Nations section
of the treaty. Those who oppose tho
Uoaguo of Nations realize ttiat it is
invincible on a square fight, and they
hope to destroy it by indirection.
The League of Nations has stood tho
test ot worldwide criticism and un
limited attacks. It stands to-day as
the only hopo for world peace. After
all the assaults of many months Its
purposes and provisions stand out
clearly defined, unaffected by criti
cism, and unyielding to attack."
' This and much more of the same sort
from the Hltchcockian fount would
seem pltlrfble, would seem even con
temptible, were It not so "damn re
dlckelous" If we may employ a form
of expression not Infrequently heard
In tho saner sections of Nebraska
when the outgivings and performances
of her senior Senator are under un
sympathetic consideration.
Adopted ns parts of the resolution
to ratify, the submitted reservations
would no more neccssnrlly result In
the defeat of tho treaty than the
equally comprehensive and patrioti
cally far sighted reservations In the
resolution ratifying tho conventions
of The Hague resulted In the defeat
of that set of treaties; or than the
similarly American reservations at
tached to the Algcclras convention re
sulted In the defeat of that treaty.
.The proposition Is absurd. "
And what sort of a human mind Is
It that the Hon. Gilbeet M. Ilrrcn
COCK, 'speaking for President WasoN
-and his ono-mas document, expects
to be, influenced by tho preposterous
asseveration that the covenant "has
stood the test of worldwide criti
cism and unlimited attacks"; that It
Is "the only hope for world peace";
that its "provisions stand out clearly
defined, unaffected by criticism and
.unyielding to attack"?
Rubbish from the senior Senator
from Nebraska 1 If he does not know
better ho Is an object for commisera
tion. Europe Is frankly Indifferent to
the one-man document. European
statesmen, working for their national
Interests, at first tolerated tho Idea
of tho League, regarding It as a" harm
less contrivance on which tho United
States had set Its heart, and being
for a tlmo deceived by Mr. Wilson's
Inaccurate statement that lie came to
tho conference with a mandato from
hla Government and specific Instruc
tions from the people .he represented.
After tho ono-man document was en
acted, nt the cost of nearly every one
of Mr, Wilson's immutable Fourteen
Points, tho statesmen and peoples of
Europe ceased to take much Interest
r In tho subject, The Leaguo becamo
the object of derision In tho British
House of Commons, of polite con
tempt in French governmental quar
ters; of bitter hatred In thoso nations
whoso national aspirations had, been
defrauded by tho secret bargainings
which accomplished tho covenant, and
of general unconcern elsewhere.
Whcro and whence is tho "world-
,j wider criticism" which' tho covennnt
has .triumphantly withstood accord
ing to Senator Hitchcock's minority
report? Tho "assaults of many
months" have been" confined mostly to
the efforts of Americans to procure
thatyery thing which Mr. Hitchcock
declares 1ms been brought about bv
tho covenant's own Inherent Invinci
bility, namely, a clear, definition of
lis purpose nnd provisions. Nobody
ought to be mora fully aware than UUe of Lieutenant-General shall' cause every human being rapeble of
tho author of tho minority report thereafter bo abolished."- This was handling money to saTO what could bo
that this dear definition of the Intended as a farther honor for saved from his Income Sclf-prescrva-Lcaeuo's
purposes and provisions, bo Geobgb Washington, but, as a com-. tlon alono ouclit to tnako overvbodv
far as they affect tho polity and wel-,
faro of the American Jlcpubllc, lsr
actly Svhat ho Is now resisting; ex
actly what his wandering principal
Is resisting with all the obstinacy of
a self-appointed autocrat and all tho
arts of an accomplished demagogue.
What Disintegrating (he Transport
tatlou System Means.
What disintegration of tho city
f Tnnruiff of trn avornrn rann net tVtA nnA.
nin nf M,nhs.n ,nt B i
green car lines aro already falling
apart because of lack of money to
meet expenses.
It means the abandonment of lines
which cannot earn operating expenses,
fixed pharges and a fair profit for
their owners, though Uicso lines serve
the needs of hundreds of thousands
of men and women.
It means the operation as individual
properties of lines now constituting
units of the general system.
It means the expenditure of ten
cents when a passenger must use two
lines to reach his destination, fifteen
cents when ho must use three lines,
and so on n nickel for every line on
which the passenger rides.
It means confusion, congestion and
increased danger In tho streets, dally
Inconvenience to scores of thousadds
of men and women workers, and new
difficulties for everybody In getting
about town.
Jit means lost soles for merchants,
decreased patronage for hotels, res
taurants, theatres and other places of
public resort
It means wrecking tho great, com
prehensive, boldly designed passenger
carrying systems which came into be
ing to serve the necessities of tho big
gest city on earth, which wants and
should haVe the best transportation
organization on earth.
And thIS smashup, out of which
will come a situation requiring tho
.payment of ten cents, and fifteen
cents, and more, for a ride from one
end of New York to tho other, Is duo
to the blindness, the wilful obstinacy,
of those who refuso to let New York
ers do what they would do without
complaint; that Is, treat tho transpor
tation system fairly, pay It ade
quately for Its services, and give It a
chance to render at an equitable price
the eervlco New York must have for
the comfort, the health and the pros
perity of Us people.
now long will the sound thinking
people of New York tolerate tho atti
tude of public officials who seek to
destroy the life of tho city transpor
tation, corporations?
Pershing's Bank One Which Was
Intended for Washington.
We are glad to assuage tho perplex
ity of n friend who writes to us s
follows:
"To the Editor or Tub 6cn Sir:
A discussion arose at our dinner table
and I am writing to have The Sun
settle it Tho query is v Was Admiral
Dewey of the Bamo rank as Benson
and Sims, or was ha ono grade
higher? Do Sims and Benson rank
with General Fersuino, or is tho lat
ter of higher rank of equal rank
with that of Dewey?
"Moroan A. Jones.
"New briC, September 12."
No man now enjoys tho place which
Congress made possible for Geoboe
Dewey In 180U, when It established
the grade of Admiral ot the Navy ns
a reward for the Commodore's victory
In Mnnlla Bay aud the able manner
In which he disposed of the Insolent
Diedebicii. nis grade, which became
extinct upon his death, was. higher
than that which either Fabbagut or
Pobteb held. They were Admirals,
but Dewey, as Admiral of the Navy,
ranked as high as-lf not higher than
tho British Admirals pf the Fleet If
Sims and Benson should become Ad
mirals through the passage of tho bill
which Is now before Congress they
obviously would not hold a grade as
high as Dewey's.
The inquiry wheth&r Pershing's
new rank puts him on a par with that
which Dewey held may be answered
In tho afllrmatlve, assuming that the
President will correct the error In
tho text of the commission wldch,
according to Representative KAnN's
statement In tho nouse on Thursday,
has been made. Tho resolution pro
viding for Pebshino's promotion read
as follows:
"Ba it enacted, &c, That the offlco
ot General of tho Armies of the
United States is hereby revived, and
the President is hereby authorized
In his discretion and by and with the
advice and consent of the Senate, to
appoint to said ofllco a General offi
cer of the army -who on foreign soil
and during the recent war has been
especially distinguished In the higher
command of the military forces of
the 'United States; and the officer
appointed under the foregoing au
thorization shall have the pay pre
scribed by Section 24 of the act of
Congress approved July 15, 1870,
and such allowances as the President
shall deem appropriate ; and any pro
vision ot existing law that would
enable any other officer of the army
to take rank and precedence over
said officer is hereby repealed; Pro
vided, that no moro than ono ap
pointment to office shall be made
under the tenns of this act"
The rank of General of the Armies
Ik referred to in the bill, as being "re
vived." The curious fact Is that no
man over nciu such an oiiicc in the
United States. On March 8 1709,
Congress pushed n bill declaring "that practlso thrift, ns ho did the other
a commander of tho army of tho day. It would seem as If tho pro
United States Klmll ho appointed and cepts Impressed upon children, ,tho
commissioned by tho stylo of 'Gen- experiences of adults, tho lessons
oral of the Armies of the United
States,' and the present olllco nnd
mlttco of Congress which Investigated
tho subject years afterward reported,
"Washington died In offlco under his
Llcutcnnpt-Gcncral's commission, tho
proposed new appointment not being
conferred upon him."
Tho ofllco which Congress created
for Qiiant In 1800 was "General of
tho Army," and this wastho rank
later held by Srtr.nstAN and Sheki
sax; so it Is manifest that tho offlco
revived for Pebsiiixo Is not that
which tho civil war heroes gained
Washington, who died before Presl-
dent Adams had time, orsaw fit, to
executo the commission. When Prcs
dcrit, Wilson, on July 18, recom
mended to Congress that tho permar
nent rank of General bo given to both
PEnsiiiNO nnd MAncn, ho said: "I
take It for granted that I am only
anticipating your own thoughts In
proposing thceo honors." It is evi
dent that tho President took too much
for granted by half, for Congress not
only declined to make Mabch a perma
nent General, but In the case of Peb
shIno conferred upon thnt hero n
rank technically equalled In this coun
try onl by thnt which Congress In
tended for Washington.
If,, as Mr. Kaiin declares, the Presi
dent's commission makes PebsIiing
"a General of the Regular' Army for
life," that Irregular piece of paper
should be forthwith recalled and a
commission1 Issued to the commander
of tho A. E. F. as General of the
Armies. It Is important that the
President should use exactly tho
power which was put at his disposal
by Congress.
Returning to our correspondent's
curiosity as to tho parity of Dewey's
rank and Pebshino's, we assume that
they are equal. In England an Ad
miral of the Fleet takes rank with, a
Field Marshal ; and surely n Gcneralof
the Armies of the United States would
rank with a Field Marshal and there
fore with an Admiral of tho Fleet and
the Admiral of the Navy. 'Finally,
Pebshino takes official precedence
over both Sims and Benson.
Which Statements Aro False?
In his speech to the people of Mon
tana, Jdellvered on Thursday In Bil
lingsPresident Wilson said :
"Thousands of our gallant youth
lie burled In France, and buried for
what? For tho redemption of Amer
ica? America was not dlreclly at
tacked. For the salvation ot Amer
ica.?' America was not immediately
In flanker."
For Mr. Wilson to assert that
"America was not directly attacked"
and that "America was not' Immedi
ately in danger" will amaze those
whose memories extend Into the dark
days which preceded April C, 1917. If
Mr. Wilson's memory was better than
it now appears to be he would recall
that on February 20, 1017, he deliv
ered In person a message. to the Con
gress In which he said:
"Since It has unhappily proved im
possible to safeguard our neutral
rights by diplomatic means against the
unwarranted infringements they are
suffering at the hands of Germany
there may be no recourse but to armed
neutrality, which we shall know how
to maintain, and forwhlch there is
abundant American precedent"
Thus In .February of 1917 our neu
tral rights were suffering "unwar
ranted Infringements," according to
Pre&ldent Wilson. On April 2, 1917,
tho President appeared again before
the Congress to deliver his war mes
sage, in the course of which he said:
"American ships have been sunk,
American lives have 'been taken, in
ways which it has stirred us very
deeply to learn of . . .
"There Is one choice we cannol
make, we ore Incapable of making;
we will not choose the path of sub
mission and suffer the most sacred
rights of our nation and our 'people
to be violated.
"With a profound sense of the sol
emn and even tragical character of
the step 1 am taking and of the grave
responsibilities which it involves, but -in
unhesitating obedience to what 1
deem my constitutional duty, I advise
that the Congress declare the recent
course of the Imperial German Gov
ernment to be in fact nothing less
than war against the Government
and people of the United States ..."
The preamble of tho war resolution
adopted by the Congress and approved
by the President on April 0, 1017, de
clares that:
"Whereas the Imperial German
Government has committed repeated
acts of war against the Government
and the people ot the United States
of America: Therefore . , ."
We 6hnll not characterize President
Wilson's declarations In Billings that
"America was not directly attacked"
and that "America was not Immedi
ately In danger" beyond saying this:
If the assertions made on this sub
ject by Woodrow Wilson In -September,
1019, are truo tho assertions
made by him on the same subject In
February and April of 1017 wero false
end tho preamble of tho resolution
adopted by Congress Is a He,
Waste Not, Want Not.
Thcro Is something grotesque In
conditions which render it not only
proper hut praiseworthy for Secre
tory Glass of tho Treasury Depart'
, ment to issue wnat amounts to a
proclamation urging tho peoplo to
taught during hosltlltlcs, tho menace
.of uncertainty In the future, would
practise economy Intelligently; but It
docs not
A great deal of money Is being
saved In America. It Is going Into life
Insurance, into savings banks, Into
Government securities. Tho amounT"
thus wisely Invested Is nctually enor
mous. But that amount Is small in
comparison with what mlgbt bo saved
If every citizen were as wlso and fore
handed as eomo of them aro. Sldo
by side with exemplary husbandry
by some thcro Is shocking cxtrava
ganco on tho part of many. It Is so
disquieting that great merchants nro
appealing to their patrons to check It;
bankers plead for curtailment of ex
penditures for luxuries; Government
officers find it within their provlnco
to urgo caro In spending. It Is worse
than a display of individual Improvi
dence. It Is a national menace. -
Despite tho high cost of living, de
spite tho dollar cut in two In pur
chasing power, despite tho serlourf
situation of Industry, labor and com
merce, wilful wasto goes nn In appal
ling volume, and wilful waste Inevi
tably will bring woful want In thl3
year of grace Just as It has ever since
the first wise mnn began to lay up
something against the rainy season.
A Question of Interest to Plenipo
tentiary House.
It may be remembered that when
President Wilson was amiably and
profusely nnd (we hope)""truthfully
answering the questions of the Sena
tors invited to the Whlto House the
subjoined colloquy occurred regard
ing that .distinguished statesman's
knpwlodgo of tho existence of secret
treaties of tho sort which he de
nounces as Infamous : Y
"Senator Johnson When our Gov
ernment through you, Mr. President
in January, 1918, made the Fourteen
Points as tho basis of peace, were
thoso points made' with the knowl
edge of the existence of the setret
agreements?
"The President No; oh, no!"
In the A'atioi of this week Mr. Lin
coln Colcobd, a staff correspondent
of tho, Philadelphia Public Lcdber,
who enjoyed opportunities of Intimate
u:onverso with Colonel Edward M.
house uc me ume wnennc was nrst
lr. President Wilson's confidence,
writes as follows :
"Our Journalistic group was in
constant communication with Colonel
IIouss ; every item of news regard-
lng the secret treaties was at the
disposal of the Administration. I
can recall dozens of conversations
with Colonel House about the secret
treaties, going back as far as the
summer of 1917." "
If Colonel House, ns tho advance
agent of world reorganization, knew
all about tho secret treaties In the
summer of 1017, how did It happen
that President Wilson knew .nothing
of them ns late as January, 1016,
when he formulated his Fourteen
Points? Was the Colonel faithless ,to
his high mission or was the Presi
dent when questioned by Senator
Johnbon, simply, well, let us say, ex
tremely forgetful?
Mr. Colcobd's own conclusion Is
negatlvo rather than positive, lnter
rogatlvo rather than satisfying.
"What shall we think." ho asks, "of
this amazing charlatan?" Tho person
ho describes as an amazing charlatan
Is not Colonel House.
General Persuing celebrates his
fifty-ninth birthday to-day, and in
splto of his advanced years nono of
tho numerous employers who have
rules against hiring men over 40
would hesitate to give him a Job.
Tou need not bo conversant with tho
psychology of Chinese hunior to feel
positive that tho Joko which will be
hailed as the best of the yoar in Pekln
la the seventh ot Mr. "Wilson's ten
treaty principles: "Invalidation of all
secret treaties."
"We will win," says La Guardia to
O. O. P. yetMpaper headline.
Even as he said It flying above tho
Fiave front!
Do not tho Canadian Liberals, per
sistent in their criticism of Articlo X.,
fear that the continuance of such criti
cism may causo the itinerary to be en
larged to Include the Dominion?
To
Adept Twenty-four Hour
Clock.
From I As London Mail.
The twenty-four hour clock systtro ai
been adopted by the Southeastern J nnd
Brighton IUllwiyi In their Continental
timetables. The system Is now practically
universal 'on tho Continent, and ''the
cbanse has been made for uniformity,"
aid a Southeastern official. "Travellers
from France and Belgium appreciate It,
and, It Is simpler when once people ret
used to It." .
After noon. Instead of going on to 1
o'clock, one , says 13 o'clock. Thus the
Inward boat train Is due at Victoria, Lon
don, at SI, o'clock Instead ot 0 at nlcht
.All dempblflzed men are familiar with
the system.- for It was adopted by the
army In 1917.
In the Shadow of Faneoll Halt
notion, the "Hub of the Universe,"
Sunr of or chanted In tune or verse.
Home of Atlanta
And all things pedantic.
Home of hlih backed ofd pews, ' a
Of stlffnecked, conventional views.
Home of' the fetishes stock,
Culture and cod, Plymouth Rock,
What do you think of your watchmen
Trained to detect and to catch men, -To
prevent the commission of crime.
To keep the town free from all slime,
Shlrklnil
Not working!
Stwiss at home
White thugs and thieves .roam
At will o'er the city. C
Indeed, It's a pity! )
No wonder you blush
Aa executives rush s
Troops to keep order
Within your border.
Stop rlotlug. looting
And atLtprts of freebootlng.
But not the policemen, dod rot ltl
Not enough corners on duty to stop ltl
What do you think of It all
In th shadow ot Vaneull Hall?
r. U AIOXTOOiirai.
A TORTOISE PROTECTOR.
He Dates Them and They Tlslt Him
Fifty Tears After.
To tub Eorron or Tit a Sun Sir; I
noto a communication from ona James
Dabb of Now Jersey in Tub Sun of the
2d Inst under the heading ot "Turtles
Protected," In which an attempt is made
to dabblo In our Now Tork conservation
law. The better form of expression Is to
oinercntiaio tne terrcstria as ioiioibo
and tho aquatic as turtle.
Tho tortolsos were never disturbed un
til recent years, as they wero harmless,
, 1 J wtl
tlllU DU ntuiucivu nv ' . uiiimvihiwu,
reeding on wild berries within their
reach or those, like the mulberry, whlcn
fall in 41.A t-rnunfl- henlffos funcrl and
perhaps insects. Their sense of smell
must be extremely acute to enable them
in hrata thlr food. Forest fires oflen
destroy numbers of them. It was the
custom everywhere to mark the under
side with the initials of tho finder, to
gether with tho date or his age, and thus
the fact of their remaritaDio longevity
known. As they attach them
selves to some particular locality and
seldom or nover abandon It a cenaip.
t nt consideration and friend
ship waB felt toward them by every one.
which almost amounted to veneration
when they boro the Initials of sotno
departed relative.
Some years ngo gangs of Italian
lnWro fnrpnt annllators. destroyers of
every species of bird and general rava
gers of everything that grows or creeps
n- fli.. in tha fiAMn nr fnrAHta were tem
porarily located in Suffolk county, Long
iBianu, ana mraigniwuy nuwu w
off tho country and began to collect 11
the tortoises, with or withoutrecords.
ana eat or buu incut iu
mm Thin whs coin? a littio too far
and had to be checked, otherwise they
would all have been extermlnatea.
A law was nromntly introduced by
one of tho county Assemblymen and duly
passed by tne legislature jjiuiuti..
them Rhnrtlv afterward I noticed in
the show window of a bird and animal
store In Brooklyn nearly a bushel of
ihem piled on top of eacli other and
dving of thirst, heat and starvation.
This was too much and I prompuy noti
fi,i n D-nmA nrntArtnr and we seized the
entire outfit and shipped them ,to my
f 01 est home near Camp upion, wnero
nr Minn- nt 111 roam unmolested.
They had undoubtedly been collected
by some of these foreign miscreants aiiu
n. n rlfllnir consideration. Tho
proprietor of tho store was substan
tially fined. ,
Tiiisi mimmar I discovered under onc
of my mulberry trees an exceedingly
old fellow and was surprised io nna my
Initials on tho under side with the date
18C6, It rarely occurs that a tortoise
and the man who marked him meet after
mn iini- an Interval. The tortoise was
nt least ten years oM when marked and
showed no evidences of extreme age
....nt hA nniincr of the yellow patches
on the carapace, and several times while
momentarily unobserved almost suc
rociAri In maklne its escape. I am
equally as active, thank you.
Archibald u. WEEKS,
Librarian Brooklyn Bntomologlcal
Society.
Brookltn, September 12.
POLICE WHISTLES.
v
It Is Not Surprising the Patrolmen
Ignore Their Shrill Call.
To the Editor or The Suk Sir; Late
jisterday afternoon a man was struck by
an automobile at Eightieth street and
Broadway. He was knocked unconscious
and was picked up and carried to the
sidewalk by pasacrsby. Without qus
tion he was badly hur,t. A cry went up
frcm tho collected crowd for a police
man and ambulance, but no officer was
In sight. I happened to be passing at
the time and blew a police whistle for
an officer. Two minutes before I had
pessed a policeman leos than a block
away, and if he heard my whistle ho
paid no attention to it. Finally another
officer came up, attracted probably by
the fast collecting crowd. However,
minutes passed before he came,
a The police aro not altogether to blame
for disregarding the shrill call of a police
whistle. Every other small boy In that
neighborhood is given ono to play with
and they toot them about tho streets all
day long. If a policeman on post were
to try to answer every call Indicated by
the Blowing of a police whistle he would
spend a large part of his time on wild
goose chases, only to discover a grin
ning youngster with a. whistle In his hand.
Most of the children do not understand
what the call of the whistle given them
for a plaything should mean, but their
parents or whoever falls to look after
them do know or should.
If a few parents or guardians of chil
dren who give their charges police
Phlstles to amuse themselves with were
arrested and finctl an unnecessary evil
which Interferes with the calling of the
police when they are badly needed would
be done away with In short order.
New York, September 12. T'. P.
LIGHTER THAN ALUMINUM.
Now Magnesium Alloy Said to He as
Strong- as Steel.
From M Scienttflo American,
A metal lighter than any yet. known,
and as strong as or stronger than steel,
has for years 'been the dream of many,
and every now and then rumors are cir
culated to the effect that at last it has
been discovered. The advantages which
such a metal would have, especially for
aircraft, aro obvious, but unfortunately
It Is generally found on investigation
that there Is a "snag" somewhere.
The latest repdrt to be circulated re
lates to a new magnesium alloy said
to havo been discovered by a metal com
pany of Montreal, Canada. The new
alloy, it is stated, Is only two-thirds the
weight t aluminum and is "as strong
as steel." It is said to be especially
suttable.for pistons and conneotlng rods
of aero and motor car engines. It Is to
be hoped that some of the qualities at
tributed to the new alloy may, on closer
examination, be substantiated.
ROOSEVELT MEN.
Pershing' and Sims Samples of Those
for Whom Ho Smashed Precedent,
To tub Editor op Tub Sun Sfr; Not
1 .11.1 Tl I.,.... , . . M
uuiy uiu A icomciii wueoveil promote
Pershing from Captain to Brigadier
General, ns Tub Suk point's out, but It
is interesting to noto that it was Roose
velt who first recognized the ability of
Admiral Sims, the other dominant figure
in our activities on the other side.
Roosevelt placed Slmywhen a Com.
rrander. In command of the U. S. S.
Minnesota, a battleship of the United
States' Atlantlo fleet a tiling unprece
dented at that time, as battleships at
that time had always beon commanded!
oy an oniccr ot tns raim or. captain.
i An Admirer or Roosevelt.
BALOTMOBa, 31CL, September 13,
COVENANTERS, TWO KINDS.
Mr. Wilson Is Bcmlndcd ot Wat tho
Scotsmen Stood for.
To win Eorron or Tub Sun Sir; In
the report of President Wilson's Kansas
City address he Is quoted as follows ;
Frort the bottom otmy feet to tho
top of my head I've got a fighting
eplrlt. My ancestors were troublesome
Scotchmen. SoroeTpf them were Cov
enanters. Itero Is the covenant of the
LeaiSio of Nations. I am a covenanter.
A comparison of tho English Govern
ments of the seventeenth century with
the aqvernmcnt of tho England 'of to
dr.y would be unfair. A comparison of
tho Solemn League and Covenant of the
Scots of thnt tlmo with tho covenant
of the Leaguo of Nations is odious. The
Covenant of too Scots was of religion
rather than political. 'The Covenanters
claimed the right, regardless of the King
of England and his Ministers, to wor-,
ship God In their own way. It Is
granted that there were extreme men
among them, but they stood for a prin
ciple that has long been established
throughout tho British dominions. The
covenant of tho League of Nations Is
understood by many of us to propose
not that we shall continue to govern
ourselves In our own way but that for
eign Powers, . at least one of them a
despotism, shall have a hand In the
direction of our political policies.
In a comparison of tho two cove
nants it Is plain that the President has
broken with the traditions of his ances
tors, of which he boasts, and is now on
tho wrong side. Mr. Mncaulay in his
admirable history wrote: "Charles I.
bad tried to force his own religion (Epls
ccpal) byr his regal power on the Scots
at a moment when both his religion and
his regal power were unpopular In Eng
land, and he had not only failed, but;
had raised troubles which had ultimately
cost him his crown and his head."
Many of' the best men of this Re
public are the' despendantB of men who
sought a haven In tho wilderness rather
than endure the political and religious
persecution of Charles I. and his sons
and successors of the House of Stuart.
New Tork, September 12. A. F. F.
FOOD OFFERED FOR PAY.
Advertisement for English Teacher
Shows Plight of Hungary.
From the Manchetter Guardian.
Even In' a country so disturbed as
Hungary the newspaper advertisements
run much the samo as ever. Tho Pester
Lloyd of Budapest has its usual col
umns of matrimonial offers, and Its "ed
ucational" column has a cosmopolitan
flavor that seems a little odd nfter the
patriotic hatreds- of the last flvo years.
Advertisements in English and French
are scattered among the close lines of
German Gothic type and tho announce
ments in Magyar, that appear to have
one accent on every three letters. The
English shows signs of the isolation of
war. What, for instance, are we to
make of this?
Wo search an English teacher for
more pupils. Engagement for the
whole day. Food Is enough to get.
Information gives Pharmacist Racz
Jasos, Klakunhalas.
Ono mlirlit hlllld Un a. wholo DlcUlTO Of
tho plight of central Europe from that
phrase "Food Is enough to get."
UNIONIZED POLICE. . "
The President's Interference With
tho Washington Force.
To Tns EorroR ar Tub Sun Sir; The
situation in Boston shows what may be
expected if the police forces of tho vari
ous cities In this country become affili
ated with any class of citizens.
Does it not then seent to you that the
tMegram "sent by Mr. Tumulty to Hon.
Louis Brownlow, Commissioner of the
District of Columbia, In which he states
time tiiA T-Astdent suercests the great
advisability of postponing the Issue
crcaicu oyNtne rcwiit; umuiiwuis
police force at Washington, D. C, has
a very sinister appearance?
As I understand It, the police force
cf the city of Washington is not under
the authority of the President, and if Jt
were would it not bo best for the in
terests of tho American people that the
President should not allow tho Inference
to be drawn that he would even com
promise on tho question of police unioni
zation? W. E. IClssELBUnoil, Jr.
New Tore, September 12.
VERY SPECIAL DELIVERY.
EloTen Says From Hndson Terminal
to into Hopatcong.
To tub Editor or Tub Sun Sir; On
tha 2Sth of August, a few minutes after
9 o'clock. 1 mailed a special delivery
letter from the Hudson Terminal Post
Oiflce. This letter was destined for
Lako Hopatcong, N. J., a summer re
tort probably fifty miles out of New
Tork. ! received word this week that
the letter arrived at its destination last
Monday. September 8, or eleven days
after being accepted by tne Post Otllce
authorities for "prompt delivery."
On September 3 I entered a complaint
at the Hudson Terminal station because
of non-delivery, but to date have re
ceived no reply. H. W. Steinmetz.
New Tork, September 11.
Shoe Man In Hard Luck.
From tne Erlt Dltpatcft
Frank Prosowskl. 11S3 East Ninth street,
was robbed ot $500 yesterday while on his
way to purchase a pair of shoes.
TRADE BRIEFS.
The production of mineral oil In Japan
for 1018 was ll.OST.OSS gallons, about 20
per cent, less than Iir-1917. ,
There Is a market for baseball goods,
and In fact for all sporting goods, notably
tennis paraphernalia. In western Canada.
A railway from Aden, the principal port
In Arabia, to LeheJ, the capital ot the
Abdalt tribe In southwestern Arabia, has
recently been opened.
The Japanese Government has recently
announced that tha Government railways
will reduce rates 30 per cent, on cereal
substitutes and transport rice free.
There should be a large market for In
edible animal fats In Italy, and particu
larly In the Venice district, where large'
candle and soap factories are situated,
A Swiss mercantile exchange centre Is
being formed to facilitate commerce with
esst European countries, and particularly
to obviate the dlOcultles arising from
scarcity of money and lack of transporta
tion facilities In those countries.
A good traffo In refined edible corn oil
can be developed In New Zealand If the
proper advertising methods are employed,
Including the sending ot printed matter to
the various dealers setting forth the new
and varied uses of corn oil, '
If American manufacturers wish to ex
tend their business In tho markets of China
they must be prepared to compete with
other countries not only In prices but In
pleasing and novel patterns, for the Chi
nese men are very particular, and tha
women use few foreign goods unless thsy
ars tempted by attractive samples.
iTAX ASSESSMENTS
TO HIT PROFITEERS
Iteiit Tiratcs Help Swell Total,
liut IMgnrcs Arc Kept
Secret.
INOKEASE IS ASSUHED
Hotel and Cafo Owners to
Plead Dry Law Cut Their
. i Value.
City employees were taking a lively
Interest yesterday In tho stntemont of
Mayor Hylan, as roported, that their
salaries would be raised because tho tax
assessments had been raised and tho
city would get more money.
Much rctlcenco was shown, however,
by city officials in a position to know
something about It as to just how much
values would be raised this year. At
the Tax Department tho only informa
tion obtained was that the men In tho
field had not yet completed all their re
ports and it would not be known until
their assessments had been totalled Just
how much increased revenue tho city
could look forward to.
Under the law the assessment boolcs
must be ready to bo opened to tho pnblio
October 1 and not until that date will
any official statement bo made as to just
what has been done. It was said.
It has been understood in a general
way that the Tax Department has had
Instructions from the Mayor to pay par
ticular attention to the properties of bo
called rentprofltcers and to increase the
tax valuation Jn proportion to the rent tl
valuo of the property. This source in
Itself, however, will not be likely to In
crease the total real estate assessments
enough to met a general salary increase
for city employees. v
Thero has been much activity In ' tho
real estate market this year and it is
believed that the Tax Commlsslonpiv,
following out their custom, will take "ac
count of any Increased valuation shown
In the latest transfers.
The owners of large hotel properties,
which In' past years have usually been
Increased when there has been any gen
eral raising of assessments, this year
will plead that their value has been in
jured by prohibition. This same plea
has been used by tho owners of many
properties rented for cafes and saloons.
This year thero was a total Increaeo
in assessments over 19 IS of (199,681,807.
This was made up of an Increase in
ordinary real estate assessments of
tl.03,093,186,' which was offset by de
creases In the real estate of corporations
and specral franchise assessments, which
brought the net real estate increase
clown to $88,683,902 and of an increase'
in personal property of $110,997,903.
The total real estate assessments this
year were $8,428,332,753 and the total
personal assessments $362,412,780.
1,755 U. S. AIRPLANES
LOST IN FRENCH ZONE
943 Craft Ready for Use on
Date of Armistice.
Special Detpatck to Tub Sex.
Washington, Sept 12. Sixty-five per
tent, of tho airplanes sent by tho United
States to the rono of the advance in
France during the war wero lost In mlli
tury operations, tho War Department
announced to-day. Of the 2,698 air
planes sent to the zone of advance,
2.495 were delivered tq troops, including
airplanes lost at depots by accident, and
of these delivered 1,733 were lost.
When the armistice was signed thero
were 943 planes In tho zone of advance,
740 with armies and 203 in depots.
In the United States at present there
are 9,183 army airplanes in condition to
use. Of these 4,781 are active, 2,215 ob.
solescent, 1,928 obsolete and 259 experi
mental. The department announced also that
624,000 rounds of artillery ammunition
had been returned to the United State.")
from France and 660.000 rounds of small
arms ammunition. Other items on the
returned list wero: 4S.227 revolvers, 78,
91 pistols, 14S.S02 rifles, 900 Browning
machine guns, 4,449 Browning automatic
rifles, 12 Lewis anti-aircraft guns, 737
7 millimeter caissons and 190 75 milli
meter guns, 265 155 millimeter howitz
ers, 501 tractors, 74 155 millimeter guns
and 157 trench mortars.
These figures Bhowed shipments up to
August 1. Remaining In France await
ing shipment to this country were huge
quantities of ordnance material, averag
ing about 70 per cent, of the amount of
artillery shipped, 60 per cent- of the" ar.
tlllery ammunition, 20 per oent, of the
small arms and 99 per cent, of the small
arms ammunition.
COUNCILS WASTED
74 MILLION MARKS
Legal Expenses of Revolution
ists Only 18 Million.
Berlin, Sept 11 (delayed). Muthlas
Krzberger, (Minister of Finance, to-day
made public a report on the expendi
tures of the Workmens and SoMiers'
Councils from the time of the revolution
to March 31 of tills year. It Is shown
that the councils spent 92.000,000 marks,
Jf which tho garrison councils spent 88,
000,000 marks nnd the field councils
4.000,000 marks.
Tho report shows that 37,000,000
rcarks were spent for the pay of the
councils The navy got 2,172,000 marks,
vf which 1,340,000 marks were spent
lustiflably. Herr Erzbcrger says that
was not 'the navy's total, however, and
estimates it at 10,000,000 marks. Tho
post councils spent only 100,000 marks.
Many cases where tho councils forci
bly extorted huge sums of money from
bunks aro cited.
Only 18,000,000 marks, says the Finance
Minister, wero spent legally nnd the
other 74,000,000 marks were squandered.
An effort is being mado td recover the
74,000.000 marks, but it Is doubtful if it
can bo done. Tho empire suffered
greatly, ho hdds, and was mulcted of
aims tor which it Is difficult to account
to say notnlug of recovering.
EUROPE LIFTS TOURIST BAN.
Swiss Join Allien nnd XnitrnL In
Facllltntliiir. Travel.
Special Dttpalch to Tub Sc.v
"W-iBItrVfiTnV Knt 11 O...U i il
has been nddel to tho list ot European
countries to which Americans In search
of travel nnd dlvcrtlBsement m;iv co.
ThciJuto Department announced tu-Uiiy
that the Swlaa Location hud assured tho 1
unueu ataies tne shiss Government ile.
Hlreu to facilitate as fur as possible the '
resutnutlon of tnurlst travel I
Passnnrfa tn Kvi'tlTArln ml ...in v.. i j
beginning Sept, 13, when France, Hal.
Mum, nij.wn, x-unuKai, 'iiaiy ana vortli
ern Africa, except IZgjpt. will bo opened
to American pleasure seekers.
ThA KtnfA Tlpm r t Ml nn . nn.nlK H .1
tourists that passage to and from Europo
is difficult to obtain, and urged that as
surance be obtained of accommodations
both ways.
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.
coo. to-day;' warmerVS
diminishing northwest winn. i.1'
variable to-morrow. mm
.Jitw. Je"r. 'lr, continued cool
and to-morrow; diminishing LJ" '
winds becoming variable to-mSrrow
io.n,.roSrSrow,:0rthWe,t S&Bl2$
eofrSS.edrsvN.T, E."!i'
northwest winds. h.T.. o'"tnlsM
row. u-mer,
to-days to-morrow fair, s Ightlj
morrow. "coming variable to.
WASHINGTON, Sent 12v .
h'vr wre received Wday VA
vicinity of tho tropical stormT it ' um l
ably central to-night in thi CiJ" ,Pnu.
latitude 2t degree! and longUun.1",.'
grew and hurricane warnlnis h? J v4.
continue along tho misi.i.i 7. .
lana coasts, with . term w,PBai'1 .L""'
eastward aa far as I'ensawla .S 5 tb
westward a. far as cS"u, ch?l.iit,Ttl1
AnoUier disturbance that w J.H. T?1
tario Thursday morning i, $"0w " ??
Maine coast, with greatly IncrV. 7..th
slty. and northwest storm warnKi.""".
displayed this morning f?onT tha
Capes t? Provlncetown. sffss Ir,.,l
k region and the central "fles
w fr No,r,.hwt P"s.ul. h i? wfiVS
low area between. Rains w-
the lower lake region, the JmaiVW w
States and New England nd i!?AlUaH
northern New England? There w.U,.i,,t
local showers in tho southern i ltat.1 .fS
ern Colorado, southeastern nw ? '.W
Mezlco. extreme western TexaT NAV
far Northwest, while over the ",.? J?
tlons of the country the wliYw
falf. It is considerably eoole?l5 thl nvt
Valley, the Atlantic and esst Gulf J..ht0
except Florida, and olS In the north
Mountain region, while In the Pacifla m,'.'1
i"anK?cn'S?a?ei.h
Observations st United States Weti,
reaa stsUons taken at 8 A.lLmSf
entj-flfth meridian tlrao : rcsterjiy, tvr.
Station. trW""5- "
Boston 7 a m rV V..'.""
Buffslo 63 63 Mil JLj
Chsrleston 78 rtJ&
Chicago ...l 6s is "wjr
Cincinnati., 72 S mi? " S"r
Cleveland g l
M 66 .10 W rt lJ
Oslreston w J8 y'JJ
Jaclsonrllle .... w ? " ftj?"
K.nsos City 76 M V.
Ioj Aneeles w 6? S' ri.ll
.ew Orleans... St 7S " r
Oklahoma City.. , 64 2 U " n???J
I'hiladelrhla 73 63 9j St"
Ilttsburg 64 H 3fl,0 nSJ
Portlnud. Oro... 70 M ana M ru?.
Salt I-ko City.. 76 64 a.H cl
San Antonio.... 3 76 .so . citn
Ssn Francisco... 76 BH SM .' u,"
go Diego 71 7 zu: " c elr
ftathlngton 72 62 .S .M
IXJCAI, WEATHER RECORDS.
gorometer Stt?" jm?'
Humidity j" '';!'
Wind direction N.W NW
Wind velocity j0 ,,'
Weather Cloudy Clr
Precipitation 7 cj;jr
The temperature in this city yejtrdiN
as recorded by the official thermometer. U
shown in the annexed table:
8A.M.. .81 1P.M.. .68 6T.M.. .Sli
9 A.M. ..66 !P.J...l5 7 PM S
JJA- M...60 SP. M...6! 8 P S i'.'.'M
UA.M...66 4 P.M.. .68 P. M cfl
13 A. M...67 S P.M.. .68 lOpili;.:!!
s A r i9' XiiJ' . W. HIV
JA.M....66 62 6 P.M....4I M
1 M 7 68 P. M....61 t
S P.M.... 68 67 1JMM...7.M it
Highest temperature, 70, at 4:18 P. Sf.
Lowest temperature. 66. at 9 A. U.
Average temperature, 68.
EVENTS TO-DAY.
International War Work. Council ot
Women Physicians, 'meeting, Waldorf J
Astoria, all day.
Association of American Dairy, Food an
Drug Officials, meeting, Hotel Commodore,
all day.
The Prudential Insurance Company, dlaJ
ner. Hotel Pennsvlvanls, 6 r. St
CHARGES BURLESON
FLOUTED PRESIDENT
Violated "Wilson's Order on
Newark 1'ostiimstersliip,
Says Lchlbach. '
Special Despatch to Tms Scs. ,
Washington', Sept. 12. The refas
of Postmaster-General Burleson to ap
potnt a. permanent postmaster at Nn
ark. N. J because tho candidate wttfj
the nlchest Civil Service Commission rat
lng: Is a prominent Republican fs in dK
rect violation of the President's order1
making mnndatory that the man vM
the hlgtiest grade recelvo tho otllce, rep
resentative Lchlbach (N. J.) declare
to-dny In a statement, He contended
that"Jlr. Burleson made a futils effort
to have tho ratings changed.
Mr. Lchlbach's statement was in re
ply to assertions of Mr. Burleson that
the Representative in his denunciation if
the Postmaster-General's acts before 'tie
House yesterday had misrepresented the
situation. Mr. Burleson alleged that
Frank J. Bock, Republican, with U;e
highest rating, was considered dlsquall-,
fled by tho Post Offlco Department and
that therefore the Democratic temporary
appointee had been continued In office
eighteen months.
"It has come to my attention." Mr
Lehlbach said, "that the I'ostroastet
General complains because, in expos'nc
his efforts to influence- and control the
Civil Service Commission In rating n
ellglbles for the Newark pcwlmastershiP,
I did not becloud tho Issuo with an tx
trancous matter which he endeavored to
lug into the case. In his letter to me.
dated August. 23, 1919, dealing with tie
Newark postmastershlp.
"From tho Postmaster-General's own
statement of the cas Mr. Hock, a !
publican holdover, was charged by tM
Democratic Post Office Administration
with unduo political activity. He s
tiled under the practice in such cas
bv the Civil Bervlce Commission s
ccmpletoly cxonerHed. The Post i'us
Department was compelled io ani"-- -In
his acquittal and Mr. Bock f.nr.-e.i
his term of otllce. The Incidei.t '
definitely closed and cannot In : e I !
onv controversy be revived.
"When the Postmaster-Gene al ad.n u
that 'this matter has been taken up o
the First Assistant Postmaster-Generai
In personal discussions with the conn "
iun. but they IidAo adhere! tc ' '"
original ratings,' he refers io his
ter.tlou that Charles A. Entemann i..
rectUo n lilKber business r.i iP
t' a.
Frank J. Bock becauso Emni.ri
a post ofltce Inspector and liotk . '
postmaster at Newark.
"The Postmaster-General imlea-. i f
Inlluence, control and coerc i ' '"I
Service Commission Inrthe nw " ' '- '
respective business ratings of these i"
candidates. The acquittal of l-rank .
Bock of undue political activity jer
ago had nothing; whAUvtr to do with ia
oaa.".
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