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BOOK WORLD i weekly), one year \l-S- anacla... 11.00 Other coantrlee... t.00 All check. money orders, 4c, to fl made payable to Tn SDK. ' Published dally, Including Sunday, by the' Sun Printing and Publlahlnc Association. Naasau at., Borough of Manhattan, N. 1. President, Prank A. Muneor, 160 Naseauet.;. Errtn Wardman; Secretary, K. II. Tltherlngton; ,Treaa.,.Wm. T. Dewart, all of ISO Nauau. street. I London office, 40-4- 3 Fleet street. Paris office, 6 Rue de la Mlchodlera, off Sue du Quatre Septembre. Waahlngton office, Munsey Building. Brooklyn office. Room 202, Katie Build-i- n i, 303 Washington 'street. ear friendt who favor icitt mans-lerlp- tt and'llluttratloM for publication KleA to have relecttd article returned fy mutt a allocate tend itampt or that pvrpou. TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 2200. I BegUter No. It Is Tammany's plan and hope to , grip the Judiciary In political bondage at the election on November 4. It has refused to renomlnato capable arid efficient judges, whose cause has been taken up by Independent citizens. It hopes to beat them at the polls, be- cause It believes that in an \qlT year\ like this the scores of thousands of honest citizens\ whose votes ore not subject to the dictation of any boss will neglect to register. The voters who obey Tammany will oil register. Tammany will see to. it that every qualified citizen whose tiction it can control hall go to a registration place? Tammany is ploy- ing for a high stake. It will noi over- look n single expedient which inti- mate knowledge of political methods may suggest. Tammany cannot succeed in Its plot against the Independence of the Judiciary If the citizens who want th bench free from politics vote on No- vember 4. But they cannot vote un- less they register this week. No matter how good a man's will may be, no matter how deeply he may resent .Tammany's grab for the courts, he cannot vote unless he registers, and he cannot register unless he registers this week. No matter how violently a iwoman may resent the extension of Tammany power she can do nothing with her vote to obstruct or to?hlnder that extension this fall unless she registers this week. Every day this week the registra- tion places will be open from 5:30 o'clock In the nfternpon until 10:30 o'clock- - in tho evening\. On Saturday, in addition to being open during these hours, they will be open from 7 o'clock In the morning continuously through- out the day. Every qualified citizen who wants to vote for unrrnnimclle'd Judges In all the courts should regis- ter, and this essential net should be done at the earliest possible moment. That \Rebuke\ to Senator Lodge. It Is hard to understaud tho mental process by which .our neighbor the Worl4 has succeeded In persuading ItseTf that the platform of the Massa- chusetts Republicans Is n \rcDUke\ to the senior Senator from that State. Mr. Lodge has led and Is yet leading In the Senate the patriotic resistance to the attempt to force through to ratification the treaty 'in the form demanded by President Wilson ; that Is, without the dotting of nn \1\ or the crossing of a \t\; without any modification or qualification designed to rescue tho United States from the disastrous engagement to which the President hns aimed from first to. last to commit the Government, The Republican plank refcrrjng to the treaty was thus written and was thus unanimously adopted at Boston : \We therefore favor prompt ratifi- cation of tho treaty of peace without amendment but with such uncqulvo- -' eal and effective reservations us will, make clear the uncondltloual right, of the United States to withdraw from the league upon due notice, &c . . . There must be no abridgment of the sovereignty of the nation, of the control of Its own domestic af- fairs or of the maintenance of Its national policies.\ The resolution then went on to \deprecate tho action,\ that is to say, to condemn the action of President Wn-so- and his American nse.ocint.ss ot Paris with regard to Flume, with regard to Thrace and with regard to Shantung. Tho resolution adopted by tho Mas- sachusetts Republicans calls for the refusal of Mr. Wilson's demand for en unchanged treaty. It calls for neces- sary changes In tho treaty by means of \unequivocal and effectlvo reserva- tions\ rather than by amendments. Tho distinction between change by amendment and change by unequiv- ocal and effectlvo reservation, as our neighbor must know, la non- essential. An unequivocal and pfftv-- tlve reservation made part of the trctty is an amendment of tho treaty in substance If not In form. ThAro-- fore the World deludes Itself and mls- - leads Its readers when it presents the Boston' declaration of Saturday in his abbreviated fashion: \All ore aim npreed that tho soonir a final disposition of this problem il mado tha tatter It will be, for the peoples of the World. We therefore favor prompt ratification of the treaty of peace without amendment.\ What happened In tho convention when the delegates had heard only this part of the resolution and had not yet heard tho declaration for un- equivocal and effective amendments Is told In vivid fashion by the Associated Press reporter: \The reading- - of the resolutions was frequently interrupted by ap- plause, which swung sharply to a loud chowa of \Noes I' as the chair- man of the committee read TVs therefore favdr prompt ratification of the treaty of peace without amend- ment ' When ho was able to pro-- . ceed with but with such and effective reservations as trill make clear ' the applause was renewed.' Mostobservcrsless biassed than Is the World with regnrto all that concerns Senator Lodge and his attltudo to- ward tho League covenant will regard tho action of, tho .ItejJubllcan conven- tion as an extraordinary tribute to the wisdom of his course and n personal and political triumph such as few statesmen httvo the felicity of receiv- ing f rmn their party during tho stress of action. Yet it gives our neighbor pleasure to consider this Incident as a \rebuke\ to Mr. Lodge. Wo shobld be glad to have our neighbor's opinion of the contempo- raneous declaration 'of the convention of Its own party. The Democratic platform adopted at Boston on Satur- day specifically calls for the \amend- ment\ of tho treaty, Including the League covenant, not merely, like the Republican, platform, for \unequivocal and .effective reservations\ amounting to amendments. Does the 'World construe this Democratic declaration as a \rebuke\ to Senator Lodge and nn expression of approval of the efforts of Senator Hitchcock and of the World Itself to prevent any change whatever In the document? Tho Hallway Law of Nature Must Resume Operations. Former Justice Huaiins says that under the Constitution the Govern- ment cannot take from brie railroad any of Its earnings, whatever the traffic rate or whoever makes it, and use such expropriated earnings for the benefit, of other railroads. Mr. Elihu Root and several associates of high legal standing say that the Government can. These opinions of course relate to the provision In the Cummins bill aiming at group railroads and group traffic rules to yield sufficient revenue in the group, aggregate-t- enable every road to earn a living. Obviously If one road is now earning large profits while another rood right alongside of it is unable to earn, tiny profits nt allv a gcncrdl rate made by the Government to put the g carrier on u profitable basis would throw a big additional treasure, all net, Into tho lap of the already rich earner. Obviously too If the Increased rate did not apply to all carriers In the group the whole, business would go to the rich rond with the lower rate. These being the horns of .the trans- portation dilemma tho Cummins meas- ure proposes to let both the poor..rdad and the rich road lmvo the Increased rate with the correspondingly In- creased earnings. Then It proposes to take away from the rich road all It thus gains beyond a \fair return on the value of tho property.\ As both Mr. HuariKS and Mr. Root, vith their conflicting opinions,, must eave the ultimate determination of tills constitutional question to the Su- preme Court of the United States the rest of us may pass it over for the moment in our consideration of the economic, financial and technical prob- lem to be solved. There is no question that by one means or another the large number of smnll, weak and more or less useless carriers must lose their identity. If nature had been allowed 'to tako Its course a generation ago tbereat ma- jority of these small fry roads would have been swallowed by the few transportation giants, as the Vander-bl- lt roads, tho Harriman roads, the Pennsylvania and similar systems did swallow so many of them. It is a pity thnt the swallowing process was Interrupted., If the notural absorp- tion bail gone on the transportation puzzle y would be much simpler than It Is. Under the proposed group system, however, these small carriers would be operated as ptjrts of a few great .sys- tems. Thcso great systems might bo restricted to not more than half a dozen. The fewer the better. But whatever the minimum number of systems permitted by practical effi- ciency the scores of little roads thus virtually, absorbed would no longer bo n burden to themselves, a pnlns to their stockholders and an exaspera tion to their patrons. . We assumo that all this is coming to pass. The little roads are virtu-oil- y going to disappear as entltles: Tho big group systems nro going to do tho national Job of transportation in a national way. They must glvo a first class service here, there and everywhere because American Indus- try, American business and American welfnro ciinnot do without such a ser- vice. Rut no service of the kind can bo given without traffic rates or with-ou- t economic conditions of doing bus.. ness thnt will enblo (he roods ns a wholo to earn adequate profits nnd kmuu ,ulr ruiunryn mo vaiue or thei properties. accurate and Just valuation can boi placed on railway property ; then what Is a fair return on It? Nobody can hold as a filial Judgment that 4 per cent Is, or 5 per cent, or oven C per cent If the American dollar Is to bo worth indefinitely only 70 cents, or 00 cents, or CO cents, or whatover it may be, then under such circum- stances 5 per cent, or C per cent would bo only a nominal return. On the other hand, If tho American dol- lar were to bo restored to Its normal power what might seem too little nt tho former time might seem too much at the later time. But assumo that oven this \fair\ return could be mado clastic enough to rcpreent, nt one tlmo or at some other time, always a reasonable eco- nomic return under existing condi- tions, then what Is a wise return as well as a fair return? Wo mean a return wise in its effect upon the progress of the railroads, upon the growth of the country, upon the needs of tho public. . If too low a return would drive capital away from railway invest- ment,. would keep brains and enter- prise out of tho operating field and would debnsO' the service correspond- ingly, an assured return that was too high, could, wort, evils as dangerous. It could kill Incentive. It could drag tho \efficient road down to tho level of the Inefficient It could make, In Its ultimate results, the present transpor- tation success a miserable failure, while never making the present trans- portation failures a success. In human performance there must always be something to stimulate the best efforts of man. Maybe n 4 per cent or a 4 per cent minimum return would bo nbout right; maybe It would not be. Maybe a maximum of 5 per cent or 0 per cent would be about right; maybo It would not be. But In any event ono thing is sure: there would have to-b- n difference between the mini- mum and the maximum so as to drive human agencies up from the minimum to tho maximum level and to spur, human agencies already at the maxi- mum level not to lose their, grip but to hang on nt that level. There will always be the problem, of course, of getting men on one rail- road with their rivalries, their Jeal-oiisle- their prejudices to work their hardest and do their best for the benefltof another, road or several other roods in that group. There will al ways be the danger that when they Irive' achieved their maximum for themselves and for their own road they will not do enough more to lmvo anything left over for the ther fel- low., There will always be the dan- ger that when they are at the maxi- mum the maximum of what can pos- sibly come to their own property. tow-eve- r they plan and strive they will use up everything else instead of letting the fruits of their genius and their labors get away to other hands and other uses. They will manage to plough It Into their own property somehow, spend It somehow, even waste It. It Is going to be some Job while re- constructing the railway system to reconstruct human nature. Don't let anybody working on the hard national tallwny problem forget that truth. Our Troops la China. The Son Is glnd to answer the question, put by Its friend the author of this letter: 'To the Editor or The Sun Sir: Referring to your re.cnt editorial ar- ticle on our'troops In Siberia I would ask it you have any hope for the re- turn of tho American soldiers now In China? \Soma of tho American, troops are . now In China- - and have been there ' for years. \If they have no business in Si- beria where there Is trouble and no respect for law and order, what right have our soldiers In China? \Son Hkadeb roR Fifteen Teaks. \New York, October 6.\ We assume our correspondent writes of the American troops maintained In China under the provisions of the treaty negotiated after the Boxer up- rising, and accepted In an Imperial edict Issued In February, 1001. Their duty Is, with the detachments of troops from other foreign nations similarly 'authorized, to defend the legation dis- trict In PeUln.and .to keep open com- munication between' Pckln nnd the sea. Theyuperform this duty in ac- cordance with an agreement between tho United States and China, their functions being carefully defined. Their situation Is not analogous to that of General Graves's command In Siberia. The Army Air Race; Not for n long time, perhaps until some daring filer tries to hop from California to Hawaii, will there agala be a popular fever over aviation. The oxplolts of Read and his American crew nnd of Alcock and Brown spoiled, In a way, the public appetite. Since these heroes put an end to speculation over tho conquest of tho .Atlantic airway tho man in the street has regarded ordinary aerial competi- tion with complacency. Ho Is like tho theatregoer who remembers Booth. For this reason the army air raco from Mlneola to San Francisco, which starts Is not likely to ox rite thoso who are not directly Inter- ested In tho progress of aviation There are many machines and no In dividual human figures that stand out like, for Instance. Habst IIawkeh. Tim very fact that there are twenty con- -' trol stations and thnt nil rhn nu ' testants must stop at each station takes some of the edge, off tho raco ... niitiv 9 It for granted thattwjregulaUon makes It possible for aij : a. THE SUN, TUESDAY, score of cities to enjoy the arrival and departuro of the fliers. ' It Is an official test in which all tho contestants except the air attaches of tho French and British Embassies are officers of .the United States Army. In this respect It resembles the flight to Lisbon by way of tho Azores, In which only navy men participated. But In tho matter of machines the field Is\ wider, for not only the leading air- planes of America are to, be in the flight but also some of the best of thd planes made abroad, Including the Spad, In which our airmen In France fought until their own machines ar- rived, nnd tho Fokker, with which Riciithoixn and his German filers were supplied. This Week's' raco will bo a trial of machinery rather than of men. The hazards of the air will be at a mini- mum. Tho contest will Indicate which type of, machine best combines speed, reliability and economy; and some- thing now about the mysteries of the upper air, particularly abovo tho mountnlns, will bo ndded to the world's knowledge of aviation. Britain's Strike Settlement. If the outlines of tho terms of set- tlement of the British railwny strike accurately reflect the details It. was no victory for those who wanted to build up the power of the trades unions; it was no victory for those who wanted to tear It down. It was a victory, clear and distinct, for the British public, which wanted, which was rcsglved to hold Its own. The British public has not wished to slash wages until the cost of living could be lowered. But the British public, generally pretty full of com- mon sense, arid equipped with more than tho average economic sense, is determined to fight tho further ad- vance In the cost of living; Anybody with half a brain knows that the. cost of living never can come down while wages are being shot upward. The British' public has guaranteed that wages necessary to a decent liv- ing by workers in important posts shall not be dragged down while the cost of living remains 110 per cent above the pre-wa- r level. The Brit- ish nation, In\ other words, has its back against the wnll while It faces the dangers of the high cost of living, as It set its back against the wail while It faced the German armies. ! That's' the way to stop the common enemy not the hysterical, frantic, rratlonal way of rushing up labor costs and all other costs of production in an attempt, economically Insane, to fly over the high cost of living clouds. Next can come the enemy's retreat If you don't register you'll keep on forgetting to. The old paper collar will come Into use again as soon as the striking laun-drym- have settled their strike, and right then the genius who had Invent- ed a paper shirt, but Just as the paper collar was going out of fashion, will resume his splendid purpose. As we recall ho claimed to have a process perfected by which ordinary print paper could be treated and made into a good looking shirt at a cost not much greater than the price of a newspaper. It would, he hoped, be good for two wcarlngs In summer and as many more In cool weather as suited lndl-- , vldual tastes. to 'Urn out the garment front the processed material was almost its' slrhple as that' used In making paper bags, and well, It would be pleasant'.toihear newsboys singing \Wuxtry! AAf about de Reds nnd Soi and A.,Yiew shblt. for five cents!\ Mr. Kirnita's contention regnrdlng the female of tho; species lis not borne out by a canvnss of Jhq Tombs, whero forty of thft forty-on- e. prisoners charged are(males. The casualty' lists ore beginning to como in from the football fields! Tho attempt of a deputy sheriff to serve a Now York court writ on a visiting French prince In aid of an effort by a local haberdasher to col- lect a little bill for $2,789 disclosed the interesting fact that the monograms on tho princely pajamas cost $16. The question Inevitably arises: Does a chap, if or if not bearing a title of no- bility, sleep better in pajamas adorned with $16 monograms than If he laid him down to sleep In cotton pajamas carrying nothing more nearly resem- bling decorative effects than a set of necessary bono buttons? And to got the problem into tho realms of psy- chology, if so, why? Also if not, why? Bottle on hip, not a gun ; goes free. Headline of 'yesterday, Tho really Important question, how-ove- r, Is not what was In tho pocket but what was In tho bottle. It Is this week that those who sub- scribed to tho Fourth Liberty Loan on tho Government's partial payment plan make their concluding settlement and recelvo their bonds of whatever denomination. There is a great deal of personal as well ns publlo satisfaction In the fact that the promise made by the bond salesmen that the lender would not regret his deed will be proved In the majority of coses this wek to bo after all no mere Idle words. And tho fifty weoka in retrospect consti- tute a period not only pleasant to con- template as ono In which tho admir- able habit of regular saving was culti- vated, but also ono which saw the pledging and keeping of n, sacred faith the Individual's and the nation's. As a moving picture director would put It, register registration I It looks as if the Reds would not gratify the magnates' desire for nine games \to accommodate tho patrons of the sport.\ Cuiuulttdve Mlftfurluiir In (lie Sunflower Sluto. From, the Kama Cltv Star. An Emporia msn'i plane were Uti by everal pieces of bad luck at once. While running away with another min'i wife hl car hit a cow. And then the iherirf was catleA, and the man waa arreated for hav- ing boote In hla car. Decrees of I'reebneaa, KnlektrrrUojsr. .ahfiuIdtxrElliairaJedi Bo\araTro\iJ,plhlM,a6pchl5kena, OCTOBER 7, 1919. NA VAL UNIFORMS. Recent Changes Add to the Growing . Exponses of Officers. To Tn Eurron or The Suw Sir: Per- mit me to thank you for your, vigorous support of tho proposal to place the pay of naval officers on a proper' basis by granting them a well merited Increase. Tho bill prepared by Admiral Cowl and known as the fitlnnes bill should be passed by Congress u soon as possible. No officer of the navy Is better pre' pared to draft such a bill than Is Ad- miral Cowlei he has spent years In tha pay corps and for a number of years has been in charge of tha navy allot ment office, and has come In closer con- tact with the financial conditions of navy officers than has any other man. Time and time again ha has received re, quests from officers to have allotments to members of their families cancelled for the one and only reason that the pay of the officers wilt not permit them to make these allotments. It seemed as If the bill would have a clear paseago and every one seemed In favor of It. However, as soon as Mr. Daniels arrived upon the scene the out- look changed, and I am very much afraid that his Interference will result in noth- ing being done, as so often happens Tthen there Is a division of opinion con- cerning any measure before Congress. Mr. Daniels's Interference brings to mind the fact that ono of the Items ot great expense which naval officers have Ijo meet at this time was brought about through an order Issued by him. I refer to the change In uniform, which no one wanted, and which serves no purpose save that ot Imitating tho. English. In the naval officer's uniform as It was prior to this latest change we had a real uniform, one that was distinctive and which was recognized the world over as that of an American naval offi- cer. Tho vat majority of theofflcrs of 'the navy were well \pleased with It Not only was the blouse changed, but now comes the word that the overcoat and cap will also be changed for the'stlll further purpose of copying the English uniform. Those officers who have purchased the new uniform are much displeased with It, for the one great reason that It Is Impossible at a short distance to tell whether the officer wearing It Is a chief petty, officer, an English officer, a yachts- man or a school Janitor. As soon as an officer dons this rig he loses that neat- ness which has for so long character- ized our naval officers. While the order stated that It would not be compulsory to obtain this uni- form until January 1, 1921, a number of commanding officers have compelled their subordinates to procure It at once. The new uniform is more expensive than\ tho old one ; military tailors tell me that the change will add from 10 to $15 to tho cost of each officer's uni- form; that the new uniform will not wear as long as the old one and Is more difficult to keep In proper shape. v H. C. Mat. PjiiutDELTHtA. October 6. VAGUE IS THE COVENANT. Rat Its Effect on America's Foreign Tollcy Is Plain. To tue Editor or The Sun Sir: I have read the proposed covenant of the League of Nations, the speeches of the President while on his trip, the speeches of the Senators, both for and against It, ' and the comment of the press. One thing' stands oat very clearly: ratification Will mark a radical change In our established policy of In European politics. The languago of the proposed cove- nant seems purposely vague and ob- scure: It Is almost Impossible to Inter- pret Its meaning ns It stands not to speak of what lt.may mean under circumstances arising In the future. When the New York Code of Civil Procedure was first enacted It was shown Jo a distinguished attorney for his opinion. He said, It Is an very fine, but it will take litigation for more than a generation to tell what the. damn thing means.\ This seems to me to be true of the proposed covenant, and what chance would we stand In litigation with at least six adverse votes on the benrh? .It is to be hoped that having the best Interetts of their country at heart the Senate will refuse ratification. L. R. New York, October 6. Email Faith In the Xmtue. Tha Turkey Huh I montha of dlicusstoq don't keep you from gattlnr the axe. Cardinal Mercler at Columbia. One day when war waa new And you, jcomtnt; to XjQndoto, Stood on a small Cathedral balcony Your prleatly scarlet like a aplaah of blood Asalnat thoae sombre walla We came, to you down littered atreeta. Affrighted, pale, aatray; Came atumbllnr toward vague bleailng from your handa. Your handa uplifted and companionate. Wa were the flrat of thai lone human river That poaVed Its four yeara pain Into and through your heart. Wa were the anxloua travellers adrift on ahaken ahores of atrangera. We were the early exiled Belgians Thoae who heard the bomba and aaw queer bounding- - balla Of aevered heads go Jumping Into gut- ters; Thoae 'who fledl For Uge, Namur, Louvaln had been ac- complished. We were the aahen watchers ot news from quivering Paris. We were the English mothers whose sons had gone thrae weeka before. We were the Engllah mothera of thoae eons already back In England, Uut In cola or graves. And all of ua were white with wrath and Impotence. We needed help ,aa whimpering children need it You were our helpl You aglow there In the sunlight, Crlmaon aa the aide on One they crucified. You with uplifted arma that formed a cup. You, keeper ot the Grail where all could aup. And now y when war seems far, when hurts grow dumb, And peace and attllneaa and rich harvests come,. And thoughtful echolara vie to honor you. And men dismount to bend ubtfve your hand, And laughing children reach to get your kiss, And everywhere in Joy you are acclaimed, It seams to me there ta retained In you the vlalbla Remembrance I For sa that day fire yeara ago your scar M was the syratct Of libations to be poured. So now y with wars receding like a tide And all aad lands emerging wan but free. One spot ataya crimson and eternally. You I You wearing the color of'the world's great wound, You like a beaconnaet above the storms, marooned: Or aome rtd star that lanterns for a dawn - . j. v.',.., 1 ' i j KiiasiK Whits Run. POWER OF A MAJORITY. Testimony From the Jury Room That 1 Is Not Equal to 0. To tub Editor or The Bvh Sir: As one having considerable experience of Jury duty let me call attention to tho existing analogy between the position of the one Juror who maintains an opinion contrary to that ot the other eleven and the attitude Into which Mr. Wilson seeks to force this country by acceptance of tho clause in the treaty which gives six votes to tho British Empire and only one to the United States. Twelve men, presumably about equal as to education, Intelligence and reason- ing powers, are locked up In a Jury room, their business at a standstill, their homes .neglected, their personal af- fairs topsy-turv- y. Eleven agreo upon a verdict that has been reached by careful consideration of the evidence. But the twelfth man, following the same means, has arrived nt a contrary conclusion. He refuses to yield. He virtually tells tha other eleven he Is' so much their superior In mentality and Judgment that lr Is for them to acknowledge that he alone Is right, to abandon their de- cision and como over to his way of thinking. What inevitably ensues Is that his fellow Jurors bring to bear upon him such pressure aa causes him ulti- mately to cha.igo his minority decision and go In with the rest, on the basis of the majority, rulo which governs all Im- portant questions throughout the whole civilized world. Thus his one vote, which ln theory can block atl action, Is In practice completely nullified. Mr. Wilson Is In effect telling us that were he the twelfth man no mattor how great the turmoil among tho world's families. Its peoples ready to fly at each other's throats, he would still be able to hold out and forco all the other eleven to come over to his way of thinking, thus making the one vote of the United States equal not only to the six of Great Britain but to all the other votes In the League put together. How far this Is truo we may gain some Idea from the case of Shantung! The wholo thing is preposterous and It Is to be hoped our \Jurymen\ In Washington will not actually become \contemptible quitters\ by deserting their Just and honest convictions nt the dictate of one man. who has certainly given them no cause to believe his In- telligence greater than their own. New York, October 6. Juror. ONE SUN IN THE FIRMAMENT Vision of a Greater British Empire Set Up by the League. To the Editor or The Sun Sir.- - I have read with much interest the various tetters contributed by your readers, but I have yet to see one that has truly grasped the real meaning, the ultlmats object of the covenant. Ireland surely Is not without her friends, but the case 0 Ireland Is a very Insignificant number on ilia League's pro- gramme. Ireland will get from tho League, and according to Article XI. too: but the will be of the character that rail- road companies and other corporations give to labor unions that are organized by members of the corporations them- selves. When we think about this League of Nations we must do so In world terms, and (In order to grasp Its real significance we must bo able 'to visualize a political firmament That political firmament can have only one mn, nnd that sun must bo the British Emplre.- - Out of this gteat war has evolved a Greater British Empire, embracing on this hemisphere the North American con- tinent The United States to-d- Is function- ing as a part of a federated Ui eater British Empire. Tho merging of tho British Empire with tho United States will be consummated when the League of Nations Is ratified by the United States Senate. The social part of the merger has been gradually going on since our civil war by the Intermarriage of members of Englirh and American families of great wealth. The financial merger was completed dur- ing the late war In such a manner that the lnterosts of the United States and the British Empire are woven Into tr.e same fabric. The political merger lsnow being debated In the United States Sen- ate. The last act must go through de- spite all opposition. Senators Lodge, Knox, Reed, McCum ber and Williams are all awat and keenly conscious of this situation, and the fight that the Republican Senators are making on tho League of Nations lb not against the covenant Itself but to re- tain as much power as they possibly can for their own State In the federated Greater Brltlsn Empire. Those Sena- tors are tho Green Mountain Boys of America. I wilt admit that President Wilson Is subject to censure by' his countrymen for not looking after America's Interests as will as he should at the Peace Confer- ence, but I fall to pee how any American delegation coul.l do better. The feces .rrayed against Mr. Wilson were stronger than our President or tile people of the United States. It was Inevitable that this country should lose, and when the history of the development of the International situation at Paris becomes known we may feel more charitably dis- posed to President Wilson. R. Tarmon Babrt. New York, October 8. The Pnrk rrovldea Free Uot TVatrr. From Popular Mechanic Magatint. Hot drinks can be served at picnics In a recreation park at Toronto, Canada, without tho troublesome operation usually necessary to obtain boiling water In auoh places. This la made possible by a con- venience placed on the grounds by the cUy authorities In the form of a gas water heater, which delivers hot water In any quantity through a faucet to all who care and have occaalon to us It. No charge la made for the aervlce. A wooden ahed houses the heater and a algn on the building calls attention to the fact that hot Water la free. Ilaaeball News, From an vnidentiflei Wtttern paper. It was deeply Imprsaalre yesterday dur- ing the game. Every time a Cincinnati batter rapped a bit tho crowd went Into a dilemma. ' Mlllennlam. la far Siberia wa fight And know not whom or whj Armenia dealrea our might Her spoilers to defy. Our aallora on Dalmatla'a shore Obey a strange command. And dally we are aendlng mors To take some friendly a I rand. I But ws shall aay good-b- y to fear And caat our doubts away When we can read our title clear To Juat the V. 8. A. MoLaMSBCtan Wilson. Brief Poem on Six to On. a w I.I'm Mf.'i ' i. . ' - nix; WILSON'S HEALTH INTERESTS OTTAWA Loaders Ask Eoporta on the Progress of President's Eecovery. MINISTERS ASK ELECTION Contest in Assinboia, Sask., Is Expected to Show Desires of Dominion Voters. By a Staff Corretpondent of Ths Sbn, Ottawa, Ont, Oct. . When tho or ders of the day wore called .In the House this afternoon D. D. McICenxte, tempo rary leader of the Opposition, rose In hla place and said that he was sure the Canadian nation, as well as the House, was much Interested In the condition ot \the great statesman who presides over the destinies of tho United States. Presl dent Wilson.\ Mr. McKenzle asked the leader of the Government if he had any information as to the President and whother he was improving. Sir George Foster in reply said he coincided, with the view that Canada had a lively in terest in tho condition of the President' health. \We were all sorry to learn of his temporary breakdown, but we are glad to know now that his condition Is Im- proving,\ he said. \While the Govern- ment has nothing definite, aa to exact symptoms and prospects, I am glad to be able to aay that the report saya his condition Indicates Improvement,\ ns Interesting. Beyond a doubt the members are much Interested In the coming but not more than the members of the Cabinet. are seek- ing support at the polls. The election of S. V. Tolmle, Minister of Agriculture, In Victoria Is believed to be safe, but tho fate of Sir Henry Drayton, Minister or Finance, Is not certain. He Is seek- ing a spontaneous nomination from Kingston, but he Is meeting opposition from tho elements of the party In that vicinity which want a local man. Sir Henry Is a tenderfoot In politics and needs a guide. W,L- - Mackenzie King, the leader of the Opposition, is down In Prince Island after the nomination for Prince county. Ho Is likely to get It and stands a long chance of election, ac- cording to the best word.\ He Is speak- ing kind words to the Liberals' who broko away In 1917, and while he may not bring back the lost members of Parliament he will get many votes. ' Aaalnbola to Give Hints. The contest In Asslnlbola, Saok., prom-Ise- s to provide the country with as much Information on the political situation as any other. This .is a farmers' county, and In the past they have had the say. This time they are out with a farmers' party candidate, E. M. Gould, at whose convention there were 400 accredited delegates beside S00 other supporters. His main opponent Is W. R. Motherwell, Insurgent Liberal,' and former Minister of Agriculture in the provincial govern- ment of Saskatchewan. Ho was also the first president of tho Grain Growers Association and should bo able to divide the farmers' vote. There Is also a straight Unionist candidate coming, and a soldiers' candi- date is spoken of. Once tho House closes. Ministers will hike off to the scenes of these contests to help the needy ones. N. W. Rowell, President of the Privy Council, was at Niagara Falls y to receive King Albert and Elizabeth of Belgium and to discuss sotno points with them about their visit at a later date into Canada. HOUSE PASSES BILL AIDING NAVAL MEN Provides Commutation of Quarters While at Sea. Special Dtpatch to Tub Scs. Wrhinoton. Oct. 6. The House took tho first step til-d- to provide sunicient compensation for naval officers and men. With llttlo debate It passed unanimously a bill from the Naval Affairs Committee repealing a section of the last appropria- tion bill, under which, after October 1, naval men would not receive commuta- tion of quarters while they ore at sea. Such commutation was allowed all naval men during the war because of the high prices they were compelled to pay to provide for their families while they were at sea. The section repealing this commutation was carried In tha naval appropriation bill because it was believed the peace treaty would be signed by October 1 and the emergency declared over. The naval committee In urging the passage of the bill y pointed out that naval men are still subject to the same expense because of prevailing war prices. Tho bill will make the repeal retroactive until October 1, so that the men will lose no compensation. HONDURAN REVOLT CHECKED. Inaursrents Surrender Freedom of Election la Guaranteed. Sak Salvador, Republic of Salvador, Oct, 6. Gen. Maximo RosaJes, the Lib- eral leader In Honduras, reports from Comayagua, near Tegucigalpa, that the adherents of Don Alberto Membrena, who Is now heading a revolution In Honduras, have surrendered uncondi- tionally In the province of Cholutec. Ho declares that effective measures have been taken to cope with the revolution throughout the entire country. The new Government has guaranteed freedom of election at the coming Presi- dential election. ELEVEN CLAIM TANK HONORS. British Commlaalon to Decide Who Invented Weapon of War. London, Oct. . The controversy be- tween rival claimants for ths honors of having Invented the army tank, used with such signal success In the great war, will have a hearing before the Brit- ish commission on awards to Inventors Eleven claimants will appear before the commission. Winston Churchill, Minister of War, will be among the wit- nesses called In an effort to settle the controversy. nuramnire Bale to Aid Nursery, The Little Missionary's Day Nursery of 83 St. Mark's place will hold a rum- mage sale to-d- and at 275 Madison avenue, near Forty-fir- st street This nursery Is and has dono a great deal of good for the chil- dren of poor families In tho neighbor- hood. The women interested In this sale aro the following: Mrs. Louis B Bolston, Mrs. C. N. Peacock, Mrs. C. H nandebrockIrs. B, L. Kennelly, Miss M. Ktnnslly, Ellis' Alexander C Morgan Miss T. Leake, Mrs. E. S. Hooley. ths B. Uopkio. and Mri W. IlT De HavaS. The Sun Calendar THE WEATHER. For AUStKm Nr V.l. and southern New England p.i.\?.'! cooler y; fair, modstiu temperature; frh -- ,i.V. For northern New EnglandFair tair and cooler! modarais perature! fresh weat winds. t,m\ Uas'S?' dlTVVTn gulf of lXw7.no.? It 'S5T ;,V.J J Sr.IJ.aI,pVl mr.?Br and southern in the lnt.rl.tTialW\ .and along th. northern bord.r ,!? of Montana. ' SrV0urB,lh. 'oaV' lauWaenTutbJfe(; firs vi;;r.nS ObaerraUona at United State. . reau stations taken at I V. it yeltardit 5 ent.ttXth meridian lime Mt. . Italnfall Abikn. .::,...;;; \il- - ?uu.?v. \ 6i ss.M s dirr AtlanUo CItr. 70 29. DU ,02 Clrsj, Ulsirterrlf naiuinoro &i 29.114 .01 Clear t. 11 30.22 .. 1:1... lioston I ?2 M 29.74 M Clear Buffalo it 61 0.01 l.li cw Charleston H It 20.M .. dear t hlrara 19 it 30.U Clear Cincinnati 72 M 20.11 .01 Clear uoreiand el M 20.12 .01 Clear Dcnref to M ta.-- s .. Clear IlMf-Al- ...a...... e. M 50.10 .. Clear Galveston so 71 20.12 .M Cloudy Helena - m ft 20.lt .. Clear .iSrasnnvlIlM 71 30.10 .. Clear Kanaaa City,.., M 20.24 .. Clear Los Angelea.,.. sot, 20. 02 Clear Milwaukee CO 'W.Vt .. Clear New UrlFUs.... 71 30.10 .. Ft. ati UKiaiioma City. M SO.tt .. Cloudy HilladclMiia ... n rt 82 .01 Clear Pittsburg M 30. 10 .41 Clear Pnrtlnurf tr CI 29. M .02 Cloar 1'orUand, Ore... 71 M 20.10 .1 Cleir fait Lake City.. 80 44 80.24 nub. San Antonio.,., 7s 71 20.10 2.3i Cloudy Kan Yr.nri.fH 11 60 30.01 .. Clear Ban Diego 73 u .W .. Clear bi. ixiuia 72 30.22 .. clear Washington ..1.. 22 701 .W .04 Clear LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS. I P. U. S\.ni;e': ji4 21.11 It 51 Wind wna direction . .3. W. N W. velocity ,. 20 20 Precipitation \tuinir .... '\ogy Clear. Th. . . , v. .7.- - ' None, S.jTSr1' \theKer': table: 2 A. M...C2 1 P. M. 7! a a. it P.M. ..71 1 P.AI...70 7 P.M. . 71 10 A. M P. M...73 I P. M...II 1 A. M...71 4 P. M...7t P. M. ..H 12 M .71 IP, 41. ..17 10 P. M...II 1919, lain 1111. 1IU. A..M . t 6 P. M...7C II 1Z M ,71 61 1. , !: M...73 71 t.u ... . -- Mitt. . .,s II \.'.\\Perature 77, at 4:11 P. Jt. Aver.i.te.'L?i;\ \ ! A. M temperature, 72. EVENTS TO-DA- open 6 to io 'io r fi y enrolment, boothi mSSnl'VX!! Sf?uF ?.\4\' Commit., avenue and\ Dean\ .tree!, flff iTA BeJ''J th SZ'Z?.. ...\ cmP'ng conference at all day. \rvauon interstate Park, 0f1fUuMt'0on.\I' ,h nd use atailatlon Lr 'he , conatructlon and la. IndilSiv\ qf,rJfPar,'dI bl w I\ F?dberri. 0r?.,\.?U? ' the if Office.\ the of in0 lmtfefc K,f\ iS.'!? Wa,do\f.toffa':' ' t?l SVi rt.txh.'ii,lon' Waldorf-Astori- a Ho- - tlon h.nT.,... ;\npan\a annual elh day ' aldo','-Aslorl- a Hole.. ri.v ,;,i;lrr.b,;?k ' the ' ntu. NW 'i.'\' n'K'ng of prints. Fifth jLIbrry' Foy-eon- d atreu and ?J \10ll , \e ls.) African i. Amer . FiWM,iU.;\lu\1 History, all day frnmiTA.'. i eiriea ana laces loaned A,' co,lecUon. Metropolitan Mu. seum of under the auspices cf vln J?no,r. ot Cardinal Mercler MeShfiVi? y '?e ,Mb\' Council, the A.tor, \0M ' New York' l0\' Union of Technical Men will hold ir.ma,,,.me5,n\. ..... a! Beotnoven Hall, 21. .1, r, l, a I', JI. Cntntnt.i. iini,,. .... ... coni.r in de- gree A 'i. of U.D, on Cardinal Mercler, camjui, ti .1-- , - . ... Haliri-l- K M. Aiaerm.n, CUT reception and dinner given by John McS. Conte.t, Hotel Commodore, 7 1 M onNn.T5,r.k. Academ,y o' Medlolne. Section a?re..?YSoap!M7 \ W'\ \lr4 AstfrT 2YprkMT\etr' C'Ub ,nMt,n' XtM Wo'm'ln' Health Protective meeting, Hotel Aator. 2:30 P. M. rirllV, ?',the.IC1t National Exhibitor. Aator, 10 A. M. wnVlf: i Association of Worated and Splnnera. meeting, Hotel Aator, Non.Pnrtlsnn T1,.- -l - . . \V Menu vomnuii, meeting, Hotel Aator, 8 P. M. ?Jm .JoJln 1 Wood, for the n.f Mtrt. the (juetlon, \Shi.ll k Ucensln Included In Pendlnr Dituft . mpiuio wio .national ajsocis-!- , Wor\d and Woollen Spinners at a u in kaf th9 Hotel A,tor' ' M' vuuiivv anniversary exercises ot me women e foreign Missionary Society, Meth-I- t St il'urrh'r v Yor.lc Urn0 \l\ \l\\ The Federation of Ukrainian Jewe In America will hold a conference on pogromi In Ukranla. at the Hotel McAlpln. I P. M. rran,t wl\ .peak on 'The N's c.v,i i r.S. ' - Jienry uaine. iiawn on The Soul In Thing.,\ and the Her Dr ..wtiio.ru nooerta on \The New Spirit in Labor Activities,\ at a dinner of the notary 111. , V, - llnl.l Wal! i. i. War Department moving picture show- ing the operation, of the A. K. F . b exhibited by Ueut.-Co- l. Krneit K Coulter at the Metropolitan Temple. Setenth ve- - ........ , . tlUn. n.B, V'ntir, -- n.V. a Paper Manufacturer' AnincUtlut. meet- ing, lo A. M.; luncheon. 1 P. M., Wa.dorf- - I'.tln.M. . , , Waldorf. Aatorla, 2 p. M. National Wholesale Floor Covering A- ssociation, mooting, Waldorf-Astoria- , U n..uilBIIUI III I II1CI 111. ...I'., Waldorf-Astori- 10 A. M. ivaugntera ot Columbia County, meeimf. Hotel McAlpln, 2:10 P M. llnmailfiKh... -- T...1. ... 1 o tel McAlpln, 7 P. M. . Mriueiiierio manufacturers asio'-tlo- meeting, Hotel McAlpln. I P M Alimentary Paate Manufacturers . w,. ,I.,VIIIB, nuiCl JUCll,!in, ' - Oresk. American Collegiate Club, meet lng. Hotel McAlpln, t:20 P. M Association of Ilratd Manufacturer, meeting. Hotel McAlpln, 7 P M. iunue vonierence, nsMciuan. Hotel McAlpln. all day. Convention Laundry Ownera Association. Hotel Pennsylvania, all day Brooklyn Institute r and ' nri aoclal meeting of the Drpattinent i B\1' any. Art Room, lilt p Si. uinnr to uarninai Mercler by in ini.i racial Council, Hotel Plata, 7. It P M Doings for Bervlra Mm. Dances drace Church tlnlt .IT r ' Unit, No. IB), Bg Fourth avenue neat Eleventh street), 8 P, u.t Chriei House, 344 Weat Thirty-sixt- h \ P. M.; Riverside Community jii vi C. S. Unlr; No. 8B), Riverside I anl Nlnety-a.vent- h str..t, 0 to 11 1' ' . Dancing Classes Grace Chur i \ C. C. 8. Unit, No. ID), OS Fou o s t (near Eleventh atreet). T to 8 r 1, aide Community House fW a No. SSI. Riverside Park and Nm.i. se eni street. 7 to 8 P. M. Spanlah Claaa. Free Nation gency Relief Society, 28 Madie. - s ' near iniriy-eigni- n street), i ' -- M. For man in aarvlea or reiu t 0 charged. Inetruotton In Dozing, Fenelnr ' Speaking and Dramatis Art Head, \' L'rilL.N'L S. E3 TTr.lt Tirta'r.icrec eiilH Taaa?. it. .
