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10 THE SUN, TUESDAY, OCT03ER 14, 1919. be nru And new torK pntsss. , TUESDAY, OCTOBEK 14, 10U. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PltESS. Th. Associated Pre It exclusively to the use tor republication of all ' new. despatches credited to it or not Otherwise credited In thle paper and SJ.o the local new. pubtlahed herein. Alt right, of republication of apeclal dtepatchts herein are alto reserved. Entered nt the Poat OtBce at New York aa Becond Class Mall Matter. Subscription by Mall, Postpaid. One Six One Year. Months. Month. DAILY A SUNDAY... (10.00 J.0 L0O DAILY only a.OO 4.00 .74 SUNDAY only........ 3.00 1.80 Canadian Rates. DAILY & SUNDAY... (10.00 (5.00 (1.00 DAILY only .00 4.00 .78 SUNDAY only 6.00 .0 AO FOEEION KATES. DAILY & BUND AY... (14.00 (U.OO 13.48 DAILY only 18.00 0.00 l.iO SUNDAY only 0.00 4U0 .18 \ One Six One Year. Months. Month. THE EVENING SUN. (6.00 (3.00 0.80 Foreign 18.00 0.00 1.50 IIOOICS AND THE BOOK WORLD (weekly), one year \ Canada.. id.SO 'Other countrlea... 8.00 All check-- , money orders, fte., to be made payable to. The 8cm. Published dally. Including Sunday, by the Sun Printing and Publishing Association, 150 Nassau at.Borough of Manhattan. N. Y. .President. Frank A. Munrey. 150 Nassau at.; Ervln WardmaniSecretary, 11. II. Tltherlnctonr Treas., Wm. T. Dewart. all of 150 Nassau street. London office, 40.43 Fleet street. Parta offlce, 6 Rue do la Mlchodlere, ore Rue du Quatre Septembre. Washington offlce. Man.ey Bulldlj. Breoklyn offlce, Room 202. Eaglo Build- ing, 3D2 Washington street. our friends icho favor tif tcKA mrtnu-scHp- and illustrations for publication utaA Jo have r elided article) returned theu mutt In oil casta tend stamps for that purpose, TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 2200. Goicrnmcnt Railroad Operation's Ilnal Breakdown. If the railroads which serve the New York metropolitan district were under private management y \their operating officials would not be sitting back and twiddling thelOn-ger- s while the food supply of tho community Is cut oft by strikers. The operating olllclals would not be waiting for word from Washington to Und out what to do. They would not placidly watcli huge consignments of perishable, freight go to wnste In cars and on piers. ' They would be doing something to .jnovc tho freight entrusted to their railroads for transportation, nnd to .deliver nt tho agreed destinations the passengers the ronds had contracted to carry. \ The. operating offlclnls might grant .the demands of the strikers. . They might compromise with the disaffected employees.' They might refuse, to deal with men who quit work nnd try to fill their places. Whatever they did It would not be jwhat Government operation has forced them to do'; they would not volunta- rily lie down on tho job and leave their customers nnd the public without a single defender In the midst of an Industrial quarrel complicated by ob- scure revolutionary movements. , Brooklyn's Voting Supremacy. Tho Inst estimate made by the Health Department of the populntlons in the boroughs of this city credited Manhattan with about 700,000 more souls than Brooklyn. But the regis- tration this year shows, as it showed last year, that Brooklyn has nearly 20,000 more persons who are eligible and willing to vote than this island can boast. . Is It that Brooklyn Is more public spirited than Mnnhattan? It wtftild be safer to say that the influence of woman suffrage Is more evident, Brooklyn has nearly 20,000 more vomcn than men; In Manhattan the sexes are about even In number. Brooklyn has less illiteracy than Manhattnn. But the chief reason why Brooklyn casts a \larger vote than Manhattan Is that she has about half as many aliens, as her neighbor, When It comes to election Brooklyn 1b the more American borough. Autumn Sports. In these chill days of fall, when the commuter starts the furnace fire to h Vpnt coins until snrlne arrives and makes that household chore unneces sary, the call to the comes on every breeze. Soon tho call becomes lrreslsflhle. The response may bo a fishing-campin- g trip along the south Jersey sand dunes, an excur sion to an Inland lake where bass and pickerel havo an extra kick In their-lin- because the chilled vater makes them more active In their search for food, or a long looked for pleasure of hunting big or upland game birds and animals or the migratory waterfowl and shore birds. , The deer season has begun In the A'dlrohdaeks nnd in Maine. Up State the. season Is open for rabbit, squirrel, rnffed grouse, waterfowl and shore birds. On Long Island and In New Jersey tho waterfowl season begins Thursday, giving opportunity for the shooting of duck, goose, brant and such shore birds as the coot, gallnule; black bellied golden plovers, yellow-le- g, Wilson snipe or Jacksnlpc, wood- cock, rails (marsh hens). New Jer- sey has a special open time for the reedblnl. l Nothing else puts a unn In such rood trim, whether he roughs If for game birds and animal, fishes in, lakes for black bass and becomes 'better ac- quainted with thp eunflsh, crappie, yellow perch and rock bass, or does a man's work swinging tho nine foot rod with a four ounco sinker and angles for the swift surf swimmers now on their way to southern waters-- A man needs to go out Into the out-doo- rs to know what wonderful sun- shine Js to bo found In the fields or the borders of n lake or beside the oeenn. Tho warmly clad, finds no terror In tho weather, whether wind, rain or snow comes from the clouds. Slccplng'ln tho out- - doors 'wnrmly clad. In blankets re news one's vitality .and forever takes away tho klen that one can \catch cold\ by such methods of resting, Food tastes much better because there la a healthy appetite created that re- - quires not tho forbidden cocktail to lure It on. . And after n hard day's tramping, whether following a buck or a dog, Insomnia Is banished. Ask an about these things or, better still, any member of the A. K. FV now In civvies. As for pleasure nnd fun, think of tho \pep\ In tho fight of a black bass In autumn or the gymnastics of a striped bass or a channel bass hang ing on the lino! If one Is not to have the pleasure, while fishing In the surf, to dud weakfish or blues biting, what n joy It Is to seo'the screeching gults, the brondbllls as they fly In n straight line, or the geese In their V formation, winging their way southward. Should It happen that these creatures are not near by to entertain tho nngler, what greater Joy than to watch the white chariots of tho sea rushing over the sandbars far out? Trade Target of the World. In August, the ninth month after tho armistice, not merely the bellig- erents of t'.io year before but the neutrals and scml-neutra- were press- ing their cargoes to our shores In steadily 'Increasing volume. Observe first tho \war wrecks.\ Germany and Austria-Hungar- y delivered to us goods to the value of more than $350,000 as against nothing at nil In 1018. Russia In Kurope'sent us more than $1,209,- - 000. Belgium came along with So48,- - 000. From January to August 31 Germany nnd Austria-Hungar- y laid down here shipments valued at $1,000,-00- 0; Itussla In Europe, $2,700,000; Belgium, $1,702,000. France, however war wracked, put across the ee'as for our markets In August more than $11,000,000 of- - mer chandise a gain over the year before of nearly $0,000,000. For the seven' months from January 1 she scored with us $37,000,000, a gain only short of $15,000,000. Italy In the same class. with $0,800,000 for August, gained $4,800,000. In the eight months she de- livered to us more than $22,000,000. From the United Kingdom in Au- gust came nearly $25,000,000, a gain of more than $12,000,000. In the eight months the record wns $143,-000,00- 0, n gain of more than 0. Among neighbors of the United Kingdom the Netherlands did In August some $7,000,000, nearly all gain; for the eight months more \than $42,000,000, a gain of more than 0. Norway did in August $347, 000, a gnln of $300,000, nnd for the eight months $2,900,000, o gain of more than $2,000,000. Sweden for August did $010,000, n gain of $270,-00- and for the eight months $5,500,-60- n gain of nearly $1,200,000. Another neutral, Switzerland, trip- ped along In August with $2,250,-00- a gain of nearly $1,000,000. In the eight months her total was more than $14,000,000 and her gain short of $4,000,000. Spain showed for Au- gust $0,200,000, a gain of $3,000,000, and for the eight months $30,000,000, a gain of nearly $20,000,000. For those who fought the swords have been beaten Into plough shares. For those who stood vigil without the battle lines warships have given place to'cargo curriers. Arn'Ies of belliger- ents and armies of neutrals, alike de- mobilizing and returning to the pur- suits of peace, now deliver their strokes, and fashion their wares to freight deeply laden argosies for our golden market. And our nntlonal lead- ers talk; our national workers Idle and quarrel, lord liclp the United States trade target of the world! Ills Chance to Be Famous. We admire the candor of the proud and provident couple In Ohio who of fer, In n letter addressed to Vlce-Pre- dent: 5 Tab shall and printed In the Congressional Record, to namo their first born son for gain: \Will you pleaso put this to the Senate and the House of Congress? The man who will give the baby the biggest prize can have the name.\ Without wishing to discourage any mnn In Congress from competing, we think .that It would be a good thing If the Hop. Gilbert M. Hitchcock should happen to 'be the winning bid- der. We cannot seo any other chance for him to become famous. As for the chlld, It Is described by Its parents as big and bright; and it probably would survive the ordeal. Tho Farmer's Work Day. Before the National Industrial Con- ference, reassembling In Washington tho American farmers will layN their claims to higher money rewards based, on their agricultural work day as compared with the hours und pay of the plumber, tho mason, the car penter, tho day laborer. The hours of tho American farmer, tilling his own soli with the sweat of uis uu uiuw, uij Uuve ueen anu still are measured by what there Is to do. When the work Is there and has to be cleaned up not only the Ameri- can farmor and his sons but the Amcrlcnn farmer's wife and her daughters work ten, twelve, fourteeu hours a day, with never' a thought of overtime, half pay or holiday double pay. If the American farmers did not thus work tho limit when the lawa of nature demanded that the fields be ploughed, the crops cultlvqted nnd the harvests gathered before tho last stroke of the season's clock thev could not feed nnd clothe ns they now do millions of hitman beings abroad I as well as tho 110,000,000 nt homo, They could not bring forth the uat- - Jural wealth upon which Is based not j only tho prosperity but U16 bread and butter of the nation. , If- - the American farmers went on strike for forty-tw- o hours of work n J week, when tho needs of tho country clamored for all tho work necessary to do the Job, they could produce what food they needed for themselves, with sufficient cotton and wool to cover their own backs. They could produce enough more to run up fabu- - lous prices for the few who could pay them. Out of these they could gain .enough to provide their Implements, their fuel nnd their otlicr necessaries. They themselves beyond question could thrive and fatten. But If the American farmers wanted to work as little as the conl miners, With their demands of thirty hour3 n week, want to work ; If the American farmers put 6uch a labor schedule Into effect and they could; If the American farmers stuck It out on that system, the trades unions which are now agitating nnd striking for nb normal wages and subnormal working hours would simply stnrvn to death. Four Constitutional Amendments to Be Beaten This Fall. Four proposed amendments to the Constitution of the State will be sub- mitted to the voters of New Xork at the election on November 4. In the order In which the questions referring to them will appear on the official ballot they may be briefly thus: Number 1. Declares trio use of property for the drainage ot swamp and agricultural lands Is a public use, and permits private property to be condemned for such use; the com- pensation to the owners of property eo condemned and the cost ot the Improvement may be assessed upon property benefited thereby. Number 2. Empowers the Legis- lature to enact a law under which qualified voters of the State absent from their residences on election day, but within the, United States, may vote and have their ballots returned ' and canvassed In the election dis- tricts In which their residences are situated. Number 3. Increases the pay ot members of the Legislature from $1,500 each as follows: Senators to J3.G00' each, with $10 a day addi- tional for each day the Senate alone Is convened In extraordinary cession, or as a court for the .trial of Im- peachments; the Speaker of the As- sembly to $5,000 a year; each As- semblyman Jo $S,000 a yearj Assem- blymen, not to exceed nine In num- ber, appointed managers ot an Im- peachment, $10 a day each during the continuance of the trial. The travel allowance of $1 a mile for one round trip from their homes to Albany now authorised by the con- stitution would be discontinued by this amendment. Number i. Fixes the compensa- tion ot the Judges of the Court of Appeals at not less than the highest compensation allowed by law to any other judicial officer of the State. The Chief Judge ot the Court of Ap- peals now receives a salary of $10,600 and the Associate Judges salaries of $10,000, each of them having In addi- tion an allowance of $$,700 for ex- penses. This makes the compensa- tion of the Chief-Jud- ge $11,200 a year and of each of the Associate Judges $13,700. All of these amendments should be beaten. , The drainage amendment provides that \such compensation, together with 'the cost of such drainage, may be assessed\ against property benefited thereby. This leaves It whip open for the Legislature to make the cost of dralnago works tt general State charge, to bo paid In largo part by tho taxpayers of this city. Tho con- gestion of population and scarcity of arable and pasture landsTn the State have not yet reached n point at which a Legislature commonly dominated by rural Interests should be left free to charge the cost of reclamation schemes against the urban population. If any fthprovcnient of this nature Is worth making, In the present situation, It should bo paid for by the landowners Immediately nnd directly benefited. The number of voters unavoidably absent from the State on election day Is comparatively infinitesimal. The proportion of them renlly anxious to vote Is small. It Is practically Incon- ceivable that their vote would decide an election. To complicate furthor our already unnecessarily Intricate elec- tion code would be foolish. There Is n sentimental argument In favor of this\ amendment, but every practical consideration is agaiust It. Until we can get men and women to go around tho corner to vote we need not u i y about tho cltlzeu absent from nls home. No logical argument can be advanced In favor of paying Senators more than Assemblymen arc paid. All members of the Legislature should-receiv- e the same pay. The Speaker of tho Assem- bly Is not entitled to a higher salary than the President pro tern, of the Senate, nor Is he entitled to more pay thnn any other member of the Assem bly or the Sennte. He should get us much as a Senator and no more than nnother Assemblyman. All the mem bers of the Legislature should ho paid the same amount: an amount sufficient to meet their expenses, but not large enough to mnko the salary a reason for seeking the office. There Is a great 'deal of loose and careless thinking about legislators' pay. Some innocent persons believe honest service can bo bought from scoundrels by raising their salaries. nnd that decent men who successfully seek public offlce subsequently become corrupt because tho pay of public officials Is lower than that which the emDloyees of private fenlernrlsBH who bear corresponding responsibilities draw. This Is an utterly unjustlflnblo conclusion. Legislative, cxccutlvo and Judicial officers wbo \go wrong,\ who sell out, who take bribes because \their salaries don't pay their board bill,\ would go wrong whatever the Stato paid them. A member of Con- - gross now gets $7,000, whero his prede cessor got $5,000. The lncreaso In tho cost of living has made $7,500 worth about what $4,000 was when tho old salary schedule was In force. Yet wo do not and we shall not hear that our nominal $7,500 hut actual $4,000 Representatives nnd Senators are not as honest as the statesmen who served beforo them. If a New York Stato Senator deserves $3,500 a year a New York State Assemblyman deserves $3,500 n year, and If tho Speaker of tho Assembly deserves $5,000 a year every member of tho Legislature de- serves $5,000 a year. The Speaker performs various duties outside the Assembly. If these entail an expense on him he should be reimbursed by the State, but we have never heard of a good man refusing the Speakership because of the expense Involved In obligations falling on Its Incumbent outside the Assembly, and If any bad man ever did It was a fine thing for the State. Tho fourth amendment Is objection- ably not because It provides that the Judges of tho Court of Appeals should bo more highly compensated but be- cause It does not go about the matter straightforwardly and consequently leaves an opening for manipulation. The purpose of the amendment Is to give the Chief Judge nnd Associate Judges moro pay thnn tbey now re- ceive. Instead of empowering the Legislature to fix their compensation or fixing their compensation directly Itself the proposed amendment makes their compensation dependent on that paid to another Judicial officer that Is, apparently on the pay of Jus- tices of tho Supreme Court In the First nnd Second districts, who receive $17,500 a year, ogainst tho $10,000 paid In other districts, although for all we know there may he some fee compensated \Judicial off- icer\ In tho State who gets a good deal more than $17,500 n year. Adoption of none of these amend- ments Is Imperatively required by tho situation of the State. They ehould consequently he beaten, and If thero In merit In the purposes they seek to achieve new amendments mny be drawn, pafised by tho legislature sit- ting next year' and by that sitting In 1021 and submitted to the people In November of 1021. Artificial noil-lays- . Yesterday In this town wns the kind of holldny that wasn't a real one. It was a day off for those who were nllowed to take advantago of the technicality. It was a work day or persons who were content to cele- brate CintisTOPiira on Sunday and who thanked the stars that they had work to do on Monday. Such a holiday as yesterday doesn't seem real. Also, it hurts business. Office buildings hnd to keep their lights and power on for a fraction of their tennnts. Itestnurants kept open, but fed only half their usual number of luncheon customers. Bnnks were closed stores open. Commuters worked, but their best trains were laid off. There really Is no reason why anni- versaries like the birthdays of Wash- ington and Lincoln nnd Columbus Day, which are celebrated without particular demonstration, should not he finished with on their particular dates, whether the dates fall on Sun-da- y or not. Columbus was fortunato In that the mutinous ferrymen on the Nina and the Plnta and the Santa Majla did not belong to a union. The Joy Inspiring Inconsistency of the human race Is Illustrated by tho excitement and interest which the re- port from Paris concerning tho sur- gical process for the renewal of youth can arouso In peoplo who probably only minutes before were lamenting over ttfio hardships of lifo on this earth. Music on airplanes ot the future. leadline of yesterday. Intended as accompaniment to the poet's \stars singing In their endless courses\? If thero Is any decided sentiment In Congress In favor of annulling tho war prohibition act now nominally In force in tho United Status why doesn't some advocate ot Immediate wetness press to a voto a bill for the repeal of the\ enactments under which the sals of liquor Is Illegal? The present shortage of sugar, the country Is Informed, has been caused \not so much through an Insufficient supply aH from an inordlnato demand.\ It Is encouraging to find that the law of supply nnd demand Is nt least recognized. Having sworn my undivided allegiance to the Constitution of the United States I cannot In the closlhg days of my life dlvldo that allegiance with the League ot Nations covenant as It has been pre- sented to tho Senate. er Cannon. f Representative Cannon does not sub- scribe to the doctrino put forward by President Wilson that the covenant of tho Leaguo ot Nations embodies, a cause great than the Government of the United States, lie Is too deeply Imbued with old fashioned Amerlcan-lr- m tr follow the teachings of experi- mental Internationalism or to urgo tho creation of a superstate. The Useful Ttaby Elephant. Prom the AteMion Globe. Itudolph Johnson, who recently moved to Atchison, but retains his firming In- - uV'flnTmVm.ng VoTr;' down rourh feed In his alios. The problem has bean worrylnr him a crest deal. Th other day, whlls he was reading pictures, he saw the picture of a baby elephant, and the Idea struck him that a baby !. phant would be just the thine to put In a alio to tramp down the ensilage, Mr. Johnson will put the Idea Into action and has written to an animal man back East to ssnd hln) a baby lephsnt at ei)vt Johnson may bt starting something that will ba adoptad all orar Kanaaa. DEFENDING THE ALIEN. A Reminder That the Leaden of tho Disturbers Are American Born. To tri Editor or Tub Bun Sir. It would seem that a large number ot the newspapers as well as of the small poli- ticians In and out ot office vie with each other In denouncing a certain part of the population of this fair countryfor the chief reason that these people were born In some foreign State (for which fact I they can hardly be held responsible), and consequently feel attached to that country and Its customs, which again Is after all only as It should be. The latest effort on the part of the \antl-ailentst- i Is to place the blame for the present I stoel strike upon the foreigners engaged I 'in tUtt - -- 1 I.AH.IH. . T . h.rfllv til iiiu i i.iuua.i j i av.. j fair, however, to take all ot the credit for this wonderful example of national effi ciency and' solidarity, according to the i Socialist point of view, away from tho two American born generals ot this cam. , palgn, Messrs. Fitrpatrlck and Foster. When Judge OaVy of the Steel Corpora-- 1 tlon stated that a majority of the strtk-jer- s were foreigners. In an effort on the part of the Judge to make this strike un- - popular with the great public, he should nave aaaca in rairness to wuuam z Foster, If not to his own foreign born laborers, that they were following the commands of their American leaders. It Is not my Indention to Justify the excesses of some of the radicals among the foreign 'element But I believe that the great majority of .foreign born men and women In this country are Indus- trious and law abiding, and also that they are a distinct asset to the United States. For It should be remembered that If they did not produce any more than they earn It would bo unprofitable to employ them and they would all be out of work. Furthermore, lest we for- get, Mr. Townley of North Dakota and the Nonpartisan League Is not only an American citizen but Is American born, as are also many of his spiritual brothers prominent In the leadership ot the I. W. W. Radicalism and anarchism at present are world sicknesses and are not tho affliction of -- any one nation or group of countries; neither Is any country Im. mune from them. It la n mighty small prvn who catches an epidemic and then blames his friends for smiting him. Our friends the antts now want all aliens here deported and would have no more foreigners allowed to enter, both statements subject to certain modifica- tions. Does It occur to these people that England, France, Italy, &c might tako similar action against United States citizens T And, besides, consider the labor problem. Who shall dig New York sub- ways It the Italian laborers nre kept out? Who shall mine the coal, copper and other minerals If tho Slav worker be not permitted to Immigrate? \Who shall- se- cure foreign markets for American manufacturers If tho English; Dutch, Scandinavian and Spanish exporters be not permitted to continue In business here? And, It might bo added, who shall vote with Tammany Hall If you keep the Irish out? Immigration Is to some extent an In- ternational problem and Is also a prob- lem directly related to the prosperity of this country. The United States Is great enough to tnke a broad point of view on this question. Let the foreigner with a clean record come here and treat him right Ife will then through his work add to the wealth of the country. Antagonism breeds nothing but Sis-tru- st and radicalism. Middle West. New YottK, October 13. TRUCKS ON THE DESERT. Carry Freight to Central Asia, Bring Hack Farm Frodncts. From Popular Mechanics. Four thousand picturesque camels and their 1,000 drivers are to be succeeded by thirty businesslike American trucks for the transportation of freight between Tientsin, China, and Kulja, eastern Tur-kosta- n, a distance ot approximately 2,000 miles. An agricultural colonization company Is responsible for the contemplated change. Farm products will be carried on the return trip. Each camel of the caravans now travelling the route Is cap. able of carrying only 200 pounds of freight, while each truck equipped with a trailer will bo able to transport six ton's. Travelling at the rate of twenty miles a day the animals require about six months for the round trip. Trucks are expected to cover the same distance In thirty days. Three of the Ambiguities of tho Cov- enant of the League ot Nations. To TUB EDITOn of Tun Hvn sir: In tha Congressional Record of August 7, 1919, .appears an article In which the covenant of tho Leaguo of Nations is carefully analyzed, nnd forty-on- e points, vagueness, ambiguity. Impracticability and weakness are presented. A'et de- spite this fact the Senatorial tight of those opposed to the covwint Is con- centrated on four or fl nta which It Is proposed to ' ,t by amend- ment or rcservatlo.i, waving moro vital menaces and ambiguities unnoted. There hns been much talk on the question of Great Ilrltaln's six votes' to ono of tho United States, as each of these Powers would have one vote on the Council, and dreat Britain would also control the votes of Canada. Aus- tralia, South Africa, New Zealand and India In the Assembly. This Is on the assumption that the Powers repre- sented on the Council would not bo rep. resented In the Assembly, yet Article IV. of tho covenant says; \The Assembly shall consist of representatives of thej members or the league. Hut when we havo prepared ourselves to accept this meaning wo strlk-- o a new snag In .Article XXVI., which says: \Amendments to this covenant shall take effect when ratified by the members of the leaguo whoso representatives com- pose the Assembly.\ Referring th amendment back to the nations them- selves, not to their representatives, as phrased above, .Implies that the repre- sentation on, the Council excludes rep- resentation In the Assembly, Which view Is correct? Senators need and Johnson In their talk ot Great Britain's vote of b!x to the United States\ one believe tho two Powers would not be members of thu Assembly. Senator Jones of Washing ton, who advocates a resolution or res nrvatlon that the American representa- tives on the Council and in the Assem-bl- y bo appointed by the President by and with the consent of the Senate, takes a contrary view. Which Is correct? If the former, the figures 6 to 1 are correct; If the latter, the figures should be 7 to 2. I No attention seems to havo been called by. the Senate or the press to this discrepancy. It Is typical of the confu- sion that pervades the whole covenant, as Is shown In the article above re- ferred to In the Record, from which my quotation Is made In a condensed form. . WlIXIAU aBOBOal J.0kOAM. I New York, October U. V . ANOTHER BREAKDOWN. Ilcnowed Criticism of \Kfllcloncy\ in tho War Department. To tub EoiTon or The Bun Sir: Has that bureau of the War Department de- voted to soldiers' allotments stopped functioning? The followl case which smacks strongly of comic opera, but un- fortunately It Is not, came under my notice a few weeks ago; The wife, or widow perhaps, of a sol- dier who was drafted from the Harlem section of this city on August 30, 191S, filed an application for allotment with the War Department on December 25, 1918. After long and vexatious delays a response came from the Department ask- ing for further data regarding tho sol- dier. This was forwarded Immediately to Washington. Other letters were sent to tho War Department by tho woman, whose name and address are enclosed In confidence to you. Including a photo- graph ot her husband and all the Infor- mation respecting him and the draft that she could remember. Frogs' April until a few days ago the applicant's hopes went glimmering like and the other \Fourteen Points,\ and nothing further regarding the matter was heard from the War Department until September 29, when the woman, a frail, delicate crea- ture with a crippled hand, received a communication from the Adjutant-Gener- al stating that they were unable to Identify her husband from the data given, as thero were fully forty or fifty men of that name on file. Tho Adjutant-Gener- al made a further request for the soldier's rank, army se- rial number, the name of the place In which he enlisted and other particulars, all of which had been furnished the De- partment months ago In addition to the soldier's photograph and the date on which ho received a furlough In France to visit relatives In Great Britain. This dilly-dallyi- policy Is an attitude which should throw tho most serious shadow upon the efficiency of the War Department nnd the admin- istration ot Secretary Baker. As mat- ters now stand the aggrieved and dis- appointed woman does not know whether her husband la alive or dead, whether he Is In Siberia or Dalmatla. along the Rhino or In a hospital, or whether she Is a wife or a widow. Meanwhile she Is compelled to earn a living In tho best way she can and under a severe physical handicap. If this is making the world \safe for democracy\ may God save America from the War Department's brand of salva- tion I Joseph W. Gavan. New Tork, October 13. NAVAL UNIFORMS. rost-EIectl- Comment on tho New Coat for Officers. To the Editor or The Sun Sir; The Sun prints a letter from Secretary Daniels In which he says that the uni- form change was made after all '.he off- icers had an opportunity to vote on the question and after an overwhelming ma- jority had decided that the change was necessary and desirable. This would lead the casual reader to think that \all\ was a representative lot of tho officers. I am Informed by several ofllcers that this Is not the case. It has been said that an officer must have had at least five years service be- fore he was allowed to vote on the ques- tion, and I am further Informed that many ofllcers never had the opportunity of voting who had that requirement. Just to-d- I was nt luncheon where there were sixteen medical officers. There was one of the new uniforms, and the man who was wearing It when asked how he liked tt quickly said that ho \was sorry he ever bought It, for it had nothing on the old style for com- fort around the neck when a stiff collar was used, and certainly wns not as well fitted for his work as tho other. The question was asked If the old style was an unheaithful uniform and every doctor smiled. One of tho elder ones was asked directly why It was sup. posed to be. His answer was an ex- tremely guarded one, but leff one with the Impression that the danger to one's health lurked In the fertile brain of some advocates of the new style. Further questioning brought out the following facts: Most of the officers would never wear the new style If It were not compulsory, and others never expect to wear It until the very first uay on which It becomes compulsory. There Is another very Interesting side- light It asked to vote again these men would either not vote for any change or to keep the new coat to punish those who In a fit of foreign admiration adopted something not wanted or neces- sary for our service. Square Deal. New York, October 13. REWARDING THE SOLDIER. A Scnrlco Man Suggests That Ronds, Hot Cash, Be Given. To the Editor or the Sun sir: Th argument that to pay a bonus to sol- diers In cash a bond Issue would have to bo floated on an already flooded mar- ket Is true to a certain extent, but why not give us the bonds? Such a bill has already been proposed by Jones of Texas. It provides that a $50 bond be Issued to each man for every month he was In tho service. Restrictions are placed on tho number of bonds any one person can sell within a limited time. .In this way tho Liberty bond market is fully protected. The good old Commonwealth of has led the way In this coun- try by giving all her men U00. Let that bo an example to the men In Washington who quibble about the \rrlee of patriotism.\ Nlnety-nln- o per cent, of the men do not claim that the coun- try owes them a living, but they feel that they have been much underpaid for the time they spent In the service. In this I believe the majority\ of Americans will agree. Onb or the Four Million, TCuzabkth, N. J., October 13. Celling' Dark to Business. To the Editor or Thr Sun Sir: your paragraph In Tub Sun referring to tho thought some might harbor to the ef- fect that thcr can be nothing new In strike procedure reminded me of a paragraph In a local newspaper recent- ly. It said \If every one has struck who wants to we will now proceed with tho regular order of business.\ J. J. D. Bcranton, Pa., October 11. Alibi. Judge Toil ara accused of throwing an Eg at the plaintiff. Prisoner But, your Honor, It hatchsd on the way and flaw on. Ilia Tenancy Inrlted. The turksy now Is proving Our problem but a meeki Ua haa no troubta moving To occupy tha block. MUSTAPHA PASHA .TO AID ARMENIANS 0 t Hond of Now Turk Government Says Christians Will Bo Protected. U. S. MANDATE leaders Dcclnro, America Is Looked to as tho Only Hopo for Restoring Tranquility. By (As Associated rflsi. Sivas, Asiatic Turkey, Sept 20. Mustapha Kcmal Pasha, head of the Nationalist Turkish government recently set up In Asia Minor, has Informed tho correspondent of the Associated Tress that the new government has Issued or- ders to respect the Armenians and de- plores earlier Armenian massacres. The Kurds are all eager to have the l'n!ted States assume a mandate for Armenia. The mission of Major General Har-bor- d, which the correspondent accom- panied, arrived at Slvas nftor a fort- night's trip along the railroad, 1,100 miles from Constantinople through Kon-le- Adana and Aleppo to Mardln on the Bagdad railway and an automobllo ride of 250 miles north and east through Kurd stan and Armenia, stopping at Dlarbekr, Malatla and Slvas. The trip was marked by no hostile attitude on .the. part of bandits and cordial recep- tions were awarded the mission all along tho route. To fteapect Armenian. Mustapha Kcmal Pasha, the National- ist leader, who called the congress of delegates which has broken with tha Government at Constantinople, said to tne correspondent: \AVe havo Just received news of tho note of President Wilson to the Sultan regarding future attacks on Armenians. The Nationalists regard the .whole bus- iness of the Armenian massacre as a regrettablo affair, of which time will show the causes. We will certainly compy with the wishes of President Wil- son. We hnve ordered our organization to respect the Armenians.\ Apparently the Nationalists do not . tail l U UCkU.W.lU k 4 J kit...... \ \ - \ rseeUlng to bring about conferences with his advisers. They have apparently made up their minds. In case It Is de- cided to permit the present Armenian Government to continue, not to oppose the grant to Armenia of sufficient terri- tory to Insure the formation of a pros- perous State with a port on tho Black Sea instead of Isolating It behind Im- possible boundaries. Some of the Armenians, on the other hand, lay claim to the territory from Erlvan, In tho Russian \Caucasus to Adana, Just off tho Mediterranean, but others, recognizing tho Impossibility of securing tho territory to organize such a State, suggest abandoning tho Idea ot reconstituting ancient Armenia. Ilrltlsh Are Feared. Nationalists express the belief that the British are peeking the remnants of the Turkish empire, having previously ac- quired Egypt, Arabia and Mesopotamia. In explanation of their opposition to the British Mustapha Kemal said : \The Nationalists recognize the neces- sity of the aid of an Impartial and ben- evolent foreign country. It is our aim to socure tho development of Turkey as sho stood nt the time of the armistice. We have no expansionist plans. It Is our conviction that Turkcyr can be made rich and prosperous If we get a good Government, Our Government has been weakened through foreign Interference and Intrigues. \After all our experience we are sure that America Is the only country able to help us. We guarantee that no new Turkish? violences against the Armenians shall tako place. \It Is not true that we aro working vItl. Enver Pasha (former War Minis- ter). Be believe that his policies In- jured Turkey. We do not know his whereabouts, but It Is riamored that he Is with the Russian Bolshevlkl. I saw a Utter In which ho stated that ho was going .to form a new independent Mos- lem Government, possibly at Azerbaijan. \It Is not true that the Nationalists, supported by Anglo-Frenc- h capitalists, ara seeking to preserve their Invest- ments In Turkey. Drltlsh money has been spent hero to destroy Turkey. We are nware that the British gave 750,-00- 0 to Adeel Bay, former president of the Association of Turkish Friends In England, 11,000,000 to the Governor of Konleh and perhaps a larger sum to the the Governor ot Angora.\ Look to America, Raouf ney, former Minister of Ma- rine, who Is known In the United States, said to the correspondent: \America Is our only hopo; otherwise we will flghl It out.\ Tho Nationalists claim to control 40,000 troops, but others say this is lm- -' probable. Ten thousand troops In north- ern Armenia are said to be returning on account of the food supplies, but It Is asserted they aro not menacing tho Ar- menians. Gen. Har.bord's progress has been fa- cilitated by the posts of tho American Commission for Relief In the Near Kast, whose agents, ofttlmes women, are cour- ageously occupying dangerous Isolated1 positions and doing what Con. Harbord termed civilizing work tinder nearly hopeless conditions, conducting rehools, hospitals and workrooms and caring for thousands of orphans and widows. A variety of solutions for the Armenian quostlon havo been suggested along the route taken by-t- ho Harbord mission. Americans who have long lived In Tur- key disagree ns to tho feasibility of Armenian Independence. Tito Rev Henrv ltluirs. In Hi College In Kharput, said: \until six months ago I believed In nn Independent Armenia; but now posi- tively not. I regard a single mandate Tor tho former empire as best, In which the Armenians, by native intelligence, mny forge ahead, , \If a new Armenia were formed, there would remain the Insoluble race problem with tho Turks, who nre In tho majority Also, It would be natural for the Arme\. nlans to attempt vengeance for old wrnni,\ There Is every evidence of tranquillity ut Sivns anil elsewhere along the roire of the Amurliau mission. Those .veil In- formed consider that the Natlonaluw. headed by Mustapha Kemal Pasha, will eeek friendly foreign support,' bollavlng that, otherwise, Turkoy would bo amon,r JBVance- - Ita,V nd Oreat The statemAnt nfii,..ni.. , . Nationalist loader, whose Government ,uiBO sections or Asia Minor fromr Erzerum to KonlelV. on'the \note of President Wllaon in h. un Parenty refers to the warning conveyed' ....vug,, jvcim- - Aumirai JiarK L nr'stol commander vof the United States haval forces In Turkish waters, that maasa- - rrPM nf A.m.nl.n. m,,o. . United\ States In this action, which was I uunug me second naif of August, ;vv -- \\\i\. i\ ik ror tne Peace Conforance. l.nt .i.u..j . . it.. 7T ' - ...a warning h \I Informally to the represen- - I 1 The Sun Calendar THE WEATHER. For eastern New York\ and southern Now England Partly cloudy and cr to-d- ; showers ; moderati south winds. s\or Naw Jarsar Cln,M ...t warmer folloWSd bJ ahowera and moderati east and 'southeast winds. or northern New England Panw ClOUdV and n.rm.. .showers! moderate aouth winds. morr(\ Kor western New York Cloudr aiwt warmer, follow.d by ahowersto-nigh- t aH . moderate aouth winds. L.AsniNarON- - ct- - 5 g5 ov5.f ,.hB Eastern States. relaUv.l,' ,hlgh and rising over tha, far North est plateau reg.oni Thu\ p?.,, dl.trlou\ \f ' attended by a mantle of clouS Jfhteh. 7'? Plcay all districts Mountain., and th! ast twenly-fou- r houra there wt \boner! J the north' Itoeky Mountain' r.g! temperaturea and frosts wer? Tuesday Virginia In in tha Atlantic Statii . . n'.h j thi fit n tu vv r un, Va'y ni \'\'n\ wni.e me weathtf 5tm.C?nm'.wTrnl,r.in ,he am..i..i.. aouthern Rockr and th. region of the ir.it T ate. Th. outlook I. tor eloudy. showery w.ath.r ir tult,?U,V! .A,,ant c, an1 New Engi.nl re?ub7.'u00nY &.W f W \\r, meridian Um.: Hainlall Temperature. Bar-La- 24 B iHnn. Atllllknn High. Low, ometer. hrs. Weather. it.. 66 fill fl It m . . Aioany Auanuo City. . 53 M.2 .C Cloudy Baltimore .... . eo JO.M .CJ Clew \ism.rcic . 68 w.w .. Rniln. jj ciouly . a Buffalo '.'.\\'', . H 8 to'.tt Clear Charleston .... . tt is so. it Cloudy U CO SO . 10 ' Cloudr incinn.tl GO 41 JO- -2 Cloudr Cleveland . ftO 40 3ft -- n enver , M . Z9.7I Cloudy Pt. Cldy slrolt i 60 - 4 W.20 tlveston ....... to 69 flena 49 42 MM Lckannvln ... t 11 tiouay - 74 30.10 .. Clear nsa. City.... K 50 29.M .. Cloudy .. Clear llwaukoe .... 62 44 10.08 ew Orleans... is ,v0 1 'ear klaboma City. 1 M 29.94 Cloudy till.delphla ... 68 42 SU near 40 sn 11 Portland; Me.'.'.'. 62 it 30.35 Cloudy f . Ore.. 64 64 08 .01 Clear Salt Lake City. 6 42 29.S4 . ft. San Cldy Antonio.... M 63 M 1 ,8 Ran IT.sn- -i Cloudy 64 29.S3 .. Cloudr .. Clear .. Cloudy 4 20.M .. Clear LOCAL WEATHER nECOUDS. r- - . s A. M. a p. jr \iiuer ... 30.32 Humidity 30.2T Wfnri.rflt-A.i.- . 71 tt Wind velocltv ........ 20 , S. 1 Weather Precipitation i?'\r Cloudy n.. \\\\ on. i.mp.rature In this cltv v.t.... .Wnd?h.b A. It. ...! ..42 P.M...11 P. M...51 2 P. M...64 10 1 P. M.,,64 A. M...49 3 P. M ... 5 8 8 1'. .M...5I 11 A.M. ..52 4 P. M...63 9 P. 12 M M...JJ 64 0 y. M...60 10 P. M...6I im. ii. J A. M....42 68 1S19. Ull. 1 5'.v-- H s P.M.... 83 MW 51 II xJX... '.\\\Peraiure 0' at 5 P. m Average \7 -- v fccperaiurc. 39 At 7an Al H' temperature, 50. EVENTS TO-DA- alon.r. wm .n,'.vrUnbI 1 S\v Commit tPfh. ,Pub\c Utilities Nn?rk ffliJ,5!flt1' luncheon of th. Alpln. 12:30 P M1Cal Leue' \ot\ ciaM, .nnsVCnfi!'' faxyat.?nlebTfo t'h'M\ 'LTo't cuia8 m.mn.\ on,B l C,ltY \P'ovee. to dls. net 8tnrwau;.A.0?Ia'.Sp. -ton BrlCp;rlVJn. m\ot - at \h\\1 Vj? iw \.\i\ Pk. Seward Tark. E. Smith will the ru.it CJubH p..1 T'eon r the Uptown P.8!!. .tre.t. 13:11 onDT.iIlLmr S!fsenJ Cro w\ Pt SurrT..i1 a'h,A Th0\Fht Transference and 3 pf M. m Holel McAPl\ i.I.C.t.ur,S by Leo Pvolsky on \The Rus-- l ir.; .C?\1\\\\ Building. Twenty-thlr- l vf th Lealngton avenue, 6:1S P. it. - A.Y,?.Vbon Soc!ety. Newark. 4 P. M. ' ,.\on oy ,ne Motor Transport corps or captured Barman war material. Armory Ninth C. A. C, N. T. 0.. four- teenth .tre.t, near Sixth avenue, all d.r and evening. Illustrated book, of the last four en-turl- Stuart Gallon..; th. making . print.; New Tork Library. Fortjr-.eeoo- a treet and Fifth avenue. Exhibition of model (life atse), African pygmy camp In th. n.lgl.n eongo. Ameri- can Museum of Natural Ulatorr, all dar. Exhibition of tapestries and laee. Ien4 from prlvat. collection.. M.tropolltan Mn. eum of Art. Exhibit prep. red hy the Women In In- dustry Service of the Department of La. bor, on display at the office, of the Fed- eral Council of th. Churche. of Christ la Amerlra, 105 Ea.t Tw.nty-s.eon- d strtet, 10 A. M, to 4 P. M. Daughter, of Pennsylvania meeting. Waldorf-Astori- J P. M. Mrlne In.urance Club meeting. 8 P. M. First panel Sheriff. Jurr. committed meeting. WaMort-A.tnrl- a, 4 P M. Maryland Society masting. Waldorf-Astori- I P. M. Middle States Phoe Wholesalers meeting. Hotel Astor, 10 A. Ml luncheon 12:80 P. M. 8tudy, Hotel A.tor. 3 P. M. Th. Theatre Club, Inc. meeting, Hotel Meeting of the United Daughters of th. Confederacy. Hotel Aetnr. A. yt Stage Children'. Fund meeting-- . Hotel Astor, 2 P. M. Meeting of tho Proadwiy neetaurint Association, Hotel Aslnr. P M Order of the Eastern Star, .urn\ o'clock, followed by n dance. Hotel tor. Meeting of tho I'nltert Heal KMM Ow- ner. Association. Hotel Aetor. 8 I' M New York Electrical Ingu\ lunch-o- liniei elCAlpin, 12tB0 r 31 National Association of Indies Hsttert uncheon. Hotel MeAlnln. V M Unltv School of Christianity f, X1DIFI .MTAiPtn, ilt'l 1'. .M Coopers Hoard of Trade meeting. lints! McAlpln. 8 P. H New Tork and New Jereev T.iv.-'o- Association meeting, Hotel McA'pIn, 1. M. Ofeater New Tork I.ce AnviHstlon meeting. Hotel McAlpln, 8 P M. New York Cltv Undertakers ni''Mon meeting, Hotel McAlpln. P M American Leirlon meeting, Hot' Penn- sylvania, 8 P. M. PUBLIC LECTURES \Oliver Cromwell.\ by Garrett V s; Warttelgh High School, ltnth nar Seventh avenue. Illustrated. Th. 7agu of Nations\ by Egmont VV. Ruschks; P. S.\ 132. I82d street net Warteworth avenue. \noo.evelt. Our True Ttlue Ameri'en, by Dr. Henry It. no..: Metropolitan rni pie, Seventh avenue end Fourteenth .'' ' \Hohlnd the War Zones In Frinte Arthur II. Warneri St. Columns. H', 318 West Twenty-fift- h street. Illu.t tJ- - Othello.\ by Richard A. Purely p . 207th street and Hull avenue. -- Cathedrals In th. War Zone,\ B'\ ward II, Hall, St. AneelnVs Hall ' tea venue, near 155th street. IllmtraiJ Vnulli of Austria Deteriorating. Vienna, Oct, 13. A marked f r;as In Juvenile delinquency In Austria i shown by figures Just made public the last year the police dealt with nearty 47,000 rases, not Including those died by the children's courts.
