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Sir George Paish, distinguished In- ternational economist, and financial adviser of the British Government, pronoiiuces upon continental Europe, overwhelmed with paper monoy, on opinion which Is Intended to bo an Invocation to America. Trance, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, Serbia, Jugo-Slav- la and possibly Russia, Sir Gkoboe declares, must have in the next twelve months 58,000,000,000 of credit to meet the perl of the paper issuos. Only this, be believes, can save Europo from bankruptcy and economic chiios. To provide the $8,000,000,000 of credit he proposes that the League of Nations \issue a security which the nations would ac- cept at its par value.\ Grant that Sir George's fears are well grounded, then The Sun must say In candor that if the United States were a member of the League of Na- tions, bound in honor if not com- pulsion to a fulfilment of all Us con- ditions as they were Interwoven Into the Peace Treaty at the Paris Con- ference, this proposal simply would mcqn n finnnclal transfusion solely from tbe arteries of the United States Into the sick body of Europe. Let nobody try to deceive us about that truth; let us not delude ourselves. If Europo Is In such extremes as Sir George Paish warns, no indorsing name on the League of Nations notes would be worth tbo Ink in which Jt was written except the single name of the United States, This would be so despite the fact tind It Js a fact that Great Britain Is not a bankrupt, is nowhere near bankruptcy. But with all Europe so mired as Sir George describes it Great Britain would be unable to realize on any of her many billions of foreign Invest- ments. She would be unable to col- lect Interest on the many billions of debt owed to her. She would be un- able to get good hard cash for her prodigious merchandise sales abroad, ocean freight bills and underwriters' charges. Great Britain, not receiving her due, could not pay her share. A League of Nations made up of half n world of bankrupts and aiming to finance (bat half a world of bank- ruptcy would be, In truth, a vacuous nnd fleeting bubble of a bank. Only n League of Xatlons credit backed by the economic energy nnd Industrial power, backed by the production, backed by the surplus earnings, backed by the wealth of this nation of ours, could make thecague 'securities ac- ceptable the world over or anywhere nt face value. Never, however, will the American people permit their Government to enter this country into such a League of Nations contract, running without their right to dissolve It possibly till the crack of doom. Bnt with this League of Nations nonsense puffed away Into the realm of voices In the air and visions of the horizon where It belongs, The Sun nlso can say, nnd cheerfully does say, fomethlng more. If the prosperity of all Europe, if the well being of all Europe, If the bread and butter of all Europe, if tho civilization of all Europe, If tho very salvation of oil Europe as Sir Geoboe Paish's warning must mean, if it meart anything should depend upon tho American people, with no other hopo of safety, we doubt not that this 'nation would perform tho rescue. If the United States was willing to throw, rould throw and did throw twenty-fiv- e billions of treasure into tho war to save part of Europo from the German military machlno thero is warrant to believe that, all other succor falling again, as it seemed to fail before, the American people would tend new peace billions after those old war billions to save all Europe France, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Aus- tria, nungnry, Rumania, Serbia, Jugo-Slavl- a, nnd probably Russia from chaos. Bnt not, wo say, Involuntarily. Not ns si dupe of the League of Nations, enjoined to carry the whole load, not under a vote of compulsion .Imposed by the many bankrupts upon tho sol vent one. Nor yet out of the national treasury, to be filled Incessantly by tbe tax payers only to bo drained Intermi- nably by thoUraftsofn foreign ty functioning across the sena against our heritage of nationalism. If wo, gave tho aid again It should bo ns tho free act of tho American people willing to. do n great and necessary and unlyersnl benefit in the way of good Judgment, as well as spontaneous spirit, of common senso as well as sympathetic feeling. Tho money, if we must ralso it, ehould bo raised In n business way as a banking proposition and put out on a fair and square Investment basis for nil Amer- icans to share ns tboy might choose. On such a basis this nation, plas- tered with taxes but endowed with opulence, could do its full share, and moro than Its full sharo, for needful Europe It could tackle tho Job and finish the Job, in n big way and o driving way tho American way. America Speaks In Oklahoma's Special Election. The special election In tbe Fifth Congress district of Oklahoma, in which J. W. Uabreuj defeated Claude Weaveb on Saturday, was a contest In which party lines wero ignored nnd thq sole, issue put to thp voters was Indorsement or rejection of tho peaco treaty nnd the Interwoven covenant negotiated by Woodbow Wilson at Paris. .This issue was not complicated by other outside or by local contentions. Tho district is normally safe for the Democrats by a plurality of from 4,000 to 5,000 votes. Judge Habrilo took the American position, the position held by tho Sen- ators of the United States who de- mand that the Interests of their coun- try shall bo protected, its Institutions preserved, Its future safeguarded. Mr. Weaves took the, Wilson posi- tion, the position that tho treaty should be ratified ns tho Paris Con- ference wrote it, that the United States should enter into tho alliances Mr. Wilson proposes nnd that this nation should take upon Itself tho entangling obligations of the covenant of the League of Nations. On this issue the electors' of the Fifth Oklahoma district voted square- ly, nnd'thelr verdict was the unquali- fied rejection of the treaty, Interwoven League of Nations and the whole programme of entangling foreign alliances. Party allegiance, partisan appeals, tho traditions of tho district, all went by the board in a splendid outburst of Americanism. The Fifth district for tho first time since its organization chose a Republican for Representative In Congress, and It chose him not because of his party affiliation but because ho. stood un- compromisingly for pure Americanism, unadulterated and independent-Her- e the voice of tho people was heard, and that voice will be heeded In the Senate of the United States. Setting a New Precedent In In- ternational Law. The first of the members of the German military forces charged with crimes during the German occupation of Franco have arrived at Lille, ac- cording to a despatch from Paris. The men are Lieutenant von Linden and a officer named Stbauss. Their extradition was de- manded upon the. charge of theft nnd other common law offences, and they were turned over In compliance with tho terms of the treaty which provide that tho German Government shall deliver to the Allied and Associated Powers or to such one of them ns shall so request \all persons accused of having committed an act In violation of the laws and customs of war who nre specified by name or by tbe rank, office or employment which they held-unde- r the German authorities.\ The Interest In their trial, which ac- cording to a despatch from Paris was to have begun last week, Is less in the defendants and the offences of which they are accused than In the fact that It Is an after war proceeding without a precedent, or nt least with- out a precedent In the breadth and extent of Its present application. The advance report of tho finding of the Supreme Council at Paris is that it will demand tho surrender for trial of about 000 persons. This does not Include the former German Emperor, whose arraignment \for n supreme offence against international morality and tho sanctity of treaties\ Is espe- cially provided for. Tho list Includes, however, German commanders of high rank, among whom is former Crown Prlnco RuppREcnT. Against this Ba- varian Prince the gravest charges were made during the war; he was held responsible for the shooting of prisoners of war nnd for the issuing of the notorious \no quarter\ order at the time of the Belgian Invasion. Except In a few isolated and most flagrant cases the punishment of \atrocities of war\ has not been car- ried over Into peace times. The ex- ecution of Henry Wibz, superinten- dent of Andersonvllle prison, seven months after tho surrender at Appo- - ; mattor has been cited as a case of af ter war punishment. Wirz, however, bad remained practically a prisoner of war and was tried by court-martia- l; he was not extradited for punishment from a foreign state. After tho last 'Balkan wars com- missions made specific charges against Individual belligerents, but none of thoso charged with nn offeuco was brought to trlnl. Tho same was true of tho Turkish wars and of tho Aus- trian occupation of northern Italy. At the time of tho Prussian Invasion of France in 1814 and 1815 the French authorities remonstrated -- with Blu-ciit- B for acts ns flagrantly In violation of tbe laws of civilized warfare as those charged, against the Prussian In vaders of 1870 and tbe German forcos of occupation in tbo last war, Tho treaty provides fbr a fair trial; it specifies that in every ense the ac- cused shall bo entitled to name his own counsel, and that the German Government shall furnish documents nnd information which may bo necos-sar- y .\to insure tho full knowledge of tho Incriminating acts.\ Tho effect of theso trials cannot but bo salu- tary. They will not do away with tho horrora of war, but they will lead ton sensclof Individual responsibilitywhich did not before exist. They emphasize , tno rnct tnat u international law is for tho tlmo powerless thoro still re- mains that Ideal of the Jurist, \a common law based on enlightened prnctico nnd ineradicable conception of humanity and Justice.\ Now for Prompt Punishment of All tho riotters. It was not until anarchists nnd revolutionists began a campaign of terrorism covering tho whole United States in tho early months of this year that tho United States Govern- ment took their menaco seriously and began tho Investigations which re- sulted In the nrrest of dangerous aliens In all parts of tho country within tho last few days. For years theso malicious agitators wero al- lowed practically complete freedom to stir up discontent and lnflamo tho passions of weak and Impressionable persons, Their activities wore en- couraged to a certain extent by silly \parlor Reds,\ who sought a new sen- sation but whoso Jnfluenco on the public has been negligible. ' Americans generally treated tho projected revolution ns a Joke. Even such organizations as tho Industrial Workers of the World wero not re- garded seriously, although thoy. at- tempted, in somo Instances with local successes of a temporarily alarming character, to put their theories Into practice. It looks now as if somo of tho sane Ipnders of trado unions had underestimated the effect of tbo un- ceasing agitation on their own plans, although It mis directed Immediately against them. American good nature, tolerance nnd belief In tho ultlraato ability of oil men to detect and reject political and economic frauds offered a fertile field for tho trouble makers to cultivate. Onco the public awoke to tho actual situation nnd recognized tho need for drastic action It did not take long to start the machinery of Justice moving. Six months ago wo hnd no national detective service competent to mako the Inquiries which wero necessary. There was then only in formal cooperation among tho various- - police agencies of tho nation, the States and the cities. That wo lacked statutes to punish onarcbists and other enemies of society may bo ques- tioned; certainly It has been proved In New York State, whore two an- archists havo been convicted under tho laws of 1002, that tho pre-wa- r enactments ore not without force. Now we have a protective organiza- tion, quickly formed but of proved effectiveness, through which to bring the malefactors to court. The thing Immediately necessary If tho present wholesomo activities of tho police are to bo fully effective In suppressing crlmlnnls of tho kind the authorities nre dealing with Is the prompt Imposition of the penalties the guilty men and women all deserve. If thero are persons to be deported they should be deported nt once. If thero aro persons to be sent to prison they should be sent to prison without delay. And If there aro American citizens, native or naturalized, who nre Involved in the plots which have been disclosed they should be treated exactly as aliens ore. Let Us Have the Truth Without Hysterical Trimmings. New York city Is again under ex- amination as to immoralities and il- licit relations between the authorities and those who profit through viola-tlon- s of tho law. It would bo a strange world and It might be lack- ing in interest if everybody wero vir- tuous, and there are probably some rascals among our 5,500,000 people; but even if their misconduct has been pretty flagrant It ought to be posslblo to liavn them exposed and punished without mud being spattered over the decent, law abiding, overwhelming ma- jority of us. Whenever a Grand Jury thinks It has got on the trail of n scoundrel In public office old Lady Rumor and her side partner Lord Gossip get ready for a busy season. If one policeman has gone wrong they have it that the wh6le force Is corrupt ; if on objure gambler has been paying blacvi. jll it will be reported that tho most re- spectable citizens get their livings by means which will not bear the light and work hard at their ostensible callings twelve hours n day only to divert attention from their more prof- itable occupations. Men nnd women otherwise sane and reasonable work themsolvcs Into a frame of mind in which they can give credit, for a tlmo nt lenst, to tho most preposterous scandals, provided Ihelr informants do not speak .above' a whisper nnd carefully refrain from giving respon- sible authority for the misinformation they peddle. A good man's reputation may bo torn to pieces on the word of a notorious liar, and a record of good deeds in public llfo and scrupulous uprightness In private relations will not ralso a presumption in a man's favor when tho fervor for exposure fully possesses the town. In such n season pit n bank president and nj philanthropist against a strumpet, n holdup man and an embezzler nnd the trio of disreputables will carry tho day. Fortunately tbe ardor of the hunt quickly exhausts tho capacity to believe obvious falsehoods. The hysteria docs not last long. At the moment wo do not recall a single Individual exposed on anything remotely resembling acceptable evi- dence In one of theso superheated ex- ploitations of vicious conditions whose disclosure ns n villain shocked or sur- prised anybody who hnd previously tuken the pains to Inquire ns to his chnracter. Certainly nono of these periodical outbursts of moral .gullibil ity has over impaired the standing of a pillar of society. Yet In splto of experience tho old stores, dressed out with now .names, always pass current at face, vnJuo for a whilo and are tem- porarily Accepted as tho truth by citizens who ordinarily discriminate carefully botween what Is falso on Its face and what Js plausible-I- t must dlscourago Grand Jurors to find their entirely praiseworthy and soberly conducted inquests mode the basis for the absurdities which ao company them when thoy touch on tho subject of official misconduct The Grand Jurors aro charged with seri- ous business and their proceedings aro carried on generally with Intelli- gence and dignity. Powerful ns it is, however, n Grand Jury cannot control tho lnckwits of tho community when they start on tho rampage. Mr. Essex of Orangctown Should Bo Happy. In the election last Tuesday the vot- ers of Orangetown In this State chose Mrs. Helen Essex ns town clerk, re- jecting her opponent, who happened also to bo her husband. Mr. Essex has held the office of town clerk for years, nnd during that period his wife has been his deputy. Now Mrs. Es sex Inclines to appoint him ns her deputy nnd gives him this certificate of good character: \He is a pretty good fellow, to tell the truth, and he ought to make a good deputy.\ Mr. Essex has every rght to be proud of this indorsement. Not\ only has he withstood examination as a husband but ns a bosg. Many aro the husbnnds who might win such praise, but what proportion of thoso who nre known Individually as \The Old Man\ could hope for an encomium such ns this from their deputies? Only occa- sionally Is a subordinate found who Is not suro his boss would do better at any other task in the world than at the one from which his authority (lows; few Indeed ore tho subordi- nates who, were they translated to their bosees' desks, would select those they supplanted as their deputies. A man who can make good with n woman In two capacities over a pe- riod of years has earned congratula- tions. Mr. Essex should be happy, but the chances ore even Mrs. Essex's kind words will not reconcile hlra to the result of tho election. Men nre unreasonable creatures. New Jersey commuters would bo Justified If tlicj- - felt the whole uni- verse was Against them. When har- bor strikes do not put \the ferries out of businoss high tides do, the New York Stato income tax holda a heavy threat over them, and if thoy want to move to this side of tho North Itiver they cannot get a place to lay their heads. Tho suburbanite finds himself In a sorry plight-Mexico- 's accounts are. (76,000,000 short Netcrpaver headline. Porhaps tho kidnappers haven't been contributing to the treasury. Congestion In tho streets of Tarls has reached an alarming stage. Ap- parently the time honored system of arresting a pedestrian for being knocked down Is not as efficacious as it has been held to bo in tho past. The decrease in tho number of births in New York city In the first eight months of 1819 as compared with the corresponding period of 1918 which Health Commissioner Copelanp reports may bo accepted as a natural conse- quence of the war and need not be regarded as a sign of permanent and progressive falling off In the birth rate. Not only wero thousands of marriages postponed un account of tho absence of men in tho military and naval ser- vices, but thousands of women put oft their nuptials to enter industrial or professional occupations at tho time tho country seriously needed labor. Then, too, thp high and .rising cost of livlntr has had a deterrent effect on marriage. The marriage and birth rates havo been adversely affected by war and tho conditions resulting from It, but thero Is nothing to Indicate that they will not return to normal when normal condition aro established. Birth statistics will be studied with particular interest in the next few years by thoso who hold to the ancient theory which teaches that after a war the proportion of male to female In- fants rises. the wlnelcss alrolano for the richly to experiment with which Franco has paid 200,000 francs Is suc cessful the bird kingdom win no longer bo able to flatter Itself upon man's imitation of 1U ' Ttnlshevlsm Is Idle In busy Stras bourg. UtadUne of yesterday. Ro fluctuates the scale! Every added hour of honest labor Is a blow at vicious theories. Recently a report- from Paris told of the invlnclblo \Tiger\ fighting the Reds, and yet reports from Trlnceton showed that tho s&ro was tied. Making the Great Sral. from the London Daily Express. Tha nfflxlns of a \wafer Great Seal\ to the Treaty of Peace la a somewhat lets laborious work than tho making of hp seal, which la a considerable business. Vue wax is not put upen the paper aa with more humbts seals, but It Is In the form of a larga disk, with an Impression on either side. It Is kept In a wafer case attached to the document bj- - a tac Im- bedded In the war. Tho seal Itself con- sists of two heavy sliver plates. In ona nt which la cut the Imprewlon for tho front of tho dvlc. In th other thai ror the back, and new plates cost or cost In pre- war times ITOO. When a seal Is n mass of wax la softeneed In warm water, cooled In cold, placed be- tween tie two plates and Impressed. INSPECT ONCE MORE THIS DAMNABLE COVENANT! Article I. Membership In the League. Tho original members of the Lcaguo are tho flvo great Powers of the Peaco Confcrcnco that mado tho covenant (tho United States, tho British Empire, Franco, Italy and Japan) ; flvo of tho dependencies of tho British Empire (Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and India); Hcdjaz. which is under tho nrotectlon of tho British .Empire; tho twenty-on- e other signa tories of the Peaco Troaty, ana tnir-tnn- n neutral States invited to accedo to tho covenant without reservations. Af tor tho Lcaguo has begun to junc- tion any fully State, dominion or colony may be admitted by agreement of two-thir- of tho As- sembly. The requirement that do- minions and colonies shall- - bo presumably precludes fur- ther admission of Buch dependencies as Canada, Australia, &c., which aro In internal matters only. A Stato may withdraw from the League by giving two years notice, pro- vided its International obligations and its obligations under tho League havo been fulfilled. Article IX. provides for tho creation of a commission that shall dotormlno questions arising under Article' I. Artlelo II. Governing Bodies. Tho action of the League Is effected through an Assembly that Is without vntlni? nnwnr? throutrh a self-a-p pointed, Council, ab solute in its power, and in wmcn au logial-ttiv- Judicial and executive func- tions of the Leaguo aro merged; and through a permanent secretariat which !u headed by an English Sccretary-Oonera- l, who has already been ap- pointed by tho flvo great Powers of the Peaco Council. Artlelo III. Tho Assembly. Each member of tho League has one vote in tho Assembly, except tho Brit- ish Empire, which has six votes through the admission of Ave or its do pendencies' as original members of the League. The nine States of the Council havo each one vote in the Assembly; thw?, with tho flvo votes of the Brit- ish dependencies and Hedjaz, make fifteen of the votes of the Assembly controlled by Council members. Article IV. Tho Council. Tho Council consists of tho five great Powers that mado tho covenant and four other members of tho League chosen by a unanimous vote of the Assembly. The flvo great Powers hold their membership in perpetuity. Both tho permanent and elective member- ship may bo Increased by the Council with the agreement of a majority of tho Assombly. Article V. Tho Toting System. 1. All matters of procedure ,and the appointment of committees In both Assembly and Council require a ma- jority vote of the members present All other matters In the Council re- quire a unanimous vote. All matters not otherwlso provided for In tho covenant or by tho terms of the treaty require a unanimous voto of tho Assembly. 2. Since the States that are mem- bers of the Council aro also members of the Assembly, a unanimous vote of tho Assembly Is only posslblo when It Is In agreement with tho will of every member of the Council. Thus the elective members of the Council may be chosen only when acceptable to every member of the Council, thereby making the Council and 3. Since the Council controls a third or moro of the votes of the Assembly now members provided for in Article I. by tho agreement of two-thir- of tho Assembly cannot gain admission unless acceptable to the Council. The Council retains forever Its control over its own membership. 4. Tho majority voto which Is re- quired when mere ratification of tho acts of tho Council is desired Is easily secured through tho large voting power of the Council augmented by States that come under the Influence of the great Towers such as Persia, Portugal, &c. When the mnjority voto needs to be defeated In the interests of tho Council this result Is equally well secured. Thus tho Assembly votes but la without voting power, as Presi- dent Wilson affirms and as a study of the covenant discloses. Article VL The Secretariat. The Secretary-Gener- al Is In absolute control of tho Secretariat, appointing lis entire staff and determining Its activities subject only to ratification by an overburdened Council. Thero is no provision for the removal of the present Incumbent and it is claimed he may appoint his own successor, though the covenant provides for the appoint- ment of his successor by tho Council with tho agreement of a majority of the Assembly. Article VII. Tho Seat of the league. The seat of tho Irn- was estab- lished at Geneva ' . the opposi- tion of France aim nuly. Tho compre- hension of how this was brought about would help us to understand how unan- imous decisions arc to bo secured. Article of Arma- ment The reduction of armament is to bo accomplished apparently by a three- fold Increase in tho army of the United States; by as marked an increase in the British navy; by tho assumption of the policing of tho lands of ,tho earth by the United States and of tho seas by England; by an increase, in arma- ment by the other great Powers of tho League, and by the disarming of the lesser nnd enemy nations. Article IX. Military nnd Naval This article places tho control of troops assigned to duties under tho League in tho control of a commission created by tho Council and under its sole direction. This Is tho entering wedge for an international army tho preliminary of a military government of the, League with every probability of an opposing camp. This is tho commission that determines tho with drawal of a State from the League. Article X The Territorial and Polit- ical Guarantee. Lloyd George congratulated his countrymen because, In case of ag- gression or danger or threat of ag- gression against tho British Empire, tho United States would como to their aid automatically; and tho British Empire occupies one-thir- d of tho hab-Itab- lo earth with millions of subject peoples under its sway. Likewise our aid goes to any spot on tho 'earth' where thclnnate lighting spirit of man exercises itself. But moro serious than theso menaces to freedom, the peoplo of tho United States of America, whose freedom means so much to the world and who owe their freedom to in subjection forover tho subject peoples whoso hope for generations has boon the ultimate attainment of national existence, for only through assistance from without can they be- come free. Again, protection of small weak nations, except from tho en- croachments of such universal enemies aa Germany, is devitalizing; growth comes only through nolf-effo- rt A spe- cial objection for ourselves Is that tho fulfilment of tho guarantees la an impossibility; tho draft will not be ac- cepted by tho mass of tho proponents of the League they support It becauso they havo been led to belleva it will keop us out of war; tho labor pwty has already registered its objection to tho draft. A volunteer army of more than half a million men cannot bo raised, as wo know by experience. Artlelo XL Espionage. By the provisions of this article we all becomo \meddlesome Matty,\ rolo that Roosevelt warned his peoplo against In one of his last messages. Articles XIL to. XVI Arbitration. Our Government is a government by law, instead of by men. Theso articles provide for government by tho diplomatic compromises of men. Article XIV. provides for the estab- lishment of a court by tho Council to which tho Council may refer questions A lT nrA nMnh mnv UJ1U iusca xur ut prepare International laws a work which has already been completed oy tho Hague Tribunal. The tenor of theso six articles shows that refcronco to the court Js not to bo the chief re- source of the Council. Tho unanimous voting system provided for tho Coun- cil protects Its members from submis- sion to tho consequences and Indigni- ties to sovereign nations resorted to under these articles, put this Is not tho American way of playing the llfo game. The proviso for appeal to tho Assembly by a State dissatisfied with the findings of tho Council is tho most repugnant of all the provisions of the covenant. Ostensibly tho Assembly may reverse tho voto of the Council or of any of Its commissions, and it may Join tho Council in the settlement of questions, but this Is done through tho farcical voting system an agreement of a majority of tho Assembly with tho unanimous vote of tho Council. Artlelo XVII. Relation to States Out-sld- o tho League. Herein the machinery of tho Leaguo is offered to States without tha Leaguo that aro in dispute with States within or without the League. If the privilege is refused and hostilities begin tha re- calcitrant States aro subjected to the samo discipline as members of the Leaguo would be. Thus do the tenta- cles of the Leaguo reach out, even in the making of tho covenant Articles XVI17. to XX. Treaties. The requirement for submitting all treaties to the Council for Inspection and approval will bo obeyed by tho righteous nations and evaded by tho others. Inevitably belief that open di- plomacy will bo practised by the mem- bers individually or by tho governing bodies is not possible. Tho United states is safe enough if that is what-w- seek we ore of the elect, of the , big flvo of tho nine of the Council. Article XXI. Tho Monroo Doctrine. This artlelo effectually destroys tho Monroo Doctrine as England agrees: \If a question arises concerning thoi Monroo Doctrine, the Lcaguo is thero i to settlo it\ Artlelo XXII. Mandatories. This Is for tho protection of tho small nations secondarily; primarily it Is a thinly veiled device for setting aside one of the most widely accepted of the Fourteon Points. Eight hundred thousand square miles of territory have been acquired by the British Em- pire by this dovlco and Lloyd George congratulated his peoplo. Wn are wllllnc to help any peoplo in the world who deslrej our aid, but such aid will be valueless unless it is an act of frco choice with the oppor- tunity for a free hand as wo had in Cuba and the Philippines. The cove- nant does not provide for this. Wo must work under the regulations and supervision of a commission. Artlelo XXIII. Commissions. Among the numerous commissions necessitated by this article is an inter-- ! national bureau of labor that will boj a menaco to our laboring classes. The levelling process at work through tho League must force our standard of laboring conditions down and back- ward. They cannot rise to our standard for many years; wo must level down to theirs. We can have no part In regu-- 1 latlng the traffic In women and children. Other most undesirable commissions will grow out of this attempt to regulate all the mlnutlre of the world's affairs. Article XXIV. International Bn-rea- Conventions, Ac. All international bureaus already es- tablished and all international affairs, buch as conventions, aro to bo placed under the control of the Council If the parties thereto consent If they do not consent this voracious Council will find a way to take them. These many matters, added to tho many duties al- ready assumed, will necessitate mani- fold and complicated departments di- rectly responsible to the nine men of the Council, who will need to sit In continuous session, thereby const- ituting u fixed International govern-'mc- nt in which tho nine men represent- ing tho nlno States in tho Council will havo absoluto control over the affairs of tho world if we accept President Wilson's claim that each nation Is morally bound to accept and ratify the acts of its representative. ' Artlelo XXV. Tho Ited Cross. \ Placing the Bed Cross under govern- mental control is to bo regretted; it is another blow at Individual initiative. Artlelo XXVI. Amendments. ' The covenant Is basically wrong and cannot bo amended In accord with tho fundamental principles of the United States Government and tho conscience of Its people. Tho covenant ends with tho words \No such amendment shall bind any member of tho Leaguo which signifies its dissent thereto, but in that caso It shall cease to bo a member of the League.\ This arrogant ultimatum is mado to States that havo boen disfran- chised by a voting system invented by those that promulgated the ulti- matum. There was a tlmo when these new United States of America fought for eight long hard years because they would not accept laws in whose making they had no part Shall we join in forc- ing on others what Is contrary to the fundamental principles of our country? , When this document was first ro-- j celved it chilled the blood of over nd ; blooded American who coul'' .cad it Intelligently. UA.ll. Quinct, Unas., November t. SIMS ACCUSED OF SLANDERING IRISH Irish National Bureau Eescnts Admiral's Eevlow of Navy in War. DEFENDS SINN FEINEBS Absolves Natives in Rows With Araorican Sailors in Cork Streets. Washington, Not(. 9i From its headquarters In this city the Irish Na- tional Bureau has mailed to Vlce- - Admlral William S. Sims, who com- - manded the American navai loroea ovur-se- as and who is telling In The World'e Work the story of American naval In the war, a long letter protesting against what tho writer, Dan- iel T. O'Connell of Boston, director of the bureau, calls Admiral Slms's slan- ders agairiBt the Irish people. On November 1 the bureau called the attention of Secretary Daniels to certain statements mado by Admiral Sims In his magazine articles and protested vlox lently. The Secretary replied that the Admiral had permission to publish his story of tho navy and that the pre- sumption was that ho had not exceeded facts and good taste. Now the bureau continues the controversy with a ptr-son- al letter to Admh-a- l Sims whlcn re- peats in largo part the matter of the letter to Secretary Daniels. Blr. ouonnou ODjecis viguruumy w. Admiral Slms's statements that the Sinn Fein were ana positively sought to prevent the victory of the Allies; that this mani- fested Itself by attacks upon American sailors In the streets of Cork; that De Valera represents a cause unworthy of American encouragement and support, a causa Inimical to the best interests of the United States, and that the Ad- miral has been guilty of \gross misin- terpretation of facts\ in numerous other details and conclusions. \You say,\ Mr. O'Connell writes, \that our American boys 'were disgusted at the large numbers of ablabodled men whom they saw on the streets and did not hesitate to ask of them why they were not fighting on the western front Aa pointed out by us In our letter to Secretary Daniels, 6.5 per cent of tho total population of the country and 36 per cent of the total male population of military age voluntarily enlisted under the British flag ; whereas our own enlist- ments, voluntary and by draft did not, so far as wo are able to ascertain, equal 5 per cent, of the total population nor more than 22 per cent of our male pop- ulation of military age. Total enlist- ments In Ireland were 275,592. By what authority can you Intimate that Ireland did not tear her full share of the bur- den in this war? Trouble Over Women. \You say: 'But when the Sinn Fein element aaw their sweethearts desert- ing them for American boys their hitherto suppressed anger took the form of overt acts.' What form had this \hitherto suppressed anger' previously taken? How do you know there was any anger? Do you read men's thoughts? Vou clearly state that It was not until the women came on the scene that there was trouble. How, then, can you charge that the attacks upon the sailors were made upon grounds of po- litical hostility and then state that tho cause was a fuss over women? \And then you say: The fact Is that the part of Ireland In which tho Ameri- cans were stationed was a headquarters for Sinn Felners. The members of this organization were not only openly dis- loyal, they were openly To whom were they disloyal? Wo challenge you to prove that they wera Tou say : 'They were not even neutral. They were work- ing day and night for a German victory. It was no secret that tho Sinn Felners were sending Information to Germany and constantly laying plots to Interfere with the British and American .navy.\ Again we eay, prove It \Whence came your Information? Was It from Capt. Evans, B. N., who was detailed by the British Admiralty to act' as llalason officer with the American flotilla, or was It from al Sir Lewis Bayloy, who actually had com- mand of the United States destroyer flotilla In Irish waters? If your in- formation came from them, Admlrnl Sims, it must bo plain to you that It came from a polluted sourcp. O'Connell states that American sailors had street fights In Franco, England, Scotland and In the United States, and asks the Admiral It he believes his men were Impeccable. \Tou yourself say that they taunted the Irishmen they met In tho streets of Cork,\ O'Connell resumes. \Possibly you consider that good conduct. But such taunts and we question how much taunting thero was certainly would have been calculated to arouse those against whom they wore directed. Prac- tically all of the early trouble In Cork In which our American sailors wero In- volved was trouble between them and tho English sailors, originating and tak- ing place In public houses where drink- ing had been Indulged In.\ Vlffllantra Stepped In. O'Connell Intimates that many, If not most, of the wemen who went to Queens-tow- n to meet American sailors' 'after Cork was declared a closed town were not exactly of a proper sort, and that many of them were not Irish at all. He states that some of tho trouble was due to the fact that American sailors did not distinguish between th' sophisti- cated and the innocent, and'th..t an or- ganization or vigilantes wbb formed in Cork to put an end to that \disastrous\ situation, and that this was tho reason why girls were \torn away\ from their American entertainers. \The Irish National Bureau,\ O'Con- nell writes, \does not propose to givt every Individual who shouts for Sinn Fein a clean bill of health. In Sinn Fein ranks, as In tho ranks of the Amer- ican navy or In any other organiza- tion of men, thero must be, some whose actions a times bring no credit to their follows. But that Sinn Fein as a wholo the mass of the Irish people or that Sinn Fein leaders ever engaged In, en- couraged or countenanced attacks on American sailors Is absolutely false.\ Br'tlfh animus Is charged as the basis of much of the \falso\ Information given tp Admiral Sim and aet forth by him. In his articles. Denial Is made that Sinn Fein tried to help Germany at any timo or In anv wny, nnd the statement Is made that Sir Roger Cisement \had no moro to do with off ctnl Sinn Fein than did you.\ Tho letter closes with : \Your contribution Is obviously nn at- tempt to Btem the rising tide of sym- pathy and support which Is overwhelm- ing Ireland's enemies the world bver. It la nn attempt to discredit President de Valera. The Irish National Bureau respectfully asks you to submit some substantial evidence to support your sweeping charges of made ngalnst the Irish people.\ Alfonso's Son to Enter Army. Oviedo, Spain, Nov. 3. Prince Al- fonso of the Asturlas, heir to the Spanish throne, will arrive here shortly to sa- lute) the flap; on the occasion of his for- mal entry Into the army. Numerous fes- tivities will be arranged for the occa- sion of the visit of Die Pllnce. lie la 12 years old. The Sun Calendar THE WEATHER, For eastern Nnw Vnrk r.lr - - ivuay cloudy and warmer-to-morrow- , with ralij uiguij uiuucraiu nonnoast lo couth east winds. For New Jersey, fair warnw la Interior; Increaslnc cloudiness and wrm, moderate northeast and tut wlnda. For northern New England, fair elttrntlr warmer In Vermont: Increnlnj cloudiness, probably rain in Vermont tw morrow: moderate northeast winds. For southern New England, fair slightly warmer In west portion; clow and warmer probably rain at night; moderate northeast winds. For western Now York, fair warmer In north portion; cloudy and warmer probably rain at nlghtl moderate northeast and eaat winds. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. The Southwest, em disturbance of Saturday nlgbt his moved to southeastern Nebraska, with a general pressure fall over the central ana northwestern portions or the country ani thero wero snows over tho northwestern and ralna over the east and south portions of this district, with quite heavy mows . nv, n..t.,n KI.k...l.a nA4n 1 and southeast Wyoming. Over the re. malnder of the country the weather wai fair, with general high pressure. It lj much warmer In the central valleys and colder In the plains States, with treeiln t.mtloMlpi.. ..... ...... B . ..Mitt. - - . H. - bwu.i. 0 Mia .BXU PaMiandle. In the East and extreme Weit lutiiycmurM aro eiigmiy ingner as a rule. There will be rain Monday In the upper lake region, the lower Ohio Valley, Ten. neasee and the east Gulf States, probably contlnuln Tuesday incept In the BoutU and turning to snow from tbe lower Ohio Valley northward. There will be ralna Tuesday In the lower lake region, the upper Ohio Valley and the south Atlantic States, reaching tho middle Atlantic State! by Tuesday night. In New England fair weather Monday will be followed by ln creisln cloudiness Tuesday. It will bo warmer Monday In the Interior ot the A11 lantlo States and colder Tuesday In the upper lake region, the Ohio Valley, Ten. nessee and east Gulf States. Cold wave warnings havo been ordered for Kansas, Oklahoma, north Texaa and aoutheaat New Mexico. at ITnllul . . . TT. - . Bureau ataUons taken at S P.M. rerttrdu. soventy-flft- meridian time: Itamtall Temperature. Bar- - lastM Stations. Ulgh.Low. oir.i!er. nrs. Weather. Abilene..; TO t 29,78 .J2 Clear Albany. a S3 so. is ,. cieir Atlantic City... 43 U 110.43 .. Clear T1n1tlmn.a R9 JA 9t j M Blemarck. 1 16 3014 JO Clouir IMJlon SO 34 30.43 ., Pt. CldJ Buffalo 4J 3 SO 32 M Clev ' rhflrla-rn- n fil - M n... Chlcaro M .. 30.00 .. Cloudy vinannau ot w su.14 .01 jirjn Clereland eo 30.22 .. Cloudy Denver 12 .. 29.92 .60 Snow Detroit CO 44 30.23 .. Clear Galveston 83 TS 3.71 .03 Clear ( Helena 34 .. 20.03 .. Cloudy ' Jacksonville.... 74 63 30.18 ., Clear Kansas City.... 60 .. 29 CS .80 Iialn Los Angeles.... 63 13 30.10 .. Clear Milwaukee 41 44 30.00 .10 Cloudr New Orleans... 78 74 25.83 1,14 Cloud Oklahoma City 62 44 29.74 1.04 Clear Philadelphia... 43 36 30.44 .. Clear Pittsburg 62 Ct 30.23 .. Clsar Portland, Me... 10 36 84.44 .. Clear Portland, Ore.. 35 .. 80.24 ., Cloudr Salt Lake City 34 32 30.12 ., Cloudr San Antonio... S6 70 29.70 .03 Cloudy San Francisco. 66 S3 30.14 .. Clear San Diego 64 CO 30.03 .. Clear St. Louis 66 (3 29.S4 .10 Rain Washington.... tS 46 30.42 .. Clear LOCAL WHATHEK RECORDS. 1A.M. I P. Ml Barometer 30.44 10.41 Humidity 73 IS Wind direction N. N. Wind velocity 8 11 Weather . . Clear Cleai Precipitation None None The temperature In this city yesterday, as recorded by the official thermometer, I) shown In the annexed table: 8A.M. ..36 1P.M. ..47 6 P.M. ..41 9A.M. ..37 2 P.M. ..48 7 P.M.. .41 10A.M. ..40 3 P.M. ..CO 8P.M. ..41 11A.M. ..42 4 P.M. ..49 9 P.M. ..41 12M 45 6P.M. ..it 10P.M. ..41 1919. 1918. 1919. 1J1; 9A.M.. ..87 61 6 P.M....4I II 12 M. ... ,45 58 9 P.M.. .,45 51 3 P.M.... 50 53 12 Mid 39 (1 Highest temperature, 50, at 2:20 P, U. Lowest temperature, 82, at mill A. M. Average tempeiuture, 41. EVENTS TO-DA- Dance of the Bert Kelly Post. American Loglpn, Hotel Commodore, 8 P. M. Leonard M. Wallsteln and Charles A. Beard will spenk on \Making and Present lng tho City Budget\ In the first of a series of Monday night discussions. Clly Club, (3 West Forty-fourt- h street, 8 P. M. Meeting of the Puoplo's Singing Clars, Public School 132, Wadsworth avenue and 182d street. 8 P. M. Meeting of the Committee of the Whole ot the Board of Education, Hark avenue and Fifty-nint- h street, 4 P. M. Convention of the New York State Hotel Men's Association, Grand Central Palace, all day. National Hotel Men's Exposition open y at the Grand Central Palace aa4 continues until November 15. Meeting of the Daughters of Ohio, Wal- dorf, 2 P. M. Meeting Certified Public Accountants, Waldorf, 8 P. M. Meeting of the Maryland Society, Wa- ldorf, 8 r. M. Exhibit of the Canadian Fur Company, Waldorf, all day. Meeting of the Marine Insurance Club, Waldorf, 8 P. M. Meeting of the National Paper Trade A- ssociation, Waldorf, all day. Reception and dinner of the Congrega- tional Club, Hotel McAlpln. 5:30 P. M. Luncheon of the Men's Neckwear Ass- ociation, Hotel McAlpln. 12:10 P. M. Meeting of tha New York City Mothers' Club, McAlpln, 2:30 P. M. Meeting of tho New York Claim Confer- ence. McAlpln. 3:30 P. M. Dinner of the Coopers' Board of Trade, McAlpln, 7 P. M. Meeting of the Dames of the Loyal Legion, McAlpln, 3:80 P. M. Dinner of the American Appliance As. aoclatlon, McAlpln, 7 P. M. Prlvnte and press review of Wythe Wil- liams's film, \The Heritage of France,\ un der auspices of American Committee for Devastated Frnnce, plazi Hotel, P. M. First of series of weekly drills by Colum- bia students untenable to tho Slater mill tnry training bill, Twenty-secon- d Iteglment Armory, Fort Washington avenue and 16Sth street, 2 T. M. Informal talk on \Why We Tell Storks to Children,\ by Sarah M Molt. Ethical Culture Sthool, 33 Central Park West, 315 P. M. Cooperative meeting of Big Sister ana BlK Brother movement. Great Hal.. Clly College, 8:15 P. M. Lecture on \The Psychology of Flniclntr. by Dr. Frank E. Miller and Dr Floyd Muekey, Huntor College Auditorium, 4 P. M. Free class In voice culture. Stuyveisnt Neighborhood House, Stuyvesnnt and Ninth streets, 8:15 T. M. D'nner to presidents of the Bey Scout councils of tno Ave boroughs and other by George V. Trait. Aldlne Club, 7 30 P . Lecture ')V Vicente Blaico IbancJ. n Hall, i P. M. 'Trescni lime Great Britain anil Ame- rica.\ lecturo by S. K. Ratcllffe of Lon- don. Carnegie 'tall, 11 A. M. First regular monthly mretlng of t\ Women's Association of Temple Jtodeptt Sholom, Temple vestry, 2:30 P M Second of scries of public concerts for the people of Borough Park, llr JiJ\. :M P. M. lecture on \The Past Twelfth Mnth A ltlelro-pe- ct and Forerast,\ by Prof ft Starr Meyers of Princeton, auipli ei ot tho Clio Club, Hotel Astor, Bible Class, direction uf T If. Stearns. West Slilo Y. M. C. A.. 7:15 P M. Neighborhood Sings.\ Illustrated le'W'1 by Robert Lawrence, Tathani House. street and Lexington avenue, V. Ml , Entertainment and receptlun for It;ln League, Internatlonnl f. 1\! H Thirtieth s'.,et. 3 P. M \Polish Night\ Polish music, epeeclei and costume dancing, liecrea'lon '\j't International Institute, The Brrtu H'a street nnd Cortlandt avenue P M The Bible nnd th Challenge t it\ Age,\ by Dr. II. G. Enelow, In the st a series of lectures nn \The Itlbie ' ' New Age.\ nt the Temple Dman f 'f avenue nnd Forty-thir- d street. ' PUBLIC LECTURES \Natural Resources of Siberia a \id AjWH Russia.\ Illustrated, by Pr n aw Ghosh. Washington Irving H.j-- 6 n.i. Irving place ad Sixteenth street \Mental Lessons from the Or at war, by Frankwood E. Williams. Pul SOW 46. 166th street and St Nli ho!a avenue \Italia Irredenta.\ Illu-trt- 'V v John C. Bowker. Public Sellout Knrt h street. \Life With the O. 8. Indan Illustrated, iy Dr. Francis Ho Public School 163, 225 West l'Vr ' \ . \The Charm of Grnat Brl'.i . -- (rated, by Oeorgo I\ \t Hall. 343 West Twenty-fift- h \ \Common and Frequent Sour -- s I in\\-\on.- Illustrated, by W I. -- Publlo School 4. lstitri street ui Jf'Sf avenue. The Bronx.
