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Cuba Under Pre- sident MenOcal.

A year ago to-day General MARIO
OF the republic of Cuba. In no other
year in the last twenty. since 1894, has
there been presented TO American read
ers less news from Cuba, less comment
on Cuban affairs and conditions. This
fact. however, is not to he interpreted
as indicative Of official inactivity. On
the contrary, General MENocAL has
done much, but he has done 1t quietly
and tactfully. There have been no
spectacular displays Of power or policy,
and there have been no startling or
seriously disturbing scandals There
has been nothing to inspire sensa tlonal
newspaper treatment.
The efforts Of President MENoCAL. ef-
forts so obvious that they have been
overlooked. have been directed toward
the conduct of an honest and efficient
administration In the island. He has
INDUCED in no dreams of an Immediate
correction Of all existing evils, an i'm
mediate establishment OF an ideal gov
eminent. His most spectacular act
was in connection with the so-called
Ports Improvement Company, a Sl0,-
100000 concern organized under the
previous administration in fragrant vio-
lation OF the laws Of the island, and
declared by the Supreme Court to be
without legal existence. Two or three
other concerns call for and may receive
similar attention.
Until the official accounts have been
presented II Is impossible to say how
far General MENOCAL has succeeded In
his efforts to conduct an economical
Government, a proceeding perhaps even
more difficult in Cuba than In this co,ln-
try. Should 1t appear that he has
failed in his purposes in that direction,
no one In the United States can with
grace or propriety point any finger Of
scorn al him. The Indications are that
he has attained some measure Of sue
cess. The notable features of his ad-
minlslratlon have been honesty and II
broad patriotism, His policies and his
acts have been national and not partl.
san. and there is ground for hope II not
for belief that his conduct and his high
principles will exert wholesome and
enduring influence. They have at least
deserved larger attention and sup,
port in this country than has been ac-
corded them.
Economically the island has suffered
somewhat from trade depression. The
sugar crop on which the island depends
largely for It's commercial activity was
enormous, hut prices yerGed on the dis.
astrous. The crcD OF 1918 exceeded the
crop OF 1912 by $4,000 tons, but the
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THE FEDERAL RESERVE ACT.
Rights Of state Banks and Trust Com.
panics Under section 2.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir. Sec
ton OF the Federal reserve act pro
vides that every national bank must, and
every eligible bank and every trust COM
pany within the District OF Columbia
may, become member of q Federal re-
serve bank by signlfying In writing within
sixty days after the passage of the act
It's acceptance of the terms and pro-
visions thereof
This would seem to preclude the right
of State banks to membership unless ex-
ercised within the prescribed period OF
sixty days. And further. In the appllca-
ton for stock in IA Federal reserve bank
II requires State bank or trust COM
pany to adopt resolution declaring that
in accordance with said section II duly
notified the organization committee OF its
Intention, SC.
Nevertheless the organization board has
announced that "A State bank may come In
at any time. Is this not In conflict with
the act? Furthermore IL seems that the
act makes no provision for trust COM
psnies outside the District OF Columbia
or for national banks organized SUISSE
quently to the expiration OF the sixty
days following the passage of the act.
NEW YORK, May 49, n. X.
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HINDUS SEEK ENTRY IN CANADA.
shipIoad of 500 to Test Dominio,'s
Exclusion Laws.

VANCOUVER, Il. o., May l9.-The Japa-
nese steamship Komagata Maru, which
is on the way to this port with 800
Hindus, is expected to arrive Friday, ar-
cording to information received to-day
She was chartered by Curdit Singh, a
wealthy Hindu, TO test the Canadian eN-
clusion laws, under which Hindu labor
has been prevented from entering The
Dominion. She sailed from Shanghai on
April IA.
A recent court decision held that can
ada was not justified In excluding H!udus
from the country. In spite OF this the
Provincial Government has ordered ~
immigration authorities AT Victoria not 20
allow the iIindus to land. Their entry
will be contested ON the ground max
II would be IA violation Of an Ord,r .N
council passed April l prohibting the
entrance of artisans and laborers tpr 4
period of six months, and on the bass
of the law prohibiting the entraug. ''
Orientals except by direct passage from
their native country.
II the persons behind the present test
importation establish that these H!i's
brought are neither artisans nor ldoo" 10
then the second law will be used az l' ~
them II Is said that none Of the tltN'
brought came direct from India, but 'A',
200 OF them came from Shanshal, Low
from Hongkong and the rest from Nas''
saki, while the ship sailed not from ""
Indian port, but from Shanghai
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Our neighbor the World emits these
beautiful and instructive sentiments:

Our neighb0r the World emits these
beautiful and instructive sentiments:
Permanent peace In Mexico is not to
be secured by parleys. 1t must be forti-
ned by deeds. 1t is to be guaranteed by
the liberation OF the people. by their pos
session OF the land. by enlightened govern
ment and By the unselfsh assistance Of
the people of the United States"
A large order and II long contract
One of the most difficult campaigns OF
education. Divide the great estates
and public lands into small holdings
Wipe out the debts that keep the poems
ascript to the glebe. Good. But who
Is to llberate them from the habits
of generations, to insure them posses
sion. TO free them from pulque and the
natural as we'll ms the Indian desire
not to do any NOR" work than they
have to. to substitute prudence for age
long improvidence. to repress ganblingt
Who is to give them. II they are To
have "a hand In the government, a
government more enlightened than its
illiterate source?
And what Is the unseltish assist
ance." destined to what warm welcome
from it's benehciaries can be imagined,
''of the people Of the United States" to
be; Is 1t permanent occupation? Is
II protectorate? Who guarantees
this guaranteed" liberty and land po-
session: There will be some sort II
Joint resolution by Congress, we sup
pose; and the character, the tempera-
ment will be made over thereby.
Otherwise some hundreds of years
might be needed for the task and the
United States might not have leisure
or means for neighborhood settlement
work.
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ANTON RAFT. who sang In the eigh-
teenth century. MALrBRAN managed TO
get on without a final a." and La
BLAcuE, the great basso, succeeded with
French name. In recent years two
distinguished Americans, CLARA LOUISE
KELLOGG and ANNIE Louise CARY, rose
to the top without changing their
names; and Of course SIMS REEVES and
CHARLES SANrLEy must be remembered
for the glory Of Britain.
But perhaps so far as this country is
concerned the custom OF giving operas
with the original texts and the conse-
qucnt assembling Of companies Of sing
ers Of various nationalitles has done
more than anything else to abolish the
custom Of changing names. From the
Metropolitan Opera House the habltual
use Of the real name spread through
Europe. and now Americans use Ameri-
can names, singing in Berlin. Rome or
Vienna.
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what the Police Are For.

City Chamberlain BRrERE as n spOkes-
man Of ~ science Of public adminlstra'
ton" Is trying to irradlate the police
with the light " that science
"The policemen should keep their eyes
nSad upon their work. The traific men
are the most blessed. for their WORK Is
along constructive and educational lines
whereas the other members OF the force
deal mostly with repression. what u
needed is for the policemen to feel that
they have tine opportunity TO do great
work In the betterment OF social condl-
tons."
All sciences are now part OF one
stupendo,Is whole. social service" But
since the duty OF the police Is the ell
forcement of the laws and the repres-
sion " crime. II Is upon that and not
upon social betterment that their eyes
should be fixed. II members of the force
could be strictly and steadily held To
that work It would be the best social
service" they could do and the only one
Justly 10 be expected OF them. Their
duty seems simple enough. yet II has
not always been fulfilled. The force.
now largely composed Of clean young
men who are remote from the scandals
Of the past. must lie often puzzled as
To what is expected from Ii by its SUI
periors. Hitherto. for the most part
a spasmodic and often sensational In
sistence upon the enforcement or non.
enforcement of certain laws has seemed
TO he the policy Of the department. To
raid" gambling houses and poolrooms
to prevent people from eating and
drinking az late as they like TO, at rare
intervals To make demonstration
.galnst sunday opening of liquor shops;
feversh Intermittent expenditure or
police energy on mngnitied non-essen-
tails has been the rule.
Under the present administration a
greater sense of proportion Ia TO he
hoped and has been indicated. To pre-
serve public order and the security OF
life and property, to prevent and de-
tect crime: this is the business OF the
police. They should he honest, hui
name. Intelligent, polite; but they have
definite office and scope OF employ
ment. They are not missionaries or
settlement workers or upllfters lf
they will deal mostly with repres
sion" II without overzealous fussiness
and pragmatlcal interference they will
do their plain duty they will as mat
ter of fact do good deal for the "bet-
terment OF social conditions" The
favorite American way OF lettering so
cial conditions Is to howl for and pass
more laws. while the old ones sleep
! toothless on the statute books.
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ISIS may accept ana tne tnlteu Sthtes
recognize.
President WILSON also has plan that
will he presented by Mr.. Justice LAMAR
and Mr.. lehman, the delegates of the
the elimination OF General HrrRTA
us head Of the provisional Govern
melt In Mexico the conference might
rs well not meet. II may be assumed
that the retirement of President
lIuERrA Is an incident only of Mr..
WILSON'S programme OF permanent
settlement" and that no objection will
he made to the dctator's saving his
face. In the beginning the respective
schemes o. government conditioned
upon war ceasing In Mexico will prob
ably be- far apart, and the fact that
the Constitutionalists are not repre-
sented makes the work Of the confer.
ence perplexingly difficult but by no
means forlorn hope.
Success will depend mainly upon
guarantees given by the United states
to the reform as well as to the conser.
vntlve element in Mexico and u.nn con
ces>ions made by President 1IrEsrAs
supporters and Endorsed by the United
States. The effect of the continuation
of the struggle In the field upon the
deliberations of the conference cannot be
foraspcn. 4 series of quickly won vic
tories and rapid advances by tle lnsur-
gent commanders would probably rem
der the conference nbortivc, but n
stubborn resistance by the Federal
forces rs they were drawn In toward
the capital should. in protracting the
campaign prove favorable 10 comrro-
mise aud the final success NJ the
mehintOrs.
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complete failuref why not adopt one
which In ndamsntaiiv risht7

complete failuref Why not adopt one
which IL fundamentally right7
There 10 q perfectly practical way by
which all the good features OF high build
ings can be retained and all their bad
ones avoided a plan which would protect
every land owner and the public In a
fair share OF the light OF day, a plan
which would benefit all and Interfere with
no present value which Is not entirely
artificial and based on false assumptions.
To obtain these results II ls only necos-
sary to establish q general height limit
at point which would be effective In
securing light for streets and buildings,
say Mt about once the width OF the street,
with the right to build above that limit
to any height on a sufficiently restricted
proportion OF the lot, say a6 or 30 per
cent. of its area, with the proviso that
where this right TO build higher than the
general level lie exercised the whole build
ing shall be built absolutely without The
use OF wood or )ther infammable material
ard the high part DO set back somewhat
from the street
II this we're done there would be no
need TO district the city. for che city
would district Itself automatically eco
nomic considerations would confne all
buildings within the general limit Of
height, except In districts where there
was urgent need for more moor space
than could be supplied In that way. Thus
proposed plan. the so-called districting
could be eliminated.
Restrictions on property which like this
are OF purely artificial nature and
which do not clearly Justify themselves
to all as being evidently necessary and
right should be avoided where possible
Unfortunately this IL rot the only one
OF the sort contained In the proposed
regulations.
owners are to be deprived OF their right
10 build on 10 per cent. OF the area Of
their lots at the rear. The only possible
Justification for such an infringement on
private rights would be public necessity
but how can anything OF the sort be
shown? To prove that. one must also
prove that every city IN Europe is built
In violation OF a necessary sanitary re-
quremert. for none OF them have II
Such regulations are unjust and mis-
chievous ana should not he tolerated.
New YORK, May 10. ERNEST FiAoG
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returns from exports. constituting APP
proxmately % per cent. Of the output,
were about s2s,OOO.OOo below the re.
turns Of 1872 The present low retail
price of sugar. here and In all other
countries. is due not to change In our
tariff OIL sugar but to y glut IN the
worlds sugar supply. From that glut
and the consequent low price of raw
sugar the Cuban producers have suf
fcred severely There was also n
shrInkage IN the tobacco industry.
Cuba's product Of Importance next To
sugar. The immediate situation Is un-
fortunate but not yet 10 be regarded as
seriously alarming The crop season
now closing shows little or no Improve
ment over its predecessor
TO Cubn's President OH his record
for the year THH SUN extends It's COM
plimcnts aud its best wishes.
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Senator RoOT's strong desire and re-
solve TO leave public life AT the end of
his term in the Senate are well known.
His life has been crowded with unre-
hitting labor In his profession and In
his career he has had enough Of hOnors.
Natural and 10 be respected Is his wish
for some respite and repose ut 20, his
age next year, after such varied and
fruitful toll.
But the Republican party and the
country may well protest against this
deserved furlough. Where else shall
they look for the mastery of public
business. the knowledge Of constltu-
tlonal and International law, the long
experience, the unerring Judgment, the
authority Of great intellect in Its
prime applied to affairs?
The Republican party needs Mr..
Roof Congress and the country need
Ind spensably his knowledge, sagacity
prudence. patriotism and wisdom
II must he admitted with regret that
in regard to foreign affairs the Admin.
lstratlon Is sadly to seek. The Senate
Is by no means rich, Is In fact lamen,
tably scanty, in high talents and states
manlike capacities. 1t cannot spare
ELIUU Roof.
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The Peace Conference,

As the 4 Il e mediation conference
opens at Niagara Falls II may be as
sumed that the eminent advocates who
represent the provisional Government
in Mexico are men OF patriotic purpose
and have the welfare of the whole coun.
try at heart. Have they come so far
to deliver the message that under M
circumstances will General HUTRrA re-
tire from the Presidency? 1t may be
taken for granted that they bear in.
aside upon conditions proposed by him
that find favor with his supporters.
Masterful as he Is In character and
temper, General HUERTA cannot rule
alone: he must consider the interests
of those from whom he derives his
power. and they constitute the con.
sernvtlye element in Mexico. Senior
RoDRIGUEz and his associates represent
this element and are not mere pawns
OF General IIUERTA. II Is not to he
supposed that they will lay their card,
face up on the table. but they must
have plan OF settlement subject Ia
notifications In q peace conference
such as the Ambassadors Of Argentina
Brazil and Chile have called This oh
yiously is not General IIuERTA's ndl
vidual proposal In the nature of nm ultl
matum, but what the conservative clr
ment In Mexico has to offer to bring
the civil war 10 an end and establish
n Government which the constitutional,
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A writer In the Providence journal
recently made the death of Nine. Nor.
pTCA the foundation for some comment
on The use Of stage names In the opcr.
attic world, and declared that 1t was no
longer necessary for singer To assume
n foreign name in order to secure q
public success. True, II was at one
time the general custom to adopt an
Italian name II one intended to make n
career IN Italian opera; but there we've
always exceptions. Even In Europe
where Italian opera relgned from Ber,
lin 10 Naples, Italian names were not
always used.
The first OF the famous tenors was
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Opportunity for a Service 10 Humanity

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
am an American wage slave. unable to
get the land I want because 1t Is owned
by rich man who positively refuses TO
sell It on terms possible for me to meet.
read In THE SUN that President Will
son intends TO make the rich men who
own the land In Mexico divide up with
the wage slaves OF that country.
wonder whether, II I were to tell him
about the land | want-it Is high BLUM
overlooking a lake In northern New York,
and Il now used for no productive pur-
pose-Presldent Wilson would send some
soldiers with me to take 1t from the man
who owns It now and give 1t 10 me.
II he would ! should go up there this
summer and spend the vacation that my
owner let's me have. LAND HUNGRY.
New YORK, May 10.
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CHURCH AGAINST SUFFRAGE,
Methodist Conference Denies ""m"r
Right to Vote at Meetings

OKLAHOMA CITY, May l9,--Delest yes
to the South Methodist General toHie'
ence decided to-day not to allow WoiNr,'
to vote in district and general conference,
Tho vote was construed as AN expression
of the church against woman suffrage
Women who were permitted 10 POI
ticipate In the conference debate WIZ
themselves divided on the Issue.
II was recommended that Bishop =
W Wilson. so years old. OF Balum.'' .
be superannuated. Bishop Wilson -
served for thlrty-two years as b's'3.
and IL eldest IN the college OF h'sNII
both In years and length OF service, ~ =
was elected at the Nashville ''shu'S
Conference In 1892.
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New Workers need not ne mortified
that so few OF them are abroad after
l O'Clock as to make 1t Improbable
to pay for an all nirht license. II Is
not any longer possible 10 interest the
citizens exclusively In the refresh
ment, liquid and otherwise that such
places have 10 OFFER. That may have
been possible in the past. Now there
must be an additional attraction, and
that has come TO be the inevitable
dance, We have yet to hear OF hall
with a dancing license that found 1t
Improbable to keep open" until 2
o'clock
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In the Century Magazine for June Alvin

In the Century Magazine for June Alvin l..
Coburn has eight artistic photographs OF
European scenes, Arnold Bennett begins a
water trip through Holland, A. d. Paine a
motor tour Of Europe, J. Muller describes
CamaSuey, W. " Benson shah Jehan's throne
and u. W. Husrd a French election. Count
Tolstoy gives "reminiscences OF his father
Judith Cladei continues hers OF Rodin, Mau'
rice +. Egan talks OF the simple life. c. W.
Macfarlsns discusses the Gex portrait OF
Byron, l., A. no's analyses the scandinavian
Immigrants and J. d, wheipley writes on
tho tariff There are six short stories. the
Beginning OF . serial BY q. Bronson Howard.
and three poems.
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The ruling OF Secretary GARRISON
that even the small details OF army
news may be given to the newspapers
only from his own lips Is discouraging.
The Secretary has heretofore been re-
earded as representing the element Of
common sense in President WILSON'S
Cabinet
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Welfare and warfare.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN--Sir! The
answer to the editorial article in yester-
days SUN war for the Sake OF Mankind
is simple. Peace and good order In
Mexico are essential for the general well
fare of the people OF the United States.
RoCrrsT May IL. WALTER BALL
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London ONCE. bingham House. / Arundel
street, strand.
Paris once. 6 Rue de la Michodiete. IN
Rue du Quatrs Septembre.
Washington ONCE, Hibos Building
Brooklyn once. 100 Livingston strest
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subsc riptions by Mail. Postpaid.

Readers OF THE Sun leaving town for the
summer months can have the daily and gun.
day and evening editions delivered TO them
Ia any part of this country or Europe on
the terms stated above. Addresses changed
~ often as desired. order through news
dealer or dirsctiy OF Publication Once, tee-
phone goo Beskmun.
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Published daily, Including sunday. by the
sun Printing ana Publishing Association at
10 Nassau street, In tn. Borough OF Man
haitian, New York. President and rtets irer.
William e. Reick, 10 Nassau street. Vice.
President. Edward H. Mitchell. l5O Nassau
street; Secretary, 9. r. LuNton, i7o Nassau
street
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Urges Earnest Cooperation.

ITO my mind the National Association
OF Manufacturers should be the leader in
a movement TO cooperate or Yederate all
enlightened American employers organiza
tons.
I'VE have done excellent work In some
OF the directions / have mentioned, but
not enough OF it. Our principles and our
minded man and woman will be with W.
John Trlx, president of the American
Injector Company, presented commit
tee report on fire prevention that made
some OF the audience sit UP straight with
interest and approval. He urged that ths
association take a decided stand In favor
OF personal guilt in disastrous fires.
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Urges Fixing of Personal Guilt.

"ln this matter" said Mr.. Trix, I'VE are
too lax in this country. Wherever II Is
possible TO nix personal guilt in fires, even
II the culpability is only from negligence,
1t ought to be done and done quickly"
Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson
congratulated the manufacturers on Their
past work for fire prevention. work upon
which the association has spent many
thousands of dollars. He told them that
1--WE no longer consider any fires unpre-
vsntable except those due to earthquake
and lightning" New York should have
had only nineteen fires-due to lightning
solely-last year instead of thousands.
Col. George Pope, president of the as
ISOLATION, was In tho chair. Some OF the
other speakers yesterday were Prof. l.. r.
Breckenridge OF Yale, G. w. Price OF the
Wisconsin Industrial Commission, J. r
Douglas Of the United Gas Improvement
Company. and the Rev II. X. Miles pastor
OF the Dwight Place Congregational
Church, New Haven.
To-day Is the second and last day OF the
convention, which will wind up with big
dinner at the Waldorf tonight.
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