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tries, Its men would increase the
Prussian levy Of soldiers, its hills
would form sites for strong lines of
German defences, for fortresses brls-
ting with Krupp guns. The prospect
Twas pleasing and at the height of Ger
man success the bonds between Lux
emburg and the German Empire were
to be strengthened by the marriage
OF the fourth Of the Duchesses. the
seventeen-year-old ANToINETTE, to the
fifty-year-old Bavarian Crown Prince
RUPPREcHT, who had become notori-
Gus for his severity toward Belgian
civilians and had become known to
Luxemburgers as "the hangman."
What Luxembourg wants, what the
Assembly Of the Duchy, now In session,
wants, Is perhaps not 30 much to get
rid of old Duke WILLIAMS daughters
as to safeguard itself against another
period Of Prussian barbarity, to assure
Its own freedom and to put an end to
German designs upon Luxembourg ter
ritory. In the meantime the mar
riage Of ANToINETTE to Grown Prince
RUPPREcHT, which was to have taken
place the middle of this month, has
been somewhat indefinitely postponed {;
she may not have to be married to
him at all.
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Tax Figures and the Election.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: l
have read with a great deal OF interest
the editorial article in THE Sun of
November IL and OF to-day. November
IS, entitled ''Kitchin's Sectional Taxes" -
and also the table which you give on
the same page of the paper showing the
national wealth of the States with in
come and excess profit taxes. Income
and excess profit tax" means corpora
tons, copartnerships and individuals.
have been endeavorlng through one
of our Senators, to obtain from the De-
partment of Internal Revenue the
amount paid by copartnerships and in
dividuals for income tax and excess
profit tax this year. 80 as to compare
with last year and the year before, and
Notwithstanding one of the United
States Senators asked for this intorma-
ton, the department told him over four
weeks ago they would be unable TO
furnish It until December.
Was this information withheld until
after the November elections? tried
during september and October TO get
It. but without SUCCESS.
Last year and In 1916 this detail in
formation was available about the mid
die of June each year.
JAMES NJ. PRENDERGAsT.
BOSTON, Mass. November IS.
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Marshal Petain.

His enemies, who pounded so long
at the grim walls of Nerdun and left
so many thousands of their dead on
the slopes 1t crowned, will acknowl-
edge that the Marshal's baton could
not have been more worthily be-
slowed than upon General HENRI
PHILIPPE PETAIN, the commander in
chief of the French armies.
At the beginning of the war Pc
TAIN was only n Colonel. The high
est honor of q French soldier came
through years of service in which he
displayed such unusual military quail
tiles as to make his promotion from
one grade 10 another rapid, GER
tain and well deserved advance. He
was an exemplar of NAPoLEoN's fa-
nous doctrine, for the Marshal's ba.
ton was always in his knapsack.
1t has been said that PETAIN's
greatest quality was his grasp Of the
situation, his marvellous intuition of
war and battle. AS the pollu saw
him at Verdun, he was n man of
infinite regard for details, and the
energy, will power and ability to act
decisively in the face Of difficulties
and reverses. But as superb as were
all these qualities was that other one
expressed In the darkest hour at
Verdun, Courage, comrades! Well
get them"
He is the third Marshal Of France
that the war has made. JoFFRE,
FoCH, PETAIN. 1t seems peculiarly
fitting that on the day that this great
honor was conferred upon the last
Of these he should enter the old
fortress of Metz and see the glory Of
France restored to the redeemed prov
inces Of Alsace and Lorraine.
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burden of the $3.50 on tho city Of
New York.
Is public economy so far above
dusty custom that the city oughf to
take $3.50 out Of a corporation or its
president when opportunity offers
1t IL a question for the casuists.
Every little bit helps. Only a few
days after the telegram to Colonel
WILLIAMS the Mayor found It proper
TO send another long and important
message by wire, this time to Marshal
FocH, Inviting him to be the guest
OF this city. The ninety-nine words
Of this would cost at least $2475.
We assume that the city paid the
cable tolls on this message. A Brook.
lyn corporation Colonel may be able
to afford 1888, but a French officers
pay is not large. and we cannot imag-
Inc even a Generalissimo counting
out one hundred and thirty odd francs
without a slight twinge Of regret that
the literary sweetness was 30. long
drown out.
Beyond the matter Of business eth
lie, let us rejoice that II was Colonel
WILLIAMS and not Marshal FocH
who got the collect" message from
His Honor.
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Dei6ed DOuEhnuts.

When was just a college boy used to
view the stars
~ looking through a telescope at Mer-
curry and Mars.
And wv ter and Sirius, and my imagin-
IN.
Were centred In the mystery OF saturn's
wondrous rings.
but since l helped my Uncle Sam 10 win
the resent scrap
That altered all the boundaries of Fu-
ropes ancient map.
And Toasted on the doughnuts tho Saliva
tlon aSsies make.
I solved the stellar riddle while my mouth
was full OF cake.
Those smoking rings OF rosy brown so
feather light within,
Suggesting homo and kitchens neat and
shining IA pin.
That on the tongue like carsmels OF honey
sweetness melt.
And Nil the aching void beneath a hungry
soldiers belt,
Because they are a food for gods have
been translated high
In all their toothsomencss TO share the
glorles OF the sky;
EthereRlzed but fashioned in the same
immortal pattern.
The doughnuts that the douEhboys love
compose the rings OF Saturn.
MISSL lHvINo.
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Can the President Delegate His
Pow ers7

Some queer notions seem to prevail
among our contemporaries concerning
the constitutional authority Of the
President Of the United States. The
New York Times, for example, an
nounces that Mr.. WILSON, In view Of
his contemplated trip to Europe,
does not intend to delegate anybody
to perform the duties Of the Execu-
tive Office for the time he Is out Of the
country"
This implies that It 10 a matter of
volition on the part of the President :;
whereas, as matter of law and fact,
he has no right whatever to delegat tie
to others the performance Of his du.
ties. When Mr.. WILSON becomes un-
nble to perform those duties the Pres
idential Office devolves upon the Vice
President and Mr.. WILSON ceases to
be President for any purpose whatso-
ever. The Constitution does not con-
template any such division Of func-
lions as would occur IL Mr.. WILSON
were to exercise the treaty making
power Of the President In Europe
while appointed agents performed his
other duties at home.
We do not question the power of
the President to negotiate treaties
through the agency OF delegates; but
all their acts are subject to his ap-
proval, inasmuch as he alone can
make treatie by and with the advice
and consent of the Senate. That Is a
very different thing from delegating
executive powers to be exercised dur
Ing his absence In foreign land,
without any personal intervention or
the exercise Of any personal judg-
ment on his part. Such a delegation
Of authority is not warranted by the
Constitution.
We are told that Secretary McApoo
Will be the senior officer OF the Execu-
tive Government during the Presi-
dents absence" If this means that
he Will be anything more when the
President is abroad than he is when
the President is at home. it Is another
error. Mr.. McADoo holds two Offices
Secretary Of the Treasury and DIrec.
tor-General of Railroads The powers
and duties of these Offices are pre-
scribed by law. They are in nowise
dependent upon the wherea bouts of
the President. They remain the same
whether Mr.. WILSON is at the White
House in Washington or Mt Mr..
HOUSES villa in Versailles. The Off
cial status of Mr.. McADoo will not be
changed by the absence of the Prc,i
dent on public business.
In discussing matters of this sort If
Is we'll to remember the declaration
of the Constitution of Massachusetts,
that we live under a government of
laws, not Of men. This Is equally
true throughout the Union and in re-
spect to Federal affairs as well as
those of the several States
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The Trials Of Luxembourg.

When the American troops in their
march TO the Rhine entered Iuxem
burg the people, according TO the
dispatches, gave them an enthusiastic
welcome. The coming OF the Ameri
cans meant an end to the German
burden which Luxembourg had been
forced to bear for four long years, a
burden so objectionable as to cause
the usually placid Luxemburgers
mildly to rise against their six little
Duchesses and to demand a change
Of government.
The worst of 1t is that, perhaps
the Duchesses were not to blame
through stress of circumstances their
duChy came under the influence of
Berlin and suffered from the blight
which fell upon everything that Prus-
sianism touched. With the Death OF
old Duke WILLIAM, whose eccentrlcl.
ties Europe generously CLOSED over
by calling him n character" his old
est daughter, MARIE ADELAIDE, then
only Is, gained the sympathy of the
people by declaring that she would
herself fight for the honor of their
country and reign with their assist
unce and support.
Alone she met the German invaders
at her frontier. Her remonstrance
was of no avail. What could treaty
Of neutrality backed by only $50 sol
dlers avail against Prusslan leglonsf
Like so many thieves they sneaked
into my beautiful land" she said,
land overnight they turned my dover
gardens into open air stables for
their horses"
The Germans had expected scarcely
this much opposition. It was pnt of
their plan to prepare Luxembourg for
occupation. They had long sought
control Of the affairs of the duchy
and they had succeeded so well in
winning the ducal court that 1t be-
came the one part of the land where
German was freely spoken.
Luxembourg was n prize worth seiz.
ing; It's rich mineral land would fur.
nish material 10 Rhine valley indus
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The Last Famous Joseph Smith.

The father OF JOSEPH FIELDINo
SMITH, who died yesterday, was HY-
Rum SMITH, brother Of the foun-
der Of Mormonlsm and an elder as
ISOLATED with JOSEPH SMITH, Jr.. in
the legal organization Of the church
at Fayette in this State in 1890 10.
sEPH FIELDING SMITH was born In
Far West, Mo-, in 1888, five years be-
fore his famous uncle had his "revela-
ton" In favor of polygamy. He was
child OF when the mob at Car
thage killed HYRUM and JOSEPH.
1t is curious that JOSEPH SMITH,
the founders son, who was IL years
old when the Jail tragedy occurred,
was opposed to polygamy, while Jo-
sEPH FIELDING SMITH admitted. In the
Smoot investigation of 1903, that he
had continued to live with his four
wives not only after the passage of
the Edmunds act in 1882 but after the
Mormon President, WILFoRD WooD-
RUFF, issued the manifesto of 1890 ad-
vising Mormons to refrain from for
hidden marriages. The founders son
was undoubtedly happily influenced
by his mother, who remained In the
middle West after her husbands
death and refused to acknowledge
the authority of BRIGHAM YOUNG {;
while JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH fol-
lowed his uncle'S successor to the
Promised Land in the great exodus of
1868, driving an OK team at the
age OF 8 years. lie became one of
the seventy elders when he was 80.
and In 1901, upon the death of Lo-
RENzo Snow, was elevated to the pres
idency Of the church.
JOSEPH SMITH, who always opposed
plural marriages and who denied that
his father practised polygamy, died in
1914 after serving for fifty-four years
as president of the Reorganize,l
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints. He YVES the third of his name
to be connected with Mormonlsm, for
his grandfather, who went about the
country selling the founders lin
spired" work, the Book of Mormon"
at S1.25 a copy, also bore the name Of
JOSEPH SMITH.
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He might he deemed churlish who
would question the value OF a flight
over the north pole. beginning at
Etah, Greenland, ending in Cape Cho-
luskin. Asia, in an a:rship with n car
rying capacity OF two tons. Yet some
probably will put that question ia
themselves. at least. II, 1t may thus
he asked, so large an airship can lie
driven on a 1,400 mile nonstop trip,
II the men, money, energy, scientific
knowledge arc available for the un-
dortaking, would not something of
more importance than Casting n
shadow over the top of the world" be
accomplished If all these potentialitios
were engaged in carrying two tons
OF mail, say, or number OF passen-
gers from New York to Denver? But
the answer would be that such a voy-
age would lack In danger adventure,
romance,
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TRADE BRIEFS.

Tho san Carlos sugar plantation was
recently started at Boca Nueva, on the
seaCoast, Eve miles east Of Puerto Plata,
/; il owned and operated by firm OF
Italian merchants In Puerto Plata.
In connection with the renewal of the
charter of tho Bank OF Spain, which eX-
p!res In 1921. a commission has been sp-
pointed by the Spanish Ministry of FL
nance to draft new bill and at the same
time work out a comprehensive economic
programme.
Through the contamination OF a recent
deal the San Salvador property Of the
South American Land Company has been
acquired by n new concern. tho Frigorihco
san Salvador de Paraguay, with . capital
OF 100000 gold. In shares OF 500 each
The lack OF an American housc repre-
SsntinE American manufacturers and
handling American products IN Paraguay
has been commented upon by many Amer
lean visitors to that republic.
with the cooperation of the Forest De-
partment Of the Indian Government the
controller OF t!mh r supplies has accumu-
lated large stocks of Indian timber at
depots in Bombay, Karachi Rangoou and
other centres, auI the regular supplies from
Singapore have been thus entirely dis
pensed with at great saving In shipping.
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THE NEW MILK PRICES.
The Cost Of Pints Criticised % Dis
proportionately Large.

To TINE EDITOR OF THs sUN-Str. ]
wish TO call attention TO the last sched-
ule Of milk prices In which pints are
rated at IL cents and quarts at II cents
This 10 . manifest injustice. working
especial hardship to people OF moderate
means The reason given at one branch
In that thus the purchase Of pints will
be discouraged. With tho end Of the
war the women OF New York have ex.
pected to escape the inconvenience OF
control over their household stun, "a
which they have submitted cheerfuiIy
for war purposes. To submit TO au-
thorized Government agencies Is the
duty Of every loyal citizen. But 10 II
our duty to submit TO q private autoc-
racy arranging the milk supply 30 that
people will be compelled to buy the
quarts they DO not want7
II Is a hardship for mothers with little
children. The entire milk diet Of an
infant early gives place to solid food.
supplemented for years by q partial
milk diet. A mother with one small
child. struggling to pay for q pint OF
milk daily. 10 compelled to pay two
cents more than the pint 10 worth. Until
we learn to take proper care OF the
children let US stop the sentimental
slush about the citizens of the future.
As the constituted authorities seem
not to be able to settle this matter II
IL up TO individual women to try to end
this injustice. How7 do not suggest,
as each woman knows her own resources
and what che can do. For my own
part, I have for years taken a pint OF
milk daily, bh j will not pay IL cents
pint when 1t Is II cents a quart.
am now taking three quarts a week,
thus cutting down my milk bill more
than 20 per cent People with small
children may have TO submit, but other
women who have no children should help
the mothers. HARRIBrTE A KEIsER-
New YORK, November -.
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say, again. the government Of autoc-
racy. What clearer or greater issue
cnn there DO while the United States
remains the United States and not
Venezuelan
The vote In the Senate caucus yes
terday was unanimous for this clari-
flying and incorporating statement
of the great issue now before Con-
gress and the republic. It's unifying
effect upon Republican policy can
scarcely fail to impress even those
Senators--if such there be to-day at
the Capitol--who might otherwise be
disposed to use for fractional advau-
tage. for the revival Of ideas reac-
tionary in character IL not in osten-
sible form, situation which calls
for the broadcast comprehension Of
party duty and the most perfect har-
mony Of tactical cooperation. There
are no more Progressives In the party
sense, but the united Republican or
ganizatlon must be progressive or
fail. 1t cannot 80 back to the issues
that have divided its members in
years gone II 1t is to perform the great
duty to the republic and to the Amer
lean people which the Senate caucus
has recognized so clearly and pro-
claimed In such ringing words.
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WHY THE SOCIALISTS ARE
ON TOP IN GERMANY.
Not . Triumph for Their Greed but
for Their Organization.

-.
To THE EDITOR or The suN-sr! Inc
Socialists apparently have controllihs
voice In tho new Government IN oef>
many. The REVOLUTION mas swept the
Kaiser and the whole brood OF royalties
from their thrones and palaces WIN
almost incredible. swiftness. Even III
Austria-Hungary the Socialists are tne
leaders In the new order OF Things. ana
In other countries, even In neutral lanos
which escaped the ravagings OF war
Socialists are fomenting discomfort
which may yet have serious cohse-
quences for de facto Governments
The phenomenon OF Socialist domi-
nance. following the wreck OF long es-
tablished monarchies and governmental
systems, should not BIO difficult to un-
derstand. Those who regarded them
selves as an integral part OF the then
existing social order were organized into
parties along the lines OF Its poittical
structure. They were almost, the ex-
captions indeed being quite few. insep-
arabic from the prevailing system OF
society. They naturally fell with that
society. In the resultant break up
there was but one organized element
voicing the demands OF revolution. which
was IN a position to assume authority
and power according to tho vision or
the audacity OF its leaders to seize the
opportunities that were presented to
them by the collapse OF the society
which had been the object OF their at
tacks for so many years. That was the
Socialist party. which u strongly Or
ganized and persistentiy maintained In
the countries where the spectre OF revo-
luton has made its appearance. 1t was
the only party which was In position
to voice the wishes of the populace who
look on revolution as the road to an
era of freedom. And the Socialists. as
any reader OF the daily news can well
understand, did not hesitate 70 jump
into the breach with scheme OF gov
eminent to replace the one which was
thrown into the historical discard.
The apparent triumph OF the Social
lists. however. must not be interpreted
as a triumph for that which is dis
tinctiveiy socialism. The triumph Is OF
O merely political nature, and while I'M
doubtedly there will be attempts to APP
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GRAFT IN GERMAN RED CROSS
Titled Wife of Governor of Bo-
hemia Arrested.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.-Despatches
received from Prague to-day by the
Czecho- Slovak Information bureau say
that the German sristocracy at the Bo-
hemian capital has been involved in a
graft scandal. Countess Coudenhove
wife of the last Austrian Governor OF
Bohemia. is said TO have been arrested
and held on the charge of turning to
her own use gifts and money donated
for the wounded through the Red Cross
organization of which she was presi-
dent Arrested with her were Count
Nostitz, Count Wolkenstein. Countess
Wcstphal and Countess Taaffc, all
prominent me .nbers of the nobility.
The dispatches tell graphic story
OF the revolution in Bohemia, which in
day threw or the Austrian yoke OF
centuries and paved the way for setting
up the Czecho-Slovak republic
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FRENCH GIVE 100000
FOR SHAFT TOU. S.
Monument viii Commemo-
rate American Aid.

PARIS. Nov, - (delayed) The Cow.
ellis of the Gronde and Bordeaux We
given the initial subscription o. g. ...'.
francs tS60,000) toward the mon -H'
which will he erected at the cutr...s %
the GlrOndc River to COmNCr...H'-
American aid to France and of --
President Wilson has been Invited 20 Jay
the cornerstone
The committee in charge oS The o~sc-
ton of the monument is coWyrs'I ~
many Of the most eminent uo. p
France, Former President LolNg' .s
chairman of the committee. ana H.o"F
the other members are Premier t...."
ceau, former Premiers BRAND N....7
RibOt Bourgeois, Barthou ana T..
President Dubost Of the SruAt' f'
dent Dcschauel Of the CHAN. u.
Deputies, Foreign Minister
Minister of Marine Leagues and N. ..s
Of instruction Laferrc
Others on the committee ars 7''-7
Camhon, Senator Monis, Henri Et.-."'
Ernest Lavisse, Pierre To-. 30"
HoutrouX and Gabriel lIauutl.v ..
French Academy. Senator D-,u.
ator Doumer, Senator d Istoul.r.. o.
Constant and the Marquis d" Chats.
descendant OF Lafayette. Leader.
dusLrial and other oygaulZl-H,. 3D..
France also are on the commit.
The executive committee ig grI f'"
Craftsmanship of Deputy MAJ Fl.
mour. The other officers OF the 90
tive committee are; Nice-bre-'
Deputies Eymond and Gerald and ~
Piaz, Director of the French r'.H n
Line: treasurer, Senator Memo. ana
secretary, Prof. de Ia Pradci!v.
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That American negro band which
courteously halted Its parade to intro
duce to the dwellers in Buckingham
Palace genuine jazz music, astonish-
ing all LondOners, awake or asleep
between Trafalgar Square and Rotten
Row, probably had in mind the amia-
bic purpose Of finishing the American
education of GEORGE and MARY. Their
Majesties have rooted at American
baseball games. informed their honor
able palates of the goodness of hot
buckwheat cakos with maple syrup
visited Yankee warships and heard
Yankee Gobs assault heavens dome
with ragtime melodies, reviewed Yam
kee Doughboys on the march and mar
yelled at the distance between the
soles OF their shoes and the crowns
of their heads, and are graduated at
last by realizing how impossible it is
to keep still the feet when the tym-
panum trembles with the savage syn
copations OF the jazz.
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witness to Wall Streets PIety.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Let
me have space TO say that Wall Street
did praise God on November for vic
tory. I am sure of this, for from the
steps of the Sub-Treasury led the
great multitude in singing the Doxology
and Nearer My God TO Thee
Take 1t from me, great and good men
are found in Wall Street
f. a. CoRBETT.
NEW YORK. November 10.
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Kltchln's Sectional Taxes.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sr. You
appear to miss the point entirely The
wealth OF the North is VIGOROUSLY pro-
ductlve, nay fiamboyant, while that of
the South is quescent, and must not he
disturbed. EDWARD S. FIELD,
NEW YORK, November 10.
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Miss woodaII 10 We'd

Invitations have been issued - ~
marriage Of Miss Edith Woodall. , g'
ter of Mr., and Mrs Milton i.
Woodall OF Park street. Mon, a. NO
Richard Hynes, also Of Mo-. r.
which will take place Novcwh.r - ~
the Woodall residence