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AREN'T THEY AMERICANS?
These Citizens Of Teutonic Blood Wear
No Hyphens.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SIr: When
peace finally comes, what shall We do
to AmericanlEe that portion OF our citi-
zenry once styled German Americans
who are now perhaps American Ger
mans. but not yet Just plain AmericnnsT
1 mean those peaceful. honest, In
dustrious, cleanly. orderly. thrifty peo-
pie Of German nativity or parentage
who have bought Liberty bonds OF each
issue contributed TO the Red Cross
and other war funds served personally
in war work activities paid their war
taxes promptly and with little COM
plant; and. In many instances. given
their sons to the army and navy.
l mean those who in spite of these
loyal acts and sacrifices continue TO
hold strong feeling of reverence and
admiration for all things German; 70
overlook "kultur'' and it's crimes; TO
sympathize with Germany as the undo:
dog that has had enough and should
be let alone.
I mean those who are anxious TO say
to US: 1.-THE war is over; forget It,"
mean those who have talked and acted
like Americans as far as they could,
but have not thought American In their
minds nor felt American in their hearts.
What shall we do to make real Ame--
leans Of these people so that they may
know American history; respect Ameri-
can institutions; honor American
statesmen and heroes of the past and
present; understand American prin-
ciples and ideals. and in the course Of
time learn to know the thrill that comes
only TO those who love Old Glory because
of what It means TO mankind?
FRANK e. CORNELL
RROOuIYN nararnhAr
The sun., 1918-12-08
The Restitution of War Spells.

The restitution Of the spoils taken
by the Germans in the height of the
success Of their armies reveals the
thoroughness with which they swept
the occupied territories of their treas
ures. To France have been sent the
collections of art works by QUENrrN
DELAToUR and Of paintings by An
TOME WArTEAU. These collections
were taken from northern France
the former from st. Quentin, where
DELAroUB was born, and the latter
from Valenciennes, the birthplace of
WATTEAU. Not only were the col
lections Of great value, but they were
highly priced by each Of these cities
as memorials to famous native born
citizens.
The Delatour collection consisted OF
eighty-seven pieces and was pre-
scented to st. Quentin by the artist
himself. The reason for the removal
Of the Vatican paintings is per-
haps clear. Berlin and Potsdam
have the largest collection Of this
artists works, among them being his
last painting. "Gersaint's Slgn," and
a replica of his celebrated "Embank.
ment Of Cythera," with more figures
than In the original at the Louvre.
The Valenciennes paintings would
have given completeness and an I'M
usual artistic interest to the German
collection OF this distinguished French
artists works.
The Paris despatch says that the
Germans delivered over TO the Allies
The sun., 1918-12-08
ARMY MAY HAVE ism. GUM
Watervliet Arsenal Now Equipped
for Their Manufacture.

WASHINGTON. Dec. THE army
arsenal at Watcrvl!et, y. Y, IS ncw
equipped to manufacture guns VI 20
Is Inch calibre. MaJor-Gen. c, G. VIII
Jams, Chief of Ordnance, writes In hls
annual report sent to-day TO n" Sec
rotary OF War.
During the fiscal year CONTRACTS vera
let for material valued at FIVE h!Eo7s
of dollars, four thousand manutlctGr-
ers participating, Funds expended IN
the development of manufa, turing IA.
cilities totalled $4,000. 900. These In
clude the erection of four r'-a'0
plants which will render this country
independent of the Chilean supply
Production from one econ viii zach
$1,000 tons a year
The sun., 1918-12-08
Our DRAINS attic Censor.

Though America has been spared an
official dramatic censor, the duties
that would come to that office appear
to have fallen. through happy chance.
to the Hon. WILLIAM MCADoo. About
dozen years ago circumstance put
upon him the delicate task Of deciding
whether Mrs. Warren, she OF the pro-
fession, was a At character to tread
the local boards; and now the Chief
Magistrate Is expected to pass judg-
ment upon charges made by the police
against one Of Mr.. KNoBLocK's
dramas; charges which are rythml-
cally condensed In an ex parte state
ment by a Sun contributor who knows
his Blake:
Tiger Tiger! burning bright
At Belasco's every night.
Your cooks immoral: McApoo
VIII send you packing TO the Zoo"
Fine points are involved. items far
more delicate than the herolne's
praiseworthy attempt to conceal her
cooking of cabbage by the use IF
patchouli. This Tiger IS not the fa-
millar one that used to be pictured as
about to cross the Bridge, but the
Tiger Of physical attraction, the vase
Of the Dark Flower. Whether old
BILL BLAKE ever thought OF his
own Tiger as such n symbol Is some
thing for analysts to quarrel over.
Mr. McADoo's Job, which Is to say
whether "Tiger! Tiger" is "obscenc,
indecent and impure" or any one OF
'em, harder than that OF the dram
ntist who interprets the poet. But,
after his experience with the wicked
Mr.. SHAw's play, this job should ne
easy for Mr.. MCADoo.
The sun., 1918-12-08
"where Do We Come In?''

1t might be Improbable to inquire
how far the imminence Of a general
election In Great Britain Is RESPONSE
bic for the talk in that country about
compelling Germany, In the final set
Element, to pay not only for damage
inflicted In violation of international
law but also for the actual cost Of
the war to the British nation.
The two things are distinct and
separable, namely, the total Of rep
aration and the total of expenditure
to enforce reparation. About the
first item there is, of course, no ques-
ton Of justice or expediency. The
second item is n new factor.
Lord NoRTHCLIFFE's Daily Mol
puts the war cost to Great Britain
and her dominlons Mt about forty
billions Of dollars. The MAJ adds
that the French claim for reparation
viii be Infinitely larger" If we as
sumo that Infinitely larger" means
only twice as much, that would make
the penalty or restitution to be ex-
acted Of the criminal aggressor one
hundred and twenty billions for these
two nations. The Matin, however,
puts the French claim at sixty eight
billions.
Adding to the score Belgium's Just
claim Of nearly ten billions, and Ser
bias and Rumania's unascertained
damages, and perhaps some of Rus
sia's, and piling on top of all this the
military expenditures of Japan and
Portugal and the numerous other
Powers associated In the war, the az
gregate easily amounts to a hundred
and thirty billions; .conceivably to
two hundred billions when all the
bills have been presented.
Now, 1t Is obvious at a glance that
the stupendOus total would be at least
double the entire national wealth of
the German Empire as II existed be-
fore the war. If the collection could
he enforced to the limit Of present
ability to pay there would not be the
assets to satisfy the award. II 1t
were held as a debt to be worked out
in the future It could scarcely be
worked out by the debtor in n genera
tion. The defeated and penalized ma
ton would have to be treated as a
bankrupt and the available proceeds
distributed pro rata to the claimant
victors.
We are not now discussing the
ethical or legal merits of this stag
gering proposal; we are considering
1t merely as fiscal possibility and
as matter of equal treatment of all
the Powers concerned.
IF there should be such pro rata
apportionment of the reimbursement
obtalnable from Germany, Is 1t likely
that Great Britain or France or any
other Of the leading creditors would
allow the United States to stand In
solitary disinterestedness as the only
Power which paid its own bills for
Its very considerable share Of the
military and naval operations which
enabled the others to obtain their re-
RDectiYe indemnitieS?
The sun., 1918-12-08

She's forty. neither fair nor fat
IT'S not her fault she 10 not wed:
The rascal with the Bonded bow
Has passed her with averted head.
The mistletoe to her, alaSl
Is but a mockery and myth.
SO Christmas comes and Christmas goes
And finds her stll Lucinda smyth.
She has n nephew DER the sea,
A gallsnt soldier young and brave
"BrnT me-" she wrote. "a Christmas Gin
When you return across The wave.
Not laces. furs or precious pearls
From haunts Of mermaid and OF norman,
But for my very own. dear Fred
A captive but unmarried German"
NINA IRTIR0.
The sun., 1918-12-08

Why should house In grim Reality
When need only close my eyes to be
Within another worldwide knows how far
From care and task, and al dull thlnEs
that aref
Here beekon all the olden tales 7 Owe.
With all the wonder and the thrill thereof:
Here tarry still the ancient mysteries
or treasure laden land beyond the seas.
Here awaken at the huntsman's horn
Stirring the echoes of tho early morn,
And strain TO see the plumed horsemen
prance
Adown the dim demesne OF gay romance.
And here, when twilight skies brood low
and gray.
Sometimes I hear a wandering piper play
A lost ATcadian melody, so Swee,
None other dare Its cadences repeat.
There Is no woarineSs nor solitude.
Since I may have, companlonlnr cach
brood.
SHADE rs more real than any burdens seem.
WheT ! pass through the open door OF
DrSam.
CHARLOTTE BEcKER.
The sun., 1918-12-08

Build more and double track railroads
to Flint, Mich; let cloud piercing ho-
tells and apartment houses line its ave
nues to accommodate the mighty rush
OF rejoicing multitules to that city Of
excellent renown! Five hundred OF
its business men have volunteered
substantially to reduce prices OF nee
essaries OF life. Let Detroit look to
her eminence in population, the 500
to her riches garnered from tourists.
st. Joseph to her celebrity with Lake
Michigan trippers. Flint forever!
The sun., 1918-12-08
Committees in charge Of receptions

Committees in charge OF receptions
OF returning troops seem to have over
looked a detail which. attended to.
would be source OF comfort to troop
ship passengers. The first question
eagerly asked by soldiers as soon as
they are within hailing distance OF
welcomers is, HAS New York gone
dry?" The cause Of this real concern
need not be searched for, II is appar-
ent. Many Of the soldiers have long
served in parts OF France and Bel
GUM dlscomfortingly wet at this sea-
son OF the year. have suffered In
tensely in wet trenches, wet billets.
Surely the wireless could be used TO
give brief weather reports to incom-
ing ships so that returning soldiers
could learn whether New York were
dry or wet.
The sun., 1918-12-08
stin Twilight in the Tubes.

To THE EDITOR oP THE SUN--Sir: Tho
war is over, Broadway a blaze OF light.
Yet the Hoboken tube continues to omit
the eighteen lamps that were dlscon-
tinued during the war. The dim relig-
ious effect OF thirteen lamps Is sufficient
to keep one from stumbling. but ruination
to one 8 eyes and temper. NJ q. d.
EASE ORANGE, N. j., December Z.
The sun., 1918-12-08
Christmas Gifts.


Great hearts that rose and answered
At the caIl OF nations helpless, sufYer-
ing, sad
Yours be the Joy OF Christmas Peace,
Yours be the glory OF united hearts ana
be you glad.
Great hearts that offered. and were called
To give your all OF strength OF happl-
ness, of youth
Yours be the glow OF Christmas Righteous.
ness,
Yours be the gift OF all tho vorids re-
spect--know you the truth.
Great hearts that rose. and gave, and los,
For you In humble honor. Eiorified--
The Peace that passeth understanding
CLOVIS,
Shedding for you IA Christmas radiance
above the RTaves-of those who died,
ELEANOR NJ. ALDAIpoE
The sun., 1918-12-08
Presiding Officer for an Ideal Dinner
Party.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
old line American dinner party. made
UP OF King Albert. Cardinal Mercter.
Marshal Foch. Premier Clemenceau, Mr..
Lloyd George and President Wilson, Is
painfully incomplete.
To avoid sim formality and to make
this party brilliant success. with tho
true American spirit properly repre-
sented, I should place at the head OF
this notable table Theodore Roosevelt.
A SUBSCRIBER.
SOUTH STRArFoRD. VT. December :.
The sun., 1918-12-08
The Hard Case OF Modcrnist Poet.
Ernn Pnstrn, AnnnaInA az r.raI


From Poetry: 4 Naodstne Of Verse.
I was born in Ireland,
I've been in every country OF the world.
am an American citizen seventeen years,
IN. only thirty nine years old:
And yet, In spite OF all that,
The army won't enlist me as q soldier
For the great war.
And can tell about the building OF shibs-
Ever since the FIRST one was made
Or the hollow OF tree.
And still they won't take me in
This war is hard on me.
l can teach how to cut a dugout canoe.
or stretch one OF skins;
rye sailed in reed raft OF Australia.
can help 70 build ships,
And explain how the Keel OF a vessel
Is only the old log minus the dugout,
Ask me why the fo'caste OF old Egyptian
Was shaped UP into a nsckiike thing.
AID h SGs, on into tho nsurs o, a bird.
It was 0i!siOn; that's wha. IT was.
And yet they won't enlist me-
can talk about paddle propulsion. galley
Sail, steam and oil;
And there's not splice. eye splice. chain
Or rigging shroud tina, I don't know.
rye a union card, too,
And yet can't make hit.
I've been wrecked OF the brazilian coast,
Where the bay NJ the Amazon looks ike
another ocean,
And on the east coast OF ireland too
Almost In sight OF tho rocks OF HolyheAh:
know what sea power Is, and that no
man or nation
VIII ever command the waves. FOR sea
power
Is not from guns. but from winds
know everything I've said.
And yet ] can't get q show
They take these young feliows-
Why can't ! enlist too?
can do more, and know moro
And can stand more and night more
In a day than any OF them.
Tom sHKLLST.
The sun., 1918-12-08

Poets must hang their harps on a
willow tree evermore to weep, not to
sing. II there is not promptly produced
a poem inspired by the wounding OF a
Yankee soldier who went over the top
into No Mans Land where he had
seen a single pansy which he wanted
and got-to send to his baby daugh-
ter back home.
The sun., 1918-12-08
POEMS WORTH READING.
WnlIRhtY."

"Blighty." they call II. in their fond.
blunt slang,
And tell their love for England with a
gibe,
These British lads who shirked no bitter
1.-THE
OF wars grim task, then set a cap and
bells
On their nostalgia, lest their tears be
Knocked.
And when hell's blasts had rent the
sesh
a passport hack To "Bllgh,y" were their
wounds.
due
The tribute is not vain that these have
maid
In death, uncountsd. and the blood out
poured
So iay,sdbIy Tor s.e, the truth yet
The sun., 1918-12-08

In America there was opposition
to Mr., WILSON'S leaving the country,
but in Holland unanimous consent
seems to have been given to Mr..
HoHEH;oILIRN's departure.
The sun., 1918-12-08
PUSH PORT PLAN,
BUSINESS DEMANDS
Seven Big Organizations Warn
Estimate Board Delay
Is Perilous.
BACK HUBERT SCHEME
Ask Commissioner Be Author.
lied at Once to Put Tt
Into Execution.

Necessity for immediate action O,
Dock Commissioner Huloert's Dian,
for the development Of port facl,i..e,
was urged upon the Board of Estina..
yesterday by seven business organigs.
lions. including the Chamber Of Con-.
merce Of the State OF New YORK.
In consonance with the general
scheme for port development Alfred r,
Marling, president OF the Chamber o.
Commerce, sent letters yesterday to
United States Senator Calder ard Ker.
resentative William f. Cleary Of T.,
Committee on Rivera and Harno.,
urging them to do what they could =,
expedite legislation that would proy!ls
for the removal of Shell Reef, IN t,o
East River. for its entire distance
The communication to the Board O.
Estimate indorsing Dock Commits
Sioner Hulbert's plans for port deve,-
opment and urging immediate actor
is signed by officials representing the
Chamber of Commerce OF the State o.
New York. the Merchants Associate.
the Board OF Trade and Transports
ton, the Produce Exchange. the Mar
time Association OF New York. the
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce end
the Central Mercantile Association.
The sun., 1918-12-08


"Kameradg" They lift their conquered
Spare US! we be OF one blood, Thou and
~
Hsarken the jungle password. known Of all
That on the great Blood Brotherhood
would call.
And spare US in long 3ourneying lest We
Kamerad, w. b. Of one blood. Thou and
II"
Kamerad7 Ar. they our brethren then
Born of the same blood other nations
bleed
These TItans. remnants OF 4 race long past,
who. OF old Time In Tartarus were cas-,
That earth might be At place for living
men7
ou. of the Sun have they come forth
again,
On that long spiral Journey Of tho soul
OF which the Sun is cradle and the gosi'
Gigantic. strong snd I.wi.ss from their
birth.
Freed from old chains that they may
hafsss earth,
Have they come forth from he'll dominion
To make earth like their place within tho
SUM-
Scarce human they. but Graded from tho
beasts
But one step upwsrdi Lower OF the
least
Full OF strange evil-dsvils in their greed
Have they the same blood other nations
o,eed7
o Judge Of Lifs' Supreme. Eternal onei
Cast Thou these Teutons Back into their
Sun
Their lake OF Ore and sulphur and brim-
stone
The Melting Pot all living things have
known
TIL purged from Sin. their sv'l souls
shall be
Made clean and At for earth's humanity!
NJ Z. BUHLEh-
The sun., 1918-12-08

To THE EDITOR or THE sUN--Sr' What
has become 0: Aguinaldo. Dr. Cook and W.
J. BryAn7 Il, X. DHAKA
ELIZABETH. N. j., December Z.
The sun., 1918-12-08
Hubert Alive TO danger.

THE only basis, for this allaC7 ton
against the port OF New Yor that
exists has been III" lack of piers md
berthing space for vessels so as 10
permit free and rapid flow Of products
and commodities through the term
inals
Dock Commissioner Hubert IS fully
alive not only to the pressing need
but to the threatened dangers and &C.
sires to avert the latter 10y providing
for the former. In the main his pro-
gramme as presented refers chiefly 10
the undermining and improvement; o.
existing facilities and city property 70
make It capable OF handling largo
traffic and at the same time b nor
productive 10 the city.
"Wp are OF the opinion that tNs
Board of Estimate should provide tW
this work without further delay An1
earnestly urge that authority -
given to the Dock Commissioner tdS
their construction"
The sun., 1918-12-08
Want No Further Obstruction.

II reads in part:
I'VE desire to urge upon you tie
speediest possible provision for I'M.
provement and increased wharfage ia
cilities to meet the pressing needs 0.
the commerce flowing through this
port and which should normally con-
tinue to do so.
There has been a very strong 81.
fort In Congress and in other quarters
to divert commerce from New YORK
to other ports, and II has been Sue
cessful to a considerable extent.
Tho principal argument advanced
n support OF this hostile attitude 70
New York has been the constantly ~.
iterated assertion that all the terminal
facilities OF this port have been over
taxed. resulting In great congestion;
and delays.
Naturally those interested In the
development Of other cities and ports
have seized upon these statements 10
endeavor to have commerce diverted 10
them and to obtain Federal money 10.
creating facilities with which to han
die 1t; which in some cases they have
been successful in doing, and rom.
merce once diverted is extremely din.
cult to recover.
The sun., 1918-12-08

London once, 40-43 Fleet street.
Paris Office, hue de la Michodiers, on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington Office, Munsey Building.
y Brooklyn once, Room 400. Eagle Build
Ing, 803 Washington street.
The sun., 1918-12-08

THE EVENING SUN. Per Month. $3.50
THE EVENING SUN. Per Year. eco
THE EVENING SUM Foreign) Per Mo. 1.5o
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~ our frteNds who Jaror No tcffA nsdnS-
ecrtpfs and Illustrations for publication toisA
20 Adue rejected articles returned they must
IN al cases send sfomps for thaf purposs.
TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 1900.
The sun., 1918-12-08

Sun Printing and Publishing Association.
$50 Nassau ST.. Borough OF Manhattan, n. Y.
President, Frank A. Munsey, 100 Nassau st. {;
Vice President. Erwin Wardman; Secretary,
X. H. Titherington; Treas, VIM. T. Dewart.
ell Of $50 Nassau street.
The sun., 1918-12-08

All checks. money orderA 40. TO be
made payable to THE sun.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-25
1t is easy TO lament.
Health Talks, by DR.. VIM. Brady
tCopsrisut. toi1 ~ >aiionni Irvsuau", aei.I.oJ
phXsicnI crnmn Nocnl Training.

Almost every reasonably good school system
nowadays proviaes for vocal training. at
least the rudiincntS OF II Knowledge OF music
for The children. This is quite as important
one without any knowledge OF music il surely
not we'll educated. When The teaching OF music
was tirst undertaken in the common schools
old ia hiOnCd fUlkS lTOicSScd to i!ini
u silly thing.
Somehow school boards found room and time
for the course in music. To-day some school
boards grumhling over the demand for ade-
Quatc physical education OF our children. They
will find time for ii after while Membership
in the board is no assurance Of perpetual youth
liut young blood gets in every little while. and
10 the young bloou must look for any change
in the curriculum of the common school
The failure OF The present system OF public
schools must be kept constantly in mind. II
cannot be forgotten in the face of the miserable
the recent physical tests for military service
The majority Of the rcjections due
ditions which good physical training would have
prevented.
\ public school large enough employ Il
competent instructor in languages mathc-
mat les is rtainly large enough To need a ply
steal director at least as well educated for his
or her special work. School boards tina; cant
see il that way would he improved. should be
improved at the earliest possible moment by the
in lection OF young blood
shoulders. slumpcd posture. ptosis. dull intellect
headache. constipation. adcnoids amaze mia. ncr-
vouSness tuberculosis and undue SuSccDt ibility
10 infectious diseases Of the co,,tlit ions
directly indirectly attributable to physical
injury wrought the growing child by the bad
environment TO which the child is subjected in
The average school AID the country has always
prccncd herself over the excellence OF her
schools. They do some things better abroad as
eur great cducat tors themselves inform us
The Immediate need is for agitation on the
dron and cherish pride OF country. loud and I'M
pressiVe agitation, organized action. unremit-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-25

access of the proposed system, and that
authority the people will hold to strict
account for results obtained from the ex-
ponditure of their funds. Senator Vests
objection that tho system as now mapped
out would benefit only one-ifteenth of the
population OF Virginia is not we'll taken. His
figures may be correct, but it should be re-
memhored that everything cannot be done
at once The $500 miles laid out for i'm
proVement will be only the first step in the
network Of highways, but it will be taken
with view to future enlargement in rela-
ton to all other State roads, as we'll as to
connecting roads in other States over which
Virginia may be made easily accessible It
Is the foundation of the system which must
be laid, and the Assembly will do well to
keep its eye single to this one fact