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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-09

Salt Lake City, at army's re-
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-02-09

There is another group led by
by Prof. Thiele, medical director
of the schools at Chemnitz. which
believes 1t is important that more
should be done for the living to-
day and less for those yet un-
born.
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German Compliance With the Terms
OF the AFmistice.

Under the terms OF the armistice
granted to the Germans on November
II the evacuation Of the invaded ter-
ritories. Belgium. France, Alsace- Lor-
ralne and Luxembourg, was to be COM
pleted in fourteen days, or on Novem-
Der %, and the evacuation of the
country on the left bank of the Rhine
was to be accomplished in thirty one
days. The withdrawal of the Ger
mans appears to have been carried out
practically in accordance with n
schedule based on these time allow
ances; the invaded countries are
freed, and the cities OF Mayence, Co
blenz and Cologne are in possession
of the Allies and the Americans.
In some cases the retiyement Of
the German troops may have been eff
fected more speedily than was looked
for. This would explain the appeals
made to Allied and American COM
manders by German authorities for
occupation in advance of the dates
set. An appeal of this kind, Endorsed
by the German military command,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
SEES NO EARLY WAGE SLUMP
Secretary of Labor Wilson Ere
diets Shortage of Workers.

WAsHINGToN, Dec. ll-N0 roaha'o'
in wages can he expected FOR uTnh'-
of years because the demand tor labor
will exceed the country's supply ire
House Rules Committee was tod -.
day by Secretary ot Labor " .lso' He
urged the completion of legislation 80
provide useful and necessary pnh''
work for discharged soldiers ard p
dustrial workers
The Secretary thought IL Wp..a 10"
only for n brief period il a. Al. t.7'
the Government would have ~ provide
employment. He suggested extensive
work on highways, rivers md h'r3H"
and public buildings under new ap'
preparation bills being framed p
House committees, adding:
1.-The restoration OF the ini-Str"
may not take place as fast az dcmohi.'
zation, so a reservoir OF opportiriNes
should be created TO care for mon o"
n brief period. From the time W n"
store ourselves to our norma, P's'
var production the demand fur laoa.
will be so great that there 's to' ;
remote chance of reduced waG" 'a''-
The manufacturers who does r"
maintain his forces for the short 70
adjustment period vii be- hand
capped"
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declare that this Is merely a govern
mental excuse. The difficulty more
likely Is to be found in the compost
ton Of the Ministry and in the lack
Of n clearly defined policy. Minis
tries come and go in Spain, but the
popularity of all these changes is
that the same men or their represen-
tatives remain in power.
The politics OF Spain has been
described as regional; that is, that
the interests Of the different prov
inces, or even cities, are Of paramount
Importance to the general interests
of the State. For this reason Spain
has always been lacking II purely
national policy, and the 6 vernment
has usually represented a mass of
conflicting purposes. What the Span
ish politicians are seeking is n scapc-
goat, and to judge from their intent
ness they will find one. What the
new elements of Spain are seeking
Is representative Ministry and n
national character to their policies.
The Catalonians In their demands
practically say IL you cannot give us
these things we viii have an au-
tonomy of government. The danger
TO Spain is that other provinces may
be Of the same mind.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
Christmas Appeal for the Blind.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: May
l ask space in your columns to plead the
cause OF the civilian blind at this Christ
mas season. The sale for the blind IN
der the Joint auspices OF the New York
state Commission for the Blind and the
New York Association for the Blind at
AT Madison avenue has been a great
disappointment to the organizations re-
sponsLble for II. II the stock is TO be
disposed of at least $500 must be sold
daily. The sale averages so far about
5000 a day.
1t is well, perhaps, TO remind the pub
lie, who are so fond OF telling me that
the blind are always happy" that few
people are happy II they are cold and
hungry and without adequate financial
means. This year is especially difficult
for them.
II Is significant OF the attitude OF tho
public that a blind beggar relates that
he makes s25 week on the street, and
during the holiday season often SIS a
night. A blind weaver making between
IS and $40 a week exclaimed upon hear
ing this. Eyes, II I could bring myself to
that; but I can't"
The sale 10 to last until December IS
VIII the public make up for lost time
I believe there are many people quick
ened by the war into "a sense OF respon-
sibility for the blind. appeal TO a
public who has so much to be thankful
for this season to assist us. II Christ
mas means anything this group should
not he forgotten. MARY V. HUN.
Vice-chairman, New York State Com
mission for the Blind.
NEw YORK, December IL.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

Roughly speaking. n seventh OF the total
area OF France has az oue time or an
other during tho last four and a half years
been In occupation by the Germans
Alum Is used In China for clarifying
water. as a mordant In dyeing and tan
ming and In sizing and whitening paper.
The oficial forecast of the sugar cane
crop OF India for the 191s-le season 10
based upon reports received from prov
inces that contain 90 per cent. OF the area
under cans in British India The total
area planted Is estimated Mt 1850, 900
acres. which Is practically the same as
the estimate e. So: 900 acres) for the 1917
is season.
Travellers from Poland say that the
sugar bee, harvest this year promises to
be satisfactory. Before the war about 90
per cent. of tho TILED land was in sugar
beetA It Is estimated that the nifty sugar
factories OF Poland handle a million tons
OF beets a year. making about 100. 900 tons
Of sugar. About twenty OF tho factories
have been destroyed or damaged during
the war.
According TO nEures supplied by Vice
Consul Richard p Momsen OF Rio de ia
metro there was a marked falling on in
tho amount 81 foreign tea purchased BY
Brazil in 1917. The years imports were
valued at Sl49,47T.
The Peruvian Congress has passed a law
authorizing tho construction OF a railroad
from PaitA to the MRranon River. with
q branch 70 Ferrenafe and another to
Hua!Eayoe.
During the month Of September. 1918,
the commercial failures throughout the
Argentine Republic represented assets OF
s?,sos,ieo and liabilities OF $685.. 900
The war affected tho zinc trade OF China
because Of high freight rates and untRvor-
able silver exchange.
Tho total sea borne trade OF Swansea,
Wales, during tho nine months ending
September 80, 1918. amounted to 2. o87. 900
long tons as compared with s,lls.l5i tons
during the same period IN 1917, 4,I5l, OO3
tons in 1916. 1910 O96 tons In 1918 and 4.
T05.6TT tons IN 1914.
number Of Danish soap factories have
combined in a company called Dansk Sac
beindustri, with a capital OF $685. 900, with
the head ONCE in Copenhagen
A trial exhibition OF an American trac-
tor which took place early in October in
the vicinity OF MontFvideo attracted con-
siderable attention in interested circles
Tho exhibition copsisted in ploughinE 10 a
depth OF ~ and : inches and at a We
locty OF from four 10 nvs kllometers an
hour, narrowing and free running.
The American Consul at PuntA Arenas
Chile, desires catalogues Of steam laun-
dry machinery. together with prices, for
the niss OF the consulate
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
Americas Handicap in the Air.

1t Is announced that the air mail
service between New York and Chi
cago will begin next Monday. So far
as sentiment is concerned Tuesday
would be better day, for Tuesday
will be the fifteenth anniversary Of
the most remarkable day in the his
tory Of mans effort to overcome grnv-
ity. On December II, 1908, a man
caused to rise from the ground and
remain in the air a machine heavier
than the air itself.
America now reads with some pride
that 1t trained 5000 aviators in the
first fifteen months of the war, but In
Major General KENLY's report we see
the evidence that Americans had not
followed up aviation with the spirit
that was in WILBUR WRIGHT that win.
ter day at Kitty Hawk, on the North
Carolina coast:
This country had meyer trained an
aviator sufficiently to meet the demands
OF overseas aerial warfare. It had not
the slightest knowledge Of the instruc-
ton necessary for radio, photography.
or enlisted personnel Consequently. the
first men largely trained themselves be-
fore teaching others, and experience led
on from one course to what was 20 come
next"
That is to say, thirteen years after
WRIGHT had shown the world that
aerial flight was possible and two
years after the Importance of the air.
plane in war was practically dem
onstrated, this country was about as
well Off as II the Wrights and Lang
leys had never lived. 1t was more
than a year after the war before the
first German plane fell before an avi-
ator in Yankee uniform.
None of this delay was due to lack
of American inventive genius; surely
none to any want of American eager
ness to fight in the clouds-our young
men had already fought and died ir
the French air service. TO what,
then. was it due? Probably TO the
stupidity of a Government which did
not care to spend money except for
pork barrel purposes, or TO the lack of
interest among men who could not see
aviation declaring dividend.
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more millions to this total. and each
OF them can supply a dozen reasons
convincing to himself why every
penny he asks for should be given to
his department.
Republicans and Democrats have
appropriated and spent lavishly, and
neither party can put the whole re-
sponsibility for this tremendous in
crease in the cost OF State govern.
ment on the other. Both IRE re-
spcnsible. But more responsible than
either party are the electors OF the
State who refuse to take a serious
interest in the finances of the State
and who permit the cost of running
the - Government to rise year
by year without insisting on full.
complete and exhaustive accounting
to themselves for the money collected
and disbursed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
MYSTACIAL MYSTERIES.
Do Age and Women Scare the Hal,
From the Upper Lipf

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. A
correspondent, commenting on THE
SUNS statement that at Is probable
mat tho United States will remain. as
recent visitors have expressed surprise
10 find 1t. largely nation OF smooth
faced men, stated: why does Amer
lea elect to be clean shaven? I believe
II is FOR this reason, In order that It
may look young. There is nothing that
America breads SO much as the ap-
pearance OF age. 1t may be pointed out
to the holders OF this prejudice that all
the great deeds in this war were accom-
p!ished by elderly and old men"
But were all the great deeds OF the
late war accomplished by elderly and
even old men? I doubt It. Certainly
your correspondent will be willing to
admit that the British soldiers are en-
titled to credit for having accomplished
some great deeds In the late war. And
yet. when a brief army order was issued
In 1915 giving the British soldiers the
option OF wearing a mustache OF shaw
ing the upper lip. Joy reigned supreme
in the ranks.
That order caused the most revolu-
tlonary change In the British army. For
many generations a mustache had been
a compulsory adjunct TO soldier OF any
rank In the British army He was for
hidden by those rigid rules. known as
the Kings Regulations" 10 shave his
upper lIp. The regulations read THE
hair OF the head will be kept short The
chin and the under lip will he shaved.
h,tN no IN tall
will be OF moderate length"
The new order directed that the words
but not the upper lip" be deleted. To
many members of the army the order
brought relief. Fashion in civilian cir
cles had been going steadily against the
mustache for thelast twentyyears There
fore, It's compulsory growth by clean
shaven civilians on Joining the army
had gone against the grain. Soldiers
had taken to clipping tIclr mustaches as
close as they could. while others had
reduced the lip hair TO two tiny patches
OF bristles This gave them an appear
ance really absurd.
After the PRONUNCIATION OF tho new
order many OF the British soldiers took
advantage OF the liberty to shave their
mustaches. Finally tho majority OF the
men in uniform began to shave clean.
The above should convince your cor
respondent that even In England the
mustache has lost favor and has been
growing unpopular for the last twenty
years. And that goes for whiskers too,
for IN England "whlskers" are always
understood to mean side whiskers, and
these have long been dead except in
rural districts. CLEAN SHAvEN.
NEW YoRK December II
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A VILLAGE OF DREAMS.
when the Man Is Ready to Go to It.
1t Is Not There.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir:
gle in New York I find myself, at mid
die age. .r.f retire to the ideal life,
but there is no place to 60.
In my busy years here had pic
tured myself going, at the end OF my
Manhattan toll, to some village OF the
kind that knew in my youth; viii
lage such as almost everybody has seen
up State or In New England; a little
town with shaded streets. with moder-
ate sized houses (white. with green
blinds). on big lots. with gardens, flow
ers, lilac bushes, chickens; with friendly
old fashioned neighbors who go in for
comfort rather than for style; a town
where people cut their own grass and go
TO bed at 10 o'clock a town where all
the residents can hear the church bells
ring on Sunday.
II there Is such a village within fifty
miles OF New York I have failed 70 ind
It. Some might say that, retiring from
business. I should go further away; but
after twenty years in New York a man
never wishes to go very far from it.
The commuters towns near New York
won't do. They are full of zip and pep.
OF ambition and social competition. Their
populations live on timetables. touring
cars and Martini cocktails, or else they
wear celluloid collars. To them a tree
is something not to run into. and they
would trade a troupe OF accomplished
treetoads for an electric street light or a
jazz disk.
All my work has been in vain.
A LOST MAN.
NEW YORK, December II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
The Catalonian Revolt Against the
Spanish Government System.

A peculiarly interesting side light
upon the present political middle in
Spain is furnished by the Catalonian
/ agitation, which has reached the
! Spanish Parliament through a resolu-
| ton introduced by Sefior CARUBo for
Catalonian autonomy. The autono-
mists, Of whom CARUBo is the leader,
IRE in revolt not so much against
Spain as against the Spanish govern
mental system. This Is a distinction
which recent development has appar-
| entity made necessary; and for this
reason the Californian movement is
in a measure representative of a new
and aggressive element Of the Span
ish nation.
Catalonia is the ancient designation
OF four provinces of the northeastern
corner of Spain, with Barcelona as
] the largest and most important city.
| The Catalonians are hard headed
people, with strong national spirit
| which has carried them into several
revolutionary movements They are
at the same time one of the most
enterprising and progressive Of the
Spanish people. This is due, perhaps,
| to their proximity to the rest of Eu-
rope and the extensive commerce car
rled on through Barcelona. Cata-
lonia has been during the war more
openly pro-Ally than any other part
! of Spain, and with the defeat Of
Germany the people throughout the
whole region held meetings Of rejoic-
ings. At these meetings stress was
laid upon the fact that the Allies had
saved Europe; that England, France,
Italy and America had played the
heroic parts and that Spain through
its mlserobly selfish policy had ut
terly failed.
The effect Of this agitation was the
resolution for autonomy, and at the
same time the awakening of Spain
to the fact that the Government IN
Its war policy had not expressed the
VIA Va lAIC n ouhlOWhuL
lated attempt to change the former at
titude Of frlendliness to Germany was
the Decree relieving Polo Y BERNABE,
Spanish Ambassador at Berlin, from
the functions OF his Office and the
demand for the expulsion from Spain
Of the German Ambassador, Prince
WON RATIBoR, on the grounds that he
was a spy and that he had led an
agitation to overthrow the Spanish
royal house. Even to the Spaniards
themselves these efforts were anus.
ing; they recognized the fact that
II was too late to realize anything
from the war, that Germany was
useless to them, and that they had
established no valid claim upon AL
lied consideration.
Spain is now trying to find out
who was actually responsible for the
lost prestige, condition that is likely
to initiate against Its future COM
mercial and international prospects.
The Government, as represented by
the Spanish statesmen and politicians,
says that 1t acted for the people.
A large body Of tie people, however,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
A VERNACULAR BIBLE.
DR.. Richard F. Weymouth's New Tes.
lament in Modern Speech.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: It
was with interest that I read the arti-
Gle on "A Bible in the Vernacular." also
the letter written by farmers Wife"
wish TO say that the one book that
I think the above correspondent refers
TO is The Modern Speech New Testa-
ment." by the late Richard Francis Wey-
mouth. NJ. A. D. Lit. Fellow of Univer-
sity College. London. and formerly
headmaster OF Mil Hill School. editor
OF THE Resultant Greek Testament"
This book is published by the Baker &
Taylor Company. New York. We have
this book in our library. II is interest
ing reading. nothing TO be compared
with the beautiful and authorized ver-
sion. but believe a good book for
some people. A TEACHERS WIFE.
HrGHTsTowN. y. j.. December II.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-12-12
LAW AND THE KAISER.
A Procedure Based on the Systems
OF America and England.

To THE EpIroR oF THE SUN-Sir. When
IL is proposed 10 punish the former
Kaiser and others for crimes, according
TO the ordinary processes OF law. certain
considerations arise, these among others
Assuming that the laws of Belgium
and Germany are not substantially I'M
like the common law OF the United
States and England. then. IL. as part OF
the plan Of the late Kaiser and his CO.
conspirators. the German soldiers we're
by word or deed, directly or Indirectly.
instructed or encouraged to y event or
overcome any resistance en- tn, part OF
the Belgians by felonious outrs yes and
atrocities, II results that the act Ial per-
petTators of the crimes are pr 'ncipals
and the Kaiser and his coconsTirators
are accessories before the fact. Also,
the invasion OF Belgium being Itself an
unlawful aggression. the Kaiser and his
coconspirators probably became answer
able for such felonies as necessarily or
naturally and probably resulted there
from.
On this theory. too. the actual per-
petrators are II ,ble as principals. and
the Kaiser ant his coconspirators are
liable as accessories before the fact.
The jurisdiction for the prosecution
and punishment of the principals is in
Belgium.
The Jurisdiction for the prosecute n
and punishment of the accessories is ia
Germany.
The extradition OF the principals. o.
such OF them as are wanted. to Bel
GUM can be MAJ condition OF peace
by the Allies.
Trial and punishment OF the late
Kaiser and his coconspirators by the
appropriate German court can be made
a condition OF peace by the Allies.
CYRUS G. DERB.
READING, Pa, December IL.
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MEMORIAL FORESTS URGED.
MRsSachusetts FOrcster suERest,
New Honor for War Heroes.

BOSTON, Dec. 1.-THE establishment
OF memorial forests by cities and
towns in honor OF soldiers and sailors
who gave their lives in the war was
suggested to-day in a letter sent To
municipal authorities by Frank w
Itane. State Forester
His department, Mr.. Rane said,
would supervise the work II cities,
towns or individuals that desire to es-
tablish such memorials would finance
IT, ITO undertake this work" he
pointed out, will aid at the present
time in giving a gainful temporary
occupation for those OF the returning
soldiers who need It and at the same
time help perpetuate a greatly needed
natural resource upon which many in
dustries are dependent"
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took a company Of the Thirty seventh
Engineers and q battalion of the
Thirty-ninth Regiment to Coblenz a
| day or so before our forces had in
tended to arrive at that city, and
similar requests to assume control
and responsibility have been made by
towns in other sectors to the Allies.
The establishment of the garrisons
10 hold the bridgeheads on the right
bank Of the Rhine, and of the neu-
trail zone on the same side of the
river, In the same period of time, was
! apparently contemplated by the au-
thors of the armistice, and this move
ment is now in progress. Meanwhile,
there has been no suggestion from
Europe of German military attempts
to evade the terms Of the agreement
affecting inhabitants, civil functional
ries or industrial establishments and
their personnel. Disorders have been
lnfrequent, and where they have oc.
CURED it has been plain that they
were not officially inspired or coun-
tennnced. They have been disturb
ances such rs must have been ex-
pected In such n movement as Is in
progress. None Of the armies of &C.
cupation has reported anything more
serious than n general air of sullen-
ness among the inhabitants, and in
many cases the population has seemed
relieved and gratified on the arrival
of the invaders, rather than down
cast or alarmed.
The report from Berlin that Mar.
shall FoCH has extended until Feb
ruary l the time within which 5000
locomotives and 10000 railway car
rlages are to be delivered Is not con-
tirmed from Paris or London, but
may be true. The delivery of the
rolling stock is reported to have gone
forward slowly, but without refusal
on the part Of the Germans to COM
ply with the provis'""s OF the armis-
tlce. The authors of tire armistice,
ito secure the execution Of this con.
vention under the best conditions"
admitted the principle OF a perma-
nent international armistlce commits
sion," to act under the authority of
1.-THE Allied military and naval COM
manders in chief" and such a COM
mission has been sitting at Spa, the
former site of the German headquar-
tiers. Notifications of details of the
armlstice could be authorized by this
commission to meet conditions arising
in the attempt faithfully to obey 1t,
and II literal compliance with its re-
quirements were impossible, such mod
ification would of course be necessary.
The decisions Of the commission are
reached under the authority Of Mar
shall FocH, and nobody believes he
will not guard the safety and we'll
being Of the armies he commands and
the peoples he represents.
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From SIS, ss4,115 to $50, 200, GOO.

The estimates Of State expenses for
next year submitted to the IegIsla-
tive Midget Committee reach the to-
tai of SOC, s5S,064.49. If the Leglsla-
ture cuts them as It cut the esti-
mates for the current year, the ap-
preparations will be about $S1, 900, 600.
They include the interest and sinking
fund costs OF the State debt, for
which provision must be made.
No matter how vigorously the Legis-
lature prunes these estimates, the ap.
preparations are sure to be large. How
largo they will he in comparison with
the appropriations for State govern
ment in former years the subSoined
table shows, 1880 being omitted be-
cause 1t IS war year: