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sponsible for the participation of SOL
dlers and sailors in the roundup.
Senator Kirby, of Arkansas, objected
to immediate consideration of the reso-
luton, and it went over until to-mor-
row, but quick action at that time is
Indicated
The Smoot resolution follows:
Whereas, The daily papers have re-
ported the seizure for examination or
arrest and temporary incarceration of
many thousand citizens, particularly in
the State OF New York; and
Whereas, Such reports indicate that
in the so-called 'round-u sailors and
soldiers in the uniform of the United
States participated therefore be it
Resolved. That the Committee on
Military Affairs be directed Immediate
~ to Investigate and report upon such
alleged occurrences and as to who was
or is responsible, if any one, for the
presence OF such sailors and soldiers,
or either. in such so-called roundup
or arrest. and who, if any one, issued
orders, II any, resulting in the pres
ence of such soldiers and sailors and
their participation III the said occur
rences. II they were so present and did
so participate.
Chamberlain Opens Attack
The attack on the "slacker" raid was
opened By Senator Chamb erain, Of
oregon. He was aided by Senator Cal
der, Of New York, who witnessed the
roundup, and who since has been un-
aole to learn the identity Of those re-
SpohslbIe; Senator johnson, Of Cali
lornla, who compared the "slacker"
RAIDS to the operation Of "the law Of
Sespects' during the Reign of Terror
o. o. lhe French Revolution, and Senator
sherman, of Illinois, who insisted the
pended.
Senators Kirby, Of Arkansas, and
,tSolndexter of Washington. indorsed
Senator Chamberlain began by read
ing an editorial from "The New York
"ofld,' which was sharp in its criti- .
clsln Of the roundup.
III that paper" Senator Chamberlain
@ @sa1u were not the friend and sup
P'ller OF the Administration generally
assume | would be very severely
;Is.V'clseu tor having read that matter
.h .-l.o ne Record | know nothing
.h .pout what is being done except what
r.:aI rMaI paper states, and | want to unite
mr m.sn 'he writer IN denouncing any such
nna.coceeclng as is now being had in
ttoaetence TO so~called slackers, no mat
c.ne sr whence the suggested authority
,oaeia'or senator Chamberlain said no man
T'p'seS IT, pseS slacNers more than he does
dna auued @ that they can be reached by
Sa;d P.,oeeSs OF law. In New York, he
'~'u' thousands OF innocent men were
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Wilson Orders Inquiry Opened
On Stacker Hunt in New York

,"haled before courts and some of them
held overnight IN crowded prisons"
Il do not know by what authority
it was DONE" he continued, "and /
want to take this first opportunity to
say, that the country will not stand it
I to have innocent men rounded up and
imprisoned where they have under
taken to do their duty
Senator Calder told the Senate he
had protested to officers in command
! of some of the raiding squads against
the manner in which they were pro-
ceeding.
Armed soldiers" he said, "went into
/ business offices and took men from be-
/ hind their desks. They went into the
! atres and took men away from the
ladies whom they were escorting. They
took men who were over the draft age {:
they took men who were under the
draft age to the police station, and
kept them under observation until thcv
prove that they were not slackers and
that they were good, loyal citizens
when | arrived in Washington yes
terday morning | protested at the De-
partment of Justice, the newspapers
having indicated that the department
was responsible for it. The Assistant
Attorney General, with whom | talked,
said the matter was without his knowl-
edge and would have his immediate
attention."
Senator Calder said officers in com
mand of raiding squads told him they
were operating under authority of the
Department of Justice.
"The newspapers" Senator Calder
continued, indicate that out of some
10000 men who were arrested in the
several boroughs perhaps two or three
hundred at the most were unable final
ly to submit satisfactory evidence that
they were not liable to arrest. Many
of these men were not residents of New
York City, but were men who were
passing through the city. One man
Baltimore and asked me if l could
identify hin because of business ac-
quaintance in New Y ork."
Senator johnson said such proceed
ings as took place in New York are
designed to terrorize.
every Writ Suspended"
"lt is my purpose in the future" he
exclaimed, Il care not what may be
the consequences, | care not what
epithets may be cast at me, to voice
floor whenever militarism runs ram
rant or terrorism is attempted in this
land"
Il wish to inquire of the Senator
from California whether the writ of
fabeas corpus has been suspended ?"
Senator Sherman, of Illinois, asked.
"The writ of habeas corpus, and
every other writ, when this thing is
possible, has been in fact suspened,'
Senator Johnson replied.
Senator Sherman continued:
Il want to ask the Senator if he
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Rx Theodore M. knappen

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.--Some con-
cern was expressed to-day by Senators
&c to whether war labor wages and
salaries, as we'll as war profits, would
he reached by the new revenue bill.
There is probably not single un-
e,arried man in war industries who is
not earning more than $1,000 a year,
snd probably more than half the mar
ried men so employed are earning
more than the $4,000 exemption.
A study of the statistics of the in
come law operations indicates that all
classes Of employees in the mechanical
trades largely escape the tax collector,
being in this respect like the farmer.
All TIE corporation employees of the
country. including superintendents,
foremen and Office employees, boasted
only Ss.SSS who made returns in 1916,
and their total contribution to the
Treasury was only 81 SOS, 900, though
st that they were more numerous and
contributed more than the income tax
paying farmers.
1t is estimated that about one-third
Of all the moneys paid out for war
materials is represented by wages and
salaries of the contracting companies.
Very few men engaged in. such work
are earning less than S4 day, and
many are Gaming even $40 to $50 and
more a day. In these changing times
the labor turnover is as much as 100
per cent year. A workman who
makes as much as $4,000 a year may
change his place of employment more
than five times year. If his pay from
any one employer should be less than
$1,000. no report of it by the employer
is required by the proposed bill.
Clerks Cannot Escape
In the existing law the employer
, must report all wage or salary pay
ments of $500 or more. Owing to this
increased limit and the difficulties of
getting the men to make returns and
the physical and legal difficulties of
following them up and enforcing pay
ment, it is believed that very small
part of mechanics making more than
the exemptions make returns or paw
taxes. On the other hand, no poorly
paid clerk stenographer or bookkeeper
escapes, and yet it is clerical help,
"too respectable to STRIKE" that has
received the smallest share of war
wages and profits.
In the interests OF justice and full
revenues, it is urged that the Ways
and Means Committee should have
made the minimum amount the en-
pioyer must report much smaller and
should also have provided for collec-
ton of the tax as we'll as information
at the source Of pay. On a wage outgo
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To Lcgalize War Orders.

There should he no Congress hest
tation in legalizing informal war con-
tracts which. under decision of the
Comptroller Of the Treasury, now
threaten thousands of contractors
with bankruptcy to an extent of hun
dreds Of millions Of dollars. War
Department officials urge this; Jus
tice demands Ii.
These contracts were all made, and
many Of them were fulfilled, In ab-
solute good faith. The only reason
for not having them signed. sealed
and delivered in long formal docu-
mentS was to get action and speed
When the Government needed some
thing in desperate hurry n respOn-
sible officer of the War Department
ordered it by telegraph or by long dis
goods were rushed to delivery. To
throw such contractors into bank
ruptcy because they do not possess
now the signed contracts would surely
be an outrage upon justice and un-
doubtedly would not let the Govern
ment out of paying In the long run
II simply would mean limitless law
suits, immense sums Of money wasted
In litigation. and in the end the Court
of Claims calling upon the Govern
ment TO pay.
There Is no question here of going
on with war squander. There is no
question of continuing to make explo-
sives, TO turn out guns, to produce all
manner of fighting weapons when
peace has come and there can be no
further use for any of them. Whether
O contract was signed or not signed.
whether an order for supplies was
formal or informal, not stroke Of
needless work should he performed
when the war Is over. not an ounce
of material should he used up, not a
penny of the taxpayers money should
be thrown away. But what the Gov.
eminent owes for work actually per-
formed and goods actually delivered
II should pay without lawsuits. For
work unfinished and deliveries partly
made II should arrange n fair settle
ment saving the honest contractor
from the pain Of insolvency and the
Government from the stigma of re-
pulintion
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Desertions From the Army.

In the annual report of the Secre-
tary Of War recently transmitted to
Congress Secretary BAKER reveals
two interesting facts with regard to
assertions from the army:
ut is pertinent 10 note in this con-
nection Operation Of the selective SER
vice law1 that a record OF assertions
from the army shows that the total num-
Der was much lower than in any OF our
previous wars, and OF these consider
ably smaller percentage occurred among
drafted men than among those who were
recruited through other sources"
The number OF assertions from the
army In time OF peace has frequently
been the subject of discussion, and
the popular opinion Is that Americans
subjected to military discipline unre-
lieved by active service become uneasy
and dissatisfied, quitting the service
on impulse and with little regard for
the penalty TO which deserters are
liable. The proportion of assertions
to enlisted strength has always been
lower In war than in peace.
The statement that the total num-
Der of assertions from the army was
lower than in any of our wars is as
astonishing as it is gratifying. The
number Of men under army discipline
has for months been greatly in excess
of anything the United States had
ever known. That desertions should
be not only fewer In proportion to the
whole but actually fewer in number
than any previous record speaks vol.
umes for tho morale Of the army, the
capacity of Its officers in all depart
ments, and the devotion Of It's per.
sonnet generally.
Why the drafted men should show
n lower percentage Of assertions than
those who entered the establishment
In other ways IL problem for psy-
biologists 1t gives added testimony
to the understanding Of the selectIve
draft among Americans, and Of the
good will with which this fairest OF
all methods for raising an army was
received by the nation.
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Think 1t Over by the Way.

In the stress of war, when our fac
tories, our farms, our munltion plants,
our shipyards. our steel mills, our
railroads, our coal mines our copper
mines and every other phase Of In
dustry were crying for men to man
them, and we were short two million
workers, we had no thought Of the
Wilson tariff laws that had palsied
the activities Of the country before the
war. We lost sight Of Idle hands, OF
want and distress everywhere, and
Of the soup house lines Of hungry
men and women.
We have the same tariff laws on
our statute books to-day. They have
not been changed in any way. It Is
we'll for us to take them into account
In considering the reconstruction pc
Rod after the war and the problems
now pressing upon US for solution.
These tariff laws did us no harm
during the war, when the entire ma
chlnery OF the nation wis pushed to
extreme capacity on war products and
on the bare necessaries Of life for our
people, and they did us no harm when
Europe, equally pushed by the stress
OF war. could send US nothing. But
hoM will they affect us when world
competition again reasserts itself?
Think it over by the way
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none excelled YoRiHrTo In hearty ac-
ceptance Of the new conditions, nor
can Japan on Its long bead roll boast
name Of one who has been more
genuinely O servant of the nation.
Nine years of hard study in England
and France made him a master Of
naval science. Rising steadily In
rank, in actual sea service, he was
second In command Of the Chltose
when, In the battle with the Russian
cruiser Novlk near Korsakof, in Sag
halien, August 20, 1904, her guns sank
the Cars warship. Then, rising
through the grades Of Rear Admiral
and Vice Admiral, he represented
japan at the coronation Of King
GEORGE V. Of England.
In this function he was with his
bride, the Princess KANEKo, grand
daughter Of the great Premier IVA
KuRA-always to be remembered as
the man of the future. This states
man In 1850 sent his three sons to
study first under vERBEcK, the Amer.
lean, ut Nagasaki. and later to Rut-
gers College in New Jersey. It was
IwAKUBA who, when In New York 10
1872, Of his own prompting penned
an autograph letter declaring that
Americas friendship and hospitality
shown the Japanese student lads
t1S06-1S72) had been the greatest Of
all influences upon japan in turning
his nations heart to us After his
journey around the world he publicly
stated In Toxic that Of all the won.
derful things that impressed him the
power Of the central Government at
Washington stood out first-and this
In republic!
So we Americans welcome YoRH1ro
because we admire genuine pluck and
true manllness. What q record since
1888! Two Imperial Princes died in
the service Of their country. One was
wounded In n sea battle. Five or six
were gallant soldiers on land, who
came out Of war unscathed. Nor do
the japanese forget that, first among
all nations, the Americans by vote of
Congress opened the doors of their
Naval Academy and educated the first
six Of Japan's Admlrals at Annapolis.
one Of them being Prince ADzUMA.
There Is no novelty In this chroni-
Gle of friendship. 1t began with FILL
MORE, PERRY and HARRIS. Its first
freshness Is undimmed. Welcome
YoRrHITo!
And OF the womanhood Of Japan
in Red Cross work, none have ex-
celled the daughters and granddaugh-
tiers Of the first Japanese patron Of
American education.
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No American Reticence?

An amusing touch appears in one of
Ambassador WON BERNsToRFF's cable
messages sent to his Government be-
fore he left America and revealed by
Mr.. BIELAsKI of the Department Of
Justice Mt the Senate inquiry:
The fact OF an American newspaper
being subsidized can never be kept secret
because there is no reticence in this
country"
This evidently was something hith-
erto unknown to Berlin. Prussia
subsidized newspapers. even using
Journalists Of supposed independence.
like MAMMALIAN HARDEN, to suit her
purposes. vow BrRSsToRFF, It will be
observed, did not base his statement
on the common honesty OF American
newspapers and newspaper men. Der
lin would not take such an excuse,
because II could not understand it:
so the Count indicted the whole ma
ton as gabby.
HIVE we no reticence in Americn?
Why, the story about the sheep man
who got up md git because his cabin
companion spoke two unnecessary
words Is supposed to he typically
American. What statesmen In Eli
rope have ever been rs silent rs JouN
LIND, Colonel HORSE and CHARLES F.
MURPHY? Perhaps VoN BERNsToRTF
was limited in his experience. He
may have been thinking Of a people
who. when they were told TO be neu-
trail in spirit as well as deed, could
not help speaking out and saying that
Germany was criminal and that we
had better help to punish her.
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PERILS OF PRoVINcTALISM
with n Thought Us TO tho Merits Of
the French Nation.

To THE Editor OF THE SUN-Sir. The
remarks in the Baltimore Sun respect
Ing alleged friction with our friends In
Europe having got somewhat further
than New York city, wish to express
thanks to you for the wholesomeness
Of your editorial article Dangerous
Business, Gentlemen" Your vision.
courage. your aim and your dlrectness
freshen the air.
II would seem as though we have had
playground of our sweet own so long
that we have come not to know how
eitheP TO treat visitors or to go visiting.
I gather that what the English want is
10 feel safe to 20 about their own BUSH
ness. and that what we want Ia to feel
safe to go about our business. These
respective desires don't seem TO reveal
strong reason why one of these lib
erty loving peoples should malign the
wishes OF the other. Usually the one
to lose his head first In Rluabble
is the one having the least experience
Of life. However, an Irlshman once told
me that the big difference between the
while the former blows" somebody
'uNH' Nnt NlOWS nlfnSflI u.
So, granting ours IL the better falling.
we'll dismiss the English and turn to
our relations with France.
Tn an far as I know. haven't a drop
Of French blood in ME, unless long ago
II came up the Firth OF Forth, but II
there Ia one people enjoy taking my
hat on to to-day It In the French.
Now after we have ap learned that
France was hit below the belt in the
first lungc of the first round. yet stood
up for punishment for four hard rounds.
taking punishment that had been frank
~ promised us then for fellow to come
along and insnuate that we were given
the hardest rush in the last part OF the
last round (our only round. by the way y
and then to follow his Crouch with
bosTing about what we dld--well. what
IL his real name? or what stock does
he come? ROBERTSON MATTHEWS.
ITHACA. December Q.
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crease the expenditures, and then find
the money to pay the bills. But this
cannot 30 on forever. particularly
with the Federal Government levylng
heavy direct taxes such as business
and industry have never before had to
pay. Formerly the citizen knew little
or nothing about Federal taxes: he
paid them when he bought imported
goods, when he bought tobacco, when
he bought alcoholic liquors, but they
were included in the retail prices
charged by the dealers whom he pat.
ronlzed, and commonly he gave them
nc more thought than he did the State
license fee paid by the saloon proprie-
tor who sold him a glass of beer.
To-day the situation Is different.
Ever since the Federal income tax
was imposed Federal taxes have been
increasing in number and In severity,
and the man or woman who has not a
lively understanding Of their meaning
is not worth the attention of the tax
gatherer.
At the same time local taxes have
risen, imposing heavier burdens for
town and city government. This is
reflected In higher rents, against
which there is much complaint not
only in larger cities but in many
small towns.
The end of hostilIties In Europe
should result in decreased State ex-
penditures for some purposes. but
real and substantial saving can be
effected only If the Legislature pares
all appropriations to the bone, refuses
to embark in new enterprises except
those which are obviously required
for the welfare Of the State generally,
and devotes its energy to an intelli-
gent programme of economies, instead
Of to the lavish scattering Of the tax
payers money.
The sun., 1918-12-10
The Little Towns.
Fran Issiis'R WCellu

Towns are set down In the casualty list
That few OF us ever have known;
Hamlets that even geography missed
Fulton and MaytoNn and Rhone
Towns whose main street is a broad, dusty
lane
brought into print with a sigh;
Home Of y soldier who weltered In pain
Hydeville and Goshen and Nye,
Ham,ets with only a store and a shop
Giving a boy for the causei
Towns where the slowsst Of trains barely
stop
Atlas and Foxport and Halves.
Dotting a valley or browning a hill
Sending their best with n smile.
Laugh at the whimsical names, II you will
Morehead and Wahoo and Nile.
Towns that are peaceful old fashioned ann
slow,
Reading the lists for their lost.
Towns that were eager to see their boyA
GRAPEVINE sS ant crossroads and Frost.
Towns that VIII never seem paltry again,
Hal'owed by graves over there,
valiant their children who persisted like
ozark and Jed CLOUD and Clair.
HINTON 0ILNoRE
The sun., 1918-12-10
A VERNACULAR BIBLE.
A Word From the Rev. DR.. Burrell or
His Interesting Hobby.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sE:
am not in the habit OF writing to the
newspapers, but inasmuch as you have
shown a lively and fairly intelligent
interest In the question OF a ve-nacular
version of tho Scriptures--which is one
of my hobbies-permit me to inquire II
you really mean that for truthseekers
the language of tho seventeenth century
IL the language Of to-day and to-
morrow and doomsday." This
understand to be your grave objec-
ton >, furnishing the people with the
Scriptures In the language Of our
time and surely you said It with your
usual charming hut sardonic smile
which ! am frank to confess Ia one of
my morning pleasures. II, however.
you have n serious moment at YOU
disposal. suppose you consider the fol-
lowing facts:
First the Bible was originally
written in the vernacular of the people
who were expected TO read II.
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wishes to stay in France, there would
be some Of his klnspersons who would
insist, in the event Of his failure to
return. that "Uncle SAM abandoned
him." II mishap occurred to a youth
who was left behind, there might be
a feeling that the American Govern
ment had In some way been derelict.
But IL Uncle SAM brings the soldier
home, sees that his health is good,
pays him his salary and shows him
where he can get n job IL the old
place isn't open, the soldier starts Off
on the right foot. II that foot still
insists on being In a new garage in
Alsace, then will be the time for Pri-
vate Jones to recross the Atlantic to
make repairs for democracy.
The sun., 1918-12-10
Japan's Sailor Prince.

There are Americans who rcmcm-
her the time when the idea of an In
perial Prince In Japan being any
thing but an ornament was deemed
prepOsterOus. "a doll in long sleeves"
was the popular notion of any male
In the palace Mt KyOto who boosted
descent from mikadOs, HACKED his
teeth and wore two oval spots of In
dia ink on his forehead-in imitation
Of the court ladies. One such crea-
ture was set up as pretender in
Yelo, and around him, as n sort OF
breathing idol. gathered the forces Of
reaction in 1S6S-Only to he scattered
as chaff before the wind by the army
that represented the progress and the
future Of Japan.
How vastly different looks the Jap
anese world to-day! There Is no finer
proof or demonstration of the inner
spirit OF the new Japan than It's in
carnatlon in the person Of YoRIHITo,
now visiting us. Born September 10,
1867, the very year when on the
hinges of history old Japan shut and
the new Japan opened, his whole
training, career and spirit contrast
dramatically with those of Imperial
Princes In Japan's hermit days. Shall
we call 1t Imperialism or democracy,
when, by the Emperors decree. the
land was taken from its feuda mas
terS and given 10 the people: while
at the same time the paths of promo
ton and achievement were thrown
open to all? The age old sumptuary
laws and the many grades of society
prescribed by immemOrial statute
we're abolished; so that to-day, ex-
cept for certain social prestige and
in genealogical lore. the classes are
slowly but surely fuslng into new
composite. We even behold in 1918
Premier and his Cabinet who, ex-
cept In two cases. are addressed as
"Mr.." without title. With prince or
c0mmoner, the test now Is In charac-
TER and ability. YoRIHITo has stood
the test.
In all the circle * Imperial Princes