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Making Restitution.

That prolific source of fair promises
on behalf of the German Government
the official wireless station at Nauen
informs the civilized world that:
Valuable works OF art belonging to
museums and private owners in the re-
gions of Cambria. Douai and Valen-
cennes, now in the hands of the Ger
mans will be returned unchanged to
their owners after the war. These works
OF art have, under the orders OF the SUI
preme Army Command. been sent to a
place OF safety, to save them from de-
struction by bombardment"
Whether this is sacrifice to neees-
sity or bait for gudgeons is unlmpor-
tant. The spoil of war Germany now
possesses is going to be restored to Its
rightful owners or their rel resenta-
lives. IL Germany's rulers choose to
make restitution without waiting for
the police to appear, that Is their priv
llege, but they need not expect TO re-
celve credit for their acts. Deathbed
repentance IS not impressive, and the
decision OF horse thief to give up his
booty does not inspire confidence In
his moral reformation when 1t is
reached just no the appearance Of a
dust cloud on the highway announces
the approach of the Sheriff.
The same newspapers that recorded
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THE BRICK SHAFT.
Chairman Strange Says "Perpetuate''
Was Faulty Used.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: My
attention has been called to an edito-
rial which appeared in THE Sun OF
October 90 under the heading THE Brick
Shaft"
This editorial, think calls for a
statement on the part OF the Mayors
Committee OF Women on National De-
fence, to the end that there be no mis-
construction as to the purpose and the
life OF the shaft
The Obelisk known as the Liberty
Shaft was planned and erected simply
and solely as means to stimulate the
purchase of Liberty bonds of the fourth
issue. | am happy TO say that II
achieved that purpose and will be
completed within the coming week, the
food OF purchasers in the last few days
having prevented an earlier completion.
When finished, 1t is planned to allow
IT to remain for short time or per-
haps for the duration OF the war, 10
emphasize its achievement and TO act
as possible stimulant in the event OF
a fifth loan. After this period Of time
II will be removed
The faulty use OF the word "perpet-
uate" has no doubt been the cause OF
your uncertainty as to the future of the
shaft, and l fear that your fear has I'M
fortunately had just cause.
Let me assure you, however. that at
no time has it been the intent of the
city authorities, the architects or the
| committee to regard the shaft as other
than a temporary structure, to be re-
moved when its purpose has been ac-
The sun., 1918-10-28
Three Amendments to the State
Constitution.

Three proposed amendments to the
Slate Constitution, which have been
approved by two Legislatures In ac-
cordance with the constitutional re-
quirement, will be offered to the peo-
pie for acceptance or rejection at the
election Of November 5.
Each of these amendments should
be accepted.
One Of them authorizes the con-
struction of highway through the
Adiropdacks from Saranac Lake to
Old Forge, through forest lands Of
the State.
Another would allow the State to
dispose of a part Of the old Erie Canal
in Utica.
The other would prohibit the State
from issuing bonds for periods longer
than the life Of the improvements for
which they are issued.
Another highway in the Adiron-
dacks would serve the public interest
by rendering the mountains more &C
cessible. 1t is to be assumed that the
work would not be undertaken until
the burdens incident to the war are
lifted. but the State should be free
to undertake the construction when
1t sees fit.
The portions of the old canal to be
disposed of are of no use to the State
now ard would be useful to Utica.
The vice of long term bonds issued
for short term improvements is ad-
mirably eKemplified in State high
ways that wear out in ten years, but
for which we shall be paying forty
years after they have been rebuilt
three or four times. In such improve
mcnts long term bonds are fair enough
so far as part of the cost-that part
incurred for surveying. acquiring
lands, and the like-is concerned,
but the surfacing should be paid for
by those who benefit from 1t and the
cost should not be loaded on the fu-
ture.
With the proposed amendments, one
proposition will he submitted 1t
concerns the transfer Of unexpended
balances for road construction in
counties, and would give the Legis-
lature power to use the money where
Il is needed.
These are small matters Of admins
tration, and in an ideal State would
be attended to by the Government
without change in the fundamental
written law; but great as New York
State Is 1t is not ideal, and the voters
themselves have decreed that such
details shall he decided by themselves.
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Senate 10 powerless to compel the &C.
oeptance Of Its revisions. The Pred-
dent may veto the Kitchin work, yet
the President Is poweriess to exact
anything better from KITcHIS.
But the Congress districts Of the
United States are not powerless. They
can strap KIrcHrN's demented eco.
Monies In q straitjacket. They
can whip KrTcHrN's sectional aveng.
ers out of the Government. They
can guarantee revenue law that
will yield the treasure needed to end
the war, safeguard peace readjust.
ments and leave the country as sound
and strong on Its foundations as the
rock Of Gibraltar. The Congress dis.
tricts Of the United States can do
this because they can get rid Of
KITcHIN. But the only way they
can get rid Of KITcHIN is to do ex.
actly what Mr.. WILSON asks the
country not to do--vote the Demo.
cratic majority out; vote Repub-
lican majority in.
In every Congress district one week
from tomorrow let every voter who
wishes to save this country from
KITcHIN vote for the Republican
nominee for the House of Representa-.
tives Let hin, not fail In this way to
vote against KircHIN. Vote in Re-
publican majority, so that 1t may
throw KITcHIN out Of the chairman.
ship Of the House Ways and Means
Committee.
Here Is the work, whatever Mr.
WILSON says, which must be done in
the Congress election districts; for
when Mr.. WILSON asks the American
voters for another Kitchin Congress
he does not ask them for loyal sup.
port Of his war programme. He will
have that loyaf support from either
n Democratic Congress or Republi.
can Congress, and Mr.. WILSON knows
he will have II. He does not ask
them for an undivided front against
the Hun enemy. He will have that
undivided front In any event, and Mr.
WILSON knows he will have 1t. When
Mr.. WILSON asks the American voters
for another Kitchin Congress he asks
them for national shipwreck.
Get rid of KITCHINi
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An Outrageous Demand.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. Shall
We tear from the Kaiser the robe of
autocracy and wrap It around our Presl
dent?
Those of US who were proud that
democracy had accommodated itself so
we'll to a united effort by our whole
people to win the war are amazed and
chagrined that the President should now
reach out for a Dictatorship beyond the
measure to which dictatorship had al
ready willingly been conferred upon him
as necessary to the efficient prosecution
of the war, and move effectually to
clothe him with authority as our con-
stitutional Commander in Chief OF the
army and navy.
IT would seem that instead Of tersely
demanding OF Germany unconditional
surrender" the President now deems Il
necessary to demand 1t of the Republican
party.
The leaders of the Republican party
have declared against n bargained peace.
Is it in that that the President now says
that they seek to control him? The
outburst Of indignant public disapproval
Of his answer to Germanys first peace
note. misinterpreted though II may have
been. showed that our people demand
that We talk only with a beaten Ger
many,
That the Presidents latest note In effect
has notified Germany of that fact is the
reason II has been received with APP
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BEATING KITCHIN.
1t Is a Job TO BE Done In Every Con-
gresS District.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sir. A
vote for Democratic Congressman is a
vote for Claude Kitchin of North Caro-
lima. Why? Because Democrats will
vote to keep Kitchin in his present post
as leader of his party In the House.
Kitchin, 1t is known, voted against
the selective draft.
There is Just one way in which you
can vote against Kitchin and the sec
tional partisanship he has displayed. and
that Is by voting for Republicans in
Congress. Do not allow personal feel
ings to sway you from a Republican
vote, Personalities do not count In Con-
gTess. The work is done by organiza-
ton, hence Kitchin. from the metropolis
OF Scotland Neck, N. C. The only way
to dethrone Kitchin Is to vote for a
Republican. EDWIN WARREN.
BOSTON, Mass. october 26.
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Too Much Power.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Your
editorial article in THE Sun on the
Presidents appeal for votes for Con-
gressmen and your tabulated statement
Of how Republicans have voted on war
measures are to the point and the prod
uct Of an American mind that sticks
by our form Of government. We need
1t to keep before us the possible drift
OF our Government in Washington In
the wrong direction.
You have converted me to voting for
my Republican Congressman. am a
Democrat. but will vote the Republican
ticket in November and will do all I can
to elect Republicans Just because l feel
deep resentment toward that which
prompted this last command from the
commander In chief OF the Democratic
party.
l thought we had n President for all
the people, but we have now a President
for the Democrats only.
Too much power has made a change
and always will The election of Repub-
leans will bring back our balanced form
OF government. which has always been
the watchword of the Democratic party
until this Administration came into
power.
We are drifting to too much paternal-
ism, and this letter or demand is a
sodsend in disguise. as 1t brings us up
with a short turn to a realization that
we have gone far enough with placing
power in one mans hands.
We need the balance OF the Republican
party now as we have not for years, and
that letter gives it TO US as sure as there
is a God in heaveni
All my Democratic friends are up in
arms against such directions to the
voters. This was in the air" and had
to come! We should have no more
letter writing, nothing but "uncondi-
tional surrender" and We should never
have had our ambassadors to the nations
Of Europe insuted by personal repre-
sentatives of the President attending TO
their duties, men who are not respons bile
TO the people and are not Of the people,
Changes are 80 radical when emanating
from the White House these days that
We gasp for breath.
think the Democratic aspirants for
Congress will gasp for breath In No
vember. Then we will have a balanced
Government" that we sadly need.
new York, October "a JuDEx.
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The Gag Removed.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Str. The
President having removed the gag from
our mouths by the resumption of par
tisan political propaganda, l now sug-
gest thought or two inspired by the
obtain partisan advantage at the expense
Of patriotism.
have always been OF the impression
that our Government consisted OF three
coordinate branches, the executive. legis-
lative and the judicial; not the execu-
tive alone, as would appear by the
latest exposition emanating from high
authority. But as expressed by another
and earlier Democratic Interpreter Of our
fundamental law. What Is the Constitu-
ton among friends?"
So far as the Democratic Congress-
men are concerned the situation Is ex-
ceedingly amusing. II they accept the
place assigned to them by Mr.. Wilson
they admit that they are merely rubber
stamps and have no place as reasoning
human beings In the body polite.
The average intelligence cannot recon-
ellie the proteststions of Democratic
ideals with the endesvor to establish "A
hidebound autocracy, and II the special
pleading Of the President wins success
for his party In the coming elections I
fear that such result will go far
toward the undermining of our govern
mental superstructure.
Your editorial In THE SUN to-day
should be read by every patriot.
ii. w. LINsoN.
NBw YoRK, October IS.
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this profession OF intent on the part
Of the German authorities printed an.
other despatch from Europe:
WITH THE FRKrcH ARMY IN CHAM.
PAoNn, Oct. ~ ASSOCIATED Press) Din
gineers from General GouRAup's army
have discovered much evidence OF the
method by which the destruction Of
houses, churches and public buildings
was organized by the Germans
Along the Retourne many villages
never in the range of the artillery. were
found raxsd. In others 1t was found
that mines for slow destruction had been
placed.
Preparations for destroying the viii
lagos went on in the presence of the
people and in spite Of their pleas"
Shall We have, through German
wireless, soon or late, pledge to re.
store these harmless villages?
The sun., 1918-10-28
ALBANY. October 20.
The Record OF Republican Patriots.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. Your
editorial article in THE SUN to-day de-
serves the thanks of the nation.i No one
more than I could recognize the epoch
making power OF our Presidents recent
messages addressed to the German Gov
eminent but expressing to all mankind
the demands and expectations OF the
democracies of the world: documents Of
possibly more far reaching effect than
the American Declaration OF Independ-
ence.
Y Is inconcelvable that the same mind
could have conceived and the same hand
penned those mighty expressions and 'he
almost grovelling appeal to American
freemen to subordinate the expression Of
their will to a narrow partisan policy
by continuing in office members of our
Congress who have proved their I'M
worthiness, including many who merited
the Presidents scathing denunciation as
small group OF wilful men,"
He has had freely and fully the sup
port Of the opposition minority in all
great measures Of public necessity.
Probably a majority OF officers and men
who compose the personnel OF 100000
Of our army and navy are Republicans
Certainly n majority in amount IL not
in number OF the subscribers to Liberty
loans as well as Red Cross and other
indispensable needs have been Of that
persuasion.
What has the President to fear from
free and untrammelled Congressional
election,
In this war we are demanding OF all
the Powers OF the earth the free express
sion of the consent of the governed
for their continuance in authority. Shall
We then limit and circumscribe for our
selves that which we demand from
others-freedom of choice for all nations
mot including ourselves)7 wS.C.
New YORK, October IS.
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times President Wilson's extraordinary
letter Addressed 10 MY Fellow Country
men," am forced TO the conclusion that
1t is direct and personal insult to
every man and woman belonging to the
Republican party.
The letter itself. however, forces me
to agree with one statement. namely
mo scruple Of taste must in grim times
like these be allowed to stand In the
way OF speaking the plain truth"
Too long we have allowed mistaken
sense OF loyalty and patriotism to pre-
vent a candid expression Of opinion
Hereafter let our loyalty be for our coun-
try and not for the man whom circum-
stances placed at the head of 1t.
The President has sounded a clarion
call to arms! Lot US all respond
II. X. EBEN.
New YORK. october rs.
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IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL.
Praise for Its Staf From Patient
in Its Wards.

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sun
was stricken with asthma Surday a''.--
noon and taken to Bellevue Hospital
was put in the mems medical ward. l
was discharged to-day at noon, US
there and / saw. Whether Jew or Gtn-
tile. Greek or barbarian. it matter,i not
The nurses and physicians were '''-
stantly in attendance on the rAt, 49,
many OF the latter very i'll and dNH2
The nurses worked every moment ihty
were on duty. They fairly ran at times
when there were apparently emergeN'
cies and crises They did not rrrm'
any very sick man, when he seemed -
fail, to 90 without his chaplain
No man could receive more courtesy
and consideration from his own ph5sI'
clan than these patients received.
Certainly the stan OF Bellevue Hos
pital come within the verse Of the Ne"
Testament. "Inasmuch as ye have dos
IT unto these the least OF my hre'W'A
ye have done it unto me
MAN FROM orr OF T"NN.
NEW YORK, October %.
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COAL AT RETAIL.
An Indignant Dealer Backs His State
ments With Money.

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ms Allnraeite operator
S'seu oy Eo"aru D. sturges'
pn.'eu III The SUN OF OCTOBER 1T, the
au'hor makes the Following statement;
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long ton OF a'sto pounds $3.50. The
nhsht costs MIN sz.so; total OF $50.
',,a. 'ne pI,ee resuiauons set Tor that
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but to this sbou,d h. ad,sd ,,a 70 49,
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The sun., 1918-10-28

The November Munssy contains, among
articles that bear on the war. "Gsrmany's
Vast Ambitions In the East" by Frederic
Austin Ogg; "Armenia-the Crucihxion OF
a People" by willis J, Abbott, and Ger
man Propaganda Lies" by Frank Mar
shall White. The picture features In
clude the topical Told by the Camera. /"
some nne views of Hedjaz. Feeding Our
Soldiers and I'm the Public Eye" a por-
trait gallery which includes General AL
ienby. Ambassador Davis. and a group OF
RIng Georges children. Senator Shields
OF Tennessee has an article on wasted
water power. Robert II. Moulton tells of
the wonders OF corn. Besides the regular
dramatic article from the pen OF Matthew
white. Jr., Thomas II, Incs tells of mo-
tion picture stars. Short hotloR IL pro-
vided by owen oliver, r.. y. Wall. Valcda
Johnson and Miriam Nicholson; serials By
Charles Neville Buck and Mary INLAY
Taylor
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An Effort for Unnecessary Authority,

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: Per-
nit me to commend you on the mastery
editorial article in to-days edition OF
The Sun.
II is time the people OF the United
States should be aroused to the fact that
while our sons are shedding their blood
for democracy for the rest OF the world
their native land Is rapidly passing into
a state OF dictatorship in matters not at
all necessary for the successful termina
ton of the war
The Democratic party OF my city could
certainly not be of any assistance to n
sood man. n. Il. W.
JERSEY CITY, October IS.
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Whose Bonds?

To THE EDITOR OF THE Sus-Sh': Are
these Liberty bonds we have all been
buying, or are they merely Wilson
bonds?
Are they obligations of the United
States or only of the Democratic party?
Is our heroic army bravely giving life
for the cause OF freedom exclusively
composed OF members OF the Democratic
party? A WORRIED CITIZEN.
NEW York, October %.
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The Republican Greed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sT: IN
doubleday the Hon. James W. Gerard
speaks as a Democratic authority when
he says that the problem Of the day is
to end the world war
Permit me as Republican TO point
out to the Hon. James w. Gerard that
the problem of o-day is to win the world
war. ARTHUR Stiles.
New YORK, October 90
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THE SUN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 2s, lels.

prevail by our people and by our allies.
Plainly he was guided in the writing OF
It by the criticisms OF the first note and
the demands Of public opinion.
Going forward from where the last
note leaves the situation the President
has nothing to fear from a Republican
Congress. II he would demand less then
inceed would he need n rubber stamp
Senate to ratify the treaty.
JOHN J. SHERIDAN.
BROOKLYN, October 20,
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The Freedom Of Citizenship.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-str. Poll
tics having been adjourned and recon-
vened by the same authority, l now feel
free to vote for Republican candidates at
the coming elections.
BY the way. what has become of the
aeroplane investigations by Mr.. Hughes2
Has he been gassed? CHARLES LEROY.
NEWARK, n. j., October 26.
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When New York police said that the
inconstant GAFFNEY robbed a pool
room on the other side OF the North
River of $4,000 New Jersey police
sought to make light OF the charge
by the retort that there amt $4,000
in New Jersey" This must be an
underestimate provoked by peevsh-
ness rather than a considered reckon
ing of New Jerseys cash resources.
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How would the Fighting Men VOTE?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir.
am wondering how the reelection Of a
Democratic Congress would appeal to
the three million Of our boys who are I'M
der arms Over There ana in army camps
tere IL they realised that 14l OF the
Democratic members at present in Office
voted against the increase in soldiers
pay to $50 month, only forty-three
voting for the measure. I am sure there
would be but one opinion expressed had
they the opportunity to vote this fall.
Let us therefore all pull together and
elect the men who will stand back OF our
magnificent army to the glorious finish.
OxALENE CARR.
NEW YORK October 2e
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The Record.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Sum-
ming the votes OF the main nine war
measures. as was done on THE Suns
front page this morning, the Republican
vote carried far over that Of the Demo-
Gratis, and yet the President calls the
party Dormant
The message will prove boomerang.
NEW York, October 90. FAy.
The sun., 1918-10-28

Mr.. DAVID LAWRENCE, the Wash
ington correspondent of the Evening
Post, who In consequence of his in
timacy with the President frequently
interprets the meaning Of his public
utterances, explains Colonel HOUSES
present mission to Paris as follows.
He Is personal representative of
the President, because he knows the
Presidents mind very we'll indeed, be-
sides being close friend and supporter.
but he is really an Ambassador at
large with a commission enabling him
to enter almost any capital in Europe
and get access to the responsible leaders
Of the Government, as well as all po-
litical parties. The Washington corre-
spondents knew Of his sailing a week
ago. but at the request Of the Govern
ment made no mention OF the fact In
print so as to insure safety in his jour-
ney overseas"
1t Is difficult to understand how
Colonel HOUSE can be regarded as an
Amba ssadOr at large or any other
kind of Amba ssad0r within the mean
ing of the Constitution Of the United
States. That instrument provides
that the President shall nominate
and with the advice and consent Of
the Senate shall appoint Ambassadors,
other public Ministers and Consuls."
The advice aud consent of the Senate
ARE thus made essential to the va
lidity of the appointment of a constl-
tutional Ambassador.
Early In the history of our Govern
ment, however, practice grew up
of appointing special plenipotentla-
ries to perform special functions,
without reference to the Senate. Thus
President WASHINGTON in 1875 APP
pointed DAVID HUMPHREYS COM
missioner plenipotentiary TO negoti-
ate n treaty of peace with Alglers /:
and the treaty was ratified by the
Senate, although the appointment of
HUMPHREYS had never been con-
firmed by that body. Similar ap-
pointments without confirma ton were
those of NICHOLAS TRIsT to Mexico
In 1S4S. Of Commodore PERRY to
Japan i'm 1852 aud of JAMEs Fl.
BLoUNT to Hawaii in 1893. The fol-
lowing paragraph from The Presi-
dents Control of Foreign Relations
by Professor EDWARD S. CoRwIs of
Princeton University is the latest
calculation Of the subject
More recently President WILSON'S
fondness for sending agents abroad
without consulting the Senate as to
their appointment has provoked crti-
cism, but, 1t would appear, without good
reason from the point OF view of prece-
dent. At the same time It is difficult
to harmonic the practice, considering
the dimensions II has to-day attained,
Constitution"
The power Of the President, on the
other hand, to appoint secret agents
has repeatedly been recognized, and
rarely Questioned in debates in the
Senate. THE practice of appointing
secret agents" said LIVINGSTON, SIS
coeval with our existence as q nation
and goes beyond our acknowledge
ment as such by other powers. All
those great men who have figured in
the history of our diplomacy began
their career and performed sOrnc Of
their most important services in the
capacity of secret agents with full
powers"
The sound view In regard to the
functions of Colonel HOUSE would
seem to he that he is secret agent
of the President. lie obviously is
not an Ambassador.