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out Of the acquisition By Chile Of the
district Of Tarapaca and the terrific
ries Of africa and Tacna. In a war
that lasted from 1879 until 1888
Chile came out victorious and Peru
exhausted and bankrupt As a con.
ditlon OF peace Chile exacted Tara
paca In perpetuity. but agreed to
hold africa and Tacna only for a
period OF ten years. at the end Of
which time the future disposition Of
the territories was to Be left to
vote Of the people It was the first
acquisition of territory on the conti-
nent purely by military conquest.
Chile at the end Of the ten years re-
fused either to return these terrific
ries or to submit to the result Of
plebiscite.
The territory was a highly pro-
ductive mineral region, especially rich
In nitrate. Seilor Don r. A. PEEr,
formerly Peruvian Minister to the
United States, saye that from the
nitrates alone Chile In the last thirty
eight years has collected annually
about $60.0OO.O0O. Chile, according to
the statement Of Bolivian officials.
has also failed to fulfll her agree
ment to Bolivia, which nation was to
have q port on the Pacific coast
Chile Is unquestionably better pre-
pared In case OF war than either Peru
or bolivia. She has been gradually
Increasing her navy. and she has an
army which Is regarded as one Of
the most thoroughly trained and dis
ciplined In South America. The army
was largely built up by German Off
GERS, a circumstance that had much
to do with making Chile, especially
early In the war. a centre Of German
influence and propaganda. Both Bo-
livia and Peru were active In re-
pressing German propagandiets and
broke off diplomatic relations with
Berlin soon after the United States
entered the war.
What Peru and Bolivia ask is, that
Chile shall live up to her Treaty
agreement and that peaceful ADJUST
ment Of the matter may be effected.
The United States has long desired
settlement of this dispute; because
while 1t exists there will be not only
danger Of a clash between the origi-
nal States to the controversy, but
that neighboring South American ma
tons may become involved.
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Ing. enforcing cleanliness and similar
measures. DR.. NooucH1, according
10 this report, has now identified and
Isolated the bacteria and has pro-
duced an anti-serum which confers
immunity on those who are exposed
to the disease. The progress already
made by him has justified the use Of
the serum on the troops OF Eucador,
whose experiences will furnish
guide for its use among the peoples
Of the regions in which the disease
exists.
DR.. GoRaAs's methods Of combat.
Ing yellow fever, involving as they
do high expenditure for draining, for
oiling pools, for policing the areas
treated. are impracticable for thinly
settled districts on account of their
cost. But II DR.. NoGUcHI's re-
searches result In the production Of
stable serum by which animals,
including man, susceptible to the dis.
ease can be rendered immune, great
and rich lands now unfit for human
settlement will be opened up for de-
velopment. The confidence DIR. No
GUcHI and the authorities OF Ecuador
have In his serum Is shown by the
high hbnors conferred upon him.
DIR. GoRGAs will soon go to Guaya-
quill to take up the work OF santa
ton, In which he has won worldwide
distinction. 1t is obvious that the
combination of the methods devised
by him to protect man from mos
quitoes with the medical precautions
made possible by DR.. NoGUcHI's dis
coveries will have a profound effect
on the Availability Of important areas
In the tropics.
1t is particularly appropriate that
this discovery should have been made
In Guayaquil. which has suffered Sc
verely from unhealthful conditions.
These. II Is interesting to learn, are
now being overcome; DR. KENDALL
wrote In July letter declaring GER
tain sensational reports regarding
conditions in the city to be without
basis. The Noguchi serum will en-
able the work Of municipal improve
ment now In progress to be continued
on an increasingly broad plan.
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AMERICANS.
It IL the Title Worn By . Great and
Generous People.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Str. While
musnE this morning on the war. the Red
Cross and other various matters I read
OF in THE Sun, my thoughts reverted to
letter which appeared in your columns
n few days ago questioning our right to
the name American"
Was not our glorious country discov-
cred by Christopher Columbus, who died
martyr for its sake? Were not its
lovely lands and waters, mountains and
valleys named after Americas Vespu-
cius, Columbuss follower to our shores?
1t Is we'll. think, to remind any one
who would assert that the noble heroes
who fought and died for our glorious
country. the patriots and citizens who
have made II what II is, their mothers.
wives and daughters are not Americans
because Indian" blood does not flow in
their veins, that, although the Indian was
native here before us. we take nothing
from him In calling ourselves American,
for the name American dates back only
to the white man.
American Is the name-the name hon.
ored by the wide world!
America, the hospitable home for all |!
America, the land OF liberty and democ-
racy. the lano OF the fearless and the
home OF the free. H. F. F.
FLUSHING, November 81.
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WAIT TILL THE WAR ENDS.
An Allen Enemy Of Good Disposition
to the United States.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: A
year ago last month applied for final
citizenship, and being an alien enemy
was given to understand that could
not get the second papers until after the
conclusion Of the war. Nevertheless my
application was accepted and / even had
to appear before the chief examiner in
Beekman street.
Last June tried TO get a special per-
NIT to go fshing-my sole recreation
and pleasure during the summer months
and was told to inquire whether my
case came under the new law OF per-
fectlng citizenship. Whereupon / called
at Mr. Weiser,s Office in the Federal
Building and was advised that my case
would come UP September 10 last.
Six or seven weeks later received
a notice to appear again at Beekman
street with regard to a case Of natu-
ralization now pending and was exam
ined again.
When the day OF registration was set
that would be able TO register as a
citizen, but nothing ever happened. ]
am still the alien enemy. although l can
pride myself with being a subscriber to
the Second. Third and Fourth Liberty
loans. as well as all collections which
have been taken up for the good Of the
cause, often giving beyond my means.
can proudly look back at the last
nineteen months and state that the sec.
ond papers," which will be granted to
me some day, cannot make a better
American of me than I have shown my
self to be in the above named period.
! have obeyed the rules and regulations
laid down to alien enemies to the let
ter; have not failed to take the OPP
portunity OF becoming a citizen when
same was offered to mo.
Who Is to be blamed? Is there any
red tape In the Bureau OF Naturaliza-
tion7 Or what else could be the matter"
Any light that you could throw on this
subject will be gratefully appreciated.
ALIEN ENEMY.
NEW YoRK November 81
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ASK PoGRoMs BE HALTED.
zionists iH England UrEs Action
TO save Polish jews.

Zionist leaders In England are ask-
ing the British Government to take
energetic steps to stop the pogroms in
which Jews in western Galicia and
Poland are being slaughtered, accord
ing 10 a cablcgram received yesterday
by the Zionist organization OF Amer.
tea
The message was sent by DR.. Chain
Weizmann, president OF tho British
Zionist Federation, and Nahum Soko-
low OF the International Actions Com.
mittee, who Join in the statement that
they have absolute confirmation" OF
the outrages reported as OF daily &C.
currence in the two countrteA
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WASTE BIG
ITEM IN MILK PRICE
Neglect Promises to Play I'm.
portdnt Part in Inquiry.

The much discussed item OF Uu,-
tles-broken and found scattered on
vacant lots and in guttevs-wlll 10
taken up In serious way at re
John Doe inquiry into the high S.les
of milk which Will start before CO.:
Magistrate McAdon MONDAY mUr'....
The cost OF bottles looms " large
in the cost of Distributing mIa.
At recent meeting Of the /. "
of Superintendents. Janitors ana As
sistants, in Horton Hall, 10 Ea,.
l25th street. it was reported rDA,
one house in West llOth street
count showed 1858 empty milk bot
ties.
at is simply a necessity for the por
ters or janitors TO put the bottles =
baskets on the street and have them
taken away with the refuse, says
the union in n statement. cot rr
100000 quarts Of milk distr.Nl,d
daily in New York city only @foo-l
quarts are delivered or sid b. 'f
Ties. II We prove that in one
house as many as 1858 milk b.",s
are waiting to I've taken away e. '
depot TO be sterih2ed and Tr''s-
again, we believe we do not sly ''
mich that at a given time unr '."
find in the cellars Of the five b .-
oughs sufficient bottles to last r.r ui'
week. II the milk companies C'uI
be compelled TO collect their hot IS
daily, we would save sevcra thu
sands OF bottles. which ar" 'Ir'tl
away now by the Street Cleanius l'''
partment."
District Attorney Swami sa.a .t''
evening that the investiGU ZION ~ -
assistant, John 7. DoOiing, iLtr go
milk situation in preparation g.
John Doe inquiry "s COMING Oil
betters" than he anticipated.
Harry Schlacht director Of p.r '.'-'
Side war activities, said last
that when a committee Of East Sc
women called at the city la
Monday to confer with Mayor It.tl
about milk they waited from } L
=. NJ. and then the Mayor Cor..d-"I
he was too busy 10 see them
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"Mess,"- Please.

Now that the ancient city OF Metz has
been restored to France largely through
the immediate efforts Of our troops II
may be well for US to speak Its name az
do the French. That according to the
dictionary OF the good Pierre Larousst
is Mess, and the circumfex accent MAY
be ignored. The same high authority
gives the name OF the Inhabitants OF
Meta as Messins.
As aid to memory we venture to sub
init an ante bellum and a post helum
rhyme illustrating respectively the Ger
man and the French pronunciation. The
first we recall reading In an old time
collection of Llmerlcks:
There was an old woman OF Mstz
who was wholly devotsd to pets;
Three dogs, very tall;
Three eats, rather small,
with which she would walk about Metz"
There was . young lady Of Nets
Who was wholly devoted to dress;
Every beautiful gown
She wore about town
Enthralled all the Messins OF Nets"
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Yankees who Are sem Fighting.

There Is one group of American
soldiers In Europe that certa inly will
not be home for Chrlstmaa These are
the troops that are aiding the Allies
md the decent Russians Of the Arch
angel Government In the war against
Bolshevism. 1t comes as small
shock. this news at intervals from the
neighborhOod OF the Arctic Circle
bout the doings there of our men, for
Ihe American mind Is naturally in
clined to picture every Yankee as
resting on his arms.
Suppose some one had predicted
I'VE, or even two. years ago that MI
cHAEL DoNoHUE OF Holyoke. Mass.
would in the autumn Of 1918 win. as
nm American soldier. British medal
for gallant service against Russian
outlaws near the shores Of the White
Sea. The prophet would have little
honor, but these are the facts Of to-
day. Major DoNoHuE and his men
Are evidently in for n long Job, for
winter has locked the Russian sens
and rivers and Jack Frost as well as
the Bolsheviki will have to be fought
until Russia's late spring arrives AS
II bullets and the weather were not
bad enough. our men are subjected to
bombn rdment of Bolshevist oratory.
delivered from No Mans Land in
sweatshop English.
The American soldier who has to
spend the holidays in France may
think he Is having hard time Of
II. but let him consider his brethren
showed up somewhere along the
distant Dvina.
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DR.. Noguehi Discovers an Anti.
serum for yellow Fever.

The subjoined letter from DR.. l..
BEcERRA, President of the Board Of
Health Of Guayaqull. Ecuador, to his
countryman DR.. J. CuEvA in this city,
records an achievement Of the utmost
Importance to mankind:
DEAR FRIEND: You probably know
by now that the second Yellow Fever
Commission OF the Rockefeller Institute,
presided over by DR. KENpALL, president
Of Chicago university and a very dis
tinguished gentleman. has been here for
some time. This commission has studied
carefully everything connected with the
sanitation Of Guayaquil and the reces-
sary plans to carry out the important
work contemplated. The commission
will present to the Rockefeller Institute
report OF their studies here and will
await q decision OF the institute.
Before leaving the commission Wis
tied Quito. the capital. where every
courtesy was extended to them by the
Government. the university, the scien-
tinc associations and the society. In
Guayaquli the municipality declared
them Its guests and they were treated as
such to the last moment One OF the mem
bes Of the commission. the worldwide
known Or. NooucHi, Is stin with us, con-
tlnuing his work about yellow fever.
1T Is with intense pleasure that I
| inform you that DR.. NooucHI, this
famous baeteriolosist, has discovered
the yellow fever bacteria A few days
after his arrival he was able TO isolate
Il and to provs positively that It was
the micro-organ'sm Of this disease. He
| injected several animals receptive 20 the
| yellow fever with this bacteria, and
from them he was able to produce new
cultures. Lately he has discovered a
vaccine that has already made immune
the horses that he has experimental
with. He has vaccinated with same the
regiments that must so down from the
interior to 0uayaquil for the national
holidays.
"You may realise the Importance Of
this great discovery for the whole Of
mankind. Or. NooUcHI deserves its fame.
lie 10 a true scientist, with a modesty
that distinguishes this class The bene-
| nts that the American continent il going
! to obtain from his discovery cannot be
calculated. as you will understand, espe-
cially for the development and progress
OF all tropical countries.
"The Government and the city are
going to make TO him a public express
sion Of thanks. The national Congress
for the first time In history Is going to
confer on him the honor OF . title OF
Doctor in Medical Science OF our uni
vefsitisA The whole republic Of Ecua-
dor will be represented in the demon
stratioh In his honor
-tsignsd> L. BEcRRA
"HKALrH OFFICE, ouAYAoun. EcrA-
DOR, October IL
While It has been established that
yellow fever Is caused by a specific
virus, communicated by mosquitoes
Of the genus stegomyia, attempts to
/, isolate the bacteria have hitherto
been unsuccessful. DR.. GoRaAs's re-
I markabls triumphs In preventing out
breaks OF the disease were won by
works of sanitation. the destruction
Of mosquito breeding places, screen
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A Place in the Hot Sun.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Sir: Why
all this uncertainty about the future
home on earth for the ex-Kaiser? Has
he not time and again indicated what he
wanted? "a place in the sun" has been
his everlasting cry. Doesn't that mean
he wants to be right on the equator?
And isn't there place in the Sahara
Desert where the sun shines good and
hot, and Just little more than Il shines
anywhere elsef MEPHIsTo FAUST
NEW YORK, November 27-
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SUGAR CERTIFICATES DROPPED
Distribution system Changed, bat
Conservation Rules stand.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27.-Dis'r
OF sugar under the certificate s'
will be discontinued December ,
an order issued to-day by tt-
Administration. HowcvcG -,.
for conservation of sugar Ne.
way modified
Dome tic consumers Il was
be expected to observe tie 80
ration OF four pounds l"
month and pubic eating places
required 10 use Orly four pnu
sugar for each ninety meals scrNe"
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A ThanksGixInE Wish.

think about Thanksgiving Day
In old New England long ago,
When Prudence and Priscilla went
To meeting In the falling snow.
And after services were DER
Each Pilgrim father. saint or sinner.
Went out into the wintry woods
And shot n turkey for his dinner.
wish that could turn the wheels
or time to sixteen hundred odd.
And own a cabin built OF logs
Around New Bedford or Cape codi
For turkeys are so high, alasi
I cannot stretch my purse to suit them
And back among the PuritanB
/ could. oh. Joyl 20 out and shoot them
IIRAA IRyINa. .
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IN MR.. WILSON'S ABSENCE.
He Might Let Colonel Roosevelt Help
Hin Out.

To THE EDITOR or THE suH-sir: For
the period OF his absence perhaps he
might like to invite ex-President Roose-
welt TO assume the real duties of his
ONCE. or inasmuch as matters Of great
Importance that mature every hour
prevent the President taking time even
to come TO New York 10 help celebrate
Britains Day. he may have to disappoint
US by absenting himself from the peace
table and appoint a substitute.
Will 1t be James Ham Lewis or Post
master Burleson?
New YORK, November 81. q. l. &.
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Tue South American Territorial
DisDutR.

A "lost province" question. which
has disturbed South American poll.
tics for the last thirty years, comes
up now rs an acute issue that has
already led to menaclng outbreaks
among Chileans and Peruvians. The
territory in controversy Is the rich
coast land between Peru and Chile,
and the dispute has apparently
reached the stage where 1t calls for
resort to mediation or to re-
newnl Of the war between Chile on
one side and Peru and Bolivia on the
other side.
THIS territorial dispute, which
bears In its main features slmi-
larlty to some Of the older European
national and racial contentious, grew
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The New Liberallty.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-sE: In
the great settlement let us give the Phil
lpplnes to the executive committee OF
the League OF Nations as summer
capital For the winter they may have
Crocker Land. NURTACH LEvlNsKY.
TUXEDO. November 81.
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Marshal FocH. whom we only saw
twice, at the beginning and nj the end
of the conference. Is a stern plain man.
He did not speak a single word 10 us in
the tone which formerly distinguished the
chiva lrous French nation.-A member Of
the German armistice commission.
Perhaps even n chivalrous nation
may resent the invasion OF its soil. the
barbaric destruction Of its national
monuments and the enslavement Of its
people.
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FAIR FOOD PRICES
POSTED BY POLICE
Every Retail Grocer and Meat
Dealer Compelled to Dis
play Bulletins.
TO BE CHANGED WEEKLY
Federal Board Urges Greater
Household Economy to Tide
Europe Through Winter.

Policemen began yesterday the die.
tribution Of the Official fair retail
price bulletin" Of the Federal Food
Board, which must be posted whera
customers readily may read II in
every retail grocery. meat and del,cs.
lessen store in the city. The list Of
prices will be revised the FIRST OF each
week. Posting of the bulletin Is OBJ
ligatory.
Tho current bulletin for grocer,
shows nineteen staple commodities.
quoting fair maximum prices paid by
the retailer, his maximum margin O,
profit and a maximum fair price to thu
consumer. There IL a blank column IN
which the retailer may Nil in his sps-
cial price to the consumer. The Price
list for meat dealers deals with beef.
lamb and pork products Of which there
are twenty-three cuts" all Of which
are "untrimmed."
On "Cash ana Garry" Basfs.
t. - - a. ooa.,,,.r - -,
the Federal Food Board asserts. upon
the retailers cost and maximum mar.
gins. The Indicated retail prices are
on a cash and carry basis. The re-
taller may make q reasonable charge
in addition for credit and delivery ser
vice.
AS the printer bulletin urges retail
ers and customers to report in writing
to the Federal Food Board. 6 West
Fifty-seventh street, "any apparent or
known overcharge at wholesale or re-
TAIL" II Is believed an honest effort
will be made by all dealers in food
stuffs to follow all official instructions
The posting Of a bulletin makes a
store a member OF the United States
Food Administration The Official fair
retail price bulletin" bears the names
Of John Mitchell, Arthur Williams
Charles f. fireman. Albert r. Mann
and Charles A. Weiting OF the New
York Federal Food Board, and o.
Messrs. Mitchell, Mann and Weitins
as members OF the New York State
Food Commission.
A Thought for Thanksgiving.
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The curfew ordinance which will at
tempt to lessen Juvenile delinquency
has been passed by the Board OF AL
dermen. Under this measure children
up TO 16 are prohibited from the
streets after p. NJ. unless accompa-
MED by parent OF. guardian. The or
dlnance is limited to a years trial,
New York will have to grin and bear
II as an experiment that may be
worth trying. II 1t proves OF real
benefit to children and the community
at large the Inconvenience accrulng
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In giving thanks let US not overlook
the weather man. No autumn could
be more perfect in It's dry hess. its aid
in the saving OF coal. its general all
round pleasantness. II the weather
had a conscience II would be natural
TO suspect that, having given us
January Of atrocious cold and mid
summer week OF internal heat. II has
tried to make amends at the close Of
the year.
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To Make Americans Abroad Feel at
Home.

To THE EDITOR oF THE sUN---Sir: l
sincerely hope, TO- the sake OF world
harmony, that the French win stop the
brewing OF beer on December ].
X. q. x.
NV YoRK. Noyember u.
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After his first helping OF turkey and
cranberry sauce the small boy usually
condemns the Puritans for not being
more liberal in the number of their
religious feast days
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War Profits Are Omitted.

Under the Democratic plan the war
profits bracket OF the war excess
profits tax in the 1918 section Of the
bill will be dropped altogether in the
1919 measure and the excess profits
tax. cut to two-t thirds OF the 1918 rate,
will be retained.
Representatives OF the Treasury De-
partment explained that II was largely
the effect on future bond sales that
was responsible for the opposition OF
the Secretary OF the Treasury to tn"
cut in the normal income tax rate.
The exemption of income from Liberty
bonds from taxes up to the limit set
by Congress makes these bonds more
desirable. according to Mr.. McAdoo's
view. when the normal income tax rate
is higher.
Republican opposition TO the Demo
cratic scheme OF avoiding an extra
session and thus poStponing Repub-
'ican control of Congress until Decem
her. 1919 which is admitted as the un-
DERIVING reason for the Admlnistra-
tons anxiety TO fix taxes for 1919 now,
will take the form not only OF oppo
sition in the Senate TO the tax bill hut
OF talking as long as possible on
every appropriation bill that comes
up. An extra session then will have
to be called to provide funds with
which to run the Government.
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Germany should be thankful too
Imagine what her state would have
been had she held out longerl
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~ or frieHds pAo favor us tcffA Naas-
seTtpts cad iuustrufi0ns for publication ctsh
60 hors rejected articles retuTaed they musf
~ ~ eases send stamps for tAdt purpose.
TELEPHONE. pEEKMAN 1900.
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London ONCE, 4O-43 Fleet street.
Paris ofice. O Rue de la Michodiere, on
Ru2 du ouAire Septembre.
Washington office. Munsey Building.
Broe klyn once. Room 202, Eagle Build
tng. Se3 Washington street.