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Building . New Rumania.

No greater reversal of fortune
could come to n nation than the
changes which the past month have
brought to Rumania. Tho treaty OF
peace into which she had been forced
by the overwhelming power of Ger
many and her allies had left her
reduced in territory to half her for.
mer size, her means of defence were
and commerce were all s~ubservient to
Berlin and Vienna, her dream Of
national expansion was apparently
ended, and as n State she had become
a vassal of the Central Powers.
That Field Marshal Won MAcKES-
SENS army of occupation should be
withdrawn and that with 1t should
scurry away all the German, Aus
trian and Bulgarian civilian experts
and officials who were holding the
Rumanian wealth Of petroleum and
minerals and were levying tribute
upon the agricultural products of the
country was the natural outcome of
the successes of the Allies. But more
significant of the future of Rumania
was the voluntary offer of the people
Of the Rumanian race in southeastern
Europe to become a part of the Ru.
manian kingdom. This was the reali-
cation Of the hopes and aspirations
Of the Rumanians ever since they
had been a separate State.
The Bessarabian Assembly, which
had earlier voted for a union with
| Rumania on the basis of a liberal
autonomy. has now voted for Il union
without reservation. The population Is
largely Rumanlan, except in the south.
ern coast region, and II was Il matter
Of bitter regret that the country was
not assigned to Rumanla by the Der.
Of the Bessarablan Assembly was
taken by the congress of races Of the
Austrian province Of Bukowina. In
the southern part of this province
there are about 225,0O0 R|umanians.
The Rumanlans living in the
Hungarian province OF Transylvania
, have long been seeking a union with
the kingdom Of Rumania. Their agi-
tation for this purpose has been one
OF the reasons assigned for the un.
: Just discrimination to which they
have been subjected by Hungary.
Even the Magyars in their statistics
confess that they form only 100000
of the population as against 100000
RumanIans. An accurate count, It Is
believed, would give the MagyaIs not
more than 1yOO0,OO0 and the Ruma.
mans ut least 4,O00,OOO. PENNSYLVANIA
is already occupied by forces from
Bucharest, and 1t Is considered that
In the REIMBURSEMENT of southea stern
European boundaries this province
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will be Joined to the enlarged Ru-
manian kingdom.
The situation Of Rumania Is in a
great measure different from that Of
the other southern European States
in that her claims do not conflict with
those of any other Of the Allied ma
tons. With her boundaries extended
according to her present wishes they
would practically include all the Ru-
manian people. Rumnnla would be
n State Of about 15,0OO,0O0 people.
larger than Hungary, and larger than
any Balkan Snte except. perhaps. the
new Jugo.Slavin. The treatment Of
'Rumania by the corrupt Russian court
officials and her delivery ver to Ber-
lin WINS a sordid, unhappy chapter OF
connivancc and intrigue, and 1t Is a
matter Of satisfaction that she may
emerge from her sufferings q stronger
and more vigorous nation than she
was before she entered the
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Insurance companies IRE wrecks, the
industry and business Of this country
cannot be conducted as they must be
conducted to be solvent or ven to sur.
vive. The railroads are thu nations
arteries, through which runs Its In
dustrial blood. The railroads cannot
fail, at the same time Gripping Indus
try and business, without disaster 10
the Jobs Of the wNge In the
mills and factories, on the farms and
In the mines, in the business houses
and In every field where man works
and earns his living.
After what 1t has done to them the
Government cannot throwthe railroads
bnck at the heads OF their owners
without suitable and permanent pro-
vision for their protection from the
ruin for which the Government itself,
with Its spendthrift operation and tic
added costs Of ST. 500 100000 a year,
would he responsible. That the Gov
eminent would thus utterly wreck the
national railway system, II there were
no other consideration, is incredible.
That the Government would wreck the
railways and everything else alto
gether Is unthinkable. So let the Con-
gress leaders and the Government
railway officials get down to the life
and death job Of saving the roads,
that oil the rest may be saved.
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what's " hat in 1919.

Some one has said that the great
est outrage that could be put upon
nan would be to unveil the future to
him, yet we cannot lay aside without
sharing with readers the remark.
able leahet that comes to US from
DR.. DELMER EUGENE CRoFr Of New
Haven and Cosmos. When DIR. CROFT
tells us that more than 100000 people
asked for his 1918 prophecies we feel
that at least 2O0,o01 will be interested
in his forecast for 1910. As OF yore,
this mental scientist adduces his
knowledge Of the future from the
Pythagorean code.
DR.. CRoFT agrees with the great
Georgian seer. Professor A. L. SNYDER,
that violent storms are coming, but
the Nutmegger throws In sun spots,
extensive drought, waves OF cpl
denies and intense agitations." That
Ia only the bad side. It will be
Offset in a measure by Immense
business prosperity, prodigious COM
mercial movements, progressive Gov.
eminent enterprises, brilliant png.
eantry of society, great religious and
educational activity" Empires and
thrones will 20 on crashing and crum.
bling. How about the Kalserp" in.
quires Little Rollo. DR.. Croft tells
us exactly what Is going to happen to
Mr. ouFSznr Irpx.
"The dethroned Emperor OF Germany
will. as. l declared three years ago, no
live to see the final end OF his war.
He will be forced from Holland. n be-
fore an allied tribunal can judge him for
his crimes against civilization he will
pass before the Tribunal whose justice
is measured by divine ~immenEitude."
Prusslanlsm will never repent. the
prophet adds. but the German colonies
will seek annexation to republics and
many German States will annex to
France Russia. after allied inter.
ventlon, will become a republic OF
three States. Austria will he a re-
public, number OF States not mined.
The victorious countries will not BE-
entirely happy. France is to have
serious socialistic agitation" That's
what C~LEMENcEAU gets fat on. Eng.
land will he "rocked with labor fer.
ments.' We'll, nothing Is more inter
esting to watch than n good rocking
ferment. Meanwhile the Peace Con
ference at Versailles. which will be
protracted, will have Tncessant IN
reference, disturbance and covert
threats Of outside influence"
Over here the equal suffrage bill
will be passed and Federal control
Of public utilities will grow N favor.
Wages will be high. But what Is
this? A wet blanket for vets:
National prohibition will not come
in July; there will be decided popular
and legislative reaction on the aues-
ton"
That, and the prediction that there
will be disturbances and breaks in
the Presidents Cabinet; seems hard
to believe. But a prophet Is a
prophet.
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FOR NEW YoRK'S SOLDIERS.
Judge Clearwater Would Create q
Memorial Park at Niagara.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Shr h
people OF the state OF New York wish
to hand down to remote posterity an
adequate memorial OF their grateful a2-
probation Of the unhesitatlng response
TO the call Of duty and the splendor OF
the service offered and rendered by Its
soldiers and sailors in n war which
threatened not only the existence OF the
republic but that OF civilization itself.
and they wish to begin It's construction
now. Could there be a finer or more
appropriate monument to the patriotism
and heroism OF tho flower OF our youth,
n more In keeping with the magnitude
OF the sacrifices made n one more
becoming the dignity OF a great Com
mNtwealth, than the creation ana
maintenance along the international
boundary at Niagara OF a great park
which forever shall be free TO h citi-
zens of all the nations OF the earth?
The Queen Victoria Park on the
Canadian bank OF the Niagara River,
in addition TO the 196 acres OF park
proper. has chains OF parks and drives
extending TO Lake ontario In one .di.
rectlon and to Lake Erie in the other.
the whole system on the Canadian side
embracing 74O acres. A boulevard on
the New York bank running near the
edge Of the Gorge. with additional acdui-
sitions of suitable area on the rim OF
the Gorge itself for observation points,
connecting our State reservation with
Youngstown and Fort Niagara, not only
would be a State work OF great prac-
tlAnI Nal,,A ANA laa-AIVr AontlA thu
enjoyment of the many features Of
beautiful scenery now inaccessible. but
would constitute a superb memorial
pRralleling that OF the Dominion on the
other side of the river. creating as well
n road OF almost unsurpassed beauty
and grandeur.
The Commissioners OF the state Reser-
walton at Niagara at the time OF the
proposed celebration Of the Tooth ami
versary of the signing Of the Treaty OF
Client suggested as a memorial of the
centenary OF peace between England
n this country such an extension Of
the reservation; the alliance between
the United States. the British Empire,
its dependencies n France has added
emphasis and additional impulse to
that suggestion. Would not, therefore,
the State do well at once to take up
the creation OF so imperishable a
monument adjoining hat vast domain
long ago so largely settled by the ma
tives OF Great Britain and France? New
York then Justly would deserve the
HoratIan eulogy "Exegi Monumentum
acre pe~rennius."
A. T. CLEARWATER,
President OF the Commission OF the
State Reservation at Niagara.
KINGSTON. December %.
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AMERICAS FUTURE POLICY.
Three Consequences Of the War Which
Call for Attention Now.

To THE EpIroR OF THE srN-Str: In
consideration Of the nea ness OF formal
peace and the conclusion Of actual
peace terms It has appeared TO me.
who have played a small part in the
present war, that some important
PROPOSITIONS have not had as prominent
a place in recent discussions as thew
should.
These propositions are those pertain
ing 10 isolation. the requirement of
territories and tho maintenance OF a
large navy after the war.
In past times this count has been
proud Of its isolation. but the dav FOR
that has passed. We should remember
that our influence in the world can onIv
be- made of purpose by going OH, into
the world with il. Others will do this
and If we do not We shall he puShed
into the background.
But in order 20 20 out into the world
and make our influence felt os ag,Ins.
tho strong We mus, also no s,rop,, W.
must have hack OF our activities tho
PREREQUISITES OF a powerful position
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Democrats and Unpaid soldiers.

The collapse OF the army pay sys-
TEN In the war has inflicted suffering
on thousands and tens Of thousands of
men. women and children. That suf-
fering has been patiently endured.
But now, with the fighting over, Its
victims demand that the cause OF the
collapse Of the pay system shall be
revealed and that the faults Of the
system shall be remedied.
Moreover, the people Of the United
States generally want TO know why
the Democrats in Congress persis-
tently refused to inquire into the pay
system and its failure, and why, in
the words Of Washington CORE
spondent, the Democratic chairmen OF
committees OF Congress have not
even called their committees together
TO act on resolutions to investigate
this national scandal.
Why did the Democrats in Congress
refuse to aid the sufferers from the
smash up of the army pay system?
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What a Charm Abandonment Has.

To II EpIroR OF THE SUN-Sir: I
noticed a letter by a writer signing him
self Silent sam appealing to New
Workers to take up abandoned farms.
Has silent Sam seen any abandoned
aeroplanes lying around? II he has
and can gather up a few l will swap
him an abandoned farm for them. I
don't know anything about aeroplanes.
but ] am sure there is money in them.
ABANDONED FARMS.
R~HrNEcLIrFE, December IS.
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'.Brest wins In the Race to Berlin

The despatch from Paris repro
duced below from the newspapers OF
last week records the end of n contest
that has been Of great significance not
only to the American people but to
the world:
PARIS, Thursday. Dec. 26.-The port
OF Brest has won the fictitious race TO
Berlin which the base ports OF the Amer
lean Expeditlonary Forces has been con-
Quoting for six weeks. First place was
based on the greatest proportional in
crease In the work Of the port
"Rouen was second and Marseilles
! third"
This trace to Berlin" was the sport.
ing contest introduced by the officers
Of the army TO stir up the enthusiasm
of the Service of Supply units at the
American base ports. and to encourage
tho men to Guido their own records
In landing and forwarding goods for
the fighting forces and hustling them
to the front. The port whose work.
ers displayed the greatest energy. en-
durance and initiative was to win the
prize; and the Service of Supply at
Brest has carried of the honor.
To this success all sorts Of soldiers
contributed. They included steve
dores, engineers, brakemen, motor
truck drivers. track layers. locomo-
tive engineers, carpenters, black
smiths, road builders, railroad signal
men, checkers. stone masons, men OF
every calling that is needed to plan
and erect towns, TO build highways
and railroads, { handle freight from
ships in the docks to the rail- heads,
to classify incoming goods, to check
outgoing shipments, to fill the orders
constantly coming back from the
front. to keep the intermediate ware
houses filled to the brim, to protect
freight in transit.
1t was n giants Job, a job for n
quiet and very methodlcal giant; n
giant who knew how to keep busy
without getting confused, how to
hurry without getting In the way of
others. The giant had to be a con-
structor, a dispatcher, n diplomat, q
tyrant, u driver, n conciliator. He
had TO do everything and furnish
everything for two million men who
consumed with inconceivahle rapid.
ity: and no matter how much was fed
to them they called for more.
To feed. maintain, and support the
front line, the Service OF Supply had
to strain every muscle, exhaust every
energy. That Brest won is to the
credit Of the men who made its vic
tory possible. not to the discredIt OF
those who missed the prize. All won
honor, and all contributed TO the final
victory,
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Baseball will miss NAPOLEON LAJoIE,
who departs to the prosaic but pos
sibly more lucrative field OF selling
tires. For at least a dozen years he
vas the most graceful figure on the
diamond, playing with an ease not
approached by any other infelder ex-
cept JIMMY COLLINS. lie had also the
dynamic energy Of WAGNER and EvERs
and the sureness IF EDWARD COLLINS.
What n batsman he was! "whatn I
serve to this big Frenchman? ?" said a
new pitcher to an umpire. give him
a straight one over the plate, waist
high" said the umpire grimly, "and
then we'll both duck"
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Stars In Eclipse.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sir: As
regards the question asked in the let
ter headed "Pluck Down a starr" let
employers pluck down the stars OF the
men they won't take back. Many Of
them are returning are finding they
are not wanted. The sta still sticks.
Pluck 1t down. RAY BEE.
BINdHAMToN. December IS.
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Railroad Wreck Must Cause Ma
tional Wreck.

The railway problem alike on the
hands of the Director-Gcneral, OH the
hands Of the Congress leaders, and
on the hands of the President OF the
United States Is not merely whether
or no the Government operation shall
leave the roads a wreck. The problem
IS whether or no 1t shall also leave the
savings banks of the nation a wreck,
the insurance companies of the milton
n wreck, the industry, the business and
the labor of the nation Il wreck.
Official Government railway reports
for last September show that the cost
OF operating the roads for that single
month was $126 o 10000 more than in
September, 1917, under private man
agement. If, then, the month of Sep
TENDER is Il fair test, the Government
management has added to the cost
of operating the railroads a billion
and a half of dollars a year. This is
more money by half n billion than
the whole national debt was before
we entered the war.
Not only in full control Of the roads
hut with full power to make any rates
the Government needed, it was pos
slble for the Director General to coun-
terbalance this billion and a half of
operating costs which otherwise must
have smashed the whole national
transportation system. With a stroke
of his pen it was possible for the Di.
rector-General to pile upon the pub
lie equivalent transportation charges
which would match that gigantic 10 d
Of a billion and a half of costs thrown
upon the roads.
The american people cheerfully
took from the national Government
that additional transportation charge
OF a billion and a half Of dollars u
year. But II tie Government throws
the roads back at the heads OF their
owners with that crushing load Of a
billion and a half of added operating
expenses on them, will the Interstate
Commerce Commission be MS sure TO
counterbalance the operating weight
rs the Dircctor-General was? VIII II
maintain that counterbalance OF added
costs against the public? Can it?
VIII the public stand from the Inter
state Commerce Commission what IL
stood from President WILSON when
the nation was fighting for its life?
If the railroads do not go back ia
their owners with that counterbal-
ance of 81, SOC ,00O.OO0 assured, then
nothing in this country that runs on
tracks can escape bankruptcy.
But, as we have said. that Is not
all. The railroads cannot be left a
wreck by Government operation with.
out the wreck Of the savings banks OF
the country. Deeply invested in rall,
way securities, the savings banks,
with their more than $1,000, 100000 OF
deposits and their more than 5000,
600 depOSitors, must suffer wreck when
the railroads suffer wreck.
The same thing Is true of the insur,
ance companies. In the State of New
York alone there are more than 5000,
900 Insurance policies, the very foun,
dat.ons of which are the companies
Investments in railway securities. In
the nation the assets of the insur
c companies are more than $1,000,
OoO,OoN The Insurance risks-th,
policies carricd-total upward o
lOoOoo,Oo0,0O O-possibly three times
certainly mt least twice what the wa.
has just cost the United States.
And If the railroads nre wrecks. /
the savings banks are wrecks. IL IN
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four years, in the era OF Enlightened
Government.
No higher compliment could be paid
our guest, Baron MAKING, than to lny
bdfe the plain fact that from boyhood
be has walked unywervlngly in the
footsteps OF his honored father, the
great Emperor's counsellor, as up
holder OF the policies that have won
for japan the respect Of the world.
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A new superstition is spreading
throughout Austria that President Will
SON II really the late Crown Prince Ru-
poLF. the report of whose death many
persons did not believe. - The Vienna
NeUS Journal
Perhaps Colonel HOUSE Is the lost
D%auphin, and JOHN ORTIZ may turn up
In Paris before long.
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\ number of Democratic patriots
whose high ambition to adorn the State
pay roll has not been gratifed by the
Hon. ALFRED E. SMITH assert that the
winter of last year was no colder than
the present season.
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Winter Migration

Flew the Cock OF the Walk
From the west to the east,
For he wanted to talk
And to crow and TO feast.
Comes the Eagles brown brood
From the east TO the west,
With a %yearning renewed
For Americas nest.
From the south may he heard
The wild goose making r
How on earth a a bird
Find the right way TO dy ?"
McLANDBUReH WILSON,
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The main table was arranged so that
the backs OF President WILSON and
King GEoRoE were toward The throne
From the story Of he banquet,
"Iumanly speaking says DR..
JOHNSON, there is a certain degree Of
temptation which will overcome any
virtue. Now, In so far as you APP
proach temptation 10 n nan you do
him an injury, and II he Is overcome
you share his guilt"
The sun., 1918-12-30

In planning for the reconstruction
Of soldiers statesmen should not over
look the fact that a considerable num-
her Of those who are in khaki win feel
themselves perfectly capable OF hold
ing public Office.
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The earth may o talk to Mars
Newspaper headline.
If II does. somebody or other will
probably want TO establish a censor
ship.
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n our friends rho t1ror us tCtth Tadnu.
scrtpts and Illustrations for publication ptAh
10 hdre rejected articles returned they must
IN all cdses send stamps for thdt purpose
TELEPHONE, BEEKMAN 1900.
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II New York is to suffer n waiter
less and cookless New Years Eve II
viii not, like Washington, endure a
drinkless one.
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London once, 4O-43 Fleet street,
Paris Office, q Rue de la Michodlere' on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington office, Munscy building. a.,
Brooklyn ONCE, Room 202, Eagle buiId-
ing, 1903 Washington street.
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CHART CLEVELAND AIR ROUTE
Planes From New York 10 Arrive
Tonight or Tuesday.

CLEVELAND. O.. Dec. 29-IaA fo4r
a'rplanes which left New York yestJ~ds'
are not expected TO reach Cleveland hs
fore tomorrow night or Tuesday non
ing, 1t was announced here to.uish'
The machines have been nyluK ~ieisUge'
in order 10 chart all possible laudns
Holds between New York ard cleveland
"Cleveland's air mail vii. lAsrc o.
time January ?. rain. shine or SNOW and
regardless Of whether the mail planes
from Chicago and New York reach heve
on time or not" John y jordan, al
ma supervisor, said tonight
We will have five airplaneS tn 80
city Thursday ready 70 Leave with nal
for both the East and the West In
the days preceding Thursday W VIII
make every preparation 70 carry i.-
services through on tie opening dt''
Three airplanes which landed a.
Ravenna II Painesyiiie, ohio and
Sharon, Pa, last week are eNpN,tel 10
arrive here tomorrow atte-u"o.
BELLEvILLE. H.. Dec. % "A. ,'
aIrplane en- route from Houston, leA1s
to Detroit on a m~ap-makiug tour, ie'
Scott Field. near here, a. / 80 oN1..
this afternoon bound for Ind d.1poa'
The plane. which is carIyiu- L,c.'s j
L. Wegener and Lawson IioUtf. has
been held up at the field for t,.r."s'
days on account OF inc,cmout weather
Another plane carrying two others
arrived in Indianapolis several d''s ago
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Pressing ths AeropIane Into New servI,

~ y" -" INV No" service.
Jackson correspondence Christian Sefenc.
Monitor.
The latest use TO which the Government
Is placing military aeroplanes Is In s~pottlnK
moonshine distilleries. Information ha.
been received from Payne Field, Yves,
Point, Mississippi, that aeroplanes located
an illicit dlstilleCy in Monroe county, witch
was shortly afterward raided by intelli-
genee %oficers, and a full equipment and
about 400 gallons Of mAah were destroyed.
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