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The Daring FaIsehOod About "Pro-
German" Opposition to the
Covenant.

SO far as President WILSON is en-.
deavoring by innuendo and slanderous
phrase to create in the West the i'm
preston that pro-Germanism is be-
hind the Senatorial opposition to an
unamended one-man treaty he is ON
the wrong side of truth and honest
statement. He must be In desperate
mood when he ldares, for the sake of
personal success, to go that far.
The plain fact is that pro-German
influence financial In the in
terhational sense, or political in the
Diplomatic sense, or hyphen-racial in
the hybrid sense-has been from the
first for and not against a covenant
and,a League of Nations which should
admit Germany, with her old auto
cratic and militaristlc Government
operthrOwn, into a concert of nations
as q respectable member thereof. This
fpducement has been held out steadily
to- Germany by Mr.. WILSON himself.
In his message of December 4, 1917.
Recommending to Congress the declar-
ation of a state Of war between the
United States and the Austro-H Hunga-
riap Government, he said:
~ eThe worst thing that can happen
T. the detriment of the German peo-
pie is this. that II they should still,
after the war is over, continue to be,
Obliged to live under ambitious and
intriguing masters interested to dis
turb the peace of the world, men or
GLASSES Of men whom the other peo-
pies of the world would not trust,
Il might be impossible to admit them
tc-the partnership OF nations which
must henceforth guarantee the
worlds peace. That partnership
must be partnership OF peoples,
not a mere partnership of govern
tpents."
Mr.. WILSON and all the supporters
ofhis self-determined scheme depended
throughout the negotiations on the
Invitation thus held out TO a Germany
which should abolish her autocratic
form Of government The record is
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"Up to That Time"

In his speech at st. Paul President
WILSON, speaking of the veterans of
the civil war, said:
Now. mind you, was born and
bred in the South, but can pay that
tribute with all my heart to the men
who saved the Union. 1t ought to
have been saved. 1t was the great
est thing that men had conceived up
to that time
"Up to that time! The cautious
phrase undoubtedly was added lest
some ignorant fellow in the. audience
go away with the impression that the
establishment of the United States
was an event as momentous as the
creation on paper of Mr.. WILSON s
League Of Nations.
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Jack Pershing, Every Inch n Man.

AS JACK PERsHING rode down Fifth
avenue yesterday, Fifth avenues mill
ions saw a mana real man whose
splendid vigor shone in every move
ment of his trim athletic body, whose
fine spirit was disclosed in every
glance of his far seeing eyes, whose
essential wholesomeness was revealed
by the firm but not unkind mould Of
his features, the unrelaxing discipline
Of his whole body. From this tense
figure radiated confidence with no
bumptiousness, calm determination
unmixed with bravado.
That such a figure of man
should have housed the brain and
heart that built up victory for Amer
lea in France was fitting. Where
PERsHING went, the physical symbol
of virile, ambitious, eager American
ism went. 1t was fitting that he
should stand for America before for
eign rulers, be they Kings or Pre-
miers. 1t was fitting that he should
stand for America in the councils of
the captains of dozen nations
armies. 1t was fitting that he should
stand for America at the General
Headquarters of Americas forces 1t
was fitting that he, soldier and citi-
zen, should stand for America before
the militarists of Germany. 1t was
fitting that he should stand for Amer
ica in the hushed chambers of the
hospitals where cruel suffering sought
IL vain to break the spirit of Amer
ica's splendid soldiers.
The quality of a good and great
man discovers itself in the disci-
plined and trained body of JOHN
JOSEPH PERsHING. Body and mind
and heart are American, and good to
contemplate.
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the individual at the moment under
discussion was not born with a gold
spoon In his mouth. Actually JOHN
MITCHELL was splepdidly endowed.
He lacked money, But he had what
money can't buy, which is brains. He
had no fine linen in his cradle, but he
had vigorous constitution inside Of
him. He was not able to spend much
time in school, but he was able to
wiring an education from the world.
He was not entered in the who's who
Of infancy, but he was supplied by
his parents with strong will, perse-
verance and enterprise
With this equipment JOHN NfrrcH-
ELL went out and conquered fortune.
He made himself head Of the anthra-
cite miners union, an authority on
coal mining affairs, q leader in a
great social movement. He fought
hard, and won victories. He COM
PEELED respect by deserving It.
Naturally he came to public office,
fortunately for him in the field for
which his training especially fitted
him. He served his country in peace
and he did double service in war.
He gained the esteem of all, friends
and opponents, and he died with the
respect of the community.
This was a boy who began with
nothing" and finished his career in a
situation a good many men "more
fortunate" In their birth envy and
ought to envy.
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THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York-shvwe.,
day, tomorrow fair in west, shower, .
east portion; mSAsrate southeast ..
south winds.
For New S-saey-sShowers to-day, ia.
settled tomorrow; probably shaw, uS,
east kortion; gentle TO moderate east az
southeast winds 't anu
For New England-showers TODAY sra
probably Tomorrow; moderate east ana
Foo western New York-showers o-dsr,
temperature. N
WASHINGTON. Sept. iO.-A tronio.,
storm passed Key West about midniRbi -
tuesday with a barometer reading OF "a "a
lnoand an estimated wind velocity ~ tx
miles an hour from the East To.n,eb.
the storm is probably central in the Gni
tude S6. still moving northwest and north-
east. storm warnings have been ordersa
on the Gulf coast from CarrAbello' Fis
to New Orleans. 80"
Pressure is low from the upper Mis.,..
sippi valley eastward and showers weT.
precipitation OF consequence and pressur.
Is rising In the Northwest but again fslls
ing In the Far West 1t Is considerahix
cooler In the middle Atlantic States and
warmer In the extreme West In ~.
central portion of the country high fem
peratures continue.
Unsettled showery weather will continu.
Thursday and Friday in New England ana
the middle Atlantic States and on Tbur.
day In the upper Ohio Valley ana 1ha
lower lake region. followed by fair weathsy
on Friday.
reau stations taken at sP. NJ. yesterday 49,,
u ma H.
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The Lesson OF John Mitchelrs Life.

The life story of JOHN MITCHELL,
labor leader and public official, who
died here on Tuesday, gives the lie to
all the foolish talk we hear about the
lack of opportunity for men to rise
from obscurity to high place in Amer
lea to-day.
Here was man who began with
what gross materlalists like TO call
nothing" They mean by this that
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Using an Unpleasant Word.

The President, with all his flueucy,
is not always felicitous in his choice
Of words and phrases. His friendly
interpreters spent weary and not en-
tirely successful months in 1915 ex-
planning ''too proud to fight" Last
Saturday in Kansas City Mr.. WILSON
played with the word "gibbet' in con-
nection with men who would reject or
even alter that treaty" and thus
Impair one Of the first charters of
mankind" After accusing his op-
ponents of having private purposes"
and "jaundiced eyes" Mr.. WILSON
pronounced their doom:
''when at last, in the annals OF
mankind, they are gibbeted, they will
regret that the gibbet is SO high"
If Mr.. WILSON wished to say that
the adversaries of the covenant would
be publicly execrated, nothing was
much easier than to say 1t in those
words; and that is undoubtedly what
he did wish to convey. But his liking
for the unusual or the picturesque led
him to substitute word which, al
though fitting in the figurative sense,
cannot be completely separated from
the grewsome associations Of its orig
inal and literal meaning.
1t Is quite incidental that the men
who are openly and fearlessly oppos-
ing Mr.. WILSON'S scheme will not be
gibbeted in the Annals of Mankind
unless that is the name of a book
which Mr. WILSON is to publish.
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Daily Hymn with Responses.

over his Pullman pulpit he leaned
wherever by train he was planted.
And TO the congregation that gathered
This was the hymn that he chanted;
'"rhe League of Nations. the League of
Nations,
Nav the Lord help you to see IT.
The League of Nations, the League of
Nations
May the Lord help me to be IL"
And the\ congregation that gathered
Cheered but twas soon they tumbled.
For as disappointed they turned away
This was the response they mumhlsd;
1.-THE cost of rations, the cost of rstions,
Oh. why. oh. why. does he roam every
where?
The cost of rations. the cost of rations,
oh, why about such things doesn't he
eare3"
N T.
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BRITAIN INSISTS ON
MANY GERMAN SHIPS
To Demand Three-fomths OF
Vessels to Be ParceIled.

LONDON, Sept 11.-That Great Britain
intends to insist upon having 2,2'o,"''
tons of the 100000 tons Of Ge-nin
shipping to be divided among the All'S
by the Reparation Commission after ihe
ratification OF peace Is the statement
made to the Daily Mail by an official 90
the Ministry OF Shipping, who adaed
that the position was delicate aud COM
plicated. and that intricate intoru1L"nA
negotiations were yet TO be completed
Nevertheless ne was CouhdDut lait
Great Britain ultimately would nu'I'E
approximately what she demanded
Even then her loss in shipping during
the war would exceed 100000 tons
Discussing complaints by the H'lta7
ocean carrying trade that Other col's
tries were benefiting at Great hrtaiNH
expense through the ALLEGATION Of SIMS
surrendered by the armisticc, tho ONE
cial said this was the fortune Of var
The Americans, he added, und1H"-eAy
came out very well on psp'r plt
should he remembered that rho 73lI5
IN question were passenger sh'ns ina
consequently bulked larger I'm the .IAHo
mind than the cargo ships FrNt
Britain had a very large fleet ot '~'''
German cargo carriers aCt'.} ."'
ployeG
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though no man will dare 80 broad a
predlction. Certain 1t Is, however,
that Austria Hungary, which, ram
shackle empire though 1t was, had
endured for generations, will never
be restored.
The depth Of the pit Of humiliation
into which two so recently proud and
potent nations cast themselves by de-
flying civilization is disclosed by one
fact. German Austria--the Austria Of
the treaty signed yesterdays pos
sessed of desire to join the German
Republic. The German Republic pro-
vided for such a union In the weimar
constitution. But this political pro-
gramme, this not unnatural adventure
In self-determination, has been vetoed
by the victors in the war. The rem
nants Of the Powers which five years
ago set forth to impose their will on
all mankind to-day are constrained to
submit their futures to the enemies
they then held in contempt.
At st. German, where the treaty
was signed yesterday, the weather
was fine. The utmost politeness
marked the formallties of the day. DIR.
RENNER maintained the reputation of
the Viennese for courtesy. Premier
CLENENoEAU was not less graceful.
Prussian sullenness was notable only
for Its absence. Only the absence Of
the Rumanian and Jugo-Slav delega-
tions marred the harmony of the his
torfc meeting. If the peace was
hard for Austria, It was not easy for
all the yictors to accent the terms.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Reception and mass meeting in honor
OF Gen. John ]. Pershing and his sian
by the American Legion. Madison Square
Garden. s r. NJ.
Meeting under tho auspices OF the Ma.
tional Civic Federation, Metropolitan
Tower, all day.
Free exhibit of aquarium hsh. Brooklyn
Museum, A. NJ. to p. NJ.
David Aronson, the latest man to escape
from Bolshevik Russia and reach New
York. will talk on his experiences on tns
conditions that now exist under the Boil
sh hevik regime under the auspices OF tbs
Russian Economic League. Bush Terminal
Sales Building, 100 West Forty second
street, S:15 Z. NJ.
Convention OF the American Dairy, Food
and Drug officials. Commodore Hotel,
8 A. NJ.
Chocolate and Confectionery Manufac.
turers. meeting. Waldorf Astoria. 3 P. W.
International War Work Council, Women
Physicians, Waldorf-Astoria, all day.
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The Banjo Maestros.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST: The
letter OF ]. ]. Enright about old time
banjo players certainly brought back old
times and 1 was surprised that John J.
who. by the way. was top notch min
strel In the Billy Emerson days-did
not mention Z. NJ Hall and the Bohee
brothers, who were some banjoists.
George Powers was surely grand on the
stage, but he was not only grand but
great when with a party OF banjo music
lovers In quiet room. f. w. GREGORY.
NEW YORK, September 10.
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too profuee for full exhibition here,
just as is Germany's interest in the
establishment of a concert In which
she could hope to play a part in the
future too obvious.
The pro-German aspect-so to
speak-of the League of Fine Pas
sions has been as clearly recognized
in Europe as here. Perhaps the most
incisive commentary supplied from
any foreign source is contained in the
remarkable analysis of the treaty,
from the British point Of view, which
Mr.. L. J. MAxsE wrote with infinite
patience and rare discernment and
independence for his National Repieto.
We quote brief passage directly
bearing on President WILSON'S st.
Paul speech:
"The League of Nations would
never have been heard Of on this
side of the Atlantic but for the Amer
lean Presidents advocacy of It It
would not have been discussed in
Paris but for bis insistence.
The covenant, whether wise or fool
ish. is of transatlantic origin and in
spiration. 1t has never aroused any
enthusiasm in Europe, eaoept among
the enemy and the friends Of the
enemy, Dho hail Il as providing ma
chinery to enable Germany to re-
enter the Comfy Of Nations and
tDipe out an announcement past tuith-
oiH changing her heart, her tactics
or her objective"
And now this same originator and
insplrer Of the arrangement to per-
nit Germany to reenter the Comfy
of Nations declares to his st, Paul
audience, and will declare to other
audiences, no doubt, before he is
ready to drop the astounding propo-
sltion that he has "the means Of in
formation" for knowing that "the
old intrigues have started up In the
country again." and that ro-German-
ism is influencing those all-American
Senators at Washington who refuse
to obey his arrogant and dictatorial
Sign there!" Hear him:
That hyphen. which looked to us
like a snake, the hyphen between
German and American, has reared
its head again. You hear the hiss of
its purpose, and what is that pur-
pose? 1t is to keep America out of
the concert Of nations in order that
America and Germany, being out OF
that concert, may some time In their
mistaken dream unite to dominate
the world, or at any rate the one to
assist the other in holding the ma
tions of the world Off while its am
bitions are realized. There is no
conjecture about this, my fellow citi-
zens, we know the former purposes
Of German intrigue in this country.
and they are being revived"
What can be said, without seeming
disrespect to an exalted office, of a
President of the United States who,
having used the appeal to pro-Ger-
man sympathies and pro-German in
terests for all that it was worth for
the promotion of his personally con-
trived scheme Of world reorganiza-
ton, deliberately turns his face where
his back was and his back where his
face was, In this reckless and un-
scrupulous fashion? What adjective
does the dictionary or the book of
synonyms afford us for the proper
Characterization of Mr.. WILSON'S
methods of propaganda?
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1t has been estimated by a British
staistician that the English coal sup
ply will give out in about 900 years,
the German supply in about 1,400
years and Americas store of fuel in
about 1000 years. But that doesn't
worry the property owner whose bins
are empty and who has just read of a
coal shortage threatening us this
winter.
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OF course the author of the doctrine
of self-determination for small nations
never thought that Rumania might
refuse on that very principle to sign a
treaty which he was instrumental in
preparing.
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All Except one Back on uuty.

WASHINGTON, Sept. d0.--NlI ua' ono
of the thirty-six officers and men ",
jured In the fire on board the nI.eI
States Steamship New Mexico eHHH.y
have recovered sufficiently Ia r'tH.n 20
duty. The fire. which cost the ives
three men, was not the result az An
explosion. Admiral Rodman reported
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'T take Off my hat in the presence OF
any mans genuine conscience. "-Presi-
dent WILSON at Kansas CITY
Must we infer that his hat is al
ways on his head when he is alone?
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Defiance Of = Jerseylte by n JerseyIte.
The Mosquito-League or no League. I'll
keep right on drawing blood.
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CALLS HENRYFORD
ANGEL
Senator Sherman Says Motor
Maker Pays for Wilson
Publicity.
RECALLS BIG LIBEL SUIT
Makes Scathing References to
Facts Brought Out at
Mt. Clemens.
RECALLS BIG LIBEL SUIT
specia, Despatch TO THE Sun.

WARRINGTON, Sept. 10.-"The Presi-
dents angel was the caption adopted
by Senator Sherman Ull.) for brief
Characterization of Henry Ford which
he read into the Congressional Record
this afternoon. 1t was in the highest
style of Shermanesque invective and was
listened to with manifestations OF the
slee which invariably attends the ILL
nois Senator's attacks on people who
incur his displeasure.
BY way of introduction the Senator
stated that all the papers In Illinois had
received from the Mount Clemens
(Mich.) News Bureau the offer to fur
nish them, free Of charge-even trans
portation costs prepaid-reports Of the
meetings and speeches marking the
Presidents trip through the country.
The news bureau. Mr.. Sherman ex-
plaihed, is owned by Mr.. Ford. DAILY
reports Of the reception accorded the
President and his speeches-in plate
form"-were rendered to all news papers
that would fill out and mail the en-
closed addressed postcard.
Senator Sherman asked ten minutes
tn read his little tribute to Mr.. Ford
He explained that the Western News
paper Union is furnishing the plate mat
ter, under direction OF the Mount Glenn
ems bureau.
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He led them down the avenue as he
led them through the war-at their
head from first to last.
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Highest temperature, 10. at p. NJ.
Lowest temperature. So, at "A. NJ.
Average temperature, 64.
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Come back some time when we
aren't so busy, General PERsHING, and
We'll show you the town.
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The Second Hegirs.

at deals. he said, with the second
hegira of the President from the seat
Of Government. The first hegira took
place last December, and like all good
Mohammedans we begin now to date all
time from the first or second hegira of
the prophet and the fight Of the faithful
with him.
"A casual reading of the offer dis
closes that the only cost to the receiver
Is to sign and mail a stamped order card
sent out by the news agency. The daily
papers, outside of the metropolitan CEN
tres, are all besieged with offers to de-
nate this gratuitous information. AL
most anybody now can have the latest
on what the President thinks on the
peace treaty and the League of Nations.
This is no small boon, because what the
President thinks to-day is no indication
of what he will think tomorrow.
"The advantage of having daily bulle-
tins on his mental processes and con-
clusions on or before sunrise is worth
paper the trouble of signing the stamped
card.
IAN examination of the Western
Newspaper Union. which l have taken
the trouble to make. satisfies us that 1t
10 not an eleemosynary institution. Like
other active news gathering instrumen-
talities, it desiresAan income. While it
recognizes that money is the root of all
evil, ii must pay rent and meet the GUS
tomary demands of the employees. How
1t can do SO by donating its news arouses
curiosity.
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Suit Gave Ford Publicity,

while nobody cares anything about
whether he was an ignoramus. an anar
chist or just plain pale blue ass, vet
when Henry sued the Tribune for A
million dollars damages the public pre.
pared TO attend the exercises. No libel
suit ever gave both plaintiff and defend
ant more publicity. Mr.. Ford ought II
be satisfied. have no doubt the Tribune
is. 1t could well afford to be generous
In the matter of damages. What II
proved about Henry ought to be enough
to satisfy almost anybody. The Jury re.
Guced the damages considerably, dis.
counting for cash, as n was admitted on
the trial that the TTiSuae was solvent
and would pay whatever was finally ad-
judged against It,
THE verdict of cents allowed by the
jury OF the Tribune's peers-it would be
difficult to find twelve men in the United
States Ford's peers-will not go far on
furnishing plate matter of the Pres,-
dents tour against the contemplate
cutters on whom he lavishes his ornat,
vocabulary; but Henry's income from
outside sources makes the venture rea-
sonably safe. Any newspaper may con-
fidently promise its readers full set o.
the boilerplate Of the Presidents lates.
trip"
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IAN investigation I have made, we are
pleased to announce, as the theatricsi
advertisers are wont to say, that Henry
Ford is the financial angel that makes
1t possible for every household in the
land to know what the executive I'M
presario is doing every day.
"Mr. Ford is commonly reputed to
enjoy an annual income OF $4,000, 900.
None of the performers in these acts,
therefore. need fear any danger of being
obliged to pawn their baggage or walk
home. Henrys income is so ample that
even the humblest member of the politi-
cal chorus need have no fear. Mr.. Ford
is determined that the President shall
have publicity.
STARS often have difficulty in OBJ
tanning space in the newspapers The
very best of them at times have been
compelled to resort to diverse strategems
to put something over on the wary ad-
vertising manager. They have been
compelled to be robbed OF their Jewels,
fall OF the boat, wear bizarre raiment
and pose in sensational attitudes for the
public press. None of these would be
becoming to the Chief Magistrate of a
free people, nor, I am pleased to say,
will 1t be necessary as long as Henry's
income keeps UP. for be 1t known that
Mr.. Ford and the President are two
souls with but a single thought, two
minds that blink as one
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President Is Fortunate.

1.-The President is fortunate in such a
promoter. Henry is intensely practical,
possesses the aforesaid income and cares
not a whit for history, phrase making or
book learning of any kind. 1t has been
intimated that Mr.. Ford is short In sup
plies of this character. But no matter !;
the President Is long on every kind of
intellectual forage. Henry has the
money and our beloved President Sas
the ideas. When the two combine the
public education cannot suffer.
Henry himself had most illumi-
mating course in free advertising not
long ago. The Chicago Tribune called
him an anarchist and an ignoramus
There were some ornamental frills in
addition to the foregoing undesirable
epithets. but the backbone Of the
TribWne's msbehavior was the two
Names Mr.. Ford. on mature reflection
thought he could not stand the gaff,
He had been very liberal in denouncing
everybody else in paid advertisements
especially II they believed In preparing
the country to defend itself.
But like most liberal distributors of
invective, he squeals louder than any-
body else when he Is given a stalwart
dose of his own medicine. The more
the Detroit jitney builder meditated the
higher the damages to his character
mounted.
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London ONCE 4O-43 Fleet street
Paris ONCE, o Rue de Ia Michodiere' on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington ONCE, Munsey Building:
Brooklyn once. Room 202, Eagle Buiio-
Ing. 302 Washington street.
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature IN this city yesterday
as recorded by the official thermometer, 10
shown in the annexed table: