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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
The Allies at Smyrna.

A despatch from Athens announces
the occupation Of the Turkish town of
Smyrna and a portion Of the Asia
Minor coast by Greek military and
naval forces. This has been supple
mented by the information from Paris
that the occupation was in accordance
with mandate to Greece to admins
ter Smyrna. that troops are being
concentrated there from Salonica and
that the Allies and the United States
have sent naval contingents to the
scene Of the landing.
The landing force OF the Greeks is
reported to be one entire army divi-
sion under the protection of two bat
tleships and four cruisers. The al
lied contingents were drawn from the
Adriatic and Black Sea fleets, and In
clude. besides British. French and
Greek ships. four Italian battleships
and the United States battleship Ari-
IONA and four destroyers. The coast
which is to be Included In the occu-
pied territory. as reported from
Athens, Is described as extending
from Aivaly to Voraria, the points
on the mainland which are opposite
Chios and Mytilini, two Of the larger
islands claimed by the Greeks. But
considering the size of the naval
force which has been ordered to these
waters It is safe to assume that a
greater extent of the Asia Minor
coast Is to be included.
The permission for the Greek occu-
patton of Smyrna is credited to a re-
quest made to the Peace Conference
by Premier VENIzELos. II is more
over likely that the whole action is
due to the representations which he
has been making regarding the pro
lection Of the Christian races In
Asia Minor and of the peril In which
they will be placed If an attempt Is
made to enforce In the region peace
terms unfavorable to Turkey. The
/ Greeks. he held. have been and will
be the principal sufferers. as thess
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
The Man Who Was Recohciled.

Once there was a man who lived In
New Jersey because he could not az
ford to live in New York and worked
In New York because he could not af-
ford to work in New Jersey.
He had a wife and three children
and a house and a motor car and a
dog and a business and an income Of
three or four thousand dollars
The city where he worked taxed
his business through his rent. The
town where he lived taxed his home.
including the amount for which 1t was
mortgaged. 1t taxed him a personal
tax for owning the car and a school
tax for having the children and a
dog tax for having the dog.
The State in which he lived taxed
him for running the car. The State
in which he worked taxed him for
having business, for making a profit
and for having an income.
The country in which he lived tcxed
him for earning more than $1,000 a
year, for sending telegram, for rid
Ing on a train and for eating a glass
Of Ice cream soda for his luncheon
after the tax on clubs had driven him
out of his lunch club. 1t taxed his
hat and his shoes and his wife's hat
and shoes and underwear.
II don't see why this tax business
isn't done thoroughly" said the man
finally. 1--WE been reading up on the
subject and I find that they used to
tax a man for the number Of windows
he had in his house" Hearing this,
they carried him away in q taxed
taxicab to an overtaxed sanitarium
He took readily to the straitjacket
after 1t was explained that the In.
ternal Revenue Bureau had decided
that that garment was a corset and
therefore taxable.
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mo MONEY AVAILABLE"
Tho Post Office Department Unable
to Pay q Debt Of $3.50.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sfr: On
January II, 1919. l sent FIVE pounds
Of butter by parcel post TO New York
and It was lost. / made out my claim
and sent 1t in to Washington. On May
II received letter from the auditor
of the Post Office Department saying:
This office has allowed $3.50 in set
Element of your claim for indemnity for
loss or injury to parcel post matter.
but payment cannot be made at this
time As there 10 no money available
for that purpose.
request for additional funds was
submitted to Congress by the Post once
the deficiency bill. H. r. 1887. Sixty
NTH Congress, third session. This bill.
however. did not become a law.
Further correspondence on this sub
Ject 10 unnecessary for the reason that
. warrant for the amount allowed will
be transmitted to your address Just as
soon as an appropriation is made by
Congress- CHARLIE \. 4-RAM,
Auditor for the Post office Depart
ment.
Is It not about time that the Post
once Department stopped insuring par
eel post packages II 1t has no money
to pay for losses? On the outside OF
the letter in red ink are the words
Thrive by, thrift. Buy War Savings
Stamps" GRANT DEsILvA.
FLnrscH MANNs. N. Y. May l6.
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MR.. WILSON'S EXPENSES.
Speculation on tho Cost Of Prolonged
Visit 10 Europe.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Con-
gress provides literally for all the ac-
tual living expenses of the President OF
the United States at his official residence
in the city Of Washington. the White
House. except In the items OF food and
clothing. 1t provides also for his trans
portation expenses when travelling about
the country, but so far as l know makes
no provision whatever for the payment OF
the expenses of his board and lodging
or other living expenses when he Is out
side of the national capital
Naturally the question arises whether
the heavy expenses attending President
Wilson's prolonged visit to Europe will
be met out of tho war emergency appro-
priations or by special legislation by
Congress. or will have to be betrayed by
the President himself. From all ac-
counts the cost of living in Paris Is ex-
ceedingly high.
Tho President, however. may be the
guest Of the French nation during his
soJourn in France. In that event neither
he nor the United States Government is
under any expense in the matter. As
Commander In Chief of the army and
navy the President may be entitled to
cross the ocean on a Government vessel
as often as he deems It necessary without
personal expense.
1t would be interesting to have light
on the subject. T. J.
WASHINGTON. May 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17

He ana the smoked Yankees he led
may have thought they were not paid
regularly. but men who were not con-
fused by the heat and turmoil OF the
battlefield know, on the assurances Of
the War Department that every
American soldier, wherever stationed,
got his pay with the most commend
able punctuality.
1t gratif1es us to observe that since
we spoke In a friendly but 6rm tone
to Colonel HAYWARD on this subject
he has not publicly exposed his ig-
norance concerning IL.
But his natural instinct TO misun-
derstand and to rnisinterpret has un-
fortunately been too strong for him
to overcome, and at the Republican
County Committee meeting on Thurs
day evening. inflamed It may be by
reminiscent affection and respect for
the dark skinned Americans who
obeyed his orders In war, he protested
against the lynching, reported from
Mississippi, Of a negro girl for the Of
fence of sending an insulting letter to
white woman. Colonel HAYWARD
went so far as to say:
"The thought occurred to me that
in view Of the sacrifices the negro
soldiers made In this war to make
the world safe for democracy Il
might not be bad idea to make the
United States safe for democracy"
Obviously Colonel HAYwARD's mind
is Incapable Of the fine dellmitation of
obligations, the exquisite differentia-
ton Of responsibilities. which are
requisite for the proper and orderly
discussion Of the projects Of a world
statesman soaring above the parochlal
duties imposed by merely national
i considerations. His intellect does moi
enable him to master the policy which
| protects the Jugo-Slavs, the Czecho-
Slovaks and the Armenians while ig.
noring a large and interesting frac.
ton Of the population Of the United
States. He Is one Of those short
sighted individuals whose opinion OF
another man is Influenced by that
persons desire and ability to keer
| his own back yard clean before he
begins to order the affairs of the resi-
dents Of an adjoining county.
We cherish no hope Of seeing Colo
mel BILL HAYWARD selected by wooD
ROW WILSON for q Job under the
League Of Nations.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17

represented by far the largest and
most active element Of the non-Mos-
lem population.
The occupation Of Smyrna places In
the hands Of the Allies the strongest
point on the Asia Minor coast. The
development Of Its harbor has made
1t easily the most important seaport;
It is next to Damascus, the largest
town IN Asiatic Turkey and 1t is not
without reason called by the Turks
"the eye Of Asia Minor" Its popula-
ton Is a strange collection Of Levan-
tine people who adhere to their own
customs and methods Of living in
clearly marked quarters Of the town.
The largest Of these quarters Is I'M
questionably that Of the Greeks, who
claim representation Of 243,479 as
against 96,500 Turks, the next larg-
est unit Of the population.
The permanent occupation Of
Smyrna would undoubtedly be re-
alisation of one Of the greatest dreams
OF the Greek expansionists. 1t would
give them not only the most coveted
seaport Of the coast but also con-
troll over a territory inhabited largely
by Greek people. There Is 80 far,
however, nothing to indicate that the
Greek occupation is TO be more than
temporary, although the news Of the
landing Of the troops at Smyrna is
reported to have been received at
Athens with ''the greatest enthusi-
am." The movement in its present
phase would appear to have for its
purpose the protection Of the non
Moslem people Of the Asia Minor lit
toral and at the same time to be a
preparatory step in the administration
of the region to be decided upon by
the Peace Conference ut Paris.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17

THE Sun said yesterday II took no
stock in the Washington gossip which
represented Major-General ENocH Fl.
CRowDER, Judge Advocate General, as
seeking an excuse or opportunity to
quit the army In order to avoid per-
sonal participation in the Ill tempered
discussion OF the court-martial system
which has been in progress some time
and which threatens to continue with
increasing acrimony. Our Judgment
has been promptly confirmed; General
CRowpER has telegraphed to the Secre-
tary OF War that he is not going to
resign, that he has received no offer
Of employment from the Republic Of
Cuba, and that It 10 his desire ito APP
pear before the committees Of Con-
gress respecting any investigation
which Congress may conduct touching
the administration Of military Justice"
This puts a period to an incident which
has curiously exposed the gullibility Of
some persons and revealed in others
an ignorance OF psychology almost
Prussian In its abysmal depths.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17

A recommendation to grant women
sex equality in church AFFAIRS was laid
before commissioners of the Presbyte-
rian Church in the United States here
to-day at the second days session Of
tho l8lst General Acknowledgment
from st. Louis.
Tho women certainly have earned
recognition OF their church activities;
to call removing the disabilities under
which they labor a grant OF sex
equality" sounds, however, like a poor
Jest. In church matters generally
women contribute more than men;
many congregations depend on women
for practically all the work that is
done. 1t Is interesting to speculate
upon the fate Of the churches II the
women should give to their work no
more thought and labor than many
OF their brothers do.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17

A Department of Justice automo-
bile loaded with whiskey and chug-
ging along Maryland roads on its way
from Baltimore to the District Of
Columbia to aid in irrigating Wash
ington was held up and its chauffeur
arrested and charged with an offence
against these United States under the
Reed amendment. No trade develop
ment since the signing of the armis-
tice has so clearly shown the great
peace prosperity enjoyed by the auto
mobile industry. See what 1t means
when Baltimore and Washington with
their combined enterprise and wealth
are unable to find commercial trucks
in sufficient number and tonnage to
carry on only one of the lines Of trade
congesting the arteries of transporta-
ton between Maryland's metropolis
and the Federal capital Pessimists
about the revival Of business should
take note.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
A ONE SIDED coHTRAcTi
IL the Proposed Pledge to France Re
ciprocal In It's Termsi

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sr: It
Is announced that when Mr.. Wilson
again visits the United States he
will bring with him. and kindly sub
NIT to the Senate. q treaty which pro-
vides that II France 10 again attacked
by Germany the United States and
Great Britain shall come to her as
sistance with their military and naval
forces.
That reads to me like a half told
story. It was not France alone that
Germany hated or feared or wished to
plumber. While she was making open
and hideous warfare on her next neigh
Dor she was plotting covert warfare on
another nation Both attempts were
failures-one bloody, the other appar-
emily ridiculous and hopeless.
Yet II there Is still danger Of any
new attack the latter IL more likely
to be repeated than the former. We
are not yet in perfect accord with either
Japan or Mexico. II. through the re-
newed Vaccinations of Germany and
such assistance as she might be able to
offer In trade or otherwise. or from
any other motive, Japan and Mexico
should Join in attack on the United
States. will the promised treaty bind
France and England to assist us? II
not. why should We promise something
for nothing7 It 10 probably true that
In such an event the United States could
defeat the union Of Japan and Mexico
but II would be q costly encounter,
which hearty assistance from France
and England would render less costly
and less bloody.
1t seems to me that until We have an
answer to this question II IL q waste
OF breath for Senators or any one else to
think Of discussing the promised treaty.
A one sided contract IL abhorrent "a
every sense Of law and Justice. II II
Is suggested that the promised League
of Nations would take care Of any
trouble We might have. why would II
not also perform the same service for
France7 RosurER JOHNSON.
AMAaANsrrr. May le.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
EVENTS TO-DAY.

Police parade to 10th street, start
Tw,snty-sinth street and Fifth avenue,
Illustrated lecture by Prof J. W. Tourney
on THE Failure OF American Forestry"
New York Botanical Garden. 4 p. NJ.
Theatrical performance for service mea
At the x, Of C. Hut; Broadway and
Rally Of the Boy Scouts OF America
review by Lieut.-Gen. Robert s. S Baden
Powell. Sheep Meadow, Central Park,
o,tcopathlc Society of New York, meet.
Ing. Murray Hill Hotel, Sis p. NJ,
Nineteenth annual meeting OF til" N'w
York Classical Club, Barnard college,
The Dramatic Club OF tn. New yor;
Evening High School VIII pres"u; mIts
Green Diamond" De Witt Clinton H'sA
Field day for cripples on the ground,
adjoining the Red Cross Institute 'o'
street and Fourth avenue, 3 P. NJ
1.-THE Design Of the Parthenon" Is th'
topic to be discussed by Jay Ham5r.dgt'
Centenary memorial exhibition q th'
work of Gustave Courbet. metropolitan
Museum OF Art all day;
Concert by Jose Caballsro for the he-"N'
OF the Latin American Lodge OF the TA"o'
sophical Society. Belvedere Hal II Wg:
10th street, p. NJ.
Westchester County Democrats E.35
dinner, Hotel nSiltmore, Il. n.
Twelfth annual dinner OF the Traffic
Squad Benevolent Association, P,n,c De-
partment, Waldorf-Astoria. = "
Public School No. ., Manhattar Wy
celebrate the l0Sth anniVe-sar~ - -
founding with testimonial dIgno~ .n tr
william l. Ettinger, City Sup.r.n;', ''a'
OF Schools. Hotel Pennsylvania, ! p. "
May walk and party given by tie Joht
A. Hogan Association to the children o.
the neighborhood. Battery Park, r y
Conference OF customs officers, collectors
at the Custom house and appraisers s!
the Appraisers Stores. all day.
American Federation OF Arts convertln'
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 10 4 ".
National Council for Industr!ll n'''nee
meeting. Hotel Pennsylvania, VI.
Methodist Associa ton, luncheon, Hotel
Pennsylvania, I P. NJ
meteorological Society. dinner, Hotel
McAlpin. 8 p. NJ
Pi Sigma Fraternity. reunion. Hotel Ne
Alpin, p. NJ.
Purdue Club. dinner. Hotel McA!p!n 7
p. NJ.
Gothic Lodge. dinner. Hotel N2A'r'r,
6.3O NJ
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
TRADE BRIEFS.

Broom corn Is being grown on small
scale in various parts of South Africa
Between four and Ave million gallons
Of wine are annually produced In the
Union OF South Africa.
An ofncial estimate based on data re-
ceived by the Indian Department OF Sta
tiatics up to February 10 places the area
under wheat in India for the 191s-l9 crop
at 23.4os. 900 acres
Tho declared exports from Algeria to
the United States during January. 1919.
totalied Sl48.Tl2. OF which over two-thirds
consisted of Argol or crude tartar, the
remainder being. in order OF Importance.
briarwood. cork waste, Eeranium oil and
corkwood.
Algeria IL greatly In need OF coal at the
present time The gas works have been
practically closed for tho past year and
other public utilities greatly embarrassed
for lack OF coal. According TO the state
msnt of q local oficial Algeria requires
annually for ita railways 10000 tons. the
gas and electric establishments $4,000
tons, industries and agriculture 1000
tons. . total OF 400. 900 tons.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
KEPT ON POLICE DUTY.
Men Who Went Over but Did Not
Return With the Seventy seventh.

To THE Eprroe OF THE SuN-S.r: On
March "a 1918. thu seyenty seventh
D,y,s,on la,t can,n rrnton with n
-. C.. n $40. .ru,,,z, pitt.
- -, . .L
noy 'o'eu WIN uie
bNisoh unlii november u "hen Ihey
were detached ana their name omciaiiy
changed to the Military Police Com
pany, First Army Corps. On March 25.
this year. the corps was broken I'D
and sent home. all hut thu Military
Police Company. who arc to be kept
over there in the s. o. s. herewith
quote a few extracts from q letter Of
enc Of the members Of this company.
TIL. night IN. n,vs wa, rece,v.d
was ono long 10 remember. The bunch
was certainly downheartsd. When we
started for overseas a year ago to-day
they were In better spirits than to-day.
While tho war was going on We could
understand the reason tof osins KEEP.
mere. eha ~e ' go ', w.
-. ~, -, w. Iii,
,rohsbIv no aolng n p dutv In ,on.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
A Subject for the Anthropometers on
Their Return From Paris

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Now
am not a crouch. but do wish we had
a law compelling all the bald heads that
insist upon occupying the first four rows
at the theatres. especially at musical
shows, to wear skull caps, Bald heads
are a distraction TO me, and understand
they are a distraction to the chorus Ia
dies also. Therefore bald heads should
be covered. or their possessors should be
made sit in the rear rows.
DAVID GooDE
NEWARK, N. j.. May l6.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
DEFINE LUXURY UNDERWEAR
Experts of Revenue bureau Decide
on Taxable Garments,

WASHINGTON. Ma- 16--For 40. 80 ~
perts of the Internal RevcuuH 3. f'al
have ponhered definitions Of underwear
and other articles subject 'o '' 7
called luxury taxes which W,''
effect May I, in preparation '1r ,'s
latons governing admiuistrltaa o.
tax. Arguments were made on e..
and the other seeking To eao" ...
certain articles were not underH"N'
something else, Finally the eND' - d.
veloped this definition Of underwear
Any garment worn uud"r '' .'.''
dress, such as undershut-. a'''
pants, boomers. union su:t~
ton suits. tights, cam!solcs. cor.
set covers. bIassieres. chose. .''
vests.
The recommendation adds r. .
list is by no means intendrI
taustive. but merely to E.N.
eral notion of the wide vJI.
ticles taxable"
The tax Is 10 per cent. ~
price In excess OF 81 per Gar'n'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
The Political Complexion Of South
Dakota.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: You
publish in THE SUN OF May IA des-
patch from Philadelphia quoting dear
old Uncle Peter Norbeck, Governor Of
South Dakota, as saying; But we have
practically ceased to be a Democratic
State"
May ask you how long has It been
since South Dakota was n Democratic
Slater A combination OF Democrats
and Populists barely carried the State
in 1898. but It never has gone Demo-
cratic on national issues-never once.
NEW YORK, May 10. F. &c.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
Colonel Bill Hayward's Reprehensi-
BILE Obtuseness.

Colonel BILL HAYWARD. who Or
ganized the Fifteenth Regiment, N.
G. n. Y, and after Its transformation
into a unit Of the United States Army
commanded its black h-roes through
out their service in France, fire.
quently commands the sympathetic
attention of phllosophic citizens be-
cause of his apparent lack Of COM
prehension of matters which are
plain as daylight to others.
We have heretofore explained to
Colonel HAYWARD how erroneous was
his notion that his men did not re-
celve their pay regularly In France.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-17
Three More Personal Mandatories.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
your Tentative Suggestion for the
Amendment OF an Old Official Title" you
have forgotten the last three letters Of
the alphabet. Please add the following:
Xavier of the Nenial Xenomaniacs.
Yogi OF the Yellow Yezidees.
Zeus of the Zenonian Zulus.
NEW YORK, May l6. e, T. 8.