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THE RUSSIAN SITUATION.
Is More Information Really Needed
Abont the BOlsheYist Rule3

To THE EprToR OF THE SrN-Sir. We
are informed that tho American peace
delegation has despatched Lincoln Stef-
fens and William c. Bullitt TO Moscow
TO secure information concerning the
Bclshevist terroristic rule.
IL It possible that the American peace
delegation Ia really ignorant of the hor-
rible- and most hopeless nature of the
Russian situation? Is it possible that its
Ignorance has not been dispelled by the
testimony of practically all Of the allied
and neutral representatives who fed
from Russia under tho menace OF the
Bolshevist bsyonets? Do the members
o: the American delegation read the
American papers? Have they ever heard
anything of tho Overman committee Of
the United States Senator Have they
read what Ambassador Francis, DR..
Huntington. the Rsv. Dr. simons and
other Witnesses have testified to before
the Overman committee
What proofs are needed in order to
convince these gentlemen that the Boil
shevik rule Is a hell and not paradise Z
How many more Russians, men, women
and babies. must be murdered by the
Bolsheviki in order to convince these
idealistic gentlemen that there IL a ter
ror. the worst known in history. going
on in Russia? What crimes must be
accomplished by the Bolsheviki In addi-
ton to those already accomplished in
order to prove that the Boishevist rule
lie criminal one in the most disgusting
sense Of the word7
Io -
people TO raise their voice in defence
Of the Russian people who are being
murdered and plundered wholesale by
gang of irresponsible anarchists and
criminal cutthroats? Herron's mission
failed because OF a combined effort on
tho part OF the loyal Russians through
out tho world. Now Heron Is being
replaced by Steffens and Bullitt
Watch your step The patience of
the Russian people has its natural lin
It's, and when the peaceful. timid Rus
sian people lose their temper they be-
come frightful. At the moment when
they realize that the allied nations are
going to help the Russian traitors the
Russian people will become frightful.
The 2oo.ooo,ooo rubles in gold promised
by the Bolsheviki to this country for
their recognition won't help.
1t is UP to the loyal. intelligent and
great American people to make an i'm
mediate choice between crime and trea-
son on the one hand and loyalty on the
other: between the Bolshevik criminals,
International dreamers. international
criminals on the one hand and the Rus
sian people on the other
Lieutenant BORIS BRAso1,
Vice Chairman of the Voluntary Asso-
citation of the Russian Army and
Navy officers In the United States.
NEW YoRK. March 90.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

Although shipments to Sweden of raw
materials for margarine manufacture
were resumed In December, 1918. IL ts
probable that the output OF the industry
will continue 20 be very restricted until
midunimer.
A new source OF arsenic recently tapped
in Rhodesia 10 yielding at ths rate OF
thirty tons monthly.
Burmeister a wain's shipyards In Copen
hagen have built q motor boat, Bonheur
FOR account OF the Norwegian steam ship
owners Fred Olsen & Co., which Is now
making Its frst voyage to Buenos Ayres
to fetch a cargo OF grain for the Nor
wegian Government.
There 10 q shortage throughout South
Africa OF corrugated iron, black and gal-
vanized fiat sheets. wire. tin plates and
electrical accessories.
The worlds production of crude rubber
OF all grades for the year 1918 Is esti-
mated by authorities as 2o7.o 900 tons.
The canal which connects odense, Dem
mark. with Odense FJord, and thus with
the direct transatlantic routes, Is now I'VE
miles long and twenty feet deep. and can
accommodate ordinary ocean boat UP to
1000 tons dead vsi6ht.
Trade Commissioner Axel H oxhoiu re.
ports from ChrlsCania, Norway, that the
date for the Norwegian American srhibi-
ton TO be held there 10 September 10
to ~. 1919.
Japan is now supplying tho South AZ
rican railways with cotton canvas for the
manufacture OF tarpaulins
4 nrm la Norway Is in the marke. for
automobiles and supplies betting. colors.
paints, oils. vsrnishes. psrarin. petroleum,
tar. trussss. plumbing. ventilAting. gas and
steam fttinE supplies. asbestos and mag
nesia products furnaces. gas and eieotri-
cal fixtures. wired glass. building supplies,
painting and decorating supplies. iron,
steel ana various metals (plate. galvanized
and corrugated. wire, hardware, machin-
cry. scales. brass goods, sheet metals,
electrical appliances. rubber. roofing and
rubber goods.
The Governor General OF Algeria 10
studying the question of extending to the
colony the measures adopted In France to
Increase tho allowances Of the Govern
nent employees temporarily on account of
the high cost OF living.
Sydjy6ske IAndmandsbank, Ribs Den
mark. Is increasing Its capital from $685.
600 to Slo7. 200. offering the new stock at
40 per cent.
The United States 10 the leader In ths
machinery market OF Australia, according
to latest available statistics
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EVENTS FOR TO-DAY.

Minerva Club. rnss.lns. Waldorf. s
WHO'LL nei, Of ,h = grew of the U. g s Pueblo.
Society q Independent Artists. s.hi-
S't Gon,. Waldorf al dsy and evening -,
Atlantic Division. American Red crosa.
Convention of tn. International Fedora.
all day.
! psTsh'i Ts,.S Of FGgTasTs ana PatrOt.
Cloak. Suit and Skirt Manufacturers
meeting. Hotel McAlpin. 1880 = 81
IS SShiTr hs.sus o Of NE amateur pEiVinE
Reception to nrbers OF Royal ArcanuIn
who have been in the serTiSs. Terrace
First showing OF the Belgian ofrcisi
Talk on Self APPROXIMATION" by Frank
CLUB. sos Yves. lsIst street, night.
Review of the Twenty-second Engineers
by Brig Gen Cornelius Vanderbilt. at tn.
judge Juliu. N. Mayer will speak on
Obedience to the Law In Times OF Peace
and War" Bar Association Building. evs-
y L.etur. on The Human side of N.
Lecture on "Th. Experimental Scientific
Mind," by James II Robinson. 1875 Es.,
rsphy," by B. r. Baumssrdt. American In
stituto of tho City OF New York 20 west
Thtrty-ninth street, s:lS p. NJ
Reception to new citizens by the League
Tor Foreign Born Citizens. 50 Second ave
nue., p NJ
Lecture on "Ben Hur." by samue, W
Gramin before the MarQuetts Club. Hotel
Plaza, s:15 p. NJ
Brooklyn Insti,u.o-J...,e n. Rittenhou..
will talk on Some English Poets OF To
day-Mase Wilfrid Wilson Gibson,
Ralph Hodgson, Walter de la Mare, etc ="
p. NJ At s:I5. Or. J. Duncan spaeth
viii open course of hve lectures on
Language, Nationality and Race IN Fr-
rope. speak!ns nrst on Language ana
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

A cello recital by Rams Krouo!d. AZ
Washington Irving II. 3. 40 Irving place
John Greenleaf Whittier. tho Reforner,'
BY Prof J. q. Carter Troop, Phi. D., at
p. s. 81. Forty-seeond street cas-. OF Third
avenue.
Emerson" by Or. John II. Randall, a,
p g. A. iS6th street and ST. Nicholas
This Real japanese" by Sydney Nev,,I.
street
Education ana Hersdity." by Frederick
schlleter. Phi. p, Mt p s. 60. Hester
Essex and Norfolk streets
BIacSman' At p. :, i57. ST. Sl Shcis ave. W..
nue. and l27th street. Stereopticon views
The sun and Its Family Of Comets and
Meteors" by Garrett p. ssryiss. at T. g.
isS, 226 West losth street.
Current Events" by Nelson = Mead
Pm -, Of G. c. y Y. at Bible School Hal
sll West Fatty-sixth strset
britain and ireland in the olden Tim."
ny Miss Grace Cald dwell. at St Columbia
Han. 8t3 West Twenty-eiEhth street IL
Illustrated BY music and stsreoptieon views
BRONX
This Symphonies of Beethoven, Part
H. by DR.. Daniel Gregory Mason OF CO.
lumbia University. at Norris IL. g., lssth
street and Boston road
Historic Lake Champaign" by Miss
Jennie NJ. Davis. at = = as, issth street.
between cambridge ana Briggs avenues
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They Ask for PeAoe.

Ys learned men who ait IN high debate
Round the green table, with a world your
state
Each day you meet. listen with dignity
Al statesman follows statesman with his
plea
OF ancient treaties. economic pacts
OF boundaries. commerce. ana you weigh
tho facts
Most skllfully; so skiItuliy. indeed,
Tho marshsllsd facts quite balance ana
you need
stin further experts" who IN turn pro-
Your nnAl judgment. lest 70 may Judge
wrong.
Oh. open ye the doors. tns windows 60
your hall!
Hear one more vO,os. the mighty voice Of
all
This weary war stained Earth which er4-
eth, Cease
We want no further arguments. Just
Peace"
Or. IL ye cannot hear the living tell.
The gates are barred. the censors function
well;
Imperious summons from the soldier deadr
Theirs was the victory. Its price they
paid
And can you snswsr them II. too delayed.
Your haggled bargains bring more bitter
wars
Ally 'ssinst ally. class 'ssinst ciaAs. and
more.
comrsds 'sainst eomradsi Perhaps my
spirit raves
I feel q stirring in those shallow graves.
fought with them For them I ask sur
coase.
These men havs died for you! Haste.
grant them Peacsi
FRANZ n. DAsn,
Formerly First Lieutenant Field Artti-
lery, A. e. L.
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DRUG CLINICS TO OPEN SOON.
State Urges Speed I'm Arranging
for Treatment of Addicts.
Special Despd.ch TO TaB Sun

ALBANY. March 3o.--Frank Richard
son. head of the State department OF mar
cote drug control. is sending letters TO
Mayors and health officers throughout
the State asking them Immediately to
tame steps TO establish local clinics for
the treatment OF drug addicts. He has
announced also that a conference will be
held in New York April 10 10 speed
up the work of checking sales OF drugs
George II. Whitney. frst deputy. and
\. T. Halstead, second deputy. will at
tend the New York conference and sub
soquent ones IN other parts OF the State
TO submit the plan Of the commission
relative TO the revocation of certificates
OF physicians who violate their authority
10 issue prescriptions for drugs.
Tho commission will hold meetings
in the several health zones during April,
May and June 10 outline precautions
necessary TO prevent any undue use OF
drugs after prohibition goes into effect
July /.
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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Tine.
sun Rises. SEA A N Sun sets.....fns r n
Moon sets. .....1fI Pm

For eastern New York. fair to-day
and tomorrow: not much change In
temperature fresh to strong northwest
winds.
For Now Jersey, fair and somewhat colder
to-day: fair tomorrow; fresh northwest
For northern New England parity
cloudy to-day; probably snow in Maine;
fair tomorrow; somewhat colder; fresh
' For or " southern New England. fair to-day
and to.morrow; not much change In tenn
fresh No to nSrty ssvSy TO-
day; fair to-morrow; not much change In
temperature.
WASHINGTON. March so.-!The cent?.
OF the Atlantic coast storm has passed
beyond the neld of observations, and the
gales on the middle Atlantic and New
sontaSs e1a ssrt s.y. The
pressure has risen decidedly over the north
central portion of the countrT, ana sun
over s.st.r rn Sosth OF p.so,., With Ii.
barometer 1910 inches During the last
twenty four hours there we're shows IN
IN the Ohio valley, Missouri. Kanss,,
Texas and on the Pacific coast. The
*, n1' s r;fn % and
ana tn. Upper Mississippi and, Missouri
ts a a the sSatSsrn STATE. ana the
Rocky Mountain and plateau regions tbs
outlook IL for generally fair .ssth.r Nor,
the. Mlssis.ippi River. although snow is
probable Monday in Maine soms"hsdL
lower temperature 10 probable: M9ndAy ,o snn
Atlantic and east Gulf States, Tennessee
and the Ohio Valley.
Observation. a. United stssss Wssth.r
Duroau stations taken at =. NJ. yestsrosy'
seyenty-hfth meridian time.
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A German Naval Mystery.

Up to the day the battle Of Jutland
ended forever the major operations
OF the German navy 1t was repeat edly
charged in the English newspapers
that In the carly period of hostilities
the Germans frequently gave the
name Of ship sunk in action or by a
torpedo or mine to another unit. No
announcement OF the loss would ap-
pear in the German papers, and as the
name Of the sunken vessel would be
perpetuated the German people were
deceived as to the loss Of the original
ship Of the same name. War time
statements Of this character are
not universally convincing; but now
through two sources that may be con-
sidered oficial we have an interesting
tale Of one such loss, substitution and
deception. 1t 10 furnished in the ca Sc
Of the two German auxiliary cruisers
named Wolf.
Through the publication of Admiral
Viscount JELLIcoE's THE Grand
Fleet" 1t was made known for the
FIRST time that in March. 1916. the
British navy put patrol, consisting
Of cruiser and an armed boarding
steamer, in the area north of the Shet-
land Islands In order to cover the
course Of enemy raiders attempting to
evade the British blockade by a route
between Norway ana Iceland. On
March 10. 1917. the British patrol yes
sells Achilles and Dundee Intercepted
and sank a German raider named the
Wolf. apparently outward bound. Only
recently 1t was announced in London
that preparations were being made for
the distribution Of the prize bounty to
the officers and crews of the Achilles
and Dundee for the destruction Of tho
raider Wolf.
Four months before this Wolf was
sunk in Arctic waters or on Novem-
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emit more than once. The uniyersi.
ties Of France lost much that they
might have given France and the
world when NAPOLEON made them
State creatures. Their recovery and
present Towering began only when
that central national control was re.
Taxed. To what base uses State con-
troll may turn the German univer-
sity of to-day offers proof. Govern.
ment control Of education is a temp
tation hard to resist; but to yield to
1t is to go back, through what bloody
nights there is no knowing, to a day
behind the Middle Ages. In a democ-
racy 1t would be to create a self.de-
feating absurdity.
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Washington. Wish to Vote.

According 20 the Washington CORE
spondent Of the Evening Post, the resi-
dents Of the District of Columbia have
been reading much. They now demand
self-determination, maybe the strik-
ing out Of that paragraph Of the Con-
stitution which vests in the Congress
exclusive legislative power over the
Seat Of Government. They say they
want to be Americanlzed." In short,
they want to vote.
This is not the first time that resi-
dents of the District have risen to
scream that democracy was being de
MED at its very fountain head" They
forget that they have democracy In It's
very largest form, for the Congress of
the United States sits as their Board
Of Estimate and saddles one-half of
the expenses of the District on the
whole Union. The forty-eight States
bestow upon the District blessing
which few OF. the great cities enjoy
the Limitation Of the tax rate to S1.5o
on $500 of assessed valuation, The
President OF the United States acts as
the Mayor Of the District to the extent
that he appoints Its commissioners.
But we want to vote, cry the Wash
ingtonians Well, go and vote! Hop a
train near election time and so to
Tallahassee or Walla Walla and edge
right up to the polls. The fact that
you have made Washington your tenn
porary residence for twenty or thirty
years does not affect your right to
vote in the place whence you came.
But we're not temporary residents of
Washington, they insist. We have
lived here since our youth and we
are going to die In our jobs. At this
retort the argument must end. The
lotus eater fancies that be wants pie.
not believing that pie would destroy
the taste for lotus. Here are 10000
persons, most of them fed directly or
indirectly from the public table.
Hardly taxed at all. they dwell in
a cloud OF architectural beauty.
Through with work at o'clock in the
afternoon, they are free to go and. see
WALTER JOHNSON pitch. They are
never called out OF their homes TO
register or vote.
And yet they want to transfer to
Washington their home privilege OF
voting. Once upon time the District
voted. and there was that period In the
seventies when the District Of Column
bia was made a municipal corporation
and accumulated debt Of Sc, 900 900
in three years. Congress put an end
to that mess, the Boss Shepherd scan
dal, In 1874. Now, for forty five years
the District has had a fairly clean
record. Probably the yearners for
self-determination do not 60 so far as
to insist on having all their own city
government and paying all their own
city expenseA But they do say they
want to vote and to send Represent
alive to the House. Then. to be fair,
surely the District should have two
Senators in Congress!
In the outer, uglier, colder and more
heavily taxed world are thousands Of
citizens who could be prevailed upon
to take Jobs in Washington without
the privilege Of carrying the franchise
along with them.
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Lenine's warning.

The Russian Bolshevist Premier,
NIKoLAI LEsINE, in n message to the
new Soviet Government at Budapest
warns against the use Of the same
methods in Hungary which Bolshe-
vism employed in Russia:
owing to peculiar circumstances,
I am quite certain It would be q
mistake for the Hungarian revolu-
ton to initiate our Russian tactics
in detail. ! must warn you against
this mistake"
That the makers of Bolshevism and
the chief wielders of It's powers
should acknowledge any weakness or
imperfections in 1t seems a surprising
confession. Bolshevism had scarcely
more than set its mark upon Russia
than LENINE and TRorzKY acclaimed
the blessings which their idealIsm had
brought to that country and wos to
spread throughout the world. Then
Petrograd and Moscow were play
grounds for a once "enslaved prole-
tarlat" and the Industries Of the ma
ton were furnishing an object les.
son to all mankind by running with
the minimum Of effort and labor.
Factories, with their machinery,
money and books, had been seized by
the Government and turned over to
the workers. who expressed their in
dependence and happiness by daily
parades before the bestowers of these
benefactions.
But to-day the railroads and mines
Of Russia have practically ceased op-
Grafton and the industries Of the ma
ton have decayed. The factories
stand as empty shells. their machin-
cry useless. There are no payrolls: for
the Soviet in fulfilling it's promise 70
make "the life Of the worker easier"
has taken from him his source Of liv-
ing, even existence. Petrograd has
shrunk from city Of 2,500. 900 to less
than 100000 half starved people
Moscow has suffered as severely; and
TO its wretchedness have been added
the activities Of a remorseless rule Of
terrorism.
The message to the Hungarian So
Wet Is not the only proof that LIE
MINES sentiments have undergone q
change as the effect of what he has
seen Of the practical application Of
his theories in Russia. In an inter-
view published in the Westminster
Gazette he says that for Russia as
Russia he cares nothing. 1t is now
the broader principles of information
alism and not the narrowness of ma.
tionalism that count in his grand
plan Of the redemption of the world.
Workers of oil countries who take
up Bolshevism, he Is aware, will be
ruined as the workers of Russia have
been. The only benefits, he says, will
be reaped by future generations.
Posterity will gain, but not in the
sense which LENINp forecasts. 1t will
gain In wisdom and human expert
ence from having ever before 1t the
evidence Of the wretched plight 70
which Russia was reduced by Boil
shevism.
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Speaking OF direct taxes, Governor
SMITH says II is a good thing ito
make the individual realize that he has
to pay for the benefit he receives"
There is no present danger. with the
tax knives inserted in him by the
Federal. State and city governments.
that the individual will not realize that
he pays and pays and pays. The likely
danger is that the individual will go
into an economic faint or be so ex-
hauste6 by triple phlebotcmy that ne
will cease 10 be of value TO the tax
doctors
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sE: En-
closed is copy Of letter I have Just
received from my brother. a sergeant
In a field hospital corps OF the Second
Division. now stationed at Bendorf.
Germany.
Your editorial article on the errors
OF Colonel Hsyward's views prompted
me to- send this to you, as II seems to
me TO describe tie situation 80 we'll.
My brother is a man OF calm judg-
ment, and ] am inclined to give much
weight to his viewG j. B. {.
DETROIT. March 10.
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Plsistratus Pifcahlly Critically Re.
views the Parade,

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: Al
most against my will stood watching
the parade Tuesday. I say against my
will. for to a common soldier parades
are something OF q trial counted with
malice aforethought the number of ser
geants leading platoonA There were
forty-nine OF them. They were doing
the work OF commissioned officers. Each
one of them undoubtedly deserves pro-
motion And yet q Government that
spends millions and billions and squiIl-
ions cannot be generous enough to reoog-
nize merit. Why? And the echo
answers, Why?
PIsIsTRArus PucAFrLLY.
NEW York, March 20.
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To Inspect Army Camp. Abroad.

Two Republican Representatives, N
&. Kelly OF Pi;tsburg and W. +. James
OF Hancock. Mich, will sail for France
this morning on the steamship Man
churia for a tour OF tho American army
camps abroad. The trip. they said,
probably will consume about three
months.
The sun., 1919-03-31

slxty-hve years ago to-day there
was concluded a treaty in which It was
agreed that there shall be a perfect,
permanent and universal peace and a
sincere and cordial amity" between the
United States and Japan, and this
treaty has been well kept in spite of
the blatherskites and the persons who
are always seeing things"
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BRONX.
CABINET FORMED IN LISBON.
Portuguese Coalition Ministry
Headed by Pereira.
By fhe dtsociated Prs

LISBON March 3O.--The new Portu-
guese coalition Cabinet includes Domer-
goes Pereira, Premier and Minister OF
the Interior; Xavier Silva, Minister OF
Foreign Arairs; Ramoda Curtc, Minister
OF Finance; Col Mala AIaSulthaes MIN
lister OF War. and Mscedo Pinto, MinlsteI
OF Marine.
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lbRIs. March 3o.--Queen Marie OF Ru-
mania arrived In Paris at midnight from
London, where she had been visiting
l>ing George and Queen Mary. The
Princess Marie and a number OF Ru-
manian officials
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And Who Lost the Buns?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUE---S,r! He'll
Is tapped and tho bung is lost. Are
the Germans going to win the war after
all. while the victors fiddie over per-
petual peAcef HowLoNo o. LORD.
pLAnpmID. n. j.. March 20.
The sun., 1919-03-31

General PERsHINo calls attention to
the fact that our soldiers abroad have
more time than ever for reading. Put
stamp on the read magazine and
mail 1t with a prayer that in spite of
BURLEsoN 1t will reach Europe.