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multiplying Government Agencies.

Whatever may have to be done TO
deal with the question Of the adjust
ment of wages, either on the railroads
or in other fields Of employment now
subject to Government control, there
is no occasion for the creation of a
new board or commission to exercise
Jurisdiction in the matter.
There are more than enough Gov
eminent commissions already.
If new power is needed to regulate
the wages, and Congress can give 1t
without disregarding the Constitution,
let It be bestowed upon some already
existing body. II the personal COM
position of an existing commission Is
not satisfactory, authorize the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and con-
sent of the Senate, to change 1t by
nominating a complete set of new
members If expedient or necessary.
In brief, let us utilize the agencies
we already have instead of needlessly
creating new ones.
A new board or commission cannot
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The Swing of the Trade Tide.

In the details of our June imports
there Is the trlfling but significant
item of $9O,S30 of goods brought into
this country from Austria-Hungary |;
for In June of the year before there
was nothing. From Belgium In June
of this year there was the relatively
low amount of $2s7, 749; again in the
year before nothing. From Germany
there was $266,9es.
So the tide turns. 1t swings not
merely from the conquered Central
Powers and from devastated Belgium,
but from the rest of Europe-from all
the world which, In the war or out
Of the war, lacked the ships to send
goods to our opulent markets.
In June France sent US So, ,246
as against 5000, sos In the year be-
fore. Italy sent us $3,190.S as
against $1,9S4,OS5. Norway sent us
S524,042 as against s254,0T7; Switzer-
land $1,91s,S4s as against s1.723, 1So
Spain 1889, 692 as against 81, 05S, 726
the Netherlands $S,150,615 as against
$9T3, 765; the United. Kingdom $751;
724,373 as against S13,512,04S.
On cur own hemisphere currents set
more strongly than ever to our shores,
with Cuba at s3s,513, 1887 in June this
year as against $50, 1913 in June
last year; and Argentina with $19,'
779,146 us against $12, 102,5 6S.
The brook begins with q trickle
Out of the many small streams pour
!. Ing into the one channel grows the
river. And then we have the seas
While for the moment we are feeding
hungry Europe, while we are sending
the workers there raw materials and
tools with which to resume their pro
ducing, we think chiefly Of the gran
deur of our exports and wonder only
how we shall get paid for them by
impoverished nations. But It will
not be long before Americas etartlet
eyes will be fixed upon the magnitud,
of our imports from the whole wid'
world as after the tides gentle tur1
comes It's wide sweep.
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proper activities me Ignorance

proper activities. The ignorance
which the Times and the World at
tribute to them must be charged to
cnuse other than lack of industry
on their part.
And the cause Of any deficiency OF
Information detected in the Senate by
our neighbors is in fact VIGOROUSLY
known to them and to everybody else.
The Senate has attempted faithfully
to do its duty, but WOODROW WILSON
has baked 1t In its efforts to inform
itself on the facts concerning the
treaty and its multifarious provisions
WooDRow WILSON has stopped up the
channels of information which should
be open for the enlightenment Of the
Senate as body and the Senators MS
individuals. He has withheld from
them the data of the Peace Confer
ence, neglected to furnish the docu-
ments essential to understanding OF
the clauses of the treaty, and in every
way sought to maintain the fog which
surrounds the proceedings which re-
suited In the preparation Of this mo-
mentous document. The Senate has
been eager to learn, the President
eager to conceal. Whatever of ig-
norance may exist concerning the
treaty in the Senate and throughout
the country Is due to WOODROW VIII
SON and to nobody else.
II WOODROW WILSON wanted to, he
could bare the history of the treaty,
explain the reason for each of Its pro-
posed provisions, and lay the facts
before the Senate for its instruction
and guidance. But this WOODROW
WILSON does not want to do. He de-
mands in Washington, as he demanded
it in Paris, full, unquestioning sub
servience to his wish and will. He
declines In Washington, as he declined
in Paris, TO recognize the authenticity
Of the Senate's constitutional respon'
slbility in treaty making. He plays
his game In the dark in Washington
as he played 1t In the dark in Paris
and 1t Ill becomes his supporters, who
have full knowledge Of his methods,
to berate the Senate for Ignorance
because the Senate displays a healthy
and vigorous Discrimination to allow
wooDRow WILSON to transform It into
rubber stamp to o. X. the product
Of his hidden diplomacy.
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A TIME FOR LOW GEAR.
The Senate Should Proceed Lelsurely
in Its Study of the Treaty.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: We
are told that Senator Harding said that
Mr.. Wilson was especially embarrassed
by the delays that would result from
reservations to be made to the treaty.
believe that % per cent. Of Americans
are in favor of a low gear locomotion
IN the handling of this hivver and that
they would be pleased to place 1t under
a period of observation to extend well
into the early days of November, 1920.
This little space Of time would be in
considerable compared with the supposed
length OF our future national life.
1t took Germany forty years to per-
feet her powerful fighting machine
which was intended to defeat a whole
league of nations. 1t required over one
hundred years of our isolation and in
dependence from foreign entanglements
under robust Executives to make us
big and great enough In the great emer-
gency to save Europe from the clutches
OF that great machine.
We can at this particular time join
Joe Cannon in saying Thank God for
the American Senate" ]. HENRY.
NEW YORK, August 5.
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HEEDs PLEA OF DRUG USERS.
Roper Permits Sale on Preserip-
ton of Reputable Physician.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Hundreds Of
letters from persons suffering from in
durable diseases and from aged persons
addicted for many years to the use of
drugs, pitiful in their supplications that
rules governing the sale of narcotics be
modified TO permit them to make pur-
chases, led Commissioner Roper to-day
TO issue instructions TO Collectors of In
ternal Revenue whereby such persons
may obtain drugs on prescription by
reputable physician that the drug is
needed TO maintain life.
Previous instructions had been that
persons prescribing, selling or obtaining
drugs merely to satisfy the cravings OF
a drug addict should be regarded as
violating the Law.
Collectors were warned by Mr.. Roper
to exercise every reasonable preoaution
TO prevent the AIRED and infirm from be-
coming the innocent means whereby i'm
authorized persons might engage in IL
licit traffic in narcotics.
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Be established Cor any Federal Dur.

be established for any Federal pur-
pose without Objectionable delay and
unnecessary expense. The mere or
ganization of such body takes time;
stan Of secretaries, clerks and
other subordinates has to be selected,
and weeks or months elapse before
suitable quarters are secured and the
machinery of procedure put into run
ming order.
All this labor can be avoided by as
signing the functions which It is de-
sired to have performed to an agency
now in being, having settled rules and
methods of procedure.
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CALLS PRINCE HENRY MENACE
German Socialist Organ Attack
His warning TO KJaE George
Rv fhs 4ssocfafed Press

BERLIN. Aug. Recommending on IA.
letter written recently by Prince HEM
of Prussia, brother OF former EmpeVl
William, 10 King George. in wnlch a.
asked the British monarch ''in the nam
OF Justice and in his own Interests
to deslst in demanding the eNtradIum
and trial OF the former Emperor sn
declaring that the truth about the wa
might be had from allied Statesmen
the Td0sbIdtt says II is an eNhlolu"
OF "unsurpassable clumsiness.'
Voriooerts remarks that Henry
charge that the principal guilt Tor u"
war may be attributed TO Great BRIAN
is without a jot of evidence. This new
paper, which Is the Socialist organ tsI,"
Henry "a danger TO the German pVV
Pile"
Die Freiheit considers it dissT@u
that scion OF the Hohenzollerns
this time has the impudence TO use ~
language" but the conservative rag
seitttno says the letter with ref'e sH"
clearness pointed out British guilt
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LEAGUE HISTORY.
A Senator's Impression That Mr.. WI.
son Was Urged to Go TO Paris.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sti': Little
by little, very gradually. the American
people are being permitted to learn a
few facts about the League of Nations.
what II means, how It came into being,
and the like.
Up TO half-past four o'clock on Satur-
day had supposed. In common with al
most everybody else IN Washington, that
President Wilson entirely Of his own
accord decided TO drop his work and
hasten to Paris. Imagine my amaze
ment at discovering the truth to be that
Mr.. Wilson had to be urged to go
actually urged.
It Is noteworthy that at last some
body has succeeded after urging him.
ct was one Of those, and assume the
responsibility, who urged President Will
son to go to Paris. and to use his
prestige as President of the United
States to bring about this covenant"
So declares in solemn vein Senator
owen of Oklahoma in a speech deliv-
cred in the Senate on Thursday. July 81.
1919, and reported in that stable and
entertaining publication, the Con-
oressLonaI Record of that date. at page
se26.
Senator Owen does not conceal his
admiration for the League Of Nations.
at will end war;" he says. ''It will
ret interfere with our sovereignty. 1t
is the blessing OF God descended on
earth"
That's the way the Senator feels
about It.
Senator Owen was born in 1885. II
seems as though he were a young man
yet. PoLrcARP.
WAsHINaroN, August 5.
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OSCAR HAMMERSTEINS DUE.
His Services to Opera and His Enthu.
siasm as an Impresario.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: Into
the clear Green Mountain air of this
my summer retreat comes the sadden-
ing cloud OF Oscar Hammersteins death.
I read with deep interest THE SUNS
narrative OF his career. Well do re-
member the days OF opera in English
at the Harlem Opera House-so many
years before Mr.. Meltzer and Mr.. de
koven discovered the crying need of 1t.
Well do I remember the celestial red
drink never knew its name and Oscar
would not tell--whlch the impresario
placed before guests in his private ONCE.
Well do remember Oscars Amusement
at the declaration of my old colleague
Krehbiel and myself that the perform
ances were generally bad.
He could not believe 1t. It was years
before he could be convinced that any
performance of opera given by him was
not an unqualified delight. The secret
OF his enthusiasm was in his love of
tho role of impresario. He found his
one satisfying Joy in giving opera. and
he will be remembered as the manager
who opened our gates to tho modern
French works. His former conductor.
Cleofonte Campanini. has profited by
his initiative and has even reaped re-
wards from the art of singers brought
to US by Hammerstein.
Two very small notes occur to me
in connection with the story Of this
extraordinary mans life He did not
engage Nine. Tetrazzini after her great
London success, but before It. Second
ly, the name Of the operetta which Mr..
Eammerstsin wrote was not Santa
Maria" but 1.-THE Koh-i-noor." 1t was
a remarkable work, in which the chorus
sang Good Morning, Mr.. Kohn" for
about I'VE minutes. and in which there
wero other ingenious labor saving de-
vices, almost rivalling some of the COM
poser's cigar making inventions.
Mr. Hammerstein introduced to New
York "Pelleas ct Melisande" and LOU
ise," '"Thais" and lie Jongleur de
Notre Dame" in all of which, the CEN
trail figure was that singularly inter-
es1ing personality Mary Garden. The
record is one of which an opera man.
ager had right to be proud
w. J. HENDERSON.
MoRnsvILLE, VT, August 5.
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GERMANS WILL STOP
LUXURY SMUGGLING
French and English Accused
of Illicit Trading.
BIZ fhs Associated Press.

BERLIN, Aug. 5.-The Government has
taken measures to tighten control OF
the frontier 30 that the mass OF foreign
articles of luxury being Struggled mo
Germany by the carload, and driving
German values lower, may be halted
French and English merchants eS
pecially have stored chocolate, cigarettes
and soap in occupied territory and arc
now shipping 1t through their own Iine'
nightly on freight cars. The charge ,
made that the cars are manipulate;
over the border through connivancs o.
the occupational authorities.
IT is stated to-day in Government
circles that the Germans would not ha"
taken the steps to tighten the border
gates but for the fact that articles
luxury in increasing numbers had %
gun to arrive in Germany while 1901
was 90 badly needed.
German officers will be placed at al
railroad stations between occupied Ter,
ritory and unoccupied Germany am
agents will board trains TO ascertah
what they are hauling. Countless hth
cies of luxury already have been con
fiscated.
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A MODEL CHARGE.
Coiorless Instructions for Jury From
a Justice Of tho Peace.

n Justice Of tho Peace.
To TIE EprroR OF THE sUN-Sir: A
young justice of the peace, newly elected,
got the mistaken idea into bis head
that It was his duty TO charge the jury.
so the first jury case that he had, after
the parties and treir witnesses had been
beard and the opposing counsel had
summed UP. the Justice told the jury
to rise, and charged them as follows:
GENTLEMEN OF THE Junr: The law
makes Il incumbent upon me to charge
you as to law in this case. Now. II you
believe what the plaintiff, his witnesses
and his counsel have said you Will ma
for the plaintiff. II you believe, on the
other hand, what the defendant, his wit
nssses and his counsel have said you
will find for the defendant; but, gentle
men, II you are like me and you do not
believe a damned word either one OF
them has said do not know what you
will do. Constable, take charge OF the
jury.
Surely q colorless charge! A well
known Judge now dead told me one
time that there was so much false swear
ing nowadays that IL all the guilty ones
were prosecuted and convicted state
prisons could not be erected fast enough
to hold the offenders.
II this be true the above charge OF
the young justice I would suggest as
a model; II would save lot of time and
certainly would not mislead the jury.
ARLINGTON H. CARMAN.
PATcHooUE, L. l.. August o.
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GIVE HER A RAILROAD.
A National Improvement, Not Cash,
Suggested for Colombia.

To THE EprroR OF THE suN-sir: Ever
since tho Panama revolution Colombians
have cherished grievance In the
great wrong" which lost them that
northern province. The Colombian ele-
ment that chiefly is concerned with poll
tics and even the public school teach
ers have continued to discuss the mat
ter with not little bitterness toward
the United States. Now 1t is proposed
that the United States pay Colombia
s25.000,000 as balm, the Senate Commit
tee on Foreign Relations actually hav-
ing voted the other day IL to 2 against
reducing that payment to $15.ooo,ooo.
Probably the treaty will be signed by
both nations and the money paid. But
what will become of the funds? Mostly
the money may be expected 70 disap-
pear and without benefit to the coun-
try or the public And in future years
perhaps people in Colombia win con-
tinue TO discuss the great wrong" and
express strong doubts that any repara-
ton ever was made.
That was the way with the payments
to Mexico. Among Mexico's nearly IT,
900, 900 people at present probably not
100 persons now know offhand that
the United States actually paid Mexico
for acquired NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tor
Texas, sl5,000,000 for California and
the Southwest and s1o,oo0.oo0 for the
border strip known as the Gadsden Pur-
chase, all good prices at the time, before
the natural resources Of the regions were
known. There is nothing in all Mexico
to remind the people that such FUNDS
ever were received.
VI the treaty stipulated that the $zS'-
000, 900 was to be given to Colombia IN
the form of q national gift to promote
intercourse and trade by establishing
an American built railroad from sea
port to capital such a generally valua-
BILE Improvement would remain as a per-
potual evidence and would in Its crea-
ton provide remunerative employment
for many thousands Of Colombians and
a general distribution Of funds to many
purveyors Of local supplies.
The spirit Of helpfulness properly az
rected should accompany the cash gift
Much might have resulted to the United
States In developed trade had part Of
the old payments to Mexico taken the
form of a railroad from Mexico city to
Acapulco, the only fine natural harpor
on all Mexico's 5000 miles Of sea coas'
and still without rail connections.
ARCHIE Rice.
WASHINGTON, August 8.
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Rumania's Army at Budapest.

The occupation Of Budapest by the
Rumanian army was effected appar>
entity without any opposition from the
Hungarians. The Red army has dis
banded on the overthrow Of Bella
KUN and the Soviet Government, and
the moderate Socialists, who sue
ceeded to the control of affairs, made
no efforts TO organize defence Of the
capital. By this entry into Budapest
the Rumanians squared accounts with
the Hungarians for their invasion Of
Rumanla and capture Of Bucharest
in 1917. 1t Is not clear. however,
that they will make any other impor-
tant gains drought their presence at
Budapest.
The advance of the Rumanians into
Hungary, whether with the implied
consent Of the Allied Powers or upon
their own initiative, unquestionably
brought about the present change in
the situation at Budapest. 1t has
tened the fall Of BELA KUN and at the
same time precipitated the action OF
the Allied Council at Paris. An in
terallied military mission, in which
America is represented by Brigadier-
General HARRY G. BRANDHoLTz, for
mer chief of the Philippine Constabu'
larry, has been despatched to Buda-
pest to make n full inquiry into the
conditions In Hungary.
In the meantime a force represent
ing the anti Bolshevist elements Of the
country and also Jugo-Slav troops are
advancing upon Budapest. There if
uo reason to believe that either OF
these forces is antagonistlc to an
allied settlement; the anti-Bolshevis'
troops, backed by the Szegedin Gov
eminent, in which was centred the
chief Hungarian opposition to BELA
KUN, are apparently seeking repre-
sentation at the Hungarian capital
and the Jugo-Slnvs take this step tt
protect their interests in the disputed
territories of the Klagenfurt region.
While there has been strong pres
sure brought to bear upon the Allies
to send troops from one of the allied
nations to Budapest, 1t is doubtful
II the Conference would consider Il
advisable to choose for this purpose
the Rumanians. There has long beer
bitter enmity between them and th'
Magyars, and this feeling has beef
intensified by the war and the Ru
manians' persistent demand for Tran
sylvania and the Banat The aware
Of Pennsylvania has already beef
made to Rumania, and this will be
come effective without the presence
Of Rumanian troops in Hungary.
The principal purpose Of the pres
ent commission to Budapest will b.
to bring about a stable government
in Hungary that will be representa-
tive of the Hungarian people and will
which negotiations for a peace treat.
can be carried on. Steps have al
ready been taken to improve immedl
atcly the internal conditions of tn
country by a modification Of the block
AIDE. The questions Of territorial
claims, of indemnities and Of an &C
cess for Hungary to the sea, whicI
have grown out Of the present atuR
ton, can be definitely settled onl
when Hungary appears at the Parl
Conference.
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Mr. Wilson Can Dispei All Igno-
rance Concerning the Peace Terms.

Two of President WILSON'S most
influential supporters among the news
papers of the country took occasion
yesterday to sheer at the Senators Of
the United States who In scrupulous
obedience to their oaths Of Office are
examining with painstaking care the
provisions Of the treaty Of peace with
Germany negotiated by President
WILSON in Paris and presented to the
Senate by him with peremptory de-
mands for immediate ratification.
These newspapers are the World and
the Times. The World said:
AFTER reading the debate IN the
Senate yesterday on the cost OF living
we are willing to admit that the
Senators probably know as much
about It as they do about the treaty
Of peace, and nobody could know
much less"
The uttsrance of the Times to
which We refer was:
THE Foreign Relations COMMITTEES
has laboriously read the document.
line by line, paragraph by paragraph.
10 the end of the eighty-seven thou
sand words it contains. The
members OF the committee are no
wiser than they were before"
We do not believe that either the
World or the Times would advocate
seriously the adoption by the Senate
of a general policy of blind indorse
nlent, of blanket approval, OF all pro
posed treaties negotiated by the Elk
ecutive and submitted to the Senators
IN accordance with the Constitution
for their advice and consent. w,
do believe that the Times and tn,
World consider 1t the duty OF
Senator's to examine soberly and ex
haustively the origin and purpose o
the provisions of all treaties, and Il
vote on them as conscience dictates.
That Is exactly what the Senator
have been doing, and II, in the word
Of the Times, the members Of the For
elgn Relations Committee, after ia
borlously" reading the treaty, are en-
wiser than they were before" or, Il
the words Of the World, nobody coul
know much less about the treat
than the Senate does, the cause OF tn
obscurity cannot be attributed to lac
OF zeal In the performance of thei
duty by the Senators or to intrinsic
by them into field alien to thel
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BERNHARDPS PREDICTION.
The Prophecy of War Between Britain
and the United States Secuted.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Str: I
note the Bernhard prediction that Brit
ain and the United States viii fight the
next big war"
What rot Never in this world We
can quarrel. yes but fisht-never
Cromwellian England and her free
colonies and the United States stand
in last analysis for precisely the same
ethical ideals.
When England is attacked next time
she will find Cromwellian America at
her side again.
JAMES BROWN POTTER.
NEW YORK, August 5.
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JUSTICE LEVY ILL IN COURT.
Stricken Suddenly While sitting
I'm ChiIdren's Session.

Sitting in Children's Court yesterday
Justice Samuel d. Levy became suddenly
III and was removed to his home at 2s5
Central Park West, in a taxicab. His
condition Is not serious. Justice Nor
gan NJ. L. Ryan was called In to finish
the balance of the days calendar.
Magistrate Frederick r. House OF
Traffic Court. who has been III from
nervous breakdown. was so much inn
proved that he took a short walk yester-
day. He will leave the city in a few
days for a complete rest.
The sun., 1919-08-06

Standard Time
Kun rises. .b:5e NJ Sun sets. ..ss; pv
Moon set......1:u A N
For eastern New York. New Js,,,,.
and southern New England-Shovs,.
and thunder storms probably to-day ana
tomorrow not much change in fem
perature; moderate south winds,
For northern New England-p,,u.
cloudy to-day tomorrow probably shos
ers and thunderstorms; not much oha...
In temperature. gentle to moderate wlns,
thunder storms to-day; tomorrow par,iS
cloudy: moderate southwest TO ives, Nina.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-Prs,,ur. 4.
relatively high over the Canadian MAJ
time PROVINCES and on the northern Pnciss
coast and generally below normal thrcu.S
derstorms have occurred in the sg
twenty-four hours over the northern III,
Of the country east of the Rocky Moun'
tsins and In portions Of the South Atlanta
and East Gulf States Temperature az
above normal generally east of thu Rochv
Mountains and markedly so over the MATS.
states The outlook IL for showers ana
thunderstorms Wednesday In the ohs
valley and the lower lake region and an
"Wednesday and Thursday IN the Atlanta
and Gulf states and the northern uppS
lake region. Temperature changes will be
Observations at United States Weather IN.
reau stations taken at s z. NJ. YESTERDAY
seventh-ffth meridian time: