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For catalogue and further informs
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TRADE BRIEFS.

During the year 1918 France purchased
more commercial automobiles from the
United States than any other country, buy
ing $3.50 cars. worth $4,000, 02o; England
came second with 1850 cars for s5.eeo,-
b41. and Canada third with 1906 care
valued at s2.oa5,4s4.
Tho Belgian Government has now re-
moved tho restrictions upon tho importa-
ton into Belgium OF all commodities other
than the following: Food products. to-.
bacco. wines, malt spirits. salt, shoes,
clothing and articles OF apparel. cloth, per-
fumery and similar products. and coal.
A large new Industrial plant. "paien
Portlands Cementfahrik." Is being built In
Brevik, Norway. It covers an area OF
three or four acres The factory Is esti-
mated to have a production OF 400, 900 tons
OF cement, or 100000 barrels, q year.
The municipality OF Copenhagen intends
to use about thirty-hve acres of the prop.
erty II owns near the city for the growing
OF vegetables for Its municipal kitchens
and other institutions.
There is a limited market in India for
the sale OF boots and shoes Only a very
few native Indians OF the better class use
imported footwear. so that tho sale is al
most exclusively 20 ~, 60 600 people o.
tao Europtan AMI Anglo -IndAsi Countries.
According to the New Zealand Finance
Ministers budget report the Post and Tee-
graph Department Is to be given s4s. 8e5
for motor cars. motorcycles and bicycles for
the use OF that department..
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

President Wilson speaks for the L,aru.
or ard N Tst, other speakers William How
roPolitan Opera House, p. NJ.
c,s ninner 20, OF the Bronx County Bar Asss-
Aeronau,icsI Exposition, Madison sou.,.
Garden and sixty-ninth Regiment Armory.
day and evening.
Luncheon Of the American Export Man
Tscturers Association. Rear Adihirai
M sner VIII be the guest of honor. Hotsi
Monthly luncheon Of the Bronx Board
Of Trade, Ebling's Casino, $50 p n
=, ~ H. Baumgardt will speak on The
Park West. s:45 + NJ. "'"'
school cA nSTe paT We,f sTd dSsss Of the
, |. Casino. sos westches,er avenus. S
Meeting of the Teacher, w.l,.r.
League OF Brooklyn, Brooklyn Training
school for Teachers, p. NJ.
S tSs n 10 be BY
minis min. ration. Hotel McAlpin. iunchson.
Concert Of Polish. Czech and Slovenian
toIk songs under she auspices of the PSo-
pes Music League. Cooper Union,
metropolitan Museum Of Art s;4s ?. n
Reconstruction OF the Public Health"
Womens Health Protective Association,
brooklyn Institute. lecture by Or. Loon
II. Vincent on Nelson at the Battle Of
Ira fslgar. Lecture Hall. p, NJ: Horace
], Bridges will lecture on THE World
ProErsss of Democracy" Lecture Hail.
Dixie Club, luncheon. Hotel Commodore.
P. NJ.
p. NJ.
sigma Phi Fraternity. dinner. Hotel
MeAlpin, y. NJ
Daughters of Columbia County, meet
Ing. Hotel McAlpin. !. NJ
IA iNaA
Hotel McAlpin. 1850 =. NJ.
kiwan Club. luncheon. Hotel McAipin.
Edward Howard GriEss will talk on
Democracy in International Relatlons' -
With special reference TO the proposed
A. NJ.
Pekingess Club Of America. meeting.
WAaih.f .s.ssR :. :: p. ~. -~a1 -
Convention American Game PROTECTIVE
Associa tion. all day; dinner. 7 p. n.
Waldorf Astoria.
Reception to Julian W. Mack and Or
stephen =. Wise by tho University Zion
list Club. Hotel Majestic, s:is p. n.
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clemency may be extended TO the con-
vlcted persons with propriety, either
because of the circumstances of their
participation in the misdeeds of which
they were guilty, or because Of I'M
usual severity Of the sentences i'm
posed on them. With this In mind,
the Department Of Justice has been
reviewing the effects produced by the
enforcement of the law, and when
ever Communication or pardon is In or
der 1t will be recommended. But the
Attorney General holds that 'in most
cases Of conviction substantial justice
was done defendants by the conduct
of the trial, the character of the evil
dence and the sentences imposed"
No American wants injustice to go
uncorrected, but no American wants
to have a man or woman who tried
to stab a soldier In the back 60 un.
punished. A general amnesty to pris-
oners under the espionage act would
encourage traitors In the future and
be unfair to those who have done
their duty in the past. The selection
for reduction Of sentences Of those
who have been sufficiently punished
will exactly meet the requirements Of
the matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
Have Patience with Central and
Keep Good Natured.

The New .-Xerk Telephone Som
pany's explanation of the difficulties
under which all public service cor
poratlons have carried on their bust
ness since we went to war and It's
appeal to patrons to remember the
circumstances against which 1t is
struggling are inspired by philosophy
that should be needed by all OF us.
In time of peace, with material and
labor abundant, the company was able
to give nearly as good service as II
wanted to; In war its shortcomings
never as serious as some restless
critics liked to represent them-were
tolerated because of the situation i'm
posed by hostilities but now. the ply
steal struggle having ceased, comparl-
son is made with pre-war conditions,
and there are impatient calls for i'm
mediate restoration of oil the facili-
ties and conveniences we regarded as
matters of routine before 1917.
OF course the standards that OBJ
tanned In peace time cannot be re-
stored in a day, week, n month, or
in many months. 1t Is not only the
armies that are demoblllZng. All
industry must demoblllze. All com.
MERGE must demohiliZe. Ard there
must be a period of reconstruction In
which we shall not have things ms
we like to have them.
The facts are known pretty gener-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANHATTAN


"PsyehGiHsy OF Genius by William j.
llbth street. west OF Seventh avenue.
Colorado VS.. switzerland" by Rudy *
uEEell. Public School sS, Fourth street.
east OF First avenue Stsreopticon views
The Philippines" by / Bib Tolins
Public School ss. Eighty eighth street
Ivan Turgepev." by Louis e. Wilkinson.
Lift D. =, OF Cambridse University. pub
lie School 90. li7th street. west Of Sew
enth avenue.
"The Hudson Rivers" by Henry J Hea,
Public School 1872, 1921 street and Wads.
worth avenue. Stereoptcon views
Scandinavia" by Miss Wilma Baum.
hneh. Metropolitan Temple. Seventh ave.
nue. and Fourteenth street Motion pic.
THE BRONX.
America in Government and Law .,
Brother OF the world"). By William ii
Guthrie. Pm. D., Of G. C, n. y. PubiIo
school 49, is9,h and Hoffman streets and
The Evolution OF the Pen" by Col.
Edwin 4, iIavers, public School 81, 18Th
street, Jackson and Trinity avenues No.
uon pictures
Public School 5e. :O7th street and WSl
avenue. StereopticOn views.
Modern Mexico by Miss Adelaide II
Allerton' =. Y. Catholic Protectory, Vas
"The Monroe nocG,rirsn, y,"w, 9
Elizabeth Lease, 81. Anselm's Han, Tinton
avenue. near l5Sth street
LAUNDERING in the United States" BIZ
Norris A, Lunn, Pelham Bay Naval rrsin.
Ing station, Jewish Welfare Board Buiil.
Ing. Motion pictures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04

The story OF Chaplain BRADY of the
Fifth Regiment administering absolu-
ton to Germans In a trench opposite
his own men before the Americans
destroyed them has no precedent, so
far as we know. In fact; but there is
almost the duplicate OF 1t In Action.
In ROBERT w. CHAMBERs's short story
"Absolution,' an apprehended Con-
federate spy. going unarmed into bat
tie with an Irish regiment in order
that he may find a death more worthy
than n spy's, asks the chaplain II he
may kneel with the Union men who
are about to be shriven. The priest
answers that the banner OF CHRIST is
broad enough for all.
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the Republicans should return to the
legislative department.

the Republicans should return to the
legislative department.
Outside of their tariff legislation
the Democrats have failed utterly to
justify themselves or their party In
Congress. Their tenure Of authority
in the House has been longer by two
years than that they enjoyed when
CARLISLE was Speaker Of the Forty
eighth, Forty-ninth and Flftieth Con-
crosses, and four years longer than
that they had when CRISP was the
Speaker In the Fifty-second and Fifty
third Congresses. But in the eight
years during which CHAMP CLARK
has presided In the House, including
six In which Democrats have held the
Senate, there has been an absence OF
leadership such as no other period OF
the country's history shows. House
and Senate alike have hung with a
dependence as pathetic as It was dis
quieting on the Initiative Of the Eek
ecutive. The inspiration for legisla-
ton has not come from party policy
or party principle, but from the White
House. Democratic political convic-
tions have been improvised In the Of
fee Of the Chief Executive; the party
course has been charted in the mind
Of one man, not In the Democratic
caucus, or In the committee rooms, or
in the chambers of the House and
Senate.
There has never been a time In
American history when Congress has
been go weak and so ineffective ae
It has been under the domination Of
the Democrats. Their expulsion from
power gives relief to the whole coun-
try. They make their exit without
regret on the part Of the public, and
without having earned the applause of
any student Of American affairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
The Great Assess ment.

The Peace Conference a few weeks
ago instructed Its Committee on Rep
aration to investigate and report On
three points:
First, on the amount Of reparation
which the enemy countries ought to
pay; second, on what they are capable
of paying; third, on the method, the
form and the time within which pay
ment should be made.
An official despatch from Paris an
nounces that an agreement has been
reached on the first point, and that
the total amount Of reparatlon which
the vanquished ought to pay is $780,
DOC, 10000
Perhaps the figure is Just. Ger
tainly 1t Is interesting; most items in
billions are. Also, 1t is impossible
but 1t must be remembered that on
the first point the committee was
instructed to say what the enemy
fought" to pay. It Is in the report
on the second point that we shall hear
what the enemy actually is capable
Of paying"
or course, as a matter Of cash pay
ment-such as France paid to Ger
many after the war Of 1S70-$120,-
OOO. 0OO, 900 Is a dream. The combined
national wealth of Germany, Austria
Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria
scarcely reached that figure before
the war. Turkey filed months ago
what amounts to a petition in bank
ruptcy, and only yesterday word came
from Sofia that Bulgaria is facing a
financial crisis. The condition Of Aus
tria after four years Of war can only
be ina gined. Germany? Well, Ger
many has some promissory notes from
her impoverished allies and she has
what Is left of herself after years of
commercial isolation.
One hundred and twenty billions Is
something easy TO roll over the tongue
but 1t Is hard to collect. II every
piece OF wealth in the United States
was put ON the auction block-and 90
separately and secretly that there
could be no panlc-it is doubtful
whether the gross receipts of every
| thing-land. buildings, railroads
stock, implements, metals, manufnc
lures and farm products-would
amount to this huge figure. It would
take all the farms OF America S1
years to produce stuff worth thai
much: all our manufactures coult
not do 1t In five years.
1t will be interesting TO see the
amount of damages which the com
mittee considers the enemy capable
OF paying" After that 1t will be
equally interesting to read the rec
ommendation as to the form and the
time In which the payment must be
made. Germany can only hope that
her former colonies will DO appraised
literally and that the instruments or
cash payments will be stretched out
over many years. The assessment
will no doubt be made carefully. Nc
sane creditor wishes to kill his debtor
1t Is bad business.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
welcome to the President, Not BIS
League.

Coming to his country's and as well
the worlds greatest centre Of popula-
ton to-day. President WILSON may
feel assured Of a welcome unaffectedly
cordial. Many as are the elements
which 60 to make up our community,
different as they are one from an
other, in their thoughts, their habits,
even their speech, they will all receive
him with deep respect and unbounded
interest. They will range themselves
by the hundreds Of thousands to catch
q glimpse of his motor car whirling
through the streets. Outside of the
opera house where he is to speak they
will press in suffocating masses. In
side their resounding cheers will fill
the spaces to the dome.
Without reference to political lines,
racial strains, religious beliefs or In
ternational opinions, the people Of
New York will greet him with very
thunder Of welcome as their Presi-
dent-the nations Chief Magistrate.
But Mr.. WILSON will make no mis-
take II he uses his quick perception,
subtle instinct and keen intellect to
sense and see In the outpouring and
the clamor of our people the distinc-
ton between greeting their Chief
Magistrate and indorslng his Ledgue
Of Nations plan. Because Of. but not
Mt all In behalf of, his passionately
earnest championship of his League
document, the people of New York
will be fred with hotter curiosity
than usual to behold and to hear him.
Without grossly deceiving himself he
cannot think that the crowds and the
noise are for his new doctrine, strange
to us as individuals and repugnant
to our nationalism.
Mr.. WILSON can do himself and his
international cause-now the first of
his mind and the dearest of his heart
mo truer service than to perceive
and admit that, whatever welcome
this city and this country give him as
their President, he fails to command
their support and confidence as the
chief, one might almost say sole,
apostle Of the League Of Nations In
the form in which 1t Is offered to us
and TO the world.
The American people last November
voted to take away from Mr.. WILSON
his Congress because they did not
approve its policy and practice In
domestic affairs. This paper for one
has no doubt, we believe II Mr. Will
son should tune his ear finely to the
meaning of the national voice OF
America he himself could he left In
no doubt. that had they the opportu'
nifty this very hour the American peo-
pie would take away from Mr.. VIII
SON his White House. that he might
not continue one step further his pol
icy and practice In foreign affairs.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04

What Is called misrepresentation"
In the subjoined announcement con-
corning the Federal Trade Commits
sion Is actually swindling in a good
many cases, and IL the Government
can put a stop to the practice it at
tacks h>should do It:
Tho Federal Trade Commission
has announced ofSfciaiiy that II will
cooperate to curb widespread mis-
representation In the sale Of stocks
and securities. recognised as being
at this time q particular menace to
holders Of Liberty bonds and War
Savings Stamps"
All over the country statesmen are
Urging holders Of Liberty bonds and
War Saving Stamps to trade them for
stock in oil companies. silver mines
airplane factories and other enter.
prises. They belittle the income de-
rived from the Government securities
promise huge returns from the stocks
they peddle and cite for the bedazxle.
ment Of those they have pitched on
as victims the great profits made BY
a few successful corporations. They
pick out innocent men and women who
probably never owned bond before
they bought Liberty bonds to help win
the war, and get them TO trade the
best security on earth for a flamboy.
ant prospectus. ,,
The thing for owners of Liberty
bonds and War Savings Stamps to dc
is to hold them as long as they can
II they are forced to sell. they will
get the market price from any rep
utable banker. They win. not get II
from a pedler who wants them to
give up Uncle SANS bond for the
stock of a wildcat oil company or sill
yer mine.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
TELEGRAM HUNTING.
A Business Diversion Due to the
Burleson Service.

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message hao oeen oeh'ered 70 an once
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
Mr.. Wilson's Means OF Ascertaining
the Popular VIII.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: In
his address at Boston President Wilson
said of the peoples who constitute the
nations OF the world:
They are in the saddle and they are
going to see to II that II their present
Governments do not do their will some
other Governments shall. and the secret
Is out and the present Governments
know IT,"
In April. 1916. In an address to a
body o. newspaper men. he-a~: 49,,
What we are now talking about Is
largely spiritual, You say. AN the
people out my way think so and so.
Now. I know perfectly we'll that you
have not talked with all the people out
your way ! md that out again and
again. and so you are taken by sur
prise. The people in the United States
are not asking anybody's leave to do
their own thinking and are not asking
anybody to tip them of what they
ought to think. They are thinking for
themselves, every man for himself. and
the worst OF It is. since the responsibility
is mine. / do not know what they are
thinking about. ! have the most i'm
perfect means OF finding out, and yet l
have got to act as II | knew"
Apparently the President now has
means OF knowing what the peoples Of
all tho nations OF the earth think which
are beyond the means If knowledge. he
had three years ago about the thought
Of the people CT his own country. Per-
haps the knowledge he has about the
thought OF the peoples of European
countries he acquired through a course
OF action which bears much resemblance
to the actions Of Citizen Genet, for
which President George Washington ex-
PEELED from the United States that diplo-
matte agent OF the French Government.
BRooxLyN, March 3, r. l.. NJ.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
Neither "POlitical Prisoners" MOI
Martyrs.

In his letter to President WILSON
on convictions under the espionage
law Attorney General GREGORY demol-
ishes a pretentious structure Of mis-
representation erected by sentimental
or vicious persons with regard to enc
mics Of the United States who were
brought to- justice TIN ough the en-.
forcement of this act. They have
been called political prisoners" and
the attempt has been made to trans
form them into martyrs for free
speech, free conscience, or freedom
generally. They are not political
prisoners" nor are they martyrs. The
Attorney General says:
'-rhe persons convicted and SEN
fenced for violation OF this statute
are In no sense political prisoners
and they have not been convicted
for mere expression Of opinion.
"All of them have been convicted
upon a trial by Jury of Rilfh vio-
iation of a law whose sole aim was
to prevent deliberate obstruction. in
the prosecution Of the war.
1.-THE statute under which they
were convicted required in every IN
stance that proof be made OF their
wilfulness and Of an evil intent to
hinder this country in the conduct OF
the war and the assertion that. as
n class. these defendants are 'politi-
cal prisoners is one which cannot
be sustained.
81 csnhes recommend an indis-
cr.m!na.e pardon 81 these perscrs."
Exactly as in the administration OF
other criminal laws, cases have arisen
under the espionage act in which
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
Police Duty for City Employees.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir. Why
not make deputy sheriffs and detectives
with police power of the many civil en-
ployees OF the city OF New York who
can be fitted for this work and assist
the police? The police now have almost
more than they can do.
There are men in the service OF the
city. such as attendants. law clerks.
process servers and clerks, who could be
of able assistance. These men could DO
picked out by the police heads and could
do good service.
CLARENCE DE LANcEr.
NEW York, March ..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04

There Is no doubt that with very few
exceptions the lawmakers hero are con-
WINGED that the direct primaries. far
from proving the blessing they once
were thought to be. have fallen wo-
fully short of their purpose. Neverthe-
less. the walton-Fearon bill has re-
manned bottled up in committee since
its introduction early in February.-Des-
patch from Arbory.
The timidity of some lawmakers IN
the face Of even an exploded "popu-
lar demand" is one Of the wonders
of legislative psychology.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-04
HANDS OFF ALL PRIcESi
4. Matter TO BE Settled by the Buyer
Not the Government.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I
wish to commend the editorial article
printed In THE SUN on February IS en-
titled Take the Governments Hands on
All Prices" and similar articles which
you have published recently.
The buyer makes the price OF every
commodity; II II does not suit him he
declines TO buy. This every good business
man knows. Perhaps the earnest repe-
tition OF the fact will eventually pene-
trate the craniums OF many OF our pub
lie men, who seem to think that water
may be made to run up hill and tho
universe run by legal enactments.
CHARLES S. LIrrrLL
NEW YORK, March 3
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Pound In tho Mail of . Great Massachu.
sets School.
From the Phillips Bsitetia.

FrOW INC FHTTfps BulItfA
The trus character of our founder was
in the mind OF tho mother who addressed
us as "st. Phillips Academy" and the
advocates OF League of Nations will be
pleased with the brotherly designation of
exeter Phillips. Andover. Mass" q dis.
corning selection OF site! The human els-
ment prevailed in the writer OF "Mr Acad-
envy Philip" while the trivial inquirer
dubbed US "Flipp Academy" The suffra-
glst seeker entitled us Miss Phillips'
Academy" and a psychological analyst in
voked us as principles. Phillis Academy"
A auAkerish tinge appears In Philadelphia
Academy" and a churehly air enwraps
Bishop Hall, Esq, Andover."