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A MYSTERY OF THE WIRES.
The kilograms That Burleson Re-
ceives but Never Delivers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: On
Saturday afternoon l received a tele-
gram from a lady in the service just
returned on the lmperator that she
would like to call Sunday on my fam
lily. and replied Immediately, asking
her to dinner with us Sunday.
When my despatch was gone I re-
called that last year. on two occasions,
dispatches from the same lady. then
about to sail for Europe. failed to
reach me, and she went without my
being able to see her. l then telephoned
and was lucky enough to reach her at
her hotel in New York on University
place On Sunday about noon she
reached my house in Newark and in
formed me she had not received my
despatch, which I had been assured
would be delivered in one hour.
How much longer are We going to
be charged for that which We do not
receive?
Suppose ! was to pay a merchant for
pair of shoes and he did not deliver
them to me- What would you call said
merchant and what would the courts
do to him? CHARLES LEROY.
NEWARK, n. J.. May 80.
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Too Late to Spoil the Victory.

Although it Is to be regretted that
the NC-4s voyage from Lisbon to
Plymouth has not gone smoothly, this
trip is really only the afterpiece, so
far as public interest is concerned, to
a completed drama. OF course the
navy was not out to get purely dra-
matte results: otherwise the sail from
Portugal to England, with it's rather
antl-climateric character, would not
have been put in the programme at
all. This last leg of the journey is
just an added test of the seaplane's
endurance. The great question was
asked Of the machine In the flight
from Newfoundland to the Azores,
and we'll answered.
1t Is not paradoxical to say that
now, after READS seaplane has
crossed the Atlantic, the oftener it
comes to mechanical grief the better
Off the science of flying will be. Every
difficulty that is encountered brings
out the remedy for 1t. In a perfect
flight the weaknesses of aircraft are
not discovered. More than one motor
Is going" to stop. more than one wing
is going to break, before we have an
alrship that will leave Cape Cod and
hum ita uninterrupted way to Brest.
But that that machine Is coming no.
body who has watched READ and Tow
Frs and BELLINGER will doubt. .
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churches and the unusually rich mu.
seums Of such towns as Udine and
Belluno, sending some Of the spoils
to Berlin, but the great part to
Vienna. The important claims, though,
that Italy makes 60 back to the time
of an early Austrian occupation. For
Tuscany italy asks the return of the
jewels which once belonged to the
Tuscan dukes, among these the great
Florentine diamond which afterward
became part of the Hapsburg i'm
perlal jewels, and also of the heir
looms Of the Medici family, which
were carried away from Florence in
the eighteenth century. Italy asks
too the restoration to Modena of
paintings by old masters, ancient
manuscript and the silver plate that
belongs to the Medici house.
For Palermo Italy makes q claim
upon the coronation robes which have
been worn by the German Emperors
at their coronation since the time Of
HENRY VI. In the twelfth century.
These robes include gorgeous man
tie, an alba and glrdle Of gold scales
which were made by Saracen artisans
for Norman kings at the time Of the
Norman occupation Of Sicily. These
treasures have reposed for years in
the imperial Hapsburg treasury in
the Hofburg, Vienna. For an island
SO rich in romantic history and an-
Equities Sicily has few reminders of
Its past civilization to show except its
buildings which its various conquerors
we're unable to carry away. The bar
renness of the Palermo Museum. the
largest on the island, has often been
remarked by travellers.
These revelations of how the island
was despoiled Of its treasure bear out
the explanation of the lack Of their
own treasures which the Slcilians
have so often made. There Is n
legend on the island that somewhere
In the rich embroidery Of the mantle
is worked an Arabic warning that IL
the robe rests on the shoulders of one
who possesses it through theft or OPP
preston 1t will eventually crush him
and his sons. The superstftious ST.
cillans may thus find the work Of
fate in the collapse of the Hapsburg
dynasty.
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Who can withhold admiration from
Master MIKE GLHooLY of Belgium. the
fourteen year old lad who has three
times reached these shores as a stow
away in his effort to become a citizen
of the United States? To be captured
by Ellis Island officials and reshipped
to his port Of embarkation seems only
10 deepen the plucky youths purpose
OF characterization without plebi-
scite concerning his selected ale giance.
Were he to wriggle out OF Ellis ISL
ands clutch and land safely some
where in Manhattan there can be no
doubt that in few years he would
be the undisputed mandatory Of con-
siderable territory, say about the size Of
an Assembly district.
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the man in the street will confess
that he knows only one bit of WHIT
MAN: 20 Captainl My Captain I"
Well, he knows the one that is most
likely to live forever.
To any person who may feel re-
scntful toward WHITMAN because of
the mess Of free verse that has been
poured out in the last few years we
beg leave to say that we do not be-
lieve that WALT was to blame for it.
1t had happened before his time and
1t was bound to happen again. 1t is
one Of the penalties that come with
cheap printing. Most of the stuff Is
written by fellows who are too lazy
to rhyme. Some of 1t seems to be
turned out by those who believe that
incoherence is synonym for poetry.
Nobody will celebrate their hundredth
birthdays.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

There Is only one cream separator in
use in Foochow. China. This is owned by
the Foochow Dairy and is a small hand
operated machine Installed by tho local
British physician who started the dairy.
The concern is now owned by Chinese and
has about 100 cows and 800 customers.
A cooperative factory for milk products
Is to be established at Diemen, near Am
sterdam. by an Organization OF twenty
seven dairymen. In that vicinity 30, 900
quarts OF milk are delivered daily, so that
the supply for the new dairy will appar-
emily be abundant
The importation OF chemicals into Tai
wan during 1918 amounted in value TO
1T74,43o yen. equal to about 1881, al
All but 52,703 yen (s26.35D worth OF
these came from other parts OF Japan,
sodss OF various kinds formed the largest
item
Gas water heaters of American manu-
facture are being sold by the gas COM
panies OF Kobe and Asaka, Japan. says
Consul Robert Frazer. Jr. These are
chiefly in two sizes and retail at s5I and
s57. There Is also an automatic boiler
and heater selling for about 800.
Norway's timber export the first ten
months OF 1918 compared with the corre-
spending period OF 1917 decreased from
1927 900 20 100000 cubic meters. The re-
duetion was mainly due to lack OF tonnage
Supplies OF Er!ndery for boot and shoe
making very short in South Africa,
and new importstions are urgently needed
says the British and South African Export
Gazette.
4 trade journal reports that laboratory
equipment and scientific instruments. espe-
cially for chemical and METEOROLOGICAL re-
search. TO a value OF $3.50. 600 are to be
purchased shortly for the Union OF South
African Government,
Railway construction is being pressed
forward in the districts of Mozambique,
Quilimane and Beira, Portuguese East
Africa.
From 100, 900 to 400. 900 pounds Of pig
intestines are exported from China annu-
ally for use a. sausage castings
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MEXICO ASSURES
u. S. IN OIL DISPUTE
LdD viii Not Have Retroac-
tue Effect.

WASHINGTON, May 30.-The Mexican
Government has assured the United
states that no law enacted by the Mcxi-
can Congress In connection with thu
petroleum code would have retroactlN e
effect, It was learned from official
sources to-day, and the State Depart
ment has been advised that the new
oil law will not nationalist oil properties
acquired by Americans prior to May -,
1917.
Charles A. Dou.las, who represeu =
the Mexican Government and the MeXl-
can Embassy here as legal adviser, to-
day said these assurances had been
given in good faith and that there was
no question that they would be carried
out. Mr.. Douglas said that the same
protection would apply to all other for
ciGn investments in Mexico.
Officials here believe that II these
assurances are carried out the most
serious cause Of trouble between the
two countries will have been eliminated
1t was also said that If Mexico by the
enactment of laws protecting foreign
rights gave guarantees that she would
comply with her international obliga-
tons she might he invited TO become a
member of the League of Nations
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MSURGENT LEADERS
CALLED IN COUNCIL
Vasquez Gomez Mentioned as
Choice for President.

JUAREz Mexico, May 3o-There win
be a meeting OF al the revolu-
tionary leaders OF Importance from
all parts of Mexico at the camp of Gen
Carrara. insurgent leader In the State
OF Nuevo Leon. on the border line be
tween that State and Coahuia tomor-
row, It was announced here to-day
The purpose OF the meeting is to or
ganize all movements under Gen An.
geles as chief of the division OF the
North of the revolution. with Fran
cisco villa as second in command Repre-
sentatives OF Gen. Felix Diaz are ex-
pected to be present.
The name OF Dr. Vasquez Gomez now
at San Antonio. Texas, IA most prom
lnently mentioned as the choice OF the
tevolutionists for President Of Mexico.
There are now fourteen distinct move
ments In various parts of Mexico, and
leaders or their representatives Of all
will be present.
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THE POLISHED DOME.
Not Intellect but Stiff Hats Said to
Cause Badness.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: In
reference TO the letters about The Pol
ished Dome printed in THE SUN 1t is
pertinent to ask whether any OF the
writer's is acquainted with the fact that
badness rs due to the pressure OF the
stff hat. worn by men, against the
sides OF the head. preventing the free
circulation of the blood to the hair
roots on the top OF the head.
Some folks are fond OF hunting for
differences In mental equipment between
men with plenty of natural head COW
ering and those bald heads proverbially
fond of front seats at the theatre.
1t would seem that none OF these cor
respondents has met any OF our weak
brethren whose only head lustre is on
the outside. nor intellectually prominent
men with hirsute domes,
1t is absolutely certain that none OF
them has ever seen a bald headed
woman.
Are all these people joking? II So
pardon this. w. STowELL MILLS.
BROOKLYN. May 80.
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JAPANESE PRAISE
OF u. S. PUBLISHED
Good Points of Americans
Are Set Forth.

TOXIC. April % Correspondence -
Japanese appreciation of good points o,
Americans finds expression in a collec-
ton of personal comments published by
the Jusugvo, a commercial periodical.
The following are representative eX-
tracts:
DIR. X. Miyake-"Japan has much To
learn from America. The unanimity
with which America entered the war
and the patriotism which her sons DEM
onstrated on the firing front and behind
II is worth studying, The next thing
which Japan has to study about the
American Is his enterprislng spirit in
social affairs"
DR.. T. Nakajima-"The japanese are
exclusive. cunning and intriguing. Long
years or feudalism are to be blamed for
this. In contrast with US the Americans
are downright by nature. That they
have a wonderful power OF assimilating
those who come near them may be
traced to this American openness of
heart"
T. shidachl. formerly president OF the
Industrial Rank-"There are many
comendable traits in tho American. but
his spirit OF social service Is to me the
most rema rkable He is a firm believer
in Christianity. but he does not believe
in that religion merely for peace OF
mind but in order to contribute toward
making society better and the world
more livable by influencing the thought
OF others. Firm In his religious belief
he is daring TO a sublime degree. anu
never despairs. He is optimistic and
defies all obstacles with a CHEEKY face"
Mr.. Furuya. director of a trading
company-"'The Americans are out
spoken. Their burning desire is to see
themselves a great nation In accord
ance with their own conception OF
Ereatnesa"
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Prom the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Platinum worth $2.415, 900 and weighing
"a. 900 ounces was recently brought into
this country, 1t travelled from Russia
as the personal baggage of a Msssachu-
sstts business man. who had undertaken
on his own responsibility to secure It for
the Government. To this task he gavs
over a year OF his time without remunera-
ton, advanced his own funds. overcame
an uncounted number of dangers, obstacles
and hardships, and sacrificed his health.
A tragic ending TO the story OF CONNER
cial romance Is supplied by his death, four
hours after his return. from exhaustion.
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Merely Phrases.
Two sentences from the Presidents
Memorial Day message:

Two sentences from the Presidents
Memorial Day message:
I'VE have buried the gallant and
now immortal men who died in this
great war Of liberation with a new
sense of conservation. Our thoughts
and purposes now are consecrated to
the maintenance of the liberty OF
the world and of the union OF its
peoples in a single comradeship Of
liberty and Of right"
Is there a new sense Of consecra-
tton among the Americans whose sons
died to avenge the wrongs which Ger
many had done the United States
Could they have any finer feeling than
that which has imbued this nation on
every Decoration Day for the last
fffty-one years?
And the second sentence When 1t
is remembered that Mr.. WILSON in
his determination to drive through
his covenant not only has played with
American sovereignty and tradition
but has done oil he could, Willingly
or otherwise, to arouse distrust among
allies who were In perfect friendship
on Armistice Day, the talk Of uniting
the world in "single comradeship"
sounds as fat as cracked drum.
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The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
Sun rises...6:2s A N Sun sets......s.p p N
Moon sets. 10 :a2 p N

AiVo" 'e'e.'''''.'"'' 90
Eastern New York, New Jersey and
southern New England, fair to-day to-
morrow partly cloudy, followed by show
ers by Sunday night not much change
In temperature; gentle varia Bile winds.
Northern New England, fair to-day; to-
morrow partly CLOUDY; mild temperature;
moderate northwest winds.
Western New York, fair to-day; to-mor-
row local thundershowers. with some
what lower temperature; gentle variable
winds.
WASHINGTON, May s0,-warm weather
continued during Friday in the north and
Middle states from the AiiantiS , coast
Missouri valleys with the greatest excess
in temperature in the upper lake region ,
highest temperature Of record in tho
month OF May occurred Friday at Madl-
son, son, Wis. 80 degrees and at saul. ,, st:
has overspread the northern plains States
and the Rocky Mountain and plateau re-
Eions and Friday night snow was falling
were showers in the last twenty -four hours
In the south Atlantic and east Gulf states
souri, Valleys and the Northwest. Fair
weather prevailed in other regions In
the middle Atlantic and New England
lower lake region fair and warm weather
Viii continue during Saturday and into
sunday. the weather becoming unset
tied and showery with lower temperatures
Sunday night and Monday. In Tennessee.
the lower Ohio Valley and the upper lske
region, local thundershowers are probsbs
Saturday and Sunday with lower temperR.
ture Sunday In the south Atlantic and
east Gulf states there will be local thun.
dershowers without material change in
temperature Saturday and Sunday.
Observations at United States Weather Ru-
rcau stations taken at p. NJ yesterday. sev.
en- u fifth meridian time:
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WHY HE DIDN'T BUY,
A Perfectly Sound Reason for Not
Purchasing q Victory Note.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: ]
read with much interest your EDITORIAL
article THE Victory Loan" One thing
might we'll be added, to my mind. and
hope you will not feel 1t presumptuous
on the part of an old reader of THE SUN
II he asks you to print this.
There is. as the article mentions.
far smaller number Of subscribers to
the Victory Loan than there was to
the Third and Fourth loans. 1t Is also,
no doubt, true that the difference Is
due to the fact that the small buyers
did not buy Of the Victory Loan as they
did of the other loans. Why not?
Not because they bought for patriotic
reasons during the war and feel that
the urgent need Is past That may &C
count for some OF the shortage. but
feel that It accounts for but a small
number comparatively. The Victory
Loan is an AL investment and far bet
ter than the previous loans for the small
holder. and the small buyer did not
pass II up because he did not have an
eye for what is good.
believe that the small buyers of
previous loans passed UP this last loan
In so many cases because they could
no longer buy.
l personally did my level best to buy
Of each loan, and l did so until the
last one came along. BY that time l
found that the increase in rent, the
cost Of food and clothing &C.. had made
1t so hard to make ends meet that
could not even spare 81 a week for
a $50 bond. What with the Govern
ment keeping up the cost Of food by
refusing the American people access to
the large store of wheat, with a Pres-
dent (who had sworn. with the Word
Of God In his hands, that he would do
his constitutional duty by his country
spending his time in trying to run the
world, neglecting his sworn duties mean
time. l ask in all seriousness what
can a poor devil OF would-be small
bondholder do, no matter how tempt
ing the offer made?
have one bond of each of the first
four issues. bought consistently and
intended to get one bond OF any and
all issues. had TO give UP my firm
resolve in the face OF stern fact. I
shall never sell one of my bonds, so
help me, but there is one thing ] shall
do, and that is vote the straight Re
publican ticket from now on. And l
have always been a Democrat.
He kept us out OF the war. but can
he keep us out of the poorhouse?
A. ]. r.
LONG ISLAND CITY. May 80.
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II Congress passes Senator MOSES s
resolution of-thanks to Commander
READ. and II should pass 1t. and II the
Commander is mentioned by name in
the form in which the resolution
passes. he will be entitled to the privi-
lege Of walking past the Senate and
House doorkeepers and onto the floor
of those chambers without the chal-
lenge Excuse me, sir. are you a
member" 1t is privilege extended
to very few, the list" at one time,
We have heard. consisting OF but one
name, GEORGE BANCROFT. the historian.
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A Call for Mr.. Henry White.

From the Grand Rapids Herald.
We are disconsolately coming to the
conclusion that the President didn't pick
the really biggest Republican repre-
sentative who might have been availa-
BILE. We are also coming to the con-
clusion that he might have helped him
self in his imminent dealings with a
Republican Senate II he had chosen a
real representative" who would have
had some weight with his party" when
he returns. AS the twig Is bent SO is
the tree inclined. Meanwhile II we
could only find our Mr.. White In a
movie" or most anywhere 1t would
cheer US to hope that all Is not lost.
THE SuN is asking Its readers to ex-
press themselves in answer to a most
interesting academic inquiry, who is
the most unknown man in the world?"
Is there any likelier candidate than a
certain Republican representative" who
fell into President Wilson's shadow one
day last December and was sunk with
out. trace? Hawker was a pilxer. He
was only lost for a week
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SIN 1t Conyeys the Message.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir' Here
is sample OF English as she is wrote
In France. 1t is a copy of a circular
sent to me by an American soldier sta
toned near Lyons:
AMERICAN BOYS
PAY ATTENTION
Tho stationar!es
Nargot in Linol le Grand
Michel rue du Chateau in Bazoillss
are near TO shut their Stores doors.
At this occasion
very important differences
on the prices
win be consented.
The last and best welcome Is re-
served to our faithful customers who
will be able to purchase every goods
at the lowest prices prActiced TIL the
present day.
ARCHIBALD. IA, May %. y.
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The Poets OF the Now.

They sing OF mantelpieces, soap,
OF blankets apothegms and rope.
or turkey sizzards and ec!ipses.
OF pAradigms and exc ellipses.
They make a poem" out OF suds.
OF unwashed windows. fathers buds;
Their inspiration comes from ceilings,
From doormats and potato Feelings.
They find there's beauty in a piece
or sausage, or OF cold. gray grease;
They simply dote on pickles. hops,
And love 10 write OF kitchen mops.
Hsrk! how they yap on every hand,
These scavengers OF Poetry Land
WILLIAM Wallace WHIrHLooK.
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The Hon. AISLE J. GRoNNA OF Lakota,
North Dakota, declared in the caucus
OF Republican Senators. II do not give
q tinker's dam who is chosen chair
man of the Finance Committee"
the Hon. AISLE J. voices the
of millions OF taxpayers
who do however, give more than a
troopers damn that the committee
shall get organized and get TO work.
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EVENTS TODAY.

Walt whitman After One Hundred
Years Old" will be the topic OF the meet
ing Of the Walt whitman Fellowship In
transitional at the Hotel Brevoort. 1850
p. NJ. dinner will be served at $40 P. ".
Social session of the Committee on Edu-
cation for Citizenship and the Womsn's
Press Club. Waldorf Astoria, 2 p. NJ.
DR.. NJ. A. Howe will lecture Floral
and Scenic Features of the Panama Canal
Zone" at the Museum Building OF the New
York Botanical Garden at =. NJ.
The Students Council Of the Washington
Heights Evening High school will have .
community dance to raise funds for
bronze war memorial tablet at tho Twenty
second Regiment Armory. p NJ.
Queensborough League OF Mothers Clubs,
meeting. Hotel McAlpln, p. NJ
Battery A. First Battalion French Ar
tillery, dinner Hotel Pennsylvania, I
Z. NJ.
Contrasts in Modern English Fiction
and Drama" by Frederick Paulding. at
Harlem Y. NJ. C. A, West 125th street.
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A GREAT WHITE CITY.
What New York Might Be Through
Liberal Use of Paint.

70 THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Dark,
dingy courts and fences in old fash
Toned places are principally the cause
OF dark rooms, apartments and Offices
If Greater New York.
II every landlord would use white
paint on courts and fences it would
make a wonderful difference in the light
throughout the city, and 1t Is not diff
cult to secure this II every prospective
tenant when examining an apartment
or house or Office will demand that white
paint be used on exteriors of buildings.
az this can be accomplished New York
will be known as The Great White
City" w F. WAKEMAN.
NEW YORK May 80