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Our valorous Negro Troops.

New York welcomed to their homes
yesterday the negro soldiers who, re-
cruited as the Fifteenth Regiment Of
the National Guard, won fame for
themselves In the United States Army
as members of the 369th Infantry.
The tale Of their courage. their devo-
ton and their good humor preceded
them. From the day Of their landing
In France reports Of their soldlerly
conduct were frequent, and the testi-
mony of their officers to their good
behavior is borne out not only by that
Of newspaper correspondents but by
the numerous decorations conferred
on them by the foreign commanders
under whom they fought.
The negro soldiers did not face the
task Of making good reputation for
fighting men Of their race That had
been written in the history Of the
nation by their predecessors in other
wars. From the Revolution onward,
whenever and wherever the United
States has needed soldiers. the ne
groes have responded. They have al
ways been recognized in the Regular
Army as splendid material for pro-
fessional soldiers, and they have SINH
larry won honor in the ranks Of the
volunteers. In France they were
brought into comparison with negroes
from other parts of the world, and in
that comparison they suffered in no
way whatsoever.
The negroes Of New York who went
oversee return to their city with
the knowledge that they have earned
the plaudits that will be uttered In
their honor by men Of all races. They
have upheld and raised higher than
1t ever was before the standard OF
their race. They have given the lie
to the contentious that city life Is
peculiarly demoralizing to men whose
skins are black, and that the city
negro has not the physical stamina
or the moral integrity Of the field
hand. The story Of their achieve
ments In the field Is the Anal answer
TO those who have held that only
in the Southern climate and under
patriarchal government can the ne
gro develop the highest qualities OF
manhood and self-reliance.
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ANOTHER NATION Lacquer.
In His Tine Anacharsis Cloots Was
1.-THE Orator Of the Human Race"

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str: In
the uncertainty as to the final outcome
OF the plan for a League Of Nations II
might be well to remind your readers
OF the efforts OF Jean Baptiste, Baron
Won Clootz. better known as Anacharsis
Clootz. While still young ne lavished
his money to promote the union of all
nations In one family. In the French
Revolution he saw the fulilment of his
dreams. He constituted himself the ''ora-
tor OF the human race" and on June
10, 1890. he appeared at the bar OF tho
National Assembly with number OF
his followers In foreign dresses. to rep
resent the deputies OF all nations.
When an impeachment was brought
against Hebert and his adherents Clootz
was condemned to death and executed
March 20, 1894. His addresses had been
heard with enthusiasm and greeted with
storms Of applause.
We were told by the Preacher. the
son Of David. King Of jerusalem" that
The thing that hath been Is that which
shall be. and there is no new thing
under the sun" The theorists of the
present day claim originality; may
heaven preserve us from tho triumph OF
anarchy which threatens to follow the
upsetting OF thrones! SENEI.
PHILADELPHIA. February IL
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A Musical Innovation Of Importance
to American Orchestras.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: After
years of study and propaganda, Eng
land and America adopted the French
diapason normale, or standard pitch OF
Assists double vibrations TO the
second at 10 degrees Centigrade. about
equivalent to Ai-435 vibrations at 6s
degrees Fahrenheit. There had been the
philosophical pitch. with successive oc-
taves representing powers OF two; the
Sche!bler. Stuttgart or German pitch OF
ALTO the French opera pitch, c. $40
or over. and the Philharmonic pitch.
nearly or quite as high.
War was declared by the United
States on Germany In April. 1917. On
May u. 1917, the American Fedora
ton OF Musicians, In convention as
sembled at New Haven. Conn. adopted
the Scheibler pitch as the standard for
American ofchcstras.
What was the reason for the change?
Organs generally had been tuned down
from the Philharmonic TO the French
pitch. Orchestra players bought new
instruments at the low pitch. The
military bands were the last to succumb.
but II is understood that our army and
navy bands are now supplied with In
struments at the low pitch.
Our general adoption OF higher
pitch viii require another returning OF
organs and the replacing OF thousands
Of band and orchestra instruments Was
the change necessary. proper or expo
dient7 Why was the German pitch
selected? z.
New YORK. February IL.
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UNCLE SAM AS FINANCIER.
II Liberty Bonds Are Below Par, Rail.
road Securities Arc Lower.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--str: All
We can, say to your complaining corre-
spondents apropos Of their infinitesimal
and temporary paper losses on their
Liberty loan bonds Is this: Let Us
hope that Uncle Sam Is q better nnan-
cisr than he Is a railroad man. In the
latter venture. certainly. he has boon
found wanting.
Tho railroad stockholders, who have
seen all of their securities shrink down
to panic prices, have by far more rea-
son to complain than the Liberty loan
bondholdera Still, let me add TO their
credit. In all this deafening noise that
10 made about the disposition Of their
property their voices are the only ones
that arc not heard In the dlscordant
concert.
I sometimes wonder II the politi-
clans. who talk a good deal. and 20 far
haven't accomplished anything. have any
money invested in the railroad industry.
1t Is safe to assume. though, that II all
the people that take an active interest
In the railroad problem had say half
OF their capital invested in the trans
portation systems Of the country, rail-
road shares in general would be selling
at double the quotations at which they
are selling at present.
DESIRE LsscARBounA.
NEW York. February IL.
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restored to Germany and that the
German revolution did not follow the
disastrous course Of the Russian rev.
olution and bring about similar cha
otto conditions. 1t was, no doubt, be-
cause he proved himself a man Of
accomplishments. or as DR.. DAVID de-
scribed him, "a man OF skill, frmpess
and activity, who would protect the
freedom Of the new state" that he
became the choice Of the Assembly
for the first President.
Herr EXERT as Chancellor set forth
the principles OF the new German
Government as a government Of the
people that must preserve the Ger
mans from civil war and famine, con.
solidate the liberty which they have
won and make every effort to obtain
peace for them In the quickest posi-
BILE time. 1t was considered then that
he spoke with sincerity. and his acts
seemed to confirm this belief. 1t is
to be hoped that he will continue
in this course with an equal honesty
Of purpose.
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The First President Of the New
German State.

The German National Assembly at
Welmar has chosen FRIEDRICH EBERT.
who succeeded Prince MAX as Chan
celior after the change from the Ho-
henzollern rule, as the first President
OF the new German state. He re-
ceived a majority of 102 votes in the
Assembly, representing practically the
entire support Of the Majority So.
ciallsts and a mixed support of the
stronger bourgeois parties. He was
opposed by the Conservatives and the
National Liberals, and the Indepen-
dent, or radical. Socialists refused to
vote. EBERT's ELECTION has, thus, the
approval OF most OF the new and
constructive political elements repre-
scented by the Assembly.
Before EBERT became Socialist
politician he was a saddler, and he
has frequently been referred to as n
"man who rose from the pavement"
His appearance in the Relchstag in
1910 was not propitlous; he took a
middle ground between the conserva-
tive and the radical Socialists. and
he was apparently trusted by neither
party. He was contemptuously called
"catspaw OF the mighty" and 1.-The
Kaiser's messenger" 1t was declared
that he had no initiative, no ability
as a statesman, and no grasp of the
situation that confronted Germany.
In the discussion Of possible Presi-
Dental candidates his name seldom
appeared; he was spoken OF as a
probable Chancellor, but the highest
honor was to go to Won GwINNER, the
banker; NAUMANN the historian, or
SCHEIDEMANN or EMBERGER, older
and more experienced politicians.
But when the vote was taken the
names OF the first two were not on
the list, and SCHEIDEMANN and Err
BERGER received only one vote each.
This faculty for securing results Is
one Of the characteristics of EBERT's
career He wished to be Chancellor
and to the surprise Of more expert
enccd politicians he attained the office
1t vac prophcSled that he was un
equal to the requirements Of the Chan
cellorship and that the red horrors
OF the BolShcvik regime in Russia
would he repeated in Germany. In
stead, EBERT overthrow completely til,
power Of the Spartacus group, ant
Or. EDuARp DAVID, Speaker Of tn
Assembly, said that it was mainl,
due to EBERT that law and order wer
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Harmony Duty In Albany.

The executive and legislative
branches Of our State Government
cannot always be In harmony. FIRE.
puently they are not, even when each
Is of the same political party. At the
present time there Is Democratic
Governor with Republican Legisla-
ture. There Is, moreover. a control
Of the majority Of the executive de-
partments by elected Republican OFF,
Gals expected, in our theory Of gov
eminent, to net in cooperation with
the Chief Executive.
For the better part Of month and
n half, indeed for approximately the
bette- part of the usual legislative
session, the State of New York has
had government tug OF war at Al
bany. The Governor has been pull
ing at one end OF the rope, the Legis-
lature has been pulling at the other
end, and nothing much has resulted
either to the good or to the interest
Of the 100000 people of the EN-.
pire State.
To admit that this is not merely a
negatively fruitlcss, but a positively
evil situation, nobody need take sides
with the Governor and nobody need
take sides with the Legislature. Suffi-
Gent will 1t be to consider the public
service. 1t must be perfectly clear to
the general public and it ought to be
to the Governor and to the Legisla-
ture that neither side was sent to
Albany merely to conduct a political
war on the other. Neither side was
sent there merely to balk the plans
Of the other. Both were sent there
to do the work Of the public. They
cannot do It by playing tug Of war
all the time.
Not as Republicans or Democrats,
not as friend or enemy, but as repre-
sentatives of the people Of the State
Of New York, let the opposing ele-
ments, whatever they feel entitled to
do in respect of other things. get to-
gether when 1t Is a case of the busl-
ness of the public pure and simple.
This is what they were elected to do.
To do it Is their duty.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.

~ stinct!ve Work IN American Fio-
tion." by Frederick Pau!dinE. Washing
ton Irving High School. 40 Irving place.
Homes, Habits and History OF the
rop, Public school 81, Forty-second street
east OF Third avenue: btereopticon.
Land of the Incas." personal expert
ences. by Mrs. N. Claire Finney, Public
school as, l56th street and 81. Nicholas
Spencer. the Philosophy OF Evolution"
by william j. Durant Pm. D. Public
School So, ?2s East Fifty-seventh street.
Special Motion Pictures-Onicial war
Aims will be shown IN Public school 62
Hester. Essex and Norfolk streets. together
with an address on an "Americanization"
subject by q prominent lecturer. probably
Abram !, Eikus.
''Th. upbuildins OF AnEIo-Amerlcan Po-
Public School 1865. 225 West iOsth street
THE Physical Basis OF Music" by Prot
J, Loring Arnold. Phi. D.. OF New York
University. labor Temple, southwest cor
ner Fourteenth street and Second avenue
illustrated by experiments.
THE Beauty of Machine Made Things"
Zone of course on art and Daily Life"
by John Quincy Adams. PHI. D., Y. w
II, A. 81 West 10th street; stereopticon
views.
BRONX
Charles Darwin" Zone OF a course on
Modern Prophets OF DemocracyD, by
DR.. John II. Randall. Norris High School
l66th street and Boston road.
Folk Songs of France" by Albert g.
Crawford, Public School SO, l6sth street.
Findlay and Teller avenues; Illustrated by
vocal and plano selections
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Confusion About the Prohibition
Effective on July 4.

Mr.. BONN, the corresponding SEC
rotary Of the Central Federated I'm
Ion, appears to be a victim of the
confusion which In the minds of many
citizens attributes to the prohibitory
amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States the condition Of bone
dryness that Is to be imposed upon
us on July I. In his circular letter
urging affiliated unions and organ.
lied labor generally" to take a ref
erepdum on the proposal to call a
general strike with the slogan mo
beer, no work" on that date, he says !:
Bono dry prohibition has been en-
acted into law without the consent Of
the governed.
legislatures have voted without con-
sulting their constituents E"
The proposition on which the men,
bers of the trade unions are asked to
vote Is "if the bone dry prohlbitory
law Is really enforced on July /, 1919,
to then cease work until this law Is
annulled." But no Legislature except
the Congress of the United States had
anything TO do with the enactment
Of this law, and references In Mr..
BoHM's letter to the Legislatures Of
California, Indiana and Massachu-
sets are beside the point.
The prohibition which becomes ef-
fective on July l, 1919. as THE Sun
has heretofore explained, will result
from the Jones rider to the bill de-
signed to stimulate agriculture ap-
proved by President WILSON on No.
vember Fl. 1913. This is a temporary
prohibition, covering the period Of the
war and Of rehabilitation, and the
President Is authorized to lift the in
hib!tion by pl defamation when in his
opinion the need for II has passed.
The prohibitory amendment to the
United States Constitution does not
become effective until January 10,
1920, and when It does become q
part Of the fundamental written law
enforcement of its provisions by con-
current action OF the nation and the
States must be effected by appropri-
ate legislation.
1t is within the authority OF Con.
gress to repeal the statute under
which the nation will go dry on July
I, but Congress cannot repeal the
Eighteenth Amendment. Congress
might submit to the States an amend
ment to remove from the Constitution
the prohibition amendment, and this
would take the course of any other
proposed amendment; that is, It
would be acted on by the State Leg
islatures, and If 1t were approved by
three fourths of them It would elimi-
nate the Eighteenth Amendment. But
the prohibition Of alcoholic beverages
beginning ON July l Is in no way re-
lated to the prohibition amendment,
fact which must be borne IN mind
whenever this important subject Is
discussed as seriously as 1t should be
when 1t is designed to make 1t the
cause Of general strike.
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particularly interesting because Of his
adherence throughout his remarks to
sound economic doctrine, and his dec.
laration that III anybody uses force
to drive an unfair bargain with the
community, then we are bound to
fight 1t with the whole weight Of the
nation" In brief, the new Parliament
convened with the Government awake
to the necessities and possibilities of
the situation in Great Britain, pledged
to utilize all Its authority for the
correction Of improper conditions and
the stimulation of national we'll being,
but fully determined to have reason
guide It's course. and to defend the
public order and peace with every
weapon It can WELD.
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o. Be strong.
And daily not with wronGi
Soft ways and subtle to the weak belong
In strength begin
Your counsels faithful as your arms have
been;
Not compromise with sin.
Nor aid the enemy. nor let the outlaw In !
Do not III
That good may como. stronG will.
Stern righteousness-shail triumph still.
Let your feet
Keep tho broad highways. In your
council meet
Not with tho scornfui! Sit not in thsir
seat,
Nor let the iawiess with the law oompsts
o. take your stand
Firmly for Justice unto every land!
From double dealing keep lips. heart and
hand:
And may all hate be banned!
n, L. BUULKR.
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ENTERTAINMENTS FOR MEN
IN UNIFORM.

Dancing class-Sationai League for
woPan's Service, ?G Madison avenue
(Thf ty-nlnth street,, followed by general
dancing, vacation Association Club Ss
West Thirty ninth sire p. NJ Seventh
Assembly District soldiers Sailors and
Marines Club 2?2s Broadway (Eightie III
streeh. S =. NJ.
Dancss-Saiors and Soldiers Club
broadway above Sevcnty-sixth street, !
i. NJ w. c. c. =, Unit No O. II East
Forty-nrst street. S'P. NJ. Y w. G. A
Bronx branch, s2s East 10th street, &
Social and Dance--west side Y. W e
I" NJ NJ, ''''''" street anu Tenth avenue $
u Another Chance" address by Adjutant
Porter. solos by Lieut.. Murphy, at VoIun.
teets OF America Service Club. $40 Soy.
enth avenue (Thirty ninth stresD, T., NJ
social evening, singing. dancing. re-
frcshmrnts, All Angels Parish Huus" I'll
West Elghueth street. =. NJ.
Music, social, Grace Church Unit. OK
FOURTH avenue. near Eleventh street. \
u. NJ.
Motion pictures and lecture, Y NJ e.
West side branch sIS West Fitty-saVenth
street 40 =. NJ ''"'"
Special entertainment, Csrl!ra, Farley
- iI"rs and il"rs club. u East ThIF-
10th street, 4. NJ '''''
Illustrated reciIa's OF modern oporas
East sid Y. NJ, g. a., Eighty sixth stree
swimming pool
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Sh., The
r. r. T. insists upon ex-soldier appli-
cants for Jobs being capable OF self
restraint under all conditions"
How long. oh, how long has such a
necessity been forced upon its patrons (!
Particularly those victims OF n now
and then schedule who are forced 10
wait at the Bay Parkway station OF
the West End Line and hear the loud.
loose talk and sec the antics OF b. r. 7.
guards and guardesses. While 1t may
be training in self-restraint for the
passengers. something quite the oppo-
site Is practised by the mixed COM
pany train crews as made up at that
social centre. BENsoNHURsT.
BROOKLYN, February IL.
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Its Eject on the Power Of Congress
Over the States.

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sion now empowers congress 10 enact
dineent laws Tor Inherent states.
whether they have so elected or not.
For example, Maine and West Viz
GINA have prohibited the manufacture
and sale of uouor within their horders
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cept to get them enacted or the Con-
gress will end without passing them.
II the second Of these courses Is
adopted. the present appropriation
laws may be extended by resolution.
II the bills die because of the expira.
ton Of the Congress, the Sixty-sixth
Congress must be called In special
session, and Its meeting cannot be
long delayed.
The fiscal year ends with June; new
authorizations are necessary to make
the money in. the Treasury available
to pay the nations expenses beginning
on July 1. Between March 4 and
July ] is less than four months. and
the new Congress will be Republican
In both houses. In neither chamber
will the majority meekly accept the
dictum of department head with
regard to appropriations.
The Democrats have had complete
control Of the House and the Senate.
They completely control the Executive
Department. They have ostentatiously
refused to share the responsibility Of
legislation or administration with the
Republicans They have produced the
chaotic situation that exists in Wash
ington to-day; they alone are respon-
sible for the crush that will make in.
telligent action on the appropriation
bills impossible.
In a word, the Democrats in the
last session Of the Sixty-fifth Congress
have amply Justified the crushing de-
feat the American people administered
to them on November 5.
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BROWSING DAYS ARE GONE.
Changes At the Public Library Made
By War and Progress.

To The EDITOR OF The suN-sir: Those
were happy days when one could flll in
. half hour after lunch or a few min
utes before the nte-prandial cocktail by
saunterins to the circulating room Of the
Public Library to glance over the new
books. These were temptingly displayed
near the entrance, where one might
stand and sip as at cosy bar Of litera-
ture. and there were comfortable chairs
for repose IL q find turned UP In the
Dolly grist and It seemed worth while
to rad more than chapter headings.
Those happy days are gone. and with
them the chairs. Tho stand. too high
to sit on. remains, but the legend New
Books" has no meaning. The promising
delights are now stored In what is called
tho stack room. entrance to which Is
guarded by a barricade OF tables and
an overweight attendant. whose duty
lt Is to glance at a filled out slip. dis
appear for long spell through tho door
and return to say that the book Is out
Nlhblings at new books are discouraged !:
II ono must nibble let him do II stand
ing over Humphrey Cllnker" or Daisy
Miller; they are still shelved in the
outer chamber.
And there arc other uncomfortable
changes. chief among fhem being the
substitution OF inexperienced assistants
for the literate young women who knew
q book from a handsaw and who may
have hoped to grow gray and more
literate in their charming daily COM
panionship with books In spite OF war
and pestilence 1t Is the former. we are
told. that has compelled tho librarian to
let these women 20. and do other things
which have made the library quite a
different institution from that It's found
ers Intended II to be, a refreshment for
mind and body.
The reading rooms on the third floor
afford no substitute for the eager man
who must read running II he read at
all. Suppose him to have stolen a half
day to drink deep OF tho Pierian spring |;
can he afford to spend half Of that
waiting fov the spring to bubble--that
ls for his books to come UP from the
shelves-and the other half glancing
nervousiy at tho clock to know when
the short reading day has run its
course?
Not thus was his hap when the foun-
dations were lodged separately. He re-
members lovely. solitary days at the old
Astor-dear. delightful. stuffy spot !--he
remembers how nobody bothered him at
the Lenox, he recalls both with regret.
and signs to think modern progress has
deprived him Of the advantages OF either
w. s.
NEW York. February IL.