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A HISTORIC ARGUMENT.
The Proposed Plan to Rid the World
OF All Injustice.

To rHR EDITOR OF THE SUH-sir: The
august body OF lawmakers was in ses-
sion to debate a proposed plan to rid the
world of all injustice. The scheme was
drastic and adequate. It provided that
within sixty days after the plan became
operative all human beings should cease
to exist either voluntarily or through
the agency of public executioners.
Those who favored the plan and those
who opposed IL had their respective
champions, and the debate was con-
Quoted with much spirit and learning.
The chief proponeht OF the measure, after
listening to considerable criticism from
the opposition. entered upon an argu-
ment which has since become historic
and been accepted as a model Of logic by
lawgivers In many other lands.
Quoth the learned Senator: TO criti-
Disc in the fashion of the opposition is
a facile art, but 1t leads va ncwh,ther.
Who is 30 base that he would not like
10 see the world rid OF all Injustice
The vision OF such a oonsummatio should
pull at the heartstrtngs OF the most ig-
noble But what do We have? Why.
these gentlemen who oppose us merely
condemn they voice iRsistent protest
they inveigh against this concrete en-
dsavor of ours to abolish the Ills that
fiesn is heir to; but when we como 10
Inquire into the nature OF their plan TO
Danish all evil from the earth we are
met with the strange admission that
they have no plan at all.
Ours, sir, has been a labor OF love
We have set UP committees, councils,
mandatories and other Observation-Disclosures
to carry II into effect II may not be
an absolutely perfect plan Perhsps one
or two clauses may be somewhat ampll-
ned. refer to the provisions made for
final partings between husbands and
wives and parents and children. Surely
the thought OF these last sad rites should
bring out all the better elements OF our
nature.
But do those who oppose our plan
show an inclination TO co!lahorats with
US in perfecting these sacred details
Not at all. They condemn the plan in
toto but. sir. they have nothing TO Offer
in its stead
WAS there ever n more prcposterous
situation? Is IL possible they feel no
interest in the humane provisions we
have devised for permitting families 10
be together in the last fatetul hours OF
human destiny? Can they hear the
pleading voices Of little children and SIT
forever dumb? Must their ears be for
ever deaf to the cries of the mothers
and fathers Of the race:
Perish the thought . God grant that
the spirit OF progress may be awakened
in their bosoms and that they may feel
the warmth Of the new dawn ovcrspread-
ing the world :" SiIoN CErEi.
ALBANY, March 7.
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GERMAN oPERETTA.
Mrs. Jay Protests Against To.night'
PronOSed Production.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN---Sr: Next
Monday night New York celebrates the
arrival of our blessed troops with the
opening Of a season OF German operetta.
In the heart of our city there will be
sung that language which voiced the
doom Of peace and commanded millions
of souls to misery.
As Marshal Foch says, I'VE are still
at war;" and Kultur now obsesses one
OF our largest auditoriums There is
no legal remedy to Offset the absurdity
OF oxtolling the art of country dis
honored and craven. at a moment when
we build grand stands and prepare bunt-
ing welcomes to tho men who fought
Germany.
Against this argument is pitted the
statement by the operetta manager that
the German population has need of such
relaxation after the past stormy two
years. But 10 Germany ever to dwell
in the land OF her fos2 Why Is there
no relaxation In the mirth of George
Conan or the fnesse OF Mrs. F1ske7
The court OF highest appeals Is pub
lie opinion. and beg to know whether
the Americans regard with favor n sea-
son of German operettas OF. for and by
Germans. announced TO take place be-
fore the treaty OF peace is signed in
Paris LUoIp JAY,
Nnw York, March 8.
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Proposal to Assess Old world
Debts on America.

That a responsible high and power
ful member OF the French Govern
ment-no less parsonage than the
chairman Of the Budget Committee
Of the Chamber OF Deputies-Should
iterate and reiterate in all seriousness
his proposal to assess unreasonable
Old World debts on the United States
must burn deep lesson In American
minds.
NJ. PEREr's scheme of a financial
league of nations. with a pooling both
of their obligations and of their as
sets, could mean, of course, nothing
but TO give the United States the job
Of war bill paying for those unable
themselves to settle up. The Budget
Committee chairman, indeed, ac-
knowledges the inability Of some of
the nations to pay. He demands for
that very reason money supply
through an international loan bearing
the signatures of all the Allies. From
that fund reparatlon payments would
be made Immediately to France. Bel
GUM, Serbia, &c.
Nobody Is ignorant Of the business
fact. legally and morally binding, that
~ there are a dozen names on n0te
but only one of them good in the
commercial and financial sense. it is
the one good name which must pay
the whole when the others default,
Nobody can doubt, then, that NJ.
PERET's project reduces itself to a
proposal to break the American back
, with the insupportable debt burden of
The Old World.
Yet at such programmes, startling
as they are bald, let the American
people be neither dismayed nor dis
gusted. Such maunderings are merely
the inevitable reaction of war worn
and war wracked nerve centres from
the maudlin stuff our official and IN
official crackbrains have smeared over
all Europe.
One need not even blame those who
have been misled by our own false
teachers. From their point of view, in
truth, they may be even defended for
what they want and their plea of why
they should get it at the sacrifice of
whomsoever. But as against their
own cardinal interest there Is our
own paramount interest governing
our point of view as to why they shall
not get It at our whole sacrifice The
two interests are irreconcilable under
the very first law of nature-self-
preservation.
OF all the neurotic vaporings
nbout America becoming and remain
ing the whole worlds Moses to lead
It into a paradise on earth and sup
port It there in boundless happiness
there will be nothing at all left in the
calm, clear retrospect of practical &C
complished fact. AS for the particular
vision of NJ. PERT, before we see the
American people permitting a League
Of Nations to assess the Old World
incompatible financial deficits on the
already heavily loaded but still sol
vent United States we shall hear the
crack of doom.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-10
Promotion OF Amateur Boxing.

General LEONARD Woop declined the
presidency Of the National Commits
sion of Boxing Control. He could not
give the time which the president OF
that commission must give properly TO
organize and operate 1t II 1t Is to be
what is hoped for 1t by all lovers OF
the fine sport Of boxing; an effective
influence to promote the sport on
clean. high class lines, strictly ana
teur.
But General WooD gave generous
support to the commission, Put the
sport" he wrote. upon the same
basis as the National Tennis Associa.
ton, Golf Association, absolutely in
no way connected with or sympathiz.
ing with professional ring work. !
absolutely approve the Idea from the
standpoint Of clean amateur sport
looking to the physical benefit Of our
youth"
This competent witness might have
added his approval from the stand
point of good fun, exercise, entertain,
ment- 1t Is an evident fact that the
many scandalous performances in
connection with professional boxing
have injured its standing with anna
tours. twenty-five years ago there
were few neighborhood groups OF
boys, at least in smaller cities, towns
and villages, who did not own sci
of boxing gloves and use them with
benefit to tempers and muscles in bacl
yards and barns. To-day there seen
to be comparatively few youths who
are adept in the exhIlarating sport Of
putting up their dukes"
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time no possibility of American bread
eaters dlsposing of 1t at any price,
is simply driving nails in the wheat
farmers coffin for next year when
there will be no guaranteed price,
And worst of all for the people of
the United States, when the Govern.
ment Food Trust holds up the price
of wheat in this country on the 1926
basis, selling 1t or not selling 1t, burn
ing it to get rid of 1t or not burning
1t, the Government Food Trust keeps
all the other costs of living lacked up
to the top notch.
1t is the price OF wheat which Is the
basis Of the price of beef. Of mutton,
of pork, OF poultry. of eggs, OF milk,
of butter, OF cheese. When wheat Is
sky high, whether 1t is selling or rot
ting, corn and other grains which go
to feed and fatten live stock and poul-
try will likewise soar sky high. That
must keep all meat products and
dairy products sky high all food
products sky high. That must empty
the American consumers pocket.
Rather than try to carry out this
echeme OF the infatuated Grain Adj
ministration 1t would be better for the
farmers IL the Government, whatever
its losses on its $226 contract with
them, let the wheat go on the gen.
eral market, TO- domestic and export
consumption both, under the free
workings Of the law of supply and de-
mand, though It should sell down to
$3.50 bushel, $1.25 a bushel. 81 II
bushel--to any level. Rather than
carry over hundreds OF millions OF
bushels of rotting surplus wheat II
would be better for the country to
feed 1t to the pigs-to give 1t away to
anybody that would take 1t for moth
ing. Though this should cost the
Treasury half n billion of dollars or
three-quarters OF a billion of dollars
or a billion of dollars, 1t would be eco
nomically cheaper many times over
Tor the American people than the
madhouse performance proposed by
the Government Food Trust.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-10
COAST GUNS SENT ABROAD
Armament Taken From Forts Used
In the War.

FROM ne Army and Navy Register.
1t is now possible TO reveal some in
formation concerning the extent TO which
coast defence armament in this country
was removed during the war with Ger
many for service abroad. or the larger
cRlibres there were taken out of the
coast offences forty-seven inch rifles,
thirty-six 10 inch, twelve 10 inch and
ninety-one 10 inch mortars. OF the
smaller calibres there were transferred
twenty-eight inch and ninety-two 6
inch. OF which latter eighteen will be
returned to the carriages and positions
they occupied at the beginning of the
war: the remainder were mounted on
disappearing carriages which type Is
not regarded as satisfactory mount
for the 6 inch gun.
Not all Of the guns, however. reached
Europe, but they were all dismounted.
and it is planned TO mount some of them
on railroad mounts. The guns were re-
moved from fortincatioas that were not
considered OF first importance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-10
You Must Not Yell "Firei" In a
Theatre.

Nothing could be more sane, rea-
sonable and enlightening than the
words uttered by Associate Justice
HoIAfEs OF the Supreme Court of the
United States in delivering the opin-
ion Of that tribunal in a case arising
under the espionage act In which the
defendant pleaded his constitutional
right of free speech. Justice HOLMES
said:
when a nation is at war many
things that might be said In time OF
peace are such a hindrance to it's
effort that their utteranoe will not
be endured so long as men hght- and
no court would regard them as pro-
tected by any constitutional right.
we admit that in many places and
in ordinary times the defendants IN
saying all that was said in the circu-
lar would have been within the con-
stitutional rights. But the character
OF every act depends upon tho cir
cumstances in which It Is done.
THE most stringent protection OF
free speech would not protect n man
in falsely shouting IRE In theatre
and causing a panic"
There has been much loose think.
Ing and loose talking about the right
Of free speech. A good many persons
have contended, more voclferously
than logically, that 1t must protect
them in any uttennce they choose to
make, at any place, at any time and
under any circumstances. Their in
depreciation of the right would pro.
tect an excitable man in bawling his
social. political or religious opinions
at the top of his lungs in a residential
district In the small hours of the
night, to the disturbance and injury
Of those who were seeking sleep. The
constitutional provision has no such
ridiculous end in view, nor was II
written to help enemies of the nation
in days Of danger.
The right Of free speech Is TO be
exercised like every other right, with
reason, according to circumstances
and 1t does not operate to shelter trail
tors in war time, any more than II
shields slanderers in peace time.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-10
Professor Taussig Speaks In Lovely
Language.

The United States Tariff Commits
sion in a report to the President on
reciprocity and commercial trea ties
Gays that this country now must con-
slider the world at large, and must
shape its commercial policies In con-
formity with the political and hui
manitarian principles which govern
It's general attitude in the interna-
tIonal sphere
Ignoring the interesting inference
clearly implied by the language used
by the commission, that members of
that distinguished body know what
no one else seems TO know, what our
general attitude in the international
sphere is, or Is to be. there Is another
thing about which much is known ard
which cannot be ignored by gentlemen
engaged in formulating principles to
govern our international trade rela.
tlons.
The Tariff Commission makes
neither tariffs nor treaties. Our com.
nerciaf policies In the international
sphere will OF course be largely deter
mined by the tariff bill to be con
structed by in. House Ways and
Means Committee in the Sixty-sixtr
Congress. A man with a significantly
square jaw and an immovable belief
In America for Americans" as 4
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ances has a potent influence in equip
ping them for their task. The same
persons, so far as may be, appear in
each annual repetition of the play.
This year certain changes have been
made because of the absence of some
Of the actors in the national service,
but the cast of 200 men and women
may fairly be said to be the same as
II has been in the past.
The st. Joseph's production differs
from the pageants and historical plays
that have attained popularity in all
parts Of America within the last few
years because It Is planned to main
tain 1t as an annual institution indeh-
nltely, and to gain for it reputation
which will put 1t on the same plane
as the Oberammergau passion play.
That production, however, has been
repeated only every tenth year, in ac-
cordance with the vow made In graft
tude for the cessation of the Black
Death in 1888. The Oberammergau
play has enlisted the services Of 600
persons as actors and actresses; st.
Jbseph's is not so ambitious in mum.
bers, but the spirit Of reverence in
which the participants approach their
persona tons is deep and true. The
experiment has already achieved more
than momentary success, and its de-
velopment will be interesting to those
who regard 1t as a spectacle, as well
as to those who look upon 1t as sig
nificant incident In the evolution OF
religious activity in America.
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The number of Rhodes scholars at
Oxford before the war was nearly 200
The report OF the secretary for the
Rhodes Trust. just received in New
York, states that only nine scholars
were in residence In 1918. and four OF
these had seen service. two had been
rejected for disability and the remain
ing three were preparing for medical
service. The honor roll OF twenty
Rhodes scholars and former scholars
who gave their lives In war service
last year included nine Americans.
The election of scholars. postponed on
account of the war, will be resumed in
October. An important change has
been made relative TO candidates from
the United States. Those otherwise
eligible are TO longer required to pass
a qualifying examination, but shall be
selected. with due reference to the
suggestions Of Mr. RHODES, on the basis
OF their university ~ college standing.
subject TO any further tests which the
committees OF selection may, in their
discretion, impose" Professor FRANK
AYDELoTTE of the Institute of Tech
nology. Cambridge, Mass. has been
appointed American secretary TO the
Rhodes Trust.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT


+, jerusalem and the Holy Land" Hsrr
school, 40 Irving place Motion 1,c+,,Is.
An Evening with Eugene Field !" NJ,
annette bwart, Public School AZ Fort =
second street. east OF Third avsnua
tens' Nathan l.. Goldstsin, Assistant CO...
poration Counsel, Public Srhooi 80 ~
street and St Nicholas avenue W. -'0Sh
Paris Past and Present" Mis-, Ta,1rt.
; Aeday' Public School So, 92s "a
flin.iS-seyenth street. Stereopuoon views
gin. zone Of a course on Art OF Publ
Speaking }, Arthur j. Westermayr III
folk streets N"'
The American Engineer in No Ma,
Land Walter s. Ncdrane. Public SShcc
Sc; on S5SNSiss sv'nuo and 27th street
BYRON. Revolutionary Rights and Fro.
Feoples Zone Of course on Voices Of
Liberty IN English Pootry'). Prof. j. Dun
can Spaeth, Pm, u. Of Princeton Tfni
vereity, Public Schoo! i65. 225 West IoSth
"Dlstinctiys American Drama. "Frede-ie,,
Ft,a,gid!ns. BIBLE School Hall. All west
Ten Woke IN the BorFiura Of To-day
Wallace Wlnohell st. COLUMBIA Han. sta
West TWenty-eighh street. Stereopticon
views,
THE BRONX.
william Shakespeare" Garrett p. s.y
yiss, Morris Nigh School. i66th street as,d
Boston road stereopticon views.
"Orlgin Of the Great American IA,
lies" Gone OF course on "Demoeraey and
Journalism IN AmsricaD. George HanTT
Payne, Comm isHtonsr % Taxes and A..
sessInonts. Public School lS. iasth sire a
between cambridge and Briggs svenus
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-10
The Brides.

The silver fog above the sea
Has thlnnsd to wedding lace
Through which the sun comes peeping lik
A round and Euddy face,
A. ninging wrsathG OF peaTly foam
Upon the shining tides
Tho ship OF hearts comes stesming in
With all the happy brides
The irish Horas, raven treased,
With eyes of roguish blue.
The English Marys, rosy checked,
And fresh as morning dew,
And shy French Msdsions, whs crowd
Along the rail 10 see
This new and wondrous land OF love
And hope and liberty.
The whistles toot a wedding march
All UP and down the hay.
And starry hsgs and pennSnts wAv,
The girls i Srsst.aS gay,
They loved our heroes we'll enough
To leave all else besides
And make America their o~n,
go welcome home the brides,
AlNNA IEviNs
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WHAT IS A JEW'S-HARP?
Three Classifcations Given In Gus
toms Duty Protest.

Is the tew's-harp a toy or a musical
instrument? A judicial decision says II
IL musical instrument and yet leaves
II legally a toy. Customs regulations
classify It IS a toy, but not long ago
an importer protested that 1t ought to
be classified as miscellaneous metal
which pays less duty, and the question
was taken to the courts. The Judge de-
cided that the jew's-harp is a musical
instrument, but, in view of the import
ers failure TO prove It a piece OF mis-
cellaneous metal. must still be regarded
as a toy for customs purposes
Perhaps. after all. the answer to the
question depends on the performer; as
some play the jew's-harp It is miscel-
laneous metal, as others use II the thing
10 evidently a toy. and once In while
in the mouth and hands of an expert
jews-harpist. It Is a musical instrument
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"cONTEMPTIBLE."
Another Historic Use OF the Word
Recalled BY Mr.. wilson's Speech.


To THE EDIToR OF THE SuN-sir; MI
Wilson's vision of the United States as
the most contemplate country in the
world" unless It adopts his plan for
emssculatlng self-government therein
compels the recollection of historic
utterance by another self-selected srbiter
OF world destinies wherein the word
contemplate" was employed to define
an opposition that expanded to an extent
sufficient to send into the hiding places
OF a friendly neutral the man who
sneersd at the renowned hundred thou
sand expeditionary soldiers.
I cannot conceive OF my country under
any circumstances becoming tho most
contemplate country In the world" Tho
administration of the affairs of my coun-
try as II has been carried on in the las.
eight years by a despotic group has
earned title to the unfortunate charac-
terizstion Mr.. Wilson would apply 10
the country at large.
CELIA WILLIAMS.
AIAANI, March s.
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MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time.
Sun rises....617 A NJ sun eets,...b;6s + NJ
Noon sets......g:O a N
For eastern New York, faIr and
colder to-day tomorrow probably fair
westerly gales. diminishing.
For New Jersey. fair and colder to-day,
probably fair tomorrow: diminishing west
ery winds
For northern New England, clearing and
colder to-day; fair Tomorrow strong west
For southern New England. fair and
colder to-day; probably fair tomorrow
westerly gales, diminishing.
For western New York partly CLOUDY 20
day; cloudy. probably becoming unsettled
tomorrow; not much change In tsmpsrs-
ture.
WASHINGTON, March e.--The storm that
was central Saturday night over the lower
Ohio Valley moved rapidly northenstward,
it's centre was over tho 81. Lawrence Val
ley. During the last twenty-four hours
this storm was attended by rains and
the east Gulf and Atlantic stateA Heavy
rains occurred at many points within these
regions and food warnings were issued
Georgia ana Alabama and the Tennssses
River, Shifting ga les occurred along tn?
Atlantic coast and in the Ohio Valley and
the region OF the Great Lakes. Storm
warnings remain displayed on the Atlantic
coast at ana north OF Cape Hatteras. An
other storm was central sunday night over
the upper Rio Orande Valley and moving
east -northeastward. IL has been attended
by local SHOWS in the central Rocky Moun-
tain region and general increase In
eioudiness over the plains states and ths
Gun states. The temperature has risen
throughout the Atlantic States. the middle
Mississippi Valley and the Southwest. In
the middle Atlantic and New England
states fair and cooler weather Monday will
30 followed by increasing cloudiuess on
tuesday with the weather becoming UNI
settled. In the soUth Atlantic states partly
cloudy and cooler Mrather Monday will be
Followed by rain and somewhat warmer
weather on Tuesday. In the east Gulf
states, Tennessee and the lower Ohio VAL
ley cloudy weather Monday probably will
be followed by rain Monday night and
tuesday without much change in tempera-
ture. In the upper ohio Valley and the
region OF the Great Lakes fair Monday will
be followed by unsettled weather on Tues
day without material change in tcmpera
ture.
Observations at United states Weather
bureau stations taken A. T. VI yester,lay
seveuty-hfth meridian time.
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TRADE BRIEFS.

purins the war Tuns supplied an5 ~
s'i supplying Franco with eons!derAb,.
quantities. Of essential products. espsciaily
olive OIL dates sAd ores
= A'la Ia Iletanu IL In the market trr
motor cars and motor accesSori.s for I'll,
whole OF ireland
Swedish company desires to buy MA
chimes ana accessories FOR 'hs printing ana
okbinding trade.