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sign posted, not only to save life but
also to make this region more Access
sible for the exploitation OF its min
eral and other resourcea"
Mr.. Parsons has In view even
larger results than DIR. SMITH speaks
Of. for he persists In his belief that
those vast regions of the desert which
cannot be reached by any Of the Fed
eral irrigation canals may In part be
redeemed and made into prolific
sources Of food products by finding
and using their own hidden supplies
Of water. He speaks In his report of
certain desert formations whose soil
responds quickly and profitably to the
use Of water. Vast hidden reservoirs
and much artesian water await dis
covery, the development Of which will
make the desert blossom as the rose "
1t may be that something, much
even, along the line Of redeeming the
dreary, profitless wastes into orchards
and gardens can be accomplished. 1t
Is certain that in Mr.. PARSONS and
DR.. SMITH the plan has back Of II
faith, enthusiasm and high technical
ability.
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A Futile Request.

The remarkable feature in the Pres
ident's letter to Senator LODGE con-
corning the appointment of an Ameri-
can Commissioner of Preparations I'M
der the pending treaty Is that the
President asks for the approval. not
of the Senate, but only Of the Senate
Committee on Foreign Relations. How
the sanction Of the members Of that
committee could relieve him of any
responsibility or vest him with any
power he does not possess without 1t
is not readily comprehensive to the
untutored mind.
Mr.. WILSON is presumably familiar
with the history Of his country and
especially with the acts Of those per-
sons who recently preceded him in
the Presidential office. He must there
fore know all about the manner in
which President ROOSEVELT carried
into effect the agreement which he
made in 1905 for putting the custom
houses of Santo Domingo under the
control of the United States. Mr..
ROOSEVELT took the ground that while
the Constitution did not expressly au-
thoriZe him TO make the desired
agreement, 1t did not forbid him from
doing so. Accordingly, he went ahead
and continued, the execution OF the
agreement for two years, before the
Senate acted. But" as he frankly
admits in his Autobiography, 1T was
far preferable that there should be
action by Congress. SO that we might
be proceeding under treaty which
was the law of the land and not
merely by direction of the Chief
Executive which would lapse when
that particular Executive left office.
therefore did my best to get the
Senate to ratify what / had done.
In this he ultimately succeeded, and
he always regarded the resulting
treaty as a boon to Santo Domingo
las well as a benefit to the United
States.
While President WILSON is to be
commended for his prudence In not
awaiting himself of the Santo Domingo
incident as precedent, We fail to
grasp the legal concept which has led
him to seek authority for what he
wants to do in the mere approval OF
committee Of one of the houses OF
Congress.
There is no rational theory on
which that would help, him the least
little bit
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Can the Desert De Redeemed?

A few months ago there were printed
on this page some comments on pub
lication called "A Thousand Mile Des-
ert Trip" We told something of the
successful results Of efforts Of the
author of the pamphlet, GEORGE w.
PARSONS, to secure Federal aid in
marking trails and water holes of the
great desert OF the Southwest. In Il
recent report to the Los Angeles Cham.
Der of Mines and OIL on his continued
efforts, which seem to have broadene,l
into plan for the redemption of the
desert. Mr.. PARSONS politely gives
credit to THE SUNS editorial article
for an aroused public interest which
has proved helpful to his work and ia
the work for the same end OF Or
GEORGE OTIs SMITH, Director Of the
United States Geological Survey.
DR.. SMITH recently wrote to the
Los Angeles Chamber:
After the field survey work was
completed and the sign posts were
set. the biologists who did the work
returned to the washington ONCE to
prepare maps and guides for publ
cation. However. all Of tho men con-
nected with the desert watering
place work entered the army or de-
voted almost their entire time in
n. "a Ne -
msnts in developing water supplies.
Consequently the desert work was
stopped except that the maps were
completed for the War Department
and added q valuable contribution to
the military map of the United
States.
IAN OF the men have now returned
to the Geological Survey, and the
work on the guides and maps Is being
expedited as much as possible For
the area that has been covered 1t Is
planned to publish four abbreviated
guides which will contain the de-
tailed maps. but only very concise
information in regard to roads and
water supplies. These are to be fol-
lowed by complete guidebooks which
will give large amount Of new in
formation on the geography. geology
and NEUROLOGY OF every part of this
desert region.
81 agree with your chamber fully.
! that this work Is worth while and
should be continued until all arid
sections Of the West are thoroughly
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TRADE BRIEFS.

A second edition of Circular No. CO of
the Bureau of Standards. Specifications
for and Methods OF Testing Soaps" has
lust been issued and may be procured for
ave cents a copy from the Superintendent
OF Documents, Washington. D. c.
The decree OF the Siberian Government
that all twenty and forty ruble treasury
notes should be removed from circulation
IL now being put into effect by the Arch
angel Government.
The exports of Manila hemp In 1915
amounted to 100 200 tons. valued at SIS,
1al. 555, while In 1917 the exports were
slightly larger, being 1894 tons, the
value. however. was but $40. sOT, T7e. owing
TO a great subsequent rise in price.
soap factory has begun operations in
Batavia, Java. and its products are said
TO be comparing favorably with the same
grades of European goods While only a
cheap grade of soap Is now being turned
out. It Is said tina, finer toilet soaps will
be produced in the near future.
A discovery OF chrome ore was recently
reported from the sinoia district. Rho
desla, where an area OF about four square
miles containing tho ore Is said to exist
The output OF chrome ore during the
month of January was 4.72o toRA bringing
the tothl hnoueslau pIouuNNioh ~ the NloS'
Of that month up TO $50, 2s2 tons. which
was valued at IS. 900.
The Japanese marine and FIRE insurance
business Is showing great activity, At tn,
end Of 1918 there were twenty-Six insur.
ance companies In operation. Since Jsnu'
airy, 1919, i've additional concerns hav,
been granted permission to conduct thi,
business Several OF the marine insur
anee companies recently organised are con
/ trolled by large shipownera
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LUSK COMMITTEE TO
UNCOVER "SOVIETS"
Plans to Find Out Extent oil
Organization.

The Lusk committee intends to find
out what success the Left Wing Social
lists have had in organizing Soviets
among returning soldiers and sailors
They made brave beginning and had
ambitious plans TO interest the dis
charged veterans OF the war in their So
eial movements. 1t is understood, how
ever that the plan has not worked out
as well as the radicals had hoped How
ever, the Lusk committee purposes to
find out
The movement was started at a con.
vention OF the Left Wingers held in Buff
falo in May. AT that time a choice col
lection OF radicals from many OF the
large cities OF the country were present
and before they got through they started
what was called the Soldiers Sailors and
Marines Protective Association. The
headquarters here in East Twenty-third
street were raided soon after by loyalis,
soldiers and sailors. who mussed the
place up a lot.
At a recent meeting OF the American
Federation OF Labor at Atlantic City ar
attempt was made to affillate with tina,
body. but the proposition was turned
down.
Justice McAvoy OF the Supreme Cour,
yesterday ordered briefs submitted iT
connection with the application q the
American Socialist Society for a writ
restraining the Lusk committee from
using any OF the documents seized ir
the recent raid on the Rand School OF
Social Science,
Attorneys for the school. arguing tn,
question before the court. declared tina
the raid was illegal. that the search
warrant had been obtained Illegally ant
that the action OF William McAdoo, Chic,
Magistrate. in granting 1t was unconsti
tutional.
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JOHN B. MANNING'S ESTATE.
A Statement Of Facts Brought Out
In the Appraisal.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
THE SUN OF July 16. which has Just
been brought to my notice, there are
some misstatements regarding the es-
tate of the late John b. Manning.
The Office referred to in the article
was the temporary office Of the estate.
Mr.. Manning's office for thirty years
was on the second floor In the front
of 2 Wall street, given up at the expi-
ration of the lease in May. 1919. 49,
The office furniture referred to IN the
article is listed on the list Of the APP
praisal OF the estate as oak roll top
desk, bent wood chairs and cherry hat
tree. Though old the articles are in
good condition. You may not be In
formed that all furniture of house or
Office, however old or beautiful, is al
ways appraised as old used furniture.
The few articles mentioned as house fur
niture showed their status of value.
1t seems rather a dearth of news to
refer to a breach of promise suit OF 1916.
You might add that for an old man OF
SO years It showed grit to fight such
case. All rich men. whether old or
young, when attacked like this. rarely
take up the matter at all.
You might add that the estate of The
late John B. Manning held patriotic
bonds of Anglo-French and French Re
public issues to the amount Of S652,5OO
| and United States Liberty bonds to the
amount Of sA52233.77. The Sta te inhet-
itance taxes amounted to $314.Sls.o4, and
the Federal inheritance tax, developed
during this war time, is sl,463,o0o,
Presumably Of the four claims against
this estate, valued by the Transfer Tax
| Appraiser at 1884 ,967.67, some were
| dlsallowed in the good judgment of the
executors There are few estates left
in such good condition, and the exec'I-
tors are people of integrity and have
all claims under consideration.
AGNES MANNISG BANoN.
NEW YoRK, July 90.
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languages" In a narrower sense, II
says, nation is "a political society
composed Of sovereign or govern
ment and subjects or citizens, and
constituting a political unit; an or
ganlzed community inhablting a GER
tain extent Of territory, within which
its sovereignty is exercised"
THEODORE DWIGHT WooLsEY, in his
Introduction to the Study of Inter
national Law" declares that "a ma
ton Is an organized community within
certain territory; or, In other
words, there must be a place where
its sole sovereignty is exercised"
Judge COOLEY Is broader, for he
says that nation Is nearly synony-
nous with people. and in the United
States It is applied to the whole body
Of the people coming under the Juris-
dictiou Of the Federal Government"
It is impossible to reconcile Judge
CooLEY's definition with Mr.. LLOYD
GEORGES, for certainly this American
nation is not one in race or religion.
We doubt that IL is as one in tempera-
ment as ireland, Tor both Ulster and
the South seem to be equally belliger-
ent. headstrong and unsatlsfied.
Nation" IL a word which occurs
frequently in the writings and
speeches of President WILSON, who
has employed, with almost equal lib
crafty, the broader word people"
As an example, we quote from his
speech here last September:
Shall strong nations be free to
wrong weak nations and make them
subject to their purpose and INTEREST,"
shall peoples be ruled and DOM
mated. even in their own internal
affairs, by arbitrary and irrespon-
sible force or by their own will and
choice?
shall there be a common stand
ard Of right and privilege for all peo-
pies and nations. or shall the strong
do as they will and the weak suffer
without redressf'
There Is opportunity for debate
on the definitions of "nation" and
people" 1t may become a popular
subject among the pathological socie-
ties o. Sligo, Shantung and Chosen.
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EVENTS TODAY.

Meeting and luncheon American Papsr
and Pulp Annexation, Waldorf.
i, nearing Wholesale Coal Trade Associa-
tion Interstate Commerce Commission.
Waldorf. 10 A. NJ
all day.
Meeting Board of Education, Park ave-
nue. ana Fifty ninth street. P. NJ.
outing, Prophet Elias Society, SO Avenue
b. A. NJ.
=, Lecture. The Melodrania as q Modern
Music Form" Rossetter G.. Cole Horao.
Mann Auditorium. $3.50 p. ".
hummage sale. auspices Vacation Asso-
day. vi
Meeting Amercanization Committee q,
me american Defence Society. 4l5 Madison
Meeting to plan memorial to Or. Abra-
nam Jacobi. Young Mems Hebrew Assoei.
alton. $50 81. Nicholas avenue
Meeting American Association OF Nm
p. NJ.
Dinner to Police Sergeant Martin
ovens Palais Royal, p, NJ
pa fashioned picnic by Woman. RE-
publcan Association of New York state
Bronx Park.
Band concert, Seward Park $40 p. NJ
Americanization rally. Church Of a.
Lucy. 1O4th street between First and Soc
ond avenues, p. NJ
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A Detroit Bible?

II always thought" says HENRY OF
Detroit, that the Bible could be re-
written into clearer language After
HENRY hires an expert to edit the
Old Testament we may expect to find
new capitalizings for instance:
And he Jacob rose up that night
and took his two wives and his two
women servants and his eleven sons
and passed over the Ford"
And the men pursued after them
the way to Jordan unto the Fords."
"And they went down after him
and took the Fords Of Jordan toward
Moab"
We hope the distinguished critic
will equip the Detroit Version with
a self-starter.
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IMR. WILSON AND HIS ISSUE
A Moving Appeal for Charity and Tcl.
eratiop for n Hobby.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUN-Sir: II
there f. one great daily paper In the
United States moro than another that
has antsgonized the League OF Nations
II 10 yours--THE SuN.
1t Is my humble opinion that you are
trying to make q mountain out Of a
molehiil" and using Mr.. Wilson's British
League of Nations to defeat the Presi-
dent
In charity, II not In Justice, you should
allow Mr.. Wilson to put his pet measure
pet hobby-throush. Pet hobby 1t Is
= toy that our President has been al
lowed to play with by Lloyd George and
Lord Cecil to please him after he has
been defeated, humbled. degraded and
almost disgraced and made to appear
like the merest International political
amateur.
why not. in charity. repeat. give our
President a chance to save the face OF
the deca dent Democratic party as a
party party, as 1t Is now represented
in Washington, that is not At to liver
There Is not q statesman In Europe
that would take the League seriously.
The House of Commons cduckles at II,
the Lords laughs at It. France sneers at
it and the rest ,of the world Is mute
about It
Why should It be taken seriously here7
Because II is Mr.. Wilson'S little red
wagon" and II his party puts It over
they will try to claim credit for some
craftsmanship.
In justice to your readers become
serious about the whole thing and in
stead of Identifying the darn thing. tell
one Of your Oldest readers and the rest
Of us about the fall Of Don ouixote Will
! son and his humiliation at Paris.
ROBERT F. MONTGOMERY.
NEW York, July %.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN--str: An
interesting despatch in THE SUN says
that the name of the village of Taylors-
Vile. where General Washington's army
crossed the Delaware. Is to be changed
to Washington Crossing.
May not suggest that tho other side
OF the river in New Jersey, the place
where the army landed. should be called
Wilson's Double Crossing? This name
would serve to keep alive the memory
of the statesman whom New Jersey
boosted along toward the Presidency
and most Of what he has sought to
accomplish.
1t would also serve to diminish the
exaggerated idea held by all old fogies
and ''reactionaries' of the Importance OF
washingtons work. The name would
pass on to future generations the whole
souled effort of Washington's successor
in the Presidency to bind hand and foot
to England. the country which Washing
ton and his companions set upon a sepa-
rate career. c. HILL.
PHILApMPHIA, July 70.
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i. S. TO SELL HERE
BIG TEXTILE STOCK
Surplus Worth 100000
Will Be Auctioned in Man.
haitian Opera House.

Uncle Sam will appear at tho Man
haitian Opera House next Wednesday In
the role OF an auctiopeer. He will
knock down to the highest bidder tex
tiles valued at 100000 for which the
army has no further use. The sale will
start at 10 30 o'clock and will be re-
sumed daily thereafter at 10 o'clock un-
III the stock is sold. The sale will ba
under the direction OF Capt. A. A. Stew
art, Zone Surplus Property Officer, with
headquarters on the tenth floor of IS1
Eighth avenue.
Each prospective bidder will be fur
nished with badge bearing a number,
and when he bids the record will be kept
by his number only. This method of
numbering bidders was tried out in Phil
adelphia and worked successfully, but IL
has never before been attempted in New
York. The orchestra and dress circle
or the Manhattan Opera House will be
reserved for prospective bidders who
pay their $500 deposits and who wear
badges. The balcony and family circle
will be open TO the general public.
Large as are the quantities OF textiles
10 be offered for sale, experts at the
Zone Surplus Property Officers head
quarters say they are not big enough TO
cause any unusual break in prices by
putting them on the market at this time
The textiles which Uncle Sam will Of
fer at the sale are in the following ap-
proximated quantities:
One million two hundred and seventy
six thousand 204 yards bobbinette,
l,59254l yards cheesecloth, Sei,3i1
yards cotton cloth. 1.3i7.259 yards drill,
l,s90,l01 yards duck. l4O.S57 yards gal
atea. 1880 yards black Italian, 500 .2o8
yards Jeans. 1925 yards raincoat lin
ing. 1880 yards moleskin, s23,b67
yards osnaburg. 7O9,SO2 yards outing
flannel. s2,472 yards sateen, l,slS69i
yards sheeting. 100000 yards Silesia-
l2572 yards shifting, 1902 yards tick
ing, 412,5o5 yards twill and ls3.sOs
yards Venetian.
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The Late Admiral Mark.

To THp EDITOR OF THE suN--sh: In
the obituary notice published by TIT
SUN of Rear Admiral Mark a statement
was made. no doubt inadvertently. that
he was OF German parentage He was In
fact Russian. born in the Saxon city OF
Dreeden while his mother was visiting
relatives there. Immediately after the
Spanish American war. through which
he served with distinction. he went 70
Russia to attend his mother in her last
illness. NM
NEW YoRx, July 20.
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Money Grants to Heroes.

The announcement in the London
Times that earldoms will be conferred
upon General HAIG and Admiral
BEATTY and that Parliament will be
asked to grant 100000 to each of
them excltes interest on this side of
the Atlantic principally because OF the
money end OF the proposed act Of graf
itude. 1t 10 not that Americans are
engrossed in money, but because Amer
leans, who are not In the habit of CIV
ing money TO their heroes, like to spec
ulate on what a hero will do with
half a million dollars.
One hundred thousand pounds Is
the largest grant given to a war vic
tor by England In modern times. 1t
Is what Field Marshal ROBERTS got,
with his earldom, for his Boer war
triumphs General KIToHENER was
raised to the peerage and received
10000 after Omdurman. For his ser
vices In South Africa, where he sue
ceeded ROBERTS as commander In
chief. he was made a viscount pro-
NOTED to the substantive rank of gen
eral, and got 10000 more from his
grateful country.
These amounts are trifiing as CON-
pared with the huge Jumps Of cash
which the Crown showered upon Its
champions in older times. For his
first successes after he became CON-
mander of the united armies Of Eng
land and Holland MARLBOROUGH re-
ceiyed a grant Of 5000 a year from
Queen ANNE, and after Blenhelm was
won Parliament gave the Manor OF
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THE TRIAL OF THE KAISER.
Ex-Governor Srocan Replies to the
Observations Of q Critic.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Your
correspondent Mr.. Hahn makes some
interesting, although I think scarcely
valid, observations concerning my re-
cent letter to you about the trial Of
the Kaiser. but his suggestion regarding
the public policy Of the proceeding and
its effect upon the future leads me to
request the privilege Of further word.
During our civil war the refrain we'll
hang JEFF Davis on a sour apple tree
was widely sung throughout the nation.
The speeches of political leaders show
that the acrlmony toward the Southern
leader had not disappeared ten years
after the war. According to the prac-
tice in Great Britain, to the state trials
of which referred in my previous letter,
there can be little doubt that Davis and
his fellow leaders would nave kicked
their lives out upon the scnffold. But
this country was guilty o. no such
miserable snti-climax after the incred-
ible heroism Of the men, boeh of the
North and South. upon 80 many battle
fields 1t followed the wiser policy. Had
Il made martyr Of Davis the South
would have been filled with bitterness
to this day.
Have the prosecutions in Ireland les
sened the number of Irish patriots? 1T
is clear that they have strengthened the
aspiration for nationality in the hearts
OF the Irish people. II. after the shock
of those mighty armies has subsidized and
the slaughter In battle has como TO m
| end, the nations of Europe desire to
reanimAte the former Emperor of Ger
many among his countrymen and aug
ment the legacy of hate that Is to pass
on to the future. they can accomplish
those results by his trial and execution
| But we surely should not submerge our
American idealism in this welter about
| a new world and bear o hand in some
thing so repugnant to the genius Of our
people and the teachings of their his
| tory. SAMUEL W. MCCALL
LANCASTER N H. July 81.
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The Fifteenth Point.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Sr: Presi-
dent Wilson has forgotten during his
stay at the Peace Conference all of his
solemnly enunciated fourteen points. but
has put into practice the fifteenth one"
which he had forgotten to enunciate the
principle OF autocratio interference in
strictly. purely European questions.
Autocracies have been overthrown and
no part of Europe. Italy included. shall
stand any autocratic interference by any
man, be he the President of the United
States. The people Of the United States
cannot stand by him. cannot indorse all
of his doings In Europe. II We want to
uphold the principles for which We en-
tered the world war.
A. LrvA, NJ. ID.
LYNDHURsT, N. Y. July 22.
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What Is y NatiOn3

browning on Mr.. DEvLIN's plea for
a plebiscite In Ireland, the British
Premier yesterday put a new spoke in
the wheel: -
LLOYD oEoRos pointed out that
Ireland was not one nation In raca.
religion. temperament or anything con-
-stituting the essentials of q nation
I'm a broad sense" says the Gen.
fury Dictionary, "a nation is a race
u people; an aggregation Of persons
OF the same ethnic family aud speqk-
ing the sans language or cognhts