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Blonde Vampires, Take warningi

Judge BoErrNER OF Newark, N. j..
has begun a crusade against YAM.
plres and being wise man has at.
tempted to establish at the beginning
Of his effort a definition which shall
enable anybody to identify these dan
gerous creatures at glance:
"A vampire is a woman who flirts
on the streets with men. bleachss her
hair. canounages her face and dis
suises herself with clothes and gives
wrong names. but is unable to change
her eyes or dimples."
For many years THE Sun has ap-
plauded every effort to protect men
from the onslnughts OF fiirtatious
women, and We wish Judge BoErTNEB
the greatest success In his laudable
enterprise. Nevertheless, his defini.
ton does not square with the highest
motion picture understanding Of the
appearance Of vampire.
The most accomplished, successful,
alluring and conspicuous vampire OF
the screen is lady Of the pronounced
brunette type. She has vamped her
way through thousands OF miles of
film and become familiar in her pro-
fessional activities to millions of
young, adolescent and aged Amcri-
cans. To them she is the pattern and
model Of all vampires, and the ex-
clusion Of dark women from the
Boettner classification will not inspire
the multitude with confidence In his
experience or judgment.
Perhaps Judge BoETrNER intends to
begin the great anti-vamp!re drive
against blondes only, and eventually
hcpeatp widen the field Of bis activi-
ties to include the brunettes. n this
Is his purpose, he has committed a
tactical blunder. He should have
started out against the brunettes, be-
cause to-day the great heart Of the
people recognizes in the brunette the
queen Of all the vampires.
However. let the protection Of man
go on. It is a hopeful sign Of the
advancing times.
The sun., 1919-03-27

States had moral obligations beyond
remaining neutral. As to NJ. RENAu.
prL's talk about Germany's being ere.
garded as a criminal" majority OF
Americans viewed her as such when
she broke the Belgian treaty. 1t was
that crime, rather than her refusal to
arbltrate. which stirred America
against Germany even before Ger.
many began to kill Americans at sea.
Whatever NJ. RENAUDEL may think
OF the diplomatic abilities Of JAuRfs
that scholarly Socialist could not, we
believe, have caused Mr.. WILSON to dc
more than he did. To obtain a friend.
ly. even admiring, view Of the Presl.
dents attitude In the early days OF
the war let Us quote from the biog.
raphy Of Mr.. WILSON published in
1915 by Professor HENRY JoNEs FoRr
Of Princeton University:
IF President WILSON had acted IN
spirit Of knight errantry he might
have avoided tho rcproaches now
heaped upon him by those who view
the case through the medium Of their
sympethiea What he did do was to
make the welfare Of his own country
the guide Of his actiona The
duties OF trustseship. whether public
or private, are confined to actual
and definite obligations All the OBJ
1ectlons raised against WILSON'S
course apply quite as fully to WASH
rNoroN's course. and the principle In
volved in both cases Is the same
the principle OF trustseship."
'The duties Of trusteeship"; actual
and definite obligations; "WAsHrNs-
ToN's course"--how strangely these
phrases sound now when It Is remem-
bered that they were written In praise
OF Mr.. WILSON. An admiring biog-
rapher Of 1919 might not be so likely
to speak scornfully Of "a spirit Of
knight errantry." But II is necessary
to quote the phrases here to show how
ridiculous Is the belief Of the French
Socialist that JAURfs could have pre-
vented, by an appeal to the President
Of the United States, the inevitable
calamity Of Europe.
The sun., 1919-03-27
JELLIcOE'S TACTICS.
Did He Lose His Chance 70 Destroy
the German Fleet?

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--str: To
q layman fairly familiar with naval
matters 1t would seem that Admiral
Jellicoe In his account Of the Jutland
fight slurs over the real error he made.
and that Is when shifting his course
eight points to port he increased the
distance between himself and the Ger
man feet. The range was very great
to begin with, and he made It still
greater. He therefore lost his only
chance to pound the German ships and
destroy them.
Surely he ran no greater risk than
Beatty had run and was running
Beatty's battle squadron. while badly
mauled. did not lose n ship.
Here, believe. 10 where Jeilicoe
failed to win victory which would
have been absolutely decisive, for few
German battleships would have got
back home. Am I right7
1t 10 true the German feet never went
TO sea again. or at all events never did
so as to get into another battle. The
morale Of the crews dropped daily. But
Admiral Jellicoe clearly failed. and the
Admiralty made a stupid blunder by
not announcing a great victory. as the
Kaiser did.
The morale and efficiency of the Brit
ish feet changed greatly when Beatty
took command and kept going UP all the
time A STUDENT OF HISTORY.
NEW YoRK, March rs.
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Honors for the Coast Guard.

The United States Coast Guard
lost seven commissioned officers. four
warrant officers Zone acting) and 100
enlisted men on the night of Septem.
Der 90, 1918, when the cutter Tampa
was sunk in Bristol channel, sup.
posedly by a German torpedo. In
accidents, collision and by drowning
from April 6, 1917. to November 80,
1918, the guard lost one warrant on
Ger (acting) and twenty-one enlisted
men. One commissioned offlcer, two
acting warrant officers and fifty-six
enlisted men died from natural causes
in the same period. Thus this ser
vice counts It's war losses at 192.
Sixty-one members OF the Coast
Guard, nineteen OF them commits
stoned officers, seven warrant officers
and thirty-fve enlisted men, were
commended for courageous and heroic
action from the time the United
States entered the war until Novem.
Der 80, 1918. These concentrations
included letters OF appreciation
from the British Admiralty for ser,
vices rendered on such occasions as
the loss Of II. NJ. s. Cowsllp. praise
from the senior American naval OH.
GER at Gibraltar for gallant conduct
in volunteering and endeavoring q
navigate the torpedocd steamer Well.
lngton into pori," commentator for
The sun., 1919-03-27
An Appeal That lean yaures Was
to Make to Mr.. Wilson,

The doors of evidence in French
courts are much wider than In the
tribunals where English Is spoken. 30
1t Is not so surprising to read, In an
account Of the trial Of the man who Is
charged with the murder Of JEAN
JAUREs, a speech on politics. A wit.
ness, PIERRE RENAuDEL, who succeed
ed JAURts as the head Of the French
Socialists, quoted JAURfs as saying, a
llttiSR efore he w4 assssssK. ted on
July 81, 1914, that President WILSON
was the only man who could prevent
war. NJ. RENAUDEL continued:
The assassin's bullet stopped
JAuRhs's appeal to President Will
SONS arbitration. I viii not say war
would have been avoided. but II arbi-
tration had been accepted time would
have been gained. II arbitration had
been refused Germany would have
sppeArsd as a criminal in the eyes OF
the world. and America would have
entered the war two years sooner"
The reader Is left to wonder whether
RENAUDEL has magnified in his own
mind the persuasive qualities Of JEAN
JAURfs, or whether he Is ignorant of
the fact that the people of the United
States, including President WILSON,
who was constantly in this country In
the summer of 1914. were kept very
we'll Informed by the newspapers as
to what was going on in Europe. They
knew that Great Britain. endeavoring
to substitute arbitration for conflict,
had bowed almost to the dust. Every
European nation except Germany and
her tool, Austria, was for checking the
march Of the waiting armies. Amer.
len was utterly apart from all this In
the last days OF JAuRfs. Not until
the Invasion Of Belgium, five days
after the Socialist leaders death, was
there n SUI yastion that tho United
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A PLEA FOR THE FIREMEN.
Arguments In Favor Of tho Three
Platoon System.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--str: The
Legislature should pass the bill which
provides for a three platoon system for
the Fire Department.
The present system keeps the firemen
ON duty from eighteen TO twenty hours
out OF every twenty-four. II not only
deprives the men OF the requisite phys!-
cal rest, but cuts them of from all
social and domestic enjoyments and re-
lisious privileges. The irregular meals,
the perils. the exposure. tho unceasing
alertness day and night. keeping the
nerves at the highest tens!on--all these
thinge are calculated 70 undermine their
health. Under the existing system they
arc virtual slaves. though they save
billions OF dollars worth OF property
from destruction every year. and count
less human lives as well. We all admit
their salaries are not commensurate TO
the service they render.
They do their work we'll. They re-
spond promptly 10 every call. They are
men OF intelligence. sobriety and good
character. Only such are admitted to
tho Fire Department. They face perils,
privations and death, and their work
ought TO be more appreciated. They
should have moro rest for the body and
more privileges for the soul.
trust this bill will be passed prompt
~ and put In force as soon as practi-
cable. 70 that the eight hour law, which
is now being extended to nearly all other
classes of workmen. will be still further
wldened in it's scope and made to In
clude these indispensable servants OF the
public w. MAcNicHotL.
BROOKLYN, March 26.
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Adams Birthday.

The subjoined communication 1!
In regard to a birthday celebration
which should appeal to everybody be
tween Tuckahoe and Tibet:
ITO THE EDITOR OF THE suN--sH:
In connection with the recovery OF
Jerusalem and. IN consequence. the
Tomb OF ADAM (see Tnnocents
Abroad page bs7). have seen no
mention of the appropriate celebra-
ton Of the birthday Of our COM
mon ancestor. Has this been over
looked7 enclose q clipping from
one Of our local papers. Has The
Sun been asleep at the post that this
important event has had no MEN,
itonf WILLIAM II. KKLr.xn.
LANCASTER, Pa, March rs"
The clipping to which our CORE
spondent refers Is from the Lancaster
Daily Examiner and It announce.
that ADAMS birthday Is March IS
and continues:
"Our authority for the exact date
Of ADAMS birth Is a history BY
Captain JOHN STEVENS, published
near stationers' Hall. London in
1901. We quote the following pas
sage from Chapter l.: When the
Divine Artihcer. Author OF Nature.
had In eix 10 - ~.
and earth, waters. trees. plants. flow
ers, sun, moon, stars, birds, fishes
and beasts, at the end of that time,
which was upon a Friday. the 2bth
Of March. he Mt last created our nrst
parent, ADAM"
Captain STEVENS, who was one Of
the soldiers Of JAMES H.. was a good
bit of historian, but we had always
credited him with a more exac,
knowledge Of Portugal than Of the
Garden of Eden. In the present case
however, he Is delight'l'ly definite
quality to be desired IN historians
If the creation began on Sunday, and
II ADAM was made to live on the
sixth day, then certainly he was borr
on Friday.
But the month and the day Of the
month: these must have been more
difficult for JOHN STEVENS to arrive
at He may have relied on Genesi,
and the reference to the planting Of
the garden eastward in Eden" where
ADAM was put Captain STEVENS
casting back 5700 years in the calen
dar, may have calculated that the
first Friday Of the spring Of 4o04 b
G. was March 25.
Certainly We should have ar
ADAM's birthday and celebrate it
with the clinking of glasses of Adam't
ale and the undulation Of our Adams
apples The Bolshevists will be ex
cused from Joining the festivities. a,
ApAM wss the discoverer OF work.
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U. S. JOB BUREAU HOLDS ON.
Employment Service to Continue
without Aid of Congress.

George w. Klrchwey. Federal Dlrec-
tor OF Employment for New York State.
announced last night that when II be-
comes necessary 10 reduce tho activities
~ the United States Employment ser
vice because OF the failure Of Congress
10 make an appropriation for the work
mo service will mainta'a nineteen dis
tr'ct offices In the city snd seventeen OF.
fices upstate.
This viii h6 possible through tho gen.
crosby OF New Workers. who have coma
&c the aid OF tho service and by dona-
tons have made II possible to keep op-
eratins for several months longer. Sew
eraI DETERMINATIONS have undertaken 70
provide for the expenses OF ynrIou, Of
ness Of the service.
The sun., 1919-03-27
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT
MANHATTAN

"Puehology OF Daily Lif..- by Josspa
Ja.trow; Pm, D, professor OF RsyeholoIy.
fr RTsF Il s.. Irving SH piao, ana riiss:ass
Special Health Ieeturs. .-Th. Abnormal
Or. l. p, Clark, chief consultant, New
York city ,Chiidrens Hospitals and
s sSeSS' and uoll .yS.
on sixty-eighth street,. at AIS 7. N.
Scotland, in Song and story" by Mrs.
tasst Tss asfd ss
vocal and instrumntal music.
Violin sonatas of Gries, Cesar Frsnsk
and schumhnn," ny Arthur II. Pollock, al
p. s. q. Forty-sseond street. east OF third
avenue.
lie Roy Jeffers, F.R.GS.. at p. g. as
l5sth street and 81. Nicholas avenue.
Stereopticon views
phe), one OF a course or studies in
Modern Literature" by william j Durant
phi. D. at p. s. IS. 2's East Fifty-ssvsnth
"Power TO Govern Derived From IN.
n.op,e; one o; course OF lectures on
"Ameri'a ana ths American Peopie"hy
!" re, dary r. AsSN NJ /. y 100, 2:s " -
Some Some Unusual Feature. of Ei.etr.ei,y."
corner Fourteenth street and Second ave.
nue. %-o,I dl'u str "a, es O S1ps!iWIents
Academy street and VermiIyea avenue.
lnwood. Rtereoptioon views
Romantic Modern Composers" one OF a
course on "A Musicians Message TO Music
Lovers" Giuseppe a. Randegger. at r. W
II. A, 81 West 10th street.
THE BRONX.
Nations and the Present situ,tion n
EUROPE nrst OF course on National
And International Reconstruction" BY Prof
William y. Guthrie OF the c. G. n, Y. al
Morris II. s., l;sth street ana Boston
Songs Of slay Nations" BY Edward
bromberg at p. s. 80. l6sth street, FIND
lay and Teller avenues. Illustrated BY
quaint songs.
The sun., 1919-03-27
TRADE BRIEFS.

consul-oieneral a. q. Snyder calls at
tention to the advisability OF American
export houses having otiices and displays
OF goods al one OF the terminal ports of
ths~gN ANA CsnL;. -asK would hAsak ira
tegie location. and many buyers on their
way to European ports to trade might be
diverted TO tho United States. An Ameri-
can house Is said TO havs lost a large
contract some time ago which II might
easily have had II II had possessed the
facilities referred to.
Cuba offers a considerable market for
small electric motors and electrical Appli-
aness
The Touring mills IN New Zealand are at
present very short OF supplies Of wheat,
and the outlook 10 not compromising. not
withdrawing a shipment OF 100000 sacks
is now on board steamer at Melbourns for
New Zealand, but the shipping outlook
makes 1, very uncertain when this supply
can be brought forward.
Imports of American tea TO Jamaica,
which were negligible before the war. in
creased greatly in 1917 and found a ready
sale and n very favorable reception anon z
tea drinkers, The total imports OF tea
into Jamaica in 1917 were valued at s22,
2ss. OF which tho United States furnished
sl2.04s. It Is the opinion OF Vice Consul
C!priani that this trade can DO largely
held after the settlement OF peace.
The Osborne Borough Council Of New
Zealand desires TO get into touch with
manufacturers and suppliers of electric
light and tramway line equipment. both
overhead and battery systems. as well M
automatic mechanical stokers for hring
steam boilers. Printed matter. price Uses
and other special Information should be
sent as early as possible. addressed to the
electrical engineer and tramways manager,
The shoe manufacturing trade OF Ger
many WAS formerly the most important
In Europe. At the outbreak OF tho war
there were some 1900 mechanical factories
IN operation employing some 30, 900 skilled
| workmsn,
The sun., 1919-03-27
Mr.. WILSON'S IDEALS.
Arc Principles Of World Socialism IN
Tho League Covenant?

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--sir: There
are indications OF a growing support
for the proposed covenant OF the League
OF Nations from a class OF people who
might be termed internationalists. The
writer believes that internationalism IL
worldwide socialism. and that all so
ciaists will support the league.
Let US imagine that the world war
had not occurred. and that II was pro-
| posed to form a league OF nations in
order to Introduce worldwide socialism
or internationalism. How would the
constitution OF such league be drawn
up7 Just the same as the one Mr..
Wilson now wants US to accept emitting
those particulars WHICH relate to
boundaries. reparations. manufactures
and tho like. The general principles
Of tho two would not differ.
Tho writer believes that while Mr..
Wilson In common with other human
beings abhors war. the thought OF pre-
venting war does not appeal to him 20
strongly as the chance OF creating his
ideal appeals to him. namely the chance
to found decentralization. He 10 q
socialist and 10 now in a commanding
position. and he 10 working very cieverly
with the wish of mankind to prevent
war and with the needs of Europe for
practical alliances to lead the world To
characterization.
The writer believes he L. doing this
and fnds the reasons for the belief In
some OF Mr.. Wilson's own utterances,
the present form Of the constitution. his
reluctance to go into details about It
and his apparent determination to win
in what IL practically his only oppor-
tunity. And finally. please consider the
theories OF some Of his prominent
associates. FREDERICK WALKER
PHILADELPHIA, March 2s.
The sun., 1919-03-27

How clear. elaborate. explanatory
are the bulletins furnished by the pitt
less publicity agent of the Supreme
War Council, body OF eminent states
men now celebrating on the fate OF
the world and sitting in Paris. France
to the army Of press correspondents
who. thus enlightened. reveal tacount-
less millions the precise conclusions
and meanings thereof OF open cove
nants openly arrived at! Thus: 1.-THE
American proposals concerning the
powers Of the Teschen commission
were adopted" In surging. tense eyed
masses surrounding our city's bulletin
The sun., 1919-03-27

Tho recent recall of General Ar,
LENBY from Palestine to take com.
mend Of the military forces along the
Nile had prepared England for the
statement Of WINSTON SPENCER
CHURCHILL, the British Secretary for
War, in the House Of Commons that
the whole Of Egypt is virtually In a
state Of insurrection." The situa ton
the danger In which the Secretary
does not attempt to minimize, Is due
to the activity Of the NatIonalists,
who have found the present after
war condition an opportune time to
press their demands for q greater de-
gree of self-government in Egypt.
The Nationalist party has been in
existence since the beginning of the
British rule In Egypt. 1t did not,
however, assume q seriously agrees
sive attitude until the retirement of
Lord CRoMER as the British agent and
Consul-General. He had made Egypt
modern civilized nation and had
brought to 1t greater prosperity
than 1t had enjoyed for ages. But
at the same time his rule had prac-
tically replaced that of the Khedive
and his exacting control Of affairs
had repressed any organized native
opposition.
His successor. Sir ELDoS GonsT,
had scarcely been named before the
Nationalists, backed by a Pan-Is-
lamic movement. began an agitation
that was noisy but ineffective. At
the beginning Of the war the party
was used by the Germans and the
Turks In an attempt to spread the
Germanlc propaganda: but as Egypt
remained loyal to the British Gov
eminent 1t was generally accepted
that the opposition Of the Nationalist
as party to the British rule had
practically ended.
Instead OF this, however. they have
renewed their former agitation and
led by the radical members of the
party are demanding complete indie
pendence Of British rule. In the past
two distinct elements OF the Egyptian
population have opposed this extreme
measure. The Ihoderates, who repre-
sent a large body Of the conservative
people Of the country. did not be-
lleve that Egypt was sufficiently ad-
vanced to undertake self-government.
The peasants, the fellaheen,. who found
their rights for the first time in cen
turtles respected, were as a body con-
tented under British rule and could
see no advantage In substituting for
It control by native politicians.
The British interests in the Suez
Canal make the security OF Egypt a
matter of supreme Importance to the
empire. This was one Of the strong
est reasons for the declaration of a
protectorate over the country In De
cember, 1914; and that Great Britain
will abandon this protectorate at the
present time Is not to be considered.
But 1t Is not improbable that she will
grant some Of the reforms, which have
been promised and which are favored
by many English statesmen, and that
the Egyptians in the future will ex-
ercise a greater control over their
own internal Affairs than they have
In the past.
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Reversing the Epigram.

To rIfS EDITOR OF THE suN-sir: Mr.
Wilson once demanded peace without
victory. Now Il looks as n he was de-
ternined to have victory without peace,
In the meantime the business OF the
country IL going to where the dead Huns
are. ]. w. SUTTON.
INDIANA, Pa. March 2b.
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"A NAVY SECOND TO NONE"
Construction Record Of the Present
Administration Reviewed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN--Sir: The
Secretary Of the Navy. Josephus DAN
iels, Is now in Europe. His ostensible pur-
pose In making this trip 10 the gather
ing Of information In England and else
where concerning the design Of future
men-o'-war Of the line for the United
States Navy. Mr.. Daniels IL accom-
panied by several department heads,
among them the chiefs OF the bureaus
Of construction and repair, OF steam
engineering and of ordnance.
The unsuspecting public Is allowed to
believe that the highly technical data
sought are to be applied to the design
Of the sixteen capital ships called for
In the Administration programme Just
turned down by the recently deceased
Congress, though urged by q cryptic
cable from Mr.. Wilson Of Paris. Far
from I'll Our Josephus 10 still trying
to make up hts mind about tho design
for the six battle cruisers Of the 1918
programme.
Think Of ia three year programme
now three years old. and the six most
important elements thereof not yet laid
down. Or II laid down--for "offical"
reports are confiictinE--at least 40
slightly advanced that complete changes
Of design are still feasible.
Now let US carefully consider the
construction record Of the present Ad-
minLstration. whose naval head 30 boast
fully points with pride to Democratic
achievements.
From April 9, 1917. the date Of our
an fro int ha % -,
Of the armistice one year and seven
months later there have been added to
the line Of the feet Just two units. tho
Arizona and the New Mexico. These
were the first fruits of q Democratic
Congress dating back to tho last year
OF Mr., Taft's regime.
OF these the Arizona showed grievous
machinery defects on her FIRST cruise to
Guantanamo--she was built at United
states navy yard--necessitating extern
sive repairs before she had been three
months In commission and the New Mex
leo. on Mr.. Wilson's recent flying visit to
the United States. had to part company
with her convoy owing to serious trouble
with her machinery. So far as is known.
the Idaho, recently put In commission.
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