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A Greeting Prom the East.

A Greeting Prom the East.
As walked through the sweltering hot
streets and lanes OF Kingston, ia
maica,
I was disappointed IN meeting no response
to my gTances searching tho new
faces for affection.
Now and then across the blasting white
road swung a wide winged shadow.
and looking up startled would see
a buzzard stealthily scouting over
head, his pirate black plumage set
ting of his scarlet head in ghastly
contrast.
The wind swept pitiess swirls OF dust
against my sweat stained face. but I
found no solace OF love In the eyes
passed to mitigate tho trials I
endured.
Such inner coldness seemed q strange con-
trsst to the outward torridity.
Then just for a moment the spell was
broken by the last ministrsnt OF
consolation to whom I should have
looked.
A little Chinese BOY hurryinE along tho
sidewalk smiles up al me. with no
other reason than tho ono great
human tie OF fellowship.
Little Oriental. you gave me moro than
all the faces I should have thought
more akin to me!
And IN your welcome you linked us for an
instant more closely than community
of speech and OF hemisphere.
'xaymacs,''-Tsland of .Fountains."-is
your native name. Jamaica.
But to-day your springs were sealed TO my
thirst. until the little stranger from
the sun rising let me sip from his
clean gourd cup.
ELIOT wHrrn
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THE REVOLUTION IN PERU.
An Onlcial Explanation OF Leguia's
Haixurn Of Power.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-SH:
have been instructed by the Minister
Of Foreign affairs in Peru to place be-
fore the public OF the United States the
following facts in relation to the re-
cent change Of Government which has
taken place in Peru:
Augusta B. Leguia received an over
whelming majority of the electoral vote
in Peru in the elections which took place
in May of this year. Notwithstanding
this II became known that It was the
intention Of the Government of DR.. Pardo
to avoid complying with the popular
will Congress-, controlled by the friends
OF the Government, was to nullify the
elections and a third person or COM
promise candidate was to have been
elected, who consequently would not have
had a popular majority.
In carrying out this plan the former
Government began to close printing
Offices where publications supporting
Lesuia were published, placing therein
military guards, which we're withdrawn
by the present Government. notwith-
standing that Judges, the Superior Court
and later the Supreme Court ordered
the Minister of Justice and other au-
tborities to return these properties to
their owners.
AZ the same time persons in public
life and those identified with politics,
as we'll as workingmen, all supporters
Of Leguia, were imprisoned. These acts
OF force were clearly dictatorial and
were carried out in spite of public pro-
test.
In view Of this, and as these repres-
sive measures increased day by day. the
supporters of Leguia, backed by public
opinion, decided as a last measure to
act in order that the popular vote be
not made sport of. On the morning OF
July President Pardo was taken from
the palace and placed in a separate de-
partment in the penitentiary. where he
was treated with every consideration.
The public forces respected the popular
will and Joined the movement, which
took place without bloodshed.
There was no interruption in the So
cial and business life Of the city. The
holiday proclaimed in honor OF the
United States was held as planned, En-
thusiastic meetings took place in the
provinces In favor of the new Govern
ment as soon as the news reached them.
and the authorities and soldiers every
where Joined the movement without
hesitation.
The Supreme Court and other institu-
| tions have already recognized the new
Government. President Leguia has re-
ceived from all parts thousands OF let
| tiers. csblegrams and kilograms Of con-
graduation. There has been no change
whatever In the normal life OF the coun-
try. EDUARDO HIGGISsoN.
Consul-cieneral in the United States
| NEW YORK, July 10.
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POEMS WORTH READING.
The Land of Tears.

Went back home" last week to zee
II things were the same as they used
70 be.
Got sort o. tired OF city life
Noise and crowding and ceaseless strife
Yearned to look at the old gray town
Out at it's elbows and running down.
Thought It would seem good cross the
years.
Found instead twas a land OF tearsi
Gaps in the ranks OF the boys knew,
Girls mostly widows: only a few
Seemed to have lived and made their
way;
Nobody nigh who cared to play.
Weren't even glad to have me come
There Just in time to remind of some
Grief and care that had grown between
Them and me since Time was green.
Black the color, mixed with blue
Where had looked for a rosy hue;
My mind teemed with memories bright,
They saw only the darkest night.
Past full of gloom. no future at all,
Just setting round to await the call
From the Angel of Death who'd paused
next door.
Signing and signing Of "Ievermore."
Came straight back to tho crowd and
noise.
The seething city and It's Joys,
Where life stays young despite its years,
Leaving forever the Land Of Tears!
DON C. SETS.
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Higher Fares or No Service.

SNCb VI GNV CCh'tCVe
Public Service Commissioner Nix
oN's decision that the surface street
railways shall charge two cents for
all first transfers except ut rela-
lively few points Is not the soundest
solution Of this grave problem in our
local transit predicament. It will not
be long solution. But apparently 1t
was the best he could do as life and
death makeshift
The many local roads could no
longer be kept together unless they
were made to earn enough to pay rent
as well as wages. The court would
have taken away the little leased
roads from the bigger systems. It
gave warning that It would do this.
Then the passenger would have had
to pay five cents every time he stepped
from one independent road to another.
The choice, as the Public Service
Commissioner faced 1t, therefore, was
two cent transfer, paid once on top
Of the original Eve cent fare, or that
ten cent or fifteen cent charge or
perhaps more.
This transfer charge Of course Is
something like going back from up
to date methods to old stage coach
days, but the alternative Of paying
FIVE cents at every change would have
been like going back to old oxcart
days. The ideal municipal rapid tram
sit Is undoubtedly for the passenger
to pay his fare once and then COM
plete his journey without needing to
fish up new pennies as he hops of on
the way and hunts around for lines or
cars to carry him the rest of his Jour
ney. This one fare plan will have to
be the ultimate and the permanent
solution. Perhaps a single seven cent
fire will do the work Of saving the
local transportation system which Is
essential to the public. Perhaps 1t will
take more. But sooner or later the
regular fare for everybody, transfer
or no transfer, will have to be adj
justed not merely to serve the public
but to save it's local roads-the big
gest service which can be performed
for the public in this emergency.
When the street railroads can't pay
their way-can't pay their very oper-
ating expenses, not to speak Of divi-
dends and interest-it Is useless for
Mayor HYLAN or for anybody to
Talk about keeping down the fares.
We'd all like the fares to be kept
down II 1t we're possible to keep them
down, Just as we'd all like the price
of food, the price Of clothes, the price
Of everything to be kept down. But
| nobody has yet been able to keep costs
down, so prices can't be kept down.
When 1t Is q question Of the local
roads getting more revenue or qnlt-
tng-qultting as one or two big sys-
tems-it isn't honest politics, 1t isn't
fair debate. 1t isn't business sense for
anybody to declare that the fares
should not go up. They have to go up
when It is a case Of higher fares or
no service.
Mayor HYLAN may think he Is going
all the way to the Supreme Court
Of the United States before he will
permit the transfer changes: but he
may cut his trip short at our own
Court of Appeals. with no transfer
beyond. He may never get as far as
that. In any event Mayor HYLAN
cannot stop higher fares from being
paid by the street car users, unless he
wants to tap the city treasury to
make up the difference, any more than
he can stop the law Of gravity from
working.
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Museums and Industries.

That pioneer of new ideas JOHN
CorroH DANA Of the Newark Public
Library has been turning his atten-
ton to museums of the established
order. The tendency TO think of art
and museums In terms OF painting in
oil on canvas with gilt frames or of
objects which are old, rare and costly
is quite as unfortunate as It is uni
versal, he AYERS, and be refers to
"thls conventionallzed museum con-
cept made up chiefly of paint, an
tiquity and price,"
What he would have In place Of
such a museum in a purely industrial
city, in Newark, for instance, Is an
institution of service as we'll as Of
research and acquisition, a museum
giving definite values to Its promoters
and upholders. the taxpayers, by be-
Ing helpful to industry and education,
not zone moro Of those useless, weari-
some, dead-allve Gazing Collections Of
which the whole community would
soon tire"
Therefore he takes comfort In the
fact that the British Institute of In
dustrial Art has been established in
England to raise the standard of de-
sign and workmanship Of works Of
Industrial art; he is glad to note that
the Metropolitan Museum Of Art holds
exhibits of purely commercial prod
ucts, that the museums of Cleveland,
Buffalo and other American cities are
engaging in activities which are
helpful to industry.
1t is to be suspected, however, that
Mr.. DANA does not mean eve, thing
he says about the older museums to
be taken literally. IF evidence of this
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A SAILOR ADRIFT.
Does Inability TO Dance Really Lead
to Bolshevismi

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: I
! read the letter OF the "Canteen Pianist
and was very much interested. I did
not read the editorial article on Girls
or Trigonometry," which the letter COM
mented upon, as was at sea when It
was published. but. nevertheless. I can
get the general idea Of 1t by reading
her letter.
She writes, why is It that these boys
continue to go where dancing is the chief
attraction when they know they can
not dancer" ask you and her also,
Where can they go?
There is no other place for them to 20.
except one.
There is nothing to do except to read
and think. Books. such as novels and
stories. soon become tiresome. and the
boys tastes turn to politics. social con-
ditions and economics. These subjects
interest them because they are in touch
with them In everyday life. Radical
literature is everywhere at hand. and
the boys begin to think about these
questions.
They can get one side OF the question
| in all the newspapers. but the other
side, where can they get that? Why.
at the radical lectures which are going
on in every part OF the city every night,
and they, not being able to amuse them
! selves at dances and not being able to
forget their troubles at a saloon. go to
this one place left open for them to go.
| And soon they are as radical as the
most radical And then the nation won
ders why the Bolshevist element Is grow.
| ing so fast
Every man In the service Graves the
companionship of the opposite sex.
Therefore the men go to the dance hall
to satisfy that craving but as they can
not dance and many OF them will never
be able to learn. they cannot get ac-
quainted. They then do not 60 any more.
but start in reading, thinking and 60
ing to Bo!shevist lectures. At these Ice
| lures they meet the opposite sex, and
though those they meet may not as a
whole have the physical attraction or
those that frequent dances they have
q mental attraction that far outstrips
the physical attraction of the others.
When the ship goes to sea again these
| men who have ATTENDED the lectures gem
orally have "the deck" and their ship
mates sit around listening to their arsu-
msnts and their logic. and so the seed
OF discomfort is planted in their minds,
and 1t gradually grows, aided by the I'M
democratic methods used by the officers
in all branches OF military service
| II is felt by at least rs per cent Of
the men In the service that a change
! is necessary in American life politically.
socially and economically.
do not agree with you that "our
| p1athematical friend" was to blame, and
neither do ] believe that girls were to
blame. do believe. though, that the
political, social and economic conditions
as existing In the United States to-day
are to blame and that change Is neces-
sary, and though not having any sub
stitute for the present, any change will
, be for the better. as conditions cannot
be any worse as far as human happi-
ness Is concerned.
| A MIoHr BE BoLsHEyIsT.
| HoBoKEN, n. j., July 10.
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II He stays, What Else Matters {?

The rumor from The Hngue Of q
wholesale walkout by members Of the
American diplomatic service will In
terest sociologists who may see in II
the prospective formation Of Diplo-
matists Union No. 1-platform
shorter hours and more promotion.
In the White House, however, there
will be no perturbation. So long as
the Hon. EDWARD NJ. HOUSE Is willing
to keep his title of Commissioner
Plenipotentiary" and exercise those
duties which are as mysterious as tho
title itself the Administration will
have a complete diplomatic corps in
the Colonel.
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City Hall Parks Last War Activity.

With the tearing down Of the frame
structure which has bestraddled the
Mail street sidewalk for several years
the last but one Of City Hall Parks
war activities passes into memory.
This house on stills was thoroughly
typical Of our adoption for the uses of
war Of the things Of peace; for 1t was
originally built for use In connection
with the digging Of the subway, next
became recruiting Office for the Rail
way Engineer regiment commanded
by Colonel WILLIAM BARCLAY PAR
SONS, and finally served as a canteen
for soldiers and sailors.
1t is natural that the passing Of
this little building should recall other
signs Of war activities in City Hall
Park: the handsome decoration Of the
City Hall itself when Mayor mitchell
greeted the visiting British and
French commissions, the graceful Lib
erty Bell of staff that covered our un-
ornamental fountain, the horNfic
brick obelisk. built during the last
Liberty loan. But the finest impress
sion Of all created by the wrecking of
the last physical evidence Of our war
experiences In City Hall Park-except
the Knights Of Columbus hut near the
brownstone court house-ls that 1t
means that the former soldiers and
sailors have put Off their uniforms for
good and have settled down to the
one thing most needed Of all in re
construction, the days work.
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HOPES OF AMENDMENT BY
THE LEAGUE VAIN.
A Majority May Bind, but Unsnimity
Is Needed 10 Change.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: The
ardent supporters OF the League Of Ma
tions advise those who agree with them
in principle but oppose some Of the
provisions OF the covenant to accept It
in its original form, as adopted at the
plenary session OF the interallied Peace
Conference April 2s, 1919, and trust to
tho adoption Of amendments to the in
strument at some future date that will
remove their grounds for opposition.
This suggestion has caused many per-
sons to give their support to the league
who without assurance OF probable
amendment would not agree to its adop-
ton at the present time.
The hope Of amendment thus held out
IL nothing less than a delusiou. as under
the terms OF tho covenant Il Is practi-
cally impossible to amend the original
instrument.
Article ". Section 1. reads as follows /:
Except where otherwise expressly
provided in this covenant or by the terms
Of this treaty, decisions at any meeting
Of the assembly or Of tho council shall
OF tho league represented at the meet
ing"
Article XVI, Section /, thus pro-
vides for the amendment OF the cove
| nant:
Amendments TO this covenant will
take effect when ratified by the men,
bers of the league whose representatives
compose the council and by a majority
OF the members Of the league whose rep
resentatives compose the assembly"
Thus It lie specifically stated that while
a majority vote of the members Of the
league whose representatives compose
! the assembly are authorized to bind that
| body, II requires, because not otherwise
expressly provided for in the covenant,
the agreement of all members OF the
league represented at the meeting Of the
! council before an amendment to the COW
enant can be adopted.
It is provided in Article w, Section 1,
Of the covenant that the council shall
consist OF representatives Of the United
| States, the British Empire, France, Italy,
Japan and four other members of the
| league, who are to be chosen by the
| assembly from time to time. Thus 1t
appears that any amendment to the COW
enant must receive the affirmative vote
Of the representatives Of these nine ma
lions before It can become effective.
History teaches US that It is almost
| impossible to secure unanimous legisla-
tive action on any great measure
therefore it must appear that all hope
OF amending the covenant of the League
Of Nations must be relinquished after
It has been adopted by the nations con-
ccrned EDWIN G. LAWRENCE.
ArHoL, Mass, July 10.
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Of racing yachts being produced to
reestablish the sport, since the high
cost Of building yachts and the high
wages asked by crews make this alb
sosutely necessary. Then ut can be-
gin to consider the wider schemes for
the renewal OF international yacht
racing"
Most American yachtsmen will
agree on this encouraging Of economy
in types of boats, but in regard to
the international yacht racing In
which we are chiefly concerned, the
next Americas Cup series, 1t lies be.
tween Sir THOMAS LIPToN and the
New York Yacht Club Just when the
races shall be resumed. The Field
urges American yachtsmen to join
with the British in establishing one
rule, but we gather the impression
that 1t is the International Rule
which is the one the Field thinks
should be adopted by the American
yachtsmen rather than that the Eu-
ropean yachtsmen should adopt our
Universal Rule. Ever since the Amer
lea won the hundred gulneas cup
which has since borne her name
American yachtsmen have been max.
ing concessions to British yachtsmen.
Whether our rules have produced
the best" type Of yacht or not one
thing Is certain: They have produced
winning yachts which is what racing
yachts are designed for. 1t Is not to
be forgotten that in the era which,
produced the America the builders
of the United States were turning out
the clipper ships that we're the de-
spair Of all the maritime nations of
the world. And the country that can
produce the fastest yachts afloat is
not likely to fall far in the rear when
1t comes to creating the finest types
Of naval or maritime craft
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EVENTS TODAY.

Ambrose W. vernon. u. D.. i'P. N.
r sSns service Columbia University. Rev.
ADDRESS. "BoishevIsm." BY Geors. n
sage, West Side Y. NJ. c. A., 4P. N,
W New York Community chorus. walt
PAIL 'n 19o centenary celebration. Central
Nc In Central Park, all day.
=, eTeatlye Individuality. How to Cultivsts
r. lecture by Harry Gage. Hotel Aston,
,, Prof. william P. Montague of columbi.
Of Re ssIc. wi, VII speak on The Philosophy
Avenue and Tenth street, s:i5 p N.
40 E E;oi OF war posters issued by tn.
war and illustrated books OF the past four
centuries, New York Public Library, Forty
Sefond street and Fifth avenue.
revival meeting. address by ]. c. St.
vens. Great Time Coming the Miiisn-
nium Soon to Begin; When and How
iyn avenue and Garneld place. Brook
The Power OF Continuity" sermon BY
s sne Rev. Or. Robert Watson, Second Pres
Central Park West. II a. N.
Photographic oil prints. arranged and
SHOWN by the Pictorial Photographers OF
America, Washington Irving House. 10y
East Seventeenth street.
the worlds Next Great Crisis" sermon
oy the Rev. Or. W. Evans OF Los Angeles.
Eighth avenue. 1870 P. NJ.
IT., pToti T. r. Glover Of Cambridge Univsr-
s'ty VIII speak on THE Progress of Re-
ngious Thought From Homer to Christ.S
Blo!e Teachers Training School S4l Lsx.
ihgton avenue. $3.50 p. NJ
collection OF chrome Autographs of old
masters. published by Arundel Society.
Sny complete set on exhibition IN the
United states. Brooklyn Museum, Eastsra
II. q. wsls's The Undyinx Fire. a.
dress by the Rev. j. Haynes Holmes Com
PANTY ps4H Church; Thi,;y-fourth street and
New York of To-day" illustrated oy
seventy coloEed slides. by tho Rev Ray
mond s. Brown. Calvary Episcopal Church
p. NJ.
Exhibition OF ornaments a. shawn a,
cravings adapted to other uses, illustrate
ing the value OF the old book print desiEnA
Metropolitan Museum of Art A 81, 10
tP M "
organ recital by George W. Andrew.
Angels FAREWELL from the Dream OF
Gerontius." Church OF the Inoaruat,on
ihirty-nfth street and Madison avenue,
Special loan exhibition of tap.stris. osd
aces and other treasures from private
homes never before exhibited. MetropoIi-
Associated Bible Students, address BY
W J. HOLSTER, The Marrow Way 20
Life" Carnegie Hall. p. NJ
rs Thsrs Personal Devil 7'', Addrasse IA
a course on The Origin of Sin" BY c. a,
haynes. Chautauqua Tent, Ninety-nft
street ana Broadway, SEP NJ
Memorial service for soldiers and sailors
New York War Camp Community Service
and Harlem Peace League, p. NJ
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Tatungism.

Did China really invent the League
Of Nations along with gunpowder
printing and other things not known
to Western civilization until much
later? A doubt on the subject has
arisen. The learned Or. hoo, Chinese
Minister at Washington and Plenipo.
tentiary at the Peace Conference
states the case for China thus:
ut is CoNrucIus who first taught
us that we must not be merely con-
tent with the orderly government of
single individual nation. but that
besides We must seek for the esta.b-
lishmeut OF what he termed 'Tatung-
ISM which means literally great
communism nguratively 'utopian-
ism and practically a league OF
nations
To-day, twenty-four centuries after
CoSFUcIrs's announcement of his in
vention, China finds herself confronted
with something answering the de
scription of Tatungism and also with
the evil Tatungism was expected &c
deal within the words Of CoNFU
Gus, with alliances formed among
the more powerful nations to barter
about the peoples and territories Of
the less powerful as If they were mere
chattels and pawns IN a game" Tt
be specific. Chinese representatives In
Europe say Of the treaty Japan forced
China to agree to In 1915:
1T IL this treaty which has made
Japan master Of all the important
economic resources OF Shantuns.
Manchuria and other provinces II
this treaty stands. Japan controls the
whole area of northern China. mill
tarily and economically. II this con-
troll continues the world will see in
the near future the absorption by
Japan of the Republic of China and
tho closing OF the door OF China. as
the door OF Corea has already been
closed. to the free enterprise or other
nations. II this control continues tho
world will see the militarlzation OF
ioo.ooo.ooo peace loving people and
the exploitation by Japan OF the lin
itless resources Of the eastern corner
OF Asia for the purpose which the
Romans achieved on q small scale
and NAPOLEON and WILLIAM II. pur-
sued In vain
China appealed In Paris to what 4
supposed was Tatungism to annul thu
treaty. Every one knows the answer
Under the circumstances should 1t b,
inferred that when CoNFUcIUs imag
ined he was founding Tatungism h,
was actually inventlng the steam
roller? Like mlsadventures hav'
come to other inventors.