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bring the war to decisive end" At
conference in Berlin, according to
General LUDENDoRFF, the Imperial
Chancellor, voN BETHMANN-HoLLwE
fully conscious of the political re-
sponsibility," declared himself for
submarine warfare, and on January
1S sent a message to Count Won
BERNsToRFF saying that 1--WE are de-
termined to take upon ourselves the
risk" Before this message reached
vow BERNsroRyF, however, another
message was received from him ask
Ing for a poetponement Of the sub
marine warfare because president
WILSON believes he can make peace
on the basis of our proposal for equal
rights for all nations"
The most interesting part Of the
book appearing In the reports so far
received Is that bearing upon the
situation in the fall Of 1918 and the
circumstances that led to General
LUDENDoRFF's fall. In September he
says that the military situation was
such that had the Supreme Command
Of the army had the 100000 men
promised by the War Minister 1--WE
did not need to surrender uncondl-
tionally." He again insists that the
U-boat warfare could not be aban-
doned. Success fell to SoLF, the
U-boat war ceased and the path to
capitulation was trodden." He wrote
his resignation on October %, but at
Marshal Won HINDENBURG's request he
did not submit 1t:
Immediately afterward I learned
that the Supreme Army Command
had been violently attacked In the
Reichstag on account of its order
relating to the third Wilson note.
This order had been rejected by me
with the injunction First let the
matter become clear Only as re-
suit of carelessness did this order
reach HINDENBuRG, and then it was
issued without my knowledge"
The Kaiser expressed himself
against the order and General LUDEN-
DoRrF, believing that he had lost the
Kaiser's confidence, asked to be per-
mitted to resign. The Kaiser, he
says, accepted the offer, saying, "Your
retirement will make it possible, with
the assistance of the Social Demo-
Gratis, to create new nation" LU-
pENDoRFF then made the prediction to
Marshal Won HINDENBURG that Sin
fourteen days we shall have no longer
Kaiser" This was one instance, at
least, In which the former German
commander proved himself truly a
prophet.
OF the military value of the book
and its merits as an exposition of the
German conduct of the war there
has not so far been an opportunity
to form an opinion. But that It Is
an evident attempt to place the for
mer German commander in the best
possible light before the German peo-
pie and to shift TO other shoulders
the burden of the blame of failure
there is no doubt. The promise which
the work earlier held on account of
the fame of-the author seems not to
have been Justified, and that 1t has
met with no very cordial reception
in Germany may be judged from the
characterization of Berlin newspa-
per that it is "a rather clumsy at
tempt of the author to whitewash
himself"
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General Ludendorff's Own story.

To the war literature that has been
flooding Germany since the armistice
will this week be added a work by the
former Quartermaster- General, ERICH
LUpENDoRFF, who has generally been
credited with being the actual chief
of the German General Staff and the
master of the German army. This
work was preceded by recently pub
lished book by Foreign Minister GoTT-
LIEB Won JAGow, and earlier still by
the revelations of Prince LIcHNow-
SKY and Or. MuHLoN. These dwelt
largely upon the causes leading up TO
the war, and DIR. WON JAGow endeav-
ored especially TO clear the civil de-
partment of the Government from
blame. General LuDENDoRFF devotes
much of his space to the military
campaigns and to the situation in 1918
which led to the collapse of Germany,
and endeavors to relieve the military
commanders, In particular himself, Of
the responsibility for the defeat.
THE Suns correspondent at Ber-
lin in his extracts from General LU-
DENDoRFF's book. quotes the defence
which the General makes of his re-
ports from the front. These reports,
LUDENDoRFF declares, were not colored
or inaccurate, neither did they sup
press unfavorable results. They were,
though, he frankly confesses, written
primarily for the army" This is,
IL fact, an answer to the frequent
charges made in Germany during the
war. That he did not take the peo-
pie into his confidence was evident
from his own statement. He refers
to August s, when the German line
broke on the western front, as Ger
many's Black Day." General LUDEN-
DoRFF writes:
THE defeat sustained on August
finally destroyed. the hope of
military victory. Conferences be-
tween HERTLING, the Imperial Chan
cellor; Secretary OF State Won
HINrzE, HINpENBURo and myself took
place on August "a and Is. on
August 16 a Crown council was held.
when / clearly stated that the war
could no longer be won in the mill
tary sense"
The commander of the army had
hoped that the Chancellor would i'm
mediately prepare the parliament and
the press for the new situation, but
this the Chancellor did not do. Had
he done So" says General LUDEN-
DoRFF, "the CONSERVATION with which
Berlin was seized at the beginning Of
September would not have been so
great"
General LUDENDoRFF devotes con!
siderable space to the situation in
Germany preceding the entrance of
the United States into the war. He
declares that he was sceptical regard
ing the peace offer made by Germany
in December, 1915, and that after the
Entente Powers had made known
their war aims he believed that "a
ruthless U-boat war was the last
measure left to Germany to try to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-21

Fiction is to the fore in Munseys MdOd-
sine for September. which opens with the
first instalment of "The Wild Fawn," by
Mary Inlay Taylor Brokers in Adven-
ture," Bob of Arue" and Beau Revei'' are
continued, and there are short stories by
william Merriam Rouse John d. Swain. jim
Egan, z. X Means. Dulcie Deamer and
Florence Ryerson Timely articles are con-
tributed by Frederick Cunli ffe- Owen on "Eu-
ropes Remaining Kings" by Richard lie
Gallienne on THE Fallen Capitals of the
Near East" and in curious contrast to the
latter, by Judson c. Welliver on Detroit.
the Motor Car Metropolis" Brander Mat.
thews tells OF Strange Performances OF
Shakespcare's Plays" and Robert H. Moul-
ton describes some of the achievements of
Professor Albert A. Nicholson Of the de-
partment of physics Of the University of
Chicago. a Nobel prize winner.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-21
PALMER is CONFIRMED.
Senate Opposition to Him as At
tOrney-GeneraI Ends.

WASHINGTON, lug. 20.--The nomina-
ton of A. Mitchell Palmer to be Attor-
ney-Gen was confirmed late to-day
by the Senate without opposition.
Mr.. Palmer's confirmation marks tho
end of a fight against his appointment,
which began at the last session of Con-
gress, and which centred about his ad-
ministration OF the office Of Alien Prop
erty Custodian.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-21
FRENCH PLANE UNREPORTED.
Destroyers search for Goliath
Along Moroccan Const.

PARIS, Aug. 20.-An official statement
issued by the Department OF Aeronautics
relative to the French arplane Goliath,
which left Mogador, Morocco, for Dakar
last Saturday morning, says;
No news has been received con-
corning the Goliath. ,Destroyers are
searching along the coast. Military
and civilian authorities are conduct
ing Investigations In the hinterland.
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| What is zap?
| 1t sounds like pap,
| or a ginger snap,
The kind you say twice
| In a trice.
] can't make out
What IT'S all about,
| This talk
And squawk-
| II only knew
I'd squawk too.
But don't.
I So won't.
zap!
| Perhaps that's Jap
! Anese
For III you please"
Except that the Jsps
Are not such yaps
| As to ask permission
| when they want an addition
| OF territory
But that's another story.
Zap!
Here It IS on the map.
| One OF the isles
That lie many miles
In the Pacific.
The ocean terrihc,
IN the group called the Ladrones
| That's plural for thief" who makes no
bones
| In taking what some other fellow owns
But. Of course under the League,
That cuts out intrigue,
And all claptrap-
Hurrah for Yapl
zap!
I know a chap
who's a zap;
He's a wonderful talker,
Ard chalk line walker
(For other folks)-
Holy smokesI
But he's some globe trotter,
And booty allotterl
Why, he'd Just as soon
! Give away the moon
I'm his official capacity
To some ones rapacity.
He's quite withou' cnnker.
He's not a Yap-hanker,
And so.
As you know,
We lost zap
Quel mishap!
WILLIAM WALLACE wHTBLocK.
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EVENTS TODAY.

- Award Of decorations to veterans OF
Twenty seventh and Seventy-seventh Dl-
visions At City Hall, Aldermanic Cham
Der 1880 p NJ.
Formation of naval unit of American
Legion at Navy Club. sos Fifth avenue At
p. NJ.
Meeting of American Pharmaceutical
Association, Hotel Pennsylvania 2 p. NJ
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The merely curious will be con-
cerned only as to why members of
womans club are restricted to but
six bottles to each locker. Why not
Ave or seven? the needless viii ask.
which is futile because it leads to
nothing but a waste of breath. The
thoughtful who ever seek facts Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-08-21
U. S. ASKED TO BAR
UNSKILLED LABOR
Bill Is Framed to Prevent
Seepage of japanese
h Coolies Into L. s.
ALIEN RECORD PLANNED
Immigrants Must Declare for
Citizenship or Go Back
After Year.
Special Despatch 10 The sUx.


WAsHlNGToN, Aug. 20.--Closing OF the
nations doors for two years to the large
number OF unslSllled laborers that an
nually immigrate to the United states
and provisions for keeping close records
Of all aliens here are provided in a bill
Representative Albert johnson (Wash. h.
chairman OF the House immigration
Committee, submitted to the House to-
day The main points of the measure
| already have been approved by the COM
mittee.
Sections Of the bill have been framed,
Mr.. Johnson said, to prevent the seepag e
of japanese coolies into the United
States and thus provide for a literal full
filment of the so-called "gentlemen's
agreement" between this country and
Japan.
Japan is under obligations to send
no coolies to the United States" Mr..
Johnson said, 'but 1t has been disclosed
that many Japanese arrive with pass
ports under the guise Of merchants,
students and the IKE. and once here they
remain. They then send for picture
brides, and their children are citizens
by birth, thus allowing large sespage
of these classes into the country"
other important features of the pro-
gramme are:
Immigrants after one years stay may
be taken into custody and deported II
they fail to make declarations OF inten-
lions to become citizens, or do not be-
come citizens within one year after they
are entitled to do So
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Entrance Into Country.

Government officials, their stats and
families, travellers, ministers, religious
teachers, missionaries, lawyers, physi-
clans, artists, chemists and other pro-
fessional men of foreign countries are
allowed to enter the country for period
OF six months.
All aliens are required to report every
six months to the Department OF Labor.
lien students may enter the country.
but must return to their native lands
on the completion of their study. This
was drawn to prevent Japanese coming
in under the guise of students and
spending a short time at night schools
Mr.. Johnson said.
All immigrants. except foreign Gov
eminent officials, must have their pass
ports vised by American consular Of
ficers before they leave their native
lands and must agree to become citizens.
Citizens of contiguous territory like
Canada and Mexico will be permitted to
visit the United States on the presen-
tation of cards which would be issued
annually to reputable persons.
Strict regulations provide that aliens
intending to become citizens must learn
the English language.
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Van.

The United states Navy Department
wanted the Island Of Yap for vitality nee
essary cable landings. and could have had
IT. but President Wilson refused TO make
;he demand 81 Nersaiiies.-Netrs item.
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Aliens who leave the country before
becoming citizens are not again per-
mitted to enter the country unless they
left with a permit of the Secretary of
Larbor, and such permits will not be
issued for periods of more than one year.
The bill provides for the deportation
of all aliens who withdrew their first
papers to escape the draft in the recent
war. Such deported persons and aliens
who left the United States to escape
military service are forever excluded
from the country.
The decision of the Secretary of Labor
in all deportation cases is to be final
Congress will be asked to send sub
committe to the Pacific coast to make a
special study of the Japanese situation"
Mr.. Johnson said: "Other members
will go to immigration centres to con-
slider reforms or changes in the pro-
sTanime that may &c necessary.
1T is believed that aliens should be
compelled to declare their intentions of
becoming citizens If they intend to re-
main here before they leave their native
countries. II the intending citizen takes
cut his first papers he must then remain
in the United States five additional years
for final citizenship, but it is proposed
to give him liberal time allowance TO be-
ccme proficient in the elements of the
American plan of government and the
English language"
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BOOKS AND THE BOOK WORLD
weekly, one year. .M.OO
Canada. $3.50 other Countries. 200
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Rue du Quatre Septembre.
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Ing, sos Washington street.
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Published daily. including Sunday, by the
Sun Printing and Publishing Associat ton,
100 Nassau St. Borough of Manhattan, N. Y.
President, Frank A. Munsey, $50 Nassau ct, (;
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LOCAL WEATHER RECORDS.

The temperature in this city yes
as recorded by the Official thermom
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~ our friends toho jauor as ieith mdnu-
scripts and illustrations for publication irish
20 have rejected articles returned thsy mSst
IN all cases send STAMPS for fAat purpose.
TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 1900
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
The Way of a Woman.

There are a lot of women who
deserve gold medals and war crosses
that we never hear OF except when
they have to come into court for
protection against the men who are
supposed to be their protectors.
Charlie Crawford's wife is one OF
these women. She has put up with
enough to deserve any number OF
medals. She is willing to put VI,
with a whole lot of things il her
husband would only be half a man.
Charlie not only spends all his
earnings for liquor. she says, but he
beats and abuses his wife also. She
has stood abuse of the sort that
makes other women commit murder.
Just the other day a noted crank
was killed whose offense was prob
ably milder in comparison than
Charles everyday conduct.
Even so-his wife was willing to
take him back and give him an
other chance. provided that he
would do right by her.
He Grinned while his wife told
her story to Judge Mcmahon and
was severely reprimanded.
II ii had not been that Mrs Craw-
ford had a great big heart in her
body. he would have gone to Jail for
long time.
The court suspended a sixty-day
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
Morning, Judge
NN Human Interest Stories of puno, BY By
w Police Court Happenings. PERKINS
Leroy is Interped.
By
RUDOLPH
PERKINS


The war is over. Leroy Harrison,
sailor. didn't know II.
The whole dadburned United States
Is going dry. Leroy knew that-be-
cause he tried to drink up all the
wet stun. ~
He was turned over to Policeman
Murphy by a street car conductor
Thursday evening,
The sailor was sound asleep on a
car and refused to be aroused.
The cop carried him of and sat
MN down on the sidewalk.
AS he sat down, Leroy gave a yen.
he lit on something hard and II hurt
him.
hurphy investigated and found that
Leroy had a gun in his pocket.
Drunken sailors are rather scarce
these days. Leroy is the first one to
be in police court for many a day.
His only excuse for the jag was that
the country would soon be so dry
that people with delicate throats
would be in dire misery. While the
getting was good, he wanted TO get
his.
He had no explanation for the gun,
except that he was a fighting man and
therefore needed one.
The court is so tired of having men
come before it charged with the
double-barrelled offense of being load
I ed twice, that there was no hope for
! Leroy.
He was fined s15 and sent down for
six months.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
OPEN REST HOME
FOR WAR WOMEN
Red Gross Leases Maryland
Sanitarium for Over
worked Workers.

To provide suitable accommodations
for women war workers suffering
from slight illness. or Conyalescent
after serious illness. the District Of
Columbia Chapter of the Red Cross,
aided by the National Red Cross, has
rented Carroll Springs Sanitarium at
Forest Glen. Nd, and rechristened it
Holiday House" The building.
just opened. is under the direc-
tiOn OF a superintendent trained
nurse. assisted by dietitian.
Holiday House" is not a hospital.
No cases of serious Illness, or con-
Ia giOus diseases will be accepted. The
cost to the occupant will not exceed
SO a week. or $50 a day. it is stated
IT is proposed that the Red Cross
units in each of the government de-
partments raise a fund to aid the
women workers Of its particular de-
naTtment who need the benefit of
Holiday House.
Holiday House includes some twen-
ty acres OF ground. embracing woods.
fields and vegetable gardens. In win
ter some forty persons can be &C
commOdated in the house and in sum
Tnsr approximately fifty can be cared
for
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
SIR HORACE PLUNKETT
TO ADDRESS FARMERS
Irish Expert Gables He Will Attend
National Convention Here.

Sir Horace Plunkett, of Dublin,
has cabled he, will speak at the
convention of the National Board of
Farm Organizations here, February
IL. l2. 13 and IA.
Sir Horace, who is a world-famous
leader in agricultural movements,
sailed last Wednesday,
The wonderful success of the Irish
agricultural movement is due, in
chief to Sir Horace, according to
general agreement.
American conditions are also well
known to him." said Mr.. Lyman
yesterday. "as he ranched ten years
in America. He left for his home
in Ireland in 1881, but has returned
every year. He is especially inter-
ested in conservation of natural re-
sources.
The Wisconsin cooperative law of
1911. which has been the model of
many State laws protecting farmers
interests, was in part the product
of Sir Horace's brain and his expert
ences." said Mr.. Lyman.
His book. The Country Life
Problem in United States analyses
the reasons for the many failures of
so-called cooperative associations
in America. The chief re<son." hs
says, "is that these organizations
are not planned on Democratic
one-man, one-vote basis. Nor are
savings apportioned according to the
patronage of the members"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
BELGIAN POILU
WANTS STAMPS
Interned Soldier Asks Her.
aid to Help Him Obtain
Collection.

Belgian souvenirs in exchange for
used stamps is the offer made by a
lonely Belgian soldier boy internad
in a military camp in Holland, in a
communication received at The Her
aid office yesterday.
"As a Belgian interned soldier"
Alex de Rocker. Fifth Belgian In
fanterie, Harderwyk, Holland, wrote
The Herald. II am taking the lib
erty to send you a little request.
Having much time to spend here
in the camp ] should like very much
to make collection of used postage
stamps from all the countries of
the world.
II should be very happy If you
would be so kind as to publish the
fact, 1 will send a war keepsake of
the Belgian soldiers in exchange for
some nice stamps for a collection.
Il hope that you also will like to
help me to pass some hours pleas
antly.
Excuse me for the trouble and
thanking you in advance. l am. dear
sir, your obedient servant"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
RAIL MEN SOLID
ON U. S. CONTROL
Vote Will Be Unanimous
for Federal Ownership,
Says Official.

Six hundred thousand members of
the Railway Employees Department
of the American Federation of Labor
will stand as one man for govern
ment ownership. The referendum,
which the department is now taking,
will be unanimous.
This was the declaration of John
Scott. secretary of the department
yesterday, after the executive council
had gone into session. The council
is composed of the presidents of the
international unions affiliated with tn
American Federation of Labor. They
are: Machinlsts. blacksmiths, boiler
makers and iron shipbuilders, sheet
metal workers, electrical workers,
railway carmen and railway clerks.
The referendum is being taken
through these organizations and as
each local. votes it is reporting its
vote to the international headqnar-
ters
Presidents Exchange Reports.
For the first time since the refer
endum was begun, the presidents
got together yesterday to exchange
reports.
There are no dissenting votes in
the reports the executives bring us,
said Secretary Scott The railroad
members OF the American Fedora
tion of Labor are in perfect accord
on this. Government ownership Is
the only solution of the railroad
problem for this country.
"Our solid vote on this will un-
doubtedly have a big influence on
the attitude of union labor in all
other trades. I expect union labor
to line up behind government own
ership of railroads solidly. as soon
as an expression is possible"
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
Y. W. c. A. Nominations
for Election as Directors

Annual election of directors for
the Young Women's Christian As
sociation will be held Tuesday. jan
uary % The polls will be open
from II 90 IN the morning to
o'clock in the evening.
The following nominations were
made at the regular meeting of the
nominating committee: Miss Fran
ces f. Chickering, Mrs. Herbert (.
Day. Miss Estelle Foster, Miss Mar
garet r. Fox. Mrs. John c. Let's.
Mrs. John S. Scully. Mrs. Eva Cowl-
irg Weston.
The board OF directors consists
of twenty-One members. seven OF
whom are elected annually.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
CLEMENCEAU MARKED
FOR DEATH BY TROTSK
Bolshevih Conspirators Sent to
Paris on Assassination Duty.

Trotzky has marked Premier Gle
menceau and other French leaders
for death as a result of the French
opposition to recognition of the Boil
sheviki according to authoritative
diplomatic disclosures yesterday.
Bolsheviki propagasdists and con-
spirators in Switzerland were sent
to Paris on the missions of assassi-
nation, it was stated. Diplomatic ad-
vices from Basel announced the de-
portation to Russia of the Bolshevist
STAFF in Switzerland. which is be-
lieyed to have been apprehended in
full.
Forty-ffve interned Russian soldiers
and 400 Russian civilians are voIun-
tarily returning to Russia on a spe-
cial train provided for the agitators.
the advices announced
The Washington herald., 1919-01-19
Baltimore Bakers Eggs
Charged With Old Age

Nineteen cans of frozen eggs. of
uncertain age and remarkably poor
preservation. each can weighing
forty pounds. have come under the
ban of the Federal government.
The eggs were shipped from Bal
timore and consigned to two promi-
nent Washington bakery concerns
for use in baking pastry. Federal
inspectors looked over the ship
ment a few days ago and found that
the entire lot was unfit sor human
consumption.
In the District Supreme Court yes
terday United States District At
torney John f. Laskey asked per-
mission to libel the shipment and
destroy it.
No one knows the exact age of
the eggs, but it is said that they
have stopped counting their birth
days