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Who Deceived the Central Fed
Grated Cnlon7

The Central Federated Union OF
this city must have been misinformed
as to the character of the aliens whom
the Government is now deporting from
this country. 1t has protested against
their election In these words:
The Central FEDERATED Union Of
Greater New York and vicinity in
structs me to nle protest with you
against the deportation OF aliens on
account OF their union or strike ac-
tivities."
The persons now awaiting deporta-
ton are not to be put out of the coun-
try on account of their union or
strike activities" Among them are
anarchists and revolutionists who may
have tried to use unionism and labor
disputes for their own purpose, that
is. to destroy the Government. But
they are not unionists. They are as
much opposed to unionism as they are
to any other form Of organization,
and II they have seemed to want TO
help unionists they have acted with
an Interior design. Their purpose
was to bring about through disturb
ances into which they planned to
plunge the unions a situation in which
they could carry on their campaign Of
violence against the Government, thus
involving the unions in their struggle
against the authority of the people
themselves. OF recent strikes in the
United States Secretary WILSON of
the Department of Labor said:
1T is not very generally known.
but It is nevertheless a fact, that the
strikes that took place at Seattle. at
Butte, at Paterson. at Lawrence. and
at a number OF other places recently
were not industrial. economic dis
putes in their origin. no matter how
much economics may have been in
VOWED in the dispute. deliberate
attempt was made to create a social
and political revolution that would
establish a soviet form OF govern
ment in the United States and put
into effect the economic theories OF
the Bolsheviki OF Russia
'It failed because for two years the
Department OF Labor and other agen-
Giles of the Government have been
fighting that false philosophy. not by
tho utilization of force, but by APP
peal to the judgment and to the rea-
son Of our people"
We repeat that the Central FEEDER.
ated Union must have been misled as
to the true character of the persons
In whose behalf it spoke. The Cen.
trail Federated Union is not an an.
archistic or a revolutionary society.
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Some large users OF the mails are
said TO be asking why dirigibles Of the
type England is reported to be build
ing should not be used for mail des-
patching. TireAfoubie OF housing thsvs
in strong winds has been urged against
such use OF motored rigid balloons, but
they would possess certain marked ad-
vantages. A carrier OF this type could
DO loaded with many tons OF mail,
and could perhaps be equipped with
appliances for taking on and discharg-
ing mail cargo without landing. II
might therefore make the trip from
New York to Washington and return.
or any round trip of equal or even
greater distance. making several de-
liverics on the way. and have to be
housed but once. that il at the end
of the trip. Here Is a field OF activity
which should interest some progressive
in the Post Once Department.
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quaintcd at last with American public
sentiment, face to face finally with the
powerful opposition 81 the United
States Senate, there Is no chance that
when Mr.. WILSON sent that telegram
to ex-senator BURTON he could have
believed, as he had been assuring the
foreign Powers, that the American ma
ton was a unit behind him. There Is
no chance that when he sent that tele-
gram he could have believed that the
Senate would fail to fight his League
plan. And yet, after he was back
home and could not but know the
truth. he still persisted in ignoring
the opposition of Congress- the opposi-
ton Of the nation. He still persisted
in having his own way above all other
American sentiment and power.
With his League plan as now con-
stituted dead as doornail, so far as
this Government Is concerned, how
can Mr.. WILSON 60 any further with
it7 How can he return with 1t to the
Paris Conference?
How. in truth, can Mr.. WILSON 60
back to Paris at all? The way in
which the Powers have been misled
must arouse their resentment Their
misplaced faith in Mr.. WILSON'S au-
thority and power must stir their mis-
trust Of our future attitude. One
false position always begets the pos
sibility Of another.
Yet no one will doubt that, disdnin-
full and defiant as he always is Of any
part Of the American Government
which Is not submissive to his own
purpose. Of anything that crosses his
will, he Is going back with his own
League scheme first in his heart and
first in his stubborn resolve. What
ever embarrassments 1t may bring to
his own Government, whatever COM
plications 1t may cause in making the
Peace Treaty itself, whatever 1t may
cost anybody, Mr.. WILSON will still
disdain his own people, still ignore
the Senate, still defy his own defeat
suffered in the death stroke to his
particular League Of Nations.
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WAR ORPHANS FOR PETS.
A Proposed Substitute for Cats and
Dogs. Monkeys and Goats.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: why
will not people make a better choice OF
pets? The cat and the splnster have
long been associated. Next came the dog.
Some women seemed to ind companion
ship in the little lapdag. They made
sweaters for it. put 1t to bed on silk
cushions, and in many other ways not
only made fools out OF themselves but
OF the dos as well.
Next came the monkey. And now.
worst Of all. comes the goat, a fashion
illustrated by picture OF Mayor Hylan
and his family with kids in their arms
not human kids. but young goats.
Would II not be better for the people
themselves as we'll as for the country
IL women would take their affections
from dumb pets and give them to some
of the war orphans? The children that
have been left desolate by war are for
the most part pretty. And they grow
They love their benefactors, and nine
chances out OF every ten they grow up
to be the pride OF every one connected
with the family.
Why not choose sensible pets?
FRED W. JONES.
NEW YORK March 4
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EVENTS TODAY.

Meeting of button manufacturers to form
a national federation, Waldorf-Astoria, .
DR.. Fusd shatara will speak on "starv-
ing Russia, Armenia and Syria" Humani-
tartan Cult, 2se West End avenue. s:iB
p. NJ
Nina Wilcox Putnam, Sara Ward Mccon-
neil and James Weldon johnson will read
at tho Poets Readings Woodstock LIB
rary, I5s East 1soth street. s:15 p. N.
Prof. Patty Smith Hill will speak on ''Di-
rection OF Children's War Interest In Times
OF Peace" Federation for Child Study, Q
West siXty-fourth street, 3:45 p. NJ
a Joint recital will be given at the Studio
street, at .:3o p. NJ. by Miss Elizabet h
Jones, contrslto. and Miss Erica Freybouns.
Niolin'st
Meeting of tn. New York Stock H1-
Roy A. Weagant will read paper on
Reception Through strays ana Interior
West Thirty ninth street. s:l5 p NJ
Meeting TO discuss employment of Jew,
Stuyyesant House. IS stuyyesant street, 4
Garrett r. serviss will speak on "wiliian n,
Shakespeare, the Worlds Greatest Painter
on the Canvas Of the Mind" Harlem Y. N.
Mass meeting under the auspices Of tbs
Irish Progressive League. Central Opera
Verdi club. musical. Waldorf Astoria, IL
A. VI.
Toy manufacturers board Of directors.
dinner hotel mcAlpln, 6:4b +. NJ.
National Association OF Clot hing Design.
ers meeting, Hotel McAlpin, T.. NJ.
stores Mutual Protective Associat ton, DIM
ner. Hotel McAlpin. $50 =, NJ.
Brooklyn Institute: DR.. 8. {. Schmucker
will speak THE Great Families of
Flowering Plants" Music Hall, sl5 p. NJ.
Prof. Earl BaineS will speak on Armenia"
Music Hall. S;l5 =. NJ.
Mrs. Anna Garlin Spencer will speak on
"Womens Duty In Politics under the aus
pices Of the Parents and Teachers Associa-
ton Of the Ethical Culture School, at 4
West sixty fourth street nt l:i5 A. N.
Or Frank crane will deliver the fret Of
a series of lectures on THE Fine Art OF
Living" at the West ST.. Y. NJ, c. A., .
r. NJ
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Lar. Wilson's League Plan In Its
Present Form Dead.

By the action Of the United States
Senator'S who have pledged them
selves against the League of Nations
as 1t has been fashioned for us, Presi.
dent WILSON'S plan Is dead. Mr..
WILSON himself will arrive back in
Paris discredited In the eyes Of the
Peace Commission which he led to
believe the American nation was sol
idly with him, solidly behind him in
his particular league scheme.
All this is the Inevitable result OF
Mr.. WILSON'S resolve, when he is set
upon having his own way about any
thing, Of ignoring the American PEG.
pie, ignoring the United States Con
gress, ignoring everybody that does
not agree with him.
In his administration Of the ma
tons affairs Mr.. WILSON does not
and will not recognize the rights and
the duties Of other branches of the
Government. He does not and will
not recognize the rights of the public
He recognizes nothing but his own
sweet will. He must manage the Gov.
eminent in the way Of sole proprietor
as II 1t were his own private farm
or his own private factory. or his OWL
private dwelling.
To make matters worse not merely
for this country but for the Allies as
well, Mr.. WILSON has acted In Parit
also as sole proprietor. In his nego
tiatlons with the delegates of other
Powers, indeed, Mr.. WILSON has mol
been free from Misrepresentation, in.
ferentlal, IL not in fact direct, of the
purpose Of the AnsS."an peonIo OF
the stand and function of the United
States Senate and of the nature OF
his own authority.
Mr.. WILSON In Paris has made II
appear to the Powers assembled that
the American people were overwhelm
ingly behind his personal plans and
his arbitrary wishes. They never
were.
Mr.. WILSON in Paris has assumed
that the Senate would follow him ODE
diently. There never was a chanc,
that 1t would.
Mr.. WILSON has declared through
inspired spokesman, who have not hes
itated to sneer at the protests of tn,
American public and at the opposition
of the Senate, that he could and woult
bend the legislative branch of tn,
Government to his own imperious will
in this matter Of treaties and leagues
as In other matters he had bent 1t Il
that imperious will.
AS late as on February rs Mr.. VIII
SON sent this telegram to ex-Sena to-
BURTON, president of the League o.
Nations Union:
"Your message greatly appreciated.
Ap myself confident that tho people
OF tine country VII, rally with prae.
tical unanimity 10 the support OF a
plan IN which the whole world Is
looking to them to be leaders"
Now. returned to his own countr.
alter mis- long absence In Paris, &C
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Mr.. Wilson's Invoca ton.

1t is an extraordinary fact that
President WILSON could deliver and
did deliver in the Metropolitan Opera
House last evening a long address on
the League of Nations without a
single word Of the league, without a
solitary hint as to what 1t IL or what
1t can become.
II was not an argument, It was not
an analysis, It was not an explanation
OF the thing itself. It was an invo-
cation.
Nothing Of how it was expected to
fulfil his hopes for humanity. Nothing
Of how 1t could be made to operate.
Nothing Of what It would do or could
be made to do. Only an appeal to us
always we'll phrased, frequently elc-
auent and sometimes beautifully
hearken to the cry Of the worlds I'M.
happy and miserable; that we should
devote our all of the present and
consecrate our all Of the future to
settling and keeping settled their at
fairs to their welfare and happiness
forever more.
And so with that farewell message
to the American people on his League
Of Nations Mr.. WILSON goes back to
Paris.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT.
MANHATTAN.


Travels in Swamp" Zone Of a eourss
OF lectures on "Education ard Recreation
in nature, by Edward y. Rgelov, Phi
n, Public School %, West Houston and
Clarkson streets. near Narick street. Sters-
opticon views.
Fractures. Dis,ocations. spraina and
Suffocation" Zone Of cours. OF lectures
on "First Aid to the Iniured"J. by Theron
", Knmer, NJ. u. Public School lo1, tilth
street, west OF Lexington Avenue. Motion
pictures
Superintendent OF Schools In Ohio. Publis
School liS. iT7th street. near Audubon
The Marvsls Of India" by Prince sa-ath
the Brahmins Central Jewish Institute,
l2S East Eighty-hfth street stereoptioon
views.
eases of the mind and nervous system,
Post Graduate Hospital, New York citv
Cooper Institute. Eighth street and Fourth
Life OF the Indian and Cowboy" by
Col. Edwin A, Haverr. Hawthorne School.
Hswthorne. y. Y. stereoptioon views
Antony and Cleopatra" by Prof. j. q.
Carter Troop Phi D.. formerly of Chicago
University. Hunter College, Sixty -eiEhta
street and Lexington avenue
"Kurdistan and Armenia" by Sidney
Hamilton Grange Branch. sos West il5th
street.
'Reautltul Copenhagen" by Mrs An
t9,nette .. Heryey, seamen's Church In
william shakespeare" by Gsrrss4 p,
s.rviss NJ. Z. A.. harlem Branch,
West l25th street.
THE BRONX. s.
"a Volunteer at Nerdun," nv LI,Y r,i
y, woolley tformsr driver Amoric.r AM
bulance FieId service 81 N,rdun, "pnHh'i.
School ~. Srown place ana I3Sth strs.I.
stsrsoptieen xtsHA
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FLOOR TAX A DELIGHT.
Privilege Uncle Sam Has Given Re.
tail Tobacco Dealers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-ST. The
new tax law imposes a floor tax on all
cigars, cigarettes and manufactured to-
becco held for sale at the time OF It's
passage. There Is probably no other
article retailed at as many and as varied
sources as tobacco. saloons, restaurants
stationers and many other trades sell
ing II as a side line. These retailers
collectively sell probably Is per cont
OF the three products and all must pay
the tax.
To comply with the law is ono con-
tinued pleasure for these retailers. They
must go over shelves, show windows and
show cases. taking an itemized inven-
tory. Then they must copy the inven-
tory In duplicate on the special form pro-
vided by the Internal Revenue Office,
then add up the items and finally reca-
pitulate tho totals under the varied
classes of goods taxed, The form is then
to ba r~Aal to-s~N delivered at the In
tcrnal Revenue Office.
The form requires detailed lists OF the
fifty-seven varieties or more OF cigars.
cigarettes and tobacco on hand, a state
Eent of the brands, the number OF boxes
or other packages Of each brand the
quantity of tobacco in each package
the totals, then the recapltulation.
A specimen inventory showed a hun
bred or moro items. and the recs pitula-
ton covered a stock OF perhaps 5000
cigarettes subject to 90 cents a thou
sand increased tax: OF perhaps 500
ounces of varied tobacco subject TO five
cents pound moro tax. and OF a few
thousands of cigars OF varied grades,
subject TO, say. $40 more tax, n grand
total OF perhaps $40 more tax.
Probably highly appreclative remarks
were made by those who had the pleas
ure of making the inventories. and pos
sibly similar remarks will be made by
the Government clerks who will have
the pleasure OF looking over and cor
recting them. The special inventory of
manufactured tobacco gives exceptional
opportunities for adding up ounces and
fractions of an ounce.
Uncle Sam may derive as much as
$500, 900 from this floor tax or possibly
far less. But unless Uncle Sam has some
special kindly feeling for the industry,
one cannot see why he levied this floor
tax on IT, ApoLPH OPPENHEIMER.
NDw YoRK. March 4.
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The Lenten Season.

Lent begins in 1910 with the Chris
tian world bound together by bonds
stronger than any which have united
Its sectarian subdivisions at any time
In the past. For Ave years there has
been cooperation between various de-
nominations for n common Purpose
such as has never before been seen.
In the blazing furnace of necessity.
lighted and kept burning by war, diff
ferences of creed have been put to one
side, ignored, relegated to a position
of inconsplcuousness. and the strength
of every church has been devoted to
the attainment of a single object, a
Just peace in the endurance OF which
men Of all beliefs and men of no be-
lief might have confidence.
1t required only n short time after
the war began for followers of the
Prince of Peace to comprehend the
meaning of the assault militarlsm
made on the world in 1914. Two
philosophers were in mortal conflict.
Might had proclaimed its power and
intention to rule the world. Victory
for its skilled hosts meant, II not the
destruction of the authority of Chris
tianity, certainly the impairment OF
that authority in degree fatal to
its larger usefulness in the affairs
Of men. This menace Christianity
fought; the defense of the spiritual
against the onslaught of the material
its leaders recognized as particularly
their duty.
1t cannot be the fellowship, the un.
derstanding, the deep attachments
which have been fostered In this
period Of stress and sacrifice will DO
without their effect IN the future. The
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05
CLEMENCEAU CONGRATULATED
Premier Makes Light of Attcmpt
on His Life.

PARIS, March Premier Clemenceau.
on his first appearance in the Chamber
OF Deputies this afternoon since the at
tempt on his life. was surrounded by
Deputies and congratulated warmly on
his escape and recovery.
Afterward the Premier went to the
Senate. where similar scene was
enacted.
Thee Premier appeared to be In the
Rest OF health and was full OF banter
about the little accident that left a Bit
OF lend in my body"
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II that Elusive, II indeed he be
not mythical. Man In the Street were
to be asked his opinion on the sub
ject much troubling French statesmen
he would show his understanding OF
CLEMENCEAU's reluctance to spend
French gold to supply food for Ger
mans. 1t is not improbable that the
same man may have decided notions
on the subject as 1t affects American
gold, but he seems more inclined TO
register his opinions by ballot than
by oratory.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05
POLISH DECISIONS NEAR,
German Delegation Named to Nee,
ALLIES.

Paris. March 4.---The Echo de Paris
says II believes from the latest informa.
ton concerning the proceedings Of the
Supreme Council that important definite
decisions, a~e about to be taken concern
ing the Polish question.
Tho German delegation which will
meet the 1nterallled Mission TO Poland
TO discuss the boundary dispute between
Poland and Germany has been named
According to a despatch received here
the German delegates will be Baron vor
Rechenberg, DIR. Drews, the Prussiar
Minister OF the Interior Gen. Dommes
and various officers and experts The
first meeting will be held at Kreuz, near
Bronnberg.
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scriptural Sanction for "BelIeve Me-

To THE EDITOR oV THE SUS-Str: In
your editorial Justification OF the use
OF tho words Believe me" 1t was not
necessary to send Senator Hitchcock so
far afield as the Congressional Library
and the works of Shakespeare. II tho
Senator had enlisted the services OF the
chaplain he could have found In the
Gospel according to St. John. w., FL,
the following:
Jesus saith unto her, Woman, be-
lieve me. tho hour cometh when ye
shall neither in this mountain nor yet
at Jerusalem worship the Father.
Herein he would have found Scriptural
justification for tho use OF Believe me"
G. II. WALBRrpGE.
NEW YORK, March L.
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A RAILROAD MYSTERY.
Vain Attempt TO Ascertain the Fare
to Yemassee, S. C..

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir.
went TO the Pennsylvania station on
Thursday evening and asked the price OF
a ticket to Yemassee. s. C. The clerk
at the information desk did not know
and told me to see the ticket agent.
That individual. after consulting sew
eral volumes. said he could not tell me-
that must call again in the day time /;
he would then telephone the traffic office
and give me the rate.
After this. Is II any wonder the roads
are running behind. or that they will
continue to do so as long as tho dead
hand OF the Government touches them?
NEW YORK, March 4. S.
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1T IS SO IN UTOPIA.
There Children Are So Trimmed That
Prisons Are Not Needed.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN--Sir: The
State already has appropriated ST.
100000 for tho reconstruction OF Sing
Sing. A million dollars toward the
housing OF criminals to arrive.
Why not better use that amount In
training the children with such moral
restraint that no such housing may
eventually be re.uire@ for them? ~
million dollars with which TO lock the
door after the horse Is stolen Ia that
logical? c. II. q.
OsWEGo, March I.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: In
Charleston. s. c., is this sign. hanging
over the sidewalk: ID. A. Bythewood.
Carpenter and Cabinet Maker"
II not already there. shouldn't he be
among the immortais?
s w ANpnsws
CHARLEsroN, s. C.. March 8.
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Congressmeu Going to Panama.

wAsHINGToN, March A party OF
members OF Congress. many accom-
panied by their wives, will leave New
Rrk tomorrow for visit to the Pan
anna Canal Among them viii be SEN
ator Robinson (Ark) and Representa-
tives Elliott Gnd). Fairfield Gnd
Purnen UDd.). Sanders Und). Wood
Gnd). Rose (Pa.), Knutson (Aiinn. J,
Reavis tNeb.). Dennison (lll.), Taylor
(CoL), GoodAu (NAl.
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The Sun CalendafM
THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC. y
Standard Time
In rises. .s:N A N Sun ssts.......b:@PA
Noon ssts . a. 10 :OSpM


Sun rises ..s:@A N Sun sets. ......b:@PA
Moon ssts. 10 :os p N
For eastern New York-Rain turning
to snow in north. threatening. folowed
by rain In south portion to-day; much
colder; tomorrow rain or snow ana
colder; strong southerly winds.
For New Jersey-Thr threatening, followed ~
rain and much colder o-day; rain or snow
and colder tomorrow.
For northern New Ensi.na-Probss.y
probably snow and colder to-morrevs
fresh south. shiftins to nerthvsst winds:
Fer .outhsIn New EnslanaIsrh 80 ia
colder to-day; rain or SNOW and musH
colder to-morrow; stronf southeast vino
to NOW ana muoh solder 70. day: CLEARING
and colder Tomorrow.
WASHINGTON. March tine osit =
rom pTss.srs that Eona1y ntns 70 n.
Rio Grsnds Valley has advanced slowly
eastward and Tuesday night Il eItended
ward through the aowsr Mississippi valley
to southern Texas. This belt remains the
dividing line bstween an area OF souh
winds and much warmer weather 70 the
east and strong north winds and decidediy
colder weather to the west of i. The con-
s IL os 60 a.
over the Ohio and lower Mississippi val
leys and Pressing Temperatures and snow
over the upper lake region. the upper
Mississippi Valley and the middle plains
States.
Pressing temperatures prevail as far
south as northern Texas and temperature
remain below zero along the north ooreef
from Minnesota. westward to Montana
The indication. are that the area % uss-
settled weather In the West win advance
| eastward and oyerspresd the states east
of tho Mississippi River winthin the nest
thirty-six hours with rains, changing 20
snow in the north Atlantic States. the
Ohio Valley and the lower lake region and
rains in the south Atlantic and east ouif
States
The Temperature win be much lover
wednesday and Thursday In the region
Of the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley, Ten.
nessee and the east Gulf States, and
Wednesday night and Thursday In the
Atlantic States.
Cold wave warnings have been ordered
for lower Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky,
western and central portions OF Tennessee
Mississippi and Alabama
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-03-05

President WILSON went to Paris in
December to tell the Peace Conference
what he wanted. When he arrives
there in March the Peace Conference
will be entitled to demand from him
what the United States wants.