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ditions will be found. Consequently
the lawmakers in writing statutes for
the benefit Of veterans must be alert
TO prevent unfair treatment of others.
The public Is strongly In favor Of all
practical measures for the good Of ex.
soldiers. The men who have worn
khaki will be treated as generously as
were their predecessors who wore
blue; that is as sure as anything can
he, for It must be remembered that
the soldier and sailor vote has once
more become a great power in the
United States. But the methods
adopted TO bestow special rewards on
ex-soldiers and ex-sallors must be such
as shall impose no hardships on other
faithful and deserving men.
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DisprOvIng Polar discoveries. -

The most striking result of the
latest two voyages of Arctic ex-
plorers is TO disprove the existence of
Glands" that in recent years have been
carried on the fair blue surface OF
polar maps In the space between Grant
Land and Siberia. The latest Of these
Arctic explorers to wipe a long ac.
cepted land from the map destroys a
geographical idea which has been be-
lieved in since the '70s of the last CEN
fury. This is SroRKER SToRKERsoy
who, as by-product of the Stefansson
expedition, endeavored TO prove that
it was possible to float on an iceberg
from the Alaskan coast westward m
the New siberian Islands, Off the
delta of the Lena River. SroEKERsoY
aud four men emba rlted on an ice Hoa
in March, 1913, ut point north of
Cross island. Alaska, and returned 70
land November { last near the mouth
of the Coivilie- River. not far from
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Chief KESLoN's opposition TO the
proposed legislation designed TO give
preference TO ex-soldicrs in appoint
ments and promotions in the Fire De-
partment discloses one of the numer-
Gus difficulties resulting from such
enactments which are usually ignored.
Mr., KENLoN points out that among
the iiremen there are number who
wanted to join the army or navy. but
who We're prevailed on TO remain in
civil life because their expert services
were essential TO the community. II
these men were adversely affected by
n discriminating law II is plain that n
gross injustice would be done. They
are entitled to as good treatment az
anybody else.
Situations similar 10 this exist in
the Police Department. and umIues.
tionably In other cities the same con.
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Shifting the Black Belt.

In the eighteen months ending with
December, 1918, 1t is estimated that
approximately 100000 negroes mi.
grated from Southern States to North.
ern States. This shift In population
followed a similar movement of negro
laborers In considerable numbers
which began in 1915, and occasioned
serious misgivings in the South.
The earlier exodus was stimulated
by the activities Of employment agents
representing employers Of large num-
bers Of men. including the railroads,
who sought TO make good from the
Southern States the deficiency I'm the
labor supply caused by the establish
ment Of war Industries and the de-
parture of aliens for their homes. The
efforts of these agents were vigor-
ously opposed in the South. Cam
paigns we're organized to keep the ne
groes at home, heavy license fees were
exacted from the agents, and other
methods were adopted to protect the
Southern districts from loss of their
workers.
One interesting feature Of these
campaigns was the effort to convince
the negroes they could not be happy
in the North. and that the higher pay
offered to them would not compensate
them for the exchange of their accus.
toned surroundings for a strange en-
vironment. But many of the negroes
who came North were thoroughly sat
isf1ed with the new conditions, for It
Is now reported that ''after the initial
group movements. negroes kept going
North in small numbers. attracted by
letters from their friends who had
already gone" One Investigator re-
ports that every negro who made
good in the North started a new group
on the way" About half the mi
grants came from towns, and conse-
quently the effect on agriculture in
the South was not as serious as would
have been the case had the general
movement been from among the field
workers.
The inquiries so far carried on deal
with only one phase Of the problem.
In order to tell what the effect Of
this shift Of workers has been on the
South and the North II will be neces-
sary 10 ascertain what proportion Of
the negroes remain In their new
homes and whether those who do will
he satisfied with after-war conditions.
Many negroes have been disappointed
in the conditions they found. Home
sickness has affected others. Until
the counterfow to the South has been
gagged it will not be possible to judge
the lasting effects likely TO be pro-
duccd by this important migration,
which, II persistent, will introduce
many new problems In the North and
in the South.
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PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT


hy William j pursnt. IN. u. WsSIeis,
High school, Iljth street west OF Seventh
avenue. S"''
Special lecture IN Cooperation with tho
National Round Table for speech In
proven. nj. practical RECOMMENDATION OF
'haracSf Analysis m It's Relation e.
Merton. Washington Iry!nG High Schoo ,
industrial California nv Robert 4,
N"yh. Public School ~, Fourth street
eaSt "f FHst avenue. S,oreopticon views
Australia. DEVELOPMENT OF a Nnv,
SounFy, by Mrs. Lillian = Fisher. p $
60, Eighty. shth street east Of First ave.
Guy de Maupassant:' Pessimsu ma
y. OF Cambridge rn!vcrsi,t'yy." ' IN s i1 e.
IN street ives; Of Seventh avenue.
Across the Florida EverElades" hv
Manson u, skinner u. :. I32. lscd street
and Wadsworth avenue, Stereopttcou
Venice; tho Land OF tho Italian Lake..
by lrof Henry = Northron. Metropoit'a,
Temple, seventh avenue and Fourteenth
street. Motion pictures
THE HRONT.
trioti' Songs aud War songs" ~
Miss Kat" &, Chlitrudcu. ! : - iss--
and Hoffman streets and i.o-.l'ard p'a.--
lllnstrst"i with Songs - g. !. nushns".
Motion Pictures ny Warren ~ cow
p. 5, 81. iyhth street. Jackson and Trin.,F
avenues Motion pictures.
- "gh" PhuIPp!nes," by !. BIB Taim-
J. :. SS' eo'th street ard HUI! .~rnus
=, "L @!.r. Tim Time N Fair Japan" hy na'r7
\. Y Motion pictures
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where they had left the coast eight
months before

where they had left the coast eight
months before.
Instead Of making the great west
ward drift their thirty mile long ice
foe made only 100 miles of Wrestling.
seventy miles to the northward and
fifty miles back to the east, thus
floatlng around In what was practl-
cally a circle. When this news was
received here on February % STEr-
ANssoN Issued a statement 10 the
effect that one definite result Of
SToRKERsoN's expedition was to dis
prove the existence of Keenan's Land,
mythical island reported In the 70's
by Captain JOHN KEENAN, of the New
Bedford whaler STEAMBOAT, who stated
he had distinctly seen" land to the
north Of the Alaskan coast. AS SIMP-
SON noted "an obscure indication Of
land" In that direction in 1882, and
MCCLURE thought there must be land
In that direction in 1850, Keenan's
Land went down on the map. BY
much the same process PEARy's
Croker Land appeared on the map
after the explorer returned from his
furthest north OF 1905. But since
April 90, 1914, when DONALD B.
MACMILLAN proved 1t non-existent,
Croker Land has been ribbed out
of polar mDDs.
If dead reckoning and observations
mean anything MACMILLAN proved
his case. But from the latitude and
longitude reached by STonKERsoN ut
his furthest north-reported to be "a
degrees north, 152 degrees west--it Is
not so easy to understand how ne could
have seen land ten degrees distant
the position OF Keenan's Land, as
given by STEFANssoN in his statement.
being somewhere in the region OF 81
degrees north latitude and $50 degrees
west longitude" As this would place
SToRKERsoy not nearer than 600 miles
from Keenans Land It would appear
that the explorers eyeslght and BIZ
noculars must have been unusually
powerful to enable him TO see that
distance; or else there was something
wrong with his calculations.
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"Silo." word book says. Is "A store
pit for green fodder; "ensila &c" Is
vegetable produce stored in a silo."
The printed word-how bare, How
lacking vision. poetry. spirituality!
Silo a pit? 1t Is the chief adornment
OF prairie landscape: a cloud challeng-
ms cylinder OF steel uplifted as Is the
sword In the hand OF Victory. Ensil-
age vegetable produce? 1t is a dis
tillation OF a milky. glycerine like
substance" which, diluted to 30 or say
So degrees Of proof, Is discovered to
have voltage which produces kind
and degree OF enthusiasm that. when
ever observed by New York copper,
draws from him the kindly advice, go
along home, Gov'ner; the wife's watt
ing for you and all the other places
are closed" This discovery will. we
expect, greatly relieve the labor of all
back TO the land societies.
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OUR TRADE WITH CANADA.
Causes Of q Wonderful Prosperity and
Needs Of the Future.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In
an editorial article entitled Canada Our
Trade jewel you recently expressed
surprise and admiration at the Wonder
ful financial feats of Canada In her
trade with The United States. In the
last seven months of 1918--1So working
days, emitting Sundays and holidays
wo bought from you at the rate of over
100000 a day, or almost double what
tho United States. with thirteen times
our population and incomparably greater
wealth, bought from US. This kind of
thing has been going on for many years.
Prior 70 the war we were able as a
country TO stand this apparent financial
anomaly because of two factors. namely !:
G) Tho constant stream of imml-
grants coming into Canada, all possessed
o: more or less wealth. and
(2) Regular borrowings fyom London.
assresating about $1.333,000 a day,
which money never reached Canada.
being stopped at New York on It's way
out TO pay our debts to the United States.
And now comes the rub:
immigration. except from the United
States to our Northwest, has ceased and
will. not regain its old time impetus for
two or three years and possibly more.
Instead Of borrowing from London We
have been a lender to tho mother coun-
try for the last two years
This change in our financial position
has come about as a result Of the high
prices we have received for our farm
produce and war supplies. This hyster-
ical financing. however. Is all over now.
and we have In addition, as a result OF
participating In the European war. III
curref n national debt of two billions.
which cannot but render taxation in tho
future heavy burden upon so small
a population.
What. then, may you United States
people look forward TO in your future
relationship to Canada? You cannot
keep on milking tho COW unless she Is
properly fed. If you want to retain
Canada as your star customer you must
do your share TO keep our financial and
commercial machinery running.
Open up your gates, both banking and
customs Lend US money with which
TO develop our resources and thereby
protect us from the constant loss Of
over . per cent. exchange. and let some
of our manufactured goods enter your
country free OF duty, so that our arti-
sans. who now buy and pay for your
exports. may be kept busy at fair wages.
Moreover, 1t would not be out OF place
to tell your merchants and manufactur-
crs. when they receive a Canadian
check upon which their banker charges
them exchange, TO accept Il in full pay
ment OF their bill, and to register their
kick at Washington and Wall Street,
and not 10 the firm in Canada that has
paid them 100 per cent. OF its debt Do
not forget that your customs tariff on
Canadian goods has always been double
the Canadian tariff on American goods.
Let US play the game" with one an
other now that We understand each
other better since fighting together on
Flanders fields. H. Il. S. HEMMrNo.
MONTREAL, March Is.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

cleveland birthday exercises. New Am
sterdam Theatre. p ~
Major Arshisald I fta ne wi .os!b PEI Ire
fantry. Washington Irving High school,
International Conference on Rehabilita
tion of the Disabled. under the auspices
OF the Red Cross Institute for Crippled
a md Disabled Men and the Red Cross In
i 4. N. for the Bind "A'a0F'-N''0''-' ~
Dinner to twenty silk merchant, OF ia
P Moi.i Oy A. iSf S'iF 4 Oh As''
Meeting and dinner Of the New York
ramP win talk AF ON ., M.;h
Under Business Pressure" Builders Er.
change. % West Thirty-thlrd street. $50
Reconstruction Commission OF the State
Of New York: 1890 4. NJ. committee on
conference on Americanization: p. NJ
committees on business readtustment and
unemployment. executive session. room ao2.
public health. Academy OF Medicine. ~
West Forty third street, conference on
Debate on ia the Modern Stage Worth
Whils:" between the Rev. John Talbot
Smith and Wilton Lackays. Hotel Astor,
National Round Table for Speech I'm
ER,T. .n SsSo, meeting. washington Irving
University Conference on Ame-icsnlss-
ton; Earl Hail. Columbia University. Sis
Discussion Of The Proposed New York
New Jersey Port Treaty" Brooklyn Cham
Der Of Commercs; 81 Court street. sP. NJ
sons'EaS,ion Problems Hotel McAipin,
Annual dinner dance o: tho League o.
Advertising Women. Hotel Aston. p. NJ
land folk songs given under the auspices
OF the Peoples Music League, cooper
Presentation Of the DISTINGUISHED Sc.
vice cross to capt. Herbert W Hal. G \.
c. T at Err To;ten' by. BY Gen Barnett
by Margaret WycheriNy on THE Drama
Commodore Hotel. T.. VI.
g., Talk by r. o. Eycrhart on "A substitu's
20 " -
BROOKLYN Institute: DR.. Leon II. vince,
Relating to tho Present struegle." i.eetu,,
Hau p NJ; illustrated lecture by Henry
,%ilins BroHn on 'old New York" Lecture
Edward Howard GrlEes will iectur. on
,,womnn and DemOcracy." Carnegie Na.
- rsomanettes, meeting. Hotel McAlpln, 4
Hiwanls Club, luncheon. Hoe, McAIpin.
o, cHstsa Tst,Ie rini;aers, meeting AMI
States Army. Hotel McAlpln, all day
- Chaplain Ward q. Meehnn viii spfak -
the Welcome Song Rally" OF the Brook
tyr Teachers Association at the Training
School for Teachers, Nostruud ayenue ami
PhlR plHce. y, NJ.
The Women's Auxiliarv OF the FIfteant.t
regiment OF the 3ceth United States II
!antrY VIII give n Victory reception AMI
reunion In honor NJ the Old Fifteenth Reg
lhlNnt nj the Central Opera House Slxt,
seventh street, near Taird avenue y. "
National California dub meeting. va
dorf- Astoria, =. NJ
American Pomeran!rn t',uh. meeting
Waldorf Astoria. . T. NJ
f3ster Advertising Association. meeting
W A!dorf-Astoria, all daA
N1tioull Ass0 'ation ~ Chair Manurer-
tureEs. meeting. Wsldorr-Astorla. ali d,.
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THE BRIDGE OF MIRA.
An Allusion Explained to Those Who
Have Neglected Addison.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrN-Sir, \
recent communication in Tns SrS closed
with THIS passage:
80 IA We rsu discover anything
tangible in his president Wnsan'sI
scheme as announced, instead OF cross
ing the bridge that Nc have come 70,
he appears to have constructed a Bridge
OF Mira and Is urging our republic to
trus: Itself thereon"
Inquiries as to the meaning OF the
allusion seem to be entitled 10 an ex-
PLANTATION. Paper No. 1873 IN Addison s
Spectdtor Is narrative of 1.-THE Vision
OF Mrza,' which used to be considered
All English classic, and would be now II
readers needed what Or. Samuel johnson
said OF Addison. The passage relating
10 the bridge is this. somewhat con
densed:
"A huge valley ami p-odig.ous vide
of water flowing through =. The valley
~ the Vale OF Misery, and the tide OF
water Is Eternity. | saw passengers
dropping through tho bridge into the
great tide and disappearing And
perceived there were !nnumerab.s t~ap
doors ~ intervals, which the passengers
10 sooner tTod upon than they fen
through into the tide"
The application OF the figure in plain
words Is that IL America tries TO reach
the realm OF Peace by crossing on the
bridge that the British commissioners
have constructed and our Prcsiden has
accepted she Will tread on as many tran
doors as there were in the Bridge Of
Mira, and can hardly escape fallinc
through into the Vale OF Misery. May
God and the Senate save us.
HossIrEH JOHNSON.
NEW YORK, March II,
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Rail Earnings Wiped Out.

AS It stands to-day the railway
problem Is not how the roads are GO
ing to be financed at this juncture. al
though the last Congress failed to APP
proprlate the needed moneys. They
can be financed temporarily and will
be by the Treasury. the banks, the
stockholders OF the roads themselves.
When the new Congress meets the
whole matter will be attended to
promptly and properly. On that side
of the question there need be no con
Germ whatever.
The problem, the big problem. the
growing problem, is how the roads I'M
der Government operation are going 70
be able to earn their salt.
Nothing cid paint blacker pic
ture of the results OF Government op-
GRAFTON, nothing could forecast n more
disastrous future for Government op-
Grafton. than the January reports of
the great American railway systems
In January of this year weather condi-
tons were ideal, almost miraculOusly
favorable to rail transportation. Per
haps in the whole story OF Amer
lean railroads there never was an
other winter In which 1t was so easy
to keep trains running in naturally
cold and stormy climates; to hold
down the consumption of coal, which
in zero weather must be squandered
to make steam, to buck snowdrifts
and to haul loads on Icy rails.
In January of 1919, the most favor
able month in the history of Ameri-
can railroads. the net earnings were
only S1S,7S3,702. In January Of 1917.
with usual winter conditions. the net
earnings. under private operation.
were S67 100000. Yet, compared with
two years ago, the gross revenues of
this January were UP 100000, 900.
This means. Of course, the charges
against the public in freight bills and
passenger fares were up accordingly.
But operating expenses were up $l45.-
100000. Net income was down some
$40, 100000.
To pay the guarantee OF the rail-
roads the Government needs some $780,
600, 900 a month. If In the most favor
able January for operating that rail-
reading ever knew the roads did not
come within $50, 900 900 Of earning the
guarantee, what chance on earth have
they TO earn 1t under Government
operation when conditions are I'M
favorable for operation? Costs, moth
ing but costs, under Government OPP
Grafton. Spendings, nothing but spend
ings, under Government operation
that's the record.
The January deficiency indicates that
the Government this year will be up
ward Of three-quarters of a billion of
dollars short of necessary earnings TO
pay the guarantee. II we assume that
even the best sort OF January Is not
ISC-alr comaS ~lSskk establish a
monthly average for the whole year
is there any possible way OF figuring
out that the Government can come
within n quarter of a billion of dol.
lars OF earning the guarantee which
1t must pay to the roads? Is there any
certainty that it can come within half
a billion dollars Of earning It?
The Government touch in business
Is the touch OF death.
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In his last message to the Congress
In his first administration:

ia hs idst ue>SaRe 10 inc COngreSs
In his first administration
we have undertaken to discover
and proclaim the richest blessings of
a free government, with the Consti-
tuition as our guide. Let us follow
the way II points out It will not
mislead US. And surely no one who
has taken upon himself the solemn
obligation to support and preserve
the Constitution can find Justification
or solace for dieloyalty In the excuse
that he wandered and disobeyed In
search OF a better way 10 reach the
public welfare than the Constitu-
ton offers"
Wandered and disobeyed in search
of better way! In these words
written years ago, there Is a touch OF
more than wisdom. Some might cal
II clairvoyant power.
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Chicago Seeks New Distinction.

To THE FpIToR OF THE SuN-Sr:
note that Chicago has sleeping sick
nes-."
This Will make Philadelphia Jealous
WILLIAM ". FoRsEs.
F'Rh%SLIS, Pa March II.
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Experts who watched WILLIAM
HoHkNzoIERN saw wood saw he Is
worth about so cents a day. SO he is
still a more useful animal than his
oldest boy.
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Highest temperature, SIS. at ?. NJ
Average temperature. -.
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one OF the Presidents party boasts
that the covenant was drawn up in
thirty hours. There are holes in It
which it would take America thirty
years to get out of.
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0dt G'ors correspondence LopoGe County Nacs.
Billie Hicks Is going north very often Of
late the Same road 'lc used TO 'rlvel 80
often, Wonder II ne is trying to hnd!e
UP the old spark.
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LENlNE has one quality all Premiers
may we'll envy; he Is an expert dodger
OF aSsassins' bullets.
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Identity Preaerrcd

The Welsh Rarebit-No matter how they
internatonalize the rest Of them, IN al
ways be the cheese
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I'm, ker.-Tke President dcHucd home as
a place whers nothing has 20 be explained.
Outlate--,Humph,
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THE WEATHER.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Standard Time
Sun riscs.....s.05 A N Sun sets. IS .oS N
Moon rises. 8 n p ~

Moon rises. IS n p n
For eastern New York. rain, followed
by clearing and colder to-day; to-mor-
row fair; strong south shifting to west
winds.
For New Jersey--Rain, followed by
clearing and colder to-day; tomorrow fair
and cooler; strong south, shifting to west
winds
For northern New England-Rain and
warmer To-day: tomorrow fair, cold IN IN
terror; strong south winds.
For southern New Engiand---Rain ana
warmer to-day; tomorrow fair and some
what colder; streng south winds.
For western New York-Snow nurrtes
and colder to-day; tomorrow fairi strong
south shifting TO west winds.
Observations of United States Weather Bp
reau stations, taken at z. NJ. yesterday, sew
euty-afth meridian TINA.
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" eur friends pho favor Us ,cith mana.
srspfs ans iIfbstrdfions yer publication trfsh
10 hove vsjecfsd drtScses vefbvned they ssust
IN az csses send stamps for that purpose.
rrLnPHoNE, RFrKxAN 200
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London once. <o-<3 Fleet street.
Paris once. Rue do Ia Michodiere, on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Washington Once, Munssy Building.
Brooklyn once. Room 2U2. Eagle Build
Ing. 500 Washington street.
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BOOKS AND THE BOOK WORLD
+ weekly. ono year. .......,...... .uJp
Canada. $50 Other co Countries. 200
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LOCAL WEATHER REPORTS.

The temperature in this city yesterday.
as recorded by the oficiai Thermometer. 10
shown in the annexed table:
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Published daily. including Sunday, BY the
sun Printing and Publishing Association.
30 Nassau ST., Borough OF Manhattan. N. Y.
VIZ p p,n frank a. A., Munsey; 100 Nasav ~
r, H. Titherington; Treas, VIM. 7. Dswart.
AL OF $50 Nassau street
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THE EVENING sum, Per Month. $3.50
THE EVENING SUN, Per Year,. SEQ
THE EVENING Sun (Forelgn), Per No. 1.oS
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All checks. money orders. &C., to be
made payable To THE SuH.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-08-01
ASK SENATOR REED TO
SPEAK N RICHMOND

United States Senator Reed. Of
Missouri. probably will be asked to
speak in Richmond on the league of ma
tons covenant Senator Reed deliver
ed an address in Norfolk last week.
speaking to 5000 people. He Is oppos-
ei to the league of nations approved
by the peace conference.
The senator. 1t Is understood. has in
dicated his Willingness to address a
u,ass-meeting in this city at an early
date. General Emmett Newton. close
friend of the senator. has been in
touch with leading Richmond citizens
and sends word that Senator Reed may
be counted upon to discuss the league
OF nations Mere sometime this month.
p. c. O'F1aherty. president OF Patrick
Henry branch of the ions OF Irish
Freedom, has interested himself In the
matter on behalf of the organization.
and has announced his intention to ask
the local branch. at Its next regular
meeting. which will be held In Lee
Camp hall next Tuesday night. to ex-
tend a formal invitation to the senator.
Patrick Henry branch. declared Pres
tdent O~'F1aherty. win welcome coop
Grafton of other organizations or indi-
yiduais interested In extending the in
vItAtion.