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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-07-21
POr no cenirse al textO

Don Augusta Dieppa. un professor de
Juncos, ha tenido ell NAL gusto dc in
troducir EN- nuestra literature regional
un nuevo estilo de prosa: no el intem-
pestivo irrespetuoso que va 81 publ
co conoce, sino otro que acaso haya
hecho reir a mas de cuatro lectores. 81,
sefores, este nuevo dscipulo de Queve-
do lie ha dado por cultivar el estilo io
coso, 10 cual viene ser una buena ad
ouisicion para los actores comicos va
un POGO olvidados por nuestro pueblo.
Dicho este modo de preambulo pa
"a introducir al heroe, paso exponer
10 siguiente: Hace algunos dias que
ell personaje a que me refero publico
un articulo en- este diario declarandose
APoSToL tratando la mayoria de
los maestros de Puerto Rico de traido.
res ilotas. monos Y que Sc 20 que
otras sandeces. Compadecido por Ia
naudita verbosidad del hterato, hube de
ontestarle en- ell mismo diario para darle
ma leccion EN- 10 que respecta q Ia edu-
caci6n delicadeza Ell el trato de sus
companeros.
para sorpresa mia aquellos cuatro
renglones trazados con la mejor '0ue-
ma fe'' tuvieron nm resultado sainda-
BILE. Y digo este porque nuestro heroe
va no Sc expresa en- aquellos tetmi-
nos colericos, ridiculos Y aitisonanses'
ia abandonado aquel estilo sobefolo
iamas usado por los ap6stoles tpues el
60 apellida apostoD y ahora ha adopta-
do uno nuevo, algo 'chirigotesco' que
ba estrenado EN- las columnas de otro
periodico. Es admirable ell cambio que
ha dado este joven Ell tan POGO item
DO ST. sefores el Dieppa que esefioe
ahora no es ell Dieppa aquel que quiso
hacerle la competencia Darwin dicien-
do que los maestros solo Sc diferencian
dol mono On que no tienen rabo. (El aue
lea que juzgue).
Ell heroe ahora Sc presenta mas bene-
volo. amable, comedido humilde. NO
podiamos esperar otra cosa- Ha teniao
hasta la amabiidad dc llamarme psico-
logo. catedratico otras distinciones.
Pues senior. soy un maestro que nada
tengo que enviadiar al compahero. Ira
baio con sueldo, pero siempre Sc me
ha demostrado que 10 sc ganar- Asi e.
que por este lado me tienen sin cuida-
do sus r6plicas En- cuanto su gracio-
so "dminutivo'', le digo q usted que
estoy acostumbrado clio en- el trato
familiar. Mis- amigos me dicen, carifio-
samente en- broma, esas mismas CO
sas que listed me dice, y yo no les RHO.
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CRONICA DE VERANO
La trizteza del auIa

La Univetsidad cerro sus puertas
en- el mes de JUNO Los estudiantes.
avidos de descanso, han vuelto a suf
respectivas poblaciones.. pasar Jun
to a sus familiares, los calurosos dias
de verano. Y Rio Piedras ha queda-
do solo, triste, sin musicas nj risas
con sus paseos desiertos, en- an ls
fargo recio, que Sc mantendra por tres
largos meses de vacaciones Solamen-
te quedan tres cuatro estudiantes
que Sc empenan en- revivir el eco bu.
llicioso de todos los ausentes. La ale
gre algarabia Ell sus GALES Ia cesa
do.
Los campos de la Universadad Sc
encuentran solos. quietos, pensativos.
como 81 esperasen la contestacion de
Gpor que hoy no vienen? Las sombras
protectoras de los arboles, tiran su
mancha oscura sobre un verdor de gra
ma, que va no Sc salpica de faldas y blu
sas blancas, cremas, amarillas Y rosas.
Los bancos de piedra, cabe el caminO
que serpea desde la poblacion hasta
los blancos edifcios, estan huerfanos de
tan agradable compafia. Y a fe de co
legial que soy, me parece que aguardan
Ia llegada de alguien que los anime con
el calor del cuerpo quizas esperan n
hora propicia en- que Sc cubrian sus
asientos, moteandose de cabecitas ru
bias, negras castafas. Los edihcios
solamente mudos, adoptan mn gesto de
angustiosa paciencia.
Al pasar junto a la gran campana
que giraba locamente al conjuro dc Ia
mano del vieio conserie Pedro. contem.
pie en- mortal reposo Ia gran lengua
de bronco, que palmoteaba cstrepitosa-
mentc a cada hora, para llamarnos
las aulas. indicarnos el cambio de
classes. Y Ia campana muda pareee a..e
reza, esperanto Ia mano del bcdel quo
la agitara nuevamente. Todo es paz
reposo en- estos campos desolados
lQue haran ahora, las bellas r.suc
mas normalistas, cuando today las cosas
de estos campos anoran en- 81 aussncia7
lQue hara Ana Mat'lde, Carolina, ANA
liza, Elena Nellie? jDonde estaran
Gloria, Angelina Pepe9 Bien sahe
Dios que elias, como nosotros. Sc llevan
Ell los ojos el panorama encantador dc
estos terrenos, y 10 refejan en- Ia me
moria. como cintas cinematografcas so
bre el lienzo. Tiene que ser asi, para po-
der conformar las continues exigencias
de nuestros deseos. Is algo cue IA es
parte de nosotros; nm escenario simpa
tico amable, sobre ell cual Sc estau
representando varios actos del drama
de nuestras vidas.
He estado visitando aver hoy el
centro abandonado For satisfacor mi
insistente curiosidad. atravese el vesti
bulo, ME encontre de lleno Ell las am
plias galerias solitarias. La grama. pre-
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tendiend0 un consueio. IA subido m pc.
co. y Jas enredaderas iamsn las pare.
des blancas del ediAcio. como Il auisis-
"a en- mn fraterno abgazo. substitute Il
bondad aus ,nte de- los estudiautss. s..
bi las escalcras del 'asscmbiev' nj.
re por un resquicio de Ia pusfta. todo
estaba solo. sileute aletaraado .CaAn
70 tristeza II eran piano. cubisrto. -
no canta sus voCes estan mudas II
guarda poivo yaco doecorrido como i
esperaso una mano unc abfieas el -
clado silcncioso quizaa la man8s hlan
cas- .mpoiutas de- rcpiGa AZ Tsmasl
tEspors. acaso. cue EnIiQneta Il ds
vida. imprmiondolc una faeha de a.
MAJ Omen sabs 10 quo piensa d 10.
bic piano. cue ha sabido aleerafuos San
tas y tantas veccs on nuotfgss msiorss
taTdes de estudianiof
Sail dc alH con 81 pecho opgImiaa.
que hasta el aire me pessfa rel pifsf en
esas horas dc aciaras remembfanfas
Bajo la csmoraida de Do bambds slaan
tescos. dorados God me detnvs : -
cribir catas nnoaa cue tenlan Isl elsn
calentuucnta tA qne irme .an slfas7
Y escrbiendo 10 agar me paree.a que
estaba en un periodic uhre ~ mis- tla
ses. que 4 mi lado eesaba ina ehlani
ia hermosa linda frcsra iozana como
Abril resbaiando eua oIoe sobre el D
pei do estss cuariilae. dandoms aHsn
tos. ) llerando iai mense de lsa mas ll.
sonjeras esperanzas. como sl fasrs una
mariposita de alas azuIe. usplrando Fl
parto dc Ia hosa
No cabe duda II unlvrfsldag esfa
dc luto Le fslta 81 alma de sus busuos
alumnos Y al pon.ar 81 aquei eiab alm.
paiicon que noe hacla ia vida a. eais
gial mas agradatle y pa asiera ssatlmos
en- Cd hondo sienoio una pena lnanra
que nos cuvueive q alma 81 Caarns'
despidl6 Cd doce de iunio ron ana
aicgre asamblol ~ laa raleras. hey a.
siortas Ali NOS rcunimos todos como
buenos hsrmanos dim0s un adia. AZ
liente q nuestra. auas " 40 reeordaf
aqueiia oscena ds amieor safndisntes
nos eucontramos mas solos mas tflssss
con menos vida. cu eeta Querida I'm
vcrsidad. Duchesue Guiiiam flos de-
gagos). Damaf1 Rivers tei ieaol. Con
zaio Ramirez. Ruis Nazario fel Colo
rao'D Goideros y aieunos ofros. fisnsu
q buon gusto DC hacerse rscofdsf sn
sus ausencias Qus fusra De- q Univsr.
sidad sin esfos oaeoahsierss eoIsaialset
Y hube de- ahandonar aqusiios eam
pos dc luto. tcmbisndo 81 cofaz6n. sn 81
alma una emoei6n de- anfnsfia. ana
protesta Hor az iahio uue tive qna
hacer publira
iMalditas vacacionct
Antonio rEDREfRA
Julio de 1919
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ReSurgimientO
del buen gustO

uaa as las condiciones que mas "a
votecen y que mejor dice en- la vida
de los pueblos, modernos, es La de YES
FTP vEsTIR BIEN. denOta un grade
3 cultura muy elevado. San Juan cuen.
Ia hoy con la sAsTRERIA NEW TAI
LcRS, de. los acreditados CoRTADO-
hEs LINERA & sUAREz, que respon.
den brillantemente al 6xito de La moda
y del gusto mas exquisite, Es el esta-
blecimiento mas visitado por los que
saben vestir. Es la casa de moda. San
Francisco St.. Frente a Ell MUNDO.
Advt.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-07-21

De manera que sue paiabras ~ ban
,enido 81 resuitado que listed 81 pfape.
MA. Aca tenemos una mansra De yer fsa
cosas muy distintas Ia suya. ~ nos
ahogamos en poca aqua
I'm cuanto 40 fondo ds CD artlfuie.
one es 70 que considera Il pabiiro sen
sato, debo signihcarle uus nada dirs
en- el que vaiea "a pena Cnafrs .
cinco chirigotas ias dice cuaiaulsfa
Era de esperarse quc usfed frastornsss
ei asunto. Yo no ie criiiqus "a idsal ii
me he declarado On contra ds u. si -
que. por el contrario. 10 rsspsio hssts
10 'sostendua cuando 81 momsnto
fuese oportuno. II que 80 is erltlqat e
usted fue ga lenguaie. entisudase So
LEEGUAJE IRREsPETUoso para cen
ia mayoria de los maestros ds Pasff8
Rico ESQ mismo tambisn pado haesr
uno de los que votaron con ustsd. sin
que con clio criticass su deal sonlsn
no conoce que So isuaaals era inee
.ANNAft NNNH" Mtt M"NAAM MHMNM MMEH ~
mostrar % contrario7 uo wee ra16n -
"a que ahora venea usted hahiando a.
asuntos que NADIA tiensn que vsf con
81 contenido d mi articuis anterior.
oPor cue se sale ustsd del marzsn7
cuando listed me prusbe qus sa isnrua.
ie en- su articulo In b. Asambias ds
Maestros" era cabaiiesesco proplo
dc nm MAESTRO. sntonces 20 is dare
Ia raz6n. Por ahora NADIA ha dicho ustsd
para iustihcarse. Tsrmino dkndois iaa
gracias por los conoeptos que ne dsdl
ca y le aiiento para cue no sbandons
su ideal; pero. eso ri. "araumeutss -.
lidos. palabras couvincentss. ieusuags
correcto " Miro cue 81 pdbiico senaaso
no gusta De chirigotss spitstoa -
tai naturaleza. Recuerde qus Fl leuruafs
es 'imagen hel" de IA psrronallaad
Pedro vELEz MERcADo
sabana Grande. Julio ~.
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vENTA DE PIEDRA

Si desea comprar piedra calisa en-
bruto triturada en- varios tamahos a
precios economicos dirijass Sergio Ma
"a J. Box 8, cuaynabo Sues. Jose
Fernandez, San Juan. Advt.
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Pedro vELEz AfERcADo

sabana crande, Julio IL.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Unoriginal Socialists

John Reed and his Russianized lieu
tenants, by plying next to the oldest pro-
fession in the world-that of trying to
get what the other fellow has-have split
the Socialists of New York into "Left
Wingers" and Fright Wingers" Tenn
porarily dropping their fight against the
"ruling classes" the capitalists and the
"kept press" they all are very busy tar
ring one another with the abuse formerly
reserved for ''the plutes." To facilitate
the delivery of mud-slinging phrases,
both "wings" have commenced publish
ing small propaganda sheets, and the
show is on.
One would expect flaming internal
strife among Socialists to produce some
thing new in political tactics, if not
epithets. But apparently the old-fash-
ioned gas attack is not to be improved
upon. The Fright Wing" calls the "Left
Wing" Reds and Bolsheviki, and accuses
them of stealing all the best revolu-
tionary phrases, and of libel and
slander, and of secret diplomacy, and of
receiving money from questionable
sources" How dull!
The "Left Wingers" disclose an equal
lack of originality both in phrase and
procedure. The Communist, whose edi-
tors helped hoist the black flag of politi-
cal piracy in the party, accuses the
Fright Wing of strong arm methods
Fright Wingers" seem to have drunk
deep of the Tammany textbook. They
reorganize locals so as to expel cleft
Wing" majorities. The "stand-pats" lock
up LEFT Wing" meeting places or carry
off the radicals furniture, and even
beat up opposition delegates Indeed,
the Fright Wingers" have so far for
gotten themselves as to appeal to the
bourgeoisie city police for protection.
And The Communist says: "In view of
the frequency with which the Right
Wingers' are calling in the cops to pre-
serve party unity, we suggest that an
appropriation be made out of party
funds to buy police whistles"
Apparently Socialists cannot help
adopting the universal language and
procedure of political strife. There is
nothing in the world so conservative and
unoriginal as a radical
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
More Working Days for Congress

All the irritation and needless delay in
shifting the country from a peace basis
to war basis caused by President Will
sons refusal to call Congress in session
last March would have been avoided if
Congress itself had had the forethought
to alter its schedule of meetings. 1t al
ways has had the power to do this. The
Constitution provides that Congress shall
meet at least once year ard fixes the
first Monday in December as the date
for one meeting, unless Congress shall
order otherwise. Congress has met by
resolution on other dates than the first
Monday in December, and is within it's
rights in altering the session schedule
as it sees fit In reconstruction times,
when the two houses were at daggers'
points with President Johnson, provision
was made for what amounted to con-
tinuing session.
MIR. Macarthur, of Oregon, has drawn
up resolution creating third regular
session, to begin on March 5, in the years
following Congressional election. One
OF the anomalies of the present system
Is that a Congress elected in November
in the cvcn-numbered years does not
meet until December of the following
year, unless summoned by Executive
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Barbarians Still

At some point in every transaction the
German mind, crafty, farseeing, pains
taking as it is, blunders into hopeless,
inexplicable stupidity Without cause,
for no sensible purpose, it commits an
insult, an outrage, blasphemy, which
undoes all that laborious propaganda
and lies have been able to upbuild.
Of it's colossal blunders the shooting
' of Edith Cavell now nears it's tragic
completion. Her body reaches English
soil after many months of waiting, and
if her death was flaming torch before,
what Englishman will ever now forget
it? History needs such personal TRACE
dies to be memorable, and in the casual
brutality of executing this Englishwom-
an the German official mind chiselled an
imperishable monument to it's own bar
barity.
1t is minor touch, but the demand by
the Germans for the return of German
prisoners in good health, we'll fed and
we'll clothed, is parallel stupidity. The
Allies have taken uniformly good care Of
their prisoners. The German care of
prisoners has been a disgrace to the
age. The official record in Ambassador
Gerard's book is evil enough to damn the
nation, whether the Bryce report had
ever been written or not.
Why do the Germans make this inso-
lent demand? Do they really imagine
that other nations are as brutal as they?
1t is inconceivable that they do not know
the facts. The Allies treatment of pris-
oners is an open record.
The German count delivered his arro-
giant reply at the peace conference, seat
ed, without a word of explanation or
apology The Premier of France had ad-
dressed his enemy standing 1t was a
small contrast, but, again, significant
and amazing. We reach the end of the
war as we entered it, compelled to deal
with an enemy who still lives and acts
in terms Of centuries ago, in world of
fundamental barbarities, whatever his
science and his order. If we ever are
tempted to forget this truth it is the
German himself who'will not let us.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Civilization First
To the Editor of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: May I congratulate The Triburs
upon the attitude it has taken toward the
peace treaty, the league OF nations and the
future protection of Frances And surely
should add, upon its position toward ths
President, whether generally and construct
lively critical OR laudatory.
Women like myself. who have been voten
for less than year and who tentatively en-
rolled in the Republican party, view vita
extreme distaste the outrageous editorial
antics Of such paper as ~Thc SUM-" We
care much more about the future of civilisa-
ton than we do about the future Of the BE-
publican party. And it is just because =
seems to me that The Tribune has served
civilization more unswervingly and more ~
telligently than any other American paper
that this letter has been written.
MARY LELAND HUME
New York, May 10, 1919.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14

proclamation. This arrangement inter-
poses delay Of thirteen months between
a verdict given at the polls and legis-
lation intended to carry it into effect,
if the President happens to be hostile.
1t encourages misrepresentation hold
overism in government.
The old system, too, is relic Of the
was very limited Appropriations were
small, the machinery of administration
was rudimentary and the legislative out
put was meagre. Most of the time Of
the two houses was taken up with purely
political debates. Now the government
is vast organization and routine
legislation has increased enormously in
volume.
In recent years Congress hasn't been
sitting long enough to do it's work prop
efly. The short session covers hardly
more than sixty working days. The
consequence is hopeless janl-resulting
in the sidetracking of general legislation
and the jettisoning even Of supply bills.
Congress wastes daylight. 1t condemns
itself to nine months of enforced idleness
at the beginning of each term (unless
the President lifts the ban) and then
wonders why it is overwhelmed with
business at the finish.
Mr.. McArthur's plan is simple and
sensible. Congress should 60 to work
on rational schedule. 1t should assume
complete control Of its own time and
responsibility for wise use of it,
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
That Death Penalty

All shops, retail and wholesale, have had
to register all their stock, and no one is
allowed to purchase at random one may
buy only what he can prove that he needs.
While the scarcity lasts, boarding and
speculation in the nece-saries of life are
not to be allowed. The old law courts
have been abolished and revolutionary
tribunals established, where lawyer may
not chow his face except under penalty
OF death Tho people's commissary said
In stern Cromwellian tones when appealed
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Perhaps Oppressive?

Some financial relief will be obtained
from the reputation of the war debt held
inside Hungary, which will amount to al
most 5O,0o0,ooooOO Kr., but such action
cannot solve the financial problem.
To old-fashioned eyes this dictatorship
of the proletariat may look oppressive
There is, for instance, no such thing as a
free press in Hungary. All the news
papers have been nationalized and write
exactly as they are told; all look alike
and are alike uninteresting. In the COM
munization of the theatre however, much
has apparently been gained. Schiller.
Shaw, Shakespeare and Moliare largely
constitute the present programmes Would
not Broadway be much better off for such
a dictatorship of the theatre?
Another feature unpleasant to the
capitalist is the law governing the coming
soviet elections. In these elections on1v
working people can vote; no capitalist
Will be allowed to cast ballot The bar
Der who shaves me points out that he will
be allowed to vote, but that his "boss. /"
who also works all day shaving customers,
will not be permitted to do so, as he is a
capitalist. All working women will. of
course, have the right to vote.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
l. Lenine Heapen
By II. c.. Alsberg, in The Nation

to by briefless barristers: "If you can't
learn useful handicraftp then you'll have
to learn to sweep the streets"
All jewelry ABOVE 5000 Kr. in value
has been taken over by stern govern
ment. Strange to say, few ladies resisted
No one as yet knows exactly about that
death penalty. Do they actually mean it
or not? Nobody wants to be the first to
test the present governments irmness on
this point. I spoke to one rich, pretty
but overfed lady who had meekly handed
over her pearls and diamonds. She told
me of it with tears.
No SERVANTS!
Behind those tears were nameless hor-
rors - the possibility of no servants, of
doing her own work and maybe of going
out to do other peoples work in case her
husband did not succeed in smuggling
some of the hundred millions he had made
in speculation during the across the
border to Vienna or to Switzerland.
Naturally, not everything is perfect in
this new state. Practically all banking
business has stopped, except for the draw
ing of small checks up to 1000 Kr., for
personal use or checks for the payment of
wages. International business, the send
ing of money by private individuals to
Austria or Switzerland and trading in for
eign exchange are over. There is no evi-
dence yet that the present government
is running on anything but the momentum
supplied by the old machine, which has
been scrapped
On the other hand, the government is in
possession of a certain amount of ready
cash; it holds the jewelry it has confscated
and it is in receipt OF a steady income
from the communized houses Yet with
out of work, old age and incapacity pen
sions, with more liberal workingmen's in
surance and tremendous soldiers pay the
running expenses must be great. The gov
ernment states that it has about 10000
Red soldiers under arms. These cannot be
said to be very formidable as yet, since
they have little discipline.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14

mistice knowing she must make good for
actual injuries done. Her present out
cries are against fair application Of
principle which she admitted.
In neither the forum Of morals nor Of
power can Germany uphold refusal to
sign. But the tail of snake wriggles
until the sun goes down.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Stumne the Fish

tFrona Tho Charleston Ne,cs -Courier)
"The German delegates are now digestne
the peace treaty" says dispatch. No won
der Won Brockdorff-Rantzau looks sort of
green around the gills
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14

They pretty busy in the Zone Finance
Office of the War Department. On May 6
they answered ours of March 10; and on
May IL they mailed theirs Of May g. :.
But we'll get that Additional Pay yet.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14

Many contributors have called our at
tention, as the official phrase goes, to the
similarity of one Allied Lullaby to another.
The Bolivian Folk Song, which is in course
of translation, will appear Tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1919-05-14
Anti-MiEitarisf Feeling

1t is not only the popular sentiment that
is exceedingly bitter against the military ee-
ments in Japan, but also a number of the
leading figures high in the political firrna-
ment of Japan. Following the close of the
forty-frst session of the Imperial Diet the
other day the Opposition party, called the
Kensei, had q general meeting of their
members at Seiyoken at Uyeno. The head
of the party and the leader of the Opposi-
tion, Viscount Kato, made a long speech
which, of course, was the feature Of
the evening. Viscount Kato was the Por-
eign Minister in the Okuma Cabinet and
was picked out by Marquis Okuma to be
his successor. His speech was supposed
to be (and so advertised before the
EVENT. an attack on the foreign policy
of the present Hara Ministry. But his ne
marks on Viscount Uchida, the present For
eign Minister, and his difficult position vrre
exceedingly sympathetic and kindly in fact
in many ways.
Scoring General Tdn0k0
Not so with his remarks on General h.
naka, the Minister of War: what was psyL
ticularly distastefu to me In Lieutenant
General Tanaka's statement was the declxn.
ton that when the japanese army requestm
cooperation of the American army, Amern
refused to cooperate, and that it Is a fact
that unity is lacking between America and
japan in the vicinity Of Blaguvestchensk- Is
there really lack of unity. If so 1t IS
serious matter from the diplomatic point Of
view" Then he touched on the press reports
Of the friction, which seemed to throw the
blame on the stupidity of the japanese CON-
nanders-the confusion between the reques.
of Lieutenant General OF, commander Of the
18th Division, who asked the American cann-
mander, Major General Graves, for assistance
and the message from our Major General
Yui, chief of staff, who was reported to have
advised the American commander TO wait
until further advice from him. Then vis-
count Kato went on to add the following
somewhat acid remarks (and the target at
which they were pointed seemed rather plain
to every one): "We should be careful not to
do things which will attack friendly nations
o. to hurt their feelings by indulging IN
various thoughtless imaginations. .
Comparing the statements of the War Min
lister and the Foreign Minister concerning The
Siberian situation, I suspect Ahat there Is .
lack of unity in the government depart
ments."