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Let the Present Law Prove Itself.

1t is difficult to understand why a
revision Of the immigration laws is
advocated at this time to prevent, In
the words of JOIN Il. DENsMoRE,
Director General of the Federal En-
ployment Service, "the spread of Boil
ehevism and other forms of radical
Ism In the United States"
Only two months before the United
States declared war on Germany the
Congress enacted over the Presidents
veto the Burnett bill to regulate The
immigration Of aliens to, and the resi-.
dence of aliens in, the United States.
which includes the litrracy test in
telligent craftsmanship so steadfastly
opposed.
That act provides for the most
minute and searching examination Of
every allen applicant for admission
to the United States. The alien must
establish 10 the satisfaction OF tho
immigration authorities his good
health, his llteracy, his good disposi.
ton, his good morals. If Bolshevik
presents himself he certainly may be
excluded under section three Of the
statute, which bars, among many
others, all
persons who are members of or af-
fliated with any organization entertain
ting and teaching disbelief in or opposl-
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who pleads the necessity of obtaining
a larger income, and whose resigna-
tlon to the President bears date Of
January .. Attorney General GREG
DRY has been charged with serious and
complex duties during the war; his
successor must solve many difficult
problems arising from 1t.
The interesting and important fact
concerning the designations of Secre-
tary MCADoo and Acknowledgement
GREGORY Is that their retirement leaves
the defence of their conduct In office
In the hands of others; and IL the
rumor Of Secretary BAKERS approach
ing resumption of private station is
well founded, the numerous questions
that are bound to be sked concerning
the administration of the War De-
partment must be officially discussed
by one who did not bear the title OF
Secretary or perform the duties Of
Secretary during the war.
Since the beginning OF hostilities
the departments of the Federal Gov
crnment have enjoyed the advantage
OF patriotic repression of adverse
criticism, and the support Of a slngu-
larly docile and self.sacrlficlng Con-
gress controlled by their fellow par
tisans 1t Is difficult to conceive Of
an arrangement more comfortable for
executive officers than that which has
obtained between the national Legis-
lature and the Administration since
April 6, 1917. Harsh words have
been spoken by individual Senators
and Representatives, but they have
been comparatively few In number.
Granting that an administration must
get along with Congress, 1t is hard to
see how a more amicable arrangement
than that which has existed could be
brought about.
But now that peace with Germany
Is in sight. there will surely be. as
there should be, period Of Inquiry,
allotment Of praise and blame, revela-
ton of successes and failures. The
members of the Administration who
recede from public life now have no
cause to envy their successors: nor
have they any reason to court respon-
slbllity for the outcome of the cleo
ton Of 1920.
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EVENTS TO-DAY.

Harlem philharmonic Society. muscaI
waldorf Astoria. 10 A. NJ
soc.''" d"s Bcaux arts. luncheon. Wa.
NstionaI soetetv o, Now E-r.,rd
Women. board meeting, Wa.dort- Astoria.
os9rO;,s board meeting. waidor,-A,:ori',
Daughters o, the Ernplre State, meet.
Ing. waldort.As,or.a. P. NJ.
National Wholesale Dry Goods Assooia
ton, IT, meeting Waidort.As'oria. 10 a. N
Rubber Association OF America, meeting
waldorf Astoria. all day; dinner. 1880
Institute of Cold Rolled Strip s..o,
meetinE WaIdOrf-Assor!a. . A NJ. lunch
Army, and navy pisns a, tho Victor,
! F p ~ a'A"'' aSh'e' A0'oi 81 Andrew
Annual meeting q, m. Home Mission
Homo Missions discussion on Homo Ms
Ions and National Reconstruction." ..
Me .isan venue. al DAY.
Ahri VII! speak on Tho Gospal According
+. No; uarte; the 1ndestructibis Gooanes.
o. , h"i MCn," r. n: n the evening =
- Song rcoitsl by Gen'a Fonariova, Aeclina
:, r,h,!!lha,T,mnnni:, Society concert, Carnes..
LECTURE on "Reconstructior," by =. =
cro'man, s9.hwick High school Irving
Contcrenc. ana reception 70 Ky NAV,
b-rs Of tho Federation for child stud,
homo ~ Mrs. s, S. Goidwater. west l0otN
street. 40 =. NJ
Franklin K. Lam. Secretary of tn. In
terror. speaks on The Future Enforcement
OF Peac" n Business Necessity" Merchants
Association luncheon, Hotel Aston. 1890
Lecture by Mrs. Jackson Fleming on
Foreign Affairs IN Relation 70 the United
States" Aeo!!an Hall II A NJ.
Meeting OF the Academy OF Medicine.
oTth%pess'.. n E % II Yves: FOXY H;s2
Meeting Of the New York city Tract,en
Conference. 2o3 Broadway. 3 p. NJ
sale Of paintings and other art property
NJ the late GOV. Oliver Ames. Plaza Hotel.
Lecture b. James W. ravcet, on "pnn.
sany HIS Plays and Fahlts." rs East
FGGurtsenth street. S:3or ",
ton" hefor" tine rnnpnliars by Prot.
Edward =. McGlone. 22s LenoX avenue.
Americon Russian soc's,y, meeting. Bush
rneetlng Hotel It'.nl -o 40 y. NJ
Annual dinner. OF tn Loasue Tor Large
L.ifa Ali're club. evening
y Leo stein. MIR. .'chu AIoRArav T.erk,
Wt''er Pach and oscar Y. E.uo-un4r V.r'
d.s-uSs modern art before the rNlo CO..
Meeting OF tho American Rcd tsar ~.
society for the Prevention 6. ,ruo.'y .r
Auima's. gao p. NJ
Arar" Tr!don wifi speak M "'s,-'
StlyvesPut streets, 3. NJ
Mcetatns Of the supreme Council . '..
Delta Pi, a. the Fraternity Ho.sa, =
York University, evening
Convention Of rkranipns at thu 1-krt0
Ian settlement, 2I7 sixth street. ..l dBf
meeting az Cooper Union, "NorIur
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What q Receiver Represents.

In denying applications for addi-
stional receivers for the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit system Federal Judge
MAYER points out general mlscon-
ception as to the function of re-
1ceiver.
The idea that any particular inter-
est or class Is entitled to have spe-
cial receiver appointed for its protec-
ton or benefit is moonshine. A re-
ceiver does not represent the bond
holders as such; or shareholders. or
noteholders, or the victims of an in
vestment. He represents the court.
The court, as Judge MAYER outlines,
-. takes possession Of the property, and
In the last analysis Is the receiver.
The Judge cannot, however, person
ally administer properties taken into
the custody Of the court, hence selects
an individual to represent the court
for this purpose. The court takes
possession of the property that the in
terests Of every one may be protected
and ultimately disposed in accordance
with the requirements of law and
equity.
The appointment of additional re.
ceivers with the idea that they will
protect particular interests Is futile
because each receiver and all receiv.
ers derive all their powers from the
court, are subject to its instructions
at all times, and no ultimate DISPOSE.
ton Of the property can be made ex.
cept by the court.
Two receivers or two hundred re-
ceivers can be no more legal protec.
q tion to anybody than one receiver. be.
cause, whatever the number, only the
court is the actual authority.
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sI,o2.,OOO.OoO Total.

Tee railroad companies themselves
before there had been an" change IN
their uanaGeucUts, were asked a. TIE
beginning OF February. 1913. TO prepare
ard send In budgets o, necessary Inn
provements As result the conpa mics
recommended improvements aggveSatirg
81 .329 900 0OO. The division OF capital
expenditures reduced these proposals TO
1915, 600, 900, and they have been since
expanded so that the total authorized TO
December 81, 1915, Is sl,277, 900. 900. OF
which II is estimated 5000. 900 had
been expended up 10 December 81 and
1853, 100000 remains to be expended
II Is estimated that the minimum addl-
t!onal budgets FOR 1919 must be $780,
100000.
This represents total OF authorized
capita, expenditures which must he pro-
vided for, for the years 1918 and 1919
OF 1921 ,O00. 900"
To turn the railways back 10 their
owners without enactment OF remedial
legislation framed TO meet the embar-
easements ana complications which have
peen created by the enforced consolida-
ton Of interests for the period of the
war would be little short OF criminal, -
Alfred p. Thorn. counsel for the Assoc!a-
ton of Railway executives, to-day told
tho Senate Interstate Commerce Commit
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What the state Police Did.

II view of Governor SMITH's sug-
gestion in his message to the Legisla-
ture that the State Police might prof
!tably be abolished-it has since been
announced that his mind is open on
the suhject-partlcular attention at
taches II the first annual report Of Or.
GEORGE L. CHANDLER, Superintendent
Of the troopers.
The amount appropriated to run the
department for the year ending on the
10th OF next June was $685.. $50, but
DR.. CHANDLER declares that S15O,OOO
Of this will be saved; that is. will not
be spent. He also says that the mount.
ed police have done work, in enforc-
Ing the motor vehicle law, that would
require Mt least 100 automobile in
spectors II the State Police did not
exist. and adds:
The Secretary Of states Office is au-
thor!ty for the statement tina, between
100000 and 100000 year is being
added 20 the states revenue due to the
activity of this force 1.-THE State Police !
in rounding up those who try TO avoid
payment Of the automobile license tax"
The State Police now keep order at
the State Fair, job which cost the
State 5000 year when mounted pa
trolmen were sent 10 Syracuse from
this city. Adding these savings and
other items, such rs S30,4s9 in fines
imposed "n persons unprecedented by
the rur1i police. Superintendent
CHAMBER brings down 90 about Sl55.-
coo The ne; amIUa! cost of keeping the
231 rouper> ON the JOB.
Last year the State Police. WHO
are divided into four groups, with
headquarters in Genesee, Onondaga,
Albany and Westchestcr counties,
made $3.50 arrests, which in 3,166
cases were followed by convictions;
and 1896 cases, in which no arrests
were made, were investigated. Nearly
half the arrests were for violations Of
the motor vehicle law. OF the more
serious cases there were two arrests
for murder. four for kidnapping and
twenty for offences against women
and children. Curiously enough, only
one arrest was for horse stealing, one
for chicken theft. The old country
fashions appear to be going out.
The Governor. In viewing the work
Of the State Police, undoubtedly will
| consider a phase Of II which lies in the
near future but which is not touched
upon in DR.. CHANDLER's report. In a
year the troopers made 147 arrests
| for violations of the excise law. VIII
they not be buster still in the days
of bootlegglng which are predicted as
n natural consequence to national
prohibition?
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MR.. SNAIL. p. M. G.
Examples OF the Speed of the Tele.
graph and the Malls.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUE-Sir: I
was in the Senate chamber the other
day when one OF the Senators told how
he had sent q telegram to his residence
in Washington from Harrisburg. After
he had arrived In Washington he had
the keen pleasure OF receiving the telc-
gram. II was only eighteen hours on the
way. Mr. Burieson Is wonderful
speeder.
I have subscribed for TIE SvN for
many years, receiving II regularly on
the day OF issue until Mr.. Burleson took
hold. Just to give Il few illustrations OF
the present delivery On December 81
! received the issues OF December 81 and
December &c. The next day / received
the papers of December % and Decem-
Der q. On January . I received the
issues of December 81. January and
January C. THE Sun is on the streets
for sale each morning at Q o'clock in
Baltimore, but | seldom got my paper
through the mail until the following day.
Yet must have my copy Of THE Sun /:
better late than never.
FRED SIDNEY MAYER
BALTIMoRE. Md, January ~.
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' Of the entrance Of the Adriatic. The
Dodecanesos group of Epean islands.

Douecanes0S group or aegean lsianus,
to which Greece lays claim, are
twelve In number, the most important
Of which are Rhodes, Cos and STAN
palia. Italy has been in military oc-
cupatlon of these islands as guar
nntec Of clause In the Turco-Italian
treaty Of Lausanne. BY the last cen
sus the Greeks were placed at 120,72I,
II number far in excess of all other
races In these islands.
In these claims of Greece there Is
practically no departure from the pol
icy which VENIzELos has followed in
his efforts to build up the Grecian
kingdom. They represented his con-
tentlons Mt the time OF his differences
with the former ruler CONSTANTINE,
and they embody the wishes and de-
sires of the Greek people who upheld
the Allied cause In Greece. 1t is be-
lieved that the conflicting interests
with Italy can be adjusted and that
thus the way will be opened to Greece
for the realization Of at least the sa-
lent features of her claims.
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The Railroads. Choice.

But / believe" he continued. that
the tweuty-one months provided under
the control law are entirely sufficient
time within which TO frame and enact
the legislation necessary TO create new
peace time relationship between the Coy
eminent, tho public and the RAILWAYS"
Senator Cummins IIowa) asked Mr.
Thorn which would be the choice OF the
railways, surrender back to the owners
without remedial legislation at once or
at the end OF the i've year period.
'lf such n deplorable choice were put
up 10 us tho choice would have 10 he
for immediate turning back of the lines
to their owners Within the five year
period the course in the direction of
Government ownership and the compli-
cations of administration would make
their surrender at the end Of that time
a calamity
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The city OF Baltimore has for many
pleasant years been the shrine OF
lovers of good things to eat. 1t has,
through the customs OF such lovers,
come TO have its canvasback sea son,
It's terrapin season. It's shore bird sea-
son. But here is something new. a
wet season, which we fail 10 under
stand though searching deeply for the
possible meaning in these words of
the Hon. HAMPY MOORE, In Congress
saying, mo one rejoioes more than |
do thet Baltimore has come to the
front. [Laughterl II is a growing
city and extremely popular for a while.
II will continue to be popular in Wash
ington and elsewhere until the end of
the wet season. tLaughterl." The
Pacific coast has It's wet and dry sea-
sons, but they are not to be laughed
at. Why should Congress grow merry
over the wet season OF Baltimore?
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The Sun Calendar.
THE WEATHER.

For eastern New York---Fair to-day
tomorrow cloudy; moderate tempera-
ture; fresh northwest winds.
For New Jersey-Fair to-day; tomorrow
cloudy probably becoming unsettled by. to-
morrow night; moderate temperature
fresh west winds.
For northern New Ensland--Falr and
warmer to-day; tomorrow probably fair.
fresh northwest and west winds
For southern New England-Fair to-day,
tomorrow cloudy, moderate temperature:
fresh northwest winds.
For western New York--Fair to-day; to-
morrow cloudy, probably becoming un.
settled: not much change in temperature.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.-THE all pres.
sure IL low along tho north border md
over the Cuff OF Mexico and It Is hfrh
over wide belt extending from the
middle Atlantic states westward To- me
Pacific coast. storm OF marked intensity
s central over Alberta, Canada, aud NOV.
eastward oter the Canadian Maritime p-o,-
inces. Temperatures remain near or a5o,c
inc seasonal avsrase In all parts OF tn
the weather Is relatively cold.
During the last twenty-tour hours ther"
were rains and SHOWS in Texas, rains in tho
middle Gulf States. 'ha middle Atlanti-
states and on tho north Pacific coast and
nEht SHOWS In tho st. Lawrence Nallo,
n mest Vi.ginia and west Montana. IN the
the weather will he fair Thursday and ho-
come unsettled Friday, with n continuation
az mc1ers at, temneratures In the south
valley fair weather Thursday will he fol-
lowed by moderate temperatures
sds, s sns S1, the+1 vS w S
lowed by clearing weather Friday. In the
region OF the great lakes fair weather
s IN 9r soi VIII be followed by snow OF rain
ana colder Friday In Michigan.
Observations at United states Weather Ruresu
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Greece at the Peace Conference.

Greece has just laid before the
Peace Conference In a memorandum
signed by Premier VENIzELos her
claims in the settlement of the vari-
Gus contested interests in southern
Europe. These claims as well as the
political situation in Greece are de-
clarcd with the franknesS and open
ness that has marked NENIZELos' S
course in his international policies ::
he POUNDS his contentious on both Il
racial and historical basis and justi-
fies them by the desire of the Greek
people OF the Hgean Islands, the Bal
'kans and Asia Minor to be united
with the Hellenic kingdom.
So far as Macedonia Is concerned
there Is apparently no conflict with
Serbia the treaties that existed be-
fore the war came again into force
after the abdication Of CONSTANTINE,
and Monastir, in which Greece has a
strong economic interest, and the
upper Varlar Valley remain in the
occupation of the Serbians. But
Greece resents the attempt of Bull.
: garia to increase her territory and
power in the Balkans. The Greeks
declare that the Bulgarians through
the demands which they are now max.
Europe, TO gain a hold not only upon
the Black and Egean seas, but also
upon the Adriatic and Marmora seas,
which is the same reward promised
by Germany in case Of the success of
the Central Powers.
The Bulgarians' claims to Thrace
are based less upon race utilization
than upon desire to play In the
Near East the role attempted by Prus-
sia in Europe. Milltarism, says the
memorandum, is deeply rooted in Bull,
garia; and the Bulgarlans resemble
the Prusslans In their worship of mill
tariSm. Greece asks for Thrace be-
cause it Is largely peopled by Greeks.
From this demand, however, Is ex.
Guided COnstantinople. The memoran.
dun says: THE natural solution
would be TO award Constantinople to
Greece and TO establish International
guarantees for the Straits" Greece
reetates her claim to other Turkish
territory by asking for parts Of villa
vets In Asia Minor, declaring thai
these are both geographically anC
historically parts of Greece"
In the western Balkans and In the
Fgean Sea the claims of Greece con
flict with the claims Of Italy. Greece
asks for the northern portion Of thu
ancient Grccian province of Epirus
which was included in Albania by the
latest division made before the grea,
war by the European Powers. This
claim would bring Greece TO the por,
OF Avlona in Albania and complete
her control of the Corfu Strait or
the south. Italy has so far opposed
these claims upon the ground tina,
they would take from her the contro
The sun., 1919-01-16

The California Senate. no longer
capable OF surprising an adniring uni
verse, has, because of the continuing
prevalence OF the influenza IN those
parts. prohibited the entrance OF any
person into its chamber unmasked.
No one can doubt the ability OF a
California legislator to talk masked.
muzzled or gagged. but surely there
will be an impeachment In the normal
flow Of eloquence; an impairment in
quality, a diminution in quantity. Was
ever a5ne cation so sp!end!d!y exalted,
Only those expert in the sign language
will be able fully to express the
thoughts which arise In them: others.
masked batteries OF eloquence. will
balm their bruised lingual longings
with consciousness OF well doing, ST.
lent martyrs to hygiene.
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To hold her sons son on her knee.
happy dream Of what might be:
when he man grown and with mans skill
Wrestled with fortune for their VIII.
The lace whero her boy soldier ies
sho rn.y sees through others eyes,
Her own grown dim. but more with tear,
Than by the passage OF the years.
Heaven restored the power OF sight
To this grandmother Of the light
ara 20 tho 'sthsrl.ss sh. sred
70 comfort and be comforted.
WILLIS STEEL,
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Modern SMILES: As slow as a SOL
dier's letter; as nervous as a distiller.

II the latest figures of the number
OF delegates TO the Peace Conference
allowed to each nation stand. the Old
World with "A population OF 1,402.-
100000 will have forty-two represen-
tatlves. while tho New World with
population Of 196,000,000 will send
eleven members to the congress. This
ratio decidedly favors the western
hemisphere, for whereas the Amer-
cas- have only II per cent. OF the
total population they will have "a
per cent. OF the representation.
The sun., 1919-01-16
The Georgia brand.


FTUn TIC HT5uHV HfTGId,
THIS 'hcli in r. bottle" is as clear as
spring wa:er. but as subtle as Satan. It
Win maks'a man whip his wife and kick
nlr children down the steps Tho drunk
Il ,eai TO leaves every nerve on hre every
drop Of blood smoking and every principle
IN tatt"rs, and the third spree leads him
to the asylum. the county jhii or the
cemetery.
The sun., 1919-01-16

NoRroLN. Va. Jan. lt.-.U . .."
of Norfolk. general Hr"rt Of t..s S"lp-
ping Board Tor the Hau.utou l,,...s as.
tr!rt has been appointed =" '.. I'd
commission 10 ;" s'ut 90 l...r"n rr
study marine condition., and rs,o0
'sh agencies OF the boa ID ". D., B. s-,.
from New York IN a f.W dan
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Bolshevictories are becoming fewer
and fewer in Germany and Russia.

An announcement which Will give
pleasure to every patron OF music is
the statement of the chairman OF the
Metropolitan Opera Company that Mr.
GATTI- CAsAzzA will continue. for at
least four seasons beyond the present,
as general manager Of Americas prin-
cipai temple OF song.
The sun., 1919-01-16

All clad IN brown the woodland
When cam. the great release.
And earth stili wears the khaki
A few months after peace.
The sun., 1919-01-16

RIO JASrIRo. Jan. - DR. L,dr'guc.
AlVcs, lresident-ele't ,f .l'ra7'I WI h.
been unable 10 assume office s.uCe y,
Nembcr IA on account ar III heath, was
reported In grave condition TO-DAY,
The sun., 1919-01-16
Pulse and Circulation Normal.

Rheumatism laid the publisher OF this
paper low this week. hence reduction in
tho number NJ pages from eight to four.
The same big circulation prevails. how
ever