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The sun., 1919-02-07
A Worse Thing Than Embargoes

The United States Senate Is deeply
moved over the probable results to our
export trade of Great Britain's en-
barge against the importation into the
United Kingdom of long list of for
eign goods So, IL we measure the
full possibilities of this and other en-
bargOes. must we all be.
But the plain truth is it Is no bust
ness of ours If Great Britain needs
or wishes to shut foreign goods out
of its home markets; 1t is the bust
ness of the people of the United King
dom. The same thing holds as to
France. 1t holds as to Italy. 1t holds
as to any nation, whether it fought
alongside us in the war or fought
against us.
With hundreds of thousands of its
own people not able to find employ
nent, not able to get bread and but
ter, not able to keep body and soul
together because work which might be
done by British hanils in British fields
and mills and factories was being
done by hands abroad and shipped
into the British market, it would not
be mere economic folly for the Brit
1sh Government to allow such a con-
dition TO continue it would be polit-
zeal suicide: it could become national
humiliation.
Big Power or little Power, military
foe or military friend. Orient or Occi-
dent, the nations first duty is to It.
self. The first need is to feed it's own.
The first law is to survive.
Great Britain will set up whatever
embargo may be necessary TO take
care of its own people. France will {;
and Italy, and Germany. They all
must. Nothing that can be spoken
out of the mouth of superlative vi
sionary, nothing that can be written
into the articles of the Peace Confer
cnce, nothing that can be injected into
the yaporlngs of League of Nations,
will ever nullify the supreme law of
Self-preservation. Nothing can.
The American people have no more
right to question the application OF
the law of self-preservatlon by Eng
lishman, Frenchman, or German, than
those others have to question ours.
But as their own markets are their
own business our own markets are
our own business.
The American people have the right
to declare and to enforce the principle
that If we cannot 90 into another ma
tion's markets to take away the en-
ployment and pay of its producers, it
cannot come into our market to take
away the employment and pay Of our
producers. The American people have
the right to declare and enforce the
principle that whether we can go into
the market Of another nation or not,
nevertheless that nation shall not be
permitted to come into our MI rket at
the cost Of the livelihood of our own
people seeking work here at home but
unable TO find 1t because British goods.
French goods, or German goods, or
whatever they may be, supplant our
own peoples in our own marts.
Before the war the theory of Mr..
WILSON and his party that we must
open our trade gates to the cheaper
labor products of the world was clos.
Ing our mills and factories by the
thousands, was knocking our wage
CARRIERS on the payrolls by the hun.
The sun., 1919-02-07
Encouraging Note From Texas.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Your
editorial article quoting Representative
Martin Dies is heartening.
1t is a great relief to know that all
Texans are not Burlesonized and that
all Democrats are not Wilsonized.
Our country needs more men of the
Dies type at Washington. and Just one
at the Peace Conference would be worth
a thousand Missionaries.
8. NJ. BAcHMAN.
MAPLFwoOp. " j. February 6
The sun., 1919-02-07

They are -four barrels. not whiskey
barrels. The c!ty's seal is thus de-
scribed in the city ordinances:
Upon a shield. saltirewtse, the sails Of a
windmill. Between the sails. in chief a beaver
IN base a beaver. and on each flank a hour
barrel.
The sun., 1919-02-07

Londoners in army lorries on account
Of the transportation workers strike.
thus giving the public a practical Illus
tration of the possibilities Of Govern
ment ownership: but what do the
strikers think OF Il?
The sun., 1919-02-07

Anyway. the markings OF this kind of
story will disappear January 10. 1920 Two
FOUNDERS were seated at 4 table in their
civh cafe. and after a long. silent and very
wet session one asked:
SHAY. you know Brown"
''wha' Brown"
Cecil Van Rensselaer, Dykeman Brown"
Huh. Cecil Van Rensselaer, Dykeman
Brown Know i'm we'll. splend' fer, OIL
Cecil Van Rensselaer, Dykeman Brown
What's his manner"
The sun., 1919-02-07

Rainbow chasing Is exhilarating
until you find that some one else has
already taken the pot OF gold.
The sun., 1919-02-07

II Governor SMITH has his way
WILLIAM BARCLAY PARSONS Is one SOL
der who will not lack Job when he
quits the army.
The sun., 1919-02-07

A British Cabinet oficer who toured the
Western States during the war on propa-
ganda work Is said to be telling his col
leagues In London that this incident actu-
ally happened:
"On one OF our trains we had no dining
car and stopped at Green River In wyo-
ming. think It was. for lunch in the
station restaurant. Ny waiter seemed to
be quite typical cowboy. recruited. for
tho emergency. and whom he asked me
what kind of pie I'd have for dessert I
asked what kind OF pie he had.
"'Mince and apple he replied.
After some hesitancy, which seemed to
arouse his III will. asked for apple pie.
"'say. stranger he responded with I'M
mistakabls menace. what's the matter
with the mince pie p"
The sun., 1919-02-07

The Snow Shovel--I.m certainly not
kicking about unemploymens
The sun., 1919-02-07

In his letter to Borough President
Riegelmann, who accepted Mr.. Jonass
resignation over the protest OF the en-
tire executive committee. President Da-
Wis OF the Chamber OF Commerce said
he would like to continue to serve but
could not with self respect
Or. Brush. resign!ng his honorary
vicc-presLdency, wrote Thousands OF
Brooklyn's citizens are hanging their
heads in shame that the movement TO
honor our brave heroes has degenerated
into a political squabble because its
chairman would not obey the behest OF
set of disturbers OF the harmony OF
its work. A body OF citizens should be
organized at once to take over this
work. Mr.. Jonas's position was ALSO
lutely correct and he should have been
sustained by the Borough President
Meier Steinbrink. VINO resigned from
the Brooklyn committee with Mr.. Jonas.
has also resigned from the Mayors
Manhattan welcoming committee. In a
letter to the Mayors secretary he said
that 1.-The principle of Brooklyn auto
nomy and freedom from Hearst domi-
nation is involved, and that he wants
to be free TO cooperate with indepen-
dent and other public spirited citizens
in welcoming our returning troops"
The sun., 1919-02-07

For eastern New York, fair TO -day ana
tomorrow; no decided change In tenn.
perature; gentle west winds, becoming
variable.
For New Jersey. fair to day and probable
tomorrow; gentle west winds. beoorni,s
variable.
For New England, fair to-day and IA.
morrow: moderate northwest winds. he.
coming variable.
to-day and tomorrow; little chang. IN
temperature.
The sun., 1919-02-07

WASHINGTON. Feb. "a disturbsn..
OF good proportions 10 on tho north pneis,
coast attended by rain, and storm warnin1s
were ordered Thursday morning There Ia
also moderate disturbance over northern
Texas, with quito high pressure 10 III.
northward. and light SHOWS fell in the
lower Missouri and middle Mississippi val.
ieys: There were also light local snovs
In the lake region and the extreme North.
west, and rains Wednesday night in IN.
south Atlantic States. 1t 10 considerabIy
colder In western Iowa. southern Nsbraska
ana northern Kansas, and low Temperature
continue In the Northwest Elsewhere tam.
peratures are nearly normal. Local SHOWS
are probable Friday night or Saturday IN
tennessee. and rains In tho east Gulf
states with somewhat lower Temperature.
IN me lake regions. the upper Ohio valleys
and the Atlantic States the weather viii ~
generally fair Friday and Saturday with.
out decided temperature changes.
The sun., 1919-02-07
Whole Memorial Group out

Edward NJ Bassett resigned from the
permanent memorial committee as soon
as he returned to the city. making tho
action of that committee unanimous.
The general committee lost sixteen men,
bers and eight honorary vice-preshenfs
in addition to those heretofore listed.
The eight are Mrs. Carson c. Peck.
owner of the Brooklyn Times; Alexan-
der NJ. White, Miss Anna NJ. Wilbur,
Mrs. Henry ]. Davenport. Lewis E. Pier
son. II. II. Doeher, DR.. George w.
Brush and A. T. Mollenhauer.
From the Rev. John l.. Belford. pastor
OF the Roman Catholic Church OF the
Nativity in Classon avenue and editor OF
the Mentor, Mr.. Jonas received this let
ter:
ALLOW me to say that am with you
in this shameful persecution. 1t is un-
Just and uncalled for 1t Is. moreover, i
piece Of colossal arrogance and i'm
pertinencc for any man TO try to die
tate who shall speak at public meeting
or how that meeting shall be conducted.
IT have known you for about twenty
years and know that you are incapa-
BILE of calling the police to kick those
Irish out OF course the American and
the Journal are so mendacious and so
sickly yellow that their abuse Is a COM
pliment. They are doing their best to
stir UP strife and to fan into flame the
Bolshevik spirit which exists in our
city. as It does In Petrograd and Berlin.
Because the Hearst candidates won
in the last election he thinks he can
dictate to every official, and he uses his
papers as a club on those who will not
do as he directs.
81 hope you will fight him and all his
works and pomps In that fight l will
be glad to do anything l can to help
YOU"
The sun., 1919-02-07

THE EVENING Sun. Per Month $3.50
THE EVENING SUN. Fer Year,. 600
THE EVENING SUN tForeign) Per Mo- 1.5O
The sun., 1919-02-07
The Sun Calendar
THE WEATHER.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
standard Time.
Sun rises. ....7:o1 A M sun sets ....5;0pr
Moon sets...12:ls AM
The sun., 1919-02-07

London Office. 1913 Fleet street.
Paris office. o Rue de la Miohodiero, of
Rue du Quatre Septsmbre.
Washington ONCE. Nunsey Building.
Brooklyn Office. Room 202, Eagle Build
ing, 3O3 Washington street.
The sun., 1919-02-07
HALF DOZEN MORE
QUIT WITH JONAS
Brooklyn Victory Celebration
Committee Of rs Is
Cut to Ten.
PRIEST BACKS BANKER
The Rev. j. L. Belford Stands
With Ex-Chairman Against
"Shameful Persecution"

John J. Delaney. the Congressman
upon whom was wished the chairman
ship OF tho Brooklyn Victory Celebration
Committee when Nathan s. Jonas re-
signed, 10 sitting in his office waiting Tor
the designations to come to an end. so
that he may ascertain his exact latitude
and longitude. and make a fresh start to-
ward showing the returning soldiers how
harmonious Is their welcome. But az
every time Mr.. Delaney gets his desk
cleared the mall man brings In another
batch OF Withdrawals. It cannot yet be
said TINT he has made much progress.
When the polls closed yesterday six
more members OF the executive commit"
tee had resigned. making fifteen In all.
and at least three others were expected
to do 80. It was originally committee
of twenty-five. The latest secessionists
are James Sherlock Davis. president or
the Brooklyn Chamber OF Commerce; G..
Foster Smith. president OF the Nassau
National Bank; Edward p. Maynard.
president OF the Brooklyn Trust Com :
pany and chairman of the Brooklyn LIB
erty Loan Committee; Brig. Gen. John
G. Eddy, Mrs. Walter Shaw Brewster
and Mrs. II. Edward Dreier.
The sun., 1919-02-07
Get Down to Brass Tacks.

Peace
Quiz
HATS
BtA IsI
The sun., 1919-02-07

" our friends rho Jdror US NTH manu-.
scripts and Illustrations for publication irish
10 hare rejected articles returned thev must
ta oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
TELEPHONE. BEEKMAN 1000
The sun., 1919-02-07

All checks. money orders &c. to be
made payable TO THE Sun.
The sun., 1919-02-07
PUBLIC LECTURES TONIGHT

MAPLEwoop, y. j., February s.
The sun., 1919-02-07

Published daily, including Sunday. by the
Fun Printing and Publishing Association,
$50 Nassau st, Borough OF Manhattan, y. Y.
President. Frank a. Munsey, $50 Nassau St 4;
Vice President. Erwin Wardman: Secretary,
r. II. Titheriugton; Treas, VIM. T. Dewart
all of $50 Nassau street.
Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-02-06
UNCLE JED'S TALK TO WIDE
AWAKES.

You have heard someone say, per
haps. that winter never rots in the
sky" which doubtless means that we
get all the winter We want whether it
i- spread over four months or just
iammed into four weeks.
The winter is more than half gone
and so far as mildness is concerned it
is the tamest winter known in cen
turv or more being snowless and ice
less to an extraordinary degree and
the lawns and the pastures keeping
as green as they usually become in
Nav
We all know that great deal of
severe weather can be crowded into
very small space of time. and that
SIC can even now so far as time is
concerned, have ice Il inches thick
md snowbanks FIVE feet high.
As nice as the winter has been Ma
t1re's forces can make the winter of
1sIS-1o celebrated as the mildest and
the severest within recorded time be-
cause it can create Arctic conditions
iu week and maintain them for sew
r~al weeks.
do not think there has ever been
recorded a year without winter, al
'hough 17i3 IS on record as a yeaI
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Eagleville.
When Bessie Helped Her Mother,

1t was half past four and Mamma
had not come, Little Bess was grow
ing impatient as she watched down
the street and thought of how soon
papa would he home from work for his
supper. How she could cook like
mamma"
But just then she thought of a place
For three weaks Bessie had been saw
ing her money for pair of shoes.
She had s2.00 saved UP and mamma
promised to buy the shoes on her
birthday, which was two days away.
Little Bessie was putting on her
coat and bonnet and buttoning up her
overshoes and in five minutes later she
was on her way to the bakery. Their.
she bought one-half dozen loughnuts
and a loaf oH bread and some little
ginger cookies which she knew he.
father liked. Then she went home ana
put the cookies on one dish, the
bread on another and the doughnuts
or another.
Then she warmed some coffee ant
poured it in papa's big mug just as hi
was coming up the steps So when ma
ma came home there was no suppe,
to get in hurry. for Bessie had sue.
ceeded in trying 10 help her mother.
. ALMA BASSETT, Age IL.
WarrenyiIIe,
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Eagleville

In front of our schoolhouse the water
in the ditch got swollen and froze.
The incident of which | am going
to write happened on Friday. The
sun shone down and melted the ice on
top, but underneath the ice was
quite hard yet.
Don't so on it, kids" shouted Jo-
seph Kulaga, who was standing on the
edge of the water.
Nellie Musial and I agreed with
him, because we wanted the ice to
freeze again, and we would have a fine
time sliding.
That night when we went home it
was still slushy, so we went home full
of hope. Monday dawned clear and
frosty, and when 1 woke that morning
did not as much as think of the ice.
l walked to school. 4 whole mile,
and when / got there l was quite cold,
but when l saw all the children slid
ing I began to slide also.
At first I was afraid, but afterwards
I ventured to take a slide of about
two yards. Then the bell rang and we
all went in; recess time came and l
was just as much afraid.
Noontime l was not SO much afraid
because it was not so slippery on ac-
count of the sun.
When the boys came I was Just as
brave and kept Oh with the fun. The
second time I was not so successful
and "Bang!" ! was sitting fiat on the
ice. But that did not hinder me from
laughing. I was on my feet quicker
than I fell, and went on sliding.
Again the bell rang and we all went
in. Recess time I enjoyed Just as
much only that l sat down a little
harder than before.
/ The next. day I asked my mother to
let me take my sled to school, and
| she answered:
Yes. Lena. you may take it if you
! won't break it,
| Hearing this. I was very glad, and
my brothers Mitchell and Jacob also
! took their sleds.
At noon we all went on Mr. Parker's
pond and we had very nice time.
LENA SCHWATZBERG.
|
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MI. LON.

In the southwestern part of the state
OF MasSa chusetts is q small range OF
mountains. One of these mountains
is Nit. Tom. On the top of Mt. Tom
is summit house that can be seen
for many miles. At night the lights
OF the summit house can be seen
from far away cleaning like semi
circle against the sky.
There are cars which take you up
the side of Mt. Tom. One car comes
down as the other goes up, and they
pass half way up the mountain. Go
ing slowly up the mountainside one
can look around and see many rivers,
bridges, houses and buildings. When
you reach the top you are surprised
at the small houses and buildings, 1888
feet below.
One day. when l was on Mt. Tom
there was a thunder storm You
could see nothing but the clouds which
seemed to be around and belaw US.
We could hear the thunder booming.
After the storm had Slackened |
went out and caught some hail-stOnes.
! When the clouds had cleared away wa
heard somebody say: "See the fret
| We looked and looked and in the dis
lance we saw building on fire We
went and looked through the telescope
and could see the beams fall, one by
| one. Finally the fire commenced 10
die down. Afterward we learned that
| 1t had been barn, but most Of The
! animals had been saved.
| ALICE G. PALMER, Age 10.
| Norwich
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Norwich
Thn PrjckIy Roses.

Jessie and Willie Were gathering a
hasketful of roses for the breakfast
table. for it was mothers birthday.
All at once Willie threw the scissors
down upon the grass, and held up
his thumb!
"Ok! oh! I'm bleeded!" cried he,
Jessie was frightened when she saw
a tiny red drop or the top of his
thumb.
Come QUICKLY someone scream
ed she. Poor Willie is hurt dre'flyif
Sister Minnie ran eut # the houst
at once to see what was the matter.
1T is only a scratch Y lille" sad
she kindly. You must have pricked
yourself with a thorn. J.. Will be bet
ter"
IT'S a pretty bad scratch I fink,
replied Willie But his tEeeks beg2r
to turn pink again. AMI he looked
quite cheerful when he found hk
wounds were not serious.
Minnie bound up his thumb with {
strip of soft linen and chen she snip
ped off every one of the priclly
thorns from the roses.
The basketfuI Of white and crimson
and pink blossoms looked very pretty
on the breakfast table.
Mother Rugged the children al
around her when she saw it
Roses are my favorite flowers" sai(
| she.
Then Willie showed his handaget
hand.
IFS a pretty bad scya tclo." he ex
planned proudly, but I did not cry
cos it's your birthday"
And mother iS2iled aud gave hin
another hug sill to himself which maj
the thumb feel better az once.
HILDA COLLIN
\ Dlo;o6al5
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cept the roads leading out CT it. We
are living in small groups in many Of
the houses in town. I have a pleasant
little upstairs apartment. and [ ger
along fine with the owner. He has
given us a bed and stove, with wood
to burn.
The German people around here
seem to love the Americans. 1t is hard
to realize that we were throwing
things at each other only q short time
ago. They always greet Us kindly a.
the same time begging for things
which they couldn't get during the
war. They ere always asking for
soap, tobacco real coffee o. american
bread. They are often very evident
around our Kitchens and ration-piles.
It still raineth every day, and a fail
of snow took place two days ago
Yesterday It poured. 7 nave become
used to the rain and mud. have talk
en- several hikes on the roads and in
the street of Dierdorf. There are still
some good roads. in spite Of mud and
heavy truck traffic. Thew say If
rains or SHOWS all winter over here.
until April, when the spring showers
start
It is great relief to be ale to cir
culate around without feeling that yoL
might be the destination Of a piece
| exploding junk. Nobody over here
| seems to voice a wish FOG the renewa
| of hOstilltieS, and most Of US are ready
! at any moment to pack up and start
| westward. [ wouldn't rlinG gettine
! back to a place where they talk that
| sensible language that y0I can I'm
| derstand. The people lee don't seer
| to understand good English. When
| try to tell them something, it is gen
| o-o JxT
| them understood it.
| Many Of the boys are collecting Ger
man souvenirs, such as German hell
NETS and pistols and Cot Nit Uns'
| belt buckles. Also the smoking pipes
| four feet long are popula~. Two of the
fellows have harmonious. They in
! sist on playing duets, in spite of th5
! fact that tier instruments are in diff
| ferent keys. A certain dog take:
! pleasure in joining in, without improv-
| ing the harmony. I have seen very
| few of The suspension bridge CANNES
which are popularity associated witt
| Germany.
The coolies are still inclined to h
| friendly with us, and prevent us frorr
| oVer-sleeping. When you get rid o
one. there are generally ore or tive
new brand new ones to take its place
[ have thought Ct sending g healthy
specimen in his letter, as 4 souvenir
| but I am not sure whethei- you wouI,
appreciate this small token, or wheth
err, the censor would suppress thu
| same.
I just received a letter from a Nor
witch friend telling of the celebration
in Norwich a. the signing Of tie arm
istice. 1t seem that every noise max
ing contrivance cut loose for a whoj
day, and that they dragged and burn
cd the poor kaiser over there. ]
seems there was an unholy clatter a
over the L. s. that day
I hope that all the folks on tn
Turnpike are well and behaving them
selves. l wish you luck IN all you
| affairs, including any tai plans yo
have made fer your future Happiness,
I Will drop ir when l come back
The enclosed card is meant for
New Years greeting. could fin
nothing written in a civilized Ian.
uage. Good luck.
Your friend.
PVT. WALTER LUMSDEN.
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Scotch Sheep Dou,

There was once a dog in Scotland
named WYlie, who tended sheep for
her master until he became too old
to keep his farm. He sold his sheep
and save Wyhe to a kind man who
lived in the city. She missed her sheep
and the country pastures. Every
Tuesday night she used to so away
and como back Wednesday morning,
all wet and muddy and tired. Her
master had no idea where she went.
On Tuesday nights the sheep far
mers all drove their sheep to the
market place to sell them on We'd
nesday mornings The sheep were
very much frightened at the city
streets and noises. The farmers could
hardly drive them along. And when
the trouble was the worst the farmers
would see a small sharp cared shep-
herd dog come trotting down the
street How she would make those
sheep mind. This way and that she
would dart, driving the sheep to the
pens.
It was long time before Wylie's
master found out where she went
nights, but when one of the farmers
told him, Wylie's master did not scold
him, but petted him all the more.
JOSEPH K, GRISWOLD, Age II.
Jewett City