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EVENTS TO-DAY.

MASS meeting to open Salvation Army
de;ve Tor home service fund or $4,000 -
ooT; Madison Square Garden. S.2O p NJ
Dr.. James A. Hamilton. Commissio7e-
Of correction. will speak on Prison No-S
IN New York," Ascension Memorial Churcg.
-'s west Iorty- third street, p. NJ
Hail, p. NJ.
lains who served the United states G,ys-r.
ment overseas will be given Under t.
auspices OF the ct. Catherine welfare A..
soGn1s s Hotel Gommodore = N
on What the Musician Is to Muslc -.
Reader Is to IAterature--an Interpreter, 4
Houses Hee.ss'S s:ii5 p sM,qyvesant Noish'orh00a
DR.. Cyrus Townsend Brady VIII talk
on The Virgin Birth--the Mystery NJ the
inGsrnstion." West Side Y. N. c. A.
AnnIvesary festival of the Red Mos.r
David OF America, Central Opera House.
Capt. Richmond Pearson Hoh.on Will
talk on prohibition at the Baptist Tempt,
Brooklyn, p. NJ.
Israel orphan Asylum convention -.
second avenue, morning. afternoon an
evening
Col. Edward Parker will talk on WHY
ne ne S DnNa Army Was SO PUpu!ar WIZ VIZ,
West lotth street, s.P.M
sSaemss osh.eG E IN. MsSiE no tsS' e..
Welsh Epic Muse" Anthony Harriscr
Evans. D p; The Drama OF Erlns NsI,
Dawn" Padraic Colum: The Spirit o.
the Gael IN Scotland and BRITTANY" WI
liam Norman Guthrie. 81. Marks-in'th'-
Bouwerle. 2. NJ.
Beneht performance for the boyS trri
under tho auspices of the Rotary Club O.
New York and the Friars. Lexington The
atre. afternoon and evening
AbrRm I. Elkus will address the F.ors1
Veterans OF the Wars OF the Republic g
annual services Temple Emanuel, 'b
p. M
Rally IN honor OF sir Robert BIaer
Powell. Carnegie Hail p. NJ
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Our Uncle Sans Sadly Neglected
COrrespOnd ence.

THE SUN Is In receipt Of so many
letters from men now or formerly In
the military service who say their
requests for information and advice
addressed to Government functional
ries in Washington are ignored we
cannot escape the conviction that
Uncle SAM Is the most unbusinesslike
correspondent In the country.
In many cases THE Suns friends
confess they wrote with vague no
tons Of the proper official to whom
their letters should be addressed, and
they assume that their communica-
lions were delivered to individuals
who had nothing to do with the sub
1ects they discussed. In many other
cases, however, they wrote to the
proper bureaus or divisions, and have
received no answers to their letters,
not even the barest and most per-
functory acknowledgements.
We have no intention to belittle the
magnitude Of the task imposed on the
Government by the war or the diff
culties it encountered In adjusting Its
archaic and obsolescent machinery to
the demands made on 1t, but the
United States went to war over two
years ago, and some progress toward
the installation Of effective practices
in handling correspondence should
have been made at Washington by
this time. The overwhelming testi-
mony Of THE Suns friends is that no
progress has been made at all.
Were it not for the fact that the
Democratic Administration Is notori-
ously incompetent 1t would be impos-
sible to conceive why the Government
has not established a clearing house
for misdlrected letters, and through 1t
forwarded each to its proper destina-
ton, and why no system of acknowl-
edging letters of inquiry has been de-
vised and put in operation. Certainly
the Government has spent enough
money to provide for both these es-
sentials Of good management
We have had considerable CORE
spondence with Brigadier- General II.
NJ. LORD, Director of Finance, on sub
jects of interest to men in the service
or discharged from 1t, and have found
him to be alert interested and inteln-
gent In his handling Of the matters
that come within his province. A few
more men Of the disposition he has
displayed should be found and put in
charge Of the correspondence that is
now so misused.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
New York's Police.

New York may growl at it's police
occasionally, and say sharp things
about individual policemen, but the
city has high respect and real affec-
ton for Its peace army, which 1t al
lows itself to display annually when
the blue clad regiments appear in
their annual parade. Then, II at no
other time, the men are made to I'M
derstand the real sentiment Of the
people toward them. They can accept
the cheers their passing always evokes
with honest pride because they deserve
the plaudits-even a rain storm can
not rob them Of all the tributes.
This is difficult city to police, and
Its police meet their problem with re-
markable good sense and forbearance.
The public hears of every collision
between the patrolman and disorderly
characters; It never hears of the oc-
casions on which good nature and wit
under policeman's hat avert trou-
BILE. A disturbance attracts the atten-
tion OF everybody, but the fact that
FIVE or six millions Of individuals live
together in restricted quarters in New
York normally without difficulty never
attracts attention. A robber arrested,
a murderer caught, pass without no
tice; the success Of q criminal goes on
the first pages Of the newspapers
The annual police parade gives us
an opportunity to say what we think
OF the police. and It Is that the force
is mighty fine, expert and praise
worthy body Of men.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
Lighting the Furnaces at Maubeuge.

1t cost the Germans a siege lasting
a month and a heavy bombardment
to capture Meubeuge in September,
1914 Now the city astride the Sam
bre In returning 10 its Industrial life,
restored to France and undergoing
rehabilitation after its years Of occu-
patton by the enemy.
The blast furnace in the Senelle
factory was relighted on Friday. The
Minister of Reconstruction, LOUIS
LoUcHEUR, applied the match. The
Minister of Blockade and Invaded
Regions, ALBERT #. LEBRuN, stood by {;
other dignitaries attended the cere-
monies. The occasion was one Of re-
joicing and thanksgiving. 1t marked
the beginning Of production in the
liberated territory In northern France.
1t testified to the success of the French
Government and the French people in
overcoming the preliminary difficult
ties of their tremendous Industrial
problem and their confident attack on
the hard task that lies before them.
Other furnaces will soon be blown In /;
other plants will soon be brought into
production.
General industry, moreover. quickly
responds to the wand Of peace. 1t is
estimated that the wheat crop Of
France this year will be SO,OO0,000
bushels more than last year.
Devastated France Is being re-
deemed. Neglected France is being
reclaimed. France, the fecund, the
fertile, the irrepressible, springs to her
feet once more triumphant.
Friday, May 16, will be a notable
date in the history Of France. With
1t will be forever associated the re-
sumption Of industry in the area that
was lost and has been regained.
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BRONX.
WILL EXTEND ITS SCOPE,
City's Purchasing BureRu 1" Bay
for Police and FIremcu.

The Central Purchase Bureau S.. -
City OF New York, long in operation, .t'
which was placed only recently 'n '.7
charter as a statutory body, IS 10 ne CO.
larged in scope SO as TO cover the l4'
chases OF every city department. Tao
two big departments that now r'1
come under the oye-at on Of the '..'.
are the Police and Fire II - i''
that by the Standardization NJ s." -
and the purchase in large qu.i t'.
city will be able 10 save a great A.'' He
money.
The members Of the Central rn- .h'''
Bureau are John II. Delaney, '"".'',
sioner OF the Department Of Pa. ''
$ Structure: James \. Hamilton. COMM
s,oner OF Correction, and Bird ;. '..'
Commissioner OF Charities TseN 'e.'
appointed by Mayor Hylfn al l''
ginning OF his administrator t't 80
without pay Tor THIS WurN. IT.
vides that tho Board ~ Esum''"
Apportionment may control the J..
Bureau by ratifyng its rules anu ''-
laUouS.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
A LEAGUE OF TROUBLE.
vicissitudes Of Mr.. Wilson'S Cherished
Project in Paris.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: The
situation in Paris has been very anus
ing for some time. Mr.. Wilson by ur-
else at the conference.
Tho conference knew him to be q
paclfist with a very pronounced social
istio attitude. They believed O collection
Of his utteranoes concerning the war
from August 1. 1914. to the day OF tho
armistice showed him at heart to be
pro-German- They also knew he was
exceedingly vain and exceedingly OBJ
stinate- This was the individual that
had to be dealt with
Mr.. Wilson began by insisting that
the important business of the conference
was the League of Nations. the terms
of peace secondary.
This idea was good deal of a
''facer." but he contirrued Arm. The
result was that by degrees ne was given
what he wanted for the league until
finally when the conference came to the
terms of peace Mr.. Wilson discovered
that the hour OF his surrender had
struck. that he must yield or his pet,
the Lea que OF Nations. would be thrown
out body, soul and oreeches. II must
have been rather stunning TO him when
he came to realize his situation.
Now loud walls OF anger are going
UP from Germans that Mr.. Wilson. their
great and good friend. has WEIGHED"
What does he care: He has saved his
pet France evidently believes II value
less. or she would not have demanded a
guarantee of British and American aid
1t is safe to say that in less than five
years the league will not have the au-
thority OF the old Hague convention
NEW YORK. May y. l.. r.
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policy or internal administration Of
any foreign state nor shall anything
contained In the said convention be
construed to imply q REIMBURSEMENT
by the United States Of America Of
its traditional attitude toward purely
American questions"
The failure Of the Hague convention
to bring about the conditions which
no many Of the nations honestly de-
sired is, as we said, lamentable. The
thing we are glad to recall Is the fact
that our representatives were not de-
luded into attempting to surrender,
even for the promise Of a bright but
vain dream, any part OF our sover~
eighty. of our traditions, or of our
splendid policy Of minding our own
business.
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The Anniversary of q Bright but
Vain Dream.

To recall q magnificent failure Is
profitable only when the recollection
acts as a warning to those who are
addicted to listening to what DR..
JOHNSON called the whispers of fancy.
1t is an almost painful duty to re-
mind pursuers of decisions that
twenty years ago to-day the first
Peace Conference at The Hague be-
gan its praiseworthy efforts to BAN
ish war from that bit of the universe
which is known as the earth.
The president of the conference,
M. DE STAAL, said that that 18th of
May, 1S99-the thirty-frst birthday
Of NICHOLAS II. of Russia, who had
invited the world to the feast of
peace-marked "a great date in the
history OF humanity" The Neither
lands Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
gazing upon the representatives Of
twenty-five nations gathered In the
ballroom Of the House in the Wood,
expressed the hope that peace would
go forth "for the purpose of scatter
ing its blessings over all humanity"
The official historian of the event
called It 1.-The first great Parliament
OF Man" This historian, FREDERICK
w. Hollis, comparing the gathering Of
one hundred wise and earnest men
with previous international congresses
or conferences, remarked that the vital
distinction was that all Of the former
were held at the end of period of
warfare whereas the Peace
Conference WAS the first diplomatic
gathering called 10 discuss guaran-
tees of peace without reference 10 any
particular war-past, present or pro-
spectlve."
The members of the conference, as
JOHN W. FOSTER wrote OF them, were
neither dreamers nor theorists, but
men Of eminently practical experience
in government, diplomacy and war"
1t WAS not Council Of Three or Four,
for, as Mr.. FOSTER says, there WAS "a
the smallest Independent state"
That the Peace Conference failed Of
Its object, first In the war between
Japan and Russia and later in the
war of civilization against Germany,
Is not pleasant to remember. The
most agreeable feature OF the Con-
gress for Americans to look back
upon is their own part in It. They
had sent to The Hague men quite as
keen for peace as any who participated
In this general altruistic meeting
Mt an ideal spot under ideal condi-
tions. 1t may have been that these
Americans, like ANDREW D. WHITE
and SETH how and Minister Newell,
really came TO believe that the end of
war was come; but whatever opti-
mism may have filled them did not
prevent them from seeing their duty
toward their own country. 1t was In
spirit of genuine patriotism that
they signed the convention with this
unmistakable reservation:
Nothing contained in this conven-
ton shall be 30 construed as to re-
quire the United States OF America
TO depart from its traditional policy
OF not intrudlng upon. or entangling
itself in. the political questions or
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18
POEMS WORTH READING.
BROOKLYN Bridge.

Clanldng tramp. oozlng splice; breaking
barge, sweating ice,
Derricks. dredges, railroad hoatst
Dreednoushts, barks and ferrybosfs.
Como and go on busy tides tween your
CRAVING granite sides.
Spruce and pine from Bangor, Maine,
coooanuts from Port o. Spain.
Hsrbor tug and brigantine
Pleasure yacht and submarine,
Find . haven through the night In the
shadow Of your might
Sails for you in every breeze; csrgoes
on the seven seas
ssttns, silks ana cotton rags.
Boxes. baiss and gunny bag
Rushing through the restless foam. rac-
ing to your welcome hornA
London Bridge 10 olden. the span Ger
the Firth In long;
The Bridge OF Signs is story. but you
are true and strong.
PoRrER BouRKh
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OF BENEFIT TO WOMEN.
Relief Brought to Deserted Wives and
Mothers by New Law.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Nav
make Use of your columns TO thank
Chief Magistrate McAdoo and Magis-
trates Dooley and Koenig Of the Domes-
tic Relations Court for their magnificent
work in having the bill passed which
provides that deserted wives and moth
ers may appeal directly to the courts for
relief instead OF to the Commissioner OF
Charities?
This Is but another instance Of what
is being done toward relieving suffering
and hardship, and TO make this a better
world to live In. Work OF this kind will
do more than anything else to convince
the people that our Government through
its courts works fairness and Justice :;
that among other things II compels a
recalcitrant husband to support a wife
and his children. an obligation which he
assumes when he enters into the most
sacred of all contracts, the marriage
contract
The law as II existed before the
passage of the bill was Of little assist
ance to wives and mothers who were not
paupers. Under the old law a wife or
mother had to show that she was a
public charge or about TO become one
before she could obtain any relief. Few
women could conscientiously show this
The result was that husbands without
cause could desert their wives with i'm
punity.
This is another grand step away from
Bolshevism, The Bolshevists advocate
that a man shall live with his wife only
so long as he loves her, and Just ms
soon as he ceases loving her he may
desert her and then the wife may be
thrown upon her own resources for her
support. Mas. LYDIA TITUS.
NEW YORK. May II
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IN THE SLAV STATES.
Further Consideration OF tho Compo-
sition Of Their Population.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Str. In
THE Sun Of May 16 Mr.. Lupsha says
your Scranton correspondent" cannot
be answered because he is wrongly ia
formed as to the Slav States: that the
non-Slav population In only rs per cent.
My figures were based upon the
latest Official oensus and II correct the
Slavs do not number all told much II
any more than IS per cent However.
what has that to do with my inquiry
whether the question of the formation
of these Slav States has ever had the
sanction OF fair and honest vote of
the peoples affected2
Under Mr.. Wilson's snunciation of
the doctrine Of the right of self deter
mination that 10 a sine qua non of the
formation Of such a State. In view of
the well known love Of the Teuton for
the Slav and the Magyars affection
for tho Slovene, q man from Missouri
knowing Of the mixture of these races
III the territories making up the Slav
States might be excused II he insisted
on ''beins shown"
The latest, by wireless, Is that no
such expression Of the people has been
had. From the statistics OF the popula-
ton II IL evident that no two more
happy families Of animals and birds
were ever got together than are found
in the races Of the tw< Siav StateA
siavs, Magysrs and Teutons, behold how
they love one another!
When We remember that the League
OF Nations Is made to produce and en-
force peace, We can see how beautiful
some of its work is. This suggests my
second inquiry. still unansweredi In Wow
o. all the faots why should the United
States be mixed up IN these purely Eu-
rcpean matters7 And then the third
question: Being a party to tho league
and these Slav States being the pet
children OF Mr.. Wilson, do We not be-
como bound to maintain them by armed
foroe II necessary, and how do half a
million American soldiers doing duty In
Europe look7 F. l. HITCHCOCK.
SCRANTON, Pa. May 1T.
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Adventure.


Adventure calling from the yellow hills
In many voices through the windy tune
OF bending expresses that slash the
moon.
And with o high expectancy that thrills
The muititudinous desire of rills
That run they know not whore through
rippled grass,
Bring periious old things that came to
When worlds were younger: and my spirit
nils
With such an urgency that I must go
On highways that will make my hunger
lsss:
For am haunted by explorers old.
vasco da Cana sailing through the snow
And Coronado in the wilderness
Who sought for Seven Cities built Of
gold.
HEssERr g. GoRMAS.
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Prison NOcturne.

tSpring RAIN
From the LedvenTorfh NcW BRO
Outside the storm Is swishing TO and fro;
The wet wind huns It's colorless refrain.
Against the walls and dripping bars the
rain
Beats with a rhythm like a song Of woe
Dimmed BY the lightning's ever httul glow
The purple arc lamps blur each stream
ing pane;
The thunder rumbles DER the darksned
plain;
The cells are hushed and silent, row on
row.
Fail. fruitful drops, upon the parchinE
earth,
Fall. and revive the living sap OF spring:
Blossom the fields with wonder once
AGainl
And. IN all hearts awaken to new birth
Those visions and endeRvors that Will
bring
A fresh, sweet morning 70 the world
OF men!
RALPH CHArrIN
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play of their Kultur to prove their Mt
ness for world sympathy,

Mature women employees on duty
at night" as conductors and at
PENDANTS Of station coin boxes, in con-
vention assembled. are to protest
against the law forbiddins them to en-
gage In such employment during GER
tain night hours. They may have in
\teresting and important arguments in
support OF their assertion that this law
imposes on some women undeserved
hardship. But how savagely they
begin their propaganda After saying
that the law was imposed upon them
through the "officious activities OF
clubwomen" they give this stab; "Up-
LIT is a pastime with social butter
nies." Is an uplifter, then. no better
than forward locker with q vision2
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-18

A few weeks ago THE SUN suggested
that II seemed not a great problem for
aviation engineers TO devise means for
delivering sacks OF mail from a flying
airplane. This done. nonstop flights
OF any practicable length could much
increase service by dropping at inter
mediate points mail TO waiting motor
cars. Engineers were prompt TO act
on the suggestion. and to prove that
the use OF their device would not muss
up a sack Of letters dropped a bag OF
eggs from an airplane in flight and not
an egg was broken. May we not be
permitted quite frankly to thank as
well as 10 congratulate the bright
young gentlemen who so splendidly
visualized and then materiallzed our
hint?
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II there be a people on this big.
round earth wholly delighted with
the league entwined treaty they have
failed to make their delight vocal.
More than nineteen and nine have
found fault with it but OF them all
only one. the people OF Prussia. tried.
as evidence Of their displeasure, TO
make an armed attack on unarmed
strangers Herr NosKE's troops were
needed to help Berlin police protect
members OF allied missions and Ameri-
can newspaper men in the Hotel Adlon
from mob eager once again-and
this CHANGED on the day OF EDITH
CAvELL's funeral-to make a world dis
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that their health has been impaired
by their occupation.
For these women the necessity Of
seeking other work imposed by the
law and the requirements Of the COM
pany constitutes real hardship, and
they will be missed by patrons of the
lines, because in most cases they have
given prompt and polite service to the
travellers who filed before them.
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On Finding the Flrvt Trailing Arbutus In
MAY.

On Finding the Flrvt Trailing Arbutus ii
May.
Lovely May6ower, you reward
All my patient search,
Struggled under sombsr pine
I'd have chosen biroh-
I could almost hear you laugh
Like q roguish brook.
while I hunted TO and fro
Past your scented nook
Even now my hands are pricked
On these needed boughsi
Come. eonfesA they guard too we'll
You have pledged no vows
booming you TO nunnery
OF this bristiins gloom;
All the open pleads = glimpse
OF your waKen bloom.
Blossoms flushing lone and dark
Surely Is unmeet:
Heart shaped leaves arc tokens frank
You will md life sweet
Just = spris of rose and green
Give me for delight
Others loving you shall nnd.
II they seek Alright.
Are your trailing. downy stems
Dryad's buskin strings.
Weaving DER the glowing desh
Where tho bright dew clinss7
Fragrant blooms mid glossy leaves.
What sign ITS you best
Coral breast-tips OF the Spring.
Meath her emerald vest7
ELIOT WHITE
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ProfiteerinG In MuIIles.
Prom me London CAroniole.

1t Is a pity the Board OF Agriculture did
mot mad some way to control the price at
which dog muscles may DO sold, Already
dealers In these articles are found whose
demands ara exorbitant One shop OF the
many We visited yesterday In the fruitless
attempt to get a muzzls for our home
guardian asked Is, 6A and 6s. each for
muzzles and Cd. extra for tho'strap. There
was also a notice on the entrance to say
muEEles would not he exchanged. even
on the advice Of y veterinary surgeon"
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The New House.

I built house for me and mine
Where none before had dwelt,
Wherein no unfamiliar ghos,
Could make presence felt.
And yet the walls enclosed a grief
Whereof had no part
Tomaso when he laid tho bricks
Had borne heavy heart.
And also nit'ed through the rooms
An alien joy 20 bless
For Terence when he laid the beams
Had known a happiness
NoIANpBUR0H VII SON
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storm Warning Issued

The Weather Bureau issued Tire ''
lowing storm warning yeSterd'. :,
southwest storm warning > f' \. w.,
Sardy Hook to PASSPORT, storm q"
lower lakes moving eastward. NN'.T
southorly winds this afternoon,
shift TO southwest tonight and west ny
Sunday morning. probably % s"s
force"