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A Document to Be Remembered.

The Republican Publicity Associst ton
has done something useful for collec-
tors of Americans and citizens gener-
ally in issuing an Illuminated copy
Of what It not inaptly calls the "Sec-
ond Declaration Of Independence"
The faces and signatures Of the thir-
ty-nine Senators who on March
pledged themselves not to vote to
ratify the Wilson covenant in the
form then proposed ought to be ia
miliar to every voter, indeed to every
child studying history.
In the forty-five days since the So
called round robin was signed the
Senators who pledged themselves to
oppose anti-American policies in the
relations Of the United States with
the rest Of the world have been SUBJ
jected to gross abuse, some from men
who had never read the Wilson cove
nant, some from men who were con-
tent to lie about 1t. Meanwhile VIC
tory has rested with the courageous
thlrty-nine. Every change affecting
America that has been made In the
constitution Of the League of Nations
since the President took his outland-
lsh draft back to Paris has been the
result Of the distrust and disgust of
the American people. This intense
feeling was 80 strongly expressed In
the pledge Of the Senator's that Mr..
WILSON has realized the hopelessness
Of the delusion which possessed him
on his last visit here--that he could
deprive the Senate Of Its constitu-
tional prerogatives.
The pledge stands as 1t was made.
But the covenant
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hibited. The war time prohibition
which begins on July l and will last
for the period OF rehabilitation, the
expiration OF which Is to be fixed by
the President, Is provided for by stat
ute, and has nothing to do with food
conservation in promoting Of which
the proclamat lions regulating brewing
were issued.
The brewers who retained Mr.. Roor
and Mr.. GUTHRIE to advise them as
to the legality OF producing beer with
an alcoholic content Of 2.75 per cent.
assured their counsel that they might
assume az a fact that the beverage
was not intoxicating. 1t was on this
assumption that the opinion Of these
eminent lawyers was based. The
Rhode Island standard Is higher than
that Of New York lager beer. and II
the States efforts to maintain 1t are
successful Little Rhody may become
the mecca Of all lovers Of beer.
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ADMIRAL SIMSS DESCENT.
His Family American. Though He
Was Born in Canada,

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-s+. Your
editorial comment on Admiral Sims a
Presidential timber was timely and In
tsrestinx However, he u not dsbarred
on account Of his Canadian birth, al
your article seemed to imply.
His parents. who belonged to old line
families in central Pennsylvania, were
temporarily sojourninG in Canada,
where. I believe. his father was aotins
as superintendent Of railway construc-
ton; but they soon after returned to
Pennsylvania. and for many years his
father was superintendent Of the Hunt
insdon and Broad Top Railroad. an i'm
portant coal carrying road.
The future Admiral was appointed to
the Naval Academy from Huntingdon
county. Pennsylvania, and wo OF Penn
sylvania feel that no honor In the ma
TONS gift would be too high for him.
HENRI W. SHoHMkKER.
MoELHATrAN. Pa. April ~.
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Rhode Island Beer.

Rhode Island. whose Legisla ture
has instructed the state law officers
to bring an action to test the prohibi.
ton amendment to the Constitution
OF the United States, has passed In
It's Senate a bill providing that bev.
erages containing 4 per cent. or less
Of alcohol shall be deemed non-in.
toxicating within Its borders. This
bill would authorize the manufacture
and sale Of beers 1.25 per cent. heavier
in alcohol than that which the brew
ers have begun to make on the ad-
vice of counsel, and stronger than the
beer made under war restrictions.
The percentage OF alcohol by
weight In certain popular brews is
BPS for Burton ale, 500 for Guinness
stout, AL for Scotch ale, 1856 for
New York lager. 3.7i for Munich
beer and 8 for Schenk.bier. These
percentages are for the pre.war out.
put of the brewers. American brew
ers we're restricted to the production
Of beer having an alcoholic content
Of 2.75 per cent. by weight, from Jan.
uary n. 1918. In the Presidents proc.
lamation Of December IL, 1917, and
en- September 10. 1918, In another
proclamation. the "use Of sugar. giu
cose, corn, rice or any other foods
fruits, food materials and feeds in
the production OF malt liquors, In.
Guiding near beer for beverage pur
poses" after October I. 1918 was pro.
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The Sherman Act and Labor Combina
tons In Restraint Of Trade.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-sir: As
the laboring men seem to be able
through their unions practically to con-
troll and actually to defy the authorities
OF this Government. 1t seems to me II
Is about time for tho authorities in
Washington either to extend the Sher-
man act TO include labor or else make
conspiracy law that will cover the
situation. so there will be some power
that will protect the general public.
II would seem as though the Sherman
act could be amended so as to apply
to labor unions as we'll as corporations.
VIII you please comment on this ana
publish 1t at your convenience?
remember well an article in THE
SUN several years ago stating very
carefully that the laws against con-
spiracy would easily control tn situa-
ton, but possibly the recent decision of
the courts may have made void the
conspiracy law. II, rs
New YoRK. April II.
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' bis belief that IL he had to write an
advertisement for another woman
, clerk II would read like this:

bis belief that IL he had to write m
advertisement for another woman
clerk 1t would read like this:
''Girl wanted under the following
requirements: Must DO an expert
auditor. also must be an expert on
snowshoes and skis In order that the
special delivery service may be han
died promptly. Her muscles must
equal, II not excel. that Of an Irish
washwoman, as the limit Of weight
on parcel post h seventy pounds.
One month In each quarter. when we
are obliged to fil the credits Of nfty-
eight district off,ces. and hash out
about $4,000 In acquisitions. she
must do the work without errors and
be perfectly willing to work Sundays
and evenings without extra expense
to the department. No kickers need
apply"
Mr.. CLARK wrote to Washington
enough letters to paper the White
House." but without avail. II have
come to the conclusion" he says in
his valediction, printed in the Lin.
coin Nc,os, shat tho only relief IL In
death or resignation. and I prefer to
resign. as my disposition at present
lie not good enough to take into the
Great Beyond, as the continuous work
and worry Of the past year has
warped 1t all out Of shape" He hopes
his successor mag ind justice. II
think the time is nearly ripe for the
postal service to be built up again,
as 1t Is about as near wreck at the
present time as human ingenuity can
make It"
We are not 80 sure about this last
assumption. Who could have believed
three years ago that Mr.. BuMEsoN
could have done to the Post Offce De-
partment what he has done to I'll
Who now can say what is the com.
plete extent Of his abilities for de-
struction7 What he did to Poetmas.
ter CLARK Isn't a marker to what he
has done to the public.
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Having embarked On an investiga-
ton Of the charges of corruption
made by Senator GEORGE r. THoMr'
son Of Niagara county against the
traction interests and a number OF
prominent citizens Of this State, It Ia
the obvious duty of the Senate to
prosecute the search for wrongdolng
and for wrongdoers to a definite con
clusion. The State can afford to ex.
pose rascals; 1t can afford to dis
prove false charges; the one thing II
cannot AFFORD to do Is to leave in the
public mind the suspicion that Illicit
transactions participated in by per
sons pretending to possess, or actually
possessing, influence with lawmakers
at Albany have been covered up.
The Burlingame quest has not YET
produced evidence ON which an indict.
ment or even presentment could be
brought in. The testimony given q,
Its hearings has been the ordinary
title tattle Of the lobby. The good
taste and the good judgment Of Ger
tain Individuals, not their honesty or
the legality Of their methods, have
been brought into question, and the
necessity Of applying the doctrine of
strict construction to the utterances
Of at least one conspicuous citizen
has been demonstrated. These can
not be catalogued as important
achievements.
But Notwithstanding the vagueness
and instability Of the foundation Of
accusation and recrimination on which
the Burlinsame committee must build,
1t ought to finish it's Job. Perhaps the
Job was not worth tackling In the
beginning, but having been tackled
1t must be thoroughly done.
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The Last Difficult Problem for thu
Peace Conference to Solve.

The controversy over the east Adri.
attic coast and the town Of Fiume,
which from the earliest discussion Of
peace terms appeared perplexing and
difficult of settlement, remains a seri.
Gus obstacle to the immediate COM
pletion Of the work of the Peace Con-
ference. A proof Of its Importance
is the fact that to II Is to be given
precedence over other matters in Or
der that questions Involved "can now
be brought to a speedy agreement"
The Arm stand taken by Premier
ORLANDO and Foreign Minister Son.
NINo regarding Fiume. around which
the whole Adriatic controversy re-
wolves, is a position fully in accord
with the wishes of the italian peo-
pie. The italian Parliament and the
different political parties of the king
dom are avowedly united in demand
for the annexation Of this town to
Italy. What has made the strongest
appeal to the Italians is the fact that
Fiume has already declared Its choice.
Before the war the Italians formed IS
per cent. Of the population. After the
defeat Of the Austrian army and be-
fore the italian troops had entered the
town q vote was taken at the call Of
council selected by the people, and
this vote was overwhelmingly In favor
Of union with Italy.
The diplomatic view of the ques-
ton is based largely upon the con-
struction that may be put upon the
treaty OF London entered into by
Great Britain, Russia and Italy in
April, 1915. The principal point in
this treaty is that the boundary line
determined upon was to represent the
line Of expansion Of the italian ma
tionality. For this reason the Italians
insist that the treaty cannot be dis
cussed merely In Its formal diplomatic
aspect, but Its virtue as a means Of
the completion of italian unity must
be considered.
The Italians claim that at every
stage Of their history some foreign
state has been able to dominate the
peninsula because 1t has had in its
power roads for the invasion of Italy.
Under such conditions Italy cannot be
truly a free country. II she Is to
he free and to preserve her national
character she must realize the spirit
Of the London treaty, which is that
she must first of all be assured Of
conditions Of safety. The Italians in
sist that Flume is necessary to the
control Of the Adriatic, and that with
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out the control Of this sea the posi-
ton Of Italy would never be secure.
The italian Adriatic coast Is without
natural harbors and exposed to storms,
while the opposite coast abounds in
harbors, roadsteads and places of ref.
uge for warships. The result would
be that Italy would be at the mercy
Of any Power that could hold the
eastern Adriatic coast.
Thsss points represent the features
Of the very active propaganda which
the Italians have carried on at Paris.
This has been directed largely against
the Jugo-Slavs, who declare that the
country back Of Fiume IL peopled al
most entirely by Slavs and that
Fiume Is necessary 40 an outlet to
the sea for the new Jugo-Slav state.
The efforts at a compromise have led
to the offer to Italy Of points in Dali
malta In lieu Of Fiume, and Of vari-
Gus other concessions on tho Adri-
attic coast. Another compromise has
been to give Fiume to neither Of the
contestants. but to place It under In
ternational control. All Of these plans
so far have failed. There Is not one
Of the italian delegates who has
shown q willingness to take the re-
sponsibility Of accepting them and re-
turning to Italy without the terri
torial prizes upon which the italian
people have set their hearts.
The matter has hung 30 long In the
balance that It has created an IN
pleasant impression in Italy and has
given rise to industrial unrest and dis
content These conditions render
longer Quibbling and delay dangerous
and make an immediate settlement Of
the Adriatic question the imperative
duty Of the conference.
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Standard Time.
sun rises N x;.s;lS -, an Sun se,s,v..7H p n
The foregoing table has been corrected 70 t>s
For eastern New York. unsettled to-
cay tomorrow fair. warmer In west
portion; gentle to moderate shifting
winds.
FOR New jersey, cloudy to-day: to-mor-
row fair and slightly warmer In interior,
ssntie to moderate shiftins winds.
to-day; tomorrow probably fairi gentle 10
moderate shifting winds.
day: ,s sog.nsrn EsT Ensisnd, unsettled To-.
eastern Massachusetts, modsrate emitting
For western New York. uns.,t,sa q. a.y,
tomorrow fair ana warmer.
.WAsHINoToN. April i7.--Prss,urs II
ssiIl moderately low in the lake rsGisn,
the the, middle Atlantic States and New bag
Mn n.:,ipp eastward. Over the ess.fsi
port,o n, Of the country prsssurs 3 modsr-
and w n,sh' While in "a. extreme Northws.t
.ursanes over nor.s.rn R PnSaSsn''S Ts s
thst s hSSw.ver. no prseipitation other than
Pacno s. men'i1n;S ;:sosps in the .sr,n
s:siSn 4. upper Ohio v. i ,'. ana 's <:
.ss sssn to Sh. 70
the westward except in the north Paoi6o
Sss,es, temperatures have risen consider
s sDy ana are now much above the seasonal
sveraEs In the Rocky Mountain ana plateau
reslons. With the exception Of local rains
~ nasy In northern New England ana on
s.urosy IN the north upper lake region,
Sy IN the lake region, the Ohio valley
t me. East ana South, II will be warmer
r..,n.y ana saturday In the upper lake
Zsst Gulf and the interior Of the south
Auantio states and warmer Saturday IN
ene middle Atlantic States.
Observations at United states vve,,n~- -
~. sauons taken At p. N. yesterday, ssy-
enV-nfth meridian time, "
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JERSEYS GAS ATTACKS.
An Ofacial Report Said That Factor.
Fumes Do Affect the Health.

To THE Eorroa or TIE suN-gsr. The
testimony given BY = professor OF ohem-
istry at q hearing before a represents
tive Of the State Commissioner Of Health
to the effect that tho fumes waited over
the Hudson from the plants and fac
tcries on the Jersey side are not un-
healthful must have furnished q
rather pleasant surprise to residents of
Riverside Drive and the adjoining side
strseta
For years these people have been
seeking Liquidation that will put an end
to the disagreeable and poisonous gases
which are waited into thc'' aIartments
on the wings of q west wind. At vari-
Gus hearings held In tho past by the
State Commissioner of Health II has
been shown that the fumes and gases
caused nausea, headaches and other ILL
nesses.
But despite all this. the professor Of
chemistry testified that the fumes arc
not unhealthfuL Doubtless he does not
know that back In 1915. after Governor
Whitman had received . report on the
matter from State Commissioner of
Health Bisgs, he directed Attorney
General Woodbury. to begin an action on
behalf Of the State in tho United States
courts to restrain certain factories on
the New Jersey side Of the Hudson
River from communicating the atmos-
phere Of the upper West Side Of New
York.
DR.. BiEss reported to the Governor
that "sinos the smoke. gases. fumes
and vapors at times affect the nose AID
throat and cause coughing and are Of
fensive. they do affect, at least indirectly
II not directly. the security Of life and
health Of the residents Of New York I
hereby certify that these conditions con-
stitute a public nuisance
NEW YORK. April IT. WEST sIpH
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Can These Things Be and Overcome
Us Like . summer Cloud7

What is this persistent rumor from
Paris about "secret pact" or unpub-
lished defensive alliance among the
Powers associated in the defeat OF
Germany, promising military aid to
France in the future IL France is
again attacked from across the
river Rhine7
Many Of the reports Of details that
now come hither from Paris are con-
fusing, contradictory and as different
from one day to another as black is
from white. or BELrAL from the An
gel GABRIEL This IL natural to the
situation. 1t Is the inevitable, per-
haps the not undesirable consequence
Of the utter oblivion which has swal-
lowed that fine phrase Of Point or
Principle One shout "open covenants
Of peace, openly arrived at" The hon.
est correspondents who are attempt
ing to keep the American public in
formed Of the conferences progress
toward an open arrival at open cove
nants Of peace are doing all that hu-
man intelligence at its perigee and in
telligent industry without stint can
do in that way; but the difficulties Of
their job are al, { beyond the pow.
ers Of omniscience itself. The door
is locked as hard and fast as any door
was ever locked in all the history Of
diplomacy and they are on tho wrong
side Of the door.
80 on Monday the sky Of peace IL
beautifully azure and the atmosphere
within the room where sits the Coun-
ell Of Four reflects the general Opt.
mism. On Tuesday President WILSON
is threatening to come home on the
George Washington, leaving Europe
to stew in Its own Juice. On Wednes-
day ORLANDO is going to quit. carry
ing Italy with him. On Thursday
LLOYD GEORGE and CLEMENcEAu are
combining to thwart the American
President and make garbage Of his
veNrteen. On Friday the British Pre-
ma Is cooperating, In hearty accord
with Mr.. WILSON, to restrain France
In her excessive requirements. And
on Saturday the week ends with Presi-
dent WILSON in full and cordial I'M
Outstanding with NJ. CLEMENCEAU,
having promised him the military sup
port of the United States In the event
Of future war.
Do not blame the correspondents
for the kaleidoscope quality Of their
reports Of the situation: they are do
Ing, as we have said, the best that 10
possible to human intelligence under
the circumstances.
But what Of the still persistent re-
port, coming hither from many sources
through various channels that the au.
thor Of the First Point or Principle Of
the Fourteen-the point or principle
that there shall be no private under
standings Of any kind. but diplomacy
shall proceed always frankly and in
the public view"--has privately agreed
to secret pact engaging his Govern.
ment to 60 to war in a certain event 7
Is 1t credible1
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WHAT DOES ut" MEAN1
Disputation Inspired by the Cryptic
Victory Loan Poster.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sr: 'Tf
America at this juncture should fail the
world. what would become OF itT'
This poster. purporting to boost the
Victory Loan. has attracted my notice
as 1t has yours. do not wish to offer
any theory. much as I love peanuts. as
to the relation between buying bonds
and failing the world. but. my own
neighborhood Council of Three Is dis
putting upon another phase OF the poster.
Mulligan insists that the Anal word
''it" refers to America.
Cholmondeley says the at" must refer
to the world.
My own Fixed opinion 10 that '1t"
refers to the juncture-what would be-
come of the Juncture IL America should
fail the world? IsIDoR MAcDoUoALL.
NEW YORK, April IT.
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AN ESSAY ON SOUP.
Plunepstte's Boswell Reveals Secrets
Of the Tureen.

VI tnD AuKCDns
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sr: The
letter to THE SuN signed Lost Appe-
ute" apropos OF dining car soup appar-
emily was written by q person who
thinks that the only Ingredient necessary
to make good soup IL meat. He does
not say what kind OF soup was served
to him.
Was II consomme. PURGE. chowder or
creamf To make good consomme, II ID
imperative OF course 20 have q very
strong and carefully cooked meat stock.
On the other hand. for the so-cailed
thick soups. such a. PURGE Of pea, PURGE
Of bean, cream Of asparagus cream OF
celery. &C., an experienced eDok can
concoct them perfectly without any meat
Whatsoever.
The Italians make q delicious soup
called minestrons with vegetables and
Italian paste. no meat entering Its COM
position. Tho French have their gar
burs, a soup made with cabbage. pota-
toes, white beans, bread, 40. which.
among tho initiated. viss with the best
Of meat soups.
Consequently the lack Of meat IN =
soup cannot be held responsible for the
poor quality Of the soup. Another reA-
son has TO be found. We must remem-
Der that In these troublous times nearly
everything II moro or less topsy-turvy.
Politicians, some Of whom wouldn't
know the difference between q car wheel
and q Swiss cheese II the two articles
were shown to them. are trying to run
our railroads in place Of their rightful
owners AZ conditions are At present
II would not surprise anybody to sec the
axle greaser acting as cook in the din
ing cara DnsIRh LpscARBouRA.
NEW YoRK. April ~.
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Cob. meeting a pouebbov h.rs-

A Cob. meeting a Doughboy here
about, may boast that while the men
Of Admiral MAYos fleet did not have
the privilege OF marching Ave or ten
miles carrying full equipments the
sailors had Just as good II not as
spectacular q reception here as had
the soldiers, Theatres, circus boxing
clubs free to all OF them: dinners,
lunches, teas with hundreds Of pretty
women as hostesses, these are but a
hint Of the amazingly many. quickly
arranged means New York has gladly
provided to let the sailors know how
popular they are with the folks at
home.