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viii enable her to dictate terms to

will enable her to dictate terms to
preserve her sphere of influence.
The situation in Siberia is similar
to that in Shantung. The troops
Japan sent to cooperate with the ex-
pedition despatched by the United
States to rescue the Czecho-Slovak
army remain in Siberia. Japan Is
maintaining large military force
at Vladivostok and has ignored all
representations made to the Toxic
Government for it's withdrawal.
In the country from Eastern Siberia
to Shantung Japan finds land for
her excess population and raw ma
terial which will supply her indus.
tries. 1t appears realization of her
dreams for world power. She argues
that Western nations have no special
interests in the Far East and that
they should not interfere with the
most powerful Oriental nation which
has these interests. This represented
the great ambition of her early ex-
pansionists. Rebuffs and disappoint-
ments never discouraged them. nor
are these likely now to cause an
abandonment Of the long matured
Japanese plans.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
How Flying Fish Fly.
Tail Strokes Give Lift and Fins Fur
nlsh Driving Force.
Erom thc Knnana Citu ri,nca

From the Kansas City Times.
Whether flying fish really fly. or
whether they merely jump. has been one
o. the classic questions Of ichthyology.
Their progress certainly looks like fly
ing. for while they are In the air they
flutter their fms much as some insects
do their wings. OF late, however, the
consensus OF opinion has been that these
fin movements are totally inadequate to
T'stain the fish In the air and that his
flight is really a long. powerful leap.
Those who have felt that this leap Is
somewhat too long to be true will be
Mature by H. Fl. Clayton. the eminent
meteorologist. who believes that the fis,
gets into the air by ieaping and then
assists his forward progress by I'm
movements. His explanation of how this
comes about Is ingenious. If Mr.. Clay
ton is, right the fish both jumps and
flies. and both sides to the famous con-
troversy are right. or partly SO. He
writes In his letter:
I'm 1906 was In charge of the
Tieserenc de Bort and Rotch expedi-
tion for exploring the atmosphere with
balloons and kites over the tropical part
of the Atlantic. The Otaria, on which
we travelled, was a small boat not much
more than one hundred feet In length.
with the decks near the water. so that
had an excellent opportunity of study
ing the movements of flying fish, which
we saw in great numbers.
N
erful lateral strokes OF the tail which
lifted them into the air could be plainly
seen. AS they rose Into the air the pec-
toral fms vibrated with great rapid,ty.
and my earlier experiments with a rod
and flexible web ed me TO believe that
exactly this same principle was used by
the flying Ash to drive itself forward.
The forward part Of the pectorai An Ia
rigid and the rear flexible. SO that its
rapid vibration gives strong propelling
force.
When the nsh had gained velocity
and the rising impulse given by the
tail had eliminated. The f'ns ceased to
vibrate and were used as airpiancs. on
which II glded forward. slowly sinking
until Its tail touched the water. when
another lateral stroke lifted Il into the
air and the process was repeated. In
this way the fish could remain In the
air for long flights when necessary. The
only way in which the motion differs
from the flight of birds is that the VI
bratlon Of the fms probably gives nr
lifting force. but only a forward driving
force, and the fish needs to depend on
the tail strokes for the lift, Had the fsh
developed n concave under surface OF the
fin IL could probably have obtained both
lifting and propelling force from the
fins."
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
San Carlo Company Sings Iohengrin'
Mime de Csneros as Orrud Miss Fitziu as Elsa at the
Manhattan

Paint me as I am" said Cromwell
to young Lely; 'if you leave out scar
or wrinkle. I'll not pay you shilling. 4"
The San Carlo Opera Company gave
"Lohengrin' at the Manhattan Opera
House last evening and the scars ana
wrinkles on the performance only
served to bring out the sturdy char
acter and lofty endurance OF the old
work.
There were many idiosyncrasies In
the representation. mostly musical but
some linguistic. Graham Mari, who
inpersonated Telramund, said all he had
to say In good round English. which In
no way disconnected the Italians on the
him after their kind, though there was
plenty of room for doubt as to what
language or languages the chorus was
using.
To give "Lohengrin'' was a serious
und ertalsing for the San Carlo organi-
zaton. and the wonder was not that
there were many shortcomings but that
there were some real merits. These
were chiefly contributed by the orches-
ira, the conductor, Henry Hadley. and
some OF the principals. Mr.. Marr was
commendable. In spite of his text. and
In Nine. Eleanora de Cisneros there
was an experiences and trustworthy
OTtr1ld. Henry Scott as King Henry
was also an old friend.
Miss Anna Fitziu was the ESQ and
Romeo Boscacci the Lohen grin. They
were malleable material and in the
hands of such villains as Nine. de Cis-
neros and Mr.. Marr were as clay in the
hands OF the potter. The Herald was
Luigi Dale Molle.
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Case Of the Former Service Men.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: Three
years ago the same uniformed men who
are now circulating anti-preference lit
erature were selling Liberty and Vic
tory bonds. pleading with the people to
help win the war. At that time nothing
was too good for the lighting man who
saved the day.
Now that our boys are home the
uniformed police and flremen, together
with other civil service employees. are
engaged in propaganda against the for
mer service man. fearful lest he may OBJ
tain a place in their ranks.
They say. Would you employ 20 per
cent. men against 100 per cent. men? !
say that a veteran passing the required
civil service standard Is, in view OF his
military training. sacrifices and patriot
ism In time Of war. 100 per cent.
man. Eighteen States now give pref
erence to former service men.
There are about 1000 veteran fire.
men and 5000 veteran policemen now
In the departments and their discipline
and efficiency are noteworthy. Seventy
per cent. OF the ox-service men are on
GERS. This will prove that they are more
than 20 per cent men.
JOHN J. BAisLsr,
Fireman. Hook and Ladder c2.
NEW YORK, October z.
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The Firemen's Campaign.
Not Carried On During Hours OF
Duty. Saws n Committeeman.

To THE NEW YORK HERALD: with
regard to the circulation by fremen Of
copies OF the pamphlet Nothing But
the Truth" ] wish, as an active men,
ber Of the Joint Committee Of Police and
Firemen in Opposition to the Preferences
Amendment, to state emphatically that
our campaign Is being carried on solely
and positively on our tine off duty and
not on the city's time.
I might also state that this issue Is
positively not a political one and that
I. Is our legal right under the right of
appeal law to carry on the campaign of
enlightenment. We are carrying on a
clean. open and above board campaign.
the motto Of which Is Nothing But the
Truth" CHARLES NJ. PREGENzER,
Fireman LIST Grade.
Hook and Ladder Company 1o3.
BROOKLYN, October z.
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Japan's Silk Market.
The War Time Rise IN Prices and ths
Stock on Hand.

To TIE NEW York HERALD: Mr.. Sell
bold's article on October Q speaks OF
the collapse Of the raw silk market
in japan ten months ago and mentions
the pre-war price OF raw silk In Yoko-
hama. Toxic and Nagasaki as ss q
pound. Neither Toxic nor Nagasaki II
a silk market. but Yokohama is the silk
market Tor raw silk In Japan and the
Bourse FOR raw silk is In Yokohama.
Raw silk prior to the war and for a
period Of four years before the war
never reached figures beyond $3.50 a
pound, and for most of the time dur
Ing this period ruled at an average
price Of s3.60 a pound. During the third
year of the war the highest price Il
reached was So a pound, and 1t was
not until the post-armIstice boom that
prices started to mount from about an
average price Of SO a pound In May,
1919. until they reached an average
price OF SIS during March, 1890. and
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Daily Calendar
THE WEATHER.

For Eastern New York-Rain and
colder to-day; possibly clearing by this
AFTERNOON; Sunday fair: northwest
gales. diminishing tonight.
Tor New jersey Rain and colder to-day;
so-morrow fair. fresh and strong southwest
ona northwest winds. diminishing tonight.
For Northern. New England-Rain and
colder to-day. tomorrow fair and colder:
ire ii,es,, y ana strons south and southwest shift
For Southern New Engiand-Rain ana
euaaer e,ot .o-aay; Tomorrow far; strong south
diminishing tonight.
For Western New Yor,-Rain and colder
to-day; tomorrow fair. with slowly rising
winds
tfat was central over Kansas Thursday night
moved rapidly northeastward with increas-
ing intensity and its centre was over western
New York last night. 1t has been attended
by general rains within the last twenty-four
hours in the lake region the Ohio, the middle
and upper Mississippi and lower Missouri
Mountain region. Elsewhere generally fakI
ycafher has prevailed. Following ta@ IA.
sag~ ~ this disturbances area OF iisn
pressure and much lower temperature has
overspread the lake region. the great central
valleys and tile central and southern plains
States. while there has been a reaction to
considerably higher temperature In the far
Northwest.
The Indications are for rain tomorrow IN
The Atlantic and east Gulf States. the upper
Ohio Valley and the lower lake region fol-
lowed by generally fair weather at night
and Sunday In the States east of the Missis-
sippi River. Considerably cooler weather
will overspread the Eastern and Southern
States Tomorrow. and continued low tenn
peratures in the lake region and the Ohio
and middle Mississippi valleys tomorrow
VIII be followed by rising temperature In
these sections Sunday.
storm warnings are displayed on the At
ianuc coast from Delaware Breakwater to
Eastport. Me-
Observations at United States Weather Bu-
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As n Gold Producing Region II IL
Of Special Value to Britain.

To THE New York HERALD: A pro-
posal to sell Australia TO Japan shows
how little the explanation OF white
world supremacy is understood.
Australia Is valuable to the English
speaking nations because II Is a gold
country. II Is not good policy to sell
or give away gold producing regions.
Because Australia and California are
gold countries possession Of them by
Japan would improve Japan's economic
and financial position. Because Aus
tralia and California are gold countries
they are coveted by Japan.
AS long as the English speaking races
control South Africa, Australia and
California. the principal gold producing
countries. they will be world leaders.
DAVID @. BAILLrE.
NEW YonK. October z.
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the collapse which came at that par
ticular time was due to overspeculatiCn n
In America much more than in japan.
At the collapse Of the boom this coun-
try had on hand over 100000 bales Of
raw silk. as compared with a normal
stock of about 10000 bales. At the
present time silk Is again ruling at about
So pound. but there is no oversupply
In Japan. Since July. the beginning Of
the new silk crop. about $4,000 bales
has been exported from Japan out Of
total visible supply. including the stock
held by the Imperial Syndicate amount
ing to 42.5o0 bales Of 25o,000 bales. so
that the exports Of Japan during the
present season have been about 25 per
cent. of the visible supply for the silk
year. and IL consumption Is continued
a. the present rate there will be prac-
tically no stock left when the new crop
comes along. F. A. SrnAus & Co.
NEW YORK, October z.
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Gee, Buck! Haw, Bright"

For the man who recalls the time
when it was the fashion to wear long
boots and use hair oil the Danbury
fair up Connecticut way this week
conveyed a reminiscent thrill.
1t was regular fair in many
ways, resembling scores that were
being held all over the Eastern
States, but in one respect 1t was diff
ferent. 1t had the finest lot of oxen
in the United States, ninety-four yoke
of these ponderous beasts engaging
in tests of strength or parading about
the grounds with their rural team
sters guiding them with a flick of
the lash from their long whips which
were laid ever so gently about the
heads and shoulders Of the patient
cattle.
In the procession which wound its
way about the half mile track be.
tween the races were spanking yokes
of rich red Devons and Durhams.
roam shorthorns as square as coun.
try school house, black and white
Holsteins muscled like wrestlers,
white faced Herefords as closely
matched as peas in a pod, and the
champions of the fair, gigantic
yoke OF brown Swiss weighing two
tons or more, which looked equal TO
the performance Of any task allotted
them. There were sturdy bulls as
well as oxen in the line. 1t was a
splendid display of strength and do.
cility, and In the opinion Of many
was the feature of the exhibition
which annually attracts patrons
from all the countryside within a
radius of 100 miles or more during
the first week in October.
1t has been Justly said that por.
tions of New England are true to the
traditions of that earlier period be.
fore Yankee ingenuity gave the
world so many labor saving devices.
The use of oxen in the cultivation of
crops and the routine of farm labor
dates back to the time OF the an.
clients, and judging from the display
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
Of work cattle at Danbury the o.
is still popular.

of work cattle at Danbury the OK
is still popular.
Oxen are slow but sure. For some
tasks they are unsurpassed. They
are particularly adapted to heavy
land and get about patiently and
effectively in fields in which horses
or mules would be at sea. It Is be-
cause of this quality that the mule
has never supplanted cattle in the
Cuban sugar fields. The heavy red
land which produces the best crops
Of sugar is sticky during wet weather
to degree beyond the comprehen-
sion of anybody not familiar with
such soil. and cattle alone give salts
faction at such times.
There were tractors galore cater
pillaring their way about the DAN
bury fair grounds on Thursday last,
but not one of these newfangled aids
to farming had attention from the
assembled farmers while the numer-
GUS Bucks and Brights were on pa
rade. Just why oxen have borne
these names from time immemorial
has never been determined. Gee.
Buck" and "Haw, Bright" are COM
mands that are associated with the
woods lot and the stone boat, and
perhaps 1t is just as well for civili-
zation that one region of the United
States is loyal to the aids Of those
pioneers whose line fences are as
solid as Gibraltar.
Somebody once said that each Of
these boundaries represented a mill
ion backaches. But they stand for
something more than the memories
Of patient labor. They are monu-
ments to a race Of men as sturdy
and dependable as the cattle to
which their descendants cling.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
Less Thinking, More Slugsins.

Mr.. McGRAw's young men seemed
to remember yesterday, for the first
time during the series, that the
wooden implements carried by them
to the plate are not designed for ges.
turing in purely academic philo-
sophical discussion. They are bats
and you use 'em to paste the leather
toward the empyrean.
The world series paradox Is still
working nicely. When the public
was convinced that the Giants could
not hit the ball. then the Giant hit
ting began. Eight runs in one inning
should be enough to silence the most
bitter critic.
After all, the secondary idea Of
baseball is to amuse the populace.
The bleachers like slugging and at
last they have had it. and with re-
suits that will revive interest in the
series. But when will the Babe be-
gin lifting tho pellet beyond the
confines?
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
GOLF AT WHITE SULPHUR.
James A. Blair, Jr.. One of En-
trants for Tournament.

specia, Despatch to THE NEW YoRK HrnALD.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, w. Va,
Oct. 7.--Entrants for the Greenbrier fair
golf tournament to-day and tomorrow
include Messrs. Guernsey Curran. Nor.
timer b. Fuller, J. B. Weir. James A.
Blair, Jr.. Caleb S. Bragg. J. A. Middles
ton, Jeffrey Naushton, r. A. Taylor. G.
L. Ritchie. Arthur Young. Alfred Young,
T. J. Shaut, B. J. Throop. J. j. Coons
and L. Z. Hayes.
The Misses Burks and Melissa Yuille
of New York and Mr.. Caleb $. Bragg
of Palm Beach were the principal guests
at luncheon given on the Casino veran-
da to-day. Others giving parties there
were Mr., Herbert Warden. Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel j. Galloway, Mrs. J. c. Fuller
and Mr.. James Harden.
Mr.. and Mrs. George. Leary's guests
at dinner last night included Mrs. Ed
ward w. McKenna, Mrs. Clinton Gilbert
and Guernsey Curran.
Mrs Pembroke Jones of New York. ac-
companied by Miss s. Bolles Of Will
mington. has taken one Of the cottages
In Florida row.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Driscoll OF Pitts
burgh. who were married last week. are
here for their honeymoon.
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The Senate Tax Compromise.

The compromise tax programme
forced upon the Senate leaders by
the agricultural group is not much
worse in respect of some provisions
than the Penrose and Fordney meas
ures. and in respect Of others II
might be called better.
1t is utterly lacking. In so far as
it shuns the sales tax which would
be as productive in practice as il
Is sound in principle.
1t improves upon the Penrose botch
wherein 1t modifies surtaxes in the
lower income tax classifications, but
makes matters worse wherein It
raises the maximum surtax from the
proposed 80 per cent. to so per cent,
the rate OF the existing law being 65
per cent.
1t is on parity with the other tax
programmes, which provide for the
repeal of the excess profits tax, effect
i've on January next. but in not
dating back to the beginning of the
present year 1t makes for twelve
months Of further damage to busi-
ness, which will be hard pressed to
pay into the national Treasury dur
ing 1922 great lump sums Of money
which will be sorely needed by this.
that and the other tax burdened in.
dustry to get on its feet again and
restore unemployed wage earners to
its payrolls.
With surplus earnings, wherever
they happen to occur, largely scooped
into the tax mill along with large
incomes which are the country's in.
vestment and development fund, capi.
tai and labor, for all the help they
can get from Congress, will be in for
hard winter.
Either Congress has no compre-
hension of the desperate need Of much
of our industrial machinery and de-
velopment funds for relief from op-
pressive taxation, or Congress delib-
erately plays politics with the ugly
situation. no matter what the cost to
American bread and butter.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08
A Little Saint.

Long years ago she lived In southern
France
A gentle little. wistful. orphaned thing.
To whom the peasants. young and old.
would bring
Sweetmeats and charms and tales OF old
romance.
And she. when there befell them mis-
chance.
Would lend her aid the sick and
MANNED to care.
So busy that she had no time to lure
Love, who passed by with but smile
and glance.
Yet, after she had died, scarce past her
teens.
And mourned by a wide. grateful
countryside,
Pronounced a saint her altar. fresh
with greens.
Was sought by every village maid or
For help In plights that sweethearts
reckon Of
From her who never even spoke with
Love!
CHARLOTTE BECKER.
The New York herald., 1921-10-08

Gov. Nathan L. Miller will review state
troops In connection with a National Guard
enlistment campaign, sheep meadow, Central
Park, this afternoon.
Mayor Hylan win open a tracklcss trolley
rystem on Staici. Island, with exercises. at
the Sea View Hospital. New Springville, this
afternoon.
women's Democratic Club. luncheon. Hotel
Commodore. l.. NJ.
Ursuline AlumnG OF New Rochelle. tea
dance, Hotel McA.pin, p. NJ.
Hall OF Fame. Now York University. uni
yersity Heights. open to public. p. NJ. to
women's Civic Committee. luncheon. Hotel
Commodore, M.
Women's Press Club. meeting. Waldorf.
Astoria, 2 r. N.
Godmothers' League. luncheon. Cafe Boule-
Yard 4 p NJ
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Mistakes About Volcanoes.
1t Is Doubtful II They Flame, and
They Have No Lava Fountains.

To THE NEW York HERALD: The state
ments often made about spouting flames
and spouting fountains Of lava in vol
canic eruptions have no foundation in
fact Except as lava has set fire to
woodlands and vegetation, It is some
what doubtful IL flames, in the sense
Of ordinary combustion. ever attend vol
canic eruptions.
Steam in most instances is the chief
factor In volcanic eruptions, and the
eruption Is merely q steam explosion.
The escaping steam In dense clouds
shrouds the volcanic cone. and the re-
Election Of the white hot lava from the
lowering cloud gives rise to the notion
Of flames. Volcanic ash is not product
Of combustion; 1t merely is lava blown
into minute dust particles by the explo-
sive force Of escaping steam. The erup-
tions Of Vesuvius are Of this type.
Fountains Of lava are not elected from
Kilauea. HawaiPs spectacular feature.
The activity of this magnificent crater
is the fusion Of the lava which forms the
crater floor. converting 1t into molten
lake. Occasionally the lava is forced
upward In the crater until It overfiows.
In various instances lava streams have
reached the sea.
The steam explosion which forces mud,
clots of lava and the so-cal,ed ash out Of
volcanic activity; the fusion of Txilauea's q
crater floor with the occasional overflow
OF lava Is an example Of the opposite ex-
treme. Between the two about every
conceivable degree Of activity may be
found.
There may be greater degrees Of ac-
tivity Of volcanism so far as locality
year does not differ much from another.
Some volcanoes. Stromboli. for instance
are always mildly active. Others. like
Vesuvius. may have periods Of inactivity
which last for centuries.
The Palisades. that wonderful dixie Of
volcanic rock across the Hudson, Is q
fine example Of volcanic activity In the
past. In a prior geological age molten
lava was forced to the surface through
break In the earth's rock crust two
score miles or more In length. Time,
that has made and marred the crags
and ramparts Of other volcanic etruc-
lures, has left scarcely a scar on this
stupendous monument Of nature.
One may remain assured that volcanic
activity is not more dreadful this year
than last. Eruptions disturb those only
who build within the ranges Of activity.
So far as our own ba,llwick is con-
cerned. the danger comes not so much
from volcanic eruption as from the
scareheads Of yellow literature.
JACQUES w. REDwAY.
MOUNT VERNON, October 7.