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flowed In, It is tt recent date. It hns no
ancient prides. It has only present Interests.
Its energies nro not monopolized In past
giories. it na not crippled Itself with tra
ditions. Its energies nro free nnd ready for
work Tho old clement Is too arrogant to
govern llself. The now element Is not. Hence
It Is governing New England,
The government of New England has
passed from the old farming clemen.1 that
uied to bo supreme It Is no longer tho New
England farmer, It Is the New England mill
hand whrj rules New England. The now man
Is a radical He la In force. So we have a
totally new New England; once the most
Blflid. timir ttin mna( fit.olnflftnl nti.1 .f Ik.
. .. ,,w ...uab it j oiua ... Mill v.1. U
country. It i tho most astonishing political
overturn In our history.
SOME FAMOUS MEN WHO
NEVEIUVENTTO COLLEGE
Qualified for Success by Home Study.
Achievement Against Great Odds.
Remarkable Kccord of a Blacksmith.
Advantages of Disadvantages.
AT THE THEATRE OF WAR
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BELL, 3000 WALNUT
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A Fist to Meet a Bully
WAR Is inflammatory. A successful na
tion Is never content with tho moral
Drestigo of victory. According to Prof.
George B. McCIellan, of Princeton, nnd for
merly Mayor of Now York, tho present Euro
pean war will Imvo consequences that must
Involve tho United States.
Profesor McClellan thinks that whether
Germany or tho Allies triumph the result will
bo tho oamo; either of them must expand In
such a way as will precipitate a war with
America.
"No matter who wins. It Is almost certain
that at somo not distant date we shall bo
confronted with tho alternative of olthor
aoonaoning tho Monroe Doctrine or fighting
to maintain it. Wo have mado It a great na
tional principle, a question of national honor,
bo that If wo abandon It wo must concedo
that wo are not strong enough to main
tain it"
Aro wo strong enough to maintain it?
Every ono who has studied tho situation
carefully answers with an emphatic no. Our
navy Is good, but it has never matched Itself
against a resourceful and experienced flrst
class foe. Our reculnr nrmv i n minioi.,..
affair compared with the armies of Europo
now in tho field and much of our militia Is
amateurish and inadequate.
If WO Should have tn rlnfViirl tfco ..
Doctrine in South America the situation
. would bo very serious. This is certain: the
I United States does not want to fight and
? Will not burden itself by maintaining a vast
I army for foreign conquest. But not to havo
Js a military forco adequate for national de
f fenso ia utter folly. It Is an Invitation to
I any war-crazy bully that is capable of
I making1 trouble.
JTfcIing the People
sjflmd annual food exDosltinn.
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X TN THE b.
,-s Which opened at the Ttonrilnn- tvi-minni
1 Market yesterday, Philadelphia has one more
I. evidence of tho growing stress laid on the
sustenance of tho nation. The postofflce did
j not go into tho "farm-to-table" campaign In
order to embarrass city dealers. It wanted
to get tho people tho best and freshest food
at tho lowest prices Tho same ideal is evi
dent In the men and firms that make this
; food exposition.
Every day of tho exposition Is to be de
voted to a different food product or method
of sals There will be. for instance, a "Fish
r Food Day." to show people the usefulness
and the economy of a marine menu, and a
"Market Basket Day" and a "Farmers' Day,"
to illumine other and Important sides of that
very diverse and very vital matter, the feed
ing of tho people. It was altogether fitting
that four such prominent citizens as Mayor
Blankenburs, John Wanamaker, William T.
rilden and Theodore Voorhees should share
to wishing the food exposition a prosperous
future.
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Pay Day Under Difficulties
WE COULD not have done without the
war tax; high tariff or low, for goods
that do not come to port yield no revenue.
A little -while ago -we were all wondering
who -would have to bear the burden. It took
Congress a long time to decide that ques
tion, and even now the building and loan
imsodatlonfl are awaiting word from Wash
ington aa to -whether they are Included or
exempted.
But tno-present puzzle is chiefly over meth
ods of collection. In somo cases it is a Bim
pl matter, but the tar on telephone mes
sages, for instance, presents certain dlf
"vflooltlesv A large percentage of toll calls
iomesfrom the booths scattered ahnnr nvrv
cVmrminity. In hotel lobbies, mil mod ..
tidns and other nubile nlaces. navmunt tmim.
made by means of slot machines, and how
one nons can get ny the mechanical obstacles
in itsVway Is something rathm- tinrri tn , in ,!...
".'.stand.'. To expect the telenhnnn rnmnni..
pljo take-out the old machines and put In new
.i, w uibuu, Hiuuflnuna in special coin
box attachments, in order to accommodate
a law wnion is to expire By limitation in U
months. Is to expect a good deal.
One of the first principles of taxation Is
that the levies shall be easily collectible and
another Is that they shall be fairly collectible.
4aa well aa fairly distributed. Whatever
jeuble the war tax may give will hasten
110 gooa time wnen an taxes will be as
hieatiiio as tne tariff of the future.
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All Together for Philadelphia
rpiln end of a cramped Philadelphia Is In
" sight Tho citizens' themselves are nhoiit
to thunder forth their demand for an Imperial
metropolis. They nro about to throw the
hangbacks and obstructionists into tho dis
card They nro about to thrust aside any
leadership which Is afraid to look the future
In the face or 1b so wrapped up In provincial
ism and so lacking lit vision that It cannot
glimpse tho splendid destiny of this common
wealth within a city.
Tho campaign of education waged during
tho last few weeks hns co-ordinated public
sentiment and read Into the purposo of prac
tically all citizens the determination to hao
rapid transit and hate It quick. The crusade
of Director Taylor, reinforced by the com
prehensive articles In the Evening Ludoeh,
has brought nil sections together. The de
mand Is unanimous There U no hesitation,
no doubt, for now Philadelphia knows what
It wants and Philadelphia Intends to get It.
The mass-meeting on January 14 will mako
rapid transit a certainty. It will be a demon
stration unparalleled in American municipal
life In It overy class, section. Internal mul
division will participate. There Is no need
for Initiative or referendum, for more power
ful oven than a verdict at tho polls Is a vol
untary outpouilng of citizens. In vast num
bers, In support of one nil-Important program
and enterprise. In such cases the voice of
the people has In It the quick impact of light
ning and tho tesonance of thunderbolts.
There Is no conspiracy that can stand against
it, and before It secret agreements for ob
struction become meaningless.
"Philadelphia cannot and will not bow to
tho will or pleasure of tho Union Traction
Company stockholders or any corporations
when tho Interests of her working men and
women are at stake," said Director Taylor
last night, and ho voiced the deliberate de
termination of the city nhen ho said It. This
is an i'sue that permits of no buncombe, and
as far as the play of politics Is concerned the
lights are out. Councils will not fail to regis
ter tho will of so vast a gathering. It will be
the recording instrument of the mass-meet-Ing's
determination.
The period of doubt and hesitation, of ob
struction and holding back, Is over. A better
Philadelphia and a greater Philadelphia is in
sight. New arteries that make for growth
and without which our metropolitan future
cannot be assured will be constructed, r.nt
January 14 be made 'a red letter day in the
calendar of Philadelphia's achievement. Let
it be a complete demonstration of the power
of the people. The answer to tho problem
of rapid transit will bo found In the magni
tude of tho demonstration.
A Scientist Gone Astray
PROF. ERNST HAECKEL, of Jena, has
lived a distinguished life of 80 years, for
the past 50 of which he has been making
important contributions to our knowledge of
natural science. No one will deny him honor
as a world-renowned savnnt. fn. ,i .
in formulating the doctrine of evolution his
name will always havo a high place in the
annals of science.
But because a man has been able to trace
the minute differentiations of structure or
function in species he is not thereby qualified
to dictate the terms of peace in a world
war. "Old men shall dream dreams," and
Professor Haeckel must be dreaming with
the privilege of senility when he insists that
Germany shall occupy London, annex Bel
glum, the British and Belgian colonies,
another slice of France and the Baltic
provinces or nussla as her price of peace.
Of course, Haeckel does not represent Ger
many any more than Bernard Shaw repre
sents England. But if he did his pronounce
ment would defeat its own end. because the
Allies would only fight with a determination
that must mean ultimate victory rather than
contemplate such terms.
Radical "New" England
3LDBNT BLIOT ones called fho .ill.
;' "&M esd of Massachusetts the mint hlcrhlv
rpMwa wBHiunuy in tne world, it stilt is
Jjjtei. but It i sow even more. It is the wn,
yry's met interesting and signltleant seolal
w.boratory.
u New England th original settlers called
gpt regies It la "nssr" again, ia the orlr
jlcM we of tlw word. The New HRgland
!aiftia lUfaihar. ftvasi nf 13xnturani anri tTnur-
tfcrfewtfc nm. It migrated West. Jwuj, j
r 3jg mw mimwv9 w tm-irn. b.iko $-uvfi n
e m bM Mlliug with a totally sew element.
Bmtou U only Ju-rf bow wakl to that
' Am- H6hi Hm w maintain tta oJ4
MipfMi of qH few Kugiaod. it sUtt n&
H ! sad nKwAm why H must be gov-
. nte fcy tu Jma flM reason ta that the
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Books That Redden the Decks
JACK LONDON has an imagination oiled
with blood. In his last book, "The Mutiny
of the Elslnor," he gives free play to his
flBhting fancy, and spills much blood in de
cerning me experiences of the crew of the
Elslnor between Baltimore and Seattle.
, London has never successfully broken from
the cosmic, fleshly, materialistic doctrine of
brutal force. .
"Tho Mutiny of the Elslnor" remhiaa
"The Sea Wolf," and both books redden the
decks with bjood. Jack London loves a flght,
and he is not less successful In reporting a
fistic, battle than in writingr a novel. He re
veals the ability, however, of coloring his
brutality with the most attractive colors of
artlitie xpression, and, while the reader
cannot keep his ees from Caliban, he realizes
that he Is reading a man who knows some
thing about real life.
In view of the extensive use of automo
biles, this may be known as th great pwtor
ppwer war.
Rjfkeys demand of M,(W0 frftH, the Ai&gr
teae OtjUfg at Beirut shaws what a "plSr
O.fflny's ow ally really is, . w
"M ' "1 Jim iij
The most urgent need of the contending
feree In Br.epe seems o be provistoiw, aad
the next doctors.
Tfee British may flgbt iHlh. their flts, as
rportd. but it Is too mitea to tymct that
Urn Grnaaa vcUl -Wd by tb SfcjUs of
QmsMhwry rttfap,
jh"i -'I - - -a
Alter the want & In vu hdV Alij ,u
J rkm m& twnff.Jed fciod, of tralHc mtw-
Jiy JOSCPit H. ODCLL
NKtTHUIt Menj-imin Pranklln nor Abraham
Lincoln went to college, nor did James
Watt, Ocorgo ateplietison, Humphry Davy, Itlch
nrd Arl right the four great Ungllshmen to
whom cMlltntlon owos so much. Hobert Fulton,
Kllas Howe, John Urlcsson, Ezra Cornell, Peter
Cooper, Cyrus W Field nnd Thomas Edison are
ninong tho fnmous American inventors who
lietr had coIIcro training Commodore Van
clerblll, A. T. Slownrt, Johhs Hopkins, Marshall
I'lcld, Philip j) Armour and John Wanamaker
ato cxainrlos of successful merchants who are
not unlcielty graduates Jny Gould, Russell
Sage, Henry Clows, Charles Broadway House,
John U. nockcfcller, Andrew Carnegie, Leland
Stanford, Charles M. Schwab and J. J Hill are
n few of the giants of finance who started life
without the ndniitHses of a collego education.
Ycl to speak of nny one of these as uneducated
would he tinfali and untrue They were n!u.
uitcd because their powers were disciplined and
trained by rending, observation and constant
application to the Rnlhorlng of Information or
the solving nt problems.
A man may be taught a great mnnv thlncB tiv
piofesslon.il loichers. nnd yet not be educated
The brnln can be stuffed Just ns the stomach,
hut If the mlml-food or the body-food Is not
digested It Is wasted. Education Is the devel
opment of the latent powers. It Is not putting
something Into a man fiom the outside, but
dnwlng out-educlng-what li nhoady there. It
Is a process tint may bo carried on by nny one
who la determined and patient. No one u out
of the race beeauso ho has not spent four years
within tho Gothic walls of a university. Ho
enn discipline nnd direct his own faculties,
strengthen and sharpen his own powers nnd he
can reach nlmost nny position on which his
"cart is set, een though he has no Latin diplo
ma to frame.
Stephenson's Career
George Stephenson, the inventor of the steam
locomotive, could neither read nor write at tho
age of IS He wns working as a fireman nnd
man of odd jobs in a coal mine. Suddenly ho
renllzed that his life would be one of coarse
manual toll nt the lowest wnges unless he got
somo kind of nn education. At ID he could read
fluently and sign his name At 20 he could w rite
with case, nnd had also mastered elementary
armimctic. At 21 he had grasped the first prin
ciples of djnamlcs nnd mechanics Kvorv hour
given to study was snatched from sleep after
working 12 hours a day In the mine William
Cobbctt, the grammarian, learned to read after
ho had reached manhood nnd wns serving ns a
prlate in tho army. Doctor Illttcnhouse, the
astronomer, begun with only a few books, nnd
these he committed to mcmoiy in the night.
He covered the fences, barn doors nnd loose
shingles with diuginms. Alone nnd unaided, by
tireless study, he beenmo one or the greatest
mathematicians of his time. Benjamin Trank
lln studied while ho nte his meals. Henry Klrko
White mastered tho Greek language nnd liter
ature while w nlklng to nnd from a lawyer's
olllce Hugh Miller. th 9lnnmn. r n
marty, became a world-famous geologist and
versatile scholar by devoting his eveninss to
hooks nucr a day of manual labor In the qunrry.
Science owes much to Cuvler for the, result of
studies pursued while riding In a carriage from
plsce to place on other duties
There Is a price to pay, of course. The young
man who wishes to fit himself for life's highest
lienors and richest prizes must be prepared to
mako sacrifices he must work while others
play, studs while others sleep and think while
others dream. There was a time when what a
man might be was decided by his birth; now It
is determined by his Initiative and rtllltrpnr- vn
feudnl baron or social law of caste can hold
back the one who persists In qualifying himself
for a commanding place. ' Each Is his own Des
tiny, tne arbiter of his own fortunos. And as
the rewards of this age yield themselves only
to the trained mind, education is absolutely im
perative That solid achievements can be won
against the most discouraging odds has been
demonstrated not once, but a thousand times It
Is no handicap that the ambitious man Is with
out the Influence of money or powerful friends
or social Standing Such losses are really gains.
If they are properly understood. "To be thrown
upon one's own resources," wrote Benjamin
Tranklin, "is to be cast into the very lap of
Fortune, for our faculties then undergo a de
velopment and display an energy of which they
were previously unsusceptible."
The Ca&e ofBurritt
Bllhu Burritt was a blacksmith's nnnronii,..
In New England He determined to obtain an
education He began by studying practical
subjects, such as mathematics and surveying.
vtnen aDout rialf way through his apprentice
ship he took up Latin. In the evenings of one
winter he read the Aeneld of Virgil, Cicero
and parts of other classics. Then he tackled
Greek. During the winter months he had to
spend eery hour of da light at the forge, and
even In the Bummer he had few leisure mo
ments. He carried his Greek grammar In his
hat, and often found a chance, while waiting
for a piece of Iron to get hot, to open the book
with h(s black Angers, go through a pronoun,
an adjective or a part of a verb without being
noticed by hlB fellow.apprentlces. In this way
he learned all the principal languages of Bu
rope and then passed on until he mastered sev
eral ABlatlc tongues. He became known far
and wide as "the learned blacksmith." Here are
a few lines from his private diary that shouia
act as a tonic upon any one who Is dlseour.
aged:
"Monday, June IS; Headache; 4a lines
Curler's 'Theory of the Earth'; 64 pages Fiench;
U hours' forging,
"Tuesday, June IS; Sixty lines Hebrew; $0
pages French; 10 pages Ouvler; 8 lines' Syrlac;
10 lines Danish; 10 lines Bohemian; 9 lines
Po4hs 15 names of stars; 10 hours' forging.
"Wednesday. June JO. Twenty-flvo Uqm He
Usew: S lines Syrlac; H hours' forging "
Tfce famous Sootch scientist, John Hunter,
who made an asatiwilcal eoiUotlon which the
British Government bought for 7,O0Q, learned to
read and write while werklng at the carpen
ter's beneh. He believed It was In him to be
came a great man and tht no saoriflee WM
too great to make far the end desired. By gly.
ins HP every amusement and cutting down hi
IMP to the minimum he was able to. piaee
MhhhM at the head of the medical profession
tn a few years, besides making the wotfd m
aWor for many remarkable discoveries.
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WASHINGTON VS. PHILADELPHIA
Remarkable Results Atlainecl in the Capital in
the Betterment of Tenement Conditions.
If tho members of Select and Common Coun
cils seek a precedent for nctlon on housing leg
islation In Philadelphia, they need only to turn
their eyes southward to Washington. A few
J ears ago tho capital of the United States con
tnlned some of tho worst slums of nny city In
tho entire Union.
Within a few hundred yards of the Capitol
Itself was tho notorious "Willow Tree" slum;
a veritable labyrinth of rookeries. Inhab
ited by blacks nnd whites; nllcy leading Into
alloy, lined on both sides with structures mis
called homes; tilled with rubbish and offal,
offensho nllko to eye and nose: In short, a pest
hole Of the worst description. It was nptly
named, for its entrance was tjplcal of tho trunk
of a tree, while the runwns to which the en.
trance led suggested branches.
Within a stone's throw (literally, not MguraV
tUely) of the British Embassy, In the henrt of
tne aristocratic sectltm of northwest Washing
ton, was a similar slum, though not so no
torious when viewed as nn object of Interest to
vlsltois of a morbid turn of mind as was the
"Willow Tree."
Thcso wore but two of tho centres of pov
erty, filth and disease In tho capital In addi
tion, there was the so-called "Division," or what
In other metropolitan cities Is commonly termed
the "Tenderloin." While ono part of this latter
section partook of the aspect of a well-regulated
and carefully groomed residential quar
ter, the remainder was in certain mnnooin ,-
bad from a snnltnry viewpoint as tho abodes
of tho physically If not morally unclean poor.
Then cams tho adent of tho Wilsons as a
family. Sirs. Wilson, aided by her daughters,
Investigated the housing conditions Investiga
tion led to agltntion and agitation to a cam
paign for n "clean-up" such ns Washington
had not experienced since the dayn of "Boss"
Shepherd
Congress, which Is relntltelv the namo to ih.
District of Columbia as Councils are to Phila
delphia, was appealed to for remedial legisla
tion. The response at first was slight. But
public opinion was aroused, and, although the
residents of the capital havo no vote, their de
mand proved too strong to withstand Tir.t
came a clean-up of tho "Division." There were
no raids A police blockade was declared, with
the result that the habitues of the "Tenderloin,"
their nefarious trade cut off, soon moved. The
campaign proceeded. The "Willow Tree" quag
mire of human misery was made a centre of
assault Its almost unbelievable conditions were
opened to the limelight of public gaze. What
happened wns tragically recorded during the
lamented closing hours of Mrs Wilson's llf.
when Bhe breathed forth a desire that Congress
enact the legislation that should wipe out blind
alleys and stagnant arteries of human ex
istence The President put the matter before
the Congress leaders, and, as also has been re
corded, Mrs. Wilson had the satisfaction of
knowing before her death that her desire for
decent housing had been carried out,
Philadelphia was the capital of th natinn h.
fore Washington or the District of Columbia
was dreamed of, and was the seat of govern
ment during the most historic days of the coun
try's career. It today contains and venerates
the edifice from which the liberty of the Amer
ican colonies was proclaimed. Vet its Councils
would seem to be reluctant to eliminate condi
tions similar to those which existed In Wash
ington only a few years ago.
Will the most historic municipality of the
nation lag behind the official merely for want
of enabling legislation that Is patently de
manded by all citizens who take pride In the
"city of homes " jj.
PIcardy should prosper, those of the Balkans
hno perished for a generation Thnt there
might bo peaco for England, German), Aus
trln. Italy nnd France, those nations con
sented to the torture of those In Macedonia.
Looking backward, then, is It not possible
to percelvo that the thing some men called
peaco was', In fact, n sham, nn inveracity
now fallen to tho estate which Is tho final
phase of 'nil Inveracities In a world In which
tho truth doeB most remorselessly prevail?
OUR ARMY
In these tremendous das, when cither sldo
of tho European dispute Is likely to lick tho
other at any mlnuto and to look around
for something else to conquer, many Amer
icans nro scanning our standing army with
a microscope nnd a worried look.
Our standing army consists of two mouth
fuls of infantry, with a chaser of cavalry
and n few cannon for an appetizer. Tho
United States supports about 60,000 soldiers,
who aro ready at any mlnuto to answer to
linn ,. "J thci co"nljy and push ten mil
lion Invaders off our beloved soil. Nothing
would bo so Inspiring lo the patriotic Amer
ican bllSinPMH mmi no n i. .t.i- .,...
band dash madly Into ten times Its number
aiJ?relr!n vnrri0Ia "id reduce them to n
v!3 orKniized remnant of suppliants forquar-
TOna1'ilcl fo nlwnjs inspiring to watch.
J. no United Stntes has alwas been averse
to cmnlovlnir Inrrn lll . ,"
joung men in tho nrtH of Idlcnes-., BUch ns
wh.111?,1,?111 furnishes between
mn m "? "ll ,,-:urol)e ''as been an armed
camp, the American has gone on placidly
tUi!?Ul't,ln,fr.,Usme8S' automobiles, Ind-
?S,C,0f t,ru,t ln th0 K'ft f the people,
rvfia hn, 1JOen ,ni? unparalleled blessing for
,LCOt"ntry- nnd lf th0 luestlon were voted
upon tomorrow America would loll up a
wmei'id?UB maJrity tr international amity,
w, ,ovl"ff cups on the side.
tiJrn'LK"" t.",c.s..n1 .pelBlum agree
oii..i vv ' i"m. in country do-
Snni Vac?i J"01"0 'lonntely than Belgium
Z fhe, La fa,no oft last -Ai'Bust. If Bel
glum had had flvo times as many soldiers
nrin w slCK0 cnn"on with throats ns
largo ns a subway, she might have gotten
nnMnnV- .Bl!t t" UelKla" ""' wis no
r,abIe ,n U' fpnernl confusion and the
German army strollod over It.
r,. i"iay1ilIftas ,we Penco tli's conn
irj, ana then, again, some victorious and
snorting power mav decido to get mad at
fuI0rVvsLCOlIin.t8Vld,car,ture the OIrt th
rul Geyser. If this happens, we must rely
ttdT',aI,ant "W men. wlm will be
tHntui, pi,y a,rcsnant and sonorous pn-j-
J m . "d an 'finance of military meth
ndLabyma,1.,!ls th0 aranA Canyon. Per-
Hans wn RhmiM m, !.... I, At .
(mil.-., . . wniui inese Drnvo ae-
fff' V8 by Increasing their numbers,
n..iil. d u s1cm ns lf tno average American
?,B.hi J .he ,ausl,t whIch end t a musket
wl-iV ',n,9nse history decides to repeat
iihn"and hm-fy ls i regular phonograph
when it comes to repeating. George Fitch.
VIEWS OF READERS
OiN TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public Opin
ion on Subjects Important to City,
Stale and Nation.
To the Etlltor of the Evening I.ctlper:
Sir In his suggestions to tho teachers of Har
din Countv, Ohio, the Superintendent of Schools
enjoins. "Tench patriotism ns the second great
duty to man "
James Uusscll Lowell, In one of his lectures,
referred to that "enthusiasm of loyally for the
big and for what the flag symbolized" which
kindled the nation's soul in 1551, but he pleaded
foi a "sedater kind of patriotism," "quite ns
admirably serviceable In the prosy class of
pome."
, If."0 ,"atrot's'n. martial or sedate, must
fulfill the essential condition "of giving men
nn Ideal outside themselves, which . would
nwnlten m them capacities for devotion and
heroism thnt are deaf even to the penetrating
In America democincy and patriotism are
ver nearly svnonymous. Democracy does not
mean 'I'm ns good nrou me," but "Vou're
ns good bb I am " Patriotism Is ethical, demo
cratic, concerned with civic righteousness and
human welfare. It should most certainly be
taught In tho schools PEDAGOG.
Philadelphia, December 1
THE MILLENNIUM NOT YET
Tn the Ulltor of tho Evening Ledger
..,,. fcle,hSn Holt writes, in joui column of
Views of Itcadeis on Tlmclj TopicH," urging
tlie public, to watch Thomas Mott Osborne's
voile I'r warden of Sing Sing Ho seems to
think thnt Mr Osborne Is going to bring the
millennium of prison reform. Those who have
rend his writing will be a little cautious In tholr
expectations. Trjlng to rule prisoners bj klnd
nedi ia about ns Hsky a trjlng to maintain
pence with foreign nation? by giving up (he
arms nnd navy. .Somothing pretty disastrous
to his hopes mai happen I wish Mr. Osborne
sulccss I know he will be kind
Philadelphia, December 1.
Tlirouch the Canal
I'roin the New York Tribune
When the old Oregon leads nil her proud suc
cessors over the divide. .Americans- will hark
rV, f rt,"" BS. '" Prim.; but she
il, ,i i . "" cual"' ana tnere she was
J1 i,0.r ,r, Med-L Her ,rP through the
Strait of Magellan In jG8 dajs from San Fran-i-lsco
to Key West was a magnificent record,
and. ns It happened, it brought her to the bat
tleground in time But the moral was plain
and the Immeasurable value of an Isthmian
canal was brought home In a fashion Ameri
cans could never forget. As the Oregon climbs
through Culebra from sea to sea In a matter
of a few hours the circle will be complete
to" eacf " be wfltten for all the world
GODS OF WAR
Tate wafts us from the pigmies' shore:
We swim beneath tho epic skies;
A Borne and Carthage war once more
And wider empires are the prize:
Where the beaked galleys clashed, lo. thesa
Our iron dragons of the seas!
THE BALKAN FIFTH ACT
Traje, Nat Speculation
Wtieu icurttlj m deiHrewed. AMMleau
Turkey's Entry Into the "World War Declared
Logical,
The advent of Turkey among the combat,
ants has been variously viewed. One of the
most interesting analyses comes from Frank
H. Symonda in the New Republic Mr.
Symonds finds In the arrival of Turkey on
the battle line something so logical as to
suggest the fifth act of a drama immeas
urably grand and technically perfect. A gen
eration ago the Great Powers, seated about
the table at the Berlin. Congress, .turned back
two million Bulgarians In Thrace and Mace
donia to the gentle mercies of the Turk, In
order to protect their own peoples from war.
Similarly the Serbs of Bosnia were trans
ferred to the actual but not the titular
sovereignty of Austria. The Greeks of
13nfiiia lKiii.ai4nnla .,! 1. . 4 ..,... r-., .,..
were left beneath the Osmanll yoke. Russia
was placated by leave to rob ber ally Ru
mania of Bessarabia, Inhabited by Ruman
ians. Rumania, was quieted by a, permit to
seize the Bulgsr land of Pobrudja.
So today we have the fifth act, the world
WflF Tlii man WAm,n onT j.1. 1 1 .1 .. .. . ,......
donls, Thrace and Armenia, who were sac
rificed that there might be peace north of
the Danube, have died In vain, but not un
avenged Champagne and PJeardy, Brabant
and Flanders, East and West Prussia,
Oillcia and Poland, now know tho horror
that was the share of Macedonia for a
generation.
As (his terrific conflagration mounts higher
and higher, the pacifist perceive ln it the
negation of ail things sound and bt in
human Ufa, xtm tb psac that was before,
aad pray tt It roay spMdlly return. Yt
granting aM that U sld of the horror of a,U
war, of tlg war byid aJI othars, 1 tlMrt
tint ltSjKttVAKt in it BnuJ ttaa, iUi iK.
High o'er tho mountains' dizzy steep
The winged chariots take their flight
The steely creatures of the deep
Cleave the dark waters' ancient nlcht
Below, above. In wave, in air '
New worlds for conquest everywhere.
More terrible than spear or sword
Those stars that burst with flery breath:
More loud the battle-cries are poured
Along a hundred leagues of death
So do they fight How have ye warred
Pefeated armies of the Kordr '
This Is the Dark Immortal's hour:
Ills victory, whoever fall:
His prophets have not lost their power;
r mm Anna, prevail.
These are your legions still, proud ghosts.
These mjriad embattled hosts. 8"ua,'
How wanes thine empire, Prince of Peaeel
With the fleet Hireling of the suns
The ancient gods their power liwease
Lo, how thine own anointed ones
Do pour upon the warring bands
The devil's blessing from their hands,
Who dreamed a dream mid outcasts born
Could overbrow the pride of kingsT
They pour on qhrfit t-bs anolent scorn.
His Dove its goQ and illfer wlrigi
Has spread. Perhaps it pests In name
In outcasts who abjure his natne.
Choose ye your rightful gods, ner pay
Lip reverence that the heart denies,
O Nations I not Zeiu today.
The thunder from th eoW skies,
Moro thai the Prince of Pea.net I Tier
Not nobler fer a, worjd at war?
They fit th dreams of power we bold.
Those gods wh? names are wHb us still.
Uta. in Uielr imag wade of old ,H'
The high oompantam of tbeft wilt
Who sk aa ajfy !, 9 wide,
WOWJ4 w srrtm&mit
Q evjteast Chrtat, u mt s iu
For Asm of baMt u b HjrU
WWl lift M W nt lb M moon.
GOOD WORDS TOR OUR DIPLOMATS
To the Editor 0 I7te Kicnlng Ledger.
J., l,e t.dltrt' f "Appreciating tho Diplo
matic beivlcc, ' expresses my views exactly.
?hf .,S8i.,C01 d,sBrnMf"y unappreclative to
........ inuiucier nnu ncnievement of the
men who havo represented us In foreign capi
tals Trom the beginning of this nation, our
Ambassadors and diplomats, almost without
exception, have been abundantly equal to their
tasks. They have honored their country. Few
or tnem rave made nny very serious diplomatic
VJ0' Th0 dPIor"ts of foreign countries are
all the time getting into trouble, and yet we
have begrudged. In the past, every good word
we have said for our own representatives
Philadelphia, December I. ' j
PICKING OUT A PRESIDENT
To the Kdltor of the Evening Ledger:
Sli-Colonol Wntterson, warhorse of the
MtT.T0?' mXst hlVe JumPed P ani kicked
his heels togethei when he conceived the Idea
11 7 "' . '" "eau 0l ms editorial page the
following national ticket For President : Boles
Penrose; for Vice President, Joseph G. Ca"
", ?fn'1. U Jtlee Story who said: "To
.lii! a i1.0' Beoure ,he reverence and
Ji l?'1.1 "i? rtlenltj" of the """on. the rreei
deiulal ofllce should always bo occupied by
a man of elevated talents, of ripe virtues
of Incorruptible Integrity and of tried patriot
ism, one who shall forget his own Interests and
rernembei that he represents not a party, but
the whole nation"? QUEERCIJ8S
Philadelphia. December I, yuufaKCU83'
BUY IT IN AMERICA
T,ih.SailQrSf th9 Evening Ledger:
,..al.r7",,en- ho Secretary of Commerce savs
t. ' -"' -. .,,? mmii wring, ns avoids
the error of exaggerating prosperity, The main
fnr h,5 ,?,'!,"'' '.J?' proml3e of the present
nLh,e, fl,ture. The worI(1 abroad." as Mr.
Redfleld lemarks. -both that part of It which
s In arms and that which Is at peace, is turn
Ing toward America for a large portion of Its
JSPm' 8.nth Phras' ,Bu it In America
hLV il!?. l!?ve. a Potent which has hitherto
been acking." . Buy It In America." Let's
make It an unbreakable habit. t. L. B
Princeton, N. J , November 30.
STADIUM FOR OLYMPICS
3Vt,Fd(ror l 'A Evening Ledger'
t 21lXThe reai5 Vadium for which the Evbnino
m? taSL!? h" ,twl " P0lUies that
n Jfdwte """ruction eema little short of
Inevitable once the people are told of them.
snof!.01 J& a.n absardly plausible piece of
financing; this structure will pay for Itself i
so short a time compared with the ordinary run
of public quasl-publlc buildings. It will bring
I '"" u a n uviure snouid secure
Phn4delphIarDember 1 A- O.
HOW LAWS ARE MADE
grts JMttor of tha SveHtng Ledger:
BUr-h ever will the mass of the peonfe enjow
manufacturers, wasa earners, etfcW S?
to Hfrt their ladtvlduaUty and s&dy life a?.
lth? mdivw? ft" 0l u'h msit SusUum
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