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When the sun Is out the stars arc dim, but
they are still dalna their appointed icork.
Rob Not the Shrine of Its Altar
MOST graciously will Philadelphia listen
to the plea of Herbert Flclshhackcr,
who Is here as a representative of the lan-ama-Pactflc
Exposition to urge that the city
permit the Liberty IJell to be taken to San
Francisco and there exhibited to the thou
sands of patriots who fervently desire to
gaze on It.
Aside, however, from the physical feeble
ness of the Hacred relic, which renders In
advisable Its transportation across the con
tinent, there Is another and Insurmountable
obstacle.
On the Fourth of July there will be held
here a national celebration of our Inde
pendence, and to the shrine of our liberties
thousands upon thousands of Americans will
Journey to drink anew its Inspiration.
The shrine would be without its altar
were the Liberty Bell not in it.
Democracy's Merry Masquerade
SECRETARY BltYAN, ns the chief actor
In the affair ut the Adclphla last night
In honor of Thomas Jefferson and Wood row
Wilson, was moro entertaining than was ex
pected. With a serious and sober face ho
announced that "Wo havo a President who
Is Using the force of hl3 great personality
to make the Government square with the
Ideals of Jefferson."
The height of comedy was reached when
Mr. Bryan, tho apostle of free silver and
Inflation, attempted to defend tho Democracy
as the friend of legitimate business and tho
enemy only of Illegitimate business. Of
course, tho Democracy is opposed to illegitl
,mate business. The grievance of tho na
tion against Mr. Bryan and against tho
Democracy ns a whole is that ho nnd it havo
treated successful business as illegitimate.
There Is not a great commercial centre In
tho country where tho Democracy Is not dis
trusted. With some notable exceptions tho
Democratic leaders are men who know noth
ing of the methods of large business enter
prises, and many of tho statesmen who havo
been passing the laws for two years come
from small communities where tho common
belief Is that which Mr. Bryan was preaching
a few years ago, namely, that a man cannot
make a million dollars and be honest.
Tho Republican leaders do not hove to try
to make It appear that the business of the
country cannot be trusted to the Democracy.
To attempt to prove It would be like trying
to paint tho Illy or to gild refined gold.
Yet tho Democracy will persist In this line
of argument and praise Mr. Wilson as a
grat Democrat worthy of rcnomlnatlon and
re-election But Mr. WHson himself must
be aware that if Jpfferson was a Democrat
then he, with his Indorsement of paternalism
run mad, must be called by some other name.
To call the Democracy of today the friend
of business Is no moro Inexact than to say
that either Bryan or Wilson Is a Jeffer
sonlp.n. Just a Wreath for His Bier
OVB of tho makers of the West died when
Colonel William It. Nelson, editor of tho
Kansas City Ftnr, breathed his last. He was
a journalist of the highest type. He believed
In making his howspaper serve tho public.
H wnn not a mere monoy-mnker, willing to
fell himself to the highest bidder. He was a
patriotic citizen, who devoted himself, first,
to making Kansas City a better place In
which to live, nnd then to improving politi
cal and social conditions in both Missouri
and Kansas. An his paper was published on
the border of the two States, he had to servo
the two communities. How much this acci
dent of location had to do with broadening
hs Ideas his biographers may estimate. But
nt this distance It looks ns If ho had been
originally a man broad enough to take tho
whole Union Into his Bcheme of betterment.
He must have looked with gratification In
In his later years upon the new West which
he saw about him, In the making of which
he had shared. Both Kansas and Missouri
are better because of him, and It would take
a long time to tell what he has done for his
own city. Bo we place this wreath upon
his bier to let those who knew him at homo
understand that ho was known and appre
ciated here, where Benjamin Franklin, one of
America's first and greatest Journalists.
Worked and lived,
Money Can Brlnff the Conrention Here
MORE will be needed than resolutions of
the General Assembly of the State and
petitions from the League of Republican
Clitbtf to bring the next Republican National
Convention to Philadelphia. The arguments
which usually convince the National Repub
lican Committee that one city la more avall
abla than another are such as can be used
In paying campaign expenses. Other things
being equal, the city which makes the high
est cash bid gets the convention. This is why
' eight pf the H Presidents ejected since I860
b,YC been nominated In Chicago.
Philadelphia ought to have the convention
next year. It to already planning a large con
vention hall, and the structure can be fin
ished In time for the nomination of the next
President of the United States, Jf delegates
from the 4S States could be welcomed In a
pplendld permanent meeting place for such
lathering, the facilities of the Ity for ac.
gqgimadatlng great assemblies would receive
f0r an advertisement as It could get In no
&ki way .
fh convention hall however, will not
S-iftp Ute. Hejwbliean convention nere,
JSJlttelMi S&4 Reittieiuf jgjyywiwerJeM,
9rt HWwy Ulks ttt Smmi.
Na mimttnml whlefe Ghlfft, ?u St. Louis,
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or Minneapolis could offer would outweigh
Philadelphia dollars, save a greater number
of dollars! offered by one or the other of
these competing cities.
Therefore, while the preparation of resolu
tions Is In progress netting forth the Import
ance of nominating a sound tariff President
In the chief city of Pennsylvania, the work
of raising a guarantee fund to pay the ex
penses of the National Committee should go
along with It and should bo prosecuted with
vigor.
In Contempt of Law nnd Sanitation
THAT tenements accessible to sewers
should be connected therewith Iff not an
unreasonable requirement. The city does
not spend millions to construct sewers
merely for tho convenience of those who
wish to avail themselves of the privilege.
The city has sewers' because sewers are
requisite to the health of the community,
and every houso without sewer connections
Is a menace to public health. There Is
scarcely a smalt town In tho nation that
has sewers which does not compel tho use of
them.
But In Philadelphia wo are fagely told
that such a requirement Is drastic, that the
owners of tenements cannot bo expected to
go to the expense of making connections.
"Tho health of the city be damned. We
want our profits."
Yet this objection, unreasonable aB It Is,
has as much reason behind It as any of tho
other objections to tho 1913 law mado by the
opponents of good housing. There seems to
be a feeling that thero is money in herding
peoplo together, wherefore any objection to
the practlco must be howled down; If thero
is n law to provent it, that law must be
nullified; If the courts Intervene, let tho
Legislature stultify Itself by condoning and
approving tho defiance of Its enactments by
Philadelphia Councils.
Mr. Connelly nnd other Councllmanic gen
tlemen of the opposition who were Invited
to attend the conference yesterday, at which
some sort of compromise measure wns to be
formulated, ns suggested by the Governor,
did not attend or even answer their Invi
tations. Mr. Connelly says that things are
all right In his part of town and the people
are satisfied with the habitations they have.
Doubtless there are people In Mr. Connelly's
district who ore cosily satisfied, but there
are n great many more who prefer health
to sickness and think that a three-by-four
window in a living room Is not a luxury.
Tho facts are plain. The callous Indifference
of Organization politicians Is evident. What
ever they may say, they stand convicted
of opposing Improvement, of battling against
decent housing, of favoring lnsanltatlon, of
preferring the profits of tenement owners to
tho health of their constituents.
Let them rave and trick themselves with
their conspiracies of nullification. There Is
a real Governor In Harrisburg and a militant
public opinion still existent In Philadelphia.
Allentown Sets the Pace
A1;
LLENTOWN silk dyers. Instead of going
to Washington to nsk the Government to
help them get German colors, have been
solving tho dye problem in their own labo
ratories, and It Is reported that they aro
ready to produce all tho dyes needed In their
business. This is tho kind of enterprise ex
pected in America, and it la gratifying to
learn thut it is manifested in Pennsylvania.
This State produces about a third of all
the silk woven In the United States. New
Jersey produces another third, and the rest
Is woven I" half a dozen other States. Allen
town is one of the largest sllk-produclng
communities In the world, and It Is there that
one would naturally look for originality and
Initiative in the conduct of the business.
Colors and fabrics and fashions are origi
nated there, and often imitated elsewhere.
Tho cotton and wool dyers who follow tho
example of the Allentown silk men will
have no tlmp to spend In making complaint
because the war has shut out the German
dyes', for they will bo busy making dyes
of their own.
The Kaiser Rushes to Austria's Help
G'
ERMAN reinforcements are being rushed
to tho Carpathians with all possible
speed to check the Russian advance Into Hun
gary, and Francis Joseph Is not to bo com
pelled to do his fighting alone. Perhaps
the reason for the sudden Interest In tho fate
of the Austrian armies may bo found In tho
rumors of an Austrian desire to make an in
dependent peace. But whatever tho reason,
Germany is rushing men to the rescue. And
the reports are that the Kaiser himself has
been on the scene of the fighting to en
courage his men and to Impress on them the
Importance of a stubborn resistance to the
Russian Invasion.
Some one blundered or the Kaiser's pres
ence would not havo been necessary. It
should have been easy for the Austrian,
properly backed, to have held the Carpathian
passes. But some one overestimated tho
strength of tho dofenses or underestimated
the vigor of tho Russian fighting men. But
now an attempt Is making to recover the lost
ground, with Russia 20 miles within tho Hun
garian boundary and controlling the mountain
approaches from tho north for 70 or 80 miles.
Here Is where the Interest In the war will be
centred for several days, If not for weeks.
Know Your City
F IS a good thing to see America first, nnd
a better thing to know your own city
before Investigating the beauties of others.
Thero are famous institutions here, rich In
artistic treasures, of which thousands of
citizens have never heard. Transients throng
Independence Hall every day, but few Phtla
delphlans ever go there. The average citizen
Is (Ikely to get Into a rut and know only
that part of the city through which his
routine carries htm. It woutd be Interesting
If one of the public schools Bhould give an
examination on the subject, Philadelphia. Of
a hundred questions asked concerning th
city as It is today, how many could answer
eighty?
Those who had faith In Bethlehem Steel
gharefl six weeks ago are reaping their re
ward. Huerta can say as little In as many words
as an man jyet Interviewed by the ship news
reporters', (
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Neither the man In llarrltfburg nor the
man in Albany wishes o be the hero qt the
PflunJajni, "When Is s Governor not a Qov
eracr;
VICTORIANO HUERTA,
VISITOR-IN-EXILE
Indian and Latin Traits In the Man
Whoso Coming to This Country
Raises the Question of How Par
He Is "Out of Politics."
By ROBERT HILDRETH
OURS Is perhaps the friendliest country In
the whole world. Wo are famously good
natured. If by some accident of events wo
discover a grievance against n foreigner, wo
forget It overnight. Ordinarily, not, Invari
ably. Occasional exceptions signify a break
ing of the national habit. We have n feel
ing toward the foreigner which Is peculiar,
nnd when It comes to International relations
there In no courtesy that can match that of
America.
Vlctorlano Huerta has landed In Now York.
It wns not to bo expected, of course, that
ho would be received with hisses and cat
calls. His welcome, on tho other hand, has
not been startllngly exuberant. The fact
worth noting Is that the American people
really like the man. Whatever trouble he
may have given us (or we, him), however
negligent he may have been once on a time
In showing proper respect to tho Stars and
Stripes, however shocking the Incidents of
his career nnd especially of his dictatorship
may have been to American sentiment, still
tho national mind is such that it cannot long
cherish n dislike for a mnn of so wonderful
a history and so striking a personality. Wo
remember chiefly the feat which Huerta ac
complished In sitting tight for a matter of 17
months against extreme odds, and we are
now, when three-quarters of a year hns
elapsed since ho took himself out of tho
Mexican muddle, close on the verge of re
garding him as a hero. America likes men
of personality, nnd thus America resembles
history Itself. We would like to have Villa
visit us. or even Cnrranza, not merely be
cause we arc curious to see how they look
and act, but because, each In his fnshlon,
they are men of personality nnd of deeds.
Victoriano Huerta, Guest
Romanticism Is nowhere more evident than
In American public opinion, nnd It glosses
over a great deal of unpleasant realism. Con
ceivably, It would forgive even the murder
of Mndcro. Our democracy, so far ns It
stands opposed to snobbery, has In a strange
variety of Instances very little use for con
demnation and ostrnelsm. It permits the big
man of a community to lead a despicable life
nmld the applause accorded him for his polit
Ital position or his business success, nnd
Is not careful of distinctions. A prison term
for the malefactor whose eareer has caught
the public Imagination wins for him some
times pity and sometimes affection. Speaking
of Huerta, we hnv to admit that wo began
condoning his offenses long ugo largely on
the ground that Huerta was a strong man
and that a strong man was what Mexico
needed. Wo told ourselves that perhaps, all
things considered, Huerta was "moro sinned
against thnn sinning" ono of human na
ture's favorite quotations.
Now Huerta Is here, with words of polite
ness at his tongue s end He admires "the
greatness of the American people," he says,
he who encouraged tho Mexican mobs to cry
out against the hated Gringo. He has al
ways admired tho American people, ho adds,
and truo enough this Is not the first timo he
has declared his admiration. He is polite
when It suits his purposes. Ho would not
snlute our flug last summer, but now "I sa
lute this great nation " Whose Is the mag
nanimity, Huerta's or ours? The present
American attitude toward Huerta, however,
has nothing to do with matters international.
Huerta proved himself a "Big Chief." That
phrase Is potent In America. We take off our
hats to "Big Chief" Crokor. We do tho same
to "Big Chief" Huerta.
Wanted: a "Man-Eater"
Huerta is "Big Chief" by reason not
only of his military and political deeds,
but by reason also of his Indian heritage,
though ho is not a full-blooded Indian. Ho
Is about half Indian In blood and more than
half In sentiment and moral make-up. Ho
Is much tho same type of Mexican as Por
flrlo Diaz, who showed In physique and tem
perament tho predominant characteristics of
the Mlxteca, a tribe of Indians much ac
customed to feuds and fights. Huerta never
won the reputation of being a humane man.
Ills disregard of human Ufo Is traceable, If
you llko, to an Indian trait of which you
will find documentary evldenco In Prescott's
account of the civil, military and religious
polity of the ancient Inhabitants of Anahuac.
When Huerta wns named as commander-in-chief
of tho discouraged Federal army, which
In enrly 1912 was trying to put down tho
rebellion In northern Mexico, Madcrn's of
ficers welcomed tho news with such remarks
as: "Thank God, now we shall show tho
devils!" and "He Is a man-cater, but he Is
what wo want."
Out of America's Andalusia
There is little of stolidity In Huerta's man
ner. His features, which are good and which
show strength and force of character, light
up with good humor. He U not without
genial qualities, and he used to like to come
and go In tho restaurants and parks of
Mexico City, stopping to chat pleasantly
with friends and acquaintances, perhaps In-
PARCEL POST IN
THE benefits conferred by rural delivery aro
best understood and appreciated by those
who reside In Isolated rural communities, Be
sides the conveniences which It affords to rural
residents In the dally delivery of mall to them,
and the facilities for the prompt dispatch of
mall, together with almost all other postal
facilities to be had at postofflces, the material
benefits which rural delivery has brought to
the rural residents are Incalculable, Subscrip
tions to newspapers, both local and metro
politan, have tnormously Increased, und farmers
are thereby l.opt advised of daily market quota
tions, enabling them to sell their products to
the best advantage and to aval) themselves of
the best prices for agricultural machinery,
clothing and other necessary commodities.
Farmers do not now have to abandon their
work and take their horses from the plows to
go to the postofflce after the malt, but can
devote all their time during the planting and
harvesting seasons to their occupations, and
conduct correspondence and secure supplies
with certainty and without loss of time.
Whenever a rural route Is established on a
road It means that, unless that road Is main
tained In condition to be traveled with facility
at all times, service will be withdrawn there
from. Generally speaking, the highways of the
United States are poor. The fact does not
seem to be appreciated that the building and
ina.lnjena.nce pf good roads ensbtes farmers
to market their prodiwe with greater fauillty.
"NOW,
vltlng them to ride with him In his auto
mobile. He possesses a vast fund of mother
wit and a marked Ingenuity in verbal fence.
In conversation, It has been told, he Is de
lightful, nnd passengers on the ship which
brought him from Spain repeat tho tale. He
was born perhaps this helps account for It
In tho Andalusia of Mexico, the State of
Jalisco.
Sometimes his behavior has caused com
ment on his prodigality and love of display,
and sometimes It has convinced observers of
his modesty and hatred of pomp and cere
mony. Another seeming contradiction In his
conduct is that which makes him appear as
a man devoid of mercy and as a. general be
loved of his soldiers, but this is no uncom
mon report of other Mexican "man-eater3."
Reports of Huerta's drinking habits differ
chiefly in degree. He is frequently pictured
as a cognac-soaked drunkard, but he shows
little or no trace of dissipation. Either
Huerta has an almost superhuman constitu
tion or else the unfavorable tales are ex
aggerated. The most reliable testimony Is
In favor of both explanations!
Huerta was born of peon parentage 61
years ago. The parish priest gave him the
rudiments of education, and Huerta has not
forgotten tho debt of gratitude he owes for
that service. Tho boy Huerta proved an apt
pupil, displaying proficiency in penmanship
and arithmetic, and while still a mere strip
ling he earned money by bookkeeping such
bookkeeping as sufficed for the primitive re
quirements of tho locality. At the Military
College of Chapultepec Huerta won distinc
tion in his studies, especially In topography
and astronomy, and after his graduation he
served during considerable periods on tho
Geological Survey Commission. His scien
tific work was always carefully and ac
curately done. Huerta, unlike other Mexi
cans who have risen from peon origin, docs
not belong In tho Ignoramus class.
A Boyish Ambition
Huerta's boyish ambition was to bo a
soldier. By chance a copy of tho old Monitor
Republlcano fell Into his hands and he found
In It an official advertisement giving the con
ditions of admission to the Military College
of Chapultepec. He resolved to enter the col
lege, but It was by accident that he found
the method. In the autumn of 1871 General
Guerra, who was then serving tho Govern
ment of President Juarez, arrived in tho vll
igo with a smnll body of troops. Guerra
inquired for an amanuensis and tho boy
Huerta, who was standing by, offered his
services. He acquitted himself well, and
Guerra fell into talk with the youngster,
asking him his namo and what ho was am
bitious to bo. The boy, dressed probably in
the humble cotton garb of the Indian, with
coarse straw hat, replied that he wanted to
go to tho Military College and learn to be a
soldier.
"I want to be a general," he said.
Guerra laughed, and laying his hand on
the lad's shoulder, replied:
"Very well, then, come with me."
The boy went after bidding good-bye to
his parents and friends. General Guerra
took him to Mexico City and presented him
to President Juarez.
"Here. Mr. President," said Guerra, "Is an
Indian lnd who wants to be a general."
Jaurez forthwith directed that the lad
be enrolled as a Chapultepec cadet, and the
first part of Huerta's boyish drrarn was
realized.
THE COUNTRY
greater regularity, and with less wear and tear
on wagons and stock. Since the advent of rural
delivery, there has been nothing which has
given greater Impetus to the good-road move
ment than the extension of this service.
The rural delivery service has been a great
boon to the rural population. Before Its estab
lishment there were days and weeks when, be
cause of stress of work on the farm, stormy
weather or other conditions, the farmer was
unable to make a trip to the postofflce, and
had to do without mall, which means that he
was without knowledge of what was going on
In the world,
The exchange of letters, receipt of newspa
pers and other publications, the transaction of
money order and registry business and now the
parcel post, nil through the rural carrier, has
worked wonders In making the farmer's bust
ness more profitable and country life more at
tractive. The saving to the rural residents
through the operation of the rural delivery
system, If It could be calculated, would run
into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
The rural delivery service now embraces about
4J.00O routes, covering over ,000,OQQ miles of
roads and serving approximately 20,000,000, per
sons. Through this great system the farmer
receives and sends out his letters, sets his
newspapers and other publications, obtains
monpy orders and registers mail, and now, -by
parcel post, exchanges merchandise all with
out a trip to the postoMce. Parcel Post Nfws.
HERB'S HOW IT LOOKS TO ME!"
(1) Atlantic Monthly "Italy's Duty.
(2) Independent "The Infernal Trcntino."
(3) Current Opinion "Tho Strugglo for
the Support of Italy."
(4) Review of Reviews" "From Dover
Straits to the Golden Horn."
(5) Scrlbncr's "Tho Earthquake in tho
Abruzzl."
ITALY
SOMETIMES the wallflower's the strategic
position. Italy as the wallflower of Eu
rope, looking on at tho great melee, has had
much tho best of It so far, especially from
tho point of view of tho several hundred
thousand Italians who would be dead by
this time had she stepped out from tho
wnll and accepted tho attentions of either
tho Triple Entente or tho Triple Alliance
last fall.
But, of courso, In tho long run, It Is far
moro Important to statesmen to acquire ad
ditional patches of land and to "put over"
coups d'etat than It Is to preservo peace and
save lives. Unfortunately, merely keeping tho
peace hasn't much prestige or appreciation'
In the court of public opinion. So thero Is
much tall: In Italy of what her share Is
going to be when it comes to the end of the
war and to dividing up the spoils. Thero Is
also a busy revival of a grievanco against
Austria which will furnish a plausible rea
son for backing out of the Triple Alliance.
Tho best reason so far takes tho form of
two Austrian provinces, Trentlno and Trieste,
lying ulong her northern boundary, which
havo never belonged to modern Italy. In
1866 Giuseppe Mazzlnl contended that bo
causo of the geographical formation of tho
land, and because of Italian customs tradi
tions" and languago prevalent there, these
two provinces belonged rightfully to Italy.
Gugllelmo Ferrero, the Roman Journalist,
who became, wltn tho publication of his
fascinating Roman history a few years ago,
probably tho most conspicuous of modern
historians, writes In the Atlantic Monthly
(1) on "Italy's Duty." Both his Italian citi
zenship and his world-wide fame as an his
torical authority give the article added In
terest. Ho quotes the Mazzlnl essay contending
that Italy has a tltlo to those two northern
provinces, and shows himself nn ardent Na
tionalist In his summing up.
Within B0 years tho Slavic language will be
the speech of Trieste and the Istrlan cities, un
less 4ve conquer Istrla; and every memory of
Italy will fade from those lands which, since
tho davs of Aucustus. have always been Latin.
We shall be overwhelmed with shame If we
allow tho speech of our fathers to be corrupted,
little by little, by a new people.
The reasons are neither few nor of little
moment which today spur Italy on to unite
herself In arms with the coalition which Is mak
ing war against the Germanic Empires. They
are reasons so vital that It Is eaBy to foresee
that If Italy stands with folded arms, she may,
perhaps, receive a mortal blow.
Never, perhaps, was Italy so perplexed and
divided. I do not doubt that the majority
of the whole country are on the side of neu
trality. In the political world we find as proof
the Socialist party and tho Clerical party
which are certainly much stronger than the
rest openly favorable to neutrality. Turn
ing from political parties to the country at
large, It can safely be affirmed that the peo
ple tho peasants and the artisans are almost
all averse to any kind of war, even a war
against Austria. The multitude desires peace.
The educated middle classes, on the other hand,
re bellicose, the bureaucracy, the Journalists,
the teachers of the common schools and many
professional people, physicians and lawyers
Almost all the Important newspapers which
have a wide circulation ar for war; but these
classes, while they have much Influence on pub
lic opinion, have not yet succeeded In Inflaming
from one end of Italy to the other those por
tions of the population "whose soul Is armored
In cold prudence and love of quiet.
Today Italy pays not only for the mistake of
having entered into an alliance with Austria
and Germany In isp3, but for a mistake, per
haps more serious than the first, that of not
being aware that since 1905 the Triple Alliance
had changed its character from a league of
peace, little by little. Into a league of aggres
sion. I do not know what may happen on that
day when, in the midst of a Europe rent by war
and restless In the face of such ruin, the Italian
people become persuaded that the monarchy by
the mistakes of Its foreign policy has prevented
Italy from taking the Italian provinces. It Is
even possible that the monarchy's last hour will
strjke. "'
Rising Prices o Inferno Stock
Thla great historian takes the two prov
inces so seriously that It Is llko the sharp
contrast of comedy In a tragedy to turn
to the Independent and read there a lighter
valuation of the Importance of Trentlno (3):
. "AH "trt i0' !? ta thla that aly covets
i'A w .'"i U TlIUw t0 flBht Austria to get
tT Nothing less than that which Dante sketched
ft wJl'wno- fWOwte. once lived In Trent
mUuH U vn0? U,,rt Tlrro B"t he did not
i&0 li.VforH? hVtd mtalns and feared rocks
Bo, when he described the descent Into th
&th C"5,fl ,' h Inferno, where are con?
(rem Us AJplne reminiscence Uuskln ,
tog that the test, for wild anu ru ,n.,r:
BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
DIGEST OF THE MAGAZINES
a rCCCnt acquirement of tho race, comme'olj
"Modern Painters": "orau
"Tho fiint In ihnt nnn. .,. y-l
shows himself "to" have be'en Tnot. ,?
........... ... . ultlu,lt:u manner on Hat ciltid
In a long robe, It puts him seriously outffll
way when he has to take to hands and bJ
or look to his tiM ,1?l
u.v,t,u juiuriirciauons or tho Italian sltl
atlon aro summarized by Current OpinM
(3), which quotes from various paperirH
Tho truth, ns the Independent dallies li.J
see It, Is that Italy will "go It alone." p3
TiniiftlrTH !. ii . .. ..
now Ambassador to Rome. hn nnn..iii
monlzed Italy and Austria to a slight wS
Not long ago ho offered Italy ths TiwEa
nnd a rectification of hor eastern fronUtii
a consideration not yet disclosed, accortlnii
tho cautious London Post, always In touthw
the facts of diplomacy Austria, on the te
hand. Is determined not to yield an' Inch! e
the equally well-informed Corrlere della. 6n
The deadlock on this point led to the senMto
retirement of Count Herchtold as Austro-Ea
garlnn Foreign Minister, for he was far too em
w....i.uijr lu, i-i.uiuis josenii, whoso rornmus
"No compensation for treachery." n (tti
Italy revealed colossal bad faith In not ebnta
Into the war with Germany and the Haptbm
The uncertain factor In tho course of IUh
wo nre again reminded by tho London Fni
Is tho ultimate determination of aiolltt) (&
former Premier). Ho wants to come7lt4
aainnura wants to stay A test of strenjthls
place tho other day, when tha Chamber si
' Bvo ine i-remior u vote of conf)Maetl
Blowinf tho finlrlen TTnm '",.51
Frank II. Simonds, one of the most prcri
nent American authorities and writers onti
present war, considers tho threatened fin's
Constantinople a matter of vital Imporulj
In tho development of tho Italian slufitte
Writing In tho Review of Reviews (tyh
says: -
Where German diplomacy had sougiit total
alliance with Italy -It now contracted 'm
neutrality, onrt the " rcntlno nnd astrlpottej
rltory east of the Italian frontier wore su!l
as tho prlco of Italy's neutrality But from Km
a bargain Vienna and Rome both lire
Vienna held tho prlco too hlghi JWmt m
small, nnd German Irrltntlon at Austrian .
stlnncy began to find Its wny into the OerssB
official press for tho first time.
In this situation the attack Upon Cqiu
tlnonlc aroused n fresh outburst of Italian f(
lng, gave a new Impetus to the forcqj "WJ
seemed to be drawing Italy Into the war.
deciding not to ''attack France in Hit, m
bad definitely rennitneert n struggle for. f
suprcmncy of the Western Mediterranean.;
tho fall of Turkey would mean the pann
or Asia Minor, To tho conquerors wowa tun
the prize; for Italy thero would be n i-1
If Italv bore no nnrt of the burden of cooqtt
Thus It was that tho fate of ConetaetS8B
became an Italian problem, and once nwTJ
world henrH ctf nnw Ttnllnn mnhlllzatlon. CI
fleet of Buperdreadnoughts waiting on ).&
hh ii were. ii
An Earthquake Overshadowed i
Wnr nn.l -iitv,rt,.i nt wni hnVA tnadS.PSS
great cnrthnimko which recently destro!
nn ontlro province of Italy seem iMlfg
cant In comparison. Thomas Nelson
tlm nnvnlls wiin ( tho American Just
. sador to Italy, was there at the tlrae,'Pf
describes tho extent of the destrucUWi.
Scrlbner's (5): I
Avezzano that morning only because henJ
quite reached the town at the Initant '
catstronhe, describes In simple words &''!
saw: The enrth nil of a Biidden shoo JWB
beneath his feet; there was a great jjzm
crash and the town before him In the bj"M
light, as his eyes rested on It. "
man staggered out from a pile of ruins ""rj
down, bleeding and dazed, and neri f".'H
another followed nnd sank nown, of a
the ruins were SOOO persons, of whom nIn5
TCltJ OlIU 111CIM. IICII WH- liSM
the wny to Rome that evening was WtXZM
he gave a fairly rational account of Plm"Sfa
wnen asKea as to Avesznno, mm ',-i5e
slmnh" "Mnn nlanta Tl W3S QUltS SS:
there Is nothing left.
S MOUNTAIN FLORA
Aa i. .!.... .... .t... .mAMh nf the hw
40 MID 4'ltMlt Ull IMD P.I.MW... -- T" ...j
That sees not the deep and the Pi
Tnat knows not the mient
I am rooted and grounded In Ill"V J
The small leaves of my sowi
Thrust up from His will. I
T trirwi tn4 tliA lavplrila nfllf.
a nUW ftUl HID ICtH"' J.. .
The white and Ineffable Thouttt,.
wnence the hill-torrents now
And my nurture Is brought
I nm little and meek;
I dare not to lift
My look to His snow, lL .rtJ
Rut drink, drop by drop, of it ev i
Some say, on the face
Of that ultimate height
Small plants have their place
Rapt far from our sight
Tn fhj nlftitrt.i ctrfltirft
Where the Infinite Dream mounts r
To the infinite Sky, there they T9
Where the Intellect faints
There, humble and glad, their pt"
As the Innocent bell . i
Of the Least Boldanella thrust o
the snow,
C9a ,1... ft..--,- .1... antntfi
On the terrible height of tb 0"
dwell;
Held safe by the Will v ....
Hej-o UjKJerWiJ ta M S