10 J-- .OBYEKINa OuBDaEB-PHILABBLPHlA', BATTJKDAY; MAY 8, 19X5: nil ""it. i T u Ik tb$tt, rubnc ledger company crnufl jl k. cuims. ptiDT. CmarlesH Ludlnston Vice rreiMent i John C Martin, ZStSflV? 1i". Trturer, Philip S. Collins, John II. Williams, Director EDITORIAL nOAIlD! Ctrttis II K. dims. Chairman. WIIALCr .ncutlvo Editor V. H jojin c iunns General Riinlnrii Manager Publifhed dally at Tieuo Iiiixir.it ttulhltnir, Independence Square, 1'hlladelphla a S5Cl."A1" "! '"Broad and Ch'Mnut BlrfeU vl,0' ritM-tnlon Jlulldln M!W YOtK , 170-A. Murnnolllnn Tnn.r Cntotno "".'... ,8,T ""ne InMiianre Hullitlng ..i ,.8 Waterloo Place. Pall Mall. s. w. LONDON xnwn DunnAfai $?Z"TllV'n,y'.lKV' Th,r" HulMlnis nHMii n?,vF.?,i0 The Timet HulMlns t JVil?. JH?-K nn FflfdrlchtraM PiU. n.Sf.V 8 Pall Mall Kant, S W Iil Vvxtov nz nue Lotus le Orand eiTDscmrTio.v teiims euErTdf'nl'lil.Sl'i iN"' ,U Cn"- "" ,nn"' P"IPld I. i-,?l.t pJ",''lpl". "cert where foreign po'" niiTS n?!vm,l'T ""-T' "nnnnh. twenty file' cent.: mJ mI?.s 'i. P? ;"r, three dollar. All mull mil. acriptlona pajntlo In adiani.e iltLL. J00 WALNUT KCYSTONT, MAIN JOM W lddresj nil eommunlraltana to nicnlno Ledger, Independence Square, Philadelphia. t.Mtntn xt nil: riutincLriiii roBTorrirn ib kecond CUM MAIL JMTirn. PHILADELPHIA, SATL'RIIAY, MAY B, 1913. Justice may seem to slat Its hand, but it strikes at last. A Time for Calm, Deliberate Action WE HAVE condemned the nations of Europe for permitting themselves to bu sucked Into the maelstrom. Wo must not follow their example. We must, on the con trary, keep our heads. There has been uni versal condemnation when mobs have turned Into lynching parties, becnuso noma foul crlmo has made them loso their reason. Wo want no mob policies now. Rather wo need tho calm wisdom of statesmen. That Germany gave warning of her inten tions merely emphasizes the fact that tho disaster was deliberate and carefully planned The criminal does not mitigate his crimi nality by giving notlco of It. The important fact for us Is that tho United States had already notified Berlin that It could not accept the German theory of what Is proper In submarine warfare. We have not ad mitted the right of any nation to destroy passenger ships, with Americans aboard, without nrst rescuing them. In tho crisis tho country turns with confi dence to the President. It wilt uphold him valiantly In whatever couise he may llnd It proper to follow. Non loves peace moro than he, none Is more n verso to war, and nono more patient amid the swirl of emo tions. Let the people follow his example, wait and watch with him, and depend on him to vindicate alike the honor of the nation and Its undoubted rights. An Ordinance That Should Be Defeated IT WOULD bo possible to frame tin ordi nance that would Impose greater hard ships upon the operators of Jitney cars than tho one which has been Introduced In Select Council, but no one would have the nerve to defend It as a regulating measure. To require Jitney owners to give bond In tho sum of $5000 and to pay an annual li cense fee of $75 is to surround the new busi ness with restrictions which will shut out from It a large number of car owners well qualified to serve tho public. No such ex cessive fee and bond arc necessary for tho protection of patrons of tho cheap cars. Th sole purpose of regulations should be to make It Imposslblo for irresponsible men to engage In the business. There can bo no objection to a reasonable llcenso fee nnd a requirement for tho registration of all cars and operators. Such regulations would make it possible for the police to Identify offenders against the traffic regulations. If Councils goes farther than this it will disregard tho undoubted sentiment of every one except tho owners of taxlcabs and traction shares. When Cigarettes Ceased to Be Turkish PERHAPS tho pure food experts could tell what proportion of the Turkish and Egyptian cigarettes consumed In this coun try are mado from tobacco grown either la Egypt or Turkey. But one of tho largest manufacturers of "Turkish" cigarettes In the city has confessed that tho tobacco ho uses no longer comes from Turkoy. Yet it is the samo tobacco he has been buying for years. Since the close of tho Balkan war his tobacco has been raised in Bulgaria, Servla and Greece. The victors seized the tobacco-growing district of European Tur key nnd divided It among themselves nnd thereby compelled even the Turks to smoko cigarettes made of foreign-grown tobacco. But "Turkish," as a trade name, will con tinue to be used for a long time, unless the pure food bureau compels the manufacturers to change their branding, as it has already forced sausage makers to stop selling "Frankforters" and "Bologna" and to label their goods "Frankforter style," or "Bologna style," A Turkish cigarette, however, under any other name will retain its peculiar efficacy. tethtrj The Overplayed Child WHILE we are considering the over worked child and attempting to relieve his condition by legislation we should not forget the overplayed child. The number of children employed In fac tories is small in comparison with those oc cupying themselves in school and at play, Ijut every physician and many mothers know that the strain of the amusements of their children Is destroying their nervous and physical stamina as effectively as though they had to spend eight or nine or ten hours tn a mllL The young, undeveloped body Is over strained. At night, after a day of school and play, the boy or girl Is Irritable. There is bickering between brothers and sisters, A remark that would have excited no com ment rn the morning precipitates a quarrel, nd the parents And It difficult to keep the peace. The day ends. too often, in unpleas antness where It should close In calm com panionship The 7-year-old boy, allowed to play at will in the company of other chlN tiren, who race up and down the street or over thp lawn, may strike his little brother when they come together in the house without be ing vicious. His whole system 1b upset and It cannot recover its equilibrium without long jTMt If he does not get sleep enough at night lb wakes tn the morning, still on edge, and basins the day with more Singings of hi WW" d apparently unreasonable tantrum. JBnt the. same children, when kept quietly at hewe, and free from undue excitement, ftetiav Jike different creatures. They are af fdctlouate, amenable to reason and harroonl ous. Every mother is familiar with the transformation which such a day makes la ki- children and a few of them understand tht rfaosou for It But tfcey alt wonder why tk yep boy na jgMs mmH befe&va eterjr t day na they behave on their days of unruf fled nerves when the strain on them ha not been greater than they could bear. It Is possible to rescuo the overworked child by legislation limiting the number of hours during which he can be employed Dut llttlo short of a social revolution will lift the overplayed child from the conditions which nro retarding his development and planting the seeds of greater weakness In the nct generation, Crowning Horror of Horrors w: HAT Is tho world .coming to nnd Into what bloodthirsty madness have human beings been driven? All the world stood appalled when nn Iceberg sent the Titanic to tho bottom. That was tho littleness of men In conflict with the prodigious forces of nature. But yesterday nnother giant of tho sea was sent Into tho depths, not by an accident, not by n natural cataclysm, but by human beings, Intent on destruction, nnd with It went hundreds of Innocent men, women nnd children Into untimely and ter rible graves. It Is Inconceivable that such things can be, unspcnkablc that such deeds are perpetrated, intolerable that they should continue, A cry of Indignation must arl3o at tho criminal negligence of the British Admir alty, Of what uso wero Its patrolH along the Irish coast? it had nmplo warning. A convoy should have met tho Lusltanla, miles nt sea, and brought her safely Into port. But none did and sho rushed Into destruc tion. Impotent and helpless, freighted with human enrgo. Let the Admiralty explain as it will, nnd tho world excoriate Germany, ns It must, but ever nnd always tho accusing linger will point to tho Incompetency of the men directing tho English fleet who per mitted this thing to happen. There is no excuso for Germany. There Is no place In tho sun for such deeds. Her warnings were sent out, It Is true, but these warnings themselves betrayed a wan ton abandonment of humanitarian precepts and the espousal of policies at once murder ous and contemptible By what miracle Is It brought about that a great people, renowned for kindliness, wholesome virtues and big, bravo hearts, follow William Hohenzollern 'In his flerco rhnlry with barbarism? Does he invite tho United Stutcs to join In tho war against him? Certainly within the past few weeks ho has again and again Insulted (jur sovereignty, disregarded our lights and flaunted our privileges. 'Were our people less patient and our Government less set In Its stern pursuit of peace, long ago wo should havo been goaded into the supremo folly of war. There Is a limit beyond which It Is not safe to go. There Is a danger point. Throw Into the conflict our billions upon billions of wealth, match each 42-centlmetro gun with an equal weight of yellow metal, put our resources unreservedly at the disposal of the Allies, and the fate of Germany, against which a world Is already In arms, will be definitely scaled. We do not wish It. On the contrary, an historic friendship wo should still preserve. We want peace, honorable peace, with all nations and against none would we willingly wage war. Yet our citizens must not be murdered, our ships sunk, our cargoes destroyed. There Is a limit. It behooves our Government, therefore, to reiterate Its solemn warning; to Inform Ber lin definitely that It must cease Its grievous attacks upon our citizens, for In them there Is no warrant of accepted precedent; to re spect our flag, to respect our citizens, to assume toward us the friendliness which wo have a right to expect and to cease straightway Its warlike treatment of ub. Peace may bo had at too terrlblo a price. We do not want It If wo must have It dis honorably. Our patience must vlndlcato it self by sureness In our diplomatic efforts to prevent the recurrence of such savagery. Tying Peru to the United States THE commercial relations between the South American Republics nnd the United States will bo closer when there nro more contracts In force such as the President of Peru approved yesterday. It provides for the Investment by nn American company of $10,000,000 In an enterprise for irrigating and colonizing certain Peruvian coast lands, South America needs financing, as the United States needed It until within the pres ent generation. Our proportion of the for eign trade of the southern continent has been small because Europe has been supply ing money for developing the country and the people paid the Interest on bonds by ship ments to Europe, the vessels bringing back cargoes of European goods. As the war progresses it appears that the United States will be the only nation left in a condition to finance great enterprises in any part of the world for the next genera tion. The surplus capital of Europe Is being burnt up in battle. When a real war Is on, Mrs, Pankhurst finds use for her ability to stlrmp the fight ing spirit. The way to break a notoriety seeker of his bad habits Is to deny to him the notoriety which he seeks. Throwing sharp nails on the street to put the Jitneys out of service is worse than using gas bombs in warfare. The City Club membership campaign is progressing even more successfully than did the campaign to create a greater Chamber of Commerce,. That after-dinner speaking course for An- I napolls students must be to train the future admirals In the art of talking agreeably without saying anything. Checks of all sices and colors seun to be fashionable in men's clothes this spring, and the Joy would be universal, spreading from the clothing dealers to their customers, if they could only be cashed. Lafayette Young, the voluble and vocifer ous ex-benator from Iowa, talked himself out of detention in Austria and persuaded the Government to apologize for suspecting him of being anything but a distinguished Americas cltUen, PLOWING THE LAND OF EUROPE Damnge to the Soil Will Cost War ring Nations Millions of Dollars. Effects Will Last Half a Century, Penalties for Killing Trees. By SAMUEL HARRIS WHEN LloydGcorgo presented to tho IIouso of Commons his cstlmato.of tho cost of the war to Great Britain, he said that tho Government expenditures for tho first year would reach tho total of $5,680,000,000, truly a staggering amount of money. Tho cost of war, however, Is Inadequately reck oned by reference to the sums which pass Into nnd out of the treasuries of warring Governments, and one Item In tho total, which so far haB received scant attention from tho economists, despite Its Importance, Is that which concerns the Injury to tho soil of Europe. Tho damage Is Indicted princi pally In tho regions whero tho actual fighting Is taking place, though some of It occurs In England. Dr. O. S. Morgan, of Columbia University, a well-known agricultural expert, declares that "it will take two to five years for the soil of tho devastated area to recover from Its Injuries," nnd that "somo of tho 111 ef fects of war on European land wilt last half a century." Tho area thus harmed may bo computed as many thousand square miles. It Includes much of tho most productive soil In tho world. Soil 1b not dirt. Its efficiency depends on many things which aro only suggested by tho terms "drainage," "enrichment" and "tlll nge," Soil must bo worked. Soil Is" benefited by being "rested," but not by neglect and abuse. Neglect and nbuso constltuto tho "treatment" which tho soil in the actual the atres of war Is now receiving. Tho Germans call the soil "bodon," because It Is a body or organism with regular bodily processes of eating and digestion and of tho creation of life. It 1b a wonderful mechanism and rebels against ill usage. Every Inch Vnlunblo Tho soil of Central Europo Is worked by the square Inch rather than by tho acre. No spaco Is wasted on fences. A system of In tensive culturo yields three or four crops a year. As much as $1000 worth of produce Is grown on ono aero in a year by tho market gardener in the vicinity of Paris. Such ground Is correspondingly valuable. Its value lies chiefly In a foot deep layer of top soil, which tho gardener has1 created with tlllago and various fertilizers, Tho top soil Is considered tho property of tho gardener, and If tho lat ter has rented tho land and moves to another place ho digs up tho top soil nnd takes It away with him. An acre of such ground may be Injured by wnr to tho extent of several hun dred dollars, besides tho loss In nonproduc tlon. It Is, of course, Impossible to estimate tho nmount of Injury done to the soil by the armies, but when wo consider tho long stretch of tho battle lines nnd remember that this is a "war of entrenchments," wo can readily understand that It Is very consider able. The earth In the regions of mlltary operations Is gashed with something moro than 3000 miles of deep and wide trenches, allowing for gaps, hut Including secondary and cross trenches. The soil Is disturbed for at least twico their width Outside tho theatres of war extensive trenching has been done In preparation for eventualities. Cannon As Plows The earth Is gouged, too, by mines, shells and bombs A mine that blows up half a regiment devastates half an acre of ground, which would produce enough food to support n family or to feed n, family for a year. A shell from a 42-centlmeter gun digs a hole 50 feet In diameter. Besides nil this disturb ance of the toll, so well and Intensively cul tivated In peaco times, is tho effect of lack of tlllago and proper drainage and of the growth of weeds nnd underbrush. Thero Is also tho Impoverishment due to lack of such food ns phosphoric acid and nitrates, nor mally supplied from this country and Chill, Not only Is agrlculturo being set back for years from these causes, but another nnd similar cost of war Is that which rises out of the Injury of trees and forests nnd their destruction. A vast number of trees havo been cut down for use In military operations. Ttees of a century's growth have been thus utilized. Green timber furnishes material to lino tho sides of trenches, to make bomb proofs, gun shelters, barricades, huts and corduroy roads. Wood lots havo provided fuel. Entire forests havo been burned to dis lodge the enemy. The soldiers, for most of their purposes, foil tho young trees, which are easiest to handle, and thereby do the greatest possible harm to n plantation. "A threo-Inch shell passing through a wood may cut down or fatally wound two dozen young trees. Readers of the Evening LEDOEn may remember Stanley Washburn's descrip tion of the appearance of a great forest In Poland after a battle. "Tho forest for miles looks as though a hurricane had swept through. Trees staggering from their shat tered trunks and limbs hanging everywhere show where the shrapnel have been burst ing." The Plagues to Come What has happened to somo of the famous French forests is told In "American Fores try," the writer estimating that it will bo 30 years before those which have not been utterly ruinea will Decome again 'a source of revenue. Much of tho damage, of course, was inflicted by tho French authorities them selves, owing to the necessity of clearing the ground in the vicinity of Paris when the outer defenses of the city were menaced by the Germans, and all over northern France, from one cause or another, the forestB have suffered. The forest of Vltrlmont has been razed; so has the forest about Neufchateaux. Likewise the forests of Champenoux and Amance. In the Carpathians there has been similar destruction, A country denuded of its trees suffers agriculturally and otherwise from erosion. Orchard and shade trees havo not escaped the band of war, A wounded tree bleeds and Is liable, to Infection- Aside from the outright destruction of crops, vines and trees the war Is giving plant enemies a good chance to prosper. Scale, gipsy moths and grape blight are kept down only by unremitting vigilance, and soon Europe" may be scourged with an epl demto of plant disease. EXPERT CRITICISM From th Ktw- Tork Bun. In one matter the English people are as effi cient as the German. No subject of the Kaiser could say things about the Britons, a bit harsher than they say themselves. LOVE TO MEN I hold that Christian grace, abounds Where charity 1 seen; that when Wa climb to heaven, 'tis ca the round Of love to men. -mitti. - .. ' ' a AS THE WORLD SEES IT ; THE "SLEEP" OF Some of the German Destroyers Probably Spend Their Nights at the Bottom of the Sea and "Wake Up" in the Morning By ELLIS THE expected often proves most unex pected, but never havo cvent3 so star tllngly outdone tho wildncss of prophecy than In tho enstf of tho utilization of the sub marine In warfare Our own Robert Fulton saw something of what was coming, but Pitt was tho only man who manlfesti-d much In terest in his ideas on tho practicability of submcrslbles, though Earl St. Vincent showed his1 concern by saying of tho Prlmo Minis ter, "Pitt is tho greatest fool that ever ex isted to encourage a modo of war which we, who command tho seas, do not want, and which, If successful, would deprive us of it." Eight years ago tho famous Inventor, John P. Holland, pictured the situation In which Great Britain finds herself at present He oald this: "It Is safo to say that when tho first submarine torpedoboat goes into aotlon tho will bring us face to face with the most puz zling problem over met in warfare. Sho will present tho unique spectacle, when used In attack, of a weapon ngulnst which tlieio Is no defense. You can pit sword against swoid, rifle ngaiu&t ride, cannon against cannon, Ironclad against Ironclad. You can send torpedoboats against torpedoboats and de stroyers against destroyers. But you can send nothing against tho submarine boat, not even Itself. You cannot fight submarines with submarines." So It Is not lack of an efficient submarlno fleet which places Great Britain In her pro dlcament. The simple fact la that no method of coping successfully with actual attack by submarines has yet been discovered, It has not been proven that the British submarines aro Inferior to the rival German boats, and when It comes to disparity In numbers the odds remain in thlr favor The English un-der-water craft havo performed ono or two remaikablo feats. Tho difference lies In a difference of opportunity. The Kaiser's bat tleship fleet Is on the defensive and the Ger man mine fields keep tho English submarines at bay. Entranco to German harbors and roadsteads Is prevented also by heavy steel netting and other obstructive devices. Tho German submarines aro at liberty to pass out Into the high seas and carry on their operations in waters that aro practically freo from obstructions. Purposely tho British have done llttlo to obstruct their navigable waters In order that tho nation's commerce and source of food supplies might not be Interfered with. Germany's Specialty It Is true that Germany has been special izing In submarines, but not during so long a period as their recent spectacular success would lead a forgetful reader of news to sup pose. Sho was ono of the last of tho great nations to view this type of fighting craft with favor, and, Indeed, the growth of tho submarine fleet did not become rapid until after the revelations of the naval maneuvers In the autumn of 1912. Germany, however, enjoys a certain advantage In this particular field of construction. She has two shipyards, one the State establishment at Danzig, and the other the Krupp plant at Kiel, known as the Germanla works. For several years the Imperial Danzig dockyard has specialized In the building of submarines, and In fact has built no other type of war craft for some time. At that plant there are at least 12 slips for the building of submarines, and It is said that nearly the same facilities exist at Kiel. These arrangements not only make fer quick construction, but also con tribute to the perfection of the product, be cause the art calls for expert knowledge and special facilities. The submarine In Its get up bears about the same relation to a bat tleship In mechanical nicety that a high priced chronometer does to an ordinary 50 cent alarm clock. The Germans', however, though distinguished for ingenuity and ef ficiency, have no monopoly on mechanical and scientiflo ability, and we doubtless Jet our imagination go too far when we account for the uncanny performances of their sub marines by attributing everything to super human inventiveness behind the mysterious wall of their isolation. The uncannlnesd about it all is really a matter of' fact rather than a matter of mys tery. Tho wonder is how the German boats operate so far from their known bases, and the only answer 1b that they probably operate from unknown bases some desolata isle, per haps, or sheltered inlet. Btill the wonder grows, and very naturally, but we can do little more than guess.' The comparative invisibility of the subma rine enables it to make Its home In hostile waters with some degree of security. When traveling submerged, with only the thin perl scope, tube abova the surface, it is almost lm. possible to detect Its approach before U gets within torpedo range, and when cruising oa the surfac it cannot b seen a. few miles THE SUBMARINE RANDALL off. It can submergo itself In four to six minutes, A submarine must, however, blend with tho surrounding sea In Its ever varying colors, lights nnd shades in older that sho may bo as Invlslblo as posslblo when cruis ing on tho surface. Tho French naval au thorities experimented off Toulon with a lu minous paint of a sea-green color, but this, although causing tho hull to bo almost to tally Invisible in certain weather, was found to bo uselfss, ns on a bright day with a bluo sky the green showed up clear against the bluish tint of tho surrounding sea. After many montiis of experimenting a pale sea green noiilumlnous paint was chosen as the best color for French submarines. The Brit ish Admiralty also carried out a few experi ments in this direction and came to tho con clusion that a dull gray was tho most Invlsl blo shade. Perhaps the Germans have dis covered something better for their' purposes than the gray brown chosen several years ago. Going to Sleep Whatever tho cruising ladlus of the Ger man submarines whlchoperate south of Ire land, and wherever thby may go for sup plies, they certainly are ablo to remain away from any huso for a month. Supplies of all kinds in sufficient quantity to last that length of tlmo aro carried by most subma rines of modern construction. The German terrors sprnd their nights, maybe, "sleep ing" nt tho bottom of the sea, off the coast of Ireland nnd Scotland, rising to the surface each morning. Their eyes that Is, their peri scopes become useless at night. Tho case of the Snapper, which "slept" on the sea bottom under the Boston light vessel for twelve and a half hours In a hurricane In 1910, shows how a submarlno can meet heavy weather. When a boat dives to "sleep" on the bottom It will add n llttlo water In Its tanks at a certain depth. This causes It to hang a moment. Tho addition of moro water will cause it to sink until It meets tho lower temperatures of deeper waters. It will then hang again until the hull adjusts Itself to tho coldness of the water. In this way It settles gently to tho bottom. When the ves sel Is to arise from the floor of the sea, tho tanks nro pumped out and It comes up. Submarine men say there Is not the slightest sensation of unpleasantness or any other sensation, for that matter In living aboard a "sleeping" vessel. The unpleasantness, doubtless. Is reserved for thoso aboard an enemy ship when the submarlno "wnkes up." AN EARLY MILLIONAIRE How Mullanphy Beat the News of tho Treaty of Ghent. From the Kansas City Star. John Mullanphy Is credited with being Missouri's first millionaire. He was a St. Louis speculator In the early days of American control. The genesis of his 'great wealth was speculation In cotton during, and Just after the War of 1812 with England. He owned considerable cotton at New Orleans when General Jackson fought his memorable battle there. It was partly Mullanphy's bales that went to form the famous cotton breast works of the American troops. A story is recounted that when General Jack son commandeered all cotton In New Orleans to form breastworks Mullanphy went to "Old Hickory" and protested. "This Is your cotton?" the general askeoT, and without waiting for an answer; "Then no one has a better right to defend It. Take a musket and stand In the ranks." Mullanphy himself never credited the story It Is told In a life of General Jackson omlttlnc names. t The owners of the cotton requisitioned by General Jackson at New Orleans did not wait to make claim against the Government for their property, Mullanphy, with a clear foresight went to General Jackson and offered to with draw all his claims if the general would deliver to him an equal number of bales undamaged . ..w., uo.i.nsuu mougnc inis an easy way o settle one claim and complied with Mullanphy's request. 4 The object of the speculator was to have his cotton available for shipment as soon as peace was announced. He had a presentiment that the end of the war was near, As a matter of history the war even then was over, but the news had not reached New Orleans. Mullanphy stored his cotton and then pro cured a swift row boat and had two men take him to Natchei. He busied himself there a day or two waiting for news of peace. One day it came. A mounted messenger rode into town with the great news. Mullanphy hurried to the Water front, got his boat under way and. rowed swiftly down stream to New Orleans. He ar rived two days ahead of the official messenger Then. Uks the story of what th, BothschikU did to Imooh after Waterloo, u btKn to buy nil the cotton he could H8 actlolu) i were not noticed until tho end of the seconl day. Then a rumor spread that ho had advanci i Information of peace Tho next morning Uuj official news had come. ,1 Mullanphy's cotton was ready for shipment to .ungianti as soon as ships sailed. He sent h!i' cotton first, sold it at the highest figure ul cicareu tno first substantial part of his lor.' tune. AN AMERICAN CRISIS Editorial Comment Reflecting Public Opla ion on tho Lusitania Disaster. 1 From the New Tork Sun. J That It was premeditated we know, that It was reckless of Innocent noncombatant llruJ wo are sure; and "dastardly" Is the word oaf millions of American lips this morning. From the New Tork Times. ( The Ameilcan people will feel that It hf their duty to bo calm, because tho occasloai Is too serious for indulgence in aln exclts.fi ment. And happily there Is at the head of Uui nation a man of proved strength and balance.;?! President Wilson, because of his strength iMibl tho habitual soberness of his JudKment, Willi . .... ... w. ...... .n.. vv utuvaouiiauiD Ul liaMJ nctlnil. Hilt tin lftinwa )hn n.nnlA .i,V,n !.. . ...(' him at the head of the nation, he will ln-V stinctlvely know and understand the feeUn5 that pervades the country today, nnd he win! respond to it by taking tho firm, wise coumi which Justice, right and honor demand. ,' From the New Tork Telegraph. With the disaster to the Lusltanla the career 1 of Winston Churchill must come to an eoli and tho British War Cabinet must be recon-K structed. 4 From tho New Tork Tribune. If Germany murders Americans, turns her artillery against neutral Americans, sparinf j ........... .. ..u, ..., ...tuk nuiao iicaiuicni can she reserve for an American nation resolyed, to defend Its honor. Its citizens, its women -and Its children? What can there be left for. men or for nations to do but to resort to that method which In all ages has been the lul! resort against tyranny and anarchy? The n I tlon which remembered the sailors of til' Maine will not forget the civilians of the Lm!.' tanla! lrom the Baltimore Sun. Whether nnv American lives were lost or cot.1 we have now arrived at a stace where we must' have a clear understanding with Germany uf '" "" imure. we cannot allow American lirej to be endangeied In a species of warfare wUIr out precedent amone civilized natlona and which Is a distinct relation to the most bruuJj practices or barbarism. ", From the New Orleans Picayune. J The American majority, we think, win U! content to awnlt thoit- r:o..,.-r,.n...i. ..it,, 3 That the situation will have to be met flrmlTj and with reasonable promptitude seems certain. From the Detroit Free Pros. Nothing has happened in the North Sea zom! that has demonstrated more clearly the fact that the British no longer rule In their honul waters. They have lost control of the lem where control Is most vital to their IntereiU e may assume that it was chiefly to prorl! this In a striking way that the Germans i stroyed the Cunarder. jj ELOQUENCE OF SILENCE 1 Silence Is sometimes more significant "Is sublime than the most notable and most presslve eloquence, and is on many occasion!?. tno indication of a great mind Homer com.j pares the noise and clamor of the Trojans ad. vanclng toward the enemy to the cackling btf wuuca wiien iney invade an army of plgmleM un the contrary, ha makes his countrymen! and favorites, the Greeks, move forward la 3 ;uiur uuiernuneu march, and In the depttt But silence never shows Itself to so Jrt an advantage as when It Is made the reply t' calumny and defamation, provided that give no Just occasion for them. To forbear re-,, P iVi" t0 an unJuat reproach, and overlook I' with a generous or. If nnsslhl. with an enttrt neglect of It, is one of the most heroic iM u. erpai minu; and I must confess wnea i, reflect upon the behavior of some of the gret,, est men In antiquity, I do not o much all ....., mew mai mey deserve the praise i whole age they lived In. as because they pa-, aemned the envy and detraction of It Add!on A WAY OUT From the New York Amarlein. If they'd give Barnes the Job of prlntlnj tM, ..-w rai i.cemony ne'd can it square. AMERICA We lay and smiled, to see our sky So blue, so luminous with sun; Lo. far off. walled an ominous cry; We heard a thunder of footsteps run Under a. darkness settling there, Borne huge and Sinister wing's eclipse; Bmoke fouled the east; a baleful glare Lightened beneath; and maddened lips Took tip that cry, while darkness stirred And heaved, and like a wounded thing Ji I tne uttranco of one word Which bade a myriad war-swords alni, What murderous shadows trouble so Our summer dream? The sunlUBt ceased, A alck and fetid -wind came alow From the stale tenements of the east BJK.thwLto elaJr hla brother rose, The ohambles fell, and from that gloom Cams the hoarse herded cry of thcae Who .blindly massed, to fight for room. Boom I Give us air I A breathing space" ' The sunlight and the land for all! Ea?h lifted, up a stifled face, And battered door, and beat at wall, ' And surged against resurgent horde For SDaca to saw liia nttio sri I-o, they would plow the earth with r?JS ueao. on earth that earth migni And we where now our summer Wis From the stale tenements of the fast Stole fear lest we KhnuH mm to ttufc Aad prov -u brother to the beast Qoarad AiB, la U fluuw - f I i t t I Bl t h c U t '2
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