EVENING LEbGEB-PHILADELPHTA; THURSDAY. MAT 18. 1915; " " i . if THE IMPEACHMENT 9f PRESIDENT ISRAEL This remarkable story,hich was written a few moiitlts .before the inauguration of President Wilson, parallels with prophetic vision the present crisis in the relations between Germany and the United States. The course of events, be ginning with the loss of American lives and the resulting clam or for war, is singularly similar to the happenings of the last few wceh. How the tense situation was mastered by a power fill President whose unalterable faith in human righteousness led him to face even impeachment that peace might endure, is vividly recounted. The story is a great peace epic and no citi cn, in these troublous times, can afford not to read it. By FRANK cpyrfcht by The MacmllUn Company 1 ti, names of Andrew Johnson and PDAYld Israels are linked as those of the Uo Presidents or me unuen dihibb who Lye. been Impeached. Fate could not J.v. selected for the same dubious dls- t, lineUon two men whose characters were p6ro dissimilar or iuum """" ureen vers in greater contrast. Andrew Johnson not only was humbly knrn but was raised In such sordid L rtv that It was left to his wife to Br ::..u uim to wr te and to cipher; and iRy IIl',, I"' .......(.,.jl eV.nn,n.1 n t...(nln m strength In clinging to his Ideas of right! x r '. ... ..!,. ha wan coarse anu intern al aerate in his personnl habits and fre. fluently Indiscreet, not to say viuiem, in "David InraM.i was the product of sev eral generations of wealth and culture. HU" appearance was as distinguished as Si-bearing was courtly; ho habitually ex orcised elevated thoughts In a low voice, End his personal habits were abstemious L the point of being aUBtere. A lawyer by profession and a publicist by avoca tion before he became a politician by nlllnr. ho was an .accomplished amnteur musician and a connoisseur and patron of the arts In general. "vndrew Johnson, again, roso to high offle6 In his State's servicer only through Sd purpose, and reached tho White House only becauso he happened to hold the comparatively obscure offlco of Vice President when Abraham Lincoln was hot On the other hand. David Israels never lifted a finger to gain a nomination for a public onice. Not even his worst enemies can bellevo that when he re signed the office of United States Senator fo run for Governor of Now York, ho was folIOTiinS his own Inclination; and If he did anything to stimulate the public sen timent ,that led to his nomination for tho Presidency, H was done without my knowledge, and I was his secretary throughout his ptfbllc career. The fact Is that Mr. Israels had. a dlr tute for the hurly-burly of politics such as could be possessed only by a man jThoee leservo and punctilious courtesy were largely forced upon him by tho necessity he was under of protecting a nature, almost as sensitive as a high strong woman's. "Mr. Mcintosh," ho once said to me, "do you remember how Na poleon defined fame? He called It a big nolle." I urn aware that this statement as to Mr. Israels' sensitiveness may well as- v tenish tho general public, in view of the vigor of all his writings and addresses V ind especially In view of tho fact that he never went out 01 nis -nay iu un;i.i m.o reprcsentatlon and never was known to lUp a syllable In protest against vitupera tion even when, during that tumultuous period preceding his Impeachment by the House of Representatives, vituperation rose to heights of frenzy never before witnessed In this country. But, lest any be deceived as to) the keenness of his suffering even under the !-....... ..it j m nllt.n t Wn rtnn hlk ranVtd among the ordinary vicissitudes of BU .titJU Ufa T mnit Bnr lint T n tint Via. nv: unvuL inc. x uiu.t oij , a, .a, uw w Here that, as President, he ever went oyer newspaper clippings without having to nerve himself to the task, and that I frequently saw him palpably wince at lUtements that, to my way of thinking. lie could have afforded to dismiss with a smile. Once, when I leturned to) the room after being called out by an urgent errand. I found nim with his head burled la his arms, which rested folded among ! t ..llu.!-. .... tL. ..hi. p. vufimigo Ull IMC IrtUlO. More than one person has traced a re semblance betweon Mr. Israels' political principles and those of Justice Hughes. who was ono of his predecessors ns Gov ernor of Now York. From what we know of Mr. Hughes' short career as a politi cian, Mr. Israels must have been like him In his refusal to make any compro mises with his high Ideals, in his con stitutional Inability to play the you-tlckle-tne-fuid-I'll-tlcklo-you game of politics nd in his Invariable appeal on the stump to the Intelligence of his audiences. But, while Justice Hughes doubtless was firm believer In democracy, I know tint In Mr. Israels' case democracy was jot held as a political principle It was lis religion. Only by this religious devotion to the & tauso of mankind, with Its accompanying JM lor righteousness In general, can we account, It seems to me, for the success ' is Politics mads hv thin mnn whn may 5! &j said to have been handicapped, not juy by tho widespread prejudice against Jul rUCO. hut llv th fnrt thnt hn wafl fc theponeisor of an ilnherlted. fortune of K any millions. When Mr. Israels was Egr ended Governor of New York, an active m pirty worker, after denouncing him to fr 'or his lack of acccssllty to the l"Sv ' "lu"lta Dr saying: However, Mack, we must give the Eoyemor credit for one thing, and that W, hO Is the brut mmnflltrnffi' th. n.irtV t rer had." tilt A suppose ne noes t a JrrJ' duono," was the reply, "ex. fil Vt "hen he speaks he somehow C,s Blvea people the' Idea that he Y&i ,evev: ..... W T ,na,, as a Jew and a mu rrVre. Mr. Israels wnn nomnwhat han. Jjtipped in nations politics, I would not m to ignore the fact that it was partly m. 5 1 th-Ma very things that he got th. m l ln PoU'Im- In other words, when n" -KirK county -party leaders nrsi 4"S ?l him to the front they, of' course. JrXfnt to take advantm;. not onlv of .reputation as a writer on International fl anq as a cltUen whose time and '.- - Jvf wer freely given to move- EWty that he would be a help In RMnaing up for the ticket the thousands fc. v b vot' In the county and would J liberal contributor tn -th tiartv war uft. ThB chagrln of these leaders may nMln,d ""hen. as their candidate, ho SSed . P50pl ot l,U J:ace tnat' " they it 41. "'" ey anouiu o asnamu jTf:?8 "compared with the pain these M,T"r. " wnen to the party funas 1 Hell Candfrfflt est !.!. ti.lkt,l ? cent ' Ajl Ada it.. . a .. Pl home cleaning"; but, owing to Mr- iSeiii.i7',,;.,,,8t' 'w a he y "CUCally all nf hi. lm. i nnllllr, en hou!4 he reserve hU money for wr Purpoaes. this houiecleanlnjr never leople, na. Inrf.rl h l.lmlf with ' SfUve fagaclty, presurobiy reasoped K . would from the beatnnlng.t 'W leads me to av that, ai re- 1 Wre than ont nl Hfr Tiraals ivllt. uocttaw J WM at 4 i0M t0 tell B. COPLEY whether It could bo attributed to the fact that fortune favors the brave or to the fact that fortune favors the shrewd Tk" facf ih?i lln,Pre"cd wlh the remarkable ?i. i achievement '" winning elec I.?!J ', li was far more successful than 2mflfnUh ",eh wh.Bred at him as an tor example, who can doubt that, Btrlctly ?-8r.mia,t1r, ?f Practlca' Politics, Mr ,-Z, ,' 1 taklnK aUch Proud lnnls as LTiu .u fl",lng evcr t0 enter a hotel from which the general run of Jewish people were excluded, was wiser than any or tho friends who besought him to keep his Jewish origin In tho background? However. It would be a monstrous mis understanding of Mr. Israels' character to imaglno that there was aught of play ing to Hie grandstand In such actions of his as this. The point I wish to make li trtat, if Mr. Israels showed political shrewdness In never betraying the slight eat symptom thai he considered his race a bar to his acceptance by the American people. It was the hlg-nor shrewdness such as dictates, not only that honesty and truth constitute tho best policy, but that the surest appeal In tho end to a people's faVor Is the direct appeal to the best that In them Is. Surely no politician ever paid greater compliments to his audiences thnn did Mr. Israels. Never did ho .i(.r,.,i t,. meet. It made no difference w'nethcr In spoke among the tenements or In his own Beethoven Hall, In the centre of a min ing region or In the heart of a unlvcrslt" town, ho always assumed both that his audience expected htm to exemplify. In his dress actions and speech, the best iraamons ana highest Ideals of a gentle man and that It was made up of highly Intelligent persons who earnestly desired what was right, not only for themselves, but for all men. I have seen audlenco after audience that, a moment before, had been guffawing nt low Jokes or thunderously applauding unblushing ap peals to its prejudices and animal appe tltics become. In Mr. Israels' hands, like an audience that had been made over by a complete change of Individuals, so Quiet did It become, so thoughtful and so rapt. Was It not strango fhat this man whose political strength always had been drawn from the people should have awoke ono morning to find that tho people had turned on him In wild clamor for his political destruction? Moreover, was it not tho ironv of fate that ho who was one of tho warmest ad vocates of peace among the nations should have been destined to encounter, In tho middle of his term as President, the sud den .unchaining among the American peo ple of all those fearful passions that can And their satisfaction only In war? II. It was frequently remarked at the tlmo that underlying President Israels' inau gural address was a tone of melancholy. When now I read this address over, I am struck by the many utterances In It that, In tho light of his unhappy days In tho White House, seem to be laden with prophecy. In many respects Mr. Israels was a strango man and a lonely one. Sometimes I felt that his was a nature that posi tively craved affection; and yet, whether It was because he kept every one nt a distance by his punctilious courtesy or whether It wjL becauso "people felt the lack ln him ofny of thoso small vices that assist to glvo the human touch, the fact remains that, with the possible ex ception of the widowed sister who kept (house for him ln Albany and in Wash ington, no one ever got really close to him. If nny one knew why ho never married. It did not get to my ears; and while I may be said to have possessed his confidence during the many years I served him, It was only on rare occasions, and then but momentarily, that I was ablo to feel that I was in contact with his In ner nature. However, let me now throw what light I can on the position that President Israels took at the very beginning of the Im broglio between this country and Ger many and to -which ho persistently clung even after tho unfortunate killing of those American sailors had loosed the fateful lightnings of a powerful nation's WTttth. Certainly he was no advocate of the doctrine of non-resistance as It has been Interpreted by such men as Tolstoy. All of Mr. Israels' studies In political science were based on his studies In natural sclencewhlch is to say that his political philosophy, for all hla belief ln and in variable appeal to the best in man, was formed In tho light of his knowledge of man's savage, not to mention animal, an cestry. He believed that there muat be gov ernments of force for centuries to come, because he believed that whero selfish ness Is there must be force, also, and only a comparatively short time had elapsid since the man had emerged from the state of barbarian. He was particularly assured ln his belief that wo should have laggard peoples as well as backward In dlvlduals with ua for centuries to coma, and that, with the Increasing interde pendence of all peoples due to the nar rowing of the world through tho exten sion and betterment of means of com munication, the principle of self-government could not be held to give any peo ple the right to maintain, anywhere on the surface of the earth, such conditions of misrule or anarchy as might be com pared to an open sore, Just as the princi ple of personal liberty could not be held to give any Individual the right to dis turb or Injure his neighbors. Thus, though many good people could not follow his thought, President Israels was a firm friend to tne army ana navy, If. only as a kind of sublimated police force. "Certainty," he once said. '.'If we are going to have an army and navy at all, we might aa well have good ones"; and so he did what he could to promote their efficiency, even, while he continued to labor on behalf of the principle of arbi tration for all civilized nations and to contend against the childish nonsense of the we.'11-go-you-one-better Idea ln arm aments. However, there was nothing In M? Israels' belief that force cannot entirely disappear until al) selfishness disappear that prevented htm from holding to the principle that the moral law, whenever tt was Invoked unmistakably and without reservation, could be expected to operate between any Individuals or groups -ot In dividual In whpm a moral nature had been developed to anything approachlnr a governing degree. He reasoned not un naturally that the Individuals, who com prised the respective ruling bodies of the German Empire and the United States were the possessors of moral natures of thl kind, an ' was w vnshakablq belief that all ot the question which, A Startling Prophecy of a German - BBMWiMMMLWta..MaWi wPOSSilI H M m II. ! i j; toft-WMr JH:. ,. MKm!MH9H$Msk !(smE8S?S!1w Snfll3HtSi!i?ii8imw MWJSHK "THE BERLIN GOVERNMENT WITH ALL ITS Sl'LHNUlD Kl'l'lCIENCY SET ABOUT ORGANIZING OF FENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE FLEETS" came Into dispute between the Govern ments of Germany and tho United States clearly were Justiciable ln the sense that these Governments might be expected cordially to welcome the disinterested help of a court of Justice In settling ques tions that they, ln all good faith, could not settle unaided. Taking this position, though it involved the immediate resignation of his Secre tary of State, President Israels vigorous ly asserted In dispatch nfter dispatch to Berlin that the only necessity for war that could arise would bo as tho Govern ments of Germany and the United States permitted themselves to be carried away by unthinking popular clamor. With tho able asslstanco ot the German Ambassador, to whom all praise Is duo for his tactful course throughout, the President undoubtedly made a deep Im pression on the German Government from tho start, and there Is reason to believe that tho war clouds could have been dis pelled ln short order, If the President only could have Induced Berlin to stand firm ln refraining from war preparations. But, as every ono knows, when thero came from our press and public that tre mendous explosion of wrath over tho killing of our sailors, and this explosion, as was to bo expected, set oft all the pow der magazines In Germany, tho Berlin Government yielded to the uproar, and with all Its splendid efficiency set about organizing offensive and defensive fleets, mobilizing its troops and withdrawing the great liners for service as trans ports. When the news reached the President In the White House that Germany ac tually had started to prepare for war, God only knows how ho found tho cour ago to make the decision that ho did; and I conceive that I here use the notne of God in something more than a rhetorical sense; for, queer as It may eeem to at tribute such a proceeding to a politician, I have reason to believe that the hours following the receipt of this news which the President Bpent locked up In his chamber were hours spent ln fasting and prayer. I saw him go up to his chamber, and when he came out, he came directly to me; and whereas he had gone up with the most distressful countenance I ever saw on a human being, he reappeared with the sweetest look I ever saw on the face of a man or woman. And this Is how he announced his decision, thero In the Executive Office: "Mr. Mcintosh," he said, after a long silence, "havo you ever reflected on the evidences we find In this world that, through all the ages, an Intellectual force has been at work fashioning man to be as ho Is? how, despite Innumerable chances of accident, man has been safely brought through a succession of tens of thousands ot species ranging over a period of mil lions ot years?" Not being prepared for such questions as these, I murmured something more or less Incoherent In reply. "Why, Shaler tells us," went on the President, "that If It wero possible to re call to life all the different creatures ot old through which we have come to be what we are. and these creatures, which I presume would range from a piece of animate Jelly to the perfected form of the ape, could be made to pass In review be fore us at the speed of a marching army df men. it might take a thousand years or more for tho end of the procession to reach us. Understand, please, that this procession would consist of only one tepresentatlve of each of the species concerned, so that each animal In the procession would rep resent a different or distinct stage of our progress upward. And think! If the ani mals of any one of these species had failed to struggle on against the qb stacles In their environments in obedience td an inner force tha nature of which (hey could not comprehend, their failure would have prevented tho development of the species that succeeded them, and there never woum navo been such a creature an man. "When," wdded tho President, "I reflect upon the Being under Whose control Uifs sublime drama has proceeded, I muat reverence Htm: and, reverencing Him, I must seek to align myself with, HU purr poses and take pains to ascertain hew best I may aerye. Him." I said, "I think I understand you." III. With what speed ran the wheels of the history mill during the next four weeks! Even now that nightmare of whirling events makes my head dizzy. Following promptly upon that all-njght session of the Cabinet came the resigna tions of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy. I arp told that, through that long- night, the President sat there saying over and over again, "Gentlemen. I am very" sorry, but I can not permit the country to be armed ' If I may venture to approach an Indiscre tion, I may add that, along tpward morn Inr. two members of the Cabinet arose In turn and gave free vent to all the pas sion that In tiiem had been accumulating, 'in eacn of ttitse gentlemen the President Is tald to have made the samo reply, which was to the effect that, while ho had no difficulty In understanding their point of view, his decision was unalter able, and for It he was prepared to ac cept tho sole responsibility. To the rage of tho people against Ger many was added a panic of 'nysterlcal proportions when the resignations of Secretaries Ashby and Linton confirmed beyond tho peradventuro of a doubt that tho President was refusing to permit a finger to bo lifted by way of preparing for defense of the country against tho armada and legions that Germany then was assembling. If some of the Presi dent's warmest supporters were aghast. It Is no wonder that from other people, In Congress and out, came a fury of denunciation that was appalling. Wo doubled tho guard of police and secret service men and practically made Che President a prisoner In tho White House; but even Hun l did not feel safe, since It did not seem extravagant to believe that among the police and. secret service men themselves were many who would tako pleasure ln assassinating the President. In the House of Representatives, mem bers of the majority as well as the minority party made haste to prepare resolutions looking to the President's impeachment. Perhaps it was only nat ural that the men whom the President had worsted ln battles over legislation should see In this crisis only a chance for personal revenge. Not more than two or three of the President's friends had the courage to say a word on his behalf, and the best the. cooler heads could do was to sot forth the precedent established ln the case of Andrew John son and arrange for the passage of the resolution authorizing tho Judiciary Com mittee "to Inquire Into the official con duct of David Israels, President of the United States," and report "whether he was guilty of acts designed to overthrow or subvert the Government of tho United States." Representatives nnd Senators visited the White House In a virtually continuous stream, and along with them came the politicians and other men who hastened to "Washington from all over the country. All that many of these men wanted to know was what In blazes tho President was trying to do to the party. Of course the Senators and Representatives were, apart from other considerations, con cerned by the fact that, In refusing to make the army and navy ready for ac tive service, the President was effectually blocking a declaration of war by Con gress, should. In the judgment of Con gress, such a declaration be necessary. With all those Senators and Repre sentatives who sincerely desired to under stand his position, .the President patiently went aver his negotiations with Berlin in their entirety. He showed that from the beginning he never had permitted himself to betray the least doubt that the German Government would do all that could be expected of honorable gentlemen and high-minded statesmen. He had officially attributed the killing of the American sailors to an unfortunate misunderstand ing and to a possible excess of that ad mirable patriotic zeal for which the Fath erland's officers were noted, and he had expressed full confidence that Germany would make every reparation that could be expected of a nation that, In many re spects, had set up standards of civiliza tion for all the world to follow. The President, In fact, was able to show a copy of a very recent dispatch In which he had made plain that the Washington Government had such complete confidence In the magnanimity ot the Berlin Govern menta magnanimity that must be born ot the German nation's consciousness or the strength of Its arms that Washlngqn would leave it to Berlin Itself to suggest what form this reparation ahould take. As for Germany's war preparations, the President showed that he had taken no official notice of them, even while ha had Instructed our Ambassador In Berlin to take advantage of every unofficial oppor tunity to make It understood that Wash ington considered It the height of ab surdity to prepare fpr a war hat "was not going to take place. And. ot course, the German Ambassador in "Washington had been made to understand the same thing. After giving this outline of his own course, the President pointed out that in alt the communications be had received frorn Berlin there was not a single, state ment which made It unreasonable to be Have that the German Government would make ample reparation tor the killing' of our sailors and at least consent to refer the whole dispute pver territory to The Hague. What the President considered evident was that the non-committal nature Qf most of these communications could be attributed to the failure of the American people to support blm. There, In fact, was the nub ot the whole matter If the Senators and Representatives would hold American Crisis up his hands and keep their heads until the passions of tho people had a chance to cool, the dispute soon could be brought to a conclusion honorable to both nations alike. And the President Invariably closed these talks with words to this effect : "You should clearly understand that the German Government began these war preparations only because the passions of tho German people had been Inflamed by the lack of restraint of our own press nnd public. Let Us now answer back with like preparations for war, and war will surely come a war that, because of Its entire needlessness, will forever be a disgrace to our common humanity. Aa It Is, we have given these Germans pause. Why not lot the pause continue?" In saying that he had given tho Ger man Government pause, the President was well within the truth; for we know now that during these days they wero running round In circles over In Berlin, so perplexed wero they by tho Presi dent's course as contrasted with tho bel ligerent attitude of his people. They Knew uiai no naa introduced them to a new game ; but Just what the game was, they were for some time In doubt. And the President gave pause not only to Berlin, but to all the conscientious Senators and Representatives who came to see him. Certainly the members of the House Judiciary Committee, charged with tho duty of reporting on his nets, were. In the main, the most perplexed set of men I ever saw. On the one hand, they could not fall to come under the Presi dent's spell when they talked with him, nnd, on tho other hand, there was public, press, and yes, pulpit, thundering against him as a plghead, a stubborn fool, a wild-eyed fanatic, a headstrong lunatic, a sniveling, sneaking, hypocritical cow ard, a double-dyed villain of a traitor and a man without a country. It was now recalled that the President had re ceived a part of his education In Ger many, and r think that the only thing that saved him from the accusation of being directly In the pay of Germany was tho public knowledge of his great personal fortune. M It was, the frequent conferences of the President with the German Ambassador were regarded In some quarters aa deeply suspicious, and it was loudly demanded that this Ambas sador receive his walking papers, Undoubtedly the things that had most to do with keening the public mind In flamed were the cartoons picturing tho murdered American sailors crying for vengeance that tho more or less Irre sponsible newspapers ciiculated broad cast. A thing that deeply impressed me at this time was that most of the ministers of the gospel of the Prince of Peace seemed either to have taken to their cyclone cellars or to bo out In front of the pack that was yelping for the blood of this Jew who, standing practically alone, was, solely through the force of the moral law, keeping two great na tions from, plunging Into a strife that probably would have sacrificed the floner of their youth by the tens of thousands and filled both lands with the moans of bereaved women. Yet this hardly does credit to the men who, here and there all over the land, were able to aee the deep purpose In the President's course and who had the cour age to stand against the storm und pro claim, bolh from pulpit and editorial page, their faith In him. AH honor to then enlightened and courageous Journalists of all parties and clergymen of all denomi nations, as well aa to the hundreds of me,n and women wjip, In other walks of life, fearlessly steed up to be counted on the aide of sanity, and peace. To gether wUh. the Socialists, who. as a party, were flrmiy opposed to the war. and with the thousands Who were led to support (he President because ot ties qf blood with the Fatherland, they made a goodly company, did these men and womon, -numerically, intellectually and spiritually; but umld. the terrific dm created; by tie millions who clamored for vengeance, how pitifully faint their voices sounded to the lonely man In the White House) Probably the worst thing that the President had ,ta bear waa his knowledge df the race hatred that was stirred up aa one of the results of the stand he took. I supvoso it waa qulta natural that the men who had opposed him as a Jew dur ing his Presidential campaign should now come out o( tneir noiee and shriek that lack; ot patrjotjim an.d any atoroach for fight was only what waa to, be expected of a. white-livered Jew; but when the nev reached the President that some of the poor and lowly of his race tiad been mobbed In the atreeta of his nathe city. J. teemed to me, that be became several years older. I have read ot a ship that, during a cyclone at sea, waa able to escape d. ruction because It retted ln the cyclona'a centra, which la always a calm spot, and It appears that from this secure VAntne point the men on the ship could look out upon the storm In perfect peace and rrenlty. I think that, during the stormy days of which 1 am writing, the President was able to keep up because he found some such a calm spot as this when he went to his rooms at night. I Judge this from the fact that, as I passed through this White House corridor In tho nulet of nlsht, I often heard coming from the piano In the President's sitting room such beautiful music that I was compelled to pause, entranced. Sometimes I was able to recognlzo one of thoso lovely slow I muvi'iiiciiin ui uoeinoven s inai eouiiu like prayers. And once I recognized a Mornrt rondo that always has affected me as might the earnest speech of a pure-hearted little boy. But, for tho most part, the musle seemed to be tho Im provisations of a soul groping In the dark for Its Maker, now loslm? Him, now pas sionately pleading for Him, but now find ing Him and coming Into quiet com munion with Him. And I nlso heard coming from that room nt night strange words In the Hebrew tongue which, though I could not understand them, filled me with an awesome sense of sol emn and rnajestlo beauty. IV. All might have gone well with tho President's plan of letting tho people be come gradually calmer through pure ex haustion, had It not been for the neces sity ho wns under of sending that licet to the Mediterranean to participate In tho celebration of the birth of the Turkish Itepubllc. To say tho least, It wn,s very unfor tunnte for tho President that tho time ai ranged for the sailing of tho tleet should come nt this critical period. But, while we may grant that In letting the fleet go he at least to somo extent failed to gauge tho temper of tho people, I cannot believe that any still can take no view that It was a needless act ot dellanco. Consider tho position ln which the President was placed: The participation i of our fleet In tho Turkish celebration had been arranged long before our ! ROYAL ARCANUM COUNCIL ELECTS AND ADJOURNS Next Session to Be Held at Delaware Water Gap. WILLIAMSPORT, Ta , liny 13. With tho Installation of the newly-elected offi cers tho 7th biennial session of the Grand Council of tho Royal Arcanum of Penn sylvania camo to a closo today, most of tho S00 delegates leaving for their homes this afternoon. The next scrnton will bo held at the Delawaro Water Gap In Sep tember. 1517, tho Grand Council having decided to chango tho date of meeting from May to September. The suggestion that a permanent convention hendqimr tcis be established was not acted upon. The Installation ceremonies wero con ducted by C. Arch Williams, of Chicago, Supreme Orator. The now officers arc Grand Rejccnt, L. K. Gctaenberser. Lancas ter. Vlc Resent. Charles E. Snyder. PlttsburKh. Orator, James n. Norton. Reading-. Hecretun. Wchoter C. Welas. Bethlehem. Treasurer, l:. W. Pitts. PUtuburith. Chaplain. K. W. IlIlnKsworth. Tyrone. nulJe, W II Nlebaum. Pittsburch. Warden. J. B. Torrence. Ulalrstllte. pentry F E. Kerstettqr. Lcwisburjr. There was no contest for Representa tives to tho Supremo Council meeting. They nro Arthur B. naton. N. E. Roedcl nnd A. F. Nicholas. Philadelphia, John Gates, Jr., Pittsburgh; W S. Bevan, Scranton; M. F. Thompson, Carlisle, and Dr. J. C. Russel, Warren. Tho alternates nre Dr. H. L. Hartzoll, Philadelphia, Georgo E. Wilbur, Blooms burg; J. S. Blackburn, McKcesport; Frank L. Fry. Rousevllle; J Dallas Smith, Philadelphia: E. M. Hodges, North Wart en, and W. C. Jacobs, Waynesboro. WEST CHESTER CONVERT LIST PASSES THE 800 MARK Interest and Enthusiasm in Revival Campaign Growing Daily. WEST CHESTER. Pa., Slay 13. Seven hundred men took part ln a meeting and supper, late yesterday afternoon, at Memorial Hall, at the Invitation of the management of the tabernacle meetings. At tho close of the supper a meeting was organized in tho hall and for an hour the men listened to an Interesting program. Sirs. Slulrhead delivered an STEAMSHIP NOTICES ANCHOR LINE NEW YORK and GLASGOW New Roal Mall Steamships TUSCANlA, MAY SI, S r.M. TRANSYLVANIA. JUNE 4. 0 . M. For rates and full particulars apply is J. J. .McGRATlf, 1019 Walnut St. BOUT. TAYLOU 'cO., DOS Walnut St Or Anr Local Acent. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES LariRuage Instruction Free In conversational Spanish. German, French or Italian FIIEE. Only chares SOo for lesson book. Mornlnir. afternoon and evening classes. THE FOSTER SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES 1600 Chestnut Street. Germany In War Time As Seen by an American Roland S. Morris, chairman of the Pennsylvania Demo cratic State Committee, sends from Germany to the Public Ledger a narrative of his experiences in the Fatherland during April. He personally visited Berlin. Hanover, Frankfort. Baden Baden. Munich and Cologne and vividly describes the social and economic conditions he encountered. His attention was directed largely to the question of food supply and the treatment accorded visiting and resident Americans by official and non-official Germany. A keen observer, a writer of vigor and finish and an eye witness with open and unprejudiced mind. Mr. Morris article is a most valuable contribution to the news literature of the day. It will appear in next SUNDAY S PUBLICaiMLEDGER troublo With Germany came to a head. All tho world knew when this fleet mut: leave our coast. If It was going jc Turkey a at nil. suppose, then, that the President ? hod ordered this fleet to remain homo. what would have become of his fine pre tense that the American Government b-s llcvctl so strongly In the sense of Justice. ' good faith and magnanimity of the 0f- ' man Government that It eaw no reason" whatover for making any preparations for war? It should be evident that you cannot appeal to your opponent's lilghefl nature with a hand on your pistol pocket 4 that, In dealing with the moral law, you must so It whole hog or It'a nary ft brlstlo for you. However, I must confess that even I did not seo at the time how the Presi dent possibly could lot that fleet ot bur ' most powerful ships leave the coast. Thero those battleships and cruisers lay In lha Tfnrlann a mntrntftmnr llh nf ffvfm monsters stretching from T2d street far to tho north of Grant's tomb. Crowds flocked to the riverside to vleW the com. fortlng spectacle they presented, and probably not a man In thoso throngs could find It In his heart to bellovo that tho President actually would send them to tho Mediterranean. I shall not soon forget the day when tho President gavo the definite order for the Meet to snll. His appearance to me was disquieting by reason ot Its very quiet. Thero was a scene when honest old Admiral Dlnck came over from the Navigation Bureau along with Mr. Oak and, tho Acting Secretary. I remember ' that tho Admiral wanted the order re peated "Admiral Black," said the President, "do you know what happens to an officer who requires an order to be repented?" And then, tho Admiral being unable to find words, tho President added, "Hla usefulness Is destroyed." "But, good God. sir!" cried the Ad miral, "this ordert-thls ordei1!" "Is it not clear?" asked the President. Tho .Admiral stood ag )e for what seemed to me to be an eternity. At ' length he burst Into tears. "In God'sui name, sir!" he shouted at tho President, "havo you gone crazy?" (CONTINUED TOMORROW.) address on the duty of man to man and the Rev. Charles Grant Jordan also spoke briefly. Then the entire audience went to tho tnbernacle In a body, the building-: Dcln? crowded to the doors, notwith standing a heavy shower. During tho evening 20 more convert were obtained, making a tolal of mors . than SM, many of whom will bo received ' Into the churches taking part on Sunday, Burgess J. Paul SlacElree, who recently becamo a convert, has stneo that tlmo been one of tho most active personal, workers ln tho tabernacle services, at tending every session and obtaining many converts. Two Fairs at Half Fare; Exposition Rates Cut In Two Tho railroads have greatly reduced their fares and made It possible for you to see both tho San Francisco and San Diego Expositions on one ticket By ; way of the Burlington Route (C, B. & i Q, R. R.) the cost ot a railroad ticket to California and bacK will be only about one-half tho usual prico, and you can take ln tho Incomparable Colorado scenery. Including the Royal Gorce. Bee Denver. Colorndo Springs, Puebla and Salt Lake City on the way. stop ping off at any point desired. Returning, you may enloy a sea trla up the coast to Portland, see Tacoma. Seattle and Snokano. and either Glacier National Park or Yellowstone Park the wonders of the world. ' .. l.iti iiun't tako a trip Ilka this verr often. You should see the best scenery An route and not snend any more than I Is peccssary to do It., Tell me ivhpn you 3 fnn.li 10 go, now iuuki yuu ran nyuy, ana pt mo make up an Itinerary to fit your particular neeas. uei mo explain now and why the Burlington can serve you best. I'll be glad to no it. write, tele phone or can Wm. Austin, General Agent Passen- ' per Dopt.. C B. & Q. R. R. Co., 83S Chestnut street, Philadelphia. Phone wainui ilia. SrlUNT. AND BUMMEIt RESORTS ATLANTIC CITY. N. jT CHALFONTE Atlantic City, New Jersey The Leeds Company Leadlnc Hlfh-Class lloderate-liato Hotel. ALBEMARLE Virginia av nr. Bch. Cam. sun parlors, private baths, etc.; rxoel. tabls. gluupwkUr.i 42 up dally. Bklt. J. P. CQP, , DrtOWN'8-MILLB.IN-raE-riNES. M. J. "THE INN" Open All Year Five thousand acres pines; lakes, sprints. Favorite week-end and tourist resort. Famouc southern cooking. New management. I. L. & M. B. HUDDEHB. FEHN BOCK. PA. KENlLWOnTH INN. Terminal: now open. 7 miles from Heading Alfred Larxelsr. NEW ENGLAND Che bra rue. Me. SUMMIT HOUSE "irSJS: SS try & seashore. BUts, J-
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