EVENING LEbGEB-PHILADELPHTA; THURSDAY. MAT 18. 1915;
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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 -
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"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
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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
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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
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can take ln tho Incomparable Colorado
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