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EVENING LEPGE11 PfflLAPELPHIAt FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1015.
SHE IMPEACHMENT .
OF PRESIDENT ISRAELS
Startling Prophecy of a German
American Crisis
f This remarkable story which ivas written a few months
ifajota the inauguration of President Wilson, parallels with
fnmnltctic vision the present crisis in the relations between
(Germany and the United Stales. The Course of events, be
anning with the loss of American lives and the resulting clam
orfor war, is singularly similar to the happenings of the last
IjciQiccelis. How the tense situation was mastered by a power
IklPtcsident, whose unalterable faith in human righteousness
ledhim to face even impeachment that peace might endure, is
I vividly recounted. The story is a great peace epic and no citi
ten, in these troublous limes, can afford not to read it.
By FRANK B. COPLEY
BYXOVBIB ,
1. .mi tiiirricat iinKorn tv Orrmnn
K: i. i iaroirn (he country Mo an up
K,Wh.r. tor r. Aoain,t
'.?'. iM ot popular opinion tnnn m
Lmmi Dnild Itratta. n man 0 proounu
u iuu,it and ortat utrtvpin 0 cunrm.r..
W "eZratM and ,hat .rir t, "
.rmii nd coUectn ll now. w "r'a,n
! Z WMU Orrmnny make trrmrndou-,
' u ee rrMloVnt colmii rft to
-TJ iimlrnl Blncfc. (o .all to take part (it
,'w' J,taZn 0 lo. Mrffc 0 "' TrW.h
imMte 1 Sfaw l.mff " ""; "
tf, PrtiMnl, "o lou gone cratvt"
k CHAPTER IV.-CONTINUBD.
Visions of ft mutiny paBReu uirouK
rmlnd, but, roruinaieiy, wiu
In able to eavo tlie country mai lu-
?.. tt ,..,, with n. sad sort ot half
eiu ." - . , ... 1.
mile and wcnt over l0 ,nK0 ' ""
he snld In a bantcr-
inn. ,
"Admiral Hiac.
l tone that startled me, ns It musMcnpltol, t was' ready for anything. It
m .. j ..I I... Ita lltlllkpneRA ta 1 Is nnf nla..nnt .- .ll.. t..n..Rl. !...-
tlC ' . .. . II.. I.1,,t.r,t In "A.l- 11
inrthngnecusiomuiiiy iuu.y
Mrs! Black. I know very well how all
fou navy boys have been straining, at
the enh-how you ru mu jiuh ....... ..r,
b get at those Dutchmen nnd eat them
En alive. I am very sorry inaeea mu,
.1.... r, ih limn hiln2. I cant nick
rnro at them, for I know what credit
fou dogs of war would do yourselves.
Rut bv virtue of tho Constitution I nm
Mtommander-In-chlef and you. Admiral,
nd all the other navy Doys mum reapeui
the ollice, especially in urao uiui-a u.
popular excitement and crave national
f.rlt.
fNow, 'Just between you and me, Ad
miral, I am not very much In love with
my Job; but, as Ions as I continue to
loll It, I must, to the best of r.iy abil
ity, erclso tho discretionary power that
h Yted In It by tho Constitution; nnd
mvliHt Inclement now Is (here tho Pres-
lident itarted to lend tho Admiral to tho
door) that the boyH or tno .Norm jtunnuo
fleet must tako their Bhlps on over to
lTurter.
v. in a sense, .luimrui iui-n uunni ...
gPrpldent. when they reached tho door-
lie uQvf naa aroppeu ins iiiiiuuai win
?,"Jji a sense, Admlrnl Black, we are in
ItM presence of an enemy nnd this ordef
Is given as a military necessity, 'inero
It then.1 no need for me to tell you, a
EMllanV officer ot many years' service,
lla. HtkA. I nnllml t It. nKonltlta tl tl ,1
Uil Hunk la kaiivu iui a .jv...v. ....
Implicit obedience. Here Is my hand,
and let ma wish you, sir, a very hearty
flood -day."
i Apart from any nuestlon ns to -wnnc
cortrned the rlvlntr of this order. It is
reasonably open to debate whether tho
eirrjlng out of the order paid the Rreater
tribute to the character of the President
or to the discipline of the navy. Bo
that as It may, the mlKhty fleet In tho
Hudson jvelKhed anchor nnd, while the
'American people Rasped In their amaze-
tient and all the world wondered, slowly
ttelmpri nut in npn.
fc'And then (he deluge not after ub, but
ntry mucn wun us. rne worm may
Utb continued to wonder, but the Amerl-
(M neoDle did not continue any ouch
htrtlcdlato performance as that of Rasp
laj. CJongress gracefully bowed to tho
fitorm. It now seems Incredible that so
tuny events could have been packed
iJtlthln so few days: but wltll pie. peo
ple shouting as with one volhf. "OuBt
the fanatic quick and bring back tho
fleetl" the mnchlnery of Congress was
accelerated as It never Was accelerated
before.
KUeeUng In all haste, the House Judl-
isry Committee presented a majority
report recommendlm," tlin nasance of a
resolution that David Israels, President
w me united States, be Impeached fop
h crimes and misdemeanors. The rcs
gullon went through with a rush, tho
ealy real oonosltlnn nnmlnir frnm thn fn-
ttiallsts, who, voting solidly against this
Eeoll'tlon, presented the interesting spec
tcl f politicians standing on a prin
ciple even though It Involved their align
ing themselves with a mnn who through-
lsj ma public career had been their bete
tolrt.
KFoIlOWlnff tllA ritnlilnf 4hrniili nt thin
Jeiolutlon, two committees at once were
ea, one to Inform the Senate of the
action ot the House, nnd the other to
Prepare nrtlpla nr imn-nnv..A At.,1
J'?, for the second time In the history
Js " United States, two men appeared
!?re the Senate and In the name of the
."i ot representatives and all the
WPIt Ot the Ilnltpri Klnt rnrmnllv nr.
E"d tho President of criminal acts.
IKrJ'"8 t0 e"hlblt articles In due time,
w qcmanaing that the Senate take
uer for tho ...... , .1 .i
&jj 'V "" l'lJliita u ilia ntvuocui
I", within 60 hours of the Balling oD
Bfc Bff tna Chief Justice, presiding over
! cenate. with the members of the
su ?acklnK to suffocation, all the baclc
wes In (he chamber, spoke these fate-
ii Words. "tVxa Co-.. ...in
Ii-.. ,.- . " UEifeiii nv -iiiiii will
If ik acqu,e,," thus causing the voice"
Bine sergeant at Arras to ring out lr
IHpTm ?' command: "David Israels.
WisS.!.." ' the United States. Davlcr
Kn.,!' ,rfsloent of the United StateB.
of Im
by tho
United!
kiw iiwcr me ariiciea
unent exhibited against you
IS(es" RePre8c"tatlves of the
!v(n n . . .. .. . . ..
m of 'p,:rfV"Yf.SI nan , tno
rta -v-"iik uuiuiouii, u was sup
l&ntS,.hJ!.lI8!""'n ' h.e trla! of
iMo.t. V. --', iiiak mo veraici or mo
iwed im, rr"" majority vote re
Wutr vl Constitution for conviction
s IQOre than ,.-.
IRfflaii.- - "v "ad maue its re
OT'llOn of him comDlete: throuehnnr
m t H ry Pe""e t the President's own
E were, making haste nubllclv to dls-
. Aun, and even those who believed!
?t KtrOnrtv In U- Tl ,j,-., ,
Rirt rn.,i" j "i " -r":aOi!ni h causa
t wovlnced that It was a lost cause.
.,i wa the Vice Preaident ofi
'. t accession to the Prealdencv-
( hls time, he was In dally con-
J3L" the party leaders as to his
- T" " "" Btnerai policy, iuue
sTin ... am un1e' what circumstances
ST""' wouia lie oa led to flit out
rW Israels)' unexpired term, or to
i a?t t?ot bi Ply would h,ve
-me Un tlma whe the President
HruU against ii owa lawyew,
However. It Is not true Hint, nt nny stage,
tnese lawyers refused to assent to hla
purpose of appearing In-fore the Senate
to answer In person. The whole argu
ment wnB an to the need ot his prepar
ing his nnswer In adyjiiice. sn that his
counsel could go over It with him. Tin
President snld he could not do this, be
cause he must wait for his words until
he nc-tun.ll nro.n to speak 1 hellevo
that thereupon the President's lawyers
Degnn to eiitcrtnln nusplclonn thnt his
mind had heen to some extent affected
"J" the strain under which ho was living.
?h 1",ust "'Inilt that I myself feared
that his appenrnnce and manner were not
exactly normal, hut the utmost any ot
us could do with him was to persuade
n Im to tnki- barely enough food to keep
himself up.
Yes, that speech waa delivered without
any preparation worthy ot tho name.
Perhaps when tho President went to his
rooms on tho night before tho day of
his appearanco In the Senate chamber,
he roughly blbcked out his speech In his
mind: if so, that war the full extent of
his preparation.
When the President, bin allien nmt mv-
sdf got Into tho carriage to drive to the
is not pleasant to drlvi- llirmich lotur
lines of contemptuous nnd hostile faces,
with tho fear that from thoso throngs
nt any moment may como something
more substantial than shouts of derision.
Of course wo had tried to keep the fact
that the President would go to the Capi
tol p. secret; hut the secret leaked out
at the last moment and tho crowds
gathered with a rapidity that spoke only
too eloquently of the popular ex'cltement.
For their efficient handling of tho
crowds, I must praise the mounted police
who escorted us nnd thoso who, both on
horse and afoot, securely guarded our
route. And the alertness ot the secret
service men, who swarmed among tho
crowds all the way. up to the Capitol,
was demonstrated by the speed with
which they seized the miscreants who
perpetrated the outrage that later caused
one of my facetious newspaper frleudn
to remark: "The world mire Is advanc
ing; It no longer crucifies Its benefactors
or hands them the hemlock It soaks
them with rotten apples." I remember
that at the time I could have wished
that the President had been blown Into
eternity with a bomb, rather than that he
should have been compelled to'suffer this
Indignity; but now I believe that It was
all for the best.
As one Senator put It, you did not
know whether to laugh or to cry when
on this day the Sergeant at Arms en lied:
"David Israels, Piesident of the I'nlted
States, David Israels, President of tho
United Stntes, appear and answer tho
articles of Impeachment exhibited against
you by the House of Representatives of
the United States" and Into that packed
and excited chamber walked that proud
man with his clothing besmeared with
the filth of the gutter. Yet, bathetic or
pathetic ns his tirst appearance may
have been, emotions fnr removed from
either bathos or pathos quickly followed,
as he self-contalnedly stood there In the
presence of nil the representatives of the
American people his accusers and his
Judges and with the representatives of
all the powers of the world looking down
from the thronged galleries, which were
made brilliant, not only by the diplo
matic uniforms, but by tho colors of
many a fashionable woman's gown,
Perhaps the cessation ot the murmuring
was due only to a sudden realization of
the fact that, for the first time In his
tory, a President of the United States
was to address In person tho representa
tives of the people; but I think thnt tho
hush thnt fell upon the throng was to
bo explained, nt leiiBt In part, by some
thing that came from the man himself.
And when, the Impressive preliminary
formalities over, he came to answer to
the charge that he had been falBe to his
oath of office, who can doubt that the
effect ot what he said was heightened by
the fact that he bore on his person a
visible symbol of the foul Indignities
that his fellow citizens had been heaping
upon him through many long weeks?
VI
There Is need here only of my directing
nttentlon to the salient features of Presi
dent Israels' speech before the Senate
a speech that undoubtedly will rank
among the greatest of our historical
documents.
That at the beginning It was keyed
very low, undoubtedly helped the Presi
dent to capture at nee tho absorbed at
tention of his audience. He was sorry
that he was the cause of sn much dis
turbance. He regretted particularly that
he had been forced to place his friends
'in the House njid Senate In the painful
position of acting as his accusers and
Judges. Intermingled with these expres
sions of regret were some gently Ironlo
statements as to how much happier
everybody doubtless would be If, Instead
of having to bother with him, they long
elnce had been free to spill the blood of
a few thousand Germans; but what
might "be called the opening chapter of
his address was closed with a simple
and obviously sincere statement to the
effect that If, In the conscientious dis
charge of their duty, the fcenators must
remove him from office and thus dis
qualify him from ever again holding
office under the United States, he would
cherish no resentment; for he would be
glad to lay his heavy burden down
not that he would be able to avoid feeling
creat sadness at Buch a close to his
political career, but he would be content
fsiwaa foregone conclusion, whlchln the belief that he had done the best
if .k y ,nat no "e had any doubt he could, even If. In holding that belief.
keri ik two-thirds majority vote re- he would have to claim the privilege of
.iiarinz with everybody else
After a ehort pause, the President went
on to say that he must assume that the
Senators would decide the question as to
whether he had been false to his trust
in the privacy of their own closets, where
partisan strife would cease and from
which the din of popular clamor would
be ehut out; for the Constitution, In as
signing to the Senate the duty of decld.
lnc whether, civil omcera were guilty of
acta that made necessary their removal.
-had, so far o this duty was concerned,
vested each of the Senators with the
high and h6ly office of a JuCge. In othsr
words! when the Senator entered upon
this, duty, they ceased to be represents..
lives of the people-
i -t said the President, "stand before
I .. lmoeacbed by the House OX Ktpre-
sentauves In tb wun of ail too pople
of tho United States. Thus I nm tho de
fendant In n, caae In which the people are
the complainant; nnd, Senators! It Is no
morft our duty to please the people by
your decision than It Is your duly to
Please me. You are not tho agent of
either party; jour sole duty In" to decide
the question between the people nnd me
In accordance with the requirements of
law and Justice."
The ense, tne President said, was ex
tremely simple, even as Manager Ander
son had pointed out.. There would be no
need tit cnlllng wltnVssen to prove that
he hnd refrnlned from Inking nny mens
uie.i lo prepare the country for war and
thnt he had ordered the North Atlantic
fleet to Turkey. It was necessary for
him to admit these things, as they had
been done in the sight of nil men. The
question was. were these actions In tho
nature of high crimes and misdemeanors
within tho mennlng of the Constitution?
The President then entered Into n care
ful analysis of tho circumstances under
which tho Constitution had been framed;
and It was his opinion that, Just as tho
framers hnd shown wisdom In defining
treason certnlnly, he paid with n smile.
It was fortunnte for him that they had
done thls-so they hnd shown wisdom In
l cf raining frnm specifying the high
crimes 'nnd misdemeanors upon conviction
of which n civil officer might be re
moved; for In this way they had left
the door wide open for the removal of
any President who might so fnr cense
to represent the people ns to Imperil nny
of the objects for which the Constitution
was framed, these objects, ns set forth
In (he preamble, being the establishment
of Justice, tho making provision for the
common defense, the promotion of the
general welfare, ami tho securcment of
tho blessings of liberty. Above all thlngn,
tho President said, he did not wish tho
caso between the people and him Judged
In nccordnnco with any narrow technl
cnllt.v ; he wns both willing and desirous
to have It Judged on the broad ground
of the public Interest,
Here tho President enme to another
pause; nnd, whereas up to this point ho
hnd maintained tho low pitch with which
ho started, his npcccli now began to
ascend. What might bo called tho third
chapter ho opened with an Impressive
statement of his belief In democracy and
In representative Institutions, which In
cluded his recognition of the fact that,
ns President, ho was tho peopte's rcpre
entntle. Now, what wns the duty of
a representative of tho people?
"As I understand It." snld the Presi
dent, "the duty of a representative of the
people Is to feel out what Is best In the
people he represents and let thnt be the
guide of his nct'Dns. If, when he has
established to his satisfaction what Is
demanded In nny given case bv that
which Is beRt In his people, he finds thnt
his onn conception of whnt should ho
done Is not In accord with this demand,
he nevertheless should proceed to executo
It to the best of his nblllty, even though
he bo convinced that his own conception
of what should be done Is the higher.
Either this or he should resign his office
forthwith."
The President snld that he could not
see how, under any conception of the
duty of a representative other than thli,
representative institutions could bo mndo
to work, nut It was Just ns Important
for the representative to be nssured thnt
nny given demand came from whnt wn.t
best In his people (nnd he, of course,
meant tho peoplo as a whole) ns It was
for him to be rcsdy to execute the de
mand when ho had this assurance. In
truth, this wns only another way of
Baying that government must keep pace
with the highest thought of which tho
people ns a whole were from time to
time capable as they progressed towards
the goal of self-government.
The President now took up the fnct thnt
the people ns a whole undoubtedly hnd
demanded of him thnt, ns commnnder-In-chlef
of the army nnd nnvy, ho pre
pare the country for war with the Ger
man Empire. The demand, said tho
President, had been expressed so emphat
ically that he could not very well help
hearing It. (T may point out that If nt
this point there whs an audible titter. It
showed how the President wns carrying
his audience with him.) Put he, the
President, had refuse-1 to execute this de
mand Why? Simply for the reason
thnt he was not nssured thnt this de
mand enme from what wns best In tho
people. Tt could not be disputed thnt tho
people wanted to make war on Germany
mainly because. In the course of a con
troversy over territory, four American!
sailors had been killed through the net
of a commander of a Germnn warship.
Thus the desire for war wns plnlnly a
desire for vengeance a manifestation of
the same animal passion thnt led the ag
grieved street urchin to scream In de
fiance nnd threaten with his fists.
The President conceded thnt the killing;
of the snllors wns a grave affair. If tho
German Government made this act of Its
officer Us own act, by upholding him lif
It and by refusing to make all the repa
ration that lay In Its power, why, then,
the United Stntes Government might
have to take up the Bword. The Presi
dent emphasized the word r.ight, because
ho was not sure that even that which
was best In the American people as they
were then constituted would support him
In an offer to let n disinterested tribunal
decide whether Germany should make
reparation, (Here there were murmurs
that plainly Indicated that the temper of
the audience wns all against such a pro
posal.) However, the President calmly
Hrent on to say. wo had the nuthorlty
of one of his most distinguished pre
decessors for the fact that we did not
have to cross a bridge until we came to
It. The truth waa that the American peo
ple had not given the German people a
fair chance to make reparation; that, on
tho contrary, the clamor of our peoplo
for war was Juat what had prevented'
an offer of reparation,
Tho President now made a complete
statement of his negotiations with Ber
lin. It was his ofHnlon that, n assuming
all along that the Berlin Government
Itself must recognize the need of repara
tion, he had taken the most forceful way
of Impressing upon the Berlin Govern
ment the seriousness of the affair. Ho
then went on to pay a handsome tribute
to the characters of the German Em
peror and his Chancellor. Were these
men. he asked, such savages or barbari
ans that we could not, In the sight 09
all the world, safely trust to them to do
what was right? And now the Presi
dent's voice rang out clear and strong
as he testified to hla own Implicit faith
In these men, He showed that there was
absolutely nothing In the attitude they
had taken to Indicate that they were not
ready to do the right thing as soon as
the American people would let them, and
that all that was strong and self-respecting
In the German people must prevent
their Government from yielding as long
as the American people continued to
breathe forth threats, of horrible
slaughter,
And what was this nation with which
the American' people eo light-heartedly
wished to rush Into war? The President
said we could afford to dismiss any con
sideration of the harm that the Ger
mans might do us. The point was that
if we entered Into war with the German
people, we must be prepared to Indict
upon them all the harm possible. It was
the fundamental principle of war that
you must do "your enemy the maximum
of harm with the minimum of harm to
yourself. This meant that we must be
prepared to kill and malm as many Ger
mans as we possibly could, and, If pos
sible, to overrun their country for the
purpose of laying it waste and bathing
It In blood- Did vte really want to do
this? Had we deliberately made up our
rnlnds to do this?
Now ame t' w part of the Presidents
spee.h in which he so sympathetically
and so vividly portrayed the character
of tho German people, the beauty of
their cities and the splendor of their
civilization. He began by saying that
we might not be In sympathy with their
form of government, but that what form
of government the German" people chose
lo maintain was none ot our business, so
long as It pleased them nnd did not harm
iis. He wished, first of nil, to call atten
tion to the native simplicity of the great
mass ot this God-fearing people nnd par
ticularly to their beautiful home life.
With his description ot a Christmas
festival In a German home, the President
brought tears lo the eyes of the morei
susceptible among his auditors. So vivid
were the strokes of nls mental brush'
thnt 1 am sure that before everybody1
present arose the complete vision of tho
Christmas tree, the gnthcrlng of the chil
dren with the parents, tho coming of
the grandparents nnd the uncles and the
aunts nnd tho singing of "Stllle Nacht"
nnd "O Tannenbaum."
With a quotation or two from the Oer
man poets, the President went on to show
how the very genius of the Germail
language adapted It to expressions of
love and tenderness. Ho then told of a
scene of mourning that he hnd witnessed
In a German family of the peasant class
when, as a student In Germany, he had
helped to carry homo tho body of n
young mnn who hnd been killed In n,
brawl, nml he Invited his audience to
plcturo this scene of mourning for n
simple-hearted peasant boy multiplied)
by the thousand.
Following this, the President entered
Into a scholarly analysis of the painstak
ing thoroughness of German methods, of
tho world'B debt to the patient researches
of German thinkers nnd of tho Immense!
debt that oiir own educational Institu
tions In particular owe to Germany. He
also showed how well tho Germans were)
working out problems In municipal gov
ernment and how they cleansed and
ndorned their cities. Then came thi- Pres
ident's magnificent tribute to tho German
poets and the Germnn composers. It
short. It was the land, not only of Vlr
chow nnd Helmholtz and Hegel nnd Kant,
hut of Goethe nnd Schiller nnd Wagner
nnd Beethoven.
This, said the President, wns the land
thnt In a spirit of holiday gaiety wo
wanted to overrun nnd lay wnste. At nil
events, no higher motive hnd been scJund-
rd than such as mlclit govern a vulgar
brawl In n corner saloon. Was this tho
loftiest spirit with which the American)
people now wcro capable of being In
spired? He would dislike to believe so.
If, after coolly weighing tho entire sit
uation If, In a Bplrlt of solemnity, devo
tion nnd prayer tho American people de
cided that their only course wns to mako
war on the Germnn people, why, then,
he ns their representative, as their Bcrv
nnt, would do nil that he could to mako
that war short by mnklng It terrible.
But he considered It no pnit of his duty
to represent tho Amcilcnn people in their
frivolity or to bo the servant of their;
childish passions. He could not nnd he;
would not; ho had something else better1
to do.
Wns not the closing part of tho Presi
dents nddress a trumpet call ushering In
a new dispensation In the dealings of
nntlon with nation?
Directly addressing tho Senators, who
wero the Judges between him nnd the
peopje, the President said that he now
was come to tho henit of the matter. In!
lesponse to the threats of tho American
people, ns voiced In their newspnpers
and by their representatives In Congress,
thn German Government had made war
like preparations such ns thnt of organ
izing a hugo nrinnda and mobilizing sev
eral nrmy corps where they would bo
ready for Immedlato embarkation on tho
gieat steamships that had been with
drawn from their regular service. Tho
German Government hnd considered It
Its duty to do this, and the United States
Government had no criticism to make of
Itn course.
The point was that the American peo
plo considered It necessary for their Gov
ernment to protect them from the peril
of thli German armada nnd these Ger
man legions, by reinforcing the const de
fenses and by assembling fleets and mo
bilizing armies In turn. He, the Presi
dent, had refused to do this, he liujl, lu
fact, acted so contrary to the wishes of
tho people ns to let their Inrgest and
most splendid fleet snll away without any
special preparations for war service ami,
bound for a part of the world where It
could bo of no tcrvlce, either offensive
or defensive. It was these acts that, wcro
charged against him as high crimes anil
misdemeanors within the meaning of tho
Constitution.
The President conceded that the assem
bling ot the German nrinnda and the mo
bilization of the German legions had been.
a serious menace to the people of thei
United States, and that It had behooved
him to use all diligence In taking meas
ures looking to the defense of tho coun
try, tt he. Indeed, through pusillanimity!
or for nny other reason, had failed to
take Buch measures, he Indeed would bo
guilty of the high crimes nnd misdemean
ors as charged. But had he bo failed? x
First, the Senators must consider that
the Constitution hnd vested In him as
commander-in-chief of the army and
navy a large discretion ns to military
measures a discretion that obviously en
titled him to disregard the opinion ot tho
people as to what measured should be!
taken.
Secondly, the Senators must consider
that It had been npcessary for him to
defend the people ngalnst themselves. It
being the duty of every representative of
the people to defend them against the
consequences of their own hasty actlonx
In times of excitement. Could any of
the Senators doubt that If, following thn
mobilization of the German army and
navy, the American nrmy and navy hail
been mobilized, war would have been the
sure result? To nnswer this question,
the Senators only would have In picture,
what would have been tho effect upon,
the already Inflamed mind of the public
of such headlines In the newspapers as,
"Troops Hushed to the Front," and!
"United States Navy Makes Heady for
War."
Thirdly and lastly, the Senators must
consider that he . :tually had taken the
moat effective of all possible measures to
prevent the sailing of the German fleet
and troops for this country. Even now
the German warBhlps and troopships
were held fast In their ports. He' I by
what? Why, by something that no one
could see, feel, hear, taste or smell. Yet
It was something more powerful than
any fleet of warships that he, aa commander-in-chief
of the navy, could have
assembled, and It was something more
powerful than any body of troops that
he, as commander-ln-chtef of the nrmy,
could have organized. It i as something
more powerful than all the navies of the
world combined, and something more
powerful than a.1 the armies ot tho
world combined i It was the moral law.
Did the Senators doubt, the President
asked, that this thing which was Invis
ible, Imponderable, Intangible, Impalpable
and incorporeal waa holding back as hos
tile forces those mighty englr.es of de
struction, the German warships, and that
other mighty engine of destruction, tha
German army? Well, today, all along
the American coasts, not a gun was
ready to be tired at these warships or
troopships except In salute. Let them
come when they would, t!cy would be
assured of the most friendly welcome
from the American navy and army; for
the American Government knew that
there was no need of German soldiers
and sailors killing American soldiers and
sailors that everything In dispute be
tween the German and the American peo
ples could be settled amicably and would;
be in the near future. And, In further
testimony of Its good faith, the Ameri
can Government was sending Us most
powerful fleet pn a peaceful mission to
the Mediterranean, every revolution of
the propellers of these ship saying to
the German people, as these ships sailed
farther and farther from home. We trust
you! We trust you' We truat you!
Now. then, did th Senators believe)
that tha Oermm really were such moral
wouslers aa to come over and kill oug
people and destroy, our property when
they knew thnt we reposed this trust
In them? Wns there r.nythlng In their
actions up lo this time that would sup
port such a belief? Surely, then, he ha
been Justified In reposing thla trust In,
them. And If he had, wherein hnd ho;
failed to defend the country?
With this latter question, which he
pressed firmly home, the President rested
his defense. Then, with those solemn!
words beginning "Let this trust con
tinue," the President launched himself
upon his thrilling peroration In which ho
gathered up all his forces lo speak di
rectly to the conscience of each Individ
ual Senator, some of whom he affecting
ly addressed by name, particularly thoe.
who, burdened with years, must expect
soon to pass lo thai region "where rumor
of oppression nnd deceit, of unsuccess
ful nnd Hicceasful wnr," would never
renrh them more.
As ono Senator expressed II, you
seemingly were transported to the "uit
tathomnblc abysms of Immensity" nnd
mndo n speclator of tho birth of worlds,
while the President thundered forth his
belief In tho moral law nnd hurled his
bitter scorn nt thoso "practical" men who
boasted thnt their feet were on tho
"solid" enrth, when all tho while tho
earth Itself wns swinging like a bnlloou
through space, sustained only hy laws
no more visible, pondernble, tangible, pal
pable or corporeal than tho laws of fnlth
and love.
And If the perfect tribute bo that of,
silence, then surely the President received
tho finest of nil tributes when he brought
his speech to a close with his stern unrn
Ing to the Senators that, ns cncli should,
vote In tho case, lie would vote, nob
prlmnrlly to sustain his President or to
pull him down, but for pence or wnr.
for ndvnnce or recession, for giving the
American Flag a new lustre, or for let
ling It continue to wave ns n symbol of!
nothing higher than thnt old, time-worn,
world-weary doctrine of bloody ven
geance for Injuries received.
Vtt
It mny bo said thnt tho first effect
of the President's speech wns to be
wilder the world. Perhaps n large
part of the bewilderment, nt least In
this country, could be attributed to the
fnct that, Instead of tnlklng n n mini
who was on trial for his official llf"
might be expected to talk, the Piesident
spoke even ns one who not only hnd
authority, but expected to keep It. And
tho Joke of It wns thnt, In wrangling over
tho merits of thn speech nnd the various
principles It sought to estnbllsh, tha
newspnpers nnd the people enmo pretty
near forgetting all about tho war.
Yes, I almost believe that nil olhe.
considerations with regnrd to this speech
are ns nothing as compared with the
humor of the situation which nrosp whe-,,
nfter debating the matter bnck nnd forth
n.1,1, llln llnln rt 1 1, A rttlMt, I 1, frtl I Mini ,t I h ft
wiinu, 1110 Herman iiiiii 1 1 it- .11111-1 icitii
newspnpers enme. In cold blond, to th-j
conclusion that It really wns Impossible
for the Knlser's forces to cross Hie orrin
and lick us nn long ns the I'Mlted States
Government Insisted that It wns prepared
to give them a friendly reception. Here
wns a cold, hnrd, concrete fnct thnt IP
fused to go home nnd go to bed; and the
way that poor fnct w-iis mauled nnd cuffed
nnd turned Inside out In an attempt I)
discover whence It enme nnd why It in
sisted on remaining well, It surely would
have been pathetic. If. ns I sh.v. It h.J
not been so nwfully funny. Undoubtedly,
too, the great majority of those who
participated In thojjebnte had rend or
had heard rend time nnd time again that
old question, "If God be for us," who
can be ngninst us?" but, then, I supposc
that no one ever actually does tako such
things seriously.
It cannot help being a matter of rcgiet
to every American that our people kept
up their sputtering for some time nftor
the Germans had It definitely settled
among themselves that Pnvltt Isrnrls wns
a remnrkable man. Of course vp wei
the aggrieved party In the dispute, nn-1
the Germans hnd the further nrt vantage
of being helped to their understanding
of our President by that eminently flnt
terlng plcturo he drew In his speech of
their country. Its people nnd Its ruleis
As hafi been well snld, Hint part of his
speech was a regular solnr-plexus blow
In taking nil the fight out of the Ger
mnns. Still, It will ever be n mntter -if
regret that we as n people hnd llttl" con
ception of the character of Povld Israels
In Its entirety until we begun to rend
what was being snld nbout him nnd hlrt
speech In Germany, England. Franco and
even far-away Japan.
One thing I know beyond question Is
that the splendid reparation volunteered
by thp Gcrmnns for the killing of our
Bailors would have heen forthcoming long
before If the American people hnd. from
the stnrt, supported the President In tho
stand he took Baron Stechmaun, tho
former Ambassador, well knows, for nji.-,
that this offer wns held back 'only till
It beenme evident that the Impeachment
of the President hnd collapsed. Ytt
again I say that I have no doubt that It
was nil for the best. It Is not likely that
under nny clrcumstnnccs other than thosn
existing at the time could we hnve ex
pected the Germans to escort the bodies
of our sailors home with their warBhlps
and to yield to nil of tho President'
main contentions with reference to tho
disputed territory, without even carrying
tho matter to The Hague.
Only It Is n great pity that tho Presi
dent could not have lived to see the
American people muklng thnt fUBs over
the German soldlurs nnd sailors whom,
only a ehort time before, they were so
desirous of greeting with shot nnd shell
And It Is a still greater pity that ho
could not have lived until the American
people had n chance to mnke some
reparation to him for the nbUBO that
they had heaped upon him.
From tho Btart 1 had wondprcd how a
man whose constitution never was lobns-.
and who winced even nt tho defamation
that Is the ordinary experience of eveiy
man In public life, should be able to
stand before tho stofm that President
Israels Invited when first ho refused to
meet the German preparations for war
with like preparations. It appeared later
that he exhausted all hla remaining
strength In making his speech before tho
Senate. In getting out of the carriage
upon his return to the White House, Mr
Uraels Btaggered slightly nnd noon after
ward was attacked hy a violent nausea
That night his valet and I had to help
him to his bedchamber, and from thnt
room ho never again Issued nllve.
I thank Heaven that he lived long
enough to know that his Impeachment
had not been sustained and that the Ger
man Government had conceded practlcallv
everything for which he had contended.
When told that the Impeachment had
collapsed, he said, "That is very satis
factory." and when told of the great news
from Berlin he said, "Now, that Is fine,
be sure and make It plain to the Emperor
that he Is the victor."
THE END.
BATTLE OF "BATTLE ALLEY"
ENDS IN OANGSTEUS' DEFEAT
Five Men Who Annoyed Woman Ar
rested After Resistance. v
Five batllc-scarred members of what
tho police any is Iho "Doggie Miller
Gang" were sent to tho House ot Correc
tion for ten days each today by Magis
trate Mecleary at the Trenton avenue
nnd Dauphin streets atntlon. Tho gang
stem made tho inlstako of thinking they
could vanquish Murphy and Masher, po
licemen. They failed,
Mrs. Bobcrt Lee, of 3X7 Trenton ave
nue, notified thn pollen that llin members
of the gang weic annoying Mrs. Mary
Itoser, 75 years old, of 2118 Greer street.
Shn naked tho pollen lo suppress the gang.
Policemen Hasher nnd Murphy were sent.
The two blbecoats hint six members jot
the gang In what It -Mnown as "Wattls"
Alloy," in ih reaf of fitter street, ahj
called on them to (surrender Instead of
complying five of the gangsters rushed
Into cdnfilct with loud yells. ?hr "cabs'
sighed and threw away their clubs, fear.
Ing these weapons couldn't Bland the
strain.
"They look natural." said Murphy, five
minutes later. He was referring to th
five figures stretched In "Battle Alley."
"They do," agreed Hasher. t
The gangsters wete given tlrho ifi re
cuperate nnd then willingly wftllted
mound to the police station. ThO sen
tenccd nre Ben trfiugherty. John Bitter
son, Edward Strnnge, .Irtrnes McGrtHh
and Edward Grecly. George Germer, alsd
arrested, wns dlscharge.il whn It was
prpvnn thnt his only offenso was playing
an accordion.
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STOLE TO WED GIItL
Thief Suspect Confesses Both Theft
and Disappointment.
BAL.T1MOBK. Md., May It-Wanted In
Newark, N, J on the charge of larceny
of 140 from the Atlantlo and Pacing Tea
Company, Frank Moore, of thut city, Is
being held by the Baltimore police for
the arrival of a Newark detective today
to take him back. Moore admitted, the
police say, that he absconded with the
money, and said he was In love with
a woman whom he wanted to marry, and
stole the money on this account. He
aald that after he had stolen the money
the girl refused to become his wife.
To Instal Prospect Park Pastor
The IUY- Wjlllam H Bancroft will be
Installed as pastor of the Olivet Presby.
terian Church, Prospect Park, tonight.
The speakers will be the Rev. D. S. Ken
nedy, editor of the Presbyterian: tha Rev.
H R Holslngton and the Rev. David
Winter, lL P- Other members of the)
prebtcry will be present and will take
part In (be celebration,
$15 Suit Values Continue
to Bring the Trend of Trade
to 1217-19 Chestnut Street!
ONDERFUL variety will be
here ready for tomorrow's buy- -
Not only at $15, but at $18, $20
and $25. Every new lot received
moves us up a peg hig-her in the ',
business of giving good value
W
ers.
$15.00
$18.50
$20.00
$25.00
30.00
Sun Proof Blue and Black
Serges Pin stripes in blue
backgrounds club checks,
Glen plaids, scores of fancy
patterns. Same values that
have made us the busiest
clothing house in Chesnut
Street.
More of those pure worsted
Sherriff Suits in neatest
check and stripe effects.
Their qualities exceed their
price considerably by at
least $6.50.
Genuine Imported Irish
homespuns woven so loose
ly that you will vote them
the acme of comtort. Beau-
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Rich silk mixtures in all
sizes for men of modest
taste. Newest plaids and
checks, stripes also, in very
handsome cloth conceptions.
For an English Imported
worsted in a subdued gray
check that is bound to ap
peal to every man with good
taste! Just received them.
Double Breasted Suits Going Quickly!
"Roscmont" model made, as deep an
impression as our "Parkway" style
when young men customers saw it.
They are selling rapidly at $18 and $20.
New Alpine-shaped Panama Hats for $5 1
Latest style put in our caoinets
selling on sight!
Our $2.00 Sennit Straws are in as
many shapes as there are tastes beau
tics, too straws at all prices $2, $2.50,
$3, $3.50.
One Dollar Shirts ($1.50 and $2 Quality)
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Negliges with soft cuffs, new stripe patterns,
madras and percales.
Two styles of shirts for the out-of-doors-built
in special designs. Customer who recently
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have ever seen."
William H. Wanamaker
1217-19 Chestnut Street