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PIllMtlF.t.rillA, FRIDAY. MAY 1 t, 1915.
Our countryl In her intercourse iilth for
eign nation may she always be in
the right; but our country,
right or tvronp!
The Voice of a Grcnt Nation Speaks in the
Note to Berlin
THE note to Berlin measures up to the
best traditions of American statesman
ship. It docs not necessarily mean war, for
the German Government has but to live up
to Its treaty, to which It Itself appealed only
recently, and follow the dictates of humanity
to avoid the Inevitable disaster that a break
with this country would presage.
There b In It no quibble, no hesitation,
no doubt.. It cannot be misunderstood. It
la the answer of a great civilized nation,
speaking for humanity, to another great na
tion that has relapsed Into barbarism under
the leadership of a military caste.
CLEAR-CUT DEMAND.
THE note declares that German outrages
against our commerce must cense. It
reiterates the fundamental rights of neu
trals oven when on belligerent merchnnt
hips. It asserts the recognized privileges of
noncombatnnts to safety of llfo and limb on
the high seas, under any and all circum
stances. It protests against even Incidental
mockery of American rights. ICuitands fast
against the use of submarines as commerce
destroyers, declnrlng that so to use them Is
to outrago the Inherent rights of civilization
nnd humanity themselves.
SWEEPS ASIDE ALL SUBTERFUGE.
T
rT DECLARES that German professions of
sorrow because of tho wanton destruction
of American lives cannot bo entertained, nnd
U' points out that the only course satisfactory
' to the United States will bo the cessation
immediately of the Ravage practices which
have aroused tho resentment and Indigna
tion of the world, and have made It neces
sary for this Independent nation, speaking
for humanity, to send Its mighty veto across
the water.
"I'm not arguing with you, William. I'm
Just telling you," Is tho real meaning of the
note. So this great democracy, founded on
the protection of human rights, speaks to
the Hohenzollerns. It Is a clarion note that
Will resound down tho ages and sets a new
.standard for national action. "Thank God
I am an American," every citizen, In all rev
erence, can any today.
NOTE IS AN ULTIMATUM.
THE npte Is in effect an ultimatum. "These
things must cenBe," we say to Berlin, "or
you must take the consequences." Whnt
those consequences are Germany knows.
Unless madness has settled down upon that
land, It will yield. If humanity and regard
for civilization do not counsel such a course,
common sense must. Even a. military
oligarchy must appreciate the folly of fight
ing against the whole world, of being left
without one single friend on enrth.
FAITH IN PRESIDENT JUSTIFIED.
THE nation's faith In the President Is
luatlfled. It ran relolco that it wnfted
patiently and In confidence for him to act.
The note does not represent a statement in
the heat of blood. It Is, on the contrary, the
deliberate opinion of this nation, an expres-
ff slon of the deep-Beated conviction of a vast
majority of our people. The ruthless rape
of Belgium, unforgettable and unforgivable,
wo passed by, but the frightful destruction
of the Lusltanla has converted the world to
one opinion, and that Is that Prusslantsm
must be wiped off the face of the earth.
LET THE PUBLIC BE CALM.
;rpHB Evening- Ledoer has counseled re-
P, X stralnt during this week of suspense. It
' has pointed out how the sophistry of Ger-
nan leaders, skilfully devised, has misled
jjhafc- people. We counsel patience now, We
pTtrpst that Germany, while there Is yet time,
w(U be brought to a realization of her situ
ation. We hope that Berlin will see the light
and! act accordingly. And we believe that
(he people of the United States are willing
to meet Germany half way, If that nation
concludes now to follow a straight and hon
prable course.
The position of our Government is clear.
It becomes, therefore, the position of every
fisjjtfien. The time has passed for congldera.
of our policy. It has been announced
Hutd I a. national asset Let every man
r jkjd ttauarely behind the President.
; jOSSIs UUU4UJ.E4 w- yoncu BVAxca.
P AS VQ wkrt course or this Government
witi it ib German; reply is unsatla-
faei'j?, V T witur na yrdrhiy, ft pay be
doubted if Washington will send troops to
European battlefields. It may simply sever
diplomatic relations, excommunicate tho
German Empire, seize the German ships now
at anchor in our ports, convoy our fleets of
merchantmen across tho seas and wago the
equivalent of war by wise Use of our un
paralleled resources.
OUR VAST RESOURCES
WE ARE unprepared for war, yet we are
ready. Vast nro our resources. Our
national wealth Is Inexhaustible. Tho great
Krupp works cannot compare In magnitude
with the magnificent factories American Ini
tiative nnd energy have constructed. We
aro a granary that can feed nil nations. All
the munitions of war we mnko. Wo can, if
wo will, keep tho nllled hosts supplied with
tho necessary Implements of warfare. For
the vindication of our rights, ns becomes a
spirited people, wo pledge ourselves and our
possessions, without hesitation and with no
misgivings ns to the future.
ISSUE NOW IN BERLIN'S HANDS.
YET In all sincerity n fervent prayer goes
up that the German reply will bo satis
factory, that common sonse will dlctato tho
verdict of Berlin, that our officially friendly
rclntions will not be severed, nnd that some
how or other pence may endure. Yet there
need bo no misunderstanding In this country
of the true situation. Wo have sent what Is
tho equivalent of an ultimatum. Thoro Is
but one way in which It can bo answered
Hint will bo satisfactory to us.
Tho Issue Is out of our hands. Berlin must
decide.
A Glimmering of Humanity?
WORD comes from Berlin, by way of Lon
don, that tho projected air raid on the
British capital haa been postponed from tlmo
to tlmo becauso the Kaiser cannot bring
himself to consent to such an attack upon
an unfortified city, whero his own kinsmen
are living. The attack would endanger tho
llfo of King George, and tho King Is his own
cousin. The snme report says Hint tho Kaiser
held out a long time iigulnst the urging of
his advisers to authorize submarine raids
upon merchant ships, but that he llnally con
sented. It Is believed that ho can be per
suaded Into agreeing to the plan to drop
bombs on London In such numbers as to de
stroy hundreds of lives nnd vnst amounts of
property.
If tho Kaiser has been unwilling to en
gage In such warfare, his reluctance does
credit to his humanity. But tho persistence
of his military advisers In demanding au
thority to go to the most damnable lengths
in making war condemns them to an Ignoble
fame such as no worthy man can covet.
What Are Inspectors For?
THE collapse of two new brick dwellings In
a group of elghty-nlno during tho rain on
Wednesday night may have been an accident
that no ono could hnvo prevented. But there
Is the suggestion that tho mortar used con
tained too much sand nnd dissolved when
tho rain beat ngainst It. If It could have been
protected by a roof, perhaps thi walls In
which It warf used might have been able to
stand up.
But tho Inspectors of tho Building Bureau
are supposed to inspect nnd to protect the
public. If they have inspected the materials
used In the collapsed houses and have found
them of the proper quality then some other
cnuso than poor mortar must be found for
tho disaster. If they Inspect now nnd find
that tho mortar was poor they condemn
themselves. Vet they mutt mako an exami
nation and report. Every tenant nnd every
purchaser of a house, as well ns every
builder, Is Interested In sifting this enso to
tho bottom and In discovering whether the
workmon who say that tho mortar was too
poor to hold the bricks together know what
they aro talking about.
Constantinople Lcnrns There Is War
CONSTANTINOPLE seems to have dis
covered, through the nrrlvnl of 13,000
wounded soldiers In tho city, that thero has
been some fighting along tho Dardanelles It
did not know before that thero had been nny
reverses or serious casualties. It Is foolish
to speculato about tho effect of this dis
closure on tho mental nttltudo of the Turkish
population. It will bo manifested as the
weeks go by. But It Is certain that the peo
ple will ceaso to bellovo all the optimistic
reports given out by the Government. They
have seen with their own eyes the horrors
of the war In the form of wounded and
maimed soldiers.
They nro likely to see moro of them, for a
British army is moving on Adrlanoplo from
the south and a Russian army Is approach
ing from the north prepared to lay siege and
repeat the victory of tho Balkan Allies when
they took It In tho last wnr. With Adrian
ople reduced tho advance upon Constanti
nople by land will be made, and It Is morally
certain that tho city will fall, even though
Its' defenses have been strengthened under
German direction. Then the Turk will get
his full of horrors.
Mr. Barnes will have no trouble In proving
that the Colonel was1 a boss, for he admits It.
The mayoralty booms that bloom In the
spring, tra la, have nothing to do with the
ultimate choice of the voters at the election
in November.
The German Embassy disclaims responsi
bility for Doctor Dernburg, and Doctor Dern
burg is likely to disclaim responsibility for
'himself before long.
It will be Impossible to persuade any one
save those who want to be persuaded that
the chief purpose of the State Constabulary
Is to break up strikes.
Two former Confederate officers spoke at
the annual dinner of the Society of the Army
of the Potomac last night, and they sat un
der the Stars' and Stripes.
Charles Frohman's estate amounts to only
J350.0OO, which seems to indicate that there
are other speculations beside those engi
neered in the Stock Exchange,
George Bernard Shaw must be envying
Gabriel D'Annunrlo, for Shaw was never
escorted through the streets of the capital of
hjs country by a crowd of 40,000 patriots ac
claiming him for his defense of the national
honor.
Notwithstanding the vast expanse of ocean
rj sight, Atlantic City IS as dry as Philadel
phia on Sunday for all who do not males
arrangements, on Saturday night for such
irrigation as they may think necessary the
next day.
JOURNALISM IN
NATIONAL CRISES
Alfred Cnpus, Academician, Shows
How the French Press Has Met
Test After Test of Patriotic Serv
ice Its Role in the Future.
When people talk of the rights and privi
leges of citizenship or of suffrage they some
times pride themselves on their remem
brance of tho fact that duties nnd obliga
tions nre equally Important. That duties
and obligations belong to Journalism Is
obvious. Appreciation of this fact by tho
public as well ns by tho press Itself should,
of course, bo something moro than a more
"lip" appreciation. All tho more so whon It
Is considered Unit, ns Alfred Capus, the dis
tinguished French Academician, truly says,
"Tho press nnd public opIrTlon nro Insepa
rable terms."
To tho Revue Hebdomndnlro M. Cnpus
contributes nn nrtlrle which Is not only
timely but of widespread Interest and value.
In It ho tells of the pnrt which tho press has
plavod nnd In future must pltiy In relation
to the world wnr. He does not speak of tho
power and function of Journalism in gen
eral terms, but covers tho subject by means
of specific references. It Is mostly a story
of Journnllsm In Franco during tho last few
months. A few extracts from tho article, ns
trnnslated by Mr. George Burnhnm Ives for
tho Boston Transcript, follow. The wnr
enme:
A Decisive Part
"It wns essential to make everybody,
without exception, understand nil classes of
society, worklngmen, scholars, trndesmen,
peasants all that thero wns of absolutely
new nnil monstrous, nbout this wnr, and tho
enormous Importance of the gnmo that we
wcro playing, and that wo must bring to
thnt gnmo a stendfastness of mind, nn In
cessant activity In a word, the utmost sum
of our national powers. To effect this re
sult. It wns Indispensable, first of all, to
bring about, In a country divided politically
ns ours Is, In a country whero political pas
sions are kopt constantly nllvo by discussion
nnd disputation to bring nbout oblivion of
old quarrels nnd abandonment of the most
Inveterate hnbits; let us tell tho whole story
In a single phrnso It wns absolutely neces
sary to demand of Frenchmen that they
cense to play politics.
"In these circumstances tho part played
by tho press whs doclslvo; It dropped polem
ics. It brought tho factions together, It
elaborated all tho projects of resistance nnd
union. It refused to allow Itself to bo In
fluenced by the memory of old disagree
ments: It gave nil Frenchmen the Impres
sion that they hnd nlwnys been In nccord,
nnd thnt If they hnd sometimes In the old
days disputed, and even hated ono another,
It was merely a way of passing tho tlmo
until the enemy should come."
Sprendinp; the Doctrino
How Journalism met tho test of self-con
trol while the ("ieimnm wero steadily nd
vnnclng on Pnils Is described In tho follow
ing words:
"Our enemies counted too manifestly on
tho political quarrels of Franco and on her
excltnblllty, nnd thereby they Indicated to
us tho importance of union and self-control.
That self-control, and constancy of
soul nmld the changing fortunes of tho wnr,
wore put to a severe test In the month of
August. When will nny 0110 bo nblo to wrlto
the history of thoso thirty dnys of those
llerco attneks In tho passes of the Vosges,
nnd of that atrocious invasion of Belgium,
which was like an nrrest of civilization by
savages?
"Of all those tremendous events thero
enmn to our knowledge only scattered epi
sodes, accurately told, to bo sure, but giv
ing no Idea of tho vnst development that tho
wnr had suddenly undergone. Tho commu
niques told us tho truth, ns M. Mcssemy had
promised, but they did not tell us tho wholo
truth. Tho public felt It, but had to accept,
as tho newspapers did, tho stern discipline
to which it wns subjected. I nm convinced
today that It was salutary, nnd that It was
due to that discipline that tho peoplo wero
able to endure, without utter disorganiza
tion, tho terrible news of tho last week of
August, which revealed to us tho fact that
tho Germans wero at tho gates of Amiens
after defeating tho English nrmy,
"Those days of August gave tho press an
opportunity to spread through tho longth
and breadth of the land tho few cssentlnl
Ideas which form, as It were, the body of
doctrino of the war for tho uso of civilians.
These Ideas wero:
"1. Thnt tho war would he a long one.
"2. That victory was certain, simply by
tho process of attrition, If wo could keep our
army Intact and hold out pending the mo
bilization of nil our forces and those of our
Allies.
"3. That consequently everything In the
mllltnry as well as the civil administration
must bo so ordered as to assure the maxi
mum of resistance.
"Such were the ideas with which it was
nil tho moro necessary to saturate the pub
lic mind, because we wero npproachlng ono
of tho most tragic crises of tho war that
series of movements which brought the
enemy within Ilvo leagues of Paris, and
forced tho commander-in-chief to advise the
Government to leave the capital."
Weeks later the tremendous battle of the
Marne was fought.
"The press was able to adapt Its role to the
new conditions; It had to fix the certainty of
victory, and the powerful reasons for expect
ing it, firmly in public opinion. These rea
sons were no longer vague as at. first, and
the press had now the necessary elements to
dilate upon them; the imposing and heroic
figures' of our 'generals appeared before all
eyes. There was an end to tho sort of
anonymity of tho early days of the cam
paign; now we had soul-stirring orders of
the day, signed by Joffre, Foch, Franchet
d'Esperey, and in due course by other gen
erals who came to the front day by day
names unknown yesterday which it Is al
most useless to enumerate, so Intimately are
they Interwoven today with our very life.
"The war of 1914 will prove to have been
Its supreme test. Far from having foun
dered, it has taken on an Incomparable air
of dignity. It has bathed Itself anew In
its true well-spring, and It has seen of what
it was capable when It was defending the
cause of the Fatherland.
"Its role during the war will haye been
the glorious prelude jfo its role after the war,
when the country vflll have to be reconsti
tuted and France set back upon the true
course of her history."
NOR WHEN NOR HOW
Oh, dream no more of quiet life.
Care finds the careless out. More wbsa to vow
Thine hert enUre to Fifth's pure strife;
So Peace will come, thou know'st not when
or how.
-K.bU.
I'M NOT ARGUING
(
I BEST THOUGHT IN AMERICA
DIGEST OF THE
(1) North American Revlow "A Poten
tial Substitute for War."
(2) Atlantic Monthly "The War and the
Way Out."
(3) Century "The Ounce of Prevention."
(4) Survey "Tho Minimum of Safety."
WAR EXTINGUISHERS
THERE are several way3 of putting out a
tire. You mny douse It with water, or
smother It under a blanket, or spray It with
chemicals. Theories and methods for ex
tinguishing war aro as various, and even
moro numerous.
In tho many war articles which still con
tinue to fill the magazines thoro Is nn In
creasing proportion devoted to theories nnd
proposals for ending and preventing war.
And these theories nro as various as tho
temperaments of the men presenting them
disarmament, Increased armament, Inter
national congresses, leagues of pence, Chris
tianity nil these nre recommended nnd ar
gued. Percy Mackaye, the poet and pngeant
Ist, presents with characteristic charm and
Idealism a plea for the substitution of a
pngenntry of ponce to tako tho place of tho
terribly effective pageantry of war. Ho
wtltcs In tho North American Review (1),
which this month, by tho way, publishes Its
100th anniversary number. IIo says:
Is thero a substitute for wnr? "When peace
Is mnc)o as hnml'nmo ns war," said tho Trcsl
dnt of tho 1'nlted States In a recent speech,
"thero will bo hope of war's passing." This
pregnnnt phrnso wns but a fleeting remark, yet
It Involves nn Idea of deepest public Import. It
Is hnrdly conceivable thnt human beings should
for nges hnvo endured the organized waste
and torturo of war. If tho mnglclan art hnd not
hypnotized their Imaginations, and led them
forth by glorious visions to the charnels ot
battlefields. For let us rpmember. It Is art the
colorful nrt of the theatre, its music, spectacle
and symbolism put to war's purposes which
has exerted this hypnotism townrd destruction.
In this time of world havoc, therefore, Bhall wo
not ask ourselves.
How may the glorious visions of dramatic art
luro the Imaginations of men from war to
peace? How may pence bo made as hnndsome
as wnr nnd ns compelling? Wnr Is mado splen
did by noble human attributes; by self-sacrifice,
courage, patience, enkindled will power. Udder
expert control, the chaotlo drifting, meanly com
petitive llfo of everyday penco becomes trans
figured by order, discipline, organization. Imbued
with a majestic unity of design; the enacting ot
a national drama, In which the people them
selves participate. Statesmen and military lead,
ers, recognizing whnt tho disciples of penco
Ignore, utilize the full potency of the Imaglna,
tlve arts born of the theatre; they employ the
ecstasy and pomp of music and pngeantry.
Symbolism they call to their aid to provide for
patriotism her radiant flags nnd uniforms
My object Is to suggest that "tho moral
equivalent of war" can be made fascinating
and effectual by utilizing the dynamic nr'ta of
the theatre to give It symbolical expression. So,
to copo with war, the organizers of peace must
acknowledge man's paKnnlem and exalt It. The
moral equivalents of war are Ineffectual from
two chief causes. First, the lighting armies of
peace workers In settlements for public health,
for popular education, for emancipation of
women and children, etc. are not properly or
ganized, and secondly, their functions are not
properly symbolized. To achlevo the first ob
ject organization will require the directive In
sight of ono who may aptly be called the politi
cal engineer; to achieve the second object
symbolism will require the dramatlo engineer.
League of Peace
G. Lowes Dickinson, the EnglUh publicist.
In the concluding artlclo of a series In the
Atlantis Monthly (2), outlines his hopes for
making the next peace permanent. Among
several Ideas which he discusses, he writes!
From many quarters has come the sugges.
tlon for a "league of peace." Mr, Roosevelt has
proposed It. Mr, Asqulth looks forward to It
as coming -"Immediately within the range and
presently within the grasp of European states.
manshlp." And It was adumbrated by Sir Ed.
ward Grey before the war, when he said: "If
the peace of Europe can be preserved and the
present crisis safely passed, my own endeavor
will be to promote some arrangement, to which
Oermany will be a party, by which she could be
assured that no aggressive or hostile policy
would be pursued against her or her allies by
France, Russia and ourselves, Jointly or sepa
rately." But It wl be said, what is the use of relying
on treaties when Germany has shown and de
clared that she regards them aa scraps of pa
per? This raises the question of the sanction.
I propose, therefore, that the Powers entering
into the arrangement pledge themselves to as
sist, if necessary, by their national force, any
member of the league who should be attacked
before the dispute provoking the attack has
been submitted to arbitration or conciliation.
Military force Is not the only weapon the Pow
ers might employ In such a case; economic pres
sure might be effective, a financial and com
mercial boycott.
Prof. R. M. Johnston, of Harvard, "one
of the greatest living- authorities on the Na
poleonic wars," whose book, "Arms and the
Race," has Just been published, writes an
article in this month's Century (S) on a very
similar theme, drawing lessons from the con
trasting fates of Switzerland and Belgium
for the United States:
Switzerland, the centre of Europe, ha for
years possessed the perfect model of a na
tional army. The policy of the nation was easy
tb frame In relation to Its surroundings. North,
south, east, west, tay neighbors who presentect
threat along' every mil of frontier. So the
WITH YOU, WILLIAM, I'M
MAGAZINES
Swiss decided on a policy of national defense.
It Is the virtual guaranty of tho Independence
of a bravo peoplo who have too much sense to
put their faith In International guarantees of
neutrality and enough spirit to bo willing to
fnco tho military Issuo Instead offeebly evad
ing It. With Belgium we como to tho opposite
case.
Belgium's attitude hnd many points .of re
semblance to that of this country toward tho
military problem. Sbo was engrossed in one ot
tho most remarkable outbursts of Industrial
energy that tho world has soon. Labor prob
lems and social reforms had becomo urgent. She
concentrated her attention on herself. Sho
was Impatient, ono Is almost tempted to say
naturally Impatient, nt nny thought of spending
money nnd foresight on nnythlng so Irrecon
cilnblo with her ideals ns her nrmy. And the
upshot was a hnphnzard, neglectful, Ineffective
treatment of tho problem. Then sho woke up
one flno morning to find her country wrecked
nnd In ashes.
Let us hopo that all who understand will sup
poit thosa few gentlemen who In Congress and
elsewhere aro striving to Improvo our national
defenses. To say that tho war Is stupid and
wicked may be true most people nowadays aro
agreed on this point but It does not dispose of
the question. It Is only In the kindergarten text
that It takes two to mako a quarrel, as every
pago of history demonstrates. If war Is stupid
nnd wicked, to encourage others to make war
by remaining defenseless Is stupid, wicked and
criminal. And to avoid that crime, It is not
necessary to threaten. We havo merely to raise
our army to a standard that will place It about
on a level with thoso of the second or third
rate European Powers say somewhere between
those of Holland and Rumania. To Imagine
that this would be a depnrturo from our old
time policy, that It would alnrm Europe, weaken
our moral rower, nnd so forth. Is chenp clap
trap for vory Ignorant npd foolish audiences.
It would, of course, havo precisely the oppo
site effect.
Ono of the most prominent of our peace
advocates, David Starr Jordan, writing In
the Survey (4), nrgues that wo should face
the Issue squarely:
In tho London Morning Post theso statements
nppcar: "After all, tho British Empire Is built
up by good fighting, by Its nrmy and navy. The
spirit of wnr Is native to tho British raeo. Only
by militarism can we guard against tho abuses
of mllltnrlsm." Parallel Is tho motto given by
tho Crown Prlnco of Trussla somo two years
ngo: "Tho earth rests not moro securely on tho
shoulders of Atlas thnn Germany on her army
and navy."
Tho real strugglo behind this great war Is
not that between mllltnry Germany and the
Allies of military Brltnln. That will very likely
end In a drawn game, of Itself settling nothing.
Tho great conflict of our century Is that between
law nnd nnarchy. Law involves tho rule of
Justice between nations as between men.
Anarchy Is the rule of men by forco nnd by
fear. By fenr armies and 11.1 vies havo vainly
posed ns Insurance for peace. By forco they
may mako for victory, never for peace.
No amount of armament, large or small, ovei"
mado for peace. A certain amount of armed
force may be useful oven In n democracy. It Is
the business of American statesmanship to find
out for ourselves tho line of safety and to hold
to that line. Mllltnrlsm existing for its own
sako is a poison to society. Its place In the
democracy is the minimum consistent with
safety. It may be that we have not exceeded
that minimum, but we havo certainly never
fallen below It.
"PEACE WITH HONOR"
To the Editor 0 the Evening Ledger:
Eir-If thLs-war has demonstrated nnythln.
It has demonstrated the absurdity of tolerating
any longer, the nnclent superstition of national
soverelgnty-ot Imagining that any nation can
other conflict with those of any
Let Uncle Sam be modem, and righteously
courageouH but not foolhardy. Let him not In
sanely rush, single-handed and all unprepared,
into sure punishment at the hands of any rufi
btesTcivlZuon Mm annU"C8 tha
srotlesa, but you havo seen that relatively they
are clean. Now my hat Is In the ring for wortd
disarmament, not by peace society reoliinn
but by the armed forces o? sane huma ty't
fighting, but overawing any still savage nation.
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JUST TELLING YOU!"
Which of you will Join me In thus blooaieuirj
banishing war from the earth? My naVy i,
Indred small, and my army Is less; but I hat'
nwiMc wbuiiii, gujut) uiuueiico, Home staying ouaw
Itles, n country too large to be easily nv,m.
flome manufactories capable of turning out wit
maieiiiti. iiicsc ias nnau do iiationalltta (i
all such works should be); nnd all I have-amu"
mvy, food supplies, factories, armament!'
money to the last dollar, stands at the unlet
On tho present olntggle) of all who will ila."
ccrely co-operate not for conquest, not tua
for self-deffnso (except as this Is neccwarlly In
volved in tho universal security), but for tkt
ending of war nonsenso and for tho good of tH.''
Wo no told that tha Allies aro In the wtr to
end war. Let them demonstrate their sincerity
bv ccmlncr In nut nt thn wnt. THa vabmu u i.
the prompt end of bloodshed, for the arma3l
inrce compelling national disarmament will b'
Irresistible. It will mean real nnd lasting "prt-i
paredncss" .tnd peace for all. For us It will
moan "peace with honor" not tho no-honor'
wmen lescnis "ineuits'- ana avenges lnjuiles.1
but the real thing the honor of havlns served
Humanity. JOHN G. TRAUTWINE, JR.
i-nnaaeipnia, .may 13.
AN OASIS IN A DESERT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
air lour recent editorial. "Stand hv thi
PreMdont," nnd the one around tho phrase "ThltjS
,3 u. uuvctnmeni oy uommon sense, not a Gor- '
ernment by Hysteria," havo been on oasis In a
newspaper desert. The contrast with the hydro-t
jiiuuic ul cuiko ui yuur cumemporaries iscneer.
Ing and refreshing. I havo only been an oe-"
caslonal reader of the Evenino Ledger, but will
henceforth mako It my principal newipaper.
If you maintain tho samo tono in all publlo
questions you will soon have a national repute.
"". OTTO T 1JALLEHY.
i'nnaaolphla, May 12.
A NOVEL SUGGESTION
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
sir If Germany la to h tnrvp intn .ut.,
mission why do not tho Allies' airmen take with
thom. Instead of hnmh.q. nn tliA,. Ot, it- thh'
German fields great Jars full of potato bursal
..cecal, iijr nu oiner destructive crop agenti to
be distributed over tho crop-growing sections!
. j . CURIOU3.
Philadelphia, May 13. '1
- - i
SEEING THE FLEET j
From the Spring-Held Republican.
Moro than n million persons, It Is declared
viewed the Atlantic fleet at anchor in thi
Hudson River at New York, Sunday. It wad
j..... .,, ,L ,Jrtn Buiueiinies ueen lor me mu
lion to Imagine tho potentialities of those Im
posing engines of war still In tho brlEht color
of peace. May it be a long time before tblfB
" "turn 10 aon tno dull gray of slaughter-
vt jtc.cr.
NOBLESSE OBLIGE
Noblesse oblige. What though you gain
Tho sightly ground above tho plain?
Wo wait to see your signal clow
Upon tho mountain's ancient snow,
Now Bpeed, since all return is vain.
If looking downward, ye wero fain
In tho sweet valley to remain,
A voice would warn you from below
Noblesse oblige! A "M
le Dtirden-bearers, ne'er complain,
Though moro and more ye must sustain.
On you their loads will mnnv tlirmi
Mako broad your shoulders; blessings go W
With those who heln the waillnc train- Hi
Noblesse oblige! Edith Thomas.
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