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FOR APRIL WAS 88,104.
PHILADhU'llIA, TUESDAY, MAY in. 191."!.
47 Don ctsh to die of old age, do not viako
your physician your licit:
Wc Have Stopped Sliding Down Hill
IP ALL tho freight trains on the Ponnsyl
Vanlit system cast of Pittsburgh had
passed by n single station during tho first 14
days of May a man standing beslda the ttack
could have counted 7544 mote cars than woro
irioved In tho samo period lata year. Tho
average dally Increase In the movement of
cars amounts to C39. Aa .121,192 freight cars
were moved In tho first half of May laHt year
the sain la soon to bo only about 24 per
c,ent. This Is not large, but tho significant
Jf fdpt is that there Is a Bain. Business Is re
viving, although there remains much to bo
desired.
How much muat bo done before wo return
to normal conditions la Indicated by the con
ditions at Lewlstown Junction, tho most
riearly central station of the system. In tho
first two wcolts of Jlay, 1012, the dally aver
age of cars passing that station was fiGSI; In
1013 It rose to CS70; but Inst year It slumped
more than 1000 and fell to 4854. This year It
has risen to 5232. The Increase In the num
ber of cars has been entirely In tho east
bound trafllc, while the westbound business
has decreased. A still closer analysis of tho
roturnB would show why tho eastbound busl-
f ness Is growing, but all that the country
I cares to know Is that tho lowest point In
.f business depression has been passed.
4
Not a Fair Weather Navy
THE efficiency of tho Atlantic squadron,
reviewed In Now York harbor yesterday,
does not depend upon weather conditions.
It may be pleasantcr In a sunny day forthf
spectators; to watch the maneuvers, but they
muat have reflected, ns they stood In tho
rain, that great battleships are Intended for
the service of the nation In fair or foul
weather. I
Deplorable State of Portugal
CONDITIONS In Portugal havo long been
jSO .unsatisfactory that revolution was In
evitable. Tresldont Arrlnca. an Incompetent
Visionary, hap been at tho hcadfof a Govern
ment which was absolutely Incapable of gov
erning. Tho reports say that anarchy pre
vails throughout the country today, on nc
count of tho revolution, but nnarchy has
been the rule for many months. President
Arrlaga has fled, and Joan Chngas, the head
' of the revolutionists, who proclaimed himself
a dictator on Sunday, was shot on Monday,
and tho rioting continues.
The Monarchists, who are planning to ic
storo Manuel to tho throne, nro as likely to
succeed as any other faction. If they have
n. leader who Is calm and courageous, and
possessed of the slightest knowledge of
statesmanship, they can mako Manuel King
again.
Portugal is In aa great need ns Mexico of a
strong hand at tho helm, for the masses are
Ignorant and hnvo no comprehension of whnt
government means hoyond pnylng taxes and
serving in tho army. Tho political class is
composed of adventurous self-seekers and
what we would cnll hero grafters, who go
Jnto politics for what they can make out of
.It. The country certainly is In a deplorable
condition.
Words of Wisdom
tVyT7ITII the means of fighting tho world
i i possesses nt present, with whole nations
engaged in mortal combat, disaster is cor-
t .tain for those who In tlmo of pence failed
I m in.-nno tur wur. uenerai jottrc. In a
f lecture to the Society of Former Pupils of
tnajr'oiytecnnlc Institute of Franco In 1913.
Not Even Congress Can Do the Impossible
IF THE steamship section of the Panama,
Canal tolls act had been framed primarily
In the Interest bf tho public instead of grow
ing out of hostility to the railroads better
f results might be expected from Its enforce
ment. But the men who wrote the section
assumed that It Is a crime for a company
to own and operate railroads nnd steam
ships feeding the samo territory. The Inter
state Commerce Commission, therefore, had
I no discretion when It was called upon to
order the salo of the steamships owned by
tho railroads. The plea of the railroads for
fair play was not heeded, because fair play
Jpr the railroads was not the purpose of the
law, "The commission rules that thn shin-,.
"went of freight from the West to the At-
f Jantlo seaboard by an all-water route has
n?en. roaa.8 impossible Dy railroad1 ownership
t ooats on tne lakes, that Jf the boats
ra sold Independent steamshln mo,, nan ?
4he trade which belongs to them and that
the public will be beneftted by tho water
rysompeti(,ipn.
They had such a theory Jn New York a
feftw years ago, when the LegUIature forbade
s,ay corporation with a capital jn excess of
J50.QQO to operate boats on the Erie Canal.
."bifr law vies passed In the Interest of the
mn who owned one or two canalboats and
ppral4 them himself. It was said that the
jmrain ould be shipped from the West more
Mtheeply If the competition of the JiUIe boat-
ewners with the gigantlo railroad corpora-
its vfa ma,de possible by statute. They
that it u nut possible for a pigmy to
t wUMAtSaf nt, whatever the Jaw may
fc mmvs This law. Intended to
tw fetwlHBas. of the great canaL
'jes-tb- dtrty6d tht busness. Now
f-'tttem ts rliiSif tfo whj&t New York
;' , ..'.'. l !f. aa4 la vMug the imbeds which
F" &f, k v.. mm tfeytv Anp the
Interstate Commerce Commission, Instead of
reluclahtly enforcing" the -aw, is going at It
with tho enthusiasm of tho sciolist who
thinks It posslblo to do tho Impossible.
The Time (o Stand by the President
THE pcoplo of tho United Slates do not
yvant war with Germnnyr"tho people of
Germany do not want war with tho United
Btntes. Theso two facts cVery patriot should
remember, particularly during tho period of
stress likely to follow the receipt of Berlin's
reply to our note.
Wo nro convinced that tho Government
has no intention whatever of sending Ameri
can soldiers' to European battlcnelds, oven
If Germany's answer, which Is Improbable,
should bo a curt refusal of our demands.
Wo havo other ways of holding Germany to
"strict accountability," ways Just ns effective
as armed strlfo could possibly bo. Wo havo
a navy nmply able to protect our trade and
vlndicato our neutral rights on tho high seas.
It Is not probable that the President has
oven considered an nctlvo war. Wo aro
fortunntcly so situated that wc can enforco
our position and exorcise our rights without
recourse to such a savage method.
It Is easy enough for all Amerlrnns to say
they aro with tho President now. Tho wholo
nntlon Is always behind such a noto as ho
sent. But tho time to stnnd behind tho
President will bo a llttlo later when hla
courso may not havo In It all tho elements'
of popularity, and ho will bo acting from n
knowledgo of conditions far greater than
that which tho mass of citizens enn possibly
have. Thero nrc unfortunately many bitter
partisans nbroad In tho land, and most of
thorn nro volublo critics. Tho President
should bo able to depend on the moral sup
port of the great mass of common-sense
Americana ns ho strives to guide the ship
of state through tho threatening narrows
Into a peaceful harbor. Tho test of his
statesmanship will bo his success In vindi
cating our rights sturdily while at tho samo
time nvoldlng tin open break with any
nation.
Let no American, by foolish criticism, In
terfere with any dcllcato negotiations look
ing toward that end.
An Unenviable Distinction
AT TUB recent celebration of the COth
. nnnlversary of the National Temperance
Society, It was said that when tho society
was formed the liquor interests wero in prac
tical control of liquor legislation In every
State, but that today they arc In the saddlo
In but two, Nevada and Pennsylvania.
If tho distinguished citizens who have
done their utmost to keep this great Com
monwealth linked up In an unenviable part
nership with the littlest and the most back
ward Stato in tho Union aro proud of their
achievement none envies them their taste.
A Look Ahead
ONLY the creators of fnshlons are sup
posed lo know what the women will bo
wearing next winter. After they have de
cided, tho buyers of the big stores learn, and
now and then tho secret transpires through
tho all too Inadcqunto descriptions of tho
proceedings of tho Clonk nnd Suit Mnnufnc.
turers' Association.
Tho Style Committee of the association
has Just made a report from which tho curi
ous may learn that the Jackets of suits will
he long or short, buttoned low or buttoned
high or buttoned any way that pleases tho
fancy, and that separate coats nro to havo
set-In sleovea or seml-klmono sleeves, as
suits tho wearer, and that tho materials to
bo used aro broadcloths, worsteds, poplins,
chovlots, gabardines, whipcords, serges,
tweeds, plushes, velvet", velours and novelty
pile fabrics. Skirts are to bo wide and nar
row and long and short. Thero Is much
other Interesting Information contained in
tho Important document, but the general
conclusion to be drawn from It Is that th6
Indies who wear tho costumes will be as
charming In them as in the styles which
they wore last winter.
It Will Be a Great Birthday Celebration
PATRIOTS from diffcront parts of tho
country nro already looking about for
hotel accommodations hero during the Fourth
of July celebration, yet tho celebration is
seven weeks away.
Tho Idea of observing tho national birth
day at tho scene of tho birth appeals to tho
imagination of the people. They only need to
bo Invited to como here In thousands every
year from every accessible State. A few
States wero represented lost year, but this
year either tho Governor or some one chosen
by him will como from nearly every Com
monwealth In the Union.
Tho President, of course, Is expected to
follow tho example which ho set last year
and stand onco more In Independence Square,
to read to the people a lesson In patriotism.
Winston Churchill's popularity is not In
creasing very rapidly in the Opposition
ranks.
The Governor apparently thinks that It Is
better to have a poor law regulating cold
storago than to have no law at all.
So much worse things aro happening In
Europe that the massacre of 6000 Armenians
by the Turks seems like a trivial incident.
The full duty of a sailor or a soldier was
described by the President when he said
that It is not to formulato policies, but to
support them.
"When Huerta moved his family Into a
rented house he found that their appetite
was so good afer living at a i New York
hotel that ho had to order 42 steaks to feed
them.
It Is a great deal better to find work for
men on the railroads because of Increasing
business than because of a fool law requir
ing the employment ofLmore men than are
needed,
New Jersey, by preventing the pollution
of water supply, has reduced the typhoid
fever death rate from 23 in lOO.vOO Inhabi
tants In J800 to 9.6 In 1913. But even this'
record Is surpassed in Pittsburgh In the
districts supplied by filtered water.
Of course the republican candidates
should have the first place on the ballots
If the predominant party In the State In to
have precedence. The determination of the
General Assembly to bring this about by
changing the law Is baaed o common eeVse
DISCOVERIES IN
DEMOCRATIC POETRY
America Ig Told Thero Are Three
Great Poets in This Country To
dayWhat Are We Going to Do
About It? t
By LUCIEN BLUPHOCKS
""OUT you Americans," say our foreign
JD critics, "don't care, for poetry. Why
should you expect to havo good poets?"
Well, thero nro two answers. First, that
"wo Americans" do care for poetry, of some
sort, nnd, second, that wo havri good poets.
Tho latter being a fact doesn't ncod argu
ment. What It needs Is example, and an
Englishman has Just offered us thrco of tho
best.
This Englishman Is John Cowpcr Powys,
professional critic, lecturer nnd University
Extension "shocker." Ho has shocked moro
pcoplo from his platform than "Wily" Sun
day could convert In a week. And recently
ho shocked a Now York audience by telling
them that he had discovered throo great
poets In America, (Tho newspaper account
of thlH doesn't stato whether tho audience
was shocked becauso thoro were only three,
or hecnuso thero wero as many ns three.)
However, tho thrco chosen are Edwin Ar
lington Iloblnson, Arthur Davison Flcko nnd
a man named Masters, whoso first name Mr.
Powys didn't know.
Tho first nnd greatest of these, because he
Is the greatest American poet, was onco
highly praised by Theodore Roosovclt, and
later by Alfred Noycs, tho English poet.
Nolthir "boost" has given Mr. Robinson
hnlf his deserts In tho way of Intolllgont ap
preciation. Partly this Is due to tho difficulty
In following his thoughts; sometimes his ex
pression, often his feeling. Is obscure. But
when you havo onco found It, It Is worth tho
search.
Form and Substance
Tho other two poets chosen by the English
critic nro more direct, and Edgar Leo Mas
ters Is the moro direct of the two. No two
men could bo moro different In every respect.
Mr. Flcko chooses to bind his thought In tho
Htrnlghtest nnd soberest chains. His latest
and most Impressive book Is a series of
flfty-sovcn Bonnets.
It mny not be quite fair to Mr. Flcko to
Judge him by his latest brief work; the only
excuse Is that It Is so much better than his
other poems. If you want a man with a
message to America you do not want Mr.
Flcke. If you want a man who understands
human beings, particularly In their relations
to each other, and most particularly In tho
most fascinating and Important relation of
all, which Is love, you do want Mr. Flcko.
The "Sonnets of a Portrait Painter" deal
with tho unhnppy lovo of a man for a
woman. Tho story Is very slender; the emo
tions arc full and true. You know that the
painter hns loved honestly, and If ho Isn't
as direct nnd ns slmplo as most people, why,
you must admit that Bomo men aren't as
slmplo and direct as others, and lot It go at
that. What is more likely to be true Is that
"tho painter" of theso sonnets expresaea
what wo all feel, but cannot express our
selves. Every man who has been In lovo
knows exactly tho feeling that his beloved
Is something higher and moro beautiful than
nil the rest of tho world. So every mnn will
appreciate what this poet means when ho
says;
You, tho briRht madness lightening tho curse
Of reason's dull reign In tho universe.
It Is that way with everything Mr. Flcko
has done. He has expressed something which
would ho useless If It weren't exactly what
tho world hns always felt. To read his book
Is easy enough. But ono has to go through
a vast variety of experiences to under
stand It.
Spoon River Folks
The "Spoon River Anthology" of Mr. Mas
ters Is absolutely different. The author has
taken a llttlo town In the Middle West, Spoon
River, has taken Its people, who are sleep
ing "on the hill" and hns let each one speak
his own epitaph, to tako tho placo of tho
meaningless words carven on their head
stones. First, Just by way of example, thero Is the
story-poem of Hod Putt. This Is what ho
says of himself:
Hero I He close to the grave
Of Old Bill Plersol,
Who grow rich trading with the Indians, and
who
Afterward took the bankrupt law
And emerged from It richer than ever.
Myself growing tired of toll and poverty,
And beholding how Old Bill and others grew
In wealth,
Robbed a traveler one nluht In Proctor's Grove.
Killing him, unwittingly, while doing so.
For which I wns tried nnd hanged.
That was my way of going Into bankruptcy.
Now wo who took the bankrupt law In our
respective ways
Sleep peacefully side by side.
That Is tho beginning. You go farther
and with each turn of the page you come to
a real character, and usually to a real
tragedy. Doc Hill, known to all Spoon River
for his kindness, tells why he gave himself
to his people. His wife hated him, his son
went to the bad. When the people came to
his funeral he was glad.
But oh. dear God, my soul trembled, scarce
able
To hold to the railing of the new life
When I saw Em Stanton behind the oak tree
At the grave.
Hiding herself and her grief.
Country Town Ambitions
This may not be your idea of poetry, but
you cannot resist the feeling it brings up In
you, because the feeling behind It Is so true.
The gallery of these portraits Is, perhaps,
the finest composite picture of life In a coun
. try town of the United States that was ever
made. There are great ambitions and little
ones; Margaret Fuller wanted to write
novels llko George Eliot, but she married
Slack, the rich druggist, and bore him
eight children, so she had no time; Albert
Schlrdlng wanted to be County Super
intendent of Schools, failed and died, but
the reason which he himself can tell Is that
he was Jealous of his children's successes
while he was a failure. And Jonas Keene,
whom Albert envied, envies Albert because
his own children were failures while he was
a success.
There are darker things than this In the
book of Spoon River. There- are little
stories of bitterness and of hate, of Immor
ality, of falsehood and of Infamy. And there
are p. few touches yf humor. But the best
thing In the book Is that it is the record of
real life, American in many ways, too Ironi
cal, too bitter, perhaps, but so intensely ex
pressed that you cap't help living through
the experiences, set down. And It those ex
periences are not pf tho highest, are not the
most beautiful thing In tho world, the author
leaves It to you to avoid everything he has
written about and make youp own life better.
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BETWEEN GIOLITTI AND SALANDRA
After Italy's Cabinet Crisis, What? Solution of the Problem Now
Remaining Depends on King Victor Emmanuel's View of
What the Constitution Demands of Him.
By ADALBERTO CAP0RALE
FOR the lost few months Italy has been
facing tho most serious problem with
which Hho has been confronted in tho last
quarter of a century. Tho country has to
decide now, In a few days, whether sho will
Join the Allies In tho war against tho Ten.
tonic cmplics, thus becoming a party to tho
Entente nnd assuring for herself n placo and
a voice In tho future congress of peace,
where the map of Europo will bo rearranged,
or remain neutral throughout tho present
war, thus becoming perfectly, If not dnnBcr
ously, Isolated, renouncing every advantage
that would como to hor from the defeat of
Austria, nnd forfeiting all her previous ef
forts to acquire a predominant Influence In
tho Balkun3 nnd In the enstern Mediter
ranean and to conquer for her manufacturers
tho Oriental markets coveted by tho Haps
burg monnrchy.
The failure of Slgnor Mnrcora and of Slg
nor Cnrcano to form a now Cabinet, or their
refusal to tnko on their shoulders tho re
sponsibility of power nt n tlmo when the peo
ple nro crying for war and when every stop
hns been taken, with tho sacrifice of hun
dreds of millions of dollars, In tho accom
plishment of tho army and navy's prepara
tion for the third national war, nnd tho un
mistakable signs of a revolution, which would
spread through the whole country should tho
Govornmont abandon Its war policy, are
clearly a defeat of the neutralists, and, what
nt this tlmo count3 more, a defeat of Slgnor
Glollttl, who, having never been very -popular,
has become now a much hated man In
Italy.
Giolitti's Influence
The King, who has never boon willing to
deviate from his constitutional duties, has
found that no other mnn but Slgnor Salandra
can control tho situation, nnd has succeeded
In keoplng him In the office of Premier. That
was tho only posslblo solution of the serious
situation bro'ihht about by tho former Pre
mier, Glollttl, In whom tho Germnn Ambas
sador, Prince von Uuelow, hnd found his
strong nlly in his efforts to keep Italy out of
tho war through concessions which would
never definitely solve the burning question
of tho Adriatic. But tho solution of tho min
isterial crisis, with tho Salandra Cabinet re
taining power, means war at an early date,
notwithstanding tho opposition at Slgnor
Glollttl, who, unabloihlmself to assume again
tho Premiership, suggested to tho King the
names of two men who probably would havo
blindly followed his advice, Slgnor Glusoppo
Marcora and Slgnor Paolo Carcano, two of
his lieutenants In tho Chamber of Deputies.
But, what Is tho real attitude of Slgnor
Glollttl toward the Intervention of Italy In
the European conflict? Tho question Is Jus
tified by tho recollection of a statement mado
by tho former Premier In a recent session of
tho Chnmber, while tho foreign policy of tho
Salandra Cabinet was being discussed. Glo
llttl snld then that Austria had asked Italy
In 1913, nearly ono year before the assassina
tion of Archduke Francis Ferdinand, whether
Italy would give support If Austria declared
war oii Servla, At that time Glollttl, who
was Premier, was Ip piedmont, and the Aus
trian request was telegraphed to him by tho
late Marquis Dl San Glullano, who counseled
a response In the negative, Glollttl answered
that Italy could not support Austria In a war
against Servla; that If Austria wanted to
declare war sho codld do It at her own risk,
while Italy would retain her full freedom of
action; she could not approve such a step.
This statement, which was qulto unnecessary
and also an utter condemnation of the Aus
trian policy, as well as a revelation that
Austria had prepared for war against Servla
long before tho assassination of the Arch
duke in Serajevo, was considered In political
olrcles In Rome as an attempt of Glollttl to
counterbalance the popularity acquired by
Salandra with his utterances In favor of tho
realization of the national aspirations of
Italy, a popularity which menaced GIoIIUI'b
leadership In the Parliament and his reputa
tion of being the high protector of the Gov
ernment. It Is not Impossible that Glollttl,
seeing the uselessness of his efforts to retain
the upper hand In face of the national policy
followed by the Salandra Cabinet, decided to
withdraw his support and compel Salandra
to resign,
However, Giolitti's Influence and power In
Parliament Is not broken, and It Is possible
that Slgnor Salandra, whose resignation was
prompted by his conviction that, being op
posed by Glollttl, he could not count any
longer on a large majority In the lower
branch of the Parliament, obtained from the
King, before accepting his request to remain
in. office, the promise that the Chamber of
Deputies will be dissolved.
"rh! step, seems. Indeed, heewsary If the
Eulandra Cabinet la to be left free of any
JSjrTn SlS.
) ilU-ci '
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outside and undue infiuenco on ls war policy.
Tho present Chamber was elected In Novem
ber, 1913, after the now electoral law, ex
tending the right of suffrage to tho Illiterates,
hnd gone Into effect, nnd while Glollttl was
at tho helm of a Government that had
brought to an end tho war with Turkey and
had acquired a certain degree of popularity.
Tho result of tho general elections wns n
Glollttl Chamber. It is still a "Glollttl
Chamber." Tho former Premier retains his
leadership, nnd can, if ho chooses, over
throw tho Cabinet, as ho did In the case of
tho Sonnlno and Luzzattl Cabinets during
tho last Legislature, when ho had also a
mnjorlly of followers In the lower Chamber,
Tho King's "Constitutional Scruples"
Therefore, a peculiar situation has arisen In
Italy since tho extensive military prepara
tions wero begun by tho Salandra Cabinet,
soon after General Zupclli, who was then
nsslstant chief of the General Staff under
General Cadornn, assumed tho portfolio of
War nnd was allowed moro than $200,000,000
to carry through his nnd General Cadorna's
plans of preparation for Intervention. Tho
Chnmber of Deputies, ruled by Glollttl, Is
presumably ready to follow his advlco for
continued neutrality, while tho country, In
Its great majority, favors war against Aus
tria. Tho Chamber, elected by tho pcoplo, Is
not tho expression of tho will of tho nation,
but of Giolitti's will, that Is, of tho man
whom tho nation now cnllB traitor. How
could Slgnor Salandra appear before such a
Chamber after having declared war on Aus
tria without running tho risk of being over
thrown by a vote of distrust and compelled
to leavo office In an exceedingly critical tlmo,
when tho result would bo tho breaking of the
continuity of policy and action which Is so
necessary In time of war?
Tho King alone, who has tho constitutional
right to say the last word, could solvo tho
serious puzzle, and ho saw that tho will of
tho nation hnd to bo followed Instead of that
of the Glollttl Chnmber. But, Is It posslblo
In a democratic nntion like Italy, Is It con
stitutional to rule ngalnst the will of tho
Parliament? King Victor Emmanuel, whose
respect for the Constitution no one has over
doubted, cannot continue suoh an impossible
situation without endangering his reputation
of the strictest observer of tho Constitution
Henco tho only solution will bo tho dissolu
tion of tho Chamber, a step which will re
ceive supposedly the hearty approval of tho
country, since lUknows now that Giolitti's
Influence must como to nn end, being no
longer In accordance with the supreme inter
ests nnd the national aspirations of tho
Italian people
OUT OF THE ORDINARY
To the Edttor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I have read with no little Interest and
pleasure thu article In the Kvrkino Lrporr
of Tuesday, May 11, 1915, on page 4, under the
heading, "President's Audience Tense, Expect
ant nnd Thankful."
While numerous other Items In the Evenino
LrnoKR covered the details of the President's
visit and hla messase, the poetic conception of
the writer of tliq above, and his handling of the
theme, carry one far beyond the prosaic. Arti
cles of this callbro help to make the Evbniko
I.edoeh so Interesting and successful, and both
the writer and the Evenino LEooea are to tja
cingratulated, S. W. BROWN, JR.
Philadelphia. May It.
THE CURIOSITIES OF HISTORY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir In an Interview In New York, which ap
peared In your paper, Mr. John W. Griggs, ex
Governor of New Jersey, la reported as having
said with regard to the sinking of the Luai
tanla: "In neither caBe was the action In ac
cordance with the usage In warfare; not only
In modern times, but In the Dark Ages. The
barbarians of old regarded neutrals as absolved
from punishment. They dlfl not alay women
and children who were not In aims against
them."
Of what purpose are such utterances? Any
person of ordinary education muat know how
false the above statement la. Leaving aside
ancient history, which Is replete with tales of
barbarism on non-combatanta, modern history
records that Cromwell's soldiers In Ireland mur
dored In cold blood hundreds of men, women
and children tossing babes from one bayonet
to another, Cromwell packed numbers of hu
man beings Into a tower and then cremated
them alive In It.
As another Hluatratlon 'of curious hlatory
wording I quote a letter by Herbert Welsh to
Ambassador on Bernatorff. in the letter
there is this passage, "Our statesmen of the
Wth century struggled for -constitutional lib
erties against a British .King. He was of
German blood and partly by Heaalan soldiers
he aougfit to subject his tranatlantlo colonies
to the tyranny of a personal wjn so autocratic
that, aa you wilt remember. It finally ended In
madness." One would suppose frpm this that
the Hessians were a private bodyguard of the
King's, paid for out of the family purse. Had
the British Parliament nothing to do in the
matter of sending mercenary apidier to this
country It ta generally agned that King
Charles 1 loat his. bead because pf trying to
wake Farllajaent subservient to bU will. The
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object of the stntement Is obvious to put the
odium of the hiring of Hessians on a man of',
German blood. But what purposo In thn endi
rtnno Cittnlt liletnw itftl(lnt aiAaid.t I.
wu-k u.u moiuij "Hunt, ctnui "S
J. Fr. WALSH.
Florence, N. J., May 13.
ANOTHER COMMENDATORY LETTER I
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger: :
Sir Permit me to coiiRrntulnto you on thitr
mu-iuiuiiin I'uiiorini summing up or the Q(r.
man-Amerlcnn situation which appeared In the,
EvrjNiNa LriDonn recently. It wn certnlnly ti
mnutorftlt rtffnrt a G
Nnshvlll. T.nii 1Tnv 1T. t'i
GOOD FOR THE CHILDREN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slr-Tho Scovlllo nrtlcle In Friday's Evenino
Ledger Is chnrmlng. Moro sucli would bo of'
help to children and to Ignorant crown-UD. t.'
havo sent thrco papers to thrco families efi
ciliiiiren. A.NNA THOHI'E WETHERILL.
Philadelphia, .May 17.
NOT DR. STOBBE'S SENTIMENT
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In tho Evrnino LUDOKn of May 7 tjiereJ
appeared under the heading "Consul Shows Joy
at Sinking of Liner," a story of one of your
reporters In which I am pictured as having '
cheered nnd displayed great Joy when reetlv.
Ing tho news of tho sinking of tho Lusltanla. 'I
Similar expressions wero ascribed to some ot '.
the omclnls of tho Consulate. The story wai
copied by a great number of other newspapers ,
1 U'IkIi In InTni'in vnti ilmt nn 1m 7 f laf, 4k
immiu .it. i...u j,. jn, i'ii"ii uunb ul me sinning .
of the Lusltanla had not yet reached this conn ,
try) to attend a charity festival nt Osontr, Pa.,
nnd did not return to tho Constflato until lti,
nmA n. it m ... ...i. .... .. . ,u -,.- "
m. the noxt morning.
This ought to bo sufllclcnt proof that thei
story written by your reporter Is a pure In-jS
volition. 1 did not see any reporter, neither on'j
.niay nor May s.
I further want to emphnAlza (nlthouRh I an
sure inai every cemented man wilt take It fwl
grnnted) that nil tho officials ot this ConsulatfS
whenever nsked by any renortcr. exDretiedl
their heart-felt sympathy nt the loss of llyes Infj
connection with tho sinking of tho LusltanltiB
This fact haB especially been pointed out Jn
articles or other rmlndclphla papers.
I should feel obliged If you would publish this ,
statement in your paper, so that thoso of your '
readers who did not at onco realize the story"!
to bo false will be convinced that tho Interview,)
nscrlbed to me Is not warranted by any acts
at an, nut is a pure invention or your reporter, i
who alono is responsible for it. '
DR. GEORG STOBBE.
German Consul,
Philadelphia, May 15.
Tho reporter Inexcusably erred in mlstaklnl
a subordinate ofllcer of the Consulate for Doctoral
Stobbe. A correction was published Jn thefsl
j-.vening ukdobr or Alay H. Tho elation snowni
by this subordinate ofllcer nnd tho clerks, it lsj
inir to say. was Daseu on the Information men's
given thorn, that no lives had been lost In the '
sinking of the Lusltanla. Editor of the Even-J
ino i,i:i)QEn.
SPRING
Buttercups nnd daisies
Ohl the pretty flowers!
Coming ere tho springtime
To tell of sunny hours.
While tho trees aro leafless,
While the fields are bare,
Buttercups and daisies
Spring up here and there.
Mary Howltt.
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