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Friendship U not for sale In the market
place. It U a sensitive plant that prow$
only in favored location.
At Lost a Mexican Program Based on Fncts
rpHB President's Mexican note Is Inspiring:
--on one account: namely, In Its assurance
that at last the Administration Is ready to
base Its polloy on tho facts Instead of on
what It thinks ought to bo the facts.
There Is In the note no Intimation of Inter
vention as the term Is commonly understood.
It Is Bcarcely possible that the President
would order a military occupation of the
country, which Is filled with shadowy groups
of bandits. A, solidification of effort among
tho chiefs might be accomplished by an
American Invasion, through a union to re
sist it, but that Is a method of solidification
that would appeal neither to the President
nor to this country at large. There are
other methods by which we can t-anelate
our flat Into law and achieve the re-estab-ltshmcnt
of pea.ee and order, of stable gov
ernment, In Mexico.
MORAL SUPPORT MEANS RECOGNITION
To that ond the President Is explicit In his
statement that our action may take tho
form of vital "moral support to some men or
group of men, It such may bo found, who
can rally tho Buffering people of Mexico to
their support." Moral support In such an
Instance might readily mean recognition of
the government formed by such a group.
Which recognition would clothe It with bor
rowing power and so endow It with supremo
resources for carrying on a successful war.
In fact, "victory In all Mexican revolutions
has rested on the sldo recognized by tho
United States. Our failure to recognize
Huerta drove him out; our recognition of
him would have kept him In. Tho attitude
of the United States, therefore, has hitherto
been tho deciding factor In Mexican affairs.
There Is no reason to assume that It would
not be now.
IF THE WORST HAPPENS.
But If It should not, If no man or group
of men worthy of our moral support can be
found, If the Mexicans themselves cannot
organize a government of the sort we could
recognize, If the chieftains "cannot accom
modate their differences and unite for this
great purpose within a very short time, this
Government will be constrained to decide
what means should be employed by the
United States In order to help Mexico save
herself and serve her people." Our active
efforts In such a quandary would doubtless
bo confined to a seizure of Important ports,
such aa Vra Cruz, possibly the occupation
of the capital, and certainly a stoppage of
the shipment to Mexico of arms and muni
tions of war.
COMPLETE REVERSAL OF POLICY.
It Is significant that the President ad
dressed his note to the American people and
not to tho Mexican chieftains. So recently
ru January t, at Indianapolis, restive under
criticism, he declared:
It 1 none of my bualneas and It Is none
of yours how they (the Mexicans) go about
their business. Tho country is theirs. The
Government is theirs. The liberty, If they
can get it and Ood apeed them in getting
It Is their. And so far as my influence
roe, while I am Prealdent. nobody shall
Interfere with them. Have not Euro
pean nations taken as long as they wanted
and split as much blood as they pleased In
settling their affairs, and shall we deny that
to Mexleo because she Is weak?
Obviously so radical a reversal of policy.
In so short a time, requires explanation to
the American people, yet few will criticise
the Prestdent for the change. Instead, there
relief apparent that at last common sense
)s getting the better of hysteria and senti
mentality In the definition of a Mexlean pro-Emm-
NO SUBTLE MQTJVE IN THE NOTE.
It has been charged that the Adaijnlstratlon
is emphasizing the Mexican situation to dls
ttaot attention from the oriels In our rela
tiMa with Germany, There Is Utile ground
ttmb a. baUe, iwrtieularly as It wjll iot
lda that etteet. Mealeo seems plcayu alal
ia contrast with the larger problems that
hair eon Into being of late month. A
KMMt waetee little time with meltee, vaheta
bets at prey are stalking him In the foftet.
It Is crreyondiuKiy plain Viat We fturirn
most would not attempt a sort t Inleryea
tton meaulj n m tuury occupation Of the
country as a h'4c carrata'jr act at this
time.
It hmory tatwiw eprtM it i that W
smi rr" w auaBi.iwui w 1 a h 1
siroo; tfvvru4Ri-t, just M it satwMfjs. hi
EVENING
bringing victory to the Constitutionalists
and In driving Huerta out. Our greatest
task Is to find the group that wo can con
sistently back
Workshop ot the World
If there were not a factory of any kind Jn
the Lntlln-Amcrlcnn countr'cs, Philadelphia
could supply to tho Inhabitants every neces
sity and moat of the luxuries of life. Alba
D. Johnson.
nwOM every angle Philadelphia Is a re
J? markablo Industrial city. Boston may
make more shoes! Milwaukee may brew
moro beer. Minneapolis outdoes tho Eflat In
milling! Detroit, In ntitomaklng. Chicago, In
meat-packing. Dut not another city has so
well bnlanced an output of the needs and
the luxuries of life. Backed by tho conl and
Iron of Pennsylvania, It Is as nearly an nil
round, scif-sustnlnlng city In tho Industrial
sphere as America or tho world has pro
duced. There Is room for Just prltlo In such ft rec
ord. There Is room for hope, too, when men
llko Mr. Johnson point out tho admirable In
tnrnrtlnn nt Intorrata bntween South America
with its raw materials and Philadelphia with
Its finished products. Philadelphia must
play a largo and an honorablo part In link
ing together North and South America In
dustrially, nnd, through Industry, fraternally,
In a union of mutual helpfulness.
Words of Peace From a Soldier
THERE Is a wlso man and n patriot In
Wllkes-Barro and hlu nnmo Is Major
General C. Bow Dougherty, N. Q. P. Thero
seoms to have been a discussion of the Im
portance of peaco In his town nnd tho ovlls
of war. Ho listened to It with such pa
tience as he could muster and then sat
down nnd wroto nn open letter to enso his
mind. Here nro somo of the things which
ho said:
Tho world will never becomo righteous
through pence. Pcaco can only come
through righteousness. Those who urge
peaco as a remedy nntl a cause forget
that peace Is tho only vlslblo Hlgn of right
' eousnesa, and only when righteousness and
peace have kissed each other will war dis
appear. Whllo evil remains conflict will
remain. While evil exists force must bo
ready. Alike the providence of God and the
law of man will not bring forth but n. sword
for those who work Iniquity. In the econ
omy of man and the universe of Ood, there
Is no peace for the wicked. War will not
disappear through pence, but peace will
appear through righteousness. All that
brings rlghtcouimess and Justice will bring
peace, and all that hinders Justice and
peaco continues war.
The same Idea has been expressed differ
ently on many occasions, but It has never
boen put with greater vigor or directness.
Killing With Discretion
GOVERNOR BRUMBAUGH Is showing a
wlso discretion In the cxcrclsa of tho
veto power. No measure that In unneces
sary or foolish gets by, nnd with equal wis
dom he refuses to consent to nn Increase of
tho powers of tho Municipal Court until the
court has demonstrated Its ability to exer
clso the powers' that It already has, and de
clines to agree to tho extension of the power
of tho Commonwealth over the width of tho
sidewalks, on the ground that the commu
nities know best how wide their walks
should be.
Tho Constitution conferred on tho Gov
ernor the power to veto bills, but tho
ability to use It wisely was not granted to
him by any statute. Ho was born with It.
See the First of America
"QEE America First" is going to bo atito-
O matlcally attended to this summer.
Wllhelm Hohenzollern hns seen to that. Be
tween Pan-Germanism and the submarine, It
will be a hardy vacationist who tries any
corner of Europe.
But will the American tourist see his coun
try right? Isn't thero tho same question of
the locnllty to see which existed before?
The Rockies make a good substitute for tho
Alps, and California for the Riviera. But
why Imagine that this Is all of America, or
even the distinctive part? Close nt hand to
every vacationist In Atlantic coast States is
an America of novel, vivid Interest of which
ho knows as little as his compatriots farther
west.
Philadelphia Is tho centre of this historic
America. Here lie, embedded In building,
road and monument, a thousand grand old
memories of the nation's birth. The Pan
American delegates sought out Philadelphia
with the keenest Interest. Already the hotels
attest a growing volume of week-end auto
trade. From Maine to Virginia the European
tourist of other years has ns novel n ,hls
torio vacation ground as the Old World ever
gave him If he will only see It.
Booze Versus Beer
RAYMOND POINCARE. President of the
French Republic, haB Joined his brother
rulers on the water wagon. The occasion
calls for more than tho reflection that
bloody Mars has saved Bryan's grape Juice
policy from ridicule and given It an Inter
national righteousness. It calls for the ac.
knowledgment that If the leaders of a na
tion come to the opinion that strong drink
Is bad for national efficiency It Is up to
those In high places to set the example.
Nobody need expect tho working man to
give up his dally dissipation or to welcome
prohibition while "his betters" have their
own private supply of bottles in the cellar.
Vara put too much trust In the old adage:
"Honor even among contractors."
After a few experiences with, the Iceman,
no wonder the honeymooners Invite 'the
burglars in.
There are a few Mexican leaders who are
likely to ep to the penitentiary instead of
the Presidency
They are going to have one. cent trolley
fares in Cleveland in order to drive the
Jitneys out of business.
The chemists are being given too many
opportunities in the war. It is time to give
the pqlsopers a chanee.
, 1 11 i
The trouble with Bnglaqd seems to be
that there are too many at homo qrlttolslng
Who ought to be at the front fighting,
Rumania, and Bulgaria are believed to
have plekid out ttttJr bits of pie. QetUng
vp th right xene, is the wly thing lft.
A wma is swing tor divorce on the
erid of iitsrary cruelty. Perhaps h had
bm aWter to Mv on th proda frw hi
ipaHiMMaf,
"rTUfa what a fatal accuracy the raiding
2ppelln pick out women and children- It
must be some dastardly trick of the British
nation to discredit their enemy.
The President. H seems, Is tola to ap
point a president of Mexloo, but he the dis
tribution ot this patronage it will sot be
otKeawry to (.buU the 8ryu UmUy.
rnTTPFTPTA mmmPmAY, JUNE 3, 1915
LEDGER -
A TALK WITH A
CARRANZISTA MAJOR
Views on Intervention Mexico, He
Snys, Believes in President Wil
son and the American People.
The Story of Vera Cruz.
By CHARLES P. RUSSELL
"QJTAUVATION In Mexico? My dear sir,
O do you rcollzo that down In my country
crops spring up almost over night In re
sponse to n mero tickling of tho soli? How
can thero be starvation In a land where the
earth Is so bountiful, whero a. woman can
grow enough vegetables on a space no bigger
than one of your backyards to support ft
family for a year."
The speaker wns Major GnBlon do Prltln,
of tho Constitutionalist army, who has been
In Philadelphia on his way to New York to
obtain treatment for a bothcrsomo wound In
the knee which he received recently In n
battle with the Zapatistas at Tlnnepantln,
near Mexico City. Ho Is on furlough from
tho headquarters of Ills chief, Gencrnl Car
ranza, of whoso Rtaff ho Is a member.
Tho Major comes direct from Vera Cruz,
whero ho declares conditions havo never been
so good for the mass of tho Inhabitants na
they are now. ,
Hnppy Vera Cruz
"Tho peoplo nro happy In Vera Cruz," he
declares, "I repeat It they are happy In
Vera Cruz. The skies arc sunny, the peoplo
are at pence, the cafes are open and filled
with customers Tho business of tho town la
going on as usual, for Its affairs aro In tho
handi of n. government with which tho
Inhabitants nro eminently sntlsflcd. Wo
havo no long bread llneB such I see every
tlmo I tako n, stroll nt night through your
groat nnd prosperous cities. Wo havo no
despcrato men wnlklng up and down our
streets In search of work. We have no prowl
ing bands of gunmen our streets are safe by
day nnd night. There Is food enough for all.
Prices of virtually ovcry article for food nnd
wear nro much lower than In nny pnrt of tho
United States.
"Tho usual Mexican abundance has been
cut down In somo sections, It is true, duo to
tho fact that so many of tho nblo-bodled
workers are In one or the other of tho nrmlcs
nnd to hampered railroad traffic, but this is
n. temporary condition. In no part of tho
country under General Cnrranza's control la
thero any complaint of starvation. Tho
staple nrtlcle of Mexican diet, you know, Is
beans, and there aro certainly enough beans
for nil. The assertion that tho Mexican na
tion Is starving Is well, I do not wish to bo
dlscourtoous, bo I will simply say that tho
reports have been much exaggerated."
Major do Prlda Is a young man scarcely
out of his twenties and boundless In his en
thusiasm for his country, his poople nnd his
chleftnln. General Carrnnza. His eyes
spnrklo, his face beams, as he tells of the
awakening of tho peoplo after their long
misery under oppresslvo rulers nnd of their
vision of a future In which Mexico will be
known ns tho Innd of liberty. Only when
tho subject of possible Intervention by tho
United States Is broached does his faco be
come grave.
"It would bo n terrible, terrible thing," he
declared. "It in difficult for mo to speak of
tho subject with calmness. Only ovll could
result. The consequences would bo most and
both for tho Mexican people nnd for tho
United States. Intervention now would undo
the work of years Just now when victory Is
so near for us. Twenty of tho 27 States In
Mexico nro now under tho First Chief. Wo
have won nil the principal seaports except
Guaymns, on tho west coast, and all the
principal border towns except Juarez. We
have rtnly n. little way to go now. Perhaps
that Is Just tho trouble. Thero are certain
powerful Interests that do not wish to Bee
General Carranza victorious."
"Why?"
"Because General Carranza has no master
He Is under the Influence of no great cor
porations. He thinks only of tho good and
welfare of his people. He Is n. strong man
of Independent mind and character. He will
do only what he thinks Is right. And thero
nro certain people, certain Interests, that do
not like to see a man like that In a position
of power Is it not true?"
"Do you think that intervention would
causo tho present warring factions to unite
against the invading Americans?"
"I am nfrald so," answered Major do
Prlda slowly. "Yes. I am certain of it. In
tervention would cost many, many lives. You
know how It Is when an outsider Interferes
in a family quarrel. No matter how bitter
tho clashing factions may be, they will In
stantly combine against an Intruder- Is It
not true?"
Wilson's Praises Sung in Mexico
"But I cannot believe that President Wil
son means to Interfere. Mexicans believe
President Wilson Is their friend. Everywhere
you hear his praises sung In Mexico. He has
spoken of their troubles so wisely, so under
standing, the peoplo revere his name. Tho
effect on them would be terrible If they
learned to suspect that ho was not sincere
after all.
"There Is no bitterness In Mexico against
the Americans, Not even In Vera Cruz,
where many of our people lost their lives be
cause they misunderstood what the coming
of American soldiers meant. But they learned
better afterward. The American officers and
soldiers left nothing but pleasant memories
behind them In Vera Cruz. They were never
rough, never harsh, but were kindly and
friendly In their behavior. And my people
appreciated that. We are a sensitive race,
you know, but our hearts are easily won by
kindness. It is only the American who is
contemptuous and intolerant in his manner
tpward them, whom the Mexicans dislike.
Thjnk of the number of Americans who have
been living In Mexico all this time, but how
many, really, have you heard of as being
seriously harmed, even though the land has
beer rent with bloody Internal strife?
Teachers Follow the Army
"No, I cannot believe that the United
States will interfere with General Carranza's
steady progress. The Chief has shown him
self so wise, bo Just. Do you know who is
General Carranza's right-hand man? No, no;
net any uniformed military man. No, he is
the 'ambulante Ah, you do not know that
word! I will tell you. An 'ambulante' is a
traveling school teacher- Everywhere it fol
lows General Carranza. Whenever the First
Chief takes a town, do you know what bap
peas? The 'ambulante' steps in and estab
lishes a school. And eurely these who 109k
on us aH as nothing but bandits and peoes
would sot call that a Mexican atrocity!"
A MATTKJt OF RECOUP
Fraaa ike Detroit rr Fret.
T K ' baulu everejfa i the tteel court U
till LMe.
MEN OF THE MAYORALTY CAMPAIGN
George Delhorbe Porter: A Personal and Political Sketch of the
Director of Public Safety How the Organization
Tried to "Get" Him, but Fooled Itself
By HERBERT
Who telll be the next Mayor 0 Phil
adclphtat The folloivlno article does not
attempt to answer that Important ques
tion. It presents, instead, the salient
facts In the personal history and polit
ical career of one of the men xoha have
been mentioned as possible candidates for
the highest office in tho city. It will be
followed by similar sketches of other men
noto In the public eye In the same connec
tion, the series forming a "Who's Who"
of the Mayoralty campaign and dealing
both with performance and with person
ality. WHEN Rudolph BInnkcnburg finally "ar
rived" as tho dominating figure In mu
nicipal politics, no one knew better than he
himself that his vic
tory was not ft climax
n tho history of re
form in this city, but
only a beginning.
There was Baker, of
I'levelnnd, and there
was Mltchel, of New
York, men In their
thirties, with tho very
same start, ready to
Krow up with tho
new life of their cities,
but with half a life
time's handicap on the
Mayor of Philadel
phia. Blankenburg wanted
to give Philadelphia
UKUHOL. L Vumua
that advantage of n youthful leadership to
make up for the trick that Time had played
on him. That was George Delhorbe Porter's
opportunity. The young man, who at 29 had
called tho first meeting In the political revo
lution of 1005, sat down nt a typewriter In
1911 and wrote out the reasons why ho
should be Director of Public Safety. The
Mayor read tho reasons, and gave him the
Job.
Porter took command of a hostile army
the Organization's force of armed men, be
queathed to It by "Czar" Clay. The deposed
leaders found that the man who held the
key of their authority to cast the votes of
the poor "the right way" was a gonial, smil
ing, generous young man who did not seem
to havo the meanness to say "booh" to a
substitute patrolman. So they -went out to
"get" htm.
It seemed easy enough. Porter was per
fectly willing to stop and chat with a thief,
even if he wore good clothes and a diamond
ring Instead of the more respectable stripes
of the penitent convict. He wouldn't move
away when an Organization lawyer with a
reputation that would disqualify him for the
office ot tipstaff eat near him at lunch and
maybe "moved over" for a "little talk."
The Wnya of the Jungle
But when these little talks failed to halt
the humanizing qf the police, they stopped
suddenly, and efforts were at once made to
terrorize this easy-going young man. Women
were paid to call up his wife on the tele
phone. A woman was hired to try to throw
her arms around the Director in his office.
Ills enemies tried In many ways to blacken
his character, because they thought that the
worst that could be said of so easy-going a
man would seem plausible.
The Director sat tight and refused to lose
his temper. He still spoke pleasantly to the
men who had stooped to such methods. But
it was tiresome, and worse, when he had to
assign two detectives to accompany his
young son to and from school for several
months because hie enemies had shewn that
they meant what they said when they
threatened to kidnap the boy, unless 1 .
Unless what? Nothing short of complete
surrender Porter bad to work too hard to
worry much. There were ail those com
plaints about firemen and pJlcmen to. be
Investigated. Good firemen who would drink
too much, good policemen who would take
too much time off to gamble.
The Story of a Fireman
For inetaaee. there was that ease of the
fireman out in Maaayuak; dumUeed tor
drunkenness Porter went out there- He
exiled at the man's bouie. A wife and four
HERE, YOUI STRAIGHTEN UP!"
S. WEBER
fino children nnd the man sitting thero,
broken.
"Don't you know that If you get drunk
while on duty, lives might bo lost nt n fire?"
said Porter, Bitting down to work tho thing
out.
"What's the use of talking about it now,
Director? They'vo canned me. I'm done
for."
Over nt tho flrchouse they said tho man
was tho best laddcrman they had; but he
would drink. "Let's givo him another
chnncc," said the Director. Next day, when
ho had called the penitent to his office, he
asked him if ho would take tho pledge
"Sure," nnd a minute Inter ho was signing
the pledge. Ho is still going to fires in
Manayunk.
Tho Imagination of tho Director went Into
tho everyday Ufo of the firemen. "What do
you men do with yourselves In off hours?"
ho asked once. Tho nnswer (and It was re
pented In every other flrchouse in tho city)
was prompt: "If we only had something to
keep us busy while we're waiting for n fire!"
"How about fixing up tho house painting,
tinkering?" But no, the labor organizations
had had that forbidden. But something
could be done, one of those little things that
rnrely get Into history books. Tho Director
suggested that the mon use their ialo hours
going about among the factories and other
buildings In their districts, inspecting the
exits and the means of escape In the event of
fire, In familiarizing themselves with condi
tions with which they might some day have
to deal, nnd reporting nnythlng they found
which seemed to invite disaster.
Army Quartered on the City
He learned that the police were quartered
on the people like an Invading army politi
cally speaking. The Organization made each
man responsible for his division. Let him"
save up ever so patiently, let him dream
ever so long of a little house tor his family
out near the Park, that made no difference.
If he could "carry" the alley where he lived,
with the prestige of his club and revolver; if
he could swing the vote of his neighbors,
there he must live, though amid squalor, or
lose his Job.
This was changed. Now the police can live
where they want to and they are not "re
sponsible" for anybody's vote, not even for
their own. The friends of Director Porter
say that ho 1b proud of having effected that
change.
The Organization thought so much of such
accomplishment that it offered Mr. Porter a
seat In Congress m the hope that his suc
cessor would change everything back to "the
way it had been before." The delegation
found him genial and polite. He declined
the honor, Just as, he had declined McNIchol's
offer to make him Organization leader of
Germantown, where Porter had shown hU
remarkable power of organizing the voters.
"Dangerous" Ability
This is really his most "dangerous" tralt
organlzlng; and it explains why the Organ
izatlon Is by no means overconfident about
the Mayoralty campaign In spite of the
present absence of Independent cohesion For
it has scored against Porter's record the fact
that he was one of the leaders who made a
political party spring up over n!ght-and he
may do It again.
Porter is a hard worker. He often works
is or IB hours a day. Of Kreat phyaio&l
ptrengtb. he is a first-class horseman, a golf
player of more than average skill; a good
shot, canoeist, fisherman and "hiker." Ha Is
given the credit of having done more than
any one else to establish a Boy Seout organ,
izatlon here, and he holds the offlee of Scout
Commissioner. v
At M, Director Porter can look back on a
typiaal American "rapid rise." a hotel irk
in Georgia, he bad the good iuek to interit
Judge Martin, who had him come to this
city, where he soon was managing bu k.
Price real estate business, advancing to
the poeition of vice president of the Mort
gage Quarastee acd Tnwt Company. Mv
the Robert Morrta Trust CoWJw , ,ZZ
that eeiUo to enter the Mayori Cau,
The aewjy awxkuued Director started to
with ru w tour,, btt4UMi-'
1
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visited every police station and flrehousajs
the city. He Inspected every place when
there might bo n big fire. Under his ord'tfl
nearly every theatre In the city has fcj!J
virtually remodeled, to Insure safety. Tg
Is n typical "Porter reform," non-8pectacln
and thoughtful pf the future. Another whjt
has received little public nttentlon li III
establishment of a police manual, a complell
set of rules which every policeman carriu
Still others are tho establishment of ffi
training schools for policemen and flrejn?nj
In lino with Ahls sort of quiet cfflclwn
wns his work for ft settlement of the tm
ment workers' strike. Day after day herjj
celved both employers nnd employes In'hS
office, nrgucd nnd henrd arguments, llten3
with Infinite patience until suggestion alttj
suggestion wns "turned aown oy ootn siol
nnd tho strike ended Tho employers hit I
made the larger concessions. 9
A Son of Pioneers jg
Director Porter's suavo and easy manna
with nil sorts of people and his rugged era
stitutlon aro honest Inheritances. From B?
mother a French woman, of Hugueh.ot oj
scent he has tho social charm and vMcflf
which aro Gallic virtues; from his father, tj
muscular energies of tho frontiersman.
was born In Iowa when that part ot tg
world was still on the edgo of tho wlldernw
and had his share, ns a boy, In the vic!jjfl
tudes of a life removed from the convSj
lenecs of cities. His ancestors settlediy?
Lancaster County, Pa., In tho 18th centum
and his great-grandfather was a lleutenlt
In tho Revolutionary Wnr. 3
Director Porter, his wife und son, rtodmlV
live in Germantown.
LIKED BY BUSINESS MEN
To thm r.dlior at th KLcnlno Ledatr:
Sir I wlih to congratulate you for your pj
llcatlon in Italian n your Hvbnino) i.edoem
t . ..... 1. I...- !.... hl-hli. nimrW
nted by the professional and business meqfij.
this vicinity. if
Although I nm an American citizen, whlekl
consider above all, I still have a patriotic K
Ing for my land or birth.
NICHOLAS CANNOBJ
Philadelphia, May 25.
AN AGRICULTURAL MINE
From the Ohio State Journal
The farms of the United States produce Ills
000,000.000 during the year 19U and none of tbu
money la being burned In the form of gunpoft
der.
HOPING
I'll dig my little garden plot
And scatter seeds upon the green,
With hopes that It will be my lot
In all good time to string a bean.
Akron Beacon Journal
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