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Why Rumania Hesitates
RUMANIA'S Bttuatlon has not boon bo
simple as tlioso journalists lmaglno who
herald, at least onco a day, her lmmedlato
alignment with tho Allies. Bho has been a
proy to many passions growing out of tho
master passion of "national aspirations."
Undoubtedly conditions at-tho beginning of
tho Groat Warfavored an alllanco with Ger
many. If Berlin's Inept diplomacy had only
hold out tho proper Inducements anions
them Bukowlna tho Teutons would have
secured a valuable ally on Russia's flank,
consolidated her connections with Turkey
and undoubtedly brought Bulgaria In against
Sorvla. Tho advantago to Rumania would
havo balanced tho advantago to Germany.
Tho chanco Is past. It seems Impossible
that Rumania should throw In her lot with
tho circumscribed monarchies of Central
Europe On tho other hand, there aro still
gravo elements to doter a dlltcront sort of
alliance Germany's threats aro large, but
not so much to bo feared. Sho may ask
what Interest sho will havo "In tho further
exlstoncb of Rumania." Sho may appeal to
Rumania to "stand as a Latin sentinel on
tho roaring Slavic ocean, supported aa horo
toforo by tho Powers to whom tho Balkan
Stato owes her mighty development of tho
last thirty years." But these things aro not
so poworful a deterrent as tho old enmity
toward Russia and difficulties over cession
of territory.
Bukowlna and Transylvania aro an easy
matter; they will cost tho Allies nothing.
But Rumania remembers tho treachery of
tho great Slav Emplro after her war of In
dependence against tho Sultan; sho wants
Bessarabia, tho Moldavian province across
tho Prutt In Southern Russia, which Turkey
i gavo over to tho Czar In 1777. This restora
tion of tho old boundaries of historic Dacla
will b a, great prlco for Russia to pay for a
rrew ally. But In her present straits of de
feat It seems moro Imminent than ever
before.
Franklin Versus Pepper
BT THE time tho Scott Ncarlng eplsodo
at tho University of Pennsylvania be
comes history the Intercolleglato public will
havo at least been pretty well Informed
concerning tho rights of "freo speech."
It Is particularly apropos at this time to
compare the remarks of Benjamin Franklin,
tho founder of tho University, representing
ono extreme, and George "Wharton Pepper,
a trustee of tho Institution, who may be said
to stand at tho other polo. Dr. Franklin
mado his contribution to tho subject In 1740,
when the people of Philadelphia built West
minster Hall for ffio use of tho sensational
evangelist George Whltefleld, who, on ac
count of his radical preaching, had been de
nted the use of the local pulpits.
This tabernacle was the original and for
many years the only home of the Univer
sity. Consider tho two utterances;
DR. FRANKLIN, 1710. DR. PEPPER. 1915.
" the design "Freo speech means
In building not being the right to proclaim
to accommodate any views not discordant
particular sect, but tho with the ethical sense
Inhabitants In general; of the community, and
so that even if the so proclaimed as to
Mufti of Constantl- evidence due conslder-
nople were to send a atlon for the e-enslblll-
mlsslonary to preach ties of those holding
Mohammedanism to us, different views."
he would find a pulpit
at h!a service."
A Doom Town, But of the night Sort
EDDYSTONE is In for a boom fast enough.
Thousands of new workmen spending
thousands of dollars' a day will attend to
that. Sober-minded inhabitants are only
praying that all this sudden prosperity may
not he accompanied by the usual disreputa
ble conditions of a "boom town." A little
foresight can see to that.
Just now the source of worry is the huge
barracks which the Remington Company la
planning to erect next the Baldwin Locomo
tive plant to house ten thousand new men.
Town officials are naturally a little loath
to abrogate their fire laws without assurance
that this wooden structure Is only for tem
porary use.
There Hddystone is right. Industries must
build for the future. Sudden profits at the
expense of ultimate civic health are bad.
business for cities and bad business for cor
porations One can easily imagine the long
sighted thoroughness with which a Germany
Arm would go Into this. While it rushed up
the great permanent concrete and steal build
ings, which are now growing in Bddystene,
it would be binding as solidly and as expe
ditiously the healthful houses which must
go with the permanenoe of the Industrial
plant
Communal foresight will y the Baldwin
Company and their Remington ally J8 as
well as It will pay the town of Kd4yetee.
New Kind of Fourth m
SEVERAL cities are planning to observe
Urn ffWtb vt July this year as "Ameri
ffawrtttftrff Dy " The idea, la to bring the
form of ewebnulou up to date For inde
pendence is an ecronipHehad fact, and '
u.i t.ow tsiwatuing before us is to develop
u. imi-n.' i.iaaesa eutd the lulde of ciusa-
n
EVENING LTOTltttttt-PHILADELPBIA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 80. 1915.;
ship among all elements of our Mixed pop
ulation. If tho newcomers aro to belong
fully to America they must bo mode to feet
nt home. Whether naturalised or not, they
will be aliens as long as wo treat them as
aliens. They should be welcomed to a fes
tival of patriotism In which wo show them
how much wo ourselves appreciate and
honor the privllogo of citizenship. Tho alien
or naturollzed citizen Is bound, sooner or
later, to takh democracy at our own valua
tion. Americanization Is our task as well
as his, and he, too. Is a. maker of democracy.
In tho official plans for the observance of
tho Fourth in Philadelphia an opportunity
seems to havo been neglected, but tho man
ufacturers of Kensington, whoso employes
Include many nationalities, havo arranged a
local celebration of Americanization Day.
Tho Fourth docs not loso Us old meaning by
expressing another which is qually pa
triotic -,
Give Philadelphia tho Convention lTnll and
tho Convention
PHILADELPHIA will get tho Republican
National Convention If there is a conven
tion hall in Philadelphia suitable for tho
accommodation of that great gathering.
Moro than once tho selection of a con
vention city has determined tho success or
failure- of a national campaign.
Woodrow Wilson could nover havo been
nominated If tho Democratio convention had
boon hold in St. Louis, say, lnstoad of Baltl
moro. Tho Maryland city wns a Wilson city,
tho atmosphere was a Wilson atmosphere
It changed a hostile majority against tho
Prlncctonian into practical unanimity for
him.
Chicago bluffs that It holds four aces. As
a mattor of faot,' tho very namo of tho town
invokes visions of disaster. There Is no inti
mation of Republican success In it. Phila
delphia, on tho contrary, rock-ribbed In Us
Republicanism, furnishes the proper setting
for tho beginning of tho party's rehabilita
tion. Hero soljd achlovemont puts hyBtoria
to rout, No demagogue could sway a con
vention In Philadelphia. Nono but a man of
solid achievement could here fight his way
to victory.
A Philadelphia convention means a candl
dato to whom tho country could turn with
confidence, a candldato of reunion, a healer
of wounds, a restorer of unanimity, a cham
pion of prosperity and of protection, which
is tho basis of prosperity.
Councils today, thereforo, may hold In Its
hands tho destiny of tho Republican party.
So Important in its effects may bo an ap
parently trivial thing such as tho timely
construction of a convention hall.
Let thero bo no more delay. Better a
convention hall anywhero than a conven
tion hall nowhere. To dispute over a site
Is excusable, but to permit that dispute to
prevent any convention hall at all Is inex
cusable. Tho point has been reached when
somo selection must bo made. It Is the
duty of Councils to act today. Today, In
deed, It decides whether Philadelphia or somo
Western city shall accommodate the Re
publican National Convention. A conven
tion hall Is tho apparent lssuo before It;
tho Presidency may bo tho real issue.
In tho circumstances let thero bo no hesi
tation. Quit talking and begin to build. Let
not an abundant richness of sites bo trans
lated into a virtual poverty by the inability
of tho proper authority to decide on a loca
tion. Better almost any selection than no
selection at all.
Flags at the Front
ONE'S. Brana, Tuscan infantryman, has
done more than win a silver medal and
$2000 by capturing tho first Austrian flag for
Italy. He has definitely established tho ex
istence of theso things at the front. From
all reports It was thought that every con
spicuous object, from soup kitchens to head
quarters huts, which might draw the enemy's
Are, was hidden in blinds of leaves and
earth. Where did Slgnor Brana dig up tho
banner?
Bloody Counters in tho War Game
I should say the French used between
3,000,000 and 4,000,000 shells In their offen
sive against my army In about six weeks.
Prince Rupprecht.
Beven-elghths of the wounds In the Gall
clan fighting were caused by shells, half of
which were fired from blg-callbre guns.
Surgeon Major Lasghlntseff.
THE natural conclusion of many observers
has been voiced by tho surgeon major:
"Bullets play no port now, and the Infan
tryman's rifle Is a toy. Infantry meroly c-o-cupies
tho trenches the cannon have won."
But the nations will not disband their
riflemen. They still have a purpose, these
myriads that a prophet named "cannon
fodder." Obviously there must be something
In tho trenches for the shells to spend their
priceless energy upon.
The game of war can't be played without
the Infantry, They are the counters, the
inert, bloody counters, by which the victory
is reckoned. The cannons bellow, the ma
chine guns stab the air, and when the dead
on each Bide have been counted and the
figures compared, then we know which flag
to look for In the front trenches. Yes, men
still have a use in war.
Bell deserts the bell.
Will Germany flop out of the Fryelng pan
into the fireT
The Jlthey men will bury the hatchet and
dig up the crank.
The Lemon Hill Association refuses to
have it handed to them.
The Russian army, say the latest dis
patches, haa its back against the Bug.
Why not honor our Fourth of July guest
with a Ford Joke Shower? The orop Is fine.
ii .iiii n i. hi .i.m.ipaj.i na
The Hat car for the Liberty Bell may not
have "enough vibration to spill a glass of
water." but Is that the right test?
The supply of beer in Munich Is down to
a third, and the desperate populace baa
taken to lenwwade. Farthtr north a close
watch on the RJilne wine is reported.
I l II imiMllL1 !'
The public's attention may be "called to
the fact that tickets to Jejvoy towns are
cheaper la Camden than in Philadelphia,1'
but th r Ured area't delAS the caUtng.
EDUCATING BOYS
FOR BUSINESS LIFE
Growing; Popularity of tho Commer
cial Courses in tho High Schools
Because of Demand for Youths
With Training.
By DOROTHY COLBY
PROBABLT tho most notable feature In
tho. local commencements of this month
la tho fact that almost one-third of tho high
school graduates of Philadelphia nro pro
pared to enter tho business world after se
curing diplomas In tho 'commercial course.
For years this percentage of students taking
Advantago of tho training offered in busi
ness subjects has been steadily increasing,
and tho forecast for the fall shows that fully
60 per cent, of tho pupils entering the high
schools will bo enrolled in tho commercial
course.
"A practical education" that is tho watch
word now. For many generations tho chosen
few havo been put through a time-honored
course in Latin, Greok and mathematics,
tho studies absolutely essential to tho mak
ing of a "cultured" Individual, and those
who did not havo time for it went to work
instead of to school. It was the preroga
tive of tho gentleman, not of tho masses, to
bo educated. Even now most of tho colleges
and universities' rofuso to admit candidates
without 'a certain amount of preparation In
tlioso subjects. As a result but a small pro
portion of thoso entering tho grammar
schools over graduato, a still smaller num
ber over enter tho high schools, and but
comparatively few of boys and girls get be
yond that point.
A growing senso of dissatisfaction with tho
public school system, excollcnt as It Is, has
led to a romarkablo chango in tho character
of the courses of study offered. How many
of US' realize tho breadth and oxtont and the
far-reaching results of theso changes 7 Thoy
havo boon mado .chiefly within the last doc
ado In rcsponso to a. growing demand, and
tho eagerness with whloh parents and chil
dren havo seized thoso opportunities proves
their necessity boyond a doubt
Education to Fit tho Individual
Thero nro Btlll many who deploro tho hor
ror of "commercialism" In education. Theso
Individuals hold tho old classic Ideal that
education and culturo necessarily mean a
study of tho Greek and Roman classics, plus
mathematics, and somo Utcrnturo that has
stood tho test of time. That a person may
bo totally unfitted by naturo cither to study
or to mako uso of theso studies in later llfo
matters llttlo. So much tho worso for you,
they Imply, if you aren't born rich enough to
go through college. Tho masses may go to
work or seek prlvato schools, which it Is to
bo hoped thoy can pay for.
This was tho old attitude toward educa
tion. Tho new Idea is to mako education
fit tho Individual, not tho individual fit tho
education. Many aro tho opportunities now
offered In tho public schools for thoso who
want special training to fit them for their
life's work. Chief of theso In "tho girls'
schools Is tho commercial course, which fits
a girl to bo a stenographer, bookkeeper,
typist, clerk or prlvato secretary.
That there was a crying need for such a
course of study is proved by tho fact that
tho number choosing It has steadily In
creased. To take ono school as typical of
what Is happening In all schools It Is inter
esting to noto tho following brief statistics:
Tho school here selected had enrolled In
May, 1013, 998 pupils, of whom 262, or almost
one-third, wcro taking tho commercial course.
The proportion roso slightly In September of
tho samo year, and in January, 1914, 771 out
of a total of 1159 wero registered as commer
cial, or over half tho pupils of tho school.
Tho same proportion holds at tho present
tlmo and for tho class which is to enter In
September," 1915. And yet many say we
should not give tho vocational training In
our public schools.
People Got What They Pay For
These figures provo that tho fight, so nobly
championed by Miss Emily L. Graham, for
merly of the old Commercial High School for
Girls, at Broad and Spring Garden streets,
for practical Btudlcs in all Philadelphia high
schools, was a great ono for tho children of
Philadelphia's taxpayers. They no longer
pay for a higher education of which they
cannot tako advantage. Tho opponents of a
thoroughly democratio form of education
must see clearly that whether they approve
or not It Is welcomed by tho citizens of the
community.
Nor nro those who receive the education
the only oneswho benefit directly by the
change. Business men all over tho city ap
preciate tho superior qualifications of the
high echool graduate, who has not only a
moro complete and well-rounded business
training, but who has also a much better
general education than tho usual applicant
.who presents herself at his office door. In
deed, ho often finds an inexperienced high
school graduate more able and fit to do his
work than many a stenographer of so-called
"experience." Moreover, he need not feel,
as is so often the case, that he is paying
for tho training of his stenographer, be
cause she Is already trained before he en
gages her.
So we see that education may indeed meet
the needs of the people. . Boys aro fitted for
the trades and professions with manual
training and shop work, and girls for the
trades suited to them, including even such
practical things as dressrnaklng and milli
nery and household management. Every
parent should now realize that his child can
secure a practical and useful as well as a
cultural education In the city's public schools ;
that by the study of Philadelphia govern
ment and industries and community civics
he will probably be a finer and better citizen
later la life, more Intelligent, perhaps, and
alive to the interests of the community he
lives in, and better able to make a success of
his llfo than many a boy or elrl trained In
the old style. Above all It should make
him realize also the unguessed possibilities
of a truly great and democratio education
in the future, of whloh we see now only the
beginnings.
MODERN MUSIC
Men call me Longing; and I oome to you
To lure and taunt you Jn the graying dawn
Or breathlaea even, when, the aun withdrawn,
the shallow moon hangs empty in the blue.
Chill spring Is mine, when eajer winds pursue
The tree boughs traeed with ehary fringe of
And trenchant Mattes freah-plerce the rusaet
Mute questions asked, despaired and asked
I am that hunger wbUh all rtmd TaMtt 1.
Fietful and faint, with tevr-bwjiJ T!
Its thin arms, dread with sweet MWt
Reasbed out to wlapa that becken aM MM
Btrsjoce uuresolving chorda, aud IraMeft
That Ur. exvlte, yet never satis!
Alio Ormwut Cimafcaly
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HOW EUROPE GOT ITS AIR FLEETS
Private Citizens Eaised 6,000,000 Francs in France and 7,000,000
Marks in Germany to Buy Aeroplanes for Their Govern
ments The Parliaments Did the Rest.
By HENRY WOODHOUSE
Governor ot the Aero Club ot America.
THE French and German acroplano fleets
of today wero built largely by publla
subscriptions collected through publla In
terest. In February, 1912, soon after tho first em
ployment of aeroplanes In tho French mili
tary maneuvers, whon tho potentiality of
tho air service becamo evident, and oven
after tho French Government had failed to
nllow tho appropriations necessary to securo
an ndequato aeronautical organization for
tho French army, a publla subscription was
started.
In every part of Franco tho people men
and women, rich and poor, young and old,
and of all bellofs and factions united their
efforts with tho press and political, social,
professional and sporting organizations, and
all contributed tholr Bharo to glvo France a
largo aerial fleet and mako It supreme In
aerial armament. When tho movement be
gan France had 203 aeroplanes and 10 dirigi
bles In commission.
Government Obeys Popular Demand
Tho national public, subscription brought
6,114,816 francs with which tho commltteo In
charge bought 72 aeroplanes In 1912, 81 in
1913, 35 in tho first threo months of 1914.
Twenty moro aeroplanes wero presented di
rectly to tho Stato, making 203 aeroplanes
that wero secured through tho public sub
scription alone. Public subscription money
also paid for establishing 62 landing stations
for aeroplanes and for tho Instruction of 75
aviators.
Tho public Interest created by the sub-.
scrlptlon was tremendous, and led to the
lmmedlato consideration of tho neronautlcal
needs of France by tho Government.
In March, 1912, the Chambers approved n
measure to organize the aeronautical sec
tion, which was signed by President Fal
llercs, and thereafter military aeronautics
In France progressed In leapB and bounds.
By April, 191. the French army possessed
1200 aeroplanes and 28 dirigibles, and most
complete and efficient equipment.
Germany's supremacy in the air through
the Zeppelins' has been a matter of years
of standing. Her development In aviation
is, however, a matter of recent date, and
was due principally to the publlo subscrip
tion started by tho Aerial League in Ger
many In 1912.
Aeroplanes Were Toys in Germany
Previous to tho French maneuvers of 1911
aeroplanes wero considered toys in Germany.
But the French maneuvers and the great
aeroplane circuits of 1912 proved their mili
tary efficiency, and Prince Henry fathered a
movement to develop an efficient aviation
organization. At the time the few aero
planes flying In Germany were either copies
of French machines or of Wright machines
with an occasional Etrlch monoplane. The
motors were nil foreign. Under tho care of
Prince Henry progress was very rapid. The
Aerial League' of Germany started a publlo
subscription and collected 7,234,508 marks,
and tho Kaiser was persuaded to offer 6000
marks for a competition Jfor German aero
plane motors. The purpose of the league
was to train within the shortest time as
large a number aa possible of aviation pilots
to form a reserve and to encourage the
general development ot aviation in Germany.
This It did. by subsidizing the constructors,
giving 800 marks for each able pilot In
structed. Following are some of the results
obtained;
The number of pilots watr 180 at the end
of 1912; tt Increased to eoo by tho end of IBIS;
the constructors of aeroplanes were less
than 20 In 1913; they Increased to 80 by the
end ot 1913,
In the contests for duration Intho last
six months of 1918, 122 German civilian avia
tors flew three hours without stopping; 71
four hours; 49 five hours; 21 six hours; 13
seven hours; 10 eight hours; five nine hours;
two 11 hours; two 12 hours; two 13 hourai
two 11 hours; one 15 hours, and two 16
hours; The developments due to the efforts
of the Aerial League led the Reichstag to
pass a Plan providing for an expenditure of
$35,000,000 for military aeronautics In the fol
lowing five years.
For 1911 the league planned to spend
8,75,670 marks, as follows:
For duration flights............. 890.090 marks
SeWmial aviation 1KW.W "
Prizes for military aviators...., . .0 '
Prizes for Inventions 48,&M n "
Motor contwt JzC.OOo "
Naval aviation stations VW.m "
Ifydro-aeroelaae contests itf.WO -
Creation of aa aaredome en the
JBiltla 83. .,,.,... -. JW.WO "
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Aviation school at Johannlsthal. 80,000 "
For training now pilots 776,000 "
Aviators' insurance 669,570 "
Gononrt expenses 170,000 "
German Aviators Hold tho Records
With such inducement and cnterprlso Is It
any wonder that German aviation mado
rapid strides and that German aviators hold
all tho records for duration up to twenty
four hours of continuous flying?
During tho first month of 1914 tho Induce
ments offered by tho AcrJal Lcaguo of Ger
many led to tho breaking by tho German
aviators of all tho world records. By tho
mlddlo of July tho nonstop enduranco rec
ord was carried up to 24 hours and 12 min
utes by Rclnhold Bochm and tho altltudo
record to 26,246 feet by Holnrjch Oelrlch.
Over one hundred other records similar to
tho abovo wero made. For Instance, Bas
scr and Landsmann mado continuous flights
of 18 hours 11 minutes and 21 hours and 49
minutes, respectively. In ono of which Lands
mann covered 1336 miles, which is tho longest
distance over traveled by man In ono day.
Among tho records' for nltltudo was the rec
ord of Otto Llnnekogol of 21,654 foet, which
Is about tho height of Mount McKlnley.
SOUTH TYROL IS TEUTONIC
A Frightful Raco Tragedy tho Sure Result
l of Italian Conquest.
T. Lothrop Stoddard, In the American Review of Re
views for July,
Tho Austrian province of Tyrol is geograph
ically divided into two distinct parts by the high
'mountain range known as the Tyrolean Alps,
running roughly east and west along latltudo
47 and pierced by only one practicable gateway,
the famous Brenner Pass. The greater part of
the provtneo thus lies south of the range and
Is known as "South Tyrol." Its rivers flow Into
Italy and tho climate Is distinctly southern In
character. Tho ideal strategic naturo of tho
Tyrolean Alps has caused Italians to see In
them the "natural" frontier of Italy and to de
mand the acquisition of the whole South Tyrol
right up to the Brenner Pass.
Unfortunately for Italian aspirations, the geo
graphical configuration of Tyrol by no means
corresponds to the racial character of Its in
habitants. Tho greater part of South Tyrol is In
habited by a population ot Teu'tonlo stock
racially as keenly self-conscious as any people
In the world. Only the extreme southern part
of the province (the district known as "Tren
tlno") Is racially Italian. This fact must be
kept clearly In mind, owing to Italian efforts to
befog the Ibsuo by using the term "Trentlno"
to describe the whole region south of the Bren
ner Pass, thus Inducing the Idea that the en
tire country Is racially Italian. As a matter of
fact nothing could be farther from the truth.
The Trentlno proper, despite the fact that its
political history has virtually never been bound
up with that of the peninsula ot Italy, is a thor
oughly Italian region, and the majority of its
Inhabitants would welcome Italian annexation.
But about half way between the cities ot Trent
and Botzen the race-frontier runs clear and
sharp athwart the country; and everything
north of this line is consciously, aggressively
German.
These Teutonic South Tyrolers are animated
not merely by an Intense race pride and local
patriotism, but also by a truly medieval dynis
tla loyalty to the House of Hapsburg. Andreas
Hofer remains the national hero of Tyrol and
Andreas Hofer was born well south of tho Bren
ner Pass, Every year a folk.play depleting the
life ot Andreas Hofer Is produced at the South
Tyrolean city of Me ran, and anyone who haa
there noted tne lervor of the peasant-actors,
comparable to that of the Passion Players of
Oberammergau, knows that the old spirit lives
on unchanged.
For this reason an Italian conquest ot South
Tyrol would unquestionably Involve a frightful
race-tragedy. I know the country well, and I
am certain that the Teutonlo South Tyrolese
would prefer death to Italian rule. The only
way by which Italy could secure her strategic
Brenner line would be the rooting out of this
essentially fanatical population and Its replace
ment by Italians.
HANDY MEN OF ICELAND
There are no trades or guilds in Iceland, every
man being compelled to depend upon his own
skill for his supplies. The natives make their
own shoes, shoe their own horses and manu
facture their saddles. A few artisans are found
In the capital for example, a bookbinder, a
Jeweler and others. .
DISPLEASING EVEN TO BERNSTORFF
To t ha Sditor 0 Evenlnp Luiger:
Sir We write in reply to the article in your
Isaue of yesterday, under the heading "Is 17. S.
an English Dependency?" and signed "John
Bull"
Bvery Britisher knows that England, through
the short-sighted policy of her Ministers then
in power, made a fatal and Irretrievable error
in her treatment of the American Colonies, and
thus lost forever her greatest opportunity. This
mistake has never been repeated in the devel
opment of her present vast empire, which has
been built on the principles of freedom and self.
government.
ftsriMr BngUshroan to suggest that Britain
haa tta deelre, or, Indeed, the power to dietau
the poltor of the United States OevernnvinlU
shows that he U lacking in an understanding
ot the dwnooratio poHoy whlefa has developed.
and la this great orfaie held together, the self
Ejavwoinf British Empire of today.
To iu it U hardly conceivable that your cor
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respondent, who styles himself "John. BuH,
could have lived in this great and powerful
country so many years a ho would lead us to
infer, and still bo Imbued with the idea whloh
his latter suggests. Indeed, to a true demo,
cratlo ear, his article sounds like a perteot
specimen of Insidious and clumsy Hohenzollern
diplomacy.
Can It be that this "John Bull" received his
training at tho Wilhelmstrasse?
Could It bo posBlblo that our friend occupied
a portion of tho platform at Madison Square
Garden last woek, whon the Bryan dove ot
peaco was decorated with tho Iron Cross?
Ach, Mein Herri Bcrnstoff vants dlblomacX
and bubllclty, bud not llko diss.
FIVE IRISHMEN WHO ARE ALSO BIUT-
. ISHERS.
Moylan, Roso Valley, Pa., Juno 29.
NOT TO BE ABANDONED
To tha Editor of Evening Lodger:
Sir I would llko to Inform "John Bull," ot
Palmyra, N. J., that tho celobratlon held on
July 4 wilt contlnuo as long as we aro the
United States of America, and shall not sink
into oblivion. If ho would llko to know why,
my answer is tho P. O. S. of A.
JOHN R. QUIGLET.
Philadelphia, Juno 28.
DELICACY RESTRAINS HIM
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Slr When people say such things as your
correspondent "John Bull" writes, thoy usually
wonder, whon they nro again able to wonder,
what 'type of locomotive struck them.
So, "Mr. Bull," wo nro "almost entirely de
pendent on England for literature, music, Bhows
and even fashions," aro wo? Maybo you would
llko to advance an argument or two to fortify
that assertion. To my mind it is absurd on the
faco of It.
What really "gets my goat" and makes me :
almost too angry to be careful in my choice of '
words. Is the complacent statement that "our
British statesmen, acting through their many,
agents In the United States, havo evidently
Instructed tho leaders of tho American publlo
to cast aside tho pretense that this country is
an Independent entity, and gradually permit th
truth to be known."
Who dares, even in the powerful name of
"John Bull," to intimate- that the American
people choose -for themselves leaders who al
low themselvos to be "Instructed" by agents
of any nation on tho face of God's great earth?
Though delicacy protests against tho uso of
epithets, I cannot refrain from branding such
an individual as an Ignorant, malicious pre.
varicator of tho first magnitude. The last sen
tence of "John Bull's" letter leaves mo speech
less with wonder at tho colossal nerve of the
man. Have we come to the position In which
it is necessary for us to remain calm when a
subject of another nation advises us to aban
don the greatest and most glorious of our na
tional celebrations becauso it Is an affront to
that nation that could not guarantee him the
happiness that we, strangers, have given him?
I must say, at risk of being called conceited,
that if "John Bull" believes that even his own
Government would Indorse such sentiments as
he has voiced, I must claim superior knowledge
of that Government, and tell him he Is "In
wrong."
Let us reverently give thanks that such
cranks nnd In grates as "John Bull" are few,
and their statements in the publlo press far
fewer, RALPH K. BIUNER.
Glenside, Fa., June 23.
ON GIVING DIRECTIONS
Suburbanites who live at soma distance from
the station and are not yet equipped with a
motorcar will quote with Satisfaction Mr,
Andrew Lang's directions about reaching his
house. "Go up Cromwell Road," he said, "till
you drop, and then turn to the right."
THE WINDING LANE
The wood-light grows more mellow-dim,
The leaves dance happily,
The russet path glows deeper hued
To greet her worthily,
And all the birds In chorus sweet
Sing rapturous, Insane,
When lassie comes to meet me
Adown the winding lane.
She's sweet as little roses are,
As quaint as mignonette.
And shy as modest pansy-buds.
With shower-Jewels sat;
She's1 happiness! And from this world
I've nothing more to gain
When lassie comes to meet me
Adown the winding line.
This earth would be a kindlier place
If every man could know
The fragrance of a shady path
Where cool, green grasses grow,
Where, when the sunset hour came by,
And life was sweet and sane.
His singing lassie turned the stile
Adown the winding lane.
Etna! Hallat Porter, In Wpplncotfs.
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