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The Great Fight for Control of the Repub
lican Organization and Philadelphia
THE honest and clllcicnt conduct ot the
government ot Philadelphia Is tho last
thing considered by tho leaders who are
talking ubout a "harmony" candidate for
Mayor, If they think ot It at all.
They aro engaged in a fight, not for the
Rood of this city, hut for tho control of the
Elate organization, and they arc using this
great metropolis os a pawn on the chess
board. What happens to It they do not care,
becauso their whole attention Is concentrated
on what Is going to happen to them.
Tho Pcnrohc-McNIchol faction, on tho ono
hand, Is fighting for Its life. Tho Vure
faction, on tho other hand, Is seeking, under
the shrewd advice, of the Attorney CScneral,
assisted by tho moral force of the Governor,
to supersede the Pcnrose-McNIchol faction
as tho dominating force In State Republican
ism. It hopes to win the mayoralty this fall,
and by tho prestige thus secured to gnln
control of the delegation to tho Republican
National Convention next year.
Whoever doubts this is unable to read the
signs of the times. The open confession
of it by tho leaders is not necessary. All
the events of tho last bIx months have been
pointing to It. The Governor has been cul
tivating; tho nntl-Pcnro3o leaders In the
State nnd throwing sops to them in tho way
of appointments. Ho has displaced the
henchmen of tho old machine by men who
can bo trusted to assist In building a 'new
machine. And a little while before he started
for tho Pacific coast, to put 3000 miles of
tugged country between him and tho bitter
fight now waging, ho bribed Smith, a "neu
tral" candidate for the mayoralty, by ap
pointing him, by and with the advice and
consent of tho Vares and Francis Shunk
Brown, to n place on tho Public Service
Commission. Ho gavo a certificate of ability
to Smith, which would bo useful to him in
playing the game from now on. and nt the
same time ho bound hljn to tho new alliance
by thnt emotion which has been described
as a lively sense of favors yet to come.
All this and more has been done because
it Is evident that there was never a more
favorable time to make war upon the Pen
roso State machine. The Democrats are In
power In "Washington nnd the senior Sen
ator has no Federal patronage at his dis
posal. Penrose does not control the Gov
ernor, consequently Stnto patronage can
not bo used to bolster up tho Penrose organi
zation. If the Vares can win the mayoralty
Penrose will bo defeated In his own city.
Then, with the prestige of victory here nnd
With tho assistance of tho anti-Penrose
leaders in and around Pittsburgh and in the
northeastern part of the State, they believe
that they can name tho men who will rep
resent the State in the choice of a Presi
dential candidate.
Not only do these men propose to seize
control of tho State organization, but they
are generally supposed to bo planning to
loot tho Penrose ammunition chest for car
rying the city in the coming campaign. It
must bo demonstrated to the nation that
Philadelphia believes in protection. The
election of William Vare assuming that ho
Is to be the candidnte Is to bo urged on
the ground that he Is a Republican and n
protectionist, and every opponent of tho
Underwood tariff law Is to be called upon to
expreBa his disapproval ot that measure,
passed by tho natlonnl Congress, by voting
for Vare for an office whose duties have no
more relation to the tariff than the func
tions of thv Shah of Persia bear to the
tides in the Delaware. The fact that the
Penrose-McNlehol faction also Intends to
Wngo a protection campaign does not make
tho plans of the Vares and their associates
less preposterous. The nation knows that
Pennsylvania is a believer In protection, and
it U not unaware that Philadelphia, the
greatest manufacturing city In the country,
nas grown great tnrough the development
of Its protected Industries, No' demonstra
tion of these obvious facts Is needed In a
mayoralty campaign. And however Im
portant it is that the discredited leader
ship of Penrose In the Btate should be con.
4mncd, the mayoralty campaign should bo
tought on the issues laid down four years
B50 which have since then been branded in
letters of Are on the consciousness of every
patriotic citizen of. the community
"Waiadeiphla is too big to bo a pawn In
My factional fight In the State, nnd it can
b uue4 as such an insignificant thing only
throMih the suplneness of Its voters. The
ubfUutJon of Vare contractor bosslsm in
th payor's ofHce and in Councils for Mc
Nchol contractor bosslsm Involves no
change whiclr will benefit the city, even
thoutftt th Vares ehould'abandon all the'lr
city contracts and devote their knowledge of
th ways of milking the treasury to driving
McNlchol out of business. And Jn (be Htate
does ny one believe that the Vares hav
uch h hlh reputation tor probity and dls
lii(!rt4 VwWifl jti - the gawe f
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BVENIKQ LEDQBBPHIIiAPBIiPaaLIA. BATURBAT,, AtJGUBfr 28,
j substituting them for Penrose would be j
worth tho cand1o7
The fato of this city Is within lis own
hnnds. Its ability to get Its ahare of the
vast business thai Is to bo done In America
during tho next few years depends In large
meaauro on the broad-mindedness and con
structive commercial statesmanship of Its
local government. The water front must be
developed, enlarged terminal facilities for
railroads nnd steamships must be provided.
We must go out Into the world nnd bring
ocean steamships here, and we must can
vass nil the surrounding country to get busl-,
ncss for the steamships when thoy come.
Wo must build Improved rapid trnnslt lines
to carry tho Increasing population to nnd
from the shops and factories. "Wo must
build sewers nnd pnvo streets nnd apply to
tho public business tho wisdom and fore
sight that havo inndo some of the private
businesses here the mnrvel of tho Continent.
And this must bo donfc with an eye slnglo
to the great end of lifting this city to the
place to which by Its location and Its splen
did history It Is entitled among tho cities of
tho world.
The American Mars Rampant
IT WOULD be n real kindness to Mr.
Roosevelt If ohc of his mnny friends
would tell him thnt he no longer Is Presi
dent of the United States, Unless he rcalUcs
this It Is vrry likely thnt Mr. Roosevelt may
do something rash.
Two days ago, "clad In full khaki uniform,
similar to that worn by him In the Spanish
war," Mr, Roosevelt went to Plattsburg to
deliver a speech ot 2300 words. The object
of the camp Is to tench the country the nc
cesslty of preparedness. It Is essentially an
aid to peace: certainly the last thing It cn
courases Is war. Mr. Roosevelt. It seems,
grew rather excited In the presence of 1000
men, not one of whom was a militarist, and
In the, course of a speech which pnssed all
limits of common sense, "linked pnclilsts
with poltroons nnd classified the German-! I
win Burglars, thugs nnd white slavers." no j
also persisted In his favorite delusion' that j
this country bound Itself to enforce the neu-
trallty of Rclglum. It was a characteristic
utterance.
The pity of It Is that by Mr. Roosevelt's
excesses tho real value of tho Plattsburg
camp Is called Into question. He chose to
stage the melodrama of preparedness. Tho
Secretary of War. unwisely using General
? i vvu nil ., oi.ut ul&Ii i c:i i i i nut. ii nun luiii i
nn-hinr. nniA !., n m, .i-im.t of. I
" r rt n na n oinnAffnil a v4 411 t v Iknt
fort unon tho rml vnl.,n nf .hi nvnnrlmont
than such nn Incident." To this Mr. Roose
velt replied In these generous words:
If the Administration Imd displayed one
tenth the spirit and energy In holding
Germany nnd Mex'co to account for tho
murder of American men. women anil chil
dren that It Is now displaying In the en
deavor to prevent our peoplo from being
taught the need of preparation to prevent
tho repetition of such murders In the future
It would be rendering a service to tho
people of th's country.
If the President of the United States had
spoken So of a predecessor who was making
himself obnoxious to n Government harassed
by n thousand legitimate difficulties. It would
havo been dcplorablo enough. Rut that on
cx-Presldent should speak so of a successor
In office Is a wanton nnd outrageous Insult.
Mr. Wilson will, no doubt, take no notice of
it. Unfortunately for Mr. Roosevelt, the
country will not bo so generous.
Thc Real Baby Parade
T:iE baby pageant at Asbury Park this
week was watched by TS.000 men and
women who cheered loudly as toddler after
toddler marched by. It was hardly a werld
bhnklng event, but It received Its due of
space In tho nowspapers, and undoubtedly
tho babies aro all the better for a little
publicity.
The rcul baby parade ask any father or
mother does not, however, cotno but once u
year, differing therein from Christmas. But
the real baby parade brings good cheer, and
there it resembles Christmas deeply, Tho
parade starts very early in tho morning. So
early that father, who before IT came had
to rush for the 8:24 from his suburban apart
ment, now finds that he can take the 7:02
with comfort. With tones more emphntlc
than musicnl, the parade sturts from the
rocklng-bed (old-fashioned, now considered
very bad for babies) or tho roop, and heads
for the bathroom, Punctuated by halts for
refreshment, change of clothing, forays for
talcum powdor and all the other tender ne
cessities of militant and marching babyhood,
the parade continues until the wholo mag
nificent pageantry of tho child Is revealed.
It Is almost Incredlblo that one actor should
play so many parts.
Thc odd thing is that, although the same
high heraldry of babyhood Is being displayed
In the flat noxt door, or the house across tho
way, It seems impossible for tho onlookers to
appreciate any carnival but their own. It
makes one almost fancy that parents aie
partial to their own children. And that, ot
course. Is Impossible.
It's a fine day for Theodoro Roosevelt when
a mere Secretary of War can cnll tho turn
on him.
Tho fans are hoping that Cincinnati will
do better In Boston than it did In Phila
delphia. Vare files nomination papers, anticipating
a "widespread demand for his candlducy,"
no doubt.
Said the Kaiser asuthc last Russian fort
ress fell, "Thank goodness, there's stilt Ver
dun to shoot at."
It would be a good thing to get rid of
Penrose; but why put Philadelphia in pawn
four years to do it?
Uy the time Mr. Roosevelt eetH through
with Secretary.GarriBon there will bo noth
ing left of Mr. Roosevelt.
If some men would Insure fewer luxuries
for themselves and more life Insurance for
their families it would reduco the tax rate,
Tbey used to think that there was no de
mand for high schools, but one In every
eight of the children in the schools here la
in the once superfluous institutions.
-' ,
There have been occasions when it was
worth a man's while to give up life and
everything else, Of such stuff are heroes
made. But only a fool wants to bring about
a situation where such sacrifice on hi part
will be necessary.
The Idea of Jlmltlnir the amount tf monoy
n man can legally make. In h United States
appeals to some people. Doubtless they
would have liked a law to prevent Abraham
iuwuiii iiuiu uoiii- more kooq. lor nu coun
try than his assistants did, thus securing
for hlmsef a larger place than they could
pet to human history.
BERLIN TO 3AGDAD
A DREAM OF EMPIRE
The Lrtrger nnd Neglected Meaning
of tho Fnll of Constantinople.
Tho Quebec of Germany's
Colonial Ambitions
By FRANK H. SIMONDS
IT IS natural. It was inevitable, thnt "a
world with (its attention fixed upon tho
Kuropean battlefields should see In tho fight
for the Dardanelles, for Constantinople, one
phase of tho struggle to defeat tho Immedlnte
German ends and alms. Thus the observers
have pretty generally agreed that tho fall
of Constantinople would mean tho munition
ing of Russia, the breaking of that blockade
of winter and the Knlrer, which has shut
off the armies of tho Csnr from tho ammu
nition of his Allies; the elimination of Tur
key from the battle line of tho Central
Powers nnd the permanent disposal of tho
Halknn problem for the present war.
The value of Constantinople In tho terms
of tho strategy of war has been pretty clear
ly grasped by tho ordinary observer. Yet
this Is only n minor angle of tho greater
problem. Constantinople will not merely
bring down In Its fnll tho last remaining
walls of Osmanll Kmplre In Europe, It will
mean tho completo breakdown of the most
ambitious, the most colossal of nil the Ger
i man bids for a place In the sun. It will be
I the end of the dream, still cherished In Mer
lin, only now beginning to loso Its power, to
nwafcn- npprchcnlIoIl ltl ,,,,, ml
Petrogrnd of a German advance along the
road of Aloxnmlcr tho Great from the
Uosphorus to tho Euphrates, from Uyznn
tlum to Uagdnd, and beyond to the frontiers
of India itself.
ScckinR the Desert
Achieving her unity only In 1871. Germany
came to0 ,ntp ,, thc e,d tQ Hhnro ,M ,ne
partition of tho better portions of tho globe
available for colonization. But In the east
of Europe, south of the Danubo nnd stretch
ing across the Straits Into Asia Minor and
beyond, there was a field for Germany. It
had a double advantage; it could bo reached
through Austria, an ally, not a rival, without
crossing tho seus. It was then open to Ger
man nrmles. while tho conquest of African
colonies remained Impossible whllT Urltlsh
.
l,uvaI ""I'romncy was nssurcd. It was, too.
a. "alur nd easy lino of advance, onco thc
little Rnlkan peoples were brushed aside,
nnd they could offer no real resistance to
Austro-Gorman might; and In Asia Minor
thcro was n world, once tho centre of pros
perity and civilization, now become almost
a desert, but still rich In till thc possibilities
of industrial and commercial life.
Thus It vns that Germans begnn many
years ago to dream of an empire, an em
pire which should be founded on the closest
commercial alliance' between Austria nnd
Germany, the pacific penetration flr.st, thon
thc military control, of Turkey. From Ber
lin to Bagdad, through Austro-Gcrmnn ter
ritory and through the lands of a Turkish
ally or vassal, tho railroad was to connect
the Spree with the Euphrates nnd In duo
time German military power was to approach
Suez and the Indus, to strike at Great Bilt
nln at two vital points.
Railroads nnd Romance
The otory of the beginnings of tho Bag
dad Railroad Is a marvelous fusion of ro
mance and machine. In a few brief year-'
the German, whom the world has learned
to desplso as a diplomat, had rcpluced tho
Briton at the Golden Horn. He was the first
friend of the Sultan. Tho Kaiser was tho
ally of the head of tho hierarchy of Islam
Ills generals were training Turkish troops,
his englncera were crossing Asia Minor by
the road of Alexander und of Cyrus.
The Sick Man of tho East seemed sud
denly galvanized. German and Austrian
statesmen supported Turkish rule, or rather
misrule, In Macedonia. Tho chaos there was
prolonged, with tho very deliberate intent
thut It should one day yield to Austro-Ger-man
order. All tho ambitions of Serb, Greek,
Bulgar were crushed down by tho Turk rutb
leisly, with the open or covert nld of the
Germans. Every effort at reform went to
wreck, because the Turk, sure of his allies,
felt no fear of his old foe, Russia, no regard
for his ancient British ally.
It was true, and tho Turks realized It,
that what Germany almod at was ultimate
conquest, but In tho menntlme her purpose
was Identical with that of the Osmanll; sho
was Interested in keeping Turkey Intnrt, be
cause Hho purposed to rulo It, and Russia
nnd France had their eyes fixed on Constan
tinople and Syria. Great Britain had, taken
Cyprus and ruled supremo in Egypt, despite
a nominal recognition of the Khedive. It
was the dream of tho Turk to restore his
ancient empire. He longed to reconquer
Egypt, Tunis, Algeria; to take up tho an
cient pathway of glory along tho southern
shoro of the Mediterranean.
The Pathway of Empire Ready
As for Germany, such an expansion Htruck
at France and England. Controlling the Sul
tan she would control tho' spiritual com
mander of .most of tho 200,000,000 Mahome
tans, not alono those subject to the Turks,
but also the subjects of Great Britain, of
France, of Russia, Onco the Bagdad Rail
road connected Constantinople, with Bngdad,
made Junction with tho Syrian railroads
which led down past tho Egyptian frontier
to Mecca, her pathway of empire was ready
To tho completion of her colossal plan tho
small Balkan States were a barrier.
When Italy had done, Bulgaria, Servla,
Montenegro nnd Greece attacked the Turk,
and In a brief war swept up practically all
of his European territory. This partition of
Turkey, If It should persist, was instantly
fatal to tho great Derlln-to-Bagdad dream.
Between the Danube and the Golden Horn
there now Interposed three compact States,
joined by alliance and Increased by largo
accessions of territory and population. Un
less they were separated they could not be
attacked safely, because Italy would not
Join her Austro-Qerman allies in such an at
tack, and the Triple Entente, backing the
Balkan alliance, would be a force beyond the
powers of the Austro-Gorman armies, who
would have also to expect tho possible ap
pearance of Italy In the ranks of the foes.
Reread Bernhardt and it will Instantly be
seen how completely he recognized the extent
of the disaster incident to the Italian at
tack upon Turkey) Indeed, he ventured to
say that it would have been better for Aus-,
trla and Germany to haye supported Turkey
and attacked Italy.
There were many Intricate and conflict
ing Issues involved in, the dispute of JSJ4 (o
permit it to be said with accuracy that any
one precWtated Arraae44on, but the Im
portance of the Aurtro-Gwmaia .4reap. of
hegemony in Asia Minor cannot be over-
looked.
iiprntiinir iho pvpnts of recent history In I
southeast Europe, It Is easy to see how much '
greater are the Issues being fought out nt
the Straits than appear on the surface. The
last chance of German colonial empire hangs
upon tho Turkish lines ot Pasha Dagch and
Achl Baba. Already tho outposts of the
Kaiser from Klao-Chau to the Kamerun have
been swept up. German Togo and South
west Africa are memories. German East
Africa Is helpless and wnltlng only for tho
coming of the Invader.
If the Allies shall succeed In bursting open
the seaward gate to Constantinople,, then
Russian possession of the Turkish capltnl is
assured. This would be but an Inconsider
able reward for Russian sacrifices, for tho
long terrible months that He between tho
battle of thc Carpathians and tho fall of
Ossowetz. To Russia, with the city, will go
tho shore of the Sea of Marmora south of
the famous Enos-Mldla line, including the
Galllpola peninsula. Once this Is fortified
by the Power which commands tho Black
Sea with Its fleet, the door of the Austro
Gcrman Powers' opening Into Asia Minor Is
closed and tho western termlnUB of the Bag
dad Railroad will be In Russian hands.
Future Work of Venizelos
But this is not all. It will then be possible
for tho Allies to settle the disputes between
tho Balkan States. The peril to Servla of a
Bulgarian attack will pass when tho Bulgarian
frontier marches with tho Russian and Bul
garian ports are nt tho mercy of the Russian
lects. In due course of time the little Bal
kan States will consolidate their gains and
become strong, but always subservient to the
sea Powers of tho Mediterranean and to
Russia. If the Allies win tho war then Bos
nia and tho Dalmatian coast south of the
Narcnta River will go to Servla; Albania,
save for the southern strip nbout Koritza
and Argyro-Castro, tdjltaly. This latter haB
been occupied by Greece, Is Greek In Its pop
ulation, nnd will probably be left to the
State which possesses In Venizelos a states
man capable of guarding her interests.
Even Rumania, with no other outlet for
hert grain than the Straits, will have to make
her peace with Russia, and In due course of
time become moro closely dependent upon
Pctrograd than upon Vienna and Berlin, even
If she does not Join In the war and win
Transylvania and Bukovlna.
So much for the European partition, which
will erect a series of strong States Interpos
ing between the Russian forts along the
Straits and the Austrian frontier, but what
of Asia Minor? Certainly no part of It will
bo left to tho Central Powers. Franco, Great
Britain, Russia and Italy will divide the
spoils of the Osmanll.
At present there Is some prospect that
Greece will share In the division. Smyrna
Is a Greek city; next to Athens and Con-
stantlnoplo it contains more Greeks than any
other city In the world. The coast from tho
Troad to tho Straits separating Rhodes from
tho mainland Is peopled by Greeks, It was
the Persian attack upon Greek colonies here
that led to the great Persian Invasion. To
recompense Greece for surrendering Kavala,
Drama and Seres to Bulgaria tho Allien one
promised Greece Smyrna. Greece, to. win this
great prize, was also to send her troops to
Galllpoll, German Intrigue prevented this;
perhaps the chance has been lost forever.
As for Italy, sho has Rhodes and the
Dodecanesus; she claims the southern shore
of Asia Minor to the Gulf of Alexandretta.
Here France takes up tho work of partition;
her sphere of commercial interest goes south
through the Lebanon, through Beirut to Pal
estine. Here the Interest of England, now
master ot Egypt, begins. England, too, haa
tin expedition tolling up the Tigris and the
Euphrates. Russia has one in Armenia and
along tho headwaters of the Euphrates.
She clatniB Turkey as far west as the famous
Halys, She may yet cjalm all, to the shores
ot tho Bosphorus Itself.
It may be that thi conflict of claims will
end in leaving the Turk master of Anatolia.
It Is a great country, larger than 8paln; as
large as France without Corsica. It is rich
in minerals and presents great- agricultural
and Industrial prospects. But It may also
be the centre of a new Eastern Question, d
new focus ot rivalries. For H is clear how
conflicting' are the various ambitions,
The Prize of the World
Yet these can hardly concern Germany.
It the Czar comes to the Golden Horn It
will be the sea towers, the Mediterranean
Powers, which will alone he bl --....
for the Turk's estate,; the rpd from Ber
lin and Vienna will be closed, and clos4
With many bolts
Such briefly, thtn, are the Immh tint are
1915
WHEN SCHEMES COME TRUE
involved in tho fate of Constantinople. Na-
polcon cnllcd It tho "prize of tho world.'" For
It Russia has striven for centuries. For It
Austrian and German statesmen have been
working for many years. And for them the
pathway was blocked by that little Servla
whose quarrel with Austria has brought the
world to Aimageddon.
If Constantinople falls wo shall see tho
passing of the Osmanll. He la fighting with
his back to tho wall nt tho precise point
where ho entered Europe, at Galllpoll Pe
ninsula, moro than flvo centuries ugo. Wo
shall see tho Cross. replace tho Crescent on
St. Sophia. But beyond this we shall see tho
final extinction of tho Germnn dream of .1
place In tho sun, whlrh has moved her to so
many sacrifices, to such gigantic labors In
war and pence in the recent decades.
Constantinople Like Quebec
For tho future this will havo, a very pro
found meaning. For out of thc war all na
tions will coma well-nigh bankrupt, if not
actually ruined. BUt France, Russia and
Grcnt Britain will retain their empires, in
creaso them beyond their own frontiers, if
Constantinople falls. Even Italy is assured
of some territorial profit. Sho will keep
Rh6des and establish herself in tho Aegean.
But sea power has already spelled tho ruin
of German colonies. Tho markets for tha
manufactures of tho Allies will be expanded,
new tariff walls will bar the German exports
Constantinople may hold out. Franco and
Italy may bo crushed, Russia forced to glvo
up the war and her Polish and Lithuanian
provinces. Even Great Britain may be In
vaded and made to pay the price of tho con
queror. Tho war is yet to be won, but It Is
necessary, to recognize that while the battle
In Europe Is being waged on fields familiar
to us all there Is being fought in tho obscurer
regions where Europe and Asia touch the
battle which means as much to Germany as
did tho struggle In America to France and
England. At Constantinople as at Quebec a
great cmplro and a magnificent colonial
dream are at atake. Tho German place in
the Bun is being won or lost.
A GEORGIAN'S PRIDE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I am writing this In the hope of correct
ing a few Impressions (of late) .regardlns the
South. In the first place, docs the man who
writes of barbarous lynchers know the true
facts? Would It not open a few people's eyes
to know that the "noble Governor" who pro
vented Frank being executed by tho Stato after
n fair trial, or rather trials, was and Is a
member of tho firm of Messrs. Roesser, Slaton
& Philips, tho attorneys that defended Frank,
and that were engaged by him even beforo he
was accused? Also docs the North forget
Ccatesvlllo a few years ago? The South was
horror struck by that. Betmlrched Georgia,
ljnchers and any other thing you chose to call
them, I am proud to state that It is the State
where I was born. DOUGLAS McINTYRE.
Philadelphia, August 28.
HULDA, GULDA, BOOI
To the Editor of thc Evening Ledger:
Sir The counting out rhyme which Mr, W.
P. Eaton quoted the other dny In the Evenino
LEDOxn the one beginning "Erie, mene, mini.
mo ougm never 10 oe quoir" vlthout Its
startling companion, so Ptn-
it when
properly recited by nn Ir-v
will make the person coup'
alarm. It runs;
Ene, mene, mone
Huslm, lanu, bona, wtn,
Hulda. gulda, BOOI
Out goes you!
Latham Park, August 2t,
Mid it
with
S. A.
IN FAVOR OF CALLAHAN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
tii!P""i.,!li0!t he"t"y Indorse the candidacy of
John Callahan for Mayor of Philadelphia. I
honestly think he would give us (the citizens)
a worthy administration, a he Is not controlled
by any party boa. or so-calld ward leader.
T.UH j . .. . t"uu UAAll'UELL.
Philadelphia, August 28, 7th Ward.
"BOBS" ADMIRED HAMILTON
.,,.,., u,u outi, not long before hi
fhl n,ml" " Wu0ni nmons "nerals of
the British army he regarded as the ablest
coirmander In the field, he replied "Ian Ham
fJ,01)'" J," Judml wa dilutable, but not
indefenalble; and It wp founded, not on Ham
lton's audacity, but on ).l knowledge ,nd on
his coolness i directing the complex move"
menu of th. battlefield. Like General French
n!.h"been crl0l4 tudnt t war at! hul
.! "e"UL ... A- aVuthWan?'
Wli.n -, Tl - .
-??. Wfiaffi,
4 - the Prussians th. mim...:y.-tl,t h4 '
made the Prussians the mint.: ' . l ha
Erypt. in South Africa "'"-In India. I.
-- MM
is m
JSt
m
tho artist, nnd bo once confessed, half lestlnrii'
but with a curtain serlousnces, that he hii
"never gone Into battle without belni; InTy
niuc uiiiK aim uoiiuvrinK now on carta lie WW
10 get tnrougn. uireu uarainer, in th At
inntic.
A CREED FOR AMERICANS
f
1 liellevo In tho united States, one and In
divisible: in her mission as the chamhlon ef
humanity, as the friend of the weak and dlM
tressed: In tho singleness, d gnlty nnd lia
vlolablllty of American citizenship: In thii
validity of our national traditions: !nr"oJ
wiui nonor; in incnasnip wun nu nations that
retpect our rights; In entangling alllancet !',,'
none: In reasonable nrennrntlotiH fdr iiatlonil
defense by sen and laud; In bhlrklng no tacrijj
flee needed to hand down to the future uS'
priceless treasures bequeathed to us by th1
n.ist: In tho necessity of keeping the Wtstsiit
Hemisphere free from the Intrusion of EtlJ
pemi iiiaiuuuuiiB umi iiiuiiiiiuua, in um cupaenra
of home nnd country, nnd In the unfllncbtn
resolut'on that government of the people, for,
tho people, by the people shall not perish frum
tho earth. Chlcngo Herald.
THE NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Isn't It past time to make some of this "poq
tentlal strenrth" of the United States ctuH
Htrengtli? K.nnsaa City Star.
To tho thinking roan tho Weather Bureail ii
fast becoming ono of the most prized bureau 11
ot tho Government. Washington Times, i ;' I
This Is a time when Americans ate rightly
being advised as to the valuo of preparedness.
Let us bo prepared not alone In a miUtaryi
censo but in nn Industrial and commercial ter.ua
against dangers that threnten our welfare anSJ
security. Sprlnrleld Union.
The first duty of an efficient Government.)!
to provide Justice nt home: from Mr. Tatt and
Mr. Root down to tho average farmer there i
full knowledge thnt neither tho laws nor M
lawyers nor the courts furnish the justice whieS
they are supported to provide. Florida Timei-
union.
If Illinois Is to ret behind any candlaitil
that candidate ought to be Sherman. We del
not know what type of man the nation Is pre
pared to receive, whatever Ideas we may hav
an to the kind of man It ought to have. But
Sherman Is the only man of any type In Illi
nois who can bo presented with any sene ot
tho fitness of the offering. Chicago Tribune, j
Tho new interest of people and Government
In the subject of better military preparednefi
Is brought home to Cleveland by tha declaion to
establish a training camp for civilians at Cha
grin Falls next month. The prompt reapoilM
on tho part of representative Cleveland men M
thn ...ill 1rmt aI .... . .. .. Ik.1I.i. .!.... (..Asf aa
..... v, iui .uiuiucvia iiiuiiaicH wiiui. iisiai -
mucin on me suoject is. uieveianu nam fwi
cr.
ALMOST GROWN AWAY
faomehow I had not realized that you werlj
grown so tall, 'A
Until I found your portrait hung upon mT.
study wall. M
My gift from you your offering your love-UM
spired surprise; M
And I stood there the longest time and taMl
into ine eyes m
Which gazed back at me from the frame, ganj
laughingly down at me: M
It did not seem you ever were the girl yJ
llHPrt to hi? I M
The baby girl I'd -carried home so oft as-asSl
my oreaat,
Who only yesterday had asked; "Dad,
you loves the beat?"
I did not know that you were grown-I tngl
did not know, !
You've been my baby all the time. Dear hJ
when did you crow? J9
How long have you been wearing skirts tl
nimost reacn your feet? '5W
You were the sweetest baby girl, and PJ
you're more than sweetl 91
Thtre's somethlnb I cannot quite grasp, 5
or newness there "m
It can't be yes why, yea it 1st You have doSl
up your nalrl j
Done up your hair! Your golden halrl Inl
Madonna braid! 'M
What of the ribbon bows you wore of the wwj
, pies you maaer
I knew that you were hidden there behind
atuay door;
I knew when you crept out on toes wb
scarcely touched thn flnnr.
I knew vnlir tnvlnir hnnriu war rennhedll
blind mv pvab hut T M
Boir.ehow, could not quite" understand thatj!!
couiu reach so high,
You are, and yet are not the little girl
uied to be. "
I havo not told you fairy tales for yesrf.
eeeins to me.
And still in splto of absent bpwa, In plt fl
-none up- nair,
I can look through your eyes and see mr
girl is there.
It seems to mo a little more nnd you h4
away
From me, as you have grown away from
a-Dkck and nlav.
And Just In time, Jt seems to me, your portr
on mi wan
Has helped me to catch up with you, my eV
e ed rrirl unit tail
And now we shall walk side by side as fr
wo twr, i M
Comrades and chums, and I shal) tell J"i
um"6 you puunt tj know,
About the paths which wait your
when we come to part i4
I'll cairv von. nut In ,,.. o ...... hut always m
5
J. K. Lawla, la HVt f