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Criticise the faults of vovr friend in private, but
proclaim his virtues in the market place
PIERS DO NOT MAKE A GREAT PORT
BUSINESS comes to those who tro out to
get It Director McBwcency, of the port
of Boston, enunciated a great truth when he
said that this rule applies to a large seaport
as well as to a small factory.
The development of tho Delaware water
front in this city, by the building of piers
and warehouses and railroad terminals', will
not necessarily bring enough business hero to
Utilize the facilities provided. Cargoes for
ships can bo supplied only by tho business'
men of this city and of tho country tributary
to it. The great merchants and manufac
turers must be taught to ship from and to
Philadelphia If tho waterfront Is to bo ns
active at It should be. When the members of
the Chamber of Commerce decide that there
Is more profit for them In patronizing ships
that tie up at the piers on tho Delaware than
In doing their ocean-borne business through
some other port, the demand for wharfage
privileges will be lively and ocean-going ships
will crowd the Delaware as they crowded the
Kibe before the war.
When all the commercial Interests of tho
cjty unite In booming the port by doing all
their shipping through it, and by drawing
here all the shipping over which they have
nny influence, Philadelphia will be in a fair
way to take Its place among tho greatest
ports of the world. But the business will not
come unless somebody goes after it.
GRANT SAVED THE DAY
THOSE well-meaning citizens who believe
that there is no relation between pre
paredness and peace save that of apt alliter
ation should give serious thought to the re-
jnarks made by Ellhu Root, long beforo the
present crisis. In an address to the Grant
Monument Association.
"There is no doubt," said Mr. Root, "that
the commanding power and prestige of Grant
at tho close of the war constituted the chief
element in the forces which reinstated In its
authority atjd power the doctrine of Monroe.
It was th fact that the great commander
was re ,tty to lead the American forces in
batttA&hlch made it unnecessary that there
shjJB0 war with France in the enforce-
If the Monroe Doctrine when Maxl-
flnvaded Mexico."
LABOR KNOWS NO HYPHEN
THE whole unsavory business of strlke
uylng there has been one redeeming fea-
tre the patriotism of American labor,
union and non-union. There have been sev
eral strikes in munition industries, but they
are only such strikes as naturally come in a
period of exceptional activity. Tho foreign
agitator has signally and lgnomlnlously
failed.
Samuel Gompers. president of tho Ameri
can Federation of Labor, has said that plots
to foment strikes among longshoremen, mu
. Bitlon workers and others were known to
' him. He knew also that "tho corrupting in
. fluence was being conducted by agents of a
foreign Government." In the face of this,
, President Gompers was willing to rely on
v the honesty of American labor. His trust
r" was well founded.
,t The offers made to workingmen were llb-
Jf'eral. The arguments adduced were of a sort
'that have turned many sober- minds. Tet
American labor has remained faithful to it
self and to its country. It knows no hyphen
and needs none.
NO BIORE THE GOLDEN VOICE!
THERE is little consolation In the report
that Mme. Sarah Bernhardt will continue
to play before the camera. For those who
have loved her, the silent appearance on
ho screen will be a torturing regret and
othng Aore. Tho memory of better things
Will not redeem their present woes.
She had, even to the last days of her playing-
hore, a volco which sang like the' wind
In the trees, Into which all sorrow and all
Joy had passed. It was an instrument of
,mIraoulpus versatility, In which all emotion
eoUld be, and was, expressed. The soft
Ji(ht of immortality may shlno over her
(jeftd in the movies, but the golden voice
p no more for our ears. Those who are
! capable of sorrow will be the sadder now.
.HTKAW HATS AND FEATHER BRAINS
t4uy, or thereabouts, is the time
i th fre-born or naturalized Amer-
ercises his inalienable right of
Ijaa headgear. lie has the choice
straws and cloth hats. With an
MaRtmlty pf oplnios every oe
the cloth.
' wko forei to chooee will be treated
by otbar fr-born a4 naturaUaed citizens
, tth the InduUrfStcev of a free, democratic
iovraMt'- 0one of these will be hooted
in the trt, their hats will be smashed by
)youa, IMaerty-lovins fellow men, and they
will t icklW and badgered into buywiK
eibr bau wk wlM not evoke such hearty
atxprcwlona ot oUjiavpproval. "
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to, AiUMjca it miMrt be pt up. "Put 4
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EVENING KEpGER-frHILAPELPHIA,
days befpre New Yorkers, those brave nnd
hashing iconoclasts, dare to Venture forth
with theirs. Another doso of common sense
might allow Americans to compete with
Londoner nnd Berllners, who wear their
straws until October 1. Down with tho
tyranny of the calendar!
Perhaps tho pcrverseneM of the weather
may postpone tho passing of the straw hat a
few days longer, and even make the public
tolerate the sight of a man in n Palm Beach
suit.
NO GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE
-t
VIOLATION of American neutrality la not
contemplated by the English nnd French
bankers who are trying to arrange for a
billion-dollar loan here to pay for what they
are buying and expect to buy In America.
If tho loan should bo made, America would
continue to bo ns neutral as It has been from
tho beginning of tho war. Wo do not ally
ourselves with any belligerent by selling him
a loaf of bread or a gun so long as our mar
kets are open to all the belligerents alike.
The success of tho Allies In keeping tho Ger
mans from our markets docs not affect tho
business rights of Americans' In nny particu
lar. It does affect tho amount of business
that they can do, and that Is nil. For Ger
man sympathizers to damn America bocauso
the British navy commands tho seas Is ns
foolish as for Americans to damn Germany
because tho British blockado keeps them out
of the German markets and deprives thorn
of German products which they have found
necessary in their business.
Consequently tho report from Washington
that the Government will "disapprove If not
entirely forbid" tho loan must come from an
uninformed source. German bonds havo been
sold hero Blnce tho war began and the
French and English havo also been accom
modated with American money. If tho Gov
ernment attempts to forbid bankortf making
loans on what they regard as good security
it will enter upon an Intolerable policy of
Interference with buslnoss, tho extension of
which would provo disastrous both to busi
ness nnd to any political party responsible
for it.
The security for tho loan Is a matter to be
arranged between tho borrowers nnd lenders.
Tho borrowers, it is understood, havo offerod
to glvo tho notes of their Governments, un
secured by the collateral of prlvato corpora
tions. They arguo that tho credit of a solvent
nation Id as good as the credit of any rail
road company or steel trust. Much can bo
said In support of this view. Tho bankers
can be trusted, however, to demand adequate
security regardless of their sympathies with
nny of tho belligerents, for there Is nothing
more unsentimental than a money-lender.
If the loan should fall by tho officious Inter
ference of tho politicians there would bo
nothing unsentimental, cither. In the retri
bution which the great West would mete out
to them for closing tho foreign market to
their grain "by depriving tho customers of
ability to pay for It.
"THROUGH TERROR TO TRIUMPH"
The .Ituslan fortresses are falling like
castles or sand before tho resistless tldo of
the Teutonic Invaders. When will that tide
recede When will it be stemmed?
Nothing but our best and utmost can pull
us through.
THESE aro not tho words of an Irrespon
sible critic of England, nor do they ex
press the spirit of mad Impatience which has
filled many Englishmen In the last few
months. They are the sober, inevitable
words of David Lloyd-George, a Minister to
the King, responsible to tho last moment
for tho safety of England.
In his book, "Through Terror to Triumph,"
from tho preface of which tho above extract
is quoted, Mr. Lloyd-George has collected his
speeches on the war. Thoy trace the progress
of the English spirit through the stages Indi
cated by tho title, from the helpless, almost
silly terror of the early days to the hope of
Victory which now inspires the English pub
lic. But there is no attempt to minlmizo the
difficulties which England yet has to face;
there is no denial that Russia and Frnnce
havo so far borne the brunt of war's attack.
By far the most promising symptom Eng
land has shown in many a long day is the
publication of this book. It may mean that
at last England has becomo alive to her duty
and to her powers.
MR. WOOLWORTH'S FOUR BITS
MR. FRANK W. WOOLWORTH, who has
amassed a tidy fortune out of other
people's nickels, Is a very disappointing
man. Ho lacks the nner romantic sensi
bilities. Ho hasn't an atom of melodramatic
power.
The other day Mr. Woolworth visited the
city where he spent his youth, was met by
a boyhood friend and was compelled to pay
back CO cents which ho had borrowed more
than 20 years before. He had negotiated
that loan In order to get Into the circus.
Notice in tho first place that Mr. Wool
worth had forgotten the kindly action of his
friend. He had to be reminded of the trivial
debt. Did he then magnificently pay back
the four bits with compound Interest, mak
ing an incalculable sum for newspaper read
ers to wonder at? He did not. He paid back
50 cents. Was the debtor in rags? He was
not. But he could use the Vast sum.
Altogother tho affair was a desperato
failure. Romance Is dead.
A billion-dollar loan? Probably another
O, Barr McCutcheon story.
London is still doing business on the banks
of the Thames in spite of the Zeppelin raids.
If the Grand Jury would try to find out
Why the Athletics have no chance for the
pennant it would do something worth while.
Getting Joy out of a day's news Just at
present is about aa easy aa getting a cherry
out of a glaas' of lemonade with plenty of ice.
The British workmen would view with
cosi)tacency, the doubling pf the income tax
if thetr wages in the munitions factories
were doubled aleo, ,
Colonel Sheldon Pptter, who has on more
than one occasion proved hti putillo spirit,
demoaaatrated K wee soote whet ho dls
ClaiaMd ay aaaeoOo nwnia a third
od(4ata U fa ahMad h die Mis Vy pfeec.
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SARI'S PUNISHMENT:
A PERSIAN TALE
The Gift Thnt Allah Bestowed on a
Young Scholar, a Gift That
After a Littlo Time Ho
Prayed to Be Rid Of
By B. K. LITTLE
THE genial historian, Ben Hadji Mojull,
the Porslan, hath It that In former times
in' his country there dwelt a young scholar
by name Sari, and wlso beyond his years
overwlso. By renson of much study of books
and much fancied observation of men and
of women, this Sari had come at a profound
sorrow for the shams and pretensions of
those that lived about him. Such that ho
went nnd prnyed to Allnh that Ho glvo him
the gift of sight through doors nnd through
walls, thnt no man's true self should bo hid
den from him longer.
And Alluh punished him with this gift.
Then the young scholar set forth, that he
might learn the truth nbout his fellows at
last. And ho sought out tho houBo of
HamcdJI, tho merchant, that was proud, and
hard with his debtors. And It chanced thnt
HamcdJI was within his house, for It was
noon nnd tho heat wns great. And though
tho doors were shut nnd bolted, nnd the
blinds drnwn, yet ho saw HamcdJI, beating
his breast and wnlllngf nnd saying,
"Great Is Allah. Butvh, my son, my son!"
And Snrl wns consoled. "For," said he,
"even tho hard HamcdJI hath likewise his
sorrow to chastlso him."
Sari Learns the Truth
Then Sari went to the houso of Tnmam
and his wife Susn, that wcro renowned over
the wholo city for tho great love that they
showed to each other. But only their littlo
child Was In tho houso, happy with her dog,
though sho was alone. And tho child was
saying,
"You see, Fujla, that any way I am as tall
standing up as you are sitting down."
And being touched by tho sight of the child,
so anxious' to bo grown up, Sari went in and
questioned her, saying:
"I see, my child, that your parents aro
walking abroad and havo left you lonely and
alone. Can It be true, then, that they arc
so loving and good?"
And tho child answored: "O yes, good sir.
They havo left mo alone and nre walking
abroad. But It Is true that they are tho best
of fathers and mothers."
Arid Sari wns pleased now that the truth
was not concealed from him, nnd that the
nasty gossip of Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Smith,
nnd the scandal that dripped Incessantly
from their lips, were no more for his cars.
But ho Journeyed further, and In the houso
of another In the same street he caught sight
of that same father of tho child making
merry with tho wlfo of another, named Parfl,
and his best friend. And In yet another re
sort whore were sold Ices and sweets nnd
cooling drinks ho saw that samo mother of
tho child In company of a strange man. And
Sari was perturbed at tho sight.
And wherever he went after that he beheld
many things that grieved him, things that
he would havo given a dollar, had ho had It,
not to havo seen. Brothers that stood high
In the esteem of their fellows ho saw calling
each other hard and low names. Good hus
bands ho saw belabored of their wives, with
many tears and tearful plaints.
"You glvo me nothing to wear!" walled one
who was already loaded down with Jewels.
"Only see how Tamam dresses his wife!"
another taunted her husbnnd, who wns dls
trnught at the Words.
And Mnrsali, most generous of all givers
to tho poor, was seen of Sari, stripped of
his belongings, having given away all that
ho had, so that his creditors were upon him,
with none by ready to help. And children
Sari saw, sasslng their fathers, nnd fathers
shamefully hammering their children. And
husbands frisking merrily In resorts for tho
sale of wlno and for the shaking of dico,
their wives all the whllo weeping at home
In want of fit dress. And all this brought
off by these folk where they thought nono
might see, behind locked doors and closed
blinds. And Sari was sorely troubled, to
such n pass that ho ran homo and hid him
self and shut his eyes, and waited for a
more cheerful day.
The Dangers of Wisdom
But on tho next day, and tho next, ho saw
good friends quarrel over frivolous girls.
And sweet maidens he saw lamenting their
silly and faithless lovers. Ho beheld highly
regarded merchants plotting the downfall of
their honest rivals In trade. Each day of
his life with this gift Sari saw thoso hidden
things which grieved him the more. Man In
his true nakedness ho had prayed to know,
but he was sore at tho sight of It. Vexed
as ho had been at the outward pretensions
of men, their secret acts only vexed him
the more.
At length ho could endure no longer tho
unhappy knowledgo that camo to htm of his
gift. And ho ran "back to Allah and prayed
again, this time that tho gift might be taken
away from him, saying,
"If this bo the truth about men, O Allah,
then in mercy give mo their Bhams!" ,
For it is not good that a man bo too wise.
MORALS ON THE SPORT PAGE
The sport page U a good place to look for
morals which can be transplanted bodily for
every day ue,
Francis Oulmet, defeated amateur golf cham
pion, eald:
"I didn't have a bit of bad luck. The way
Jimmy was playing I couldn't beat him. I
never had a chance."
Jimmy Standlsh, who eliminated Oulmet, said;
"it was plain luck."
After the concentration of a tense struggle;
after the rivalry and ambition to excel; alter
the last bit ot luck and skill had come into
play, both men showed the winning stuff thut
was In thorn.
Sport thnt dots not make for self control,
for gameness and for courtesy under strain.
Is not real sport. Men who do not display these
qualities In their recreation are not true
sportsmen, however proficient they may be
come. Detroit News.
"GOD1 SAVE THE PEOPLE!"
When wilt thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations;
Not thrones and crowns, but men?
Flowers .of thy heart, O God, are they.
Let them not paas, like wefcds away,
Their, heritage, a sunless dayl
Ood! save the people! ,
Bhall crime bring crime forever,
Strength aiding still the strong?
Is ltthy will, O Father, ' ,
That man shall toll for wrong?
No, say thy mountains; no. thy skies;
Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise,
And songs ascend. Instead of sighs.
God) savo the people!
When wilt thou save the people?
O God of mercy, when?
The people, Lord, the people,
Met Mire and crowns, but men!
aed .save ft- people; thine they are,
aa, a tnine anieia fair,
i.easslon and dttcair.
fa people!
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MRS. YOUNG, CHIEF OF SCHOOLS
Head of Chicago's Educational System, at Age of 70, Is Hard
Working, Vigorous and Alert Public Servant Movement to
Effect Her Re-election Already in Progress
By W. O. CHAPMAN
PAST 70 years of age, for more than half
a century Identified with educational
work In Chicago, for tho last six years su
perintendent of the public school system
that Is tho rcmarkablo record of a remark
able woman, Mrs. Ella Flagg Young.
Having completed tho allotted period of
life, such Is her popularity, such is the con
fldonco the people and tho teachers havo
In her ability nnd progrcsslveness, that agi
tation already Is apparent for her re-election
next December for another year.
For tho first time In a number of years
Chicago has a superintendent In whom the
public Implicitly believes, but whom the
powers that direct tho affairs of the school
system probably would deposo If thoy dared
to do so a reversal of the city's former ex
periences. Mrs. Young has given nil of her time to
tho work of developing and enlarging tht
usefulness of tho schools. Sho Is recognized
everywhere, probably, as a real educator.
Her record Is In marked contrast with thai
of other superintendents, men, who gave up
much of their energies to manipulations and
to school politics.
An Adopted Innovation
At an ago when most people aro willing to
accept things as they aro and to bo content,
this woman, on the contrary, Is constantly
ulert for tho progressive idea in educational
matters, keeps herself informed on all thai.
Is considered best In school work, and doon
not hesitate to adopt any plan which prom-
t lses to bring good results.
When William Wirt found it necessary to
adopt n rotary schedulo of attendance for
pupils to mako the best uso of tho limited
school accommodations In the rapidly grow
ing town of Gary, Ind.. Mrs. Young wntched
Its results, for sho saw In it posslbilltlen
of valuo to Chicago, where also tho demand
for seats for children always exceeds tho
capacity of tho schools.
Some might havo said that Chicago with
Its millions could not get nny good out of
tho Hoosier town with its thousands, bur
Mrs. Young was not avcrso to making tho
test. Sho was so Impressed with tho system
that sho Installed It in three elementary
schools in Chicago two years ago. At tho
beginning of tho present school year sho In
stalled it In two more elementary schools,
and for tho first-year pupils in threo of tho
largest high schools of the city.
By this system pupils nro divided into
groups. From 8 until 0 o'clock ono group it.
nt play, ono Is in tho gymnasium, one in
each of the other departments, several In
the class rooms. From 9 to 10 o'clock each
of these groups Is moved, and that is re
peated at each hour of tho school day. At
no tlmo Is any educational facility Idle, nnd
many more children can bo accommodated
than under tho system usually in force.
As indicated in a previous paragraph, Mrs.
Young Is not without her enemies on the
Board of Education. ' So far she has been
able, through her keen wit, to outplay them.
Last December tho trustees had the wires all
strung to encompass her defeat. Sho heard
about It and nearly paralyzed them by re
signing. That forced their hands. The
newspapers the following morning published
broadsides" about It, protests came In from
all aides of the city, mass meetings were
held, and all Chicago was aroused.
Carter II. Harrison, then Mayor, promptly
accepted tho resignations of five trustees,
who were opposed to Mrs. Young resig
nations ho was forehanded enough to obtain
at tho time the appointments wero made
two years before. Ho apppolnted new trus
tees in the places of thoso who would not
listen to his arguments, and at the next
meeting of the board Mrs. Young was re
elected. To bring tjiat about it wos necessary for
the board to void the election of John D.
Shoop, who had been chosen for superin
tendent. It was a radical proceeding, and
lawyers say it was invalid, but no ono .dared
to raise- the issue. Mr, Shoop was content
to remain as assistant superintendent. Dur
ing this struggle Mrs. Young's loyal friends
were Mayor Harrison and the Chicago
Teachers Federation.
Less Pjriithui Than Formerly
There has been Icbs politics in the school
system during the lost six years, probably,
than ever before, There was no occasion
for the introduction of politics last spring.
But women can vote for city official in
Chicago, and Mrs, Young stands by her
friends.
During the mayoralty primary campaign
Mrs. Young wrote a letter to an officer of
tho Teachers' Federation, praising Mayor
Harrison's work for the publlo schools. It
was intended the letter should be; published,
and it was published. Opponents to Mr.
Harrison were iiUrbjetant, ana crltklae Mrs.
Youn afcavpltt Mr. HarrKwm, a, was
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defeated by a plurality of 80,000, and tho
Democratic nominee, who might have made
short work of Mrs. Young's administration,
was In turn defeated for election by a plural
ity about twlco as largo as that which
retired Mr. Harrison.
So recently, when the Board of Education
brought up a rulo forbidding members of
tho teaching forco from belonging to tho
teachers' federation on tho penalty of dis
missal from tho service, Mrs. Young went
valiantly to tho front for tho teachers. Sho
condemned tho rule as un-American, and
when It was adopted sho crltlclsod tho board.
On Wedncsdayj night of last week, when
the teachers held a protest meeting In tho
Auditorium Theatre, which was attended by
nearly 4000 people, Mrs. Young was present.
Sho was not affected by tho rule. Sho had
a good excuso for remaining away, Inasmuch
as It was raining. Only half a dozen out
of 70 members of the City Council showed
themselves. Many others whose prcsenco
wns expected remained away for various
reasons. Mrs. Young was there, and neaily
4000 peoplo gavo her an ovation which many
a distinguished statesman might havo en
vied. During a recent Inquiry by a Senato
committee Into school affairs, a member of
the Board of Education made statements
concerning Mrs. Young which sho disap
proved. She roso from her chair, and point
ing a finger at the trustee, she said:
"That statement Is a He!"
"On the Job"
All of these Incidents, happenings of tho
last few weeks, are related here In an effort
to show the vitality of this romarkable
woman. Every meeting of tho Important
committees and every meoting of tho full
board finds Mrs. Young one of tho first
present. Sho is In touch constantly with
every phase of the school work education
or business. She1 has embarrassed board offi
cials more than onco with her knowledge of
the business affairs of the schools. She has
an active mind. She Is vfgorous in body in
spite of her years. She grasps propositions
readily and acts quickly. In the language
of tho street, she is on the Job.
Mrs. Young's interest in the schools never
lags. Her every thought is of methods of
education which best will serve tho needs
of Chicago's 355,000 pupils. Sho has crowded
tho board on the question of building schools
until today, for the first time, It is
believed, there Is a seat for every child. Sho
has made changes in tho curriculum to adapt
it more to the conditions which exist in a
great city. Ventilation, housing, books,
health, exercise, play overythlng which
goes to mako an Ideal educational system
in a city of two and a half millions has hod
Hb meed of attention from this matchless
educator, and It Is admitted oven by critics
that Chicago's schools are better for having
been under tho direction for six years of
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young.
HIRELINGS OP WAR
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In looking over the history of our glori
ous country I llnd a very Interesting article
about the HesslanB. And the time, June. 1776.
The place, New York.
,.,Lre!?ds' ",n .tll?.lon,r ca'osoO' of grievances
which form to striking a feature of the Declar
ation of Independence is the transporting ot
large armies of 'foreign mercenaries' to over
whelm the Colonial forces. It was not exactly
fair to call them mercenaries, as It was not' the
soldiers who sold their services to a foreign
Government, but their princely ma.tera, for
whom, Indeed, the word mercenary Is far too
mild. Thcee German veterans were hired by
the British Government from the Landgrave of
Hesse-Caase! and other German princes."
The King had called the Germans to his aid,
why should not the Colonists accept the help
proffered by their ancient enemies, the French?
In short, by June, 1778, the radical party In
the Colonies was prepared to advocate separa
tion front tHe home land.
This bit of history should make food for
thought and cause us to think of the words
in the greatest history of all, the Holy Bible,
wherein It states tho sins of the father shall
fttV,Pn. '5? cila" J0,IN E- HAWKEY.
Philadelphia, Sept 11.
TOO MUCH GENEROSITY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Blr-.In congratulating you on your anniver
sary allow me to pay my compliments to the
superman nnd the hyphenated of our Oerman
fellow cltlrens by informing them they have
not cauie for the swell heads they carry on
account of tho Franco-Prueelan War. He who
romemtxsrs conditions In France and aermanv
at that time knows how unprepared Franca
was. although Napoleon was ignorant of real
Z1TW- NSI Btamtrek when he pre
itated the conflict by a forgery. The int.Vnn
Uonal Trade Society gave rislVPU S.
portunlty- to be well Informed as to the unnrel
paredne- of France. Napoleon i. ,,ot aloK
history as the man at the head of affairs who
was kept In ignorance of conditions by states,
men and politicians. A victory that ,,.I
lahed the world w..VSiS,
causes were, underaUo, ' w eu7 fe?
the unreasonable - ' .T. " T. . r
twaw-man, MfcUly Ma ln4M JJ, J
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fa
his redeeming country. Not unaware of how
paslly men can work themselves Into a furv
of opinion thut Is littlo short of Insanity
can overlook their folly, knowing they will
repent later.
This people or Hb representative Government
ennnot afford to be generous enough to over
look all tho shortcomings of these deluded
persons. They should bo made to feel the ef
fect of their delusions as to International law
and their duty to this Government and Its duty
to Its citizens.
England and France cannot be thought of
as unaware of tho preparedness of Germany
Their apparently having been caught napping
while Belgium was being ravished can only be
accounted for by Germany having commenced
hostilities a year earlier than thoy expected.
Conditions are lamentable from whatever
point viewed. Lloyd-George did not overesti
mate the vital Interests at stake, although he
may be strategically overestimating the dura
tion of the conflict.
I have been a reader of tho Eveninq Lkdobh
since its first issue.
EDWABD MEAKIM.
Philadelphia, September 14,
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Onwnrd and upward Is tho progress of busi
ness throughout tho entire republic Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Parleying with Mexican chiefs Is euch a
waste of time thnt each new attempt at It ex
cites surprise outside Administration circles In
Washington. Boston Trnnscrlrt.
While the United States Is deporting diplo
matic and consular offenders It may find time
to attend to the case of Its own Mr. Archibald.
The willing carrier may bo taught that even a
iressenger becomes a personage of Importance
when he essays to Injuro his nation's Interests.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
We ask no more of Germany than wo do of
England that It keep the law and we shall
accept no less. If Count Bernstortt has the
slightest idea that the United States will con
tinue passive while American citizens are be
ing butchered, ho is duo to experience a sudden
and painful awakening. Richmond Times-Dla-patch.
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