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EVMIFG 170in1iirR-pniLAXnBIjPHlA SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1915:
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.CntrM II T,i.dlTnrt,ft. VIcePre.MiJtnt, John C.Mnrtln,
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CLASS MAIL UATTtU
TUB AVEItAllE S'lIT I'AIIi DAILY I'lltCL't.A-
tion or Tim i:vi:nin(i i.ihmikh
KOll NOVUM tltltt WAS tll.MII.
PIIILADtl.rillA. SATUftUAY, IICCLMIICR II. 1915.
A mnn bernmes learned by asking questions;
Ltd If he. Would not become a nulinncc
to id ft lends, lie will not ask
too mrtiij (it one time.
RAISING TUB ANTE
THE way tn km tho Republican convrntlon
for Philadelphia 1h to tniilco It Impossible
for the Nutlonul Commlttca to ncccpt the
invitation of uny other city. This cnn bo
done by making tho money guarantee so
Largo that It cannot be refused without put
ting the committee on tho defensive.
Tho Chamber of Commerce Convention
Commlttco hns evidently decided to raise tho
Ante nnd to offer JIRO.OOO, Instead of $100,000,
to bo used an the financial olliccrs of tliu Na
tional Committee see lit. They -w til not
merely guarantee to pay the expenses of tho
convention, as was done by Chicago In 1012,
but they will raise so much money that thoro
Will he a surplus for general campaign pur
poses, A hundred nnd fifty thousand dollars talks
the language which every National Commit
teeman "dn understand, oven If It Is not Ills
mother tongue. There remains time enough
to secure the sulmcrlptlons needed to raise
this nmounti. The publlr-splrlted men of tho
city will doubtless dig down In their pockets
between today nnd Monday night nnd send
their pledges to those In charge of raising
the fund.
LAWS TO PROTECT OUR NEUTRALITY
THE Attorney CJenernl Is most restrained
when he says In his discussion of needed
changes In the neutrality laws that "In two
or three respects immediate) nctlon seems
necessary "
There Is at present no adequate law under
which the fiovernment mny seize nnd retain
munitions being exported In disregnrd of
such nn embargo pioclamntlou ns tho Presi
dent made against the shipment of nrms nnd
ammunition to Mexico. And there Is no law
under which the Government may seize
weapons collected for nn armed Invnslon of
another country from our territory.
There Is no national law. either, making it
a crime to place bombs or other explosives
on n. ship sailing from United States ports
with tho intent to destroy the vessel nt sea,
and tho Government hns no express author
ity to arrest and punish a person who es
capes from nn Interned ship of a belligerent
nation.
When Congress nets upon tho recommenda
tion of Mr. Gregory It will he posslblo to
punish in tho United States courts tho plot
ters agalns tho safety of our commerce, nnd
It will bo ensler also to prevent complica
tions nrlslng out of the attempted participa
tion of Americans in Insurrections In tho
small countries bordering on the Gulf of
Mexico. Tho need of laws covering these
points Is so evident that no argument should
be required to persundo Congress of Its duty.
INEXCUSABLE DELAY ON PARKWAY
THE city government must plead guilty
to the Indictment of delay found by tho
City Tarks Association. Progress upon the
Parkway has been so slow that It has be
coma almost n public scandal. The beautiful
street, marked in green on the maps, Im
presses tho outsider with the wise policy of
this community in bringing tho great Fair
mount Park to the City Hall; but when the
stranger comes here and finds that tho Pnrk
way has no real existence savo upon a map
he is disappointed, not to say disgusted.
Mayor Smith has an opportunity to do
many things during his administration, but
there Is nothing that he can do that will
make so deep an impress upon the people
Who are working for city beautlflcation as
tho completion of this boulevard with Its
trees and grass plots. The erection of the
proposed public buildings upon It should not
be rushed too fast. They can wait till tho
setting for them Is ready.
THE HERO OF ANDALUSIA
T'iE act of Samuel Crowther, of Anda
lusia, in holding up the Pennsylvania
Railroad sends a thrill of envy through the
heart of every less courageous man. When
the railroad track was blockaded by tho
wreck of two, trains running- by his farm tho
freight was thrown over the fence on his
land to clear the way for the wrecking en
gines and to let other trains through, nut
when the trainmen tried to get the freight
back into fresh cars ho warped them off.
His son was killed while crossing the rail
road a year ago, and there has been no set
tlement of his claim for damages. Until he
Is compensated for the life of the boy he will
keep the freight. That was his purpose last
night
It Is not possible to defend his action by
the ordinary rjiles of conduct. Yet what Is
a small farmer to do whan a big corporation
Ignores him? There la probably not a man
In the whole nation who does not wish that
he had the nerve to do what Crowther has
don?.
The railroad company may have an ade
quate explanation for the delay In settling
his claim. But that has nothing to do with
tho spontaneous admiration for a man who
refuse to submit to what he thinks Is an
Injustice and Is Quick enough to take ad
Vantage of the first opportunity to assert
iiimelf Mark Twain was In the habit of
keratins h-s ftlkw cvuutrytnea for their
willingness to submit to 'all sorts of abuses
rather than make n protest. If he could
rench his hand fiom the Elyslun fields, In
which his admirers hope ho Is now dwelling,
ho would grnsp thnt of Crowther with ft
hearty grip nnd say, "Put licr there, old boy!
You have clone the proper thing. If you do
not stand up for your rights no one else
will."
KEEP THIS NEW BUSINESS
JAMi:S ,T. IltliTi used to say Unit When
the railroad sidings wero crowded with
loaded freight cari which could not be mmcrt
the termlnnl fncllltle wrro outgrown. Till
condition exists today nn nil the roads load
ing to the Ninth Atlantic ports There is
so great a demand for cargo spare In ocean
going ships that It Finitint be met. Now
York has not rmnn nt her piers for tho ships
In hrr harbor. Ton or n dozen arc anchored
In the stream wnltltu for n place to dock.
Philadelphia is Irs crowded, but the export
business of this city last month wns larger
thnn ever befnie In the history of the port.
Fourteen million two hundred thousand dot
larV worth of goods were shipped abroad In
tho thirty days ending on November 30, or
more than $.1,000,000 In excess of the nmotint
for tho same period Inst year. Hut wo could
do more business
The railroad trnllle managers have nlready
decided to make greater Use of this city.
Arrangements have been perfected for send
ing hero two of the phlps for which there Is
no room In New York, nnd more will come
later. Wo nre to get some, If not nil, of tho
overflow.
It Is up to the Transportation Committee
of tho Chamber of Commercn nnd the Direc
tor or the Port to keep the new business.
Tho opportunity to demonstrate the advan
tages offered here was never better. There.
Is tin need of lighterage. The railroads run
directly to tho piers nnd freight cnn bo
transferred from the cars to the hold of the
ships for much lesn than It costs In Now
York. Tho difference In our favor Is great
enough to compensate for tho long pall up
tho Delaware to the piers on tho water front.
Thoso who think thnt tho port hero Is
merely a local affair, of no concern to nny
one outside of Philadelphia, would do well
to change their views quickly and Join with
tho great majority of forward-looking citi
zens who nro engaged In boosting tho trade
of the nation by boosting tho trade of that
part of It where they live.
AMERICAN HUMOR
THE Philosopher of Archey Hoad Is asked
to move over a llttlu anil share u place.
In the simile with the critics of Wnsser
bauur's IliHtiiuiant. Fortunately Mr. Dooley
Is Usui to It. Since his early dnys lie has j
shared places with many men of many minds,
and few of them have been more amusing,
innro crltlcnl and delightful than Messrs.
Hlrsky and Zapp, concerning whom much Ik
printed nn nuothct pago of the Eviinino
I.i;i'fii:u today.
It Is almost a sin to be serious In the pres
ence of thcxe humorists; but there Is n little
somothing to ha snid about them which Is
not so apparent, although It Is ns pleasant,
as tholr humor. As surely as Ilosea Ulg
low. Mr. Dooley Is American. As surely as
Putrnleum V. Nnsby, Messrs, Hlrsky and
Znpp nro Americans. And the good thing to
note Is that under their accents nnd ec
centricities, they nre Interested In precisely
the things which Interest Americans, with
out foielgn preoccupations, without tho ob
session of their own strangeness.
Sorely, In the midst of Internal perils and
dissensions, these American humorists reas
sure us a bit. Some of the metal In the pot
Is unyielding, hut It melts. It melts!
NEVER TOO OLD TO BEGIN
THE difference betweon a mnn nnd a horse
Is that tho horse never thinks that ho is
too old to begin. Take the case of Hilly Dis
pute, n racing animal which lias won con
siderable money on tho trotting circuit. His
Identity was In doubt, for some experts wero
sure that he was a "ringer," racing under
false pretenses. The board of review of tho
National Trotting Association made n care
ful Investigation, and discovered that he was
Just a plain horse that had been driven to
a baker's wagon for seven years and that
ho did not start on his racing career till ho
was 12 years old. Tho board decided that he
was entitled both to his nnme and to his
winnings.
Hilly Dispute was not worried about his
age. He could trot, nnd he trotted as though
he wore In his prime. If ho were asked to
write his philosophy of life ho would doubt
less say that all a horse knows or needs to
know Is that It is a disgrace to take tho dust
of any other animal on the road. Too many
men say to themselves, "Oh, what's the
use?" nnd settle down Into a Jog trot when
they get to bo 35 nnd let older but no abler
men who have only Just discovered that
they wero gifted with speed Icavo them far
In the rear.
Hungary Is tired of the war nnd is willing
to admit It.
It begins to look as If the fight for transit
was not won yet.
Columbus has discovered tho President, hut
it must understand that he Is not all
America,
"V. S. Seeks Light on Searching of Ships."
Headline.
Searchlights?
No one except the canners will regret that
thp war has raised tho price of benzoato of
soda to $5 a pound.
It seems to be known in France, If not
here, that Philadelphia Is the greatest textile
manufacturing centre in tho world.
British labor unions have united to battle
for their wages, therehy giving the country a
lesson on how to battle for Its life.
When you look at those finger prints you
cannot blame the Norrlstown Jury for re
fusing to convict a man on their unsupported
evidence.
Sir Wilfred Iturier Is unduly pessimistic
if lie thinks that If the Germans win tho
war Canada will be ruled by the Kaiser. Ho
forgets that there is such a thing as the
Monroe Doctrine.
When Mr. Ford sits' In Mr, Cumegle's
peace palace at The Hague, If he ever gets
there, he might devote a few minutes to J
thinking about tho few things on which mere
money can talk with good effect.
President says that America must
preserve, its poise and self-possession. It'r
all right about the poise, but between Brit
ish seizures and German submarines our pos
sessions seem to bo slipping away from ourselves.
Tom Daly's Column
yiREBtDV DIIEAM8
An oM colonM flrcvlaccl
What memorits cling around HI
Such Quaint curved frame, such hallowed
stone,
I'd often di earned thai I might oicn,
And now at last I've found it.
It (traced a sporting squire's halt
VViosc pegs once held Ms rlflc
Long vcart before the sordid clownt
Who houghl the mansion, lore It doicn
And told this for a trifle.
lie teas, in truth, a sordid crcteh,
This clod trio took mg mancg.
"I wonder u-Jig folks get so daft
About such Junk," he said, and laughed
As though he thought It funnV
l'oor wiclch, Indeed! It'iot soul had ho
To conjure Up the. spirit
Of kindly cheer and olden grace
That once endoteed that fireplace, t
And still Is hovering near Itf
nut I who've starved In rented flats,
How coutd I help but low itt
And so I've stored mil prise nwal
.gntnst the coming of that dag
When I'll be master of It,
And you, my frlendi, you, loo, shall bless
The happy dag I found It,
l'or I'll Invite you all tn call
As snnn ni I've the wherewithal
To build a house around It,
The German Chnnccllor, wo gather, posi
tively refuses to consider peace until the rest
of the world gets down on Its knees. Tho
American munition plants, especially, must
not remain standing.
And Was It Common or Overtime?
The Ituln (olo was tilnynl ly Itermnn
Schllmm, of tho nlltorlal ngmvlnit depart
ment, ami the ham solo l,y II M. Sullivan, of
tho machinery repair department. from report
of the concert of the Curtii Orchestra.
Did Mr. Sullivan play tho "Anvil Chorus"7
D.
Hill's Manual
of
Social and Business Forms
CopjrlKht, Tho. 11. 1 1 lit,
Chli-ngo, 18S2.
We feel wo should not ton often inlerposo
between Professor Hill and the reader, but,
being somewhat cons-clous of remissness, wo
trust we will bo pardoned If wo horn in hero
(an expression unknown In the professor's
day) to make n little apology.
It is as an expert penman and Ilotirlsher
that Professor Hilt Is to coruscate conspicu
ously In the corridors of time, nnd wo
should, therefore, have presented him, In
propria persona, ero this, but wo hnvo been
handicapped by our Inability to select from
a wealth of material thnt specimen of Ills
handicraft which best trumpets his genius.
At last, we believe, we have found It.
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M f' C.,jj.tjt2-
This work of nrt has aroused the en
thusiasm of poets and humorists. "When
Gelett Hurgess, tho purplo cowboy, first
looked upon It In tho company of some
friends ho was
I.Ike stout Corter. when, with eagle eyef.
He stared at tho Pacific and nil his men
Looked nt each other with a wild surmise.
Hut tho next moment ho was stirred to
nddress the work of ort, quoting tho opening
lines of Shelley's "Ode to n Skylark":
Hall to thee, blithe spirit!
Hlrd thou never wert.
Hero wo wero to have cited some of the
professor's choicest specimens of letter
writing, but we have exhausted our space.
They will keep for another occasion.
Overdoing It
Chlmmlc "Say, did youce cee de cover on de
Snttnd'y Hve. Post ills week?"
Benny "Yeh, nn' If dat kid ain't careful he'll
git a Hlble fur Chris'mus."
We've renewed the nequalntnnco of that
prodigal tllefish prodigal, that is to say, in
the sense of coming back home after having
been away awhile. The creature seems to
have grown stingy while It was. absent from
us. for we're sure It used to give bigger por
tions of Itself than we got nt Dooner's yes
terday. Perfectly Proper Pctey and Punky
Said Petey Dink to Punky Dunk:
"Would It be naughty to get drunk?"
"Why. Ledger comics do not drink,"
Kald Punky Dunk to Petey Dink.
Sappho,
The Contractor Speaks
Two or three thousand people were assem
bled at the cornerstone !.i!hk. It was on a
K.mirrtay in the month of May Everybody
had Ids hat on. 'When the papers, new coin
and a parchment copy of the Old Testament
were placed where they belonged and the stone
swung Into place, the chairman took It on
himself to ask the contractor for n few words
This happened In a city where the Evknino
Ledoek is read, and ns the contractor still
has his good health Umlaschrlea! I'll not
mention his name, nnd for the best of reasons
keep under cover myself.
"It was very daclnt Iv th' worthy chalr
mln," the contractor responded, "to pay thlm
compllinlntu to yer "umble servint, but I'd bo
a. thousand times more obliged if he let me
be. bekase I didn't come prepared to make a
speeoh. Ilesldes, thoso who has proceeded me
covered the ground O. K. However, I, want
to say right hero nn' now that all ye' folks
will get xlollar for dollar on this contract.
(Much applause.) An' furthermore, that the
work will all be finished ahead iv time. I didn't
Intlnd to tray anything about a little matter
I have in me mind till .later on, but as I'm
on me feet I'll give it to ye now. The contract
doesn't call for me to have the job iltfiio before
last day of nlxt Jane-u-arry, but I'm going to
promise right hero and now and I defy tho
man" who ever said t broke me word that I'll
have ye In here to hold yer first service nlxt
Krlsmls mornln'!" Kelt.
And here pomes this now Montague
Qlasa with yet another story again. Ilia first
discussion of current topics through bis
manikins, Zapp and Blrsky, plentifully
blesses another pago of this paper. Here's
a health to Potash, Perlmutter, Zapp. IJlrsky
ii iid die ganze mespoohal
Above Par
The son of a Swarthmore clergyman brought
home his monthly report card and was criti
cised by hli mother because of the low marks
on several studies. "Look here, ton, there Is
certainly no excuse for a mark of 85 per cent
on deportment you ought always to have a
hundred mark "
"Gee, Hal Tbey ca.ll ma an angel now "
D. A.H,
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VVlS
JUST WONDERING IP THIS TEACHES A CHILD THE
INDIA, COVETED JEWEL OF THE EAST
Renewal of Struggle of Three Centuries Ago for Possession of
This Oriental Treasure House "India," Said Peter the
Great, "Means Supremacy in Europe"
'f""N TO India!" The cry has been raised
J In Ilerlln. A highway of battlo nnd
conquest nnd Imperial power from Herlln to
llagdnd, nnd on through .Mesopotamia to tho
head of tho Persian Gulf, even to Hrltaln's
Asian treasure house of wenlth, seems too
vnst nn undertaking, with foes on every side,
fues behind and before; but tho bigger tho
tusk and tho more stupendous the cttort tho
stronger seems the nppeal to tho war man
agers of Germany. Thirteen month ngo tho
well-known General von Ucrnhnrdi shall wo
not call him "publicist"? named inula as
the certain goal of tho Teuton nrmlcs. "Wo
shall go to India," he said, "and the native
peoples will welcome us." Hero in America
wo have heard vaguo rumors of unrest In
tho Hrltlsh dominions In Asin. London has
heard them, to the great dlscomflturo of the
censors nnd tho Impediment of editorial
writers. When Kitchener departed eastward
F.nglund and America vcre quick to believe
that his destination was India.
Hut the Teutonic designs on India are
older. They oro nt least ns old ns the "Der-lln-to-Ungdad"
project. Tho Uagtlad Ilall
rond is Germany's "Suez Canal," tho symbol
of her dreams for empire eastward, the con
necting link from Herlln to tho Persian Gulf
and beyond lies India, tho pearl of tho
Tlrltish Empire's crown. From tho stand
point of wnr strategy, India, ns Von Hern
hardl said, Is England's feet of clay. Several
years ago tho London Times thundered n
warning to the Hrltlsh Government nnd the
British people. "Tho maintenance of British
supremacy on the Persian Gulf closely af
fects tho future of British rule In India.
Tho revived interest In tho Bagdad
Hallway Is of vital Importance to Indian In
terests. The greatest fear of thoso
Interested In the wolfaro of India Is that,
amid tho absorbing preoccupations of do
mestic problems. Indian problems, both ex
ternal and Internal, may not receive tho
nttontion they deserve nt ttie hands of tho
British public
Peter the Great's Injunction
And what of Russian ambitions? Tho his
tory of the nineteenth century is filled with
the rlvnlry of Great Brltnln and Hussla, as
poignant lint! as relentlessly pursued on both
sides as any rlvnlry tn ancient or modern
times. It concerns not only Constantinople,
but India also. Some of It has been written In
tho strangling of Persia, but Its concluding
chapter has not yet appeared. Neither side
has vanquished tho other. They mo now
allies, but both cannot win, because both aim
or did aim, until a few months ago at the
same thing: England tn keep India, Russia
to wrest It from her uud add It to her own
possessions.
France and England struggled for posses
sion of India. Peter the Great of Russia
dreamed of a far-stretclilns empire balance 1
between Kuropo and Asia, with Constanti
nople, the cnpital of tho Cnesar.s for 1100
years, as the capital of Russia, and left to
his successors- tho following Injunction:
"Keep in mind that tho commerce of India I
is tho commcice of the world, and that ho
who can exclusively control It is tho dictator I
of Europe." Tills Injunction has never been j
quite forgotten.
But the Russian Bear has been softly nnd i
steadily moving eastward ever since, east
ward toward India. Profuse with expres
sions of friendship for Great Britain, politely j
acknowledging again and again that "tho I
Persian Gulf Is n British lake," blandly con
ceding, when Invited to do so, that "ciroum- i
stances make It necessary for Great Brltnln
to have exclusive control over Afghan af- j
fairs, Afghanistan lylns next to India"; cor- j
dially nssentiufc to the wisdom of keeping
Tibet, on tho Indian northern frontier, an I
Independent State; Russia has all the time j
tried to secure for herself by secret methods
every right she has so glibly given to Great
Britain, not only by word of mouth, but by I
treaty, solemnly signed, sealed and delivered. !
"Money Graveyard of the AVorld"
The aim of each nation that has ever j
sought dominion In tho great region known
as India has been commercial and not colo
nial. As Admiral Mahan pointed out in "The
Problem of Asia," India constitutes a. highly I
Important "huso" of military und naval
power as well as uli atea valuable In itself.
As a bource of wealth It Is the richest "pos- '
session" on the face of the earth. It yields I
annual revenues of $300,000,000. The balance i
of trade Is always In favor of India. As a
reservoir of precious metal India Is bar- f
barlcally splendid. This fabulous accumula
tion of concrete wealth Is an Interesting I
theme. ,
From the latest commerce reports cornea a I
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vnst nmount of Interesting Information con
cerning tho absorption of treasure by this
great country. India Is what two different
writers havo called respectively "tho great
sink of precious- niotals" nnd tho "money
graveyard of tho world." For twcnty-llvo
centuries thcro hns been a constant flow of
gold and silver Into India from tho Western
nations. It hns been one of tho unchanging
economic conditions of tho world, nnd ono
which rulers of different lands, depleted for
It, hnvo tried In vnln to stop.
Complaints of India's nppctlto for gold
began In the tlmo of tho Cnrthagcnlnns, who
In the fourth century II. C. disposed of gold
they procured from Spain to thnt country,
Pliny tells of unavailing protests mndo In
tho first year of the Christian era of expor
tntlons of tho precious metal from the Ro
man Empire, nearly $15,000,000 of It being
sent annually to India. Queen Elizabeth, in
1G00, tried in vnln to counteract tho (low of
gold from her country to India.
Small Inroads Into this enormous hoard of
trensure have been mndo unwillingly in
times of famine, but ns long' ngo as 1801 a
writer estimated that tho precious motals
locked up In Indln, In trinkets nlono,
amounted to $2,000,000,000. Gold has been
used through the centuries by India ns other
peoples hnvo used gems nnd pnlntlngs nnd
objects of nrt for tho gorgeous ornamenta
tion of public buildings nnd pnlaces. Gold
Is locked up In the treasuro chambers of the
princes, It is used ns a basis of credit for
merchants nnd traders, nnd tho poor people,
who hnvo secreted It in nooks and crannies,
ns well ns In the earth, have sometimes died
of starvation rather thnn part with It.
Ono of the most Important Mnhnrajan of
India hns cannon of solid gold thnt precode
him when ho goes about. Ho has chairs,
tables nnd u bed, as well ns water Jugs, of
silver nnd gold. It is snld that London bul
lion dealers have exquisitely polished bars
of gold to supply tho wants of Indian
princes. All clnssos In India nro affected by
this spirit of hoarding. They prefer to fmt
their savings in gold to anything else. Coln
aro converted Into necklaces, bracelets nnd
anklets.
Fortunes in Jewels
Immense fortunes In India nro In Jewels,
but there, Is no nuthorltativo method of com
putation of tho extent of this form of wenlth.
Tho Imperlnl Gazetteer of India described
fifty years ngo a shawl of pearls, with nn
arabesque border of diamonds, rubles, sap
phires, and emeralds, valued at 15,000,000.
There nro tales of carpets of pearls and great
diamonds which havo become world-famous.
Kstlmntcfl nnd statistics which shqw In
detail how this vast amount of trensure has
reached India are Interesting. By'tho au
thentic records kept by the British Govern
ment since 1S35 it is shown that $l,r00,000,000
more of gold has gone Into India than has
come out. In less than it century $3,000,000,
000 of the two precious metals has been nb-s-orbed,
nnd these figures show only n con
tinuation of n movement going on since tho
days of the Phoenicians.
The Prize of the World was sought from
the earliest periods of history. The attempts
of Holland. Portugal nnd France, n tho
period just preceding the modern age, to se
cure tho largest Bhnro of India's trade, form
an Important chapter in the history of tho
world. The desire to find a short route
thither by sea furnished much of tho impetus
fflven to exploration during the fifteenth
century und led tn the achievement of Vnscn
da Gnma, The conquest of Constnntlnoplo
by tho Turks had laid a heavy obstacle In
the path- of the overland traders. Columbus
sought tho Orient and found tho Western
Hemisphere, In tho seventeenth century tho
famous East India Company Joined in tho
rivalry for the trado of India and opened the
way for the extension of English Influence
and power over the wliolo country. Then
came that remarkable experiment of gov
ernment by n commercial corporation, and
It was not until the middle of the nineteenth
century that this control was finally -and
fully transferred to the British Crown nnd
not till then that "welfare work" for tho
people of India began t'o make substantial
progress.
India, probably, has never been well un
derstood by Occidental peoples. British ex
ploitation and philanthropy present a story
mixed In reasons for praise and blame. Cer
tain It Is that In India may be found the
most heterogeneous aggregate of peoples In
the world. Mongols, Aryans, Persians,
Greeks, Scythians, Huns. Ar.abs, Afghans. I
Turks and Moguls 1-ave passed Into this vast '
region, founding kingdoms and empires, mix
ing In greater or less degree with their pred-
TRUE SPIRIT OP CHRISTMAS
eccssors, and leaving eomo mark on lan
guage, customs nnd religions.
If India Is ntlll a mystery even to her
rulers, It was only a name to tho Grcok ami
Ilomnn world, Alexander's visit was brief.
Greece was Greece and Rome was Rome, and
boyontl wero tho barbarians. Enst was Bast
nnd West was West after tho ipruendes.
Marco Polo brought back a llttlo informa
tion nnd traders of the Middle Ages returned
to Europe with tho goods of tho Orient.
British rule wrote new chnptcrs of, romance
nnd cold fncts of history. Kipling is not m
much nn Interpreter of India ns of the Brit
ish occupation.
Romance nnd History
Tho period of British rule Is but a small
fraction of India's history. Eustward from
tho Iranian plateau tho Aryans descended
Into tho Punjab as early ns 2000 B. C, and
spread through tho peninsula, expelling or
subduing the nboriginnl tribes. Hero grew
up long beforo the tlmo of Christ two of the
most influential religions of the world, Bran
manlsm nnd Buddhism, and a literature rich
in poetry and mystic philosophy. Tho epics
of tho Mahabhnrata and Hamnynna contain
legends of wars which must have been of
much lmportnnco in the early history of the
Vedlc Empire. In this India, nt a later
time, tho celebrnted Tamerlane flourished.
j It Is tho country of Sikh princes nnd the
rajahs of Mysore; of astral bells and occult
wonders; of tho Taj Mnhal and Benares, a.
crcd city of tho Hindus; of Delhi nnd the
Durbar; of Cllvc and Hastings: of the Black
Hole of Calcutta and tho Relief of Lucknow;
of famlnen nnd mutinies; of tyrnnny"iand en.
lightened government: of "Barrack Room
Hallads" and "Tho Light of Asia"; of caste
nnd Chrlstlnn missions; of nn nnclcnt and
now broken civilization, besldo which our
own. in tho eyes of the true Hindu, is like
outer darkness. And India has always had
tho fatal gift of beauty nnd wealth, and the
strife of the nations of Europe foj posses
sion of "the pearl of tho East" Is not done.
A NEWSBOY'S CAREER
The life or Frederick Parry Morris shoull
provide Inspiration for every true American.
Coming to this country from England n A
boy, penniless, finding his opportunity n
nvsboy on Long Island, working bid wnv no
the ladder until he reached the toil rung of
business success, his carper stands ns a i)mbol
Of what can be done here by grit nnd pcrsever
anco. , '
'Hut he was much more than n mccrpsful mm
of business. The gift for organization and d
mlnlstiatlon that put him ht thp hesil of th
Long Island News Company and made him a
millionaire nlso enriched thp service i.whlch ti
gave to the village of Flushing nv Its vice
president nnd president. And tho fine quali
ties of heart nnd mind that won for him "'
confidence - nnd friendship of the hi men In
the lallfoads and newspapers with Kvhlch hi
dealt also brought him the eminence thlch
achieved lp Masonry.
He was a big asset to Long Islind M
friends will miss him nnd mourn him. If he
could unite In the croitlnn of BOine scrvlceabls
memorial, thoy would do-honor to thnuelvJ
and to the community which has bten aid"
und Insplied by tho life nnd orks of Frederic
Pnrry Morris. "-.
PHOTOGRAPHY IN-AIR RAIDS
Photography, of cource, Vs Splaying an ever
liiei casing part In aerial. wconno ssnne. It 'J
now ono of the prime meahs'f nscert.jlnlnj tM
ncturaey with which bomb dropping U'littendea
Contrary to the general Ijlea. when 4 P,ace . ,
to bo bombed the pfoet4i does nbt con,lf)
merely of a few pltu-k 'en piloting W
mnrhlnes to the no'ghho-' l and taking- w
liskB to try t get In a 'utl shot before re
turning. The lire thnt follows the dipi'PliU!
each bomb Is photographed. b alrcnft irow
above, so that a permanent iccord Is nl!llJe.i?2
rernlng the places actually damaged. Npt""
Is left to guesswork.-lt. Massac Uutst in
Loudon Post.
GLIMPSES OF MORTALITY
Stephen 1'lillllp. (lie pud, illi-il TbuMdly '"
I.nii'lun. Tho followln la ft ivlcitlon Irom "
' Muipesfa."
And moat I remember of all human inhiB
My mother: often us a child I prtwfd
.My lace against her check, and felt her tea"1
Even as the smiled on me, hef eyes woulif " .
Until my own grow Ignorunlly wet,
And I In silence wonilcieil nt norrow
When I remember tills, how shall I know
That I m'oir may not, by sorrow taualu.
Accept the perfect stillness of the ground!
Wheie. though I lie still, and stir not at an.
Vet shall 1 Irresistibly bo kind,
Helplessly sweet, a wandering garden oli.
My ashes shall console and mul.e for Pf"
This mind that Injuud. be an cndlesa ""
Or If there be some other world, w th no
Bloom, neither tippling sound, nor ear,j
Nor leave, nor pleasant exchange of d""1
speech;
(lnl a dreadful pacing to and fro
Of spirits meditating en the sun, i. .
lnii. I nf hiir,l hniiL.hu miri irrlOVlng ftUro
Vet would 1 not forego the doom, the jilace.
Whither my poet and my heioe went
Before me; wnrr!or that with deed W"'
Saddened my youth, jet made it jsreat.W u"
Lonely antagonists of Destiny, ....
That went down scornful before many P ' '
Who. soon us we are born. ar strut?"
friend;
&n,l IIvm In icimnlfi mimic I'OUtitrV VOn?9
And mournful ballads by the winter Ore i
... . . .,i.i .1. , ji.,i, tre" w"
onus lucy uiivv unu, u, ,s.. - -t
would not lose it -
f.-irnr mat