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EVENiNG 'LBDGEE-PHII.ADJLPHJA, 'PTrirttfl'DAYa MAT 11, 1916-
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Nones Subeerlbert wishing addraes chanted muet
(Ira old ai well a new address.
will the people who criticise the Senate for
Its lack of representative quality take ft lesson
from the Indifference with which Pennsylva
nia is choosing halt of her representation
there?
"A NATION OP VILLAGERS"
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PHILADELPHIA, THUnSDAY, MAY II, lf.
a man never made a mistake he would
la hired by Rockefeller at $60,000 a year.
?. Jones.
These grlngoos are strange people. They
won't believe that Villa la dead, even though
he admits It
"JfoNlchol will be silent on transit untlt
1 election eve." The point Is, rather, that ho
hall ho silent on tho eve after election.
It may be only a coincidence that the peace
rumors are beginning to como out of Germany
Just after tho announcement ot a beer famine.
4 A) Seattle agitator says that births should
be confined to the lower classes. Tho travel
ing public will agree with her that lower
berths aro much more satisfactory.
I.
One last little pun on the very punablo, not
to say punitive, namo of Mayor Riddle. We
have had him as a rlddlo needing an answer,
as ridiculous and as riddled with criticism.
Now, perhaps, wo are rid of him.
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An ominous and significant silence reigned
In Oyster Bay whon tho President's tremen
dous ultimate noto to Germany was published.
Is It possible that the 42-centlmeter critic has
been silenced by a scrap of papei
Fifteen men have como right forward as
candidates for the Provisional Presidency of
''San Domingo after Bearing poor JImlnez out
of that office. Vpry good, gentlemen, but leave
guns t home. This mustn't be a case of "flf
teen men on a dead man's chest."
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Whether Congress makes an appropriation
for beginning work on a one thousand foot or
a seventeen hundred toot drydock at League
Island Is not so Important as whether it
- makes any; appropriation at all. The dock
can be enlarged at any time when onco It
if built
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The Impeachment of a Governor Is not the
j best way to advertise the virtues and dignity
(Ot a State when it 'is a case of tho pot im
peaching the kettle. The possibility of this
costly and necessarily overpolltlcal proceeding
will be properly obviated if the Governor, puts
the Issue to a test in the courts now and
abides by tho decision by retaining or re
signing his office.
When the evidence or her guilt could no
longer be denied Germany admitted that she
attacked the Sussex. She is arranging to
make reparation for tho injury to the Ameri
cans and other neutrals on board. Now let
na see what she has to say about the Cymric,
XThlch was attacked without warning. Tho
British are saying that the Cymric was a
merchant ship, of the kind which Germany
. "has promised she will not attack contrary
to the rules of International law.
- Colonel Allen, of the First Regiment, has the
right idea about the way to strengthen the
Pennsylvania National Guard in the present
emergency. He is looking for recruits who
have had service either in the regular army
cr in the National Guard, so that they will
not have to go through a long season of pre
liminary training before they understand the
fut pf the soldier. No one knows when the
State troops may be called into the service
of the nation. Congress may dillydally, but It
la not necessary for the red-blooded men ot
the States to await action in Washington.
The National Guard Is not so efficient as tho
regular army, but it la much better than a
body of untrained men.
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la.
While the Attorney General and the Fed.
raj Trade Commission ore Investigating the
fairness of the announced increase in the
price of anthracite, thejr might also Inquire
Into the reason for asking a higher price for
coal In Philadelphia than It is Bold for in New
Tork, The publio is willing to pay a fair
price for whatever ft uses, but it does not like
to be robbed. The report of the Bureau of
tabor shows that following the increase in
wages of May 20, 1013. the average price of
Mtfyrapite was Increased 25 cents a ten. The
wage Jncrease added about 9 centa a ton to the
cost of production. The coal companies col.
Jeoted that 0 cents from the public, and they
collected, in addition 16 cents more a ton to
pay for the 'cost of giving to the miners the
extra, 9 cents! The present increase in wages
Will add about 12 cents a ton to the cost ot
mining.. Jt wjll take a lot o reasoning to per.
uado the public that an increase of 60 cents a
ton Ja fair or Just.
The most extraordinary situation presents
Itself in the choice of Senator for thjs State.
It )s a safe bet that nine-tenths of the voters
ajra net conscious of the fact that Philander
. Xnox la on the ballot to be used next Tues
day. Aa probabilities go, air. Knox is certain
to succeed Senator Oliver. Yet he has not
declared himself on our duty to Belgium, on
the righta and wrongs of our policy toward
Qermany. Nor haji he given wide publicity
tpbin views on the army increase, on the
JJesfcmn situation (beyond a limited number
e remarks), on what this country should do
after the war, qn the merchant marine, on
a nitrate plant, on, government-owned armor
Plate plants. Mr. Knox is not An unknown
quantity la this Btata and in the country.
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The United States has been at sleeplna;
Sntneon, nnd Congress Is the Dellla-H ready
to shear winy Its strength. Congress nil!
take evjT ndrantono of the country until
the cotnPry wnkes again nnd shows who Is
master. The rinklnc must come at once.
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THREE factors come to the fore today de.
mandlng a majority vote for the transit
and general improvement loans and repre
senting elements of the population which
constitute an enormous majority for that Joan
on paper. The are the organized busi
ness men, former Director Taylor and
the Mayor. To the representatives pf the
first of these, who have already expressed
themselves for the loans, Mr. Taylor ad
dresses an emphatic call to action. The ad.
ministration adds its expressed good will
through the Mayor and, after all, he wap
elected by a majority of the citizens. Behind
Mr. Tayjor and the business, men's leaders are
many thousands of sympathetio voters.
But It la necessary to put the paper major
ity here represented Into; the realty 0f victory
a the polls. If behind the Mayor are no
more than the poor 85,000 votes Vara got the
last time lie bucked th Penrose gamej it
behind Mr. Taylor there la not a loyal support
refuly to d something mom than -cheer bJnil
K thf fcnrtnesf men da ffc uk their -utrntt
txW-iw4 taAtience UH, tba MmMmfptu iteltA
Si? tie Jm rmlt,
S THIS a nation of villagers? For a year
wo have been asleep and talking In our
sleep of theories, of militarism and of pa
cifism. Tho terrible light of day has been'
beating in through our windows and yet wo
sleep, t'or six months our Congress has
shunted Its footless way toward popgun pre
paredness. There Is a chance, a last desperate
chance, that tho country will wake jind bo
galvanized Into action onqo more by contact
with tho cold electric steel of fact.
It Is no longer necessary to discuss any
thing. Wo do not need to know whom the
United States Is to fear as an Invader, We
do not have to learn n. galling lesson from
Great Uiltnln. Wo need not cry for -nar or
prepare to beg for peace. We must only rec
ognize exactly what the condition of the
United States Is at this moment.
In simplest terms the situation Is this: In
order to punish a bandit who had committed
murder on American soil the President of tho
United States has sent virtually tho entire
mobile regular army of tho United States Into
a foreign country or to tho frontlor. To meet
the threats of a disorganized and anarchical
country that force was found shamefully and
dangerously Inadequate and tho President was
compelled to call upon tho National Guaid of
three States to relievo part of tho rogutar
force on frontier duty. If the entire Guard
responds, somo C000 men will bo relloved for
nctlvo service. In tho faco of a second raid
tho commander of tho United States forcos
was compelled to report, "I have no more men
to send."
At that very moment tho two Houses of
Congress found themsolvos hopelessly npnrt
on tho army bill, which provides. If the maxi
mum bo accepted, for a regular army of 250,000
men to safeguard a population of 100,000,000.
Tho disagreement camo after five agonizing
months, In overy day of which tho United
States was threatened with war.
In tho five months since Coijgrcss has met
no provision has been made for ammunition
or guns, for commissariat, for promptly In
creasing tho number of trained officers, for
enlarging tho personnel of tho navy, for build
ing now ships, for exploiting tho advantages
of tho aeroplane, for making even tho small
army and navy at our disposal effective
Weapons of self-dcfenso. The record of Con
gress is ono of deliberate indifference to tho
demonstrated necessities of the country. But
that Is not all.
Beyond this schedule of physical facts thero
lies the damning evidence of our year of dls
graco with Germany. Because the submarine
Issue seoms for the momept to be settled Con
gross relapses Into ite state of mental como.
Because tho disgrace has been wiped out by
an activity of patlenco and diplomatic skill
possibly without parallel In our history Con
gress assumes that it is forgotten. Tho shame
Is not that we did not go to war with Germany,
but that in alternate spasms of hysteria, and
cowardice Congress did give Germany ample
reason for believing that under no condition
would we go to war. A hateful and unse
ductlve Delilah, Congress has twico laid Its
shears on the locks of a worn and luxurious
Samson.
But Samson can only be shorn if ho is
asleep. Half a year ago, when tho President
spoke for a moderate item of self-defense, It
eeemed aa If no Inert body could withstand
the torrlblo Impact of Ideas which came to us
from Europe. No one expected the country to
be "heroic." No one nsked It to play the heavy,
hero In melodrama. What was ardently de
sired was a modicum of good sense, a calm
realization of dangers, a cooj loyalty to tho
principles of our faith In democracy. It seems
that even that has been denied.
Tho United States, If it Is betrayed by Con
gress nnd accepts that betrayal, may well be
called "a nation of villagers." England suffers
today because It does not yet understand that
its frontier is not on the North Sea, but some
where In France, and the United States will
suffer eternally until It realizes that its fron
tier is created anew wherever nnd whenever
tho rights of an American citizen are imperiled
or denied. But as villagers we have lived in
prosperous ease. Our very -wars have minis
tered to our riches and our pride. With lofty
words of brotherhood jind universal loye wo
havfc concealed the cowardice of our pacifism.
Tho American pacifist, In New England or In
Idaho, Is against war not because he loves his
enemy, but because he loves himself. Vll.
lagers at heart, we have thought of war as a
struggle for land or commerce, while our
country has grown bo that we must fight for
principles and for faith. Self-centred, Ignorant
of the world, content In the corruption of our
luxury, grasping at small things, incapable of
foreseeing the tremendous revolutions which
the war will bring, concerned with money
and Immured in self-esteem, we stand ready
to forfeit the proud heritage of a clear-eyed
and capable liberty, of democracy with all its
Ideals made real.
Congress was once the most august law
making body in the world because- it was a
group of statesmen legislating for a nation
of freemen. Today Congress is a group of
politicians legislating as if for a nation of
villagers. If that is the kind of Congress the
nation wants it can say so next November.
If not, a mandate and a warning should be
sent to Congress at once. If Congress Is
wrong, Heaven help It on election day. But
If Congress is right, may Heaven help the
country
A PAPER MAJORITY? MAKE IT REAL.
Tom Daly's Column
fltf(? A. BONG Ok BWK PBNN,
Blnq a toner 0 tick Penn, "f
A pocketful atcrv,
Several Ihoiltand iron nUn
Hidden fropt the eye, "
When the pie ieds opened '
ihey lepan fo sing) 1
Wasn't, that a dainty dish ,
To set before our dear, reverend Ben'
tors and all the great and honor
abl6 statesman, who Mnfest our
Oommontccalth and municipality,
and who are unaccustomed to, and
therefore shocked
At all that sort of ihlng.
ITIIY NOT RE CONTRARY OFTEN TIIK COI,. RE'S
I DON'T want to be contrary, but how about
tho Colonel hclnfr tho guy who put the "ex"
In "exit"? Very truly yours, W.B.P.
NOW, IF THAT'S THE LIVE WIRE WE BELIEVE IT TO BHU )
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The Other Side of It
She found his love was growing cold,
So back to ma she came!
Vowed ho was cold, but never told
His dinners wero tho same.
It Is futile to attempt to Instruct the for
ward youth of this our day. Ono who sat a
lunch with Us tho other day remarked In tho
course of a narrative, "and then tho poor fel
low sat and wrang his hands." "Thero Is no
such word as 'wrang,'" said wo. 'There
wasn't before I spoke, perhaps," eald he, "buk
there is now,"
A Contest Echo
'T's'odd how hard It Is to malto somo people
grateful and how hard It Is to get others to stop
licking your hand. To us this morning cams
W. h. Sacrey, proud of the fine straw lid he won
In the anagram' contest and laid this upon our
desk:
A SPURT TO AWE.
Some may want to toork this out, so we won't
print tho answer hero but others may not care
to bo kept In suspense. Theso last will find the
answer, printed in agate, near the bottom of the
column.
On Cherry Hill the breakfast bell makes us stir
and dross In haste
For we know between tho rings there's little time
to waste
'The second bell rings loud and long, and we can
smell and almost taste
The new-laid eggs and berries that makes this
home so dear a place.
THESE linos from the celebrated (by tho N.
Y. Trlbunopoom on "Cherry Hill," by Mrs.
Cora Brower, of Tyler, Tex., bring home very
forcibly tho thought What's that? "New-lald
eggs and berries"? Oh, no; we wouldn't find
fault with that. They may both have been
goose but, as wo were saying, theso lines
bring homo very forcibly tho thought that ono
.cannot be too careful where one's Hne3 are
cast It may Interest Mrs. Brower to know
that Cherry Hill In Philadelphia means tho
Eastern Penitentiary.
Safety First
Little Polly had a rose;
Its thorns stuck In hor skin.
"Oh, goodness!" oho exclaimed, "why don't
You use the safety-pin?"
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Mrs. Peel's first namo Is Anna, so wo are told
She gave $10 at the meeting and wo aro deeply
grateful. Howler, It Is not for this alone wo
make mention of her. 'Tls this she's been-Anna
Peel since she was born. (Don't slip up on this
one.) From "The Speedometer."
So? Nee Mrs?
PUBLIC OPINION ON
CURRENT QUESTIONS
Pertinent Queries About Transit.
Sunday in Philadelphia Curse
of Boss Rule Single Tax
Pullbacks
Hido-and-Seeking Round the Town
II.
TOM MOORE'S COTTAGE.
This lowly cot, I beg to state,
Is right here In our city;
But I am one who can't locate
Moore's cottage, moro's tho pity. 9
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E (editorial and conjugal) went to tho
movies last night and drew flfty-flfty.
Queer, though; tho part we considered minus
zero seemed most acceptable to the common
peepul. tho poor things whose brows are so
far from tho celling. Hoity-toity! 'tis cer
tainly hard to please all. Why, we've even
had complaints about the dulness of Our Own
Movies shown below.
Our Own Movies
(Passed by the Natural Senses)
By SHON RDA
Beel in
When a book agent rows through a hot broil- J
Ing sun to an Island three miles out In a bay to
sell a set of books to the keeper of the lighthouse
he becomes a trifle heated when the lighthouse
keeper coolly Insists that he has no time to read
books.
"No time! No time!!" exclaimed the book
agent. "Why what on earth do you do with
yourself all day hero on this rock?"
The lighthouse keeper lit his pipe calmly and
sent little clouds off, over the blue ocean, one
cloud after another, before replying:
"Wal thar ye go! Jest like them other folks
orhore' What do I do wl' my time? (Puff, pun,
puff.) But let me ask ye somethln'. Are ye afraid
of Infectious diseases? If ye are, take an old
salt's advice and get back, to shore. I've got a.
bad dose of one right now, nndl'm askln' ye as a
fnvor to take a few words I'll write right now to
the little white house beside the water back to
ward that point Here, take it like a good map,
and be oft with you as quick as you can and
while you can from this Infected place,"
(Continued In our next.)
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Is It true that James McNichol'a contract
for placing the subway under tho City Hall was
considerably loss than nny other competitor?
Is It true that after digging some time they
have struck water and that two large hydraulic
pumps have been used to expel the water? It
It true that tho walls have become so weakened
that there aro cracks In the foundation big
enough to stick your arm through? Is It true
that the walls of rooms hnvo also cracked Is
It true that tho walls aro of stone, sand and
mortar, not cement? Is It true that If JIoNIchol
tried to push through this wall tho whole build
ing would collapse? Is It true that In order to
go through ho would have to strengthen tho
walls and by the time It was completed ho
would bo tho loser of considerable money? Is It
true that ho is bonded to push this through and
that If ho falls the city secures tho full amount
of tho bond?
Is It true that ho Is bonded by tho Smith
Bonding Company? Is 'It true that he wants
the city to Interfere In any way so that It will
break his contract and ho will not be compelled
to fulfil his contract? Is It true that in addi
tion to other appropriations, 5,000,000 or more
was asketl for unforeseen contingencies? Ib It
true that this amount was to be used to
strengthen the walls? Is It true that in all like
lihood the trouble with Billy Penn was the weak
ening of the walls?
A friend of mine was locked In the Council
chamber some time ago along with the Council
men. Mayor and Mr. Twining, and during the
Interview, which was decorated by golf, lunch
nnd lovely drives about tho town in the discus
elon, this friend came to the conclusion that Mc
Nlchol wanted to avoid the completion of the
contract because of considerable loss; that the
Mayor wasn't anxious for the completion; that
Mr. Twining was mediocre nnd was simply an
echo for other Interests and that, In truth, the
whole scheme was to avoid a central station
underneath the City Hall for P. R. T. reasons
and McNlchol safety, However, he believed
that a transfer station could be built some
where between Arch aid 15th streets, outside of
City Hall foundation, to connect with all lines.
Now, I am asking, Is 11 all true?
ROBERT B. NIXON, JR.
Philadelphia, May 6,
Imagines that a man presented by political
bosses means true Republicanism! As a result
Philadelphia deserves a world of disgraceful
scandal nnd scandalous disgrace.
Philadelphia, May 10 DISOUSTED.
Sir Will you find room for this timely event?
An out-of-town paper chronicles the marriage of
Mr. John Hand and Miss Nina Kloch. C. B.
SPEAKING of immortal headgear, there's a
reassuring sign not one square from City
Hall that says: "Eventually You Will Wear a
Crown." ' W, It
THTVIAC TRAqEDIEB
"Foiled by a girl)" tho poor nut cried,
Bound up by a gay -young flapper;
Tho nut teas merely an almond tied.
By a dainty candy wrapper.
P, TWain,
The Ogontz
Optimist Saya:
A girl's good looks
make a whole lot move
difference before you
meet her man after
you know her.
Sir
X waUr-spout.
Vain Butterfly
How different is Madge from the little hand,
mirror
Into which phe'fl so often found peeking,
For Madge always speaks .without .ever re
flecting - The mirror reflect -without speaktef,
IM i-mm i-? retort
OUTGROWN SUNDAY LAWS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Grumpy's experience last Sunday Is the
experience of 200,000 citizens each Sunday in the
year; also the experience of the few visitors who
remain In this city on a Sunday. It creates no
renaect in the minds of falr-thlnking citizens or
decent-minded visitors.
A hundred years ago they burned people at
the stake because of the superstitious belief In
witchcraft. Laws passed 125 years ago for the
government of a provincial town are as obsolete
In a cosmopolitan city like ours as would be the
enforcing of the punishment for witchcraft to
day Just one definite thought: Open our parks to
the enjoyment of reasonable physical recreation
on Sundays The only day the workers, the
army of clerks, stenographers, mill hands, labor
ers have to enjoy the Park Is Sunday: yet a base
ball game or tennis or soccer or golf Is not per
mitted On other days they have no chance; the
bcIidoI boys and idlers pre-empt all available
room on Saturday afternoons
I am a church member, brought up In the odor
pf the sanctity of morning service, Sunday school
classes and vespers on the rst day of each
week; and If any member be 1 st by reason of a
little physical and mental recreation on Sunday
then the member never was more than a weak
and hypocritical part of the body. You and I
play golf or tennis on a Sunday because we have
the dues to pay for permission to be inside the
club ground's fence, but the poor fellow who
throws a baseball on the outside of that little
fence Is a criminal, evading the police apd un
punished only because uncaught
If the clergy cannot see that a narrow, strict,
hypocritical enforcement of a provincial Sunday
makes for socialists and anarchists, atheists,
agnostics, free thinkers and worse, then their
i mental astigmatism requires the services of a
, morality ophthalmologist.
The Evening Ledobb will not lose one reader
because of Its tale of Grumpy's trials. It will
gain subscribers Just as that one article" Im
pressed me with the thought that back of it lay
the germ of a big idea and determined me as a
regular reader, Follow up the suggestions I
make; give us your view. If It runs along the
lines of my idea It wjll mean'you may lose a
few regular readers, but Jt will gain you a hun
dred new ones for each one so lost; win ,nni..
you free-ralnded, clean-thtnklng suportefs for old
hypocrites and pullbacks.
WALTER RUTHERFORD LEWlS
Wlssalckon, Philadelphia, Jlay 10,
A GERM-CURSED CITY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir I have known Philadelphia for 30 years
and am sorry (o say that Philadelphia is hone
lesaly a germ ridden cUy, Except for one rav.
aging germ, Philadelphia's Health Bureau can
successfully combat and abate or wipe out any
fsyer or disease. It takes a leaven of common
sense to exterminate the monstrous germs now
ra.veglng Philadelphia. I mean the germs of
stupid Republicanism. Philadelphia is virtually
a hide-bound Republican city, Philadelphia
never had a. real Mayor for the last 30 years
except Blankenburg. Political bosses after dc
Htteal boses have been real Mayors pf phUadel.
"Sff . "' mnJ pPl'ean newspapers have
editorially supported and Uuded bosoWd cin.
a disgraceful train pf Aanbridge. Vearf-ReyW
burn and !hn nrAn) tr.,. iZm-11 " .zZBt" I
rvr r , -w.. 4 urn. me wicKea
Republican newspapers and th blind Mtimm.
can voters aja mmu-Mv -,,ii.i J- :?Sm?-
atupid Republicanism. RepubUcanlsia
tortudlat P.nui. ?FTliSif-
ress, Vare ind iraiciihi '
f Sf P4rt6yM l ataTs
SINGLE TAX PULLBACKS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir In Jts fight for tho passage of tho loan
tho Evbnino Ledqek uses strong language It
says, "The people of Philadelphia are up against
a posttho, thoroughly organized and craftily
calculated conspiracy In the transit situation,
and not a mere negative and blundering regime
of pullbacks and standpatters "
The Single- Tax party has taken Its stand
against the loan, and whether wo aro consplra
tors or merely pullbacks and standpatters the
Evening Ledoeh 3hould designate The whole
loan question Is not, to our minds, a straight
proposition. Why Is It called a loan? Why aro
not tho voters told to "borrow" an immense sum
of monoy and "spend" it on public Improve
ments, and then "hand over" almost all the
profits from their investment to land owners
and land gamblers? Why are they not told that
tho opening up of new outlying territory for
homo building and tho saving In carfares will
soon bo moro than eaten up In advancing rents?
Why aro they not told that the profits (land
values), If collected by the public, would enable
us to adopt the "pay-as-wc-go" system? Tho
Slnglo Tat party favors all useful public Im
provements, but does not favor paying for them
by mortgaging the future. It presents a plan
to finance all public Improvements without
"creating loans," but by merely taking for pub
lic purposes the alucs which morally and
justly belong to the public.
Ex-Director Taylor, In discussing his very ex
cellent plans for transit Improvement, said that
a larger portion of the land inlues arising from
tho building of the subway and elevated system
should be publicly taken. Why not take It all?
That Is the Single Tax party's position.
i .OLIVER Mcknight.
Philadelphia, May"9. 'nil
If we had to wait' Until the sjngle tax theory
was generally accepted befoT-o making any great
publio improvements we should have to postpone
them Indefinitely. The Issue before the voters
Is not the adoption of the slnglo tax, but the
authorization of a loan for rapid transit Im
provements. The need for better service is ad
mitted. When the loan is authorized the build
lrg of car lines to Improve tho service can begin.
The voters are called upon to vote on the Issue
under conditions as they are now, and not as
they might bo at some distant future time when
a new theory of governmental finance is
adopted. Editor of Evenino LEDOEn.J
What Do You Knpwl
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11 4VlJa Af4 44 M fTAM AJt--l mm aJLbBbI
,. mis iu. ,(.,,. ic uuKsuons, the artttStM
iu lunicu every wen-injormea person iliffll
n-iiuw, uru uatvuu uuifj.
QUIZ
1. Is steam visible?
2. Is Nlnsarn the highest waterfall Is!
united Btatrs7 , .K7a
3. What is the difference between "ti)t ntMB
tu mo urjeamsra militia"? 35
i. Wlmt Is meant bytlie phrase "hailot I
in n doko"7 i j.n
B. Of what metnl Is the" wire used tnmJ
electricity, and why Is It choifn htSi
nilrnnHA? tefc.1
, ?SjU BH
0. Must a Congressman be a resldcnjf ! luH
uisirici no represents? I r
7. nunc is tne origin or the exclamattia ,(
dear mo"? '-39
8. Why nre sailors' trousers made wide at
bottom?
0. now long la n rod? '
10. What is a by-election?
Answers to Yesterday's Qui
Impeachment is simply the Indictment rfivi
olllcml. it does not remote Mm
ofllce. Trial follows Impeachment.
The hills are numbered In accordsnci
their lielaiit In metres. "Hill SOPUW
metres In height. .'!
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THE ANGLO-SAXON SUPERMAN
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir To those who believe that "all men are
created free and endowed by their Creator with
certain Inalienable rights, among which are life,
liberty and the peaceful pursuit of happiness,"
the tragic struggle of Irishmen to secure to
themselves this priceless boon cannot but ap
peal. Though I am not an Irishman, my heart
beats In sympathy for their Just cause, and
with feelings of deepest abhorrence I condemn
the feudalists English oppression of Irish men,
women and children nnd the merciless slaughter
of these people and the summary court-martial
and execution of Patrick Henry Pearse and
other patriots who dared to lead their fellows
from the yoke of British tyranny. There may
be. those who prate of loyalty to government
and Inopportuneness, but no one owes loyalty
to a Government which is oppressive nnd dls
criminatory In its administration, as is plainly
seen In tho English Government of all Its colo
nlal possessions and dependencies, and particu
larly Ireland.
The effort at Anglo Saxon supermanlsm Is Im
posed to the limit through the repressive scheme
of the British Government Insuring vassal colo
nies lorded over by the overplus ot lords, dukes,
princes and other titled English nobility. Can
ada, Australia, Egypt, India, eta, once free from
British domination, the occupation ot the princes,
dukes and lords will be gone forever nnd, having
no vaBsals to support them, they wilt have to'
hustle for a' livelihood, even as other common
mortals.
Down with' oppressive, discriminatory rule by
England ahd all other would-be Buperman gov
ernments, even In America, where plutocracy ex
ploits both the poor whites and the negroes
through fostering racial antipathies, playing one
race against the other polltlco-lndustrlally,
while our "Monroe Doctrine" Anglo-Saxon super
mans It over all South and Latin America.
Speaking at the opening session of the Ameri
can Academy of Political and Social Science
held at Wltherspoon Hall, this city. April 28,
Dr. Simon N Patten, of the University pf Penn
sylvanla, and Walter Llppman, one of the editors
of the New Republic, urged a nayal alliance
between Great Britain and the United States
for the control of the seas (Incidentally the con
trol of the world's commerce), in course of which
they said) "That is the policy upon which our
International program should rest. The kind
of world we desire is a world of stable, autono.
vlval of the buttons of rldlnr eosli
18th century, nse
coattalls for rldlnsr,
for bnttonlnr
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15
4. James I?. Ferguson Is Gorernor of Tmm
5. The Xnflnnnl fliinril milv ti ,rllA "- mW
to suppress Insurrection, to nforHjH'
laws or tne united states and Uim
Invasion. 7J3
0. Rostand and Debussy. '4$
7. A thick, glass Is more easily cractfei, 1
cause the heat expands-the sarfatttttia
it expands tile inner parts of the rUs.f'
8. "Heat lightning" Is Ilghtnlpg-sa dlitiiillM
me accompanying inunucr easi
heard.
0. The United States census rccornlitVu
metropolitan district of a larjVjIuj
that urea within 10 miles 01 Its.
boundaries. .lift
10. J. or every cubic foot or an Icebert
water there 'are at least eight ebbli'
below. t f i
i :.
"Fire Flame, I Know Your Name" 1
17f(for of "What Do You Know" A short mm
ago I read a very beautiful little poen a i
mngazlne that I glanced at In the waltlni so
of a department store. Since then I tfkdwks
it up nnd couldn't get ltCan-you orwrtai
readers gratify my wish? Lam vem
for it The first two lines I never canlorajC,
Fire flame,
I know your name.
Perhaps some reader will be able to I
tne desired Information,
Colors in the Rainbow
Editor of "What Do You Know." Is ttoMJ
some word the letters of which form a (noJ
me I recall having been given some Md' t:
membered the memory keyl J fl
You are probably thinking or tne i3"""-
turned word "Vlbgyor," In wnicn eaw
stands for a color, ias -follows!' Vlolifc'W
blue, green, yellow, orange and red. 'j
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Cosmic Dust
Editor of "What Do You KnowSthaty
read somewhere- the expression- "cosmia'H
Can you tell me If this Is a poetlo ew'";
one with sclentifio basis in fact, as I wlJ
what connection I read It? J,5l
Cosmic dust
to the earth from
I, . .. -m t. j... .. r.fJtat
earth's surface from the outer portWM f"J
atmosphere Is volcanic Minute nfWJ
metallic Iron and particles oi miB;ra
been found in the deposits covering r-
n I read It? r"72i
is finely dlvjded matter WM
om extra-terrestrial rep' "II
lar In ''nature to meteor;! f I
the deep sea, -which are ascribed to tt JM
origin. Such partlclek fall all over t9 ?5
l-tnt ft la nnlw in thA rift An ft r ocean u(wwi'Tt-l
frnm tha Itnrl that thfiV Cat! aCCUWl I
sufficient quantity to be detected. ti
OLntlnH In Ctarfii tf 'Pflrtaf
, hdltor of "WhatDo You "ict9a
?.... M-a in mm, tn thn sufferings v-iEyj
iyH ."." " .'r;r :?..;. .7v..h4atiMa.
-,..----.-- ------ - -- -- -.v, aau,u- , 1'Tencn in .raris wnen wmi mw " -r--t
.ouB, imeroepenaeni aernocracjes acting as the the Germans in the lTraJico-PrUMan.i3
guardians of less develoned neonlss. Th.t vi. I"... ."Iri "' .-.... tut irUiM--m7
... , . .7 r.z -- .. - - -1 i nave nearu buiuo pax - ----t...
starved as a result of the cutting oa fJ
supply, while others say many imj
t .11,1 k .1... laaff V 1
The average weekly death rate in P,
year ueiore nio r "" " . --, - LJa
the last week of the siege that is, ?M
fourth week of January, 1871 the WWSI
deaths in the civilian population "-3fy
week died, if not actually from . UWW
least Because, weaaeneo uy "li"wrT-iial
merit, thdv hurt' become unable to wiuw i
onslaught of disease. It is said t Ti
..).... .,, in Vnnni anv rwr&Ofl .
born in Parte, during that elege thai ; ,
September 111 1870, and January .l.'W
cause bo many of those bn, 14
vember, WQ, there occurred a lull W ""Jj
In. rrh. n.tvnl TV.WC1-H in EUrOPS CM "a
Germanya consent to air armUtlce JfJ!
nary to the opening of negotlatlonyfy
4"0 "j.Yu'!rr:.ci nii
request mat wno mo ;" r, jJirJ-fc
amount Of looa snouia pe, bm" Tr a
failed it should notfoil itself Itt -f 23
than at the time of their lnePfttJf51
flaqy refused ly Germany 8nV8"'J1
autned, Imrimr the wftrte PS,
wweti Maua in ayi 3
sion depends upon the co-operation of the United
States and Great Britain, No one need pretend
inn wiunn u complete justice would prevail.
The American negro, the Hindu, the Irish, the
Egyptian would still suffer oppression. But if
there were enough freedom from external dan.
ger the mind of the West would be freed from
the solution ot those questions,"' Now, what
does all this mean if it does not index the truth
of my contention of the Anglo-Saxon in both
the congested isle of Great Britain and in the
United States to Superman it pver all other
types ot races. Down with tyranny in Great
Britain and everywhere else! g
Pearse, Connolly and their brave followers
were heroes and martyrs whose blood was not
shed inopportune nor in vain. They have sown
their lives as seed ot liberty for the oppressed
everywhere. Tes, "let those who applaud take
warning and keep this motto in sight, no ques
tion la ever settled until It is settled right"
CAESAR A, A. y, TAYLOR, M, D., D. O.
Philadelphia, May i.
. , THE FIGHT FOR HUMANITY
It Is tor ourselves, our own, women and our
" cwdren, that wo must continue to fight
tl u"TT ieffi international law
fWi SfTsrs-pS