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Night it the time to Weep,
To wet with unseen fears
TAes gravel of memory where sleep
The Joy of other year.
James Montgomery.
Baldness, says a scientist, la hered
itary. Something about the sklna of tho
fathers.
Playing soldier Is Just as good sum
irier amusement as playing polo, and not
ltal so dangerous.
What's the use' telling overybody
there Is so much gold aboard tho Deutsch
I&nd? It's enough to tempt a pirate.
Naval progress appoars to consist
In devising armor which will withstand
the Are of tho biggest guns, and then
inventing guns whloh will plorco that
Armor.
Tho woman on the hotel piazza In
the Poconos who said that the American
eagle woo really an ostrich had been
reading the proceedings of Congress to
some purpose.
According to the New York Times,
tho second Progressiva, convention, which
to to moot In. Chicago August G, may nom
inate Woodrow "Wilson. Isn't ho handi
capped, enough already?
liloyd George expresses the opinion
that the .end of the war Is not very far
distant. It seems, however, that tho sot
jtlement of tho Irish question Is Just as
distant as It ever was, If not a little
mors so.
. While the Danish West Indies af
fair la being settled, it Is Interesting to
learn that Alaska sold more than fifty
million dollars' worth of products to the
States last year. A. good Investment,
that, and cheap.
There Is some reason to believe that
more than one submarine Is on the way
across the Atlantic. .However, the failure
of the Bremen to arrive Is the occasion
of much anxiety, and pending her appear
ance thero will not be much public con
fidence In submeralbles as transatlantic
arrlers.
Perhaps the date set for the execu
tion of Sir Roger Casement Is Intention
ally near at hand. Not even England,
'with all her muddling, can seriously In
tend making- another blunder so tragic
August 3 must be Intended as the date
of reprieve 'orv commutation of sentence,
sot as tho'dato of. execution.
New Tork has Its -police scandal no
less ugly, than the one Philadelphia Is
now enjoying. The disposition of the
New Tork authorities to expose every
thing Is that 6f the Grand Jury here,
Which has 'already brought In several
true bills. Unfortunately, the city Is not
entirely persuaded that Justice Is pro
ceeding with equal hands to her task.
The Grand Jury Is beyond suspicion. The
amount., at help which It will get Is questionable.'-
'Because navigable waters are under
ba Jurisdiction, ot,tho United States and
not of the individual States Is no reason
why vessels should become the scenes of
revelry and debauchery on Sunday or any
othor dayy Even a boatload of "drunks"
must b loaded, and a "wet" on dry land
is not in sanctuary. Funny, Isn't It, that
a great musical orchestra should And It
difficult to give a concert on Sunday aft
ernoon, or a clergyman to offer the city
tlrad children relaxation In the coun
try, but a thousand or more revelers
can go on a boat and dq what they please?
Enforcement of the law Is not always so
techaieeU in Its differentiations.
The British blacklist Is not a ques
tton oC Ual right or of necessity so
jsWMJt&. United. Stataa Is concerned, It
U fttmfir, a. question at having a sufficient
.ArairteMi merchant marine. For months
mutf. England has exercised the right of
deartftsT a sailing charter to any vessel,
blpowBera have been instructed to
kapcett certain firms dealing with other
nuutral countries. In. that way It he
msm vr T tor a, British competitor
fwr South American trade, which has
jurtblag whatever to do with the enemy,
to out out his American rival. If the
Unit Stats wpre possessed ot .enough
afcipM to carry (U own trade with neutral
eetiBlrihs the blacklist and the other out
ts at tke upra naval power would,
lvoWa UnaBftlol. coRditlon of
DIM flMteiMnlita Transit Company
enjajnika. k -wliinas i tb people In
tpjtiHf jyrnileal Bayly In, favor at the
mmt tfai Wtt. The companr U
f nwnwrj'. ' KMKH protest
t ihm jwrtfen of lined f sen fruw. ttg
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rally made, that thero la no Increase in
travel except through increase In popu
lation is discredited by tho latest state
ment of the company' earnings. The
better the transit facilities the mora they
are used. High-speed llneSi create bus),
ness, just as they create values. The
oig thing now is to perfect an operating
agreement for the new lines with the
company. The Mayor recently stated
that negotiations were under way. We
assume that the publle will be given
ample opportunity to study and digest the
agreement, for the most scrupulous care
is requisite in an affair Involving so much
money and of such enormous Importance
to the entire community.
FORGOTTEN DYNAMITE
A MAN does not become a successful
jftu
politician Until ho has learned to act
consistently upon a great and Infamous
maxim, 'The people forget." Tho first
pages of all the newspapers of a State
will be filled for a we ok with accounts of
a notorious deal or ripper bill. All tho
politicians alt tight, calm and Unmoved,
as If they wore being praised Instead of
denounced. Time proves their clever
ness. The "big story" dwindles, pubtta
curiosity wanes, presently tho unblush
ing coup d'etat is accomplished without
dlfllculty.
The biggest thing that Philadelphia has
over done was done this year, and It is
already forgotten. Tho city authorized
the J1H, 525,000 loan, put a greater sum
of money at the disposal of one man
Mayor Smith than any public official In
America has evor been personally respon
sible for, and then dropped the matter. It
was a nlno days wonder. The people for
got It Is as it a vast amount of dynamite
had been stored in a basement Tho first
few days every ono' goes about on tip
toe and scrupulously obeys the most far
fetched rules for precaution. Presently
a rule is disobeyed, but nothing 'happens;
later all rules go by tho board, and still
nothing happens. And ono day somebody
drops somothlng, and then everything
happons at once.
Who is the gentleman whom we aro
trusting so blandly? A renowned captain
of Industry and born leader of men,
schooled, to the constructive wielding of
millions like a J. J. Hill or an H. H. Rogers,
tried in tho fires of disciplined organiza
tion like a Goothals or an Edison? No,
Mr: Smith Is Just ono, of us. nis very
average human feebleness and foibles, as
well as his bettor traits, are Intimately
known to every ono who can read. Ho
has confessed, as much as any politician
is capable of confessing, to having given
to his political friends, tho Vares, every
gift In his power to give he has oven
naively handed out a half-dozen plums
to members of his immediate family, less
closely related kinsmen arid dear friends,
not one of whom had been obviously des
tined to rise save by the stars of luck.
This urbanity, this docility, this gen
erosity, spring, perhaps, from the good
heartedness of the man. Ho is not un
kindly, his compassion for the unfortu
nate, as, for example, the Inmates of
Blockley, Is transparently sincere. But If
there is to be no sharp drawing of tho line
between the soft heart and the soft head.
If there is to be no distinction between
the payment of shabby political debts and
the payment of conscientious servlco to
tho city in its gigantic constructive effort,
now already under way, what guaranty
have the people of the city that a great
part of -tho money which the law puts
under the hand and seal of one man will
not be squandered, that the debt will not
turn out merely a burden for posterity?
It Is no criticism of Mayor Smith to
say that more than any other Mayor we
have ever had he should be watched like
a hawk. A Lincoln should be watched.
The Mayor should invito all good counsel
at every step of the letting of the con
tracts and the floating of the loans. For,
look you, he stands between those two
contracting firms which for long-standing
clutch upon a clty'a resources have no
rivals In American municipal history.
They are a tiptoe at his elbows, famished
for a guzzle at the public crib after the
four lean years of Blankenburg. If the
past history of contracts hereabouts
means anything, it means that our $114,
000,000 looks to them like a Juicy peach
to a thieving boy, and the peach is ready
to drop. And now, on the eve of the par
tition of the spoils, has come a "har
mony" announcement of most sinister
aspect
Will the people forget once more
Will they wake up some day to find
themselves bitted and saddled for the
supreme Organization Joy-ride of all time?
Or will they remember to watch, step by
step, day by day, Ihe building of their
futur and of the future of their chil
dren's children?
TOO MUCH FOR LLOYD GEORGE
IT WOULD be a terrible thing for Eng
land If the sins of centuries should
take this opportunity to tumble all tle
ends of the world on her head, Rumors
of disaster have at last reached (he stage
where. IJoyd George and Asqulth both
are reported ready to resign, not on the
conduct of the war, but on the Irish ques
tion. Apparently there are "last ditch
ers'' in both England and Ireland who
are ready to fight at home when the last
ditch ought to bo a trench in France. It
Is, fortunately, Incredible that the two
resignation should be proffered and ac
cented, nut tnsre is little consolation In
the alternative. Parliament, compelled
to go before the country on the Irish
question, would have don nothing to
olvf it dUBculUsa, even if returned in
Tom Daly's Column
DONZANTB kept a baker shop oh Fltz
water street between Jlh and 9th and
his daughter Frnncesca kept books for
him. Franeesca had attended school Just
tong enough to learn a few alphabetical
characters and the numbers from one to
zero. She had no reading or writing. But
she never made n mistake in her bookkeep
ing. This Is the way she went About it:
The man who was In the h&blt of bringing
the barrels of flour
from which the
bread was made
looked to Frah
cesca like a pig, no
it he happened to
bo brlnelne seven
IHll
W
ban-els of flour ehe would draw his pic
ture and put seven tally Btrokes Inside of
him. The man who brought the yeast hap
pened to be a long in
dividual, and o when his
goods were left upon the
counter she took down
her book and mnde a
drawing of him, with
tally marks alongside to
show what she had re
ceived. in another part of her
books she kept a record
of charge accounts for
those customers who were
not In the habit of pay
ing cash. For lnstanco,
slnco she was not able
to write names and ad
dresses. It was her hnblt
to hit upon the customer's
chief peculiarity and make
a record of her In accord-
ance with that.
One woman, let us say,
looked to her like a cat If she should come
In and call for three loaves of bread the
charge against her would appear some
what as nhown In the margin hero. When
Hie woman afterward paid
her account Franeesca
would simply run her
pencil through the tallies.
She never made a mis
take. About this same time
Franeesca awakened to
tho fact that the world
held a man for her. Ho was Ollvlcrl, the
barber. Sho could not write, but her friend,
Doctor Hurlong, who when he wnsn't prao
tlclng dentistry was studying Italian and
music, could. She went to him and dictated
to him In the dialect ofher own province
a letter for hep lover. Doctor Hurlong,
whllo not nblo to understand what sho was
saying, could still set It down phonetically
oi) paper, and Cllvlerl, when ho got It, was
ablo to puzzle it out He, In turn, replied
to Franeesca, and Doctor Hurlong, without
getting tho meaning of the letter at all,
read It out for her. Several years after
this Franeesca attended a business college
and they readjusted their courso to talco
caro oilier case. Sho Is now happily mar
ried to her barber and Is keeping house for
him in West Philadelphia.
SIR There has been so much said in
the papers lately by cynical writers of
ono sex or another about tho lovely times
that tho gay husband has whllo tho fam
ily's away at mountain or shore Can't
you say a word for thoso of us married
men who aro actually lonely? A'. R.
Wo haven't anything now to say, but
this, which was written out of a full heart
Just ton years ago, will not coma amiss,
perhaps: '
NIGHT IX BACHELOR'S HALL
Theivo none awayl It seems a year,
Aye! weeks of years, since they were here;
And yet it was but yesterday
I kissed them wJicn they went away,
Away from all tho scorching heat
That grips this brick-walled city street.
And it was I who bade them go.
Though she, dear heart, protested so,
And vowed I'd find 'no joy at all,
Nor any peace, in Bachelor's Hall.
I laughed at that, but she was right;
I never knew a sadder night
Than this, whtle thus I tread, alone,
These silent halls I call my own.
I never thought this place could change
Bo utterly and seem so strange.
Tho night is hot, and yet a chill
Pervades tho house; it is so still.
I miss the living atmosphere
That comforts mc when they are here;
I miss the sigh, long-drawn and deep,
The music of refreshing sleep,
That undulates the gentle breast
Of weary motherhood at rest.
And in the unaccustomed gloom
That shrouds the small adjoining room
I miss the moans, the muffled screams
Of childhood troubled in its dreams.
And is this allf Nayl more I miss
The strong, heart-thrilling joy, the bliss
Of warding, with protecting arm,
Between these precious hearts and harm.
01 sing your song, all ye who roam,
Your' wistful song of "Home, Bweet
Home,"
But, though unhappy is your lot.
You will not find a sadder spot
In all the world than Home, when they
Yho make it Home have gone away.
A SOUTHERN contemporary speaks of
"automatic feeding apparatus for
chickens governed by an alarm clock."
Gosh I' The he-chlcken is a self-governing
alarm clock his own self.
Very Well, Enjoy Yourself
My first attempt. Though It be set
la tiny tree this size,
The little thing will look, you bet,
THIS BIG TO MY PROUD EYES.
Klddo.
IN A window on Somerset, street,
near 23d; J
THIS IS M. CARUSO
FROM 7 A. M. TO 10 P. M.
SHOE LACES .2o A PAIR
RUBBER HEELS ATTACHED
15o EXTRA
Elegy In n Country Churchyard
Oldllmera hers wtre greatly shocked to bear
o( the death at Scranton o( Garrett Boxart, the
laat of a jtrtat company of aterllnr men, -who
built the Lackawanna Railroad. IU was op
erator at lWaryvllle In the sood old days. From
llsnryvllle Mr. Bosarf wag transferred to Bridie,
vllu. N. J., wbara ha mat the slrl who was to be
his wife. Miss Marsaret Voas. They were mar
ried In Ulauv.lt, N. T., July 9. 18 JO. lira.
Uocart died April 20 laat. It was 87 years ago
last Sunday that thay were married. Mr. Bosart
Hunday before last said to hla daughter, Mra.
Fowler. ''I'm so. lonesome; I thlnlc I will so to
the cemetery today." He did, there spending his
67th wedding anniversary at the graveside of the
woman who. tor more than B0 years, had been
hla mate and companions llcnryvllle correspond
ent (Q Btroudsburc Times.
Explicit Directions
ITlfY WIFE and I." eald the little man
JY I to the subscription clerk, "are going
to spend a few weeks with her peo
ple at Blank's Corners and I want you to
mall your paper to me."
"Yes. sir." said the clerk. "What name,
please T"
"Well r to make sure of my getting It
I guess you hid better address it; 'Alary
Blank's husband. Blank's Corners, Penn
sylvania, "
A Cigar Dealer on North 8th street
recently moved to a store a block or
two below his old location. In the win
dow of the promises vacated is displayed
this signs
HAYS GONE TO A BETTER PLACS
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fi.
HATE
th;e mayor and the millions
No City Executive in America Has Ever Held a Personal Kcspon
sibility Comparable to Mr., Smith's for the Dis
posal of Vast Sums
TN SIGNING tho measures appropriat-
ing loan monoys and carrying tho en
abling clauses which placo vast sums at
the disposal of municipal heads, Mayor
Smith this weok puts himself In tho posi
tion of having direct control of $114,
525,000. In addition to this staggering sum
the Mayor has or will haVo control of at
least $15,000,000 of loans authorized In
years past but not yet expended or
floated. Add to thoso sums between $30,
000,000 and $40,000,000 that will be needed
for oporatlng expenses each year of the
four of his administration, and the Mayor
looms up as a financial power second to
few this nation has over known.
Mayor Smith's present position has no
parallel in any American city. Tho pres
ent big financial deals only partly tell the
story, as plans aro already being con
sidered for futuro loans to include mil
lions for a sowago disposal system, mil
lions fiforo for extensions to the city's
water system and at least $5,000,000 for
a new Philadelphia General Hospital.
Never before in tho history of Philadel
phia has any Mayor of any party been
entrusted with the expenditure of a loan
In excess of $l(j,000,000, and a loan of such
size, when nuthorlzed not mnny years ago,
was considered most unusual. In years
past loans ranging from $4,000,000 to
$11,000,000 were considered big undertak
ings, and when two or mora loans wero
authorized In any twelvemonth such ac
tion was considered a feat wosth many
columns of newspaper comment. These
operations, In view of the big expendi
tures planned for the next three years
and a half, dwindle Into comparative in
significance and will be more or less lost
sight of in the future financial history of
the city.
In the Mayor's Grip
In gauging the power of Mayor Smith
with such tremendous resources back of
him, It must be remembered that he now
has absolute control of the largest sum of
money that city financiers ever Jn their
wildest dreams' thought of placing at the
disposal of one executive. His grip on
the situation Is best demonstrated by the
fact that legislation placing $57,100,000
In the hands of the Department of Tran
sit, $10,000,000 credit to the Department
of Wharves, Docks and Ferries and' mil-,
lions more at tho disposal of other de
partments, means that not one cent can
be spent before the Mayor lends his
approval to even the least important
turns In the deal, It Is true that Coun
cils have, in some instances, notably In
the case of Director Twining, of the De
partment of Transit, lent their power of
creating positions and fixing salaries to
members of the Mayor's Cabinet. This
was done so that present working forces
pould bo greatly augmented and the new
places paid for out of the loan moneys;
but It must be remembered that every
Director Invested with appointive power
is directly responsible to the Mayor and
that betora creating new places. and fix
ing salaries the Mayor must be consulted
and must give his approval.
At this time no estimate of the moneys
to be spent on new positions made neces
sary by the vast municipal undertakings
now under way or about to be started can
be made, but of course the money ex
pended in this way la not to be compared
with the tremendous sums to be laid out
In contract letting. In the letting of con
tracts the Mayor's great power Is again
evident, as It Is to him that all contracts
must bo sent after they have been offi
cially approved by departmental heads.
He will bo the final court of review, hud
no work will be undertaken until he has
approved.
The two great political factions of the
Republican Organization are controlled by
two of tho largest municipal costrastort
STREET AFTlUR THE
, i
in this part of tho country. Mayor Smith,
with all his power, has boon assisted In
carrying his financial program to Its pres
ent stato by ward leaders and Councllmen
who owo tholr allegiance to Senator Edwin
H. Vare and his brother, Congressman
William S. Varo. Most of tho opposition
to the loan bills and many of the obstacles
to tho passage of necessary legislation In
Councils originated from followers of tho
Penrose-McNlchol faction. Senator James
P. MoNlchol heads a number of contract
ing concerns noted for the magnitude of
their operations in every big olty of the
East, Both the Vara and McNlchol con
oerhs havo already gained a foothold in
transit work, and their share In the many
big projects planned will males Interesting
reading during the years that Mayor
Smith Is in offlco.
Influence of the Vares
Admittedly most of Mayor Smith's
DIroctors owo thoir political prominence
and positions to the Vnre forces. This
Is doubly the cose with his Assistant
DIroctors. What significance, if any, can
be attaohed to this condition is a ques
tion that tlmo alone will tell.
Just how soon an effort will be made
to float loans out of the funds authorized
has not been determined. This is not
indicative of delay, as under existing laws
the loan funds of the city are used for
loan purposes and a. general loan fund
Is maintained so that contract payments
can be made as they, come due out of a
oentral fund. The effeot of an effort to
float any considerable portion of loans at
one time is feared, as bankers on a recent
loan Issue did not offer nearly suoh high
premiums for city 4 per cent bonds as
was the case at the last Issue under for
mer Mayor Blankenburg and before the
city had been definitely launched upon Its
present ambitious campaign for Improve
ments. If present plans are carried out bonds
will be sold in the not distant future to
cover the $4,900,000 needed to maintain
the city government from now until the
end of the year. It Is planned to have
this bond Issue for a period of five years
only, so that posterity will not be called
upon to shoulder a burder that under any
"pay-as-you-go" act would have to be met
during the year the expenses were In
curred. Other bond Issues .will cover pro
vision for new transit work and for money
to take over property along tho Parkway,
Former City Solicitor Ryan estimated that
approximately $10,000,000 would be needed
this year for Parkway purposes alone.
Bankers will, during the next year, have
unusual opportunities to obtain city 4 per
cent bonds for periods of years ranging
from five to 60, and the lettipgs will un
doubtedly make new financial history for
Philadelphia.
Future loans that, the citizens will be
asked to approve will be based upon needs
for a new Blockley, as the $3,000,000 in
the present loans for a Philadelphia Gen
eral Hospital will be expended at Byberry
Farms, and less than $1,000,000 of old loan
moneys is available for improving some
pf the Antiquated buildings at Blockley.
This ever-popular cry is counted on to
carry less popular measures In loans that
are as yet tentatively discussed by Mayor
Smith's financial advisers.
TRUTH FOR T. R.
The Texss Legislature Is engaged In try
ing to pais a measure prohibiting fake ad
vertising. Those Texans are quite fore
handed. They have been reading the papers
and probably reasoned that that "major
general with 12,000 picked troops" would
want to pass through their state. Knoxvllle
Sentinel,
COURAGE
Having bluffed Carranza to a standstill
with proffers of munitions and financial
assistance, tbe Administration fearlessly
grants asylum to Clpriano. Castro, exclaim
ing the while, "Wh&' afraidt"; Omaha
WAR
Copyright, 1910, by John T. lloCutchson.
What Do You Know?
Ourf o osnerol Interest trill be otuunred
to this column. Ten Question!, the anewere le
which evert; toII-(normd cert on eiou4 Knew.
re utkti tallu.
QUIZ
1. Which is larrer in are, the Danish West
Indies or FhllntlelDhlaT
J. IIor la gait obtained?
8. What and where is GoloondaT
4. What Is meant by n "troe bill"?
B. Who Is John Redmondf
0. What 1 meant nowadays hy the "solden
calf"?
7, What Is "Sabbath day's Joaroey'f
8. What Is a sandstorm? t
0. Who was Madame niaratsky?
10. What day will be the second anniversary of
the beginning of the Great War?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Ornnee Hook, In which the srlerances of
Holland arslnst Germany, France and
England are told.
t, D'nal D'rltb. a Jewish fraternal associa
tion. 8. States in the "rrnln belt" I Illinois. Mis
souri, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the Dakotas,
Nebraska and Kansas.
4. Tbe, Xrfitln TJnloni those countries. like Bel-
rlum, France, Greece, Italy and Bwltier
and, whose currency Is Interchangeable
and Is based on tbe franc, 10 8-10 cents.
0. Camaraderie! rood fellowship.
0. Yard! n spar along across s mast to sap
part a sail.
7, "To go to Canossa"! to hnmble oneself after
recalcitrance, referrlnr to the penitence of
the Kmperor Henry IV.
8. Immortelles t composite flowers of papery
texture retaining color after being drledl
often used to adorn graves.
0. Angsbnrr Confession; the chief eredal state
ment of faith In the Xutheran Church.
10. Golden Agei a nation's best age, usually
referring to literature, as the age of
Augustus In Itome ' and of Ellidbetb. In
Au
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Schools of Oratory
BtfffoT of "What Do You Know" Where
is there a school of oratory in Philadelphia?
What Is tho oost of a school term? W. W.
If you will look In the classified seotlon of
the directory or telephone book under
"Elooutlon" and "Schools" you will be able
to compile a list of the sohools where ora
tory is taught Application there will sup
ply you with the needed Information.
Concerning Alabama
Editor of ""What Do You KnourVrbr
has Alabama 13 eleotoral votes? Is there
any place In the United States where there
Is no thunder and lightning? What is Ala
bama's State flower? Some say magnolia,
soma goldenrod. Where does this quotation
corns from:
Before the deep-mouthed chimney, dimly lit
by dying brands.
Twenty soldiers sat and waited, with their
muskets in their hands.
O.A.B.
According to the Congressional Directory
of May, 1918, Alabama has 13 electoral
votes. In any case, any State has as many
eleotoral votes as It has Senators and Rep
resentatives In Congress, whloh Is In ac
cordance with the Constitution. (3) The
frequency of occurrence of lightning and
thunder storms is published regularly In the
United States Monthly Weather Review, and
the'annual summary shows that the number
of days on which thunderstorms were re
ported varies from 100 at any station In
Louisiana, and Florida to five or even one
per annum at special stations in Arltona,
California, Maine, Nevada, North Dakota,
Oregon and Washington. Evidently there is
no section where thunderstorms do not
occur sometimes, however infrequently they
may occur at some points. (3) The goldenrod
is the, generally accepted State flower of
Alabama, but it has not been officially
adopted. (4) Possibly one of our readers
will be able to supply information as to
the authorship of the lines you quote.
Truce of God
D. J. In lOiO, in France, the True of
Cod was first enacted by the Church. It
forbade private combats between sunset
Wednesday and sunrise Monday, also dur
ing Advent and Lent and on ecclesiastical
feast and fast days. All Crusaders came
under the protection of this law. The Peace
of God was earlier by, flv years and threat
ened with excommunication all tntn who, re
fused to lay down their arms. At the
reading of this command, which took place
daily, the last words were "may their light
be, put out as a candle." All lights in the
church were then extinguished and the
congregation was compelled to work lis
way out as best It could.
The Peace Treaties
Editor of "What Do You Know" Has the
United States signed peace treaties with
other nations? T. W.
About 30 countries have signed treaties
with the United States allowing time for dis
cussion before hostilities. Exchange of rati
fications has made treaties effective with,
Guatemala, Great Britain, Costa Rica, Nor
way, Portugal, Paraguay, Spain, Peru, Bo
livia, Sweden, Denmark, France, Russia,
Jfruguay.n4JtsJi
THE CARIBBEAN
AN AMERICAN SEA
Undo Sam Can Guard tho
Panama Canal Better When
Ho Owns tho Danish
West Indies
WHEN Undo Bam acquired the Pan
ama Canal he found himself in the
state of the old lady who bought a new
pair of andirons. Every one knows that
the andirons were so flno they made the
mantotpteco look shabby. A new mantel
had to be built. Then tho old furniture
looked out of place In Ihe room. Tho
outcome was that a new houso had to bo
put Up around the andirons before the
lady was satisfied.
Necessity, rather than a desire for ar
tlstlo harmony, is impelling Undo Sam.
He cannot stop until ho has made the
Caribbean Sea an American lake. The
naval strategists aro tolling him what he
must buy or control or neutralize if ha
would retain possession of the waterway
through tho Isthmus In tlmo of war as
well as in tlmo of peaco.
The purchase of tho Danish West In
dies, which has long boon urged by of
ficers of tho navy, becama Imperative as
soon as wo got 'possession of tho Canal
Zone. It had been destrablo beforo that and
an attompt had been made to Induce tho ,
Danes' to sell tho small group of Islands
off tho east coast of Porto Illco. When
that attempt was made we did not own
Porto Rico and Cuba, was still Spanish
and our protectorate over Haiti and San
Domingo had not been established. The
Greater and tho Lesser Antilles were
owned by European Powers. Franco,
Great Britain and Holland, as well a
Denmark, woro ontronched along tho rim
of tho Caribbean. Tho Danish Islands
woro small and not worth much. About
fifty years ago wo offered $7,600,000 for
thorn, or 3300,000 moro than wo paid for
Alaska. Tho Danos woro willing to soil,
but the Senato failed to'ratlfy tho treaty
of purchase Undor tho Roosevelt Ad
ministration wo ofTcrod $5,000,000. The.
Amorlcan Sonato agreed to tho plan, but
the Danish Parliament defeated It by a
single voto. Now fourteon years later wo
aro offering $25,000,000, togothor with k
tho surrender of whatovor rights we may
havo to tho discoveries by Amorlcan ox-'
plorers In Greenland.
Monaco to the Monroe Doctrine
At first blush it might -seem as if this
was a wasto of monoy. So far as tho de
fense of tho Panama Canal is concerned,
Cuba is an American island. Wo control
her foreign affairs and no hostllo force can
uso tho Cuban harbors as a baso of opera
tions against us until it has seized them.
Wo hold Haiti and San Domingo in our
fist, and thoso two nogro republics exist
by our graco. Tho island which thoy oo
oupy is American In all military cssen-
tlals. Porto Rico, cast of San Domingo,
came to us after tho Spanish War. This
group of Islands, extending along almost
the wholo northern longth of the Carib
bean Sea and separating it from tho At
lantlo, is no longer a monaco to Amorl
can intorcsts.
The Danish islands east of Porto Rico
have been a monaco to American peace,
for thoy have contained tho possibilities
of a challengo to the validity of tho Mon
roe Doctrine. Germany has looked with
longing eyes on them, for Germany has
noeded a naval station on this side of the
Atlantic Thero wero rumors that the
defeat of the plan of salo in the Danish
Parliament fourteen years ago was due
to Gorman lntrlguo. Tho reports wero(
donled, of course, but the.'denlals did not
necessarily mean that tho Germans had
been indifferent. The United States could
not have consented to the purchase of the
Islands by Germany or by any other Eu
ropean Power. It they were to be sold
we must buy them. Thero was no ques
tion of this in the mind of any American
statesman of standing or In the mind of
any naval officer who was worth his
salt to his country.
A Watch, Tower In the Southern Sea
The consummation of plans for the
purchase is one of the' most Important
steps toward strengthening the national
defenses made by the present Adminis
tration. When tho Islands aro turned
over to us there Is likely to be a revision
of the plans for the naval protection of
the Panama, Canal. A strong naval sta
tion will be equipped on one of the har
bors and the importance of Guantanamo
station In Cuba will disappear. There are
other routes to Panama than by 'way of
tho Windward Passage between Cuba and '
San Domingo, but this is the principal
one. With warships stationed at St.
Thomas It will be possible to Intercept
ships beforo they reach that passage, for
our ships will have a base about seven
hundred miles further east than the pres
ent unsatisfactory naval station on the
eastern end of Cuba, It is difficult to over
estimate the value of a purchase which
will carry our first line of defense so
much further out to sea.
When the title to these Islands passes
the only serious menace that will remain
will be the Dutch Islands in the Lesser
Antilles. The British own Jamaica and
a large number of 'smaller Islands, but It
has been the policy of America for a cen
tury to maintain friendly relations with
the other great English-speaking Power,
Fra'noe, which owns some more of the
islands, does not threaten us. But Hol
land might be Induced to transfer soma
of her Islands to another Power, The
probability Is not great, but our states
men are not Ignoring the possibility of it.
Bo, before the train of consequences fol
lowing the decision to dig thp ditch
through the Isthmus of Panama Is com
pleted, It Is likely that we shall have to
enter into much larger expenses than any
that have already been incurred. We
cannot play the part of a great nation
unless we rise to our responsibilities with
unfaltering courage. G.W.D.
A STAND-UP FIGHT
In the meantime the tall-ender on the
headless Bull Moose ticket, Jphn M. Parker,
of Louisiana, Progressive candidate for Vic
President, continues to Implore bis fellow
partisans to stand up and fight. Many of
them are doing so, we can tell .Mr. Parker.
They are standing beside their former Re
publican associates and are now fighting
tbe Democrats, Bridgeport (ConnJ Stan
dard. (LAUGHTER)
The next U-boat that will arrive from Ger.
many Is the Bremen, carrying a cargo of
drugs. That is the latest dope. Kaos
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