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h Alan arm never to good or to bad
a thtir opinion!. Mackintoth.
No ono la allowed to enter or tcavo
Germany after today unless In caso of
absotuto necessity. This rulo Is supposed
to apply to the Allied armies as well as
to ordinary travelers.
No opinion ever delivered by Mr.
Hughes carried more weight and convic
tion than that of" last night. Wo surmise
that It will bo sustained by tlio Supremo
Court, namely, the American electorate.
Tho Lcgallstas, says a report from
Mexico, Insist that Carranza'o power Is
fast ebbing-, basing part of their claims
even on tho bullfight In Juarez. Is "bull
fight" tho courteous Mexican way of
referring to note Interchanges?
llifantlle paralysis In Philadelphia
Js not so disproportionate as to cause
hysteria, but there Is plenty of reason
for precaution and care. The city has
had amplo warning In tho scourge of
New Torlc. Not to profit by It would
be criminal.
j
In discussing tho munitions phase
of the war a writer says that no blame
should be attached to dead Kitchener.
England, ha says, realized that it was
not a bnc-man war and gave the Job to
Lloyd George. Thereby confirming' tho
Jay opinion that Lloyd George Is at
least a syndicate
If Colonel Slocuni, commanding the
Thirteenth Cavalry, at Columbus, N. M.,
was not responsible for the escape of
Villa after raiding tho town, as War De
partment Investigators find, who was
responsible? Must we regard Villa as
a flood or a whirlwind and classify tho
destruction which follows his raids as an
act of God?
Motor car accidents In Philadel
phia since the beginning of tho year
are responsible for the deaths of 76 per
sons, nearly three-quarters of the num
ber killed on the Lusltapla. It would
have been a monstrous thing, but better
for Philadelphia, If tho whole number
had been killed In one accident. In one
slaughter of the Innocents, so that he
city might be inflamed against the guilty.
As it is, each man thanks his stars that
ho has not been affected and goes on
unconscious of a great wrong.
A gain of nine will make the Sen
ate Republican after next March. Chair
man Woods, of tho Republican Congres
sional Committee, sa.Vfl that it is reason
ably certain that ten and possibly eleven
Republicans will be ejected to displace
Democrats. The terms of seventeen Dem
ocrats expire on March 3. The en
States In which the Republican chances
vary from probable to certain victory
of""3nro""e Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Missouri,
the Jud tlontana. Nebraska. New Jersey. New
McFaosK-ork( c,h(o nnd yfeat Virginia.
While Now York has put on her
statute books a law which Is denounced
as militaristic, for training In schools,
Philadelphia has found a way to achieve
most of the professed objects otv the law
by a more simple means. Physical training-
Is hereafter to be a regular study,
required and credited in promotion. Per
haps the chief benefit of this will be to
minimize specialization in collegiate ath
letics on the part of those who go on.
Compulsory swimming is already part of
the curriculum in one eastern college.
Extension of the Idea, carefully planned
to avoid Injustice, must start with the
lower schools.
The death of three troopers on the
border fa the earliest casualty reported
since Philadelphia's interest In Mexico
became personal. That bandits should
hava come close to Fort Stockton and
have ventured on an attack are sufficient
reasons for keeping the Guard at the
border line E,ut keeping It there Is a
necessary evil, and the Administration
N'- which would emphasize the necessity
must eventually take cognizance of the
evil itself. Councillor Polk Is, therefore.
Justified In Insisting that Mexican In
ternal affairs must be considered at the
approaching conference as fully as the re
lations with this Government They offer.
In fact, the only basis for our relations.
The International conference of So
eUHatr, now- In session at The Hague,
frts Itself unnecessarily about Its part
Ih pac terms. In a marked way the
rH k passea Socialism by, and Its
Jfurt now aro to assure a maximum
of Mta3crtic control over the forces
of diplomacy The agitation of half a
century in favor of pacifism and Jn
lrUenliaci Aid nothing' for JSurops,
MmI MeaisilM i suatry c!yed
a Mir wi. TM Irtt vt nati"oyJUm
hfc. j', r-tI, la fjeC Hut
war. When the war Is over the task vlll
bo to preserve that aplrlt and to cut from
It the excrescences of Jingoism. But tho
scalpel Is not In tho hands of Interna
tionalists and cannot be.
POLICE, NOT GRAND JURIES,
MUST MAINTAIN ORDER
TOUCH the underworld and your hand
Is on the pulse of the System. In
the habitat of the letl, tho desperate.
thelegenerate and thtPvlclous flow tho
currents of corruption which men of
keener minds. In silk hats and white
dhlrts, direct to their own advantage,
organize and capitalize as a political In
strument and uso to blunt tho enthu
siasm of high civic endeavor and defeat
tho purposes of thoso who love Phila
delphia and yeanyto scourgo corruption
from Its veins.
Humiliating as It must he to all good
citizens to havo tho city's .vice paraded
about, tho fact remains that a thorough
cleansing program could be of enormous
value to the city eventually. Could the
traffickers In vice, tho mysterious Influ-
enccs In tho background, be brought Into
tho open and their activity exposed, wo
take it that a reorganization of somo Bort
would bo necessary In more than ono
ward and tho trickery which has marked
gang election campaigns in the past
would not be so apparent in campaigns
to come.
Mr. Rotan declares that ho has never
had so golden nn opportunity. That Ib
truo. It is tho reason why tho public Is
watching tho proceedings of tho Grand
Jury so closoly and Is prepared to reach
conclusions of Its own If thero Is any
hitch or any plan to Catllnlzo the Inves
tigation. Dapk of tho Grand Jury Is Mr.
Rotan. It Is up to him to produce tho
goods, and the only kind of goods worth
producing In tho circumstances is the
men higher up. They are tho ones to bo
exposed, for In them Immunity for vice
nestles. A minor scapegoat or two Is not
what tho public wants.
Yet It may bo doubted If any Grand
Jury action could bo more than pallia
tive. The key to the problem Is In the
pocket of tho Director of Public Safety,
which official holds ofllco at the pleasure
of tho Mayor. It is not seriously denied,
we bcllovc, that for three months or moro
tho city was wldo open. Either It was
open with the connivance of ,tho Mayor
or Director Wilson disobeyed orders. If
tho latter Is true, the Mayor has but 'one
way to clear himself before tho com
munity, and that Is to fire Mr. Wilson,
whether the Varcs Hko It or not. VIco
mongers are like mushrooms; they spring
up overnight, under favoring conditions.
Were a Grand Jury to drain tho district
white within a week it would be again
black as the nother regions under a pollco
forco that was acquiescent. Superin
tendent Robinson avers that he had heard
rumors about some men taking graft.
That means nothing, but tho ono big fact
that does Btand out and that does mean
something Is that for months the dis
trict was wldo open, and It could not havo
been that way one night without the cqn
nlvance of tho police. The police could
not havo been derelict ono night with
out the knowledge of Director Wilson.
Nor Is It written In the record of human
events that vice, In defiance of law,
waves Its flaunting banners without pay
ing for the privilege in one form or
another.
Director Wilson may have been able to
explain to the satisfaction of the Mayor
the situation which existed, but he has
not explained it to the satisfaction of the
public. Tho Administration calls Itself
Republican. The kind of Protection tho
Republican party stands for Is the pro
tectlon of legitimate American indus
tries, not the protection of vice. It might
do the Mayor good to let that thought
sink In and ring the vacation bell for
the official In whose department there
seems to have been but a faint realization
of responsibility.
The Director under whom vice has
thriven Is not a director under whom it
would hereafter wither.
"AMERICA FIRST AND AMERICA
EFFICIENT"
NO MORE scathing arraignment of
Democratic Incompetence has been
made In recent years than was niade by
Justice Hughes In his speech of accept
ance last night. When the Administra
tion has used strong and wise words it
has failed to follow them up with de
cisive action and when it has acted it has
blundered Irretrievably. It has not been
of the same mind for many months at
a time on the Mexican question, national
preparedness or the tariff, and its course
on all these matters has been humiliating
to America. Further, its course in the
European war has brought the nation
Into contempt abroad.
More Important than his arraignment
of the Democracy is his program of pos
itive policies. He declares in most unmis
takable terms for a restoration of the
protective tariff framed under the advice
of trade experts for the purpose of safe
guarding American economic Independ
ence and preventing theAmerlcan'work
man from suffering "In the competitive
struggle that Is about to come." He be
lieves la adequate preparedness on both
land, and sea. He demands the develop
ment of the merchant marine and opposes
compelling our ship-owners to compete
with Government-owned vessels. He
stands .for woman suffrage. He regards
our attitude toward the Philippines as
one of moral obligation. He stands for
civil service reform and for a national
budget system. The keynote of the whole
address was contained in one of the open
ing eenteoces, In which he declared for
"America, first fld America efficient." '
LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1916-
EV1&TNG
Tom Daly's Column
IF YOtJ heard a noise this morning like
a herd of boys splashing around In the
old Bwlmmln' hole It was probably made
by a prominent person In Washington
chuckling over his second sauccrful of
coffee while he read, In the paper propped
tip ognlnHt tho sltvcr-plated caster, things
like this!
From many parts of the hall rose the
cry familiar from the days In Chicago
Immediately preceding the Republican
National Convention, "We want
Teddyr
OVATION ALSO FOR HUGHES
The appearance of Mr. Hughes on
the platform about IB minutes later
was the signal for a new demonstra
tion, which both In length and In
tensity equaled, but did not surpass,
that bestowed on the Colonel.
Inconsistency
Unless his eggs are fresh Dill GUnn
Will find a lot of fault!
Hut always, when he's served with one.
He covers It with salt.
Itody MePhee, In Springfield Union.
Moro silly traits to Hill belong.
Here's one of which we'd speak:
Unless a cup of coffee's strong
He'll holler for a week.
For tho crazy ones on tho mad rush
of tor pleasure. Stop, look and listen:
"Lightly speeds my boat along, my gar
ments fluttering In tho gcntlo breeze.
I grudge tho slowness of tho
dawning day. From afar I descry my
old homo nnd Joyfully press onward In
my haste. The servants rush out to
meet mo; my children cluster nt the gate.
There Is the old pine tree and my chrys
anthemums. V.'lno Is brought In full
bottles and I "pour it out In brimming
cups. I gazo out at my favorite branches.
I loll against tho cushions In my new
found freedom. I look at and lovo again
tho sweet children on my knee. I lean
on my staff nnd wander about. I sit
down to rest. I take pleasure In my gar
den. Clouds rise unwilling from tho bot
tom of the hills; tho weary bird seeks Its
nest again. Shadows vanish, yet still I
linger by my lonely plno. Homo onco
moro. In tho puro enjoyment of the
family circle I will pass my days. I will
take pleasure In my garden, cheering my
ldlo hours with lute and book, my spirit
free from care."
Sounds like a weary pleasure seeker
getting back homo from his vacation,
doesn't It? Well, It was Tao Yuan Ming
who said that In the year of our Lord 363.
McTAVISH.
HANDFUL. OF WOMHN'S FINE SILK
BATHING SUITS NOW $2.50.
Department Storo Ad.
"t used to laugh," says W. S. H., "at the
uhcoze about a woman carrying hor bath
ing suit In a handbag, but I guess I'm old
faHhloncd. What Is a handful, anyway?"
Personally wc are Incompetent to answer,
hut an unhappily married man once told us
that any one woman Is a handful.
Rich Man Poor Man
My aunt Is rich and a miser,
A miser and very old;
And when the lady dies, her
Dear kin will get her gold.
Now some aro poor and lonesome
And some have heaps of gain.
Hut pool .but-rich I own somo
Fair 'castles built In Spain.
Tho lady died, God rest her!
Wo laid her on tho hill,
Then gathered to contest her
Unsatisfactory will.
For years we raved and wrangled;
Our hopes all went to smash,
For. when the case untangled.
The lawyers got the cash.
My tale Is sad and dolesome,
My Uln ate uoor again;
But I, I still control some
Fair castles built In Spain. ,
WILL LOU.
HUPMODILE KNOCKS
FORD CAR INTO A
LUMBER PILE
Headline In Stroudiburcr Tlmea.
This Is correct from any angle. Before
folks in these United States began to
cull timber "lumber," the word meant:
"Old or refuse household stuff; things
cumbrous, or bulky and useless, or of
small value." And before that, accord
ing to Trench, a lumber room was the
room where tho Lombard pawnbroker
stored his pledges.
How 'Bout It, Mr. Mayor?
Sir If you want to enjoy about zero
In amusement, do a hard day's work
this broiling weather, drag your weary
feet down the stove-lid sidewalk, and with
your mind on a tall nun with mint stick
ing out, run Into a blast from one of these
sidewalk gridirons. Now that the lid
is being put on again, why not apply It
to these inventions of tne devil? M.
Mrs. BreitenutT Says:
My man doesn't worry mo any until he
begins to be polite.
What Did Ail Oscar?
Mr. Oscar Endlcott, driver of tho Ocean
vllle baker wagon, was found In front of
Mrs, Bates' house on Monday In an uncon
scious state. Kind frlenda carried him In
the house and called Dr. Allen, after which
he soon recovered consciousness. It being
a very sultry day he might have been over
come by the heat. -Port Republlo corre
spondent In Atlantic City Press.
E. F, S. reports this sign on Ninth street,
opposite Postolllce;
SHOES HALF SOLID WHILE YOU
WAIT IN FIRST CLASS ORDER.
W'o havo no hesitancy whatever In as
serting that our August Sale of Furniture,
Metal Beds and Bedding, to begin on Tues.
day, etc Department storo ad.
The metal beds and bedding, I suppose,
insure heavy Bleep, , A. A.
ANOTHER 'NOTE
That "conscience do(h us cowards make"
We quote with new reliance
For He who "Kept us out o war"
Is master of con science.
JAY DE8EE.
Can One Be Too Polite?
Might suggest that Conductor 903 on
Route 13 go out to corner to greet
each Incoming lady. Might even furnish
her an umbrella and rubbers when It
rains. Really won't that hat tipping and
smirking ever wear out? But it gives us
amusement and a laugh Is worth a lot
these days. R. F. P.
So many contribs have called our at.
teritlon to "Russia taking Brody that
we've decided" to say nothing at ,all about
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
"Southerner" Finds the Philadelphia Women are More Discour
teous Than "Pennsylvanian" Found the Men Some
Remarks About Thinking
This dtpartmtnt fa Jrto to all Traders who
icish to trprtss their opinions on WrcM at
current interest. It is an open forum, nnd the
Kvenlno Ledger asmmM no reaponjlollt for
the tffics of its correspondents,
ARE THE LADIES DISCOURTEOUS?
To the Editor of nvrnltia t.cdn'.r:
Sir In your column "The Voice of the
People" In today's Issue of your paper I
read with Interest a letter from "A Penn
Blvantan" on "Male Discourtesy" In which
the writer calls attention to tlio fact that
the men, fspeclally the young men, of
Philadelphia are discourteous to ladles In
street cars. In that they remalnseated In
the cats while ladles stand.
Ttin olty of Philadelphia has been my
Home but a Hhort time, nnd I ride In street
cars a great deal and tho elevated every
day (am a straphanK'r), and I cannot say
that "Pennsylvanian" is right In condemn
ing all of the male population of tills city,
for it Is a common occurrence to see a man
give a lady his place In the car.
But the thing that has Impressed mc
moat Is the fact that when they are Blven
them's seats very few have cither thanked
the giver by word of mouth or in any other
way They tako It that a man ought to
get up and when he dot's they floji down
without even so much as looking at the
person who gave them the seat, much less
thanking them.
Last night while "straphanglng" I saw
a gentleman set up and give a lady a seat In
th elevated Sho was accompanied by a
healthy loof.lng youngster of about 14
years. Not long after she had taken her
kcat (arrt I don't remember her thanking
Ilia dntioi ) the person sitting next to her
got up to get oft at a Btatlon, and even
thtiugh there were several ladles standing
In tho car she proceeded to put the boy
in tha place before any of the ladles had
a chance to get It.
A fxw days ago I was passing along a
stteet where two elderly ladles were trying
to crank a Ford. They were having diffi
culty In retting It started, so I crossed the
street and after working at It for about
Ave minutes succeeded In getting It
started. It was one of those days when
the "Bermuda High" was here and It was
work and I perspired a good deal and put
myself out to help them. They got Into
the machine, never even thanked me for
my trouble and drove off, leaving me to
say to myself. "Well. I'll be ."
A person does not mind helping out or
aiding soma one If his act Is galng to be
appreciated. Men who have worked all
day are mentally and physically tired, too,
and If, when they arose to give a lady in
the street car a seal, they were thanked
for discomforting themselves there might
be more chivalry on the part of the man.
Very few men will remain seated when
an old lady gets Into the car, and I have
myself given my Seat to old gentlemen, and
1 believe almost any other man would do
the same.
in the section of the United States which
Is my home, a man when he gives his seat
lo a lady, a smile and "I thank ;you very
much" comes from the recipient othls kind
ness. The ladles appreciate whenl they are
given tha Beat that the man giving It Is
putting himself out that she may ride more
AMERICA TO EUROPE
The great mass of American opinion can
be won only by pv-xf that EuropO ll domi
nated by liberals. An arrangement with
Tories and chauvinists and Imperialists
Is un'h'nkable, ana Americans are watching
with some misgiving the internal politics vl
Britain and Germany. They would take no
refponslblllty for the peace, of Europe If
policy Is to be dictated by mtn like Carson,
Nortbclltfe and Curion. The news wn'.ch
has rome to us In the last few months has
been a serious setback to the propaganda
for an abandonment of isolation. Among
the most Important Items of such news are
these:
The proposal of a war after the war by
means of tariffs, boycotts and what not. ff
this is attempted, it will drive us Into Isola
tion. If successful It will ultimately push
us Into the arms of Germany. V
The muddle of Ireland, which has made
America question the liberalism of Britain
nod the sincerity of her talk about small
nationalities or the good faith of her Inter
est In Pole, Danes and Alsatians,
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comfortably, while up hero tho ladles seem
to be without appi relation entirely.
I may be wrong In my Judgment, but I
ride about the city in street cars n great
deal, and I have Hern numerous canes of
ladies being given seats by men, hut In
mighty few has llicro been any acknowl
edgment on the part of tho laay.
SOUTHERNER.
Philadelphia, July 29.
FROM A MAN WHO "THINKS"
To the Editor of Evemnu Ledger:
Sir Treasonable frothing may go as
tho real btuff in Philadelphia, where the
majority allows some ouu else to do its
thinking. Even tho Evemino Ledokii
gives up the exercise of thought and al
lows partisanship to destroy all decent re
straint. Does tho Evening I.EooEn know that
election laws are made by the State Legis
latures, not ly the national, and hence this
matter of the soldier vote was very prop
erly removed from an appropriation meas
ure. I shall paste your "know-nothing" edi
torial on my November calendar sheet for
comparison. JOHN H. EVANS.
"Furious" to beat Wilson!
Philadelphia, July 31.
PROTEST AGAINST ANARCHY
To the Editor of the Evtnmg Ledger:
Sir Now that the world was made to
open its eyes by force and made to admit
that anarchist members would be none too
gentle and would employ any extreme
means In gaining their end, us was shown
last Saturday In San Francisco when six
persons were killed, I thought that It would
be a wise movement on the part of Phila
delphia to begin to employ means to pre
vent such an outburst from occurring here.
How could they have better shown
their strength than to have given warning
to all newspapers that It would suit the
senders In having all the advocates of
preparedness In line to prove they were
no cowards and face a likely death, as was
the case, and signed by "the determined
exiles from militaristic Governments Italy.
Germany and Russia."
What Is going to prevent their timing a
bomb at one of our celebrations, such as a
prepardedness meeting, parade or, In fact,
any affair not In accordance with the
anarchist consent and opinion? Would
that be Impossible? Has It not already
happened In San Francisco? Emma Gold
man, who had been lecturing the whole of
the fore week, has that deed attributed
to her throat. As later explained by one
arrested. "This Is nothing." Maybe he is
right. Who can tell? So, my City at
Biotherly Love, let us employ soma proj
ects to cast fear Into the hearts of those
whose sole ambitions will terminate In the
destruction of American lives, (deals, pur
poses and undertakings. Will our authori
ties foolishly sit back with a watchful ex.
pectancy of a like occurrence or will they
get down to business, casting off a "can't
happen here" expression and decide on a
scheme for preventing It? Who can tell?
ABB MEYERS,
Brownsburg, Pa., July 85.
The activity of Japan and Russia In
China.
The publication of a blacklist. This Is re
garded by most Americans as a disruption
of the world's commerce, not as a military
measure against Germany. With Germany
and all the adjoining neutrals blockaded
America sees no sense In, the measure and'
regards It as an .attempt to destroy Ger-.
many, not as an effort to conquer her mill,
tary power. It U regarded by Americans
ns Insulting and as an Invasion of their
rights. "
We do not bellevj that these measures
represent the will of liberal England Thev
represent the reaction of wartime Th.
New Republic, e' Tb0
UNIQUE
One big cartridge company In Canada
fc4 returned to the Government J760O00
the profits on orders for war supplies 'The
Minister of Finance in acknowledging tha
gift says the donor showed "high patrtotia
santimant-" But ib.fi txamnU Hn.. .....
-- -- r-w uv uui seem
ato be followed numerously. Troy Time.
What Do You Know?
Ourrles o acnerai interest tcill be answered
In (Jif column. Ten questions, the answers to
which every well-informed person should know,
ore asked daltu.
QUIZ
1. Where doe cantor oil rtt Ita Hume!
S. Hon- did the ludlen ilrm their hulr when
they woro n rntnrnrt or waterfall?
3. Who as Sir Thnniux Kumhe?
4. Whr It marudum puirnient called?
0, Hon- iniuir et-l'rriidrnti are "till nllre?
0. Who Introduced IIik unit system Into
Amerlcau national politics?
7. About how old U tha l'.rle Cnnnl?
8. Who Is the Amerlcnn Anibuaoudor to China?
0. What Is the C'onirrnslonal Club?
10. Where did the orlslnal Chestnut Street
Theatre stand?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
IIIIo l the arrond town In slie In the Ha
waiian lalunds and the best seaport In
the crnuu.
The Luetare Medal, made of cold. Is pre.
sented on I.netare or .Mld-lnt Sunday
hy tlm Unlternllr of Notre Dams to n
. Itomun Cuthollc l.iyinun for distinguished
srrvlie to rellelon nr education,
A joist Is one of the pnrullel timbers laid
from nail to wall of a bulldlnr for sup.
portlnc the Moors.
Captain Frynlt was the commander of the
llrltisli steamer llrussels, who has been
shot by the Hermans for trylnc to ram a
submurlne.
Infantile .paralysis Is anterior pollomycl.
Ills.
The Leeward Islands are a small troop
southeast of I'orto ltlco.
It was In Sarajevo that the heir to the Aus.
o asssssinuteu on June
S. The longest continuous session of Congress
was from. December J, 11)13, to October
0. Eleven btates have constitutional prohibi
tion. 10. It Is 08 miles from Philadelphia to Haiti
more. Submarines
JJdlfor of "iriat Do You Know" Can
you tell me whether any submarines crossed
the ocean from this side under their own
power since the war began?
TELEPHONE.
All Information concerning the move
ments of belligerent vessels Is subject to
scrutiny, but as far as we can nnd out
there Is no reason to doubt the following
facts: A flotilla of submarines did leave
from some Canadian port about a year
ago and proceeded under their own power
to a friendly port, probably In Great Brl.
tain, possibly further on The ultimate
destination of some of these submarines
was the Dardanelles. We cannot say
whether the tubmarlnes stopped en route
But they unquestionably went. Consult
the Evenjno Ledger for July 11, J9i6,
for the name of the engineer who managed
the work.
IIow to Get London Papers
Editor of "What Do You Know" Please
advise me how I may obtain copies of some
prominent London (Eng.) newspaper,
G. W. T.
Copies of London papers may be obtained
through the American News Company, New
York, or direct from the publishing offices
In London. The leading papers of London
are the Times, the Dally Mall, the Tele
graph, the Post and the Chronicle.
Yalue of an Old Book
Editor of "What Do You Know" In the
Evening LEDqea of June 26 there an.
peared an article on Masonry by John Pi.
freth Waklns, entitled 'The Disappear
ance of James Morgan." Can you tell me
If an old book on this same subject has
any value? The book was printed In 1827
and bears on the title page the following:
Illustrations of Masonry
by one of the Fraternity who has devoted
SO years to the subject,
with an account of the kidnapping of
the Author.
Printed for the Author In New York
H37.
The name of the author la '"Morgan" if
you cannot give me the Information' ae.
sired, perhaps you can refer me to some
authority who can. MARY S. WINDLE.
Probably the value of the book could be
determined by consulting some authority on
books or reputable buyer and seller of
rare volumes. It U not possible to aiv
trade advice of this sort in this column,
but it la quite possible that private indu
vlduals, not in trade, would be. Interested
in the book you describe and might volun
Ur rBfofrwMw tfiGCitulv tie importfeSKs.
SHOCK OF WAR
ON AUGUST lA
A.Day All in Melancholy Grayi
Tones, When the Great War
Was Only Shown in Sym
bols IF ANY ONE doubts tho accuracy of
the description given In this pines
yesterday, let htm turn to tho files o
tho dally papers before August 1, 19U,j
Let hiWfor brevity, consult tho Literary
Digest for August 2 of that year, dealing
with events up to tho end of July, All
tho papers tiuoted deal with tho Austro
Serbian struggle, with only faint Indl
cations of n wider war, of Entcnto and
Alliance. Editorially, there Is mention of
tho menace. In the news thero Is next
to nothing.
So we come to the first day of August, i
tho day on which Germany nnd Itusslij
found themselves at war. when Fmnr.
was mobilizing, while It mado despcraUA
efforts to treat with Germany. It was th
day on which Austria mado Its flrstii
break over Serbian soil, when American
tourists uegan to miner tno lessor rigors
of militarism. But of alt these things
wo knew nothing. Tho first of August,,
was a Saturday, and we went to ths
fihoro or Joined our families at a moun-'J
tain resort with only an unwonted per-
plcxlty in our minds. It wasn t war that
bothered us, but a strango threat, a
cloud, not a thunderbolt Our vision was 1
obscured, but wo were not blinded. f
That Saturday morning wns all n
gray. Every measure was procautlonaryi
ovcry everit was scanned for a hidden and f
disastrous meaning. Our banker friends
had known for 24 hours what wo learned
that tho stock exchanges of the whols
world had closed their doors slmul
taneousty for tho first tlmo In history. We
aren't all economists, but wo all knew
that something serious had happened,1
"Those boys In Wall street know every
thing," wo figured. "It means bad." We?
saw that .fast enough.
Uncertainty the Word
But why did tho Hamburg-American"
Lino cancel tho sailings of tho Vnterlnnit.'
Amerlka, ImiWator?' "Was England com
lng In? Wo turned to our reports frorn
England nnd were ns much nt sea as ths
English fleet. Tho Goodwood races, the
Cowes regatta and week-ends occupied
British minds. Occasionally a question
wan asked, so naively ns to make us
smile today. It was, Can tho British
fleet protect England from isolation?
Uncertainty wns tho word. There was
a near-panic In wheat, thero was th
threat of n world strike, there was trot
bio with our currency. But In tho mldstT
of these a terrible thing happened, one
which nover was given Its proper con
sideration. It was tho assassination o:
Jean Juarcs. Wo who know now that
Llebknecht was powerless may speculate
on what Juares would havo tried to da
in France. But he was taken off, and 1
two years later we nro treated to ths J
cholco idea that France had him put out,J
of the way to avoid trouble. At thelt
moment tho assassination affected us
Illte a thunderstorm when wo aro in the
midst of an unhappy family quarroL It
was nn omen.
Romomber that all this was before thej
days of Efficiency nnd Frlghtfulness, be-jj
foro our orientation In tho war set owvj
hearts so close to tho Entente and our;
faces so firm agnlnst Germany. We wer"
appalled, not by human will, but by hu
man folly; wo saw only tho Inevitable. V.
was too early for moral Judgments, too .
soon for us to blamo or praise. Wo were-3
conscious of forces dragging sanity and j
wisdom down, but wo did not suspect
that all tho sanity and wisdom of two
generations had prepared those forces h
a i ... . . ...!!
ana put grappling hooks Into their hands.
The processes of diplomacy irritated us.
In them as practiced by the ' Teutonlo
empires we found tho first ground fori
our faith in England and France, for wi
slowly began to compare facts, to see
that virtually every communication from
Germany and Austria was an ultimatum,
set a definite time, and that not far
ahead, for an answer. We know now
what the reason was, can even see that
the piling up of Russian and FrenchNj
forces was what rulried Germany's bright
hope of a quick and victorious war. Wt
see now that the doctrine of military'
necessity Justified tho sharp words, the,
impossible conditions, the snarling of ths
dogs before they were sent on the chase.
But in those days we did not know the
doctrine of necessity at all.
Not Anti-German .
One thing we do learn from passing
back in tills way to the summer of two
yeats ago. We learn that America was
nnt nntl!n,mnn YP V.to Mtint.. Vinifi
.w m.,v. v.... ..... . v,.a iAiuii.i .Sm
reallv been Anglicized, thn results woullTH
have shown In the earliest days. ThersjS
Is not a sign. Even the violation of Bel-jW
glan neutrality did not move the United
States so much. It was only In the days
when Louvaln burned and terror andffl
misery were let loose on Belgian soil1
that we began to feel what a horrible:
wrong had been committed. The people
of this country had not learned to think
in terms of treaties, of diplomatic renr-,
sentatlons, of national integrity. V',
were we may bo still the most intensely
personal nation In the world. Our press.
which was never and never could be sub-3
siaizeu, was surprisingly inairteren wj
causes and to responsibilities. Arctyj
enemies of Germany now were pointing
out her difficulties. One paper in New
York which has been the black beast oi
German-Americans actually said, week B
after the war began, that Germany had
gone down on her knees to Russia to
prevent war. We make no .mention pi
the name out of professional sympathy,
because the editor who penned those
words has retracted them, or their spirit.
many times since then.
No, we were not pror antl anytnlos
then, except for our furious determlnai
tlon t' keep "steady on." We felt out ofj
it that It was not our quarrel and that
there was no Justice In it It was Ion
before we realized what the battle meaner
long before we were to see that If the,
was no Justice In the slaughter there wa,
a wild and wanton injustice in Its metl
ods. The isolation of America ended is
1914. but August 1 was not the data.
roowfTota'i article iieUl deal toils ths rfM
gsV ia "taT" "' M" "".
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