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Ttr mall, postpaid outdid of Philadelphia, except where foreign postage, la required, one month, twentr lire cents; one year, thre dollars. All mall subscriptions payable In advance. N'oTtcs Subscribers wlshlnir addrea changed must tho old aa well as new address. Hell, imp walnut"" KEvsTor-E. main jooo C Address all eommtinlfitlldit fo Ft (nine Ledger, Independence Square, PMladtlphla, EHTntD At tii rniT.Ahm ruiA mitrric as SBCO-ID-CLias Wilt, MATTE. THE AVERAGE MET PAID r)AllT CHI- CUJ.ATION OF THE EVENINO LEDGE". FOR JUNE WAS 155,80 Philadelphia, Friday, Aom.l I, 1716. Though the people tupport the Government, the Government ihould not tupport the people, Grover Cleve, land. The President Is a stand-patter on Buffrago, but he has wubblcd on almost everything else. Now that they've got rid of Case ment, may the murder of Captain Fryntt be considered avenged 7 Fairbanks has not been told that ho was nominated for the vice presidency, .but ho has a strong suspicion that some one Is after his barrel. Berlin University has made tho German Crown Prince a doctor ot Iaw;s. What degree would It have given to him If he had taken Verdun? There ore several police officers In this town who would be happier just now If they were on the Deutschland, under the sea, out of reach of the Grand Jury. Tho private opinion of the1 mem bers of the New York State Democratic Committee Is that Hughes will carry the State by a plurality of at least 50,000. The President's speech of accept ance will be a fine literary production. But the trouble with Mr. Wilson is that he Is content with producing literature. Mr. "Glbboney says ho can talk to Senator McNIchoI or anybody else. Quite so, but It does 'no harm for the public to know that such conversations are under way. Testimony before the Grand Jury seems to show that "some of the police" taxed the district, but what the people want to know Is what politicians taxed "some of tho police." It must make the mouths of con tractors water and their palms itch when they are told what extremely high bids the Department of City Transit expects to.get on the proposals for transit work. Roslka Schwlmmer Is trying un successfully to get an Interview with Mr. Ford In Detroit. Doesn't she know that he saw more of her than was pleasant during his futilo peace expedition last winter? If the President, who is trying to dictate to the Tammany Tiger, will con sult Agnes Iteppller, he will discover that the animals of the cat family can bo coaxed much more successfully than they can .be driven. Vn to the moment of writing (May, 1916) the German High Sea Fleet has pursued a reticent strategy. States man's Year Book. If the editor of the Year Book has a large stock of such opt adjectives he could qualify as a paragrapher. The figure of Peace guarding Genius in the new group of statuary adorning the Capitol In Washington la represented with a coat of mall and a breastplate under her draperies. The sculptor evidently knows what'H what In these days. Wouldn't it be delightful if Presi dent 'Wilson should agree to pay that bill for damages arising from the Persh ing expedition into Mexico which Car 'ranza Is getting ready to present? It would be a nice way to win the respect of the Mexicans, nit. Gum Shoe Bill Stone felt hurt when Senator Penrose exposed Democratic ex travagance, but If the Missouri Senator wants a real flaying let him ask Chair man Fitzgerald, of the House Appropria tion Committee, what he thinks of the waste of public funds by his own party. Tucson, Arizona (which is the way they spell but do pot pronounce It), with 20,000 population, may need a $350,000 -IMwlofllc fifty yeara hence, but only a ; Democratic Congress, with no apprecia tion of the value of money, woqld au- fo.ATL.-. . . .- . .. Minonze iue consirucnon ol bo expensive f ajbulldlng in this year of deficits. Tolland, a small town in western Massachusetts, long way from any rail road, will produce pne million quarts of blueierrles this year, of which the farmers will pick only one hundred thou sand quarts. The rest goes to feed the birds. Before the summer boarders dis covered the PoconoB, the farmers in that region -used to pile crates filled with blue berrWs about the railroad station at Cresco until It was impossible to see the hulldinir- Neglect to gather the crop there and elsewhere is one of the reasons why-a segment of real blueberry pie Is a luxury to be enjoyed only by those who are rich uou?h to pay 13 cents for It tntSe restaurants. Tho EvENi.va Lbdgeh called the f Congress Wednesday utter- -Wbw aase.&f whitf would drive American-built ships from the coast trade. The Stnators iri faVor of the pro tection of American shipping and Ameri can shipyards sot busy at once, under the lead of Penrose, Lodge and Nelson. The prospect now Is that the provision which authorizes the Government to buy foreign built ships to operate In trade between coast points will be removed from the bill at the earliest opportunity. American control of coastwise shipping Is as old as the nation. Building ships for It has been the chief support of American ship yards In recent years. ISo party which cared at all for making America Independ ent and self-sustaining would consider for a moment changing the law and bringing foreign shipbuilders Into compe tition with American yards In their own market under existing conditions. Now that the light has iioen turned on It la likely that the responsible leaders In Con gress who tried to sneak this objection able provision through will disown It, but they cannot escape the responsibility for the covert attack upon the only American shipping that amounts to nnythlng. TRADE WAR THREATENS AMERICAN PROSPERITY PRBMIKR Af-QIHTH Is emphatic In declaring that tho post-bellum trado plans of neither tho Allies nor Great Britain are directed against the United States. It Is Rlenlflcant. however, that filr John A. Simon In the debate warned the House "to do nothing likely to shift the trade center of tho world from Great Britain to, say, America." The London Times, too, has been viewing with npprehcnslon tho Increasing activity of the United States In shipbuilding, and points out the necessity of extraordinary efforts along the same lines by England. The great, big, all-Important fact for Americans to take to heart Just now Is that England, although stilt engaged In tho great war and scarcely within tho first vision of victory, is devoting Her best brnlns nnd her best energy to preparation for the unparnlleled competi tion In trade which nil economists with ono accord agree ! certain to follow peace. "Our eyes have been opened," said Mr. Asqulth, "as to the meaning of tho manifold ramifications of the German system of economic penetration and com mercial and financial control of vital In terests." And he went on to say that tho Germans were already organizing their Industries "for a vigorous. If possi ble, attack on neutral markets." "There Is no more hardened free trader than I am," continued the Premier, "but no one can bo blind to tho fact that this war, with Its upheaval of social, political and industrial conditions, suggests new prob lems and modifications in the solution of all problems." MEN may die and armies crush their way along through rivers of blood, but back of the generals and the captains, the strategists and the tacticians, there sit the captains ot Industry, and the vision on which they set their eyes Is the business of the world. Put down, then, two facts as Incontrovertible: First. Knsland and her Allies hae determined to utilize every legislate or other device In their power. Includ ing tariffs of all sortfi and llrillsh con trol of shipping, to dominate -world trade at the conclusion of the war. Second. Germany, henslng defeat. has already outlined a program to apply her master efficiency to the rehabilita tion of Industry by means of a competi tion as ruthless as her military activity has been. The United States alone nmong tho great nations of the world, with the goose hanging high, lingers delighted in the garden of prosperity without thought of the future, as if by the mere accident of events good times were fore ordained. It is a paramount duty of the Repub lican party at this juncture to arouse the nation to a realization of actual condi tions. It Is true that prosperity is here and it Is difficult to convince citizens that any other condition 'Rill ever prevail. But it Is Just because of this satisfaction that Republican duty in the circum stances becomes the more pronounced. The necessity for military preparedness is real enough, but long before any hos tile fleets approach our shores will come the argosies of trade, laden deep with "bargains" to tempt the American buyer and wean him from the goods produced at home. We are not going to keep that trade out, but unless we are madmen we are going to provide for its regulation, for the prevention of cut-throat compe tition; and the only way we can do It is by adequate tariff legislation. Such legislation can never be got from a Dem ocratic administration. It can be got only from a Republican administration, NOR is tariff legislation the only requi site. We must have men In Washing ton who do not see red when the words Big Business are uttered, for if there Is anything that is true it is that we can win and hold foreign trade only through large aggregations or capital, vast enough to compete on equal terms with any of the overseas corporations which have been and will be nurtured abroad. In business no more than in war can shrapnel shells overcome 14-inch guns. Aye, we must drive out of Washington men who have cold shivers run down, their backs at the mere suggestion of protecting American Investments In foreign parts. Thla Is a business nation, and any party that acts on a contrary theory is heading itself and the country toward the morasses. As convincing an argument as has yet been formulated tor the election of Mr. Hughe was uttered by Premier Asqulth In the British Parliament when he urged the adoption of the resolutions prepared t the Vaztt Bcoauulq .Confsreocc, EVENING Tom Daly's Column Let us not forget to say n. kind word for Ellis, the hangman. Without pretense of higher Ideals, he did the Job for $25. Whenever It's There It's Elsewhere One of our own bright young men working in the front yard over there re marked yesterday: Thoie flen-bltten West Philadelphia who hAVe appealed to the city ornithol ogist for relief must think that the flea Is n bird. Suro it's a bird! Hasn't Sir Boyle O'Roche assured us that It's only ft bird that can be in two places at once? Why can't somebody Invent a lead pen cil that will always stay about three Inches long and sharpened? When little Joseph Sullvan honored our morning mall with the above we felt llko starting n puzzlo department. But, then, wo realized that we'd never be able to keep it up to this standard. AcknowleUlnr rclpt of n eopy of "Th I-o." iKiu-rl bj- the ClrcumnnMctor- Club rrobrt.tr Bent to us by I.uks Cushion, of thft mmbr- hlp ww're frrAtful for th nttentlon but thfl leaner our iturr wnn, lilted trom n nnd not Tublle." Eenlnr" Miss Florence Klmllg, a Philadelphia tele phone operator, raves $500 a year by wear ing male clothes, except the trousers. Yonkers Stntesman. Telephone operators In burlesque shows even save on coats nnd ,csts. Overheard in a Music Shop "It's nn awful pretty record. It's called a conccrt-o." "What's that?" "Well, there's two of 'cm In It. It's a duel; a harp against a flute." 903 On Route 13 Dear Tom While you were up Camden way the editor In charge of your column gave access to a grouchy contributor from Darby, with the initials It, F. P.. who. under the Interrogation "Can one be too polite?" slipped In a slanderous Insinuation regarding that paragon conductor No. 003 on route No 13. 1 bellcva that I am speaking for 39 out nf 10 passengers, supposing H. F. P. to be aboard, when I say that It Is always a pleasure to ride with No. 903 nnd fre quently nn Inspiration to witness his ex ample ot unfailing courtesy and deft per formance of every detail. Surely one must be under the disadvantage of low visibil ity, when one can only find tolerant amuse ment In the manner rso. 803 covers ni position. O. T. N. Mr. Wilson's not afraid of offending nny class, even If votes are votes. Here's a sign posted in the P. O. at Straf ford. N. J.: NO ROLLER SKATING IN THE POSTOFFICE. Fnnn lourlnr. 1MB. 1 k old. used t hour; harmin; 'phono Germantown I-37B. Owner nick. Clan-ilflfd nrl In Sunday contemporary. Could one possibly say more In three agate lines? THE Germantown Tool Works, which Isn't even located In Germantown but' at Second nnd Duncannon streets, had considerable trado In Australia and Now Zealand. But along about September or October, 1914, at nny rate. Just nfter the big war broke loose, the several "Anzac" customers sent word that thoy would have no further use for tho "Germantown tools" because the name was objection able. Our Serial Poem It will be remembered that yesterday we began HEROINE OF LEGION OF HONOR (Copyright, 1907, by George K. Lothrop, Jr., 9S Brook avenue, Boston, Mass.) (Flte-PolnUd Bold Star, Emblrtn of French Legion of Honor. Awarded lo Jennie Creek, Mill (trove. Indiana, for )lraery. September. 1893. Gueat ot Honor at Parla Kxpoaltlon, 1000.) But we got no further than the poetic Introduction. Now the real story begins: Twas a strangely romantic incident Which could thus send a country child's renown Off to the Parisian Boulevards From 3uch an almost unknown quiet town. On wings of gratitude across the sea. While mothers and wives clasped their loved ones close. Praying for her who had saved from the grave. Fervently at night they would pray to God When their little children In bed were laid, That He might send His angels with blessings To watch over the Indiana maid. She was a modest girl of eleven When her famous and brilliant act was done ; There In September, eighteen ninety three, As sank In the west that afternoon sun. She lived near the small Jllllgrove flag station, Out between Columbus and Chicago. Where the Pan Handle road rushed through Its trains As fast as smoke and steam would puff and blow. Jennie Creek was a wild, frolicking girl Who sported and played by the railroad tracks. As her mother had died, the relatives Tried to develop what a young child lacks. They told her the railroad was dangerous And that she must pot make it her play ground; But whenever their "Jennie Creek" got lost It was on the railroad she would be found. She made friends with all ot the section men, And would often watch them carry their load. While she danced and frolicked In glee about, As if she was the owner ot the road. "Ono afternon at' fot)r p'ejock," she said, 1 ran out aione iq me oriage to play, Where a iraall stream flowed through the gully dep. Dashing and murmuring this fatal day. I mw in horror the bridge was. smoking. And as I looked the raging flame shot high. With not a railroad man in sight to stop The Chicago express which should rush by. I was frightened to see the hungry flames. And ran pp the track o give jtve alarm When I heard the whistle of the express As it camp dashing around through the (arm. It was the fast train right from Chicago, Which always went through Jllllgrove n full speed. And I knew this train would bo surely wrecked A thew wr no alcata for them t tttd.' CTfc jCaaOi-t tl Qivrp T LEDOER-PHUjADPHIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1916. " ' ' sife -Kill " THE MYSTERY OF The Boy Was Confined in a Dark Cell Till He Was Eighteen and Then Released Murdered Five Years Later Was He an Inconvenient Royal Heir? By JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS am rl i MYSTERIOUS person was found leaning against a wall In tho Bava rian city of Nuremberg In May. 1828. He was a youth of about 18, apparently an aristocrat. Blinded by the morning sun, he held his hands over his eyes. The police told him to move on, but he could not walk. They prodded him. He stag gered and fell. Questioning him as to his identity, they found that ho could not talk, so they carried him bodily to prison. It was evident that ho was not an Idiot. His face and demeanor bespoke inherent intelligence. Yet his Inability to walk or talk was unfeigned. 'He was not deaf and his vocal organs were capa ble of reproducing any spoken word by repetition. Given a substantial meal, he turned from It with nbhorrence and fell into convulsions. All that could tempt his appetite was hard bread and water. Some one sent him some toys to play with, but they caused him to cry with ter ror, until he caught Bight of a wooden horse, which he snatched up with glee, clasping it In his arms and kissing it tenderly. False Clue in a Letter The only clue as to his identity was a letter found upon his person and pur porting to have been written by a Bava rian laborer. It stated that the bearer had been found at the writer's door 16 years before, and Inclosed was a note alleged to have been written by the youth's mother. According to this com munication his name was Kaspar: he had been born April 30, 1812; his father was Aa captain in the Sixth Chevau-leger Regi ment, at Nuremberg, and his mother was a poor girl unable to support him. There were grave suspicions that these letters had been written as a blind, Inasmuch as the youth showed many evidences of aristocratic lineage. He had evidently languished from infancy amid absolute darkness and silence, suffering Imprison ment even more cruel than that of the celebrated Man of the Iron Mask. One surprising discovery was made. At the sight of a pencil the speechless youth took It up and forthwith wrote, "Kaspar Hauser" evidently a name given to him to disguise his real Identity. He was unable to write anything, else or to pronounce what he had written. In Nuremberg- dwelt a kindly isavant, Prof. G. F. Daumer, who became Interest ed in the mysterious youth, and took him to hla home, hoping to develop his retarded mentality. With surprising rapidity Kaspar thereupon learned not only to walk and talk, but to read and write. "Within 'a few months he was able to relate so much 6f his Btrange his tory as he could rerrlember. According to his story he had been confined all his life In a dark cell, penetrated ordy by .a roan whose shadow alone he could see and who came daily to wash him, dress him and bring him his sustenance, al ways bread and water. His only friend had been a wooden horse, and hla Jailer, although never speaklns a word to hlro, had for some mysterious reason expended a year's effort in silently teaching him to write the name, "Kaspar Hausef." Finally, one night his keeper had entered hla celt, blindfolded him, placed in his hand the letter later found upon his per son, taken him to Nuremberg, and left him leaning against the city -wl TJjat I .. all .. I.,ar n" htm atnirKr til ,.. ?- U --. MMflHl, MtVtg "WHEN I GET OUT- K . 1 i KASPAR HAUSER Professor Daumcr's house soon became tho mecca for thousands of persons who flocked there to see tho mystery youth nnd hear his strange story. One day, within less than five months from the time when Kaspar was found leaning against the el'y wall. Professor Daumer was terrified to hear his Interesting pro tege utter terrified cries for help, and, rushing Into the room, he found Kaspar writhing upon tho floor. Blood gushed from a wound In his forehead, and when revived tho lad said that a man with a blackened face had stolen Into the room, stabbed him and lied. The police scoured tho country for the assailant, but without avail, and It was now qulto evident that the personage who had sought to hide Kaspar fr.om tho world had dreaded the notoriety which he was causing, and had sought to put him out of the way before his identity might be ferreted out. About this time the case attracted the attention of the very wealthy Lord Stanhope, ot England, who adopted Kaspar and sent him secretly to Ansbach that he might bo hidden Bafely from his enemies and be educated by the celebrated Professor Fuhrmann. After a few years, his edu cation having been completed, Lord Stan hope arrived in Ansbach to take his ward back to England, where, It was planned, he should enjoy a Jlfo ot ease, compen-. sating him for the hideous persecutions of which he had been victim. Lured to His Death On the day before that set for. this happy departure for England, a stranger handed Kaspar a note requesting him to appear at a certain place and learn the secret of his origin. Without confiding the circumstances to Lord Stanhope, the young man proceeded to the place ap pointed. Soon afterward he terrified his guardian by staggering into his apart ment with blood dripping from a knife wound in his Bide. Gasping the words, "Palace Uzen Monument purse!" he fell to the floor, dead. Acting upon this clue, Lord Stanhope hastened to (he Uxen Monument in the palace grounds and there found a purse of violet-colored silk, containing a slip of paper on which had been scrawled: "Kaspar Hauser, born April 30, 1812. Murdered December 14, 1833. Know by this that I come from the Bavarian' fron tier on the river. These are the initials of my name: M. L. B." A price, ot gOOO florins" was pladed upon the head of Kaspar's assassin by Lord Stanhope, and for years the police strove to solve the mystery, But their efforts were futile. Kaspar Hauser remains today, perhaps, the most baffling pnlgpia, that ever vexed the mind of roan. (Coouiight.) CANT "BORWARD MARCH" As a convert to preparedness President Wilson seems to haye advanced In mjlltary training to. the point where he can execute tfie movement kngwn m "about face" day after day without a sllp-up. Springfleia Union. HIGHER FORHEVER Bare William Waldorf Astor. of Eng land, anonuco he will fight a New York Council ordlnanca -limiting the height of buildings. Thfe baron no doubt will present ihp welj-worn. argwcowS. that everything th,il. ba hlrhAF OIL.AI1Ti nf !. ... ' -,..J -.il, - " ., WgiUji-Ia UUMti ---. -- . Ql ' . r- 1 II . " V rfS UU f i What Do You Know? Queries of antral inttrtst iclll be antwered (n thts column. Ten questions, the answtrs to which rverv well-informed person should know, are asked dally. QUIZ 1. AVIint la n pediment? 2. Vi ho la Klnr of Denmark! 3. Mhnt la oMe oiiullu '.' I. Whut n the nrt tiiIup of the estate left by J, rierpont Morgan? 3. What la nentftfoot oil? 0. What la nn orphan? 7, Where la Mount Stromboll? 8, Where la the ruitom liouae In rhlladrtiililii? 0, Which la liUhrr, the fit)- Hull toner or the Cologne L'nthedrnl? 10. Whnt waa the drat State admitted to the Union after tho ratification of the Con ktltutlon? . Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. A buckler la a round ahleld. 3. Mary. Queen of Hrota. naa Imprlaoned for IB rears. 3. A tabby rat la pronerlr n rat with tabbr. Hint la, atrlped or mottled marklnca, 4, Tanlora I produced bv heatlnc the molaiened Hour ground from the rnaaau root. a. John If. Clarke la the aucceaaor of Charles E. Ilughea on tho Supreme Court bench, 6. The Serbian Goternment alta at present at Corfu. 7. It la 1700 mllea to Oalieaton. 8. Independence Halt waa begun In 1729. 0, London Touer la on the Thamra, between Tower bridge and Iondon bridge, a little more than two miles In an air line from Wratmlnater Abbey. 10. David t .Houston, of Missouri. Is Secretary of Agriculture. "War Fatalities H. H. According to the list of statistics of German wounded soldiers, 90.2 per cent returned to the front, M per cent died and the rest were unfit for service or were released. The military measures of the Central Powers, In consequence of vacci nation, were never disturbed by epidemics. Hack Numbers Editor o "What Do You Know" Where can I obtain back issues of the Evenwo Ledger? FRAN. At the publication office. Sixth and Chestnut streets. Workmen's Compensation Editor of "Whnt Do You Know" Is it possible for the Workmen's Compensation Commission to refuse to pay In bulk dam ages that are authorized to be paid In Instalments? jj q A decision In this matter was recently made by Chairman Mackey, of the com mission. He evolved a principle In the pay ment of compensation that will probably stand permanently for the future guidance of the bureau. In an opinion he declined to sanction the lump payment of 56015 to the widow of a man who was killed while working for the Pressed Steel Car Com. pany, of Pittsburgh. She and three chl I. dren are entitled to that amount In semi monthly payments, covering a period un to 1931. but she asked that the money be paid at once, so she could make a certain In. vestment, and the company agreed to nay t The commission holds that It is well tn protect her against herself and an uncer tain Investment. Her petition waa refused and the payments will be made as the law Intends. "w Child Labor Regulations Editor o "What Do You JTnou." .i i, a child graduated from grammar Mhool when It was u years old, would it ha" to go to continuation school until it wi! 16 If it got Its working pape? 2 'WouW It ba necessary for a child of n from ii llnols. who had rot It u.,w' "? ." there, to get working Wers m'Thu'Xy" 1. Section 3 of the .child labor law Drn. Vldes that "It shall be unlawful f person to employ any mi0r between 14 and 18 years of age until nuch minor shall during the period of such employment, at tend, for a pertod or periods equivalent to pot Us than eight hours a we?k a Sool approved by the State Superintendent n cate that It was the Intention of the iiala lature to protect children under 14 rega'd less of their schoUstlc Pttalnments. 2 a. the law also directs that employment cf, tiflcates must be iwued by an offlteei to m school district to wblCb u "ehSS niveau 1 evtdept that no certificate issued in an other Stat, or even a 2a5J?203& trfst, would ba viiid. w" TWO YEARS OF J WAR EMOTION! ,,.. m.s.ri Mrij r h.t. f me oitiJ-tiiiB vvinu uj. r.eutrf Feeling in America Hope? That Canceled Judgment and Fears That Broke Hope TWO years of it nnd they can be su med up in a sentence. Tho man wf has never stuck a red-topped pin Into1 map nor discovered how to pronoun. Ypres Is as competent ns tho mlllt&t expert to tell what has happened, j brief, we may say that for two yea neutrals, apart from sentiment, said tti "you've got to hand It to those German: nnd now tho Allies arc handing It 'i them. The campaigns, thostratcgy, ti miseries and the glories of that tin will make a stupendous history. Anoth' story must bo written. It Is the story tho underlying emotions. Wo think of tho United States as neutral nation fully conscious of tl protest which will be registered ngaln tho word. Hut wo speak by tho car Tho country Is neutral. It Is not cngagt In war with cither side. But our ne trallty Is sharply divided, it has man sources nnd It Is complicated by th nlleglanco of Germans nnd their d scendants to tho Fatherland not less tha by tho sentimental attachment of mo' other Americans to tho cause of tho Ei tente. To neglect or slur this attac) ment would bo doing n serious wrong t Americans. It would also mako It lmpo slblo for us to understand what went or Internally, during these two years, i t Until the Marne For tho whole fabric of our cmotlor Is woven of our hopes and fears. If had not, by tho 4th of Septcmbe 1914, gone through tho depths of af prehension nnd of misery at th thought of another German army on th Champs Elysecs, how would our heart havo leaped with the news of the batfl of tho Marne? That whole episode cam after Belgium lay prostrato under heaV heels, nfter the sack of I.ouvaln care nfter. Indeed, all tho long stories of trjj nnd false atrocities had blunted our flrt thrill of Joy In tho war. For a mont! wo had talked and wondered. Forfi month wo had suffered tho calm con" dence of our pro-Gorman friends, wh remain In the proportion, let us p'j of one to fifteen, but whose loyalty mi' tlpllcd them Incredibly. Wo had wot dered whether this place or that mlgt not be tho turning point. Wo had plat our Inst hopes on Maubcugc, In splto tho nwful example of Mcge. We watte for the French to turn, but tho retrej wont on Inexorably. Nothing Itusil could accomplish momentarily cou! cheer our hearts. Franco was doomed. That was the first stage of tho wnr, th one which brought with it the two forcj of Elllciency and Frlghtfulness. Ill If cllned to theorize then, we spoke llttj of Democracy vs. Imperialism. We dl not want the bettor armies to win. ,1Vi wanted, unreasonably, Franco to win. Ir a dull way we heard hostilo, lips snea. of the Day when "wo enter Paris," an wo doomed Paris beforo Its time. We were tired of tho war, we said,.bu the truth Is that wo w)re tired ot wn news. Each day something tremendou happened, yet nothing was changed, Tg' experts began to talk about a deadlocj on the western front, but that did no begin to compare with tho deadlock our own hearts. Nothing had happenei since September 11. Wo distrusted Ituj sla's victories and discounted her defeat Momentarily our Interest flattered agak in the wind which blew off Coronel, or tb dashing Emdcn swung us along Strang exhilarating seas. Wo had a momenUr, laugh when tho Serbians recaptured BJ grade, a thrill when the British ad vnnced, fruitlessly, at Nouve Chapelk But until the first week in May. 1916, had the heart to be frankly bored by tot war. If we were not bored we werejtpt busy. It was almost literally nothlngU our young life. England, France, Germany The sinking of the Lusltanla cryU! llzed the loose sentiments of "the countrj divided sharply the American and toi hyphenate, and almost as definitely .th proGerman and the pro-Ally. TJ1 strange thing is that we had been gw uully prepared for Just what happenei for Germany, Incalculably In a bettj position at the outbreak of the war, w. slowly, methodically and efficiently M rlflclng her advantages. j There grew up very early In this cour try a feeling of resentment against Eos land. Her self-anointed altruism, asl has been called, got on our nerves. Nf Shaw denied that Belgian neutrality bj anything to do with her entrance lot the war. Sir Edward Grey Insisted th it had everything to do. We knew ths the truth lay between. But e gtt" weary to death of the Incessant call upon us. We knew that If we went! England would win the material gain no expense, and would probably get awa with the moral gain. And all this tUj we saw Germany, beset by enemies, ur complaining, reliant, .satisfied and sw cessful. J Thtt waa the crest of the Genoa wave. Her military crest came uearfil year later, but morally Germany held.t; world In her power about three monti after the war broke out. She wa,a jw forgfven Belgium, by far. But she wtuJ from unwilling neutrals an unbouncU admiration,mlxed with fear, Every hoj of Allied success was shaken by respw for German arms. Every reasons Judgment was broken by hope. It is fr possible to overstate the case for G' many at this time. She was fnvincjb! almost infallible, Very near did we cos to accepting her doctrines. She spoiled that by what came afte but she was preparing to spoil It byt incessant and vociferous campaign ofvW agitators here. Nothing- has harmed Q many so much as her apologists p nothing has done France so much gVi as her silence. England complalnlp while her own forces hung back from ;Jt trenches, sacrificed her name as a p feet sport Germany lost the new jsret tlge of the conqueror in the mouthing?,1 her unofficial defenders. 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