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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
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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
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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-
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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 !. ...
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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!
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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. For It did n
need the Lusltanla to Instruct if M'
real the "ueber alles" is.
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