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er fly,
But follow after that who them deny.
- Baxter.
Germany says It la not yet time for
peace, Quito sot
The Macedonian Turkish army Is
now removed to I,cmbcre. Tip to Ru
mania: This Is your chance.
Senator Penroso admits that he Is
"no fanatic on civil service" himself.
Thank heaven, Mr. Hughes Is!
Collector Berry denies that he Is
Incompetent. And wo suppose that Post
master Thornton will Insist that the
postofflce hero was never managed better
than since ho has had chargo of It.
It Is gratifying, Indeed, to And
that Mr. Wilson still stands on the But
frago question where ho stood at tlio be
ginning of his Administration. Ho has
changed on about everything else.
k "Too proud to light" Is not a very
rood translation of the Latin expression
which Senator Lewis quotes, but It will
do. The significant thing, however, Is
that the Romans accepted the maxim by
always doing tho oppostto. "
Tho railway brotherhoods, In pre
senting ultimatums and demanding an
swers by a certain hour, aro forgetting
tho horrlblo example of another Power
which did tho some thing and Is only
beginning to reap the whirlwind after
two years of war.
"The Carranza Government having
Virtually completed the pacification of
Mexico," Is tho optimistic beginning of
a news dispatch. What about us? Aren't J
we to be pacified, too? Tho rest of the
dispatch refers to tho return of all rail
roads to their original owners, which Im
plies that Mr. Carranza either has done
some very good work or bellovcs that he
has.
Incredibly Ignorant or wicked to
the point of crime must be the attitude
of a doctor who does not report n caso
of Infantile paralysis. Apparently there
have been such unreported cases which
pass in Importance th'ose In which par
ents have tried to smuggle sick children
out of the city. The quarantine Is both
domestic and Interstate. It must be en
forced on both sides. So far no good,
but dreadful harm, has come from eva
sion. The ten-cent loaf of bread has the
air of being Inevitable, but the public Is
still tn doubt about It Tho bakers insist
that their saving will be In labor, and
they can be held by the police authorities
to make good the promise that a ten
cent loaf will equal In weight two fives.
On the other hand, the five-cent loaf Is
described aa an economic loss because
of a great Increase in tho cost of flour,
and that loss could hardly be made up
by gains In delivery or even In making.
The matter might be referred to a board
cf mediation. Otherwise, prejudice will
stand much In the way of a proper solu
tion. It is reported that Mr. Herrlck,
Republican nominee for United States
Senator from Ohio, will support the na
tional prohibition amendment If elected.
The report may be Inaccurate, but it is
certain that the movement In favor of
national prohibition Is making marked
headway in States where local option H
fought by the liquor Interests. The ac
tion of the liquor crowd In Imposing a
tax wherewith to acquire funds with
which to combat legislation la not con
ducive to public confidence In the manner
In which that fund la to be expended,
particularly after recent happenings In
this State. Booze and boodle can never
have mora than a temporary triumph in
Pennsylvania.
While the Russians are still on the
offensive and are making headway In the
south, It Is too early to count out the
chance of a determined German offensive
In the northern field. Kuropatkln has
been removed because the northern of
fensive did not develop under him and
very action around Riga has been fruit
less. Partly this Is due to the natural
difficulties, chiefly, it may be suspected.
to the Germans themselves. If Germany
Is not to lose her hard-won prestige,
maintained for two years by successive
attacks, her time for action, is at hand.
In the west she has failed at Verdun, but
her progress la traditionally greater In
the east, and the political effect of a
Russian setback on the Balkan neutrals
Is great enough to coropensateror the
loss which always comes with success In
Russia. Even should the armies be
thrown forward as far as Moscow, as far
as Petrpgrad, they would probably ac
complish as Uttle as did the armies
which Invested Warsaw and came so near
tRIf7- Yr'tat they would do is valu-irr-
.r would give Germany some
pMsajr Mp-t w &tta7 ths cowing- 'ytn
tr, waitln Jer tk bMYtUUt sev
fort for the Allies la sllll needed, they
may nnd It tn those first taint tremblings
of the Balkan offensive, the last link In
the clanking chain which Is so slowly
drawing together aroUnd the Central
Empires.
CAUSE AND REMEDY IN THE
BALLOT "BOX
THE Grand Jury's presentment Is not
so much a whitewash as It Is a cry
of helplessness.
Examine some of Its statements:
We could find nb expedient to ex
tract the Iruth from men who. In our
Judgment, deliberately perjured th?m
rehe to shield jlit another.
Whllo llltlo has been adduced
prove that tho polite have any connec
tion with politic the testimony Is -tich
as Justifies tho Gtand Jury In believing
such to bo the cbm
tn nnny cass it wa shown that the
cfTlcers supposed tc be doing quaran
tine duty woro on the mo-t friendly
and Intimate teiin with the Inmate
and proprietors of ho houses they weri
supposed to guard.
In other words, the liars had their
Inning and tho Grand Jury heard enough
to know that grafters and panders nnd
rnnltnllzer.i of vice nre not so thin-
skinned that thoy hesltato to swear to
lies when noccssary. Possibly ono or two
of tho perjurers could have boon trapped,
but thoy wore not.
Tho Grand Jury explains tho Immunity
of all sorts of disorderly places ns duo to
tho extravagant rentals obtained by the
owners, dereliction on tho part of Indi
vidual members 6t tho police force, an
Inadequacy In the number of police and
the Interference ot politicians. Were It
not for tho last reason thcra would be
none of the others. Vice and politics
are linked together. They mnrch hand
In hand, each dependent on tho other
nnd each tho protector of the other.
Tho Grand Jury Is evidently fully
aware of tho Iniquity of tho maglstiates,
whose courts havo becomo tho breeding
ground for rascality of all kinds and the
treasury of legal blackmailers and (lis
reputablo exploiters of vice. It Is tho
ultimate absurdity to expect the dispens
ing of Justice from tribunals that are
themselves tho most vicious exnmples
of vonallty and crookedness existing In
the city.
Two things, then, arc of some Im
portance, so far as the vice situation Is
concerned. Tho first Is the enforcement
of tho Swift act, which strikes at tho
owners who rent premises for disreputa
ble purposes. Tho second li tho aboil
tlon of tho entire magistrate sysiem.
But the big thing to be accomplished,
as the Grand Jury dlscoveied, although
It was vory mild In stating It, la to tako
tho pollco out of politics. "There should
be legislation enacted which would"" pre
clude tho possibility of pollco In politics."
Very good, but what kind of legislation?
Wo do not want a police force controlled
from Harrlsburg. Yet It must be con
trolled somehow, and that means a local
control. This brings the situation back
ultimately to control as tho result of a
local election, nnd It Is In the local elec
tion that the vlco district strikes the
great blow for Its self-protection. It Is
this circle of Interests, this close associa
tion between the political organization
and vice, that seems almost to preclude
the possibility of divorcing the police from
politics or vice from politics.
There Is but one solution, despite any
palliative legislation which skin7 can de
vise, and that solution Is the banding to
gether of good citizens to elect to office
men of conscience who are not the
creatures of the Organization. The whole
question goes back to the election boxes.
Unless a cure Is found there It cannot be
found at all. This Is so obvious that it
needs no elucidation. Never will men
elected by the underworld stamp out the
underworld. It la not human nature that
they should.
The Mayor, however, declares that he Is
going to make Philadelphia "the cleanest
city in America." The test of his ability
to do so Is the fate of Director Wilson.
We suspect that the publlo will have
little faith in future law enforcement if
the man who sanctioned the return of
gambling machinery to their owners Is re
tained In office. What Is needed more
than anything else Immediately Is a new
Director of Public Safety.
NEW FACILITIES MAKE
BUSINESS
NEW
MAYBE the pessimists can smile. It
has hurt them to think of Philadel
phia having an adequate transit system,
for in their horizon there Is 'room for
nothing but bankruptcy, yet we suspect
that even they may be able to get some
satisfaction from the experience of New
York.
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
reports that there is "a satisfactory re
epqnse to such new facilities as have
been placed in operation," Yet the new
facilities referred to are merely feeders
for the new subways, and It was not ex
pected or even suspected that they of
themselves would show good results.
In comparing two competitive high
speed systems in New York, the Times
points out that "neither grew at the ex
pense of the other, and the growth of
the elevated business was in the latest
three months nearly double the cost of
the fixed charges of providing it. The
more the passenger business of New
York Is divided the more there is to
divide. In other words, the business
grows with the facilities for doing it"
The P. It. TJ need have no fear that
the new high-speed system here will do
It any harm. It Is, on the contrary, going
to do Just what new facilities did In New
York and what they have done else
where, namely, Increase tho business and
prove to be in every sense a profitable
investment financially for the city and
the company and, profitable In comfort
as w2J bj 0ey or tt- clUisni,
EVENING " LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12,
Tom Daly's Column
TUB VILLAGE rOET
"Whenever it's a Saturday urtth August'
moon aolow
I Uke to tcatk on Chestnut ttreet iiHih
ohosti of long ago,
A much more pleasant thing to do tcften
oil my work U through
Tlian prancing 'round In noonday's sun
to see what news s new.
Bo now I strip my soul of flesh an' send
it scampering back,
Through more than half a hundred years,
along a shining track
To days before I saw the light, vet days
that always hold
A vivid corner In my mindt through tales
my father told.
With him an' those who follow on with
rhythmic marching feet
From Schuylkill Seventh now we're
wheeling into Chestnut street.
The moon is nearly at the full (juit as It
is tonight),
And all the cobbled highway there is
flooded with its light;
The street lampi, weakly flickering, pate
in the glow of it,
The torches that the marchers bear are
wisely left unlit.
J march with Dad, an' as we go the hot
tears nearly blind me
To hear the fife an' drum corps play "The
Oirl I Left Behind Me."
Past Broad street, swinging on our way,
we have ctcaped the dangers
That menace in the bailiwick controlled
by Schuylkill Hangers,
An' here wc pick up Dicky Vaux, of all
our Mayors the beau,
file danced with Queen Victoria once on
a time, yon know).
He wears hit broadcloth coat, uAth sleeves
cut a la mutton-chop,
Ills fanous pumps upon his feet, his
beaver hat on top.
On past the Baldwin Mansion, beneath
the pale moonshine,
Wc march, an' shouting urchins fall Joy-
ousty in line.
Before the Maikoc House (where now
the Itccord Building stands)
Wc feel the animating spur of many clap.
ping hands.
Pat Dougherty is in the croicd, we note,
an' to be sure.
There's Carroll Brewster, Slngcrly an'
Colonel A. McClurc.
A host of other men arc there I cannot
call to mind,
An' all o' them fall in with us an' follow
on behind.
It hn't far wc have to go, for Ninth
street is our goal,
M'hrrc wc ciicnlt ihc chance to see "the
cave man with a soul."
The noon has gone behind a cloud an' so
wc light our torches;
A window opens out on one o' those
queer little porches
The Continental, best hotel of those days,
used to boast.
An' next you know Abe Lincoln's there
above the shotting host.
The tall, gaunt figure leans far out above
the iron rail,
An' in the torches' wavering light his
face looms deadly pale.
He speaks with earnest iceling; we hear,
who stand below,
A poet an' a prophet rnore perfect than
we know.
He holds us to the finish an' when the
last word's said
The moon, again unclouded, pours glory
on his head.
"H'hciiet'cr it's a Saturday, with August's
moon aglow,
1 like to walk on Chestnut street tclth
ghosts of long ago,
A much more pleasant thing to do, ichen
all my work Is through,
Than prancing 'round in noonday's sun
to see what news is jicio.
Whenever a sampe copy of The Journa
Is received by mal or otherwise. It Is an
Invitation for you to become a subscriber.
Our rate Is ony 1.I5 a year, payabe
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1st. THE PUBLISHEnS.
Bethel (Ohio) Journal,
And (they might have added) "ypur
cordla assistance wl hep us to repenlsh
our font of the ower case etter that comes
between k and m In the aphabet."
The Lon Arm of Quincidcnce
While arranging an awning In front of
Ills home, Frank O Cruise, aged 45 years,
of Reading, severely lacerated his right arm
when It caught In a hook. Dr. W. L. Fisher
closed the wound with two stitches. A pecu
liar coincidence Is that on the same date 40
years ago, when Mr Cruise was only 5
years of age, he was kicked In the face
by a horse.
Mornlnr Contemp.
Not overlooking the further qulucldence
of the cruise, the fisher and the hook.
Chats "With Famous Athletes
Mr S. Ethelbert Sharwood, the sterling
Merlon golfer says: I'm told that If I hope
ever to win the national amateur champion
ship I'd better do it this year, for I'm to be
married a ttv weeks thereafter.
Dear Tom
window this
-In a Chestnut street shop
morning I noticed a card
reading:
STATIONERY
FOR SOCIETY AND
POLITE CORRESPONDENCE
As I read In your colyume that you have
been yachting with society, perhaps you
can tell me what sort of an Insulting and
Impolite note they wrote when they invited
you. J. J. 8.
Three Animals, One Strange
A child belonainr to a family of foreigners
living near Washington avenue, had a narrow
escap at that place. The turn In question Is
so short that It I Impossible to e any dis
tance ahead on the track, but fortunately tb
car was not runnlntr fast and It wis alopped
within a few feet of Ibe child.
Near this part of the road thera la a caw
and a pie pen. and frequently these animals,
especially the cow, occasionally atrut on the
trarks. but each time tho cara have been
stopped and accident averted. Burlington (W.
J.I Knlerprlse,
Reading the sporting page of the P. L.
this morning, says H. H. H., I noticed
this at the bottom thereof;
Qther Sports on Page 9.
Turning thereto the first (hing I saw
was a full-length portrait of Mrs. Crg
B'dle.
tA.Fish Story
ATLANTIC CITY. Two sharks were
caught Uat week at Atlantic City One was
lite feet long and the other eight When,
they opened this sharks they found tea lit
tle sharks In one and eight In the other, and
they fought the men like tigers. -&atl Ju
sy News.
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THE VOICE OP
Charles Palmer, Candidate for the Supreme Court Bench, Tells
How the Primary System and the Nonpartisan Ballot Open
the Way to Men Who Wish to Hold Public Office
TMj deparfmenf Is fret fo all readers tcho
ulsh fo rjrpress their opinions on euWrcts 0
current interest. It is an open forum, and the
Kvenlna Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the ileioj o its correspondents.
THE STRANGE WOMAN
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Conditions In Jerusalem In tho time
of Solomon were no different from condi
tions In Philadelphia today, for a recent
tragedy here has proved that Solomon
knew what he was talking about when he
said:
My son, attend unto wisdom, and
bow thine ear to my undestandlng:
Tho lips of a strange woman drop as
a honoycomb.and her mouth la smoother
than oil; but her end Is bitter as worm
wood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
Her feet go down to death; her steps
take hold on hell.
Let not thine heart decline to her
ways, go not astray In hep paths. For
she hath cast down many wounded; yea
many strong men have been slain by
her.
Her house Is the way to hell, going
down to the chambers of death.
She sitteth at the door of her house,
on a seat In the high places of the city,
to call to passengers who go right on
their ways:
Whoso Is simple. let htm turn In
hither; and as for him that wanteth un
derstanding, she salth unto him:
"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread
eaten In secret Is pleasant."
But he knoweth not that the dead
are there; and that her guests are In
the depths of hell. S. G. P.
Philadelphia, August 11, 1918.
NONPARTISAN PRIMARIES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir The primary election system Is a
very Interesting subject, and there are
about as many varieties of It as there are
States In the Union or countries where It
may be In force. The present primary
system In the State of Pennsylvania rep
resents that element or thought in the
human mind of the citizens of the State
which Is looking constantly for Improve
ment In clvlo affairs. All men have this
quality, and respond to It In a greater or
less degree. The primary election system
after once having gained a place tn some
one State has spread like contagious dis
eases of childhood to most of the other
States, but It has had to contend In every
Instance with the conservative element,
which Is satisfied with things as they are
or were and wants nothing new nor better.
It Is not strange, therefore, that some very
peculiar provisions find their way Into all
reform measures, and particularly Into bal
lot reform laws. There aro Improvements
likewise being brought forward from time
to time, and those States which have adopt
ed the laws latest having had the benefit
of the experience of earlier laws In other
States have, or should have, better laws
qn the' subject The situation reminds me
of the paving system In our streets as In
the city ot Chester, for Instance, our mu
nicipality has from times long back had
part ot its BtreeU paved, the first effort
being cobblestones, then belglan blocks, as
phaltum blocks and finally the smooth pave
ments of the present day. From the orig
inal vest pocket system In force In many
States, and still regretfully remembered
by many citizens in association "with the
good old days of the pasTTwe have pro
gressed to, the official ballot furnished by
the State, with the expense of printing
and furnishing tho ballots belpg borne by
It also. This form of voting has prqved
generally acceptable, and Is a substantial
advance over the methods long in. use pre
viously. The next step was the. taking
over by the State of the supervision of. Drl-1
mary elections, having the primary elec
tions of all parties held on one day desig
nated by law and conducted by tho regular
election officers, thus doing away with sep
arate primary elections on different days
for the different parties, many of which
were very loosely conducted and their re
sults consequently unsatisfactory.
Still another advance In the general for
ward movement for ballot reform Is the
nonpartisan method of election, which ar
rived last, but which will apparently out
live and replace the various systems which
havo preceded It The nonpartisan system
restores to the voters the personal touch
HIGH LIGHTS
iPwMi H 4)
THE PEOPLE
which the candidates for office originally
had with the electors, but which the electors
gradually lost by the usurpation of their
rights by tho boss system. The nonpartisan
system offers to each voter his choice of
the various candidates upon the ticket re
moved from the prejudice of party ties
and bosslsm. It offers to any eligible per
son tho right to become a candidate for
office. It Is true that hostile legislatures
may make the conditions for becoming a
candidate burdensome, but this samo con
dition has been present to some extent In
all laws looking to the reform of the bal
lot system, but these hardships where they
exist aro being gradually eliminated in the
course of time when the same legislatures
are convinced that tho laws have come to
stay, nnd they become willing to take to
themselves credit for Improved legislation
on this subject. Greater freedom to be
come a candidate for office Is a desirable
thing In Itself, nnd the young man who
has ability and besides a character and a
mental temperament attuned to the wel
fare of tho people will find ballot reform
In general and the nonpartisan method In
particular a means of advancement to po
litical success. CHARLES PALMER.
Chester, Pa., August 10.
Mr. Palmer Is tho nonpartisan candi
date for the Supreme Court bench whose
vote In the May primaries was 251,981,
against 181,998 polled for Judge Walling,
who Is a candidate for election to the
place to which he was appointed by the
Governor. Mr. Palmer carried all but nine
counties. Editor of tho Eveninq Ledoeh.
PEACE AND POLAND
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir One may firmly believe that a new
peace In Europe will be soon restored and
uttermost happiness will spread Its wings
on the desolated countries and unhappy na
tions. But If one thinks that peace wltl
be restored without reparation of wrongs
perpetrated for centuries on subdued na
tions that one may bo vastly and sadly
mistaken. For such peace will be a new
crime of nations, and an everlasting shame
for European civilization. Among these
nations there Is one which was feloniously
torn asunder In the last century. She ts
the buffer state of western civilization, the
knight of nations the oldest warrior for
the cause of freedom and Justice. She to
day, again by violence and force, Is thrown
on the bed of blood, fire and smoke, mur
dering her own children by order of her
enemies, sinking the steel In the breasts of
her own sons, fathers and brothers. She
demands peace, and a new kind of peace.
She demands a peace which will be last
ing and holy, not as heretofore founded on
Injury, misery and violence. She demands
a peace which will create a new kind of
peace, a peace that will declare to ail the
world that all harm and grievances are for
gotten and that violence and Injury are
cast away, a peace that will hall a new
world existence. And her name is Poland!
KAJETAN ailZELECKI,
Manayunk, Pa., August 10.
UNCLE SAM'S SHABBINESS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger;
Sir Why cannot Uncle Sam keep his
buildings aa clean as those owned by pri
vate buslress men? As I walked through
the corridor of the Postofflce today I stopped
to look at soma workmen putting ventilat
ing lights In the upper sashes ot the win
dows on the Ninth street side. They had
the sashes; on horses, where I could see
them. The glass looked as If It had not
been washed for months, and as I looked
along the, casings ot the windows I saw
they were thick with dust. I was ashamed
of- my Government that would permit such
slovenly housekeeping. J feei a similar
shame when I see the shabby and rattling
mall wagons going from the railroad sta
tions to the Postofflce. Qnly a business on
the verge of bankruptcy would permit the
use of such vehicles.
MARY HASTINGS.
Philadelphia, August 11.
CONSOLATION SINGLES
Bear It In mind, neighbors, that no mat
ter how the election goes in November.
Indiana will still proudljr have a son In the
vice presidential ihalr. Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune,
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What Do You Know?
Queries ef central interest tolll os answered
tn this column. Ten questions, the answers to
tsnlch even well-informed person snould know,
art asked dallv.
QUIZ
1. Wmt I the proposed net profit taxT
2. Who Is Presidentelect ot Fanama7
3. Who or what I Zlota I.lpaT
4. Who was the creator of Gariantna?
B. What Is genuflection?
0. no the phrase "n pretty kittle of flih
anything to do with kettiesT
7. Who nil Ethelbert Nevln?
8. What la tho KohlnoorT
0. Why are both parties nnitoa aboat Maine
o early In tho campaign?
10. Who la Judge Samnel SeaburjT
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The American day start at midnight.
2. The present CI rand Jury can recommend In
dictment to the "August" Grand Jury.
S. Thy mplnlon of medical men generally Is that
there Is no harm In babies going naked In
not. weather.
4. The United State Board of Mediation Is
meant to prerent labor trouble by recom
mending an arbitration schedule. "t'm
5. Fresldent Wilson taught history nnd Juris.
prudence at I'rlnceton. "
0. Kief and Moscow are tho holy cities of Rns-
ifna'n'llber'ty? " httan" "" "mM of
. "Taking tho book" Is Scottish for family
J"til KnOgr!h.u"jTourntilfmn:0,t ,"n"n'" '
10. Wflft,"" an English essayist
Sinn Fein "
Edlfor of "What Do You Know" ft)
What Is the meaning of "Sinn Fein," the
"0 of 'he Irish revolutionary party?
(2) What are British orders In council,
as distinguished from other legislative or
executive acts? Who constitute the coun
ell? (1) "Sinn Fein" means literally "Our
selves." but freely translated It Is "Ire
land for the Irish." (2) Orders Issued by
the Crown with the advice of tho Privy
Council. Parliament alone can authorize
egislatlve acts by the Privy Council, but
n periods of emergency It has frequently
Issued and enforced orders of a legisla
tive kind, taking responsibility on h.
selves and trusting to Parliament for pro
tection. The safety valve Is, of course,
that the entire Cabinet Is In the Privy
Council. In addition there are princes of
the royal family, the two Archblshlps, the
Bishop of London, the Judges of the House
of Lords, the Judicial Committee and tho
Court of Appeals. Legaljy the Cabinet Is
but a committee of the Privy Council.
In effect the Cabinet is much the stronger.
Casement
O. E. B, Sir Roger Casement was born
In County Antrim, Ireland. Ho was not
accused of taking part in any rebellion
prior to the war.
Opera
uj MAuiuitJs uiiea. lias written
opera on Adrlenne Lecouvreur,
an
Soldiers' Aid
Editor o "What Do You Know" Kind
ly let me know where I could find Ills
Agnes Groome, of the Soldiers' Aid So-
ciy- M. E. L.
The address of Mrs. John C. Groome
who is active in tho movement for sol
diers' aid, Is 1018 Clinton street, Phlla
delphla. Orchestra
T- TrVoh?a,PehlUle,pJhla Orchestra sea
son of 1911-1915 opened with the pair of
concerU October 16-17. As usual, there
was no soloist. The program was:
Overture, "Der Frelschueti" ' w.ber
Symphony No. 2, In D major Brahma
Legend from "Kalevala," "The Swan of7
Tuonela" , Bibellu.
"Caprlccio Espagnol". . . .Rlmsky-koraakow
The first assisting artist of that year wa
Mm. Alma Gluck yeap WM ,
Holland ""
Editor of "What Do you Know" win
you please tell me why my friends all
Holland the paradoxical country? MU
OUT.
For these reasons, among others n...
he 'houses are buUt on aana"
cording to Brewer), the sea Is hla-har Vo
the shore; the keels ot tblihlo, I . w2
the chimntytops of miMtZiht
cowa' tells do not "gro.w dovrawJiS w
are tied to a ring la tfcVrooi uKtaijut
MOVE FOR HUNGARY'S!
POLraCALmiTYMAi
BY PREMIER TsSJ
Government Ready to CorSJ
,,..,.. -,-ru.uu,,, abseil JJ
vided, Prime Minister
Tells Parliament
PARTY COALITION URJgl
BUDAPEST, Hungary, .S
One of tho most Important . "iS
recent political history of Hungary oKr
early this month when the Prm, vg?
Count Tlsza, In a stirring sp,eCj, ,-5
llament announced the Government's
Ina-ncss from now on tn tab i-.- .. i
ells representatives of Himo-o ,-,,. 'ril
ent, many-sided but tightly welded
tlon. This marks perhaps the rr?V
toward a polltlcat unity that never is.
lsted In Hune-arr. ?
Prime Minister Tlsza's exDoalti .?
Government's prospective attitude wH
the Opposition was given In one e?2
most exciting of recent Parliament
and followed a statement by CountS?
Andrassy, ono of tho Opposition teii
which the desirability of complet, rSu
unity was set forth.
(Kit:
Illy Wiia oci luriu.
Because of tho Impossibility nf jiii-..P
publicly many grave questions confnS
the Stato from time to time Couttt bl
rlmn.qv nnnenleri for thrA hln.. . '
right of designated Opposition l..!i?
know the Inside details and prcgrM,.,!!!
great problems of tho day. H, atnJ
ment, tho status of peace efforts, &?
ond. a policy on tho part of the QoMrtieli
by which the same designated leaden i2
be called Into, consultation and In tbiti
given an opportunity to voice their ejJ
tuents' desires In big, Important m,-'
n.q .Yamnpfl rtlA war b ni, n ,1.. .
third, the right to have access at ill uly
" --"--" "" iieior, M n.
ernment leaders have. , -
CITES OTHER COALITI0N&1f
ber of other countries have, sine n.';
adopted a policy of taking carefullii
account the views of the Opposition, sjrffc
dared that the Hungarian Opposition t
not maintain a passive policy which IrxlitV.
ently lays all responsibility for nittA,
on tho Government. '3
it Is In the interest of the country, Itt
cmreu, iu givo mu upposiuon a CbltKtli
uii.o no ocuiiiiicilia III U1H QCClSOn CI Ma.
tlons which mny bo connected with tlli vM
future of Hungary. That they, the OpSi
tlon, may be able to do this, howtrerT
pointed out that It was fully as hKtsaw
that the real, inside situation be knoijj,
advance na that the Opposition ihoaa
sruiucu mo nsni 10 participate la 'Tie,
ernment councils. .-is)
In his announcement of the Govtrnagft
willingness to nccede to tho proposaufcitfc
Opposition, Prime Minister Tlsia express)
himself as In complete understandlne, w
the strivings of a patriotic Opposition o
seeks to take part In government, to ti
mistakes and to help wherever posilbliji
TT ....... ,i.aS ,!.&.... .1... . . jl
av HUUUUUI.CU uiciciuio uiai ne coai
ered It the duty of the Government in
this ambition of tho Opposition, iziXl
order that open discussion might bt to1JS
to give tho Opposition the opportunity
know all that goes on, to exert the emH
over tho Government which the Orc
tlon feels ts Its right nnd duty, to preiaf
their views to tho Government fortljtf
ter a guiuance.
The Parliament broke out InUTa tn
of approval as Count Tlsza then contlrai
to Bay that ho was willing to conatiltjra
me opposition icaaers wun regard to tji i j!
nnd means of keeping them lnformeilf
gardlng tho Important questions cijjji
country. M
Rogardlng tho Opposition's desire tolv b
ii-a access to private audiences wltM
Emperor. .Count Tlsza declared that j
should feel himself remiss In his dutr'm
stntesman if he should put anytUifs
tho way of others which would pmat
such a procedure. It would cause!
nothing but pleasure, he declared, liui
"leaders of the opposing parties hifij
opportunity to come dlreotly Into (na
wltYt TflQ ATnl.fv J
OPPOSITION BADLT SPLITS
Tho first difficulty In carrying- eotta
program comes not from the Qournsei!
but rather from the Opposition Itself,'
clftcally from the radical wing of tti
called Independent party headed bjrCosi,
Michael Kafolyl. The independent pirtf ,
Is said, Is even threatened with dlsrupUg
The trouble appears to bo as folloR
The Opposition councilors of the OotM
ment, as proposed, will advise excluift!
on foreign affairs. To be able to doso, 'f
the radical independents, they should Ui
unit, which they are not, for the OppoiiS
Itself Is split politically, Just as HucitiT
split politically. ?m
The bulk of the Opposition wants, Mfii
representatives in Government cotnrfk
Count Andrassy, Count Albert Apponjl
Count Aladar Zlchy. In addition. It ink
that Count Tlsza wants to confer ontr
this trio. The Opposition, or portioniStlt
would like to see Stephan ItakovtM""
Wllhelm Vasjonyl added to the thrt?K
again the Government demurs. jJbTff
In an. effort to settle tho dlfferenoH?
the Opposition, a conference was bJ
which it was proposed to create a tsW'
organization which should give lnstrwtJg
to the above-named trio. This has W
through. The opposition, however, lie
dent that Its own differences can bew
In Which casii thev believe a nolltlcal MPt
tunlty has been vouchsafed them sncsj
they have seldrm If ever had.
1
CONGRESSIONAL UNIONIST
APPROVES PARTV ACTjt
Lucy Burns, Vice Chairman, Sayi
Women Will Help
WiHIIlVnTflM ll.r. 1 vlu.Uf
Burns, vice chairman of the Conre!gl
Union for Woman Suffrage, laJtijW
said;
The decision of the woman's Paftypl
the West to devote Us best effortsJaJ
defeat the Democratlo party wUJll
celve the hearty support, both- w
and financial, of women throuiwjy
the whole country. ;H
The Democratic party ha for feg
years treated, with open contempl
movement for the enfranchisement
women. They have not only oppwf'S
Federal suffrage amendment, but M
refused to allow It to be discussed t
voted on by the representatives f'JSf
people. 'a
PrKlrint Wilson nnnnE&A th ''
eral suffrage amendment wlthout(l5
lnir It due consideration. In the 4V
place, and now continues his PK!
tlnn thmnrh her iinvrllllnmeaS tQ 9
mlt a bad error of judgment ana
tic. H
Women will certainly not returttlS
power a party that has aenieu ga
Justice.
BE A PHILOSOPHER
If your collar start to melting
Aa 'n.nth thai aim VOU TOS.VB,
Be happy In the thought you hMj
A dozen clean ones noma.
And If closer than a brother
Tour undergarments cling,
Just thlpk of all the fresh ones
The Jaundryroan will bring-
TV ni la Y.m lllnv WAStiSef
Cause you to lose your go Jjl
Just aold the rav Scotch b!fbbI
And wear a lightweight coat 1
Throw away your hot suspenderav
Vo aa lll.lv m WAI l-ail.
Then you can give the hal b' i
re awful weatuer man.
Brooklyn SUndr4 '