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SUDSCniPTIOS' TERMS
.he, ..rFMtn I.ppoia l nerved to aubecrllera
In rhlln.(IelphlR and surrounding town at the
rafn o( six (0) cents Iicr week, payable to the
carrier
fly mail to points oulsMo of Philadelphia, In
the United State, Canada or I'nlted State po
fusion, postnite free tlilrt. mo (.13) crnli
pet month One ($11 ilol'nr for three month
or four (M) dollars pr ear, payable. In nd
anc. To all foreign coun.rle one ($1) dollar per
month
Notici. Subscribers nlshlnfr nddresL changed
must give old ae well ns new nddress
ntLL, moo vAtvLT keTstonf, MAIV S0O0
tty AUtms alt rom mutt ten I ion to Kirnl-itf
Ledger, luticpendcnco Square, 1'hUattelphta
IVTKBEI) AT TUB HII-AD--. 1IIA .O.TOrrlCt AS
areoMi class mail mattfi
THE AVEflAan Nt-T PAID DAILY Cllt-
CULATION OP THE 1.VENINC. I.KDOEit
FOn M)VKMIiril WAS 121,011
PhlUHelphl. Turidir, J-niury 9. 1117
In 1007 coke in the Ciinnoll-Vllle
district was sjolnp IicrrIiik nt $1,611 n ton.
Last week ome "."111 for $11. nnd tlio
present prices lire from $8 lo $IU. Isn't
this war clreniltiil-'
Clrundy cheerfully pleads Kiilltv to
bolus tesponslble for Mr. Baldwin. We
rathei suspect that Gtimclj' It also re
sponsible foi Mi. I'cnioso and foi Mis.
Pentoselsm, that moili-l mairied couple
When mie ic.uls thnt a million dol
lais Is to he spent In i-rectlnc a sinple
chin oil In New Veil.., sutpilso ocr the
tnoial state of that city disappears In
view of the hlRh cost of salvation.
Considering the numbei of ultima
tums the Allies havo. sent Gieece, not
to mention many and till ci so notes. vv'
wonder wh anbody In London should
be tnlMiiK about u "note-wrltlnK" Presi.
dent
When William T. Kussull. Bishop
of C'haileston. said, " fear snlnls in pol
itics" some people wcie tiuUlnd enough
to thlnlt he leferred to the discussions
oer the speakership flRht In HarrishurK
last week.
Senatoi Owen, who sajs that a
Fedeial judpe who knows inmo about
the Constitution than ho docs should he
removed from ollico, must be anxious to
And places foi desetvlnt; Dcmoci.itx. for
his plan. If adopted, would make a clean
sweep of uli the judges on the bench.
Mr. Gerald has been asked to ex
plain Conhideilnjr his temaikablo ie
ord of efficiency under the most tiyiiiB
circumstances, Mr. Geiard, wo surmise.
will be able to show a clear slate. Once
before an effort was made to net him
into hot water, hut It was his critics who
Sot the cold bath.
Should any defects be found In the
Adamson law by the Supreme Court,
It was learned on Rood authority, they
will be remedied by Coimress over
night Washington dispatch
Does this mean that if the Supreme
Coutt decides Congress Is powerless to
fix the wages of railroad employes the
Supreme Couit will be abolished between
two days"
The Rieat demand for Philadelphia
bonds, ns shown In the bidding' for them
yesterday, is a complete answer, we
imagine, to certnin pikers who shed bitter
tears at the thought of ttie city losing
its credit and going bankrupt as a result
of a little progiess. KventH move so
fast these days that the paiade Is gener
ally over before the piker can get through
explaining why there Isn't going to be
any.
The drawing of Mr. Tumulty into
the "leak" affair was about as nasty and
mean n piece of business as has been
Witnessed In a long time. Ills answer
is as complete a refutation of the wild
rumors affecting him as could possibly
be conceived. Congress haB its faults, but
it Is very often libeled. Many men, for
instance, were convinced that prominent
Representatives were grafters until they
discovered that It was merely the "Wolf
of "Wall Street" impersonating perfectly
reputable gentlemen.
Samuel Harden Church, of Pitts
burgh, has cabled to the London Post
that if the United States should enter
the war it would be on the side of the
Entente Allies and not on the side of
Germany, Mr. Church is an able rail
road man, a historian, a poet and a dram
atist, but the records do not show that
he has ever qualified as a 'prophet nor
that he ia in the confidence of Mr, Wil
son. If we may make so bold as to dls
agree with him, we will venture the as
sertion that if this country enters the
iwar It wfll be on the side of the United
8Utes.
It is a recognized principle that
a Government official cannot sanction a
public denunciation of his superior of
ficers. A speaker at a 'Washington ban
quet once criticized the British Govern
ment ia the presence of Ambassador
Bryee, who at once left the room. Doubt
m Judge Gray felt tbat he wsj In a
simitar pltlon when Mr. Beck rtbuked
tfee AdJinttraU?a He baa levered bis
natmi kmnstXtoa wltlj Xtut AdfWfctra.
Uoe bii4 mi Rf pilfimh!n wgh Demo
Stinting!
cratic statesmen would naturally make
him feel hostile partisanship so keenly
at! would a Cabinet officer It Is not
clear why a massmoctlnR, which uigcl
tho President to protest more firmly about
Belgian deportations, should also com
mit Itself to an timiunliflcd denunciation
of the Presidents past actions If this
movement Is to grow, It would seem
wise to eliminate from It an unfriendly
attitude, which would only tend to arouse
the suspicions of tho Admlnlstialloli that
its petitioners are for the Allies llrsl Mid
foi tlln Belgians second
"SUCKERS"
A MAN sIciiinR himself "One nf the
" Surkrrs" llns written to the IJVKNtNO
I.nmut protesting against tho action nf
his landlord in raising his rent fifty cents
n month to meet the Increased taxes.
The man is Indignant that the landlord
should unload the burden upon Ills
tenants.
Ills Indignation, however, Is nlmotl 111
tho wrong dltcctlon.
Its weight should test partly upon the
men who for the Inst twenty years have
been mlsROVernlnB Philadelphia.
But even these men who have been
waRtlng the ull.v's money nrr nut pri
marily responsible. Thev have simply
tnkeu ndvnnlogo of the opportunity
opened lo them The responsibility rests
chiefly upon "suckers" who liavo
thought that as they do not pay nny
direct toes thev hnvo no Interest In
public economy
Tho tenantH are the real loxpnvors
Tho Glrnrd estate does not pi.v the loses
mi Its houses In South Philadelphia It
meicly nets oh tho agent of tho city in
collecting the taxes and In handing the
monov over to the City Treasurer The
landlord of the man whrt rails himself
'One of the Suckers" has nlvvovs tin
loaded his taxes upon his tenants !! has
followed the necessary rule of business
bv Inci easing the rent enough to reim
burse him for the Inciea&e.ln his tns hills
The tax is one of the fixed charges of
malnteninco which the user must piy.
Tho tax is high this cnr because tho
tenants have thought that public economy
wns no concern of theirs They have
voted Into odleo men unlit to manage nny
grent business enterprise. The politicians
have plaved them foi "suckers," and thej
havo swallowed the halt with n smile
The smnll householder who Is his own
landlord cannot unload the tax on some
one else He lins to pny It himself be
cniihe he Is also his own tenant.
The small householder, nH well as the
tenant, hns been plajed foi n "sucker"
The increuse In the tax rale Is really
ii ponaltj laid upon tho peoplo for their
Indifference It Is tho most convincing
nnd persuasive argument In fnvor of re
foim that has been framed for -.irs.
The onlj danger Is that it will be for
gotten before the next election nnd that
the "suckeis" will be as Indifferent to
their own inteiests as usual.
This applies to the able and honest men
who ought to bo leading the cltv to bel
ter things, as well as to tho hardworking
laborer who lives on so narrow a margin
thot an Increuso of liftv cents a month
In Ills rent means hardship
MISINFORMED
Wi: AHI2 Infoimed that tho Governor
has no objection whatever to ptovld
Ing a hospital for the caie of ding ad
diets ns well as alcoholics, but made no
mention of the kubject In his message
because "his lecommcndation was limited
to the ptovisions of the session of 1913
for which a commission already in exist
ence has been working nnd In whose
behalf his lecominendutlon was made"
The Goveinoi has been misinformed
The act of 1'JIJ Is thus described In the
title. "To provide for the selertlon of
a site and the erection of a. State Insti
tution foi tho detention, care and ti em
inent of Inebriates, or persons habitually
nddlctud to the use of ulcohollo drink or
Intoxicating drugs, to be culled tho State
Institution foi Inebilates nnd making an
appropriation therefor"
The proposed Inbtitutlou Is limited to
the care of ulcoliollcs only In the Gover
nor's message It was distinctly the pur
pose of the I.egislatuto to provide also for
the care of drug addicts, a fact which is
repeatedly emphasized in the act itself.
CONDITIONS KNOCK THE STUFF
ING OUT OF THEORIES
CONGIvESS is confronted with the
necessity of raising $200,000,000 addi
tional revenue by new taxes Several
ways have been suggested for getting the
money. Borne of them are:
A tax on all Incomes In excess of
$1000.
A horizontal increase of ten per
cent in the tariff duties.
The abolishment of the free list.
A consumption tax on sugar.
An Increase In the excess profits
tax on corporations.
An increase in the Inheritance tax.
Representative Ralney, of the AVays
and Means Committee, admits that the
situation does not justify the applica
tion of free trade theories and says that
a protective tariff will not help, "because
the more protection there is the less
revenue."
Mr. Ralney ought to reread financial
history. Protective tariffs, Intelligently
levied by Republicans, have produced
much more revenue than free trade tar
iffs levied by Democrats. The Underwood-Simmons
tariff law was deliberately
framed to reduce revenue. Internal
taxes were levied to make up the deficit.
The Payne-Aldrich protective tariff, even
by Mr. Ralney's admissions, would now
produce $95,000,000 a year more than the
Underwood Simmons revenue tariff.
Democratic financiers may yet be edu
cated by the facts to the point where
they will turn their backs on "free
trade" and pass a protective law under
the name of a tariff for revenue Condi
tlawi arp knocking their theories galley.
wt.
1 Tom Daly's Column
ro 7 ;a77J)
Dejj nln'l no iopah rcmon fur a nipoah'
mnn talk mr
A-khkln' (0r hr rtln'l pof all hU
iintr.
lie l.nnd took ffotcif fum Itcobnt, an'
lie bntiu' fo' frt .trc
Wlf rim. brsl rtf io (itoflrtit frt JHl
MM'.
l)i Hch man nl M rfiifUMMr .! wt
erxfu lih heart
A-Uilln' antnliur hc'l Miml trr an.
Hill li-c'fc cilpj)rtt r for) epai-rdM n
miriJj ll'l market varl,
A-trXMii' dome I'um market, mo an'
t'liloc.
"in tt'f,'.r ?nW tr- infa an' hnltah In ile
cltv otmh von,
An' te nlckeU In wnh pnebrl rhtnk.
an' ring,
An' irc'sp ulltln' tmhir Icr ilipimh nl tlr
srtlln' of Or vm,
lien 1 'tow ilat lsr rs rich cs any Ittnn
An' I irouttln'l simp rf lailie tint's a
xliwin' in mali hrnrt
I'ur all ttV iiroi wpoii dl V'atth Ir
ion: Viir ur'sr cliii)w!i rs firo )lrtrrin "
ouah ll'l market earl,
A-ilrlMn' home f'ttm market, ma an'
Vhloe,
'I he I'ervcrscness of Infancy
Tills lelU'i fiom Chlcngo reminds us of
the behavior of our first baby when wo
nnkctl him to show n caller how well he
rould say "Dndn." But. after nil. what Is
Chicago hut nn overgrown bnhy?
Pear Sir Thoimht I would vvrlte to
you from this maelstrom .lower nollco
the traffic policemen hero? Jlv Chlcigo
friend has Ik en Irving to Kft mo l"
snv how much lhc runlnd mo of NVm
Ynwk Ile took me down to tho loop
to show mo how lliev miitrollcd the
tempest and guided tho ntoini At the
busiest Intersection tho only moving
vehlclo In sight was n trnln on tho ele
vated mid a vvlinlesnlt grnceis tiuek In
thn middle of a bloik Of course. It
was a mere ninmentnrt lnpe, n
diastole, or a hv stole- von know wlnt
1 mean hi the elnngoioiis rhvtlim of
the streets It wns most embnrrnslng
to tin ft lend, hut the olllceis seemed to
bo at their ease a ADDKlt
hush 1'itov fimis ukv vtpi:i m
VI N HMO ISN'T
l
When I'oniiti was sent with the devils to
dwell
'Twns hard upon him, but 'twas hinder on
hell.
It
" Twoultl be something for ""o. hut for
two It Is denrth"
As Great Alexander rem irked on tlio enrth
AHTIII'U (Jl'ITBItMAN.
Shop Talk
Dear Boss Did vou cvel wonder who
has tjio shortest name In the ilty.' To
mo. n head vviltei, It Is a fascinating .sub
ject. My nomlmtion is lin Ale, who con
ducts a men's furnishings stoic nt -iOilC
Tinnkford nvonue Max Apt, of Apt &.
Co.. ladles' hats, 723 An'h stteet. Is ills
iiunlllled for Hist honors by tho fact that
lie has n thick "M" where Mr Ale has
a thin "I" AI.OVSIl'S
'A 1!
'I no men, latrbain on either title of n
pfisv, ,
llattlal In hale till their llfc-hloatl ml
ilen'd the jrfm.
A rutin v none u-hen, lo! Irom thrii
minuted elav
A lily araic anil time ncic Uyht to the
ilay.
mux jiuiovh iiooxnw
hut Mir ii it. u., or imnviws nun.
AII. SI'SSKX
It a easy ennnuh
to jiteaae tv
woman
a mut ftrt
inako friends
A man la never
loo old to learn
Fomet an Injury
flll ran nnlv maltA hr
IF decide jut what ehe
wania
ou expert our friends
U' to make sou
he Isn't too youni;.
you cn forget that ou
havo forsotten It
rtople TCould etruffBle to
ret Into Heaven n
they do to set Inm
eoclet)
There wouldn't be
eo many Bin
ners Abuo ome one W you would lwyi be
euro of en audience
It a a rood plan
In nail a lie
you can do It without
II' liittlni your own
tlnsera
a alrl doean't set uaed to
IF Fiavlns tier heart
broken, eho never will
S M H
lly the time all
la eighteen
Yes, Josh Used to Re Popular
Dear Tammus I used to rend Bill
Ne's stuff, and. honestly, I did enjoj it.
Hut that Josh Billings stuffsay, did
any one ever read It? About the only
thing I've evci cared for of his Is this
one:
A man having had 66 stolen from
him received a note with tit. saying-.
"I stoled jour money Ilemorse naws
at my consliens, and I send some of U
back When remorse naws again, I'll
send you some more '
TUB CLTIUO MAN.
Tlia KHY Or' TllH HOUSE
Said the nurse In a hospital uard, at Xhh,
To the soldier whose nound was heated,
"You have leave of absence po home, if
you wish,
Kre you retuxn (o 7te field."
The soldier uai silent. Then, aier ayaln,
In her gently urgent tone,
Bald the nurse. "Since here you may not
remain,
do home for a while to your own."
Then, slowly he drew from his pocket a
key
tiled I Was It blood or rustt)'
Of viv house thfs is all that is left to
vie
The rest Is ashes and dust."
Bald the nurse, a sob in her throat as she
spake,
"Surely for you there shall be
A house mid the mansion the Father tciH
make.
And Its door shall yield to your keyl"
tWITIl M- THOMAS
The Cynic Visits Philadelphia
BROAD STREET STATION Pocket edi
tion of hell, bound In limp London smoke.
ClTV HALL A collection of corridors and
spittoons peopled with Insistent gentle
men In derbies
CHESTNUT STREET Violet, rose and
tobacco; animated merchandise with ab
normally sharp elbows.
INDEPENDENCE HAM The latest In
volets from Othkoah. allopathic Uo or
public-school wUdom, the lofty contempt
of history
RITTBNHOySE SQUARE Do and mutt
PfVrUjB grouM , on au naive the rea-
HtveiM ef Um llvine
1 rzr x
N v:
Ij?v ilv 'fefen
Vv, J men? NAsSL5ySj? t ' fe1 siSr
y-ti. ,-' -1 rfW- " -..tt - Ir ."-t t .' j- J AT. .- Jf -j-
frX'-f I").'.""
What Do You Know?
Qfrrfft nt general Interest tUH be nnsutrerj
In thli column Ten question the nmirera to
tthlch eiery uell'lnlormed pirson s'loufrf Know,
are asUed aallu
QUIZ
I In IhU rountri n new Mielltnc of the word
"neropliine" U lomlm: Into iinue. VVltiil
l II nnd wh) Is the old hitellliiE uiiiill
fnrlnry.'
. Uhnt rule otern the mhIiiI relillnns nf
Ainlmaauilon ot Miililnslnn reiirrnelilliiB
rniililrlm lit wnr with uirli oilier"
t. How did the dme liKome iisHnrliled nllli
the idea of peau I
t. Drllne Ihe word ''lltum."
"i How nnd when did the Ited ( m-s lile l
firlRlnnte?
fl Where Ih romeninlil?
7 A rmrrn neiir New lliitrn inn N tiilleil
"ItealcldeH' tine" Win It II " nilhil."
S. Ilnw fur lire Ihe Plilllnulne IhIiiiiiU from
.limin?
II. Who were the I rslllinUN '" Inline."
Ill VVhut wuh VlJirmi (tnieilu
Answers to Yt-slerdaj V Clnis
I n nliiriiK N ii inliuliithiic hoird. innM
In of imrullel wires .triune Jlli iiiiinleri.
It l etlll iimtiI In lihin. l'erlH mid other
inuntrlen of the l"nl
i. IjpIiooiik lire liiirrliiinc Hint vllt the
wutrrs eui.t of .Vila.
3 A uUiike la mi orilrr or edict eiimiiiitliiE friim
the lliil,in (iinerniiu-nl It illhi-r pro-
eedii directly fruli; file ( lur ir iiil
lUhfsl ui the derlilou of thi' illreitlin:
Senate
I. (huillnUni U the nmiie ulleii In Iriinri. In
ii liolliy of eieJe nitluiiil wlf-Rliirl-llriltloii.
with. lil!re.lie lio.lllltj In
eterjthloE forelnn. Tho word U u-eil ui
Ihe eiiuliiilent of "Jliuolsm."
S. Vulenclcniiee. lYnme. I fiunmif for- the
lute which wua made there, hut nhlili l
no loneer niunuluctureil.
fi "Voltaire" wua the pen n line of Jean
IrancoN Mario Arouet.
7. The sli4 ure fuinoiiH for wtilrli mnl tlma
inukliic.
S A wulernioiit l n aiiiall. rapidly wldrlliii:
inlumn of ulr eilendlni; from ii ilmid
down to the oieun or u lake, mid whoe
central iuIh hecomea vllhle tin n lolumn
or water or loudy vupor
H The llrat oul1r Vlen'a ( hrl.tlan V.so. lalluiw
on thU lontlnent were r tetl nl Muiilrc.il
nnd Uoalou, In Drreuilirr, l3l.
Hi The "State"' of Cuiiudu ure known ua
prnilncea und terrllorlc.
reek Politics
O j, There hns nevti been In lirt-eta
a division of the voting population Intu
great parties on great political Ustiea, but
in modern Clreece us In ancient UrLeco tho
grouping has been rather that of factioiul
followers of some strong political leader.
The "parties" usually are mimed after their
leaders, "Zuhnlsts." "Venlzellsts," "Theo
toklats," etc
Pibroch
11 n The pibroch Is the highest fin m of
muslo written for tho bagpipe It consists
of a series of variations on a fundamental
theme called "urlar " These variations,
usually three or four In number, increase in
diHIculty und speed, the last one, "crean
luldh," being a furious presto
Iron Mountain
A. T Ono of the Isolated Knobs of the
Saint Francois Mountains, in Saint Truii
cols County, Missouri, Is called Iron Moun
tain It Is eight -one miles south of St
Louis It contains large deposits of specu
lar or hematite Iron ore, one of the purest
and richest ores found in tlio United States
The Jukes
jr f "The Jukes" is a pseudunvni u-,ed
lo protect certain worthy members of a
family In New York State whose history
displays Linlque conditions of crime, disease
and pauperism In 1874, )t L. Dugdala
Investigated some count) jails, and as a
result made a further genealogical study of
this particular family, whose real name has
been kept secret The two sons of tye so
called ""Max married two Jukes sisters, one
of whom is known as "Margaret, mother
of criminals" Seven hundred and nine out
of 1200 descendants were traced, of whom
280 had received public support, HO were
criminals and offenders and a large pro
portion were licentious and nervously dis
eased The estimated social cost of the
family In seventy-five years was 11,308,000
SAM BOYD'S PUZZLE
GUESS this charade:
Vou first write four to equal one,'
Take one away and still have one,
What may be spared may not be theft.
So fifty take; jet naught is left.
Answers to Yesterday's Puzzle
THE exact time a indicated on those
sign clocks, with the hands an equal
tance iroui i; ut i s w uiLQutM
rLTa. ' many tt auk mwd uow T . .7 . WovlAM ! ?M
VL ' L .J " Jat,0Ba e" " " tM' ?ha "i rocauero aSVlSiJSU-i I Dumont'a Mlnatrels "l!xmm
BURIED DEEP
If
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
What Washington Said About
Halifax Taxation That
No One Likes
Thin Ihimilmt it Ii rrp u nil rrmtcr it in
Utah to fjprw titir opinions on nnbjrctn of
current interest It is uit oj'fii forum, nnd the
rvptiittu Isrtlgpr nssumm wtponstbilitu for
ttn 1 1rwtt ot itn lorrrttttomtentx l,tttera iw?(
hi statu tt hy tu lift nn ami mMrexv of tho
u titer, not rentnrilu for vublieutioit, but fli o
ounrantet. of good faith
WASHINGTON'S KKI'AHTBn
In the L'dltor of Ihe . iiiliny .nyrr-
Sit When I lend on tin idltorlnl p.igo of
the Uvbmmi l.ciinriL thn headline, "An
i:nmiili' tio to llullfnx ' It recalled to
my tnlnil a good stoiy. the Until of which I
i .nmo t voudi for, but ono that Is good
enough to lelute 'When Independence was
declared hy tho colonies In 177(1 a large
numbei of residents of the colonies re
mained lonl to tho mother countiy, nnd of
tmir"i wile opposed to tlio win for inde
1 ndeiic.' these lujnllstH thought the war
would be over in n short time mid would
iiult In the defeat of the colonies, to thev
lucked up and went toiIlIillfn to await tlio
tesiilt ,
Attei the war wns over theso lojallsts
w,ie iifHltniiH of returning to theli former
IiiuiiIh Aic"idlugl, tho) petitioned George
Washington for tho privilege of returning.
iin In? tlmt thev longed to it nun to their
native land, where when they died, they
Luiild he burled with their fmefnthers nnd
nl.-o that the might be privileged to ascend
lo Heaven fiom tho sienes of llmil clilld
liood Hut Wnshlngtou teplltd th.it If any
of them were ever fortunate enough to get
to Heaven they would have to start fiom
Halifax Hence tlio rummop expression,
"V on gutii llalirac' ' J 11 U
Reading, 1M , January G
UNSPCAKABLK TAXATION
7o the Kdlloe of thr Kiinliiu l.nlaer:
Sir In a bilif edlloilil piragruph on the
4th Instant vou Miow tho lnl(tilt of tariff
for rovenue There can be no question that
It Is monstrously unjust beiilng grievously
on the pour virtually exempting I ho ileh
That was the deliberate Intention of thoe
who first designed tho monstrous wiong It
Is euphonluuslj known ns "Indirect taxa
tion," but n better term Is "crooked taxa
tion." It Ih a method which a French
Matesiuau described as ' plucking the gooao
without making It cry" No honest man,
understanding the Incidence of luxation,
will for n moment defend tariff for revenue.
It Is unspeakable
Noverlhelens. it appioaches morality
nearer than does the legislative crime known
as "protection." but which should be known
as "prevention" This Is a use of the tax
ing power for tho purpose of preventing
consumers from getting cheap supplies in
order to induce them to deal at higher prices
with favored Individuals It is privilege
"public taxation fur private purposes ' In
other words it is a prostitution of the
taxing power Ueujainln Franklin used the
following scathing language In pouring con
tempt on the evil thing 'Most of the
statutes or acts for legukitlng, di
recting or ustraluing of tiade have, we
think, been either political blunders or jobs
obtained bv artful men for private advan
tage under preteute of public good "
HAMUKI. MILl.IKK.V
Philadelphia, January S
ECHO ANSWERS, WHY?
To the Kdltry of the Kienlng Ledger
Sir The reply of the Allies lo Germany's
peace note characterized the latter as a
sham.
If they think It a sham why did they
answer It? BON MANUEL,
Scranlon, January 1
THE KAISER'S GAMBLE
To the Rditor of the EicnIhij Ledger
Sir Mr 1' J T thinks that the Allies are
not consistent in desiring to tuke Constan
tinople and the Dardanelles from Turkey,
since the Allies are the champions of the
rights of Binall nationalities The Allies de
sire to protect the helpless Armenians from
the savage Turk, and measures must be
taken to insure that result It I estimated
that more than one million Armenians have
been butihered in cold blood by the Kaiser's
noble ally and the Kaiser publicly avows
that God helps him to smash his enemies.
Turkey Is not such a small nation, and as
she entered the war without any good rea
son she does not deserve the consideration
ot the Allies Germany no doubt promised
many things to Turkey It U up to Ger
many W suite good now
J If nations go to ar, tney take a cbajfca
rA J
7,K
o fJ$&
i ',KI!KU f ' .
A iMmu
to win or lose If the Knlser hnd been able,
ho would hive been in London, Paris and
I'ctrograd long ago 'I hero would he no
pence notes now If that hnd happened He
would hnvo nunnged things to suit him
self, but the Allies arc going to nrrango
things to suit themselves l'AIH PLAY.
Ashbourne, I'a , January 0
A NON SEQUITUR
7"o Ihe l.ditnr of Ihe J.'tcilln Ledger'
Sir .Mr LIiimI Oeoige will, It Is uiulei
stood. call a lonferenco of the I'temlcrs of
all Brlllsh dominions to discuss war prob
lems At thnt conference Ireland alone will
be unrepiesented
This exclusion proves that Ireland Is re
gnideil as having no Interest In tho war,
and, llurefore, no voice Whs. then, should
Ilishnieii fight the battles ot England?
AMEItlCAN'.
Philadelphia, December 27
APPRECIATED IN THE SUBURBS
To Ihe Editor of the livening Ledger
Sir A letter to tho editor Impels me to
leply to the author of the article entitled
' Tho Mjsteries of Science ' and say that the
lest dellnltlon of science I ever heard was
given to me hv a highly educated Jewish
physician, un Kngllshuinu It was "Science
is a methodical arrangement of facts In tho
mind" Its a definition that grows ns one
thinks it over This Englishman wns not
bombastic, In the least At the age of
seventy-nine he went from tho United States
to Tranco anil htudled In tho University
of Montpeller IIo never thought of getting
old noc of death He Is living today some
where In England at an ago close to nlnetv
lie hpeaks bcvcii languages nnd, I am told,
Is still stiidlng
lu the short time I havo taken the
Lvenino LLucmi 1 find that there is more
information nnd real news contnined there
in, for inn an) how, thin all the New York
papers put together Dlt It L W
New York, latmary 1
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Ktibatynt of n Comtriulcr
XXXIV
Ann j on musi go witn wenry. )t.
Tor Water, from the Well acroBs the w.. .'M
And lo' the neighbor from ih. &W
bevond ""
Hns reached the Well before you oh ti
Casuals of the Day's Work
xx
I
T SKEM13D neccssnrv the other day (J
cull our attention to ! Samuel iA
Chord Crothers's statement thnt 'Klrfiil
never wroto n more scornful arraignment 11
peace or a more pnsslonnte glorlllcstinJ , Jil
unr Minn Tennvitnn'n 'tn,i,l , n ts
now fitting to return to tho rubjert itl!"l
innni- of Us rould nfTlinnit rnini . .. ;i
a stnti7a or two of this wonderful ... "
tlon of pence nnd war ns It existed at iT
time or shortly before the poem was trrii 1
.. . - ... - ....... ....nv.. .,u,t Jlol lYfn ..I
of a hundred could go further thnn 'Comi
Inlo thn garden. Maud for the blick btirv
night hns llown" nnd even then we'd 2
inttT ir ia n Bum i(.nc.H ,!.. ... . --' '
Hut who of us remember the trniredr n
veuled ami the hope of penro rnrlniTr,.
eUrnnl In tho thousntidn of lines that iri
given the unfortunate title' It might kl'
well lo rernll the lust stnnra just to show
tun passion ot ono or tlio few rcnl poim,
tho laureate ever made Here tli.n n..
"sienj
Let It llame or fade, let the war mil I
.1....H 111.. . .. ,.., "'I
IHMVII lllU 11 IIIU
We hne proved wo have hearts In
i.iuse, we nre noble slin,
And mvself hnvo awaked, ns it foemi.
to a better mind
It Is belter to fight for the good than
lo tall at the 111
I hnve felt with my natlvo land, I am
ono with my kind
I cmbrnce the purpoeo of God and Uu
doom nsslgn'd
It would be easy for any of us to achltrr
n- Miiuiiio oi leiuiymin nun rcna tnls poen)
nt Intervals during the dais we nre Spend
ing hours "rnlling nt the III and forget-"
ting that "the doom assigned Is as Surelj
that of our own innklng ns the nunlshmmf !
for the sins of omission
I'oigettlng the unfortunate title it would
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to rend ".Maud ' and sit about for a fe
minutes taking stock of our rtal beliefs
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