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Philadelphia, Monday. January " 19JT
Magazine editors havo ono thins to
bo thankful for tho scarcity ot vvlilto
paper will forco a. shortago on spilng
poetry.
And now Congress thinks that Sam
uel Untormyer also holds It In rontcmtit.
Well, ho haa had Intimate relations -with
It and ought to know something about it.
Tor sheer ability to nmarc Heir
ernhard'a calm remaik tint Germiny
will require tho Allies to pay only cloven
nnd a quarter billion dollais Indemnity
-rurpasses the feats of nn t alder.
Firemen who stand nt the top of
ladder, both literally and Aginatively,
elve on an averago of $T a day. Illin
ois of chalr-leanors In other city do
' menta, who aro at tho bottom of tho
iSer of efficiency, get ?S a day fm
dlnff through tho cigar smoko of their
ces.
There Is to bo true JelTorsonlan
city In tho President's becond in
Uon. He will bo escoitcd to tho
by a .cavalrv tioop as Jerfoison
escorted by a. militia rominny. .let
on walked from his lodging, but Mr.
on, will ride. The other differences
'be thoso which aio incidental to tho
nee In size of tho nation In ISO I
in 1917.
One of the silliest suggestions that
ome out of "Washington in many a
is that tho name of tho Danish West
es be changed to tho Dewey Islands.
' yould be much moie llttlng to call the
d-locked sea, on which Manila is situ-
.ed, Dewey Bay Why does not soma
ne propose that v,e honor tho memory
Farragut by naming Tinlcum Island
him?
Representative Mooro lias reminded
House -that there aro seenty seven
isylvanla town3 ilth postolilco re
ts In excess of ?10 000 a jciir not pro.
ed with Federal buildings, vthilo tho
)lio buildings bill is (Hied with appro
.atlons for postotnees In southern towns
hlch do a much smaller postal business.
Jut what can Republican Pennsylvania
xpect from a Congress dominated by
louthcrn Democrats''
No doubt British niii I'repoli avia
tors occasionally come to giicf. as Bishop
and Robertson did in Melco, but when
nrmy aviators are counted by tie thou
vndfl, as abroad, instead of by the half
zen, as here, the percentage of failure
illght In the one caso aud enormous In
other, One or two accidents inn dis
i the American air sen Ice. If wo
I had a, hundred aeroplanes for tho
'suit of Villa his chances of escapo
Uld have been Inflniteslnial Jf the
ntry could not have kept up with the
scouts, tho scouts could Imo Ixmbell
scattered tho bandits It taKei Euro
1 Qovernments- only a few vceks to
jt the military methods, of tr-or foes
er thirty months of ocuervatlon it Is
certain that even our prepi edness
ocatea have come to belleie that aero
nes should bo used as lighting
chines.
The New York American defends
nator Owen's proposition that the
'prerno Court has no authority .0 de
re an act of Congress urconst.tut'onal.
itea In support of Its pos'tion the opin
sa at Alexander Hamilton, feeral
jibers of the constitutional conven
a flid Thomas Jeffersor., and mmarks
4 the Judicial opinions whlc'i stab
led the power of the Supreme Court to
erpret and enforce the Constitution
re the work of Chief Jus 'Ice Job.. Mar
Jl. It is Interesting n this connection
quote these two sentecces f'r.n the
face which Jefferson wrote to Ms par
Tientary manual'
X Am aware that authorities can ittcn
& produced In opposition to tha lules
'hjch I lay down as parliamentary,
!ti itUntlon to dates will gnrall re
;9Y ISelr weight
58 vjewa of Hamilton Jefferson nnd
mcinbk-a of the constitutional convsn
Hr expressed while the Constitu
"Swfrft, formatlv"e s,tage Te opln
8SlSdf Justice Marshall ooaeurred
y y! jjpLleagues, wro handtx) down
ti,aatwn had adopted the Consti
a Toting tha powe.a of Cukgraa
iffTBtfrrrHfr AS the gapien-a Court
-fk'?i4fi "Ux U ciseu in l-.i,v anj
.jJ cJ lexical wted f-Jaa eiwu.
Chlf Justice, noting with full knowledge
of the views of Hamilton Jcfferton nnd
tho test, formulated tho arguments which
cl.irllled tho thinking of -ho nation and
justified tho Supremo Couit In ni-serting
its light to decldo when Congrfjs ex
cecded Us powcis "An attcn'lon to
dates," lo use Jefferson's apt words, will
rcmoo tho weight of tho opinions which
tho American cites to tho contrary
WHO THREW THE MONKEY
WRENCH?
WlinN' tho President heard tho gossip
that ho lnil tnjd tho Senate Steering
Committee ho would elo tho water
pnwpt leiso bills ho denounced It ns nit
nttempt to "throw ti monkey wrench into
the leglslatho machinery"
On tho sumo day ho smit to tho Senate
the nomination of Hoctoi Ornyson to the
rank of le-tr ndmlral. Jumping him over
tho heads of moio than ft hundred other
medical ofllcers, most of whom had been
in tlie seivico twieo ns long.
Tho ical purpose of tho Preslilent'n
rnnferonco with tho Scnalo StecrlnR
Commlttco was to urgo giciter dlllgonro
In the passing of the hills on his legisla
tive piogram Cpngress will adjoin 11 live
weeks from next Saturday. In this short
Intcnnl it must pass fifteen npproprla
Hon bills. In nddltlon. tho following
measures must either bo approved or left
to tho tender mercies of tho next Con
Kress, In whlrh tho balance of power will
bo held bv three or four Independent
Representatives:
A bill or bills for Increasing tho
rotoniio.
Bills to solvo tho railroad labor
problems.
A corrupt practices measure.
A bill to permit domestic corpora
tions to maintain collect! 0 foreign
selling agencies, which will In effect
1epe.1l tho Sherman antitrust net so
far ns It rcstilcts combinations to
promoto foreign trade.
A water nnd mlneinl land lenRlng
bill
A Porto RIcnn citizenship hill.
All these measures aro loganled as Im
poit.int. Tho ieontlo and tho inlhoxl
lnbot measures aro lmpoiallo. Those two
aio contentious In tho highest degree
and cannot bo passed without long le
Into. Much tlmo will bo consumed bv
tho routine (onsldeiatlon of tho fifteen
supplv bills.
Vet -when tho legislate o pingiam Is
In this eiitlcal condition tho Piosldont
has mado the eticmely contentious pio
motion ot Doctor Oinjson, consltloia
tlon of which Is likclv to interrupt tho
logular business for no ono Knows how
long.
It looks ns It snmo ono had icillj
thrown a monkev wioneli Into tho leg
lslatho machlnoiy and that it was not
tho man who staUecl tho gossip about
tho icnson fot tho President's islt to
the Cupitol
Di:XATIONALIZINO THK OASHS
A OLAXCn at tho "ill j" chart, which Is
" now llko n map of Ainbia, with the
gicat contial deceit In wlilto nnd tho few
black moist spots clustering only about
the big cities, mnkes It hard to think ot
piohlliltlon as an unsettled question, wor
thy of national piomlnenre
Tho alldation of tho WobbKonjon act,
which pioteetH llio "drv ' Stales fiom
"liquor impoitntlons fiom "wot" neigh
boilioods nearby or distant, will naturally
tend to kill tho liquor Issuo in tho West
and South. Why should a Kansas Miter
foigot all about tho tariff nnd oerj thing
elso in ordei to stop liquor sales In I'onn
syUnnia, now that no Pennsjlwinia liquor
can possibly reach Kansas''
WHY STATES SI'MT TICKETS
.TT'AXSAS uent for Wilson b 37,000 on
- tho samo day it elected a Republican
Uooiuor by 1C0 000 This is why
If this Legislature will get dnun to
business this afternoon , keep down to
business eery day for tho next few
weeks, restilct tho number of its em
ploes to the minimum; refrain from
placing polities ellmlnite log-ro' ing;
abstain from pork ; Mel: out the praft
ers. maintain a strkt regard for econ
omy: guard against the Innoeent-'ook-lug
Jokers tho lobby will have ready to
slip into bills, transact all business In
tho open; enact tho legislation tint wo
hae promised tho people, but mako
as few laws ns possible; refrain from
legislation in behalf of special Interests
of any sort; straighten out sumo of tlio
worst tangles of our complicated code,
and then adjourn promptly anil go
home, the people of Kansas will rUe up
and call It ble -. il
Oovernor Cappei thus expressed him
self in his message. Ho is n. Republican,
but that Is not tho reason ho was elected
Ho was elected becatiso Kunsas has
learned that In Stato politics thero me
no Republicans nnd Democrats.
THE WAK A CLEAREST. HOUSE
TOR DEMOCRACY
TUG problem before German statesman
ship Is to offiet tho faorable effect
which tho Hntento's candor In stating
terms had upon neutrals,
Tho most obvious rejoinder for Berlin
Is to a&k, Why Is no mention made of
the fate of German colonies? Do tho
Allies propose to keep them? Tho lan
guage ot tho entente noto undoubtedly
Implies that the colonies are to be re
turned. Eery other territorial claim Is
set down; the colonies are ignored, as If
with the Implication that their integrity
is assured in tho sweeping phrase that
it lias neer been tho Allies' design "to
encompass tha extermination of the Ger
man peoples and their political disappear
ance." The colonies were German soil
and the undisputed stamping ground of
Getman peoples beforo the vtar. They
should be glen back Just as Hanover
should be given back If it wero taken.
But no one is sure that the British Gov
ernment intends to ghe them back, and
It is here that Berlin can apply the spur
to extract more British candor.
The colonies can be considered the
earnest of Indemnity. If a defeated Ger
many could pay only half the Indemnity
demanded, she might be asked to pay
the rest in colonies. But if that is the
idea it ought to be made plain now, so
that the world may have time to est!
mate tho money alue of these vast lands,
if, indeed, a money value can be placed
upon subject peoples and their homes.
Tit subject is Important, because the
sentiment is growlux that the war must
pay few ttwtf, BWMUjly by becoming' the
cferka mm tit (kPcacy the last of
Uw Mat Witrs staggpAe the Ut word in
EVENING TJEDGER-PHILADEImA; MONDAY, JAmiABY 22, 1917
Tom Daly's Column
WASN'T it splendid tho way overybody
helped?
In onoot his poems, Hllalro Belloc
sajs-
from qulot homea and flrt bitlnnlnir
Out to the undiscovered ends. ,
There'a nothing ivorth the wear of wlnnlm
Hut laughter and tha !oo nf friend'.
Sometimes, It would appeir, It Is ncc-
cssaiy to go almost to "the undiscovered
ends" beforo tho truth of that strikes
homo. In tho first dajs of convalescence
from n sudden and scrloiw Illness wo
tent tied It and honeo wo offers
A CAM) O' Tit AX KB
A card 0' thanki, loin; oicrttue,
t mini imlllc, dear Jrlctuh, to )att
irm flocked to mr rii rfcHihalps sake
Ami 011 ;otiMctM uei p7crticd ie tnkd
MV labors and to sec them through.
Wttat shall I sa)f I wish t knev)
What u-offe la u c. I'm ildmtiltrlnt;
J'hciol
It's Hard to icrttctilthoHl a break-"
A card ' thanks.
tf hand'Claspi could be " lit lieu
Of language 1 vould 7oi how
true
3lV love 71(1 hi 7?M0dM
shako
To write It, nnd thtie ffjorm )naUe
Jy throat, nnd taut old heart strings, too,
Ache hartl () thanl.!
nvnur TIM!: wo go to Atlintlc City,
It Kcoms, Kotilothlng happens to us that
lends us to suggest a needed Improve
niont. for Instance, tho stationery shops
along tho llonrdunlk. should keep in slock
ready-made signs, reading.
I AM QUITI2 SANK MY HAT
IILPAV DOWN ON THIJ nKACII
Tito sign should bo of a size to nt Into
one's overcoat pocket, so that one might
whip It out Instantly nnd hold It con
splcuously bofoio one's rlicst as one ran,
bareheaded to the nciicst flight of steps
lending benrhward
ALSO, hnlng been burned several
times, wo Insist that hotels nnd rcstnu
units should bo compelled to adopt n uni
form standard of horsepower for their
horseradish.
I'arodcmenlia
Jack an 1 Jill ran up a till
Much btpRPt thin theM rerknnel
Jnck ffll down h blew tho town.
With .1111 a dim tloe Hccon 1
AlOlfelfS
Ilo (dmlrnl pwel represented the Amerl
enna who are proudly eiaer to Msht for the
honor nn I vltnt lnterpn of their country, anl
therefore the tvpB whlth nhove all othprs thle
country at this tlnio needs Ho w ta
Intnpaultt nf wronUnK captive women anl chll
dren, nnd there was not a touch of Uhreck!Ich
kett about him He wn equally lucapihle of
ftuhmlltln? to wroni: tre-xtment b the stroncest
and of lnllUtlnc wronK trenttnent on tho weik
Kooseelt Interview ?sew Vnrk Tribune
Possibly we m ly look for this sort of
thing at icgiihr intervals lt in antic
ipate a few:
The moment he lieird ot the ilesth of
John W I'nilei seller tho famous mer
chant rolonel Roosevelt called the
new sin per olllces upon the telephone
nnil reluctantlj granted this statement
of his views-
llio decensed was .1 great merchant
because ho was a true American citizen
He bold goods, lie did not write notes
Hut If ho lmd linil occasion to write
notes or ilollver ultlniita to unspeak
able foreign t) rants he would hnvo
nieiiit what he slid Hi) was no plne
loss cxeeutlvo like some we mlgbt
name, who would be missed less than
lie will be"
Tlio news of the elopement ot T
Rock) ilee Pellet's grandson anil the
cnfcterl 1 waitress lmd Feared) reached
tho novvtpiper olllces when this state
ment, marked "p 1 01 omit," was re
ceived from Colonel Roosevelt:
"falnco j on nsk me, I sty to jou
frankly that 1 am neither shocked
nor stirpilsed young Feller secnis
to bo a man of spirit a man of ac
tion and men nf action, mind ou
are wlnt this country needs Deeds
only and not words, weasel words,
can lift our honor from the mire Into
which tho heel of the, eonard In high
olllce, vh is too proud to fight, has
ground It "
Utopia
East ot tho Sun and West of the Moon
And North of the Polar Star,
j Under tho bowl of tho Great Horn Spoon
And over tho Golden Car.
There are the bounds of tho Land o' Boon
That many have sought afar
Host of tho Sun and West'of the Moon
And Noith of tho Polar Star.
ARTHUR GUITL'RMAN.
Frce Verse Declining a Teed That Had
a Price
In llio winter of 1895 a dinner was
given for Stephen Crane, whose "Black
Riders," tho best of the free verse up to
that tlmo and .since had just been pub
lished. By n curious chance tho present
writer found and after tvventj one jears'
sequestration in nn old desk this accept
anco nnd declination from Hajden Car
ruth, the -well known, by somo, art critic,
written in the manner of good old Ste
phen Crane. One may noto the color
scheme of Carruth's uplifting verso:
GRIKF
I saw a Man leading an Invitation
Anon ho chortled like a bullfrog
Like a bill-bedasted green bullfrog
It was a Dinner Invitation
Which accounted for tha pink chortle of tha
MAN
"They will have Grub," quoth the Man
"Better 'jet, sweetly red wines and the
green of mint '
"I will go'"
His pink Chortle died on his white lips
Ills ashy hand bought his black pocket
A gray wail burst from his dry, parched,
brown throat,
Like the scarlet yowl of a yellow tomcat,
A ding busted yellow as midnight Tom
Cat '
The man didn't tme the rice!
(Which accounted for the gray wall )
I left him cursing the railroad company
With great, jagged crimson curses.
TAB.
Ten Greatest Toms
I.awaon,
- and Jerry.
-ahaulc.
-at
-boy
yone
Tom
. tlw Piscr'a ion.
-royrot.
uranuana nice, in cut sportllfht,
Say, Grant, I metcha coupla years
ago in the New York Evening Mali
office, when Frank Adams was writing
pieces there. He interdueed me to you,
but I 9mm you must 0 fcrt me. I
wM of aift yon a CfcjyUaag card, but
ksow your athires
& ---' fSS-'3
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Colonel Roosevelt's Return to Republicanism A Defense
of the Turk Concerning the Celebration of the Birth
day Anniversaries of Famous Men
Tills Department Is Jrrc In all readers Mho
uisli l rj-ires their oiiinloits on mUnM ;
riirrcnf hilerrsf It Is ml oucn forum mil the
icnliio l.nlotr assumes no rcsponsltilMli for
brt slciird til the name unit addrcva of the
iirflrr. not tircrssariy for publication. Out as a
auaiantcc of flood filth
IN DEFENSE OF TURKEY
To the Editor 0 the Eicnina S.cdgct
Sir Many persons, no doubt, have rc.ul
Mr Wlsnoskls note to the Rvfmno
I.rnaun stating that "tho allied demand
tl at Turkey ho pushed oft the map ought
to be praised and nppl.iuded by every lover
of clvlllzitlon" I Imo greitly been nmused
by his statements Ihls Is what 1 answer
Mr WlsnoM
prlmum I wish to say that Mr Wls
noskls v ews are absolutely prejudiced
local and extremelj Ignorant The fact that
tho Turks in tho twelfth century tried to
overrun Hurope Is not to be taken as a
lust for conquest but as r. religious enter
prise, vl7, tho Turks, being Mobammednns
nnd in greater numbers than the Christians
at that time thought that they were the
adherents of tho only and real religion. Mo
hammedanism and that the so-called
Christians were the infidels In this
enterprise the Turks did not succeed,
nnd tho world was entirely enveloped by
the thought of Chriitlanlty Please tell me,
then, why should this offense bo Imputed to
the discredit of tho Turks when tho civ
ilized Spaniards actmlly killed men. Women
and children whoso religious beliefs did not
coincide with theirs Yet Spain now, in
the cjes of tho lover of civilization Is a
nation that Is clean and worthy and de
serving of remaining upon tho face of tho
earth I will take another nation; one
which we all know, hence It is needless to
mention the name Th's nation Is comprised
of various sects of people Very many mil
lions of these people, acting In the ees of
the Government Justly, have burned others
homes, murdered people, tortured to death
mothers, polluted daughters and perpetrated
the most Incredible atrocities Why' Be
cause they aro fond of seeing the other
people's blood This nation is at all times
honored highly, Its causo Is upheld at every
instance and its dally report of tha war
stricken Ktirope Is placed at the top of
other nations Why? Because the people
wish to regard that nation In the light of
honesty, tranquillity and Integrity
Secundum et deniquo. Above I have
spoken of quondam days I will now speak
of tho future nnd present Turkey In Its
present state is not the plague spot of
Ruropo the cause of many shameful wars,
etc, but on the contrary the victim of these
struggles, as we know. Mr Wlsnoskl Is
not the only one at present whose thoughts
are so ehement against Turkey
I, therefore, appeal to every reader to
ponder over carefully both sides of the con
troversy, and see whether or not many
graver offenses have not been committed
by other nations, which are not repeatedly
referred to because these nations are omnip
otent, while Turkey Is, depressed and ham
pered by the biased world
HARRY ROSENBIAJM
Philadelphia, January 19
ROOSEVELT'S REPUBLICANISM
To the Editor of the Evening ledger:
Sir I notice in the news dispatches that
Theodore Roosevelt, In commenting on tha
stand taken by George W Perkins and
other Progressives on the action of the
executive committee ot the Republican Na
tions Committee, says- "I heartily approve
of what Messrs Perkins and Colby have
done I think they have rendered a 'great
service to the American people and to the
Republican party "
We are all glad to know that Mr Roose
velt has finally been "snaked out" This Is
his first kindly reference to the Republican
party in years He made some great
speeches In the last presidential campaign
for Mr Hughes and gave loyal support to
hi. rjindldacy. but not once, that I can re
call, did he refer to or name the Republican
party It is a pleasure to realize that
Mr Roosevelt has returned to the Repub
lican party and that he makes loyalty to
that party synonymous with duty to tho
American people. There never was any
good reason for Mr Roosevelt and others
leaving the Republican party The proper
thing for any one to do is to remain la hU
natty and try to reform It If reforraa.
Uon U necessary As well might a cltl
rn leave his Government because soma of
Us fWJf were net wiwHy sUfaoory
Ija hiiS.
W Wliff Tawdore Roescvglt atnJ all
"OH, SLUSH!"
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other prodlgil sons hack Into the Repub
lican pirty, nnd trtibt tint the will liehivc
themselves and provn themselves worths
members again of the great pirt of Lin
coln and Grant Harrison, Blaine and Jit
Klnley "rnlted wo stand divided wo fill'
Reading, I'a Januarj ID B It
PATRIOTIC ANNIVERSARIES
To the Editot of the hicnlng l.cdgci
Sir We heartily thank jmi for the In
terest that.jou have bhoun in tho celebra
tion of Franklin's birthday In our letter
of January 4 wo called' our attention to
tho two fnst-appronchlng nnnlvcrsirle
celebrations of which wo desired) to hive
Intensified namely, Henjnmln rranklin sand
Lincoln s blithdas Wo took up this sub
ject with the Franklin Institute, rhilosopht
cal Society, I'nlverblty ot I'ennsjlvunla,
Temple University and the Treo Libraries
There were many notablo fentures that were
not brought out In the publicity such as tlio
observance by the hotels with tlsg and
picture display and menu card decorations
Wo again want to think ou for the
notice, and desire to tako this means of
thanking tho Poor Richard Club for Us
every assistance In developing this notablo
feature
I beg leave to stato that we havo alrend
corresponded with the Union Leaguo and
the Lincoln Club concerning the proper
observance for Lincoln's Blrthdaj, nnd
have made nrrangemen's with the Superin
tendent of Public Schools to havo addresses
mado In tho eight high schools, nnd other
general observances In proper keeping with
tho Lincoln Birthday celebration
Wo are now interesting the people who
recognize the celebration of Washington's
Birthday, asking them to Intensify their
observance on this occasion
DAVID B PROVAN, President
OEORGK W B HICKS
Secretary ot the Philadelphia Committee
Philadelphia, January 19
FRIENDLY WARNING
Mr Whitman must 'realize that thero
Is a danger to his hopes for future prefer
ment in too Intimate association with the
State political machinery If he wants
an object lesson Ip what may happen to
a candidate for presidential honors with
the New York situation in his unques
tioned control, he might read prontably the
"Life and Times ot David B Hill" Prov
idence Journal
AND SWORE "BY THE ETERNAL"
What has become of the old-fashioned
President who used to talk of hanging
somebody as high as Raman? Toledo
Blade.
PASTORAL
There's a lltle lone house on top of a hill,
And a crooked road leading down,
Past the fields below and a little old mill,
And on to a llttlo old town
And a little old woman watts all alone,
In the little old house and gray,
And, her little old ear to the telephone,
She hears what the neighbors say
Her little old roan to town has gone
On his little sturdy old legs,
He hiked away at the little old dawn,
With a little old dozen eggs.
He took the fruit of the little old hen.
To the little old town, so far,
To trade 'em on but he'll come again
In a little old motorcar 1
And tha little old woman and the little old
man
Will rest their little old legs,
For they can afford, a car, they can.
For little old eggs Is eggs!
Chicago News.
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
TWO personal pronouns. If you take
And Join them in due order,
An herb will name without mistake.
That scents the garden border
Answer to Saturday's Puzzle
gAI. Tioy. Wltbam, g,H, Perth.
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den and Aaea,
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What Do You Know?
Querien of oenerrxl intrmt witl be ansu.erd
(ti this column Ten Questions, the answer 3 to
which txcrv well tnjomicit ptno ahount knoic,
are asked daily, .
QUIZ
1. VVIuit Is ti foreeu-lle
- Mimit what Is Hie pnpulition of Jnpan?
I IV lint Is viilliiniliroMi.'
I. V lin vrnto
Woods"
'Uultlen. nr, life
In Ihe
who Is
fl. As it result of (lie ilrltli of Denes
mm rtutkiiu: niiKir or the nm,'
fl Vtluro Is Atllnuhtmip Vitliiiinl Purli? "
Ulinl wis llio chief derict nf lidernl uni-
irilinent dlirlnB tin- Vim rll nil Kelnliitlnn
nnd until I In- niloiilliiii nf tlio ( nnsiltii-
Inn."
fl Wi'it l Hie lirnper lirontinel lllon of
linn".' (If "ireil.";
" S,'!.'r ,".11"' I" hiiorrcil In Ihls sentence!
Nelllier he nor hhe lire here "
10 .Vl.nnl ulnt Is Hi,. . f (he Prolillilllnn
vote fur President llsii illj st.
Answers lo estcrdaj's Qui?
Dentil till rt till. Is 271, feel lielnu sen
leu I mid the lowest I'nlnt In North mer
Icil. rile (iispliii s, ( , nn feet i-n
the Deqil e i (llt-stlne) IJno feet lie'"'
frii Iriil. The Desert of snlmri Is nil
feet hi low he) It id
"The III ilk Dors,, (ninlri" uus Die
n line Uien tu the Inhhtl-ts uln In m
old d ijn used In iniikn b lie nt Nrn Vorl.
Mule's uuilliil
"Irnrkless trol'eis" nn lllrrullv wluil the,
ilium liniilles, tin. ulucls arr rulilii r-Ilred.
The iihlihs nn- propelled hv the pole-unil-
lire sislriii
"The (,nle ( ilj of (he South" Is Xlluull
The (llv nf Siiillx" Is SUI I ke tils
o.
0. The Hrst itt lie Vmerlniii linn nmrles wns
Prime .li mine linn nurte (Itlne nf West
liliii liil Niimilriiii ! hrnllirr ului iiiur
'.o... ' ,,,,elll I'llttrrsnn ul llilllmnre In
lKHI I heir win ns Irriinii Nupiilron
Iliiiilluirte, whose miii ( liurles mis serre
lury nf the Nun mid Vtlnrnpj denenil.
7. The MinriiKiinii mini route iniiientlnn
u sinned Viisust B, ION. ,j the I piled
stiles mill MiiiriiRiiiu (miernineuts. 11
nr nits m the liiltnl states exclusive
priiprlclnrj i-IUiIm for the iniislriiithin and
iilierntlou r mi Inti nur lull riiuiil hy n
NlriiniEiiii mule the lenw- nr rrrtiiln ls
inds nnil the rlelit l esliihllsli it nuv it
hilse on the diilf nf Ion-eel
8. thurrli nrnperti Is 'eiiipt from Itmitlon
In this state iirntldid II Is used ejilu-
hlielj fur rrllelnus mid rduriitliiiinl pur.
post s nnil not for huslness purpnsrs
0 IlenJ iniln rrnnUlln. Horn. HIIOi died, 1700
0. The Vutrlnn I'lnperor's wife Is the I in.
press Itll,
Roger Williams
D Ii K Roger Williams was the founder
ot the State of Rhode Island Ho was born In
London In either 1001 oi 1C05 Ho refused
to Join tho congregation at Boston because
the people would not make piibllo decla
ration of their repentance for having been
In communion with the rniircli of Knglnnd
Hanlshed from the Massachusetts li iy col
ony in 1CJ5. ho escaped to the shores of
Nnrraginsett Bay, accompanied bv- a few
I of the adherents of the extreme Puritanism
wnicn no auvocateu; no purchased land of
the Indians nnd founded tho city of Provl
denco in 103C.
Sith Pennsylvania Infantry
Editor of "What Do Voti Knoxo" Allow
me to correct jour statement that the Sec
ond Pennsylvania Artillery is the only
Philadelphia, unit left on the border There
Is one, other unit from Philadelphia down
theie, u leglment which has been com
mended time nnd again bj (ieneral Clement
a reglmont which lias taken ever thing that
has come Its way without n murmur In
that Cod forsaken country I iefer to the
Sixth Pennsylvania Infantry, of Philadel
phia, Colonel Thomas Riddle Rills com
manding. Tho headquarters of the Sixth Is
at Forty-ilrst street and Mantua avenue 1
think that there are a few people In Phila
delphia who know that the Sixth conies
from Philadelphia, so I tako this means of
correcting jou
SBRGRANT r C SUMMRRriULD
Company Jl, Sixth Pennsylvania Infantry
(Because only four companies of the
Sixth coma from Philadelphia und because
the regiment Is the Infantry unit In an
army division, the Sixth was not included
However, It should have been, as the Phila
delphia squadron of cavalry was mentioned
as coining home )
Skating in Park
CHESTER Whenever there is skating
on the Falrmount Park lakes the Bveninq
Ledoek prints that fact In Its news
columns You can find out also by calling
the Electrical Bureau on tha telephone and
then asking for Woodford guardhouse To
reach Centennial (Memorial) and Concourse
Lakes from Broad street station take a
Darius subway-surface car (route iti hj
the iuwy, )Utaj o at ffmty-toiuth
street asd ParkjbJ avemui To jeaoh
J?rl&a rt wjd PMfci3 aviau
HAS MR. WILSON
TORPEDOED WAR?
John Burils's Opinion of tho
President's Note Not Popular
in England Determination
to Humble Germany
By GILBERT VIVIAN, SELDES
Special Correspondence ot the Fieitlni; Ltdoet,
London jnn s
THM afternoon on which President Wil
son r "peace note" wai published here I
wis nt the NntlonM Liberal Club, the cen
ter of Liberal opinion in Lngland nnd
home of the lest violent pacifists To mv
host there came the Right Hon John Hums
tho first workingmm who ever held Cabi
net rank In Lngland nnd ono of the two
who leslgned when tho Cabinet declared
for wni In August, 1914
Blank, ' ho said, catching his arm ns
he spoke tho name, "Wilson has torpedoed
the war '
The nert morning Mrs Rowe. who was
leid-lilacklng my fireplace, turned for a
mlnuto nnd said npologctlcally, "I see your
President Wilson Is trjlng to mnke peace
What Is ho doing that for?"
I told her that I dldn t know, I supposed
he wnnlod peace for tho good of tho world
Mrs Rowe kept nt her work for a min
ute Then she ha Id bltterlj, 'Id rather
have in man out there In Trance threu
voir? moro thin for us to have ri patched-up
pence
A pitched-up peace " To bn sure 1 rec
ognized the phrase f had seen It where
.Airs Howe had seen It, on every placard
and In every henilllne But placards have
no hiisbinds In Krnnce nnd no children to
cuimn.l K, ifnlin. ...., .....i , . ....
George Onl she spolee with a IJttlo moro
passion than tho present Prima Minister
nnd a little more slmpl) than tho preceding
nuv- .-ino iiuin c nut nnout a "Knockout
"It's not a gimo for us," she told me an
ulin .llrln'l .ill il. n rn...n.. lilt. . .. ,. I -
d
. ..w ....... . .,.,, nm viciiumin 11UII3, wniell
proves lint nhe Is n soldier's wife Mio did
not talk nboiil Mlttol Luropa or ot tho
rlgliln of smill nationalities She talked
hlch
nnout ner cmiurcti. a son and a diughter
And flic give mo the Allies' terms of peace
Restitution, Reparation, Retribution
.Slnco the President h note wns published
perhaps a hundred American newspaper!
havo been quoted here all wondering why
tho tonus of peace are not made public in
dellnllo nnd prcciso words At tho same
time the general terms have been harden
ing perceptibl Mr Asnuith slid ' restitu
tion", Mr Llod George without the Billlol
tnlnlng, Mid moie erudelv reparation"
Religious Russia spoke of "retribution ' but
the Inrdcst blow came in the English trans
Iitlon of the repl to German, where the
h'renrh word "sanctions" was translated
"penalties ' Lxnctl what John Burns's
terms are I do not know , he wants peace,
piobibl not nt nil price but thero are a
Lumber of persons who wnnt It now Mrs
Rovvo does not want it now because she
wants it lo Inst, she wants guarantees and
she wints vktoi
l'rom papers and letters, which come here
It seems tint In the United States people
nio censing lo believe that there Is any
thing serious In this war The no longer
think that theie Is a deep division between
the Entente nnd Germanic I'ovvers they
think flint tho differences can be adjusted
and that theie Is no longei nny need for
continuing the slaughter There Is also a
suggestion that the British people will be
gin to think the same way ns soon as Ger
in in offers of peace become moderate and
definite
Tlio exact opposite seems to be the case
Evcept for the professional pacifists, 1 have
not met a man or woman who knows of any
mnn nr woman who has yielded nn Inch of
giound to Germin proposals. Tho fact Is
that, whatever tho British people thought
nt the beginning of the war. the irn
rcali7ltig more and more, ever dn. that
time Is something between them and Ger
man which cannot be compromised The
wni began over Belgium, to be sure There
was never an jingo spit It In the people,
no nutter whit the press vv.n saying But
vcr gradually tho real reatons of the con
lllet began to becomo common knowledge
Intelligent peoplo ma decide that there can
bo no solution In the field or that It would
bo bettci to leave German and Austria In
tact But the great mass of people be
lieve that German has done an "unspeak
able wi one" this was Mrs Rowe one
flight of rhetoric nnd she seemed a little
unccitnlii of It when she said the words.
And they think that what they are doing
is an unspeakable right They never sneak
of it at an rate But they think of It,
night and day. Life goes on almost as
umhI getting harder and harder, of course,
and with more and more ' men whose stay
in Trance Is ended But they are not
Hlnching And the men come back nnd
tell them that In another six months It will
be over
Atop a bus last night a Canadian, still
In training, told me he was going out next
week "I'm a machine-gunner," he said,
"and I guos It's coming to me A lot of
chaps can get killed In six months, ehr
Ho wns afraid of it, every soldier is until
the last minute "But then It'll bo done
right I wouldn't go home now, I can tell
ou, with all thi3 to do over again"
Germany Must Be Humbled
The terms of peace are definite enough
for tho average Briton He knows what
ho Is fighting for and he Is not concerned
with territorial questions He expects the
Allies to pool their demands at the end
and to adjust them But one demand they
will not adjust, because It is the Bame for
all That Is that Germany shall not rule
over central Europe To them and to their
people the war is the simplest, as It Is the
grandest, thing In the world They do not
see that Germm, actual or potential ruler
over everything from Berlin to Bagdad,
will necessarily bo satisfied with what she
has Nor do they see why they should
allow the Serbs and the Croatlans In Hun
gary and the Rumanians and the Slovenes
and the Lithuanians and the other subject
races of Hungary to become the subject
nations of the new German Empire They
really believe that they are fighting for the
liberty of Europe The things which were
only words in 1011 ore terrible actualities
now
That Is wh the people of England can
not understand the United States They
haven t heard both sides as frequently or
as persuasively as tha United States has
heard them, they are perhaps blinded by
war But they wonder that It should be so
hard for the llbert-lovlngpeopleontheother
side ot the Atlantic Ocean to understand the
struggle of the liberty-loving people on
this tide It hurts them, and In their re
sentment they say man sharp things But
the will not be deterred from the object
of their war They are in dreadful earnest,
and they have a moral purpose which
grows fiercer ever day If Mrs Rowe had
heard Mr John Burns bay that Wilson
noto has torpedoed this war she would
have told him that it was a greater crime
than the Lusitania And 1 should not like
to see Mrs Rowe If her man falls in France
and the Entente make a peace which leaves
Germany intact. I am afraid it would not
be a pleasant experience and that I might
lose some of my trust In the blessings of
peace
HER JEWELS
There was a reminiscence in an incident
at Willssden Police Court yesterday of the
story of" the Roman matron who when
asked to produce her Jewels, brought for
ward her family of young children. A boy
of ten was sent to a home, having been
found guilty of theft, and his mother In
termed the magistrate that he was one of
eleven children.
Without meaning to be in the least un
kind the magistrate remarked "You will
not tolas one among go many "
Ttw wsjpiaau reply souad4 almost Ilk
a riuK-
"I lia not one to sar, sir," she gali
as sbe left the oiwwt Larolun GbreiUeU. ,-,
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