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xno ex-uzat snouia nave a ieuow
?'?feellng for the Spanish General Torral,
fcwho on yielding up the city of Santiago
Bstd the American forces.spoke of himself
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In the face of Russia's promised
reforms, what will the melancholy Slavic
novelist have left to write about? His
5 plight suggests the one thus bewailed by
KjOHbert's uaglcally fortunate King Gama:
O don't the da..? eem dark and long.
When all goes right and nothing goes
wrong?
And Isn't the world extremely flat
With nothing whatever to grumble at?
By this tlmo EleutherIos Venlzelos
gK'JHUi probanly ceased to lament the Uer-
!-,Jan pressure eald to be exerted on King
; Constantino by Queen Sophia, the Kaiser's
iter. The fate of Louis XVI and
p-JTIcholaslI, both of w'hom are accredited
Rvwith having been Influenced by Teutonic
.eftnanrts. must: mako lntprestlni? riadlne
efor the Greek statesman.
Kg Director Krusen s recommendations
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p tasteful vines and foliage might be all
iS Very well for tropical Havana, where the
S?$t mosquito pest his been triumphantly
g exterminated. At home the poetry of the
Idea somewhat misses fire so long as
p South Philadelphia's swamps continue to
Bf.let loose their virulent and inexcusable
trtnged plague every summer.
Twenty years ago the city of Glas.
Scotland, took over her tramway
rUow.
ff street railway) system to be operated as
h purmc utility, xne unuertaKing was
described at the time as a'wlldcat ccheme.
iTJndcr the management of James Dal-
,rrnnlf It lm plvpn niaqtrntv lipttct nnrl
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'Xiieaper service tnan can Be round in any
mother city, and has just subscribed as a
gfACorporation for $10,000,000 of the latest
SL mtrn f "Hrltlcti ii'nt" lnnr.
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There were reports lat summer
Rthat dope had found Its way Into the
Knavy. Xow the same Is said of the army.
SjThe mere suspicion Is Intolerable. Yet it
'would be sheer luck if the drugs that are
Sftiow allowed to circulate about the coun-
Rjltry did not find their -way into the ranks
Vl nf ithn rtntfnn'fl fltfenAtra atfltlnn at tha
sfeyTvealcest links first and craduallv worklne
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,ithe,r way al0"K tne llne- J' tr no otler
gfereason than preparedness for war, can-
iOpjjiot the Legislature see the necessity of
'"...M BBlnn. l-in 11'hllnllAa nMlHh .1 1 n
?iooiiit my n ujHiftri auuumvuui; jaw;
ifito' citizen army mat we need renn
"aylvanla. Now i'ork and New Jersey
KWquId contribute one-fifth of the total.
gKWhat better could we do than sot the ex.
.amnle for neighbor States bv enactincr n.
g-jdrastlc antidrug law In brder to keep the
t" poison ot uope out or tne system of those
wha would go to make up the rank and
Affile In army and navy? Congress will In
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nena tno unrnaon act, which
failed to ((top tha Illicit dope tralJlc. But
. Jhe Stutes should do their share first, and
m. is right here In the Middle States that
i6 dope evil flourishes most unrestraln-
The, resignation of General Lyau-
"as T'rcnch Minister of War Is one
re,, instance of the perils which beset
rOarmy pfflcer caught In the whirlpool
?-'" ".politics. Here was a man who, in his
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am 'miracles. In charge of Morodcan
Itaiy .affairs from, the. outbreak of the
an war-juntii' three months ago,
nl'V.Iiyautey-' completely pacified
Mfcat once 'uneasy land, .crushed; the Atlas
farmed by German, agents; super-
tb building of roads and railways;
itHd.'ihe. rt exposition of Moorish
iMaia.'the port of 'Casablanca, and
rifttMl Una to exeavate the ancient
M" y; 6 iVoiabllisif-As' a colonial
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-The war haa not bn kind to the heroes
of overseas possessions, aa witness the
case of Lord Kitchener. Subduing sav
age tribesmen seems to supply the -wrong
equipment for handling the, mightier
problems of the general conflict.
NATION TRIUMPHS OVER
PRIVATE INTEREST
7711 IIST in Importance, even more Im
portant than the calling off of the
strike, is the fact that private Individuals
have responded handsomely to an appeal
to patriotism. It was to the Council of
National Defense, rather than to each
other or to the Supreme Court, that
both sides bowed. It is the turning
point, In the long, dreary and discour
aging struggle between the prepared
ness and the anti-preparedness men
that 400.000 indispensable workers and
the transportation magnates of the
nation should put the flag before private
interest.
Second to this as regards the spiritual
harmony that this great precedent fore
casts for all relations between capital and
labor In the years to come, but of flist
magnitude In respect to our immedlato
national safety, was the fact that the na
tion was not put In the position of de
pending upon the Supreme Court to de
cide Its fate. The strike was averted
before the Court's decision was made
known. The terrible suspense of the last
few days should be a stern warning to
the country. The President should bo
empowered to rpiiuire of the Court a
tentative decision on emergency meas
ures before they are enacted, with the
right reserved to the Court to review its
decision after n stated Interval, when the
emergency has passed.
The Adamron law. though now declared
constitutional, should be repealed and re
written along the lines of the present
compromise, which has the virtue of
having been threshed out by practical
men and of being workable. The law. for
example, makes no provision for the
speed at which fi eight trains were to be
run as a bads for computing overtime.
The compromise also discriminates be
tween different kinds of labor and service,
which the law does not.
Labor has gained a distinct advantage,
having won governmental sanction for Its
chief demands, a victory which the re
election of Wilson clinches for It for
at least four years, and in addition con
cessions which the railroads were not
willing to make last August.
But the gain made for the morale and
self-respect of capital and labor must al
ways be accounted the greatest victory.
Both sides were confronted with a tre
mendous temptation to use power which
could not be questioned. Each was confi
dent, or expressed confidence, that It
could "break" the other, and policy no
doubt played Its part In determining the
issue. But the future will not go behind
the returns. Patriotism has triumphed
over private interest.
ONE DAY
THE face of the startling events of
W
March 17, 11)17, the Tennysonlan pref
erence for fifty years ot Europe to a
cycle of Cathay becomes actually modest
and Inadequate. That single day, on
which the Government of Russia is re
ferred to a national convention; on which
the Allied armies reach the two military
goals of Bapaume and Koye, sought for
two and a half years; when Viennese ru
mors of, a separate peace with the Slavic
empire take on a new clarity and sub
stance, seems almost without historical
parallel. Even the outbreak of the great
war was scarcely more choked with tre
mendous, happenings. That prelude to
the titanic tale had dramatic swiftness,
but now we have breath-taking climax
piled on climax after a, long and monot
onously agonizing period of development.
The tendency, however, to proclaim
anything like the sudden establishment
of a inlljennlum demands stern repres
sion. Frank admission of the Intense
significance of one fateful day should not
postulate that all these newly blazed
trails will be immediately followed to
successful ends.
The confusion regarding Grand Duke
Michael's status somewhat tempers en
thusiasm for the proposed Russian re
public. Liberty-loving optimists may
take comfort In the way In which Presi
dent Millukoff of the Duma apologized for
supporting a regency. "We propose,"
said he,, "a parliamentary' constitutional
monarchy. Perhaps others may have dif
ferent views, but If we stop to discuss In
stead of Instantly deciding, Russia will
And herself In a state of civil war and the
destroyed regime will be reborn." The
position of the Romanoff dynasty is thus
In doubt. The best that can be said for
the revolution is that It assuredly did
occur antt that It appears to stand con
siderably more than an even hance of
succeeding.
The effect on the Central Powers may
at this tlmo be Interpreted according to
personal Inclinations. Pro-Germanism
may read weakness in the revolution and
a brilliant opportunity either- to seek a
separate peace with Russia or the chance
to start a brilliant new offensive against
the Slavic armies. In the other camp the
feeling certainly exists that at last the
weak link In the Entente's chain has been
repaired, No apologies are now needed
to explain the association of a despotism
with republican France. The liberty
clause In the Allies' platform has been
Immensely strengthened.
Regarding the Franco-British advance
on the western front there Is, ot course,
more occasion for favorable rather than
disquieting comment. The immediate aims
of the Somme offensive begun last July
have been accomplished. Victories tell
thelr'own stories. Tetreatij demand ex
planations, and until Hlndcnburg shows
his hand it seenu timorous folly to 'insist
on German Ifaps and the super-cunning
Of military strategy. "Where restraint Is
really .needed. Is of the' desire to foresee
.much greater conquest in the new En
tente movement. Not' until St. Quentln
J Camera! .are Jn'. UuVs or Nlvelle's
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WILSON BLOCKS
MIDDLE EUROPE
His Peace Plans Would Make
Realization of the German
Imperial Dream Im
possible By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Correspondence Evening Ltiaer
LONDON', February IS.
THE hugbear of Great Britain at the
present writing Is a myth. The name of
It Is "Mlttel-Kuropa," And It Is perhaps the
most costly myth In the history of the
world. Helen of Troy cost less than Mlttel
Kuropa costs In a day.
It l only fair to say that this Is one of
the myths which can be realised, and the
Allies have found out, recently, that the
are, fighting to prevent Mlttol-Europa, or
Central Europe, from becoming a reality.
To the credit of the Germans, they dis
covered that they were fighting to accom
plish Central Europe considerably before
most Britons woke up to the fact.
Central Europe Is not as mysterious as
It sounds. It simply means a variation of
the Holy Roman Empire with special In
ducements to the Turk. All the plans are
"laid In Germany." and they are xery
subtle because no one wants to offend Aus
tria. But essentially Central Europe means :
That. Germany and Austria-Hungary and
Bulgaria and Turkey will form a unit.
First It will be a tariff unit, so that there
will be free trade between them and pro
tection against the rest of the world. Then
II will be a producing unit, so that the four
countries will play Into each other's hands,
Germany doing the heavy manufacture,
Hungary supplying food. Austria doing
finer production. Turkey and Bulgaria buy
ing the Teutonic supplies. Eventually it
will become a political unit, the greatest
empire In the history of the world, snug
In the heart of Europe, able to resist either
France or Russia, prepared for war eter
nally. The Briton Know- What He Is Doing
To the Briton the. idea l anathema, and
although he dirt not know two and a. half
years ago that he would be fighting against
Middle Europe in 1917. he Is content to
fight against It now. He takes his argu
ments out of the German propaganda in
Its favor.
The chief argument Is that Middle Europe
Is a militarist tyranny. The ablest de.
fender of Middle Europe is Frtednch Natl
mann. whoso book "Mlttel-Europa" (pub
lished in America by Alfred A. Knopf. New
York) I accepted as the standard explana
tlon of the Idea. That book starts with
the assumption that as soon as this war Is
over Germany will dig a scries of trenches
north and south along her borders, will
fortify the trenches and keep them manned.
The trenches are to remain forever. Behind
them Germany will prepare for the next
war. (Naumann say3 so in as many words).
All he asks Is that there should be no trench
running east and west, dividing Germany
from Aurtrla.
If these two nations unite, with Hun
gary and with such parts of the Balkans
as will be left to Germany after the term"
of peace are made, then the new Industrial
system can come into action. All Germany
Is enthusiastic about the Industrial super
man. If" Is called many fancy names; In
America he would be called a piachlne-man.
The German word is "linpersona! " Nau
mann and others admit that he Is tne coun
terpart of the German soldier, product of
an Inexorable system. The personal capi
talist and the individual worker are going
under, they claim ; they point to rotten old
England as the pronf. And they are willing
to supply the world with the next type.
The second British argument against
Middle Europe is that It does not take Into
consideration the desires and hopes of all
the small nations Which lie in the Balkans.
The Austrian tyranny over the t'roatians.
the Hungarian tyranny over the Bohe
mians and the whole system by which Serbs
have been separated from their fellowmen
and from their native counfc-y. are bound
to be made permanent If Mittel-Europa
comes into existence. Germans admit
that they are not successful colonizers.
Prince von Buelow sadly confesses that
there have been mistakes in Posen.
although he Is fierce and cruel when the
Idea occurs that Germany should give up
her portion of Poland when Rutsia and
Austria give up their portions But In all
the ideas of central Europe Germany re
mains the chief factor, and If there are
small races and weak nations, they will
pay the penalty of not being so strong ai
Germany.
The Whole World Involved
The British argument shows that there
can be no peace If this tyranny Is estab
lished. That is why they look to the United
States to become Interested in southern
European affairs. If the Cnited States
really wants to prevent another world war,
either for the good of the world or for her
own good, she will step in and say that the
right of the Czechs and the Croats and the
Serbs to remain free nations must be re
spected. If the l.'nlted States does this,
then she may turn about and say to Brit
ain that the rights of Ireland must be ie
spected, and to Russia that Finland and tne
Jews have not been treated as well as they
might have been. There will be a number
of Britons who will resent such intei-
eference. But I know from my own experi
ence that there will le many more who will
be glad to have the I'nlted States champion
the right of all oppressed people, provided
the I'nlted States is earnestly ready to do
something for them.
Middle Europe, then, involves the' whole
world. It Is the political side of the Berlin-Bagdad
railway an enterprise which
was never wholly commercial. As a mat
ter of knowledge, the road was not meant
to stop anywhere near Bagdad. It was
a Berlln-to-Calro affair, and It had In mind
the great Afro-Asiatic Empire which Ger
many dreamed of. Three-quarters of that
scheme are now a reality ; the last quar
ter depends on victory In the field.
Not even those Britons whose hearts are
bitterest about Middle Europe assert that
any easy solution of the Balkan question
can be found at once. For example, most
of the Croatlans want to be united to the
Serbs; but there Is a small minority which
piefers to stick to the Dual Monarchy be
cause the Serbs are Orthodox Catholics
and the Croatlans, who speak the same
language, are Roman Catholic, And there
are Bohemians who prefer Hungary to a
separate Czech Empire. These minorities
will have to be considered if the problem
of southern Europe Is to be settled.
There was some joy In Britain when it
was seen that President Wilson was in
viting the American Senate and fhe Ameri
can people to become Interested In these
matters. Much criticism, of course, fell
on the President's head because what he
said was not exactly what Britain wanted.
But he did Imply that Germany was not
to rule all of Central Europe, and that
she was to give up her share of Poland.
These two blows at "the enemy" were suf
flcent to endear the President to many
hearts.
One man. however, aaUed me If the
President knew what ha was saying, and
knew how mortally he was offending Ger
many. I Invited him to look to coming
events for an answer. He Is still looking.
THE BRANDENBURG RING
Empetor William's ancestor, King Fred
erick I. of Brandenburg, wrote of the
Brandenburg ring: "This ring was given
to me by my father on his deathbed, with
the reminder that so Jong as It was 'pre
served in the House of, Brandenburg, this
would not only prosper, but would grow
and Increase." Frederick 'the Great guard
ed the ring with care, but it was stolen
during the Napoleonlo age, arid the defeat
of tie Prussians by Napoleon followed. It
was Uter recovered, and "the House of
Brandenburg avenged its humiliation and
grew greater than ever. Doctor Kuns. In
his ''Rings" (Lfpplncotts). intimates that
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' Tom Daly's Column
OS A MARCH MORXIXO
There's a fillip In this air
l.at night never knexe;
Whisperings are everywhere;
'Round the daicn's agates, too,
Cloudy curtains stir, and lot
Rosy-flushed arc they,
Trembling with the joy to know
God has passed this icav.
Lieutenant Governor Frank B. McClatn
sat In John O'D. Mangan's fine limousine,
protected from the rain, and rode at the
head ot the St. Patrick's Day procession
In Plttston on Saturday. Behind him the
indomitable Cetts on horseback and afoot
trudged determinedly through the down
pour. "A folne body o' mini" said he.
"Aye"." said Squlrp Roscoo Keating, of
the reception committee, "but let you not
bother your head about 'em politically.
Most o them are from my bailiwick and
they represent n Democratic vote of 1S00.
On one occasion three Republican votes
slipped In one for Judge Somebody-or-other
and two for Judge Fuller. Judge
Fuller Is a very popular man In this sec
tion and that's why he ran so far ahead
of his ticket."
Company "Haltch," Pittston's crack
militiamen, was not at the head of the
line as usual, by reason of being on its
way home from Mexico. It is due to ar
rive this week, so the whole show will be
given over again.
SPAXIHH EYEK
Atrr Monlolo de Sedas
"Trust no black eyes' smile or jrown,
And he coy of eyes of blue;
(Jlancet of the chestnut btown
Are the only good and true."
Street Song.
Thlnkst thou I can hear thy pleading
With such singing through the town.
Whilst in thy clear eyes I'm reading
"Trust no black eyes' smile pr froxent'
Nor in thine, whose eyes aie shining
Starry for a love-ciasp due.--
Other warning they are 'signing:
"And be coy of eyes of blue."
One alone my heart entrances,
One with pining bends me down,
She who turns the mellow glances,
"Glantcs of the chestnut broxen."
Hers that hold no trace of scheming
Nor cajoling In their hue.
Eyes that meet me in my dreaming
"Are the only good and true."
THOMAS WALSH
Here's Larry Sharkey's latest stor . i
There was a discussion between an Eng- '
lishmun and a German as to which nation
In the world lud the gieatest navy. Of
course, the dispute couldn't be decided
without a referee, so they gave that job
to McGettlgan. "You're both wrong," said
he; "the biggest an' the finest navy In the
world is the Irish." "Huh!" they both
snorted, "the Irish have no navy." Mc
Gettlgan repeated his statement. "But
where Is this Irish navy?" they both de
manded. "Where Is It?" repeated McGet
tlgan. '"Huh! How do I know but you're
a couple of spies'.'"
Chinese Inscriptions
OX AX JXKW'ELL
Vtp here and icrite!
Hut let no blot, nor trace
Of eril words deface.
That which Is white.
OX A PVX
Though flood or flame assail me
I'll keep you safe, tny pen;
Rut If in work you fall me.
Oh, naught shall save you then!
ARTHUR aVITKRilAX.
English Overheard by a Neighbor
Postman (to little boy who comes to the
door with his mother to receive the morning
mail) Well, my little man. why aren't you
at school?
Mother He ain't went to school yet
Weeks ago, when the conductor of this
tolyuin was struggling with grip germs
a modest little volume of verse, "The Val
ley of Vision," by Blanche M. Kelly,
slipped Into this oftice from the Encyclo
pedia Press, of New York, and hid under
some old papers upon our desk. Yes
terday we unearthed It, and as one brush
ing aside dead leaves In this season who
uncovers unexpected beauty, we came
upon this:
THE FLOWER VENDOR
Now Is the winter gone! Here's one that
dares
Flaunt In the face of gusty March his wares.
Though she with hoyden turmoil fill the
street,
Jacinths are here, and here's arbutus sweet,
Still wet, and fragrant of .the underwood.
I'p then, poor heart I Let you have hardi
hood. Somewhere this poet In the dusty coat
Has seen earth laugh, ' has heard the
throstle's note.
What matter winds? .et them go rail
ing on.
Spring's here!
Spring's here! The winter's
gone!
And again:
THE LESSER PEACE
Before my glaas Is wholly run
I ask a span ot quiet years.
When I may wind the thread I've spun,
Learn laughter and remember tears.
A season ot good fellowship
Beneath the sky with wind and rain,
When buckling on my shallow scrip
I leave behind the ways of pain.
I ask a little garden close
Wherein to learn the common grace
Of herb and flow'r, before the snows
.Make pale the warm earth's comely faco;
A lesser peace before the great,
A little while to court the sun,
To sit- with folded hands and wait
The coming of the Silent One.
"If only they had something to say I"
cried one of America's finest lyric poets,
referring, of course, to the vers librlsts.
That's true enough. But there if a
language somewhere In between prose and
poetry; and the jmaglets speak It. .-There
are some thoughts that, require just this
mysterious speech, arid (the singing' poets
and the, walterpater, arthursaymons pros
writers can deny It all they wish. The
Imaglsts, however, must not confuse them
selves with poets; they are versifiers, it
you will; or prosefiers; but never poets.
C, H. T.
"General Maude's troops," says, a news
dispatch, "are not unlikely to be close
to the Gardert of Gethsemana around
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I SETTLING THE SUKVlVUJti
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Speed the Street Cleaning.
Playwright Calls Upon Na
tion to Prepare
SPEED THE STREET CLEANING
To the Kdltor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial and cartoon "Clean
liness or Death" unquestionably hits the
point, and should drive home the fact in
such forcible manner that Immediate action
be taken to appreciably lessen the experi
ence and suffering of last summer. it
might be stated that ninety per cent of the
people of this city do not raie what may
result from dirty and filthy conditions, ltor
do tbev realize the Importance of having
a cleaner city or healthier conditions sur
rounding their homes. This opinion is
based upon actual conditions that have been
found through Investigations and inspec
tions. Further, the very manner and support
of a certain class of people Indicate most
effectively that they are satisfied with what
ever atmosphere to which they have been
accustomed.
Have yqu ever visited West Philadelphia
C-......1.... ..i.ri.t uliei-4 vou u-lll tind and
see storekeepers sweeping tho rubbish from
their stores on sidewalks and upon the
highways? ,
To be concrete, let us look to Fifty-second
and Angora streets, Fifty-fifth street
and Baltimore avenue, Firty-cigntn ana
Market streets and Filty-secona ana wai-Kei
... a i.n nntifa atipli streets after four
eurcia. maj .,u...w -
wonderful system!) tho ash wagons have
been through the section, nave you ever
noticed the filthy condition of our elevated
anri aiibwav stairs a most deplorable con.
ditlon ot affairs? And to think Phlladel-
phlans are Hatlsneo : fomenting a nine
"fifth-rate city like Boston" wouldn't tol
erate for a day.
The foregoing may be augmented, but
the point is this: If our laws are of no
value to correct such evils and the minds
of the questionable- self-satisfied disease
spreaders, then let us have proper laws
and enforce them to the fullest extent. The
world is what we make It. So it Is with
the city of Philadelphia, and eyerything
relative to health and safety for the sake
ot our families and children depends on the
pride and manner of each Individual. It
Is hard to cultivate the habits of thoso
who live In an atmosphere of indifference
to the safety ot themselves and the com
munlty at large, but It can be accomplished
through hard work and the support of a
well-organized body which Is Interested In
good safety practices for health and safety
of men, women and children.. It might be
suggested to your worthy paper, that the
sooner real action Is taken the qijlcker the
results. J. EDWARD VAN DOREN.
' Philadelphia, March 16.
AWAKE, AMERICANS!
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
ui.' Ti.ill., fnr vntl nnil the r.RnnRnl
nil "m'ij - .,- - ..---..,
There are some Americans in the. United
States. 11 1U niy lieui t ruuu ij rrau juur
ringing words in this evening's paper. Here
are my sentiments:
Awake. Americans, awake !
North, South, East arid West.
In time of peace prepare for war
And calm this great unrest.-
Our very unpreparedness
invites a roreign toe,
Whose aim to dominate the. world
Was thought out years ago.
Awake, Americans, awake I
Ramember Belgium's fate;
And be prepared to stopa foe
Before it li' too late. t-
WILLARD SPENSER.
Wayne, Pa March 3.
-ACTOBS AND. "SOCIETY"
To tht Editor fit tht Svenlng Ledger:
81,Your reply to the letter of "M.,"
printed. In today's lirnue, with reference to
your publishing pictures of stags oik. con.
tains a truth, the existence of which the
narrow-minded Individuals who ara opposed
to the theatre do not or cannot recognise;
.!. la that' tha members of h mn.ru.i
are noj worse, man for rnaa aaalwwuaa for
iL&fcji
have "such persons in our homes." My
word! Picture, If you ran, Ethel Barry
more, Otis Skinner or Grace George "fish
ing" for an Invitation to Kwaiihmore, or
any suburb or home In this part of the
country. JOSEPH A. McLOl'GHLlN.
Philadelphia. March ID.
A CHARGE OF BONEHEADISM
To the Hdttor uf Mie Kvcnlng I.c.tlgrr:
Sir Why not use a little judgment In
publishing letters fiom the "pepul"? Why
give every boueheail that writes you the
satisfaction of seeing his stuff In print?
For instance, several persons have written
to tho effect that It President Wilson ad
vises all American citizens to leave Mexico
he should forbid them taking passage on
a vessel bound for the submarine zone.
Now I say that any one who cannot see
the difference between a man sojourning In
a foreign country and one on a neutral or
belllgetent ship on the world's recognized
highway can have nothing to say that will
Interest your readers, who, I take It, are
as a whole a Very intelligent, discriminat
ing class that wants to read something
worth while. CHARLES A. SEMLER.
Philadelphia, March 13.
THE NEUTRAL
That they did not ask me to draw the sword
Whpn they stood to endure' their lot.
That they only looked to me for a word.
And I answered 1 knew them not?
If It be found, when tho battle clears,
Their deatli has set me free, .
Then how shall I live with myself through
the years
Which they l,ave bought for me?
Rudyard Kipling In "Sea Warfare."
THE CZAR A QUITTER
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The Czar Is a quitter. He should
Jiavo fought for his throne to the death, 'for
the Imperial crown of Rursla Is the God
given heritage of the Roman.,ff dynasty.
Russia cannot and will not remain a re
public. ONE WHO KNOWS,
Philadelphia. March 17.
All Points of the
Compass
Casuals of the Day's Work
XXXI1I
WE HAp known Sumner for many years.
So had Sidney, and there had come to
be the sort of free masonry of fellowship
among us that sometimes comes to men
after tlierhave rome to forty years, That
Is the sort which rarely comes before the
time of which Mr. Thackeray wrote, but
.when -It does come It is of a lasting sort
which portends the eternal. Thus It was
with us.
For many months we had not seen Sum
ner. Then, on a day, came a note from
his secretary saying that our good friend
had been translated to other worlds, it
was the will of the god.i: yet we forgot
Sldnpy.
Six months passed, Then came a letter
from him. ,
"Can you tell me," he asked, "the ad
dress of Sumner? I have lost track of
him during the last year, but probably he
Is gone back into his beloved West. I
would like to write hlm and If you can
tell me where he Is I'll fell him the news
of things."
So we wrote to Sidney and told
tragedy.
of
Then came this letter;
Dear Boy I .thank you for your let
ter, I have not yet got over the shock '
it gave me. It has brought up vividly
the happy 'years of youth, when we
looked forward with brave hearts to tha
achievement of noble ends. May ,the
good God give his good soul good faring
on his long journey. May I quote from
Herbert Trench;
"If after death, love conies a waking.
And from their camp so dark and
still,
The men of dust hear bugles, breaking
Their halt upon the hill;
To me the slow, and silver pealing, '
That then the last high trumpet
' pours,
Shall softer than the dawn pome steal
ing For with7 Us csll comes yours."
jAnd In whatever Elysium (he steadfast
soul ot pharles .Sumner Putnsm nmy he
- - ,ir matMm w - asan1 man , a..
w. -..- . ( T . -, ,. w Bnnivj.rBnnv.
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h ni sjn . - -
- 1IM('T7
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. What Is ti biireaurrar?
J. What Is the, Yale bowl?
3, What iiercentaee of the lanil
worlil i-oiiipnses Knssln?
area nf tlu
4. When ns the fnlted States Mllilur.v Arse
emy established nnd where Is II?
I). What Is a tolor sericeant?
0. Who nrute the iHirm "TlmnalnpsU" and
what lines th word mean?
7. Why l It bellered that the Russian retnlu.
tlon Indicates similar notion In tireeref
8, What are burk laws?
0. What is the xreatest land elevation In the
world?
10. Where It the xreatest ocean depth In tat
world?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. The lirand DuLe .Michael Alexandrotltrh, Mi
deposed Oar's rount-er brother. wi
named recent of Russia, but abdicated.
2. Itobert I.oul Sterenson'a "Treasure liland"
was published In 1883.
S. The "Von Tlrpltx element" In (iermanr
Tm-alea unrestricted use. of aubmarinet.
Von Tlruita Is former German rlecreta'f
of the Navy.
4, St. Patrick was born about A. I), an
died In 481.
5. Because they can detect anbmarlnes far
benrutli the surface of the water. Ilk a
hawk see a flkli. airships are fonnldakle
foes for submarines.
B. Michael V. Rodzlnnko. president ot the
Ilunu, U credited with belnr leader of
the Kunslan revolution.
7. In war dispatches the "Meose sector' ,
means that portion of tho western battle
front of which the Meute Hirer Is
most prominent feature.
8. Champs Eljaees, l'arla'a famous promensdt
boulevard, la pronounced npproilmatelr
, "shahniay-lee-sar," tho first tillable
terminally with only sllrht tract of
' the "n" sound,
0. The threatened nation-wide railroad strike
was called "prorretslye" because the em
ploye were to lie-called out In settles.
10. The so-called German "wall In the'lTeH"
Is an elaborate line of trenches, "ender
around forts" and other defensive wrM
behind the present battle front In Mrtn
ern France.-
Torpedo
F. J. deB. Long-range velocity of a sub
marine automobile torpedo (2500 to 10.09'
yards) Is about twenty-flve or ls n"
an hour; short-range velocity vu; '" V"
yards), as great as fifty knots. It si"" i
with sufficient force to drive In tne nru.
Din. exnlodlnK the charge, v 'ti-
"Susan Coolidee" $
A. E. R. "Susan Coolldge." was the pseu.
.i....... e mi., cmii riiJunuev wooliey a,
(1835-1905), an American Writer -of juve- -,'
ulle stores. "Ben machree' Is attWeior g
"Ben' of my heart." I. e.. "Bn n"'
"Vari machree" would mean "darling win.
"In Statu Quo"
E. V. G. "The status quo" la ''P,rr'cl' .uu
tile Latin expression cn" -;- sa
quo" because "statu" Is the ablative form
of "status," The preposition "In" govt".-,
me amative cnae, v
THE CASE OF THE DKAftiA "
mi.. .. a var- ......... UnA ml1fh of iti (
ine drains ( vyc ii - - j.
properly speaking, sofar,aa original wr'jJfl
is concerned, but we did have great actors, a
nnil limine- the latter half 61 the nlntentn )jM
century our people loved good play". r j
mlrably IcioJJ Most of us can 'mem,tX 41
the tlmefwliei the great cities '"". ii
theatres? offer ng the noblest work sna
crowded to thi doors. Now. In the ia " si
years, all Is, t?! isnged. Good art has wM'J''.!
.- AAn. ...wAH . ...l.n rnm TCnSlSIIQ ?dl
n, ivmM rorr m imnnr ui In his deCtlnina .m
yeari' to give Ohose "farewell performancei J
that mark his) withdrawal from, active l" J
w- ai.L .... .ro nt dramatic-!
ana vi" k"' u ,!.; v .4s -J
Brr; Tne taste or tne tireq ousinean 'i-Tirm
now the standard and the directing '"T-.i
J I wnaiever nj proaucea; ana ni-nots- -g
tncy rises a degree above the silly and ijfi
umorouely ssjiaclous it, soars only Intowfj
".iiihmiiH realm nr narnn avv mui ikkh
Bj.
no oatawrsdMie' sen cert'
lat' - fi -'
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