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Strand rAtm 13 lame S'J Hue Louis 16 Grand SUBSCRIPTION TERMS The Etenino Lrhoin la served to subscribers tn Philadelphia and surrounding towns at the rate ot twelve (12) cents per week, payable to the carrier. lly mall to points outside of Philadelphia, In the united States, Canada or United States pos sessions, pOKtase free, fifty (SO) cents per month. Six (10) dollars per year, payable In advance. To all foreign countries one (ID dollar per snonth. f Noticb .Subscriber- wishing address changed Bust give old, as well as new address. BELL. iOOO WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 3000 H Address at! communication fo Even In j ledger. Independence Square, Philadelphia. entic-id at tub rmt.ADEt.rMiA roRTorricn as Hr.COND-Ct.A9S MAIL HATTsn, THE AVERAGE NET PAID DAH.T C1R. CULATION OF THE EVENINO LEDOEIl FOR FEimUAKY WAS 0H.372 rhlUdrlpMa, Thurid.y. Msrth .2. 1917 It Is a long, long trip to Georgia arhlch 750 Interned Germans nro to take With tho hopo of "seeing America first" or curst. Virtually every country Is pro hibiting tho publication of tho sailings of ships except Germany and Switzer land, and each of theso has a different reason. Tho German Socialists ato .saying In their now almost uncensored organ, "Shall German militarism free all nations but Germany?" The Irish Nationalists are saying, "Shall English prowess free all nations but Ireland?" Tho Brooklyn Robins, by a unani mous vote at Hot Springs, Ark., decided that military training was Inadvisable at this time as It would seriously interfere with physical preparedness for the base ball season. The country, It would seem, has been saved. 'Pennsylvania need feel no embar I rassment In accepting the compliments which accompanied New York's passage of her State constabulary bill. Colonel Groomo's splendidly organized force Is a model of its kind, and tho Commonwealth la Justly proud of Its tine body of men. A recent Idea of Mayor Smith on a convention hall Is to have one made of glass and iron similar to a hall In Paris. The only one In Paris made altogether of glass and iron is tho old machinery hall of the exposition of 1890, which was also used In 1900. The most fitting punish ment the Republican party could visit on the Democrats would bo to compel them to hold their next national convention In such a hall on one of our sweltering July or Augtst days. Only a Dante could do Justice to such an experience. Nicholas's refusal, on abdicating, to betray his country to the Germans has the; true regal touch. The elimination of monarchs is certain to conjure up his torical analogies, which, however, do not always fit the case. The ex-Czar differs In many ways from Charles the First or Louis the" Sixteenth, but England's Rich ard tho Second offers several Interesting' comparisons. Neither Richard Plantage net nor Nicholas Romanoff was a mon ter. Both -had strong mystical and re ligious tendencies. Both men seem to have been soul-sick, and the career of each of them prompts rather pity than bitter scorn. We fall to follow Mr. David J. Smyth's lino of thought. As counsel for n saloonkeeper accused of selling drinks to a flfteen-year-old girl he seemed to think it pertinent to tho case that the girl bad a bad character. If It was worth while bringing this fact out at all, it cou.d only have been with the notion that it is not so bad to serve drinks to an Immoral minor as to serve them to a moral minor. Surely no child of fifteen can be consid ered a hopeless case. The worse the character of persons served, whether over or under age, the worse the offense. Tho neighborhood Is to be congratulated upon the revoking of this saloon's license. "Whatever obstacles may bo en countered by Miss Tishiko Sakamaki, who comes to this country from Japan to teach the cult of Shlntolsm, she will not fall -wholly In her mission If her Insistence on ancestral ideals bears fruit. Here is a theme which demands American atten tion. Let it not be confused with any thing like silly snobbery. Japanese rever ence for worthy forebears has little con nection with such offenslveness. Ancestor worship In Japan Implies present-day Hying with regard to the finest thoughts and deeds of old. Blue blood is utterly worthless unless it Inspires conduct worthy of great origins. It will do the 'nation no harm if every parent In It ' etatermlnes to be a good ancestor. ,M ' . . h The astounding size of the croa fM A i mIm and the earnings of the United St. J". ' ...i a, I c .1 .i..! .. . -..sjisi-m ait1 wiijjuruuu uuruitf j9io are ". ;;j In tbeenselvca a romance leading the !m ' iaarsnative mind along many avenues that l)lBi (he past and reveal the future of ljutterkm. Pertinent to the grim facts ' ptftatmy, ''these' figures a billion and a &' '' siisaVrar ha galea, three) 'h'tindred'and forlv. " ?,"-. .. 5 . i- -MUlton- In earning; tell what a altt'of energy Germany, Invited to 4lgintsit9Hhvla"'aalnt her M &4tttwrUihr'4lk& u to 4o our. tnm Mm wmttaryot the MMssaV ' Jkr- tlon In lt' Vlth aloha li a nation in Itself, lt' J 9,000 employe are a mart power equal to or exceeding those of many small nations. Its receipts are nearly twice as great and Its earnings aboiit half as great as tho total ordinary, receipts of the 'United States Govern merit. Wall street has been guessing of Into how much bf this wealth has gone Into British short-term notes. Judge Gary steers clear of- this Item In his report. Hut America's potential aid to tho Allies, now that events have drawn us closer to their cause, can bo calculated from the depth of this single reservoir ot wealth. GREAT RALLY IN INDEPEND ENCE SQUARE TN THIS tlmo of crisis, when tho bonds of loyalty must be knit closely and tho floods of patriotism drawn into a com mon channel, It Is right and proper that from tho shrino of liberty and tho birth placo of Independence there should go out to tho country nnd to tho world evidence of national coherence, mass loy alty and completo Indorsement of tho purposes nnd course of tho Government. "tVo suggest that a great patriotic rally of citizens from this city and from sur rounding States bo held In Independence Square, that national leaders speak and resolutions formulating tho purpose of tho nation be ncTopted In order that onco more tho enthusiasm of this pcoplo may send iti tht ill Into tho remotest patts of tho counttv and klndln the fires of patriotism as they havo not been kindled since Inst a Uutopcnn nation threw down to us tho gage of battle. OOZING PESSIMISM TN THH face of general prosperity un- prerdonled nnd a growth in olunio of local urban nnd suburban trolley travel undreamed of by oven the most opti mistic, Mr.' Twining persists In thinking In terms of pessimism. Ills hope-crushing reports are directed not so much against tho proposed lease as against the whole proposed system of rapid transit. If tho conclusions at which ho arrives are correct conclusions, Philadelphia Is a 'surface-car town, a drled-up and deca dent community, which has no right to look ahead, which cannot afford to pro gress, which belongs In a back seat among cltlos and ought to stay there. Mr. Twining from tho beginning has urged bobtail transit. Ho has never been converted to any other kind of transit. Fact has overtaken his gloomy forebod ings nnd dispelled them in sunlight, but he will not ndmlt it. What a pity so In credulous an advocate should be the ostensible upholder of tho comprehensive transit plans beforo official bodies! What n pity that the Department of City Tran sit has become a reservoir of cold water! The actual' nnalysls by Mr. Ballard of financial conditions as they affect rapid transit has been Ignored, but it has not been answered. It is tlmo for forward looking business men of Philadelphia to take a hand and Insist on action. THE IRON IS HOT FOR OUR LONG DELAYED BLOW fTtHIi lightning rapidity of lecent events shows how carefully Germany timed her peaco'plea In 191C after tho conquest of Rumania. The failure of that eagerly, yet bombastically proffered suggestion led naturally to the adoption of the ruth less submatlne campaign. But here en tered that element of time so tepeatedly Injurious to Teuton plans. Starving England In a month's time would have done the trick, but unquestionably the soberest German war lords hopd for more leeway than that. Six months of sea successes, even with a stalemate on land, was passionately desired. It was felt that even America could be chal lenged under such circumstances. But within the Inst fortnight England and Franco have moved so fast that the days and months needed to test the U-boat menace have been materially re duced. Even with a formidable toll of sinkings, Germany has lacked the time to render them effective before the re opening of land operations. Meanwhile, a free Russia has become tho unsullied ally of liberty arainst autocracy, and the United States swells tho list ot enemies. Illndenburg, indeed, must needs be a miracle worker to offset the effect of the retieat in France, or the results of the dazzling British progress through Meso potamia, nnd the Russian sweep beyond Kermanshah, which together may com pletely crush Turkey's Asian armies. Even an advance above Monastlr in the Balkans has been reported. And on top of all this comes America. Germans may sneer at this new oppo nent, and Americans themselves may feel uncomfortable at the thought of past In activity In the darkest days, but surely present advantages speak for themselves. The obstinate juryman who delays his "yea" Is often unduly lauded for reaching a decision. But that it could not have been reached without him is also evident. "MEN AND YET MORE MEN" WE DO not want to come to the "white feather" days of England, when young women went about tho streets pinning that badge of cowardice on men's lapels. Women have shown that they feel something of this Bplrlt of re proach toward the stronger sex already, in their many preparedness enterprises. They have done well; they have been modest about it, and they are needed. But our first need now Is men. Captain Blspham, representing the commandant of the navy yard at the Mayor's defense meeting, had good rea son for saying: Our great need Is men, men and yet more men. We cannot organize out of thin, air, nnd the time the men are needed Is now. Men whp aro plalncltlzens today can not hope to be trained gunners tomor row. But they can take the places of enlisted mien who will soon be trained gunners If civilians take, their places in trie lew, technical work they now do. Kw'pldyers, and especially employer p( jeen whose present work Is not directly related to thetpreparatlon and trans- n'OT.araaev food and equipment. slrlre koine to vounsr men their z:m b TALAAT BEY, THE TURKISH VIZIER Ho Is (ho "Strongest Man From Berlin to Hell" An English Factory 20 Miles Long By S. S. McCLURE In "Obstaclrs to War." Published by arrange ment with Houghton Mifflin Company. EVERYWHERE I traveled In England I saw new factories being built. In a Journey of three hours I saw six different factories of great extent In course of erec tion In the vicinity of towns nnd villages where there were no other factories. In tlio great manufacturing centers new exten sions are being built. All theso new fac tories are for tho purpose of Increasing tho munition output. Although tho manufacturing ability of England has been greatly Increased, both by greater activity on tho part of working men and by Increased facilities, eighty per cent of all the manufacturing facilities In Great Britain Is devoted to munitions and armaments. One of tho establishments I lsltcd em ployed 10,000 persons. Seven thousand of these employes wore women. It was n sinnll portion of tho plant of a great muni tion concern. In one factory It was almost Impossible to sco tho boundary wall In either direction, nnd this factory, as big as several city blocks. Is occupied almost solely by women, working nt their lathes, producing fuses. There Is ono Government munitions works, where they deal with explosives, that Is twenty miles In length and averages four miles In width. Conttaits for muni tions are ruing made by tho Government that will require five years to fulfill England Is devoted to one single object; that Is, to waging this war. Glory of the French Youth The most thrilling page In French history Is open to the eyes of all the s-orld It Is tho battlefield of Verdun. In this ono battlo of Verdun In six months tho loss of Frnnco exceeded tho losses of the t'nlon armies In our whole Clll War. The battle of Ver dun, Involving as much fighting as all our Civil War, had hundreds of Thcrmopylaes, hundreds of Gettysburgs, but each Infinitely tnoro terrible than tho world had ccr seen before Most battles Inst ono or two days. This battlo has lasted 350 days and is not et ended In certain exposed plnces death was almost Inevitable, but the French youth, regiment after regiment, went for ward to hold them till death No surrender, no retreat. It was their mad bravery nnd dlvlno courage that held Verdun It was tho greatest test a nation ever endured, and tho youth of France never faltered there, but haH gone on day after dav. week after week, month after month, facing death, mutilation nnd torture In their most ter rible form In other dajs heiolsm was a matter ot hours, sharp, thrilling, unexpected Most men can face death for a brief space, but tho outhwho Kied Franco knew before hand what was to come, nnd lled and Viioved days, weeks nnd months, meeting death In Its most mysterious nnd terrible forms "Il was at Verdun" will be tho ultimate badge of courage for generations to come "Thirteenth-Century" War When I spoke to my friend. Professor voi Schutze-Gacrnitz, In Constantinople, about the sufferings of tho Armenians, he said, "It Is thirteenth-century war Professor Gavernltz Is one of the' gentlest nnd kindest men I ever met, but to him that abstract pliraso simply copjed the whole Armenian tragedy, and dulled his mind to It. He did not realize that his words meant the de struction of modern civilization, it Is thirteenth-century war that Is now waged from the Xorth Sea to the Pers'au Gulf It Is thltteenth-century war with twentleth-cen-tuty inventions, and In a twentieth-century world that has endeavored by laws and agreements to shelter the weak and de fense'ess from the powerful and cruel It was my experience, everywhere In Ger many, Austria-Hungary and Tuiky, In meeting nil manner of persons, In military, political and social circles, to find them gentle, considerate and sane, devoted to their families nnd exhibiting normal hentl ments In every te atlon of life, The" German people, however, refuse to sec disagreeable things naked. Everything that Is printed In Germany Is In line with their preconcep tions. They have an absolute Incredulity for everything said by the other belliger ents or by neutrals. "Strongest Man From Berlin to Hell" When I was In Constantinople In March, 1916, Talaat Bey held three or four port folios In the Government, including the portfolio of war. He Is now Grand Vlrler, Neither his predecessor In tlio vlzlershlp nor the Sultan was of any Importance In the Turkish Government nt that time, nnd then, as now, Talaat Bey was the absolute dic tator of Turkey. I had two Interviews with him Talaat Bey looks strong and powerful. He Is like a grea American political boss, only If he were an American boss he would be tho king of bosses. He sits strong, faces you directly, speaks with simplicity and decision. His bearing U genial and large. He Is a born master-executive. No other ruler ot today possesses his absolute authorit) The life, liberty and property of every inhabitant of Turkey are In his hands. 1 asKea him why tho Ar menians were removed with such cruelties, lie teplled that sorrie of the officials were not angels and that 15,000 or 20,000 Ar menians had been killed, but that he had sent out commissions to Investigate those cruelties and that he would punish the guilty officials. The fate of the Armenians has been In his hands for more than two years. After .seeing the leading men of the Cen tral Powers, I should Bay that Talaat Bey Is tho strongest man between Berlin and hell. I said to him that Turkey vv'asat the dawn, that her resources were far less de veloped than those of even the United States and that Turkey and England were among the oldest countries In Europe. "Yes," he said. "But you cannot com pare England to Turkey, f England has had no such glorious history as Turkey. What was England three centuries ago?" In the guard-room, ot the entrance to the palace of the Grand Vizier, I noticed a splendid-looking officer In charge of the guard a regular D'Artagnan, I learned that he was a Kurd. I said to him. "I've heard terrlblo things about your people." He became serious and answered me by saying that his people had no chance; that the Kurds were far from the culture of Europe, surrounded by barbarians such as Russians and Anatolians but that now they would have better opportunities., Another Turkish officer spoke with great prldo of Turkey's military achievements, especially at Galllpoli. "We have been more successful than any other nation In this war. We have done most of the fighting. We have saved Germany," MRS. FISKE ON THE THEATRE, "'It you had five millions?' I asked curi ously, " 'Five millions?' Mrs. Flske paused wltn her cup in air And meditated, it soon be came apparent .that It would take her only a few moments; to spend It. 'Well,' she said. 'I should gl,ve a million to certain humanitarian cults. I, should turn over a million to Eva'Booth to spend among (the ppor she understands ,ao well. Of course Icould easily spend the other three million In one afternoon .In helping on tho effort to, make wpmen see that one of the most dreadful, shocking, disheartening sights In te world Is -Just Jhe sight of a woman wearing ftw.VTh three million, I'm afraid, would be a mere drop In the bucket' "But the theatre,' I protested weakly. "'Netm. penBy.'" AlaxaasUr, wootoex Tom Daly 3 Column THE TAILOR'S LITTLE OIRL Little Jemima's dead the pallid, alow ct dcxtcroui tittle gnome, Wc watched her go Btaggertng streetward with a plteft work Morning and evening. The same uii' couth jerk Of head and body as she shuffled on, Ilcr father's faithful helper. Now she's ' gone, Jits one slave of the lamp the talc's at end, He has no other child to baste and mcnd. e e s e " Earth clothes her great In strange garb while they're here That shrunken, tlnv body on the blerl LAURA BENET. An old Japaneso prophecy says, "When men fly llko birds, ten great kings will go to war against ono another." Alto gether Ignoring Georg'o tho 1-G, Wllholm, Mlko (tho near Czar) and tho rest, how shall wo namo tho ten great kings In this war? Well, there's Shoe-King Slac-KIng Knoc-Kltig Hac-Ktng Bloc-King Cho-KIng Itac-KIng Strl-Klng Smo-KIng Wrcc-Klng. Room for Matthew Johnson, aelat 11, upon tho slopes of l'arnnssusl Without any outsido assistance so Miss Lytic, his teacher In tlio Bolmont School assures us ho composed this poem on 2 Ol' MARCH Come Hack, bright Mid of the Joyous song, Because the spring U coming on, 'TIs a fair bright land In the northern clinic, "Where the warm sun shlncth at this time. Then awake, awakcerc yc sleep too long; Awake crc ye vxlis the sweet spring song. Come hack ye sntpa of the lonesome marsh, I'or thli Is the Stst day of March. The Irish Peasant Drama (Max Dronnan In the Irish Monthly) THE COIL OF HOPE Scene Mnrkrt ("qiinro of nn nbbev village. nmpwhfiv west of the moon, 'lho allotments of thi- Squart" nro an empty narrel tn tho mlilrtle, three tins volil of sardines (II. W,), an old s,fie (left foot), b spotted pltf and a hen (I,.). The pie has a yellow straw In his mouth, nnd In looH iik with a uul'lcil expression at the hen, who nns nothlnc 'lhunder and llRhtnlne l'nter (It ) u stout gentleman with it notebook Stout Gent (enthusiastically) The place of mo dreams! Mo dear Wesht! No other placo Is like ou In the world. (lie Inspects the scenery, laps the laml tollh a fountain pen, turns over the sardine tins with his foot and picking up the shoe looks at It soulfultv ) Sure, this Is where my sou! would stay forever! Away from tho cark nnd moll ot tho world of fashion, among my own unspoilt peasants, the npples of my eye, tho cores of my heart, who think and act nnd talk llko no people else anywhere, Ignorant of Paris fashions, innocent of rela tive clauses. Ohone, ohone, my kingdom fop, Ohone! (Sighs) I wonder If I shall get any copy this morning, for my new play will be played next week? O tho fine dia logue Is in It! A bit from this, a scrap from that, a taste from the other one. Two cases of senile decay in the workhouse, and an old woman In the fever hospital. The poetry of her and the language of her and three stout nurses holding her down! This was Woidswortb'.s method. The simple language of lountty people in a state of excitement! A tinker with the porter in him. Porter and Poetry! (The pisr, who has been aw nine all through this soliloquv. looks at the hen. and they both tro out together and fall dead off.) The rude creatures! I wonder why no one conies? (Enter Xlalachl Copplnger. and blinks: enter nevorelll.i Mcl'ad (It ), with a coll of rope, und gibbers ) Mnlacht It Is a queer thing, Mrs. Mc Fad, you nnd me meeting bete after all theso years Is In It In this place Itself. Devorgilla And why should It be. Mala chl, when we've been living all our lives In It? Mnlachl Let you not be talking about lllng, Mrs. McFad' There do be thoughts rising In my head during the migrations of the night, when the salt spray do be dash ing over the mearlng wall (Stout Gent has been taking this down seated on the porter barrel, and now echoes "mearlng wall" with such loud relish that both Malachi and Devorgilla, who had not noticed him, give a great leap in Hie air.) (Mnlachl unci Devorgilla Bo on for several pages, furnishing ropy," and then Knter fit.) Martin MrSttut, u dark man with n forbidding face!) Martin Uo Malachi and Devorgilla) Como you right along now, you've been out long enough, and take that coll of rope In with you. You had no call t6 bring It out here. Stout Gent (rushing excitedly with drawn fountain-pen between Martin and his vic tims Stand back, proud minion of an alien law. and tell me whither thou' art haling these two "children of Nature, the most poetic souls I have ever met In my rural gambollngs? Whither away so fast? Martin (stolidly) The gates of the Asylum close at half-past three, I'd have ye know,, and they no call to be bringing with them this COIL OF ItOPL! Curfafn. It Is Impossible to plcaso all our read ers. Our morning mall brought us a violent pro-Turk protest against our re cently expressed hopo that the Infidel might bo speedily driven from the holy places in Palestine. Wo repeat our prayer, and may it bear fruit by Good Friday! Curious Coincidence No. 79,428 Last evening we were rereading Mat thew Arnold's "The Forsaken Merman," and now here comos a note from H. S, R-: Dear Tom Here's what I saw on a store window on Fifty-second street yesterday: MICHAELSON BROS. FLORISTS AND GOLDFISH WE are getting 120 per 100 lbs. for pork which costs us to produce about I BOO per hundred. If this looks like a good Investment for you. write us. Pine Ridge Farm Co.. Vlnelsnd N. J. Eve, Contemp. ''Does this," asks Linden, "look to you like Truth In Advertising or merely a business that's on the hog?" ' Say! look here! Some day you'll be sorry you waste-basketed my rther con tributions, but, making proper allowance for the German freedom of the c, how about this anagram: KAISER WILHELM ALLIES WRE'K HIM. Thanking you, I am, 10NS. PLASTEIJ. asm I an a m 0 Somebody may be spoofing us, but this bit of MIss-lnformatlon reached us yes terday: MISS NEEDLE MISS PANCAKE MISS BUGG , arc instructors in sewing, ;doaati aateeiea aales sweesjBfl ggeBsjseppsaj Ku5! r . THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE A Plea for the Prevention of Child Plague by Cleanliness. "Real Americanism" This Department is tree to all readers uho uji to express their opinions on subjects of current (nlercst. It is an oven forum, and the F.icnina Ledger ojsumes no responsibility for the Hews of its correspondents. Letters must be signed bu the name and address of the tirllrr, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of pood faith. TO PREVENT CHILD PLAGUE To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Thr has probably never been a time in thf Vstory of Philadelphia when the citizens should be more Interested in conditions affecting public health than at the present. Last year New York city had a terrible cp'demlc of Infantile paralysis. Philadelphia had many more cases of this dread disease than the health records show for many year's. At the ptesent time there seems to be only one ptophylactlc method which can be rec ommended by the local authorities, and that Is the obtaining of general hygienic and ranltary conditions' In this country in fantile paralysis seems to be a disease virtually restricted to the Bummer months. It Is perfectly possible, medical men tell us, that tho Infantile purmysls germ may be carried from child to child by the dust of the streets. It Is an acknowledged fact that Philadelphia streets are not as clean as they should be. It Is within the power of tho police to Increase the efficiency of the street cleaning In this city by thirty-three and one-third per cent. If contractors' wagons aro not overloaded they wilt not scattor rubbish through tho streets. If they are properly coVercd they will not distribute germ-laden dust. If the thousands of city Bcaengers ate eliminated, refuse rom many more thou sand nsh and rubbish barrels will not be thrown Into the streets. If tho ordinance relating to the distribution of hand bills, etc.. Is enforced, many million pieces of paper will not be disfiguring the streets. The police shejild prohib'.t tho sweepings of stores from being brushed on to the sidewalks. Proper receptacles should be provided for the disposal of garbage and ashes. Many eminent medical authorities have advanced the Idea that the house fly Is the carrier of Infantile paralysis. There are 6000 stables within the city limits, every one a breeding spot for files, Tho Health Department admitted that through lack of appropriations It Is unable to assure the publlo that these stables will be made sani tary. "With this admission, the department has asked for the co-operation of the citi zens of the city. The department wishes to appoint volunteer Inspectors who will visit these stables at least onco each week during the fly-breeding period April and May. Here again la an opportunity for the man or woman who la Interested In the protec tion of his or her own child's life for actual preventive work. This request for citizen help from Di rector Krusen Is unique, and it shows almost criminal short-sightedness on the part of the appropriating body of our municipal government. The usual annual appropria tion for the protection of the health of the city In Philadelphia Is about 1.15 per cent of the total annual municipal expenditures Evidently the health of the citizens of Phil adelphia Is of no great importance. The Child Federation has been asked to secure volunteers to carry on this work of Inspection. There should be hundreds of men and women willing to give this service as a precautionary step for the protection of the city's children- during the coming summer. q Philadelphia, March 20. REAL AMERICANISM WANTED To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir To my mind the greatest victory which we have had In Congress and one that will be a vital Interest is that of the literacy test It Is about time that we were putting a stop to a class of Immigrants which have been coming here for the last fifteen years and whlchis of no value to-this nation except In the way of causing strife and disorder for us. Moat of our labor disorders and plots are hatched by these foreigners. These people know well enough that they come here to better their condi tion, and if this nation Is such a terrible nation and such a hard nation on the labor ing class, why do they come? I have had them tell me that the worklngman has no show any more In America, that he Is being ground down Into the dust and all such tommyrot. but they take good x-are not to go back to Europe at this present stage of the game, r r" I also, want to emphasize the fact that these are the people who are crying out against this -country defending its rights The say we do not want war. No sensible person does, but if we must go to war, these people will help the Americans to defend this nation or we will know the reason why If America Is good enough to live In it U good, enough to, light for. and If they refuse to bear arms they know what to look for1 America has found out and learned a great deal during the last two and a' halt years l ' W! 1vEur,,V-w ot some' of these, hyphenate :ewn pretty pat. If uio mm wvni or 'AK4ST1CS, 10 Strike ft we -waat'.fce Qernaan. lite! , ijusewwi - a-oM-Aaeri tXrolmsiRvTCBrUNCLE bear arms well, you can guess the rest, that Uncle Sammy will know how to handle that end of the situation. We handled that kind of people In 1861 to 1865 and wo can do It again. Wo will go to tho trenches in Europe, too, if the Government sees fit to send us. AMERICAN. Philadelphia, March 17. ALLY OF THE ALLIES? 7"o Wio Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir A French military offlcer, the Count de la Rochette, now In New York, stated In an interview today that America's entrance Into the war meant Its turning point, for "it Is American money that is needed and not American soldiers." This gentleman, nnd the world at large, for that matter, should be made to under stand that If we do go to war our purpose will be to protect American lives and Amer can trade on the high seas and not to enter It as an ally of the Allies. Wo are not called upon to spend a solitary cent to aid their cause, and to do so would bo a mis appropriation of Uncle Sam's money. So long as we assert our rights on the seas we have nothing further to do. and this move of Roosevelt ct al. to enlist a few thousand men to drive Germans across the Rhine Is the very quintessence of tommyrot. The U-boat raiders can bo ptoceeded against on the ground that they are phates. This would not necessarily mean a declara tion of war by the United States. If such a war Is to follow. let Gcrmanv take the Initiative. ANTI-HUMBUG. Philadelphia, March 20. THE INDISCREET PARROT The world takes a far greater Interest In Francis Ferdinand of Austria dead than It would have taken ot him nllve. For by his murder at Sarajevo he had eternal fame thrust upon him. In "Seven Years in Vienna," a record of intrigue. Just pub lished by Houghton Mlfllin Company, tho anonymous nuthor relates the famous "Parrot Story," which at the time went the round of the Vienna cafes. Here It Is: "Neither Archduke Francis Ferdinand nor his morganatic wife had the wisdom to hide the Impatience with which they await ed the aged Emperor's death. Ono day a bird of very rare plumage, evidently the property of some aristocratic personage, was found btraying In tho publlo garden of Vienna. A gardener promptly caught It and took It around to tho police, where lost property of all kinds was deposited, until Its owner could be found. Shortly afterward the sergeant In charge was startled to hear tho parrot begin to dis course with great fluency wien It had be come used to Its surroundings. 'That old cat Valerie' was Its delicate way of re ferring to the Emperor's younger and favor ite daughter. When the parrot broke Into n bteady stream of talk, with a kind of refrain, 'He'll live to be a hundred, Sofle,' In an exact Imitation of the gruff tones of the heir to the throne, wno was evidently referring to the Emperor, the sergeant picked up a cloth, threw It over this utterer of high treason and carried the loquacious bird to the chief of police, who returned It to the Archduke and his wife." IT SOUNDS UNLIKELY In a western United States rural school recently the teacher, to relieve the tedium, knocked for silence and requested her pupils to propound some riddles. One of the rash scholars promptly asked: "Why Is this schooh oom Ilka a motorcar?" and In duo time followed it with the answer, "Because everything depends on the crank ud in front." The Interesting thing about this Incident Is that there aro parts of the western, United States in which school children are not yet familiar with the self starter. Christian Science Monitor. All Points of the Compass Short Ode to Spring A. D., 1917 Come, gentle spring; ethereal mildness como! So Master Thomson wrote, and so we write., j Yet if in coming In your lv'ry, dome There's only thought of war, old Elr good night! ' The Adventure in Realty Construction TF IT hadn't been for Harry Thweatt's X arrival at an opportune moment w woudn't have thought or It. "How did you get In?" we asked. Charlie Hold.n came to the rescue and answered "Oh VI Just ooxed in." ' "' nB ;But how?" we Inquired, being Inslatent ' "Same as ooiual," replied Charlie Thereupon Frank Russum, having hi. drawing board, theodolite, T-square everything handy, made some pUxns d "We looked upon them and they w.r. .nq'K M '" " -S? fS ,whr,.nu,ck,,a1rtr.Bp8aratei?ke'' " ORITZ LARKIN told us pf his trip frora T Birmingham and how he, read in .1, dispatches that on the return from n.,11 Ambassador Gerard was guarding t'L1 grtat care a small leather bag- "r ! reading," said Frit. "Bert Taylor's S ment on It. Bert told us why. -rhf- m" cat In It,' says B. U T." Y ere "Well, what's the 'answer?" we aak.. '.. ."NoU-U .peclaV' he replied T intnK nera gov it wrong. There ar. hZ. In .that mH,Wher.f,,'IW, JtS2 SAM!" .'",'' ' i What Do You Know? Queries of general Interest will lis an-uwell in this column, Ten questions, the ansuert It u hlch eierv luell-lnormed person should ksou. I QUIZ 1, Whr cannot a special session ot Contra uu cmicu in a aur nonce? 2, How' murh Is the war easting Great Brl n im." 3. Name the five chief religions of China, 4, How does the United States compare nil all of Kurope In railway mileage? S', Was the Supreme Court unanimous In eV elding the Adumson law constitutions'?' 6. What country lias more unexplored terri tory than any other? 7. What are Napoleona? 8. What Is a predatory nation? 0. Distinguish between lard nnd tallow. 10. In 1'nclnnd who was "K. of K."? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz' War may exist between two nations frith- out n formal declaration of war, Iowa Is tho "llawkeje Slate," Nicholas Romanoff Is the former Ruislu L'zur. About three-quarters of n. million ton ol niupning were reponeu in iierun as imi by (ierman submarines during Febroar;. B. The Seven Weeks' War was the short ton- diet between Prussia and Austria In IMS, 0, A profane author is one who does not writs on sacred or religious subjects. 7, The St. Mlhlel salient Is a wedge of Ger man positions In the western batUs front ot St. Mlhlel, southeast by south n veruun. 8. Marao Island, near the month of the Can ton Itlvcr, ( lilnn. dominates comntrts of that si ream and therefore Is of stra tegic Importance. 0. Alexandre Klhot Is the new French Prcmltfi he Is ulho Minister uf Foreign Affairs. 10. F.sklmoK eat fut because, living In col regions, they need the extra heat-unit energ) contained In ruts. Xobel Medicine Prizes K. K. The Xobel prizes for medlclns havo been awarded as follows: 1901, E. A, von Behtlix (Ciermany), discovered diph theria antitoxin; 1902. Sir Itonald Kosi (Kngland), dlscoveted life history of mala ria parasite in mosnulto: 1903. N. It. Fin- sen (Denmark), Invented decolorized light treatment of diseases; 1904, I. V. Pavlov, (Hussia), made discoveries in digestion; 1905. Robert Koch (Germany), discovert! tuberculin and cholera bacillus and placed I oacterioiogy on nrm oasis; iviob, i-amuw. Golgi (Italy), nroved nerves are an lnter- laccment and not a network, and Santiago, Ramon y Cajal (Spain), made research pn hlstolocv of brain and nerves: 1907. C. L." A. Laveran (France), discovered plasm?-! dium of malaria ; 1908, Paul Khrllch (Get- i many), discovered salvarsan (GOG) and nso- I salvarsan (614), and Kile MetchnlkoSj (France), founded phagocytosis theoryM I'jua, uneouor Koclier (uermanyj. am un portant work on thyro d Kland: 1910, ai- brecht Kossel (Ciermany), made researchei; In biochemistry; 1911, Allvar Gullstrajilj (Sweden), led In optical field ; 1912, Alexli . Carrel (United States)', made brilliant dls-1 coverles in experimental surgery; lHV: C. R. Rtchet (France), made researches on : anaphylaxis; 1914, R, Barany (Austria) Jil 1915 and 1916, not awarded. Manuscripts E. B. Most poets and short-story writers;! use ordinary medium-weight typewriting paper, measuring about 84 by 11 Inches, In submitting their manuscripts. Legible hand writing lis acceptable, but not as deelrabls.- as typewritten manuscripts. General rule; for submitting manuscripts are: Be neat.. wtlte on one side of rjaner: write name ana. address at top of first page and number following pages; send manuscript flat and, do not fasten pages 'together; leave spacel' between lines to nermlt corrections, and , inclose stamped, self-addressed envelope) for return In cant, mnmiRprlnt Is relected. i Opium ' If. K. B. According to an agreement, not l-n.-kfA Ihqn Id COft nh..(. ohnil- 4.00n.-J 000 pounds) of opium were to be imported Into China from India In 1911. The touuVJ amount imported, or wblcb nearly a".';rfH irau jnuia, waB zi.lil picuis lanum "",, 000 nnnnrinV that v.a- VTIcrurpia for 191, are not available. Jn 1914 7487 V'-aft (about 1,100,000 pounds) were importta. i The figures are from the China Yearboog-ij 1316. capital Punishment 1 moir Rfunnt Material for debate 0B-1 capital punishment may be found In "ji cyclopedias and the references maoo iu"i:l In the dally newspapers at the prf"?j -lime and In Copinger's "An Essay on tnfj Abolition of Capital Punishment," Mow.:! "Capital Punishment." Curtls's "CP"'l Crimes" and other books. A visit y "?i nearest library would be helpful. A WARNING Draw In the latch-strlng, lad, and e'.oafi the door, .is tV,n mlui fdlnf olftintlt from tOU B1 3hould rob thee of thine own too raI" atom. ra "an one poor cruat sustain these fam' forma? nn on nnnr ahaltar rivs them fTPnl tfl .... ,. .., s. a s . r. B . B . 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