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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
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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
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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
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we -waat'.fce Qernaan.
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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!"
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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.
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