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It Is possible to clean Up Germany
haA the streets simultaneously.
Rf Germany denies that it has violated
rethe treaty of 1828, in spite of the proof
u mo cuntrury ouereu oy secretary Lans
jlog. Germany is never in the wrong and
iMver "In right."
We trust that there will bo little
FJtosiUon In the Legislature to the pro-
jKfKwod amendment for woman suffrage.
iThe herolum and efficiency of women in
sine iasi two years have advanced their
pause a hundred years. They are about to
It the vote In England and they are
Iftinff to get It In Pennsylvania.
TTn. !. T l.f a, 1
ijr a uw mo A-rcsiueiii h speecii ueen
dBoreu in uermany; unuouotedly, but
t speecji was not meant to have quick
Mffect there, but to lay the foundations
rj future .German freedom. It helps
r purposes that It should be censored.
ae forbidden fruit of freedom will tasto
the sweeter to the German palate the
rer It Is withheld.
WIP '
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r Anoig a u piuuu in vuuucviuc, no
Hot, for senator LQdgo and his heavy
wng. He might lift heavy guns about
age' or battle with (pacifist volunteers
, the, audience. But it is doubtful if the
ator will ever quaff the pleasant grapo
of a Chautauqua salary. There are
Itfesmen by vocation and thoso by nvo.
ttion. and the Massachusetts solon is
t-one of the latter. No, trie footlights
. hardly gleam upon the doughty New
ander this or any other season.
K
"?fc.Tha small New England States
uccu iimun. tu voie money lor pre-
seas and defense. Our own Legis
ts, somewhat handicapped because
; wait for orders before doing any-
IV ft appears that politicians have
l tinable as yet to agree on a divlafnn
f fcwpolls. They have to be sure how
m otWe money each side will handle.
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i am out neceisaruy mean that craft
ilpated. It doe's mean that the Rus.
.fjkl,ot Independence has not yet
' " uuoms or fennsyi-
!t T ' '
Jawardlngr a $20,000 contract for
UWIf,repavlnt dilapidated foot-
m ij; .various secuons of the city,
Itniafeajs granting to Phlladel-
kind ot Insurance against
weather diseases, especially
a.yis-Now thft It seems
pstfUMwrot' aust and dJrt en-
BOM.Jandtthroat carry the
this .plague, every mofe for
" ?!.?,8aewy erects
mt pjlnst a possible sum
pf a'Ajiajnifsctlon, And
yd- for.tha
jWWWI'ri)! reaoublsd.
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blood and treasure of white Americans.
We venture the opinion that the loyalty
and devotion of southern negroes will be
proved over and over again during the
approaching era of sacrifice.
NAVY FIRST
TT EMPLOYS about two tons of British
shipping to keep each soldier equipped
on the western front.
It Is estimated that It would take about
eight tons to supply each American sol
dier of an expeditionary force.
The Idea of "5,000,000 Americans in
Prance" assumes that this country can
command 'the use of the total shipping of
the worldl
Friends of the Kaiser would advise
America to send a big army, which would
only embarrass tho Allies. Our present
business Is to sink U-boats and to con
tinue feeding and equipping tho Kaiser's
enemies. Ito-enforccments of men can go
to the front as thoy nro needed.
THE NEW WEAKNESS OF THE
NEUTRALS,
NEUTRAL, nations that refused to fol
low President Wilson's lend In sever
ing relations with Germany must find In
the present situation decidedly less
authority and distinction than heretofore.
Tho dignity nnd splendor of standing
aloof frdm Armageddon, many of whose
causes wero at tho outset nsserted to bo
merely selfish, was enormously enhanced
by tho status of tho United States. Tho
world's greatest republic had apparently
resolved to bo a spectator of tho titanic
struggle, and Spain, Holland, Norway,
Sweden, Denmark rejoice that their
position had tho backing of so mighty
a factor In civilization ns America.
But as month by month tho issues on
which the war was belns fought becamo
clarified, as despotic, murderous, despic
able German designs wero unmasked,
as a chastened Britain moved toward
greater liberalism, as Franco Justified
the meaning of tho glorious word lie
public and finally as Czardom was
crushed In Russia, tho lines between
liberty nnd nutocracy wero tjarply
drawn, Tho onco proud namo of neutral
lost its glamour. It implied either Indlf
ference to tho Ideal of freedom or fear
of the Teuton mailed .fist.
With America cleared of such charges,
with tho vast weight of her authority
withdrawn from the neutral world, the
plight of tho nonbelligerent lands be
comes dally moro uncomfortable. Their
big, peaceful brother shoulders a musket
nnd the largest country not In war or
freed of diplomatic bonds with Germany
Is now Brazil a nation constantly on the
vergo of joining the Entente. As mat
ters now stand, the entry of Denmark
or Norway into tho war seems far less
lmprobablo than the overthrow of the
Russian monarchy originally appeared.
WHEW!
fTUIE Public Service Commission solemnly
approves tho political land grab In the
form of tho extension of the Frankford
elevated beyond Brldgo to Rhawn street.
This extension was tacked on to the first
loan proposal by some obstructionists and
speculators In the hope, first, of obstruct
ing transit altogether, or, falling In that,
to make a nice profit in land by building
a high-speed line through rural districts.
Tho loan proposal was accepted anyhow
by the Department of City Transit be
cause It was felt that tho Public Servlco
Commission would not authorize this
extension for a number of years, when
growth might have made it defensible.
For this piece of elevated construction
In tho meadows the Public Servlco Com
mission Issues a certificate of public con
venience; It refuses such a certificate for
subway construction In tho heart of Phil
adelphia, In ono of tho most congested
districts in tho world. It does this
although tho commission was nlready
morally bound In the matter, becauso It
had previously sanctioned a part of this
very work, namely, that section now un
der construction under City Hall.
It Is useless In tho circumstances to
attempt to follow the circuitous reason
ing ot the commission. As well have a
debating society In a lunatic asylum. Wo
suggest to tho Governor that ho at once
endeavor to redeem tho prestige of tho
commission nnd vindicate Its capacity for
sound Judgment by appointing to the
vacancy now existing some gentleman
who will not apotheosize the peanut.
GRIM, UNROMANTIC WAR
THE handicap wo shall havo to bear Is
that our war will not have on the sur
face the romantic glamour that sent a thrill
through the youth of Europe. The foo
was at their gates, Insolent, flaunting, for
a time Invincible, and therefore leaving
no question In tho minds of high-spirited
men as to where their duty lay. Our foe
will not show us his face. He lurks In tho
water beneath a metal rod and spies for
us through a device of little mirrors. For
the present, at least, war will be more
like routing out vermin than fighting
real men.
To the youth of Europe the appeal to
action was Inevitable and Irresistible.
Women did not try to keep men hotnj
The maidens, the babies, of those nations
were are still Imperiled. Once the bat
tle was Joined, what there was of chivalry
In German life appeared face to face with
the men of the Allies. The German
soldiers charged machine guns. Their
foes could feel that theso brave fellows
were worthy of their steel, Tiowever .con
temptible might be the officers who
spurred. them on. England has burled
herolo Germans with military honors.
In our immediate task we shall have
little pf warVromance,. but, Instead, the
concentrated .essence of all that is bad
in' th7l Prussian system for the U-boat
iyaalnlbes alttiU,.wlckednes and noth-
K wwsH inyernwny.
Imc awl tassow ---
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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA', THURSDAY, APRIL 5, lOtt
FINAL TEST FOR
ARMY AIRMEN
They Must Have Quick Judg
ment and Nerves of Steel.
How French Examine
Candidates
By HENRI BAZIN
Special Corresponded o the Kventno Ltdatr
l France. '
PARIS. March 7.
ONE of the Joys of Ignorance Is to live In
the midst of surprise. Today I assisted
nt a psychomcter test. I did not know
what a psychomotor was nor that such an
Instrument existed. As I walked beside
the uniformed medical friend who had In
vited mo ho said:
"You are going to assist at something
that mnKcs clear why tho French army air
man Is In surpassing averago tho beat In
the world. It's tho supremo test of Judg
ment, courage nnd action. You shall see."
"A psychometor," continued my friend.
"Is nn Instrument Invented by Doctor Mar
choux, of tho French army. I won't explain
It. You shall see."
This story Is of what 1 both heard nnd
saw.
The psychomcter Is used In the case of
eery nppllcnnt for service In tho Flying
Corps, whether tho young man Is Just enter
ing upon his nrmy service or Is one of the
many French soldiers with a leg or a kid
ney burled somewhere In Franco, who, re
jecting retirement, nppllcs for nn air certifi
cate as soon as his wounds are healed.
That ho toiay successfully realize his ambi
tion, ho must bo possessed of more than a
deslro still to sero his country, pass tho
medical examination for sound sight, hear
ing, bronchial tubes, lungs and heart and
prove a know ledge of gasoline engines.
Aviators Are Born, Not Made
Ho must sclentlflcal'y demonstrate that
ho has "le nccesFalre," the real essential
to tho work he will be called upon to do.
This essential Is born In hlni or It Isn't.
There is many a brave, sound-hearted man
without It. and without It ho could not be
come a successful aviator.
The army engineer has minutes between
perception and action. The adxanclng In
fantryman, with grcnado or bayoneted rifle
In hand, has seconds. Hut the aviator has
but hundredths of seconds In which to com
blno sight, hearing, resolution and action.
Fractions of seconds pass Into the mys
tery of time between our sighting, hearing
or feeling any given thing and tho period
when any given thing Is sensed nnd grasped
by our nervous system i when we are con
Eclous our eye ban seen, our car heard, our
body felt. The best aUator Is the man who
can reduce this period to the last fraction
of a second. The psychometer not only
notes and measures this spaco of time In a
given candidate, but records also the qual
ity of sang frold and coolness of nervo he
may bo possessed of.
The room we entered was severely mili
tary In aspect. Upon the walls hung a num
ber of black paper charts with moro or less
zigzag whlto vertical lines upon them, und
.1 few maps of tho front. A wooden bench
that would seat n dozen men, four or five
cane-seat chairs and two tables comprised
Its furnishings. Upon the tables were what
seemed to mo scientific apparatus ot small
dimension.
The candidate Just nbout to bo examined
wore tho uniform of a sergeant of Infantry.
Ho wns clean cut, about twenty-five years
of age, and would limp through tho rest of
his life from a wound In tho thigh. He was
seated before one of the tables upon which,
at closo examination, I saw an electric
chronometer with a dial about ten inches
in diameter divided Into hundredths of a
second. A single hand maintained position
by electric contact at 100. Tho whole ap
paratus was hung lllto a ship's compass.
Two flexible metal tubes wero attached to
It. One ended In tho handle of a small
hammer held by the examiner. The other
ended In a push button switch held by the
candidate.
Life Hangs on Fractions of a Second
"Test No. 1," said tho former. "When I
r.trlku a blow with this hammer on this
table, the contact will be broken and tho
hand begins to encircle. The Instant you
hear the blow, press tho switch, tho contact
will bo resumed and the hand stops."
Tho first test showed nineteen, tho es
sential ; tho second eighteen and tho re
maining eight, eighteen. It would take this
would-be aviator elghteen-humlredths of a
second to see, hear nnd net. The aerago
man wou'd consunio twenty - eight to
thirty-five. Tho second test consisted In re
peating the performance with tho candi
date's eyes closed. Thl3 time he would hear,
but not sco. First result, nlneteen-hun-dredths
of a second; the remaining nine,
elghteen-hundredths of a. second each. The
third test was a slight blow with the ham
mer on the nape of the neck. Ten successive
tests showed nfteen-hundredths of a second
each.
"You'll do, sergeant, to drink In the fresh
air up there If your sang frold Is as good ns
your psychometric record," said tho ex
aminer. "Sit at this other table, s'U vous
plait."
Tho Instrument was oblong In shape, with
three projecting needles that could trace
white vertical lines upon a fixed trans
parent blackish paper. Three tubes were
attached. Ono ended pneumographlcally
and encircled tho sergeant's body at tho
lungs to record the thorax movement. One
was held In tho right hand to record the
rigidity of hold.
Tho third ended In a vasoconstrictor held
In the leit hand. This would record emo
tion telegraphed through stimulation of
blood vessels throughout the body. The one
sensation would trace three distinct records
upon the blackish paper. It fear, lack ot
nerve or shock would unnerve, the corre
sponding needle would record zigzag lines.
The less shock the stralghter tho line. But
the .quality of each would be written down
In black and white, than which no more
rigid proof Is required in law or fact.
A Man With Nerves of Steel
Intensely interested, and with the certl
tltude that my lines under the test would
he very zigzag nt the moment, I waited.
Tho examiner struck sharply upon the table
with a wooden mallet. The needles drew
three lines about as straight as unprac
tlced fingers could freehand. Five addi
tional Impressions recorded a practical aim.
Ilarity of white lines.
"C'est tres blen," said the examiner;
"now cloie your eyes and keep them
closed."
As the sergeant obeyed, tho examiner
pulled a revolver from his military blouse,
and placing the Bide of the barrel three
Inches from the candidate's nose, pulled the
trigger on its blank cartridge; The needles
recorded a slight quickening of the breath
for the first nve-hundredths of a second
shown In a faint zigzag at the beginning of
the line: for the rest of its Journey to a
full quarter ot a second it was as straight
as If drawn freehand. The other two lines
showed firmness of grip and rigidity of
nerve In lines again virtually as straight
as f drawn freehand.
"Mes compliments, sergeant," said the ex
amlncr. "You'll do. You see straight, hear
straight, act quickly and without fear.
Bonne chince."
As the sergeant buttoned his shirt, put on
his gray fatigue cap and shook hands all
around, he said;
"Eh blen, I am glad. And I'll do ray best
to bring a Boche or two to earth."
As I walked out under the gray skies ot
Paris I UDaerwoou tn meaning of tba
charts upon the walls of the examining
r0om. Home showed the records of brave
twHeWtiv nn muarant
Tom Daly a Column
A.VIHL
April,
Irish through and through,
llcrc'3 my caulccn off to you
Look vout now mv head la lare,
Drop 'your tear upon my hair.
Weep your fill upon me, then
Warm me with your tun again.
Here's my heart. Oh, make Us strings
1'oputous with linnets' wings!
Ho your holy hlrds are there
Xot a ha'porth do I care;
Mute urtth sorroiv, vHld tcith glee,
So they make their home in me.
April,
Dead, forgotten days
Tremble in your dim blue haze;
All the glories of the race
Flicker on your mobile face.
Heroes panoplied for fight
Ullmmcr in your golden light;
Martyrs, sanctified by pain,
Murmur in your silver rain.
All your smiles and all your tears
Voicing now our hopes and fears,
April, Irish through and through,
llctc's my caulccn off to youl
"In suggesting subjects," says the
Photo-Item for April nnd tho Italics are
Its own "Just tho barest hint has been
given; there nro a thousand and one activ
ities which begin this month, nnd the
man who slips a camera Into his pocket
and keeps it there, day in and day out,
will havo no trouble In getting a host ot
pictures which tell a story."
STATE UNDER GUARD BY
ARMED GERMAN TROOPS
Hendtlnej ee, contemp.
Which suggests a war dispatch:
Armed German troops today at
tacked strong positions Ir. the vicinity
of Lo Bourgeois Canal. They wero
supplied with ammunition. Including
bayonets. British nnd French forces,
numbering 11.789 (also 186 Belgians of
tho crack First City Dragoons, of
Bruiiels). repulsed tho attack. Tho
British had 11,3 1.1 rounds of ammuni
tion and the French troopers, forming
In platoons, had ninety rounds per man.
They also had full equipment, Including
rations for ten days. Every soldier In
tho battle. Irrespective of what flag
lie fought under, had a bayonet. Eight
had penknives, as well, and five had
not trimmed their nails that morning.
Song: "I and My Sons Will Lead You,
Uncle Sam"
(Written by Ste for Jly Country and Suns by Me)
Tho President nt last has spoke and what
he says Is true.
Although ho hasn't done the thing ns well
as I might do.
Ho wroto a lot of things before that wero
but silly rot,
But now he takes a pago from mo and tells
the Huns what's what.
The things he did beforo were wrong. They
had to be, you sec,
Because In all particulars he disagreed with
me.
But now ho Is tho (almost) leading states
man of his day.
Because he made a bully speech and unto
us did bay:
CHORUS
(Make your own extracts from Tues
day moraine's papers. If you must, but
by all means rend the next stanza,)
I left the train nt Washington, returning
from the South,
To exercise my stiffened limbs and, I might
add, my mouth.
I called upon tho President, his limelight
for to share
And slap hlni kindly on the back; but,
strange, he wasn't there!
I knew It would delight him, after all I'd
said before.
,To know that I approved of his approval
of the war;
So when I found to my surprise that he had
slipped away
I called the correspondents 'round and unto
them did say:
CHORUS
(See Interview In Wednesday's papers )
The High Cost of Living and Low-Cost
of Forgiving
Revlso your notions about Miami and
other points south. Some things there
nro cheap enough, as D. L. A. points out
to us. Hero are two Items from tho front
page of tho Miami Herald:
William L. Solomon plead guilty to
assault and battery and wns fined l
nnd costs.
Frank Andrews plead guilty to grand
larceny and was fined tho same amount.
THE LETTER camo from Washington
nnd It looked "official" nt first glance. It
informed Mr. Howard C. Story, of Erie
avenue, that ho was exempt from military
servlco. The reason assigned was tho
alleged fact that he Is tho solo support
of a Hudson Super-Six.
PURELY TERSOXAL
C. A. R. Graduated In baseball at both Insti
tutions, but send stamped addressed en elope
If ou wish tha whole sad atory.
OVIt BTAXD
For Kaiser Bill
No peace until ,
Ho says good-night
To schrcckllchkeit.
Body McFhee, Springfield Union.
Yea, bol no peace
Till U-boats cease
To say "good-morning"
Without teaming.
Dear Tom Have you seen the sign at
Sixty-first and Naudaln streets?
C. BUTZ
Cigars and Tobacco
J. 8. J.
Exciting Days in Mexico
Amzla Meckes and Claude Werkhelser aoent
Sunday with Harold HufTsmith. " l
Ferd Everltt called on Thomw Hoffner Sun
day forenoon.
Mrs. Charles Hurfsmlth called on Mrs. Chas
Culshaw Friday afternoon.
Those who spent Tuesday afternoon with
Mrs. Walter Kresge were: Mlsse Fannie De
Haven, Nettle Overpeck, Arthur Everltt and
Roaer Deltaven.
Mra. David Starner and daughter Edna
passed through thla place on Tuesday,
Miss Fannia DeHaven called on her brother
Layton DeHaven. Sunday. "Diner,
Mexico Correspondent Stroudsburs Time.
IlER FAVOUITEB '
Garden planting costs me in a
Way that's far from nice:
Wife demands (the little slnnal)
Peas at any price. pjt
Sir As you truly remarked some days
ago, "the birds are coming back," and
some of them are curious half Latin
and half English. Frlnstance, in the P. L.
sporting comment on Saturday I noticed
"rara avlses," ED.
The telephone directory lists a gentle
man named Lynch as proprietor of a Ger
man kitchen near Fifty-sixth street, and
Baltimore avenue.
,Wa notice numerous natloaa) aMbtosM
Kit i-r.-,-
'ilKit
tytf I'LjfJ
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
The Difference Between "Doing"
and "Dying" The Light
house Speaks The
Great Rally
THE LIGHTHOUSE SPEAKS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The Lighthouse owes a debt of grat
itude to tho Evenmno LEDOEn, and espe
cially to you, for tho manner In which the
diet squad was given publicity. You were
liberal with space, sympathetic In handling,
and so we thank you heartily.
Above all, wo were pleased that you as
signed an intelligent and understanding
reporter to us In Miss Neukom. She not
only handled her accounts of tho progress
of tho experiment with capacity, but
through her never-falling good humor won
the regard of every member of tho squad.
And that was a quality highly desirable
in a tablemate when one was dieting, often
on unusual foods. G. W. FREEMAN.
Philadelphia, March 26.
"DOING AND DYING"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In commenting on my letter of Mr.
Charles Willing ho takes exception to my
statement that American men are ready "to
do or die." Mr. Willing states that "they
would ba prepared to die, but certainly not
to 'do.'"
I do not consider It patriotism to parade
any lack of equipment beforo tho world that
others may take advantage of us. Little
Belgium beforo the war was principally
noted for Ostend and her summer resorts.
Yet had Belgium, never spoken of as a war
power, had the force equal to that of her
Invaders, these men would have made the
Kaiser's dream of short duration: And
Franco, on whom tho hardest fighting has
fallen, was never placed as one of the great
war powers. Franco was noted for her
gaycty, her sports and easy morals, but
not as an example of preparedness and
eternal vigilance. And yet the trained
troops of the Kaiser, from a country that
had been preparing for forty years for this
struggle, had tho pleasure of seeing Eiffel
Tower In tho distance and then to bo hurled
back. Gay. sporty France nroso to tho need
and showed unto the world that they wero
men of the highest type.
It is true that a patriotic mob is not an
nrmy and untrained men are only "rook
ies." but when men, true men, not craven
cowards, answer the call "to arms" the task
"well begun Is half done." Lord North
cllffe Is quoted as saying that the present
..u.min imi ..:u iu iTuuuce tno counter
part of Grant or Leo. And, unless my his
tory has all been forgotten. Grant ,- -.
In the public eye when the nation called for
a leader. If we were to send an armv
across tho ocean Europe might open her
eyes at the tactics. Place the Colonel at
the head and the Kaiser might open hU
eyes at tho football rush across the
trenches, duplicating San Juan Hill Som
would certainly die, but some would do
The Colonel, General Miles and the" late
Admiral Dewey were all brave fighters
when they were needed, and they have not
made any flaring speeches In which our
defeat was the keynote. And In n artw.
tn the Evsnino Lkdoer for Februarv ?
1916, General Miles stated: "if. Too ooo
men were landed on either side of our coasts
and we were not able to ralBe enough V
to drive them out I would want to mmtn
another country." And speaking of M
prophesied oversea expeditions hf 8tal'5?
"These oversea expeditions spring from t hi
minds of men writing about nrenarX e
who know less about war than S.""
" , HENRY RIDGEWAY MLLEY
Paulsboro, N, J.. March 3U ",L,lwBV'
BULES FOR PLAYING ANTHEM
To the Editor of.tht Evening Ledger-
Sir I am Inclosing herewith a copy of
a resolution which, was passed yesterdav
by Cooper Men's Bible Class, an oriard.y
tlon ot about 300 men, meeting at s?JS"
third street and Olrard 'avenuo" lxty"
'"Whereas, The 'Star Spangled Banner I.
both by custom and right Hhe awt-a
national air ot these United SUtts.t
pressing t one; the-unlty. the detertnlniV
?SE5EJfr?VV"? "- the hlrS
Unlaw .auiasvuuAift 'aaami.4 v- - t
SIDETRACKED
, Si".-
audiences, who seek to render homage to
the flag during the playing of the national
anthem ; therefore, be It
"Resolved. That we respectfully request
the Mayor, tho Select Council and the Com
mon Council of tho city of Philadelphia
that they enact an ordinance forbidding the
Inclusion of the 'Star Spangled Banner' as
a part of any medley, dance ot extended
musical composition In any piaco of public
anembly; and requiring that when played
the 'Star Spangled Banner' shall bo played
separately and entirely."
FRANK N. SMITH.
Philadelphia, Apill 2.
THE GREAT RALLY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Through reading tho Evening
Ledger I learn that you were the leaders
of the patriotic day last Saturday. It was
a wonder, nnd It was too bad that all Penn
sylvania could not have been there.
Tho following Is only a suggestion: Havo
a day called "Belgian Day for Children" In
all the schools of the United f.tates, with
contributions for the Belgians. J. A. Q.
Philadelphia, April 3.
UNION LEAGUE'S ATTITUDE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir What Is the matter with the Union
League? Onco it had a voice, and whenever
there wns a national crisis that voice was
heard from one end of the country to the
other.
Why so dumb now? Is It becauso there
are some Germans In the membership that
it Is policy not to "offend"?
Has it como to this? VETERAN.
Philadelphia, April 4.
CAUTION FOR LIBERALS
In ndvocatlng universal military training,
it Is essential for liberals to remember that
they must not forgo n weapon that a reac
tionary government could uso blindly to
play tho old-fashioned diplomat's game. By
Insisting that there bo no conscription for
overseas service, no conscription In case of
strike, by demanding a breakdown of the
officers' caste, tho necessary safeguards
may bo found. Liberals will for tho present
want a population trained to .arms, but no
government yet established on earth can
be trusted with tho power to conscript men
into tho battle line without the special
sanction of tho people's representatives
Compulsory training, compulsory service to
defend tho national territory, no compulsion
to serve against tho homo population and
no compulsion except in special emergency
and by special legislation to serve outside
American territory this seems to us the
compromise which the situation requires
Tho New Republic.
All Points of the Compass
Casuals of the Day's Work
XLI
WE ARE no pacifist. We loo a good
i ""?!! et today' when we "0 Quiver
Ing on the farmost edge of the well-known
brink of war, wo desire to recall a b t of
peaceful verse which was given us by the
late- George F. Warren, of tho Rocheste?
Democrat and Chronicle, a good many years
ago. We recall this the moro particularly
because we havo just observed a headline
n a newspaper to the effect that the Brit.
Ish .army has routed a Turkish force In
Palestine. "In Palestlne"-that J the
phrase which makes Memory come back to
ThVdotfeu"' t0 Jhe !eeena 5
Whe" aWmao1rOWfalr'U,hW"'1 flew " rod. In
dir--narnUot rtt
..TV.vie'4 , tsnturlalre and Lanturln
l 'MtheV" wa"-" """v.u;..ana
Cruel and cold the sea-her'. brighter fat
Whenho,mW.a,d0.5"f.nr0.fthw"d flr- Uck W.
'""Sid.: mtb na.h on. l th, Cru.
SsmV VA' 1
Ouy. Lor4f:Mnturlalr. and -Unturtu... r
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. A lone American army will bn rJX M
la said, by "selective conscription." WVtl
If 117
2. About what I the population of Mexlfet
3. Identify Elisabeth Barrett Browning n
her time and work. ;
A. Alinnt ItAtv mnnv mil afiAvfjiv la tVia.wu
front In France because of the 6 trail' I
retreatr
S. How much surface I contained In as ant
0. What nnd nhere Is Reykjavik! '
7. What I the difference between a palatal
ana a aeuer miming uogr
8. What Chinese persons are mandarins?
0. What American race la called the' "n
Ulilntr race"?
10.
What Is an anecdotlst?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The lllndenhura llne la ihm new Has ef
(ierman positions constructed by Ton ID-
uennurg in norinern rrnnre. it is rt
iwrted to run from near Arras to BtW
La on.
2. Senator Stone Is chairman of the Seash
Foreign Relations Committee,
3. A "penultimate warning" I the last M
one, "ultimate" being the last.
4, An Anglophile la a person favoring Bu
landi an Anglophobe a person opposed M
Knglund.
5, Goad Friday commemorates the rrueUulea
of Christ.
0. Champ Clark wa re-elected Speaker f tl
House of Representative. '
7. Asia Is the largest continent.
8. The While Mountain are In Near Haa
shire, the highest. Mount Washing!,
having an altltudo of 2W feet.
0. Sir Isaac Newton wa a celebrated EaiM
rihllosonher and mathematician, wha Ad
n 1727. '
10. The cheetah I a leopard-like animal of It
dla, Persia and part of Africa. It CM
be trained to hunt like a dog. .
John Fox, Jr.
H. K. John Fox, Jr., was born
Bourbon County, Ky -In 1S63, was cras
uated from Harvard in 1883, and aftst
doing newspaper work and travelinl
through tho southern States and In Call
fornla settled down In business In BJ
Stone Gap, Va., where ho had ample op
portunity to study the mountain folk. Mot
of his books deal with mountain lit
the Cumberland Gap region of southwest
ern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. Hill
chief works are "A Mountain Europa," "M
Cumberland Vendetta." "The Kentucklan '
"Crittenden," "The Little Shepherd t,
Kingdom Come," "Christmas Evo on Lone-
some," "Hell-fer-Sartaln," "Bluegrassi na
the Rhododendron," "Following tho Sn
Flag," "The Knight of the Cumberland,'
"The Trail of the Lonesome Fine" and "lf
Heart of the Hills." '
nniMTPn t a t a no a nua f
The style of beauty a man prefers 6
When a man has more money than M
knows what to do with, then lgnoran1
truly Is bliss. n
Nearly all the knowledge in the work
ueen ucquirea at tne expense ot oomeuvw,
burnt fingers. ' JS'ij
There Is an Independent fortune awaiuwv i
the Inventor of a typewriting machine PH
will spell" correctly. J
You should be careful whom you caH'
crank. Perhaps the Individual In questlafj
may have a similar opinion of you. m
It when people are charged with thtKf
faults thev wer credited with thalr virtu,!
there would be more good neighbors In Mj
world. Chicago News. '
SONS TAKEN IN WAR
We have sent them forth
To Christ's own Rood ;
Their feet are white
On the fields of blood,
And they must slake
Their own desire
In walls of death
And pits of fire'
I saw the Shadow'
Count the fair
Sum of his takings;
Them that were
Children In years
When they were sped,
And now are mighty,
'timw
BSini Qsaa,
Like galaxies.
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