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Tho Tresldent has called for volun
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At that, vro suspect that Senator
t.. ldc could whlt anv of tho heavv-
ky"Welghts now professionally engaged.
$JL Mr JIoAdo l3 bashful. He asks
: for only threo billion and a nan, wnereas
'the country Is willing to put up any
MMiint.
By his statement that tho United
.tes "never quit waging any war
entered until she was victorious,"
Duke of Rutland handsomely dispels
.ur long lingering doubts of our acconv
Mlahment in tho bunded and mismanaged
If '.Far of 1812. .
Tho Public Service Commission's
Ilea of -what constitutes public conven-
fful that that distinguished body Is not In
. .'ViahnriTn of nntlonnl nreDaredness. It mleht
ftfca anitatlnc raUInff lemona aa a reply to
,rf.0rnian ruthlessncss.
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The latest victim of German supor-
K',!frath la history Itself, which, according
tne Berlin TageDiatt, -seems to turn
ythlnK topsy-turvy and does not be.
H'xjiva at all In conformity with tho
'fjWwughts of wise menV Hero's a real
?v?robIem for "Kultur" to tackle.
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f',Uwylvanla will be protected, providing tho
r,jriff political patriots, otherwise tho party
f 'leaders, have the privilege of spending
; .'v J5 uo Wixr auiiu ajJiupiiaLcu ik luanua uiiu
fcjy' aramhla to think vhat would hnnnen If
&a' these alleged Americans carried any
i.wS 'weight In "Washington.
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-'Sateeplte tho floV of prosperity. Mendl-
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fcto there is a
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world. They are born use-
seem to do all in their nower
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fc-v.'.to maintain this condition. Practlco in
reading iaces nas mane mem oxporis in
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' ningllne out charitably inclined persons.
C4Whilo thslr eyesight is excellent in this
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iV . XMiiiei:iiuii, iiiuy ucciu iu uo uiiuuio to
'j'A&kee tho recruiting stations which offer
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TiMBaiedlate employment with Uncle Sam.
it.
The case of John Bach JIcMaster
HA Avidly exempllfles the difference between
iVp ih1"b lliaw,! UI1U llVllie, II., ill illU UlCl"
jj. jtlngulshed University of Pennsylvania
Dfessor's "History of tho Peoplo of the
Jnlted States" war is always a secondary
vtohsideratlon and the Revolutionary and
V' Civil conflicts are not trpntnd nt nil
Pf, Peaceful development, industrial, social,
n-""4oonomlc, Is the writer's chief concern.
fBut when it comes to the Philadelphia
(ocument urging tho President not to
' blwed tho pacifists, Doctor Monaster's
r V stcnature is mllltantly conspicuous.
' Qaj Any scare over the alleged attempt
P'ito poison tho water of the East Park
l!ivi?feservolr " immediately allayed by the
. yaj.f that rhla drlnVlnip mnnlt, 4 nnln
r ittimit In emarffunev rajiaa. Phlnf Tl.ivla nt
ci JthW Water Bureau, also reassuringly
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Ay vjuMAti tiiui. luiia ui iiiuai. xJtusuna woum do
. uvuuijuiii jr iu iciiuc, iiiu nuicr iiunniui.
the whole incident, crazy as It
t, should be a spur to Councils to
tie ordinance, already Introduced.
sing Ave hundred policemen to
the city's waterworks system. No
;! too mad for a peoplo run amuck,
jrlect to protect properly a gnat bridge
itirVancouver, British Columbia, mado
,flOMibIe its destruction by dynamite at
itjlfc 'outbreak of the war. Our new order
- ' - "- .al,4,A aanM.. .. t..A !..
OK ,; second dhallense is unheeded Is
the right tart of precautionary
t, directly In Jine with the most
: kind 'of home preparedness.
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'm ultimate effect on the war,
an of Russian and British
am forces, officially announced
;yeterdy, to of the 'highest
k.v Ever since m-osnertn , of n
e obi the western front
lU.Grermany has cultivated
Mtni domination. The
i,mnunea a ruae awaken-
still entertained pf
wnaUr-offenslve that would
tly,RuMtan troopa
, suae- forses
mt.ttmyjp
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,iyrlii,'AnaiollA and even 'Asia Minor.
It is even possible that a Russo-Brltisn
army may eventually attack Constanti
nople from the East, as did its last captor,
tho great Ottoman Mohammed II,
in 1453. There is plonty of historical
precedent to show that great wars aro
not always decided by what are commonly
regarded as their major operations.
Napoleon himself confessed that it was
not so much Waterloo that wrought his
downfall as the tremendous drain on his
men and resources exactod In Spain,
where Wellington lod his expeditionary
forces far from tho sccno of tho central
European shambles. A beaten Turkey,
an Asiatic dream shattered, may ptovoko
rcftsonablo Germoti peace proposals long
beforo Entente troops ever enter Berlin.
OUR WAR BEGINS
THE nation Is at war. It is no longer
in order to discuss somo borderland
"stato of war" or of "armed defonso" of
our rights. Wo stand, with "everything
that wo are nnd everything that wo havo,"
to go forward with this fight, against foes
without and foes within, to stop only
when a free German peoplo gives tho
world tho guarantco of peaco that only
a freo peoplo can give, or, 3 tho niter
native, when our flag floats with those
of tho Allies over tho last of tho despot
isms, setting its subjects free.
JOIN THE NAVY
THE navy needs men. It needs thorn
to m,m capital ships; It needs'thom in
tho marlno corps; It needs them for
sorvico on smaller craft, for gun crows
on our merchantmen and for scores of
other purposes.
Tho navy's needs aro tho prlmo needs
of tho nation in this crisis. It Is on tho
sea that we must humblo Germany. Tho
sullen submarine imut bo driven fiom tho
depths. Tho lines of communication to
Europo must )0 kept open. It is tho
navy .that will get first into action. It is
tho navy that will mako posslblo a quick
ending of tho war.
Tho nation is destined to havo tho
greatest navy In tho world. Tho peoplo
havo waked up. Thoy havo learned the
lesson Captain Mahan tried to teach a
quartor of a century ago. A great mer
chant marlno will grow up alongsldo this
great nayy.-
Young man, go into tho navy! There
Is a great futuro on tho high seas, n
futuro such as has not been offered to
Americans In generations. Men who
know tho Rea will bo In great demand
for years to come. Let young men help
their country by Joining tho navy now.
Thoy will find that by so doing they havo
also greatly helped themselves.
SAVE A BABY!
fTIHB soil of Belgium will never bo re
" doomed if in tho abomination of desola
tion human life, too, ceases to oxl3t. Tho
utter extirpation of that great people Is
under way. Tho million children who
must father nnd mother tho next genera,
tlon of Belglums aro being slowly starved.
They can survive only if tho world comes
to their existence. Ono hundred thousand
of them can survive only if Philadelphia
feeds them. Ono dollar a month saves a
child. They are children worth saving,
for they aro tho offspring of heroic fore
bears. Phlladclphlans, you havo been
slow to answer. Bo sjow no longer!
UNIVERSAL SERVICE FOR
DOLLARS
MAKERS of war material aro well paid,
and they should be well paid. Rail
road nnd farm workers nro seeing to it
that they get a Just reward for their
Industry. Upon theso threo sets of work
ers depends America's success in tho war.
No system of financing our campaigns
should decreaso their earnings, dhectly
or indirectly.
Those who have raised tho cry, "Let tho
rich pay for their war!" manago to mako
two errors. t
First, It is not a war of tho rich. If it
were, there would bo no war. If thoy
could havo censored tho demand's In nows
papers that tho honor of America be
upheld, they would havo sought to havo
the news of tho Lusltanla sinking cen
sored. Tho Idea that rich men controlled
tho newspapers in order to mako war
explodes on contact with the ttony truth
that a consistently unpopular nowspapor
cannot make a living. Tho altornatlvo to
this view Is that tho American peoplo are
so hysterical that a, majority of them can
always bo led around by the nose by any
plutocrat run amuck.
Second, If by tho rich is meant the own
ers of property upon which all the needs
of a nation at war are produced, it will
bo necessary to lmposo very heavy super
taxes on the owners of farms, railroads
and a majority of factories. Tho first
effect of such a procedure would be to
raise the prlco of food, for labor is not
to suffer. Labor has done bettor in Eng
land in wartime than it ever did in time
of peace.
Tho unproductive rich, or, rather, that
part of the nation's wealth which is not
employed in producing necessities, should
feel the burden first. Increases Jn the
income tax should be made and the ex
emption marg(n should be cut down to
$1500 or $1000. Wo must prepare to raise
billions, not millions.
THE WORLD'S GETHSEMANE
THIS Is the world's Good Friday. Civ
ilization in sackcloth undergoes its
passion, pours the full measuro of Its
sacrifice that the earth may bo set free.
The etornal flame of freedom flickers
amid tho surrounding darkness. That
.light was faint nt Chalons, yet it blinded
Attlla the Hun. It wavered at" Tours,
when the fate of tho Aryan race hung
in the balance, but still it burned, and its
subtle potency rolled back the Moslem
hordes,
, Today still mightier powers of might
invoke een more poignant sacrifice, Tho
agonies of the tragic garden where lib
erty must be watered and nurtured with,
IM learn oi men win uo uw(i unu uuier.
Jui;tbe euMwntsequel of Pood Friday's
,JtjJ y -f11 1JN V" Jta!iJWJBtrJ. JLKiiJArx, ar xvj-u u, --'
THE BIG CHANGE
IN NAVY MORALS
Drunkenness Now Not Tolerated
nnd Honesty IsGuiding
Principle The Bad
Old Days
By A NAVAL EXPERT
THE average man of mlddlo nge or older
who has eons who are considering what
to do In tho world seems to have a wrong
Idea of tho kind of men wo !mo In the
navy. It Is probably from the Idea preva
lent twenty or thirty years ago that every
man wearing the navy hluo was a drunk
nrdj nnd, generally speaking, ho was. In
those days nnd earlier, tho hulk of the en
listed force wns composed of sailor men who
drifted away from tho merchant murlno to
try out the navy to drift back ng.iln Into
tho merchant marlno after tho enlistment
In the navy had expired.
Theso men of tho merchant marlno wore,
generally speaking, a touch lot, ns they
had been kicked about by the merchant
skippers, who were two-flstod unites, nnd
had to bo to control tho clement that mado
up that class of workers In those days.
The laws for merchant wotk gftn the rap
tain great power nnd, at the sumo time,
required n physical force to enrry on the
dally routine. Tho sailor wan, ns u rule,
brought on board the merchant ship the
night beforo Balling In a drunken condition
nnd had no Idea where ho wns going until
ho soberrd up. Naturally lio was "ngln
tho government" from the beginning and
hnd to bo clubbed Into Bhapo.
When such men enlisted In theyiavy they
could not help bringing tho pnmo Idea of
"buckling everything In flight" with them,
nnd the nay dlclpllno had to bo and wns
ory BOere, so that such an clement could
bo controlled. It wnB not long, however,
beforo tho crow was whipped Into shape
and tho ships wcro ntnart nnd the drills
excellent In spltb of tho material. As long
ns n ship w.ib at sea cruising all was woll,
but then tlmo cumo to glvo liberty on
slior oorythlng was upset for a weo'-c or
mon Ccncral liberty wni tho ruptcm
that Is. hnlf the crow was gl en liberty tor
forty-eight hours. After tneir return ino
other half was glvon the snmo tlmo on
shore. Theso days woro harrowing ones for
all hands,' especially for tho executlvo of
ficer, who had to do his best to keep a
Bomblnnco of discipline during this tlmo of
havoc.
It wni considered tho proper thing for
nil handt tn romo back on board bo nearly
drunk that thoy could barely "too the Beam'
when their names were cnlled to mURter
right after their return. Then they would
go olt somewhere and sober up. It wns a
common sight to bco theso men finally
empty a bottlo of rum Just ns tho boat was
coming to tho gangway. Thon tho effect
would not really get busy until nfter pass
ing Inspection. Later on, theso men would
bo dead to the world for a day, and It wai
tho established custom to let things go as
long as tho peaco was not disturbed by
nolso or fighting
In those days tho percentage of Ameri
cans In tho crow was small, and all lnn
gunges wero heard about tho decks. Tho
ship's cook wns always "Portugee Joe," nnd
ho was nearly nlwny.s n Portuguese, too.
North Countrymen, Germans, Hawallans,
Greeks. Italians mado up tho crows, and tho
olllccrs' servants wcro Chinese, when theso
excellent peoplo could bo obtained. Many
"beach combers" (tramps of tho sea) were
picked up nnd enlisted anywhere that a
ship happened to anchor,
No wonder that the fathers of tho pres
ent generation of young men advlso against
letting their hons enlist In tho navy with
such a memory extant ' It Is in lino with
tho Judges who havo at different times
allowed a bad joung man to go freo pro
vided ho enlisted In the nay.
The Great Change
However, all this Is changed, and it Is
tlmo the new condition should be well
known. Tho navy of today Is mado up of as
flno a lot of' young men as thcro aie any
where Drinking Is lrtually forgotten,
and tho ono who falls to be back on tlmo
froni leave Is considered a freak. Drinking
Is "bad form" now "beforo tho mast" as
well as In tho wardroom, and nothing kills
a bad habit so rapidly as making It "bad
form." The cases of court-martial for
drunkenness In tho navy aro now few and
fur between, nnd tho enlisted men prldo
themselves on being "clean and sober" on
their return from leave.
Ono vory good rulo has been established
lately In tho service and helps much to
retain tho present high standard of tho
enlisted force. This Is an order whereby a
commanding officer may get rid of a worth
less man or dangerous character by simply
reporting him ns "undeslrablo for tho serv
ice." By return mall authority Is glen
to dlschargo such a man with a bad con
duct discharge
Most of tho. enlisted forco Is composed of
young men, men between tho nges of six
teen nnd twenty-five. Of course, thero Is a
largo number who mako a llfo business of
tho senlco and thcro will be always on a
ship a percentago of older men who act
as a backbone for the discipline. Theso
men aro nearly always chlof petty nfllcers,
men of great respectability nnd Impoitance.
trustworthy nnd tried. Thoy hae been
promoted through all the grades to their
present positions nnd havo been closely
watched throughout all this servlco nnd
marked by tho many olllcers they hao
served under nnd uirlve at their present
responsible places only through worth, and
long-proed worth. These men nro tho ones
of tho enlisted forco that Intluenco tho
younger men with whom they nro closely
In contact nil tho tlmo, while they are tho
result of tho Influence of the olllccrs who
trained them for their duties. So a young
man la now in good hands and ho Is yiero
nearly all the tlmo and Is not adrift nearly
half tho tlmo as ho may bo In tho city.
Honesty First
There Is an atmosphoro of uprightness
and honesty on board ship that few can
Know anu realize. I'eoplo tliero know each
other "by tho back," as they say In tho
nuvy, and few succeed In fooling their
Bhlpmatos long, nnd a crooked fellow Is
soon known and publicly nicknamed and
epoken of by his especial crookedness, how
ever small It may bo and few remain who
havo big crooks In their disposition. It
does not tako long for the olllcers to find
out ono who Is -wrong and ho gets short
shrift.
The ono thing that Is most strongly ac
cented on a man-of-war Is honesty. With
tho Impossibility of locking up one's pos
slons on a ship, honesty must be enforced.
If a slnglo case of stealing be known, at
onca everybody on board is on edge to find
tho malefactor. It la considered a calamity
to bo on a ship known ns a "thief ship,"
and everybody feel ashamed until tho
crook Is found and severely punished.
Any joung man in tho navy may learn
any one of many trades, so that he may
earn his living after finishing a cruise.
Some of the trades are machinist, latho or
planer hand, molding, blacksmlthlng, cop
persmlthlng, bricklayer, ejectriclan, storage
battery man, carpenter, shlpQtter, etc
There Is no end. Thero is even a tailor,
a shoemaker, halrcutter and laundryman on
board, and men may choose to do any of
these. Furthermore, thera Is education for
those who deslro It, and Skilled Instructors
detailed for tho purpose, so that those on
board who wish 'to study may advance as
far as they like. They will always find the
olllcers ready and willing to work with
them Into the most abstruse science.
Furthermore, the present law authorizes
the Secretary of tha Navy to appoint to the
Naval Academy each year 100 enlisted men.
That Is a rare chance for those who have
no political Influence to get tha rare ap
pointments available In their districts. Only
ons year of service Is requlrad bafore tho
permission may be 'obtained to take the, ex
amination at Annapolis, and the young man
Is ordered and the expense of travel paid
by the Government, and he I subsisted and
given a place to sleep while waiting for the
examination and afterward until he enters.
It la a wonderful chance. The examina
tions are savere. but any younr mart who.
has ben throw two yeara of hlh ohoc-l.1
yetems afcouM
Tom Daly's Column
Phyllllccrlcs
!
TUB SALLY BALA OAJt
I rose up in a llala car
On tHfty-sccond street,
And all tho bally Imps there are
l'laycd mltcMcf ivtth my feet;
I should have uaitcd for the jar
Beforo 'I left my scat.
Next time I'll hall some shooting star
And find a vacant scat,
For walking through a Bala car
On Fifty-second street,
A feat too monitrous ts hy far
Vor my two monstrous feet.
JOMACAW.
OUR HUCKSTER told tho Missus that
ho wouldn't cniry grapefruit nfter this
week; "because," said ho, "they cost mo
$4.C0 a box nnd I nln't gono to investi
gate $4.E0 to mako a quarter."
"Somo pooplo may put it moro tenderly,
moro diplomatically," writes ono of Bert
Taylor's contrlbs., "but, after all, my
frlond Skinner was right when ho said;
"Somo women wear white shoes, others
havo big feet.' "
Kin Hubbard's Abo Martin put It moro
t. and (1., and, having said it boforo friend
Skinner, ho put it right; "Somo girls
hao big feet and others wear whlto
shoes."
to A nriLF-coxrnssED
ruiLosopjivn
Ts It your pride sustains you vwst
When other men's conceit omif
hollow
"My school's the world!" you often hoast
And wait for the applause to folloux
With any casual phrase, you love
To strike a nollo attitude;
Afti3 xolth what eloquence you prove
Borne stale and standard platitude!
Is tliicra no cure for this offense
That human flesh. It scctni, Is heir to;
This philosophic flatulence
That all your underlings must swear tot
Is there no end to your supcro
rower of rhetoric and Inaction?
Can nothing shatter, nothing rurb,
Your sleek and smiling satisfaction?
In soft emotions you lie curled
With all your placid creeds beside you;
And blink approval on a wot Id
You Uke to think has taught and tried
you.
The iforld.you say, hat been your school
But have yon never contemplated,
Oh, poilllva and pompous fool,
IIow badly you've been educated?
LOUIS UNTEIIMEYER
On ' tho buff paper Jacket of Louis;
Untermoycr's new book, "Theso Times,"
from which tire nbovo Is taken, wo read:
Mr. Untermeycr " Is. first
of nil. a singer, while constantly
deepening and broadening his contract
with contemporary problems.
Woll, these times 'nro tho times of big
contracts.
"SPIiIKO II AH COM a "
The ticcs were rocked by April's blast;
A frozen robin fell,
And twittered, as he breathed his last,
"Lykcllc, lykcllc, lykellc."
llert Taylor, In Chicago Trlbuno.
"The spring has come, has come," began
The Weather Bureau chief
A bll::aid struck the silly man!
"Has come, has come to grief!"
To Make an Emperor Laugh
(From Dubois and Mathews's "f.lfo of Oaluaha
A. Grow.")
In tho intermission after tho
adjournment of Congress in March, 1853,
Urow went to Europe with some of his
colleagues, among whom wcro E. B. Wash
burne, of Illinois; B. I'ringle nnd E. D.
Morgan, of Now York. They
ronched Paris during a week of great In
terest nnd George Mason, the
American Minister, secured them an nudl
enco with Emperor Napoleon and Empress
Eugenie. During tho conversa
tion the Emrieror, who was nt ono time In
this country, asked W-ishliUrnn In what
part of tho United States ho resided. Wash
burno replied, "Oalena, Illinois." "Oh. yes,"
said tho Emperor, "thcro Is a great deal of
lead In that region. What do you Amer
icans do with nil that lead?" "Vt'e sell It
to our friends and give It to our enemlos !"
Wnshburne answered, at which the Emperor
laughed heartily.
"Dear Boss," writes C. C. S. from Potts
town, "I hopped Into tho Signal Corps of
tho regulars; yesterday nnd loavo on Fri
day for training and eventually the avia
tion section. But serious as this step
should make mo feel, I'm convinced that
my first duty is to call your attention to
this subhead In a morn, contemp.: '
Woman Worth $2,000,000 Asks Alle
gheny Courts to Annual Marriage
In setting up our own dear paper's
financial news yesterday an inspired com
positor made It "American Beat Sugar,"
but tho heartless proofroom caught it.
Neighborly Recriminations
You'vo borrowed my hatchet and nice shiny
raw
And taken my screw-driver, too.
You've left my new plane lying out in the,
rain,
My chisel you used on a screw.
Just one tool you left me, but now that is
gone,
Today It. too, answered the call,
For Bome'funny "hick" took your worn old.
Ice-pick,
And now you have taken my awl.
MACKIE.
Two small paths lead up to a couple of
shacks off Richmond street in Frankford
and a sign nearby reads:
NOTIS
THESE RODE IS
PRIVIT
Josoph Bramwell, observing it in pass
ing, pointed it out to nn Irish frleqd Who
said: "Gobs! the word 'is' is th only
wan there that's right an' tSiat'a wrong:."
Overheard in a Route 13 Car
"Good Friday! It'a the day the nursery,
rhyme reminds us to buy those Red Cross
buna."
"Why didn't they allow La Follette to
talk all that dayr demands Fit. "It
was his. What? don't you know? 'Spj
Wednesday.' "
Springing to the defense of B. Roeap,
M. S. demands to know' what kind of a
Watch we use. "A good one," says he,
"ticks five times per second." Two pota
toes or one onion to the first man who
will bring such a watch to usi Double
groft for Urn -who will' detiswltn
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
An Anecdote Which Explains
Difference Between Statesmen
and Politicians Another
Universal Service Plea
STATESMEN VS. POLITICIANS
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The Senate of tho United States
was called to meet In special session Im
mediately after the closo of the regular bes
Blon of Match 4, 1807, by tho President, for
the purposo of considering cxecutlvo ap
pointments, and among tho new Senators
who responded to that call was Goneral
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, who suc
ceeded Hon. Edgar F. Cowan, elected six
years before.
At that tlmo my namo was beforo tho
Senate for confirmation, or rejection, for
tho ofllco of Assessor of Internal Revenue
for tho First District of Pennsylvania, and,
desirous of the support of Senator Cameron,
I visited Washington for the purposo of
explaining to him why I should bo con
firmed. Calling upon General Cnmeron at
tho Wlllard Hotel, he and I soon started to
walk to tho Capitol, and In crossing
Fourteenth street we met Senator Alex
ander G. Cnttell, and tho New Jersey Sen
ator pleasantly greeted tho distinguished
Ponnsylvanlan with "Good morning, State's
man." Quickly Senator Cameron responded:
"Good morning, Cattcll; call me nnythlng
but statesman, as It Is a distinction I have
never sought and never shall. Call me
politician nnd I would bo proud of tho
honor " Senator Cattell appeared some
what surprised, and thus renlled: "It wns
my Intention to compliment you. Inasmuch!
as you nave secured the Senate's approval
of threo Important troatles with threo for
eign governments within tho short period
of fifteen days, that Senator Sumner, as
chairman of the Committee on Foreign Af
fairs, wrestled with for fifteen months with
out reaching a result. But nlensn tell m
the difference between a statesman and a
politician, as you understand it," and this
was Senator Cameron's statement:
"A politician la a man who has somo in
fluence a statesman Is a person wholly
and absolutely without any influence what
ever." Senator Cattcll asked General Cameron If
ho would more definitely Illustrate tho dif
ference, and this was tho prompt reply
"Thcro is my friend Bin McMullln, of
Philadelphia ;yhe ts n ward politician and
carries tho Fourth Ward In his vest pocket
Nobody could tako that ward from tho
Squire.
"And my other Democratic friend, Sam
Randall, has such a grip on the First Con
gressional District of Pennsylvania that no
one ever thinks of making a contest against
him for Congressman from that district.
"And my friend BUI Mann in sn !,..
intrenched as the Republican leader of
i-iiiiuueiiJiiiii. iiiai no can nominate any one
for any office In that city from a county
Judge to a ward constable these men are
among those I have In my mind as poll.
Uclans fellows of commanding Influence."
"And thero Is one other," said Senator
Cattell, "whom you have not mentioned. He
like Squire McMullln, as tfc tho Fourth
Ward, carries the State of Pennsylvania In
his vest pocket, and It doesn't make a bulge
in It and his name Is Simon Cameron."
And General Cameron modestly respond
ed, "Sometimes I can help a deservlns
friend in Pennsylvania,"
Senator Cattcll then asked Senator Cam
eron if he would please enlighten him as to
statesman men without sjiy Influence
whatever and this was tha reply, made
with a humorous expression:
"Cattell, I can think of two only Just
now Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts,
and my son-ln-Iaw, Wayne MacVeagh, of
Pennsylvania."
And It was my belief that Senator Cat
tell, who, with the railroad interests of Now
Jersey back of him, wsb a politician of the
most modest demeanor, considering the in
fluence ha exerted in New Jersey and at
Washington, heartily confirmed General
Cameron's definition and limitation of a
statesman. JOHN W. FRAZIER,
Philadelphia, April 2.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE ,
To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir I favor universal military training
unreservedly, and hope the Chamberlain
bill wilt pass.
Compulsory military service was Insti
tuted by Prussia during- the time Napoleon
dominated Europe, and was as much a na
tional institution as It was a national neces
sity, .After 1870 it was adopted by tha
outer ui iim iiainiMi nmr, ana to
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tho United States did not adopt It many
years ago. PAUL PRY.
Gcrmantown, April 3.
WHY NOT SEND MAIMORIE'S
BATTLESHIP?
Having discovered that tho European war
Is to havo Its great final battle on the west
or east front or at Salonlci, In Mesopotamia,
in Egypt or at sea. If It Is not going to
end In a stalemate, tho Xew York Trlbuno
now finds that millions of negroes In tho
South aro plotting a rebellion against the
United States. Tomonow it probably will
advlso Mr. Wilson to "let the erring Sene-
WHEN QUAKERS FIGHT
American history Is full of Instances of
Quakers yielding to righteous Indignation
and using force. They havo carried arms in
defense of their countiy and they havo
used their fists In defense of their friends.
Joseph T. Dullols, ex-Mhilster to Colombia,
In his iccciitly pubPshod life of Galusha
Grow tells of a case of tho latter kind.
It was at tho time of tho fight between Rep
res,entatlvo Kelt, of South Carolina, In tho
Houso on February 5. 1858. Kelt had
called Grow a Republican puppy and Grow
had called Kelt a slave-driver. Then blows
wero struck.
Great commotion followed, writes Mr.
DuBols, nnd the entlro Houso was Involved
nt oneo In a rough-and-tumblo fight. In
stantly tho center aisle In front of tho
Speaker's desk was packed with an ex
cited crowd. Mob spirit descended; each
lawmaker stniclf a lawless blow wherever
an opponent could bo reached. John
Covode, of Pennsylvania marched down
tho side nlslo with an old earthen cuspidor
In his hand. As he passed Richard Mott,
a peace-loving Quaker., from Ohio, Mott
cried out:
"Whither goest thou, Brother John, with
thy earthen spittoon?"
"To fight for Grow with this weapon!"
shouted Covode, waving tho cuspidor on
high. '
"Peace be with thee, brother," counseled
Mott. "But If thou must fight for Galusha,
aim thy spittoon well, John, and hit the
mark I"
And with this Mott followed Covode Into
the fight and got badly damaged.
I .
All Points of the Compass
Casuals of the Day's Work
XLH,
"VFTEN wo havo been allowed to call at
V7 tentlon here to the dedications of books.
Sometimes the dedications are the more
important. It Is for that reason that we
would like to call somebody's attention
listen, please! to John Gore's dedication
to "The Barmecide's Feast." Thero is one
line In It which should stick In the memory
of strong men : "Have donned the real, and
doffed tho make-believe." Good Americans
are doing it In these days of history
making, and tho whole thing is worth re
membering. Here it is;
For thosa who In life's monstrous
. pageant-play havj marked beneath the
i "? th8 BoW th0 commo" humaS
livery of gray which all .must wear
Blnce all must fear the cold; for those
who, from the crowds that prance and
pace beneath the llmellgtot and ft lo
smlle of kings, sweating and Jostllmr
for a forward place, drew back to S
berbboned courtiers dared to flash
mute messages of laughter shared.
.n.- V ' 2" nar' ' Bme wider
space have donned in? real and doffed
hamh.ke;bhelleV0' a,,a found th" hearu
that beat beneath the lace, and lived
"hw ns l men ever live T; where
oft the generous Bunshlne of September
U?,? mltae.nce working?,
and many a Joyous "8uri ..'
member 1!' raked into dam.' .,1 ...:
rr?mi.,nt0. fl?me the "hes
., , ii "" luai narao or half.
inr?heteBnm3okee reVl8'0ned Van,she
ffi'SS,5S'ftoour
the office atnnt. V-:- """'WW
and
trust our 7 i .' " "" T..ws Would
warped timbers o l "shlpot Fo8
which sails unspoken on a phantom
I""1 that fashion frown. Ton Sd mSS
men disdain, to seek life's wealS &
some unfettered west, and wake toblnd
?Urfeti8J" on nKa'n' wn0 westward
n the dying sunset gleams tho tatted
topsail of a ship of dreams "Jre
For those who onesbrlef hour hava
known tha worth of that tlma.,ervJ
stavsry. sueeess. weia-ht i .v,.y'n,
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ l
1. noes nrrmnm- Intend to declare war on tba
Lnlteil .states'
2, What l liaril elder?
3" M'.m..,11'" ."ot. Cn.'.,nt Tnrnonskl. tlir. dMli.
imtrjl AiiHtrn-IlunKnrlnii Ainhissmlor t
' J'nUeil Stutei. Iren nfflcliilly retttlred
uy tlilt 4,overnnieiit?
4. ft hat Is the illlTerrnre between a fratrlld
nnd ii resit Ide?
r. DMInziiNli between the Civil Wnr battle of
Mlnslnmiry IIIiIbb unci Cemetery itlilce.
0. ft hat anil where was Arrndia?
7" M,,l'ull,"1 ",c "tather "' tll American
8. Where la Sheboygan, nn American city when
i. "erenJum BhnntMl nn alrnont nnna'-
mous tote niralnt war with (icrmnny?
0. CI, the full nauio of the Secretary of
mate,
10. Who was "Cncle ltemus"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. "Sclecthe conscription" U conscription of
lertuln cIuxhf of men.
21 The population of Mrlco It about 15.000,000.
'' I",'iU,e,,, """''t ItroHnlnK. who illeil In
1H01. wan the wife or Hubert llrcmnlnr,
the J-nclMi poet, and herself a poet.
4. The Cernmn retreat In northern Trance,
hhorlrned the wur front thero by about
forty mllet.
B. An nre Is 100 square meters, or 110.(1 (.quart
jarda.
0. Reykjavik In the capital of Iceland, which
Ii a DunUli tolony
7, A pointer Ij ; siunoth-roHteil hunting; dot
which ktands rlelil nnd points with lti
nose upon Hcentlnir names n setter has
oat and usually crouches I rut cad
of pointing.
A. A mandarin In a Chinese public ni(lrlil ulia
wears n distinguishing button on tie lut.
0. The "vanishing race" of America Is popu
larly supposed to lie the Indians.
10, An anridotlst Is n person who relates or
toilet ts anecdotes.
Border Marriages
O. M. Gretna Green Is a village of Dum
fries, a border county of Scotland and near
tho border line between Scotland aud Eng
land. Formerly common resort of i una way
couples from England, the practice was
broken up by an act of 185G, which provides
that no mairiage should be valid In Scotland
unless one of the parties had lived In Scot
land for tho tvventy-ono days ne3t picceding
the marriage or had .his or her usual leal
dence thera at tht time. "
A Petrified Forest
N". P. Thero Is In tho northern part of
Arizona a wonderful deposit of petrified
wood, covering nearly 100 squaro miles Tha
trees lie scattered In 'every kind of posi
tion nnd In pieces of all sizes? One great Ji
trunk forms a natural bridge ncross a can
yon forty-five feet w,lde. There Is every
ovidenco that tho trees grew' besldo soma
inland sea. A'ter falling they became
water-logged and during decomposition tbs
cell structure of tho wood was entirely re
placed by silica from sandstone. The silica
Is either colorless like quartz or shows tha
beautiful colors of ngato and opal.
Nicholas II
E. C. Nicholas II was Pinr nf Itussla
from November, 1894, to March. 1917. tha
dato of his abdication being reported as
March 15. Tho latest dispatches described
him as being detained at Tsarskoo Sclo.
Aiken, S. C.
r. C. C The population of Aiken, S. C
Is about 4000. It is a popular health and
pleasure resort.
Chinese Religions v
H. J. fc. There aro five well-established
religions In China the Confucian, Buddhist,
Taoist, Mohammedan nnd Christian. Thera
Is no stato religion, but thero is a movement
on foot to have the flrst'nnmed adopted as
the state religion of the republic.
Isle of Man
A. N.B. Tho Iala of Man is under Brit
ish sovereignty, but has Its own constitution
and government, nnd Is exempt from laws
made i by tho British Parliament unless
specifically named. The chief executive offi
cer, the Lieutenant Governor, is appointed '
Dy uio Brltlan Crown. ,
The Kaiser -)
T. B. W. (a The "divine right of king-
ship" is a doetrlne that rulers ore nppolnted v
by heaven to be rulers and that "their acts j
are inspired. The German Emheror Is the a'i
foremost modern proponent of this doctrine.
(b) The German Emperor is not a cripple. -
In that he is nctlvn nnd thiei hut hla .
left arm is shorter and smaller than hls'ijj
ngnc -i i)is ib oue, n is said, to an acciaan
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