:-m$ " Li' 'y -, a" .7 iv: kj w..." ' fc.i . r A?i PANY " TUB It' lt,7CUKTlS, PtssiMXT It. I.VHlnslMi. Vice FreaKrentt. John m. ' seorttary and Treeeureri Philip n vnn d , miliaina, rfonn ia Dlurirnni i Whaler, Directors. ,V " . . attHTOMAI, BOAP.D! V vCtSCi H. X. CeaTli. Chairman. X. "WHALKT Editor ,C. MARTIN. .OeneraJ Bualness Manarer dally at PriLlo T.tnaaa TlnlMInr. t Ia4Bdnc Square, Philadelphia. CBRTB1.L... Broad and rMieatnut Mtreela till ClTV. .... ...... rt-afta.ffafAM n,flMln Toic .,..,.,, Soa, Mel ropollt an Tower wt. ...4nx Ford nullum uotiu. i...i..,,408 Oob'.P'mexTnl Ilulldln CAOo.t ,...i;02 Tribune Ilulldlns MRtVB TltmPAITl frsstrjOTOX nnxiAtr nicca nulldluc a in ricasatj ....... The rime Ilulldlnc HUN Biiaaiu...,...,,,, ,.nrt Frledrlehetraea SUMS IJCSB10 Marrnnl limine. Htrar.il PAW Boaaau 82 Hue Louie la Grand fi;t SUBSCTUPTIO.V TEnIS .-The Evckino Lseaia la nerved to auhecrlbera I Philadelphia and aurroundlnr lowm at the lata of twelve (12) centa per week, payable , W the carrier. by man 10 vointa outaiae or rnnaaeipnia, in UM United 8tatee. Canada or United Statea poa. aaeloni, poatare free. flfly (110) tenia per . Path. Bli (IB) dollara per year, payable In eWanre. Ta all fnretm rnuntela fin fill rlnllar nr eonth. -.-.NoTica Rubeerlbeni wlehlnr addreae chanced mat give old aa well aa new address. n tV'MU.. low WAmtrr keystone, main moo nV WwzAddrtf all communication to F.vtntng 'VeeVer, independence Square, Vhlladctphia. at tub rniUDairuii. roTornca ai SEC0ND-CL1II MAIL 1IATTCR. HH AVEnAQtr. NET PAID DAtLT CIR CULATION or THE EVKWINO LKDOKU rOK MAKC1I WAR 100.671 Philadelphia, Meedar. April 9. 1917 SJV- r,- - s?fr M&W& &. The horrors of the Bulgar-Cuban VaU have yet to he adequately painted. America, having created the Frank. tatsteln of the submarine, should be the tC ?,-y'Z's ' - .ft, . . $i$z Btxtlon best fitted to slay It. X":' Laments over the disbanding of WETM-i tae Knelsel Quartet are modinect uy me WiZ'kr thnutrht that It In Impossible to hear dell. '$j aVte chamber muslo while lusty brass ';tjs- tends of Mars are marching by. "He kent us out of war" until the ify'x . lines between freedom and tvrannv be- wj - tiiST eem so shamlv drawn that our entry CV Intoistrife had the most unselfish moral R, Justification In the history of conflicts. m .. . . r - , .. .. pi j nan ne ioreseen mis nay, iienry &) Junes, indignant over America's long . aiwinmiiTV. wninn nrnnin v nnvn iitiL t yielded up his birthright so hastily. Ho h ,j must be resting easier in his English f It is estimated thnt mere are '" ajraven million men between nineteen and fl, twenty .five, the years denlgnated for the ' '1"atat conscription. Of these, four million ; Vrreavallable after those who do not come Silaw) to requirements and those engaged In ujHtuipplng flKhting men aio eliminated. nerica's man power fiom this limited ;u. ... . .... . . ..,... j jp.atuiss ions oniy a minion snori oi uriiiun s cvantire enlistment. j;,V; Beilln leads Vienna by the nose 1; again, thin time to bleak off relatlont With the United States. The helpless "Austrian Foreign Office Kent us a note a &;; isj while ago which was a masterpiece of ihx ambiguity, seeming to be an nttempt V.Uf en mnvlnpa 11m lliut Vlurm.) liltrhlir nn. ,? """ "" r iWiroved of U-boat ruthlessness and heartily 5a)ondemned it. But there was no am fcWtulty about the wild Joy among the K' people of the dual monatchy when they fifwouint ine Allies wnum accept me IXaUser's peace offer. AVe have only hazy vknowledge about many Teuton affairs. K',,;ut that Austria is crazy for peace is the vi 2 . ... . .. l vne cmei certainty or .Miume Europe. -VT'i( Tlia kinmlnre nt t-i n. Iwt1 Vinu Ixmii OSI "" """""'. " "o" "" ''" .yaara in every corner or me continent. Independence Hall has sent out more 'iHirflllncr mnRin?pfl In flip Int itn flnvn p.th,an it has in as many decades. The SFsaiaajnor of the bell calllntr the crowds to IWL .,., ,, .. .,, ...... yVeacti (iBiiiuiitj imij vnn iv run I iliK icuiuic f 9t that historic event, and the half hour jit tolling folldwing the signing of the E;wr "resolution by the President, which rk authorities ordered as the result of suggestion made by this newspaper, ..was a solemn reminder to the clty'of the ranjKKrrafveujiiii m iiiv iinLiuu MW'jilid "Vest read ,f (t, for AT Amttmn toll and never wit ling of the nation's decision. East nr the bell does not without good teason. v.frrflrlltlons. when thpv urn mprph' irtm. ffV- -. ..- , ''.mental, die. Traditions, when they are VAN, 'TT The cloud .upon our far-western iraiorizon slides further into oblivion with ery step we take in preparing our In- entlon, A new friendship wiping out M old seeds of rivalry between Japan lad' America should be one of the com- Rations of our unhappy times. No 1 American will renew the old lrrl- ',' talk of suspicions supposed to ue lned about Japanese intentions. Tmust have the world's greatest navy Mwure the world the freedom of the i.lhat only pure democracy can guar m: but that navy will be planned with ,'faHna that It will ever bo used an Oriental Power, It has been ur naval weakness that Iibh sug- rto .American minds that a Japa- rlcan war was" possible. ' fci , n Tha atatus of volunteering and con- it' la becoming clearer for both the r aBd the political outlook, Secre- V. frankly stands' for conscriD- . limTl'... ... . ,iiouuiei. ana ine rresiaent is f t -aiKinit volunteer organlza- t.paW' rueti uiy piecemeal to t 'Hta dlaoourasement of the attl- that the'eountry ascribes to lit ana General, AVood was , MMean "tlt be, believed that wt muai nu wun a Dig army ami evenly trained. MrJ Baker i aA..A'JI a .-m ,LI. . a uv aanii( ui inw amy is adaa reay,ifor Fiance fot L .. ,'j. T.-. .. '1 mw .wmwuieiatevRiei vKl paM.Nieraenct, "wno amnai ,oa tonat- iU mm t4 the W TT -, - rr -w- - , j. r . 'armyovet the headt the Kaiser us the threat of tha deathblow If ho docs not yield the full measuro of self-government to his subjects will accomplish our mili tary and political purposes simultaneously. ORGANIZERS AT THE FRONT UrOli tho present, "tho front" N nt Washington. The great organizers of the country have responded promptly to the mil of tho Government for their services, which will be the most Important for somo months to come nt all the many endcavo?s that will conveige towitul tho common cause of winning the war. It Is said that every man In tho trenches must be served by four men not In action. The fighting line is tho thin end of a wedge which widens out from the front to headquarters. That wedgo continues to widen out straight back to tho factories and farms of the nation. Eventually wo see that each man nt the front Is served by twenty or more workers. This Is a war of organization. The light ing forces of the modern nation nic not the detached armies of old, which today wc would call mero punitive expeditions. Twenty years of war against Nnpolcon did not produce as much economic, social and Industrial change In England ns a few months of tho picsent conlllct pio duced there. AVe cannot stop at easy-going self-con-gratulatlon that the Administration has promptly appealed to n number of the greatest manufacturing and financial or ganizers In the country and that they have come to tho Government's aid, There must be lino ollicers as well as field marshals in the organizing army at the capital. The co-operation of hundreds of leaders right heio In Pennsylvania should be offered to the liovcrnmcnt. Tha restriction of profits upon steel, the preference promised the (lovernment In delivery of supplies, the mobilization of department store buyers for the service of tho Government,' Involving the piepara tlon of a system of purchase and lnspec' tloji that can be of Inestimable volue these uie some of tho main lines of tho program. IJut the working out of Uio details cannot be left to a few big men. For this woik there are many of military age who can j-erve the country at homo better than nt tho front. BUILD UP THE HEALTH OF OUK INDUSTRIAL SOLDIERY THE reforms which have moved at snail's pace in Philadelphia are to 'bo caught up by the whlilwind of changu that Is doing far mightier things In the world. Tho sooner we recognize this fnct the better. They aio not detached, local reforms, to be shoved aside for the passing of tho war chariot of progress. They aie themselves part of the piogress of America's constructive war. Stamping out of dope Is national. Sani tation fiom cleaning stteets to destroy ing the breeding places of flies and mos quitoes Is national. These ate war measures, for. In modern war. the whole population lights. Philadelphia will simply give its full share to the national cause In preventing disease and piotect lng Its weaker folk fiom drugs and other uncleanness. "We must build up and strengthen the physique of our Industrial soldiers. THE NEW PAN-AMERICANISM B Y CUBA'S and Panama's espousal of our causo against Germany, Pan- Americanism achieves a lustrous tilumph. Added protection for the canul and rotable strategic assets in the AVest Indies are, of course, immediate material gains, but the leal meaning of this Latin-American action lies far deeper than even Its military and naval advantages. We behold at last a glorious Ideal, In tensely typical of the New World's eieed of liberty, on the point of tangible realiza tion. We know now thut Pan-Americanism is no mere llgment of romantic fancy. It has pioduced rich fruit In a league of freedom, a willing partneishlp quick to defend thoso concepts of civili zation born In our Western Hemisphere and ever jealously nurtured here. The imminent entry of Brazil into the conflict still further attests how the gos pel of true Americanism has spread. Tho New World has now a singleness ofepur pose slgnlilcantly evident to tho eyes of tyranny. The United States of a freo Europe sounds ominous in Prussian ears, tut Berlin rejoices that such a league Is as yet only a product of the Uherallst imagination. The United States of All the Americas Is fast becoming a tre mendous fact. Furthermore, this greut liberalizing force Is based not so much on the narrow, one-sided construction of the Monroe Doc trine, involving our peiformanco of the somewhat patronizing rolo of the piotect Ing big brother of weak, restless nation alities, as on a principle of manly co operation. Cuban and Panaman senti ments and those now prevailing in Brazil certainly demonstrate 'that fear of any thing like a United States protectorate over certain 80Uthern'l.atIn lands Is rap Idly becoming archaic. Our sense of honorable partnership with South America was convincingly shown in our Joint efforts with the en tirely adult A. B. C. Powers to solve the Mexican problem. In the bloom of Pan Americanism there Is no longer the chance forjhat "certain condescension in foreigners" of which Lowell, icferring to Europe, complained. Our South American diplomacy has not always been considerate or expert, and Afonroe'a doctrine, out of which Pan Americanism grew,, was sometimes an irrltani to sensitive Latin peoples. But lu la,tr and. more generous development Tiaa nroauoed the miracle of snon'tnnenn. 'allies. whoe chfef cause for entering the inrMf fP; puiMdeale-of liberty. "I" -"?" f ' PMi, Tha reaoajii mmmUw a t''j. m. Mt( rlnandvrbUei' traliled m i I I "' lefaWmmn 1Jk'l7-!W'' ON LABOR UNIONS British Organizations Arc Lib eralized and Join in Na tional Defense Uy GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Hl'iclat t'ortrsi'oiirtcitl of Uvtnlna J.'datr LONDON, March 15, TJiEFOIlE the American Federation of J- Irftbor pledged Its mippuit to tho Gov ernment In tho crisis of our International affairs I Imd been asked many times by EngllKlimcti what American labor would do In case the country went lo war. A gient many people over here hie under the lm pie.ilon that th labor situation In the I'nlted States Is terribly nerloU" and that i( sort of revolution inny break out nt any time. The safest answer lo their questions was that tho American labor unionist would probably do pierlsely what tho British trades unionist did. As a. matter of fact, that Is what has happened. The trmles unlont of Great Britain gave their support lo the nation In time of war and asked, In ri tin n, thai their own rights should be propet ly safegu.-uded, There Is a small percentage of the (polit ical) lnboi party which as parlllM and Is now for "peace by negotiation" They urn Influential and their leaileis are men o( brllllanee, but they do not wpress the feel ings of tile tank and file. Among tho trades unions the sentiment for prosecuting thb war to a letoilous finish has actually Increased within the latt ear and a half. The unions ore serious bodies, and they hae Intimate connections with study cir cles, educational associations and adult schools. They have been reading about the or and studying Its causes, and they aie sti oniier for It today than they ever were. Hut at the beginning It looked veiy much as If the unions would not sacrlllce any thing to the needs of tho nation. They had foiniht for Kcueiatlons' to win certain lights The reKtrlcted work to properly qualified workers, men who had passed through apprcntlreohlp They denied women the right lo entei Into pecilled trades; they Kept wages up. and they hud methods of icstrlctlng output no that the employer was not tempted to cut down the rates. They also watched Jealously the Introduction of labor-saving devices. Ill some trades the steel trades ine an ex ample) the workers captured the new ma chinery. In others they kept It out. Hut whatever the results have been, they hail been of benefit lo the trado unionist. His standard of living had been kept up to the level which his union bad decided was the least on which a man could live decently. Frequently he managed to live even better. A Temporising Agreement Then the vvnr came, and there were two things to lie done Men hud lo be telcued many volunteered At the same lime production In all the essential trades had not only to bo kept up, but Increased ten and a hundred times There were not enouRh union men to be hud There was :i supply of labor, hitherto forbidden. In the young, semiskilled, or women workers. It was up to the unions to decide The decision they took Is embodied In the agreement made between the Government (through the department then In control of munitions) and the Amalgamated Socioty of Knglncers. (This Is by far the strongest single body.) The agreement made by them hm been extended to nil union work and essentially It promises the workers that, when pence comes, everything will be Just as It was before the war The promise, If taken literally, means that the new, labor-paving machlnei will be tin own out of the window; the semiskilled workers who have become experts will bo demoted to the tank of apprentices again; the women will be turned out. If prc.Sed to Its logical conclusion It would niclr that the won derful' new factory 1J. Mings would be abandoned Irr favor "? the dingy. Ill adapted shops of foi iner days. I have talked to friends of labor and to some of labor's responsible leaders, and to employers, and everywhere the some thing is true. Theie Isn't the slightest Intention of pressing tho A. H. K. agree ment home. What the workers want and what the employers are generally willing to Ubsure them. Is a standard of working and a standard of living not less than that of befoie the war. The changes which labor has seen taking place are enormous, as the whole world knows by this time. But there have been other changes beside those in the plant and buildings and machines. The process of "dilution" has had stiango effects. The wonl, to which most people object strenu ously, means woiklng In non-union labor with the union elements, getting women Into the (.hops and having them taught by the union men, and putting boys lu the place of men (It lor the army, or adding alt these elements to the whole working force In order to Increase production. The union man has seen how capably other people take his place. He has seen the formation of some thing like unions among the women who have displaced him. The unions flatly de manded, at the beginning, that a woman who takes a man's place should get his wages. In return for that, the women ara prepared to play fair and to give up their places "when the boys come home." Changed Attitude Toward Labor In a few unions there .has been trouble. I have been told that there Is a great deal of resentment at the front against a few labor leaders who have taken this opportunity to keep their hours of work down and have hampered the work of the soldiers by limiting output. My own ex perience has been that everybody Is grate fully Biirprlced at tho generous attitude of labor. There has been very little holding back, and many skilled workers have had to be snatched from the army, after tbey had volunteered, because their efforts were more fruitful at home. So that the attitude toward labor after the war will probably be a little more kindly than that, before laud the trades unions will not suffer for the sacrifices they have made. There are straws In the wind which point to a real co-operation between employers and employes. A short time ago the fltst conference between capital and labor, called without the suggestion or the Interference of the Government, was held and came to amicable decisions. All the federations of Industry are putting out their best efforts-to discover a basis ,on which labor nnd capital can live and one which vvlll recompense labor for the things which they vvlll have to give up after the war. tt Is certain that restriction of out put 'will go by the board for many years after the war because the nation will not be able lo afford It. There are Indications of a fight, as well. Certain employers feel that this Is the great opportunity for smiting the unions, and they are demanding what they call the "un limited right of contract" which simply means that the unions are not to be rec ognized by law as having any right to treat for their members. The nonunion labor Is at hand; new procosse- have been Installed and new machinery. Many of the old work ers vvlll not return to their work. In airy case, because the new life In the open and contact with men from overseas will lead them to emigrate,- And all these conditions are Just what the antl-unlon employer wants for his chance to puf a knife Into unlonlim, It is Impossible to predict on the evidence now at hand because so much Is still hidden. But the men who are In a position to know are saying freely that the general outlook is the best that labor ever had. and there will be no niggardllne; In repaying the debt which the country owes to the labor unions There will probably be some frla. tlon while the adjustment to new conditions Is being made, There are certain to be a few holdouts .among employers and a few out-and-outers among radical labor leaders. But In the great majority of cases the trades unions will win back more rights than they had, and the position of the worker In Britain will be , immeasurably Improved. For one thing, ho has proved himself ao necessary tq the' State that thff old anobbfah aontewpt for, hlwhae one forever -JeVe th wtV"-l,v" tteaUrvi, W)II t:?mES"2K - : 5 ' ,T- '3r,uy T6nisDily a Cblurtin 1 K OtKJL 'hhisttjuru 1: Asr un J unlKcd out n the counti) Anil nit iro.t colt ami nrny Hut xurlrlcntv a litttc hint Jlconn to nina avay Why do inu stnn f asked him And thus he .teemed to say 1 do not know the ,rca.mn I am a simple thinn I only know thlt tcaion It ft my time to siny I walked n little further The fields were blown and dead Hut suddenly a violet Jlaiscd up its little head Why do you prow I asked it And thii ft what it said 1 cannot tell the trnton really do not know I only know thii season It it my time to yiow I met some little childien As happy as could he And they were walking homeward from Hunday school you see Said I why are yon happy And thus they spoke to wc Thli is the happy season 'or .Son om now has fled llecausn our Lord it rltca At ilsen from the dead I went my wayiejolcinp How kind our Lord and Kiny To Htr ayain at Vaster Which alwayi comci in xpiiny When violets ore fiinirliiy And of; (ft licgin to slny So hall the happy teason When all our y riffs arc dead Hccauic our Lord ft rftcn Is risen fiom the dead. "Bombardment of Reims? Itocne!" (From letter from our own Henri llazlii.) " ' ' And lu the hope you may not be unwilling lo look Into the past and see again the beginning of something that bus never really stopped, I Inclose a couple of paragraph! that appear dally in our papers. Willi the' difference of hour and quantity of shell, they nte as regular as the break of day. Perhaps jou may think them wor thy of at least an editorial paragraph: I.M H O M II A It I) K- LU II O ,I H A It I) K MKNT DKRKIMS II HNT DICHUIMS I.e Courrler de la I.e Courrler de la Champagne annonce f'hampagne annouce Q,ue samedl, entre que lundl matin, en quatre heures trente tre 9 et 10 heures, et cinq heures ttenle ISO ohu ont ete du matin, 154 obus, lances sur Jteims. et dlmanche. vers J Irols heures dlx du matin, sept obus sont I tombes sur Helms. In translation, they lead: "The Courrler de la Champagne an nounces that Saturday between 4:30 and 5:110 Irr the morning, U,4 shells fell upon Helms, and on Sunday, 7 shells about 3:10 a. m." "The Courrler de la Champagne on nounces that on Monday morning between 9 & 10, ISO shells were thrown upon Helms." "GKKMA.V WITIKirr TKAKN," An Klemen- A tarr Herman Heading Hook. Adapted lioni the hrench of Lady Bell by A. H. Hutchinson. Illustrated. Longmans, t.reen Co.'e Met. Volumes of comment might be built upon those Hrst three words, and the most forceful of all would be "adapted from tho French" on the line of the Ger man retteat. Put several grains of salt upon that Gorman sailor's story of the scanty and unpalatable food aboard the Kaiser's ships. Sailors are jtorlous grumblers. Our father-in-law, who was master of a sailing ship at twenty nnd who followed the sea for u quarter of a century, always pronounced nt table this .secondary grace, "Eat hearty and give the ship a good name." Mother Goosesteps (In the march of the H. O. I,.) There v is a man in our town And he was wondrous wise, He cleared the bramhlcs from his lot And sowed potatoes' eyes. And when he saw them shoot and sprout He worked u-ith might and main Soon jumped into the moneyed "push" 'or Iic'rf wiadc quite a gain. IV. UP. "Aichlc Roosevelt Is engaged," sas a newspaper headline. And the militant Colonel is anxious to be. Shooting Pains? The deceased was almost eighty years of age, and was 111 hut a short time prior to his demise. Kidney trouble, with deadly accuracy, hastily terminated a useful life. Stroudsburg Times. 77 B TIMHS ARC PERILOUS. The times are perilous and one Incurs Some dire disaster when he dares ap praise The number of the years that may be hers. The times are perilous She may have lived In ante-bellum days, Hcen kissed by Lafayette; her lovely furs Combined with shortened skirts serve but to rais,c Our curiosity, and act as spurs; Hut be she maid or grandma age dis plays To distant vieto no sign, so ana infers The times are; perilous. 1 T.V. MURRAY. A small blotter has been lying upon our desk for several weeks, 'advertising a man who deals in produce market reports nt 133 South Second street. "K. T. Garllck," It says. We prefer leeks In the spring,' .IN OLD TIMES the aun was wont to dance on Easter morning. There ore men till living In Ireland who will tell you they have seen It, and Lieutenant Gov ernor Frank McClain says his own father used to rouse him and his brother and sisters out of bed before dawn to watch for the phenomenon. The I.t. Gov, doesn't recall now whether the sun ever dd dance In his presence, "but," nt he, "any of father's sons. wou)d have done so, If ,he dared to deny the ralra,cle.'' An Used, to. bear tel!otV". 4fatd& ml v'V3aafal 'ZJ&l;tyg'-"m raWrflrallllllH' ' ' K 'M AmM,B ssMLaH mil icy KiriiA17 r nil IN k nil I WW , mlL. 'j. V W ? " !:'.V.. "'- -... "'"-p.T-i-... Ai v'4',': -"... "" SBr? .. ft ';;tj THE COUNTRY RELIES THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE m An Appreciation of Mr. Daly's Poem A Socialist's Views on Conscripts and Volunteers "A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM" To the Kilitor of the Kvcnlny Ledger; Sir It there's any patriotism lu Jou at all It's bound to come to the surface after reading "Klag o' My Land." Torn Daly's stirring poem, which appeared in tho Evening I.kdoer on Saturday. In many of the lines there Is a wholo chapter of history. The message of righteousness Irr the colors, for Instance, Is told In the line "Blending your folds with the dawrr irr the sky." Tho duty of every real patriot Is pointed out In the sentence. "Whither you beckon me there will I go." Fortunately, thousands of red-blooded American men have already obeyed this call of the flag. There lire many pampered youths In our mldt, how ever, who should try lo realize what this line really means. If they grasped Its sig nificance" perhaps there would bo better business at the recruiting stations. And those from other shores who have become prosperous through opportunities offered In the land of liberty would do well to dwell on the line, "t'nto no other allegiance I owe." This should be the attitude of every one who enjoys life under the protection of Uncle Sam "Take us and make us your patriot band" is the offer made In this song of loyalty. How many vvlll stand by this offer? Others who read this poem agreed that it would be an Ideal national anthem. It breathes the spirit of peace and Justice with the warning that right must prevail even at the cost of conflict, Although I would not be accepted for en listment for the teason that I am beyond the limit, nevertheless, I felt like reaching for my gun after reading the inspiring lines and icportlng to the first military station. Following the poem I saw a note lo the effect that the author gave the words to Albert Dooner, who offered to set the thoughts to music. Now, let us hope that Mr. Hooner Is a doer, and, should he take up the task of supplying the harmony with the same spirit In which the poem was written, thero Is every reason to believe that It will succeed the "Star Spangled Banner" Why not publish this toaly poem dallv until we shall havo our proper quota of recruits from Philadelphia? AN OBSKJU'EH.. Philadelphia, April 8. EQUITABLE TAXATION I'o the r.ditor of the Evening Ledger: Sir There Is one paragraph In the President's address to Congress that Is very Important, but one that I fear vvlll not re ceive much attention from the general pub lic. In It the President emphasizes his desire that the costs of war should be raised, "In so far ss may be equitable," by the method of taxation rather than by the method of Issuing bonds. To many citizens, even some of those who have given tome attention to ques tions of government, this looks like an Im possible proposition, and It assuredly will remain so, if we do not remodel our taxa tion system,, and along lines heretofore un considered, , The Caesar of government must net down (or up) to first principles, it must apply, the same moral code to Its own acts as It applies to Its own citizens. It must be prepared to exist by taking, and only taking, such values as belong to It, and. to which It can show a Just title. The thing which belongs to government the rental value of land has Its origin and Its continuance In the growth of popu lation and the amount of Intelligence, pro grseslveness and expenditure It displays In carrying forward the processes of produc tion and catering to the comfort and well, being of Its citizens. When government takes the entire rental value of land It will no't only take what Justly and morally be longs to It but because It Is absolutely essential that It should be taken, f the unalienable rights of its cltliens to Hfe liberty apd the pursuit of happiness i to be .conserved and perpetuated. Should the President use his great Influ ence to bring the tvyln principles of Justice and morality Into the taxation problem and thus take Prt in the opening up and re storatlon to the people of their herltago of earth from which they have for ages been excluded the name of Woodrow Wilson will go down Into history as the Great Rmaacipaior, noi oi , tow minion tollers taela a chatUls. but U all the.husy m UlU-f the werW-slave. iiSS it ,r" ' ""tierft- v ,( t v1 , -, " --'s: Mr ON THE NAVY; THE NAVY RELIES .ON YOU! the Liberator who made men free by making land (the leservolr of human sus tenance) free. The President who so deservedly enjoys the confidence and respect of the electorate, can bring, or help to bring, all this about not by tho exeicise of might or unreason, but by the exaltation of morality as a gov ernment requisite and the enthronement of justlco as a government foundation. OLIVHR M'KNIGHT. Philadelphia, April 5. COMPULSORY SERVICE To the Kdllor of the Evening Ledger: Kir Now that wc aie otllclally at war with the Hohenzolleins and Prussian junk eidom, It lehboves nil patriotic citizens to prove their sincerity by prompt enlistment. Austialla and Canada, for Jhree years at war with tleimany, have done very well without conscription. Why, then, should the I'nlted States, ab solutely free from all danger of Invasion, lesort to the obnoxious system of filling the ranks by compulsory service? If only ten per cent of the millions who ifor more than two years have kept the coun try In turmoil by loud, bellicose mouthlngs. biass bands and preparedness marches were to prove their leal worth by enlisting, we would muster In a patriotic, ardent, willing army a million stiong within thirty days, I'n-Amerlcan, Prussian-like conscription vvlll give us an army of lcluctant. dis gruntled, perhaps conscientious pacifists, whom It would be both unfair and Imprac ticable to draft to the colors, while the pro war shoutcrs would be shunning the duties which their conduct had Imposed upon them. Before resorting to conscription, a refer endum vote of the nation, like that taken by the Australians, should be the Immediate step of the national as well as1 State Gov ernments. A PATRIOTIC SOCIALIST. Philadelphia, April 7. 'THE SHOESTRING REPUBLIC Chill Is as long as from New York to Sail Francisco and as narrow as Lake Uriel Truly n "shoestring republic." She Is squeezed tightly between tho mountain range and the coast. Her cities look up to the hills and down to the sea, with, as Ar thur Iluhl puts It, "the Andes banging like a beautiful drop curtain at the eastern end of every street." Chill contains twenty-four provinces, and the largest piovince Is big enough to hold all 1'ennsMvanla, Vermont, lthode Island and Massachusetts. The Chl.lans are the Yankees of South America, aggressive, keen, nuking fortunes from nitrate, erecting a chain of wireless 'stations from the near-tropcal north tip ofthe Chilian shoestring to tho Antarctic south tip. ond preparing for Panama trade by expending $12,000,000 on port and dock Improvements. Chill Is elbowing her way In among the most forwardpushlng nations of the twentieth century. World's Outlook "JOHN BROWN'S BODY" cni-o iiowe nun, author of "The tory of the Battle Hymn of the Hepubllc" fcently answered an Inquiry about the Wn n ISTJI ?L,.he.."B"M! "J'""' of riuience Howe lu . author ,.t St rec orlgl tho Hepubllc' (or John Brown's linrtv o- It was culled. Tho tune, she says, "orlgl nally a camp-meetlng hymn, was adapted to a marching song by the barulmaitcr of Col. Hetcher Webster's regiment (Twelfth Massachusetts Volunteers) eaily l . summer of 1H61. The soldiers practiced it ? thelpdr,llls at rt WanW In Boston Harbor before starting for the front. It was afterward revised by a military band This Information was furnished me by he late Franklin B. Sanborn. It should be noted that Colonel Webster was the son of Daniel Webster." r THIS SPRING, 1917. 1 met Spring tripping o'er the land' in brand-new Kaater bonnet, Her rklrt ten Inches from the ground ' As In New York. And on It Were several kinds of flowers and thln Unlike she's worn other Springs. ' ' Great dewdrops flam'd upon her hands At first I thought them Jewels, But saw some fall nnd brighten un Large, lazy-surfaced pools! While she unclaap'd her bag of blue From which came mlst-o'-hllls, 'tu'true.1 Her Dorlne open'd In her hand. As tho' to. powder, Listen I She yellowed pussy willow buds Which 'til today did glisten ' i In shining coats of sliver fur And marigolds smtl'd up at her! Oh. Spring ibis year. Is fashionable And wsars her clothes a Paris '?". wh'e. PWk the tuiiis hi...u n it weum ,haye her, tarry , 1 ' Far .:.w . -?--t 7. wx iT -nr.-""""" f vtelts SSL' - MMsaaUiiTiiii nimrii irmtiaaaT ur S.-JSi What Do You Know? QUIZ How were American uarehtp In the AW '" f I'ljelne notified at once el r ..........,, , i,r mm ierm.iny7 the Tolled .Stui?. .unie II. Uliut nnd where In Sun Lute l'ototl? Mho was I'reolilent of lie fnlleil State diirlnit the war with Mrlro? i What It meant liy "frHnklnc" lelten? I It cnrreit lo ay "an European war"? What were the Crntmlen? Where la (he Jlyallc River? What Is Massafrna? Nil me (lie principal city of the MImIiiImI I nine;, y: Answers to Saturday's Quiz .Men "etween nineteen nnd twenty-llre )fan i.h"i'. i ". ' for the fort Nni,BiiW',,,"rl,,,f '.ennellcii(. who dltd h ,!.'. J '""Pi""1 ,hp. .P' mmnrriwsilw, popular dictionary of (he Kncll.h lantuan. UolBnllm ("die. place of (he skull") 14 Ida Bill near 4rruxnlem upon which thrill Know"" ' ,tM "Uct lori,tl"' ' " t"V.ni,.,,'l7i,ln iU '" 'l,rln Korelen Mia !.V. f"" '" rewtea to maklni a inoie for a peace conference. ""M.i!,nr"r n"..1" .American natal itn lil'in "im" wlth trnnee. Kntland .LV2.'. '"" ""; .Admiral """M Dim !in.iV? " on, oMMa eonntry'a moil die tlncuUhed nuial orTlcera In the I'lvll War. 1 r.?i0rb?"1"'.. '" .'! .""Iverally founded la Knf.Lei'i' t1". "'Irl'entli century br Koliert de Sorlionne. .loeph Hajcln. who illeil In 18.09, Val a ;!!!!i '.'.'.".'Wr.- Tl1"' ""' i "oinilf n'-a"' "Itli Hie Ions "I" V"..,i,enj".,!ir ""J."" ' "'' t I" "'n woinlt of time," l',,r1i !" " "'".nt' the rout nf which li rouKtrd, sroiind and mltrd with coffee. The anil-llotne Kule illatrlrt of Ireland ll !.ih!l ? f,w mantles In Hater. In the War and Christianity e'l, n" K-'H Jt was Cardinal Olbbom, or Baltimore, who recently replied to tht assertion of President Umerltus Kllot, of Harvard, that the war had proved Christl anlty a failure. Cardinal Gibbons pointed, out the great strides made In military medical work as giving the present war a humane touch unknown in previous wart, a vlitue which the war possesses 'In spit "f Its horror and magnitude, (b) It Is trua that lu tho Civil War more I'nlted State' soldiers died of dlseabe than In battle. In lound numbers 225.000 died of dlseait. Bi.niio were killed In battle. 43,000 died of wounds and thero wcic 25,000 unclanl (led dead, (o) Authentic statistics for deaths from various causes In tho present war will not be available until hostilities cease. "Casus Belli" 1, C. "Casus belli" means "grounds for w ar." Our Largest Army T. Y Jr. The largest army ever as sembled In the new world In one city vrm at the close of the war when, It la eat mated, nearly 150,000 United States troopt, under General Oram, marched In rev-jew be fore President Johnson In Washington. Tht parade was led by General Meade, the Army- of the Potomac (80,000 men), tht Army of Tennessee (Sfi.OOO men) and tht Army of Georgia (33,000 men) taking part The review was held May 23 and Si, 1S6S. "Reading Homer" J. K. L. "Heading .Into Home, Homer never knew" Is a wav of i neAwhat yj Ing the meaning of Inaccurate traf, itlon 'J or misconstruction, ' ft Liliuokalani A. D. Queen LUIiiokalnnl u-na dethroned .-I as ruler of Hawaii In a -revolution In lltl. ft Dearth of Labor A. K. II. A bulletin Just Issued by thti State Department of Labor says that fronul March 1, 1016, to tha end of January. 1917tJ there wan a total of 18.881 places awaltlntvJ workers who could not be supplied, fl "There was. an excess of applications, 'o''"l work .as compared .with the number of JeMvl offered, up to and Including Februryv.J 1S1B," ine statement reaas. "Since the open'; Ing of the spring quarter lu 19IS there isvsi been more jobs offered than workers T"& teredo "Thls-excess was tJOO In (he spring qusrrJ ter of Hit. 6600 in the summer quarter ana 6600 In the autumn quarter. The djmaoe for female faetory hrorkerf. which ye , noticeable In December,. J918, was eves more pronounced In January. HIT. Domf1 tlo and persops.1. service Jed 'ln, cells '1K l.I. .! Ik, uullliuia'ailul Tf I i 1 1 ' 71 licip n ".rcMweMw, ,"f evwi BIS JSW.Z'1JL :.
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