Vw."("fi 1".U.. ft ,'A- l; -'l4j r.5rr? ' v '" 4 ' M r r. EVENING LEDEKr-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, MAY 7 19l7 rtjV M fcl t Srt SW-a .? WXIM L8w T'. ;&' V'iT ' v ft i 4 ' D v r f' fes ii k V a k w ty- mt Bt-a. . - RL' . J! wA - 4 Ue&gpr l' . .i" PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY .f emus il k. cunTifl. phiiuh i.,LCJrlj ir. Ludlntton, Vlea rreelaentl John "l?,rtl!'.8Mr',")r n"l Treasurer! l'hHIp R, . BJSfllna. John II. Wlltlama. Jnhn J. Rmif-Men. ),F. H. whaley, Directors. . V editorial noxnni ' V' Crc If. K. CoKTll. Chairman. V " . WltALilSY ....Editor 7? "fOKN C. MATtTlN. .General Business Manacer mng -'51 ' 'Published dllr t Poumo I.xraia nulldlnc. V .," Independence Square, Philadelphia. !!. i' V,w" sti.. . . uroaei ana Chentnut Mreete i'v. Atlantic Cut fi-e. rnin,, n,in.n,. Atlantic Cut. i-i1' ,C"" ia, uu aiei St ,;'' DsraoiT 40: ft?.' ', !? Loun 09 Olobe-De Ur . 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M TA1.MIT KEYSTOM'.MAIN JC09 90 AUdiei all communication to Evening Ltaotr, lrdevtndence Sauare, rhlladelphla. istuid at TnB rnit.AMLrniA rnvrornca as iicoincuti mail iiatte. tiie AvnrtAtu: net paid daily cm culatio.v or Tin: evenino i.edoeii 1011 AI'KII. WAH 118,037 rhll.d.lpbll. MonJ.r. Mi; 7, 1117 June roses will not be an wulcotnc Early Rose potatoes. Coal will be increased forty cents ,a ton. The only thing not Rolnc up is tlio, Darby I It is no idlo Jest to predict that the proposed employment of slnslo women as ear conductors In Cleveland will brlnv forth many rings. Persia, inspired by Russia's exam ple, wants to be a tepubllc too. The "dust of empires" seems to spread tho con tagion of revolt as rapidly as the dust Of Philadelphia spreads disease. No vacationist with a bont for travel will have to bo urged to "seo America first" this fcummcr. Tho sub marines have won a complcto victory for the home-tourist propaganda. It was perfectly consistent with Marshal Joffre's character thut the great French general should havo waited his turn In a Chicago barber shop tho other day. AVultlng for tho light tlmo to move la hia specialty. It was this policy that Won tho Marnc. Now wo know. Doctor KIrtli, ad dressing tho New Jersey Osteopathic As sociation, dec'ares that human beings absorb with meat the characteristics of the animal consumed, "and Iho Prussians have always been partial to pigs' knuckles ahd sausage." Sausage and beer, ho ays, produco savagery. Truly a terrible arraignment of the pig. Insurance conditions which permit a young clerk to own and mislay two big office buildings during manipulations of the Pittsburgh Llfo and Trust Company, Involving tho uso of nn ofllco "dummy," call for more than temporary remedies. A drastic revision of tho State insuranco laws was on the program of tho Legis lature at Ifarrlsburg, where most of the needed reforms remain. Of tho flvo ploys to bo featured In the forthcoming Masque of American Drama to be given next week at the University of Pennsylvania, it is note worthy that three of them, "Tho Prince of Parthla," "The Gladiator" and "Fran cesca da Rlmlnl" aro of Philadelphia origin. New York is tho theatrical cap ital now, but much of the history of tho American stage, from Thomas Godfrey to Langdon Mitchell, Is Inscribed in tho annals of our own city. A bill has been introduced in liar riaburg to permit building and loan asso ciations to Invest funds in wnr loans. The stability and prosperity of Philadelphia have been duo In largo measure to its aarly establishment of such associations and savings funds. The purpose of a building and loan association is to main tain a fund for tho building of homes and not for speculation of any sort. A crisis might arise when patriotism would re quire even these associations to aid the Government; but there is no such crisis now, and wo regard with apprehension the proposed legislation. It ought not to ,x- '! . mh nnd If tt Rhoulil rtass thn Governor tTj'vS' VnuM rntr U JkjjSafaould veto It Ths sentiment of rovence which i"T H'aBOved us exactly two years ago today, :'"when the Lusltanla went down, is now replaced by something vastly nobler, by Vj3 I ' ot idealism, by an espousal of, tho f'i'MLdlant. cause 01 aemocracy inai iimKes itry into war supremely Justified. e has not auuea our sorrow over most dastardly of Germany's sea ers. but Jt has given us a sense of rtlon which many of us lacked tho outrage was committed. We not so proud of having "avenged tho ne" now as of having freed Cuba, .Jktid today, happily, "avenging" the Lusl- fe ialails not the burden of our thoughts. , la the hope of world democracy which ' thrills us, A number of societies and assocla are petitioning the Government to i, grain by enforcing war prohibition. i watting lor that possibly necessary sure they can prove their good faith jalaxlgirig their memberships to refrain if drinking. Liquor that lo not de- will not be made. The move- Will progress just so far and so "MvarloM j communities see the '(,Mwn, ooMU 2m w. .a;v v but would also tend to divert slowly a number of distillers' employes to other Industries so that if prohibition is neces sary it wilt not como too suddenly and leave many thousands of workers Idle and unablo to support tholr families, THE COMMON CAUSE TIIKKK still aro German troops nearer v iiin iiiiiii ew xorK'is io i-niia dclphla. l'or thlrty-thrco months the man-power of l'ranco 8,000,000 at tho most at tho beginning has stood them off. Count out tho nged, the defective, tho farm and Industrial workers, tho sailors, tho forces on tho Salonlca front, mid there could havo been not many more than five, possibly six, millions fit to take their turn In tho fiery ring of Invasion. In one thousnnd days of fighting along hundreds of miles of zigzagging tronches tho Germans had to kill or malm but two or thrco thousand Frenchmen every day, six or ovcn hundred casualties for every hundred miles, to take one-half tho republic's man-power. Youth had to bear tho brunt, and whllo many older married men hao perished, It Is unhap pily no exaggeration to say that fully one third of tho youth and hopo of tho Franco of this generation urn dead. Frenchmen pctlahcd nt tho rato of many more than two thousand a day during tho gieat retreat of August, 1911; tho bat- llo of the Mnrnu In tho next month, nt Verdun and in tho various nffonslos. Tho heatt tcliels and dates not credit tho fearful figures which tho mind sees but too cli-arly. And now tho boys aro being called out, bojs little more than children. A million and more French girls who would hao been married In tho last two years to youths now gono may marry, but If they do they must bo tho brides of thoso of their taco much younger than themselves or clso of foreigners. When Marshal Joffro Journeyed from tho capital to Chicago ho went nlno times tho distance that scparatos Paris from her foe Ho went past and through great States more than one of which alone. In wealth and men. Is almost as rich as all France Is today. And still ho had crossed only ono corner of tho country. As ho went through our teeming cities, amid tho roar of dense, enthusiastic crowds, he may havo thought: "Hero Is Franco, forty eight times duplicated. Hero is tho Re public, forty-eight times stronger," Tho Rrltlsh commissioners have ndded their requests to those of Joffro that an expeditionary forco bo sent. It Is said that a regiment of Pennsylvania engineers will soon bo on Its way abroad. Many think that "tho great test" of American sympathy with tho torn ranks of thoso fighting tho barbarous cruelty and Intol erable tyranny of nn Imperial government gono mad will como when our thousands begin to take the places of weary French boys In tho line, but wo do not agree. Fifty thouband Americans havo volun teeicd for tho army In a month In which very llttlo nttempt was mado to get re cruits and when wholesale volunteering was discouraged. Ten times that number would havo volunteered If It had not been necessary to slow up volunteering In order to provide for tho selectlvo draft, which proved to bo overwhelmingly popular. Wherever Joffte goes he receives ova tions. If the people do not mean it, why do they shout? As ho says himself, It Is not tho man they cheer, but the Idea tho idea that Franco and America mean liberty and democracy and will fight for these causes until tho end. Jotlro did not make himself a democrat. Four generations of men who were always ready to die for democracy have mado him a democrat, and If that fifth genera tion which now Is leaving Its school books to face tho world tyrant Is struck down, it Is from our soil and from no other that will spring tho battalions which must complete the work of Washington, of Lincoln and of Joffro. AMERICAN METHODS GOCTIIALS and efficiency nro syno nyms. Tho great builder la to have rfhips of wood, or any kind of ships that can bo got, -but his mind is firmly fixed, nevertheless, on steel vessels. Wo may as well break tho blockade with craft that can bo used nfter the war as with boats that would go to cemeteries. Nor nro wo dedicated to the principle that tho way to beat tho submarlno is to satlalo It with prey. Wo are going into the pirates' nest sooner or later and do a llttlo cleaning up on our own account. A WEEK'S WAR ON DISEASE IT IS not necessary to calculate how many germs there will bo In every ton of dirt and debris that In this greatest of all Clean-up Weeks, beginning today. Philadelphia will cast off. Wo do not always know Just how dirt transmits to us certain diseases. But we do know that In comparatively clean countries tho death rate is one-half and one-third that of dlrt-rldden Russia. The results should be enough to convince us of the neces sity of precaution. This fifth annual Clean-up Is all Im portant, because we cannot let one ounce of energy go out of our community to the hospital or to the cemetery. We need every ounce to make munitions and pre pare all the other paraphernalia of war that Philadelphia, workshop of the world, is giving and Will give In heaping meas ure. What urges us on In this crusade Is not mere fear of Infantile paralysis, but a sense of pride as well. Wo know or should know how Important a part the city is playing In the world conflict. This, the ninth city In the world in peo ple, ranks higher than ninth In output. Jt Is a crime to mutilate the flag. What itt It ware ,a crlmo to hang,s,flag in front fm - 'teM ""ivl il" - - ! Ti ' A GREAT FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY President Wilson's Declaration Reminded England What the War Is About She Had Forgotten , By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Slirclnl CorrMronilencc Evening Ledger LONDON, April 10. EXCEl'TIXO newspaper correspondence wo have no way of knowing, so far, how tho declaration of war has affected the United States. I do not supposo that the delirious happiness which camo oer us Americans hero lias been entirely paral leled nt home, becauao hero we nro con scious chiefly of tho great opportunity. Wo nro far enough nwny from the difficulties. In the first days after the declaration of war I think I nsslsted In breaking out as many as ten American flags from offices and npartments and shops whero Americans do their woik and havo their being. Lon don Is by no means star-spnngled even to this day, but t am told that the Lord Major Is going to follow tho French example nnd suRgcM the new decoration. Our flag has, of course, bfen run up hcreer the Allied collection Is being shown, nnd between tho acts nt tho music halls tho pictures of our leading men army nnd navy, politics and finance are being shown. Mr. Koosc elt Is getting a glad hunt), What pleases the thinking people mot of nil is tho declaration which President Wilson made and which Congress Indorsed. It almost seems ns If they could not he sure, until wo came In, that this war was a war for tho preservation of democracy. You could nlinost hear the sigh of relief tli.it went up One man .said to me- "Wo knew it thirty months ngo. Since then wo havo been too busy fighting. Somehow we Mopped thinking about the great thing we wero lighting for. And now you como In and say, "1'hls Is the object; this nnd no other!' It throws us back Into tho fresh, clean air of 1911. I:cuho mo If I sound sacrl'.i gious It restoreth our soul." Doubts of Britain Removed But beneath thlR great nnd serious rejoic ing I find a longing still unfulfilled. It Is that the I'nited States should recognize how fully and how faithfully Hritain Is fighting for this object Tho British correspondents letnarlt, occasionally, that Americans are moro convinced of the good faith and de mocracy of Russia and of Fiance than they are of the i-lnglo purpose of llrltaiti herself. I confess that I shared theso doubts, and I confess that I was happy to ioso them. My friends have written to tno that I am becoming pro-Ilrltlsh. I shall not deny It. Hec.iuso I am convinced that Hritain, with nil hur sins upon her he.id, Is funda mentally for democracy, for ficedom and for Justice She Is ns far from attaining theso ideals as any other nation. Hut she has never given up. Not even in this war. There is a terrlblo lust for admiring land nt the end of this war. Nine out of every ten men nnd women I have spoken to havo said the Mime thing. They want something. This Is what they want; their graveyard at Ualllpull Nothing else In neatly eight months I have never lieaid another desire mentioned. 1 havo never caught an under tone which would suggest that any ono In this country seriously piopo.scs to add to the Ilritlsli domains as a result of the war. I li.ivo heaid pcoplo say that It would be a good thing for Mesopotamia If Dm Uritlsh engineers who rcm.ido LgM't wero to go out there Hut tho samo people rather cordially welcome the Idea of an Arabian empire with France as the protecting genius. There Is little talk of capturing del man trade. The Jingoes who shouteJ nt tho beginning of tho war havo sobered up, They talk now of remodeling ISiltlxh In dustry, of establishing a capable ministry of commerce, of doing things for themselves, I do not know what the (lov eminent thinks. I do know that the Government of "after the war" will bo elected by the tieonlo whom I havo met and by millions lllie them. There' aro conservatives and reactionniles among them, to bo suro. There nro seltlsh Interests and private greeds. I!ut tho lountry is not an organized predatory Interest In previous articles I havo described tho feelings winch Ilrltons havo toward tho United States I did not daio to tell tho whole truth because, as tho old song goes, "you wouldn't bellevo me" I could hardly believe mjsclf. Wo am not considered a foreign country. A friend of mine has pointed out to mo tho atlases. Die almanacs nnd tho books which nre divided off Into threo Motions tho Ilritlsli Umpire, tho L'nlted States and "foreign countries." Mr. H. G. Wells lemlnds us that no American Is ever considered a foreigner here, although Ilrltons aro so considered in the United States. Wo aro held to bo tho greatest nation on earth by nine-tenths of tho liberals In this country. They Want Our Soldiers And now what do they want of us? Of course, there had to bo thoso who murmured their hope that tho United States would draw the svvord as well as the check book. When you consider that now, with great and terrible things In action on tho western front, there Is still a call for an other half million men, you can understand that thoso who are touched by this call and thoso who havo been touched deeper still by tho loss of their dear ones look upon us to share In tho work of tho nrmy. Uut these aio exceptions. Pcoplo hero havo grasped moro quickly than I had hoped tho fact that since we went to war In de fenso of democracy on tho high seas our battles should be there. They want our In genuity In ferreting out submarines and our faithfulness In sending supplies. Many of them think, as many Americans think, that it would bo a great good thing for all of us If at least a small army camo over soon. There was a smllo of Joy when tho Ger man communlquo made Its first mention of American airmen among tho enemy, and something Ilko a. cheer when the Lafayette squadron announced Its Intention of flying In American uniforms. Hut I havo yet to hoar a word which will Justify a sneer at Britain's desires from us. They havo ncccpted our Ideals In many things. Incidentally, I have Just received a clipping from a friend. It is from one of tho cheaper picture-papers, appealing to some 2,000,000 people with each Issue. It announces that the words "too proud to fight'' ure- the noblest words ever spoken. There's a change of heart, Indeed. They accept our Ideal of a league of honor, a league of nations, however formed, which will pledgo Itself to the peace of the world. And these uro the people, who, five years ago, were assuring each other that tho Uritlsh navy was the great guardian of peace for tho world and that nothing else mattered. It may bo Inevitable that any one who has enjoyed the courtesy and the kindness of Britons at home should want to defend them. I nm conscious of tho many things which are said ngalnst this people. I am not defending the mistakes of the past Dut if I may disregard the advice of Samuel Weller, Sr., and break into poetry I would like to quote the words of a poet, himself a radical critic of all that Is unclean and unwholesome In Uritlsh life. He is speak ing of two friends who answered the call only because there towered before their eyes; i ISnsland, an Immemorial cruaader, A sreat dream-atatua. aaatad and aarane. Who had mn much blood, and aona wbo b t rayed her, Dut 'till ahona out with handa and sarmants clean; Bummonlnc now with an Imptrloua menage To one laat fight that Uuropa ahould bo free. Whom thouKh It ueant a awl ft and bitter paeaage. They had to serve for aha served Liberty, It Is not an anawer. But It Is what theaa aole peneva .to bs'tfte truth. It'M WbeV Tom Daly's Column Tho Wish Oh, man of my heart, I have asked this of God. A little white house that faces the sun And yourself to be coming In from the field t When the day's work Is done. I have told It to God, the wish of my soul . Tho little white house at the butt of the hill. With n handful of land and some grass whero tho goat Could bo eating her fill. White walls and nasturtiums, the yellow nnd red Climbing upward to cling to tho straw of the thatch. And a Fpeeklcdy hen with a dozen flue eggs That's she's wishful to hatch. Tho two of us Dicre by the sldo of tho hearth And tho dark, lonely night creeping up to tho door. Your smllo nnd your handclasp ; oh! man of my heart I am asking no more. W. M. LETTS. e Tlin VOIcn said: "I called you to say that your story of the gentleman nt Wayne who lost nn Important part of his plpo reminds mo that I havo lost my pencil. i:h? Well, that reminded mo that I wouldn't bo nblo to wrlto out for you something clso It reminded mo of, and I wn,s wondering If you'd tnko It over tho telephone. Oh, will you? thanks. DilrlnB the Inst lllnrn nf HiMlM TflSlnr In llorllii the nttftiilltur plilrlun vvns nukrd, by tho patient the nature of the trouble ami whether or not he could recover. The tloi tor I'Pllfd that tho colon was afTfftrd nnd thflt ft omplele recowry toulil not be expected Tai lor then remarked "II pp cms ntrnnge thut a literary m.in should he brought to n full stop by a eolnn " Hev. Ur. Osgood mode nn nd.lress nt tho Inv.trd Tailor memorial meeiinj: In New Vork nnd In tho course of h1 remnrkn unbl "ltaard Tiolor vwrs a ionic" "Teutonic." remarked Ithhard Henry Stoddard uranety nboie a vvhlfi prr, u ho a.it with boitid lined In tho audi ence. .Vlrx. Tnylor wns a Herman, nnd nftcr llvlnn In this cf(untr nwr forty scam returned to llermany nbout a venr ngo. "What's that? Oil, I was a nenr nclgbbor of tho Tnvlois nnd Stoddards for. j ears; you might call me LAUDATOR THMPOltlS ACTI. According to I-'reud, wo may suppress our desires at any late, those desires which because of law or convention, or timidity or physical difficulty aro Im possible of fulfil luent but by suppres sion we do not get rid of them. They are merely relegated to tho unconscious, whenco they constantly exert an Impor tant Influene-e on .ill our thoughts and actions When tho mental censorship relaxes they emergo Into consciousness, dlsguled or symbolized, In tho form of thought called wish-thinking. ('nnrnrt Aiken. According to Goldilocks, who but lately began adventures In that exact Hclence having to do with computation by numerical units, but whose confidence, In thoso mazes is as great ns her knowledge' of tho rules of grammar Is small, two and two is, or arc, four. Never Knew It lo Kail Our friend Jack, who has a good Job here, lands ti better ono in Chicago. Wo nro sorry to see .Tack go, and wo tell htm so, becnuso wo like him. We tell him that, too, and ho behoves us; so that's nil fixed. Hut In n day or so some other friends of Jack's como along and say, "You know Jack's going away and we'to going to get up a llttlo dinner " "Oh, don't!" wo hay, backing away; "he's too good a fellow to stand for tho sob .stuff." "Oh, none of that hero!" they tell us. "Just a bunch of good fellers bavin' a good time." "All right," wo say nnd wo go. Well, tho dinner starts off with a rush nnd everybody makes feverish ef forts to bo happy and somo succeed; but along toward midnight wc fco Jack looking over toward the old fellow with whiskers "who knew father," nnd ho whispers to tho toastmnstcr nnd the toastmaster bites his lip and calls upon Jack's father's friend for a few words, and then Good night! LookJn' Ahead Since Uncle Sam has took a hand In this here war I'vo done a heap of tbliiKIn', nnd I'm mighty sore. Hut this here thought comes homo to me: If I was born In Germany, I'd still bo snro as I could be; No less no more. Yo see, when folks gits in a fight Each tries to win. Lach feller thinks that ho Is right An' pitches In. They bang an' slam an' cut an' slash Until they settle somo ono's hash, An" everything in sight they smash. It's suro a sin, Now war ain't moral, so they say (I guess that's light), But I Jest flggcr this here way: We've got to fight. I wasn't born In Germany An' when wo fight I'm gonna be Their downright mortal enemy With all mo might. But when tho war comes to an end. With peaco again, I'm gonna change from foo to friend That's mo! AVhat then? Why, then I'll try with all mo might To Jest ferglt wo had a fight. An' that'll help to make things right. Amen. Amen, p. NUT. Wo wero in error, in several errors, about William Hose Benet. He himself has pointed them out to us. Ho was mis quoted in Iteedy's Jllrror, it seems. Bo sides but .here's his portrait of himself and his speech: r wait r, jaf I TMr, At t 41 ) ft IfifA I I l-KXV.i PCAHft "Hut I am not French, My father's fore beara came from the Inland of Minorca nnd aettled in St. Auguatlne. Kla.: aof 0u aee I am nearly related to bona aim orangea. ' J True, my uncle, who haa lived In l'arli for o many yeara and at a recent war meeting waa kliaed on both cheeka by Vlvlanl sli taken fora Frenchman and pretty nearly la one. "Tou remember that ancient nevvapaper error 'tha pale martyr In hla aheet of nre.' which rami out 'the pale martyr with hla ahlrt on fire'? Bo far my pomes haven't been aa knocked about aa that. I thanK you." " TWO little girls who are running a potato patch In partnership 'have had a slight disagreement and one of them has written to Farmer Smith 'to ask, "How shall we devlde up the poetatoe bugs when they come?" THE ANNOUNCEMENT .by the Bell Telephone Company of a reduction In Its &&L3Zg&&t .-,.... .. SS!iB3&a8"S-aKrHffl r .'-'XL, 'isgiSLIIiirlg , i rri: i ;:i RFRrl'A MMitA tfe ft- 7r- , u T7Mn vmmmm&EmL r-- v ,..;.&-; u ', mm YRmmwfrimmm) ' . .yj &v ... t.i : ,--; J "Ti, -t" 7 ic J,r - " - L'i -e .;--- --"" 'a"" ;--;- 'J! -' r..w"z h-,:-'-ma!-... gST -ii i J -"- rCfcTEvi. ' vi: '7PQ-B-- 7.y ., . -- i fie'T'TX THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE A Man From the North of Ire land Asks for Majority Rule. Kitchen Gardens Home Rule for Scotland Thii Drvnrtmcnt i frra tn all TrmUr vho u.We to exprrsH thtir oj.tntons on hubjtcts of nnrtnt inttrcst. It it an vprn forum and the Lieninp J,nlu r asnumm no trsiJOiitiTiifilj for the ii' vf its i oirfjioii((fii(i. Litters vunt br &qnrd hy the name and add rat of the tiritcr, not necessarily for jntbHcatio.i, but as a ouaiantto of oood faith. THE IRISH MAJORITY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir "If tho United StatcH has enough to do with Its own affairs," why do thoso men of Ultter living In Philadelphia threaten our Congressmen and our President by sending a comniltteo to Washington to pro test ag.ilii"t Justice to tho majority of tho liHi people." Why did they leave Ulster? 1 am an Aim-ili-an citizen, born In the uoith of lielanil, and 1 am In favor of tho majority of tin- pcoplo nf Ireland receiving from the Ilritlsli (loverninent the light to make their own laws and govern their i-oun-tty without any outsldo Inteifcience from London or Philadelphia. W. W, HANNA. Philadelphia, May 3 KITCHEN GARDENS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Announcement Is mado that a com niltteo for tho promotion of kitchen gardens has been formed nnd prizes In an aggregato of JB00 will bo offered for tho best results of vegetable gardens managed exclusively by women on competition. Tho particulars will bo announced uioio fully In a few days C1TIZKN. Philadelphia, May C. HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND To the Editor of the livening Ltdgcr: Sir In nearly all your editorials you support Very strongly homo rulo for Ire land Will you In tho near futuro wrlto an editorial on "Why Ireland Wants Homo Itule"? What Is Ireland suffering today moro than Scotland or Wales under tho Union Government? AVhat would Ireland do to Improve her condition If she had home rulo? If we aio to be Ireland's champions we ought to know her caute. Philadelphia, May 3. INTERESTED. MISERY OF WAR To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In an article called "No Troops to Europe." In your "Volco of tho People," whom did Die writer mean by the "us" when he said, "Tho statement that the Admin istration had no Intention of sending Amer ican soldiers to Europo will surely fall like a thunderbolt upon u majority of us"? I hope ho did not mean the American people, but himself and people like him. The writer sees no other use for tho trained J, 000,000 Americans but to bo sent away to tho for eign European tiench to be shot away. Our Government has come to tho con clusion that Germany Is Intentionally un friendly to us, and might even go so far as to attack us. For this reason our nation Is calling out her youths to train them and prepare them for nn emergency. At the same time wo can help out Die Allies with food, money and ammunition, as a punish ment for Germnny for her ruthless subma rine warfare. . ' Our Government Is of tho people, by the peoplo and for the people. It should, there fore, be its duty to protect Its cltljeus, to provide for their welfaro and happiness. It should be Its duty to make life here worth while, to make tho short life of man here possible. And what Is more, as our great Declaration of Independence loftily declares, n, government that does not provide for theso things should not be allowed to exist. Think for a moment what It means for Americans to be sent away frem their liappy home, beloved America, to the, bloody, muddy trenches of Europe, 3500 miles' away; win oi .a'uiio young lives Qf, v Yr r P-' jTfA 'i- r - --tt- e. 77.. "Tab.. ' -' i r " '- '- .-, --rrif 1.1 .- jfi ,1 &A'r. ru; rr jt-r... vv - . .1 . - - t if ' jr . r "COMPANY'S COMING!" , A " ii "' nnd from whose hearts tho young sons will bn suddenly toin avva! Who can call this happiness? Who can call this protection? SAMUEL II. CHOVENSON. Mlllvllle, N. J.. May 1. AMERICAN BRAINS FOR RUSSIA It Is my privilege to be able to stato that air.ingements have been perfected by tho general managers of trunk lines of the I'nited States for sending about 100 skilled railio.ul men to Ilussla to reorganize tratllo I'onditlons In that lepuhllc. Tho new lino tiom Petrograd, due north to Catherine Hatbor, an always open bay of tho Arctic Ocean, was completed beforo tho now year largely by American engineers. What Is needed now Is executive talent. Tho men selected have c-poclal achievements to their credit as tralllc managers, train dispatchers. superintendents of divisions and superln- icnuenis or permanent way Mismanagement has been the sotirco of nil troubles on tho Trans-Siberian Railway. An acquaintance wno recently made the Journey from Moscow to Harbin nnd Port Arthur, returning home by way of Japan and San l-'ranclsco, tells mo that during that long Siberian trip of moro than 6000 miles ho patted miles upon miles of empty freight cars upon sidings, where, ho was told, they had lain for mouths. When ho reached Tokio he was told that Russia was so short of cars that vast stores of munitions could not be shipped from Vladivostok eastward. When this body of expertB reach Russia (probably going- direct to the new port of Citherlno Harbor) they will be assigned to various branches of tho State's railway serv ice Tho Trans-Siberian lino will bo divided Into sections and a superintendent, Imbued with tho latest American Ideas of manage ment, will take charge. There will be a shaking up of dry bones nnd a cutting of red tape such as Russia never has seen. Julius Chamber;?, In tho Brooklyn Eagle, DANGER IN OVERCONFIDENCE No moro damaging propaganda against our cause Is being promulgated than the broadcast prediction of the speedy collapse of the German Empire. Tho plain and un palatablo truth Is that so far the Germans aro succeeding In their submarine expecta Dons by moro than fifty per cent. We ought never for a moment to forget It. To allow our enthusiasm over tho tactical successes on the western front which will continue spasmodically all summer or our eagerness for nn Internal revolution ngalnst Prussian autocracy to slow up either our building of ships or production of foodstuffs would bo the real failure of America In this war. There Is a chance of our falling. But there Is much less chance If we bellevo that a democratlo revolution In Germany will tako place only after It has In fact taken place and If, meanwhile, we let no one In this country lack Information about the com. paratlve effectiveness of tho submarine cam paign. Only our apathy about ships and food can beat the Allies. The New Re- LIFE Life Is a trifle; Honor Is all; Shoulder the rifle ; Answer tho call. "A nation of traders"! Weil show what we are. Freedom's crusaders Who war against war. Battlo Is tragic; Battle shall ceaBe; Ours Is the magic Mission of Peace. Gladly we barter ' Gold of our youth For Liberty's charter Blood-sealed In truth "A nation of traders"! Wei show what we are Freedom's crusaders Who war against war. Sons of ths granite, Strong be our stroke, Making this planet Safe for the folk. r Life Is but passion, Sunshine on dew, Forwurd to fashion The old world anewl . "A nation of f radar'." i iiimmtt miii i ' ' i y-" ) rs -VntWSrV -' T .Ss?- -i rl- -KT5 - . ---. t ?v?--t-, . 'i' l'WirsallSrAaKlT- V :" -j .V K? fmrfl.J V r-,, pC jf Cry fAp 3rfSt5. i,-, V-V , (- - , What Do You Know? CwerfM 0 fftftieral interest tefff be anstcerei In this column. Ten questions, the atiju-era fa uhfch every icfft-lnormctf person afioufd know, are asked daily, QUIZ 1. What will lie the man power nf the alxteen Infantry ilitUloiiN to be formed for the American nnt urmy? 2. On what grounds nre bawd objections lo the propoaeel prefta cenetorililp? 3. What nre hovvlttern? 4. Who waa I'ltlahkl? 8. flrrmnny pins her hone nf Tlclnry on her fnterMebootkrelg." Hhnt Is It? H. I'ronounro "Haiti." 7. What waa the Helen of Terror? H. Mho Is Lord Hhoneldn, who Is nuntcet as mjlrie that war wUl help American limi ne..? 0. DUtlniruUh between alumni and nlumnae. 0. Name the "reel planet." Why la It lo culled? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. Prince, Oeorite K. I.voff. the Fremler, I at the head of the liusalnn provllonu gov ernment, 2. The Coienimrnt of Serbia has been trana- fen-ed to tho Creek island of Corfu, 3. A de faciei government Is actual Rovrrn- ment, baneil on facti u de Jure aoiero inent Is lcsnl roieronirnt. haaeel on Iniv, Hie term "de farto" la uaeel to deserto a rorernuient which la In power but the r.u'lr of which haa not been ratal llabeel. 4. Enjland celebrate. Shakespeare's birthday -viay 3, In accordance with the new ral ndar. which la ten days behind tha old. In America the, old calendar Is ndhered to In tlila particular enne, muslnc the nnnlveniury to fall on April 33. 8' "l"n? J'L. .-" ,!' ,4he abbreviation of "United Mates Marine Corpa." 0. Aesop vTija n Greek writer of fables In th eerentli century, II. C. 7. Major General llueh L. (Jentt. chief of sUff. la the hlcheat oflleer of the United sfatei army. ' Tni,-5a.tl,,'a, i nrid5'J ' natural nreh of rpek apannlnt Crelar Creek in Kockbrldie County, Va. 0. Laurels nre identified with victory becauae In undent (ireece they were awarded to winner In contests, particularly In poetry. 10. Joseph Addison, nn Kntilsh eswDlnt nnd poet, waa called "The Hnectator" be pub'lshed pap,r" br th,t nan, ''at ha Brazil's Navy F. B. S. (a) Brazil's navy, according to tho best Information obtainable, consists of two 21,200-ton dreadnoughts, two 3162 ton battleships, two cruisers, two protected cruisers, a training cruiser, a mlno ship, three large torpedo gunboats, two tmaller torpodo gunboats, four torpedo boats, ten fast CEO-ton destroyers, a 2600-ton trans port, five river monitors, four river gun boats, a torpedo depot ship, a 3800-ton sub marine depot ship nnd several submarines. There are nearly 10,000 men In the navy. (b) The area of Brazil is nearly 3,220,000 square miles. The population Is estimated at more than 20,62S,000 persons. German Rulers i i1, ?0nly fut of tho German States are kingdoms. The kingdoms and their rulers are Prussia, William II. German Emperor; Bavaria, Louis III; Saxony,- Frederick Aujrust III, and Wurttomberg, William II. The rulers of the other States grand duchy, duchy or principality, as the case may be are grand dukes, dukes and princes. The names of the States of Ger many were printed a few days ago, Farmer P. W, It Is Impossible to say with cer tainty whether or not a twenty-three year old man farming In the summer will be ex empt from military service. All men be tween the ages to bo designated by Con gress will be required to register on a cer tain day to be named soon. Exemptions from Bervlce then will be made. It Is probable that men who were married before the call for volunteers, men with dependents and men whose dally occupation Is consid ered by the Government as necessary tor the prosecution of tho war .will ba exempt from service. Virgin Islands ' O. C. There are no railroads on the Virgin Islands, except, short lines used principally for hauling sugar. On St. John the only means of transportation Is by horseback, the roads being rough and run ning thrpugh hilly country. On St. Thomas there are about fifteen miles of good roads, over which carriages are driven. (There -s Sli'iS for. 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