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Marconi House, Strand IMI4I Beano S3 Run Louis la Orand BUB8CRIPTION TErtMS Tha Etikixo Lirasa la served to subscribers III Philadelphia and, surrounding towna at tha rata e( twalra (13) ctnta rr wttk, parabta to tha carrier. Br mall to points outalda of Philadelphia, In tha United Btatts, Canada or United Statu pos sessions, postage trea. fifty (SO) ctnta par month. Biz (14) dollara par rear, payable In adranea. Ts al foreign countries ona (11) dollar par toonth. . NoTica Bubseribara wishlnr address chanced Anat alva old aa wall as new address. BILL. 1000 WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN 0O Ri" AtiAtn an communication to Rvrnlna date, IrAntn&enct Bqixirt, rMladelphia. simtiD at tbi rniLiriLrnix roirornci it ncoD-eusi uatt. mattis. THE AVERAOB NET PAID DAILY CIR CULATION OF THE EVEf.'INO LEDOIil FOR AI-RIL WAS 118,037 rhllalpM.Tliunltr. Miy 3, 1917 Russia's pacific- Socialists, seeking to establish ti high moral code of Inter national lionor, should remember this ono significant fact: Franco Is only at war to day because she refused to desert her Slavic ally In 1914. Braz. of Brazil. If he succeeds In leading his country Into the great light for democracy, will have proved hit right to appropriate more than CO per cent of the letters which mako up the name of tho republic of which ho Is President. A dozen communities, from Over brook to Paolt. are to bo brought closer into tho life of this city by tho ridding of Lancaster pike of toll charges. There Is no reason why users of those other roads to the north and southwest should till bear the burden of toll charges, which are a brake upon the wheel of progress. Amateur food dictators talk much of "sending food speculators to Jail." When the Hoover regime gets started and prcclso Information about tho work ings of the food markets is .published, peculators who try to continue In out lawry will toon be begging to be sent to Jail to be saved from something worse. The British Admiralty reports on the submarine question are becoming posi tively cheerful reading. For the last fortnight the lists of sinkings have shown a marked decrease. Within the seven days ending May 20 twenty-seven vessels were reportod sunk by mines or U-boats, ns against twenty-six for tho week previous. Not long ago flfty-flve ships wero sunk In a single week. , Those who aro taking a gloomy view of business prospects In this coun try may cast an eye over the list of goods the British Government had to buy for Its army In two years, containing such items ns 31,000.000 pahs of boots and Jl.000,000 blankets. When tho United States Is in the market for such con tracts the various Commonwealths will be thinking not of the poorhouse but of following West Virginia's example of making every man, hobo or millionaire, do his share of the day's work or go to jail. The Cologne Cathedral Is said to have been nearly a thousand years In building, but If any more absurd legal snarls like 'that which now halts the erection of the Philadelphia Publlo Li brary bar the development of our long overdue Boulevard project tho Parkway Way make an entirely new record for sloth. Ono cannot help wondering what Joffro and Vlvlanl, accustomed to Pa risian civic splendors, must have thought of the awful scene of devastation that greets the eye between City Hall and the Washington monument. When ground Mils broken for the new library a few weeks ago it did seem as though a tan gible municipal Improvement was under way. But such progress was evidently too much for our dilatory city adminis trators, and we are now back again In our old slough delays and ridiculous ob structions. Peculiarly sympathetic should be the relations botween Americans and the distinguished Italian envoys now In this country. The French and British com missioners brought the very crux of the war home to us. Like us, Italy was a later participant in the conflict. Tho Immediate causes of the struggle were of no special concern either to Italy or to America. But both nations ultimately took up arms when such acts seemed necessary to save civilization. It Is true that Italy kecks to regain that "Irre denta," land now under Austrian sway; but It is extremely doubtful if even with out this motive the Mediterranean king dom could have remained passive In the face of the designs of Teuton tyranny. Considerations of humanity unquestion ably move both the Italians and our .selves. Because of this it is perhaps all the more fitting; that the two leading; envoys she has sent should represent her greatness in the days of peace and jirpgresa. Tha Prince of Udlne Is, an ex cellent naval officer, but he was a prom iaent figure In his country's life long Wore Armageddon broke loose. 'Gugll Imo Marconi has long been accepted as ne of the supreme scientific geniuses . pt the age. Assuredly his development of WmMM teiegrapny, which has saved sq ' Brsai at , sumps him aa a nrac tasjpltftriaa of the rs rlt. It ! Is natural that oiir reception of these two men will differ In many ways from ths manner In which we hilled Marshal Joffre. But our affection and regard for these notable Italians will be none the less deep. TRANSIT NOW that certain reactionary and ob structlonary Interests ore In a gloat ing mood on account of their apparent success In hog-tylng rapid transit, It may bo worth while to survey tho situation and see whether they have a half-Nelson hold on the future of Philadelphia or are merely springing a bluff. . Wo regard tho enactment of tho Salus bill as a wise, necessary and wholly desir able thing. It confers on the city a right which It ought to have. But If In the background there Is a conspiracy of palm Itching politicians to draw the sort of lease they want and the P. It. T. could not accept, offer it to the company under the terms of tho 1907 contract, havo It re fused and then proceed to the organiza tion of an Independent company, the stock of which would bo unloaded on tho peoplo of this city, repeating processes popular a generation or so ago, then by all means there ought to bo a vigilance committee formed to safeguard public Interests. IN SOMn respects the argument of Mr. Lewis In Harrlsburg gave an Impres sion utterly at urlanco with the facts. He said: The citizens have been led to bollee thnt they could construct all the elevated and suhwny lines authorized, and on a five-cent far" with frco transfers to the lines of the P It T. mane the Investment pay. This Is a roseate dream from which the booner we awake and fnco the real facts, the better. Tho Implication that citizens wcie fooled or that tho plans for rapid transit wero Pickwickian Is simply ridiculous. When tho transit program was pro posed. It could hae been carried out in Its entirety for $60,000,000, nt n maximum. Politicians and others havo succeeded for their own selfish purposos. in forcing de lay after delay, until now some estimates show n virtual doubling of cost This means that they havo added an apparent carrying cost of aL',000,000 or moro n year to tho undertaking, havo put this load on the shoulders of the tommunlty nnd now talk about "roseate, dreams '' A private corporation, ndmlnlstercd ns tho city's transit uffaliH have been administered by the Smith administration, would have been in bankruptcy months ago and most of the officers in It fired for the good of tho service. But, not content with having by dila tory tactics driven the rlty Into its pres ent position, these same obhtrurtlonary interests now talk nbout abandonment nnd the impossibility of getting anywhere. They offer no constructive suggestions. They cry bloody murder nnd rush for tho exits. Tho slnceru men who have been put to tho front, such as Mr. Twining and Mr. Lowis, have, wo believe, only the city's interests nt hcatt, but when citizens consider tho coterie back of them cold chills run down their backs. When Mr. Taylor left office rapid transit was ac tually within the grasp of the city; today, unless citizens arouse themselves, It Is far nway. The Kvening LEDnr.n counsels delay Jn the main work, merely ns a postponement. It would not be patriotic nt this time for tho city to contract for huge supplies of steel or to sequester a largo body of labor more urgently needed elsewhere. Nor would It be common sense to buy at present high prices. Time has been on tho side of the obstructionists; time from now on Is likely to bo on the side of thoso who would go ahead. Tho system could havo been built for $00,000,000, nnd within a few years again it can be built for that sum. In tho meantime, common sense unfor tunately dovetails into obstructionist hopes. THE Mayor, wo aro Informed, Is dedi cated to the proposition thnt thu Frank ford L should bo pushed nt once to Ilhawn street. Of courso It should not be. Prompt construction so far ns Bridge street, as originally planned, Is Imperative and also some terminal connection at Front street. It Is In this connection that the Salus bill Is so Important, since it would render possible a through-routing of Frnnkford trains via the Market street subway. A rational progTam, therefore, at once outlines Itself. 1. Enact the Salus bill. 2 Construct tho Frankfort L to Bridge street and connect It with the sub way nt Front street. 3. Postpone other construction con tracts only until the war situation be comes more settled and prices moro normal 4. Continue efforts to reach an agree ment with the P. It. T., the proposed lease offering a splendid basis on which to work. G Announce a definite policy now to the effect that there will be no independ ent operation of the new lines; that they wlll either be operated under agreement by the P. It. T. or by the municipality Itself. TITR HAVE absolutely no sympathy with thoso who want to lie down and quit. Wo are against obstructionists of both factions, or In tho P. R. T., or any anywhere else. Rapid transit Is more necessary now than It was when tho program was adopted. We must have It or sink to tho level of a sccond-rato city. Wo can have It, In spite of Mr. Lewis's opinion, with a five-cent fare, when con ditions become normal. If we could not operate it successfully with a five-cent fare, the system nevertheless would be an enormous benefit to the city with a six-cent, or even an eight-cent, tempo rary through fare. JT BECOMES Increasingly evident that Mr. Taylor does things and formulates definite purposes while nobody else di rectly connected with the transit prob lem does. We still look to him to lead the city out of the Jungle. He can do It and we do not know anybody else who can. Although he is convinced that the proposed contract Is an Ideal one for the city, we feel that a new factor has been introduced by the readiness of the munici pality to equip the proposed lines, reliev ing the company of the task fit raising enormous sums of money. Mr. Ballard, In such, circumstances, avers a willing ness to make certain concessions. Let them be tabulated and the main problem of a guaranteed preferential be again tackled In the hope that some way out can be found. It Is asking a great deal of a private citizen to untie tho new knots which have appeared, but Mr. Taylor, nevertheless, should attempt Che tank. EVENING LEDGER-1HILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1917 ANGLO-AMERICAN UNDERSTANDING It Would Be Helped if a United States Commission Returned the Visit of Mr. Balfour Dy GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Kpninl Corrttpondrnc Hvtnina Lrdger LONDON. May 10. ONI! phrase wo have heard again and again In the last month, "The hope of the world." It sounds liague. romantic. It might mean anything. And yet from the day the United States declared war on Germany that phrase has been spoken. I have heard It In speeches, of course. Hut I was more Imprestied when n. gentleman whoso business It Is to know more about high explosives than anybody In Germany said tho same thing to me. I have heard It from men In the ranks I have hoard it from men who wero greeted In mldocean by the newH that the United States had come to Join them that when they reached their regiment from New Zealand they would havo another ally And I hao heard It with a-shade of anxiety The United States has lost her reputation here her reputation of being a money maker. Forgotten the ancient sneer, sup pressed the flippant remark. I hao Just recti Herman paper, hover. il weeks old, which refers to tho United States, poor de luded niitlon. coming Into n war from which she can reap no profit I do not know of any nation, unless It bo Cuba, whose motlies are regarded with such unanimous approval. Peoplo do not know exactly what they mean by "tho hope of tho world " They feel In it general way that we rcafllrmcd the original purposo of tho war because we chose the side of democracy. If things come to a tcrrililo pass wo mny put In tho last Item of power which will mean lc tory Instead of 1lefe.1t. And thcro Is some thing Mill behind. Will Learn From Each Other That Is the union of our force with the force of British democracy. 1 do not mean an "nlllanie," bemuse that Is onip,trntlety Insignificant. What 1 mean was tersely ex pressed recently by 11 man of profound knowledge of both countries, and of some imagination lie foresaw from tlio entrance of the United States n condition In which the United Mates nnd Britain would each teach tho other what It knew best, and what the other moat needed to learn. Brit ain Is a democracy without real popular goernment, becauso tho habit of governing Is not yet with nil the people. We can teach her that And tho United States Is a. member of tho nationhood of the world with little practical experience In the gov ernment of natlonH. In tho end we shall probably teach Britain how to goern her self. Britain will teach us how to adjust our relations to tho rest of the world. Those who bellee that the British Com monwealth has sened, nnd still docs serve, .1 noble purposo In the world look to this Interchange of habits ns tho cry founda tion of future peace. Wo Americans have always felt that we could neer again fight ngalnst Britain. We hae also felt that between us two wo could dominate tho world. The wur has called us together not to dominate but to freo the wortd. After It Is over that process will continue Be tween us wo hue all the strength, nil the Ide.iIlMii, all the necesslt.es of rulers of the world If we choose not to rule we will still choose to see that the peace of tho world and the Justice of tho world ore secure. That Is why our entrance Into the world war marked the beginning of the greatest epoch of the world's history So peoplo think Of it here, a few, up to the present, but moro and mnru will think (.0 ns tho time passes And that Is why everything counts Thnt Is why wo who are hero are bo anxious and so nervous I ought to say that wo are not particu larly nervous nbout what America does In the war. This country Is still gasping at tho passage of the conbcrlptlon bill Wo aro not particularly worried about the appearance of an American army on tho western front, although we should Uko to pee tho Itoosevelt army parading down tho Strand We are wonderfulh confident of tho Administration nnd of the country America Misrepresented We are anxious about two things That Americans should realize to tho utmost what Britain means In this war that Is tho first point. And tho second is that the unofficial representatives of America over here should be faithful. From the day the Lusltanl.i sank to the day the President made his war speech the United States has been bitterly and cruelly slandered abroad by Americans. They re tain their papers and their passports, so we have to call them Americans. In the months preceding the declaration of war I read many unpleasant things about the United Stntes, but none wns so bitter, nono so false, none quite so misinformed, ns the things written by mot) who claimed to be American citizens. The minds of people hero were positively poisoned, and from some of the specimens I have seen from France, I should Judge that the en so was even worse there The pity of It was that our official representatives were all decent enough to respect their office. They could not bo publicists, and they were not In the absenco of a lender, every one was per mitted to talk. And nearly every ono did. That Is changed now, to be sure. With a rather wry smile this gentry confesses that wo have declared war on Germany a concession to fact which surpasses any thing they have made before. But there are still difficulties and still dangers In the way. Most of us want, above everything elae, that there should be no misunderstanding between the two countries Yet we shall not avoid them entirely For example. It Is hard for many home rule Englishmen to understand our attitude toward Ireland. They hardly realize that we want the good of Ireland so that wo shall be all the freer In our friendship for Eng land They sometimes feel that we are try. lnr to Interfere, or that we nre posing as unco' guld and holding ourselves up as a model. Nor will all Europe understand our attitude when the peace conference comes. After all the hailing and hurrahing there Is bound to be a sober time, when every step will be watched and when the best of good will cannot smooth every roughness. It will be then that Americans In Britain and France will have their most serious duty. Experience of the past does not make one any too confident The trouble has been that Americans here have tried their utmost to say the things about America which would please their hearers If the thing were true, good, nut It had to be said In any case. We have been trying very hard, through these Amer icans, to paint a nice roast-beefy United States, full of thatched cottages and cock ney English, with a people panting for the savor of Britishism. It Is not the Briton's fault if he Is a bit disappointed when the truth comes out It Is still a grave matter of doubt here whether Wilson was driven to war by the people or vlco versa. To an American living away from home nothing could be more pleasing than the British commission which Mrs Balfour took to the United States, except one thing. That would be an American commission over here. For more reasons than one I cannot gay whom we should most like' to sea at the head of that commission, in an case Jt is likely he rouldn't tome. Tom Daly's Column ' VXDUMOXBTIIA TIVB Your eyes turn, our handt touch; That little mcantng much; And you havo filled Ml being with ncto youth and dawn and glory. Bag more, heap phraic on word, and you have kilted The exquisite vibration. Bo with this earth's old story: "A froward generation Beeketh after a sign." What protesta tion Of pride and pity (Though from deep heaven articulate came The awful utterance of God's love In a pcrfcrvld blate of flame) Could take the soul's bleak city Like that bird's note heard far above Tho iron street or what apocalypse trach lAke the wave's ripple on a silver beach, Or leaves wan-gilt with sunlight, or a breath Vrom twilight gates making the clouds blush for our fear of dcatht Things that arc willed To be more intimate than any speech, Whcicln my passion sinks like thunder stilled I wti.iJAM itosi: nns'ET. IT HAS COMB at last! The morning's m.til brought us n review of our latest book, In which our vcrbo Is called "poignant." Let's pass It on to Frank O'Mulley, whose poignant nrtlclo In Muriboy's for May polgnontly points out "Tho Hvolutlon of the Cabaret In Now York"; Another generation (Frank's story be gins) nnco knew Billy McOlory as "the wickedest man In New York " An out raged New York of the eighties even closed Billy's Armory Hall, down In Hes ter btreet, and the whole row was razed blmply because Billy, not lontent with serving food and drink, In his Armory Hall, must add song-and-danco "art ists," monologue folk, who were hissed even then when they asked u confiding world why a chicken iroHed tho street. A virtuous Manhattan took ex treme measuics against Hilly .McGlory because he ran a cabaret' Manhattan didn't call the uproar In Billy's day a cabaret; It called the police. Wherefore, let us suggest to tho live who publishers of modern song hits the fitting of a good ragtime melody to theso lines, upon which no royalty need be paid, since tho ntithoi Is dead: Vice Ib a tnonnter or so frightful mien. As. to M hnt). neel but to bn seen. Yet aon too oft. r.imlllar with her face.. Wo first endure, then pity, then embrace. 1111 WAS only seven years old, but his manners wero always Irreproachable. Ills grandparents wero cry proud of him, and ho had visited them nt pretty regular Intervals ns long ns ho could remember. Today ho was thcro with his parents, tho occasion being tho funeral of the grandfather, "flood-by, Grandma," ho said, when It came time to go; "I have enjoyed myself very much." EDWAIID EAHLF. PURINTON, effi ciency expert, publishes in tho Inde pendent n f-et of twenty-five questions as n Personal Production Test, tho idea being thnt if ou can answer "yes" to every question ou mny consider your folf 100 per cent efficient, each "yes" counting four points. Hero nro a couple of tho questions you're asked to answer: Do ou resaril HRlrsmanshlp a science, a fluty, plensure unit 1 nauit- HKe n on Judged our market value by a ant ef Impartial, scientific standards- Do ou Umm vh sour Income is lets than t rlinuM be? Do ou maUo eery criticism or complaint a (termite spur to prouresaT Does who 1 you mn ti best coincide with what Ptcplo want moat? F. P. A , of tho New York Tribune, finds himself nble to nnswer "yes" to only two of the twenty-five, nnd, therefore makes a score of eight. We claim a score of twelve. But we number among our 'acquaintances a highly successful business man, whom wo also loo ns a friend, and wo'll match him ngalnst any other contender for first honors. Wo mention no names, but If you should visit him In his ofllce you will notlco upon his orderly desk a phalanx of pencils (from six to a dozen) with their butts In perfect nllgnment. If In tho excitement of your salesmanship you should permit a bold hand to stray among thoso pencils and dlsarrango them, the moment your fingers retreat his will advanco with orderly Instinct and Instantly repair the damnge. Wo havo frequently nssaulted that methodical phalanx, but never with permanent success. Its commander Is most efficient, nnd yet we doubt If even he could score 100 per cent with Mr. Purlnton. Douni.is r.NTnr with a singi.s thought Frani Jost K'.,'f'C issn Horn issn 184 Ascended throna 16KB ST Ace ns eg Tears otrelin 2V !)3884 3)3834 Wo were talking dear, dear! was it only yesterday? of war-spun yarns which would bo Interesting If tnio, but which are not to be believed too hastily. That double-cntried slnglo thought, for instance. Franz Josef died In 1910. The Grim Reaper In Woodbury Bexie, the well-known little fox terrier dog. owned by the Oenther family, nnd well thought of by them and every one who met him, was bitten a short time ago whllo fighting with another dog -which came In their yard, and became 111 a few days ago, seemingly to have lockjaw and unable to eat, suffering great agony, al though being cared for dally by his master. Belief seemed to be far from reach and Bexie died In spite of all efforts to save him. In honor of their pet a neat burial was arranged for him, and Bexie now lays carefully placed In a small box and rests in a neat little grave, which was dug near a large cherry tree In the garden and Is marked by a mound In memory of him. Rexle was so well thought of by the family tht they will make an effort to secure another of the samtf breed. Woodburr Tlmei. Italian armies soon will feast In Austria's great town of Trlest, sings a new contrlb. In a long poem which Is not otherwise remarkable. What a solemn place this world must have been In, say, the early thirties of the last centuryl There were then no columnar comic cusses, and yet a promi nent figure upon the streets of New York In those days was Mr. Preserved Fish, and In our own dear city" Philip Syng Physlck was the most distinguished liv ing surgeon. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Ventilation of Cars Helping the Red Cross Conscription. Ireland VENTILATION OF CARS 7'o the lUHtor of the Evening Ledger: Sir If the P It T. would instruct the conductor when to open nnd when to close car windows and tho cars wero properly entllotcd from tho roof, the problem would be solved If the P. It T officials or our Doctor Krusen Fat In tho seat In front of one of tho present ventilators, open, with the nlr strtamlng down tho back of their necks for an hour, the system would bo changed ery soon The writer Is a fresh air fiend, too. During tho Inst winter there were more colds contracted from theso very vcntllutors thun Is realized, especially on a ride of an hour or more When the cars nre crowded they should be ventilated, then when tho huburban dls trlct Is reached, with often few or than a dozen riders, tho conductor could be In structed to closo tho windows nnd ven tilators. yot long since when the writer was the first to enter a car on Itouto CO, nt tho end of the line, the enr was closed up tight nnd It was blue with tobacco smoke. As tho mntonnan was lust outside smoking a pipe, one can Imagine tho cause It surely would be much more hcnlthy and pleasant to ride If the doors nnd windows were open for a few moments while waiting for the time to stnrt on the return trip. . DAILY nUADUll AND ItlDEB. Philadelphia, Mny 22. HELPING THE RED CROSS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir There Is much heard nowadays about the urgent needs of the ilea cross; mai monov. nbove all else. Is Its chief lack. Some gentleman has suggested that motion picture houses be auoweo 10 run iuii iorco on Sunday, provided that 50 pec cent of their proceeds go to the Bed Cross. Tho idea Is a splendid one, but allow me to go him ono batter Let our vaudeville theatres be run on Sundny. Much money could be so realized, for many folks would tako tho opportunity for enjoyment upon their only day of free dom from toll. Let the amusement parks Mich as Willow Grove, Woodslde and Point Breeze be taxed at least one-fourth of their profits. Let the baseball games be played. Innumerable persons would gladly attend to be given a chance for relaxation nnd par ticipating In a patriotic spectacle. Every ticket bought for a show should have an extra cent added on, the cent being paid by the purchaser. No true American would object to helping along. New York for many years has enjoyed open Sun days why not Philadelphia, when a chance would be given which would Incidentally help the country nnd the world In general? A. LINCOLN MEYErtS. Philadelphia. May 23. CONSCRIPTION NOT PERMANENT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Beplylng to II. II. Sheets, secretary of a national association fermed for the purpose of preaching compulsory military training, I beg leave to ask why the society In question Is not now disbanded, slnoe we are at war to fight Just such a condition. We are fighting "militarism." Therefore It Is well that all such propaganda be purged from the United States at once. Conscription was resorted to because It declared men could not be obtained In any other way. THEMIS. Philadelphia, May 22. 'THE RIGHTS OP IRELAND To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir It was a most unhappy fate which Induced the editor of the Evenino Ledger to pen the editorial which appeared In the edition of Friday last entitled, "Hard on Ireland's Friends." To those who have felt a sense of admiration for the many edi torials published In the Evenino Ledoer which have urged Immediate Justice to Ireland, the above-mentioned editorial was at once surprising and regrettable. The editorial, after admitting the Justification for Ireland's grievances, asks. "But what can be said, of a nation that repeatedly blocks efforts to help her made by her one time oppressor! Is not this assuming the very point which It Is necessary to prove? There Is Im plicitly contained in the inquiry the asser tion that Ireland Is herself obstructing the path to nationhood. But this does not seam so when we realise that what Is being prof fered Ireland Is not an "effort to halo hr" i so much as on attempt to force upon the "VELL, BEGIN! COMMENCE!! GET OOP!!! people of the country tho will of that noisy minority of minorities the Orange faction of Ulster. "Tho suggestion," says the edi torial, "may havo been an awkward com promise, but nt least It was something." Yes, It was something but not something which any llbcrly-lovlng people could ac cept without sacrificing that which In Iro land'H case Is tho solo survivor of Brit ish rule In Ireland a nation's honor. There was no "blocking of efforts to help her," but a Justifiable and righteous repudiation of the outrageous tenet thnt the minority, as of right. Is entitled to overrule tho ma jority; that the Irrcroncllablo Orangemen of northeast Ulster are superior personages and that nil those desiring Irlfh nationality nro an Inferior brood to bo contemned nnd despised, and that as a voting, a political unit, ono Orangeman outwclghn four Na tionalists. What would wo Americans think of a theory which would discard the prin ciple which governs all our political affairs majority rule? But the greatest objection to Mr. George's scheme Is that It Ignores the existence of the Irish nation and resolves tho Irish peo ple Into the dwellers In a number of Inde pendent counties, each of which Is asked to decldo upon Its political future, to choose between permanent subjection nnd a home rule which Is prima facie a sham and n delusion. Tho wily Welshman follows a character istic Instinct In this suggestion. He realizes that to submit tho question simply to tho Irish poople would be an acknowledgment of their national existence and rights, In cluding their right to manage their own affairs without English help or Interference. It Is obvious that the plan Is a miserable makeshift of Justice, Intended to decelvo tho unthinking (especially In the United States) Into the belief that England Is will ing to become the friend of tho small na tionalities. Is it any wonder that a mani festo signed by eighteen Cathollo bishops, four Protestant bishops and flvo chairmen cif county councils was published strongly denouncing such mutilation of their coun try? No, It Is not Ireland which u hw.itin- the way to freedom for the oldest of tho small nations. Could our forefathers ba said to have placed obstacles In tho way of "efforts to help them" by refusing and spurning after the victory at Saratoga the offer of representation In Parliament, ten dered them when England, weakened by tho fear of Impending defeat, saw that her endeavors to hold America in subjection were doomed to disappointment nnd failure? Our forefathers knew their rights and would nccept no glided substitute. Tho Irish peo ple know their rights and ask for nothing more They cannot ask for less President Wilson has said "that every people has a right to choose tho sovcrclgntv under which they shall live." The Irish n,al!?n' J!!16 Irlt,h peo"le' demands this right The vast majority Is unalterably opposed to partition or county option; the m norlty favors it. Which, then. Is to bo taken as the choice of the Irish people? It does not require a skilled diplomatist or a learned logician to recognize the answer CLARIJ GERALD FENERTY Philadelphia, May 18, 1917. "uisr' POPULAR SONGS In the American Magazine Is an article by E. M. Wlckes called " 'Putting Over2 Popular Songs," m which he describes the way that hoped-for "hits" are foisted nn ,. iians WMh "" a'd f ct0 " viuaevu! "The public seldom takes to a song with out first hearing It from the other side or the footlights. The publishers, knowing this, often pay theatrical performers f"? singing their songs. The rate of payment ranres from J5 in tinn . ,. '"?" . T T...v wcck, uepenoinir orV!P'rf?rmers 8,andlnir- Now. when a publ'nBi,er nges ,0 the ox,ent of buying up 200 or 300 acts as some of the big ones do, he stands to lose a' goodly sum If tha song does not make a big hit." I WONDER "When stars go out. I wonder where they I wonder where the flowers get their smell? I wonder what the talking squirrels tit And what the quiet, shiny nahei Tknow?" From dawn to eve. but most when llehta are low "m Ands"ell"t ray a"a VaPr WeaTe thelr "I wonder how the small birds fly so well g And Wwhoyn'thblown,1S that bIow,,h blrds "' t0?r,UeP.?J.hrh far 7ee" tops of All day "i wonder"falntly as a prayer- slgned. and her d"p' W unFeslgneT Study the 'flight of swallows on the bre. A. lips, half open, mumur to th. alr "' The tremendous "I wonder" of mankind. -Herman Hegedorn, In the Outlook. What Do You Know? j Queries of central Inttrttt will be answered in thii column Ten questions, the answers to uhlch every Hell-informed person should know, are asked daily. QUIZ 1. What In nnthropopliai;? 'i. American atlatnrs form the Laf&jette IlNciMtrllle In Prance. What Is nn eaea- drtlle? 3. Who In Sonnlno? 4. Name the country or countries with nhlch tho Vnlted States la at nnr, 5. What la the chuls of an automobile? re nounce the word. 0. A submarine a reported rrulslnc awnh on the Maine couM. MhBt Is meant br "awash"? 7. la the. Atlantic roast-line of the United States lonzer than the I'aelflc ronit-llne? . What weather condition Is ald to he I mil- fated l,y u rainbow In the mornlnt? In thu elonlng? 0. What Is a tripartite gorernmrnt? 10. Xnme the New Knzland States. Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Mine sweepers nre teaaela ued to locate nnd remoto mines from water areas that huto been mined. "' T'l5i.,noniln.n.. Im. O"1' one supporting plane; the biplane has two, the one above tlie other. 3' r'"n3478liac0r"k puUo,,pl"r ho dlfJ 4. The Jlnrlklihu l9 a u(ht two-wheeled pas k 1. 1"'"."; "ft or Japan, pulled by a man. S' "' '"'mated that there are nearly l.BOO.- H0 (.rruuin and Austrian prlsonera In ., i.usla. The most generally. adopted system or dl- lliis raiea by color Is ns follows! t'au- fKi"L,i ( V.1'1.1"' Mongolian (ellow), Negro 7 t-'.Ii. iV Ma'"V,,n ,""? n'snd Indian (red). 7. Louis Jihn Kudolph Agassis was n Swiss- American uuturalist. . Ills son. Alei- onder, also n naturalist, died In 1010. Iho mime Is pronounced "agg-asee," with -.,"" aeeent on the first ajllaW IsoY" " ln Ua,1'mor wa w. "oetor Jekjll and Mr. Hyde are the dual personalities, the former g fill, of tho hero of a st rood, ine latter :ory by Robert . ., ..wiin nintrnson. iu. itntala is n Aegean Set), seaport of Greece on tha Army Aviators W. G. F. Announcement was made re cently that no more recruits would be ac cepted by the aviation section of the army signal corps unless the applicants were ex ceptionally qualified for the work. Reserve Officers D. F Men being trained for the officers' reserve corps at tho various three-month training camps will receive $100 a month each during their period of Instruction. Exemption From Draft W. L. J., Jr. -The office of the Provost Marshal General, in reply to your query, gave this statement: "The determination of whether a particular claim for exemption, exclusion or discharge shall be granted will be made by boards to bo appointed by the President. These boards will function under the law and under regulations pre scribed by the President. The only regu lations that have as yet been prescribed are thoso governing the registration alone. The determination of exemptions, cxclu slons nnd discharges Is a second step, quite separate from the registration. Regula t ons governing the determination of exemp tions, exclusions and discharges will, when promulgated, bo made available to all con cerned at the offices of the local boards. Until such regulations have been promul gated further Information cannot be given, as It might later prove misleading; and even after the regulations have been made public decisions concerning exemptions, ex clusions or discharges In Individual cases cannot be made by this office, since the law provides that all such cases .shall be heard and determined by tho boards to be es tablished for that purpose." Registration L K. Your Inquiry was referred to the War Department, which replied as fol lows: "The selective service bill and the I resident s proclamation In pursuance there r provldo f?r the registration on June 5, 1917, of all male persons who on, tha date shall have attained their twenty-nrit birthday and shall not have attained their thlrty.flrst birthday, except persons In the military or naval service of the United States, which Includes all officers and en listed men of the regular army, the navy. Jl arln,8 !P? and thl National Guard fh. iVtt m.1U.tla wh"8 ln th8 ""-vice of the United States, and officers In the offl- en.mn'e corps "nd "listed men In service. From the lists of persons so registered names will subsequently be caTbe aeXdV"8 fa,re" ''!..? cirawn .i Per8on whose names are tl ' nd other Perons Interested, will be emDuSnPii0?U?1,y lo pr"e"t claim, (or "raPand to nr?n.or d'cl- from th. denee. PMrl Buch cl'n b v ) , u ' .0I
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