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A Just peaco can only bo won now
by fighting. As Hibbcn of Princeton
put It: "I believe In peace nt any price,
and the price Is war."
Although It's called "doing your
bit," on doesn't have to make that bit
uch a little bit of a bit. Doing too
little means that somebody else has to do
too much.
Brazil's revocation of neutrality as
between herself and the United States,
without taking a similar step as regards
the Allies, is said to have mado her pre
cise international position rather "ob
cure." Two things, however, aro crys
tal clear: Brazil Is our friend and sho is
Germany's enemy.
It Is to be hoped the police will
frown on future attempts of show glrl3
to recruit volunteers In public by offering
kisses. We had supposed that this vul
garity was one of the horrors of war
which was to be avoided by the adoption
of selective conscription. This sort of
thing Is as offensive as tho commercializ
ing of the national anthem by res
taurants. Americans used to argue concern
ing the province of former Presidents,
but there should be no such anxiety about
ex-klngs, if tho various dethroned mon
archs extant follow the example of Manuel
of Portugal, who U now devoting himself
to nod Cross work. Between a luxurious
1 Portuguese ruler, whose name helps to
exploit tho notoriety of a music-hall ac
tress, and plain Mr. Braganza, nobly serv
ing humanity, mankind can have little
hesitancy in making its choice.
With the passage by the Legisla
ture of the bill to re-establish the Penn
sylvania Nautical School now assured, tho
final stroke to make this much-needed
measure effective devolves on Philadel
phia. The proposed State appropriation
of $50,000 is contingent on the setting
side of a like sum by this city. The
promised vast expansion of our merchant
marine will bring an urgent need for
trained young men to officer tho new
chips. Pennsylvania, the great ship
building Commonwealth, must do its
chare to satisfy this demand, and the
action which Philadelphia should take at
once will crown the achievement of tho
necessary preliminaries.
General Cadorna is said to have
completed the "first phase" of his great
campaign against Austria. There Is a
Kapoleonic ring to such words, and indeed
the whole daring military strategy of
King Victor's commanders, with . their
conquest of Alpine difficulties, savors of
the days of Bonaparte. Italy undoubtedly
eeks to take Trieste, but her more Im
portant objective Is Inland Lalbach, and
with tho capture of this capital of Car
nlola It will be permissible to discuss an
advance on Vienna, Striking at the heart
of the Austrian Empire would make tho
dreary days of deadlock a thing of the
past. 'Without indulging In vain hopes,
It may at least be said that from tho start
the Italian plan of campaign has had tho
virtues of directness and consistency,
from which there has been no wavering.
Permission for the Philadelphia
Orchestra to charge admission for Sun
'day concerts wilt be granted if the
ICrofts-blll now pending Is passed by
the Legislature. The question of sacri
lege on tho Sabbath does not now enter
Into the situation at all. If due observ
ance of Sunday Is marred by exquisite
ryrnphony programs, the harm has al
'ready been done. Freo concerts under
iMr- Btokowskl'a direction have been held
in tho Metropolitan Opera House for two
seasons. The issue Is whether or not
ithls development of the city's cultural
' T1X he maintained gratia. Kair play cer
tainly dictates that the orchestra be per
mltted to sell low-prjced tickets bringing
In returns sufficient merely to pay ex
penses. U Sunday concerts aro really
Tricked they should be forbidden al.
(fcs9ther. If they are given, so altruistic
an organization as that over which Leo
pold Stokowskl presides ought not to be
allowed to Q into debt In consequence
t high-minded endeavor.
It 1 understood that Dr. Led B.
Howe, of the University of Pennsylvania,
who has; just, accepted the post of Aa-
$,tfar aistsnt, Secretary of the Treasury, will
otwrot hSrawlt largely to financial rela-
ttWjM th ynlted States and
E
other countries of ths American conti
nent, liens Is a splendid Instance of the
President's wisdom In picking specialists
for special work. Besides being a noted
economist and an international lawyer
of high repute, Doctor Itowe Is an expert
authority on Pan-American affairs. After
the Spanish War he was one of tho com
missioners to revise and codify the laws
of Porto nlco. Later ho was a delegate
to tho third International Conference of
.American States at IHo Janeiro, and he.
has had several other missions to the
Latin republics. His knowlcdgo of Roman
law, tho basis of South American Juris
prudence, Is profound. He speaks Span
ish fluently, and is In keen sympathy
with phases of t'outh American life and
character too little known In our cllmo.
Xow that tho solidarity of all the Amer
icas Increases daily. Doctor Howe Is pre
cisely the typo of man to help glvo it
permanence.
A NEW CHAPTER
TyrAY 30, 1S98, closed ono chapter In our
history forever. May 30, 1017, opens
a now one. On Memorial Day nineteen
years ago the nation honored tho eons
of North arid South who had met again
and died In battlo for an ideal of free
dom but this time as comrades, not
as foes. In tho past two years 35,000
somo say 50,000 men of North and
South liavo gono to a farther flung battlo
lino in a fight for precisely tho rnme
cause thftt took us into Cuba Many
of them lie nameless in unmarked
graves. They divined that their country
in spirit was with them, though Rtlll
neutral. They gavo up tho' rights of
citizenship. But today they return to
the fold. They aro now, the3 sons of
ours in graves so far from home, fcome
thing moro than citizens of our past.
They aro citizens of our future. They
were our vanguard.
Memorial Day will never be quite the
same again. Wo iiad thought freedom
was safe. Wo had not dreamed tho old
sacrifices would havo to bo mado again.
Suddenly wo aro forced to reallzo that
we havo not been grateful enough to
tho old men of tho sixties. Their history,
which was part of our schoolbooks.
seemed a thing detached from them, al
though many of the men who mado that
history still wcro with us. But now wo
aro plunged back into the terrible reali
ties of tho sixties again. The heroes of
those days seo on our streets tho young
men in uniform and think of those
other young men, so llko thoso of today,
who died gloriously on tho field of honor
fifty-odd years ago. In paying tribute to
the memory of the young Americans who
died at Verdun and on tho Somme, wo
must realize that tho graves we used to
decorate as those of "old veterans" were
those really of young veterans. Wo fol
low in the path they made.
THE NIGHTMARE OF CHICAGO
T"vnESSED in a little brief authority,
Lmost ignorant of what he's most as
sured, his glassy essence like an angry
ape," Mayor Thompson, of Chicago, fol
lows up his opposition to the visit of the
French envoys by denying to Liberty
Bond salesmen the right to solicit sub
scriptions in tho City Hall where ho is
installed.
History does not record Washington's
exact words to the traitor Charlc3 Lee,
at Monmouth. We would lament their
loss today, save for the fear that the very
plendor of such Indignation might dig
nify too pitiable an object.
THE HOOVER IDEA
HERBERT C. HOOVER'S very evident
intention not to be drawn into by
paths of either morals or International
politics Inspires redoubled confidence in
his fitness for the role of food adminis
trator. In so far as the liquor question
is an ethical problem, it does not now con
cern him. The brewers' and distillers'
effect on the supply of food at reasonable
prices remains to be investigated. Mr.
Hoover's nets will bo governed by
scientific investigation, and by that alone.
His aim is to feed America as generously
as possible and as cheaply as possible.
"I want," he says to our staff corre
spondent, "food to go on thn tables of
tho people In moderate circumstances nt
prices that will not mean robbery." ,
This sentiment indicates the Intense
and laudable Americanism of Mr. Hoover's
plans. Naturally, he seeks to make It
possible for the Allies to securo large
quantities of edibles here, but feeding
Europe can be done while feeding the
United States by expanding our own crop
production and quelling waste, nnd wast
exactly these things are tho goals of Mr.
Hoover's ambition.
Seldom has this country been served
by a high official whose designs were so
specific. Statesmanship can ' solve the
problem of provisioning the Entente. The
Hoover Idea Is simply and solely to save
food, vastly to Increase Its production
and to save the public from being gouged
by speculative "corners" and excessive
prices. A man who hews so closely to
the direct line of his endeavor must be
heeded In the same direct and practical
way.
"America first'' is the quintessence of
the Hoover Idea. " Complete public co
operation In so expert and single-minded
an endeavor cannot fall to bring the de
sired results.
TARIFF RUTHLESSNESS
HAVING received Mr. Kitchln's inter
esting confession that the House war
revenue bill was unscientifically drawn
"because the Government had to get the
money somewhere," the Senate can with
a free conscience rewrite It. The hori
zontal Increase of 10 per cent In all
tariff rates fell upon the Just and unjust
alike.
There Is a sshortage of tin, for ex
ample, but in spite of the fact that can
neries are unable to get the metal, the
duty was ruthlessly laid on like a whip
on an open sore. The Senate can pro
ceed to undo this work in a nonpartisan
spirit, for both the Republican and Demo
cratic parties are historically and on prin
ciple opposed to a tariff on raw materials.
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GRAVE PERU? IN
COMMISSIONS
Mcnning of tho Goethals-Den-man
Dispute Money Needed
Elsewhere Going for Spe
cial Investigations
WASHINGTON. May 30
Tliniti: Is good reason to believe that
President Wilson Is having troublo with
some of his numerous boards and commis
sions. Congreas was never ovcrzcalous In
the creation of those auxiliary branches of
the Government service First, becauso of
the r-xpente Incident to their operation ! nnd,
tfcond, because of the duplication of effort
due to their separate energies and ambi
tion It la bnnwn tri Cnnffrrsa that Mm-
I mlsslonn authorized by It never abandon
their hold upon tho public purse strings ana
seldom fall to reach out for Increased
power This has been tho rulo since thn
creation of tha ueful body known ns the
Interstate Commree Commission, which re
ports to no particular department and 13
answerable to the President nnd to Con
gress only to Congress chiefly because It
Is Congrcw, to which It mut go to obtain
the fundi roqulred for Its maintenance
And as showing how the hold of a com
mission grows. It la necessary In passing
to mention only the addition to tho duties
of the Interstate Commerce Commlslon of
more or less Important si.-called "physical
valuation of railroads," u Wisconsin Idea
for checking up railroad vilues with Issues
of stock nnd bonds To carry on this
work the commission ban been receiving
Urge appropriations for several vears, an
nual appropriations of pveral millions,
uhlch engage a ast number of employes.
Including accountants and railroad experts
This appropriation habit is now .1 settled
policy, tlth Indications pointing to tho ex
penditure of $50,000,000 beforo "the physical
valuation of railroads" Is completed And
then, query' Who will read the commis
sion's reports and of what rtal fcrvlco
will they be to the people?
Gocthals and the Shipping Board
Tho Shaping Hoard Is one of tho Presi
dent's pet creations Congress hesitated a
long whllo before launching it upon Its
career for good or 111 There were mem
bers of Congress who did not believe In a
dotachrd Shipping Uoard, and pome of them
were su?plcIou of the plan under which tho
present one was to be organized There
was much criticism of the t-hlp-purchaslng
agency of the Spanish-American War, and
some of the older members rememfcered that
In those days of war excitement a number
of ships were hastily purchased at high
prices that were afterward sold as Junk.
Tho present Shipping Hoard started out with
a salary scheme that did not strike the Ap
propriations Committee favorably. At first
blush It looked at though the proceeds of
the $50,000,000 of bonds to be sold for tho
board were to be devoted to salaries ranging
from J25.000 per annum down and to trav
eling expenses around the world Then tho
appointment and resignation of Ilernard M.
Baker, of naltlmore, who figured In Spanish-American
War ship purchases excited
comment ; and on top of this camo the pur
chase by the board of certain Austrian chips
on terms which have been a topic of dlt
cusslon In tho Committee on Merchant Ma
rine and Fisheries But the last and most
serious Shipping Board development Is the
Goothals-Denhnm outbreak, revealing a lack
of unity between the Panama Canal builder
and tho California president nf tho hoard,
which has given concern to the Administra
tion as well as to Congress General
Gocthals talked out of meeting because, an
many here view It, the supremo test had
come the test between action and commis
sion red tape, the test between results and
profits. And Incidentally, perhaps, the test
between lumber Interests and wooden ships
and tho.stcel Interests and steel ships Peo
ple who crltlclzo Congress for seeking In
formation as to some of these commission
Government projects might sympathize with
It If they knew all It has to contend with.
Mix-Up on Food Question
And we are to have more advice on the
food question Tho Department of Agri
culture was given about $25,000,000 last
year to keep In touch with tho food prob
lem, to make demonstrations. Investigations
and all that sort of thing
The Attorney General had the usual ap
propriations to make Investigations, nnd,
If need be, to bring prosecutions against
trusts and combinations engaged In un
lawful "food corners" or other combina
tions In restraint of trade. And the Fed
eral Trade Commission, another of tho
President's special creations, separate of
tho regular departments of the Government,
was given $250,000 to make special Inves
tigations Into tho matter of tho food sup
ply and high prices. Hut now, after nil
these points have been covered, comes the
"food dictatorship" under Mr. Hoover, to
takn entire control of tho whole business.
Mr. Hoover and his corps of assistants.
It Is announced, Intend to serve tho Gov
ernment for nothing and Mr Hoover Is
credited with fraying ho intends to brook
no interference from any ono In tho per
formances of the task the President has as
signed to him. Meanwhile. Congress, still
having control of the purse-strings nnd
mindful that the Department of Agricul
ture has about 17,000 employes and ex
perts already working on tho food prob
lem In ono way or another, that the Fed
eral Trade Commission ha3 $250,000 to
make Investigations desired by tho Presi
dent and that the Attorney General has
men and money to make Investigations and
prosecutions, chafes a little under public
criticism for asking questions about addi
tional appropriations ranging from $14,
000.000 to $25,000.0o0, which tho Adminis
tration demands on war grounds for fur
ther Investigations and employments. Apart
from the rumors which reach Congress
about differences between Mr. Hoover nnd
tho Department of Agriculture nnd the Fed
eral Trade Commission, there has been some
doubt about the actual "war" value of tho
employment of anywhere from 3000 u, "500
new employes under tho first "war food"
hill, to Inspect warehouses, granaries and
so forth, nnd to further "instruct" and "ed
ucate" tho farmer about his work. Even
tho National Grange is beginning to object
to "too much education," some of Its repre
sentatives who appeared beforo tho Agri
cultural Committee on tho first Lever bill
declaring they needed more workmen nnd
"less Instruction" on the farm.
River and Harbor Fight
These "war food bills," which create new
positions without necessarily Increasing pro-
ductlon, and which may reduce the total of
available men for the army, contrasted
with the river and harbor bill, which has
finally attained n "war status, prosent an
Interesting study A careful pruning of
the Items of the river and harbor bill to
meet the war "necessities," as viewed by
the Secretary of War. brings the total ap
propriation down to nbout $26,800,000. That
sum is n" mere bagatelle compared with the
lump sums going Into army and navy con
tracts and into tremendous .pay rolls, but
nevertheless the bill will be fought viciously.
Eight members of the commltteo have
signed a minority report opposing the bill
on the ground that In these wartimes only
maintenance nnd national defense Items
should be approved. And yet the bill con
tains such Items as the East River Im
provement nt Hell Gate, the Delaware nnd
Schuylkill River Improvements nnd tho
Chesapeake and Delaware canal project. If
no river and harbor bill passes Congress
this session it Is certain that much loss
upon halted construction work will ensue.
For a busy river like tho Delaware that
will be a serious matter. The continued
Inadequacy of the Chesapeake and Dela
ware Canal will likewise continue to be a
menace to the safety of the nation aa well
as a drawback to commerce, But the de
feat of the bill would temporarily transfer
$28,800,000 to other purposes, and $26,800,.
000 applied to "food Investigations" and
"farm demonstrations" would give employ
ment to about 10.000 educators and In
spectors to teach the farmers how to till
the soil, and to follow up their products
to the market. That's the difference.
J. HAMPTON MOORB.
BfWySW
niii,.inaiiir. wldmday. may 30, imr
Tom Daly's Column
THE VVTCRAN MAHClllXa ALONE
When the Post turn out tomorrow
To honor our martial dead,
Let them count me among the absent,
Let tlidm reckon mc ill tn bed;
Yet gallant shall be mu marching
And holy the ground I tread.
I haic vaunted too long my valor
And the valor of other men;
Rut the tcUdom my years denied trie
My three score years and ten
Tha dream of a night has supplied mc;
I never shall march agalnl
I'or" this was the slccp-tcroiioht vision
That came to mo in my bed:
I teas dead; I had passed in battlo
And my warrior soul had fled
To tho field of the last great muster,
Tho bivouac of the dead.
I was one of the countless millions,
The heroes of many lands;
Pale spirits who stood In silence
Awaiting the Lord's commands.
The vanquished like to the victors
With drooping palms In their hands.
Then a great voice swept above us,
And It icinnotrrd us like a wind,
Crying, "Ye icho have suffered in battle
And given to help your kind, '
Ye shall find the greater before ye
And the lesser givers behind!"
Then 1 looked behind and about mo
And rejoiced that my rank icas good;
far back as my gate could fathom
Was a knightly brotherhood.
Then I turned to the ranks before mc,
Where the greatest of givers stood.
And lo! where the clouds of glory
Encompassed the God of War,
There were numberless legions of icomen
All sttindlng Ills throne before,
And each In her nan arms lifted v
.1 living child upbore!
Then the palms In my hand were withered
And I icept tn the dark alone;
And I thought of a long-dead woman,
Whose giving outweighed my own,
Awl 1 thought of the grave that held her
Unmarked of flower or stone.
When the Post turns out tomorrow
To honor our martini dead,
Let them count mc among the absent,
Let them reckon me III In bed;
Yet gallant shall be my marching
And holy the ground t tread.
Why should we not, for a change,
twlno a memorial bouquet or two for
tho heroines and let Jhc fifes and drums
march up nnd down tho ndjolnlng col
umns, with only tho echoes of their
martial noise filtering In hero?
I remember my first sight of tho gal
lant young men of Post No. 2, G. A. K.
for they vvoro young men In 1S78 when
they assembled for tho Memorial tDay
parade somewhere on Spring Garden
street. Mv memory of tho veterans and
their battlo flags Is now but a mist of
blue nnd gold, but tho facn and tho form
of ono woman abide vv ith mo ns vivid and
ns fresh ns when father, who held my
hand, pointed her nutto me In the crowd
as one who had lost her husband and two
sons In battle. Up to that moment I had
never doubted by father, but It did seem
strange to me that one suffering such
a loss could live through it and remain
tho calm and beautiful woman sho scemea
to me.
HAVE PUT AWAY MY DREAMS
AGAIX
I have put away my dreams again ,
Ono time
There lived a girl who roamed the woods
and leaped
From crag to crag and climbed the moun
tain top
And raced the wandering winds. All day
she danced
Until the crimson sunlight tinged with
gold
The clouds that salted like fairy argosies
Across the blue, uncharted seas of God.
And In their holds the vessels bore her
dreams
Of journeying In far Japan, of knights
And unknown princes jousting for her
hand.
Of fair, enchanted islands of the sea.
Such sights as Marco Polo ne'er beheld.
Such talcs as Chaucer never told, she
found
In cargoes which the cloudy galleons
Bore q the girl that perched upon tho
rock.
Prom the land of setting suns.
Then from the town
Set in the valley came my lover true.
And wondering, half glad and half afraid,
I put away my dreams.
Again I dreamed
Through many long and quiet afternoons.
And as I sat and rocked In my great chair
I watched the lad that played nearby
and caught
At all the motes that glistened tn the sun,
I rocked and dreamed of one who boldly
stood
In crowded lecture hails and, unafraid,
Drought to his hearers bright and shining
Truth;
Of one who quietly walked up and down
The crooked little alleys and who saio
The barren, hopeless suffering of the poor.
And gave them Peace; of one who bora
the weight
Of millions In his hand, nor icas abashed,
But stood, as calm as any god that strides
The hills and quietly look down upon
The petty ways of men so stood and
gave
To every man what every man deserved.
Justice and Liberty and Love.
But rioto
The call has come and lie must go to kill!
Packing the clothes that once he used to
wear, "
Folding them, orderly, slowly, one by one,
Laying them by and shitting tight the
trunk,
I put away my dreams
OABA WAPPY.
Ono praypr we utter upon this day of
days is that wo may never see a woman
wo admire togged out In service khaki,
particularly one generously endowed with
crowning glory which she Is obliged to
roll up and tuck Into one of those in
adequate Rough Rider lids. For Mars's
sake, keep women out of uniform, any-how-except
tho Red Cross.
'Among the war relics In the window
of Evans's Drug Store a keen-eyed
printer spots a linotype matrix. That
sure Is a typographical eror.
if "" tTFI7flbI)lR riuir'iFrsifafSiMfariiicijj? y i
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
America's Responsibility Cen
sorship Pictures of
Marines
Thin Department is free to all readers who
itish to express their opinions on subjects of
current interest, tt is an open forum and tha
Evening Ledger assumes no responsibility for
the Uctts of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed bv the name and address of the
ttrftrr. not necessarily for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith,
AMERICA'S RESPONSIBILITY
To the Editor of the Evening Ltdier:
Sir If the Allies are ftgntine for democ
racy now they were certainly fighting for
the same cause In 191G. Who were democ
racy's champions then? Russia and Japan,
tho two leading autocracies of the world ;
l'ngland, a limited monarchy In which de
mocracy had little show ; Italy, which was
never democratic ; France, where sympathy
with tho Ilourbons Is undisputed and deep,
nnd where a monarchy may exist any mo
ment ; Serbia, a king-making and klng-slay-lng
country, and Montenegro, n llttlo coun
try wedded to Us king as a man, and to
the monarchy as an Institution.
Did the peoplo In nny single one of theto
nations declare war or demand It? And
what havo the people In any of these coun
tries been promised as a result of It? In
not a solitary one of them does universal
manhood suffrage exist nnd not one of them
not even Hngland has promised this
right when the war ends.
Now this), situation can be made Intelli
gible In one of two ways cither the war Is
not for democracy or the entrance of Amer
ica Into the conflict has so changed the
nature of the vv'ar that It now really is for
democracy. Put does not this placo a tre
mendous responsibility on Atnerlca's shoul
ders to democratize nil the Allies as well
as Germany?
A REPUBLICAN.
Philadelphia, May 28.
INSULT TO NEWSPAPER MEN
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir interviewed by James M. Bennett,
of the Evenino LEDQEn, today, George
Creel, of the Government public Informa
tion bureau, said:
"We have nothing to fear from the news
paper men of tho land. In no eenso can
tho word 'traitor' be applied to newspaper
owner, newspaper editor, nevvs editor, copy
readers or reporters "
If this Is so, what Is the need of a stupid
and drastic censorship? Up to the present
tho censorship exercised by the newspapers
themselves has been pretty effective, and
nothing that I know of has been published
that would or could give the slightest par
ticle of "aid or comfort'' to the enemy.
The fact is that this press-gag law Is a
deliberate Insult to the newspaper men of
the country, and as such Is resented by at
least OND QF THUM.
Philadelphia, May 28.
PICTURES OP MARINES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir The pictures of United States Ma
rines used In the Pictorial Section of the
Evenino Ledoeii of May 10, captioned
"First Exclusive Photographs Taken Inside
Navy Yard Since Beginning of War," the
picture of "Happy Crowd at the Navy
Yard Snapped Just After Dismissal From
Drill," appearing on another page of the
same edition, and tho picture of marines
appearing In the upper right-hand corner
of the Pictorial Section of your edition of
May 18 have Just come to my attention.
At this time, when we are seeking every
available means of furthering the publicity
work In our recruiting campaigns, It is
gratifying Indeed to note the patriotic co
operation which the press is giving us, and,
on behalf of the officers and men of the
marine corps, I extend to your paper our
heartiest thanks nnd appreciation of the
patriotic service you are rendeilng.
THOMAS G. STERRETT,
Second Lieutenant, M, C. R.
Assistant officer In charge United States
Marine Corps Publicity Bureau,
New York, May 25,
DOES NOT WANT WILSON AS
PRESIDENT UNTIL 1920
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir A letter In your column signed
"Demos" suggested the re-eleetlon of Wilson
for twelve years. "Demos" also writes he
does not see how any one can find fault with
Wilson.
Before I criticize Mr. Wilson I wish (o
say that as long as Wilson has been re.
elected President he should be treated with
respect duo the office of Chief Executive of
this nation; but It must not ba forgotten
that Mr Wilson Is not higher than his
creator, ths people. It U ths people that
MEMORIAL D'AY
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created Wilson In vesting him with the
office of President, aSid It Is the right of the
creator, tho people, to criticize Wllsrti when
he errs from sound Judgment
Will "Demos" or any other supporter of
Mr. Wilson tell tho reascn this country has
been drawn Into war with Germany? Mr.
Wilson's message to Congress, before war
was declared, stated this country should gc
tn war with Germany to uphold American
rights, although American rights had been
trampled In tho dust by the British Gov
ernment without Mr Wilson even breathing
the word "war" or demanding reparation
After Congress declared war Mr. Wilson
came out with a message and said the war
Is to overthrow the German Government and
establish democracy. If that Is the case, is
this country to nlso engage in war with
Great Britain. Spain, Japan, Sweden. Nor
way and all other nations governed by
kings and emperors so as to establish de
mocracy? Again, Mr Wilson before the Red Cross
Society stated : "We have no special griev
ance against Germany." If wo have "no
special grievance" where are we "at"? Is
this war to pull the chestnuts out of the fire
for Great Britain? Again, Mr Wilson has
stated this war Is to free the German people.
How? By killing them? Have the German
people petitioned Wilson for aid? I have
not heard of It. Have you? What Is this
country fighting for?
While every aid should bo given Mr Wil
son, becauso he Is our President, It will be
dangerous to tho best Interests of this coun
try to give htm toe, much power. This
power should bo vested In the wisest states
men we have. Irrespective of party. These
men would bo advisers to Mr Wilson to
guard him against making mistakes
A foolish blunder by the Wilson admin
istration was the calling of the loan to the
Allies "Liberty Bonds." They are war bonds
pure nnd simple and would have met with
a quicker salo than under the hollow mock
ery name of "Liberty Bonds."
GEORGE THOMAS.
Chester, Fa . May 27.
PASSYUNK-56TH STREET LINE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir On behalf of the United Business
Men's Association I desire to thank you for
the publication In your lssuo of this date
concerning the proposed Tassyunk-Flfty-slxth
street car line. The article was an
elaborate one and very Illuminating to ths
general public, and we believe that It will
aid us considerably In accomplishing the
end In view.
EDWARD B. MARTIN.
Philadelphia, May 28.
WANTS A PARADE JUNE 5
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I make tho suggestion that Phila
delphia havo an enormous parade on June
5. It can, with your backing. B. L. M,
Philadelphia, May 20.
MAETERLINCK PRAISES GERMAN
BRAVERY
One honors himself In recognizing the
valor of those with whom' he fights. The
enemy has gono to death In deep, compact
disciplined masses, with a blind, stubborn,
hopeless heroism of which wo have never
before had so somber an example, and which
again and again has forced our admiration
and our pity.
I know well that this heroism Is not like
that which we admire. For us heroism
must before all be quite voluntary, freed
from all constraint, active, ardent, Joyous,
spontaneous; instead of being mingled with
much of sorvlllty, of passivity, of sadness,
of dull, Ignorant, massive submission, and
with rather base fears, as with them. It Is
-nono the less true that In the moment of
peril there remains but little of all these
distinctions, and that no power In the world
would be able to urge toward death a race
which did not bear within Itself the strength
to confront death.
Our soldiers have made no mistake on this
point. Question those who return from the
trenches. They execrate the enemy, they
have a horror of the aggressor, unjust, arro
gant, coarse and too often cruel and per
fidious. But they do not hate the man : him
they have pitied, and after the battle have
recognized with astonishment in the dis
armed prisoner In wretchedness who obeys
as do they, duties and laws which In his be
lief also are lofty and necessary. Under the
guise of the Insupportable enemy he per
ceives the unhappy man who In like meas
ure bears the burden of life.
Putting aside tho unpardonable aggros
slon and tho Inexpiable violation of treaties
this war, despite Its madness, comes near to'
bearing bloody but magnificent witness to
grandeur, heroism and the spirit of sacrifice
Humanity was near tp rising above itself
and surpassing ifll that it has hitherto ae.
comptlshed. In truth. It has so surpassed It
Never had there been known peoples who
were capable for months, and indeed 'or
years, of renouncing their repos., their
security, their rlqhes, their comfort all
that they possessed and loved thatr v.r.
life ItMlf, to accomplish that which tn.v
conceived to bo tholr duty From liaif.V'
llnck's "Wrack of the Storm." Jit'-
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What Do You Know?
Quertea at central interest will be anawtrti
in this column. Ten questtons. the aniwert ti
which even well-informed person ehouli know,
are asked daily.
QUIZ
1. What Btem of namlnc the Mpi of the da.
E10.' n"1 ' emPlorcd by the Inltad
Males?
2. What la bfltiealnvlllaea and after whom U
it named?
3. Many bellete that the exres.lve nordlneot
of lecal dorumtnta Is due to latvjtri' da-
Ire to prevent anv poMlble mWoncfjv
tlon of ineanlnr. Thl la not actually th
ve b' It '" ,n" r"1 reason for such
4 Hhat Is an obi?
8. What la a Savoyard?
0. Which one of the tvio famous William Hits
va known as "the friend of America"?
.. Where did the poet Watt Whitman Un
durlnic the last jeara of his life?
8. The Impretslon prevalla that the wort'
frappe" applied to coollnc drinks means
. ',ntrn- What Is Its true slenlflcawtT
''Yltt'lVIa'"" "nrtal "" kmmn
,0- rrederlek the Great considered German a
language for boora." What toncua U
rdac of his native one did he prefer to
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
William Denman Is chairman of the United
Mates .Shipping Hoard.
TI,f.i'lh'SJJ.s,1, .w a.lre section of
land extending nlonr almost tho entire
northern border of Indian Territory and
fiien l,v ,hft United States to Cherokee
tribes from tho South In 1838. Later tha
hrrokers rermltted other transported
tribes to srttle In the strip, and erentnaUy
the land w ns Incorporated in the new .
State of Oklahoma.
A philatelist la one who makes a hobby of
roiiwtini: postace stamps. The word Is of
(reek orlcln.
I'dlne Is capital or the Italian proTlnre of
I dine, ljlnc be town Venire and the Alps.
"TiIB..".nn ?f Austerllti" shone on the treat .
battle of 180.V rnutht near the Moravian
tonn, vthere Napoleon defeated the Austrl
ans and Russians. The phraw fa now
used metaphorically to describe the radi
ance nf victory.
Anntnle France la the pen name of a dlitln
ciilthed writer of contemporary I'ranre.
Ills works are chiefly In the vein ol dU
cnte satire. Ills real name Is Anatole
Tlbault
The port of Colon, Pnnama, Is named aftr
tlV0.ba! Colon, which la Spanish for
Christopher Columbus.
Andrew Jackson received tho hlchest number
pf electoral votes for President In 1824.
hut failed to win a majority. He was da. 4
reated by John Oulnry Adams when Uio
contest waaNsettled by tho House of Rep
resentatives. Four years later Jackson
was elected President. Ha served a sec
ond term, and his powerful political In
fluence waa mainly responsible for tha
chilce of his successor, Martin Van Ilnren.
Kin Janeiro Is Tortucnese for "January
River," the early oiplorcra of Ilraul
liavln mistakenly believed that the are it
nay on which the present capital of the
outli American republic Is situated was
the mouth of a huso river.
Lalbach, nil objective of the Italian advance.
Is capital of the Austrian province of
Carnlola and Ilea northeast of Gorilla. It
la said that the capture of Lalbach would
open tho way to Vienna.
10.
John G. Johnson
J. M. The late John O Johnson studied
law In the offices of Benjamin and Murray
Bush and Power, Wallace & Judson, Phila
delphia. "MOVE OVER"
"Move over! Yo hard-hlttin' sons of King
George.
Move over I You heroes of France,
Make room for the legions of old Unci
Sam.
We've been waltln' two years for tht
chance.
"In Bpirlt we've been by your side right
along,
'Cause we never were keen for the Hun,
N.ow we've Joined, we'll keep scrappin' with
you to the end.
And back up your play with a gun.
"lltyl Little ole Belgium we'll take tha
right flank!
We'll get back your homeland for you.
For the Star Spangled Banner In glory shall
wave.
Backed by a million or two.
"Put It there, brother Serb, you're a hird
Will we muss up the Bulgars a bit?
Come on, brother Itusslanr let's Jam th
Una hard.
And show Kaiser Bill he ain't IT.
"All right now! Together, let's end ths
thing quick I
p'f bayonets I The bochs don't like lUtL
nny you 10 nnisn tne thing now
we're here,
And show them our army Is real. ., '
"Two million Yankees can mak quit a
dent
When they're tralllr a yellow-streaked
Knave, fc
And th6ra alxht million mor who wlll
J rom the land of th frea and tho brar"
Kenneth MacOMsall, In Ileadln JJraM.
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