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WAS 118.0J7 Philadelphia, tn-d.j-, June 2, I'll Max Eastman calls America "Prus sianized." It certainly would becomo so were some of our alleged "pacifists" al lowed to run the country. The kind of hatred which "Hilly" Sunday seems to be preaching. In an excess of patriotism, Is not going to do our ono mles any harm or ourselves any good. Self-control Is a mighty lino asset for any country. The Russian army appeals to the provisional government not "to let the army become manuro for foreign fields." One thing lovers of liberty on this conti nent discovered generations ago, and that Was that men who vvnntbJ liberty would have fight for It. The Institutions of freedom spring from the blood of martyrs. There i nothing more Important than that our schools t$co11cbos should ' work to full capacity during tho war. Not only will educated men bo needed more than ever when peace comes, but In the active prosecution of the war It Is Im perative that men of Intellectual training be ready to take the places of those who fall. It Is becoming dally moro evident that China's abstention from the war was In no sense based on pacifist principles. The vast Oriental Republic Is contending With enough Internal belligerency to ex cuse her for a while from taking up arms against Germany. Nine Chinese prov inces have proclaimed their Independence, and a formidable rebel army Is said to have been formed. When we consider the constant unrest of China since the Man- chu dynasty was overthrown, unshackled Russia seems nlmost entitled to be sur prised at her own moderation. The authoritative nnd respected po sition which John Spargo has long held In the ranks of the Socialist party deeply accentuates the significance of his formal retirement from that organization. He has accused his old political associates of being un-Amerlcan and prb-Gcrman. This Is a bold and severe Indictment, and Mr. Spargo must bo terribly In earnest to make It. Short of repudiation of Amer ica's Socialists by Morris Ulllqult, now their most talented leader. Mr. Spargo's resignation deals the party the severest blow it has received In many n day. Read In a publication that "a giant Is always a giant, and it needs no critical yardstick to know that the days of giants are not upon us now," and the chances ore ten to one that tho driving force behind the utterance Is an Intellectual runt who is so busy patting himself on the back that he has not had time to know what real men about htm are doing. If thera are no giants In these days there never were any, and If thero has been any era In history more productive than this of heroism, efficiency, self-sacrlflco and no bility, tho chroniclers forgot to write about It. There Is a lot of driveling pes simism that passes for constructive criti cism, but the dyspeptic finally and in evitably gets to the stomach pump. Reports from Germany show that no stone Is being left unturned to make the Socialists' Stockholm peace conven tion the silencer of the Russian guns pdunding on the Riga front. The Chan cellor declares that Germany "wants no Increase of territory"; but he adds a sus picious proviso that "Germany wants the guarantees necessary for future defense and self-protection." This means control of the Belgian coast and some sort of control over tho future Government at Brussels, as the debates in the Reichstag have clearly shown. Germany can have peace tomorrow. sBut she is not yet ready to -state the terms of an honest peace, for tha reason that she refuses to make rep aration for the crimes she has committed. Those who stilt are eager for cen sorship after J ta second defeat in Congress can solace themselves with realization of the fact that all the most important war news is already doubly and often triply censored, A war correspondent on the west front sends a news letter to London. It may be censored in camp, but at any rate It must be censored In the London post or telegraph office. Cabled to this country, It has to run the gauntlet of our Government's agents. Add to this the tht ta writer In the first place .vm wmmr a-ayt-SHatr which could by any chance help the enemy, and one can eee that American newspapers over since the beginning of the war have been In no position to print any but the most Innocent dispatches. Yet the real news has always "come through," delayed sometimes, but even tually telling all essentials, when It was known that the enemy had as much In formation about the matter In question as the Allied Governments. Surely this lino net of censorship Is enough to protect America from betraying secrets to Ger many, when It Is remembered that cabled or wireless dispatches cannot be sent from here to the Central Powers. THE DRUMMING GUNS THAT HAVE NO DOUBT Rusalan artillery today began a vig orous bombardment of the German posi tions on the Illga front, ending the virtual armistice with preparations for heavy assault. Dispatch from I'etrograd. rpiIIS brief news Item tells more than all tho thousands of ords of reading mat ter "about Ilussia" that have deluged tho world since the Czar went to Jail, Inter esting books (we greatly fear) may be presently published to add to our Igno rance about Russia's futuro activity or Inactivity. Too much history Is being written In tho future tense. It Is easy to guess that Russia will continue to suffer from Industrial disorders and be short of munitions. Hut it Is Just as easy to guess that England and Japan have already sent great quantities of munitions to tho Provisional Government, In fuct, It would bo remarkable If they had not done so. Socialist agitators and plotters have made Russia seem on the point of making a separate peace. News from tho United States probably has mado Russia believe that America Is having a revolution. Tho agitator and tho pessimist have woven a net of words about tho Slav until the world has come to see him ns the car toonist's symbolic peasant standing on a precipice. Instead of that we should think of "tho Slav" as 170,000,000 persons Inhabiting one-sixth of tho world's In habitable surface, and 9D per cent of them as obedient to authority as tlie ever were. Terhaps the Russian's doubts have been mado In other countries TIJI, , dazed by many doubts, he wakes The drumming guns that have no doubts. We know that the Czar has been de posed. Wo do not know that there Is any danger of his "coming back." We know that the Provisional Government has held its place so far. Wc do not know that it will be deposed In favor of chaos. We know that the guns aro speaking to our c'nemy,'ipiln on the Riga front at lost! And there Is ho' reason to borrow troublo fiorn the future. AUSTRIA IN MELTING MOOD "ITTHERE is that infuriated Austria ' whose imperious thunder against lit tle Serbia set the world aflame In 1914' "Whoever," declares tho Emperor Karl, "wishes to open better and more human relations will certainly And our side leady In a conciliatory splilt." No war can be called a deadlock when the bluster of un overconfident empire eventually melts away Into terms of such cooling suavity. EXCUSES THAT DON'T EXCUSE rpiIE elimination of tho much-discussed "Question No. 12" from tho registra tion card will relievo many honest and patriotic men of a lot of unnecessary Introspection and quibbling exactitude in phrasing an answer and will take tho wind out of the sails of born slackers. The President has decided that those who register on June 6 need not answer "Yes" or "No" to the question, "Do you claim oxemptlon from draft (specify grounds)'.'" Among thoso men who will claim or would like to claim exemption there nro almost as many different shades of excuso ns there are Individuals. Tabulation of all their personal complaints might make an Interesting work, entitled "American Psychology In Wartime," but It would do llttlo to render Justice. Tho type of pacifist who Is patriotic and biave, and who respects the law even when he thinks It Is unwise. Is of Just the type one would want to exempt. But such n man Is also of Just tho type that would scorn to seek exemption for any personal reason. On tho other hand, tho pacifist who cares nothing for tho country, except for what he can get out of It, Is of Juht tho type to make specious excuses and Is tho last man one would want to excuse. BIUNGING BUSINESS TO TOWN pHILADELPHiA wool dealers have set an example of progresslveness which every business man In tho clt should think seriously about. It contains a sug gestion which might be adopted In other lines of business. By organizing a wool auction the wool men have opened possibilities of bringing wool business amounting to between 160,000,000 and 17G.000.000 to Philadelphia, over and above the $12,000,000 worth of business being done annually now. A study of the wool business shows that 600,000,000 pounds of wool are used In this country annually; that between 125,000,000 pounds and 160,000,000 pounds are used in and near Philadelphia, and that the Philadelphia wool men are handling only about 25,000,000 pounds, Tho greater part of the remaining 100,000,000 or 126,000,000 pounds used here has been bought from Boston. The wool men realize that this big bulk of busi ness Is legitimate business for Philadel phia, and have started the wool auction to bring It to Philadelphlans. The auction here Is copied after the London Colonial Auction, which has done o much for the sheep-raising Industry in the British colonies, and it is sincerely hoped that it will strengthen the industry in the United States, for every sheep raiser will find it convenient for handling his wool. It will assure top prices to the Individual, no matter how small in amount his production may be, for all wool that cornea here will be sold to the highest bidder, and tho owner need not B,u unless the bid U as high m the figure t ts set. EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 101? THE WAR IS ON IN WASHINGTON House Fights the Senate and Congress Disagrees With the President Muddle Over Appropriations Special Correspondence KvtMng l.rdg'r WASHINGTON", June 2. THE President's food bills came In for a lively drubbing In both Senate and House this week. The explosives bill brought up by the Commlttco on Mines and Mining was also put to a seero test. Why7 Ilecauso these so-called wor emergency measures carried largo powers to depart ments operating under tho President for the President cannot possibly give personal attention to all these details nnd because, they carried large appropriations In addi tion to appropriations already made. The explosives bill wan designed to authorize the President to make laws Involving fine and Imprisonment by proclamation It had to do with the manufacture, control nnn storago of powder and other explosives used In war and for blasting and other peace purposes, and was said to bo necessary be cause of the possible misuse of theso mate rials by designing persons The bill dele gated rcrtaln "war powers" lo the Bureau of Mlnrs nnd asked for $250,000 for the employment of Inspectors anil others and for tho purchase of automobiles nnrt horse drawn vehicles Objection to this measure wns based largely upon Its Invasion of the police powers of the State and Its creation of new olllccs In violation of the civil service rules It was harshly criticized. A Come-Down in Figures The Houso scrutiny of the first big food conservation bill resulted In a significant revision of figures. Originally tho Secre tary of Agriculture had asked for $26,000, 000, In addition to existing npproprlu tlohi. for llio employment of thousands of new expert", educators demonstrators, In hpeclorH, nncl so forth, to make "a vnr sur vey" of the farms, storage warehouses and other food-producing and food-holding agencies, but the Committee on Agricul ture brought In a bill cutting the total down to nbout $18.onn,000 As this was In nddltlon to nn annual appropriation of nbout $26 000, Onn, which already cares for nbout 17,000 emploves Including experts nnd demonstrators In tho Department of Agriculture, members of tho House became InquMtlvn as to whether the Increnso wns for "wnr purposes" or to Increase the peace establishment The outcome of It nil was that tho Committee on Agriculture finally offered certain amendments reducing the salary Items h that when the It'll was passed It carried only about $14.000 000 Query: If $25 000,000 wns tho extra nmount needed for "war purposes," why did tho committee Itself concede that $n.000.ono whs sufficient? The dlffcrenco between $25 000,000 asked for and $14,000,00(1 "ac cepted" was tho exact difference between "the war plans" of tho Administration ns at first laid down and tho result of he deliberations of Congress, which Is supposed to keep nn cyo on tha public treasury In the course of the ilebnto It was freely stated that there was no rcnl necessity for tho expenditure of bo largo a sum of money to mako tho food survey desired, ono Demo cratic economist declaring that the work could bo done bv the rural letters tamers without any extra expene to the tiovcrn ment It was also Intimated that the bureaucrats were taking ndvHntnite of the war spirit to Increase the bureau Influ ence for all time Tho sweeping changen which the Senate Committee on l-'lnance has been making In tho House wnr-tax bill threaten to prolong tho session of Congress The Iionsp Com mlttco on WnjH and Means made up Its $1,800,000,000 hill under the Impression that tho Senate might net upon It In time for nn ndjournnient early In June; but tho Senate committee has been so rudlcal In Its cuts and has rejected so many of the House hill provisions that the first of July mav now see Congress In session with Its work un finished. The two chairmen, Simmons, of the Senate Finance Committee, nnd Kltchin, of tho House Ways nnd Menus Committee, hall from tho same State, North Carolina, but thnt does not bring them Into harmony on this bill Kltchin Is a fighter and Is popular In the Houe. it Is not likely that he will yield to Simmons without n con test It Is true that Kltchin had to cham pion nn unpopular bill probably the most unpopular ever presented to the House of Representatives, but he won In tho House, hnvlng the Democrats with him, and some rtcpuullcnns who thought It their duty "to go along with tho President on war meas ures " As tho bill will finally land In con ferenco between tho two houses, nnd Kltchin and Simmons will he of the conferees, .the North Carolina lug-of-war will ho worth watching. Kltchin believes tho Tfensury needs the full $1,800,000,000 asked for by the Administration to meet Its war obliga tions, while the Senate committee thinks $1,600,000,000 will be sulllclent In this Instance Kltchin also stands with the Presi dent nnd Secretary McAdoo, who Insist that the present generation shall bear a fair pro portion of the war taxes. Sugar to Take Part It is evident the d. (Terence between the two houses Is to be nbout $300,000,000 in tho nggregate If the Administration Is right In Its estimates of war expenditures the Senate Ih not providing enough money, according to the Kltchin theory. Hut this Is not tho only point of difference. The Senate has Mtlrred up a hornet's nest on the sugar question, for which It will huc to account to certain Itepubllcans of tho House. The ranking Republican of the Ways and Means Committee Is Mr. Kordney, of Michigan. He has been the champion of domestic sugar production and is opposed to the so-called consumption tax on sugar. In fact, Mr. Kordney fought this proposition out of the House bill. Ho Is supported by the do mestic sugar producers, Including the beet sugar Industry nnd the Louisiana planter When tho 10 per cent horizontal tariff was added to the House bill the domestic mignr growers were well pleased ; but tho Senate proposal to dispense with the tariff and add consumption taxes has aroused their Indignation. It Is safe to say tho sugar question .as presented by the Senate will piovoko a light, and this will be but ono of muuy which tho rejection of the tariff clnuse and other Items of tho original bill may occasion before a war tax bill Is agreed upon by both houses As registration approaches many new nnd Interesting questions present themselves. Young men who applied in regular order ask why they were not accepted for the offi. ore' training camps. There Is one gen eral answer. Tho department says there was not room ; that there Is to bo another camp In August, when the hold-over appli cants will have another chance. The de partment urges registration without regard to future camps. All those who register. It Is said, will be treated fairly and without prejudice That's about all there Is to say to Congressmen or others who seek In formation. The department Is swamped with work and applications and asks the public to be patient but to conform to the law. Another side of conscription affects the workers engaged on Government contracts There Is great concern among contractors and material men aa to this. It relates to shipbuilding In particular. The Government expects the private shipbuilders "to speed up." The Government Is using Its own em ployes In the navy yards to compe'j with nrl vate shipbuilders. These Government im ployes are exempt from conscription, "What about our employes?" ask the private builders. "How can we do what the Oov. ernment expects of us if it also takes our workmen?" Material men and subcon tractors have also been seeking an answer to these questions. Some of them have ac tually declined to bid on Government work because of this uncertainty. Labor on the farm, according to the food conservationists should bo exempt from army service, and if the PretldentSees fit to do so he can exemnt such farm labor by proclamation, xbat Is provided for In the conscription law will exemptions be accorded to other vocations such a are now engaged in hlnbulldlnr? Tbat question remain to be answered J. HAMPTON MOORa Tom Daly's Column TUB V1LLAOB rOET (For Mlai Hetty Kolb.) Whenever it's a Saturday, the ftrtt n Icafi June, The Uttle birds have news of it and stng a special tunc. The robin In his waistcoat red, the thrush In dappled brown, Pour out their choicest melodies upon the edge of town; For there's a house beside a wood that j early Is a-itlr Because, because of Iter. The little breezes twirl the leaves and whisper In the grass, And hide behind the lilac bush and wait to sec her pass. The tiny brook that hurries so at other times, today An eager but unbidden guest Is linger ing on Us way To gllmpic the' pleasant pageantry so shortly to occur TJccntnc, because of Iter, And now the sun, the summer sun, whose gilt is best of all, lias laid his golden fingertips upon the garden wall; Has llflrd up his genial face, with eager ness aflame To klu the lass he loves so well, so soon to change her name, So soon In take the hand of Illm whose heart-strings proudly stir Uccausc, because of Her. Whenever It's a Saturday, the first in leafy June, In after years still may the birds strike up a merry tune; Still may the brook and breezes sing with Joy to see them past, SHU may the sun deal kindly with this loving lad and lass; And Age be kind, but long, oh, long, your dividends defer, Uccausc of Him and Iter. HORSE SHOW WEEK gets by with much less nttcntlon than It was wont to win in old dnva. but the old days were peace days, nnd bcMdci wc were younger. Onco upon n time It was our Job to cover the Show for the paper, nnd William M. Slngetlv, who was then our boss, gave us a special assignment. "You know Hill Robinson?" he asked Oh. yes, wo knew Hill very well, Indeed; Bill was tho boss's fat, blown nnd loquacious coachman "Well," the boss went on, "Bill pestered me so to enter a couple of our horses that I let him have his way. Rut he won't win nnything with them, bless you, no! As a trainer, Hill 1! a fair coachman, and that's about all. Now, I want you to Interview him nnd print everything he says to you." We found Hill sitting on the fence around the tanbark ring telling a group of small boys volumes of things about )orse-trnlning that weren't so nt nil. Tho next mornlng'a paper. cqntained most of his talk. BUI went to the boss to com plain nbout us. "You black rascal," cried tho bos, beating him to It, "what do you mean by monopolizing our llorso Show story tills morning'" Bill gasped. "Why." he stammered, "Ah declare Ah was'n' expectln' to do no seen thing " "You weren't expecting'' Don't you know It's tho Importnnt things that get Into tho paper? You were making an Important noise, the biggest noise of the day, and you made a fool of yourself. Keep your mouth shut and bring those hoises home." WHEN wo got bnck from lunch yes terday wo found Guernsey Moore, the artist, sitting nt our desk trying to piece together a Jest about folks who Indulge In theso tender spring onions being ell Bible for ndmlsslon to the Home Offense Leak or something or other like that But what he really came In to brag nbout was the handsome tablet he has designed for tho Swarthmore Home Reserve, of which J. Kirk McCurdy Is captain. The tablet, the first of Its kind hereabouts, 1 to be erected near the P. R. R. station, and upon it is to be displayed the town's roll of honor, the nnmes of all the lads who go to the front. ELLIOTT BREWER took nls four-year-old daughter to Atlantic City for the first time the other day, nnd tho min ute she set foot upon the Boardwalk she exclaimed, "Why nre all the papas and mammas in the baby conches?" H. B. R. reports thnt a gentleman of dark complexion spotted strangely with white called nt his home in Trenton re cently and left this card: B. H. RIIOADES ROOF PAINTING Mill Whitening Cousel Mining Water Painting And Hazel Nut discovered this running loose In nn evening contemporary: COI.I.IR DOa. e months old. thoroughbred, for sal. Home evening". THE LAST PI4ACE that one would pick ns the repository for a bit of In formation exciting enough for mention In these parlous times is N. W. Ayer & Son's Newspaper Annual and Directory; and yet there, among the periodicals pub lished at Norfolk, Virginia, wo And: Man o' Waraman A. Cruz, Editor. This ought to be found among our clas sified ads today, for we had the pleasure of reading It In proof: WANTED Chauffeur, work. white, to do laundry THE TIUNKEHB Dumb beasts at wisdom's fount who mar Us clearness as they drink; Some men who think they're thoughtful, are Xot thoughtful as they think. LIKE a light wind that dissipates the low clouds aQjd for an Instant gives a glimpse of forgotten towers, a breeze blew through our memory today and brought before us a little Incident of a quarter ot a century ago, The thing might have happened yesterday, in view ot the bit terness that still exists In Ireland, but it" was at a meeting of Commodore Barry Branch of the Land League In the early nineties that we Jotted it down in our reporters' notebook. "Mr. Chairman," cried a new member, after a lively debate of an hour or so, in which England was not once referred to kindly, "I object to thla 'parll'mentaVy' procedure; let's do It bv 'cona-reewlonal.- " : a. .5 . -ji"" .!' f ifiU ,tf- " jit.-.i: 1 .." w.-'1li-.S'.V-'a nl- THE VOICE OP THE PEOPLE Poverty in Spite of the Need of Labor Socialism and Religion Thia Department (t free to all readers who vixh to express their opinion on ttubjfcta of current (n(trpi(. It i an open forum and thfi Kvenlno Ledger aumea no responsibility for the vim of its correspondents, Letters must be signed bu the name and address of the writer, tint necessarily for publication, hut as a guarantee of good faith. SOCIALISM AS A RELIGION To the Editor of the Evening Ledger. Sir In your editorial entitled "Tho Prusslo Acid In Socialism " the intimation is conveyed ahat there are enough Socialists In America to make trouble should they fall under the Influence of bad examples set by Europe I do not know whether that is so But I am quite sure your editorial writers ought to find out what socialism is before they make your paper ridiculous by saying thnt "since Prussia discarded Christianity she has adopted socialism as her religion." When all sources ot natural wealth are publicly owned and administered by a gov ernment which Is absolutely and quickly responsible to the voters (male nnd female) we shall have something very like socialism The Evenino Ledger's good Intentions are not sufficient It ought to have an ordinary encyclopedia for the use of its editorial writers. JAMES MARTIN. Philadelphia, May 28. PASSYUNK AVE. AND BOTH ST. To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir On behalf of our association I de sire to thank you for the Interest mani fested in the matter of Passyunk avenue and 66th street trolley line. We were highly pleased with the article in your Issue of the 28th Inst. We trust you will continue the agitation for this necessity. In which we are so much Interested. EDW. 11 CULLEN. President Sherwood Improvement Associa tion. Philadelphia, May 29. LABOR AND POVERTY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir In view of national prosperity, with plenty of good Jobs for all tho men who de. sire to work at the highest price paid for labor that was ever known In history, and published almost dally, I am puzzled In reading that the members of the auxiliary of the Northeastern Ladles' Benevolent Society gave a "May Hop" for the benefit of needy families. It is possible that their worthy organization is encouraging volun tary Idleness of men who refuse to accept work at the highest price paid for labor at this time when our dally press states that work Is plentiful for everybody I as a mother am trying to learn some thing of the true state of conditions, and hope that some of your readers will kindly explain, through your highly esteemed paper. How, with good Jobs to be had for the asking, are there needy families to be supported by benevolent societies? Are those worthy ladles not encouraging Idleness? A MOTHER Philadelphia. May 28. STATE HOUSE NEEDS PAINT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir The old State House needs a coat of paint, and needs It badly. It Is quite right to have the structure look as much like It was In 1778 as possible, but I venture to say that It locked much better in 1776 than It does now, so far as the painting and general cleanliness of Us windows are concerned. These remarks apply equally to Congress Hall. OLD PHILADELPHIA!. Philadelphia, May 31. ,"ajn. FOOD AND FUEL To tht Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir For what reasons have campaigns for Investigations of food and fuel frauds amounted to nothing and gotten us no where? Why has the attempt to secure something like an equitable price level turned out to ,b th most miserable of failures? The answer may be found la the foot that the aovnaant Is tlaaMi rJ4 to' um tk pewm i, .saeT! O " ' .' . ' r '2 f d CANNED itt- .'1LI1. ,, :v- . - dowed with for the purpose of protecting the people; afraid to face the real "powers thnt tie" nnd demand nn nccountlng. An ever-present lobby nt both tho State nnd National Legislatures, representing tho selfish Interests of a selfish few, seems to bo able to clamor loud enough to drown the voice of a whole nation. We witness the spectnele of our Govern ment dallying with half measures in tho manner of a compromising coward. The present food nnd fuel situation Is a national disgrace and the causo of un told suffering. Speculators can still toy with basic nrticles of consumption; nro still nrtlflclnlly checking Mipply for the purpose of rnlslng prices The number of great frauds in conl and produce that have been discovered In the last month could not be counted on the fingers of both hands Tales of conspiracies nro a dallv diet for the reader. Wc nro plensed to see theso matters Investigated, still moro pleased to see the culprit "pilloried before public opinion," but with tho result of these in vestigations we nro not pleased. It has been absolutely nothing. , Wo aro now enjoying 3 wheat nnd flour nnd bread up In proportion, meats double the price of last year, all of which amounts, In the aggregate, to a 60 per cent cut In Income. And this as a result of what looked like a most promising campaign against extor tion! Tho people nre nfraid of these In vestigations that accomplish nothing. They aro tired of seeing tho Government yield to tho clamor of the privileged few that they bo maintained In superabundance, tired of trilling objections to real measutcs ot relief, tired ot muddling along. Cease the sentimental appeal. Do not pillory fuel and food gamblers In editorials and cartoons, but fix matters so thnt they cannot operate. Why not tho following measures. First. Fix maximum nnd minimum prices for all necessary commodities. Second. Let tho Government acquire and operate all cold storage plants, grain ele vators and coal-dlstrlbutlng stations. Third. Let tho Government ncqulro a backbone, use some of the powers It al ready possesses nnd follow moro closely the spirit than the letter of the Sherman anti trust law. PETER BROWN. Philadelphia. May 31. PRAISE OF WILSON To the Editor of the Evening l.edgei : Sir A writer signing himself "Demos" wrote to you that Wilson deserved to have twelve more years In the White House. I quite agree with him, not ns regards the twelve-year term, but about Wilson, tho President, nnd his actions during his term as chief executive. As wo know, Mr. Wil son's sentiments previous to our entrance Into the world war wVre a bit pro-Ally, but he put those behind him in his striving to carry out a Just policy for tho American people. But there Is always n limit. When Amer ican lives were sacrificed and American, property destroyed month after month a halt had to be made. The Administration realized that such actions would stop the mlqute the Kaiser and his colleagues were thrown out ot office. Mr. George Thomas, who criticized "De mos," started out by saying that he In tended to criticize the President; but he finished by criticizing the entire Govern ment and Us actions Plnce we declared war on tho Kaiser. He also said that it we overthrew Germany we would have to do likewise to England, Sweden, Spain, etc. Evidently we nave no quarrel with these, and It seems as though they are able to take care ot themselves. In these troublesome times one cannot ex. pect to have the Government do everything to suit every Individual. JAMES H. SWEARINGEN. JR. Atlantic City. May 30. LIBERTY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Blr Liberty (oh I maglo word!), what countless swords have flashed responsive to thy call! What heroes great have 'con quered mightier foes in thy Inspiring name! What daring millions nobly fought and bravely shed their every drop of blood for thee I And. with the Stars and Stripes un furled at thy shrine, how many martyrs heeded not the crimson tide when thy lit. was trembling in the balance? Liberty 1 Again thy life Is threatened even now thy bell Is ringing thi can to arms I Shall It ring unanswered? Nevert In the United States ot America r,.v.erl wuj qUINN. r.V "-'r.'M4rf. S-" VirSKD'. '.- .-- . a. ,m t" ss:,jm:- "N.' ' ..-- 'M-r air i iflWV"', '..?:: j,-y v M si. - & ... '' f. What Do You Know? Cileries nt aentraX interest will It oaimh in this column. Ten Questions, f fta oaiuin i which cverv wcll-inormed person shoals' swt ore asked dolly. . QUIZ I. Ulint nre rheirons? f What, j ear nre we In, reckonlnx Is fc liiUun period? . 1. Hlint fnninna treaty of peace was !!( till dale? 4. Mlm la the originator of the "darlllbH Iiir" ailiemn? What la It? 0. Mlm um the. laat prealdenttal canolto from I'emajhanla? What party was k nominated by and how many voUi r ho rcele? ,, 0. Itnu mnny States have the Inltlatlft? 7. Wlml st i, faInou, for crclonei K aunflnwern? v 8. Who l the rlerk of the National now I tepreaentatliea? ' . What la the one-mile hlcrcle record? ' 10. Mhat l the nvernse rise nnd fall of tldM Philadelphia? Answers to Yesterday's Quii 1. Mretlne la nnmed after Jean Mesli' ' renrh diplomat, who Introduced totwt Into trance. Ilia dates are J5J0-1W "Pax Itnmanit" la Latin for "Ri 'fnce and refers roushlr to the son iran ol the Chrlatlan era. dot. which period, the rlrlllted world. Iloinun dominion, naa without treat wir 8. rannj- l:iller. ho la commemorated r lironte tuhlct on the north aide of Cfca nut atrret between Math and Hftno !"' "'rl'lnir the alte of the old Tlmt Mrret Theatre was a trlrhratrd Vleana y.M,"T-. !"! Ilfr extenalve toura lie tWf Philadelphia. n,r dates are 1810-IW ' '"!" I" the sm-ond city In the Vnliri Sto Terr tory of Hawaii. It la situated n line linrbor on the Urit Island of !ll J ""population of Hllo In 1K10 was sbf 5. Herman MeMlle. In his old ate. fornbj- JIib Inspiration for Oliver Men Ilolmea'a noem. "The Last Leaf." villa ranka lilch In the amall cUm.i '"v wrltera in vtIiom work fatU Mended with fiction. He made aewalt tenalte cruises of the I'otlflc In the P whalinr days before, the Civil War. "Vlnt Dirk," linaed on 111 romantic l ventures on the Amerlran whaler Atsiy nnd hla "Omoo," and "Typee," dealt wilh life In the Marquesas and SkV Islands, of l'olmrala. are accost innatrrplerea of their unique kind. Jllle'a dates nre 1810-1801. He was In New sork. 0. Muny of the. streets of Routh rhllsdsW are named after Governors of l'eM" vanla. , ?. The full name of n rover Cleveland Stephen (Irnver Cleveland, lie dlsrsrl tlie (Stephen early In hla publlo caisrf 8. The Emperor Maximilian was eieeutel the Mexican city or Querefaro. 0. Genres Canning- was the British stslssit ?r",lw sjmpathetlq vllh the principle! the Monroe Doctrine at the time st promul cation, 10. The word "Argentine" meant "sllTerei and la asaorlated with the Plata Rl 'Vrmi,e .'.'"Ista" means "silver", the Spanish tnnme. Thus the name lb to the irent South Amerlran country k another form lo describe the land thin which the Plata flows. Bonaparte in 1837 L- M. Napoleon Bonaparte died 1821. ro that It was not he who figured the Incident you mention, which happM in 1837. ' i U. S. Employe SUBSCRIBER Employes of the Unit States In establishments that are necetst to the prosecution of .the war such arsenals and navy yards will be exempt itvm military service a TO ONE DEAD I think that If you suddenly returned. , A little bewildered by the light snd.s But smiling secretly at all ydu learned.1 Shaking the grave-dust from your shW hair J I think If I should come with you to te I should not find ycjt qhcreed or grave 41 But keen with Wk ot wnat there J see, '9 Laughing the while In that frank wariJ had. There would be stories of the shado host 4 And sprightly comment on the things' 0 d ' J How this one was a most exclusive ghO't Or that one was adorable In blue. a It wduid be good to hear the things') eatd ,f f r ( x , i ;fe f 'l'J7S9mM' ' K-7S! '&' P$ -f" jT tip ?-. . ,: .
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