V Yf 7SV fX&f . ( ftp f K . 1 Eptmtt0 Hc&gcr PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTRua it, k. cunTis. rtinctKt Charles ir. Ludlnston. Vie President! John J,1 Martin. Betreiarr una Treaiureri raiip . lint. John II. Wlltlima, John J. Spurseon. K. Whaler. Director.. EDITOIIIAI- BOAP.DI Ciici It. K. CrjiTii, Chairman. H. WItALEV Editor JOHN C. MARTIN, .general Hualneaa Manaser rubllahed dally at PnaLto I.Mai in nulldlnr. Independence Square, l'hlladelchla. Xrxz ClvTBAL...Hroid and Chestnut streata Atuxtio ClII..... rrrai-fnlon Dulldlnc Iffa To , 200 Metropolitan Tower BeraoiT.... ........ ..403 Ford nulldlne 4W. Loon .....1008 Fullerton IlulMInf CHICioo ...........1202 Trltmn Uulldlng HEWS BUREAUS ViiniKOTnt Benin TUtis ThilMIn Niw Toac Bcaii.u..,...Tha Tlriee liulldlnc Itsaux Bessie... CO Frledrlchatraaaa IOKliox ncmio... Marconi House, strand FAtlt BcanE.. 82 nus Louis Is Grand BUBSCMPTION TEHMS Tho Etiiiio LMttca Is served to subscribe In Philadelphia and aurroundlna towna at the Iato o( twelve (12) cente wr Hk, parabl 0 the carrter. D mall to points outside of rhlladtlphla. In tha United Htates, Canada or United Stataa poe sessions, pottaar tree, flrtr (SO) cents per month. Six (to) dolUra per year, payable. In To all foretm countrlea on ($1) dollar per aaonth. , Nonce 8ubscrlbra wlshlnr address chanted oust lv old aa well aa new addreaa. BELL, lOCO WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIN IMP K AtUtret aJl rommuntcaffotta to Rvenlno dtur, trderendenct Square. I'MIattnlpMa. Zimaio at Tna pniLiDKU-uu rosiorrica as t ltco.ip-cl.iaa mail uama. HIE AVEHAOB NET PAID DAILY CIR CULATION OF THE EVENING LEDOEll FOR AmUi WAS 114,027 rbil.d.lplili, Taetdar. June S, 1917 Tho so-called "fighting spirit" dis played by our llttlo politicians in their latest factional quarrel never helped a nation to win a war. It la said tho Austrian Emperor Is thinking of making Trlcsto a frco city, self-governed. Tho Italian drive should oon save him that trouble. A war tax on dogs was suggested to tho Senate by a Mr. Boncy, of Iowa. As an alternative, why not glvo tho dogs tho muzzle intended for tho press and oonflno their barking to certain hours? Unfortunately It is tho exception, and not tho rule, that comes to public attention. If statements indorsing the selective draft Issued by tho 10,000,000 who aro registering today could havo been printed instead of tho objections of a few abnormal persons, tho anti-draft agita tion would havo appeared as microscopic as it is. Any fool can get his namo printed If ho wants to go to Jail. Of tho 622 persons resident In Llnd trom, Minn., sixty have gono to tho war. Yet tho men of Llndstrom are of tho same kind as can bo found everywhere in tho Union; it happens that patriotism, which travels fastest in a small place, where verybody knows everybody else, hit there first and hardest. Tho name ratio hero would send 200,000 Fhllodclphlans into action! Yet not more than 15,000 will be called of thoso who register In this city today. Undo Sam asks little, but he wants that llttlo to bo given cheerfully. It was a happy thought which prompted tho Navy Department to give to tho German warship Geler, interned at Honolulu, the namo of Carl Schurz. To this tireless lover of liberty, who took refuge in America after tho German up rising of 1848, oppression of any sort, wero it the tyranny of Teuton Imperial ism or the tyranny of American hosslsm. was ever anathema. Civil service reform in this country owes much of its splendid development to the Inspiration of Carl Schurz. Ills championship of greator liberties for the Filipinos was also tiro less. May the deeds of the United States war vessel Carl Schurz bo worthy of her stainless name! "Order and Progress," the admtrablo but rather undramatlc national motto of Brazil, seems to inspire the leisurely de liberation of her course against Germany. The yellow and green standard of the Portuguese-American Republic now waves over tho fleet of Interned merchantmen seized yesterday, but still tho Brazilian sword is undrawn. The commandeering was orderly and attended by no sensa tional incidents. Of tho progress mado there can be no question. Brazilian Ideals are certainly proclaimed at every well considered step. It Is possible that when the actual call to arms comes at last it will acquire a certain dignity from all this patient preparation- Marconi was asked what tho great est single accomplishment of the wireless had been, and replied without hesitation: "Its use by aeroplanes. It has revolu tionized artillery action." The aviator hovers orcr a spot which Is under bom bardment and flashes back to his gun ners whether they hit or miss and how near the target their shells strike. But the Germans can do the same thing until their planes are driven from the air by immensely superior forces, and when that happens there will be another "strategic retreat." Here is America's opportunity. If we can build and man 100,000 aero planes we shall have done more than our bit in the war. And why shouldn't we7 Tho blow has fallen. For certain economies we were prepared, albeit pain fully, The progress of others wo marked with mute grief and the sodden silence of unavailing sorrow. Even before our war, free bread vanished from many a restaurant table. The potent dime alone wooed back the staff of lite. Elusive, too, became the ruddy sheen' of the catsup kottlo and the dread phrase, "all condl. meats charged extra," Bmote tearful eyes. Erelong "free lunch" was only a memory of the ante-bellum golden age. Still shorn f gloom, however, was Lewis Carroll's Uprightly couplet: As I passed b" tbs trarden I marked with one eye How t&e owl and the oyster were sharing J pi eral "quarters." Joyously wo believed that. Scarcely can we credit such gen erosity today, for in Chicago restaurants tho flat has gone forth that all pies, be they boldly "open-faced," coquettlshly "cross-barred' or discreetly "covered," must be cut in sevenths. Verily the blow has fallen! What, indeed, Is rightly a pleco of pie Unless It comprise a full sixth of tho whole, toothsome disk? Economics these, days aro contagious. Should this Lakcsldo frugality sweep through tho land, then, In truth, wo shall know that we're at war. We'll faco the music, of course, but no longer, alas, our traditional segment of pastry! "OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES AND OUR SACRED HONOR" TIODAY tho young voters aro going to tho polling places to cast something moro Important than votes. They aro dedicating their lives to something in finitely greater than themselves. Thoy aro mortal. America Is Immortal. Four generations of American voters have served this nation and havo gono to their graves without finding It neces sary to change our fundamental law, a record which no other nation can show. England was an oligarchy and Franco an autocracy In 1788, but tho mon who elected Washington President had all tho liberties onjoyed by tho men who elected Wilson. A scoro of democracies have been fashioned according to our model, havo been sheltered under our eagle's wing. It is tho privilege of the Selectmen of today to mako themselves a part of that Imperishable and unchanging Ideal of liberty. Hero Is a nation that cannot alter its goal If It would, for It has already sot for Its goal the extreme limit of political freedom that tho mind of man can Imagine local and national government by tho people. Our forofathcrs of 1776 undertook a daring and dangerous mis sion when they plcdgod "our lives', our fortunes and our sacred honor" for It was our liven as well as theirs that thoy pledgod when they Invited tho whole world to follow their example and rlso In revolution, In eternal revolution. It was an Imperfect and tyrant-ridden world Into which they launched their blood-red campaign for liberty; It wa3 Inevitable that sooner or later America would be called to account for sowing the seeds of sedition in tho minds of the oppressed of all the world. If any slacker wants to blame somo one for getting us into a world war let him blame Georgo Wash ington and the other heroes of '76. Thoy broke our challenging flag against the sky, to their everlasting, glory; they de fled the thrones of tho world not only for tho sako of us, who happen to live in 1917, but also for thoso who will live in 2017 and In 3017. Wo of this generation wero committed to follow In tholr blood stained path and drink with them their bitter but honorablo cup of sorrow and patient sacrifice from tho day when as children wo flred our first firecracker and held our first Fourth of July plnwheel. Washington foresaw our trouble. His Farewell Address throb3 with that "ap prehension of danger" natural to one who knew that his llttlo rebel land would havo to breed men as unflinching as he if It was permanently to withstand tho mallco of foreign autocracy uneasy on Its throne. That tho day was postponed when the test should come proves tho Immensity of his success; for mon of tho wholo world havo been flocking to his standard ever slnco and have made America mighty against the Powers from which they fled. There Is no need for America to "Ameri canize" tho war, for it was America that started the war by proving throughout 140 yoars that liberty was possible and worth dying for. And now, with dignified and measured step, she comes to the trysting place her heroes appointed for her. There Bho shall, through the deeds of this fleeting generation, hasten cheer fully to complete her gigantic and age long task. BOND SLACKERS' LAST CHANCE THE Liberty Bond slacker can be ao speedily converted Into tho Liberty Bond patriot that ono rather hesitates to employ the abusive term. Call tho aver age citizen a stand-patter with regard to the loan and he has it In his power to prove with a few strokes of his pen, a slight expenditure of ink and without any drain on his purse, that you have misjudged him. Tho tireless bond campaigners are find ing this out every day. The slackers are melting away. Nearly half of Philadel phia's loan allotment has already been subscribed. This Is a brilliant record and we rejoice In this evidence of pa triotism. 4 But the good work must continue, and at redoubled speed. The city would be shamefully ' unworthy Of the trust the Government has reposed In It were It to fall one penny shy In loan pledges. A quarter of a billion dollars' worth of bonds Is the apportionment here. Only ten moro campaign days re main In which to. prove that Fhllas delphla's loyal generosity has not waned, but rather, superbly flowered, since the days of Robert Morris and Jay Cooke. The great army of fighters which Uncle Sam takes the first important step toward raising today depends very largely for Its maintenance on the magnitude of the army of bond buyers throughout the land. The conviction that Philadelphia will more than double its present quota of loan subscribers springs from the be lief that the hardest days of the cam paign will produce the most triumphant results. After June IS the bond slacker will have lost the opportunity to redeem himself. Instant action will, admit him into the patriot class. No true American can afford to nw tri chance to ataatter Jttfttfft i EVENING A JNEW BRITISH DEVOLUTION Demand for a Federal Empire Growing in Strength as tho Colonics Fight for England By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Special Correspondence Evening Ledger LONDON, May 11. FIFTY years from now tho record will be written of tho silent revolution which took place In Great Britain between 1014 and 1917. It will have many Important Items, but tho first In Its effect on the world will be tho change of heart concerning tho British empire Itself. I put thl fifty years hence becaute It Is safe to assume that the full meaning of the revolution will not bo known until that time. Only tho surfaco things can be mentioned today. Until wo came Into tho war It was rather unpleasant to think nbout thli change which will transform the British Empire Into tho British Commonwealth. We wero out of it. and It always seemed that. In tentionally or not. wo wero tho object of this chnngo. Tho French, too, felt that cer tain aspects of tho new order of things would stand between them and their great ally after tho war. Wo can bo certain now that no such filing will tako place. Tho British Empire Is slowly merging Into a now federation. Traditional and Im perialistic to tho end, the Briton will prob ably continue to call It the empire. Doesn't ho still swear by Jove? But the time has passed when this tight llttlo Isle can hopo to bo actual mistress of Hie vast dominions in which she could be swallowed up a hun dred times. The war has accelerated a move ment which was slowly working through the empire. In fact the war has rather thrown out tho most ambitious plan for the commonwealth and substituted another. But tho change would havo been long In coming If tho war hadn't shown the monstrous ab surdity of tho present system. Dominions Have No Voieo The citizens of tho Five Nations realized In 19,14 that they wero not on all fours In relation to the declaration of war. It was bad enough for England, according to tho Union for Democratic Control, because tho voters had no direct nay In the'matter But tho New Zealander hadn't even an Indirect say Hero ho was volunteering for a war which his representatives had not even de clared Did Canada Influence the policy of Sir Edward Grey? Was tho Union of South Africa consulted In regard to tho Bagdad concessions? Here were tho dominions and tho colonies and India and the protectorates generously pouring out their blood and their treasure for a war which was only, theirs because the home they had never seen had been attacked That is only one eldo of It. Consider tho other side, which thoso who llva out of the United Kingdom do not often hear (Let us leave Ireland out for the moment to prevent quibbling ) Hero are some 60.000,000 of men, women and children. By due process of law they elect representa tives and these representatives voto Im mense sums of money to preserve a fleet and to build up and keep clastlo an army structure Into this fleet and this army go hundreds of thousands of young men from these Islands. Not one cent of the cost of these weapons is paid by any out lying dependency. And yet Canada and Australia and Bermuda are absolutely de pendent upon these weapons for their se curity and their defense. A vast, mistake. It seems, on both sides To understand tho absurdity to the full, please recollect your feeling about some cholca specimens In our own Congress when tho preparedness agitation was on. Just as with us, the members of the House of Commons are generally elected on questions of a strictly local Importance And Just as with m they are suddenly called ,to decide ques tions of the graest International Impor tance and questions Involving tho whole life of tho empire. That situation would have cauaed twenty rebellions long ago If It had not been for a certain event in 1775 an event not with out Interest for us. England realizes to day that tho only thing which mado the empire possible was that the American colonies had taught the tyrants such a lesson that they did not dare repeat an experiment In unjust government The re sult has been that the dominions are In dependent of tho mother country In somo of the most vital matters. Britain does not levy taxes on Canada , Australia can, if it wants to, build a tariff wall against New Zealand or against Britain Itself. Tho emplro has been a loose union for genera tions, and that is why it Is successful. But It has been a real union, none the less, as wo have seen with astonishment. The dominions which might have chosen the outbreak of war as tho proper moment for separation or rebellion, or for declaring only a passive war against Germany, never hesitated. They plunged And their re ward will be this that after tho war. In some form or other, they will havo a great deal to do with future peace and war of the empire. A New Federation Proposed Thero are two plans now before tho em pire. The plan of the Round Table, an ex ceedingly able and enthusiastic set of men In England and In nil the dominions, vir tually calls for the establishment of a parliament and a Goernment (In the Brit ish senso of responsible cabinet) for the federation of States which it calls, prefer ably, tho Commonwealth of Nations. That lt to say that. In addition to the existing Parliament, elected on domestic Issues, thero must bo a separate Federal Parlia ment, elected by citizens of the five na tions which compose the emplro, and pro ided with a cabinet responsible to It alone This new cabinet would deal with Interna tional matters only, as would the new Par liament At .the least, (he cabinet would havo to Include a foreign secretary, a sec retary for tho navy and one for wan. and a minister of finance. It would hav to be given the power to tax Britain and the dominions alike for purposes of defense, and It would dictate 'the foreign policy of the wholo Commonwealth. Meanwhile Britain would still have Its domestic Parliament, but it would no longer have control over peace and war. nor could It levy on Britain Imperial, as opposed to domestic, taxation. That Is one plan elaborated by the Round Table groups. (It la of Interest to note that the brilliant editor of their organ, Mr. Philip H. Kerr, Is one of Mr. Lloyd George's secretaries.) The other plan Is embodied In a resolution passed by the Imperial Confer ence concerning the "readjustment of the constitutional relations of the component parts of tho empire." This is far more mod erate, advising only that the dominions and India should be recognized as- having an important voice in toreiun poucy, ana pro-i vidlng for effective arrangements for con tinuous consultation in -an important mat ters of Imperial concern. The machinery If set up would bo purely consultative, and It would lack the essential powers to act and to tax. It Is possible that neither of these two plans will be accepted and that a third will be found desirable. But In whatever form, this may be taken for granted: The British Empire as the pawn In the hands of the British voter Is a thing of the past. After this war, wo will see the citizens of the en tire' empire, nearly half a billion souls, slowly taking their part In deciding their future. The dominions will come first, then possibly India or the colonies: Eventually H.mncracv will sweep them all in. L I have suggested that the United States li lntcrtslaa ror mis reason- Kvtntually a popu'atton five times an great as that of the United States jjjll be working jrsr.a cer Ula end. It wlllbe a good thing If their ;iaaA.Ja'iSM ', m jwty ' LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY JUNE 5, 1917 Tom Daly's Column UEXtl TO 30 Come out in tho open, lad, Left tee where you standi Ttma and timo to spare you've had Show your hand! WILLIAM WATSON, the poet, has been knighted by King George and Notie Damo University Is giving us oursclf the degree of Doctor of Laws. It may seem Infra dig, but may wo not lift our meta phorical mortarboard and shout across tho RUb-lnfcsted waters: "'Mornln', Bill' Poetry business Is lookln' up, ain't It?" IN 1909 William Watson published a poem which stirred up much comment in England and in this country, too, It was said to bo nn indictment of a lady high In social and political circles; indeed. It's safe to say that Watson would not have been knighted If Lloyd Goorgo's Immediate predecessor as Premier wero still In ofllco. Hero's a sample stanza or two of "Tho Woman With tho Serpent's Tonguo": Sho Is not old, she Is not young. The Woman with tho Serpent's Tongue, Tho haggard cheek, the hungering eye, The poisoned words that wildly fly, The famished face, the fevered hand Who slights the worthiest In tho land, Sneers at tho Just, contemns tho brave And blackens goodness In Its grae. To think that euch as sho can mar Names that among tho noblest nre! That hands like hers can touch the springs That move who knows what men and things? That on her will their fates have hung The Woman with the Serpent's Tongue Slnco a blow as fierce as this, if aimed at a particular woman, would bo a most unknlghtly thing. It may bo well to be llevo that tho honor conferred upon Wat son acquits him of any ungallant Intent in the verses In question. HOEING tho garden In what you might call tho "fairway" is a task that doesn't draw much upon tho reserve force, but whero tho weeds nre thick and heavy wo have found the hoo gct3 a better follow through If, nt tho moment of completing our stroke, wo nro permitted to clinch our teeth upon a wad of our favorlto gum So wo paused In our hurry to catch the early Saturday afternoon train to call for a nickel's worth at the newsstand. "All out o' that," said tho man, "but I got ." "Never mind," said wo; "what's tho matter? Your people havo a quarrel with the manufacturers?" "I don't know," said he. "I don't novor ask no more. I ast onct an' I got a short an swer, an' because It was short it was easy lolnod. I tako whatever comes now." We tossed him our nickel and lot him select tho brand ho thought would fit us. Sir May I not have space! for a bit of Interesting war news? Thank you! Tho young man was sailing for France, whero ho was to drlvo an ambulance, and tho young woman, accompanied by her mother, bad come to seo him off She didn't want him to go one bit. Even a stranger could have told that, and I'm no stranger to them If I were I wouldn't have dared to say what I did and that's the Important news I'm coming to. The young people stepped inside a friendly companlonway and I, although I am long past the ago for service, stood guard near by Mother suddenly appeared "Where are those children?" sho queried "My dear madame," I said, in a tone loud enough to reach two pairs of young cars, "I think they Just stepped Insido for a souvenir spoon " Thank you DOMINIE. A. NEW WATIOXAL ANTIIEH A young won he ta standing In a vacant garden lot, A-pUinting seeds lite Congressman has sent; All day he digs and weeds and plants his pretty little plot Until his bones arc stiff and hack is bent. Tho' heartless friends will snicker and the neighbors all will laugh, Ills hate endures 'gainst Ghlbclllne and Guiiph; And while he chases crows away and hits a straying calf, He softly murmurs thus unto himself: C1IORVS I do not plant that chickens may dig up this precious seed; I have no gold to buy me fertilizer; I only know that farming is my country's urgent need In icaging war against the cru-ell Kaitcr. Mine not to reason why, mine just to rake and hoc; And whether these arc turnip seeds or rose, Or whether they're nasturtiums or slm pie pa-ta-to. It's only my good Congressman that knows I (Second atanca furnished on request.) WLL LOU. TEACHER had finished reading to thf children of her class In tho School of Practice at Nineteenth and Cherry streets. Frances, aged six or so, raised her hand and snapped her Angers. "Please, Miss, won't you read that part again where It says T?" So Teacher read It again and then asked thedlttle girl why It Interested her so. "Because," said she, "when you sold T you showed your gold tooth, and I never noticed it before," A P.EADER, rising to our demand for an Irishman to finish tho submarine started by another Irishman, names Louis Brennan. "Brennan," says he, "Is the Inventor of the monorail and also, I be lieve of the Whitehead torpedo." More unfinished stuff I Whatever came of that monorail? OUR OWN GUV FAWKES Call a fellow a "guy" and you don't real lz that Just that slanderous epithet Is three hundred and one dozen years old. 'Twas one Ouldo Fawkes tried to blow up King and Parliament. The English call him "Ouv' ana Durn mm every Btn of No v.mhir lust to show how thankful they aro to that traitor ror geiiing caugnt before he set the match to the fuse, and made up the old song bdoui O don't you ramember The Fifth of Novemtxr. Ounpowder treaaon and plot7 I aea no reaaon why gunpowder treaaon Should ever bo forgot, Our fifth of November falls on the fifth of June; so the American celebration over the foiling of our plotters makes us strain for a rhyme.; but perhaps Remember, you loon, Th Fifth of June. Anti-draft .treaaon and plot. I aao no xeaaon -why anti-draft treaaon Should aver ba forgot. WEBHERB. , Let this, of course, be credited or debited to wartime economy or prepared ness; An advertiser In an evening con. temporary offers for sale "a second-hand tombtonvw1thhri names upon it that I Jiff 'I'll -) XJZj '. ) . it. . At .. I i mmmaasmKSF. , . . l g5f.iT1aTinTaraTr-irf'mP'wBWB M?S!l"iwi!KvlWrallTfi3M''' h'b'b(E'SSB.wS.1 fiP-IIP llMlPliS SeHksI' S - J&T3K&yRi WLsWa utrisaKayjSaaagafpfe'-jrag-aiggiy t . .:..?:,-! " Mi.''r'r:rnrri tvf rif i f r3flf,ilJinar rirriTTiiTnfcla maf-aTii jT ' i T'tf'mmmwrt ' "' CTTT . j'r --SBMiaSgs THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Sinn F e i n e r s Secession China Anti-Noise Campaign m SINN FEINERS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger. s'r A. J. Borden. In his reply to Clare Gerald Fenerty's letter, shows that he Is an average disciple of that know-nothing leader, Edward Carson. Ho takes excep tion to Mr Fencrty calling him and others like him "the noisy Orange minority " This phrase does not begin to describe that illustrious conglomeration; a truo and lvld description could not be printed In the col umns of this newspaper. Mr. Borden seems to entertain a special dislike for Sinn Teiners I would refer him to any American history of tho Revolu tionary period. There he would find a de scription of tho "Boston Tea Party " Per haps he would find a parallel, perhaps not, but the fact remains that he Is enjoying and sharing In the fruits of their handi work; and "that law-abiding loyal ele ment" they wero law-abiding, wero they not, when they Imported arms and muni tions and formed a council, nnd announced that they would use force In opposing the laws of tho British empire? Also his "secret-order ruffians" It may be that Orange ism has discarded all secrecy during tho last few clays. I fear Mr Borden lacks In formation of the true state of affairs and is not as well informed as ho infers In his communication of May 2D. TRUTH. Philadelphia, June 1. SECESSION IN CHINA To (Tic Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Pekln dispatches say that the seces sion mocmcnt in China, "where nine prov inces hae declared their Independence of the republic, seems to indicate a desire for tho restoration of the monarchy If a monarchy is established nro we to fight China' You know and everybody else knows wo nre now fighting for democracy. Norrlstown. Juno 1. OLD FOGEY. Democracy Is not a form of government : It Is- a method of governing England, for instance, is a limited monarchy, but it is also essentially a democracy Editor of tho Evekino Ledqeh. UNNECESSARY NOISE To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Your paper Is so fine, so Just and patriotic that It Is through you that I make a plea for less noise on our streets I see that Baltimore has followed the example ot New York and has an "antl-nolse police man." I can't see why so many autos havo horns or whistles that make as much noise as the regular steam trains. I am neither sick, nervouSThor "cranky," but I don't see why these noisy people should run our town and make It unpleasant for other people. I am sure If your office was on Oxford street you would not be able to give us such good editorials S. I. P. y. Philadelphia, June 4. WANTS HOHENZOLLERNS WIPED OUT ' To the Editor of the Evening Ledger; Sir In your last night's edition of tho Evenino Ledger there appeared a news article entitled "Separate United States Peace Wanted by Socialists A Demand Made by the So-Called First Conference on Democracy and Terms of Peace," This organization wants a separate peace If Germany stops her present submarine warfare. Well I Of all the Insolence, which cannot surpass the Berliner Frechhelt, this is the limit To think a lot ot poltroons cowards, renegades and traitors should dare to mention such a suggestion, after we have been Insulted, despised, outraged, to say nothing about our men, women and children who have been murdered In cold blood without provocation by a barbarous Government, .which roust be exterminated. It is certainly time to make such creatures understand that men (With red blood In their veins and our Government must prosecute this war Until every vestige of the Hohen zollern family is gone. If the stories which are reaching pi every Hav nf Prilaaian bnltnllftm awA "Hk...i.ii.i. ktjt; r jttw., then it la Jmpowlbtej k trmt o trwat fjjUMaaa : . "HITHER, YE 'THAT ARE WORTHY!" by their -own system of "Olelehfals" and ex termination. No civilized nation would bo able to exist should we he ruled by such monsters. Extermination is the only guarantee for peace, not tho mockery of a socialistic peace. Cruelty and brutality aro heritages of Frederick I, which have been handed down to tho present generation of Kaiser Wllhelm H and his son, the Crown Frince, due to tho trait of insanity which has run through all the generation Of course, wo all know what treatment Is necessary for such cases As tho German proverb says- "Vlelo herschen well sle nlcht reglercn Kotnnen." JEAN DLTROIT. Philadelphia, June i OUR FISCAL SYSTEM To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir There is only one single logical way out of the chaotic social and financial regime, and that is to Inaugurate a Just and democratic money system, such as land-currency, tho irrefutable plan of the Denver and New York prophet. James Holden This would provide a sufficient legal ten der volume of money ; this would mean "enough money to go around." But the people have always been traitorously taught that "there's too much money," or at least "plenty of money" although the legal tender shortage measured by the present amount of bank credit) has In creased to tho alarming figure of $21,000, 000.000 ' It might appropriately and Ironically be asked Just precisely why enough money would ho too much money? A logician has a most embarrassing way of asking such curious questions The logician can easily perceivo that so long as we perpetuato an absurd and crim inal interest-yielding currency. Just so long must we suffer the fearful and destructive soclgj evils of countless varieties Just so long must we put up with universal de pravity split Into a bewildering and appar ently Inexpllcablo congeries of malodorous distempers, such as debt, credit, riches, poverty, chance employment, wagc-slavery, intemperance, destitution, panics, labor strmes, extravagance, miserliness, Indus trial freakishness, child labor, helf-destruc-tlon, rnco suicide, divorce, sex hatred, spin sterhood, feminism, futurism, sartorial freakishness, anatomical freakishness, re form, charity, instltutlonallsm, philan thropy. Illiteracy, crime, disease, insanity and war. FRANKLIN HOPKINS. Wilmington, Del, Juno 1. COSSACKS ARE NOT AWFUL If Inclination to say a good word for Cossacks had not been a Btranger to so many minds, possibly the present very ob vious opportunity to do Just that would not come as the surprise It does to most of us. Wo havo been accustomed to think of the Cossacks only as the ruthless Instruments of an archaic despotism to picture them as wild horsemen riding through a crowd of help'less civilians and beating them bru tally with heavy whips. That conception, of course. Is not with, out excuse, but. had observation been a little moro careful, It would, or at nnv rate, might have been seen that In all these cases the, Cossacks wero Illustrating the soldierly quality of executing without ques tion the orders that had come down to them from the commander-in-chief of th army of which they were a trusted and highly efficient part. Responsibility tor their acts rested on other shoulders than their own all of It. as responsibility Is counted in every military organisation and that the Cossacks have Intelligence as well as courage ha been shown by the- at. tltude which they have taken since the revolution gave them their first chance with andlnS. " n the,r W" lud While so many other sections of the Rus slan army became utterly demoralized as soon as the Czar fell, the Cossacks have preserved their sense of discipline ThlZ have Indulged In no wild vagaries In reearrt to a ruinous and treacherous peace with the enemies of freje Russia and her allies anS they have made plain their determination to support the new Government as faithfully" as they did lta predecessor. The addrea. which they have sent to Petrograd contrasts most agreeably Jn Its good sense wh m" t of the other expressions of opinion th have come from the Rusalartvsoidlers around whose name cluster no such evil ,S tlons as around that ot the Cosiicknd It la upon the latter, evidently that the provisional government can rely moat -iv. 1 ' TV 'ft 4 What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. Who U SrhecloiltofT? 2 Vthat U ft plehNclte? 3. Mho U the "millionaire liobo"? 4. What It the rnu$e of tho present Intersil trouble In China? 6. Who U the Italian Ambafinador to tin United Mate? 6. Ythnt U tho salary of a Philadelphia oaf. Wrote? 7. What Is tho cause ot the Kat St. Uaja rate riots? 8. What U a moratorium? 0. Of what battle of tho Trcnrh and Infill War Is this the anniverar? 10. What Is n lobby? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz - 1. The Utah-Indian disturbance, known as tS lunia expedition, U tho smalleit vat In lie history or this country. It laalN from December. 18.11, to April, 18M. i 205 regulint comprised tho entire fllhtltl tone y 2. When It la noon here It Is 8 a in. la Sitka, Alaska. 3. It Is 3100 miles from Philadelphia to Sal lYancisco. 4. The Tutuila Group lias an area ot 77 leaan miles ami a, population nt .231, less tail 10O to the square mile. 5. A Settlement 3trults gold dollar l "rU ,16 4 cents In American roln. (1. Hell (into Is a narrow strait In the Eari Hlier, New lork city, so called betMH the rush of the water through the oar rowed urea and over treacherous rortl made It exceedingly dangerous for mth cation before the present channel M completed 7. The Republic of San Morlno declared w on Austria on June 4, 1015 8. The St. Louis cs clone occurred on Mar If. 1809 Tho exact damage was nriw learned, but oflliial estimates plated IM (lend at BOO, Injured nt 1500, and propenl ijiunnr. mnrn fli.in S1S.fMHI.OOn. D. lr. Leo S. Itone will be In charge of tin. f'nltml &tnso a". .,.... 10. Iljaliner llrnntlns la the famous SaeJIay socialist leaner and nicmner or "" Swedish Parliament In practical chanl ot the Stockholm socialist confenncet WEALTH OF JAPAN Janan Is nrobablv the most nrosperoBl country In tho world at present Her w, munition trade, compared with that of tl United States. Is small in total value, ' every branch of business In Japan lsmaklnll new rprnrrle nt iirn.na.Ho 17lnnnc(aib,l Japan was never such a power in the vtorWT Deiore. Hno lias redeemed largo quanii"" of Japanese bonds held In Great BrlW and France and is preparing to take Wj au,uuu,uuu worth ot British treasury po" In the United States to help out her alijr. and Incidentally to obtain the B or perhspi I nor epnt whlfh Ti-nlanH .i-UI nnv In DllCi of the 1H per cent by the Japanese FedenUi banks The significant thing about the coW merclal prosperity of Japan is the way Wi which it Is being used to lay foundations tfj future business. Japan Is going to bj ti much more 'formidable competitor afttf' peace than she was before the war Fin, cial World , MARCHING THROUGH HUNLAND. A Scotch adaptation and modernlzatl' or .viarchlng Through Georgia." ty ,. Frame, the Scottish comedian, and suns W, lilm at Palace Theatre, Aberdeen. Don't you hear the martial chorus, froO the land across tho foam? A Do you hear, the message sent to evetr TlrltlRlt Vinnrt n hnmA? J It rings from New York city, from ttj, Hudson to the Somme, We're all comlnir marchlne over, Hurrah I Hurrah I We're going to me' the Hun. A Hurrah ! Hurrah 1 We mean to Join t fun- ., ? We're with you. John .Bull, everj; tin every mother's son. J An' we'ro all comlne sallinir over. 1 They're crowding round the banner brlbV the Stars and Stripes arrayed, a Five hundred thousand Yankee lads r out upon parade : All eager for the hattle front and not one atraia, We're all cnmlnc mifrfelir nver. The Stars and Stripes and Union J together will advance. 1 With the other flags a-flylng there upon. the fields of France: .J We're going to give helping, hnd ieaa tne toe a dance, We're all comink. aulcklv over. Hurrah! Hurrah I When once we begin. . Hurrah' Hurrah I We're going to Mg ana win. Si We re leaving home, America a Jo to' Berlin, AM w'p all airing !lUi'at oyer. , ' , El ? j . . t- i. -
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