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Charles ir. Ludlnston. Vie President! John
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lint. John II. Wlltlima, John J. Spurseon.
K. Whaler. Director..
EDITOIIIAI- BOAP.DI
Ciici It. K. CrjiTii, Chairman.
H. WItALEV Editor
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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
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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
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Sinn
F e i n e r s Secession
China Anti-Noise
Campaign
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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
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"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.
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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.
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