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June-bonds for Juno brides I
WhjrtoU tho bells? Thoy, ought to
Jtabilate,
Could -Schwab bo elected Governor
e PennsylvanI a?
Now Jorsoy ias the Edgo on Pcnn
rylvanla, Jf the pun may bo iiermUtod.
The roan who won't invest fifty
Collars In dofenso of his homo can havo
bo -defense.
Bomotlmoa wo can't help wondering
Whether the aples or tho knockers do tho
more harm.
Lives of great men all romlnd us
vr can mako our lives subllmo, and In
passing1 leave behind us bluo bonds wo
have bought on time.
Wo can understand why aomo Gor
mans should want to fight for Iho Kaiser,
bu Just why should any of them want to
fight for tho Crown Trlnco?
"Uneasy lies tho head that wears a
crown" may soon be meaningless, for tho
simple reason that thcro may not bo any
more monarchical heads to toss restlessly
on royal pillows.
Tho suggestion that Englishmen
wear tho economical kilt Instead of
trousers must mako tho fair box feel that,
after all, their elevation of tho skirt was
extremely conservative.
Tho Cologne Gazetto Is endeavoring
to explain to Germany why America Is
in tho war; but oven It truth woro In lta
arguments, this task would provo futile.
Who can "minister to a mind diseased"?
Ambassador Elkus declares that
Turkey Is kindly disposed toward Ameri
cans and fond of Fance. Tills seems only
natural whon wo reflect that neither of
theso two nations dragged tho tottering
Ottoman Emplro into a war In which it
has-toecaruthlessly victimized.
Somo Potrograd workers aro de
manding a six-hour day and doublo pay
as tho first tfrults of democracy. Tho sol
diers who aro protecting them from en
elavcment havo been satisfied with a 24
hour day and next to no pay. Democracy
is a rara4)lrd well worth training; but It
has to bo caught first. And when It
is. taught to sing tho minimum wage, It
Uncalled undemocratic.
Wo havowno sympathy with any
men -who Use ortry to uso tho war as an
xouse fpr gouging tho public, but isn't
Representative Emerson moving rather
fast whon he-?roposes to havo Congress
investigate houso rents and enact a law
forbidding -the raising of rents during tho
war? As) we understand it, renting
houses is, not Interstate commerce, and
Just -what 'Jurisdiction Congress has in tha
matter, except in' tho District of Colum
bia and tho provinces, wo do not know.
Following eo close upon tho fall
f-tho .pro-German Prloto Ministry, tho
capturo,f tv German aubmarlno by n
Spanish torpedoboat, which promptly
towod ltsrprlzo into Cadiz, Is Indicative of
a now spirit in Alfonso's kingdom. At
last-deeds, not words, eeem to be Inaugurating-
-Jin energetlo policy consonant
With thonclent Rerian prldo. It is ap
propriate, too, that tho U-boat should
fcavo beon-takealnto Cadiz, tireless storm
fconter of liberalism In Bpaln and famed
for the constitution thero promulgated
jwbich overthrew despotism in the Penin
sula. Winning tho war with aeroplanes
Is possibility that has now no kinship
, with mere fancy. The prospect is
grounded in substantial fact. Allied con
trol of tho air has EtarUlngly revolutlon
I lzed fighting methods on tho western
' front. To tho "blinding" of the Germans
by Entente fliers the great victory at
lleselncs Ridge is in large part as
Icrlbod. Mighty as is Germany's sub
marine arm, its recent development has
'been elow compared to the superb ex
'pansion of air-craft effectiveness on our
l Bide. Before the war tho U-boat's value
-raB -reeanrnlzed. Then aeroplane's poten-
tlallty had yvb tr tosted. But the most
VmbitJous nopea-cf the flying service have
how been triumphantly Justified. What
is needed today is not further proofs of
wht war aviation can do, but a stupen
sVstsa tsasjisifiin in the number of machines-
America, has declared that for America
to make fewer than 100,000 planes may
lead to "fearful consequonces" on tho
front. Admiral Peary assorts that aerial
battles involving 1000 machines on a aide
will soon take placo. It would bo unpar
donable for Congress to delay longer in
voting appropriations for literally mam
moth swarms of aeroplanes. Indlsputaulo
in practical worth, a multitudinous nlr
army also fires tho poetic Imagination.
It wilt seem fitting, indcod, for gallant
notions In tho honest open skies to win
what tho dark treachery beneath tho
waves Increasingly falls to accomplish.
EXITONE MORE KING
ELATION throughout tho Entente of
allied democracies over tho military
and naval advantages promised by tho
freeing of Oroeco from Its pro-German
king and his wifo, tbo Kaiser's sister, will
bo great, but in this country thcro Is two
fold cause for rejoicing-, becauso tho ab
dication of tho monarch opens tho "way
for that republlo of Grccco which Greeks
and G rook-Americans havo worked for so
strenuously tinder tho leadership of tho
great Vcnlzolos. Eor tho second tlmo In
this war a tlirono has toppled, for thcro
secm3 less likelihood that tho twonty-thrco-year-old
prlnco In whoso favor Con
stantlno abdicated will lnsplro a rebirth
of motrarchtsm In Grccco than thoro was
that tho Czar's abdication In favor of
Michael would rcstoro Caosarlsm In Rus
Ela. Thus Amorlca'a purpose In tho war
gains now prestige. Vonlzclos has been
cnllod tho "Washington of Grccco." Our
support of republican democracy coos
fervently to yet another Held whero tho
people will como Into their own again.
Grccco was tho mother of republics. Sho
would havo returned to hor nnclont free
dom In tho last century, but an alien
monarchy was forced upon her and, sub
sidized by tho Powers and tho subtlo
poison of Prusslanhm, It managed for
many years to koop a gallant and liberty
loving populaco under tho yolto.
Whether tho strongly pro-Ally Vonlzc
lot) can lead his country to assail tho pil
lagers of hor slBter Balkan States may bo
for Homo tlmo in doubt. Eut Italy's
action, announced this week, In occupying
Greek torritory was ovldcntly taken with
foroknowledgo lot tho abdication, and
thcro will probably bo Httlo opposition to
tho uso of tho wholo northern section of
tho country by Allied forces. Tho Salon
lea nrmy can thus link up with tho
Italians In Albania and Eplrus and gain
a now field for operation!) toward tho re
covery of Sorblan soil. Should tho now
Greoco with hor halt million veterans Join
tho Allies, a stout offenslvo might bo ex
pected to drlvo tho Austrlans back to tho
Danube.
It has boon a triumph of dellcato
diplomacy endlnfc in a defeat for Berlin
which cannot fall to carry its messago of
discouragement throughout tho Teuton
empires.
THE "SUCKER" LIST
GIVE a bunch of crooks and gct-rlch-qulck
operators two or (lirco columns
of spaco in a moro or less disreputable
newspaper and a pleco of land In tho
vicinity of a copper mlno or an oil well,
and tho aforesaid crooks can compllo
their own "sucker" list within twenty
four hours. All they neod Is publicity
and a fako proposition to draw Investors
by tho thousands Into their clutches.
But let Undo Sam offer gilt-edged
bonds, interest and principal guaranteed
by every dollar of wealth In tho richest
nation on earth, and it requires a derrick
and a Missouri full of mules to drag citi
zens Into tho counting ofllces. In tlmo
of poaco, doubtless, Investors in multi
tudes would rush for a Government of
fering, but becauso tho money Is to bo
used In defense of American homes and
of American Institutions tho "easy
marks" of Wnlllngford days aro not now
buyers. Threo and one-half per cent docs
not attract them and their patriotism Is
In their teeth. Draw your own moral.
SENSATIONAL DIPLOMACY
IT IS not surprising that tho Presi
dent's messago to Russia should havo
occasioned a sensation In Germany. Most
of tho Stato papers of Mr. Wilson dealing
with tho war havo caused Bensatlons
throughout tho world. It is tho province
of American diplomacy to produce sensa
tions, chiefly becauso American diplomacy
is direct and purposeful, without deceit
or guile, a characteristic so antagonistic
to historic European diplomacy that ap
preciation of It Is only beginning to dawn
on the ancient continent.
Tho Kaiser's agentfl havo been filling
Russian oars with Insinuations and lies.
Tho President has stated tho truth to
Russia. Tho truth In theso days hurts,
and It hurts Germany particularly. It is
not too much to hope, wo believe, that tho
wholly gonerou'j attltudo of America will
bo as powerful a factor in achieving pcaco
as our arms and our money combined.
For tho Prosldent has voiced tho soul
aspirations of his country, and theso
aspirations havo been gradually becoming,
through tho decades, tho hopo of tho
oppressed classes In Europo. We aro
even so opttmistlo as to believe that Ger
many herself will In tlmo thank the God
of all nations that tho United States sat
in tho peaco conference, for in It sho will
sit, and with a dominating lnfluonco.
UTILIZE ROOSEVELT
WE OPPOSED sending an amateur ex
pedition to tho front under Roosevelt.
Wo imaglno that all men nro now agreed
that tho professional army about to ap
pear in Franco is far better.
But Roosevelt must be utilized.
Ills enormous popularity, his Inex
haustible energy, his unparalleled ca
pacity for nrbuslng enthusiasm, his in
vincible courage and his magnificent abil
ities constitute a national asset which bo
yond peradventure must be utilized. Wo
havo felt that Russia offered a ripe field
for his labors and his ambitions. To
galvanize that country into action and
from its proletarian chaos fabricate a
thunderbolt for democracy is a task
worthy the traditions of Hercules. It is
an ideal Rooseveltlan situation, a prob
lem more readily solvable by a Roosevelt
than by a Root.
But if he cannot go to Russia, let him
by no means rest in an unoftlclal position
at home. He must be called into the
national '.service, anil the sooner the
nit the soor
i 1,11' I SKIII
EVENING tiEDGBR-PHEDADEIiPHIA; WEDNESDAY, JUKE 13, ' 1017
"DICTATORS" TO
DO EVERYTHING
Congress Studies Carefully the
War Plans of the Adminis
. trntion It "Wants
to Know"
Special Cerretpendenet Evening tttotr
WASHINGTON, June 13.
TjTOOD "dictator" to Increase, tho food
I- production and cut down tho cost of v
Ing; labor "dictators" to round up labor In
the Interest of tho Government and Gov
ernment contracts; supply "dictators" to
mobilize material for war purposes; trans
portation "dictators" lo check up the rail
roads and steamship lines and obtain tho
right of way for Government purposes
whenever required ; censorship "dictators" to
tell tho newspapers nnd tho department
clerks what to puhlloh and what not to
talk about theso and a variety of other
supervisory ogenclos generally to manage
the persons nnd property of the peoplo of
tho United States aro "agitating" tho Admin
istration and "agonizing" Congress. In ad
dition, Secretary Lansing, of tho Stato De
partment; Secretary Ttedflcld, of the De
partment of Commerce, and tho Attorney
Goneral want an "enemy trading act," which,
they say, Is not a copy of tho British net,
to authorize tho appointment of nn "alien
property custodian" ; a now oITlclal who shall
tako over all stocks, bonds, shares, Invest
ments and other property belonging to
allons who nro subjeots of countries nt war
with tho United States, or who trado with
such enemy aliens. This bill. If passed, will
tako ovor millions of dollars' worth of for
eign holdings Jn tho United States nnd keep
them In custody until tho war Is ended.
It -will also, In effect, tako over tho opera
tion of such Industrial and manufacturing
enterprises. Including ratont rights, as may
bo conducted In the United Statc3 under
enemy alien nusplces. The final disposi
tion ot tho procoeda of tho property thus
to bo taken Is to be loft to tho nill of Con
gress after tho war.
Why Congress Gets Testy
Pressed linrd by tho metropolitan editorial
wrltors "to stand by tho President" nnd also
"to epeed up" those mensurcs, and cautioned
by "back-home" correspondents to go slow
on taxes and laws that opcrato harshly on
American citizens as well as aliens. It Is no
wondor that Sonators and ReprrFcntatUes
glvo occasional vent to outbursts of temper.
Tho activities of tho Council of Nntlonnl Do
feneo, tho bad blood In tho Shipping Board,
rovclntlons In oxccutlvo sessions of tho
Senato, Information dragged from tho
Houso conferees on Important confcrcnco
reports, tho dolay In tho salo of tho Liberty
Loan nnd Increasing unrest In tho business
world over the form to bo taken by tho
$1,800,000,000 tax bill havo all contributed
not a littlo bit to tho disposition of Congress
to find fault with many of tho Administra
tion's plans. At many of tho training
camps, for instance, conditions nro known to
bo Inadcquato to tho physical needs of tho
men who havo enlisted for tho servlco Con
gressmen hear all nbout this through the
men themselves or from relatives, who In
sist upon knowing how tho members of
their families nro being treated. When they
nro told that thoro la not Budlclent equip
ment for tho enlisted men, that many who
havo volunteered aro not being trained or
are poorly quartered and minus sulnclent
medical attention, they cannot very well
lgnoro such complaints. Ilenco It Is to be
expected that hard words may bo spoken In
debate, no matter how earnest or patriotic
all parties to tho discussion may be.
Why Jamestown Was Held Up
That some of tho Administration's monu
mental expenditure plana deserve tho scru
tiny of Congress was again revealed In the
effort to lncludo tho purchase of tho James
town Exposition grounds In the war defi
ciency bllL Tho Secretary of tho Navy
wanted this site on Hampton Roads for a
naval base. Thero was much to bo said In
Its favor proximity to tho fleet, buildings
nlrcady erected, comparatively henlthful
and all that, but tho total appropriation
asked for was J3.000.000.
"It Is tho Ideal site," Bald the Virginia
ndvocates of tho bill.
"BUt you bought It In, buildings and all,
In 1913 for $240,000," replied their oppo
nents. And bo, for a time at least, Virginia was
voted down nnd tho navy plaps wero Bet
back. Tho Jamestown Blto was pressed Into
tho bill on tha Senate Bide of tho Capitol.
At tho same tlmo a Blto for nn aviation
base for tho navy nt Capo May, K. J was
crowded out.
Meanwhllo League Island and other navy
yards have moro men than can bo com
fortably trained or nccommodntcd, who
might now bo nt work elsewhere, ovon at
Jamestown. If It wero not for tho specula
tive element In our material calculations.
It Is cry much doubted whether nn Increase
of "dictators," with ndvlsory boards work
ing "without compensation," will Improve
theso conditions.
nitting at Elvers and Harbors
The Harding-Lewis debate which broke In
upon the solemnity of tho Senato was more
or less of a political discussion growing out
of tha recent election to Congress In New
Hampshire of Mr. Burroughs, a Republican,
to succeed tho Into "Cy" Sulloway, but It
served to glvo notice to the Administration
that everything is not to pass muster be
causo It has the "patriotic" Btamp of the
Administration. Members of both political
parties aro beginning to fret at tho frequent
suggestions that "patriotism" covers all ex
penditures demanded of Congress, no matter
how extravagant or reckless somo of them
L'may appear to bo. This feeling cropped out
vln tho discussion of the rivers nna harbors
bill when It was charged on the floor that It
had como to be a practice to got letters from
the President to bolster up-liad bills. The
rivers and harbors bill was cut down this
year to a total of about $26.000J)00, and
although the President approved It as a
war measure, It was vigorously opposed by
Democrats as well as Republicans. And
yet the shipbuilding bill went through for
$750,000,000.
A peculiarity about the congressional atti
tude toward the rivers and harbors bill was
that many Republicans along the Atlantic
coast who wero strong for preparedness
joined the western Republicans, who be
lieved It was "good pblitlcs" to oppose
tha bill.
From the viewpoint of the waterway man
the argument seemed to bet Millions for
ships in the foreign trade, but nothing for
American fivers and liarbprs.
Tom Daly'B Column
TUB LEPREOUAVX
Tha leprechaun (pronounced "lepra-hawn")
Is a small Imp or falrr devoted to some
menial occupation and particularly na '
haunting- hedges In Ireland, where It Is popu
larly aupposed he has his sold hidden, ana
mat ha will. have to sirs to anr on who
can keep him In eight. Irlah Folk t-ore.
'Whin I was a young gossoon,
Hack ocvant in Kerry,
Mav would find me, night an' noon,
Watchln' or tho Jacrv
In tho Mav moon, xeo were told,
Was the tlmo to find Mm
Cohblin' shoes, an' hoardln' gold
Jn the hedge behind him.
"Let lc Keep iter cue upon
Every nook tin' cranny;
When ye see a leprechaun,
Catch him qutckl" said Granny.
"Lucky Is tho watchful lad
Buch a one beholdln';
There's a fortune there, bedad,
An' the same Is golden."
"Mind ycr workl" me Cranny said.
"Never lift ycr silly head
Till ycfws rightly "done it.
There's a fortune tn the grass.
Move ver gone an' it iclll pass
Keep your cyo upon ttl"
Now I'm here in Bonnlo Drae,
Worktn' as a caddie,
Where tha game o' golf's to play
An' whera anny laddto
Wishful to be winning famo
An' a lit o' money
Has a chanco to learn the game;
An' sure this Is funny!
Here thcr&a nary leprechaun
lAke they havo in Kerry,
Hut an imp that lead ye on
Very Ilka one, very.
'Tin the weeshy ball they uso
In this game I'm playln';
But I'm hcarln', ttin or lose.
Dear ould Granny sayln':
"Mind ycr workl" mo Granny said.
"Never lift ycr silly head
Till vCve rightly done it.
There's a fortune tn tho grass,
Move tier gaze an' it will pass
Keep your eye upon it I"
THERE'S a suggestion wo glvo frco
gratis to somo wldc-awako manufacturer.
Mako a good match-winning ball and call
it "Tho Leprechaun."
Thcro Is an apartment houso In tho
central part of town which Is occupied
nlmost exclusively by school teachors.
Miss Bertha Crossan, of tho School of
Tcdngogy, coming homo ono nftornoon,
overheard nn nrgumont between tho
colored Janitor and tho driver for a de
partment storo, who was trying to deliver
a C. O. D. package "Deed, man, I tell
yo,' dat packago ain't for here," the
Janitor, Insisted, " 'knso do ladles In dls
houso (ley doan' never pay fo" anything."
Tho Villnge Mystery
A Talo of Two Docs, In Which One With n
Curious Monicker Seems to Havo
Bagged tho Wrong Tarty
"Doc" Rogers, ns ho was familiarly
called, of Canadensis, committed rulclde
on Wednesday morning nt tho homo of
Oeorgo Blitz, nt that place. Ltttlo or
anything la known of his fnmlly, though
about ten years ngo his father visited him
nt Canadensis. Dr. Minor DeKay tvrb
attending Mrs. Blitz, whero Rogers lived,
and ho had prescribed somo medicine for
his patient, which the unfortunate man
found nnd drank, ending his life.
Stroudsburc Times.
WIHON wo wero nt Niagara Falls somo
weeks ago wo noticed a sign nbovo tho
nowsstand outsido tho railroad station:
"Blind Al. Newspapers, Cigars and
Tobacco." Wo bought a papor wo didn't
want Just to boo how tho boss compared
with our own Blind Al hero at Fifth and
Chestnut streets. Tho man bohlnd tho
littlo counter wasn't blind at nil, although
ho acted in a proprietory sort of way. Wo
woro nfrnid to ask nny questions.
Tho other day wo told our own Al about
It, but got novcr a rlso out of him. He
whittled a stick whllo wo talked, nnd
when wo got through talking ho kept
on whittling. Wo changed tho subject.
"Busy?" wo nsked, for wo wero disturbed
by our inability to Interest this audience
of one. "Yes," ho Bald, "I manago to
keep busy." Fortunately, wo didn't nsk
him what ho was whittling tho stick for.
Tho next mlnuto wo found out. Ho laid
stick and knlfo on a pllo of paper, and
picking up his broom, .began to sweop
his shavlncs into tho gutter. A number
of us Idlers, each blessed with two good
oyes, stood around and watched Al keep
ing himself busy.
Last Call
Baa, baa! black sheep,
Have you any soul?
Don't let It go to sleep!
Give up your roll!
Bonds for the master,
Bonds for tho dame,
Bonds for the little boy
Bearing their name.
SI PICKARD usually gets his hair cut
on tho fifth of each month, no matter
how busy thoy mny happen to be in his
section of that big department storo
which Is now celebrating Its forty-ninth
birthday. So SI burst into his favorlto
barber shop last Tuesday. Tho boot
black who usually takes his hat was not
on tho Job. "Where's Charlie?" nsked SI.
"Ho's gono to register," said tho barber;
"gono for tho nrmy, mebbe." "So?" sez
SI. "Well, he ought to Bhlno there, too."
THE other evening tho Littlest Kid
come In to tho customary 6 o'clock dinner
promptly at 7 o'clock. "I've a good mind
to send you to bod hungry," scolded his
mother. "I didn't know It was so late,"
said ho. "You didn't know?" rotorted his
mother. "I called you myself. You wero
put thero on tho lot playing ball nnd I
stood at tho back gate and clapped my
hands, and you saw me, too." "Oh," said
he; "I thought you was clappln' me for
tho two-base hit I had Just made,"
MAYBE you, too, dear children, misun
derstood our call a few days ago. We
asked you to come forward and buy
twelve-year-old Philip Cotumacclo's paint
ing for the benefit of the Red Cross.
Only a corporal's guard have enlisted for
the work bo far, and we havo in hand
nt this writing 16.75. Meanwhile, if Philip
himself is In tho audience ho might tell
us wnat "price no nas set upon me
painting.
CONTRIBS who may happen upon
comical errors in any of our Philadel
phia papers may save their stamps.
Charity not only, begins -at. home, but
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GERMANY HAS HER
ALAN SEEGERS
A Little Book of Verse Found by
tho French on a Dead Boche
Protests Against Barbarity
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Correspondent of tho Evening Ledger In
France.
PARIS, May 20.
n
N ALL my Journeys over tho seven seas,
In lands of (lowers and lands of snow,
In each and every trip to tho front, I hava
noted vastly moro than I havo written. It's
an old, old habit. Ingrained within it Is
tho vaguo Idea of futuro use, of somo pur
pose beyond tho ephemeral. Indeed, hero
I'vo dreamed fine dreams. A fow, a ery
few, havo been realized. But tho great mass
rests awaiting. This talo, In tho homage
It pays a dead man, stands out like a
beacon light, cries for expression. I bow
to Us urging and put It Into words.
I stood In a German abrl within the
broken Illndenburg lino. With tho trench
its steep steps led to, It had been taken
In a morning attack, an attack successfully
launched before I left Paris nlno hours
before. Tho electric wires In Its stout rough
timbered celling had been cut and wero
not yet repaired. It was early twilight, and
tho day, soon to die, struggled feebly down
within a modern burrow of war.
Close to tho bottom step, a captain ot
chasaeurs-a-pled was looking intently at a
little book, a littlo common notebook bound
In shiny black pasteboard, Its pages of
cheap, coarso paper, red-lined. My lleuton
ant escort had presented me.
"Bon solr. Monsieur. Lloutenant, you read
German. Translate this."
Ho Loved tho Lilac
Taking tho book from his superior offi
cer, tho lieutenant looked at It for a mo
ment and said:
"Thero aro rough notes, memoranda of
places passed through, a short description
of a Ullage occupied. And verso. A poem
entitled 'Malengruss,' Greeting to Mny.
Listen:
In a cardan, a garden loat to those uho held
It dear. I stand ax In hand before a lllao
tree. It trembles In tha gentle breeze of a
May evening. 1 cannot kill It. For It Is cov
ered with green clusters, clusters Innumera
ble, waiting (or the sun. waiting eagerly
to bloom und perfume. It recalls another
springtime, a sprlngtlmo all too recent yet,
but a far-off memory; a sprlngtlmo when my
heart. Joyoua and smiling, reached up Into
tho blue akyj n aprlngtlme when my heart
and tho heart of another boat In happy unison
before a white-blossomed lllao tree. Here, In
this lost garden, I sea It again; here, with
the sound of cannon In my ears; here, by this
strange, familiar lllao about tq bloom, and
which I cannot Kill. And from Its presence
I send again my heart to that other heart,
across wide land, enwrappod In Us unbloomod
nowers,
"And thero Is another. 'Soldatengrab'
the soldier's grave. Whero did you find It,
my captain?"
"Let us go out Into tho dying day." re
plied tho oillcer. Wo silently mounted the
steep steps to tho trench, a trench half
demolished, filled still with tho mark ot
recent battle. As we nscended I felt some
thing of a strangely familiar perfume In tho
unrhymed translated words, something ot
an ancient lied. Perhaps more. Some
thing ot the great and little song of Heine.
And about me, war, death, tortured France,
tho sound of great guns and the spring
time ; the pristine balmy air of early May.
"Itead, lieutenant." We were leaning
against the wall ot the trench, close to
gether. I see two birds flying In company through
the air. They are speaking. And as they
n.b I listen.
h nthei- a. breaat of red.
1 iiairn. uni, naa wings ot gray ana
says: "See, see the man, the man with i
gun. Ills brother lies In an unknown rri
In a strange land, among enemies.' And '
redbresst answers: "All those who are di
Ana me gray Dlra
the
rave
I the
redbreast answers: "All those who are dead
rest, rest from weary labor, even be It where
It may. And as they rest they are In the
hands of Ood." I reached for a little stone
and tne gray oiro. new lasiar ana lar away.
Hut the redbreast stopped before me, and of
my soldier's bread I fed It crumbs.
As the lieutenant ceased we looked at
each other, and the question came again,
"Whero did you find " my captain?"
"A pollu brought it mo as you arrived,
Call him. We must see. This Boche was
a poet" And he added pensively; "Perhaps
he might have been a great poet. He -rings
CONVINCED AT LAST
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And tho pollu, standing at Baluto before
us, said:
"I found it over there, my captain. I
thought It might bo tho notes of a spy. All
tlio dirty Uochcs aro tries, my captain,"
Wo walked rapidly, wo four men, tho pollu
leading tho wny, wondering, perhaps We
covered tho 400 yards in a few minutes,
through shell-cratcred earth, past tho dis
order of recent hand-to-hand fighting, past
now mounds covering men who saw yes
terday's twilight In health and vigor. As
wo advanced tho lieutenant Bald, "There's
another poem."
"Walt,',' answered tho captnln.
"Hero," said tho pollu, "Tho book lay
here, and tho Boche Is there."
, Wo leaned over, standing ankle deep In
tho brook, and pushed the underbrush
aside.
Tho dead man, a simple soldier, half
lay, halt pat, among It. His head wns
upturned toward tho sky, his helmet by
his sldo. His eyes wero wldo open ; bluo
ejes, bluo as tho heavens In summer, but
Bet ns two pieces of glaBS. Ills lips were
bllghtly apart Upon them rested a great,
green fly, tho battlefield ily, tho sluggish
death fly that comes with tho spring and
goes only with tho frost.
Tho hair was reddish blondo and the
face smooth. The nge was perhaps twenty
five. Tho right hnnd rigidly grasped tho
buttons of a gray Jackot, ono being torn
convulsively open. About It I saw coagu
lated blood. The left hand gripped tho
earth, gripped It in a fair full handful as
It had gripped It when death came. Of
daylight thcro was but a dying trace. And
tho captain. In nn Impassioned voice, said:
"Read tho other poem."
"Yo Servo tho Antichrist"
Quito against the regulations, he had
Hashed his pocket lamp In the open. Its
tiny bulb light struck full upon tho page
and shone on tho visa go of tho dead. We
stood In something of veneration, uncov
ered even to tho pollu, who could not un
derstand.
flott mlt unsl
Yes, o people of mlnel With jour cannon
jo spread tho light of science, with your
bloody lances ye aim at the throno of Uodl
Yea, yo reoplo of mlnel Without shomo,
without repentance, our armies sacrllego
houses built to God's glory, built anciently
In piety and reverence, by a peoplo whoso
sons defend with the blood and sweat of
their browl
Yes. yo people of mlnel Ye havo assumed
nil sclcnco and all virtual Hut seek, seek
nt tho fountain of truth nnd learn! Then, jn
peoples of mine, will yo throw at tho foot of
altars tour murdorlng. arrogant, bloody
swords!
We who do thy work, we who do It
through the gloom and darkness ot thy Ig
norance, cry aloud: Learnl It Is not God
yo serve, but tha Antlctrlst!
"Havo you translated aright, Lleuten
ant?" asked the captain with a quiver In
tha voice.
"Yes, my Captain." And he read aloud
again tho last two lines, slowly, In their
German rhymo:
roch wlr, lm rinatern. Irrend, rufen wlast,
Ihr dlent nlcht Oott. Ihr dlcnt dom Antichrist!
Who was this Bocho with a conscience? I
thought. And as the Captain gavo the
ordor that ho bo burled where he fell and
that his head bo first wrapped In his gray
Jacket wo went away. Who was this
Boche with a conscience? I thought again.
I am suro wo all thought It, all three, as wo
walked In silence, visibly moved.
Who was he, what was he, a dreamer, or
a rebel? In the early darkness of a soft
Slay night I asked again, and again si
lently. A great poet lost to Germany? A dreamer
or a rebel? How many among his Invading
companions In arms against fair Franco
thought as ho has written, cursed tho crimes
they committed under orders?
Wero they many? Or few? Were they
the yeast of a great mass that would rise
slowly, understand slowly, thnt would end
by Imposing understanding of honor over
science, of truth over falsehood, of right
over wrong, upon "thou people of mine"?
Or wero they but a tiny handful whose
voices would ever be lost amid blind folly.
a uvmi, juny o an uiuemcu, me arrogant
morbidity of a war-bred race, of a nation
Inhuman deliberately unleashing evil upon
the earth, bringing sorrow to 'millions of
mothers, death, to millions of sons, desola
tlon to fair and beautiful lands?
But the Fullness ot Time can answer
Not the mere victory to come, bot tho far
Fullness of Time, when, deeply chastened
and profoundly purged, the people by the
Rhino have drunk full In understanding of
the crimes Inflicted by their eagled Hoheni
zollern legions, ,
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. What I the purpoxe of the Itulilan-fiDi
pnriniiai tongrfHsy
2. What nation line n commission to deal i
uipioniniic aiiuirsr
3, When were envelopes first tiiedt
4. Who Is the Crown Prince of DfJlhuaf
o. vtnnr great buttle In the present wir i
nut none in mo irencnr7
0. Where Is tolmcro sold by the yard?
1. What nro tho "wasps" of a modern fMtl
H. What ulstlngiilnlieu Cennan anatomist 1
made a heredltury noble on his elinu
nirtliila) 7 ..il
V. Who Is W. Trnnk Person?
10 How do fishermen obnerve Memorltl Put
Answers to Yesterday's Quli 4
1, An. astronomical unit Is the mean dlitti
from the earth to the aun, approxlmiti
v.,uvv,vai nines, inis is usea as ua
of tiatronnmlrnt measure routb si
Inch or mile In ordinary life.
2. Muriatic add It an uqucoun eolation of
firoehiorlc nchl for commercial parpoM,!
3, Ilaboulehkn la the term of endearoiel w-1
nucfi to .lime. nreaiiKovaKaya. tna si
llunxlan iHVItlrnl nllo who has bectw
tmtriuted by the present drmocracr, St
houtehkii means "little mother." , 7
4, A total i-cllnne of the moon will be rluVt
nt I'lilludelphla shortly after 8 o'clxs
on the morning of December 28, . -
5. General Wlnlleld Scott Is referred t Il let
exclamation "Oreat Hcott." .... J
0. Tim hlKhext buWdlng In l'hllaaclpMa. Mat
tn the City Hall toner Is the DelUiw
mnitford Hotel addition, which b
7. The .Massacre ot Vnrll. In which 8900 1
son were kilted In three dan. betas
JunA 19. 111H. inn iMn fltn. The I
giindlans. under their duke, . John.
Tearless, murdered their ruuonsi
l a ,1, Aa-mavnnra This SSTe U
lll.ntn !& m..a it. .nt fntn what I
since been called the Hundred It
8. Culm, Haiti nnd Ranto Pomlnie an
west iniiinn.repuDiir. ,i.
0. A bajoii Is the southern tynd per
Loulslnnnn) term for creek. ,
10. The "Know Nothings" were the fl i
rnlled Americnn party.'' onrsnlied ag
1M4 in oTOoailion rami """SL-L
none of the objects of the name Jf J
for them the cognomen "Know JHOtnwfkj
rut-r. mill linn n.-um --"--;.-... a
HATE, PERSONAL AND NATIONAL
Alfred Llssauer's "Song of Hate" "!:
tensely typical of German mental PJ00
It was frantic, wholesale, shrleklnf. g.
In nulto another and Just as characterWJ
a fashion does France, speaking tnw?j
tho mouth of Alfred Capus, the noted g
tor and fecund dramatist, register her
philosophy of detestation. In striking tew
trast with Teuton frenxy, M. CapBI 4
cruelly analytical, bitterly loglcol, aila,!H
terrible sincerity of his code give" m
Llssauer stanzas almost tho quality BM
childish spasm. It Is natural, too, WJfl
Gaul to express In steely prose "JeS
for which the German demands tMB
notlo Influence of rhythm. J
The following Is tho first English Uter
latlon to appear of M. Capus's nnnytjys
hatred, personal and national; .jffl
"Wo seo today, by the unparalleled pa
of our army, how much hatred is a sopji
of profound energy. The devastation rn2
ically executed In the Invaded relWVfl
refinements of cruelty, the Infamiuij
yesterday, the wholo orgy of 'j'?,r
crimes, havo Implanted tn the hesruf.
our soldiers hatred ot the unspeanu .
...Vilnl. Ln.. .1 .. e .. a , .1 A ,1 ,,nnn 1IO.
"In the ordinary course of exigency"
sentiment warps tho vision, lru3" uj
fort and must be uprooted irom m j
but ns hatred Is sterile In such time ,
so can a national hatred now uj
nt ln,ll..Mnnl Inf.rAaf. thlfl n&tlOn&l Pff
., . n ,., vaM of ael
In a crisis like the present one. when
face to face with beings miners vj
Blnce the cave ago. Private vng"
i nui. i. .t .... AMAfhint? IrnoDls,
HUB Wlllllll lb U1WUJO ou,iivu..ci V. M
a peoplo who hesitated to avenge lt I
tho outrages we havo unaergone ""z
uiuuiu uil priua. ruiutuiiitvtv, ,iarj
mean the abandonment ot the Ijstffljjd
self-preservation. A particular mu.
who takes his revenge, eyen ior "-.
It.. HnAa nn. Inl.M.I ItlM TMlhllO COfUM
na a urlinl. ITa rfllhiir Alienate 1"!
from It; but a nation strengthen ItM
science and exalts Itself in forcing ov-j
from Its dastardly enemies. ..,
"Such Is our right, confronted vrltnj
man Ignominy. Some inrencan".
ii,.lw hhdnannhln AAriAlhllltV WOUld .V
it. Our soldiers, quivering with bjjjfl
fore the spectacle of a ravages. ;
will pass beyond that attitude and
seized with the sWrlt ol vens"
nTter lhn victory -IOO
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