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SUBSCRIPTION VERMS
The ErxKiKS Liuoie la eerved to eubacrlbera
tn Philadelphia and aurroundlnr towna at the
rate of. twelve lizj c
centa per week, parable
v in carrier.
Br mall to polnta outelde of Philadelphia, tn
the United Statu. Canada or united statea pot.
aeaelone. coatara tree, nrtr (601 centa per
month. Six (le) dollara per rear, parable In
advance.
To alt foreign countrlea on (tl) dollar per
Vionth.
. Notjcs Subacrlbtra wlehlnr addreea chanted
Butt give old aa well aa new addreae.
BELL. J00 WALMJT KEYSTONE. MAW 1000
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JST Addrtis att communUattont to J?venfoiff
jLttetr, Irdrprndence Sqhore, Philadelphia.
Itixiid at ma rntHDiLrnu rotTornca ai
aiooao-cxAia uail uattxb.
TOT) AVERAGE NET PAID DAILT CIR
CULATION OF TUB EVENINO LEDOER
FOR MAV WAS 10I.H9
I'hltiJelphU. f.lurdir. June It. 1917
Cotton clothes or no lamb chops!
Two billion Iron men Is "some"
meal, oven for ft German Juggernaut.
Tho lncomo tax receipts In tho Lan
caster district have more than doubled.
Tobacco Is king.
Ordinary knowledge Is not always
generally diffused. "Wo have received n
letter asking if cx-Klng Constantino Is
married.
Tho rains clean tn streets, which
la a good thing; and they lay tho dust,
which Is a hotter thing; but contractors
doing their duty would bo tho best thing.
Director Twining believes that tho
Whole comprohonslvo transit plan is en
tirely feasible on an average faro basis
of seventeen tickets for a dollar, so wo
are informed.
It has been an Inspiring campaign, and
It has had a glorious finish Secretary
McAdoo.
Tou can havo more when Undo
8am is ready for It, Mr. Secretary.
Tho lncomo on tho Liberty Loan
for ono year amounts to moro than tho
total annual cost of tho Government in
tho years immediately preceding the Civil
"War. But Just compare the national
Incomes!
Speaker Clark yesterday denounced
the dilatory tactics of Representatives
who insist on talking instead of voting.
What aro little things llko urgent war
measures to men whoso snoots aro near
the pork barrel?
As for flfty-cont whisky and
twenty-cent beer, predicted as a result of
war taxation, every ono knows that ono
gloss of whisky is moro helpful than
flvo and that tho drinking of threo
glasses of beer after tho first is mero
thoughtlessness.
Let It bo hoped that, following the
magnificent showing mado by Phlladel
phla In subscribing to tho Liberty Loan,
tha city will not be humiliated by failing
to supply its quota for tho marine corps.
Thoso who favored tho volunteer system
havo now a splendid chance to put their
theories into practice.
Tho verbal battlo between "Muggsy"
McGraw and tho former Governor of
Pennsylvania may readily become of In
ternational Importance. Why should a
baseball manager want to bo knocking
tho teeth out of umpires when ho could
be getting gold medals for doing the eamo
thing to Prussians?
Wo Imaglno that tho Vares ex
perienced chills in the splno when threat
ened by Senator McNIchol with a fac
tional revolt if they went too far. The
Vares havo the Governor and tho Mayor,
to say nothing of a Public Service Com
missioner or two and most of tho Juicy
contracts. If they want anything clso
they'll take it, even if it la the Senator's
house.
The necord thinks that Mr. Dan
iels is about tho finest Secretary of the
Navy that over happened, and wants to
know if anybody now living can name a
single one of the numerous Secretaries
of the Navy who served undor Roosevelt.
Tho answer is that as a President Mr.
Roosevelt was himself the greatest Secre
tary of. tho Navy tho nation over had.
Kemember tho trip of tho fleet around the
world?
The mailed flat of Germany, with fur
ther aid from Almighty God, will restore
you to your throne, of which no man by
right can rob you. We hope to welcome
you to Germany at the earliest oppor
tunity. The Kaiser to ex-King Constan
tine. Constantino had better stick to his
original intention of going to Switzerland,
however, as the tables d'hote in those
excellent Hwlss nosteirles are as fine aa
L'si&Et ever, whereas In Berlin you have to pay
' ;xtra for an order of bread and the butter
is said to bo rank.
From what Berlin considers Ger
man soil comes a greeting to the Presl
ent and good wishes for this nation.
This phenomenon occurs because one
jrav old man does not care a. snap ot
i for the "supermen' in neimeta,
,M.sUd
upon by German soldiers, says and does
pretty much what ho pleases, and tho
despoilers of Uelglum, who have not held
back from overy other crlmo, dare not do
moro than giowl at him. This splendid
priest holds aloft tho banner of his fnlttr
for tha world to seo, and thoro Is moro
forco in tho llttlo finger of such a man
than In all tho explosives in Germany.
BILLIONS FOR DEFENSE
WHEN William Hohenzollorn, after
many years of patient and skillful
preparation, decreed that the tlmo had
como to spread the glory of German ruth
lessness to tho far corners of tho earth
and exterminate democracy from tho faco
of tho globo, ho forgot, it appears, to
consider in his calculations tho In
ncrutablo God whoso omniscient functions
ho has sought to usurp.
Mr. Taft has said, and thousands of
others havo thought, that God takes caro
of children, idiots and tho United States.
Certainly tho Provldenco that guided men
ncross tho mighty vastness of the Atlan
tic, and planted with them here the
seeds of liberty, was also tho Provldenco
that provldod democracy with resources
so lnexhaustlblo and wealth bo un
precedented that they constltuto in
themselves an almost insuperable barrier
against tho aggressions of autocracy and
tyranny, no matter whenco they sprung
It is not, wo bellevo, by aocldont that In
this tragic crisis, when tho cries of civili
sation for help have thundered across the
Atlantlo, wo aro able to answer with
nn outpouring of wealth Incalculable, In
money and in men. An lnexhaustlblo
treasury, with which autocracy could not
compete seemed in this period to bo
the ono essential to victory for tho forces
of humanity, and that treasury, humbly
we say It, by tho grace of God is hero.
Tho first loan Is tho hard loan It Is
tho loan of enthusiasm, qulto different
from tho othor loans which families that
havo tasted tho horror of war pour out to
nvengo their dead and mako sccuro the in
stitutions for which they died. Two
billions Is but a modicum of what we are
ready to pay. It scratches but tho sur
face of our imperial revenues. Wo con
doublo it, and doublo it again, and doublo
that nnd still bo on our feet, still strong
and vigorous, still mighty to flnnnco the
crusade in which wo havo Joined and to
tho success of which wo havo pledged
our pockets, our lives and our honor. Yet
tho first two billions aro tho "In hoc
elgno vlnces" of tho Allies. TJhey con
stltuto tho covenant of service, the war
rant ot our unerring devotion to tho
cause, the assurnnco that tho Mother of
Liberty has offered her llfo blood and
her treasure at tho altars of freedom.
Not in boastfulncss does Philadelphia
point with prldo to her achievement In
making this great loan a success. It is
this peoplo's heritage to answer, gen
erously when tho nation calls. Our brains
and muscles already aro at work. We aro
fabricating tho machines which will mako
tho world freo Wo aro ready to give
more, to subscribe mote, to do everything
that is necessary to make victory cer
tain. Wo do these things tho moro
gladly becauso tho eyes of all men havo
beon opened. They know nt last tho con
spiracy which has been organlzod against
them and they aro going to smash It be
yond the hope of resurrection.
DECISION PLEASES FANS
r OVERS of baseball will rejoice that tho
J effort to bring tho great national
gamo under tho antl-trust laws has failed.
Tho public was nauseated by the lack of
dlsclpllno which provalled during tho
existence of tho Tedcral League. It may
bo doubted If the management of profes
sional baseball Is entirely porfect; but it
is a management resulting from long
j ears of experience, during which, on
moro than ono occasion, chaos Instead of
order reigned. The present system of
control is tho only system which has
proved to be at all workable.
RED FIRE OR RED CROSS?
AS Tlin Red Cross campaign starts it
. is reported that many towni nnd vil
lages in tho vicinity of this city nro scor
ing great successes in another campaign
tho collection of contributions for Fourth
of July celebrations. One New Jersey
community, comprising two or threo hun
dred families, Is going to raise $200 for
fireworks!
This la folly. Wo should certainly havo
the greatest Fourth In our history; but
not a wasteful Fourth, not a murder
Imltatlng Tourth. Our doctors and nurses
have gone, will keep going, to tho field
to repair the effects of real explosives.
Every cent that can bo spared should go
to them, to provldo not merely for tho
baro necessities of Red Cross work, for
tho cruder, material needs stretchers,
ether, bandages but also for the extra
comforts that sick men ought to hae to
lure them back to health of body, mind
and soul. Tho gallant fellows who Ho
wounded in French hospitals want ono
thing to get back to tho battlefield. It Is
bad enough for an able-bodied man not
to want to take a wounded man's place:
far worse if he will not put a wounded
man Into condition to contlnuo fighting
for him. '
Modern surgery brings men back from
the brink of tho grave. Thousands of
men died In our Civil War who would have
been saved today, notably Stonewall Jack
son, whose death, if It had occurred in
this war, would have disgraced a field
hospital supplied with proper equipment.
Maimed men today are marvelously re
stored; facial disfigurement is In many
cases redeemed; artificial limbs permit
crippled soldiers to walk and feed them
selves, even to support themselves. The
blind must bo indulged, comforted, re
warded. Wholo army corps of what would onco
have been hopelessly crippled men leave
hospitals to fight again for those belliger
ent nations enlightened enough to give
their Red Cross workers adequate support.
The Germans prove that this is so by
sinking hospital ships and wrecking am
bulances. They know that an ambulance
full of half-dead men is capable of further
mischief for them, and terrible as this In
human Prussian practice is, it mends no
bones to vent our feelings in abusing the
culprits. Those who have no special sym
pathy for the wounded can at least con
sult their own Interest, they may be called
upon to take the places of wounded men
t0aljfht have saved to do their flght-
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EVENItfft LEOaERr-PjaiLADBLPHIA, SATURDAY, JtTflE 16, 1017
WATERWAYS IN
WASHINGTON
Congress Slow to Realize tho
ivyiitnry nnd Commercial Im
portance oi iniiiiiu
Channels
SptcUil corretpnndenca Evrnlnp Ledper.
WASHINGTON. June 16
AMKIUCAN rivers and hnrbors have pro
J. voket much discussion In Congress this
week. The bill to provide for their Im
provement and maintenance has sailed over
choppy legislative seas. The opposition to
tho bill has come principally from Inland
States having few. If any, waterwajs Hut,
surprising as It may eecm, eastern repre
sentatives have also fought appropriations
for Inland waterways with great persist
ency Chairman Small, of the Rivers and
Harbors Committee, ns handicapped at
the beginning by a minority report signed
by Democrats and Republicans alike. In
cluding three Atlantic coast members of
tho committee Ono of these nans irom
Massachusetts, which has appropriations In
the bill, and two others, ono a Democrat
and the other a Republican, come from
New Jersey, which la provided for by ap
propriations affecting almost every county
In tho State
Western Opposition Analyzed
It Is not difficult to analyze western op
position to the bill. The Mississippi boom
ers havo been cared for by a JB0 000,001)
flood-control bill, and they have been under
wrltty for a J6.000.000 appropriation this
yenr In the sundry civil bill. Moreover,
States like Iowa, Nebraska nnd Kansis
havo little to nsk for wateruajs and can,
therefore, easily criticize appropriations
going to other States Attacks upon tho
bill came chiefly from Chicago members
of the Houso who, despite the Mlslsslppl
appropriations nnd other Government Im
provements, contended that Illinois had
spent Its own money to build a drainage
canal They wero In no mood to encourage
Inland watcrwavs nlong tho coasts At
times tho western argument revealed a dis
position to Ignore tho coast lines altogether
and to direct International shipments from
the Mississippi bv way of the Great LaVes
nnd the Gulf nf Mexico As ono representa
tive from Missouri said In his speech, "The
movement of Industry tomorrow wilt bo
rorth and south In this country rather thin
east and west, nnd tho man who gets In line
now with tho movement for carrlng
freight up und down tho great river rather
than crossnlsa as wo havo .ilwajs bron
doing, will bo In lino with the prophet who
has a vlbion of the greater and larger dav "
Although every Atlantic roast Stato te-
cclves some recognition In tho bill, tho ln-
diffetenco of eastern Representatives In
supporting it was marked The eastern
Representatives who spoko against the bill
followed tho usual practko, denouncing it
as a "pork-barrel' measure notwithstand
ing tho benefits to be derived by thtli own
States Tho fart that uomo southern river
without much commcrco was to bo Im
proved or cleaned out for navigation pur
poses Invited Instant criticism, and so fir
as tho opponents of tho bill woro concerned
It was vain to nrguo that tho railroads
were overloaded nnd that increased trans
portation facilities wero necessary to move
tho freight to the coast Theso opponents
seemed to bo satisfied to let tho rivers and
harbors close up, even in theso war times
and to wait until the railroads wero able to
catch up with tho business of tho countrv
It did not weigh with them that the
transposition commltteo oytho Council of
Natlonsl Defense, headed b Mr Wlllard,
president of tho Daltlmnro nnd Ohio Rail
road Company, had announced Its def iro for
waterway co-operation and had urged tho
formation of an advisori commltteo to for
mulate plans for tho utilization of Inland
waterways Tho cpporltlon seemingly did
not want a river and harbor bill tills ses
sion Attack on Chesapeake nnd Delaware
The attack on the Chesapeako and Dela
ware Canal proposition was at times
vicious. Tho merits of this waterway con
necting tho North nnd tho South along the
Atlantic coast did not appeal to Its western
antagonists at all All they seemed to
care about was that thero was once an
overissue of honds and they charged that
somebody was trlng to "unload n worth
less property on tho Government Thnt
tho canal carries a million tons of com
merce a ear, even In Its antiquated stato.
and that opened up by the Government and
made freo to the peoplo It would carry moro
tonnage perhaps than paspes through the
Panama Canal did not appeal to theso gen
tlemen The argument that merchants and
shippers were suffering for lack of trans
portation facilities along tho Atlantic sea
board nnd that many coastwiso vessels had
been withdrawn to engage in the foreign
trade also fell on dull ears It was shown
that large cities like N'ew York, Philadel
phia and Baltlmoro needed additional
transportation facilities; but tho answer
wan that these cities had the advantage of
tho open sea Ono western debater actually
contended that the eastern Inland passages
were too full of fog to be of service.
Wartime Freight
Supporting the Chesapeake and Delaware
Canal Improvement wero statements by the
Secretary of War, tho Secretary of the
Navy and the Secretary of Commerco, all
of whom at one time or another havo urged
tho taking over of this Important connecting
link between the Chesapeako and Delaware
Rays. The expert opinions of General
Black, chief of tho United states army en
gineers, and of Admiral Benson, whose
knowledge of coastal conditions has mado
him so Important a factor In our present
naval arrangements wero also quoted. All
theFe on the war side of tho problem. But
tho commeolil sido was presented as
equally urgent Business men wrote that
tho railroad embargoes and tho transfer
of coastwise steamships to the foreign trado
mado It almost Impossible to get certalr
shipments through along the Atlantlo sea
board. It was stated that coastwise ves
sels, which might ordinarily bo Batlsfled
with ninety-six rents a barrel on oil, woro
now able to got as high as M7 per barrel
freight from New York to Genoa Condi
tions In tho lumber trade werrf said to bo
eHpeclally serious, In that lumber from
Mobile to Philadelphia, for Instance, now
costs about $16 per 1000 feet, as against
normal freight rates of $6.80. One Phila
delphia lumber dealer, who declared that
tho failure to pass a river and harbor
blll.tncludlng tho Chesapeako and Delaware
Canal would bo a crime, said he was now
awaiting a carload of cypress from Florida,
ordered last December but not shipped until
recently because of the railroad embargo.
It had now been three weeks en route.
Waterways Men Conferring
Apart from tho general agitation, there
were several waterways conferences In
Washington this week The waterways ad
visory committee of the Council. of Na
tional Defense, of which George E. Bar
tol. of Philadelphia. Is n member, talked
over plans for relieving railroad congestion
by water traffic. Most of the discussion
hinged on tho utilization of tho Mississippi
River, since tne committee, in addition to
Mr. Bartol and General Black, chief of
engineers, Is made up of representatives
from New Orleans, Cincinnati, St. Louis,
Kansas City ond Chicago. The Atlantlo
Deeper Waterways Association also as
sembled Its war 'board and laid plans for
carrying on Its flght In Congress and In
the Miami convention which Is to take
place in November next "Massachusetts,
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Maryland and North Carolina wero repre
sented at this meeting.
The renewed activity of the Middle West
was taken by the Atlantlo Association to
mean that its flght for the long-neglected
waterways of the East must be resumed
with fresh vigor. It will, therefore, con
tinue its agitation for a common-sense pre
paredness along the coast, and particularly
tor the taking over of the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal and the ship canal across
the State of New Jersey, which the war
experts now regard as of vital Importance
for strategic reasons.
t4 J, JJAMTXON MOORB.
Tom Daly's Column
77; VILhAOU J'OET
When June (a sivrcl nixtccn
(An' the It that todau)
Iter Meat lover's seen
Abroad ulth her at plav
'Tit he, telth rod and reel,
Who skips the dcvv grass
In hopes to fill a creel
With pickerel or bass.
Though other joys as high
Engage me through the year,
There's none so glad as I
The fishing season's here.
When June is sweet sixteen
The time for bass is on,
An' anglers to the scene
In search of sport have gone;
Borne leave at break o' dav
An' other some at noon,
An' take their homeward tuav
Ity light o' stars or moon;
Though now J linger nigh
A'o likely stream or weir,
There's none so glad as I
The fishing season's here.
When June ts stccct sixteen
An' fishing days arc on,
My neighbors may be seen
Arising with the dawn.
They've yearned so much for this
An' talked of it so long,
'Tls surely not amiss
To put it tn my song;
For having heard them sigh
For joys they hold so dear,
There's nono so glad as 1
The fishing season's here.
When June is sweet sixteen
They brag an' sigh no more,
Hut quit this peaceful scene
For lake's or st camlet's shore,
An' leave the town to me,
Who ne'er, as man or boy,
In catching fish could see
The smallest bit o' joy.
They've goncl An' that t why,
With peace an' quiet near,
There's nono so glad as I
The fishing season's herd
ONI3 of tho sovcrnl high hurdles that
spring up unexpectedly In tho way of
Reformed Spelling nnd throw It out of
Its stride is tho word "whither." A morn
ing contemporary, committed to tho re
form nnd apparently aiming to bo con
sistent, printed It "wither" flvo or six
times In one poem on Its front page on
Thursday. Another troublesomo word is
"where."
Doctor March, lato president of La
fayotto College, gave many years of his
llfo to the study of this problem of sim
plifying our language, and much of tho
fruit of his toll was blighted by tho pre
maturo and clumsy help of ono Theodore
Roosevelt. It was about lflOC, when T. R.
was President, that ho took up tho big
stick for Reformed Spelling nnd used it
in his correspondence. Ho overplayed it,
and as a consequenco it was laughed
back nobody knows how many years.
ON'n of Teddy's favorite simple words
was "thru," and this made It possible for
tho New York Sun to put across n
pungent paragraph which has tho dis
tinction, wo think, of being tho shortest
In captivity. In Its issue of March C, 1909,
the day after Tnft's Inauguration, nt the
head of tho Sun's editorial page appeared
tho slnglo word:
Thru.
ncthlehcm A. D. 1
A sky where Kate? one resplendent star;
A hush upon the world, then from tho
sky
The voice of angels from the great Afar;
And in a manger, one faint childish cry.
Here love was born in silent holy peace
Oorl gave Himself to make a heaven of
earth,
Thnt sin and hate and wickedness might
cease
rorcicr from His sacred hour of birth.
Bethlehem A. D. 1917
A sky whose clouds are palls of foul,
black smoke;
The crash and jar of forge and lathe
and drill;
The roar of furnace that belch and choke
Until their white-hot molten floods they
spill
Ten thousand workers tolling day and
night.
For what? (While God looks on dis
mayed )
That men can glut themselves in Death's'
mad fight
That all the tools for war's red liell be
mode. VARLEY.
B. Sunday admits that he doesn't know
everything about golf, although he claims
to be a player. His lamps aro suro
twisted In the way he looks ot one Im
portant rule:
Try some of the fundamental rules of
gnlf in lite especially that one about
keeping your eye on the ball even If
jou trust our caddy.
I still run after the marble when I
make a good shot You can't stop me
from doing that I don't want to risk
any ono else claiming It
MoBt golfers keep their eyes on the
ball to make suro of hitting It, not for
fear of losing it nnd the money value
it represents.
The Neighbors Arc Saying
Frank Doonerjs trying to break into
the P. L's Old Folks' Picture Gallery on
tho strength of having onco played Gas
pard In the "Chimes of Normandy."
Where thero Is smoke thero must be
fire, and so we're beginning to believe
(slnco many havo told us about it) that
Doctor Kutcher Is a dentist in West
Philadelphia nnd that not far away
Walter II. Tinney runs a tin shop.
SOMETHING ItlGHT AKD SOMETHING
WIIOXG
The Loan came to life In
Towns, hamlets and thorps,
But what stuck tho knife in
The poor Marine Corpset
THE CENTURY COMPANY'S announce,
ment upon the paper Jacket 5f Margaret
Sklnnlder's "Doing My Bit for Ireland"
says, among otljer things: "The men and
women responsible for this heroic, if
temporarily unsuccessful, national gesture
of a great raco stand out vividly on the
pages of the book." If the returns be
correct, America's "national gesture" of
digging into the Jeans seems to have beer)
successful and (hen soma.
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THE DANGER OF INDIFFERENCE
"America Is Making Precisely the Same Mistake That England
Made During the First Year of the War,"
Says Marcosson
By ISAAC F.
American mf ailne writer ana publicist, who
I
LEFT England thrilled with the thought
at work. I had watched an American de
stroyer flash Its flag in the van of a
British ship, Its solo protection; I had
heard American troops and American Jack
les cheered to the echo In London streets;
I had seen on all sides a proud and grate
ful acknowledgment In Great Britain,
Franco and Russia of America's Une-up
for the great cause of world democracy.
But to my amazement I And America In
differenteven apathetlo; frantlo appeals
for enlistment, a deluge of literature urging
tho nation to buy Liberty Bonds which
should be self-selling; everywhere the echo
of that deadly slogan, "Business ns usual."
America Is making precisely the same mis
take that England mado during the first
year of the war. Then there was a mighty
flag-waving; but with It a deadly Inertia
begot of self-sufficiency
The Englishman solaced himself with the
Idea that England was an island, fooled
himself with the Idea that the war would
soon bo over; therefore, why disturb his
business or his habits? The net result was
that tho flower of England's young man
hood was eliminated before the country
realized that the German submarine had
put a ring of terror around Great Britain
What happened?
Famlno stared the nation in the face
and thero had to be recourse to conscrip
tion. Here I find that same fatal self-sufficiency
that came near being England's undoing.
Millions of Americans are still bitten with
the delusion that the Atlantlo Is a God
given bulwark against the Invader. They
havo forgotten for one thing that the ex
ploits of the U-53 off the coast of Nan
tucket annihilated the security that an
ocean barrier once offered; they do not
reckon with Germany's possible development
HAIL TO THE CHIEF MURDERER
Hall to the Chief who with poison advances.
Poison for trench and for river and well,
Hall to the War Lord who postures and
prances,
And hostages gives to the Legions of Hell.
Hall to the hero who sanctifies Nero,
Butchers the aged and steals from the
dead,
Ravages villages, burns, wrecks and pil
lages, Gloats on the oceans of blood he has shed.
With babies on bayonets your army went
gay on its
March through the fire-blackened ruin
and wreck.
Magnificent master of death and disaster,
Where Is the power that shall hold you
in check?
Yours Is the might and the power and the
glory.
That tramples on honor, on truth and on
God.
Highest ot Huns, who shall tell all the story
That's hidden from history under the sod?
Hall to the slayer of wounded and dylnr
Hospital ships are delicate prey
Hall to the high priest of cunning and lying,
What does Christ matter when Yours is
The Day?
Add to your knawrjr. cunning and !av.
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THE PROPER ATTITUDE
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MARCOSSON
has Just returned from a month's stay In Europe.
of aerial warfare, making possible an over
seas aircraft whose endurance will bo
equaled only with Its destructiveness.
In other words, the battlefront of Europe
Is slowly but surely spreading from the
Old World to the New.
This Is one definite reason why It Is up
to the whole American people to regard tho
war as their war; to feel that every ad
vance by tho Allied armies Is one moro
step In the direction of their own national
security.
If Germany Is not beaten on the battle
fields of Europe, then the deadly con
flict with her world ambition must be
fought out on our own shores.
A huge American army In Europe today
Is the best Insurance against the crimson
ing ofvour own land.
The war today has a message nnd a
meaning for every American citizen, bo he
a banker In New York, a ranchman In
Texas or a street-car conductor In Spokane
Success of the Allied Arms In Europe
this year means peace and security for the
free natrons of the earth for years to
come.
Failure means the constant threat and
ultimately tho effort to Impose autocratlo
German Ideas of government upon every
democracy In the Western Hemisphere
Americans must realize that ourarmy
is going to France to fight for America.
The scene of tho fighting is In Europe.
The issue at' stake Is here in America.
To seo this war Is the best cure for
short-sighted optimism that I know. No
mistake that America can make would be
more fatal than the satisfied feeling of con.
tent that "all will be well." The Germans
are far from beaten.
Germany Is still a going concern. The
empire Is full of fight and America's war
Job Is cut out for her. The sooner we realize
It the quicker Jt will He finished.
Give nurses your curses and choke out
their breath.
Hurrah for blood mania! Down, down
Lusitanla!
AndwJUhr de'sth." WretChes wh0 struSBle
Foes or neutrals, torpedo them, you have
no need o' them,
Straight down to hell with them, snip,
freight and crew;
What though your ravages shame Afrlo
savages, mu
How can It injure a monarch like you?
Germs of diseases you spread as It pleases
Zeppelin 'bombs kill the child In Its sleep.
What are the odds If such fury appeases
jou? m '
War Lord of Germany make the world
weep. From "South Africa."
RELAXATION FOR MISSIONARIES
In a letter which arrived recently from
Kluklang, China, a missionary wrote
"Some people haye a conception of the mlsl
slonary as a person set apart from human.
ber that he Is human, with likes, dislikes
wants, passions and a soul to satisfy Just
as any other creature. . Hose
books you had put in the missionary box
have saved our lives. 1 read Thev of th.
High Trails by Hamlin GarlTnd? to my
wife while she waB III. The book, The Bor.
der Legion,' by Zane Grey. I read whllo
on one of my out-staUor, trips. 1 wish
you could have seen roe. I wa. on a boat
on the yellow Yang Tse, ray feet curled up
sing- my mind far away,"
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Where ta Qulntnnn lion, on the oaat of
which the (termnnn aro aald to hare a
fciihmarlno !mef
2. What I" a dlsiloqtieT
8. In what enr and In what country wat the
lied Ctofs founded?
4. bn wna Averroep.
6. Mho tlrnt said "Put Hour trnt In Ctiii bat
be Mirn In keen jour powder dry"?
0. What work of lletlon la called "A novel
vtltliout u hero"?
7. What former relet ngnlnt the American
overnment recently hiihurrlhed to tbe
Liberty lxi.in.'
8. What li the nrlclnal mennlnit of "chiffon"
0. vVlint l.s a mjmlocM?
10. Mhot race of people onider bird nenti
an edihln luxur?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Itreekenridite Long. Third Anklttant Secre
tary of Male, i the ofllclil I nltrd Main
representative with the Italian commit
hlon. 2. President VVIIwin ulrr!!el 10, OOO to tha
Liberty Loan.
3. Patch pocket, flarlni; tklrta ruffa nnd no-
nece6ary plaltn tire tuboo by the Coancu
of National I)efene In the Intercut of
war economy of wool nnd other dothi
4. The Commltte of rnhllo Information U the
body created by President llon to tlct
out ntllclal new relitinc to the war. It
rontUta of the Secretaries of State, War
nnd ary Department n civilian. George
Creel, and n number nf aMlManti.
S John Spnrco. until hl rrklsii itlon recentjf,
n n fcoelalint lender nnd pnhllrlit. lit
una horn In Kneland, und save nt mi
rcnfcou for retUnlup tint be wat unanlt
to nrnuletce In the Socially party' atti
tude toward the war. He ha been known
n nn opportunist nnd not lit a Unci
doctrinaire
fl. The 1'nlted states In openlne the atlonl
Sjlran Theatre nt VVnfchlnistnn entered
tho Held of producer nnd theatrical mtn
oner. 7 Tunn ( hl-Jnl Is the Cnnermtlre, leader In
hlnn. When I'mldent LI luan-boiuj
demanded lilt renliinallon the pretent cn
tit wat precipitated
8. The first eteet pen wnt nted In 1M0.
0. Montreal, with population of nppro
matety half a million. It tho iartett citr
In Canada .
10. lnslnla It called "tho Mother of rrc"-
dentt."
FINANCING THE REVOLUTION
"It must be done" said George Wash
ington ; nnd the head of the War Commit
tee of Congress added. "With money, every
thing; without It. nothing He lookes
nnxlously nt Robert Morris, rhlladelpnl
banker.
'The amount needed staggers ne''i
Morris "You demand thousands Where,
nro they to come from?" ,
"MorrK you havo never failed me,' saw
General Washington
"The Congress Is unahlo to enforce tax
tlon; the people aro unwilling to support
tho Congress," said Morris "What we new
Is a strong government. We must be really
the 'United' States. I cannot think of our
selves simply as an alliance of States, wnica
contrlbuto only their good will to a com
mon and temporary treasury We rouK .
strengthen our Confederation, provide for
our debts and form somo kind of a Fed
eral Constitution What we must have l
reliable publlo credit, nnd this canonir
be secured by a strong national union.
The threo men wero silent leaning for
ward on the table and gazing at the docu
ments with knitted brows Washington
mouth set grimly In a thin, hard line.
nodded In npproval as Morris paused. Art
the States prepared to sacrifice their sover
eignties?" asked the banker.
"They must merge them, sir." Wasswj-,
ton replied quickly. "This contest demanai
sacrifices " .
"I do sacrifice much of my Interest, raj
ease, my domestic comfort and my ner
tranquillity." Morris Bald "But have you
not done tho same. General'" 1
Tho head of the War Committee, prac
tical man, broke In: "This southern expe
dition In pursuit of Cornvvallis means monej.
for supplies, subsistence and transporta
tion." v,,
"Is this measure inevitable, Generwi
asked Morris. ,. ...
"It Is Inevitable, sir." said Washington.
"On It depends the co-operation ot our
allies from France ; on It depends the sue;
cess of our Imperiled, cause aentlemen,
he cried, "I am resolved upon it. I mu
pursuo It nt all hazards." .
"You shall have the money," said Row
Morris . . ,
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know, and Morris made the Revolution J.
success. But, as a .result, in n i"""-(
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fortunes in .later years Morris inu- (
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