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THE AVEHAOE NKT PAID DAILY CHI- CULATION OF TUB EVENING LEDGER FOU MAY WAS 101,110 rhU.JflpM., Ssturdir, Jane 23, 191T VENGEANCE IS MINE; I WILL REPAY, SAITH THE LORD 'ASPECIALj commission of honorable " French Bcntlemcn, each of whom would scorn to Ho oven for the national eorvice, was appointed somo weeks ngo to Investigate reported German ntrocltles in the recovered parts of northern France. Testerday our special correspondent In France, Henri Bnzln, published In this newspaper a review of tho commission's findings. Wo could wish that every man and woman In America had read his plain and simple statement of facts. The yardstick of civilization Is the place f woman In organized society. Tho re spect accorded motherhood, the protec tion given feminine virtue, tho Inviola bility of the wife, constitute In themselves the measure of human progress. It has been so since history was written. Men who degrade women degrade themselves, and they degrade their sons. No nation has been able, to survive a womanhood defiled, and civilized peoples, for genera tions past, even In war, have respected this principle. But what these Germans nave done. In their mad determination to cow and bludgeon whole populations Into subjection and servitude. Is to strike at the very citadels of life, and. truth, and purity, and faith, and reverence, and Jus tice, for the despoilment of women and the enslavement of young girls has been a, definite, fixed and unaltered policy on their part. It was difficult to believe, In the early days of the war, that a people so Intelli gent as the Germans, so magnificent in their material progress, could be guilty of these outrages. But facts are facts. Only a few months ago a French woman was tried In a French court for murder. Bhe had destroyed the llro of her young child. Pitiably on tho witness stand she told her story. In the most horrible cir cumstances Imaginable she had been pro faned. The child was to her a living tes timony of the fact, aa awful reminder of events more terrible than death, so horri ble that In her simple mind she hated tho Infant with a loathing unconquerable. Bhe was acquitted, as she would have .been In any court, but her experience was Imply one to which thousands of her French sisters had been subjected. Lust cannot explain these things. Back of tho lust Is a deliberate national policy, de signed to contaminate tho posterity of whole provinces and thus bring them mora readily under the Prussian yoke. In Chaulney, the German In command aald to the desolate mother whoso flftcen-year-old daughter had been seized as a slave: "Know that the words plty' nnd 'humanity' do not exist In my dictionary." He told the truth. Nor in tho scheme of ruthless aggression which has made Ger many the common foo of all mankind and the hated of all nations Is there any the orem of charity to which allegiance is paid. The lust of conquest has magnified and Indorsed the other lusts that man th animal Is heir to, and only by pouring our resources Into tho conflict and fully decapitating this hydra-headed monster can we win back for the world the things which massed .together we call civiliza tion. We enter upon the mighty task With complete confidence, for a humble 1 and religious people do not doubt that the J Cod whose majesty the German Emperor :-hLs blasphemed will ride on the storm and direct the Issue. Vengeance Is mine; I will repay, salth 'the, Lord. GOOD NEWS FROM RUSSIA r - .TJItilHU ROOT Is not one to make ex- IH travagant predictions. Ills statement , that "the deportation of the Swiss Social- ,'fct, Robert Grimm,, from Russia Is very Mrnlflcant, and through the failure of 'JIs efforts Germany has lost all hope of a separate peace," Is, therefore, most en- ec-uraglng. Socialists would probably Ijeve had a poor chance to get a hearing st Russia's food distribution had not been attstpcaled, a. lesson that our food-bill ob- stroetlcnlsts should take to heart, unless tt is thf(r purpose to make the irar un. MjaMr-,hrs; By the time mmwAttmi Us. ; . .tu. . ! parently being solved, and his coming seems to have crystallized a growing do mand for a stout Russian offonslve. It may bo months beforo tho new republic makes her full forco felt, but already thoro ftro Indications that Germany 1ms had to maintain her eastern nrmy at nearly full strength. On tho faco of It thcro Is every reason for optimism to bo derived from the news from Potrograd. DEADLOCK OX SEA AND LAND; VICTORY IN AIR A FEW miles of wnter sown thickly with mines keop England's nnd Germany's navies from a decision. They aro llko two bulldogs crazy to fight, but so chained that they cannot reach each other. Power ful offensives recover ten or flftcon squaro miles of land from tlmo to time, but this Is slow work In viow of tho fact that nenrly 20,000 square miles of French nnd Belgian soil aro yet to bo recovotcd. Thus tho two old-fashioned moans of fighting promlso no quick decision. Tho two now ways of fighting undersea nnd In air present no such symptoms of dendlock. The subma rines aro racing with the shipbuilders, nnd tho riubmnrlncs nrn nliend In tho rnro. But Just ns tho undersea bnttlc cannot bo deadlocked so long ns Ger many can turn out hundreds of sub marines, so tho nir battle ennnot be dead locked so long ns the Allied nations turn out thousands of noroplnnos. Aeroplanes must raco with submarines In their destructlvo processes. Strangely enough, theso two new weapons nro now coming Into actual conlllct, iih sub merged U-boats can best bo seen from tho air nnd bombed. The planes hunt the pirates ns flshhawlCH hunt for fish. Tho United States should Invest enor mously In aircraft. Wo should build many thousands of planes with which we could drlvo tho Gorman machines out of. the air and freo wholo sou zones from tho U-boat menace. Tho Idea Is popular, nnd rightly so. It Is not amateur strategy, but tho mature opinion of experts as well. Once tho German batteries nro "blinded" by tho removal of their shcll-guldlng planes from tho nir, whllo the Allied and American pianos continue to glvo thn gunners back of them Information, the drlvo Into Belgium will bo unimpeded. Onca we havo established safe sea routos with huge fleets of seaplanes tho U-boat will no longer bo a mennco. A CHOICE OF DICTATORS? THE men who sny Woodrow Wilson is trying to mako himself our dictator will probably succeed In preventing him from bolng one. They may oven succeed In making the Kaiser our dictator In Mr. Wilson's stead. A PARADE WITH A MEANING THE Bed Cross parado was ns touch ing ns It was beautiful, symbolic of woman's sacrificial humane devotion In Its highest estate. The exhibit was porhaps all the more striking because wartlmo parado nro comparatively raro nowndays. Mero theatric pngenntry is painfully out of place. With such vain display wo were surfeited during tho Cnban conflict. This time our war songs nro more in our hearts than on our lips. This time our mental vision quickens nt tho thought of our future surging legions nt tho front, nnd we nro rightly content to forgo tho shallow pleasure Induced by martial pomp safe at home. Instinctively, therefore, we demand that such few parades as we do sponsor be sincere, significant, pregnant with moaning. Evory one of these quali fications was touchlngly fulfilled by yes terday's Bed Cro;8 spectncle. If ever a procession was loftily conceived It was this one, In which self-sacrificing, pa triotic womanhood publicly plighted Its troth with humanity. That tho parndo was well managed and artistic invested It with an added charm. But Its essential appeal waH of deeper quality, of tho kind thnt chokes huzzahs and brings the silent tear. Our feelings, however, should not stop there. Phila delphia is still behind in her Bed Cross fund quota, whllo severnl other smaller cities havo already given their propor tionate shnro nnd aro planning to doublo It. Tho parade's supremo Justification will be found when wo havo effaced this stigma. Bulgaria Is tho I.one Czar State. Soldiers suffer from lack of ether. Don't worry about It; prevent It. As we understand It, Manager Me Graw denies his interviews ofllclnlly, but stands by them unofficially. Recruiting would never fall off, even for a day, If the full tale of Ger many's crimes wero not too foul to print. Marking down tho mark regularly nccompanios thnt peculiar method of banking on victory in which Germany indulges. To assert that those who conscrvo their food can servo their nation may bo a mighty poor pun, but its patriotism is absolutely undeniable The reported mutual antagonism of the two Irish commissions to America is at least a warranty of how faithfully they represent their natlvo land. Graduation day orators are telling the youth as usual that the world Is his oyster. Just at this time In the history of that bivalve It Is a particularly hard one to open. A few irresponsible women In Washington may do tho suffrage cause harm, but they are quite as mlsrepresen tatlve of that cause as male anarchists are of masculine citizenship. Although It Is good news that the House Is' now behind the Lever bill, the real need Is for Congress to catch en tirely up with the measure and march fully abreast with the vigor of Jts pa, trlotio provisions. Repairs to the Russian steam roller seem to be rapidly nearlng com pletion. The next step Is for Engineer Brusslloft to start the machinery with .whtejv be. and Jong-legged, J-Jlchola for- wwi.i vrvmmmiymx. EVENING tEDGER-OPHILADELPHIA, SATUBDAY, JUNE 23, 1917 WATERWAYS PART OF PREPAREDNESS Army nnd Navy Experts De mand Improvement of Riv ers and Canals flifriol CorrfpoiwImc Kvtnlng Ledaer WASHINGTON, June 23. THE retention In the river and harbor bill of tho Chesapeake nnd Delaware canal Item was a notnblo victory for what tlin army and navy experts regard ns tho Kiel canal of the Atlantic coast. The Hem win subjected tn nttnek In general debate and on tho rending of tho bill for nearly ten days. Tho unklndcst things that could tin conjured up wero snld about It, and finally a point of order was tnado that the project did not belong to tho River nnd Harbor Committee, but should go to tho moribund Commltteo on Railways nnd Canals. This point of order had been antici pated ns tho last card of tlio nntngonlsts of tho coastal project and was met. argu ment for argument nnd precedent for prece. dent But tho chairman, following a ccrtnln lino of precedents, ruled tho point of order woll taken, nnd thus threw the Item out of the bill. An appeal from the decision of tho Chair was promptly made, nnd on thnt ap penl the fight fr the retention for the Item was renewed u ith much bitterness on either side. As a reniilt of It nil. tho ruling of the Chair was not sustnined and the Item was put hnck In the bill by a substantial vote. Tho failure to suflnln the Chair's ruling, he being of tho majority party, was one or the titiUHtinl Incidents of tho Sixty-fifth Con grew, and was widely commented upon In eongrenHlonal circles. Tho canal victory, howover. is not flnnl, nlthmigh the Item Is now safely In tho bill along with the Delaware ltlver appropria tion of $1,910,000 and tho Schuylkill ltlver appropriation of $300,000, tho latter being n brand-new Item Tho bill Itcelf, carrying a totnl of $20,000,000, has not yet passed tho IIouko, nor that other erl Ileal body, tho Senate. Tho New Hngland Items aro all right, and so Is tho East ltlver project, together with tho Pennsylvania. New Jer sey and Delaware projects, but a hard bat tle Is expected when ceitaln other sections of the country nro reached After the Chesapeake nnd Delaware light tho river and harbor bill was displaced for a week In order that tho President's food dictator ship bill might have Immediate considera tion. That bill has been running nil the week, nnd will be followed by the river nnd harbor bill unless somo new tactics of ob struction aro resorted to. Mcanwlilio tho Secretary of Commerce, speaking as much for tho Council of National Defense ns for tho department, has been urging the do cloiment of waterways for war trans, portatlon purposes. Tho ear shortage Is being cited ns evidence of the necessity for waterways, and- much Is being made of the statement of President Wlllard, of the Ualtlmore nnd Ohio Railroad, who Is chairman of the ndvlsory commission of tho Council of National Defense, that even "when the railroads of the country havo ben oporated up to 100 per cent of their capacity there still remains 2IJ. 30, possibly a still greater per cent of traffic which can not bo cnrrled at all " Racking Up the Army Some of tho leading army and navy ofTleials feel keenly the desirability of early action upon the waterways bill. They do not regard It as "pork," but ns one of the senslblo mediums of propnredness. Why should we send fighting men Into the trenches, they argue, unless we are pre pared to back them up with the necessary equipment, Including tho food supply? The waterways are natural developers of the food supply. They Irrigate the soil, which stimulates production and, properly Im proved, nfford a means of transportation to nnd from many fertile sections of the coun try which are not reached by tho railroads. This is notably tho situation with respect to probably a hundred streams emptying Into tho Atlantic Ocean, penetrating thousands of acres of tillable land not served by the rail roads nt nil. If we arc to stimulate pro duction nnd conserve our food supply for war purposes nnd to keep down the cost of living, why permit this frightful waste of good land and of thee natural oppor tunities for bringing Its product to market? Washington has been learning much this week about Mr. Hoover nnd the high cost of living. It has been snld by Mr. Hoover that we must keep the Allies supplied with food oven though their supply Is bound to be 0 per cent deficient. At the same time we nre told that, owing to our limited transportation facilities In carrying supplies to tho Allies, wo must ourselves economize ns the cost of living soars. Tho averago cit izen, who complains that flour sells nt $8 20 a barrel In London when tho price Is $17.(10 In Washington, must also hear In mind that even thn railroads must give way to for eign trade or to the needs of tho army and navy for the prolsionlng of our own troops. If tho President feels warranted In using them Thus It is held that Inland water ways, In addition to such strategic channels as tho Chesapeake and Delawaro Canal. may fairly be considered In the catalogue of war measures. I'pon that hypothesis the advocates of better waterways are pro ceeding with their $20,000,000 bill. Slnco tho outbreak of the Euiopenn war Washington has witnessed one grand pro cession of fings. The Stars nnd Stripes, of course, predominates, but there has been such a variety of other Hags as to suggest that tho Capital City Is fast becoming the melting pot of tho world. When tho French commissioners arrived the French flag was thrown to the breeze. Then came the British commissioners and with them the British flag. For several weeks certain of the public buildings hoisted theso threo emblems. It was popular for a time to put them on automobiles and In front of busi ness houses. While this tripartite display was going on several of the South Ameri can lings appeared. Including that of Cuba. Theso were our allies. Then came tne Con federato veterans reunion, with the old soldiers of Lee and Jackson and the spirited belles of the cotton States, wearing tho Stars and liars. Whllo such a display In Washington might not hnve been accepted with good graco a quarter of a century ngo, the union of the Stars nnd llnrs with tho Stars nnd Stripes was effected on this oc casion without special comment. The old soldiers of the South, who had been won over to n netter fraternal reeling oy tho reunion of tho Bluo and the Orny at Get tysburg, adhered to their Stato emblems and to the flag under which they had fought, but always In conjunction' with tho one flag which they now honor and support. Troubles of tho Suffragists But whllo the melting pot has been bub bling In Washington there have been one pr two files in tho ointment. Tho constant dis play of tho British flag when Mr. Balfour was here was too much for one of our Irish friends on Pennsylvania avenue, who ran up tho green emblem and held It unmolested until tho British diplomats had taken their departure. The love of Old Erin thus dis played was taken In good part by all ob servers, but not so with the efforts of the militant suffragists to Inject their banners Into the melting pot. For many months. In bad weather and fair, a band of determined women. Insisting on woman suffrage, havo placed themselves within the President's range of vision as he comes to and goes from tho Vhlto House. It has been an unusual spectacle and one not thoroughly appreciated by the less militant but equally earnest suffragists who believe In pursuing different melnoas to attain their purpose. This week tho militant suffragists, or "pick ets," as they are called, changed their White House banners to attract tlie attention of the President and the Russian commission ers. They Intimated that if Russia was to be free tho women of tho United States ought not to be enslaved. The Inscriptions used by them angered bystanders so that the banners were torn down, It was a test of public sentiment not thoroughly relished by the conservative wing of the Woman Suffrage party. Champions of suffrage making the rounds of Congressmen's offices after the Incident were prompt to declare themselves Inde pendent of the militant tactics of their more sggreHive associates, as tq th militants, the are still insisting upon a pUc in the molting pot, j, kj 1'KAm,OHHOQJ, Tom Daly's Column To the Young Woman In Charge of Tho Tclcphono Exchange In Grand Central Station, Where, Through No Fault of Hers, Tho Rnrd Was Detained Long Enough To Write Theso Lines: Men hurry so About this station, t To tchfc'i you owo Your occupation, t wonder If they've time to feel As 1 do lor your youth and teal I'm very sure I can't conceal My admiration. That haughty oucst Who, like an emper' Or, did )it best To try your temper, It must have Jarred htm to receive That smile of yours, May tee bejlcve, In spite of Much to grieve or petve, That you're sic semperf Of course, you arcl Ol fair attendant, Your queenly star In the ascendant; You rule a i calm your own, though qurcr- And all your subjects' troubles hear When you're enthroned and nt your car You u-car that pendant. You know us all, The fop that minces, The brutes that bawl 77ie n'i(t and quinces. Home day, my dear ah I nut too quick, For you arc wise and polltla You'll took around and take your ptck Of fairy princes. Mr. Addison In Wartime "Tha Rpctntor" of rrldav, Ausust . 1712, Vtnm rrtday, August 8, 1712. Ifumnn nature la fond of novelty I'l.tNT There la no humor In my countrymen which I nm moro Inclined to wonder nt than their general thirst nfter news There nro about half n dozen ingenuous men who llvn very plentifully upon this curiosity of their fellow subjects They all of them recelvo the same advices fiom abroad, and very often in ihe same words , hut their way of cooking Is so different that there Is no citizen who lins nil eye to Hie public good that can leave tho coffee house with peace of mind beforo he hn given every one of them a rend ing Theso several dishes of news are so very agreeable to the palate of my countrymen that they nre not only pleased with them when they nre served up hot, but when they nro ngaln set cold before lliem by those penetrating politicians who ohllge the public with their reflections nnd observations upon every piece of Intelli gence tlrat is sent us from abroad. The text Is given us by ono set of writers nnd tho comment by another. Hut, notwithstanding, wo have the same tale told us In so many different papers, nnd, If occnslon requires, In so many articles of the same paper, notwithstand ing In a scarcity of forolgn posts we hear tho samo story repeated by different ad vices from Paris, Brussels, The Hague and from every great town tn Europe; not withstanding tho multitude of annotations, explanations, reflections nnd various read ings which It passes through, our time lies heavy on our hands till the arrival of a freMi mall. We long to receive further particulars, to hear what will be the next step or what will be the con sequences of thnt which hns been already taken. A westerly wind keeps the whole town In suspense and puts a stop to conversation. THOMAS H. INCE Creator of "CIVILIZATION" Movla a3. Nothing to brag nbout, say I. P. VILLAIN. FROM the copy of the Nashville Re publican for January 22, 1825, which lies before us, wo lift this: Wo publish the following communica tion rcrfcaflm, ct literatim, et pnci(aftin COMMUNICATED Married on Thursday tho 13th Inst by tho Reverand Levin Edney Mr. Samuel Forehand to Miss Sally M'phalrson all of Trnco Creek Davidson County In nil the vnrlous states of llfo shoure Wedlock Is tho best for In a faithful lovelng wife Shoulcy man Is bless Tho last three lines nre poetry. Wo know they nre poetry, for tho nuthor told us so himself. Editors Republican. Dr. Lawrence F. Flick has been dig ging deeper into tho parish register kept by Father Peter Helbron, nt Grcensburg, Pa., nnd under date of 1812 ho finds these Germanized Irish names: Oflasp, Molllry (Mulry?) Mi-guy (Slaece? or Mcltuah?) Doten Kchrethon (PhrrMin) Cnnnady .Mecbralgh. Mercalray McBlroy7) McAroni Hallads LXXXIV DA WltllESTMX' UAIiltEIt Las' night you hear da op'raf Kef you was uppa stair An' cef you know Moralll You mebbe saio hecm Acre, Moralllt He's a barber, Hut verra bright an' smart An' crazy for da op'ra; lie knows dem all by heart. He's alia tlma whecstlln', An' often you can find Jus' from da tune he whcestles Wat thoughts ecs een hees mind. Vet you would ask a Question, Da answer you tcould gat Vcs notheeno but nm' music "llat w"at you thcenk of datt" Las' week hees wife, Lucia Fine woman, too, is she She gave to hecm som' babies, A'of only wan, but three! Kef to your shop som' neighbors Should breeng sooch news to you Vet sure would jus' cxlte you To say a word or tico; But dcesa Joe Moralll, Decs muslc-craty loon, lie ncuuo stopped hees wheestltng, But justa changed hees tune. Dees answer from hees muslo IVas all dot dcy could gat: "Trio from 'Trovatore.'" Hat wfat, you think of datt He tieura stopped hees wheestlln' Dat "Trovatore?' tune, Not even wfen he's dreenkln' Weefh frands een da saloon, lie wheestled eet dat evenln' When home he tvent to see Hees granda wife, Lucia, An' leetla -babies three. But when he stood bayfore dem He was so full xceeth dreenk, He looked upon dose babies An' wheestled vf at you theenkt 01 den da tune he wheestled Was noto-iyou-calj-eet J"par"; Sexteta From Lucia." ' git vfat vet tUenfs of 4atr, "' LIAR VOT YOU nSEfN8.rVT tlilJll S wra..,n--L -inr:":j& jWY, , tsii v .,..- --- " J-t-" --fisr -" ir--, ... ---Vi:-',-,r,----f5.r?-I;', -. wl- -ftfev. . .-......r-:',iiAgS.-"'-'-. i i' . ...-..- "--jEaKaVnj! IS'''"''. M'",li".;;r -'r.:2ni"1."i,,---rnxa-nillVV--' FRANCE SPURNED HER PROPHETS Paul Adam's Warnings, First Sounded in 1899, Fell on Deaf Ears Germany Was Planning Then By HENRI BAZIN Staff Correspondent of the Evening Ledger in France. 1 PARIS, May 27. AT HIS home, 16 Qual de Passy, I was . received by Paul Adam, patriot, diplo mat, author and playwright. M. Adam, who represented France at The Hague upon two historical occasions, Is, like many able writers In France, well known to his own countrymen nnd too llttlo known beyond tho frontiers of his native land. Wero men of M. Adam's genuino talent German and possessed of the Ger manic thirst for publicity they would long since have been translated to the English tongue. Being French and engrossed in their work, writing earnestly with high Ideals ever before them, they are seemingly content to be familiarly known only where their native language Is read nnd spoken. Than Paul Adam no slnglo Frenchman moro clearly foresaw the war Germany would somo day precipitate upon France O moro earnestly preached preparation . Alnst It. His many able books and plays give clear evidence that his facile pen was constantly used to further this end. "I was," he said, "one of tho repre sentatives for France at tho first Hague conference tn 1809 nnd again at the second in 1S07. It was nfter the first, when Marshal von Bleberrtcln categorically re fused for Germany even to consider the question of International arbitration, that my vague Impression as to a relatively early war with Germany became, as It were, a reality to my mind. I then felt absolutely that Germany would, when In her own estimation she was strong enough nnd sufficiently well prepared reasonably to as sure victory through ruperlor strength nnd armament, force a war upon Franco upon some pretext that might be In Itself but a mere means to the end of conquest. Von Bieberstein's Doctrino of Force "At 'the first and memorable conference only three among forty-five representatives for their nations refused the Idea of Inter national arbitration Germany, England and Rumania. I received the Impression at th time that the English declination was largely duo to the initial and Immediate precedent set forth by Von Blebersteln, who In velvet tones said In substance: " 'Might Is the only means of realizing right. Germany will never consent to any scheme or plan that would disarm her of freedom In pursuing Bny course which In the opinion of her statesmen might Involve the future of the empire.' "From that day. and with even more fervor after the second conference In 1907 l bent all my energies toward fostering a policy In France that spelled preparation. I touched upon It In some form In all my books and plays, covered it In newspaper articles and spread it broadcast as far as my voico woum permii. i naa many public and semlpubllo discussions with eminent men who were pt the opinion that I was making a mountain out of a molehill. In a certain measure I made myself unpopular as an 'alarmist,' but my conscience told me I was engaged In a work that was pro foundly attached to the continued peace of France as a world Power of the first rank "I was able to secure some small measure pf success, but It was slight in comparison with the gTavtty of the situation as I taw U after my Hague experiences. When the war came In 1H France w, one-nlnth prepared Kalnst Germany's iVn-nlnths, jHr "t. vf ii my or nay -.. i'"yi iiyfqjtlP- ''"'"''a8,-'-"-ir i.i, ISS, FOR WHY DID YOU kfJrw:-"- .-a.-.-sJ,jr:-.rjSaOKr &"(Z-'llm r?-.,i-&j U-r long-ndvocated plans nre In practical use : and more happily still, that, after a trying and seriously " disadvantageous beginning, the war will result In victory for the Allies and their cause of right. Artillery Spells Victory "The fact making this a moral certainty and a logical deduction is that France nnd her allies are and will remain tho stronger In heavy artillery, the very means in which they were woefully weak In August, 1914. I have It upon the personal statement of threo Internationally known generals In the French army, each of whom Is my personal friend, that constant future advance upon the western front Is as cer tain as tho sun shining through that win dow and that these advances will be made entirely possible through our artillery su periority over the enemy. It Is evident, too, from another point of vlow that this supe riority will continue to tho end ; that is, from the point of view of the English control of the sea, whereby Germany Is denied many essentials required in even her present re versed position of defense. "I do not decry our marvelous pollu nor bis superb officer. I only say they ennnot win alone despite their courage and devo tion, for It takes Iron to wear down Iron, to bring ultimately the something like I'topla sought by Europe through the crushing defeat, the definite abolishment of Prussian militarism. "That Is the first step In realization of President Wilson's humane project, should such a broad scheme for the good of the world ever become fully realizable. It Is a long Journey, and to those of us who know Germany, not to be reached through 'peace without victory.' "For tho first step toward It Is barred by the evil that has come out of Prussian umiiition and militarism, a menace that must definitely be disarmed ero progress can tnke up her staff of human frailty and proceed upon her way." MORE OATMEAL Last year the wheat crop was largely a failure In the spring wheat States nnd the totnl yield for the Vnltcd States and Canada was small. But the crop of oats was very good, running well over the usual figures Now It Is probable thnt the yield of wheat ?! I a "U, larBer t,m" th0 crop of 1916. but It will still fall far below the average of recent years. On the other hand, thcro Is a fair chance that the crop of oats will not only exceed last year's good har vest by about 130,000,000 bushels, but will also break all records for the United States. Theso conditions point to more than the usual adoption of Scotch diet. It looks very much like the most general eating of oatmeal and oaten cakes that the country has ever known. Prices will guide con sumption In that direction. Economy will argue the wisdom of eating more of tl e grain on which tho Scotch have built up Thn??" Mbi Vleo.r ot body an1 ""d. That would be no loss to the country or any real hardship. There are many ways of using oats for human food. It Is not veTon,' eat,mus'- Prrldge In.ordSr to g vo that grain a place among the food staples of an American household And there- is no reason why more eating of oats ShOUld not colnrlrt. ,. l - ' . . oa.ls health and physfcalconaufon' oTZusanas of families. Cleveland Leader. "lousanas CANADA AND CONSCRIPTION Former President Taft says that on the basis of what Canada has already done by heriJV0.lunUer system the United states ranaVU,rnlSh a". army 6.000.000. y" Canada Is preparing to adopt conscription In order to do better. In the light? of these o?tooToo0Ufeh,ea jtfaAs 5 "AMONG THE TREES" Ye have no history. I ask In vain Who planted on this slope that loft groun ' anCtr.PbeuarBttre" tHat WUh -K3S Into such breadth of bloom. a . Who was It laid Their Infant roots In earth and ...... . Cherish ,h, delicate &Xl$?fc KaJfej bee?. && r 0t b,r.dh"ouWtitWn their teU Of J6y from Children gathering un th. t Shaken in AugufrrPun IX'uf ,' JV. Sryant. atfl"aV Em-V'l CHUST NIBBLE!" i-V"tW r-s". f e. ' - - -, tr r What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What Confederate cenrral, nhoae loa waa Irreparable to the South, wna killed at the battle ot Shlloh? 2. William Dran llowells wrote the "cam. pulsn life" of nn American President and Hun rewarded for It by the consulship at enlce. Who was the President? 3. Who Is the general In command of the Brit ish operations In Mesopotamia? 4. What American nctor famous for his art In the (illbert nnd Sullivan operettas died this Meek? 5. What Is the new English title of Louis of llattenherg? 0. Who la the only remalnlne Czar tn tha Morld? 1. What Is the meaning of tho French ex pression "lalssez falre"? 8. Who said "History. Is HtrJe more than a register of the rimes, follies and misfor tunes of mankind"? 0, Where Is Montevideo and what does tha word mean? 10. What was tho Wllmot TrOTlso? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Count riam-Martlnle. or Clam-MarUnltz, Is the Premier of .Austria, who haa Josi ?.",k?,.,''m,cror Charles to appoint another .Minister to select a new Cabinet- S. nimntnnnmo U the Cuban, port that Is a United Mates naval station. 3, Charles I.ee, whose perverse eondnct at the battle of .Monmouth robbed Washington of a complete letory. was accused ot be ing a traitor to the American cause. 4' " ,!va",.ral11. ef'flr'et'1 of England that "nothing In his life became him like the leaving of It." S, Tlerra del l'nrgo Is nn Island off the extreme southern const of South America and Is feparated from tho mainland by tha htnilta of Magellan. Tho Island -belongs Partly to Argentlnn nnd partlv to Chill. The name Is Mpanlsh for "Land of Fire." B. Thomas Hardy Is commonly accepted as l.nghind'a greatest novelist of the present day. 7. NntlionlrO Ilanthorne wrote a "campaign lue" of lranklln fierce when tho latter ran for l'resldcnt. s. The Lennpe Indians Inhabited the region about Philadelphia In tho time ot William 1 enn. 0. Carrie Chanman Cntt Is noted woman aiinraglst. Nha wna elected president of the Rational American Woman SufTrsga Association In 1010. 10. Seville, Spain, nnd Snnto Domingo, Domini can Republic, each claims to liar In its cathedral the authentlo remains of Chris topher Columbus. WHEN T. R. RAN FOR MAYOR MOST histories of Theodore Roosevelt begin with the battle of San Juan Hill, ns If that were the great and only chanca he had to come before the country as a national figure. As a matter of fact, the remarkable thing about this career Is that It did not begin earlier. Two years after Roosevelt, at the age of twenty-one years, graduated from Harvard he became a member of the New York Legislature. That In Itself should have . been a "good story." A man who becomes a legislator at twenty-three years nowadays can have his picture printed In all sorts of public prints. He was adelegate to the Republican convention that nominated Blaine In 1881, and then went to live on a ranch In North Dakota for two years. It was while he sat at a campflre in the wilds that he read in a newspaper sent on from New York that by a convention of Independent citizens he had been chosen as Jhelr standard-bearer In the fight for the mayoralty of the metropolis. That night lie hung up his rifle and, bidding good-by to life on the plains, ,came East. But the time had not yet arrived for this ambitious career to begin. Roosevelt was an obvious reform candidate against the Tammany man, Hewitt. But there was an even more obvious reform candidate In the field, Henry George. And George was preaching, with singular persuasiveness, a doctrine which appealed to the discontented, who were Just beginning to learn "class consciousness." It wis a remarkable fact that in this mayoralty campaign two of the brcmrai Americans of their genera- tlon ran against each other and were both beaten. Henry George and slnrle.tax went down In defeat, but they carried with them enough of the "reform vote" to Befeat Roosevelt. But the campaign was fruitful m.2awln8 'rom T na nne sentence! "The worst evils that affect our local government arise from and are the ln evltable reultj of the mixing up Pf city affairs with the party politics of the nation onrl the Btata,',' , A ' , i . (V
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