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'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.
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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."
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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,
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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"
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Who planted on this slope that loft groun
' anCtr.PbeuarBttre" tHat WUh -K3S
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Who was It laid
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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
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