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Philadelphia. Frlder. June 21. 1917
ONE LAW JUSTIFIED AN EN
TIRE SESSION AT CAPITAL
f I Uibi "million-dollar" Legislature, so do
scribed because Its upkeep cost tho
Commonwealth that sum of money and
not because Its appropriations amounted
to so small a sum, has been violently do
Bounced and criticized for Its slothfulness
and Inability to roeasuro up to tho re
quirements of tho times. It was, how
ever, true to type, and neither better nor
worse than Its predecessors of similar
political or)gin. When the people dele
rate the selection of their representatives
to a few so-called leaders, they may con
fidently expect those representatives to
be true to the powers that gavo them
position. Factionalism at Harrlsburg
Beans simply that a few bosses aro In a
Bght The herds follow orders,
Legislation of vital Importance, such
M the revision of the Insurance code, wag
ignored, but hundreds of useless and ob
solete statutes were cleared away. The
Increased appropriation for public educa
tion Is distinctly gratifying. Undoubtedly,
however, the most Important piece of
work done, In Itself Justifying the entire
oost of the Legislature and certain to be
productive of enormous benefits to the
Commonwealtli and the nation, was the
passage of the "dope" bill. That It will be
the means cf saving thousands of men
and women, otherwise destined to the
gutter; that It will reduce the criminal
record, and that It will naslst In restoring
celt-respect to many who have hitherto
been without hope, seems certain.
The history ot this bill Is, In a measure,
recital of the virtues of political bosses
for bosses havo virtues as well as vices.
District Attornoy Kane, nroused by the
universality and growth of tho drug evil,
appointed a committee, of which Edward
Bok xvas chairman, to look Into the sit
uation. This committee, supplying Us
own funds, organized an Independent In
Testlgatlon which verified Its worst fears.
The attention of Senator Vare, In the
meantime, had been called to tho
vll through the articles appearing In
the Evenino Ledoer. Indeed, a traglo
case In South Philadelphia aroused In
htm a determination to use every power
he possessed to drive out tho evil.
He was prepared to go ahead on his
own account, even If there had been
no committee. Likewise Senator Mc
Nichol, who was in possession of In
formation revealing the horror of the
traffic, put his powerful hands behind
the committee. Both Senators gave the
proposed legislation their enthusiastic and
unceasing support, guiding -It safely
through all legislative pitfalls and bring
ing It at last to triumphant and unani
mous passage.
We do not think much of the system, but
tho experience of Mr. Bok's committee
eems to show that a good movement may
often be brought more promptly to a suc
cessful conclusion by a plain report for
Organization aid than by a tempestuous
campaign to compel political assistance
tor tho undertaking. Tho two Senators,
representing the sort of politics they do
represent, are not often the subjects of
encomium In these columns. Wo more
than suspect, nevertheless, that angels
stood beside them when they gave their
hands and their hearts to this superb
piece of legislation.
Wo trust that when the next elections
occur the voters, remembering the kind
of representation they got generally
during the last few months at Harrls
burg, will put on their own thinking caps
and do their own electing. They will then
set . Legislature worthy of this great
Commonwealth and Its traditions.
PIANO TO BANDWAGON
"iTDEATTNG tho ivories" doesn't hold
4J a candle to beating thO Germans.
This la Pianist Percy Grainger's evident
opinion as, getting- a haircut and an oboe,
he enlists in the Fifteenth Coast Artillery
.Sand. Tho difference between (36 a
month as an army oboist and something
like flOOO per recital on the concert stage
la doubtless well made up by the lump
sum. ot patriotla prido enjoyed by this
w recruit from tho world of art
Ills spontaneous act opens a whole
Wff field of engaging' possibilities. There
re pianists with less genius than tho
"v tafWaat Mr. Grainger who might follow
hi example- to tho fereflt ot both them
selves and their public Many a near
'artist" ot the lonr-halred Dunthorne
type could find a swift cure for hii soul
sickness by purring his share ot a war
inarch on a big- bass tuba. The elide
trombono Is also excellent, health-giving
exercise.
"Other times, other customs" Is being
dramatically emphasized these days. Sir
James M. Barrle exemplified Its truth
some years ago In a play wherein a
corpulent financial magnate was sup
posed to be wrecked on an Isolated tropi
cal lslo. His butler then proved to bo
tho competent administrator of the hap
less party. The Earl of Loam, as the
rich man was called, had to conflno him
self to playing the concertina. Ho did
that very well, however, and undoubtedly
his services filled their valuable niche
In tho new community. Tho lesson for
present-day Idlers and flaneurs Is obvious.
As for Mr. Grainger, his merits as a
virtuoso only lend the luster of virtue
to his new role. And whon ho comes
back, without his ringlets and with frame
erect and firm, he will put an entirely
new thrill into tho tingling "Marche
Mllltalro." Ho may even condescend to
play the "Star Spangled Banner" with
belligerent "variations."
OUR VETERANS GET READY
WE NEED not bo surprised if tho
American contingent which has ar
rived In France Is heard from at tho
front in a very short time. It will be
heard from, too, to tho greater glory or
the nation, wo have no doubt, seeing that
these bronzed veterans havo had more
real action and better training than any
forco put Into tho field In Europo In
August, 1914.
Whon the Russian contingent arrived
In a French port It was said that they
would probably not get Into action for
many weeks. But they wero fighting In
Champagne two weeks after they landed.
By the same token, It Is possible that
our men will bo heard from during July,
that month of great battles In tho world's
history.
They need none of the toughening of
which thoso German lads stood in auchThad reduced our size five times.
great need, called, as they were, from
counting house and factory ono day to
start rushing through Belgium tho next
Thoy are In better shape than Kltchoncr's
first hundred thousand, who wero put
through a quick training and then hur
ried to the trenches. The American reg
ulars are experts; most of them have
given the best years of their youth to
learn their work ond nro neither too
young nor too old.
Best of all, tho Americans who "break
tho Ico" for our armies that are to fol
low aro keen to fight. Thoy would not
havo chosen army work If they had not
wanted "action." They had only one
real "kick" In Mexico, ond that was that
they weren't allowed to fight.
Watch them when they go "over tho
top"l
SCHOOL FOR YOUNG AMERICANS
THE enactment by tho Legislature of
the bill revising the nautical school
ship Is of major Importance. The value
ot the seas and shipping to the world
has been demonstrated during tho pres
ent war in a spectacular way. Never
again will this nation be without a mer
chant marine of a size commonsurate
with the prestige and wealth of tho coun
try. Wo must create within a short
period a corps of offlcers. The Govern
ment is doing what It can, but it Is par
ticularly proper that Pennsylvania and
Philadelphia, tho breeding ground of
ships, should undertake on their own ac
count tho education of navigators, supply,
lng not only the vessels but the men to
command them as well.
Tho finances of the city are not In
good shape. It -will require flome sac
rifice for tho municipality to furnish Its
share of tho funds. So Imperative, how
ever, Is the necessity, and so well recog
nized by responsible officials, that we are
confident somo method of obtaining the
money will be found. It may be worth
while pointing out, too, that thero Is no
occasion now for the young man to go
West. "Young man, go to sea," Is wiser
advice In this period, for on the sea,
despite its dangers, lies a great future for
any young man of sand and intelligence
who Is not averse to hard work and some
romance.
It may bo only
the beer.
skittles without
Britain seems entitled to full credit
for Anally discovering who put the mess
in Mesopotamia.
"Annexations" Is not on ugly word
at all when Pennsylvania applies It to
turnpikes and wipes out the still uglier
"indemnities" of the tollkeeper.
"I was never deep In anything
but wine," quoth old Persian Omar.
Seems like a back-handed prophecy ot
imminent conditions in a great republic.
America's "wooden sword," as
Teuton scorn is pleased to call it, Is fast
becoming a big stick the biggest with
which we have ever thwacked the head
of tyranny.
It Is surprising to learn that geese
hare expensive In Germany. Certainly the
war has raised enough of them in her
diplomatic farmyard to make them ex
ceedingly cheap.
The German professor who breath
lessly wants "Mlttel Europa" proclaimed
"at once" has evidently his weather eyo
glued on tho future that will declare that
Imperial domain nonexistent.
Thero is an uncomfortable double
snap to this successful passage of the
Atlantlo by American troops. Germany
is possibly arguing that if our army can
so eaally go east, hera might aa well sail
west on some future occasion. The sea Is
no longer so great a barrier as all the
world once believed it to be.
No publlo voice has been more accurate
or more effective than President Wilson's
In Its description of the conspiracy of ag
gression now Strug-Kiln desperately to
keep its feet. Pall Mall Gazette.
We rather suspect that the eminent
Prlncetonlan can call a spade a spade in
forty different phrases, every one of
which would put vision In a blind man's
eye.
SHELLS KILL
A NEWSPAPER
Tho RheimB Courrior do la Cham
pagno Demolished by tho
Bocjie, While tho Cathe
dral Stands
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Correspondent to (he Evening Ledger
in France.
PARIS, June S.
I HA
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HAVE had nn Interview in Paris with
Claude Hulloy. editor and owner of
the Courrier de la Champagne of rthetms,
the oldest and most Important newspaper
in the cathedral city. It has Just ceased
publication; to be exact, upon May 10. At
an early hour of the morning, long before
daylight, a German 280 shell struck full
upon the building and blew It, hand press
and all, to kingdom come. It also killed
two of tho staff of five that had not yet left
for their homes. Tho issue of May 10 had
Just left the building. The hour was 2:30 In
the morning. M Hulloy hod left an hour
before.
"The Courrier de la Champagne," said M.
Hulloy, "has recorded dally the number of
Bhells that have exploded In our city since
September, 1914; recorded it faithfully,
and flashed the news to every paper In
Franco while It had a telegr.iphlo service.
"We had been an eight-page paper before
tho war. Our last Issues wero printed upon
a small pedal press becauso our rrcsses had
been entirely put out of commission some
time since. Labor to repair them was busy
In tho trenches. Wo had had In the last
seven months an Issue In smaller than
quarto-sizo sheet printed on both sides. Its
entlro contents consisted of tho commun
iques ai Issued by the French and British
Governments, a record of the shell? that
had fallen upon the cathedral, another of
other shells that had fallen elscwhero In
Rhelms. a dally list of civilians killed and
wounded, the number of houses set on fire
by Incendiary shells ond a few scraps, ver
itable scraps, of local news.
Reduced in Sizo Fivo Times
'"During the last thirty-two months we
We havo
worked for seventeen months without a tel
ephone, without a wire, without news from
outsldo correspondents. Our rotarles had
long since been stopped for lack of an elec
tric motor, and our linotypes had long been
silent for lack of gas. Wo had been edited,
reported, mado up and printed by five men,
two old employes who had set type by hand
befora tho day of the linotype, two boys
and myself.
"At the beginning of the war our staff
consisted of eighty-two persons. We had
never missed an Issue In our eighty years ot
existence, even during the eight-day Ger
man occupation of September, 1914, nor the
German occupation of 1870, when my father
was editor.
"With mobilization, our force was auto
matically reduced to fifteen Eleven ot
these were, Including myself, men too old to
bo mobilized and four too young. Eight of
these had been killed while at work since
February, 191C. Now, with tho two addi
tional, wo hae a total of ten dead at their
duty, not counting tho death of more than
forty In uniform.
"Within the last soven months I havo
been editor, manager, printer, assistant
make-up man and reporter rolled into one.
During 1916 and 1916 wo moved twice, tho
first time because our building was in di
rect line of the fire upon the cathedral.
With Infinite difficulty and Issuing a hand
printed paper for six days we moved our
plant to another address. Within a fort
night our presses wero rendered useless
and tho building partially destroyed by
German shells. Then wo moved to a third
address, whence we printed our paper by
hand until last Tuesday. Were I able to
secure another hand press of the minimum
essential slzo I would set It up in Rhelms
and go right back to the Job. But I can
not for a few weeks, as one will have to be
Imported. When it arrives we will re
commence. A Tempest of Snow and Iron
"During all last winter we worked with
out coal and without water, sao such as
fell from tho clouds. We suffered a little,
but tho paper was Issued on time, and It
always recorded the shells falling upon us.
I can truthfully say that during the first
fifteen days of April a tempest ot snow and
Ice, flro and Iron fell upon Rhelms. With
the beginning of the Franco-British offen
sive at a preceding date tho Roche began
to grind Rhelms to pieces, bit by bit, and
with merciless, systematic, scientific meth
od. A section by day, and tho cathedral
always In addition, was tho Boche program.
"Every quarter was thus shelled. Amid
tho ruins caused by 210. 280 and 305 shells,
seventy-seven Incendiary shells wero
launched, lighting fires that could not be
extinguished because asphyxiating shells
came with them.
"Now and then all portions ot Rhelms
would be bombarded at once. It was than
that so many were killed. I have seen
children lying In the street, and It has been
Impossible to pick up their little bodies
until the flro temporarily ceased. I have
seen a half-demolished automobile wjth
four dead In it lying In one spot for seven
hours. And much else. These two In
stances record hundreds.
"Rhelms Is doomed unless within three
weeks tho Boche are driven out of tho
Berru and Brlmont Hills. Otherwise, all
that will be left is a pile of ashes and
cinders, with the great cathedral but a
larger pile among It. Its vaults and but
tresses are hopelessly shattered. The great
towers may fall at any time. Since April 1
more than 90,000 shells of all calibers,
from the 77 to the 280 centimeter, have
fallen upon this lovely house of God and
tho most ancient city of France surround
ing It. More than on Verdun during any
given time.
"But It I get that press and get It be
fore the end, I will go back to Rhelms and
get out a dally Courrier da la Champagne
If I have to do it under a tent, and not only
edit nnd print, but distribute the issuo
myself."
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
One war at a time, as Lincoln said. Pro
hibition can be settled later. St. Louts
Globe-Democrat.
Mayor Mltchel says he Is more Interested
in his vacation now than In his renomlna.
tlon. The publlo would prefer to have him
take a short vacation this July rather than
a long one next January. Brooklyn Dally
Times.
The suffrage movement Is now so strong
in this country that It Is certain to succeed
in spite of the tactics of women like those
camped In front of the White House. Chi
cago Herald.
Socialists In Germany can be .thoroughly
German, as they have proved by participa
tion in the fighting and backing up the Gov
ernment In the Reichstag. Why cannot So
clallsts In America be American? Boston
Post.
A Kansas farmer went to town the other
day with two country-cured hams, which
he sold for $24.20. Ham Is ham when
bacon's fifty a pound. Youngstown Dally
Vindicator.
The worry of a man who likes his sum
mer beer Is far less than the worry of the
Treasury Department over losing the $300.
000,000 In annual liquor taxes that will
come If the Webb and Barkley riders aro
made law, Washington Herald,
Tom Daly's Column
JOIIN B. SOLILOQUIZES
They've had their (Ma), their parley,
An' euro aa (hlc) you're corn,
They've hit vie in the barley,
Aa well aa (hlc) the corn.
It's awful (hie) fo face It
(An' all I've oof a a whine),
But aton they'll put "lllo jacct"
Above (hlo) grave o' mine.
Wo oro older than wo thought Yes
terday we Indulged In a bit of colloquial
talk which came trippingly to our tonguo
and wero met with blank looks by tho
men around us. "What?" we cried, "don't
you know what It means to 'havo a brick
In one's hat'?" They had never heard
tbo expression. Tho current American
for It Is "soused," "pickled," "stowed"
and such Uko. Nevertheless, wo shall
lot the old phrase stand In these lines
In which wo attempt to tell tho story of
an older and a better man than those
fellows on tho street corner who delight
to plague him:
TUB BUTT O' THE LOAFERS
OKI they needn't be ao aty,
All them lada when I pass by,
WW their winktn' o' tho eye
An' their jokln' an' all that.
Sure, I'm wise enough to aee
That tho cauae of all their gleo
la tho ancient cut o' me
An' me ould high hat.
Ycrral boya will h'avo their play,
So I've not a word to aay
'Tls mescl' that wanst was gay
Aa the gayeat wan o' you;
An' thero wasn't manny men
That'd care to joke mo then,
When me blood waa warm an' when
This ould hat waa new.
It waa wld ine an' me bride
When tho blcasld knot was tied,
An' U folllcd, when she died,
Where they aoon will lay me, too.
It has aerved me all these yeara,
Shared me plcaaurca and mo tears
Aa It's aharln' now tho jeers
O' tho llkci o' you I
Xow, ould hat, we're worn an' slcfc,
But 'tis joy to think, 'avle,
That you never held a brick
An' thcr&a aomc that can't aay thatl
So they needn't bo ao sly
Wid their wHnktn' o' the eye
When they see ua passln' by,
You an' mo, ould hatl
Fourth o' July Contest
Tho prize of a quarter eaglo ($2.60 in
gold) will go to tho contrlb who grows
most Fourth o' Julyrlcol In eight lines
or less. Copy must bo in not later
than 6 p. m. July 3, to bo published
July B.
When Jack gets a new Job and "goes
away from here," how much better than
giving him a big dinner It would be to
hlro a poet to write a send-off for him!
Frank N. Poe, of tho lyrical family and,
personally, of tho Chamber of Commerce,
Is one of tho lucky lads. Ho got his
dinner last night and he had this read
at him:
MISTAH FRANK POE'S GWINE F'UM
HEAII
When's yuh gwlne f leavoT
Wheah's juh gwlne t' go?
Got sumpln up yo' sleeve
Won't yuh come back no mo'?
Lans'sakcs, whut will we do
Wen we'so In wrong? I vow
We alius wont t' yuh. "
Who'll we go to now?
Us folks f'um hcah 'n theah
F'um Jersey, 'n Pee-ru
Could alius hab yo' chalh
An' sit till we got frou.
Yuh bin 'n helped us out
Uv many 'n many a row.
I got t' up 'n shout.
Who'll wo go to now?
Th' car-plt In yo' place
Is wore frou to da groun'
Wheah folks uv ev'y race
Kep alius comln" roun'
Yuh treated us all gran'
'N helped us all somehow,
But ef yuh's gwlne oh, man I
Who'll wo go to now?
A.A.
ON tho sporting pago of tho Wilming
ton Morning News writer nnd compositor
pull this doublo play:
Hardly a day passes but what Presldenc
Wilson does not play a r6und of gold. Ho
is an ardent lover of the game and find3
much real recreation In It
Dear Tom One of your friends ha Just
had a piece accepted by a magazine, and I
suppose Is thinking of leaving tho news
paper business on the strength of it How
ever (comma) one of those trifling little bits
of courtesy which (after all) are the thlntrs
that make life worth living gave him a
bad twenty-four hours. You see, he had
always been accustomed to the printed slip,
"Rejected with thanks," So when he got
a slip Inscribed "Accepted with thanks"
he let out a roar.
'This Is too muchl" he cried blasphem
istlcally, "They don't get away with
thanks. It I have to descend from journal
Ism to the msgazlne field I want MONEY.
In other words," he continued, "money."
He wrote a furious letter rejecting the
thanks (without thanks), but a letter which
crossed his In the malls brought the de
layed check.
And yet they say politeness Is a thing of
the past I WEBHERB.
JTOW CAN I BERVEf
By Herman Ilarwlorn of tho Vlgilantei
There aro strange ways of serving God,
You sweep a room or turn a sod.
And auddcnly to your aurpriae
You hear the whirr of aeraphtm
And find you're under Ocd'a own cyea
And building palace for htm.
.
There are atrange, unexpected waya
Of going aoldlering thcae days.
It may be only census blanks
You're asked to conquer, with a pen,
But suddenly you're in the ranks
And fighting for tho rights of ment
Some Local Pride
Speaking of "local pride," the house organ
of a Detroit automobile concern prints a
picture ot the Intersection of State street
and Woodward avenue, Detroit, and labels
It "One of the busiest corners In the world."
Poor old Forty-second and Broadway,
Fleet street and the "corner" of City Hall
and Broad Street Station at 6:30 p. m.
Pitman Grove, Glassboro and Mlllvtlle
boards of trade please take notice.
Anyway, there's Ninth and Asbury, Ocean
City, on Fourth of July afternoon and
that's some busy corner! CAMBERTIL
WB MUST run over to New York to
day to pay our respects to tho American
Press Humorists, who ore in convention
there, and to tweak tho ear of tho
naughty young World reporter who re
ported us aa having run away for a
day's outing in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery.
Snappy stuff, thatj Just tho sort of
poke at Philadelphia that's likely to in
cubate a .New YorK humorist while he's
riding along West street in a horsecar.
FALL AND RISE
OP SARRAIL
French General in Command in
Balkans. Has Had Many
Ups and Downs
By W. R. MURPHY
GENERAL LOUIS SARRAIL is the big
figuro looming over tho Balkans. Press
dispatches from Macedonia and Greece an
nounce th-it tho spring drive In tho cockpit
of Eurnpn has entered Hi opening phase.
Lake Dolran, tho Vardar River and Salonlca
are names that reappear after many
months' absence In tho olTlcial commun
iques from tho belligerent capitals, particu
larly the official statements from Paris.
Tho Balkans, pivotal point about which
swung tho political Intrigues which brought
about the great war, havo devoloped their
new offenslvo. The complementary cam
paign to that of tho Anglo-French from
Verdun to I.aon, long expected and care
fully prepared, Is rounding out operations
in the Near East from tho Entente baso at
Salonlca.
General Sarrall Is tho notable and domi
nant figure. Discredited, dismissed from
command les than two years back, then
unexpectedly called to tho Balkans, ho Is
pitted against Field Marshal Mackcnson,
who swept through Galicla, took tho "Im
pregnable" fortress of Ivangorod nnd puihed
as far ns tho Russian great headquarters
behind tho Warsaw lino at Brest Ll
tovsk earlier In the war ond then became
conqueror of Serbia, Montonegro and Ru.
mania. On him tho federated Germans,
Austrlans, Turks and Bulgarians are pin
ning their hopes.
Against him is Sarrall, onco almost cash
iered, now tho chief at Salonlca, Ho was
Kitchener's choice for tho Allies In the
Near Eastern field, selected after tho lata
British War Secretary's trip to Greece and
the lialkans, Just prior to the fatal Russian
mission which ended In tho Marshal's death.
Millorond, tho French War Minister, backed
Kitchener's choice.
Originally tho Balkan command was des
tined for General A. M. Hamilton by the
Allies' War Council In Paris, But Kitch
ener proved more than a mero national par.
tisan. He had vision. Ho passed up Ham
ilton In favor of Sarrall.
The task confronting Sarrall Is a monu
mental one. Ho was assigned to the com-mand-In-chlef
of tho French army of the
Orient on August 7, 1915. Ho refused the
billet, at first, when the Anglo-French at
tempt to forco the Dardanelles seemed
moro Saxon than Gallic. It did not seem
to befit the dignity Inhering In a French
general who had reached such rank as to
mako him considered ns a candidate for
chief command of tho Republic's military
establishment. He Is said to have felt
that he would have to defer to English
generals who wero trraduates mriv r,t
colonial brushes.
Then, probably Inspired by Mlllerand, he
changed his mind and accepted the ap
pointment, which at the time carried con
trol of the French on the Galllpoll Penin
sula. He took .tho placo of Generals
d'Amando and Gourad, both Invalided
home. Then came the disembarkation of
Allied troops at Salonlca. Sarrall was
there on his way to tho Dardanelles, Thero
ho stayed. The fruit of his stay Is now
evident His partisans In Paris wielded
enormous Infiuenco to make his stay as
permanent as the war should be lasting.
There had been a revulsion of feeling
In Franco toward Sarrall slnea thn nri
days of the war and the episode which
cost him his command on tho home front
Hundreds of Frenchmen, through what wai
charged as an error of omission on Sar
rall's part had died In the noxious fumes
of asphyxiating gases, and EOOO had been
made captives because he had not taken
proper precautions to have his men pro
vided with protective masks in the early
days when the Boches invoked the aid ot
toxl-chemlstry.
A press campaign prepared the way for
the shift In publlo opinion. Both Clemen
ceau In L'Hommo Enchalne and Herve In
La Guerre Soclale were Sarrall partisans
Both these papers were twice suppressed on
tho Issue of his demanded restoration to
rank and activity. Conies of edition.
talnlng a defense of Sarrall and lntlmatlns
that the fault lay "higher up" and that he
was merely an official scapegoat were seized
by the censorship. Moro than that the
"affaire Sarrall" threatened a disruption
of tho "sacred union" of parties, because
Radicals, of whose party Sarrall had been
called the "pet." were wroth at the degra
datlon of a "republican" general, as distin
guished from a "reactionary" general, whose
politics are conservative and who Is ant to
be a churchman.
There was politic Involved in the "a.
falre." Through Sarrall tho Extremists were
striking at members of tho Cabinet, whoso
only achievement it was declared, had been
to permit the return of the banished re
ligious orders nnd to furnish regimental
chaplains with officer rank, thus "giving
Rome a new grip" on a country released by
tho broken Concordat from "priestcraft
domination," according to their argument
Sarrall was at ono time the most cordially
hated officer In France. But opinion has
veered around in his favor. Ho was chief
of staff whon General Andre was Minister
of War, and looked forward to tho highest
honors In tho establishment.
Politics in tho Army
His unpopularity had its origin In tho
first premlorshlp of Arlstldo Briand. Tho
War Minister undertook to sweep out of
tho army all officers who professed any sort
of religious affiliation. Even officers whoso
wives and families wero regular attendants
at church were marked for eventual dis
missal. Tho movement was to separate ab
solutely Church and State because the na
tional welfaro and religion were not synon
ymous In tho philosophy of tho radicals
represented by Briand nnd Andre. Liter
ally thousands of officers ranking from col
onel down lost their commissions through
being forced out under various pretexts.
Sarrall was the agent through which tho re
ligious element was banished from the mili
tary establishment.
Andro nnd Sarrall were severely criti
cized oven by men who wero professional
atheists on account of tho uso of large
sums of Secret Sorvlco money to ascertain
tho religious Iows of nrmy men, whether
Protestant or Catholic. Support of the
Freemason lodges, which In Franco are In
fidel and political In contradistinction to
tho social and fraternal purposes of tho
organization In this country, was enlisted
in what the clericals called a sweeping cam
paign of espionage, that left no domestic
relation private, Tho criticism grew so
violent that Andro eventually lost his port
folio and Sarrall the popularity that had
come to him In Algeria. His rank, how
over, was not reduced and he was not forced
out of the army.
Sarrall was given a good command on
the Verdun front In the early days of the
war in opposition to tho German Crown
Prlnco. His record was excellent and his
command so varied as to excite favoring
comment In higher quarters until the dis
aster which befell his troops when the
Germans introduced asphyxiating gases.
Then came his dismissal, which gratified
a large portion of tho military establish
ment, Including those officers forced out
whon he was staff chief and called back
In the stress ot hostilities. The army still
boro tha Internal scars of the Andre scan
dal, and dislike ot Sarrall had not been
completely lessened by his "brilliant record
before tho key fortress of Verdun.
Immediately Olenjenceau, the stormy
petrel of French politics, and Herve, saf
fron Journalist and radical thinker, en-
gineerea tne campaign of defense and res
toration. It came to a climax with the
appointment of Sarrall to command the
Anglo-French-Serb campaign In tha Bal
kans a designation that must have had
merit else It had not been O. IC'd by the
late Lord Kitchener,
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A PEN
John D, Rockefeller wrote a check for
$5,000,000. Some day that will bo forgot
ten; It was only a small thing for him. But
you can write a line with a pen and make
somebody happy or break a human heart
Judd Lewis wrote a little poem with a pen
that will live forever; President Wilson
wrote a message destined to carry the ban
ner of democracy around the world. It Is
said that Francisco Madero could havo
saved his life by signing his resignation as
President of Mexico with a pen which was
lenusreo mm. 'ine pen is a wonderful thing,
yet some of us who try to make a living
scratching with one find It mighty hard to
do. Austin Callan In the Temple Mirror.
WHEN LINCOLN'S GHOST WALKS
There are no ghosts, you say,
To haunt her blaze of light;
No shadows In her day,
No phantoms in her night
Columbus's tattered sail
Has passed beyond her hall.
You'll meet In Salem town
No silver-buckled shoon;
No lovely witch to drown,
Or burn beneath the moon :
Not even a whiff of tea,
On Boston's ghostly quay.
No Bhoits where Lincoln fell? '
No ghosts for seeing eyes?
I know an old cracked bell
Shall make ten million rise.
When his Immortal ghost
Shall call the slumbering hn.t
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who la the senrrnl dlrectlr In comman&f
the American troops Just arrived la
France? ,
2. Who la the present rremler of ItolrT
3. What Is the official name of the Ones
I'arllament?
4. Who, was the "Old Fritz," recently al,
liidexl to by the Knlser as Dow direuui
In i:blan Ileitis and supposed! e
lighted with the performance of a fgmocs
Ilajreutli regiment?
6, What are tho two (treat rivers of Metopo.
tnmla?
0. What Is the area of FennsrlTanla? "
7, On what day waa the independence irioto-
tlon actually passed by the Continental
Congress?
8, What waa the ancient name of Farts?
0. Who was "Slttlnc Dull"?
10. What treat Kncllsh statesman said, "The
people never, giro up their liberties bit
under sonio delusion"?
Answers to Yesterday's Qulx
3. ". poo," which the British soldiers do.
flare to be n ffivorlte expression of the
French "pollus," Is really tho French
fbroso "II n'y n plus," which means
"there Isn't ony more" or "It's alt gooe."
2. A redllln la n mark like n comma placed nn.
der tho letter "c" In certain forelra
languages, notably French and Ports
zuese, to1 denote the sound of "s."
8. Creusot Is the great lororaotlvo-bnlldlng een
" ?f France. Tho Schneider works are
looated there.
. Belgian Congo Is a vast territory In Central
Africa under tho crown ot King Albert.
Tills region, formerly the Congo Fres
btate, was annexed to Belgium In 1907.
5. Captain Cridley was In command of the
cruiser Ulympla at the Ilattle of MsnlUs
Bay. ,
fl. Ambergris Is a wax-Uke substance discharged
fum"s ' ttsed ta n,ak,nt Pf
The sultrr mma1!,v
doe days" oecnr la the
S"J!' A'ntle States In the latter pi
6. The present Ktnr nf RrtiB t. t
0. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died el
tne same day, the Fourth of July, 18!d.
10. Jenny r.lnd (Johanna Maria) was a famous
?,w2?lIh. lnger presented In America M
I. T. Uamum. Her dates are 18S0-1M7.
THE X Y Z CASE
ttT DESIRE no other Inscription over mt '
gravestone than 'Hero lies Jots
Adams, who took upon himself the responsi
bility of the peace with Prance In 1800."
It Is a great vonder that some pacifist,,
has not quoted this remark of our President
It would be possible to And some anslojy
between the attitude of John Adams In 179T
1800 and that of Woodrow Wilson In l14-j
1917. It would be a poor analogy, and thit
la why It is strange that some pacifist j
hasn't brought it up.
As in 1916. so In 1796 the American tlieA
tion was a matter of Intense Interest abr0lo
The "French candidate" was Jefferson, thJ
radical democrat. Tho "English candidsWl
W5S John Adams, conservative. When
Adams was elected the French Directory
was furious. Tho trouble had dated pc3
to the ambassadorship of Gouverneur MoM
ris, who, while at Paris, had manifested J
active an antlnnthv tn tha i7rnh nsvolO-S
tlon that tho success of that movement!
made It necessary to recall him. Monroe,
MorrJ's successor, went to tho other ti'i
treme of democratlo excitement and 1,
had to be recalled. Tho ovation given tf
him on his departure was, under the elf,
cumstances, an Insult to tho United State-!
The political effect of the furore that M
lowed these Incidents was to be the dlvU!eJ
and destruction of the Federalist partTi itMJ
Hamilton faction being eager for war wiJ
France. Adams, though also of -the "AaPHi
cist" temperament that Is, favoring- cu""
sorvatlve and traditional Institutions ta
which England stood as opposed to radiesu
France held back from war. He stood W-.
tween two extreme parties, the J'"?-
men caning upon him to help irano, -r
Hamilton men, while not daring to i
openly for war on France, still really "".
lng that Adams held the trump card. "J
X Y Z correspondence." Just as Wllsonh
the trump In tho German embassy's s?"
can-Japanese Intercepted note. H WJ
publlo the fact that the Directory bad wi"
to bribe the American commission, the 'J.
ters proposing what amounted to wip
oeing published with the signatures X. i
3. the names ot their authors being w
held. A
A small sea-war started, Adami he."
won all to his side. But, though he e?
have been re-elected as a "war Preside
he decided to "write another note" Z
uuuiiicr commission o ms-ito iwi .m
France. So the Jingoes let loose at huu ,
&vnlAA vhf w.ii.t V.M..& hi.n wrons -?
meaningless war.
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