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W ..... SKTiMB AT THE FRrLATttrBU fnSTernrB J t C0SP CL40S Mlt MlTTr.. rhiladrtphia. trt.IiT.Jnlt a, 1117 OUR MORAL INFLUENCE VITALIZES FAITH 1AST week Lloyd Oenrge declared tliat ' the British armv, as Ht pt caput con Btltuted, Is Invincible. Hinrfenhurc. stnic gllng desperately to revive the dnlndllnK kopes of the awakenlnc nerman massei Bprears to conrur In this JiMlKtnent, for he virtually abandon nil expectation of a mcceesful military offenalxe In the JW'est by aonertlni: that If the Teutonic lines can only hold the enemy hack the V boats will ultimately wreat victory from the fast-catherlne omens of defeat. Hlndenburg seems to think that he can (tlffen public opinion at home In the kneantlme by a vlGorom offensive npilnst Erusslloff, a favorite Teutonlo trick belnR o mass fully-enulpped and veteran (troops against weak opposition In the fcellef that victories In such clrcunv Wtanccs. the only sort obtainable, villi tie effective In arousing public en thusiasm But evidence accumulates that the German masses are no longer fooled by such tactics. Their eyes are turned toward the Impenetrable 'lines of the Allies In the West, where German irenlus has met Its match and the flower ef the army wears itself away In des perate, but Ineffectual, attempts to turn the tide. Nor Is It by any means cer tain that Brusslloff Is unable to hold his own. He had a winning way when properly supplied with munitions earlier In the war. If his vitalized armies have half the enthusiasm and Inspiration that Napoleon bieathed Into the democratic "rabble" of France, he has now a force that no machine troops In tho world can withstand. The Russians have at last a country to fight for, a country of their own. Venlrelos, too, has swept political heieay out of Greece. He has won the army, It appears, back to a realization of Its duties. There Is still time, he has shown, for Greece to recover her Im mortal soul, which she lost when Con stantino abjured his solemn treaty with Serbia and abandoned his ally to the Bulgarian. At last, along the Salonlca line, the Allies are gathering strength. The almost dominant Influence of the United States In world thought Is empha sized by these and other situations today. Given the privilege of asserting that hat he stood for the great Mother of Democracy also advocated, Venl zelon had little trouble In bringing Greece to his way of thinking. Eng land, and even France, might wear their tongues out In a vain effort to how Russia her true course, but an Amer ican commission needed to do little more than tell this nation's purpose at Petro Si ad. These miracles are so because this ration has never drawn Its sword except In defense of freedom, nor In all our diplo rnatlc history Is there any record of a celflsh program selfishly carried out at the expense of Innocent people. "A man's character Is the best collateral he can offer," declared the elder Morgan. "I hae lent a million on It without other security." We have lived to see In the last three months that In tho great test ing of peoples and nations, when Ujey are stripped for the death-struggle and "all their alms are naked. It Is the nation hlch has always played fair and square that throne Into the conflict not only the enormous weight of Its own material re sources, but also an international Influ ence that Is felt from Cape Horn to Archangel and binds together all the liberal nations of the world In iron coali tion. Nations in general may distrust each other, but none in its heart of hearts distrusts the United States. The war had its French period, and then its British peilod, and now the American period dawns. If our physical ,. efforts hae half the effect that our moral k Influence has already exercited. Hohen- tollernlBD) Is definitely doomed. WHAT "SCRAPS" CAN BUY ANEW dormitory Is being built for a girls' school out "West. It will cost tlO.000. This Is Ihs storv of it and the moral eomss straight home to every hoilee-wlfe In this and every .ether rity This school was under the stewardship si. wry shrift woman. The weals .We, ' , v - JfllT 7 " i- which she ordered for the girl students were exceptionally good, nnd there was neer any complaint about the amount of money that nas appropriated and handad over to the stewardess to pay for them. It ttm surposed that the money she asked for was neither too much nor too little, but "juat about rlnht " Thl went oi for ear When ft new dormltorv v. as neded there ere no funds for It In eight Then the thrifty stennrdeM revealed the, astound Ing fart that she had been able to save Mt.oon out of the allowance for food. Hulldlng operations were begun. There- Is no telling how far n given quantity of food can be made to go until nn expert housewlfo gets on the Job nnd ntHits saving "scraps." It Is this lesson which the women who register in the food-conservation campaign Monday mum Irarn NK moiii: kkckuit von i.mrciiTY AltfJKNTINA'8 ultimatum to Herman .threatening her with a severance of diplomatic relations unlesi suatante neatnat further Tboat outrages aro riven Indicates that Colon! Roosevelt's dentin Nation of "the man who hatf-s another rountrv more than he loves his own" 1 helnnlng to find an echo In the great Smith American Republic Very prohaMv Rrarll's antl German policy nt first made Argentina loath to take a similar stand It Is a Irfttin-Amerlcan eommonplaeo that whatever courts the United Plates of Itrnril adopts the Argentine Republic op poses, nnd vlco versa. Hucnos Aires nnd Rio do Janeiro have long been hitter rivals for Knst Coast Miprcmacy. Orcasionallv this feeling has even been fanned Into hatred. Uroadly speaking, thero are only two kinds of 'Ivllltntlon In South America Spanish and Portuguese- and Argentina and Bra 7ll respeotlvelv repmsrnt these In their highest estates Competition In national ilev elnpment Is Inevitable This race for Knitth American honors, however, now becomes purelv seeonrtnrv beside the Teuton mpnnce to all civiliza tion To true Aigpiitlnp patriotism, what dops Brazilian rlvnlrv matter when re pression of the woild's monster tyrnnnv Is tho Issue' Argentine patience now ap parently Is exhausted For n fortnight. Buenos AlreR'a relations with Rerlln havo been nearlng tho breaking point. Knowl edge of Germany's past performances with long-suffering neutrals furnishes a convincing forecast of the result. When tho breach does come, tho nurope-fnclng side of tho Fouthern Continent from the Amazon to Capo Horn, since T'ruguay no longer binds our own or Hntente ships with neutiallty restrictions, will be n unit against Teutonic madness. The Ideal of r.in-Amcrcaiilsm will bo n glorious real- GERMAN-MAIMED BABIES CHILDREN have no nationality. Thev belong to all tho world. Tho pictures which arrived here and were printed jes tcrday in this newspaper showing how English babies had been maimed by German bombs dropped through a ciowded London school might Just ns well havo been pictures of American babies as far as our pity and our wtath are concerned. Such pictures should bo worth several army corps. They say more than any leaultlng sergeant ever said. THE THREE COLORS IT HAD to be. Liberty's colors aro Irre pressible. Word comes from I'ctrograd that for tho first time since tho Russian revolution the old red, white nnd blue standaid of the Slavic nation Is flying In Its capital. It matters not that this trl colored flag was onco falsely employed by a disgraced monarchy. Tho hues them selves a're Immortal symbols of freedom and of victory. Such they were for tho Dutch Repub lic, and It was the significance of those colors for Holland that helped to fix their choice by the new-born American democracy. Unshackled France adopted them In her glorious revolutionary ef fort to Bet tho world fieo. Wo are told that the red and blue were borrowed from the colors of tho city of Paris, and that white represented the old French nation. Hut tho feeling will not down that In n spiritual i-cnse Liberty herself dictated tho selection. Tho tricolor is her death less 'rnlment. Seventy-six Fourth of July hospital cases Is seventy-six too many, even for tho celebration of '70. In tho now lexicon of food con servation there Is no such word as can't and plenty of reasons to can. Portuguese troops are fighting gal lantly In France, the Germans recently learned, and the Germans made their characteristic retort one little girl killed In the bombardment of Ponta Delgada. HOLLIDATSBURO, Pa.. July 3. Alle gheny Mountain coal operators who have retailed coal nt 2 60 a ton have advanced their price to J3 a ton as a result of the coal-prlce-flxlng agreement effected last week In Washington We suspect that Secretary Raker knew what he was talking about when ho vetoed that $3 proposition. The now Russian oOenslve In Gall rla is said to have been aided bv tlio finest and most bountiful supply of artil lery possessed by tho Slavs In any battlo since the war began. The reports of the American Railroad Commission's work on the Vladivostok line have seemingly taken the tangible form of cannon fire. The ban explodlns under water, used by our warcraft against tho defeated U-boat squadron, would only by the rarest chance strike a submarine. But. as water Is noncompresslble. the force of the ex. plosion Is transmitted some distance and can ov oi turn or cave In a U-boat ns if n contact with It. It is t the same nilnel. pie that flih are killed hv iindet water explosions. Elisabeth, N. J, should demand the immediate removal of Its Mayor, one Mravlag. who, belnr of Austrian descent, left a patriotic meeting because harsh things were said about the Germans At the same time he permitted a paciflit as. eemblage to denounce the Declaration of Independence A rnmmunltv which al Iowa such disloyalty to go unrebuked stands convicted of criminal particlpatipn 111 iw " , .d i i. ', ' ' W, 'VfjP, flfcs. . ' ? tipGER - - PEACE FORMULAS IN THE MAKING America, in the Beginning, Is Not Likely to Ar;rce With the Purposes of the Allien By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES JtpM-to! rftrrMro"-"' trnira t'i0'r I.nNDON'. Jun 9. TUB war rhaie at this time Is hard and definite Popular opinion has It thnt we are on the eve of another great offensive: If that Is right, jou will know of It by the time this reaches print, nut. apart from that every Intelligent person knows whnf the situation I" f'lvlde It oft neatly Into atilitiratls Western frntit. good; Russia, clnut. i fill. Imiiefiil nt ilntigernusas you hap pen In lirllrve) . fiilimnrlnes. Improving. tit till a ilendlv danger' other fronts, fair; rniie.1 Mate p. aalhlv the weighty traw in hr-k th lnnke's back tit la a dnnkev ,t,i Germany ef ttirmtr and hMW.hnd'' diplomacy OmparM with that the diplomatic tltus tl"n Is fluid to the point of tndlatlneutah sble chaos Tf that stluittan clears the tnllltsrv factor en 'the eastern front will lthr become hlghlv favorable us er It mil bacome a definite danger In other wnrds, lti fata ef Russia srema tn depend t this memant nn a declaration of pur pose from the Allies which the radicals of rtu-siH can accept And behind this con dition there Is another' the fate of the league nf Mlierlv depends en n statement of purpose which the t'nlted States can understand and approve Of the TtusalHn situation veil know mnie than 1 can knnw. because thp news fmm rttissla la fuller In America- Kh.m It l here, nnd tho paper are lees prejudiced Tho nnlv rertaln thing her l. that Russia Is tyrantn nnd that the tyrants are the mnt high niilj ititalllgen' Idesllstle dem ocrats In th world Th' Russian peopl la 'till ton iimvletdv n body to epeali for itlf It ni'Kht sv annexations, im inilemiiltlef i n might sav "Cnnstuntlnn Ple first, lam an-i nil the time" In fact It la ilni nnthlnc nnd nnlv Its lender penk America JIti.it Bo Shown Vnu know about merlcn ton nnd all T on tell ymt la nhoiit America as Hrltaln sees her, Amerltn n the future partner In the government nf the wor d Our dec laration nf war flurried the hearts of snine extremists hero They realized that we ''nine In nn high ground nnd wnulil go out on high ground, they saw that we should have, tn he persuaded of the absolute righteous ness and necessity of even- step tnken nnd nf every cnndltlon of peace laid down They hud made up their mlndH that certain things were Inev Untile, and they didn't like the Iden nf going through n lot nf argument tn convince us And now they find thnt it s got tn he dnne t the same tlmp the Liberals generally are demanding that the Allies nntnhlv llrllnln and I'rnme prepare n statement rei-edlng roin the positlnn taken In Mr rtalfnur's note nf nr ear nnd 'clearing the nlr" Mr Wells unnts the flnvernment to repudiate conquest nnil hnrillv erms tn teallze thnt no one hut the Hermans have accused Urltaln nf a lust of cnnrpiest nt nil (Thern is bnund to ho a lot of talk about a llesopotamlan Kmplre a la India within the next six months. Tim signs point to the elaboration of an Immense bugaboo, with this region ns tho flguro hehlnd the screen Whatever happtns In the end. ' Americans may bp fairly sure of one thing: that llrttain did not go to war for this territory nnd would cheerfully go out of the war without It ) The purpose nf all this ac. tlvltv Is to link Hrltaln closer to the nohle nttltudo nf the lnlted States The United States, they say, must know what wo are fighting for nnd must approve of our pro em m. I would not tell these people thnt they are off the main road Thev would hnrdlv understand mo If I suggested that tho United States must work out Its own sal vation nnd that the Important thing Is for our country not to understand their alms but to understand Its own It would take n lot of tnlk to hhow that our usefulness In peace negotiations will depend almost en tirely on what wo find out for ourselves, and that wo will approach the decent middle ground of the Allied demands by pursuing our own coursp Take tho case of Austria-Hungary Mr Balfour's note did not demand dismember ment of this rotten, ramshackle combina tion of two tyrants and many slaves It very clearly left the way open for a change In tho structure of the dual monarchy, transforming the most unnatural State of Iluropo into a federation of freo communi ties It would be a far better thing for the world If Austria-Hungary were shattered Into bits, because In that caso the Balkan federation. Toland and Bohemia, would grow to respectable size and the terror of another Germanic nlllanee would be re lieved To cripple Germany vou havo only to take tho hyphen out of Austrla-Hungnry Vet the British Government did not make that a prlmnrv condition of peace It left the vnung Rmpernr Karl one wav to grant sat- ismcunn lo the world He still can. to dny, reorganize his dominions, giving Aus tria, Hungary. Bohemia. Croatia and Po land a decent share In the Uovcrnment He will not do It. although he may pretend to do It, so long as Germany rules central t:u rope. Caso of Austria-Hungary Now I have read many times In the last two months that the United States will not shed one drop of blood In order to share in the partition of Austria-Hungary That will remain true until or unless the United States becomes convinced that ihe freedom f the world, tho peace of the world and the world's hope of a good life Is compro mised and Imperiled by the Austro-Hungn, rlan empire Then. If that time comes, the United States will shed her blood to end the abomination That Ik what the world does not know yet: It has not begun to understand the Inner meaning of the United States, nnd I. for om. cannot hlame the Kumpean world for this It has been dreadfully busy. But It will learn the truth nhout us If we give our honr st. quiet thinking a chance to work out rur meaning In this ivar I have often had- to tell Brltnns that the moral author ity of the United Slates In this war comes not from tho fact that w have come In. but from the vital fart that we tried to .in,. nut If we, had entered Into the war three years ngo we could not count: our decision grew In Importance with each day's delay In like manner our authority In the com ing peacfc will not come from any accept nnco of the Allies' formulas, but from our rejection of them nnd from our slow work ing out of formulas of our own I am con vinced that the two sets will ultimately agree on overy vital point, but I would rather they were endlessly apart than that we should accept blindly So what America needs at this moment (ns It ajipears on this side, where the world Is eager to love us) Is enlightenment of Its own motives By the time this article Is In print a noteworthy step will have been taken for the promotion nf publicity In America, a powerful gentleman will co nrdlnate the main streams of information But there Is need of publUltj ovet here, need for our allies to understand that we Americans are wrestling with our con sciences and that we cannot accept a world order ready-rrsde If the war were to end tomorrow we should hardly know what to ask for; we should rtand on the Presl dent's generous announcement, and most of us would not know how to translate It Into terms of action But the wr I fear will see many tomorrows and when peace dawns with the dav we (hall be clear of purpoae We m' bv that time have a special grievance against Germany , we shall certainly partake more fully of the griev ance which the clv-liued world holds against the country whlji has come so rear to, ruin mr the hops 1 civilisation Itsslf. PmLAr)ELPnTA, FRIDAY, JULY 0. 1917 Tom Daly's Column ITS aOMB AT LAGTI Vehavf united for years for thl neiM that appears Tn the rVrer thl morning to 111 tM trlffc wt, And toJihV it It frHC, uv? hate felt it tea. die, Itv err tcrlnolnct our hands on the mifcln of tear ttV ore Ml of dittresi et thl terrible men. And our this of grief ire proceed to uncork: "Here's the City Directory Just off the press And the Cohrns outnumber the Smlin in A'no Yorkl" nh I ty noticed the prints of thh terror lonn since. Anil the tracks thnt tir saw pave the stroimrtl at hints Thai some chnnaci tcric du? where A rrradi Mt-rf rfcic, lint tec yHnkcd at the truth, tor the truth WrtoY tJ 'tetnee; .Vow it's time thot yo'i heard of Ihh wonderful hltd, And it's tlni that you opened your eyes to the Stork, For It's malnlu through him that thU change hn ocrurred, And the Cohens outmimher the Rnillhs tn Xrtr York. Although it was our right to rest upon tho nation's birthday, tho Missus made us line the tnm.i,o plants In the garden Wo called to her ever and nnon for n gloss nf lemonntle. but always she re plied: "First five words, first verse, flftv tlCtti chapter nf Isaiah" Wo begged finally for h cup of water, but tho heait- I loss woman heat us back with tho Bible I "First five words, first verse, fifty -nfih j chapter of Isaiah " When the heat nf the dn- had passed we crawled to the , Blblp nnd rend Oinll find. but, no, seek nnd e The 1'nurtli of Jul Cnnlest Hpv oral poems arrived too Into to he oniered among the Fourth o' Julyrics. hut Ills Honor, tho Judge, assures us that none of them would hnve orfected his verdict. This Is the Judge's decision, from which thero Is no appeal: "Dear Tom I havo no doubt nil of the contestants will ngreo with me that tho winner of tho patriotic prlzo should be Mrs 12. D. Hand, whose ngo Is twelve below par nnd whose patriotism Is eighty-eight above. "P.H. W." Tho tiny bit of gold, therefore, will go to Mrs. K. I). Hnnd, elfcht.v-clght. of chestnut Hill. SAM LIKnURMAN woika nt night. N'ncturnnl birds nro supposed to ho pretty kepn nnd selfish, hut Sam has a heart. Tho other night when It rained so hard Sam picked up a stranger on tho street, who was going his way and had no um brella. Sam took him under. "I've Just got to stop In this police station for a minute," Bald he, "and If you'll como m with mo we'll go right on." "Sure." said tho stranger. Sam stood his umbrella In a corner and went Into tho booth to telephone. It only took him a couplo of minutes It was enough. When he enmo out the stranger and tho umbrella woro gone. AVORD comes to us from the proofroom that when we sprung thnt word "incon clnnltv" In tho column It sent the par tlculnr proofreader who handled nm copy hotfooting It to Webstci's New Inte: natlonal. Also, It prompted our Inform ant to ask us If wo had ever seen this In the Century Dictionary: "To pop the question. Pee Pop" Whereupon wo rams back with ono that Georgo King's father used to sav was the favorite dic tionary Joko in his day. G. K. can't remember what dictionary this Joko was on, but whichever one It was, two defini tions in It wont like this: Attic The uppermost room In a house. Cockloft A room above the attic. Tho late Paul Armstrong, the play wright, used to tell a wonderful story of a "deep-seagoing hack." It crtme to mind yesterday morning when we read this in the Fnlrmount Telegram: John Bower. treaurer of the Falrmount Business Men's Association, has estab lished a reputation as one of the most successful Philadelphia anglers visiting tho coast Ills latest feat was performed nt Atlantic City, when he caught, near the Inlet, nn automobile full of codfish, tho smallest weighing eleven and three quarter pounds nnd measuring fifteen inches. Miss Margery A has rnther a cosmopolitan crowd in the classroom over which she presides. Tor that reason she probably has harder work and more fun than most teachers. "Izzy," who Is a very fat boy, recently brought this note from his mother: "Please let Izzy sit the way he wants to, he has a boll." And another anxious mother wrote: "Please examine Tony's seat and see what tears his pants." "When It comos time for me to start upon my eummer flight." writes Hugh Merr, "I send a dollar to tho Kvenino LEDOEn for a two months' subscription nnd then, with bundle on my shoulder, I trudgo away blithely, on the lookout for curious things on tho way. I plucked a tiny laugh for myself In Eliot, Me., where I dodged a rampant Ice wagon and stood to read upon Its side this legend: JOE CUTTS . ICE IT WAS the afternoon of tho day be fore the Fourth. Tho elevator in our building had stopped running, eo we started down the stairs three long, straight flights. In front of us a tele graph messenger boy was loitering down ward. "If we were his age," wo thought, "we'd bo unable to resist those broad, long banisters." Coming abreast of him, wo naked him why he didn't slide, nnd we reminded ourself of one William Words worth and tho leech gatherer. The boy turned a vacuous face upon us. "This Is a long day," said ha, "and I ain't in no hurry." SPEAKING of Liberty Bonds, the North Wales Record seems to be turning up a new sort here, If you read it carefully. Leaving oitentlblj to go to Philadelphia for a music lesson. Mits Para Tagert, 1! of f'onshohoeken. met-her sweetheart El wood DutUI of Cold Point and the two hurried to Elk ton. Md where they were vjntled In marriage. , h ,, r c(S 5 W' ISP ' : i - JP IJrtsV w t jzJJ I K l"" jlrLT V Xrt- Xl??"! 7Tr t" "i"y SB I -Ar V. J fefTi' sjLw V. f. jV THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Smith for Governor? Free Rides for Soldiers Goods Not Delivered SMITH FOR GOVERNOR? To th Editor of tho Evening Ltdpw: Sir Your correspondent, Robert B. Nixon, Jr , suggests Mayor Smith for our next liovernor And then he attempts to relate what success ho has had In this city. Alas, he recoids nothing. Why? Because noth ing Is tho total or his efforts With the support of Vnre, with the sup port of McNIchnl, he has made n mess of the transit problem Tho Kvenino l.EDGEn has been the only newfipapei In tho city to see that problem with clear, businesslike and unpartlsan eyes View It as you will, at the final analjrls you will find an Intri cate hut straight business piopqsltlon And tho Major has absolutely Ignored tfls, or else hp has been plaj Ing a game Fooling the people or plajlng with them, Mr Editor has been his way, unless we attribute his nttltudo to peanut politics and lack of vision, both business and ethical Think it over, readers Look over the edi torials In tho Evenino LcnoEn. and then think over the noise that has been made by him, nnd then consider his failure of suc cess In his proposed activity at Harrlsburg He is striving for an unethical, unbusl nessllke end. and I doubt If he really Is so questionable In mind and heart or In busi ness sense ns to be serious In his professed aim For Governor? Mr. Nixon will have to show me. WALTER RUTHERFORD LEWIS. Philadelphia, July 4. CORDIAL APPRECIATION To fhe .Editor of the Evrninq ledger: Sir Vour editorial on "Democracy Must Be Mado Safe for Women" Is, I consider, on of the best contributions to suffrage litarature that has been made In n decade could not be Improved upon, and I want you to Know mat sunragists from every where aro writing Into this office to com ment upon It nnd express their apprecla tlon of its breadth of view and Its enthusi asm. ROSE YOUNG. Editor the Woman's Citizen. New York, July 2 A PROTEST FROM HONOLULU To the Editor 6 the Evening Ledger: Sir In your column "What Do You Know" of the Issue of May 9, a writer says that "strictly speaking, there are no flying fish." Here, where I am writing, I have fre quently seen a flying fish rise from the water and fly over a mile through the air, at a uniform distance of ten to twenty feet above the surface of the water. If these flying fish aro able to fly or glide for over n mile by the "momentum which they ac quire In the water," what must their speed ho Just before they leave the water? '. F. MERRILL. Honolulu, May 29 A 'MISINFORMED PATRIOT To tht Editor of the Evening l.cdgei Sir I am not an Australian, a Canadian or a Jap I am not a foreigner, a farmer a miner or a skilled mechanic I am not more than thirty years of age nor am I under twenty-one. I am merely a native-born American, twenty-nine years of age, a clerk hy occupation, fit mentally and physically for the work of a soldier Having rec Istered, I .naturally take a very keen In terest In the part my country is to play In the war. I am a thorough American, a patriot to the core. I am willing to answer to the call of my country, to fight and die be- neath the folds of "Old Glory," hut I don't want to be imposed upon When I Join the coldrs I win not ask who is to pay my insurance during my absence I will not ask who Ib to pay ms taxes and the liuerest ,, the Rma parcels of leal estate I have managed to acquire b thrift and drudgery of the sorest kind 1 will not raise any questions about the girl I leave behind I will go reluc- tantly but smilingly when called, but I don't want to be too heavily lmpotsd upon I am a etudent of history I know the story of India (where one-fourth of God's children, one-half the white race are steeped in misery and denied a hearing he. fore the world) I know the story of Ire land, the1 Una of my forefathers (but what are the" miseries of Ireland or Belgium or Poland beside those of the too 000 000 hu man slaves of India?) 1 know ih i... or E.STPI. oi qoum AincA ana 0f Persia. I 1 reams the political position of the JaptJ . M ttAKlk l.l.. J . -u. UNSINKABLE So you can easily 'see how much effect all this "gush" about democracy, autocracy and the rights nf small nations has upon mv feelings in the matter My folks nnd mv race fared well In this land of the fee ; I was raised to regatd my country America almost as my God Hence you can readily perceive that I am willing to accept tho doctrlno. ' My country right or wrong," but I don't want to bo Imposed upon. Very recently Lloyd George announced that England would fight till she won a decisive victory, that sha would under no condition mnko peace unless guaranteed a huge Indemnity nnd more land England must have the German colonies, Mesopo tamia and other lands; France must have Alsace; Italy must have the Trentino This, In substance, Is what Lloyd George said, nnd an American of highest authority has nfllrmed tn public speech that America will fight till the alms of the Allies ate real ized It this thing Is to deteriorate into a land-grabbing nnd "hold-up" gamo, then, well, that lets me nut I am an American, able nnd willing to do my duty to my flag But to send me to Fiance, 3000 miles from home, to fight for the restoration of Alsace, etc , that does not come under the sacred heading "Duty"; that comes under the heading of "Imposition," "Exploitation," "Double-Crossing" ; yes, and "Treachery." I owe allegiance to America, and only America. WALTER A. CUMMINGS. New York, July 1. FREE RIDES FOR UNIFORMS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir My son came over from New York, from his station at Governors Ibland. There all uniformed men In both branches of the service are Invited to ride free on all trol leys subway and elevated An editorial to Mr Stotesbury nnd his colleagues In the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company directorate should secure the same courtesy hero. Philadelphia should respect and emulate New York In this policy. Wo will honor ourselves and respect the boys In blue. In white nnd In khaki by so doing. ARTHUR P. MERKLE. Philadelphia. July 5 does not" lTkeTeconomy To the Editor of the i:vening Lcdgci. Sir I want to protest about the decision of tho consolidated stores not to deliver goods when purchased from them. They want everything their own way. Many aged persons and mothers with young children aro unable to carry large packages Why could not the stores specify that they will deliver goods costing more than 50 cents or $1, but nothing under a set figure? A READER. Philadelphia. July 6. The Government has urged economy In deliveries and Is considering drastlo action to reduce overhead charges In the distribu tion of supplies Editor of the Evenino Ledger "ROTTEN WORKMEN" When wo reached the sub.'ect of remun eration I told the farmer viat I would havo to leave that to him. :hen he began to tell me what rotten workmen city boys are. They aro not worth their salt, he said get sunstroke, cut' themselves with the scythe and table knife, frighten the cows annoy the neighbors daughter, smoke cigarettes, set fire tn tho barn, get sun burned, want to go fishing nnd swimming punch the lpgular farmhands In the eve with the pitchfork, etc I was Just about to offer to pay him for letting me work on tho farm when he said hat he would give me J25 a month and keep From a letter by a volunteer farmhand YOUNG MEN FOR WAR "But why." I ventured, still meekly, 'why take such joung boys? Why not older men, more hardened, more used to being away from homer1 For nnswer the officer swept an arm toward a little group headed for the cans that buzz back Into town some blocks away from camp a joung man, twenty.flve or six with .a tiny baby held very , eh t tn- his stalwart, khaki breast; his shabby frail little wife, with two other batiles hanging to her hands, beside him "'; "There's a majority of married men among the older ones." he said a trln. grumy. "Their going usually means terrible Injustice to a greater number of dependent people 'The boys''" his " were suddenly very 'klnd-'well, of cour.. there's mother and sister, but th.r.?; usually, also, too much babying to get i. from, and they're usually carefree t them It's a great sdventure. and thaf. . sort of spirit we need-the dashing .oft? of the great.adventure. I've four sons mi self" he said tersely, "all soldier. - V" I m glsd of It Bo Is their mother if W. had ten shed be as ashamed as I if ! failed hl country now Just one Sh! Maxv Woodson R!,lnr, 7. ---"" au'sMsgslna. PW ,n S9uth" m a ! i ni you' What Do You Know? QUIZ 1. What Is the descriptive nrtjertlre for an Is. linliltant nf Cjprua? I. What Is the Soeletr of the Cincinnati? , 3. What American soltller demanded the tar- render of n British fort "In the name of the Rre.it Jehovah and the Continental x Concres"? j 4. Who la the present Hntllah food controller? J 6. Who la Premier of Cnnnda? -a fl. How manr moona has the planet Jupiter? J 7. Vihat la meant by "St. rimo'a lire"? 8. A Klnr. the hmther nf Napoleon Dona- 4 parte, married n llnltlmore woman. A Who was thli monarch'.' 9. What was the llattle of ffdjin and betwffi A whom and when via it touch!? j II). What la the capital of India? j Answers to Yesterday's Quli I, Alfred Ilarmsnorth became Lord Northcllli on his elevation tn the necraie. 2. General IliiRlt I.. Scott is the nrmr offlttt attached to the American Commission li J ItllKMl I. 1 3. Sir Ilerhert Ileerbohm Tree la the dlittn. 1 culsliril British actor who died thia wejk. 4. "Community kinging" Is a widespread mow ment In the lulled Mates to uroiine poira- i lar Interest anil participation In toI ( music. Inluibltanta of amall towns and at ' sections of large cities nrr naked to Jola t In choral work. No apeclal knoulcdn ot 1 mnalc l required. l'linillUr old Miart t are given nt first, but later the work ll I often carried Into the Held of oratorio. l!',rA l'irnhurt, 0f n,w atU, and tlbcrt . . Movie, of Philadelphia, nre among tho I lenders In tho growlnc movement. i 5. Admiral Cleaves waa In charge of the con voy that eororted our expedition to 1 ranee. 6. "Erireka" Is Creek for "I have found It." . Arclilmedns, the great aclentlat of Syra- cuae, irled "Lurekal" on dlscoierlng how i to detect whether the golden crown of ' King Illcro had been allojed with silver. 7. "Tippecanoe and Tjler. too," vtn the cam- j pulgn fry used 1840 w further the elcf " tl.?i.urn,).'."lnm-.,.,'n,T Hantaan, victor at the nattlrt of Tippecanoe, ns President, and John Tyler na Vice President, f S. naaelmll l n development nf the old school- I boy game of "rounders." 0. During his presidential campaign Malftol ' Itoosevelt, Alton II. Parker, the Deao- i cratle candidate, mi known ns the "San , of Kaopua," thia New York town havtni i heen his home. ,' 10. ltaton House Is the capital of Loul-bna. ' EVOLUTION DT? TtATTT.TT'cmpQ I TT IS a commonplace today to say that j J- the expert In naval matters, tho admiral j who wants real action and no nonsenss. knows more than any Secretary or civilian" inventor or organizer Dut lt is not tha lesson of history. Trained seamen In ths past have always been conservative havs always opposed new mechanical devices. J Upon the Introduction of steam propnl- 1 slon. the naval lords of the British Adml- : ralty were strongly prejudiced against hat-, ing anything to do with such a "new-, fangled Invention." Their desire was t repeat the construction of battleships pro- , pelled by sails alone. The argument waif They were good enough for N'elson an! ,,rjf o buuu cuuugii ior us ine iniroauc tlon of steam was forced upon the Admlj ralty by a civil lord against tho advice of his naval advisers. The man who hjl ,icci nurii uiiuer urn was riRnr i ue sann conservatism of seamen had to he over come when the Iron and steel construction of warships replaced thnt of wood The term "battleship' Is a corruption of the old term "llne-of-hattle shin V vefsell considered large enough nnd with gunJ enoiiKn in ne in me line was in thai class III the earlv eighteenth centurv vessel nimed with fifty guns was considered abls to He In tho lUic. Fifty jears later nothing's smaller than a slxly-four-gun shin coula do that, nnd still later, after our Itevolu-J tlon, the standard rose to seventy-four guns The first phase of warship evolution was thus one or mere size. So It vvent until the steam and Ironclad days. The British Itoyal Sovereign, with flrs big guns In four turrets, and the Prlncs I Albert, of the same armament, contempO'f rarlcs of the American monitor, were actu nlly In advance of battleship evolution. Z These were tnastea turret snips, using bom steam and sail power But soon piogress In turret ships was halted Conservatism demanded that In the new Iron ships there should be a more close iinllatmn of th well-known and tried out features of thai u'nnil.n china ' 1 fTomorrow's Article: "Prisoners ef TTir,"J ONE ON THE BARBER One day Mark Twain was being shavtJti by a very taiKattve barber, and was fore to usien to many of the barbers' anei dotes Stopping to strop his razor and orerjaredj brush In hand to commence a rain th barber aald. "Shall I go over U again?", ,- "No. thanks,' drawled Mark. "JJf hardly necessary. I thinV r -. n.Mif" very woro." & 4 'it i r ;&.!, -t f X "!? r- !ffV-'y CKl -! I , , ASn4 u
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