wwlf Wmmy '- V. "aft ,w 1 ,- , , VT V ' -. i p.i It? f& fo ... ' vt w- ;;' fe& U: (Stf' k' t - 8"1' Owning 1jJgg lEeDger PUDLIC LEDGER COMPANY emus it. ic cuims, riumm CJiarlea H. Ludfnrton, Vice rreeldentl John C Martin. Heeretitrv nnil TrMknrtri 1-h.lln n Collins, John II. Wllllame, John J. Hpurseon, I'. II. Whaler. Directors. EDITOIUAL UOAItD! Ctici It. K. Ccitii, Chairman. T. II. WHALEY Editor JOHN C. MAlVrm. .General Builneae Manaaer rubllahed dally at rcBLto I.mxiitB Ilulldinc Independence (Jquare, I'hllailelphla. r.ooim Csvra.iL... Broad and Cheetnut Blreeta ATtiNTio Cm l'rtf-Unkm nulldlna Na- To 204 Metropolitan Tower DiiaoiT ,s ,403 Kor.l Ilulldinc Bt. 1-ocia 100S Kullerton llulldlnir Cuiciqo 1302 Trttmne UulMlnr NEWH nuiUSAVSi JViimiroToif rtcaiau ninra Itulldln Nsw Yornc Uuaiiu Tha Timtt llulldlng- lleatis Ilnsair; 00 Frledrlchetreeeo I.omws llcXRAU. . . . Marconi Houee. Htrand .Mail ltiasi.u.., 83 lluo Louis 1 Qrand BUDSCniPTION TEIlMa The Etzkino Vtaitn la atrvftd to eubecrlbera In Philadelphia and surrounding- towna at the rat or twi.Va (13) canta Mr weak, payable to the carrier. By mall to polnte outalda of rhlladclphta. In .the united Stales, Canada or United tltatea poe seeelone, poatara free, flttr (501 centa per uiomn. aiM ieui uouara per rear, perauie in adraaca. To all Xorel i countrlea one (11) dollar per Inonth. Norics Subecrlbere wlehlnr addreee chanted fnuet lv old aa well aa neir addreai, DELI, 1000 WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIS MOO i ' eWT Atiref all communication to Evtnfaa htdgtr. Independence S Quart. Philadelphia. Bimxio xr ma rniLiDitrmx ronorricB it iiconp-oiaie mil. matt ia. Philadelphia, Mender, July 9. Ml A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY FOR PHILADELPHIA ITTB HAVE no faith In the virtues of watchful waiting aa an Industrial proposition. Tho most it docs Is to glvo a good view of your competitors rushing by. Tho conservative East had many u laugh at tho reckless manner In which the Mlddlo "West grabbed hold of tho Automobile Industry, but beforo tho laugh ing was over tho banks of Detroit wero giving hurry orders for now vaults In which to storo their deposits. Philadelphia a hundred years ago smiled condescendingly at Do 'Witt Clin ton's proposal to build 300 or moro miles of canal to connect New York with tho Great Lakes; but by 1852 tho debt for that ontorprise amounted to only $17,000, COO and the annual receipts from tolls wero over $3,000,000, a fairly good Invest ment, even If It had not In tho mcuntlmo driven New York to tho head of Ameri can cities nnd laid tho foundations for Its ultlmato world pic-cmlnence. By tho time tho Kile Canal was opened Phila delphia quit Bmlllng, for In that year, 1825, tho Conestoga wagons wending their way along tho great turnplko be tween Pittsburgh and Philadelphia wero becoming fewer and fewer In number and New York had become tho most populous city In tho nation. It was a little lato, but Philadelphia then waked up the Btatc, which began a positively amazing program of canal construction. By tho mlddlo of tUo century over a thousand miles of canal wero In use within tho Commonwealth. But most of the mileage did not pay the cost of operation. A now carrier, the railroad, had como into being, end with it tho canals could not compete It docs not do to watch too long. A community must smoll its way along and bo ready to tako a chance. To wait to see how now methods succeed elsewhere Is not to enter tho race until It Is lost. Thrco years of war conditions have dem onstrated many things, but they have dem onstrated nothing moro certainly than this: transportation facilities are tho key to success In both war and business. Wo had freight embargoes last winter not because our carriers themselves wero in adequate, but becauso tho cnttro terminal eystem of the country simply collapsed. It was not built to stand the strain. It 'was out-of-date and antiquated. Tho railroads cannot get an increaso In rates and they cannot get tho money to j build tho kind of terminals they need. Therein lies the opportunity of Philadel phia. A railroad with tho cosh might build Its terminals wherever it pleased. A city can construct its own. If Phila delphia provides adequato facilities, we won't have to sit and watch foreign ship ments being hauled through our streets to New York piers. Wo can magnetize our waterfront so that no commerce can pass It by. We have, in other words, an Incomparable opportunity to tlo the West to us once more and revlvo our ancient prestige as a port. In this undertaking the Belt Line Is a vital factor, and the fight the Public- Ledger is making to put "kick" into its management is of tho utmost importance. We need numbers of modern piers and wharves, but it is the Belt Line that must make them accessible. A terminal system efficient In some ports will do little good; it must function properly throughout. The business men of Philadelphia ought to get this fact firmly fixed in their minds: What the Erie Canal did for New York a modern terminal system can do for Philadelphia. A GASTRONOMIC VICTORY milREE French officers, inspecting a United States naval station in Illinois, have met ce cream cones, They looked delectable. They tasted better. The crisp batter-like receptacles in which tho cool ing dessert nestled enhanced Its charm. American menu patriots promised the Introduction of this soul-satisfying refresh ment to France. That was no idle pledge. Baseball has gone to Gaul with our marines. The Ice cream cono Is its inevi table concomitant. Flavored ices are no novelty In Paris. A cunning: Neapolitan took their aecret t)re in the waning years of tho elj-ht- flth ewitury. He bequeathed the mys- ytyMt-Uri i tie mmMau Tertai). Opening his memorable cafe on the Grand lloulcvnnl, tho latter eventually mndo his establishment the lea cream center of Europe From tho American viewpoint, howovor, his efforts were niggardly. Had his Icos been Jewelry they could scarcely lmvo been mora parsimoniously dolod out. A sllvor frunc produced but a puny mouthful. Tho custom nbldos today. Ico cream and generosity mako no marrlaRo In Franco. Our cnpaclous conca, which until now no Frenchmen havo ever known, foreshadow n Hturtllng revolution In the "psychology of tnsto." "HEATING THE WHEEL" THERE are a cortaln two mon In this city who nro looking forward to Draft Day wllh entirely different emotions. Thero aro probably thousands of mon llko them. Perhaps they represent two well-known types. One, whom we call A, Is twenty-nine, unmarried, In' fairly good physical con dition. Ho is strongly opposed to going to war, but would not admit It to any but his closest friends. Ho will fight it ho has to. Tho other, B, Is twenty-four, unmarried, in tiptop physical condition, eager to fight. Ho sincerely hopes he will bo con scripted. A, being a paclllst and opposed to all the machinery of war, tried to get ex empted bcfuio tho diuft, but of course failed. Hating tho Idea of "having a lottery wheel say what ho should do or not do," ho is half Inclined to enlist "In order to beat tho wheel." II, on tho other hand, thinks tho draft lottery Is "a lino sporting chance." It ho Isn't conscripted, ho says, he will "probably enlist somo tltno next winter, as he wants to co Fiance." What wo do not want Is nn army filled up with half-hearted paclllst volunteers too proud to admit n icluctnnco to fight for tho right. What wo do want In the army nt once Is tho men who nro eager to light. It Is B who should try to "beat tho wheel to It" by enlisting. It is A who should tako his chancos with tho wheel. Wo cannot understand nn eagerness to fight that is willing to wnlt until next winter for satisfaction. Thero nro CO, 000 vacant places In tho regular nrmy which offor tho opportunity to work with trained men and experienced of ficers. Those places should bo filled this month. 19 COUNT 'EM 19 A MONO tho makers of American his , tory dining tho last twenty years wo do not recall that the names of Jcnnlo Schwartz, Alio Zanim, lsadore Waskonsky nnd Alexander I.cy woro prominent. That Is natural in tho enso of Abo and Jennie, becauso they are only sixteen yoors old. Not nno of tho forty-nlno So cialists arrested at a dlsioynl meeting in this city Saturday was voting when Wil son was elected tho first time. Only four of them havo been naturalized. Halt of them aro under age. Thoy'ro nil ngalnst Wilson, Boot, Charles Edward Husscll, John' Spargo, tho Constitution, tho war, Kcronsky, Joffro nnd Pershing. It was only a few yearH ago that most of them camo down tho gangplank clutching their mothers' skirtH, got their first gllmpso of tho Now Woi Id nnd started to learn English. But now thoy'ro In politics, with tho news papers telling of them In formidable head lines "40 Socialist Hebels." PUT UP YOUR AXES! THE Louisville and Nashvlllo Railroad Company nnd tho Westnrn Union Tel egraph Company havo been having n fight which parallels In Its main features tho historic controversy between tho Pennsyl vania Ilnllroad Company and tho same telegrnph company. Tho Pennsylvania, it will bo remembered, sent out gangs of workmen armed with axes and procooded to fell any nnd nil Western Union poles In sight. That established a precedent which seemed good to tho Louisville and Nnshvllle officials. They mado up their minds to go nnd do likewise. Into this situation stepped the Socre tary of War. Why should tho Govern ment have its telegraph facilities crippled Just becauso two corporations wanted to light? Ho sent a messngo to tha presi dents of the warring companies Inform ing them that they would bo expected to meet at once and como to a peaceablo and prompt agreement. Otherwise, ho lntl mated, tho telegraph line In question would bo taken over by tho Government, in which case, ho ventured to bellevo, neither the railroad officials nor any other men would undertake to uso axes for pur poses of demolition. We do not llko tyranny nnd arbitrary action In this country, but thero are times when tho assertion of authority comes with tho cooling freshness of the north wind and citizenship generally rejoices to discover that not every holder of a public office needs furs below the lenees. Food conservation rule No. 1 "Never scrap your 'scraps.' "- Even tho most rigid "bone-dry" legislator can't keep Champagno out of tho war. Tho fact that General Chang is dubbed tho "king maker" doesn't seem In the least to deter the Chlneso republicans from finishing his special product. Let us hope, for the sake of France, that Philadelphia's adoption of a ruined town, selected by Ambassador Jusserand, will not Involve the construction of its transit system. "Bread will rise on yeast short age," says a Now York Herald headline. This is astonishing news to the American housewife, so long dependent on the yeast cake to give the staff of life Its requisite elevation. The Fluck suit was merely ono of a number of more or less abortive efforts to delay or defeat rapid transit. It has been very properly thrown out of court. It is a pity that some other obstruction ary schemes cannot be treated similarly. If Rumania responds to General Scott's visit to Jossy as readily as Russia did to. Mr. Root's arrival In Petrograd, our old misspelling and mispronunciation 6f the Dobrudja will be revived, but this tlrar with YHonr not Jeft new f EVENING CHURCHILL THE BRILLIANT Tho Anglo-American Firebrand Still Criticizes tho British Military Strategy By GILDERT VIVIAN SELDES Speeiat Correspondent Kvenlng Ledger LONDON, Juno 20. The Government of (Ireat Ilrltoln la belnit run by a little club, every member of wnicn calls him by lila llrat name. from n weikiy paper. It would be n mlefortuno for the coun try If Mr. 'a tnlenta wero allowed to no unmed In thl crlala. From many dally The mot brilliant man In HnnHnd Oc casional remark. , Think what ho haa made u aufrer. rro luent remark. . , The boya In tho air want him Occa rational remark. He'd do anything- to set bark Into tha llmellcht. Naaty remark. AND so on. I could fill a column with XJ.theso varying descriptions of a man who Is still, despite everything, ono of tho most fascinating flguros In contemporary I.'nitland. Will you havo three guesnes? It Is Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, tho hero of the Sidney street murders and the tragic figure who stunds behind the disasters of Antwerp nnd of Galllpoll. Winston Churchill, tho man who haB always played for nil or nothing, nnd who now, even nt this moment when his career Beems blackened out In tho dnrkest pages ot tho wnr, may ln about to pluy for doubles or quits. For he Is not yet quits with his country, nor his country with him Ho Is still a young man, forty-three, and he Is not yet I'rlmo Minister Tho wnr which might lmvo made him seems to have ruined him. But I am not Buro that the end has oomo for this twin whoso every word shines nnd nprkles, whoso every ac tion Is on tho grand ncalc, and who knows what ho watitB. He lias thrown over on party In Ills time; ho Is disci edited for tho moment with nnothor. 1 lmvo heard It said that he will nlways ha truo to ono party, and that party, as Jnmes Russell Lowell Kald of a lesser politician, himself. Thero Is malice In tho phrase; hut It In illrntcB. In Bnlto of itself, the abounding Folf-coiifldence, tho extraordinary fulth and. let us my, honor which Mr. Churchill brings into his politics. An American Englishman It Is not on record that Mr. Churchill thanks Clod every day for his American descent, but he certainly realizes that ho was onco master of tho British imagination becauso ho had nn American energy, abounding and daring and dangerous, added tn tho audacity which came fiom his great father, the grand manner, tho trick ot com pelling nttentlon. Everything ho had dono until tho war broke out wns profit to him. At the ago of twenty-threo ho was a famous historian, for his record of The River Wnr, Kitchener's Soudan campaign, Is a model of historical narrative, and the downright definnco of Kitchener in It l.s another instance of his bravery. At tho ago of twenty-five he had fought In Cuba (with the Spnnlt.h forces), in tho Tlrah expedition, with the Mnlakand Field Forco on tho northwest frontier of India, In the Soudan, nnd with Buller nnd Roberts through tho Hoer War He had been captured, had escaped his enemies Insist that he broke parolo from Pretoria. Tho fact Is, at least, that ho lived through Splon Kop and was with tho rellcUng col umn when It entered Lndysmlth Ho has been Homo Secretary and presi dent of tho Board of Trade nnd Flrfct Lord of tho Admiralty. Ho is woldler and sailor, loo, by that token. Ho has summoned nr tlllcry to capture a group of murderers In tho heart of London and has sent a mission to Antwerp which could not havo saved an anthill from tho Germans. He has thrown the military over half England to check n railway strike and ho participates In tho guilt of tho Dardanelles. He Is something of a noxcllst, n biographer, nn orator. Ho looks for perfection In everything; he wants nlways to bo not only where the band 1b playing, ho wnnts to conduct tho beat band In tho land. I quoto ragtime; somehow Mr. Churchill Is not alien to tho spirit of our country. Government Afraid of Him A week or two ago they talked of him a great deal. Ho waB to ho tho new food controller; ho was to Buccced Lord Cow dray at tho air board ; a new post was to bo fonnd for him ; tho Oovernmont was afraid to tako him on. And with this talk camo a revival of everything which Britain has felt stneo tho early days of tho war. For the average man and woman who gives Church Ill credit for mobilizing the fleet really tho decisive factor in the declaration of wnr, for if tho fleet had not been mobilized the declaration might havo been even Inter these samo peoplo blnmo him bitterly for the ruin of Antwerp nnd tho folly of the Dar danelles. Those who read tho papers re member that Mr. Asqulth took responsibil ity for the Dardanelles on htmself nnd on tho wholo Cabinet When the Oalllpoll re port camo out It was Asqultli and not Churchill who made tho great defense. But Churchill remains the whipping boy for this misfortune. And yet not ono person In England will venture a bet against his re turn to office, to great office. It Is more than nstonlshlng; It Is a trlb uto to tho fierce hlncerlty of tho mun him self. Ho left tho Cabinet he could hardly do less. But he would not leave tho coun try. Ho believes, at least he did bellevo until recently, that the war could not b won by "pushes." He belleed In '"strokes" e very whet e, but particularly away from tho eastern-western main theatres of war. He diagnosed the German strategy absolutely 1 doubt whether ho will bo "out" much longor. I saw him recently nnd heard him sneak, and I nm Inclined to bet on his vigor ngalnst the properneas nnd sobriety ot his colleagues, lie is still a handsome man, still young looking. But the best thing about film Is the Impression he gives off, of fighting, fighting nlways, and for a cause. If ho stays out all through the war he will still have his chance. When he "chucked" tho Unionist party It was al most as if a covenant had been made to make him Prime Minister. Ono other Lib eral stood In his way, and that man Is now tho Prime Minister, but he has lost tho Liberal party After tho war, In the shirt ings of parties, Winston Churchill may find himself leader ot a group outside both parties, yet strong enough to put Us leader In a placo of power. But there is no fore telling. There 1b only the pleasure of watch ing an unaccountable star. In a book written many years before the war Alfred G. Gardner, tho brilliant editor of the Dally News, wrote of Churchill: Remember, he Is a soldier, first, last nnd always. He will write his namo big on our future Let us take care that he does not write It In blood. And now Churchill has written It In blood. But there aro many who feel sure that ho will write It again, more slowly, more brilliantly, In the golden letters of genius devoted to the service of his coun try. He Is not altogether an Alclbiades. NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW Change the name of New York city to Zton. In the city directory the Cohens out number the Smiths. Louisville Herald. Gustav F. Touehard, of New York, former Indoor tennis champion, has gone to Can ada, where he will enter the aviation corps. There isn't much honor In being a champion at any kind of a game now, It one la able to be ot service as a fighter. Dayton Dally News. The distilleries that would stop making whisky could be transformed into plants making alcohol for the manufacture ot ex plosives, for the manufacture of ether and other medicinal articles, for the manufac ture of fuel and dyes. Springfield Repub lican. e No police department In the country haa ever had a worse showing up than that of New York In the Cruger cose; but the rcoord ot neglect and inefficiency will have a better side If It convinces the department that Mlf-4Uf!lclnoy Is a. grievous fault Y-r Orleans (Hatee, QDEDaEBr-PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1917 Tom Daly's Column McAronl Ballads LXXX1V da win: Da xlc of Joe Dadario She's vcrra prctta thceng for show. She's beautiful upon da faca An' walks weeth soooha queenly praco She should le marry ucctha keeng; An', too, she golta voice to sccna Dat shame da llrds upon da tree Hut she ccs not da tcife for me. A'ow, Michelangelo Jlaratt' lie's gotta uHfe dat's plain an' fat; An' dcro ccs few llko her so good Vor keep da house and carry wood. An' wan thceng sure, you bat my llfcl Nobody's gon' for steal hecs wife Hut, stccll, for all her cendustry Bhc would not be da wife for met I am a vcrra busy man Ecn tcndln' decs pcanutta Stan' I have no time for looka sea Who would be besta wife for me; But som'ttmes ecn da night 1 sect At home alone an' theenk of cct. e e Wen I was young ecn Italy Dcrc itti a girl I use' to see Dat pass me by upon da road, An' always wcclha heavy load, Dat lika crown she use" to wear On top her theeck an' shiny hair. You tnebbe no bnyltcva mc. Hut mutiny times 1 use" to sec Dow she would carry noontime meal For work-men ecn da harves' ftcl' Den blgga baikct on her head; An' den, on top, a cradlc-bcd, Wrath baby fast asleep ecn cct. An' weeth her han's she use" to knect Horn' stockin's while she walked tlong, An' she would Iccft her voire ecn song Dat jus' would charm da heart ecu you; An' sho was vcrra prctta, too. Ot soocha girl llko dat would ba Da wife I'd like to catch for met A Wise Man of the East When wo wero rushing to press last night wo found nlrcndy settled In our column this chnrmlngly nalvo letter, which was Intended, perhaps, for tho column Immediately to tho west of us. Wo hadn't tho heart to disturb It: Hotel Adelphla, Cth July. 1017. Honored Sir In many American col umns I amuse myself exceedingly to con stantly read the always Irish patriot, who speaks of India, Egypt, Transvaal In his foolish comparisons, nnd strong vituperations of England. An eloquent gentleman nnmed Mr. Cummlngs writes In your today press much about such things which ho Is not Informed about. I nm Hindustani nn nm born In Cal cutta, whero tho English rulo has such beneficence, so that In not many years I have gained not a Ilttlo wealths by business. I nngcr inself much that Mr. Cummlngs thinks we arc slaves. Does ho not know- that before tho English coming that tho rajah took by forco any money; ho desire by brutal operations, nnd If' some objections being mado, that person was caused to disappear dying very rapidly. Thero aro now no objec tions, ns tho English mnglstrato Is very Justly fierce In taking no backsheesh. In gone days tho Justice peoplo were not such, and wo must bury In tho earth all our possessing aipulence. All thugs llko night murderers nie swiftly killed by tho kind English Wo Ulv It I reside six months In Egypt nnd discover also that before tho Bngllsh such happenings were exceedingly worse, but now tho poor stricken fellaheen can cultivate for somo certnln riches. Effcndl Cummlngs must study his histories from somo uncertain books No man of wisdom credits secret Tewtonik writings My brother is making buslncs'-es In the. Transvaal and reports much prosperities; Bellevo not therefore unproved maledictions. Tho truo studies are to have residence in BUch lands, not to peruse agitating scriptures If a robber steals my land, tho magistrate with great celerity, and strong remarks 'gives It to mo back Why thercforo shall France not receive back their stolen Alsace I comprehend that Lloyd Gcorgo desires only Indemnities for Belgium. Tho fler many Colony question is yet Innnlmated. I do not know of tho soldiers of Amorlca hut it Is not the custom of elsewhere of soldiers to write to nowspapers of their Intended fighting objects, but perhaps in tho land of tho free, each soldier makes himself his commands. This would concelv e much battle confusion Wo havo many Irishmen In India, but we find them much complaining and desiring to fight emerging from tho canteen. They love tho fight for the combat merely. In such lighting lauds, ns In Bhopal and mountains, the British raj stops much murders, nnd un faithfulness Somo peoples fit themselves not for voting government, perhaps Ire land Is such Tho men of tho mountains who constantly fight do not make safe living thpfe for business. Great safety and freedom to llvo doing business aro each countries requirements If Ireland hns such, her revolutions are sinful and will havo no successful endeavor. Re celvo Sir tho abased and humble saluta tions of your devoted servant, HADJIDEE AKBAR. If "llko cures llko," ns we've been told, nnd If you should bo 111 nnd not know what Is tho matter with you, why shouldn't It help you to try something equally mysterious? Somewhere uptown thero Is a healer who announces himself as a 'practitioner of "physlo-psjchlo pronormallsm," whatever that means. MANY a college campus took on the sere ' nnd yellow look prematurely this spring, nnd none was hit harder or sooner than Holy Cross, nt Worcester, Mass. In the faculty of that Institution there Is a truo poet tho Rov. Michael Earls, S. J. and he sings: THE TOWERS OF HOLY CROSS Tho roads look up to Holy Cross, The Bturdy towers look down, And show a kindly word to alf Who pass by Worcester town; And once you'd see the boys at play. Or marching cap and gown. The gallant towers at Holy Cross Are silent night and day; A few young lads are left behind Who still may take their play. The Cross and Flag look out afar For them that went away. Then God be with you, says the Cross, And the brave towers looking down; I'll be your cloth, sings out the Flag, For other cap and gown. And may we see you safe again, On the hills ot Worcester town. Banpt "PASSING the Gorgas Public School In this fashionable suburb," writes Luke, from Flshtown, "I stopped to watch the Janitor lowering the American flap. This la more than tho Kaiser can do,' said aa, rilif ha hit th mark?" i lnflk's. retlrV MnlVftTV', EVERY eiiiiniH 1' jfiffl lf.ll lllHll.ll InJWiyaiM ? J& .-.a,"-""""' f i.inf3eHBpjPMBjsjnsejHpp4'i(f ArJRPJv ntV- B 1 '-ii'Jw!MSHStBSsWm ammtrm Sw P I vtb sb in i nuaSBum ajmt w trMLfji iui a i urMEvmamiMMm.w is xix .,-"--.. - - "lIanhleaa".WI II T Tj -. - SJTC&AI .M . -naMir!jB-er WW rzv,r THE VOICE O THE! Tho Aims of Russian Misstatements History RUSSIAN SOCIALIST. To tho Editor of the livening 1 Sir Now that free, unsha. has at last struck at tho reactli of William tho Last, after 1 pletcd the business of rovolu Nicholas tho Final, It is curio tain newspapers nro trying to m for their maligning of the gr. revolution There Is a general attempt to by attempting to misrepresent ( tho Petrograd Council of Work , Soldiers' Deputies, which had previously been styled ns a body of crack-brained nnarchlsts. Our attention Is called to tho fact that tho Russian offensive was author ized, not by tho Petrograd Council, but by tho All-Russlnn Council of Workmen nnd Soldiers, representing delegates from local councils throughout Russia. It was this body and bodies like tho All-Russian Con gress of Pensants that ordered the drive In Gullcla, wo arc informed. Permit me to say most emphatically that thero Is not the slightest difference between the policy of tho Petrograd council nnd the All-Russlnn council. On the contrary, tho foreign nnd domestic policies of the Petrograd organization find Increased em phasis In tho All-Russian body becauso the latter represents tho whole of tho Russian peoplo. Tho same men who led tho Petro grad council nre nt the head of tho All RusBlan council N V. Tschcldze, president of tho Petrograd council, was chosen unani mously to head the All-Russian council. Skobcleff, Tserctelll, Stankevitch nnd the other social democratic and Socialist revo lutionary chiefs of the Petrograd council occupy positions of the highest trust and importance In tho All-Russian council. Skobcleff nnd Tterctelll are members of the provisional Cabinet Tho All-Russian council stands for the foreign policy first enunciated by the revolu tion, tho policy of "no forcible annexations, no punitive Indemnities and the rights of all nations to determine their own destiny." It Is for this policy that the Russian army Is now battling. It Is for this nnd tho other policies of the revolution, and for no Im perialist alms, that revolutionary Tlussla Is willing to die. It Is for this policy and the policy of land distribution, socialization of Industry and complete political freedom that War Minister Kerensky stands. , Let those gentlemen who assailed the Russian revolution becauso It stands not only for nn abstract political Ideal, but also for a very concrete program of social democracy, think twice. They may again find neod In tho very near future to attack the revolution, and I would advise them to bestow their pralso very sparingly jest they fall to find In the future the necessary subterfuge behind which to hide their Ignorance. ' Instead, I would advise them to study that Inevitable development which Marx termed tho "dictatorship of the proletariat." Tho Russian workers have already given a snlendld exhibition of it. They are now battling to extend It throughout Europe. JOSEPH SHAPLEN. Philadelphia. July 7. VICE IN GERMANY To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir It certainly surprises me that "A Woman's" article of June 29 should go unanswered. Does this woman Intimate that the American morals are predomi nated by vice and that Germany's morals, until war began, were something we should look up to? Does any woman or man dare to say that Germany In her three years of war has learned as much about vice as the' whole world has taken thousands of years to learn? Why do we seldom read of such con dition In German cities as we read ot In New York city, Chicago and other cities? Because the press of Germany Is and al ways haB been under control of militarism, such as she wishes to control the world with. They may say what they like, but I stand "pat" when I say that commercialized vice Is Just as much In vogue In Germany aa It Is in this country or any country The papers of the United States are not controlled by militarism; rather they con trol militarism and nolltica. and that la why 4Ji PVPl Pt the Un)td StaUi Rno Uch kern.- cc mam i tmm0eQ!&GR&!m vMiMWft&ff r-SM' -- DOG WILL HAVE HIS DAY it .... . i - 4 ( tift&gfltitfffl 2337 . ,.-. ijr, xre- Xliiica"and Persia, and -,remarksabout what ho called tho "gush" In President Wilson's messago to the world of our reasons for going to war with tho Central Powers. The gentleman confesses to being a stu dent ot history, and yet by his extreme statements one can hardly bellevo that ho is warranted by the knowledge he has gained In giving out this distorted message to the public. His Inherited strong dislike of the British Is his private privilege, but It Is unfair and undemocratic to misstate history In order to servo his personal bias. II. W. NELSON. Ardmore, Pa July 6. WHAT A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS WORTH Dean Holmes, of the Pennsylvania State College, after spending months gathering statistics and reducing them to orderly form, has discovered that the money value of four years at college is J20.000, or a financial return of JG00O for every year so spent. Dean Holmes's Investigations reveal the fact, which at first seems a Ilttlo discon certing to the advocates of university train, lng. that the average earnings of a bach elor of arts amount to $1187 a year, not quite $26 a week. But tho situation bright ens for the colleges when we learn that the average earnings of the non-college man are only 518 not $10 a week. Tho differ ence between these two sums Is $669, and since tho average man lives thirty years after leaving college his financial reward for four years of more or less arduous under graduate toll is evidently something more than $20,000. World's Work. CAMOUFLAGE We have heard a good deal about ca mouflage since the war began. Camouflage we used to know as the term applied by zoologists to the protective coloring by which birds and minor animals find safety through blending Into the landscape. Now it has become the art. so highly developed by tho French, by which the movement of troops or the position of guns is concealed from the enemy. We must bellevo that this Ingenious art of, war has been studied by somo Kansas Cltians, who havo used it for their own pur poses with results highly satisfactory to themselves. Some men of means, who havo desired to keep out of sight of the Red Cross canvassers, havo mado, themseive absolutely Indistinguishable fr?m th? land! scape. Kansas City Times. TENNYSON'S ODE TO AMERICA We have had many Inquiries about the source of the '"suppressed" verses by Ten. nyson which were quoted by a correspond- ent recently. They were addressed to America, and ran as follows: Glgantlo daughter of the West We drink to thee across th8 flood. We know thee most, we love thee beat For art thou not of British blood? Should war's mad blast again be blown. Permit not thou the tyrant powers To fight thy mother here alone But let thy broadaldes roar with ours. O rise, our strong Atlantlo sons When war against our freedom springs! O speak to Europe through your guns They can be understood by kings. Our correspondent now informs us th they appeared In an article on "Tennv eon'e Suppressed Poems" In HanertZ Monthly Magaslne, December, 1J0J, oifi puM w& mtssrsi ,Wvittr"i! - ' ' - 4 ' IMJxWnl " iiJjjriu''--""' f T-- , - - t '1 in rlL-j !& 4h- & . EaSfc. JistfsSr- fVitT a f.iim,fiiiiiiMriSi Affilfe mmmmmwt phiimont avenue. . mUNfl -. -, the Chinese thnael -..nin. 2. I'ontii DeUnda, nhlih nan bombarad f Week br 1L tier-mini .iiltmapln. I .hA elty und MMnort of the Azores lilani.il i-oriiiKiicso voencxsloit In the .Nortl J laiuie utean. 3. tacrojse Is retarded ns the national I of ( nnndu. 4. St. 1'ntrlek'H dates nro A. I. 377-4M. 5. An Amerlenn emir fn- ITnl.A.1 Kt,f, , ens l malntubird In tho city of 6bie uii, viuiill, 0. T. n. Appletan. Is reputed to be the ait or me remark, --.mi booU Ainrrlrani, w they die. Co to l'lirU." llnlmea onotf In '"The Autocrat of the Breellt Tnlile." 7. A mlrnce Is nn optical lllmlon uiaaU vurrma in uefrens. i-nr-awar ocr produce nn Interteil Imnee na If reOK in n bheet of water. The phenomeeoa uuv u me orriietiiniff or eirnia oi airw consequently to unequal refraction tf I fcun a ru a. 8. KdKiir Vi'lUon Nye wan the real name i -inn ."je," me American humorist. D. Tremlrr Venlieloe, of Greer, Is a nitln tue jeuinu or crete. 10. A nnjnber of species of the cewai I bloom at nlclit. THE NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS THE conscription net of March 3, lWj contained one clause which cost IW llvos In New York city four months ll It was provided that any man, after lIBc drafted, might procure exemption from le? Ice by the payment of $300. Tho act was vigorously assailed ai constitutional by the opponents of the A ministration, who asserted that the j emptlon clause was a fllmsv device tti ena.Hllno- thn rleh tn amil. poptptAd AmflSSMr! those who adopted and proclaimed "!: viows was Governor Seymour, of New ics State, who seems also to have repr""'' tho attitude of many prominent men New York city. Among the people tW was much agitation It was obvlom t tho average drafted man could not W $300 to prooure a substitute It T Indeed, only the rich who could afforf J' buy their freedom from military service.! fill Statllrilnv. Tulu 11 thn rlr.lft tKP1 without much opposition In New 1'0Tf ono of tho enrollment offices In the strew Democratlo Ninth District On SunW some drafted worklngmen, aided by a f ber of political agitators, fomented the content of tho populace and organll opposition to enrollment Tho draft J renewetl nt 10 n'elnelr Tnnrtnv mornlnC, the assistant provost marshal's office a soon attacked, demolished and burned vf' furious mob, which, after overcomlof squad of police sent ngalnst It, rows about the city. Frenzied by excitement i drink, the rioters committed numw nutrnirea Tleelnrlnn- thnt the neirroeS "' Vtft nniieA ftf TriA "nhrilltlnrT wnr." the? saulted, tortured and killed a number f fell Into their hands. The Colored Orpi Aavltim won humeri nnrl tho offices Of New York Tribune, one of the AdmlnUU tlon nanera. narrowly escaped destructloe-, On Tuesday the mobs, Increased In p"j ber, continued to pillage, sack, burn Wf kill, though In many districts they JJ" sharply repulsed and partly aisper ,U& nAlln. nn.l Mllllo Tt .1,00 finnOUA mo 1'utii.o uim minim. v .,. --- .. that the draft would be temporarily ox continued on Wednesday, Meanwnue i ments from Pennsylvania helped to dlP ha mnhs. lv Friday the unrlslng had thoroughly suppressed. About 1000 W had been killed and the property lo ei Kfto ftftft nn Aiicniat 111 the draft r' renewed and it was completed wIUWj further resistance within ten days. The act authorized the President to MM.lt 1.a ami, ivhnnavAl- TienSSiry rtrnftlno- "all nble-bodled male citizens" twejsn twenty and forty-five. ThouaW paid their exemption money, and there such a demand for substitutes that W nenta ot the draft even went so jar attempt to import nwn worn " take tlr places- la';itrT Wm r rafiiPSPsSwBijl II wmxzzjvm:m. m 111 Uc--JiLnn3P- miu u " i C7 nn . nuiii"1 Vr-a..ye-U -.jW'ltow ' "... - ' in . ' i ; t' &
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