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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'was out-of-date and antiquated.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
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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
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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
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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
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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 "
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