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A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
FOR PHILADELPHIA
1ITB HAVE no faith In tho virtues of
watchful waiting as nn Industrial
proposition. Tho most It docs Is to glvo
a good view of your competitors rushing
by. Tho conservative East had many a
laugh at the 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 store their deposits.
Philadelphia a hundred years ago
smiled condescendingly at Do Witt Clin
ton's proposal to build 300 or mora miles
of canal to connect New York with tho
Great Lakes; but by 18S2 tho debt for
that entorprlso amounted to only $17,000,
000 and tho annual receipts from tolls
wero over $3,000,000, a fairly Kood Invest
ment, even It It had not In tho mcantlmo
driven New York to tho head of Ameri
can cities nnd laid tho foundations for
Its ultlmato world pre-eminence. By tho
tlmo tho Kilo Canal was opened Phila
delphia quit Bmlllns, for In that year,
1825, tho Concstoga wagons wending
their way along tho great turnpike be
tween Pittsburgh nnd Philadelphia woro
becoming fewer and fewer In number and
New York had become tho most populous
city In tho nation.
It was a llttlo late, but Philadelphia
then waked up tho Btatc, which began
a positively amazing program of canal
construction. Dy tho mlddlo of tUo
century over n thousand mllca of canal
were In use within tho Commonwealth.
Hut most of tho mileage did not pay
the cost of operation. A now carrier,
the railroad, had como Into being,
and with it the 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 seo how now mothods succeed
.elsewhere Is not to enter tho raco until
It Is lost.
Threo years of war conditions havo 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 cntlro terminal
system of tho country simply collapsed.
It was not built to stand the strain. It
'was out-of-date and antiquated.
Tho railroads cannot get an Increase In
rates and they cannot got tho money to
build tho kind of terminals they neod.
Therein lies tho opportunity of Philadel
phia. A railroad with tho cash might
build Its terminals wherever it pleased.
A citV can construct its own. If Phila
delphia provides adequato facilities, we
won't havo 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 tho West
to us once more and revive our ancient
prestigo as a port. In this undertaking
tho Belt Lino Is a vital factor, and tho
tight the Publlo Ledger Is making to
put "kick" into its management is of tho
utmost Importance. We need numbers
of modern piers nnd wharves, but it is
the Belt Line that must make them
accessible. A terminal system cfllclcnt
In soma ports will do little good; it must
unction 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
THREE French officers, inspecting a
United States naval station in Illinois,
have met ice cream cones.. They looked
delectable. They tasted better. The crisp
batter-llko receptacles in which tho cool
ing dessert nestled enhanced its charm.
American menu patriots promised the
introduction of this soul-satisfying refresh
jnent to France. That was no idle pledge.
Baseball has gone to Gaul with our
marines. The ice cream cone Is Us Inevi
table concomitant.
Flavored Icea are no novelty In Paris.
A cunning Neapolitan took, their secret
there In the waning1 years of tho tlght
Atnfcli sMturv. He bequeathed the my-
Wt,W art i U ifcafefeuR Torte.
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Houlevurd, tho latter eventually mado
his establishment tho Ico cream conter of
Kuropo. From the American viewpoint,
however, his efforts woro nlggnrdly. Had
his Icos hoon jewelry they could scarcely
have been moro parsimoniously dolod
out. A silver frunc produced but u puny
mouthful.
Tho custom nbldos today. Ico cream
and Konoroslty tnoko no marriage In
Prance. Our capacious cones, which until
now no Frenchmen havo ever known,
foreshadow n startling revolution In tho
"psychology of tiisto."
"HEATING THE WHEEL"
TI1EHE nro a cortaln two men In this
city who nro looking forward to Draft
Day with entirely different emotions.
Thoro nro probably thousands of men
llko them. Perhaps they represent two
well-known types.
One, whom wo call A. Is twenty-nine,
unmarried, In fairly good physical con
dition. Ho Is strongly opposed to going
to war, but would not ndmlt It to any
but his closest friends. Ho will fight
If. ho has to.
Tho other, B, Is twenty-four, unmarried,
in tiptop physical condition, eager to
fight. Ho sincerely hopes ho will bo con
scripted. A, being a pacifist and opposed to all
tho machinery of war, tried to get ex
empted beforo tho druft, but of course
failed. Hating tho Idea of "having a
lottery wheel sny what ho should do or
not do," ho Is half Inclined to enlist "in
order to beat the wheel." 11, on tho other
hand, thinks tho draft lottery Is "n flno
sporting chance." If ho Isn't conscripted,
ho says, he will "probably enlist sotno
tlmo next winter, as he wants to eo
France."
What wo do not wunt Is nn nrmy filled
up with half-hearted pacifist volunteers
too proud to admit a reluctance to fight
for tho right. What wo do want in tho
nrmy ut 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 chances 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 offer tho opportunity to work
with trained men nnd experienced of
ficers. Those places should bo filled this
month.
1!) COUNT 'ESI 19
A MONO tho makers of American his
tory during tho Inst twenty years
wo do not recall that tho names of .Tennlo
Schwartz, Abe Hunan. Isudore Wnskonbky
and Alexander Levy wero prominent.
That Is natural In tho enso of Abo nnd
Jennie, becauso they are only Klxtoen
yoars old. Not one of tho forty-nlno So
cialists arrested at n disloyal meeting In
this city Saturday was voting when Wil
son was elected tho first time. Only four
of them havo been naturalized. Half of
them are under age.
Thoy'ro all against Wilson, Boot,
Charles Edward Russell, John' Spargo,
tho Constitution, tho war, Kcrcnsky,
Joffro nnd Pershing. It wns only a few
years ago that most of them camo down
tho gangpiunk clutching their mothers'
skirts, got their first glimpse of tho Now
World nnd started to learn English. But
now thoy'ro In politics, with tho news
papers telling of them In formidable head
lines "49 Soclnllst Rebels."
PUT Ul YOUR AXES!
THE Loulsvlllo and Nashville Railroad
Company and tho Wcstnrn Union Tel
egraph Company havo been having a fight
which parallels in Its main features tho
historic controversy between tho Pennsyl
vania Railroad Company and tho samo
telegraph company. Tho Pennsylvania, it
will bo remembered, sent out gangs of
workmen nrmed with axes and procooded
to fell any nnd all Western Union poles
In sight. That established a precedent
which seemed good to tho Louisville and
Nashville officials. They made up their
minds to go nnd do likewise.
Into this fcltuatlon stepped the Socro
tary of War. Why should tho Govern
ment havo its telegraph facilities crippled
Just becauso two corporations wanted to
light? Ho sent a messago to tho presi
dents of tho warring companies inform
ing thorn that they would bo expected to
meet at onco and como to a peaceablo and
prompt ngreement. Otherwise, ho inti
mated, tho telegraph line In question
would bo taken over by tho Government,
In which case, ho ventured to bellovo,
neither the railroad officials nor any other
men would undertake to use axes for pur
poses of demolition.
Wo do not llko tyranny and arbitrary
action In this country, but thero are times
when the nssertion of authority comes
with tho cooling freshness of the north
wind and citizenship generally rejoices
to discover that not ovory holder of a
public office needs furs below the knees.
Food conservation rule
"Never scrap your 'scraps.' "
No. 1-
Even tho most rigid "bone-dry"
legislator can't keep Champagno out of
tho war.
The fact that General Chang is
dubbed tho "king maker" doosn't seem in
tho least to deter the Chinese republicans
from finishing his special product.
Let us hope, for tho sako of France,
that Philadelphia's adoption of a rulnod
'town, selected by Ambassador Jusserand,
will not lnvolvo 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 glvo 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 Jassy ns readily as Russia
did to Mr. Root's arrival in Petrograd,
our old misspelling and mispronunciation
of the Dobrudja will be revived, but this
jlma with Victory, not defsat, aa lta news
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EVENING LteDiaER -
CHURCHILL
THE BRILLIANT
Tho Anglo-American Firebrand
Stiil Criticizes tho British
Military Strategy
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Correspondent Kvenlnp Ledger
LONDON, Juno 20.
The Clovernment of Orfat llrltaln la bfln
run by u little- club, rvery number of wnlrh
calli him by hla Ilrat name. Prom n wei'Kiy
parer.
It would b ii mlefortuno for thi coun
try It Mr. ' talents wero allowed to ko
unused In this crlila. Vrom many daily
Thn'most brilliant man In Hnnland. Oc
caelonal remark. .
Think what ho line mad u auITer. rro
quent remark. . .
Thn boya In tho air want him. Occa
caelonal remark. . ,.
lle'rt do anything to Eet bark Into the
limelight. Nasty remark.
AND so on. I could fill a column with
xj.thoso varying descriptions of a man
who is still, despite everything, ono of tho
most fascinating flguros In contemporary
England. Will you havo thrco gueoncs?
It Is Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill,
tho hero of the Sidney street murders and
the tragic figure who stands behind the
disasters of Antwerp and of Galllpoll.
Winston Churchill, tho mnn who has always
played for all or nothing, nnd who now,
even at this moment when his career seems
blackened out In tho darkest pages ot mo
war, may be nbout to pluy for doubles or
quits. Kor ho Is not yet quits with bis
country, nor his country with him.
Ho Is still a young man, forty-three,
and ho Is not yet Primo Minister Tho
war which might linvo mado him sems to
havs ruined him. Hut I am not sure that
the end has como for this mnn whoso every
word Rhinos and sparkles, whoso every no
tion Is cm the grand scale, and who knows
what ho wants. He has thrown over ono
party In hlH tlmo; ho is discredited for
tho moment with another. I havo hoard it
said that ho will always be truo to ono
party, and that party, as James Russnll
Lowell said of a looser politician, himself.
Thrro Is mallcn In tho phrase; but it In
dicates, In splto of Itself, tho abounding
pelf-ronfldencc, the extraordinary fulth and,
let us hay. honor which Mr. Churchill brings
Into his politics.
An American Englishman
It Is not on record that Mr. Churrhlll
thanks Ood every day for his American
descent, but he certainly realizes that ho
was onco master of tho British imagination
becauso ho had an American energy,
abounding and daring nnd dangerous, added
tn tho auilaclty which camo fiom his great
father, tho grand manner, tho trick of corn
polling attention.
Everything ho had done until tho wnr
hroko out was profit to hlin. At the ago of
iwenty-threo ho was a famous historian, for
his record of The River War, Kitchener's
Soudan campaign, Is a model of historical
narrative, and the downright deflanco of
Kitchener In It Is another Instance of his
bravery. At tho ago of twcnty-tlvo ho had
fought In Cuba (with tho Spanish forces),
In the Tirah expedition, with tho Malakand
Field Korco on tho northwest frontier of
India, In the Soudan, nnd with Buller and
Roberts through tho Boer Wnr. Ho had
been captured, had escaped his cncmlc3
Insist that he brolco pnrolo from Pretoria.
The fact Is, at least, that ho lived through
Splon Kop and was with thn relieving col
umn when It entered Lndysmith.
Ho has been Homo Secretary and presi
dent of tho Board of Trade nnd First Lord
of tho Admiralty. Ho Is soldier and sailor,
too. by that token. Ho has summoned ar
tillery to capture a. group of murderers In
tho heart of London and has sent a mission
to Antwerp which could not havo saved an
nnthlll from tho Germans. He has thrown
tho military over half England to check a
railway striko and ho participates In tho
guilt of tho Dardanelles. He is something
of n novelist, n biographer, an orator. He
looks for perfection in everything; ho wants
nlways to be not only where tho band Is
playing, ho wants to conduct tho best 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. He waB to bo the new food
controller; ho was to succeed Lord Cow
dray at tho air board ; a new post was to bo
found for him ; tho Government was afraid
to tako him on. Ajid with this talk camo n
rovlval of everything which Britain has felt
since tho early days of tho war. For the
nvcrago man nnd woman who gives Church
Ill credit for mobilizing the fleet really tho
decisive factor in the declaration of war,
for If tho fleet had not been mobilized the
declaration might havo boon even later
these same peoplo blame him bitterly for tho
ruin of Antwerp and tho folly of the Dar
danelles. Thoso who read tho papors re
tnomber that Mr. Asqulth took responsibil
ity for the Dardanelles on himself and on
tho whole Cabinet. When the Galllpoll re
port camo out It was Asriultli and not
Churchill who made tho grent 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 moro than astonishing; It Is a trib
ute to tho fierce bincerlty of tho man him
self. Ho left tho Cabinet he could hardly
do less. But he would not leavo the coun
try. Ho believes, nt least he did bellevo
until recently, that the war could not b
won by "pushes." Ho behoved in "strokes"
everywhere, but particularly away from tho
oaBtern-western main theatres of war. Ho
diagnosed tho German strategy absolutely.
1 doubt whether ho will bo "out" much
longer. I Baw him recently and heard him
sneak, and I am Inclined to bet on his
vigor ngalnst the propernoss and sobriety
of his colleagues. He Is still n handsomo
man, still young looking. But the best
thing about him Is tho Impression ho gives
off, ot fighting, fighting always, and for n
cause.
If ho stays out all through the war he
will still havo his chance. Whon ho
"chucked" tho Unionist party It was al
most ns If a covenant had been made to
make him Prime Minister. One other Lib
eral stood In his way, and that man Is now
the Prime Minister, but he has lost tho
Liberal party. After the war. In the shift
Ings of parties, Winston Churchill may
find himself leader ot a group outside both
parties, yet strong enough to put Its leader
In a placo of power. But there Is no fore
telling. There Is only the pleasuro 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
and always. He will wrlto his name big
on our futuro. Let us take care that ho
does not write it In blood.
And now Churchill has written it In
blood. But there are many who feel sure
that he will write It again, more slowly,
more brilliantly, In the golden letters of
genius devoted to the service ot his coun
try. He Is not altogether an Alclblades.
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Change the name of New York city to
Zlon. In the city directory the Cohens out
number tho Smiths. Louisville Herald.
Gustav P. Touchard, 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 ktnd of a game now, If one Is able
to be of service as a fighter. Dayton Daily
News.
The distilleries that would stop making
whisky could be transformed Into plants
making alcohol for the manufacture of ex
plosives, for the manufacture of ether and
other medicinal articles, for the manufac
ture of fuel and dyes. Springfield Repub
lican. ' i
No police department In the country has
ever had a worse showing up than that of
New York In the Cruger case; but the
record of neglect and Inefficiency will have
a better side if it convinces the deprtmnt
that s!f-su(Sclncy 1 a, grUveus fault
yr,"i'l.ns (Mate,
PHILADEIiPHlA, MONDAY, JULY 9, 1917
Tom Daly's Column
McArnnt Ballads
LXXXIV
da ifr;:
Da utfc of Joe Dadario
title's vcrra prctta theeng or shoic.
Sh&s bcautlul upon da faco
An' watks tuccth aoooHa queenly praco
She should be marry Kcctha kecng;
An', too, she gotta voice to sccng
Dat shame da birds upon da tree
But she ccs not da uifc for me.
Now, Michelangelo Jlaratt'
lie's gotta tiHfe dat's plain an' fat;
An' dcro ccs few like her so good
Vor keep da house and carry wood.
An' wan theeng sure, jok bat my life!
Nobody's gon' for steal hecs wife
iJtir, stecll, for all her cendustry
She would not be da tctfe for met
I am a vcrra busy man
Een tendln' decs peantltta Stan'
I have no time for looka sCo
Who would be besta wife for me;
Hut soin'tlmcs ccn da night 1 sect
At home alone an' thceali of eel.
Wen I was young veil Italy
Dcrc was a girl I use1 to see
Dat pass me by upon da roatl,
An' always weetha heavy load,
Dat Ilka crown she use' to tcear
On top her theeck tin' shiny hair.
You mebbe no bayllcva me,
But vtttnny times 1 use" to see
How she would carry noontime meal
For work-men ccn da harves' flcl'
lien blgga basket on her head;
An' den, tin top, a cradlc-bcd,
Wrath baby fast asleep ccn cct.
An' weeth her ban's she use' to knect
Rom' stocktn's while she walked Hong,
An' she would lecft her roirn een song
Dat jits' would charm da heart ecu you;
An' she was vcrra prctta, too.
Ot soocha girl like dat would bo
Dn wife I'd like to catch for met
A Wiso Man of the East
When wo woro 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 Adclphla. Cth July, 1317.
Honored Sir In many Amerlcnn col
umns I amuso myself exceedingly to con
stantly read tho always Irish patriot, who
speaks of India, Egypt, Transvaal in
his foolish comparisons, and strong
vituperations of England. An eloquent
gentleman nnmed Mr. Cummlngs writes
in your today press much about such
things which ho Is not Informed nbout.
I am Hindustani an am born In Cal
cutta, whero tho English rulo has such
beneficence, so that In not many years
I have gained not a llttlo wealths by
business. I linger myself much that Mr.
Cummlngs thinks wo arc slaves. Does
ho not know that before the English
coming that tho rajah took by force any
money ho doslro by brutal operations,
and If pome objections being mado, that
person was caused to disappear dying
vory rapidly. Thero nro now no objec
tions, as tho English magistrate Is very
Justly fierce In taking no backsheesh. In
gone days the Justice peoplo were not
such, and wo must bury In tho earth all
our possessing oipulence. All thugs llko
night murderers nre swiftly killed by tho
kind English. We llki It. I reside six
months In Egypt nnd discover also that
before tho English such happenings wero
exceedingly worse, but now tho poor
stricken fellaheen can cultlvato for somo
certnln riches. Effcndl Cummlngs must
study his histories from somo uncertain
books. No man of wisdom credits secret
Tewtonllt writings. My brother Is making
business In the, Transvaal and reports
much prosperities!. Bellevo not therefore
improved maledictions. Tho truo studies
arc to have residence In such 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 reeelvo back their stolen Alsace. I
comprehend that Lloyd George desires
only Indemnities for Belgium. Tho Ger
many Colony question Is yet Inanlmatcd.
I do not know of the soldiers of America
but It Is not the custom of elsewhere of
soldiers to write to newspapers of their
Intended lighting objects, but perhaps in
tho land of tho free, each soldier makes
himself his commands. This would concelvo
much battle confusion. Wo havo many
Irishmen In India, but wo find them much
complaining and desiring to fight emerging
from the canteen. They love tho fight for
the combat merely. In such lighting
lands, nR In Bhopal and mountains, the
British raj stops much murders, and un
faithfulness. Some peoples fit themselves
not for voting government, perhaps Ire
land Is such. Tho men of tho mountains
who constantly fight do not mako safe
living there for business. Great safety
and freedom to live doing business are
each countries requirements. If Ireland
has such, her revolutions are sinful and.
will have no successful endeavor. Re
ceive Sir tho abased and humble saluta
tions of your devoted servant.
HADJIDEE AKBAR.
If "like cures llko," ns we've been told,
and If you should bo ill nnd not know
what is tho matter with you, why
shouldn't It help you to try something
equally mysterious? Somewhere uptown
thero is n hoaler who announces himself
ns a ' practitioner of "physio-psychic
pronormallsm," whatever that means.
MANY a college campus took on the
sere ' nnd yellow look prematurely this
spring, nnd nono was hit harder or sooner
than Holy Cross, at Worcester, Mass.
In tho faculty ot that Institution there
Is a true poet tho Rov. Michael Earls,
8. J. and he sings:
THE TOWERS OF HOLY CROSS
Tho roads look up to Holy Cross,
The sturdy towers look down,
And show a kindly word to alf
Who pass by Worcester town;
And once you'd she the boys at play,
Or marching cap and gown.
The gallant towers at Holy Cross
Aro silent night and day;
A few young tads 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 bravo 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.
Bans!
"PASSING tho Gorgaa Publlo School In
this fashionable suburb," writes Luke,
from Fishtown, "I stopped to watoh the
Janitor lowering the American flag. This
la mora than the Kaiser can do,' said Im.
Did he h,tt,tlwjwkr .
IndeiijJa rfjftflarN jwritP"Vrt
EVERY
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Tho Aims of Russian Socialists.
Misstatements of
History
RUSSIAN SOCIALISTS' AIMS
To tho fidttor of the Tlueiilno- Ledger:
Sir .Vow that free, unshackled Russia
has at last struck at tho reactionary legions
ot William tho Last, after having com
pleted tho huslness of revolution against
Nicholas tho Final, It Is curious how cer
tain newspapers are trying to mako amends
for their maligning of the great Russian
revolution.
Thero Is a general attempt to fly to cover
by attempting to misrepresent onco more
tho Petrograd Council of Workmen's and
Soldiers' Deputies, which had previously
been styled as a body ot crack-brained
anarchists. Our attention is called to tho
fact that tho Russian offensive was author
ized, not by the Petrograd Council, but by
tho All-Russian 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 rensants that ordered tho drlvo
In Galicla, wo arc Informed.
Permit mo to say most emphatically that
thero Is not the slightest difference between
the policy of tho Petrograd council and
the All-Russian council. On tho contrary,
tho foreign and domestic policies of the
Petrograd organization find Increased em
phasis In tho All-Ilusslan body becauso the
latter represents the whole of the Russian
peoplo. Tho same men who led tho Petro
grad council arc at the head of tho All
Russlan council. N. V. Tscheldze, president
of the Petrograd council, was chosen unani
mously to head the All-Russian council.
Skobeleff. Tserctelll, Stankevltch nnd the
other social democratic and Socialist revo
lutionary chiefs of the Petrograd council
occupy positions of tho highest trust and
Importance In tho All-Russian council,
Skobeleff nnd Tseretolll 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 Itussla Is
willing to dlo. It is for this policy nnd the
policy of land distribution, socialization of
Industry and complete political freedom
that War Minister Kerensky Btands. ,
Let thoso 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
tho revolution, nnd I would advise them to
bestow their praise very sparingly lest they
fall to find In the future the necessary
BUbterfugo 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
Bnlendld exhibition ot 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 ot 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 learnT
Why do we seldom read ot such con
dition In German cities as we read ot in
New York city, Chicago and other cttlesT
Because the press ot Germany Is and al
ways has been under control of militarism,
such as she wishes to control the world
with.
They may eay what they like, but I
stand "pat" when I Bay that commercialized
vice la Just as much In vogue In Germany
as It Is In this country or any country.
The papers of the United States are not
controlled by militarism; rather they con
trol militarism ana pontics, ana that
wny th popple of the Unted States know
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letting the people know things than keep
ing them secret If It were not for tho
American pross we too, llko tho good
Gorman citizen, would never hear of such
conditions prevailing In our cities.
I havo boon In Germany for six years.
In that timo I learned that Germany
reeked with commercialized vice as much
as any country I've ever read of. My
business In Germany centered around the
German central offices and for that reason
I learned more than I saw or read.
Johnstown. Pa., July 6. A MAN,
MISSTATING HISTORY
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Slr-r-Theie was presented In your Issue
of July 6 a letter signed by Walter A. Cum
mlngs, of New York, which outsldo of somo
compliments personal to himself, contained
an lntemperato attack entirely opposlto to
tho facts In relation to Great Britain's ad
ministration In India, also, incidentally, Ire
land, Egypt, South Africa nnd Persia, and
some remarks about what he 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 of history, and yet by his extreme
statements one can hardly bellevo that ho Is
warranted by the knowledge ha ha3 gained
In giving out this distorted messago to tho
public. His Inherited strong dislike of tho
British Is his private privilege, but It Is
unfair and undemocratic to misstate history
In order to servo his personal bias.
H. W. NELSON.
Ardmore, Pa., July 6.
WHAT A COLLEGE EDUCATION IS
WORTH
Dean Holmes, of tho Pennsylvania State
College, after Bpendlng months gathering
statistics and reducing them to orderly
form, has discovered that the money value
of four years at college Is $20,000, or a
financial return of J5000 for every year so
spent. Dean Holmes's Investigations roveal
the fact, which at first seems a llttlo discon
certing to the advocates of university train
ing, that the average earnings of a bach
elor of arts amount to $1187 a year, not
quite $25 a week. But tho situation bright
ens for the colleges when wo learn that tho
average earnings of the non-college man
are only $618 not $10 a week. The differ
once between these two sums Is $6C0, and
since tho average man lives thirty years
after leaving college his financial reward for
four years of moro or less arduous under
graduate toll is evidently something moro
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 aa the term npplled 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 some Kansas
Cltlans, who have used It for their own nur
poses with results highly satisfactory to
themselves. Some men of means, who have
desired to keep out of sight of tho Red
Cross canvassers, have mado, themselves
absolutely Indistinguishable from the Ian"
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:
Gigantic daughter of the West
We drink to thee across the' flood.
We know thee most, we love thee beBt
For art thou not if British blood? '
Should war's mad blast again be blown.
Permit not Uiou the tyrant powers
To fight thy mother here alone
But let thy broadsides roar with oura
O rlB, 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
son's Suppreised Poems" in 'HarnlZl
Monthly Magazine, December, J0J, oiii
nally they were part of the poem afterward
published und.r the title of 'Tlands All
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QUIZ
1. now rannr American Territories are ttoiH
S. Whnt wr the famous "Mutiny of f
3. What four Amerlcnn Presidents die
onicer
4. Where Is the Groat Wall or China?
B. When wan the Paris Handle tornel?
(T. Whnt are Incunabula?
7. Which la tho Index flneer?
8. What Htnie does Senator ChamberUb hA
refci.nl? . -
0. What Is a "Iiipmjs llncuae"? .
10. What Is the capital of Arizona?
Answers to Saturday's Quit
1. General C'hanj: Ilsun recently retterel ft
hoy l.mpcrcir to tho Chinese Ibmi
1'ekln.
2. Pontll Df-lirnil:!. tl,l,I, warn hnmhanfu! IM
week by a German Hiibmnrine, Is th eawl
Cits unu Nf-iimirt nf lh A,nrH falajifa.il
rortiieiie-io DoeseHklon In the Nortk
luniio utenn.
3. Ijicro'io l rrcardnl n the national ni
u, -v iinu'iii.
4. fit. Patrick's dntea nro A. II. 37MM.
5. All Amerlrnn rntipt fn,- ITnllA.1 Hlali ifel
;en Ih .maintained In tho cltr of ekiwB
mu, -Liiina.
0. T. G. Appteton la reputed to be tbe sr
iu mo remark-, -wii caoii Amerleani, i
iney die, co to I'nrls." Holmes cwtrllfj
In. '"Tho Autocrat of the UreskaaB
Table."
7. A mlrnce la nn optical Illusion niaatlrafl
rurrlng In deserts. l'nr-.tira- abJirtH
Produce, nn Inverted Imnce ns If reOettfl
in bneet or water. Jlie piieiUHnesos e
oue u me oierneninic nr strata 01 ani;
consequently to unequal refraction f I
buns ru-ia.
8. Kdcrir Wilson Nye was the real nsnui'
"1II1I Ate." the American humorist.
0. Premier Venlielns, of Greer. Is a mtlnlW
iiio j'siunu o -Lreie.
10. A number of species of the cerem I
bloom at night.
THE NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS
TUin conscription act of March 3, tW
J- contained ono clause which cot 1MI
llvos In New York city four months Utf I
It was provided that any man, after b',1
drafted, might procure exemption fromK"!
lee by the payment of 1300.
Tho net was vigorously assailed al t
constitutional by the opponents of th
ministration, who asserted that the: ti-1
emptlon clause was a flimsy device WJ
enabling tho rich to evade service, AWjjB
thoso who adopted and proclaimed ffj
views was Governor Seymour, of New TJB
State, who seems also to havo repreMtWJ
tho attitude of many prominent men
New York city. Among the people tWB
was much agitation. It was obvious wj
the average drafted man could not V
S300 tn nrnNirn n RiihaHtlltn. It Y1MI
Indeed, only the rich who could afford lfl
nuy their freedom from military eervii
On Saturday. July II, tho draft Del
without much opposition in New I'1"?!
ono of the enrollment ofllces In the stronpj
Domocratlo Ninth District. On SunW
somo drafted worklngmen, aided by a
ber of political agitators, fomented the
content 9f tho populace nnd organii" i
nnnrtRlHctn tn d-irnllmflnl Thn draft
renewed at 10 o'clock Monday mornlnft tl
the assistant provost marshals omca "
soon attacked, demolished and burneaWj
furious mob, which, after overcomWIlj
about the city. Fronzlcd by excitement tJ
drink, the rioters committed numbW
outrages. Declaring that the negroea ?"
the cause of tho "abolition war." they J
saulted, tortured and killed a number -!"
fell Into their hands. The Colored OrpMJl
Asvlum was burned nnd the offices of '"
New York Tribune, one of the AdmlnljW'l
tlon papers, narrowly escaped destrucuo I
nn Tneadnv thA mnhti. Increased In P11"
ber, continued to pillage, Back, burn Jj
kill, though In many districts they J'J
sharnlv renulsed nnd rjartly dleperaea,"
the police and militia. It was announce
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WIHl UIO uritlt WUUIU uo icm,Ju...- r
continued on Wednesday, Meanwhile r
ments from Pennsylvania helped to dlsp"J
the mobs. By Friday tho uprising nau -thoroughly
suppressed. About 1000 W
lisrt heen Willi..! and ths nrODerty loM "
tl Kftn Ann fn Alienist 10. thA draft ?!
renewed, and it was completed wlUjgJ
further resistance within ten days- "
The act authorized the President tfl!
crult the army whenever necessary .-
drafting "all able-bodied male cltUens
tween twenty and forty-five, Tnoua
paid their exemption money, and thett i
such a demand for substitutes tnai
nents ot the draft even went ofrj
attempt to import mn iron. -
take their places.
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