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Philadelphia. Tl.u.i.l.r. Jul; 12. 1917
HOW VICE MIGHT HAVE BEEN
CURBED AND WAS NOT
TT WAS absurd for the Director of Tuu
"" Ho Safety to assert that conditions In
South Philadelphia. In the vicinity of tho
navy yard, havo been normal or that
Adequate police protection has been given
the young men of tho nation Weeks ago
the mothers of this city weio compelled
to meet together to devise ways and
means of combating tho demoralizing
Influences which vice mongers had
thrown about tho avenues of approach
to the yard. Within a month a patrl
otlo citizen has contributed a largo sum
Of money for pio construction of nn as
embly hall, with baths and other In
struments of recreation, within the yard,
and wo do not doubt that ho was Influ
enced to a very consldeiable extent by
the thought that Bilch a center would
overcome In patt tho Insidious devices
of vice commcrclallsts who lay In wait
for marines on leave
For weeks past complaints have been
reaching this ofllce We wore nsked to
urge on the Varos tho lmportanco of
protecting South Philadelphia, particu
larly tho parts which were recognized
residential sections, against tho Intrusion
of loose women nnd cadets, who wcro
flaunting themselves In public places and
ending their agents and drummers to
very point of vantage
We are not so simple ns to bellevo that
perfect conditions can bo obtained. Wo
do not think that It Is possible to meta
morphose a great city Into a temple of
Virtue by day and a citadel of sobilety
by night. But wo do know that only
flagrant neglect of duty by the depart
ment which Director Wilson controls
permitted the outrageous conditions to
exist which have warranted the Secretary
Of the Navy In uttering a protest on
behalf of the Pedonl C.ovcrnmcnt. with
the idea that If the city lefused to pro
tect enlisted men tho naval establishment
would take matters Into Its own hands
and assure the healthful environment to
which recruits are entitled.
The arrogance of vice In this city Is
appalling Gamblers In one part of tho
town boast that they can do as they
please In another section, following
the cruel and melodramatic raid of a
year ago, profligacy Is at high tldo
under what It boasts la police protection.
Not In years has tho force been so
demoralized, a demoralization so appar
ent , even to Director Wilson that within
the week he has been considering a shift
In his commanders, according to repoits.
A little Insido political history would
sot be out of point. When Smith was
elected Mayor a very considerable
Organization Influence was brought to
bear to give tho city a straightforward
and cfflclent Department of Public
Safety. Certain leaders argued that the
public was sick nnd tired of protected
vice and that It would establish the new
administration In tho confldenco of the
people If a really great Director of Pub.
lie Safety were appointed. Was such n
man obtainable? Ho was There was
one man In the Commonwealth who
everybody knew would make good. Ho
was John C. Groome, of the State Con
stabulary. Smith seemed willing, but
ft waa discovered later that he had
already bound himself to Wilson. It was
art election pledge that had to be kept.
Co Groome did not get the Job. If he had
got It. neither Josephus Daniels nor any
other man would today be holding this
-city up to humiliation and Indicting the
surroundings It has permitted to flourish
almost at the very gates of the nation's
gTeatest naval establishment.
THE CREASED TROUSER IN
AMERICA
'.TTERBEIIT KELCEY. whose death t
f.1 Bayport, Xu I., has been reported,
waa an aomiraDie actor, out the preserva
tlon of his Tame has been In the hands
or rather legs of many more persons
than those who merely knew his art upon
the stage. So far as this country Is con
temed. Mr Kelcey Introduced the creased
trouser, that subtle knifelike elegance
ft, the once tubular garment encasing:
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nesa of the silken knlekerbocker of the
old regime. The cylindrical Rarment that
replaced It was to the author of the
Declaration of Independence the symbol
of the new democracy. The similarity of
trouser legs mado this leveling InOuenco
complete throughout the entire civilized
globo until London ordered the Damas
cene, scrupulously pressed edges, nnd
Herbert Kclcey, from the stage of New
York's Old Lvcoum Theatre, about twenty
years ago, proclaimed the sartorial em
blem of superiority.
Now comes the war. Trance's crease
less "Pollus" defy the Hun from Verdun
to tho Chcmln des Dames. Even Eng
land, regardless of folds, tucks her Tom
mleV trousers In puttees. Uncle Sam
doet llkowlse If every one becomes a
soldier the sharp pantaloon rim will be
entirely taboo. "Tho world must bo
mado safo for democracy." Tho class
downing creased trouser for many of our
patriots Is passing away with Its Ameri
can exponent.
TOO PROUD TO UK MAYOR!
OUn Presidents nro better men than
our Mnyors and Governors, becauso
gang politics cannot bo so easily played
en a national basis as In a city or State.
So great an nppenl to the Imagination
does tho presidential ofllco and Its great
power make that politicians do not daro
to ask a national party to nominate a
trickster or weakling for White House
1 jnors. This is the basis of tho general
and well founded belief that the Tcdernl
power can "get things done." Men have
alwnvs said. "Tho Statn (or cltv) tried to
do this for years, but when Uncle Sam
stepped In It was dono right."
Thun when Undo Ram decided to clean
up vlco dens nbout tho navy yard tho
feelings of the city ofllrials weio crucllv
hurt Tho gentlemen weio "shocked,
nmazed and Incredulous " Rut when It
became evident that Secretary Daniels
meant what he said, the Mayor hastened
in revel so his opinion that reports nf
viro had been exaggerated. "Orders," he
says, "will bo Issued to the police to clear
every district nf disorderly houses."
Occasionally a Mnvnr becomes a
national figure. This happens when he
has run a city with a fine sene of
national consciousness nnd national
honor. Hakcr took tho mayoralty of
Cleveland as it Cleveland were a icpubllc
which had chosen him for Piesldent
Some of tho greatest republics In hlstoty
havo been city teptibllcs Athens, Home,
Florence, Venice. There Is nothing new
or strango In the Idea of national con
sciousness In cltv government Phllndel
phla. In nil Its piactlc.il telatlonhlps to
"tho world at lage, Is a more Important
"nation" than Serbia or Rumania, or any
one of n dozen small countiles whoo
sovereignty Is worth fighting for. Wo
havo certainly nt leaBt one man In Phila
delphia who would make a gieat Presl
dent. Dut ho has a vvenk point In his
make-up. Ho Is too proud to bo Mayor.
SO DIG IT WAS OVERLOOKED
GERMANY saw to It that she had
enough copper, steel and coal; enough
food, soldiers nnd workers. She Imperial
lzed her Sociillsts and socialized her lm
pcrlallsts, and In tho whole big complex
machine of world conquest there seemed
no bolt or nut or small wheel missing
or out of place.
Then Herr Erzbetger said a few woids
In the Reichstag, nnd Germany, ns a
result, admits that tho first real crisis of
her war has arrived It was feared that
tho Catholic leader spoke with tho voice
of Homo. One thing the German machine
overlooked, fo big that It escaped notice
two millenniums of Christian civilization.
THE STEAM ROLLER AGAIN
WASHINGTON' . announces thnt tho
, Root commission has virtually com
pleted Its work and will soon start for
home. So many high hopes and so many
disquieting fears wcro expressed concern
ing tho Influence of our legates when they
sailed away that It seems but fair, even at
the tlsk of merely emphasizing tha ol.
vloun, to sum up the Slavic situation now
Russia Is back In the war with tho old
Impetus of her original "steam roller."
llnllcz Is won. Lemberg and Plnsk are
Imperiled. Germany's peace propaganda
throughout tho vast new republic Is mori
bund It Is as absurd to say that Ellhu Root
was primarily responsible for these mirac
ulous achievements as to deny that he
did his share. Victory Is death to invcstl
gating committees Wo know that Russia
has firmly girded on the armor of civiliza
tion. That hhould sulflco us for tho
present. But when Mr. Root returns and
feels like talking we ought to hear a talo
of heroic reawakening that has no
parallel. Neither In Orleans nor Sara
gossa. In the time of their respective
Maids, was national consciousness ever
so thrilllngly quickened as In the dayn
when Mr. Root dwelt In "Holv Russia."
Gasoline rosts $1 SO a gallon In
Paris. The automobile Is the champagne
of vehicles.
The police administration Is to bo
congratulated. It Is ha Innocent that It
doesn't know vice when It Is seen.
Fixing a definite date for senatorial
voting on the food bill suggests that
under sufficient pressure even the red
tape worm will turn.
The appointment of A. Mitchell
Talmer to the exemption board by the
Governor Is n clever move. Francis
Shunk Brown always was "cute."
Tho United States Census Bureau
estimates that Philadelphia's population
has passed the 3,000,000 mark. This Is
getting to be no place for peanut poli
ticians. The Board of Education appears
to be In doubt; but some thousands of
children without school accommodations
are unanimously n favor, we suspect, of
letting the Hornor Building go and some
new schoolhouses come.
It la hard to see that the decrease
In fines for negligence In cleaning tho
streets 1 benefits anybody but tho con.
tractors. Jupiter Pluvlus may well be
thanked for helping them out on their
job; but, any real betterment so far m
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EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY; JULY 12,- 1917
GERMANY IS
SOWING THE WIND
Airplnnc Rnida on London
Likely to Provoke Merciless
Reprisnls on Prussian
Cities
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Correspondent llienlng Ledger
LONDON, June 22
VEItr few Impartlnl Judges remain In
this world If the war goes on much
longer It Is quite possible that Germany will
not have a single neutral to nppenl to when
the Indictment Is mado up ngnlnst her
We ued to say In the United States that
no one who had been through nn air raid
was fit to talk amut reprisals. We nluass
felt that, being Impartial and neutral, we
of the United .States were a little better
able to keep our heads and to determlno
what was Just nnd what unjust. I felt that
way myself
And now I hive been thoroughly bombed
I have rcen what Is certainly the most ex
citing epectacle nvallable for civilian ejes.
nnd I can testify that It Is more thrilling
than nil thn bombnrdments of thn front In
the calm heat of noonday In London I hive
seen Oerman plnnes dropping bombs over
tha city. And I want to talk about re
prisals. First, the raid. You know of tho hundred
dead, tho half thousand casualties, the
school which was bombed and the unim
portant damage done You know that tho
people, of London took tlio raid c.ilmlj Hero
are some details
I had left my rooms to mall a letter
and wis walking down , which Is
nno of tho few ctrcets of London ns wldn
ns Ilrnad street Tor tho lust ten dajs
there had been Intermittent gun-testing
and anti-aircraft practice 111 various parts
of the city, so no one w.ib alarmed nt tho
booming nf guns To me Just hack from
tho front, thij booming meant nothing And
stiililenl) 1 sau a woman dragging hor
huMmntl an army nillrer, Into n covered
nrihnnv In n moment the archway was
full, and the crowd ticg.m surging out again
Into the street. 1 looked up nnd saw the
familiar woolly bursts of white cloud which
mem shrapnel
Then, very clear In tho sunlight, I paw
threo golden lines, llk'o glided foot rules,
steadily making their way northward A
moment later another gun shot out nnd
1 saw .1 flash of flame, which I took to ho
nn explosion In n petrol tank And after
It n horrible noise
I'nr on the other side caino .1 silver pHne,
thing so low down that Jnu could illstln
gulsh tho wings Then nil nolso (.topped nt
once
Bomb Watchinp; at First a Lark
The people were out In the street talking,
laughing, only mothers brushing their chil
dren Into doorways Tho grown-up posi
tively crowded Into tho open Mrcot halting
tho busses nnd taxis which were hurrjlng
eastward to th scene Tor there was a
srene A cart drove up nnd the cither told
us that h't hart Just romo from
He had escaped tho bomb by Ilftinn icet
It was a lark the greatest lark of Lon
don for dajs Men nnd women dashed for
tn-vls I got one nnd hurried down to tho
, the tiro engines nine behind us anil
we stopped At tho market the pollco had
stretched .1 fire cordon, and .1 gay crowd
was watching a smoldering fire Several
panes of glass had been knocked out along
tho street
It was Into that nfternoon before Lon
don realized whit had happened
Well tho fun has cone out of that raid
It went out for me when I heard thnt two
of my friends had barely escaped nnd when
my tobacconist told mo thit his wlfo was
hlng In n hospital so badly hurt that ho
despaired of her life Tho bomb we hart
beatd was tho la-t of many; the planes
wo had seen bad finished their nttnek on
tho ' fortress" of London
And now Utrmany h.ts served warning
on us that If wo attempt reprisnls wo also
must i-eek out a fortified town AW must
not nttark Derlln; we must spare Munich
We must go In against the Oerman guns.
What does England think nbout It?
I find mvself called n bloodthirsty Jingo
becausf I nm for reprisals I am for them
because I think that they nre the only pun
ishment which will mako the tiermati peo
ple feel their share In the guilt Hut I
cannot persuade m friends of that There
was a great "reprisal meeting" scheduled;
before It came off a vast Amount of letter
writing was done for tho papers Tho sur
prising thing is that tho nntls were so
numerous Quito apart from tho military
advantage of not keeping airplanes either
near London or for purely bombing pur
poxes, a tremendous number of quite un
important people persist In refusing to sanc
tion the brutality of bombing open towns in
Germany
Pnticnce Nearing the Breaking Point
I siy "quite uulmportnnt people" becauso
in making up the accounts of Iliitnln ver
sus Germany these peoplo are of tho high
est Importance Tho facts as they stand
today are simply two:
1 The common people of Germany In
large measure npprove of the bombing
of Iondon They havo been taught that
this Is 'right bv tne military nuinormes
nnd It will take a cataclysm to uproot
that teaching
2. The common ptople of Bnglind are
not at all convinced that bombing Lon
don Is right and they do not purpose to
prove It wiotig by bombing Herlln. From
timo to time they will allow a raid as a
regrettable necessity. Hut they will not
bo moved, even by revenge, to depart
from their Idea of war as 11 compara
tively clean operation.
There Is the situation nt this moment,
but It will not stay put. Some other factors
will come In.
First. We. Americans and Britons, nre
not going to ses London bombed to tha
danger point. When German planes can
cross tho channel in twelve minutes, as
these did. and when tho necessity of
keeping our planes at the front Is so
pressing, we will have to do the undesir
able next best thing. I e, stop Germany
from raiding by raiding her We. too,
can make the army detach planes for
home defense.
Second. The supply of American planes
will presently overwhelm Germany It
will relieve many British flyers, and If we
do not care to share In the proper work
of scaring Germany off London, we will
at least anow buini i -
Third War temper Is a peculiar thing.
It Is like a very wonderful spring which
ran be stretched and stretched without
showing strain, and then suddenly goes
sack And when the morale of the
civilians slackens, the enemy had better
look out. Bo far we have been In a
bloody business, with our hands cle.nn.
We have not committed murder Go to
the. front for half a day and you will
realUe mat wi, wimw.ci n. to, , not
murder. But I am not sure that we
shall keep' away from murder much
longsr.
ny "we" I mean ourselves. Americans,
as well as the people of these Islands.
What they have suffered we have suffered
in no small measure. The worst of all we
have had to the full! we have had to realise
that men and women, presumably human,
1' be corrupted and, perverted until the last
shred of human decency Is stripped away.
The Oerman planes have not yet reached
our shores. For her own purposes Oer
many may choose not to attack usj she
will want us to keep to the high plane of
Ideallstlo fighting which President Wilson
set for us. She will want a well-disposed
listener and adviser among the Allies.
It Is possible that the United States
.v )t Germany know that what she dou
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TilC QAIIDS'ER
The Gardner wean blue overhaul
An old hat oil Mi head
And says "I, I, sir," when Pa ball)
And hit face U vera red.
Jlut where i( throat shores underneath
Its freckled up and brown
He keeps a pipe between Ms teeth
And he smokes It upside down.
And when he asks j;o what von wish
And comes Into the halt
Ills tolec smells like our chafing dish
That burni with alcohol.
He dont come often In the hall
Por I have heard cook say
She doei not like him near nt all
And draws her skirts away.
So he Is mostly out of doors
Where fragrant breezes blow
Among the grasses and the flowers
And It Is letter so
ADDISON R. P.ROWN happened to bo
standing on tho corner when tho two
teamsters rnme together and simulta
neously Indulged their propensity for
public speaking. Tho trnfllc cop was not
yet on duty. Mr. Hrown was on his way
to Whltemarsh for a day's golf, but this
bawl gamo Interested him He listened
until inch contestant had exhausted his
repertoire. Tho cross street teamster
seemed boaten and tho Chestnut street
fellow proceeded upotj his way. "How
nbout It?" ho asked with a leer as he
passed the observant Mr. Rrown
"Unethical," said Mr Hrown "You
should call 'Fore" before jou start to
drive through."
Although the Postmaster of Bally
gnvvlcy admitted ho "couldn't mako top
or mil of It," two columns of tho Dun
gannon Courier nnd News nro given to
the testimony In the case of one Mary
Ann McClcnn, accused of having used a
canceled stamp on a letter. At ono etngo
of the piot-ceillngs there enters a tlno
specimen of Irish bull, to wit:
Daniel M'Clean. brother of defendant,
lives at ("lonawllllam onrt Is married The
postmaster of Ilnnbrldge came to him and
showed him the envelope He signed a
statement thnt the handwriting was that
of his sister Mary Ann M'Clean. He
now thought It was nt the time but he
met the man on the rnid thit signed
it but he paid no attention to It When
he was being served with the summons
he pild "My sister has been away for
two scars and I never got a letter from
her but tho ono vnu gave me and I never
got It for you kept it"
HHTTY GREEK'S boy Edward spent
ono week at Fordhnm College when wo
vvero thoro In tho lato '80s. In thoso
days. It seems, ho wouldn't stay put.
Poslbly he never learned that the end
of school Is merely commencement day.
Ed's still got a lot to learn, if the morn
ing papers yesterday quoted him cor
rectly. "It's nil over," he said: "I'm mar
ried now."
I
Thcro arc, of course, many comical
names among our own socially elect, but
wo are obliged to stuff our fist In our
mouth nnd stlflo our laughter when we
como upon them. It's too near home
But, having few or no subscribers In
Monroe County, wo can nftord to turn
our megaphone In that direction and de
mand of Mr. nnd Mrs. Ervln Smalo what
on earth prompted them to call their
daughter Orpha I.
In tho midst of hone-dry alarms it may
not bo quite without Interest to note that
tho Llcenso Court recently authorised tho
transfer of a retail liquor license to one
Francis H. Llqucd.
PHIL-
FRIEND
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1HV MURllV
ANDREW
The P. R. T.,
As thee, mayhap.
Who hold thco by a
strap
Or polso on half a
seat
Won thy way in
town
May chance to see.
Is laying doum . ,
A'cto rails In Chestnut street.
The men arc black
Who dig to lay the track;
And one,
A sturdy son
Of Ham, exceeding quick
And dextrous with the pick.
Delights to play the clown.
With hat worn upside down,
And face an ivory smirk.
With many a twist
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And quirk
Of supple hand and 'wrist,
Re ornaments Ms work
With twirlings of his pick
Through many a shining 'aro
Beore If strikes its mark.
An Idler by my side,
Red-nosed and watery-eyed,
Had stopped, as I, to see.
"He wastes his time," said he.
Which judgment was, of course,
Host worthy of its sourcel
But I, who mark noto quids
The juggler piles his plok.
With what delighted test
lie works and working cheers
The labor of his peers,
Adjudge his toll the best
Of all that sturdy crew.
And giving him his fling
Is quite the wisest thing
The P. R. T, could do.
It points
A Moral Too
The dollars lurk;
W1h smiles abide
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WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Hopeful Outlook for Future in
the Balkans "Sammees"
and "Teddies"
DAWN IN THE NEAR EAST
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Many months ago, during the of
fensive that carried the forces of Field
Marshal von Mackensen through Serbia and'
raised hopes of an invasion of Egpt In the
Get man breaM. Maximilian Harden wrote
a long dissertation In his Zukunft entitled
"Is There Light ill the Near East?" At
that time the enfant terrible of German
Journalism was Mill substantially per
meated with the Ideas of Pan-German im
perialism, nnd it seemed to him that the
conquest of the Balkans bv the Austro-Oer-man
armies and the Invasion of Egvpt.
Britain's heel of Achilles, would bring
both that Teuton victory and Teuton peace
desired by the worshipers at the shrlno
of "Deis Zet(fri(nm "
Since then many events have taken place
Despite the triumphal march of Macken
sen's hosts through Serbia, tho Iialkan sit
uation the basic cause of the war in the
east remained In the same state of un
certainty In which It was when the shot
of Prlntiep ended the lives of the Arch
duke Ferdinand nnd his consort and sup
plied the spark that lit the European con
flagration And just as the advance nf
Mackensen from the north failed to settle
the Near Eastern" problem by force, so
has tho advance of General Maudo from
tho south to Hagdad failed to bring any
hope of untying this Cordis n knot of world
politics With each month It became elenrer
that this Gordlan knot never could bo un
tied by the sword
Then came the Russian revolution nnd
the pronouncement of a ne.w policy In the
history of European diplomacy tho policy
enunciated by (he revolutionary Govern
ment of Russia, which, In reality, was a
reaffirmation of the "peace,-wlthout-vlctory"
principle of the President of the United
States. ,
We are now to witness tho first practical
application of that policy at tho conference
to be held by tho Allies for the purpose of
discussing the Balkan sltuntlon Simul
taneously with the Russian offensive comes
the Insistence of New Russia that tho
Balkan situation bo discussed and tho alms
of the Allies In that troubled region of the
earth revised Russia, speaking frankly,
does not believe that the policy of the Allies
In the Balkans, and particularly In Greece,
has been In conformity with their professed
principle that alt government must he de
rived from the consent of the governed
Russia boldly asserts that the course of the
Allies In putting upon the throne of Greece
a man who may not be acceptable to the
Greek people without consulting them as
to whether or not they Svould prefer a re
public Instead was, to say the least, most
undemocratic. Not only has revolutionary
Russia commanded her troops on the Mace
donian front not to enter Athens together
with the other Allied forces, but she Issued
a virtual ultimatum to her allies for a con
ference on tne iiamin proDiem. This con
ference will now be held.
What can be expected from the confer
ence? I believe that a great deal may be
expected. If the Allies, under the Inspira
tion of Russia's foreign policy of opposi
tion to all conquest and aggrandizement,
are able to reach and proclaim openly a
policy looking toward a democratic federa
tion of the) Balkans, they will not only deal
a great blow to the ambitions of Germany
In that theatre of the conflict, but will jet
a precedent that may prove most revolu
tionary In Its application to the entire
International situation.
The Russian policy of "no forcible an
nexations, no punitive Indemnities and the
t-trhti of all nations to determine their own
destiny" has already accomplished a great
deal. This must be clear to all those who
are not drunk with those so-called demo
cratic abstractions that seem to be the stock
In .trade of Imperialists outside of the Cen
tral Empires.
First, the Russian policy has brought about
the definite deflection of the Bohemians,
Poles and Slovaks of Austria from the Gov
ernment of the Dual Monarchy and par
ticularly from the Pan-Oermans of Austria,
This became Inevitable once revolutionary
nussla made It clear and demonstrated be
yond all doubt that 1( would pot stana
th subluxation of any race or uv
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shaken by the removal of that external
pressure represented In tho old Tan-Slavic
Imperialism of Sazonoft nnd Mlllukoff.
Second, the samo process Is now under
way In Germany No longer can Bethmann
Hollweg prattle about the peril of Tan
Slavism That peril has been obliterated
by the Russian peoplo themselves The re
sult is that not only the Socialists, but the
entire Centrum, with the exception of three
deputies, and tho National Liberals have
I bolted. Today Ilethmann-Hollwcg Is on tho
verge of losing his mnjorltv in the iceicns
tag Following closely upon the Cabinet
crises In Austria, due to the same cause,
and tho open defiance of the Saxon Gov
ernment by the Diet of Saxony It is rea
sonable to assume that thn removal of the
aforementioned external pressure is begin
ning to have its effect in Germany
And now- we may hope to see the Balkan
conference of the Allies perform the same
function as regards the problems of that
peninsula which the Russian peace policy
has already performed In the Internal politi
cal situation nf the Central Empires.
This Is the dawn we can see In the Near
East If Russia, single-handed, was able
to create a political situation In the enemy
countries so serious ns to entail possibili
ties of open revolt or peaceful sweeping
democratization, what may we not hope
the Allies as a whole to accomplish by
renouncing openly nil ambitions of con
quest and domination In tho Balkans?
It would be most gratifying to realize
In the end that there where the clouds of
war flrht withered, the dawn of peace arose
Philadelphia, July 11 s.
"SAMMEES" AND "TEDDIES"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Letters I get from abroad tell me
that tho American soldiers were spoken
of as "Teddies" before they landed, because
of the deep lmpreson that Roosevelt has
made on the European mind Cartoons
havo always shown T. R. in Rough Rider
uniform In England and France, and for
this reason he has become identified with
tho American soldier to nn extent which we
do not realize here.
But It Is plainly evident that tho business
like approach which General Pershing has
made toward his great tasks has recon
ciled the French to tho fact that Roosevelt
will not lead the American forces I am
Informed that it was not so much T. R.
that the French wanted as a real American
army, and now that they have got that they
are satisfied "Sammees" is a name that
will suit them, so long as Uncle Sam's
nephews keep coming over In force.
WALTON DAY.
Philadelphia. July 11.
SEMI-INVALIDS WANT WORK
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Numerous editorials and comments
are appearing In the papers relating to en
listment and conservation of food supply
but why not some relating to men who are
unable to meet the Government's physical
requirements and who would like to do
their bit?
There are plenty of men In this country
who are semi-Invalids or unable to perform
n. hard dav'n w-nrlt u, .!. ... .
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helped by routine, outdoor work under
medical supervision, and at the same time
the .country would be d.rlvlng benefits
from their abor. Even with the present
scarcity of labor, private Interests are re
luctant to employ men unless they are In
first-class health There are many, lnclud
Ing the writer, who would be glad to Dav
their own expense until they were able to
earn their way. a HEADER.
Philadelphia. July 9, "'
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
There are seven executive departments
of the Fedecal Oovernm.nt In which m
are used for Secret Service. The first need
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All the persons who believe they knn
best how to run a Government or a nii..
paper are engaged In other actlvitu.
Albany Journal. -vmes.
Washington dispatches Bay that mna
the time of the Senate Saturday viTSr
sumed In a long-winded speech by Sena
3 Hamilton Lewis, vvho began his remarks
by saying, "Let us do things Instead ?
talking" The Senator must be a humorist
or something else that creates laughter.!:
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QUIZ
1. VI hen did the New York draft riots oceorf
2. Whnt Is the orlrln of the word "'Mm-
wump"?
3. M tint treat war operation was In Drotrm
s xear asn?
4 What word do the Knsllsh use to dnerfbt t
craduate of the Unltmltr of Cm-
nrldce?
o. Wliiit the catastrophe of the Vlctorll
...nnd Camperdotn and when did It otter!
0. VI lint popular novel is said to hate dmi
based 011 the eareer of nn Amtrlrti
President In oirito slnre the Clrll sr?
7. vvnst position In the Oerman Cabinet dl
Herr Immermnnn hold?
vvho Is now Provisional rrrsldent of tha
thlneso Ilepiiblle?
B. What Lmperor vtlshed that tho people of
., Home "had but one nerk"?
10. What nre the two American ports la III
lanal Zone?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. The Krnpp works are In the (ifrmtn city
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table. In the nouthwettern I nlted StiUiHl
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4a ThA -jfalthn.lnn latv nt ruvniilalinn la namsj ', ;
after Thornim Robert Mnlthui. a not!'3!
KntlUh rntinmlil II tftil.1 1131 III nrliU 4
finis riswlsieaa 4httt nnnnlsfinn Inrratlfi
In n ceomftrlral and mean of inb1tnt
liiba.tnc 1-
that sir!,
hi of till .
in an ariuimetirai ratio ana n
and crime are nereftsary chechi
The Cnrnatlr U a el rip on the rant toist of '
increase in numrfr.
India extendlnc from Cape (ormorlo
mim sxfnuinc ironi rape lorragria w
about latitude 16 north.
nmtiu iHiiriina ih nnrtn. n.
0. Go una finnl-h painter, belns born
ruento de Tndoa, in Arason
Tils linAtt.Vnlhln nm ImaeTunn narlv nnHV
Inoted Fillmore for President In IM'
nnd as fairly powerful for seirral rears.
It was orlclnalu a setrrt fmtrrnltr. I"-?
sVlaflnsT nn nutlra AmarlpnnUin In fHtla u
Itlca. and lt membera rrfunal to ''j.
i omt i heir principles won lor li ine mwi
m ,01 itnowooimnff party. . . .. . ...
B. Th uutroonft uere early land holdfri I? tiw
day when New lork Stat and .adjobv
Inn terrltorl belonged to Holland dd
estutes of the parronns deseended to tntj
heirs In the order of primogeniture. 1
0. Kmllln Castelar. statesman, srholsr sol m
orator, was head of the short KpanUs
Republic from September. 187S, to Jas 1
10. It la the Chinese custom to par tho dMt
onljr when on. la well.
OUR FIRST RAILROAD 1
mHE first railroad train seen in Phils'
L delohia nrrlved at the head of the Schuyl-
kill Incline plane at 4t30 o'clock on ths
afternoon of April 16, 1S34, after an eliht-a
and-a-half-hour trip from Lancaster.
Everybody laughed at this nine days' won-i
der. so sure to be a failure It had takes a
six years of agitation to provide tha con
struction of a single track between Colum
bia and Philadelphia, to connect this or'
..III. 1.a rnnal at th. fnrmer nlaCS. SO 111.
tie conddence had the managers in the
endurance of the locomotive that an emptT
horse car followed the train with relays
of horses at different points to rescue tni
party In case the locomotive gave oau,
They had much difficulty with "B'":
Hawk," for that waa the locomotive!
name, and the passengers had to get out
and give It a healthy push from tlmt
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ITS, 1..J .A. Bneia VAClttanCS W
the Introduction of railroads throutoa
the 8tate There was a huge vested wm
terest In the Conestoga wagons. -dreds
of six-horse teams hauling the im-,
mense covered wagons were constantly on
the highways, transporting passengers .
..lv. v... aan Thl!alj.lnhtA nnd PIU1
hureh. arid between many other point-"
Every few miles along our through turn'
a a f.-n.... uhnu homes were on l'j
pike ran a tavern as a side Industry. Th"!
Inns, besides reiresnment tor irnvc.r... ..
large yards to accommodate the teams oun
Ing the night. It was a thriving bu.ln,'?J
. ...u-.-. V, nrnnnslttnn in construct 1M
ways was seriously urged the wagon drtw
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ana mo a-.wu .... ..". " .trtaS
aggressive . fight against the Innovation
their Income and their pleasure.
., . l.1.4 ittAnv Th. II
luass-meeunKi . ,u
of the turnpikes to protest against raw
i. . .... t..t th.v were cr
ways, .v wins.. ... ..- .iio
doubtful 'utility. Political praters dellf ;
brlnBln "an untried experiment" n K1
some Instances. United States Senators and
Representatives mads these Pn"',TJ
were elected solely on the strength of t
Ing "antl-rallroad men." rj
But the progress of ths railroad waiw
gradual that mere was no ".IM
violent destruction of the wagon tr5a
portatlon Interests. Ths grand old v-o"
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