HmbIm wrap -M rl 9g WjaNMSff " TO Ji? V ' ? H '- 1 .& .J TjJsTJj1". r'm "yjfrli. '. JwS Utvj!..Ji'.iW"M?Bi mm& ' . STatfffMy ttl0i '. ,t ICeUgkr 7V av mrrTTr trnrm "nonrv rAv " emiiB it. w. rtm-rtH. piim Akit1B IT. T.tMln4fti. VI. YrMnf f .Tfttin sf .C. Mrt)m Secretsry and Trtasureri 1'hltlp 8. i 1 Collins. John 11. Williams, John J. Bpurreon, ' iTiwtirt trw;iors. Si! EDITORIAL BOAUDi ' Cic It. K. Cliih, Chairman. !. it wiialct: raitor WSOlDt C. MAIITIN. .Qeneral Business Manager , rabllshed dally at Polio Lrwitu Building, V Independence Squars. Itilladelphla. X.IDOX CXT4L...Droad and Chestnut Streets i?w Toek 200 Metropolitan Tower If jjrrFoii n.i K-onl nu Mine 'iC; T. Losw...! 100K Kullorion HulMtng TCmeaoo , ilVOS lYIhuM llulljlng NEW3 UUIIEAUS: WaWikotox TlcmiAO ...ltlers Uulldlnc i.11 :" . ubnciu inn 7 imfj jtuiiaing ,.& SacST.tw llrBv.ti . . . . . . fin vi..i. ,,.... -.-. iR toxno-J. IlCKKiO Marconi House. Strand JAK11 UCBICLU. 2 ItHM T.nuta L HpAnil KT'rfw SUBSCniPTIO.V TEIIMS jftdR". I TtA rrfVIVfl T.vrwl 11 ! a(r,4 (ft ltliBll.Aai ' A.f JJr. .".".". .' "" ?" ''" lW.nUUUWtl.eytW iff: !,-,-. ' Philadelphia and surrounding towns at tho ASf fat of twelve (I2 centa per week, payablo .y to the carrier. C,r .' A By mall to point outside of Philadelphia. In via uniica aiaies, canaca or miiea &tate pos ssslons, postore, tree, fitly (50) centa per month. Six (0) dollars per year, payable In adrauce. To all foreign countries one (ft) dollar per anontb. Notice Subscribers wishing address chanted Kuit clve old aa well as new address. UELL. MOO WALNUT KEYSTONE. MAIS iOOO ' If Address nil rommunlcnflonit la Kvrnina Ltdotr, Independence Square, I'hlliuMphla. rxTisiD at tub rniLiiiirniA roTorncn as SCCO.Vn-CLASS UAIL 1IATTCK. rhilldrlphli. filurJij, Julr 21, 1917 MICIIAELIS EMPIJASIZES THE ISSUE tTnTH tho statement by Chancellor IflAliAltlla M fliA ..fM nlm. nf Vile, lm. A.tlUtinll Ul IIIU V.U, at, 1,0 u. ,,,n ,.. pertal master this country Is not partlcu- tfj ,larly QonccrneJ, for tho reason that Ger f man purposes were revealed Ions ago nnl ',c? It was apparent some days since that t;M Ilchaells would merely voice tho scntl- '&?X?.. Vnanfa nf tliA tnllltfiHata TTIa nttlfltrln In '4 , v this respect simply emphasizes tho view stated three months ago by President Wilson, namely, that for democracy there Is no hope In tho situation so long as the Hohenzollerns and the Hoherizollern doc trine of government survlvo and havo prevalence In Germany. That, Indeed, Is the task the Allies havo et themselves, to uproot militarism, Which trusts only In "God and German might." The God worshiped by Junker Is a God the Christian Allies do not know, and German might as a final tribunal of justice Is a consummation to prevent Which millions In lives and gold are being irW? ? .. Pure! out by tho nations that-refuse to rptnr - ui .-J , ,. .1.. i..,i WUIBU1J 1UILO UUU 1113131 UU M1U IIIVIUIU blllty of the processc? of law. This country, however, ts Interested in the pronouncement of the Chancellor relative to electoral reform. I approve of tho Imperial rescript of Prussian franchise reform. I consider It advantageous and necessary to ostabllsh closer relations between the great par ties and the Government and am willing, as far as possible, without Impairing the federal character and tho constitutional basis of the empire, to' do my uttermost to Impart more llfo and efficiency to thin co-operation. Vhat he mean3 by "federal char acter and tho constitutional basis of tho empire" Is that system of government which permits the Kaiser to be tho solo arbiter of peace and war and endows tho o-called higher orders of society with Virtually complete power over tho essen tials of policy and administration. It is m !-& aOsv ! ., h.1 I" J4" p .- "".! j. . .. .. . ... 1('S mis meuievausm m government which tho new Chancellor s determined to pro aerve at all cost. He, therefore, Is the exponent of exactly tho thing this nation ts determined to, destroy. He would mako Germany unsafe for democracy; we havo set out to make the world, Including Ger many, safe for democracy. Between tho m few? thr i . fe tt& i "wo opposing purposes there Is no roln & w.s t fee K'rt W b 5- ,J rj $$ alzed',s coni of Ice cream, In anV one of tho numerous si-called "saloons" thataro still typical of the city, filled the bill. Moro claborato food was undreamed of. area's were standardized homo products, anlplo and nil-sufficient breakfast at 7:30, dinner at poon, supper at C:30. After noon tea, with all the edible accessories In Its train, was a pure affectation,' a silly superfluity. Fashion demanded a chango of dinner hour. Fashion dictated after noon teas and aftcr-playhouso suppers. Many of us succumbed. But our hearts weren't really In tho new regime. It was Imported. It seemed un-Phlla'delphlan, a kind of left-handed reflection on substan tial homo living, even on scrapplo and other highlights of the long-honored local menu. Thoughtless outsiders, Ignoring our signal function of being the mighty work shop of tho nation, havo called us a "bis village." Psychologically there was, nev ertheless, a grain of truth In tho remark. Hut now that tho patriotic value of slm Idlclty Is being preached to us, surely wo can return to It with no small amount bf local pride. WHY GOMPJERS IS COMPLACENT He Exercises Great Power in Wnshingtofi and Union Labor Is Not Disturbed AN ARM OF THE fiOVKKNMEXT rpiIE Government has relied exclusively on tho newspapers of tho nation to nnnounco to Individuals their place In tho di aft. j This Is a logical hcqueiu'e of tho earllcimservlco tendered by tD press, which was tho exclusive Instrument em ployed In seeming the registration of the millions of men fcooner or later to be brought Into the armies of tho nation. It may bo doubted If tho Government, even with tho postal hcrvlco tit its dis posal, would havo been nblo to accom plish In months what It ha3 accomplished so readily In a few weeks had not' tin newspapers of tho country operated as tho publicity arm of tho nation. What Is truo of the draft Is truo nl.so of the bond Issue, of tho subscriptions for tho Hed Cross and of vlitually each mid every other uctivlty In which the Govern, ment has engaged nn a l.irgo scale In this period of making teady. It has, we believe, cost tho newspapers literally millions of dollars to put tho piogram through. Tho wlies esterdny were used almost exclusively to carry tho draft numbers. The olllce corps weie employed In tho presentation of those numbers. Tho cleilcal work was Blent. But no newspaper has made any claim for remuneration, nor will any. It Is part of the public service habitually pel formed by and always c::pected of tho press Naturally f,o, for the pi ess Is tho nation's megaphone. It is also tho na tion's safety valve. It 1:111s conspiracies by publicity, It drives Incompetence out of olllce by publicity, It brings competent Into the public scrvlco by publicity nnd it educates public opinion by publicity. Honest publicity will do much to win tho war; censored publicity will do much to prolong It. for. reconciliation. They are as far apar,t as thV poles. Let un, then, dedicate ourselves nnew to tho greatl task before us. Let us realize that Junkerlsm still rides wild In Ger many, still dominates German thought and purpose, and that wo must consecrate lvery ounco of our power to tho one aim of extirpating this whole school of phllos ophy from the face of tho earth. Slnco might,' not reason, must decide tho course of history, wo shall face tho Issue In that form, measuring our might against tho Kaiser's mlt,ht, and putting to tho test, for a final and complete answer, the ques tion of whether democracy or autocracy ts the master of efficiency. If Freedom is In truth the mother of Invention nnd autocracy is using Freedom's Implements to wago tho war, surely it. Is Freedom which will give birth to new Ideas that Will decide tho conflict, or will bo able to Utilize her own inventions to better ad Vantage than mere adopters of y them. We trust that tho speech u the Chan cellor will cflnvinco the American public c once and for all of the absolute neces elty of a fight to the finish, of the hope lessness of peace until the German sys tern is utterly wiped 6ut, and that it will Intensify, the efforts of our Government V to make available tin this war the fulf S;, .resources and power of the whole nation. ,Wi .- -' f 1.,., .. jjiuiuinuioiu ruit 1X.AO I 'tt "IlTR- HOOVER'S demand for the extlnc- ' ,.JLTJL ttnn tt ntttvrnrm (ana nnl .. ,i ..'-!'.:-'';vatre suppers ought to be filled very easily tA ';in Philadelphia. Home-dwellers and " ..rnack"hunters .have essentially little in ,, -common, ana our association with this jafter irioe naa never oeen more than rnciany imitative. .me waa when an ear of hot, buttered .''purchased at Broad and Chestnut affectionately carried on top of a r f aouth-bound omnlbiMla'a there LWN tt;tavotkH.f:pM:oonald ' raaafcJHBrfllK'' THREE THINGS AHOUT SETTLED TODAY the nation can draw a long breath. It begins 'at last to seo light ahead on a horizon that for many weeks had been banked up with three clouds of doubt. Tho tin co great ' tasks and duties before us centered about tho words Draft, Food and Ships, and each has pre sented Its unique and vexatious difficulty. Tho draft had had difficulty enough getting through Congicss. Slnco the President signed tho measure prepara tions for Its enforcement havo gotten on tho nation's nerves. It should havo been taken for granted that such an un piecedented task would present obsta cles. But what was at tho bottom of all tho Irritability was tho desiio to "know who's drawn and havo it over with." The typical remark of the drafted youns man yesterday afternoon was, "Thank goodness, that's off my mind at last." He would rather, It seemed, havo been drafted ten times over than havo had to wait so long to find out what hu was ex pectcd to do. A final oto on tho food-control bill Is on the program In the Senato today. Tho low over tho shipbuilding program seems now about to bo settled by private agreement between Goethals and Den man. At a moment when the strain of these two big tights was becoming In tolerable, there Is a sudden clearing of the atmosphere. With tho draft, food and shipbuilding machinery all working toward one end, tho country will feel that tho first stage of America's hlghlj complex, war closes. Tho second stago Is actual fighting abroad nnd hard work at homo. Wo can enter upon this second stago with a feeling of satisfaction that all the tussles of our first four months of war experi ence wore, after all, mighty big efforts for a beginner, If wo were slow .getting started It was because wo wanted to start light. If we had known tho war would bo over In a few months It would have been unpardonable to debate so long. But we aro embarking on many months, pos sibly two or three years, of war. Tho great preliminary measures now reaching fulfillment may savo tlmo and effort in the long luh. American history u reversing tho biblical order. Numbers comes first. Exodus will triumphantly follow. "Many Bolshlvlkls wero scared," says a cable from 1'etrograd, Who wouldn't be frightened with a name- llko that to carry around? Saving up against a rainy day Is almost an Impossibility this July. Wo haven't been having Bufllcent hours of continuous sunshine to get a fair start. Germany is fully entitled to an,y satisfaction Bho may derive from the report that American conscription re suited in nothing more decisive than a draw. Tho stealing of shoes placed In the corridors of Berlin hotels is said to bo distressing many German's. It's a Bafe bet, however, that Touton diplomats and cabinet ministers have, no kick to mako on that score. Nobody is rdally very anxious to stand in their footwear. If any connection can bp drawn between the Indisputable facts that Turkey la a black' spot on the map of Europe and, that this same nation has been rlgidlyllned up for total pro hibition slfice adopting the nonalcoholic Mohammedan religion, congressional !blue r!f,v?;r ty "orioalamiTl Special Correspondence Evening Ledger WASHINGTON, July 21. THI3 complacency with which Samuel Oompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, has fallen In with the war plans of the President and his Council of National Defense Is one of the. curious developments of the war situation. For almost a lifetime this Journeyman clgarmalter, who, by sheer Industry and nblllty, has jnado himself tho most potent fuctor In tho labor world, has fought or ganized capital and what mayjbo termed "the captains of Industry" In defense of the eight-hour principle, higher wages and the rights of labor generally. lie has appeared before Sjate Legislatures nnd tho Congress of tho United States with nrgumehts nnd speeches tint havo madu trouble for con stitutional lawyers and lay members alike. In certain Important labor controcr3les ap proaching the verge of criminality, llko tho bomb-throning exploits of the structural Iron workers, Gompers has stood pat with what he believed to bo a Justlllnble propa ganda, ecn to tho extent of defying tho courts nnd taking personal chances with tho comequonces. Today, however, Gompers Is such a power In Washington that tho I'ictldent consults with him, while he con fers freely with members of the Cabinet 1:1 a ini'inbi-r of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Detente Asso ciated with .Mr. (.1 mpcrs on this commission aro Mr. U.iruch, a New York banker; Mr. Cotlln. nn automobile manufacturer, and Mr ltoscnwald, n big Chicago tiietcli.int, nnd so far us the public knows. Mr. Oumpcrs and his associates h.no got along happily together without friction as between oipltal and labor, or the cmuloyer and the cm ployed. . Is Union Labor Satisfied? . It Is not altogether a State secret that Mr. Oompers is fairly wj)l satisfied with the tte.itinent labor Is receiving at tho hands of his nssml.ites and the Adminis tration. If it were utherwlsp. the assump tion Is that Mr (iompers would not go along with the Admlnlstiatlon plans as readily as he docs. Congress In tho Clayton nnti tiust art. It Is true, avo Mr. Gompers what ho had been lighting for In exemptions to organised labor from Fcdernl Court in junctions, and It Justlffcd picketing to a certain extent, although It has always been 11 debatable question whether tho Clayton or Goinptrs net, as It might equally jvell be lermeu in ine uimi iiiiaiysis, t;av lanui more than a mere sop. Hut while Mr. Gompers was satisfied with the act and with the various ilders to appropriation bills whJch took away from tho Attorney C1encr.1l The icsourccs with which to prose cute members of labor unions for violating the antl-tiust laws, It Is certnln that this legislation h is not been pleasing to the big Interests or to the captains of Industry who employ labor. It Is, thetefore, no wonder that the spectacle of Oompers and the big Interests working together In the Council of National Defense occasions comment. How does It como nbotit? Is It purely patriotic nnd Incident to the war or Is thu "Alphonso and Gaston" net being performed bec.iuso It cannot bo helped? It cannot truthfully be said that labor Is not disturbed, displte the appar ent complacency ot the president of the American I-Vderatlon of Labor. Tho big railroad brotherhoods whom President Wil son made up to on the eight-hour question prior to the last presidential election aro not members of the American Fedetation of Labor, of which Mr. Gompers Is piesi dent. While both organizations havo Meen working along Rlmllar lines fir the eight hour day. It Is not certain that tho railroad brotherhoods are satisfied with the outcome of their eight-hour agitation, nor Is It clear that they fully appieclate the mean ing of thu commanded ing of lallroad.s for governmental purposes, to which program Mr. Gompers seems to hi committed. This has appeared during the discussion of cer tain of the commandeering bills when rail road men in paitlcular havo sought with other labor Interests to have the exemption provisions of tho Clayton anti-trust law emphasized In other words, these high grade unions have Insisted upon the right to strlko under nny circumstances Just as Mr Gompers always Insisted upon It in ante-war das. They are somewhat skep. tical of government or military control now. Military Control Hinted At An attempt to nnalyzo tho labor sltua tlon. ns thus piesenUd, leads to ono con clusion at least union labor as repre sented by Mr. Compels Is temporarily "on tho Inside" with the big employers. An other conclusion is that certain Independent organizations, like tho I W. AS'., now having its troubles In New .Mexico and Arizona, tiro. "upon tho outside." To uso iho pa 1 lance ot tho political work er, tho Gompersltes appear to bo "taken care of," for tho present, while tho Inde pendents play second fiddle, nnd the I. W. W. stand to face bayonets In the hands of United States soldiers. It Is this situation that Is troubling the well-wishers of labor who observe an increase in tho ranks of tho Socialist, even among American citizens, who hitherto had nothing but contempt for that party. Instances aro cited where mill owners have been asked to uudertnko Iaige contracts for tho 'Government, who, with duo precaution, have fltst called In their employes to find out whctliir Jlic contract could safely bo undertaken wltli assurances that labor would not strike. In ono case wbero the-o was such an understanding and a atrlke ensued nfter the contract was un dertaken. Washington mediators are said to have st pped lii with an agreement to pay tho employers a suftlclent Increase on tho contract' price Jo make good tho Increase In wages demanded. If this Is a truo Rtorv. It may help to explain the complacency of Mr. Gompers and tho members of tho unions. Hut there Is another story which elates lo cantonments, and that Is. that union labor has been receiving tho highest wages demanded from certain contractors, whereas work has lagged on other contracts, whero the attempt has been mada to get along with nonunion labor, " If organized labor Influence with tho Administration and with the Council of National Defenso is so powerful nt tho present time, when few em ployers anywhere are able to resist wago demands, It may still further. help to ex plain the cqmplacency of Mr, Gompers. It Is'of passing Interest, however, In con nection with.the armed control of the 1200 or more International Workers of tho World In Arizona and New Mexico that neither Mr, Oompers nor any of the great labor organ izations havo recently had much to say about what. In normal times, would havo been promptly denounced as an outrage upon the right of men to strike. There does not appear to havo been much In the Ari zona mine trouble except that the miners who, were receiving as high as , $0 a day decided not to work. For this, lrtho statement of their attorney Is to bo be lieved, they wero taken from their homes by armed men, were driven out of town In cat tle cars and finally put under military guard, It wjs such an IncWent in the case of the, Colorado miners some' years ago that Induced Mr. Gompers and many labor lead ers to besiege Congress with a multitude of grievances. The right of labor to work or not to work was i then proclaimed from the housetops. In the present Instance little Is heard from organized labor ftn defense of that principle, while socialism continues to gain recruits. Those who have been watching- labor de velopments for a series of years are won dering whether the great struggle between canltal and labor, now temrjararflv riit. erat'd by the'opportunltles as well athe ,icbu4ivB -,,, ,, win in nu us iiry rwhta the problems Incident to the close of war oofiM uo for adluatmani.' . ,. LJ&s.fr.tf '.' :ii XAlaMaW unnai' i -twrr mrrm iHism , M wasaBsu m BB ar'afrTflniflr ti .. . ' PJlt Tom Daly's 'Column THE VILLAOU POET Whenever it's a Raturdau , should addresi pou tritely, Or stroll on Chestnut street and play ilV ukulele ltuhtlv. I know, In spite pt draft and war Of which we've had an earful 1 should permit my muse to soar And warllc blithe and chcerfiil. Hut this ts why my eyes are dim And I am thrall to sorrow: I've just read Whltcomb Itllcy's "Jim" He's dead a year tomorrow! Tho draft catches Will Lou, whoso num ber is COL Anybody else in our family7 ' 1 IVATCIltXa THE JWLLET1X8 "Tell me not In mournful numbers," Sana the poet long ago; And tho self-same thought encumbers Certain anxious youths we know. A CENSOR'WITH A HEART He Passes Without Excision a Paper Edited by Twenty-seven Children and Sub- scribes for It By HENRI BAZIN Staff Correspondent o4 the Evening Ledger In France. PARIS. June 26. I first to Ilouen, wnere i, "?"'""''";" Meanwhllo let us pluck from this ad of the Globe Theatre a Httlo smllo that wasn't supposed to bo on the bill: This Week's Feature "Who's To larne?" 20 Artists. 'sUltHEXDEll Let us have done with battles; I am tired. Let us have done iclth dreaming; Di cams arc dead. ItVicn was the time, "Cod said, 7 am tired of kings'"? I cannot find it in the Hook. Hut I have read How the people cried unto God for a King; And He set Saul on the throne, Itecausc they destred a king. And I know That men drslie something to worship; That the throne dare not be empty, Though they bow down To a puppet. An old cry rings In my ears And will not be still. And I sec the streets of Paris , Itcd with blood, Jlarrlcadcd with cobblestones, Vlllcd with a surging mob, Set earning its battlccry. Chanting its paean: The king is dead. The king is dead, The king ii dead Long live the king! WILL LOU. Only a frivolous mind would bo held by this, of course, but It did seem curious, after noting this head in tho P. L.: "Marines Patrol Vice Districts to Savo Sailors" to read In tho next column that "Grant Is Vice Admiral." Surol Give Her an Assist Aro you Interested In musical scores? asks W. L. If so, I think you ought to do something for old lady No. 114 K center, who sat behind mo tho other afternoon and helped Frances Whlto sing her latest song, not missing a single note. She wasn't mentioned In the program, but I thought you mlghjt bo ablo to give hor honorable mention either In tho hit or tho error column. Dear Tom Wo were on our way home from Paris Island, S. C, Jnck Harris and I, whero wo had been erecting cantonment camps for tho Government. Reaching Port Iloyal, Jack suddenly discovered that he had grown much thinner around tho belt line, so wo rambled in search of a chow, house. Wo camo across one of thoso stable like Bhanty restaurants so, prevalent In this part of tho country, where tho main entree on the bill of faro Is Just plain stew. Jack ordered his Btevv and tho mess didn't look good, but his stomach begged him to take a chance, so ho dipped his bread Into the Julco and forced It down with reluctance. "Twcnty-flvo cents, sub," said tho colored waitress, "What, for that mess!" said Jack. Just then tho proprietor entered "Sarah," said be, "how much of It did 'tho gentle man cat?" "Jos' do Jooce, suh; ho didn't touch'do meat, nohow." "Well, then, suh," ho said, turning to Jack, "tho chargo will be fifteen cents." L. F. DANOLOCK writes from Atlantic City: "Just spotted this on? In tho window of a dry-cleaning establishment on At lantic avenue near Ohio uvenue: I AM TO FINISH ALL WOBK IN 24 IIOLItS , DYKING" .L'. tt..' ., JUMBUV.... This ultimatum had tho effect of mak ing a certain lnsuranco company sit up and tako notice: Gentlemen I write personating my sister, who legally holds the policy of , who la now on tho list of tho deceased. I am tired of enduring her statements of the difficulties which you people try to exact on her unjustly, You hae not one legal right to ask her a question that Is not claused in nor con nected with the policy. Mr. 's Insurance was paid past quota. Wo have proof coming from persons of authority who declaro his sickness was not of dissipation. Men and concerns that do business , with tho masses ob serve nil laws of commerce, such as "square deal," without forco of law. We do not expect trouble from you people. I made a complete copy of tho policy, with all the prominent' numbers. I hope you peoplo will not force mo in this affair. Such an act will lead t the publicity of my relative's difficulties, and your unflrm policy, your bad courtesy and etc. My knowledge of law and cqm mcrce shall fortify me. Please have the money on Wednesday, lo Inst., the day of burial. Hoping for peaco and pros perity, I remain, Yours truly, , A practical Joker, so It seems, went to tho trouble of taking out a marriage license In the namos of 'two old folks on Long Island, who had no Intention of marrying. But more cruel still was the New York headwrlters who labeled the story: LICENSE TO WD A JOKE Colloquialisms Milwaukee appears to be profligate in the matter of prepositions. "A walk would Bet spending hfs pe'nnles off from his mind," Bays the Milwaukee Journal., Patrlotlo families will .now revise tfielr table talk so that F. H. B hereafter may b k' undertood, to . t4 'for "ttmii SSi,: Ai&ff .'5t' A'jjuMtor- I, 1 aula, uutio .. SAT at luncheon In a well-known club In the Poulcvatd des Capuclnes, the guest of a charter member. He Is old In years, but has preserved tho eternal .youth of head and heart. I had been presented to, him casually a few houis before. Upon hearing my name he asked me If I hap pened to be my father's son, and when ho discovered that ho nnd the author of my being had been boys together In a French village he took mo under his aged ener getic wing for tho day. Ills first business waa to Invito mo to lunch. His second was to telephone. Inviting several other guests to meet me "a few mn worth whllo," ho said : "men who always say something." It was thus I met Abel Ilcrmant, the- noted dramatist and writer, who. In com mon with other literary men of France In this tlmo of war, contributes to tho news papeis. It Is of what M. Ilcrmant said over tho coffee and cigarettes that I compile this story. . "I know nn old lady who has four sons nnd three daughters," said he, "all mar ried, and the fathers nnd mothers of twenty-six sons nnd daughters ranging from tbreo to sixteen years of age, who, ergo, aro cousins. She calls them tho 'Twenty six Tyrants.' lie they so or not, this tribe of youngsters constitute a sort of little autonomic stntc, with laws, customs and usages duly respected by their elders. In order to maintain tho necessary union be tween the divers elements of this youthful battalion tho ruling rplrlts, boys nnd girls from twclvo to sixteen, conceived tho Idea of creating a newspaper. liut the press, to utltlzo a general term, regardless of Its In fluence, circulation or quality, must how to tho distressing conditions existing all over tho world for tho moment the cost and rarity of white paper. The Only Uncensorcd Paper "Therefore, ns tho official utterances of tho Lmperors ofi Russia, their Httlo paper has seen but one Issue, and but one copy of that Issue, In six pages, properly folded, numbered and hand-written and Illustrated by the editors and members of tho staff, or members of the staff and editors, ns you choose. For lack of matter, ono page was left blank. Its circulation, whllo not large, was Eelect, consisting first of a sequential passing of Its single copy from homo to homo and family to family among relatives in Paris. "It was entitled "Tho Twenty-Seven," nnd under Its title carefully written, 'The only uncensorcd paper In France.' "Its substnnco consisted In the main of a leader philosophizing upon tho sad but en forced return to study nfter tho Christmas holidays, a patriotic story describing tho certain Joy that must come through wear ing a uniform, with the hope the day speed when tho writer could have tho privilege! picturesque recitals of vacation experiences, a column upon fashions by avi editress of twelve and a hnrrowlng tale of tho horrors undergone by ono of the twenty-seven at the hands of nn unfeeling medical man, Just becauso tho writer had Inadvertently swal lowed a copper penny. It" contained, too, an advertisement offeilng to exchange a box of tin surrendering 'Kamcrades' for an au tomobllo ambulance that wound with a key. Thus It even had Its economic side. "After the lono copy of 'The Twenty Seven' had made the final rounds In Paris It was Intrusted to the mails that relatives In tho south, tho west and east of France might revel In Its contents. From Paris Jirst IU ivuucti, ..- -- --- -..- Tint and forwarded to Rlarrltz and Lyons. But en route from Lyons to a little village on the Swiss border It disappeared. The 1 edl tors after a period of anxious waiting, began a dally interrogation of the postman, lie had -but the proverbial courteous smile of the Latin and a negative response. Then one day during tho last week the rul ng spirit asked his father, .homo on Permission from the front, If It were not possible o flndut about it.' The father smilingly replied ho could do nothing: likely tho censor vfras to blame. "Vcxat Ccnsura Columbns" ,.-ri, nnnr Wbv. of course 1 That was lit without doubt. The entire Issuo was likely lying upon his desk nt that very moment: upon tno yesK 01 a maruwa tn.. turo armed with enormous scissors; a crca turo without a soul. All sorts of calami ties confronted the editors prison, perhaps. And tho oldest, who had begun tho study of Latin, repeated aloud In tragic fashion a lino from his study book; "Dat venlam corvis, vexat censura co- ItimhnS.' "That afternoon the postman brought a j fat ciftclope, a registered letter, i-ven In Its enveloped disguise the cdltnr-ln-chlef, with his brother nnd sister nsslstants-ln-chlef, recognized their single Issue. Hur riedly they opened It, searching Its pages for tho mark of tho blue pencil, tho red pencil, iho mutilated places obliterated by merciless shears. To their astonishment, tho Twenty-seven was Intact, and Instead of censoring It contained nn' additional article upon Its lono whlto page. My Dear Llttlo Friends You thought to escapo tho censor ! You cannot. Nor can others. He has, In his official capacity, read lino for line and pngo for page. Ho has performed this duty to Franco with n great pleasure and a great Joy Ho finds nothing to warrant taking his pencils from behind his ears, tho red behind the right, tho blue behind the left, nor to remove his scissors from his drawer: on tho contrary, much that demonstrates the blood that Is the prldo of the whole world today. He bows In homage beforo It. And he respectfully apologizes for having been compelled to exercise his of ficial function, for penetrating within tho borders of a select clientele, and asks to be Included among these subscribers for the future. To that end ho makes bold enough to pose for an Instant as twenty eighth editor in this contribution In words, nnd to Incloso n contribution In fact nS subscription for each and every futuro Issue printed, perhaps, ho respectfully suggests, upon a llttlo press which the" subscription may enablo the editors to buy. , THE CENSOR. "In a separato envelope lay a clean, crisp, new banknoto for 100 francs. "The Twenty-seven, even the tiniest, quivered -with delight and surprise, their fathers smiled, their mothers thought the censor was charming. "But I entirely disagree with them. I say It with feeling, as a writer who has looked upon tho dread, dreary white space In the mlddlo of his nrticlc. I say It is criminal to thus plant deeply In tho minds 01 twenty-seven futuro French men and women a firm, ineradicable belief that tho censor Is a good and smiling fairy, who guards and protects tho writer and his art tind aids him In securing deserving publicity for his nrtlcles." THE VOICE OF' THE PEOPLE The Righteousness of Prayers for Victory Views on Just Taxation Thi3 Department U Jree to all readers who wish to exprcas their opinions on subjects of current interest, Jt ii an open forum and the Evcntno Ledger assumes no reaponafblfffy for the t'Jetts of its correspondents. Letters must he stoned by the name' and address of the uriter, not necessarily for publication, hut as a guarantco of good faith, MILITANT CHRISTIANITY To the Editor of Public Ledger: w Sir I would suggest to "A Christian on Guard" that he read up the history of our present war. I am only a girl, but I would like him to know my point of view and also have him answer my questions. If "A Christian on Guard" docs this porhaps he will discover who entered Belgium, who disregarded all tho laws of peace, who In reality caused this whole war. Ho will bo able to figure out why ministers of the Church are praying to tho Lord, mighty In battlo (Psalms xxlv, 8), also our Mediator (I Tim. II, 5) for victory ovor our brutal enemies, tho Germans. In looking over the list of names, titles and characters of Christ. In the back of any Bible our friend won't find tho title of "God of Battles" ho mentioned. Will he pleaso tell mo whero ho did get It? It seems that heretofore tho Socialists didn't say much about Christ, but now that' the present war is on and virtually tho wholo world Is at war with tho few brutal countries still In existence, they tako refuge behind tho cloak of Christianity becauso they aro too cowardly to fight for the right nnd aro almost all pro-Germans to the backbone. It also seoms that the spirit of brother hood Is being kept nllvo on our battle fields through tho aid of the Church, the Red Cross, tho Y. M. C. A. and several other organizations without the aid of the Socialists. The majority of the So cialists never enter a church unless It Is to hear a lecture on socialism. What is socialism? Why, every Socialist will give you a different definition of tho true mean ings pf socialism. I once heard a So cialist give a lecture. He told tho audience that with the exception of two crimes ho had committed all tho crimes In the category and at that tlmo was being watched as a suspect In the big Los Angeles blowing up of a largo building tho Times Building. What kind of peonle ore theso who call themselves Soclalls s? Will some one please explain? I am really glad to know that the t-ja Christian spirit Is to allow Germany to walk over us. to kill our people on pas senger vessels (such aa the Lusltanla) and still not do anything for our own nroter. tlon. If our friend "A Christian on Guard" had signed himself "a pro-German" I think It would be readily understood why ho wishes to know the reason the ministers of tho gospel pray for our victory over our-enemy ' Will some one kindly tell me why we the peoplo of the United States, should allow our enemy to murder our people and yet not pray to our God that we should' be victorious and finally have an everlast ing peace 7 0 N 5"UBl Philadelphia July 20. SINGLE TAX NOT ESSENTIALLY A v TAX To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir A Httli trade paper, published in western Pennsylyanla, gives this as' the. first law of government: "Levy no taxea and collect, all the ground rent for public purposes." i ' ' This statement will probabl nnn....-v surd to those who feel that ''death and to any ono who will study the question, a mighty fundamental truth becomes appar ent, nnd although slnglo taxers are com pelled, through an inadequate language to use the word "tax" and apply n to the collective taking of ground rent, the fact remains that tho collective taking of ground rent Is not a tax on Individual In dustry and enterprise: It Is a mere taking l.Valu?' iy the community, of a fund which only arises because of the com W!i T.h dlctlonary Slves rent as being periodica payment for the use of land." ax, to impose a rata or rimv - o.-. or municipal purposes." Propertv. as "a thin. ......i -...' . ' ',":?.." ,v."u lo. wnicn the owner has . .1, ,"5nt or Possession." According to clasSseddennanltl0,n 'and rent can"" bo Classed as private property because tho smaller tho volume 'of ?ent " '" r mi. u iiB,irs iis, """" 'o."d Yr't. '""'?" " . . i..toECai, ,K' ,""" lovo for Justice nn,i n th a E'rong tho principles of mnm"er rcf?ard r Patiently n7ar nf we'll k?Cy WouId ments of thoso who wo,.i,7I; Tvn nr rent bo relieved from t,Jd.."8k that Brox bo followed by the mis.rmatnfn;h Thls uld and consumers, asking th, th m Puccrs ?Mafcor and nu" ffiftttJnVSatbenco''-. their creo that land ren bPCOnJPelIed to 'e nt on Population 'ana Lt e'r dcpen": exertion, should bear tha wS" """vidua! products of labor, not beln0"' nnd tha' together on population I n? denendent al ndlvldual exerflon! ZuMh aMSe,hep on tlrcly from taxation? rellovd en- Philadelphia, Jul?"JKU MKNWHT. THE 6P"EAF(SF7iDERALISAf oen7oTbe -J"" w become appear to the BrlttaHeonlS"?- U Bhou,d would be more reconciled"! Vl"1 IrcIa"J nance of tho old oiUICal lnnho..maInte tho sister Isio if the kbli n'ct,on wh become a republic torn E?doma sl,ol"J all public with sto tea ffkh?rfl. federaI kingdoms ana Principal Jlea f"la of It Will be said thai .' " then7 lively Imagination 'That r?9US,lnff a ry here Is another fllchi I ,s true- But United States of dreat n8." that the had been established : of cou '" T IreIand only the central par of a Wom 2uld b eratlon including Caring aoW0rtd-wlde fed. Australasia, an Sd SZ"tf w and of federated government re?"b"can form neater federation bXeenWo1u1w ? " States of America and the ??ni.th.e.Unlte Great Britain, Ireland o ,ted, states of Africa and Austria the? 1a'' South posslblllty of realization? beyond a Republican institutions no spread today than they we?e r 'ar great war began. -JSven ii,? hen the regtme of the German Kals-r i.Butocratl under the strain of tha oT5Sr . ls crnlng tlons. Thrones topple m f thJ na" locked up in their cellars whn't' are publics of the world end?r.l,e the -What floes this, m.aen,'tUrn90tev,en'-y "hock, of the repybllcan principle .! 3 Pfad GonVernWmhe " TZS Z Jt PmUyAousf XJ't'fi Hked "" "'"" lenee. and prosDcr ri.Ti , ' '" principle 0 federalism under' a ran, k,,"6 form; there may -yet b ., r??ubcan MMKlon of the dlmcV, llaMX?!, . h wl isu i:'j.r,i'i ti -Lil 3 r IT .THE. LEADER ' f This ls the man they deemed of lanpiidl A schoolman versed In books, who, Hrnfi Showed but heat-flashes powerle.. 1 Rtrlke '" to 1 His resolution blighted In the bud. They knew him not nor we, who rurij -f him. uMijj J Seel how his brooding purpose, taklntj Falls llko swift lightning from lonB-i,swl cred storm, ui-, While fateful thundei; shakes the rom, -I wnrld'n rim. ronil9 ', His country, stirred by him to'lofty strlfs Sharing his vision, with high wilLj thrills; Passion ' It climbs, renouncing minor goods and a ahii sianus uesiae mm at tne crown ef llfiT To a new knighthood he ordains tho bravi J 0 nc soui-woriny ot a rreeman's birth Not for our wrongs alone, but tht ZmI p.irth " None shall be master, none shall b M slave. l ! J TYl.f l,ADlA.,ln A .A,..,. t-l ... 'I mu,. j.oiv,u.s wwci 01 nis neart His welcome message floods the etnk. $ llko light; . 8l0b i ji cuceio mo lannesc aarKness bv u v-1 might; ' ,M 'Jt Its boldness makes the undlsscepterefl lI start fl Whero it has spread, by sea or mountain "i Or bv the bivouac of. thn ran,... Tho lowliest feels a part of Heaven's Hi . . n,an 41 And Ht.infla prpcl tvlth nn,t..n.nl... i .- , inantllSQ Prlat. BcleaguAcd Liberty takes heart acaln '"" " " ;si;uiiik ougies blow S41 ..urn uuii in niu tjiiungiioius or the foe .B TTIa rtfimn hpMm.e 1.a -l.ln . 'J -j" -V......O ". .viiiijijcrcu nope Of men. ' Robert Underwood Johnson on Woodrnw K Wilson. "uoarow & WAR AIRPLANES The tendency In airplanes has been to tun to two extremes for fighting, ns small nnd fast as possible, nnd for bomhW -,. large and powerful as possible. In a three.. V Ar,tn1- ..nn -. Dan ..a.. .!... .., - . M ai.il.. wtw i,uooc(,i:i ,oiia out in front mounted In a machine-gun turret. The S pilot comes next, Immediately behind the '- motor, whllo the second passenger sits be. ., hind him mounted In nnother machine-gun turret. This airplane Incapable of carrying ; many hundred pounds of explosives, and i" being very fast and heavily armed, gen- ? erallv- accomnllshes !tn mission ; The German "Albatross" Is capable of a ' horizontal speed, of 300 kilometers (about 187 miles) an hour. It Is a single-seater Jl and carries three machlno guns which, ft ut'iiiK uuuti uncu uy mo moior, snoot auto ...... ...... u....u....uu..ij, miuufcll ins propeller. The sight of these weaDons con. verges at approximately fifty yards In front ? of tho alrnlane. maklne Ilia rhnn v' hitting tho opponent three times as sure. $ -HI... U-nll.. r.n.1 .1 n .. .. . .mUI.I. ...... .1, ii", ilium,.-! uiiu uaiiiicia iiiLii mi aviator must avoid nt the front are beoomlnt- mnr- numerous every day. Anti-aircraft guns, S; mounted on fast motorcars, chase around -S, tho country behind the lines and nrevent tho enemy airplanes and Zeppelins from S remaining over our territory. This type of T battery was responsible for the Zeppelins brought down nt Complegne In April, 1917, t, and Revlgny in April, isio. in fact, thlt -; Invention was ono of tho Immediate causes ,, of tho Germans giving up their "strafelng" ' with Zeppelins. The record for distance and height In hitting an airplane with this type ' of cannon ls 15,000 feet In tho afr at 9000 :i yards distance across country. A very large ', crew Is required to man one of these cannon. Beside tho cannon a telephonist ; gets tho report of tho position over which , the German machlno ls flying. Carroll Dana Wlnslow, In Scrlbner's Magazine. What Do You Know? v, C a n .! m s QUIZ 1. What Is the meanhiE of the Scotch wort eldrllrli'T 2. What Latin nuthor nntlrtpnted nhmarek's remtirk conrernlne 'blood nnd Iron" b teverul centuries? 3. What Is the capital of Iceland? 4. Tram what one of the uenerals of Nipoleoni llomin.iile 1h the present IilnB ot Sweden' descended? B. Name tno celebrated actors born In Fhllt tlelpliln. 0. Where and when was rickett's chart madst 7. Nnmn three Knullsh poets belonging to uhnt a hitter satirist called the "Flesh ly bcliool." 8. Who built the first steamboat In Ameskat 9. What Is the Talmud? " 10. Wli.it is the mcanlnc of Kentucky and fron what language In It taken? , Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Salsify Is n llrlllsli nnd Conllnent.il Hon pean plant with long, cylindrical, fleibr roots, rat en an a vegetable. 2. "Sacrilegious" Is the correct Mielllnt. tfl 3. TH(. in 41, A llnltrnn Warn nt 101S Rn1inlf. 7I lM-lollireil to Turker. Ilv tlin terms of tht , trcxty of peace the city was teiled U w Greece. v 4. "l'nrto KIco" la Snnnlah for "Rich Tort." 5. Clinrle Godfrey Leland, n noted Fhlladel. ,'! Plilu Journalist and author, wrote t 'M "Huns llri-ltmnnn" ballads in 1808. 1 6. A lugger Is a small ship with a four-cor- ij ncrcu sail, bet lore anil air. Luggers wer -t s frequently .used In smuggling. J elaborate and exquisite reuuxt. I.iicuUui, i.1 a noted Itomun gourmand, died 37 II. C, J S. Mnef rnimtrlpu nf f-nnflnnt.il f.nrniiA IIM6 thS - . rentlgrtide thermometer In plate of tbt gl xmirriiiieir. jm 0. Teheran Is tho capital of Persia. y 10. General retain ls generalissimo of th l'rench nrinles. WHEN OUR AR5IY NEEDED LEAD TIEOPIjE who worry about U-boats and ,, 1 t various other war nightmares can con vjj sole themselves with the thought that there A wero more formidable, moro seemingly (j nopeiess worries to ue encountereu in xnis y city In a war that was Just as Important ,, iiiuniiit, ,,iu nuuu cam ,ui uciliubiuvj . . tho nresont one. The nroblem that beset ? Washington In tho Revolution was esien; Zl tlally tho same as our trouble namely, the J difficulty of getting supplies through fcAJ blockade, with failure certain If the sup plies wero held up. This nnecdote, told by Richard Peters, was repeated many years after by Henry Simpson: "I wnR nrnnmlmtlnnpi- et Wnr fsald Tetersl In 1779. Oenernl Wnshlncton wrote S-l to me that all his powder was wet and aj mat ho was entirely without lead or bul lets, so that should the enemv anproach him ho must retreat. When I received this YM letter i was going to a grand gala at uw jj bpanisn Ambassadors, who lived In J.ti Chew's fine hbuse In South Third street 'j The Bpaclous gardens were superbly dec. S orated with variegated lamps; the edince ,; Itself was a blaze of llcht: the show wa,- splendid, but my feelings were far fromJ peing in narmony with all this brilliancy "I met nt thin nnrtv ttiv friend Robert . Morris, who soon dlscvered tho state ofd my mina. -you nro not yourself tonignw- I'eters. wnat's tho matter?' asked Morris. "Notwithstanding mv unlimited confi dence In that irrp.il nntrlnf It was floms time beforo I could prevail upon myself 1 tn IhAlnxA !. ... -. . , Kllt'l at length I ventured to give him a hint of.H my Inability to answer the pressing call(" of the commander-in-chief. "The army l'j without lead, and I know not where to geM an unce to supply it: the general mutl .retreat for want of ammunition.' " ?i "Well, let him retreat," replied the hlgbjl and liberal-minded Morris; 'but cheer upil there are" In the Holkar privateer, just art rivea. ninety tons of lead,' one-hair i which ls mine and at your service; the i residue V'OU can tret- hv nnnlvlnc to Blaifj McClenachan & Holitar. both of whom rjl in .tne nouse with us. -J "I accepted tho offer from Mr. Morrl; wirn many thanks, and addressed myseusj Immediately to the two irentlemen who' owned the other half for their consent Wil sell, but they had already trusted aIrf;j uuiuuiu ot ciotning to the Continental won- j cress and were unwllllnir to irlvn that bodri any further credit. I informed Mr. MorrJ of their refusal. 'Tell them,' said he. rthJ twin pay inem tor their share,' Tnisi" tied the business. -The lead was. dUW I set three 7or 'four hundred man. to wels l,hn ..,,l,...i, ',. ,. . - - ..' 'TT.l.il uxrgi gy n.yw:
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