K
;
100 CHEFS MOBILIZE
FOR ARMY AT1DMIRAL
Experts Will Tench Men to Cook
for Soldiers nt Camp
Meade
-
The culinary brigade Is mobilizing- and
preparing- to leave for Camp Meade, at Ad
miral, Md. "
Members of the brigade are 100 strong.
'They nrs recruited by J. Miller Frazler,
manager of the Bellcvue-Stratford, and each
and every one U either an expert cook or
chef. Tlio one object of tho brigade Is to
teach tho rookies at camp how to cook.
The cooking teachers are of varied na
tionalities, oven Including Oerman, They
are rated either as Class A, of highly skilled
chefs, who will be paid $125 a month, or
Class B, or good cooks, who will get $90
a month. They wHI leave within the next
few flays, it was. said.
Members of the brigade nre:
Clss A Andrew Hlsler, R003 Chestnut slreeli
Anton Alljr. ATM llrown strict: Vr. A. Jaenuet
Drexel Illll: W. 11. Cullcji. IO20 ChamploSt'avJ:
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t.it; William Alexander, 1108 Day street- Iiai,
lei J Oleltz. 31)23 I'lna street; l' K. MlnilaS
1V3H wnrioimu uirceii jinaretv Kaufman M1".
Callowhlll streets Samuel SelmarU, iiWM North
Fifteenth street: August Uenz. 32i Sansom
B. K. Hair, llethlehem, Pa.j llar'y liiiahra
Jttadlnff, l-a.: Simon Cromeyn. Camden. N. J .',
Thomas .Mltchel, Washington, l'a.; Conrad
Bchalta&Eer, Philadelphia i Unn V. Apple ton.
2103 S. Frazler terrace: Armand Carun, 7 12
South Martin afreet: Thomas A, Hewson, Wash"
Ington. D. C,
i!iAnfl II Willis A. Sandori. ir.17 tai .....
rue: Harry Sasse. 120(1 Spring Garden street
Ailahaail
070 Stenton avenuoj John P. SlnrU, 1830 South
Logan square: Paul Coeftert. 233." South Molo
ircri. t.. f.cci, rtunii r.iKnui street,
Tlderlco Qabriele. 1211 Montroso street: LuIkI
A. Hlce. -34a uranujnlim street: William II.
Taylor. 102S Colorado street; 8. J. Marclal,
Pleasantville. N.J.; John Hackett, C41 Moorn
street: Charles B. Hallowcll, New Castle. Del.;
J. Allen Ilarner. Dislnston, Pa.: Paul Z. Acin
ar. Wlsslnomlnc: James U. Walker. 1120 ltod
man street: Leroy Hawkins, Atlantic Citv; Al
bert Kussell, 021) Franklin strcot; Tonl Pensl
08 South Watts street: Micnaef Smith, 210
fceari street: James H. Porter. Riverside, pa ;
Walter Queen, Chester, Pa.: Charles llobinson.
1308 Wavcrly street: HerKhino Antonio, 40S
Muth Watts street: Lultel Uranclll, 41)8 South
Watts street: llobert L. llarrett, 422 South
Slity-flrst street: W. M. Selb, Norrlstonn; W
Hill. 1717 Christian street; Michael Thomas,
812 Kauffman street; George Oenettl, 1223 Cath-
rine street: William Jt. Krause, 2304 North
Tenth street. Henry A. lfaker. 1(113 Green street,
John M. Wilson. 37 North Preston street. John
Campbell. 3720 Spruce street; Thomas J. Mers.
4920 Brown street: Leslie Myers, 1014 Hoffman
street: Svend Moller, 1324 Vine street; Peter
Terronl, 73. Hutchinson street: L. P. Hochette,
710 North Seventh street, Stanley August, 121U
Cherry street: J. Mackcl, 711 Spring Garden
street; 'William Veach, 8 n.ist Jones lane: Ern.
eit Dazzl. 1H13 South Camao street: Kdward
Kerns. 2531 North faecond street; John Orlndat.
1210 Snsdcr avenue: John II. Crawford, 2314
South Croskey street; Kdwnrd Anderson, 2847
North Judson street: John Cassidy 0813 Rldga
svenue, Milton Aronson. n.104 Ilaltlmore ave
nue: Martin I.. Wolf. 1737 N. lr.th street; Harry
A. Allen. 15r.r Cherry street; P. Delessird, 12a
North Eleventh street: Harry Krauttls, 12(10
Arch street: T. J. Klrkloy, Continental Hotel;
Alan Wood Stroud. 27 North Fifty-first street;
John J. McCarthy. 331 North Sixth street. Trcd
er'ck Stevenson. 7801 Ilulst avenue, Fred Tay
tor, Gloucester, N. J.; 'William H. Prl 212(1
Turner street: Robert H. Magulre, Camden;
( orporal J. F. Agate, Philadelphia. Marshall
Reeves. 1140 South Klghteenth street. John P.
ileOovvan. I.'i07 Sansom street. Mlihael O'Con
nor, 542 North Percy street; Harry C. Starr,
10 Short's court: Charles 11. Clavton. lllneola.
N, V., J. P. Kestner, 1131 Mount Vernon
treet: Emlllo Callgarlo. 1412 Montrose street
John II. Wendlliig, US!) North Conestoga street.
Thomas H. Mngo. 2002 South Sartain street,
MEXICAN WAR VETERAN
IS KILLED BY SHIFTER
Captain Isaac Williams, 92,
Run Down on Reading
Railway
Is
Captain Isaac Williams, 0110 of the few
remaining survivors of the Mexican T,ar,
was early today run down and almost in
stantly killed by a shifting engine on the
Reading Railroad nt the Thirty-fourth
Itreet crossing. ,
Captain Williams, who was ninety-two
years of age, has for forty years been em
ployed as a night watchman at the talr
mount and Spring Gatden pumping stations
and It was while returning from his work
this morning that he was killed. Workmen
employed by the city had the Injured man
removed to the Lankenau Hospital where
he died there minutes after being admitted,
Theaged soldier, who took part In tho
march of the United States troops from
Vera Cruz to Mexico City seventy yearn
ago, and who later nerved In the Clll War,
was a favorite with employes of the Water
Bureau, and It was but a short tlmo after
the fatal accident that Chief Carleton E.
Davis, of the bureau, was Informed and
arrangements for a funeral with fitting hon
ors were under way. Scores of bureau em
ployes will attend the service, the date for
which has not yet been decided upon.
As one of the last of the famous Scott
Legion, organized at the close of the Mexi
can War, Captain Williams was an honor
ary member of many military organizations,
and it Is likely that the funeral will be con
ducted by members of General Wlnfleld
Scott Post, No. 114, G. A, R. It will be
held from his home at 745 North Twentieth
street Here for many years he has lived
with his son, Harry Williams, who, although
elxty-aeven years old, was always fondly
referred to by hi father as "my baby."
Recently In discussing his long military
career, Captain Williams said:
"When the call came to Join the colors,
I lust went, I did not know what the war
was about, but there was one thing I knew
and felt it was defense of the Stars and
Stripes. Travel In those days was slow.
From Philadelphia wo went to Harrlsburg
by train and thence by canal boats to
Pittsburgh, From Pittsburgh me were
transported by steamboat down the Ohio
and Mississippi to New Orleans.
"A sailing vessel took our troops from
New Orleans to a place near Vera Cruz,
where we landed In March, 1847, with our
flintlocks. Those old rifles could shoot
'round corners, but they were the only
things the Government could furnish the
Volunteers and they did good work. The
regulars had a better arm. On our way to
Mexico City we took Castle Prote and after
that battle we spent many weeks burying
000 dead we found lying where they had
fallen during the fight."
The veteran's service In the Civil War
was as captain of Company D, Twentieth
Pennsylvania Regiment. "And I am not
afraid of any man yet," he said In modestly
"counting his military experience; but he
Qualified that remark a little when speak
ing about women, for whom through life
, e has had the deepest reverence.
"I am not afrand of any man," he said,
and "of very few women." But there was
omethlng deeper about his remark as to
women than the mere words might Indicate.
It was with convincing spirit that he de
clared: "I believe the women should have
the franchls I have voted to give It to
them and I shall continue to vote for them
aa long as I can go to the polls." Mustered
out after the Civil War, Captain Williams
Mln took up civil life. Marclj 1. 1887, he
was appointed clerk in tho Water Depart
ment and has been In Its service ever since.
THE WEATHER ,
Official Forecast
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18.
For eastern Pennsylvania and New Jer
Jy: Fair and continued cool tonight and
ounday, light northwest winds.
anowers occurred !n New Jersey. "w
England and the bordering Canadian Prov-
rces aurlngk the last twenty-four nouro
pr.tnejnflie;nce of a disturbance tn
Jin atowly northeastward,, out pt the,
. 't TtaAM.' wra aim wmkwt
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M?--
EMNAT0R KERN DIES
INASHEVELLE.N.C.
Bryan's Former Running Mate
Succumbs to Uremic Poisoning.
Burial in Virginia
ASHEVILLE, N. C, Aug. 18.
Sx-Senator John W. Kern, of Indiana,
nnd Democratlo nominee for Vice President
In 1908, died hen last night. He was sixty
eight years old.
Mr. Kern, who came here a week ago to
recuperate, died from uremic poisoning.
With him at tho time of his death were
Mrs. Kern nnd Mrs. George B. Lawson,
a daughter, of noanoke, Va.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made, but the body will bo taken today
to Holllns, Va., the summer home of the
late Senator.
Up to the time of his retirement from
tho Senate last March, Mr. Kern was ma
Jorlty floor leader and cnalrman of the
Democratic Conference Committee, Ho was
a native of Indiana, having been born in
Alto, Howard County, December 20, 1849.
o,.1 188he was elected reporter of the
Supreme Court of Indiana ajid served four
years. He wa city attorney of Indiana
polls during the administration of Thomas
Taggart as mayor.
Ho ran for tho ofllco of Governor of
, naon tho Democratlo ticket In 1900
and 1904, being defeated each time. He
was running mate of William Jennlnti
Bryan for Vlco President of the United
States In 190S nnd was defeated. Oppos
lng the lato Senator Benjamin I Shlvely
he was a candidate for United States Sena
tor before tho Legislature of Indiana In
1909. In 1910 the Demnrrntl Slot.
tion Indicated against his wlbhes that he
i-nuice tor unitca states Senator
I AnUlfiiliB. M 4A4 at
"cin"ume ui i3ii, wnich was
elected him to that position.
gVMrgTO LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA,
el . Til J ''if rrfcj
WWJlrV
i j't ',- :?i?
.Vi.
was Its
nnd the
Democratic,
ARRIVALS OF SHIPS
AT ALL ATLANTIC PORTS
List of Vessels Reported to Govern
ment ns Posted by Collector
of Customs
Following Is tho I'nlted States Govern
ment list of ships arriving from foreign
countries In ports on tho Atlantic coast and
the Gulf of Mexico for the twenty-four
nours ended August 1C. It was posted to
day at the Custom House.
The list shows arlval of forty-nine es
rolr of 100,000 aggregate tonnage, of which
seventeen nre American, sixteen British,
seven Norwegian, three Italian, two Danish
nnd one each Japanese, Russian and
French-
Amelia, tliitlsh.
Amolco. AniPrlcan
Achilles, Amrrlcan
AKRersborn, NorweKtan
('ollmlnn. Ilrlttsh
Dayton. American.
Duca Degll Aljruzil.
Italian.
Knlo, Italian.
Kkaterlnoslav. Tluislan.
Kchunun. llrltlsh.
Epsom, llrltlsh.
F. C Lorkluirt. llrltlsh.
Frasr River, Hrltlsh.
Hattlo Lorle, British
llonry M. Flatter.
American.
Haralrt. Norwegian.
Iroquois. American
Inca, American.
Junancy. American
Joseph U rarrott,
American.
Joseph J. I'unoo, Jor.
I.oUne, British. ,
Moldesaard, American.
Manzanlllo. American.
Arrlno. Prltlih.
Morocco, llrltlsh.
Maria C, Italian.
Matteo Itenta Imbrlant.
Italian.
Montara. American.
Melka Maru, Japanese.
N'ordst Jernen. Danish.
Nlnlan, llrltlsh.
New York. American.
Nils. Norwegian.
I' h 1 I a d e lphia (D).
American
Philadelphia, Amer.
I'erclal ss. I'arks, llrlt.
I'ortugcso Prince, Urlt.
Raphael, llrltlsh.
RloVlaro. llrltlsh.
Itlgel, French
Kuna, Norwegian,
fanta Maria. Amr.
Saracen, llrltlsh.
Sara. Danish,
sirrah. Norwegian.
Tuscan, American.
VeMnorge. Norwegian.
William Ureene. Amer.
Tale of a Woman Hobo
When living is reduced to Its essentials
It is astonishing to discoer how few they
are. There nre numerous ways of finding
out. One Is to go camping for relaxation
with the knowledge In tho back of the mind
that it Is easy to take up the complications
of civilization at will. Another Is to be
forced to find food, shelter and clothing
after the supply of money Is exhausted.
A Chicago couple discovered themselves In
the latter predicament a :ew years ago.
The wife was a physician and the hus
band was an electrical engineer. They
had gone to Chicago to seek their fortune
after the San Kranclsco earthquake had
wrecked their home In California. But
they did not find It. The wlfo contracted
consumption and the husband lost his money
and was unable to get work. They were
reduced to living In a single room In the
slums, when at last they found them
selves with a capital of only JB. The wife
decided that she must get back to California
if she would escape death. After much
difficulty she persuaded her husband to at
tempt to make the trip by tandem bicycle.
She got the bicycle In exchange for an
opera cloak, the only fine garment left of
her wardrobe. They started early In May
and arrived late In August. The story of
the adventures on the route has been told
by Dr. Ethel Lynn, the wife. It Is a most
entertaining narrative of life In the open.
They consorted with tramps and after their
bicycle had been ruined by hogs at a farm
where they stopped they stole rides on
freight trains, now and then paying their
fare for short distances on passenger trams
after they had earned a little money. They
ran across all sorts of people besides tramps,
Including an Itinerant merchant, who fell
In love with Mrs. Lynn and wanted her to
elope with him. They were surrounded by
a herd of cattle and narrowly escaped wltn
their life. They waded through mud and
rode In the sunshlno, and the woman acted
as an angel of mercy for several distressed
persons. They slept In the open when
they had to and cooked their meals on a
fire under tho trees. The effect of the expe
rience on Mrs. Lynn was to Increase her
confidence in the goodness of human nature,
In spite of somo disheartening experiences,
and to make her believe that there Is some
good even In the worst of us and Incidentally
to restore her health. The optimism of the
record Is its most delightful characteristic.
It might well be prescribed as a cure ror
the blues.
THE ADVENTURES OF A WOMAN HOBO.
T"y Efhei I Lyn" M. D. New York: George
II, Doran Company. i.o.
Never Quarreled With .God
When Thoreau was dying his Calvlnlstlo
aunt went into his, room and said:
"Henry, have you made your peace with
G0lTdld not know we had ever quarreled,
whTe Ts fhV nfttltude of the
Fhese few wSrds. In commemoration of the
100th anniversary of Thoreau'. birth ,Dr.
Kdward Waldo Emerson, a son of the great
Fmerson has elaborated a lecture that he
pwareS twenty-seven years ago to remove
some of the misapprehensions about .the
man and has published it In a small book.
Socio? Emerson when he was a boy was
SrSSnU a boy coum be wUh .Tho-
who was
a frequent visitor
. and took the place of the man In the
house while ?he father was in Europe Ho
has recorded not only his own Impressions,
E th0Be of a large number of Concord
nolle who .aw Thoreau In his everyday
CP Heflnds nothing to support the popu
ar impression that Thoreau was a la.y her
mt but much to .upport his contention
iwt rha man was Industrious, sociable, self
th,nJrtlng and worthy of all respect. He
aXedfwm his neighbor" In that ho, did
hi? own thtaUliw and ced the Issues of
fifl and death with a calm courage. He
iSadnothfiW for money It Is true but he
SvJ rare for truth and beauty. He found
noth abou?rhIm and he set himself the
com " h t h9 uv an(i y,e lra-
nMroi.made,,by W .urroundtmj. upon,
lJ
SATUEDAY, AUGUST 18, 1917
THE GREAT WAR AS SEEN FROM VARIOUS ANGLES
TEN WEEKS IN THE LIFE OP AN
VM
ENGLISH GIRL IN GERMANY
Her Letters Reveal the German Mind in 1914 as
the War Has Disclosed It to the World A Love
Story More Interesting Than Fiction
JT WAS about 3 o'clock In tho aftcr--
noon. Tho harvest flies wero filling the
air with their strident notes. Nine-year-old
Oertrudo, who has Just mastered the
nrt of balancing a bicycle, was riding up
and down tho sidewalk regardless of tho
heat. A company of khakl-clad soldlora
had Just marched by tho house on their
way to a small camp a few squares away.
The Lady was fanning herself and look
lng cool. Sho told mo I also looked cool
In my white duck trousers, but I had as
sured her that looks wore deceptive. Doc
tor McKnbrc, who roversea the rule of lay
men In summer and spends his week-ends
working and the tlmo between Monday
and Saturday loafing, canio Into view
mopping his forehead with his handker
chief. "Did you see those soldiers?" ho in
quired aa ho walked up to house, and
without waiting for an answer, he went
on: "I bellovo that If ever men were called
to do God's work they are. Tho moro I
learn about Germany and the German at
titude toward life tho moro firmly con
vinced I become that thoro will be no
peaco In to world until the Germans nie
deprived of all power to mako trouble.
When Kipling first called tho Germans
Huns I thought that his patriotism had
obscured his Judgment. 1 don't think so
now."
"You aro not tho only man who has
changed his opinion," said I.
"I nm glad of it," said tho clergyman.
"Tho Germans havo disgraced our com
mon humanity."
"Do you know what Christine Choi,
mondelcy says about them?" I nsked.
"Christine Cholmondeley? I never
heard of her."
"Sho Is, or wns, a young Englishwoman
who went to Berlin In May, 1914, to tako
violin lessons from a distinguished Ger
man musician. Sho remained thero until
sho died on August 8, In the meantime
becoming engaged to marry a German
officer. Her letters to her mother have
Just been printed. She describes the tem
per and the state of mind of the people
In Berlin in the months preceding tho
war and tho mad intoxication that fol
lowed the outbreak of hostilities. No
book that has come out of tho war gives
a more vivid picture of the crass brutal
itv nt Germany than this collection of
letters of a music student."
"She sensed It, did she, before It was
manifested In Belgium
"Yes. She found the Germans almost
Insane with egoism. In tho boarding
house the people at the table ticated her
with tolerant scorn because she was an
Englishwoman. They gave her the lm-
nrosMon that everything Germany did
was right and that everything other na
tlons did wa3 wrong even when they did
the same thing that Germany did. They
were seething with suppressed excitement
aa though they were ready to Jump at tho
throat of any one who disputed them.
When she visited the house of a countess
whose husband was in the ministry she
found the same point of view and the
same excitement, expressed, It Is true, in
a different way, but nevertheless unmis
takable. She found a surface polish, but
underneath a brutality that shocked her.
Her music teacher was an exception at
tho beginning. He was a broad-minded
man who perceived the folly of his fellow
countrymen and ridiculed their worship
of authority and looked with contempt on
their subserviency to the military class.
He expressed his opinion about tho Kaiser
most freely, until the eve of the war,
when his mouth was silenced by a decora
tlon and an appointment as a privy coun
cilor. Another exception was a young
lieutenant, the man to whom she became
engaged. He wished to bo a musician,
but It was beneath the dignity of a Junker
to be anything but an officer In the army.
Ho had been compelled to surrender his
hopes by the force of the social system In
which he was enmeshed. "When England
entered the war, the countess In whoso
house she was living after she became
engaged to the officer, refused to allow her
to stay there and was most savage In her
denunciation of England and the English.
Tho officer helped her to get out of Berlin
on the way to Switzerland to escape the
outrages of which he knew she would be
the victim If she remained; but before she
got out of tho country she was treated in
a beastly manner by a potty officer, she
contracted pneumonia as a result and
died, as her mother says In tho preface to
her letters, a victim to the war as really
., i- 1 l.nl ha.n In tha Irnnolinii "
"That sort of thing Is about what I
have come to expect from the Germans,"
said Doctor McFabre.
"But wo did not expect It three years
ago," Bald I. "We were like Miss Choi,
mondeley, who went to Berlin filled with
admiration for German muslo and litera
ture and ready to like the Germans. She
found them so different from any persons
with whom she had ever before come in
contact that she could not like them, save
In exceptional Instances. Their civiliza
tion was only a veneer. They had the In.
stlncts of beastly savages. Her own
mother thought she was unfair to them,
but as the years havo passed and as the
evidence has piled up she decided to let
'the world have the benefit of her daugh
ter's experiences In the hope that some
good might be done."
"I'd like to read the book," said the
clergyman.
"You ought to read It for two reasons.
The first Is In order to get some under
standing of the mind of Germany on the
eve of the war, and the second is that you
may make the acquaintance of a most
charming personality. No novelist has
ever created a more delightful character
than this girl. She reveals herself In her
letters as a genuine, trustful, loving
woman with faith In all tho finer things
!n life. Her affection for her mother Is
beautiful, It shines through all that she
writes. For example, she sign, one of her
"Jitter., -Tour, own Chris who love, you
Hhr bad arrajwfi,. w,TTte oaiy; mot, a
..-" ,- .. - ',. T
09V
.tK
learns that hor mother has left England
nnd Is In Switzerland tho little mld-wcck
noto ends with tho sentence: 'This Isn't a
letter, It's a cry of Joy.' Her pleasure In
tho society of tho young odlcer increases
with the weeks nnd she tells her mother
sho Is suro that sho would 'llko him very
much.' When tho engagement comes sho
writes of her happiness with a frankness
nnd confidence that must have pleased
tho mother."
"I wish I had such n daughtor," said
Doctor McFabro wistfully.
"You might well wish it, oven though
sho camo to an untimely end. Wo know
tho story of only about ten weeks of her
Hfo, but those of us who read her letters
will prlzo hor as one of our choicest
frlonds nnd wilt count her taking oft as
one of the ci lines for which Germany
must bo held responsible."
GEORGE W. DOUGLAS.
ENGLAND'S PROGRESS
TOWARD THE GOAL
Airs. Humphry Ward Describes
the Second Stage in the British
Efforts to Win the War
Mrs. Humphry Ward, who wrote one
book In answer to current American crit
icism of Ilngland's conduct of the war In
its early days, has now written another
ono to show how the llrltlsh n.itlon ha
mado good. It Is In the form of letters to
Theodore Roosevelt, who has written an
Introduction.
Mrs. Ward reminds the Americans,
through Colonel Rooscelt, that England
was unprepared when tho war began and
that Germany was prepared ns a result of
forty jcars of concentration on a single
purpose. But Kngland girded herself for
sHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHLVv 'X - .'iXH
before the Iowa Bankers' Association last
June. Ills statement of the Issues was so
clear and convincing that many of the bank
ers asked for a copy of It for reference,
Professor Johnson begins by reviewing
briefly the history of the expansion of Prus
Ma under the Hohenxollerns nnd an expla
nation of their policy of nggresslon. The
Hoheniollern theory Is that the people exist
for the Statn nnd that nil privalo nnd In
dividual rights must bo surrendered when
the Interests of the Stnto demand 1L The
State Is the supreme good. Tho purpose of
the present war Is to extend tho area of the
German Htnto and to enslave new peoples
to the dominant master. Thus far Oermany
has extended her military power from the
Baltic to tho Dardanelles and beyond Into
that part of Turkey not controlled by the
Russian and Kngllsh forces. Peaco made
on the wnr map weuld allow these German
controlled territories to remain under Ger
man control and would entrench Germnny
in tho heart of Duropo for further expan
sion. Johnson has said nothing new. but
ho has mado a compact summary of the
acts In the case, so compact thnt It will
not tako moro than half nn hour to read his
argument Those In doubt of tho right
eousness of tho war ought to read what
he has to say.
T,vnE"i",:.0r JTtUSSIANIRM. llr Dowlas
oVrnShvJi'n."0V V."11" Professor of rhjsl
OKrnDhv In ColumMn, University. New York:
'. Putnam's Sons. 75 rents.
WHAT EUROPE
THINKS OF THE WAR
A Compendium of the State
ments of Representative Men
of the Warring Nations
MRS. HUMPHRY WARD
the struggle She held only forty-five kilo
meters of tho line In tho first year. Sho
held 185 kilometers Inst spring nnd was
conttnually taking over mora kilometers to
relieve the hard-pressed French. She had
only 140,000 men In the navy In 1014. She
now has 400.000. She has doubled and
trebled nnd quadrupled her output of mu
nitions until now her supply Is greater than
that of the Germans. Tho empire had an
army of only about 400,000 men when the
war began. It had raised an army of
5,000.000 men as long ago as May of last
year. And It was done by the oluntary
system. Conscription was resorted lo when
volunteering failed to supply the men
needed. The officers In France reported
that the conscripts made better soldiers
than the volunteers and they explained It
on the theory that men with dependents
and business engagements who had re
frained from volunteering, not becaus they
were uninterested In tne war and not be
cause they were unwilling to fight, but be
cause they wanted to wait until there was
absolute need for them, are mae of bet
ter stuff than the average olunteer with
no obligations to Keep him at home.
The book which Mrs. Ward has written
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Peril of Prussianism
Whoever is In doubt that this war has be.
Come a COnnlCl Detween auiuciatj nuu
democracy should read "ine i-ern oi i-rus-slanlsm."
by Prof. Douglas Wilson Johnson,-
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Thrj-e Is nothing easier than to say that
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Mr. Stoddard quotes tho statement of Herr
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"Wo shall never ask England for mercy :
ho shall extend no mercy to England. Eng
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