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MAW 3000 MTMtMrrM nil communlcrtllojta to Kvtnlng Ltdoer, Independent Square, Philadelphia. said a!o that ao long aa Iho HohenxoUern family and military cllqua of Germany held that nation under control, dominated Its policies and conspired against tho peaco and Integrity of tho United States and all other nations, democracy could never be safe. Our peace aim, then, Is to drive out tho present CJcrman Govern, mont and end forever tho national stnto of mind which acquiesces In nnd con dones tho acts of that Government. That Is a deflnlto aim, capable of real ization nnd certain to bo realized before this nation agrees to make peace. BEWARE THE WISCONSIN GREEK DON'? BREAK THE BACK OF CAPITAL Otto H. Kahn Protests Against nn Income Tax That Would Defeat Its Own Ends ' 01 iKTiatD jit Tnit riut.iMxrmA rosTumc it aiCO.1D-Ct.iSS llllt, MITTJtB Philadelphia, Friday, Auimt St, 1917 FORWARD OR BACK? TK VIEW, of tho truly extraordinary nttempt of the Mayor and his advisers ruthlessly to Ignoro tho basic ptlnclples Under which tho transit program was approved by tho people and substitute therefor an obsoleto method of financ ing, tho experience and point of view of New Tork are of Importance. There, as here, the fundamental purpose of the new transit system was tho provision of five cent fares on the high-speed lines through out the greater city, tho collateral benefits arising from enhanced values of real estate being an Important, if not a de cisive, factor. Wo quote from an adltorlal In the New Tork Times of yesterday: Tho opening In the first week of next month of the Brooklyn Itapld Transit's route to Fourteenth street nnd Broadway, Manhattan, will be the first fruits of the dual subway bargain, Tho city's con tribution Is tho Manhattan llrlilgo and tha Manhattan subway coiineetions. Tho Brooklyn Itapld Transit's contribution Is the elevated system throughout Brook lyn, which will feed tho Manhattan lines. Over the combination the furo will be a nickel, eventually from Fifty-ninth Btreet to Coney Island, with a link through Queens on tho side. Cheaper ac cess to Coney Island Is tho least of tho benefits. In families whero thero aro several habitual riders between home and work tho gift will be equal to tho Interest on a thousand dollars. An even rreater contribution to reduce tho high cost of living Is access to cheaper rents In mrfro comfortable homes. Tho city's share lies In tho consequent Increase In taxable values in the several boroughs, besides tho aid to sanitation and the promotion of good citizenship through tha scattering of the overcrowded popu lation. Although tho cornerstone of the plan is tho halving of tha faro cost to daily riders, thero Is a good prospect that the merely financial results will not bo dis appointing. During tho period of con struction, since 1913, thero has accumu lated a deficit on this section of the dual subway of $1,037,276, and no benefits have been realized, That was Inevitable. Hutfor tha last year of tho period there was earned tho full preferential to the Brooklyn Itapld Transit, nnd within $250,371 of the Interest upon the cost of the new construction. It will be noticed that tho Times speaks of tho "merely financial results." The really big thing for tho city Is tjhat "Its share lies in the consequent increase In taxable values (not tho tax rate) in tho several boroughs, besides tho aid to sanitation and the promotion of good citizenship through tho scattering of tho overcrowded population." Now York Is not worried about early deficits. The company's preferential Is being earned and eventually thero will be amplo funds to meet tho city's fixed charges. In tho meantime, tho enormous benefits flowing from tho facility are belm; realized, bene fits not to be measured only by an array of dollar marks. The dlffercnco between the Taylor view, Which Is tho view also of Now York, and the Smlth-Mlttera-Twlning view is tho difference between vision and lack of Vision, between doing things In. a big way and doing them in a llttlo way, be tween Inspired leadership and humdrum, routine administration. "Wo can find no sympathy with men who want to put Phil adelphia on a six- or seven-cent transit basis, -while New York, with longer hauls, is on a five-cent basis. There may be praise somewhere for leaders who favor that Bort of preferential In favor of our chief competitor, but It will not bo found In this clt'y. It is not, after all, just a question of a fease that confronts us. Wo are face to face with the issue of going ahead or of going back. One leadership is militant, forward-looking, optimistic, grounded In faith and earnest In capitalizing in the people's favor every asset they possess. The other is slovenly, backward-looking, grounded in distrust and earnest in urg ins. that the people be dispossessed and deprived of their undoubted rights. If "we are going to accept the economics of 'this second school we may Just as well dose up ehop, call in the spiders and Issue orders against the removal of their webs. kV. K''i I YiTTR WiTf A Tax TO ncmitim v .J . haw mo uurmilC J r-IHlXTHAT are our war aimsr cries the Vl7 perner orator, puffing and -blowing, '.WMlie aciuauy nnos aoouc mm men and jtrtmwi 'Who 'stare In a blank, unlntelli. -fMt sort of way and repeat the mystic wwtUon, "What are our war alms?" IftUrtJi anybody who does not really ; tuMiaat ne was flndiag a.vjaaaam VWaalaV' aaaaaV'iliatt "- tkj' laaaaatal " " ' . 7. i " - THEItE Is too much of I.a Follctte go ing Into the war rovenue bill to war rant Its reception without suspicion, "I chargo no man with wrong," cried Senator Simmons, vbut I do chargo that to pay for tho war mostly by taxation finds its Inspiration in a deslro lo mako tho war unpopular," Coppcrhcadlsm squirms it. self Into tho very nation's vitals If allowed to dictate tho methods of financing the war. That no man should be allowed to coin tho country's blood Into dollars goes with out saying. War profits stand In the prisoner's dock already convicted. Wo ngreo with Otto H. Kahn that "It la ab solutely right t,o proclulm nnd to rnforco by legislation that no man, so far as It Is possible to prevent It, nhall mako money out of a war in which his country Is engaged, but thero Is all tho dlffercnco In tho world between that Just nnd moral doctrine and between tho ilocttlno that no man shall be permitted to base more than nu arbitrarily llxcd income (luring n war." What jx Fnlletto alms to do, and ho Is ably assisted by somo men who ought to know better, is not to confiscate war profits, hut to confiscate all profits In excess of arbitrary limits. Ho wants to mako this war so burdensomo nnd so hated that tho people will relinquish their adhesion to principle and compromise in favor of an unsatisfactory peace. Ho wants. It appears, to muddlu up our finances and Imperil our Instruments of credit to such nn extent that tho final and last treasury of tho world will fall In Its functioning. There could bo no trea son more subtle, no attack on democracy moro dangerous, than tho introduction into our fiscal program of pure and un adulterated demagogy. Let tho rich pay, ayo, and pay heavily, and let war profits be assessed to the limit If necessary, but let men who be lievo In tho war and the high purposes back of It dctcrmlno how. "Wo fear this Wisconsin Greek who bears a wooden horso to Troy with its belly full of poll tics and trouble-breeding devices. IMI'ONDERABIMA A CORUESPONDENT. writing from Paris, whero "Verdun" Is tho cry. on every lip and the headline In every news paper, says: "Military experts may talk of 'tho established equilibrium' and 'tho im pregnable German lino,' but Ulsnlarck knew better when ho said It Is tho im ponderable that counts In war the eva sive moral factor that plays havoc with a general's plans and sets at naught, his calculations." German ofilclals may censor and pervert general news, "but a French victory at Verdun they cannot hide, and tho day may not bo far distant when the mysterious equilibrium is suddenly up.set, and tho lmpregnablo German line Is not pierced, but falling before us, ns fell tho walls of Jericho." Tho lmponderabllla things which can not be weighed exactly and defy human analysis will bo tho decisive factor In this war. America represents the moral factor of supremo Importance, Is tho man ner of putting It, meaning that the Amer lean Idea and purpose, visualized by tho actual participation of her material forces in tho fight, have already set In motion a spiritual reaction in tho German brain that substitutes doubt for confidence and undermines morale. Conversely, It has relnvlgorated every phalanx of civiliza tion. Tho lmponderabllla, so quickly to be sensed by a woman's Intuition, aro sensed now also by all tho combatants. It is best expressed, perhaps, by tho saying that tho psychology of tho situation is all on the sldo of the Allies and Is exemplified by expressions such as the following from tho Cologne Gazette: "What wonder Is It, then, that new hopes are being raised among the peoples opposed to us, strengthening their determination to hold out for ono more winter and then to win a decisive victory ,wlth tho aid of the huge armies of tho United States." Segregate York World, the Hohenzollerns ! Jew Sterilize 'em! Tho efforts of Old King Cole's fid dlers to play tho "Pathetic Symphony" are very much out of tune. What a pity It is that tho giant bomb to be exploded on tho City Hall on September 1 will be only of the harm less variety! And to think that people actually bocame excited last summer because tho President merely endeavored to fix wages on railroads. The world do move. The Mayor says thero Is no use to discuss his lease until an official hearing in Beptember. By that time, wo imagine, there will be nothing left of it to discuss. The United Plumbers, whose recent stormy convention In Chicago cost them eight dollars "a minute, must have inad vertently been working on the tlmo schedule usually inflicted on suffering householders. .Chestnut street presents a forlorn appearance, but it is not a circumstance to what the contractors do to the City Treasury. The chief difference is that even a blind man can tell when n street Is torn to pieces. Two decades after the war we fought for her liberation Cuba turns over to the United States four German ships aggregating 20,000 tons. She would not sell or trade them, she said, through President Menocai; because theymust be "used for the common benefit to bring the war against the-Government of Ger many to .a prompt and victorious end." There Vnay be no gratitudo in republics, BUI isw ' AflMnoauu aw wiuukg jm:.-.- r ',.1 i,i-..i,.,iii. -. -,i,i, ... W" wikaaaiaw aaaaamaaaa, ',yy' l.u J. ltar it ." -.'in .Ul, j. i . . ..r.:.. l.-t -u A.' i." -" W ,' X i i YMiiTilaaYii I nil ii laaTnnrtlla JitaaalaiHWWil t-7ti!JK-, TTO II. KAHN wrote an article soma weeks ago on war taxation In the course of which he warned Congress of thb perils In aft unintelligent distribution bf tho bur dens and called attention to somo of the probable economic consequences of unwise legislation, ills views were severely crltl ri,i hv nmi nf his correspondents. He has written to one of them correcting the man's misapprehensions nnd setting forth his views with renewed vigor. Following aro eomo extracts from the letter: "I fully agree with you In the principle of your conceptions of tho duties of moneyed men toward tho country. They must be willing not only to surrender such part of their Income, Indeed of their fortune, n tho necessities of tho country require, they must be ready not only to relinquish their nffalrs and to put their time, their ener gies, capacities and experience at the dis posal of the Government In tlmo of war, but they must bo prepared to offer their lives If tho country calls for them. "My artlclo on war taxation was not written with any Idea of questioning these manifest and Incontrovertible! truths.. Tho question to which my article addressed Itself was not what sacrifices cap ital should and would bo willing to beat If called unon. but what taxes It was fair, reasonable and, abovo all, to tho public advantage, to Impose on capital, seolng that thero Is a point at which thi countty's ironomlo equilibrium would bo thrown out of gear. "The fart that capital h not subject lo Income tax In Canada was, of course, well known to men of wealth. I thought It a point and n fiirt of sufficient Importance as hearing upon our own taxation program to desero to be made generally Known. That this might be considered as either n suggestion or n threat of what capital might do during tho war never, I confess, t ilernd my mind, for It would, of course, he little short of treason for capital and capitalists to take advantage of Canada's pioplnqulty while tho war Is on. "What 1 nirant to Intlmato In saying that capital and men of enterprise would seek t'anada If thero was no Income tax, or only a moderate one, in that country, while America at this tlmo Imposed excessive and practically punitive Income taxation, was this: Capital Doesn't Forget "Capital has a long memory. Capital is proverbially timid. I am not referring onlv to largo aggregations of capital, but to all capital. I am not referring only to the capital and capitalists of today, but to thoso who accumulate capital by prac ticing thrift and to those who by Invention, by conspicuous organizing or other ability, by originality of method, etc., are Instru ments In the creation of capital and will be, presumably, among the future owners or capital. "Tho possessors of rapllal, present and future, would not easily forget If, In the very first year of the war. capital In this country were to bo taxed at far higher rates than prevail in any European country after three years of war. liven If such extraordinary taxation was removed at once after the termination of the war, capi tal would remain disquieted by the fear that tho machinery of excessively high In come taxation, onco tised and found easy of motion, might bo used again for pur poses of a less serious emergency than now exists. Those seeking capital for other countries and there Is bound to be a very keen contest for capital after the war would not fall to make use of theso argu ments. "Therefore. In the case to which my argu ment was addressed, I. e., unduly high In come taxation in this country nnd no, or only very moderate. Income taxation in Canada, thero can be little doubt that after the war there would be an overflow of capi tal to Canada, and that wh(ch Is (.till moro Important men of enterprise, erpe clally young men. will be apt to seek In that and other countries fields for their activities If tho reward of enterprise Is too greatly diminished In America ns compared to what It Is elsewhere. "Xot a single one of the leading Euro pean nations, after three years of tho most exhausting war, lias an Income taxation schedule as high as that adopted by tho Houso of Representatives; neither republi can France nor democratlo England nor autocratic Germany. Of these threo coun tries, England has Imposed the highest In come taxation : yet the maximum rato in England Is almost 50 per cent less than the maximum rate In the House bill. The cabinets In theso countries have undergone many changes In the course of tho war. They Include Socialists and representatives of labor. In tho determination of their taxation program they have had tho as sistance of the best economic brains In Europe. Thoso nations have had far longer experience than wo in tho science of Government financing. Impose the Burden Gradually "And is It not a manifest dictate of rea son that such burden of taxation ns must be borna should bo Imposed gradually, as was In fact done everywhere In Europe, so as to give to all concerned a chanco to adjust themselves to tho new conditions, nnd not with one violent Jerk? England Imposed her present rate of Income and excess-profit taxt-s not In tho first year of tho war, but started on a much lower scale and by successive steps, In tho course of nearly three years, attained the figures now prevailing. "Is It not plain that If tho unprecedent etlly high Incomo tnxatlon of tho Houso bill exceeding ns It does any rata ever Imposed by any of the leading nations of tha world Is enacted Into law. the Govern ment will find Itself crippled In respect of taxable resources during the second year of tho war; tho very year which, if the war does last beyond tho present one, will presumably ba the crucial period? "In addition to the concrete factors, there enter Into this question certain psychologi cal elements of a somewhat subtle charac ter, but sufficiently definite and potent to ba plainly discernible to those who are ex perienced In dealing with business affairs and with men of business, large and small. "I believe an Income tax greatly Increased over tha rates heretofore prevailing, yet keeping within the bounds of moderation, would produce at least as larger n total revenuo as an exceedingly high one. And tho consequences of the economic error of placing too vast a burden direct upon In comes would be more serious, I think, to the people in general han to tho Individuals directly concerned. The question of the In dividual Is not tha principal one. The es sential thing Is that no undue strain ba placed upon that great fund of capital as a whole which Is derived from Incomes of all kinds. It Is this fund which in lt n,,., Is one of the vital forces necessary for the normal activities and progress of Industry If that fund Is suddenly and too greatly reduced, the effect upon commerce and Industry Is liable to be abrupt ana wither ing. "I yield to no one in my desire to see the burden upon the poor and those of moderate means lightened to tha utmost extent possible. "I realize but'toc, well that the load weighing at this time upon wage earners and still more perhaps upon men and women with moderate salaries is almost too great to be borne and cartalnlv m..C greater than it should be. . uv" 'Dut I am convinced that relief cannot be found in taxation of Incomes at rat without a parallel anywhere and in tin duly burdensome Imposts upon busln... activities. I i am convinced that cei-tntr. theories being firgad upon Congress and the peopla and to which tha House war revenue measure Is In part responiiv. while doubtless meant to tend and seeml lnsly tending to a desirable contumm.n.. are In fact bound, in their longer tutor, tl "" - ' rr- ."- ..... aaaar.a ;riv r AMU Stfcl, ft ;vi4 Tom Daly's Column T RQ$A BATTAGLIA TUB WAITRESS You tee, I'm worktn' stceU Een decs to teeUv place, An' m'annv time 1 feel My uniform's decs grace'. Vet's tottgha luck for mi Dot htre I should le top', Instead for crois da sea An' flaM wecth mv aluscpi)'. For 1 am military An' love a Bcrsagllerc; Ol brava Bcrsaglicrc of da l.inel Kef tfcn I brecng your knife I throw eet through da air, I would not tali' your life. So plcasa no he scare'; F.ef tncbhc on da floor I specll your lottla tvine, Vet's jus' layeatise I'm sore Upon dees jobba mine. For I am viilitary, An' love a licrsagllere: Ol brava Bersagllcre of da Line! I fight da kretchen icall, I busta cup or two; I nona bust dew all Tlayforc da week res through. I)rn mchbe Oncla Joe Wccllsay: "You icanta flghtf Wat, den you better go Where you can do cet right." For I am militiry, . An' love a Bersagllcre; O! brava Bcrsaglicrc of da lAnel If this Is a true story the name of tho Judge who figures In It should not be lost, but, rather, emblazoned In letters of light. Hut to the story: Two men wero haled boforo tho bar of justice In n New York court by two reputable young women, who complained that tho defend ants had addressed them upon tho strcot and called them "chickens." The Judgo asked tho complainants how much they weighed approximately, and then, turning to tho defendants, said : "Tho fine, which you may dlvido between you, will bo arrived at by multiplying tho total weight of theso young women by tho market price of chickens prevailing this morn ing." "England nnd Germany In dispute over prisoners," says headline in o. o. d. p., and J. St. Georgo Joyce rises to remark that ho "hopes they won't come to blows." znzi - TrniiT '-H UXAJ.J. J.. 'M ,! mmmeffiffl8B&L : . s ' i it i Mil n , t&i TAKIXO THE JOY OUT OF LIFE There arc some days so exquisite. The world so'siccctly spins, The Devil has the worst of it And barks his shins. Then summer shows her greatest wealth, Superb in tone and tint, And southern gentlemen, by stealth. Arc picking mint. The locusts, In the poplar trees, Brat energetic drums, And then idth an explosive sneese Hay fever comes! CUItlSTOriWR MOJil.EY. Never apologize in advance for the probable age of the story you're about to tell. It predisposes your hearers to reach for the bell. But, despite such a beginning, M. N, pulled a laugh out of us with this: An olhccr had occasion to bawl out a recruit for not saluting and shortly nfter ward met h,lm again when tho recruit again failed to salute. Calling the offender lo him, tho officer asked why ho didn't salute after being bawled out for It once before. "Why," sez he, "I thought you was mad at me!" Edmund S. Hillings, president of the Young Men's Republican Club of Wilming ton, makes it his business to keep In touch with all things bearing upon pol itics. That's how ho camo to hear that a certain housekeeper, fllllng out one df thoso blanks handed around by tho food conservation folks, under tho question "Physical disability?" wrote, "Feeble husband." THIS IS THB SQUAItE DEAL WE PROMISED AARON E. BRANDT Hugh Merr asked (1) if his suffering under Christian Science was due to his own "wrong thoughta" or tho practition er's; nnd (2) why Archibald McLellan, edi tor of tho Christian Monitor, died. This Is tho reply: Dear Sir Answering your letter of the 17th inst, you will never learn to overcome wrong thoughts by attempt ing to attach them to a person, your self or npother, but only by detaching them from persons. Permit mo to rec ommend this method to you in the spirit of tho Golden Rule. To your second question my reply is that "the things that are seen are tem poral" and never will be otherwise. They are so because the producing and controlling cause is' temporal. Very truly yours, AARON BRANDT, Committee on Publication. THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Aliens and Army Service What Became of Roosevelt's Volunteers "What's the slgsnlfflcance of the sutawney in Punxsutawney, Pa.?" asks L. P.; "but,-apart from that or, in that connection, if you please do you know that John J. Sniffer is garbage Inspector of that town?" Th'ey tell us our town is not a very populous metropolis at best and that in midsummer our streets are less thronged than usual; yet we observe that whenever we turn around to admire 'a pretty girl somebody always gets In the way. Did Vou notice among the Jlst of mar riage licenses the other day the name of Bessie UkumT Well, Filbert did. and h Iwpsrlng U-U(ti4Waa.oaIU W Thli Dcpaitment In fret to all readers oha wish to erprcss their ovinloyis on subjects of current littft-cst. it in an opin forum and the Kvenitttt Luiorr assumes no responsibility for the views of Uv correspondents Letters must be bionrd by the itnmc and address of the urltcr not ncctssarity for publications but as a guarantee of good faith FOREIGNERS AND THE DRAFT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Kir There seems to be quite an 111 feeling toward the foreign element, which grow ing more serious every day. I and others In a Ilka position can explain why this feeling exists. It Is a bad state of nffalrs when my sons nnd thousands of other American fathers, brothers and sons aro being put into tho service while great, big, husky for eigners who are hero and who aro not citi zens aro going to stay homo and get tho cream whilo our poor boys are getting killed and wounded. It Is an outrago, and it is time the American people wero awako to tho fact that we. aro not getting a square deal in tho war, so far as tho foreign ele ment is concerned. Either mako theso miserable foreigners become cltlzons and go Into tho service of Uncle Sam or drive them Into the sda. America has been used ns a good thing long enough. What do you suppose my feelings are when my three sons, all I have, are in Franco and those loafers who sought refugo under the Stars and Stripes aro too rowardly or too ungrateful to light for tho Hag that has protected them, Must we stand for this outrage? CIIAltt.KS ZIMMERMAN. Philadelphia, August 23. LET ALIENS VOLUNTEER To the Editor of tho Evening Ledger: Sir I am sixty years of age, forty years an American, nnd proud of being a 'citizen of a free country. I read In tho Wednesday Evening I.EDOEH that E. F. Swift, chairman of tho Seventh District Draft Board, thought tha foreigners would sneer at tho boys drafted for tho National Army. I believe such a statement makes for bad feelings. Why should the foreigners sneer nt tho boys? Wo do not want foreigners in tho navy nor In tho amy at peaco times. Why then should wo force them now when the war is on? In my opinion they should have a chanco to volunteer If necessary. 1 leave It to somebody clso who can wrlto on this question better than myself to take It up. J. R. Philadelphia, August 23. CITIZENSHIP TAPERS SUFFICE To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Will you kindly let me know If I can Join tho .United States Navy? I have taken out only my first citizenship papers. Will you pleaso lvo me an answer In your dally paper? v, D. Philadelphia, August 21, If you are of suitable age and pass the physical examination you will bo permitted to Join the United States Navy, Editor of the Evenino Lkdoeiu ROOSEVELT'S FIGHTERS AND OTHERS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir "All drafted men ready to go to France" will bo photographed free and have- said photos In the newspaper. Why go such a roundabout way to get to the desired point? Ask all those wha are not ready to go anywhere the Government wants to send them to present themselves tor photographing and tha usual publlcltv With a very few exceptions all drafted men are ready to go to France, but that does not prove that they aro enthusiastic about a personal inspection of the "ban tlsm of Are." There were 46,000 Americana who wanted to go to France, nnd by eniuJ Ing In the allied armies they went lonJ before the United States decided to co Then there wero 180,000 other "Am.rt cans" (?) headed by the honorable Theodorl Roosevelt, who wanted to go to France , pm ,vu nam no special object" J AMHr, UMl T.7 ' teu;-r States of America. They wanted to fight for Teddy, nnd if they couldn't fight for Teddy they didn't want to light at all. Tho regular army called for 70.000 volun teers to go to France, tho marines needed 13,000 men. Taking it for granted that every man who has enlisted In these serv ices since that call was ono of tho noble 180,000, thero aro still 07,000 who have not yet made their way to tho recruiting office. If thero aro 180 men out of those 180,000 who have enlisted, they should have more publicity. They deserve it. Especially as their valiant leader, on falling to gratify his personal ambitions, lias not yet, I be lieve, volunteered to do any service for tho country except disagree with tho President. Meanwhile a thousand men from hero will be privileged to go to war. Somo will como back liner than over, somo will bo minus ono or moro nppendages, and others will remain with tho six million men who have already passed from our llttlo world. About a year ago wo were virtually at war with Mexico. I bellevo that twenty two Americans died at Vera Cruz. Wo we're at war, but Wilson Is Justly given great credit because "he kept us out of war" on account of the very few casualties. Although wo aro "legally" at war with Germany, If President Wilson can end this war with -tho loss of as few men In pro portion as uo lost In Mexico, ho will again bo Idolized because "he kept us out of war." Because tho President is our ablest exponent of "America first," and because be has, against some opposition," led us com paratively safo so far, wo of this nation should, and will, stand squarely behind 1dm and give him tho opportunity to "bo at his l,w,t-" ASHLAND. Philadelphia, August 23. HOTTENTOTS BRANCH OUT To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir A friend of mine in Colenso, South Africa, Informs mo that qulto recently a meeting of Zulu chiefs was held to discuss tho European war. After an exhaustive re view of tho Situation it was decided to send a group of Hottentot missionaries to Eu ropo to clvlllzo tho Inhabitants of its coun tries. PAUL PHY. Philadelphia, August 22. THE CLARION Gather tho men to the bugle's call, Run up tho banner high : Fling out tho Stars and Stripes o'er all Tho banners In tho sky ! We. sons of all tho nations, leap Tha youngest to tho fight ' That nil our Fatherlands may reap Tho harvest of tho light. Turn plowshares Into swords, and save Tho pruning hooks for spears No man Is free while there's a slave To wet tho earth with tears We've all to lose and naught to gain Wa want no alien lands, ' But Freedom has been won In vain If German bondago stands. Unlock our garners, feed the world 1 Pour out our steel and gold Pour out our lives, but keep unfurled The flag that makes us bold Tho Allies gave their mighty past To make our present free Wo lash our future to the mast And sail for Liberty. , ' Extend the hand to free the land That gave our freedom birth? And cleave tho sea lest Liber y Shall perish from tho earth- Dlvido tho air with wln "haVbear Our couraga through the skies6" Tha young and.brav . ..T1' The world from tyrannies. What Do You Know? quiz m i. How ran a United Mutes Inrantrjmin la,' tllotliiEiilalied from a ranlrjman? -I 1l,nt t...n.un fnlltna la Infa.H ..h.H V mi , ,.,,., ..u.i.n., ,.. ." .......... ,.. v,r hpeaka of a mull an "a l'od(nnp"r al S. Wlmfc'U thn lV-nrli frm fnr n nlflfkprf &Hi 4. Who indented the Miiltmurlnc? S. When ulll the M-eonil unit of the draft imM prounbiy ih railed'.' 0. Who la Karl Armcaard drove.? 7. Wlmt Irish nn-t iv.i rirentir killed hlJftl netlon? JJI 'Ipt I s. Who wni called the "Saee of Montlcello!"'j 0. Where la Tola? 1,1 111..., ....... ,1.. h.IJ.. . .f n.ntaMl. 3 .' (n, t,, ,,,,- llll.iutri. (ill. hit v. ui,,.u.a -g. Franklin' wife'.- , J; a . v...4..' r:. ' i&ii3i:ia iu icniuiuu-'a -.uio 4; 1. Hurry A. Oardeld Is tho new United Stataa P. 2. Henry of Nnvnrre nsnmed the till l ll-nrv IV nn It.rnmlni' Klni; nf FranCt. 3. llartholomew Goxnold was an Kntllah nfU jjj gator who explored the rout of i-w Kof i," land. He died In Jamefitoun, An., In 1601. 4. Tlir -ierli "to fdinmthnt" meum to drof a -a; person niul khln him ni n sailor wall; ,; iinroimrloua. The word la nautical alaiii , niul drrlird from the name of the t maeia yp lt.v of SlninRlial. the terminus of w lone htilpplne routei, -fe fl. A shallop la a light, open boat. v II TliiuulitH Knn.u'.l, l.na .1. f,IM-n.. 7- 7. Jonathan Hwlft wrote "The Tale of a Toa." V- 8, The real name of the hiimorl-rt Artemm j Ward wai Charles J'orrnr Ilrowne. 0. Sjncoiiiitlnn la the technical musical tcrai M lor riiKtime. 10. Helena Ik the' capital of Montana. M save That Is the pledge that nuta ., On every sword we "tola " ed" We only ask the noblest task To make our hearts a shlairi To stand between the oppress',?,: . The lands he woiiIjSm nnd Wo. latest, claim tht .mates?',. Our courage brooks no lea,. k We seize tha chance in ,..- . A little of tha debt Pay b!ck prance Our Kagle owes her Ftotir i o And gallant LafayeUe I,y" So everywhere, sea, land , To toe first n. '.1." na air. Old Glory and tbs But. , , SSUib& HOW "HAIL COLUMBIA" WAS INSPIRED , T7l0n the sake of the feelings of our heroleJ P t- t. ,,, t. i l. A 1,n,.a.1 that thOMfl lTL'm:il tiiiit;, 11 13 lu ,'w ,w,v ...-- American soldiers who happen to know th origin of "Hall Columbia" will not tiBl the "poilus" too much anout wncn i stlrrlne tune Is nlavcd. Not only were thaJJ verses of tho sonir written at a time of '.J. great animosity to France, but the air itself Jj was eomnosed bv a German. He was m Teutonic music teacher nimed Itotli", 'who , had lived In Philadelphia during 'Wash- lnetnn'R administration nnd had express" his admiration of tho father of his adopted'J country by writing "Tho president ,, a. a aa .(nlrAf1 TSflrt"'j7V' aiarcn, wnicn speeauy won a ii" " yj ularltw . fl In consequence of tho Insolent attitude el . the French Directory and tne conimuo-,,. seizure of American vessels by Frenca nriilcAra iVtn. nffontlnn with which FranC hml hn rtirnrilcl rtilrlnir the revolution . l rapidly declined during tho critical ye of 1798. The country seemed to be drift" hi into war against Its former menu. Ington was summoned from Mount Vernon j. to resume command of the army ana on u jm seas actual hostilities did break out. wl victorious results for our warships, notawr tha fine frigate Constellation. '' Tha political sanity of the rising jE. nolpnn nvpntnnllv nut nn pnd to the CrlSW.'W. hilt V,AfniA Ihnt VinnnAna "TTnll CnlUmbU W had been written and Bung to enthusiastic ,3v applause In Philadelphia, then the caplWffl or tha United States, josepn opsina. -ja a graduate of tho University of Pennsyl- m vania, penned the words to ltotns -: dent's March." At a theatrical periorm ance on April 25, 1798, Gilbert Fox, a youaf actor, sansr "Hall Columbia." and was re warded with rapturous cheers. The sonlf had to be repeated -several times and nna7,j the entire- audience Joined In tho patriotic ,5 i l . .. - -- - tUmnt tiiurus. xne popularity oi tno i EDread thrnntrhnut tTiA lnnri Tt was 8Unf at nle-htfl nn the, lialintlv rmlct streets Of 1 Philadelphia by large assemblages of cltl-jl wv..u, IVIUUIIIS OUIiiO iiic.iiucia W ww.-a- j The Democratlo party, led, by Jefferson,: aiaaiBon ana Monroe, was still iavora". to Franca and hempA rearded the nW national anthem as in exceedingly bad taste. (, Bachs'H "Aurora-" In It lima nf AdHI 2. ' denounced "Hall Columbia" as the moitl ridiculous bombast and the vilest adulation, of the Anglo-Monarchical party and tnoy two I'resments, ana a few weeks later uj juuumi unnouncea mat josepn uav""""' the author of the late Federal song to th tuno of "The President's March," had been m nominated by the President a commlsslonsrJa to transact some business with the Indlsn' The article added, "He has written his sosfffl to some tune, that's clear!" But np PU-J (3 cai antagonism could kill "Hall Columi H Is much easier to emsthn thefl t-jKjKajJTTT; .;.,Ml.lL,aTOfi .'W"
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