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Qovernmcnt, and to follow tlicm with
moro and tnoro millions If necessary to
savo tlio day,
Thoro Is no horltngo to can leave our
eons likely to tio of moro nJvaiitngo to
them than a. frco Hussla, which would
bo worth to tho world all tlio blood and
treasure tho great war has cost. Wo can
afford, therefore, In this hour of her peril
to offer ovcry moral and material help
within our power. Tho President ffeiit
such a messago yesterday to tho Na
tional Council of Assembly In Moscow.
As tho leading exponent of liberalism
In tho world. Mr. WlUon has shown an
uncanny ability to dlngnoso national and
International movements and wrest from
them their meaning. There Is reason to
hcllcvo that ho considers tho triumph of
democracy In Hussla to be essential to
tho futuro peaco of tho world.
SOLDIERS WRITE
THE WAR HISTORY
Georges Lecomte Says Letters
From the Front Tell tho
Story of the Conflict in
Splendid Terms
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RUSSIA
AUT of tho cliap.i that was camo tho
"' earth ns It Is, with SS per cent of it
land and 72 per cent of It water. Whv
the whirling elements ko acparatcd them
selves no man knows. A popular rebel
lion Is a sort -of chaos. The restraints of
order and authority are loosed. Tho
nether masses of humanity can see no
food In a chango that does not equalize
octal conditions. Of what valuo Is a
revolution to them unless It puts bread
Into their mouths and clothes on their
baicks? Tho national mind becomes a
seething mass of active forces and Influ
ences. "Whether it will fccttlo Into an
ordered form, 72 per cent democratic and
X8 per cent autocratic, Is problematic.
Tho weight of authority, established by
historic precedents, Is that revolutions do
not movo backwaid. Thcio Is piogicss
even In the cliaos which they Induce.
Thp Russian 1 evolution Itself was no
more a mlraclo than tho events which
have followed It. America is the mother
of modern democracies. It might be sup
posed that here, If anywhcie, the devices
of autocracy would bo Identified uner
ringly and the program of demociacy bo
crystal clear. Wo find, however, that
German propaganda finds exponents
among even honest men, not only in tho
streets but in tho Capitol. There are
Americans, native born, who lie awake
nights devising vas and means to
"iweaken the military might of the natlort
,nd prevent tho uso of its full powers
in tno prosecution of tho war. AVo even
And agitators who mock the tiuth and
proclaim, with some appeal unco of sin
cerity, that wo aro not lighting for
democracy at all, but for home mysteil
ous, subtle purpose that defies analysis,
although they believe, for the most pan,
that a few rich men put us Into this
war in older to savo their investments
In foreign bonds. Most rich mon who
have such Investments will pay thico
or four times the amount of them in
war taxation, but such simple facts do
not worry the agitators. They havo
.made up their minds and want nothing
to do with truth.
Russia is a land of oratory unchained.
Every victim of former autocracy is
he&ded for a boap box. lie knows ho has
keen dtiven and kicked and cuffed for
years. There Is something tho revolution
can mean for him, and ho wants that
something written into tho policy of the
Batlon at once, Kerensky has to con
tend not with political patties, which
would bo comparatively simple, but with
Innumerable groups of public opinion,
most of them half baked. If thcro were a
definite program to balance his own
gainst ho could achlove a triumph
Quickly. But beforo he has knocked
one crowd of objectors out of the way,
there are two other crowds in Its place.
It required almost a decade after York
town to form the United States of Amer
ica, and three-quarters of a century nnd
a great war thereafter to render the
bonds Indissoluble. Why expect Russia
.to become a perfect national machine
within a few months? It was a giant
uttering from malnutrition when Ker
ensky took charge. IIo has had to fight
back hunger, sedition, ignorance, btu-
K sldity. nseudo-American no-itatnrn. Ten.
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w,,ten spies nna propagandists and Impaired
fovfiaorale in armies which had been be-
S&vtaiayed repeatedly by their own ofllcors.
js; Kapoleon had a lighter task. Treachery
.''and treason, at leant, did nnt nr In l.l-
.'a .Republican armies.
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....? ais -aiauiiaiiiiieiu in a iiussian lie-
j&'th'ilH.-d'c under conditions assuring stability
jjy?k no greatest single event the demoo-
I arfcey of the world can bring to pass. Wo
kiaye seen what the French Republic
ft. -Mains to tho world. A nlmllnt- crsaf
EARLY In 1914 Mr. A. Merrltt Taylor,
then Director of City Transit, asked
for and got tho opinion of soveral eminent
lawyers as to the legality of tho eight
cent exchange ticket. Ho desired to know
whether or not tho I'ubllc Service Com
mission possessed tho authoilty to exam
ino Into tho question of discrimination
and to order. If It wished, the termination
of the exchango ticket outrage.
Among the other gentlemen who fur
nished opinions was William Draper
Lowls, who stands sponsor now for a
lcase that would lcgnliro nnd legitimatize
exchango tickets. Mr. Lewis's opinion
takes up sixteen pages of tho 1015 transit
rcpoit. After quoting tho State Consti
tution to tho effect that tho police power
"shall never bo so construed as to per
mit rorpointlons to conduct their busi
ness in such manner as to Infringe the
equal rights of individuals," ho concludes:
For this reason, therefore. It Is believed
Hint tho I'ubllc Kcrvlco Commission may
iniiko an order remcdjlng tho discrimina
tion, if any, Involved In tlip present r
clinnse sotem of tho Rapid Transit Com
pany, nltlioURh by po doing It may affect
the Income of the company and tlio tippll
catlnn of the exchatigu system as It eslsted
in July. 107. This will not. it Is be
lieved, Impobii nny liability on tho city.
Mr. Lewis reached an opinion slmllui
to that in rived nt by other counsol con
sulted. He was emphatic In declatlug
that the I'ubllc Service Commission had
full uuthoilty to cud discrimination, nnd
was, in fact, in duty bound to bilng any
'discrimination to mi end. Mr. Lewis
could not nt Unit time mco any legality in
tho oxchange ticket outrage.
Was Mr. Lewis tight then oi Is ho light
now when ho pioposc.s a lease which
would legalize the nfoiesald discrimina
tion and depiive tho community of Its
right to petition the commission for ic
lief and tho prompt abandonment by the
company of Its discriminatory practices
Hy HENRI BAZIN
Ittoff Corrrtponiltnt of Hit Vvenbiv I.eJotr
In 1'raitcr.
I'AlttS, Aug. 7.
.V rRANCIl abovo all other nations of
the world a man's valuo Is reckoned
through that which ho has In his hend nnd
heart rather than his pocket. Among nu
merous Instance of this tiulem, tlio Kncltto
des Ocns do I.cttrct. tlio Society of Writ
ing l'eople, to trnnslato It literally stands
clearly out ns un example. Ho or slio of
any nationality who writes tlio French
Innguago In nny public aim Is eligible fur
membership.
i:ery Frem-limon who has made a repu
tation In letters since 1818 has been a mem
ber, Nearly every writing Frenchman of
contemporary time Is a member. And
among this company of men and women arc
to bo found the names of llttciateurs, dram
atists and poets of International fame In
alphabetical list with the lowly hack writer
and struggling unpublished author, "who
alms high and has not failed, rlnco he tried
hard," as .Stevenson fays. To bo choreti
president of this society Is among tho high
est literary distinctions and compliments
that can conic to n man of lettero In Trance.
Tho first was Francois Vlllcmalu, the
dramatist, who, with Louis Dcsnoyers, llon
oro do Unlz.ic, Victor Hugo and Alexnndcr
Uuiniui, founded the toclety In 18"3. M.
Villemaln's successors were. In tho order
named, Iiatzao and Hugo. Following these
Illustrious writers among otheis tiro to bo
found tho nnnien of Do Mu"et, Jules Simon,
Arpcno IIoussaM', JSoI'i, Mai col I'rovost nnd
Paul Hen leu. Tim Incumbent Is Georges
Locomte, with whom t recently spent nu
Interesting morning.
M. Lecomto Is a wiltir of power und
chin in, a charm to bo compared to his per.
eonulity. In addition to a buoy literary life
ho has found tlmo to undeilake tho direc
tion of tho LNtlciine .Municipal School hi
l'arls, wln'te boys from any walk of llfi aie
liistiucted In any of the nits iilllnd to punt
ing and bonkmaking Thu llrft attribute
towuid admission Is an Inherent t.ute. And
help Is the reason why thu gtailuati-H of
l'atiemip are neither mechanics not nitlHaus.
but ni lists, working in tooled leather, In a
lettoipit-ks that Is tho delight of thu biblio
phile, In designing, lithography and cveiy
kindred trade to the arts of pilnt, Illustrat
ing und tho book.
Jf. Leemntp reielM-d me In the lHIng loom
of Ids apartment In the Aveiiin- Augiihto
Hlanqul. Dutliiga long and fascinating con
xcis.ition, he said In pait:
A Holy Union of Fiance
"No matter the subject wp may touch, tho
war is ino theme eor brfoip us Out of It
has come u woild proof of the Ideals in-
gialned within our jiPoplo. ipganlless of
their position in lite. Wc hao seen and ai
seeing still a holy union of the uholo famll
that i Frntiro.
"The battle.s of the Jtarno and of Yeer
MORE TACT AND LESS DEMAGOGY ""' ' "'Ink, stand out as incidents- In the
history of the w
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ivernment, liberal In Its motives and
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Jtyated by unselfish Impulses, stretching
W eastern Kurope and the north Asian
itlnent, would throw the weight of
MIV authority so definitely in favor of
eratlc Institutions that the sur-
' of autocratic forms would be
wtole and a world safe for democ-
ium ft democratic world, would'
It would pay u to surrender
to uwn ttei a eeiwme.
APOSIT1VK genius for bliimleilug has
more than onco charactcrl.cd tho
nation's tieatment of the race question.
There happen to be some millions of
negroes In tho country, they nro citizens
and they aie an important factor in the
prosecution of tho war. They, men uud
women, till some millions of acic.s of
land. They comprlso virtually the only
labor that thero Is in ono great section
of the nation. Tlio men within tho draft
ages mo being taken into tho National
Army nnd uip likely to provo themselves
uh good soldleis as any otheis. They havo
been called on before and not found lack
ing. The assumption that negroes cannot be
mobilized and put In concentration camps
without laco riots icsulting is entirely
gratuitous. Ono riot docs not mnko a
i evolution. Wo shall make a sorry spec
tnelo of oui selves If It Is shown that our
boasted demociacy is so satutatcd with
piejudlco that ono part of tho population
cannot enduto the presence of another
part. A little tact In tlio selection of en
enmpmonts, some common fcenso on tho
part of police ofilccrs and a little less
demagogy from certain men of tho Vnidn
man typo In Washington are needed. Wo
cannot ostracize American citizens it wo
want to, and wo ought not to want to.
Monto Santo is worth tianslatlng.
The Holy Mountain of Holy Wnr is Indeed
well named.
Can find no excuse for subway tie-up
headline In Xew York Times.
Philadelphia's transit disease must
be contagious.
It's hard to seo why tho packers
should now be clamoring for a meat dicta
tor. Can they actually bo dissatisfied
with their own rule?
It's no uso for biology to Insist that
oysters have scant power of locomotion
while a melancholy public sees them pro
paring to go up rapidly In tho autumn
markets.
Arctic Crocker Land would have
been such a nice place to stow the Kaiser
after the war that Donald MacJIillan's
denial of tho existence of such a region Is
disappointing to many of us, in addition
to Admiral Teary.
It was no worse for Aigentlna to
have her protest againBt U-Boat outrages
unanswered than to receive a mere scrap
of papor. Germany herself established
the worthlessness of such articles signed
In her realm some time ago.
German corrosive gas that ate into
the poilus' clothing at Verdun, neverthe
less failed to stop tho ndvanco of the
French. Their souls went marching on,
for, as usual, the Teuton forgot to arm
himself ngalnst those essential elements
of victory.,
A Xew York official blames "reck
less walking" for many of the accidents
In which motorists become involved. Why
not press the point a little further And
remove all pavements? The awful
temptation to promenade could thus be
sternly repressed.
Kerenky warning to Russian
traitors Bounds like an echo of the Paris
Committee of Public Safety of 1793. The
annals of that powerful organization used
t horrify us. but today it seems tr.
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TC.wtitiu,iaaV'lM .autu ef Sim
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history of the war when In far tlmo It Is
dispassionately wilttcii, stand out ns tho
i-vcntH In the wholo story ; when hoioism and
sacrifice started tho turning of the tldo In Its
How towaul tho omlng definite victory of
civilization over barbarity. For these bat-'
tle.s won permitted tho magnificent results In
Aitoln and Champagne, the long Htolc hold
lug of the lino at Veidun with the lctory
that has mor.ilh and materially como out
of It, and the magnificent record of the
Soinnie. And olvlng from these things
Is ficcdom for France and the world.
"As a member of the 'Colon of Katheis
and JIothciH WIiofo .Sous Have Fallen for
La I'atrle,' being eligible tluough the heiolc
death of my belned son, I have advocated
that tho union aim high in moral objective
In the near and far futuio of tho nation.
That this may bo posslblo wp must over
keep beforo us tho beauty of the death that
camo to our sons, tho nobility nnd genci
oslty of their offering, their jovial leslgna
tlon to ths task they undertook, tholr union
of common sncrlfh e, tholr nifcctlonato re
spect for their dlveis opinions, Ideas nnd
beliefs; the Idealism that Insplied them
and their faith and hope as expressed In the
many letters they left behind
"For thesn tliinKH, ficely exemplified In
all oui dead and nil our living soldleis. ed
ucated and cultuieil or with but llttlo In
struction, unfold the true splilt of France,
of French ideals, of the manhood of an old
nation that In outward uppeaiance had
ceased to pxlst beforo 10H, hut which In
reality was but dormant beneath a host of
varied exteriors. The essential thing, then.
Is over to remember this. lemember these
Inavo dead and tho biavc still to illo, start
them upon 11 life ns long as tlmo through
tho hourly and dully action of us, their
parents, who remember their thoughts, their
faiths, their hopes, their sacrifice. After us,
tho work will go on of its own lolltiou
through the leal, the true history (lf the
w ar.
Not a Thing of Names and Dates
"It will not bo a thing of dates and
places nnd records, of opinions by historians
as to teasons for reverses and victories: but
a great, great book, containing naught else
but the letters of our soldiers written from
the front and tho trenches to tho dear ones
behind. Some of these letters are master,
pieces of perfect writing. And many are
full of grammatical fault and error In ex
pression. Yet all are linked together In a
great bond, a unity of hope, of aim, of de
sire They aro among tlio liundieds and
hundreds of thousands to bo leproduced
as they are, even to a misplaced comma.
Jlany were written In pencil. In full health
but upon the eve of death, written ns though
dictated by the soul ere It left tho body.
"They are the true, future history of
Franco, tho true history of our old Ideals
and of our new, the exalting example for
all tho future races of men that shall in
habit tho globe, I havo seen and read with
pride and emotion very many of these let
ters. A sentence from one is typical of
the full contents of hundreds of thousands.
"It Is a penciled letter written to Ills wlfo
by Francois Georges Belaud, a simple pollu,
a cook by profession nnd a man with tho
bare rudiments of education ! written in
full vigor on the eve of his death upon tho
field of honor. After assuring her that he
wrote but as a matter of precaution since
lie was at war nnd urging her in case of
his death to have full courage and give
their little son all tho Instruction her means
would permit, he Bald:
And above all thou shalt tell him when
he Is big that his father dlod for him, or
at least for the cause that will bring
him service and service to the generations
to come after,
"The generations to come after. And the
living sons. Generations and sons not only
of Frnnce, but the whole world of free
peoples." ,
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RAPPING CHICAGO?
The Mayor's admirable greetings to the
representatives of our ally, his Intense
Americanism, his seal for the prosecution
of the war, the dlffntty 0' his official utter
ances, the sincerity ar rdor of IiIh sym
pathy and labor In the supreme struggle of
democracy have Increased hli hold upon
publlo opinion and public respect. He la
not only the head of the most civilized and
the most fruitful administration the city
has known. He his the qualltiM. the con
victions, the steady and stronr national
patriotism which the Mayor of .New Yarfc
Tom Daly's Column
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1 Know you'll Vo .utrjirlicd in licar
'J'hnl 1 am now in yutnee
llcrmiic a rild ts rare these ilnys
l'or ucttUiu such a chance
Ami If Hut censor Ids ve 1
Will till Die circumstance.
Perhaps I better not just tiot'o
But ttrKc this poem .10
It will not Ml you where I am
Or where I mean to po
II tit juit to ahoio joh jr 0111 tie!
Which Is enough to knoic.
Hut 0 I u-Uh that I could say
The things I hope to lo
If I can only make the man
Expose himself to rfcto
That I am looking for a chance
To give a talking to.
I am afraid to tell too much
Or even hint his name
Hut he can speak the Vniillsh tongue
And understand the same
And ichat I not to say to him
Will make him blush with shame.
Hut I mint Keep the cenior's rules
And write thti poem ao
Tok will not uuess too much at once
lint 1 1 an tell you though
That there aie still some children hcie
Which is enough to 7:tn"
To be Continued.
Connccticut-Ups
Doctor Alexander Hamilton, tiavcling
thiough Connecticut, wroto in his Journal
under date of August 28, 1744:
I bad occasion to sen 11 particular di
vision this d.iv which they call "haul
ing the foc." It Is practiced upon simple
clowns N'eai the town thero Is n pond
of about half a nuatter of a mile bioad
Arross this they lay a rope, nnd two or
three stiong fellows concealed In tho
hushes hold one end of It. To 11 stump li
levv there Is tied n largo fox. Whon
they can lay hold of nu Ignorant clown,
on tho opposite Hide of tho pond, they
Inveigle him by degrees Into tho scrape,
two people piotendlng to wager one upon
the fox's head and tho other upon tho
clown's twenty shillings or some such
inntter that the f shall not or shall
pull him tlunuKh the water In spite of Ills
teeth. Th clown easily Imagines himself
sltnngcr than the fov, nnd for a small
irwutd allows the iopp to be put to'und
his waist, which done, tho sturdy fellows
on thp othei s!do belilnd the hush pull
lustllv for their 11 lend tho fox, who sits
tied to his stump all tho tlmo of the
operation being only a mere spectator
and haul poor pllgarllc with great
i.ipldlty tluough tho pond, while tho
water hlrses and foams on ench sldo of
him as he plow" the suifaco nnd his
coat Is well wit 1 Baw a poor country
fellow upon his lint k like a log of wood,
making a fiothy linn across the pond,
and when he came out ho shook himself
and sworo ho lould not havo believed the
fox had so inmli stiengtli. They gave
htm twenty shillings to help to diy his
roat. lln was pleased with the icward,
and said for so much a time he would
allow thn fox to diag him thiough the
pond ns often as hu pleased
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Till! voice over the telephone was full of
gurgles. "Important news" It announced.
On Chestnut street between Fifteenth und
Sixteenth, something terrible seems to
havo linppened to n sign In a window.
All I can sto from help is
GRMAT 11AUGAINS IN ODD
LOTS OK LA1HKS
i:xci:Lsion"
"The Aioir? 0 night were falling fast
As through an Alpine village paiied
A youth lelio buie mid snom and ice,
A banner with the stiange (lei tee,
l'.xcclslor."
I searched my lexicon to sec
J utt what ejeelslor might be.
And found that it wa.i nothing but
A mass of shai'lngs neatly cut.
And, furthermore.
Why should a youth in Alpine heights
lie wandering about at nights
And peddling stuff for packing glass
And breakables? The youth's an nt.
It makes ma soic
Tn sec a huckster u tth a pack
Thal'i big enough to break his back
At limbing up the rocky steep
And shouting, while the toienfolk sleep,
"l'.xcclslor."
1 XOT.
"HASHIMURA TOGO from tho Japa
nese schoolboy stories by Owen Johnson,"
8nys the Strand's advance notice, thus
stealing the thunder of Wallace Irwin.
But Owon Johnson did wilte "Tlio Sala
mander," and that's the sort of creature
o. o. d. p. tried to make of one Harry Arms
who "sees flames burst from window
rushes to becond floor and gathers them
up." -
PHIL FRIEND has received a ihymcd
letter of thanks from Foster Reeder, of
which this is only part:
Last Wednesday night, to my surprise,
when there I chanced to turn my eyes I
saw tho poetry you wrote. Say, mil ;' H
almost got my goat.
For thero I was, bound up in splint
a-lookln' at my name In print, with praise"
of how I stand the gaff nnd glvo my trou
bles all the laugh,
Its true, Old Man, I have the blues, but
that refers to my big bruise. I am not blue
at all, Old Sox (now Isn't that a paradox?.
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Tho last stanza begins, "A motorcycle
broko my pelvis," and there 6tops short
and trickles off Into pathetic prose. Thero
Is no rhyme for "pelvis," sez he. Let's
And him one.
WE'LL bo taking a little vacation
shortly nnd we wish we were worthy of
such a send-off as the Ballygawley corre
spondent of the Tyrone (Ire.) Courier does
be handing out here:
Holiday for a worthy Townsman. jfr.
Robert McKeown, assistant In Messrs'
Fairs, Ballygawley, has gene to the sfca
side to recuperate his health. The young
ladies of the village wish him a speedy
return. Ills jovial disposition has en
deared him to all the gentle sex mni we
all hope he will enjoy a good holiday.
o. o. d, P-vve read
THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
The Pope's Offer From a Greek
Standpoint Justice Wanted
for Luxembourg
VM htvarthictit (1 frre to all itadriv uhn
it ih to tiprrsit ttifir ihloil.f oil subleiti nf
ruimit inltirst. It v ua ojiru loiutn and Hie
Kifiutia J.Kilaff niuM9 110 rrsjiomiMMy Jar
f.e tletrt uj if corifjioii(Joif. Letters mini
e tttynul bu the wnme ami atlthen of the
uritcr, not itreeatarlli for jJiiMfccdfoti, but as
iiiainuftc vf uopd faith.
To thr Lilltor of tlio Evening T.ulgcr:
Sir The peaco proposals of tho Tope
proved to bo nothing olso but ono aug
mented and Improved edition of proposals
which formerly the Germans tried to put on
the table for discussion. For this rcuson
tho Allied Powers not only received them
with coolness, but did not fall by tho press
to fhnraiterlze them ns new German flic
works. Theio can bo no doubt that the Vatican
this tlmo noted upon the suggestion or
under the piessuio of the Central Powers;
neither can thero bo doubt that If tho Allies
showed even tho smallest disposition to ac
cept tho pinposcd terms by tho Pope, Ger
many and Austria would -co tho daybreak
of tho sun lay hopo nnd safety. Into the
lines of tho Vatican's document appear
clearly tho Get man pen and tho Geimau
thought. No Indemnity, icstdratlon of tho
lost possessions to Germany In leturn to
Frnnce of the occupied territory by Ger
many, universal recognition that the honor
of tho opposing armies Is assured, nro plans
suggested.
Tlio hairs of the heiolo Jfercler should
stand up fiom fright when ho reads the
document He witnessed the barbarities
of tho Kaiser's soldiers among his Innocent
and bloody folk But wo cannot accept
this peace ; neither can the Belgians, tlio
.Serbians, tho Fiench, tho Russians, the
Poles nor ono man following even super
ficially the history of tho war.
Acceptance of peaco according to tlio now
piogram means nothing elto than submis
sion by civilization to barbarism. It would
bo as though civilization weto saying to
Geimany: "Wo give ou 'tlmo to bo better
prepared In order to put heavy the chains
on us later. Now jou nre tired and may
take a test,"
Let us remember how Germany ruled
her colonies. In Southwest Africa, for ex
ample, sho took enro of one uprising by
destroying by fire and Iron about 30 000
souls. In Hast Africa also, from 1888 until
1806, Germany bad tlmo to kill 125 000
natives, '
We must never forget the words of
Cardinal Jtercler, "Down with the power
which works to bring-back tho world to tho
nncient dark slavery."
NICK P. KALELLIS,
Greek-American
Philadelphia, August 21, '"'can.
DON'T FORGET LUXEMBOURG
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir None of the peace proposals that
havo been made seem to pay any soectna
attention to little Luxembourg. I am there
fore pleased to note that Doctor Van Dyke
In his curreiit series of magailne papers
docs not forget that outraged little Duchy.
Belgium's International guarantees were
eupposedly no stronger that thow of Luxem
bourg. Napoleon III had looked covet,
ously at tho little State, but his ambitions
wero frustrated by the convention of Lon
don, which In 1857 deolared Luxembourg a
neutral sovereign country under a guaran
tee of the powers. Sho was fcven considered
more independent at the tlre of the Ger
man Invasion In 1914, for the personal union
of her ruler with the House of Orange
reigning In the Netherlands had ceased In
default of a direct line of succession in thu
Netherlands In 1830.
The only reason why we hear of no rav
ages committed by the Huns In Luxembourg
is because Its inhabitants had not a suf
ficient military organixatlon to protest
against the violation. The sum total of
the armed forces was about 2000 volunteers
and ISO gendarmes. This weakness was
of course, to Germany's advantage, but It
does not mitigate her guilt In tho slightest
- - fflha tif-lnrMnTA Kjaiiai
fTht cruel mr nan't n .-,.. U?'7"V .r.VK!"1: " .'n ror
.., .. . mwu. an wnicn ino iwiienie muruia out must assuredly
v if. T1. HA rAAfl -l . I Infill LllvMnhnurr. am m!1 mm. ts.-i..
ki'W-y.Vj
include Luxembourg, aa well aafBerkla,
tho German menace. Jinny petrous, how
ever, thought that the Teuton control would
take tho form of a miurlage with the young
Grand Duchess.
Luxembourg, although a charming coun
iy, had long beforo 1911 been off tho
beaten Hack nt visitors to Kurope. Per
haps If tho tourist agencies had exploited
Its attractions some valuable hints aa to
German designs might havo been acquired,
even by tho chanco observer. But civiliza
tion was blind thieo jears ago. It didn't
even woriy gieatly over the German occu
pation of Helgoland, ,o Incidentally handed
to the Teuton cmplto by vlslonless Lord
Salisbury.
At uny rate, wp cannot In justlco afford
to ignore Luxembourg's just claims today.
Philadelphia, August 23. R. II.
What Do You Know?
THANKS FOR NEWSPAPER SPACE
To the Editor of fhe Evening Ledger:
Sir In behalf of tho Catholic Young
Men's Archdlocesan Union, which acted as
host to tho Catholic young men of America
who wero assembled nt tho forty-third an
nual convention of the Catholic Young
Men's National Cnlon, which was brought
to a closo on AVednesday, August 22, I beg
to express our sincere and grateful thanks
for tho generous spaco which you gavo our
proceedings In tho columns of your paper
during tho progress of tho convention.
Very tuily yours,
M J. SLATTI2UY.
Philadelphia, August 23.
SUGGESTS SLIPPERS FOR PRUDES
To' the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir In one of tha dally papers state
ments have been made that nt ono of the
examining stations splendid arrangements
weio made by tho doctor In charge, by
Which every candidate was draped off by
curtains, and each man was supplied with
a separate booth for undressing, etc What
a nice thing that must havo been! I won
der If hllppers weio furnished each mail,
and possibly 11 alet might have been oblig
ingly handy to lender aid to tho men In
tholr undressing nnd dressing, The paper
suggested that other examining stations
might adopt this excellent plan (sic).
I doubt If any other board of examiners
will think that tho men coming beforo them
wish such a laddy-da. method planned for
their delectation. Where I had tho honor
of examining, the crowd was separated by
a low curtain, and only a certain number of
mciTwero admitted to the examining room,
Undressing and dressing were done In this
room, and not ono complaint reached my
ears regarding exposure or anything else.
All of tho examiners havo regarded our
men as entitled to consideration, and prud
ery has not entered Into tho game as yet.
We suggest slippers to the prudos, and
perhaps pajamas. M. D.
Philadelphia, August 24.
THE OLD PAPER COLLAR, TOO?
When they began making car wheels of
paper some years ago It was such a revo
lutionary thing that every newspaper nnd
magazine had articles about It. Since then
paper has entered Into tho making of so
many things that we are not surprised at
any now application of It. Washtubs, palls
of all kinds, doorknobs, tho Interior finish
of houses these uses of paper are familiar
to all of us.
The making of paper rugs and carpets
Is becoming a big Industry In the East.
We havo long been familiar with tho pape
napkin and the paper drinking cup, of
which the American people use 500,000,000
a year, five for each person In this country
The newest article of paper Is tho Bpoon.'
A new factory In Lynn, Mass., Is making
2,500,000 paper spoons a day. They aro
coming Into use at soda fountains" and In
Ice cream parlors, being used onco and
thrown away.
We have known of paper shoe soles, too.
but now they are talking of paper clothing
and seriously, too. At a convention of lid
manufacturers of clothing assembled the
other day In Chicago from all parts of tho
country a communication was read from
Joseph Tyroll, president of the National
Sheep nnd Wool Bureau, saying it might bo
necessary to begin wearing clothing made
paitly of paper next year. "Woolen cloth
that cost II last year costs II and 11 thft
year, and will be 14 and b next year
Mr. Tyrell proposed a cloth composed o ! 4ft
per cent, paper, some cotton and a iitti.
wool. TWb sort of cloth ha. beer, made a.
an experiment, and it Is said to b ?
durable and geod-looklng. The D.V h
.nun Into l,ra a ..,"; PPer U
?M knd will I "" " COt-
",V,r7l .iA- .(P'ivtfr
toi and wool, 1 &,'.
PM
QUIZ
1. What In (lie origin nf tlio nltknatne "John
Hull," 111 applied to lOneland'.'
2. What was the object of tlio I'antlvicraUT
.1. Vtlmt I; "Crocker I.und"?
4. Who Ih the present umb;is.idor from Trance
to the Lulled Mutes'.'
C. What nation, now at war, lias produced tk
newest lltlitlnr device?
C. What is tlio national nnthtm or Beldam?
" What country Is reported to be ealllne tot
military wrilie crippled men nnd Iniuattt
;r hospital who havo nut jet recovered
from their Illnenses?
. ttliat Is the principal Parisian "theiitre
of horrorx"?
. Of wlint rojnl houw was Kins John ut
ir. 1. "Eland u member?
mS!!ort-wi,!",i r"" empt from con
milHury Lnlted States military hen-lea
I-ifi ,ol""teered in larso nuinberi. re.
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
'" J ,'.?."i"'m In? "rf .'Mated in the Austrian
Is LamUeh t,,r,lIo,a "f "l,,cl' tbe tsrtW
" "m'er'e ' ':c,fl!,,, u Secretary of Coa.
Jl. NaiMileon' Ilonaparte brought to n tloe tha
4 i..:LXy ,?'lf J-mi'lro in 1K0H.
n iCllvf",d, ll10. "oeIJt. Is a Vole.
i'KnSN!ar,,,ri,le "UH " n"rse '" "'
" lM"t liilX.dr?'"1 ' t,,e nrIlls" Nlnl"'"
' Ki,?.,,.Co!!',,ii,,,,,!e of Creee Is 1'rius In
a ti. ucu!10' User-land.
hnnUn"1iH"lre'rf,, to, bv. Hamlet as "mora
un,i'! V!" ''reach limn in I ho ohierv
?aln ,!ii,m.ti f 'e llrlnjr.of a roral
Bali. 'sn" the beelnnlne of wo-
0. The tmjtli. of Saratoga n. ranled by IM
JlltJSn 5S"i'? U.' ''""Han. uh one if tha
10 ,ln ,nNk,hl battles of the world.
h r rJ'' baro,,netr Is one that measurea
Ihl rT"ir" by i1" "'on on an elantle
A MILD DRAMATIST OP FUSTIAN
rp"AT school of criticism which read? the
h ? ' stHea am1 external Incidents of
,. "T,"' Wllam Shakespeare Into his
whin'i lch.ca,ls 1,lm ,,ar1 a"i cy"1
hi I. '? ".'? "Tlmon." passionate when
8T'01" "Othello, nntl-democratlc when
tnirn-C.acsar" was composed and tenderly
J pctl when "Hamlet" was conceived.
1 I.,Iave a 1,ar1 time reconciling the
persona Ity of one of Philadelphia's most
noted dramatists of tho old bchool with
lv. c??ra?'cr ot his plaj b. This playwright
W, . Ilobcrt Montgomery Ulrd, once a
name to conjuro with In stageland, now
?0 and rather undeservedly forgot
ten. Doctor Bird was as mild a mannered
man as ever brandished a pen or wrote oro
tund nnd magniloquent blank verso. His
Plays aro as robust and noisily oratorical
-i ,I0.h,nsolf was retiring and shy. It Is
altogether Impossible to Interpret him
through his works.
One of the worthiest ot these was "Th
Broker of Bogota," which has lately been
unearthed by Professor Arthur Hobson
ijuinn, of the University of Pennsylvania,
? ,ac,uaed 'a his 'compilation of repre
sentative specimens of tho American drama,
Tho play, -which achieved an artistic,
.5 , never a wide popular success, was
acted In Philadelphia by Edwin Forrest. On
tho occasion of Its premiere, said to be the
.".J mo the au'hor ever witnessed a pres
entation of his piece, a gentleman seated
near Doctor Bird observed of one of the
characters, "The author of this piece, who
ever no is, roust be a damned scoundrel
W.!S? ,f .h never could havo sketched
such a villain as that." Tho doctor started,
gazed at the speaker, and, satisfied that the
man spoke without a knowledge of tho
JIT! ,5 rn1adB somo remark In reply and
text .tne theatre almost with the Bhame of
a man who Jiad committed a crime.
.i.u'ieye9lher" Wames Ilees). a distin
guished Phlladolnhln .rltln - ft.- n.lmv
, days,", says of Doctor Bird, thflt "he was
- ..n.1D10 oooKworm, so absorbed In liter
ary pursuits that he paid little or no at- ,
tentlon to worldly matters. As an Instance
S. vWB mlBht clt0 'acts to show how
jro"e h fas to tlio wiles or rather sly
i0", ! his intimate friends, who .took
aeugnt in what they called "drawing him
hi?w?r, Blrd was also a novelist and
Si.2?ck of. the "Woods" for a long time
enjoyed nomiim. .,... m.. ..... .. ......
,.-.111 r' 1M' AIIW HUB JIUB WV- -
t... w..r 80Vnd t0(la'' although, the work
m7.n(iJ .-W 5 l"6 l8- "is most ire
2?iSi.V ?if? draaa. despite the superiority
h S?,C1? J?w th8 Bta9 nl the time J
wnen Robert Downing .,n. .1,. .,.. tl
.nr it,jr.JU,d ra"'us exhortatlbn. As 1
J.i?r.iL.?f P?.oto.r DIrd' character "The M
Iw. ili. 1" m Pompous, and hlh-yj