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THE DRAFT MUST BE
SELECTIVE
VTEITHErt th Congress nor the pco-
plo of tho United State Indorsed or
TOted for a draft In thoso great April
days, when this aspersed nation rose In
the majesty of lta might and unselfishness
to thwart the overthrow of liberal Ideals,
It was apparent that our own righteous
''ncsa of purpose bad Induced a reliance on
tho honorable' Intent of other nations
reliance which had served to keep us
In a state of military unpreparcdncss. Wo
presented a vast organism, potentially
snore mighty than any other organism
on the face of the earth, but we were
not organized for warfare, and there was
required from us a facility and prompt
ness in getting ready such as to test to
the uttermost tho virility of our popula
tion and the genius of our Industries. It
became clear that unprecedented methods
must be used. We must abandon some
of our ancient traditions.
Jn these circumstances, the press with
amazing unanimity urged the draft, but
It must be a particular kind of draft.
We wanted not only to organlzo tho na
tion's resources promptly, but we wanted
to avoid tho costly blunders of Great
Britain. We did not want industrial
experts, skilled machinists and ammu
nition makers to abandon their tasks and
go into the trenches. We wanted to
keep them at home, Tho very men most
needed at home would be the ones most
likely to volunteer. Red blood comes to
the top In war aa well aa peaco. Ttio
natural leaders of men, thoso who had
made our Industrial supremacy, were the
ones most likely to press forward In
direct defense of the nation. If wo were
to wago an Intelligent war we had per
force to keep such men at home. There
fore, argued the people, let us have a
selective draft, a draft which will glvo
the Government the right to keep at
home the men who ought to be kept at
home, thus enabling us to wage war In
telligently, with duo regard for the
enormous, If not decisive, effect of In
dustrial organization In securing victory.
Congress did not vote for the draft; it
Toted for the selective draft.
When William Penn came to Phila
delphia he brought with him skilled
artisans. Those artisans were the fore
bears, In blood and Industry, of tho man
ufacturing population of America. There
Is no other city, we believe, of corre
sponding size that boasts bo large a
proportion of skilled workmen among
lta people as Philadelphia, There are
agricultural sections where not one man
In a thousand knows anything' about
machinery. It is an easy task to meet
anywhere in Philadelphia a man who is
an expert in some trade. This Is recog
nized by the Government, which has
turned to this territory for a very great
share of Its war supplies. Not only Is
the Delaware to build the new merchant
marine, but the pilings for the new land
ing piers in Franco cannot be driven
until a Philadelphia factory furnishes the
shoes for them.
A number of our great Industrie have
begun to ask for the exemption of their
skilled workmen. A failure by them to
? r'i , do so would bo rank treason. One great
t Vt.tnoA nf Ua aal.ntlr. .1 ,. l t..
jftV certain types of men at home. It is not
Hp Neither is It patriotism for the skilled
vt machinist to leave his machine to serve
J,W ln a trench, if that machine Is making
nj necessary war supplies. We trust, there-
. ' fore, that no industries in this teHtnrv
5ft. ; .:
Wet? UUUQr juiBiuncu oviiBt) Ul uuiy, will let
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' men go iu coaip who ougm nai 10 go.
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( v we ijupo mm viujeiuycra win a&VO me
courage to play fair with the nation by
, 'insisting that the Government be given
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the proper Information on which to make
t .ieleolons.
, A draft that Is not an actual, bona-flde.
twQMt velecttve draft will be a draft not
tti ptX ntereeta of th nation.
5? KNOCKING OUT GOLIATH
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OWATHJhad the goods, but David
had.tlia sunsMMt. Th Kaise eould
BeJUlM fkvtkor than any com-
PPT f eJaWSap
'dayTet hW preparation (he Kaiser did
not consider that a Davfd was shooting
Ideas Into crude American youths in tho
hlstorlo shades of Princeton, and doing
llwlth such dexterity that lie was be
coming a past master ln tho art of putting
light ln dark places and making truth
rocognlmble evon by thoso who refused
to recognlzo It at nil.
Mr. Wilson lias shot sentences Into
the German psychosis that, In the results
to bo achieved, mako forty-two centi
meter shells look llko spltbalH. lly tho
time tho peoplo of the Control Powers
get through digesting the truth that has
been hurled nt them from Washington
they'll have no stomach for this war or
for any other to follow It. Our own
David could liavo outstatured tho mod
ern Goliath had ho wished. Ho pre
ferred to hit tho giant's forehead with
tho pcbblo of common sense.
"LET'S COMPROMISE"
"lET'S compromise," Hhouti the high
iJwajman when ho sees relief Tor his
lctlm ln sight. "Let's compromise," oils
the Kaiser when ho spies tho Gouls piling
over tho Verdun sanctuaries of death Into
tho lmpcnotrabtlla of tho German de
fense "Let's compromise," Is tho uni
versal cry of tho individual who Is ln
an Inextricable position nml cannot got
out. So "let's compromise" Is the slogan
beginning to come from tho protagonists
of the Smlth-Mlttcn proposed lease.
Kino! But the very vitals of this pro
posed lcaso Is tho proposal to abandon
tho guarantees given to tho peoplo when
they voted for rapid tianslt and substi
tute therefor lncteased fares To talk
about compromise with huUi a bctraal
Is to Invito disaster. Compromise Im
plies tho exlstenco of somo common
ground, and thcro Is no common ground
on which tho defenders of tho Smith
Mitten proposal and the citizens of Phil
adelphia can stand.
When wo begin to penalize people for
living ln Philadelphia people will live
somewhere pise.
GENTLEMEN "VAGRANTS"
"John Parker, did ou say that every
idlo man ought to bo put to work or
sent to Jail?" popped tho questioner
"I did," was tho tiulet nilmlsslon
"Well, I have enough to live on, and
I don't Intend to work I camo to tell
ou that, and also that you can go to
h 1 "
Mr. Parker seemed not to be pajlng
mucli attention Anyhow, ho did not
offer any response for a full minute
"That doesn't niter my attitude," ho
finally and slowly rimarked "I nra too
busy today to arguo the matter out But
I expect to bo back by Monday, nnd I am
going to tell jou right now what t In
tend to do then. You aro an Idler, ac
cording to jour own admission You aro
not doing any good for your country,
jourself or nnjbody else You are a rich
vagrant, which Is the worst kind, for you
could ho of use if you wished. You are
more to bo blamed than the poor va
grant So I will go to tho troublo of
making nn examplo of you, and prove
that jour money does not make any
dlfTerenco ns far ns tho law nnd the na
tion aro concerned. I am going to mako
an affidavit ngnlnst jou for vagrancy and
you can present your argument In court.
I am too busy to listen Oood-by."
The clubman was mora taken aback
than Mr. Parker had been, and ho left
with his wrath bottled up. Ho was back
an hour later, but with entirely different
mien
' Say, John," ha said, after his Insist
ence upon another Interview had gained
him a hearing "I want jou to forget
what I said a while ago. Don't mako
any affidavit. Don't uso my name.
When you get back find something that I
tfan do that will bo of somo use to tho
country, and I'll do It, and I will not
take a cent for my services." New Or
leans Tlmes-ricayune.
THE John Parker referred to Is the
gentleman who ran for Vlco President
on the Progressive ticket last jear. Tho
"vagrant" who Interviewed him was a
rich clubman of New Orleans.
Tho rich man who does nothing when
his country Is engaged in tho greatest
war ln all history Is a "vagrant," to uso
mild language. Ho Is a "vagrant" also
If ho does nothing, but sits Idly by, whon
political tricksters consplte together to
rob the municipality In which ho lives
and convert public ofllceholdlng Into a
plunderbund.
The only thing dead about France
Is tho silly story about her being "bled
white."
The lather of soapbox oratory
necessarily makes any foothold of sedi
tion exceedingly slippery.
By tho way, who Is ruling In
Greoce? It's hard to recall any name
but that of Eleutherlos Venlzclos.
Neither the German nation nor the
world knows what tho Chancellor's policy
Is Dr. Hans Delbrueck.
Judging by his conduct, Herr
Mlchaclls himself is equally ignorant.
The complaints of two hundred
Philadelphia bakers about the threatened
establishment of a six-cent loaf can
never bo so Impressive ns thoso of a
dependent public If compelled to pay a
higher price.
HOW LONDON .
GETS ITS IDEAS
New York rightly raves over tho
stoppage of her subway last Saturday.
But with all her troubles, Manhattan
still has tho better of us. Her system
broke down after It had been started,
Phlladelphla's'ls crippled before It begins.
The brevity of tho Moscow con
ference, which closed after threo sittings,
Inspires the hopo that action and not talk
1b to be tho order of tho day in Russia,
Tho only things to bo added now to
Kerensky's and KornllofTs vigorous
and ringing words are victories ln tho
field.
Most of tho lncreaso ln Britain's
shipping losses last week came from ves
sels under 1600 tons. The larger ships
usually have speed to protect them, and
It is, thorefore, the development of horse
power which America should keep first
in mind in executing her vast merchant
marine program.
Because the price of raa to the city
will soon be reduced from eighty cents
to seventy-five cents, and the price to
the consumer will remain fixed at one
dollar, the tax upon the consumer of gas
n Philadelphia will be Increased from
20 per cent to SS per cent The Press,
Twenty cents la 25 per cent of
eighty cents or twenty-five cents is not
IS 1- per cent of seventy-five cents.
Perhaps our contemporary, in discussing
transit, figured that if a guarantee is
not guarantee neither is a fourth a
pMtftfte
'Tw
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Facta and Opinions Are Not
Printed in Separate Columns
as They Are Here
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
Special Corronden of tne Ktenlna Ledger
LONDON, Aug 10,
AMI'IUCANS who were In England during
. tho last presidential campaign had
occasional entertainment from tho quota
tions which 1'ngllsh papers made from our
dallies. I recall seolng the astonishing an
nouncement that trio St. Louis Post-Dls-palch,
"a paper published In tho heart of
tho hjphenated belt," was supporting Presi
dent Wilson. I do not recall whether this
was taken to be nn Indication that the
President was pro-atrman or that the Ger
mans were pro-President. Hut tho obscure
fnct tlmt tho St Louis Post-Dispatch Is a
Pulitzer papir and niturittly takes the stme
lino of policy ns the New York World was
not known here So wc Americans smllid
a bit and poslbly wrote to the papers to
explain
Hut the matter can pass bejond ninuc
mrnt and lead to misunderstandings when
the essential Information Is lacking That
Is why It txiky be worth while to write
down a fair nccount of the press of London,
as It Is generally quoted In America l'or
example, before we found out that tho
Morning Standard (now dead and not to be
confu'ed with the I'vcnlug Standard, still
going strong) was bj nature and tradition
autl-Amcrlcnn, It was most unplcnint to
read the nasty things it hnd to saj about
us Before we realized that tertaln other
dailies or weeklies were comparatively pul
11st we were unable to understand why
they spoke so kindly of us even while wo
kept out of tho war.
The first thing to note Is th.it the tlty
of London bus no newbpapcis It Ins Jour
nals, or dallies, whatever jou wish to call
them, but no newspapers as Americans un
derstand nowspapcrs To tho nveragu
American, whether bo knows or does not
know newspaper work, the first principle of
a newspaper Is to give news. In London
tho first principle of each newspaper pub
lished, with a possible exception, Is io to
distort news as to Inflame public opinion
toward a definite object Clear, uncolorcd,
honest news does not appear In nine-tenths
of tho London press unless that news Is
utterly unimportant
Three-Course-Dinner Controversy
Let me cite a case which Is so old tint
It Is now bojond controversj'. Last win
ter a set of regulations was Issued to all
restaurants forbidding them to serve any
dinner with moro thnn throe full courses
Soup was half a course, meat ono course,
and so on. The official responsible for this
scheme was a member of ths Coalition Cab
inet It was considered highly necessary
by a Election of tho press at that time to
discredit that Cabinet In overy possible
way Therefore tho three-course scheme
was to be discredited. And it was
Now If that had happened In tho United
States and a restaurant keeper happened
to own a newspaper ho might have com
pelled his editors to discredit tho scheme.
Then a reporter would have gono out to
various restaurateurs and asked their opin
ion Ho would havo quoted those opposed
and scanted those In favor. But he would
havo reported; ho would not daro to say
at the end of his article that "wo feel that
this scheme must bo abandoned," or "It Is
timo that Mr. Blank, who proposed this
scheme, should bo fired with the rest of his
gang." Ho would havo left tho expression
of editorial opinion to the editorial writer
to put on tho editorial page.
That separation of news which Is truth
or part of tho truth from opinion, which has
often nothing whatever to do with tho truth,
Is unknown to the London press
I am told that the ancient tradition of
honest news has but recently gono out, and
It has, of course, gone out at a time when
It Is most needed. To any man who knows
tho press In a democracy and knows Its
power this first corruption of tho honesty
of a paper must seem more than danger
ous. An Analysis of Newspapers
The fact that parties are represented by
papers Is not a. danger at homo, where
everybody knows what ho Is buying. But
abroad there Is danger. If we know a
paper to be out-and-out pacifist, then Its
approval of a schemo may be deadly: If we
do not know, wo may take it to bo nn
expression of English opinion. Similarly,
If a paper Is arlstocratist, antl-democratlc,
Its censure of our democracj- may really
be high praise. But wo ought to know.
Tho following newspapers are thoe which
are most quoted In America, and Americans
Bhould therefore be Informed ns to their
tendencies. Hero Is a brief analysis:
The Dally News and the Evening Star
are Liberal ln politics, moderate In most
ways, were anti-war before the war and
are heartily for fighting until a good peaco
can bo won now. Tho editor of tho Dally
News Is the brilliant A. G. Gardiner, tho
mortal enemy of Northcllffe and Lloyd
George. The Star Is the Liberal ha'penny
paper.
The Dally Mall and the Evening News
(the latter one halfpenny) are both pub
lished at Carmelite House, one of Lord
Northcllfte's scats They were "Jingo" bo
fore the war, supported Lord Roberts's
pleas for preparedness, nnd aro Jingo now.
They have tremendous circulations and a
certain amount of Influence, because, al
though everybody knows they represent a
certain Interest, these papers carry the
habit of shoving editorial prejudice Into
the news to the greatest extent Tho Eve
ning News wants to hang Asqulth at least.
It says so.
The Morning Post Is antl-democratlo,
says so frankly, Is brilliant and perverse.
The Chronicle Is a Liberal paper without
the violence of the Dally News prejudices;
the Express Is Conservative, Is supposed to
speak for Bonar Law and Is the nearest
thing to an American newspaper ln format
and energy.
The Westminster Gazette, edited by J,
A. Spender, biographer and personal friend
cf Mr. Asqulth, Is Liberal In politics, but
Is not bitter against the present Government
It Is published on green paper and has
often been called the "sea-green Incor
ruptible," In Carlyle's famous phrase. It
Is decidedly the bwt written of the evening
papers and has less Jockeying of news than
most papers.
The Pall Mall Oazette, recently acquired
by Sir Henry Dalzlel, and the Evening
Standard are both capable papers, neither
particularly noteworthy They are a
penny each and respectable, both very
much ln the "get-on-wlth-the-war" spirit,
both supporting the Prime Minister,
And then there Is the Times, concerning
which It Is almost lese majesto for a news
writer to speak. It Is a splendid naner
l for foreign news, which It gets in wonderful
ways. Tremendous in Influence, superb
In appearance and In manner, Impersonal
and almighty, indispensable In every walk
of life, the Times Is a policy paper through
and through. It prints what it thinks it
ought to print It cannot be read by a
foreigner who doeB not know all the facts
and all the conditions of British politics.
Therein It differs from the Manchester
Guardian, whloh may be considered a party
organ of the Liberals, but Is fair and hon
est and prints the news. Its editorial
opinion Is as well written as that of any
paper at home, and It is full of Ideas, full
of honesty and sense. I confess to a sus
picion of Liberal politics ln England, but
t any one thing could win me over it
Tom Daly's Column
RQSA
CUL LS
BATTAGLIA
THE -WOU AX.
Vet you tcaa Here, an'
iroutd tc Acre,
An' no could uxan
or flu ' a,r
An' teas too poor for
maV da trecp
Vy takln' pasiapc
ccn a sheep,
1 aska jou
Wot uouM vou dot
Vcf man you love uaa ccn da fight
IV'cefi Aiutrtaccl on da height,
An' all da ricus you find to read
Mak'3 proud your heart, hut mak'a cct
hlccd,
I aska jou
What would putt dot
You uho ate iioman, Uka me,
You icad da nttis from Italy;
phi 1 am prowl an' stiong, but you
Kef you uas mc tt'at tcotiM 1oti doT
Aha! you ciyl
So, den, xeccll J!
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-i IF GERMAN SPIES REPORT ONLY THE TRUTH, WE SHOULD WORM
SO.MU ONE remarked that tho send
off wo gave our faithful stenog. wasn't
tho perfect thing ho descivod, unci Hint's
true, but how would you like to bo
Goorgo Lnnsbuiy, author of n book just
published called "Your Part in Pov ert 7"
Tho picfaco by tho Bishop of Winchester
(England) begins,
Mr. Lansburv has done mo tho honour,
for ns such I feel It, of asking mo to put
a few words beforo his hook I'tider
ordinary circumstances I should possibly
havo declined, partly because (with tho
exception of ono chapter) I hive not
rend tho book, partly because there
would bo points In any writing or nctlon
of Mr. Lansbury's with which I should
disagree, perhaps In somo cases vehe
mently. If jou havo seen Douglas Tulrbanks
ln "Down To Earth" and if you laughed,
as wo did, at the playacting of tho doctor
who Is his able accomplice, jou may caro
to know that Charllo Mcllugh Is his
namo and Philadelphia his native town.
"Toughy," tho fellows used to call him,
but that didn't mean unj thing moro thin
most nicknames do. Ills smllo belies It
A.VD IT WAS MOOXUOIIT
In Ms canoe
He hugged the shore.
She sat there, too,
In his canoe.
Can it lc true
He did no moret
In his canoa
He hugged the shore.
IN THESE distressing times isn't
thero something hopeful ln tho news that
tho late rites over the body of Itev. Dr.
Hay vvero performed Jointly by Rev. J.
M. Ljons and Rev. J, C. Lamb?
Red Flames Burn Brightest
Yollow.
Yellow sands of the arena
Where jellow lions rush upon their prey,
While Caesar, lolling on a golden couch
Beneath a gilded canopy,
Looks on
Yellow ribbons on the prancing horses
Of Mcssala, guiding his chariot ,
Round and round In the race;
Mcssala,
With his long, yollow hair
Bound with a golden Allot
Narrow, winding streets ,
Whero Jaundice-faced old hags
Plaj- with beads of amber,
And loan out from windows of dirty, yellow
houses
To barter for oranges.
Musty, yollow books,
Bound In dull Morocco,
On my walnut shelves:
Spawn of all tho ancient legal lore.
White.
Whlto waves that wash enchanted Isles,
And madly surgo and swirl and foam
Upon the glistening rooks
Whlto hands of fair Penelope
Weaving nn endless pattern ,
Against tho return of Ulysses s
And tho vigor and freshness and youth
Of Nauslcaa,
Maiden of fairest enchantments,
Bathing her beautiful limbs In the sea.
As the light of the dawning day
Makes a path o'er the rolling waters
And a road to the top of the hills
Whlto colonnades,
Whlto Winged Victory,
And Venus, gleaming white
Dream city set upon a hill,
High and secure on a rock,
Oh, shining, white Acropolis!
Snuff out tho guttered candles'
Tho splendor of Rome has passed away.
Blow out tho ancient candles!
Tho glorj' of Greece Is dead.
Swing aloft tho blazing torches
Let tho earth burn
Red, red, red I
WILL LOU.
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
A Plea for Calling Our Troops
"Yankees" Exemption
of Aliens
TM) Deportment It Irec to all Trailers uho
utsh to crprtss tluit opinions on subjects of
current interest. It t n i open forum nnd the
Evening Jducr assumes no responsibility for
the ilrus of Us correspondents. Letters must
be stoned by the name nnd nddreis of tho
v.riter. not nrrcsvnril'j for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith.
WOULD EXEMPT ALIENS
To the Editor of the livening Ledger:
Sir A few reasons why foreigners should
not bo conscripted follow:
Foreigners have not tho privilege of citi
zens. They cannot hold any govemmentil
positions, cannot get licenses for different
kinds of business and, worst of all, they
have no volco In selecting the government.
To conscript foreigners would be taxation
without representation of the worst form
Our naturalization laws are so strict that
most of tho foreigners of eligible draft ago
cannot become naturalized.
Why should we compel foreigners to ex
ecute a governmental function (military)
when they have no volco In tho government?
Let us bo reasonable
A NATURALIZED CITIZEN.
Philadelphia, August 26.
Bo rhany neoola ret murMiiiri I wou,a P thl" Breat ""wspapw, whloh sep.
sjJiffii sifter s TrV-?:
THERE Is a neutral angol perched
upon a tombstono ln Mount Morlah
Cemetery, ns wo told tho monument
makers during their recent convention
hero, and In a few days wo hope to show
a photograph of It, Watch for It.
Front Trench Candidates
VII
Oh I It's poison gas
And the hand grenade
For the land called "Jass"
And the tunes It played.
SAMMBE.
The Epicu-tourist
Tho stout, elderly man who shared
tho smoking compartment with us com
ing down from the Focono Mountains
began by telling us how unsatisfactory
his lunch had been "But," said he, "I'll
make up for it. I'm on my way to Bal
timore, whore the -oysters will Just be
coming along good. I'll have a couple
o' days at them and then 'I'll take the
boat up to Boston. Great eating on
those boats! Lobsters will be prime
when I get to Boston. Then I'll ship
for Halifax. FJne table on those boats,
too. There's a fish up in Halifax I don't
know tho name of, but I tell you jfg a
dainty mprsel. Then by ths time I get
hark home country sauaacr will h i.
iv.. . . tjanit' -
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"YANKEES," NOT "SAMMEES"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I havo been reading with a great
deal of Interest the various articles nnd
comment dealing with tho subject of an ap
propriate epithet for the boys of tho United
States forces of today, and It seems that
nothing has ns yet been suggested whloh
has been deemed an apt name. I heartily
agree that "Sammeo" or "Sammle" Is totally
unfit for tho purpose, being repugnant be
cause It has an effeminate ring, and, also,
because It Is such a name as ono would
apply to a small boy of tender jears. Un
happily, the French populace, due to their
Justifiable Ignorance of the symphony of our
language, Innocently appllod the epithet to
our first expeditionary force landing on
their shores. In tho thought that, as they
know tho United States of America as
"Undo Sam's country," trio name was a
happy creation. But, obviously, It will
not do.
However, to como to the point, I fall to
dlrcover any substantial objection to the old
and reliable term "Yankee." It has snap
and ginger, has an enviable history, which
makes It all the more attractive and which
would not exist to enhance tho worth of a
new name, and It contains or suggests noth
ing out of harmony with the Ilfo of a United
States warrior. True, Its opponents will
say It Is properly applicable only to the men
of the North. I will endeavor to show that
this objection Ib not sound, either practically
or theoretlcallj'. "Yankee" originally was
a popular name for the citizens of the New
England States, but later was applied by
Europeans to all tho people of the United
States. During our American Revolution It
was applied to all the Continentals, of both
northern and southern colonies.
However, during the Civil War, as was
natural, It was the term commonly applied
by the Confederate soldiers to Union troops.
This last statement, I understand, suggests
that which constitutes the main objection to
the term "Yankee," But Is this objection
founded rightly, or Is It wholosome for It to
be kept alive? Bear ln mind, "Yankee" was
the term applied to the soldiers of the'
Union, I. e , the United States of America.
For what did the latter fight? As every
one knows, they fought to preserve the
Union, which was In danger of permanent
separation. The Union men won tho war
from the Confederates, and re-established
unity between North and South; therefore,
the name "Confederate" -disappeared auto
matically therewith, ln sound theory If not
In fact, because all the "Confederates" re
sumed their former character as Union or
U. S. .A. men; a fortiori, all tho men of
military' age ln the new United States of
America, both In the North and in tho
South, became per so liable to service aa
Union or "Yankee" soldiers.
By force of the foregoing argument, the
term "Yankee," ,than, applicable In 1(11-5
Mly KKtM on
raaesLr"T,7r
MiSl
men In existence, automatically becamo
logically applicable also to tho men of the
South when tho latter again bectmo men
of tho Union It seems to me this argu
ment does not ndmlt of any contradiction
and Is conclusive. If wo nre to preserve any
distinction between the men of the North
and the mon of tho South, such as would
result If wo say that the term "Yankee" Is
not applicable to the latter, In theory at
least the purpose of the war of 18S1-B Is
not yet fully consummated, and vvo nre en
couraging animosity and Ill-will, which
should not be permitted to exist.
Tho Encyclopedia Britannlca, Inter alia,
says: "The origin of tho name ("Yankee")
has given rise to much speculation In Dr.
William Gordon's History of tho American
War (Ed. 1789, 1. 324) It Is said to havo
been a cant word at Cambridge, Mass , as
early as 1713, whero It wa3 used to express
oxcellcncy; and he quotes such expressions
as 'A Ynnkeo good horse ' Webster gives
tho earliest recorded use of Its accepted
meaning from 'Oppression, a Poem by nn
American' (Boston, 1705), "From Meanness
first this Portsmouth Yankee rose,' nnd
states that It Is considered to represent the
Indian pronunciation of 'English,' or 'An
glais,' and was applied by the Massachu
setts Indians to tho English colonists On
tho other hand, tho Scots' 'Yanklo,' 'sharp
or clover,' would seem more probablo as tho
origin of tho senso reprocnted In the Cam
brldgo expression. Othor suggestions give
a Dutch origin to the name."
I nave gone into the authorities at Eomo
length and to mo It Is evident that,
whatever tho actual derivation of the word
may have been, looking nt the subject
squarely and broadly, there is nothing to
reflect discredit or ridicule: but, rather, the
preponderance of tho definitions given Is
commendatory, and I earnestly urge the
adoption of the term ln our national forces
"Yankee" ever savors of the soldiery of
tho United States of America, which, of
course, Includes all territory now connected
with tho Union; therefore, why dlscrlm
Inate by contending that it applies only to
the northeastern part of tho Union, to the
exclusion of other parts? And why hunt
for a now namo when we have a time,
honored, reliable one?
KELLER H, GILBERT
Philadelphia, August 30. "luut-lic-
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who vrns David Hume?
3. An oftmnoted phrase Is eul follows: "0 Lib-
ertrl What rrlmes are committed In thr
name!" Mho said It?
3. There were two (treat trom wells in Enfllah
hlstorr. One was Oliver Cromwell. Who
wns the other?
4. IIu any South American country declared
war on Germany?
5. What Is meant by the saytnc, "I won't take
his dust"?
6. The word "shlnalca" has three meanlnct.
What are thc?
7. What does the phrase "ftti cratin," which
appears on menus, mean?
8. Name several of I.lojd Georce's reotnt
predecfKSor in the premiership.
0. What Is the Inrsest city ln Spain?
10. Where Is the Lick Observatory?
JUSTICE TO ALL
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Allow mo to thank you for vour
paper's fairness toward my race of neonle
Tho article "More Tact and Less Demagogy""'
Is good, and I wish every white man In
America could read It While wo are fight"
lng to make the world Bafe for democracy
wo should make homo safo for all classes of
people, regardless of their color.
The negro has always done his duty to
America. He has contributed his part to
make it what It is Why not give him a
chance to prepare himself to fight for his
homo as other men have? He has proved
himself a good soldier at all times'. I only
wish there were moro like you that would
speak out for that which Is right We as a
race do not want any special favors ; all wo
want Is a chance to do what wo can for the
betterment of our race.
Philadelphia, August n.UHOU3TON'
MUST BE A MYTH
A benevolent organization ln a small eltv
asked a prominent tenor who was Bummer
lng nearby if he would sing at a concert
they were Blvlng. explaining that they
could not afford to pay him his customary
fee. The tenor magnanimously replied thai
the organization could pay him a.much as
ho was worth to them.
When the concert was over the chairm...
SrawM; U"' SSSE
mSrSiS? nW' Ml8t"' -
"You were to make your own rm...
bowed the artist n ,erm. '
Canus Flrmus, In Musical America. '
GERMANY MAKES WAY FOR JOVE
Italian antiquaries are abia tn ri,
patriotism with antlquarl.nl Sn by c-?U
for the' removal of the Palaiso CanSr.nf
used as the Clerman embas.y, whloh sUnd.
exactly on the site of the ancient temnfa ?
Jve. with the Tarpelan rock at 1U rear
The palace dates only from mo JhSt
in Roma is but day wJ. -i!i' J'bl&i
at I U art waiita ZJLZZC7mr'W
m-wwMa
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. nenedlct XIV. the last Tone to take the
nutne nt llenedlct before the present Tope,
relsned from 1740 to 1708.
2. Tho Albanian name for Albania is Skypanle.
3. Camp Hancock is at Auxusta, Oa.
4. Such expressions as "tainted titles" ar
used In Kncland to drscrihe titles that ars
lioucht by subscriptions to party fundi.
5. Monslgnor Kennedr was rector of the Amer
ican Lflllese nt Itome.
0. The llnnlsh Diet Is the letislathe body of
1: Inland,
7, There are four postage classes of mall
matter: First, two cents on onncet sec
ond, one ci-nt for each four ounces tnews
pupers nnd periodicals)! third, one rent for
each two nunres (circular, etc.), ana
fourth, parcel post.
8, William Hushes nnd Joseph Sherman Fre-
linihuysen ore the New Jersey Senators.
0. The only resolution In Germany of any lm
no'tanre wns the uprlslns of IBIS, wnien
failed to secure any permanent rcrorms.
10. Unntlus of Loyola (1491 or 1495-15M)
the founder of the Jesuits,
WHEN THE GREAT DAY OF PEACE
FINALLY ARRIVED
WHEN a nation has learned to live with
a war It Is hard for It to realize that
peace will ever come again. So It Is now,
when the prospects for an end of the agony
seem nearer than at any time In the last
year, So It seemed even In 1865, up to the
very day of Appomattox.
Tho news of the surrender of Lee's army
was received In Philadelphia about 9 o'clock
on Sunday, April t, and created great ex
citement and Joy everywhere. Reading hlH
tory backward, It Is hard for us to bellova
that sny one could have doubted the re
sult after 1864. But there were persons
ln this city on that Sunday who refused
for hours to believe that the good news
could be true.
Dispatches were sent to all the churchs
In the city and tho glad tidings wei an
nounced from the pulpits. At tho hotels, at
the Union League and at tho National
Union Club the news stirred up the most
tremendous emotion and patriotic fervor.
Crowds besieged tho newspaper offices for
details. Tho firemen camo out with their
apparatus on parade, bells were rung and
steam whistles blown. The firemen carried
the news to tho outlying districts.
The uproar continued until after mid
night, Increasing with each hour. An extra
issued by one of the newspapers was eager
ly bought at ten cents a copy. Impromptu
Illuminations were gotten up In various
parts of tho city, and eVery one made hl vj
or her way to Chestnut street, which was
thronged all evening. Bonfires were, lighted.
The celebration continued on Monday, and
business, In great measure was suspended 1
for the day. Cannons and pistols were tired
and a salute of 100 guns was thundered
forth bV Order nt th Ttnlnn T.a.mt, SJ
rvm n- T-tf . . .. .. 41
uuiu .Biu)ng Association organ-
Ued a patriotic meeting, and at the Board I
of BrokcfB It was almost Impossible tor 'ft
business to be transacted. And then. whlleJ
an una merry-maKinf was still In progreaaH
a few days later' came the netfa of tha?
most pathetlo individual tragedy In atifj
AmafiQABiiutory., 8lx days aftar tha I
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