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I'lilhilrlphll, J.lurjiy, September 8. 1917
FAITH OF LLOYD GEORGE
T710II j ears Lloyd tleorge lms onjoid
popularity In America. No great
advocnte of libernllsm trppcnrs In ttny
putt of the inhabitable globo th.it hlx
doings nie not n matter of Intcicst to this
nation, nnd the proponents of liberalism
aie soon as well known In the United
States as they ntc In their own invltons.
In the period when Lloyd George was the
target for nil the nhttse-nnd vituperation
the property-owning classes of (lient
Biltulu were able to express, he was win
ning moral support In this countiy and
among all In his own country who Rm
pathlzed with American Ideals. That this
man, so hated only n, few years ago,
hould now enjoy the fullest conlldcnro
of the clabses then most hostile to him
Is not so much a miracle as it is nil evi
dence of the clailty of thought that Is In
fluted by periods of stiess and sacrifice.
When the mcro Incidentals of life and
government cease to have much meaning
and the essentials. In principle and char
acter, become of supiemo Importance.
'America has never known defeat,"
declares Lloyd George, "and on this oc
casion, too, she will tilumph." Theio Is
no man better acquainted than is the
British 1'iemler with the unprepairdness
for war which characterized our national
organization four months ago. He knows
as well as wo do that even our legular
army was untrained for the particular
kind of watfare that has been dewjoped
In this conflict. He appreciates every
one of the dlllicultlcs we have expeilenccd
and will experience In bringing our full
might to bear ngalnst Get many. Hut he
also knows, better than we do, how Eng
land's position nt the beginning of the
war paralleled our own. Ho hns t-ccn the
Kmphe draw from their chairs and coun
teis her accountants and clerks and
weave them into a magnificent army, an
army probably superior to that of the
Germans themselves, for, decl.ned tho
Premier some tlmo ago, "tho I'.rltlsh
army Is now Invincible."
When, therefore, the "Little Welsh
man" places his supreme trust In the
ability of America to make good, ho is not
merely coining phi uses to piomoto en
thusiasm. He knows whereof he speaks.
He knows American initiative, the Ameri
can genius for organization, American
determination and the devotion-of Ameri
cans to their own Ideals. We do not
doubt that ho has been amazed by the
progress already made. Theie ncie
Englishmen as well as Get mans who
doubted our ability to put an uimy in tho
field. Yet an expeditionary force of real
power is now in the. shadow of the
trenches and our transport Is of u char
acter to thrill every citizen. Not only
are gread quantities of supplies- being
rushed to our own armies, but there Is
no failure on our part to furnish our
Allies with what they treed. In the ton
tructjon of autotrucks, alipl.ines and
hips, three vital necessities, we havu
vast programs under way; so vast, tu
fact, that the mere suggestion of them.
as possibilities would have been laughed
to scorn three years ago. The nation
Is giving cveisy evidence that It knows
how to measure up to the requirements
of thlg epochal crisis.
It Is. however, with humility that w
receive the confidence expicssed In us
by our associates In this great war. We
havo yet to pay our sharo in sacrifice
and heroism. We know that It will be
icur privilege to be the decisive' factor
In tho war, but the notion Is not in -any
way deceived as to the enormous price
n , In blood and treasure It must pay. ft
js b because Lloyd George realizes not only
. our capacity for accomplishment, but be-
BTvV 'cause he also appreciates the Invincible
Vij UOICIHHHOWUII ll, IIJO AlUCril'Un peOpiO
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clove, tu iu,k until inc.! uujeci is at
tained, that lie pledges his hope for the
pjtoi. ft uture on America's participation lu tho
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THE NEW SOCIALISM
; k klallam did not get Its mor-
fhn the parly in ,the
tneLWari nor when
say, "Well, we're nil .Socialist nowadays,
aren't wet"
That was tho birth of the "New f'oclol
lsrn"( an obscure beginning, but all Ideal
ism Is horn In u manger. When people
realized that Kcclallsm was lilcnllsm and
not t real political party they said "8ure,"
and .welcomed the best of It, "what was
good In It." Hu .Mr. Hpargo Is coming
to meet us hulf way, In nuninmcliig that
a new Socialist party Is about to nrlse,
he simply accepts "what Is good" In dc
mociacy generally Hut when ho calls his
Idealists 'n new political party, we must
warn hint not to expect to poll more than
tho few hundred thousand votes which
Mr, Debs or Sir. Horizon usually drew.
Such n party Is like the Prohibitionist
party, always doomed to defeat, standing
aloof from city reform and nil practical
betterment, "for it principle." A new
political party Is Indeed forming, to de
mand that the gains of tlemocincy In the
war bo coiiMilldated and letnlned In pence.
Socialists would do well to help foim It,
for this new party must hair Just that
International view which Socialists stilw
for, combined with it broad statesmanship
which tho old Socialists Ignored, a neglect
which has left so inanv of them hlrnndeil
In tin1 quicksands of pacllNm.
PITTSBURGH'S HOPE IN WOMEN'S
FIGHT AGAINST GANG POLITICIANS
Suffragists Willing to Work Even With Foes oL!
Their Cause to Clean Up
the City
A HANDFUL OF WOMEN
" flnil ten ilihlrniti within thr cUii, thru ulll I .iimic nit the phtrc for Ihrlr antics,
Thli Li thn last of n itcrlm nf five niflrlr? ln n xtnfj tcprcsrntatlfc of the
Jtvenhm l.cilucr l(7io Unit matlc n scrintn utmlil nf )nUtlvut rnntlltUini 7'lfM
biihjh, which me almost irlthattt precedent in thr hlntntu nf the Gimmonircalth.
y SAMUEL McCOY
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Nl! hopes that this series of nrtlclen
"HOLlElt THAN THOU"
rniii-: rmii warn h nuu.t noubu.
J. again. Yeats ago Its habitues earned
It th title of the "Illoodv Fifth." rind
self-respecting citizens In suburban villas
thanked God that they weio not such as
these. The 1'lftlr. they thought, was a
blotch on tho otherw! , beauteous face of
the city.
Good doctors know better. An eruption
In one place means that the whole system
Is dlseastd. They do not Worry about
the symptom. They Insist on doctoring
th"1 whole man, however ho may protest
that ho U otherwise lit. So it Is with
Philadelphia, iind so It Is with Pittsburgh
as tho series of at tlrlcs on tills page,
which cIuscm tnd-iy. has shown. Hespect
able folk In Pittsburgh have grown cyni
cal about the wretched political conditions
which pa it of the population Imposes
upon another, part. Ilv s.tylng the. are
cynical they incur this. "We icsprctulilo
people aie so much better than the gang
steis that we cannot cotieeho of their
ever ilslng to our level." They iiiuld
cast out the olfendlng member, following
one tet. lint we can icply, with an
equally good let, that the whole body
must be born anew.
Cynicism must be i ejected as a form
of mental suicide. It leads to apathy
and sometimes coii to pat tlcipatlon In
tho spoils of olllce Hvery batch of
newly graduated l.tujers lllustiutcs this.
The see leudeis of the bar nml Judges
backing the Organization. .Manv of them
"go along " .
U-BOAT PROBLEM IN A NUTSHELL
rpifi: Mor. told b olllcers. about ?een
-L T-boats nl tacking a coinoed fleet of
twenty-two merchantmen, while peihaps
not altogether accurate lu Its details,
seems to contain the gist of tho subma
rine piobUm in its pirscnt status.
Warship iouvojs of merchant fleets
ha,vo led the I'-bo.its to go In fleets, too.
We have come to that predicted pass,
"the "trenches of the sea." It means
slower tinnspoitatlon, because those
twenty-two ships could go no faster tlr.tn
the slowest ship among them could go.
Four of the meichantmen ate repotted
sunk, but the other eighteen and'the war
ships filled the sen with such a shelling
that thiee of .thn seen U-boats went
under. It was a fairly even bieak, but
It is Just an even bieak that we want to
keep with the Getmaus till the. wear
out. '
Thus the laud deadlock, wldch saes
both ni rules fiom annihilation, is to bo
duplicated on the ocean for the same
reason. In every phase of this Industilal
war the slowlng-down piotess Is at woilc
as the chief Allied policy. We speed up
industries and slow down the war, tr,Ing
tr narrow tho struggle to one between
Allied Industry and Get man industry. For
the time must come, as it came for the
South, when the nimles aie still all right,
but the chain on the supplies behind them
Is more than human natuie (an stand.
HABDENINt; UP
rpin-: men nf the .Vatlonal Army now
-1- at last in camp or on their way theio
aio said to lie, as a rule, traveling light.
The man who travels light has left not
only cumbersome baggage behind De
lias left eaie behind, too It is tho
piivllege of the Mildler to have eeiy
thing made easy for hlur, to have as
much fun and iWuxutlou as can be, just
so he can do one very haul thing eiy
well.
These men will be m-i to work harden
ing up at once. Theto will be the ten
rnlle march and the blisters, nml then tho
twenty-mile that seemed impossible with
the blisters, and finally the calloused feet
so Incredibly llieless fiom the civilian
viewpoint and the haul calloused hands,
able to dig for bonis
While their muscles and skins aie hard
ening up, the brums and nerves of those
who stay behind must harden up too.
Abroad the "Tomnile" uml the pollu bay,
"All will be well If the folks back home
keep their nerve." Our soldiers ought to
know th.i they need not s.iv that of us.
All tho Allies have to do Is to fur
nlsh their requirements; wo furnish th.
money.
Not everybody knows what spelter
Is worth, but If the Government has
ordered U',OUO,000 pounds of It It must bo
worth something.
If, a tepotted, theie is some
chance of the aviators lifting warfare
out of the trenches, theie Is a correspond
ing chance for an earlier decision mi tho
west front. Trench warfare Is Penelopo
weaving.
The President of France Is not
clothed with the enormous powers given
the President of tho United States, but
he represents In Iris own person the heart
and soul of the French nation, and his
visit to the American expeditionary army
was an event of historic importance.
The Union won two or three vic
tories of one sort or another that tiro
populace acclaimed heartily; but Abra
jram Lincoln had an uncanny ability to
a wlHKCeiQPhanUWBW.ha.sftw.one.
ness that, If theie be any matters In
Pittsburgh which do not redound to the
ciedlt of that city, tho fault cannot be
laid at the door of the so-called political
"bosses" so Justly as nt the door of the
eltl.cns of Pittsburgh hh a body.
Whv smitiM iiiin one find fault with n
political boss? Ceitalnlv not those who
llnd the Ihisb'h burden easy and his oko
light. After all. the cjnloal observer
may my tho boss does make ti return of
Mime material sort to his followers, while
tho "reformer" never so much as gives
a Ikii beetle for the voters who rallied
mound his Ideas,
So, when a boss promises his people
that ho will give them biead as well us
games, they tire apt to believe him. And,
most Important of all. they become, each
ime of them, tho spreader of tho bosses
fame.
"lie's li good l-'ti.v." they wry, turning
nwny from the hall where be has made
his violent attacks on his opponents and
Ids bluff, hcnity assuitinces that "theio's
a good time cumin'" foe "" 'i Mippoit
him. "Ile'lj slip Miiiicthhi' to the boys,
nil light, all tight." And, In u manner
of speaking, he dors slip something to
them, lie makes good." And his sup
poit spiends in widening ripples, ns the
ensv classification, "a good guy." spreads
fiom mouth to mouth.
Cohesive Power of Public Plunder
With the reformer It I-i dlfl'eient. He
has no tangible favors to distribute. It
Is haul to llnd men who will go about
shouting otir pialses simply because, as
Mavor. you see to It that the city's mom-vis
spent wisely and can-fully and cleanly,
as a oitv 's money should be spent. The
benefits of such an udmlut.stiatlon me
dliTiucil too wldelv uniting a million citi
zens to cotiveit an.v single one of them
into a filrnd who goes about his neigh
biirhood to shout your pialses in season
and out of season. The leform Mnvor has
no special privileges In distribute. And,
with our easv-going habits of eitlrenslilp,
It Is only the lecipient of special pilvl
lego who becomes a ''fan."
It is this which makes it mi dllllcult a
thing to mouse nny community to notion
against it bosser. The reformer does
not appeal to the Imaginations of the
great mass of voters It Is only when,
like Itoosevclt. he tides bucking bronchos
and nails big game as well ns Hlg llusl
ness, or when, like Woodrovv WiHon, he
shows himself n baseball "fan" and a
President who walks on foot ammti; the
people, that they begin to spiead the
word, "Say. he's a tegular guy."
Somo such situation as this exists
in the present mayoialty campaign In
Pittsbuigh. Its citizens who would like
to see a better Pittsburgh haven't as yet
been able to set in motion a spit It which
will spiead from house to house like a
Maine. Thev haven't "sold" their wares.
Their advertising campaign, as dealers
in decency, hasn't departed sulllclently
fiom old and iiiilusplilng methods. They
have not given thought to the meielian
dlsliig pioblem which has been expicssed
In thes-e in tides, by some of their own
citizens that the public to which they
look foi suppott has been so dulled and
drugged by jear after ear- of political
arguments of the same tenor that It can
not now mouse itself to Interest.
The Women's Crusade
One slender attempt to meet this need
for n new sort of appeal does exist In
Pittsburgh, howevet- n tiny flame glim
irierlrrg In the darkness of tho general
npathv of the olt. It is the campaign
conducted by a little group of women.
Tho group Is frankly a gioup of woman
suffiago leadeis so far. It Includes such
women as Mrs. .1. O Miller, Mary 1.. Day,
Mrs. Julian Kennedj. Mis. Mary Fllnn
I.awiemo and Mis William Thaw. Jr.
Although the sultiage issuo does not
enter Into the pie-ent majoialty light,
these women have gone Into the battle
because they have Income convinced that
they can hop? for no suuevs In the Stuto
Legislature until after thev have elimi
nated fiom municipal politics the bipar
tisan machine Inlluences which they
acknowledge as lespunslblc for the defeat
of the hiiffuigc amendment at Ilarils
buig. Thev have nor asked that any one
who chooses to fight with them In thn
majoialty campaign for tho elimination
of machine couiml should also go on wli
them to fight foi equal suffiage in tho
future. The would not refuse the help
of untl-suftiagMs in the pieent cam
palgu, one must believe, for the pioblem
they are now training their guns upon Is
one which can recruit the suppurt of any.
Irrespective of convictions us to the pio
prlety of th" equal franchise.
The audacity of their attempt must
cnminiiud admiration. With a pitifully
few thousands, of dollais, got together
with whlc'i to pay h printer, they aie
Issuing a tiny four-page publication
known ns Publicity. Publicity is Issued
only once a week. It accepts no adver
tisements. The number of Its paid sub
scriptions Is negligible, but ten thousand
copies ate printed weekly and dlstilbuted.
THE VOCAL COCOANUT
Modern homo comforts me not exactly
familiar In Stilu Islntiileis, according to u
repuit published by the Society for Klec
trlcal Development.
"While In the Government employ In Hie
Philippines," bays this writer, "I was sta
tloned on tho Island of f'asllan, vhlch Is a
small Island In the Sulu archlpelugo.
"We frequently had them entertain us
with their native dances, and In turn would
fill them with wonder and awe with a pho
nograph which we had In our outfit. We
found It necessary to put up a telephone
line between two buildings that were a little
distance apart, usjng two magneto sets.
pn day I found, u rather Jargp .coooanut
under, a tree nwir the bmlxutafcawiV
II HUM i UM tt WMMPII v
They aie sent to lavvvets, doctors, school
teachers, mlnlsfcis, business men, Judges
nml to till soita of pel sons.
An Unholy Alliance
To tell the truth, it does not seem to
havo nindo much of a vldble Impress on
the great body of voters as j,nt. It can
not leach them directly. Those persons
who do receive the publication (iro not
or the l.vpo which puis approval into
notion by going out ami spreading Its
spin k among othets. 1 In-inl "f '" effort
on tie part of business men, mlnlster.-i or
lnvvvcrs, while 1 was In Pittsburgh, to
do nctlvc campaigning among the great
body nf voters the only tort of cam
paigning which counts at the polls.
Theto are, nf course, mich organiza
tions as tho Voters' League nnd tho
ntbens' Pnlltlcnl Union In Pittsburgh
which might add their suppoit In the
ciy, uttered so bravely if so feebly, by
this handful of women. Tho president of
tho latter organisation, .lames 11. Giny.
nn attorney, said, while 1 was In Pills
buigli: "Pittsburgh is suffering from nn un
riiiiselnmibli) alliance of her most power
ful lliinnilnl Interests, Including most of
tho new.spnpcis. with a polltlcil machine
which iinhesltntlnglv violator everv elec
tion law on the statute books, nnd makes
use nf tho liquor party, the vice ling and
every possible evil, self-seeking Inlluence
to mull nl tho pin chasuble voter and to
confuse and tilck the well-mennlug voter.
"The llnancieis provide the cash, the
newspapers piovldo the publicity, for
their chosen candidates unlv, all others
excluded; the machine disti Unites the
cash bioadciht, paying little attention to
the laws.
"Tho payroll and their friends aie
dilveii to the polls. The nrm.v nf paid
wutcheis Mil-rounds the voting places.
The icgulai ballot m-iiker matks twentv
thht.v. Ilftv ballots lu a distiict. And the
right-minded people, who foim the 1,-nge
majoilty of our population, wake up to
find they have divided their strength be
tween two factions of the Organl?.itlon.
and that In the melee n group of a half
doen or so professional Oigani.ntlon
politicians, noted only for being lu poll
tics for their own pockcthooks, like
t'loker of Tammany, rule the town."
Hut tin-so charges of Mr. Gra.v's were
disseminated only thiougli the pages of
the women's publication. Publicity, and
can scatccly be expected to leach what
Mi. Gray calls "the great mass of self
lespcctlng, honest, fiee people, who can
not be bought or Intimidated."
What Has Been Left Undone
What effort has been made to establish
the truth of the lepoits, so widely our
lent on the lips of Plttsburgheis. that
theie exist hundieds of gambling clubs,
speakeasies and disonlei ly houses which
pay n revenue for "protection"".'
What effort has been made to divide
the city into distilcts equal lu to,
or smaller than, the election distilcts,
and to have a house-to-house canvass
for votes made b.v clti.iens who mo more
iuspiicd by a dislio to see their home
town a clean city than by any inomise
ol "lew aid"?
What study of municipal undertakings
and finances has been made and inter
pieted into phrases which will bring
their significance down to teims which
will lie understood bv the men of each
separate block of homes In the city'.'
What effort to hat her the "self-respecting,
honest, tree people" of the city Into
a living, active, implacably fighting fed
eration which will Insist upon knowing
what lies behind each of the men who
ask for Its votes'.'
Tho answer must be "None'" It Is
hopeless, say even thoso who wctild like
to see thc-e things done, to espect them. ,
Theie is neither time nor money with'
which m do them. It is only a gioup nf
Idealistic and aggiesslve women who
Would have the temcilty to suggest
them.
I met some men In Pittsburgh 'who told
me that this was no time for any p.itilotio
Pittsburgh citizen to be muddling his
head about local politics. Tile United
States was nt war. they orated, and tlie
thing 'for good men and title to do was to
.see to it that their town furnished Its
full quota of tioops and to denouiue all
slackeis and pacifists and alien enemies
i"ii round, unmistakable terms, uml that
the pioper duty of women was to mil
hospital bandages and to, feed tho boy
that go through town-on the tioop tialns
nnd to pay no attention to city politics.
Hut I talked with otheis who held the
view, pet Imps a little old fashioned, that
upon a foundation of cities which uio
ruled by nutoeiacles, and whose citizens
aie too used to having others think for
them, u stiong Republic cannot be built.
If Pittsburgh's own people aio content,
who shall meddle with their sleep? See
ing which apathy, two 'purring factions
In Philadelphia aie Increasing their pun I.
ness until they aio likely to split their
tin oats with delight'. Their gods ore good
to them In Pennsylvania; if theie Is a full
plutter ut their eastern end of the State
theie Is also u happy hunting ground
In the west.
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and hung It on the outside of the hnui
oi)oslte the phone, ho arranged that we
could put the receiver through the K,,,.M
wall and drop It Into the cocoanut.
"We Invited some of the natives to see
the wonderful1 cocoanut that wo could muke
talk, arid with the aid of an Interpreter at
the .other phone who understood their lan
guage, we had a lot of fun. Some of tho
natives were so frightened they left the
village. Next day a delegation returned
and directed u to destroy the talking co
coanutv under penalty of Immediate attack
They did not like to have so uncanny a
thing arour,d. There was much rejoicing
when we consigned It to the flames. There-
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THE PROBLEM
OF EXEMPTIONS
Enforcement of Conscription
Law Intended to Re
Uniform
.vi.ihiI ('our .portdoife nf the IXcmnu l.tilorr
WASHINGTON. Stpl. T.
IT HAS been d'flk'U'.t to mal; eirrir t'
the people gcnrrnlly the full l-;ii!l'n'iri'o
of the conscription law When It was uii(lu'
discussion many membeis uf I'nnsicis
opposed It on thr ground that conscription
was a term fraught with dlsho'ior. That
argument, hnncvir. wan llnall.v overcome,
and even the reluctant voted for cotiv rip
tion, helleving it a duty tn supiit thr
President ar.d give liiin mm to d-jht o rr
battles, whether they v.cie v.-il'irij. to vol
unteer or not
It was tho uiuler.-t:iii(llng or ev(rj iriaa
who voted for the law that It was to lie
uniform In Its ap:diiatlon and that theie
was to be no favorlthm iindei its teims.
Tho conscription age was tlxod at between
tvveiit-orin and thirt.v years, both Inclusive,
ri that only .voung men would bo taken,
while older iiicu leiualncd on guard and
contlnuid their cuitoniarj work at home
Causes for exemption vveie specllled. but
no disiliii-tlon was made betvvren ihh men's
suns and the mhis of pool men, or between
lolltgn graduates and woikrrs' lu the mill.
All of the eligible age wi-ic to be Heated
on equal terms and given an equal chance
tn serve and to be piogiotrd for efficiency
01 for gallantly, If the oppoilunlty jire
scntrd itself.
A Uniform Law
As the law came uncxprctedlj and was
certain to upset the future arrangements of
many industrious and woith.v young men.
p is not ui pitting that iiian of them
who have been cuught by the draft are
socking o.unptlon : but It is not so easy
for thoso who were urged, upon patriotic
grounds, to p,,ss ennscrlptlon law to com
prehend full the reasons why manv men
whose patriotism hus been generousl pio
claimed should seek to make fish of one
class nf citizens and fowl of the other III
Hie matter nf exemptions.
The law was niado unlfoim puiposely It
was to apply in all without favor; even
bounties, the cause of scandal lu the Civil
War when men with means were able to
buv their way out of tho service, vveie
expressly forbidden
It may be that the trained men of the
army and nav seek to select, for the higher
positions, applkants possessing exceptional
educational qualities and that some favor
itism may have resulted lu consequence of
this tendeno. but the law does not contem
plate or Justify It It has been said that
college men were preferred In the aviation
service, and this has also been asserted
with respect to some of the training camps
for officers. This may. and probably does,
account for the grievances of some other of
our sturdy oung men who are not of al
lege mold, but who are and have been
specialists electricians, machinists, drafts.
men, englnecr. and the like who now
have no other lecourse than to take their
chances with the draft
In some Instances, where young men ot
this type have been drawn Ipto the ranks,
it haB seemed like u waste Of good material,
but the departments are giving notice that
enlisted men buck ns these will have an
ample opportunity to demonstrate their
qualities for higher service and that they
will be treated accordingly. There Is that
element of cheer, at least, lu the enlist
ment of a SUOO-pei-Hiinuin engineer for- a
$30-per-ruonth Job carrying u rllle.
A Claim for Medical Students
In spite of the pre-war activity of many
of tho colleges and the seeming preference
which some of the departments have shown
for college-bred men, Washington Is n re
ceipt" of niany reports concerning exemp
tions, Jt Is not that, the colleges have not
furmnneo ai imh quuea or, omctr una mn
.v. mi-.r?" :?i i"hb
been a particular demand for the exemption
of medical binder ts a rd much i-omplaint
of the Judge Advocate General and the
Seietniy of War because they would not
arrive to permit ellg.ble medical student!) to
remain hi collcg" nt this Hire.
Dr. Theodore Hough, of lln University
of Virginia; Dr S. S. Golilnatei-, chair
man of the New York .Mayor's Committee
on Hospital and Medical Fuc'lltlcs: Dr.
Walter I!. James, president of the New
nik Academy of .Medicine, and many
other mi dlcal rvierls urged the exemp
tion of these student.i l-Iven so eminent
ii suigcon as Dr W. W Keen, of Phila
delphia, who, desp'to his service In the
Civil War, again offeTd his t.ervlccs for
the prcicnt war, was quoted as favoring
these exemptions It Is said the War De
partment did not grasp the Importance of
keeping the medical student i nt their
studies On the other hand, the Secretary
of War, having approached IMo subject
very cntcfullj. irmlmlcd tho advocates of
ctcmpiion that Cnrgies tpeclflcally de-il
i lined to sanctljn It In tho matter of medl.N
eal students
"1 lav tug had pirs.-ol upon my attention
man. sugge-ld class exemptions.'' said
the SeirMary. "and heard vciy earue,It
arguments In favor i f many of them. I
confess I do rot see how Congress could
have taken any other course, nnd our prob
lem theiefoie Is to deal with the law ai
It Is."
The SciiMar.v further pointed out to the
medical fiaternity c-eeklng thn exemption
of students of Its class "that a need cor-los-pondlng
In kind If not In dejree. exists
for the continued tialnlug of eng'necrs.
technical experts competent managers of
industry, agriculturist.! and skilled work
men Admittedly many of these professions
and tailings require less tlmu for the
complete training of their output than does
medicine, and yet one of the grave problems
presented by this war has been to avoid
the losses which some of the nations en
gaged sustained In the early months of the
war b. a more or less uiidlscrimirr.iting
Mtciiflce of their trained men to acceptance
In the military service."
Exemptions Not Favored
Department officials also call attention to
the fact that the men who are diafted are
necessarily young men While lu the case
of the medical profession It Is true that
many of the old'er men have been accepted
for the service and have gladly gone Into
the army, a like condition prevails In other
professions If physicians are likely to be
fewer for work at home, It Is contended,
other professions will be equally disorgan
ized. Tho case of a successful young physician
whose ervlces aie badly needed at a hos
pital where he Is a specialist, is In point.
This phytldan, being popular with the In
stitution, was held by the homo authorities as
being of mote service there than he could be
at the front They were inclined to think
that It he went Into the service at all he
should go in as a commissioned ofllcer. The
reply of the department was that inasmuch
as he was within the draft age and had
accepted a commission lu the .Medical Re
serve Corps, ho was subject tu the orders
of the department and must report for
actlvo duty notwithstanding his exceptional
qualifications for hospital work.
In this case the department added that
his chances for promotion would denend
upon the quality of his service and that
ho should serve long enough to' enable his
supeilor officers to Judge as to his oualiP.
cations,
It was one of those cases which tend to
aggtavato the person directly concerned, or
Ida friends, but It lllubtrates the leveling
process of discipline which must be mala
talned In war times. One more case In
point. Many young men, some of them
from college, aie engaged as structural
works diaftsmen In the various navy yar,is
It Is argued that the Government solicited
their services and needs them now more
than eve,r In the haste of uhlp construction
.Some of them huve been drafted and others
are expected to be. A request of the de
partment as to the release of these men
from draft to continue their seemingly nee
essary war work brings this reply:
"The matter of claims for the discharge
from the draft of draftsmen nt navy yards
Is placed (rr the hands of the commandant
of each yard." "l
Th.o draft has gone stilt further than that.
It has penetrated the Samtt. n,i ,,'?.'
pfflcy buildings In Washington and taken
some, ot ,Ubest2, secretaries and dark.
i -."
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
i.
hrr.it ttlfM proportion of tlie (if rman p
I.Uls.
iifp I'ms1!.
i. lVhft ( t.Ttn mein'ntr if Hip nliraai '
rcjlmo' n m! to vim I rrRlme do I
iiM('i)l refer."
3 .lii"t vl.ere ! Maten Kin ml?
4. WIhiI Is President UlNun's poHioi i
N HiML'Cy
A. Tun idir.ihr. nr knoun to errr Amu
'ltucMt tn t'.u (uurHe uf human tttiti.1
mm "Wo, tlie people or the l
Mint. i 'i uliut (lorunifnu ot i
ore it?
G. tn u h it t.t'e fif the I iiKed SUtrt 1
i ii Hour ArrniihopH reHlile?
. Uhat U the t'tle of the ntTIrer Mho acton
te.iucr ur uie lloiiho or l.oru.7
8. 1 1 on uftpn U Ihu piihiin tnkrn?
1). An nnrlV'it nltilpi U punrtrf tn '
Jnripnl rniuh tcrther In the broad J
thin un mtifTrrn it(lilctf rould nu
le.m ANMinilni; tint the rrrord Ii f
rctt. .nut oim iimtlnn of I ins phenom
tuuir.ui.i mjRKeiH itsfir;
10. Who m rrrs uml lion fliould tfa b
no pronui:mcJ
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1
I. Lufiucttp f2i:ch( In the battle of the Bran
nine
'i AInrle Antnlncttc as nn Austrian.
:t. I'olh ns I'relc!fnt 1HI5-I0
4 Keclitrathin September II or Lt quallBnlj
otLT tu wto In the prlnurr rwn
e;)inirier iv ,nu trie jrenfrai tin
ofm'jcr 0,
A. '"I.c limit' m.rnn (lin frUndi."
Trent It elide the ln-t letter o iiltX'
tnuhl Iute honmled II Up thUt "UT p"j
mee.M JJ.it tho true il inatloo ptm
inril Iti fh'tt Ifntirl ll.tvln. I'lnlnc Lrf
rorr-iMindiit. .iiireptttiii tli ue tf rt
tieneral rerhlnc who Imlumfd It"
roou iiKuname.
. TlKimnH IJrirl;rtt ("Tom") Reed, of,U
:iw fieeied neaner of Hie iioue
iku.i ana lH'JT.
7 ChrfMopher ColupihiisN nachlti wai I
uruei ..intu :urLi.
K, The Ire tire the edimrnt, or Artu.i
N
tint
U. A premier lerform.uue
fornmnre.
10 "I Bet 530 cA and rnkri." In thtr
slanc. uonlrl menn thut much ft
ulth food thrown In,
THE AFTERMATH OF THE FE
AI.THOrcil the Philadelphia Tories I
XTL lleed that the recall of Ueneral Ho
ai official blundering of the worst V
London saw the matter lu Iti true 1
mill DlftfA.l n .l.n l.tl.illt.lllU flr-lltltl
reel-. 1
In America, of course the conilemmW
of the Ml3chlan7.a wa3 ien more Inws
Xlen who had half starved at Vallty F
railed at the rich folk uho had dined I
wined tho Htltlsh oflicers In the w,
and unrlnc of 1T7T-S. Thev heard
discust that. In the Mlsclilauza fet '
Mav 1 R. whilA ihtt Atnat-lnmi Roldlert f
lecupera.lriK from their awful winter, ft
covers were laid, with 1200 dUliei.
"Ouke" Wharton'H ruanlon. Toward I
end of that fet a herald and his tr
ers had appeared
At the toa to the KIiir all the "
arose and sanir "Cod S.ivb the Wing.
lhllo Wnshlnirtdn was viiwlnc to fl&M 1
eer. thoucli ho inlcht have to leadiJ"
beaten army to tho mountains of vmWJ
Mrslnla to wane u cuerr 1 a warfare"
should keep up from generation to Ij
linn Until Amorlnn yvn 1-rf.flf AftCf .-
supper some of the company ieturnedW"J
ballmom, where tho dance continue" "
4 o clock In thft tiHiriitnc- Some Pleni '
nlEht over the wine table, while ""
eambled tho whole night Tiwoy at cl"
Thus ended this burst of sham eior
In thlrlv iI.ivm th 'WitiTlitH" were In '
retreat across the sands of New Itrtjt
wun wasn neton m nurauit. "
WliAti fJAtiiiPtil Arnnlrl aaQitnlPrl COmH
of Philadelphia. It was Immediately reoW
by the Krench and American officers
Klve a creat hall "In thn voune ladles -
hail iiinn!f.Ktrr tliMln ntlni-hnieut t9
cause of virtue and ficedom by ac.r"!a
every convenience to the love or '
r-rimitrv ' Tli.t tli.i-a 'Ara uAV-f-ral TttH
why the Tory ladles should be lnH
too, one or which was that Arm""
fallen Itl InvA Willi rAirev Shlppen.i
of the Mlfcfilania ladles, who was a tg
inrr toast of the llritlKh officers.
xi et invited and soon all Jealous fl
But It was not foreotterr by the ol2
lllA IlllttlA hf Urnni.miitri In .1 lllV. P
"Tell those Philadelphia ladles whoji
tended Howe's assemblies and levcexjJJ
the heavenly, mveet, pretty reacoaw.
accomplished gentlemen of the eur"1!
grenadiers, have been humbled on wi
of Monmouth, The Knights or tne
Hose and the Burnlne Mount have I
their.-laurels .to Jlebel officers, .wli
lotm k (ivi uwse.vrrtu