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,' No-ric. Subscribe wIuHur addreaa chafirei
imt sifv uiu wcu as new Kuareas.
say, "I have touched a hand that clasped
"Washington'." Boon even that link
will bo broken, for they are old men who
can say that. But tho link must be
forged anow.
Young stackers do not seem to realize
the husky intolerance that Americans In
touch with tho past feel for those who
won't help. They forgot that America
Is a rather grim military establishment
which twice has cheerfully gone In for
civil war. During and after the first
of theso civil wars wo fired thousands
of Tories out of tho country, and It Is
no exception to our grim old rule that we
should be ready to flro thousands of
slackers Into Jail as occasion arises. The
protection of liberty against those who
tako liberties Is no dainty, scrupulous,
legal procedure. It Is rather tough work,
Involving occasional clumsy Injustices.
Hut that is truo of tho accomplishment
of all hard tasks.
SAMMEES TASTE
FRENCH 'RED INK'
Poilus and American Soldiers
Spend a Happy Holiday
Together
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4 rtllidflphli. Saturday, September IS, 1917
INTELLECTUAL ASPECTS OF
M& THE WAR
s$ A FACTOR? eomewhero received a
drawing from Washington nnd was
told to turn out a pleco of metal In tho
form described. A dozen or moro other
factories, It seems, received a dorcn or
more other drawings with tho samo In
structions. Tho plcco from each factory
by Itself was utterly worthless. It could
do no work. Even when tho parts from
.A- . -.. . . . . ......
Mi'-sui mo lactones wero ni.uauu mey ncro
only so much Junk until the brain of
gy- nan Joined them together In their proper
Eg rder and out of tho confusion brought
the Liberty Motor. A social organism Is
'not much different from a mechanical
one. It Is only by co-ordination of tho
v cevcral elements and their union for ono
'l general purpose that society becomes an
effective power In tho promotion of chll-
Zil 4rttlnn nnrl ttin nfrnmnlitilimpnt nf tlllncrs
w . .
worm wniie ior ino wnoie race.
This has been called a war of Indus
tries. It ts In fact a war of Intelligence.
Bruto strength Is of almott Insignificant
importance In the conflict. Tho direction
of organization by tho human brain, the
co-ordination of all national forces for
one great purpose, tho application of
eclenco to warfaro and mathematical ex
actitude In the direction of every military
function, including transport and supply,
aro the factors that will decide tho ic
ult. In addition, tho spread of Informa
Uon, the skill with which tho purposes
7( IjUlUliie. t;.4WI DCb Ul iyvilie.1:. Vina M.u lJk.-
sinted to tho world, show tho mind In
,the arena of puro thought as ovcnvhclm-
& "'ngly more Important than In any prccCd-
Pi.
lng w""-.
. portanco of public opinion in determining
the result of tho war, and ho has rcltcr-
.. aiea it again anu again, w nno ourarmica
Btrlko at tho German heart, he himself
strikes always at the German brain, for
there is tho very source and beginning
of the trouble. With Mr. Wilson democ
racy is a religion, as it is with most
Americans, and he obviously believes that
1 a recognition of its fundamental value as
a theory of government can bo argued
Untc the German consciousness, possibly
before It can bo bored in with bayonets.
ESS'
Si . We, in reality, have two campaigns under
v ..... .....
m. uiio ui uit'iii iu ui necessity .uonam-
M? smedan, for tho sword is tho requisite In-
fcvl atrument of conversion. Tho other is
$Ci'retlan, because it Is an appeal to the
lt"K . . . .- .. . .
imrgmoui ana Drain ot mo enemy, ino mctn-
1B?V .Al. .lam ta HAf ifrtrrvAnf4tA laaa in.-..-a.
fs parallel attacks, one, say, below tho neck
liivii ...
T"-?ana tno otner above.
Ti k It is worth rccollectlnir that In thn
kt-$ aaHv flnvct nf tViA wnp mnnv .ttiAemAn
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j oeiievcu inai ine raiser nau aclluerately
'a. i invited tho cataclysm in order to nvniri
C . thei flood of socialism rind ilptnnrnrv ot
..-, .. .,, v
,f)iome. Certainly all signs pointed to a
jhlgh development of socialization within
jthe Emplro and militarism as a system
was aDOUt to oe aetlnltcly challenged.
tie war has not driven the democratic
"paea out of Germany, although tho edge
feof Jt has been dulled. A peoplo so versed
llfln sclenco as the Germans and so srnrn.
fcfeful In general of Intellectual slavery are
-..
!,'certain eventually to i-eject a political
Ldlet that Is pure formula.
SM It Is, therefore, in two senses a war of
ryntelllgence; first, because all the mlll-
try operations aro -directed by scientific
Intelligence, and, secondly, because a
Rf.iesychologlcal termination of the conflict
KV;alwa'a Possible; that Is, a termination
.bnftight about by purely intellccUial proc
lyS8cs. When wo hold democracy up to
t " !. .. -
, flo nonu uo a supreme oojectlvo wo do
IHwro than Invite acceptance of a system
", government, we emphasize it by
bowing what democracy has achleed
t uus continent In the creation of
r,. -
Uth and prosperity. That Is an jn.
I to the pookut, and an appeal of that
wracterla raiely disregarded.
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.IKOUCHIXH THE PAST
LTATSUm habad his son arrested
pt; tyittlntplUt conscription Jaw.
m&rf muny case Xeel certain
mtn airuDgiy man meir sons.
Itiw go befcover a greater span
-- f y" juuns; men's
mm. W,eMtr a
THE INTERNATIONAL "SLEUTH"
Tun nntento may be tho Tollceman of
Europe, but America has become the
Dotcctlvo of tho World. All the good
"sleuthing" of tho last thret years has
had headquarters In Washington.
What wild romanco of Oppcnhelm, re
lating what Incredibilities of double-crossings
and triple tialtoro, can comparo with
tho mysterious sclzuro of tho dimmer
mann plot note, which sought to array
Mexico and Japan In alliance against us7
That nolo has been matlo a fundamental
part of tho keystono of Wilson's arraign
ment of Berlin duplicity. It Is ono of tho
sinews of war. And now ''Old Sleuth"
Lansing is always able to produco from
his desk just the ilght document In tho
(fl'Q In tho pillorying of the Swede tho
poor Swede'
Mr. Gerard kept his cars open as he
tat In Berlin restaurants, and on olio
occasion ho overheard a pretty woman
toy something which later ho sent tin
gling over the eahlo to Washington nnd
which plajed an important part In tho
dellcito diplomacy of tho days of our tot
tering neutrality.
Tho war, says Carl Ackcrman, is a
war of words. Tho political development
Is moro important than the military de
velopment. Diplomacy, opinion, propa
ganda, a combination of them sown In the
minds of the millions of all nations and
slowly giowing to tho fruition of a tion
that Is what the war Is that wc aie Hunt
ing. And to get the truo diplomacy, tho
true opinion, detective work mustlay
its part, us it must nlwajs piny Us part
In Journalism. This Is a newspaper war,
our Socialist friends lovo to tell us" So bo
It, then. So much the more l cason for them,
to have nil tho facts dug up for them.
So much tho moro reason to hao definite
proof of German plots that cMst tangibly
to balanco all those intanglblo and un
proved plotn which tho Socialists aie f-o
ready to throw up to "perfidious Albion "
TIME Toil THE BIG STICK
A DEMAND is mado for "tho sc crest
punishment for Kurnilorr." It seems
that the definition of this phrase is split
ting the Kcrcnsky Cabinet Into fiagments.
Docs It mean death? Tho Russians do
not like to kill. The execution of a gen
eral would shock tho nation. Yet failure
to execute him would bo an Invitation to
any popular olllccr to ttait a new revolt.
Lincoln was placed In this position.
It was probably his persistent leniency
to men who deserved death that allowed
the evil dream of dictatorship to grow
in tho brain of at least ono of his gen
erals. But McClcllan never went the
length that Kornlloff has gone, that of
marching on tho capital. Tho Imprison
ment of this rebel for the duration of tho
war would do much to gain respect for
tho Kerensky Government In this country.
I
CITIZEN OF A DIVISION
T WOULD be a fine thing if a method
could bo dovlsed to rcquiro of a man
that he becomo a citizen of his waid
beforo ho qualifies as a citizen of his
State and country. It might bo better
to requlro of him that ho ilrst becomo
a citizen of his division, of that llttio
neighborhood nation of which tho polling
placo Is tho capital city.
Nobody over cast a vole at tho polling
place of a State or of tho United States.
A man marks his ballot in Jim Jones's
division, nnd it is right then and there
that his Immedlato neighbor has virtually
full Jurisdiction over tho results", for tho
cases In which the courts havo materially
changed the figures aro negligible in num
ber beside the cases in which crookedness
has successfully boon applied. L'ery
citizen should provldo himself with a
list of all tho eligible voters in his di
vision, and should Inform himself as well
as ho honoiably and practically cm as
to tho voting strength of each party and
faction In the division. Then ho should
comparo his forecast with tho results
published In tho ward and division charts
after election.
Challengo everything. Challenge every
body. Mako It a lifo ambition to becomo
an officer of elections in tho division.
Then It will bo safo to let tho country
tako caro of Itself.
Mr. Hoot puts It succinctly. "Argu
ments against tho war, slnco wo havo
entered tho war, aro enemy arguments."
Tho Gciman reply to tho Popo j3
said to lay stress on Teutonic "Idealism."
Coincidental Doctor Strcscmann, of tile
Jtelchstag, thus "Idealizes": "Only fools
bellovo we shall ever give up Riga."
The doll trade Is now said to be
lost to Germany, but tho amount of
princely puppets eho will havo on her
hands after autocracy Is overthrown
ought to bo enough to set her light up
in business again.
Kciensky is now Mgnlng himself
"Prime Minister and Commandcr-in.
Chief." This combining of military and
civil powers in the hands of tho execu
tjve suggests that the Russian Republic
will evolve on American lines.
The school registration Is greatly
Increased, reflecting the recent growth? of
the city. These new pupils aro to be
envied. We had to learn history from
4004 B. C. .and get most of it wronj
w wny. eiuujr io niaiory. of'the
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xj-.-.'SXVl. jA.nnBifi
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Corrtrpondrnt of Itit Svenlng I,itotr
in France.
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUARTERS,
France, Aug. 8.
I ATTENDED today the most confra
tcrnal soldier party I over expect to
seo In this wartime work, and certainly
ono In which tho spirit of unison between
tho pollu and tho khaki-clad was truly
exemplified. It was a genuine half holiday
nnd picnic combined, and fittingly
proper, In view of tho clrcumstahccs
surrounding It, as well as full of tho
thing that binds closer together men
with hearts having a common cause.
On July 14, tho French national holi
day, the French Government Issued a
modest ration of refi wine for each Amer
ican soldier and noncommissioned officer,
and n llko ration of champagno for each
American officer. General Slbert was nt
once confronted with a problem. Ho did
not llko to refuse, nor indeed could ho
well do so, and yet ho did not llko to
mako tho distribution becauso tho Sam
mco's regular liquid lefreshmcnt Is coffee
nnd ths "plnnrd" of tho pollu a refresh
ment barred from his menu, while tho
soldlor'ot Trance looks upon his red Ink
as something upon a. level with his dolly
bread.
Tho comrmnder of tho American forces
now entraining turned tho matter over
In his soldierly mind. Ho flnallv enmo to
tho decision that a legular Soulier's pic
nic would pennlt tho use, Judiciously, of
tho Ft ouch Government's gift, becaufo
the pollu would help drink It. So ho sug
gested to tho commander of tho French
entraining division that after tho usual
morning's work the noon hour should
mark tho end of an entraining day nnd
that 0illcer3 and men should gather
around their noonday sward for a real
feed and bpsnd tho rest of tho afternoon
In plcasuro bent as their fancies might
prescribe
Tho French commander agreed. So to
day. Instead of tho tegular lunch given to
Sanimccs on tho cntialnlng Held, camp
kitchens wero muled up to tho grounds
and a real dinner cooked, the Americans
for tho first time piepaiing a legular
meal In tho field. Tho Ficnch alwas
do this, as dejeuner Is a serious matter
with them, and tho sandwich thing with
a cup of coffee on tho side contra! y to
their Latin temperaments.
"Red Ink" for Sammces
Each Sammto iCLclved his tin mp full
of ltd wlno Instead of coffeo and drank
It as coffee with his food. Each pollu ie-
cehed likewise, of rouisc. And tho food
was passed to and fro, Intel changed with
a spirit of brotherly loc. Tho pollu ato
American brcf and canned coin and to
matoes and the Saminec ate a hot i.igout
of mutton with a salad. Snnio ato both
meals entire. And ovorybody drank his
led Ink. And evetybody drank his coffee
afterward, his demltasso fiom tho Ameil
can point of view, his c.ifo from tho
French. In tho meantime tho officers of
both aimlcs ate tho same faro with cham
pagno for theirs as tho beverage.
After the meal was over tho bands of
tho Ficnch division played "Tho Star
Spangled Banner" and tho bands of tho
American division played "Tho Mar
seillaise." And then tho American musi
cians played "DIxIo" and "Matching
TluoUf.ii Georgia" and a bunch of roon
song music, whllo tho French followed
with tho "Sambio ct Mouse," "Rcvell"
and a lot of enlivening French music.
Some of tho Sammces Initiated tho poi
lus in tho mysteries of tho fo-trot and
tho one-step, and some of the poilus
showed tho boys from over tho pea a
thing or two about French dancing. That
this dlvetslon took plaro upon a grcen
svvatd where dancing was rather a diffi
culty did not In any extent affect tho
agility of tho soldiers, who entered into
tho festivities in true picnic fashion. It
was interesting to seo moro couples than
would fill any American ballroom iloor
dancing tho fox-tiot, whllo tho Ficnch
chasseurs looked on In something of ig
norant understanding.
Regiment Teams Play Ball
Becauso baseball is the only game on
the map. It of cnurso had Its part in tho
festivities. A team from ono regiment
trimmed tho team from another to tho
scoio of C to :! in seven Innings. Othcis
strolled off Into tho woods; others still
gathctcd around a chasseur who was in
structing the Sammecs about him In the
mjatery of manufacturing briquets from
mitrailleuso cartridge.
At 5 In tho afternoon tho Sammecs
formed In lino nnd were marched hack
to tho several villages whero they aro bil
leted, each full of tho plcasuro that comes
from an afternoon free, each helped
through tho relaxation that comes from
an afternoon of plcasuro, and each, too,
a llttio closer to tho French soldiers who
are Instructing them.
Thero was considerable wine left be
causo tho French ration was tho generous
quantity of a liter or a llttio over tho
quatt the man. But It was possible to
give this to tho country people and the
villagers without offending tho French,
as it was wise not to glvo each Sam
mco his full portion, slnco a full liter of
red wine Is somo quantity to a man
whoso dally beverage with his fodder Is
coffeo Eorvcd In a tin mug.
"PURPLE CROSS"
PLANS GRIM WORK
"BETTER STICK TO MURDER, WILLIE; YOU'RE TOO BLAMJ
U-LUJyiSX U UIUKxa ,
Offers to Cnro for Bodies of
Those Who May Die
in Battle
A BOOK ABOUT BEES
When bees become quecnless they have
thn science to rear a now queen to savo the
colony from perishing. An ordinary worker-egg
that is Just hatching Into tho larva
ia profusely fed with royal Jelly, a strangely
prepared food of which no ono knows th
exact romrosltlon. Instead of growing in"
tho ordinary cell, tho larva is given one of
these great waxen cones for its nurseryi
and instead of hatching in twenty-one days
Into a worker bee, it hatches in sixteen into
a fully Hedged virgin queen. The first
preparation for swarming Is the starting of
a batch of these queen-cells, so that th
colony shall not be left quecnless when the
queen departs with the swarm, and the
swarm does not leave till nomo of the cells
are sealed over. Whenever a queen loses
her life, or grows so old as to be useless,
the same sort of queen-cells are started to
replace her. The only exception is when a
queen dies in the winter, and there are no
m from which a new one can be rearerti
I ana.theff. times nan given neip. .me colony
LHK SHWX2ili&?tf,"2
Ereclal Corrtipondenct of tht Kvn9 Lttgn
WASHINGTON, Sapt 14.
THE Committee on Military Affairs of
the House of Representatives is now
giving consideration to a bill which pro
poses to have the War Department accept
tho services of the American rurple Cross
Association, an organization jecently 'in
corporated in tho District of Columbia,
which offers to do for thoso who dlo on the
battlefield a scrvico which In Its humane
ncpocts may be likened to the scrvico done
for the thing by the American Red Cross.
It Is a nhasn nr lm mr nuestlon which
is' not often discussed becauso of its grue
some features, but hearings before the
House committee, in which prominent Phlla
dclphlans figured, havo Increased public In
terest In tho proposal and nrouscd a con
gressional sympathy which Is unmistakable.
Tho work of tho Red Cross Is so well known
that It needs no elaboration here, but the
Itcd Cross Idea, which took shape at the
ucneva convention of 1S64 aim was orig
inally for the amelioration of tho condition
of the wovnded of tho armies in tho field,
was limited by a subsequent convention
that ofilDOG so that "protection of the
dead" wont so far only as to Include protec
tion against robbery or Ill-treatment of the
body and tho Identification of tho property
found upon tho body. Its recovery for rela
tives or Its preservation was not provided
for.
In other words, tho commendable work
of tho Red Cross ended with aid and com
fort to tho living soldier and the Identifi
cation of his effects. After that It Is up
to tho Government by whom tho soldier Is
employed to rare for Ills body At this point
the .Xmerlran Purple Cross Association pro-Iio-cs
to step in nnd volunteer Its services
"We will MulMiin mid preserve the body"
pay tho advocates of tills new movement,
"and with tlio consent of tho Government
will undertake to seo that It is returned to
tlio relatives in recognizable condition for
decent burial at home '
In their testimony beforo tho Committee
on Military Affairs leading cmbalmcra nnd
undertakers of tho United States, headed
by Professor 11. S. Fckels, Dr. J. II. Mow
bray, General J. Lewis Good nnd ox-State
!nator James T. Xulty, of Philadelphia,
told so Interesting a story of what may bo
termed "tho art of embalming" that tho
commlttco extended lt3 session to hear it
all.
Coroner U. F. White, of Chester, who
Is nlso president of tho Board of Trado of
that busy Industrial city, mado this clear
In tho opening address. Ho said the un
dertakers nnd cmbalmcra worked nmlrr n.
great dlndv. image. In a popular or patri
otic sense, licc.ui.., of the verv uaturo of
their busincs.", whlih was ulnnvs op
pressed i,y tho t-orrow nnd bereavement nf
relatives. Hut the service, ho said, was
Indispensable and should havo Its proper
rccognlllnn In ,ir when Khndows wero
moro likely to darken tho Individual homes
of tho land than In times of peace. Tho
cotoncr'H statement was given special at
tention becau'o of hli introduction to tho
rommlttco as "ono who had received
bodies from tho Philippines and who re
cently handled nnd embalmed by team
wot k In lliren hours tho bodies of 103 vic
tims of tho Kddjstone explosion" If such
quick nnd effective work could bo done
for tho relatives of munition workers, it
was argued, why not nnply it to soldiers
and tallor.s In foiblgn lands?
Civil War Anxieties Recalled
Relatives of Civil Wnr veterans will re
member the efforts made after grent battles
had been fought on Southern battlefields
to iccover the remains of tho soldier dead
ronccrnlng whom tho ollIcl.it reports were
inadequate. Hpeditlons wero sent forth,
based upon clues dropped by surviving
comrades ns to tho probahlo whereabouts
of tome hero who had gono to an unmarked
gravo, and thev occasioned much sorrow
ami expense. Sometimes tho inability to
Ioc.ito or to recognize tho remains, even
if found, involved legislation and affected
tho settlement of estntes; but over and
ubovo all was tho lingering dcslro of
parents, lelatlvcs nnd friends to recover
tho body and bring It hack homo for decent
Interment That was tho lr man sldo of it,
and that it was not always successfully
managed by tho Government Is Indisputably
shown by tho recoids and by tho isolated
cemeteries whcio long and dismal lows
of whitened headpieces mark tho burial
places of heroes who did not llvo to tell
of their valor, but who, in proof of it,
died "unknown."
It may be, and doubtless will be, that
tho Red Cross will do everything that can
be dono to alleviate tho hardships and to
relievo tho pain and agony of our wounded
soldiers and pallors, but the Purple Cross
points to tho sad story of tho "unknown
dead" of the Civil War and to the un
recognizable dead of tho Spanish-American
War, 'and even of Vera Cruz, as evidence
that tho work of humanity In vvnr should
not stop until the preservative art of the
embalmrrb and undertakers la encouraged
and accepted. And they argue that tho
need for their rcrvlces Is greater now than
It wan In preceding wars becauso our stutdy
American boys aro being sent Into foielgn
lands whero tho unsympathetic work of
armies in action may tako small account
of thoso who fall. War's stern necessities
so far away from home, they say, may
compel tho Government to overlook thoso
humane considerations which tho volunteers
of tho Purple Cros3 movement havo in
mind and which they offer to perform in
foreign lands without expense to the Fed
eral Government.
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Attitude of. tho War Department
As most persons nro slow to talk about
tho deposition of their estates or to dis
cuss burial lot3, so tho army and navy
officials nro tcluctant to discuss this most
important matter of tho disposition of tlio
dead who fall In battle. In tho hearings
beforo tho Military Affnlra Commlttco it
developed that tho Purplo Cross movement
had been beforo tho War Department and
that tho Secretary of War hail paid high
tributo to thoso who desired to volunteer
their ecrvlccs.
But it was evidently tho War Department
view that "a Graves Registration Service,"
mado up of officers nnd men of tho regular
army, would.mcct nil tho requirements that
humanity demanded. It wan explained
that this Graves Registration Service had
been inaugurated and that It closely fol
lowed tho Bnglish system, which provided
for a registration of tho dead nnd tho
subsequent location of tho body, wherever
possible. But thls.Hervlce, tho officers ot
tho Purplo Cross told tho committee, would
not go much further than tho Red Cross
service, In that It did not provide trained
men who' understand embalming or who
could qualify for the Important work tli
association has in view.
In response to many questions from
members of tho commltteo, the defenders
of the new movement contended that there
could be no commercial advantage to the
cmbalmcra and funeral directors of the
United States engaging In this volunteer
foreign service, except It might come to
them, Incidentally, after the Government
had completed Us contract with the soldier
by delivering his body back to his relatives
In tho United States. This, it was con
tended, the Government should do In this
war, lust as it had attempted to do It In
all preceding wars. After that the rela
tives could arrange for the disposition of
tho body if they so desired.
"We have literature almost as prolific as
the medical profession Itself." said one of
the witnesses. "We have a professional
press with a dozen magazines which will
compare favorably with those of any of
the other sciences. In short, embalmlnr Is
full grown, although the War Department
seems scarcely to have recognized its birth."
' furthermore, the claim was set u
that the United States led the world In
lZ art 9wf J!iLU,.912Jr2"
I ininitiU'iiiii Ml Till Tirnr MMMiteJM.
V
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Defense of a Labor Candidate.
A King's Letter Wilson's
Reply
DEFENSE OP LABOR CANDIDATE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho Dvenino Ledger need not be
told of questionable politics or politicians
In this city; its civic enterprise has uncov
ered such as that long slnco.
On behalf of public decency nnd organ
ized labor may I voice a protest against the
"carefully thought out Insinuation" spread
through his section that Frank J. Schneider,
International secretary-treasurer of the In
ternational Union of Elevator Constructors
of America, an honest citizen of this city
nnd candldato for Common Council in the
coming primaries In the Forty-third Waro,
is not a loyal American?
Only an nnll-Amcrican would stoop to
such vile tactics. In Yankeeland we are
taught to light fair and square, and any
other style ot combat is part of a scoundrel.
To injure Schneider's chances before the
citizens his opponents called attention to
tho nnme "Schneider," and by subtle Inti
mation gave tho suggestion that he was
"running on a foreign ticket."
Bxpresslon Is too feeble to designate
such an act. Only a small-grade person
would tako tho chance.
In tho ranks of organized labor there Is
none respected more than Schnolder. In
citizenship there Is none moro honest, loyal
nnd energetic. In patriotism and true
Americanism ho measures up to the best
standards.
Ills father was a German, came to the
United States, took out citizenship papers,
fought In tho Civil War and died as a ro
sult. Hl3 eon, whom enemies are trying to
besmirch, was educated in the Soldiers'
Orphan Institute hero, the city of his birth.
All the years of his Ufo he has taught the
principles ot Americanism as embodied In
tho lessons of Bunker Hill and Valley
Forge.
Today tho candidate's son Is at the call
of tho colors ready to mako the supreme
sacrifice for the family's Americanism.
One hundred thousand trades unionists
of this city who know Frank J. Schneider
resent this insult, this Infamous insinuation,
this degrading expression of "dirty poll
tics." FRANK McKOSKY,
Secretary Central Labor Union,
Philadelphia, September 13.
WILSON'S REPLY TO THE POPE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It has been brought to tho writer's
notice that some persons are beginning to
criticize our President on account of his
not accepting tho Pope's peace plans. Let
mo say that President Wilson has dealt as
forceful a blow to Prussianlsm as though
our troops met tho foe in battle.
The Papacy is not a Government, to begin
with, but an organization, and It would bo
the height of folly to settle this conflict
under the terms and, directions of that or
ganization. Tho world does not want a patched-up
peace, a peace that would give the mad
rulers of Germany a chance to break out
again In forty or fifty years from now. It
wants a permanent peace, one that Is built
on a rock and not on sand, and this America
at least will tight for until it la obtained.
FREEDOM.
Philadelphia, September S.
A "BULLY ARTICLE"
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Let me thank ,you and congratulate
you upon the bully article on "Martle, the
Unconquered," In the Evening Lsdoer. it
Is one of the best and most Interesting
things that havo been written about that
book, I believe. H. E. MAULE,
Doubleday, Pag & Co.
Garden City, N. Y., September 11.
A KING'S LETTER
To th Editor of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir Although it Is firmly fixed in my
mind that the Imperial Government f ,ar-
tir-f "nT'L-ri"" . " we
I attach herewith a clipping taken from the
March, 1908, issue of SIcClurc's:
APIA, 14 December, 1888.
To Ms Excellency Grovcr Cleveland, Presi
dent of the United States of America.
Your Excellency I have tho honor to In
form you that on the last month I wrote a
letter to your Excellency, praying that you
with the United States Government would
look with compassion on me nnd the people
of this small group of Islands and devise
somo plan of mercy that would freo us from
the hard and cruel rule of the German con
sul nnd captains of Gcrmau men-of-war.
And now I have again to cry to your
Excellency and the United States Govern
ment and pray you to help us.
For on the 18th of this month the Ger
mans raised war against. me in the early
morning, before it was daybreak. Many,
seeing the force approaching, thought they
wero tlio war party of Tamasese, but as day
light became stronger wo saw that they
were the German men-of-war's men and we
stopped the fight, as wc never intended to
show fight to the Germans from tho begin
ning up to the present day. What brought
about this fight with the Germans wan the
cruel and heartless conduct of the German
consul by trying to put Samoa and the
Samoans under the rule and control of the
German trader In Samoa. Your Excellency
and the Government of the United States
havo lovo for us and extricate mo and Sa
moa from tho anger of tho Germans, now
and for the future.
Oh, that you would send men-of-war here
with a favorable decision and with strength
In order that we might bo protected !
PleaBo entortain the dcslro sent to your
Excellency and tho United States Govern
ment In tho last month; nnd tljts also, and
may tho United States Government enter
tain It, Then wo under the rulo will find
peace. May you live,
JOSEKO I. MALIETOA,
King of Samoa.
Of course, this does not prove anything
conclusive, but it shows tho trend of the
Prussian mind toward gathering all the
trado procurable, no matter how small, nnd
Its attitude toward anything In a helpless
condition. IGNATIUS F. J. MADISON.
Berwyn, Pa., September 8.
What Do You Know?
XllCJ ,i
"Snnrlin Temenkt" Is a rhrme that I1I,'J
ko clown In history a ueurlptUe f ut 1
lloltev. Wlint diiM It menn? '
Of hat country Is Iluenos Aires th niPl'J
naif
A typhoon has unept Amor. Whit b i
ijpnoon una wiiere is AmoyT
What Is a porto-cochere?
What are crosi-trees?
i
fl. About how fast could a train re In 1131? '(Vj
7. Iloir did Tammany start? ?M
8. What is "the Chautauqua"?
D. What is a pedometer?
10. What lancuure Is spoken In riraiUf
SONG OF THE CHASERS
Slim dogs aro wo, and sleek and ewlft
To drive our courso by dark or light
Wherever a periscope may lift
Its ornery fist for a stroke at sight.
Lean dogs and truo to noso them out,
Or by what deeps they choose
And this is tho song that tho chasers sing
As they wait for word and news:
Slim dogs to track the slick foe down.
And the mines they plant between ;
And what la tho toll th6y bring to town
Of the last lost submarinel
In7f!,0.08V1 thom mt ani ,003e1 hem twe,
And then by scores they camei
Hut whether a thousand or a few
Weil chase them home the same
Lean hounds and hungry for the ueent
Give us thy paths, O sea, nt'
And down to Davy Jones hell-bent
Wen send them, port and lee:
w.?.0 t0 Davy Jones erelong.
. Wl"' "wet brlno In their ha r
And that's but the first of our llitfc .
Of tho chaser, tli. evU-may-car" I an"
As tUerS tl,CS8 Bl,ore8 or "P
By God, we, too, eholl coast;
And where they creen. 'twill h. ir. .. ,
By the Lusltanla's ghost! In Vln
For sneak they will and peek they will
But sooner or later we '
inj'TtnerthTdX sea'.1'"
Yes. glvethem the nest ,& Blven
Who were helpless In thi- i..
And the little ones, wl h heir italfSJ'
And the women full of fright r035'
Our freeboards rise to the dashlna- nr.
Our ew ft screws churn like beef P y'
We aeek by night and seek b J day
Our enemy o'er tho seas, r
Whether they hide or whether th.- .
Their snouts to the spume and ,ta
Weil drive them out and deal th. &
That'll drive them cringing hom,;" blW
""bte dr,V9 hms ""fc Wn,
AMlMr Mfftte.hanrf at fi
Answers to Yesterday's Qui "lfa
1. Count T.UTlntrr wm Herman Mlnlitae (V.
Argentina. He has just been dltnlwei. I j
Z. Dr. Harry A. Garfield la the natioitl tul fl
administrator. ji
3. Minnehaha means "LauthlDf Wafers." uhll
4. nometlitnc Is said to be done "by tonn'Vjj
Hh.n tit Itirflrlfliinl -wanjinalhlM ffl lkVAl
action delecates bis authority to snotirr
to do It for him.
S. An equerrr I an officer ot the Brttlnh rljil
household, lis Is In personal sttendinrt
... ...o A.I.IK, hiiuiu iin niKiiu. vu ".- .u
neenftlons and for whom he carries unptt.?
...... un,.B,i
0. Ilygela wa the coddess of health. ''
7. "The Salon." when written with a capital
'S." inuni flu. mnit ImmFtuI SBBItl
exhibition or palntlius and sculptors U - ?
Parli, sw
8. The. area of Jnnan Is ICO .000 square nun.- i
That of 1'ranco Is 207.000. fja
0. The ranks of army officers actually heM ha
Kiiciand lilsher than our hUhest nslTH
nf major seneral are lieutenant feuerUijiJ
ireneriil mill flelri marshal. 11
10. Membership In the Socletv of fbe ClnfbnuHijJ
ueicenus to tno eldest nneai mam o";,ri
mitu nr iteiiitiitinimrv army ana bsti
officers. si$
OLD SWEDES' CHURCH . ,z?fl
mllKnC is only ono building in rhlaSJ
J. delphla which has been In contlnuoia a
.... .- nnr s,,l C-.Ha r-mln-k 71
use ior uu yeuia. jiu owww H
or, properly. Gloria Del, was built In 1700,.
when Wllllum of Orange was King of Ei
land, and of much of America, too, fo'l
mat matter. Originally tnis congrc
was Swedish Lutheran, remaining so until I J
1831. when It became a part of the Epl-'l
copal Church, under tho name of the Swe0-
... . . .. ... - .u T.mIIw
isu episcopal v.uurcn. iiui as mo .nfl
cran wnurcn in aweucn is a.ihwv- pm
form and spirit, Gloria Del has really I'VM
ways been an Unlsconal church.
Tho first Swedish colonists who reachel
tho shores of tho Delavvaro In the y'J
1G3G, neatly llfty jears beroro 1'cnn lanucu,-
Drought wun them a awcuisn minisix". mj
Itcv. Itcorus Torklllus. They landed
Christiana, built nychurch, and Mr. TfJ.
kUlus becamo their pastor. A new pwg-
tor. C'anmanius. and a now uovernor
rived in 1G42 and a now colony settled
Tinlcum Island, a fow miles bolow PMI'
rinlnliln nil tli TVelawnrn. In the Vlolfltf
nf Mlifi la nnm T!lnirtnn Hill the SwedM.S
living east of tho Schuylkill found the trlp'J
to Tinlcum too far and petltlonea tno i
of New Castle In 1076 to build a U"J;
til Wlenen. thn Indian nnme for the lUw'i
on tho Delaware near which Penn afW
ward laid out his city. The permission "a
granted. , .
Tim lilnr-khniixft nt WleapO. ereCteO W
lean .... .iAeAHn n.nliit !. TntlnnS. Wali
used f,or years as a church. When FWnia
tlUk, tno pastor, qiea, mo oweucs y--i
,...1 - C- J . ....... na.lnr hut DOVU .
iwiuu lu oncucii u n ,i jww.i - -1..H
UlU. H.I.....I..I A Inof lhy H1AOI UIW,II
wants known, and the Tlev. Andreas Bu si
man. tho Itev. Erlo BlorK ana ',"";
Jonas Auren arrived in 1697, with a Jot "I
books, $3000 and much enthusiasm. .J
"They look upon us," wrote Mr. B'ti
man to sweuen, reierring to jiib w r;.
le .,.A ...am ntin.ld f-r.m tmnven.
This coaBt would be the most relUW1
i .t.- .-14 t.n.1 l Vu lived UD tOsl
Its early traditions. It Is hard for roc a
erns to realize how tho settlers nungojjji
fo.- righteousness. But those men lj
Btranded on the edge of a new world, ww
ij..j .k.l. hIUIiI rrh-x lildIrlJ
mv nf knovvlnc that there Were not rnujj
lions of Indians ready to swoop down tflWS
iim. Thev felt alone with God "M
uMih .n much material need too obviOUMfM
present, their spiritual need was Int,e"J2J
.nm. mmerhuman courace was require J
uphold them In their perils and l
Ana the taitn upon wnicn iny,""i
avuet,;be orthodox :lftey musii