EVENING LBaER-PHlLADELHIA, FKEDAY, SEBlAEiAIBEEi: 28, 1917 4 ' & .OSTRAT laming lEc&gcr PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CTRUB IX. Jv. CUHTI8, ntllBCHT C. Martin, Secretary anil Treaaureri rhltlp 0, WbiKr, Directors. EDITOnlAl, BOARDS CliOl II. K. Ccitii, Chairman. 'T, IT, "WllA-ET HJltor JOHN C. MAnTiN.. General Business Manater Published daKy at Pcstto I.trwnca TlullJInr, Independiroiia Square, Philadelphia. X.Mta Ct-rsit,.. Broad and Chestnut Btreeta Atlantic. Cut.......... . .rresa-litioii Dulldlne jHw ToaXt ,200 Metropolitan Tower Srtaoir ............ ,.41.1 Ford nulldlnc ' mr. Locis....... ,100ft Kullerton liulldlnc CaiCaao 1202 Tribune Building AEWS BUREAUS: WatsiKOTOir nvann Rtrra Bulldlnr Naw Toac DuaaaC The. Timet Uulldlnc I.oXDox Braiac Marconi House, strand ! Bcacao 32 Hue Louis Is Grand SUBSCRIPTION TEIIM3 . Tha Errwixa Linaxn Is served to subscriber In Philadelphia and surrounding- towns at thn rata o( twclr (12) cents per week, payable a th nirrler. V By.raall to polnta outside of Philadelphia, In th Vetted Htates, Canada or United Mates pos esjiou, tostsco tree, fifty (50) cents per month. Six U0) dollars per year, payable In I drones. To all forelrn countries one (11) dollar per H tilth. ' . Noticu Subacrlbera sclshlns address chanted tviust slva old as well as new address. BEt,J00 VALNCT KEYSTONE. MAIN 3000 Wfiddrets all conimuslcoHona to F.rrntng Irtlccr, Independence Square, Philadelphia. arcD at inn rniLicrt-rim rosTorric as IICO.ND-CHtS MAIL HATtlR o rhlladelphla, IVidsy, September :i, 1917 HAVEN'T THEY THE NERVE? . TAST night thousands upon thousands of riilliulelphlans nssemblcd to pro jest against government by murder. The "vigor of their denunciation was pro nounced, and yet that meeting' last nlgbt -demonstrated beyond cavil and beyond dispute why Philadelphia Is politically the pariah of cities and why graft, vice, muv ,4r and outrage aro the handmaidens of our city government and men such ns Smith and his associates can with virtual Impunity degrade the city uud hold it up to the scorn of the nation. What wo mean to Bay was said better than wo can say it two years ago, when "Blllly'' Sunday was conducting his cam paign In this city, and it appeared In the editorial columns of tho Public Ledger on January 8, 1915, under tho caption, "Has Blllly' Sunday the Nerve?" AVo quote It in part: "Faith without works Is dead." And not only dead, but It stinks. Can "Hilly" Sunday turn tho fervent aniens and the ecstatlo hallelujahs of his taliemaclo crowds Into clean, honest and righteous ballots? If he cannot do that, he cannot do what Philadelphia needs most. If ho can do It, If he does It, he will merit the noblest monument that this city has ever erected. It Is all very well to talk In a general way of "fighting booze all the way to hell and back again, and then some," but the phraseology Is as vague as It Is striking. And It Is all very well to, smash Pennsylvania for graft and damn Philadelphia for rotten bipartisan machine politics, but who gives tho grafters and the machine politicians a clean bill of health at every election? Without doubting tho evangelist's courage, we may Inform him that there are some things he does not seem to know or realize about this city and this Commonwealth. In a blanket sense, he Is right In charging the bipartisan ma chine with greed, graft and an alliance with booze. But If there Is one thing In the world that Is horribly true It is that the bipartisan machine could not keep its stranglehold upon the people If It were not for the whitewash of respectability It gets every year from the class of men who form the commltteo to run tho Sun day campaign. "Billy" Sunday may be sincere, earnest aid courageous, but has he the nerve to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth to the gentlemen who aro most conspicuously supporting hlni? Iare he tell them that they sold clvh- righteous-' ness and honor to be raped by the whisky ring for thirty pieces of high tariff money? He need not tight booze and graft "to hell and back again, and then some" ; he only needs ti light them to the door of Philadelphia's churches hi which their protectionists llml sanctuary. If "Billy" Sunday can put spine and grit Into the "amen" and "hallelujah" crowd ' that Is' back of his work he will perform a miracle. .- That Bcathlng denunciation caused a ensatlon at the time. But "Billy" Sun day remained, nnd for weeks he con tinued to preach his crusade, yet never once did he answer that editorial by turn it ' ing on the hands that pulled. the strings and exposing the real cause, source and Inspiration of the rottenness that lias he come a shame to this community. Let truth be truth only so long as it does not touch respectability, but hide It and cover It with blackness whenever it be gins to shed its rays on, those whoso social apd business standing is so high that they must be protected! The diagnosis of the situation made more than two years ago is the correct diagnosis now. Tho conspicuous explana tion of why bad government survives in Philadelphia Is found in tho names of prominent and well-known clllzens who took no part In' the meeting last night. It Is found in the fact that many men, hon orable men, are afraid, for business or other reason's, to participate In such meet ings. It is found in the fact that some leaders of business play with the gang, get special privileges from tho gang, ac cept Smiths as candidates for Mayor and actually contribute money to have men such as Smith elected. Tens of thousands of voters are yearn ing: for militant leadership. There are ten men In Philadelphia aye, ten would bo enough who by putting- the power of their Influence behind the demand for flood. Kovernm- could end bad govern ment here forever. Why do they not come forward? They must, for the spirit of tho ago Is about to drive' them Into action. KO ROOM FOR THE SLOUCH TUG Grouch Is decidedly a popular fig ure nowadays. Ife Is the man who VifV & commission. Disagreeable as he y be t 'the office, in the training camp itia stern demeanor attracts the attention of tfcw WW that be. The namby- .! I- ' e ' ... , ... A -a tferpu goes noi VH kltt -anient with the action of a steel rat trap, however great his book-learning may b. There must be a streak of grouchlncss In a good line officer. But the Slouch Is In worse repute than ever. Doctor lllbben; lit welcoming tho Princeton students nt tho opening of the fall term, referred to n letter he had re ceived from tho Adjutant General, who gave "slouchlncss" of manner, carriage, mind nnd disposition as tho chief cause of failure to win army commissions. The college president urged that students spruce up generally. It is easy enough to recover from slouchlncss of gatb und carriage, but It Is not so easy to make the mind behave. Students Bhould tako heed, but the teacher must piny his part, too. Too much of our teaching Is perfunc tory and permits tho students' minds to browse about at case. Tho military at mosphei of tho time should penetrate to the classroom and insist that thnso who liavo the privilege of study should get sonio very tangible und practical knowl edge to fit them for tho service to bo re quited of them In this now very dllllcult world. THE WOLF'S INSOLENCE IT IS hard to keep cool whllo reading that Berlin, through tho Pupal Nuncio at Munich, has agreed to cvacuato Bel glum, provided that little country "give a guarantee that any such menace ns that which threatened Germany in 1914 would In future be excluded." Tho wolf appears In tho fold and then asks tho sheep to give guarantees of good conduct. liven more disgusting, In Its sugges tion of utter Inability to feel a sense of guilt, is the calm request that Germany should havo "tho right to develop her economic enterprises freely In Belgium, especially In Antwerp." The Herman drummers are to peddlo their goods among tho Belgians, if you please, Just as If nothing had happened. Meanwhile tho world Is to condono what tho filthy little helmeted rascals did to tho maidens and old men in tlioso beau tiful villages. The violation of girls and the murder of old folk nio to be forgotten, whllo Belgium Is asked "to maintain administrative separation of the Flanders and Walloon districts introduced by tier many, becauso Germany desires such separation on account of racial sym pathy." Sympathy! This nauseating In solence Is enough to mako one condono any unjust purpose that any enemy ot the German Government may ever havo entertained. REAL CAUSE FOR REJOICIXG' . IN Till-: thirty-ono weeks of recorded ruthlessness the IT-bont elllciency has sunk to Its lowest level in the week Just ended. Only fifteen vessels were sunk. Of all the many hundreds plying between this country and England and France, tho U-boats wero able to sink only about two a day. There is real cause for rejoicing in this news. Thp U-boat peril was tho greatest nightmare of the whole war. Germany did not dare to adopt ruthless ness until her own statesmen said openly that without It hhe was beaten, lias failed. And Jt BREAKING THE ICE IX MASSACHUSETTS they elect a Gov ernor onco a year, a system which keeps a man up to tho mark from tho minute he Is elected. Mr. McCall lias been nominated for a third term by an enormous majority simply on tho strength of his record. Ho did not wait for war to bo declared; he got busy in March, appointing tho first State public safety committee In the country, urging special measures for Hio equipment of soldiers, for tho moral and physical protection of army camps, for the care of dependents and settling railroad difficulties so that supplies could be rushed forward for the work of war. It Is not so hard to get good Governors t nee a State has broken the Ice. Hughes set so high a standard in New York that tho people demanded more of that kind, and tho result is a Whitman. Wilson set tho pace for New Jersey, and Edge fol lows In his tradition of executive aggres siveness, though of a different party. When once we get a real Governor In Pennsylvania wo shall demand others Just as good. GUYXEMER IF FllAXCH had had a dozen Guyuo mers tho war might be over. He was credited with having shot down fifty-three German planes by olllolal count, but he destroyed at least twenty-five others. He had often been urged to take a rest nnd help tho Inventors in Paris, but he In variably refused, preferring the danger ous air service, which was only brought to an end when forty hostile planes un expectedly swooped down upon him. Ciuynemcr'H spirit was that of France, which cultivates Individuality. Kach man In the French army Is taught to think for himself, while the Bodies go in masses liko cattle. If the spirit shown at last night's mass-meeting were a dally experience, wo would not have government by mur der. News that the National Army can tonments will have their own theatres Is gratifying and proper. So untheatrlcal a business as soldiering needs the con trast and relief of popular amusement. "lie who attempts to drive a wedgo between the Kaiser and his peoples bites on granite," says the Reichstag's presi dent ot Mr. Wilson. And yet, as some body once said, "God did not give Wil son that square Jaw for nothing." The 25,000 striking shipbuilders on the Pacltlc coast will resume wprk to day, not becauso their demands Juwe been satisfied, but for patriotic reasons. But those are the reasons which will speak loudest for the merit of their claims. SoukhomllnofT. Minister qf War under the Czur, has gone to jail for life, and richly deserved the most severe pun ishment, lie traitorously weakened the Rasslan line in behalf of his pro-Oennan Kmperor. The Russian army is said to be stiffening, and the best way tq keep (t In that condition in to crush out tlo GOOD REASONS FOR 'CIVIC PRIDE A New History of Enrly Phila delphia Life Has Interesting Point of View HIAUt.Y Phlladelphlans resembled In -Li some respects tho Phlladelphlans of the present day In that they neglected their civic duties. It Is recorded that whllo the city wag still small tho responsible men were In the habit of going about the streets nt night before they went to bed to see that everything was In order. In 170C, how ever, certain of them neglected their duty, nnd Joseph Shlppen, Abraham Carpenter, CJeorgo Claypool and Henry Preston, an cestors of many Phlladelphlans of today, were fined for failure to serve as constables. They probably thought It was beneath them to engage In such work for tho common good. lloraco Mather l.lpplncolt has Included this bit of ancent history In an admlrablo book on "Karly Philadelphia: Its People. Life and Progress," which the J. U. Llppln cott Company has Just published. Tho vol ume Is an excellent specimen of bookmak Ing, which all Interested In the history of the community can put In their libraries and show to their friends with prldo. It Is printed from typo In a limited edition and contains 119 Illustrations from photographs and prints, together with a photogravuro frontispiece by Charles 11 Stephens. Mr. Llpplncott has briefly summarized the life of Penn, the founder, nnd the early history of tho community aB an Introduction to a setles of chapters on tho social cus. toms and the famous Institutions of the city. Ills chapter on tho Wlstar parties, first held at tho house of Casper 'Wlstar his brother John spelled the name Wlster Is particularly Interesting, for Mr. Llppln cott has discovered that tho refreshments for a hundred 'guests at ono of the parties early In the last century cost only J24.S" ! For this there wero provided chicken salad, oysters; lco cream, cake, wine and punch, and out of tho sum the cost of the lights and a flro In nn extra room was also paid. These parties, which were held until the Civil War Interrupted them, wero resumed In 1886. Invitations to them are now, as formerly, confined to members of tho Amer ican Philosophical Society and to such as they choose to ask as guests. There Is no other city In America which can boast of a social gathering of Intellectual men with so long and continuous a history. Tho Early Migrations Philadelphia, Indeed, has a history ot which Its citizens should bo proud. It was founded by men of means with a serious interest In life and It grew as boom towns grow in the West. From 1C81 to 1700 fully 15,000 people migrated heie from Buropo In responso to tho Inducements held out by WUIIani Penn. In 1698 there were 2000 houses here, mostly of brick and threo stories high, built on the model of the houses ,of London. Mr. Llpplncott has dis covered also that n contemporary historian has stated that we had "a noblo town houso for guild hall, a handsome market nouse and a convenient prison no beggars and no old maids." This Is a remarkable achievement for a community that was not founded till 16S'J and had to clear the wilderness before it could build any houses,. Tho eatly Phlladelphlans, However, al lowed trees tp remain for shade. The last1 of the primeval forest to bo removed was a group of black walnut trees In Chestnut street in front of tho State House, which were cut down In 1818. If tho plans of Penn had been followed wo should havo had a wide boulevard along the river where Front street now Is. Tenn Intended to keep tho waterfront clear and would have done It, nccordlng to Mr. Llp plncott. "had It not been for tlu trickery and deceit of some people during his ab sence.'' Penn's interest In the Indians oMciuleJ to providing reservations for their upo when they came to the city. For a time they used to camp In Independence Square, but It Is saul that he dedicated to them in per petuity two plots of ground which are still kept open. Ono of them s Just off Walnut street behind tho Bltz-Carlton Hotel and the other Is In tho rear of 145 South Sec ond street, A Huguenot Refugee Mr. Llpplncott tells tho story of tho Francis Perot's Sons Malting Company, which Is tho oldest business concern In America ; older. In fact, than the Bank of Kngland. It has been owned by ono fam ily nnd handed down from father to son or daughter since 1680. It was founded by Anthony Morris and was conducted under the Morris name until somo time after Francis Peiot married Elizabeth Morris In the nineteenth century. Tho Perots were descended fiom James Perot, a French Hgucnot, the only survivor of tho nineteen condemned men who were placed In sep arate cells the doors t.t which were walled up. They were left for twenty-one days Without food and water. A hen had a nest in a dark cortier In Perot's cell and she crawled Into It through a hole In the wall and laid an egg almost every day. These eggs saved Perot's life and when the cell was opened he was released. This Is only one cf the score of Interest ing things which Mr. Llpplncott has put into his book. He tells tho story of the found ing of the Athenaeum, of the Philadelphia Club, of the Bank of North America, of the llrst savings bank In America, of the early Insurance companies, cf the University of Pennsylvania, of 'the Franklin Institute and 'of every other Institution of conse quence. G. W. D. THWARTED BY -A WOMAN That the Swedish peoplo are far from sympathetic to their German neighbors and are deeply lncenoed over certain pro-German learnings In SWedlsh Government cir cles Is shown by an incident told today by an American who has Just returned to this country' after a residence of many months In Sweden. According to the American, the Swedes drew up a protest against German methods In Belgium to be signed by prominent scholars, writers and artists of Sweden, In asmuch as Sclma- Lagerlof, only woman winner fit the Nobel Prize and only woman member of the Swedish Academy, is the dean of Swedish letters, she was to be chair man of the committee andto head the pro test with her signature first. Later, owing to pro-aerman Influences In governmental quarters In Sweden, the protest was emas culated through the suppression of its most outspoken 'paragraph, and was made, instead ot a protest, u whitewash for Germany. Miss Lagertof, being Intensely anti-German, Indignantly withdrew from the whole mat ter, declaring that It was the province of the manifesto to protest and not to soothe tho German conscience (If there Is such a thineX The whols affair created a stir In Sweden, and through Miss Lageriof's action' Iho German intrigue, wnicn would have turned a protest mat tm ment, Tom Daly's Column TUD JJABBINQ OF PUCK (James 1). Pollock) As light as thistle drift, And swift i As teas tho laughter he aicoke With clfln prank and Joke, Ills passing was. The Ircath Of Death Scarce shook Ms fester's hells, But summoned him Into the shadows dim And spared his heart the sadness of fare wells. "Don't behove tho peoplo who say there is no good in tho novels of Harold Bell Wright," saya M. C, who escribes him self as tho "champion long-distance com muter." "I havo found Harold Bell's books invaluable," ho adds, "nnd I hope, my testimony Atay bo helpful to fellow sufferers. By keeping ono of tho books constantly In the' kitchen we havo been enabled to hold our servant girl. But wo have exhausted tho list now nnd sho is becoming restless. If ns is likely a new book Is under way, could I not secure advance sheets in somo way?" I'AMEXTATIOXS (A true story) Then sag lie Is noisy and harks at the kids, And sasscs the iicwspapcr bog: I anil rememher he greets me at night With cuevcts and prances of Jog. They claim that he hrlnos aged hones to the porch And lullds on the sofa his lair; I know that he breathes a great sigh of content As he curls up at night by my chair. They say they must rescue him ten times a day, For he dares all the Airedales to fight; I think hoto he icatches us, even in sleep, A loving protection all night. And so they are sending my comrade away, Wffh o "comfortable home'' as his noal, But my u-orld Is askciv and the skies are all gray: Will he ever forgive vie, dear soulf VI Warfurlsms In every wnr argument two men are completely convinced from tho start. There's a lot of money in stocks these days. (Privately: We lost ours there.) With our dye Industry picking up ns P is, tho American blonde will not disap pear, after all. Why object to "food dictator" in the person of Mr. Hoover or whoever eise? Haven't wo all employed cooks? Rumor reaches us that the Berlin school kiddles are taught that our na tional nuthein (ono of them!) begins: "My country teases thee." With California exporting 73,000,000 pounds of prunes during tills latest fiscal year, wo are inclined to qualify General Sherman's dictum as to war. Who says tho West isn't thriving? During a recent cyclone the sun was ob scured three hours nnd seven minutes by a cloud of limousines and grand pianos Why go to all this expense to defend our country? Put n duty of $300 on every rltlo and sword brought in at our ports, and nn Invading army of (say) quarter of a million would have to put up $123,000,- oou before they could evon land Mr. Gerard tells us tho German grocers aro not alluwed to sell soap unless the In tending purchaser proves, by showing what's left of his old cake, that ho reully needs it. If nothing nt all Is left, he may, presumably, display his neck! WARWICK JAMES PRICE. A Bouquet for Us The afllatus divine, tho breath of the wine. That every one welcomes so gayly, For no other bnrd does It really blow bad But Tom 'as a gust in dally. A Lh'SSOX IX PQUTICH I no care for gatttn' nicer' Een decs Ceety politeccs. I no gatta vote, an' so I no weeshln', mooch to know Weech side right an' vfeeeh aide wrong; I no bother mooch so long Dey no bother mooch weeth me I jus' tconf do bees'ness, teet I no like poleecaman Com' to decs peanutta-stan', Like he do most evra day, Jus' for talka deesa way: "M'al, my fraud, I tal you w'at, l'ollteec.1 ces gattln' hot. Don't you, mind all dcese queer Talka 'boui da 'Orof, you hear, Xothecng een cct!" Here he tak' Bigga pleca geingcr cak'.) "Dees 'Iteforma' mak' me seeokl Sucha foolish theengs dey speak! All dees 'graft' ees een delr eye," (Xoic he taka pleca pic.) "I been een decs pollteecs Secxa year an' know da treecks, But I tal you I ain't met Any klnda grafta yet." Here he taka two banan'.) "J',vra publeeo office man "Worka for a salary Jus' do sama Ilka me. Il'e no want no more dan dat Jus' contant weeth vfat we gat," (Den he tak' weeth botha hand Som' peanutta,) "So, my frand. Don't baylteva all, dees queer Talka 'bouta 'graff you !.car." Xutta, caka, pie, banan' All for wan poleecaman! ' ilebbe eet no "gra(ta"say! H"at ces "grafta," anyway The New York Tribune In a news story yesterday told of a wind that was "blow ing at the rate of ninety moles an hour." Sounds' like nn underground or sort of subway affair, but It probably smelled fresher than it sounds. Inside Stuff A certain Jewish reporter on a certain Philadelphia newspaper, sent on an out-of-town assignment, submitted In his ex pense account an item of $1,05 for three meals on last Wednesday, which was Yom Klppur. It is alleged that the eity1 editor Is considering, the matter seriously. ' C. L. Z. Came to handgrips yesterday with our old chief, Theodore Wright, for tho first time In a year or more. He is eighty- eight, which .makes him almost Ineligible for admission to the Arcadia Theatre, BUT MAYOR STIRRED FIREMEN'S WRATH Holding Up of Two-Platoon Sys tem Comment on Cur rent Topics THE FIREMEN'S PROTEST To the I.'difor of the Krcnlny J.cdger: Sir As tho secretary of the Citizens' Committee nnd as an honorary member of Hobcmen, Laddermen, Stokers and Drivers' Association of tho Philadelphia Firemen, it has been my duty to keep in touch With tho political situation from tho Governor down. The Vares prevented tho two-platoon sys tem from going into effect In May as stipu lated. The reason given was lack of funds, although in August, 1910, $U60,000 was added to tho taxes of tho property owners for that purpose. Ilut as the "Man Who Knows" said to me, where did tho money go? Two weeks later the Vares used that money to give the Philadelphia llremcn $100 a year more In wages, which shows that the Aare, Director Wilson and tho Mayor were tha only men that .Btood In tho way of tho betterment of the Philadel phia firemen. The Governor did not listen to mo until I had taken to Hitrrlsburg a letter from Director Wilson and tho Mayor stating that the city) had not enough money to give tho men tho advance In wages nor to put Into effect the two-platoon system, although In two weeks tho Vares found tha money to give the men the $100 raise In salary. At the samo time, while thcro were but' four men on duty at each station, there was more than $7,000,000 on hand to look after the two-platoon system. Then came the request of the Vares to assess each man twenty-nine dollars for political purposes. And I wish to state that I was present when tho Deutsch men called on tho Mayor. Ho promised them all the police protection that was possible. He further stated that, if tho police could not peacefully preserve order, they should use their own Judgment and their clubs L against men who might abuse an order. bo you can see tliat the Mayor should not have Issued that order or havo niade that statement. The men who participated In the recent troubles felt within themselves that the Mayor was with them and that If they did not have a club they could use a Jack or anything that was handy. Wo can readily see thai tho Mayor does not uso good. Judgment. In my opinion the Vares have been "using the Mayor," and he Is like putty In their hands. IJe is in no way fit to bo tho Mayor of Philadelphia. W. It. KIOICD. Forty-fourth Ward. Philadelphia, September 27. A REMEDY SUGGESTED To (7e Editor of the Kventng Ledger: Sir Your editorial, "Plain Facts Plainly Stated," appearing In Tuesday's Issue, takes rather a hopeless view of tho .political sit uation In Philadelphia, but through "a rift In the cloyds" your version seems to per ceive a "truly metropolitan Philadelphia," In which the citizenry have "embraced tlje essential principles ot democracy" and have ''stripped the garments of authority from the leprous elements that wear them." The way Is open. The means are pro vide. Now Is the accepted time to provide for, it and next election day Is the day of our political salvation. The main, essential principle of democ racy Is the "Inalienable right of all men to life, liberty nnd the pursuit of happiness." There Is only one political party In Phla delphla yhlch Is wholly devoted to the es tablishment of this essential democratic principle and which has, the one nnd only plan whereby this inalienable right can be made secure. This party (Single Tax) boldly proclaims that land rent (which Is altogether a publlo product) should be col lected and used for publlo benefit. Until this Is done and until the blighting Influences of private land ownership are de stroyed, men cannot be free or happy, nor build a metropolitan, honest-minded city, for tho simple reason that our system of taxation Is built on a dishonest and undemo cratic foundation. OLIVER McKNIGHT Philadelphia, September 2 f PARTISANSHIP AND THE ARMY -v. n.. Kditar ot the, Evening Ledaer: "''' r .i '.,-..j,t 3 j, ,,,. -...j. 25lrone or in musuuvv uimtuii w su rtRd si ini nutffif -tti-' Jr''sMiiri - I ' I 1 h .4..W. V I WILL IT "BLOW OVERM? met Is tho result of tho officers' training camps. In the eastern Pennsylvania sec tion the dlfllculty tho average observer has In analyzing tho result grows with every development. Before tho declaration of war, )n fact, ever since tho election of President Wilson In 1912. thcro has been a most active Junta engaged hi tho propagation of moct violent opposition to the President and his Cabinet nnd the policy of the Administration. These men wero bitter and persistent In their attacks. Newspapers nnd politicians wero employed to actively and continually pur sue tho President and his Cabinet, and hit every head that appeared to defend them against attacks. This policy was in force up to tho very day war was declared. Somo considerable modification set in, so far ns public utterances wero concerned, but In olllco and homo they continued' as violent as before, and aro so today. Now, what seems queer to tho observer Is this: Tho President knew these persons, ho knew their feelings toward him, ho Knew of their methods nnd attneks. ho knew many of them socially and their fam ilies, and when the officers' training camps were organized the sons of these families vere urged to go Into tho training. When the appointments were announced these op ponents -of the President and his policy gut all tho rich commissions distributed. No one Instnnco records a failure. It Is surely not because tho young men are able above all others. It is ndt because they have dono any better in the camp than many others. Is It because they aro rich and soajally prominent? Is It becauso the President hopes to placato tho families? Ho may And but llttlo comfort in tho fact that tho criti cism of him goes on Jnst ns vituperatlvely as ever, only not so much out of doors as before. If ho listens right well ho can hear tho young majors and captains scoff and swear at tho policy ho has set for the coun try. Call it what you will, these youths, totally unfit by education, habit or character to lead men, hav no fear ot Interference, and they are, lit rhelr opinion, Intrenched be hind somo mysterious Intluenco which they know brought them their coiiTinlsslons., nnd If that could have been Uono In tho face of tho records of their fathers' and mothers' bitter opposition to the Administration, what could possibly dlstuib them In the en joyment of their present commissions, coupled with nbsolutc freedom of speech?' This Is what mystifies many quiet on lookers, and it disturbs them also to the degree of asking, Aro these men and their sons loyal? Are they lit to command not only the men selected, hut those who. volun teered to serve ns privates? Knowing the record of their prospective olncers, (is most of them do, will these selected"' and volun teer men serve their country effectively; nnd how will their lives be conserved when battle lines como under tho' command of those scions of disloyal training? DRAFT. Lansdale, Pa., September 21. BEATING THE GERMAN CENSOR In Berne, Switzerland, there Is a society of German democrats whose members aro all working Uko beavers to stimulate and support democratic Ideas among the German people and discourage confidence In mili tarism, autocracy and tho Hohenzollern or any other dynasty. Naturally, they work at a disadvantage, Blnce they can use only long-dlstanco efforts. For each one of them would pay for It with his llfo If he stepped across the border Into Germany. Even to possess tho books of one of them, Hermann Fernau, the leader of tho band. Is a crime punishable In Gerpiany by death They publish a newspaper called tile Frcle Zeltung, of which FcrnaU Is the editor. In order to get their Ideas before nioro of their' fellow-countrymen than they havo been able to reach, they recently got up a fako Issiuo of the Frankfurter -Zeltung, Imi tating that paper, which Is ardently pro Government, In form, mako-up apd every appearance, but filling Its columns with good "democratic! propaganda 'for the over throw of .the' German dynasty, militarism and the autqcratlo ruling class. Among the articles was a signed leading editorial by Fernau taken from the Frelo Zeltung. This fako Frankfurter Zeltung attained a con. slderable circulation In Germany before the authorities found out what It really was and acted promptly, confiscating all copies that could bo found. The event caused a great stir In Switzerland, and Germany and the Swiss Government' suppressed, teni. porarlly, the Frelo Zeltung, although ttt editors denied editorially that their paper had had anything to do with getting out. the fane, expressing Baitsiacuon. however. t,J. mL. yjgg-r,fflBat wiy- UIMML. What Do You Know? r QUIZ 1. Mlint, I IluUnrln'H staled position nitl Iviil-er'n ".M.tte'-Kuroiiu" Dlan ot Ins pire'.' I. tVhnt former United State Ambassador H leen inrntlonril In rnmora as a Willi laiiilld.iic for tlie nrenlileiie? 3. What Is it "ml'llnefte"? I. film wrote "The l'ssuy on Man"? ' A. Who originated thn pliraw, "MUo n Krunttr," iiuotrtl by the president ot ths I'ertnnn Itelehstae In reference w Frol dent Wilson'.' I 6. Are nny Welshmen flghtlnc on theBr!tU front? I . - " ".".i'' "T nlsMlnrsle poetically tnorni si t-miomein.7 1 8. In. the Termichlnr of soldiery, uhal la a "aillciue clul)'"." I 0. Name twci musical composers, v ho . (Will -or me, niory or "J,a noneaiev 10. nimt does "a-ruramen" mean? Answers (o Yesterday's Quiz I. It Is not Inn rid to sell liquor t men In.' tk United, Ktate errlre. - S. The rHiiinulcn for the second I.lbertjl.le" dart In thin illy on October I. ,' .1. The purpose of the lrl-.li ConTentloii U draft a homo rule constllutlon for l.relstul. i. . coiiKiy i a vessel or n number of ITtsssW protecting merchant ships from attack. ft. John franklin I'ort. foroirr GcuernW ( j'lv Jersey, Is u member ot the I'adtral Trade Commission. ( 0. A rarbnteur Is a skilled teller of anecdiles, 7. Ouynemer, whose death Is reported, wi tie most noted of. French dilators, lis M urouint oowii about llfly German planes. A round robin Is a letter of protest to wVdc Jnealrnaturea are written In a clrcuv. f that It may not appear who slined llrst. "Fusion." In polities, means the fjrtnatloa ot a party out of Independent elements In two jr more parties. For example, la O.ew Jork fusion imnally means th); ea hlnutlnn of Republicans with an&l-Tan- inuny Demorruts to defeat the Deniocretle Onranl-.tlAn I 10. Tho fslaniN of Yuba. Haiti and PorWi We s-fjIiil In iinnlhaaialw illut 1itn MR IDlt order, l'orto Itlco helm the furthest cut , oi ins three. THE GERMANTOWN ROAiD IOPALITIRS take their peculiar col or and J characteristic from out-of-the-wa 1 facta sometimes. Looking at tho Germiintown road of the,prtsent day one. might be bird 1'Ut to It to explain Its formation.! Til curious explanation has been offererl that Ith' sinuous shape is due to the habit of the .Indians ot choosing tho easiest -y. They did so oven If tho way In question happened to be a crooked one. It was In 1683 that the first lmmlit"Al tried to reach what Is now aermantAw. their scheduled new homo. They followers clearly marked path, with much the swim route as the present Germantown toad Land secured for them by I'aitorlus wM settled upon by tho travelers, and som lived In pastorlus's cave house. The com 'munal Instinct was strong within ihem: they did not want to be widely sepa ited Their first strange dwellings were erec ed In two rows, one on either side of tha Ptn way. At last the track from PhlladelPW grew Intoi road. The Germantown resi dents, living In close propinquity at nAfht, scattered In the daytime to their law. They bent down with their feet wh-t.w later to become a famous thorouthfarri Kvontually the decision was reachadHi a better means.of approach to the clty(mul' be had. A petition was presented tp tW Assembly and granted by that body, W"" poems, of tho period attest to the lndusty" on which account the road really exlitefd. The dirt road, while passable during W?ca weather, was not the acme of comfoqt. "J1 wet days; The population was IncreW'"1 This was another reason for better r1 Ing facilities. The attempts to et 1tur': pike road" were long drawn out anU P" very productive. The first declslvef MfP toward the plan's fruition was takhn in March, 1802, when "Tha President, MM: gers and Company of tho Germantowrt'10 Reading Turnpike Road" wero '"WtP0! atea. Their object was to build a . through Germantown to the top o'f Chei tn Hill and thence through Hickory town, t" Trappe apd Pottstown to Reading. ; Famous names cling about the thoroUt fftre and Its environs, For example, OJ'", Stuart, the .portrait painter, whose 'WJ' Itjgton" as well known as any PJ'J1 by an American artist, lived at 5H0I street The Wlster house. 6261 MeJn V' u.nu II, n li,i,,i. nf SuUu Wlgler. the. SDHC"!1' diarist Louise tay Aicott. Immortal ; ator of "Little Women," was born tMf M Main street ,. ia M At 6019 Main street one finds jma u." T... Tov.rn' hull A 17411 hV Sarah II Dahle! Paatorlus. 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Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers