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Thunder, N.r mh . 1917 A VETO CLUB OVER .THE PLUNDERBUND "TjKSTnuCTION of the Vore dlctator Bhlp In Councils by a party loosely, thrown together and with but a few short weeks to plan its assault upon a political fejftchlno supposed to be lmpregnably ln trenched Is a momentous success for the Town Meetings men to havo gained. The hew party has won a Arm foothold In City Hall, It has acquired Nothing short of tho veto power over all financial legis lation and, while It cannot as yet directly Initiate progressive measures, It can save tee city from being plundered during the months in which the independents will re form their lines in preparation for the final overthrow of the gang all along the line. we speak without exaggeration of that coming overthrow as final. The Organlza. tlon has been shaken to its foundations. Its present leadership Is Bpllt Into fac tions that are divided by seemingly irrec oncilable differences. Ward majorities Which formerly could be predicted to a nicety have here and there been swept away and the election figures present a meaningless jumble to the men who thought they could control and acc6unt for every vote. Tho old idea that the gang was Impregnable Is gone forever. Tho monkey-wrench, has been thrown into Its machinery. In their hearts the Vare-Smith leaders are not crowing over the returns. Tho final count of the vote may show that they have barely managed to squeeze out ft majority for their "Row" candidates, i But that was not the goal of the cam paign to them. Their feverish efforts were bent upon gaining a two-thirds ma jority in Councils, for who holds that grip en Councils holds the city exchequer In' the palm of his hand. All measures car rying appropriations require a two-thirds Vote for passage. And In the two branches combined the membership will be thus aligned: Varcs, 77; Town Sleeting-, 8. It will take the vote of 97 Coun cilman to pass money measures. The powerful minority will wield tho club of publicity over every proceeding in the city's legislative bodies. It will form a nucleus for the growing strength tot the Independent movement. Through Its voice thoso who have the city's busi ness welfare at heart will be enabled to keep up their Insistent demand for cm elent management of finances and pub He works. The body of determined and far-seeing tain whom the long transit fight has welded together In tireless co-operation for the creation of a Greater Philadel phia will take courage from tho evidence that enough voters have become Inde pendents to hold the balance ot power ever the factions and enforce progress .by piecemeal methods until the election of a. real Mayor will Immensely hasten ' the advance of the city's prosperity and fiealth. Let no one who professes loyalty to food government pause now or yield for it moment to regrets or despair. The real ' fight has only begun and Tuesday's eleo tloh was only a skirmish, a skirmish jrrophetlc of final success. WATEU COLORS AND WAK A KT has recovered from the1 shock and g H. . ,' ! paralysis of the wcr. Singularly, iaWead of being quickened to greater '' "ieilvlty by the (Aspiration of the war. wtth its enlargement of the field of sub- (Hfrta. and itsmarvelously stirring drama, graphic arts, at least, lost ground so it.Br as proaucuvuy was concerned, lie- 41n In. the number of canvases, hung the three exhibits of tho American at tne, rennsyivania Acaaemy 01 JTln Arts, followed world, hostilities. .same relative statistics prevailed In ittlons in other cities and in the JUtyntatl water-color exhibits' which aro Jre4U8 to the grand salon here. t rt" t"M recovered Its industry. More teat a thousand pictures on view at the crcliTApt showing ot water colors at the Aoa-fomy Ust this tact. They attest more, tor th quality bi not merely of a blgbef )vW of pwK, but, is' more uniform t ha4 p.iflSawtt. Art has tn'ed more ''VHb niuitefaaaUy fcjr Hw- w? t ha t jwsattursrt lalrtn j n notv. It baa ssUarni tvm Ma 'The Pettnell and Pulllnirer picturlnc ot munitions plants, shipyards, alrpla.no shops, strikes a now note; IC turns to artistta uses the grim and pow erful poetry of wartime Industry. JOFFItE'S TACTICS IN ITALY THE Italians will not make their de fensive stand on ho Tagllamento Itlvor. They havo withdrawn to tho Llvenza, "in good order," Cadorila re ports. Ho has the PlaVo as the next nat ural barrier for lntrenchment; ho may oven draw back to tho historic Po. Such a selection for the Italian stand against tho terrific drlVo of tho Huns would bo no moro amazing than tho strategy of Joffre In tho early weeks of the war. Ho consciously retired from the great fortress of Namur as a keystone for a defensive- line. "He will fight at tho Alsne," pcoplo Bald.- But he yielded this terrain to the Invader. IJo made his triumphant do fenso of Paris almost within sight of tho capital. Cadorna may save Venice by parallel tactics. Tho Joffre defense Is practicable strategy, not merely for military salva tion In an emergency, but for premedi tated effects, calculated for victory. In 1914 the Germans swept Irresistibly for ward. Tho flush of early battle, tho lust of conquest, tho military momentum gained In tho swift coursing through Del- glum, the great objcctlvo of Paris all these factors created n force that could not bo held by ordinary means. Similarly, the Austro-German onrush past tho Italian lino of first defense in a long and carefully prepared offensive of enormous power has developed n vast energy. But progress always means a loss of the energy utilized. The Invaders' momen tum slackens already as Cadorna moves to his chosen positions for a stand. Simul taneously tho fighting Latin spirit of tho defenders, their will to win, mounts as Venice is menaced ana as the necessity grows of expelling tho foo from their native soil. Italy may be obliged to give tjp Venice, the "Mistress of tho Adriatic" -temporarily. Franco had to yield Lille. Venetta is not unused to Austrian autocracy. The moral effect of the Hunnlsh pressure will not necessarily be the gloom of retreat and defeat, but may cause a new birth of patriotic inspiration. It will heighten the meaning of "Italia Irredenta," for there will be more of Italy to be redeemed, that Is all. And the means of redemption are In sight. The Allies aro bound to succor Italy. American troops in French trenches mean early release of seasoned Entente forces for tho Italian front. WOMAN'S TRIUMPH TXTOMEM have won the vote. Nothing can now stop suffrage from sweeping tho country. All that was needed to clinch success was a victory In ono of tho great States of the eastern seaboard. Onco tho women won over ono of these populous strongholds of conservatism. It was conceded by somo of the bitterest foes of suffrage that the whole East would follow the West In granting equal franchise rlshts to nil. There seemed to be as little chance of capturing New York State as of winning Pennsylvania. When tho voters of these two States last expressed themselves on tho amendment, in 1915, they declared against suffrage In New York by 194,001) majority and In Pennsylvania by 55,000. The turnover in New York has been amazing. But there is no doubt what ever that a similar turnover would have been recorded here had suffrage been bo- fore the voters of this State on Tuesday. There is no doubt of this, for tho reason that the same world forces of liberalism that have been working upon the mind of New Yorkers have similarly affected Pennsylvanlans. Since 1915 Americans have awakened to the enormity of the catastrophe which has threatened to en gulf the world and to tho fact that the women of all Allied countries have done as much ,as men to save civilization from that catastrophe. Women have more than proved their right to citizenship in civil life. They have shown them selves to be, under the conditions of modern warfare, ns much tho soldiers of freedom as their brothers are. In countless thousands they, have tolled as munition workers, nurses und farmers, and many have given their health, many their lives, for humanity. Women of Pennsylvania, take heart! Victory is in your grasp, to be gained by the effort of ono moro great campaign. The way to win is through working first for. the nation to help win its fight for democracy. The defeat of German militarism abroad and the defeat of corruption, op pression and blind conservatism at home have become synonymous terms. Victory in the war and progress at home are to be won with the same strokes of toll ana loyalty. We need the purity of women In our elections. We need their Inspira tion In our counsels. With them as vot ing citizens we will make the world a better place to live In. One way to secure the protection of the little nations Is to finance them. Untie ' Sam - has' Just lent J5.000.000 to Rumania.. .... New -Mexico Is carried by the drys, and-now tho climate of that Common, .wealth. In the far .southwest will be .more arid than ever. Those women with a grim smile on their faces seen on the streets today are merely,thlnklng of the coming victory for suffrage in this State Now the Fifth Ward murder cases can be pushed without the distraction of an approaching election. District Attot-I ney Rotan has his mandate. When Emperor Carl of Austria Hungary puts the .crown on his h'ead as King of Poland he will assume with It a burden of trouble which may bear hlra 8nd his royal line to the ground. The soldler vote is likely to turn the tide for greater decency in Philadel phia. While thinking about making tle world safe for democracy they did not forget the task close at home, 1 Martin p. Brumbaugh polled more than 186,000 votes lri Philadelphia in pX4. ' W. Freejand , Kendrick fel( short- iW loiai ey m.uoq this week. "Tho jfeft. .Lor. . . At . .7 EVENING LEDaBRPHILADELPHlA, THUHSDAT, ffOYBMBKK g, ITALY'S PERILS ROM THE HUN Strategy and Terrain of Now Teuton Drive Described by Will Irwin THE expected hits happened, and the Hun , has struck at Italy. Mackcnsen leads his forces at the brave troops who havo fought so bravely, In the face of Buch ob stacles, for tho Bake of "Italia irredenta." THo Initial contacts of the new drive havo favored the aerman. Is tho fate meted out to Serbia and to Ilumanla to be repeated, with Italy as tho suffering nation? Tho general who defeated thoso countries leads tho now drive. Even the tactics that re mitted so successfully In tho earlier cases seem to bo being repeated now. The Isonzo front Is tho Bceno of the new drive. Italy had won this ground early In tho war at tremendous treasure of men. Tho operations conducted by tho Italians In this connection have their meed, of atten tlon In Will Irwin's new book, "The Latin nt War," which takes on a special Interest and significance In tho light of recent events. Head Mr. Irwin's general description of tho Isonzo front: "Tho Italians had crossed tho Isonzo against tho best resistance Austria could offer, had pushed on through tho ruined town whero first we saw the shells burst, through the goblin wood, through the cha teau ; nnd foot by foot, Impossible position by Impossible, position, they had wrested two miles of this rocky desert from the enemy. Tho advanced trenches to which we were going made a fortress of earth and rock on tho very crest of the hill." The Italian Trenches And as for the trenches, what are they like In this country7 Again Mr. Irwin gives tho answer: "It resembled only distantly tho trenches of tho more westerly front It was not a ditch, but rather a passage between walls, made here and there of rough field stones, fitted with the skill of a New Eng land fencemaker, and here and there hewn rocks. It was topped by rows of sand bags. "Shall I call them sleeping Berpcnts or Just ditches? Merely two lines of rock and sand bags, very near, with a blasted ter rain between. From far, from near, I was to sef lino after lino r.f trenches In the next twenty-four hours and the thought was always tho same: So quiet, so harm less In appearance, those brown stripes across tho landscape, y:t bo deadly In effect." Ono part of the territory that has been so bitterly contested Is tho Carso. Hero Is tho descriptlin of It: "It Is a kind of desert patch, dropped by some freak of nature Into the m'dst of a country which drips fertility. It Is all Iron red rock dusted with Iron red soli In which little grows. It rises In a range of low hills with abrupt drops here and there. All we saw was rncks, a forest thinning out to solitary trees as It reached the barren, red soil, and grotesque military worlts." This was the terrain the Italians ad vanced over In the earlier stages of the war. Here the gallant soldiers thronged along, strong In their dreams of redeeming for their country the land that once was hers and that should be theirs again. "Doing the Impossible" One bit of tho description of this almost unheard-of campaign stands out In "Tho Latin nt War." "It had been a heroic episode In the Italian war. Once a great foreign officer stood hot far from our position and watched through his glasses the lines breaking out of their trenches, wavering, re-forming, Btopplng, tho new lines comlns on. the final rush which took Austrian po sitions." " 'They aro doing tho Impossible,' ho said." They were doing the Impossible, and they have continued to do the Impossible. Clorlzia was taken, with nil Its strategic Importance, after some months of war fare. Of It Mr. Irwin says: " 'It's a hard problem.' sighed the lieu tenant, 'for It's full of our own people oppressed Italians." Three months later, by one of the most Jirllllant strokes In this war, Cadorna solved tho problem." And In little more than a week after the Hermans began their counter-offensive, Gorlzla has fallen under their blows! As Mr. Irwin points out to us. when the time came, after the close of the Austro German war of the nineteenth century's latter half, to mako peace, Bismarck gave his ally, Italy, the plains nnd valleys of this territory. To Austria ho gave tho heights and the mountain peaks ho made her the guardian of tho boundary. Italy ho made a dependant vassil; Austria a powerful ally. So, when the time has come that Italy, Justly resenting her treatment at the hands ot her supposed friend, goes ngalnst her to win the land that rightfully is Italian, Germany Is In a position such that It Is easy for her to defend and win back when necessary what her spoils were. The Brave Latin Spirit The picturesque Italians carnblnlerl, bersagllerl, alpinists have fought a brave fight against terrible odds. For a time they havo been successful. Now the Hun has turned In an effort to do to them what he tried to do to France at Verdun. If Italy's allies aid her In her need. If there Is enough co-operation nmong the Allied forces to bring strong pressure to bear upon Germany In other quarters and make her withdraw her troops to other fronts, there Is hope that Italy's splendid work will not have been In vain. That question the Allies themselves can answer, and their answer will doubtless be In action. But, In the face of everything, we must recall tho facts of Europe as they are. Serbia Is crushed, "but not beaten: Ilumanla Is defeated, but her Hpirlt still fights for the cause she knows Is right; Russia Is an Inert, apparently helpless mass, but there still is in her something that keeps her In the war. Come what may, the spirit that has made Italy win her tremendous vic tories will live on to fight for her righteous cause In "Italia Irredenta." A ROYAL HAIRCUT In some eastern countries children's hair la not cut until they are ten or twelve years of age, the girls then"Belng consid ered marriageable. Up to that time it Is colled on the top of the head and adorned with fresh flowers. When the great day for cutting comes, there Is a grand ceremony, accompanied by much feasting. One who waB present at a royal hair cutting tells us that the favorite of the harem wa robed In long flowing garments of silk und lace, confined at the waist by a golden girdle Her long hair, o-iled for the last time, was' fastened with dia mond pins, which gleamed and glittered among fresh white flowers and green leaves like pearly drops ot morning dew There, In the presence of the ladles, her father and an officiating priest, surrounded by her maidens, some ZOO In number, she knelt under a canopy of flowers and leaves while prayers were chanted, Then, the beautiful tresses being un bound, her royal father, dipping his fingers In rosewater and drawing them carelessly over her head, clipped off about an eighth tf an inch of hair and threw It Into the golden basin, depositing at the same time on a great salver placed ready to receive them, presents of Jewels, and gold. The priest cut the next piece, her mother tt nt. nd so on. each guest serving in turn until the lUtje lady was shorn. a All gave costly gifts, intended for her marriage dower princes, ministers of etat. and .dignitaries ot alt sorts, who waited in the outer oert. sending In thlrs by th. WWliirMim 'iT f HI a fMiJrsm em 7-h.A -si:' .x Tom Daly's Column BTAXD FAST, 1TALTAI Stand fait, Italtal Tho llun U hammering at thv gate, Ood apara ihco Belgium's ghastly fatet House thee I Upl 'Tts not too late. Italia, stand fast I Stand fast, Italtal Tho vandals from the north appear, At art, religion, love then leer. And neither man nor Ood then fear. Italia, stand fasti Stand fast, Itallat The. ghouls would rob tho sacred tomb Archfiends would rape the mother's tcomb', Enlarging IJcll will seal their doom. Italia, stand fasti Stand fast, Itallat Thg sister lands will rush thca aid, Pood, fuel, men fur war Arrayed', To fight until the scourge Is stayed. Italia, stand fasti Stand fast, Italia I Unshaken as the Alpine hills, Thy host the breech of freedom fills, Thy victory Is sure. God iMlst Italia, stand fasti WILLIAM lllllAM FOVLKI1B. Who Likes Poetry? A fine old fellow, who has slnco gone to glory, onco walked a half dozen blocks out of his rocd, on his way to work, to show us two lines of poetry ho had written. The wonccr of his ac complishment put him Into quito a glow. "You know," he said, "Ma has been visiting our daughter Jenny in Brooklyn for tho last month, nnd all of us machin ists havo been so busy at the shop that I haven't been able to get away, but she's coming back today. I'vo been thinking about it a good deal and all of a sudden last night theso lines popped into my head Tomorrow night I'll seo my wife. , "Now, there you are! That's a poem, Isn't it?" . "It euro is," wc told him. "Knowing what's in your heart, wo can warmly sharo tho beauty of tho thought, even If the rhymo isn't perfect." MACHINISTS aro trained for work upon no such soft material as most poems aro made of and most poets stu diously avoid the stuff that might bo thought rough enough to Interest tho ma chinists. But nearly nil machinists nro poets at heart, whllo many poets aro merely machinists. We'd exchango numberless volumes of " and Other Poems" now standing upon our shelf for a chance to see again tho look upon that lino old fellow's face when ho recited tho first nnd only lines ho had over achieved: Tomorrow night I'll seo my wife. Yoit- like poetry. Oh, yes, you do! You may not llko the hlfalutln word Juggling that you can't understand and the presence of which you havo come to suspect in all bits of print nrranged in verse form. But when a man comes nlong who Is a sure-enough 'journeyman word-fitter, and yet young-hearted as an apprentice, you'll listen to him all right. Such, ladles and gentlemen, Is our dis tinguished guest this evening! WE HAVE with us tonight a lad who Is as wholesome 03 his namo sounds; nnd when you mention "Christopher Morley" you mako a nolso smacking of London taverns and greenwood haunts of Eliza beth's day "bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang." This stout young man, of a girth for gusty laughter and with a chest large enough to house a heart, thinks your thoughts and sings them In a way to mako you say, "Hang me, if that's not tho very thing I'vo wanted to sing mysel"." WHO but you or this your laureate would think to write a poem on WASHING THE DISHES When wo on simple rations sup How easy Is tho washing up ! But heavy Veedlng complicates Tho task of soiling many plates. And though I grant that I havo prayed That wo 'might find a servlng-mald, I'd scullion all my days, I think. To see Her smile across the sink ! I wash. She wipes. In water hot I souso each dish and pan and pot; Tho man who never In his life Has washed the dishes with his wife Or polished up tho silver plate Ho still Is largely celibate. Of course thero aro timed when you've quarreled with your wife and if you're not married, y'understand, you , can't expect to appreclato your poet's new book of "Songs For A Little House." Wo wouldn't withhold thg book from you, mind you, if you huppen Jo-be so unfor tunate as to bo single, for the reading of It might prompt you to improve your condition. But suppose you had r. wife who was proud and ovcrcareful of her lace cur tains, and' who couldn't abide, therefore, that crusty old pipe of yours; what do you think she could say, If you wound up the defense of "My Pipe" with this: I clamp my teeth Upon its stem It Is my bliss, My diadem. Whatever Fate May do to me, This is my favorite. B B B For this dear pipe You feign to scorn r smoked tle night Tlie boy. was born. THAT Christopher Morley graduated from Haverford College, with so high a standing as to win for himself a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University in Eng land, need not disturb your equanimity at all. NIn some ways he's Just as lgno rant as you are. He doesn't know how to dodge the day's work or elude the simple Joys ( that await that work's completion, under tho sunset. He can't write pom pous' piffle any moro than you cam but It's as natural for him to sing, as for you merely to think, of all those homy, ln tlmato things which are such sure proof Joy dwells beneath a humble roof; Heaven Is not built of country seats jjvfc mm nwr euuuruun streets J ,He8 a reg'lar guy, and you need his book; and it's a genuine Joy foi' us to take this space to prove to you that vou do like poetry wbes it's m1 m4 undw ' t-a v 'intfliiii iTwrTili rfriMTriil i ' ' :r ' ht& MM. 4ijfe. ' ' 1 &&te&&r THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Italy's Fateful Hour "A Presi dent of United Na tions" ITALY'S FATEFUL HOUR To the Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sir Many persons In the Allied countries, In expressing their grievance for the fateful hour of Italy, seem to havo been overcome by sudden hallucinations of all sorts and have gone so far as to dishearten them selves by tho Inconsistent belief that Italy, owing to the present military crisis, Is ready and Is going to makoj a separato peace with the Teuton Invaders. Alas I This opinion may hold good In the dis illusioned enemy's mind, but not in that, ever-unchangeable, of the entire Italian na tion, which Is wholly determined to share In the glory of the ultimate victory at civilization. The sudden astonishing military disaster that has recently overtaken Italy, whllo depressing In Its effect, yet Is not by any means demoralizing. Whatever status fato' may. havo In store for a defeated Italy however disheartened, however disappoint ed, however mutilated the national spirit will emerge from the chaos Just as irresist ible and as strong as ever. Thoso who have occasion to know the profound character of my ' people havo learned that the greatest grief la always Incentive to stronger resolutions, higher deeds and new glory. We havo too much Roman blood to ac cept defeat nnd we are too strong-hearted a people to abandon ourselves to the fate of tho moment or to becomo deaf to tho voice of duty. Onco we determine to reach a goal we pursue It with everlasting con fidence, energy and faith. Besides, ouf hereditary hatred against the eternal op pressor, Austria, Is too deep-seated to be overcome by any designing efforts or re pressed by its only temporary successes. The Austro-German clamorous victory will only tend to bind' the Government and the people, the monarchy and the parties, more strongly together than ever before ; and, at last, to unify the Allies as to make good tho 1083 of our recently achieved laurels, and now fatally tramped by the nondor mant but ever-awakening Hunt Thero Is no doubt lri my mind that the. unshaken Ideal of democracy of Italy will' convert the defeat Into a supreme com mand of moral forces and Into a revelation of an unconquerablo spirit of unity, strength and solidarity. "Let the enemy know let the world know," wrote the new Premier Orlando to the commander-in-chief, Cadorna, "that the Italians, under the burden of their inex pressible grief at the sight of their coun try Invaded, have mads It a point of honor to sink all their Internal differences so as to strengthen their will and energy In order that again our native soil may be consecrated by a victory which cannot fall us." In its long history Italy has never been permanently conquered. Our ancestors never found the unhappy situation Irreme diable. They have always fopght the good fight, and it Is from their heroic example of tenacity, perseverance and sacrifice that we now draw 'new Intrepidity and neces sary strength, ' No, the dead have not died In vain, and not for one Instant will the Italian people lose faith In its army and Its chief. Italy, united by peril, finds no time for arguments or controversy, takes no op portunity for criticism or bjamo. The dis content and distress are ito be burled by the Irresistible, formidable avalanche of vengeance, which IS now powerfully arising from the immense height of Increased pa triotism of the whole nation. 4 FRANCIS BE CARIA. Philadelphia, November 7. PRESIDENT OP UNITED NATIONS To tht Editor of the Evening Ledger: Sirin reference to your headline to my lettar ot KwBrt, "A PrUUmt-pt - Matty," w aa ay no, mk Hbf rw 't m. ftf alnaw 1317 DROMON njuiuir JvSS?- -kszzzzT yes. Your term "humanity" Implies too much, or, possibly, I should say too little, for It implies oversimplification of tho most complicated political problem, or else an extension of International government to too Intimate relation to Individuals. Tho "United Nations," like tho "United States," Implies tho continued existence of tho nations In everything to which they are competent; for the union would only cover the International or world questions, to which no nation is competent No nation Is competent to handle International af fairs any moro than any Stato Is compe tent to handlo national affairs or any In dividual Statd affairs. The Individual who concclyes himself ablo to handle what be longs to the State Is a criminal, nnd a State which starts out to handle national affairs Is at once in rebellion and treated accord ingly, and I behove thatbefore your chil dren and mine aro old any nation that pre sumes to run world affairs will be cata logued as In crime and rebellion, and treated accordingly by the United Nations, who alone have the right to world Jurisdic tion. If that is true, and no one can question it, the problem of greatest Importance, even now, while tho world "Vigilance Commit tee," tho Allies, Is bringing a group of nation bandits to bay, Is tho creation ot an organ of government, a constitution. Let us not make tho mistake that the States did In 1770 and suffer for a decade or moro merely for want of a real constitu tion for the "United Nations." The same modo of thought that now raises Its eye brows when ono says moro than "Inter na,tlonal police" or so-called "Supreme Court," because ono Is hot constructed to seo tho, feasibility of a "police" floating about the world undirected by a separate government of "United Nations," Is precisely the same modo of thought as that which In 1776, and for a dozen years after, op posed a real government for the United States by our present Constitution the oldest and best In the world, The cry then was Just the same, especially from Stato officials who wanted to bo free to be bandits: New Yorkers, who wanted to make sur rounding States, pay her a tariff; Pennsyl vania, that wouldn't glvo up Its half-million Ltarlff It collected from neighboring cities to pay ner own expenses, and timid little States llko Delaware who were afraid to Join the big ones except on an equality. And as for a "President of the U-n-1-t-e-d S-t-a-t-e-s," they held up their hands In holy horror when James Wilson proposed It I Pennsylvania for a dozen years nearly killed him, chiefly because ho wanted even this State .to have a single executive and double Legislature, Instead of a hydra headed executive and Blngle Legislature, which they persisted In having. In fear of that awful thing a single Governor of Pelnsylvanla I Funny, Isn't it? They got over it, too, only after they got convinced of It as good mlrabile dictuj for the "United States" In 1787 I They are still In the throes of that awful fear for a "President of the United Nations"; and yet I am convinced that If a constitution now existed and. an election were ordered In the "United Nations" under It Woodrcw Wilson would receive almost as great a majority as our own did In 1788. But we have no constitution, because we persist in talking about opportunities In stead ot the- real thing a double Leglsla ture, a single executive, a Judiciary, an electorate, the power ot the purso (not press), out of which will come a proper po lice, a capital and real, not pseudo. Inter national law, made by the "United Nations" of tho world for Its peculiar field. And there will still be nations Just as there are States In the United States; nor will the powers of the "United Nations" be the same as the powers of the Single nation, for they will be as different from those of the na tions as these are different from those of tho State. Yes. we even pick out a capital, The Hague, and even a capltolt and set up an Imitation "Supreme Court" a back door and a front door with even a doormat, but no house I W go to the ostrich and are W,cf- u B""TON ALVA KONKLE. Swarthmore, Pa., November 7. BRITISH JtULE IN INDIA It Is obvious that a choice must be made In tho near future between the old Idea that the British Government In India rests on British bayonets and the new one that the only possible foundation tt the Govern ment of India is the will of the Indian peo ples. The Bishop of Madras will not b suspected of a leaning towafd any extremt form- of Indian nationalism,' but it Is hi Judgment that there can be no possible dan ger ot allowing (he peoples of India to u4rtaka the renpomaWlltj' twt, the da. .y-pgrr.? )? yajrfc 1 m "T-i. What Do You Know? NJ QUIZ 1. Who la Jn-lie II) Ian? 3. What la the lontrat river In Itabf 3. Name the moat noted American ctmM 4. Who was "The Iron Chancellor"? 3 B. What la meant by ft bicameral lnbUttn boilr? 0. What are Darwin tnlipa? 1 7. Where la the oldest nrt taller? In AqnM 8. What la a fable? , . "To burke"! what doea It mean? 10. When did the word "paelnit" cant UK I U0C7 Answers to Yesterday's Quit 1. Uenernt Snrrnll. I'rrnch. la the UM commander on the Jlalkan frant. 2. I'hlladrfnhlii. In II... vrlnl... r 1T. U qcciiiilrU iir the llrltUh, wit rah fko American Capua. Allmlon U la Ik m in mm or iinnniuara arrar ocrunriuui iiuuun mi oi iaiiua. 3. KnlfliiK." In n iwlltlcal rnmrmlln. b I rrnrrnl cuttlm of a party tlcWI br prtt ..TMIIITTn, 4. Former .head ofvFederal Shlpplnr Kuril Vlilllilil Ilntnnii n nnd lirncrui uwiua, Kdward N. llarlal l'reient hendsi Admiral t'nppi. V S. Venetian art and architectural trcum menaced by the Teuton ndrunccl ( vukch of Veronrm and Titian; Pm l'nlace, nialto. St. Mark'a CatMnli. 8. Itetlnnmiorai! A popular Tarlctr creena, either creen or soldcn in lIHr". 7. St. Mnrtln'a Hummvrt French-Paaiaal name for Indian aummer. 8. "Old Fox" In Italian political Former ?r inlrr Olollttl. 0, The Tyrol: A aectltin of Auntrla to Ike ml on the Alpine frontier. The name tended to the Nwlaa Tyrol. Itallaa Trig nnd German Trol, borucrlnc tbe a nectlon. 1- 10. Conirrr has twice elected the l'rrlot the United Ntatrat In 1X00, JclTrrMant Ilurr, and In 1H24, John (liilnry Atoaj . orrr Andrew Jackson, Henry llaj-a" John c. Calhoun, , i WHOLESALERS AT THE BAn II Tit. HOOVEB has at last struck at 1V1 Vitals of Inflated war prices, apalj Hf-ntnllv rminriAfl thA fit-at rn11v Kore Mt W the food traders- In promulgating the Idea that In t'ip', war It ought to be the patriotic dutr every wholesaler and retailer to Wi Snanillnlll'n nonftta n n l lrTtxni tilmu4lf WlK the 'nltlmn.te,, filncilnnal fee for'hls TOft' TV trnm-.x siiti.. aiii rlaaati I n rrt trftdltiar. and forces to a test tjie loyalty and self- rlflce of every grocer In the lana, riwa time Immemorial no one has questioned tfcj not lira I tnrrmAnr In Ita valtlffe. It IS t" first real attempt to Bet at naught the lori; rnl sinArnttnn nt tht. Inw tt KunnlV find Crl mand; and, in spltejof scarcity. exctMi iiiunu or cxpanuea necessity, w nwf ".v on a unirorm oasis or actual cosi r""vi than renlniement (nresent market) valory Tills Is tho Introduction of a principle, nt. exceeding in Its scops the food .trade. If J, succeeds, It will mean virtually thf . ordlnatlng of every functional operation business, setting Its Just charge upon final nrliA nrwl rftiMlntr in nnnalder f air M equitable any other element of advdnct ot, the known production cost. Backed by t power to confiscate merchandise or ton; vnba lli.naAtf 1 wilt m..n nlmoflt COmPlOV control of the ultimate price .of 't"014 far as the margin above production U J corned. That must be acceptea as an '""je irnnriif will tnnaRiini ? Its only Bhortcominsr of complete l? aoninanlol iwiniwil n ftArl ulll lit) 111'' fact that Congress specifically exempted jjj, farmer from all the penalties of hoarti. conspiring and otherwise creaiins i value for food products at the pouj vi ism. .aai Ph.n la SinJ.MtiuJ .. m mllC.n 009921 tlon to this latest ruling, especially atqwfl southern wholesalers, who argue n r wtinlAaal,. nnnnt IIva urtthftllt nlS 060' tive profits. It is especially slgnlne!t! this connection, however, that tne racm insistent on the ruling, and. who I uiiql stood to have originated It as tne very to low-price maintenance, is the pretl? 4.a M.H...I Ytri...lnlA n.Ar' ASJOG Hon, nnd who refuses to believe "J ppciiB me uuuiii vi wio wiui' uiH As a matter of fact. It seems as UdJji the wholesaler is about to be plaeea m bar for trial on this one issue. Either i mnar tiIaaH tliflt tiA la n imAiMllator Vt ' he is a functional link in the dl.tribuU chain. Manlfeatlv. hn cannot be both. the public finds it necessary to take h-s"! his word aa a speculator, he is in w danger ot being eliminated by force. quite unnecessary. If he accepts per" as a publia utility, paid a fair priJ mi worK,ne win probably remain, (sua is Qullo clear and of vital Import! TM wK04tvr must back the qojr MM Baatt of aaaarsenny y -jam vmmm y w !TmpJ.Wf-CJm . . i. 9. .-Wti "n f ,.f.rjmmM'jmp'wfframtBiEE-Yi2 mm ;$ I r :Fisd
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