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UNITED IN A COMMON CAUSE
TLOYD OEOUaE has Bpokon with a
'-'frankness which ho says Is perhaps
brutal. Wo aro fortunate to liavo In
Allied councils at this tlmo a man with
the courago to speak with such candor.
His criticism of Allied national leaders
who have thrown to tho winds ono oppor
tunity after another to end the war will
live to tho enemy "a temporary encour
agement," as ho says; but wo can well
afford to glvo that encouragement If
through public confession we reach that
Unity of purpose which atone can produco
Victory,
All the Allied nations have been guilty
at one time or another of what Lloyd
George calls "particularism." Thoy have
followed their particular alms Instead of
What should havo been their common
purpose. After each blunder the cause
Of It was glossed over In tho hope that
It would be the last. Tho Serbian and
Rumanian tragedies taught no lesson.
The Premier suggests that what has
happened In Italy may be a blessing In
disguise. "Italy's misfortune." he says,
taay still, save the Alliance, because with
out It I do not think that even today we
would have created a veritable superior
council."
The Premier's speech Is the textbook
for what may be expected of the Allied
conference now to begin at Paris. Instead
Of being bound by "national and piofes
lonal traditions, questions of prestige
and susceptibilities," the Allied natloiis
must "amalgamate all their Individual
partlculaiitlcs to act together ,.b if they
were one people." i:n ':i M and Fiance
have surfeied enough to make them vir
tually one people; the United States en
tared the war with utter renunciation of
particular aims; and now Italy, who
would be helpless without French and
English troops. Is forced to forget for the
time her Irredentlt-m and Join in the com
mon defense of clvllballjii
Lloyd George, the i ren"li premier, Wil- 1
on and Orlando In ' oun 11 and Halg, re
tain. Pershing and Diaz ,n the field must '
be as united In Allied purpose nn-l action
aa the German and Aus'ran Kmperors
and their staffs are In the "trntegy of Cen- '
tral Europe, if complete Allied success
ia to be achieved Where good strategy '
demands a strong attacit on a point In tho
German lines, there the four AI led com
mands must unlto to strike; and where a
weakness in the Allied defense threatens
danger, there must united re-enforcements
be sent, without the slightest con
sideration of national aspirations or sus
ceptibilities. Let no one think that Lloyd George's
words do not apply to America ns well as
to the other Allies. Thorn must be more
co-ordination between tho departments
and boards at Washington If our Govern
ment, as a whole, Is to co-ordinate prop
erly in the Allied War Council. The can
dor which Lloyd George has let ir to the
European situation, as a man lets fresh
air into a smoky room by opening all
the windows, is a tonic that no need more
than wo realize. A repetition of such a
muddle as tho Gocthals-Denman contro
versy must not bo tolerated. There must
be no hesitation over "timidities and sus.
ceptiblllties" in enforcing food conserva
tion. Lloyd George's statement dovetails well
' With the President's powerful nnni
!$$ ' the American Federation of Labor. AI-
itljj- ready Mr. Wilson's candor Is bearing
fruit, the federation having called off
all strikes affecting Government work in
a,', ahipplng, munitions and other war enter-
Gr&tjL.i'.. -4Aa Ami nil r.llHAn . ...
: a- - - N..W..CU3 iimsi subordinate
KjSprivato and special Interests to national
Jrisnity in the same way. All must help to
ppedJte the procedure of getting out the
Pacifism and
JaUckerism are not debatable We are in
jJiSgSfor heavy work that will test our mate-
?&, WUUU1 resources to tho limit.
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sM3i--T " ,v" "uo' not, be
MAKE CHRISTMAS MERRY
'OVER THERE"
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,jt.
rLE BAM and Banta Claus are in a
fcww. twinoua league (o sem: an
unrwnua to the trenchea.
l'tfc MAaoq live uo to lta
. 1 1 r i
on aJda, and alda according to rules and
regulations. Their good ship Yule will
weigh anchor without postponement on
Its appointed salting day.
Thore are Just three things to remem
ber, you whoso lads will bo missing from
the homo clrclo on tho great feast of tho
Nativity and you whoso boys will bo
with you, but whoso hearts go out In
largo sympathy to tho men In khaki with
Pershing: Your contributions to the
Sammccs' Christmas trco must reach Hit.
Commanding General of Embarkation,
Pier No. 1, Hobokcn, N. J., on or before
December f; your Yulctldo tokens must
weigh not more than twenty pounds nnd
bo Inclosed in wooden boxes, nnd parcel
postago must bo prepaid at tho rate of
twclvo cents a pound. Oh, yes, ono other
thing to know: If you lack n personal
recipient In Franco for your Christmas
remembrance, you still can sliaro in tho
Joys of giving nnd rcmembcilng by aid
ing tho lied Cross In its hcattenlng nnd
enormous task of supplying a Christmas
box from home to each of tho 2,000,000
men in uniform In France and In Amer
ican training ramp.
PRESIDENT WOLF
PRESIDENCY of tho Hoard of Public
Education of tho First School District
of Pennsylvania Is the most Important
of tho voluntary rlty oillces which
vitally affect civic welfare. IMwIn Wolf
well deserves his selection ruj head of the
school system, following tho long and
successful incumbency of Henry II. Ed-
rounds, who retires from nctlvo direction
full of years of volunteer scrvico and
honors merited by educational sagacity
In n taxing position In which both the
Scylla of polltlcM and the Charybdls of
pedagogic faddlsm must bo cleared by
wlso steering. Fortunate, Indeed, Is the
city that thero wilt bo no break in ad
mirable policy In tho transfer of this
great office, but merely a transition In
which responsibility changes but estab
lished system does not shift.
Mr. Wolf has been a member of the
board for sixteen years, ranking next
to his predecessor In years of activity In
Its councils. During his service ho has
been "the watchdog of tho school treas
ury." Ills long experience as chairman
of tho finance committee fits him pecu
liarly for his new duties In this trying
period of high costs of education ns well
as all else of dally existence. He has
effected clever, economical nnd business
like handling of school funds since the
innn .La . ...1 .. r.n .!... 1 MAfln . .Illif.
imsnuKi; in me m uuui uliuiihi hfuu .tuit.ii
conferred the taxing power on the hoard
nnd brought forth many fresh problems.
Ills devotion to educational work has
been marked In many wavs. but none
more significant than the fact that he
has missed fewer board or committee
meetings than nnv of his colleagues,
despite his crowded business da ns a
banknr and hiokrr.
Ptpsldent Wolf has well won his new
distinction He has proved his sene of
tosponslbl'ity and his ability. Thi city
and Its chl''1""'! "nln lv b' "l""tlnn.
OUR Y. M C. A. "HIT"
Ti- V M '" S hn- w; 'i " tdTo by
tinsiMIWi divotlnn to 'ip snlil'rrV wel
fare and deserves htancb support by
our people .it hwne Pershlrg
TKP.SHIT' l-uowr. Wo iiuni do our
- Y M. C. A. "bit."
Tho !,..! Inn's con-
trlbution for continuation and extension
if tho good work Is J3j.000.090 and
f I 300 000 Is the share assessed on Phlln-
.li.li.liln n..,1 l,u ,i,llfnln ,.nnr,rlu 'Pl.r.
' '"" - -
luml lnusi ne suiricriiicci tnis weel filiil-
week fig. .1 os show less thir htilf the tot..!
listed Half a week new for a lot more
'i m h'llf n't" financial espmilhUlty
It Is a responslbllltj- an-1 ours! Don't
lot us forcet that It -cts 'n Us. Thero
hne been man' "fun i" campaigns, all
of them worthv The V M C. A cam
paK'ti Is tho Rupuitati1 - of worthiness,
To cont-Ihi'e nuriT) m s'tcrlllcp Thai
Is n'l l'h'r l the div of abatement,
economy sel' ie-lflce We as a peo.'le
are be'tp,-ed jurt so much In piopo-tlon
to the merit and sbe of our hae-lflce
ma.le splvltually line- ma le abiding
sha c s In the ,"Tin I sacrifice of those
who n e offo Inir .ill- "asef.carecr majbe
the H'jp'cmc saeilfiee life foi an Ideal
cause.
The Y. MP' - comfott. con
venience protectnH n cantonment nnd
trench. Its waitlme mission Is tlueefold
physical, moral ami spiritual. Why, if i
If H.I ntilf i-.n Hilnif I It. .1aI.. ...,.11. . i
' ' " ""- - "
It metely mado camp life more homelike
under ahuoimat conditions,
dltlons. It would .le-Vs'errraTnuf;'-!;' ''?riT 'h '"'
lie Y. M. C A needs' a'y $tffr '
servo nil It ,i.sk-r Tin
"-
mi'iivj , it. una in iui,v iiiuiiu., in Kft'ii un. ;
We '-nust glvo tne money It needs --each
a little, even If each must strain re
sources to offer n mite. It'j everj'body's
Job nnd sacilflce. for everybody's boy
shares, without 'distinction of race, color,
nativity or re'lilon
In view of the high prlco of
clothine; t was qulto fitting to adoin the
I. W. W.'s who Invaded Tulsa, Okla.,
with a coat of tar and feathers.
Troops and supplies are arriving
In Increasing numbers Statement by
Pershing.
When It comes to brevity the Amer
ican general can be even briefer than
"Silent" Halg.
It Is about time we stopped Joking
about German spies. Every citizen is
expected to be on the watch for sus
picious characters and to let tho proper
authorities know wherever ho suspects
a spy is at work.
Admiral von TIrpItz Is quotid ns
saying that a peace without "economic
indemnities" would mean defeat for the
Central Powers, and that defeat is immi
nent unless they can hold the U-boat
bases on the North Sea. Economic in
demnities are unthinkable and the allied
forces aro slowly pushing their way
toward the submarine bases. Thereforo,
according to the Admiral's cvn loslc, de
feat is Inevitable.
Two years ago there were 140,000
women munition workers in Englarfd.
Today there are 700,000. The British
War Office is calling for about 12,000
women a month for service at homo and
abroad, many being especially wanted in
the aerodromes nnd airplane repair shops,
England has expressed appreciation of
this service by assuring women of citizen
ship. New York has had tho opportunity
to express It more tangibly. Will Penn.
tr&y,
i i i n
STATE-CONTROL
, IN ENGLAND
Tho War Responsible for an
Endless Procession of
Committees
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES
LONDON, Oct 25.
IT
AVE you a little committee in your
ward? Or are you a member of the
Commls'lnn for the Ttestntemcnt of Peace
Terms? Or do you know a man In tho De
partment for tho llcdemptlon of Candle
wicks? Or haven't you begun to realize the
war at all?
So far as people In England are con
eerntd, tho war seems nt times to be noth
ing but a series of committees, established,
reformed, abolished, re-created, derided In
the papers, taking over huge hotels and pub
tic buhdlngs, Interfering with the dally
needs and pleasures of the populace. Of tho
several hundred committees appointed In
England since the war begnn a llttl" more
than fifty, and no more, have ceased to
exist. Tho rest have waxed and flourlnhed
and grown fat In power, from the com
mittee on cveKlnses to the n construction
committee, everything seems to be covered.
Eery committee has nn olllee n scries of
inc-fsengers a flunkey nt the door, pink
slips nnd buff slips to fill out and most of
thein have something to do, nnd do It
This hardly takes Into nccnunt depart
ments, nit of which are of a higher order
of dignity, nnd some if which, I can say
from experience, nro wonderfully organized,
raptbte nnd Useful The thing about the
committees which worries people hero Is
their apparent endle.sne-.s, their Inevitably
growing domain of action The Joke about
them Is that tho Conservitlvo Hrltlsh Press
tried to poke fun at the Tlusslan democracy
for appointing 3o many committees. It Is
truo that a man must havo been very Ill
favored If he wasn't a delegite to at least
ono convention In these last six months In
nusla. Hut It is also truo that a man
must havo very little practical knowledge
of anything If he Isn't on some "sort of com
mitten here.
In the ravings of King Lear we are told
that 'a dog's obeyed In olllee." Our prac
tical experience also tells us that a dog In
ofllcc graduate grows more and more dng.
g!h nnd more nnd more ofllclal That Is
the rub of the waV mnchlnc Good patriot
ism demands that we suffer much; I am
Inclined to hellevo that England has not
been unpatriotic and has suffered even mom
than necessary but that Is beside the point.
Hut lum- arc dogs nnd men to bo turned
nut of ofTlce nfter the war? How Is the
devolution of "control" to take place?
t:ery committee helps to control something,
from raw materials to very raw thinking,
from fat In tho garbage pa'l to penny sav
ings, r.vcry one Is n necessity; but every
ono h a nuisance How Is the nulsinco to
bo abrogated when tho necessity Is over?
Mar.v Want Stttc Control
Nothlne- could prove more completely the
different n-itu-ns of tho Allies and the Ger
mans than this constant fly nK out .-uralnsr
control U-hlnt. .n.l... .. ... . -
m,, T "" -"K nnd Franco
I till I Mil t Hlfll.H mi. A., a ... ..
-i ' "'II a mi IT
nS U'll Thn
Knir"-'-"! " .md Encllshwnmnr, nt m. i
class's a ,ise the term without either mora!
or s-c'al 1.1-.,) is fie-cely Indepe, den and
em-ntZr,V M!-T,,,nent "n personal lib
ertj The ns-snn for find',, u. l.,.
' 1VS:;" ".' expo,,, of an occasional
. . ,i,n. i,i nog is reimrksblo yet t1P
?.em.vwT"J,," ""-- "hi.. Von;;:
lcm it seem, somctlmesl,..,,!.,.. .J.
;'"' "id rr-m-s of n-i- ,R,lH "',,'""
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int fllnl.' n- .
and In th
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, fn when the wir ropJ
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tlrnnllv s
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those who nr n.l..... -,n" ."Par '"""
e-shln .hnt h .;.: I '" !or '"'"te own
- ' " nit ij n
ami nnth'pir win .i.
'Of I'S Cl.lH-u l
nesn Por . ,. " :.?,. ,1" .em out
' nun them
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T'mffn niM s.t.. .i.i.
n-inv -I In. .. ." ..."" ."" ""'" "n
es may l,n
'Tt" t'"- ',ieh n,i ,h
"FTlf. tT.'pu ,, 1,K
"" -P'Cally ,e m,dd-e ad the ' . 'Z 1ZL
carrot
'"cap England llnds nothing to
i .n,(
T.1,a,tll"',,ly ccr,a,n Pe-sons we'eome tho
"IT-VTI (''nmllln. T- .
Tn ,!
sneaker out te
for he n.rp0-e of r.hear,,n,r the a.,r,L
nrl'uralt-A H a- a.
of th Alllfs
n the country' solid. ,s p eposlerouX
W f i 1 ltat lnlAll. a
London the worst of all. i, hou or. 1
rent wilM for ihJ ; ' 12 ."nt" V5 Vr
nlolitB ...!. la. a - -t-lH Oil
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ai'-rald
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tirprnnrlnn rx9 i i. . "nu "j
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The ndvantace
-.,-..,,- .t,i i iiwnru i -arson Is not In .
- w " tir-i- piirioimni nor is it in
"', "V """launn on tlielr cause. Tho
real ndvanti.ge is that the pePiP are made
to realize that their rulers have not for
gotten the purposes , th, war haw no
been led ntray by their own power ami are
not dolrg what they nre doing In the hope
th9Pwarr ,llClr cx,enilc'1 ''-s aftc?
t Not Bcinp; Prussianized
Suhdued nnd apparently willing as tho
people are they have not lost sight of the
ntlal fact that they aro fighting a svs.
Jem incompatible with their freedom They
havo no Intention of seelncr thai ,.i, .
j any part of it fnh ted on themselves.
i no uimum-ni or tne pacifists and pro
(,ermans, here as at home. Is that the
Allied countries are being "Prussianized "
A year's observation in England disproves
It utterly Prusslanlsm Is not merely bu
reaucracy: It Is tho acceptance of bu
reaucracy by the people as a good thing as
a thing which makes for tho glory of 'tho
nation. In England a certain amount of
bureaucracy, tho committees and tho de
partments and the controllers, has been
ndopted on tho principle of fighting fire with
fire. Hut It has not been accepted Tha
few Prussians (spiritually) In ngland will
have to fight hard for their principles.
None tho less, experience, here shows that
It Is worth while to scrutinize every ap
polntment of committees, to see whether the
work Is really necessary and whether tho
powers granted hae any option on the
future. And tha Individual who Is nffectcd
may perpetually signify that he accepts
under protest, which does not mean a
grudging obedience, but an obedience with
reservations for the future. If you give the
skin off your hand you want at least to
be suro that you will help to save your
face, or some one else's ficej you want a
guarantee that you will not be skinned for
ever. And It is the earns thing If you give
your blood.
A few persons are making an, effort to
capitalize the present domination of the
Government and Its committees, but the
signs are that they will fall unless the
whole world goes In for that type of Prus
slanlsm. If the war ends with the na
tions bitter at heart, or If it ends without
a generous spirit In the management of
domestic and, particularly, labor prob.
lems. the Prussian spirit will raise Its head,
here and everj-where. nut the danger Is
not great nnd tho charge of Prusslanlsm Is
so far, a rank slander against the Hrltlsh
people. And when the war ends" a .jiew
type of hero will come home. Aforetime It
used to be "the man on borsebaak.','( Tkta
tun II will ne mo Hia wuo uw Dayvaet,.
i 1 i .i i i
Tom Daly's Column
(jOVHJb
.J
SgVZvCg
run rLAvrrxo flao
Once when It ien a cloud; tccclt
And never did a sunbeam peck
It made tna very very sad
Ilui then next morning I was glad
1'or when I got up out of bed
The sun was smiling broad and red
And not a cloud ical in the sku
And It teas told and winds were high.
I leaned upon my wlndow-slll
And looked and there on Allen's itlU
I saw a flag flap In the breeze
As bright and happy as you please
And O it was a lovely sight
That filled me with a great delight
I do not know another thing
That could so strong a feeling bring
I almost felt I luard It sin;; I
I really think if I should grow
'To br it hundred years or so
If 1 was even old and blind
And It was flapping In the tclnd
I still would love It and not mind
That I no more could sec it fly
And unvr its foldt against the sky
If I could only hear it there
Just flapping flapping In the air
I'd be so glad I would not card
IP TIIEIti: must bo a title to this story
call It "A Fish Out of Water." It's a tnlo
of tho erratic behavior of n boat on dry
land.
Somo tlmo last summer a large launch
Intended for ono of our battleships at
I.eaguo Island started overland for that
place from Portsmouth, near Norfolk, In
Virginia. It was a ship that passed in
tho night; no lookout nt League Island
got a chance to "ahoy" It. It was lost
absolutely.
Tho Navy waited long enough to get
Its mad up and then told tho railroad peo
plo they'd havo to find that boat. The
pursuit began. It lasted until nbout ten
(lays ago, when tho launch was found
threshing nround In a freight yard at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The war
weary shipping clerk at Poitsmouth, Va.,
had written Portsmouth twice on tho lit
tle boat's tag and that Just mado the fiery
thing wild.
Ily this tlmo tho Navy was "dashing i
.starry topllghts." "Avast! you lubbeit
it jelled nt tho railroad people, "and h
that launch Isn't hero at League Island
by Monday somebody's wrist watch will
bo needing repair." That was last Thura
duj Ilichard L. O'Dotincll, tho handsomo
and cfilclcnt general marager of tho
Pennsylvania Iluilroad, here appears on
deck. In the words of tho poet, ho barked
a sharp command and, telescope In hand,
t '
ho promptly took his stand unoii the
bridge nnd scanned the low. sin rounding
! "
land. The sun was Just hi caking tho Sab
bath In the cast and the watcher almost
missed In the mist the mysterious missing
boat. It went cavo.-ting by, headed duo
south. Mr. O'Donne'l brought It up with
.i round turn. As It struggled and
kicked up Its rudder It disclosed upon
Its tag the word "Poi smouth" again.
Some other bonehead hai stecitd It back
where it started from. l,.e gallant men
of O'Donnell led It gently but tlnnly to
League Island Hut that's not all.
.Monday morning tho Navy began to
burn tho telephone wires. Where's that
boat?" a deep-sea voice roaied. "Don't
tell mo it's got away again!" said Mr.
O'Donnell, "It's In your yard " "Nothing
of the sort." Then another search begun,
ai ,1 the boat w.is finally found aboard the
battleship to which tho wild thing be
longed Wo can't tell the name of the
battleship, for If wo did the Juckles would
dCM-it, rather than havo anj thing to do
with a craft so hoodooed,
Y Should you not
leld what you've got? J
Mbraco your chance;
ty your er trousers (pockets)
Cwhat it means?
omfort canteens!
Aid with your scads
11 our brave lads.
WHILE we were discussing the little
faults of some big clubs in this place
tho other day u pleasing thought camo
to us. Philadelphia may claim the
dubious distinction of sheltering ono or
two clubs that are exclusive to tho point
of snobbishness for that seems to be
a growth of our past pride but Boston
has ono club that, for snobbishness, lays
It all over anything else In the world. It
Is tho Tavern Club, located In Roylston
Place
An Italian musician, whose name Is
lost to fame, suggested the idea of the
Tavern Club to a number of acquaint
ances with whom ho happened to be
lunching. They appioved his Idea nnd
some of them went at once to work upon
It. They decided, however, that tho
musician was not good enough for their
company. So tho Tavern Club of Boston
is unlquo in that its founder was never
a member.
HELD JJY A BOLDWll
With flirting and foolishness now she was
done.
For she meant to he wed to this chap,
"ily race for a husband," she sighed, "is
near won
6e!(erc am on my last lap."
IT NOW appears that tho conundrum
attributed here to a modern puzzler named
Kosciusko McGlnty first appeared in
Yankee Notions or NIc-Nacs, magazines
that were popular about 18S3 to 1863.
There's something wrong somewhere, but
If any one's to blame we'll bet it's not
Kosciusko; and to E. B. S., who has given
us the above information, we, commend
the wonderful . variety of tha't brilliant
lad's work. It staggers most folks.
WILLIAM J. ELDRIDOE, who has
been rather actle in tho work of inter
esting children in patriotic work, had this
encounter the other day with a plump
little lady of somu ten summers:
"What work havo you been busying
yourself with, slater r
7ee4 consolation," said the pliuap
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WHY COLONIES
SUPPORT BRITAIN
Perplexities of the Irish Prob
lem Contrasted With Loyalty
of the Empire
To the. lUlltnr of the Kvcnlny Ledge,
Sir In j-our Issue of October 12 I read
Joseph Mcn.arrlty'.s "defense" against tho
treason chafgi- re.-',! roue-'it f t
him. under tho heading '.McGarrity Denies
Treason Charge." I hope It Is not too late
to mako some reply to this "defense," which
Is nothing inoro than a flagrant Insult
toward our mother countiy nnd principal
ally, nnd our country ns well.
It Is certainly a falsehood that England
Is tho "greatest suppressor of liberty nnd
Fmall nations.- Let England's colonies
who have so nobly stood bv her In this
conflict answer this lie The verv fact
that with the exception of the southern pt
of Ireland, every one of her colonies has
stood loyally by Its mother country In this
cinfl'ct give- the lie to this a--s(rtion What
would the WeMi. Scdch. Canadian. Aus
tralian Iidlan and f ulh African peoples
say to this? Tike tin- caso of the Boers
for example, whom England conquered. Why
inn niey nm ns.- against rglatid at the
ueginning or the war If It Is tru
that Pne
land was "fie greatest sunnressor of llh- I
erty nnd unall nations In tho world"? With !
the exception of a few rebels who were In-
cue-! to reMoiiion ny German propaganda,
the Boers havo remained loyal to England.
They know thnt there aro Justice and free
dom under British rule
It cannot be denied that thero 'are as
much freedom and Jintlce to be foun ' ui iVr
English rule ns under that of any nation
It Is useless to enter upon any db-cusslnn
here as to the charge that England has
oppressed Ireland fan thosP irl.h nho
lire always finding fault with English rule
and complaining that England does not
grant rights and privileges they arc en
titled to, explain how It Is thero Is so much
difference of opinion among t' Irish them
selves concerning the question of homo rule
and other matters?How Is It thnt a cer
tain section of Ireland Is determined that
homo rule shall not be put Into foice, while
another section Is determined that home
rule shall he put Into effect In tho whole
of Ireland? It seems that tho Irish had
better come to some agreement among
themselves before they accuse England of
Injustice. The Irish havo had full repre
sentation In the British Parliament all these
ytars, nnd shortly before tho war bioko
out tho homc-rulo bill was passed So
vv'iat more do they want? If the Irlh
showed that they were fit to govern them
te'.ves It might be well to grant them self
government, but since they show thnt they
are not they ought to be satisfied with
vvhnt they have.
The Irish consider that England commit
ted a perfidious act In executing Casement
and sixteen other Irish rebels. But let
It bo said that no more perfidious act or
series of acts could have been performed
than what Casement did. If he was not
a traitor and did not deserve death at tho
hands of a government to which he proved
false, then I would like to know what Is
meant by traitor. Fori a man who was
onco intrusted with positions of responsi
bility to go Into a country nt war with
Engltnd, plot with that Government, go Into
the Irish prison camp, endeavor to turn
the loj-al Irish soldiers to take up arms
against .Enpland and fight on the side of
a foe not an honorable foe what more
could be treason? From Mr. Gerard's ac
count we learn that Casement was run
out of the camp by his Indignant country
men. He suffered tho fate he so richly
deserved, and which would have been given
him by any other Government deserving of
the name of government Casement's name
deserves to go Into history as that of an
other Benedict Arnold, not as a patriot and
martyr. .
It Is said that England usedundue se
verity In dealing with the Irish rebels. It
would have been interesting to have seen
what the German Government would have
done If Ireland had been under German
rule. Instead of there being a few execu
tions, there would undoubtedly have been
hundreds of executions, and the Sinn Fein
Society would have been knocked "higher
than a kite," Judging from the way the
German Government has dealt with Bel
glum and other countries which "she holds
in her possession as a result of this war.
The Irish would certainly have received no
mercy In that case, and they would have
found Germany would not have kept faith
with them. M England has done. If It
ware convenient for her to break her word;
"GOSH ! HE MEANS IT !
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large Irish faction Is willing to sell Itself
to Germany against ngland Whatever
nation Is nn enemy of ngland Is an enemy
of the I'nltcd States nt this time, and there
fmc that section of the Irbh-Amo'Ican
press which Is bent on abusing and vilify
ing England nt thiv, 'In- most critical peiiod
of her hlstorj", ought to" be ns rigidly sup
pressed as the dlsloj-al German-American
press It Is gratifying that tho Government
has already taken action against the Irlsh
Atiierlcan press of the typo Just mentioned.
In conclusion let us say: All honor to
the thousands of brave Irish soldiers who
are fighting for England nnd tternal In
famy for thoe Irl'hmen who are dls.oval
and aro weakening tho hands of England
In this hour of trial!
pnnnrsT washbuiin.
Philadelphia, November 13,
WAR AS SOLDIERS SEE IT
r' THAT graphic bonk. "Pnder Fire," In
which Henri Barbusso tells tho itory of
tho dally life of the French army squad of
which he was the leader there Is a particu
larly Impressive chapter In which some
common sold'ers voice their conception of
the war and of what must bo Its outcome.
On tho day before they had taken part In
n fierce l-attle a 1 ttlo group had been sepa
lated fiwn their companions, had lost their
w.a had finally, overcome by weariness,
link down on the side of a small mound
nnd slept thtough a night of pouring rain.
They awakened to P.nd themselves floating
In mud. Incased In mud m,i ,,.. ,.r v,.
drowned In It M Barl.usse writes of It:
"1 used to think that tho worst hell In
war was tho flame of shells; nnd then for
long I thought It was the suffocation of
the caverns which eternally confine us. But
It Is neither of these. Hell Is water.
"Thcv begin to talk of tho Immensity of
tho misery. Says Paradls: -All wo can see
Is only a speck You've got to remember
hai tins morning there aro :1000 kilometers
if eqi'nl evi: or nearly equal or worse.'
"A bass voice rolled to us from further
away, 'No ono cannot Imagine It.'
"At these words a hurst of harsh laugh
ter tore Itself from some one else. 'How
could you Imagine It, to begin with, If you
hadn't been thero?'
'"You'd havo to bo mad,' said tho chas
seur. "Then ho who spoko sorrowfully, like n
bell. said. 'It'll bo no good telling about It.
eh? No one can know It, only us.'
"'No, not even us not even us!' some
one cried.
" 'That's what I say, too. Wo shall for
get wo'ro forgetting already!'
" "We've seen too much to remember !'
"And everything we'vo seen wns too
much. We're too little to hold It.'
"'If wp remembered, said another,
'thero wouldn't be any more war.
" 'There'll be no more war,' growls one,
'when there Is no more Germany,'
"'That's not the right thing to sav!' erf.
another. "It Isn't enough. There'll be no
more war when tho spirit of war Is de
feated '
" 'Germany nnd militarism. some one In
his nnger precipitately cut In, 'thoy're the
same thing. They wanted tho war and
they'd planned it beforehand. They are
militarism' '
"'Yes. Today militarism Is called Ger
many.' " 'Yes, but what will it be called tomor
row?' " 'I don't know,' said a voice serious as a
prophet's. 'If the spirit of war isn't killed
j-ou'U havo a struggle all through tho
ages.' "
They have much discussion, as they
flounder In the mud, pull themselves out of
It, sink down with the bleeding of their
wounds, of the cause of war, of where and
how the spirit of war has its origin, of Jus
tice and cnualltj And then tho author
goes on:
"My still living companions have at last
got up. Standing with difficulty, on the
foundered soil. Inclosed In thelrbemlred
garb, laid out In strange upright coffins of
mud. raising their hugo simplicity out of
the earth's depths a profundity like that
of Ignorance they move and cry out, with
their gaze, their arms and their fists toward
the sky whence fall daylight and storm.
But their eyes are opened. They
are beginning to make out the boundless
simplicity of things. And Truth not only
invests them with a dawn of hope, but
raises on It a renewal of strength and cour
age. That's enough talk about those others '
one of the men commanded ; 'all the worsi
for them I Us I Us all I The undereUndfnS
between democracies, the entente among the
multitudes, the uplifting of the people of th.
,...-, .... -- -i.'i'p launi All tho
rest, aye, all the reel.' in the nn.t J.
ta i... . - -; wo i
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What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. flho In Vlnlrt Oakley and what Is bar aua)
important work?
2. tli.it U meant by "Attlfl salt"?
3. Wlio U United Htatea Ambasaaler U
lYnnce?
4. What wns the Mnrshaliea?
fl. What Is ,i iilniruotf?
0. VI hat American l'rraldents hare beta IH
ernn men aa well ua and prior ta
statesmen?
7. Who Is Leon Trotakj?
. Who wrote "Klsle Vcnner"T
0. Where la the Vurd.tr River
V. Who la Samuel tiampers?
Answers to Vostcrday'a Quiz
I, rotrcl Amirlcan writer if dialer t term
Kucene Field. nnd llr.-l Hnrte, Vltrai
'.vfllra O'lielllj" (.via lor llalnlne), Irlahi
Thomas Aui:tit!n II ily. nullum wllllsa
Henry linnnmnm), French t'arvdlasi
'llimrn lllcliiti" Cfamei Kimnell LowiD,
Junker: "linns llrdtmunn" (LharltsOsa
frey I,rltnnl. (lerm.in.
S. lonle nrrhllritiire la more delicate);
fllcately wa
in Inanlrallaa
renec wlaita
pnnionpi, iinn more peetio in inn
than Dnrlr. A rlilrf dlffrrrnf!
the Ntlr is In the capitals of the cl-
nniriH,
3. The 'irt National Army Is the fcrce no
In Irnlnlnc, made up of the Drat nflrttM
men inllril to hervlie, . .
4. Two historic military bodies of the I'nllM
Urates: Flrt City Troon of rhl'aoriDala
nnd Ancient and Honorable Artillery sf
IloMton. , ,
o. An udjutant crneral In active srrrlce u
reallv the chief nf staff of the brliaia.
dlvlalon or rorps commander, relleTtaf
',!. auuerlur nlllrrr of admlnlitratlTe.sa.
till In the National (iuiird the ndjntaat
kt-neral Is the active mllltiry bead of tat
Mate's fonea, rellcvlnit the alafrd ears-innnder-ln-clilef
the (iovernor -of eitca.
the nnd ndinlnl-trntne labors,
0. .Tolin firrenlcaf Whlttler wrote "Saaw
7. riilliindrr C. Knnx la the Junior Senatai
from I'rnmolv unlit. He nns been Attar;
ney tleneral nnd Secretary of stale si
the I'nltril Htutrs. ., .
8. A Ininealo'v N, strictly apeaklnc a darnl-
cllc ull on one lloor,
9. "Viable." In nillltar., .trntecy. means eaja
hie nf nuBnuRC. Tli word comes irrai
the I.ntln "vlu," roid or atreet.
10, (lenrrnl llliiz la the new eomnjanoaf-i
ihlef of the Italian armlea.
TTnw T.iNrnr.N LOOKED
T71ATHi:R ABRAHAM, whose aspect I 'tfl
J- remembr with the poigancy of
worshiping boy of fifteen years." says Ed
ward 'William Thompson, author of mnr
poems about Mncaln, "was not less gro
tesque, at first glance, than Barnard M
figured him. Nor was ho less noble thin
the statue, considered carefully, represents
him to have been. He had a primal loolc
thaU of ono who disregarded clotwor,
thought not of his habiliments, pitched then
on nnd grabbed the first old umbrella tMt
chanced to his hand, Ho appeared Wy
Great at once. Five seconds nfter nil"
one's eyes on him his queer clothes were for
gotten, Then his apparent hand-me-downs
had ceased to impress tho gazer. You rs
member tho old woman who, having
u v,. ii.. T).aaMAitr ttfAfl vptv honHli
came forth from him. after he had Br1' 'A
.. . . i..i.n, n i, nnldter son,
declaring Indignantly, 'Mr. Lincoln i Is '" '"
handsomest man I over saw.' So he was. .m
And the greatest looking, 'ine m ' "j.
nlgn. His countenance awed me while T"
I loved him, Often I have pondered, tryir
to analyze tho causes of his effect. F
it seems to me that his presence gave ono
u. tils a shocked sense, not so mucn ia"
ho was grotesquely clad as that ne .
wrongly clad. It wns as If the long limw
should have been In the fringed or"?
hunting skirt and leggings and nvoceuina
of the Indian fighter and pioneer, were J
o sculptor, I should try to get that curlew
effect of bis countenance and garb
motions. IJo appears to my memory
once Deerslayer and the greatest of "a"!
men and Presidents. He really did per"
nnnlfu Mill nrntfln American WOrttl, ln&
ne i, .A,!n.wi n.,,1 ni-niHi, nloneers aa ss
well as that of the legislators and lntelleo- r
tuals." ' $1
TfiMMV AWINS APPRAISED
"It Is philosophic trust, coupled with j
soiuie iacn oi imaKinuuuii, "", ,,.
the British soldier the most invincible wr- M
son in the world," says Major " "v. ,1
1)01111, in Ail ill i. nw l, at rfl
Inspired to glorious deeds by his grtaj ,
spirit and passionate love of his own ", ft
sotl : the German fights as he tninKs. i. - i ,
macnine. uui tne iiniun '"" "f.i'
ai i. i .- t.i ..!.. indifference W-'
Miruugll uwiiik w ma cii.iiv :.",..:.,,,,,, 1
the pros and cons of the tactical tBtf'?i
w. '... m - .. in anV OUIaT7' 3
ite seines uuwn m rai ,.v -.-. r.M m
trade, and, as in tlmo of peace, ho w cmw i
concerned with Ills noiiaays .-.
creature comforts. A battle Is a mere Wli
., . ...... ., ..- nt hllleta and aJ
VIUCI1V muni," vii, ". ..,,--- M
other. Consequently, he does uot a''0,2 .
grim realities or war to oosea. hi-
..... w ,1,,,,. nix. tnlirM nlmos. SI
nis euccesi aa a eoiaier,u " ---.
domeetlq lrwtlr.cta.are ..tromfer tk
his euccesa as a soldier, to the fact .tMiJ
saaMsaW-saaaaJLr'JAftfX-rT mM I m I
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