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AN ULTIJIATUM 1JUILT UPON
A ROCK
Tho I'reildcnt Is at liberty, hotli In
law and conscience, to lie us Mr it man
as ho can. Ills capacity will set the limit;
nnd If Congress bo overborne by him It
will bo no fault of the makers of tbe
Constitution It will bo from no lack of
constitutional powers on Its part, but
only-because tho 1'resldcnt has the na
tion behind him and Congress has not.
TITR. WILSON wrote theso words long
" before ho had any Idea thnt ho would
ever nil the offlco In which ho saw uucli
boundless possibilities of constructive
leadership. In a gravo crisis, which has
ousted executives In Franco and Italy
and threatened to dislodge tho British
Premier, it Is reassuring to realize that
our Government Is not to ho shaken by
caprice or hteilu and that at Its head
is a man who feels free "to be ns big a
man us ho can."
Many have wished in tho past that our
Administration might ho ho constituted
as to reflect popular change of opinion
more swiftly. It la fort'unato that tho
Power which has hecomo the spokesman
tor the Allies Is as stable as a lock for
the duration of tho war. Tho American
ultimatum to tho German autocracy Is
the Allies' ultimatum, and It will stand
without ono woid changed even though
the personnel of nil the Cabinets In i:u-
ropo be completely changed.
Changes In tho personnel of the Amei I
can Cabinet would be for ndmlnlstiatlvo
Improvement and not for political stiat
egy. Our political parties, unllki those
f of Kurope, disappear In crimes. This Is not
because Americans aie any more patriotic
than Europeans, but because the Chief
Executive's powers nro huch as to lalse
him above parties. Xonpaitlsan In a
crisis, vlitually Irremovable, he Is In a
position to command a loyalty fiom the
people such as the King of England com
mands as the human symbol of the State.
The Uritlsh Piemler, owing his tenure
of olllce to Parliament and coming to that
office only through a career marked by
intense paitlsaushlp, never can win that
wide loalty from nil soits and conditions
of men.
Llojd George has te.r.poiaill mudeled
the British Government on American
lines. Just as Mr. Wilson has gone to
the people over the head of Congiebs,
when necesbaiy, t,o tho Picmlor has gone
to the people over tho head of Parliament.
Tha parallel Is very close. Mr. Lloyd
George has gone before the tiado union
representatives to mako poraomi! appeals
of Just tho dramatic sot that Mr. Wilson
made at Duffalo. Until men have hteereel
their couise b ignoring tho politicians
and keeping clo&e to popular sentiment.
If, as some sa, tho liiitlah Cabinet is
guided by the ups and downs of a news,
paper war, that Is only another way of
saying it Is guided by the currents of
popular opinion. If Mr. Wilson has
overborne congressional strategy and
prejudice In tuch Incidents as the Roose
velt volunteer bill nnd tho fight agqlu&t
Hoover, it "was because he 1 new he had
the people with hl'ii and that Confess
had not.
We arc now to see hyy.tl1-'.e.H1llL'JlK''r
are to work out in the greatest task that
Mr. WlUon and Mr. Lloyd George have
yet faced. It is becoming evident that
tho wo statesmen aro working in closer
harmony every day, and this is really a
great triumph. An American President
working; at odds with tho Premier nt this
time would mean calamity. Tor, while
it is military unity that will he sought
first ut the Paris confeience, military
unity inevitably implies 'political unity
In common war alms nil alons tho lines.
Mr. W'lSin and Sir, Lloyd George are anti.
imperialists, us are tho great majority
of; the.American and British peoples. It
is on this ground that' they are at 'one
with eah. otller and their peoplos and it
Is on this that thoir strength is based,
txcaiisC this principle js the, strength
f the Allle.-t cause,!
; CELEBRITIES ON HONOR ROLL
, ,-
TYAKNUN55IO, modern .Italy's greatest
LT? ' Poc'r ia missing after a flight ot er
"(the Austrian lines and is believed to be
'i ial. Of all the men of world-wide fame
"'-Wfcio, kye served the Allies none lias
; ffjaier naps, inan es Me became
''pot darter Aviators and
'.tlHU.OMtaCiMM
that jjmpelled lilm was a deslro io be an
example to his countrymen.
Nearly nil tlio nations have mode a
heavy sacrifice for tlio pdcta' roll of
honor. Ireland lost Francis Ledvvldgo In
tho trenches tlio other day, Kngland has
Blveit Rupert Brooke nnd In Secgor tills
country sent Its herald .to tho "rendez out
wmi iieain,"
Death has inudo heavy Inroads In the
lists of famous men, hut no class haH
suffered so mifch as tho militarists. The
four men In L'uropo who In 1014 icprc
sentcd tho military hph It were tho Kaiser,
tho Czar, tho Austrian Archduko and
Kitchener. Two nro dead, ono Is n Hfo
prisoner and over tho fourth hangs tho
trngedv that Is dercrved hy those whoso
motto la "Woild Vowrr or Downfall."
CASH ANSWERS THE KAISER
rpiu: Y. M. C. A. 1ms won Its $ 35,000 000
I fund If t"'en il.VS of (.ampa'milnc:
T"'ive million lollais a day tho people of
Ameiicn lia-i given, not" for military
, "irpo e hut for the i)hslcal welfare and
'Plritual uplift of their lighting sons.
Ametlca woishlpi the Almighty Dollar!
This was onco alleged ugalnst us, om"
times In light but lll-natcred Jibing, homo
times In c.ustlo and seiious criticism.
Tho allegation was unjust. Hccauso wo
succeeded in trade, business, finance, In
aught we undertook, we did not deify
inom'.v. Wi lieaid the charge unlllngly,
perhaps trio unheedliiKl, too lllUPlmK-
tnJy. Whnt if wo did know how to no.
etimiilutc miiiip.x '.' A'o know how to sptnd
It ton our public institutions, our phllan
thrnpU'j, ha' o pnned it. Wo did not
seek to conti overt, as a nation, what we
wcro nwaip was false. A busy, producing
land has no time for futilities. Wo
realised our ideals and our aspirations.
This Inner consciousness was enough.
Well, this war has proved to all men how
much America worships money. Money
Is a means to an end, not tho crd Itself.
Cash Is simply an ngont In this cbfo a
weapon uralnst Kalserlsm Dcrlln said
America would not spend Its money.
And lo! tho reply Is two Liberty Loans
totaling soven billions, a Red Cios en
dowment of $100,000,000 and this week a.
Y. M. C. A. fund of $33,000,000.
Shallow nnd unkind critics are refuted.
Itls God not Mammon Aiicrlca worship".
It can mako money. And It can spend It
gladly and genet ously in a gicat cause.
FORESTALL WATER SHORTAGE
WATER shortago Is a menaco both to
baftty and sanitation. Tho threat
ened water famine in the central portions
of tho city should be forestalled by Im
mediate action nnd the bUpply safeguard
ed until additional facilities can be pro.
vlded to aveit all danger. Abundance of
puio water Is absolutely neccsssary for
preserving tho public health accoullng to
pioppr hygienic standards. A constant
flow at high piessuio is essential for
protection from file. Moie than a decade
has passed without augmentation of the
clts water facilities. At least two dec
ades have elapsed since tho new filtra
tion nnd pumping stations l cached efll
dent and adequate standards through
a devious course of financial and political
contract scandals. Such a municipal
utility as the water works should never
he considered a Job that once done Is fin
ished. Notmal city growth and wear and
tear on machliiPiy Imperatively necessi
tate constant expansion and leplenlsh
ment. Tho mlstako of considering tho
filtration nnd pumping plants perfect and
complete has led to serious consequences.
Investigations by. the Chestnut Street
Business Men's Association sound a new
danger wattling. The teriitory boundod
by Market, Rioad, Pine and Sixth streets
Is a zone of peril under present condi
tions. A modern supply bystem must be
built befoie the (Vingpr sign can como
down. So grave Is ths situation that It
will take two years to pot form the task.
The warning Is timely. Tho central
rone should he taken out of danger at
onco The piesent localled menaco
should be Milllclcnt to Induce city-wido
scrutiny. Other sections will be subject
to water famine in u few jeats thtough
gains In population and depreciation of
present plants unless their source and
system ot supply aie extended and mod
ernized. PATRIOTIC SILENCE
qxi:
VV tie.
of the wartime mottoes of cmbat-
nie put up In prominent places assuring
citizens that sllenco about unpublished
mllltnry Information la one of tho first
duties demanded by tho republic. Tho
man beside you In a restaurant may be
a Bpy. This warning is now more ap
plicable to Americans than to tho French,
who have had three years more than we
have had to perfect their organization
against German agents.
A young woman whom nobody sus
pected has Just been sent to an Intern
ment camp for sending a cablegram to
MnNleo destined for Berlin. She was paid
$l'00u a jear to forward important Indus-
Trial 'information. It is significant that
Berlin Is willing to pay for buch work.
The German Government appreciates the
fact that its armies are running n race
wth American industry and organization.
It, Is no secret that wo are sending abroad
everything that Is needed by our troops
and allies, but the speed at which ship
ments are made nnd tho amount, nature
nnd destination of each cargo are Im
portant secrets. It Is no secret that
many thousands of soldiers have been
and will bo sent to France; but Just how
rapidly they can be sent is a secret that
Von Iltudenburg would glvo a great deal
to learn. 0
Americans must get out of the civilian
habit of telling all they know.
Ice men nnd ice cream dealers
have not turned a cold shoulder to the
can of Uncle Sam. They are quite warm
in their patriotic resolutions of support
for his food administration. '
In these .dajs of high costs, why
not mako emplo)ers pay tlto wages of
their help themselves? This can bo dono
by cutting out the waiter's tip. We do
not tip the man who sells us our clothing
or household goods, and there Is no reason
why wo should ttpthe salesman who
brings our food. Here ,1s an opportunity
for the sociological workers who' aim to
Stale bwJBUty indeucndait.
ENGLAND LOOKS '
FOR A LONG WAR
Italian Campaign Revises Views
Of Germany's Reserve
Power
By GILBEUT VIVIAN SELDKS
Spcc'.al Correspondent of tht JStrnlHa Ledocr
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LONDON, Nov. 1.
A-'V rcvlow of the war situation written
-TXln
the week of tho Ita.lan debnelo Is
bound to ccm pessimistic. To avoid mis
understanding, I must ntk tlio render to
believe that the opinions set down here (and
I they nro by no means "persona'" opinions.
! which mc Interesting but worthless) were
formed, elaborated nnd expressed, either to
or by the wrl'ci, long beforo tho Italian
camp-i'sri brgan. Theie nro In cery coun
try three -ets of opinion tho thoughtlessly
optlniistlea the thoughtio.ly pessimistic nnd
the Infortntd It is with informed opinion
that this nrtlrle deals.
1 have written "Italian ilelincle," but It
would bo a mlstako to tnlo thoso words
ti I ho siro of a disaster to Italy liven
f Italv -,.ro ten times as hard hit ns sho
", oven If shp wero oveirun, which heaven
and the Allies forbid, tho disaster to her
""' nnr. uo n.iir so serious as tho ruin
f foolish opMiiilm In tho I'htente. Tlio
people who ready suffer from tlio revet scs
nn the Isonzo nro tho-o publicists and
wntesmen who hno nssiiml us that tho
Allies wem bejotid the rlk of reverses
I'or sixteen months 0 hao been told
two tli.iigs that tho CJ.im-in moiale was
breaking up anil that the (7erinnn icervo
was K.iitg i.hnutid With a stiro insight
Into military purpu-.-s tho eorrcqiondtiits
at tho front and the critics at homo hao
ItislstPil upon th.se two thing, which nro
tho two moil Important factors in the
military defeat of Germany. They hao
not consciously lied Tlio men at the
rront lwuo seen Germans drugged from dug.
outs after llo dns of drum llro which has
broken their nerve, cut off their re-enforco-ments
and their food, and been tho iiio
ludo to an attack by well-fed, rncrgetlo
and choorful troops Tho moialo of these
pltlablo captlcB has been broken, and from
Jills evldenco wo wern asked to bellove that
the German army was quivering, ready to
fall apart llko Jelly.
At homo credlblo experts havo worked
out the process of cxhauttlmj Germany's re.
scr-.o. Mr Hllalre Ilelloc has dono this
jery well, conservatively but cheerfully.
In tho penny press tho phrase Itself has
been u?cd with tho lesult that most people
wcro of tho impression that Germany had
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u im.i uinv io maio casualties of the com
juuamriy zo men opposing u., and tho
resistance of Germany would be over. As
for the eastern f'ont, wo wpip given to
understand that it was thp rest-curp. No
still dy troops were kept there, but tlio men
who went through tho mill on tho western
ftout wero sent tlipro to recuperate.
Loose Talk About Peace
It was rons'dered necessary, In order
to keep up the prcstlgo of our Allien, to
say that we were winning against terrible
defenslvo powets That was true and Is.
But Indlildiials who should have known
better gave It out that the power of Ger
many was breaking nnd that wo wero with
in visible distance, of the end. It was not
nlMcl'il, but It sounded good nnd people be
lieved it Todiy I find )mo surprl In
the British press at the belief, reported
prevalent In the Bnltcd States, that tho war
win he iv cr by Christmas I wish to as
sute you that more loose talk about a sud
den peace is going on In London than In
Philadelphia
And now this army of shattered moralo
and exhausted reserve has put between five
and eight completo army corps Into the
field, not on tho defensive but on the of
fensive Tho combined weight of tho Brit
ish and French armies has been Inadcquato
to keep It engaged; It has massed against
Italy, and reports of "feeble resistance"
and "getting In by tho back door" do not
cover tho essential fact of Germany's re
maining power. A correspondent pitifully
remarks that If the Germans had attacked
near Gorizla or on tho lialnalzza plateau
ho would havo met a lighting force. No
doubt. Hut wo are not nblo to determine
where the enemy shall attack Tho Inabil
ity of the Allies to keep the Central Bin
pires on tho defensive Is tho great disaster
of this summer. And It Is no use to blamo
Russia. We may havo to light and win
this war without her.
In making the staying and offensive pow.
er of Germany tho first feature of this re
view I am merely doing tho safest thing:
I am trying to glvo such a view of the
situation ns the enemy might hold, so that
tho terrible mlrtako of underestimation can
not occur. Most Americans. I am told bj
returning fi lends, aro mentally convinced
that the' war may go on another year; somo
think eighteen months; those who say two
years are called pessimist" The purpose of
this review Is to Indicate why It may go on
two jean longer and what two years' war
will mean to America And tbe first of
tho reasons why Is tho simple military rea
son that the Allies are not jet able to pin
Germany down to any place, to hold her
on the defensive nnd It seems now to meet
any offensive, anj where, which the Central
Bmplres enn make.
The second reason why the war may go
on two years Is that Germany Is In largo
p irt persuaded that her .choice Is between
World-Povvcr and Downfall, nnd she seems
to have chosen World-Power. I mean that
tbe mad dream of Central Burope may be
transformed Into the nightmare of German
Burope If Germany believes herself un
defeated today. If she prospers In her Ital
ian campaign, with tho view of restoring
parts of Italy to Austria? parts to tho tem
poral power of the Papacy, her imperialism
may take tho Napoleonic form. Sho will
havo to fight us and tho British Bmplra to
the last ditch, to be sure. And that Is ex
actly tho point: that we must be prepared
for this last ditch, even If It Is a ditch dug
along tho Atlantic coastline.
Dissolution in Germany
The process of dissolution Is continuing In
Germany and we may please ourselves bv
thinking about it If wn have time for such
pleasures. But for us to trust In a German
revolution Is as sensible a thing as It would
have been for Sir John French to trust to
tho appearance of angels on the retreat
from Mons. It may be thnt angels or arch
ers held the Germans up on that retreat;
but no one has suggested that these celes
tial visitors would have taken the troublo
to come if seven divisions of British troops
had not been present to need their aid. So
It would be a folly steeped In our own
blood for us to depend on a revolution In
Germany to help us. We can help It. no
doubt. And that Is as far as wo havo any
right to go In thinking of the matter. The
more frequently wo say that we will talk
with a democratized Germany, the .better
for us; but we must understand that the
way to lemncra'iv Germany Is to defeat
autocratic Germany In the only way which
autocratic Gefinany can be made to feel de
feat, which Is In the field.
These are the essential things In a dis
illusioned view of the war situation: The
comparative inability so far of the Allies
to ' establish anything approaching a
definite military supremacy or superiority
on all fronts, and the existence, In Germany
of a willingness to continue the war which
can be converted Into a fanatic eagerness
to nciulre something closely resembling
world power ns a result of fighting In self-1
defense. That Is tho German view, the
thing wo have to fight against. But we
cinrot fight against It unless we know that
It exists.
Further articles In this review will de
velop certain special points,, but the con
clusion may be antlclpsted Ja order to avnlfl
misunderstanding. That conclusion Is that
Germany can nnd will be. defeated; this
conclusion coincides with a political con
viction that she must be. But to Insure
thla happy ending certain things must be
done which have not 'yet been dona, certain
r'tadJusroents'of,Wslon'must fc njad. ot
theae the first, the alt-tmsortint. Is the
Tom Daly's Column
' A Hunch of Old Newspapers
A PASSING band of music, o'r oven ft
slnglo horn, will always pull us to the
window, but flro bells lntorcst us not nt
nil. Wo wouldn't walk around tho corner
to look nt tho most "horclflo holocaust,"
yet wo know mon who would ovactiato a
warm bed on n freezing midnight to run
a milo to a $C000 blnzo. Kverybody to his
tnstcj nnd everybody known somo one
.thing ho'd rather loaf over than do his
day's work.
Wo ourself confess our utter inability
to resist tho lure of a century-old news
paper. Ono oftthost things is always sure
to roh us of an linur"ii tlmo nnd a bundle
of them will knock nu eight-hour dny to
smithereens.
W. W. HANNA kept u from our work
nearly tho wholo of yesterday. Uo drop
ped upon our desk a bundle of Journals
which wero chronicles of the news as
long ago ns 1S0C to 1821, und wo spent
our morning browsing through them. In
tho Belfast Nevs-Lcttcr of (November 17,
1807, wo lead all tho details of nji'.earh
green robbery which had moved tho
authorities of that great linen district
to offer a lcward of $300; and we followed
with breathless In'.orest tho story of the
exploits of somo wild Irish iilghtrlders
who "st.vlcd thcnrelvcs 'Moll Doyle and
her ,'ons' and barbarously killed, houghed
and otherwise mangled cattle and t Aimed
byres and houses" Wo milled at tho
formal notico of the wedding of one
Stuart Campbell "lo tho amiable Miss
Dotigliip, relict of Adam Douglas," which
confirmed u Htoiy wp had heard thnt In
old times in Ireland a widow was nlnuya
a "Miss," until sho becamo "Mrs." again.
BUT MOST of our morning wat, wa-ited
over tho Nowry Telegraph of Friday,
November 5, 1S21, In which appcarn a dis
cussion ns to tho authorship of tho poom
beginning:
Not a drum vaa heard, not a funeral note,
As his corse to the rampart we hurried.
Not a soldier discharged hln farewell shot
O'or tho gravo where our hero wo burled,
etc
Tho discussion seems to have been pro
voked by an attlclo In a London paper
giving a garbled version of a "poetic trlb
tito to tlu memory of tho lato Sir John
I Moore" which had been recited at an eve
nluir-compuny by Lord Byron. It appears
to ha c been taken for granted by tho
London Journal thnt Byron was tho
author of that stlrrlnr,- ballad, which
every schoolboy knows now ns tho work
of Charles Wolfe. The strangest part of
It all Is the fact that the poem had been
going tho rounds for at least ten years
nnd tho poet had himself been laid In tho
gravo unwept, unhonored nnd unsung.
Wo gather from all tho pother about it in
this yellowed issuo of tho Newry Tele
graph of November C, 1824, that Wolfo's
poem might havo dropped silently out of
sight nnd memory, as has many anothor
unappreciated bit of newspaper -crse, If
It had not thus belatedly como to tho
notico of Lord Byron and earned his O. K.
The poem first appeared In the Newry
Telegraph, says ono of tho parties to
tho controversy, nnd ho continues: "It
is beyond all question that Mr. Wolfe was
the author of these verses; for. Independ
ently of my testimony, his friends, his
fellow students, nnd his Intlmato connex
ions amongst the Clergy ot tho Estab
lished Church, of which ho was an nctlvo,
useful and pious Minister, know tho fact
to be so. Mr. NVolfe, Sir, was
too unassuming, candid and tenacious of
truth, to claim a poem which he had not
written. Tho lines. Sir, as recited by
Lord Byron, afTord tho strongest Inter
nal evidence that tho eminent poet was
not their author. Tho poem
first appeared in tho Newry Telegraph,
signed C. .W."
ANOTHER defender of Wolfe's claim,
In this old Issue, ono John Sydney Taylor,
relates Jiovv Wolfe, under the urglngs of
his frlonds "to read for a scholarship" In
tho College of Dublin, "commenced his
studies nnd guvo them for somo tlmo tho
Intense application which is absolutely
lequlslto"; and he "seemed to bo endowed
with both strength and talent to ensuro
the most brilliant success, yet, after a
tlmo, his Industry visibly relaxed.
It was soon understood that tho mind of
tho mathematician had been subdued by
the heart of the poet. Ho was said to
glvo himself up to softer inspirations than
thoso of science. Ho was observed to
enjoy a moonlight walk moro than the
calculations of tho lunar mountains.
Ho lost nil tasto for a fellowship,
which, according to (ho absurd and mon
astic statutes of the University, is Incom
patible with the matrimonial state;
ho closed his books, which might lead to
wealth and distinction, but not to happi
ness, nnd never returned to tho path of
academic ambition. Ho laboured
for tho poor and friendless an(j
about two years ago I heard that death
had closed tho story of his misfortunes,
his talents and his virtues."
HERD wo copy out for you the poem ns
it appeared first In tho Newry Telegraph;
a slightly different version, wo venturo to
say, from that which you memorized in
school:
Not n drum was heard, not a funeral note
As his corse to the rampart wa hurried
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
O er the grave, where our hero we burled!
Wo burled him darkly nt dead of night
The sods with our bayonets turning,
By the struggling moonbeams' misty light
And the lantern dimly burning.
No useless coffln enclosed his breast,
Nor In sheet nor In shroud we bound him
But he lay like a warrior taking his rest '
With his martial cloak around him.
Few and short were the prayers we said
And we spoke not a word of sorrow '
But we steadfastly gazed on tho face that
was dead.
And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
We thought as we hollowed his narrow bed
And smoothed down hls lonely pillow '
That the foe and the stranger would tread
o'er his head
And we far away on the billow.
"Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's
gone,
And o'er his cold, ashes upbraid him
But nothing he'll reck If they, let hln 'sleen
on '
In the grave where a Briton has laid
him."
But half of our heavy task was done
When the clock toll'd Jhe hour for re
tiring, And we heard the dlntant nnd rapdom gun
grhat the foo was sullenly firing.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down,
From the field of his fame, fresh and
ory;
vy carved not a line we .raised tiot a,
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Pneumonia in Trolley Cars Se
vere Treatment for the Dis
loyal in U. S. The
Y. M. C. A.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Is there any scientific basis whereby
the "public health" demands ventilators
opon In tho surfaco cars and closed on tho
subway-"L" trains?
My cxperlenco since the cool weather set
In has been that an avcrago of one window
for every three cars Is opened, and that to
tho extent of a few Inches. Tho ventilating
system Installed may work on paper, but It
passes my understanding how a half-dozen
carefully inclosed "slits" 3.C cm. from the
roof can bo expectod to provide a flow of
fresh nlr sufficient to take off even a small
number of tho germs breathed out by somo
200 persons. Tho "pneumonia commission"
might find It profitable to ride on tho
trains, capture a few bottlcfuls of "air"
and publish tho results.
Incidentally, an assiduous search upon
tho "yellow-dog" crosstowu cars has failed
to disclose tho hiding placo of the heating
apparatus. The Public Service Commission
In Now York several years ago issued an
edict compelling public carriers to main
tain a certain temperature within the cars
according to the temperature In tho street.
Wby not "Fresh Air for tho 'L'; Heat for
tho Cars" as a slogan now and ' at tho
next election and until wo get It?
VICTOR If. LAWN.
Philadelphia, November 19.
URGES DRASTIC MEASURES
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir
Tli ees of all nations aro on our republic.
Great la the Make placed In our hands. Grrat
la tho responsibility which must rest upon tho
rcopls ot thla United Statra. Let ux realize
ho Importanco of tho attitude In which wo
aland before the world. Andrew Jackson.
These words were spoken by Andrew
Jackson March if 1833, and they can well
be used nt the present time. Wo havo many
persons in our land who came hero to better
their conditions when there was no other
place for them to go. No one wanted them,
their own country was not good enough for
them, so off to America. Your Uncle Sam
waH at the shore to meet them, to give a
welcome to our land of the free and the
home of the bravo. Many appreciated their
new homes and became good American
citizens. The rest could not sea the light,
and remained loyal to their fatherland, not
knowing Just when they could be of some
service to their "good fatherland." In which
they coiild riot make a Recent' living. And
now when we will be compelled to extend
ourselves to reach out for democracy and
humanity, we need every one to be loyal to
America, orleave it
There Us entirely too much trouble In
side our country, caused by people who are
friendly to the Huns. This country must be
rid of them, and that very soon.
A nation by eitabllihlna; a character for
liberality an? maananlmlty gains in the
friendship and reapect of otnera moro than tho
worth of mere money, Thomas Jefferson.
Our liberality has been stretched and
pulled Into treason by these same people to
whom we as a nation have been so good.
Nothing Is too little or mean for them to do
so that they can serve their fatherland.
There must be Borne nerolc measures used
to bring about a better condition In this
country. One way la not to be afraid of
hurting some one's feelings. This is no time
to think about feelings, but 'to wake up
beforo it Is too late and bring out some of
these people who are caught blowing up
munition plants and other places to hinder
the United States Government from going
ahead with tho war. Bring them out nnd
liaye afwWc efcut'on in somo of the
public places so that their friends can see
them and you wlll.soon see the rest of their
bunch hiking away, or It will bring them to
the understanding that thoy must be loyal
citizens and behae themselves. Just try
this onco and see how It answers. I trill
bet a big red apple you wlj! not have any
more trouble- Do you for one minute think
we could do thla same thing In Germany?
Well, I don't think you could, only once,
then jrQUweuW.ne shot,- - r
EvMY ?MNkn0WS how w Pt Into thla
ftght inw " "'"j"! 2LtzXL
, . .
Our best boys are In uniforms doing their
bit, and glad thnt thoy can do Jt, Citizen
ship means undivided loyalty to America.
You can't go fifty-fifty on it. It must bo
100 full or nothing. Our nlleglaneo must bo
ono American language, o tho Declaration
of Independence and Lincoln's Gettysburg
nddress. That is tho kind of citizenship wo
want, and wo Insist on It.
JOSEPH i: G. ANDREWS.
Philadelphia, November 19.
ANXIOUS TO AID Y. M. C. A.
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir A Y. M. C. A. secretary Just returned
from tho firing lino in France was detained
ovornlght In a llttlo country town out West.
Sitting In tho corner grocery ho began to
tell somo of the men round the stove about
the work of tho Y. M. C. A. with tho men
under fire. They wero so Interested that
ono of thorn begged him to halt until they
could round up all tho Inhabitants In the
flro hall to heir his message. Ho did so,
and within half an hour addressed a gather
ing of nearly one hundred people. He said
that if any one felt like contributing to help
the work he would gladly take caro of tho
money.
Tho next morning he went early to the
railroad station, but found that his train
would bo an hour late. Whllo ho was
standing on the platform ho saw a farmer
urging on: in a wagon, lashing bis team
of horses furiously. Ono of tho men with
hltn said:
"You see that fellow over there, (driving
hell-for-electlon7 Well, bo's got $20 ut
home that ho forgot to bring vv Ith him this
mornlifg. He wants to get home In tlmo to
get It and bring it to you before the tram
gets here." L. R. C
Philadelphia, November 19.
THE UNENDURABLE FORTIES
Time was when the middle forties seemed
an admirable age. One was old onoughUo
have learned a llttlo of contentment, young
enough to undertake now things. It was
an ago to take up golf seriously without
giving up tennis. It was an age to reread
Dickens, tven to undertake TroIIopc, and
still to watch the outcomlng magazines
Now It's a sad ugo ; too eld to be of real
use, too old oven to bo wanted, but youna
enough to feol the pull. The Government
doesn't ask you, or If It does It rejects you.
B cssed and burdened with a wlfo and
family, the .man of tho middle forties can't
even ask to do the things he dreams ot
doing, bingle, he learns of a blood pressure
ho never even know he had. Too old to
march with the parade, too young to stand
contentedly on tho sidewalk and watch ho
lags along, hopeful that ho will bo let carry
water, and ashamed to be seen doing it
Days like these one should be twenty
and well In It or seventy and certainly out
of ItNew York Sun.
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THE BOOKS WE READ
It may be wo think less of our modern
books and authors than wo should for the
reason that there Is Buch an abundance
of both. You know there Is an old "ay?ng
that there may be too much of a good
thing. And so It may be with our modern
literature, though we are frank to say-we
much prefer the old, If apathy can be said
to have a preference. Wo do not care for
the Roman classics, nor the old Greeks'
and the great overwhelming majority
are as we are. As a matter of fact we
would rather read Hope or O'Hara than
Homer or Horace; and Shakespeare ever
always. before Aeschylus, Sophocles'
Menander, Euripides and all the rest of
them. Cervantes, Mollere. Goethe and Scott
are admirable Youngstown (O.) Vindi
cator. A. KNIGHT ON JUST WAR
War ought never to be accepted until II
is forced upon us by the hand of necessity
Sir Philip Sidney. H "siiy.
SONO OF THE SENSITIVE POET
I love the reddened autumn moon
I love, the smell of fields, '
I Iqve the silent midnight moot(
And the romance it yield.
I loverthe mists all gemmed with star
The roadsldo shapes and sheaves '
I love the twinkling liguts afar, '
The burning of (he; leaves.
I loVe It all (a Una or two,
in ' melancholic , spite 1
ExotH.IkU.th chauffeurs who
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Whcrt Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Mint wan "The FrderolUt" i litml
t mo uuinoraf (
3. Ilotv lone Is n meter. In Inrbflt
3. ho Is Major Henrr L. Hitfiam?
4. What Is arhor vltnc?
5. .Name the painter st the moil ttmu'U
Supper." ;
6. Who Is civilian head of the CallW I
nmppinc lionrar
7. "What la coloratura?
8. Hy what name were the mtefmli
of Venice called"
0. Identify "the Wliard of the Nerti"
10. Where urn the greatest three SIT7 I
on ine Atlantic aeuiraarti;
Answers to Yesterday's Quit ifl '
1. Viscount Toudrar. nmildeat7ef the 1
Air Hoard, hnn rcalrned all DMt 1
Jiit has been erected Into a nelaela
lalry.
2. The frnnclnanl U
tree Jntt ta I
Smith Mik Ktflndl. barliu
neanai
odoriferous (lower, the eiMcare el l
la uhfil lor a popular ptriuoe.
1 Ti. ,. ..a- ,1 v. ICJIit
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la baaed on American ueire thM!
4. Churl,. nrnck,1n llmwn. of PhtlUtWIH
vvn tho flrnt American norelM- ,!
wrote liliiniy urnmano uuea
lion, muruuinrM hiiu ,..
3. The name Tammany ! Tirn i
chief of the l.ennl iMepe,
unallail Tamanin
IT. A unisr fnn iu nil A tllatltM to M0V I
nu fprilllzpr. . . .m
7. VUfotiiit Ilrjce, formfr DrUUh
-l a I.. ITxU.J ajnt sjm
uur iu imp hiii TTaTTa' Ti I
A marlrnn fammnrltt MUD. .' 1
8. The opera "Aldo". was mittta ri
on commission of the MMtiJfj" J
for the tnaiiaurai 01 in" V""V
Itouao In 1S71. .. .
0. A "coun d'etat." WeralU'fc J
"atroke of ntnte." means a i
lorrnui ponurwi niw.r. r ., I
in. v . Mrtronolltan Muicom f Sn
Central I'nrk. New Yark,
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THE bronzo horses of Saint raj
added another Journey to their m
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travels mruusn umv iiii
fomniia u.AsMlfl llfiLablo US ft WOW
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lure, iiuiiikiut, mis ."", ' u j
celebrated possessions of tho J?"y
IIIU1IV' imvv' .J saM
rr.i:,.ri iinit.
Basilica of Saint Mark In daysta
To pilgrims whose Ideal f'"
in i,o Hmitirht "Bevond tne !
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of art. the proud mien, the fine rJI
natural poso of the horses mane it" JM
Gallery of the Basilica, where th W i
ono of the revisited Venetian polo W"Jfl
Interest w Ith the Campanu w. -;-
ann iner noteu iiciiih "-: i i. jtt
And now the horses are Uckjn
oi ... h.w .vime OUt Of J"""
have had a checkered and -chMgUir ij
. .innr,i,,m and a Has.'
aioro man u rani" - j.
. . . i... inft Home, f"
they stood for hundreds of years Man
of the triumphal arch of Nero, V2i
Bi.lratlon tradition nscrlDes "'f-,"-
The purpose of celebrating one ois.j
rles of war or statesmanship, or mj"
i . njiii. in thA nrena of an, -
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rin. nf Rnme unknown artist, wiw
well because of his wtlsrt iJ
by virtue of a Caesar's commlM
i,r.. hove been placed for .V',S
during the war In tho Baths of w-
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naniinopio ; ?""Crnee in JJH1
liowiy lounueu eu. ",: . m
were taken to Venice by the ngrn
Knrico Dandolo. He was the luw J
Venetians among the Cruajen nnj
Constantinople In 1.203. Thus na ,
revenge by taking the my . "'In ,, j
Dean aurunvcu -,.
ana anucicu. - v..
to the Byzantine JWW
went as envoy
winded by the Emperor w"Tj
was elected Doge I
Venetian" power and
Crusade gave him nw wuVt ""&
vengeance on Stamboul J j..
portion one-half of Const an y,
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