I &1 3 EESESfff? .T :a ittlfe ANY 'PMHHMNT FreeMtntt John surert Philip 8. j. Bpuntoa. UAL.ROARDI . Ceitts, Chairman. .Editor . .Qersl Business Msnsrsr '' s 'i tTcm.io I.snorn nultdlnt, B Beware, Philadelphia. hat. , '.(tread and Chestnut atresia . ,...;..". . Press-lti (a nulldlm .. ....t.1.200 Metropolitan Tower ....4i..i.l0n.l Kullrrton null-line ,Y..,f.Vi,iji,tt02 Tribune llul.dlnr- NKW8 BUnCAUS: , HrmtAC. rknnsrlvania, at. and J4tii fit aatr. ,....... The Sim iMlldlntt I..,., ..fMn-rronl Nouse. Htrand .', ,33 nut Louis la arand -.HUBBCRIPTION' TUP.MS IINixn I.rrota 1. served to subscribers sttrttl and surroiindlni- tnnni At ths telrs (12) cents per week, parable We point ouUlde of Philadelphia, in XTOTII1.NU but the fatuity of despeiu 14 tste, Canada or United States ros- l ., ... , , , ., ,. VMtan ree. flfly '.10) centa per ! tlon could liae Inspired the uie--Stk (Ml dollars per ;ear, payable In I .,. ,., , ,,, i.ii,j,. ,,i i.rl rerelrn countrlea one ($1) dollar per r L : .Auhtfrlhers wtihlnr sririrtav rhanreit ftra, old a well as new address. M&U' lew waunut keystone, main 3000 jtPsTXWret oil ronimunfraftons to Kirnw? uewsTST. r, Idtprndt-.;e Square. Philadelphia. 1(flafjaW4 J .at the I'nini'tt.i'iiu rnsTornca ai "U Hi ? sseoxu-CLm Milt, uatth f&f'h WHaJfIphU(Sqtdr, December 1, 1917 f ,i -f V tTHR'TinDD THAT WAtl'C ?'7V,"" ". "li TT.1AUIIO LIKE A MAN flrtHll tVs11-ilvltifT 1fttnilriftm (j irti in .si - r, I ? HinKe by a shrewd observer: 1W f fi I came irom nis stuuy, mi aim f Vj X anHina nis wile s waist, anu looKing uown m .' ftuM I.&K tr,n tt... hnlnltl ..9 l.l .....I , 5lerful carriage with such lolng cca. ,-whlle on the other Bide, walking close to him and hanging on Ms arm, were bis Stwo.dauehters. like two ulavful children. g Jlaughlng and talking to him. t v-xnis is not a picture or a I'liuaiieipiua ulcauig politician, whose biand of public ft-, j s)rvico so often is masked by the camou- ri- BvBago or ramuy virtue. It is a uescrip "Vtlon of no less a personage than gentle . fiiv., j-, , , ,tru jiuiuirui uii -iirpuz, wno wepi, leaib .f Joy when the Lusitaula was sunk und i ; Wanted ail the bo8 und girls In the ' sKhools of Germany to celebrate, with k-V " ..... J aong ana icstival, the murder of enemy , hlldren. It Is important to discriminate be tween private gentleness and public ferocity when they 'meet and mingle In the mind of an Individual. Time and time again the people have sold their biith rlght of self-government for a mess of r Sentimental pottage. Not many jears g;o a man ran for the vice presidency nd was elected, having llrst flooded the rural districts of the country with copies ef a campaign biography which showed tho humble log cabin, like Lincoln's. where he was born, and told of his hard fl i and virtuous struggle with poverty. The sentiments expressed did him credit and &! JtVAa"vth1nc fn tta linrtr u'ia rwiVvtn mwl ", - " " """" """ exhilarating. The only trouble with It Was-tnat it wasn't true. There had been no,iog cauin ana no very hard struggle ftr. ... - isivii poverty. , Vr Tlila .pau rm BVrt.ntli.HnI ....... f... . IL w 'Ai.im.-a lima Ia.... t.. .l.n ..... ,......, ...... a4wna i.vn ASCII a nn- JJ( O.CSS1UUU1 POII- Fvijjticlan'8 appieclation of the high maiket iTalue of well-udverttsed personal virtue. bThe appeal is more dangerous when it Is i-yj8 on truth. f' A 'ntaannntila rlnnt.m .lilu If 1.A ..nil. ,' ,ilclan could be trusted to carry Into pub- Hr nffnlM. V. ..... ,!.. ...J.. .. ..u..f i . HMltutiq LllO BtailUIUUI Ul PV1 YIL'U WHICH f lit) la proud to say aro maintained' In his r ,ewn home. But no sooner do these child. -" UsVlrtti mrmrAfo 1AI..n U t.-.,.. i t. u'rp: ..." " "- irtMrtt" tlle nreslde for the day's work than f?J, their whola nxrtpnt nlinnirou 1.or.Alf e..,1 MCik, V ' ( ov. uie Kciuiis oi money unaer false iul H l'tlf 1111,11, Ithliwinn... ,e ...........-. f.l.l fof- 1" a word, tho wliolo gamut of evils SKIS "V PWf-Which reached its logical development -in ttie Fifth AVard murder this is tho life &f Which is Indulged in or condoned by Iwg j these men who, at home, are ns gentle jj, 'and considerate as that old murderer, ESftVon Tirnltz. '.f. .... . .... gi,; ' naa oeen Bald tnat a humane tiger Pyt would be a bad parent. Tho tigress that i spared the iamb would starve her culi. 'sifThe tiger who walks llko a man, in our r oHUcaI life, will snatch at sueh niniiiou xtv support his right to plunder. Uut the a, urn hoi similar, vn exact parallel & WuM1 be that of the tiger which killed " RtUa tijrera to feed its own young. The ' TstjiUi mi r tiiio ..it.. !,.,. ..,......, ....... WI ""-- .cv BUUC1CU UCUU1, .MMmm, hunger, cold, because politicians Wtn taking good care of their own chll ! at the expense of public welfare. iBvijr constructive movement to im L? pray, conditions in housing, sanitation, fiBsWaborgtreet-cleaning, has met with tlon opposition tiiat seemed to was little short of criminal to .anything that would help the y rjv tjir lias a fine side to his nature . tyl fttpne circle. The gangster is '.considerate, but licit in public. , 'HANDLES' TO SAMMEES kK- PAKY. DANIEES so used by ;,' using- tne "goat" for that he will mnmlnd at" Mm tor, "refusina" Vmf pttstuwr tsett to I tar awe, )mtrM-r And f Uf tmrntf aMstcttihtc V wMtt. m Mm nan ay -at- , wo are graieiui lor ungianu s thoughtful appreciation in offering them, and that ends It with dignified declination. Our 'curious democratic temperament makes us resent Instinctively tho mere hint of tin American aristocracy. The psychology of It Is, of course, the In bred and deeply gr lined republican dls tastc for caste and ranks, not beeauso we grudge recognition to merit, but be cause we distrust the ubuscs that go with titles. We do not condemn Britain for Its titles: wo simply cherish the genius of the American people! Mr. Utndstono sounded better to that stanch old Savon Liberal than the- prof fered "Baron Ilawarden." The letters V. S. N., V. a. A. mid V. H. .M. C. ure honor enough for our champions uf democrudy that and the knowledge of duty ell done. SUl'ItEMK COURT NOT A VARF, STRONGHOLD Smith forcing of the ballot-box finuds Into tho Supreme Court of I'entiiylvunlu. Kvcn nn Oiganlzatlon which has been known to own "political" Judges must have been wise enough to icallre that Its Mnli chins linger could not impiint 11 stain on tho spotls ci mine of tho highest tribunal hi the Commonwealth. Inspiration for the Vare attornes' pio ccduie In taking exception to the rules of the special Election Court In older to make nn appeal to the Supreme Court U far to seek and Impossible to Mud. Jladness of n last stand In n losing cause. vague hope of un unforeseen technicality ... . tlmt would ovenlde alistinct Justice It may have been these. It was never in the world with sane Idea of winnin'i si clean verdict after tho adverse decisions from tho Common Pleas Judges, which so clearly vindicated the Town Meeting party's claims to tin opening of the ballot-boxes, on the law and the facts. At any rate, the Vnre-Smlth combine has missed ngnln. Tho Supiemo Court denies tho writs of supeisedeas asked to block opening of the ballot-boxes. Tho ballot-boxes will be opened. The truth of the polls wilt be known. If the Vaic-Smlths think tho Judicial system of this State Is a chessboard for their crafty playing, they can add the thought that they have lost another and a vital move. LANSDOWXE AGREES WITH THE PRESIDENT TT WILL be hard for raunj Aineiioans -- to understand the furious nevvhpnper war which lias been started In England by Lord Lansdowne's letter urging ie vision of Allied war alms, for that letter states tho position of the Ameiican Gov ernment as accuiatcly ns If It had been written by President -Wilson. XortbclllTe's Dally .Mull beads its edi torial "The White Klag," and declate.-i that Lansdowne "is alone In his surren der." Uut tho Dally N'ews says: The letter Is ns consp'cuous tor Its , courage us for Its largcmits and sanity of vision. He does Immeasurable f-crvlce to humanity "in setting before all the nations the duty of a will to peace The way to which Lord Lansdou.ne points. to which President Wilson has pointed and which Asnulth, Balfour. Von Beth-minn-IIollvveg, Czernln. Ilrland and Smuts have npproved. Is a wny to re store to the shattered world tho security and stability of peace. This dlffeience of opinion is incompio benslble until wo turn to the German newspapers, which put the Lansdowne lejter on their first pages with such head lines as "a beginning of Kngland's get ting reasonable." Tho German junkers advertise the letter us proof of military weakness and war-vve.ulness In England, und use It to spur on the German people to renewed "will to victory" This Is dis honest and despicable, and Intelligent Germans well know tli.it Lansdowne and Asnulth nro no moie In favor of a pre mature peace than aie Xorthcllffe and Lloyd George. Hut the fact remains that many Germans will believe the junker newspapers und for u time will cherish hopes of crushing England for a time; but nothing can keep tho whole truth from seeping Into Germany eventually. It is not for the Immediate present that such statements ns tlmt of lansdowne ure decisive political movements. They ure valuable to tho.ie who uie patient and who can look forwaid many months, seeing In them tho htiong piomlse of a purpose among all tho Allies as unllled us their mllitaiy uims and plan are now unified und a lecoffnltlon In Germany that this democratic unity is achieved THOSE MOSQUITOES WW. BUZZING AGAIN rpWO headlines lnfoirn us. "Vllllstas J- Beaten Again" nnd "Zapata Envoy Arrested." We really thought the chill of oncoming winter had frosted the fervor of those Mexican mosquitoes. Don't they keep the Beasons like the Jersey culex'.' Hut maybe a German agent with a bag or two of marks is still working south of the Itlo Grande. Vllllsta? Zapata? Wheie have we heard those names? And, after all, how unimportant! Anyhow, we havo forgot ten them lu the pressure und urgency of momentous events. The battle for democracy has retired them to that oh llvlon which they are so well fitted to grace. Canaiiza will have to slap the pests. Hhoo. Villa! Shod, Zapata! We should not be surprised by the acts of Councils. Everything Is going up, why not tho tax? Jtuliibow Division's ui rival in France made It a bilgiit Thanks?lvlng for our French Allies. . Petrograd Bolahevlkl aie fighting with machine guns. Our own political Bolshevik! showed the way with "ma chine" weapons. JIany worthy charities have been slighted because of the demands of war. Let usViueeze our purses Just a little more for the orphan kiddles who are wait inr for Bartta, "" ' Tko Scotts Henry J. and John R. :K,-re involved in the election-count BghL -Wtyih;owe rtali be eallad "traaj" mn. ' wne u aCMmn- r"W ' a "is. mwjw spfpi ..v? . - ... ., n j -, " fr nriktic 'tetter? after Jltelr pames. Thdy SAVING OP MEAT BELOW MARK SET Conservation of Flesh in Phila delphia Still Scant in Com parison With Standard M12AT conservation In the city's approxi mately SSO.OOtf homes since tho United Statos Kood Administration first raised tho Inrlstcnt cry, "Save tnent," amounts to not more thnn 5 per cent, llrnct flttures are Impossible to otitnln. Only estimates tan be made. Wholesalers and retailers Kite arylng statements and estimate1 or the decrease In tnent cotiHumptlon; many others will Rln neither estimates nor fig ures. Kvcn the experts who arc devoting vlrtuiillj nil tliclr lime to the utncratlon campaign can give no definite Information. They cay they don't know how much meat was beliiR consumed In Philadelphia three months nsi) and they don't know how much Is being consumed now. Neither do lhe know what tho consumption was u jcar ago. Last week a market that sencs about 100 housewives sold about 2000 pounds of beef, 2000 pounds of pork anil 300 pounds of lamb and mutton. That was. an nver ng of flo pounds of pork and flo pounds of beef per family per week and something less than a pound of lamb and mutton per family per week. The sales wrre lrtiuilly the same as they were three mouths ago and alMut 30 per cent less than they were a yenr ni?o. Another market, seizing about SOD women. old only about 1000 pounds of port: ns against about 2000 a J ear uro, but sold ilrtually tho same a'mount of beef that was sold In the autumn of 191ti 3000 pounds The majority of thec patrons evidently de. elded they must sacrifice something and Uinse. to Rle up pork Wholesalers repot t a deei e.ipe in meat demand of 2u to 30 per cent from last ear i " i t iio ray tli'i ileciease In the last feu ' inontlu nmounts to little and estimate it variously fiom 0 to 1 per eiit. The t'ov ernmetit's restrictions of meat distribution have had virtually no effect tliej say. be (..iuso haidlj uiiv letallers ale demanding at one time nrre than the (tovernmint Is j wiuiiiK 10 lei mem nave. Itetallers repot t no general observance of meatless Tuesday. Friday Is somewhat more meatless than before, but sales on .Monday nnd Tuesday are about normal. Jlonday sales have alwavs been light large numbeis of persons making tho lemalns of the Sundav 1 oasts serve their meat needs on Monday but the sales are no lighter generally than heretofore. It appears that up to t'lls time theie is no serious conservation of meat In the homes on patilotle grounds. The dealers all explain the reduction lu cjnsumptlon of tho last year by leferrltm to the gemr.il IiIrIi prices There has been a Kenernl rotieneh ment in homes, and it lias not been eoullncd to the homes of clcrl,s and otliT poisons whoso incomes have Inere.ircd little or none since the beginning of the war. Hut tho dealers say all the reduction In consumption, or viitually all of It, Is the pure result uf Increased prices und a Ktner.il feeling of the nioesslty of saving money against an uncertain future. As to Meatless Tuesday Families whose Incomes have Increased but little are forced to eat lesH lavishly. Those vhoso Incomes have Kreatlj In creased families of workmen of man; trade, especially of thoc trades which an. part of "war work" are living less lavishly even though their Incomes are far larger than they were "if the meat prices were nil that had advanced." said the manager of one of the large wholesale meat houses, "there prob nldj would nit be such a falling off In meat eallnp. Uut evervthlng has advanced. Even with Increased pay most men must be careful how they spend their money Everj thlng the eat. almost, costs more. Every thing they wear costs mole Their house rent costs more " The manager of n small chain of stores, b-ime of which sell mtat. said. "We are selling about lu or 20 per cent less meat than wr sold a jear aso. Our gro sales are, of course, greater, but that Is because meat costs more. Cheaper cuts of meat are in Kreater demand, -but they cannot always be fund-died. So ou will Had that there is no difference in the pio p Ttions of meats sold There can't be. You can so that. If animals were different from what they are and bad more cheap meat cm the.n there would bo no i eduction In meat consumption. Lots of persons who would like a fcoid sirloin, but can't afTorfl It, seek a cheaper it ; but the cheaper cuts are all gone, so they take no meat at alt and make their meal out of something else A good manv of our people who used to get meat five nr six t'mes a week now get It three or four times and get Just as good meat ns they always got, regardless of what quality that was ' One big wholesaler called for gi eater thinness from the Government In dealing with the meat-conservation situation "Patriotism Is a very fine tiling." lie said, "hut the people do not Jet understand the severe necessity for saving. There ought to lie in absolute meatless day, and It should be brought about not by asking people to go without meat, but by making them go without meat Some persons might think it i- very undemocratic to order taem to do without something, but it Is not undemocratic. The draft wasn't undemo cratic, hut. on the contrary, it vyas very democratic It treated everybody abso lutely alike. Urges Federal Firmness "Any amount of talking is rot going to make people see the necesslfy for going without meat when they have been accus tomed to meat all their lives and like It and have got to thinking they must havo It. They think thej'vo got to have It, and they will havo it until the Government comes along and lays down a rule that they must go without it, and then they will and there will be little complaint. "I know restaurant men who have put In meatless days and sell next to no meat Their customers kicked just a little, but when they found out they just couldn't have meat they made up their minds to It nnd got along all right." Unquestionably people could get along very well without tnent one day in seven, and they would bo better off Most of them could get along very well without meat two days In seven. Catholics generally abstain from meat one day In seven, and they are as strong and healthy as any one. Meat every day is just a habit. If we would rather lose the war than break up a mere habit If would be a fine thing for us to lose tlto war. If we are so weak that we can't deny u nine suiiiciouiK iu our riuumcus we ouglit to be under somebody's heel ; we don't de servo to be a free people. If we can't rule ourselves to tho extent of doing without meat at least one day In seven, we are, after all, not fit for self-government. A nation of people who cannot govern them selves lu so small a thing Is Burely not fit to govern Itself, V, V. II. PROHIBITION MARCHING ON "Where Is prohibition now?" askn .'j-thu Mee, who has dor.e much for that cause in the United Kingdom, und straightway an swers his own question: "Surely It Is marching to the promised lund. 'It Is where Canada has put It, where America has put It. where Australia has put it. It Is behind their war policy all the time. It Is marching thiough the great woikshops of tli United States; it Is absolute In her camps und armies und fleets. Under It Canada has become, for the llrst time in her history, a financially independent na tion." And then ho adds this; "la it really a vain dream tlmt tho United King dom may jet line up with the younger Kiiff-llsh-speaklnK races7 Is It leally pos&lbla to tay that until we do we arc doing our best to win the war?" It Is a vigorous ap. peal and apposite on both aides of the At lanticChristian Science Monitor, LIFE IS LIVEDjIErt NOW Who remembers when Wuesslng the num- ber.ef Mede In ttie churd-h's fa!r pumpkin MiU mX stood betweop an4 tfreary inoytcn-? Toledo HUicW-f" '. s - ,.5 " 1.-.. ' i... .1 I v ,YJV - . OvP-ff tlAv SATURDAY, 'XM Tom Daly's Column 77: VILLMW l'OVT Whenever on a Naturdait I had the pi ice nnd fimc foM you several uccks ago1 used to 00 and climb The Chestnut Ntrcct Thcaitcr stairs to sec ichat plays xcera ncic ' ' Hilt how ahout the On'rv llousef I used to go theie, too. An' won.1 inf then have opened up that Op'ry House ayaln, An' made It bright an' beautiful (the which It aasn't then: At leait up In the yallcrj, behind the cliandcltei; Where lads as pour as I itos icrrc per miffed fo apprnr), I c mi ii of let the chance yo by to icml ulscv a bit An' tell about some other dayi tchen I teas ironl to sit, Enraptured tilth the fairyland that glim mered far below, li'icn Heaven hunp on Chestnut Street so many years ayo. I cannot UI my nchihhors think that what t wrote before 11'as mraiif fo iay I ever loved the old 'I'heayter moir. Or thai It ivai moie heatenly than this LClcsllal plan: , Whose hold upon my memory Time never can efface. Indeed, If 1 urre dihen to n choke thU very day I'm I cry sine my heail would prompt my willing pen to tay 'J hut line I frit the illicit tlnllli o lutyhh aohJ eoiiW know. It lint Heaven hung on I'liritnut xlml so many years ago I .thall not Apeak of Irvliiy ui of I city or the reit Who came heie fiom their foiclgn shorei upon a ijoldcn qucit, j shall not dwdl on Mansfield's inlcs, thouuh they alone bcycl .1 host of hands that seem to mc to be applauding yet: It nt here I first beheld the iiiclii of all the mimic slugr. Whose charm ensnaud my youthful heart an' still delights my aye, II hose head uus auicnlrd iclth light that .set my .soul aglow ll'ieii Heaven hung on Chestnut street so many years ayo. Vol hcie . luyiistin Daly innie. with I.cuis, Vlaik an' Dicw, al! those splendid men of his, An' an Mrs. tlilbcrt, too: Hut most of all. an' first of all, iilthtu his princely tialn He biouyht that lovely creatine theie to stir my hcait an' biatn. Whose little t ticks of gcstuie an' whose ilchly douend voice Stilt keep her In my heart of hearth, the player of my choice. Oh: days of da Itchan, an' the tin ills I used to know, Wltcn Heaven hung on Chestnut stiect so many years ago! A MAX on a Houto 13 car bound down town early yesterday morning turned from his paper to his seat-mate and asked: "What do you think of this Markee of Lansdowne?" "Whady.i mean? What's ho done?" "Haven't you seen the paper this morn ing? Why. he's telling the English what they ought to do to bring peace to the world." "Oh, they oughtn't to let religion Inter fere in these things." "Iteligion? How do joti mean"" "Well, maybe ho was Just talking as a plain citizen, but he's a priest, ou know." "Who are you talking iibout"" "Why, Father Markee, of Lansdowne." IT IS OUlt HOPE that the various questions of malo apparel which have re cently come to the surface in this place will have been settled beforo winter sets In In earnest. Several have written to protest against our leaving the final fkte of tho shhttall upon the table. "Leave well enough alone," says one; "tho shirt lull must continue to wave. If It were cut, what I ask you would become of me? Yours ever, "DICKY DICKY DOUBT." And this may be tho last word upon the collar-button: One collar-button have I wore, Just one, egad ! no more. Xo collar-button aft at all. One collar-button fore, This ten years, come gay Michaelmas .lust one, egad ! no riore What? Colhu -buttons on tho floor? Just one, ccud I no more. Not often must I kneel me down And paw tho carpet o'er. Because I wear but one, ou see Just one, egad ! no mere. One blessing of this diendful war. Just one, egad 1 no moie. Will be elimination or Things useless by tho scire. So do your bit and wear jest one. Just one, egad ! no more." IIOltAC'L HOOK. THEY were talking In the Biripking closet of, the Pullman. The miii" with wimples hi the back of his neck remarked, "Well, sir, I heard o one young 'Ionian that got married one day und apphbd for a divorce tho next." "From perversity, I suppose," said the thin man lu the corner. "Xo, Sioux City, 1 think," said tho otror. 1'AliADOXICAL, V.Ut Sow, heic's u truth although, forsooth, It may seem odd to say It Out" ha to lose one's temper llefoic one can display U, THE-MAX-Wljo-Just-DIiie'd-Witll-u-De. partment-IIead-at-Wushlngton brings us so many wonderful stories we can't print. It seems strange to us that the original containers of all that Information haven't just naturally burst to pieces long ago. 1? we wero to believe alt we hear and were to pack away in our Jieads, under proper classification, each' crumb dropped from that table, we'd' scarcely have room to remember thatfthU Ih the first of December and we'd isetter, be getting about our Christmas h rt.1 A'.1"- j v&C;? ' - '-'vur. if. m&mmm":mmmm0m "PEACE TERMS AND WAR AIMS" America, as an Ally, Fights for Principles Without a Program Uy GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES Hvficil Correspondent of the K.cnUg I.cdocr u LONDON, Nov. 10. SINCE the piecedlng article on this sub ject was wrlten the coup d'etat of the Huss an Soviet has occurred and the In sistence of peace- wnlch characterizes this violent group may well give the He to- a state ment made In that article The state ment was that not onl was It impossible for tho imperialists among the Allies to get their peace terms accepted ; tho fact was that the Soviet could not have its terms accepted by Germany. Perhaps the Soviet can If It has no terms, but wants otil pence. It certainly can That 1. if ft Is willing to grant Ger many a victory not oulj ever Revolutionary I'ussla, but over the lest of thu woild, it can clo so Yet the Sov .el pretends to be International: It has .hopes for tho rest of the world, even tho hope of Inspiring Britain and America to put themselves Intu the hands of Workers' nnd Soldiers' Delegates. And the Sov.et will understand in lime that it cannot make peace with Germany now except at the expense of tho woikers nnd soldiers of the world. Tho eruption of oignnizcd pacifism is the best thing to throw into relief the nnti nacltlsin of tne Atlantic Allies Britain, France and curselvos. Unprincipled pacifism we cannot accept, because wo have certain principles of peace. The position of the United States as a possible dictator of peace depends precisely on this! point' It has principles and no pro gram. The danger Is, of course, that we may not find a program to fulfill all our principles; we may have to make readjust ments. But the progress of tho war makes it exceedingly likely that wo Fhall be ablo to Impose a recognition of principles on the Carman people. A Matter of Idealism There Is a double harm ill tho Incessant repetition of our Idealistic purpose In the war. in the llrst place, most of us need a more definite object and another bat tlecry. "Heating the Itocho" Is better than "Making tho win Id safe." if jou happen to bo hurling shells at them every two minutes or, worse still. If tho fortunes of war give vou a lieutenant gcnetol's horse to currj every day for the duration What is worse, If we go on parading our lofty purpose we may degenerate into a somewhat holier-than-thou attitude, which will do us no good We have a practical grievance against Germany and a practical end to at tain. Tho harm she has done us Is gicat and tW wrongs she meditated are worse Hut ' in our International i elation tho thing that counts Is our Idealism. Wo have the power of gatheilng to our side, mobil izing, oigniilzlng, the liberal spirit of Eu rope And that spirit," In splto of all con trary appearances. Is growing stronger day by day. (Jovernments may seem to full into the hands of reactionaries, hut the spread of a desire for a peace based not on power, but on Justice, Is remarkable. That deslie crystallizes around the solid fact of Amer ica's honest desire to have a decent peace, (I will not give the words "decent peace" to tho, pacifists, because a decent peace Is the haVdest on Uermany, not terrltoikilly, but spiritually.) The principles of peace aie thrcje. The first Is a matter of the heart and Involves the crushing of Oennan military picstlge. We want Uermany to show a spirit of Christian humility, and we conceive the bst Indication of that to be the overthrow of the bureaucracy, When General Smuts suggested the other day that it might not be worth fighting until the Kaiser was capj turfd and hanged he did not say that we retracted the Allies' principles that no peace coull be made with the llohenzollern au focracj. Tlio stcond principle is territorial, It in volvei readjustment of certain frontiers, Just tj It assumes restoration of certain territories. On this more will be said preseilly. The third principle Is economic It Is one which has been left almost untouched, in spite i uie ruis cetuercne. t , Now; the-flrsfU obvlouely. guarantee. Vowi the-flrstn. obvlouejy. guarantee. - ' , ,, ., ,-, -..-' THE TURNING I'IDE We democrats: believe that no democratic nation can be Inveigled Info in aggressive war, and wo nie willing to ilsk tho futuie on our faith We indicate our faith In humanity, even If It bo the starved, suborned and tvrnunlzod humanity of Ger many Whenever we ask the Germans to ovcrtluovv the Kaiser wo as much as tell the Germans that If they do we will con sider them good again Theie Is some question as to tho logic of this, but wo havo no other means at hand short of de strojing them unto the second and third generation Wo may talk of disarming, oe cuping and dismembering Germany. We know in our hearts that wo clo not want to give Germany any excuse for tearing the world's heart out ugaln We must, therefore, agree to deal with Gormnny as soon as she Indicates her ability to meet democrats in a democratic spirit. We ask for conversion. Pioneer and Laggard In many other respects tho American people came first, In tills tliej came last. They came after the Allies had gone, lu fact. The people of the Allies have to be von b.uk to their earlier belief that It is possible to convert Germany; they be lle veil tills thieo ears ago and have for M.tlon It Our strength as a pioneer In other pi Inclines does not como up to our strength as a laggard In this one. He c.uiso wo still believe It and aro the onlj nation which thoroughly bellcve.s It we can ask tho people of the Allies to recon sider. Km thei moie. it Is assumed generally by the AiIUs that when the Germans have tliiown olf tho bureauciacy thej will be willing to restore llelgluin, to assist Serbia l a position of Independence, to cast oft Turkey and P.ulgarla and, in general, to take the side of the Allies lu territorial re.ir laiigements 1 can see no grounds for this optimism Even a democratks Germany will need outlets to tho sea. will prefer dependent States, will want to guarantee its economic futuie. At best wo can cvpec't from a converted Germany ndhcienoe to certain principles of nationality and of territorial changes. Wo can expect her to agree to the protected neutrality of Belgium and Holland. If she can bo guaranteed free export and Import through the territorial waters of these countries. We can. e.pect her to hold Aus- ... i. lespecuui acKnow lodgment of Ser bia s Independence, with ceilaln accretions, If Austrla-Hungary can tbe usguied of a free southefn passage for her goods. That is, with every acknowledgment made by l.ei many we ought to be ready to acknoul edgo something equally important It we aro looking for tho peace of tho world rather than tho roverigo of the Allies. So far the bebt advertised principle of pence has been nationality. Every racial group or national group ought to be free to decide its own destinies, wo say I for ono should deny that a plebiscite wpuld be a fair way to determine the adherence of Alsace, because the Germans have driven out tho French and have filled the province with Geimans. That is a comparatively easy one. Further south, In the Balkans, tho problem bristles all over with small laclul groups, without any national nd- nvreiice. ii is complicated by the Imperial ist ambltlonn of every Jugo-Slav Htute and province. We have the alternative of fed eralizing Austro-Hungury or of breaking it up so that the component parts can make new coalitions. We are more or less com pelled to envisage a Balkan Federation, In cluding Bulgaria, which may work out against the wishes of the majorities In each nation, which will he necessaiy to the peace of Europe. A Solution Tlmt Failed ' The nationalist solution has failed, there foie. because It bus tried to solve a prac tical problem lu a theoretic way. Some of its propounded are practical men; they havu little maps show trig the racial ad herence of eveiy district lu the Balkans But they do not allow the existence of u definite economic problem In every na tionality. You may grant Serbia und Croa tia a Joint Independent government, but unless you arrange their Industry and com merce (their Industry being lurgely agrl cultural) In some other way you cannot separate them from Austro-Uungary, And you cannot cut Austro-Uungary off from the sea In prdcr to satisfy all the claims of Serbia and Italy unless you can 'at the same time arrange to shift the center of Austria's industrial life northward into Ger many, And If you do that you cannot cut aerniany off from the sea at all. The next article will be devoted m I explanation of the trend of opIniW of the econorn a side of thePe.ce prjneipre.,!c: . I A.. "1... .-'. it ,, .- What Do You Know? QUIZ I, Who Is the Murnula of Lansdowne and what Is his pronosal? J '! Mhnt Is the mrnnlnc of V. S. '. H. P.? S. What Is trertsble marrow? 4. Who Ih ehlef .director of military onrra- tlontt of the llrltlsh army on the western front? 3. What Is the navlcalile Ifmclh of the Dela ware Hltrr nnd liar? 0. Nnme the author of "Mie Stoops to Con- wier." . VAhafls nn arras nnd whence the name? 8. (live the origin of the quotation, "The roiirr Muclj or mankind Is man." U. Hlmt nnd where Is Taarnkoe-Pelo? 10. H hat is a "lank attack" In modern strat- eg) c Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1. Thy .Most Itevrrrnil I'lmnio Cordon tang l "' ,'WI". of tork, of the Church or I.iichind, lie Is now on a mission In the I filled Stales. 3. l'orrHtiilllni: U nn economic term describing the nithhcililliiK from the murket of large mippIIc, for a rl In rrlc. 3. thurles (iniinocl. French composer, wrote the indole of the opera "Faust," I. The Iter. Ilrnrj V. Stone, or Philadelphia. founded the sttonrmen's Fellowship. 5. Mini Fein, the motto and nnme of a great Irlhli organization, Is trniislnted "For llur-rX,n- meaning the restoration of Irlsa iiatlonnllt) through the Irish alone. 0. A hrtman Is the chief of n Cosmirk tribe. . tMMilh Carolina Is the Palmetto Mate. 8, A. Mitchell I'almer. of IVnn.jlinnlu. U the t nlted .States custodian or alien pro, erty. 0. A paper white narcissus Is m bulbous plant or fragile Hon rr und ilrllintr fragrance-. It Is usuull grown Indoors In pebbles. 10. rontnliie Notre Home Is a town In I lie Uiuibrnt sector of the western war tro.,1 THREE PIANISTS TRIUMPH Bauer, Gabrilowitsch and Samaroff Heard in Unique Philadelphia . Orchestra Concert b wi complete bets of piano kcyt three tho triune ' command of superb performers made a unique artistic drive nt jestcrday afternoon's Philadelphia Orchestra roncert In the Academy of Music. In direct charge of this singular but exceedingly charming musical exhibit wero Harold Bauer, Oss'p Gabrilowitsch and Olga Samaroff, three of the most distinguished pianists now before the public. Their combined endowments of dazzling technique, tound authority, per sonal magnetism and discriminating taste ennobled anew a composition written nearly 200 years ago. This number was Johaun Sebastian Bach's concerto In C major for three pianos and orchestrn and oddly enough It imparted u more potent, aroma of musical modernity than any feature of the attractive program. Debussy himself lu his most mystic mood has evolved harmonies and contrapuntal ef fects of.no more witching loveliness than those subtly contained In the poetic adagio of this ancient concerto. The three brilliant interpreters realized this essential spirit with compelling art. T1h lively first and i-eoond movements, In which the sunny ah tlque mode Is more dominant, were read with Invigorating and crystalline clarity, Eailler on the program Messrs, Bauer and Gabrilowitsch offered a delightful two piano number, the E flat concerto of Mo zart. Mr, Bauer's deep rich tones, Mr. Gabrllovyltsch's pearly, rippling notes were merged In a harmonic alllanco that ren dered definite comparison of their Individual talents quite Impossible. The net result of their joint efforts was musical magic, at tuned to the blithe melodic character of Mozart's first matured -manner. ,TThe "de licious orchestral scoring was for phots, bassoonsT horns and the strings. The old world spirit of the program was appropriately preserved In the purely In strumental numbers, which dated no later than Beethoven. -Mr. atouowsurs opening selection Vus Haydn' serene and ulmply devised Symphony No. 1 In E flat, , ThJa , Is' gracious Inuslc, characteristically luno- , cent of "secondary Intentions" or of any attempt to be profound, Mr. Stokowskl's Interpretation betrayed it nice feeling 'for Its facile .artlessness. The 'conductor -con. eluded the concert with" . HtlrWng .and dramatic 'performance of7 Beethoven's, Vivid v "I.eonore jNo.a Oyerturei'V As, always the "Star Spangled Banner" served 'oi'U patriotic, prelude, KvenUluU. work. did nt ' -fO viviAie mo iiavur ui iu occasion., aeKAyf . 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