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'MM WAt-NUT KEYST0E. MAIN M0 nil eommttnlcalhM lo "''"' "1" mflfprwrtrnpf fiifliiirr. .-fin,.-.-.,..,. to r tii rmij.pet.riiu rortorriM ii J f SKOXO-rllllS MAIt, iuttu. Jaaaaaag-gmsoCTag3gaKi ' i.i i ,rr-1 I -i - I rkH.J.lpbl.. TtJnneliT. Demter S. 1)1! PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE President's nddrcss, technically tlc- SlsWed to the Congress yesterday, but kHtlated In fact as a message to the tH, and particularly to that part of tho now under tho ensigns of our ilea, Is colored ttvrougnout uy mo snate idealism which has character- B?tne public utterances of the Chief LpKeutlVe filnco hls assumptIon 0f onice. Ofcrirst dreamed of a new nation and ho Jflareams of a new world. In tho ono f'.l:h9 has not been wholly disappointed kio tlie other ho will not be. Indeed, In j.'iyi 'great era, so atrcmble with magnl- rt.'tJMinoua events tnat 11 aoveians nuu wo f'lifijHjirrlrii of religions and seers cons old, "t'f least man'Clous 01 me many niira hlMi''whlcb abound Is tho actuality of such vlMrR.P as this man's, the Idealism of la uncorrupted by those fatal mis- I'munitlnnn which have confused Russia : knabled garrulous enthuslaht", assisted li'''W itraltors, to seize tho paraphernalia of t,! "government; proletarians who, having de hiMMd one autocrat, now crlngo at tho feet fAiij a foreign one. There Is a great gulf ipovwvcn jaeausiu i.iw Dt.iJ..M..c.... ..v iliam that is half cowardice and halt intr tho obvious propositions ad- iced by tho President, that of chief lm- ,nco is the demand for a declaration aSfwJT1 fiini- ntmlnst AuKtrla-Hunearv. This ges, wo aurmise, a movement i -AiVi can troops to.the Italian front, prob- not in largo numbers, but In sunl it force to strengthen the morale of the iuIa, a territory In which the tradl- of American might and power is very ted, It would bo sheer folly for us ;" refrain from nctive assistance to Italy .. . our enemy nas launcnea against ner fV"-Mi- ...,.. ..icrrinc .munueruou. we uuiinut iW Ue on a second Slarne; wo must by ft assure it. m VjFbt the great industrial districts of Thlla- 54elphla and Pennsylvania, aside from Its h v 'J s-As. - .. - .. ilHoraiii pari oi me l-rcsiaeiii s messago 'i ' ft) It) found in tho reference to post-bellum K.tr.-. .... inae conaiuons. -xnat (international) V'JKipershlp must be a partnership of peo- pot a mere partnership of govern- 'V tBt. It might be Impossible also. In such ',-jpliiWWard circumstances, to admit Germany yHbMf inevitably spring out of tho other Benblps of a real peace." It is evident lithe President is in process of gradu- from the school of. a tarlff-for-reve- Bly to the university of fi.ee trade, ational In scope. It Is his belief that lio barriers of any Fort are distinctly al to a close communion of nations fhle vision of a lasting peaco Ii in fact lt:Ytpion of internationalism, of trado us JWlM the winds and the seas. Wyytf predict that he has'given an inkling 'HM really great post-'bellum war issue. M, wis country only but in other na- a well, for he Is advancing to a on hitherto considered utterly un- ble and .to which. If he Is to maintain elf, an enormous number of converts be won. Tho question of reve- already acuto, will continue acute rears to come, ana if the. customs are to be blown to kingdom come, ; processes of taxation are requisite i:tO be raised? But the President Is stating a proposition. lie Is not Icinjr, we imagine, to dedicate the by' peace treaty to specific internal i policies. But he is veny emphatl- 'giving this nation and tho world r that he will champion an economic nda of radical possibilities, on the that ll-flt- finrl .Mnnmliu .. ( (.?"" "- -- ....... uiu in- f, Interwoven and corelated. previous messages tho President .' way 'for separation of the r ... M yeopie irom me uovernment that ihem. Yesterday he thudded Like wedjre that Is to bo driven be- rWrmany and her deceived vassals. KVERDUNS" AT ONCE i of the I'lave has been called rut. Verdun' The hordes preparing to sack yenlce (j'ol4cbaenTe in a new not. 'MM. .''Ovefj ttf'tj If : j- the fnotintalns and tho Adrlatlo ! ehort and the battle Is first of artillery nnd second of Jnfantry. Tho Italians have been re-enforced, but by guns rather than men, and tho guns are doing their work. Venctla is a quadranglo, three sides of which Italy had been defending. Now she has to defend but ono side, a far easier task, Germany Is nlso fighting a "Verdun" In front of Cambial, That city's lmportanco as a rallrond und distributing center has been destroyed, but now a sentimental value attaches to it, like that about tho ruined town on tho Mouse, lllndcnburg could not rcfuso battle on tho Scheldt after the English lunge. That would have been a confession of bankrupt morale. But this sanguinary countcr-orfenslvc, begun In wrath nnd cunttnued without legard of German lives, plays Into tho hands of tho Allies. Tho battle cannot be too much In tho open for us, as Is shown by the eager ness of tho American engineers to throw away their shovels and pelze rifle to aid tho.Itrltlsh. In casualties the Germans liavo suffered twice us much as the Allies ut Cambral, und the proportion Is evidently swinging hourly In our favor as tho waves of Teutons sweep on in vain. WHY NOT A REAL RKPUUMCAN? fpiIE Vnrcs are grooming rrnncl Sliunk -- Brown for the governorship. Anti-Pen-roso leaders, It is Ingenuously stated In n Washington dlvputch, say that In hlH thro years of olllcoholdlng the Attomey Gen eral has strengthened himself by appoint ments and today xtnndi us the strongest man tho Governor nnd his friends can put forth ns tho Vaic-Brumbaugh guberna torial heir. Aren't there enough good flepubllcans of btatcsmanliko caliber from whom to pick a nominee for the governorship of tho gieatest Ilepubllcau Stato In tho UnlonV Vurclsm Is not Republicanism, though one might think so from Philadelphia's election record. Tho rock ribbed Republicanism of Pennsylvania is not defined by Varo and Brumbaugh. It is defined by Lincoln and McKlnley. Tho protective tariff undor which tho Commonwealth has prospered, not tho Fifth Ward thuggery which has mado part of It a mock to men and a shame to genuine Republicans of Phila delphia that Is what Republicanism means to tho stalwart G, O. P. majority through out the State. Why should they bo asked by self-constituted Governor-makers to cast their ballots for a former Democrat, one tlmo political counsel of tho Varcs, grand son and namesako of Francis U. Shunk, Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, great-grandson of William Flndlay, former Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania and its rcpicscntatlvc In tho United States Sen ate? Ancestry and former party ulllanco might bo forgotten, but has Attorney Gen eral Brown's Republicanism yet won for him the highest olllco In the gift of tho State? Why not a real Republican? And why not belect him at open primaries, not handplck him In secret session of tho bosses? DISAFFECTED BLUECOATS IOYALTY to tho city, and not to the J Organization, will bo tho only thing that will prevent tho policemen from carry ing out their present Intentions to Rtrike. They havo no reason to be grateful to an Organisation which for a generation has sought to corrupt them, body nnd soul. Nothing whatever was done to Improve tho condition of the Philadelphia police until tho reform Administration uf 1911 was elected. Had the Blunkonburg-Porter poli cies been Indorsed by tho voters of 1015 tho first to gain would have been tho police men, who would never havo struck against u Porter leglme. Says tho leader of the disaffected police: Bvery policeman Is dissatisfied with tho treatment Iip 1ms received from JI.ior Smith and Director Wilson These two olllclals, If they had cared to do so, could have used their Influence to make the life, of every pollrcman a happy one. Unfortu nately, they liae failed to do so. This Is a very dangerous state of nffilrs. Discontented policemen do not make for a faithful guardianship of the peace nor are they apt to give their best endeavors to preventing crime. The morale of the force was badly hit by the hiring of New York thugs to do work In tho Fifth Ward that tho great majority of local otllmrs would havo scorned to do. Anarchy at tho top breeds anarchy all the way, through tho lanks nnd grades of subordinates. A staggering load of work Is piling up for the successor of Major Smith. Wlillo u British monitor can hit a bridge three yards wide ut a lunge of ten miles wo can feci that certain dreadnoughts will not get very far away from Kiel for tome time to come. Tho average pay of tho "salaried classes" falls short of that of tho trainmen, who are usklng for a -JO per cent Increase. Any salaried man can consider himself lucky If he has iccelvcd a 4 per cent rise In the last year, let alone 40. Tho President's address will be trans lated into every language and for all peo ples. Nations who havo so long nought to throw oft the Austrian yoko will have food for thought. Why whould they fight a Power which is fighting for them? This is the "long session" of Con gress. It Is quite possible that It will last until noon of March 4, 1319; and if all of those 13,467 measures up for considera tion aro discussed they will havo to put back the clock in tho last hour of debate. There should be no hesitancy .in ousting pro-Germans from Uncle Sam's employ. But we should be buro of our ground and Bear in mind that there are plotters always ready to uso the American flag as camouftago to cover deeds which will not bea'r tljo limelight. Food waste or saving In army camps Is largely matter of chance, as things havo gone. A company commander may have the luck to find a professional cook In the ranks to aid him, in which case there is marked economy, But without such aid offlcere aro rarely experienced in cull nary conservation. It is well that the War Department .has decided to rjut ih brake on camp expenses. A half million ;aeji jy eawp areJaiNpablec-t jnaklna big w r---wrvfrf pi :u rv.-. . - ttik. ' PUBLIC ' COLONEL HOUSE: MYSTERY OR NOT?, President's Choice of Envoy for Intcr-Allicd Conference Clear to All but Senator Penrose SKN'ATOn PUNROSU has re-created the mystery of Colonel House Drawing his ample toga about his poitly form, tho senior rfprcwntntlvo of Pennsylvania roo In tho United States Senate, this week nnd ald: The action of tho President In sending Colonel House as the head of the American delegation to tho Intcr-AUIed Conference I look upon ns scandalous, l'.very other nation participating In that conference Kent Its Pmne Minister, while wo send a prlvoto citizen, of whom the country knows virtu ally nothing and who could not be regarded as anything but the President's prlv.ito representative. "Who Is Cfloncl House?" Is tho thundering Interrogation of Senator Penrose. Why Is Colonel House? is the corollary. People ruther got over nsklng theo questions In tho e-.irller years of President Wllon's ad ministration. Ila was .1 prlvato citizen, a mild-mannered mtn, small but sinewy, with n, countcnatico strong In Us assuranco of Intellectual capac ity but roftened by manlfcft Idealism. Tills prlvoto citizen appeared at the White House, was given long prlvato audiences, quietly left to pop Into the front-pnge news In con nection with some Important Investigation, agitation, movement or research. Ills reap pearance at tho White House was followed by Hxccutlvo proclamation or action In tho Important matter In hand. Warwick or Mark Hnnna Rumor mado hlin tho Warwick and tho Mark Hanna of the Administration. The President Is a man of bin own meditation nnd counsel. Colonel House Is a taciturn man, with a 100 per cnt b.llef In the old saw that silence Is golden and much loquac ity In a culpable neglect of Hooverlzlng tho dictionary. These quiet, self-contained men did not mako a mystery of their clocnern nnd harmony of relations, llut a mystery was mado for them, Presidents had often largely consulted' political chieftains. Hut it was something new for a President to havo an advisor from prlvato life. What did Colonel House want? What would the Presi dent glvo him? Wns ho tho "President maker" and was he tho "man behind" tho Piesldent? All tho occult paraphernalia of a Keller's magic chamber carefully erected by puzzled politicians, Washington correspondents and magazine Interviewers vanished in tho cool air of common sene. Colonel George Harvey's futllo grasp at tho distinction of Warwlcklng Mr, Wilson Into the White House dispelled forever tho Idea of u "President-maker." Tho Piesldent's Inde pendence soon showed that tho only "man behind" was his own Intellectual and spirit ual alter ego. Colonel House camo and went, mado his reports and gavo hla advice as a prlvato citizen always. His namo was not sent to tho Scnato for confirmation to any thing. The Heart of tho Mystery This, after all, was tho real mystery of Colonel House .1 man who worked hard and w antt-d nothing and It was a mystery merely to the seasoned politicians. The aver age person can very well understand dis interestedness, hut not the politician Colonel House must bo playing homo deep game for big stakes, it was argued. So tho first term turned Into the second and still ho remained high private. Tho mysteriousness of his personality and his relations to the President were long ago dispelled In the popular mind. It was obvious that tho President wanted a man who could hold his tonguo and his counsel, who had acumen, background and sympathy, to In vestigate unolllclally and confidentially mat ters on which an unbiased repoit was do blred. Colonel Houso was the man ; that was hla function. The President sent him to Europe In 1015 and 1910 for a close-up viow of matters of moment which affected Ameri can statecraft and which might gravely In fluence and even shape American policies. Ho saw Lloyd George, Asqulth, Kitchener, Polncare, liuthmiinu-IIollvv-cj, Vlviani. Von Jagow, Delcasse and Zlmmcrinann. Ha saw others not so looming but Important. Most of all, he studied popular attitudes and re actions. That was the kind of Information tho President wanted and which ho could ot get except from a sane, pati lotle, trusted, personal envoy. And that was the heart of the whole made up mystery: Colonel House was the personal envoy of the President, llbeial in tendency, but conservative In action, reliable, thorough ly American. That's ull theie was to It. Colonel lIoue is, of couise, jurtly t blamo fur the veil of the myatir om enve-op g Inm at tirst Ho was us mum as a clam. It vv.i.s believed by tomo students of mythology that he paid homago at the shrine of Harpoc rates, the god of letlccncu. He thought a lot, said little and wrought wisely. He had no press agent. Ho eeaicd to bo a injstery when he became a personage. Why Colonel House Is f All these things havo graveled Senator Penrose. So liu luvived tho "mystery" of Colonel House He did not understand what many persons had already taken Into their Intelligences. Colonel House's growth in knowledge of fundamental affairs In relation to the war, his Initiation Into the high coun cils of statesmanship, his complete sympathy with tho President, his high prestige accru ing from successful accomplishment of do mestic and foreign missions made him logical ly tho head of the 1'nlted States mission to tho great Inter-Allied War Confere'ice. Prestige, patriotism, power to think and do these were the grounds on which ho was chosen. Theso nre tho reasons that answer Senator Penrose's queries, "Who und why Is Colonel House?" Despite the Senator, Colonel House could be and was regarded as something more than the President's prl vate representative. He was sent to repre sent the United States He represented the United States faithfully and fiultfully. Ho does not say much about himself In "Who's Who" Udward Mandell Hnufte, discover, was btrn In Houston, Tex July 20, 1358. He was educated at the Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, nnd Cornell University; his father was a planter and banker; he has been active In Dcmocratlo politics, but never a candidate for oitlco; he lives at Austin, Tex. One might say that he used to live at Austin, for since 1912 he has been living In Washington, New York, European capitals, wherever duty to his country called him. That's ull tho Information this quiet, 'af. fable, reticent man vouchsafes about him self. The country knows he Is trusted by Its great war President, That to the country In gufllclent answer to Senator Penrose's In terrogations. That und the fact that the country Is proud that a plain democrat, one of the people, can bo legitimately and safely ueltcted from the ranks of private citizen ship to represent a demccracy in the chan celleries of Europe and in the momentous delicacies of diplomacy which underlie and feed, like blood vessels, nerves, brawn and flbere. the unified Entente policy, which li ti win the war for world freedom. I. jn . W. R. nr IiEDGER-PHILDiELHIA, WEDNESDAY, DEpfiMHER ' i i' i WORK THAT WINS A COMMISSION The Little Fellow Ditf Whatever Ho Was Told to Do and Made Good rplll'3 "little fellow" sought a commission. -L He had heard that the matter was not extremely dllllctilt If one had the phy siquo and brains, so he applied for admlCH'on to the (JUlccrs' Training Corps and was ac cepted, Ho had learned the manual of arms In a military school nnd ho knew tho movements up to "extended order," but ho found on his arrival at camp that there was a wliolo lot he didn't know about tho things which he had studied nnd that thcro wns a, lot moro to learn. The first week wns a bitter ono for the wotild-bo lieutenant. Ills feet were soro and his brain fagged Hn hid trudged for miles behind a company of six-footers, tho smallest man In the tonipany, and had crammed unceasingly nt tho close of the day. He needed help along practical lines nnd there were spme points In thoro 30-odd books of study whtcli could bo explained In a void, but he didn't know how to get the word. There !. a distinct line betwien tho innks and tho commanders, and tho "llltlo fellow" feared to step across He Could Drive Nails With several others he stood outsido of headquarters ono day, when tho captain ap pioaehed and asked who was a carpenter. Most of thoro In tho group miffed "I wonder If ), thinks vvo'ro common laborers?" whispered ono rooltl,-. who boasted of the dignity of his southern blood. The si lence was penetrating. Tho llttlo fellow recog nized opportunity and grasped It "I can drive nnlls, captain," no said, salut ing and stepping from tho group, "and I'm willing to t.uklo that carpenter Job" Tho captain asked tho little fellow's namo Jones, for tho purpose of this rtory-nnd described tho Job. It vias the erection of a small shelf In headquarters. The little fellow undertook the work und It was dono well. The captain was pleased und extended a helping hand. Hut the friendship lasted only two weeks, for nt tho end of that time tho captain was shifted Hut Jones's spirit had been buoved and he pushed on with renewed vigor. Then ono day ho was ordered to leport at the now cap tuln's olllcc- With some mltglvlngs lie went, fearful that his failure to keep In step with tlm six-footers on the laKt hlko was the cause. "Jones." said the cupt.iln, "wo need shelves around the alllc'cr' barracks. Can ou handlo tho job?" Did Jones decline? Ho did not "All right, pick out five men and stick to It until It's done Never mind about drill, III glvo you tho new points afterward" Again tho social line was crossed and again Jones mado good, but again It was short lived. On thu return from a week's trench warfare, which was as near tho teal thing as blank lartridges can bo, tho captain was transferred. Tho third compiny commander wns a lik able fellow. Iln hadn't been In camp a week before he discovered that tho Oovel nnvnt had neglected to provido him with a wi.tlng table. Jones was sought, and although ho had never built a table, ho tackled the Job und was successful. Another week passed und the llltlo Mlew was satisfied that ho was making good. The cnptaln encouraged him liicttum ho liked his sunny disposition and his willingness t do anything ho was told to do. Hut Captain Number 3 wns also transferred. The now commander was a strapping fel low, tnwerlng above sl felt and built 111 proportion His Idea ot' a melel olllcer was height and weight and ho had no time Ji,i the ltttlo fellow So It happened that with no moro carpenter Jobs lo bo dono Jones couldn't step acioss the barrier between the flies and tho shoulder straps and "call-dowm" were numerous. When His Fighting Blood Was Up lie wns musing ever these things ono day as he unrolled his pack on tho barrack floor l.esldo his cot when hn noticed that his shoes wiip (peeked with dust Ho left tho paek for a moment to than tho shoes when tho tookle who occupied the adjoining cot en tered. " He topped tho llttlo follow by exactly eight Inches and was pugilistic In his man ner "net this stuff off the floor'." he demanded "I want to open my pack" The little fellow shot hack, "In a minute. I'm busy," and continued shining his shoes Then the big fellow walked to tho open paek and kicked an article across tho room. Jines dropped his shoes nnd stepped for wnrd, lists doubled. "You big piker. Kick something else In mv pack nnd yen go back hum- without a commission'" "Going to use political Influence against me, iii!" shouted the big fellow In u luge, because coming frt m tho samo State he knew that tho "little fellow's" father wns prominent in polities "You better not try It!" "No ine said nnvthlng nbrut politics," dc. dared Jones, "but If you kick tint pick again I'll smash jour face and we'll both go homo for fighting The endil be the field hospital for ono of us " The big fellow grumbled and tho little fel low remal' ed defiant and llna'lj- won out. But another rookie, who was bent upon a commission by fair means or foul, heard the argument und left the room. That ifteinon Jones's "rlilo was cut and murdered before tho company on tho slight est provocation and endid with his being vdered to r""r to the c.i"Ihii tffr drill He was not a quitter; ho had swallowed hard all d.iv ; but be felt that ths nt! had come, with tho goal three weeks distant. "Jon-s" said the cintnlti "l'v about de cided to send sou homo. You're too In different nnd slovenly. Whnt have you to say?" Jones told him of those six-footers and of his work at nights, of his hard ap plication to everything military. "I understand h'n'-ever " su'd the cnptaln, breaking In on the recital, "that you are going to ue political Influence to havo a man rejected and tn further vour own ambitions." At last the truth was out. Won on His Own Hcok "That's a lie, a rotten dirty lie. nnd I can nrovt) it!" Jone-R falrlv shouted Tho cap tain didn't know that tho lltt'e fellow was there on "his own hook" nnd that his prominent father had refused to visit him lest politics bo attached to tho visit. Ho iVdn' Vnii- fi-n t "ijiare t rt nij the child" policy had been applied from child hood and that the llttlo fellow had gone Into the business world and succeed"!! on tho words of u father who might have helped fl-.Tv'a'1" but "'ho "sid ntad, "I nnds good on nothing, now you do the same." fmt tho caotaln noon lnniiil tnese things uii i-i inneiiiir blunt -" sitncth"" 'n-vinclng Aftor that tho little fel'ow pushed on un hampered and succeeded, llut when tho commissions arrive cme .of thne whose Averacos wore far helAw ills obtained a first, vvhlls he was a second lieutenant. Then It vva the "little fellow's" turn to smile. Ono after another the flrstR came to him und said: "I'm a llttlo nervous about this. I Bt more than l expected. I'm afraid t can't handle my Job. It's a, little big What'd you get?" This was his answer; "I got a second and I can hold my Job I'm not worried or ner vouil. You big pikers have been kidding me and trying to push mo out. but back to the ranks you go If vou don't make good. j'm u commissioned olllcer and I'm going (0 ttay. one. It les me good to see you shake iii your boots: It evens up the score." And the little fellow, after telllnj- his story In confidence, whistled merrily and started uown the street to meet "the only Biri , , " cure in the faith that he'll be a "fl?Bf' In n tew months, for when his furlough endi h. will Join a company elated for France In th very near future. G- v "j" Jlfcir- fit y &vE4sSs,J&i!r'' "sS tv $& ' 'i 'Vfr sJSnsWfit ill Vm Jflifek JMsM&-H$fc ' I w! 'WsSp HOW CHURCHES CAN HELP IN WAR WORK A Plan to Supplement Prayer With Active Suppression of Disloyalty To the Villtor of the .'I'tnfiiy Public Lctlyir: Sir Your most progressive and piacttr.it paper could not support a bottet cause It mi that of a Liberty and Lo.ilty Alliance or ganized for the ditt'tloii ot ciiu y propa ganda und the fottci.ng nf loyalty among all classes. Such an alliance should be headed by tho clerryinen and the dm-tors in all p.nt'i of tho country. If thu t-leigy of all di nom inations would lend and suppjit a Liberty and Loyally Alliance In their thurches and airango for meet ngs once a wcik or once In two weeks, at which there should be dis cussions of the tlutj of nil good i Ulzens to stand by tho entire of Ubeity against Pius slanKm ut this time, tho churches lis well us thu nation would profit. And 'f tho live or six doctors usuall found In rvety ion gregatlon, or If not In the tungitgntlun thn hi smputhy with the chuich, would co-op-trute with the ticig. we should have a bod.v of organized and informed vvoikers who cmiiil do much tn stop the spread of (lei in in piopa. ganda und strengthen the spirit of lojalty. Stories of Ited Cross activities, reports of Y. M I'. A. wnikeis wlin are serving vsjihout pay and dlng nenr thu fmnt tanks fin tho soldiers and for liberty, historical studies of dunnciacy and liberty would make mem mable evenings mole important than player otil -V my nnivsiorj were prajlng peoplo and I bel'eve In pravei ; but Just now it Is more Important to keep the powihr dry for our own use n''d In our own hands exclusively When a mad bull Is goring Innocent persons, even children and vvuinen. It is not the time for prayer alone, hut for some additional ac tlon. When an autocratic povvtr Is headed h an Irresponsible king of paranoiac type, win, has hypnotized hundtcd. of thevusnniTt Into the belief of a world rule and the death of liberty. It Is not the time for prayer without notion. Let the clergy call together tho people to a Liberty and Loyalty Alliance meeting once n week and Hilly Sunday crowds w il be small In comparison. The chinches aro doing mag nificent work In both prnvtrs nnd action; but could they not also take on the addi tional burden of forwarding the slogan, "Liberty nnd Loyalty" und defeating dcr man propaganda? The clergy and doctors uhcady havo "tabs" on all famll'es and know where there are uctlvo disloyalty and lukewarm loyalty. A committee of five could lie "big brothers" to many reported cases and reclaim many who speak carelessly and who do not understand propaganda against llbt.rty Others lukewarm for liberty would bo watih'd Those opposed to liberty could be Interned ut once und not after tomo overt act. Tio f.eto of others, classified as sp'es, would bo determined by the Kederal Secret Service. Tho supreme court of Mich a Liberty ahd Lovalty Alllnnco movement would, of course, bij'tho Secret Service sstem of the United States, admittedly tho best In the world. Tho clergy, the doctois und the appointed committees would unearth and sift out facts which would be of incalculable value to tho cause of liberty. Such a Liberty and Loyalty Alliance would bo a constant support to ons and husbands fighting nt the front for liberty till victory be attained. Tho Liberty nrd Ljyulty Alliance mods no further organization than tho cliuie ies co operating In this movement. They are al ready organized In every city, cveiy town and fvery ham'et. Let your great paper, havo the credit of stur. i.g -no liberty and Loyalty Alllanco movement and putting on record tho answer of every inhabitant In the United States to the uuestion, "Aro jou for liberty or not?" INSIDE INFORMATION. Philadelphia, December 4. A NEW DIOGENES To the Editor of the Evening 1'uWe Ledgtr: Sir On January 10, 1916, there was an edi torial In our paper which said: "We In America ought to be ublo to keep our heads and pot fall Into tho stupid eir r of assuming that all the members of one group of armies are beasts and ull the members of unother group are saints." Tho edltoriul was headed, "The Truth About the Atrocities." On .December Z. 1915, there was an edi torial in your paper which was captioned, The Kaiser Must Oet Well." This edlttrlal aid: "Whatever the outcome of the con flict, Wirilambes already made a place for - I. ft .1917s ' ' "WHY COULDN'T YOU KEEP OUT 1'iliiMdf ns one of the great masterful rulers nf all hlstiii.v When the test ot war came be ro-o In the octailon. Lmperor William Is lilu enough to understand that w .mover Is victor all the nations must con llnuo to live together un tho continent, and pence must Im arranged on "-uch terms as w III make ninlc.iblo ltiatlnns possible Plie withdrawal of his conn-el from the group of negntlntom of peace would be m ,sl un fortunate." I wtlte tn asl; If you hive changed our mind, un these two subjects, and If ou have, why have jou nine to? The second edltoil.il was ttiilten innnlhs after the Lusltanla epi nide, as )uu will not'ee. About two months ago I propounded these (lUcsllons tn vou, but you took no notice ot them Rilling to tee this letter In print, I last come to the c inclusion that tho Evening Pui-Lir Lutni:ij is afraid of tho truth' ,1 Pr WALSH. M. D. Florence, N J , December 1 THE WASTE OF MEAT Tu the EiUlor uf the Eicntnp I'uhllc Lctliicr: Sir Your article- on "Hat Less Meat" on Saturday was very good; If only tho people would heed It! I h In a lur.cfnrooin at Ilrn.id and Walnut streets the other day and saw u woman oidir some Hamburger steak, which she said she wanted for her dig which she had with her. Now that same thing is going on' every day In the jetr nil over the country, und I don't think any person should do without meat when meat Is given to the dogs. It. C. I'. Philadelphia, December J. DON'T SCOLD; EDUCATE Till! German Government is not too scru pulous to have dono t.ny of tho things 'isrgfil ngatnst It. but It may have been too buy to do all uf them Not everything that go 'vronff In tile I'nltvd States can bo icrllnd to a "German plc-t " Tho accusation is too easily made and too popular not to be uie.l to cov er up a large crop of purely Amer ican errors and failures. Thus it Is not likely that such apathy ns there may bo In regard to food conservation Is duo to German machinations More probably It is simply tho plain old Adam nnd Hve apathy which ma' es all of us reluctant to chango our ways of llv'ng und willing to shift our public bur dens sipon other people's shoulders, Ono who does not want to limit his diet us the food administration lequests can easily convince himself (or herself) that It can do no harm If ho (or she) goes tin a wheat.bre.nl or red meat J.ig. provided that the rest of the nation does its dut Tho president of tho National Housewives' League urges her followers to treat women who act In this way ns "traitors to this coun try." If tho advice were taken tho resulting bloodshed would be enough to give pause to the most hysterical. llut they nre not traitors so much as they are poor co-operators, lacking In the community spirit. They lietd to have things patiently explained to them. I What JOo You Know? Quiz What Is n lott"? Who U Ir, ChurleH W. Kllot? VVIi.il ilMlneiih'tiliu: murk la found on Louis MV perlud furniture? Who imtntnt the most crlrbrattil "liatt Juiloment"? Nume the fntimlrr of tlie Molt', What nre the artuul anil the iinu.il meaning uf "tJlillS it"? Who I. Cermsn MlnWtrr of Furrlcn ,nalr? VUili h Ii the (.'rent-eat City? What v.i I'nul Itevcre'n ir.fl? What u t Intrude,? Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1, (ieorico IV of ljnitinil, when Trine Hfitent. vu rulleil "the tirt gentleman of urote." 2, The Mediterranean Hra at Port Hold ana the Krtl Hru nt fort lliwDk lire the Inlet and outlet of the huei Canal, reiietllely, 3, The Don (onrk nre the inoi,t numerous and rmrmentatlie of tho tribe. Thfhr terri tory In In toutheatern KuMla. They hate a hlttily orcanlted military type of 'aoclrty .anil oernment. 4, Wiltram Makepeace Thackeray wrote "Vanliy l'ulr. 5, Lltt. I). I; n" i academic , desree. niinlfjlnr Doctor of Letter, usually conferred as an honorary Olotlnitlou for merit In literature, 0. David K. Vranila la tlie'Amerlcan Amliuaaudor at I'ctroifiui). . 7, An oligarchy l a government by ii few liervon. g. Lake Dolran Is a body of. water pf stratcile. value in the Ilalkan He d ot Sr. 0. Johu Joteiih Fltzzcrnld, of llrooklm. In chair man of the . Appropriations Commute, of tho IIovm of Kircai)tatlvai. Ila advo. ais'S5rfetfi?ar c,,mm",- ifit ' OF IT?" Tom Daly's Column H'c't'o shrunk a little as to hclpht. Bat tfi: mil fight some yet, all right! ln'ao irr'ic Mantling' up agen To help these Uou Scout flghtin' men. AS VU STAUTKD to suy yesterday, when somebody cut us short. It ought to b easy for our town's Hoy Scouts to rail that $125,000 they're after. One, and per haps tho greatest, trouble Is to make some grown folks tuko the movement seri ously, and It's tho grown folks, unfortu nutoly, that havo most of tho money In th world. And tho men und women with money think, "Oh. jes, that's for tho llttlo slum child anl not, of course, for my manly lad." Where do they get that stuff? We vvero talking to the headmaster of a big prep school tho other day, and after wo hud told him some of our troubles he up und told us somo of his. Ho had before him a bundle of letters from parents Hik ing thnt their boys be permitted to spend tho approaching holiday In tho neighbor ing metropolis. "These boys," said ho, "live too far away to run ..omo for Thanksgiving, but their parents aro quite willing to turn them looee In a big city without guides, philosophers or friends. Why shouldn't wo start a So ciety for the Education of Rich Parents?" It wouldn't do any good, of course, but something may 1 dono with their cube, If they're caught young enough. IUHIE'S A SCOUT STORY that cam under our notlco s-everal days ago. W saved It up for this drive: Alfred (last' name deleted by cen- f sor) could never be Induced to pass through a certain sttcet near his home because a boiv who was ten years old, like himself, f but larger, lived there and had threatened to punch him on sight. Well, Alfred Joined tho Hoy Scouts and In due course got his uniform. Tho llrht day ho put It on his mother asked him to tako a message to the washwoman, who lived in tho bad boy's street. Alfred went white, then red (which, strangely enough, are the B. S. colors), and his mother, who ftnew full well how hard it was for him, suggested that he change hack to civilian garb for safety's sake. But Alfred went on hla way. He delivered the message and came back with a reply and u bloody nose. Ho had christened his suit, but that wasn't enough. Ho put his soldier clothes on again next day and went around for somo more. Ho got It, The clothes didn't tnnko him fight any better, but after u while the other boy got tired of licking him. Here's the sequel: The tough boy In the tough street Is ono of those who will be first to be uniformed, when the money comes In. "Why, Alfred," said Alfred's dear mamma, "suicly that bad little boy Ist't fit to be a Scoutt " "I asked htm to be," replied Alfred. "Vou didn't!" "Sure I did. We want guys that can fight. We'll learn 'em moa ners afterward." FROM SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, comes Vachell Lludsay, the poet, to glvo a reading at Wltherspoon "all at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The proceeds aro pledged to a worthy charity, so- drop In, oven If you can't spare the time or the price. What does the western icini sayt I'll bring jou VacfteJI Lindsay, To chant you many a poem you'll like 'em when you know t', ,, &. ,l Tlr-CI' -. - -:(', & b. t-C1 " f " rfs 5ft- - t f. - . r ',1. iflJJ.fiW'.rftJ w M l- a.. t 23&3&Jy&& AVSvjLffltaBia. ! i ill 1 1 iii ii 'iii ii ii am i . - ..":
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