J. WMl l.'tT-TT! .rTT.TSWI rmwmrr' -.;-, ?t,m-, v - ----- f,--JK'"r(t f s.l r -,$-,. ",r"- -.'' . ?rv. r&,- -c v -, EVENING PUBHO LEDGEU-I'HILADELl'HIA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER G, 1917 V th ' P e.t & ta public licbcr jtltotLIC L$DtiER COMPANY Ss. !.. J?v cunTw. piniMT, . -"i. iuainR(on. vicn iT-iu-i""" m- h renr .". ':"" e i".: T Uer. Director!. v -DrrontAt, noAnDs Cties It. K. CciTts. Chairman nTKALRT Editor RC.GHARTIN..iOeneral Iluilnns Manartr ttmA f4llw HfiiA f.vnnrit Tlulkllnff. hriaHhl.i.. o..... Thllaf9lnhitt. CjjTiiL....nro .net Ch'Btnul . Jf' I, " foil ... .. .... . . . : SOU Metropolitan Tower irr.. .n:i. KoM !u hi ni eon.. tons rullcrton """ o.. 1103 Trttwne IlullcUns .p ,." , nrws nrniEAuai N. E. Cor. Pennsylvania Ave. and Mtt'.f''; tour hviud ."5.;.. Mt.3 we nnml Mr--oni n""'i'n;i Bciutr.... ...... ..32 Hue Loula It Grand ' itnarntnlnM TRnMA RMBTmMINit rmno Lcion l ervHl t En In Philadelphia and surroundlnr towns l-ntf f twelve VIZI Cfnia per "rtn. .-- Sr mall t point" oulll cif r.h,J,5fi?";J" Unite Statu. Onnana or United P'"" ?" Lin. a.... -. ennv f.nii nrr monln. i .Lii-. ....- ?. -.ubM In advance. iATp all fortUn countrlea on (11) dollar per 'Kroth. ijNnTiris fi"Wrlhr lhlB dHri cnaniea ,. ,tmt tivt old at well as nw address. iMVi . ,-.- WW WALTIll ffcClSlw.-,-. ....... .. L f aOMrfetre a nil communications to J'lT,"'?'! Ci!." ytnl . Independence) Hgunrf. rMIorfelpMei. nun t tub rniUDtiniia ronornci icoxn-ci.As Mill, Mi-erra. ,i. k: rklUddphla.Tkuricli;, Dtrtml.r . 1I7 :. 'CONCENTRATE OUR POWER jr., . " Aiit; not fioins to win inn " " VT" dlsiilDHtlni: our resources and scatter- Ps,lnjt them to tho four winds. The pcoplo nf Sethis country. Rrecily us they lire of sacri fice, are not ready yet to dcpilve tliem- P) Slvea of lrtuat necessities for purposes It m flnnhirnl nxnoilimipv. Tlicv cannot Kam- KiWe on the outcome of tlio Btrusslc; they 3 iust De sure oi winning n. ' The so-called Ilolshcvlhl (Jovcrnmcnt Is SI'lKit a Oovernment. It Is liottlcd chaos. 'A'alW while It stabs at the Allied cause, itiir . iX."hlch Is the very soul of democracy, uy ;fef fMlatln-B altfo n I lnii0 t - nnil frttl I nni I itfl t Pll jS turrender of great numbers of prisoners R.S of war, many of vfcom will be returned th? ,'to the Teutonic flshtlnR ranks, It stubs Spy,, -too at the inherent power and ml?ht of tc- 'Russia Itself by Its supreme Indifference it. bx, to property rights, its defiance of rccoR- hized Institutions nnd its deliberate Inci- tatlon of class feellnff. novernmrnt is K$' humanity's device for the asuranco of i i security for body nnd property. The ' Bolshevik! program is opposed to the sr- mrlff iittv nf nlttinr It lu r, .Inrnllnt lli!il flitntu I't hnlv bciiusn It has not hud enotich time PHlf I which to be waterlogged. It Is as cer-if-. ,tatn soon to sink us the sun is to rite. The phases of mass uprisings can safely be 5 foretold. The march Df revolution follows rather definite paths. If In degree the i'jlf Russian upheaval has, differed from that Kriwhlch inKiilfed and liberated Trance, it Is HP&if. . . C ;" oeSTe only. A uovernmeni mown into !- thousand fragments Is not pieced to ?jitiher In a night. Time alone Is. the K'h.'IBaster reconstructor. 7A - , .... j'j fever, we ueiieve, in ine History oi na- unnaj iir.vo um uuu comiort oeen given ?3... by one nation to nnother comuaruble to the Xd and Comfort rlvnn hv lis In ilpmnprntlp fci:7T ; ....... - -- -- ..... ... SfVltussla. But we do not help democracy In fJ;?RUESia when we aid the Bolshevikl. We if, 'ydoubt If It Is possible for us to aid democ- ff"tacyln Hussla by any direct contributions Y-t!Jo 'that vast territory. There Is but one ly In which to aid. ae, to presene. l democracy on tho faio of the earth, nnd y, that Is by tho complete dlscomllturo of Um enemies of democracy, To do that ffj qulrc3 concentiatlon of our resources. !.tf MWbv a n..n. h.., ..... I....lr ... vrjf ,.w -j iivi uu. iu iji iueii uiiif, ur rlly one. The line In Italy must be held, Ks5t v TTy.aui;ii, jo aiuiih tne tine irom nwiizcrianu IS? tn sea lhat liberty must win Ih way. Rd-'jTJie event, Indeed, may demonstrate that fc.fc'K was fortunate for the Alliej that the P&MftChlnatlons of the enemy stopped the EaTIM- ocean caravanj to Archangel, ended KSrver the dream of aid worth while from ti?-ile East and taught the lesson that the .iMr must be won In a straight. Mire il-lit - . , . : .rin.ma Yvirau ureaaeo tor a lime the EUjWcall t German legions from the Hast. Efibat hai'becn discounted, for vlrtuully Kj&ftke '"'I might of the enemy already Is In ISi'tlw West. We have him there at the ery yjminlt of his power, at his maximum EJrngth, nnd he cannot break through fow cannot even Jiold his lines. Add to Si the Improvised armies of Great Ilrltuln v.j iwoiuj'tuHouu ! ui Aiueiica uuu me A.wir' fl.!lHlnpW urlll lia hrnlan !.. . . l.' ?.' .. - w.w..,. uui Ufc af. .... Rfesv w concentrate, on mis one front 1 total of our resources,' Let, If there be irthe surplus of mir supplies flow to ring forces of possible power, but not , 4i Jounce of powder nhould go to Uuwlu ar lu present Government, or under muceeedlns Government of the near ve can take cure of Itusslu after ;have taken care of the Kuiser, though jp.i different manner. We are the cham- pf world liberty, but we ure not yet International Santa Claus. present war will not be won by 4 rampulgns. it will be decided In a, where It began. The nation, there- J.AaWpunds that Us nicrlllces be trann I Irtto jiower on the wjslern front and at pap for coward- .ml visionaries re. Wc cannot I coddling para- fjrfcen -o have a I nslit on our CALL FOK BOY smilT ruun ti . A W tuwii. ,kn w (miter than I 'MeKwittlM value of elv' t t mmuiHntia ociqmw' tltclr f iM Um1. 2J't.M !"""' Hidncss of undercurrent of the bright ca reera'mlssed by lads who had nothlnjj to keep them oft the streets. Tho Boy Scouts movement keeps them out of bad company nt their most Impressionable period. It docj more! It keeps the boys In good com panjf, directs their high spirits Into safo channels, does not diminish their boyish ness nnd represents preparedness Insur ance for good citizenship. Today Is left to round out the $125,000 fund! NO MOUK NONSENSK TJIXAL'SK cj-operutton, concentration -' and unity produced enormous commer cial successes In this country, a political school camo Into being with thu formuln that such things should be Inhibited by law. Competition was the magic key that would unlock the doors of prosperity, nnd competition must bo got, cen If the whole machinery of government hud to function to get It. So a Jumble of laws came Into being, nil devised to keep any business from becoming cry big. If two railroads could be made to do the work of which one was capable, that was a great achieve ment, according to the politicians. Hut now tho Interstate Commerce Com minion Oinnounces that the whole theory under which the Government and It have been working Is wrong. The decentralized and ovcrregulntcd tallroads cannot meet tho exigencies of war times. They hue fallen down. Thcicfore, s.ijs the commis sion, let nil the old laws be suspended and tho railroads bo put Into n pool. Or. better still, let the Government take them nil over. If we keep on getting sensible at the rate we havo been going, the nation will wnl.o up omc day to find that It has saved tho whole cost of tho war, n matter how many billions are expended, by the mere .substitution of eflioient' for incfllclcnry. The automoblllst does not krow the weak ness of his car until he tries to drive It up the side of a mountain. HUDGET SYSTEM VITA I, TT IS a pity Congiess cannot have the benefit of the sagacity i.nd cxperlcnco of Chairman l'itzgeiuld of the House Appro priations Committee now thot the budget system, which he advocated persistently during his legislative career of nearly n score of years, Is to go Into effect. This method or appropriations, always desir able, In war financing Is essential. The President In his message says: It will be Impossible to deal lu any but a ery .wasteful nnd extravagant fashion with the cnortnuus appropriations of III") public moneys which must oontlnuo to be made If the vwir Is to bo properly sus tained unless the IIousb will consent to return to Its former practice nf initiating and preparing nil appropriation bills through a single committee. In order that responsibility may be centered, expendi tures standardized and made uniform and waste and duplication as much as posslblu avoided Klcveti commLttees aic now charged with nppropi luting national funds to their purposes. One centrullzed committee, supervising, directing, checking on expen dltdres, is necessary for responsibility, elllclency and economy. Wo have pro vided staggering billions for war expenses. They will be honestly spent, of course, but they must bo wisely spent. They can bo spent without waste only through tho budget system, Kven if Congressman Fitzgerald's volun tary and honorablo retirement Into prlvato life bars the maturltyvand abundance of his fiscal knowledge from part In the bud get counsels, his Influence will bo felt. He has educated Congress to the single spend. Ing body requested by the President. His six jeais of labor under nn unwieldy and outworn system taught him tho value of the budget. Ho has passed tho lesson to his colleagues and tho country. NO NEED TO WOKHY It would be affectation to pretend that lie (Wlli-on) speech echoes tho declara tion of Allied statesmen Ills vision com prehends the world; theirs only half. . London Dally News. rpiIIS Asiitiith and anti-Lloyd Gcoigo - journal need not worry. It doesn't mat ter which Ungllsh-speaklug statesman Is In a position to speak the whole truth. It does matter that tho truth has been told and that tho whole Allied woild concurs. As a statesman HIndenbuig is a verv excellent general. Lots of people who talk about a fair lease would spoil It fare. The City treasury shows that Phila delphia ns a corporation Is lean for its size. U-boat" know more about tho ctll ciency of the United States navy than w do. Tho Premier of Austria demands a world of freo nations. His charity can begin at home. America's diplomatic curds aie all on the table. She can afford to turn them face up. They're all trumps. The publlo Is Informed thut Mayor Smith Is going to drive all the gamblers out of- the city Wo bet they're scared. Just because their daddies are fight ing tn France Is no reason why children hIiouM not have the best Christmas ever. Anybody who can handle Congress ought not to have much trouble handling Germany. Billions for defense hut not ono scent for WUhelm. Those who shout "to hell with the Hohenrollerns" should remember that It takes money to send them there. Iteturn tickets are not sold, , , It took four year for the Union to begin to fight even with Lincoln at the helm. We've got to get Into It and get Into It hard within a year. When the President epeaVs the whole world listens, but there Is nothing In stop bound from entering one Russian ear and going out of the other. k.; The toct-)hat Jnoompetent officer. ! wmm ,fw, 9w '.rawing .mbjm -sa -j--; WILSON'S WARNING ON "PEACE" OF 1814 Congress of Vicnnn Planted the Seeds of a Century of War IX September, ISU, thcrn asembled In Vienna a congress of the Powers to estab lish permanent pence. Its deliberations re sulted In u situation calculated to engulf the world In permanent war. It assembled with nn avowed purpose as opparently chaste as will be that of another peace congiess which Is to come together one of these dajs. This Congress of Vienna had upon Its bands ns glgtiutlc a task as will i-onfront tho Congiess of The Iliigue (let us call It); It was called to pnUh up a map nf Kurope which In tweiit earfl of Napoleonic warfare bad been mutilated far worse than In the present gi cater conflict. And it did Inllnlti'ly moie harm lhan Napoleon ever was capable nf doing. Presi dent WINon said In his address to I'ongirss ".Statesmen must by this time have learned that the opinion nf the world Is ivcrywhern vvldo avvul.c and fully comprehends the Issues Involved. No leprec dilutive of any self governed nation will dare illiteg.ml It by at tempting any such covenants of scllWlmess arid compromise as were nil t red Inlo at the Congress of Vienna." S'clflshnrss iiinl lomiuomlsi-, n mad scramble for territory by the Mugs anil prlv Urged (lasses of I ho Ancient Iteglnie. who thought they had coniiueied the Preach Revolution for all tllm- All the Pnvvcra did exai tly vvh.it German anil Au-lrla would do In peace negotiations tod.ij. To unilirslauil th.it period's tragic vv.us nnil more tingle peace, nnd the lesson of it nil for us tod.i, It Is nicessary lo icn exactly where the Piench Revolution gloriously sucieedrtl ami when- li dismally fallul. Failure of the Revolution l-'ianie. In the decide Pillowing Hie fall of the li.islile in "S'.i, w;is In fomevvh.it the same position that Ainoilca has been In for the last eight months. v havo tried lo send to nil the peoples of Ihuope. especially the peoples of central Kuiope, a nits'-. ice of popular rights, a me.ss.ige of plain pcoplo lo plain people. It was this saino tremendous message whlili llir- i-.iily Piench revolution ists tried to tend out to the world Hut every powerful (toviinmcnt in Ihirope saw In the Incipient levoll against Uiuls XVI and the divine right nf l.lngs nothing but wild Ilolshevltil'on. In Hie two juirs before Lotil.s was urieMed nolgbboilng courts thought of the disturbances lu p.u-ls as meio transient ilols. When they learned or the popular Me.ile that vvem setting Kiance on file the.v did two things- they did everj thing to keep the lcvolt fiom spreading to their own peoples and they Invaded Prance In einler to icsloro hei legitimate tyrant to hh tbione. If D.tntoii nnd Robrsplrrio and their col leagues had had airplanes they would have sent leaflets fllng about tho fields of i;ng. land and the Continent just as President Wilson's utterauecs am dropped by aviators In Germany tod.iv. , As one evidence of the transforming In fluence, of the Revolution, Fiance produced In it twhiKIIng the first national army In the history of tho Clitlstlan era. Uvery man rushed to arms, at once a revolutionist and a soldier of freedom. They went emt to light not against peoples but against kings as wo of today. And, of course, they coiKiueted. All the other armies were of mercenaries, Hessians fought for Kngland against I-'iaiue just as Hessians fought against the Ameri can Revolution. Hired Swiss, Huns, Italians, Swedes, Dutch men from everyvvheio fought for the kings because n soldier's life suited their tabtcs or be'e.iusn the pay tempted them to leave underpaid emploMiicuts. Such men cannot light the inspired I-'icnih swept them straight across Ruiope to the gates of Mosrow, This was whcic'the Pienili Revolution suei'ceded; not In Us Napoleonic triumphs, but in Its lesson of national nrmy. national citizenship and national patriotism. It in slstcd on natioiMlltv and popular paitlclpa tlon In great events, its lowly soldleis be eanie field m.ush.ils. lis seeds produced tho peaceful Rngllsh icvnliitlon of 1S3J, when the King and the Ilouso of Lords were made to take second plane. The triumph of the Revolution as a soil.il foice was co-nphto Complete was Its I'ailuie as a polliicil loico. Tho divine right of kings was iihnllrlied everywhere exiept In German. Austna and Russia, lis survival there was fatal. The revolution failed; wo have had to do it all over again. Secret Diplomacy l-'or the llrst thing that the kings did when they came to Vienna, after the fall of Napoleon, was to enter Into societ diplomacy. No one knew- what they weie doing. Ilerr von Kuehlmanu breathed that old splilt only tho other day when be said- If our adveisarles an- anxious to know what our alms are, tills matter Is vi ly sim ple Indeed. There Is n sulllclenl uuiiibei of was nl their disposal. History hunot furnished a single example of any gie.it diplomatic assembly purpoitlng to settle International affalis ever having been enli vened without previously having Informed Itself as to the Intentions of the parties concerned. Thanks foi this hint. ) German) ! Your Htate-smen have learned nothing these one hundred ears. If "the intentions of the parties concerned" are to be thus well known before we enter into negotiations, then the details of the peace that Is to be made b the peoples must be known to ull plain people everywhere before their representatives con vene. They must be known to the wood nutter In Pomeranla and to the cowpunther In Texas and to the fisherman of Naples, for they are "tho parties concerned" about "Intentions" In the diplomatic world today. The Congress nf Vienna wh'ch made n "Oerman peace" was one big secret Kings nnd prlmo ministers met at cozy supper parties; amidst drunkenness and debauchery duchies were traded about, the fate of provinces sealed. They talked about cstab llshlng "tho freedom of the seas" while the Ililtlsh Government wus fighting to deprive America of the freedom of the seas for this was during the War of 1813. Poland and Saxony were kicked about like footballs. When Prussia was Jockeed out of three, fifths of Saxony (having asked for all) she was given large territories on tho Rhino as a sop. Austria's grip on Italy was strength ened, which Inevitably produced the wars for Italian Independence. Sweden gave up Finland and got Norway in compensation, an artificial contrivance which has In our day led to two revolutions, luckily bloodless. In which the Norwegians and fr'lnns proved the century-long grievance the plain people of those looted nations had felt. Why enumerate further? Everything the autocrats touched they poisoned. The people did not know what they were doing; the people were not consulted; darkness hid thtu private villainies. In a, word. German pit ivereemvreu me-y ceiyj a ejertMR' TRADE POLICIES , OF THE FUTURE Dangers in u Selfish Reorganiza tion of the World's Commerce. "y GILBERT .VIVIAN SELUES Sircfiil t'O'tepriiittetil lUtnliw I'ublle l.nhtr III LONDON, Nov IS IN WORKING out economic principles of pence tho world Is either where It was In 1011 or coiuldeiably behind. In two lespects It Is decidedly behind. It has two examples, dangerous In tho extreme, where round economics have been sacrificed either to wnr-emotlons (whlih Is not the same thing as war-prlnclples) or ti- simple exploitation. One of these Is. of e-ourse. the Paris Conference, which deliberately threw over all principles of economics as nn nftcr vvnr Ineasuie. Pi oof of this can be found In the refusal of the llrltlsh Parliament lo touch the conference report. Tho second lntance Is the leturn of a group of econo mists who believe that Africa should be ex ploited In order to pa off the war debt, nnd linplv that the wealth of Afrle-n may well be Irretrievably lost so long as the next fifty vears fire prosperous for lertaln Ililtlsh In dividuals or rtr tho HiitMi Stale. These two Instanees are mentioned because the.v Indicate lhP lotnllv ehnotlc state of eplnlon em eeonomlcs It has long been elear that the Gei mans lied when the.v said that this vvas an economic or a ininmerrlsl war; It Is nothing of tho sort Hut it has been made the (tension ((r an eionoinic war vvhli h Is nhsohitelv icrtalu lo lead to an other military war in the end Lei me cite nnother matter of some Im poilauce on n friendly scale The t'nllcd Males Is building up a ineiihanl marlno whli b. If we escape the submailnes, will be of rnnimous value aflir the war. Great llrlt aiu Is doing the same Germany bus her met i hunt licet Inl.-ict or Increased (In port, at any into, ni patriotic feelings prompt me Is say ) Well, after the war we aie. I suppose, going inlo (ompetltlou We may go out for the Sonlh .merlonu trade. We will collide with the established HiitMi tiarle And tin. less some soil nf international mercantile policy Is thought out before llin eolllslon conies It would be hcttct for ns If the Ger mans sank every one of our merchant ship'', hotter for us if wo bad never built them, bettrr If we had kept out of the war nnd seen the pride of ilvlllzatldti sink in the dust. He cause If we do not work out some sort of iiiiaiigemrut with these other Powers we wilt prepare a struggle beside which the present war will be puuv in extent although the present war has In It an Idea greater than the loufllit "f men limit ships can eurry. Now Hie ssine thing Is true of Germany. We lannot expcit to conuniindeer her ships and tell liei li- go ralso pigs and lie an agri cultural nation We have to face the fact of (ierinanv's Industrial strength and value to the world If we do not want n commer cial w.u which inav mean In tho end a war of peoples ilitermiued not lo starve we must not permit the competition eif commeree carrylng to begin I do not believe that In the present exacerbated slate of national nerves an one will seilously listen to a proposal for Internationalizing ocean earrlers; neither am , an iconomlst to ptovo the thing feasible. Hut It ought tn bo understock that wo run a grave danger of letting ourselves In for a cutthroat economlo war nfter this war Is over. Tho Idealists may nil be dead. Undeveloped Countries Apply the same thought to undeveloped territory Hussla Is considered undeveloped by those with un e.ve to Industry. Would we permit Germany to stake a claim and say fltut fir. llrltlLli n Vmprli'iin rrnriflu should come In? We would not! Yet we cheerfully lowU at the colonies nnd dominions lu tho Hkuk Delt of Africa and see preferential tariffs ni ranged so that tho dominating coun trv refuses to allow trade frc-m or to any other count y Great Hrltaln Is a notable exception to this sort of strangling. In the c.iso of the Kreneh Inlluence there Is a double loss, bce'.iuse Prance cannot herself carry on the total coinmeicc, so It Is simply wasted. Will the nations neutralize or Internation alize tho trade of Africa? Will wo do nn thing tow aid making tho poits of tho world flee nnd the carrleis of the world independent of nationality? Or will we grab" The Halkan wars were a rather hideous example of mixed motives, of which we can disengage two- nationnllsm and Lontmerce. Seihl.i deslied ti- reunite the Austrian-Serbs to her nnd to be a great nation; she alsu deslied an outlet lo tho sea. Once she striuk toward 1 lie Adriatic: one she struck toward Salotilca, Austria blocked her at Durazzo; ustiia egged Hulg.irla on to block her at Salonlcu Rumania meanwhile agreed with Seihia for an international tailrond line tc--vvaid the Adriatic; if Hosul.i becomes Serbian after Ihc war this line will give Rumania an outlet which is not conl rolled, as her Hl.ick Sea outlet is, by another unfilendly Power. In thai nia.e of lonlllctlug Intel csts we catch only a small portion nf the world cc nfiislon lu eonimenc. Hut we see also the ledeinptlon Por the treaty still exists by which Gicise allows Seihl.i freo pussHgij through the port of Knloulca, Fieo ports, flee passage, fiei-loui to carry nnil to trade, no nil the essentials of International fi lend ship. How far Is the world prepared to go In for these, things? Tcirlloriall.v the I'nlled States Is without Inteiest in either Kurope or Africa; com meiclall.v oin luteiests are only beginning as u carrlng nnd expoitlng nation And It Is tho dutv of the frilled States to work out principles of economic pe.ue ns honest us Its frlne-lp1ett of political peace or Us prin ciples i f territorial adjustment I-'or tho longer we iyim entrate on such xngue phrases as the lights of small nations without con sidering, for example, the duties of small nations or the wrong which small nations can do to great ones, so much weaker do we make our case for peaie. "LoaRue of the Nations" The elements of peace-talk arc strangely conceived The simple fact that the United States has pledged itself to e-o-operate us an Atlantic Power with Franco nnd most nota lily with Hrltaln Is obviously the first of these. It does not mean that we put ourselves entirely under the protect'on gf the llrltlsh fleet; It means that wo propose o take our share In the protection of tho world with that fleet and that therefore we make ourselves ronjolntlv responsible for the policies that fleet unilertnkes tn uphold It means that fer good or ill we are bound to consider Hrltaln ns an nlly, and it Is up to us to see that vve can aptiove of her policies. We have also to accept tho commercial hnpllca tlcns. We cannot ullow Germany to challenge the sea-supremacy which wo uphold: but we can allow her to pass freely on the teas. That Is a different matter. The growth In population ef Germany Is another factor we have to consider because It enters Into every reckoning. If Germany lias to colonize, what International arrange ment can we make? The change In the rate of Industrial pro duction within the last ten years nnd more particularly In Hurope within the last three j ears. Is a phenomenon ns important, per haps, as the Introduction of steam Into In dustry It Increases the-paco of competition and determines the necessity for International guarantees. It Is a factor not et discussed In peace terms, I have not tried to give the full report of Informed opinion en these matters- for one thine, even Intelligent opinion Is'fre cpiently vague about solutions. Dut It does see the problems, some of which have been noted abeve. It will b seen that almost all the nues. lions and all the solutions Imply some sort of International authority. That authorltv exlsts, although It Is not In material form International sanction Is an existing fact' even If we liuve to tight to prove It, . f0J. thu hcheine of International sanction after the war. a League of Natkmror sometilna of that sort. It Is another matter, But ft li Implied In most discussions of peace Ancj urn in.jrj ue in nnil reason whv m, innot' make pAice .With Oermapy-y.L ns.. ajsitil " -.cv - w n nio "NO 'GOOD SCOUT' CAN AFFORD TO NEGLECT THE BOY SCOUTS? .:.-. is:' i' ": - ; : ?.'" .-. . ' :;.' ' " &".: : .. V " . ! - - a. I iV- 1 ..' .-. ' ..'' , ' ' " " -.' ' :-v : ?j!s'i'?fJ . -., jv v-'- Waal?? $? Tjaf ".'f. BprLUMk ( WP'' iff Slw Wpfe -'0 .-'::- arfc&& I' ' '" -v A REAL POET OF THE PEOPLE An Appreciation of Vachel Lind say, His Humor and His Message To the l'.tlitor nt Ihc Vvrntni) I'ublw l.rdyev: Sir Th's week-end Philadelphia shelier.s the blond head nnd vocal cotels of V.iehel Lindsay, poet. seer, humor, st nnil ex-ti.unp Not the one.thne Vac hel, however, who hoofed it through the Quaker fit on his way to Gotham, after a compulsory ba;h anil fumigation In the citv lodgings of some Delaware town (I think It wns; the experi ence is tehl bv Vachel with much humor in his Handy Guide for Heggars). but the Vachel beloved and honored by Hie elect of the .Muse. Drexel Institute nnd Withetspoon Hnll and universities and Hinwnlng Societies nnd ull the ninety unci nine utheneums of literary America now meet Vnehel at the train with Inxlcnbs and ine-.il i-heeks He cause Vachel L'ndsay Is a gie-.tt poet, and In nn age when poets are looked upon with far tc much leniency nnd fervor, he Is the io.i I thing. It was four eni.s ago, almost to a il.ij . w'hen I first bliindeied Into one of Vnc-hi-1's poems I was selling bonks In a bookstore In Roston, and e.uly In the morning, befcre Amy Lowell and tho other custodiers of that shop could get theie from the frigid pampas of fanibtidge, even befoie the store wns open for business, while the ether eleiks Xveie making w-ngers with each other as to who would sell the greatest number of conies of Poltyunnu that day, I was leaning over a radiator and chanced to piiU up "General William Hooth Rulers Into Heaven ' Whether the Geneial ever really get to heaven or not I don't know ; hut I got ns near there as one soars Ui this world of :uiaglsts and spas modlsls nnd butternut tin pan vcrsifieis. read n real poem which burst hi my lualn like a llstful of Roman candles. I think probably Vachel Is the tiuest poet In America today. I think so for-seveial leasons: lie Is masculine. Ills poetry can never be mistaken for a Redfein ad. be dries not bleat about bis soul, he be-lnngs to no clubs, squadrons or fraternal eudcis of bunk pushers. Ho Is not ashamed of being a pect He adin'ts it. He lives a spartan, decent life, cold water Is good enough for him tn drink, the movies aie his dissipation, he would rathei walk on pavements than sit on plush He wears no soft collars and s-iteen scarfs. He would be shot rather than be seen lu spats. He has a prodlcious sens? of humor. He wakes up at nlgi'U roaring with laughter when he thinks of tho things that havo been said to him by tho presidents of women's clubs. He knows that poetry Is the tnnst natural manifestation of human energy, that tho enjoyment of poetry Is the simplest nnd most entertaining diversion lu tho world. The best moments In Vnchel's Innocent life are when 'he Is turned loose on a gathering of college students (preferably female, and rea sonably unsophisticated) to teach them te chant, rumble, Intone and sejueak bis "sing ing games" (he conceives almost all his verses as potential games, to bo acted out with gesture and pantomime) He writes poetrs Those who will go to bear Vachel recite In Wltherspoeyn Hall at 4 o'clock this fThurs day) afternoon have n great and keen pleas ure before them. Even if they are so be sotted as not. to care about poetry t'hey will have a goo'd time. fir the festa Is lu behalf of the poets' ambulance In Italy, hih! lliey will have the satisfaction if n dollar or so well pent. But the point Is that ever,- ono (charwoman, debutante, millionaire or foot ball coach) does care for poetry when be or the hears Vachel. It would he sad to have to cenfess to your grandchildren, "I had a chance to bear Vachel Lindsay and I missed For Vachel Is one of the outstanding char acters of our time, If any one poet has de. served well of the American people it Is he. He has marvelously orchestrated and set to a noble r'nglng muslo the Ideals and pds shvns of this country today. He has seen beauty and tenderness and glory In the ebb and flow of our common da. Ills fancy, alternately grim and piercing and exquisitely tender, Is one of the most piecious posses sions we have. No man or woman (save, of course, hhs rival noets) can lay down his last volume, "The Chinese Nightingale," with out being; thrilled to the marrow. This is no tune or niaceuo aeaerlba Jhla Jl .. . -1 . - "-, . ILtTi- r ' .. yy. - . '-."::-" - ---.. - -'- zzzP UOME THROUGH!" ;'.- ' ...- '"-t-j-1 -i.'--.. -.-.rr. . .;!' .-.' v-"-;'". '' '- "- word for It that Vachel Is worth lie.ulng and that you cannot ntfoid lo miss him II e Is our lepresentative national minstrel, born nut of Illinois to minister to eur great neeel for songs that sing, lie Is thlrtv-elght c,nrs old, nnd ho will be In Philadelphia unl'I Monday. f 1) r Philadelphia, liecember n. COUNTING ALL THE VOTKS Tn Ihc lUHUir nf the IWtnhin 1'iiblie l.cilticr- Sir Pel mil me. in a member nnd candi elate of the Single Tux patty, tn thank the Rvux-inii Pi-m.te- Lueii:it for the publicity given tn the vole of the Single Tax part dining the olllc I il count. Of couise. this is not the pioper time to boo-t the merits of the piuty with which 1 um aligned, but I would like lo i'inphasl7e the fact that If the incin lieis of the older and l.uger p.utles were as consjileiate of their voting prlvllc gts as the incmbets of the smaller panics the lenders of the older p.utles w.iulel not be inaliil lomposed of privilege giabbeis nnd coutrjL- tor bosses . i,ivi:i! .Mcknight Philadelphia, Dei ember S COimSK DINNERS IN HOTELS To the llilllor o Ihi .'itmiiii 1'nhlle l.ulriti Kir -The fond iiilniinistr.ittou has been lllgfd to ,isk hotels to seive mote iMlirse luncheons nnd dinners In ,i further effeut to conseive tho nation's food suppl.v The prac ticability of the suggestion, of comse., depends Un Ibe e holce of uniues Plans nie being i-nnsldeied. nt least, for a' eiusade for moie table d'hote meals lu hotels and lestaiirants. The Government also s coustautl nelvoe-ntiiig mine use of the foods which aie not Included lu the s-olelieis' menu Soldiers do not neeel salads, mushrooms, delicacies, duck, game-, fowl or se.i food, in cluding lobster. Not only would more coarse meals piepaieel with iion-"iiiiriltlnn" edibles nice the rceiulreiuents of the Government, but pel sons eating these foods could elo so with the Just satisfaction that they aie not interfering with 1'ncle Sam's war plans. Philadelphia, December 5. F. F. NEW TITLES FOR OLD The nillcl.il Ijinjjon Gazelle ic-corcls tho assumption of mm- titles by the following lue-mbeis of the in al Tamil to replace, their foinier 'iVutonli'-sounellng st.vles: Viscount Northalleilon, Rail of Ritlmni and .Muniuess of I'.inibildge, hi the foinier Duke of Tcck Viscount Aldeiney, Rail of .Mi-ellnii mid .Mnniiicss of Mlllord Haven, by (lie; former Prlnco Louis of'lluttenberg. Vlseuuut Launcehton, Rail of He-rkhicinp-stcel unci Munpicss nf Caiisbiooke, by the foinier Prlnco Alexander of llattenbeig Vlscount Trcmnton and R.irl of Ath'lone by the former I'rlnco Alexander of Tcck. ' What Do You Know? I Qui,: wlri!tS"f,B,i'.51ft,,,,n,,,c,w:" -' ,",'" .u me the nutlliir tif (hi- llnmi -'l.lvi'- there u muii with mmiI mi ,Ui,i Ml;.; never In l,hn.rir h.tl, ""la. '"' This la no own, my nullir lunci?' " he. Is the rmniMnrr cf the "Pjllielluu." SjlllllllUllf. Whlrh Is Hie- DIiiiikiiiiI Mutr? Viliiit Is the lires'ijeiitliil Kulute? Uliei huh VUlhrtni Tell; Where lie Ahluio? What I. ravioli? W'ur..!j-'',,l'f "' '"" "f "" rn,lr,i "'"te. Id. Mini iiulatril "Tin- .Njinph'-s Ariswcrs to Yesterday's Qui A "Mrenlty' Is thu slant Irnn In il. Mutliwr.trni InltrU Mate, fur " lo.wu.tJ l.utlii-Ainerliun. "-iie Ilr. ( li-fl'. W. Wlet. dlntlncul.lird rliemM imlilliUt nnil Hrller. U in i.rr.lUent ruirrl! iu of lliiriuril t iilirrxlti, rri- I.oult XJV tirrlesl furniture Iiuh thp lin.lrni of the !r;ii.d .Vlonareli u. VdVi'riiti'i-l the HiirrmlliiK hum ru. "uinVllmf ,. 7i7 lie Uce of Awllo a. the leitR ,Sd ""'l tliiim otrlitl) eoiivrntlniiulliis,), u ""' Mlrherl Ansrln lulnted the iiiont relrbrutr.1 'll JuUement.'J rriroruiwi , Zeno was the founder of the stole- rhool ,.f lihllosoph) j ' "' The erto.sl inrm'iic uf rtnoture l tli ,. stellstlon or the l.w llrar. whlcl, V!C lulniil the linljr star nnil to hl(, ii,. rye. of nmrliiers r.nd trillrlrrs turii"d The rnlloqiil-l ine-enln U tomttMnV tuXi attrart trnrrul attention. """'it inut Alfred Kuehlin-jnii Is the (Irrinan ISerrrUr for For:n AITalrs. r- Ktvr OrUana la the. CrMctint City, r"i&"fs B.:to..'!,w,,n,,h i,n,, "rk" A. rt. 4PKSW15,"'!5 .-. .-.. ;:K'-A r--:. ...--.,- " '1. .-i-- - ,:. - - " "" Tom Daly's Column moL 'hhTLLosfit , & Murnmi's wnnmsa dress The other dai; while looking round 'or inui tn mahc doll clothes I found I huntllr rrru promltlnp Ami .10 I noil nnd took the thing To Mother cimi nhe opened it. Nhr nn.; suriiihctl a little bit At 11I111I she .son- that made her- afr .luef .inn out loud efo declare I ituiiefcr how that uot in there! Jhr eyei InoKcd far awni) and queer And then .the told mc no my dear Vou cnn't use fii you'd ncrcr gueii What's in It it's mil wedding drcii And then he spread it out far wits And held it up for ma to see. II ui? a uiiln&ook gown and 'quite A plain cheap thlnu that once was tcnH Hut it was yclloio now n bit. Ami 11 lille ii'el stood nnd looked at U .Mil I'a (eimr l nmf on the spot , lie knrir nl once n7inf tec had got. 1'n aliiaps jpkci and teases so I thought he'd do it noxo but na When Mu held up that old dress Tie) Just touched it very tenderly And then he hugged my Mother dear And irhispcrcd something in her car. Then Ma smiled and I heard her say You silly hoy yon know I 'ceigh ,S'o very much more now than then I simply couldn't half begin Tn get inside of it tonight. , Then I'a just laughed and squcezed"ntr tight And whispered moie to Ma and sha Just laughed hi merry as could be. They didn't notice vtr at all And so I went out in the hal' And climbed upstairs and logkcd around And in the attic there ! found Home old lace ii' nil last year's hal And made a doll's bride dress from that. MOTHLTl has handed out her custom ary Christmas camouflage, "Now remem ber, Dad, I don't want' anything for myself this year nt nil. Olvo ma something for the house, if you must, but I'll manage to make my old furs do." 1 1 .17' .1 MOVIE SHOW A'o icondcr we look sour! liefore the show began ll'c JlsiCMfel half an hour To a Four-Minute Man. Apparently one cannot depend upon any thing Ilussluu these days. In the full page advertisement of a prominent retail grocery. In "Plays and Players," wo reatj "He has far so long demanded Russian Cuviar to be served as an horso d'oeuvra with his Kummel, thut he has come to be lieve that there Is no other." VhouI Dobbin! 1 n IK WI3 weren't sure of JosopU Wordsto thateffect Marshall's connection with an eve. contemp. we'd suspect him of having Jumped to the Washington, (la.) Democrat, In that paper recently appeared this para, graph: I ,1 The Bible says "how sharper . than 4,4 -I...-.-!., innlh la Jt.Al.ll tlU '... xvrd to M ., . V , JX- t - vjtk "'akry'wt. , poems or anTUo nu i.V. nationm pui"v .T
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