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2UEP THINGS MOVING
I cannot reason with a Jackass ami It
F-!VI . ... ....... M.U-
auires a genius to drive u nunc, me
ta&trlbutlon of literature nt cheap
I anions people who have been taught
tJ ... ...... ....
t. ny ine muai uuiiijucncnoi njs.v...
i tchoola In the world has broufiht
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C'tnat me great rnaRses 01 Aiueri-
Ate neither Jackanses nor mules. They
S reasoned with and they do not
"te'ba driven. Wherefore a national
r.'uly advertised, Is as much the law
:.lnd aa If It had been enacted by a
Congresses. Public opinion Is a
Ur. force than all tl;? statutes ever
sn down, wherefore the formulation
illo opinion carries with It a respon-
tr'.: of unparalleled Importance. He
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py. Illo eiotueui:e icuua tiiu iuuijic -"
I" wrong course Is the Innocent
hf oi hla country.
''are amazed sometimes by the reck-
Jakhortatlons to mlseilinebs which ap-
feln public prints. Writers prate of.
:'as if It consisted In the art of living
ft
Ut (pending. They seem to imagine
ban Ideal condition would be the use
-A.
'income for the purchase of Govern-
! Mcurltlea. Bave and sa e some more.
.
tfl' m.-.. .- . . ....
arajumsni. iiiui is vciy kuu 111 na
ifHily we are not looking for stugna-
aV'Ane nation nus not uni iu pui an
an factors to work, but it has to
money to work. Money works
fit. circulates; It la Idle when It does
'1t. la a good thing for a man to take
tot everything that passes through
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i ana sena it. along uirecny to tne
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fnt till, but It is not patriotic to
i current
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(a no money going out of this
fJi
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We have most of .the gold that
IM-jWtn the world and we are keeping
icasn tne uovernment Dorrows it
f r . . .
suing liberally and throwing back
Lm .channels of trade. There will be
' much hard cash In the country
Mj.the war is over as there was when
and probably more, nut that
jirlll havo been used two or three
K'a o vn.tltim nt AVKnnrm .Via Annl
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ce of which will be In the form of
al debt, When a man puts a nun-
, dollars Into a Government bond, that
. dollars Is sure to come back after
t'ltM particular work. When a man
M'Anlinn he In nnr onmmltflnr n .rim.
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Mt ,111s country, quite the contrary,
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altne manuueturer or tnat piano win
kajprofit. but the Government will get
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ine traitor is tne man who eats
i of wheat bread where one would
l.a. a... ... In Vb Un.AH. n .1..
, MiD. There Is not colnc- to hn nnv
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i supply 01 luxuries. Tne Uovern-
thrill take care of the supply of non-
Manufacturr..)! whn urn n,i.
Xis -. ...... H.w t..w-
tSiinnecessary things will not he pro.
Kthem long, so the chance to buy
IT illl not be here long. No citizen
US-worry oecause ne uoes not carry
on his dimes. The only place he
' a' padlock is on his stomach.
'V72
lnas not been a time In the his-
-f,the country when profit was more
9 than now. Front that Is the result
on we have governmental lnstru-
to take care of Legitimate
lit resulting from vast expansion
la an asset on which the'cov-
We need not worry about
J the war in dollars so long m
i waking dollars at home.
jtifht not to b an era of tight-
nations or among men. We
the example of Uncle Sam
je. He is buying what he
raeeda and passing something
hie friends that are in need.
t.to buy what they want and
enough oslda to asslat in
l Uncle Sam's pockets when
Irjft epty.
Uunga moving.
ifcOCALBOLSHEVIKI
at'ot ght a mere political
t;ttM The very nearfof
m,im Hwue, an issue
, JtetJIkMa.or real, could
tfeolde.
4tha iaairitnaa.,
treat 'skill, npiu-oached the summit of hu
miliation yesterday when the organized
guardians of law and order. In revolt
against their prostitution to political ends,
were driven away from a councilmanlc
meeting by fellow ofllcers of the law. Wo
neid not consider the justice of the Imme
diate pleas of these men nor the wisdom
of the course they purpose to pursue. We
ran got a good enough idea of how In
tolerable conditions are from the mere
fact that n body of men trained In tho
school of strict dlsclpllno have been goaded
and tortured Into revolt An admlnlitra
tlon that could nchlexe that sort of result
In a j ear ortwo of activity needs no fur
ther testimony as to its vlclousness.
The llolslievlkl Government of Hussia Is
Incomparably less dangerous to tho public
welfare than tho sort of government Insti
tuted and Insolently carried on by our local
Uolsheviwi
WHEN HELL BREAKS LOOSE
TIlICnK are men now living who could
walk Into the thresholds nf hull nnd
feel grnteful for tho rest nnd iUlet therein.
Never before has It been given to n gen
eration to hold so close a pnitneralilp with
horror us we have held. When devlllihness
and sutantc Ingenuity have done their
worst, accident steps Into the arena to
nugment the terror.
Thero nre Halifax disasters every day In
Kuropo. The end of them Is not In sight.
So much for ambition, that Intempenito
goad that lured a llerlln madman to set
the world ntlnme. Tho fiddling Nero was a
mere piker after nil.
WHO PLAYS POKEIl WITH THE
MAYOR?
THE Major's determination to wlpo out
gambling Is one that every good Mayor
should have and his appeal to all good
citizens to help trap professional sharpers
should win cordial response. There are
certain difficulties, nf course. Good citlens
don't know where the gamblers hold forth
nnd bad ones do. information and the lack
of It nre distributed In an unfortunate
manner In tho wrong hands. And now that
tho police, who know nil about the connec
tion between politics and vice, have asked
to be relieved of all polltlco-vlclous sub
tlety, tho Maor may be at u loss to find
coadjutors who comblno tho harmlessness
of the dove with tho wisdom of the serpent.
"I'm a natural-born gambler myself,"
sajs the Mayor. "I don't hesltnte to say I
'like u game of cards pretty well with some
good fellows, although until two years ngo
I couldn't tell one card from another. But
what 1 like to do nnd what the Mayor is
going to do are two different things."
Two years ago saw him merging from
plain Mr. Smith to His Honor. Political
associates seem to have taught him the
Intricacies of tho pasteboards. He properly
discriminates between the morals and the
law of the matter. Many things that are
not quite right are not quite punishable.
Negligence, for Instance, is ofen hard to
define In court and punish. There are an
Infinite number of shades of card games,
from tho quiet game in one's home with
friends to the roaring publicity of Monte
Carlo. ' Sometimes a political club can
camouflage Itself as a "home" and a club
man's castle. Policemen must havo their
pinochle or their minds will not work. The
best thing tho Major could do would bo
to establish unity of purpose with the
police for a war to a finish on the gamblers.
That war will bo successful only when tho
bluecoats ore assured that they can nrrest
real crooks on sight without political fa
voritism. BUILDING THE JUGGERNAUT
NOT second In Importance to Inter-Allied
military unity of plan and control Is
the combination of naval commands under
the guidance of a supremo council. At
war with Austria, we must make our
strength felt In tho Mediterranean nnd
Adriatic nnd in complete co-operation, of
course, with our allies.
This new co-ordination is effected none
too soon, for much has been made of the
difference between the American and Eng
lish schools of naval tactics. There has
been the Nelson scjiool and the Karrngut
school; the one playing the waiting game
and the other the damn-the-torpedoes-go-ahead
game. Mutual aid will be Infinitely
better than mutual criticism. American
ofllcers have advocated an attack on Helgo
land; they may not be so ready for It when
they must share the responsibility of de
ciding. At the same time, our navy's
record Is such that It need not be bashful
about making suggestions just because It
has not been on the scene very long. Two
heads are better than one; that is a rule
which applies to international strategy as
well as to private affairs.
Hlndenburg has been sneering nt the
Allies' effort to get together. Dut precisely
the handicap that German tacticians have
suffered under Is that they have been com
mitted to one national school of military
and naval policy and have not had the ad
vantage of combining the Ingenuities of
different peoples coming with fresh and
unprejudiced minds to the problem.
Victorious nations do not clamor
for peace.
A new war resolution and a new
resolution to win at any cost!
It's very Inconsiderate of Siberia to
set up a republic. No place Is left for
exiling the Dolshevikl.
i
We reckon tho New Year's shooters
can get up a good parade without Gretchen
and Hans In line. The stage Is doing
nicely minus Its "Dutch comedians."
Borne complained that the President had ,
been too specific, while complaint was
heard from Boine that the President had
n6t been specific enough. New York Sun's
Washington correspondence.
Evidence that the presidential brand
of ipeclflo Is of the sure-cure variety to
suit any given complaint
The weekly U-boat sinkings are at
just about the average for the last twenty
weeks. The losses have been standardized,
tnd that Is something gained. We will be
safe for the present If shipbuilding can
keep pace with losses, But we will not
be aala lor Mw.future:!-the .shipyard
Mi.
mam&m.'lm
LORD LANSDOWNE,
ENGLISH "JUNKER"
Personality of Statesman Whose
Thunderbolt Peace Letter
Roused a Storm
llTOItl) LANSDOWNirs carriage blocks
-LJ the wuy."
Tills blunt utterance of the Pally Mnll rhnr
ncttrltfd the attitude, defined tho policy nnd
scnrchlngly revealed the personality of Ilrlt
iiln's premier Tory peer when,wth other con-t-ervatlve
ex-members of the coalition cabinet,
ho threw an unexpected and Insuperable ob
stacle across the path of progress of the'
homo rulo bill. In August, lain, the world
believed that settlement of tho lsues between
ltcdmomlltes and Cnrsonlles had been reached.
The Lnnsdonnc coterie Insisted on Insertion
of the so-called "wrecking clause," negntlv
Ing the original agreement thnt kept Irish
strength undiminished In Commons, until the
end nf the war opened the way to permanent j
illsposltlon of the home rulo question Nego
tiations vi ere off
The Marquis of Lansdownc, following his
traditional bent, had turned unity to disrup
tion. Decision on home rule Is ptlll In abey
ance Will Lord Lansdou lie's carriage block the
way to unity of action In winning the war?
Or, r.ither, In tho llrltlsh attitude toward a
pence won by the verdict of victory on the
battlefield a safe, complete and enduring
peace ?
"Pacifism," Not "Pence"
His pence letter Is not a peace letter J It Is a
pacifism letter I.Ike a Hohenznllern-burled
thunderbolt It rent the skies of llntentn
solidarity of aim and achievement It
crashed suddenly, momentarily It stunned
Hrltlsh, If not Allied, statesmanship The
noble lord cnlled for a revision of tho Allies'
war nlms mid an attempt to secure pente
before ' the prolongation of tho war le.ids to
the ruin of the civilized world" Its fervent
plea would have represented a magnificent
Ideal If only the Allies wire not prolonging
the war to prevent the ruin of the civilized
world!
Plainly tho eminent conservative, the party
"boss" of the Unionists In the House of Lords,
has misread the significance of this war.
Whatever racial, economic or diplomatic
cnuses may hive started the conflagration,
the purlflng flame has refined away nil the
dros of (-elflshness and aggrandizement nnd
left the pure metal of a lofty purpose That
exalted Ideal Is to make the world safe for
democracy, as President Wilson defined what
we are fighting for, and more It Is to make
civilization Kife for tho world nnd the world
safe for civilization. Yet Lord Itndowne
has teen In nil the Ideals and all the sacrifices
only the ruin of civilization The ruin of
civilization must bo prevented tven at the
price of losing civilization, lie sas In effect.
Let opportunism and compromise, not victory
for right, Justice kind world-safety, write the
treaty, the always nsloundlng, nlnnyg stand
pat peer argues.
Ird Lansdownc's prppnsal, through force
of clrcumstnnces, is giving aid and comfort
to the enemv Whitcvcr Its humanitarian
Inspiration, Its practical effect Is no less than
tho urging of a conditional surrender. The
Merman prcs interprets It as a peace "feel
er" from an exhausted Unglund. The British
press generally agrees It Is Ill-advised nnd
disruptive at a time when n really militant
i-in..i Ufe,.iii,i jattintl with solid front to
Prusslanlsm The American press takes Its
essence of agreement w Ith the canons of
peace set forth In the President's reply to
the Pope as a tribute to America s war-alms,
but regrets Its premature forcing of the peace
issue when war Is the only real Issue.
The Self-Interest of It All
His urging in ultimate an'ils seems not
so much salvaging tho world for civilization
as saving caste and estates for aristocracy,
when the world Is swinging to universal de
mocracy. Ills record of reaction Includes
lifelong opposition to homo rule despite tho
fact that be Is a born Irishman nnd that he
owns 148,000 acres In seven Irish counties;
territorial greed, In the Poor War. during
which he was Secretary of htnte for War;
vigorous battlo-for the preservation of the
vast landed estates, of which he is one of
the largest landlords, being the only peer In
Uurke who owns big areas in all three dlvl
slons of the United Kingdom, Kngland, Scot
land and Ireland
Self-interest, summed up In safeguarding
his titles and his iwsicsslons nnd a political
career In defending his class against the en
croachments of liberalism, align the Marquis
nf Lansdowne In spirit with the Herman
Junkers All the outmoded philosophy of
aristocracy and nutocracy which the world is
consigning to the scrap heap is personified In
this veteran Conservative statesman, now
seventy-three jears old and Just as unex
pected as he ever was To attain his ends he
comes nut for a Polshevlk peace, radically
separated as his thoughts, feelings and Im
pulses are from those of the "Reds" in Petro
grad It Is as If fjeorge V Ilaer, who promulgated
the un-American theory of the divine right
of the coal barons, supinirted tactics of the
I W W, to buttress bis doctrines In a
moment of menace
Scion of a Hundred Earls
Henry Charles Keith Petty-Kltzmaurlce
literally fulfills the definition of the scion or
a hundred earls He is the nobiliary legatee
of three earldoms. Kerry. Shelburne nnd Wy
combe He Is chief of the Clan Maurice. His
barony of Kerry and Llxnnw runs back to
1181. ' He Is fifth Marquis nf Lansdowne. tw a
creation of 1784 His degrees and knight
hoods nearly deplete tho alphabet for Initlnls
to stand after bis name lie is me prime
exemplar of the extreme nnd waning Tory
wing of the Conservatives, the czar of the
Unionist peers, the party "whip" who spurs
them to action nnd furnishes the brains for
their close corporation thinking liven their
caucuses are held at his historic nnd mag
nificent Iindon mansion, Lnnsdowne House
Heneata his velvet glove is a hand as Iron
as that of the Knler He Is sunve, jet frigid,
an adroit debater, a master of irony nnd
sarcasm .
Lord Lansdowne'B public career has been
varied He has been honored with all the
big posts, the governor generalship of Can
ada, the vice roj-alty of India, the war port
folio, the Secretaryship of State for Foreign
ffalrs He would have been Premier hut for
the Unionist debacle of 1006 His construc
tive statesmanship Is comprised In the Anglo
Japanese treaties and the promotion of the
f ntente cordlale between France and Cngland
In Kdward's reign. Ills reactionary destruc
tlveness Is being expunged from the law
hooks as the world grows wiser and more
progressive.
His mother was a. Frenchwoman, which ac
counts for Lord Lansdowne's love for
'Franco and makes all the more .strange his
apparent willingness to settle the war with
out the vindication of France, the champion
of democratic liberty. Lord Lansdowne has
the distinction of being one of th half
dozen living persons married In Westminster
Abbey. On cMirt occasions he and his
marchioness still drive to the preset ce of
royalty In a state carriage, with outriders and
three footmen standing behind
Will Jord Landsdcwne's carriage block
the way again? One of his own party organs
asked the question a year ago. He would
like to block the way fcr that la the effect
of his letter, whatever his sincerity the mis
guided sincerity of a vanishing philosophy,
perhaps But the sweep of world-ltberullsm,
to which he has ever been the foe, will free
the path for the progress of right and jus.
tics, will clear It of autocracy and aristocracy,
will save the world for the enjoyment of
tkattMYlueaus ra lansaowBe.wtehcM to
MM at taa.aoet f,o
JESUS RESISTED
WRONG WITH FORCE
Peace -at -Any -Price Advocates
Confuted by Evidence From
tho Highest Authority
DID Jesus advocate peace at any price?
This question ms perplexed many devout
souls who are not professlcns! pacifists, but
good Chrlst'ins anxious to obey the law of
the I.ord. Tolstoy was one of tho most fa
mous preachers of nonreslstance, authority
for which bo professed to find In the New
Testament Nonreslstance Is Insisted on by
the Friends, the McnnonltcH nnd one or two
other small religious sects.
The Ilev Abraham Mltrle nihbnnj-, a
Sjrlaii. who has achieved considerable suc
cess n.i u Christian ctergjman In America,
hns written a book, "Militant America and
Jesus Christ" (Houghton MlfTllit Compiny,
Piston), In which ho penetrates to the heart
of the teachings cf Jesus and proves by
citations from th lllblo nnd by reference
to the conduit of Jesus himself that those
who have, assumed that Jesus would ionent
to all sortH of wrong rather than resist It
have misunderstood tho whole spirit of the
Chilstlnn teachings It Is a book that every
iirlstlan pacifist should read After noting
that the nnnreststerH have chosen passages
from the New Testament which can be In
terpreted to lit their own preconceptions and
have made them tho basis of an nrgument
ngalnst all kinds of war, defensive as well
as aggiesslve, Mr Hlhbnuy sas.
llellevlng thnt by making Jesus a pence-nt-anj
-price man the pnclllst Is decidedly
wioiig, I do not wish n the linst to com
mit a similar error by clothing the Master
In the uniform of a general Put
I do not wish In the least to Ignore those
h.i.vlngs of Christ which seem to preach
pacifism and nothing else In th fifth
chapter of the rinspel by St M ittliew, he
ginning with tho tlilrtj -eighth verse, we
read
Yehnve hennl tliat It Imih turn snl.l An
'Je tor nil ie and 11 tooth for tnoth, lull
I unto iu. Thnt o nslm rnu II- but
whoiHittir Minll nnilt,. thii- mi thy r uhl
ihe..k turn to him the uthir nlo Ami If
urn mnn shall sue Iheo nt Inw una Inks
iiwii thy irui rt him hHV.. thy diMk also.
Arw! ihioifr ahull innunl .hee tu iro a
mile Bn with him twain r i,av. brant
,tlL Llnl.h. 'U.n "."J:1' Thou "h'lt Inv. ihv
nlhbnr ami hat thlnn cm mi Hut I say
r.,,r.,1".,,ni" ,mT l;n"nl bbs lh,m thnt
V, rf . I ."' ,''" B'.,ml '" ,h,m ,h" lisle 5"U
i".ih.V . '!""; ''C ,ho ellllilren nf lour
l.la m, hl,l, " ,n..h":.n f"r '" "ink. II.
iin.lMTi.liih r.iin mi the Just ami the unjuit
We, can innki- these words mean complete
and unqualified nonreslstnnce nnd subjec
tion to aggresilou only by tenrlng them
out. not' only from the re--' of the New
Testament but from their setting In ori
ental thought and life, and by Ignoring the
loniluct of the Muster himself To me, as
one who was brought up under almost the
Identical conditions nf life which formed
tlio Master's own environment, these sav
ings i.re perfeitlj natural and petfectly
ilear As tribes and clans we lived a
life of mutual antagonism; blood relation
ship only formed for us a center of unitv
liven among the Inhabitants of the same
town, em h dan considered the other clans
its cni'inlcs, The slightest provocation pre
cipitated nn IntercianiiMi fight
Oriental Hyperbole
Now In view of these facts even as briefly
stated, i an any ono fall to realize the Mas
ter's meaning In these hyperbolic oriental
sajlngs? Wns It not most nntural for
Christ to advise his fellow countrjmen to
llvn with one another on terms of mutual
friendliness and net on terms of mutual
antagonism ; tfi cherish love and not hatred,
nnd not to be so quick to render evil for
evil? Do we wnnt Him to speak these
Minn words for us todny In a fashion
which tho western world can readily
understand nnd to admonish Germany to
teachOn her schools not lintied, but good
will toward other nations?
Let mo now call attention to Jesus' own
conduct with reference to those sayings
Take, for an example, the saj Ing, "Who
soever shall compel thee to go a mile, go
vi ith him twain" Literally understood nnd
detached from Its oriental setting this pas
sage means that a Christian should sub
mit to oiery demand made ujxin him rather
than enter Into n dispute with thosp who
command him. But Jesus corrects this er
roneous Impression by Ills own actual con
duct In the thirteenth chapter of St
Luke's tlospcl, the tlilrtj -first verse, occurs
tho following passage'
In that very hour thero came certain
riinrlsees, miilmt to him. Hit thee out and
bo heme for Herod would ruin kill thee Ana
he said unto them Oo and sal to that fox.
Ilehnlit, I cant out ilmiona ami perform rure;
to.lai anil tomorrow and the th rd day l
am nerficted. Ni-ierthflens I must bo on
my way today and tomorrow and ths day
follow Inn- for It cannot lie that a prophet
prrlsh nut of Jj-rus-lleni
Hero the evidence Is clear that Jesus did
not mean to teach slav lsh obedience to un
reasonable demands Ho not only refused
to go two miles it the command of the
Pharisees nnd of Herod, hut' he did not
move a single Inch "Co nnd sny to that
fox I will not desert my post nor shirk
my dut come what will"
Mr Itihbany then cites the rebuko of
Jesus to ono of tho olllcers who smote Him
when He was before the high priests. In
stead of turning the other cheek he said'
"If you have spoken evil, bear witness
against mo; hut If well, why smltest thou
me?" He then passes on to the famous In
cident of the money-changers in the temple
nnd says:
Tho other scene, however, teaches us
how a noble person and a peace lover maj
justly use phjslcal force. In the second
chapter of St John's Oospel, the thirteenth
v erse, w e read
And the Jiws' pissoier was at hand, and
lu wont un to Jerusalem nnd found In
th" temple those lhat sold nsen and sheep
and the- chimrers of mnnj sltt na And whin
h" had made n s. ourBe of small inrits he. roie
nil out of the timple and the sheep ami the
oxen and poured out the chaneera' money
and o-erlhrew the tables, and said unto them
that sold ilous Take thtse thlnua hi lire!
make not my fathers nuuee an nuune m
merchandise
Christ Soldiers Exemplar
Here we find a group of oriental traders
In the court of the temple, a scene which
Is very familiar to me. The money
changers were not hankers, but Just nionej'
changers who exchanged small coins for
big coins nt a small discount.
Those traders did Jesus no personnl harm
Tlw record does not tell us that they even
cast upon Him a contemptuous glance.
They were simply minding their own busi
ness. Hut tholr business desecrated a
hcly place and violated the sanctity of a
holy Ideal The realization of this awak
ened In Jesus that sense of doty which Is
above fear, stronger than death and deep
ns eternity Itself And the writer of the
Oospel of John adds significantly to this
account a quotation from the sixty-ninth
psalm, "For the zeal if thine house hath
eaten me up." He who would not defend
himself from the assaults of a mad mob.
or a cruel officer of the State flamed with
righteous Indignation ngalnst those who
made 'His Father's house, the place of
praj'er and spiritual association, a market
place. The Ideal he defended belongs to
the whole human race. It Is the Ideal of
the soul and Its divine refuge amidst the
surging of petty amhltlons and worldly de
sires. So the Son of Man forged His own
weapon and struck with It as the defender
of humanity's heritage.
Let every soldier who Is- fighting for the
world's freedom and for the perpetuation
of democratic institutions find In the Master
his supreme example Here It Is
not c-urs to think of war as killing, or be.
Ing killed, any more than our Master
stopped to speculate about the Injury he
might Inflict upon those who desecrated
the temple and the property he might de
stroy In applying the cleansing rod. Of one
thing He was conscious and of that only;
a great ideal was being destroyed and It
was His duty to defend and preserve It
The destruction which was necessary to
enable Him to do His sacred duty and'ast
A supreme sxample to the ages was not tu
ha conBr4 with th preservation of th
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THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
Conscription of Men From 18 to
55 A "Tipless Day"
Advocated
WOULD DRAFT MEN UP TO 55
7'o the KtHtor of the Ihcnlng I'ubllc Ledger:
Sir To make America thoroughly efficient
for the- purpose of war, mv opinion Is that
the fiovernment should first levy upon all
men of the nntlyn 4y tho selective draft
system, the draft to include all men, mar
ried nnd single, from eighteen j'ears of nge
to flftj'-flve jenrs of age.
Naturally, to get the result loolcod for.
these men would have to be classified so that
thev may nil work nt that which they are
most capable; with ejes to the future, re
sponsibility should be fixed relieving men
from the firing line with others depending
upon them for supiort.
As to classification. 1 would suggest that
bojs of eighteen to twenty-one jears.
Inclusive, should be made Into a reserve
fighting force nnd used only us a fighting
force nfter all other resources had failed
to gain the objective, which Is whipping the
Kaiser. These bojs should bo guarded as
far us posslhle for the reason that places
must be filled after the war, made vacant on
account oftthe war.
Now tho actlio fighting force I bellove
should be made' up out of the men without
nny responsibility between the nges of
twenty-one nnd twenty-five jears, Incluslie.
out of which an army of, say, C,000,noo could
be raised and trained.
Ity tnklng men nf the class named above,
and where there nre no wives, mothers, etc.,
to leave behind, the nation Is not set back
to any real gieat extent, excepting labor,
nnd I believe even the labor question can
bo answered.
I would answer the labor question ns fol
lows The remaining men, Blngle, from
thirty-five to fifty-five years, mid the men
with dependents from twentj'-one to flftj
flvo jears. should become Immediately under
the control of the United States Oovernment.
I mean that military of this Oovernment
should havo charge of all these men; should
class nil men nnd sec thnt all men did their
part toward the successful termination of
this world war Should all men become a
part of tho Oovernment forces, how could
thero bo any strikes or disorders such ns
havo been caused ly.' tho I. W. W ? I say It
simply could not happen and would not hap
pen for this reison. If none other, the mili
tary has a right by law to try cases by
court-martial and shoot to kill If necessary.
Is there any good reason why a man Just
over thirty-one jears of nge should not be
forced to do his part In this struggle tint
may take j-ears to complete? 1 said forced
If ho will not volunteer, and It looks to mo
ns If the volunteers only work when they
receive all they desire, such ns wages, nnd
they must be high, and then some will not do
their bit. j
Whj should n laborer, because ho Is over
thirty-one. be pampered and petted Into
working In some munition factory when he
Is being paid well for that which ha does?
Any man who will not do his bit now should
bo taken hj the Oovernment and made to
do, either In some Industrial enterprise or
on the firing line.
And, furthermore, there Is only one way,
and that way Is to draft them.
reople will say how are we to pay unless
we, the people, are taxed? The munition
factories, shipbuilding and the powder
works. In fact, any business that Is necessary
toward making the United States victorious,
are nil paying their employes.
Why could not the salaries paid tho men
be paid over to the Government and the
Oovernment pay the men? IJy this method
all men would receive tho same rate for
labor, and that must reduce the cost of
production. H. U CAMPBELL.
Ventnor. N. J.. December .
FOR A "TIPLESS DAY"
To the Editor of Evtnlna Public Ledger:
Sir Every loyal citizen of the United
States today Is, or should be, helping his
Government to the limit of his resources
In the present war crisis there should bo
no rweUhsrs."
M,n, womtn and children are dtnylng
thtmselves many things that might add to
their comfort and pleasure. It illustrates
the splendid spirit of a united America.
In line with ths war's needs come appeals
for funds for th Bed Cross, the V. M. C, A..
ha Bay ffooui nw wnnswi ntiH am
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fnl'owlng "Tip to the Tipped"-
Appidnt one diy In every cltv and town
of the Union to bo known as "Tipless Hay"
jind let all emplojes, no matter who or
whore, big or little, fiom tile high-salaried
man to the waiters, messengers, cab drivers,
etc, who are accustomed to recoiling "tips"
donate their "tips" for that day to some one
nf these worthy causes This would entail
no gieat hardship n.i nnv o-io, raise an hill
mense sum of money quickly nnd demon
strate to the world that America Is welded
together, united In a union of strength, de
termined at all costs to crush the brutal
Prusslanlsm threntculng the pcaco of the
world
Think it over, fellow Americans then net.
Appoint tho day and then marvel at the
result' LKANHIIIt KILI'ATHICK.
Philadelphia, December 6.
A POLICE STRIKE
IN THII good old Tammany dajs politics
w a i the head and hand of the police de
partinmt "Strike" had n technical sense,
which wns far fiom Implilng nny unklndness
to the verb, "to viork " To our Tammany an
cients, the resolve of two-thirds of the Phila
delphia police force to leave the department In
a body unless politics nnd politicians cease to
control it, to stand no longer "abuses nt the
hands of every 'petty politician nnd 'ward
leader In tho cltv," must seem tho beginning
of the end of their world llight hundred
members of th Patrolmen's Benevolent Pro
tective Association on Tuesday voted resigna
tion as a bodj' unless Major Smith and tho
Councils take Immediate notion on the as
sociation's demand to wipe out politick from
the administration of the Department of
Public SafetJ',
These policemen ask. It Is true, for higher
pay; hut as munition factories and shlpjards
nre offering them that alreadj', It seems not
to lie the nub of their contention. They want
political assessments In the department nnd
political espionage of policemen ended. They
pay a deserved compliment to New York nnd
Commissioner Woods. They ask for public
support of a police Investigation nnd tint the
department may be reorganized nfter the
memorable precedent mnde by Mr. Woods.
If, in this present consulship of Smith,
"gunmen" of Manhattan have been Imported
Into Philadelphia to do forclblo missionary
work In Its recent tumultuous election, from
New York the Inspiration has come for the
bettering of the police.
Director Wilson, of the Department of
I'ubllc Safetj", hns dismissed the president of
the Patrolmen's Association. The associa
tion calls for Mr. Wilson's dismissal, and
that of two others, nnd for tho reorganiza
tion of the Police Pension Fund. "We must
hnvo a man" at the head of that "who Is not
controlled bv politicians," saj'H the dismissed
president. "Our first duty Is to the citizens
of Philadelphia " If sentiments like these
In the city of Vare nnd Penrose now a re
forme! make us stare and gasp, they sound
genuine, fpr men of high character like
former Major IJIa'nl.enburg aro Suggested
bv tho policemen ns tho right persons to nd
mlnlster the Police Pension Fund.
A strike of policemen, a Milemn, common
deposition of shield nnd club. Is new even In
this time of Innovations. A strike of police,
men ngalnst political boss-ship Is enough to
make tho most refractory hunker "order" his
"ascension robe." Whit is a police depart
ment for? New York Times.
What Do You Know?
A
Quiz
I, VVlio l hersennt llmpej?
J, Vtlmt l Ioidali? .
a. Name the Premier of Auitrla-Iluassry. '
4, VUi'.rli Is the lone Htur Winter .
5, Who wits the author of "Tale of u Wayside
fl. Where and what In OmUT
7. What trulta murk queen Anne perld fur-
8. Where l the nette 'omiinl dlatrlrt?
0, What It the Fremli mime for the t'lirUtmaa
etnii? .
ID. Who la the (.rrniuii rummunder on the eastern
ur Ircintf
Answers to Yesterday's Qujg
1. The fhlef eharaeterUtlfa of Jatobtan furnltnr
are svllitltr hut not heav.neas of eonatrue
tfsn and tho marked uaa at twitted rtlunnt
and rnnza.
S. Mr Waller Htott wrote the famous Hoes
"UiM there a man with aoul so dead
, Who nevrr to nlraielf hath said.
'Thli la mr vmi. i.i native Hflai"
3. Peter Ji.rn Taeha.kowakr couipoatd tb
4. Delaware In th Dlainand State.
I, Th preaidenilM aalota contlata of tweotr.
. WUhelm Tejl, wji a Bwlts patriot. Urielr
eonrrrned In tmlos Uw caatens from th
A.tln vaka.
1. Th A.lajM i Vlataaa l In nofthaaattrn lUlr.
about farir nllta mrthwaat of Venice, near
he Auatrlaa frontier.
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PITY Till.' l"H)R COP
M'hcn tho copper icts a "call" from hl$
Jllicctor ,
Jfljdlrccfor-
.liirf is told ha may not congregate at all
gate at all
HVicii u&scssmcnfa 7iatc fo reach the gang's
collector
Gang's collector'
To appease the IHghcr-Ups at City Hal
City Hall
ll'ftcn he may not meet to counsel with
his hrbther
vcl(7i his brother
To determine uhat in thunder's to be done
to be done
Taking one consideration uifh another
leith another
A policeman' lot is not a happy one!
The above might be credited to the opera
(meaning works) of "Tho Pirates of Penn'a
Ants" if j-ou get what we mean.
EVlillY PULLMAN coach on every road
leading to Washington Is pediculous with
colonels, majors, captains and lieutenants.
They l.ave two subjecta of conversation,
the war and, the high cost of uniforms. And
now, it seems, wo civilians are to get our
bumps, for a big Chestnut street clothing
sljop advertises "men's suits at uniform
prices."
Here'- a bit that could only liuvo hap
pened in one Island of "all the four quar
ters of the world." It's from a recent Issue
of the Tyrone Courier:
The great half yearly hiring fair of
Ilallj gan ley so long looked forward to by
the many servants who were fast bound,
and who were glad to shake oft tho fetters
that bound them, was held 'here on Friday,
Although tho Inclemency of the weather
wns feared would mar the famed big fair
and the fact of the country being at war,
still the large and prosperous country dis
trict of Uallygavvley can yet show a gather
Ing nf fine people. This as, of course, due
to tho Industry of the people. Towards It
o'clrck It would he to the utmost of any
mnu's power to face up the Main street
from the crowds on street and sidewalks
of fine physical young men and girls. A
big demand appeared for servants and th
wages were as follows; Men who could
plough and dc all classes of work, IS;
strong boj-s, ftfs strong girls, 18; second
class, 6; smtilT boj-s nnd herds from ft
10s to 6. The street attractions were large
and consisted of the following: Jack's
Llttlo Farm, shooting galleries, etc, and
great competition was kept up at these
games. It seems strange that on such days
that the Iilsh people allow themselves to
be made victims by foreigners. As th
day began to advance many men were to
be seen a little lively; and an exciting
street fight occurred at the approach to
Mr. Mullan's at ubout 2 o'clock, and the
ash plant was freely used. Anc-ther man
faced Into the courthouse and smashed a
panel In tho doors to the Itev. Johnston'a
entrance while Mr. John C. Crossle was
holding a meeting of the lied Cross.
VPl'A QO DA' ' PRICE t
L'alto costo delta vita .
ilnk's so manny go for eata
Cheap Italian spaghaW
Pretta soon dere tceell no be
Anny of cet left for me.
Bats' a w'atsa matt"!
WE ALWAYS did have our doubts of tha
accuracy of that story of Lincoln exclaim
ing, when Walt Whitman passed before
White House window, "By Qodl there goes
a man." Now comes a publisher's circular
to take all the punch out of Itt
"A visitor to the White House records In
a private Utter that, while standing with
Lincoln at a window, Walt Whitman
.strolled past. Mr. Lincoln asked who It
was. I said, Walt Whitman, the author
of 'Leaves of Qraaa.' Mr. Lincoln didn't
say anything, but he took a good look tll
Whitman was quite font by. Then be v
sa!4 f?;oK't iive ycw.hli way 'ot-sylf "
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