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vifllf .Etiii" Lrr-u'ri la o-rvn. to subMrlb-ra
M'Fhliadalp'lla. and aurrovindlnit towns '.'
'os cwaire uiJ ccnia per ween, j-"'""-
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jnwii io polnta outsiaa ni riiiian-ii',11.. ...
United Sltatea Canada, or Unlt-,1 Malta 1a.
na Miti. t. w, i..di cnta rt-T lilnniu.
LjfO) ; dollars par ar pajablr ; In a'lvanct.
41 iprcifu coumnca vdb ec .-.. .
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WoTtcr Bubcrthra wlshlne aadrVso chancca
at, alia old aa wll aa new addrecj.
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L1,1WU..,'.000 WAIMUT KEYS TOM'. MMN W.
IV -i ty Jiddrt nit coiMmu"fcoftoi. fn Ei'-witH
al'ril.fc'o'er, IndcvcndMtCh tfquare. Philadelphia.
Jtxmto it tiiu ruiL.nEi.riiu roaiorncu as
MJ'ft. Il'IlptU. S.luetlir. D-temb-r . HIT
Sfc
muti civironTmii- riTV
v n ri nnvn i in t.i i i
fJjjKTh'fre aro at least Blx cltler. on tills com
nnt' which every ono tliould sec. lltry
'ift'ot'Bhouia tee. New York because It 1h tin
L-jMSfiest city In the world aim becnuso It
iA'eomblncn tho innsninccncc. tho wonder, tlio
KlTij,t)aUtj', the tord'.dneso and the thaino of a
(Heat-metropoll8 j every ono should ice San
Ar,rnciFco uecauso. 11: iu ro vivin, in nii?,
jf'lto' sroldcn : every ono should tee Vashlnir-
WtOn,. tho clean, whlto splendor of which Is
whm, tlio embodiment ot a national urcam,
il'frry on should ceo the old gray sraiilto
;sclty; of Quebec, piled on Its hill aboxe
7ae river lik.o somo rortmca town in
LiTance; every ono snouia sec mo twecv auu
.f.'krlatocratlc city of Charleston, which iug
p VatHta' a, museum .of tradition and early
K4',Ajvjerlcan elegance: and of courto.eery
&Jli?MHA I.ahI.1 A X.M.., n.l..ni Ttlllin
IJHAVE no quarrel with Mr. Street for
omitting Philadelphia. Ho dipped Ills)
fepen into molten gold when Jio wrote thla
ffikteat o? hla American studies, und ifould
,iyj ... . .
oo.nnru tor nun to tun Dcyonu lorgivcnets.
iXetAt is 'worth whllo consldcrlns why this
ft: arreat cou.tnunlty . failed to attract nu
author who has made it Ills business to tco
Uho"country with an ar.tlht'H eyo and ftudy
R,ia,cltles witli tho lovo of an heir. Aro we.
E too, slmplj- ono of many, ano,ther grouping
ilocelhcr of dcodIo who throuah cencratlon
fii&aftc" cencratlon havo achieved no tradl-
jr
'', ilons and btand in the national mind for
si) 'no certain things distinct and apart from
"k:j .... . ..
, wner ciucs; isut I'liiiadoipni.i worm
L8?)ins?-
t'Pne of the two eminent gentlemen now
Qezarlns in this community does not smoke.
At 1au? ho 'sits in tho tmoklng compartment
ifcwhen ho goes down to Washington to make
.ira'for the nation. Ho wants to hear
ba,t tho tmokcru tay, and ho mids that
almost alwaya "kndck" riilladclphla.
rlrf the fault of the newspapers, thinks this
(fc''.. ... . .
Bueman, wnicn aro aiwayti snowing
Swings up. Thero is another gentleman
wYin rtoA.v nnnkn. ntid HlcoAvlsn lKfnK io
B'jwhat is said in tho emoklng compartment:.
-
SXIfe also finds meu "knocking rhlladel-
Tfphla, not becauso of tho newspapers, but
VT ' W"
; Mcauce mo innaouaius urq to supmo aim
joOHiplacent as to acquiesce in political con
fiittons which would thanje a ono-horsc
JlljaTge in Timbuctoo. Has dirty politics
.raised a cloud that bunds America to tho
historic Philadelphia? W doubt it. A
'stqsjen Fifth Ward scandals could not ob-
Ivfscuro tho glory of tlio. Liberty Bll. Is it
Kvthe railroad stations? Heaven forbid that
HU.. ..m. V.flnM tit.1.. T?I.U...ltn1.t.. .1..!....
(Utllft IJUIDUUUIU JUU IIHUUCIt'lllii UUIIIIb
Jatrlp from tho Eroad Htrcct Station to In-
e-pendenco Square. Tct, loo often, tliat la
he only view of Philadelphia that Strang.
gei. iou ougui to eo our mugniu
. ..,, .. , ,. .. ... .
8t suburbs," boasted a native to a De
aler. "X did not know you had any."
"'
Mti:Uio reply. .
".' ..... . .. .....
ll.ici, mougn mey Know muo oi us, per-
f ". . . .
Decauso wo aro too scir-sutr.clent.
"Sf . , , . . , ....
cryooay kiiuwu wiiai is uicun uy a
IUjllaijolphla lawyer." "Philadelphia capon"
?;i standard and "thero aro few "Ico cream
ffiKjaMriprs" in tlio provinces which do not sell
.-TPljliaaeipnia ico cream." jiost pcopla
bw.that tho Colossus Franklin kept ono
BwiM planted in our environs; that Wash-
on served hero as President: that wo
need three wars; that wo originated me-
hanlcal Industry in tho nation; that wo
fro bosom frlendu of romauco whllo New
tjpprki ,ffi3 trj'iiiE to UnJ out whether it
ould speak Dutch or Enslis!:. Thero are
ioota' down South mow who still tall; of
wonders and luxury of the Continental
l-,and do not know that thero is a
"cr
orth Bulldine.
, - .
rene time an American's Idea of seeing
was to seo Philadelphia. We
Suspect, in spite of Mr. Street, that
inilUons .of our fellow citizens still
rjttio same idea. Wo should never
kJet'EUpremacy In book publishing pass
.'MMH.(lln.d rru l ....... -. -.
rjur. Btrecis. analysis demonstrates
trly.
W ft "
j MAJORITY RULE FOR FOOD
KU..advanw In the. Ilooverlslnsr
'has been scored" In the-agree-
!UwIiotel tod restaurant men to
two', meatless' daya a' week. Those
vVmost cerdit for such reforms
"theyfoodaminittrators and food
b' but the people themselves, With-
Mierlty in favor, of conserva-
mW:bojto cnaen'aton what-
: majority muat. keep
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itrf
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,-ti l.1, i
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against "tho minority of stackers and
aslerc This majorlly of t'lght-thlnklng
people what Is It but Uio Qovernmcnt of
the United Slates? "Wo, tho people," de
mand tint wo bo regulated jis to our uso of
food. All that tho majority of us need
from our food administrators Is informa
tion, about what limy bo jaten in abund
ance and what sparingly. In return for our
cheerful response wo expect from llio food
administrators a growing severity toward
disloyal nhd apathetic malcontents.
THE WILSON INSPIRATION
AS USUAL, It has required sccrul days
. for carefully considered opinions of a
presidential pronouncement of tlio first
magnitude to bo formulated abroad and
rcverberato back to our tliorcc. Wo may
perceive now that Tuesday's events In tho
Capitol have made a far deeper Impression
than the first dispatches indicated. In fact,
tomo of tho exhilaration which foreign
Journals how may bo inaomprcliciiMblQ
to Americana.
It la hard for us to teo America from
tho view point qt Uuropc. Harassed, wearied,
ncrvomj, tcntlllvr, after tlirco grueling
years, our utiles aro us much In need of
our fresh fplrlt as of our cargoca. A casu
alty list that dally lias been In four llgurca
for u thousand days lias produced a cer
tain fatalistic tendency. They view many
things as Inovltablo; somo of them think
wo must inevltubly hao oonio Into tlio
war und Inevitably dodded fur n. war to a
tlnlsli.
This waa not the cusp. Tlino was al
ways an alternative for Mr. Wilton when
over ho lliado a. decision. HI.h decisions
havo never been expedients. They havo
llowcd from a sourco that docs not change.
If wo had to choose ono paragraph from
alt the Wilsonlun utterances! of tho war
period for every nuii and woman !u Uu
ropo to think deeply on today, wo should
not go far wrong in iclectlng from his
epeech to tho New York Press Club that
llttlo story of tho locomotive driver who
leaned from his cab to grip Mr. Wilson's
hand and whisper to him, "Mr. President,
don't go into Mexico." It was such voices,
ho raid, that ho, must alwaya put first
amonc bis advisor.".
When a distracted, hysterical and grief
wrung world asks us to deltnc our purpose,
let it look to Mexico for tho uni-wcr and
to tho President's udvlsor In overalls. Tlio
plain peoplo of America did nut want ro
vengo or conquest in Mexico, and tlio
President, as ono of the plain people, did
tlirlr will. Ho will do th-lr will in Uuropc.
LEGAL AH) I'Olt DRAFTED MEN
niNIlOLLMUNT and lii-sltlcatlon of llio
- S.OOO.OOO men MM subject lo the draft
will present many leijal problems for. which
tho registrants will requlro the adileo of
counsel. Tho Philadelphia courts hao
heartily Indorsed tho plan of shortening
court bessions in order to leavo attorneys
lelsuro to copo with tho Inevitable mass
o new consultations1. L'sscntial litigation
will be expedited and continuances granted
wherever consonant with public Interest.
Registrants In doubt should seek counsel
and not proceed by guesswork. Many public-spirited
attorneys will doubtless tender
their services freely to tho local draft
boards, as their professional brothers lu
medlclno havo done, in tho laudable desire
to perform their bit in the war.
(UNS AND HUNS
firpiIE releaso of S.000,000 Hermans now
-- on tho Russian front for blows at
Branco and Italy" Is a phrase so constantly
applied with discouraging effect that it
begins to smack of Teuto-Eolshevik propa
ganda. At least, tho numerical proportions
of tho opposed nations should bo scruti
nized beforo any fantastic dreams of dis
aster aro indulged In.
Germany is reported to have 0,750,000
meh at the west and 1,250.000 at the east.
It Russia makes a separate peace, we aro
to Imagino 0,000,000 Germans spread along
tho western lines from Switzerland to the
sea, or perhaps 5,000,000, vih on of tho
millions from Russia going to Italy. Now
tho lirltlsh, l'rcnclt and American forces
total much moro than 5,000,000. Their
total ia probably nearer elijht than seven
millions.
Tho question, then, is not "What wilt
tho re-enforced Germans tlo if Russia makes
peace?" The question Is, "Why havo not
the Allies been able to drive back tho Ger
mans when they outnumbered tliem
neafly two to one In man-power?" Or, in
another form, "Why should wo fear that
"hordes of Huns' will do moro with mero
numbers of men than tho Allies could do?"
Tho answer is' that numbers havo not
yet begun to count. They will not count
until German man-power is so far dimin
ished that It cannot hold the long lines and
must shorten them. If mero numbers
meant victory. Russia, England, Italy and
Franco vyiuld havo squeezed Central
Europe like an eggshell last year. Throw a
million men at Cambral tomorrow and they
will go down before tho maclilno guns of
one-fourth that number of defenders. That
was what happened ut Verdun. Triplo
tho Teuton forces on tho Piavc and they
will not pass so long as the Italians havo
us many guns as the invaders. This Is a
war of guns. A thousand men with, ten
guns mean more than 20,000 Hunst with
live guns.
The first effect, of America's legions In
France will be to relieve tired men. The
second will bo to carry on tho work of
diminishing Germany's manpower until,
like. a stretched elastic band, it breaks.
Charles of Austria's long, low, dally
rooau for peaco Is gradually rising to a
wall, If not to a piercing shriek. .
There is vr. money for the cops, but
thero seem to be ample funds for tho pro
fessional chalr-tlltera who use City Hall
chiefly, aa political headquarters,
"
Now wo understand how Crown
.Frlnco Rupprecht'o men could "plunge for
ward two miles along a slx-mllo front."
The British, It seems,, had evacuated that
sector beforo the Germans know what was
happening.
V
. ' Ruth Law wants a commission in
the army and she should get It, If only
for the exoneration qf lier sex from the
charge thal .every American woman is
born with a headache. A woman who can
.keep .her head from spinning round -two
mltf up in Um air puts a. great' raayun-
Vf-
mttW
JWsfcTT
,-e.
CONGRESS FACES
BIG PILE OF WORK
Cost of Living in Cupitul Hits
MembersTaxation Prob- i
loins and Criticism
ftpeeial Corrcsrwltnce Vvtntnff public Ltfgtr
WASHINGTON, Uce. 7.
YES, Congress has ttarted In again, tlio
second session of the Sixty-fifth Con
grete. The pa ragra pliers who deal with each
tucccedlng session of Congress very murli.as
tlio humorists make, merry over mothers-in-law
will now get In their deadly work. Tho
critic, who Is never talltncd with the doings
of public men, will also havo Ills Inning,
ilneo Congreso Is to bo In terrlon u long
while.
It Is dinicult at this limo lo forccact with
any dcllnltcncss tlio duration of tho new
session of Congress. The Homo thinks It
can finish up Its business and got away by
May or Juno, It tho Scnalo can bn induced lo
speed up; but us Uio h'enjle ta a law unto
Itself and proceeds us It tees tit, there 13 no
telling when tlio llnal adjournment m.iy
eonie. champ Claris thinks tlino wu'i'J ll0
grated by culling out Hie Christmas holldas;
but Ills opinion Is not generally shared by
tlio members. Morcoer. the Ucmoirallc
leader, Mr. Kllchln, of North Carolina, con
tends that members of Congress Iiac as
much Interest In the holiday season us any
other class of citizens and that tlwy ihould
hae an opportunity to go home for a few
da j a "to adjust matter's with their creditors"
for the Incoming year.
Mr. Kltoliln Is facetious In reasoning out
the holiday proposition, but most members
of Congress now realize that their positions
tequlro tliem to bo In Washington almost
constantly, and tho cost of IMng in Wash
ington Is certainly not Jess than it U lu most
of tha Urge cities of tho country. The hous
ing problem In Washington Is now so serious,
duo to tho tremendoun lncrcaso in popula
tion brought hero In consequence of tho war,
that much Inconvenience is being put up with
by all newcomers, Including Senators and
Represented es. Tho resignation of Fitz
gerald, of New York, tho ablo chairman or
thn Committee on Appropriations. Indicates
tho trend of thought which many of tho
Representatives arc now entertaining. Llko
Mr. Pltzgcrnld, they llnd Washington a ory
e.penslo place lo Iio In, and tomo of tliem
honestly believe It I., not we ror t!rm or
their families to Hay hero too long. It wau
all right In the old timet, when Congress met
In t'ecembei and udjouriiid along about
March or April, but tlio tituation la entirely
different now, when tho resslons run from
Ltveinlcr to September or October and tlio
gaps lire, tilled up i,.. r.tra. session.', which
haw- i-uino to bo tlio rule.
Oriticii of Congress
It w..s to bo expected that tho last Con
gress', which uas a faithful and Industrious
one, should bo criticized for many of tho
measures passed by it .- Congress could
en-jet tho largest tax bill In all history with,
out being criticized, and yet President Wilson
h,is goiio out of his way icieral times recent
ly to compliment Congress upon the work i
performed lu tho last session. What most
rrovoked criticism, notwithstanding tho fact
that tho last Conguss, "touched tho peoplo"
lor about $?l,00u.000,000. was tho very small
and comparatively Insignificant question of
tho tuition of sabrled men end tho possible
exemption of tha salaries of members of Con
gress for tho $1300 aboio tho 50000 exemp
tion allowed to tvcryDody on eicess profits
Tell an ordinarily good citizen he Is a diplo
mat and a statesman and that ho has "an
eye to command" In business or in war and
you will probably "get a rise" that will
X.nufM frlTJ; "u,t ,oucl1 Illm "
Mclnlty of his pocket and an Instant slump In
patriotism may be noted. It has been dim
cult tomako some of the gieat writers, who
may have been touched" by tho excess, ,0f.
its law. and some of the lawyers and other
professional men who hae been ablo to
charge good fees, understand why "bralnr."
LL,,Myi. ,,avo en sufficient y product!. e.
should be taxed as corporations are taxed or
as business men aro taxed. It has made no
difference, from their point of view whether
tho hlgh-salarlcd man has "a dead-ure
thins and the corporation which pavs him
13 unablo af ten pa ing its, many kinds of taxes
to return a decent dividend to the w.dows And
orphans who make up tho stockholders who
after all, ore tho people who pay tho high
salaries. Nor does It appear clear to them
that a designing corporation might escape
taxation by turning all Us profits Into sal.
ariep, and that come of them were in the
habit of doing so.
Several Congressmen who cannot stand
the gaff hao Introduced bills with a Mew
of relieving these "brain workers"; and of
course, we shall have moro or less discussion
of it. As to tho exemption of a port'on of
Congressmen's diaries, it would probably
amount In tho aggregate for Senators and
Representatives to about $10,000 of tho J'l .
OOu.OC.OOO for which the last lesslon of Con
gress provided. That's the real bone of con
tcntlon that $10,000, It is unconstitutional
to tax tho salary of the President : tlio
United States. Ho goes freo of taxes. Fed
eral. State and municipal employes aro not
taxed for similar reasons, although an effort
was made In tho Ways and Means Commit
tee to impose the tax even if the law wac. de
feated in the courts. The Pemocratlc leaders
however, desired that their first great war
tax bill should not bo successfully contested
hence all this fanfare about salaries and
exemptions.
Outlook for tho Future
To what extent Congress 'will dele Into
other than war business Is not yet clear, lie.
publicans and Democrats havo had Informal
conferences, but no conclusion has been
reached as to tho limitations that shall bo
placed upon legislation. Tho Republicans
whllo not yet holding formal conferences
hae declared their readiness to go along
with the President on purely war measures
except that many of theni bellevo there
should be more co-operation from tha White
House and that the White House would be
better off, politically and otherwise, if it
would agree to an oversight of expenditures
by a committee of Congress.
The President was against this proposition
last session, but in his message on Tuesday
admitted the possibility of wasto and extrav
agance unless Congress should yield to a
central appropriation or budget committee.
If the leaders of the two parties in the
House had their own way It is probable legis-latlc-n
would be held very closely to war
meatures ; but the Insistent demand of mem
bers from all parts of the country- and from
Senators, who have the habit of introducing
amendments not always pertinent to the title
of the bill, may make It 'necessary to throw
the doors open and let In for consideration
bills that have no reference to the war. It Is
already virtually settled that these outside
questions will Include woman suffrage and
national prohibition. The leaders have mad
up their minds that Congress can facilitate
Its' business by putting these two troublesome
problems behind them: and unless all slen
fall, they will be definitely disposed of before
the Christmas holidays. 'u
' Then will come, conservation bills, which
are supposed to have a bearing on the wai
hs affecting transportation and power and
the food supply; and then pension bills are
llllely to be considered. During a lull on
Wednesday , last the Committee on Public
Lands and the Committee on Indian Affairs
were given a chance to call up bills; and It
Is understood the call of committees will
proceed on Wednesday next, so that new busl.
ne apart from the war Is likely to get a-falr
.start .before the big appropriation bills
IfTOT ' v 'TV -
.PKlikofeLMlAV 'ffl
BRITISH POLITICS
IN QUEER MIX-UP
Asquitli Party Not Pncillstic.
NorthclitTc's Power Exag
gerated By GtLUL'RT VIVIAN SKLDrJS
ireefol CorrriroiKf'rtt IX-h'" rtV' l-'totr
LONDON, Nov. 23.
TIIU political 'situation lias been cxtraordl
nnrlly upset and ic-cstabllshed In the last
ten days, and although tho great "crlslu" Is
past, romo aspects of It aro sufficiently per
manent to inerjt attention from Americans.
Because ono thing lu clear, tho political
situation In Urltaln and In Franca can havo
a tar moro direct Influence on tho progress
of the war than tho political Lituatlon In
Germany or tho United Stated can rofibly
have.
Tho reasons aro not far to tek Germany
Is a bureaucracy und tho Lulled Slates does
not accept the principle of cabinet responsi
bility. Britain and Franco both do. And It
ought to bo obvious now that tho ciiangco lu
Franco aro dictated in part by considera
tions of military policy, ns well us by con
siderations of diplomacy or economic affairs,
and tho sinister story has been working its
way around England that a quutrii between
politicians and military lcndcru war. Immi
nent. The "features" of the British situation
were. (I) Lloyd George's Paris speech, (J) his
almost complete leversal of that speech In
tho llouno, (") Lord Nortlicllffe's letter to tho
Prliuo Minister and ll) Sir Eflward Carson s
bitter attack upon Lord Noith'ilffe Politi
cally this Ust point Is of tlio hlgheit Im
portance.; tlio moro popular" of Lord North
chile's morning paperr, tho Dally Mall, re
ferred to II us 'Just trltlcl.-tn of Lord North
clirfe. '
The. emphasis! given lo tho head of tho
Brltlbh Mission ought not to mislead any ono
into tho belief that Lord Northcllffo can run
the British Government or dletata who its
next head rhall bo; ho certainly can do
much In both dlrectlonr, but there aro powers
which ho has not yet mastered. Thfi Im
portance of his papers la that they do re
flect, to an astonishing degree, varying moods
of public temper, and when thoso moods are
such ai his papers caro to encourage, they
can bo accentuated and Inflamed t" tho point
of action
Now, what ia tlio political record of tho
Northchffo prcsu lu November? 'I'ho first
reference- to tho Parla rpcech "tore It to
pieces" a& an Indictment, whllo saying a few
nice things about tho main Idea of Allied con
trol. On Ihe next day, when tho Liberal and
tho ultra-Conservative presses had both- at
tacked Mr. Lloyd George, tho Thues's criti
cism was much milder, although not defend
ing tho languago of the ipeech lu any way.
Shortly after caino the most astonishing
artlclo by tho military correspondent, prc
suiiubly Colonel Ilepington, who analyzed
every military statement In'thc Paris, tpcech
and either turned tho dagger Into the speaker
himself or showed that no British power
could havo stayed tho misfortune.-. whMi tho
rriuio Minister deploied.
Lloyd' George's Backdown
From this column artlclo those who knew
decided that Northcllffo had come out against
Lloyd George, and wondered whether the
next Prime Minister wan to bo tha noble
Lord himself. Sir Eric Geddej or fcome great
unknown. In quick succession came the
Northcllffe letter, comparatively kind to the
Premier but cruel to his associates and tho
defense of the Tarls speech. The Dally
Mail, seoutlug ull critics of Lloyd George,
declared Itself notably pleased by his de
fense Only the Liberal papers noted that the
Prime Minister virtually retracted every word
of criticism and complaint; ho was even
buoyantly optimistic.
The situation is frankly a complicated one,
and It is not made easier by the new Ulster
rebellion of Sir Edwaid Carson, whom Lord
Northcllffo onco seemed to consider "Tho
Man." If Sir Edward Is part of tho dead
wood In the war cabinet lo which Northcllffe
had reference, the war cabinet, at least, has
not shown any signs of accepting tho Im
peachment. V more likely solution is this:
that the cabinet has taken tho offensive
against Its crltt-- and has got its blow In
first.
Momentarily there ts peace, but the pedco
rests on no sure foundation. Absolutely noth
ing but the patriotism und tho sound sen'e
of Mr. Asqulth prevented a critical struggle
from developing this week; he was accused
of engineering a crisis, but what he actu.illv
did vi as to prevent one. I do not say that
ho could havo overthrown Lloyd George.:
but It Is certain that in thn temper of tho
Houso at the tlmo he could have goaded
Lloyd George into overthrowing himself. Ho
did nothing of tho sort.
His enemies say that he fears a general
election; for that can always bo Lloyd
Georgo's threat. But tho idea that Llcyd
George will' go to the country on a platform
chiefly based on criticism of tho army and
navy leaders is preposterous. Mr. Lloyd
Georgo Is not so popular as all that ; and
cricket Is still an L'ngllsh game.
If either of two th.nga ha- pans, a great
many lies aro going to bo told in America,
and I should llko to toll a few corrective
things In advance. If an election Is forced
hero or If a new ministry, with LlberaFtcn
dencles, Is formed, tho cry will bo set up
that Asqulth and the old gang aro pacifists
and do not want to win the war and that
every ono vho Is against tho combination of
Curzon, Carson and Mllner, plus Lloyd
George, is a pro-German. That Is damnably
dangerous nonsense, wiilclv will tend to
weaken our faith in e.ur allies It wo bellevo
It. Thero Is no "defceilsm" among tho honest
Liberals, such us Asqulth, Vircount Grey,
Lord Lansdowne, Sir John Simon and many
others. And to tako Mr. Lloyd George's own
word for It, they did not run the war any
worse than tho present Government is run
ning It. Thesfact that they are far moro
interested In a Just and democratic peace
than, say, Lords Mllner and Curzon, Is really
the only thing against them.
Both Sides for War
Tho least politic thing for Americans to
do is to Interfere In uny way in British
politics; wo aro being riddled from both
sides now, and the less we say the better.
Lord Northcllffo tells the British public that
we are going to take their war away from
them, and resentment ugalnst us grows per
ceptibly sharper. Others still say that we
aren't doing our share and that wo are only
waiting to spring some fcollsh sort tf Ideal
lstlo settlement on Germany. Prom week to
week abbut ten true words a day appcas
lu the British press about u. and they aro
mostly ctatlstlcs. .
So, If a break comes In the British Gov
ernment It will not be wise for us, or our
self-appointed spokesmen, to meddle In theso
affairs. The information given here, and es
pecially that which refers to the honesty
and patriotism of certain gentlemen not now
in power, is Intended as a guide to domestic
.emotions. Whether one set cf men has mora
genius for war than another Is a question
which experience answars, usually indefinite
ly. You may put It down as a reneral thing
that the Liberals are mere sensitive to civil
rights and to those of neutrals than the
present conunnauon. out i would ask you
at heme not to believe whatever you may
hear of the antl-wir spirit in any large
party of British publlo men. There Is a
pacifist group ; but to say that either of the
large parties It opposed to carrying on the
war with the utmost power Bnd vigor would
be to perpetrate sianoer. u a political up.
nerval. vuiiico cm j.ucmiiu u wiu oe importa
Because ib win uiairact uuenuon rrora t
one ImporMntvthlng. But it will not mrf
me uio ocsifs lor victory ano.connaeuw
.artft.anv lfl -
r.RDYiici'Bi
mmMsm
"
.X- .
GERMANY'S JEALOUSY
Bctlmianii-llollweg Exhibited It lo Lloyd
George in 100S
In the lalo summer of 100S, at the end of
the parliamentary session, Mr. Lloyd Georgn
traversed Germany from west to cast and
from north to south. It was a very sjstem
atlc motor tour. Tho object of tho tour
was to Investigate the German system of
national insurance. Harold Spender, who
was- a member of the Lloyd George party,
has written a highly Interesting account of
Lloyd George's experiences In Germany In
his biography, "Tho Prime Minister." Ho
savs:
"Bethmanu-Hollweg was at that tlmo
'Home Secretary,' a. vigorous, amiable Min
ister of tho official kind, sincerely keen on
social reforms; a Junker of tho better type.
He treated Mr. Ltoyd Georgo with great
courtesy. He returned from his holiday, and
specially entertained him and his party In
the famous restaurant at tho Zoological
Gardens at Berlin. He Invltcdniany eminent
members of the German civil service to meet
us. Uvery one. was very gracious and polite
almost too polite for comfort. After din
ner ,ve went Into a large reception room, and
there we remained s.tandlng all tho evening,
talking and looking at one another. Toward
tlio end of the evening wo began to feel very
fatigued. I ventured to nsk one of tho Ger
man officials whether it would bo tho correct
thing to sit down. 'Oh!' he said, 'no have
all been waiting for you to sit down! We,
too, are very tired!'
"In tho middle of this rivalry In fatigue
they brought round great glasses of foaming
beer In Prussian fashion. Mr. Lloyd George,
who ts almost a teetotaler, looked at the
glasses with a scared expression. Then
suddenly his face grew resolute. Wo must
show that Great Britain is not to bo left
behind 1'
"Tho conversatldn drifted lo King Ed
ward's visit to the Russian Czar at Reval
That vit.lt had caused a great ferment In
Germany and grave su'p'clons of British in
tentions. Bethmann-Hollweg voiced those
suspicions In tho frankest manner. 'You aro
trying to e-clrclo U3l' he cried to Mr. Lloyd
George. 'Vou and France and Russia aro
attempting to stranglo us!'
"Mr. Lloyd Georgo assured him of the
friendliness of Great Britain toward all the
great Powers ; but for the moment ho re
fused to bo appeased. He thumped tho table
with his hand. 'The Prussian Government
has only to lift a finger, ho cried, 'and every
living Prussian will die for tho Fatherland!'
"Mr. Lloyd Georgo listened to all. this with
hla characteristic calmness and good humor.
'But -what about the other Germans!' ho put
In at this point.
"A shadow passed over tho faco of the
Prussian Minister.
" "Oh ! thoy?' ho said with a gesture,
They, too, w 111 come along !' "
SACRIFICE OP BABIES
According, to D. C. Roloff, of tho United
Charities, death Is likely to bo moro fre
quent In Chicago than In tho trenches of
Europe this winter. Doctor Roloff supports
his contention with some rather stern facts
und figures, as follows: The death rate In an
artillery regiment at the front In France Is
about 8 per cent; In an infantry regiment,
15 per cent. More than doublo tho latter
Ilguce ts the death rate of bablfs In the
poorer sections of Chicago. That It la four
times as dangerous to be a baby m those
sections as It Is to be a soldier ut the front
is tho conclusion Doctor Roloff has reached.
THE" STROLLING PLAYERS
They used to play In little hillside towns
Quaint, mirthful mummeries. Year after
year
The peasant folk would crowd them close
to hear .
Each quip and Jest; their mlmlo ups and
downs
Won them a clam rous meed of tmllcs and
frowns,
Since theirs the charm to touch dull
workaday
With such enchantment that both grave
and gay
Welcomed the antics of these merry clowns.
But Pierrot fell at Mons, where sllver
thln His voice rang cheer above the clash
ing shot:
And in a drowsy, poplar-shaded plot
Beside the rippling Meuja sleeps Harle
quin :
While, giving of her broken heart no
sign.
Through wards of maimed and blind
line Columbine.- ,
if . tcii'jci - v,-.j -t-nsa .1 . -r-w'-rT ju-jm-.-unu i.n ,v;m v.i . i ,.'J r-i r. liir . J .u . 11..11 "i ll J v l Jt T- -l r
v.Bnoii'-ecKer, in ww.
"NOT' A ArfE'r
'NOT'A trattCEF
JACQUES THIBAUD PLAYS
French Violinist Reveals Polished Art in
an Ideally Devised Program
A nice adjustment of Intellectual and emo
tional vulues In music signalize the delight
ful concert given by tho Philadelphia Or
chestra jestcrday afternoon In tho Academy
ji Music. Not heretofore this season lias
Mr. t-tokowskl so .cunningly preserved tho
balance of art moods. There was frank,
forthright tone painting In u Dvorak over
ture, rich, subjective subtlety In a Brahms
symphony, delicacy und refinement in a Lalo
work and stimulating Impresstotm In a nov
elty by tho French ultra-modernist, Maurice
Ravel.
Tho appearance of Jacques Ihlbjud as
soloist Invited a retrospect of the orchestra's
early days. The distinguished French violin
ist last appeared here In 1003. Slnco then
many sensational comets have flashed across
tho musical firmament. Somo of them were
soon burnt out. Kubelik is all but forgotten.
Yraye, superb as he In, mado way In the
general public's estimation for Frlti Krelsler.
Critical forerunners now proclaim Jacha Hal
fetz as the master bowman. Possibly Thl
baud's art was new to not a few of yes
terday afternoon's auditors. If so, they made
the acquaintance of a polished talent, ex
quisite In refinement and taste, ,
Tho virtuoso's manner Is typically Gallic.
His tapld. fluent trilling, facile linger work.
Ins delicacy and smooth legato, though at
times a trifle pinched, tone, stamp him as a
model product of tho Paris Conservatoire.
Thero is nothing soul-stlrrlng in his playing,
but a deal of fastidious sentiment which runs
directly counter to the exultant sentimen
tality now so much admired In the faVorlto
Russian school of violinists. His offering, tho
Lalo concerto In F, gave convincing revela
tion of hla gifts, but the work ItselMs rather
empty and musically unimportant. It has
nono of the color of portions of the tame
comp ser's "Symphonic Espagnole."
The orchestra was at Its best in the haunt
ing lmpresslo llstlc harmonies and dissonances
of a new eomposlt'o-i b" Mntir'ce Itivel. This
core, entitled "Rhapsodle Espagnole," is an
Intriguing tonal picture. Chabrler has
painted Spain objectively In music, and Bizet,
with a more vivid talent, employed much the
same method. Ravel's treatment is In modern
Debussy-like vein, less fra-ik, but 1 't et
with a poetic appeal that rings unmistakably
true. The four numbers of the sulto are
"Prelude to the Night," "Malaguena," "Haba
nera" and "Fcrla."
Perhaps the recent "Americanization" of
tho orchestra. Involving eight changes of its
personnel, was partially responsible for cer
tain weaknesses of horns and woodwinds In
the Intellectual but never really eryptlo and
alwaya Indestructibly beautiful Fourth Sym
phony of Brahms, which was Mr. Stokowskl's
major offering. Tho familiar preclslon'of exe
cution was regained before tho Impressive
final allegro was reached. The concert opened
with Dvorak's romantic but rather remlnls
cent "In Naturo" overture, charmingly played.
a H. T. C.
What Do You Know?
Quiz
I'otpln?
I. Vilio l .VI,
" N"uSiaf,!ft """"'' f "Mo," r" noid
3. How Is Gothic architecture rsadlly Hen lined?
4. Mhlrh cltr la anmstlmn called "Toe ' Huh-
of the Unherse"r "u0
.1, Define en Aliilnl-l.
0. What are squills?
7. What la meant by the lihraif, "ration d'etre"
8. Who la David 14. Houston?
9. What la Inttnalte. farmlni?
10. Where la JIoraUts-mr-Lt-tcaul?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
t. Arthur Coy Kroner la an Amerleag ho b.
came UrlUali armr aerrcant. , Ifl
won wide reputation for hla vtar Uctiiril
rind Wa narratlio of. tho front. "Orer the
5. Conlaih la. a Humarlan viand, s b,M, ...
aoned staw. " ",
3. Count Ciernln la the rrsmlrr
Uuncarr.
of Amlrl.
4. Texas la the Lona fctar State.
5. Lencfcllow wrot "Tale of a Warslde Inn."
B. Ooisk. In w;trn. Blberla. on tho Trna-8I-
xrlan Kallroad. la tha chief tlttWat in.
rotcrnor generalship of th Mpra. It la
the capital of tho new Siberian Republic.
1, Queen Anus period furnltore la characterised
br Ita sractful and fluent construction.
with market! use of slender curied ln
and poata.
S. Tho Setta Comunl district la In the mountain
rcslon of northern Italr. urar the aouib.
I, tha prcacnt una t TtuUiiirihi: " m encounter w.m Dievie.ana. , ino mw
0. Noel la tho rr.nth name for the Chrlattass I tbere6f, which la to ,say;8Uv'TinoUaHi
season.' . I With bUB..we11'ilo tti'ott'ietf-i'a-Q-Wll
ICvrrWe. l4NU.at-rlamla tat. 'Oarma, I .Thl JT ''. S'r'"
. ... .. At. fa rfLXM fl-lLrilalftKalafclfil
I raivric wewer rcniino. i fa in
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Tom Daly's. Column
THE VILLAGE POET
Whenever it's a Saturday my trorfc.fj eJ-
y...
tcays through .
Jnd there ts iicrcr anything but play for
mo to do
Or walk an Jfqln titrect irtth my 3tato
sec what neus Is new.
The 31aln street here fit OcrmatifoUTn (t
full o different shops
Xot only for the sate of meat and vegetable
crops
And groceries and furniture and carpet
.for tha floor
And toys and other merchandise oh many,
inaiii more
But there teas one I atways liked aootit
f7i( flmc of year
That always made mo danca for joy but
now It isn't here ,
And oh I know so many hearts that irtll
ho sick and sore
Since DocMs aren't taking Christmas
candy any more.
If I uauld live a Jiundrcd .cars and alt tit
teeth fell in
And let my panch-and-judy nose drop
down upon my chin
J surely never would lory my pnl" th
'other night .
To sea my,tChristmas candy store tolthout
a sign of Ught
And flid Us ie.-i.idou once sobright that
used to wink at ma '
Was nothing but a big black eyo as black
as it could be
And then to hear tha neighbors teU that
owing to the war f
The Doclls aren't making Christmas ,canel
any morel
Why should a thing like that occur! Jhlnk
It's Just a shame .
Because before tKe war teas .dreamedand
long beforo It came , ';
.lntl eteri lontr before Vm.fiorn tho.Doella
still were there' ,
And madq their candles to delight the eAU-
drcn everywhere . " .
.Inti candled applet on a stick, they j made
and only sold JN ' ' j
To little folks and'never to tHeunde'serviiid
old : .' '
But noio because fio sugar hashtoihflp: to
wm me war , ,,
The Doclls aren't vigklng'Chrlstnias.carijfif
any more. '' ", '""'
So now when' it's a Saturday-especially 'lot
night . .' I "'''''
When Jbtsy Main street'"crowdsareout,
and Main strecVshopjare bright ,
J try to taKe' the Interest ' used' to; tab
before ,. J, ft-i'
But Doells aren't moklna ChrlsttrCaj-c'andy
any more,
BREAKING a ruio 'we 'rnade for ouriHt
but it's for a good cause we merely .wlilj
to eay that the careless composltorjo'n'-ftiir
own dear paper who eel. tip the-headdY
Scout in Battle With Police"' when't
should ,1-ave read "Boy BKot, etc.,", his'
M.4.i nmani hv rnit trlhllf Inr- n '-In--! nmi
to the B. 8. campaign fund.
MAXWELL has been, talking kindly et
Vlnco Stevenson, the Penr quarterback,,
But this is to serve notice upon'R.y'W.'M.
that if he doesn't' tell tho story of bis own
encounter with
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