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frnts j i. K. curtm, riMr
Charles It. 'aldington, Vice. rTealdenti John .
Martin, Secretary anil TreaB-jrer. rhlllp fl.
Colitna, John II. Williams, John J. Spumeon,
1. 11. Whaler. Dlrectora.
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SeNtr-era In Philadelphia and aurroundlnf loam
t ths rata of twth (l-'l cents per week, parable
to the carrier,
By mall to point" outside of rtllla.erhla. In
Ilia United J-Utee Canada or L'nltnl Htatea ro
Mlone. wl free, fifty 1.10) rents per month,
bla ' dollara per ear. payabla In advance.
To all forelin countries one- (111 dollar per
month.
NonrSubrcrlbera -nUhlnr addreei chance
mutt tlla old as well aa new addreas.
BELL. JOM VALM'T KEYSTONE. MAIN JOOD
trT AH3rrnn all ronitnuitlrdllon, lo Kvtnlna Public
I-rtOtT. Independence Kquart, Philadelphia.
r.fTrstn at Tn rnttinrirnu rnt omit s
accoxn n.5s luit. maitc-i.
l'hII.Jtphl..Tl,t,H... J.n.i.tr II. til
II ALT!
TTt71. arc at wnr and Uod forbid that any
citizen hereafter should Joultl II Tlio
drastic order of the Culled Stales fuel ad
mlnlstintor drives the fact Into the eon
i cloti net s of rvrrv man Wf uro In a
miclstrom of the Hun's concoction tihd we
have got to fight our way out Ae, light
II out not only on the hittlcflrldo of lu
rope nud In tho dcplhs of 1 tie ueay. but
here at home by every llreplme. In ecry
oftlco mid at every force. It la a lest
of cfllclcncy, a test of Mjuilna, :i tct of
national liillty, and by the Miades of
those who fought and died before Unit up
might be free n are golnc to meet the
test and the challenge, beat back the nc
Kressor and win for humanity and our
fcKcb the peace we aro entitled to, and
no hardship will dctci u.
Wo do not question the cMsitenco of nn
emergency Justifying tho drastic edict from
Wiahlngton A half million tons of coal
lie within fight of New York and Cdiinot
bo taken acrosB and other cxldencci of
coiiEfstlou abound, but these thinps do not
In themselves ilenv the reality of itu
exlgancj It would be follv. therefore,
to criticize the ncceteltv for the order In
the Immediate premises, een though foiiic
of the expedients adopted appear to be mtui
r.trousl foollLh and likely lo effect raxliiKS
K) small as to be almost vorthlef-s when
measured by tho Inconvenience occasioned.
But we are not disposed to complain on
that fjcore. Common Fense has n. habit of
nstcrtlng Itself and a policy tint Is de
monstrably foolish Is certain of rectifica
tion.
'What wo do complain about, and what
ejvary boo1 citizen ought to complain
about, ! that the condition which now
confronts us should over have 1 en per
mitted to arise. Wo are a nation of a hun
dred millions, owning landa which hold
billions of tons of fuel, bcrved by the moht
comprehensivn system of railroads In ex
istence anywhere on earth, and hupposcdly
wa are supplied with a. modicum of brains.
We went to war in April. We had notice
then that fuel In huge quantities would be
required. We had estlmatea of tho v.ist
new requirements of Industries, wo were
advised of the impending movement of
men and their families to the t-ltfcs, we
knew that the cantonments would require
heat, wo had warning from our allies that
coal with them was a vital consideration,
wa adopted a selective drnft In order that
labor should not bo taken from so essen
tial an Industry ns the mines, nnd yet wo
went Joy riding into winter with no coal
reserve whatever and all Boreas had to do
was blow a few blasts to cause a general
collapso and bring the country to tho
humiliating orders which now are upon ui.
There are a thousand excuses, of course,
a thousand explanations, but to all of them
there is one answer nnd It is: Tho coal
should have been got. Success knows no
Impediments. Tho thing Is to win In splto
of them. Nor is any man's reputation of
the slightest importance in these ikis.
HcsUlta! Ilesults!! Results!!! And wo
will chango the fuel administrator and
change him again and again unless he can
nrrivc.
Industries closed for five days and It
does not make uny difference becuut-c pro
duction Is ahead of transportation, any
how, and the ships cannot carry what Is
already on the docks! I!y tho lovo we bear
democracy, aro we fighting u war or aro
wo out on a Junketing expedition? I'ut tho
apostrophe In cant and label it tor what It
la. Are our armies to have excuses, too,
Jf they do not hold the Hun? We've got
to peat the coal situation and tho distribu
tion situation before we can wave Old
Glory above the cltudels of Kaltcrlsm. Wo
can't whip autocracy by shutting down
our industries. We have no right to ask
our young men In France to hold the lines
when We fall to hold our own lines at home.
If reren'" l'as t0 Pu a "w division In to
top a, break, hell get the division there If
tlia men have lo ride In trucks, but Wash
ington sits tight and calmly accepts the
propxslt4on that coal cannot be got from
th bowels of the earth to Philadelphia or
Xw Turk because, forsooth, it has not
bwifl. get That 1 the kind of gospel Ger
Blahs like their neru!r to beliqve. It Is
M kind of fatalism that puts chains on a
s-..Uor), Why. there aro atome. thousand
ri tp',! at ftade and pther cantonments,
- of Mn know all about mining aud
more of whom know all about railroad
ing, and a call on them for volunteers for
temporary service would send regiments
into the coal fields who would get the
black diamonds and shoot them Into the
Industrial centers In such a liuiry that It
would make Hie heads of old foll swim.
Thcro nre too many conferences and too
few performances. "Damn the difficulties!
Oo Ahead!"
Wo my tho. Washington edict Is hu
miliating. Hcry wheel In the nation ought
lo bo humming, every man doing extra
work, eery function of Industry be under
the pond, jet the machinery Is to slop and
legal holidays bo our confession of
hindrance. Wo miko no charge of Inolll
clency. Wo do not have to. Kfilclenry
might bo proved and yet be nn unsatisfac
tory answer, for what wo need Is super
cfllclcncy, nnd then another dosn nf efll
clency on top of tint. If only ro results
can bo got.
t'nelo Ham frays, "Hall!" Yet he says It
not to the Knlser, bill to the American ma
ohlne. Tho nation's answer Is "never
again." Why. a rtoofecvrlt as a fuel nil
mlnlstintor would have been up In the
mlno fields with 11 drum corps behind him
nnd the coal would have leaped out of the
mlno mouths on the notei nf "The Rlar
Spangled Haulier" Coal ndinlnthtratlon.
llko sniun oilier administrative depJii
ments, is clogged with o!dness Put r.oiue
America n enthusiasm behind the lob, Mr
U.'irfleld. and the hindquarters of a mule'
The fate of Democracy lungs In the tnl
anee and Democracy tays to her servants,
"(lo to Ilerlln Willi jnur cvplannllnnr, come
( me with leeulls"-
TIIL TOU.KRS AUH "THU PKUI'M-."
TT USUt
"clais-c
.'SUD to be nald that labor had beeomo
l'ril.vlan Idea, distasteful nnd foreign to
Kngllsh-spcnklng people What hasreallv
happened Is that nations have become
"hbor-ronsclou. ' Labor now speaks for a
whole nation with an admirable confidence
in its Identity with the nation. More mo
mentous even than the matter of British
labor's mortage to the Russian and tho
Herman peoples Is Its style. "Tho British
people accept the principle of no annexa
tions for tho British ICinplie. This applies
In our cate to tho Middle Bast, Africa and
India." "Tho nation," apparently. Is here
after lo menu "ever.v body but the loafers"
ThH ts to fray to the statesmen: "You
cannot keep on lighting without tho sup
port of u millions of men and women who
are producing, and ou will only keep oui
support bv having null Imperialistic war
alms, which put the m-iu above tho dolltr
mark everywhere."
The British and American novcrnments
can accept thin challenge. 'Ihey aio living
up to-this principle.
Labor could not have taken this all
inclusive position of authority If women
had not pone to work in unprecedented
numbers to win the war. Only when tho
whole community works, women an well ns
men, can tho workers bo "we, tho people."
This means that workers must give women
the volo and seo to It that women get the
.iiuo pay as men for men's vvoik or elso
give up their high uinbitlnii fur popular
sovereignty.
i; CAN DELIVER THE GOODS
"llfi; trust that Influential members o the
Chamber of Commerce, to fray nothing
of our municipal olllclals, rend the Inter
view with Mr. Hasskarl, Assistant Director
of Wharves, Docks and Ferries, in tho
KrnxiKO I'l'iiuo LnDui.it of jesterdaj-. Mr.
Ha.ssknil docs not wish tn criticize the
Government, but he docs wish that offi
cials would make an Investigation of our
facilities for handling foreign shipments."
We publish in our pictorial section today
illustrations which tell their own story
of the congestion In New York nnd of tho
lack of uso of piers heie. It Is a condi
tion for which thcro aro doubtless score
of explanations, but facts havo a way of
making cxplunatlonH ridiculous. Tho par
ticular fact which is of supreme lm
portanco Is that the Government can ap
preciably facllltato shipments by utilizing
this port to capacity, and that Is Jut what
tho Government Is not doing.
GIVE US A VES-OR-NO GOVERNOR
OBNATOB SritOl'L'S dictum that a can-
dldato for executive oilke Is not required
to state his position on national amend
ments Is not borne out by recent history.
The President had legally no more voice In
deciding on them than tho next Governor
of PennsvlvnnU will have, but .Mr. WI1
fron certainly turned tho scales when
suffrage was In tho balance.
Tho Governor Is elected by the wliolo
people. Tho legislators aro not. This Is
the day of executive responsibility, and tho
tendency to make the executive, piesiden
tlal or gubernatorial, the lesponslble
epokesman for his party, and to make him
stand or fall with his party, has gained
Irresistible momentum. If thero Is any
State which needs an cxecutlvo to push
measures through tho Legislature by co
operation with tho pcoplo It Is Pennsyl
vania, But the crops need not tako a five-day
rest.
Wo cannot win tho vvar by quitting at
home.
From all can gather, at one time the
advocates of Invisible shlpH must have been
in control.
Perhaps it would be Just as well. to put
It this way: They must not be only houses;
they must bo homes.
. ' ' :
The House of Lords vote for mi ffra (ti
ls an Intimation that the House of Ladles
has been giving a useful curtain itcture.
If the Kaiser can put this hind of
weather over on the redd man, we boll to
think what ho will be able to do In July.
Itutalans
Threaten Tculvna With vv-n
Headlln,.
And the Teutons threaten the Itusslans
with peace.
Mr. Lansing helped to trip up Calllaux
and his pro-German peace scheme. Patriotism
l.na hemme kn lntArnatlonal vlrtuii amene ttt
J.,Ah.led democracies
EVENING PUBLIC1 LBDG-ER
SENATOR QUAY COMES TO DEFENSE
OF PENNYPACKER IN COURT CASE
Republican Party "Boss" Issues Proclamation With
out Knowledge of the Governor Stating the
Latter Did Not Seek Nomination
rr..NMr.Mii.n ,i Tnnion.rii m. m
CopkHoM, 19!. hi) rlHe Udoer I ninr"V
QIWY. broken In health, was In Florida,
He was not quite sntlslled w ith my deter
mlnatloli of the matter nnd scolded over It.
I believe that he knew that ho would froon
die nnd that he w.iuted what ho reunrdo.l
ns nn obligation he had imdn taken In my
Interest to be nssuied while there win
time. Ho wrote asking me If m mind was
fully undo up nnd advising that In Unit
event no Intimation of the purpose be given
until the meeting of the convention. No
doubt his plans would be helped by such
silence. While Tray, Ulanche nnd Sweet
heart were jelping upon the. vvionc trail
the real game, was safe tn Its covert.
I wrote to him:
February ID, 1301
Dear Senator:
Of course the public tall: has made nil
of the men about me uneasv concerning
their positions and naturally they wall I
me to remain As I told ou In Wash
ington. 1 have definitely given up nil
thought of going to the Supreme t.ourt
nt this time The bir is against It and
the better pHsh of peopl" feel that It
would be n dfteitlnn of inv pres
ent ofllce nnd duties It would give
n vnntnge ground of opposition "
the ticket nnd pTlinps endanger
f'enntors and IlepresetitHllver II would
b dlseii'sed In 5'ieh way as lo b tn
luilou'i to the court and I mi under
obligations not " harm either party or
court Mnfi of the satisfaction of being
n ...,..... nf ,l.n ..nnrt w-niild disappear
if t fell I went there without professional
appro' ol IT the paitv people In PhllJ
dlphu have plan tbev want to accoin
plish tliev mav feel assured that while I
am here the;, will lereive fair consider
Hon If matters run along as thev are
now, without m speaking until Mm Hirel
ing of the convention, nnd then soma on"
else Is nominated, it will be said ou havo
vviselv curbed my otnmtion, uuu i mw
he eutlielv content I owe yotl lllili'li.
nnvhow. And It tills be the lat oppor
tunity cr well You will never heir
me I'utnplaln
(Juay's Proclamation
At this Juncture, when a lonimittee, with
Dickson as chairman and Dltnncr lleeber
nnd Alexander Simpson. Jr.. as M-erctailcs.
was endeavoring to arouso tho lawyers of
the Stato hi suppoit or tho newspaper cru
sade, Quay appeared nn th" scrno In n
new role Fioiii St. Lurle, m Florida, he
issued this proclamation
To the nepubllcaiiM tn Penns Ivuntn
It mav now he taKen for granted (hot
Governor IVini) packer will rov nothing
publtrlv upon Hi" proposition that mo
Republican parlv sh-ll nominate and
ele, I him In the Supreme Court Judge
ship But something should be said by
some one lo vv.i-.li ,-iwav the existing iul-(nrn-rsenntti'ii
1 inn fill Informed, be1
ter informed than lioveiinu Pelinv
packer, nf the rnrts MiiTuiidtns the
proposition, and in 'lew ! the leeent
publications, nimnymrius and Judicial. It
seems lo be pioper that they should be
enlightened. Their criticisms upon Hie
Governor are unvvarrantid. The occusa
tloii.s of Mr .Justice Brown nnd the
annul mous writers lu his train me mall,
clous and mendacious
Governor Pcnnypacker never was. and
Is not now. a laudldato for tho Repub
lican nomination for tho Supreme court.
He has not sought, nor will ho seek, that
nomination. Ho has not slgnllled that ho
will accept it If tendered to him. and if he
Is wise lie will keep his counsel upon that
quodliin If he declines, his cuemlc. will
sav. some of them, that they have duven
him fruiii the Held others that he Is
declining a miriiln.itwn which wi-. never
tendeied and Is not niccsslble. If he
sais lie will accept, and the convention
should fail to give him Its suffrage, tho
situation would be still moio disagite
able. ,
Tho documents in the caso arc few- an
nnonvinous letter to the Philadelphia
Beeord, a Democratic newspaper; an
anonymous letter to tho Philadelphia
Press, and an Interview from Judgo
Brown In tho guise of Maglster Muruin
nf the bench and bar. The letter lu the
Record comities Itself to two allegations:
First, that the appointment of Mr. Jut
lice Samuel i Justine Thompson was mad"
In order that Governor Peuni packer
should sccuio the ludjeihli for hini'-elf
as soon as ho can." This is false. I lie
anonymous waiter savs lie knows It to be
a fact. Let him produce tho evidence.
Second, that Governor Pennypacker con
spired with Senator Quay to Undo two
j cars of his term as Governor for a tvven-tv-oue
vears' term on tho Supremo Coutt
licmh. This Is also fulse. If It Is true, let
the anunvmous writer produce tho evi
dence of Its truth.
Tim letter to the Prosn Is devoted to
the proposed appointment of Lvnnn D.
Gilbert. Judge Weiss, of Hairlsburg,
and Mr. Gilbert both know that the state
ments of the Press writer arc fal'c.
Theso aio practically:
First. That tho Governor sought lt
dicker or trade with Mr. Gilbert to uttalu
the hleh ofllce of Supreme Justice. This
Is false, liven If the Governor were dis
posed to dicker Mr. Gllheit had nothing
to deliver. I uinnot Imagine uny action
of Mr. Gllheit In the connection discussed
that could prevent or prnmoto the nomi
nation or election of Governor Pcnnv
packer. If tho vacanci were a factor In
lesults. It would only be necessary to
lenve It open until tho Republican con
vention met. Here, again, the nnony
mous writer must produco his ovidenco
or stand convicted.
Second. That a confeience was held at
the Kxccutlvo Mansion, ufter which Mr.
Gllbett was told that he would be ap
pointed to the vacant Judgeship If ho
would agree not to be a candidate for
the nomination and that if Lieutenant
Governor Brown becamo Governor ho
would uppolnt Gilbert Attorney General.
This la also false. If It Is true, let the
anonvmoUH gentleman produco his evi
dence. Third. That ho was told Judgo Thomp
son or n. T. Watson would be apnolnted
If he. Gilbert, did not accept. This Is
false, as Is the inference that Lieutenant
Governor Brown was a party. If true, let
us have the evidence.
A Denial
This is the substunce of all the charges
against Governor Pennypacker In this
connection. I declare them false and the
anonvmous correspondents of the Press
and Record and Mr. Justice Brown must
ostablish their case by evidence or stand
convicted llbelers. To uo u homely but
apposlto cxpiesslon, they must "put up
ur shut UP" When they attempt In
"put up" I will have something to say
more In detull. In tho meantlm?, us the
Record declares Its correspondent "high
and reputable" and the Press declaies
Its correspondent "high and responsible,"
It would be fair fur their "high" wrlte-s
to tnho off their masks and show their
faces to the people of tho Stuto whose
Governor they traduce,
Only an extract from tho Interview of
Justice Brown has penetratod here, but
newspaper comments Indicate that he
has descendod from his Judicial perch lo
snarl ut Governor Pennypacker lu obe
dience to n call upon him to "Interfe-e
for tho protection of tho bench" which he
declares Is m-mawd. He Is certainly an
swering a cat intrnded for aome one else.
Thrre Is no reason vltnln my recollec
tion why the bench should distinguish
X him as its jspecli,! representative to pre-
PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17,
vent our chief Hxecullve from passim?
between the wind nnd their nobility. He
was nominated and elected, as Governor
Pennypacker will be'liomlnatcd and elect
ed If, at all. by a Republican State con
vention and the Republicans of the btate.
Kvcu In his case there were ev il-cllsposeil
persons who said that he was not it
leclej for pie-eminent qualifications, nor
In obedience lo the clamorous demands of
the people, hut that he was, so lo speak,
liken bv the k-i uff of the neck nnd the
neat of his Inexpressibles by a friend or
two and catapulted over the sai red pall
which divides tho Supreme Court from
cummou mortals. Yet Iho bench did not
regard his unconventional entrance as n
menace to Itn safety, nor when Justice
Potter was appointed by his business
partner to his high position did the Su
preme Court lleo lu terror nt his uncere
monious entrance. On tho contrar. . he
was deservedly popular. Kvery member
of th.it court has gone upon the bench
as tho Governor may go on It, ln "
nomination and election by his pnit
livery ono of them was desirous nnd Ims
endeavored to get theie, nnd thev were
sent there to ludlclnlly ndmlnlfcter Iustfe
not lo trail their owns in the gutters of
politic:, and to dh late the nomination and
elertloii of their nssoclnles This, in itiv
opinion, Is Ihe reiillment of the people
In this contention of .lusllre Brown if
Im I" of n eontrnrv opinion, let him ie
lgn his Judgeship ami go before the nr-'
Bepublleun State convention and befo-ft
Hie people Hltd lest the question lie will
be wler afterward, and I can nure biin
Hie ennvent'nti will be no nioie of i
machine made convention than the imi
tar bodies whlih nominated him and hi
HKyorlalcf to their piesenl position
Were (I not HmI lustlre Brown in In
Interview, fein e;i me lu roinluon w iHi
nianv hundreds of Republlcm In t'enn
vlvanli, outside of the fellowship of
"decent people," t might enter upon the
ethics of the rltuatlon nnd the dellraclt
that ni'rnmpanv the high place he oeeu
pies Theie Is certainly it question
whether the people have a right lo take
an oflleer from a place to whieh thev
have railed him and command him to
another. There Is also a question
whether, granted the right to take a
iudse from the court of Common Pleas
and place him In the Supreme or Superior
Court, the principle will not apply In
the oac of a Govirnor, and whether tho
acceptance of his office by a Governor
creates an Implied contract with the
people that he shall till his allotted term,
any moro than does the arceptanco of his
ufllce by a Common Pleas Judge. This
is pertinent, for live of tho present mem
bers of the Supicme Court wcro elevated
from the Common Pleas bench. But I
leave those mallei r for solution to tho
"decent people." I havo lecelved but one
letter from a Judicial officer upon tho
Pennypacker rtmtrovcrry It was from
Judge Brown M. S. QIT.Vi
SI I.tn-ln, Fl.i, February ID, 1001
This open letter wan aa much of a sur
prise lo mo as it wan lo cvervbodv ele
Vevrr before had Quav been known to give
publlcltv in advance to his views upon .
inenfure vet to be determined. It showed
his Inv alt v, courage. vl?or and capacity for
expression It presented inv cause with an
cftectivenefs which It would have been Im
possible for me to have given. It thiew the
line of assault Into confusion. It pointed
out to tho lawyers, what it is icmarkihle
they had not seen for themselves, that
since an appointment ionics fiom one
source uf power, tho Governor, and an
election from nuother source of power, the
people, there was no real conncitlon be
tween them, nud that I could have avoided
the whole ground of their censure bv sim
ply leuvi lg the Judlciul office vacant until
the election. Tho condemnation r (-,,, ,.
proprlet.v of Brown, whlih might with good
grace have been giwu , Dlrkson, Simpson
nud Bc'bcr. whllo Ihey wcro leading los-5-ons
in dialectics, had been achulnlstcicd
by a I'nltcd States Senator who had placed
him on tho bench, and Brown never uttered
a wind thcicaflcr.
Toiunrrnn Cniernor lmijMi Uer Irll. nl,,.,,
P.Lp"i "" .".., nvnllon. l.l,, drtlilril ,
t .lift
upon
aa.-- riM'iriiie IMITl HO ITt I fi 1 l (til ,
KOOJ) F'. O. B. KITCHKN UOOR
0,000,000 War (Jnnlcn National Need
for 11)18
SOLTJIBUS of the soil cm re-enforco and
help soldiers of the trenches. Now is the
time for them to begin thinking about their
war gardens.
Kive million war gardens aro the nations
need for 1018. That means the mobilization
of nt least that many war gardeners. Back
jards, city lots, suburban plots should bo
fanned, Homo gardening conducted on shu
plo lines Is not nbstruse or difficult. The
home gardener should not plow up moio than
he can plant -that Is all. Thousands tried
home gnidenlng for the first time last spilng
and were more or less successful. The for
mer have had the encouragement to duplicate
or better their perfoi malices ; tho latter rive
learned what lo avoid and how to do through
flxpeilence and should grit their teeth for a
lieu trial.
Pindiictliin of food 'I. . 11. tho Kitchen
Door" was the Impulse given the nation b
tho campaign of tho National ITinergem-v
Food Garden Commission, of which Charles
Luthrop Pack, phllanthtoplst and financier,
Is head
To establish a winter supply "F. O H. tho
Pantry Shelf Is tho supplementary aim of
tho rommlrsion.
Nntlon-iilde survey has shown that more
than 3,t)0fi,000 homo gardens viero nlnnted
and cultivated by the American people In
1017. Hy tho planting of gardens where none
grew before the country's food supply in
creased to tho extent of J350.000.000 or more.
Philadelphia's Vacant Lots Association re
ported bumper ciops.
Tho patriotic duty of every American de
mands the conservation of this output. That
the vegetables cannot be eaten as they ma
ture Is obvious. Bven u small gurden will
produco moio vegetables than the ordinary
family cm consume during tho growing sea
son. With heavily Increased planting area
this season's production will create a vast
surplus, and In the wartime food crlslH this
surplus must not be allowed to go to waste.
Prevention of the waste calls for canning
of ull food that can be canned or drying of
all food that van bo dried Hy this nlan onlv
Is It possible for America to enjoy enhanced
frultfulnesn of soil. In no other nay may
the army of home gardeners rrup tho full
benefit of their labors.
The nar has brought uboul a food situa
tion hitherto unparalleled. Tho entire world
looks to America for solution of the problem
arising from this condition. I'nless our food
supply is used wisely and well the armies and
domestic population of our Allies will suffer
famine. If the war for world democracy la
lo be won Its battles must bo fought by sol
diers abundantly nourished. AVe must feed
lliein. To this end we must provide fresh,
canned . id dried food products for home use
and thus release other foodstuffs for ex
port. A gardening army of 8,000,000 is called to
the colors in 1018. Their work will be moro
practical than romantic But It will hasten
victor:' J- U.
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"NRW STRATEGY"
WARNEEDOFI9JS
Tactics Taught by First Three
Vears of Conflict Already
Antiquated
By GILBERT VIVIAN SELDKS
Trrrla" CorrfM"'"f''"r riming rnblle Ledger
LONDON. Vec. I2.
rplIE new vear brgins with a new- tjpo of
w n i fare for which tho experience of tho
last three iicais Is almost erillrelv unavail
able. rl ho tactics vo hnio learned since the
battles of the Marue will serve us still for
soiuo time -for longer than we had hoped.
But tho strategy of the last time ..ears Is
made useless hy the one dominant factor In
the departure of Kin-sla from the open fiont.
People havo said that tho disappearance of
Hu-sU i mild not matt.r much, beiHiiso first,
under the old regime treachery was covert
and capable, whereas now there Is no treach
ery, but opn disaffection from our sldo and
that, sci onci. even if tho Russians chose to
fight they had not the wherewithal in muni
tloument nor we the, ability to supply them
full.v. Both these considerations are vvoitbv,
but they miss the essential, which is that,
even If the whole Russian armies were viith
dinvvu and only an. electrified zone of barbed
wire were drawn on their frontier. Ru-sln,
would serie the Allies Because slnco her
gloilous das of triumph at tho beginning of
the war, Kussla has hern chiefly a block
ading Power.
Willi the new oar tho blockade of Ger
many vhtujlly ends. And the nillitai strat
egy which depended on tho blockade nl-o
ends. At least one assumes that It will. And
ho political strategy which also depended
upon blockade must chango as well.
Tho blockade stiategy tn ths field is easily
described. I'ntll June, 10K, It wap a waiting
game. At that time tho power wave of tho
British army ioso to its first crest and was
broken, not without ndvautago on tho Sonune.
Thereafter the policy was to strike, If possi
ble, with the co-opcratlon of tho French and
tho other Allies, nt points of military value,
the object being to narrow the circle of Ger
man occupation until tho enemy retreated
to lila own frontiers. At tho same time a
demonstration It cannot bo called more
was made toward the southeast and outlhig
operations vveie can led on with signal suc
cess In Africa, Asia nnd Asia Minor
Behind all of the-so operations was tho
trust lu the blockade. The steady weaken
ing of resistance power was as much of an
object lu each attack as gain of gtound Re
sistance power depends on the number of
men nnd on tho condition of those men, and
tho condition was being rapidly undermined
by tho blockade. With Russia out of tho
strueclo vvc have n reversal of two factors:
Germany's numbers show an increase and
their condition nn improvement.
ChanRes in Strategy
The necessity of making war theiefore
comes heavily down on Great Biltaln and
the United States. That the capacity of the
empire lias not jet been strained to the ut
most is conceivably truo; which Is not to
say that Britain has shirked. On tho con
trary, she has given extravagantly ; tho new
methods must bo such ns to make her glvo
economically as well as generously effec
tively. Those measures are being put Into
operation. As for us, It Is useless for ono
S000 miles away to say anything. Kxcept,
perhaps, to plead not for haste, but for
kindliness of spirit, to remember that criti
cism from this sldo may bo tinged by that
war nervousness which you at homo may
never experience.
The strategy must, however, change again
to a modification of the waiting policy
Should Germany fall to put out Italy, her
venture there villi prove the most disastrous
failure since the race for the channel ports.
Because tho expenditure of men there win
make Impossible any triumph on the western
front. N'or has Germany much to gain at
Salonlca. She la morally pinned to the west
ern front If she cares to attack. On our
part, we are compelled to save men, to pre
pare ourselves positions from which we can
not bo dislodged and over which tho enemy
has no direct fire control. The temptation
to strike again next June will ba enormous.
But It will be September until as many
Americana are In France as Germain) who
have been transferred from Russia. (Aus
trian co-operation on the western front U
Indicated freely, so we may count the whole
120 divisions from the eastern front and de
duct only th unfit and the numbers lacking
to make up full divisional strength)
So If Mr Lloyd George Is right In saying
at we must alt until the American ar
f
1018
THE IMMEDIATE JOB
mies ate in the field the deelslvo stroke of
tho war cannot lie delivered until 1919. Tho
chief strategic necessity Is therefoic this
To keep the Allied armies In the field another
eighteen months without loss of men through
defeats, with possibly local advantages cheap
ly gained. Major operations with highly
limited objectives are unthinkable for an
army which Is awaiting re-enforcements.
Finally, the American armies are actuallr
lo be a fores marching to the iellef not of a
beleaguered garrison, but of a nation under
siege. The. nation Is western Hurope. N'aval
strategy Is a part of mllltaiy strategy In
this war, no doubt, and the solution of tho
shipping (or submarine) question will make
a profound difference In the civilian morale.
It may hasten but It cannot chango the
character of the aid which Ameilca villi
bring
"Political Phases"
Politically the change has ahead, begun
to operate In a definite way. It was ono
thing to asl pcoplo to volunteer for tho
defense of the country and another to con
script them . In tho tlrst case Iho objects of
the war had to be more fully stated, though
hi the first flush -of war a- vague statement
of ideals was sufficient. So long us tho Held
was actlvo It was possible to remiln In tho
fecond stageof repetition and enlargement.
But it Is rapidly becoming ilear that If the
Allied Ruropean, nations uro to undergo what
is ically a 5 ear of suspense, it will become
more and moie necessary to state and re
state tho alms to be attained
Heretofore tin Governments liavo alloiicd
the pacifists a high hand hi the game, so that
every icquest for war alms has seemed a
request for Immediate peace. The pacifists
aro losing that ndvautago; the ministers uro
making tho demands and giving the answers..
Because, In the very near futuro It wdll bo,
seen that we aro stating our- ntmt not in
order to make peace, but In order to make
war. Wo aro rapjdly finding out that Ger
many's peace terms mean nothing; the best
of pacifists is usually a hater of Imperialism
and of, militarism, and ho Is slowly getting
to see that Germany's peace term's will Im
pose both those things not only on Germany
but on the world. Theiefore, every state
ment of our war alms, so long us wo avoid
being tarred with, tho same bt-usli, helps us
to undermlno Germany and to fortify our
selves. Tho discussion nbout war alms has al
wnjs had a nolo of futility In It. No ono
avows shameless ends. It has always been
assumed that If we staled our territorial
alms we could have Geimany agreeing at
once; that may be so. And tho service of
all America and of tho President in partic
ular lias been this, that they have not fas
tened on teriltory or (to translate) on cash
prollt and loss as the main thing In the war.
but have held with a fine perseverance to a
nobfer set of purposes. If they should for a
moment drop these purposes all would bo
lost. If they cling to them they will event
ually dilvo out tho baser claims and will
make It not only possible but highly profita
ble for tho Allies to state their terms and to
Insist upon them. And that Is an essential
of victory.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
I. Who nrote "Tlia AtWIcan liar"?
3, What Is lierlatjdeT
3, Where la VpreaT
4, Who la General Sir Julian lljnt?
5, What la a riddle?
a. Define petard.
7. Where la Halonlra'f
8. Dellne reronnalaaanee,
0. What la n preamble?
10. Which clly la culled "The Modern Athena";
Answers to Yeaterday'a Quiz
1. Major Aumi.tua I. Gardner, wlm died In tlia
arrllre. vna lii.nrliii.ett. Conareaaman.
who realsned Ma seat lu volunteer,
i. I'rlorlly ua used In connection ulth war ,.i.
means sli us precedence to shipment if
lertaln decimated klude of material,
3. Conscription hna been eatabllahed In Una.
land, but net In Ireland.
4, "The reacrre worMnr-nrn'a nrn"i, a ,,,..
f-a-aiasi.-rorn-a or akllled nrtl.nna ,.,o would
hold thrmtelira hi rrudlneaa for (ioicrn-
paeiit tun .w ..- it.r hdik,
5, Anasramt A
th letter"
p urnini
A form of verbal mini, ,,
era of a atandurd nord or nhrau
onjed to.inakra word or uhrau
of npitotltc men
nnmr. inns "uatrodoinera"
i atnrerc-i "the tr, ..",,
beconica --.Moon
see."
0. The Admirable Crlrlitom Juine t'rlrlilon
1500-1(183. HcotlWi lln-tuUI, acl.ol.ir ."a
Mildlrr, reputed i lie . nm 4(r of ull "j,
7. riltsreei Ornumental Murk 'ormed of Inter!
'twlateil aold and allier wire. ,nl"
1. Ur. Samuel Jalniioa. llOv-1181, KinlUh ..
of letters, le.lcosrapher and marallai" n
D, Peltlfonlnst Conductor bualiM-aa In u amali
or tricky wax. r an
10, Hularlali Helatliur to drca.
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McAroni Ballads
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UxV BOY FROM GENOA
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Here cc3 com' som'body up from da set
An' he looka like me;
Notta like now I am looka to you
But like I coma hero first, vv'en I'm
new;
Like I usa to be.
Up from da sheep, joost so soon as he.
5 nej
land,
Here ho cos com nn' ho stop by dtf!
Mand,
Makin' a bow, vveeth iiccs hat ecn heel
hand. m
"1 -am (Jincobbp," ho tal me, "your son
"Madre's een Genoa; you know da one.
She thcenk you find me som' work to be
done."
He deed no ueeda for say who ecs he, a
Dnt was so plain, oh, so plain ns could U,
.Soon as I see how he's looka like me,
Dccsa tiiacobbe boy's madrc, you know
SJhe was my wife at home long time agd-j
Good manny year, mobbe twanty or o.
We was joost marry, 'bout coupla week
"Won da Kecng's army boss coma to see
Mo for n soldier. I run nway, quecckl
Alia time Rosa she know where I cam'j
Often I write to her: "Com' where I am.j
But she won't com to me; no sir, b;
dam!
, J
So, she won't minda me, w'at can I do
Please, now, I nska you, w'ata woul
you?
urol so I joost do da sama thecng, too
i
Steell here ces com' her Giacobb todsT
An' I am sure he was runnin' away-jB
W'at shall I do for heem, w'at shalHIJ
say? 'Ijfl
Here's w'at 1 say to heem: "Lees'en, nM
Giac, ,'M
You're like your padre, an' on da wroifl
track: -qH
tou goya ngnt, so you peucr go """
"All da world's fightin' for som'theej
my son, flH
Don'ta be fool like your poor padre dg
You for Italia! Here ecs da mon'!" -JB
Dere ees gon' somebody back to da y
An' he looka like me; iS
Notta like now I am looka to you-
But like I coma hero first, w'en'Ig
new; S
Like I usa to be, S
TOM DALVM
SOME "ORNITHOLOGY" OF WAR,
Herr von Balimann, the military cerrtj
spondent of the staid Berlin Zeltung, fi
larly known as "Aunt Voss," has mada.Wj
belated discovery that the fighting In VA
estlne Is of decisive Important to Germiuja
Surely this discovery Is a high compllnnsSISj
his Intelligence and acumen, When, ,U
ever, he says that tho conquest of the JMj
Land Is a blow alined at one of Germsnu
wings, It Is evident that he Is quite mlst"1!"
tfl
It must be a wing of Turkey to '
refers. Again he errs when ho says
Ofi
gantlo bird la more than the Allied world cjl
swallow Christian Science iioniior
.MID "BK8tlI.T8 OF WAR"
In
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It ,
Iter Majraty tha Kin written br uJl
Jamta Jrffrav Itnrha when Ihla scar Ml S1'
but a, foul dream In the mind of . perYa-,,1
arch, vra read 'Va.ujr a man who. "',
rnuren at poverty complalneth louaiy i
hath crown rich tucu-rh Is he aaaesaed 10
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