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ffjBE HAS PUT IRON INTO OUR
fc.Y C -lT-T O
p'vJpHERE la no a human bclnc In thli
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vu.iiuiuuu.v wiiu lias hol uecn laxcu iy
Lj1 (flA TfnlOT TlointikA IT1I0? nurAnrnf criitf
D rel, every citizen In this Uijpubllc pays
A, Biora for what ho puts Into his mouth,
K for what ho puta on his back and for tha
y, ihoes which cover his feet, Becau.o tho
i Kaiser dreamed of a German world, wo
pi'pty and our descendants will pay billions
''and billions of dollars, every cent of which
K might otherwise havo been used for tho
fi ' construction of cood roads, tl.o Improve-
J.4 ffient of our harbors, tho digging of ncces-
Miry canals, and a thousand and ono other
f '' things. "Vo pay In what wo havo and wo
. pay In what wo do without, on nccount of
i German autocracv. and vet thero aro men
who tell us that this convulsion In l'uropo
ts none of our affair.
The world has suddenly leaped so many
centuries ahead that tho individual mind
has been unable to keep up with It. A few
generations ago n. veil was lifted from tho
mind of man. Intelligence becamo Intelli
gent Invention added mlracjp to miracle,
piled wonder on wonder. It changed tho
courso of ordinary llfo and underwrote, a
new policy In war. All men felt It, but
only one class of men ioro willing delib
erately to set nbout applying this ma
chinery to their own aggrandizement nnd
the enslavement of tho world. Nor was It
within the apprehension of other men
mil 4tiM4 n jinnunlpniit ei-v mil nnnlil 1m lintnliAjl
They did not prepare for it becauso they
sever expected to meet It.
if j A nart of this new machlnerv of war
nrMB TYinilArn (mninnrt. Thn tntprjlpnnml-
tn I-, '
ace of tho nations has been Increasing
!T rapidly over slnco steamships supplanted
Mwnff vessels. It was apparent to mill-
K lariats that they could not launch an up
heaval in Europe without endangering
peaceful nations elsewhere. Every bur-
J elar is a potential murderer, If tho resi
gn 5nt of nn Invaded houso catch him at his
work. Ono man In a company of soldiers
K eannot be out of step without causing
tM u. A. .Inn 4 I 1. n liitla n.w.nn.... T-l..
WfT WIMUIIUII IU IWU I1U1U i.lMll(IUIl. iivn
m' 'German guns attacked Llego they attacked
? Washington. They attacked, indeed, tho
. i house of every American, for they attacked
Ki jhia income and his livelihood. Tho treat
ment of Belgium was direct and brutal;
fV that of distant lands was indirect but no
V jesa brutal in conception.
We aro called on to organize not solely
ajainat a system of government which Is
p repurnant to us, but also against nn eco-
tTnomle system of ruinous import. What
4w nave o conienu against, in ract, is
iw . .
'.'prostitution of tho resourcefulness of tho
:t " 1
-human mind to violently destructlvo nur-
.fVa-W ll. J.UIDUH IO lilllllUi lili, JOT illS
jfrork havo added to tho comfort of
Fj. human life and tho advanco of clvlllza-
ih'itoHi- The brain of a German Edison would
:irr?. -.
d menacieu 10 a Krupp furnace. Thero
I7,v have been Intrusted to us for safe-kponlnir
'Aloe twenty centuries havo guided AVcstern
P'j Civilization. These concepts and laws tho
'FsXawer seeks to overrule by forco of arms.
'tgftj would overturn a civilization by tho
, wpioymenc ot mo macninery that civill-
v'aatton has created.
hiW . .
.uur great Duuaings win ce closed today
$ii& many Industries will be ldlo for want
KmtjCA&l. Each dflV ta lln Trltlinnt mnm
tvvamum. v. a.i.w.u ufc iwu. o iiavo given
p our boys to .the training camp and thou
and of them are already In Franco. Our
risilUatry is changing from a peace indus-
TtO a war industry. Our accumulated
are being poured Into the na-
1 treasury. Tens of thousands of men
Jh virtually pauperized themselves to
0jT personal service. A highwayman has
Wfauy pulled us out of bed at dead of
ptjhU having previously set part o'f our
afire and by other devious means
lied our existence. Have we nothing
it him?
ry hcatlcss day, every whea.tless day
ttyery other "lees" day is a tax tho
itjhas levied on America. He is re-
and our armies ore in the field
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I M Louia XVI's carrlago horses cast
'as the King; waa. trying to es-
Vfnce,' and the delay which
Tiit W'hd and changed
Xl9H fiereo
'W v''p-, vVENIN0M PUBLIC tEDOTRr
weather might considerably affect herolo
War efforts by the same token. Contrari
wise, the present mild tempcraturo may
bo our salvation from we know not what.
Llttlo things not dono nt tho right tlmo
grow big In tho perspective of fortune.
Just which man's wasted loaf will break
bread-hungry franco, Just which wasted
ton will break fuel-hungry Italy If they
break? Borne say tho Ircsldent should
hao taken over tho railroads nlno months
ago. Ma j bo ho would havo if anybody
olso had yelled loud enough for him to
do so. But nobody attended to that llttlo
thing of yelling.
A few years ago wo had flvo enow
storms in April. Tho blizzard of '88 camo
In March. Vt'e arc having warm weather
now. And history warns us to clear tho
tracks whllo jet thero Is tlmo.
A HARD.WOKKIXG AMBASSADOR
nV3U flfty.thrco ears Hufus Isaacs, tho
now British Ambassador, was a com
moner and un uncommonly hard-working
one. As a lawyer ho waa a human dynamo
of energy, the kind of man who works
twelvo hours a day. Ho 1h, thcrcforo, of
tho typo wo like to work with. Ills title,
Earl Heading, Is no fault of his, unlike
soino of tho titles which nowadays nro
handed to British statesmen to get them
out of tlio way. His pecrago was created
to match tlio dignity of his position as
Lorn Chief Justice, to which ho was ap
pointed before tho war, and ho still is a
member of the British Cabinet.
Ambassadors! nnd envoys today nro
much closer to tho administration and to
tho pcoplo than in peaco times. They aro
coworkers rather than visitors. Tlio namo
and opinions of the Trench High Commis
sioner, Andro Tardleu, havo llgured nearly
as prominently In recent discussions nnd
disputes nbout our war preparations a.s
thoso of Cabinet members. As our efforts
should dovetail with our Allies', under tho
system of unified command now In force,
It Is extremely Important that a practical
man should bo hero to bring tho British
military establishment closer to ours, and
as such wo can welcome Lord Reading.
"OUR HOYS" WILL PARADE
LETS mako It tho greatest outpouring
i of citizens ever seen In Philadelphia.
"Our boys" want to seo us as much as wo
want to seo them.
WE. WANT THE 11RIDGL'
WE DO not bellevo that many citizens
have any patience with tlio provincial
view that a brldgo across the Delawaro
would bo detrimental to tho best Interests
of tho city. Somo of our political leaders
havo expressed tho fear that such a pas
sageway would draw residents from Phila
delphia to New Jersey and offer tempta
tion to skilled workmen to take Jobs In
plants ncross the river. Builders of our
llrst railroads had to meet tho samo sort
of argument, but they built their roads
Just tho 'some.
Wo publish elsewhere on this pago nn
nrtlclo by Governor Edgo which Is con
vincing. Tho energetic Chief Executive of
New Jefsey, who sets a standard that
many other Goernor.s might follow ad
vantageously. Is foremost In his advocacy
of good roads and the lmproement ot all
avenues of communication. To him tho
proposed Delawaro Itlver Brldgo Is a real
thing, not .1 dream, and ho proposes to
seo that New Jersey docs her part to get
lt. Pennsylvania must bo equally cntr
gctlc and progressive.
A VOTING VICE PRESIDENT
WHO would bo a VIco President? "Not I,"
said Daniel Webster once. And ft sec
ond tlmo they offeied him a kingly crown.
But onco again great Webster said them
nay. Had ho accepted ho would havo gone
to the Whlto House, for the President
died.
It Is qulto possible that wo shall
havo m unusual Vice President after
March -I, 1919, ono with nearly as
much power as cither hous of Con.
gress. It so happens that tho thirty
two senatorial scats to bo filled next
November aro thoso of States which, If thoy
vote according to expectations, will tie tho
parties' strength In the upper chamber
nt forty-eight each. This would give tho
VIco President Oils namo is Marshall and
ho is a Wilson man) a deciding voto on
every partisan measure. Thirteen months
from now wo shall be near enough to the
close of hostilities to bo within hailing
distance of a real old-tlmo partisanship.
Mr. Marshall may bo a very Important
flguro, a sort of super-Senator or even
super-Senato; "tho Senator from the
United States" endowed with tho veto
power over his colleagues.
Ono result of this would be rcfieshlng.
Absenteeism would go by tho board with
every vote needed. Pennsylvania would
doublo its representation In tho Senate.
This Is National Labor Loyalty Wcelc
That means everybody.
They do not want to put those American
troops too closo to Metz or they'll run over
somo night and take It.
Mr. Saunders Is undoubtedly n, man of
rare Intellectual gifts, but somehow ho never
opens his mouth without putting his foot
in it.
It costs more to heat the Fchools because
the quality of the coal Is so poor. Tlio quality
of the teaching would bo better if It cost
more.
Tho country Is to be divided Into si
shipbuilding zones. It would not be a bad
Idea for the Agricultural Department also
to do a little zoning.
Overman may be a superman. At least
no one else had the nervo to try to vld
tho Wilson War Committee and the Cham
berlain War Committee Into one.
Senator Penrose Is on his way to St,
Louis on political business. Maybe the
National Committee has not heard that Sen
ator Vare read Senator Penrose out of the
party.
Maybe the Kaiser did not mean that
he had been a pacifist for twenty-six years,
but that he had fooled the rest of the world
into being pacifist that long while he got
ready.
Paris may well believe that Bolo Is
doomed, Bolo seems to have been one of
those pessimists who believed the Germans
never could be whipped and undertook, there
fore, to cash in on the impending catastrophe
Itn Mm nwn rnuntrv Tint H-rnnea fnnt.t i,l
MORE LETTERS t ,
TO PENNYPACKER
Governor Tells Why He Decided to
Postpone Extra Session Until
After Election
I'llVNri'ACKRn AUTOniOOKArilY NO. 13
(Copyright, tilt, lu Publta Lciioer Company)
AT THAT time Wesley P. Andrews was
-chairman of tho lt'cpubllcan Stato Com
mlltco. Ho wroto to me:
Dear Governor My nttcntlon has been
called to articles In tho newspapers tn
tho effect that thn question as to tho ad
xlsablllty of calling an extra session of
tho Legislature was being considered,
which statement. In the absence ot cor
roboration, I do not credit, having In
mind tho general unreliability of tho com
ments contained In n certain class ot so
called newspapers. Hnwovrr, tho mittcr
Is of BiUllclent Importance to prompt mo
to write to you to the effect that, having
knowledge of tho political situation in
even county in Pennsylvania outsldo of
Philadelphia nnd Allegheny. I deslro to
leglstor my emphatic protest .against tlio
c.iljing of nn oxtia session of tho Legis
lature If such action Is contemplated and
for tho reason tho Republican voters of
Pennsylvania nre not In accord with such
sentiment, bellowing, ns thoy do, that tho
local matters In Philadelphia nro not of
Niifllclent Impoitnnco to wnnant tlio as
sembling of the Leglslatute. at it" largo
expenso to tho taxp.ici for the purposo
of nctlng upon tho lecommendntlon ot
n few timid persons totally unfamiliar
with tho real situation. Again, tho call
ing together of nn extra ses-don of tho
I.oglslaturo would In mv opinion ruin
tho leaders of tho Republican paity In
Pennsylvania, placo the party In nn equiv
ocal position nnd shatter, If not dis
nipt, the party organization. Tho ques
tion to mv mind Is not nt all debatable
nnd should not bo for ono moment con
sidered, and in this matter I not only
speak for myself but for tho gieat or
ganization of which I nm tlio txecutlvo
head. I do not know tint such a thought
has occurred to you nnd T sincerely liopo
lt has not, but If It has. I piny that you
will give the matter your usual very
careful consideration, having In view, ns
I believe ynu always havo, tho best In
teiests of the Republican party of tho
great Stato of Pennsylvania. I speak
thus strongly and warmly for. In my
opinion, thero Is but one side to tho ques
tion, and that to pander to tho advice of
tho timid at this tlmo means disruption
to the pnrtv. great and overwhelming.
Apropos to this question. I Inclose
herewith a letter I lecelved yesterday
from my In other, threo times chairman
of the Republican State Committee of
Ponnslvnnla. nn ex member of tho
Pennsylvania State Senate, am' twlco 11
member of tho PeiinsK.in!a House of
Representatives, for jour infoimntlon
regarding thn wnv an extra selon ot
the Leclslattlie Is viewed fiom ttm mnnit
point of a levelheaded man who has ever
been on the Ililnir lino when tlio Inter
ests of the Republican party were nt
stnkp. I valuo his opinion greatly be
cause he was a trusted lieutenant of
the lato Senator Quay and lepiesents
that gieat armv whom Senator Quay
In his lifetime designated ns tho "men
In blouses."
With nssmnnres of my esteem and re
gard, I nm yours Mnrerclv.
W. R. ANDREWS, Chairman.
He Inclosed this letter from W. II. An
drews, generally designated ns "Bull" An
drews: Pittsburgh, Pa , August 22, lflOri.
Dear Brother I see by the morning
papem that the report Is that Penrose Is
In favor of calling nil extra session of the
Legislature, etc., etc. Now ou get hold
of the Senator and tell him for God's
sake not to think of such a thing. If ho
allows this to be done lt will certainly bo
his dolug-up. Ho must assume to tho
dignity that It is a great mistake to hav o
tho Legislature called. There irt nothing
to call them together for, nnd It will bo
tho greatest mistake ho ever mado to
have the Governor call tho extra session.
You must get hold of Pemoo nnd'pounil
tlila Into him. Now do not allow him to
go any further with this fool play but
put n stop to It. I will try nnd get down
thero In 11 few days mid see. Now oii
glvo this matter jour prompt attention
and get this Idea out of tlio mind of tho
Senator. The peoplo do not want any
such thing to happen. Let tha Senator
tnko that stand and let him appeal to tho
peoplo and they will support him in his
x lew s.
Your .affectionate brother.
W. II. ANDREWS.
August :m, pjori.
Dear (ioviiiiiir After tlio fullest In
vestigation nnd must c.uefiil considera
tion since I saw ou last, I nm iiimu fully
persuaded than ever that sin extra ses
sion of the Legislature is out of the
question. I have hoped to see jutl before
this to discuss the matter more fully In
detail with you, but havo been unable to
reach ou at Harrlsburg or get detlnlto
Information ns to your movements. I nm
in Philadelphia every day, nnd In onso
you come to town I will bo veiy glad to
meet you nt tho Historical Society rooms
or any other place convenient to jou.
Tho Stato ticket will be ahead of tho
Blgelow nnd Kllnn local tickets In Alle
gheny County, yo that wo will poll ,1
heavy majoilty theic. Every other
county In Pennsylvania Is In excellent
shnpo outsldo of Philadelphia, with tho
exception of somo eight or ten counties
in which trouble of stilctly local charac
ter exists. There is absolutely nothing
In the nature of a concerted move
through tho State, and 1 domit recall
an election for Stato Treasuicr in tho last
ten years, with tho exception of tho
election of the present Incumbent,
Mathues, In which thero appeared to bo
as llttlo serious disaffection. Wo nro nil
qulto confident that tho bottom has drop
ped out of the fight In Philadelphia, and
that tho new ticket which wo Intend to
put up In a short tlmo will bo elected by
u substantial majority. I tlnecrcly
trust, theiefore, that you will not press
tlio suggestion of on extra session and
will let me know when I ran seo ou on
your next visit to Philadelphia Yotua
i sincerely, BOIES PENROSE.
It Is quite evident from this correspon
dence that tho politicians had learned that
I contemplated calling an extra session
and, fearing tho consequences, tried to
dlbsuado me; that they, Including Penrose,
were from tho start opposed to tho project
and that the newspapers, with their usual
Inability to mako a correct diagnosis of
what la going on beforo them, attributed
tho movement to tho Senator, Tho objec
tions wcro that an, extra session would
mean n largo outlay, that Governor Paul
son had Ignomlnloubly failed when he call
ed such a session, and that It would bo
used by insincere Democrats, supported
by tho press, to mako capital out of tho
situation. They wero all, more or less,
well grounded. Thero wero certain mcas
ures, however, which' I was anxious to seo
enacted, mainly tho Greater Pittsburgh
bill nnd reapportionment of tho State,
nbout which I was In dead earnest, and I
had already determined to call tho ses
sion, but not until after tho election. For
the postponement there were two control
ling reasons. If It wero called before lt
.would havo been said that llro object was
to affect the election and both tho dellbera;
Hon and results would be Influenced by
political considerations. If tho Republican
party should be defeated, as I believed lt
would be, my Interference, would tp as
signed as the cause.
I -
- PHiijAJDEIiEHIAV MONDAY, FEBRTJJ&fc ritf MS '
WHEN KNIGHTHOOD
. BOWS TO RABBLE
The Conflict, Begun 'nt Crccy, Will
Bo Finished When the Hun
Autocracy Is Crushed
By LIEUT. HECTOR MncQUARRIE
noyal KleM Artillery
"CXACTLY 671 years ago nn Interesting
--' llttlo baltlo look place In Franco at the
vitiligo of Crccy In rontheu, Today tho wholo
thing seems n llttlo absurd. An English
King with designs Upon tho French throno
wris enjojlng a cimpalgn against Franco.
Ho had been very successful, had nlmost
reached Paris, and might havo had himself
crowned King In thn French capital had
not tho Pope Interfered with German politics
by deposing the Emperor Lew Is,-of Bavaria.
This had nnnoyod tho Germans, nnd they
had sought aid from tlio French King, and
consequently found themselves helping their
new nlly to eject tho English. Tho matter
seemed extremely simple, othervvlso they
would certnlnlv not havo luen there. Number
Ing BOO knights, they were of courso a great
help to tho French monarch, who was nlo
able to hlrn from tho Riviera lr),000 Genoese
crossbow men Edward, the English King,
becamo disturbed, nnd commenced to retreat
with some difficulty. Forced marches prey
heavily upon a modem army: upon a me
dieval army with poor communications, a
long forced march was sometimes fatal. A
soldier could deert so very eally, and one's
enemy was nlwajs willing while ho could to
pny a flr prlco for the services of any
fighting man Hence Edward was In an
extremely auk ward position when bo reached
Crccy with the huge" French host approaching,
consisting of the best-bred men of l'ranro
ami Germany all covered In shining armor
with feathers In their helmets.
Due Trenches for His Army
Of course, nccnrdlng to the rules of tho
game, tho English King should have surrend
ered He vvns outnumbered, nnd th great
mass of his army consisted of canaille, rudo
churls from England, Wales nnd Ireland
mern cannon fodder. What rlirht had they
tu fight against gentlemen? Jlowevir, Ed
ward had to do something ho fell back upon
"frlghtfulness." Ho rhoso a position com
manded by .1 Rood sort of enst with ft
windmill on Its top nnd deplnjed his men
here Once more forgittlug the strict rules
ot the gntno ho dismounted his men-at-arms
and made his good English. Irish nnd Welsh
bowmen dig In, with 11 ditch nnd stakes in
front, Instead of wlie eiil.inglciiuiit.
Tho bowmen had bombardier between
them, who sent fire balls among tho horses
to frighten them. Tho whole thing was so
cxtianrdlnary and unusual Hut Philip nnd
not tlmo to halt his vast host Communi
cations ns usual broke down, ami the French
and Germans came tolling forward. Ihrt
ffinoese forming an advance, guard Just ft
Utile disorganized Of courso, I'd ward was
using the windmill for nn observation post,
and his communications seem tn have been
excellent. Judging by tho story of the Black
Prime's spurs. The bovvstllngs of the Geno
se had lit come wet, nnd nfler their first
volley tho English poured a, mass of arrows,
a.s well aimed, light Into their mldy, so
that It seemed to snow, so great was tho
slaughter. They bolted.
Philip was fearfully annoyed with thoso
churls, so he ordered his own knights to kill
them This must have been n waste of tlmo
and energy, but after all ho still bnd his
knights eiutnumbi ring the English knights
by six to ono, and tho battle was only bei
ginning Tho Frencli anil German noblemen
1'iinin dashing forward Just as In "Joan the
Woman." They must havo looked magnifi
cent The English woie still Intrenched
with their clever King Keeping a firm band
upon the situation, w.ibhlng fiom the obser
vation post. Ono wonders whether bis con
seiinco did not worry him Just a little. It
was very daring of him to nllow his common
soldiers to 1,111 gentlemen. Of course, tho
slaughter was tnmendous. Tho German nnd
French 1. nights camo on In hordes, only to
have their horsis Killed or frightened to
death bv the flrif balls and tho English nr
lows. Tho dife.it lifeline n. rout. Thirty
thousand footmen nnd 1200 knights lay dead
upon tho battlefield. This was equal to tho
wholo Ilrltlsh host.
Tho whole thing Is tremendously Interest
ing because It dealt :i terrillc blow to feudal
ism In England, If lint In Europe, Ono call
Imagine tho fet lings of thoe German counts
and batons when they found themselves being
overwhelmed nnd steadily exterminated- by
tho rudo things of tho tat Hi.
The Lesson of Crecy
Now, far be It from mn tn speak slightingly
ot tho present German army. Them has
never luen an army like It at any lime, but
tin ro is not tho slightest doubt that It
failed, nnd Is falling surely, nnd It Is nil
owing to the fact that Germany did not learn
tho lesson of Crecy, Feudalism did not din
In Germany but merely slept, and now wo
all see Its results. That tho bocho army
succeeded at all Is owing to tho work of tho
canalllo at Krupps and the wonderful middle
class organization established throughout tho
nation; that lt has failed Is owing to tha
power of tho Junkers and their ridiculous
swagger and musical comedy antics.
And so wo canaille In Great Britain and
America havo got to Keep steadily to our
bombardiers with good observers In the wind
mill on tho crest and surely and steadily
wo will get tliLm. According to tho rulo
of the gamo we should sit quietly while the
Huns Kill women and ehlldrtn. That is
their right ns gentlemen nml aristocrats. It
Is Just a little comical, really. We folk In
England always regarded tho German no
bility ns hopelessly middle class nnd rather
Impossible, so It is wltli a certain amount
nt astonishment that we see them bohavlng
as our ancestors behaved In Franco cen
turies ago. I onco met a lieutenant In tho
Infantry near Armentieres. Ho had been
promoted from tho ranks, I am sure ho was
a delightful liar, but ho told mo a rather
good story. As a sergeant, he vvns leading a
small patio In No Man's Land and managed
to capture a bocho major a baron. Very
pleased, he led tho baron Into tho colonel's
dugout Tho colonel was enjoying a Scotch
when tho German was shown in.
Tho colonel, noted for correct conduct at
all times, observed that tho major did not
salute, but thought "poor devil, ho Is dls
turbed and tired," so he said;
"How d'ye do, will you have, a whisky and
soda?"
Tho foolish "aristocrat" replied that ho
could not drink with a "pig of an English
man." "JiiS conversation then seemed to have
rem lied an awkward point. Tho colonel was
nt a loss for a reply, so merely said, "Ser
geant, take charge." Tho colonel' felt It neces.
sary to have another Scotch. It Is dllllcult
to understand tho German attitude. Perhaps
it Is foitunato that they nro still a. llttlo me
dieval In their ways. It gives us our chance.
It shows us tho chink In the armor.
And so, llko Edward HI, we nro fighting
Knights in nrmor, brave, of course, but still
Knights, and the day Is coming fast when wo
will unhorse them and then, heavy with tho
weight of their mall. It will not be difficult
to finish them off.
But there Is still much to be done, for
unlike Edward's nation we nro democracies
in the making and wo must have those bom
bards made by the men at home, and
wo must have the balls sent by flame also
mado by the people at home. Also the bows
and arrows must always be fully supplied,
because If they are not forthcoming, the
Germans will bring destruction to us
and our nation. The trouble Is that the
men who make tho bombards and the
bows and arrows aro free to do as they
please, while tho men who use them are
forced not merely by laws to fight, but by
the patriotism that binds them to the stand
ard of liberty.
History repeats Itself. The German
Junkers come rolling on, performing magnifi
cent maneuvers and wonderful but tho
"Angels of Mons" can hold them all right.
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u is remix mailer ui a nine patience
OUR GREATEST LITTLE WRITER
BRIDGE DELAWARE,
SAYS GOV. EDGE
New Jersey Executive Declares
Span Is "the Chief Concern of
Two Great Commonwealths"
To the Editor of tho Evening VtihUo Ledger:
Sir Since n brldgo rpannlng the Delawaro
P.lver between Pennsylvania nnd New Jer
sey was originally proposed tho project has
gro'vn Immensely In Importance. Then lt
was chiefly the conerrn of the counties bor
dering on tho Delawaro at t-,c point where
tho bridge Is to bo built on tho New Jersey
side, Camden, Gloucester nnd Burlington
Counties. On the Pennsjlvanla side, Phila
delphia County. Then tho Improvement was
looked upon as a. matter ot greater conven
lenco to nutolsts and as a tlmo ami money
saver In tho handling ot local freight. To
day the bridgo Is tho chief concern of two
gieat Commonwealths In fact, It Is more, a
question of national Importance.
Just l.ow vitally the proposed trnfUe brldgo
over the Delaware will affect cominerco and
industry Is Indicated by thn ree'ent conges
tion ot railroad lines and the admitted ne
cessity of tralHo tunnels under tho Hudson
River at New York ns tlio chief method of
relief. At that point tho Impracticability of
lightering freight across n frozen river,
rendering It Impossible to move barges with
any degree nt speed, If nt all, has contributed
In no small way to tho general tie-up ot
freight and transportation and tho resultant
Inconvenience to consumers and handicap of
the Government's war plans. At least ono
tralllo tunnel under thn Hudson, and per
haps more, giving New York city rapid and
stiro connection with a. freight terminal on
tho Jersey shore and permitting, through
this rearrangement of freight handling, the
distribution of freight to nnd from points
east and west without fongection In New
York city, nre Imperative, and experienced
trafllo managers cheerfully admit It.
Ferryboat Relic of Past Ago
The proposeel bridge over tho Delaware
between Pennsylvania and New Jersey has
the same significance In l elation to commerce
and welfare of tho nation, whllo perhaps In
somewhat lesser degree. Tho fenyboat anil
tho barge are relics of a past age. Their
responsibility for thu Increasing eost of liv
ing nnd tho shameful brako on the nation's
commercial and Industrial possibilities has
never been fully realized. Wo must capital
ize our national resources and encourage In
dividual enterpilso and lndustil.il initiative
If we ate to grow as a nation commensurate
with our natural wealth and capacity for ad
vancement. Tho' obstacles of n. river oro
easily surmounted, nnd it Is up to tho Gov
ernment that really desires to form a
partnership with Individual business activi
ties to point the way.
It sewms to mo needless to dwell at length
on the Immediate results of Improved trans
portation over tho Delaware. Any one can
see what It will mean to tlio Industries on
cither bide, how It will bring the fertile farms
of New Jersey to the doors of tho Phila
delphia consumer, and how it will auto
matlcallv extend and broaden tho llehl of
tho Philadelphia mcrchnnt and business man.
No argument is necessary to back the state
ment thivt it will lncrcaso by 50 per cent
tho working efllclency of munition plants
Htretched along tho Delaware for miles
cither side of Philadelphia, through accel
eration in the accessibility of supplies ond
In the shipment of finished products to des
tlnatlon or points ot embarkation.
Tho possibilities of a traffic bridge co
ordinating many of tho functions and ac
tivities of various plants engaged on Gov
ernment work and of relieved freight con
gestion throughout a large section of tho
East are bo Immense that It Is Just a, ques
tion whether New Jersey and Pennsylvania
are not Justified In looking to the Federal
Government for financial support In this
undertaking. I confidently believe that be
fore the .structure Is completed we shall
have the Support of the Federal Government
In substantial form. The bridge Is n national
asset, I believe It will bo so regardeel.
New Jersey Doinf; Her Part
In the meantime, of course, It is essential
thnt the two Ctates proceed without delay
In the completion of preliminary work nnd
In the financing of the main part of the
structure. Nothing can be achieved unless
some one takes tho Initiative. The original
Idea that tho bridge should be financed by
counties abutting on the Delaware River
was clearly impractical, for the reason that
the benefits of the bridge are In no sense conA
fined to adjacent territory. I have Stated my
l view met nu ' nuiliu us a national
view mm nuuft u unuKo wauia ce a national
leason, New Jersey proposes to pay her share
of tho cost of building tho brldgo by levy
ing a uniform tax upon all the property in
the State. This method of financing tho struc
ture is provided for In a bill pending in the
jirisent session of tho Legislature. Wo nro
now financing a flfteen-mllllon dollar high
way sjsttni In New Jersey by this samo plan,
and since tho Delaware River brldgo and
tlio Hudson River tunnel cannot be regarded
rthervvlso than legitimate extensions of a
highway sjstem, knitting commerce. In
dustry, farm nnd market Into a closer and
more vvorkablo fabric, It Is entirely feasible
that tho cost of tho bridge and tunnel should
be distribute d In tho samo way a.s that uf
tho road system.
Expects Pennsylvania's Aid
Coincident with ntippljlng tho w.i.vs and
means of financing tho bridge, thn New Jer
sey Legislature Is now consMctlng a bill
piovidlng for thn appointment of a permanent
brldgo and tunnel rnmmlsslon, with full
power to mako preliminary surve-js and
estimates and tn mako contracts with tho
city of Philadelphia and tho State of Penn
sylvania, by tho details of which said city
or Stato shall pay at least half ot the cost
of tho construction of tho bildgo across tho
Delaware. In our appropriations bill now
pending, nn Item Is provided for the pre
liminary expenses of tills commission in pie.
paring plans and d'sposing of other work
preliminary tnnttually filtering Into negotia
tions with tho sister State It will be seen
from this, providing, of course, tho Legisla
ture nets favorably upon tho bills, ns I am
confident that It will, that New Jeisoy f.s
equipped mid ready to proceed with tho brldgo
project. Tho tux may bo levied at any tlmo
that tho Legislature may so direct, and under
this method New Jersey vv ill pay for its sharo
of tho cost of the structure while the latter
Js building In fiut, tho brldgo will bo paid
for by Ibis method long before It can bo
actually completed.
I confidently believe that tho Slate of Penn
sylvania fully nppreclates the Importnnco of
tho undertaking nnd that it will bo right at
tho slelo of New Jersey In consummating the
achievement I was Impressed with tho
earnestness of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania
officials during a recent conferenco nt tho
office of tho Maor, and nssurances given
then that at tho next session of tho Penn
sjlvanla Legislature In 1919 tho necessary ap
propriation would bo sought, nre most gratify
ing. The project has passed tho state of
words ond theory. After many years It has
progressed to tho point whero we aro down
to a practical working basis aiftl ready to
act. I sincerely trust that nothing will occur
to prevent tho two States from working In
perfect unison upon nn undertaking which
means so much to the Commonwealths di
rectly concerned and tn tho nation nt largo.
WALTER E. EDGE.
Governor.
Executive Department, Trenton, N. J.,
February 9.
r.MTOUIU TWIflKAMS
Only In r.irtnuns ilo" the crown tay In posi
tion hn the innn.irrh ha ttn turned upslda
down. Kunwas CUy Star.
ny tlio tTms of tho ItoltOirv Ik-German nrmls
tlce imremont thn HumI in nult and tho (Jtr
unns do thu rest. New York World.
Comrrcm persist in Its pnllry of cruM ond
unuiuil puniihiiient to.iM Ia Toilette hy ro
fintlna to iut him cm trial. Now Yorlc Ernln
roM.
Mwnn hi; cot yoi too
Ho camo to horrow 'IUe, ond I
Wait nut It's just n flint
I woutdn't have been out. If I
Had only nut Ltln In.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1, VMi.it Is Hi" lmilt)r for vlolallnt tho food
law?
2. In fblnc nt the; front ronaldereil more lui-
unions elm ii llcliliiie tn the t rem hen?
3. Vthiiti I" th? illnrf-iiic. It nn, between a
wharf nml u dock?
4, What Is the eniiltal of Iowa?
B, Wlut Is Hie doctrine of nmibaptlim?
B. De-flne n "cattiin."
7, Whiit Is a fellow of n nntieriltj?
8, What eluc the iihbrrt latlon "Incor." tand
for?
0. Kipluln the plime "the pattrnee of Job."
10. l'.Jidaln the dUTfrfnro kctHi-en "pirwrute"
und "prosecute."
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1, Wuiklnr drtrcntei nnt who watrliri llitt
outklele lntrrrtn -of labor union..
2, rrffldents born In New York Htatei Martin
Van llurr-n, Millard Fillmore und Theodore
lteiewrvrlt,
3. WullwWttj n former TurkUh province. In-
luibttril mainly iy tlirl.tlam, now united
.. l.t. If nmii l i. -
mi,, ......,
4. Katlianlel Hawthorne wrote
'The Houie of
me nriru uuuics.
8. "Vox iiopull" raeann "the Tolre ot the pea-
pie."
0. WaWjnwjl a rtt of. rfllilnu, reformer.
which UourUhed In the twelfth centurj.
7. The Centennial Btatei Colorado, no railed
l.ecau) ot It. admliiton Into the IlnlnS
nurinr ine. nunarrdth annlterurr , .,
Amer
icon independence, JK76. ------
8. The VuUntei the I.atln vernlon ef the Bible
accented by trie Catholic Chorch. Sill
pre.
inrrei uj rai. tfcroine aUOUl 334J A, V,
I . iun lur.rr umn Anuria.
i, iiuniarr larger man Austria,
''
to-
OP MOTION
At Home
At home tonight, alone with Dot
I loaf my soul and care not what
In wo i Ids beyond may como or go.
Four walls, a roof, to bravo tho snow,
Suffice to bound this Eden spot.
Dot has her knitting, and I've got
My pipe, n glass of somcniing hot.
And Dot herself. The world's aglow
At home tonight.
As lovers in some golden plot
The noct wove of Camelot
We feel apart from earth. We know "I
Tho servant in the hall helovv J
Will say to all who call we're not rJ
At home tonight. i
TOM DALY. 3
HUNS TRUE TO TYPE
German Atrocities of the Present Like
Those of the Franco-Prussian War
r
L at
ANY" ONE thinks that tho German
trochlea of tho rrcent war havo no
precedent In Kiwi In previous German war
faro ho has only to renil tho recorils to dis
cover his mistake. Thero Is a most Illuminat
ing paragraph on tho subject In J, V, Duruy.
"History of France," Just published In an
English translation by 13. V Dutton & Co. '
In tho Everyman Llbraty. Duruys history Ii
as popular among the French as Green's'
"History of tho English People" I) nmongthe
Ilrltlsh. It was unlshci! In Starch, 1871, Just
utter the I'Vani'o-l'russlan War. Ho writes
of tho way tho Germans maltreated his
count i, v:
Uy the floaty of lVbruary 2C, 1871, lihe
(France') was injured by a wound which
will never heal, tho taking from her of
two of her piovlncoa, and these tho most
fundamentally French Alsaco and a part
ot 1irralne. Strassburg was voluntarily
glvtn to Louis N1V In 1C81 nn& Metz to
Henry II In 1CD2. If historical fact has
nny weight. It Is to bo found on the side
of France. And tho Prussians did not dare
to consult the populations of these prov
inces to know whether they wished to be
come German or to remain Frencli. Afte
having treated a population of 1,600,000
souls like a herd of cattle, It was hoped
to exhaust Franco for a long time to come
In exacting an Indemnity of flvo milliards.
Hut who can estimate tho tens of millions
extorted under pretext of contributions of
war; requisitions Imposed on tho com
munes, ransoms levied In particular cases!
thefts of lurnltuie. silver, books, nrtlstlu
nnd sclentlllo valuables sent bejond the
llhlno ; the complete destruction of bouses
and of chateaux, of farms and villages,
uselessly nnd, for no military purpose;
cold-blooded murders or death sentences
carried out against the rights of nations;
plunder under all sorts and pretexts; vio
lence under nil names; outrages ot every
kind, of which Gei many, in her Inveterat.
le.ilousv ncalust France, rendered herself
guilty during this six months' war, a war f.
wlilcn ny Its memouicai oevasuuion in
called the most dreadful days of tho an
cient barbcrlo wars?
JOY FOR PHILATELISTS
Jerusalem and Bagdad May Soon Issue
Special Postage Stamps
rTIHE recent fortunes of war In Jaffa an ij
X Jerusalem roresnaaow tno appearance
Palestine as a Htamp-lssuing nation. i'nu-(
n1lu. ..n.llln ,llh Ihn tipnttAii nf OCCllD?1
Ing armies do not ontlelpato that tho worlds
conflict mubt end befoio new Etamps cotne
forth from this region. What they do
neet is that tha Anglo-Indian forces whlc
. . - I ,.. -. e ...III oV. T
tniereil jcruauicill ill j-ieueinuer iiii "- rt
over. If they havo not already seized, stock1"
of local franking labels and will surcharge I
these to signify the return ot Palestine '
Christian rule.
These local labels aro tho current stamps,
ot Turkey. If tho Turkish labels were ,
tiurned before the city surrendered pi-0' i
Uslonal stamps of new design might bo evi
peeled which would bo used -until that "(
when tho Jews wero permitted to create a J
homeland vf their own, when permanent
stamps would appear,
jvpiiruximme'iy nine momns ueioro ju &i
lem fell, Bagdad, chief city of Mesopotamia.
was captured by the Ilrltlsh. Here llmltMrvJ
stocks of Turkish stamps wcro found, n"w
the news comes now that the Anglo-Indlaalj
Inv.ila.a nriMptilaiY fnnrtlnnltni ..... .. m riftltt til
for the collecting world by overprlntlnf M
these Ottoman labels with an Inscription ln-l
Almllni? "Bairhilad" ncrnss thn ton. "Ilrltlsh &a
and "Occupation" parallel with the sldefti;
and a new value, expressed In the currentf!
'of India, across the lower portion of
etnmn. Inasmuch as It hah rieen r.D0rte1
In cable news dispatches that England plaJl
to establish Mesnnntnmln nn n sultanate,
similar to Egypt, these surcharged Turk!sjB
I " ""'" " luinuiimu "-
-ui
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