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MAUTIN. general niilne5 Mutineer. Sworn to and. cuhtierlbcd before mo thin fltthday of April, 11S. ' l.tncoln Cart ledge. SealJ Notary Tul.li. (My commission esplrcs Juiiuury i'G, IPllt.) AVKLCOMK, .Mil. .McMJOO rptlU Scc'rviiirj ot tho Triusurj is "In towu toda; to uturt t!io Urlvo for tho third Liberty Loun. llo would be the Ilm "to insist that interest In hint should nut divert atte,Mioi from ilia purposo of his 'vUlt. A month is alloHcd for lloutlng tho loan. But every gun Hrwl In l'lcunly Is a cull to subscribe for tho bonds ut once. The spiritual echo of those guns Is resounding In 'he heart of every man with a soul. Tho thrill is expected o extend in lL' pocket Trie drive is on. And it .n"t going to bo like the Herman drives, either. ELECTRIC l'OWKU DIRECT ON SEVttUAL of the uestern railroad systems experiments mado within tin last few year: In long-distance trunti.il.-i-slott of electrical onerg. havo been uc cossful. The electric plants nt Niu.ui-it l'alls send power to man louns nud .-nj. in Ounudu and western New YorU. In such Instances, however. -H-uter-power tor ttto encrutoi-s Ls unlimited and the grout vHsto Uiat up to tho present thno has been found unaroldajile with t-xtendtd lines of transmlbsion has not been ad oquato to hinder tho diffusion of natural energy through tho medium of wirey. ThQ great waste of power, which in creasea with every mllo covered by trans mission cables, will bo tho most iuu-ortart problem' for consideration In tho plan to generato electrical energy In huge pLxnis at the coal mines in this titatc and "wire" It 16 tho cities to eliminate tho doluy and oxponso of coal transport. Science has aimed vainly for years to keep long-distance current In tho cables. No Insulation seems adequate. Yet a method hiuy be round before long. Jtcun wWlo tho project for centrullzcd generat ing stations, planted nt the source of the coal supply, has a line appeul to any active Imagination. It Is slgnlilcant that it has Government approval and support. A year ago such a plan would have met oppo sition from tho railroads. The Oerman boasts go up But thu s.ub Kuulnca keep on going down UNCLE SAM, CREDITOR WITHIN .the laat year tho United State h'aa lent $l,700,QQO,O0r. to tho Entente Alliee. It IS Important that we begin to adjust our thinking to tho mounlns of this. Tha interest on this sum at -i per ent amounts, to aoout JlSO.VOV.OOO tt year. How ls thte. to be paid", not now, but when tho fjWir ends? ,An answer can .be found In tl experience of Great Britain, which for ptir's' vraa thu great creditor nation. Her jaHurs paid tho interest on their loans fcyj't-hO shipment of goods to London and Xaijrpool. Tho British Imports wero igMtr than the exports for this reason. SrfOjib. frco. trade van maintained, among cjifeer seasons, in order that tho largest ytfjfl&Q amount of goods might be ro Clved Iri payment of thg annual Inturcst IW!. TIo experts of tho United States wero of yoara , Inadequate to iiieot tho balance nat, her In international tradu. Khe ' id to rhlp cold to iSuropo and thus drain Hit own resourcci. But the war has conditions, when peace nomca UU to which "no ' avo- lent billions )M to fy tho Interest Id goods or IWNIWWU M:W Tht 'i W. . .. J .. - ,.. .' L1-j .j... ,UM....I um wanaw pitiouiw 6 A YEAH OF MIRACLES rpiIEKE 1ms Dcen' more celticism than commenilation in thu public comment on tlic uctivilios of tho (iovcrnment binco President Wilson s.iRiictl tho declaration of war nifuiiist the Imperial German Government n year iiro today, Tlio criti cism litis been wholesome and necessary. It bus como from the Intense desire of every onu that the wholo power of tho nution should In.- mobilhcd for wnr nt the t'Hrllosl possible moment. Wo have been imputionl with blunders. Wc have condemned Incllicicncy. Wo hac Jirtnldcd 'the lieMipiit and llm timid. The Ilnw.s hino bcei u evident mid i-otii.picuous, they have apjiiax'iitly prevented us from seeing the soundness in the work which litis already been done. Tho trutli is that this lius been a year of hlupendous miracles. Tw only-four months iiiro no ono believed wo could accomplish in twelve months what has been done since April 0 of last year. Tho sukkcaIIoii, for example, that a draft law be pub.sed was bcoll'ed at. Wo said that the American people would f' consent to compulsory military .-en on tiny lai'Ko scale. And Germany .oved us. Slie loohed with contempt on our mili tary power. Klio said wo wero a com mcrcii.l nation, und mi lonp; us wo eould make money helling munitions to the Entente Allies we eared nothing for any other war issue. And there wero per sons here at home wiio held the lew of the Potsdam an. Hut we have dis covered uiirolcs in the pa-ving months and wo have learned that there are world principles for which we are willing lo tinl't. Uur horizon lias been broadened and vc are now- thinking in terms of thu brotherhood of it democratic humauity rathor than in terms uf a narrow contt ni'iitiilism. C'oifddpr what we have dune: Twelve months apo we had an army "f HM-J olllcers and 'JOSilO enlisted niun! Today our army eonlains l';!,SUl olil cors and Lo'JS.'JI men and in a few munths we shall have more oflicors than the total enrollment in tho whole army when wo ertercd the war. Within a 'ittie mure .ban two months from tho declaration of war we hud our soldiers in France. They have been uoino; over there in increasing numbers every month. Tlie censor will not permit the publica tion of the suo of uur army abroad, but it is known lo be numbered by the hun dreds of thousands. We have built a irreat terminal port and extensive supply depots in France ready for the millions of men it is planned to send. Wo have accomplished moro tuward the organhi Inp: of an adequate expeditionary forco than Great i'.ritain did in the same time, mid site had a standing army more than twice the size of o'ji-.h. was used to war and was directly threatened by tlio Ger man menace. The ucci'ptunrv of the draft law by a tuition uiiaeeur.lomed to war and by a people constitutionally opposed lo fuiecd service is such it miracle as the ancient prophets would say was brought about by direct inspiration of Providence. We shall never recover from the wonder of it. Tho navy has expanded along with the army. Its personnel has been increased. The uumbcr of ships is growing and Inverter are constantly ut work per fecting devices fur destroying tho sub murines. Uur destroyers are actively engaged in hunting down thu U-boats and our battleships are guarding tho Atlantic lanes over which the transports travel. An airship-building program lias been laid down providing for a licet of inuchines of various types which will bo udequato to nil the needs of our forces. In spite of delays and complications, it is moving ulieitd und the planes will be ready when. the men are trained to lly them. .Shipbuilding plum have Ivon per- , footed for KU'Ou.UuU tons of new ship- 1 ping on the ocean. It U expected that I -70 steel ship-' will bo completed thi. year and one shipyard, which will launch its first bliip on December I, i. planning to brunch a new ship every day there after. There is no reason for believing that this plan will nut be curried out. We have raised $y.0OU.0uu,UU0 for war purposes in tho twelve months, a sum to vast that it cannot bo conceived. Moro than one-half of this amount has been lent to tho Allies and largely'spunt here for munition. uf one kind or another. And we arc planning to raise more billions in the confident knowledge that we have them to upend fur war purposes. Uut what has been done is only tho beginning. It was known that we could not bring our full force into play in, less than two years. Tlio plans have been made, not to produce a great showing at once, but to have an army and ships and airplane.-, and guns and all tho necessi ties ready by the spring of next year. It was physically impossible to do this sooner. From now un tho momentum of preparation will gain in force, and as the mouths go by we shall begin to see e-rcater results than those that havo astounded men who have looked beneath the surface criticism uf tile past year Into the actual achievements. The nation is united us never before on the momentous issue of winning the war. Labor and capital are working together. Men uf all trades and pro fessions are agreed, and when we sec what shall have been wrought in another twelve mouths we shall admit again that the days of miracles are not past. The German Alliance Is to dlioolve. Uut the remaining dtfbrl wlt be worth watching to khovv tho direction of currents. OUR HONORED GUESTS TWENTY-ONU additional Germans con vlcteS of conspiracies against the Gov ernment of the United States, Including splos and paid propagandists, havo boeu marched off to a. Uf of comfort and s-ercne Internment at Fort Oglethorpe. Dr. Carl O. Hurtling, who whb oue of tho directors of German, propaganda hi American schools and colleges; Maurice von Seebeok, a spy caught in Pershing's hoadquurters compan); Franz Krelset, a German agent plucked, recently froui a coast artillery company defending Boston harbor, and others of, the tame class will be guests of tlie Government until th end of the war. jipMpp tht tto'tfidn. oc whit-It they .wnswi vM.n . wa luvjiriovuM v, r ' . .Tt n EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, APRIL G, appointed, that tho mnrlno gitarJ was polite, that there was no shortage of good cigars. Wo must not, under any circum stances! bo iittKi'ntlo with these- men whoto duty It was to orrangc for tho murdtr of troops on trunfport ships and women and girls as well us men In bombed munition fnctorfes. livery ono will wish that there iuh he pleasant company for thrin at Oglethorpe, a good piano on which to play "Plo AVacht urn Itheln" and an unlimited supply of china ware, ro thut new steins shtill ever be available after old ones have been smashed formally In huehs for l ho All 1 Ugliest. Penman sctnm to Ihlnl; that some of the men inguged at Hog Island arc trying to l.v up to tho name of the place. LET GL'FFEV DO IT! ISSUES rather than men run for ofllec nowadays. This is fortunate for parties with tho longest vision, nee the per sonalities that appear in tlio iulitlral pit-lets nro not of the sort that muy bo tat lly dramatized. Joseph 1'. Cluffc), when llo assumed tlio ricks and perils destined for a Democratic cundldnto for tho governorship In thlf Statf, was therefore lint wildly upplauiled. une doei not upptuitd tho morning or tho sun that eometli after rain. These things an- ussiired. They ura not lillTenut or startling, yenutor SproUl was not madly applauded when he appeared on the otlur fide, nor wu-j J, Denny O'Noll. Tune -or is II men? si'i-ii. to Have changed since the day whui tin- people were accustomed to se- In n .-tindldute their own Inner uplrlt out uikjh a crusade of sorts und vjjien a runner for olhcj was i-uro to have hl- nume ornamented with mi Inspired nom de guerre eloquent uf his rhartieti-r or his exploits. Were thi'se thru x of ours old instead r" new, tfuiatur Spmul mlpbt bi Known to contemporary lilstur.i ns Old Shark Tooth Sprool, or tin- Nutlon Sitvcr, or Villi Dinner Pall Spronl. .1. Denny U'Ncil would lie-, among those who love him, the Little Dtmondanep ,jf Alle gheny or perhaps Old "U'omun Suffrage O'Neil. Uui th! personal uppeul Is van ishing. Now onu merely packs one's issues in one's old Kit bug and smiles, smiles, smiles. Future historians who look back upon tin- present frightful plight of Mr. tiuffey will be disposed to Woep ut Hit- lurk of Bdi i nil discrimination which his heroic ge. tore has served to reveal. There ought lo l.u no ode for him. He should be applauded. Tile boy who ttood upon the burning deck appears a slacker in the light thut shines from the deed of till.-, lonely Pitislmrghcr. Id- tendt an altar upon whlc.li the tires Irnw vanished. Democracy us a politlcul theory of merely natlouul dimensions hub died. Her pplrit gone to glor.v In Wash ington. II Isn't hiirprlsing that .Mr. Me i.'ormlck anil all the other bin ones drew back and cried in volets ol fear und t. rror, "Lt tiulTtj do It!" tjuffj- will do It. And he aoiH forth armored only with verbal plumes, knowing nil too well In the deep of his riHitHmlpnccn thai ho will not do It -thu! it. will do him: Tho bauds, gcnlleimti; the bunds! Havo jou u little Oerinmi spy in hum. V Who saytrtionadajs that he is as happy ut .i I-ins'.' If it were no! I'.c lli- fuel thut he war vntitH- ;boui New urh-ans one would think that tleorge V . t'(ibl . when he reft iv In hi new novel to tin- marble hulls m .which j'l-tie.- oreuint nhe dwelt, was referring to -.'. ouit court oecisloiis in Pcimas huuln j CAMP HO It PALLS WIS A1.13 negotiating with Mr. Hoicuo Peacock fur a serial for this depart ment. If thu manuscript in ult that the author clulms wo shall ruu It a pu in graph ,i day and our patrons may look forvurd 10 -trange und surpassing delight". As mjuii ni we have concluded u contract with Mr, IVm-iH-k we shuli l aljle t" inane more ili llniic uiuiumn'tnn in-. What i jour tuvonte' vuluUclion lor a litter? Uj valeillotiou wc mean (rightly or wrongly) the phrase used to say good by to our correspondent. Don Marquis, New York's most udipose humorist. In his letters (which ore rare) signs himself thus; lours until .Maoura anil T.'utu ciatc lolling; Or. 1'ours till tin. h'alsvr' wiliored oroi runs With 30(1 opulii. AVliat do YOU euy to leuve your cor respondent in a good humor? Mr. Dulcet Ice 15o Thai poem about the Icebox pun has aroused sumo of our best householders und pan-Amorleans. Dovo Dulcet writes trum Obesity to say thut he has devoted u guod deal of medtlutlou and abstract scrutiny to tho pronlem uf cfllclent arrangement of viands in Iceboxes. Ho sends ub u chart he lias prepared to illustrate what he calls the hleal housing plan fur a one-family refrigerator. Milk for tho baby Creuni (for the eookl Condensed milk (for D. D.i Drown bctty (left over) l.sl llnger-prlnt buttot Fresh eggs for baby Eggs Canned corn in easo uf visitors Klppored herring for cat Cheeto and raisin pie (emergency) Iron ration (Irish stew) for Sui.day supper. PAN With his chart Mr. Dulcet also bent us a sketch Intended tu" convey the inward nets und slgnlllcanco of that Irish iron ration. Ho tried to put tho conception Into verso, but the majesty of the phenomenon overcame him. Before ho swooned, how over, he rallied all his forces and described the Irish stew graphically on his tpo-y writer, thus: ? V P 1 We -Jsre- fond of Irish stevvourself, but thklJona or Dulret'u looltji, top mucb like Mmmm- r i uvFAtf j The Men Who Fought in I j I'icartly j "What these mm havo douo vvltl bo fft. mous tor all time In hletorv." Philip Uibbf. Tho iiiui who fought at Cambral, At Poronno and Dapaumt. Who mado their breasts' a living ihlold In flumo-swcpt I'leard.v Tlio Luncnshlres nml Ilumpshln, Tho lads from Sussex loam, -They died, for tln-y were mortal; They died to s,et lVnncc free. . ' They died: but for each IhiglUhmnS The enemy orl tln-ce. All through that im-ut ti-luiiglo That bleeds In France's aide, Tllcy fought until tiny staggered, Heturulug dole fur dole; .Met fateel with steel und death Willi rjeath Until iome Oermnn cried "Old l'ltty-llrst. Milt sticking It:" (That Ucnnan hud a sotll.l , Thoy died, for they were murtul. Hut I'rlta paid trlplo toll. Tho men who fought at Amiens, At Arrns and Albert, In wreck and Hume they barred the wnj That leads toward the sea: They taste the English air no more, For thuy uro Ijlng there Wliero Fruncr's heart li erui-iliiil. In ulccdhij Pleardj . They died, foi tliey were mnrUil- Tliey live in history. rimisTornnu aiuhlly THIS HJiAUIiK& VWWPOIST lolh Lut'urof thr .i.iitti l,nbllc Lnliif Mir Your f-rlHorhil i-igarilinK pai-lll.-ni n m tru. and is opportune in thin timn. Tliere are nil l.lmk of ridiculous pri J.- 'n the world, hut flic most Ulngiipilmi ami l.-h-templlble m n, eeitaln pride and self-glnrlu-i-aMcni of u Ko-i-alleU eomnlenu.-. Hnvv eiui nny real man Miuml b uml seu 111.-, daughter dragged by th- hair by ii I'm.-, slim soldier and say he bus the heller of a paelilst; that be I" u pacillst ami will not tight nor will he giw mnnpv for Llbi-rtv Bonds nor for bull.ts. Ill- neighbor's wlf., widow and duughti r uro, m truth ond fact, In this plight today in Belgium and Prance. Under tliexu conditions II l.-i a poor, nilsi-ro. Ile, pltiabl "slit Imp" und (not a man nt all who talks vuhifilorlnuslv about hts eoti-iN-knce. A friend of mine very tersely ro iiiurli.' that ii puriiht mnlir tliep... pte-rnt i-onuitluiis I. ilther fool, u coward or .i ttuitor. If lie ho.- a '.ufi. pot in hl.i head,' pity Mm: If a nmurul-born c'mard, pity him. but il a traitor, pru-rei man or a pauliifi who willfully und harmfully proinulg,.t, . Ills views, lie rhould be dealt with as uimn r clfully us Prusslun soldiers are deullim with women of r'rmico and Ilelglutn. 1giior.tiie of fru-ls Is no evjiiHc. lleitveti knows then Is evidence upleut.v. illleial reHjrt.- ami vleilin' liersnnul letter- from the front nil ugree that the atrocities named muxl tie vastly multiplied tu n-pi nt tho t-ituli. The puclllsls should be luii-thl the kssoti tu u II sections or tin- country at leu si to keep l hell- opinion I.. tlienmvlves mid uut shoot our -ii'i- in Hie l.neU, while, peihuos. their own tunc stn In the suf.-ty xoiie ivlth coiii-ched and i guti.-uleal and u(Vviilvr talk uhnut tome peculiar kind of eutiseieiioe that would .-l ii redsKIn sculp hi.' fumlly while he stanOt eunsclrntiously ul hand. Pro-ijcrmuiis und spies and pucilutls clasM ty logelliir us enemies to frvedom. lo Ihu home unci to tlielr cuuntrj'. und it i dim cull to say which Im most liurmfu) und duu gernus. Wli) should Hie soldier bios nt i a day protiet such a puclllst carcass, whose owner would placidly gulln-r in slikPlr at home and Slit: nu mono for bullets for the enemy; hut with nieel.ness und piety and conscience and pra.ver and pitulllvm would shoot bulleN Into the bucks o1' tln.se soldiers who are Incident. ally our o,i amis nrolectliig our own bonus even now umld deulh-deallng shell und shrap nel, As jou snj. It cannot be. K. T C r'hlludclphia, April 4, l'aust a True German toilio h'Uiiuro the Vccntna 1'ublic Lcdgir: Sir Among all of the vurlous modes of accounting for a great people gone wrong in Central liuroiv. one seems to have been over looked. U It not strikingly Haultleutu that the greatest Tvutouiu work i. noiu other than Ul- "Kausl" by tliK-llii-'.- That splendid m-IioIki- of iiiqierlal inliul, 11'.. nutliui o' 'l-'inut. ' Win lll'lleltr ii tjp. ur i,. i10, j,. ni'uvetl r!l.-liae.- und hu stood lu,- tiiul kind of a ohm ui'icr iiniojn.- (he nutlot' gi.at enrjwlH-re. l.'.tu-i" waf u,i i ,r.H fciun of lu- higlie.-i Him waV In him anil In-. nature when controlled l meiv Intellect "li'aust" llsteiivd lo u Hellish distortion of olio of the inosl beautiful thhigb in ihu world, just na the Kohetizollcru has done, and with the sain., uwful results. "Obr mania," like "Faust." It, a trugedy uf Intel lect, un international "I'uust" u wiu-iihiu to all the world who place Intellect ubovu morality. BfinON ALVA KONKLU. SMurthmore, April .1. Why He Is a Socialist !To the l.ilttor o th( Eveninj I'ubtlv Litlui i" Sir Yotir article 'Never' Too Late fm Loyalty" unJuMly misleads tho people ngalust Socialists vvy..ni I know have been consistently striving for socialism or demoe rue). By calling Socialists dlbloyal ou can uot gel them t.. voty fur ltcpubllcaus or Liemoi-rats. Intelligent workers or Socialists vote fur principle.-, which uro consistent with tbo.e of the liberty demanded by our Decla ration of Independence. They know their rights and their duty; they want tho written law compiled with In limes of peace us well us in war. Socialist!, the world over, lung before this war, havo tried to get the na tions und the people to establish true democ racy. There are many enthusiasts who eun he swayed to do anything. Thuy ure not particular. They don't care about law and order. They follow the crowd. It requires moro courago to stand against the crowd. t enlisted in tho United Suites regulars lo gain llbcrtj for tlio Cubans. I vole lor social ism lo bring about dnioorticj , freedom and humanity throughout the world. It it of much greater Importance lo do -our duty to the country In tlmuu of pence than in tlni'S of vvur. It has been njy doaire to do my dut." In time." of peace. I must be concerned about tho welfare, the safety and happiness of all tho peoplu. Problem Lincoln, before a victorious army ut t'tttjsburg, said thut It is for us, the living, to prove to the world that a government of, for end by tho people shall live. It calls for intelligence lo know vvliut dvmocrucy, freedom, patriotism und human ity requite. I want to liavo the Stars und Stripes honored us un emblem of liberty, thut freedom which our revolutionary fore fathers signed and pioululmed should rn llshten the world, the Declaration of Inde pendence, -that 1 desire to be loyal to und Is what I vote for when I cast my ballot for toclallhm. PHILIP HCMMlSTUlt. Philadelphia. April B. Where Are Those Smokes? Totlto liiittor of the EvenintfPabUo Ledger: Sir I am dropping you these few Jlnes to tell you that many Philadelphia boys In the navy are great admirers of the Bvenino Pccmo LtstiOBn, but they haven't read ntwy from homij In many munthe. I want to fay also that we have ujen nothing of the free smokes that they hau taken up in those big collections for us all over the .States. I assure jou a small box of smokes would certainly bo appreciated among the boya ut Buse 17, who seem to have been forgotten. They should be reot to Naval Base 17. care of the Postmaster, New York. AMDItTCAN, SAILOR IN 1SUHQPJRAN jyuvW 'Bf, 11. Ala, rt, ,; 7. ,' WHAT BETTER USE OF OUR TREASURE CHEST? PRISONER AT THE BAR liv Shimon An Aliunde I'nrt. April Ii. rpHK subjoined report of the proeeeiliut,-' 1 of the t-ecrvt llrund Council at Potsdam last .Monday needs no prtface. Its authen ticity It I" vend question, t huvv the story troin un old uiiiiultilum--. whose wife went to school with the wife of the inuti v lio now w riles ull the dispatches from Ilarhhi about Japan and silbei'lu. lit lure thut In used to work at I'll Paso, w hen: his mind Huve wiiy under the strain The tlrund Count il at Pottduni was culled to order by the chairman, who wus none other' thuu the King of Prussia und tho (ierinuti Umpcror. lie hud considerable dllll culty In making himself heard, his oleo bavins "given out In the course of his lClsl congratulatory" speech on tho recent vic tories In Plcardy delivered beforo the Amal gamated Veteran I'lreinen uml Muenncrcher of (Jross-lJlckcIdorff-on-the-Umlaut. The Chalrman.ltie llerrt.ii, the bushieji iH-fui-i us muy he summed up In u few wotiK 'It Is it question of what arc to in uui future reliuioiif with un uhy coii'vt.i- iug whose iisvfiiliicc-' serlott- doubt" Imvi unci more arisen. Niedlenj lo sn. I n fer tu tiott. Are we to inuiiuahi the present uiiiiictioii Willi Coll. or decluie war upon lllni. or content ourselves with u more or Uhh iK-nevoleut iietitralit.v V llerr l.uden dorlT will speak for the Boinmlttee on Crc deutiuls und Mi-let unci's. Ludendorft IK-rr Chairman, Ii must be war! A study of the headquarters bulletin from March 25 to April 2 is concltislvo on thu poluti Tho troublo with CJott is obvious, lie tucks the punch, lie ts ready enough lo Finn something, but ho villi not s.eo it throusn In that respect ho Is us bad as the Austrian- He fell down ut the. Murne. lie fell dovtn before Amiens II" Mttts Just long enough to receive the thanks of our honorable chairman, uml blows up. illmjiiiburg Ho did well enough hi liua sui. I.udtmdorff It is u question uf how much credit for that performance is due to Gott and how- much to Trotsky. My own opinion is, that we should be better off without him. As long as he la with us we aro hound to take him into our calculations. Heaven knows I did my share last week. That's why we win.t through thu Unglljh for twenty uilteb the llrst live days. After that It was up to-Gutt. jAnd sou know where wo are. The Chairman But why necosisarlly do elare wur upon hhnV Ludeudorff vv ho Is not for Ub is ugainsl us. .As a neutrul vvu have nothing to ex pect 'fiom him, neither copper nor fats nor nihlx-r nor putroleuiri. llertllng Nevertheless, n.- u moral force Ludeudorff Doubtful vultn-. Ills artillery practice Is wretched, lie is ulwTlys knock ing down enemy churches I hold no brief fur ilmrches or for women und children, whether Belgian, French or British; but iver? time 'Gott bowls oicr a church with women nud children in it lie prolongs tho war by several moullitr. , Look ut the long range gun which Krupp, with tlm aid of ioit. ptrfected. Insteud of hitting un ar lAual, ho hits a church. It's uiurhutrt! HLBTLING Imust protest against the one-uldul view taken by the preceding speaker, llu lb thinking only. of tho enemy front. VU- must consider tho internal front us well. Muy.I abk how many men are now emplojid on garrison duty In tho Interior? llluilenhurg Threo-quarterb of u million. Hcrtllng Dons Herr Hlndenburg deny that for the purpose of maintaining order lu the empire Gott is worth to us at least twenty-live divisions? Illndtnburg At least that. Herr Bulltn Mr. Chairman Thu Chairman Does the gentleman from Maeurla yield to the gentleman from Hum burs? Hlndenburg I do. .. Bullln For life Committee on Trade ui'ld Industry I wish to report on tho probable effect of a declaration of wur ugulust Gott on our foreign commerce. The present out look is that utter tho war we shall be re stricted to commercial Intercourse with tho natives of Afghanistan, Spitsbergen ami Tlerra del Fuego, Now, experience, has bhown that In dealing with the primitive races Gott is un invaluable ustet. He Justifies the use of high exploelves when the natives lmdst on an unreasonable scale of prices, Projeusor Klnsterwort Mr. Chairman The Chairman Tha Ktmtleman - from ttf. aelbopn fft the 'Uoor. , . lrltenv'ort--o a:u;Wlvu toy or oguitut 1918 o rVi-t :'-""M' .- '( i-ter. 'S ' ., StruMiliY Uoll can be formulated without previously determining ttto question of a substitute, our loyal people The 1'lmlrman That is exactly what I havo bes u thinking. I-'jnstei-wort The Committee on Moral JiiHtlUeatloii and Camouflage, for whom I have the honor to report, has gone deeply Into tho question ot alternative candidates. Wc huve gone all through tho classical myth ology and thu myths of the primitive races. We bate a list of names to submit Iv'uehlumiin Mr. Chairman The Clulrman .Ooes tho gentleman from lleldolboon yhild to thu gentleman frorii Brest-Lltovsk? 1'lnstcrwort Gladly. Kl'UllLMANN-ylt appears to me that tho ancient Human divinity. JanU4, would make an excellent substitute. Olvcn a god thut fuces tun ways, negotiations at future peuce conferences would be greatly facili tated. Kinsleiwoit -That is uu excellent sugges ion. Janus is un ou- list. So Is Moloch, wliu I.- very fond of I'ttle children. In tlm InterJur of the Congo there in u popular di vinity known US' Muiiibo Jumbo. tte has the olaiuus advantage of being tractable, if things go wrong with his peoplo thoy throw u shoe at hhn, or something of tho sort. The Chairman May I usk whom the Com mittee on Morality and Camouflage specially recommends? Kmstel-wort The connnittco has no pref erence..' It authorizes mu to say that whom ever this meeting may select tho committee stands ready to supply tho necessary theo logical, niBtuphytlcal nud moral background To that end I havo already appointed a sub committee, which has drawn up a voluminous report demonstrating the ln-and-out-iiud-through-lilnisolf validity of tho god you may select. Wo have h tt a blank for the namo to bu llllcd in. (Ilw mattir hacliip b,cn nj'crrul to ape clai commit,,,-, eonnlatlHg of Jlcrmi Laden, dorjf, lltiulcnbura, llertllng, Uallln, Kutht Maiui umi Krupp, o compromise rtporl was brought In after a long mid stormy stuslon. llertllng n ported fur tho committee.) llertllng Your committee, after duo con eldcntllon, begs leave to make the 'following recommendations: Gott la to bo declared neither un enemy nor a neutral. Hla utility ,l,.R!j?,.fBrUII,B.,,w "10ra: ot l" Populst. llon of the empire cannot bo denied It is therefore- suggested that henceforfh Gott be employed neither with the Bll0ck troops nor with ho reserves, but that he bo relegated entirely to Landsturm duty in the iSr. H l n-spcctfully rtcoiiiincndeu Ilia the chairman, In such future addresses us he r-7ii iL i s "'""- "'" remember thut Colt is henceforth unavailable for trench service, and U lu bo mentioned only a a mlnhmlhn of pjc kilometers behind tj f,,, The report having been put tu a vote ami unanlmuung adopted. thb chairman aikedit anybody in the audience, could oblige LL thtTt dcelorul the micllng adjourned. ' SI NBA D. Plotters havo the gar denliig spirit., They llant boinlis. luat hlsioicrril Tho aerinan Xroutjers havo been closed again. v Another drive Is surely coining. To Hide tho Urnd and Wounded? H is a llttlo early vet to ndvlso canulns' vVg etablea and directors of public uafety. Not -Much You can do moro for Motory shelling your own nann ni(, a ... It' True, Too tliaritlie Kulier ouu do In shelling PurhT . . Posdlck began with a 'Hie Usual Vtay nliow-up. But nobody . ., , . . '" tllu l'ollce admlnls- tratlon has yet unswered with a showdown. Wr. Tafe socmcid for the moment to forget Ha l'raja, lo a 'Mirror iHv tne itutsor, whom he accused dfhilstak- tL'flliSahlt'.u Ai.lt. 'lt.."u .a lug; tha devil for Qod. worehlps oiilC'tlio Bod ' Uyljiie ca,u vtv. """tj "Yfjtr1 ,1 Never Tell a Lady a Age SUULIUUTDXANT WILLIAM M. KBC, of ' tho 1 1 rt Lifts navy, who unite-' I ono rr- son the two noble profession.- of novelist I and engineer und knows more uboui ships thuu most men, deseribcif with a good deal of whimsical cliurtn the uu.Mllar,v viss,tl en which he Is now serving. She !- H. 1! S City of Oxford, detailed for 'special service" tohiewhero south of the nim,ni bnr.-ill!.. 'i 1 Says thu sublieutenant. "Sin l a grand, old specimen of what British shipbuilder could do lu past times. I m-ur tell a ladji , uge, but I can assure ;ou that the caustic wits on board who assert she Is as old iu the city and university whose name the, bears aro outrageous liars. I like her. 1 1 havo to work llko blazes sometimes anil , some of her arrangements are inconvenient! enough to drive a- modern engineer crazy, but I like, her. Sho doeti her work, and what moro does one want? Iler imglit cnelneei arc appalling to an engineer bmugl i upoijj modern high -pressure qi.udi up' n.dunccil high-speed Jobs, or dlnl Mil, mimics In mahogatiy casings, but ihe do'i i jni.all me'J 1 liad my timu In pondtrous uid trii'ims with' i twelve-inch piston rods and g. ur- thut tooi j u inluuto to get over uatc-n. i otiuii dream J of tho dnjs vrhen I wag a lad and she vi j u dainty lady of the sea. 1 think of tho meni who have tolled lu her and loved her ani-J got drunk in her; of the pride in her when who llrst came out, the finest of her day. 1 havo opened up her most secret anatomies und havo been lost In admiration of the herole dimensions ot her midmost ventriclrt. They do not build them that way nowaday!. She and her modern sisters aro us different i as u massive earlsYicturlan novel (say, $ "Barehester Towers") la different from onoiri of IS. V. Chambers's quadruple screw Rib Curltuli catered flcllnnv. Tint M-bere ulll It W. Chuinbers and the modern ships be W forty ycurs,' time? (Hist. Was. Unit a perl- i scope?) . "Tho old ship Is carrying on und 6oitSJ nor mi, ana j nave tno most ridiculous print In her. The vitu report, and the manner of Its tt'M ceplance Indicate that if the city were afiamo thero would btill bo victims of mgrowl optimism to tell you gleefully that ,tneB was once a -worse firo In Chicago. While tho long-rango guns arc firing OTa tho westuru from loiig-rungo talkers ar busy In Vienna. - EJ What Do You Know? (IUIZ 1, Mhiit U a imintftril roof? 'J. m wrote A1(un Lotlic"? ?., Whcrn U Dunkirk; 1. Mini In Ktouionil I). VottiJIrk? 5, AMiat Is u brfftli-loutler? 0. Drflno a ulson? 7, Who u MfduM H Whilf I HiiiAlnfi n . hn Alii fliu IThIi.J &iri. ..la tha V Mfl W f iaaaa aau wtMKII i-nan I 111(1 v Jl in, vviio la tienerai iinn tiuucur , K Vlluuiir tn VAulnrtlni'V Olltr K I. Tin follnwlnr )'rn.Mn,N uf ll'e Unllrd Sl;tB ..ere horn in the tlldilV .t-le-" tl-rlln 'nK llrn. N- iorki tllltwril llllmnrr. NM Ynrki 4iiie ll-..'hinon. Ienni;l! iirover iitveimiat ew aerser. unu i1 .i..m iMM.nvtr.i. .f.v i.irK. I. It'nal, et mol" i"I am fie pii i"I kMl,l l,v I.nul. VIV uf 1-ninre. lie (irU Afitni, It. , f n . ..La--.. ,i. t. . .. .t ... Jln1maUi a. . imnrr ri"ic i h irrni uww in "-.--vr,Ll llrniilon fur a Male, usually mall. ,l';l Intervenea lietueen two larae Slats JlUl hwve rlvJ nlma nr nnirntlnna. a; !?? xlanre, llrll"ni i v buffer Mate betas1!, urroiuny and t'runce I. Mndor la Ike tainlly name of (h "lV!A i...it, I. t.H..u a .-... ..i... b.a,l Pmivj It Vrm yiiliU ivud. la tiai ruitii-u iii'aaa ,-; tin b avt ot rarllanTtnt blnr the wf . . "A........ -.,iMfl u. ,1 Ki-iirriinnnt I u nmnii .-.iiiiiiiniiMr. - t -,,.f of Mrmlea, u eeulrul tldel uf ull 6lW; funea, 0. Tho di.tance from Loa , Antrlea ao fn ' 7. Tbo honiine Ulrer rlwa. In Vlfatdj. IV.fJ und llona vet lo Amlena, lliriii- virtuawj uotlli mio ine l.nBllil enannei, i 8, The 'iBflnlalied" aimphunr . I txli ""! mauls of a aimnhoiir left lis- tfuiie P"' liert. It waa luat nnd Deflected for u-"aI lar of jeara. Put lnn lla realoraiawv in rperioire la ono ijiim in w-,-- uck or na dim ou orcneeirai inx . 'I.ltlle H.' a, sobrlqufl fr neirersl ' H. Mttwflm.nt UivAraiy or the, Pi i w' lBSBbM&te&&& !. ' 7 .. a .-, i r n, 6UnaFj . i.v
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