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Philadelphia. J.lurd.T. Jul; 13. llt
NOT THE RIGHT WAY TO RECOM
MEND MAN
T17T3 DO not know whether Ktlwarel R
' Qudehua Is the best man In stent fr
principal of recreation centers, but e do
know that the methods which are belnc;
used to bring pbout his employment are
such as would not be justified even It he
were the most skilled and experienced rec
reation specialist In the country.
The Boaid of Recreation seems to hesi
tate over the appointment, nnd the Mnor
1b said to have told the reluctant members
that they must agree on Oudehus or get
out. That Is, hc'is charged with the pur
pose of Jamming the appointment through
over the heads of the otllclals who are au
thorized by Uw to exercise their discre
tion. It seems to be legardrd as neces
sary to "take care of" this man who has
been Senator Vaie's secretar
He may be admhably nualirled for the
post to which he aspires, hut he should
be the first to regret that his friends And
it necessary to use strong-.irm methods
to persuade the Board of Recreation to
surrender Its judgment to them
The Introduction of the sklp-stnp on the
Philadelphia trolley lines suggests that Umlil
persons may take up alrplaning ns the only
remaining means of )afe travel.
THE MARINES' DRIVE FOR MEN
GERMANS who were hopelessly mauled
in the first American advance In
France had the marines for adversaries.
Ever since their experience in that fight
they liavo been called the American
devil-hounds. The name htuck It Is
likely to be historic. The marines them
. selves have accepted it gleefully It fits
them, because they are hounding devils.
The marines have been in two hundred
and forty engagements since the Spanish
American War. "And," sajs Lieutenant
S. A. Katcher, who recruits for them here,
"they haven't lost one scrimmage! "
That is a noble lecord. The marine has
a. maturity of poise and a professional
balance that many &o!diers and sailors
lack. He has roughed It In all the far
places of the world, and it is to his ever
lasting glory that the terrible lighting that
distinguishes him has Invariably been done
for the sake of older and the rights of the
weak. Tho U. S. M. C. Is known all over
the earth as the finest fighting organiza
tion in existence. The test of the fighting
spirit of any community Is In the number
of men it can furnish to this American
corps d'elite. Such knowledge as this
should be adequate to enlist the aid of the
entire city for the marines In the recruit
ing campaign which begins on Bastille
Day, tomorrow.
There Is no tobacco In Germany. Cherry
leaves, beech leaves and hops are the substi
tutes. But the Kaiser's dreams make It
appear that he has far stronger stuff to
smoke In his pipe.
unn Ki.Ans iiay nu triumph
.('. ., tTT HAVR Hoon In pvftri- crrnctt olilncni-H
Ht3'v l tne world," said Hiram Maxim yes-
VJs' tafiinv "nnii T hhVA npvpi- MMtn nnvtlilnt
that parallels Hog Island." Some day or
other when the war is over It might be
orth while to issue a gall for a con
gress of those prophets of doom who used
to speak of tho new Philadelphia ship
yard as a mere delusion and an orgle of
plunder.
The voices of that particular bund will
be raised, by that time, in lamentation
over something else. A second thought
i suggests that it might be more fitting,
when peace is declared, to call for honors
and for review the thousands of men, hum
ble laborers and devoted engineers, who
tolled through the bitterness of last winter
with freezing concrete and frozen earth,
ej without praise or encouragement, to lay
the foundation for this Eighth Wonder of
the World. The world doesn't even know
their names, yet It profits by the work they
did and glories in it.
i& Such Is life.
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al'-fXl The exemption of dance halls under the
ij5fS alai'ornri Fatslplmtlnn nnlan n4? V... a..i
KIS jnlnlstratiqn suggests a new victory slogan,
y The Bunny-Hug Will Win the War!"
BASTILLE DAY
KT nnOMQnitOW France celebrates the ri.
Wf -- structlon of the Bastille, the evil old
. fortress of absolutism that was razed by
Parisian patriots on July 14, 178a, it is a
'day as sacred to the French as our Inde-
Bv" pendente Day is to Americans.
s Henceforward 'any day that is dear to
the French will also be dear to us. We
ff can never forget Harry Lauder's simple
. - nd splendid words: "I own a bit of Franqe
.y--my" son's burled there." French soil is
IJnlnglfd with our own; French hearts and
ur are brothered and slatered In a union
, 't pride and sacrifice that can never be
.' '""fwfolten. Tomorrow Is our holiday as
wall, as France's. If you have a tricolor,
vrica get one, unfurl it tomorrow.
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DR. MUEHLON'S WARNING
Germany Still United in Blood Madness, But
Will Crumple Like a Bully When Whipped
fNCE again Hertling is bnnging his
drum to call tjic world into his side
show tent. "Sec the remarkable Hohcn
zollern Peace!'' he barks; "Looks just
like the real thing!" But unluckily for
Hertlinfr, Doctor Muchlon, the former
Krupp director, is circulating in the
crowd, telling what the Fake Peace looks
like from the inside. It is n grinning
Prussian totem, with no single humnn
organ; jointed with bayonets, lubricated
with blood and tears. No, Mr. Hcrtling,
while we have such blazing words as
those of Doctor Muehlon to rely on we
will confine our patronage to the mnin
tent where the real show is going on.
For the love of humanity, and for the
sake of the truth and honor that men
have died to save, let us not even in
curiosity enter Herlling's side show to
examine hU automatic dove.
Mr. Kospoth, special correspondent of
this newspaper in Switzerland, has had
the good fortune to interview Doctor
Muehlon, the Krupp director who re
signed from the gun corporation because
he could not stomach the blind and willful
blood mania of Germany. What Doctor
Muehlon has to say is printed elsewhere
in this issue; it is of the gravest and
most urgent importance. Not only does
he condemn the cynical ambitions of the
Prussian military cult from out of their
inmost citadel, but he shows plainly why
the Allies must set their faces flintily
against any peace gas ejected by the
unrepentant and unbeaten empire. It is
only right to read these new words of
Doctor Muehlon in connection with his
previous statements. We ennnot be too
often reminded of his famous letter to
Bcthmann-Hollwcg on May 7, 1917 (a
significant anniversary). He then wrote:
Since the first dajs of 1317 I have aban
doned all hope as rcgaids the present
directors of Oermany. The ac
centuation of the submarine war. tl.e
deportation" nf Belgians, the sstematlu
destruction In Krance and the torpedoing
of Bngllsh hospital ships have so degraded
the governors of the German -nipire thai
I am profoundly convinced that they are
disqualified forver for the elaboration
and conclusion of n slucere and just agree
ment -me Herman people will
not be able lo repair the grieous crimes
committed against ibe whole human race
until It Is represented b different men
with h dlffeient mentality.
What we have to face now is Doctor
Muchlon's bitter confession that the
whole German nation is still united in
the frantic energy of madnes. under the
military leaders who have degraded it in
the eyes of humane men. In spite of
repeated deception and disappointment,
Germany still believes that military vic
tory is within her grasp; and a military
victory that will repair with annexations
and enormous indemnities the bloody
frenzy that has shaken her life and rea
son. Philip Gibbs has been telling us in
his dispatches from France to this news
paper that German ptisoners recently
captured are big men of fine physique,
well nourished and full of spirit. It
would bo folly to blind ourselves to the
fact that Germany is still husbanding a
blow which may be no less terrific than
the onslaught of last spring.
Yet is is no mere rhapsody to say that
during this critical summer the tide has
definitely changed. At the March equi
nox the sky seemed black indeed. When
the red moon of September rounds toward
the full we think the Kaiser will feel the
long, steady tug of the downward ebb.
"Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight,
and Time that gave doth now his gift
confound." The Prussicr philosophy has
indeed raised against itself forces as
deep and as potent as those of the deep
sea tides. When men high in its own evil
caste stand out to cry in bitterness
against the blood-nightmare the scroll of
heaven is writ plain for eyes to read.
The Carrion Empire is doomed; the
Caliph of Hell may feel the vast fabric
creak and quiver beneath his feet.
It is not going to be easy; and yet it
may be, as Mr. Kospoth, predicts, that
the Kaiser's empire will collapse with
the brittle swiftness of a tower of cards.
But we are taking no chances. On every
street, in every home, in the eyes of
every man and woman and in the play of
every child one may see symbols of the
infinite concentration of heart and hand
to the one supreme task. The very earth
beneath our feet seems to throb with this
"stuff of triumph." There can be no
palter and no palaver now that Black and
White are face to face. Germany would
welcome "sincere" peace proposals, Hert
ling has just said to the Reichstag. She
will find our sincerest proposals in the
neighborhood of Chateau-Thierry. We
are done, once arid for all, with the
quackery, the duplicity, the leering mock
cry and brutal tricks of the Berlin blood
mongers. Side by side with those who
have seen the truth from the beginning
we are in this to bring peace in the only
possible way: the downfall and abase
ment and utter treading out of the mili
tarism of Berlin.
The world owes a debt of respect to
the few honorable and fearless Germans
like Doctor Muehlon who have refused to
be hoodwinked by the tragic dementia
that has blackened the face of a land we
all once loved. He, and a few others,
have seen what is coming.
rtPiit
One may be permitted rtj hope that
enough stimulating drink may be left in the
country to toast the tall of Kalserlsm.
SOLDIERS' RELATIVES ABROAD
mHE explanation given by the Govern-
ment through General March, Chief of
Staff, for its refusal to permit women rela
tives of officers and soldiers to visit or
serve abroad Is complete and adequate.
War, General March points out, requires
above all else singleness of Interest and
purpose. Wlven or sisters behind the lines
might not Intend to worry officers or sol
diers. But the officers and soldiers would
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worry nevertheless at every threat of a
German advance.
Though the wife of a French officer may
bo biit a few miles from her husband's
flbst, she la not permitted to see him. The
English Government recalled all the
women relatives of officers and men from
Franco long ago. Tho Allies experience
with war has been longer and bitterer than
ours, and we shall be wise to profit toy It.
German efficiency Is soon to meet the
ultimate test Tho time has come when
the Fatherland Is In bitter need of a courage
substitute.
HINDENBURG
I ENERAI, MJDENDORFF1 has been for
J n long time the Iron Man of Germany.
The death of Hlndenburg, If It has actually
occurred, will not of necessity make any
difference whatever In German military
policies.
Hlndenburg was at best a talkative old
soldier with a genius for military strategy
of a particular sort. Events on the Rus
sian front In the early days of the war
conspired to thrust htm up like a flame
from obscurity. He became the Individual
In whom the German Government shrewd
ly dramatized its own military! ego for the
satisfaction of the mob. The victories
credited to Hlndenburg Were von, doubt
less, by more alert and obscure com
manders. But a nation, In every moment
of exaltation, is disposed to seize upon one
human figure which It holds up as a
mirror nnd In which it believes It can see
Its own likeness as a thing of splendor.
All Germany liked to Imagine Itself as
Hlndenburg was supposed to be strong,
determined, magnificent, nssured, unbeat
able. Crowd psychology Is n science in Berlin.
The Government encouraged alt the grim
delusions about Hlndenburg. The mood
in which German Imagination exalted the
head of the army was the mood of self
worship. The people held the old marshal
In awe. But It has been no secret that
most of the army officers held him in
amused contempt.
It has been said that the Russians can
not fight. But they seem to be doing pretty
well among themsehes.
WILL THE GOVERNMENT BE FAIR TO
THE FRANKFORD ELEVATED?
fpWENTV-FIVE miles of new subway
- lines with seventy-beveii miles of track
nie about to be put In operation In New
York. Woi k on them was not stopped by
the war. The contractors have pushed
them to completion.
Wp are annulling our subway contracts
here, made before America entered the
war, and we are finding It difficult to
complete the Kiankford elevated line be
cause no one seems .able to get the nec
essary steel and cement.
Director Twining has assured the Frank
ford business men that as soon as the city
can persuade the War Department to let
us have the steel the work will be pushed.
This elevated lino and the Broad street
subway are no less Important than the
New York rapid transit lines which have
been completed. AVe have made such con
cessions to the Government by tern
porurlly abandoning the other lines that
in common decency It should give prloilty
orders for as much steel and vement as
are needed to put the Frankford elevated
line In shape to carry trains.
The rate at which the submarines arc
being sunk shows that they hae properly
been called undersea boats.
THE FUTURE OF THE FLEETS
piDWIN X. HURLEY, chairman of the
--J United Stutes Shipping Board, in his
address here esterday, took occasion to
predict the future uses of the great fleet
now building In American yards. It was
a vivid picture that he drew of the great
American fleets carrying decently made
American goods and the Ideal of the square
aeal to the four corners of the world.
American commercial methods abroad,
and especiall In South America, have not
always been representative of the ideal
which is now uppermost in tills country.
But American business neer descended to
the meditated villainies that have charac
terized the proccdute of some of Its com
petitors. The war happily is training the
American business man to a new Interna
tional point of view.
The business men of a nation rather
than Its ambassadors are the real inspira
tion of popular opinion in foreign coun
tries. American business, prior to the
war, peimltted itself "lo be represented In
South America by too many provincials
disposed to look with amused contempt on
any one who was not of their own habits
of mind and any one who didn't happen to
know their language. Germany, more
suave and far more clever, penetrated the
I-itln-Amerlcan republics and, under tho
mask of adaptability and good manners,
prepared for the ruthless exploitation of
half the American continent.
The new fleets will serve mightily in the
future if they carry, with American-made
goods, the true ideal of Americanism and
men able and willing to carry that Ideal
into practice.
Gutzon Borglum has
Horglum bobbed up on the sky
line once again to de
claim that a defective airplane caused the
death of John Purroy Mitchel. Uutzon has
yet to learn that thjere is one thing oulte
as dangerous to the country as defective
airplanes. That is defective criticism.
Gudehus has at least
It lan't n (lame one qualification to
for Children recommend him as
Playground chief. He
has been trained pretty thoroughly In the
game of politics.
The brewers say tney
will fight for coal.
They will have plenty
The World Agulnat
Tliem
of company and a
llely time. Everybody else will have to
fight for coal.
The Battle of the
Boyne was fought 218
years ago yesterday,
and It has lasted
And lloth Hhlea
Are Loalngl
longer than any scrimmage in history.
Who will compose a
jolly, uproarious drink
ing song to go with
Mr. DryanT
strawberry soda?
Ladles
hoarder!
and gentlemen, meet the beer
Vienna itself Is bluer thesefdays than
the Blue Danube.
ITHHW C--W,
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THE CHAFFING DISH
TVitft prime regret we prli t the final In.
stallmcnt of Mr. McFee's serial. The Chaf.
flng Dish can only hope for more ttich dis
patches jrom its distinguished correspondent.
In the meantime, it suggeststhat its clients
rmploy tha time by reading Mr. McFee's
books.
Mediterranean Meditations
By William McFee
Engineer Sub-Lloutenant, R. N. R.
Part III
WISH you could step aboard and Join
us some evening at dinner. There's no
I
beer, but we have the Old Stuff and gin
and benedlctlno. Or better still would It be
If you could accompany us to a place within
the meaning of the act which T, even I,
have hnd the honor of discovering. For
some time we followed, the lead of the
others and sat on the veranda of the
hotel and were robbed. It" was like drink
ing liquid gold, for beer and stout were 2 1 (5
a pint. I said: "Look here, I'm going to
stay aboard. . I shall be a pauper at the
end of the war and the dago who owns
this Joint will be buying London at Token
house Yard. Let's quit!" Well, they
wouldn't. They sat on a'nd continued to
be robbed.
AND one day I went for r walk along the
.Sweet Water canal, and It came to
pass that I happened upon a house set l'i
a garden, and inscribed upon the walls of
that house I read the word licstoranlc. And
when I had come round to the front of
that house I saw yet another magic word:
Beer. And the tongue of me was cleavlnir
to the shingles of my mouth.. So I entered
and found no one. The halls were deserted
sae for a yellow cat with n prominent
chin which made her look like a spinster
of good family but poor income. I de
bouched upon a vine-covered dooryard and
peered Into the cool gloom of an Immense
kitchen. A little old woman In n black
dress came skipping out and I asked her
In my ery best Entente if she ha J any
beer. Yes, she had beer. Then I said,
Bring me some, for 1 perish of drcuth.
And I walked forth. Into the garden.
N
Rcctlng tunnels, the. root of which was
vine leaves, and grapes not yet ripe hung
like clusters of jade beads In the shadow.
And between the tunnels weie squares of
cultivation whereon stood fig trees nnd
peach and apple and apricot and quince
and orange. And young lambs gamboled
before me. (It Is true one turned and made
as though to charge at me head down, but
I held my stick In front and showed him
my fingers crossed, whereupon he fled In
disorder.) And then I came upon rcen
tables with high legs, for they wers used
for grape-cutting, and chairs and u notice
beseeching the stranger to refrain from
destroying the flowers and trees. And,
pursuing my way onward through the tun
nel of vines, I came upon a stairway lead
ing upward to a kind of arbor, wlilrh I
ascended and found myself In a pleai.trnee
so cool and charming that I gave thanks
and sat down to look across the sea of
green foliage at the many-colored dome?
of Hub-el-Bubl In the distance, and a g -eat
bird sitting a little way off upon a palm
tree gave me a wink of welcome.
Sur
01
of Eden and the Serpent has moved on.
And I became aware of the old lady run
ning about the garden seeking for me, for
I could hear the glass and the bottle Jingle
on the tray. So I clapped my hands loudly,
the great bird took offense and sailed away,
and the old lady hastened up the steps and
(as the story writers say) I knew no rriore.
In a moment I had plunged my featuies
Intq a foaming edition of what jou call
"hock," only this was what tho French
call "1111 oocfc formidable," and the sound
of the old lady's voice as she told ni the
price of a pint bottle was only eight plasters
was like the voice of an angel.
ITTE GO there every night now.
There's
' the Doc,
shrewd London Irishman
Who loves to make caustic comments.
There's the Chief, a disillusioned Ulsterman
who exists in deep gloom. There's the
Third Officer, who is In love. We form a
small select society for the assimilation of
malt liquor. It's such a ticat to get away
from the ship and from the hot huddle of
khaki on the hotel veranda.
Excuse me! We're just going up there
r.ow!
The End
x Hay Febrifuge
If they are going to make the country
bone-dry, we hope they'll wait until after
the hay-fever season. The only assuage
ment we have ever found for that abom
inable ailment is frequent ministrations of
shandygaff.
If you don't know what shandygaff is,
ask the man in the white apron to mix you
a glabs of beer and ginger ale.
The Unherslty of Cologne has sent the
Kaiser a congratulatory telegram. We
can't help wondering what for.
To the Unknown Philosopher
Some one writes to us (without signing
any name) on notepaper embossed "Colum
bia University, Department of Philosophy,"
asking permission to call.
The writer's address Is given as 3007
Richmond street, Philadelphia.
If any one knows this anonymous phil
osopher will they tell him (or her) that
Socrates is always at home for serious
thinkers.'
Don't be alarmed by the elevator. Just
Jump out as it goes by.
An Amsterdam dispatch says that Von
HIntze, the new German Foreign Minister,
Is a man of such rare cultivation that he
can quote Shakespeare by the hour.
Undoubtedly he has the following by
heart from "The Merchant of Venice,"
Act I. Scene 2:
XERIS8A How like you the young Ger
man, the Duke of Saxony's nephew?
rOIlTIA Very vilely In the morning,
when he la sober; and most vilely In the
afternoon, when he is drunk j when he Is
best he Is a little worse than a man, and
when he Is worst he Is little better than a
beast.
And while Admiral von HIntze is doing
his hour's recitation we might also call
on him for "Much Ado About Nothing,"
Act ill, Scene 2, line 35. SOCRATES.
Congress, after taking
three days to consider
llefora the Htorm
the Treasury's new
taxation plan, seems about to recover Its
breath and the power for utterance, For
nncn ttlA rpHllmittlnn it rnnrrpaiilfinal ilAl.at
' will sousd sweet in the ears of the country.
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AMERICA
IVIiat Bastille Day, 1918, Weans to Our United States
BY BARTON BLAKE
i.TTXDER the Stars and Stripes soldiers
-' from AVIsconsln and Michigan stnud
guaid on three sectors of Alsatian soil and
fight to restore to France still more of
what from 1871 to 1914 was n part of Ger
mans." That Is the message from France that
comes In time for Bastille Day the birth
day of French freedom nnd the world's.
It brings certain facts homo to us. It
helps to knit American and French hearts
even as the circumstnnce that there are
American soldiers at Domremy, the town
In Lorraine whero was born blessed
Jeanne d'Arc.
LET us make no mistake: the Germans
i do not fail to read thb symbolism of
the early presence of American fighting
men In Alsace-Lorraine the symbolism
of their battling there on July 1-1. Ger
many knows now that America's Men. of
victory Includes the return to France of
those parts of Alsace-Lorraine which are
still ground under Prussia's heel. After
the Zabcrn incident Herr von Jugow, later
Foreign Minister, confessed In 1913 that
"in Alsace we Germans are obliged to be
have as in enemy territory." As If to
prove to Germany that the "Lost Prov
inces" are foreign, nearly 20,000 Alsatians
and Lorralners who had been forced to
serve In the Genilan army have found
their way into the French service since
1914; to say nothing of the much greater
number of earlier emigrants who chose for
France. After, more than forty years'
colonization, exploitation and government
of Alsace-Lorraine such figures, such an
avowal by a responsible administrator are
at once a confession of governmental In
eptitude and nn Indictment of Prussia's
Inability to make friends. Even in Ger
many this Is well realized; and the latest
German proposals respecting Alsace-Lorraine
Involve the sharing of these prov
inces with Bavaria presumably a milder
mistress."'
Nc
OT before tho war, but before American
troops entered Alsace as champions of
Justice, the voice of America had been
heard in that land.
"The wrong done to France by Prussia
In 1871 In the matter of Alsace-Lorraine
should be righted," said President Wilson
In his congressional message of January 8,
1918, thus ranging himself beside British
Lloyd George, Winston Churchill and Ar"
thur Balfour In Insisting on Justice for
France and her Lost Provinces as one of
the essential "restorations, reparations and
guarantees" upon which the ultimate peace
must be based. Americans are rightly
proud that in committing them to stand
beside their allies for this restoration of
Alsace-Lorraine to France Woodrow Wil
son was far-seeing and Just, as well a
generous-spirited. He realized that Alsace
Lorraine Is properly French. Jlut lie also
underlined the fact that the burglarizing
and attempted Ocrmanlzatlon of Alsace.
J.orralne had meant the poisoning of po
litical relations among the I'oicers 'of
Europe and the indorsement of the policy
of brute force as a successful national
policy. Only when Alsace-Lorraine is
French again can there be peace onco
more, a peace that Is not a stop-gap and a
snare for all pease lovers, east anl west.
rpo VISUALIZE Alsace and Lorraine con--
celve of wooded and watered lands, and
mountain country, and Industrial areas.
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'" 'AT THE BASTILLE " , -' T7 ' ' '"" 4
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IN ALSACE
that are of great milltar and economic
worth, but that me lens In men than Mas
sachusetts nnd not much laroer than Con
necticut. Reflect also that by ocrpluylng
her hand against Bismaick's better judg
ment and seizing these portions of France
at the close of the Franco-Prussian War
Germany not only gained control of the
eastern doorway that leads Into France,"
not only wounded French pride, but
also fatally handicaped French Industry
and ns enoimously benefited her own;
above nil, enurniousl) benefited the national
industry of .Prussia war On May 20,
1915, leprcsentatlves of German Industry
explulntil to their Imperjal Chancellor that
during 'the war the minerals of Lorraine
had supplied SO per cent of the manufne
tine of German Iron, and concluded: "If
production In Loiraino were Intel fcred
with the war would bo just about lost!"
rho PUT Germany back In
In Km ope a it is safe
Into such a place
pe as it is safe for the test of
the world that this consciously predatory
f Power should occupy it is clearly essential
to take from her the soil of Lorraine, which
she gained by the cheating and blooJshed
of the Franco-Prussian War. By-war on
'land and in the air for American airmen
should In tho not remoto future play a
leudlng part in "interfeilng with produc
tion In Lorraine" It will be the pride of
Americans that while we shall be helping
Franco to regniu her own, we shall also be
icmovlng a standing menace to tho peaco
of all the world. And It will be our prltlo
that we shall be enforcing the principle
that tho ora for "conquests" has gono by;
that robbery temnlns lolbery; that the
burglar's trade is Mot a happy one, sinco
In the end he must disgorge his booty, even
If fifty j ears after.
rpHE people of Germany's "wostern fron---
tier" mndo known their aspirations ns
long ago a$ 1871. Six hundred nnd twenty
thousand of them made it known by leav
ing their homes; they loved home, but
they refused to stay there nnd run tho
risk of becoming Germans. - In making
possible their leturn and tho freedom of
those who stuck It out, or .of their de
scendants, we shall be proving once more
tho principle that the government of u
people Is founded upon the consent of tho
governed. The Deputies of Alsace-Lorraine
declared in Itlie French Xntlonal As
sembly (February' 10, 1871): "Alsace and
Lorraine do not wish to be alienated.
United to France during rnoro than two
centuries, through good and bad fortune,
these two provinces, unendingly exposed
to t(ie blows of the enemy, have constantly
made a sacrifice of themselves for the na
tional greatness. They have sealed with
their blood the indissoluble pact which at
taches them to tho French unity.
Modern Kurope cannot let a people be
seized Uko dumb cattle. Guardians us they
are of justice and of IJje law of peoples,
the civilized nations cannot longer remain
blind to the lot of their neighbors or they,
too, must fall in tlTelr turn victim to suclv
assaults as they will have tolerated."
TTTHO shall say that history is not a
" prophet, after all? And what Ameri
can does not glow" to the glory of associat
ing himself with the righting of u great
wrong against peace, against nationality
and against l)e right of a civilized people
lo decide its pvt) fate?
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READERS' VIEWPOINT
Anxious About Governor Rrtmiliaugh
To th- Editor nf the Evcnluu Public I.cdner:
Sir Atf the (Joeinor of Pennsylvania, Dr.
Martin Gtovn Brumbaugh, is now- on his last
lap ns IXecutUe of a great I'oinmoiiwealth.
1 am seriously coiucimul as to the future of
the man. Ills administration bus disqualified
him for the nilnlstiy, and na lie )s too proud
to run a peanut stand his future is fo pitia
ble that I, theirfore, being responsible to a.
greater etent thsn uu other man In l'enn
slHiila for his nomination as (!oernor and
po deeply luteiested In the humane side of
the matter, linlte sugBestlons from progress
slve and Inventive anil perceptlve-mlnded
men and women, soldiers and states-men. Red
Cross nnd White Cross and double-crossed
politicians and pjolilbltlonists as to what
they consider the best layout for tho rpon-to-bo
rx-tioernor and may "Uod save the Com
monwealth." JOHN W FRAZIER.
Philadelphia, July U'
He Can't Get Coal
To the Etlilo) of the livening PnbllrJ.cdgcr:
Sir I am one of the people who followed
the advice of Mr. Lewis, coal administrator,
and placed my coal order for six tons
ebout Apill 3 or 4, and up to the present
time have not tecelxcil si pound of coal and
the dealer's last excuse Is that tho Govern
ment is confiscating all stove coal for use on (
tianspoits, etc wWliy doesn't Mr Potter and'"
Mr. Lewis give us a fair ileal mid compel j
the coal dealer to fill ordeis in rotation as l
they were placed? You quoted Mr Lewis' il
in Monday's paper as saying that "one-half 1
of coal orders had been dellveied If this
is so, why was not the com o tiered during
the first week In A pill ilellveied? R... .
Philadelphia, July 12.
The Kaiser's Buttle Souk
This war has been lather too tragic, not
to say cosmic, to admit Of the writing, as
yet, of ipuch adequate war poetry or war
humor, but occasionally poetry and satire get
into tho same package, and then wo are
cheered up ' What follows Is from the Phila
delphia Kvknino 1'om.ic LEPQEn and Is by
Christopher Miorley, who "" calls It "Battle
Hymn of the Kaiser"
I, I In the midst of battle
In my motor carnage rode,
. Where the deadly telephones rattle -!?1
And the bulletins explode. , fit
I, I In the midst of fighting.
Where the field kitchen stands at bay
And tho staff their nails aie biting,
1 tapt.fi IliA f-nnitmmlntlf.
Tills sounds to us like some of the transla- l
tlntis of poor old Heine and the lyrics ln'5
Wagner's operas. Also it pioves ngaln thatjfi
ahead of tho Kaiser, and that one can smllS
even In wartime. We like It ' Collier's.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
VWirrr lit C'uiw Wndwortli?
Xume the uiitlipr of "The Origin u( NiiecleN,"
ami Ntiite wntii ureiit inrory he enunciated
t it
3. What two Carman mnliiiHvtilora li.it e lieett .-fl
iL.n.jliifllail .l.irl.tf. (Iin J.LAH, ..&..,.. --I
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4. Viho wa "tho ,ioatl of the Indl.in"?
B, tfluit the capital and inetroiiolln of Ver-.'J
niunt? ' j
0. What In a inrtnipolli?
7. Where N the Kola I'enlimula?
H. What N the Asxorlatrd l'rc?
U Vt Ni Hreil the llrat American thut at the '
10. IuYiitir "The Alrslilrfi Hard.'
Answers to Yesterday'a Quiz
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II.- (Ice
Ocean lit-
lorui oi iii-tt ncii'oii nr north
liuailM; run
anea
Hit nniii i-cniiiHUia
2. Hubert Iturin,. SiiuttUli port, urate "The Tot- '
tcr' Haiunl.o Mrhi," lone narruthe
norm nhb-li may he hot described a a
doinrittlo ldl,
lunin union i
OHM ftf ilia, llln .tv.i.v ..n..,...- & M
llli-lltM
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I-iihiii MII!h
4. A i;e.r iim Ueil Mule la then Its slur N
the nat pnal Huk on tlm Inileue nde ncc Day
ll.l fulloulflB ltM iiflmi.ib.lnn In tk. IT..I....
i. llarrUburir U the rniiltal uml I'lilladrluhhi J
ina inr"ri city or tho Commonwealth of
rrnnajlvunla. ' ' u
8. Uei'M t lurn il. ''r-nijrr , l -ImUe Adtorufo T
tlvneral of the I'nlted State- army. A
1 Juu; iil.w.ite em-nil ,. nrmyt at ?
mlllluo letral olTlilal. with rank of brlra- -dler
a-enrral. ilrfiir (he lecal bureau of It
tlie unn) hi iniiKMltunt. and nl .o .buried
with ret lew :in.l ri-tlaion of rourta-martEil, !-
S. An i h f In ii.iki.lr time., i.is :1 mrrrd 3
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were kuihiooisI to Imte the ltt of nr
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iuuiiv ,iit (iflltllTJ Ullallfa.
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mleiit firm..
un me koinrrrii nioi'r nr tlount
I'bioli u Jealer, the favorite of.
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