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Jm " ?-' tikertclse credited In this nancr. and also ' tithe local ncics published therein, a'' '-X All -isiW- nt Mflnl.llMfln .'. f n X , Wn patches herein are also reserved. tf' .s. rhilJ,lrl.lt, Tucd.j, Orlabrr , l'U DONT LET THK LOAN LAG pceople do not need to bo pr fe"Ti'' T'HE pceople ilo not neeil to bo prodded Kh " . nn J,.,..nn l,nn.D I..., ...,, eAn, In :, I 4 litis 'uuiii i'uiiua, urn, oi'iin; c7vvi.ii ' !,rvj!.i . .,. ,.... .. ,i , i u-yuave eot inio llie Iiuuil Ul CAl'i.i:iinH lu u ,.rJrV1irBed. Tho prcvalcnco of prlp hns foircd tlio bandonment of tho public nirotineH at which rlociucnt wpcaKvrn wvro i-xpci'twl "ttt glvo a entiiloRue of icisons for invest ing money In victory hcciirltle. But the prevalence of Ktlp.has not de- ci cased the picsslnK needs of tin- (inviriw ment for money. It has not affected tli! necessity of prciecuUiiR tho war w ltli all our power. It Is not neecsb.iry to labor this proposition. livery one admits It Mho ' Elves It a moment's thought. , The epidemic, however, has provided the i occasion for every patriotic citizen with resources which can be Invested in bonds to show the stuff that hu is made of by .Tanking: his subscriptions as penerously audits promptly as though ho Mere le spondlng to the thrllllnn pleas of the most brilliant speaker in the community or to tho beseeching of the most persuasive solicitors who moved throiiRli the audi ences Mhen public assemblages were allowed. 4 AVheti the subscriptions aic totaled at tho close of the dilve we are rontldent that ' tho comparative showlntr of tills Federal lUscrvo district villi be as fine as that of any other diMiirt. In the meantime the business men who advertise In the newspapeis are dolus tbeir share. A Kl.ince over the columns of this newspaper will reveal the extent to whiqli they arc nlvlng up to appeals for subscriptions for bonds the space which V-i -they ordinarily devote to describing thtir iy. wares. These business men aic subscrlb- W nB to tno bonds without urging. The lest )x$ oi us arc going to do as well. those new animals In captivity at tho Zoo are civilized in comparison with the ,beusts which our soldiers Iwve taken captive hi Curope. I RIIEI.MS REDEEMED rnilK safet; zone widens. Paris and Amiens have long been well within It Ilheims Is the latest heroic entrant " IUielms, a city which. In Ihe confusion of '-in lMt summer's cataclybin was actually -e- " s .ported as lost, it was the Indefatigable ' .Opuraud who saved It then, somo time be- H feVo Foch's major offensive was launched. . TTlie fall of Hhelms would perhaps have V erlllcally uffected the success of that move- V Went. Tho cathedral city held out with , , he tamo bort of desperate tenacity which T Ua'.1n ft.t. n.v... 1....... .L- ,1.. Mil .. nuu iiiu ittiuiu it-iuuii illlK llllllllUKiy around tho world. . r jTho Franco-American advance in the last .;-S,few days has completed the delivery of the - ehell-torn but dauntless town, whither yjoan of Arc virtually drove a king Mho '4 vs' to be tho ungrateful royal symbol ot ' the redemption of France In the llftecnth f I century. Rhelnis, Indeed, exerts almost , ( 'th same spiritual appeal on the French ns ), does tho so called "City of Westminster" J fi Englishmen. Tho (militarily dlspaslon- r "ate French, communique describes thu r-recent clght-mlle advance In Champagne as rt,",tiwnInB; tho deliverance of a city, "thu ' richness and historical association of which '. f 'VxAltrd tile rnvetousncMs it tbfi Hermnnri fti,".who many times since the beginning of tho ' "' 'fymr have attacked it and vented their . impotent rago against it with incendiary ... '"tjwmbardments." -.'i The new peace of Ilheims, which may '""poon bo exempt even from shellflrc, is de- jend'ent on no tricky negotiations. It has ' 'lien reclaimed hv the sword of valor and ..'M righteousness. VJjl ' v""' Jf Tho city has subscribed for 11,000,000 of the JLIberty Itonds, thus setting u good - "-ojuimple to the people who make up the city. 4 r, U THE CHURCHES ON THE JOU iUHE leaders of tho Presbyterian Church 'slo not Intend to imitate Peter in tills and sit by the lire and warm them. Ives. At tho General Assembly ot tho urch In Columbus, O., last May plans e mado for raising J75.000.000 during next Ilvo years to bo devoted to mis- lory, educational ami reuauiiuaiion k. Of this sum $i:,GOO,000 is to bo d this year. One million of this t is to be devoted to the icluiblllta- of wounded soldiers and $1,500,000 to Udlng churches In the devastated re- of I'Vancc, Belgium and Italy. series of COO meetings, to be held In nt parts of tha country, will begin y next month, when the plans will bo Ined and tho money will be asked for. church Is expected to double Its usual utlons to tho general work of tho i. Iffce activity of the rresbyterlar.s Is not Md. The other denominations have Of their own for meeting the social Hpy wmen ine war nan created. ' are awake to their opportunities and ' , aWtefttloHS, jlgm!mTrw BTOffCWr P illniiHii '' Never- Before In Any Crljn !! the Nation . Ueen So Wholly of One 1 - Ml ml XTO OFFENSIVE mentllcnnt clamorlnB for nlms ever received n rebuff more haish than that which public opinion In America has just administered to tho tJermun Emperor by a disgusted lejcc tion of his pence overtures. The incident is illuminating. On no other issue, at no other hour in our his tory, havo we been so resolutely of one mind. The vainest kiiiR in all the world must realize today that even the little childirn in America nrc latiKhiiiK at him. Suiely, thcrefoie, the occasion is one adequate to throw it new light on demo cratic motives nnd impulses. Plainly wo nrc to be the deciding factor in the peace whenever peace comes. Allied statesmen in Europe have been content to accept President Wilson as their spokesman and to follow many of his leads in the newer diplomacy. This is largely because America was clearly aloof from many of tho causes thnt contributed to the war. It is logi cal that America should be expected to avoid undue prejudices and to adhere to the ptinciplcs of common justice. The President himself, as he hns often snid, listens nt the heart of his country. He holds that his chief talent is an ability to understand nnd interpret the general will of Americn, to follow the lead of mass opinion. Thetpfoie.it may be said that it was to the average intelligence of this nation, to the conscience of the nvcragc man in the street, that the German Emperor made the appeal which he hoped would save him in the last analysis. It is conceivable that the German statesmen expected a definite1 rejection. Their major purpose! arc too transpar ently sinister to admit of any other an swer. But they 'must have been stunned by the force and suddenness with which America turned upon them contemptu ously and made its determination for complete victory apparent by every con ceivable method of expression. At no other time in American history has there been so spontaneous and dramntic an expression of popular judgment. The country's answer was as arresting as a clap of thunder and us ominous. It was sprung from a' mood quietly but passionately relentless. Even on so recent an occasion as that of tho Austrian peace proposal an occa sional eager or hopeful voice could have been heard against tho booming of the gcncial "No!" Now even the pacifists are become warlike. Their journals have been stung and affronted by the cumulative evidence of German perfidy. The intelligence of editors whose minds formerly wore clouded by a fnlc hu manitarianism has awakened at last to a clear perception of the incurable vil lainy that hides behind the German pre tensions of reform. And these are but surface indications of a phenomenal con dition of public opinion in America. The Revolutionary War was almost lost to the Colonies because of the frank and outspoken disloyalty of the Ameri can Tories, who were proud to show their contempt for the Continental Army and its commander and to give comfort to the enemy. The War of 1812 was so bitterly opposed in paits of New Eng land that there was talk of secession in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. This opposition in the States to the Federal authoiity culminated in ths notorious Hartford convention. Lincoln was bitterly opposed by a powerful cle ment in the United States, Pacifism and politics weie mixed perilously to hinder the winning of the Civil War. The United States was not united in the sup port of the Spanish War. Opposition was voiced in many quarters even after the war began. Plainly therefore the country at large senses a greater issue in the present war. Wc have nothing to gain in a material way with complete victory. Our insti tutions are not immediately monnced. Our men arc being sacrificed, our whole industrial system has been dislocated and we cannot perceive the outcome, Wc are pouring out money like water. And yet, with one voice the country sent its answer like a trumpet blast and made it plain that this war must go on till the German beast is whipped and in chnins. The psychology of the cabc is simple. It is the psychology of the average man. Your average man is easy going in his tolerant contempt for bosses and the little evils of his form of government. But with all the power of his soul he hates cruelty, brutality, pretense, false hood. He hates those who hurt the weak. He wishes to see children happy. His loathing of those who hurt and kill them is unutterable. He loves justice. He is intolerant of bores and nuisances. He has one cry, the average man, when, in his familiar crowds, a bore or a brag gart becomes troublesome. He will almost invariably raise his voice with a culminating, "Put hint out!". He wants the Kaiser put out. And out he will be put! Jtost meii like to imagine that their liberal views chock their acquaintances Just a little. Alas, tho only thing that shocks most of us' Is their Incredible tedlousne". A FRENCH MUSICAL STIMULANT WITHOUT reopening tho vexed question of tho wartimo Htatus of Herman music, the Boston Symphony's compliment to France In selecting Henri Ilabaud as successor to Dr. Karl Muck may be safely applauded as a step Indicative of both patriotic wisdom and artistic discernment. In contemporary musical thought the position of Franco Is conspicuously high. There have beVn commentators who have called tho innovations of D'lndy, Debussy, Chnrpentier, Dukas and Leroux sturtllng. Nonetheless, their Influence on symphonic und operatic production In all countries has been profound. Puccini and mora par- uBBRf gEs - nfSifS'SSmim llussla and even some of the "advanced" composers in Oormnny.. With traditional conservatism, hovVevcr, tho Boston Svmphony will Introduce put sunnily to America perhaps the least ilgldly revolutionary figure of n highly ln terestlng coterie of musicians. Itabaud Is primarily an eclectic. His symphonies, ot which the spirited, colorful nnd finnkly tuneful No. 2 is familiar to Philadelphia Oichcstra patrons, stems from Brahms and Tschalkovvsky, seasoned with I.lszt and Ccs.ir Franck, with the Inevitable soupcon of Debussy. They are respectful of tho classical form. On the other hand, his most successtul opera. "Marouf, the Cobbler ot Cairo." has tho unmlstakahlo flavor of modernity. It shies nt set nrlns nnd undergoes Its richest musical expansion In passages of descrip tive accompaniment. The work wns, on th whole, favorably received In New York last winter. The libretto Is derived from nno of the most delicious of the Arabian Nights tales. It Is as a. conductor, however, that M. Itabaud has won signal honors, unshadowed by such arguments as his variability ot style has provoked. Of recent years he has directed the orchestra at tho Academic do Mu-diiue, familiarly known as the Paris Opera. House, where his talents rnlsed the whole organization to a new nml somewhat rare point of excellence. Before Uahaud, the orchestra at the national Institution was lather generously rated adequate. Under him It became tho outstanding arils, tic featuro of the performances. He Is a Pailslan by musical education and activities, as well as by birth, having been born In thy French capital In 1S73, In addition to the works already mentioned, he has composed two other operas, "La Flllo do Holaud" and "Par lo Glaive"; u smplionli' poem, "1." Procession Noc turne," o'nc other symphony and an oratorio ".lob." His presence at the conductor's desk of the Boston Symphony will unquestion ably act as a stimulant to American musi cal development. Acquaintance with a wider range of French music, which he will .issuicilly foster, can hardly fail to be piolltable Sugar Is too scarce in tills country for us to spare an ounce of sweetness to Ger mans. THE DOCTORS ANYBOt -reudini DY with, a habit of general illng will easily recall tho faddlts In letters and philosophy who u few jears ago spent halt their time flinging derision at tho medicos. Bernard Shaw was one who led in this diversion. Tho late Klhcrt Hubbard was another. These revolution ists and the broods that they inspired with their alrj philosophy held that u piopcr diet fiesh air, exercise and walking In the gaxlen was all one needed to keep well. To all such persons Mr. Shaw Included theip must come u time when a sudden qtrilm or a pain or a fever and a riotous fear of death or long Illness will make the sight of a patient doctor at the bedside seem llko unto a vision of htaven. Doctors have their faults. Yet they aie mighty comforting to have about and, on the whole, mightily cftlclent. Virtually every man In the medical pio fesslou In this city has been m (irking about twenty hours a day since the grip epidemic got under way. For much of the work they are doing these physicians neither receive nor expect adequate pay. When the epidemic Is over wo shall have the doctors lo thank because it wasn't worse. Similarly, many people in good health owe their very existenco to forgotten medicos who steered them safely through tho sd-lous illness that falls to every one at some time or other. H Is truo that a gicat many people overdo doctoring. And thcro aro doctors who take advantage of the habit to fatten their incomes. But It Is to the everlasting credit of all physicians that In a pinch like this they forget themselves altogether nnd work without reward almost until they drop. In tho ordinary couisc of life. In their hospitals nnd among the poor most doctors play a part much like that of the soldier, whose chief reward is the memory of unselfish service. .Suiely tho city owes Its physicians a great debt nt this time. I'very time the Kaiser Anil Without (irsrel launches a peace pro posal he realigns anew the complete meaning of "spurlos versenkt," It Is nltogetlicr Idle for the Germans to ad dress us with baited breath. ' i . Majbe the Germans Yet Tliey Mill Ilo It Cjniciil are retreating In re sponse to the health department's advice to avol.l crowds. Governor Brumbaugh says that planting bla(k walnut trees will provide for the wild life of tho Statu ill future years. Of course, wo are In favor of. planting trees, at all times; but ns for tho wild llfo of Pcnnsyi vnnla, what with booze gone, cabarets under the hail and the price of brown birds pro hibitive, why there ain't going to bo any wild life. , Armlt-tlcc or no armistice, the boche'a Idia Is evidently to burn as many French towns as possible. What a hitter day it will be for tho German when he can no longer set flro to villages for amusement. Or will ho put thu torch to German hamlets Just by sheer force of habit? There was a panic on tho Berlin Stock I'xchunse when the news of .Maximilian's peace feclir was mado public, but It vwib a mere flurry In comparison with tho panic In the high command which the peace drive of the Entente. Allies has caused. The Kaiser may fool himself with dreams of Hun victory, but there are evi dently some panicky brokers on the Berlin exchange who refute to take any stock In It. We propose to fight It out on this line If It takes all Inter seems to be what the nation expects the President to say to the German Chancdlor. We wonder If the Swiss and Swedish embassies In Washington don't ever get tired of delivering those German and Auatrlan peace yelps? A movement to keep the clock ahead In order to save fuel Is urgid. But how are we going to save a thing wc haven't got? TaiBBBaaaaaWlBjaPaPfaffWHwWaKjT'BI Z. ek . ... " .." . ' r-jymi .v J2Q y 'LITTLE PtibPL&f ALL the Little Peoples Are marching with their bands. They speech their happy speeches, They shako each other's hands! Syrians applauded When drear Damascus fell, And gathered round nt ban.iuetH And yelled their nation's yell. Pole and swarthy Magyar, Czech and Jugo Slnv, Are telling of a wond'rous Uncle that they have. - O ye Little Peoples, Finn nnd Scib and Buss, Wo're glad to make you happy, But arc you you or us? B. H. Color of a 3-Ccnt Stamp ) Eight Different Shades Appeared in a Single Month E XPKUIMBNTS made necessary nt Wash- color materials formerly obtained In Germany vi ns rut off owing to war conditions are re sK)nslble for tho many shade varieties so iiotlrcablo In tho stamps commonly used In the United States today. The Bureau ot Hngravlng nnd Printing hns the mighty job of printing millions of stnnips every twenty-four hours for use on letters nnd packages sent through domestic channc!s jind to foreign countries. Before tho war, when the pigments produced In Germany wero Imported Into the United States In plentiful quantities, the bureau had no difficulty In maintaining standard shades In the colors selected for the franking labels. But with the drawing of the Teuton sword and the establishment ot the British block ade Germany's exportation of dyes ceased, and the American Government was forced to turn to domestic manufacturers In the hopo of obtaining substitutes. Germany hail vlr tiullv u monopoly on the Industry, and It Is said that the American Government had to pay s high ns H a pound for the local products, and that these products were In ferior In comparison with those which Ger many 'had exported. Bcforo America entered the war tho two cent carmine wns the stamp most commonly In use, hr tho postal rate for ordinary letters bnd not been raised to three cents. America's dyo predicament became so desperate that, It Is understood, at ono time only a few weeks' supply remained. The British Gov ernment came to the rescue by permitting a shipment of color compounds to pass thioiigh the blockade, and In this way the Bureau of Kngravlng nnd Printing wns able to tide over the shortage until domestic sup plies could be obtained which Mould answer the purpose Subsequently the two-cent de. nomination appeared In such shade varieties as rose-carmine, dull lose, light rose, pale rose, dull red, deip rose-red, crlmyon-laUe, vermilion and just plain red. With the raising of the postal rate to three cents tho quantities of this value' required leaped In numbers of million;, and It became Impossible to produce them all in the se lected color, deep violet. Constant reprlnt Ings were necessary In order to meet the demands, and It Is recorded that within a period shorter than a month, during which eight different printings were made, tho stamps appeared in dark violet, deep bright violet, light grayish vIolM, light violet, lav ender, bright violet, pale violet and deep lilac. Joseph II. l.eiiv, philatelist In charge of the Government's stnmp collection at the Na tional Museum. Is authority for the statement that the Bureau of Kngravlng and Printing on March It commenced manufacturing Its own tvpogrnphlcnl Ink. It whs the proceis of deciding exactly the proper huo fur the three-cent stamp which caused the appear ance of these eight varieties, which were preceded hi earlier months by half a dozen other distinct shades, Including plain violet, lilac and red-violet. The same problem confronted the bureau In the printing of thn one-cent denomination, which has appeared hi green, bluc-grccn, apple-gnen, deep clIow-grecn, deep graj -green nnd inllorl-green and other .shades; tho four-cent, which has been found In jellow brown nnd in black-brown; the flve-ccut. In blue nnd In slate-black; the six-cent. In orange and In jellow-brown ; tho eight-cent. In olive and in yellow; the ten-cent. In Ml low and In brown; and the eleven-cent, In blue-gieen and In blue", with nil theso higher values appearing ulso In shades Intermediary between the colors mentioned. Thn United Stntts is not the only counlrv where Ihe production of stamps in the se lected coloiH has been difficult because of the lo shortage arising out of the war. Bng land. New Zealand, Morocco, France nnd other Governments similarly have linen troubled. Meanwhile dye experts have been nt work seeking to discover German trade secrets, and it is safe to predict that ufti r the war the many Governments which for merly were dependent on Germany for eor rect stamp colors will be able to turn else, wh're to obtain theso dyes. The Bureau of Ilngravlug and Printing at Washington will be able to purchase tho necessary pigments In America. Standard Rejection Slip On Hand lor Immediate and !'ear Fu ture Use in the Offices of the. Allied Powder Magazine Ilcrr M'ilhclm llohemollcrn: Yours ot latest (Into to hand, but nothing found therein Insures us that jou understand tho reason why rejec tion slips ure clogging up your mall, lo save tho fostman further trips we'll crltlclzo your tale. It Is too vague nnd too diffuse, too hidden In a maze. Long, winded styles are not In use in theso incisive days. Tie terse, conclslve, more precise, dramatic, vivid and, in short, repeat "The Armistice" wo had from Ferdinand. That story mado a hit at once. Its popular appeal tho edge of criticism blunts and aids the public weal. Tho scholar or the motorman can quickly sense Its scope. Why not adopt Its sim ple plan If you would wrlto with hopo? With such a contribution you would touch the hearts of all. Be realistic, Words untrue win no regard at all. Our Christmas number's hound to be, this year, strong, largo nnd rich, with em phasis on history. Now, In tho Bulgar pitch, a piece from you might find a place, and if you use your wit vvo'll underline your well-known face: "The author 'of 'I Quit." " There is n, story you could write with every word a throb. Ho why postpono the world's delight? Oct busy on your Job. All other tales, except that ono of utter and completo surrender, will be vainly spun. Itejectlon slips will greet all' works that your still clumsy pet. of Action may dovlso. For falsehood's not for freedom's men. Our editors have eyes. And so we yarn you still to try to keep your copy clean. Then only you'll be heeded by Tho Allied Magazine H. T. C. HPHra T w iTwr3 A JUDAS m'i . ,.i! .iiv ' j . ' j ,7''TS5F.' i'"MMtYMfliWlf iTa. .." .; .(".. ' i ' . n ' V, v: S WEAJHER FORECAST1 lli Ij ' fat r ana t JP 'V jP cooi'r" tropic 'Mr:. jrMmk , " ' " Mm .hmw w 'fev. - MMkkm wmh -51. . fp; ' 1 ? " " t4Pi'mls . '"IsjSBiL'r;-. " r. The Germans Employ Tno Forms of Appeal the Pious and the Pathetic but Deceive A'o One William ltoscoo Thnjer, author of tho life ot John Hay, has contributed a notablo article lo the North American ltevlew for October from which tho following cxtiacta are made- WIIU.V a swindler goes about his work he takes It for granted that there Is a cer tain number of persons whom be can dupe. The number may be larger or smaller, but ho Is certain that It exists, and ho sets his traps to laleh as innny victims us bo can. ills tiap may be simply n gold brick or u roll of counterfeit banknotes. If he pres on the most gullible; or It may be a seductive broker's circular. If he Is gunning for per sons who haw more dollars than whs; or It ma) be the prospectus of a quack medicine. It lias lemalned for our time to witness the gie.itest swindle of all that of tho cunning ruleis of a vast empire who. In their des peiatlon, hope to win by deceit the victory which they could not win b war. Their trick Is so nnui that, nlthoiigh we have been put on our gunid, wo cannot too often expose it until we are sure that it lias failed. What Is It they hope to achieve by men dacity now ? They hope to fool tho Allied nations Into accepting terms ot peace by which not only Prussian militarism, the Hscend.incy of the .lunkeis, the autocracy of tho llohenzollern and the riithlessncss of the commercial unci lniluslrl.il ring, typified In Ballln, shall remain undisturbed,' but also their Middle Burope emplie shall stand un shaken How can the evpect to accom plish this, .von may veiy well ask; how can any Allied ministers or public men be such fools ns to fall Into this obvious German trap' The answer Is clear; there Is prob ably not mi Allied cabinet minister In Kurope or hern who is fooled, but they are all In bondage to public opinion; and If the public opinion which sways them demands peaco on any terms there Is danger that they will listen and submit. So tho Germans nlm their campaign of nieiiilnelt, not against tho cabinet officers, but against the people In the Allied countries. They count on winning over enough men and women to turn the decision In their favor. In short, they reckon that every countty has a large number of dupes. Are you ono? When their propaganda reaches you In some sly and seductive disguise, aro ou the sort of perron who will he .caught by it? Shall nu say. "That sounds reasonable and Just; nil) shouldn't it be carried out?" APPARENTLY the Germans haw decided to employ two forms of appeal tho pious nnd the pathetic They have nlready begun to work several varieties of pious appeal, all of which are based on tho New Testament nnd tho doctrines ot Christ. Months ago clergymen, who were secretly pro-German or pacifist, began to utter In many parts of this country the warning that ns Christ bids us to love our neighbors, when tho tlmo comes to erjd the war wo must not bo harsh or vindictive toward tho Germans, but must forget and forgive Ihelr crimes and atroci ties. Kven admitting that the Germans did wrong, they continue, we must take them back into our confidence and eBtecm; other wise we should do wrong, and two wrongs do not make a right. In the parable of tho prodigal son did not Jesus teach that tho sinner must not only be forgiven, but feasted and mado much of? When I havo dissented from this applica tion of Christ's parable I have been nsked by ministers whoso sincerity wis above suspi cion: "But must wo not distinguish between tho crime and the criminal? Can wo not love the criminal though we hate his crime?" I havo observed In most cases that parsons who endeavor lo make tills distinction usually minimize' the crime and whitewash tho criminal. They leave on their congrega tion the Impression thnt after all we must not be too hard on the Germans, they are so much like the rest of us. For a half century past mawkish senti mentalists have winced at seeing Justice dono ; they send flowers to atrocious crimi nals In prison or sign petitions to have them pardoned and released. They lay stress on any trifle to extenuate, to palliate, to excuse. Unless tho respect for Justice bo quickened morals will vanish from among men, for justice Is the backbone ot morals and with out mortals civilization dies. What shsll we say, then, for those per sons who urge or insidiously BUggest that we hold back the hand of justice when vie come .to the great day bf reckoning with Germany? They would make us abetters of the most awful criminals In hletory and PEACE they would mask their baseness by quoting from the New Testament the admonition to love our enemies. Whoever leads Christ's utterances, how ever, will discover that He never sanctions I lie surrender of the moral law. In every one of His pieccpts lie assumes that tho divine Justice updates throughout tho uni verse. Never for a moment does He com mand vou to stand by nnd see evil done to others; on the contrary. He presupposes that .vou will and must defend the great principles of God to the death, as He himself did. He was not tho spineless, mushy moralist whom the pacifists have tried to palm off on us. In all the books of religion thcic aro no con demnations so terrible as His. 1 do not think that the propaganda of pacifists nnd secret pro-Germans will fool tho American people Into believing that Christ would condone tho unspeakable crimes ot the Germans or that Ho would approve ot forgiving and forgetting at the expense of divine Justice. The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Let us, therefore, bo on our guard against German and pacifist Interpretations of the spirit of Christ's teaching. And If we doubt tho validity of the Christian code. Jet us turn to the pagan for example. How havo wo advanced. If our reverence for Justico falls shoit of the Roman father and Judge 2000 )cais ago, who condemned his own Son lo death? Let justice be done though thu heavens fall. Wi: H.VVi: glanced nt the pious appeal, let us turn now to tbo pathetic appeal. This Is to be concocted for the wives nnd mothers of American soldiers to swallow. , Their heartstrings are lo be wrung. "WlO'i" they are to be asked, "should jou go on bearing the, suspense of having jour husband and sons nt tho front? Why should jou sink In grief ns news conies of their death, having jou to live out a broken-hearted ex istence? You ought no longer to suffer, be cause there Is no longer reason to continue the war. The Germans aro ready to stop. They offer to restore Belgium, they will give back Alsace-lrfirralno to France, they will satisfy Italy. Why then prolong tho blood shed, the ngonj-, the honors? Tho Germans themselves deplore this, if the Allies persist, will not the guilt fall on them? If America keeps on does It not confirm tho German charge that It Is jou and the Allies, not the)-, who am filled with the lust of war and Iho desire for conquest?" In some such form as this, women ot America, the Germans will framo their ser pent argument for jou, and they think so meanly of j-our Intelligence and of j-our sphlt that they expect to make j-oii Ihelr accomplice?. How llttlo they know jou! Thej suppose that J'onr courage hns been worn down under tho strain of absenco and the shock of bereavement. What havo ou done to Justify nny one In Imputhig to jou such baseness? From the day wo entered tho war until now. who has heard jou murmur or complain.? If Jou havo shed tears, nobody lias seen them. I have known many mothers whp have been as eager ns their sons to have them go, and many wives who would havo cut out their tongues rather than havo urged their hus bands to hold back. No! VJio patriotic reso lution of American women has already, had immense Influence. Our troops In tho'fleld feel thnt Influence supporting them, und It will never flag. The women of America will not be duped by the Geimnn drive for a Judas peace, be cause they are intelligent and because, also, their hearts cannot be deceived. How could a mother who has lost a son or n wife who has lost a husband In the war consent to a scheme which would render such losses van? A j ear or two ngo ninny Americans wero asking, "Why should wo go Into tho war?" Uvorjbody knows why now, From tho mo ment -when our first unitsof strong, clean,, chivalrous, houor-lovlng American soldiers reached tho front, saw tho ruin nnd devasta tion, saw the barbaric methods of the Hun fighters, they understood tho reason. It Is .estimated that 3,000,000 civilized men have ulready laid down their lives In France In order to defeat the Hun, to liber ate mankind from tho Incubus of Prussian militarism and to .make tho world safe for democrucj'. They died willingly, bravely, but every ono of them would rise In his grave If he knew that the great object for which ho gave his life was to be wrecked by cunning nnd mendacious, diplomats. Maxlm'llan l a maximalist when li comes to demanding consideration for Ger many. But he will get who la coming to him. :-i I j The Parent's Complcat ' Apology T VK taught you what you wouldn't learn. guessed, I've spurred you out of happy ease, 1'vo pinned yon down to hated rest. Tho lenson wh- j-ou may not know It was because I loved you so! t IfI have chid j-ou for j-our best. If I have praised j-ou for your worst, Jf where you slighted I have blessed, If where jou labored. I have cursed You will forgive me when you know. It was because I loved you so! Had you a fault that once was mine. That fault, my dears, I'd no'er condone! Should gifts and graces In you shine, I'd scorn them It they were my own! 'Twns puzzling, then but now j-ou know It was because I loved you so! i Although I thundered in my wrath At all your tiny, childish slips, And haled jou into virtue's path, A pensive bniid, with quivering lips, You will ho gentle, dears, I know Because your mother loved j'ou so! Jospphlno Daskam Bacon, in "On Our Hill." The German Sea "Father," piped the llttlo son of a Ger man naval officer, "what does the sea look like?" "Why, my child, it Is long nnd narrow, about fifty j'ards across, with locks In It." "Oh. but Papa, that Is tho canal; I mean tho real sea, outside the canal." "Hush, my child; no German ever speaks of that. That Is whero the pigs of British are, nnd I am proud to say I havo never laid cj-cs on It," Premier Max left the word "Imperial" out of tho usual phrase "Imperial German Government" In bis peace note to President AVIlson. And when things Imperial nro en tirely omitted from Germany peaco will pros per better. Those who say the Kaiser Is crazy ought to remember that that Implies a certain amount of brains. Somo people haven't sense enough to bo crnzj-. What Bo You Know? QUIZ I, Mlmt l Ihe ofUrlut poslllon In the German iirmy which field Mnrshsl IllnHenhnrc has Jiint bern reported to have returned? 2, In xhut eltr wero llie Trenrh klnii farmerlr rrowneil? .1. Where linden? 4, Who electa the rope? 0. What lane eltr In Dm I'nlled States was tho first In tlo.o lu theatres became at fhe Influenzii epldemle? . What la a "hola"? , 7, What nr rruataeeana? , 5. In what Stale was Abraham Mnroln barn? D. How manr emperora half rnled Ter modern Dermanr. and nhe were Ihej7 10. Who sold "None but the brav detcrrea the fair"? Answers lo Yefterday's Qulr ' T,T. ,'5M ..Mountains run northward from llelfort. Iranee, between tha Khlne and tho Slowlle ItUera. Clurenre Wllllnma ta now Ummrnm. llie United htutea amir ordnance depart- inrni. 3. 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