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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
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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
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Never- Before In Any Crljn !! the Nation
. Ueen So Wholly of One
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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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
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llelfort. Iranee, between tha Khlne and
tho Slowlle ItUera.
Clurenre
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Ummrnm.
llie United htutea amir ordnance depart-
inrni.
3. WHj (Mlbert wrote "The Yarn ot the Naaer
4, T.ST alanda for trinitrotoluol.
3. The Sultan or Sulii rules under Iho protee
lion of thn I'nlled Stalea In n (roup of.
Ulanda south of tho I'hlllpnlnea. T
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Irfiudon and New ork.
7, Catherine . de' Medlrls waa Iho nnean af
VtS!r " of "" whom alio married In
IB33.
8. A barkentlno la n vessel with Ihe foremaal
Kiiiiurr rlccrri and the other mania for-und-uft
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word dcMrlhea ono who aaaalla cherwMaL
belief..
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