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p. rVlliJ.lpkU, Wrdntidsr. sfnibeT 1). 1918
MONEY FOR TEACHERS
fTUIE Board of 1'ubllo Education wants a
school -tax of seventy cents Instead ot
sixty In order to raise tho money to In
crease the pay of .tho teachers.
Tho teachers ought to havo better pay.
They admit It. So docs every ono olso who
is familiar with the conditions.
A seventy-cent school tax properly ex
pended might In time produce a generation
of voters who would demand Greater econ
omy In tho public offices and a consequent
reduction of the general tax. But it would
tako so long at tho best that many persons
will doubt the wisdom of the Immediate
increase. Yet if money can be found in no
other way we suppose wo shall hae to
submit.
Now Is the time for every Investor to bo
n bull on Philadelphia and Its future.
TOO LATE
TOCTOK SOLP had not adjusted Ills
thinking to the facts of the case when
he sent his appeal to Secretary Lansing
that the President use his Intluenco with
the. Entente Allies for a mitigation of the
tej-ms of the armistice.
The document was signed and Doctor
golfs protest was too late. It was also
in bad taste. Tho terms were not one whit
too severe under tho circumstances. They
were intended to deprive Germany of the
power of renewing the war during tho
peace negotiations. They wero made when
the Kaiser was on his throne, the same
Kaiser who had torn up the Belgian treaty
M a scrap ot paper. The uninsured word
of a- German official Is not to be trusted at
the present time. AVe must put him under
penal bonds if we are to deal with him
at all.
It there is any considerable number of
persons in Germany who agree with Doc
tor Solf that tho enforcement of the armi
stice conditions will produce "among the
German people feelings contrary to those
upon which alone tho reconstruction of a
community of nations can rest guarantee
ing a Just and durable peace," "then sen
timent among the Allied nations will agree
that the terms were none too severe. Ger
many is defeated and it is necessary that
he should admit that defeat and face Its
son sequences.
Her Government will be treated with
Justice and her long-suffering people with
such a degree of mercy as conditions war
rant. There is one war and only one llus-
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THE HUNGRY MUST BE FED
MIt. HOOVER is about to sail for Europe
to look into the needs of the war
ravaged countries. lie will Inquire Into
the food conditions, the lack of clothing,
the dearth of housing and transportation
and into other similar subjects. Then he
will recommend was and means for the
prevention of buffering this winter.
Every humane instinct demands that suf
fering he relieved even in Germany. It
is possible now to move the world's supply
of foodstuffs wherever it may be needed.
It will all be needed before the next crop
i is harvested. Although according to the
law Mr, Hoover's bureau hi the United
States is to be closed when the war ends,
it will doubtless be necessary for it to con-,-tlnue
In operation until the food Mtuatlon
becomes more nearly normal than at
i" present.
There will undoubtedly be attempts at
r , profiteering, both here and In Europe. For
our own protection we must keep the con
trol of the food supply and its distribution
in; the hands of disinterested and humane
persons so long as the crisis exists.
No ipeclflo mention of Zeppelins was
made in the armistice. The Allies were after
objects ot Deal worth.
FJtOM DUNCEON TO REPUBLIC
K I, QIBERIA, a word once interchangeable
wun aespair in a vast empire, vibrates
w swlth syllables of hope. Among all the
;? astounding changes wrought by the war.
- 4 surely the transformation of a vast terrl.
j; v ferial dungeon Into a contributor to the
rorces of rreeaom taKes deserved high rank.
?ri TV. Ackerman, the Evening; Idoer,
a"Xr correspondent In Vladivostok, reports the
'" svrrlvat there of M. Ivanoff-Miov with a
''- to the Entente for recognition of the
B VJMWJ Siberian republic The government
K -4l$bfBk is being sanely 'and powerfully
i'tjetsjtwiteed. Nearly 400,000 recrulls have
.' mtfttk&v reannnded to Its call tnr vnlimt,-
t ' Tfee plan, as monumental as It Is thrilling.
i to redeem Russia through the awaken
vlg ,an(1 progress westward of national
""toreea; arising in a land wherein autocracy
P" v "tlJ"lt darkest pages.
lie complete success of this undrtak
,, .sonslderlng the mosaic of racial ele-
in a stretch ot territory embracing
eventh of the1 globe's land surface,
indeed bo miraculous But one doei
j 'tMfre' to strain tho Imagination in at
I - sj(ttcelvlng Siberia itself os a na.
Jty, .
A CALL TO CITIZENS
, fOR A VICTORY WEEK
Now Is the Time to Begin Planning for a
Great Spring Festival to Celebrate
the End of the War
COME tlmo oro in these columns wo
suggested tho inevltnblcncss of n
great peace festival in Philadelphia and
expressed n hope Hint it may bo lavishly
nnd nobly planned. But tho blissful
tumult of tho Inst week wns required to
indicnto how vivid and cheerful nnd nil
pervading such a celebration might be
if it were directed with imagination and
mndc nctunlly expressive of tho heart of
tho people.
Any ono who observed tho sudden flare
of the carnival spirit in tho streets,
nny ono who knew how often an nche for
somebody far away or a sense of rever
ent thanksgiving wns hidden behind a
laugh or a song, must realize that wo
have not yet eelebrnted tho end of tho
wnr as it must be celebrated. The coun
try feels much that it has not yet ex
pressed. Philadelphia should plan a week of
fete and festival nnd pageantry adequate,
with nil tho aid thnt money nnd imagi
nation and tho arts can provide, to
reflect what was in tho minds of nil tho
millions who broke out of all familiar
routine nnd took possession of tho streets
when the great news of peace came over
the cables.
The Governor and Governor-elect of
the State and Mayor Smith should at
once give their attention to some such
plnn. We should nrrange to celebrate
not only tho signing of peace treaties,
but the end of all warfare. Certainly
there should bo ample inspiration in the
visible world-wide triumph of tho princi
ples that wero first expressed, in days
of peril nnd uncertainty, by a little group
of men in Independence Hall. But the
general scheme should be one to insure
a spontaneous nnd happy response in the
emotions of every one. It should leave
room for everybody's participation in one
way and at some time or another. The
impromptu demonstrations of tho last
few weeks showed how alluring infor
mality can be.
If there has been any fault with tho
more elaborate affairs usually planned
here and elsewhere in tho country it is
in a too ardent attention to the sort of
formalism which leaves most of tho
people in the role of mere spectators.
The peace j'ubilee as it is possible to
imagine it now should bo in the spring,
when tho weather makes outdoors invit
ing. It should bo a blaze of color, h
tempest of music, a time of good cheer
and it should give free play to all tho
nrts of symbolism and all the forces of
beauty. It should be made expressive of
mass emotion nnd it should be enriched
by all the charm and vitality and humor
that flow endlessly from an American
multitude in its happier moods. We in
this country do not lack imagination.
We restrain and check it. That trick
we have inherited from the Puritans.
Now we ought to cut loose for once at
least. s-
It is not too much to hope that the
sort of festival here suggested might bo
made memorable by the presence of some
of the men who, as makers of destiny on
French battlefields, are now but great
names to America. We might not be
able to have Foch as a guest. But we
might have others almost as great. Cer
tainly President Wilson would be glad
to have a part in the general celebration.
A great deal of money would be
needed. It ought to be spent lavishly.
We ought to put the cleverest architects
and composers and artists at work upon
the background of the celebration. We
should tell them to spare neither trouble
nor expense that we want something
glorious, something that nobody will
over forget.
Very properly the first day of any
great peace festival might be made com
memorative of the part played in the war
by women. They have been tireless
theso mothers and sisters and the Girls
They Left Behind Them. What a 'day
they ould make it! The world will be
better for knowing as it does not yet
know of all that they have done and
endured in placid faith.
There should be a Day of the
Soldiers for some of them will have
returned by spring. There should be a
Day of the Allies. The tremendous nar
rative of Pennsylvania, and especially
Philadelphia, industry in the war would
provide a theme for another day of ma
jestic symbolism. There might be an
other day for the captnins and generals
who in the quieter but no less difficult
fields of peace contributed to the work
of the armies in France. And there
ought to be a day for the children and
a day for thanksgiving.
At no time should the celebration be
so formalized as to restrict the lively
emotions, the cheerful and spontaneous
reactions of crowds or the blithe sense
of irresponsibility that made the last
week one of the most extraordinary in
the city's Jiistory.
All of tnis is suggestive of a difficult
job that would require the systematic
direction by clever and imaginative men.
It can be achieved. We feel sure that
money will be available in plenty and
that in addition to what tha city may
appropriate all citizens, men, women and
children, as well as business institutions,
would be glad to contribute to make a
victory festival in this city an occasion of
delight and splendor and lasting signifi
cance. Thrones unquestionably head the Hit of
fal offerings.
THE NEXT STEP
THAT federation of the world of which
tho poets and prophets have dreamed
has come so near that It Is already within
the realm of practical politics. There Is
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certain to be a League ot Nations in the
near future to make secure what has been
won. The United States and the Allied
nations of Europe nro already acting as
such a league. This needs only to be ex
panded and Its functions defined to mako
tho thing a realization of the vision.
What such a lcaguo should bo was ad
mirably defined by Doctor Butler, the preei.
dent of Columbia University, this week
when, among other things, ho said thnt the
International Court of Justice, urged by
the American delegates to tho second
Hague conference should bo called
Into being, backed by sufficient mili
tary power to enforco Its decrees. Tills
would put an end to virtually nil wars,
Just as tho pollco power of tho Stnto back
of Its courts has put a vlrtunl end to tho
settlement ot prlvato disputes by vlolcnco.
Thoso who uso vlolenco are punished. But
thero has been no international authority
to punish a nation which mado war upon
Its neighbors. It took more than four years
to punish Germany for her crimes, as tho
machinery needed to Inflict the penalty had
to be Improvised.
Thero Is intelligence and wisdom enough
In tho world to provide against a repeti
tion of this great scourge. Tho main
tenanco of armies and navies ns a pollco
force for a great International court Is tho
first thing on which thero must be agreement.
Prlnco Axel of Denmnrk was surprised
w-hen ho saw the wheels so round at Hog
Island.
PHILANTHROPY: ITS MEANINGS
TN THE plans mado by tho l.ito Mrs,
Russell Sago for tho distribution of
hor husband's millions to charity and to
tho purposes of research In tho fields of
education and sociology, there Is an Im
plied chollengo to public opinion nnd ono
which hns unlquo slgnlflcanco In a. day
when great soclnl reactions nro being
brought about by tho driving forco of clr
cumstances alone.
Mrs. Sato's generosity, liko tho repealed
efforts of others who, by means of endow
ments, have sought to Improvo educational
methods and to solve tho more Intricate
and painful problems of modern com
munity life, suggests a persistent nnd gen
eral dissatisfaction with existing standards
and practices, And thero is. In tho habit
of modern rich men who give their for
tunes to charity or to found new nnd novel
Institutions of research, a virtual admis
sion that everything Isn't ns it should be
in the codes of tho tlmo. Tho gratitude
with which publlp opinion properly ac
knowledges such bequests implies, in turn,
a sense of something lacking in tho gen
eral administrative system under which wo
live. For education and sclenco and human
relationships nro factors that should not
require prlvato aid in their direction. In
tho light of modern experience It must
seem that these essential considerations
should enlist tho wisest and the most gen
erous Interest of the constituted agencies
of government.
The Sage Foundation has provided great
aid and the best sort ot constructive criti
cism for our general educational system.
It has done work of Immeasurable import
ance In tho revelation of errors In tho
accepted social adjustments. Tho Rocke
feller Foundation has helped to carry
medical nnd surgical science far forward
in America. Tho good accomplished
by these two philanthropic institu
tions cannot bo measured. It is related
definitely and permanently to tho general
welfare. It is establishing fixed values
and it will serve to make life better and
happier in the future. The research mado
possible by American millionaires is in
fields altogether strange to tho politicians
and the experimenters who usually pre
dominate In the legislative nnd executive
systems of our government. Yet tho
problems with which tho great privately
endowed Institutions concern -themselves
are at the very root of our national and
communal life.
So In applauding Mrs. Sage, who after
giving nwny $35,000,000 during her life
time has provided, In a will Just opened,
for the distribution of $35,000,000 more to
help educational and charitable works, we
applaud an admirable and generous spirit.
But nt the same moment we tacitly admit
the inability of our own administrative
system to meet the needs of the period. A
review of science and educational processes
in America will show that the vast ma
jority of the institutions for the encourage
ment of advanced science and general re
search are privately endowed. Though
science carries the light always for civili
zation, modern government has never been
able to establish a sound working basis
with It.
Critics, may rate
The I'.xlle other statues than
Accomplished that of Strassburg in
the Place de la Con
corde foremost In externals of beauty. But
freed of Its mourning weeds of forty-seven
years, there Is no piece of sculpture o:i earth
whose splrltur quality Is so exquisitely
radiant today.
Reports from all over
Tlio Mlslity ln the United States
show that tho volume
of inall'fell off when the Huns surrendered.
"We can but suppose that the volunteer as
sistants to the President to'ok a day off.
After tho glitter and
The Simple. I.lfe extravagance of his
existence in Berlin, the
former Emperor of Germany probably feels
that a count's chateau In Holland Is little
better than a dugout.
The Crown Prince is said to be literally
a dead one. On the ground of novelty, how
ever, this report makes virtually no appeal.
The automobiles had no monopoly of
being tired In Philadelphia on tho second (day
of peace.
Those who once prophesied that the Al
lies would have a walkover are bolng Justi
fied. That Interesting act will be performed
along the Rhine.
Whether It is built on the Parkway or
not, there will be a war monument some
where, ln.I'hlladelphla that will adequately
commemorate the victory and the sacrifice.
The work or fight rule is repealed. Now
If some one could only make a rule which
would force the Idlers to work It would bo
easier to fill the vacancies in every big In-
easier to nil t
j duttrlal plant.
ELBOW ROOM
, Thanksgiving for Hiving Overslept
rnoDAY, my friends, I overslept '
And woke nt half-past, eight;
I reached the office whero I'm kept
About two hours late.
I worked all morning brcakfastlcss,
Mado my digestion grievo:
Tho boss, unless 1 miss my guess,
Has thunder up his sleeve.
But I'm glad I was Indolent!
Tho memory still glows
I.lfe cannot steal that increment
Of sweet unearned rcposel
What though the time-clock will deduct
Two hours? It will bo cheap
Tho wholo damned unlvcrso I bucked
And got a ralso of sleep!
Congratulations to Eysden
It is agreeable to contcmplato the Kaiser,
shut up In his special train nt Eysden
station with tho blinds carefully drawn,
changing from uniform Into civilian gar
ments. It Is said that thero wero fifty-one
persons In his party, and a happy little
family they must havo been. It seems to
us that the best punishment for Wilhelm
would have been to keep him kenneled In
that train for n few years, firing a gun or
so over his head now and then Just- to
keep him on tho Jump.
It saddens us to Tomcmbcr that wo
passed through Eysden once nnd never
suspected what an Important placo It
would be, It was in tho summer of 1912.
Wo had bicycled from Basel, nlone, north
ward through Alsace nnd Lorraine, meet
ing sovcrnl unpleasant attentions from th'e
German nrmy on the way. Our errand
was entirely innocent: wo wero studying
somo of tho battlegrounds of tho Franco
Prussian War, but tho military atlas In
our knapsack aroused disagreeable surmise
on tho part of stray officers, who ques
tioned us with moro fervor than courtesy.
TVe had heard much argument about
conditions In Alsnco and Lorralno and con
flicting reports ns to the success of the
Kaiser's Germanizing regime. Somo had
told us that the provinces were really bo
coming resigned to Hohenzollcrn rule.
Others had Insisted that they would nl
ways be French at heart. So we thought
we would go and have a look for ourself.
It is a long story, nnd now that tho two
kidnapped provinces are to bo nobly re
stored to their true mother we are happy
to bo nble to say thai everything wo saw
thero proved to us conclusively that tho
country was German only In name. Of
many proofs, let us mention only one. In
that country as one goes along tho rural
roads It Is a matter of custom to greet
every wayfarer you pass. Wo used to try
a simple expedient to test their feelings.
Sometimes wo would cry, "Guten mor
gen!" as we rodo by, and sometimes wo
would say, "Bonjour!" Every time wo
uttered tho former salutation the stranger
would reply, "Morgen!" In a routine per
functory accent. But when wo said "Bon
Jour!" his or her faco would light up, eyes
would shine, hands would gestlculato and
a cheery reply was Instant.
This, however, has nothing to do with
Eyhdcn. Patience!
Wo reached Alx-la-Chapelle (Aachen) ono
fine morning In August. We had Intended
to go from thero to Llego and Namur,
thenco across to Waterloo and Brussels.
But when we got out of Alx our plodding
pushblko w-as met by a terrific head wind,
blowing without let-up from the south
west. It was the samo wind that had
coasted us merrily that forenoon down the
spurs of tho Ardennes from Montjole. It
came roaring nnd whistling over the flat
country, pushing against us like a vast
hand. After a few miles wo gave up. Some
where toward Vise, ns far as wo can re
member, wo turned off to the northward
and got tho wind abaft. We crossed the
border Into Holland Just whero the Kaiser
motored over last Sunday morning.
Unfortunately wo recall nothing at all
about Eysden. If wo had been gifted with
prophecy wo should have settled down
there, rented a room and a typewriter near
tho railway station and waited six years
and n quarter for Eysden's great day.
Then we might have had a story on the
front page of tho newspapers.
But that wind was now behind us and
we bustled on. We crossed tho Meuse at
Maastricht nnd got Into Belgium. We
spent that night at a little inn at Hasselt,
sorting out the miscellaneous chowder of
German, French, Belgian, Dutch and coun
terfeit small change that had accumulated
In our Jeans.
Eysden will always bo gratefully remem
bered as the town where Wilhelm changed
Into civilian clothes. We wonder whether
a discarded heap of uniforms and epau
lettes was found lying by the railway track
after he had gone on to Velp? And where
did he leave Gott?
An Embarrassing Guest
Of course, hospitality Is a sacred virtue
and all that, but wo can't help wondering
what "the Kaiser's old friend Count Ben
tlnck" thinks about that llttlo visit at his
country place? ,
Probably Bentlnck said, onco upon a
tlmo In the bad old days, "Do drop In on
us some time, quite without ceremony."
It shows tho danger of giving promiscuous
Invitations that one never expects will be
accepted.
Identifjing Wilhelm
We hope that, In case of accidents', the
Kaiser's pocket memorandum book con
tains somo Identification data, such as the
following:
MV name Wilhelm Hohenzollern.
llcsidcncc Downandout Apartments, Velp,
Holland.
xUusiness address Care of Llebknecht,
Harden & Co., Berlin,
Home telephone Exile 2300.
Ofllce telephone (Formerly) Potsdam lOfJll.
In case of emergency notify Karl Rosner,
Stockholm, or Woodrow Wilson, Wash
ington, D. C.
Diidiicllic markings Permanent bruise on
chest from wearing Iron Cross.
dumber of my bankbook I forget. No
longer In my possession.
ily height Five feet ten, jn my crown.
flUc of my crown Too largo for me.
All this talk In the papers' about the
difference between French time and Amer
ican, time has brought homo to us the sad
fact' that when the world comes to an end
our European friends will havo had nbout
Ix more hours' life than we will.
SOCRATES.
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WHAT A CONGRESSMAN SEES
Scmiiveckly Letter Touching on the Washington Doings of Personalities
Familiar to Philadelphians
By J. Hampton Moore
Washington, Nov. 13.
THE recent death of John A. Leslie, a
Philadelphia wool merchant, who lived
at tho Union League, recalls the earlier
efforts to obtain a foothold in Pennsylvania
for William McKinlcy, of Ohio, ns a presi
dential candidate. Leslto had gono to
school with McKlnley and had watched
him grow. When It began to look as If
McKlnley would have a chance, he,
together with Michael J. Brown and sev
eral other ardent protectionists, started a
McKlnley League among the wool men
at Front nnd Walnut streets and "gave
notice that McKlnley was their ' choice,
despite the fact that Senator Quay was
endeavoring to gather tho delegates on his
own behalf. Subsequently members ot
tho Young Men's Republican Committee,
backed up by the Worklngmen's Protective
Tariff League, in which Ephralm Rlgg, of
Germantown; John S. Stewart, of Ken
sington, and Martin St. Legcr were active
spirits, held a meeting at the Academy of
Music, and although opposed by the Quay
element, started a real McKlnley boom.
Jim Eckersley, Joseph M. Huston, Henry
Douglas Hughes and Michael J. O'Calla
ghan were among those working up tho
movement and they had the active support
of men like Theodore Justice and David
Martin, who foresaw that protection was
going to bo tho big issue,
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FEW men keep in closer touch with the
big doings at the capital than William
R. Tucker, secretary of the Philadelphia
Board of Trade. He acquired tho habit
as a member of the Board of Port War
dens when ho and Joel Cook and Port
Warden Christian K. Ross began to make
trips to Washington In relation to Dela
ware River improvements. When Cook
came to Congress Tucker became even
more Intimate with national affairs. Thero
is little In connection with rivers and har
bors and transportation that now escapes
him, and tjiat valuable but much abused
compendium of public Information, the Con
gressional Record, probably has no more
faithful reader. Tucker has been what
might be called a Delaware River expert
since George F. Sproule, the present effi
cient secretary of the Commissioners of
Navigation, was a boy in, the Port War
dens' office; but "they do say" that Tucker
can beat Sproule at squash and, If need
be, can sing a sweeter song.
COMMANDER THOMAS T. NELSON,
Jr., United States navy, has had a
good deal to do with Washington since the
war broke out, and from all reports he is
doing well. Tom is the son of one of the
most popular of the old-line Philadelphia
Democrats, with whom he grew up In the
insurance adjusting business In the vicin
ity of Fourth and Walnut streets. He
took to the naval mllltla about the time
of the Spanish-American War and stuck
to it faithfully long after somo of the early
enthusiasts fell out of the running. In
fact, it was due very largely to his perse
verance and love of the work that thero
was any naval mllltla In Philadelphia
ready for service when the existing naval
reserve was established. When tho navy
began to take over civilian!, Tom took
the examinations and came out at tho top
of the heap with the rank of commander.
He is now at ,tht right hand of Rear
BUT NOT FORGOTTEN!
Admiral Helm, having charge of the per
sonnel of tho Foutth Naval District, head
quarters, 1vclfth and Chestnut streets.
a
"CTORMER Governor Charles R. Miller,
of Delaware, who Is one of Governor
elect Sproul's intimates, is the only mem
ber of tho Republican National Congres
sional Committee who. is not n member
of the Houso or Senate. The reason?
Because, nt the present time, Delaware's
two Senators and one Representative have
been Democrats. Now that Delaware has
swung Into lino with one Republican
Senator and has voted In a Republican
Representative, th'o genial ex-Governor
may seek to be relieved of his arduous
duties In Washington. In helping to
bring about tho result h Is certainly
entitled to relief If he desires It. Tho Gov
ernor accepted Delaware's placo on tho
committee after the retirement from Con
gress and tho committee of his son Tom,
who'went Into tho army and is now an ord
nanco officer on tho staff of Major General
Kuhn in France. Toward tho end of the
Governor's, term It was believed by many
that ho would mako tho fight for Senator.
Tho nomination went to ex-Senator Ball,
however, and ho was elected, notwithstand
ing the close associations existing between
the Incumbent, Senator Saulsbury, and the
White House.
"ITtQRTUNATELY, the numerous protests
to Director General McAdoo against the
closing of the South street ferry came
along while tho railroad administration
offlces in Philadelphia were making up
their minds to, rescind tho order. Mr.
McAdoo was told enough to mako It clear
that tho cessation of activities at South
street would bo a very unpopular move.
Tho Jersey farmers put their griev
ances up to Congressmen Browning and
Bacharach, and tho Philadelphia dele
gation was appealed to by merchants,
bankers and consumers, as well as by1 city
officials, to stave off tho order, if possible.
The hearings before Assistant Manager
Capps revealed the fact that South street
continues to bo an important market for
food supplies. Tho "curbstone markets,"
which Mr. Hoover and his assistants have
encouraged to cut down profiteering, have
been In existence along South, nnd Second
streets since long before Mr. Hoover was
born, and It Is not only the people of
South. Philadelphia who patronize them.
The merchants who are now rejoicing that
the old South street .ferry Is to continue
have let It be known that some of their
customers come from West Philadelphia
and Germantown, and that they carry their
own market baskets.
WORD from our soldier boys In Franco
percolates through the censors' suffl
clently to Inform us occasionally about a
heavy drain on thelrtneager Incomes. They
havo no fault to find with Uncle Sam, but
many of them complain of tho petty graft
to which they are subjected for the trin
kets and small necessities they have to
buy. In the earlier stages of the war Vice
Admiral Wilson, in command of tho navy
in France, was compelled to take summary
action to protect tho men from extortion.
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Oermany Is In as big a hurry to begin
peace negotiations as she was to start the
war. ,
TO OUR CAPTAIN
April 7, 1917
A SILENT Captain of our ship of stat,
" Pacing the bridge Incessant, thy calm
eyo
Plerceth the mists and knoweth the chart
whereby
TVe sail through perilous seas inviolate.
Wo loll In cabins or, Impatient, wait
On deck and, hapless, ask for reasons why.
And criticize, and argue and reply,
Discussing petty things in sage debate.
Givo us, our Captain, ot thy equipoise,
That wo may know our duty and the right,
That we may quell this madness which
destroys
All that wo love and hopo from times to
come;
Then bring us, clean of hand, In conscience
white,
Safe into port, to peace onco more, and
homo.
November 11, 1918
OUR Captain, lonely, watching through'
the night
Of storm, well hast thou steered the ship
ot state
Through giant seas, crashing an ocean's
weight,
Flooding the decks. Thy ever-searching
sight
Has seen beyond the turbid rack in flight
To freedom's dawn. Now other ships await
Thy pilotage with all their precious frejght,
Tossing as yet, but In the morning's light.
The storm Is past, tho sky is streaked with
gold,
Yet broken craft bespatter the swollen sea
And labor for tho haven helplessly.
The whole world trusts thee, even as of
old
We trusted Washington, to shape and
mold
The plinth and column of our liberty.
F. D. SCHELLINd.
It is In a way soul-satisfying to, le&ra
that Berlin Is "all red." Is she blushing for
her infamies at last?
The German deputies who sobbed over
the armistice terms wero evidently unable
to descry anything but the harm In the
harmony of their foes. Dried eyes will ulti
mately bring a clearer vision.
Wlwt Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Ot liow man? clauses Is the armistice com
posed?
2. Where la Alexnmlretta. whlrh the Frano
llrltlsh forces tiaTe Just occupied?
3. Who wrote the German "llrmn af HaU"?
4. Aralnat what nation did (lerraonr first cTa
rlare war in 181IT
5. Who waa Chancellor of Germans' at thai
iimcr
Who waa the creator "f tha Ilamtiarf-Amers-
ran nieamsnip s.inef
7. What Herman statesman characterised tha
trentr auaranteeln- Uelflan neutrality as
"acrap of paper"?
.. lioir man? days did the war endure?
0. What was the treatr under which, until tar
surrender. Germans' oppressed Rumania?
10, To what political narty does Frjedrtch Kbert.
tho new German Chancellor, belonr?
Answers to"Yeiterday Quis
1, President Wilson will be alitr-two rears oil
on December IS.
i. The armistice la aald t hate been slrnad si
Henils, southwest of Complexnr. France.
S. Captain ITelldorf waa tha courier who took
the armistice terms to tho Herman grand
neaoquancrs.
t. Horn
rret Is an acld-leaTed herb prepared for
the table somewhat s'Jer the laelilen of
spinach. It Is also used In ssup.
5. Glaacow la on tha Clyde Hirer.
6. I.ee"a armr. aurrendered to Grant at Apno
roattax In 183, numbered about tS.OOO
men, .
?, Sir John Tennlel drew the famous ranch
rnnoon. .iJiyj'i'.iia ino -,idi. - si
Pilot." at lh.
time or lua steiser a or
breach with rrln.
Ulnmi
jemarek.
S. The tut tie of. ew Orleans was fooshs on
January 8, 1815.
0. Janfjlbllus, tha sifted modern compose. It
10, Queen terta'a Bosbaud was' rrfaM' After)
.ef.B'SM-Cetaxs' nd Oetho..
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