'flarvr; v A ; '.WTi' S v. :t j&t ' ' , Y v.J.-- PUBLIC LEDGER-PHILADJ 12 EYOT.G TUESD rNOVEMBER 10, 191B JW.. if v -y J a. it m- i K, l: V Ifi R- I. y W w Jhrcnmg IJubttc Hctiger tr "' im v ... ' TUDLIC J.EDGER COMPANY dfi'i CTntTS U.K. CUrtTIS, rninr.Nr "i ,. Charles H, Ludlnston. vice President i John a ,lMarlln. Secretary and Treasurer! 1'hltlnM. Collins. 'j John D. Williams, John J, Spurgeon. Directors. Wvr . J""' l' w&V-r -mua 11 J, iubtib. unairninn Life ArTMVID E. SMILEY Kdltor JOHN C. MARTIN.... Of neial Iluslneai Manager fT- Y1 1 tit lari sari rlallv at Piklln T.vtirtrn llttlt.lltiir LV-( v Independence Suuarr. rhlUdelhhlu. iPy'V'M' Cntbal.. . llro.nl nnd Chestnut Street ft, it .TUJfTlO ClTT Jsr.LV.ifn.i liulMlntr ft'TfBw YoK,... 2UU Metropolltrin Tower sMDictbit.. . . .. . 103 Korxl llullillnc fcT. Locu. ions ruiierton llutldlnir Crncioo.. . 1202 Tribune llulldliiff a. news nrnnArs WiiBlNOTOX HlBRiti. N. K. Cor. Pcnniyhanta Ae and 14th. St V.KftW Yoik IH-nciL The A'mi. IlulMlng VOXVOK BCKCAO. London 1 lines SUBSCRIPTION TI.ItMH Th Etimno Ptnuc Leixicr li scried to sub crlMra In Philadelphia utid lurruuiidlnir towns at the rate of tweUe U2 cent per week. paahla to th carrier. Hy mall to points outride of Philadelphia. In th United States. Canada, or Cntlcl .states poi eaelons, pout a re free, flftv (.V) rents pt month. Six (0 dollars per year. paab)c In adance. To all foreign countries ohm ($1 ) dullur pr month. Notic Subscribers ivishlnr nddrss chan&rtrj must git old a well ai new address. HELL, JOflO VALNIT kFYSTOM. MAIN 3000 $y Address all communication to Evening Pubho Vi Ltdotrt Independence Saaic, I'hitudctphlat wi Member cf the Associated Pre ' THE ASSOCIATED Pit ESS is crrlu Sttali entitled to the use for icpnbtlcation of all news dispatches credited to it or not Uthencise credited in thii papei , and oho fie local news published tlicietn All lights of 1 republication of special dil fhtches herein arc also icserird. , Philadelphia. TufiJ.j. NoirmSfr 11. 1918 " It looks as ir the people were AWAKE "JT1HAT the Chamber of Commerce assem- bly room was tilled esterda nfternoon ""frith representative men anil women Intel -Rested In street cleaning Is thus far the most gratifying lesult of the agitation oxer 4he new specifications, bids based on which Are to be opened todij . The reasons which Director Dalesman nnd Chief Hicks gave for 'the hnnges in the specifications failed to satisfy. The feeling of resentment which thee otllcials felt at being; called to ghe in account of b,elr stewardship In n public place forced Itself upon the consciousness of ewv one present, even though the men tried to conceal It under a ptofesIon of willingness itQ,tell all the knew. 'As to the reasons, Director D.Uesmnn said that the changes Wcie made, (list, in the Interest of economy. The streets were -to be cleaned less frequently In certain sections of the cit because the people living In those sections did not get the streets dirty. Then, the principle on which owe specifications were based had been chanced in the interest df efficiency. The contractors were to be held to produce cer tain results Instead of being required to employ a fixed number of men and u cer tain character of machinery If the in spectors reported that the streets were clean the contractors would be paid. If the Inspectors reported they were not clean then the contractors would be fined in accordance with a schedule of fixed penal ties for fled offenses. , j Theoretically this is a good plan But. 'as- It was poiYited out In the couie of the discussion, its efflclenc depends entirely on the Judgment of the Inspectors. No one - jjyesent missed the point of this lemark "It Is notorious that the Inspectors often owe political allegiance to the contractors, so JJiat under the conditions which prevail m this city the specifications under which the Btreets are to be cleaned next year reallv provide that the contracto s themselves through their agents shall decide whethei they are keeping the streets clean or not The temper of jesterday afternoon's gathering Justifies the hope that a cam paign for cleaner streets has orwj- Just begun. It must be the millennium now. indeed JBtrnard Shaw Is silent. ,,r THERE IS MONEY ENOUGH THB country has Just absorbed a six billion dollar loan. In ordinary times one would think that all the fluid capital had" been used up for the time being. But when bids were opened yesterday for .a seven million dollar loan of this city it was found that invcstois had offered to take thirty-five million dollars worth of Philadelphia bonds. And they offered a piemlum which will Jjpt the city about $200,000. This means that there Is money enough seeking Investment to carry on all the im jprovement plans here that have been held Vup by the war. It means that work can lie rushed as fast as arrangements can be made for borrowing money. As a matter of fact, the uar loans of the Government have been taken up In bmall hums by people who do not ordinarily In vest in such securities. The bankers hae discovered that there Is a market for bonds where they had not hcretofoie thought It possible to sell them. There will jiip longer bo hesitation over great public improvements for fear of Inability to lalse the money, because we have learned that Jhe resources of the country are almost inexhaustible. w The colossal Job of the Allies is to dem onstrate that peace hath her ictories no less than war. VACATION RICHLY EARNED STIMULATING evidence that the war is 4 really over Is obtainable at White Sul ph.ur Springs, Virginia, where Charles M. Schwab Is registered for an "indefinite Stay " Every American must wluh for him the keenest enjoyment of a vacation earned through the most bounteous expenditure of patriotic zeal, tireless administrative pnergy and superb technical proficiency. Sir Schwab, is undoubtedly one of the significant figures of the American admin istration of he war. Great men and little K,", throughout the land have worked faith fh 'jWlly and hard, but In too few of them tf -were combined the, qualities of Infectious tLvjy magnetism and Irresistible personal appeal !U! UUlUUillUUti; VlbUU14lll HlBlQilll HUCfl m "the director general of the Emergency TJ$ 1t "fcbrporatldn has displayed. He dls 1V".. :i: 1 :. i...i i... , . tr tfimrvu -Heavy, uupiucaa Butimces in (US . "cu-taJnal' Irldiiatrinl MtiherA with n tnitirh i 4V original' industrial ' i?il m'd buckled down t "'ftW human dyna with the driving force dynamo which he Is to the colossal shlpmalclng enterprise on irany.natlon fever engaged. Ills lnspl- not only made for accomplishment. 1 tna tonic, oi national connuence. Chappy -Juncture the enviable W JUuiT off steam pressure are A RETURN FROM UTRECHT: IS GERMANY SHAMMING?' Hnml-plckecl Socialists in Control and "Citi ien" Hlntlenburg Wetting llio Army Look Suspicious "DIEC1NG together late dispatches from Europe nnd fitting thorn into events reported from Germany in the Inst ten days, even the most casual reader must be struck with n sinister significance of the facts. Hcte they nre: Ex-Emperor H'i7i'nm contemplates re turning from Utrecht across the Xcth rrlands border into Germany. Although the Iuiiter ivo alleged to have abdicated ten days ago, no document bearing his signature to that effect has been made public. Field ilarshal Hindenburg is allowed to r-main at the head of the German army and note signs himself "Citizen" Hindenburg, nn obvious aping of tfic French revolutionist of Tenor days. The German Government, although it was declared abolhhed by "semi official" news agency reports, remains in the control of a choice group of so called Socialist's, headed by Philip Sejieidcmitnn and Frederic!: Ebert, botli of wliom hare been pet decoys of the KaiKer throughout tli war. Doctor Solf is itill Foreign Minister. Pitnce Mar, the ex-Chancellor, who an nounced himself as regent when he pioclaimed the abdication of the wific'c, wltose servant he was, is quoted as regretting that so many sweeping concessions were made at the outset of the peaee negotiations, which j's a Gcrinai why of saying that he thinks better terms might have been obtained from the Allies by further bluff of resistance. Prince Max apparently picked the pet Socitrfists who were to assume Atntrol and who in turn presumably named the other membcis of the cabinet. The German people nrp, reported calm, although last week "sennoffwial" iicivs dispatches were leading the outside world to believe that they were on the verge of anarchy. The present German leaders are follow ing the familiar tactics of the former Imperial German Goi eminent tn con ducting propaganda directed at the Allied peoples, especially in this coun try, witli the obvious purpose of ob-iM-itiiitg an amelioration 6 Marshal Foch's armistice terms and perhaps dividing public opinion behind the Allied and American peace delegates. Isn't such a collation of developments enough to warrant suspicion of German faith and intention? Doesn't such a concatenation of statements assembled from the daily news columns justify the Allied peoples in not taking too much for granted concerning the Huns ? The suspicion, of course, spiings from an effort to lead in these changes the working of the will of the German peo ple, supposedly in revolt against Junker ism and Kaiserism nnd militarism and all the rest of the Prussianism that the world has been fighting. Is this new German Government truly lepresentative of the German people? If it is, is it representative of true democracy? Or is it metely n sham devised to meet the coming of retributive justice and an attempt to circumvent it or defeat it? These nre the most vital questions before the Allied nations at this moment, and until they are completely and satisfac torily answered there should be no peace treaties or even "peace discussions. If the German people had undergone a real change of heart, what kind of government would they have substituted for the Kaiser's? That is the test. If they wanted to get rid forever of the wicked and cunning apostles of deviltry, would they have rooted out every vestige of the old order and brought up new leaders from among themselves, pr would they have been willing to accept leaders hand-picked by men who stood in the good graces of the Hohenzollerns? Would they have been satisfied with rais ing the red flag over a few public build ings and marching in the streets for a day or so singing the "Marseillaise" and then going back to their homes, leaving the reins of government still in the hands of men who had served "the Kaiser in. posts of honor even to the last a change in form but, so far as appears tt the outside world, little or none in sub stance? By their works ye shall know them. We confess to a feeling of intense en thusiasm when the first news came tell ing of the changes working in Germany. We felt, probably like most of the American people, thnt the great day for which we had been hoping with President Wilson had come; that at last we could say that there was a difference between the German Government and the Ger man people. We still hope this is true; that all has not been told; that the, cables and censorship abroad may have mud dled the news and withheld by some "chance important details lending that verisimilitude to the situation which is now lacking. But, after studying these fragments for the last ten days and piecing them together as we have indi cated, we are dubious. After fourprears of dealing with the treacheries and deceits of the Germans, it will not do to take anything on faith. It must be proved beyotd doubting. Otherwise the Germans still may escape some particle of that justice which President Wilson and the Allied statesmen have, promised shall be administered in return for the enormous sacrifices we have made. Skepticism is a virtue in dealing with a pariah nation. By their works ye shall Unoxo them! What is the one sure sign that the Ger man people have revolted against their own national wickedness? Jt is the utter and irreparable elimination of their iS o war lord and master, wiuiam Ilohenzollern is tho embodiment and symbol of all that Is evil In government Until ho has been removed forever from possibility of harm cither to tho Gorman people or to tho rest of the world there is danger of rcactiontsm. of another out burst of international highway robbery, of n repetition of the crimes which havo set the world nftre for four years. That this is true is plain from the unrest which follows him wherever he goes. Witness the suggestions of up heaval and revolution vn the Nether lands. The very breath of suspicion that any Government sympathizes with and is willing to grant shelter to this living simile for nil that is bad in government is enough to stir lescntment. And so it will be wherever he may go on tho face of the earth. He and his kind must be made outlnws everywhere in the world. Otherwise it cannot be kept safe for dcmociacy. Consequently the greatest deed of the war yet remains to be achieved. Wil liam Ilohenzollern must be jendeled 'harmless. The, surest nnd easiest way would be to try him by court-martial and sentence him ag his crimes deserve, which could only mean death. Until the German people realize this they will not have repented and until they have re pented we cannot tiust them again in the fellowship of nations. x These are hard words. But we be lieve they are justified. President Wil son faithfully voices the thought of the American people and thinking peoplp everywhere when he calls for humane tteatment for tho Germans. But we do not think ho means the kind of magna nimity that would spring from a mawk ish hesitation to carry out the execution of law and logic. The line of demarca tion is clear. It would not bo the magnanimity that would permit a fallen enemy to rise again after shamming weakness, lcalign itself under its old leaders under the guise of "self-determination" once a secure peace treaty weio signed, and defeat the very highest aim of tho struggle on the Allied side. If the German peoples would convince the world instantly of their sincerity let them give William Ilohenzollern his just deserts. There must be no ''return from Elba." 1 ndt r the unqucstionabl record new ordpr of things kings hold the drmobillatlon REPLI1LICANS ON TRIAL Al.THOrOH the new Congiess does not fiime into being ofllelallv until March 4. the Republicans are already finding themscUes on trial. The whole country Is watching to see how tliey apportion the important ehilr manshlps in the Senate nnd House and will Judge the party accordingly. Xo party eer had a better opportunity to cast aside the shackles of tradition and take a long step foi ward than Is now pre sented to them. If they fail to rise to meet It. they might as well nbandon all hope for winning the Presidential cam paign In 1920 ' The round lobln which ten "piogiesslve" Republican Keiwitors sent to 'hairman Hays protesting among other things against the belectlon of Senator Penrose to head the Finance Committee, which chalimanship Is his under the seniority rul, is to be regarded more as a bid for recognition of themselves and their "bal ance of power" than as a truly lofty desire for progress. Curiously they do not ask for the abandonment of the "senlorltj" rule. The Deroacrats would not support them In that Some of the signers have unenviable ipeords for disloyalty nnd therefore very little claim to call them selves Republicans L,aFollette and X'orrls for example and all of them come from western States which lean toward radical ism. But whatever inspired the movement, It ought to terve as a warning to all Repub licans a warning which theyt will heed If they are wise even though they may not grant eveiy one of the demands made now or to be made later. If the withdrawal of Senator Penrose is one thing which will prevent a deplorable split in the Republican ranks on the threshold of Republican opportunity, the senior Senator from Pennsylvania ought 'to be willing for the sake of the party itself to retire gracefully and unselfishly. It would be a. big and highly creditable event In his career. Today Is the fifty-fifth A Memo for anniversary of Abra- llrrr Kbrrt ham Lincoln's Gettys burg speech, and If Hcrt" Kbert, the Herman Premier, Isn't too busy, he might restate the opening para graph of that noble utterance with a due application to Germany's problems, thus: Fourscore and seven hours ago the Reichstag brought forth a new, goverinntntconceivtd in itimiiitj, and dedicated to the proposition that the German nnfloti ought to express to the u.orld some penitence for the sorrows it has caused. We shall feel happier ns to he i moral and mental health of tho German re public if we hear It say something that will Ehow that It understands Us position in the ees of outraged civilization. v Scientists associated What War with the War Depart- llatli Wrought ment hoye devised a gas mask which doesn't interfere with the wearer's sleep. When tho reconstruction debate3 get under way In Congress a good many of uie mem bers ought to find the Invention useful. And the unhappy men who arc dragged off to perlod'cal sessions of the literati, where poets mobilize tlu-ilischcs to recite, ought to find the elieplng mntk a possession worth Us weight In unallojeM gold. If the cheers voiced Jeerful Tlmuclit for Queen Wllhelmlna support ' her position no more than those which .the ejt-Crown Prlnco bowlngly acknowledged secure his, the prospects for tho continuance of mon archy In the Netherlands cannot be called conclusively substantial. ' Switzerland has bo Wliy Not Trr Itt come a kind of clear 1 Itjg house for the dbw credited monarchs and grand dukes of V.u. i ope. There seem to be so many of them there that It would be ImpowiUe to throw a stone without h'ttlng a Ucar(rHJ bMd. SMELLING SALTS Calling on Bcatty Sad Episode in the Life of Admiral nienrer From Our Special Correspondent On Hoard tlie Koenl'caberr, Nov. 17 (delayed). TT MAY be magnificent, but it certainly -L Isn't seamanship," said Admiral Meurer dolefully as he watAed tho com mlttco of workmen and sailors nwkwardly maneuvering tho German cruiser Koenlgs berg to her assigned' moorings in tho Firth of Forth. It was my privilege to accompany the Admiral on his penitential visit to Admiral David Bealty, commander of the Grand Fleet, to arrange for the surrender of tho greater part of the German navy. It is only due to Meurer to say that he felt his humiliation very keenly, and his pride as n sailor was wounded by the grotesque antics of his vessel, which wns navigated according to the latest theories of Bolshe vist seamanship. Citizen Welntraub, a former stoker, was In command on the bridge, having been appointed spokesman of the navigating soviet on account pf his being the only man on board familiar with Rousseau's Social Confracf and. Discourse on lncqualltv. Citizen Sehnorrer, formerly boatswain's mate, was supposed to give a hand In tho navigation, but, as he ex plained, he was busy writing a lAfc of Trotsky and could not be disturbed. He planned to get the manuscript finished In time to throw it overboard Into British waters In a case of empties, one chapter to a bottle, In the hope that some enterpris ing British publisher might find it. I nm soiry to say that the pressure of affairs prevented me from ascertaining whether this Ingenious scheme was carried through. "I DOX'T relish this Job a bit," said Meurer to me, as tho Koenlcsberc sidled up the Firth stefn first, owing to an nrgument having arisen on the bridge a's to whether it was Rousseau or President Wilson who had said, "Man was born free nnd Is everywhere in chains." "You know," he continued, "humblo pie Is said to be good for the soul, but a little bite goes a long way. Only last week I was forced to take that trip to Marshal Foch's head quarters, and upon my soul I have hardly recovered yet. The doctor tells mo that my blood pressure has gone down thirty points. I feel pretty seedy this minute. I had to sit up until 2 o'clock last night to attend a seminar of the second dogwatch, who were discussing the theories of Karl Marx, I was so worried lest we might run on a shoal that I didn't get much out of It. I've got to answer a quiz on Marx tomor row to see whether I'm lit 'or a commis sion in the reorganized navy. Who was he anyway and what was his ship? I'll bet his gunnery record wasn't any better than mine." ASA matter of fact, 1 think poor Meurer was more embarrassed by his new uni form than anything else. The committee of workmen and soldiers In charge of tho !ssel had insisted on every one being equipped with the bolshevlzed naval re galia before leaving Kiel, and the trap pings of a bolshevik admiral arc rather different from the traditional naval gai ments. Meurer wore a bright red smock. upon which was embroidered the white dove of a commissioner empowered to tieat for peace. On his left sleeve were three black chevrons, indicating three cap ital demerits in the Bolshevik naval code, the use of harsh language in the perform ance of duty, the attempt to employ bat tleships for homicidal purposes and failure to answer correctly tho questionnaire on the Economic Fallacies of tho Middle Class. As we stood on the deck together he smoked a porcelain pipe with a melan choly air, his cigars having been confis cated by the messroom Soviets. ' " "Is this Job of yours permanent If you get good Marx in your quiz?" I asked him, Jovially. a T REALLY don't know," he said. "You J- will have to ask Citizen Welntraub; he's running things. If he weren't so busy with his book I would like to Interrupt him, because I see they are bringing the ship round wrong side to, which is a gross breach of naval etiquette. It would serve us right If Beatty were to blow us out of the water for our rudeness. I hope I may continue to earn an honest living as an admiral, but it depends a good deal on the stokers. I am a bit puzzled because I hardly know how to shape my course. The social democrats are running the engine room, the Spartacus socialists are in con trol of the heavy guns and- the ultra-bol-shevlsts seem to be In command of the pantry. The cenfrum party has an influen tial minority in the stokehold, however, and I think I shall set my cap at them." I couldn't help glancing at his red tam-o'-shanter, which he wore in a deprecating way that was amusing to behold. It was adorned with a row of black service stripes, each of which, I am told, represents six months of active war service in the Kiel Canal. 9 ' mHE Kbenlgsberg came to a halt (not - being a naval correspondent, I am un certain as to the correct term) and a sailor approached the Admiral. The latter sa luted punctiliously and the sailor nodded In friendly fashion. "Hey," he said "Beatty's gig Is waiting for you on the left-hand side of the ship." "You see.'l said Meurer to me sadly, "we are not even allowed to say port and starboard any more. IMs thought to savor of the old regime. Well, I must go along. Pray for me. I hope Beatty will be In a good humor." I watched him scramble down the side of a rope ladder, and the Irons of the Queen Elizabeth began to lire an Ironical salute of fourteen guns, as prescribed for admirals In red Bmocks deleting der Tag from the calendar. But I must admit that poor Meurer kept his humor to the last. Looking up from the small boat, he shouted to me as the last gun was fired, "The fourteen points!" . "The Admiral doesn't seem -very well," I said to the Vice chairman of the deck swabbing committee, who happened to be by my side. "No, he aln'O." was the reply. "He was mighty seasick all night. You see. It's quite a .while since tfe've been outside the canal." SOCIIATES. 4 THE READER'S Belgium Still Needs Relief 7o the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir-The Belgian relief committee desires to express Its deep appreciation for the splendid publicity the Kvenino Public l.EDOEn has given to the King Albert Day fund and the cause of Belgium this week. The editorial In Thursday night's paper was J a very unusual one and we reel it nas naa a decided effect " 1 do not know as jet the financial re turns, but 1 fi-el the results will be far more than money. Just now, with the cessa tion of the fighting, many people have thought there w ould be no reason for con tinuing to help tho war BUfTercrs abroad. I heard from the Belgian minister yesterday that advices tide week were that the conditions in the part, of the country now being liberated were even far worse than had been feared. Mr. Hoover thinks Belgium will have to be helped for two years at least; therefore all tho publicity Thursday Is making people real Izo that they must continue to help Bel glum. Realizing how valuable newspaper space Is at present, I therefore wish to express our very deep appreciation for all that the Evening fcdmc LncoKn has done this week for tho caueo of Belgium. I. I. R. HENRY, Chairman. Philadelphia, November 6. . More Food Needed Vo IJie Kdltor of the Evening Pubtic,Ledger:' Sir We want to thank you for your edi torial on "The Hungry Must Bo Fed " Too much cannot be said at this time on the need of Increased food production f. o. b. Tho Kitchen Door so as to eliminate the transportation problem as far as possible. In this great work the victory garden In Etead of the 'war garden will be a tremendous factor and every city farmer must ralso more food than ever f. o. b. The Kitchen Door end must enlist recruits In this great cam Uncle Sam must become tho "Joseph of tho Modern World" and to do this he must Tinve the heartiest co-operation of every city farmer In tho land. The campaign of the national war garden commission will be more Intensive In 1019 than ever and I judging by the plans being made by the local committees throughout the country a record-breaking crop can be expected. CHARLES LATHROP PACK, president National War Garden Commission. Washington, Isovemoer jo. ' Childa'a Wartime Prices To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir Recent 'Issues of your paper have con tained articles regarding the Ch'lds restau rants, which obliquely and by easy Inference connect the ChlljSfl (Company with profiteer ing. It has also been Implied that we have clashed with the food administration and that our "baokdowlT in complying with cer tain recommendations made by it has been "forced." We may say nt the outset that we are fully nnd sympathetically alive to 4he ur gency of the food administrator's task In con serving food and in regulating Us use and coot to the public. Moreover, by res)son of ih arrnv of neonlo of all classes whom wo dally serve, we perceive clearly how Impor tant a part It is possible for us 'to play ln the protection of the public from unreason able exactions, and In conserving Its health by cxtremo care In food Inspect'on. For this reason, however, vye feel all tho more Justified In expecting both newspaper and public recognition of the fact that, wo aro being governedln our action bythls roanniiAlblA realization : and we must repel any suggestion from any Bourco that this Is not the case. Bpecincany, we uesire io re fute the suggestion conveyed by recent ref erences to tho food administrator's request that we alter one or two Items on our bills of fare, that there Is any dlspoalfon on our part to go beyond the actual necessities of the situation m fixing our wartime prices. What occurred was simply a request from the food administrator that we modify our prices and practice In one or two 'particu lars. Wholly without reference to the power lodged with him Co enforce his requests, we promptly compiled with them, preBeptlng only such arguments as made clear the urgency of the reasons for our action. In recognition of the fairness of our general position the exception taken to .these items was accompanied by the remark that vye were perhaps charging too little for others. There was thue nothlngmore In the food Bdmlnkrtrntor' action hi .a difference In ludgi udgtptnt a to rl' dWrHratton of Uie addd 9. ' I - REUNITED VIEWPOINT charges made Imperative y existing food and labor conditions. An examination of our books would In stantly make evident that, .considering the immensely Incrensed cost of material and labor, we have. In simple fact, Imposed upon our service u severity of moderation In our new price schedules which involves some thing less than bare Justice to ourselves. Since we filtered the wan, notwithstanding that our sales have advanced some 40 per cept, our profits have fallen more than 60 per cent, while the cost of the labor we employ has advanced about 60 per cent, and food commodities 100 per cent to 400 per cent. Our books have been freely laid open In support of this statement We have been guided from the outset by what Mr. Hoover finely calls "war con science" as consistently as we have found possible without vital Impairment of our or ganlzatlon. While we desire to make no parade of the fact, we, are equally disin clined to be represented to the public as wanting In tho spirit and proofs of pa triotism. CHILDS COMPANY. 'New York, November 14. Y. M. C. A. War Work Appreciated To the Editor of the Evening PubltS Ledger: Sir I want tp express my thanks for the care and kindness shown us, not only here, but In ull the Y. M C. A. camps where cur regiment has been quartered. Theie Is noth ing they have not done to help make Us cheerful and comfortable. The sports and fine entertainments, the educational classes, free library books, maga zines, writing materials, writing and taking charge pf telegraph messages, buying sup plies for us when we cannot get out of camp, etc., comforting talks entirely without propa ganda, has won tho respect of every man In the regiment. But perhaps one of the finest service ex. preeslons Is that of caring for the relatives of the men who come a thousand mllejr to see tlem "and bid them good-by. .Many arrive 111 and without money. These are cared fdr In ways too numerous to detail here. , And when we get aboard the transport for 'ovfr there" I understand that tho V. M. C "A. goes with us to minister to us and re main with us in the trench fighting. It Is the bright spot In our dally lives as eol dlers, and I feel we ennnot, say too much for this splendid, helpful organization. SERGEANT JOSEPH SNYDER, Company .JIB, A. R. Camp Stuart, Newport News, Va., November 16. v Where the Tree Fall? rpiIEUE fcre moods In which Colonel "- Roosevelt nlways was alluring and lrre Blstibly likable. It is when he spoaks In the terms of familiar life nnd familiar Ameilca that you perceive a -note of uni versal feeling which makes it easy to praise him. It was the old Cplpnel of blessed memory who naturally- forgot his other concerns when lie wrote to General March' to ask that; the bo'dy of his son be left In Its grave In France, , - Colonel Iloosevclt considers It more fit ting that Quentln should rest where he fell. "Mrs. Roosevelt and I," ran the letter to GeneratMnrch, "have always belleycd that Where the tree falls -There let it lie. v "We know that many good persons fee.1 entirely different. After the war Is over Mrs. Roosevelt and I Injend to visit the grave and then to have a small' Btone put up sayjng it was puty up by us, but not (ifJUurblng what lias already been erected to hW memory by his friends and his American comrades In arms." Colonef Roosevelt wrote ns the plain, man whose son died In .battle and who acoepted the blow without a murmur or a visible flicker of pain. That Is not an,asy part. When the peace s nettled o'ther mothers and 'fathers will go to France, other 'Americans whose mission' will be precisely similar to that of Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt. None of them will more truly represent 'the mingled Btrefinth and. , Kinonew ui ,., fwv-.;. j-.j-.y-.v. kindness of Uie, rnerjean jacui ..pi-pareuu Siood. n . " 'f .. A i 'M J BLOOD-GUILT Thii prophetic roem was found posted on tht bulldm board at the camp of Vol Cartier, Ouetec. tluritio the flrvt days of mobfttrafton in Canada, September, 19H. Its author is unknown. rpHE brand of Cain Is on your brow. A crown of gold may hide It now, Emperor! But when tjie day of reckoning comes And flags are furled nnd hushed the drums. And Labor goes with' bruised hand To plow once more the blood-stained land, A people's wrath will rend the skies vAnd topple down your dynasties, Emperor! In' vain you'll call upon the Lord, Emperor! You boast of honor and t,he sword, Emperor! What god will bless the hideous flood Which drowns the world In human bloodt The fcugeance of a human trust Will grind your empire In the dust, And Hohenzollern crowns be east Upon the refuse of the Past, Emperor! ' The cries of multitudes unfed, Emperor! The curses of the millions dead, Emperor! Will these not heap on you the scorn Of generations yet unborn? Are there no murmurs In your ear OlTretributlon drawing near? Tho fingers of a hand that wrlte Inscribe your doom upon the night, Emperor! It Is a fitting tribute Warner as rfophet to a somewhat neg lected school of mode to Inaugurate the opera season tonight with a French work. Nevertheless, a performance, of "Goetterdaemmerung" could be of striking 'symbolical significance. The Wotan line lav certainly smashed ti flinders in that eplo ' 3 anniniiaiiun. Speaking of politics, it may be recalled that' though "the Old Guard never sur renders," It can die. What Do' You Know? QUIZ 1. How m vnln oi in. nrmiBurvr I. How many Knillih rolonles adopted the poller of ronacrlptlon duinr the warT 3. What la the title oitht, ruler of I.niembonrrf 4. What la the meanlnr. of Mlaslsalpplr 5. What la the' meanlnr of the Latla -Dhran "carpe dlem"f 0. What French prince wm known aa the Oreo. Dauphin? ' 1. What Is a'lilnterlan"? N , 8. What la a "lemur"? ' S 0, ,W hat town In Virginia Is Woooraw Wllaort blrthplacr? ' i, 10. Who wrote the "liana Bretmans nalladY't Answers' to Yesterday's Quii. Tho firmlMtlee framera held their mMtlnra in tna Trianon ruiaco Horn, Versailles, ' The Delaware River Is. named after Thomas vvesi, i,orrt do is rvorr. a coiamai iiot arnor of Vlrrlnia In the seTenteenth' een- 4. 1.1 llunc fh.-vnr was called tho lUsmartk ' China, C. The vieboltaa boon circled br two Americana who havo held the presidency, (Irant and. Jaic, 6. Tho French war aloran h war aloran "On lea aural" lit neana "One "shall have them!" oc. llulallr.7n.Y'Uiet 'emr , erallr meam more col 7. Charles M. rieliwab la -director 'general of the JJinerreocr Fleet Corporation, , S. Tho Oermsn name for Ilararl Is narera V. rarruentier fou named after i in, made from potaUea. la AntolneAAucuallna faraentler, aKrlcultunat. ana cnomll, ei the cawvatlon ( the -ice ,lu thovkutfcn.th etnturjr, frenrlt aBrlcullunst . . who Introduced tho caltfvntlan of tho tuto Into FrttBco.la tlnKclrbteentK centurjr, ,v. 'V; lJK "ft 'CJSraTTBiaSC - 10. General Joseph Hooker, who romeaanded the - - , 3. 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