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, 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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3. The llterarr members of tho VrVneh Anttmr
are railed "The1 KortrlnmiorUle" In rf
erenro to the motto of their orcamiatlon,
"A imniortallte" CTo IroinorttH).
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