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Pennsylvania Ave and Uth St. Ni?c York Duukau The Sun Mulldlna- I.ospON liDBEirj .London Timu SUBSCRIPTION TEHMS tha Btehino ITilio Limn la served to sub scribers In Philadelphia and surroundlnsr towns at the rata of twelve (12) centa per week, payable (o the carrier. 117 mall to point' outalde of Philadelphia, In the United Statea, Canada, or Lnlted States pos. sa.Ion9, postace Ire-, fifty (50) centa per month. Six (6) dollara Ter ear. payable In advance. To all foreign countries one (1) dollar per month. Notici Subscribers wishing addreaa changed xnuat jilye old as is ell as new address. BELL, JOOO WAIAUT XMSTONF. MAIN So - ' ' - - ' CT Address all communications to Evening PuMlo Xedorr, independence Square Philadelphia. Member of the Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PliESS i excJu sliclu cntillcd to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published therein. All right3 of tepublicatlon of special dls patches herein are also reserved. Philadelphia, Monday, Drremhrr STOP THE WASTE FIRST CHIEr DAVIS, of tho Water Bureau, admits that of tho 300,000,000 galjons of water pumped everj da, 80,000,000 gal lons run to wosto In one way or another. Tho saving of this water will not relievo the situation south of Market street, whero there Is not presume enough In the mains to get the water aboo tho second floor. A new main 1b Imperatively needed to feed that section of the city. But If wo can save 80,000,000 gallons a day by installing meters In the houses and by repairing tho nboe surfaco pipes to prevent leaks, the spending of millions to develop new sources of Hupply can bo postponed until we have arranged to de liver to the consumers the amplo supply of water we already have. It will be possible to havo two spoonfuls of sugar In jour coffee hereafter, even If tho Colonel has not jet been able to get his third cup. WILLIAM THE LIAR fpHE most Ignoble abdication in history - has been that of William Ilohcnzollern. The' emphatic and comprehenslvo docu ment which the refugee has signed at Amferohgen exposes the first German "rev .olutlon" as a contemptible frame-up, a cynical and sinister continuanco of the Hun's persistent policy of mendacity. It Is evident now that a gang of chronic crooks and liars bought to deceive their conquerors with a fake drama of reform. Th'e scene, however, was overstated. Tho Kaiser's "shiver" of consternation, Schelde raann'H bombastic jet suggestivelj "phoney" proclamation, Prince Max's an ' rribuhcement that his Imperial master "had decided to abdicate" all these were pro clous bits of "bu jfciess" In the mummerj . This newspaper suspected a hoax when on November 19 It editorially Inquired, "Is the Kaiser shamming"' Does he plan a return from TTtrorht?" Slnrft Mint tlmn te-Sii indications of tho whole shamolesb trick ery havo de eloped as the red flag ac quired Increased authority In Germany. The paper to which the skulking charla tan has now affixed his seal gives plausi bility to ui monstrous extravagance, how ever theatrical, by the pack of junker clowns. William, ousted at last. Is tho supreme' detestable bpeclmen of these mummers. He was a shameless liar to the end of his iniquitous reign. The logical sequel to tho dethronement oi a'wlckedly criminal and despicable ruler is punishment. A& to tho rilaj -acting Hohenzollern, wo can only repeat what we said a fortnight ago: "The greatest deed of tho war yet remains to bo achieved." Briefly, utatid, the Bolshevik theory is that only ttie poor have a right to great riches. ' flft HOTEL TELEPHONE CHARGES IN THE short Hot of good works that may bo credited to Mr. Burleson wo must place the effort to eliminate excess telephone charges In hotels. Tho telephone in an essential convenience of particular use to hotel patrons. But the management in most hotels adds 100 per cent to the nor mal charge for service on the ground that Jt has to employ Its own operators. This traditional rule belongs in the category with the hat-clieclc graft, the waiters' plunderbund and like abuses w hlch i.LwSA. . i . .i . t t . , . . . M . '-1 jean noiei to a sense ot nospuauiy. reie- ' Sc'nhona service for which ten cents la irAs charged is no better than the ser ico ob 'J?i talnable elsewhere for Ave. Tho telephone 1 5jf ftanipany gets none of the excess. AftlJ&ib Burleson has it in his power to SPT-j .femoVo a causo of irritation that has pre- k ttiVVHiicu iou ivim. xiv situs ssucu jiiHjfUiuer )&h'r2r!iY4 lfl ltknlv in bn irpnprnllv nbn' It ttk ' 1 : , Jwo-cent letter postage Is promised .,?; ujler (July inat a long inno to wait. r f i tkj.ivj ikrttr tttc fncT t7Etr ninnop ' rpHODaH much prejudiced nonsenso 13 v'A'ainstantly being written about 'our jMMMnf efforts' In Europe and the plan to Midi limited quantities of food to Ger- . jiiy!' and Austria, nothing that has ap- V jrtjferad la rjflnt Is olttlKether so foolish as fWrit(er putuuris ui liiusu wiiu uuni atan because Amerlou "la asked to feed . tlw enemy." V?', facts Of the caso.ar simple and ' i&itly understood. We must get food to 1 Xhtrapefor our own protection, The part XtUSS irmlea played in maintaining tho niifliti'rliirn of civilization and ordered fMrniaent reverts now to those who are clred with rationing the nations left dtjtUrby tho war, Tho food gathered in Hnnd elsewhere lor uermany ana anal' southern Europe is necessary uMvn panic, tto avert impenamg n4(to prevent the limitless spread riaf yvnwn wouia p -nev-tuoie ajriBt aa starve ment, because some of our grain and meat Is about to pass Into what used to bo enemy countries, or shall we f-sl( whether It is to our own advantage as well as to tho advantago of civilization to maintain law and order on tho contlnont of Europo by the ono method necessary to slop tho bar barous campaign of Bolshevism against civilized government? Hunger Is tho orio great ally of tho Bol shovlkl In Europe. So wo must fight hunger. SELF-INTEREST IS THE ARM OF AN ENDURING PEACE It Is That Rattier Than Altruistic Illusions Which Inspires Hope of the Momentous Conference!, in Paris TIHE ties that bind the nations in the most momentous of nil conclaves is stronger thnn the conflicting claims of any of the participants. Safeguarding nn ideal are strands of the most passionate self-interest. For this reason the concept of world peace, though no less noble than when it wa3 a cloud spun dieam, hovers on a possible threshold of realization. For this reason, too, the failure of The Hague tribunal casts no legitimate shadow of dubiety on the coming conferences in Paris. Universal strife of protracted duration wns inconceivable to many minds when the Dutch peace palace was built. The proceedings conducted there were hence without coercive character. Tho peace advocate of those days seemed an amiablo chaser of rainbows to n world that, save for isolated con flicts, had been disturbed by no compre hensive clash of arms since the Napo leonic era. Ideals took one course, practical politics another. That they aro to a remarkable degree fused today gives a signal substantiality to tho food of hope. To admit this fact is not to disregaid the formidable assort ment of Gordian knots which the Paris commissioners are nssembling to unloose. New national' claims, and others as familiar as they a-e fear-breeding, aro registered! or reiteiatcd daily. Emphasis is laid on Britain's sea-power plans, on French desire for a "natural" eastern boundary, op. Italian designs on Albania and certain of the Greek islands, on Polish expansionist schemes, on the over lapping nims of Czecho-Slovaks and Jugo-Slavs, on tho Russian tangles, on Belgium's eager glances at the Dutch Scheldt. It is asserted in many quaiters that a wave of imperialistic thought and a demand for spoils is sweeping through the victoiious nations. America, exempt from territorial covetousness, is fre quently regarded as a dyke against a deluge of schemes of aggrandizement. Tho picture, though true, i3 incom plete. There are tremendous forces in Europe supporting our position. More over, although human nature is not flattered by the spectacle, it is the mun dane instinct of selfishness which give3 them foititude. Victors and vanquished, consideied both as national entities and as aggregations of personalities, are war-surfeited. Conceived apart from the present period of colossal ruin, universal, en during peace is indeed an ideal. View it amid actual conditions and necessity is its very essence. In every wrangle, and many are inevitable, over the peace table the passion for preservation fiom a lepe tltion of world wreck will either eventu ally assert itself or else self-interest has lost its empire over mankind. Justice strictly on principle, the estab lishment of boundary lines drawn with the spirit of the highest ethics, would be a scene f 1 om the millennium. It is folly to expect such an exhibit. But it is not extravagant to forecast adjustment of apparently formidable problems and the development of equitable peace safe guards as a result of motives which the philosopher may rate as ignoble, but which are ingrained, around peace tables or upon the battlefield, in human nature. The English Minister of Public Edu cation has lately promised that military drill shall never be introduced into the schools. It is reasonable to assume that neither an inextinguishable zeal for per fection nor a lofty conversion to the creed of Norman Angell was diicctly responsible for that pledge. With the Hun peril annihilated, it is transparently evident that an Internationally policed world, in place of one competitively arming for an appalling waste of lives an4 materials, is the only ono which can be afforded after a season of titanic destruction. Even with her sea power England failed to avoid the war. None but profiteering jingoes can deny that any experiment, any league of nations, even an imperfect one, has more practical allurement than the old procedure. On that tragic day in 1914, when the war began, all France was in tears. The weeping was not that of trepidation, as regards ultimate victory, for the republic was dauntless. It was knowl edge of tho tragic costliness of war -which dimmed millions of eyes. Rumors are current now that the same country, flushed with triumph, is averse to the league of nations. There is Gallic romanticism in such an attitude, but with their love of a heroic gesture the French are among the most hara-neaaeu oi peoples, win iney out weigh an attempt to prevent a recurrence of the awful losses they have under gone with a dangerous expansion to "natural frontiers" in the Rhine country of an alien race? Self-interest provides the best ammunition ngalnst such a per formance. Similarly America's aims, when analyzed to the root, are of tha non utopian and self-preservative order, A regulated world is a gain. An anarchic one, wheier through mistaken Bol- shevism or equally deluded junkcrism, is a sheer loss. It is because calculation is about to enter into tho negotiations at Paris that peace guarantees can be regarded as having passed from tho realm of fancy into (hat' of imminent fact. No cloud overhanging the meeting is comparable in magnitude to the ono which passed away on November 11 or to one which in tho futuro might bo developed by a prospect of general strife. Disinterested, pure altruism will not infqrm tho actions of tho most aspiring envoy to tho peace conferences. Tho greatest war in history has not delivered man from the habit of looking to his own interests. This is why, however humanly distant from any supreme ideal, some profi'.able warranty of world safety may be expected to overrido other and con flicting issue3 in the negotiations. The American soldiers abroad are Bald to bo wildly eager to get home. That makes It unanimous CAN ROBINSON COME BACK? ARE decency and efficiency in com- munlty government attaint ble only In a time of war? Must we admit that peace Is evil? So those politicians would havo us be lieve who nnr.ounce with a defiant flourish that James Robinson is to be returned to office as superintendent of police. Di rector Wilson Is the spokesman for the powers at City Hall. There can bo no doubt about tho implication., of his state ment. "Now that tho war Is over," say tho powers behind Robinson, "wo can be comfortably rotten once more." Captain Robinson will be remembered as the man who couldn't or wouldn't do his duty. Ho was forced out of office by tho Federal Government becauso the Federal Government found that conditions tolerated In this city were a menace to enlisted men In tho service of their country. Cap'ain Mills has maintained his repu tation for clean efficiency in his adminis tration of tho police sjsteni. If he Is pushed aside by those who wish to re establish u discredited and dangerous order In the Department of Safety wo shall havo to admit that though all the rest of the world learned something of tho elementals of patriotic duty through the war, we In. this city have learned nothing. By resigning after he was fired, William Hohenzollern at least spared himself tho agony of decision. THL ARMY AS A SCHOOL TITE HAVE been teaching reading, writ ' Ing and elementary arithmetic to be tween Ihlrtj five and forty thousand il literates in the nimy, higher branches of mathematics to about seventy-flvo thou sand other soldiers and French to more than two hundred thousand, besides many technical subjects to men engaged In dif ferent blanches of the service. The army has developed Into a great school under the pressure of necessity. It will be a grave mistake If the educa tional facilities offered to the soldiers ore dropped when the army Is reduced to Its peace size. Wo educate tho officers at West Point, because they enter upon the life of a soldier as a career. But we have not educated the private soldier in tho past. .So it has been difficult to induce young men to enlist. If each army post were made a great school for the private soldier, where In addition to his military training he could recelvo an education In books which he had not been able to obtain on his own Initiative, there would be no lack of enlist ments Every young man who passed through the army would como out better fitted to earn his living than when he entered and the nation would get Imme diate return for what It Invested in its military establishment. ' When the fervid ad Msna of l'ence vocntes of simplified spelling shouldered their way into the news columns, from which they were absent for four long years, we knew that the world vvao getting back to a normal state of mind. A man in New York who wants to rewrite the Bible In Broadway slang has managed to get himself Inter viewed, and one of these bright days wo shall be listening once more to the chaps who are convinced that esperanto and a milk diet are essentials of universal peace. Then, indeed, civilization will be Itself again. The Washington cor "A Well-Known respondents missed Clubmnn" their opportunity when they neglected to describe Henry White, the "Republican" member of the peace commission, as "a well known clubman." He Is a member of the Marlborough, the Bachelors, the Athenaeum, the Automobile and the Beefsteak Clubs of London, the Knickerbocker and the Metro politan Clubs of New York, the Metropolitan Club of Washington, tho Maryland Club of Baltimore and the Union Club and the Cercle de la rue Royal of Paris. The Senate ameml- Ve: We're ment to the new Llstenlnc revenue bill which puts an Interstate tax of ten cents on the products of child labor represents an effort to safeguard the children of the country against harsh exploitation. It will be Interesting to hear the arguments launched against the amendment by some of those Senators who used to shout loudest for the rights of small nations. Major O. B. Zlmmer Fatter and laeter! man, United States army, Inventor of the fuel which the War Department believes will supplant gasoline, says hla stuff la 30 per cent more powerful than ordinary "gas," far cheaper and also odorless. In the distance you can hear the cheering of the speed kings who have had to loaf along the city streets at a mere sixty miles an hour. Now they will be able to do eighty at least,. , American farmers The 111 Wind who are obtaining J2.20 a bushel for wheat have reason to th'nlc a bit tenderly of the German submarines. Australia has 200,000,000 bushels of wheat for sale at ninety-sir cents a bushel, but Uck of ton nage Is likely to keep most, of tho vast etore whero it J t THE CHAFFING" DISH At Movie Theatre TTOW wellt ho spoke who coined the phrase , The picture palace Aye, In sooth A palace, whero man's weary days Are crowned with klngllness of youth. Strange palace! Crowded, airless, dim, Whore toes are trod and Strained eyes smart, Wo watch a wand of brightness limn Tho old heroics of tho heart. Romance again hath us in thrall, Young Love Is sweet and always true, And In tho darkness of the hall Hands clasp as thoy weie meant to do. And when more savage scones occur Kind escorts calm the' ubled mates: "Sure, that's a dummy, tl a: ain't her dec whiz, that bump uould bcnd her platesl" Released from peevish Jojs and Ills Our souls, pro tem, are purged and free: Wo see the sun on western hills, Tho crumbling tumult of tho sea. Wo aro tho blondo that maidens crave, Well balanced at a dozen banks; By sleight of hand wo haste to savo A brown-eyed life, nor atay for thanks! Alas, perhaps our instinct feels Life Is not all it might havo been, So we applaud fantastic reels Of Bhadovv, cast upon a screen' Cheering n Submarine By Sub-Lieut. William McFee Special Correspondent of The ChnfflnR Dish Royal Hotel Cardiff November It, 1918 'IXTRITING, at tho present Juncture of ' affairs, Is an unpopular pastime. The town Is given over to scenes of Jubilation. When I left the hotel bar, a moment since, an army officer was being lifted from his chair (he has lost both legs) by a stalwart United States naval officer, and was thus vicariously dancing, and singing In a sten torian voice tho Marseillaise to the tuno of "Tlpperarj " Several other robust con valescents were beating tlmo with their crutches and knocking our hats off. Do not be alarmed. It will bo over In an hour or two, Tho present paean of re joicing Is due simply to the fact that the pubs close at 3:30, and consequently an afternoon's celebrating has to be crowded Into two and a half hours of glorious life. T7E ARE safely home. N- doubt ,1 may ' tell ou now that we had our troubles. We were attacked In a most skillful manner, and only first class vlgl lanco assisted by certain United States naval units saved us from the usual finale In lifeboats. Wo have been tremendously Impressed by the razor-edge keenness of your naval officers to get Fritz Our chaps are bored. Not careless, but bored. Con sider. Somo of our company had been toipedoed more than once. Those ..f us to whom the game was fresh wero irre sistibly taken with tho sporting element. When tho submarine skillfully toro full ahead (to avoid the depth charges) after firing her torpedo, and the periscope ripped a long white feather between us and tho next ship believe It or not, we cheered! I had to go below, Just then, for reasons which may be explained some day, but I was Impressed by tho astonishing density of perception which dep.lves men most men of a sense of danger. And It may Interest you to know that lr. our Saturday night Local Rag, In tho Stop Press column, tho legends ran thus: Abdication of Kaiser (official). Latest Half-Tlmo Scores. Gatwick and Newmarket (with names of winners). WE ARE being paid off, but havo to wait here a few days until certain arrange ments are concluded. Our thlrty-etght-year,-old ship has survived the Great War. She Is going back to work again as a merchantman. Her guns and shells go ashore. A swarm of workmen will soon be ripping out her concreted tanks and all the nice new naval machinery which I have taken so much pride to keep Just so. Her boilers, all save one, are empty, and we had Just enough steam to blow a blast of victory this morning. Hinc I!ae ZacHmae. Honestly, sho has given mo some flerco times, but I'm sorry to quit her. e THH next thing Is "foreign service leave." My chief has sprinted homo to Belfast for a few days, and when ho comes back I am supposed to do likewise. Iddunno. I guess I will wait until I can get my twenty-eight dayj clear and then try to sottle down to do some scribbling. As soon as It is permlsslme I am coming to New York, but passports are not being chucked about yet. There Is a lot or work for us to do before the armies aro safely home, ' WILLIAM McFBB. In the interests of public tranquillity, can't some of tho fairy-tales be revised? Little Red Riding Hood, for Instance; it would be tragic if the poor child should be set upon and beaten on her way to her grandmother's because Bhe innocently wore the Bolshevik colors. Let her hood be blue, and save her for the wolf! The Kaiser's trembling (Its began again at the arrival of the Empress in The Netherlands. And yet somo people thlnlc he is escaping punishment! When Wllhelm makes his final exit, there will be many church bells ready to say "I tolled you so." Some Hun The maimed children aren't all In Belgium. I met a little girl on Sansom street, Her face was blue and drawn with cold And sho was staggering under a basket Of carpenter's wood scraps, Gleaned from some factory. I said, "D'you want "any help? Let me carry it for you." "Nah, avian, I don' want yer plnchln' mv wooil" What I want to know Is, Who mutilated that child? SOCRATB& wa ic-W B15' "TOU CAN'T LOSE ME, WILLIAM!" tills fi M rnkmrni' III" ' I $ H'jKri f$m ' . 1 ' l -. r ."AfiW iEfS3 .IZfil-T'-a' i-J I a 1J wi-1ju.f;"', -- "". --.fi . r'.Z lr ;---.' -..-.r. ,- -- riM... . '-SfeST .Lziztf" iiS-, rtf yiCir ' THE READER'S Mrs. Wilson's Gowns To the Editor of the Eveiibij; Public Ledger: Sir I was very much surprised as well as pained to read the article today on Mr? Woodrovv Wilson's gowns fer her trip abroad. Does it not strike one, as our bojs nro not home yet, and as many will come home broken and wounded, that their feelings In this matter might be a little considered? Would it not be better tabto for the wife of the head of our nation to go quietly and not be so thoughtless as to be considering tinseled gowns? Would It not be In better taste for her to remember the causo of this Journey and all the suffering that will have to be met when our boys como homo? Will the mothers over there and over here care how much sparkle (as the paper speaks of) In those many gowns she will wear? Would It not be In better taete If the wife of the head of our nation should go with trunks of clothing for those poor French and Bel gians that havo had everything taken from them? Gerald Campbell, of the London Times, speaks of, the quiet dignity of Mar shal Petaln, his long cavalry coat hiding all his well-earned decorations and the quiet dignity of that procession. W 11 the wife of our President flaunt her gay attire In the face of those saddened, tear stained faces? AMERICAN READER. Philadelphia, November 28 A Splendid and Perilous Course To the Editor of the Evening Pubho Ledger: Sir I cannot refrain from expressing my genuine appreciation of tho editorial In to day's paper (November 30), relative to "Our Course In Europe " It Is a '"splendid and perilous" course; and you have done a non partisan and a real patriotic service by giving such a sane and 'mpartlal Interpretation of the difficulties and dangers which biset Pres. Ident Wilson's unquestionably noble .aim "to establish real national relat'ons throughout tho world, and assured Justice for all peo ples." The editorial should be reprinted In the papers of every sect'on of the United States, for It Is Just that kind of calm, dispassionate thinking that will help Mr. Wilson and every other man and women who honestly puts America before party and before egotis tic railings of political demagogues It has given form to my own rather hazy Ideas, and I shall be glad If you continue the dis cussion Do glvo expression to subsequent thoughts on the subject under the same heading-, expand and enlarge the excellent Ideas expressed In the first art'cle. RICHARD TILOHMAV BURROUOHS 1013 South St. Bernard street, Philadel phia, November 29. P. R. T.'s Right to Change Car Routes To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir If the Ph'ladelphia Rapid Transit Company thinks It has rights which the people mUBt Ignore, why do not tho citizens get together and test Its right to change car routes whenever It suits their convenience? For Instance, the Ridge avenue line Is char .r.,? in run dnwn Rldire avenue to Tenth, Tenth to Arch and Arch street to Second. And the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com pany can be compelled to live, up to 'ts charter rights. The Lonvbard-South line Is chartered to come out Lombard, via Spruce to Thirty-eighth, to Lancaster avenue, not to turn at Thirty-eighth Into Market street and up Forty-first. The charter of the Lom bard and Bouth gives no such right. The c'tliens of Philadelphia have some rights even that the Philadelphia Rapid Transit is bound to obey. Let's get together and see If the Philadelphia Rapid Transit is greater In Its r'ght than the citizens and taxpayers of Philadelphia are And do not lose sight of the fact that by a special act the Philadelphia Rapid Trans't la not obliged to pay taxes on Its powerhouses and barns used In Its business. PAUL S. KELLER. Fhlladelph'a, November 29. - - ' Put the Stars and Stripes First To tha Editor of Publlo Ledger: Sir Some time ago I wrote of the dangers of Bolshevism and other Isms which threaten our country, and It seems to be com ing true, Judging from the red flag that la being displayed in this good U. S; A., when We have a flag that every one should, respect. Our flag, the Red, White and Blue, with stars and stripes, is all that should be allowed to be shown excepting other national ftaits. and then tho Stars and Stripes should be above' i the loreign nags, -j-uuse not wining to -put ' ' V i1 .-.. t . VIEWPOINT tho American flag first should be sent back whero they camo from. If thero Is a conglomeration of people that want to establish a new flag, let them migrate to a country that has no flag. If they can find one, and establish their flag. If they can show real nations that they havo some'hlng good, we may recognize It, but I hope that they won't try to change our colors, because It can't be done. H. T. EISENBERG. Philadelphia, November 29. What Are Belfgans? To the Editor of the Even'ng Public Ledger: Sir I really hate to bother you, but I am thirsting for Information, and tho only way to And out about some things Is to ask questions One hears and reads so much that Is myrtlfy'ng these days. And to re main In a Btate of Ignorance Is quite abhor rent to my nature. ... . ,., Conaresa which has Just V Ictlms of War becun Its receio. tlMn t .. ,,, ... .. aiTn. Il was liber- Jted like the Belleans Bcnlnir Publlo Ledger. Nov t3. What are "Bellgans? ' PleaBe. It reminds one, somewhat, of another queer word, In a song sung by Arthur F'elds ("Let's bury the hatchet In the Kaiser's head") "We'll punch him In the Bel g'-um and smash his vvertern front." Are these two words (In any wav related to each other? EMILY D. S. BERQER. reinam, is. Y November 27. I Justice for Germany To the Editor of the Evening PubUo Ledger. Sir In the last few days many letters have appeared in jour pa,per relative to the punishment; of Germany, the leaders and the people, for It is crass Idiocy to differentiate between the Junker leaders and the German people for the crimes tomm'tted In the coun tries Invaded by the German armies and by the piratical U-boats, Many ar'lclee are appearing In the news papers ana tho various periodicals urging an deall"t!c ppace, a penco that will not enrage er dishearten Germany and which .will 'quick ly permit- of her taking her place again on a footing with the decent natlops of the world. Art In we have some urging thut little or nothing be done to punish Germany other than depriving her of the means to agan run amuck among the nations of the earth. It has been mi" lot to live for a number of years In both England and Genrnany, and I confess franklv that when the war broke out I wai pro-German, but not since the sinking of the. Lusltanla. Germany has had no change of heart, tio regeneration of conscience, no flood of de cenov,' She Is today the old unregenerate collection of Huns she always has been, and i -r to make the world safe for democ racy Germany must be properly and rigor ously punished for her crimes', nnd such safe guards placed about her as will prevent her from again setting the world aflame.'. x In this c'ty within the lat ten days I have heard two educated Germans, 'men 6f Biibrtance and reputation-, each separately and apart from the other, declare that Ger many would not surfer irom tne war as much as did the United States or any other of the Allies and ttutt she would soon be conti oiled by the same old crowd of militarists. These th'ngs must not be. Germany tnust be punished severely and the punishment' must extend over yeare so as to teach the vonng neonle now growing up that wa: Is always futile, 'gnorant, brutal and that any nation undertaking to wage war must pay the pr'ce and cannot shirk such responslblll ties In any way. There are many wilio are of thla opln'on, pnd my ohjocr. In vyrl'l"g t)il WW 's to see If I cannot crystallize and bring toa f-o"B thoe holding this opinion. We ur actuated not -bv hate, not, bv a spirit of revenge, but with an Intense', over whelming deeire to see ,Just'ce cold, com plete, exact Justices metea to her.. W. E. V, Philadelphia, November .30. WJlllam Hohenzollern ts still olive, but he probably wished he were dead when the frau arrived In the Netherlands to (ell him what she thought of his fix, i The suggestion that athe surrendered German warships be Bunk instead of divided amo.ng the Entente .AlHes. M a confftsslotj of Inability todsal with the nr6btn4V m.. i'.r?'s Adi'Dwleft Wn.rilnBton without vrrellnc tfift trop8jnj ajy; r Ti.ojlr'b,,. Ift.&cMt, tm, Jrwi, " J tA .. ' 4 THE MODERN BABY THD hand that rocks tho cradlo but there Is no such hand! ' It Is bad to rock tho baby, thoy would have us understand; So the cradle's but a relic of the former foolish days, ' " When mothers reared their children In un scientific ways; , When they Jounced them and they bounced them those poor dwarfs of, long ago Tho Washingtons and Jeffersons ' and Adamses, you know. They warn us that the baby will possess n . muddled brain If we dand e him or rock him we must carefully refrain; Ho must lie in one position, neVer swayod and never swung, Or his chance to grow to greatness will be blasted while he's young. - Ah I to think huvv they were ruined by their mothers long ago The Franklins and tho Putnams and the. Hamlltons, jou know. Then we must feed the baby by the sched ule that Is made, And tho food that he Is given must b measurea out or weighed; h Ho may bellow toylnform us that ho Isn't satisfied, But ho couldn't grow to greatness If his) wants were all supplied Think how foolish nursing mothers warped their weaklings, long ago The Shnkcspeares and tho Luthers and the Bonapartes, jou know. Wo are given a great mission, we are her today on earth To bring f6rth a race of giants, and to guard them front their birth. r." ' To insist upon their freedom from the ro6k- lng that was bad For our parents and their parents scram- uieo. an tne Drains they had. . ,' Ah ! If they'd been tod hv r.,ofli ... i they have been stunted so? "Si' The Webstprs m v, t ii , .. J - --- .,, ..tuiua una ma Rooscvelts, jou know. ' Author Unknown. General Justice Is our eholpA fn,. inatlng'flguto'at the peace convention. i "Mr. Garfield Is 'promising a full Supply i"?! ui luuuuuic io mis eiate. iiut he has been promising It a long time. : f McAdoo has shaken hands with Bryan, We would give a lot to know what they said to each other when they were alone. ii i In relation to the hope of the brewers that they, may be permitted tp make near! beer, It may be said that the trouble with near-beer Is that It Isn't. , The' actors who helped to build ships ar now returning to what might bo called tho legitimate Comedy. A What Do YouKnoiv? y ") QUIZ 1. Mho Is the armr member of the American peace eommUtlon? .n 2. Wlint four Atlantic porta lloee the War De partment contemplate ualnc 'for dtbarklnr o r GVreua troops? " 3. Mho U y-'mond Roatnnd, now reported aerl. oualy 111 In France? 4. Mho Is ltoia Luitmburt? 5. Where I Hit. Ararat; 0. Mltnt la a toutliktone? ' 7. Mhat la the Talmud? , S. Whut la, the name of Ihe Kerblan 1'arlUmeniT V. Mhat la the meaning of Nevada? 10. Mhat Knsilih Queen waa married to a Klnx of BiMilnY ' ' Answers' to Saturday's Quiz 1, The Rnartnrldea are membera of the hnartatal mirtv. t' e imit ndlcal In German. S. "Al freaeo" mean? "In tie open air.'', It I lomiiomided of two Italian words, Uitralbr mt'iinluii "In the fretili." - 3. David Klrurdo una n brllllnnt KnilUh political economist of II mil Jrulih. tinrentair. lie wax "arHcnlarlv nnlnt for hl " theory of rent." Ill djtra are J77S-18J3. M 4. Helvetia, I Ihe classical name of Hnllierjand, 5. John Sllltoii l-crlbta Hhakeipeare as "Fancy's Child.'' ' 6. Japan la called Ihe "Hunrlse Kingdom," 7. Horn pel'n'laml wrote, t'e- m-Mlern etorr of musical lt. ''Jean Clirlstophe." ' r'aTk.'Voiid'oV ''1,,'lol",,''8 r-0"4 ' " U. A tK luted iicncnt la luld In esiall, br,f ' nonaauare blocks, It, ) identical jjtu f ' Ml At J a M ".'.y . ',rr,:. 7 , - i? f A J f J. . .a i.-!,-v 1-tK-l .r. A-1 Hr A t j& .
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