. -v . -. fj.i " . 7 "ji.4 ",-. v-'- ,:iv '1 A-x 'ti,t ( - . V.' EYENitNG PUBLIC LEDaBR-PfifLApBLljaiA, THTJBSDAY, MAlt'OH 7 VlStfO , . , sn i , .,.,,, x ',r$ytyy Y ')vf- -13 -rf V A &AGUE OF NATIONS PLAN FAVORED BY CITIZENS HERE, 2 TO 1, FIRST POLL IN CITY SHOWS' &ijE ith t. isM k .!. !A tr &: RV la a Inacd from Tate Om nlmnst unanimous doslro that thero light be mere public debato on (lie twtubject They wanted men In public life M - mho favor or oppose the plan to meet cO it1 public halla and thresh tho matter a out llebatet Are nuggetieu "Whnt vie need ttday," said ono laW- er who favored the league plan, "Is 'i? 'Win revival 01 me utu uicuiiMuuusma, ,V,iWeDrter-Hnjrne debates. I bellee that ' ,t'inlnetn,n8 of th neP,e ot tho United i" States today want Information all the Infoimatton they can get on both sides of the preposition. This in not and can Wvrr be a political Issue. It Is an ethical question Involving world morals. "What tho average citizens want to know Is. 'Will tho lcaguo work, and if not, Vhy not?'" Those persons recorded aa opposed to tho lcaguo of nations are thcso who declared themselves unalterably op posed to the present plan and whose particular scheme for "a league of na tions" varied f widely from the pro posed leaguo as to be Impossible of reconciliation. There persons who fii Vored tho lc-iguc 'after a few chances liavo been made' and who believed that "tho plan might be Improved lint li better than nothing ' were Included In tho affirmative. Tho great crv rnnoiif the civilian today flf tho expressions of llione ap proached during 1'te first da s p! I may tin nrrr,t...l u n rrllerlOIlV h for IllhllVe SCCIl ellOUCh Of VV II T from UlC HICH ntnn iiirh M-iii irmi (o nroinotc nouco JSven those who opposed tho present, ioaguo of nations wero pledgid, In n largo measure, to tie consideration of plana for a world alliance to preserve peaco after the Allien and German? shall have settled their terms UUO Interviewed at llrniul and lirstnnt ( Between the hours of 30 a. m. and noon 2C0 men and women were inti r-i viewed In the viclnitv of Broad and Chestnut streets as to tlir.r views on tho league. The temtorv ruveml was from Broad street east tu T. nth Mrert Of tho&e wbo were qutstionrd tight.v- i pine men and sixtv-tluen women a total Of 152, espressed thnn-elves in fini "rf tho participation bv tin 1 luted Stale. In tho organization of a h ague of na tions. Kl.xtv sik ineii and fort-tvw women a total of JOS, woe opposed to tbe plan Aside from the natural interest in the I 'result of this s-travv voti. their was something of a surprise m the large i number of perFons who bad dellnltrly made up their minds regarding the wisdom ot a Iracue of nations Some of -them enunciated views which would I cause astonishment among tin- peace conferes in Paris Some f them said 1 they "didn't know nn thing about it" or didn't care whether there was a leaguo or not." A varletv of emplo.vments, occupa tions and professions are represented In jho Chestnut street pull There are seven lawcr.s, twcnt.v K ileilis. six laborers, two construction foitnien, tin Balesmen, nine steuograplier.-. two Ink manufacturers, three naval ollbei's tone retired and now In private bu.sinrj.st, an undertaW, two cdiiors, ivvo adver tising solicitors a bank examiner, two accountants, three biicklajern, ti bond salesman, three stuck brokers, a paper Jobber, three railroad men. live polire men, a packer and shipper, a baker, two I clergymen, a coal and lumber merchant, i-MjCr the liague-of-nations plan lhig a, mall clerk, two importers, three ma- j inJ ln(Bi.t 8(,ZP Venezuelan pons to chlnlsts, a machine waste salesman, alM,i!f.. judgment of some debt and we house painter, two carpenters, tin '"" , wollId bo powerless to interfere Tho and steel broker, a maker uf sclentttir i.octrine. prohibiting oolonlza- Instruments, a civil engineer, two Insur- ; of t)i( v,Btern t,t.mplicro bv nce agents, three musicians and two I;ilronPan n.ltinns. will be another 'scrap shipyard workers - )iapf,r" if this league becomes a Opposition I 'een Onlj In small Iiimi ... i rim (u be miestlnned - r n,ir.,inw, was ii bond salesman ' who Is a natura. tzed American. ne Vtaa lived In this country, he raid, tor ten years. He strongly favored the leaguo of nations -"Opposition to the league of nations, ho said, "comes from a small group of manufacturers in this louutrv who, like the moneyed class of Kngland, are des perately anxious to prt servo an oligarch based on wealth "They tee with the advent of u world leaguo to enforce peace the loniing nf a world democracy. They want Isolation for tho United Hales so thev ma- con tinue to dominate the working class "Thin group has totally inlsiinder Stood President W llfun. They nuinnFril Illm to be a loiiirnatlvo believer In republicanism of the old tjpe. We In Itarope micbt have told them dlfferentl.v. lho luipromion of l'relilent Wilson In T.urope a decade uito wan that he Is a radical socialist of the pronounced pro- prelTC tpe. "He has bhovvn himself sincerely in- terested In the masses of the people and ho Is determined to end the petty na- tional hatreds- of the people which aie the strongest weapons in tne nanus ol the moneyed elas.1- It is for thl.s reason that the plan of a league of nations hasJ met with strong opposition among the peace confereH at Purls." I A bank examiner for the federal it- j Berve board, favoring the plan, said : ' s "Wo have passed the time when eaeli nation can establish a separate peace pact and conduct our national life inde pedent of each other. Hereafter, un less we are going to live in world chaos, xve must have some system of Interna- I tional supervision which will compel peace on the part of the nations of the jvorld. The plan which has been pre- , scnted at Tarls. whllo it may not be perrect, still Is a great tep In advance cf anything we havo now. it will help to "Pforce peace. For that reason I favor It." Xose Identity, Cndrrtakrr"s Argument An undertaker, opposed to the plan, faald: t "ThU country should never loke Its identity aa a nation, that would be a calamity for civilization, ife have al ways been the nation which pointed the .'Way to Democracy. To enter Into an , nlllance which would compel us to Hur. , render any part or our national sov , jre!gnty would be a disaster which no theoretical peace scheme can offset.'' A real estate salesman said: , "I believe wo havo shown tho rest of tho world that wo are independent of them. We won this war for the nations of Europe. Thero can be no question about that. Now is the tlmo for us to stay at homo and attend to our own knitting. We are strong enough and Jtlch enough in resources to resist any v Attempt at nggresslon in tho western jj, hemisphere. When wo enter Into nllt- 'J&1 sjjrh08a tdeals aro low and whose dl- i iiPlomacy is based on lies, wo are weak- Sfcienlns ourselves. Not only Germany, but Knriami una France havo the same eon- VerriPt 'or 'scraps of paper.' You cunnot j. deal fairly with a man who la deter. rUneiJ to swlndlo you." f A lawyer said ; . "JEupipe is economically dependent on , " Its. That Is our strength. Let us re , ;member that In treaties of tho past ',vtth European nations we havo not been f ...particularly successful. Guided by hlsr VvAtW wo 6'lou,cl follow tho warning o2 mngton to avoio. entangling nin- That was never moro true than y. If we become a part of this m to preserve poace, no matter disinterested we may be, wo will er or later bo called upon to side one nation against' tho other In tho merablo controversies which will from jealousy, envy and hatred." tOMEN FOR ANY PLAN TO HELP STOP WARS tf, -woman clerk in a downtown filop wnr, let us aujiport the lrngoe of nations." And nnother woman said- "I had re brother wounded In 1 ranee and one coutln killed In iicllon. "U'lien the war has come homo as a reality one stops theortilng. I m In favor of any plan, no matter what Its defects, that serves to leseu the chances of war. j;llhfr we are to remain In a slate of clrllliatlon or we will iluk back, through war, to the level ot our prehis toric nncestors. Either we shall haie peace or ve will surely be destroyed." At the corner of Fifty-second and Mar ket streets 117 men and women wero In terviewed as to their opinions on lhc Of these, fortj-lwo men and twenty, j-even women, a total of sixty-nine, wero in favor of tho entry of the foiled States Into tho world league. Thlrtv-ono men and seventeen women, a total of forty eight, were opposed to tho entry of the t nlted Mates Into the league. A man cmplo:ed by tho Pennsylvania llallrond said: 'Voil ran bet your ear 1 am In favor of the league uf nations ! Not utitv mseir. but !." per rent of all the men emphivn! on railroads In this loitntry arc in lavor of the league. We I" llevc that President Wilson has devlcul .i plan whlc li will mako for peace, or at b'ast mako war more dltllr-ult. And wo '"lio ('.line back wounded. Hundreds of tlnninnils of ra Irond men enlisted or were drafted 'lens of thousands of them t-rrved at the front. The storks thesv men tell us of war are not tlir "torus 'ion if ad In the niaga.ine. 'I hw cl..ii t trr-it the thing as u joke Its u borroi tu them Some of them air nervous wrerks, smne arc crippled fur life Sume have hist tlulr sight or their hearing Jr there Is anv way of i-ioppins tins -oit of business I am for it I'Oll GOOD OF MANKIND, IS BELIEF OF IMPORTER n imjiiiiter said' 'I believe the league "t nnt'ons is for the good uf mank'nd It may not htop A policeman said' I .tin onnosed to the league hecauso I don t want to .see us trading our lUhtn'ior a lot of things wc don t know- ,in tiling about. e otiglit to keep tlila country for Americans ' I business man took much the samo view "the people nf this country, he sam. "should have the light to i-aj w hetlu r llii want to iraue uieir ngin.s """ I foreign rountrles I lie league, an at present constituted would mean that the I niteil States would be outvoted live or si to one bv nations jealous of its greatiifsm and willing to stand together against u A i ase tried before an in . i Hii. ..... t rtf ihm rVinrnete r '.. i.' i,i,.. .. ..',.. ,r,e,t ,n court be- fore a pat Ked jui "Tlif present plan would lead to trail lug ill the International lourtroom. Ungland -Mould a to 1 rimee and Ital.v : Von Hiinnurt inv- contention uKaiust the I1i,-(i state, und I will mpport jouri. reality At the corner ot Twelfth btreot and I'a.ssvunk avetiuo 105 persons wero i'i terv lewed. ejf these thirty-seven men and twenty slv women a total C sl.xtv -three wero in favor of tho league, while ivvint -eight men and lourteen women a total uf fort-tvo were oppored. SEES FIRST STEP TOWARD INTERNATIONALISM V mils, "'Lili said- "This Is tlo first step toward Intel -nationalism toward lho universal brotherhood of man. That is why Ti suppoit It Mueh of the cry agalni-t the Bolshevists Is done by thoie who ( would preserve national anu racial hatreds But tha President, by the ' creation of this league, has established ' j. means b which men w 111 come to itnow each other. "Once men come to know each other ti,,r petty dislikes (which otherwise ,P,flop Into hatred) quickly disappear, i j nm a believer In Internationalism and tmt why I am In favor of the leaguo i f nations." A woman w ho said bhe was a w ife and mother said 'I had one son who served In 1- ranre. Happily, he returned to me. lut ha Mothers of America; "70U occasionally may find a reliable dealer who cannot sup ply you with children's Hickory Garters. May we ask you to send us his name and to tell us his reason for not hav ing Hickory? We produce Hickory Garters for you and do not want to spare any efforts to make it pos sible for you to secure them conveniently. HICKORY Garters at tur dealer: Twenty-Jive cents and up depending . uptn style and size f ""S- " SBW J0T chiidrans ( Garters J i ASTEIN&COMPJNy MAXSftS PARIS GARTERS for men CKka& , Vu Yeri at has tol.l mi of the hundreds of other young men who did not return. 1 Imve heard enough of till nr from him, If I hud not heurd n word of It elsewhere, (o matio mo nlili for the end of ii. I hope that the league uf nations "111 help to end war. If It does It deert our united support." Said a bricklayer' N'ow tho President Is In Franco wo ought to stand back of him. Wo stuck by him In tho war and we ought to stick by Mm when ho Is trying to mako mace 'When wo desert him wo Just mako It harder for Mm." .'QFIT TO ENGLAND SEEN BY NAVAL MEN An es-paj master In tho navy, who has traveled around the world, tald: "I am opposed to tho league of na tions because I believe It Is i:ngllfh con trived and for the benefit of England alone. I have talkid with many British naval men and 1 know, front hearing tin in talk, the wonderful faculty which England has for keeping In tho back ground nnd getting nnother nation to do her work I believe that l-i what she Is doing todav, ours will bo tho pacrl flees and losses nnd I'ngland will protlt by our altruism. I bellevo vvo should escapo from any treaty with IjUropcan nations " A btorekr-iper who introduced himself ae a British subject tald: "U'c ought to slnnd together and es tablish peace. 1 had llvo brotheis In this war. That I" enough for me." Of fortv-nliie persona Interviewed on Main strret. Mntuisunk, thlrt declared thciiif-elvpH In lavor of the entry of the 1 nitc'l State Into a huguo ol nations and uineKeu wen opposed. 1 hole in favor urged til" i H'uhllslimriit of the league on the ground that it would pro mull can". '1 he opponent!! nrguril lli.n tin I lilted Slates would be niilvulr.il at the h ague uf nations and tha' the di" trll iitmii ot I'uvvei would bo unfair t the roucr ot I'.eimantovvti .mil heltru av.'imef between 9.3H a. in. and 12 30 p m , nut of a total or 203 p r- pons whose opinion was tough! . iiinotj-, i eiglit fnvuicd the league: forty were1 against it, and idvj-llvc had oomo to no iieiision as to Us mi run. v-'iu "' l total ot 113 men, Huvent.vlhrcc favored the league, tliii t -one wero opposed to It and thlrt.v-nliio wero nuiicommltal. Out of a total of Biuy women, twenlv- r... --. 1 .1... in........ ..In, uitr' U" I.H'lir'l LiL"- Itl.hll"', ...... ...- against It and twcntj-slx expressed no dehiiltt opinion. h'r'oin Ihisc figures, speaking roughly, lnoarv , .,,, L ,, lllllf,H atl ,Uiy ' n( v wprn (nl. tK, Um(.,1(1 n8 .lFrat it and Hie number wliu i xprcssed no oph Ion vca" eight greater than tho; who opposed it. AniC'iig lho womi't iieany three ninety as nianv were fur i" , against it, but I the number ef women un had no delln-' ilte opinion was greater by one than the iniimhir favoring the league The figures reveal that more than half as inan again as voted against it wen iioniummi'.'il A large number of Ihc-e persons said that they had not glvin the proposition rer'ou eiuugli thought to express an opinion PEOPLE IN VARIOUS WALKS APPROACHED The jwnplo approached were fiunil virtually all walkb of lifo and included I musicians, dies.smakers, osteopath ph-j Mcians, tlnsniitlif, gardenern, salesmen. Inurance agents, steel vvurkeih, mall car riers, soldlerp, polheinen, ministers, I t.ootbiacHs, city empiove-. plumb, re. i pianii-i ei c, iiui.'.iiiirji", ifiucii inei - I e bunts, street car conductois and oth- cs Alany persons believed In the league , merely because of an Implicit faith hi papef break I E jtHTPAHMJ Provisions of Covenant to Prevent Future Wars The league ot nations will bo ad ministered by an executive council and a permanent secretariat. Tho executive council shalt con sist of representatives of the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Jnpan, with four representa tives of other states. Nontiif'iubcr&hlp nations upon giving fc'Utiraritco of their Inten tion to obscrvo the league's law a ixhall bo admitted. Membcrh arc required to submit disputes to tho executive! council, wTilch may refer tho problems to an International court of justice. If a disputant falls to nrccpt tho award the r.xecutlvo council shall decide on measures necessary to enforce if. Thcso may take tho 'orm of a severance of diplomatic relations, an economic blockado or use of nniietl forces under direction of the eecuUvo councl(. The executive council shall for mulato plans for reduction of ar maments to the lowest point con sistent vvitli national safety. Pri vate manufacture) of war materials will be prohibited. Herman colonics) In tho Pacific and Africa shall be placed under pi electorates of nations best suited politically :iml geographically to administer litem. Certain former TinMsli territories fchall be given the benefit of protectorates on tho basis of self determination. Tho lcaguo shall secure und main tain fieoduin of transit and equita ble treatment for the commerce of all member nation. All previous obligations entered imo by member nations inconsist ent with tlio laws ot tho le-ague arc abrogated. Wltcon; others uppoticd It bfcitunc fhej said vv Hmii vas "a stubborn iiulocritt" nml minted things nil lili own vinj. Of the number vvlio favored it at least half did mi on principle, but expressed "trciiiiou opposition to some of the rl lUse.s in the itivcnant us now consti tuted, chief among which were any of them which would lend to tako away any distinctive American rights or em broil tins country in a conflict over . strictly Iluropcan question. Among tho comments of the personw. spoken to were the following: "I know nothing about it, the man of tho hous,e attends lo that." I "I may a.s well bo in favor of it, I they'll fight anyhow." "The league of natlems or God alone I i an stop war if anvthlug can." I "It will benefit England and not us, I and I'm ai Kngltshman." "I dun t know- anything about it and I m not housekeeping." "It's tough living an how, and I'm I not Intel i-fteil in it." I "I'm for it In principle, but agalnbt it I as it is. ' I "lliatn one of the jobs I've given up,! its mo tug lor me m n,,t interested in It, I don't both. r with It "if It Keeps us out ot war im lor It ' "I don't know much about It; ji don't lead it up much." "I don't understand It , no, I'm not in bag's T: :.-.:: Of course they do! And when the bag does break the sugar is wasted unlike potatoes or fruit, you can't pick up sugar and use it! Franklin Cane Sugars come to you absolutely pure in tight, dust-proof packages yours are the first hands to touch it, for Franklin is accurately weighed, packed and sealed by machine. x Franklin is the name of a whole family of quality sugars. Granulated, Dainty Lumps, Powdered, Con fectioners and Old-Fashioned Brown. The Franklin Sugar Refining Company "A Franklin Cane Sugar for every use" Granulated, Dainty Lumpi, Powdered! Confectioner!, Biowa FRANKLIN CANE SUGARS Standard of Ftaritr favor ot 11. I'vo got Just about all I care to handle." "I don't know: I'vo been away and Just got home." ' "t don't understand anything about that. It's abovo my persimmon"" .MANY IN KENSINGTON WITHOUT AN OPINION At the corner of Allegheny and Ken sington avenues, between tho hours of 1:30 p. m and 3 30, out of a total of 101 persons whoso opinion was sought. 46 favored the league, 24 wero agnlnst It and 31 were noncommittal. These wre all men The women of this dis trict ccemed to have llttlo understand ing or appreciation of the league. From tho opinions expressed by tho men It can bo seen that about twice .13 many were for It as against it, but here again the number who had no opinion ex ceeded by seven i the number who wero against It One of tho heartiest backers of tho leaguo was a man who had four sons m the service of tha country. Ills name Is William Bell, S38 Bast Westmoreland street. "I guess I ought to be for it," he said, "with four boys In tho serv ice. I guess I have reason to favor uttythlng which will make It Impossible Tor such a terrible thing as this war over to occur ngaln." One, or the boys Is with tho arniy ot occupation in Ger many. A number or persons said they had been unable to come to a decision. Ono , prosperous-looking citizen, about to I enter his automobile Fald, "I really don't know what I think nbout It; It's I too big a epiestlon to answer without I tho most serloua thought." Anotner 'man asked how anbody could be cx- I pec ted to form a sano opinion when he liead something different about the league In the papers every day. Another man said. "Well, what Lodge said has got me thinking.' There was a gcu- eial sentiment against anything which i would tend to abrogate American rights. READERS DISCUSS LEAGUE OF NATIONS ' League Means Peace the Kdltor of the Evening Publlo To Ledgri The People's Paper: Sir lho wrlteT lstln favor of the league of nations, because It Is In favor of p.aro. llver.vbody. Is In favor ot the league of nations. A r. PAKLKY. Maich IS. 2135 South larllslo fc't Wc I'avors the League To the Editor of the Evening Publlo I.rilatr: eir- at .111 .nui.-i:ail l'lilll 1 Ul 111 , ballot for tho league of nations. 1 am a llepubllcan, but I am vv th the Ti-es'- i dent. I nm sure ho will do right Willi the help of Clod. own.v P. YOUNU. Oemantovvn, .March IS. Wants Peace Firet To the Editor of the Evening Public Ledger: Sir I am glad to record" my opinion on the league of nations. It Is this: First of nil. give us or the world peace and then let all nations, great and small e'ome together and agree on this league. Unless this Ih done there will bo no peace, nnd, In fact, there will be no peaco or business In the world unless (,'ermany signs It. And any man e'an see It. LYONS. Philadelphia, March 18. TwO"C)linder Soldns Happen! I To the Editor of the Eveninn Public Ledger: Sir I want to thank you tor the op portunity given In the paper today to ex press our views on tho pioposed league of nations. No man can fail to havo some opinion ' , . i on tho great nrlnlcnles involved. Tho only reasons that any American could oppose such a lcaguo would bo llrst for tho selfish ono that ho wanted to lteop ' America for Americans, and Bceond that ho feared that Brltoh or other diplomats may best ours In' tho great game of diplomacy. Or that vvo may become continually embroiled in the turmoil of. Europe. There are a fow things In this life worth living for. Ono of these Is the antithesis of Bolftshness: If you will ask any one who went to France with our men you will find that they were Inv n clble because they had a great unself ish purpose to tight for. "Fear." Any man who Is afraid to match his wits with tho best that the world can produce, la not lit to be placed alongside tho marines who fought at Chauteau-Thlerry. Monroe Doctrine I had at one tlmo a two-cylinder auto, but do you thlnlt that I quibbled about exchanging It for a four- or a six-cylinder when tho range of my life demanded them? Tho two cylinder Solons who could pick flaws in everything that they did not propobo should be kept out of our twelve-cylinder airplanes. Of courso thero will be difficulties. They wero thero in the making of this republic, but we lived nnd wo thrived on them. Wo doveloped under them Just as our minds will develop If wo are forced to think In tho larger terms. I am a llepubllcan by training and thought und cannot always agreo with the President's methods, but his pur poses are xmrs. COLL.IN FOULKBOD. Philadelphia, March lO.v Sees Politics in Oppotition To the Editor of the Evening Public Lcrigrr: Sir To the ordinary citizen the propa ganda that Is "now being urged so Indus triously against the approval of the constitution of the league of nations looks very nhonv. It Mnclln too strongly ! of politics. It was started by Rcpub-itB weu as nle welfare of all mankind tor Mean Senators who bound themselves by i,s party. ' a secret league and covenant (expressly. -. , . , . ,, limited to Republican Senators and " '" '0 ."' "B to spca,1 Y0,! signed by some thlrtv -seven ot them) league of nations, one Is told not to vote for tho approval .of thet once that the plan as drawn for tho . league when presented to them for that, lcaguo of nations must be greatly 'purpose. It was signed right after Ben-j utnrs Txidirn nn.i Knox hail niado their partisan speeches In the Senato against) the league. Was theio ever before a! moro transpsient political propaganda I started than this one against tho pro- dl8COver tlle sources whence such peri I nnseil terveue or nnllons? What does tho ., .,.-i ... . ordinary citizen caro about politics and politicians? What he wants is to see that the Peace Conference enda Its work as noon as possible and to crown 1th . . ,- . - . work by providing the necessary means to make nil future wars as Improbable . k""" .... . .. The ordinary citizen reels convince. ; mat wnen me rresinent or too i,mien ' Ftates has for months past been working to unite tho leading statesmen ot the world, and has finally succeded In get ting their unanimous consent to the adoptloti of a Bolemn league "to promote International co-operation and to se- I euro International peaco and security by tho ucceptnnce of obligations not to resort to war by the prescription of open. Just and honorable relations between GJwKedo L The Perfect' Tobacco for Pipe and Cigarette yn hZ nations, by the firm establishment of the understandings of Inte-natlonal law as tha actual rulo of conduct among gov ernments, and by tho maintenance of Justlco and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations In the dealings of or ganized peoples with one another," there Is far less chance of his going wrong in accepting the results of that work than to defeat It by following the, du bious and questionable lead of biased politicians who seem to care more for political advantage than they do foi guaranteeing the future peaco of tho world. In his great speech In Now York, just before starting on his return to the Peaco Conference, at Paris, President Wilson said: "lho flrst thing I am going to tell tho people on tho other side of tho water Is that an overwhelm ing majority of tho American people Is In favor iif the league of nations." It now remalnB for tha American" people to show tho world that their President correctly Interpreted what Is the wish and hope of the American peoplo and further to indorse his statement that "no party has tho right to appropriate this issue ond no party will In the long run dare to oppose It." A political party is now trying to oppose It and has started a political propaganda against It. Will the common peoplo Btand for It and permit the good work of statesmen to bo marred and disfigured by politi cians? Never! iiAnrtY c. rorn. Bethlehem, March 19. 0 The League and Lieuior To the Editor of the Evening rubllo Ledger; Sir Perhaps it Is Just a series of co incidences, but In talking with scores of people recently my attention has been drawn to tho fact that In nearly ever)' case where a person has been opposed to the prohibitory amendment, ho has also been opposed to a leaguo of nations, Is a. bitter partisan, a biased llepubllcan, strong believer In h gh tariff for the protection of American industries and would sacrifice the good of thn natfon changed to receive the approval of our people and thnt we do not care to have the Monroe Doctrine inrrlngcd upon by Europe. On0 do(, not j,avp to Ioot, fap to s0ns r:ln wicar uiKumeiiB. ii one rn- fers to tho partisan denouncements of the leaguo of nations In the Senate of tho United States during tho last fortnight, ono can readily discover where tho op ponents of the league of nations look for their opinions. To Borah, Becd, n.-,i Shirmgn r.O(tff nnrl o , ' " ' " who ... ',,,". . " " : . . . -u In their bonnets. When a measure like tho prohibition amendment Is passed n accordance with the demands of the Constitution by more than a two-thirds majority of the states, four-fifths of which have already passed stato prohibitory laws, thero is a terrible hue and cry raised for a referendum vote and that the liberty of the people Is being taken away from them. Now, Try This Test: Rub a little Tuxedo briskly in the palm of your hand to bring out its full aroma. Then smell it deep its delicious, pure fragrance will convince you. Try this test with any othertobaccoandwewilllet Tuxedo stand or fall on your judgment "Your Nose Knows" Finest' Burley Tobacco Mellow-aged till Perfect a Dash of Chocolate YourNoseKnows j Guaranteed by SYW&rC&Ui, ofa who aro tho persons that strt tha huo and cry? Thoy aro persons who opposed tha draft of men for the war with tho Huns. The are hop-growers, brewers', distillers, grape-growers, booze makers, beer makers, wlno makers nnd booro fighters. They are cabaret owners, sa loon men and the workers In such places, along with rounders, night prowlers and Idlers. Read the names of the opposers of tho above mentioned measures which aro be fore tho peoplo and the signatures on any given day smack largely of the Hun. Theso people who talk so big about the loss of freedom are those who for centuries have stifled the brains of men, ruined their bodies and filled tho, madhouses. They aro tho samo persons that In old Israelitlsh days were said to havo been possessed with seven devils. Thcso so'ons of tho saloon and caba ret aro pleading for tho retention of wines and beers have done all possible to have the labor unions tako up their cause on the plea that many men wilt bo thrpwn out of employment. ' Very well, who are the men that wilt be thrown out of employment? Of what nationality aro tho men for the moat part emplojed In tho breweries in old Springfield, In St. Louis, Syracuse, N, Y., Milwaukee, Chicago. Philadelphia and ! other cltles7 These breweries have been tho camping grounds for tho spread of Hun propaganda for years. They have gone Into tho labor unions throughout tho United States nnd have done all they possibly could to stir up the unions against the nation. This is not guees work, I know of what I speak and I have evidence to provo my assertions. MILAN 13. HAWKINS. .101 East Twenty-ninth street. New York, BAPTIST PLEDGES NEEDED $300,000 Necessary for Morehouse Memorial to Get Layman's Gift Baptist churches must obtain $500,000' In pledges to the Morehouse Memorial Fund for aged ministers and mll Blonarles before March 31, If the re cently announced gift of J200.000 from n prominent Baptist iHyman. whoso name Is withheld, is to become available. Dr J. Foster Wilcox, director of the Pennsylvania district, announced today i nein.noo campaign for the eastern tnnt h Baptist churches of his district will endeavor to meet their allotment of $66,000 on time. "Pennsylvania must save the day'ls tho appeal that has gone forth from the campaign headquarters In New York, The Baptist churches of the eastern Pennsylvania district aro depended upon to save the $200,000 conditional gift nnd Insure tha success of the victory cam paign. .The campaign lor tho Morehouse Me morial Fund is being conducted by tho ministers and missionaries' benefit board. Deail Fish Line Ohio Shore Cleveland, O., March 20.--(By A. P.) Scelentlsls were puzzled last night by the phenomenon wh ch washed thou sands of fish, chiefly or the sheepshead variety, abhore for nine miles between Avon Beach and Lorain. In some places the fish lay several Inches h'gh, many apparently s'uuned and many dead. The gills of many were reported filled wltfc sand. i 4 ii j x?i -' I -ii s iit store: l.lMiu of MiH ! (a '.ivWis I U-hJl,, ft-i ssfSPs-s; , sck i w j. f ' t , 4
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