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I'hd.drlpliU, Monde?. June 9. 1914
THE DOOM MAKERS
"TrAGRANT rumors in Washington indi
1 ' cate that Senator Reed and Senator
Borah actually propose to start a new
party, with a view to defeating the
league of nations, if peace becomes an
issue in the 1920 campaign.
Mr. Reed and Mr. Borah build only in
words. Those who may be lured to then
band wagon will have a short ride. And
yet they are in a way to a new record of
achievement.
For once Mr. Reed and Mr. Borah
eeem determined to start something that
they can finish.
TWO VIEWS OF RAILROADING
TT IS interesting to contrast the theories
of railroading expounded almost simul
taneously by Director Hincs and Picsi
dent Carranza, of Mexico. Mr. Carranza,
a man who has a habit of catching up
with the truth when he is too late to
make any decent use of it, has a plan to
reorganize and unify the entire railway
system of Mexico in order to "develop
great uncultivated areas, benefit the peo
1 pie, enrich the country and create a
sounder and more enlightened system of
national thinking."
Mr. Hines, too, wishes the American
roads reorganized and he has not failed
to recognize the educational and eco
nomic problem represented by under,
developed transportation systems. A
half-starved, down-at-the-heelc railroad
system is a burden upon any community.
No part of the country can be more suc
cessful than its rail lines. The ex
- perience of government control has made
it plain that many of the smaller systems
y '"Ot now live a life of poverty and hinder
the growth of their communities could
be made prosperous' through consolida-.
tion with largqr systems, which would'
also be benefited in the process of cen
tralization. - Many of the old-fashioned objections to
railway consolidation were perfectly
valid and are valid today. So Mr. Hines
"would have the rail lines formed into
great competing- companies operating
under rigorous government regulation.
H This plan suggests makeshift and com
promise, but it is perhaps the best that
is now in sight What American lailway
men are trying for is the efficiency of the
monopolies with the benefits of the com-
i. petitive system. If Congress would
spare a little time from its sniping to
think constructively of the railways it
would do better for the country than it is
doing now. And it would'find that it was
np against a man's size job.
TRANSPACIFIC AVIATION
rpHE California movie pioducer who has
put aside a fund of fifty thousand dol
lars for a flight to Australia has set a
flying standard the attainment of which
is naraiy iiKeiy to deplete his pocket
book this summer.
The attractive fashion in which Pacific
ocean maps are dotted with islands is
richer, as regards aviation, in artistic
than in practical appeal. The hop from
atoll to atoll seems alluring until it is
realized that leaping from San Francisco
to Hawaii involves a far more vigorous
mastery of mileage than even the one to
which Hawker aspired.
From the Farallones, off .the California
coast, to the nearest land in the Sand
wich group is considerable more than
two thousand miles. From Honolulu
Southwest reefs and volcanic isles are
much more accommodating and there is
a wide choice of routes. Perhaps the
most convenient would take in Fanning,
the, Marquesas, Tahiti, the Tongas,
Samoa, Fiji and New Caledonia.
It is the first leer of the Imimpv whioti
: is formidable, so emphatically so that it
'V probable that the gulf from Newfound-
fc i - iana to Ireland will be spanned before
pi ti t . ;i . .
.j-( uw irunspuciuc pioneer wings over Dia
.Vf mond Head into Honolulu harbor.
It&H OPEN SEASON FOR "NUTS"
t -iiEi eiiuii ici in Pennsylvania nas Deen
tmrrn : i s t i , , ,
allowed to live a care-free life from
VC November 30 ,of one year until October
rf" 20 of the next He could lmnudentlv
t 7 .flirt his tail at any Johnny with a gun,
'"' for the game laws protected him. More-
" oyer, even in the open season, he had an
. average chance for life, for game bags
wre limited.
iJJow all this has been changed. The
i ftevernor ha3 signed a Senate bill rcmov
fe) restrictions from -squirrels.
.. Why, oh why, should squirrels be per
'ftltled to run the chance of being exter
minated with squirrel food so-plentiful?
JPhwn, in the history of the country, have
"nut" been so numerous as they are to
ri 7 ,
' Iin't;there evidence that the Governor
mw hoodwinked in this matter?
Or did he, in a Judicial mood, consider
that since self-preservation is the first
law of nature tho members of the legis
lative bodies had a right to take drastic
action against a natural enemy?
But whatever tho reason, we feel that
a mlstako has been made. Let the Gov
ernor harden his heart and take such
action as may be needed to nullify the
measure which a too-willing pen' of his
has made a law.
JAPAN'S NEW OBLIGATIONS
SQUELCH "YELLOW PERIL"
Venerable Bogle Dies as Her New Duties
to China Definitely Align the
Island Empire With West
ern Civilization
TT WAS hardly to be disputed that tho
American public as a whole has been
feeling rather blue over what has been
called the "Japanese victory" at tho
peace table.
Idealists recall the provocation under
which the island empire took up arms in
the world war. It was Germany's silent
refusal to consider the demand that she
restore the Kiao-Chau territory to China,
its original owner. Naturally, it was
assumed that strife begun as a rebuke to
the retention of ill-gotten gains could
only be justified if the victory of the
challenger were crowned by the volun
tary return to its first possessor of the
region in d-'spute. This, of course, has
been the Chinese contention and Ameri
can champions of fair play have been rc
sponsively sympathetic.
For utterly diffeient reasons they have
found an ardent ally in avowed advocates
of expediency as a vital principle in world
icconstruction. The self-interest clans
are obviously a great deal more worried
over the alleged aggrandizement of
Japan than over the so-called humiliation
of China. A gigantic struggle of white
and jellow races is hectically foreseen.
If Hiram Johnson spiritually repre
sents the sentiments of California the
tiepidation in that state must be extreme,
for the junior senator is so excited over
the imagined peril that he describes the
indorsement by oui commissioners of the
Shantung terms of the peace treaty as
signalizing "the blackest day in all our
history," and then proceeds to falsify au
thentic figures with a zeal unmatched by
the most expert statistical juggler in
ward politics.
According to Mr. Johnson, the mikado's
rule is to be extended over 40,000,000 un
fortunate Chinese. As a matter of fact
only some 200,000 inhabitants are in
volved in the Shantung cession and of
the 5(5,000 square miles in the peninsula,
but 200 are "surrendered" to Japan under
a solemn bond with the league of nations.
The Chinanfu railroad, formerly con
trolled absolutely by Germany, is now to
be under the joint jurisdiction of Japan
and China.
, The senator's apparent inability to
handle facts is explicable. The old "yel
low peril" bogie has bobbed up again and
its periodic reappearances invariably
play havoc with clear vision. Hysterical
conjectures crowd upon each other. The
course of "Reasoning" runs somewhat
like this: "Japan's gains at Kiao-Chau
insure her complete dominance of the
East. That means that China will be as
clay in her hands and that she will be
enabled to utilize the vast human hordes
of that republic in a challenge of su
premacy from the yellow race to the
white."
Believers in this sort of rot had best
not pause for breath-taking. Embarrass
ing elements of truth might be injected.
They are indeed most lucidly interposed
in a current article by Clinton W. Gil
bert, Paris correspondent of this news
paper. Examination of it will at once
reveal how unnatural is the alliance be
tween the disciples of idealism and ex
pediency in their horror of the Shantung
agreement. The former critics have per
haps a passable case; the latter none
whatever.
Judged by the highest principles of
morality, the acknowledgment of Japa
nese claims to Kiao-Chau is unethical.
The terms of the pact are, however, less
hard upon China than is often admitted.
Assuming that the league of nations will
function, a check on injustice in the ac
quired teiritory, held under a mandate,
will be available. The region ceded is
only a very small portion of the Shan
tung peninsula, which is one of the rich
est in minerals and most fertile parts in
China.
On the other hand, the position which
Japan perfoice assumes in taking control
is likely to result in a complete alteration
of her status as a great power. Mr. Gil
bert insists that for the first time in her
history she has become a "western na
tion." If this be true, and his arguments
on behalf of it are of impressive solidity,
the dreaded "yellow peril" is quite as un
substantial as are Mr. Johnson's popula
tion figures.
Sponsors of expediency should heartily
welcome the Shantung decision, since at
a critical juncture the principle was ap
plied in a way that foreshadows a new
bulwark of world security. The Peace
Conference had the option of rigidly
adhering to ideals containing conceivably
the seed of war or of establishing a prac
tical solidarity of interest with auguries
of peace.
To rejoice because the latter course was
taken cannot be condemned as wholly
cynical. An opportunity was at hand not
only to make a friend of a potential
'enemy, but to extend the harmony of
western thought to a point rendering an
international race war inconceivable.
As Mr. Gilbert points out, failure to
yield to Japan in the Shantung affair
would possibly have converted her into a
nation altogether alien in purposes to
her former associates in the world war.
An outsider as regards responsibilities,
it would have been natural for her to
regard herself and China as countries
apart from the now dominant civiliza
tion, as nations which would some day
feel constrained to defend the Orient in
its most distinctive Oriental aspects.
But under the new arrangement Japan
is a partner. The obllgatipns which she
assumes at Kiao-Chau are precisely akin
to those of Franco at Kuang-Chan-Wan
and those of Britain at Wei-Hal-Wei. It
is impossiblo for her logically to object
to tho excrciso of French and British au
thority in thoso regions unless she admits
that her hold upon tho Shantung port Is
unwarranted.
While it cannot, of course, be proved
that three wrongs, ethical if not practical,
make a right, it may be demonstrated
that they arc concomitants of peace.
Neither Britain nor Franco has in her
holdings oppressed the Chinese. As a
matter of fact, the native population, not
largo in cither instance, has been ap
preciably benefited. There is small rea
son to believe that the method of Japan
will be dissimilar. She is enrolled in the
western league Their ways are likely
to be her ways.
What is most significant is that the
three nations now occupy precisely tho
same roles with respect to China. In her
new character, it is more essential than
ever that Japan preserve the friendship
of England and the United States. "She
must co-operate," insists Mr. Gilbert,
"with the ruling powers." To profit by
her opportunities there she must go to
them for capital.
These opportunities, it may be added,
are by no means necessarily of nefarious
implication. All the western nations
with which Japan has aligned herself
have the right to be interested in Chinese
development, to find markets there and to
foster productivity. Colonization tangles
are in no way involved. Japan cannot
build up a great Japanese empire in
China. A different one is already in ex
istence. Populous China will be Chinese.
It has every potentiality for becoming
as splendid a nation in the western sense
as it has been in the Oriental.
Strict justice may frown at the three
countries which possess three of the
many admirable ports of this republic of
incalculable riches, including the Shan-Si
coal fields, a second Pennsylvania, ex
empt from all foreign control. But the
spirit of peace can hardly fail to take a
certain satisfaction in the outcome which
insures its health. It would have been a
sickening tragedy for the world had
Japan ever become the militant leader of
the East against the West. She took a
momentous co-operative step when she
discharged her first shot against the Ger
man forts at Tsing-Tao. She marches
with the civilization of the day, what
ever its shortcomings and deficiencies,
when her new obligations in the East
take on a western hue.
SOME THINGS TO BE DONE
CONSTITUTIONAL revision is nearer
than it has been for a generation. The
Governor has signed the bill directing
him to appoint a commission of twenty
five to consider the whole subject and. to
recommend either a radical rewriting of
the whole document or its amendment.
The law carries an appropriation of $60,
000 to pay the expenses of the investiga
tion to be made by the commissioners.
As Gqvernor Sproul is in sympathy
with the project, it is morally certain
that he will appoint to the commission
men who believe that the constitution
should be modernized, that its contradic
tions and uncertainties should be removed
and that it should be in essence a body of
principles and a grant of power. The
present constitution is cumbered with a
mass of provisions to meet temporary
conditions the treatment of which should
have been left to the discretion of the
General Assembly. If the commission
can hold fast to the policy of laying down
general principles and delegating to the
General Assembly the application of
those principles within well-defined lim
its the fixing of radicalism upon the state
which the opponents of revision have
professed to fear can be avoided. The
way will be clear for the Legislature to
pass as radical laws as it sees fit and
succeeding Legislatures will be free to
modify such laws when the sentiment of
the people changes.
The experience of the Governor and the
Legislature with the efforts to modify
the charter of this city points directly to
ward one important change which should
be made. Under the present constitution
city charters must be passed by the
Legislature. Good lawyers say that they
may not be submitted for approval to
the people of the cities affected, as the
Legislature may not delegate any of its
powers.
The Governor favors home rule for
cities. A dozen states have constitu
tional provisions which grant real home
rule. We assume that the commission
will study the constitutions of these
states in order to discover the best way
to introduce the reform into Pennsyl
vania. The provisions of the Michigan consti
tution are typical. They direct the Legis
lature to provide by a general law for
the incorporation of cities and villages.
Section 21 of the eighth article of the
document reads:
Under Buch general laws the electors of
each city and vlllaee Ehall have power and
authority to frame, adopt and amend Its
charter and to amend an existing charter
of the city or village heretofore granted
or passed by the Legislature for the gov
ernment of the city or Ullage, and through
Its regularly constituted authority to pass
all laws and ordinances relating- to Its
municipal concerns, subject to the con
stitution and general laws of the Btate.
The necessary general laws have been
passed by the Michigan Legislature and
under them Detroit has recently drafted
and adopted a new charter without
troubling any one outside of the city, and
the Legislature was permitted to devote
its attention to general legislation affect
ing the whole state. The work of our
own Legislature, has been held up for
weeks because of the squabbles in Har
risburg over a few amendments to the
charter of this city. The superiority of
the Michigan plan is so great that no
argument is needed to prove it
According to delegates
Gas on to the convention of
Trouble.". Waters the State Association
of the Overseers of the
Toor in Atlantic City, New Jersey is being
overwhelmed with a wavo of prosperity, and
unless something is done for the "former
poor" it is liable to go to their heads.
The Garden State ought to be a good field for
thu automobile salesman. The nrice of nut.
' lioe may subdue the ware.
;Adeli
PENROSE'S NEW ACTIVITY
He Is Interfering In 8tate Leglsjatlve
Affairs Mora Vigorously Than for
Yean Following Quay's
Example as a Reformer
By GEORGE NOX McCAIN
THE conspicuous political feature at Har
rlsburg, aside from the legislative ferment
attending the Philadelphia charter fight, has
been the return to active leadership of Sena
tor Boies Penrose. It has been onojof the
leading topics of conversation nmong the
older members of the regular organization.
The vigor of his frontal attack on the yare.
forces was not the least Interesting phase
oflt.
It has been a long while since the senator
manifested such a personal and active In
terest In legislative problems.
Of a somewhat phlegmatic temperament,
he has in the past exhibited a disinclination
for the work of energetic leadership.
Since the introduction of the charter bill
this tendency, however, has been shed like a
seal cost on a midsummer dny.
Last week It went to the extent of peeling
his waistconst-and rolling up his sleeves.
This week Mr. Winston and his colleagues
hope he will strip to the buff.
SfiNATOtt PENROSE did not Introduce
nny new elements of strategy in his at
tack on the Vare Influence.
The late Senator Quay might have been at
the helm so far ns method was concerned.
The melee thus far hns been conducted
upon ell -recognized lines.
Members of House and Senate were to
uted to his headquarters In the Penn-Harris
Hotel, where he held a continuous reception
and incidentally dropped n few orders.
County leaders were wired to come to Har
risburg. Prciously several county leaders had been
summoned to Washington. Individually
they were Instructed to get their representa
tives and senators in line for the Philadel
phia charter.
Up to the present, with the exception of
two or three dents, the line has presented an
unbroken front.
THERE Is no doubt that Senator Pen
rose's recent coup at Washington, where,
after week-s of skillful and tireless maneuver
ings. he captured the coveted chairmanship
of the finance committee of the Senate, has
mado a deep impression on the state rank
and file.
Penrose today is a commanding figure in
national politics; the chairman of one of the
most powerful committees In the Senate;
aud tint feeling is not so much for the posi
tion itself as admiration for the coolness and
nerve he displayed throughout the contest.
His repeated assertions during the struggle
with the progressives that he would win, his
serene confidence in the outcome and his im
perturbability under the fire of Senator
Borah have had a pronounced effect among
the "regulars."
He has strengthened himself with the inde
pendents by his support of the Woodward
bill, even though the clement of factional re
cnBe may play its part.
The late Senator Quay on several occa
sions nutreformed reformers in his Support
of their measures.
Senator Penrose, however, is for the Re
publican organization in Pennsylvania, and
if he fights uncompromisingly for reform in
Philadelphia, it will be because he sees in it
something of decided benefit to himself or
his party.
QUAY'S reform movements sonetlmcj had
a reflex action. A five-line telegraphic
dispatch last week noted the death of Wil
liam D. Wallace. Few outside those In state
politics would recognize the name as that of
a late candidate for the Superior Court
bench.
Back in the late eighties, W. D. Wallace,
known to his friends as "BUI," a tall, sandy
hnircd. nffablq young lawyer of thirty-two,
was the Republican leader in Lawrence
county.
The election of members to the Fifty-first
Congress was at hand. Quay was particu
larly interested in the nomination and elec
tion of Charles C. Townsend, a manufac
turer of Beaver county and a clean-cut gen
tleman. But "Bill" Wallace was making trouble
for him in Lawrence county with a candidate
who. If I recall, was Oscar L. Jackson, a
gentleman past middle age and of peculiar
taste In dress.
Senator Quay wired me asking that I go
out and look into certain cases of political
bribery in Lawrence county. I went, and
discovered several instances where money
had been openly used. I published all the
facts, ond subsequently, I believe, two of the
men implicated- were given short jail sen
tences. Wallace, the party leader, who
Quay insisted was behind the transaction,
escaped the net but was embittered against
Quay for years.
The peopfe of Lawrence resented Quay's
incursion into the realm of reform ; they had
sympathy for Wallace, and at the next re
apportionment, when Lawrence, county was
made a separate judicial district, they
elected him judge.
Quay's friend, Townsend, won the fight for
Congress, but served only one terra.
Wallace was more or less active In politics
until 'the last election for Superior Court
judges, retiring after his defeat. It is Inti
mated he never got over his failure to gain a
seat on the Superior Court bench.
Democracy That Falls to Function
The world, we understand, Is now safe
for democracy. Ergo let us now indulge in
some! You are not free yet! You call
this democracy, but commonly it falls to
"democ."
A century and a half after the Declara
tion of Independence finds you in Philadel
phia helpless to get a modern charter save
with Penrose's permission f in New York,
standing around while Murphy makes up his
mind as to candidates; in sjery state, help
less to intervene while-two little cliques pick
alternative state tickets for you , in myriad
towns ruled by petty barroom autocracies.
A separate little ruling class, called the
"politicians," controls and works for itself
first.
Business men fret to Bee the waste and
Inefficiency but somehow it goes serenely
on. Labor yearns for government that will
do battle for It in the economic field, yet must
admit that government falters at the task.
The path to freedom lies by such dull
scenery as sound ballot laws, simplification
of politics, merit system, executive budgets,
correct legislative procedure, county govern
ment reform, proportional representation
ways that are blocked by prejudice and in
ertia. National Municipal Review.
It may be that the
Ersatz Republic reason the French
look with favor on the
establishment of a Rhenish republic is that
future safety means more to them than pres
ent reparation. And by favoring it they may
miss the thing they seek.
The United States
Senate may ratify,
amend or reject a
What's Borah
Fussing About?
, peace treaty, nut a
peace treaty i not a peace treaty until it la
fullv agTeed upon by the framers. There
fore there is at present so peace treaty.
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THE CHAFFING DISH
rpHE kind of versifying that the free-verse
poets are best at is controvcrslfylng.
PERHAPS some day the city wlU solve the
problem of keeping the slum children cool
during hot weather. There may be huge
electric fans, with wings twenty feet long,
driven by enormous Liberty motors, to cre
ate a breeze over the stifling alleys of sum
mer. There will be a vast playground down
in the river meadows of the Neck, with
municipal busses to take the children down
there and bring them home again. There
will be swimming pools in every large city
square, with water enough for all. Some
of the money once spent on booze might well
go to these ends.
IN THE meantime, until we b&ve a few
Abraham Lincolns running our cities,
there arc a few things we can do. Have you
a dollar resting on Its laurels? Send it to
the Child Federation, Witherspopn Building.
One dollar in the bands of the Child Fed
eration will keep one child cool and healthy,
with expert medical advice, during-the hot
waves of this summer. Seems queer', doesn't
It, how much one dollar will do? Last year
the Child Federation cared for 1187 babies
at a cost of $1050.
Tell you what we'll do. We hate writing
poems like the very deuce, but we will write
a special poem for every client of the Dish
that sends us a dollar for the Child Federa
tion. All you have to do Is send us a dollar
and a stamped addressed envelope. We'll
pass the bill on to the federation and incor
porate your name in a poem. All wo can
irnarantee about the noem is that it won't be
'free verse. AH that we can guarantee about
your dollar Is that It may help to save some
child's life In the next hot wave.
Having signed frequent entreaties, perhaps
Brockdorff will soon do the requisite with
the real document.
The Vlcar of Washington
When lovely Lodge stoops to oration
And finds that diplomats betray,
What charm can soothe his indignation
Or tell who gave the text away?
Ballade of Yesteryear
MY THOUGHTS "turn backward, and a
tear
Starts when I think of days gone by,
Of springtimes when we wandered near
Arcadian meadows Youth and I
Or dreamed beneath a champagne sky,
Whose jeweled goblet, crystal clear,
Dripped golden moonlight from ot. high
Where are the drinks of yesteryear?
I don't pretend to be a seer,
I do not dare to prophesy,
But with a ban on wine and beer,
On cordials, cocktails, Scotch and rye,
It seems to me we men shall die .
Debarred from all we hold most dear.
Ghost of my youth, to thee I cry,
Where are the drinks of yesteryear?
Some see, today, with vision clear,
Star Specials speeding through the sky.
They think already we are near
Such great discoveries, we'll soon ply
'Twixt Earth and Mars, and that is why
Our future flows wine-red with cheer.
May they be right! Our world's so dry I
Where are the drinks of yesteryear?
i Envoi
Spirits of Grape, of Corn, of Rye,
... 1 TITL-t
nere are you uu
Hnhppff?
What is your
I'm going soon's I learn to fly
Where are the drinks of yesteryear?
A. REBECCA BAKER.
The other day we were called upon, to
write In one of those old-fashioned family
albums wherein you are supposed to set
down your favorite sensations, emotions, lit
erature and so on. Of course, having to act
on the spur of the moment, we blimped badly.
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www.n da j '
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Having since had a little more time to think
the matter over, this is what we should have
said:
Our favorite smell: The soft heart vof a
loaf of rye bread.
Favorite taste: The first pipe after supper.
Favorite recreation : Sleep.
Favorite sound: The downward crash of
a rolltop desk at C p. m.
Favorite novelist : Stevenspn.
Favorite movie star: Dorothy Glsh.
Favorite means of transportation: Bed
room slippers. .
Favorite poet : John Milton.
Favorite ambition : To learn to typewrite
without watching the keys.
Favorite spectacle: A glass of shandygaff.
Favorite amusement: Reading the Qubs.
Favorite food : Spaghetti with mushrooms.
Favorite play: "Charley's Aunt."
Favorite work: Winding our watch at
bedtime.
Cupid In Khaki
Jim dreamed of Maud while o'er the sea,
O many, and many a night ;
And here at homo Maud's revery
Of him was pure and bright ;
Ay, both were true as they could be
In spite of time and distance
Aided, perhaps, some may- agree,
By fortunate assistance.
For-it befell that Eulalie
Was quite like Maud in France,
While here at home a man met she
Who had Jim's very glance ;
So khaki-clad came Jim with glee
To wed Maud orange-buddy
Because each had how luckily !
An unknown understudy.
SAMUEL MINTURN PECK.
We hope, for the sake of the league of
nations covenant, that it's not going to be a
hot summer in Washington.
Will Vineland, N. J change Its name
after the First? And how about the neigh
boring hamlet of Malaga?
Mr. Taft
appeals
for more number 12
tocks News Item.
Lives of great men all remind us
We can't be as great ourselves,
Or, departing, leave behind us
Footprints of our number twelves.
SOCRATES.
The nation-wide wire strike got its wires
crossed.
Winnipeg Is about ready to move up to
the Seattle class.
The peace terms are not nearly so hard
as the terms the Germans apply to them.
We shall judge the' worth of the new
anti-red squad by the strength of their con
victions. Cupid's arrow found a mark in Ser-'
geant Alvln G. York "where German bulleta
failed.
Maybe if an incinerating plant were es
tablished In South Philadelphia the garbage
could be disposed of. And the smell wouldn't
be any worse than it is today.
The plight of the charter-revision com
mittee suggests the famous bull, '(The muddy
pool of politics is the rock on which thet
split." '....'
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Apropos of tho City Club's plan, it may
be said that, though it doesn't always hap
pen, straw votes may sbow how the political
wind blows.
The British have apparently forgotten
the German cries during the war of "Gott
strafe England J" The point of view of the
English today seems to be, "Give the blighter
a show."
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"PLAIN WORDS'
SPAWN from the foreign cellars, 'scum of
the gutter slime,
Reptiles and beasts among humans, born of
the filth and grime,
Cowards that murder in darkness, driven by
senseless hate 1
Soon we shall rise and crush you gWe you j
your well-earned fate!
What do you know of Freedom, mouthing '
the eolden word?
Blasphemy this, from your muzzles bltV
tercst mockery heard.
You who are ruled by red passion, whipped
by your own mad thought.
What can you know of our Freedom the 1
nrepions wnvs it wn hnnpht? ' 1
Bullets and bombs and daggers these are
your venomed fangs!
These you would Btrike at our great ones,
when night o'er jour purpose hangs I
You in our inmost bosom long .we liars
warmed and nursed
Now you have turned upon us, hissing your
song accursed!
Back to your dens, you Red ones fly ero
we use our might,
Burning with righteous anger, sweeping you
out of our sight;
Making our dear land sweeter, cleaned of
your hateful breath,
Turning your weapon against you fear of
the sudden death !
Harry Varley, in the New York Times.
The highwaywomen w'ho held up a man
at the points of their hatpins and robbed him
of $500 believe that a woman should-get ths
same pay as a man when she does the earns .
work. '
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
'l.aWhat great coal region in Asia has been
described as a "second Pennsylvania"?
2. Who is S. J. Konenkamp? '
3. What is the meaning of the word viTip.r,
arous
4. How did Elizabeth of Austria come to
her death?
5. What is the Cordllleran system of
mountains?
0. Who wrote "Gil Bias"? ""
7. How many major drives did the Ger
mans launch against the Entente ar
mies last spring and summer?
8. Who is John Morley?
0. What is a vinculum?
Vj.0. What was the prevalefit language in
Palestine at the time of (Jnrist?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
1. Illinois is the third most populous state
in the Union.
2. Mount Helicon was the seat of the Muses
and regarded by, the Greeks as ths
source of poetic inspiration.
n The ereat island of'Madagascar belongs
to France.
4. A kickshaw is a fancy dish in cookery.
The word also describes a toy or trifle.
5. William J. Flynn Is chief of the bureau
of investigation of the Department of
Justice. --
6. The oldest courthouse in the' United,
States is in New Castle, Del. .
7, The Smithsonian Institution was estab-
- lisbed in JBiu unaer me terms or tne
will of James Smlthson, who bequeath
ed bis fortune In 1820 to the United
States to found an institution for the
increase and diffusion of knowledge
among men.''
8. EHse Rachel was a celebrated French 1
tragedienne. Her dates are 1820-
1858. She was of Swiss birth,
fl Cuico was the capital of the Inca eat
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