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A FOUR. YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thin nn wlileSi the people) expert
lb new iilmtnlstrr.tloii to concen
trate Its attention:
Tht Dtlawar river brtdgt.
A dndock bg tnouah to accommo
date the laigest ships.
Development of the rupld transit sys
tem. A convention halt.
X bulldinp for the Free Library.
An Art .1tneum
Bolaroemetif of the water aupply.
Homes to accommodate the popuia.
(ion.
THE LITTLE PARKS
THE proper city authorities should
give careful attention to the com
plaint of the Tiona Business Men's As
aociatlon that IIuntinK l'rk
lected and cenerall dilapidated. If
uch Is the situation, it -hould be rem
edied quickly. It in declated that the
Fourth of July outinR planned for 001)0
children of the leluity will be a failure
unless the deficiencies nre repaired
The public parks of I'hlUdelphia are.
on the whole, admirable bntli in distri
bution and extent, but if the aie not
kept Up to the proper wen "U re of cpn'i
vni'nt they will not fill the needs for
which they were planned In many
ways the neighborhood paiks are mole
Important to the health aud happiness
of .the community than Falrmonnt Turk,
because they are usually cituated In
couscsted nclRhborhoods. where they
are bndlv needed and where they till
a ery real want. The city ennuot she
too much attention to the smaller parks,
especially during the summer months.
PAVING PASSYUNK AVENUE
MAYOR MOOKB'S decision to pro
ceed immediately with the paUng
of Passvunk avenue, without regard to
the attitude of the Itapid Transit Com
pany in "t Pt baviiig removed its
poles, tracks and wires, will be reoeUed
with joy b the business men of that
Important downtown thoroughfare
A well-paved street is a large factor
In bringing and retaining business, and
rnssjunk avenue is badl in need of the
Improvement now authorized b the
Mayor. At least from Fourth street to
IJroad, there nre few streets outside the
central section in Philadelphia more
entirely devoted to business purposes
than this southern diagonal street. The
prosperity of n neighborhood depends to
a large extent upon the business done
there, nud tins business au be re
tained, let alone augmented, only by
making nieces to its stores as easy and
comfortab'e as possible for vehicular
traffic.
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PUBLIC GETS SHORT END
PIlESIln.T WILSON'S commission
to stttle the wage dispute between
the anthracite miners and the operatois
Is jut what such a commission should
not be
It contains three members, one a
representative of the public, one a rep
resentative of the tnineiH ami one a
representative of the operators This
means that It stands two for the coal i
Industry and otic for the public
The operators an pass on to the
n....
consumers an increase in wages
imprest m hitiuuk "" v " """
- . . . ..f 1 .1
lies In their desire foi a priie which
will not provoke popular indignation
The miners aie inteiested onl tu uu
, Increase In their wages
The wage commission can agree on
an Increase in wages through a combi
nation bctvvetn the rcpresentutivis of
the miners and the npcmtnr. and the
representative of the puhli will be
powerless to prevent it
What we need is a trihunnl mm
mitted to the protection of the public
Interests, like J'testdeut Iloo.evelt's
board lu IDOL', where the majority had
no connection with the oul indiiHtiy
at all.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS
THE second session of the Sut -sixth
Congress, which began on December
4 ....A , n, A.ir! tnflni In flnia fnr '
X, cnillL- m mi. v . '".,i. ... ..
the members so inclined to attend the
Republican national convention In Chi
cago. Four yenrs ago the world was at war
and the Sixt.v fourth Cougiess remained
Ip aessiou nil summer. In 101U ad
journment wns not reached until August
20 or after both national conventions
hYd met. It is necessary to go bat k to
1802 to find a parallel to the conditions
In 101". In the former car. Congress
did not adjourn until August .
Much important legislation has been
passed since December 1. when the
congressmen assembled In Washington
A tcvernl bills of great consequence
await action in one house or the other
today, n review of the achievements of
the bcssIou must he postpoted until the
record Is completed
Tho Democrats will do their utmost
to prove that the things which ought to
have been done have been left undone,
but they aro likely to find It difficult to
convince the, country. If they charge
Mils t'ongress with defeat of the pence
. trtaty hey will find themnelves charged
itk muil complicity in the offense.
iTk Republicans will provldafor cam
ffcrpows a complete exposition of
ciive icgtmsiiuu ui ineaw-
!ou In which ornithosis will be placed
n the Important matter. For ex
tmple, the West will be Informed that
tfter ears of delay a bill has been
passed for the development of water
Dower on public lands In the Interest of
the public rather than for the benefit of
private and speculative power com
mutes: the postal clerks will be re
minded that their pay lifts been in
creased 20 per cent with allowances for
dekness; and the bankers will be told
t,hnt the Federal Reserve banking act has
een amended in Much a way as to re
move defects disclosed by Its operation.
SENATOR JOHNSON LEADS
A MOURNFUL PROCESSION
Presidential Candidates 8tray Far
From 'Homo to Retrlevo Their
Fortunes In the Wlldt of
Chicago
IN Tim departed days of our political
innocence a candidate for the presl
deticv remained austerely at home while
i national convention to.ted violently
with the forces of his destiny. He did
various tilings In that agonizing inter
val, according to his conception of dra
matic values. The reporters would find
hiiii ' writing calmly In his study" or
"chatting easily with a group ot
friends "
Viewed in retrospect, the old-fashioned
candidate appears like a giant of
dignity and testralnt. His anxious
hrnrt might l pounding him to pieces,
vet he could iilwnjs say, in a reasounbl
stead voice, that "he did not desire
the nomination, but If It were the wish
if his count!) men "
Well, well, these are franker times"?
All the candidates of Importance have
dcpattctl from their seclusion to mo
'iill7e nt Chicago Senator Johnson led
the Invasion, sitting in a tlng-festooncd
automobl'e. with brass bands to the
noi th, south east and west of him,
like n political Joshua come to command
the sun of man s valiant purposes to
stand still. The moment of his arrival
was a delirious one for the sage-brush-ers.
They did everything but swoon
with joy. Out of their ecstasy they
made a new name for their belove'd and
hung It on him like a priceless decora
tion. So Senator Johnson Is not Sen
ator Johnson in Chicago now. lie is
Ilclhoarlng Hiram
He roars. He roars from his motor
car and he roars from hotel balconies,
and he roars in the caucus rooms, nnd
he roars, for all we know, in his sleep.
Listen to him: "When this campaign
Is over we shall once more be just
Americans and proud to be Amerlcnns.
Ve will live our lives in our own way,
without dictation from Kurope!"
Urass bands have their uses. They
ire a delight to hear Rut they ought
to be censored on some occasions, be:
cause they can turn men's heads and
stir a crowd ns strong drink couldn't
stir It. Loudly spoken, high-sounding!
nlntitudcs such as Ilellroaring Hiram
llings to his idolaters mean nothing or
dinarily. When they are thundered to
the accompaniment of a good brass band
they can seem to be charged with tre
mendous meaning and glorious truth.
Does any one alive, in Chicago or
elsewhere, suppose that any one nntive
to the United States was ever other
wise than passionately proud of the
aud he lives In, jealous nf its honor,
tware of the splendor of its ancient ap
peal to the hearts and minds of men?
Can any one with the ability to read
he still unable to understand that what
Kurope, crushed to its knees, really
wants is friendly dictation from Amer
ica and the mere assurance that it will
not be left altogether alone in the efTort
to crape the curses put upon it, not by
the errors of men alone, but by the
errors of generations?
Ilellroaring talks of the pride of
'latrlotism as if it were his exclusive
ittribute and a virtue whlo.i lie alone
ould bestow The brass bands nre
helping him to get away with it.
As the champion long-distance, high
compression, double-ignition roarer of
the country, Mr Johnson has been
mnking a gorgeous splash at Chicago.
Does the counti v want that sort of per
former in the White House? Hardly.
Does Ilellroaring expect to get the
nomination'' In his secret heart there
probablr is no sui h hope. He has, in
fact, helped to provide for the ob
servant some useful lessons In political
psychology and political method. He
has alread.v begun to show how politics
should not be pla.ved When he entered
Chicago with a bang and moved in
glnr.v through the crowds of his sup
porteis he m ached the teetering summit
of his wave
Hiram rejoiced Wiser men would
not rejoice because Ihey know that it
s from summits thnt descents begin,
and the big dos of the convention are
r ill a week nway If the senator finds
that lie is an anticlimax In the con-
' wntlon pioiMT. if h has to regret that
I lit' UTli tti "- "c ' ... ............
niemntiirely. it will be his own fault.
He might have done better to stay aus
teielv at home to "write calmly in his
-tuil " Statesmen who have messages
to deliver have been learning that the
rule of the old-fashioned candidates was
i pretty good one, and even Mr. Wilson
has some renson to beljeve that it is
hetter to talk down from the heights
hon to take chances in the very midst
of shouting crowds.
Johnson is headlong. He strikes '
wildly. He cannot go on roaring from
uo,v until the end of uext week nnd
afterword without growing weary, and,
what is worne, making others weary.
And there aie men in Chicago hun
dreds of them as full of fight as Hell- ,
roaring, though they make no noise
Thev are more dangerous because
they fight silently and with cool heads I
They do not waste their energies in ,
ound, and a great many or them are.
so genuinely patriotic, so deeply sen
sitive to the needs of the country, so
proud of what America has been and'
will be. that they would be ashamed to '
roar about such things. They, after !
all, are the hope of the party. j
Meanwhile the graves of Americans I
In Eurone are green and all the youth i
and many of the hopes of older nations I
urc burled in places where they were
sacrificed in the name of peace and for
n better understanding among all peo
ples ; and yet there are men nt Chicago
seeking to be the voice of America who
seem unaware that the world must
somehow retognize and protect what
was won out of fire and torment
Home of them have nlready paid the
penalty for Incurable, cynicism. More
than one ambitious boom will enter the
convention hall lu tatters because It
depended on moucy alone, and more
than one machine of the sort that usu
ally could be depended on has arrived
in Chicago with four flat tires. The
client force of public opinion has been
felt in the politics of the present year
-asvkO'rali never Mt bepre. If Oeneral
I Weil and ilr. Lovytfea and other
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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER-- iPmtfADEtiPHll, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1920
plrants are hustling in Chicago instead
of remaining properly at home, it Is,
perhaps, with the hope of finding some
escape from the fx Into which they. got
because they refused to believe that
times have changed'and that the presi
dency cannot be bought.
Ilellroaring Hiram and the other can
didates who have blundered into bogs
of money have, between them, imposed
a tremendous task upon the clearer
thinking leaders who will have to man
age the convention and steer it ration
ally In the way that It should go. This
candMatc and that, sallying out of hotel
suites, ma parade tip and dgwn in
Chicago ns generals parade who would
hearten and Inspire troops before battle.
Theirs will be wasted hours. Steadier
minded men will run the show and
manage the stngc and, with sane eyes
to the future, inspire the decisions.
Sentiment throughout the country Is as
unsettled as autumn weather. Leaders
may not know just what the p.eople
want. Hut they know what the people
do not want. And they will go about
their work with the knowledge that
they are being watched and thnt they
will be held to a reckoning.
This Is as It should be. We hnve
gone far since the days when the work
of a national convention was neatly
mapped out by groups of complacent
gentlemen who sat In private confer
ences n month or two boforethe conven
tion assembled. For once, at least,
public oplulon will make itself felt as a
direct force on the floor and In the
caucus rooms.
It Is for that reason that there seems
little hope for the nomination of John
sou, Louden or Wood. And any one
who has been listening to Ilellroaring
Hiram's talk about European dictation
to the t'nlted States tnlglu profit by n
study of the atmospheie of Chicago and
the atmosphere of those other cities of
the world in which policies of govern
ment ore now In process of formulation
or change. '
Loudon, deep in anxiety and harassed
by Inherited cares , Paris, feverish with
uncertainty; Home, troubled about tach
tomorrow; Uerlln. Moscow, Madrid,
centers of volcanic forces, contrast oddly
w Ith Chicago, w here there Is nothing but
blithe nssurnncc and the consciousness
of limitless strength. We alone have
the power to dictate. And since we arc
not and will not be dictators, the day
for that sort of thing Is passed aud
done. Therefore it is necessary to won
der what Ilellroaring is thinking about,
nnywa. The answer comes easily
enough.
He is thinking about himself.
OUR LEARNED SENATORS
SEXATOIt TUAMMLLL, of Florida,
added something to the sum total
of human knowledge when he asserted
In the' Senate a few da.vs ago that "It
will be another disc like thut when
Nero's wife fiddled while Home was
burning." He was immediately chal
lenged by several other senators, who
in clinste English demanded, "Where
do you get that wife stuff?"
The classical learning of the Sennte
has often been a source of wonder if not
nf unmixed admiration to the average
citizen. In view of the usually hectic
condition of the domestic affairs of
Nero. Senator Trammell should have
realized that to "fiddle" while Rome
i was nurnmg or at any oincr time, tor
I that matter would have been both un-
wifely and exceedingly unwise for any
of the three or four spouses of that
temperamental monarch. Resides, Nero
ruled about 1000 years before there is
any record of a fiddle haviLg come into
existence. Outside of these little points,
the senator's assertion vill probably
stand.
As a sample of congressional English,
the brief but spirited colloquy is ns fine
a specimen as has been produced since
the long-past day when a distinguished
member of the House added "Where
am I at?" to the real gems of Ameri
can colloquialism.
Former Secretary
of War Garrison has
As to
Habit' Names
just ach eved n e w
fame by coining n
nnme for an infant niece about which
the parents could not ngree. The nnme
nf the unfortunate infant, as devised by
the former seeretarv. is "Itsa," the
significant familv name being Herr,
making the total product "Itsa Herr,"
which describes the sex of the child with,
uncanny nccuracv Ah an extenunting
circumstance, it is added that the little
one will be allowed to splect Its own
nnme when nrnved nt a proper age.
Public men 'eem to be gifted In this
line. Krervbodv will remember the
singular and wrath engendering cogno
mens bestowed noon his children by for
mer Governor Hogg, one of the pic
turesque contributions ot Texns to pub
lic life The first two were girls nnd,
according to common report, were
named linn Hogg and I'ra Hogg. Then
when a bov armed some eara later he
was named "Moore Hogg." n descrip
tive title sin h as Mr. Garrison has
selected Fortunatelv there Is always
legislative redress for the ill named.
. Professor Hyslp,
who some .vearT figo
announced thnt
physical ailments
bv spirits, has been
Rut Spirits
Are Hanned!
could he cured
stricken with n brain lesion. While the
fact itself is not incompatible with his
theorv, it piojei ts upon one's conscious
ness the phture of Fnte with her finger
at the side of her unse grimly remarking,
'Phvsitian. heal thself!"
After n University
Perfectly Good of Chicago professor
Uccnse Wasted had procured a li
cense to wed, the
Indv refused him. Among things that
mnv be taken for granted the professor
will henceforth exclude a wife.
A New York "houseman" is al
leged to have stolen $25.00(1 worth of
Jewelry after drinking $10,000 worth
of whisky. Pei haps ho took the jewels
to pa for treatment In it D. T. ward
Robert Kelso Casatt proved him
self a gintleuinn of fine discrimination
He is not now called upon to declare
what his expectations were.
Just nbout now Johnson figures he
has the Old Guard' stymied. Still, in
the paKt. the Old Guard has got around
lots Ol WUI1K"-
Is It possible that there nre people
In this town who think that n five-cent
fnre is setting a bad examplo to the rest
of the country?
Merchants nnd longshoremen of
ew York nre dally providing argu
ments for the establishment of nn In
dustrial court.
Perhaps what the Roosevelt houle
vard Mystery Man is holdlug out or
is a free transfer.
The Bolshevists are of the opinion
that they'll uevcrVget red rapid transit
until they remove the Ppies,
COLOR WILL BE LACKING
Artist John Barleycorn Will Do
Among Thoae Missing From
the Republican Con
vention Hy GEORGE NOX McCAIN
THE Republican natlbnal convention
nf 11)20, from the spectacular point
of view. Is going to make a mighty drab
appearance compared with' some of its
predecessors.
Much that rendered national' conven
tions distinctive, colorful, hilarious,
cacophonous and bizarre will be lack
ing. Notnbly, the booze.
A new generation in politics has
swept aside many of the old conditions
and tiadltlons. The change will be
perceptible only to the veterans of cam
paigns where the dollar mark was not
the bndgc of popularity and the brass
band was an auxiliary useful only in
celebrating victory.
Judging by pre-convention signs and
symbols. Cash and The Candidate will
go hand In hand to victory or defeat.
"
AS I look back over nntlonal conven
tlons of both parties covering a
period of nearly forty ychrs, I reg't
,0.roufc tlint thls ? Philadelphia
will not be in it for an instant as com
pared with other similar ghth'crlngs.
The glory of her political clubs has
departed. They have gone their wav
down the slopes of oblivion with the
men for whom they were named.
Time was when no national Repub
lican convention whs complete, on the
spectacular side, without the nppenr
nnce of n Philadelphia campaign club
to add to the hilarity of the occasion
and the delight of the assembled multi
tudes. TTOW many survivors arc there today
-- of the famous old Union Republi
can Club thnt celebrated the nomina
tion of McKInley and Hobart in 1800?
It wns the finest marching club thnt St.
Louis had ever seen up to that moment.
It wns the prototype of all clubs thnt
fordccades after were to set the popu
lace cheering with admiration nnd wide
eyed with wonder.
Headed by the famous Wellington
nnnd or Iowa of seventy pieces, thej
i """"'s ui uiL- uu, wno nau trav
eled from Philadelphia in their own
special train, uniformed iff dark suits,
white high hats, yellow spats nnd
ennnry glove9, mnde the finest appear
ance of nny political club I recall be
fore or since.
The late A. S. L. Shields, if I re
call, was president and marshal.
Hehiud the band the colors, the club
banner and Marshal Shields, the front
line, or tile, wns composed of David
Martin, Frank Hltcr and Sheriff Sam
uel M. Clement.
Frank Rlter nnd ex-Sherlff Clement
nre the survivors of the head of the
giand procession ns It set the St. Louis
thoioughfares cheerlne nn the mom.
otable da twenty-four years ago.
fTlHAT hateful alphabetical triumvirate
-- H. C. L. has planted its heels on
the neck of patriotic enthusiasm just
as it has on' evcrthing else under the
American sun.
There will be no Philadelphia cam
paign or tariff clubs at the Chicago con
vention this car. The cost is pro
hibitive. An ordinary Philadelphia club garbed
as in days of yore and traveling ou Its
own special train would have to bo com
posed of millionaires (or war profiteers)
at present-day rates.
The effervescent enthusiasm of Phila
delphia Republican clubdom will have
to bubble and sparkle beneath tho red
fire and Roman candles of a Hroad
street pnrane.
That's as near as they can come to
Chicago.
ANOTHER, feature of the old-time
convention will be missing from the
hotel lobbies and convention galleries of
the coliseum this enr. I, refer to tlfc
nonpoiuicai ciuo delegations that so
often exercised n potent Influence In
formulating tnriff planks.
The convention of 1MI0 Is brilliantly
illustrative ot me point
Penns.vlvnnia was vitally interested.
She was alwas keved up to the shout
ing point whrnevei the snatulateil fin.
gers of free trade were stretched toward
the throat of her tmslc industries.
Notable members of the Mnntifnc-
hirers' Club were in attendance at the
nntlonal Republican lonvention that
ear. The were big men behind a big
Issue, t Their names and the issue they
represented were potent.
Rudolph Illnnkenbiirg, James Pol
lock and Howard H. French were three
representatives of the club whoso names
I recall on the instant
H
OWARD R. FRENCH Is the sole
the few survivors of a notable group of
manufacturers in his own particular
business line who wire active at thnt
time.
With mingled pride and regret he re
called this fact to iuv attention not long
since ns he pointed out the photogrnpliH
of a number of his contemporaries of
those das that adorn tho walls'of his
private office
And what an experience this trio nnd
their companions hud in their pilgrim
age to the coimntlnn city!
Hefore thev k at heel Harrlsburg n
truck under tin ir sleeper developed a
hot box nud the.v were compelled to
nhnndon it No other sleeper was avail
able. For the remainder of the memorable
night thej, weie forced to take n day
(oach. and tin re, curled up like snails
on the cramped seats, they got what
rest the could until they reached Pitts
burgh, where another Pullman was
plated at their disposal.
The 1'cnuh.vlvaiiin Railroad then was
not what il is today.
ALEX
wns
LEXANDER ("SANDY") CROW
then the nroud possessor of n
club. The Fifteenth Ward Crow Asso
dntion was one of the principal rivals
for populurlt of the Union Republican
Club
It nlsn nttended the convention In n
bodv. riKgii! out in the gorgeous panoply
of pence and political distinction.
Its habiliments were more gnudy than
those of the sedate Union Republicans.
Crow's warriors were dressed In fcrny,
with hats to match, while flaming red
kid glows tdded the needed touch of
color to their ensemble.
P(unslvnnln, hnd Philadelphia In
particular, occupied a unique position
in those davs.
Three hundred thousand spurious
whlskv prescriptions have been written
in Chicago since prohibition went Into
effert. declares a dispatch from the
Wind City. Hut who wants spurious
whisky?
If the delegates to tho convention
should chance to remember that they
are there to register the views of the
people of the country it might prove
quite a shock to the bosses.
Congress will do one thing today
that will win the approval of the entire,
country. It will adjourn. '
coUptry.
way of.exnlanatloni M'lt be
i tha&ome JUne.doysri rare
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remarked
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EUROPE SEEKS SPIRITUAL AID
IN FIGHTING BOLSHEVISM
Force Must Be Supplemented by Ideal to Fight Radicalism,
Leaders Believe, and Turn to Vatican
By B. F KOSPOTII
Staff ( orrrsaindrnt of the Erenlns rublle
I.rdrer In Switzerland
Genea, .Tune 5. All European ex
perts agree that in order to fight bol
shevlsm successfully two elements nre
needed: Force nnd an ideal. Force
nlone Is not enough ; It must be supple
mented by nn Ideal equal In suggestive
power to the criminal mil seciuciive
doctrine preached by the false prophets
in Moscow.
America has the force and it also
has the ideal which is Americanism
and therefore there is .universal confi
dence over here that the American
people will overcome the Bolshevist
menace victoriously. But n Europe
there is no definite ideal like Ameri
canism in Ameiicu to oppose to the
new Red creed. The slogan of de
mocracy" has been tried nnd found
wanting; It has come to mean next to
nothing to the peoples of Europe.
English Tradition Powerful
In England there is tho ancient tra
dition of "parliamentary government,
which Is more powerful ps etiological!
and still exerts undoubted prestige.
Pride in victor short-sightcdly ternied
"Imperialism" has so far kept France
out of the Red maelstrom, but there is
no single, compelling spiritual force
behind the Euiopenn governments in
their struggle against Bolshevism, and
they nre consequently diffident about
using the material force at their dis
posal. The statesmen in the Vatican nt
Rome have been quick to realize both
Europe'B urgent neeu iu moi y
cn orccment and the great opportur. -ties
it affords them of extending their
Influence. It is quite certain today that
he Vatican's prestige ami power, far
from dlmlnshlng. has vastly increased
since the allied victory and the restora
tion of European peace. It has been
many centuries since the friendship and
assistance of the Vatican have been
sought so eagerly as today by the ruins
of Europe,
This recrudescence of power the
Vatican owes to the Red menace tor
it has nt Its command the spiritual
i. '. ...i.i.... uhiMi mere material force
IOrCu Willi""!- !. ;--;-- 1 lit
s impotent to vanquish Len ne and his
works its force is international, ike
Eenine's, and wherever it s political
it is also proletarian. So It is no won
der that all the European statesmen,
no matter how frigid their fee line; .may
nave been in the past toward the 'ut
can. have set out on a pilgrimage to
Rome to beg the loan of this force in
their battle against bolshevism.
Franco Changes Attltuda
In. the first place, the French repub
lic is about to conciuuc iumi- uu uu
Vatican alter nmii; )" " ".- -mltv
It Is not yet known on what
terms thiB peace will be based, but it is
sof to predict that the era of intoler
ance which culminated in the expulsion
of the Catholic congregations from
France is over.
An immediate return of the banished
congregations Is improbable, but it is
difficult to see how the French Govern
inent enn evade a complete revision of
this vital question after re-establishing
illnlomntic iclatioiiH with the ntican
Certnlnlv both the Vatican statesmen
and the 'French Catholics are confident
that n satisfactory agreement will be
arrived at before long President . Des
clianel Is reputed to be favorable to
unreserved reconciliation with the
Church.
TiiHenllv Rome offers I ranee the
nrUUececl position in the Cithnlic
world held bv the empire of the Ilaps
biirKH until Its collapse and dismeinner
- This nrosnect Is sufficiently
alluring to reconcile French politicians
to many concessions, although it is
certain that some irreconcilubles will
put up a Sharp ngni ju uir uuumuer oi
Deputies aud hv to rally the old anti
clerical majority.
Britain Seeks Church's Aid
Already during the war England ap
pointed an ambassador to tho Vatican
to solicit the assistance of the church
in quelling sedition In Ireland. But it
is in Italy Itself, where the pone Is
prisoner," thnt the Vatican's ascend
ancy 1 lnost marked today. The
present political situation In Itnly
places before the country the alter
native of Catholic rule or Bolshevist
julo. The new Catholic People's party
1 the only power in politics capable of
opposjnguhc Soclallits with success.
If li rll. that tli. VH.. V... .
sJfttUl connection with t,hla party, but
t-.-t
SNAP-SHOTS
i it stands to reason thnt the advent to
power of n great Catholic political or-
? ionization, whoso lender, Don Sturzo,
s one nf the most remarkable priests
the church has ever produced, Is cal
culated to re-enforce the pope's position
to nn extraordinary degree.
Tho day no longer seems far distant
when the pope will cense to remain
wholly within the halls and gardens of
the Vatican. The present menacing
situation in Italy Imperatively calls for
the teiminatlon of the historical feud
between the holv father and the rovnl
house of Savoy. This liberation of the
pope from physical bonds which arc
certainly no longer in nccordanqe with
the principles of nn age that is trlng
to create a league of nations does not
Involve the recrudescence of papal
temporal power.
Alliance in Italy Forecast
Pope Benedict nnd his advisers nre
not endeavoring to exploit their favor
able diplomatic position iu order to re
constitute the sovereign papal state
which was engulfed In the lehiiih of th
Italian nation. But if Italy is to be
saved from Red chaos by the action of
the new Catholic nartv. which nlone has
n soclnl and spiritual program capable
oi siicisiiiig ami canning the impas
sioned masses, u reconciliation in the
nature of u definite alliance between the
pone nud the king of Ital seems in
evitable. The great Catholic revival, which is
the most characteristic fcatuie of the
Italian situation todav, cannot but
eventually leuel to the Vatican's liber
ation. In the Italian universities,
among the students of Padua. Pisa,
Florence nnd Rome, it is taking the
form of a revival of primitive, early
Christianity; the new political lendeis.
like tho Duke di Caesero, aie lenrneel
adepts of Catholic philosophy
Thiouch these jounc men. who nre
thrilling with the vital sual and polit
ical problems of the times, the Vati
can is earning out n rejuvenation of
the Church, fitting it to pin v n decisive
part in the leeonstrurtion of the world
New Conditions In Germany
In Central Europe, the Vatican's
loss iu power through the dissolution
of the Hapsburg empire, its thief splieie
of influence before the wor. has been
fully compensate el by the triumph of
tho Catholic party in Bavaria nud the
developments of events In (lei many,
where the Catholics, as in Itaiv, aie
tho only non-socialistic part) with n
strong proletarian following, and con
sequently able to shape the govern
ment's Internal policy far more effec
tively than in the kaiser's time
Protestantism in Germany was nl
wa.vs intimntel connected with Pnn
Gcrmnnlsm, nnd, so to say, under the
kaiser's personal direction, nnd its in
fluence hns diminished considerably
since the fnll of the Holienollerns anil
the decline of Prussian militarism It
is a remarkable fact that Protestantism
Is without a lepresentntlve In the pies-
ent ticiman iinvcrnmcni, which is com
posed of atheistic Sen inlists, democratic
free thinkers nnd Catholics.
But the war lias wrought ct other
changes which stiangiiv fnvnr the ex
tension of the Vatican's powet. By
reuniting long separate d peoples of the
same race, but of different leligions,
It has brought tho reunion of the Greek
Orthodox Church with the Roman Cath
olic Church within the range of pos
sibility. Since .the constitution of the
kingdom of Serbs, Croats nnd Slovenes,
Serbia has ceased to be a Greek Ortho
dox state.
Closer Union in Balkans
The Catholics In the new- kincdnm
outnumber their Orthodox coiintrjmen,
nnd while there Is as ct no ques
tion of fusion between the two churches
It Is a significant circumstance thnt the
dates of tho religious festivals of the
Orthodox Church have been nltered to
coincide with the Roman calendar. This
measure is universally regarded as fore
shadowing n closer unlou in the fu
ture. To bring the Greek Oithodox Church
once moro under tho popo'H supremacy
is a century-old ambition of the Vntl
ean diplomats, it was never nenrer
realization than now, with Cardinal
Gasparrl, oucof the vvlbost of modern
statesmen, directing Pone Benedict's
foreign policy. The Orthodox Church
bas.hcen uprooted by the destruction of
fzarlsm and tho tUBlntegrillon of Bus.
kin. lit is Without: a honw in the vuut
Umdwnica. w nce the tenter of lis
stiength. and its supreme -chief, the
rzar, is gone, presumably forever.
Where shall It look for guidance nnd
protection, if not to Rome?
The Vntlcnn's influence has been
moved farther east by the creation of
an independent Poland. Catholic prcs
tlge is extending together with Polish
political Influence among the Orthodox
people of the former Russlnn empire.
It Is already stated on good authority
that an understanding exists between
tlie Warsaw Government nnd General
Pctlura, the Ukrainian national leader,.
to re-establish the union between the
Ukrnininn Orthodox Church nnd Rome
which existed lu the seventeenth cen
tury. Church Alono Can Halt Reds
It rcmnins to ibe seen whether this
project will prove practicable, but If it
" ever curneu out it win certainly rep
resent a great step in the direction of
Orthodox recognition of the pope's su
premacy. Developments of worldwide impor
tance mny hinge on this Btill problem
atical but not impossible union of the
iu cimrcues. ah uusstnns now ngreo
inui. ji liussin is ever to be delivered
from bolshevism It enn only bo done by
means of the influence which tho Or
thodqx Church and Its priests still ex
ert over the peasants.
Strengthened hv the iHninm.n. ...
pcrience nnd immense remm-. e ,v..
Vatican, this power might well become
Mi-nisuuic ana eiennitcly expel the Bol-
siievim spirit of evil by which the
unhappy Russian people Is possessed.
The presumption is that nil nr
rnngeiiients have been completed in
Chicago for the spontaneous outbursts
of enthusiasm for each of the candi
dates. Hi Johnson says he Is in Chicago
to prevent nny straddling on the league.
What he means is that he Intends to
do his darnedest to beat the Republican
party.
There Is a strong chnnce that the
man who will win the Republican pres
Idcntlnl nomination will nnive in Chi
cago without any noteworthy hurrah
, .
General Apathy may not be n po
litical boss, but he decides many clec
tions. At every new hint of scandal some
elark horse begins to champ his bit.
What Do You Knotv?
QUIZ
w5uW,Mxth Pmldem of thc
2 When did Shakespeare die?
3. Why docs the sound of nrtlllerv
Serarlher tha" ot
4 What nro tntruslvo roclcs?
G. Where Is tho wettest plnce on earth
ho placo with tho greatest rain-
C. Which wns tha first ship to cross
the Atlantic propelled by stem?
7 What were the seven wnn1rs of
tho ancient world? '
8 In the United States service what
MoyT' '9 Ver rfl,8,d a-
3" lS.ru?s! "fti" IU
10. How old Is baseball ns n national
game? """"
Answers to Yesterday's Quit
1. Tho lilBhest mountain In the world
Is Moum Everest, In tho Illm.i
la as. with an elevation of " una
feet. ,"'
2 President Roosevelt promoted n.,.
erm I-Arnnlnrr cv.A... -vu
the rules of seniority reB!lr'1
to
3 In the recent war tho flftcerr-lnch
Buns of the Germans were heard
150 miles uway. -uru
4 Igneous rocks nro rocltB thnt im..
solidified from a molten state
5. The proportions of oxygen ami nltr
yen in the air at the inrth-a iuP'
fato aro 78 per cent nitrogen and
21 per cent oxygon- unu
0 A "horseiKiwcr" represents ti,
enersy required to lift u vvehjlit n?
33,000 pounds one toot iS t
mlnuto ' '" one
7 James G, Dlalne was known ...
"The Plumed Knlsht" for the r?
son that R l! Ingersolj l0 rP?crrT
o htm In his nominating stech n
1878. Uep"b,,can mention ' in
8 Tho ancient name of Swltzerin..
wns Helvetia and the name at il
untie UIH on tin limine . ..'"" ."I'll
9. OH was first struck Irr this counts
at tho Drake well, TltusvlliS r7
on August 28. 18tD ,no' ra-
:: ', " oi'impB.
10. The centennial anniversary of
transatlantlo atearn navigation was
.; Jv!lln 8avnna". " May it,
1
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THE CRITIC TALKS
TO MUSIC LOVEld
Weekly Comment on Things Mu,
cm in uttcrinilnaUng
Philadelphia
INTENSE devotion to an Me.Tti
three main reasons fnr ti, ..!
i-wi-u.ii.iii., , ,niir, mini worir nr. ti
ee main reasons fnr ti, ...'.' 'I
the annual Bach festival at Betlilfil.'
Pennsylvania hns tho honor of beln,?
nnmit nr in ntiitr rnitainni . . i
United Rentes 1,!M, I. i? 7" ."
C. - irr ... "v: u,:i'nninr I,
imvo nnyuung 11KC the tntlS en lnl
ennce I hat the Tlnlrnti. l.JiV81"
hlfc "' ''""nnci
An 111 Mia nnba ftC n-. .
success rfuT afrar. ..,.'rr:;c,ml,i'i)i
the work enes tn nm. ,..n..i.. ,, ,0!l
Dr. J. Free) Wolle. Doc or Wo Ml
.' -. .".it i." . "TJ. ,l "n?tmn uu
; ,." "uu" io nis triends Ions be 1
fore the first Bach festival was tJ
mi iinen. in 17101. the urst Ilneli MP
.imiheXri . W , "l "1 "M I
even thought of, much iess pranncn ij
annual affair. ' L
iawuwraa uv KlUL L1II1I- lllll-in II-..
Ho was anxious to give the first w,.
formance in the United States of tk,
B minor mass, nnd with the defermloi.
tlon nnd devotion to his lelen which l,n
characterized his work with the 1M
Choir ever since, he carried it to n ..a
cessful conclusion, Last week tit
writer, who attended that first nerfn
nce, mentally contrasted the scene of
1000, when it was first given, with the
chorus, orchestra and, above ad, ti.
audience of this year's performance
And yet, considering the dlf!i(iil'tIM
under which Doctor Wolle labortj
iweuij jrurn ago, inc small nnd com.
paratlvely inadequate chorus, the ..
chestra, made up largely of nmntmll
players, nnd other things incidental tv
the initial performance of the glgtmtltl
composition, cue pcriormnnce wmI
nmazingiy gooa, Due no one m the conn.
try but J. Fred Wolle. with his ...
thusinsm and his ability to transmit
that enthusiasm to his singers and In.
strumcntilbts, ccaild have done It.
i
LOVE of the music of Sebastian Had
is not a flash In the pan. Once ac
quired, it never leaves the devotee. M
this Is true to a greater extent of hit
music than of that of any other com
poser. Every year thc same faces an
seen at Bethlehem and thc "high spots';
of the B minor mass and there art
lota of them always make the sami
profound impression of dignity, gran
deur and nwe. The mass Is one of tli
greatest of choral works and is, an
probably always will be, the chief event
of thc Bach festival.
But that first day should not he over
looked in its importance to thc mud
clans. Then It Is that works ol th
greatest musical genius who ever lived,
which cannot be heard elsewhere, art
sung. The masR has been given la
Philadelphia and in New York, and, II
the writer remembers correctly, lo Chi
cago, but in none of these music renter!
are the motets, thc cantatas and the
other great choral works given.
Doctor Wolle has the music of Se
bastian Bach nt his finger ends n1
nearly always on the first day of the
festival there is something on the pro
gram that even the close student ol
Bach has never heard before. It vai
well worth a trip to Bethlehem tlili
year to hear the marvelous motet "Sine
Ye Unto the Lord a New-Made Song,"
for unaccompanied voices.
THE outstanding feature of the mush
of Bach is its eternal youth nnd
freshness, giving it n sense of modernity
that the work of no other composer ol
his time has, or for that matter of nnj
composer, between him nnd Haydn
Dissonances ns sharp ns nny that De
bussy or Ravel use appear constantly,
with this importnnt reservation: Bad
uses them logically aud for a specifif
effect never lor the sake of n force!
originality and he nlwas rcsolrei
them.
The use of the dlssonnnt wns wen
known to Bach ; but, for that matter, it
was pretty nearly everything else mu
sically. Many times performers thltl
that they havo founej something new u
modern music, only to find later that
Bach knew nnd used the same thing I
couple of centuries before.
The service thnt Doctor Wolle hi
performed for music in the Unite.
States by making Bach's works knowi
and appreciated can hardlv be overesti
mated. Schumann's advice to mud
cinns, both young nnd old, was "nun
Bach your dallv bread." and thnt nilvlri
is just as sound now as it was in Schu
mann's day. Doctor Wolle and the
Bach Choir have set the table and. froa
the increasing interest felt nnntially lo
thc Bach festival, a large number M
American musicians are taking Schu
mann's advice.
LIKE most musical events of til
highest character.' the Bach festival
shows nn annual financial deficit, whlea
Is made up by a number of public
spirited men and women. But n'Pf '?
It is n service of love and devotion botn
on the part of Doctor Wolle nnd thl
members of the choir.
Service such as J. Fred Wolle hji
given to the music of Bach cannot M
bought; It must be given or It is not
forthcoming, and once given there is M
sum adequate to pay for It. It i
personality that has held the membeti
of tho choir together, nnd only t"
practical musician knows what it mean
to go through n year of assiduous re
hearsal, and rehearsals must be long
and hard to sing Bach's music as tM
Bethlehem Choir sings it.
NEWS from France is to the effect
that Walter Damrosch and hl '
chestra are making a profound imprei
slon in that country wi a their rendi
tions of modern music, bit the critic
the Paris Figaro is reluctantly W"
to the conclusion thnt Americans pre
fer the cmde audacities of our contem
porary school to the gentle classicism o
our old masters." The performance ft
Herlloz's overture to "Bcnveiiutn Ui
llni" (ngnln in the words of he crillji
"to say nothing of Beethoven s Hfrw
Symphony, grated upon ones mu"ic'
nerves." .
This attitude of the French erliie
probably has Its foundation In i'"ti0"'',
fkm. It Is a fact that the mule'inn
one country agree that the conduelori o
another, with the possible exception o
thc German conductors, in whom
sjmphnnic tradition is inbred, brrauw
it is the natural form of Instrument"
expression of their grent fompof". a
erv well in the modern music, bntsr.
totally lacking in their concep tlon
the great .-lassie writers. This was
ease In this country whe. tie onjer
vatoire Orchestra, admittedly the W"
In Vrnnce, visited the Unite. Bin ..
it has been the experience of n teiidMi
at the Boston Symphony Orchestra cor.
certs under two French leaders, w
nendlngs of the classics by Mr. lJ
?och 8can hardly have been moie d
pleasing tq Fiench musicians than w
the symphonies of Beethoven, and '
peclally Schumann, to Amerh-nn.nu.i
clans ns interpreted by certain IW'D
gulshed French conductors.
K However, there may be even a . I ep
reason and that may be in the m
Itself, Interpretation of many mor
works, In which nobody (? '
would seem not eyen the m!'p"r h',
self) knows what Is meant, U a W
different matter htm i tho reading .oM
clsieslo, qf which every wpiWjnMfv
cert soer ha ls onn conception. ,
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