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MORE PULLBACKISM!
IT'S just what might have been eMircf-d
The kickers have begun to kick; the
.pullbacks arc growing vocal
If somebody from the Middle West or
Pacific Coast, where they tlo things differ
ently, had chanced to bo present nt the first
public hearing on the proposed Delaware
Silver bridge (die nt Franklin Square yes
terday afternoon, that person surely would
have felt that the board of engineers who sub
mitted the plans bad born gulltj of some
crafty scheme to outrage tli citizens of
Philadelphia and Camden instead of out
lining the finest piece of progressive eon
rrructlon over oiTercd. in th" hfstorv of tho
two cities
The arguments advanced nn tnt the plans
war primarily individual and moM of tlietn
had been fully anticipated and disposed of In
the report of the enginoi rt. So there Is no
serious likelihood that any nur of these
abjections will block the fulfillment of an
Improvement that will work Inestimable
benefit to the ii.OOO.Onf) persona ulio rrilde
In this metropolitan center.
Hut the Incident Is interetinr chief!? as
Another exhibit of the pettv nnd cssrntlnlly
Mlftah spirit which has held back prosress
In this community throughout its liMory.
There nex-cr was a large public improve
ment of the character of the bridge which
did not adversely affect tome few Individual
Interests. Hut proper administration usunll?
can remove or relievo an? real luinMilp
Involved and still sero the only rule that
ought to count, and that Is the greatest good
of the greatest number.
A CHANCE FOR REFORM
MEMOIUES of how not -to-do-it ma? b
profitably summoned lij the Ronrd of
Education in Its financial efforts to advance
the school-building program. The nehonl
bond flotation of la-t fall was miserably
botched at the outset and only nu eleventh
hour awakening of public spirit crowned the
campaign with eventual success.
The leason of the paM is well worth re
tailing nt this time, when the Finnnro Com
xnlttee of the board is authorizing the
placing on sale of S2.000.000 of the $5,000.
000 bond issue for the erection of now truc-
tures and the repair of the existing physical
equipment.
The bonds will be introduced into the
market ou August 1. Ther' Is ample time
in which to accord the undertaking it due
measure of publicity. An? thing like n repe
tition of the old soporific methods which enme
fo close to obstructing the nlnry-increase
program would suggest that the board has
been Bourbonized
An excellent chance is at hand to prore
that such an intimation is unfounded.
There Is no real reason wh? this loan for a
vitally important public purpose should not
be a success If the responsibilities of the
situation arc energetically grasped.
A FAMOUS COLLEGE
rjXHE Pennsylvania .Military College nt
- Chester, which Is celchrntlng Its cen
tennial this week, was founded nnd con
ducted as a Friends' jsHiool for thirty years.
Jt was changed into a military school' nfter
it came Into the control of the lute Uoloncl
Theodore Hyatt, a Presbyterian, wo In
troduced military drill becane of its disci
plinary value.
All this happened In Wilmington, Del
It was not until 1S62 that the school was
moved to this State, first to West Chester
and later to Chester. It originally occu
pied the buildings now the home of the
Crorer Theological Seminary, but soon
after new buildiugH were erected fur it, use.
alt, has expanded since its origin in Wil
mington until it has become one of the best
Institutions, of its kind In the country.
Many distinguished men are oti Uh list of
graduates. Mr. Harding, who received the
degree of doctor of lnws from it white he
was In the Sennte, w-as so impressed with
the character of the work done that lie said
if he had several sons he would --end them
nil there. General Pershing will receive the
degree of doctor of milltnry science this
week, and he is probnbl? the most distin
flulshed professional soldier to be honored
by the college. Ceneral Pershing will con
fcfder that he is receiving more honor than
he io conferring when he accepts the degree.
-uovernor nprotil verj appropriate! will
e present nt the centennial oxcrdsei, Und
'rf he does not snenk f th ir-nnt ,...i. i....
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As been done by this nnd the other col
leges and universities of the State It will
j" not be for lack of abundant material from
' Which to draw.
' BLESSED BE THE FAT MAN
TT; IS a mistake to say that imbud? loves
u, fn' ,""' o i beloved by all who
like to take their ease.
Because he. Is fat he does not care to move
around too much and he thinks up schemes
to conserve his energies. Thus, automat
ically, he becomes the Inventor of Inbor
tavlng devices and a friend of humanity.
t Bob Lee, of Darby, a fnt man and urn
latcur farmer, Is n case in point. Because
lie objected to squatting down to plant peas
lie Invented the fnt man's pen plunter. a
four-foot section of gas pipe with a funnel
top. He has now Invented a weetler which
ttrlpa the garden of hurtful encumbrances
without necessitating the bending of the
back.
more power to him. .May his good work
contlpue. He may jet Invent a whistle (or
something) that will drive potato bugs to
t eulqlde.
INVULNERABLE VANDERLIP
WITl a gorgrousiiens of Inuguiigc hereto
fore only considered nppllcahlc to sun-
Hi . Kiseea wnmoriuu, n hmiim.iuii u, lunncrup,
U.j 5 pf Los Angeles, litis vnunted the luxuriance,
KfTik moral, political, llittindul, Industrial and
?i't ! nffrlrtilfiiral. of Korlet Itussla.
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his lusty appetite, Just so no reflections on
the working out of communism have been
sufficiently dismal to check his hearty opti
mism. Mulberry Sellers himself was obviously no
cheerier than Mr. Vanderllp, no more in
vulnerable to the blight of hard realities.
It is ensy to sneer at this poise of spirit,
and yet no one can deny Its worth in mnny
a tight place.
A particular test of its inspiration fit this
moment has been provided by Comrade
Krnsain, the somewhat canny trade agent In
England for tho Bolshevist Government.
Tucked nwny In nn interview secured from
this legate by the Petit Pnrlslen is the
parenthetical observation that the Immense
concessions secured from Ilussln by Mr.
Vanderllp arc not "operative, he not having
deposited the forfeit money."
Apropos of this ruling It would bo patron
izing to extend sympathy toward Mr. Vnn
dcrllp. His portfolio of contracts may be
worthless, hut the simon-pure ardor of ex
ploitation Is difficult to suppress.
Mr. Vanderllp need never he really
stranded. H has already demonstrated his
worth as n rlrst-rntc publicity man. Some
thing like true nrt Is required to advertise
with even u tithe of his brilliancy.
A PIECE OF BUNTING
THAT CAUSES A THRILL
Loyalty to the Flag Is Loyalty to
Symbol That Stands for the Forces
That Have Made Ua What We Are
r.
Till: extreme internationalists could
have their way such things ns the FIhi
and Flng Dnj would cease to bo significant
of an? thing.
They would have ub believe that national
ism has been outgrown nnd that It wns never
anything but parochialism on a large scale.
Thej arc only superficially right; therefore
they arc fundamentally wrong.
Internationalism is a reaction against
ChntMltilsm. that narrow, bigoted I mired of
ever? thing foreign which has been fostered
b drmugogues seeking votes and bus made
It difficult for broader-minded meu to deal
fustli with other nntiens.
This feeling, long before the name for It
was invented, was responsible for much of
the misunderstanding among iintion.
The languages of th world nre full of
teruiB descriptive of foreigners Hint are based
on the assumption that a man of a differ
ent race nnd different nation is something
less than human, a sort of a monstrosity.
Ills speech is regarded as a meaningless
Jabber, cveu though It has been used to
express some of the suhllmcst thoughts with
which the human race has been Inspired.
Of course, intelligent men revolted against
such nariow-mlndedness. Mut with that
curious and fatal inability to see the whole
of n question, what Is merclj a product of
Ignorance has been assumed to be the prod
uct of uationnllsm t hut is, u product of the
love of people for the countrj In which they
have been born and reared.
This love nnd loyalty Is one of tho finest
manifestations of the human spirit. It has
its foundations In those qualities which
make nn orderly society possible and enable
men to work together in masses for n com
mon cause.
There nre bill) tic ties among men who hnve
had u common experience The graduates
of every high school know this because they
have n different feeling for their classmates
from that which the? experience when they
meet a man who wns not In the same school.
This feeling binds Baptists to Baptists
and Catholics to Catholics nnd Methodists
to Methodists nnd Pre.bvtevlnns to Presby
terians and Hepublicanb to Republicans and
Democrats to Democrnts and Americans to
Arnerirnns nnd Englishmen to Englishmen
nnd Frenchmen to Frenchmen and (icrmnns
to Hermans nnd Chinese to Chinese. And
Americans of British. Gernvin, Italian or
Scandinavian descent feel toward tho coun
trj of their ancestors a tenderness which
they do not feel toward nny other foreign
country They nre good Americans, but
they are human beings first, possessed of the
fine humnti loyalties which make it Impossi
ble for them to forget the sources from
which they sprang.
How deep this feeling lies in him has been
discovered to his surprise by man an
American in n foreign land. lie has taken
bis love for America as a matter of course
and has given Uttle thought to it. But
when he sees the Stars nnd Stripes in Mon
treal or London or Pnrls or Homo or Vienna
or Berlin or on a ship nt sea he is thrilled
nnd the tears come unbidden to his eyes,
and he begins to wonder whnt it nil means.
The internationalists would tell him thnt
It means nothing except thnt he is a stupid
fool, with no more intelligence than the
beasts thnt perish.
But there Is something more to it than hase
entered the comprehension of tho men who
would abolish nil nations. It is family
loyalty on n larger scale.
Patriotism Is to a nation what the mother
intlnct Is to a family. It keeps the or
ganization together.
Nations have developed out of disorgan
ized masses of men because thero was h
need for them just as the family developed
In prehistoric times, because of the self
protectivo instinct of the group.
It sounds fine when a man tnjs that his
Interests nre not confined by any national
boundaries, hut thnt he is n citizen of the
w-orld. The (Jermun Socialists were in the
habit of talking In this wa? before the war
began, hut when the were called upon to
decide whether they would be citizens of the
world or citizens of Germnny, the old basic
instincts assorted themselves and they cast
in their lot with tho couutry in which they
hnd bee.n born. Their theories broke down
when brought into contact with hard facts.
So when we show our respect for the Flng
today on the anniversary of Its ndoption we
are paying a tribute to a symbol that stands
for the finest qunlltles In human nature,
the qualities that grow out of loyalty to the
forces that have made us what we are
We must alwnyH hold tho Stars and
Stripes In higher esteem than any other
nntionnl banner, but that need not blind us
to the fact that the flags of the other na
tious nre also symbols of splendid Ideas.
It is out of this respect for the qualities
of other nations thnt n better international
understanding will come. Tiien patriotism
will not be condemned by impractlcnl nnd
superficial theorists as the emotion of
ignoble minds nnd life on this old planet
will be relieved of some of its distressing
complications.
THAT NEW PARTY
PULLICK information about the new po
litical party which has been indorsed by
the Central Labor 1'nion must be given out
by its promoters before it can he Intelli
gentl? considered.
All we know is that the part? is to have
"fairness to all" as its underlying principle.
A more detailed program than this is
needed to attract voters. There never was
a political part) devoted to unfairness to
nnybody. They all profess to seek to es
tablish justice. Difference of opinion about
the way to bring about its establishment is
whnt mukes parties.
The Republicans and the Democrats, the
Socialists and the Communists alike seek
ice. T lie Republicans
Democrats, however, do not agree
fiiiiiists and the Social -
fustlec. Tbelr own dlf-
best way Jo reach
W
I
EASING PUBLIC LEDGER PHILADEUJJbLlA,
the same goal on which they agree, namely,
tho greatest good for the greatest number.
It may be said of the new party that
great political parties usually form them
selves about ideas on which men agree and
arc not organized out of hnnd at a meeting
of enthusiasts.
PEACE BY WORDS
CHARACTERISTIC of the embarrass
ments which have pursued the IJuitetL,
Slates In all of its efforts to conclude Its
share of the World War Is the existence of
two separate peace resolutions sufficiently
dissimilar to provoke debnto nnd delny the
processes of settlement.
And yet in fundamentals these differences
nre not mnrked. Apart from political con
siderations, both the House and the Senate
resolutions express to a certain extent weari
ness of the wrangling over treaty-making
which is so familiar an accompaniment to
the balancing of safeguards provided by the
Federal Constitution.
Senator Knox, whatever may be said of
his basic motives, wns unquestionably
pleased to imagine thnt a heartening stnrt
toward peace could be mado if Congress
should formally pronounce that there wns
no wnr. Representative Porter was doubt
less inspired by kiudrcd fnnclcs.
Regarded abstractly these conceptions arc
alluring. There are stanch League of Na
tions partisans who cannot consistently
abuse the philosophical idea of peace. The
so-called Irreconcllables, whatever their
opinions of the covenant nnd the Versailles
pact, have not posed ns champions of wnr.
Theoretically, the enunclntlon of pence,
without further Instructions on procedure,
should delight everybody save Inconsolable
militarists.
But once the descent to realities Is made
the simplicity of the situntiou Is seen to be
delusory. The Administration, while kindly
to the general principle of a declared peace,
hns refrained from issuing anything like
mandatorv directions to Congress. This
absence of dictation hns enabled each House
to proceed in the matter as it has seep fit.
The Knov resolution, nn Inheritance from
the dnys of contest with n Democratic Execu
tive, reveals evidence of hnrd wear. In
structions to the President to conclude n
separate trenty with Germnny have been
deleted and all that remnins of that program
is the provision thnt the American claims
outlined in the text shall bo considered duly
protected thereby until a treaty brand not
specified shall establish a new order. The
preamble reaches the pronunciation of pence
by tho expressed repeal of the declaration of
wnr of April 0. 1017.
Representative Porter, less hampered by
traditions, preconceived policies nnd prec
edents than his competitor, hns frankly
condemned the repeal method ns a reflection
upon the morality of our entrance Into tlie
war. It is upon this point that the joint
conference which Is to consider both reso
lutions with n view to harmonizing them Is
likely to be divided.
The House of Representatives Is awnrc,
nnd Bourke Coekran has lately stressed the
fact, that Its prestige has perceptibly dimmed
of late. The Senate, us is well known,
plumes itself upon Its influence upon foreign
nffatrs. Surrender will need to be registered
in some quarters If Congress with one toIcc
Is to proclaim the cessation of btrifc with
Germany.
Assuming, however, thnt differences are
eventually adjusted, it is permissible to
speculate upon the effect of the congressional
pronouncement. Peace will hnve arrived
because the national legislature will have
affirmed Its presence. But the national po
sition will remain anomnlous nnd undeter
mined until our relations with the late foe
have been formally adjusted by treaty.
Unles3 we are content with "rights"
which the resolutions insist are ours under
the Treaty of Versailles, which we have not
signed. It Is not easy to see how we can
avoid entrance Into the general pact or the
negotiation of an independent trenty with
Germnny and the fragments of tho former
Austro-IIungarian Empire.
The alternatives of procedure nre pre
cisely whnt they were two years ago. Reso
lution by Congress cannot alter or modify
them.
It i" aFFerted by friends of the con
gresinnnl policy that the kind of pence
foreshadowed will be psychologically healthy.
Mental refreshment Is, of course, always in
order. Considered from that viewpoint the,
resolution program may be beneficial. But
Its effect on world reconstruction can onlj
be salutnry If the public Is content to accept
the rarefied philosophy of Hamlet, which In
forms us that "there Is nothing either good
or bad hut thinking makes it so."
Individuals capable of subscribing to that
doctrine cau have naught but commendation
for peace by resolution.
Experts in Paris, Ber-
To Settle Hn nnd Budnpest arc
the Argument now quarreling over
which citv boasts the
most hcautlfal feminine legs, jf they'll be
good children and quit their quarreling we'll
take them for n walk on Chestnut street.
Coney Inland hns nviatlnn traffic police
men. Fly cops, ns It were.
Admiral Sims may later realire thnt the
reticent man is seldom misquoted.
Perhnps Congress wishes to snve tho
peace resolution for New V ar's Day.
We love Oregon, but she just simply
naturally has to go nwny linck and sit down.
The hnlls of Congress, reinurked the
pessimistic guv. appear to he principally
lobbies.
Mother Earth to the Pons-Wlnnecko
comet: I nm content thnt wo be better
strangers.
The prohibition powers that be probably
decided thnt Pueblo hnd to be wet within ns
well ns without.
Hats off to .Tinimj Murphy, pugilist.
He is a brave man Ho killed a mad dog
witli his hnre hands, choking it to death.
With Franco and Ilelgiuin nt odds over
the use of German 'h first reparation paj -ment
and French nnd llritish in dangerous
opposition in Sllcsin, the dove of peace is
hnving little lime to preen her feathers.
Senator France has heen denied adniis.
slun Into Russia. Cac of rank ingratitude
on the port of Ioiine and Trotsky : and sonio
cause of amusement to n numerous ,odj at
home inclined to believe that the Senator
talks too inuchj
From Paris there comes the storj of a
man who can stay four minutes under water
anil eat cherries while submerged. This ap
pears to be a variation of the story of flip
miin who could stay for hours in liquor and
cat the ihcnleo there mibinvrgcd.
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ROYALTY COMING
Boris of Bulgaria, Son of Ferdinand
nnd a Cxar of the Balkans, to
Visit Us His Family and
His People
By OEOROII NOX McCAIN
PHILADELPHIA will very likely hnve
the opportunity of entertaining royalty
before the snow flies. . , ,
Czar Boris of Bulgaria has announced his
intention of visiting the United Slates.
Boris Is Bulgarian by nativity but not by
blood. He Id German. His father was Fer
dinand, Prince, and later' self -styled Czar,
of- the Bulgarians. , , . ,
He was also known until the day of his
forced retirement as "The Fox of the
Balkans." . . ,
Ho deserved the title. He had the beak
of n vulture and the craftiness of a weasel.
He was a penniless princeling ot",,e
nousc of Snxc-Coburg-Gotha when Bul
garia took him up. .. ., ,
Tho story of Bulgaria, and of Ferdinand,
is one of the most romantic tales ever told
In the history of the Balkan Peninsula.
J A. McGAHAN". of Ohio, a newspaper
correspondent, is the man to whom pri
marily Bulgaria owes her freedom from the
oppression, cruelty nnd flnming fanaticism
of 300 years of Turkish rule.
. It was bnck In IR77.
' McGnhan hnd gone to the Balkans ns the
correspondent for one of the London news
pnpers. Ho hnd traveled down into Bul
garia, which was then feeling the heel of
Turkey upon her neck more heavily than
ever.
In May of thnt yenr the Turks invaded
the Bulgarian town of Bntnk. They slaugh
tered C000 out of the 7000 Inhabitants of
the place without regard to ago or sex.
It was one of the most terrible crimes
that had ever been perpetrated in a land
notorious" for Its disregard of humnn life.
McGnhan's Investigations disclosed tho
further fact thnt not less than 12.000 Bul
garian Christians hnd been murdered by the
Turks in that month alone.
Achmet Agn. the Turkish commander in
charge of thnt district, was decorated by the
Stilfan Abdul ITnmid II for hlo share In the
butchery.
It was this same Abdul. "The Butcher of
Europe," who was dethroned and impris
oned nnd who died not long since In exile.
McGAHAX'S letters describing the Bul
garian massacres were smuggled out of
the country. Their nubllcatlon shook Eu
rope like nn earthquake.
It was the first authentic information tho
world had of tho nwful conditions existing
in the heart of that peninsula.
Gladstone thundered against the Turk
In Parliament.
Russia declared war on behalf of her co
religionists, nnd the Russo-Turklsh con
flict of 1877 wns on.
AS A result of her victories. Russia not
only liberated Bulgaria from Moslem
oppression, but give her a niche In the Au
dience Hall of Nntions.
As the Vilnyct Tunn. otherwise known ns
the Province of the Danube, under the Turk,
Bulgaria had becu administered by Turkish
Governors.
With her emancipation there was none
of her old royal line In existence. She there
fore east nbout for a scion of one of the
ruling houses of Europe to whom hhe could
ofTer her vacant throne.
Prince Alexander of Battenberg became
Prince by selection, but resigned in 1880.
He feared assassination.
Tho intrigues of the court, the bitter
political animosities of the various cliques,
put him In fear of his life.
I Is 1887 three delegates were chosen to
visit Western Europe nnd select a new
ruler. They had proceeded ns far as Vienna in
their quest when one of tho delegates
dropped into Ronnerker's cafe for a glass
of wine
Thnt glass of wine altered the history of
the Balkan peoples.
In tho cafe the delegate met an old friend
who, when acquainted with the Bulgarians'
mission, declared he knew Just the man for
the vacnnt throne.
The name proposed was that of Prince
Ferdinand of Snxe-Coburg-Gotha. His
fortune wus In nn impoverished cnnditioti.
He was practically "on his uppers."
He was tall, thin, angular, with n huge
hooked nose nnd eyes set close together. The
offer was n god.seud.
He jumped at the proposal. Ho was
twenty-six years of age when he nscended
the throne us Prince of Bulgaria.
Ho had reigned more than thirty jears
when the results of tho World War hurled
him from his throne.
His entire career front start to finish wns
one of Intrigue, remorseless nmbltion and
ingratitude.
The assassination of hib once friend nnd
ndvlser, Stnmhouloff, known In the courts
of Europe ns "Tho Bismarck of the Bal
kans," has been directly charged to Ferdi
nand. It is said that he was jealous of Statu -bouloff's
power.
CZAR BORIS was hut a boy when I saw
him in Sofia a dozen jcars ago.
His father was then n huge hulk of a
mon, hnlr heavily strenked with gray,
struggling whiskers and n habit of gazing
straight ahead in a dull, lethargic way.
It was this mnn who ruled Bulgaria with
an Iron hnnd. It was he who forced the
nation to nn act thnt Is one of the blackest
in Balkan history.
The bulk of the Ilnlgarian people were
pro-Ally. Their hereditary hatred of tho
Turk, the memory of centuries of oppres
sion, compelled them to this position.
Czar Ferdinand was n German. Ho was
an Imported ruler, n roynl carpetbagger.
He ran true to race and type.
When the crisis came and Europe was
plunged into the vortex of the World "Wnr
Ferdinand milled his armies to the aid of
the Turk.
His right hnnd grasped the right hnnd of
n people that hnd been slnineu with the
blood of Bulgaria.
CZAR BORIS Is the son of Ferdinand.
He comes to the I'tilted States. It Is
said, on a visit of congratulations and
thnnks.
Congratulations, prosuinnblj, for the fail
ure of the 1'nited States to declare war
ngnlnst Bulgaria, as It should have done
while It was in the business.
Thnnks for the hundreds of thousands of
dollars of American nmnev thnt have been
spent in relieving the suffering nnd hunger
in his domain?
T am not so sure thnt this country enres
a hnnc nbout the thnnks or coiurmtiilutinni.
of the royal family of Bulgnrln, or thnt por
tion of their subjects who turned their backs
upon Russia that hnd saved them nnd made
them whnt thev were.
Tt is with the Bulgnrlans who saw the
light ; who would have rushed to the nld of
the Allies had not the "Fox of the Balkans"
hindered them.
Cznr Boris unquestionably has nerve. If
nothing else. In proposing to visit the
TTnlted Stntes so soon nffer the close of that
great nnd terrible event.
The thousands spent by him and his
servitors on this Junketing trip might well
he used In relieving distress in his do
minions. r
THE FLAG
COMPOUND of principles and laws,
Brnve deeds nnd sacrifices,
A flag Is only great because
Of whnt It syudiolir.cs.
No silk or bunting stirs the blood.
Ts'o oj p-intriguing color,
Save when the symbol's understood ;
Then life grows richer, fuller.
Old (Slur in her waves and fol(,s
Seems all that's brave nnd right, for
The patriot In her beholds
The virtues he would fight for.
G. A.
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a?teEgJDAY, JVXE .-H
FLAG DAY-A NATION'S SALUTE TO THE
vj 'Ervi;' 'Cpir!' ' El' Prwvrfm ir aUiE
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NOW MY IDEA IS THIS
Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphians on Subjects They
Know Best
RALPH CHESBROUGH
On Trade In the Near East
THE establishment of agents in tfic Near
East who can correctly Inform this
country ns to the people, condition nnd
needs of thnt pnrt of the world is n neces
sity, if this country Is to secure und hold
Its share of the world trade in that section,
nccording to Ilnlph Chesbrough. foreign
trade expert, who has just returned from
the Near East.
"There is a large business to be done with
the Ncnr East," said Mr. Chesbrough. "but
the business men of this country, as well
as the Government Itself, must act prompt
ly if it Is not to see Itself outstripped by
foreign competitors.
".lust now political conditions in Asia
Slinor nnd other pnrts of the Near Enst
are fur from settled. The Bolshevists have
allied themselves with the Turkish Nation
alists, nnd although uttacked by the Greeks,
as well as other troops of the allied coun
tries, they nre fighting n defensive battlo on
their own ground. The region which they
hold Is one full of the richest natural re
sources. Products Ready to Ship
"Large quantities of new products arc
being held within the boundaries of the
Nationalists waiting to get to the sea to
be exchanged for foreign manufactured
products necessnry to build up the country.
"Despite the present situation, it Is hoped
that the problems in this section will be
settled soon nnd the world will theu rush
In lo shnre in the trade of this section. The
time to act is now. Great Britain, France,
lapnn and other countries nre on tlte ground
now, und when thnt time shall have como
the? will have secured all the concessions
worth hnving if we do not get busy in the
meantime.
"Thp Near East, comprising Greece, the
Balknns, the Bind; Sea region. Asia Minor,
Syrin, Palestine. Egypt, Persia. Arabia.
Mesopotamia and the entire Mcdlterrnnlan
region cast of Italy, comprises n magnifi
cent field for future trade relations.
"To do business with the people of that
section effectively means n thorough under
standing of the psychology of the people,
their needs nnd their methods of doing
business.
"They are. tin the whole, n very conserva
tive set and not readily susceptible to
modern methods of doing business. They
go n great deal on the principle that seeing
is believing, and therefore the business man
who can please them on that principle Is
most likely to be successful with them,
American Banks Needed
"What is needed over there are American
Agencies, banks, chambers of commerce, or
gnnintinnH or Individuals who know die
language, the customs and the desires of the
people and who can translate these things
to ii. There nre a grent many mushroom
firms over there, nnd thcrcTorn it Is im
portant thnt n business man in this coun
trj should know just whom he is doing busi
ness with. Similarly sharp practice has not
been an unknown thing on this side, nnd It
is therefore necessnry thnt some one repre
sent linns hero who has the confidence of
tlie iiinccrns on the other side.
"One of the most linportnnt things to
consider, outside of the fact Hint wo miiNt
meet the prices, credit terms and the quality
and stjles of packing of goods of our for
eign competitors, is to give our prospective
customers over there what they want, when
they want it nnd prepared and presented
in the way that they want It. Much trade
has been lost to foreign competitors because
American business men have chosen to dis
regard this Important consideration.
"At the pre-ent time wc have Great Urlt
aiu as probubl? our strongest competitor.
Germany Is coming bnck fast. France am)
.Inpan, as well ns Italy and Greece, are all
well intrenched in this part of the world.
Have Own Business Methods
"Business among the Orientals is ,.nn
ducted in such n way that Hie big business
men arc not always apparent to the casual
observer. Thus one might go into the ba
zaars of Beirut and Aleppo nnd find n couple
of men sitting cross-legged in n small shop,
without t.vpewritprs, phones or other signs
of modem progress and conclude that thev
were not worth doing business with s a
matter of fact men of this type arc often
the biggest business men of the cominiinitv
"Soon these countries are going In open
to foreign capital The former Turkish
governmental prrludlce against foreign In
Hiii lice Iiiih hccii r moved Railroads and
other convenience wl ho hitUt With not"
tlcal and Imtindiu-j qucsimis tctth-0 the
1921 '
STANDARD BEARER
enormous natural facilities and resources of
these countries will be developed,
"First-class men to act as agents will be
the most effective means thnt business men
here cau adopt to secure business In these
countries. They must know the customs,
the lunguago and the requirements of the
people They must know the seasons for
things. The nlso must mnkc up their minds
that thev caunot make enormous profits to
begin with, but must he satisfied with com
missions if they are to meet the prices of
their competitors and eventually work up a
steady, satisfactory and constantly increas
ing business.
"The people of these countries are, how
ever, susceptible to new things if they are
shown lo them. Thc.v are often quite sus
picious and always buy from samples.
Progressive Methods Will
"Progressive men huve succeeded in in
troducing modern agricultural machinery,
the movies, electric fans, talking machines
with recoids in their own language, playcr
pinnos and. until prohibition, American
beer. All these things proved Immensely
popular with our foreign neighbors.
"There are man things that they should
have. Many of the big cities' do not have
telephone systems, electric lights, tram cars
or modem sewage systems. There is con
siderable room for the development of mo
tortruck transportation despite the fact that
they arc not unknown over there. Level
headed, progressive emissaries, however,
are the hope 0f tho business man If he is
to make his trade with these countries the
big thing that it ought to be."
HUMANISMS
By WILLIAM ATIIEHTON DU PUT
PUGENE MEYER, head of the War
A-i Finnnce Corporation, used to worry a
good deal because lip could not make a
speech, .lohn Eversman, who used to be
secretnry of the Republican Congressional
Committee and before that was secretary
lo Representative McKlnley, of Illinois, re
assured him by telling how Mr. McKlnley
met the same sort of situation.
The : congressman appeared before the stu
dent body of the University of Illinois to
mnke a speech ou "Modern Business." He
begun in thin way:
"This is a good speech. The figures In it
nre mine hut the oratory Is that of my
secretary, Mr. Eversman. T will read It."
As he progressed he put a grent deal of
enthusiasm into delivering the mounting
periods. Whenever one of these soared
gracefully to the heights and pnlnted u sun
set glow, or fingered the heartstrings that
nre uttune.l to country love, Mr. MeKlnloy
vvould Pause and interject an nside to the
effect that : "John did pretty well on that,
didn t he,"
This unique treatment of tho subject made
a very favorable impression on the audience.
It was honest.
There were a round hundred men who
wanted to become First Assistant Secretary
of ar and help John W. Weeks run tho
business end of that lighting department,
procurement being the big tnsk. Finally tho
V." , "n? ,Blu'n ,,n -''loncI Jonathan Mnhew
Walnwnght, of New York Cit . a lawjer
w ith a good military record, v
It will never be known on the outside who
was the second most likel? candidate, fur
the post hung In the balance between two
men for weeks. This second man was head
of n bg business organization. He lost, not
rough any fault of his own, but because
he Secretary wns himself not a lawyer and,
therefore, felt thnt It vvould u. wise t,, have
a mnn who was as his first assistant.
Charles Evans Hughes, it it, remarked
over at the State Department, is e flirt
secretarj since John Hay to w'ear a ben"
It is also remarked that there is a some
what striking facial resemblanee between
these two men who have come to preside
over the Government's, premier dennrtmo ,i
liny, undoubtedly. BL,1 L. T h ':
fl,-.. .1 ."MMI,
ship than iinj other mnn In the world tela
He is taking Hie situation vcrv serio uslv t
giving ever ounce of encrg) he has to t"
Is
vv ,.., r, II....I.... i"-'" """ion.
' ', "' ""' is IISKCll (, i,,
speeches on public oc,,..i.k . lecni.s
noslt ve v He hasn't time for it. When he
Is asked to grant Interviews, to appear so
cially, his re.pniisos ro Just ns positively
the negative He is busy getting on ton of
this Job and will iiof he diver led? ' Qf
Ilk. II Ktiittt.mnn Mm ii
""' .! iiiiv til IMT In III. Of till u
generation to hold the' post. Tel I K , ! "
piohah I), has come the greatest opportunity '
Hughe-, it In hhIiI. has a better rhanc", of
writing his name hhrn in ,- ,i . .. ."."''. "f
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COLORS AND THE
Wliat Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Of what State was President Arthur a
native 7
Z. What is a helicopter?
3. "Who is the author of tho Peace Resolu
tion that has boon passed by the UnltM
States Senate?
4. Where is Assam and for what product If
it noted.
5 Who wroto the play, "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac"?
C. How many geographical miles make
degree of latitude?
7. Who was Junius Brutus Booth?
5. Whnt Is stippling In art?
9. Who waa "The Wasp of Twickenham"
10. What Is iago and from what Is it de
rived? Answer to Yesterday's Quiz
I The Green Mountain Boys were soldier!
from Vermont In tho American Revolu
tion, first organized under this name
under Ethan Allen In 1775.
2. To Bishop Warburton, of England, is at
tributed tho remark, "Orthodoxy Is tar
doxy: holerodcuy Is another mana
doxy.1'
8, Nariklno Is the name given to the war
profiteers of Japan.
i. Lucrezla Borgia lived in parts of the fif
teenth and sixteenth centuries. Her
dates aro 1480-1519.
G. Troy is called "the Qollar City" on ac
count -tt Its great collar manufacto
ries. 6. The first name of Major Andre was John.
7. The length of tho main line of the Gov
ernment railway In Alasha Is to be 471
miles.
3. Hera In Greek mythology was the great
est femlnlno divinity of Olympus, Queen
of Heaven, wife and sister of Zeus, and
Inferior In power to him alone. Her
equivalent in Roman mythology Ii
Juno,
l. Obit la from the Latin verb "oblre." t
go to meet, and hoa come to signify
person's death, a notice of th death or
funeral obsequies.
10. A lapwing In a bird of tha plover family
a peewit
Today's Anniversaries
1772 Duncan MeArthur, noted soldier
and Governor of Ohio, born in Dutches
County, New York. Died near Chillicothe,
O., April 23, 1830.
1777 Resolution of Congress providing
for the adoption of the Stars and Stripe
an the national flag,
1801 Benedict Arnold, the traitor, died
In London. Born nt Norwich, Conn., Jan
uary It, 1740.
1807 The French under Napoleon de
feated the allied Russians and Prussians t
the battle of Fricdland.
1821 Andrew Campbell, whoso inven
tions did much to perfect the modern print
ing press, born near Trenton, N. J. Dim
In New York City, April 13, 18P0.
1830 A volunteer company left Cincin
nati to nid In tho fight for Texan inde
pendence. ,
1840 Henry MIddlcton, Oovernor of
South Carolina and United States Minieter
to Russia, died at Charleston, 8. C. Bora
In London. September 28, 1770.
1887 First steamship of tho CnnadieB
Pacific Line from Yokohama arrived at Van
couver. , , .
1020 The Poles evacuated Kiev before
the Bolshevist offensive.
Today's Birthdays
Queen Sophia of Crcece, u sister of the
former German Emperor, bom In H""1
fifty-one years ugo. ...
Rt. Hon. Frederick Guest, who holds tw
post of Air Secretary In the British Got
ernment, born fifty-six years ago. ,
Captain Sumner E. "vY. Kittelle, Uul W
States Navy, the now Governor of the vjr
gin Islands, born at Pccksklll, N. Y nW
four years ago. , . ,
Robert M. La Follctte, United Statef
Senator from Wisconsin, born at Primrose,
Wis., sixty-six years ago. .
John McCormack, the famous tenor sIiUJ";
born nt Athlone, Ireland, thirty-seven JM
ago. . .l,
Roger P. Bresnahan, president of W
Toledo American Association Baseball Cmi
horn In Tralce, Ireland, forty-one J""
ago.
Why Not?
From tlie hprlnufloM Republican . ,
Bates College debaters have ed '
England to argue with representatives n
Oxford on the nffirmatlve of the Oil"110?:
"Resolved. That this house approves '
American policy of non-intervention in
ropenn nffiilrs." If they know just woj
this policy is. why not tell the homo row
Is This True?
From th London Hnlurilu) flev.ew . -aT J
Unit r,il nri, Hlalinnesl W llPO Wl ",
an oppoiltinity of being so legally.
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