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All rights of republication of special tlLipatche nerein art also reserved. Philadelphia, WtdnriJay, Decrmbrr 14, 1121 MITTEN'S NEW PLAN MR. MITTEN'S latest piun for the op eration of the l-'rnnkferd elevated me is Intended primarily te protect the interests; of the P. It. T. Company. Yet It Im the pierlt of providing fur a plij-dcal connection of the Frnnkferd cevuted line with tin Mib way and cievutcd line mid fur through tinins from Frankford te Siuv -ninth treet, or wherever the western teitnluus of the line may be. The flntineiu' side of the proposi preposi tion will hear careful examination. t In brief, the preposition is that the cost of operating this line from Frankford te Frent street be charged nvpilnst the receipts Of that line, and tiiat in addition the cost of operating the Market street line from Frent street te Fifteenth street be u'se charged in part against these receipts te compensate the P. K. T. Company for the .less which it will sustain b n diversion of business from Its slew surface lines running te Frankford te the fast elevated line. Whether this is fnir te the city will appear after a careful examination of all the facts. Mr. Mitten, hewevi r. announces that if his offer is accepted he will Rive no free transfers from the P. It. "P. intersecting lines te the Frankford elevated or from the Frankford elevated te the Internetting lines. He wivs that If he did s0 the receipts of the P. It. T. would be serleuslj diminished. When one recalls that free transfers nre iTlven at certain points en the elevated line in West Philadelphia for the purpose of de de TelepliiR business for that line, it will be seen thut Mr. Mitten's plan Involves a dis position te retard the development of busi ness for the new high-bpeed line te Frank ford, a policy which he weu'.d reject without hesitation if he owned the line and were Interested In making It pay. But the authorities charged with the duty of deciding whether the plan is te be accepted or rejected should net ferg t that Mr, Mitten would net have made this new preposition If the Mayer had net announced that the city would operate the Frankford line ns far an Market street as seen ns it could be jet in shape for operation, and would run it in such a way ns te attract as much busi sess as possible. SENATOR VARE ERUPTS SENATOR El) VARE made one of his chanictcrlstic speeches at the dinner te City Treasurer-elect Watsen the ether eve ningr. "The Mayer," said the Senater, "is fresh, but harmless. The highbrows know knew nothing about politic and they cannot run this town. The Inst election shows that." Straight te the point and typical Vare talk, delivered in the best Varlan manner and lnnguage. The Senrter hes evidently changed a part of his opinion ns te the Mayer, There is reason te believe that he always thought the Mayer wtis "fresh," but there was u time net se long nge when he thought that Mr. Moere was far from harmless. The Senater did net define the elusive term "highbrows," but it is supposed te be a generic noun describing ull Vt he nre opposed te Vare rule. It is a geed thing for the Senater's machine that the "high brows" de net cure sufficiently for politics te register and vote nt everj election. If they did the Vare rule would cease with n suddenness which would leave the Senater gasping for breath. Rut he is mistaken in one thing; they can "run this town" any time they really make up their minds te de se, STREET CRAMP AGAIN fTTIIE Mayer's expressed longing for vider X streets in this crumped ceiuinunit) finds H monotonous echo in the hearts of his fel low citizens. Itecegnlziny a necessity, how hew how ever, does net invuriubly mean that the want will be filled. The unfitness pf Philadelphia for modem truffle n'.eds is as obvious as it Is difficult te alter. The problem will never he attacked in earnest until some bread new north -millionth artery is provided between Bread street and the Deliiuurv Itiver. Meanwhile whatever piecemeal improve ments are effected will be highly accept able. The removal of the inclesed grass patches from Spring (Jarden street between Bread and Twelfth has liven a recent gain and, although this thoreughfaio does net extend te the Delaware, its width in its eastern stretches will unquestionably play an important part in the accommodation of the inters'nte bridge traffic. A suggeste ' reform is the rar.ing of the old markets in S cend street. They are the last survivals uf a picturesque Philadelphia institution, but their obstructive character is likely, and rightfully se, te extinguish the claims of sentiment. Possibly the quaint old market house at Second anil Pine streets could be set up again in unuthcr location. It Is regrettable that progress b often ruthless. Present conditions in Philadelphia render almost uny street -widening process a ewnoumniatien earnestly te be sought. yVHATTHE RESERVATION MEANS THE signing of the four-Power Pucific compact yesterday lends additional em phasis te the position of the Administration regarding the League of Nations. The iplrit giving rlse te that association is easily detectable in the proceedings of the Wash Wash Wash Jiogten Conference. Severance from the actual organization Is, however, dearly de fined In the American reservation affixed te the new treaty. n'l.le mmllf vine nrticle Is In exriress mi. V'',t tlclpatlen of the negotiation of the Yap ' I nv.ntv und of one or mero ether acree- . wents respecting the status of the man 's!' 'jatawl Islands. Its second section is f'V4iined, te protect freedom of notion by ,.:mtt various Powers in. Pntlflc island mat- Sh ' ly Us within their domestic jurlsdlc Asisilslr mm nnrilicatlen te fertillcn- Mtte-JfAfestsX'aKd Ufee .uaval etatlta at EVENING Pago-Page, Samoa, may be intended in this clause. The disentanglement of the mnndate sit uation is, however, perhaps the most salient feature of the reservation. It is clear, ns was contended even in the latter days of the Wilsen Administration, that American non-membership in the League of Nations did net justify Hint body in dispos ing of territory which was among the gen eral fruits of the war and te which all the bc'ligercnts were entitled te register sonic claim, MR. BORAH HAS NO EXCLUSIVE MONOPOLY OF IMAGINATION His Fancy Picture of Wars and Ruin Can Be Readily Matched by One of Cheer Based en the Pacific Treaty and Seme Pertinent Facts THE Inclination of Senater Berah te re gard the future as mere y the past seen through another gate is a'tnest ns pronounced with regard te the new four-Power compact as in respect te the Ceenant of the League of Nations. The most persistent of the irrecencllnbles Is, however, willing te admit that there might be virtue in the Pacific adjustment provided the disarmament program of the Washington Conference assumes substantial proportion". Without this solvent which, by the way, nppcnrs en the verge of being nnplled the Idiihean Rurveys the future with the pro pre pro feundest gloom. Such tricks hath strong Imagination. Mr. llernh dismally succumbs te the tenntatlen te envisage war ns the logical end e"f a proteethe pat te insure interna tional stability, lie Is entitled te his fancies, and it Is impossible te contradict them s'lecliicnlly. At the game of matching Imaginations, however, It must he coiieeicd that evaral piTMins can play. Mr. Berah and these ether Senators who rose In opposition te the quadruple pact in the first debate en the subject en Capitel Hill are incapable of nctiially proving mere by their dark hore-s-omcs than are the proponents of the plan with their sunnier visions. Ne measurement for inipenderub'cs has jet been found. Mr. Pomerene, who spoke for the treaty en Monday, Is quite ns justified in prophesy ing brightly en its bcha'f as is Mr. Berah In plcturinr unether world wreck. Forecasts cannot be reduced te a common tlenomi tlenemi tlenomi natei. It Is for this reason that se many of the senatorial debates concerning peace formulas have been futile. Niwerthelc-, there Is obviously mere potential merit in n program untried than In one which tre.it- the past hublts of nut Ions as incurable. The most modest estiurite of the possibili ties of either the League of Nations or of the Pacific compact cannot Ignore the fact thnt the explorutien of new paths does net necessarily premise recurrence of all the disasters found along the e'd routes. But the obstructionists in (he Semite are net content with reducing the issue te a question of skepticism or faith, which It actually is, but in fami'iar style they strive te re-enforce their speculations witli some characteristic misstatements of fact. Mr. Berah pretests that he has "never seen an alliance or a league In which mili tary force" was provided for. Possibly the suspicious Senater was never privileged te scrutinize the full text of the Tiiple Alli mice between C.ermany, Austria-Hungary and Italy. Otherwise, save en the score of deliberate misrepresentation, it is difficult te account for his contention. Mr. Heed, of Missouri, is of the opinion that "we have practically no island posses, sieus except the Philippines , tluit Japan and Englnnd have together, either by previous acquisition or the Treaty of Versailles, seized every island In the Pacific Ocean." It is tantalizing te wonder what has be come of the Polynesian empire of Trauce. including Tahiti, the Pometus, the Australs and the Mnrque-as, and what Hag Is waving today ever Oaliu. Hawaii. Maui. Lnnal, Kaul. Moleknl. Nilhau, Knhoelawo, Baker, Helland, Midway. Ounm. Tutuila, Tun. Ofu. Olosega. An impression has prevailed that the Stars and Stripes might be found Hying ever the latter groups, but Mr. Heed appears unconvinced. Beth Senators are aghast nt the very idea of ignoring the tyrannical moral obligations of treaties by the upper house, forgetful of what happened in Congress te the Huy Huy Pauncefete Treaty and te the shipping tiade pacts with mere than a score of foreign nations. Indefensible as were these be tra.als and, in the end, ineffective, they are of record. Mi'sm-s. Hobin-en, Berah, Heed and Stan ley all imply that war must be the outcome of any serious controversy regarding Pucific possessions. it i. easy te overlook that formidable remedy of the economic blockade when it returns te square uith ebon antici pations. Mr. Watsen is distressed that "no man enn tell hew much Japan would get out of the Conference." (Jrnnted a modicum of patience, some enlightenment en this point is conceivable. If prophecy cannot be combated with prophecy, it is at least legitimate te dis qualify fallacies us argumentative aids. It is a rickety ca-e which rests upon founda tions of mendacity and tierni fnlschoed. SQUEEZING OUT THE "WATER" rpHE houses new being sold by the Ouv X eminent at Fairvlew are bringing from about SISUO te $.'i,-()0 each, and theR0 pn,.PS represent rather accurately their actual niue in normal tunes. The buildings ceHt the Government very much mere, the average being net far from .000 apiece. But they were built during me wur, wueu speeu was the hrst con-sid'-iatlen and when building materials and labjr were at the highest point. At that time the houses were n necessity te th war work of the country and the Government hud te have them and have them at once, no matter what the cost. The difTeri nee in cost and selling price represents a somewhat tl'titleus value, being what the Government hud te pay fur speed in biii'ding them, plus the high cost of evcrj thing during the war. During normal times the bale of se many houses at prices se much under market prices, as houses go today, would have a (leaded effect upon the real estate market In Philadelphia as well us m C.unih'ii. Whether this will be the case with the Fair view sale remains te be seen. It will prob ably huve some effect, but the shortage in houses en both bides of the Delawuic, mused by the five years' lapse in construc tion, compared with the increase in the de niiind. Is se large that even mere than 1.100 houses put en the market at a (emparatively low price will net inakv u very appreciable difference. THE TAX RATE AND RENTS THE suggestion of Councilman Patten that rents be reduced as u result of the lowered tax rnte sounds well, but it will net work out practically. As Councilman von Tngen point d out, the reduced tax rati makes a difference of only SlL'.fie etir en u house assessed at $.")H), and if the tenant Ct the entire benefit of the reduction, which he will net under uny elr cunutnnccs, it would make a difference of only ubqut u dollar u mouth in his rent. The only way In which routs win ha reduced materially la by the construction of PUBLIC mere houses. It is useless te expect nny marked decrease until the cost of building materials and construction gees down te n point where small and moderate-sized dwell ings can be er"ctcd at a price which will justify smaller rents and still yield n rea sonable return te the owner. Much has been heard of the profiteering landlord and with reason. But most of the owners of houses did what every ene clse did took advantage of the law of supply and demand. They possessed a commodity which was scarce and they get the most they could for It. Shelter and feed nre two things which people must have and high prices In them hit hard.r than in anything tie, beiiiue after a certain point it Is im possible te economize en them. Many families hnve "doubled up," producing living conditions which nre net the most favorable. With the return of building operations en a lnrge scale, this condition will automatically correct Itself. The real estate men and the builders leek for a lnrge increase in building In 10212 and a much grentcr one in the following year. If costs, of construction and material doercase, eh they must, there will be a re turn te utmost pre-war rentals. BONNIWELL'S LATEST CHARGES Tl'DGE BONNIWELL is net always n d safe guide In matters political. But he occasionally calls attention te n stntc of facts that deserve mero attention than his eutgivings usunllv receive. The charges which he makes ngainst the management of the Stnte Fire Insurance Fund nre sensational. They arc in effect that thr'c-quarters of a million dollars have been taken from thnt fund in direct violation of the law nnd that the fund, which amounted te mere thnn PS 10.000 en O to te ber ,'il. Is new represented Jjy deposits of only !?77,717. This statement is cunningly made, ns though the whole fund were represented by deposits. The law, however, provides that the Insurance Fund shall be Invest "d until it reaches $1,000,000. The State Treasur er's report showing the balance te the credit of the fund gives only the amount unin vested. The amount invested is shown by another item. The cashier of the Treasurer's depart ment explains that at the present time the fund consists of $S7f,000 in securities nnd MO, 000 in cash en deposit. He ex plains further that there has been trans ferred from the Insurance Fund te another fund the proceeds of the tax en foreign insurance lempanies in accordance with n ruling of the Attorney ( Senegal. The law directs that one-half of the proceeds of this tax shall be aid into the Insurance Fund. It has been customary te pay the whole amount of the tax into tht fund. This is indicated clearly by the reports of the State Treasurer in past jenrs. The veal criticism by Judge Bonniwell is directed against the lack of funds in the State Trensurj te pay current obligations. It is this la' k of funds which lias sent the financial efli ers of the State te searchini filr n V it Initie fnnili fnr n.. Anii'irentlv they remembered the act of 101." establish ing the Insurance Tund and its prevision for the use of but one-half of the tax en foreign liiruranee companies. Here was several hundred thousand dollars that might be taken out of a fund into which It had been placed through a desire possibly te accumulate as quickly as possible such a sum as would be sufficient protection against less of Stat; property by fire. But, however it is regarded, the cenditi n exposed should receive the instant attention of the Governer. There has been n b s, ness in the management of the State funds that has brought about u condition will h i i se near te a serious strlngenc.v that enlv bv the most enreful husbanding of the available resources can the imperative obligation of the State be met. Every pujment that can be po-tpen'd is postponed. Nearly evcrj community entitled te State school funds has been put off by partial pn.vments and the pajments te beneficial organizations of firemen have been held up and are a year in arrears. END THE DUAL SYSTEM THE tapaeis' suit te enjoin the County Conrni-sjeners from proceeding with the ere, tien of a buiblin for the Municipal Court will provide an opportunity for an examination Inte the legal status of that court and nNe into the powers of the city ever the construction of buildings for which it has te pay. The contreversj arises because of the ex istence of a dual form of government in the snme tenltery and supported by the same taxpajers. The Count Commissien'TS rep resent the Count Government. When it is desired te os ape the supervision of the city officials certain functions nre decided te rest with the County Ceinmis-inncrs. Under this svstem they are tin singing for the erec tion of n building te house Judge Brown's court, and under this sjstem also the County Coinmbsiuners nre charged with the dut of building a memorial te the soldiers of the great war. Beth of thi se structures ought te be erected under the supervision of the Direc tor of Public Works, who is expressly charged with the duty of electing nil build ings for the cltv . But it is argued that the soldiers' hall i a county niemeriul und that the Munici pal Court is n county court. They nre se only when one cheeses te call them se. It is about time thut bemethlng was done te end the dual government and te concen trate all power ever the raising nnd expendi ture of menev for public purposes in the City Government. Sir James Ciaig urges Cheery -eh! T'lster te stay out of the Irish Free State. Dii Vuleia will liuve none of it, und there Is possibility thut lie may agitate against It even if the Dull ratifies. Nevertheless these who fear the worst should remember thut most of the things tluit worry Us never happen. In th meantime Erin might well pray that ihe be dilivered from lief friends. Ana tomorrow will tell the story. At a forthcoming con served itll ference In Londen. .Mint Sauce Lloyd Geerge is expected te impiess en Premier liriund, of France, the nuesslty for n three year moratorium en German Indemnity pay ments. It kept In r printing presses nt the mint extremely busy, but Germany has ut last convinced the Allies that she needs relief. The poets have bung of Leve in u cettage: the cynics have told of Leve Hying out of the window as Poverty entered the deer; psjeholegl-ts have noted Levu's boundaries and appurtenances; musicians huve deelurul that Leve is a matter of blimps, and Huts; levers themselves liuve declared that theirs is a happy let all of which tcehnleal teims would seem te imply thut it was expet t opinion thnt was given bv a Phi udelphi i re.il estate broker In an alienation suit tried in New Yerk when he told the court that Leve is a funny thing. But jut hew funnj ? We uwult the verdict. , Fear that Dublin inn take the pluce of Belfast as Ireland's trade-distributing center Is said te be a big factor In lister's an tagonism te the Irish Free State. ButT te paraphrase an ancient snying, there Is busi ness enough for all. Moreover, the confident nxpectatleii that tuxes will be lower in Ireland than in Great Britain will huve weight witn snrew" """" LEDGER-PHILAlDELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DEOEfeER AS ONE WOMAN SEES IT Every Phlladelphlan Has a Right te Ge te Bleckley, and These Who Knew Oeclare It Is Werth Going Te By SARAH D. LOWRIE IT JUST happened, I suppose, thnt be cause my father was intensely interested In n certain hospital when I was a growing girl thut I became then, nnd have found myself ever since, very much interested en my own account in hospitals In general and In these In this city In particular. I have been the Pennsylvania nnd the Uni versity nnd the Presbyterian Hespltnls grew from their original buildings te their pres ent stntus; the Polyclinic I knew from Its beginning, nnd the Episcopal nnd Jeffersen I've often visited, but curiously enough I've never really seen the Philadelphia General Hospital Inside nnd out before today. I went through there today with n group of women and two doctors te see especially the new psychopathic clinic that the Di rector of Public Henlth has arranged such nmple and practical quarters for en the side of the huge quadrangle facing Pine street between Thirty-fourth and Thirty fifth streets. We passed from these obser vation nnd waiting and clinic rooms te the new social (service department, nnd from there te the prenatal clinics and se en te the venereal wards and clinics and te the radium clinic rooms. I was amazed nt the scientific up-te-dnteness of the whole sec tion both ns te qimrters and te equipment nnd te real dignity of surroundings. The Impression was by no mentis lessened when we were taken through the new and beauti ful laboratory new ntmnst completed. Each department of the hospital bus In this bulbi ng n sectional laboratory which specializes in Its research and examination work en the diseases of the wards te which It Is nomi nally pttnehed. In this wny the phjsicians in charge of the wards hsve at their com mand every possible aid known te science te help them in the diagnosis of the diseases they nre encountering, and in this wnv, tee, the hospital with the most varied types of diseases In the State can provide a labor atory with hundreds of tests nnd examina tions and analyses that few biologists and chemists could otherwise come upon in a lifetime. T FELT suddenly proud te be n taxpayer and a new pride In being n Phlladel phlan. It seemed somehow a thing te be uplifted about thnt the city could provide for its citizens or rnthcr that the citizens could provide for themselves n laboratory for the saving of life nnd the prevention of contagion thnt could held Its own with the great laboratories of the wet Id. It is odd that of nil places Bleckley should be the place in (his town te give 'one that seiihe of ownership and pride of clti icnship. One thinks of Bleckley as the place for derelicts und castaways, the pigeonhole for lest causes, the place where the old who tire no wanted and the sick for whom there is none te care are taken te wait until they r'i A ,l'aRt ,lmt is tl10 w"-v l enPC thought of it, but I never can again, after today. 1 knew new that it Is for ill folk what the Perk Is for well folk. Inespectlvc of rank or class or levahleness or desirableness. It 'i V"5.1'1" ,0 which nny man or woman or child is taken who Is tcmpernrl'v without a private abiding place nnd who needs the care of physicians and nurses. It is built and muintnined by the citizens of this town for themselves when they nre ill nnd help, less, just ns the Purl; is set apart and main tained by the citizens for enjoyment when they are nt leisure and nre well. AND about this hospital as it stands to day there is nothing that is belittling te the oily or te the sick lu its wards. The present Director very sensibly Is fin ishing his predecessor's works nnd quietly aicempllshing veiv practical ones of hi's own. The transference te the pleasant nnd substantial ceuntrv quartus out at Byherry of niut of the chronic insnne and some of the old-age patients has left freer spare te eenevate and spread out the ward facilities for the departments thut remain. A great 'eill vva- said at one time about th(. over crowding of the patients in thc nervous and the ps.v idiopathic wards. I was much Interested in these wards. Nearly everv doubtful case gees first te the psychopathic ward, for di.ignesls. That is, if a person is noting queerly and is difficult te icstriiiii and seems threatened with some liictital disease or is suddenl possessed by what leeks like Insanity, the pluce for him te go or for her te go is the psjchepathlc winTl at the Philadelphia General. New what docs the ward leek like? Well, it leeks net unlike u specially well built! rather noble dormitory of the cubicle type nt tn exceptionally geed bev.s' school. In the woman's ward eiuh ctibn le is large enough for the bed and n ehuir nn,i table, though I think each only contained a bed. The pa tient may be observed from outside by the nurse, but is protected from the gaze of urdinary passers-by in the well-ventiluted, cheerful corridor sitting rooms that run the length of the wards and across the ends. Very pleasant galleries wheie tables for live are set ei't, with windows overlooking the quadrangU, form the dining rooms for each ward. Connected with the wards are the special bulbs for nervous patients, ob servation rooms, etc. The ceilings are lefty, the paint is fresh and immaculate, the Heors are beautifully cured for. us are the brnsses and windows an I metal work; the bedn, the aspect of the nur es, the freshness of' the air could net be better in u private suna suna tetium. THESE changes, the bringing the wurds up te date. I understand, are directly due te Dr. Furbush, nnd the city ewes him hearty appreciation for se nbly administer ing his great trust. But buck of that we citizens ewe our Council a real debt of re spect for its enlightened allowance of the funds under its care for this rehabilitation of n great old building. It Is easier te vote money for a new building than a substantial sum for the complete doing ever of an old building. It would hnve been a great pity if Bleckley bad been scrapped. It has beautiful und practical points, but te de what has been necessary te de for It has '.alien large sums for places the eidinary texpujer is net npt te sec or understand. Se that both the Di rectors who planned the changes and the Ceuncilmcn who acquiesced In them and voted the funds te make them a reality showed a big vision. AS 1 came out of thv gateway and steed waiting for the rest of the party a chauffeur who wus sitting in a big limousine was gazing up ut the building with n medi tative eye. "That's u greut building," I said. "I de net feel frightened for what Is happening Inside of it any mere. They tire as com cem com fertuble and mere se than cure and atten tion could mnke them at home." "Yeu bet they are!" said the chauffeur. "One of my relations is in there, and he likes It and won't stay ut uny ether hos pital. He won't stay at home. We get him out nnd think lie Is going te be happy, but be misses his nurse nnd he misses his hntlis and his freedom in getting about where nothing will hurt him, se he k"'s back." He added after u moment's silence: "Fer neeldent cases the fellows that I knew thnt hnve gotten hurt til u.c ', the best In town. They are hustled there, some of them, without being asked, but they find the best doctors nnd mighty line nursing, nnd all Riven te them us though It was their right. And se it is! We all pay for it. We get a right te use it." I like his point of view and I take It for mine. Te the bill providing for twenty-two new Federal Indies, Congressman Moere, of Virginia, offered an amendment which ...nu ,1 nreveiit nnv Federal Judge from helil. ing any ether Jeb. It weu'd be exceedingly unwisy te hazard the guess that ever .Tiulgu Landls' desk there hangs the motto; "One tiling at a time and that done well, etc." thing There tiling at u utile !" 'Tr,'."," :e-"i sn;t There is morn JlkeUhoed (that It huugs eyer iJl tax the desk or iiiirwvH"'"' ' THE EARLY BIRDS ' "Iff i ran vv v I ( s6If f zswvvj'''...''' r-,si c fc l 1 Ir&r 'r"' s&s&y$& ( mmf JL J& ! w " i MK ' -?.- liJ . 7i jr ,ijc "Adr0yJEL fl-jK tvibitaS' st . rt-i -"'.,, t t, .--sJ !.-'"- mi. (Wfe?:mvlttWWAiau. 3J . X i r itiry nl ". J ur ttffl AjsV !lHwnn,ir VeBr4r rm: - r--7scc'3j? Tip -5 .Vf , firs m -UV&- - - J-Os-L - -S33S , .i ---- . -hv - T SjSs. s-t 'rr-irf" ,-..".. . . l v .si -x "" ' . " -.---', si.- -w V. v-s, t 7v. .i"11- ..J-" "f-1 ,. e I'-V'-.. ''cr--: --U'tt1r't Z2 Wz tf '' NO W MY IDEA IS THIS ! Daily Talks With Thinking Vhiladclphians en Subjects, They Knew Best REV. FRANCIS SHUNK DOWNS On a Substitute for War "TTL'MANITY Is engaged in another world -CI war," according te the Rev. Francis Shiink Downs, of Market Square Presbte rian Church, Germantew n. "It is the greatest of all wars. It Is the war ngulnst war. The hour has struck when all peoples every where me rising in their might te de away with this monster that would destroy the race , it Is net the opinion of a few or the conviction of certain interested groups. A consciousness that is world-wide is moving along the uremics of human activity nnd a public, opinion that transcends national boundaries is beginning te make Itself felt. "Our chemists, tell us that future wars will be mere dreadful and destructive than unv in the pa.t: our economists prephebj bankruptcy for the nations that engage in them ; our sociologists arc net mere alarm ists when they point le civilization ltselt decaying under the suck nnd strain of war, and our 'ilolegists four for the breed itself if the best bleed is te be led te the shambles. "The Instinct of self-preservation is reusing the race te action. " "But there nre mere tender and mere personal influences that are playing about the hearts of millions today. Fathers and mothers, sisters nnd sweethearts cannot for get the Itev who gnve his all. And these who died for us will net let us forget. As we think of their sacrifice, the Immortal words of Lincoln at Gettysburg cetne te us with fresh meaniiig : 'The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the living, rutner, te u uuu. rated here te the unfinished work which thev who fought se nobly ntlvanced. "Unless we enlist In this wnr against war and find some remedy or substitute for It, will they net have died in vainV Seeks Wny Out "is there n way out? Can we win in tills war en war? Hew can we overcome this evil and neutralize the probabilities e1 it In the future V I declare unto jeu there Is only one wuy under the present arrangement of things iin the earth. ' "In the home of u friend tonight a lamp Is burning brightly. The mellow light glows through a shade that Is pictured with he battlefields of France. The body of the lump is a centimeter shell, across whose base is etched these words : 'Thcj shall bent their swords Inte plowshares, and their spears Inte pruning hooks.' "Whatever our view of the millennium nnd the events that lend te it, the prophet has here levealed a secret that the world needs te knew and te make use of teduy. " 'Don't scrap your swords and spears, he cries. 'Transform them ! Trunsferm them ! Substitute for implements of warfare imple ments of usefulness: Convert our sword into a plevvbhare!" "Cen substitutes for war he found.' Can great ends. be placed before humanity which will take all the lighting stuff of the l net net te achieve thftn: Hub the day net dawned when men nre beginning te feel that It is worth a bleed-tux te build up the life of man en the curth? "We must war against disease nnd the conditions that make for disease. II. G. Wells could say only n few years age that "nothing Is mero striking than te compare the progress et civil conveniences te tne progress in military apparatus during the last few decades. Heuse appliances (in England) are little bettervJhan they worn fifty yenrs age. But the rifle or battleship of iiftv years age was heyend all comparison luferlor'te these we possess. Ne one has a use new for such superannuated things.' "The cost of ene battleship would build 8000 modern houses. ....... "V't must war against the habits nnd Indulgences that destroy the purity and the strength of the body. Proper recrenllnn must be furnished for all. Competitive sports afford an eut'et for the lighting spirit of youth and are a mlahtv force upon the slde of world pence. Individuals anil na tions must let oft steam. Let us harness these energies In our fight ngainst nil fence that break down the bodies ()f men. Would War en Ignorance "Let us war against the Igiiornnce that holds men's minds in captivity. One-half of earth's millions today can neither rend nor write. I heard Dr. Samuel 8, Zwerner n- 14, 1021 a . .... r-- . - '- 'a 9 --- . , v. -. ".. "-. a. I ''"& "'-" I ccntly say thnt only three women in every thousand in Egypt can-read. Net 'much hope for the woman's movement there. In our own land of opportunity the drnft of several years age revealed an illiteracy that astounded the nation. Think also of the ether millions who ran de little mere than rend or write. "Think of the false ideas afloat en printed page nnd public platform tednj mere dangerous than the Invisible germs that war en the Hesh. "Let us war ngainst the forces that de stroy the souls of men. There are such forces. Every man wrestles against these principalities and powers that are net flesh nnd bleed. He Is aware of that downward pull and drift in his nnture which every bridge builder wisely takes into considera tion. 'The thief cometh net but for te steal and te kill nnd te destroy. I am come that they might have life, and that they might have It mere abundantly.' It is Jesus Christ who can give the clean heart and the right spirit that con make our national and in ternational life what It ought te be. Ex Presldent Patten was right when he said, ' hat the world needs Is net an antiseptic, but an antitoxin.' The bleed must be puri fied, for war it net a biological necessity, but n spiritual disease. "Large armaments have failed te preserve peace. The bleed-soaked pages of history pronounce that method a lie, America and the world hnve lenped at the plan of Sec retary Hughes te scrap Instruments of war fare and te curtail construction. But Is net the time rlpe when we need te go further? When some one speaks angrily te jeu, it's a fine tiling te held en te your temper: It Is n better nnd mero constructive thing te give the soft answer that turns away wrath. Must Restrain Passions "It Is n great thing for n man te held his passions in the Iren grip of tin unyielding will. It Is a greater thing for him te be tirciT with the expulsive power of u new affection. It Is ene thing te scrnp our battleships, It is another thing te show geed will te a sister nation jn a positive und practical way. Jesus Christ points the way when he says'; 'Bless them that curse you, de geed te them that hate you,' 'Be net overcome of evil, hut overcome evil with geed,' "The United States of America has an un paralleled opportunity te demonstrate geed will nnd te go the second mile. Jeseph Cook wild : 'The nineteenth century has made this world ene great neighborheod: the twentieth century must make this neighbor hood n brotherhood if the neighborhood Is te be safe.' "On the boundary line of Argentina nnd Chile there stands a monument oust from cannon of the two republics into ene colossal bren.e statue twenty-six fcct In height nnd 13, 000 feet above flu- level of the sea. The 'Prince of Peace' stands upon the granite base, und in the stone one may read these words : " 'Seener shall these mountains crumble Inte dust than Argentinians und Chileans break Ihu peace te which they hnve pledged themselves at the feet of Christ, the Re deemer. ' Te Be Ileal Monument "There nre mere enduring und meaningful monuments thnn these of bronze, mere prao prae tleul and convincing evidence of u nation's geed will, "I offer the following suggestion le the American people in the confidence that It wi'l cull te their hearts nnd appeal te their national sense-as u iiatleu of practical ideal ists. "That a portion of the many millions te be saved by the limitation of armaments in Un united States be civen te the imrtlelpntlng nations, te he uhcil lu the creation of foun dations and institutions that will war ac-nlnst disease, ignorance and sin ; te stand feiever lu these countries ns living monu ments of the Conference nt Washington, and te the ultlinnte Ideas of peace It represents' und as In the ease of China anil the indeiu-' nlty returned by the Unltisl States, te b u prectleul demonstration of the geed wi'l of the Ameilcnn people, und thus cement the friendship of our sister nations und help te lender wars highly Improbable. "In AVashlngten's Farewe'l Address he laid upon hN oeuntr.vm n the iuiumttnn 'te give te mankind the magnanimous ami novel example of a oeonle ulwuvs gu'ded bv an exulted justice and benevolence.' "Our task today is te practice bis inter national fnlth and alve te the world a prac tical demonstration of our disinterested geed win." SHORT CUTS Senater Berah having spoken in opposi tion te the Four-Power Treaty, the pub'lc licuves a sigh of relief, realizing at last that it must be all right. We cannot help but feel that It should have been Congressman Fish who reenm. mended the purchase by the Government of me c ape i;oil canal. Members of the Beard of Trade pre testing against the dismantling of the Frank ford Arsenal wonder Inst vvlint nimle i certain small group of army officials think uiey ceuici picu a winner in PIckatlnny. The United States and Japan have com posed their differences ami the world slngi "Lullaby." All save the chronically dis gruntled. The New- Yerk Caliban continues te put zip into the news. The Anglo Angle Japanese trenty being dissolved. It scents hidden agreement. Perhaps seme Seuth American country ceuiu ut- induced te cut the Gerdinn knot by buying the- Mutsii from Japan. In this way tne nimii ratio could be maintained without Japan losing money or her nartners bclnc forced te de seme mere building. And we den t charge u c-cnt for the suggestion. On Friday In Washington arrangement! win no macie ny iinaiiclers, steel operator", navy men nnd scrnp experts for one of the biggest scraps ever pulled off in this or nny ether country. K. O. War will meet O. K. Peace, und the consequent mill is confidently expected te turn ever se mnny capital ehlps 1IUO JUIIK, r ' Just a few hours after an honest-te goodness stork flew en beard the shin Cen teiinlnl State, Hearing New Yerk, a bnby girl was born te ene of the pnsscngers. Let this be an instruction te the skeptical. And let these of us who have wisdom also have charity. We must net be tee hnrd en the school teacher, for instance, who foolishly leiu net- pupils that Santa Clans Is a raytn I erhaps she didn't knew any better. Bosten women, voting at their first municipal election, were Impeded by snevvstnrm, nnd pe'itieul workers hml le hustle strenuously te get them te the polls But Pittshurcr. ICnnsnu wmm.ii uU-es of striking miners, htermed the Sheriff's efflcs and threw stones nnd pepper at strike breakers, thus preventing them from entering ine mines. Which gees te show that put new mucn Hardship n woman can tear ue ponds entlrel. en her goal, and thnt vvlici she will she will, you tnav depend eu't. am when she won't she won't, and there s att cud en't. What De Yeu Knew? QUIZ 1. Wlint were the last two States te ratify tne United Stntes Constitution? I!. What American President was known i ".IncliHen's Appendix"? 3. "Where are the Cnrollne Islands? 4. What are "disjecta membra"? E, What Is the empyrean? fi, Wliete did the Cypriotes live? 7. Who w.-ih Erasmus? 8. A but Is n rondo In music? 0. Whut win the "Jelly Ileger"? ., 10. Why wus the spinning1 Jenny se caliwi Answers te Yesterday'3 Quiz The most northerly rullwny In tha werll runs through Northern Sweden into Norway, terminating nt Nnrvlk en tns Ofoteu Fjord, far north of the Arctic Circle. . .. St. Nicholas Is supposed te bavu lived in IIih fourth century A. D., te have P" Ulshep of Lycla In Asia Miner and W limn uttended the Council of &' Santa Clims is a Hutch corruption " the name 9t. Nicholas. . Joachim Miirut was a celebrated Frence cavalry leader, one of Napeleon ,0IjI , pane's inar.ihulH mid King of NaP'"! from 1808 te 1815. After the. fait Napeleon he was tried by court HMirtlal for his nttempt te regain tnt N'eiipePtan throne nnd shot . .. Numbers 1 the fourth book of tha Blew- Numismatics s the science of coins w coinage. . tf Speculation Is the pursuit of un ln'lull7' meditation, conjecture, cinrngement "1 commeielnl operation Involving rlss" less. I'ecumtlen Is cinb;lcinenl' ml nppiopilatleu of funds, , Zachnry Tuylei was elect d te the pre' delicy en the Whig ticket In I8- ... The colors of th Unit of Hrnsll are ST""' yellow, hluu ami white. ,,,,, f.et Pope:dt p t. Is a volcano, 17,000 ' high ferly-llve miles southeast .Mexico ijuy. , ..,, i,4 10. The name should be pronounced wltijvJ principal accent en the wyllabie next te the laat. I M"."iL v. .. .! ..I... ... .-f. .'T,ViHLJ. ttr.' t-J i:!jnmw , n
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