12 HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH A NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME Founded 1831 Published evenings except Sunday by THE TELEGRAPH I'KINTING CO., Telegraph Building:. Federal Square. 33. J.STACKPODE, and Editor-in-Chief 3''. R. OYSTER, Business Manager. GUS M. STEINMETZ, Managing Editor. A Member American Newspaper Pub tion, The Audit 1H ffrstXS Its. Bureau of Circu- S* ■ "ijijj lation and Penn -1188 fi fins H sylvania Associat ' B i-B & Dailies. WS S3 SSS IM Eastern office, JIB MMN H Story, Brooks & MSB S3 BBS Finley, Fifth Ave flaKS 888 V nue Building, New York City; West flg TjEZ'l* em office. Story, yWSSBHIPwInB Brooks & Finley, r People's Gas Build- _ ing, Chicago, 111. Entered at the Post Office in Harris burg, Pa., as second class matter. By carriers, ten cents a Cffig?.apSigg> week: by mall, $5.00 *. year in advance. THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 12. Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips Jrom speaking guile.—Psalm S-i : J t S. HOOVER OF BELGIUM THE whole country will rejoice that Hoover of Belgium has ac cepted the chairmanship of the food board of the National Committee of Defense. His selection was the best that could have been made and his acceptance guarantees the proposed food control of the nation against any of s the elements of favoritism or scan dal that might have crept into it in less experienced or less scrupulous hands. Hoover has saved millions from starvation in Belgium. He came out of comparative obscurity to be the good and ever ministering angel to multitudes of men, women and little children from whom the German ex ponents of "frightfulness" snatched every means of support and whom they then refused to feed. He is one of the great, outstanding figures of the war in Europe. He has gone fear lessly in where angels might have feared to tread and has come out with his reputation enhanced and new laurels of achievement on his brow. Hoover knows more about food sup ply in war times than any other man in the world. lie and his staff are even now making a careful study of food price control In all the countries at •war and the information so gathered will be of vast assistance in controll ing prices in this country; for we are unquestionably at the place where the national government must give to some man or body of men dictatorial powers over the sale of provisions. Speculation in foods at this time is a crime, yet it is still permitted and on a vast scale. How easily it may bo prevented and how prices may be artificially controlled is very well shown by the action of the Chicago board of exchange yesterday which issued a decree suspending all forms of butter and egg speculation during the period of the war. The people as a whole will have to bear the brunt of the war debt, both in money and in men, and they must not be assessed a single penny more than is absolutely necessary. They must be protected from the food barons who even now are bleeding them at every turn. Hoover has the confidence of every element of the nation. Those who may have hoped to grow rich upon the necessities of the population may not favor his selection for the post, but at least they know that he will be as fair with them as he will be hon est with the consumer. The only fear Is that he may riot be given the vast power that must be vested In him if his work is to be efficiently done. Hoover's success in Belgium was due largely to the fact that he had prac tically unlimited control, with no red tape and no interference from the out side. It should be so in his new ■work. Universal military service seems to be coming with leaps and bounds. When the TEL.EGRAPH suggested military training in the more advanced educa tional institutions of Harrisburg, some months ago, the pacifists of this com munity imagined that we were pro ceeding to imitate the militarism of Germany. When will some of our peo ple realize there Is no comparison be tween militarism and prpper military preparedness? HOME RUIiE ' A NOTHER week of the session of the General Assembly has drawn to a close without further prog ress on the joint resolution providing for a larger measure of home rule for the municipalities of Pennsylvania. Nothing before tho legislature Is more Important In all that affects the welfare and prosperity of the people than this proposal. Senator Beldle man Is In hearty accord with the thought of progressive citizens every where respecting a change of the present archaic and unsatisfactory municipal administration in the towns and cities of the State. He realizes better than most men In public life how as a millstone about the neck is the present scheme of municipal government in Pennsyl vania. Failure of one experiment after another emphasizes the need of some real step forward in the direc tion of home rule. It Is Inconceivable that a number of legislators on Capitol Hill would oppose seriously a proposition which contemplates only ( the right of any municipality to provide Its own sys tem of government so long as It does not impinge upon the fundamental Instrument controlling all cities. Surely the opposition of a few selfish corporations, which fear their partlc- THURSDAY EVENING, ular preserves might be invaded through proper local administration, are not going to be permitted to in terfere with a that would rid the Legislature of the biennial appeals for relief from scores of municipali ties now suffering intolerably from conditions which are the direct con sequence of obsolete statutes designed for this or that community, but gen eral in their provisions. We believe Senator Beidleman will be upheld by a large majority of the citizens of Pennsylvania in his effort to give the various municipalities a real chance to protect themselves and to provide a sensible and sane govern ment for communities which cannot always adjust themselves to a gen eral scheme of government such as was foisted upon them by the Clark act and other similar measures. The Senator from Dauphin county is in a position where he can at least uncover opposition and let the peo ple know who are placing barriers in the way of legitimate home rule. As showing that he appreciates the importance of relief, he has himself introduced a bill providing for a single council in cities of the third class, comprising one member from each ward. Whether this would solve the problem is a question, but it has at least the merit of giving the proposed council what amounts practically to home-rule powers. If this thing keeps up the Germans will liavo to ask permission of General Haig when they desire to visit the Hin denburg lino. RED CROSS SLACKERS "VTOU may be too old to go to war or there may be other reasons why you would be exempt from armed service, but there is no age limit to enlistment in the Red Cross and there are none who are exempt for any other reason, except that they are too poor to join. The Red Cross needs you now. But there is no conscription in the Red Cross. You must volunteer. If you don't volunteer you are a Red Cross slacker. Slacker isn't a pretty name. But if you don't join now or during the progress of the campaign that is to be started next Monday when you look in the mirror thereafter you will be hold the face of a slacker—one who won't fight or is not allowed to fight and who cares not for the welfare of the soldiers who will be doing battle for him; one who has no thought for the needy ones the soldiers who are called away will leave at home. You will see, in that event, the re flection of one who thinks more of a dollar bill than he does of his coun try—for the Red Cross is .a branch of the national service in war-time and a membership may be had for as little as a dollar. Surely there are none such in Har risburg. It was a fine tribute which his mili tary staff and the large assembly of members and guests of the Pennsylva nia Society paid Governor Brumbaugh at the Chestnut Street Auditorium Tuesday night. The occasion also fur nished opportunity for several of the most popular speakers in the State's service to again win the plaudits of* their fellow-citizens for inspiring and helpful addresses. Not soon will those who were present forget the worthy defense of the volunteer soldier by Gen eral Thomas J. Stewart. He meant every word he uttered and as a tribute to the volunteer it was a classic. THE PUBLISHERS' LOYALTY PUBLISHERS of Pennsylvania at their conference hero this week took patriotic ground In the matter of supporting the administra tion at Washington In all proper measures for the protection of the country and prosecution of war with Germany. There was no suggestion of partisanship in this action. Unanimity characterized the discussion and the prompt passage of the resolution pledging the support of the three as sociations, which include practically all the important papers of the State, Indicated the desire of the publishers to stand by the President in every Important particular. If there was any thought in the mind of any Ger man sympathizer that there would be material division of sentiment in this country, it has rudely been dispelled by the incidents of the last week. Emerson Collins, the silver-tongued orator of the West Branch, Intimated in his speech Tuesday night that a cer tain imperial imitator of one Napoleon may find ample time hereafter on an other sequestered island, perhaps, to contemplate the fact that the men of the United States are quite as able in this day to defend their rights as were the "shopkeepers of London" in the time of the Little Corporal. Ilarrisburg has not lost sight of the importance of a city manager/ Even those who have served in City Council or in other municipal positions of trust are now admitting that some such ar rangement would be more satisfactory than the present commission scheme. If we must continue the present ar rangement, let those who are willing to serve their city without compensa tion come forward and offer themselves to the end that they shall conduct Its affairs through the employment of a proper manager or subordinates who will be responsible to a central au thority. The "Big Push" begins to have the appearance of a punch on the nose. The Red Cross nefeds you now; don't be a slacker. AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'?.. . By BRIGGS ' ——_____ WHPN YOO up / 1 AMD PIMD YOU HAV/E ~ RVJSH DAXH MAW.V / ONJLY A PI6HTIM6 A SO- CALLED OOT OF THS / CHANCE TO CATCH PAST HOUSE . =" "AN O VIL lIP ' ~~ ' To THE - UT ee Voun WATCH V/JJSiCi ALL OF A THAT Vou'v/e T 6UTXI>ENJ A FR TeNI & BV A By the Ex-Committeeman tK I>tKKCL|^;a,)vCa1 > tKKCL|^;a,)vCa Auditor General Powell and Audi tor General-elect Snyder had a tilt in the joint meeting of the Senate and House Committees of Appropriations over a subpena to have the fprmer ap pear before the committee to answer questions regarding the activities of his office. The committee had given Powell notice to appear yesterday aft ernoon but he sent Deputy Auditor General Graf in his place, explaining that he was too busy with other mat ters to attend. Later he appeared after a motion had been made to sub pena him to appear next Tuesday at 2 p. m. Powell said lie could not be present Tuesday afternoon because of a con ference with officials of the Pennsyl vania Railroad over tax matters and asked the committee to rescind its ac tion subpenaing him. Senator Snyder refused to agree to this, and Powell wanted to know whether the commit tee desired to investigate the depart ment or whether there are any ac cusations about the books of the de partment. Chairman Buckman answered that it was the purpose to inquire into ap propriations for the r.ext two years and that perhaps some questions would be asked regarding deficiencies. Powell, when shown a copy of the motion to subpena him, suggested that the committee secure a lawyer to put the subpena in proper form. Powell told the legislators that he had never refused the committee any In formation and was still ready to fur nish it, but he could not be present at the time named in the motion for ,the subpena and further he would not respond to an unlawful subpena. Senator Snyder ventured the opin ion that Powell would be present when the time came and the commit tee adjourned while Powell was on his feet addressing the committee. The first organized movement for an early final adjournment of the Pennsylvania Legislature made its appearance yesterday afternoon when a paper was circulated among the members of the House pledging the signers thereto to vote for a resolution fixing Thursday, May 24, as the date upon which the General Assembly shall adjourn sino die. None of the Penrose adherents would consent to this proposition, which was regarded as a move of the Vare following to get the legislators out of the way that the State admin istration might be free to act upon all propositions without interference from the lawmakers. The Penrose program is to have the work now before the Legislature transferred -without delay so that by the last week in May there can be a recess taken, possibly over the sum mer, upon the score that the war sit uation may require legislation later on to meet extraordinary conditions. Defense on Farms [New York World.] During the next six months the farmers of the United States will play a critical part in the war. On behalf of the government, Secretary of Agriculture Houston's appeal to them was timely. As he said, the world at largo, as well as our own consumers, must rely more strongly on them this year than ever before, and the greatest service required of our agriculture Is an enlarged pro duction of the staple food crops. The unfavorable report as to win ter wheat, which indicates a yield of 50,000,000 bushels smaller than last year's short crop, is a' direct warning that extraordinary efforts must be made to replenish the world's food supply. In this direction the gov ernment does well in exercising an active influence by laying the case plainly before the farmers. Where winter-wheat conditions are bad, its advice is to reseed to spring wheat in the Northern belt and to plant corn in the Southern belt. In any event, it can assure the farmers that they will receive high prices. In the existing situation the ques tion of farm labor [a most serious. Last year the farming interests faced it in the most acute form that they had ever known, and the growing competition among employers in large industrial centers to-day still further complicates the problem of speeding up production on the farms. An industry so little organized and so unaccustomed to co-operation on large business lines as agriculture is under an immense disadvantage in the labor market. The railroads and the government can help in the mobilization and dis tribution of manpower; but the time is short If the farms are to be made to do their full Rhare In the national defense and In hastening the end of the war. HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH v THE PEOPLE'S FORUM N New York Copies Pa To the Editor of the Telegraph. The New York State Legislature has just passed a bill providing for the establishment of a State police force similar in size and character to the Pennsylvania State Police If Governor Whitman follows the suggestion of various important pa pers throughout New York n effort will be made to secure the services of Major Groome who has been respon sible for the splendid Pennsylvania force, to head the new organization. An exceptional amount of interest has been manifested recently through out the entire country in the Pennsyl vania State Police. Bills have been introduced in twelve State Legisla tures providing for the establishment of a force more or less similar to that which has rendered such excellent ser i vice to the Commonwealth. An interesting history of the Penn sylvania State Police published under the titl® "Justice to All," which was written by Miss Katherine Mayo, has been widely reviewed throughout the United States and has already reached its third edition It is remarkable that the idea of providing adequate police protection for the country districts which has been so successfully carried out in this State should not sooner have been adopted elsewhere. INTERESTED. Bower of Perry County To the Editor of the Telegraph: The many friends of Clark M Bow er of Jackson township, who for sev eral years past have been urging him to be a candidate for member of the Legislature from Perry county, are gratified to know that he will prob ably be a candidate for the Republican nomination for that office next fall. His interest in the public schools, as a private citizen and as a director re elected for many successful terms, and his record of faithful and efficient ser vice to the county in the office of county commissioner, have caused him to be widely known throughout the county as a useful and public spirited citizen. His lifelong career as an ac tive member of the Republican party, and his residence in the west end of the county, which has been ignored for sixty years past in the choice of candidates for the Legislature make The Agricultural Guard To safeguard American agriculture is the prime need of the hour. It means food for our own people and sustenance for our friends abroad. To servo farming is to serve our country. Service in agriculture is ful ly as patriotic as service in army or navy. All European experience in the present war emphasizes these truths. England ignored them until almost too late, but now is adopting most desperate means to build up her do mestic farming. The grave danger which confronts the United States is that our great President's historic pronunciamento may cause a pell-mell rush Into army, navy and munition works of labor from farms and factories. The farm labor situation, already acute, is now brought to a crisis by the war fever which is sweeping over the country, American Agriculturist will say in its April 14 number. Men are flocking to the colors part ly because they think it is unpatriotic, if not cowardly, not to enlist. Others are leaving the country for the ex citement and activity in the cities that war preparations always create. Still others are lured away from the land by the extravagant wages offered for even unskilled labor. This situation is so serious as to threaten our own food supply and the food needs of the rest of the world. Should it continue uncor rected, especially if the season is un favorable to crops, there may not be enough food to go around. In that case, it would not be a matter of price, rather of supply, for while the gov ernment could arbitrarily regulate prices it could not arbitrarily create food which does not exist. The remedy is simple: Let the mobilization of American industry, Which Congress is about to require, include official recognition of the pat riotic duty of men, women and chil dren to servo their country by serving agriculture, says American Agricul turist. Create the Agricultural Guard of America. Let every man, woman and child, engaged directly or Indirectly in food production, enlist in the Agri cultural Guard. Let its insignia be the letters "A G" on a flag back ground. Let the patriotism of the wearer of this badge be as highly hon ored as the soldier or officer in unl ilm now in the belief of his friends a strong candidate for the nomination. The fact that Perry is an agricul tural county will add to the popular ity of Mr. Bower who is a farmer and the son of a farmer. A TAXPAYER. An Unusual Hazard To the Uditor of the Telegraph : I am in receipt of yours of the nth instant relative to the provision in the standard fire insurance policy that "this company shall not be liable for loss or damage caused directly or in directly by invasion, insurrection, riot, civil war, commotion or military or usurped power," and in reply beg to say that this clause is valid and would relieve the fire insurance companies from liability in case of destruction of the property through any of the causes enumerated. They are extra ordinary and unusual hazards not as sumed by the company, in its con tract. Very truly yours, J. D. O'NEIL, Insurance Commissioner. Don't Stay at Home TWilliam Penn Bulletin] Owners of automobiles who are found among the "stay-at-homes" this summer will miss some very excellent traveling. There is no more beautiful ride anywhere than over the William Penn Highway, either direct to Phila delphia or to New York, through Al lentown and Easton. With the com pletion of stretches in the vicinity of Johnstown and Huntingdon, it will be possible to travel an all-weather road to a point west of Millerstown. From there to Clark's Ferry the road is good shale, travelable even after a week's rain. From Clark's Ferry to Dauphin the road is to be oiled this spring. From Dauphin to Harrisburg the highway is permanent. From Har risburg to Heading good road will be found, except that an infamous toll is charged. The remainder of the high way will be in good shape for all weather driving. For week-end trips the William Penn is unsurpassed. There are excel lent accommodations all along the road. For information regarding hotels and garages, as well as side trips to points of interest, inquiries should ad dress the secretary of the association, Harrisburg. form. Let each member of the Ag ricultural Guard justly feel that he is serving his country perhaps better than if he were enlisted in navy or army. Who will be the first to enlist in the Agricultural Guard in your family? What school district will be first to enlist its whole rural population as "A G"1 What county will have the largest enlistment in the Agricultural Guard before May?— Organ Judd, American Agriculturist. Labor Notes Chicago electrotypers secured a five year • agreement through arbitration with these wage Increases: Foremen, $3 a week; molders, $2 a. week; fin ishers, $2 a week for first year and an additional $1 for last two years; branchmen, $2 for first year and $1 a week for last two years. In opposing a bill to prohibit wom en working at night, a representative of a munitions plant assured the Con necticut legislative committee having the bill in charge that "many women pcrferred night work so that they could attend their household duties during the day." Workmen who contract disease in the course of employment are entitled to compensation, according to a de cision by Judge Audenreid, in Phila delphia upholding an award made by the workmen's compensation board of Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania State Industrial Board has announced that It would require safety eye goggles or helmets of approved type for all persons em ployed in chipping metal, dry-grind ing, forging, sand-blasting and manu facturing and handling acids. In its report on the labor market in January, 1917, the New York State Department of says the aver age earnings for a week of all em ployes, both male and female, Includ ed in the returns, were $16.26 in Jan uary, are compared with $16.63 in De cember. Tlie British War Office Is appealing for 1,000 women as cooks and wait resses for duty with various units; age 18-45, salary SIBO per annum, free uniform af * probation, laundry al lowance, APRIL 12, 1917. TWO VOICES A Southern Volunteer Yes, sir, I fought with Stonewall, And faced the fight with Lee; But if this here Union goes to war. Make one more gun for me! I didn't shrink from Sherman, As he galloped to the sea; But if this here Union goes to war, Make one more gun for me! I was with them at Manassas— The bully boys in Gray; I heard the thunders roaring Round Stonewall Jackson's way. And many a time this sword of mine Has blazed the route for Lee; But if this old Nation goes to war, Make one more sword for me. I'm not so full of fightin' Nor half so full of fun, As I was back in the sixties When I shouldered my old gun; It may be that my hair is white— Sich things, you know, must be. But if this old Union's in for war, Make one more gun for me! I hain't forgot my raisin'— Nor how in sixty-two, Or thereabouts, with battle shouts, I charged the Boys in Blue; And I say; I fought with Stonewall, And blazed the way for Lee; But if this old Union's in for war, Make one more gun for me! His Northern Brother Just make it two, old fellow; I want to stand once more Beneath the old flag with you As in the days of yore. Our fathers stood together And fought on land and sea The battles tierce that made us A nation of the free. I whipped you down at Vicksburg, You licked me at Bull Run; On many a Held we struggled. When neither victory won; You wore the gray of Southland, I wore, the Northern blue; Like men we did our duty When screaming bullets flew. Four years we fought like devils. But when the war was done Your haiid met mine in friendly clasp Our two hearts beat }xs one. And now when danger threatens. No North, no South, we know; Once more we stand together To flght; the common foe. My head, like yours, is frosty— Old ago is creeping on; Life's sun is lower sinking, My day will soon be gone. But if our country's honor Needs once again her son, I'm ready, too, old fellow— So get another gun. OUR DAILY LAUGH HER CHOICE. 1 I told my wife ■he was a lemon for not wanting rtl lf to come bathing. jrJJ) What did she Said she -wouldi rather be a lem on than t\ b.ach | more moonlight," WHOSE Come on in v 1f J you coward, why ' * /J It's only up to my L wxklcsl fA MODEST BE me up to see If the moon Is really Abating (Efjal I HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH readers were served last evening with the first Sporting Extra ever issued , y a Harrisburg newspaper. It will i>e issued regularly hereafter as a fea ture of . the TELEGRAPH to meet the growing demand for baseball and other sporting news in this city. All the scores of the National, American and International Leagues will be car ried and when the New York State league opens its season on May 2, full accounts of the Harrisburg team's frames, both at home and abroad, will be published, together with full and 4. complete scores of the whole league. J ,in TELEGRAPH Baseball Edition 7. f, off press a few minutes arter the games are over. The news s carried into this office both by leased wire and by "Western Union ticker, installed beside the desk of the sporting editor. He and his as sistants compile the scores as rapidly as the runs are made and close bv stands a fast type setter who drops the type into the skeleton forms as quickly as he receives the copy. By this method when the last run is in, the type is ready for the composing room and the speedy mechanical equipment and the great Goss stralghtline press do the rest in a few minutes. * These are days when speed counts tor more in the newspaper world than ever before. Never was there a time when the wires carried tidings of such tremendous import. News editors live constantly on the edge of a vol cano that may erupt at any moment, scattering double and triple column news heads all over the carefullv de signed first page. The sinking of the Lusitania is an illustration at point. The overthrow of the Czar by Russia and the explosion at Kddystone are more recent examples. To meet these conditions the TELEGRAPH has ex pended thousands of dollars on the most modern equipment known to the printing trades. Its readers get news an hour later than is given to them by any other newspaper sold in Har risburg in the afternoon or evening. And in addition it is the only after noon newspaper covering the Central Pennsylvania field that prints the full Associated Press reports. Supplement ing tliis is its own corps of 123 spe cial correspondents scattered through out Pennsylvania and covering Dau phin, Lebanon, Cumberland, Perry, Franklin, Northumberland, Lancaster, .York and other nearby counties like a blanket. It is seldom anything of importance transpires in anv town within the main circulating distance of the TELEGRAPH that one of its correspondents is not on the ground in a few minutes. These correspond ents have instructions to use the tele graph or the long distance telephones at their discretion, and it not infre quently happens that the same news item is wired to the office by two or three representatives before it is more i than five or ten minutes old. The TELEGRAPH is serving more subscribers now than ever before were served by any newspaper in Harris burg, and to take the best possible care of this great body of readers the fastest mechanical equipment and crew between Harrisburg and Pitts burgh and equal to those of some of the largest newspapers of those cities have been assembled. The new "dry mat" system of sterotyping has been introduced, eliminating the nec essity of drying the old-fashion'ed "wet mats" under heavy steam pres sure, and the great Goss press is faster and has a bigger capacity than any now in use in Harrisburg or likely to be installed for years. * . ♦ . Baseball enthusiasm is already strong in the city. A crowd already gathers in the TELEGRAPH editorial rooms to watch the ticker that tells the score by innings of all the big league games. But the interest of the small boys who gather in backlots mudh to the worriment of nearby householders, surpasses the interest of any fans who must pay their 50 per to witness a game, with not a chance of being a participant. Every lot in the city large enough to hold two "picked up" teams and a few "root ers" is being utilized to good advan tage these fine afternoons. Many passersby who have not forgotten the time when they, too, were doing the same thing, cannot restrain an im pulse to stop and watch the "kids." For it doesn't seem so very far away when you think back on those times, now does it? • • Scarcity of river coal in the city has resulted in rivermen braving the high water with their coal fleets to bring in a supply. Despite the wind and cold during the last few days, steamers and flat boats were pulled up the river and brought back laden with fuel. Sand fleets have been sent out also because of the shortage in the city. Many contractors and even the city highway department were held up for weeks and delayed in completing work which had been started. Miss Rankin Wept [lndianapolis Star.] The first vote of our first congress woman was a strictly feminine per formance, tears and sobs being an accompaniment. It is not surprising that the lady from Montana was not able to resist the pacifist pressure brought to bear upon her. All mem bers of Congress were flooded with letters and telegrams urging them to vote against a war measure, but Miss Rankin. being an especially promising target, ruffered greater bombardment than any other. She was not accustomed to such combined assaults, and no doubt the number of them made her feel that the sentiment of the entire country was against war. Also her emotions were worked upon and she was over come by her feelings rather than her judgment. In the course of time the lady will learn that she is not entirely a free agent but that she must consider the views of her constituents as well as her own sentiments and must have the welfare of the country in mind. Also, she will learn that telegraphic bombardments urging certain action are not necessarily indicative of the prevailing thought of the country or 'of the wisest thought or even of the sincerest convictions. Canadian Slackers Here [Buffalo Express.] From Canada, from time to time, have come stories of a great exodus of slackers. The number of young men who have been accused of de serting their country has been csti- V mated at from 5,000 to 50,000. Whether or not they have actually come in any large numbers is a mat ter of doubt, but it is interesting to note that the Toronto Telegram be lieves that "Canada should urge the British government to offer theUnlt ed States government the privilege of conscripting every shirking Cana dian boy whose parents have sent him across the line to escape the claims of duty to his country." Now that we are in the war, it may come to such a pass that it will bo a crime for a youth to be in civilian clothes, but it seems unfair to Impugn the courage of the young man who dares to stay out of khaki while the Canadian government it self seems to lack the nerve to en force the draft, but allows "volun tary" recruiting methods that are piore obnoxious than compulsory service itself.
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