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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20, 1018 Love teareth all things, belicveth all things, hopeth all things, endur eth all things. —l COB. 13: 7. i SIGNS OF DISTRESS IXTO Von Ilertllng's address to the German Reichstag may be read very distinct signs of dis tress. He bewails the determination of the allies to continue the war, terms them hypocrites and "places his trust" in German military lead erships and the German armies. There is no more talk of "bringing the enemies to their knees," no more foolish chatter about "German vic tory by the sword." The Chancellor changes his tune and sheds tears of anguish over what he declares to be the allied intention to "destroy" Germany. It is difficult to see beyond the German border at this time or to read the truth in the German mind, but it is not difficult to understand that the government is sorely dis tressed over the failure of the allies to enter into peace negotiations on the basis of Germany's present mili tary position. Germany wants noth ing now so much as to end the war and be allowed to keep as much of her spoils as those around the peace table would allow. This Indicates but one thing—that German officials know they cannot win the war on the West Front. If they had the faintest notion that they would be able to smash the western line as they did the armed forces of the weaker nations there would be no talk of peace. If the Kaiser saw any possibility of winning the world dominion for which he went to war by continuing hostilities a year or two he would be the last man in the world to talk of ending the conflict. All the indications are, and Von Hertling's address is merely one of them, that Germany knows she can not win and is desirous of "quitting while the quitting is good," to quote an officer recently returned from Europe. This does not mean that Ger many's fighting spirit is on the wane, but that her resources are no longer equal to the strain put upon them, while the strength of the allies is growing in proportion to the devel opment of the American war ma chine. All we have to do is to put every ounce of effort, energy and en thusiasm into the task that is at our command and Von Hertling's very apparent fears will be brought to an early realization. When still mili tant Germany talks peace the time is at hand when we must fight harder than ever. This is no time to think of stopping. We have just begun to fight. Say, boy, you over 16 years of ago, are you going to a farm in vacation? If not, why not. Remember what Cap tain John Smith said of the man who will not work. CITY PARK WALKS FEW cities anywhere have more beautiful park scenery than Harrisburg. It is varied in its character, both pretty and pictur esque, wild and cultivated —any- thing and everything to appeal to the eye of the nature-lover. It is at tractive at any season, but most, possibly, In the spring time when all mankind feels the stir of the open and walking is stimulating and in vigorating. We are fast appraching the period when the golden bells, the silver bells and the bulb flowers will be in bloom; when the trees and shrubbery will begin to shoot leaves, and all nature will be waving her banners in welcome to the visitor to sylvan scenes. But only a very few of all the people of Harrisburg know how to reach the most beautiful parts of the park system. If the Park De partment would issue, during the coming few a series of short talks on park walks it might en courage thousands to go into the parks where now there are scores. These talks might be given the news papers as hints for Sunday after noon tramps in the open. No better way could bo devised to tell Har rixburg folks what they are missing fight at their doors and to induce WEDNESDAY EVENING, KABJRISBURG TELEGRAPH! ' MARCH 20, 1918, them to go out and enjoy the beau ties that have been purchased and developed for their especial benefit. SCHOOL GARDEN ARMY THE United States Government desires the Telegraph to talk to the people of Central Pennsyl vania concerning the United States School Garden Army which is just beginning to mobilize. The whole plan has been carefully worked out and so far there hasn't been a single hitch In the program. The .Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Education, is calling upon State and county super intendents and also upon the gover nors of the different States, the mayors of the different cities and school superintendents in cities, towns, villages and suburban com munities, and asking everyone of these people to fall in line and get to work in the greatest practical vol unteer campaign that has been start ed since the war began. The Germans organized their gar den arihy years ago and just because they did do that very thing they have been able to stave off starvation for so long. For back of every bullet and be hind every shell, and under and o*er every cloud of poisonous gas and running every submarine and direct ing every aeroplane is a man who must keep up his energies with food. We might as well send our men to the trenches to face cannon and airships and poison gas and explo sives dressed in suits of pajamas, with nothing but their bare hands for weapons, as to send our army J overseas without enough provisionsj to keep them not only alive but in fighting trim when they get there. Where are we going to get the food to send them? We have just one storehouse from which to draw, and that storehouse is in the fertile fields and the rich harvests of our own country. Our troops abroad need flour and sugar and coffee and tea and corn and meat—we must send them these things or be ready to bow our heads under the German heel. There is no use blinking the fact a minute longer; the whole thing comes right down to the question of bread and meat, and enough of it. If we send all that we raise abroad i what shall we do here at home? This is the time to begin to con sider these things. We have been blind and dull of wit, and deaf and indifferent long enough. From one end of this country to the other the people are beginning to realize what this question of food means. No wonder that the United States School Garden Army idea has taken such a splendid hold, not onlj j in the imagination, but of the stern, practical faculties of this whole country. Five million school children mo bilized into an army, with officers and privates and sergeants with drill and hard work and great re wards and splendid service. What child is there on the face of the globe who would not be proud and eager to be one of such an army? Have the schools in your district begun to organize? Have you obtained vacant land in your town to use for the garden? Who is going to be captain of the First Regiment In your town? You don't know. Why not? Aren't you interested? Tou will be interested some day when that boy of yours comes home with a chevron on his sleeve or your girl is made a first sergeant and wears a badge which tells the world that she Is ready to do her bit for her country and her country's flag. Why not interest yourself person ally in this matter to-day? Why not make this a part of your duty to Uncle Sam? Secretary Balcer says he has been taking the American Army apart like a small boy does a watch. For good ness sake, Mr. Raker, don't you know the boy never gets it together again? This Invitation of the Kaiser to newspapermen to go out to view the opening of the German offensive re minds one of Washington society going out to view the Union forces putting the Johnny Rebs at Bull Run —and what happened. That was a graceful thing City Council did yesterday in passing a resolution congratulating the City of Lancaster on its 100 th anniversary as a municipality. Mayor Keister has an eye to the encouragement of neigh borly sentiment. It's not unlikely that on of- these days the Kaiser's cry of "God with us" will be changed to "God help us." The President having signed tho daylight saving bill, egg-hunting boys and girls will be entitled to get up an hour earlier than usual on Easter morning. Catterpillar tractors In municipal gardens are far more desirable than catterpillars later in the season. Raise a chicken and liclp increase the meat supply. iK || '~p tKKO iftcanZa By tlic *Kx-Committccman In the language of one of the keenest and most experienced ob servers of politics in the state the situation in the Republican party in Pennsylvania may be pretty well summed to-day by the phrase "Scott or a fight." In the last half dozen years the Vares have managed to so work things about that they have hold the key to the Republican sit uation in the Keystone state on al most every occasion worth while. They have it to-day in the shape of the endorsement which the Republi can city committee of Philadelphia can give to any candidate. This en dorsement has been widely advertis ed, although as a matter of fact, it may not be as valuable as people think because the war on Vare's con tracts may be resumed at any minute and the close call of the Republi can organization in Philadelphia last fall is remembered generally. Still, up the state, there are many who be lieve that the moral effect of the en dorsement of the Vare organization would be great. The Vares insist upon Congress man John R. K. Scott heing accepted by fhe Penrose organization as the main condition of endorsement of Senator William C. Sproul for gov ernor. The city committee may be called at any time to act in the mat ter. —The state administration forces which are backing Highway Com missioner O'Neil, stake much on this proposition. It is believed that the Scott candidacy, which is most re pugnant to Senator Penrose, was en gineered by men back of O'Neil, who saw a chance to fish up something from troubled waters. They have even started O'Neil and Scott papers around together. Scott is strong, but whether his strength would stand up under the lire which would come at' a general election, a vastly different thing from a primary, as the above mentioned observer point ed out, is a question. —Meanwhile, the talk that the Republican "wets," angered Ivy Sproul's declaration for prohibition, may have a candidate of their own to pit against Sproul, O'Neil and Habgood is going around with much advertisement. It is even declared by some of the noisy "wets' that it will not be Weimer, but a man of greater state prominence. —ln the language of the Philadel phia Evening Ledger the Pennsylva nia Democratic leaders, like the Bol shevik, continue to be "entranced by conversation." —Auditor General Charles A. Sny der's drastic action in issuing a letter of warning to heads of departments that continued absence of state em ployes from their posts on other than state business will result in holdup of their pay, has attracted much at tention. It has been foreshadowed for some time and the Auditor Gen eral says he has heard some reports of glaring absence from posts. The state administration people denounce the action, but the Auditor General's friends say the course of the admin istration warrants such curbing. —The O'Neil headquarters last night came out with a claim that the enrollment in the boroughs and townships was progressing rapidly and that O'Neil was making gains. Joseph N. Mackrell, secretary of the committee, said: "We have received a great many long-distance telephone calls and telegrams to-day from various parts of the state, all dealing with the question of registration and enroll ment. Reports that I have gotten from the counties that have been in touch with the headquarters to-day show that the campaign we have made for increased registration and enrollment, is already a success, and we still have to-day on which the boroughs and townships will have an opportunity to egister and enroll, or if necessary, to change their en rollment. We had inquiries from several parts of the state from par ties who wanted to know if they could vote for Mr. O'Neil at the primaries on the Republican ticket and still enroll in the column of some other party, and we told them 'no,' and the answer that came back was 'well, then I will enroll in the Republican party.' " —The Philadelphia Ledger to-day editorially makes a sharp attack 011 the factional fighting in the Repub lican party. It passes up the Demo crats apparently, as not worth both ering about, but calls for some har mony in the majority party saying: "What is needed is an awakening among real Republicans to the ser iousness of tho situation and to the need of candidates who will of their own intrinsic worth command re spect and support irrespective of Vareism or of Penroseism, candi dates who can be themselves and not the puppets of a power that cares nothing for Pennsylvania and its honor but only for political power or for personal profit." —The "Insider" writing in the Philadelphia Press, says of the state situation: "The week just past has witnessed the start of the state campaign and has exceeded in political activity any seven days since the coming guber natorial struggle first took shape. Its two big events were the disturbance of the status quo which Governor Brumbaugh brought about by open ing his expected attack on Senator Sproul, and the translation into fact of the possibility considered in this column two weeks ago, that prohi bition would be taken out of politics by all candidates declaring support of it. "Aside from the prohibition ques- 1 tion, the principal political event of J the week just past, has been the gen eral upset which the Governor has caused, by the manner of his at tacks on Senator Sproul. He has come out with an attack on the Senator's sincerity and has Intimated that when he takes the stump, more of the same sort of thing may be expected. Governor Brumbaugh, of course, cherishes a particular animosity against Senator Sproul, because the Senator offered the resolution at the beginning of the last Legislative session, which sought to Investigate certain of the Governor's expenses paid by the state. The result will be a rebirth of the bitter factional strife which the cooler heads In the organization have been working so hard to kill. If the Governor fulfills his threat, he will put matters just where they were when the proposed investiga tion was allowed to lapse. The Pen rose people will have one obvious weapon against the,attacks on their candidate, and that will be to press for an answer to the questions about tho executive expenditures which were never answered." —W. Edwin ltuber. connected with the fuel administrator, will be a contender against Representatives Fred C. lOhrhardt. oldest Republican House member, for the nomination in Scranton. AIN'T IT A GRAND AND GLORIOUS FEELIN'? BY BRIGGS AFT M EP M Y?U E °HAVE 3 STU DIED AND® YOU HA\J£ A VAGUE AMD VOOR ALGEBRA. YOUR HISH-SCHOOL RECOLL£CTION OF A BOOK .SO- CALLED °S PAV/SMTER COMCS TO You PII-UEO WITH ALL THE: IS THE HOUSE. HA SOMF AND AND YS IM THE WORLD YOU MAKE: A TRY AX I A-SK-S YOUR HELP* OVL A PROBLEM I o army service in France uudcr Atterbury? HISTORIC lIARRISBUKG The Northern Central and Cum berland Valley were two big lines of travel for soldiers out of Harrisburg In Civil War days.