THE WAR AFTER THE WAR By WILLIAM T. ELLIS Whether or not the Kaiser is the "beast" and the "anti-Christ." of the Book of the Revelation, as many in- commentators affirm, it is beyond controversy that the part he plays has more than once been clear ly dealt with by the inspired writ ers. Opportunely, we have to-day a study of the conduct of an ancient Hebrew King in an incident that parallels the rape of Belgium and the lust for another's territory. Crafty King Ahab wanted part of the lands oj a proprietor named Naboth. He ctfuld not get it by fair means, so his wife Jezebel had the man foully slain. Ahab secured the vineyard of Naboth that his soul coveted—but he also heard, as the reckless ruler of Germany is also to hear, a word of doom spoken in the "Thus saith the Lord." Both Ahab and the Kaiser missed the big point. They thought that be cause they had secured their first ob jective all was well with them. Ap parently their "success" had dem onstrated the workability of the Ger man philosophy that might makes right; and that kings and states are above the common law. Ahab did not try to cloak his deeds under pious professions, nor proclaim himself the specially favored of the Almighty. In fact, he knew that he was a crook, and so he cringed at the approach of the prophet of God. The Kaiser's Great Need We should be doing less than Jus tice, both to this Old Testament story and to its modern parallel, if we did not emphasize the place of the preacher in it. Israel had the great treasure of a fearless prophet, Elijah. He was not popular, either as a court preacher or as a man for the masses. His words were too un comfortably straight-flung for that. | Whatever the Lord spoke to him, he I repeated to the people and to the j king, whether his message was well received or not. He had a tumultu ous time of it, as every other prophet who freely declares the whole coun sel of God is bound to have. Any body who wants a serene and easy life would better not put on the man tle of a prophet of God. But the centuries have vindicated Elijah; and the high-grade work he did on earth is being continued in heaven: for he and Moses were the messen- | gers sent, as sympathetic spirits, to j comfort Jesus on the Mount of Trans-i figuration. One of the misfortunes of the j Kaiser is that he seems to have no ! prophets at large in Germany. The country used to be famous for its "liberal" theologians; and their I teachings have contaminated the en- t tire religious world. Apparently, j their philosophy does not make the | Elijah-type of minister. They have i been glib in saying. "Thus saith i Haeckel." or "Thus saith Harnack" J and "Thus saith Nietzche," but when it comes to saith 'Thus saith the ; Lord' they are as dumb as oysters. | Germany's preachers seem to have become courtiers. They swarm in the ranks of the apologists for the ; Kaiser's course, but we know of none [ who. in the face of clear and admit- j ted crimes against the laws of God ' and man, has cried, prophet wise, j "Thus saith the Lord." While we are busy defeating Ger- j many and bringing to pass the only ; possible peace thSt will have the i favor of God. which is the breaking ! completely and forever of the unholy j machinery of Prussianism and mili- | tarism, let us be at pains to under- | stand the power that we crush, and what are its real weaknesses. Ger many will perish from lack of spirit- ! ual vision and sense of righteousness. ' The old word of Scripture is being ; vindicated: "Where there Is no vi- | sion the people perish." She thought ! the sword a substitute for a soul, j Repudiating the clear teachings of I Jesus, she developed a "super" phi- ! losophy which is now being put to j the test. If Germany had possessed 1 brave and alert prophets of God. she { would never have come to her pres- I ent pass. Basic and structural weak- j ness follows in any society which ! loses its spiritual interpreters and ! leaders. Germany failed In her spirit j before ever she met serious defeat on | the battlefield. Contrariwise, the j American army has been such a won- I derful accession to the Alies because I of the spirit of the men. and of the ] nation behind them. God grant that in the tremendous testing times just ' ahead of us our men of God will not | fail to be true prophets. The day of i pious perfunctoriness and platitudes ! and professionalism is past. What the Soldiers Talk About This entire war is tne best of com- ' mentaries upon the present lesson. Evil is to be conquered; righteous ness must reign. There you have ' the proposition. No other great war [ has. in its final analysis had so clear ' an issue between good and evil. On the one hand, a mignty power, with ! a monstrous mania of egotism, has j set its ruthless ambitions above all I considerations of integrity and honor and justice and brotherliness. IS wants its own way regardless of God's will or human law. Opposed to it is a combination of Christian i powers, accepting President Wilson's 1 entirely Scriptual definition of aims, which have solemnly resolved to de fend the right to the uttermost. They have declared that justice is more important than life itself. Their ' young men have gone forth, in the : knightliest and most chivalrous fash ion. to offer their lives in the de fense of what they solemnly believe to be the very principles of eternal righteousness. These men fight for a cause which they believe to be one wtth the goals of God. 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The Ledger gives this account of the Sproul interview: "In a telephone conversation from New York the Senator answered the charges made in the statement read before the Democratic State Commit tee by A. Mitchell Palmer at Harris burg, Wednesday, by asserting he had not amended his platform and that he had no intention of so doing. " 'I have not been silenced,' " said the Senator. "I have reiterated my platform time after time. I have repeatedly declared that I stand on my platform and I have no intention of changing it." "Have you talked on prohibition re cently?" the Senator was asked. "I have as I said, reiterated the provisions of my platform at least fifty times." "Can you say when you discussed prohibition last?" he was asked. "Not exactly. But I can say that I have had constant correspondence in reference to prohibition, and I say again that I have not changed nor amended my Swarthmore declara tion.' " In a lengthy statement issued at Washington Senator Penrose denied the Palmer charges and whacked the Democratic boss. The Philadelphia Press in prefacing the Penrose state ment says the Democratic party in Pennsylvania has been "split wide open" and the Ledger says the same thing. Both papers have backed up and praised the Palmer-McCormick methods of reorganization in the past. NEW HEN GAS BLINDS MEN PERMANENTLY, IT IS SAID With the American Army in France. Sept. fi.—The central pow ers, it is reported, are soon to make extensive use on the Italian and French fronts of two new gases of lachrymatory type, from which they expect great results. The gases are said to cause permanent blindness. way to a robust devotion to the holy will of God. The comrades of the Cross will be crusaders. Right will be robust. The Crucified Christ will be understood mot only as a sacrifice, but also as a Conqueror and King. Surely we are Justified in expect ing that the war after the war, the consummation of hopes that have persisted, through time's darkest night, wijji'be a new conquest of evil and a niw enthronement of good— good that is vitalized by the pulsing presence of the Spirit of the living God. If any vast design whatever is traceable in the world cataclysm, this, surely is it—God vindicated in a new world ' order wherein right eousness is the rule. IFLAJRJRISBUR.G TELEGRAPH 36 PENNA. MEN IN CASUALTIES; 517 WOUNDED Hanover, Burnham, Altoona and Pottsville Soldiers on Pershing List Washington. Sept. 6.—The double list of war casualties to-day con tained 744 names, of which 36 are of Pennsylvanians. The officers killed in action included two lieutenants, one sergeant and four corporals. The I list was divided as follows: Killed in action 50 Missing in action 139 Wounded severely 263 Died of wounds 26 Died of accident and other causes 2 Wounded (degree undetermined) 254 Died of disease 10 Total 744 The following are the Pennsylva nians reported: KILLED IX ACTION Privates Salvatore Sciaronne. Erie. Bernard J. Dolan. Ashland. MISSING IN ACTION Privates W'illiam J. Bauer. Philadelphia. George Djakovich, Brownsville. Fred W. Harman, Altoona. James Robert Hastings, Orviston. Milburn Sl.oan, Evebett. Claire C. Taylor, Milltown, Haffey. Harry I. Wagonseller. Rosedale. Joseph Yakubsin, McAdoo. , Joseph Malinowski, Reading. Norman L. Roe, Ellwood. WOUNDED SEVERELY Corporals George McCelland Riley, Duquesne. Richard E. Sherlock, St. Michael. Privates William H. McCutcheon. Waynfe. Frederick W. Roth, Pittsburgh. Jossph F. Norris, Jerome. Edgar A. Holland, Catasauqua. Edward F. McDonald, Philadel phia. Fred W. Zartman, Hanover. Benjamin G. Valentine. Roches ter Mills. James J. Costello, Pittsburgh. Ferdinand Sauvagoot, Philadel phia. Stephen C. Braxlley, Burnham. Daniel J. Gleason. Philadelphia. Louis Jenkins, Phillipsburg. Charles W. Richorts, Oil City. DIED OF WOUNDS Private Walter Heltmark. Connellsville. WOUNDED (DEGREE UNDE TERMINED) Lieutenants George B. Hadesty, Jr., Pottsville. James B. Koontz. Philadelphia. Joseph R. Winokur, Philadelphia. Sergeant William Jefferies, Germantown. Privates Wayne A. LeVan, Allentown. Joseph J. Jazierski, Dixon. John Ross Porter. Hays. DIED OF WOUNDS Private Wilmer Founce, Philadelphia. PASTOR OX VACATION New Cumberland, Pa., Sept. 6. I The Rev. C. H. Heiges, pastor of | the Church of God. has been grant jed a two weeks' vacation. He and Mrs. Heiges left on a motor trip to | Adams county to visit relatives. There will be no preaching services until Sunday. September 22. YANKEE OFFICERS FALL LEADING MEN Details of Terrific Fighting Told by Returned Men and Let ters Home From Front; Many Daring Deeds Related Philadelphia. Sept. 6.—How Cap- . tain Walter W. Gearty, of thisj city fell while leading his com- ! ! mand, Company A. 109 th Infantry, in j ! an advance at the Marne was related ■ j yesterday by a Philadelphia officer. ; who has just returned from the front. J j The officer is Lieutenant Wilson H. j j Stephenson, who was with Company j i I, of the 109 th, in the same battalion , ! with Companies L and M, which suf- j ! fered heavy casualties in the battle. ( i Lieutenant Stephenson's story of 1 ! how the Pennsylvania boys not only | I helped stop the German attack but 1 drove the enemy back, adds glory to j j the Iron Division and the 1119 th. This i i regiment comprises the former First j ( Infantry of Philadelphia, and the j Thirteenth, of Scranton. "Captain Gearty fell at the begin- I ntng of a charge by his command," j said the lieutenant. "He had Just j started to lead his men over the top. j when a Hun bullet got him. It's the way many of the officers go—they j are bound to be out there in front. "We went into line at the Marne i July 6. and the Pennsylvania boys ! were still in touch with the Germans j at the Veslo when I was sent home I in August. "In the German attack on July 15. they thought they could break ' through the line where the Pennsyl- | vanta boys were stationed. They soon I found they couldn't break through, i Then our boys started through the Germans. "We drove them back to the Ourcq, which is a very small stream, but the Germans thought they could hold us there. Again they misjudged the i power of the Americans. The Ger- I I mans decided that they had a date ' I farther back and they kept on re- | treating. | "The Vesle, their next stand, is a ' Troubles Nearly Drove Him Crazy P. R. R. Machinist Tried Remedy! After Remedy in Vain Search For Relief TAN I.AC AIDS HIM AT ONCE "If there ever was a wonderful • remedy it is Tanlae," says George C.' Smith, of 1947 North street, Harris burg, Pa. "I had a sort of eczema all over' my face and body. Doctors told me that it was caused by the oils from the machinery as I was working as a machinist in tlvsi P. R. R. Shops, so I quit my job ar.d j got another on a street car, but the! itching didn't get any better and I was almost in§ane from the torture. "Then one day I decided I'd take a crack at Tanlae and see what that would do. for I'd heard a lot of won-i derful reports about it and I sort cfi had a huncn. "Well, sir, believe me. it did the work. The second dose brought re | lief and it was only a matter of days | until my skin was all healed up, .he I itching stopped and the eczema gone j entirely." Tanlae is now being introduced' there at Gorgas' Drug Store.—Adv.' . wider .stream. We captured .Flames, I and crossed the river into Fismette. , These two towns are situated much in | the same relative position as Phila ! dolphin and West Philadelphia. Hut a higher command evidently thought it not worth while to hold Fismette and our boys were withdrawn. "They were still in touch with the enemy when I left and the boys were anxious to go at them. They wele all talking about how lucky we were to get into the scrap so soon after lunding in France, whereas some of the men who had been over there a year had not been in a big fight yet." , Lieutenant Stephenson was return ed to America to help train other units for service overseas. Another Iron Division officer back to serve in a training camp is Lieu tenant Adolph Timm, Company K 110 th Infantry, of Mahanoy City, who describes the lighting of this company around Chateau Thierry. At this but tle, two Mahanoy City boys. George Ileese and Joseph Hall, were killed and a dozen or more were wounded. "Privates Harry Dennis and George Llewellyn were lying prone on the ground," the lieutenant relates "when a shell fell between them. It proved to be a 'dud,' however, and SPECIAL NOTICE ON ACCOUNT OF HOLIDAY Store will be closed during the daytime, tomorrow, Saturday. Will be open Saturday evening from 6 to 9 o'clock SEPTEMBER 6, 1918. they were not hurt." Lieutenant Walter E. Ettlnger, of Company D, 11th Infantry, in a let ter to his father, Philip Ettinger Phoenixvllle, written August 12, de scribes some of the later fighting in which the Pennsylvania boys have maintained their record for gallantry. "We have been chasing since July 1." he writes, "and it keeps us busy to keep up to the Germans. We have been in some hot places, but our company came out lucky. We are now on ground the Germans held only two days ago. "We had three meals to-day, the first for a long time as most of the time we have to send for our meals nt night and only get one a day. Our cooker was about three miles back, and about the time we would start to eat, the Germans would send some gas. The air is Just full of planes all the time. That is how they get the range on us." Private John T. McLaughlin, of Ashley, with an amnulance unit at the front, was twice buried when shells exploded near hint. One ex- Plosion he relates, destroyed his ' prize collection of German helmets, buttons and coins." "A companion and I were carrying a French poilu to a first-aid station on July 20," Ills letter continues. "The poilu, on a litter, was talking to us who were carrying him, when there was a burst of flame around us and a deafening noise. "For a minute I was dazed and could not speak. Then I looked at niy hands and found them empty. My companion stood rooted to earth and between us lay the gallant French man. on the ground, looking up at us as though lie wondered why we had let him fall. "The litter was snapped off at both ends. Not one of us was hurt." 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