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FRIDAY, JUNE 6. 1919
Bona of Promise
In every meanest faee I see
A perfected humanity,
ATI men, though brothers of the clod,
Bear promise of the eons of God.
—Thomas Curtis Clark,
HUN TRIES TO DODGE
JUST now the German government
Is endeavoring to get out from |
under the definite charge that the
German General Staff was respons
ible for the Bolshevist revolution in
Russia. Recent documents which
have come out through Switzerland
prove beyond question that there
was direct complicity on the part of
the military power at Berlin in the
barbarous activities of Lcnine and
Trotzky. Every effort is made by
the German General Staff to get
back incriminating evidence of their
activities and thereby cover their
tracks, but the editor of a Russian
paper at Petrograd, who escaped
from the Bolshevists, has divulged
information which makes it clear
that the commission against coun
ter-revolution did everything pos
sible to recover documents showing
knowledge of German agents and i
their activities in Russia.
Notwithstanding this cumulative
testimony of the infernal work of
the German military leaders and the
support of the Berlin government of
the impossible group which almost
destroyed Russia, there are those in
this country who would lessen the
efforts of the properly constituted
authorities to run down and run out
of the country the infamous groups
of anarchists who have been con
ducting a campaign of terrorism
throughout the United States.
Surely the time must soon be at
hand when all classes of citizens will
unite to crush out beyond hope of
resurrection the foreign-horn agents
of destruction who have found in
this country a field for their most
strenuous activities. It ts a favor
able sign when the labor leaders ar.d
the heads of the great union forces
declare against the anarchists and
those who would break down our
system of government and our in
stitutions.
A WISE COURSE
SURPLUS government property,
the overhang of the war sup
plies, is now being disposed of
at auction in all parts of the coun
try. These supplies include every
thing from a screw driver to mil
lions of pounds of corn-beef hash.
One circular covers a wide range of
selection from thousands of boxes
of prunes to corn brooms and mil
lions of pounds of roast beef in cans
from one to six pounds.
There is also to be disposed of
large quantities of leather, electric
motors and all kinds of foodstuffs,
including 45,000,000 pounds of
bacon, partly In crates, but more
largely in twelve-pound cans.
With the sudden cessation of hos
tilities enormous supplies for the
army in France were stopped at
American ports and returned to the
great government depots near the
Atlantic seaboard. Those who have
visited the big warehouses at New
Cumberland and near Middletown
have been astounded at the stupen
dous preparations for equipping and
feeding our fighting forces overseas,
as Illustrated by these mountains of
supplies. Gradually these materials
and the foodstuffs will be absorbed
through the ordinary business chan
nels, but the authorities at Washing-
I ton are naturally avoiding any ruin
ous dumping upon the market to the
disadvantage not only of the Gov
ernment, bnt also of the regular
dealers.
Notwithstanding the strong senti
ment which prevailed at the begin
ning of the present session of the
Legislature against the requirement
for German lingo In official adver
tising and In other ways in Penn
sylvania there has been a distinct
failure to properly consider a num
ber of bills now pending In the House
and Senate which would repeal the
FRIDAY EVENING, HAHRIBBURG TEXEGKXFH JUNE 6, 1919.
mandatory provisions of lows com
pelling sheriffs end ether officials to
use German newspapers in their offi
cial advertising. With the constant
testimony regarding German activi
ties through the printed word and
the Insidious propaganda engineered
from Berlin In this country it would
seem to be about time for the legis
lators of this State to get awake to
their duty and cease their coddling of
the so-called German Influence In
polttlca Directing that all such adver
tising shall be placed officially In two
newspapers of general circulation,
without the mandatory clause that
one of them shall be printed In the
German language. Is the proposition
before the Legislature and it Is an
eminently fair and reasonable provi
sion. Why isn't It passed?
OUR STATE IX THE WAR
NOW that the war is over, al
beit the vanquished Hun seems
to still have the obession that
he is the victor and entitled to dic
tate the terms of peace. It Is inter
esting to note that the War History
Commission appointed by the State
Council of National Defense and of
which Governor William C. Sproul
is chairman, is proceeding along in
telligent lines tn the preparation of
the real history of Pennsylvania's
part in the great war. This commis
sion comprises many of the leading
historians of the State, men of high
patriotic purpose and proper appre
ciation of all that such a history
should embrace, and there is defi
nite assurance in the way in which
they are going about the job that
the work will he worthy the State
and its splendid part in the struggle
of the ages.
In a circular just issued by the
War History Commission from its
offices in Philadelphia, the purposes
and scope of the work is outlined
and we are given to understand that
arrangements are now under way
for the making of a permanent rec
ord of the military, economic and
civic participation of the State in
the great war. The records are be
ing arranged under subjects and
subdivided into counties so that they
may be available in the future for
local historians. This involves a col
lection of the records of the war and
all the activities of the various mili
tary and civic organizations and the
commission says "in many respects
it is the most fitting and most per
manent memorial which can be
erected to the 350,000 Pennsylva
nians who entered the national serv
ice and to the millions of others at
home who aided with personal serv
ice, with money, food, munitions,
ships and manufactured goods to de
feat the common enemy. Every sig
nificant story of patriotic exertion
and sacrifice," says the Commission,
"no matter how small or how great,
deserves a place in the Commission's
records."
"With knowledge of the men who
are directing the preparation of the
war history, there is Justifiable con
fidence in the character of the com
pleted work and while considerable
time will probably elapse before we
shall be permitted to survey the re
sults of this important compilation
of the facts affecting Pennsylvania's
share in defeating the Hun, we may
wait with patience because of the
fact that when the volume or vol
umes shall be completed, the results
will be commensurate with the labor
expended and be worthy an impe
rial and patriotic Commonwealth.
Elsewhere in the Telegraph this
evening is given an outline of the
purposes of the commission in the
preparation of the war history which
should be read by all interested in
this work.
RIGHT, MR. PALMER
THE Telegraph has not always
been in accord with Mitchell
Palmer and his political views,
but it is in perfect harmony with his
attitude as Attorney General on the
suppression of anarchy in this coun
try. "Organized crime directed
against organized government, shall
be stopped," he says, and with that
declaration the whole country will
agree. By attempting the lives of
Federal officials the anarchists have
laid themselves open to Federal
prosecution and Uncle Sam has a
very long arm.
Mr. Palmer is doing only his duty
when he turns the full power of the
Government, backed up by its un
limited financial resources, against
these men. They must be run down
and punished. No effort will be too
great nor any amount of money ex
cessive to bring these criminals to
Justice. The life of nobody is safe
while they are abroa.*.
The poor mistaken fools profess to
believe that the Government of the
United States is all wrong and
should be turned over to them to be
righted according to their notions.
The fact that they stoop to murder
and arson, and that they have no
more regard for the lives of even
women and children than had the
Huns who sunk passenger ships dur
ing the war means nothing to them,
but it means a lot to the people of
this country who are to a man back
of the Attorney General in his de
termination to put down anarchy in
America in a fashion so vigorous
that it will be an effective lesson to
those inclined to place themselves
above the law.
A FAMILY AFFAIR
AT EVERY turn in the study of
the League of Nations one
comes face to face with some
member of the House family. We
have seen how the son-in-law of
Colonel House, Gordon Auchincloss,
was given a place as the Colonel's,
secretary at Paris, and that Profea=
sor Mezes, president of the College
of the City of New York, and,
brother-in-law of the Colonel, was
placed at the head of a commission
to collect data for the use of the
Peace Commission, and has been in
Paris during all the negotiations.
Upon the announcement in the press
that one David Miller, International
law expert, was coming to the United
States to "explain" the league to
Congress, we discover that he Is
none ether than the law partner
of Mr. Auchincloss.
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By the Ex-Committee man
Every indication on Capitol Hill
is that the present Legislature may
be one of the first in the country to
have a chance to vote on the Federal
woman suffrage amendment. Gov
ernor Sproul last evening reiterated
his stand on the question of woman
suffrage, favoring it as strongly as
he did in his inaugural address'. He
added a few thoughts to that no
table utterance and said that he had
discussed the proposition of early
ratification by Pennsylvania with
Senator Penrose and State Chairman
Crow.
This Legislature has three weeks
In which to ratify and the necessary
resolution can be put through if the
controlling powers desire. An analy
sis of the suffrage vote in the Leg
islature would indicate that the votes
for the Federal measure could be
found if the proper co-operation is
given the Governor. Failure to ratify
this session will mean that suffrage
becomes an issue in every State leg
islative and Senatorial district in the
primaries of 1920. It would be an is
sue also in the election of national
delegates in that primary. Ratifica
tion would remove these needless
contests. The torn and tattered liquor
element is in opposition to ratifica
tion, of course.
—Concerning ratification, the Gov
ernor said: "Pennsylvania should
ratify the suffrage amendment
promptly. I will be gratified and
proud if this State is the first to
ratify. When X receive the certifica
tion of the amendment from the
State Department at Washington, I
will send it to the Legislature. I
will recommend its ratification,
either by a message direct to the
Legislature or a public statement. I
discussed the matter with Senator
Penrose and he informed me he was
going to vote against the proposal ip
the United States Senate. Also I dis
cussed the subject with Senator
Crow yesterday. If the national lead
ers of the Republic party are inter
ested in having Pennsylvania ratify
the suffrage amendment at this ses
sion. I have not been so informed.
Senator Crow, as State chairman of
the Republican committee, was
asked to select some Pennsylvania
woman to attend the conference of
the National committee of Repub
lican Women and he named Mrs.
Barclay H. Warburten. of Philadel
phia. She attended the conference.
If the rest of the counvrv adopts suf
frage. I will regret it Pennsylvania
does not do so. It is the spirit of the
times. Pennsylvania has a splendid
opportunity to be the first State to
act."
—The Governor was asked if the
adminstration workmen's compen
sation bill is making proper pro
gress. he replied: "The compensa
tion bill is coming along nicely and
I think we will work it out ali right.
The situation has been cleared con
siderably and I believe the admin
stration bill will be passed substan
tially in its present form."
—ln reply to an inquiry as to
whether he expected to see any
more amendments made to the Con
servation Department bill, the Gov
ernor said: "I am not interested in
the conservation bill in its present
form. If passed with the amend
ments made recently It would make
little improvement over present con
ditions. Every man who has invested
a dollar in a hunter's license during
the past few years seems to think
he has a proprietary interest in
disbursing it. I do not know if the
bill will pass and I do not care. I
am sorry I did not have the time to
fight out this legislation. .My time
has been taken up with other
matters. In view of this situation
bills strengthening the Forestry De
partment probably will be passed."
—Dr. Thomas E. Finegan, the
new Superintendent of Public In
struction, has made a survey of his
work here and the Governor is
pleased with the enthusiastic man
ner in which he has taken up his
duties. The Governor says that Dr.
J. George Becht. secretary of the
State Board of Education, will be
appointed chief deputy in the reor
ganized Department of Public In
struction. Concerning the work of
Dr. Finnegan and educational mat
ters generally, the Governor said:
"Dr. Finnegan was surprised to find
that we have no real department of
education in Pennsylvania. I told
him I thought it is a good thing as
he can now build from the ground
up. "VYe have legislation pending to
make the Superintendent of Public
Instruction the executive head of the
State Board of Education and to
make Secretary Becht. a real deputy
and assistant to Dr. Finnegan. These
bills will be passed.
"The bill to give the public school
teachers an increase in salary will
be passed also. It is in a good posi
tion and just as soon as we can de
termine how much money we can
give, the measure will be amended
and passed. It will provide for a
general 20 per cent, increase, the
State to pay one-half and the school
districts one-half.
—"The bill creating a commission
to study the need of revision of the
Constitution and to determine the
necessity of a constitutional conven
tion is now in my hands and will be
approved. Until we get revision or
a new constitution, legislative ses
sions will be lengthy. New York Is
the only state doing business com
mensurate with Pennsylvania and
its Legislature spends from eight to
ten months in session every two
years, although its meetings are
held annually. It is not the me
chanical work that delays a session,
but getting a program ironed out
and learning the sentiment of the
people on important legislation. This
takes considerable time."
—Governor William C. Sproul has
no presidential ambitions. The Gov
ernor yesterday reiterated that all
he wanted to do was to "finish up
his Job here." When asked if it
would not be an interesting situation
if he ehould be a candidate and the
boom for Attorney General A
Mitchell Palmer for the Democratic
Democratic nomination for Presi
dent should work out.
—The Governor remarked that he
heard that Mr. Palmer was taking
the Presidential proposition seriously
and commented: "Yes. It would be
Interesting, Ineed, but Mitchell has
no need to think about me as an
opponent. All I want to do is to
finish up this Job here in good
style."
—Many prominent Republicans
attended tbo dinner given to Judge
Charter H. Kline at Pittsburgh last
evening. Lieutenant Governor Beid
leman and Auditor General Snyder
were speakers.
—The Governor and Mr. Palmer
■will be speakers at the Swarth
more commencement. Mr. Palmer
will speak Sunday and the Governor
Monday. They a-e close personal
friends and were college mates.
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Pennsylvania's Opportunity
[Pittsburgh Gazette-Times]
Senator John Sharp Williams, of
Mississippi, anti-suffragist, has fre
quently voiced his impatience with
continued opposition to the passage
through Congress of the Susan B.
Anthony amendment resolution.
Woman suffrage is coming; it can
net be stopped; why resist it? the
Mississippian has said in effect. We
commend his philosophy to the con
sideration of the Pennsylvania Gen
eral Assembly, which may be, if it
will, the first State Legislature to rat
ify the XlXth amendment to the
Constitution of the United States.
The Gazette Times speaks thus con
fidently of the result of the reference
of the woman suffrage resolution be
cause it shares Senator Williams'
opinion that the time for antagonism
has passed. Once through Congress,
and the Senate is apt to pass it to
day, there can be no question about
ratification. It would be a cause of
much gratification were the Key
stone State to lead the list of Ameri
can commonwealths giving formal
approval in constitutional manner to
so great a reform of our electoral
system. Every man to-day is bear
ing ungrudging testimony to the part
that women have played in national
and international affairs of the high
est importance; why should not
those who wish it be permitted and
those who are indifferent or reluc
tant be called upon to give the coun
try and every political division of it
the benefit of their intelligent and
constructive participation in govern
ment? They have won the right to
vote. Very soon they will have it.
Pennsylvania should seize the oppor
tunity which seems destined to be its
to forward the movement and secure
just prestige.
If Pennsylvania does not act fa
vorably this year on the amendment
it will find itself a "trailer," as it
was in the case of prohibition. Eleven
State Legislatures will meet in regu
lar session in 1920; those of thirty
six states, including our own, are
not scheduled for sessions before
1921, and one not until 1923, though
it is not improbable that some of
the more forward suffrage states
may have special sessions for the ex
press purpose of acting on the
amendment. The Georgia lawmak
ers assemble on June 26, the date
the Pennsylvania General Assembly
is likely to adjourn finally. It were
better than Pennsylvania, favorable
to the amendment, act as bell
wether for the other states than that
Georgia, opposed, be accorded that
role. Some may hold that, it being
virtually impossible to grant woman
suffrage in time for the presidential
election next year, there is no need
for haste itr ratifying. Nevertheless,
The Gazette Times hopes the Penn
sylvania Legislature being given op
portunity, will ratify now.
Contrast in Belgium
["M. H." in the Manchester, Eng.,
Guardian.]
The bitter cry of Belgium for
financial help is in tragic contrast to
conditions in the little country be
fore the war. To go to Belgium then
was the cheapest—and pleasantest—
holiday it was possible to take. Three
dollars took you from St. Catherine's
Dock to Ostend and back. On ar
riving in Belgium you could for SI.BO
get a season ticket for a week, which
took you everywhere. At Bruges you
could stay in an excellent hotel for
$1.40 to $>1.60 a day, with all meals —
and such meals; six courses and as
many helpings as you could cope
with.
At Malines hotels were even
cheaper. I have stayed at a com
fortable little hotel for $1 a day.
lunch being omitted. Malines was
the dormitory of Brussels and Ant
werp both of which could be reach
ed comfortably by train in twenty
minutes. For incredibly small sums
you could take trams and trains all
over country.
Chinese Boycott Japan
[From the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Chinese resentment against the
surrender of Japan of the Kiao-
Chau territory and of the railroad
and other concessions which Ger
many extorted from the Peking gov
ernment twenty years ago is said to
have assumed the form of a boycott
on Japanese products which has al
ready extended to a number of the
principal cities in the country and
which threatens to become univer
sal. It will be interesting to see
how Japan handles the series situa
tion which will in that case be cre
ated.
Lord Will Be Magnified
And your eyes shall see, and ye
shall sa>\ the Lord will be mag
nified from the borders of Israel.
—Malachi 1, 5.
SOCIAL JUSTICE
[From the New York Times.]
Secretary Morrison of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor expressed
the view entertained by all sane rep
resentatives of American working
men when he denounced the crimes
of the bomb conspirators. A resort to
bombs by Russian Nihilists in the
days of autocracy may be under
stood, says Mr. Morrison, "but this
method can have no place in Ameri
can institutions." That is indisput
able. The attempt to assassinate
judges, public officials, or private
citizens by bombs is a crime of
alien origin and suggestion, for
which the assassinators can plead
not the slightest provocation through
injustice or a deniel of rights.
But when Mr. Morrison declares
that in the bomb outrages we are
"reaping the results of our immi
gration policy," his reasoning stands
in need of correction. The total ex
clusion of immigrants would no
doubt have kept out of the country
nearly all of the anarchists, Bolshe
vist, and I. W. W. disturbers of the
peace, from whose ranks the bomb
throwers have come. Mr. Morrison
would hardly have advocated that
extreme measure. But selective and
restrictive immigration is no safe
guard against the admission of un
desirables. The Dominion of Canada
has for years had the benefit of ad
mirable immigration laws, much
sounder than our own. The immi
gration commissioners were able to
pick and choose those they would
admit: they admitted most often
farmers and artisans of whom there
was need. They exeluded anarchists,
so far as they were able. Emma
Goldman upon one occasion was met
at the border and sent back to the
United States. But during the past
fortnight there have been general
strikes in a score of Canadian cities,
causing untold loss and disurbance.
Officers of the Dominion and Pro
vincial Governments declare that the
motives of these strikes in many
cases is not the betterment of labor
Value of Advertising
Francis H. Sisson, vice-president
of the Guaranty Trust Company, in
a speech at Chicago this week, dis
cussed the commanding influence of
advertising in the world's progress
and its value to the Nation during
the war. He said:
"There is a greater need to-day
than ever in the past for scientific
knowledge of commerce, distribu
tion, trade conditions, finance, econ
omics, psychology—in brief, all hu
man knowledge is in the advertising
profession.
"Our products will no longer sell
themselves abroad, as they did dur
ing the war.' The demand for them
then, which dire necessity created,
will not sustain itself; it must be
stimulated and kept alive by effec-/
tive advertising. |
"Advertising will assume an econ
omic importance that can scarcely be
exaggerated.
"All that we need do is to buy now,
build now—and advertising can do
more than any other one element to
impress that fact upon the American
public and to stir it to action.
"There lie before advertising and
advertising men not only the oppor
tunity for service and profit, but the
clear call to duty.
"Never before have our great
journals and periodicals enjoyed
such enormous circulations or been
so widely read.
"Advertising is on the threshold
of its golden age."
Haig and Haig Quit Trade
[From the London Telegraph.]
It was announced by W. D. Gra
ham Menzies, the chairman, at an
extraordinary general meeting of the
Distillers Company Limited, at Edin
burgh, that that firm has absorbed
the businesses of John Haig and
Company Limited, of Markinch, and
Preston's Liverpool. Distillery Lim
ited, Liverpool. The consideration
to be paid for the purchase of the
two businesses involved the issue of
10,000 ordinary and 4,000 preference
shares, and the shareholders in the
Distillers Company agreed to an in
crease of capital by £250,000 —mak-
ing a total of £2,500,000.
Sir Douglas Haig and his two sol
dier brothers—Lieut. Col. Oliver
Haig and Major John Haig—were
the principal holders in the old
established firm bearing their name.
Between them they possessed 10,-
996 out of 19,500 £lO shares, the
holding of the field marshal being
the smallest of the three. It was
stated that the partners were anxious
to be freed from their responsibili
ties.
conditions, but actually revolution,
the very thing our own bomb throw
ers are aiming at, save that the Can
adian method is not so violent and
cowardly. It is evident that restrict
ed immigration, even when as rigid
ly applied as in Canada, does not ex
clude all the enemies of society.
Mr. Morrison takes a sound Amer
ican position when, perhaps without
a full understanding of his own
words in their broad reach and im
port, he says:
But the question must be traced
back to it root and treated accord
ingly. Americanism must be more
than a shibboleth. It must mean ed
ucation, opportunity, and social jus
tice for all. We must vitalize our
declarations and our beliefs that in
justice has no place on American
soil. In this soil, bomb throwing will
wither and die.
Bomb throwing is in truth a mat
ter in which social justice is deeply
involved. We make bold to affirm
that the bomb throwers and their
kind have had too little social jus
tice, but we mean this in a way to
which these plotters of assassina
tion would never assent, with which
Mr. Morrison, we hope, would, after
all, agree. They should have been
put away or sent away, their plot
ting stopped long ago. So long as
they are allowed to preach and plan
the destruction of the Government
and of society, so long as they are
openly encouraged by miscalled "in
tellectuals" who maintain weekly
newspapers for the advocacy of
their doctrines, and eo long as the
Government treats them with sloppy
sentimental indulgence, giving them
free opportunity to translate their
fiery words into "direct action," the
whole body of sober-minded, respec
table. and law-abiding American
people are the victims of flagrant
social injustice. Public officials, prop
erty owners, all private citizens, the
whole decent population of the coun
try, have a right to be protected
against bomb throwers.
The Discovery of America
[From the Pele-Mele, Paris]
A schoolboy in London turned this
in as a composition on Christopher
Columbus:
Columbus was a man who could
make an egg stand on end without
crushing it. The King of Spain sent
for him and asked him:
"Can you discover America?"
"Yes," Columbus answered, "if you
will give me a boat."
He got his boat and sailed in the
direction: that he believed America
was. The sailors mutinied and in
sisted there was no such place as
America, but presently the pilot
came to him and said:
"Columbus, land Is in sight."
"Well, it's America," Columbus
said.
When the boat neared the shore
Columbus saw a group of natives.
"Is this America?" he asked them.
"Yes," the replied.
"I suppose you are Indians?" Co
lumbus went on.
"Yes," the chief answered, "and
are you Christopher Columbus?"
"I am."
The Indian chief turned then to
his companions and said:
"The jig is up. We are discovered
at last."
France Owes 40 Billion
[From the St. Paul Pioneer-Press]
French loans to other nations of
Europe have left the nation in a
week position in- some respects, for
the Russian and Turkish loans arc
not even paying interest.
The war has changed Franco from
a creditor nation to a debtor nation,
so far as present income is con--
cerned. Prior to the war Franco
had lent to other countries and in
dustrial enterprises outside of the
nation 8 billion dollars. Much of
this was to Russia, Bulgaria and
Turkey and these loans are yielding
no return to France to-day.
On the other hand France, from
August 1, 1914, to March 31, 1919,
has voted credits of $34,300,000 for
military and civil purposes. To-ady
France is obliged to raise not less
then 3*H billion dollars to pffy its
annual expenses. The total esti
mated debt of France is about 40
billion dollars, or about SI,OOO per
capita. The estimated public wealth
of France is a little less than $1,500
per capita.
France needs raw materials and
machinery at once if industry in that
country is to resume its earning and
producing capacity. Railroads and
canals need to be restored and re
paired. Only by large scale produc
tion can- the nation hope to solve
the pressing financial problems.
Entanglements or Freedom?
[From the Kansas City Star.]
How can America make its great
est contribution to the world's wel
fare? The President insists by mak
ing a formal agreement with Euro
pean and Asiatic powers under
which it binds itself to come to tlicir
defense in case they are threatened
by ' external aggression." The op
position believes that its greatest
contribution will come by develop
ing itself and taking part in foreign
affairs only when a great exigency
requires—as it did in 1917.
The one side holds to a formal
agreement—virtually an alliance; the
other to an informal understanding
that leaves America free from any
moral obligation to act unless it de
termines that its action is necessary.
These two conflicting theories will
come up shortly in connection with
the proposal to give some sort of a
formal guarantee of help to France
in the event of aPack by Germany.
As the form of the proposal has
not yet been disclosed by the Presi
dent it is possible to discuss it only
in general terms. But there Is this
feature to be considered. In the
nature of the case the United States
is bound to go to the help of France
in the event of another attempt by
Germany to overwhelm her. In a
way the French frontier is our fron
tier. But what would oe the effect
of furnishing France a hard and fast
guarantee?
Nobody in France to-day has the
slightest notion of aggression. All
the French people desire is protec
tion. But ten years hence suppose
an aggressive statesman should rise
up in France. Suppose at that time
Germany should still be crippled and
France should be the greatest mili
tary power on the continent. With
a formal promise of help from the
United States it is possible to con
ceive such a statesman emboldened
to attempt to maneuver Germany
into an attitude of aggression. Then
he could call on? this country for
help under the agreement. He
might figure that with such backing
his country could not possibly lose.
Such a temptation would be lack
ing if the United States should main
tain its traditional freedom of ac
tion. In that event any French
leader would know that there would
have to be a tremendous clear case
of German aggression before France
could count on America's aid.
Possibly the French government to
be proposed by President Wilson may
avoid this danger. But the situation
suggested certainly is Involved in
Article X of the covenant, and illus
trates the menace to which such
agreements give rise.
The United States has given a
spectacular demonstration that it will
intervene in European affairs if a
great issue is at stake. If it main
tains its preparedness it will be in a
position to use its influence in an
emergency to keep the peace. But it
cannot afford to become what Roose
velt called an international Meddle
some Matty.
Names We Smile At
[From Answers, London.]
"If a party had a voice," to quote
an unkind rhyme, "what mortal
would be Bugg by choice?" And
yet the pioneer Bugg was a man of
substance, who dwelt In a manor
house, from which he derived his
name. The first Coward was no pol
troon, but a cowherd, who tended
his cattle; just-as the first Rascal
was no knave, but a man who prob
ably bore some resemblance to a
lean stag or rascal; and the original
Snooks hailed from Sevenoaks,
whose corrupted name he bore.
I Hobsor.-, a name at which some af-
I feet to scoff, is as venerable as it is
respectable, for we read of a Lewrie
Hpbbesune, a Suffolk landowner, in
the days of Edward the Confessor;
and the Buggins and Boggs, if they
did not come over with the Con
queror, at least came over with some
of his race.
Gotobed is no name to smile at, for
it is a variant of Cuthbert, which
means "war-bright," and the first
Gotobed was probably a warrior of
fame. Mlggs is a synonym for
"strength;" and Wildgoose signifies
a "resolute hostage." Devil is merely
De Ville of honorable French an
cestery, and bears no relationship to
Hellman, whose ancestor was a
Heller, or roofmaker, and probably
a good Christian.
LOVE
Love is such a strange thing,
It comes in homely guise;
And yet unto a simple man-
It gives both tongue and eyes.
Love is such a strange thing.
It builds the world anew—
How few there are who know it
How very, very few!
—Willard Wattles in the Independent
(Nnr York). ,
lEtonfttg (Effat
The recent ceremonial session of
Zembo Temple, Ancient Arabic Or
der Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, has
resulted in many enconlums for the
ability of the Shrlners' Patrol, of
which Frank H. Hoy, Jr., is the cap
tain. Illustrious Potentate Joseph N.
Mackrell, of Syria Temple. Pitts
burgh, one of the largest bodies of
Shrlners in North America, was
heard complimenting Mr. Hoy and
his patrol yesterday in the House of
Representatives to some visiting
Shrlners. "Zembo's Patrol is the
best I have ever seen," said the
Ptttsburgher. Its work at the re
cent ceremonial session was marvel
ous and Captain Hoy and Poten
tate Covert are indeed entitled to
praise and commendation. The
movements executed by the Patrol
were intricate and beautiful; with
out fuss or noise and like a well
oiled machine. Captain Hoy is in
a class by himself and is a credit to
Shrirvedom and Zembo. In Pitts
burgh I have a wonderful patrol
which excels along other lines and
our Captain Jim Hill Is also a marvel
but what Harrisburg and the sur
rounding Shrine jurisdiction should
realize is that they are entitled to
toot their horn on their patrol. It
adds to the glory of Harrisburg and
is a real municipal asset." Poten
tates Covert, Mackrell and thousands
i of Shrlners will be at the Indiana
polis imperial council session next
week.
• • •
Pictorial Illustrations of Harris
burg are more and more appreciated
as the artistic treatment of the many
features which make the city at
tractive are developed. Albert M.
Hamer, the former secretary of the
Mayor, has compiled a most interest
ing and creditable booklet with his
toric facts, concrete information
about the new Harrisburg and many
beautiful colored views of places of
Interest. Every publication of this
sort is a further stimulus for going
forward in the lines of development
that have given Harrisburg its uni
que place among municipalities.
One of these views which is par
ticularly striking is a night picture
of the River Front and the Capitol
in the background from Fort Wash
ington. Which is another reminder
of the fact that Harrisburg people
are still more or less unconscious of
the picturesque and beautiful en
vironment of the city. Our visitors
thrill with admiration of the natural
scenery, the River Front and all
that goes to make Harrisburg so
delightful, but many of our own
people are prone to regard the many
beauties of the old town as a matter
of course.
• • •
It is probable that the appropria
tion bills carrying the funds for the
start of the big plans for improve
ment of Capitol Park will be re
ported to the House mext week.
There is no doubt about enough
funds to make a substantial start
not only on the new office buildings,
but on the memorial bridge, the for
mal entrance at Third and State
streets and the landscaping as well.
Various rumors have been heard,
but Governor Sproul said yesterday
that the bills would be reported out.
The Governor has been giving per
sonal attention to these bills.
• • •
The Telegraph has received a copy
of a Memorial Ode sung at the Dec
oration Day exercises at Taneytown,
N. Y., last Friday. It was written
by the Rev. Seth Russell Downle, a
native of Harrisburg. and well
known throughout central Pennsyl
vania. The Rev. Mr. Downie, who
has written many poems and songs,
some of which have received wide
publication, is now pastor of a large
Presbyterian congregation at Taney
town. His ode follows:
"They are not dead
Who die—
They merely slumber.
In mossy bed
They lie—
A host In number.
As heroes when the battle's done.
As workmen ere the day's begun.
As children when the play has
ceased,
As flowers in the snow's embrace.
As huntsmen after weary chase.
As sufferers from much pain re
leased.
As dawn's calm ere the rising sun-
So rest they when life's race ia
won.
In mossy bed
They lie—
A host in number;
They are not dead
Who die —
They cnly slnmber."
• • •
If there is any one problem
which is giving men in charge of
highways real concern nowadays it
is detours or routes to go around
an improvement. There are hun
dreds of improvements under way
on the roads of the State at present
and in many instances they are of a
nature which makes the road im
passable. Pennsylvania's road sys
tem just grew. It was never laid
out with regard for detours. It ap
pears, from the statements of men
who have studied it, to have been
evolved from necessity and pull.
But be that as it may, there are
some detours being laid out now
not very far from Harrisburg which
will call for much exercise of
patience. The average highway in
Dauphin and Cumberland counties
has not thrived under township
management and the passing from a
State highway well maintained to
an indifferent dirt road is causing
people to make complaints which
show that only feelings but springs
have been involved.
• • •
| DO YQU KNOW
—Colonel George Nox McCain, the
lecturer who was here this week,
intends to write some political
reminiscences for the Philadelphia
Evening Ledger.
—Adjutant General Frank D.
Beary is home from Philadelphia
where he has been looking after men
of the 79th Division.
—Colonel Edward Martin, com
missioner of health, will attend the
Swarthmore commencement next
—Senator William E. Crow, the
Republican State chairman, says he
is a farmer and has fine crops on
his farm in Fayette county to prove
it.
1 WELL KNOVN PEOPLE 1
—That Harrisburg machin
ery is used In Navy yard
plants?
HISTORIC HARRISBURG
—President Taylor was the first
president to speak in the old State
House in this city.