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SATURDAY. JUNE 17. 1914.
If Real Americanism Is
the Campaign Issue, Let’s
f Consider This Big Speech
' :
fr* ••There is nothing that the United
wants, that it has to get by war.”
paid President Wilson in his address to
rptie graduating class at West Point.
| V "But/* he continued, “the United
: States has to see that its life is not in
terfered with by any one else who wants
Something.”
gj And the man who has just been re
nominated by his party for a second
term in the presidency, said also:
"You know that the thing in which
f:omr forefathers took pride was this,
Ipfeftt the civil power is superior to the
Mpflitary power in the United States,
pfconee the president was made command-
I'm Mn-chief of the army, whether he had
Efcoop a military man or not
ideals of this country are peace,
■pbifty. the rights of men, and it is these
ptteals which we are preparing to defend,
litaxild any country attempt to take them
iteom us.”
£)r These are moderate words which
§-|oMHiid carry no terror to the pacifist,
IWosrided they are interpreted by a cool
ptend and a sound heart; and. since the
Ufshicago convention, we are confirmed in
Lmnr belief that the majority of Ameri
■jteM are blessed with these two essen-
Hpteariam, which carried away a few
HpteHm possessed, perhaps, by an over-
MMndance of animal spirits, met its
pnlMdoo when it appeared, leaderless,
the Chicago convention which,
told, was a “fair representation
Bjf the people of this country.”
f that historic gathering this fair
representation emphatically refused to
| >md Itself to the militaristic propaganda.
were two deaths in that memo- }
Kbbh week.
I- One the Progressive party, and the
L ather the militant jingoism which wish
to foist upon this country an arbi-
compulsory service entirely in-
Bg&ompatible with every principle in the
Hunerican constitution.”
| genuine American cannot believe
Pln militarism,” said Mr. Wilson; and, per
iLhsps, therein lies the germ of real
Kjhmaricanism.
EAn Organization Formed
I To Uplift Itself, Doing
I Big Work For Humanity
K mmmmmrnmmmmmm
I; I «7fot to uplift the Ignorant and the poor, but
Bte.ayitft ouraelvea ao that we may create an
BgpyflMUnent that will permit every one to rise
B|teear than uplifted level." is the object of the
iflPtetlMaitarlan Cult, an association, without or
with headquarters at 1790 Broadway.
BjlaMr Tort
Is ■ It Is composed of 75,000 members.
Rt This is a very healthy idea to begin with.
R-/> Kofreehlni after the usual smug patronage
v'ttfMsh accompanies most "humanitarian" effort.
HKaother revivifying thing about It is that It is
■ugßtlnrty free from financial considerations.
ml Somebody backs It, no one knows who, and
Bjsbtre are no dues nor "free offerings *’
g k.|B fact the basket and plate arc absent at its
;r w There are no officers and the noted "400" are
|B,Mt excluded from membership on account nf
Ekthetr unfortunate incomes.
Pfiy'Tfcaia la no snobbery of class in this roller
mMm Os people who even recognise the fart that
BTlhe Heh may have hearts and souls and be
Kwprtfcy of respect.
Rfcrery om 1-. ttw cui* Vcomes so voi-
HteMarlly. and his remuneration Is the satisfac
Mttotf he derives from his work.
KEMpto givers are supposed to he grateful to the
for the opportunity of sharing With
Hgpjßl their own good fortune.
Sktli only qualification nerr*sar> for member
Hp|lp to • desire to be “just human." nn<l of
Hte*Me BMlstance to our fellow man.
' uamea of members are published nor ac
Bmp* applicants for assistance.
Pm * ..
1 Mtr# to April, eoo: persons had been "relieved,"
9mm or other, hy the Colt.
hod boon found for 283, exconvicts
had been helped, drunkards had beec assist' and
to their feet.
Nearly all were found to be victims of faulty
economic environment.
If a member feels able and requests it, an
unfortunate person is sent to him to care for.
A small magazine is published and sent to
members which includes applicants for *ork.
legislative suggestions, copies of resolutions and
letters sent to various persons regarding im
portant public measures and an editorial sec
tion. The editorial in the last number dealt
with prison reform.
Lectures are constantly given by this group
of associated spirits, the leading humanitarians
of the day being the speakers.
Concerts are also part of their entertainment,
metropolitan artists having responded gener
ously.
The guests of the Cult at these entertainments
include some of the best known men and wo
men in public life, from municipal officials to
the heads of all philanthropies, university pro
lessors, labor leaders, churchmen, lawyers and
doctors.
A gold medal has been designed by the well
known artist, Henry Mosler. and it will be
awarded, yearly, to the person rendering the
greatest service to humanity.
On its corners are inscribed the words Love,
Equality, Liberty and Justice.
Misha Appelbaum is the editor of the maga
zine and executive head of the Humanitarian
Cult.
His address is the headquarters.
A Few Words to Girls
On the Summer Masher
It's his "scenery,” little girl, it’s his stage
clothes and manners which make the summer j
masher dangerous.
You call him “swell’* and "polite."
Ferhaps you are too young to recognize a fake
Then follow that precious book of etiquet !
• which all girls love.
There’s a lot of sanity in some rules of good ,
form.
There’s "safety first" in the one which states I
that it is always a girl's privilege to speak to a
man first whenever the two meet.
This convention is the product of human ex ;
! perience; k belongs to the formal codes of all
civilized nations: it was made by men them |
selves for the protection of the women and girls
of their own tribes or families.
And it is just as valuable a law today as It j
ever was in ancient times in oriental lands.
Every decent man observes it. Ask your
brother. If you have none, ask your girl chum’s
brother.
They will tell you that it’s a common vulgar
insult for a strange man to say to a good girl,
"Beg pardon, where have we met before?"
If there is any ’’recognizing" to be done, it’s
the girl's privilege to begin it.
The rad with the movie hero bow who stops
young girls on the street has no more soul than
a shadow picture on a glass screen.
By speaking to you, little girl, he has picked
you as "easy "
By replying to him, you accept his atten
tion as flattery instead of as an insult.
So don't appear interested, apologetic, super
:ilious or indignant.
Don't say anything!
In place of a soul the creature has vanity.
The only way to humble him is by not seeing
his fancy clothes and manners.
Colorful Farming.
Going back to the farm may some day prove
a less joyful experience than one anticipates.
A farm, it appears, can be adapted to the
rules of decorative art.
Recently an Indiana man outlined the new
thought on the artistic side of farming.
He described Ma own success.
His big barns and outbuildings are all paintml
yellow, with white trimmings: the farmhouse
is painted white, with yellow trimmings; the
cattle have the same yellow color, being Guern
seys; not a horse is used except he is yellow
with a white mark on his head and white feet ; i
the shepherd dog is yellow, with a white band i
around his neck; there are yellow-colored chick ]
ens nnd yellow-colored squirrels.
And it's a safe bet that the dandelions and
buttercups and mustard in his fields are always
yellow and that the squash blossoms and the
golden sweets and the pumpkins fit his modest
color scheme to perfection.
But how appallingly different results might
be If one of our leading agriculturists with
money to spend for paint were to develop strong
furturlst or cubist tendencies.
Fortunately, the dye situation has taken most
of the color out of paint so that Bakst effects
in farming are necessarily postponed.
From Another Point ot View
- |
A friend M. D. wants us to ask the
man who criticises doctors’ bills if he
thinks the doctors are in business for
their health.
• • *
The doctors have departed and next on
the program is something on a Masonic
order.
• • •
No woman has ever died in the electric
chair. There seems to be some little op
position, too, to volts for women.
• • •
They put Buffalo off here this morning.
• • •
It was somewhat appropriate weather
for those floats.
• * •
WHEN IT IS HER TURN
He—" Will you be mine?”
She—^"Pentonally I am agreeable, but you
will have to wait until my precinct votes
on it."
• • •
Remains to be seen whether a parading
president can win in a walk.
• • •
Still there is nothing more American
istic Mr. Hughes can do unless he enlists.
• * *
Hyphen gets Hail Columbia in the St.
'..ouis platform; syphon, as usual, let off
easy.
• * •
Her poor health dated from the time
she stood in the rain watching the Good
Health parade.
* • •
ODD NAME CONTEST
Town* retrieved from the Polk Gazetteer*,
that ahnuld ault the relfgiounly inclined:
Paraon, Ky.
Old Miaalon, Mlrh.
Lebanon Church, Va.
Kirk. Ala.
Sexton, lowa.
I —F. W. F.
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THE NEXT GENERATION
BY H. ADDINGTON BRUCK
Author of ‘Th# Riddle of Personality,** "Psychology and Parenthood." etc.
The world is constantly becoming
a better place in which to live. It
Is becoming better because the
people In it are all the time grow
ing wiser, more brotherly, more hu
mane.
This is a statement some persons
will be tempted to dispute. They
are the persons who lament the
passing of what they are pleased to
call “the good old times."
In reality the good old times were
times of hardness and brutality
from which we are happily becom
ing more and more free. In order
to appreciate this one has only to
read attentively the history of by
gone epochs.
Perhaps nothing brings out more
vividly the actual contrast between
past and present than the record of
the wav in which children used to
be treated
To be sure, even today the treat
ment of the next generation is not
always what it ought to be. But It
is incomparably better than that of
other days.
Os this I was recently reminded
when there came into my hands
George Henry Payne's unusual book.
“The Child In Human Progress." I
warmly commend Mr. Payne's book
♦ o the attention of my readers, and
especially to those who may be
under the impression that the world
Is eoing backward.
The story of what happened to
children In the good old times, as
told In this hook, makes pathetic
reading. Ps one redeeming feature
Is that it is a story of gradual im
provement from century to century.
Decidedly we are far removed
from the days when, in the "glori
ous" civilization of Greece and
Rome, children by thousands were
left by th* roadside to perish, were
sold into slavery, and even were
mutilated to make them more valu
able as beggars.
We are far removed from the
The Keep Well Column
HOOKWORM DISEASE.
Could you make a living If your
phyalcal and mental strength wero
cut in half?
th.
aotifhem atates. It ia cauaed hy a
little worm that ia ahaped like a
hook Hence it* name.
The hookworm la only half an
Inrb long and about a* large a* * No
8" sewing cotton. It lives by suck
ing blood from the Internal organ*
of a human being and It soon per
ishes outside the body. It 1* so
small that the amount of blood It
might stick would seem to he a
trifle But when there may he, a«
often there are. hundreds and even
thousands of the worms In the body,
the loss of blood Is very serious
But fhi* loss la not all. To make the
blood more fluid and easier to suck,
the hookworm pours into the blood
a constant stream of j»oison and. at
the same time I* steadily making
minute sore* on the organs it has
attached it salt ty. \
cruelties practiced on children in
mediaeval Europe. And our treat
ment of children today Is a tremen
dous advance over that recorded by
Mr. Payne as being of common oc
currence less than half a century
ago.
The truth ts that mankind has
been steadily developing a keener
social consciousness. With this
there has come a gradual shedding
of that extreme individualism which
involves absolute disregard of the
rights and welfare of others.
More and more the human race
has been coming to realize that a
man's children are not his property,
but have rights of their own. and
apart from this should be protected
from maltreatment since they arc
assets of the nation In which they
happen to be born.
Hence the organization of child
saving societies, and the enactment
of child saving laws, to compel those
who persist In extreme individual
ism to get into line with the better
sentiment of their fellows.
There still is, alas, much to he
done in this respect. The exploit*
ing of children, even by their own
parents, still is a noticeable fact.
But it Is a fact much less in evi
dence than was formerly the case
The rights of the next generation
are year by year being more sedu
lously conserved.
This is as it must be. not only
for the «ake of the little ones, but
for the betterment of the nation in
years to come.
Just picture to yourself the en
ergy. the vigor, the power gone to
waste by reason of the Ignorance
and cruelty so rampant In those
"good old times” which the thought
less mourn.
Chile win send an official com
mission to the United States to
make a thorough study of agricul
tural and industrial hydraulics.
The effect* of a large number
of hookworm* in the system is
shown chiefly In the blood This
becomes thin and watery, loses It*
normal red, become* almost color
le*s and cannot sustain the body.
The result is extreme pallor, the
skin assumes a pasty, tallow-yellow
hue and ia rough and deeply lined
In severe cases the hair 1s coarse
and dry. the face swollen and puffy
•lie abdomen and often the feet and
legs, may he enlarged, the mind l
dull and the victim Is slow to un
derstand and to reply to questions
This may go on until the patient is
bedridden or unable to work
While hookworm I* a dlaease to
be dreaded it Is easily cured now.
All that ha* to be done is to drive
the worms from the system and
the patient will get well of himself
The most successful treatment is
thymol. This Is a gum with a pun
gent, pleasant odor obtained from
the flowering ahrub thyme which
was grown in alt oldtime garden*.
This remedy la given by mouth
and tinder normal conditions has
no ill effe. t on the patient.
Do you know that a stuffy room
la the genu's best ally?
r—By Webster.
Dream Robber’s Novel Gun.
A dream has brought millions to
many an inventor. Some of the
finest things in literature were in
spired by a vision which came dur
ing sleep. So do not be too hasty
in your Judgment of the following
account related by a man who at
tended a party and ate Welsh rare
bit later than 11 o’clock:
"I had made a big cleaaing,” he
said, "and under my pillow there
was a stake of several hundred dol
lars. I had a premonition that a
burglar would come during the
night, so provided what I consid
ered ample protection. Besides an
automatic, which 1 laid near my
head on the pillow. I leaned a
sawed-off shotgun against the bed.
"There was but one entrance to
my room. That was through a door
which opened outside. I turned off
my lights and went to bed. but did
not close my eyes l watched that
door. I could a-e far out on the
landscape, which was bathed in
moonlight. 1 was sure that the
burglar would appear soon, and 1
was ready As soon as he entered
the door I would begin to shoot. 1
could not miss. He would be be
tween me and the light. I thought
it over and planned every detail
and then, in all calmness, went over
it again. The horror of murder
never occurred to me. I would he
protecting my life and property.
"Hazing so intently at the door
and concentrating on my plan must
have hypnotized me. for with a
start I awoke to discover the rob
!>er standing at the foot of my bed
A gun which must have been about
two feet long was leveled at my
head. It was much larger than any
revolver I ever saw. But it. was
different in another way. Under the
cartridge chamber was a small al
cohol lamp burning.
"'Don’t move,’ he commanded;
then pointing to his gun he ex
plained briefly: ’The shells In this
gun are redhot. WTien I touch a se
cret release the machine will com
mence firing a stream of molten
lead. I advise you to make no re
sistance’
"I put up my hands and he took
all the money from under my pillow
and hacked out the door, the green
flame of his machine's alcohol flame
casting a sapphire light over the un
masked burglar’s features. I did
not move for a long time after he
disappeared.*’
The dreamer is willing for any
ambitious Inventor to perfect the
Idea He is not of a mechanical
turn of mind.
Price of War Medata.
One somehow thinks of war med
als as priceless, treasured always,
either by the gallant recipient or
by his deseendanta. as the most
precious of heirlooms Yet In a re
cent hook. "War Medals and Their
History.” by W. A Steward, a chap
ter Is devoted to "Sale Prices" of
these tributes to heroism. Auction
prices of Waterloo medals varv
from $7 SO to f 100; a gold medal of
the Peninaular war brought ss7f»,
while a tin medal won at Seringa
pat am realized only $5; Trafalgar
medals vary from 17 SO tn $1,225;
Victoria crosses are high from
$215 to s<U,o.
Every misery you miss Is a bless
ing
SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1916
Tht Daily Reminder
rOUAV’I ANNIVERSARIES.
1671—Juliet reached the Mississippi
River.
1703—John Weeley, the founder of
Methudlam, born at Knworth. kng
land Died March 3. I*9l.
1775—Battle of Bunker Hill, the
flrat notable engagement of the
American Revolution
18.‘6 Cornerstone laid for the
Bunker Hill Monument.
1535—First steamboat arrived tn
the port of Milwaukee.
IM3—Great celebration In Boston
In honor of the completion of the
Bunker Hill Monument.
ISso—Republican national conven
tion nominated Lincoln for president.
18(8 —Gen. Lewie Cass, celebrated
sold\-r * nd statesman died In De
troit Born at Kxeter. N. 11. Oct. •.
17*3.
19(9—European end of the French
Atlantic cable was laid at Brett.
1875 Boston held a great celebra
tion of the centennial of the battle
of Bunker Hill.
1891—A monument to Confederate
soldiers was unveiled at Pensacola,
the first to give monumental honors
to Jefferson Davis
1834—William Walter Phelps, noted
diplomatist, died at Englewood. N. J
Born In New Tork city. Aug 24.
1839
1895 -Harlem Ship Canal, New
Tork city, waa opened with cere
montea.
I*9B—United States senate passed
a Joint resolution for the annexation
of Hawaii.
1903 -The national Irrigation law
was passed by Congress
ONE TEAR ACiO TODAY IN THE
WAR.
Italians scaled Alpine heights and
captured Austrian strongholds
Berlin reported Itusslsns retreat
ins: from northern Galicia into Pol
and.
Austrians stormed west part of
flredek. one of Lemherg a main de
fenses.
Lieut Warneford. Canadian aviator
who blew a Zeppelin to pieces tn the
air. killed in test flight
French gained in desperate battle
north of Arras, where more than
390.000 men were fighting In narrow
limits.
TOD A A'A BIItTMP AAA.
Sir William Crookes, famous chetu
Ist and one of the world's authorities
on physical research, born in Isondcn
84 years ago today
Adolphus Frederick, the reigning
(Iran I Duke us Mecklenburg-rtre.
litx. born 34 >eais ago today.
Edward J Rerwmd. one of Amer
icas most influential capitalists, born
in Philadelphia. (9 years ago today
Robert f Collier. New York edffor
and publisher, born in New York
cltv. 40 years ago today
Dr Konstantin Theodor Dumbs,
former ambassador from Austria-
Hungary to the i'n ted StatS* bSTI
in Vienna. (0 vears sgo today
J. Wilbur Chapman, widely known
clergyman and evangelist, born st
Richmond, fnd . .">7 v»»rs ago tod*'
Tommy Bums tMooli Brusso), •
mer ehampbM heavyweight pugilist,
born in Hanover, Canada, 35 years
ago today
Philip R Douglas, former pitcher
for the Brooklyn Nationals, nor* wijh
the St Paul American association
baseball team, born at Cedartflwn,
Ga 28 years ago today.
A Poem a Day
PERSEVKB ANTE
A swallow in the spring
Came to our granary, and neath th»
e»ve*
Essayed to make a nest, and there
did t>rlng
Wet earth and straw and leaves
Day after day she tolled
With patient srt. but ere her work
was crowned.
Some ssd mishsp the tiny fabric
ipolltd.
And dashed it to the ground.
She found It ruin wrought.
But. not cast down, forth from the
plac* she flew.
And with her. mate fresh earth and
grasses brought
And built her nest anew
But scarcely had she placed
Th» ia*t soft feather on Its ample
floor.
When wicked hand, or chance, again
laid waste
And wrought the ruin o’er.
But still her heart she kept.
And toiled again—and last night,
hearing calls
I looked -and lof three swallows
slept
Within the earth-made walls
What truth Is here. O man*
Hath hope been smitten In ifs early
-Is # n ?
Have clouds o'ercaat thy purpose,
trust, or plan*
Have faith, and struggle on'
—R. ft. f* Andros.
Pointed Paragraphs
Ixive may not be blind, but if*
awfully nearsighted.
Health may be wealth, but you
can’t make a doctor believe it
Owing to Its crookedness the let
ter 8 is frequently In distress.
The worst evil we have to con
tend with in the world la Insin
cerity.
Man’s greed for gold was prob
ably the original germ of yellow
fever.
The Jovial spirituallat might be
appropriately termed a happy me
dium
Adversity brings a good man out
especially at the kneea and el
bows.
Public office is a coat whten every
man imagines is a mlatlt on the
bark of others.
It pays to be a heathen at times —
especially when there is a collec
tion being taken up for him.
A small boy’s idea of forgiving
an Injury Inflicted by another boy Is
to lick him first and forgive hliu
afterward.
When you see a man trying to
convince his shadow that it is im
proper to follow a gentleman, It’a a
sign that prohibition lan’t altogeth
er a success.
The Old Gardener Says
That the early flowering shrubs
should be trimmed as soon as
they have ceased blooming, if
they need any cutting. The
common but wholly wrong way
to trim ta to go around and nip
off the ends of the branches. Th"
right way is to cut out all the
worn-out atalks Just where they
come out of the ground, thus
giving the young wood a better
chance. And the reason for
trimming now la that these early
blooming shrubs will soon begin
to make their buds for ncx’
year.
Not All Bud.
BY OR. FR.NK CRANE
(Copyright. 1915, by Prank Crane)
Few celebrated cases have shocked the
public more than that of I)r. Arthur
Warren Waite, who was recently con
victed in New York for poisoning his
mother-in-law and father-in-law.
His lawyers set up a plea for “moral
insanity," on the grounds that no man
could have been guilty of such a revolt
ing crime, unless he were crazy. The
jury, however, promptly brushed aside
this excuse.
The accused himself took no part in
trying to establish his insanity. In fact,
the most remarkable element in this af
fair was the simple, downright, and open
nature of his acknowledgment of guilt.
He said, in substance: “Yes, I mur
dered them. I am not crazy. I knew
what I was doing. There’s nothing the
matter with me except that I am just
bad. I wanted money. I wanted the
things money can buy, all those luxuries
for which men go to the devil. I got
caught. I am willing to pay the penalty.
Go ahead and execute me. And get it
over as soon as possible."
Dr. Waite may have Ijeen a weakling
and a pervert all his life, he may have
been a most reprehensible villain, butTe
illustrates the truth that every one, no
matter how low, has in him some trait
of nobleness. You cannot help admiring
a man who owns up and takes his medi
cine.
The most disgusting thing about the
usual criminal is his sniveling, squirm
ing. and writhing to escape his just pun
ishment. Generally everything and every
body are blamed, same himself. It was
heredity, it was environment, I was
drunk or had a brainstorm, or it was so
ciety’s fault, or my mother's, or some
microbe’s.
Asa rule, also, the offender when the
noose is about his neck wallows in self
pity-
‘There is nothing of .all this in Dr.
Waite. Nothing in his life becomes him
like his taking off.
His confession was so straight, clean,
and unwhimpering, that small wonder we
thought him crazy. “In the country of
the blind the one-eyed man is king.”
He sinned like a cur, but at least he
pays for it like a man.
The candor of his avowal has in it
some flavor of redemption. It bums like
a bright flower in the swamp-bed of his
life.
Doubtless he was a villain, hut his final
gesture is refreshing. I here must be
something manly th<**e.
The stores of divine mercy can not
be measured, and when he stands before
the Judgment Seat on high who shall say
that this last chapter of courage has nnt
done something which, to the mind of
the All-pitying, shall mitigate to some
degree the distressful story of his wasted
life?
Another wastrel, who happened to be
a poet, who livefl long ago, one Master
Francois Villon of Paris, expecting U> be
hanged with five of his companions*
wrote:
Brother* that after up on life remain,
Harden your hearts against up not bp atone;
For. if to pity ua poor v ighta you ra fain,
God phall the rather grant you bemson.
You see up pix the gibbet hereupon;
j,et nom- make merry of our piteous raae;
The rather pray, Hod grant ua of Hlp grace!
A PROGRAM OF WORLD PEACE
Samuel Harden Church, a briliianr publicist,
asks if there Ip not in all the world one "great
impassioned voice of authority to be lifted
ag:iin*t the terrific (daughter now going on in
Europe?" In an article published by the New
York Times, he gives a bit of the history of the
United State* in its peacemaking capacity and
claims that the United States is not now living
up to its duty to humanity. If should he work
ing for the end of war. Ho says:
"This Is where vision, authority and leadership
arc required. The first step in imperative peace
intervention must he a program, so broad that
it will cover the whole ground of the conflict,
to bo submitted to all belligerents, and. when
revised and adopted, to be signed by all the gov
ernmenta In Europe and America.
lie submits a program which he believe* would
be successful, as follows:
I. CD,many t<. withdraw her armies from
Franco, and nay ha'-k to f ranee the blllloo
(tollnrs she ox*cto<| In 1 8,1.
* Germany t<> withdraw her *rmk* /mm
Hole mm M paying all sums exacted during
her occupation. »*nd in addition thereto, pay
to Belgium I .'rOfl.OOf 000
8 The German colonies taken from Ger
many to he restored.
4 Poland to h reconstructed as a re
public, with a piesld'-nl elected on manhood
suffrage, entirely Independent of Germany,
Austria and Russia
5. Alsace and l*nrr«lne to he reconstruct
ed as <*ne republic, with an elected presi
dent Independent of (let many and France.
8 The Balkan Htatr* to bo confederated
under a constitution like that of the Fnlted
States, with an elected president, her king*
departing, and her territory to include, a*
one of thoae states, the domain of tha Turk
ish empire In Europe
7. The freedom of the Jews and the equal
ity of ail races In civil and religious rights
to be mutually effected throughout the world.
8. No ruler, or anv im niher of his family,
to wear a military unlfoim. nr be eligible sos
service in the army in times of peace
9 All military establishments, armies and
navies combined, to he reduced to a basis not
exceeding three to each l.ilflu of population.
Naval flonat ruction for 20 years not to exceed
the malwt* nance of the present standard
|rt A high court of Justice to he estab
lish'd at The Hague, ~f which every nation
of the woild of l.nfto.ftno or more ahall have
one memh»r and one additional member for
evei pi.ruin two of population. Nation* of
leas than l.nM.tMKi to combine with other
small nations In securing a member. The
n.tiil to have complete and final Judgment
over all questions which cannot h* settled
by direct negotiation. Including territory,
honor, and vital Intereats. Its daerwea to bs
enforced by the strength of aIL