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A FOUR-YEAR PROGRAM FOR
PHILADELPHIA
Thine on which the people expect
the new odmlnletratlon to concen
trate It attention!
The Delaware river bridge.
A drpdoek big enough to accommo
date the largest ships.
Development of the rupfd frattaH sys
tem, A convention hall.
A building lor the Free Library.
AiijArt Jxtueum.
Enlargement of the water supply.
Homes to accommodate the popula
tion. i.
DETROIT: A SYMBOL
ONE of the intcrestiue developments
of the year is the spirit of feverish
rivalry between industrial communities
anxious to Ret ahead of their neighbors
In the census tables. Detroiters will be
Immensely pleased at the knowledge
that they have forged up to fourth place
among American cities. They have a
right to feel triumphant.
Detroit is iu its way a symbol of
Industrial America, a sign of what en
ergy, organization and vitality can yet
do in this youthful laud. Hut it is
necessary to remember that there is
another side of the picture. Detroit
drew heavily on nome of the richest
agricultural land iu the world and de
nuded much of it with the constant de
mand for labor. So did other cities
reacting to the stimulus of war. Purms
everywhere are short-handed. Crops
in general are below normal. A decline
of energy and resources is felt in all
agricultural areas. Labor has gone to
the cities and no one knows how or
when it will be replaced.
Immigration lias slnckened. Many
fleople of foreign birth are outward
bound for home. Thej made plenty of
money and they can afford to travel iu
search of friends or old associations.
Tho farms have neier lieeu able to
. depend to any considerable degree on
.orcigu labor becau.se foreigners stop nt
the cities, where thy believe tho most
money is to be made. Doubtless a new
tide of immigration will turn toward
the Unitcl States, and when it does
an organized effort ought to be made to
direct it toward the farms. Some Mich
plan was always ncoosnrj . .Now it Is
imperative.
BAITING THE STORK
THE storks that traditionally hover
over Strasbourg t'athedral may be
tmpted to seek new aeries when they
learn of the amiable incentive to domes
tic felicity authorized by a St. Joseph
builder.
In that pleasant Misouri town
sometimes described as a Philadelphia
of the "West rows of dwellings are to
be erected available to newly married
couples. If, at the expiration of n year,
there are no increases In families, the
tenants will be forced .to vacate.
If the population increases, rent for
one month will be returned. After this
no stork with a responsible sense of
civilization would hesitate. It is,
however, the somewhat prevalent cyni
cism and whimsicality of thevo interest
ing birds which still slightly beclouds
an otherwise model program.
SPANISH HONOR
A GALLANT tight, gallantly, honor
ably fought, outlives the stum' of
defeat. It was so in the South, where
the present generation at h-a-t could ill
forgo the poetic entimeiitnlNm of the
lost cause It is evidently o in Spain.
where a movement is now under waj
to commemorate with an imposing mon
ument the tragi"- heroism of Manila
Day nnd Santiago
That the memorial to f'ervera, Mon
tljo and their comrades i to be erected,
probably in the form of a1 lighthouse!
near Cupe Trafalgar, whurn Spain suc
cumbed to one of the most crushing
blows in all naval history, only serves
io accent the not.' of manlj chivalry
In the undertaking. It is the generul
Terdict of history that the Spanish navy
ittruggled for outmoded principles both
against Nelson and iigamst D.-wey und
Hampson and Schley, hut there is not
the scintilla of a stain upon her sin
cerity or her methods of combat
A tristful glorv will enshrine the new
memorial. The world will respect its
tnraniug. from which cen now much
of the acute bitterness h departed.
What remains of decency )n Ccrmanr
today must euvj Spain. Scapu Flow
Inspires neither a pillar nor u poem.
NATIONALIZED EDUCATION?
IT IS highly probable that the school
survey now being made in this tute
by Doctor Kinegan and similar Investi
gations being carried on elsewhere will
prove the Justice and wisdom of t,P
views expressed liv Dr. Frank K.
Spauldtng, of Vnle, in an address to the
graduating class at Temple University.
It Is true, ns Doctor Spanieling miK.
gesttd, that the educational system of
tho country Is loosely organized ; thnt
It Is a welter of unrelated und ineflicient
units, nnd that it functions Inefficiently
In most places und falls In many. The
schools need more than money. They
need enlightened and scientific direction
and a universal standard. If we arc to
continue to regard education as the
best defensive system nnd enlightened
puliUcJuiiiiilon us Die surest support of
free Institutions, then It Is necessary
to admit that nil neonlo ought to be
concerned about tho sort of training
that Is provided In public schools every
where iu tho country.
Ccrtnlnly It is not pleasnnt to sec
the increasing drift of children Into pri
vate schools nnd n .lual decline of
the schools maintained for the majority
Which canuot afford to pny heavily for
the education of Its children. Doctor
Hpauldlng suggests that a national
school system is necessary nnd that
federal supervision of nil schools will
have to come. If tuly In order that the
public educational system may not be
starved Into a stnte of futility. The
present condition of the schools In this
city proves clearly enough that a stlmu
tilus of some sort is needed.
MR. WILSON'S INTERVIEW
AIMED AT THE DEMOCRATS
He Attacks the Republicans, but He
Wishes the San Francisco Con
vention to Do His Will .
CONSIDEHATION of the interview
with President Wilson in the New
York World should begin with a recog
nition of the fact that his consent to
its publication was doubtless due to his
appreciation of the strategic value of a
statement from him nt this time.
The Republican convention hns met,
adopted n platform and nominated n
ticket. When the Interview was pub
lished, ten dnys remained before the
Democratic convention would meet.
The Republican candidate had made no
interpretation of the platform. The
time was ripe for the President to nt
tack the platform before Senator Ilnrd
Ing had had an opportunity to set forth
his views on Its meaning, nnd the time
was nNo ripe for the President to re
mind the Democratic convention of whnt
the President expected of it, iu the hope
that with sufficient notice to the dele
gates it would he rasier for his friends
to persuade them to ndopt the kind of
a platform which he thinks the occasion
demand.
It remains to be seen whether his
party will follow the President in Snn
Francisco with nuy grenter unanimity
than it followed hint in the Senate,
fn spite of his insistence on the ratifi
cation of the peace treaty, with no
changes in the covenant of the League
of Nations, twenty-one Democratic
senntors voted for the Lodge reserva
tions while twenty -three opposed them.
Only twelve Republicans voted with the
twenty-three Democrats, yet the Re
publican convention respected the sus
ceptibilities of tlvse twelve senators and
adopted n platform on which it was
believed they could stand.
The reason for this was set forth by
Mr. Hoover when he said that "the
compromises on the platform and the
candidates arc proof thnt we have not
arrived at an era of new political and
social tendencies." And Mr. Hoover
nlso pointed out- the uncertainty of the
realization of the President's hopes in
San Francisco when he said that "for
this same reason the same divergent
groups nnd the some attitude of com
promise will he found In the Democratic
convention."
This thought must have obtruded
itself upon Mr. Wilson nNo. for he
says that lie hopes and believes that the
platform to be adopted nt San Fran
cisco will be more progressive nnd
clearer in understanding than that
enunciated by the Republicans iu Chi
cago. Fntil tho Democracy has made
its compromises, the compromises of
the Republicans are fair game for the
President.
Of course, he attacks the League of
Nations plank. Its unsatisfactory
character has olready been discussed in
this nevvspnper. There is no use In
denying that the votors can read into
it what pleases them. The opponents
of the league can say that it sustains
their view, nnd the friends of the league
enn insist thnt it leaves the party free
to support any society of nations or
ganized for discouraging war.
Indeed, former President Taft. who
has been one of the most consistent nd
vocates of the league, finds the plan):
broad enough to permit his support of
It. He hns said that the proposed de
vices for settling international questions
are the same a those provided for in
the league covenant. Different names
are used, it is true, but the substance
is the same. As no one is opposed to
the entrance of the I'nited States into
an association of nations in which the
interests of the I'nited States are to
he protected, the plntform was perfectly
safe when it declared in favor' of such
on association.
Rut the President in his interview
hns seen fit to charge the Republicans
with opposing siuh nn association; an
Hssneijtion first nronosed hv Willlnni
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Republican lenders. With npparent de
liberation he omits the name of Mr.
i Taft in his list of Republican friends
of the project.
i His purpose seems to be to rnise the
! issue, not of the entrance of the I'nited
States into a league of nations, but of
the nccentnnc. nf flie lao-itn ..it,,,,..
in the treaty without change as ngainst
I its acceptance with such reservations
as commend themselves to the judgment
, of the Senate. He desires his "solemn
rirerenuum on this .nd .Air. Tnft
et ms to ngree with him that the refer-
enilum will be on the question, "Wns
Mr. Wilson right in killing the league
with the Lodge reservations?"
Senator Harding has not yet ex
pressed himself at any length and he
will not until he issues his letter of
acceptance. But in commenting on the
President's interview he, said that he
was sine thnt the Republican party
wnuiu giumy welcome n referendum on
the question of the foreign relationship
of this republic and the Republican at
tituije or preserved nationality.
This N good so far as It goe .Mr,
Harding is expected to go further As
one of the senators who voted fur the
Lodge reservations, he cannot verv well
do less thnn nnuounce his belief jn the
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cisjur riiii-uiiiii us njociiiieu Dv reser
viiiiuhh or iinerprpiniions intended to
protect American interests. Tin- will
put mm squareiy in lavor of an inter
national association nlrendv organized
and preparing to function nnd awaiting
the entrance of the I'nited States into
it on Its own terms. It docs not matter
very much in whnt form of words he
puts his views. There is Intelligence
enough in tho uvcrnge man to discover
what Mr. Harding means when he de
liberately sets out to say something
with menning in It.
Mr. Wilson may discover that Mr.
Harding knows ns much n he does
about the historical attitude of Repub
lican lenders toward mi international
ussociatlon to secure world peace. The
seiiutor Is not likely to confine IiIk refer
ences to McKlnley nnd Burton und
Lodge. He will cite Taft nnd Rooso
velt and Root and Hay, nll nf whom
favor or favored liiternntlonnl courts
und international assemblies to settle
EVENING' PUBLIC
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international nuestloni. And, If lie
chooses, he can carry tho war into Mr.
Wilson's own camp by charging the
President with preventing the ratifica
tion of the peace treaty with the league
covenant in the form ncccptnblc to two
thirds of the senators, ir left to them
selves, and with insisting on its ratifi
cation In a form ptrnsing to n single
man. And he can remind the people of
nil the Inconveniences which nriso out
of the continuance of a technical stnte
of war when the rest of the world Is
at peace Inconveniences wlilfrh have
been perpetuated becnuso of the unwill
ingness of President Wilson to yield nu
Inch to men who disagree with him.
NOTHING THAT ABIDES
WILD oats bring the same crop,
w hether you sow them early or sow
them late. And in every city in the
world there are obscure groups in ihe
nrcn that lies between the upper nnd
the lower planes of society thnt never
plant anything hut the seeds of whirl
wind. They are not typical of any land
or place or famllinr state of life. They
arc the froth on cosniopolltnn currents.
F.lwell, the New York clubman, nnd
the members of the circle in which he
moved were products of too much money
and too much leisure. They lived iu
high gear. They had nothing else to do.
And it is unfortunate, In a way, that
the smash that always comes sooner or
later for speedy tourl .ts on the easiest
way is attended by nn Irresistible nlr
of melodrnimi. The world turns to it
with the sort of curiosity thnt is always
inspired by n sudden unfnniilinr noise.
The veil which the New York police
are slowly tearing down hides drama
and tragedy in the raw. Hut it is ig
noble nnd sordid drama. It menus
nothing. It gives no new light. It
proves only what everybody knows or
ought to know.
Some day, when civilization is n little
further advanced and when human per
ceptions are sharpened by added ex
perience, we shall learn to recognize
and profit by the silent dramas of cour
age nnd patience that arc being acted
out in the lives of hah the people about
us. More significant than the shot that
ended the life of one more high-roller
is the fortitude of men who struggle on
difficult, upward ways nnd fall only to
rise smiling, or the courage of women
who know how to hold forlorn little
fnlnilies together against nil the driving
tides of bitter circumstance.
Happiness for such ns these does not
He in excitement. It lies in aspirations,
in love, in occasional glimpses of truth.
These are the abiding things, nnd they
aren't to be found on the paths that
lead to early-morning murders.
THE DULUTH OUTRAGE
EVERY resident of n northern city
must feel ti sense of shame at the
terrible spectacle which disgraced Du-
luth nnd the entire North when a mob
seized six negroes accused of an nttnek
upon a young woman, and nftcr n mock
trial lynched three of them. The
shocking travesty on justice was only
accentuated by the fact that the other
three were declared "innocent" nnd
"returned to the police." The ques
tion naturally occurs why, if the mob
arrogated powers to Itself to pronounce
nnd inflict the death penalty in three
cases, did not an acquittal at its
hands in the other three cases enrry
freedom with it?
Every northern lynching is an even
grenter blot upon Americanism than a
similnr crime in the South, Whether
justified or not, the feeling hns always
been in the South that a certain amount
of "terrorism" is necessary to keep the
worst class of negro criminal within
controllable limits, especially in the
"Mack Helt," where the negro popu
lation greatly outnumbers the white.
In the North there is no such excuse
ami lynchings are therefore utterly In
excusable The law is slow, but it can
be speeded up to an nlmost incredible
degree when the force of public opinion
supplies the motive power. The prin
cipal result of n lynching in n commu
nity which is well equipped with the
machinery of law is to hring that law
into disrespect and give n strong im
pulse to men of violent passions to take
into their own hands mntters with
which the law is fully competent to
deal. This, carried to its logical con
clusion, lends to anarchy.
Duluth today stands pilloried before
the country and tho world. There is
just one wav in which she can redeem
herself, nnd thnt is by nn immediate
investigation and the relentless punish
ment of those of her citizens who, Iu
the pretense of enforcing one law, have
broken and held up to scorn another
and n fur greater one.
PLAYING IT THROUGH
SENATOR HARDINO plays golf.
So doe President Wilson und for
mer President Tnft.
There nte men in the Senate who are
displeased with Mr. Wilson because he"
insists on plaving the game in which he
is cnciged through to the last hole.
Rut Mr Tnft does not condemn Mr.
Wilson for this desire. Indeed, as n
gnlfer lie must admire the determination
i to see the tiling through to the end.
' The supporters of Senator Hording
. nre p!ined to know that he devotes
himself to the gnme in which quitting
is a disgrace, and ore confident that he
will nnt consent that the I'nited States
shall be a quitter in anything that it
hns undertaken. I'nder his direction as
President It will play the game to tho
eighteenth bole.
Citizens jealous of
The Man and
the Job
t li e importance o f
their respective
states may nnt agree
that the Boriior-hlp "Massachusetts
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it ill' Brniuu mutt llltpui mini jiiii in uir i
I'nited States; hut all thoughtful men ,
will applaud the feeling that prompts a!
man to think well of tbs job he holds. ,
lr nrgues faithful performance of the
duties of the job to come.
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Ihe two automobile
A Near Record
Kin messenger oi
""f Fhiladelp hln s big chain restim-
rants must have been disappointed when
they found that the leather bag they
seized contained nlmost 0000 punched
food checks. If those checks had called
for food at its present prices thut rob
bery would have gono down as one of
the great ones of history.
Those w h o took
To Make the "full responsibility"
hhoc Pinch for Bergdoll prob
ably did not con
sider such responsibility should involve,
in effect, the serving of n portion of his
sentence. But if such vicarious pun
ishment were sanctioned by the law one
may reasonably suspect that more enre
would liuvu yeen exercised by
concerned.
thoic
If Senntor Harding can inaiiaiiruto
a policy thut will pleoso both Craiin nnd
Johnson he will merit all the nice things
mm uuvc uccu rum uuout IU in.
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POLITICAL ADDRESSES
Nominating and Other Kinds
From Blalno and Bryan Down
to Wheeler, Who Helped
Hiram Johnson on to
Defeat at Chicago
Ky OEOUOE NOX McOAIN
ACCORDING to veracious Democratic
chroniclers', William Jennings
Bryan will, ns usual, muss tilings up'
nt Sail Krnuclsco. That is, if he can't
boss the show.
I sat within twenty-five feet of him
when he electrified the vast Convention
with his now celebrated speech, the
concluding sentence of which, "You
cannot crucify mankind upon n cross of
gold," lives in history.
That speech won him the Democratic
nomination for President. First n
nevvspnper correspondent and then a
congressman, he was virtually unknown
up to thnt moment.
It wns the lnost sensational and spec
tacular entrance ever made before or
since in the history of the Democratic
or any other party.
I mention this merely to contrast it
with nuothcr recent episode in which
another convention speech, In addition
to associated conditions, helped to blight
the chances of a distinguished Repub
lican for receiving the presidential nom
ination. WHEN Chnrlcs S. Wheeler, of San
Francisco, stepped out between the
red plush ropes that hemmed in the
restricted area of the chnirman nnd the
official rostrum at the Chicago conven
tion, the vast audience awaited ex
pectant a clarion call.
They knew he was to place Senntor
Hiram Johnson in nomination. Chair
man Lodge told them so.
Lodge stnrted every speaker who
mounted the platform on his way by
announcing the name of the candidate
he was to present. .lust why ho did it
no one has yet discovered.
It handicapped every orator from
the outstart. It converted his perora
tion iuto nn anticlimax.
It is the only instance of the kind
I have ever known in a convention. I
heard at least one distinguished gentle
man who made one of the nominating
speeches curse Henry Cabot Lodge in
regular up-nnd-down nnd out-and-out
fashion for this brench of precedent and
good usage.
"I tuke pleasure in presenting Mnyor
Moore, of Philadelphia, who will place
the name of Governor Sproul in nomi
nation," was the invariable and
wretched formula for every speaker.
WHEN Mr. Wheeler, of San Fran-
Cisco, was presented nil the John
son men on the delegates' floor natu
rally rose to their feet and howled.
There was nothing else to do. Preced
ing enndidntes had lcceivcd the same
demonstration at the mention of their
names. .....
When the tumult had subsided air.
Wheeler, who is n big man, tall nnd
built in proportion, with what might
be described ns nn imposing forensic
front, began to speak.
He had n commanding voice nnd the
convention settled itself in anticipation
of one of those history mnkln; addresses
that live in memory through the sweep
of years.
But Mr. Wheeler hnd not talked for
three minutes until he demonstrated out
of his own mouth thnt he was a "dud,"
in tho world wnr vernacular, n "dead
one."
He was not only a dead one, but ho
helped to kill Hiram Johnson's chances.
That is whnt had not already been
killed by William R. Hearst.
He had neither oratorical ability nor
political common sense. He treated his
candidate ns though ho were u prisoner
ut the bar and he hnd been retained us
chief counsel for the defense.
He explained nnd apologized. He
invited jeers, sneers nnd cheers of deri
sion from the convention. And he got
them.
The murmur of amazement thnt swept
over the convention was succeeded by
laughter at the spectacle. He was in
terrupted with "boos" which were pen
etrated with shrill questionings from
the gallery.
The worst of it wns thnt Mr. Wheeler
seemed to think he was mnklng a hit.
And he wns. He was hitting III John
son. It was oratorical manslaughter.
ONE other notable instance along this
line that I recall occurred during
the Blnine campaign of 1SS4. It wns
at Massillon, O.
I wns one of the five correspondents
who accompanied James O. Blaine on
that wonderful campaign tour which
he made through the Middle West.
It was nn ovation from start to finish,
nnd then Burchard, the greatest ex
ample of a preacher misplaced in poli
tics, killed the Plumed Knight politi
cally in one sentence. It ultimately
killed him physically, for he was never
the same man after his defeat.
At Massillon nil the school children
and the populace for miles around
turned out to hear und seo Blnine.
The schoolgirls, dressed in white, formed
a double line a squnre in length, hold
ing hoops twined with evergreen as an
arch under which Mr. Blnine nnd his
party marched to a pyramidal platform
from wnicn he spoKe.
He made a beautiful address. There
was not a word of politics In it. He
referred to no national issue. He was
Blaine the distinguished citizen, not
Blnine the presidential candidate nnd
political lender. It was not the time nor
I place for political, preachment,
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A MEMBER of his party was former
! Governor Charles Foster, of Ohio
i "Calico Charley" n storekeeper who
had risen to the gubernatorial chair. A
crude but forceful personality, lacking
the finer lines that usually churncterlze
men of his eminence.
He followed Blaine, From tho stnrt
lm seemed to feel it incumbent upon
himself to uet ns the apologist for the
Republican party and for James G.
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trump card the Democrats played
"Kamst B nine. They hnd to do with
n, "nnuciul tronsactlon In which it was
chnrged that Blaine vyns Implicated.
'( nllco ( hnrley began n laborious
explanation of the letters. As he tulked
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dark eyes. He was disgusted, as he
, i,.,, n -ii t fn u.
r..Rtpr.8 SI)epch .,,,, nuv. ,,,. nll
right in n men's political gathering.
Here it strucK a hard, discordant note
Tho surroundings wero so beautiful,
the occasion so divorced from the
cruder side of politics, for Blalno to the
people wns more a guest of honor than
a political champion, that Foster ruined
everything.
The instant we returned to tho prl
vate car in which the company traveled
Walker Blaine told Foster, with whom
I was talking nn the rear platform,
hat his father desired to see him in his
htnteroom.
Nobody but the two men ever knew
what passed between them.
Blnlrie must have exhausted hi to.
, cabulary of condemnatory English upon
tlie tormer governor.
Ho was a subdued mun for the few
davs that he remained with tie parly,
nml tho occasions upon which ho was
permitted to speak after that wore re
duccd to the minimum.
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SHORT CUTS
Hcnaior Harding's porch parties
ought to produco many pithy political
truths.
Investigators of tho Elwell murder
haven't n thing but cities.
It is rcnlly the Innd of thd free to
the kids In vacation time.
Bristol's birthday enke with 200
candles brightens tho news of the day.
Herbert Hoover lias certainly been
n great disappointment to the New
iork World.
One way of reconciling black nnd
white Is to call one tweedledum and the
other tweedlcdcc.
A recent interview Indicates that
sickness has not seriously Interfered
with the President's punch.
Svnchronoils improvements iu the
municipal plant Sowing seeds of effi
ciency while firing grafting cops.
To hear some people tell It, the
only personal liberty worth while Is dis
pensed by a man in a white apron.
Pennsylvania continues to be the
only state In the Union with two cities
among tho first ten iu the country.
Senntor Harding doesn't pretend to
know if all, nnd therein. In the opinion
of many, lies hope fpr the country.
Mr. Tnft's indorsement of Senator
Harding is a masterly argument and
bears strongly the earmarks of sincerity.
It remains to be seen whether or
not the party of Lincoln will have to
contend with the party of Lincoln, Neb.
There nre thousands who will re
fuse to consider the Belgian who landed
tho ex-kalscr "one on the jaw" n
criminal.
Tho President's hopes concerning
tho Dcmocrntle platform will receive no
Joyous echoes from the French Lick
conferees.
Taking one thing With another,
there is strong reason to bcllevo ,that
Herbert Hoover didn't want that nomi
nation from either one party or tho
other. ,
Cleveland, St. Louis, Boston, Bal
timore and Pittsburgh nre convinced thnt
Detroit rodo into fourth place in a
flivver; nnd Detroit probably won't
deny it. "
The sudden death of a little South
Seventeenth street child draws atten
tion to the fact that the toy balloon is
far nnd away the most dangerous toy
on the mnrket.
The Republican national ticket
hasn't had a man from Massachusetts
since 1872. After so long nn interval
It wns right and proper that a particu
larly good ono should bo selected.
"And believe mo," snld Sir Auck
land Geddes at Princeton, "I have gone
into this thing fairly carefully." Es
saying with English caution, ns it were,
n foray into American colloquialism.
Man s delight in being puzzled
needs th fillip of belief thnt he alone
may stumble on the clue ; which Is wbv
inoro people nre interested in tho Elwell
mystery than in the Einstein theory.
It Is a sure thing that outside scats
on Broad street busses, if we had them,
would have been well patronized enrlv
in the week. Thnt particular brand of
vehicular traffic makes Its own demnnd.
"We favor the immediate conclu
sion of pence nd wt, de
nounce the trenty." says the platform
of the Nonpartisan League meeting in
Wisconsin. In effect: "We need
water, but denounce rain."
The Committee of Fortv-elght, the
Singlo Tax party nnd the Nonpartisan
League of the Northwest will join the
third party move, it is said. The Dis
gruntled Ones would be -a good name
for the new organization.
When Senator Harding mnkes a
Hat declaration concerning the League
of Nations either the bitter-enders or
tho mild reservationlsts are going to get
bumped. Or will he avoid such decla
ration until after (he election?
Public sentiment will back the ac
tion of the police authorities in prohib
iting the sale of sparklers. It is im
portant thnt merchnnts should be given
opportunity to sell their wares; but it
is far more important that the public
shall be protected.
AWomany Voice
A WOMAN'S voice, the loveliest
Of fill thf tvminriu ihot ,.!
Why should it change, hours unforeseen
To a barbed, blistered thing. :":c
Sometimes, by any day or night
A paradisial tune. '
Bewildering in its delight.
And silvery us the moon.
Then, unforeseen, ns I hnve said
And lovers long have known.
It veers and turns and cuts as sharp,
' Like a flung stone l'
Kenneth Blade AUinc. In 1,. xr
iork Evening Sun.
What Do You Know?
QUIZ
1. Who was Cerberus"
2. When wns Oklahoma territory
i uLm! T" t0 whlt" "tilers? X
ocean? av'roe depU. of the
t. Who wrote "Gulliver's Travels"?
B- 0 nTiherSo'ct. "J
6" 'Vho u'nrtc,u,eH.at?sn.U' Vrwlmi f
7 What Is a petronel?
S. Whore Is tho bluest circular saw
In the world, where was It built
and whnt Is Its size' "l
9. Who originated Father's Day'
10. How lonir does It tn0 money to
double Itself at simple Interest and
at compound Interest at 6 pvr cent?
Answers to Yetterday'a Qulr
1. General Joseph Pllsudskl, first
president of the Republic of Vr.
ofrp0ln8nnn'?Wn US lh' "Rtrons Man
2. This is tho 145th year of the Inde.
))endence of the United State
"' . ,r1Wnower ,anded Jts I'Herlms
4 The avetnee elevation of the land
C. LcathcrstocUlnsr was the most fa
miliar of the names given to Natty
Bumppn. the hero of Cooper's mo.
peer romances, hence called the
"UHther Htochlmc Tales." W
6. The longest canal In the United
States is the Erie. 387 miles, be
tween Albany and Buffalo, N Y
7. "Indurated" means "made hard"
8. The Lilliputians were a tiny raco or
Travels."'1"0''"3 '" "aul"ver'a
9. Sir Thomas Browne wrote the Una
"Art Is the perfection of nature "
10. Tho Hnrd Older Campaign was tho
ono conducted for William Henry
Harrison In 1840. A. Ior cabin
no ra pjiiiimiiKn ms unnre
trntlousncsH nml n !nt-rl ,,r i.
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EUROPE'S WORKERS EAGERLY
KNOCK A T AMERICA'S DOOR
Millions, Unaffected by "Socialistic" Transformation, Eager to
Enlist in Industrial Army of Promised Land
By B. F. KOSPOTH
Staff Correspondent of the Evening Public Ledger In Svrllierland
Copurlahl. 1010, by Publlo Lcdoer Co.
Geneva, June 10. Millions of Euro
pean workers nre today nnxiously and
impatiently knocking nt America's
closed doors for admittance to what they
still regard, in spite of Europe's "so
cialistic" transformation, ns the prom
ised land of liberty nnd equal oppor
tunities. They want to enlist Iu Amer
ica's great Industrial army, which is iu
sore need of willing recruits, nnd Amer
ica will not let them enter. They hnvo
waited so long in vain Hint they aro
beginning to lose heart, nnd in their
disappointment and despair they nre.
being driven to consider the alterna
tive of emigration to Russia, or even to
Japan, where they nre assured of tho
welcome which America refuses to ex
tend to them.
It was generally believed that emi
gration from Europe would be greutly
diminished or cense altogether after the
war. This opinion was based on the
nnturnl assumption that the holocausts
of the battlefields would result in n crit
ical shortage nf labor in Europe, nnd
that tho newly won independence of
nations whom forelgu oppression had
drlveu to emigrate In the past would
remove another principal cause of Euro
pean emigration. It is now established
that this calculation was erroneous.
The careful investigations which I hnve
been making here justify the estimnte
Lthnt from 5,000,000 to (1,000,000 work
ers nt least nro ready to leave I.urope
at n moment's nntico for America if
they nre given the chance.
No Labor Shortage In Europe
Notyonly is there no lnbor shortage in
Europe in consequence of the war, but
there Is in many countries an ncuto
crisis of unemployment. In eastern Eu
rope economic distress is so groat that
it outweighs nationnl objections to emi
gration even among the nations that
have regained their ancient freedom. It
may sound like n paradox, but It is
nevertheless n fact thnt Europe is suf
fering more ncutely from the effects of
overpopulation today than it did in the
years before the great war
European governments for some lime
have beon nwaro of the surprising and
alarming circumstance thnt Europe,
nfter losing millions of men in battle.
Ir still dangerously overpopulnted, and
far from dlscourngiug or attempting to
place restriction on emigration to
America, ns It vtas at first expected they
would do, they are anxious to facilitate
it as much us possible. Knowing thnt
American industries nre todny severely
handicapped in consequence of the stop
page ,of emigration to America and the
return of millions of immigrants from
America to Europe during the wnr, they
absolutely fail to comprehend the
negative attitude of tho I nited Stntes
authorities in this vital question. Re
construction and economic recovery from
the effects of tho wnr depend to n great
extent on the restoration of the balance
of labor power throughout tho world.
It Is pointed out here thut America can
not fulfill her part in world reconstruc
tion if her industries nre crippled by
labor shoitago, while unemployment
odds to the muiiy difficulties with which
shuttered Europe is contending. -It
rests with America to relieve this para
doxical situation by delivering Europe
from Its millions of unemployed workers
and ro-cnforclng American production
with their help, which until now has
been inexplicably refused.
Italy's Point of View
A prominent Italian Government of
ficinl, with whom I discussed this proh
lem recently, expressed the Itallnn point
of view ns follows :
"Moro thun ever before, emigration
Is n vital question for Italy todav. The
chief cause of the unrest that is pre
vailing In Italy is due to unemployment.
It is tho most nuturnl and excusable
form of Iobor unrest, and has no con
nection with bolshcvlsm, although bol
shevism is undoubtedly seeking to ex
ploit it for its own anarchic ends. Thou
sands of lioucsi. jtuiinu workers, who
returned from America to Itnly during
Mm wnr to fight for their countrv I,,.,...
been waiting vainly for many months for
permission iu " ua 10 um united
States nnd to their old work, Tho
Italian Government, which nt first cmn
m ttcd tho coinmou error of believing
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that it would ho necessarv tn restrict
emigration nftcr tho wnr, has been
negotiating for n long timo with the
authorities nt Washington in order to
get the existing American restrictions on
immigration modified in favor of Italian
workers, but unfortunately It seems thnt
these negotiations arc not leading any
where. "It is useless to conceal the fact that
Americn's rcfusnl to admit even Itallnn
workmen who were working in America
wnen itniy entered the war and lclt
their jobs to loin the Itnlinn nrmv is
creating bitterness of feeling ngninst the
TT.,ttnl UlntA. t. t,.l T. 1- II
iuiirii oluiui in xiuiy. ii is particu
larly resented that these workers nre in
a way being mudn to suffer for their
loyalty to their country, while such of
their fellow workers ns succeeded In
evndlng conscription nnd remaining in
America ore enjoying nll the advantages
of well-paid employment nnd economic
security. Tho Itnlinn people have a
feeling thnt they arp being treated with
particular hostility by the Washington
administration. This feeling may be
wrong, but It exists."
Outlet for Workers Necessary
It is nn nb-toluto necessltv for Itnlv
to find nn outlet for severnl millions of
worKers in order to surmount the eco
nomic und social crisis that is para
lyzing her reconstruction. Tho number
of unemployed in Itnly far exceeds the
number of Italian workmen who re
turned from America during the wnr.
If these millions cannot get to America
soon, where they most desire to go, they
will hnvo to emigrate somewhere else.
Tho itnlinn Socialists nt present nre
actively engnged in negotiations with
the Russian Red dictutors to provide
for Itnlinn emigration on a vast scale
to soviet Russia. Naturally, the Italian
Government, in spite of its conciliatory
attitude toward the Moscow rulers, does
not regard this scheme with much "favor.
There is some danger that if it is car
ried out it might prove to be but an
other plot for the holshevization of
Italy. No such obieetion exists hnw.
ever, ngainst emigration to South Amer
ica, nnn itniy hopes to divert her emi
grants to Brazil if the United States
remains obdurate much longer.
What is true of Italy applies In n
large measure nlso to the countries of
eastern Europe, where there is not only
tinelnployment, but famine, pestilence
nnd wnr. For over n year there has
been a great westward movement ot
emigrants in Europe from Russia,
Poland, Rumania nnd the Ukraine.
Hundreds of thousands of these emi
grants hnvo stuck fast in Germany nnd
Austria, becnuso they wero unable to
get any farther nnd above all to rench
America, still tho land of their dreams
Tho anti-Semitic wave that is sweeping
over tho Russian border countries has
swelled tho ranks of these eastern
emigrants, many of whom nre .in,..-
They nre unwelcome in Germany ami
Austria, where their presence serves
in aggravate economic distress nnd
where anti-Semitic feeling U nM
nlrcudy running very high. But farther
West iu Europe they cannot K0 nt
least not In great numbers, und they
are a serious menace to reconstruction
where they nre.
Japan Seeking Kmiifrjnls
Emigration from Hungary has ns
siimed vast proportions since the re
establlshmcnt of reactionary mo in
Budupest. In Vienna alone n'bout "00 -Opt)
Hungarians nre leading a miser
oblo existence. 'I hey ennio to the Aus
trian capital iu tho bono of r,re.cA.,.ii.
at onco to America, nnd they never irbt
...... .......... ... ,n ninceii Hint the
Japanese eonsuluto iu Vienna has im.
dcrtuken to facilitate their emigration
to Japan.' 'J his Japanese offer to admit
European emigrants ngninst whom
America closes htr gules is In mnnv
ways remurkublo and significant For
tho first time in Iter economic iilstorv
Japan is facing modern hihor .,ii.,,.
wage demands and strikes, nnd this at
a moment when she hoped to conquer
new fields in the. world market through
her cheap mid docile workers. Appar
ently Japan is preparing to overcome
Uieso difficulties by importing fonign
labor, much in the some way an Amcr
icu did In tho past. ,
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urging America to exclude these mil
lions of would-be immigrants frcn
eastern and southern Europe, I can only
say that to tho best of my knowiedp
aud belief these apprehensions nro
aggeratcd. It is true that the spirit c!
bolshevism is prevalent In many of tht
countries whence they come. But tbi
workers who want to emigrate tt
America arc not tho Bolshevist element.
They arc tho workers who want to work,
otherwlso they would not be so eager
to go to a land whero they know wort
is the supremo ideal. They are not
coming to America to foment revolu
tions or establish communism, becaust
they know it would be n hopeless it
tempt. Socialist agitators have beta
telling them ever since tho United Statu
began deporting Reds to Russia that,
America is a stronghold of tyrnnnora
reaction, where the followers of the trui
Bolshevist faith aro mercilessly perse
cuted. European workers who stlQ
wish to emigrate to America after lis
toning to theso tcrriblo tnlcs and warn
ings nre certainly not Bolshevists, and
their nttitudo proves tnafAmerieia
ideals of personal liberty and equal op
portunities attract them more power
fully than the barren theories of L
nine's Red paradise.
Precautions America will certalolj
have to take if she decides to abolits
existing restrictions on immigration It
fore It is too late, but they should ki
rather medical than political in char
acter. There is a very real danger thil
foieign labor might bring foreign pesti
lences with it to America at present,
AH kinds of epidemics are raging in (io
I countries of eastern Europe. The re
organization of American quarantm
stations on modern lines, particulsrly
ns regards disinfection preventing tht
introduction of typhus, must he ef
fected before America opens wide hrt
gates, as Europe hopes she will at laif
At present Europe's exiled emigrant!
nro sUll Haying: "If America needi
workers, nnd wo nro willing to comew
Amerlcn to work, nnd our country cant
give us work, nnd is better off wltwnt
us, why won't America let us come. .
Tho answer isn't easy.
WORLD JURISTS HEAR ROOT,
Noted American Discusses Plani
for International Court ;
Tlio Hague, June 10. The jurist!
composing tho commission for the P
manent court of justice, who are meet"
ing nt the pence palace in an en
deavor to drnft a plan for a woriq
- , -- ...i,.icin in lia T.eneue 0(
Nations, temporarily shelved yestermi.
the multitude of plans for the court ow
fored by neutral nations nnn ""'
privnto organizations, nnd plunsefl ln
i.j,j.ni iIUcom nn of what tti'Ji:
considered the most Important ques-f?
tion, tho manner of the selection ,
3UI 5.0.?- ... . Americi.'
Ulintl IVOOl, reiirwruiim -J-mi..
pointed out tho importance of dccWI
Low small nations shall be adequate!
represented. ."
Generally spcakinr. Mr. Ryot jaw
i.. .,..! 1,t- tl,,. Snnrenie Coilflfi'i
h' United States, whic. Ij ut
mit nppoinieu. an ... "V""'r -..u cr
political control, snoiiiu '"';. ;,;
the world court
n ki fiitviiiii js---
he oxpnned thnt mo pruui".. .-
fronting the jurists were comparabj (
tho tnsits of the Naders of tli i
teen American states draw InK MP "
constitution, where f ''".L JtiW
sungo the fears that the su oiler m
would bo swallowed by tho large
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GERMANY jLANS HUGE LOAN,
Credit of 3,000,000,000 Marks
..i. .j nelehatas
.. t.. -inriiv A. P.rrsr'
proval of a credit nmountlni: t p - rf
000.000 marks will bo Jn,D"i0 11
Reichstag next week, "$ nue.
officially inspired news b "lnu;fd u
,...i rri,Iu mnnev WOUIU "....
meet urgent emergency PfflSc.'
Tho bulletin adds the nation " ,
has been seriously r" "',., revenu"
of tho generul Insecurity of. w r
nnd tho Industrial procure now ,
Ing. The railroad defic Wj f
six months of Hie "I"?" "2SBl,li.
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h estimated ut """"' m alo "'
I'lin ministry of finance M j
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called upon to " ' t rlirrw
fi.nfm.n00.000 marks ?. versal I"
..MI..oVln,,u irniwni! out of tuo
to move a
rent
pcuco treaty.
Belgian Parliament AdmlU Wojjjji
Brussels. Juno Cjlarl!;
enabling women to bo oleoten cbWlw ,i
incut lias oceu ium-j-"-
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