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ITHE EVENING STAR.
With tutor Moral ag Bdttioa.
WASHINGTON,
SUNDAY Jwne 8- 1913
THEODORE W. NOTES Editor
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to V nor ??r purpose.
The District and Public Offices.
\V hlle it is perhaps not to be expected
? hat ?"ongress will primarily consider tlie
?welfare of the District tf it should take up
the question of the apportionment of offices
Taw with a view to its possible ,>eal.
this is nevertheless a consideration
r>f vita! importance to the local com
munity. I'nder the present system of the
division of public offices the people of
the District have no chance to obtain pre
ferment. inasmuch as they are barred by
the lack of numbers. Their quota has
been lout? since filled, and in order to
secure appointments they must go else
where and secure ?residences" before
they can even get on the list ot' eligible?.
This involves a serious waste of time
ami means and is moreover a subterfuge
that should not be made necessary by
the law for any citizen to get a chance
to work for the government If the
District were free to compete for govern
ment places without reference to popula
tion it could supply the government with
a much larger number of "eligibles" than
the public service needs. Its schools are
among the best in the country, and they
turn out graduates who can successfully
? ???mpete for positions of any grade with
the graduates of any other educational
system. These young men and women
li\e in the governmental atmosphere and
are familiar with all the traditions of the
public service. They make ideal clerks
for the federal administration when they
manage to pass the barriers which the
apportionment law raises against them.
By shutting them out through this absurd
distribution of places in proportion to
population the povernment Is depriving it
self of valuable services which it should,
on the contrary, eagerly seek and highly.
a ppreciate.
The virtual closure of the government
-ervice to the District is a heavy handi
cap to it industrially. It is the policy
? if Congress to prevent the development
of Washington as a manufacturing cen
ter, and consequently there are few op
portunities here outside of retail trade
and the professions for the youth of the
capital. Practically barred from the gov
? mment departments because of the ap
portionment law, deprived of opportunities
to enter trades save in a narrowly re
stricted field, the young men of Wash
ington are compelled to take up profes
sional studies or enter the business of
handling real estate or selling insurance
or ? some other such line of occupation.
No city in the United States of its size
affords so few chances to its young citi
zens for profitable and advancing em
ployment. This is not because of any
lack of spirit or enterprise on the part
of the community. It is hedged in by
congressional limitations and the opera
tion of capltal-makiner policies, and the
one great industry and field of employ
ment to which it should be encouraged
to look with confidence for relief from
this repressive condition Is, by the illogical
and spoils-promoting statute, closed to it.
Some of Japan'* agitators are disposed
Ot regard as ' racial distinction" the lack
of close and sympathetic understanding
nevitablv due to differences in language
ard custom too deep rooted to be effaced
in a few generations. The interchange
?Vat i? sought is not one of art or litera
ture or ideas in social economy, but re
lates. when frankly analyzed, to conimer
rial advantages.
?i???
china has an eminent aviator named
Tom Gunn. Oriental pride will hardly
reRie< t to present the claim that China
th. original kite-flying nation.
?
> country that undertakes to conduct
legislation without lobbyists and horse
racing without bookmakers must be
?v edited w ith considerable uplift
I >\
ster T'.a\ epicures do sav that it th'
appetite wearies of milk there is noth
ing more pleasantly invigorating than a
j ., up of cl.nu brorti
Eleventh-Hour Legislation.
Representative Johnson has made a
most portentous discov.ry if his conten
tion Is correct that bills passed after mid
night on the :id of March and signed by
the President are invalid. Not only the Dis
trict appropriation bill for the next fiscal
ear. with 'ts Important "riders" giving
the District its pu:d> utilities commis
sion and its new excise law. but a large
majority of the appropriation acts for the
last century a- 1 a quarter would, bv this
construction of the Constitution, be null
and void. To *et up the claim that the
parage and signature of bills after mid
night on the of March is illegal it is
attack ti e whole s>stem ?>f legislation
from the beginning of the government.
No anxiety nee.l be felt in th> District
on this score. If a way should be found
to carry this matter t > a test, by an ap
peal to the Supreme Court to determine
the legality .d enactments in these cir
cumstances. it is inconceivable that ti:??
ourt w ? >uld rul* against th? *? eleventh
hour laws It has been the unbroken
pract.ee n' Congre-s from the beginning!
to t arry legislative sessions along from
one calendar day to another. A "leg!*- J
lative day" ha? ofte n lasted over a week. I
as in the cas? of u filibuster when ad
journment was rendered impossible by
virtue of a broken quorum Since
Speaker Reed made his famous ruling
that everv member physically present
was also legislatively present, thereby en
abling him to "count a quorum." this
practice has been a less frequent feature
of congressional proceedings, but it is
nevertheless recognized as a proper expe
d>!>*
As long as it is possible to maintain
t:ie fiction of a legislative day extending
beyond the limit of a calendar day, for
mid-session purposes of the work of Con
grfs*. there is no conceivable reason why
that principle of procedure should not
apply to the end of the session, when
there is the greatest congestion of all
the year. If the Constitution provided
that the session oI Congress should end
at midnight on the ::d of March, there
would be force in the conteBtfMl
that all bills passed after that hour?re
gardless of any expedient such as set
ting back the clock?are inoperative. But
practice and the law Itself run contrary
wise to this point. From the beginning
the <'ongress has been brought to a close
at noon on the 4th of March, legislatively
considered since midnight of the ,'5d as an
extension of the preceding day. In
Hinds" Digest of the Constitution and
Rules of Parliamentary Practice it is
stated in a note to section "Z of Article I
of th?- Constitution:
"The term of a Congress begins on th?^
4th of March of the odd numbered years
and extends through two years. This
results from the action of the Continental
Congress on September III. 17HM. In de
claring. on authority conferred by the
federal convention, "the first Wednesday
in March next' to he 'the time for com
mencing proceedings under the said Con
stitution ' This date was the 4th of
March. 17>s? And soon after the first
Congress assembled a joint committee de
termined that the terms of representa
tives and senators of the first class com
menced on that day and must necessa
rily terminate with the ,"d of March, 175M.
By a practice having the force of common
law. the House meets at YZ m. when no
other hour is fixed, and as legislative
rather than calendar days are observed
by the houses of Concress. it iias fol
lowed that the ,'!d of March must extend
to th?' hour of l;i m on March 4. and
this hour has been tixed as that on which
a Congress expires."'
As for the approval of tiie journal. It is
obvious that this is a formality which
cannot affect the validity of laws passed
in the closing hours. The House and the
Senate cannot approve the journals of
the days current, and when the House
expires with tiie fall of the gavel at noon
on the 4th of March?legislatively the J?d
?it cannot have cognizance further of the
journal of its proceedings. So long as the
fact is recorded in tiie records of the
houses and the documents themselves
hear witness by signatures and otherwise
that hills have been passed and signed by
tbe executive at least constructively with
in the constitutional period of time, no
question can be raised which a court
could entertain as invalidating legislative
procedure.
Mr. Page and the Pilgrims.
Ambassador Page received his baptism
of kind words in London Friday night,
and responded in a felicitous way. The
Pilgrim Society was host, and the
greatest living soldier of Great Britain
presided. Everything passed off delight
fully.
The world, particularly the political
world, is a bit cynical. Some smiling is
always aroused by such sentiments as
were expressed at this London banquet.
There are men who exclaim, "bosh!"
Others, who prefer th-- vernacular, say.
"rats!"
Such men will tell you that tine words
butter no parsnips; that the two countries
are still at heart deeply distrustful of
each other; that their rivalries are fierce,
and may produce an early clash; that,
as the darkest hour is just before dawn,
the sweetest lip service is often just be
fore the opening of hostilities. lx>ok out!
Think of the Panama canal. And much
more of the same kind.
Never mind. The two countries are
friends today, and every influence should
be exerted to keep them so. The Pilgrims
Society is a valuable agency to that end.
Its meetings in London and in New York
are all to be welcomed as contributory
to a noble cause; and Mr. Page could
not have been introduced to his constitu
ency more fortunately than as the guest
of this admirable organization.
Our representatives abroad are party
men, but national in commission. Sec
tionalism counts for nothing in their line. |
Whether from north, south, east or west,
they stand for the whole of the United
States in its relations with foreign pow
ers.
This will appear in Mr. Page's case, as
it has appeared in the cases of men be
fore him. With the single exception of
Mr.?Bayard, he is the first southern born
and trained man to represent the country
at our London post since the civil war.
All the rest have been of northern or
middle state residence and connections.
But only words of friendship and striv
ings for good will have marked the la
bors of our representatives to Great
Britain. The short flurry about Ven
ezuela was not conducted from this side
solely through Mr. Bayard, but, in the
main, directly by the State Department.
To this record Mr. Page is expected to
add, and probably will add, effectively.
He is an accomplished man of broad, na
tional views, and he has received his
commission at a time when much impor
tance attaches to the broad, national poli
cies and purposes of this government.
In the discussion of the merits of post
office administration Philadelphia is en
titled to its doubts about the ability of
any Postmaster General to keep up the
pact set by John Wanamaker.
Applications for appointments may be
refei red to heads of departments, but
before any definite policies are under
taken it is assumed that the White
House will be consulted.
Mr. Wilson agajn evidences a de.-ire
to exerci.su the privileges of an ordinary
human being by insisting on carrying
a latch ke> to the President's room in
the Capitol.
Dialf t literature and spelling reform
iiave combined to create some doubt as
to whether incorrect spelling Is to be
considered a fault or an accomplishment.
? ?
The soft drinks precedents set by men
of national prominence proved very
timely hot weather hints.
The Tariff in the Senate.
t in this; tariff debate soon to open in the
Senate the republicans must, and proba
bly will, have a higher object than put
ting the democrats temporarily in a hole.
They must make a record upon which
they will be willing to stand and have
their party stand in the contest of next
year.
Ius suppose that the Fnderwood re
vision In its final shape does not satisfy"!
the country Or, putting tin case in
stronger form, suppose wide discontent
fallows. Suppose the cost of living is
not materially, if at all. lowered. Sup-j
pose important lint.- ot business are ad
versely affected by the new rate? of duty, j
and production is reduced and labor suf
fers.
Suppose, as the result of the closing of
mills and mines and the cutting down of
wages, the Secretary of Cot/irnerce takes |
the field with his gigantic snickersnee
drawn, and b?gins to lay about him with
vigor, adding t>> the confusion and dis
may throughout the countrj.
If such a condition is produced?and if
oil the cards of fate it should show it
self within a year after the new law be
comes operative?the tight for control of
the next House and for a third of the
Senate will be strenuous, indeed, with the
chances favoring the republicans.
Suppose the democrats carry the day by
only a meager majority, showing a radi
cal change of sentiment since last year,
when they won a record victory for House
membership. Or suppose the republicans
capture the House, which would show a
much more radical change of sentiment.
In either CHse the tariff will be In evi
dence again in the winter and spring of
lttlR. and the next presidential contest
will turn upou that ibsue. The country
wfl. want the trouble caused by the new
law remedied; and as the democrat? will
be responsible for the trouble, the likeli
hood will be the calling of the republicans
back to power.
It will behoove the republican senators
then to proceed at this time with next
year and 191H in mind. What they now
propose as against the items of the T'n
derwood bill will be quotable and quoted
in the two campaigns to follow They
and their party will have to answer on
the stump for the amendments now of
fered and the speeches now made in sup
port of them.
And the particular question is in order
now, if the republicans do carry the next
House, and pass a tariff Mil through it
for use in the next presidential campaign,
how will they lay the income tax. and
what customs duties will they lower or
abolish to make way for it? The demo
crats in introducing the new tax do so at
the expense of both wool and sugar.
i The United States and Mexico.
It will be necessary soon for the I'nited
States to take action definitely with ref
erence to the Mexican government, which
has not yet been recognized by this coun
try. Appeals are coming in from various
quarters In Mexico voicing the apprehen
sions of Americans there resident regard
ing the inability of the Mexican authori
ties to protect them, and asking the
I'nited States to do something in their
behalf. This government cannot do any
thing on its own account unless it actu
ally intervenes in Mexico. But it is
strongly indisposed to do this, which will
' involve a costly and perhaps a prolonged
| war. The alternative is to recognize the
j .Mexican government so tiiat it will be in
a position to deal directly with the au
thorities at Mexico City. w ho are now ap
proachable only informally. This is an
anomalous situation anil should not con
tinue longer. If the .'nited States had north
ing at stake in Mexico, if its people were
not exposed to danger and losses there, it
could afford to .withhold its recognition
of the liuerta administration indefinitely.
But it has more at stake than any other
of the powers, and yet it is virtually the
only one of the nations to refuse to rec
ognize the government now established at
the Mexican capital. It is true that the
northern and western states of Mexico
are in revolt and the authority of the
Huerta administration is by no means
universally established. But the lack of
recognition by the I'nited States is in
itself in part a cause of this condition.
If the Huerta government is the product
of force it will certainly not be relieved
of that taint by the application of further
force to subdue the now rebelious states.
The I'nited States is gaining nothing by
delay, but on the contrary would seem
to be losdng prestige as well as possibly
putting in jeopardy the lives and property
of American citizens.
With Weston pedestrianizing and Henry
Gassaway Davis equestrianizing. Dr. Os
ier should again explain to the public that
some of his remarks were much misun-y
derstood
"Senatorial investigation reveals the fact
that the wealth of a true philosopher and
statesman consists of wisdom and not
earthly riches.
In all this speculation on the possible
effect on business of a new tariff, the
Standard Oil Company says nothing and.
cuts melons.
Charles W. Morse is one of the men
who find no sport so invigorating as a
brisk chase after the dollar.
The question is not "What is a lobby
ist?" so much as "Who is a lobbyist?"
SHOOTING STABS.
BY I'HILAXDKR JOHNSON.
A Faithful Copyist.
"What's the. trouble with this letter?"
asked the manager. "It's full of repeti
tions."
"It's quite correct," replied the alert
stenographer. "The new man who dic
tated it stutters."
Ancestral Advantage.
"Some of the founders of noble lines
couldn't read and write."
"Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "If they
had been accomplished in matters of
language they might have organized as
sociations and fought among ^themselves
instead of going forth to meet the foe,"
The Struggle for Altitude.
Though Mercury they represent.
With wings upon eacli ankle,
"This bit of fancy was not meant
To make our feelings rankle.
Oh, Mercury within the glass.
As sumftier warmth grows greater.
Don't seek your limit to surpass.
Yott're not an aviator.
The Audience.
"Ar-- you going away this summei ?"
"Not if I can avoid it." replied Mr.
? iroin her. "I'm going to stay home w here
it s quiet and cool and let niy friends and
relatives hustle around and try to aipuse
me with post cards."
Locating the Hardship.
"Is tiiis train running on time?
"No," replied the conductor, severely.
"It's working overtime.'"
An income tax might do some good in
j curbing the man who is inclined to throw
out his chest and brag about the money
he is making
Recovery.
"Will tuat man who ran into your auto
mobile recover?'
"His lawyer seems to have hopes. '
' His lawyer?"
"Yes. He thinks the man will recover
about damages.
A Gilded Experiment.
1 \\ (_? was feelin somewhat sporty, down to
1'ohick on the Cnck.
We figured out a hoss race as a neat an
lancy trick
We fenced the uack off proper an' we
laid the d.stance out.
An we sent requests fur entries to the
neighbors 'round about.
We didn't give nobody any chancc to
sneer or snub;
! We made all comers members of the I'o
nicK Jockey Club.
j There wasn t only jes' one little drawback
to tne fun;
i The bosses was so busy that they hadn't
time to run.
Joe Struthers had to keep his mare a
iiaulin' stuff to town.
We couldn't git the bosses that belong to
Kzry Blown
Because, like many others, they are oc
cupied jes" now
In filiin' their engagements with a har
row or a plow.
The only equine candidate fur glory an'
fur fame
Was Uncle Kben s mule that's been laid
up because it's lame.
I I s men folks ail went back to work a
realizin' quick
ITha' boos sense ought to set the pace at
Rollick on the Crick.
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING
Uncle Sam is an advocate of the health
marriage idea. The policy of ministers
over the country
Health Marriage who demand physi
| .. < ians' certificates be
Regulation. fore unjting two
people in holy matrimony ha? received its
first official stamp of approval Likewise
an O. K. if put on the suggestion* of
health authorities and social workers who
want the enactment in all states of laws
hased on the pure marriage idea to pro
tect contrai^ting parties again insidious
diseases which can be transmitted to
offspring, more especially tuberculosis
and certain infectious blood diseases.
The mating of people in good health
will have the effect of not only insuring
the right of children to a good heredity,
but health marriages will be the most
effective known means of checking di
vorce, because good health makes for
contentment. This is the opinion of of
ficers of the United States public health
service. the bureau ??f the government
which is most interested in every move
ment whose followers are working for
the improvement of the people's health.
Surgeon General Rupert Blue and his as
sociates today outlined the government s
reasons for its interest in a problem
which always lies within the jurisdiction
of the individual states to solve.
?The health marriage idea presents a
public health question which cannot be
left entirely to the consideration of
physicians." said Dr. Blue. "Nor is it
merely a question for the attention of
ministers. It is a great social problem of
vital interest to every member of society,
and is based on the development of a bet
ter American citizenship and a nation or
healthier people through the protection
of women and men and their offspring
against insidious diseases, the existence
uf which should be given careful thought
by every person contemplating marriage.
"It would be an extremely good thing
if every state would hasten the day when
statutes will be adopted which make n^''"
essary the presentation of-health certifi
cates before marriage. That these laws
should be easy of enforcement. the>
should not. in my opinion, be too drastic.
Both parties planning marriage should
have knowledge whether either is dis
eased. however, and the provision for a
health certificate before marriage is tbe
only method of making sure that ihe>
will get this knowledge.
"As most normal people look forwaia
to entering the married state. I believe
that the placing of marriage on a health
basis will make all people think more of
the care of their bodies?more anxious to
ward off diseases?and that the general
enactment of legislation of this kind will
mark one of the longest steps ?hich has
ever been made in the encouragement 01
preventive medicine.
"Sentiment will always rule in the mak
ing of marriages. I suppose, bui lo\e with
health will make for a far more Pfr'*"
and happv marriage than love without
health. More social problems will be
solved by putting marriage on a health
basis than in any other way. in my opin
ion. Normal persons are usually happj
and eon t en ted when they are well, and,
therefore the most effective check which
can be offered for the divorce evil is the
oncourag^inf-nt of th<* marriage of healtn>,
happy people.
?The spread of the health marriage idea
will mean that inen particularly will come
to think more of the care of themselves
and of the danger of certain infectious
social diseases. The day when thinking
people cati give even passive support to
the so-called double standard is rapidly
passing. Young men who think that they
must 'sow wild oats and who gi\e little
thought to the dangers which await them
in riotous dissipation must be taught that
the fathers and mothers of the land will
not allow their daughters to enter inno
cently into a union which may result in
the transmission of disease or in the
blindness of offspring, or perhap3 111 the
ruination of the health or even the death
of the mother.
"Not only should people on marrying
be protected against those diseases which
i mav be transmitted from one to the
f other, but there is a great need today
that our women should be protected
auainst men who are either drug habitu
ates or dipsomaniacs. Habits of intern-1
perance endanger the happiness of mai -
rled life, and are almost as serious a
cause of unsound and defective children
as are the social diseases. There are also
certain non-transmittable diseases, like
epilepsy, which if existing in either party
should be known before marriage. I
"How far the health marriage laws j
should go is a matter to be decided care
fullv bv the states which make them.
There is a question as to how the exami
nations should be made, whether by a
physician employed by the state or mu
nicipality, by the family physician or by
a physician to be selected by the father |
of the woman to be married. There are
many natural reasons fbr supporting the
latter proposition, and the chances are
that the right of the bride's father to se
lect the examining physician will be the
principle adopted by most states. These
matters are details, however, and the im
portant thing Is to encourage the idea of
insuring a better and healthier nation of
people by encouraging health mar
riages."
*
ajs
Moving pictures are coming in for
varied uses by the government today.
I.ast week the re
Government Uses port was made of
? . ? i the value of film
Motion Pictures. shows as a factor
in increasing the efficiency of laborers
engaged on the big irrigation projects in j
; the west, by keeping the men contented j
with wholesome amusement after work- I
ing hours, and within the last few da> s
plans have been completed for the intro
duction of moving pictures to give pub
lirity to every detail of the work of all |
the bureaus of the Department of < oin- |
merce.
Secretary Kedtield. shortly after coming
into office, approved the idea of using
moving pictures to show the work of
! the Department of commerce, providing ,
satisfactory arrangements could be made
to get the pictures produced and the !
many details of such a unique publicity ;
j experiment could be worked out. He put
! the whole matter up to a committee rep
resenting the many bureaus, with Dr.
<ieorge C. Havenner. the chief clerk of
his department, as chairman, and after
much preliminary work announcement Is
made that the experiment is about ready
to he launched.
i Several months will he required for the
making of the films, for the territory in
which tiie pictures will be made to show
the activities of the department ranges
i from the fisheries and sealing grounds
j of far-off Alaska to the sponge^ culture
| stations in southern Florida, Consider
I able care must be exercised in the mak
! ing of every set of pictures showing the
work of the individual bureaus. The
! films must have a high educational value
| and give accurate pictures of the gov
ernment men at work in furthering the
j commercial interests of the nation, and at
[ the same time they must he snappy and
Interesting enough to hold public atten
tion as readily as the average picture
| shown in the hundreds of "movie ' thea
ters throughout the country. I
I The activities of the Department of
commerce offer an excellent opportunity,
I officials think, to test the value of mov
\ ing pictures for publicitv purposes, fori
THE LOBBY HUNT.
From the Ki<-hmon?l Virginian.
The Senate probably will not need the
assistance of the secret service to find
the "numerous and insidious lobby *or
which President Wilson has directed a
search.
From the Jersey <"ity Journal.
Anyway. 1'resldent W ilson seems to
have a better eye for lobbyists than have
any of the senators. He can ' see em
even where they ain't."
From tUe Knoxvllle Journal ami tribune.
If the senators fail to tell
about the "insidious lobby." President
Wilson will supply the needed informa
tion.
From the Albany Kvenlng Journal.
And what are they that are promoting
President Wilson s tarifT bill? Are they
not lobbyists, too?
Ftom the Charleston N? anil Courier.
If they expect to get to the lobby,
tb?gr 11 have to go pretty low.
the work of the various bureaus goes
over a much wider range than the a%er
age person would suppose h...
reaus of the department the steamboat
inspection service, the bureau of
tion and the bureau of lighthouses a
concerned with matters of safety o tra\ei
at sea. the fisheries and fur sealing in
vestigations come under another Dureau.
the coasts are mapped by the coast ani
geodetic survey, the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce gathers lntorma
tion bearing on every detail of the na
tion's commerce, and the bureau 01 i
census handles the statistics on tbe na
tion's growth in population. industr>
wealth. . . . .
With careful selection of subjects ana
skillful operating of the moving picture
cameras. Secretary Redfleld believes J.hat
a series of films can be produced
when exhibited in various parts or trie
country, will give an idea of the depart
ment's work to many people who would
never be reached through the medium ot
government publications.
*
The longest advance step which has
ever been taken in the .operation of the
food and drugs act
To Guarantee i** silu? Us en"
, actment will be the
Meat Products. use Df this law to
guard against the impurity or misbrand
ing of meats and meat products. This
action to protect further the health of
the people of the country will soon be
taken by Secretary David K. Houston
of the Department of Agriculture, who is
backed by a decision of Attorney Gen
eral McRevnoIds on the point that there
is nothing in the food and drugs act
which prevents its application to meats
and meat products.
That the pure food law has not been
used to prevent the adulteration or sale
of unfit meats in the past will be news
to many people; in fact, to some of the
most earnest advocates of the pure food
movement. When the departmental leg
ulations which govern the administration
of the pure food law were adopted, a
paragraph was included which provided
that the law should not apply to domestic
meats and meat products. The reason,
perhaps, was that the meat inspection
laws, which operate where the stock is
slaughtered for market, were thought to
give sufficient protection to insure a pure
meat supply. This law does not cover
the purity of meats on the market, how
ever, as the pure food law applies to
other products.
Secretary Houston made a number 01
I inquiries why* the pure food law should
not apply t? meats, and finding that no
' one in the department had a good answer.
' he went to the government's highest legal
' authority, and Attorney General Mc
Reynolds says that there is no reason
why the law should not operate against
meats. With the meat inspection law
operating at the packing houses and the
pure food law covering meats and meat
products after they have passed Into
Interstate commerce, the people of the
country have a better insurance of pure
food, perhaps, than any other nation in
the world.
There are a number of important points
on which the pure food law will help the
consumer and protect him in purchases
of meats and meat products. One of the
I most Important benefits will come in the
application of the new amendment of tne
pure food law which makes necessary
the marking of all foods sold In package
form according to weight, measure or
numerical count. Thuf prepared meat
products hereafter will be purchased by
weight, the same as are steaks or chops.
The application of the adulteration and
misbranding clauses of the pure food laws
to meats and meat products will guaran
tee purity and Insure against misleading
branding. The right of the government
to seize Impure meats has not been exer
cised heretofore, but In the future the ex
tension of the pure food law will mean
that meats, like other products, found
unfit for food purposes will be seized
and prosecutions started if it is found
that they "consist in whole or in part
of a filthv. decomposed or putrid animal
substance*." Friends of the pure food
movement think that there is nothing
which Secretary Houston could have done
to inspire the confidence of the people of
the countrv more Important and vital
than the application of the pure food law.
to meats and meat products, which form
such a large part of the nation's food
supply.
*
I sjs *
I A group of experts representing three
departments of the government. Agricul
ture. Treasury and
Conference on Commerce, will meet
_ __ , . tomorrow, in the
Food Marking. roomg of the Secre
tary 'of the Treasury, in the customhouse
at New York, to begin the first series of
important hearings which have been
called for the discussion of the new
amendment to the pure food law which
provides for the marking of the weight,
measure or numerical count on the out
side of all packages In which food is sold.
The interests of the consumer will come
in for thorough consideration, for it was
to Insure the consumer a square deal in
all purchases of food products that Con
gress passed the weights and measures
amendment during the closing hours of
the last administration. The amendment
allows for reawnablc varlat ons of
weights and measures, and the amount of
these "tolerances," as they are called,
which the government will permit must
be decided by the committee representing
the Agricultural. Treasury and Commerce
departments, as provided by law
The committee which will receive the,
hrb'fs and ii'-ar the arguments of inanu-|
facturers and their representatives will
consist of nr. Carl 1. Alsberg. chief of
the bureau of chemistry; 1.. A. Fisher,
in charge of the division of weights an.I
measures of the bureau of standards, and
F M. Malstead. chief or the customs di
vision of the Treasury Department.
To decide the amount o> variations to
be allowed in the weights and measures
of packages will offer one of the hardest
problems which have grown out of the
administration of the pure food law.
Some foods dry out and slulnk atter
they are packed, causing considerable
variations In weight or measure at times.
Just how much of a tolerance should be
allowed has long been a source of con
tention among the people who tavored
the amendment to the pure tood law.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, for thirty years
chief of the bureau of chemistry, has
always insisted that no tolerance should
be allowed, unless the product was found
on examination of samples to be as often
over weight or in excess measure as it
was under weight or short measure. Dr.
Wiley does not believe in the allowance
of any variation "hen the variation will
always be under the amount marked on
the package.
Another Important point to be decided
bv the committee on tolerances is jug"
how much variation to allow in packages
or other containers of food. Many man
ufacturers find it Impossible to get bot
tles oil tiie same size. In handmade
bottles a slight variation is expected
Some automatic packinn machines vary
sometimes in the amount of product put"
in a package. The committee looks for
ward to an interesting series of hearings,
lasting for some weeks, perhaps, during
which all sides of the many tolerance
problems will be thrashed out.
RAYMOND W. Fl LLMAN.
THE LAUREATESHIP.
From th<- Omaha Wurl<l-Horald.
Poets laureate, however, appear to be
made and not born.
From the Columbus Ohio %'tute Journal.
The poet laureateship is now vacant
and Kngland is understood to be looking
around for some nice man who can't
write very good poetry.
From the Indianapolis Newi.
And yet there Is doubtless a good deal
of widely distributed conscious merit in
Kngland that was severely shocked by
King George's announcement that the
laureate business had been closed out
permanently.
From the Milwaukee Journal.
Alfred Austin has died, thus reminding
the world that Kngland had a poet lau
reate.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
A lot of Kngland's poets are now try
| inp to assume an air of nonchalant in
I difference.
FIFTY TEARS AGO
IN TIE STAR
Washington was under a strain of \
keen apprehension as a result of Lee's
movement of his army
j Watching from the base which it
? j had occupied south of the
uCll. Lee. Rappahannock following
the battle of Chaneellorsville in the
spring of 1863. In The Star of June
1, 1*63. is the following article descrip
j tive of the state of public feeling here'
relative to the possibility of an attack
upon the capital:
, "Yesterday was one of the 'feverish
| Sundays' in the way of sensational
rumors to the effect that Lee. with his
talked-of army of invasion, was mak
ing his appearance at points widely
apart, now at Kellys ford, now at
Thoroughfare Clap and now at Har
pers Ferry. The only one of the
rumors that finally took any reliable
shape was that of a raid on the OranRn
and Alexandria railroad by Mosbv's
pang of KUerrillas. which were, how
ever. speedily scattered by Stahl's com
mand
"From what we can ascertain posi
tively from the front there serins to be
no doubt that the Confederates are
shifting position, and the indications
arc that they have moved a consider
able force up river in the direction of
Culpeper. Persons who have hereto
fore prophesied as to the moves of the
Confederates indicate a belief that a
third battle upon the bloody ground
of Manassas mai_occur shortly.
"Yesterday there were to be seen but
few rebel pickets for a distance of
ten miles up and down the river front
ing Falmouth, and Barksdale's Missis
sippi Brigade (13th. 17th. 18th and 21st
Regiments), which were drilling
Thursday in the vicinity of Fredericks
burg? show now no sign of their pres
ence. Whatever the rebels are up to.
they will not catch our commanders
napping, most assuredly.
"In relation to the reports in regard
to the appearance of the Confederates
in the Shenandoah valley the Baltimore
A merit an of this morning says:
" 'Our city was full of minors on Sat
urday of the reappearance of rebel
| troops in the Shenandoah valley and the
I driving in of the pickets at Harpers
Ferry. Persons who <-anie direct from
the ferry before day on Saturday report
ed an attack momentarily expected, hut
it all turned out to be a few straggling
guerrillas who fired from the bushes on
some of our pickets, and no enemy was
found by the scouts sent out within ten
miles of the ferry, and none had been
heard from in that vicinity. We learn
from Gen. Schenck that he is in tele
graphic communication with the differ
ent commands in all portions of his de
partment from Wheeling. New ("reek,
Winchester. Cumberland and Harpers
Ferry and that the utmost quiet pre
vailed. There were not even rumors
among the people, and extensive cavalry
reconnoissances through all the mountain
passes, from Winchester and down the
line of the Potomac to a point opposite
the mouth of the Monocacy. failed to
discover any signs or even reports of the
enemy. There were some bushwhackers
discovered and caught, but nothing to
indicate the presence or approach of any
considerable force. In fact, all was quiet
along our lines on the upper Potomac and
the Shenandoah valley up to 11 o'clock
last night'"
*
During the civil war considerable race
feeling prevailed in Washington, and
now and then it broke out
Attack On violently. In The Star of
__ June lsKt. is a news ac
Negroes. count of a serious conflict
between whites and blacks:
"A riot, apparently a continuation of
previous ones, occurred last night at the
wagon camp, corner of 23d and M streets,
the party being composed of white team
I sters and the cause of the riot appearing
I to have been from ill feeling between
them and the negroes It would seem
that the assault had been premeditated
from two or three days ago, and the
preparations for it were quite extensive.
The signal for the attack was to be the
lighting of bonfires at the camp above
mentioned, which was accordingly done
about 12 o'clock. The parties were armed
with shotguns, pistols, slungsliots. etc..
and began their work upon the negroes
in the vicinity. They entered and cleared
out a number of houses on 22d street and
that neighborhood. The police, hearing
of the difficulties, hastened to the snot.
As soon as they were recomuned thev
were fired upon, but none of the officers
were injured, we believe. A pro\ost
charge under Lieut. Brannin was then
sent bv Capt Johnson, who succeeded
In uuelilng the riot and arresting the fol
lowing: Pat Hennv. Thomas Ot onnel.
Thomas Porsey. M. Henney. Pat Rus
sell M. Kenny. M. McDonough, John
Smith Thomas Munn. Michael Smith.
John Flaherty. Felix O'Bryan. PMa
gulre. Squire I,oder and James Ryan.
Thev were committed to the central
guardhouse. During the night ?om? 200
other arrests were made of Pa?"'*
charged with sympathizing vdth and aid
ing the rioters."
1 *.
The hope in Washington was that the
Federal army at the Rappahannock
would be able to stop Lee
Threatened from moving northward in
. the course of his proposed
Invasion. Invasion of northern ter
ritory. In The Star of June IW. >s the
following news article touching upon the
j situation in this regard:
j "We learn that there we e indications
! Wednesday nig.H that Lee was massing
| forces at 1'nUcd States ford, on Th?- RaP
i pahannock. apparently cither to attempt
a crossing there or to inalf a feint for a
crossing elsewhere. It would not be prop
er for us to intimate what preparations
Hooker has made to meet the enemy
should they undertake to pay this side of
the river a visit: but it is sate to say that
Lee will find the attempt a hazardous
one and that lie will not be permitted to
return with impunity when once across,
i The rebels have sotne facilities fo- cross
ing just now in the very low stage of the
water of the Rappahannock, w nich can
be crossed almost drvrhod at numerous
points, but otherwise than thi> _they find
?Jordan so hard a road to trace* in their
proposed Invasion project (as is evidenced
by their fluctuating plans and move
merits* that I^ee has, it is believed, ad
vised the abandonment of the project,
and if he undertakes it will do so against
his judgment by force of the on to
Washington" pressure, which seems at
the south to be a counterpart of the ru
inous 'on to Richmond' cry. w hieh Pre
vailed with us at one time with such dis
astrous results."
CAPITAL SPEILIM.
Thai Washington spelling I' ??
Is Koinj; down in htstoree
An ?im> mat shook
Tlie spelling l??<k
And ripped the di<-tioiMirj.
For Instance, on the battle
A man who hales our Tbe?idorp
M<?1 calmly sppll
The name "Roosivell"
Thus. "G A R \ Gary.
"Spell "free-lUt'!" To our gr<'?t amaze
Thev s|m-1i li forty-?even ways.
"M-K-A T."
Mild James U'G..
And looked around with pride.
Kill Weeks of Mas*, announced wiita ?wc?s
He spelled t> H-I-D-K-S.
And if the tbrotig
Should vote him wrong
He'd tan acme other hide!
"Spell sugar"!" Mr. Ransdell rose.
"You'd tread upon iu.t tender toes
If e'er I heard
You spell that word
T-A-S-H'!" said he.
"s'pell -steer:" And I'enre- ? row <n might
And spelled the word exactly right!
And none could llils>
His emphasis
t'pon the a?cond K!
-Spell 'lobhrist*:" In great aurpri.e
They looked in one another's eyes.
And sat around
In thought profound.
Ami not a sound was heard
I ntll. as one. arising ther?-.
They cried In chorus to the Chair.
"Define, sir, please.
Its propertied
We do not know the word!"
?John U'Keefe, iu lb ? New Ycrk World.
1
FRANCE AND GERMANY IN FERMENT
While the victorious Balkan state? '
are preparing to sign treaties of peace
with Turkev and the ??
Troubles tablishment of neutral
p ? xones until the> may *!?*
icwill^. flne their respective fron
tier*. while the delegates of the powers
and the Balkan states are assembling
at Paris to settle the financial question
arising out of the war against Turkey.
I let us turn to events In France and
Germans', where In both countries
troubles are brewing. France has
trouble with her anti-militarists, tier
many with militarism and Alsace-Lor
raine.
The anti-militarists in France have
"manifested" their dislik*- of law and
order, being rank-and-file rank anar
chists. by mutiny or attempts at mu
tiny. in the garrisons at Toul. Belfort.
Keullly and at other points.
The French anti-militarist if a naive
sort of a creature who has had the
(simplicity to think even for a moment
that hits manifestation would not end
in a fiasco. But the French govern
ment has been governing th^se late
years with such a loose rein that the
anti-militarist has taken his courage
in both hands and tinallv has ended by
stirring up the military
The holding up?-extending the tune
of the class of 1911? for a year longer,
from October next?is the pretext upon
which the attempt to mutiny the mili
tary is made. The real purpose is the
desire of the radical socialist to re
turn to power, even if on the back
of such a catastrophe as ? mutinous
army.
j The chiefs are such revolutionists
i as Combes, Caillaux. Jaures, Vaillant.
1 etc. These, it is said, have formed a
I "bloc" against the law of three years'
: military service and they are backed
I by the General Confederation of Labor.
M. Georges Clemenceau. more i?atr?ot
than politician now. cave the con
spiracy a hard rap by
Clemenceau's writing in his journal.
p . a new one just started.
comment. ,,Homme Libre. Which
i must have shaken the conspirators as
with an ague. M. Clemenceau de
clared that all Europe knew that
France was oil the defensive, and tier
many knew it first of all. I'nder the
iPietext of protecting herself against
i French aggression Germany was piling
up* armaments till the day she would
finish with France unprepared. ?>ne
was blind not to see that Germany
was mad for predominance.
"If the catastrophe was inevitable
France mifst meet it with all her
strength. Those who saw 1H7<? cannot al
low the slightest loopho'.e for a return
to those frightful days, of which the hor
rors now would be Increased a hundred
fold. If my destiny is to indict me
again with that nameless Calvary which
still haunts me. I have at least re
solved not to incur the slightest respon
sibility for anything that might weaken
my country in her supreme struggle for
existence."
The Genera1 Confederation of Labor has
been found to be the Insidious agent of
the " bloc." The offices of the confedem
! tion have been raided and the documents
j seized have proved Invaluable to the gov
ernment.
The Temps, writing on the subject,
says: "The essential for the moment is
to a<t In accord to maintain the disci
pline of the army. On this point then
is no divergence. M. Jaures himself
? alarmed at the turn of affair*! speaks
of recent incidents as a "work of moral
disorganization and national weakness.'
j Against that it is necessary to take ef
I ficac.ious measures and to show to Ger
many that the return to the service of
three years is not, as they write, 'the
commencement of the dissolution of the
French army.' *'
The Temps declares that the anti-mili
tarist propaganda should not be permit
ted to go on. If
Protest Against i??r mitted, the
a .. . most sacred inter
Anti-Mihtarism. ests wlth whlch
France was charged would be lost.
Gen. f'au, having made his report after
a tour of Inspection, said: 'We are not
in the presence of a military mutiny, but
of a movement of ihjIIMcuI origin"'
Here, in fact, is the test of an appeal
launched among the garrison at Toul:
"Comrades, the moment has come to
levolt against su< h a coup d'etat as that
voted by the chamber tthe law of three
years). Ail men of sane Judfitnent esteem
the law of th ee years criminal. You will
bear the consequence of that military
folly. Do you hesitate? Xo! Have re
course to force. Manifestations will take
place in all the regiments of France.
Your conscience will torce you to partici
pate. Liberate yourself from hu^h odious
slavery, and if you are the subject of
menace remember the proletariat is with
you. Down with the military projects:
Down w th the three years' law !"
In other addresses, according to docu
ments read in the chamber, there Is in
formation as to the mechanism of the
anti-militarist propaganda und the ma
chine. which is the General Confedera
tion of Labor!
In these documents the garrison is al
luded to as an "unhealthy circle." The
best mode of binding relations with the
syndicate was the camaraderie of the
workshop and the barracks. The journal
Sou du Soldat. or th" Soldiers' Cent,
was recognized by the general conf#d?-ra
tion of labor as one of the most efflca
clous means of attaining the object in
view. There is a suggestion in afliHate
wjth a companion. aixj finally ih< sold ci
should refuse duty.
Gen. Andre as early a> ll"?i' proposed
that such incendiar\ proDagaiida jliouid
be st-pped. But it was
Earlier permitted o proceed. .M.
p . Alessimy. minister of war.
ITOteStS. said in the chamber in
1 & 12 that the C. G. T. proposed to strike
at the heart of the nation in "sabotage or
blocking the railways during the period
of mobilization of strategic transports."
M. Messimy characterized the propaganda
of the C. G. T. as "the catechism of
desertion and the cowardice which dis
honored the French language."
This criminal propaganda was fruit
ful in desertions, which increased from
1901' to 1911, from deserters und
mutineers to deserters and
lO.OOit mutineers. And > et the govern
ment took no measure of rep res sh nl
I have before me a journal of recent
date entitled "La Voix du People," or
the Vohe nt tiie I'eople. organ of the
General Confederation of Labor. Of the
events at Toul, Belfcrt and I'arls it
writes:
"Whatever happens we uill continue
our campaign: if the government uses
reprisals It will lind itself confronted
by the entire proletariat. We cry with
out fear. "Vive la Classe: Down With
the Three Years:'"
The Voice of tl? People furnishes
notes of the increase in numbers of such
societies in the 1'nlted States s'ml'ar to
the C G. T.. as "The Industrial Workers
of the World." the "Brotherhood of Tlin
"COMMONER'S" JOB.
From rbr Kn?TTille Sentinel.
In selecting Secretary Bryan's associate
editor of the Commoner for governor of
the Canal Zone President Wilson assures
the ' strip"' of his solicitude for its
safety.
From the Indianapolis star.
Without either Metcalfe or Bryan, what
is the Commoner to do? Can it be pos
sible that there Is a third man in the
tountry equal to earning that editorial
job?
Front the PittclNiritb fitfttf-TiBieti.
The selection of William Jenninfs
Bryan's journalistic partner for civil gov
ernor of the Panama Canal Zone indicafes
that the Secretary of State has some in
fluence with this administration.
From th.^ Milwaukee Free Preps.
With Editor Bryan and Associate Edi
tor MetcaJfe In public office, what /s the
Commoner going to do?
I'rnm the Bostoa .Vdrerrispi.
The Commoner should develop a fresh
view point, if it is published from Panama, j
ber W'orkm." etc.. ail of wh'.di hsv
bnux'hpn fveiywhfr<> in the south ?
w<>?t i>r>lug regulaih thci: fixed (lu^>
Thf "I. \V \V." w Mi it* brmioh' ? num
bers over li*V??K?. and the Vol.* of the
People mentions the great strides in tti?*
sfates. that of the gr.-*: i.-\Mle strike at
Lawrence, of the silk workers at Pater
Hon. comprising aO.?"?i nim women an*'
children striker* and I-., k-out*. and that
of the rubber ?orke'n Akron. Ohio,
who number ;jo.?*1o. The 'laminating note
of the Voice of the iVopie is y cry of
Joy over the on?onl nisi. h ,(f M-c'.alisni
and 'the object in vie*." which is
anarchv mid the !??? na' ..f the nnlilen
rule
Gerniaiiv is employing ,.!t iiei . i>? . jsie*
to increase hei efrectlv.-* w htch. accord
ing to 11.c project.*- h* -
Germany's fore th. r.-i, h*tag ??houid
_ _ . ?\cee.l ij ??. ,?f Fiance
Effectives. tlw u. ?v
?JT.ymio men. The rac. f>> -ui?eiiority in
the number of her eft- ? it suci-es"
ful. a? it will be. d?s- - the military
equilibrium and const t ^ | . m?nettt
state of alarm in l-Itil ? ?j ?
A KranciMSertiiun .otif. n? >? ra
cetitlv assembled at B ? t? ? I -< uss the
<iuontlon <?f ameliorate ^ . t ?? nitons .>f
France and ilerinunv in ti. interval
the news that tin tiem f?l.til council
was considering two p* -i t> t. ndlng to
re-establish the regin ? ' .-x .-piioti" In
tli. annexeil province M*a> ? ?-!. ?i raine
east a shadow o\ < i t ????dings B.
"exception" is nnderst ? i t<> m< an thai
having been accorded i-i.tuiiun and
made an a itolioinoi. etn:?r of tile
German Fonfedctatioi. i:?r.' .\l-a?e
Lorralne revert* to form* i excep
tional state as a .on'j ..-.i province of
the German empire
Alsace-Lotrainc is a -? of ttoitble
to Germany. a thorn i ? ? --!<i. which
Bismarck. wiser that r ooldier \>>a
Moltke. foresaw and ?tid.-avored t? ? op
pos. the taking. Bi*ni?i.k knew th> his
toi > of the Pole in tin noii heast th?
: Dane in the north, and was .-eTtai!!
! that the Alsatlan-I-ori ..n.-s in th? south
i west would prove soon' or later a source
I cf trouble and weakness ; ? ? w deli there
was no apparent rented >
One of the project- consists n
Hiv ing to the ministry of t i> It. i? h.-lanU
the powet to prohibit t ? I'topagation in
Alsace-Lorraine of an> ?; ii< at ion i>rlnt
j ed lii a foreign country >v :u the under*
i stanuing that the prohi. .t <m is a| plica
hie to any and all pal : n:?ni-. ?vn fn
I Oetmany, not <n the le '-uan languag*.
This measure max .-.is| . ,1 nl piohlolt
i by simple U'lmin sti ativ. i-'.oti Jour
I nals aii'l reviews in v >rialne in
! French; it will constit i. u absoluti
' violation of the iihettx of I i> pi.-s .mil a
I violMtlon of the <-onstitu: .>n
I
I
Tile second project ten f. ;,erniit Iti
Alsa. e-l-orralne the supj iessi.?n of an\
_ . so.jetj which may
bappression of b< tlen' unced as
I Alsace-Lorraine. ^ 1 u,"n*i J
pea.-r li\ a simple adinini* tratu? nieus
| nre. The object in viev s the sup ?re?sioii
j of the French language ..nd sin h so
cieties ns the "l.igue Aerienne da
Ftanet " and "So<*tete ij?Ancietis l.eiiioii
naires Franca s." Nothing has been dona
j In Alsace to lead the Germans to thitin
i that t':c natives desired to return to tha
(conditions that existed before 1?>7a. Tha
fact is Germany proposes to siippre.s?
J the French in e\ er> way possible ill
I Alsa' e-I.ot rainc.
The Messin writes. The prop" t Of
; these measures of exception agains ttia
i (iiiblic liberties of the annevetl connl rl<s
| ??Olistitutes a .singular ie-d\ . tue
pacific intentions of the Fiendi <b puti>'S
who went to Berne, and to the mani
festation* of the loyalists of th. land
tap at Strassburg. It is at the sama
time a proof of weakness on the part
of a government which at the end o|
forty years seems to wish to affirm its
tnoral iinpotency to win over the con
quered populations of A Isace-Lorraine.'
The Ktrassburger NVue Zeltung. pro
i gresslve uriian. affirms that the project
I will encounter determined adversaries
I !n all parties in the reiclistag. men
j who w ill not tiderate a restriction oi
i the rights of association and the liberty
j of the press.
The Independence Keigc expresses ttia
? opinion that the policy adopted by th*
j German gov ernment is a groan error.
The measures submitted to the rei? h
I atag prove iliat (iernianv is not master
I of the sentiments of Alsatians-Lorraine.
| It cannot be more ingenuously confessed
that notwithstanding all the constraint
and oppression of a regime of exception
vigorously maintained duritiv forty-two
j years, assimilation has not been poa
! sible, and that Germany has not been
j able to establish the preponderance of
German culture; the German immigiants
I who were invited to colonize Alsace-Lor
raine were really absorbed l?v tr.a
natives The sons of Gel mati function
aries and industrials for a tact ranged
themselves on the side ot Fren-'i cii'
ture and proved oftentimes to (?? t>ia
i most ardent defenders >>! tue subtc ted
; peoples
j
If Alsace-Lorraine hao be?-n :iii< n a
! place frankly as a part of the national
family e ^jal i,i i i-x'.ub
Embittered and duti. * to the '.thar .
- ?? states of tin; empire the
8T* situation would doubt
lest have been better than it is today.
Treated with suspicion ? ven as enenibl,
1 time has embittered rather than a?
j suaged their urief.
Alsace-Lorrain. vva.- :? d a < ??n
! Ptitutloii in 1912. but i< has not pro.
: cured ilia 11 v benetits. n ? n > ? First o.
i all. the promised unto, ha- prov' d
I a mv?h.
< >f <OU. tile I ? l i 1 ?? 11 ? ? i-as til" dl-ad
vantage of causing -i woui.d' to
1 bleed. XciGier Fr?n> ? Alsa< c has
forgotten !?"?? I to 111 ia maintained
theyi loltv-luo y. ai> i i ? v ? liul
of dlgnit v which has ? ? nmarid. I ????
I i ej-pect ??f Gerinanv. i alic. na no
<lesir?- for w a i A mill'*' nation wiia
a splendid armv it is ? ??.?what sinuu
lar that she bus chosen : ther tin patUa
of pea< e than tlo>s>' ol I eiigt . which
would lll?*an war.
tJermanv liav. ??ii--d b> -i.cii
an unlooked-foi situatlo- '? ' she did not
Get n.any has always ? < on the
alert for war. as if ? Meeting every
( instant to be chalh ng'<1 ?? France to
i deliver Alsace-Lortaiii' f'1" armed
' pea ? imposed uooii a I ' rope has be
' come and is sine, ma i\ ais a \ a?t
j burden. Man*' l>e|j, v.- t' ? h> situation
i is ineupi>o* table and I ' ?oon
the furmidabl. ..inflict otne Su? h
u ccnllict would b a .-?? r noi onlv
for the combatants. t? ? I'.urope and
j the world.
i Ge manv i>- 'n iroiib ? ? ? i lit- situa
tion In Alsace-Lorrailc aid bee des. it
Is bv no means certain ti.ai tie- r? ich-tug
will sanction the a hit i >v .?rsioti to
the regime of ?'xceptlo" hat then .'
The tiertn.ui .-niperoi -. lid r?'"i.?un. e lc?
rights over th!? so-called ??icIMand."
reuffirm Alsatv-LoiTai - constitution
and autonomy, and in." . ? stab'isli tie
uneietit Uingu.'in of A1 -? i? Lorraine and
decl?ir< I h?- Kingdom . "? utral pow.r.
This coup w? U:>! iii- a.i . 1 ? and disarm
ament for l.urop. It ? ml mean, more
over. a Civil I Ol g; - it' ?? for \V|J.
he'm II i 11. < 'HAILLE-Lti.VG
I WIIITt RADiSHES
I
j l"r>'ni O.' P.-iillni-.r.* Ptnr.
Siiue Secretary Brvai ?'- been receiv
ing *o many contr'but -ns of white iad?
ishtod, bet he is e ji ry !)? failed- to ment oil
that he's fond of beefst. ?k
Fr?tn t hf* 1'urtbinl I'n
So many white radis ?- have been *,,-m
to Mr. Hi v an sinc?- ?t v\as announ.ei
that he liked th'-m iiiai he has been
forced to cry for help
from the Richmond Tiuies ?? h.
\> hlte radishes are becoming whit, ele
phants on Secretary Bill Bryan s hands.
Kroui the HarruthurK Telegrai'li.
Bryan says he has eaten as manv as
thirty-live radishes at on. sitting Now
we understand wh> lie Insists on
large white variety.
From the (tuffal.. K*pre
The information thai Air. Bryan Itk.g
whit* radishes has brought him nuniei
ous packages of the delicacy from aim,,,
ing friends There were no oltnilar taIsa
a^out presents of gray juice.