New-York tribune., 1908-03-19
THE TALK or THE DAY.

The Peace Association Of Friends. OF PhiladeI-
phia. has sent protest = Congress against the
authorization Of the expenditure OF $50 900 900 for
battlcships docks. etc. National peril SAYS the
Continuing the spokesmen OF the association, John
II. Garrett, Stanley r. Yarnall Joshua L. Bay
and Isaac Sharpless. NO such peril appears
IN any direction. On the contrary. within year
tho action Of the second Hague conference did
away with the bombardment OF unfortIhed towns
and three-fourths of the countries of the world
went on record advocating the protection of pri-
vate property at in time of war. assurance
given of the establishment OF a Of nations
at The Hague. and the cause of international arbi-
tration treaties received renewed life large and
rapidly increasing part OF population has come
to the United States TO escape economic. social
and governmental conditions created by military
burdens and the inheritance of old These
citizens not in sympathy with movement TO
restore them to a condition from which they sacri-
feed much TO be free Therefore your remonstrants
urge upon you. chosen representatives OF the
people the defeat of this proposed legislation. be-
cause they believe II to be nexpedient and un-
necessary. wasteful of the national revenue.
trary to our historical development and national
genius. at variance with the sentiment Of large
proportion of the people of the United States and
contrary to the international policy of a Christian
nation that has stood before the world leader
in peace and exponent of justice and friend-
ness
your superior urged her confessor.
Yes, but supposlng all the servants have left?'
interrupted the society Woman.-Llfe.
An American physician writing from Berlin
says: Il had the good fortune to be present the
'Aerztekommers.' arranged in honor OF DIR. Rob
er Koch. 1t took place in the great hall OF the
royal opera house last night-February fl--and
was such a doctors meeting as never before
and the like of which / shall in our
country. There were two thousand physicians
present. At the table of honor with Koch sat the
men who have worked with him. Proskauer, Rub
ner, Gaffiky. Frosch and Wassermann. and there
were professors. 'gehemrats.' 'geheime medezin-
alrite .obernedeznalr.ite' and least one minis
teral- l-direktor.' Next TO Koch Gehemrat
K6rte, who took part with the others in the
Kaiser salamander. with which the evening began
although he had celebrated his ninetieh birthday
a few days before There some serious ad-
dresses full of tributes to the scientist who had
but recently returned from the far South crowned
with new success in his field memorial medal
gas presented also, hut the men came there to
have a good time. and they had IT. / heard ply
sicians who stand high in the profession sing,
cite humorous poems, play instruments and
even take part in grotesque play. 1t was an in
yigorating spectacle The hit of the evening was a
one-act farce by DR. Alfred Peyser, the scene Of
which is laid in the court of DIR. Kochs present
home in Berlin The time is December II. 1885, the
10th birthday of Koch. The peep into the future
gave the authors of a number Of songs a fine OPP
portunity to make queer predictions. One of the
best songs was entitled The Wall of TIE Ra-
cilus.' "
A loveiorn young student most frantic
Screamed out in his best Esperanto,
''Caj woh eli maj fuj
suJ mi vol tut
Now isn't that simply romantic?
Harvard Lampoon.