The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1913-08-29

cause he has been Johnny on the
spot" He has been in the most in
accessible places, has met all kinds
of people from the exclusive Grand
Lama of Thibet to the Arab Sheiks
of the desert, has been at Babylon,
Mt Nebo, Mid-China, met officials
and statesmen of Turkey in the
sublime Porte down or up to the
Wal WI Pu in Peking where an old
empire was tottering to it's fall but
was saved by being converted into a
republic like that of our own dear
America. 1t shocked Mr.. Ellis to
have DR.. Dixon refer to our con-
stitution as one that is outgrown at
a period when nearly all the ma
tions of the old world and even those
of the Far East are bowling down in
imitation the great American docu-
ment that has already stood the test
of more than a century and has come
out triumphant. Only bad politi-
clans, bad statesmen, bad jurists
have marred its good government
sustaining principles and provisions.
With the masses of people of all ma
tions the world over looking to
America for safe governmental forms
for guidance, it appeared to Mr.. Ell
lis shame that we should be
ashamed of and condemn the very
foundation stone upon which our
free institutions rest. While what
DR.. Dixon said about a still further
American progress, even to refrain
ing and revising our, old constitu.
ton, met with great popular approv-
al from his audience, Mr.. Ellis was
as warmly sustained in making fol
it vigorous defense.
Quite impossible is it to give, in
a brief newspaper paragraph, ever
some idea of Mr.. Ellis lecture
fraught as it was with such deeI
and abiding interest. He is a harG
working journalist, being one of the
field editors of the North American
and a contributor to seventy-five OF
more other publications. No mar
is better prepared to speak upon the
various phases of our own country
and also upon internationalism. Ht
is a Pennsylvania, long active il
movements of a religious and al
truistic character in his own state
To millions of his fellow countrymer
by voice and through print, he il
holding up a light by which the!
can not only see themselves but thu
people of all other nations as we'll.
In his lecture he told of the dan
ger he encountered in visiting thu
Mohammedan countries. No Chris
tian is allowed to live in some o
their sacred cities, indeed, it is un
safe to enter them, especially Mecca
because there is buried Houssain
the grandson of the prophet. Whel
Mr.. Ellis visited Kerbela it happen
ed to be on an anniversary o
d. Houssain's death. Fanaticism wa
running high and he was refused ad
mission to the Khans and inns. MI
Ellis and his companions were sur
rounded by a jeering throng and 70
their safety, the soldiers took then
to the cards court where they wer
protected from being mobbed an
kept over night. But even here wa
found traces of American influence
and also an American who greete
them with a cheering word. A ma
engaged in the ice business ther
called out to them as they marche
under guard, Houdy! You Ameri
cans So am ]"
, Mr.. Ellis spoke of Japan as bein
pre-eminently military and a war
like nation. School boys are earl
taught military tactics, hence, the
become active and fierce fighter:
They march to and from their schoc
houses in true military order, break
ing ranks as each pupil reaches hi
home or abiding place, and form i
,, soldier-like squads on their way t
school. But there is a peace party
even in Japan, and it is CROWN
! rapidly. This movement was star
ed by a man by the name of Giiber
Bowles erd some fellow friends O
Quakers, all of whom kept in tn
back ground, but their work, a
everywhere else, though in silen
tread, as it was with William Pen
and always has been and is even S
With the Chautauqua, tremendou
, world force for good and the uplii
d. Oe f'IIranity