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Treat Turkey Fairly but Firmly

WHATEVER course may be taken by the
w United States in consequence of Tur-
keys abrogation of the capitulations, it
should at least be definite and firm. For
obvious reasons there is little continuity in
our diplomatic policy. far as we have one;
but that is certainly no reason for hesitancy
and waverng in dealing with such a ques-
tion as that which rises out OF the action OF
the Ottoman Government. Internal condi-
tons in Turkey are much disturbed, as Is
evidenced by the fact that several OF the
principal American schools in that country
have been cut off from communication with
the outside world for more than week; the
manner of the renunciation of the treaties
with European nations and the United States
Is not exactly encoura ging to easy diplomatic
negotiation: and the conduct of Ambassador
Rustem Bey, which may or may not repre-
sent the Turkish attitude toward this coun-
try, hardly suggests mildness in our COM
muucations with the Government from
which he is accredited AS for Ambassador
A Rustem Bey he has been blandly nsolent
Our educational and charitable Interests" in
Turkey, which were established under the
protection of treaty now broken, are just as
important as large commercial interests could
be. The American people know compara-
lively little. as yet, as to what the Admin
istration has said to Turkey and how it has
been said; but there Is no doubt that prompt
and decisive action the part OF this Gov
ernment is indispensable to national self
respect and the protection of our Interests"
g., g-1rr
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Watchful Waiting in the PhiIippines

CNINCE the Spanish war too much partisan
- ranCor has been caused by the Philip
pine question Political lines have been too
tensely drawn II may be granted that there
are essential and important differences be-
tween the two leading parties in respect to
their notions of colonial policy" but broad
conceptions OF national responsibility have
sometimes been subordinated TO narrow. bit
ter partsanship. The real issue which hinges
on the Jones bill, under discussion in
Congress, is not Shall the Flipinos ulti-
mately have self-government?" The bill
does contain a provision which pledges ulti-
mate self-government; and promise even
of something certain is rather dangerous in
a case like this. But the real question is,
Have the Fiipinos proved themselves
worthy of a more liberal share in their own
Government" That issue does not call for
partisan rancor
The United States assumed grave respon-
sibtlites when it took over the Philippines;
and in determining the future of the islands
it's responsibilities are fully as grave. 1t is
imperative that the mistakes Of the Recon-
struction Period in our own history shall not
be repeated The Fifteenth Amendment is
dead letter for the very simple reason that
previous condition of servItude' is some
thing that absolutely must be considered in
reference 10 any grant OF extension Of Politi-
cal liberty. Knowing the past history of the
Philippines and something Of the present eX-
tent Of ignorance and barbarism among many
Filipino tribes, and knowing that the forces
of democratic civilization have been working
there only a few years, less than a single
generation. the United States should 90
pretty slow in relaxing its civil guardian
ship The slower the better
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But In the same magazine G. K. Chester
ton answers the question. What Is bar
barian?" "The psychology Of the barbarian"
he says, us this: that, like the lower animals,
he does not understand reciprocity.
II leave bee his honey, he may leave me
his sting. And he has not broken any con-
tract, because bees, like Prusslans are bar
barians." So Germany's mpst delightful man
is a barbarian.
Professor Muensterberg makes this grace
full thrust: Every one knows the mild ex-
preston of the face of George V, and the
gentle melancholy features of Car Nicho-
las, and the comfortable philistine express
sion Of President Poincare, and the pretty,
youthful look of Albert of Belgium" The
professor adds that havoc has been wrought
In American public opinion by the Kaiser's
mustache, so formidable In cartoons.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

To tho Editor Of tho Evening Ledger:
Sir-knowing nothing whatever about the mat.
Ter, i am, OF course, competent 10 discuss tn.
question of Sunday amusements I realize =,
the outset that 1t Is wofully wicked to cnioy ons
day of rest week. I know that seeing gam.
OF baseball between healthy-minded younestcr,
wil' send me to eternal demniton. I feel, too.
that " were to spend an hour watching NOV.
ing pictures of worlds events / would eizzl.
in the sheol of past ages.
And vet. being a brave man, would wIlne,
take chance on the hereafter in order that
might escape a typical Philadelphia Sunday-ths
dullest, most horrifying day OF all the wesk
Truly, I'd rather work than pass Sunday in
this town
is there no happy medium on which the Blus
stockings could meet the sane Sundayites and
arrange for religious observance until say |
o'clock, and decent, orderly amusements aftsr
that hour? Or. is this city to remain retroactive
and blue-lawy?
MICHAEL E. PHIsTo
PHILADELPHIA, September % 1914
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Constructive Diplomacy

A certain diplomat, perceiving that the
peace of the world cloud laughter) depends
upon a nicely adjusted equivalence of martial
bristIing on the part of the Powers severally,
was much concerned over the propensity of
superdreadnoughts to become obsolete al
most before they can be got into the water.
"a superdreadnought which isn't up to the
minute no more makes for peace" he con-
fessed. than last years car makes for
social prestige"
He thought a moment. THE amount of ii
seems tn be-" he reflected that obsolescence
as it affects naval construction, is too vital
a thing TO be left TO develop i'm its own way"
little more and inspiration descended
upon him. what We need" he declared lis
a great many international conventions reg
ulative Of the tooth of time, so to render it's
mordancy less marked"
I'm short. ne was from that moment among
the rare company OF the worlds really con-
structive diplomRts.-New York Evening
Post.
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WHERE is THE FRENCH NAVY,

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Lilie many readers, have been puzzled
to account for lack OF a sea battle in the Euro.
pean war. We all expected Englands great
navy to do something spectacular when Church.
III first gave 1t sealed orders. But so far moth.
ing has happened beyond few petty engage
ments. Germany's feet is apparently able, by
means of the Kiel Canal to scuttie back and
forth from the North Sea. where England waits
to the Baltic. where the Russian navy Is not
strong enough to do any damage. But whers
all this time are the French ships? Why have
not the combined navles of England, Franco
and Russia been able to close up both ends
of the canal and cut Germany off from inter.
course with Scandinavia, across the Baltic!
WILL BOND.
Camden, n. j., September 90 1914
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Political Decencv an All.partv Issue

DOLTT1CAL Righteousness rises above
L partisanship. The public is learning the
lesson every day. Even Penrose will know It
by November. OF course the Senator has
never been so devoted to the interests OF
party as to permit interference with his per-
sonal comfort or the welfare Of his friends
But that bipartisanship of his on which the
liquor interests have Justly counted has re-
ceived a rude blow from another and very
different sort OF party alliance. The National
Popular Government League. itself an or
ganization Of men OF all political creeds, has
voted unanimously to campaign against the
election of two notorious candidates 0ne
from each of the two great parties-Roger
Sullivan, Democrat, out in Illinois, and Boies
Penrose, Republican, here in Pennsylvania.
The issue is broader than party. The life
and virtue OF our political institutions are at
stake.
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Trifing With the Telephone

nHELEPHONING isn't what It vas II
i won't even be what II is very long II
the inventors keep on. One OF them has
spent Il years on the msanthropio Job OF
turning out an attachment 70 detect the
third party who cuts in to listen 10 a little
gossip With 100000 party lines in use in
the United States, the misery hkely 10 he
caused by this single inventon Is appalling
Worse still the same mechanism may be set
20 cut off a Conversat tion at the end of
certain number Of minutes.
And do any of US want the "seeing-by-
wire" attachment that another Of these busy
bodies has Iuvented7 Imagine the embar-
rassment of the hve-foOt man with the timid
eyes who prefers 70 blow up the coal COM
pauy over the phone! Contemplate the con-
fusion Of milady who likes 10 chat with her
friends tn boudoir negligee! How will the
busy husband at the club be able 10 "pu!ln
the old, old bluff Of detained at the office?
The inventors had better curb their passion
ate genius.
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VIEWS OF READERS
ON TIMELY TOPICS
Contributions That Reflect Public opi,.
ion on Subjects Important to Ci,,
State and Nation.
TO thc Editor Of the Bvenino 1edoer.

To the Editor Of the Eveniro Ledoey.
Sir-1n view Of the fact that the vote IN va
sinia makes eleven States that have pons -.
hioition through the non-pa rtiean Influence y.
women on the votes OF men alone, how car ~.
suffragists circulate such ridiculous apn.o,.
they sent out recently?
OF the nine suffrage States, none IL nroh,,,,,.. !.
but Kansas, and II went dry three years No..
women got the vote there Colorado. ororo.
Washington, and California, suffrane STATE, -,
rejected prohibition, and Wyoming uho
women have voted IS years, never voted as rnras
as one county dry" Can Dr. Anna Howo,s
Shaw or any of the other suffrage leaders ,s,,
your newspaper why?
II only IS per cent. of the Colorado vo.,.-
had voted against the saloons in 1912 prohthi'
ton would have won by more than 6Ooo voto.
without one male ballot in It's favor WIN dId.,.
the women voters there represent true wonaa,
hood AS we'll the male voters have In r'a,.
suffrage States? nav
Only per cent. of the registered ,vo,no, 4,
the whole city of Chicago voted on Septe,nha.
D. Can any sane person believe that the oths,
96 per cent. are represented as we'll by tho q.
male politicians and feminists as they arc h.,
their own husbands, fathers. sons and brotbor.,
Why are Denver, Chicago and Frisco ',y,d.
open" on Sundays? Because the kind of von,os
that want to ape men like such "freedun,
EDWARD ToAL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Reform the Patent Office

Nov that Congress has torn itself regret
IN FULLY away from the pork barrel, it might
turn its attention TO some matter in which
there is neither political profit nor an oppor-
tuuity to sandbag the Government. One of
these is the American patent system If any
public service needs reorganization it is the
Patent Office. There may be very good rea-
sons for altering much of our attitude to-
, ward the vested monopoly OF invention but
, Congress need touch no such moot question
e In order 70 do good work in readjusting the
a laws and proceedings by which We try 10
!, stimulate inventive genius. Let it merely
make the present scheme workable Yards of
red tape should be cut away. The whole
method Of testing the priority of patent
should be simplifed. Now il is only the cor
poration with endless resources and a multi
tude Of lawyers that can outive the ten or
dozen mazes Of legal proceedings through
which a case may be driven. And the public
is quite defsnseless when a rich company
prefers buying ana supPressing patented
improvement TO using It for the peoples
benefit.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
THE IDEALIST

Prayer" said simple japanese convert
lis like the two buckets of a well. When one
bucket is sent down empty the other bucket
comes up full"
And there we have the true concept ~
prayer. Not only is it impartive; ii is re-.
ceptive. AS one gives one receives.
Two young men were camping in the
woods. Neither was what is popuIarIv k,,o,,,,
as a "churchgoer." They were inst 80
average American boys-healthy, alert and in
for a good time. N al
When bedtime came one of the bovs Lr.i.
down 10 pray The other looked ON a. I
cere amazement As the kneeling lad .raIa aI.,,
fxedly at the ground. e0Ni's
Bill said the one who had not praved
Il hope you said one for me" The 49, 49,,
bore suggestion Of the joCular VIRUS
Fred" replied the other, go per cant -,
my prayer was for you. II had prsved OF oI
myself would not feel nearly SO hannV ot Ut
nearly so much at peace with the whoisS mi nG'
verse as l do now" UNI
Which brings out the great big substance
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
ALTHOUGH THE SEASON OF THY LIFE
DECLINE

Although the season OF thy life decline,
And this thy body show her wintry night
These springtme suns will grant perpetual
light,
Nor ever coldly on the llly shine.
Nor ever coldly on this flesh OF thine:
Earths children take no unreturning flight
Yearly the primrose halls thy yearnng sight
Yearly each hedge restores the eglantine.
And though thy brain and body tire and fail.
And though Death make harvest OF thy
dears,
And hang his sickle thy door by night
Before thee then mercies will unveil
New hands, fun Of old kindness, stay thy
tears,
New eyes console thee with the old love-
r-Edith AnSs Stewart in London Nation.
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ReIIigerent Footnotes 10 History

TIME writer's Of each warning nation pre-
/ sent united front against the pens Of
the enemy and no quarter is given 10 per-
sons or peoples who wave a foemans flag
The literary conflict is interesting to watch
Hugo Muensterberg, who usually backs his
German propagandism with the name Of
Harvard University presents in one Of the
October magazines a most engaging picture
of Emperor William, the Man" The
Kaisers sense Of humor the beauty Of his
domestic life, his marvellous intellectual
versatility which surpasses even that OF
Theodore Roosevelt; the incompatible mag
netism OF his peTsonality-all blend in this
portrait OF "Germanys most delightful man."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
The Kaiser: Bad or Incompetent?

From the Columbia IS. CO state.
The Germans continue to protest that they
did not want war; that the Kaiser was for
peace
II we grant the truth of the claim one OF two
conclusions is inevitable:
First, that the Kaiser was grossly incompe.
tent as a conservator of peace and ought to
abdcate so that some more intelligent German
can 90 on the job, or
Second, that practically the rest of Europe
was wicledly and insanely eager to make wal
upon him,
In the latter 1t must be confessed that
the Emperor has failed to govern his empire
that other nations would not hate it, or else
that other nations are altogether bad while
righteousness Is a German monopoly
Accepting the Emperors own premises il
seems TO follow that If not bad he is an in.
comnetent ruler
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Leader or Pandit2 ?

TT WE are ready for a little faith, the sit
pears. If we accept Villas sincerity, he
seems to be striving logically for those things
that he has always stood for Consistently,
through all his campaigns, he has championed
the peon And he has stood always for nom
military government to perpetuate his re-
forms. Carranza has not given evidence Of
carrying out the plans which Villa thinks
necessary to the salvation OF the peon. The
First Chief has hesitated to indorse the
land program. He has shufhed over the
military question; worse, he seems to have
kept his personal ambition squarely in the
foreground. villa is demandng-and with
what looks like success-that the military
leaders, himself included, be eliminated from
present or prospective holding of political
Office.
1t is a good stand that Villa has taken.
Why does it receive so little Endorsement In
the United States? Primarily, because Ameri-
cans have lacked faith in his sincerity. They
have thought him an ambitious man, bent
on self f-aggrandzement. The evidence has
been his recorder what is said to have been
his record-before the revolution. The one
word, bandit" toe done the trick. Yet it
is we'll to remember that the very conditions
in Mexico against which Villa is fighting are
next to useless Many a Revolutionary
leader of 1916 was technically a smuggler
against the navigation acts of England.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
The Open Season for Idiots

The hunters now will get in line,
Their turn will soon be here;
And every COW will wear a sign,
Don't Shoot Me, I'm No Deer"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Indeed our beef will be so high
This warning will be heard
AS COWS go sailing thro' the sky,
Don't Shoot Me, I'm No Bird"
New York Mail.
If Cost of Living bars the way
And thrOttles Loves sweet tune,
Why, then, to Cupid men will say
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Immune!"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Hail to the Braves!

PHILADELPHIA extends the hand of con-
1 graduation to the Boston Braves and
promises them a cordial welcome TO our
city. 1t is pleasant to have a new foe, the
first since the Cubs fell before the mighty
prowess of the Athletics. Not the naughty,
metropolitan enemy this time, but an en-
bassy from learned, cultured Boston. The
worlds series of 1914 will be unusually
classic. To the Braves all courtesies will be
extended; the keys of the Quaker City will
be theirs; everything but the title Of
Worlds Champions
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A COMMISSION FOR PHILADELPHIA

To the Editor Of the Evening Ledger:
Sr-There is one very plain lesson from ths
marble halls" grab Philadelphia needs .
commission form Of government She needs to
be able to put her finger squarely on the man
or men %ho plunder her. She needs the chance
of electinS few good like the present
Mayor, instead of a drove of nondescript pro.
fessional politicians. She needs to get respon@
sibility and business efficiency into her govern
ment. commission is the way.
H. L. PLUMMER
Philadelphia. September 90, 1914.
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A SHOP GIRL PLEADS Guilty

To the Editor Of the Euenin0 Ledger:
Sir-As a saleslady, have been much inter
ested in the letters appearing in your columns
regarding the treatment of customers. l was
pleased of course, that shopper should admit
her occasional feelings; but feel we girls owe
1t quite much to her to admit that very often
we are far from courteous or patient. Some
times, of course, ii Is not our fault. Standing
all day at work gets on ones nerves. But often
we are merely "soured on life," and let out
our feelings on the customer. F. A. @.
PHILADELPHIA. September o. 1911
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The Hotel Child

After several years of hotel life, Percval's
parents took up their residence in city
suburb.
What are you doing, SOM" the mother
asked him, when Percival came into the
house one afternoon.
~ was just out on the front porch" re-
piled Percival. listening TO a with
pushcart paging Observation-Disclosures
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
State Conscience Mields Power

NOTHING can Withstand the resistless
~ power Of the collective conscience when
men make an interlocking society Of their
conscieuces Public opinion takes the shape
Of something that resembles an avalanche
in strength. Nothing is more feared by
enemies Of the public welfare than rhe com
bired moral sense Of a State. Issues of the
campaign are supposed 10 be determined by
this nom partisan morality, which represents
the sound good sense of the citizen who
believes that Righteousness cXalteth a ma
ton but sin is reproach TO any people"
The illumination of this faculty, which CO.
ordinates the human with the divine, ought
to be one Of the purposes Of the campaign
now making appeal 10 the people Of Penn
sylyania.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
How Firm a Foundation

Two Philadelphians We're talking of the
fortune of a third denzen of that city when
one said:
His first lucky strike was in eggs. He
bought 10000 dozen at low figure, put them
in cold storage, and sold them at a profit of
more than 300 per cent That was the
cornerstone of his great fortune"
"Ah!" exclaimed the other Then the
hens laid it."-Harper's Magazine.
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In true prayer-unselish petition for !.
well being and happiness OF others. iOr Tie
Later Btll asked Fred IL he had ever -
home enjoyed the thrilling sensafiac coymins
exhilarating bath. Well" confJnvado OF A
that's just the way I feel when S,s. bll
feel that the real self of me had beeny !
fresbad fSsgbugn a. cleansing process. am Ivy yss
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Never Fails

Life's grim perversity appals,
And makes one frown.
The darn fly paper always falls
Sticky side down.
Kansas City Journal.
"Life's cussedness would try saint"
| loudly cry.
The painted chair sat upon
Was not yet dry.
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An Unkind Cut

Let us once more take a look adown the
vista of time as the years unfold them
selves.
1t is the year 1925, and the women have
been thoroughly emancipated and endowed
with complete and inalienable political
rights.
She" remarked a citizeness, has the
Presidential bee in her bonnet"
"She has" added citizeness No. 2, "and
the bonnet is dreadfully out of style, too"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Applied Appellatives

Mother" asked Tommy 'fs 1t correct to
say that you water a horse when he is
thirsty?"
Yes. my dear" said his mother.
We'll, then" said Tommy, picking up a
saucer, I'm going to milk the cat."-Lades'
Home Journal
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A Useful Invention

'I reckon" said Farmer Corntossel, las
how mebbe barbed-wire ought to be counted
as one of the most useful inventions of the
age"
For what reason?"
when there's a lot o. work to be done
barbed-wire makes it impossible fur a feller
to sit on the fence an look on."-Washington
Star,
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A Winner

There was man in our town
And he was wondrous smart;
There never was an auto that
The fellow couldn't start.
There never was a trolley car,
There never was a train.
There never was a vessel that
He galloped for in vain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30
Taking thc Cin' Out Of Virginia

From the New Orleans state
BY actual count 325 para grs piers up to
date have observed that the PrOhibitiOnists
have taken the gin out Of Virginia
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Exposing an Epicure

The epicure provokes smile;
He babbles on and will not hush;
He talks champagne and reedbirds while
The doctor feeds him oatmeal mush.
Washington Star.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-30

Let the suggestion of B. C. Forbes, OF New
York, find response everywhere in America ~
says: ITO keep every American worker fuhy
employed and every honest American bushes,
man prosperous, demand made In AmerleA
goods. This is lf-defense and true patrlotlsm~
Detroit Free Press.