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MINTER P. KEY.
Time for Action.

Editor of The Washington Herald: If
President Wilson undertakes to discuss
the German submarine nuisance further
with the German government he certain
w will disgust the American people. for
the American patriotism is getting to be
on oar with that Of China. What kind
Of a government is 1t that will not de-
ferd her citizens from death at the will
"f another power? What can a person
think of his citizenship under such con-
ditInns? | have never known time in
the course of my life when there was less
regard for the principles Of America than
now. not alone among the Kaiser's prop
agahdists. but among the Americans
themselves. We seem to be unable to
protest ourselves. Thosc people with
their Kaiser leaninSs are menace to
America. and there could he no better
time to stop them than the present and
the only way to do il is for the President
to assert himself and back up his de-
mands against the unlawful acts of the
German subma rines.
AMERICAN
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S44,0Oo,oO0 SENT TO U. S.
Gold and Securities from England
Bound to New York.

Vanceboro, Me. Aug. 1S.-A ship
ment said to consist of s1s.0O0.000 gold
and S25.0O0,O0O in bonds, from London
to New York. passed through here
today by special train. This is the
second largest shipment of gold and
securities this month between Eng
land and the United States.
1t is said the shipment arrived at
Halifax, n. s. on n British warship
and there was transferred to a heavily
guarded train, which conveyed ii to
the Canadian border. There it was
transferred to a special train, made
UP of six steel coaches, a dining car
and a coach. The train carried thirty
eight express guards. The shipment
was on it's way to an express COM
pany in New York just as when on
August 10 shipment of s52.000.000
gold and securities was sent to New
York to be deposited in the sub treas
ury to the credit of J. 7. Morgan &,
Co. fiscal agents for the British gov
eminent.
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Send Back the "Hyphenates."

Editor Of The Washington Herald Sir.
in the article you published recently in
your paper represents the sentiments of
men like Alphonse Koeble. president of
the German-American Alliance, who says
he represents 100000 other 'Hyphenated
Americans" then ii would be well for the
United States government to round up
the other 10000 and send them over to
Germany, as certainly they cannot claim
to be Americans if they subscribe to the
sentiments of their president. Jesus said:
He that is not for me Is against me.
and if we were to have war with Ger
many this kind of Americans would not
he of any use to us: indeed. they might
prove a menace should the United States
declare war against the murderers of
helpless men, women. and children on the
British merchant steamers.
These are the people whom the United
States has welcomed to it's shores given
free tuition in its schools. chance to
earn an honest living unhampered by en-
forced military service as is the case in
most of the European countries. un-
hampered by any conditions except to
lead lava hiding lives. and to pay rea-
sonable taxes as required by the laws of
the communities in which they reside. If
such people still cast longing eyes to the
lands of their fathers and fail to I'M
derstand the rights they enjoy as
American citizens" they should be re-
turned to the land OF their yearning. as
Americans certainly cannot understan nd
their ingratitude to the Land of the
Free. and the Home of the Brave
Perhaps they would then appreciate
the wonderful freedom they enjoy in this
country. The American passport pro-
tected this 'Hyphenated American" while
abroad in England. on his way to Ger
many: the flag of the United States
should protect him and others like him
If they keep the laws and do nothing
contrary to its institutions. but should
they give vent to sentiments like Koe-
blcs? They then become a menace and
should be sent where the flag would not
further protect them when uttering such
sentiments. II they like Germany, then
to Germany they should CO. and serve
the Kaiser by helping to stop the bull
let's of the allies. W. T. DAVIS.
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Distribute the Blame,

Editor of The Washington Herald:
am Republican and | am likely to
remain a Republican, but | never was
such a partisan as to fail to recog-
nize ; good act performed by any
person Ut party.
The present cataclysm that has bap-
TIED European soil in human blood
and destroyed millions of dollars
worth Of property in which the con-
tending nations have shown beyond
peradventu.e that they have been pre-
pairing for just such conflict for
years. especially Germany, has star
tied the rations of the world.
This condition of affairs across The
seas has becn used as a preteXt .
heap the entire responsibility for the
unrreparedness of the United States
for war upon the present administra-
ton. which is fragrant wrong II
these critics would extend their ami
madversions so as to take in all the
administrations from the beginning OF
the civil war to the present, Republic
can and Democratic alike. l would
subscribe tc their criticism.
There is no question about the I'M
preparedness of this country for mar
tiaI conflict with any great power. but
this fact is not Chargeable to any
particular administration. but TO all
for the past fifty-five years.
When the United States, in 1860.
was seething in sea of rebellion.
with disintecration staring ii in the
face, II found itself in a state of I'M
preparedness, and the same story
dovetails with the condition of the
country at the sinking of the Maine
"a 1898: but the American govern
mant mas the reputation. well estab-
lished, that when caught of of its
guard ia things pertaining to war it
very soon gets itself into shape.
This is a peaceful country. 1t is
in deed and in truth "a land of the
free and a home of the brave" II
strives to do unto other nations 1s II
would have them do unto IL. Hence
1t expects no conflicts and therefore
keeps ro large standing army. simply
one large enough for domestic pIr-
poses.
IT,. attempt on the part of this ad-
rinis.ration and the preceding ones
since 1869. to increase the navy and
enlarge the army has been met by the
hue and cry of the '.busbear" Of mill
tarism. which has at times been dis
couTaging 10 those in authority. yet
they have worked on under adverse
circumstances maintaining commend
able standard of efficiency in both the
army and navy.
1t is a settled fact that in order
to maintain q permanent peace . coun-
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Intimate Glimpses of I. R.
In White House, by John Hay

In Harper's for September are printed
for 1904, the year Theodore Roosevelt WAS
nominated for President. giving his i'm
pressions of the President while he was
filling McKinley's term. One extract
showing President Roosevelt's opinion of
himself is Of peculiar intehest.
April 1c-The President came in and
talked mostly about the situation in New
York, which annoys him greatly and
somewhat alarms him. He sees a good
many lions in the path-but I told him
of the far greater beasts that appeared
to some people. as in Lincolns way.
which turned out to be only bobcats
after all.
April 26-At the Cabinet meeting this
morning the President talked OF his Jap
anese wrestler who is giving him lessons
in jiu-jitsu. He says the muscles of his
throat are so powerfully developed by
training that II is impossible for any or
binary man to strangle him. II the Pres
ident succeeds. once in a while. in getting
the better of him. he says. Good.
lovely
May S-The President was reading
Emerson's Days and came to the Won
derful closing line: I. too late, Under
her solemn fillet saw the scorn.' l said.
L fancy you do not know what that
means.-'Oh, do / not? Perhaps the
greatest men do not. but I in my
soul know ! am but the average man.
and that only marvellous good fortune
has brought ME where I am
May 12-Bade the President Good-by.
He said with jeering good nature he
hoped / would enjoy my well-earned rest.
,Mr. Hay was going to make an address
at the Worlds Fair at st. LOUISE
His View of His own Speeches.
June 1.-The Prcsident spoke of his
own speeches. saying he knew there was
not much in them except a certain sim
certify and kind of commonplace morality
which put him en- rapport with the people
he talked with. He told me with sinSu-
lar humor and reCklessncss of the way y
and the late lamented Hollis tried to put
him on his guard against me.
June 2l-The President returned from
Valley Forge yesterday, and we all con-
graduated him at the Cabinet meeting
today on his sermon on Sunday. II
seems it was entirely impromptu. Knox
having asked him to speak only just be-
fore church time. X. says the question
1903 is easily answered. he should be
made bishop.
August Ill dined with the President
last night. After dinner we ad-
journed to the library. and the Presi-
dent read his letter of acceptance. | was
struck with the readiness with which he
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Editor of The Washington Herald: 1t
Is very evident from what Mr.. Alphonse
Koeble says. in a recent interview as to
the Gtrman-Americans in case a war
should occur with Germany in connection
with the sinking of the Lusitania and
Arabic and loss of life of Americans. that
he is not aware Of what occasioned the
war of 1872. The Americans In this coun-
try at that time in the greatest number
were descendants Of Great Britain. Yet
they made no outcry, but rushed to arms
in defense of their country right or
wrong. This fellow Koeble and his horde
should be shipped out of this land and
in case Of war with Germany should be
treated as traitors and all their proper
ty. real and personal. should be confis-
Gated and disposed of by the United
States. The Germans in Germany had
no say as to the present war. no more
than the Southern people had in the Sc
cession war. The people Of this country
are at least in sympathy with the allies;
they are opposed to militarism; they are
for peace. but not at any price. Are we
to let Germany murder our citizens in
cold blood? l think 1t is about time the
true American citizens should assemble
in mass meeting and give expression to
their views as to the present war and de-
eide, as they should. to support the allies
in every manner possible. These are the
sentiments OF an s5-year-old native
American. ]. B. MOORE, NJ. D.
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Grape Juice.

1t Las leaked out that while grape juice is not
barred from the list OF drnkables served at din
nerS given by the Secretary OF State to the
representatives. of foreign governments. one
in attendance is allowed to go long on thirst for
something more ardent in the quenching thereof.
The departure from the precedent sought to be
established by Secretary Lansngs immediate
predecessor no doubt is pleasing to the diplo-
mats. most of whom, VIC dare say in these
troublous times, agree with Lord Byron that
There's naught, doubt, so much the spirit
Gains
As rum and true religion.
Houston Post
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accepted every suggestion which was
made.
August 81 went to the White
House this'morning and found the Presi-
dent screaming with delight over a prop
osition in the New York Evening Post
that Wayne MacVeagh should be Secre.
tary of State in Parker's Cabinet. Sc
the dear Wayne has wearied of waiting
for my envied shoes at the hands OF
Roosevelt.
October III lunched at the White
House-nobody else but Yves Guyot and
Theodore Stanton. The President talked
with great energy and perfect ease the
most curious French I ever listened to.
1t was absolutely lawless as to grammar
and occasionally bankrupt in substan-
tives: but he had not the least difficulty
in making himself understood, and one
subject did not worry him more than an
other.
October 3.-The President came in
this morning badly bunged about the
head and face. His horse fell with him
yesterday and gave him a bad fall. II
did not occur,to me till after he had gone
that I had come so near fatal eleva-
ton to a short term of the Presidency.
Del avertite omen,
He was in high spirits. though he al
ways speaks of the election as uncertain.
l showed him Lncoln's Pledge of Au-
gust, 1864. written when he thought Nc
Clelland might be elected. He was much
impressed, and went on. as he often does.
to compare Lincolns great trials with
what he calls his little ones.
Why He Was Proud.
October 30-The President came in for
an hour. We talked awhile about the
campaign. and at last he said: 1t seems
a cheap sort OF thing 10 say. ana 1
would not say it TO other people. but
laying aside my own great personal in
terests and hopes-for of course l desire
intensely to succeed-I have the greatest
pride that in this fight we are not only
making ii on clearly avowed principles,
ord to avow. How can I help being a
little proud when / contrast the men and
the considerations by which l am attack
ed and those by which / am defended"
November 3.-The Presidents fall
from his horse ten days ago might have
been very serious. He landed fairly on
his head, and his neck and shoulders
were severely wrenched. For a few days
there seemed a possibility of meningitis.
But he is strong and well-knit, and the
spine escaped injury. / am thankful to
have escaped a four months troubled
term of the Presidency. Strange that
twice I have come so hideously near it
once at Lenox and now with n hole-in-a-
bridge. The President will OF course out
live me. but he will not live to be old.
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THE CLEARING.

| know a mortal full OF cheer
Who. when the outlook's dark and drear,
Observes, 90 well, its goin' to clearr'
And ii | ask him when, on me
He turns his eyes all smilingly
And, "Somctimc-mcbbe soon," says he.
SO when my world seems out OF tune
! think OF him. and softly Groom
Its gon' TO clear. and ucbbc soon
However dark the clouds OF fear,
Whatever tCmpcsts may uprcar,
| hold the Faith-IT'S COIN TO CLEAR!
tCoEyright. 1851
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II we'd invent something which when twas
hred would kill 10000 men and widow all their
wives, and leave their little kids to starve and
G-ieve, and then when it loaded DER twould
shoot and kill 10000 more and then would load
up and repeat, we'd have the nations at our feet.
And we'd have wealth at our command to scat
ter round with either hand, and folks would build
a monument above our grave when we had went,
and of our wondrous brain 'twoud tell, bu, ali
that time we'd be in hell. We'd ruther write A
cheer-up rhyme and sell the dinged thing for
dime. with big hole in it, by jing than get rich
with KILN thing-Houston Post
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will get peoples confidence and admir-
ration.
In Norway they speak of the white
Christ" and after the poet Longfellow
during a visit to that country had so
endeared himself to the people by his
genuineness. his transparent honesty
and uprightness OF character, they al
ways spoke of him as the white Mr..
LonEfellow"
Is there anything grander, can there
be a truer indication of success. than
the reputation among those who know
us best of being a white man."
Copyright l9I5)
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Keep Arms Out of Mexico.

1t does not credible that Carranza. un-
less he can make better showing than he has
yet made. will ever receive the official rccogni-
lion OF government. If the Pan-Amcrican
plan tails, the very best course to pursue would
milton to all the factions and compel them to do
the rest of their fighting with their fsts-New
York Times.
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OF course l know. that in this opinion most
people disagree, many OF the thoughtful too. They
consider that the world is to be saved by strife,
by turmoil. by fighting, by the explorations OF
all the hdcous qualities they glorify with the
name OF effort. Perhaps they right. But
they ought not to be sure They know so little
about the other method And yet. in their hearts,
they love the comfortable people. If you will
watch the most valiant OF the fighters, the
nosest, the most self-assertvc. the most pepos-
ferrous. you will find that every and then
they turn to the comfortable people for solace
and for rest But for the comfortable people
they might perish OF fatigue They might not
be able to endure the burden of living with them
selves.
(To be Continued Tomorrow
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Sometimes the comfortable people have a
philosophy. They have achieved their wisdom
through experience and through thinking. They
give all reason to hope Perhaps by the same
process We succeed in becoming like them
On the other hand, most OF the comfortable
people possess inherited genius. 1t may. OF
course have been developed by practice in other
generations Perhaps they the flowers of the
race, the highest expressions OF human beauty.
OF what consequence is it that the world has never
celebrated them and held them up heroes? 1t
enough for them to be just what they are.
And vet there is real loss here, for if there
distinction to be gained by the comfortable
people should all try to achieve it Much OF
the effort that devote to jumping up and
down, to making noise, to drawing attention to
our utilities. might be devoted to real profit to
those silent tasks worked out in the depths OF
consciousness.
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1t is wonderful what the comfortable people
do. Their presence alone is deep, quiet force
all the moro effective through working unob
truSively, myStcriously. As a rule they not
what the world calls interesting. But, in the
Of that literary woman, they may be endowed
with intellectual power. 1t really makes very lit
tic difference whether they are gifted common
place, whether they complex simple
Wherever they go they bring peace, rcpose. health
Haven't you the comfortable people, without
word by their mere presence, cause discord and
argument to subsidc? They put mere opinions to
shame. The explanation is, think, that they
shame the selfasserton that hides itself behind
opinions. Before their Inconsistencies, self-con-
scousncss realizes its ugliness. 1t can't endure the
association.
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THE FoUH-LEAFED CLOVER.

I know pI're where tn. is like gid.
And the cherry tlnur;s rr.st vita snow.
Aud down undcIrertiI is tn. lo',lic - nook
Where the fGuT-lcafed covers grow.
One leaf is for Faith an, c-e Is Tor HOPE.
The third is for love. you know;
Ard God nut in another one for buck;
II you search yol Will ind where they grow.
But You must have Faith. ard you must have Hope
You must love and he trorg and 81.
II YOU w,rS IL YOU wit will lind the riace
Where the fcuf-.tafed clover gov.
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The Chinese government has sent to this
country a commission of expert naval men to
study the construction OF submarine boats with
the intention OF making extensive purchases for
the Chinese navy. Has this anything to do with
the attempt "Chinaiv" tho United States against
which Col Roosevelt warned Us recently
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What Some People MAY Do.

Roosevelt wants instantly with Germany
and Mexico Hobson wants war instantly with
Japan and Mexico. Hearst wants war instantly
with Great Britain and Japan There are people
in this country who arc capable of making even
William ]. Bryan seem like statesman-Ncw
York World.
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Let Chairman Walsh. OF the United States
Commission Industrial Relations realize fully
hat the commissions majority report will prevent
the people OF the United States from taking any
suh>cquent output OF the commission seriously.
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Not Envious.

1t is barely possible, too. that several eminent
gentlemen who have more or less narrowly cs-
capped the Presidency fairly well satisfied that
they are not holding the job just now.-Indianap-
oils News.
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Our position is this: If Georgia must he
chastcncd, her nclghbor States who grew IN with
the old hussy and love her most OF the time are
capable OF doing ii carefully and thoroughly. We
favor New York and Massachusetts, nlinding
their own busincss-Columbia State
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To Hold Pm Conference.

Budapest. AUG "a dispatch from
Athens states that Premier venizelos. of
Greece, will soon confer with Premier
Pasitch, OF Servia. and later meet the
Bulgarian minister at the Greek capital
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y New \ Ork hcirCsS announces her dctermina-
ton to marry a Broadway advcnturcr from whom
She learned the tango And why not:
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Gov Dunno. All Illinois, urges that the U'nitcd
States should have army OF 100000 men if
It's demands arc TO be made good As against
rhetoric he will have the support OF a great ma
jority OF American citizens
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Rhymes of Political Childhood.

George and Victor and Teddy, Victor and
George and Ted-all that is left of the hapless
Bull Moose; its stomach, its tail and its head
San Antonio Express
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New York City is disturbed because it has no
official the job within four degrees removed
from the office OF mayor. Meantime the rest of
the country is congratulang New York.
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Morning Smiles.

Friend-Well. how's the war affecting
you?
Post-Cubist- Impressionist Sculptor-Not
a nit. old chap. | never sold anything
before it started-and l haven't since
Punch.
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The priest who shot bishop because he did
not believe his advancement in clerical career
rapid enough furnished the rciutation of his
claims.
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Russia Is the HOS. optimistic nation now on
exhibition. Here it : calmly considering the cnor-
NOUS dement's - follow a forced removal OF the
News
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A Line o Cheer Each Day O the Year.
By JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

FIRST printing of an original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald
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"Tcacc, peace" is everywhere the cry; but
there is peace.