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Evening journal., 1915-06-01
DUTY OF WILMINGTON VOTERS.

THE Wilmington city election will be held next Sat
urday Every eector should decide now to play
proper and manly part in that contest II involves
the most vital interests OF the municipality This is no
time for any citizen TO hold back. Each man should
come TO the front pull his pound assist in making
the pluralites of James f. Price the Republican can
ddate for Mayor and his associates on the Republican
ticket unprecedented in their magnitude That is
duty each citizen to himself TO those who are
dependent upon him and to his friends neghbors
Business wisdom. prudence and economy have fea-
tured the Howell administration of which Mr. Price has
been an important part He is an avowed advocate of
continuance of such policies. Back of him stands
political party that only upholds but encourages
him in that attitude
DR.. ]. Harvey spruance. the Democratic candidate
for Mayor elected to that office six years ago. His
administration left TO the Howell administration a
legacy OF debt that unnecessary It was shame
full The results of Dr. Spruances administration re-
vealed clearly the incompetency OF himself and his
party associates TO conduct city affairs as they
should be conducted. That the people recognized the
fact shown by their reputation Of Dr. Spruance when
be ran for reelection. He has done nothing in the
meantime TO reestabsh himself in public confidence
He is the Dr. spruance and the political organi-
zaton back Of him is the Saulsburyized Democ-
racy The public has nothing of beneficial nature to
expect from either Of them. It's clear duty then is to
lcan ticket which is headed by City Treasurer Price
and made up Of men who believe in a business-like
administration OF public affairs.
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
TUESDAY JUNE |. 1915
NO TIME FOR EVASION.

N IPLOMACY works slowly. and by devious paths.
~ Its mission is to gloss things and to smooth
them down. In thousands Of instances however has
its limitations That is shown concusyey by the his
tory Of every civilized nation Nor should"Germany, in
dealing with the Of the Faaba the Cushing the
Gulhight and the Lusania lost sight of that fact
When national crimes such embraced by the
destruction of American lives and American property
by friendly Power committed full and ample sat
sfaction must be given to the nation against which
capital crimes less serious offenses committed
There also must be with respect to tho
future.
The reply of Germany to President Wilson's note is
automatically friendly, but evasive and far from satis-
flying especially when the recent attacks upon the
American steamship Nebraskan and other neutral ships
taken into account It shows that Washington
must speak more emphatcally and impress upon Ger
understanding the fact that the United States will
accept or tolerate Germanys submarine policy with
respect to neutral persons and property and that II IL
be persisted in serious trouble will result
There must be evasion. Germany must meet
the issue fairly and squarely She must make proper
amends for the past, and give ample assurances for
the future This country will not permit the appli-
cation Of the outrageous Of German naval
policy TO either the people the vessels OF this
country
Emperor William and his advisers must reconcile
themselves to that fact and govern themselves accord
ingy The people Of the United States look to Presi-
dent Wilson to stand firmly behind his original note In
return he may look TO them to stand firmly behind him.
no matter what the consequences may be.
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The Confession of JoSephus
(From the New York SUM-

The perverseness of the submarines
in the Atlantic Fleet manoeuvres hat
wrung confession from Secretary
Daniels. He must have known the
truth about our undersea boats from
honest officers of the navy, but his
loyalty to the Democratic party, and
particularly to the Sixty-third Con-
gress, prevented him from avOwing
the truth. When il could no longer
be concealed Josephus climbed down.
TO go back TO his annual report in
December. 1914. we had one of the
finest submarine fiotillas ahoat. To
quote the Secretary:
That our navy has not been ne
elected the construction of sub
marines will be seen by comparison
OF our strength in this craft with
that of foreign navies. 1t is roughly
estimated that there are built and
building for the various navies the
/, following number of submarines:
England. "a; France, 76; United
States. 81; Germany, 81; japan, IL.
This estimate was made in July of
this year. When the relative sizes
of the fleets of the great nations
enumerated above are considered Il
will be seen that the United States
has submarine fotilla relatively and
actually very powerful.
Germany. with a larger. feet than
ours, has less submarines
II is believed that ours are on par
with any in the world"
Not much later Commander Natc
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WORK OF aAN UNFRAMED MoB.s

GA compared with the Republicans. we are an un-
N trained mob with little knowledge of para-
mentary law with very little effective knowledge
the rules"
Carolina, spoke those words in address to the
United States Senate In The light subsequent
they have become warning and prophecy
The laws enacted during the last two years crude
and faulty to the last degree. AS illustrative of this
fact few notable examples Of the many bundors con-
tanned in the tariff bill alone have hitherto pub
lished
Lest forget" brief summary Of these examples
follow, merely to emphasize the general principle of
inaccuracy prevailing in the Democratic laws:
1. The tariff bilf a whole a bunder. because
It revenue measure that produced many millions
of dollars less than needed, depleted treasury
being the result
p The provision for five per cent discount in
duties merchandise imported In American vessels
involving millions of dollars. declared imperative
by the Attorney-General year ago, went to
the Court of Customs Appeals.
g. Another provision affecting hundreds Of business
is before the court because of the in
serton of obscure phrase that neither customs Off
cials lawyers business men affected could under
stand
A. vital provision in the income tax law, a part
of the tariff bill. relating deductions allowed in
putting gross income, must go to the courts like hun
dreds OF others.
nounoed by the Taxation Committee of the American
Bar Association, non-parsan body, "as open to the
grave objections both in structure and specific de-
fects," twenty-five imperfections being pointed out
6. Necessity for amending this law has forced ad-
ministration officials to the of formulating re-
port of its crudies, a basis for amendment by Con-
| gress.
On innumerable occasions during the debate on the
tariff and other bills Republican floor leader James
r. Mann, Of Illinois, cautioned the majority to use
greater and gave for the dividing line
between the two sides OF the House "a lack of nfor-
nation" the part of the Democrats
Like Senator Tillmans utterance, these words have
assumed prophetic meaning Literally hundreds OF
other blunders in the tariff bill might be cited Typical
examples have been refeTyed to because they show the
logical results that followed the employment OF sloyen
| ly inaccurate methods OF legislation.
Practically every important statute passed by the
present administration is likewise honeycombed with
needless imperfections that must be corrected by
pensve legal procedure legislative action They are
facts with which everyone should become familiar and
with that object in view the subject will be dealt with
in future articles.
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
ITALY ENTERS THE WAR
(From the independently

Just at the moment when Austria
is rejoicing at the prospect of clear
ing the Russians from her northern
province another enemy arises on
her southern frontier. A fresh army
of a million OF more and new navy
have been added to the forces OF the
Allies. The two central European
powers are now completely surround
ed by belligerent or antagonistic ma
tions. The Balkan States, which sep
arate them from their only outside
ally. Turkey, are likely soon to join
the ranks of their enemies. Rumania
is said to be bound by a recent treaty
to enter the war If Italy does. Greece
will probably follow her example, and
Bulgaria will find it difficult to re-
main neutral and dangerous to take
sides against her three hostile neigh
bors, Serbia. Greece and Rumania.
The participation of Italy in the con-
nict has long been anticipated and
often prematurely announced. IL was
not so much the weakness of the
Dreibund as the strength of the En-
tente COrdialc that took Germany
by surprise last August. The Germans
appear 20 have expected that italy
would become belligerent, and
their anger was proportionate to their
disappointment. At least no great
animosity against Italy has been al
lowed to appear in the German press
though now, when their former ally
becomes their active enemy, the
accusations of treachery are loud and
bitter
Since the text of that famous treaty
which has for thirty-three years con
trolled European politics has never
been published, il would be idle {,
discuss whether Austria's attack OF
Serbia without consulting Italy, ol
ltaly's refusal to come to the aid o
Austria when she asked her to, was
violation of it. AS a matter Of fact
the Triple Alliance was virtually alb
rogated ten years ago, and, although
| 1t has been duly renewed and formal,
approved since then. the convention
was unable to prevent Italy's increas
ing alienation from Austria and grad
ual approachment to France. Ital
was persuaded by Bismarck to ente
the Alliance for protection agains
France, but for many ears the fears
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
Editorial Opinion
A VEIL WEARING ARMY,

From The Manchester Guardian.
The patriotic activity of the women
of South Africa Il hear from a cor
respondent takes the form Of making
wells for the soldiers of Botha's army.
All over the Union the women are as
busy veil-making as the English
women are at knitting socks or max
ing respirators. The chief enemies
of the army now steadily pushing into
Southwest Africa are the swarms Of
deadly disease-carrying insects-mos-
ouitoes, sandfies and so on. The wo-
men are making wells which cover the
soldiers head and neck and are
tucked into the tunic. There is great
difficulty in getting sufficient supplies
of yelling from England, and appeals
are being made for motor wells, chif-
fons, thin silks and any kind of gauze
material which can be used.
Veilmaking is now the only occu-
patton at afternoon tea parties IN
South Africa-much more useful II
less exciting than the diamond hunt
ing which used to be the entertain
ment at Kimberley women's gather
ings. The thing to do was to hire a
Kafir to fetch a half crown bucket
of mud from the mine and then after
tea to grub patiently in the mud IN
the hope of finding a little diamond
OF two.
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
WITHOUT MAR. WHIT

VIZ HILE rejoicing at the terrible conflict which is
w deyasting Europe is probably far from the mind
OF any decent American, certain students of financial
and industrial affairs in this country convinced
that only the has saved this country from what
otherwise would have been the disastrous period
OF hard times in its existence
These students point out that by shutting down the
factories of practically all those European countries
which normally compete with American manufacturers.
the has proved effective high tariff in pro-
tecting American industries; by calling out Of this
country hundreds OF thousands OF German English and
French and Italian workmen. reservsts in their
several armies the has greatly curtaied the labor
supply and thus in effect operated to maintain wages
and diminish the general lack OF employment and
that by creating inordinate demand not alone for
munitions of but for great variety of materials
and kindred manufactures, such copper electrical
supplies automobiles etc, the has actually doomed
certain lines of industry this country which in
great distress when the broke out
Financial experts asking what would have been
the situation of the United States without these aids
and with the depression general in this country last
June unchecked by outside influences.
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Stirling, testifying before the House
Committee on Naval Affairs. disclosed
the real condition of our relatively and
actually very powerful" collection OF
submarines, but Josephus stuck 10 his
guns and bluffed the nation. However,
the submarines behaved so badly that
the ruler of Uncle Sans navy made "a
clean breast and threw himself upon the
mercy of the court lie said, among
other difficult things for Josephus 10
say;
"Of the twelve submarines which went
to New York for the maneuvers. one was
unable to proceed and various others
suffered from breakdowns necessitating
repairs of greater or less Importance
which took them out of the game for
varying lengths of time"
In the meanwhile Josephus had dis
covered that "the boat Of two years ago
as compared with those now in active
service abroad, is probably more compar
atively obsolete than an automobile OF
three years ago would be today" Sc
Josephus radiantly turned TO the future
and promised the American people tho
hest boats ever 1t didn't feaze him IN
| the least that he had been Dragging
about our submarines alloat as formid
able and powerful Nor did he blush
for having read. the riot act to solicitoui
/ friends of the navy who had demurrer
| TO his fulsome praises of service the
deficiencies of which were only too ap
parent. Great is Josephus as a nava
/ authorty-until he is found out
Evening journal., 1915-06-01

their Fairgrounds and their gardensl" Make them
healthy and happy and we will stand the cost"
And then, because the modern grown-up must feel
that all things he efficient and economical the
citizens would probably add: 1T the city in the
end. anyway"
Why is it that the people in city do not know
the conditions that exist in their public schools?
Partly because the public generally does not of its
own accord. look into such things Chiefly, however,
it is because conditions covered up. Information
in this respect has been many years in the hands
of combination Observation-Disclosures Only recently
have the citizens had sufficient light the subject Of
sanitation for instance make it public issue It is
that the information relative to sanitary
conditions did not reach the public through the Board
Of Education Nor is it necessary say that the short
comings Of our educational system confined. by
any means, to sanitation.
II is the general hope that the approaching school
election will result in placing the board men
who believe in laying the facts before the public and
not covering them up from those who interested
most vitality in knowing the truth
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
THE REAL CAUSE.

From the Milford Chronicle.
The State Board Of Education has
al last reached the real cause why
there is a quiet purpose pervadlng the
rural school districts to provide no
better school facilities than now ex-
ISL beyond the seventh grade. The
law which permits children from the
rural school districts to go from such
district 10 the incorporated graded
schools of the towns and for attend
ance by them the State pays 20 cents
each day of attendance to the graded
school. operates to stop the rural
schools from providing any better
schooling for their children, any fur
ther than the seventh grade. and af-
ter that their children attend the
town graded schools free Of charge
TO the rural residents of Delaware.
This is the real hardship TO the town
taxpayers for il is well known that
twenty cents per day does not reim-
burse the SCHOOL for the actual cash
paid out TO educate a child in the
graded schools. The state Board of
Education at its recent meeting took
action along this line, but failed to
get at the real trouble in its remedy.
They purpose to control the passing
of a pupil from the rural districts
into the graded schools. by compell-
ing them to be examined and certified
as to their fitness for the atten-
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
A CoYER.uP COMBINATION.

the matter Of making appropriations for our public
schools, City Council has done exceedingly well
when the composition of the present Board Of Educa-
ton is taken into account
Whenever, in the past, the Board of Education has
been criticized tor failure to supply the educational
needs OF our community. has advanced as an excuse
that City Council had refused appropriate the funds
needed for the administration Of the Educational
Department In instances such an excuse doubtless
was justified; and yet behind it all perhaps was lack
OF counclmanic confidence in the business ability OF
Ne board.
Doubtless it occurred 10 those members Of the
board who did enjoy the confidence of City Council
that It would be act OF patriotism them to re-
tire t. the end that their places might be filled by men
in whom Council would have confidence and who would
be able obtain the money needed for the education
of the thousands OF Wilmington boys and girls Such
ommissoners seemed to think that holding their po-
sitions board members of infinitely greater inn
portance than the proper education of the children
We feel that II Council and the people of Will
mingon knew III. actual conditions in the schools 70
day and also had confidence that money appropriated
would be expended BY the Board Of Education with
up-to-date business efficiency the councilmen tho
people would rally 10 the OF the children They
would say, The children hrst" Give the youngsters
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
THAT SHIPPING BILL REVIVAL.

TINE efforts of President Wilson and Secretary Nc
Il Adoo TO utilize the Pan-Amercan Conference to
revive the deunc Shipping Bill difficult to explain
Opening the conference President Wilson declared
that the physical lack Of Of transportation ship
ping constituted of the greatest obstacles the
development Of trade with South America, etc.
The President apparently overlooked the fact that
there is ample shipping the Atlantic to for the
trade and the further fact that Peru being msIed by
the character Of reasoning, constructed feet of
cargo-carrying ships expense, and put
them into operation but has been able since
the Panama Canal was completed to procure sufficient
to pay expenses, to say nothing Of profit The
former Minister from Peru Senor Pezet devoted most
his time and his marked ability trying to secure
patronage for this government-owned line almost en-
tirely without
The effort to revive the Shipping Bill has met with
no response from a few impractical yisonares
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
THE OLD GAME OF
FORCING THE PEOPLE

From the Salisbury News.
Reports from the Baltimore press
are to the effect that in his interview
with Senator Smith, Congressman
Linthicum was told very plainly that
the Senator proposed to back TO the
finish Mr.. Harrington as his candi-
date for the governorship. In making
this declaration Senator Smith is sup
posed to speak for the State organiza-
tion or at least major portion of it,,
and that the purpose of this organiza-
tion and of Senator Smith is to force
the nomination of Mr. Harrington
over the will of the people II il can
not be accomplished in any other man
ner. It is extremely unfortunate that
such an outcome should be facing the
Democratic party in the State this
year. Senator Smith has a perfect
right TO be for Mr.. Harrington. the
same right which any other individ-
ual Democrat in the State has to be
for Mr.. Lee. and so has every other
member of the State organization this
right, but as the Democratic party
does not belong to these gentlemen
but is made up Of a hundrei thousand
or more Democrats whose opinions
count as much on the day of the
primaries, it would seem like fai
more sensible thing for the organic
alton to let the people have theil
own way in this matter and not tr,
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ness does not induce war. but it does
give assurance that we Shall not be
helpless If war does come. There is no
danger to democratic principles i'm
rational insurance against aggression.
There is a fearful menace in continued
blindness to the world Of facts about
us.
Let the Republican party come out
boldly for a really adequate navy
II need not fear to ALLEVIATE timid
souls. and it will do no harm to drive
all the theorists and dreamers into
one group where they can be counted.
There arc enough red-blooded Ameri-
cans about, who intend that there shall
be meaning back of what the nation
says, to dedicate the country absolute
ly to a sensible. wise policy of prep
aration. They will do it if some party
will give them the chance.
The tariff is important. and so are
many other things. but more import
ant than all of them is the assurance
of the safety OF the nation itself, and
of its citizens wherever they may be.
Let practical men write a platform
for the Republican party that has iron
in II, and truth and fact. and there
need be no doubt of what party will
again dominate the Government.
Evening journal., 1915-06-01

and consequently the animosity Of
Italy, have been directed toward Aus
tria. In the Balkans the interests of
Italy and Austria confiicted, and the
Italians remaining under the Austrian
flag have never ceased to call upon
their countrymen to rescue them.
The Austrian rules with the arro-
gance of the Prussian, but without
his efficiency. For fifty years Vene-
tia was under Austrian administration
and how the Italians liked it may be
seen by the tablet in the Doges' Pal
ace, which records the vote of the
people in 1856 on the question of an
nexation to Italy. The referendum
showed $4,000 in favor of reuniting
with Italy and so in favor of remain
ing with Austria. If a vote were TAX
en- of the inhabitants of Triest and
the Trentino, as we hope there Will
be before their disposition is settled
the majority in favor of coming into
the Italian Kingdom would very like
ly be as large.
In spite of our national neutrality
we cannot avoid a certain sympathy
with the ambitions of the Italian Ir.
leutullSlS, at iedSl III 81 lar 40 Ahtl
| concern territory inhabited chiefly b.
Italians. We also sympathize will
their growing adherence Of the Ger
man and Austrian methods of war
4 fare, though we cannot feel it so poig
nantly as they do from the contac
with refugees from Belgium, Franc
and Serbia. But, more than all, tn
hope of America is that the actioi
Of Italy may hasten the end of tn
war.
Whether it would have been bette
policy for Italy to have accepte
what Austria offered rather than ris
all in the attempt to grasp more rt
mains for the future to determine
But, wise or unwise, it is the people
will. Here was no case of force
and hasty action under compulsio
of an autocrat or of secret agre'
ments. There has been ample tim
for deliberation and discussion. Pa
lament by an overwhelming majOi
ity supports the Government. and III
; people have supported Parliament /
: their demonstrations. The nation {
whole has accepted the responsible
, ity for the grave decision.
Evening journal., 1915-06-01
Spirit of the Delmarvia Press

dance at such schools. They also pro-
pose to confine the number of chill
dren in each county to the actual
number permitted by the school laws,
and thus prevent further raids upon
the State treasury each session of the
Legislature TO reimburse the different
graded schools over the State, 10 the
amount of from five TO ten thousand
dollars, for children who attended the
graded schools in excess of the legal
number. In another part of this pa
per appears the proceedings of the
State Board, which should be inter-
esting reading for the people of Della
ware, who are interested in public
school education. Read it and study
the problem, il will be beneficial.
GERMAN-AMERICAN LOYALTY.
From the Middletown New Era.
There need be no apprehension as
TO how the great mass of German
Americans will act I'm case of war
with Germany. Rudolph Blanken-
burg. mayor OF Philadelphia, himself
of German birth, stated their case the
other day when he said: Il am past
20 years, but. my friends, that is not
too old 10 fight in the defense of the
flag if necessary" The hyphen will
disappear in case of an issue with the
Fatherland and the German-Ameri-
cans will become plain Americans.
! r between Great Britain and Ger