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The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Germany Answers with a Torpedo.

First details of the sinking of the British ship
Arabic by a German submarine prove almost be-
yond the shadow of doubt that Germany has
committed against the United States that de
lberately unfriendly" act which defined and
! which Germany warned against in solemn
words in the communication of this government
of July There were American citizens on
board the Arabic and if the dispatches state
the vessel was sunk without warning, then friendly
relations between the United States and Germany
have been terminated. President Wilson and his
Secretary of State empowered to speak for
the people of the United States and their words
are not susceptible of misinterpretaton. OBJ
viously a nation cannot maintain friendly rela-
tions with another which proceeds deliberately
to commit an unfriendly act against which it
was warned the last step in course marked
by admirable patience and forbearance under the
gravest provocation.
If the official report confirms the details
they last night by cable, the government at
Washington will be called upon to act further
words can only be empty and a confession OF
weakness. 1t is not unlikely that the of
the administration will be influenced in
measure by the ascertainment OF whether not
American lives sacrificed; and yet
matter of incontrovertible fact if all the
Americans on board the Arabic escaped it is
not a mitigatory factor. If the vessel was tor
pcdoed without warning the act constituted
deliberate attempt to murder Americans and no
credit can be- given to Germany for its failure.
The imperial government in this instance is even
without the feeble and unrecognzable excuse that
the Arabic carrying munitions for Ger
many enemies.
The attack the Arabic is the first to come
strictly within the scope of the warning sent to
Germany on July 2I. That communication has
at last been answered deliberately, emphatically
and understandably by a German torpedo; and
there is no occasion for surprise in this country.
Germany has never by word or deed given us the
smallest expect that she would heed
our warning and refrain from methods OF warfare
that imperiled American lives. 1t was mere
chance or the lack of earlier opportunity that
delayed the message of defiance until yesterday.
The gravity of the situation that has been
forced upon us cannot be magnihed. We
ly near the breaking point with Germany There
is no virtue in further forbearance. Whatever its
results the quarrel is OF Germany's seeking. The
President and his advisers must determine
upon a course of action-for act they must-and
the American people nearly prepared
for a severance of diplomatic and commercial re-
lations with Germany than they for the aban-
donment of what we have been contending for in
the name OF humanity civilization and justice.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Not a Case of Perkins Choice.

No one will challenge Mr. George w. Perkins
assertion that if the C. o. P insists on nom-
! mating Theodore Roosevelt for President, there
will be no objection from the Progressives, nor
will there be apprehension of an advance an
nounccment from the Colonel that he would de-
cline such nomination. The suggested by
Mr.. Perkins, for the regular Republicans to march
right to the camp OF the Progressives with
all their belongings has always been the Progress
sivc idea OF the proper way to restore harmony
but the Republicans never have been able to see
it, and they will not change their views with
the Progressive party dwindling away to nothing
There will be pronounced dissent however
from Mr.. Perkins assertion that the Republicans
have no man in sight of Presidential caliber They
arc engaged in trotting out man after man, some
of whom have lasted twenty-four hours, some
many as thirty-six." Col. Roosevelt it must be
admitted is the most conspicuous figure in politics
today outside OF the Democratic party, but that
fact does not make him the strongest candidate
the Republicans could select. 1t is seriously to
be doubted whether he would to
solidfyng the Republican vote as Mr.. Taft would
! The latter could run on platform embodyng
all the Progressive ideas that are sane and sound
and since he left the White House the people
have learned to properly apprasc and to appre
ciate and admire his sterling Judgment, his stead
fast and genuine Americanism and his firm grasp
on affairs Mr. Roosevelt has advocated an in
tcrnatonal policy sharply opposed to that by
which President Wilson has kept the country at
peace and strengthened himself in the estimation
of many people OF all parties. Besides this the
former Rough Rider represents third-tcrm
bition that has yet failed to meet rebuke
But the most powerful argument OF all against
the selection OF the Colonel the G.. o. P. stand
ard bearer is the great revulsion in public scnti-
mcnt that has been going since heavy vote
for him and his theories of government
in 1912. The people have proved at the polls that
they have recovered their equilibrium and again
look with favor upon the established order OF
things true and tried and upon craftsmanship
that upholds them and is opposed to that of Col.
Roosevelt. There is intention to that
Mr.. Taft would be the strongest candidate the
Republicans could name, but ii does reason
able to conclude that OF the two whom
tho party split three years ago he would poll the
more votes.
If the Republicans make serious search for
winner their choice will hardly fall Col Roose-
vet in spite of Mr.. Perkins belief that the party
is without Of Presidential calibcr. The Sug-
gestion may be ventured that the majority of the
American people would be willing to trust their
country's dcstinies in the hands of such men as
Elihu Root, Theodore E. Burton John w. Weeks,
William Howard Taft, Henry Cabot Lodge or
James r. Mann.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
HISTORY BUILDERS.
IA Transaction Regretted by Mexico.
| Written Expressly for The Washington HeraldJ
By DIR. E. j, EDWARDS

- lIdNSdCtloH NcSIettco ny WcISo.
Written Expressly for The Washington HeraldJ
By DIR. e. J. EDWARDS.
Il remember chatting with the Mexi-
can minister who represented his nation
and recalled the expression of his face
as he told me of the chagrin which pre-
vailed in Mexico just after President
Polk had proclaimed. on July 4, 1sis.
that California and New Mexico had
passed under the sovereignty OF the
United States by purchase from Mexico"
This statement was made to me by the
late Frederick w. Seward at a time when
he was speaking of our purchase of
Alaska from Russia, twenty years after
our purchase of California from Mexico.
Had the telegraph been in general op-
GRAFTON at that time, as it was only
few years later. Mexico would never
have sold California to us, although she
might have sold New Mexico. 1t is one
of the most extraordinary of the many
strange condolences in our history as a
nation that at almost the precise moment
when our treaty Of peace with Mexico
was perfected by the peace commission
which met in a little village near Gen.
Scott's headquarters, gold was discovered
Mexico. however. knew nothing of this.
nor in fact did the American commits
sioner at the peace conference. 1t took
news a long time to travel then, and
while California was so excited over the
discovery Of gold that the village of San
Francisco was practically deserted. ev-
erybody having started out to prospect
for gold, Mexico was rejoicing over the
fact that she had SO far triumphed over
h. Ir,,;t ~, th..
to compel us to pay her $l50Oo.0OO for
California and. in addition to that. to
quit claim the demands of American
citizens for damages to their property
which had been incurred in various
Mexican revolutions.
1T was not long after President Polk
made the 4th of July announcement.
in 1Sis, that California and New Mexico
we're by purchase ours. that the first
ntimation reached Washington that
gold had been discovered in California
and that the discovery made 1t certain
that the precious metal existed there
In large amounts.
'As a matter of fact, We were quite
as much astonished by this announce
ment as was Mexico herself We wanted
California chiefly because 1t commanded
the Pacific coast line and because the
bay and harbor of San Francisco were
commerce with the far East. That, in
fact, was the reason which was given
to the Mexican commissioner for our
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Hoke Smiths Cracker Streak.

We believe Senator Hoke Smith passed the
line of safety when he asserted that Great Britain
is selling cotton to Germany through Holland or,
for that matter, through any other channel The
inference is that England would subserve the ma
tional spirit of honor to one of sofdid greed TAX
ing advantage of the fabulous prices Germany is
said to be paying for cotton. The Cracker streak
in Senator Hoke Smith seems to be coming out.
He appears to have drifted into strange envi-
ronment-from that of the Souths family of ad-
ministration supporters the ant-administration-
lists embodied in ranks of the New York importers.
The Observer could not indorse any policy intend
ed to cmbarrass the Washington administration
in its efforts to secure a satisfactory solution
of the embargo problem. If the South has friends
anywhere, they to be found at present in
the White House. 1t is through these friends that
relief from present conditions the foreign trade
is to come. 1t would be fatal to the hopes of
the South were the government to plunge into a
policy Of retaliation such as advocated by Sena-
Tor Smith.-Charlotte Observer.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

In 1913, following discussion OF the fec-spln-
ting evil the Wisconsin legislature passed law
making it fraud for a surgeon to offer to
pay commission for surgical patients referred to
him. No penalty imposed by this law on
the receiver of the commission. An amendment
recently passed by the present legislature provides
that ANY physician surgeon who
shall demand receive retain any
money other consideration directly Indirect
ly from the physician or surgeon treating oper-
alton the patient induced advised shall
be guilty of criminal fraud" The penalty for
either giving receiving commission for sur
gieal cases is 6nc imprisonment while convic-
ton is made an automatic annument of the license
to practice. The Journal of the American Medi-
cal Association thinks that the law as amended
should be broad enough and strong enough to
put stop to whatever fee-splittng evil there may
he in Wisconsin,
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Effort will Fail.

The story of Kaiser Wilhelm's efforts to con-
clude separate peace with Russia and of the
Cars contemptuous rejection of all negotiations
confirms the judgment expressed in the Journal
Friday. Germany, under Hohenzollern mastery,
has conducted herself in such fashion that no one
of the allies dares consider separate peace To
do so would be to put Europe at the mercy of the
kaiser-and what that means, let Belgium attest.
In the light Of years fighting, it clear that
if Germany had respected Belgian neutrality stood
the defensive against France and struck with
all her power at Russia-at the same time prom
isng independence to the Poles-she could have
won very advantageous peace. When she in
vaded Belgium she reduced herself to the naked
alternative of conquest defeat-Chicago Jour-
nal
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Galveston's Salvation.

The City OF Galveston, Tex, probably owes
its existence today to the fact that its people
heeded the frightful lesson of the hurricane and
tidal wave of 1900 and built great sea wall that
withstood the fury of the wind and water on Tues
day. II is estimated that I3o lives were lost and
over $ISoooooo in damages sustained in Texas
this week, and though Galveston's loss was by
far the heaviest including forty persons dead and
81 100000 in property loss. there can be little
doubt that but for its great bulwark the horrors
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Commencing ; absolutely and unqucstion-
ably right the position taken by the administra-
tion in its reply 10 the note of Austria Hungary
the subject OF the expectation OF munitions of
war. Senator Lodge says: There has been
throughout the country active agitation, en-
ginecred by people who put, as it seems to me,
the interest of foreign country first and the in
terests of the United States second. 1t can
scarcely be doubted, however, that the setting
forth Of the position OF this government in the
note to Vienna will call a halt to the agitation
Senator Lodge complains of Not many Ameri-
will be willing to continue thus to expose
their patriotism to suspicion
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

n HE lesson learned in America told
upon the policy of the ministers
= in more ways than one
Ii led them to concede. among other
things. an independent parliament 10
Ireland There had been no soldiers
TO spare for the defense of Ireland
when war threatened every coast and
province of the empire: the Irish Pro-
testants had mustered eighty thousand
could not now be refused the inde-
had coveted
But the chief fruit of the change OF
ministers was peace.
Lord Rockingham lived but three
months to preside over the counsels
of peace and reformation he had SO
long wished to bring about
On the I'd of July. 1882. Lord Shell
burne became the head of the gov
ernment and some of the Rocking
ham Wings refused to serve under
his leadership
But the reconstruction of the min
istry did not affect either its spirit or
it's policy. 1t had planned peace and
was able to bring il about
France and Spain had but COM
pleted their bankruptcy by the war;
could afford to continue the war: they
could not 1t was mere matter of
terms: England could almost dictate
what they should be.
Peace must have seemed to Wash
ington and Greene and Knox in the
field. to the executive committees Of
the Congress at Philadelphia. to
Franklin at Paris and John Adams at
The Hague. like a beneficient provi-
dence rather than thing earned by
decisive victory.
1t was midsummer. 1882. before tney
could thoroughly credit those who told
them of its certain approach.
That supreme stroke at Yorktown
having been delivered. everything fell
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
Changes in Personnel.

Changes in the Government Printing
Office were announced yesterday as
follows:
Appointments-Edgar Stewart. emer-
gency boilermaker
Separations-Ella b. Baker. press
feeder. resigned.
Transfers, etc. - Frank Compton,
skilled laborer 25 cents per hour. o.
fee foreman of binding. to watchman
S720 per annum. watch force section:
Joseph T. Fritte. engineer so cents
per hour, engineers section. to en-
gineer in charge 55 cents per hour.
engineers section: Charles H. Flynn.
Minnie A. Geisenderfer. Elsie NJ. Dom
enberg, helpers at 80 cents an hour.
to helpers at 35 cents an hour. money
order section; Miss Annie E. Cross.
directress 35 cents an hour. to ex-
amner al IS cents an hour, money
order section; John Hayes. watchma n
$720 per annum. to lieutenant of
watch $500 per annum. watch force
section; Joseph X. Linkins. caster
helper IS cents per hour. monotype
section, to machinist's helper 40 cents
per hour, monotype section: Wade H.
Elgin. caster helper 35 cents per hour.
to machinists helper 40 cents per
hour. monotype section: William n.
Kaufman and Louis w. Schneider. ma
chinist's helper 40 cents per hour.
monotype section. to monotype ma
chinist so cents per hour, monotyp.
section: Mrs. Kate X. Bean, charwom-
an at $3.50 per annum, to cleaner at
$500 per annum. sanitary section;
william F. Maher. skilled laborer IS
cents per hour. engineers section. to
plumber. 50 cents per hour, engineers
section; William A. johnson. unskilled
laborer. sanitary section to engineers
section; Louis E. Stern. counter 35
cents per hour, to messenger IS cents
per hour, pamphlet binding section;
Melvin Taylor. unskilled laborer. en-
gineers' section, to sanitary section.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

slack: it seemed impossible TO add
anything. by way of making victory
secure
! There were still. 1t might be. some
| forty thousand British troops in Amer
Tea. reckoning all the posts from Can
ada round about. west and east. to the
Gulf and the islands of the Indies
There were seventeen thousand In
! New York. and nearly seven thousand
facing General Greene in the South.
Having finished at Yorktown. Wash
inSton sent two thousand men TO rein
force General Greene in South Caro-
lima. and himself went promptly back
| to his post at Newburgh on the Hud-
! son. to watch Clinton at New York.
| leaving Rochambeau and four thou
| sand French troops at Williamsburg in
Virginia. to guard the approaches OF
! the Chesapeake.
He was deeply anxious He knew
| that the country had reached point
of utter exhaustion. lethargy. and dis
! organization.
Not a recruit could he get The
troops were unpaid. unfed. only half
clothed He deemed the situation one
of grave peril. and despaired present
ly of so much as keeping up appear
ances. knowing very we'll that the
, British were as well aware of his
weakness as he was. and of the apathy
and confusion of weak counsels that
had fallen on the states.
Clinton sent word to the ministers
that If they would but send him ten
| thousand more men he would be re-
sponsible for the reduction Of the
country
Rodney presently cleared the coast
of the French. and there was nothing
to prevent fresh troops and supplies
being sent as fast as the ministers
wished to send them-nothing but the
ministers desire for peace. which
Washington found il hard to credit
Tomorrow, Waiting for the Treat
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
ASKS DIVIDEND EXPLANATION.
Utilities board Calls on Center
Market for Explanation.

The Washington Market Company.
operating the Center Market. Seventh
street and PENNSYLVANIA avenue north
west. yesterday was directed by the Pub
lie Utilities Commission to furnish a
verified statement concerning a recent
report to the effect that the corporation
had declared property dividend Of
$3.50 per share and had ordered the can
collation. of outstanding certificates OF
stock and the issuance of new certificates
in lieu thereof
The commission pointed out that the
organic act provides that no public
utility shall declare any stock. bond or
script dividend Besides requesting an
explanation of the recent alleged pro-
cedure of the corporation. the commits
sion orders that it be furnished with the
entries made on the books of the COM
pany in connection with the transac-
ton.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

do you find it expensive to run an
auto?' No. It's when the car doesn't
run that it's costly."-Detroit Free Press.
John, what possessed you to buy this
Chow-chow dog?"
Il don't know. Maria, unless / was
picked. Baltimore American.
Judge (of divorce COURT D.-Aren't you
attached to your husband?
Plaintiff-Certainly. l came here to be
detached. Boston Transcript.
This is certainly a modern cookbook
in every way"
How so?''
1T says: After mixing your bread,
you can watch two reels at the movies
before putting it in the oven. Puck.
When their first son was born, Adam
is thought by some critics to have re-
marked. not without much acerbity:
Red hair. Wouldn't that jar you?"
We'll, / am not presenting you with
any gold-headed Gains, If l know my
self. retorted Eve. affecting indifference,
albeit secretly mortified to death.-Puck.
Friend-What? You're not going back
to the stage this season?
Great Artiste-No. / have SO many
cash orders ahead for testimonials for
piano players, hair tonics, bath soaps,
massage creams. hair bleach, headache
dope. champasnes. safety razors, cigar
cites. life insurance and chewing-gum
that / can't find time for less important
things.-Puck.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Worran's hosiery safe deposit is extend
i"e usefulness beyond the field OF cash, accord
ing to South Orange On. JO dispatch deScrib-
irr fair motorists embarrassment when a BIZ
>clc policeman demanded to sec her license which
, = srucly tucked away in her stocking.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
.n5zM<z

desire to purchase California. Had these
negotiations been continued several
months longer. the news of the dis
covery of rich gold deposits in Califor-
mia would have reached Mexico and she
would either have declined to make any
bargain with us or would have demand
ed a much higher price than fifteen mil
lion dollars"
Copyright, 1885, by Z. J. Edwards. All rights re-
seTved.)
Tomorrow y. Edwards will tell of
THE Commissioner Who Refused to Be
Recalled"
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

81 want it understood that it is simply en
phazing the fact that when it comes to woman's
honor there is no limit will not go to avenge
and protect, dccaimcd Mayor Woodward, Of
Atlanta, in defense OF the hideous crime committed
by Georgia mob in the murder of Leo Frank
endeavoring in his remarks to reconcile the irrcc
a right.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

The excitement caused by Gcrmanys proposal
annex Belgium would seem to be unwarranted.
Such proceeding would be mere trifie compared
with what has already been done to Belgium, and
besides there is still the question whether the an
ncxation would stick, and that will not be decided
until the war is ended
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

William Henry Poillon. civil war veteran, who
promised his mother when he IS that he
would not marry long any OF his relatives
needed his care. would seem eligible for a
Carnegie hero medal in that he kept within the
letter OF his word until the death of his sister left
him free in his 18th year to enter conjugal bliss
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Enthusiasm is an admirable quality when
wisely applied, but it a New Jersey dentist
81 30 in damages when he became cated over
Iis artistic extraction OF patients teeth that he
relieved her OF four instead of the she had
;'>kcd to have removed.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Three men were lynchcd in Alabama the other
DAY and the dispatch states that the mob pro-
cccdcd quietly. They to the mems homes,
bound and gagged them riddled their bodies with
ucts and threw them into a ditch They used
Maxim silcnccrs their weapons perhaps.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
THE PORT.

North, or south, or east, or west
Whittier is the sailing best?'
None may say, but this l know
Where love dwelleth there I'll go.
Be the weather black or fair
You will find me sailing there.
Copyright. Isl5l
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Villa is represented as being anxious for peace.
which is a simple acknowledgment that Carranza
has him going
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Out in Indiana a child of nine summers swal-
lowed carbolic acid because she "longed to be an
angel" indicating by her act OF self-destruction
that even religion may be abused.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Frost is reported in Western Maryland but
since that section outside the Presidential boom
belt political circles will not be agitated
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

of the catastrophe of Iooo in which 1000 lives
were lost and the city almost oblterated, would
have been repeated.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

c. X. G. Billings has just paid s35,ooo for
horse, but an ancient monarch named Richard
still holds the record the highest bidder for an
equine specimen.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
con,cience Fund Gets $112.

One hundred and twelve dollars today
was added to the Treasury conscience
fund.- The money was sent BY . resi-
dent OF Georgia.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

The report that members of the l. W. W. are
trying to make trouble in Mexico is open to Sc
,rious doubt. Making trouble in troubled Mexico
would be too much like work.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20
A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS

First printing of original poem. written daily
for The Washington Herald
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

Senator James A. OGorman and Mr..
James A. O'Gorman, jr.. have arrived
at Breton Woods, y. H.. by motor for
stay OF three days.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-20

The Spanish Ambassador and Mime
Riano have with them at their Newpor
villa Mrs. Chandler p. Anderson.