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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1915-06-04

The Best Fancy Patent Flour for One
Dollar per Sack. Star Grocery.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1915-06-04

,nvigorating to the Pale and Sickly
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic.
GROVES TASTELE ESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys-
tenn. A true tonic For adults and children. soc
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1915-06-04

Sliced Breakfast Bacon zoe per
Iound Star Grocery.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1915-06-04

There is no doubt about the time II
Clopton repaired it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
Shells Wanted, Not Criticism

-7tNGI4AND breads conscriptlon There
seem to be a number of gentlemen who
Slk they can win this war by prompt
s caustic criticism of efficient officers who
carrying the load and performing in a
BILE way the duties incumbent on them.
81 e is another group of sophists who give
-icSs to such blithering idiocy as the fol-
twfng: I'VE have to conquer Germany, but
J we emerge from this war with a conscript
army Germany will have conquered us and
thousands of gallant boys and men will have
died for another England than the one they
knew"
We had conscription in the United States,
but 1t did not convert this nation into
military autocracy If Belgium is to be
avenged and Europe freed from the mailed
fist, every resource of government and peo-
pie, not only in England, but In all the allied
COUNTRIES must be utilized. There must be
no sacrifice of result to method. A democ-
racy is at disadvantage in time OF war un-
less 1t submits TO a practical dictatorship.
France has not hesltated TO do England
must, and IL, as seems likely. conscription is
quickly resorted to, 1t will be for the greater
glory OF England. And 1t will be for the
greater safety OF that country If a section
OF the press quits fussng and docs not
seek to make a scapegoat, but helps TO make
shells and armies"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
Pennsylvania Has a Real Governor

M ARTIN G. BRUMBAUGH un-
lfl known political quantity when he be-
came Governor four months ago. Today he
IS one of the most powerful political leaders
In the Commonwealth.
He has assumed that the powers conferred
on the Governor by the Constitution are to
be exercised by the man holding the office
and not by a group of unofficial party lead
ers responsible to no one. The Governor of
pennsylvania has moved about for the past
four months under Doctor Brumbaugh's hat.
There has been no puppet in the Executive
Mansion acting only when some outside
power pulled the strings.
Doctor Brumbaugh, It is true, insisted dur
ing his campaign for election that he was
his own master, and he outlined a program
uf uf5ieEfSlation for which he promised to work.
nut other candidates had made similar dec
1nratons in previous campaigns only to for
get them when they got in office. The people
elected Doctor Brumbaugh, hoping for the
best, and they have not been disappointed.
He has been more largely responsible for the
Important legislation of the General Assem-
bly, than any other one man. The child labor
law was framed in accordance with his
views. and it was not dictated by the manu-
facturers who think that they the Re-
publican Organization because they have
nnade contributions to the party funds. And
tFle workmen's compensation bill was drafted
to protect the interests of both worlmen and
enaployers in accordance with the best judg-
ment of impartial lawyers and experienced
social reformers. The General Assembly re-
fused to pass the Governors local option bill
for reasons which discredit both the legisla-
tors who voted against II and the Republican
Organization, which ordered them to oppose
1t. But the Governor energies from the fight
for local self-government with the respect
even of his opponents.
The Commonwealth is to be congratulated
an its election of a real man to the office OF
Governor. of the Hughes type who
believes that the first duty of a public SER
want is to serve the public.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
TWO OF ITALY'S
MEN OF THE HOUR
Zupelli's Recognized Fitness for the
Post of War Minister-One Of the
Youngest Men Ever Appointed to
That Office.
By ADALBERTo CAPoRALE.

TTNHE two men who will have the direction
i Of the war of italy against Austria, and
will have to accept the responsibility for its
results are General Luigi Cadorna, Chief Of
the General staff, and General Vittorio
zupelll Minister Of War.
General zupelli Is one of the best esteemed
high officers of the italian army, and his
close acquaintance with the territory on
which Italy and Austria will fight their
bloody struggle is we'll appreciated. He was
born at Capo dIstria in the Terra Irredenta,
south of Trieste, on March 16 1859. He is,
therefore, one of the youngest Ministers of
War that Italy has ever had. He was not
thought of as a possible successor to General
Grandi until the chief of the General STAFF
went to Premier Salandra and told him
plainly that If there was to be any prepara-
tion of the army, his first assistant, General
zupelli, should be appointed to the War Of
fee.
The family of the Minister moved into
Italy from Austria when he was a little boy
and took residence in Udine. The young
Vittoro entered the Military Academy Of
Turin in 1878. Five years later he was np-
pointed lieutenant of artillery. AS a colonel,
in command of the 22d regiment Of infantry,
he was sent to Derna, Cyrenalca, in 1911,
and fought in several battles during the war
against Turkey When he was called back
to Italy he was awarded the Cross of the
order of Savoy, and some months later was
promoted to the rank of major general. In
September 1914, he was appointed assistant
chief of the General Staff, being called to
that office by General Cadorna, who had
known him for a long time, and who appre-
ciated his qualities of soldier and student.
His appointment Minister of War came
after 1t was discovered that General Grandi
had done almost nothing in the way of pre-
pairing the army fors the possible war, which
even in October of last year many consid-
cred inevitable. However, the criticism
which compelled General Grand to resign
ceased Immediately after the appointment of
General Zupelli as it was understood then
that preparations would be going on rapidly
with view of getting ready to meet the de-
mand of the nation.
Since the new Minister of War was an
"irredento," it was said as soon as his ap-
pointment was made known that this would
irritate the Austrian Government. He is
familiar with the strategic problem of the
eastern boundary of Italy and talks German
like a Viennese, so that formerly he was
often sent to Austria on secret missions.
General zupelll knows the Istrian Peninsula
and Dalmatla foot by foot. Certainly in this
war against Austria, he will be of incalcula-
BILE value at the War Office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
sONNINo, FOREIGN MINISTER
A Scholar in Politics, Who Reorganized
Italy's Finances.
By EDGAR MELS.

| TN ROME the Eternal one of the men of
! L the hour is Baron Sydney Sonnlno born
| in Alexandria, Egypt, of Jewish father and
| an English mother-Sonnino, the Silent, who
| reorganzed Italy's financial affairs and who,
through the long days of negotiations with
| Austria, has held the important office of For
eign Minister.
He is the second son of a wealthy citizen
of Pisa and is now in his 66th year Lean,
long and Cassius-lilIe, Sonnino is essentially
the scholar in politics. Unmoved by public
clamor taciturn to a degree, superbly edu-
Gated and deeply read, Italys Foreign Minis
ter has had a troublesome political career.
Returning to Pisa in early youth, Sonnino
received a degree from the famed University
of Pisa, and two years after being graduated
entered diplomatic service.
He competed for and won a post in the
Foreign Office, and was attached in turn to
the Italian Legations of Madrid, Vienna, Ber-
lin and Versailles. In 1872 he returned to
Italy. and, with his friend, Leopold Fran
chetti, Joined Pasquale Villari the pioneer in
Italy in the study of poverty and it's
remedies They made an exhaustive inquiry
into conditions in Sicily. and published q
two-volume report of their work.
Then he turned to journalism which even
tually led him into the political arena In
1880 he was elected a Deputy from San
Cascano near Florence, and he has repre-
sented the district in the Chamber ever
since. His first experience in an Italian
Cabinet came in 1887, when he succeeded
Gerard as Under Secretary of State for the
Treasury, holding that office until the fall of
the Crispi Ministry in 1889. A little later
came Sonnino's great opportunity
In November, 1893, financial disturbances
TtaIN -
administration of the Giolltti Cabinet. The
Government had been discredited by the
bank scandals; commercial and Industrial
depression followed and disorders broke out
in all the great centres from Milan to Bari.
Because of this misgovernment a group
of young deputies was formed, who "aspired
to the upholding OF Italian Parliamentarism,
and who proposed to serve their country by
breaking down definitely the musty tradi-
tions OF decaying political parties" This
was the Constitutional Opposition, and It
recognized Sonnino as It's leader in a mem
orable meeting held at Milan in November
1898.
A new Cabinet was formed. with Crispl
again as Premier and Sonnino as Minister
OF Finance and OF the Treasury. This Cabi-
net lasted from December. 1893. 10 March,
1895.
Sonnino rose to the occasion and reorgan-
ized his countrys finances. The Glolitti
Ministry collapsed and sonnino was made
Premier. His authority lasted 100 days,
Giolitti returning to power. Another turn
of the wheel OF fortune and Sonnino again
became Premier; but again his tenure OF
ONCE was only 100 days.
In 1901 he founded II Giornale d'Italla, in
which salandra, the present Premier, is
stockholder 1t has been consistent in its
opposition to the maintenance OF the Triple
Alliance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
Doing Nothing. Nothing Doing

CUCCEss is a disease, If the reasoning of
- those who give the Identical definition for
poverty is to be followed. An excellent pre-
ventive is idleness or inertia; another is sat
isfaction, Find the man who is satisfied and
you need look no further for human putty.
Content breeds Indias and Chinas. Discon-
tent sends Mayfowers across oceans-not the
sullen discomfort that does nothing, but the
discomfort that manifests itself in striving to
better conditions, the discomfort that means
hard work and plenty of 1t.
Some firms are so contented with the
volume OF business they have that they do
nothing to increase 1t. But the discontented
competitor is doing something, as the first
firm generally finds out before going into
bankruptcy. You go ahead or you go back
in this world. You cannot stand still. Salts
faction too often means Just that-doing
nothing
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24

fallen by the chance of inheritance and ma
trmonial alliance. The method of national ex.
pansion peculiar to Austria found expression In
the 18th century in the couplet:
Bella gerant fortes; tu, felix Austria, nube
Nam quae Mars allis dat tibi regina Venus
which we may venture to Angliclze:
The brave great by wars;
You, happy Austria, we'd
For they to dominion by Mars,
You by Venus are led.
But 1t may well be questioned whether Aus
tra was indeed happy" in this peaceful pro-
of empire building instead of the fires of
war and afflicton through which other ma
tions have been fused into The 12,0O0,0O0
Germans would rather belong to Germany. The
100000 Magyars want to rule themselves and
the other peoples living with them. The 100000
Bohemans and Slovaks the 100000 Ruthenians
and the 100000 Slovenes incline toward Russia.
The 100000 Poles want independence. The g.
100000 Rumanans want annexation with Ru-
mania, the 5.50o,0OO Serbs and Croats annexation
TO Scrvia and the 100000 Italians annexation
TO Italy. 1t would seem that under this condi-
lion of internal strain the Hungarian
monarchy must fly into fragments at touch
like a Prince Rupert's drop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
Commuters win Not Mourn

T1OVERNOR TENER'S Public Service
II Commission goes out of office without the
Tegret OF a single suburbanite. 1t consented
To an increase OF rates for some classes OF
commutation tickets and TO the abolition of
other classes. Perhaps the railroads needed
the money, but the commuters needed II
more. The sop Of an extension OF the life
81 the 1oO-trip ticket to year, just ordered
i not sufficient to appease those who have
been compelled TO pay an increased price for
tickets OF this kind. as well as for the 60
ride ticket
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
Roosevelt Got Away With Il


WILLIAM BARNES cannot get much sat-
every citizen, except those of the Barnes
type and engaged in the Barnes occupation
has already received the news with delight.
1t Is not libel to call a political printing
contractor and bipartisan dickerer corrupt
boss. The court has defined political corrup-
ton broadly enough to cover the acts Of
Barnes, and the jury of twelve citizens has
decided that Barnes is corrupt within the
meaning of that definition. The rest of the
country has concluded that Colonel Roosevelt
performed distinct public service when he
drew on his large and varied vocabulary to
describe and condemn such corruption and
such bosssm.
The effect of the trial and the verdict Will
be to restore to Colonel Roosevelt much of
the popularity and confidence which he has
lost in recent years by his political course
His strength has always lain in his ability to
convince the people that, matter how
erratic he might be, he was honestly seeking
to serve his country. He has been forgiven
much because of the popular confidence in
the integrity of his purposes. And 1t must
be confessed that his severest critics would
find It difficult to discover in the disclosure
of his political course for years. by the testi-
mony offered in the trial. any evidence of
corrupt purpose or hope for financial gain in
anything that he has done. This is crafty
ing to the country because of it's vindication
of the moral integrity of the man whom It
has signally honored. AS to Barnes, the
least said about him the better just now.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
Honor Even Among Millionaires

FTiHE misfortunes which have overwhelmed
J. Edward Addieks now in the debtors
prison In New York because he cannot get
ball, ought TO convince even the extreme
Socialist that there Is a code of honor among
the great promoters which cannot be disre-
aarded with impunity. even II they have not
previously been convinced by the inability OF
Hhomas W. Lawson 10 secure seat in the
stock Exchange OF Boston or New York
Addieks held a majority of the shares OF
stock IN a corporation which the Standard
on group OF millonaires wished to buy Ac-
earding 10 the tale that Is told. he agreed to
.ssn the shares, but before transferring the
- 10 them he exercised his power as ma
a.ty ouner 70 Increase the capital stock
to sasue the new shares ia such a way
ne continued TO control the corporation.
as s smart" trick. and Addieks doubt
z ehaekled 70 himself as he planned ana
afea AZ This sort Of high finance was
|tile 20 high even for the Standard OH
and when 4 became generally known
of Addicks came 70 an end. the
claIes The rules q the game has
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an American expert in agriculture, who is
now collecting scientific data, and selecting
the best cotton Seed with a view to i'm
proving the methods of raising cotton In
China. This is merely one instance of how
ture'
Planting Kerosene Cabbages
An article by j. A. Jackson, in the New
Review CS), does not take a hopeful view of
the possibilities for China under this Presi-
dent
The present Government has just granted
the Standard Oil Company a very large
lease for the oil fields in Shensi Province.
The Standard. Oil Company is to have 55
per cent. of the stock, and present the bal
ance to the Chinese Government in the form
LroI OF the company The Standard Oil
company is evidently getting ready to plant
crop of kerosene cabbages, and will duly
give the Chinese Government the roots
During the last decade Chnas affairs
have got into a hopeless muddle and mat
ters have only kept going by recourse to
foreign loans, and the continual piling up
OF debts. The currency has got into
disgraceful state, and the huge masses of
by all forms of squeezes, effectually bar the
road to even moderate reform. The coun-
try is now in the hands of a military clique,
and there is no hope of reform in that
direction; the vested interests which ex-
plot the people are so strong and the
people are SO docile that 1t is reasonably
pect of Improvement, except by outside
pressure. And this is probably what will
take place. 1t is needless to say that If
China has to submit to international con-
troll, 1t will open the field for foreign
capitalists and financiers to fill their pockets.
This explains why their press attacked DR..
Sun Yat-sen (now in exile in Japan, who
foresaw what was coming, boosted" Yuan
Ski Kai as strong man, because he was
more amenable to pressure and was will
Ing tool.
Formerly professor of economics at Cor
nell, Jeremiah jerks, as the adviser of the
Chinese Government, has had exceptional
opportunities for observing the situation
there Writing in The Outlook ~, he says:
To my mind the Chinese do not need a
single dominating mentor. So far as the
Chinese Government needs advisers, II Is
competent to select its own. The progress
of the Government, toward arouslng and
solidifying patriotic feeling among the
people, toward uprooting the old Manchu
system of official corruption, toward the re-
establishment of the finances, toward every
thing that marks progress along modern,
progressive lines is worthy of the highest
admiration. The great progress of Japan
that has aroused the wonder of the world
late record of China, because at no time
did the Japanese Government have to
struggle against such terrible odds.
Japan has an opportunity never before
offered to her and rarely II ever before
offered to any nation, to adopt a helpful
policy to a sister nation which will give
her free scope to exercise the noblest and
best power that her great statesmen possess.
She meet this opportunity not by
threats, not by force, but only by moral
suasion, and by presenting suggestions and
plans that commend themselves through
their wisdom. q. ].
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
The President Should Come Here on the
Fourth

Fourth
| T1HE President is to be invited by proper
i authority TO come to Philadelphia on the
Fourth Of July and deliver, on that day OF
days in the calendar Of patriotism, mes
sage to the nation, thus fortifying the custom
which was inaugurated last year of making
independence Hall, on the birthday Of the
nation, the Mecca Of devoted Americans. a
shrine from which may be renewed in
splendid volume the spirit and enthusiasm
which went to make this country what 1t has
been in the past and go to make 1t what 1t
will be In the future
Aside from any disagreements with any
other nations. this is a critical year in the
history of the Republic. The war drums roll
in all the other great stations of civilization.
Humanity has been dropped into smoking
valley. There Is no escape for us or for any
part of the world from the consequences of
tho European upheaval There will be new
alignments and new methods in the world.
Our institutions will be tested and all that
code Of principles which we have come to
know as Amercanism. The Napoeonic wars
shook the earth and affected every nation
on 1t, but they were almost trivial affairs In
comparison with tho mighty conflict now
raging
1t is a year peculiarly ht, therefore, for a
message to go out, not only to our own
people, but to all the world, from 1nde-
pendence Hall. Governors, Senators, Repre-
sentatives leaders in all the activities of our
national life will be here, and one and all,
we confident, feel that the President
should be with them, The invitation, there
fore, will really be national in Its scope. Not
one city only, not one State only, but the
Union will ask him to lead the pilgrimage.
His veneration for tho shrine of human
liberties is we'll known. Let him assist to
make it even more venerable in historic sig
nificance by uttering within 1t on the Fourth
a message of hope and confidence to the
great people who, with one heart and one
mind, leaped to his support when, speaking
for them, he voiced national conviction in
an international event.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
AUsTRIA's DIsooRDANT STATES
Bonds Holding Provinces to Dual Mon
archy Are Weak

archy Are Weak.
From the New York Independent
An army in the heart of Hungary is likely
TO be a death blow TO that curious congeries OF
diverse natlonalites which has been gathered
in the course OF 1000 years under the Hapsburg
crown. Austria is not a State; 1t Is a gov
ernment." II one should put his five nnger-tips
upon the map OF Europe anywhere and under
take 10 make nation OF what he had CHANGED
70 touch he would not have more impossible
task than has the aged and unfortunate Fran
els Joseph. Without specifying all his various
titles we may say that the Austro- Hungarian
monarchy consists OF the
Kingdom OF Bohemia.
Kingdom OF Dalmatia.
Kingdom of Galcia and Lodomeria.
Grand Duehy OF cTacow.
Arehduchy OF Austria.
Duehy OF Salzburg
Duehy OF Styria.
Duehy OF Carinthia.
Duchy of Carniola,
Duehy OF Bukovina.
Margrayate OF Moravia
Duehy OF Upper and Lower Silesia.
County PaIatine OF TyFoL
Territory OF Vorariberg.
MargraYate OF Istria,
County Palatine OF Goritz -Gradisca.
Town and District Of Trieste
Kingdom Of Hungary.
Province OF Croatia,
Province of Slavonia
Town and District OF Fiume.
Province OF Bosnia
Province Of Herzegovina
These heteroseneous elements have never been
brought together By conquest Or : common in
terest They have no bond of union. except that
Of the single loYsreign TO whom they have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
APPRECIATION BY ITALIANS

To the Editor Of the Erenin0 Ledger:
Sir-Having yesterday and today read two
long articles published in Italian In the EVEN.
ING LEDGER on the entry of Italy in the war,
] express to you my heartfelt thanks for your
kind thought toward us. You have given the
Italians of this city, who cannot read English.
the day in their own language, and we Italians
must feel very grateful TO you for this. I wish
the EVENING LEDGER the greatest possible
success and beg you to accept the thanks Of
all the Italians OF Philadelphia
SALVATORE ANGELO
Philadelphia, May 21.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24

Mt. Lassen has an alert press agent The
latest report from California's volcano Is that
part OF the crater has fallen In and the peak
has been pouring forth stream OF red hot
mud Now those yaeatiOnists who had not
decided 70 visit the Paelnc coast this summer
are expected to buy their tickets At once.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-24
INTERESTING ARTICLE ON AVIATION

To the Editor Of the Evonino Ledger:
Sir-The Philadelphia members of the Aero
Club of Pennsylvania tonight, in monthly ses-
sion noticed with pleasure and read with great
interest the article in your today's paper by
Charles NJ, Chaplin, entitled what Aviation
owes to the War" Thank you very much
JOS, a. STEINMETZ,
President
PHILADELPHIA Nav 21