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The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
Those Million Volunteers.

III President Wilson should call for volunteers
at sunrise, he would have 100000 men under
! at sunset"
This quotation has been ascribed to William
Jennings Bryan two more times recently Com
ing from the most prominent prepayment of dis
armament this statement is worthy of ANALYSIS in
the light OF history. If at the time OF issuing
call for volunteers it should be the fortunate posi-
ton OF President Wilson and the country to have
the men and equipment OF a volunteer army of
100000 concentrated in one place. there is little
doubt that President Wilson would have 1000 900
men under arms in twelve hours. But aside from
the fact that the military stores OF the United
States do not contain equipment for 1000 900 men,
and aside from the fact that it would take weeks
and possibly months to get 100000 willing volun-
tcers together in place. what does our own
history teach as to the probable military value
of 100000 so gathered together hastily?
The history of the United States teaches us
that the unfolding OF the honor and prestige of
this country in the of six wars has cost
us millions OF unnecessary lives and billions of
unnecessary dollars because we have depended for
protection upon unframed citizen soldiery in
every war in which we have participated.
What does George Washington tell us of the
value OF unframed "citzenry?" In letter to
the Congress of the United States in I776, Gen.
Washington wrote:
ITO place any dependence upon militia is as
surcdly resting upon broken staff -. To bring
men to proper degree of subordnation is not
the work of day, month even year -
Certain / am that it would be cheaper to keep
$4,000 or 100000 in constant pay than to depend
upon half the number and to supply the other half
occasionally by militia"
And what do the figures of the Revolutionary
war teach us? They show that 23I,77I regulars
(so-called) and I64,oS7 militia and volunteers,
nearly 100000 men in all. had to be employed |
against England's 10000 men-or nearly three to |
one And this. despite the fact that in that day |
the ratio Of trained users Of firearms to the total
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
BRITISH EXPORT TRADE.

In January, this countrys export trade
in domestic products was less by 40 IA
per cent than in 1914: in February. the
decrease was So 1-2 per cent; in March,
81 IA per cent, and in April, only 10 3-S
per cent, says the London correspondent
of the New York Evening Post. The
April exports were OO.000 greater than
those of March. This shows the effort now
being made toward maintenance of our
export trade
With manufacturing France crippled by
an enemy invasion, and Rusia's natural
resources of wheat and other raw mate
rials still cut off to a large extent from
their normal markets. London has to
shoulder the burden of financing the i'm
ports, so necessary to speedy success in
the war, of all the entente powers. Our
gold stores have been and will still, We
hope. be freely employed to assist this
process.
But the main reliance must still be our
merchandise exports, reduced as they are.
The demands of the army and the war
munition factories for more men are in
the existing basis or by compulsory serv-
ice. is. for the present purpose. irrele-
want. How to maintain our exports in
face of withdrawal of skilled labor is the
chief economic problem.
There is no single solution. But all over
the country, manufacturers are waking
up to their danger. They are trying to
train the women and the men ineligible
for military service to fill the inevitable
gaps. The United States would have to
face similar difficulties If American lib
critics were Immediately menaced as ours
are today.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

male population was many times greater than
now.
In the war of 1872 the United States used
$1,000 regulars and 47I,622 militia or volunteers
against total English and Canadian force OF
about $4,000 men. And that war cost US Ssz627,-
ooo besides pensions. ~
In the Mexican the period prior to the
commencement of hostilities permitted the train
ing of men, and the country went into the war with
the largest percentage of regulars of any war in
which the United States has fgured-3o per cent.
And in this war 3I,o24 regulars and 1852 militia
or volunteers, opposed 10000 Mexicans.
These lessons made no impression upon the
country. They were repeated in the civil war and
again in the war with Spain and the subjugation
of the Philippines. Millions in money and thou
sands of lives sacrificed to the uneconomic idea
that unframed men, mbued with a noble self
sacrificing patriotism. compete on terms of
equality with trained military machines, armed
equipped, drilled and differed up to the highest
possible efficiency. And when our lofty but I'm
trained patriots sent against walls of iron
and win despite the odds, who is to be held re-
sponsible for the loss of FIVE brave lives where
one would have suficed?
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

One war myth has been pretty thor
oughly disposed of. The great numbers
of war babies" actual or expected. in
England do not exist. In addition to
other refu:ations of the wild stories on
this subject which were current a few
weeks ago. the Society for the Proven
tion of Cruelty to Children has made
an elaborate investigation into the
facts, throughout the United King
dom. and has reported that there was
no foundation for the original charges.
No perceptible rise In illegitimacy Is
to be discovered. Inspectors ran down
tale after tale, and rumor after rumor.
as affecting various localities, and
found them all to be false. In no place
were the stories verified. Thus passes
this aspersion on the character of the
soldiers and the women. No one will
regret this, except perhaps that New
York editor who wrote in dithyrambic
praise of the splendid patriotism and
the superhuman virtue of those who
were responsible for the leaping up Of
bastardy in England.-NewY York Even
ing Post.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
John Hays Letters Tell of
Birth of Panama Republic

| In the July number of Harper's
Magazine il an article, John Hay and
the Panama Republic" containing a
number of letters by the distinguished
statesman that have not hitherto been
published, compiled and edited by Will
liam Roscoe Thayer. The letters. sew
eral OF them, warmly defend the
| course of President Roosevelt in ac-
f, curing the Canal Zone and are filled
with interesting comment on men and
affairs in Washington during that his
toric period.
The revolution happened on No
vember g." writes Mr.. Thayer-"blood-
less so far as regarded the combat
ants. although one Chinaman and one
dog were accidentally killed. On No
vember the Republic of Panama was
proclaimed: on the Sth the United
States recognized it.
"A few days later NJ Bunau-Varilla
returned to Washington as the accredited
envoy of the new republic. with full
powers to conclude treaty. In a letter
to his daughter. Mrs. Payne Whitney.
Secretary Hay describes what happened:
"Your Poor Old Dad"
las for your poor old dad. they are
working him nights and Sundays. l have
never, l think, been so constantly and
fortnight. Yesterday morning the ne
gotiations with Panama were far from
complete. But by putting on all steam.
getting Root and Knox and Shaw to-
gether at lunch. l went over my project
line by line. and fought out every sec
ton of it; adopted few good sugges-
tons. hurried back to the department
set everybody at work drawing up final
drafts-sent for Vanilla. went over the
whole treaty with him. explained all the
changes. got his consent, and at O'Clock
signed the momentous document in the
little blue drawing room. out of Abraham
Lincoln's inkstand. and with Clarence's
zen. did l ever tell you l sealed the
Hay Herbert treaty with Lord Byron's
ring, having nothing else in the houseD
SO the great job is concluded-at least
this stage of it. I have nothing else: will
come UP before Thanksgiving. tNovem-
Der 70. 1862
Grateful Letter to Ford Rhodes. |
To Mr. James Ford Rhodes, the his |
torian |
Il thank you for breaking an occa- |
sianal lance for US in the headquarters |
of Mugwumpery. When I think of how
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
FRANKLIN VERSUS PEPPER.

By the time the Scott Nearing episode
at the University of Pennsylvania be-
comes history. the intercollegiate public
will have at least been pretty well in
formed concerning the rights of free
speech"
1t is particularly apropos at this time
to compare the remarks of Benjamin
Franklin. the founder of the University,
representing one extreme. and George
Wharton Pepper, a trustee of the insti-
tuition, who may be said to stand at the
other pole. DR.. Franklin made his con-
tribution to the subject in 174O, when the
people of Philadelphia built Westminster
Hall for the use of the sensational evan
Gelist, George Whitefeld. who, on &C
count of his radical preaching. had been
denied the use of the local pulpits.
This tabernacle was the original and
for many years the only home of the
university. Consider the two utterances:
DIR. FRANKLIN. ITO. DIR. PEPPER 1915.
80 the design Free speech means
in building not being to the right to proclaim
accommodate any par views not dscordant
ticulsr sect. hut the in with the ethical sense
habitants in general: of the community and
that even IL the Multi Of proclaimed to evi-
CoustantinupIe were TO dence due consideration
send missionary to fer the sensibilities Of
preach Mohsmmedansm those holding different
10 us he would find views"
pulpit at his service.
-PhIlsdeiphia Evening Ledger.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
THE ARMENIAN CASE.

According to cable dispatches from
London. stress is laid in British news
papers upon the fact that the Arme-
man is the largest steamer, with the
exception of the Lusitania. thus far
attacked by German submarine
The contention of the few morning
papers which discuss the question edi-
| torially is that, whatever the nature of
her cargo. the Germans were not JUS
titled in sinking her.
| The Chronicle argues editorially that
the commander of the Armenian disre-
garded the signal to stop because he
knew he would not be treated in ac-
cordance with international law. but
that his ship would be illegally sunk
and the crew cast adrift in open boats
fifty miles from land. The paper con-
tends that he was justified, therefore.
in running away. and that the respon-
sibility for the deaths which resulted
from this course cannot be laid at his
door.
The dead Americans" says the
Chronicle. ARE just as much victims
of Germany's illegal submarine war
fare as if they had been drowned after
the ship was torpedoed. and one would
need to be very anxious TO shirk the
issues their deaths raise if one accept
ed any other conclusion
The Daily News considers that the
SINKING OF the Armenian must COM
plicate the task both of President Will
son and DR.. Won Bethmann- Hollweg,
the German chancellor. assuming that
the latter really desires to preserve
peace with America. Discussing the
question in an editorial the News says:
Germany has not yet replied to the
American note. but in practice the
sinking of the Armenian is a very per-
emptory reply. The incident brings
into thorough relief the justice of
President Wilson's contention that sub
marine warfare. as the Germans prac-
tice IL. is inconsistent with the observ-
ance of the rights of neutrals"
The Express also takes the view
that the incident constitutes a cynical
reply by Germany to America, but in
fers that nothing will result from it,
The Standard assumes that the Ar
menian's cargo must have been ex-
amined by United States customs off,
Gals, but says whether this was so
or not there was no warrant for the
proceedings of the German command
er. The editorial continues:
He ought to have stopped and
searched her, but il he took the ex-
IRENE course of destroying her at sea
he was bound to provide for the
safety of the crew, as the last Ameri-
can note emphatically declared. The
captain seems to have taken pains to
commit all the acts against which
President Wilson has solemnly pro-
tested. This outrage. in principle. is
quite as bad as the sinking of the
Lusitania, and has peculiar inso-
American demands remain unanswer-
Cd
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

The New York Sun is not disposed to agree
with those Democrats who see in the increased in
come tax receipts for this year evidence of the
countrys prosperity. The Sun makes two good
points in figuring out why the receipts should be
larger this year: There arc several obvious rca-
sons" says the Sun, why income tax returns
should run larger than last year. The collection
a year ago not made on the basis of a full
years income This OF itself is almost enough to
account for the excuses which now appear Again,
in all likelihood, there more taxpayers not
because of increases in incomes which have
brought the recipients into the taxpayng class OF
selected citizens who have been singled out for
a compulsory subsidy to government but be-
cause the law has become better known"
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
A BOOK BY THE PRESIDENT.

In a little volume brought out b,
Harper & Bros. entitled when {
Man Comes to Himself" Woodrow
Wilson delivers in terse and simple
style a broad message of faith, cour.
age. and enthusiasm to mankind.
Presupposing that some time in the
life Of every man he comes to him.
self. finds his powers. his limitations
and achieves his proper adjustment to
life. the distinguished author urges
enthusiasm and unselfishness as the
incentive of being.
In order to- accomplish an awaken
ing OF his powers and knowledge of
the part he was intended to play on
the stage of life the President asserts
that a man mustsbe sane and healthy,
and must undergo the process of dis
illusionment which strips him of self
absorption, overconfidence. pride. and
conceit.
To quote from the earnest little vol
ume: Surely a man has come to
himself only when he has found the
best that is in him and has satisfied
his heart with the highest achieve
ment he is fit for
Again: 1T makes, no difference
how small a part. how insignificant.
how unnoticed. When his powers be-
gin to play outward and he loves the
task at hand not because it gains him
a livelihood, but because ii makes him
a life, he has come to himself"
Necessity is no mother to enthusi-
asm. Necessity carries a whip. Its
method is compulsion. not love. En-
thusiasm comes with the revelation of
truth and satisfying objects of devo-
ton: and ii is enthusiasm that sets
the powers free" claims Mr.. Wilson.
And the aim of life. according to the
President is satisfaction. which lies
not in pleasure or self-indulgence.
but in consciousness of right; of
powers greatly and nobly spent"
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

I many mistakes I have made which have
| escaped notice, I ought not to be dis
| satisfied with being lambasted in an oc-
/ caI:onal case where / have done right.
| 1t is hard for me to understand how
any one can criticise our action In Pana-
ma on the grounds upon which 1t Is
ordinarily attacked. The matter came
on us with amazing celebrity. We had
I to decide on the instant whether We
would take possession of the ends Of
the railroad and kesp the traffic clear.
or whether We would stand back and
let those gentlemen cut each others
threats for an indefinite time. and de-
stroy whatever remnant of our property
and our interests We had there. l had
no hesitation as to the proper course to
take. and have had no doubt of the pro-
priety of it since" December S. 1902
The article continues:
Finally, when Mr.. Hay negotiated a
treaty with the infant Republic Of
Panama as to the building of the
canal, he met with denunciation from
an unexpected quarter. Senator Nor
gan broke loose in violent letters, one
of which he addressed to President II.
S. Pritchett, of the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology.
Plain Words About Morgan.
81 return herewith Gen. Morgan's
letter (Hay replied to Mr.. PritchetD
He is in such a state OF mind
in regard to the canal that II you
should answer everything he said.
categorically contradicting him with
his own public utterances. it would
have no effect on him. As he admits
in paragraph 3, page l, he is as much
the author of the present canal treaty
as l am. Not only did l embody in 1t
all his amendments to the Herran
treaty, but / went further than he has
ever done in getting the proper guar
antees for jurisdiction over the canal.
A year ago he wrote me a series Of
earnest and impassioned letters, which
he afterward embodied in articles in
some of the religious periodicals.. de-
nouncing the government of Colombia
as the sum of all iniquities, and say
ing that we were violating every law
human and divine in favor of the gov
eminent of Colombia against the Lib
erals of Panama, insisting that it was
our bounden duty to aid them in at
their liberty. How can you
argue with a man whose prejudices
are SO violent and so variable as
this" December IS, 1903)
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
INDEPENDENCE DAY.

Yes Independence Day is very fine.
And good to celebrate all down the line.
Yet, for me,
l am not and I'd not be free.
I rather like those duty-chains that bind
Ny heart and soul, and stimulate my mind;
And hold me to my daily need of toll
Down in the rush of life to win the spoil
Wherewith to meet the necessaries OF
A band of little people that l love,
Who look to me
To hold them free
Till that glad time to them as yet unknown
When they shall wear love-shackles of their own
Copyright. 1881
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04

"The most important single event OF the
month, says the July bulletin of the National City
Bank of New York, ito the business community
of this country the decision of the United
States District Court for the district of New Ter
sey, denying the petition of the Department of
Justice for decree for the dissolution of the
United States Steel Corporation If this decision
were final and the principles laid down in it were
definitely established the law of the land the
stimulating effect would be very great Probably
nothing else has weighed upon the spirits of the
business community in recent years with such a
depressing influence as this suit against the Steel
Corporation with the public policies that it stood
for. There has been support for the suit in
any quarter where there was intelligent knowledge
Of the operations of the corporation.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
PRISON IS GERMANS FATE.
Hussar Leader Taken and Turn
Out to he NObleman.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris. July Sin the fighting front
near Arras an officer of a German hus-
sar regiment was captured. His uni
form was covered with blood and dust.
but he looked every inch a soldier.
A French officer asked him to sit
down and inquired If he spoke French.
Yes" he replied. and added with .
bit of irony. Il had much practice At
Lille lately"
Your men are happy to be- prison.
ers. Are you?"
No: ii is the most cruel fate for an
officer"
Then. after a short silence. as IL
arguing with himself, the prisoner
went on:
AT least. / have an excuse. / am
wounded and so weary that I can
hardly stand. For two days I have
been on guard. For forty eight hours
I have not slept.
One Of the prisoners eyes was ter
ribly swollen and quite closed from =
fragment of shell that had struck him
in the cheekb bone. One of his ears was
lacerated by another fragment
rs my eye gomez" he asked the at
teHdant surgeon
NO"
My ear is cut in two?"
Not in two but in three"
1T was in Won KS trench that you
were capturedg'' asked the French Of
hcer Won X. is prince Of an an.
Gent German house. The ofiicer start
ed. but this time did not reply. After.
ward IL was learned that the prisoner
was Prince Won K himself.
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
Hundreds Of Farms Free.

According to the statistician of the
Reclamation Service, there are now
several hundred farms open to home
stead entry in the arid regions of the
United States. The government is
spending millions OF dollars on it's ir-
rfgatfon projects More than 500. 900
acres are receiving water from the
government bitches. Land in the vi
cinity OF these bitches is free. These
farms are located mainly In South Da-
kota. Montana. Wyoming. and Nevada
Telephones graded schools and good
transportation facilities are amoag the
Advantages Of these ragionA
The Washington herald., 1915-07-04
HUDSON MAXIM EXPLAINS.
What Actually Happened mt World
Peace Foundation Conference.

| Editor of The Washington Herald
In the report to the newspapers o
my speech at the World Peace Foun
dation conference at Cornell Univer
sity, on the evening of the 25th in
| slant, some one misquoted me as say
| ing that war is good thing. The
report has been printed in some news
papers that / said that war is always
| beneficial.
I shall appreciate the courtesy II YOU
will print this letter in order to give
me the opportunity of telling you
readers that l have been falsely re-
ported.
/ did not say anything Of the sort
Why such a false report should be
sent out, your readers must judge
for themselves. If, however, the
peaceat-any-price pacifists can make
il appear that / am such a blood
thirsty militarist as to pronounce war
always a good thing. then the public,
knowing well that war is not always
good thing, will discount what i say
about other things. and the pacifists
want what 1 say about our needs for
national defense to be discounted.
What I did say at the conference
was that I was peace advocate, and
that. for the very reason that war is
bad thing, we should prepare against
war with the necessary ornaments
to prevent 1t.
But, I said, all wars are not bad. There
are good wars as well as bad wars. Old
Mars. l told them, has a dual person.
ality-he Is both a Doctor Jekyll and a
Mr.. Hyde. i told them that wars of
aggression for conquest and plumber are
bad wars while wars for national de-
tense against aggression and plumber are
good wars; / told them that wars for
freedom are good wars: that most of
the freedom which this world has en-
joyed has been won by such good wars;
that our American Revolution was one
of those good wars: that wars for free
ing slaves are good wars, like our great
civil war.
Every just-minded reader Of your paper
will agree with me absolutely in these
conclusions.
l presented 10000 copies of my book
"Defenseless America" to the students
graduating in the American universities
this spring. The Cornell students re-
ceived 500 copies of the work Conse-
quently. a good many members of the
audience had read the book and were
in agreement with me. More than two
thirds of the audience We're stoutly with
me. while about third. who We're ultra
pacifiists. were in violent disagreement
with Inc. and tried to break up the
meeting.
i was allowed fifty minutes in which to
speak. after which an hour was set apart
for the hecklers to question me. Ny
utter discontinue had been expected and
predicted They had misjudged me. for
l always much enjoy answering the ques-
tons of heckling pacifists
One lean, lanky fellow concluded his
questioning with the interrogatory, had 1
myself ever fought | told hin, that ~ he