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The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
Hold On, "Old Subscriber" "

The Herald published yesterday, on its editorial
page a letter from AN Old Subscriber" who COM
plains that he finds things in the columns Of
this newspaper which he docs not like though ad-
mtting that there arc other things which please
him. He objects to the publication OF anything re-
iatng to automobilcs-unleSs it relates to the
fnng OF northumberland his church pro-
sCribes the use OF these devil wagons He is op-
posed to newspaper publication OF accounts of dis
Sensions in meetings OF ministers, because OF the
possible effect the unconvcrted. He wants all
news OF the in Europe suppressed, because
he is A man OF peace and he thinks it would be
better for the world to believe that peace rcigns
everywhere He is a Progressive through and
through and objects to the mention OF the men or
policies OF any other party, unless it be an occas-
Sional reference to Mr.. Bryan who is his idol be-
cause of his peace policies. Root Lodge, Can
non Burton <enrose and Barnes arc dead ones"
and he docs not want to see their names in print
Finally, he believes in prohibition and rcscnts any
questioning OF Capt. Hobson's statistics though
he admits they are somewhat confusing. PRO
grcssivc policies and my church the religion
OF the country" he confidently asserts will
bring the millennium" The keynote OF "Old Sub
>crhcr's' communication is: I'll you printing
paper for me | want you to take my views"
Ii "Old Subscriber" will permit us VIC would
like to with him for just a moment. We
can't promise to print paper for him, taking his
views. because should expect his next door
ncghbor to trouble neither can we hope
to please his neighbor all the time, because the
man who lives around the corner might call for
explanations. Even "Old Subscriber" admits that
he finds some things in The Herald that he likes
but if he should be pleased with everything every
day what would be the state of mind of other
readers of The Herald, the proud owner of an
automobile. the who wants to know how
many battleships sunk yesterday, the deserv-
ing Democrat who is interested in President Will
sons Mexican policy. the hopeful Republican
who wants to learn of the progress being made by
the ffty-scven candidates for the C. o. p nomina-
tion, or the who is looking in another direc-
ton for the approach of the millennium?
The Herald cannot hope that every one of its
columns will please "Old Subscriber" or his
neghbor every day. 1t does aim to publish i'm
partially all the and in its comments upon
it to separate the true from the false to the best
of its ability to discern it. II "Old Subscriber
true Progressive as he evidently is-experiences
more pain than pleasure today, somewhere in
Washington there must be Herald reader with
whom the condition will be reversed, and thus
a balance will be struck. 1t is our fervent hope
that our correspondent will realize that there
can be newspaper published for him alone,
and that he will continue to pick out the things
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accepted England would go to war
with the United States.
As soon as my father got this
communication from Lord Lyons he
shut himself up in room at our house
and gave orders that he was for no
reason whatever to be approached. He
also said that if he wanted anything
10 eat he would let our servant know.
My father spent the greater part OF
one day in this seclusion. II was late
at night when he came out. He had
in that time thought out the right an
swer TO the problem and had written
with the utmost care his note to Lord
Lyons in which he stated that Mason
and Slidell would be delivered to the
British authorities and with consider
able skill made the expected apology.
Father was. however, prepared in
part, for he had already examined the
records and found that what England
was at that time demanding was simi-
lar in general principles to what the
United States demanded in 1872. and
because England refused to acCede to
that demand we declared war against
her. Father closed his note by referr-
ing delicately to that circumstance
and intimatinG that it was because
of that that he, speaking for the Unit
cd States. was ready to deliver up
Mason and Slidell and to make the
diplomatic apology for the action OF
Capt. Wilkes. | know that the gem
eral line adopted by my father in
writing this note was already in his
mind when he shut himself up and
that the greater part of the time in
which he was thus isolated was spent
by him in it's careful preparation.
When the note was read Al Cabinet
meeting the next day. he received the
most cordial and hearty words of ap.
proval from President Lincoln
Copyright l7l5. by y J. Etwsrds All rights
SSrveiD
Tomorrow DIR. Edwards will tell How
Grant SiIcnced the Calamity Howlers."
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
Lonely Diplomats in Washington.

There three lonely representatives of great
powers in Washington. The modernizinc of dip-
lomatic methods will not Soon if ever extend TO
the relieving OF such situation as that in which
Count Johann Bcrnstorf, the German Ambassa-
dor; DR.. Consantn Theodor Dumba the Austro-
Hungarian Ambassador. and Abdul Hak Hussein
Bey, first secretary of the Turkish Embassy, find
themselves. With the representatives of govern
ments with which the three countries arc at war
they can have no relations, public or personal
They are therefore, obliged to give up social inter
course with practically all European diplomats
outside of the trio.
Functions at which cnvoys of the enemy are
likely to be met these men must avoid. Club life
is only open to them upon the condition that when
a representative of enemy nation enters
room in which they may be they quit it. At most,
only the most formal of bows can be exchanged
In the light OF common sense it seems stilted
thing that the personal friendships between dip
lomats, often the growth of years, must be broken
of when war comes, but it is the ancient rule
which persists. The Ambassadors of Germany
and of France in Washington have often sat side
by side at dinners and enjoyed the propinouity
but the war has made them strangers
Now that Italy has joined the allies in the
mighty war, Count di Cellere, the Italian Ambas
sador, has become the open enemy of the lonely
three. IT the Count should chance to meet any
one OF them at the State Department or upon the
street no sign OF recognition would be given
Action by the home government dominates the
representative OF that government wherever he
may be- and the personality is entirely sunk in the
public ofhcial-Springheid Republican.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

than that which had separated King
Williams War from the War OF the
Spanish Succession.
Seven years. and France and England
had once more grappled-this time for a
final settlement. All the seven years
through the coming on OF var was plain
ly to be seen by those who knew where
TO look for the signs of the times.
The French and English in that brief
interval were not merely to approach:
they were to meet in the western valleys.
and the first spark OF war that was to
embroil all Europe was presently to flash
out in the still forests beyond the far
Alleghanies.
1t was on the borders of Virginia this
time that the first act Of the drama was
to be cast.
The French determined both to shorten
and to close their lines OF occupation and
defense from the ST. Lawrence to the
Mississippi and the Gulf. They knew
that they could do this only by taking
possession of the valley of the Ohio: and
The plan was no sooner formed than 1t
was attempted.
And yet to do this was to come closer
than ever to the English and to act under
their very eyes.
few German families had made their
way far to the westward in Pennsyl-
vania. and hundreds of the indomitable
Scots-Irish had been crowding in there
for now quite twenty years, passing on.
many OF them. to the beautiful valley of
the Sh 'nandoah below. and pressing
everywhere closer and closer to the
Ohio
These men. at the frontiers of Pennsyl-
vana and Virginia, were sure to observe
what was going forward in front of
them. and to understand what they saw.
Traders crossed those mountains now by
the score from the English settlements
three hundred in a year. it was said.
They knew the waters that ran to the
Ohio quite as we'll as any Frenchman did.
Their canoes had followed the turnings
of the broad Ohio itself, and had found 1t
a highway to the spreading Mississippi.
where French boats floated slowly DOWN
from the country of the Illinois. carry
ing their carSoes of meat. grain. tobacco.
taIlow. hides, lead. and oil to the settle
ments on the Gulf
Tomorrow; The Coming of Dinwiddle
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
Memorial Day Fifty Years After.

Fifty wears ago ended the great struggle OF
American soldier against American soldier, OF
brother against brother that lett giant nation
exhausted and its cemeteries filled with graves
newly made. Today while peace reigns in our
land, the whole energy OF the Eastern Hem
i>phere is directed to the destruction OF men and
their works, for which inventive genius has sup
piled weapons more terrible than could be con-
ceivcd by the human mind hall century ago,
when North fighting South. And this
Memorial Day, fifty years after, comes with
irnpressV Vcncss. RcvercntW, vet proudly today the
surviving comrades and the children and the grand
children of those who fought in their country's
will pay homage and heap blossoms upon
their resting places. In the throng at Arlington
how many will count the graves and the price
the nation paid for LIE and say it too much !?
Beside the graves of those who iel in civil strife
are graves OF those who died in later war;
against foreign foe, and there proud mothers,
their grief assuaged by time, will gather and
pray that their country may never war again, but
will not bcgrudge the sacrifice.
Memorial Days OF the past have been given to
retrospect; today the thought will be more OF the
future. A united people will face bravely the prob
lens that beSet their country, confident in their
own strength and in the faith that in history yet
be made their traditions will be given luSter.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
THE OPEN FORUM.
Sufragist Voices the South's Opposi.
ton to Militant Methods.

Editor of The Washington Herald:
Your paper has lately published several
articles telling Of the plans and methods
Of the suffrage associations by which
the leaders hope to he able TO force Con
gress. at the next session. to pass
Federal amendment enfranchisinc the
women of the country.
In reading these statements. I have
been surprised to find that no mention is
made Of the Southern women who are
earnest and devoted suffra gists. but Woo
are opposed not only 10 the militant
measures of tho Congressional Union and
the playing Of the political game of the
Congressional committee. but to the Fed
cral amendment itself The Southern
suffraGists belong to the party that has
ever upheld that suffrage is State
right and not Federal right and even
i'm their cnthusia site work for woman
suffrage. which work has attained such
wonderful results in the past year. they
have at all times declared their allegiance
to this party and to its state rights priu
ciple Under these conditions then Is it
not misleading for Mrs. Belmont to as
sert that "dcputations of suffragists
from the Congressional Union will be-
siege Mr.. Wilson wherever he goes?'
Can il be possible that she believes that
the Southern women will stand aside and
allow the President who upholdS their
principles and is the leader of the
Democracy. to be annoyed and perhaps
insulted. should he at any time. be
guest Of Southern state?
And again it will be impossible for any
one knowing and appreciating the char
acteristics OF the Southern women. &c
place any confidence in the statement
that Mrs McCormick's committee can
command the services OF suffragists in
this section, to throw aside their de-
cIared principles of allegiance to the
doctrine of state rights and the Democ-
racy and use their influence and power
to place men in Congress who will vote
for a Federal amendment enfranchising
women?
To the people who know the South it
is useless for these facts to be stated,
but IN order that the Southern suf-
fragists shall not be misunderstood or
misrepresented to those ignorant OF the
true conditions. / feel II Is my duty TO
call the attention of thoughtful people
to the false impression. evidently for po-
liticaI reasons that is being created by
the assertions of these suffrage leaders.
1t Is only for this purpose. and not f.r
entering into any controversy or oil
causing any more dissensions in the suf-
frage ranks. that venture to send
my protest The South is doing her
work for suffrage along the lines best
suited to the environments and condi-
tons existing there, and II Is only in the
spirit Of fair play that I ask, that her
women be left to do their part in their
own way and not be subjected TO the
accusation that they are false to their
declared principles and disloyal to Presi-
dent WILSON, Z b
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

- My for a few months had Eng
land dealt with Spain alone upon
~ a private quarrel.
In l1i0 the male line of the great
Austrian house of Hapsburs had run out;
Maria Theresa took the throne: rival
claimants disputed her right to the sue
cession; and all Europe was presently
plunged into the War of the Austrian
succession. n7i0-114s. king Georges s
War" they called 1t in the colonies. when
Franco and England became embroiled; {;
but the name did not make II doubtful
what interests, or what ambitions, were
involved; and New England struck her
own blow at the power OF France.
A force of about four thousand men,
levied In Massachusetts,. Nav Hampshire.
and Connecticut. moved III the spring OF
l745 against the French port of Louis
bourg on Cape Breton Island.
Commodore Warren. the English naval
commander in the West Indies. furnished
ships for their convoy. and himself sup
ported them in the siege; and by the 18th
of June the place had been taken.
For twenty-five years the. French had
been slowly building its Notifications.
covering with them an area two ana
half miles in circumference. They had
made them, they supposed impreSnable.
But the EngllSn nau StTuCh 'eiShiS' =
without warning. and with skill and
ardor which made them well-nish ir-
rcsistible: and their triumph was COM
petc. Provincial troops had taken the
most formidable fortress in America.
William Peppcrrell. the gallant gentle
man who had led the New EnGlanders.
got a baronetcy for his victory. Warren
was made an admiral.
ne next year an attack was planned
against the French at Crown Point on
Chamslain, but nothing came of II.
The war almost stood still thenceforth.
so far as the col>hies wero concerned,
till peace was signed at AiX-la-Chapelle
in October. 114S.
That peace brought great Chagrin to
New England. by its terms LouishourS
and all conquests everywhere were re-
stored The whole work vas to do over
again, as after King Williams War and
the restoration OF Port Royal, which Sir
William Phps had been at such pains
TO take.
The peace stood. however. little longer
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
HISTORY BUILDERS.
When the United States Apologlzed to
Great Britain.

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The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
TROUBLE AND |.

I've never found that dwelling on distress
In sulky solitude and idleness,
With naught but woe beside me, and my mind
To gloomy thoughts inclined
Helped cheer the darkness of trouble day,
Or served to drive my sense of care away.
But in hard labor resolutely done,
Have | forgetfulncss of trouble won,
And hence it is when worries round me lurk
! doff my coat and HE me to my work,
And in its stress forget that pain and |
Are aught but strangers, passing calmly by.
Corgnght Isl5l
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
An Old Story In War.

The English agitation over the heads OF the
army and navy recalls our times The
Spanish war was very short one. but there was
loud complaint of Secretary Agcr In the civil
had two Secretaries of War, and there
steady procession OF commanders OF the
Army of the Potomac, who were near enough the
Capital to receivf the particular attention OF the
Secretary OF War and the Senators and Represent
atves. Every newspaper in the country was a
past master in the art OF strategy, and there was
censorship, and correspondents were
abundant and Observation-Disclosures Record.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

avoid it. Perhaps he is right.
And yet l wonder if there is
not deep-seated wholesome
ness in our turning away
from it, in our preference
for thinking about life.
For most of us death is
the surest of all things and
the least sure. We know
that it has come to others
about us, and yet VIC feel
that it is far away from us,
so far away that there is no
reason why we should be
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
WON WIFE IN JAIL.
From Separate Cells "JaiIbird'
Courts Fair Prisoner.

Morgantown w. Va. May 30.-A court
shin that began in Jail and developed
there into love. although the principals
could not get good look at each other
during their COurtship. resulted a few
days ago in the marriage of Minnie
Brooks, ~. and John Bohis.
The girl was serving sentence of six
months for threatening to kill suitor.
When three months Of her time was up
Bohis was brought to Jail to serve ninety
DAYS The girl was on the second floor
of the Jail and Bohis was on the first.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
MAY As Well Surrender,

The Chicago packers have managed to defeat
the government OF the United States on several
occasions. Perhaps that they are threatening
to shut off supplies from Great Britain unless the
government OF that unhappy country ceases its in
reference with their shipments to neutral nations
they will carry their point. Unless the Britshers
have a weapon more formidable than an anti
trust law they may as well surrender at once
New York World.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

For the first time Becker, the former police
lieutenant OF New York, realizes that he is only
few steps from the electric chair, and that rea-
zation has unbalanced him. In Sing Sing the
condemned man told his wife, who has not vet
abandoned hope, that it she personally appealed to
Gov Whitman to spare her husbands life he
would repudiate her action. "Tm through / tell
YOU" he shouted. 1--WE lost faith in God and
man. II God Almighty walked into this room
right now | wouldn't kneel down to Him. |
don't want anything done. l won't have any
thing done, understand? But some day after
I'm gone these will speak up and then the re-
sponsibiity for sending to eternity will fall on
the man who sent me there" And as Becker raves,
many connected with the system quakes,
for Becker. after all, only part of it; and
whether he is to die in the chair is to be spared
he may direct the avenging law to the trail
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

Presumably Representative Gardner believes
the only way to have the defects in the navy'S sub
marine department remcdied is by calling public
attention to It's condition; but ii is deplorable
that it should be necessary to advertise our weak
nc>>e> to the rest OF the world.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

The completion of the Emergency Hospi
tai j. Al achievement in which the whole CITY
should rejoice. The old structure which is soon
TO bc abandoned. has for years been inadequate
and reflection the Capital Highest praise is
due to the men and women whose efforts have
at last success. They have had the loyal sup
port OF the people OF the city and they may count
upon this in greater measure in future now
that the institution is properly housed and in a
position to fulfill its mission more completely
There should be no lack OF means to equip the new
building with the best and most modern appa-
ratus and TO sustain it a liberal scale.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
FORCED HER TO WE'D AT 10,
Judge Orders NuptIais AnpuIled
BlaMes Fostcr Parents

olathe. Kan. May 9o-Judge J. q
Rankin in the District Court has annulIed
the marriage of Matte Bellamy. a T.
year-old school girl. to George Smith. II
years old. who owns a farm eight miles
west of Olathe. They were married on
February !. The judge declared tho evil
dence indicated the bride was forced into
the marriage by her foster parents.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

Say pro-Gcr1nan writer, in black type: Maj.
Won IIcrwarth told me that, while he sat next to
Sir George Armstrong at a dinner in London, last
year. the EnClishmon said: You know We are
looking with jcaIou>-ahcH, | mean to say inter
c~tcd-cycs al the Panama Canal" Now. did
SIR George Armstrong really say "ahem," and if
50 what was his sinister object:
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

The famous English Derby has been aban
doned this year for the first time in the history cf
the English turf Established in I7so, it has been
run annually 81 times without break until
The interruption oi this turf classic will hrng
home to some Englishmcn for the first time what
the war really
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
New York Hotel Arrivals.

SrcrisI to Thu Washington hcrar
New York. May 3c.-Thc following
Washington people are registered at
local hotels:
Grand Marlborough
j. Refs. Blenhein-
Navarro ]. l.. LansdalA
Mrs D. W. Foster WalIck-
n. W. Foster. F. r. Meador.
Mrs. II. NJ. ReminG-Park Avenue
ton. Mrs. J. +. Murphy.
". vi. Remington. WELLINGTON
y. T.. stevens. F. Nelasquez.
J. :. Logan. MarsejIIes
Martha Washington W. l.. la Toilette
Mrs. J. BauSh. st. Denis
Mrs I. q. Walker. W. Il. Symonds.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

that he likes in The Herald; but even if he is
relentless in his demand that we take his
views" sound though they may be, we cannot
forget that there others, and shall have to
say reluctantly good-by, "Old Subscriber" it can't
be done.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

Out in Charlottesville. Ind, the sheriff in
>ummoung tac>mcn for jury duty, included three
dead men. one OF them having departed this life
twenty years ago. There have been cases when
the fact that the jurors were dead ones" was not
discovered until they handed in their verdict.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31

The Treasury Department announces that it
VIII not he made agency for the collection OF
debts contracted by the employees. and that en-
roycS will not he retained in its employ who.
without SPECIFIC camSc, per>rstcntly refuse habit
ually neglect to pay their necessary personal and
family expenses" Neither will the Treasury cS-
tahli>h a court for the purpose OF deciding what
are just debts 1t, old story. and the order
means than the various others which
have preceded ii.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
HAS TWO LEGAL WIVES.
Gay DiVorcer Finds Himself in EN-
barrassIng Dilemma.

Milton. Pa. May 3o.-Remarrying short
ly after his divorce from his first wife.
Jacob A. Neagley Is in the peculiar posi-
tion of having two legal wives. Neagley
started divorce proceedings nearly year
ago, alleging desertion- His wife fought
the case until a decree finally was
granted In the meantime Neagley mar
ried again. Then the Superior Court re-
versed the lower court in granting the d.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
Morning Smiles.
New Source of Profit.

Ted-Smere sold his sketches of city
life for five thousand. Ned-Well, he's
the first artist ] ever knew who made
money painting the town.-Judge.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-31
Cumulative Expenses.

Lawyer Ito kicking client,-Well. have
YOU at last decided to take my advice and
pay this bill of mine? Client-Yes. Law
yer-very we'll Ito clerk) William. add
five dollars to Mr.. Smiths bill for fur
ther advice Transcript.