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armies ~ '.' .t- RUmanian realm
That IL the reason why Bessarabia
was taken N 1912, that explains why
Rumania's loyal hep in ls77-7S was
So treAcherous,y repaid by the seixvre
OF more Moldayian territory. In order
70 hold sway over the Dardlnelles
10 realize the Czar.grad OF the Russian
dream. and TO rul" the small RalkaI
Slav nations Rumania must d!sap-
pear.
The Russian statesmen DO not try
10 keep thi. idea secret The Russian
Minister. L. A. Casso, OF Rumania n
ancestry. who died last year. s8ys In
ITS book Russia at the Danube:
In 1908 we thought We would con-
quer both principalities without any
resistance on N. part OF the Wallsch-
fans and Moldavians IRumaniansI
and transform them into Russian
provinces, Hut after much trouble
we had to content ourselves with
smaller acquisition. We were able
20 create only one Bessarabian prov
nee
'Nevert heless this extension has
been If great valUe to us. II made Us
como near 70 the Balkan Peninsula, u
gave us tho possibility OF gaining q
hrmer toothold upon the Danube
Thus It has prepared us for further
expansions 10 the detriment Of the
Turkish Empire, In conformity with
our traditions.
with part Of Noldavta annexed II
was our duty 10 show what We can
do FOR the Balkan nations and 10 prove
70 the Christians under the Ottoman
sway the cegrre OF prosperity which
awaits them under the shade Of tho
vulture with two heads"
And f. T. Fonton. II Russian dipio
mat. writes:
The RUmanIans have an sitogether
different character from ours. Look
irR AZ the mdp | cannot help being
grleNcd To see these millions Of stranC-
ers. who have established themse lves
in the beautiful valleys OF the Car
pathians and form a wal between
the Saws Of the north and those al
the south
THIS impulse toward tho south
CD1ug mach Stiden) on the part OF the
Russian Empire, this outspoken ten
denCy toward the realization of an
Y
opposition TO Rumanian aspirations
In Joining the car Rumania fears
the destruction Of her national exist
/ ence And that ~ the real cause OF
, Rumania's hesitation.
! She has east her fac upon the SIDE
7 " tho Allies. France ard England
/ have already gained her sympathy. \
Franco. Rumanian League has been
! founded. Al a banquet given N honor
! OF "Scotus Niator," the English Jour
/ nalist, y FilpPscu exclaimed: wv"
{ shall be purctua' AZ our rendezvous
Rumana's apparent cnmttv toward
/ the liapshurc monarchy has ,omr'r-
/ missed her in the eyes of the German.
Fear Of Russian friendship NnwcNc'
is reason enough 10 mdho h." .hun
twiss before drawing her sword.
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sound philosophy. but. above all. 1t
behooyes our peop'e II they believe
m self-government. TO recognize the
overwhelming power " dramatic art
and their own susceptibility 10 II.
In seeking. then. a moral equivalent
for war what moral equivalents d.
We ind under the conditions Of peace?
In business the prevailing conditions
OF peace are drah and selfish. !ts drs
matte conflicts are sord.d. petty. whel
individualistic and when they are
corporate they are no less sordid on
their vaster scale. 'ndustrIalism Is 50
contaminated hy suffering. disease.
injustice uglincss, enrui. death. hatred
and dulled despair that 20 millions
OF labOrers the conditions OF war seem
hopeful and visionary n comparison.
These are fundamental facts which
all workers for permanent peace must
face IN tnrir problem. The conditions
81 .ndustr.al.sm. IN short, are war
stripped Of It's dignity and national
solidarity As superstructure upon
this sordid base rises the dwelling of
conventional calm We call peace, '
wherein the minority thousands pass
their lives in comparative satisfar-
ton and leisure
These druh. chaotic. suffering CON
ditions of our peace" however. are
transhgured by the ever growing
numbers of those who are workin-
TO make them lovelier and more just
Among these are dedicated groups
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ARTIST WITH A HAMMER.
. vERBoDY expected him TO smash

NERBODY expected him 70 smash
= his fingers or bruise his hand
Some who watched him at work
suffered In recollection OF tho time
when tack hammer had fallen with
the force OF a pile driver on thumb
OF finger. recalled the ebullient express
sions Il emotion that sprang spon-
taneously and fluently from quivering
fps. remembered the one footed In
dian war dance about the room and
the unsympathetic comments OF the
busy housewife about grown men who
were cry babies enough to use such
horrible language over so small q
thing, and the vigorous reply.
on a scafrold,ng built up 70 about
ton feet above the sidewalk level be-
side a mastodonic building nearing
completion in the lower end Of Mas
sau street the other DAY a young
workman stood drilling a hole in the
solid stone of the front. lie held the
drill horizontally at the height OF his
hips and was driving II with a ham,
mer out OF which more than a hundred
tack drivers could be manufactured.
HIS right hand, swinging the heavy
''''I+' WIN ia inc OF We !
developed arm muscles. drove Il
against the drill with heavy blows.
lI!s lef. hand grasprd the drill not
more than an inch from the end.
Ina, would have been all right had
ne workman KEEP, h's eve where the
hammer FELL. But no with an ease
and confidence that sent thrills
through his watchers. he pounded the
hammer againr. tho drill while his
eyes roved along the street, watching
the passing pedestrians, his mind
moro intent upon their movements,
apparently. than upon wa. was sure
To happen " his hammer missed the
head ~ the drill.
Carelessly. he hammered away. driN-
ing the drill into the hard granite,
never missing in his rhythmic stroke
and never looking where he hit eN-
ccpt when he drew ont the 1rill &C.
caslonally for some purpose ~ rs
own Whether he worked thus for
exhibition purposes or not nobody but
himself knows. hu, he did II, while
many man who watched him from
the street shook his head and looked
feelingly AT the thumb and index finger
Of his own left hand.
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The Father of Peace"
How the Gar is viewed by Rumanian cartoonist

from foreign SWAY The car or the
Kaiser? was the question OF seven
millions Of free Rumanians
At that time the problem was much
complicated. The ruler was Iohcn-
zoliern. The late King of Rumania,
Charles /. sympathzcd with the Teu.
tonic group. His personal interests
outspoken policy. his treaties and
conventions. We're all Planned with tn.
view To take the part of Austria ami
Germany.
More than this defences were huNt
In the Independent KINGDOM in antic.-
patton OF Russian INVASION The
Carpathians We're open to Austro-
Hungarian attack. The Pruth River.
on the contrary. was we'll equipped
TO resist Russian army.
Popular feeling was, however, OPP
posed 10 the kings attitude The last
Balkan war, which ended with the
peace treaty OF Bucharest in l9l3.
proved that Austrla's interests are In
direct opposition To the interests Of
Rumania. The support of the Rulga-
rian pretcnsions in the case OF Sihs-
tria by Vienna gave rise to M feel.
y.
The Rumanians are Latins Their
heart Is with France. the educator Of
generations of Rumanian statesmen.
Russia has promised them fine booty
at the close OF the struggle The Hun
garians. by prosecuting the Ruma-
mans of Ardeal. trying to Magyarize
them, and effacing AL their national
memories, have been the cause Of an
eternal quarrel between the two ma.
tons.
Ardeal liz hers II Rumania lends a
helpful hand to the Car Yet she is
puzzled by an amazing fact The
Runanians have no faith In Russian
Wteran"es,
In ls77-7S the Rumanians fought
side by side with the Russians again IT
the Turks For Rumanla's aid Rus
| STA paid her by anneN!ng To herself
the three districts of Brssarabia, IA
hul, Bolgrad and Ismail, which we're
still left To her after the division OF
the province in 1872. II Russia could
at that time reward the loyal help OF
valiant army In such way how
will she keep her new promise based
upon mere words, and not cemented
| by any written convention?
The Car or the Kaiser? The same
problem was brought before the
. Crown Council at Sinaia. the royal
summer resort Charles l., of course
was for immediate action in behalf OF
William II. and Francis Joseph HIS
constitutional duty, however was &c
consult his Ministers
He ho'vd to convince his Govern
ment that the future OF the kingdom
depended on their keeping an eye on
the Prutfn dcfcnces and on their
prcpnrat ions to attack the northern
colossus. He even called the leaders
of the parties In opposition. Among
them was Peter Carp, the most in
tercsting political figure In Rumania
and yet the most unpopular Carp
faithful to his principles, was for Ger
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OF national action for the redemption
Of Ardoal. was formed. The majority
az the political circles became pro-
Allies The press began 10 accuse the
King
one sensational daily. Tacla Oths
Tn-chl. called the rl,,r The Great
Traitor TIE R..ha-r-t Adcrnrul
che Tru,Nl rha most influential in
dcpcnLen, organ. made the same ac-
cusltion. Pokl.,w~ -Ko2!el. The
Russian Ambassador AZ Bucharest,
succeeded in Interesting the press In
his G, vernmrnt's ain, only one news
paper served the German interests.
TIE German .frorts we're in vain.
one manifestation ended with the
breaking of The office windows Of the
German inspired paper, And then
the King died. Rumania was left In
a quandlry. Vet the strong Russian
influence was frui'lcss.
This was the situation the new K'ng
faced upon ascending the throne
Ferdinand !. 81 RlmaniA SAID that his
peoples VIII should be his VIII. This
declaration made. b" proceeded TO en-
joy his constitutional p1ssiNeness.
He returned to his daily sporting
duties prIvtised with much success in
his earlier days As Crown Prince A
greater C,vl list was allotted to him
HIS servants and buffers we're null
ripled Hunting parties I'm the beat
tiful mountains and plains OF his
country distracted his royal atten-
ton. RuhslcighnG parties were in
dulged in by the ruler all winter.
mike his predecessor King F"rdi-
nard was Conspicuous for lack Of per-
souality. Nevertheless since the be-
ginning 81 his reign /, seems that he
has gained the hearts II his people by
this negative quality And the will Of
, the nation was freed.
GERMANY and Austria have forever
los, Rumauiau sympathies. which nat
uraNy turned with increased power
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Masuue written by myself and pro-
duced in association with Joseph Lin
den Smith) was performed out Of
citizens Of St. Louis before audiences
eggregating half . million people In
four performances.
The task Of that production, sue
cessfully achieved by the cooperation
and participation Of a great modern
community. was one which truly in
volved the art Of the theatre a. an
expert form Of civic engineering
During It's preparation It's vast scale
activities truly leavened the people
with the moral equivalents OF war:
sef-sacriice. solidarity. energized
will. militant devotion to civic
cause, these were truly attained. and
have partially been retained during
the months which have followed
These objects moreover. were truly
and splendidy symbolized to the peo-
pie by means Of the color. music. pa
geantry. dramatic conflict and archi-
tectural harmony created by the many
sided art OF the theatre there put TO
civic uses
The theme itself Of the Masque-
the specialization Of community life
was not expressed by a superimposed
show. but by the dramatic revelation
OF reality II had helped 10 create:
an actual regeneration Of community
life, from which have directly resulted
as practical acquisitions TO St.
Lou's-a new progressive city char
ter, a completed municipal bridge, a
city choral society and the hopeful
assurance Of a great outdoor theatre
OF the people in their public park.
The great experiment there con-
summated so successfully may well
lead not only to It's emulation else
where but to the national consider
alton Of the art Of the theatre In q
new light-the light Of . practical
science akin to engineering.
Thus. developed a. an expert pro
fess.on. this potential science Of ORA
matte engineering may yet become q
powerful national factor In organixins
militant social service - an eRectua.
| substitute for war.
II so-conversely-o "Imperia
Bandmaster' may yet supplant tn,
Dove" by our troubled waters. ant
dedicate his baton 70 the councils ant
cabinets Of peace.
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many and for Rumanias entrance
into the war on her side.
Alexander Marghiloman. the chief
OF the Conservative party. proposed
the attitude of "eXpectant armed
neutrality" with a faint Of sympathy
for the Kaiser. The Prime Minister
loan T. c. Bratianu. Of the National
Liberal party. though that the neu-
trality should be a strict neutrality.
Nicolae Filipescu and Take 1onescu
the two enemies, made peace for the
sake OF the Allies. and urged the i'm
mediate invasion OF Pennsylvania.
The Crown Council decided to take
the attitude proposed by the Premier.
Rumania was TO be neutral. without
any outspoken sympathy for either
side.
The Kings policy failed. Rumania
did not follow her rulers suggestion.
The Actziunea Natzionala. the party
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Shadow of Gar Keeps
Runania From the War
|Recolecton of Broken Promises and Nine nvasons in
200 Years Declared Be Prime Reason for
Hesitation in Taking Sides With the Allies

Tho only period when Ruma MIA has
been exempt from Russian invasion is
in the last decades, since 1879. In
general a Russian invasion took place
every twenty years. During the nine
teenth century alone the Russians en-
tered tho country five times. These
chronic invasions can easily be ex-
planned and thereby Ia the plan OF
the followers OF Peter the Greats tes-
lament revealed
Rumania Is a hindrance to Russian
expansion toward tho Balkans. tn
conquer the Slavs OF the south and to
unity them with the Slavs OF the north
IL a difficult task when q Latin peo-
pie Is In tho way. To overcome this
kingdom, to swallow it. 10 make II y
Russian province Is the policy OF the
Cars sta. esmen.
Herein lies the explanation Of the
chronic invasions by the Muscovite
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uiace with rhy;hms Of marching regi-
ments. that leap forth ike glorious
stan2as on the breath OF a rhapsodist
y choral shout as old as the chan--
!ng OF Homer. invokes and I'M ties the
nation.
Yes, the designers 81 war are mas
ters Of imaginative appeal OF the
realism OF war-of death, mutation
hate, hunger. rape, stencil, disease.
bonded generations and national debt
they are purposely uneioquent. In
stead and wisely FOR their ends 20
they eXalt wars seif-s tcrifice, love
solidarity and for these they create
imprisoned symbols of color and
grandeur
In rivalry with these radiant ap-
pea!s the artless disciples ~ peace
present what? Their meek symbol
a dove.
Now nothing may bc more potent
to the multitude than a symbol The
flaming co,ors OF "a Nag have set cities
on fire: the refrain Of a song has
wrought revolution. The cartoonist
iuterprcts the vast social forces OF
hls tine almost wholly through SYM
huls In appealing 10 the popular i'm
"-'i" ''''' '"'' =" -
pc. '""'' 20 49,,
US We az ..''''''- i'. -. ,,o
VI al "a ~
~ !H'''H' ,'''' -
h""''''' N'' "a ''' - ''''''o
to the worlds .magination-its sym
ho, the dove. is probably the most
a""''''V' 49,.
HhI' must 'a"' '' ~
cause can p','''" a,,,h
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s., 49, -. al =, "a. world
h"FS'a from III" pm 90 W 'r pa,h,.l
IL VIII "t W - =.
not ny the p'ru ol -No'"' =" VI ~ "
Is 'n'E l''"'e Nl''',,,,,,, ,'u' ,,a horo,.
mani 'n"' a" tn' ta.,s -, ~. no
nEu'' % wal J." NV
o., -. po,oo Militant 7 do not
h"' "N ray" "''',a"' sr.aa
inca" I''' P"'', 49,. =, INC
h"'N"''' S'"' as a. ~ ,
ocean. u" ~ '.r s.i'. 80 -,
laIs' Ior 'u'" - nc l"'9 80.
"'"'' wa" ""' ,,,'. ,o,,
ua!'u t' VIZ" ~ H"H'.' ,,,,l..
no. ma" ~ .,,,a,,
not war u'sS ul'r" az "' -
time server, pu' war pu's' aN
sen -sup'ueo " NV W., 80 ,..,.h
cial service; not ieaoc "in.eu WI"
sword, nut iehce aiin'" WIZ" ''o ~"
Dol OF q sword-tnat mora '!"'''
. lent OF war OF "nl'n w "''a''' '"'"o'
/ has written WIN wise eiolueh'e'
Bat the mere existence OF mora
. gI.IfHrlItnf * not enough. u nluNl w
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~ LEON FERARU.

A r the very beginning Of the
N European war Rumana grew
n restless. The first clash OF
arms. the first roar OF the
cannon. awoke in the hearts of the
nation the long suppressed aspiration
for the redemption OF the three Ru-
manian provinces under Austrian,
Hungarian and Russian domination.
Observation-Disclosures Banat, Te-
mishana. Maramuresh and Krishana.
all under the general Rumanian de-
nomination Of Ardeal--Bukowina and
Bessarabia are the goal of the ma
tional longings. The first thought was
around which OF the two great Euro
pean consultations ought Rumania 70
revolve. which OF the two groups OF
Rumanisn speaking lands. one COM
prising Ardeal and Rukowina and the
other Ressarabia, should he saved
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Sees Wars Cure in ''P0nnp
and Panoply Of Peace. .
Percy Nlacl<aye Finds in The Imperial Bandmaster the
Ultimate Reason Why Mankind Wages Battlefield
Constructive Work Be as Glorious He Urges

Percy MacKay the dramatit finds the agina
ton OF mankind of military the of He
reasons that could appeal the
instincts His theory forth following article which
appears in the May the North American Review.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-09
STILL BORN BABY FOUND.

Wrapped in an old shirt. the body
of a still born infant was found at
the foot of Decatur street yesterday
afternoon. The body was turned over
to Deputy Coroner Nichols who is in
vestigating the case.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-09
PENNSY OFFICIALS At
MR.. FELDPAUCHE' funeral

Alphonse Feldpauche, formerly
chief engineer of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad and
principal assistant engineer of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, was buried
yesterday from his home, No. sol n.
Forty-first street, Philadelphia. Rev.
Charles L. Steel. rector of Calvary
Protestant Episcopal Church ofiiciat-
ed The honorary pallbearers were
w w. Atterbury and w. II. Myers,
vice-presidents of the Pennsylvania
Railroad S. c. Long, general manager;
A. c. Shand, chief engineer; G. w.
Creighton, general superintendent; A.
w. Gibbs, chief mechanical engineer;
J. T. Richards. consulting engineer;
L. W. Allibone, superintendent of the
Sunbury Division: A. p, Best. b. c.
Reyes, William r. Drayton, DR.. r. H.
Milliken, Melville Stewart and Morton
Fultz. Interment was in West Laurel
Hill cemetery.
Among important engineering feats
performed under the direction of Mr..
Feldpauche was the erection of a tenn
porary trestle to replace the Mayes
Bridge, destroyed by the Johnstown
food. This structure, $40 feet long
and 80 feet high. was erected in three
and a half days. He was also noted
as an hydraulic engineer, architect
and worker in other fields of applied
science. Among his other activities
was the perfecting Of the coal-hoist-
ing machinery.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-09
THE REAL PURCATORY"
DR.. HOLLOWAY'S TOPIC

In Second Baptist Church tomor-
row morning, the Rev. Thomas p.
Holloway will preach on the subject,
Born Free" At 7.45 o'clock. Mr..
Holloway's subject will be, "The Real
Purgatory."
At the morning and evening ser
vices the organist and choir. with the
chorus Choir. will sing special selec-
tons.
The Senior Christian Endeavor So
ciety will meet at 6.45 o'clock. in the
chapel William S. Houck will lead
the meeting.
The wOmens missionary meeting
will be held in the women's parlor al
730 instead of o'clock. in order to
get through in time to attend the
monthly meeting of the Mems League,
which will commence at o'clock, as
the women of the church have been
invited to attend this gathering of
the league. The Rev. Orlando s.
Steward, general secretary of the
Philadelphia Baptist City Mission So
ciety, will deliver his lecture on
mission Work in Philadelphia"
On Wednesday. beginning at
O'Clock. mid-week service will be
held, the minister presiding. Special
music will be a feature of this SER
vice.
The Junior c. e. Society will meet
Oh Friday and the Boy Scouts in tho
social room.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-09
PROPERTY TRANSFERS.

The following list of real estate
transfers have been recorded at the
City Registry Bureau since Tues
day:
Charles B. Bishop to Annie Black
we'll. two properties north side of
Fourth street. 81 feet east of Franklin
street, $3.50 for both. Same property,
Archibald II. Blackwell and wife to
Charles B. Bishop, $3.50.
John J. McCrory. executor, to John
Kempski and wife. southeast corner
of Sixth avenue and Coleman street
$1,000.
Walter s. Burris, sheriff. 10 VIII
liam NJ. Lupton. PIG West Twenty
second street, $500.
y. II. Lofiand and wife to c. W
Griffith. north side of Madison street.
100 feet east of Twenty-fourth street,
$4,000.
James McCray and wife to George
r. Carmichael, north side of Twen-
tieth street. 122 feet west of Harri-
son street. $1,000
Charles e. Clark and wife, TO Cor
nelius A. Green and wife. northwest
corner of Sixth and Broome streets.
500.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-09
Want $4,000 FOR
SNYTH memorial
Will Urge APP
preparation by Present
Legislature
OLD OFFICERS
ARE REELECTED

At a meeting of General Thomas A.
Smyth Monument Association last
night. committee of FIVE TO be known
as the legislative committee, was APP
pointed to endeavor TO have the State
appropriate 5000 towards the cost Of
the monument. j. p. Riley presided 1t
the session last night in the absence Of
Colonel George A. Elliott. The special
committee having the subject in charge
is composed of Willard +. Davis, chair
man; Colonel George A. Elliott, John s..
Rossell, James Ilirons, Of Dover, and x.
G. Buckingham, of Newark.
The movement, which was proposed
by William Blake, has been fostered by
the association for some time aud sew
eral bills have been presented to pre-
,ious Legislatures. On all of these Occa
sions the bills, which were Tor double
the present amount, were passed by the
House of Representatives, but died m
the Senate The association Is confident
that the bill will be successful this time.
The members will put forth their best
efforts to convince their representatives,
in the Legislature that the measure win
be for the best interests of the State.
I'm addition 10 this means for forward
ing the campaign. which promises TO be
n very active one. according to the en-
thusiasm displayed by all Of the mem
bors. several plans for raising funds
were suggested by the members and will
be nut into effect as soon as the out
come of the efforts of the Legislative
committee is ascertained. One plan rs
to start campaign of contributors
which has been so successful with the
local hospitals. Another idea on a
smaller scale is to sell gold bound shares
for framing, giving the name of the
subscriber Action up until now on the
matter of starting the campaign has
lheen postponed on account OF the de-
pressed conditions.
The meeting last night was the an
nual one of the association and
nomination and election Of officers
was held. All of the old officers were
reelected. They are President, Col
onel George A. Elliott; vice-president
for New Castle county, J. p. Riley;
vice-president for Kent county, James
Hirons; secretary. J. S. Litzenberg;
treasurer. John S. Rossell: advisory
board. Howell s. England, f. X. Felt,
Thomas Holt, p. A. Davis. II. w. Per-
kins.
Willard Davis is having prepared a
circular telling Of the life of General
Smyth The paper will contain OK
tracts from the Life and Military
Service of General Thomas A. Smyth, -
by Dr.. d. w. Maull, and the History
of the First Regiment Of Delaware
Volunteers" These documents are
being supplied by ]. L. Litzenberg.
Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1915-01-09
UNITARIAN SERVICES.

In the First Unitarian Church,
West street, above Eighth, tomorrow
morning the Rev. Frederic A. Hinck-
ley will preach on the subject, What
is the Use Of Religion?"