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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-06-16
London Papers Comment ON
American Note to Germany

American Note to Germany
London, June 12.-The Lon
don morning newspapers in
their editorials on the latest
American note to Germany,
while remarking on its extreme
courtesy, combined with firm
ness, all seize upon its essential
point that there can be no fur
ther negotiations until assur
ances are forthcoming that
American lives and American
ships will be safeguarded.
Notice is taken by the news
papers of the full opportunity
that is given Germany as some
of them express it TO save her
face" and some measure of sur
prise is expressed why Mr..
Bryan should have considered it
necessary to resign as Secretary
of State after having signed the
first note.
The Daily Telegraph says:
The spirit of the second note
is exactly that of the first, and 1t
leaves us to wonder even more
than we did before why Mr..
Bryan thought it necessary to
resign. There is nothing of a
mlnlatory character in the note,
nothing that the most fervid
imaginating could construe into
a challenge or ultimatum. The
tone throughout is not only
diplomatic but friendly. The
phrases are those of appeal and
warning, rather than of stern
denunciation.
To have been content with
anything less than the assurances
demanded would hardly have
been consistent with the self.
respect of the American Nation" )"
The note gives Germany
every opportunity of saving her
face if she SO DESIRES" says The
Dailx EhEonicje .E NOT only is
phrased n most friendly terms
but by inviting the submission
OF further evidence concerning
the Lusitania and the resumption
OF other negotiations through an
american Intermediary opens a
vista for negotiations which
might keep the diplomats of
Berlin and Washington employ
ed until the war is ended only
that President insists that the
submarine eutrages must stop
during the negotiations. And
1t is this point which gives Sig
nltlcance to the whole.
obviously without it the note
would be nothing but an alb
dlctlon on the part of the United
States"
The Daily News discusses the
American note to Germany in
an editorial based on the SUD-
position that the demand for
assurances was what caused the
resignation of Secretary Bryan
Ire News questions whether
Mr.. Bryan's inference, as the
paper puts it, that Germany will
reject the demands is sound and
whether, if it is sound, the situa-
ton arising could have been
avoided by any conduct of
negotiations which did not in.
volve the betrayal mot of
American rights only but of the
rights and hopes of humanity"
The editorial continues:
There is no reason vet to
assume that the President, who
throughout the dealings with
Germany has sought peace with
the steady GOODNESS and high
pui pose habitual to him. despairs
OF success. The phrasing of the
note is as little provocative nc
conceivable"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-06-16

honor and is much sought
en in each class. She fact
lafMr. Sanders is aiffst year
Ylan makes his success over
tlany competitors of the upper
glasses doubly brilliant. This is
Aot the first time that MIR. San
er's imagination has found eX-
:f,ression in verse, for it will he
remembered that he won a
prize offered by the Progressive
Warmer last year for the best
4oem. The title of his winning
poem is: Daybreak at the Old
Farm" and is reproduced below.
He also had two poems in the
Wofford College annual which
is Just out:
The rosy morn is coming On,
And shadows flee from out the
east:
The darker shades of night are
- gone,
'Tis waking time for man ard
beast.
There comes from out the dis.
tant wood
The sound of bird songs on
the air;
And where last night the fairies
stood
I Sweet wildwood blossoms
! now appear.
And from the far-off garden gate
] There comes a love song
plaintlve, low
The bluebird's calling for his
flate
- : na szheIe woodland
flowers groW. -
The dogwood, in the distant
seen,
7 Is like a cloud of morning
light,
Or like some wonderouS fairy
queen,
| Who with the darkness takes
her flight.
Thus dawns another happy day,
Which all this wealth of
beauty brings.
While youth goes merrily down
the way,
And songs of Joy and gladness
sings.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1915-06-16
bet From Pageland.

Item In the Spartanburg
last Thursday stated that
Dee Sanders of Pageland
Sthe 1915 Poets Medsl
4 every year for the best
|published in the college
hfie by q student ofNWof.
college. This is a very
aonor and is much sought
d in each class. She fact
[r. Sanders is q mist wear
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
Where Responsibility Rests

THERE is only one OF the seven separate
i and distinct investigations into the East
land horror in which the general public Is
Interested That is the one TO be conducted
by the Government Steamboat Inspection
Service.
This bureau OF the National Government is
charged with the responsibility OF passing
upon the seaworthiness OF vessels ana upon
the safeguards provided for the protection OF
the passengers and the crew,
The failure Of inspection to disclose indif
ference % safety was demonstrated when the
General sloeum burned in New York harbor
= few years ago, with terrible loss or life.
There were life presergers on board as the
law requires. but they were made OF ground
cork. held together b cement ana iron
naIaes Iron viii not float. ana the people
Hbo jumped into the water 10 escape the
flames were weighted down BY what ought 20
have held them up Then che inspectors said:
ge can't be expected 70 look al every nfe
nfeserVeF"
The tastland vas notoriously unsea worthy.
80 s Government Inspector authorized the
aesf 70 carry aoo passeHssT7 this year. when
500 Hers sa many as 6 was thought prudent
aIioN on bqa1o last gear soon after per-
Iea Has ssaHlsa q zsf so npa4 pass
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28

have been for 20 years. with the coming OF
complete peace in the South and Centre,
industry has resumed It's normal ways and
a vast majority Of the people are earning a
livelihood Agriculture ami cattle raising
are in such condition that the coming years
hold great promise
Confucius a Stepping Stone to Christ
Will the establishment Of Confuclanism as
a State religion tend to injure the progress
OF Christianity in China? II anything, It
will make a better field for the teachings
of Christ. For many years the people have
been falling more and more away from the
doctrines of the Great Saint and I felt that
it was necessary to bring them to a reaiiza-
tlon OF that fact. A nation without a rel-
gion Is on the downward path. I could not
have proclaimed Christianity with any ef-
feet, even had I so desired, for 90 per cent,
of our people would not have known what
Il meant But when I used the name Of the
wonderful Confucius and called upon the
people everywhere TO take up his words
teachings and examples again, there was an
immediate response And better China is
already here. This, in Itself, creates a larger
and better field for the Christian mssion-
airy, for, as the noted Bishop Fabre once
said to me, "Confucius is an excellent step
ping stone to Christ"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
France, the Efficient Republic

TNNGLANDS muddling has not encouraged
II H. G. Wells "If the present Govern
ments Of Great Britain and the United
States" he says, ARE the best sort of gov
ernments that democracy can produce, then
democracy is bound, If not this time, then
next time or the time after, to be completely
overcome and superseded by some form of
authoritative State organization"
An efficient benevolent despotsm may be
the best form of government. The trouble is
the certainty. sooner or later, of too much
despotism and too little benevolence. An in
finite capacity for muddling things is a dem
ocratic characteristic; but 1t is not more
characteristic than the invariable custom of
finally arriving" The genius of a demo-
cratic people is often slow to manifest itself
in the face of great national danger, but
when it does exert itself it is invincible.
Why for instance does Mr.. Wells pick out
the United States, which is not in the war,
and England? Just across the channel is
glorious France. more truly republican than
Britain, and France has met the onrush of
the Teutons so splendldly that the humilia-
ton OF the defeats under Napoleon III is for
gotten. Indeed, 1t is France that has saved
Europe in the great crisis.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
Out to Win

TT Is possible that the Convention Hall
i would be in course of construction now
II tho business interests Of the city had
been able to agree on a site. They carried
their fight to Councils, which always knows
how to keep on the fence.
The project however is purely a business
one 1t is not political. The reJuvenated
Chamber of Commerce has definite pur-
pose. 1t is large enough and powerful
enough to speak for the city a whole
It is not likely that Councils will veto any
specific recommendation 1t has to make The
essential thing now is the selection of
site and the coordination OF public opinion
in favor of that site. To this end, the
earlier decision can be made by the Cham
Der of Commerce the better it will be.
The city has entered the fight for the Re-
publican Convention definitely and without
equivocation This means that it must be
q fight worth while, fight worthy of the
city, a fight to win We must have our
own house in order. Get the Convention
Hall and the convention will meet in It,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
Even Dream.Gardens Need Wedding

GAYS William J. Locke: Il could give up
~ tobacco and alcohol and clean collars and
servants and everything you could think Of
but not dreams. Without them the earth is
Just a sort OF a backyard OF a place; and
with them an infinite garden
Without them the earth would always re-
main a backyard and peace would never
come TO Europe.
The infinite garden OF dreams needs weed
ing, and among the weeds 10 be cut down
and cast away are militarism and national
lusts OF many kinds. Each nation must be
its own gardener in this work OF eradication,
else the flowers win be destroyed with the
weeds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
CREATION OF A POPULAR SONG
BIZ JoHN G. COLLINS

piano and full orchestra parts. are mailed free
to musicians and singers in all parts OF the
country. Even then very large number OF
those who receive the song refuse to sing 1t
because it does not strike their fancy.
AS an inducement to put the song in their
acts shows many singers and comedians
are paid stipulated sum weekly to use IL
The amounts which they receive vary accord
ing to their standing Some vaudeville head
liners are paid as high as $50 weekly for sing
ing one song Thus 1t frequently happens that
a publisher who adYertises in this manner pava
as high as $500 weekly 10 singers alone He IL
also obliged to pay small amounts to leaders
OF cafe orehestras to induce them TO include
the melody in their programs
Added to this Is the expense Of singers In
the store OF his publishing house ana also IN
the department stores. The returns during
the early part OF the boosting period are
usually small, and publishers frequently Law
out more than $1,000 before the arst eopy OF 4
song is sold to the public
Very often It happens that the song which
has made hit in the theatre falls mat frou
selling standpoint This Is usually due 70
the fact that the selection is too diaeult for
the average person to sing
The discovery that the public wiz applana
song and yet not buy It, is not made some
times untn several thousand dollars have been
expended in boosting the selection.
The hght 70 obtain the services OF sinesrs A.
reputation Is 90 keen that publishers as an
extra inducement frequently purchase expsn-
sire gowns Tor the fair exploiters ia order fhat
the song may have every possible ADVANTAGE.
There aFe many freaks Of fortune ia ths
song publishing business. ana frequently It
happenl that the cong 81 witch ths least
mensx has hssn expended brings ths biggest
felurna
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28

POPULARITY is manufactured. although
il the general public is not aware OF this
fact True. 1t often happens that a fad. a
dance or a style spreads spontaneously, No
one seems to know where or how II started.
nor can he predict when it win end.
Among those things which seem to strike
the people in this fashion is the popular song
But II never arrives" automatically. for ii
is the result OF a well-organized campaign.
The airs which haunt the ear at this time Of
year at the seashore and other resorts were
born many months ago Popular song pro
moters know that summer is the crucial period
Songs are usually made or lost during the
vacation months. There is psychology in this
music promotion game Publishers launch
their melodies upon the people at the resorts
when they are in a happy and optimistic
frame OF mind. AS an are enjoying a period
Of rest, there Is inclination to be easily
pleased. Furthermore. as they have nothing
to do but observe and listen. they are more
apt to remember song which they hear away
from home.
As a score OF publishers boost their pet
songs at this time. the resorts resound with
catchy music. Out Of the mass OF melodies
which. attack the ear in all directions there are
about three which are Whistled or sung by the
genefal punAc Ihess are regarded az the hitai
and the lucky publishers then bend their
energies 10 boosting them IN every possible
manner. They arrange large window displays
and employ numerous singers, Who are known
as epluggers" All day long these men sing
Justify the selections which have caught On"
Before song reaches the hit stage there
Is g big hnanclai outlay. First, ths authors
the mua9lan aad iyrie usiteE-zanst receive
au advance royalty. Il ia then necessary 70
ppbllsh ihe song "a professional eopgs form
Tnase nfoiessieaai eaalsa ehias Inciad, lhs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
sYMPATHIEs WITH sHRAPNEL
Anti-munition Shipment Advocates Hoist
by Their Own Petard.

8. g., In the New York Evening Post.
The Aked-Rauschenbusch statement asserts
that our war trade is not for patriotism, but
for profit; that we have not the same warrant
as the European nations for engaging in the
business of slaughter; that the highest moral
considerations weigh against the sordd trafhc;
that the muntion business viii drag up, after
the war In Europe is done, int the bog OF mill
tarism; that the munition traffic, while tech
nicaly legal is a violation OF the spirit of
neutrality. This last point is elaborated In a
series Of paragraphs which rise to the follow
ing climax:
'It is a poor neutrality that will not work
both ways. An even-handed and truly neutral
policy ought to be reversible. But II the sItu-
alton OF the belligerent nations were exactly
reversed, should we maintain the same policy?
For arguments sake, let imagine-what is
very unlikely-that a series of disasters over
took the British feet so that 1t lost control of
the seas. The German fleet could then inter-
cept neutral shipping. the British fleet Is
intercepting II now, American cargoes of food
destined for England would be taken to Ger
man ports. The British people would eat potato
bread and have strictly limited quantities of
that Issued Government cards. The Teu-
tonic Allies could buy unlimited American guns
and shot and shell to overwhelm English arTniee
or ships. How long would our present logic
seem convincing then? How long would 1t be
before we laid an embargo on munitions OF war
and demand that American food and cotton
should have free access to ports not block
aded?"
And so the Aked- -Rauschenbusch case per1shes
In their eagerness to score a point on the neu-
tTality issue the authors OF the protest have
thrown overheard their entire case against
American munitions for the Allies, For once It
is admitted that II the war situation were re-
versed our stand on munitions would be re-
versed, that II Germany held the seas we
should refuse TO sell arms 10 Germany and
insist on our right to sell food and cotton to
Great Britain. what beeomes OF the argument
that our present war trade is sordid. carried on
for profit and not for patriotism. and Exhibits
capitaliste industry on one OF its lowest levels?
The authors really admit that Mr. Schwab
would refuse to coin dividends out OF the fail
Of the British Empire and that the American
Locomotive Company would refuse TO load
shrapnel against the Belgians An embargo
would be laid on arms expectation II Germany
held the seas. What does this mean but that
this nation has not sold its soul for a profit
but that its sympathies 90 with It's shells ana
its shrapnell
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
A Road to Permanent Peace7

A CORRESPONDENT suggests that the
IA medical faculty of the University devote
itself to formulating rules by which an Amer
ican race inclined to peace may be bred.
The suggestion is too brilliant to be hidden
under anonymity. II the beer and the fight is
TO be bred out of the German stock and the
fight and the whisky is 10 disappear from the
Scotch, and so on. 1t must be by some process
OF selection such as that by which race
horses are produced The peace-at-any- price
people should take this suggestion under
serious consideration. It points to a way
out. The price might be pretty high, but
they profess to be willing to pay it,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
AN ODE TO PIE

From the Boston GLOBE,
Let Us celebrate the gastronomie poem OF the
ageR-the pie. II graces each season. but most
especially Is Il dedicated unto midsummer and
the time. OF berries, black red and blue. me
pie Is both friend and foe. comforter ana
ayenger, II Is mighty IN the mightiest II can
mercileHsly slays and Il can soothe and assuaRe
the dropping spirit. It Is a poem both lyric
ana eiegiae-singing the sheer pleasures OF the
senses and again peradventure. the pains
thereof Deadly Is the pie when overeaten
but gracious. yea, ana bensheent when par
taken Of Ia due measure and IN reverentlal awe
Of the lawful gastric processes
MY blessings on the head Of him ygho arst
invented sleep" sighed Sancho Panza On a
memorable occasion, Be ours on the head Of
him who nrst invented pie. May be dwell forever
on blessed isles Of pie among the cherry or
chards Of Elysium. Nay his fowls deliqhe in
mineemeat. pumpkins, the juicy squash ne
tooth staining blueberry, tha pIDpin apnis ana
'oodles q lemon cuslard
spuetnins falicituua ana fruity between i've
ffu4ia that q PIE Lons may & wave Begin
81 eHe spfnsr g tne crust ana eat jndicinasip
alon5 tie o4zes crust 81 order thal lhs a1aethias
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28

sengers, the son-in-iaw Of the inspector was
made chief engineer Of the boat
What is the use OF an inspection bureau
that does not inspeet7 Are we to be COM
PEELED to trust our lives to steamboats, run
by men willing to gamble with death in the
hope that they can continue to win while the
Government officials make merely perfume
tory examination OF the safeguards7
The real culprits before the bar are not
only the owners of the Bastland, but the
men in charge OF the Government bureau.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28

Quit obstructingl Help Things Along
THE present direction OF the Philadelphia
4 Rapid Transit Company hoated ship
wreck. 1t picked up an inheritance Of
plumber and graft, Of dirty finance and still
dirtler political methods poured new money
into the enterprise and by efficient manage
ment contrved to give to the city better
facilities than It had ever before enjoyed.
The people Of Philadelphia are not un-
mindful of these facts. They do not want to
see the p. r.. T. embarrassed. They have
a feeling of sympathetic regard for It. They
are willing and anxious to help it. They have
no captlous criticism to offer. They believe
in one great system for the city. and are
confident that the whole network Of transit
should be in the hands of one company.
Director Taylor has been emphatic in de-
claring that capital already invested here
should be protected There is no desire on
the part of any responsible persons to de-
preciate the value of the p. r. It's holdings
or to subject the corporation to grievous
burdens.
What, then, is 1t that Philadelphia wishes
to do? Why, to build tens of millions of
dollars worth of subway and elevated lines
and turn them over to the p r. T. to oper
ate on terms so liberal that there would be
little difficulty, If any, in securing an inde-
pendent company to accept the proposal.
The city asks the company to build no lines.
70 bop tn iY,ya
of millions to give it, practically in per-
petuity, a monopoly of transit in the city.
fairer proposition was never made. 1t
may be doubted If any city was ever so
liberal in it's treatment of an urban railway
corporation
Yet in the last year change has come
over the company. 1t was willing enough
n year ago. 1t Joined in a tentative agree
ment with Director Taylor. 1t was ready to
assist in meeting the transit problem of the
city. Now, strangely enough, 1t sends a rep
resentative to Harrisburg to plead, not that
the new lines are unnecessary, not that
Philadelphia can do without the improve
ments, but that a generation ago, before
subways and elevated lines were known,
there was some sort of a law to prevent the
ruination of beautiful Broad street by plac-
ing on it surface tracks. Technicalities,
nothing but technicalities, can the company
find as a reason why the improvements
should not be made.
That, we protest, is not meeting the situa-
ton in broad spirit. 1t is not the kind of
response the people of Philadelphia have a
right to expect It is not good business II
is not in sympathy with the program which
the company has followed of late years 1t
has about it the taint of earlier proceedings,
when the manipulation of trolley schemes
was a public scandal.
The company is iI-advised. 1t cannot pre-
vent rapid transit; 1t cannot even delay
rapid transit very long. It should be quick,
therefore, to revise its attitude, quick to at
tune itself to the public mind quick to join
whole-heartedly in the enterprise and sup
port It. So only can the best interests OF
the stockholders be served and of the mil
lions of citizens who, by the very nature Of
things, vitally interested in the welfare
of the company
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
ROBERT LANsING's WORK

From the WorIds Work
Mr. Lansing, the new Secretary OF State 10
a glutton for work. When nearly all the rest
OF the State. War and Navy Building is dark
at night, you can see Mr. Lansing's windows
glowing across the White Lot During the Mex
lean crisis year ago those beacons were burn
Ing every night. and so they were during May
and June, when a gray-beared man. with
companionable brlar pipe in his mouth, was
working tlrelessly behind those windows to help
the President steer us Off the rocks OF war
with GERMANY
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28
Won Hindenburr the Bow

THE Kaiser Won Tirpitz and "old Fisher
i have acknowledged their debt to an
American writer, Admiral A. T. Mahan. We
like them neither more nor less on that ac-
count. But it's another matter when we
learn that Won Hindenburg as a boy In
school wrote home to his parents just be-
fore Christmas and asked for Coopers
Pathfinder" 1t would be Disappointing
even at this late date, to find that he didn't
receive the book.
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felicitous and fruity may remain, like wine. the
best at the last
, Let us heartily rejoice that 1t is our good hap
belt, and not a thousand miles from certain
Justly celebrated pie foundries.
Give us liberty or give us death. But, falling
that give ME.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-07-28

Uncle Sam does not intend that his notes
should 90 TO protest. yet to protest they go.