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THE CITY.


Fair tonight and Tuesday; slowly
rising temperature.
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ed. He was in the city during the
early part of the week and then
seemed to be in his usual good
spirits.
Evening journal., 1915-05-24

hinted at his usurpatioon of powers
belonging to others. Thus Lord
Charles Beresford thought he de-
tected the work of an inexpert hand
in the loss of the Formidable. and
many have accused him openly of the
laundering that resulted in the loss
of three battleships in the Dardanel-
les. 1t is true that he was apparent
ly acquitted in the latter instance, but
the question which led to his acQuit-
tai was ambiguous. and though it
may have satisfied the House of Com
monds it did not silence his critics.
In popular sense a more powerful
argument in his favor was the char
acter of Lord Fisher, the First Sea
Lord. whose independence and dog
gedaess would never allow him to
give on a pOiIt OF vital importance.
II must be remembered, however, that
in matters of this kind the First Sea
Lord is merely an adviser, and as
Lord Fisher certainly understood that
he Was appointed in that capacity. IL
is possible at least that he would sub
nit to considerable degree to the
First Lord. That he would not sub
nit beyond certain point the events
of the last few days seem to prove.
The difficulty in the First Lords
position is that il is partly naval.
partly civil. In recent times tho
First Lords have always been civil
ians, the theory being. presumably
that naval officers are not capable of
performing the civil duties and per
ha oil
undue favor TO men who have served
under them. Yet il is a question
whether in time of war a naval First
Lord would not create more conf
dence in the nation. Many naval Of
ficers have, in fact, held this post
with credit. notably Anson, Hawke
Howe and ST. Vincent. One thing al
least is certain. namely. that the First
Lord should not be allowed 10 take
upon himself the duties of the Sea
Lords, though. with the Board of Ad-
miralty constituted as it now is. II
! is possible for him on occasion to dc
so. This possibility will doubtless
be provided against in future.
MIR. Churchill himself established 4
reform of supreme importance in the
creation of the War STAFF. This an.
parently indispensable department
had been in existence only about
three years and has abundantly prey.
cd it's usefulness. But its functions
are wholly advisory and the execu.
tive part rests with the First Sea
Lord. AS long as the First Lord an6
the Sea Lord pull welf together anC
I do not interfere unduly with eact
] ofhQrie work tho nrpcpnt e.,cf,,,, &,
i satisfactorily enough Mlt as the FRS
/ Lord is still responsible. for genera
4 direction of business" il is clear thai
an ambitious man vita exaggerated
confidence in his ability might very
well prove TO be a serious menace
Even his enemies are willing to ad
init that in this Office Mr. Churchill
has done splendid service. but that h,
i is ambitious. impetuous. headstrons
and not easily turned from opinions
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
NORTHCLIFFE's BOOMERANG.

VI IRULENT newspaper attacks upon the military
competency of Lord Kitchener have aroused the
British people to pitch Of resentment that borders
upon frenzy The strength of that resentment is best
indicated perhaps by the attitude Of the conservative
business who compose the London Stock Exchange
They held meeting declared their confidence in Lord
Kitchener and burned copies Of the two London
papers that had attacked him.
Those newspapers are the Times and the Daily Mail
They owned by Lord Northcife He is the Will
liam Randolph Hearst Of England The net result of
the attacks to be that they have strengthened
Kitchener in British confidence and esteem
II will be remembered that within the last two weeks
a war correspondent representing the London Times
in France wrote article in which he complained
that the British offensive there had been crippled by
lack of high-explosivo shells Lord Norhclife imme-
diately began using the Times and the Daily Mail to
criticize Kitchener and his conduct Of the He
ignored the that Tor weeks the hero Of Kharoum
had been pleading with the British people to supply
him with men, arms and more ammuni-
ton. The people, however, had that fact in mind with
the result that Kitchener became than ever. a
national hero and the hood-gates Of public ndigRa-
ton we're raised against Lord Northclie One pract-
cal result Of it all doubtless will be- however that
from this time Kitchener will get what he wants
and as he wants IT,
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
CONvENTIoN IsN DEMAND.

THERE is evidently 10 be interesting contest over
the question of which city shall hold the Repub-
lcan National Convention year. Activities in be-
half OF different asprants already beginning al
though the meeting Of the Republican National Com
mittee to determine the question will not be held until
December.
Chicago and Philadelphia already in the field for
the honor Minneapolis is preparing put her claims
forward. and it is understood that ST. Louis Bat-
more will also be in the Next years convention
will be prize well worth having by any city both on
account of the numbers that will attend the convention
and the fact that it will be the nominating place OF
the next President
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
The Wrong Kind of Talk
(From the New York SUM-

which would hardly become even a
layman.
We do not believe that General
Goethals uttered the words attrib-
uted to him. Nevertheless. irrespon-
sible talk is too common at this preg-
nant hour. This is a time when facts
should be minutely examined. when
they should be weighed with the
greatest caution. when they should be
candidly faced and frankly discussed.
II is a time when the rampant iingo,
who daily usurps the eagles preroga-
tive of screaming, and the familiar
American optimist, who pooh-pOohs
every warning and dwells in per-
petual day dream of peace, should
put aside childish things and con-
front the problems of the day with
calm temper and clear mind.
That We are not fully prepared for
war, as war is made today. is an in
controvertible fact It is a fact which
cannot be obliterated by delusive
phraseology, such as that credited
TO General GOethals, nor distorted
into the shadow of impending disas-
ter by the equally futile pronounce
ments of the alarmists. But no coun-
try in the world should at this time
close its eyes to the imperative need
of readiness for events which year
ago would have been regarded as be-
yond the possibilities of life.
AT this momentous hour eleven ma
tions are embroiled in war. Germany,
Austria, Turkey, Russia, England,
France, Portugal, Servia. Montenegro,
Japan and Belgium, and Italy practi-
cally the twelfth. How easily the
United States might be drawn into a
conflict with a foreign power no one
needs to be told just now. II will be
the part of wisdom to think about
what should be done in such a case
and not to stand with ones back ia
the Atlantic Ocean and cry trium-
! phantly that il is our stronghold sure
Evening journal., 1915-05-24

We sincerely hope that Major-Gen-
eral George w. Goethals was mis-
quoted in a despatch from Baltimore
published yesterday. In it ne was
displayed 10 his fellow citizens as
scorning the thought that any of our
ports could be endangered by an en-
emy's feet. The words printed were
these:
There is no naval feet in the world
today that can force a strong and
properly constructed sea coast fortiti-
cation. The fortifcations in the
United States are all right. No fleet
can enter the harDor of San Fran
cisco, where, ! understand, there are
149 long range guns. These guns
could reduce q fleet before it got
within striking distance. | do not
know exactly the number of guns in
New York harbor. but the same con-
ditions exist there as in San Fran
CISCO"
We are loath to believe that Gen
eral Goethals said any part of this.
He must know as well as any one
else does that because he wears the
uniform of a maior-general his words
carry great weight with the non-mili-
tary people of the country. He must
further know that it is wholly inde-
fensible for a man shouldering such a
tremendous responsibility to qualify
a momentOus assertion with such a
phrase as 81 understand"
Il is not conclusively proved yet
that a naval fleet cannot pass a for
tification. If General GOethals does
not known beyond question how many
long range guns there are around
San Francisco harbor, if he does not
one of them and also the calibre and
range of every big gun on every war
ship Of possible enemy, his declara-
tion that our guns could reduce a
fleet before it was within striking
distance becomes mere surmise,
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
Spirit of the Delmarvia Press

Every resident of Dover not only
owes it to his sense of civic duty TO
do his shopping with the home mer-
chants. and there are none better in
the State, but he also owes it to his
own personal welfare. as every dollar
spent at home will do more TO ad.
vance the individual interests of every
citizen of the town than ten dollars
spent. in Wilmington or a hundred
dollars spent in Philadelphia.
We cannot urge too strongly upon
the buying public of Dover to pat-
ronize Dover merchants. as far-and
we come now to the real point in this
article-as they are able to patronize
Dover merchants.
In other words, if you need a GER
, tain article search first the shops of
] the local merchants, to see If you can
find it. and, if the search is unsuc-
cessful and you are unable to pur-
chase the article in Dover, then 20
to Wilmington and get it, for YOU
will be sure to find it there.
Wilmington is a big city. Within
its limits are stores of every descrip-
tion, and in which can be found for
sale almost everything that is manu-
factured in this country. For some
reason, however, numerous Dover cit
liens, as well as residents of other
Delaware towns, have seen fit to pass
by Wilmington when on a shopping
tour, making their purchases in Phil
adelphia. The reason for this is rather
hard to understand. II costs over a
dollar more round trip to Phila-
delphia than TO Wilmington. II re-
quires nearly two hours longer to
make the round trip to PHILADELPHIA
than to Wilmington Everything that
can be found IN Philadelphia stores
can be found in Wilmington stores.
Wilmington stores offer just as good
bargains as Philadelphia stores. A
dollar spent in Philadelphia bv
Delawarean, primarily helps Philadel-
phia and seccndarily helps the State
of Pennsylvania. II doesn't help Del
aware. A dollar spent in Wilmington
stores primarily helps Wilmington,
and secondarily helps Delaware.
Don't be like the old colored preach
er and the grizzly bear, who, in the
words of the famous song, prayed that
if the Lord could not help him, then
for the Lord not to help the bear. II
you cannot help the Dover merchant,
don't feel that you should not help
the Wilmington merchant. The Della
ware State News had occasion, sew
eral weeks ago. when working upon
the special thirtieth anniversary
number to approach various mer-
chants of Wilmington upon this sub
ject There was an almost univer-
sal complaint that residents Of lower
Delaware, when out for a days shop
ping, ignore Wilmington and continue
Up to Philadelphia. II is to be re-
gretted that such is the case, and all
loyal Delawareans should see that
in the future the dollars which they
earn on Delaware soil should be ex-
pended in Delaware stores.
Buy at home. If the Dover mer-
chants has it buy it from him, but if
you cannot get it in Dover go to Will
mington.
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
GERMANY'S SHAME.

From the Middletown New Era.
There is fearful reckoning to
come for Germany. She stands, by
her own acts, stigmatized as an in
ternational outlaw, sneering at treaty
obligations, casting aside all interna-
tional law. Outraging every attribute
OF humanity, sinking to the degen-
crate level of Attila, the Hun; MUIR
dering non-combatants, women. chill
dren and babes-in-arms, with cool de-
liberation, and hailing the achieve
ment as a notable feat of arms! The
world stands aghast at such evidence
in this twentieth century, of medieval
barbarity. It has alienated from
Germany every vestige of the sympa-
thy or respect of neutral peoples. The
press of every neutral nation con-
demns in unsparing terms the hideOus
and deliberate assassination of the
non-combatant passengers of the Lus-
itania. The attempts of Germany to
excuse and defend that black act only
increase its pertidy, revealing as they
do how carefully planned and delib-
erately executed was the murder 1t
1 was equivalent to a general massa-
ere of non-combatants, women, chill
dren and babes, in an unfOrtified and
undefended town. II was an act of
which Chinese Boxers would be
ashamed and for which Barbary pi-
rates would apologize. Yet Germany
halls it as a notable victory hut the
reckoning that is to come no plea OF
military necessity will avail Germany
before the tribunal of the humane
/ conscience of the world. Prussian
militarism has converted itself into
a byword and a reproach. The Kais-
er's government has drawn up its own
indictment and the finger prints are
crimson.
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
Discussions in The Admiralty
(From the New York Tribune.)

OF the causes that contributed to
the overthrow and reconstruction Of
the British Cabinet the most potent.
OF at least the most urgent, was un-
questionably the crisis at the Admir-
atty. With due allowance for the per-
sonal or party animus thrown in
many of the attacks on Mr.. Winston
Churchill and his policies, it has be-
come more and more apparent that
there have been serious differences
between him and the Sea Lords.
Mr.. Churchills friends have made
light of the disquieting rumors that
have been heard for some months;
they have argued that however omni-
potent the First Lord may be in a
legal sense, il is still in the powers
of the Sea Lords TO coerce him, and
by way of proving their point they
refer 10 an incident that occurred
when the naval program for 1903 was
laid before the cabinet. A majority
OF the ministers objected to this stu
pendous enterprise. whereupon the
entire Board of Admiralty threatened
TO resign in a body. The effect was
immediate and though II is true that
on that occasion the First Lord was
working in concert with the Sea
Lords, it is argued that the incident
makes il plain that the Sea Lords
can always prevail either over their
civilian chief or over the whole Cab
met.
The mischief is, however. that the
First Lord is in fact the intermedi-
ary between the Board of Admiralty
and the Cabinet and is directly re-
sponsihle to Parliament for the eff
cheney of the feet The First Sea Lord
is properly responsible to the First
Lord, his position being. legally to
least, purely advisory. Hence the in
cident cited 10 show the practical
power of the Sea Lords is not alto
gether pertinent
A distinguished sailor. the late Sir
Geoffrey Hornby, once glanced al
some of the difficulties that might
arise between the politician and the
naval adviser. He put the case thus
1T is for the politicians to tell me
If they want the Channel defended
or not; that is their business. TheS
tell me that have to defend tho
Channel. and / then say, Very well
10 10 that I shall require so many
ships. so many guns and so many
men. That is my business. Ther
they have a right TO say. That is to,
much. We cannot afford it, and We
will give up the idea Of defending
the Channel That, again, is theil
business. But they have no righi
whatever to say. You do not require
that number OF guns, or ships, ol
men,. for that is not their business
and they know nothing about IT,
Now il has been suspected for
some time that MI. Churchill, the
politician. has been oyerruling The
opinions Of his advisers in naval af
fairs, as II is doubtless in his power
10 do. Some OF his political oppon
ents in Parliament have repeated
Evening journal., 1915-05-24

the disaster of Custoza, the Italian
General STAFF suffering from a paraly-
sis of initiative. Re-enforcemehts we're
available and Cialdini's army of S0-
00O men had not been used at all.
To add to the national reproach the
Italian navy under Admiral Persano,
as incompetent as La Marmora, suf-
fered an overwhelming defeat off
Lissa in the Adriatic. II is true that
as a result of the German victory
over the Austrians at Koniggratz
Venice fell to Italy after a plebiscite
arranged by Napoleon III. but the
Italians neither on land nor sea con-
tributed to the consummation.
In the war that impends, Austria,
with what help she can obtain from
Germany, will have to reckon with
United-4taly for the first time since
the movement for national unity be-
gan in the early part of the nine
teenth century. to be exact, in 1920.
when the granting of the Spanish con-
stitution to Naples was the signal for
the liberationist movement, which
rapidly spread TO Piedmont, Lom-
hardy, and even to the Papal States.
For the first time in any war of the
last hundred years the Italians will
fight as a unit in a thoroughly organ
lied and we'll equipped army and
with the moral support of the Pope,
whose war prayer" has been distrib-
uted among the troops. The oppo-
tunity has come at last to settle
scores with the hated Austrian, and
1t will inspire every italian who
wears the uniform in both services
He is going to be a very different
fighting man in this war. il an in
tense pride in his nationality counts
in a struggle which is to be supreme
test of Italian character.
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
United HaIy's First War in Europe
(From the New York SUM-

The brief and one sided Tripolitan
campaign and the disastrous Abyssin-
ian affair are the only wars in which
United Italy has engaged. She has
fict. IL would be unfair to judge OF
the fighting quality of the Italian SOL
der from Novara and the two bat
ties of CustOza. At NOvara Charles
Albert led an army without disci-
pline or organization, composed, be-
sides Piedmontese. of Lombards, Ro-
mans, Tuscans and other volunteers; I;
and the King, who was not a profess
sional soldier had to entrust the for
tunes of his army to a Polish General,
CzarnOwsky. who was incompetent
and disliked by the troops. For Ra-
detzky, the Austrian Field Marshal a
famous strategist in his day. the cam
paign was a promenade. United Italy
did not fight at Novara. nor at either
of the Custozas. The first 0S4S)
was a rOut of an army without homo
geneity; of the second 1S66) General
Della Rocca says in his memoirs:
THE battle of Custoza took us by
surprise. The want OF foresight OF
the chief Of stan OLa Marmoral. then
practically commander in chief of the
army Is, and always will be, inexpli-
cable. The man who sent the declara-
tion of war ought to have had ma
tured plan ready, and the commander
of each corps should have hpn in
possession of the minutest details In
stead of which, the crossing of Mincio
was troatpd ag though II had hcou a
simple change of quarters, and the in
structions given to the commanders OF
the different corps contained no hint
of any plan of battle"
No attempt was made to retrieve
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
RARNEs AID ms MIsTAKE.

VIZ LILLIAN BARNES. JR., Republican leader in New
w York State. never should have instituted libel
suit against Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Situated
he was. he should have dealt with the coones reck-
way
The result Of the suit is that Roosevelt has obtained
much publicity that he never should have had and
which a clever politician never would have given to
him.
Another is that Barnes has not emerged from the
litigation with any special of credit to him
self II the testimony be srue he did not go
into with clean hands and therefore placed Col
onel Roosevelt at advantage from the time the trial
opened until it closed.
We think most Republicans feel that the suit a
mistake and that it would have been much
profitable Barnes if he had controlled his and
kept out of court.
Evening journal., 1915-05-24
WILL GERMAN WISDOM PREyAILY

xxTASH1NGTON is awaiting with the most intense
w interest Germanys reply to the last letter OF
this country calling that nation to account for the
destruction OF the Lusania. which resulted in the
death of 100 Americans.
The German Ambassador Il is learned unques-
tionable authority, has recommended to his Govern
ment a course which would doubtless obvate war But
which might to extent embarrass the adminstra-
ton The Ambassador, Count Bernstorh. has urged
the Foreign Office to yield, frankly and unequvocay,
to the representations United reply
that hereafter Germany will refrain from attacking
ships carrying passengers whatever flag they may fly.
unlees there is opportunity all such passengers
In other words, that Germany will refrain from sub
marine warfare passenger ships.
The Ambassador further recommends, however, that
his Government follow this statement with earnest
plea that the United States refuse clearance papers
any vessel carrying both passengers and
war Were this request complied with, the pres
of passengers a vessel which had cleared from
a port of the United States would be a guarantee TO
German naval commanders that such vessel contained
contraband of war.
It is suggested that reasonable would be such
request that It is difficult to how this Government
can well refuse to grant It. II remains to be seen, of
course whether the Foreign Office Berlin will have
the wisdom to take the Ambassadors advice, but IL it
does the way to continuation of peace and friendly
relations with Germany will be clearly pointed.