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Speculative Stock Buying.

A period of feverish speculation IN
the so-called war stocks is now at a
remarkable pitch, with heavy deal
ings daily in Wall street in securities
that are affected by the large orders
for munitions placed in this country
by foreign governments Whereas a
year ago the stock exchange was
closed, now the daily transactions are
in volume comparable with the live
Hest of boom times. The most con-
spicuous item in the list is the stock
of certain large manufacturing con-
Germ which before the war was quoted
at something like 90. 1t was not a
very active stock and was among the
non-dividend payers. When the war
orders began to come this concern
received such large share of them
that the stock started upward, and
yesterday it touched Goo. Its leaps
have been sensational sometimes
jumping as high as rs points in day.
There are three reasons for the
rapid rise of a security price in the
exchange-the prospect of exceptional
dividends in the near future, the scar
city of the stock with fight in prog
ress for corporation control, and pure
speculation. That the third reason
obtains in the case of this particular
stock is evident from the fact that
the corporation, despite the great in
crease in business. does not yet pay
dividends, and there is no suggestion
of going on dividend basis soon,
while there is no indication of con-
test for control As perhaps the most
conspicuous war order concern in the
American field this company has been
exploited by the SPECTATORS. A man
who bought at 40 and has held on un-
til the present has made $500 a share,
or 400 per cent, if he should sell at
the late high figure. The only reason
for holding longer is the expectation
that the stock may go higher and that
the buyer at the low price may make
more on his speculation.
In case of this kind, the drop,
when there is no substantial reason
for the upward trend of the security,
is likely to come swiftly and to be as
precipitate as the rise. For one who
bought at the bottom ante-bellum
price and holds his stock today there
are thousands who have bougkr at all
sorts of prices meanwhile, and in the
event of swift decline these inter-
mediate buyers, most of whom are
recent purchasers at comparatively
high prices, are likely to be caught
before they can unload" Any pro-
nounced downward movement in such
a sensational stock, continued for
two or three days, quickly gathers
cumulative force and is apt to breed
panic, not only in that particular
security, but in other lines. When a
heavy speculative stock begins to fall
it affects practically the entire mar
ket, as other securities are sacrificed
to obtain cash for protection. 1t is
to be hoped that the phenomenal rise
of this security will cease, in the in
terest of general stability and secu-
rity from panic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

Extremists in matters of attire con-
fldently expect that women will wear
trousers. If they do, taste can be de-
pended on to modify the new gar
ment so as to make it conform to
the general effect without abrupt
contradiction of custom. The only
fear is that the male trouser will
eventually be influenced in color and
design by the more decorative FEM
mime spirit, as the male hat has been.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

reform he may undertake. Bull fight
ing is mere spectacle, and degrad-
ing one at that. Base ball is a game
that many thousands can play. 1t
will furnish a diversion to keep the
peoples minds off of revolutions and
politics. 1t will develop a stronger
race of men. 1t will stimulate local
pride. See what it has done for
Americal 1t may be the making of
Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
A SONG OF FALL AND AUTUMN.

1t is the very merry Fall,
Sing Fall-la-la, Fall-la-la,
The season we love best Of all,
Sing Fall-lala-la-l
When acorns, nuts and fruits drop low.
And coal and wooiens skywad go;.
So let's rejoice with a loud Hobo!
Sing Fall-la-la.
1t is also the Autumn-tide,
Sing Au-tum-tum, Autumn tum,
And Just as .nonchalantly I'd
Sing Au- tumtum-tu tum- tum.
For after Winter, Summer, Spring,
I'm really quite content to sing
What Fall and Autumn jointly bring
Sing Au-tum-tum!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

The methods of twentieth century
warfare prevent deeds of personal
herolsm from being as conspicuous as
they were under old conditions. Yet
examples of bravery and self-sacri-
hce are not wanting. The fortltude
of Edith Cavell will give her name a
place beside those OF kings and cap
tains when the history of the conflict
is written.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

None of the European countries
has the slightest sympathy with
theories which assume that the world
is in danger of being populated too
rapidly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

England has no hesitation about
spreading information of an atrocity
in way that will give the enemy
full benefit of any policy of fright
fulness."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

Mr.. Mellen is getting so that he
seems positively to enjoy telling
about his past in connection with
that of the New Haven road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
Fortified Sentiment.

rs your wife disappointed because
she didn't get the vote?"
Il don't think so. The defeat
OF woman suffrage has merely
strengthened her conviction that
men are political failures and serves
to prolong the interest of the cam
paign."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

The United States should command
confidence as leader among govern
ments. Only nation that can be re-
lied on to exhaust every honorable
means to keep out of war can be re-
lied on to safeguard the peace of the
world.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

D1n order to avoid delays % - seeount q
personal absence letters to LIE I'D
with the once, but simply to THE STAR, OF to
The Editorial or Business Department, accofo"s
70 tenor or purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
SHOOTING STARS.
BIZ PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Getting Himself Placed.

They call us bandits" said the
Mexican raider. What is bandit? ?"
"A bandit" replied the leader, as
looter who has lost his political
pull"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
Losses Curtailed.

You. prefer an automobile to a
horse?"
Yes replied young Mrs. Torkins.
ITS much more economical. There
isn't SO great temptation for Char
ley to bet on an automobile"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

The question of what train robbers
do with a haul OF million and a half
is an interesting problem in social
economy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
Inconstant Figures.

DO you mean to tell me that stars
salary is thousand dollars week."
1t all depends" replied the man.
ager, "on whether we're talking to
the income tax collector or merely for
publication"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

The hopes of recognition Villa en-
tertained have been swept away so
thoroughly that he will be lucky if
he can continue to be mentioned as
among those present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

1t has been demonstrated in Eu-
rope that a nation may fall into per-
plexities which even prohibition will
rot solve.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

1t is not known whether many ex-
pensive fall hats changed hands as
the result of the vote on woman SUI
frage in New Jersey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

Dispatches from Copenhagen an.
nounce that q British submarine had
torpedoed and
British Submarines sunk a German
in the Baltic Sea. sound. q narrow
strait between Denmark and Sweden
that connects the Baltic with the North
sea; that ten German steamships laden
with ore had been held up at Stockholm
as a result Of the activity Of British
submarines designed to tie up maritime
trade between Germany and the Scan
dinavian countries.
Sweden, 1t is affirmed, has proved a
favorable field of action for German
agents. Swedes have little sympathy
for Russia, for many reasons. First OF
|all stands the Finland question. Mar
wick is assumed to be a port already
chosen to obtain which Russia would
be obliged to violate the integrity OF
Sweden. There are Swedes who would
anticipate what they assume to be the
inevitable and declare war. To these,
1t is said, Berlin has promised the
whole of Finland.
A dispatch from Stockholm reports
at considerable length the opinions of
Hjalmar Branting, leader of the social
list party of Sweden: III the English
Swedish trade negotiations fall through
and there should be trouble in Finland
the situation would become alarming.
for the pro-German element would Ia
vor war. This element is numerically
small, but it is powerful beyond num-
bers." And NJ. Branting added:
1--WE have maintained that Sweden
has right to carry on an uninterrupt-
ed trade with another neutral country
like America. OF course, Sweden has
such a right, but some of US are for
getting that this Is not an ordinary
situation, which can be settled by con-
siderations which would hold in times
of peace"
England. according to M. Branting,
was interfering with Sweden's sover-
eign rights. but SO also Germany IF
Sweden was to take active mea sures
against every nation that offends
Sweden the latter must fight the
world" Sweden had protested against
EngIand's Interference with imports.
Sweden had played square and with
both sides alike The trouble had come
through the Illicit commerce which
had gone on between Sweden and Ger
many-trade which government had
forbidden. But Swedish traders by
means of falsified certificates and the
other subterfuges used had done
large business with Germany.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
SCANDINAVIA SWEDEN

while other countries continue their
expectations Of butter to England. as
In the past, Swedish butter expectation
since the war has diminished So per
cent, and is certain it now goes to
Germany.
The attachment of Sweden to Ger
many dates back forty years: II has for
essential basis community of religion
and race. Germany. on her side. for a
fact. since has had silent policy of
silent penetration of Sweden. Swedes
are not expert merchants. Splendid
technicians. they bring to all Industries
a precious contribution of ingenuity
and invention. but they do not under
stand the art of conauering markets.
They produce more than they sell. Ger
mans are more clearsighted, more prac-
teal and more experienced; conquer
slowly and capture markets.
= =
German newspapers arrive ahead OF all
others In Sweden, and the native Jour-
nails follow. Euro
influence of the pean events are
German Press. tho ,n,srr.d.a .ous 81
Berlin editors. The development of the
Swedish academic mentality has its
point of support at Berlin and Leipzig.
At Stockholm and at Upsal German is
the only European language known.
Swedish students have the habit OF
passing at least a month of their
studies in German universities, princi-
pally at Jena. That constant exchange
of intellectual elements brings together
the two countries and unites them by a
thousand connected threads. The Arch
bishop of Upsal, the only Swedish Lu-
theran priest. Nathan Soderblon, occu-
pied during two years a chair at the
theological faculty of Leipzig.
The foregoing will serve to explain
the Germanophilism of all cultivated
classes in Sweden. But there is also
Russia Now, Germany has always
been considered as an excellent anti
dote against the Russian peril" This
question of the Russian peril has been
greatly exaggerated in Sweden, but
history leaves its traces. and these
late years certain activity on the
part Of Russia seemed suspicious.
Sweden has not yet forgotten that her
disorganization was caused by her con-
tact with Russia. which from a nation
of the first rank became a nation of
the second order. The Finland ques-
ton divides the two countries of the
Baltic, question which has not been
always well understood. The question
Is often spoken of as a national Swed-
ish problem, when for a fact it is a
problem of geography and of political
equilibrium. The Finland question In
it's relation to Sweden bears like re-
lation to that of SIeswig- Holstein 10
Denmark.
The Swedes civilized Finland, and are
spread over Esthonia and Livonia
where they have propa gated Chris IAN
ity and planted the basis of Petrograd.
But they did not succeed in transform
ing the mass Of the oriental provinces
Of the Baltic. which are Swedish. In
Finland today 81 per cent of the popu-
lation is Finnish; IL per cent only is
Swedish.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

Sweden Does Not military. "swe-
n.,;,. vryorfo. dsn," says NJ. Gay
da, docs not seek
ficers of the guard. the court. those
who gravitate around the German
queen, the aristocrats, the elegant lit
tie world of snobs localized at Stock
holm. can neither represent nor COM
promise the country. Sweden, despite
these, will not bulge"
Sweden. according to NJ. Gayda, has
no immediate interest in Intervention.
The question of Finland dates from
1909. and the position of Sweden on the
different problems that have resulted
is such that she can have sympathies.
but does not desire the crushing of
such or such a group of powers.
Sweden thinks only of the ills that
the war has occasioned and to compen-
safe them by the advantages that may
come from neutrality. Sweden has ex-
perienced more losses in an industrial
way than Denmark. In the month of
was greater in Sweden than in Ger
many, the unoccupied being the one
tenth of the working mass.
The stoppage of the building industry
in Germany has increased the Swedish
work in stone, which occupies 10000
crowns to Germany. The wood indus
try is undergoing a grave crisis.
The lumber mills occupy more than
10000 workmen. The German decree
of November % declaring wood con-
traband of war has paralyzed that inn
portant branch of Swedish commerce
England will continue to purchase
wood in Norway and in Canada, but
Sweden is in full crisis. The Swedish
socialists, notwithstanding the general
current OF sympathy in favor of the
Germans, believe that victory of the
German empire would signify in a few
years the expulsion of the Swedish in
dustry from many foreign markets.
with the result of reaction on the part
of the labor class of Sweden.
All the same, there are those whom
the present war has not impoverished.
In Sweden, as in Denmark. there have
been established colossal affairs of con-
traband and of provisionment of the bel
ligerents. Who pays best is the first
served, and Germany is quick-t to pay
first. In England there is alarm over
this condition. A recent English re-
port stated that the Swedish exporta-
ton of smoked pork. which prior to
the war was taken almost entirely by
English markets, was now almost en-
tireiy turned to Germany. Besides,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

The country has nothing to COM
plain of if Bethlehem Steel is to be
regarded as the thermometer of pros
perity.
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Germany has not succeeded in DEM
onstrating that the North sea trawl-
er is failure in modern warfare.
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The Evening Star Newspaper Company

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New York Office: Tribune Building;
Chicago ONCE: First National Bank BulidlnE.
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Exaggeration.
fair.

Now patience is virtue rare,
Which makes existence seem NOR,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
Alexander H.
Stephens.

e4 in the Confederacy
0sePuehs' came here in search Of
executive pardons. One of these is
described as follows in The Star of
October 20, 1865:
Alexander H. Stephens, ex-rebel
vice president, who was recently re-
leased from Fort Pulaski, and his
brother. Linton Stephens, arrived here
last evening at o'clock from New
York and took rooms at Wizards. The
announcement in The Star of yesterday
anticipating the arrival had the effect
of drawing a large crowd of persons
to the hotel. AS soon as his arrival
was known those in waiting moved
towards the door of the hotel and as
Mt. Stephens entered he was immedi-
ately recognized by many who had
frequently seen MIN on the streets of
Washington and in Congress. He has
altered but little in his personal ap-
pearance, his frame being upright and
emaciated as heretofore. Mr.. Stephens
pounds, and as he assembled the steps
of the hotel he stopped and moved
along slowly. as If weak and worn out
by the anxieties of the past few years.
His hair Is a little thinner and grayer
than when he was here before. A
little after o'clock this morning Mr..
Stephens proceeded to the White House
for the purpose Of obtaining an inter-
view with President Johnson, who,
however, at that hour was in consulta-
ton with Secretary Stanton, at the
conclusion Of which Mr.. Stephens was
granted an audience lasting half an
hour"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
The sentiment in the press against
England is strong. The seizure by
the British of
Swedish Sentiment postal sacks and
Against England. provoked spirit

ed irritation in the Svenska Dagladet,
Stockholm Dagblad and the Dagens Ny
heter. But the ministry. presided over by
NJ. Hammarskjold, has not lost his
nerve or its head. The court, the mill
tary party and the conservative press
are affected by what they term the
Russian peril
Thee queen, it should be mentioned. is
an undoubted political factor as
Princess of Baden, and has never hid
den her sympathies and vows for the
victory of the German armies attested
by certain incidents at Berlin. The
queen was in Berlin in April and re-
ceived while there delegation of the
regiment of which she is the colonel.
charged with offering a crown. as a
souvenir. made of shrapnels, bombs
and cartridge shells picked up from
fields of battles with the French.
In accepting this grewsome gift, the
queen exceeded the limits of a common
formula of politeness by expressing the
joy a final victory would AFFORD her
when the regiment re-entered Stettin
triumphant. This singular expression
of the sovereign of neutral country
astonished and disturbed all neutral
minds. The Dagens Nyheter and the
Alton It'd Ningen promptly marked the
improperly of the proceeding. The
Sondags Nisse contributed caricature
which had great success.
The conservative press carries on a
campaign directed silently against the
Russian peril" and in favor of inter-
vention for Germany. It recalls the in
cident of the Aland islands and cites
on occasion the opinions of those who
maintain that only German heRemony
in the Baltic may guarantee Sweden
eff1ca ciously from the Russian PERIL
Notwithstanding the dissemination of
false news. the popular classes have
not budRed Sweden does not desire
war" writes NJ. Virginia Gayda. the
correspondent of the Stampa, at Stock
holm.
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Russia in
Finland.

of the Firms, but of the Swedes. Once
the classification OF Finland accom-
plished, Russia would menace some
northern province of Sweden, IT Is be-
lieved at Stockholm. Finland serves ae
a buffer state for Sweden as Sleswig
does for Denmark.
The best solution of the problem, and
which would have an immed ate echo
on the relations Of Russia and Sweden.
would be the recognition by Russia OF
the well defined autonomy of Finland
But Russia, it should be confessed. has
also a geographic problem. PetroGrad
is only seventeen miles from the Fin
land frontier, and from the period or
the revolutions Finland became the
center of operations of the revolution
lists, who continued their work even TO
the gates of Petrograd.
Thus is perpetuated the equivocal re-
lation between Russia and Sweden. II
being understood that hostile Swedes
give aid and support to the Finnish
revolutionists. The Swedish govern
ment continues to suspect Russia OF
nourishing aspirations of an outlet on
the Atlantic all the more that this was
the dream of Peter the Great. These
suspicious are fed by the incessant
stories of Russian spying in Sweden.
and which disclosed two months ago a
scandal which led to the n-ecip'tate
departure of the Russian military at
question Of the Aland Islands tof
which there are 300). which were
ceded to Russia after the war OF 1So9
under the STIMULATION that thew should
not he fortified. Russia. it was charged.
failed to observe the pact. and the
English feet. during the war In the
Crimea. destroyed the Russian works.
According to the treatv of Paris in
1885 England and France inserted
among the conditions of peace a clause
recalling the Introduction to Russia to
fortify anew the Aland Islands: but In
1907, after the Anglo Russian entente
was concluded. the Russian ministry
of foreign affairs demanded the sup
preston of the prohib'tive clause. That
negotiation determined verv pro-
found emotion at Stockholm. where II
was feared Russia would close the
Gulf of Bothnia. so necessary to Swe-
dish commerce and navigation. There
was protestation from all parties In
the Swedish parliament. and England
treasured sweden by refusing the Rus
sian demand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
Germany Sought
Assistance.


constitution of the Baltic empire. But
the Swedish government prudently held
aloof. There were special missions.
that of the socialist, Sudel5um, but
which failed to change the sympathies
of the Swedish socialist party, clearly
anti-Gerpan; the mission of Ostwald.
the conqueror of the Nobel prize; Ger
man agents of all sorts. who have food
ed Sweden with propaganda pamphlets.
But Sweden does not bulge. Sweden
demands only to protect and maintain
herself intact.
The country may not consent to do
more than struggle for her own life.
Sweden, with a territory nearly equal
to that of Germany, possesses not more
than 100000 souls. Between 1880 to
1900 Sweden lost more than 100000
of her people, who emigrated to Ameri
ca. Sweden is anti-militarist. The re-
cent elections have resulted in eighty
six seats to the right. eighty-seven to
socialists, and f1fty-seven to liberals.
The liberals are in conflict with the
king and the right, and are preparing to
take power in accord with the socialists,
who have refused constructions of new
naval units and the prolcugation of
military service. Some Years hence
Sweden may have an army of 100000
men on a war footing. A navy. aug
mented by two armored ships. type
Sverige; four torpedo destroyers and
some submarines.
CHI. CHAILLE-LONG.
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But patience Carried to excess
Develops downright laziness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24

But that which interests Sweden es-
pecially are the attempts at Russifca.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-24
WHAT THE GOVERNMENT Is DOING

The next generation Of the govern
ment's forecasters. who anticipate the