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rations are in store for the Filipinos
If we now renounce our sovereignty
and leave them 10 their own feeble de-
vices. When Mr. Clarke and his
friends first put forward the plan for
American evacuation they were
forced to consider ths necessity OF
giving certain guarantee which
would at least pretend 10 insure inde-
pendence and internal order under a
native government AZ first il was in
tended to bind the United States to
negotiate an international agree
ment under which the territorial in
tegrity Of the new Independent state
should be secured. Failing 20 pro-
cure the assent of other powers TO
such a compact, The United States was
TO undertake, single handed, to guar
antee independence for five years.
But these half-hearted acknowl-
edements Of our moral obligation TO
a half-civilized dependency which We
were planning to turn loose to its
fate have now been withdrawn As
il passed The Senate the amendment
merely requires the President 10 ne
gotiate with Il native government in
the islands for certain assurances of
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vACmLATING As A WEATHER vANE.

VNREsIDENT WILSON'S change Of mind The sub
i ect of a tariff commission is an out and out bid
for the support of the proponents of a permanent
partisan tariff commission" merely that. and nothing
It is another desperate attempt to stem the tide OF
opinion which is setting in against an executive who,
during his entire public career has been constant only
in his INCONSISTENCY
Like every other change of mind experienced by
Mr.. Wilson with the approach Of the 1916 campaign,
this one comes too late Hon. George W. Perkins and
his followers, who hive been aggressive in their de-
mand for a tariff commission, have already declared in
very positive language against continuance OF Mr.
Wilson in office.
Furthermore, the advocates of tariff commission
are with few exceptions supporters OF the policy OF
protection to American industries. The proposition
to use the report Of q tariff commission PEDESTAL
on which to mount the Free Trade Idol Of the Demo-
cratic party will gather no proselytes. And that this
is Mr. wilson's intention is proved by his own words
in his letter to Chairman Kitchin: 81 have had in
this change Of mind thought whatever of change
of attitude toward the so-called protection ques-
ton"
There is but virtue revealed by Mr. Wilson in
this letter; II is his first public acknowledgment that
he has changed his mind On numerous other occa-
sions his divagations have been disclosed by his
tions The list is long Panama Canal tolls
Presidential primaries, "pitless publicity" Congress
slonal caucus popular government regulation by
mission, government economy in expenditures, Civil
Service reform, free sugar, woman suffrage, giving
business rest keeping business out of politics. "srict
accountability" Mexico, single-term plank and pre-
paredness" Of the policies which he has
changed his mind. The tariff commission is the lat
est but probably not the last.
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protection whatever for future Amer
lean Intervention.
II we expect to be called on TO
intervene in the Philippines after we
have once gotten out. it would be
much better not to get out. If We do
get out. we might as we'll reconcile
ourselves to letting Americans and
American property in the Philippines
take chances with all other aliens and
alien property. just as they are now
doing in Mexico. II we quit abjectly
under the Clarke scheme it would be
only logical for our government TO
put national pride far enough aside
to beg Japan to care in the future for
Americans and American interests in
the Philippines.
Thanks to the brutal candor OF the
Clarke scheme the country now sees
inst what an abasement OF self-re-
spect and what r surrender OF ma
tional honor are involved in this pro-
posed hasty and cowardly retirement
VIII the American people submit to
such a faint-hearted evasion Of duty,
such a gross betrayal Of American
traditions and character?
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TIE TwENTY.rOuR.HOuR FLAG.

long has been the proud boast Of Britain that the
sets her flag. movement is
gaining rapid ground in America TO keep flag fly
erection Of Observation-Disclosures flags. No doubt
will spread 10 Wilmington
The idea probably had its inception in the mind of
Edward l.. Frantz Cleveland manufacturer. He
erected the largest electric flag in the world on top
his factory for the of teaching patriotism to
his employees. Other manufacturers were quick to see
the national benefits to be derived from cultiyatng a
spirit Of loyalty and patriotism among the factory
workers OF tho country. Within six weeks after Mr.
Frantz made public his intention over a thousand
oectrically-lghted flags had been erected ordered
There is much sound wisdom in the contention Of
Mr. Frantz that it is the duty Of the employer to teach
his workmen patriotism Many Of the working men
OF this country of foreign birth There has been
too little attention paid cultivatng national spirit
among them. The electric flag has much to commend
it important Of familiarizing the people in
all walks Of life with the emblem OF national unity
II Is physiological fact that light object surrounded
by darkness makes stronger mental impression than
a dark object surrounded by light
The night flag, therefore is calculated TO give just
the emphasis which needed to impress its character
stics and meaning the minds Of the people. Il
shines in It's natural coors by day and night gloWs
with color. II breaches its lesson of patriotism
tventy-four hours day. and gives the citizen the
feeling that the protection of the country is his
mittingly What The country gives him he should
give to the country.
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SPIRIT OF THE
DELMARVIA PRESS
RETTER WARRANT sYsTEM.

DEL 4 In W AhhhANA - - A-Nf
From the Georgetown Journal.
william E. Valiant. of Laurel, and
Joseph life, OF Millsboro. two Of
the members of the committe ap-
pointed by Judge Conrad to audit the
books Of County Comptroller Peter s.
Shockley. will make some recommen-
dations in their report that will no
doubt astonish the taXables OF Sus-
sex county.
In their Investigations OF the az
fairs Of the county, they have already
found that the system now in use Is
inadequate because OF the fact that
there is no proper record kept OF the
road warrants as well as the county
orders that are outstanding. They
have recommended to the Levy Court
a system. which has been sanctioned
by that body, whereby a record may
be kept of the financial condition of
the county. and the Levy Court has
been so favorably impressed with the
Inauguration Of the system that they
have decided to retain the committee
long enough that they might inau-
gurate the system in proper manner
and get il on a working basis. Hats
of to the auditing committee.
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NEGLECT VS.. pREpAREnNEss.

appalling oversight of the Democratic adminis-
IA Tation in providing for national defense has
been laid bare
Representative Patrick II. Kelley OF Michigan,
member of the Naval Affairs Committee has disclosed
to the House that Of the nine dreadnoughts seventeen
destroyers thirynine submarines ana two transport
and supply ships authorized by Congress under
construction since the Democrats have been in
troll Of the House. not is completed.
More important still, apparent effort has been
made by the President or the Navy Department since
the beginning of the Europe to hasten the
structon and completion of these additions to the
navy.
Why this neglect the part Of the administration
to carry out the mandate OF Congress to equip the
navy for adequate national defense at this time?
In a resolution setting forth this condition Mr.. lIel-
ley referred TO the Presidents recent statement that
"tho world fire and daily treading amidst
dangers not Of own making and not under our
own control man tell what a day may bring
forth"
His resolution proposed that the Secretary of the
Navy be directed negotiate at with contractors
and government ship yards learn the earliest time
within which these craft be completed, and re-
port to the House.
"Tho President has said in his recent speeches that
the country faces Il crisis" said Mr.. Kelley, "and
none could tell what day might bring forth If this
language means anything. that need Of
defense is present need. Dreadnoughts and battle
cruisers authorized by this Congress will not be avail
able for the defense Of the country for four
come.
Hence it seems TO that the first duty OF Con
gress is TO that tho sixty-seyen ships under
construction authorized for the American navy
completed and made available at the earliest possible
moment Preparations which do not materiaze for
five years would avail anything if danger is
a present one
81 cannot understand how the President, knowing
the danger he only can know IT,. has made sug-
geston to Congress that the ships under
struction ought TO be rushed to completion.
Either we are not in danger the President has
been negligent in this regard"
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The Temporary Chairman
uFrom Inc Washington PostD

The statement from friends Of Mr..
Bryan that he would like to be named
as temporary chairman Of the Demo
cratic convention to be held in ST.
Louis probably viii have the effect Of
indicating just where the first trenches
in the coming factional struggle can
be found. II had been thought that
the FIRST real test Of political strangth
between Mr.. Bryan and the President
Do reached in the resolutions
committee when the platform is under
"s'd"rat'on. The word that comes
from the Bryan camp that the peer
less leader would like to be temporary
chairman indicates that the struggle
must come at the very outset of the
convention.
The naming Of the temporary chair.
man will be more significant this year
in the Republican convention, as we'll
as in the Democratic, than at any
time in recent history. Especially in
the Democratic party there has lately
been an amazing confusion as TO prin-
ciples. AT the present session of Con-
gress there arc leading Democrats in
the House who give as their chief
reason for refusing TO support the
President the fact that some OF his
proposals are violative of the best
principles and traditions Of the DEM
ocratic party There will need to be
a general reassembling of party
thought at the next convention.
The temporary chairman will sound
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the members OF the party. We're
Bryan to be temporary chairman. the
party principles as announced at the
opening OF the convention would be
entirely different from the principles
that would be stated by a chairman
of the Presidents own choosing.
The two chief issues before the
country today are national defense
and the tariff. In the Democratic
party there has been a decided re-
vision of thought with reference to
the tariff. This is partially expressed
in the Presidents advocacy of tariff
commission. While the President in
advocating greater national defense
tiOns of his party, as laid down by
Thomas Jefferson. the principles he
has enunciated have been challenged
sharply by Mr.. Bryan. who for sixteen
years led the party to defeat
Nevertheless, Mr.. Bryan as tempo
rary chairman would make a new ef-
fort to fix his ideas upon the stand
ards Of the Democratic party The
temporary chairman of the Re
publican party will have an equal
ly important task. The two fac
tions of this party are by no means
as far apart as they were in 1912.
The Republicans are united upon ma
tional defense and upon the policy OF
a protective tariff While the task
of the Republican temporary chair
man will be important. the selection
of the man should not involve the
same difficulties nor the same danger
as in the case Of the Democratic party.
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Cowardice and Disorder
Vrom the New York Tribune)

The Clarke amendment fastened on
the Philippine bill with the aid of
the Presidents vote. IS brutal
challenge to American honor and
self-respect. II is a base surrender
to inertia and cowardice. Instead of
completing the mission OF civilization
in the Philippines, which we under
took Of our own free caoiCS, we
should, under the provisions of the
Clarke amendment, meanly shift that
burden from our shoulders and stink
out of the islands with our pride
pockoted and our prestige tgrnished
We should acknowledge TO the world
the failure OF our occupation and
leave behind us a memory Of gener-
GUS enthusiasm chilled and moral and
physical energy wasted which Amer
leans who love their country could
never cease to regret.
The supporters OF the Clarke
amendment realize that IL their scheme
is adopted the last state Of the Fill
pinos, so far as they have been
brought into contact With American
ideas and ideals, viii be worse than
the first. They know that anarchy
and extinction Of their national aspi-
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nipeg g-some four hundred miles there
by leaving Manitoba and Winnipeg out
of convenient or accessible transporta-
tion relations. Inc English engineers
decided upon this route because they
found that it furnished. as they be
lieved, the only available passage
through the mountains to the Pacific
coast.
This route, however, was not adopted.
and in one of his conversations with
friends at the Union League Club in
New York, Gen. Grcnvillc NJ. Dodge. who
died early in January of this year, and
who was the cngineer-in- chief under
whom the Union Pacific was trusted.
explained why. tie said that it was to
the credit of mon who had served in our
Civil War-some of whom had been ot
great service in repairing railroads in
the South-that more available and
very much shorter route had been dis
covered. II saved about twenty million
dollars in cost, and it met the obiec-
tions which Lord Strathcona- SIR
Donald A. Smith-madc to the adopted
survey. The Americans one of whom
was 5. r. Reed and the other NJ. f.
Hine-were persuaded that there could
be found available passes if trouble
enough were taken to discover then
They were authorized TO make eXplora-
tion. Through thickets and shrubs and
bushes, they made their way until at
last they found the entrance to a pass
Dismounting from a horse upon which
he was riding. in order to make more
careful investigation. one of these men
observed that his horse was very ner-
vous Presently the horse administered a
violent kick. which was n painful biN
fortunately not disabling incident.
The kick was received Just at the open
ing of the pass and he who received it.
having some sense of humor. decided to
name this pass the "1hc Kicking Horse
Pass"
"By that namc,' said Gen. Dodge sit
is still known and always will be known
There were still other difficulties to
overcome if an entirely available pass
was TO be discovered. The explorers ap
preached what seemed to be almost in
surmountable peaks, but as they stood
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protection to the lives and property
Of Americans, Spaniards and other
aliens under its jurisdiction. Yet
once the sovereignty of the new ma
tive republic is acknowledged these
guarantees will be OF no greater value
than the ordinary guarantees of our
treaties with republics subject 10
anarchy like Mexico and Hayti. In
order to enforce them a new military
occupation would be necessary
There is no comparison between
the political capacity Of the Cubans
and that Of the Filipinos. The con-
troll We exercised in Cuba after the
Spanish war was limited and indi-
rect, whereas our control and title in
the Philippines have been absolute.
We did not leave Cuba until we OBJ
tanned the sweeping guarantees Of or
der and stability-including the right
to intervene-co contained in the Platt
amendments to the Cuban cOnstitu-
tion. Yet the Clarke amendment
binds MS to leave the Philippines
without the concessions we demanded
from Cuba and without any express
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BRITISH 4LUCK. HAs sAvrn rurw

HHERE is no doubt that the situation of the British
iorce that was beseged by the Turks in Kut-El
Au@ra Mesopotamia was desperate The relief expedi
on nao oeen matted by floods and there was no telling
now soon 1t would be able to make an advance Mean
while General Townshends beloaguered force was cat
ing its supplies and spending its ammunition in an of-
fort TO hold out until the relief which was only few
miles away could force its way through
The expedition against Bagdad was poorly planned
To lsc a homey American expression the British War
ONCE sent 10y TO do a mans work" It underesii-
mated the resistance the Turks would set up The
result was that the expedition hurled back and
finally surrounded at Kut-El-Amara
The British have wen great name for being able
to extrcate themselves from difficult situations Il is
called "luck." The final escape of the beeaguered
force suces to show that it with them in KutEl-
Amara.
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STFFRAGE ACTIYITIES.

Seven States will be invaded by
bands of Congressional Union work
ers within the next few weeks to COM
plete the suffrage organization Of
those States. States to be organized
will include Arizona. Illinois. Kansas,
Montana. Washington, Wyoming and
Nebraska.
Miss Mabel Vernon. OF this city. and
one Of the leading organizers in
the country, is at the present time in
Kansas. Following the completion Of
her work in that State she will go
TO Wyoming. Miss Elsie Hill, OF Con-
necticut. we'll known in this State.
where she has done organizing work.
will have charge Of the work in Illi-
nOis.
Miss Doris Stevens is in charge Of
the work of organization in each Of
the seven States.
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An Inquiry by Congress In Order
(From the New York SUM

The happy idea OF creating a Naval
Consulting Board of inventors and
scientists was original with Secretary
Daniels. his own inspiration. If Que
may judge from what he had to say
on the subject in his last annual re-
port. published on December 13, 1915.
"One of the imperative needs of the
navy he wrote, lis facilities for uti-
lizing the natural inventive genius Of
The country to meet the new condi-
tions Of warfare as illustrated by the
lessons of the war i'm Europe"
The Socretary's greatest find" for
the auxiliary board was Thomas A.
Edison. Mr.. Edison having said in
an interview read by Mr.. Daniels in
one of the newspapers that he
thought ''he could add to the terrors
OF war" but that nothing would in
duce him eve arc quoting from the
Secretary's report to turn his cncr-
gies TO inventions to make war more
terrible unless bis own country need
ed his services" Mr.. Daniels "im-
mediately" wrote to Mr. Edison zap
pealing TO his patriotism to head o..
board OF inventors and engineers to
study and help solve naval prob
lens" Mr. Edison was frankly told
there was nothing that could be Of
fered for this priceless service except
the thanks of the navy and the
gratitude OF the country at large, to-
gother with the satisfaction that
comes TO one who renders an unself-
ish service" Mr. Edison promptly
and enthusiastically accepted" and
was made chairman of the board
Reading the Secretary's account of
the enlisting of so valuable volun-
teer any one might, and naturally
would. have formed the impression
that Mr. Edison had had no relations
with the Navy Department before he
earned the gratitude of the country
by accepting the proposal of Secre-
tary Daniels made i'm letter written
on the spur of the moment. The fact
was however, that the Department
had entered into contract with Mr..
Edison seven months before the let
ter was written to have his storage
battery installed in submarine E-2,
the vessel on which occurred i'm dry
dock not long ago. with loss of life,
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an explosion due to generation of gas
by the new battery. According to Mr..
Park Benjamin, competent as a naval
and scientific authority. il ''was per-
fectly well known to electricians IA
miliar with such apparatus that this
(the l1dison) battery would "evolve
hydrogen under certain conditions" D."
Now the commander of E-2 has tbs
titled since the explosion that he re-
ported the danger to the bureau Of
steam engineering that September
and asked that something be done
about IT, Mr.. Park Benjamin tells us
that the problem was actually solved
months before the Department put the
Edison battery in E-2. An invention
makes "the confined quarters in
which the batteries are installed
as breathable and as safe as the
air in the street" It is now in opera
tion ION a large scale I'm two promi-
nent plants When permission was
sought last spring to visit a sub
marine TO learn what the conditions
In the interior were with. view to
overcoming the dangers Of battery
fumes" il was refused. Yet MIR. Edi-
son a short time before had been in
vited to make an inspection. Mr..
Edisons interest in the navy there
fore began nearly year before Sec
retary Daniels announced his con-
sent to serve on the Naval Consulting
Board for "the thanks of the navy and
the gratitude of the country at large.
and late in the spring a contract was
made with Mr. Edison for the install
lation of his nickel battery in E-2
with its hydrogen generating defect
unremedied when another inventor
stood ready to make the interior of
submarines safe for their crews.
Secretary Daniels in his report
hailed Mr. Edison "as one who could
turn dreams into realities" Il is to
be regretted, then, that Mr. Edison
did not begin his priceless service
as consulting inventor and scientist
by improving the E-2 battery a few
months before the inspiration came
to Secretary Daniels to write TO Mr.
Edison and enlist his genius for the
good of the navy and the security OF
the nation. Is not an inquiry by Con-
gress in order.
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In "The New Freedom" author, Woodrow WILSON,
be found these words "A singular thing about
the people of the United States is their almost infinite
patience their willingness to stand quietly by and
things done which they have voted against and do not
want done' Upon this singular thing Woodrow Will
son is now relying while he persists in policy OF i'm
action toward Mexico which is contrary TO the wishes
of practically all the people of the United States The
subtitle OF "'rhe New Freedom" is "A Cali for the
Emancipation OF the Generous Energies Of Peo
pie" These generous energies now enslaved
by this same Woodrow Wison-but thank Heaven,
the day OF deverancc approaches.
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With The Paragraphers

It's not fair crowding girls. Propose one at a time
Macon (Ga) News.
The warmest spot in Montana yesterday registered
S5 degrees below zeroand yet some persons persist
IN living there.-Salem (Ore) Capital Journal.
When a Hindoo yawns he at once hips his thumb
and middle finger. II would be fun 10 watch him
reading some OF modern noyels-Albany (N. W
Argus.
Il may not improve his voice. but Enrco Caruso
should be able to keep perfect time after laying out
$i00 for half dozen antique watches which he bought
the other day at auction One a SILVER Nurem-
berg watch made not later than 162O"-Erie pa
Dispatch.
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GEMS OF THOUGHT

The rst and w,rst of all frauds is the to cheat ones
self.-Bailey.
.--.--.-:
The people never give up their liberties except under
some delusion.-Burke.
.-.-.-.
The magic Of first love is our ignorance that il can
ever end.-Lord BeacOnsfeld.
.-.-:-.
merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the re-
conciled one is truly vanquished-S Schiller
.-.-s--.
Il in general profitable to reckon up our de-
fects than 10 boast Of our attainments-Carlyle
.-:-.-.
Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celebacy
is almost always muddy horsepond-Peacock