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Evening journal., 1916-02-02
KOO AND THE FUTURE OF CHINA.

MINISTER KOO, OF China. is strong believer in the
Nl future OF his native land In address delivered
before the American Academy of Political Science in
Philadelphia Dr. Koo declared that the Chinese peo-
pie believe that they have a world mission we'll as
a national mission.
"Once people, four hundred million strong, begin
to move their momentum will be such that they cannot
stop II they wish to do until they have reached
their goal" said Minister Koo 81 believe they have
already commenced to All they ask for now
is they be let alone and be given free hand to
work out their country's destiny embarrassed by fear
Of aggression from the strong and assured Of just
and equitable treatment at the hands Of ALL Give us
a decade and will give you strong China and a
strong China is sure to be great and powerful
factor for good in the world
Speaking OF the heplessness of China in the past in
resisting the encroachments Of covetous nations he
said that seventy years OF bitter experience had con-
vnced the Chinese people that the only way to have
peace is to be prepared for He inmated clearly
that China will embark upon policy Of preparedness
to protect herself against further aggression.
Minister Koo may be mistaken in his opinion OF the
advance China will make in the next ten years, but
no one will deny that has supplied to Hobson and
other yellow peril prophets text for further prophe-
cies with respect to the four hundred million Chinese
who at present do not realize their potontialy as
either defensive or offensive factor in the worlds
affairs.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
MARKET BATTLE GROUND is HERE.

DANlD SNELLENBURG continues to urge, with COM
~ mendable energy and intelligence the adoption by
our city of a better and healthfu street
ket plan
In nutshell. he would have here a sanitary street
market protected from the weather to such an extent
that farmers might stand in it and consumers might
buy in it in safety and comfort
His plan has made such strong appeal to the farm
ers in the district contiguous Wilmington that they
are almost unit in its support 1t is here in Will
mington that the real fight its adoption will have
to be made
There are many persons who only side
OF public improvement proposition. AS rule that
is the dark side OF IT, persons here to feel
that the carrying Of the Snellenburg plan would
be for the city to do entirely too much for the farm
They to lose sight OF the benefits that would
accrue to city and it's people through the opera
tion Of the plan
The rural districts already arc convinced thoroughly
that what Mr.. Snellenburg proposes in good thing
The campaign of education should be switched now
10 the metropolitan district As sanitary street
kets protected against inclemencies Of the weather
the plan now should be to line up those consumers
in favor Of the improvement Overwhelming public
sentiment here where the money must be raised and
spent, is the thing that is needed TO put the pro-
iect through Even the Legislature could not be
pected to act ahirmativey upon the plan unless the
legislation needed put it into effect sent to
Dover backed by the people Of this city
II is in this community then that the sanitary mar
ket proponents have their work cut for them The
they recognize that fact and the they
get work in this territory the they will real
their desire TO put street market system upon
a safe and sensible basis.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02

100000.
To win their moral victory they
are willing to make a scrap of paper
of the financial theories Of Mr.. Will
sons recent message to Congress. The
President told Congress that he could
not consent to an issue of bonds TO
meet the cost OF national enterprises
except when permanent things are
to be accomplished which many gem
erations will certainly benefit by and
which il seems hardly fair that a
single generation should pay for"
He refused TO consider preparation
for national defence such an under
taking of permanent benefit He has
declined to issue bonds to meet either
the cost OF current construction on
the Panama Canal or to reimburse
the Treasury for cash advances on
earlier construction. The Panama
Canal is also not to be classified as
an enterprise of permanent value.
But while insisting on raising by tax
alton the money to pay for naval and
military preparation and for further
construction at Panama, he sOlemnly
asks Congress to authorize the issue
OF Panama Canal bonds to the amount
of S5O,OOO,OOO 10 pay for merchant
ships. which are to be held by the
government as naval auXiliaries OF
leased TO individuals or corporations
for use in ordinary deep sea trade.
Yet the only thing permanent about
this shipping scheme would be the
permanent disappearance of the $780,
100000
Nothing could better illustrate than
this the recklessness with which the
Administration is fighting for a vindi-
cation of its shipping bill program.
Every point is 10 be strained 10 make
it easy 10 put that particular $50 600.
600 in circulation. Congress would
never levy new taxes to raise that
sum; so II is to be deducted from the
cash balance which the Panama Canal
now owes the Treasury.
The shipping bill is vicious in
principle, thoroughly unsound ecOnO-
mically, and certain. if passed, to in
iure American commerce instead of
benefting il. Can the country az
ford to throw away S50,OO0,OOO which
il sorely needs for military uses simp-
ly to insure the Administration a
petty political triumph?
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1916.
THE VISIT OF LORD AND LADY ABERDEEN.

IN IE Marquis OF Aberdeen formerly Viceroy of Ire
land, and Lady Aberdeen have arrived in this
try They will make a tour 10 further the of
The Womon's National Health Association Of Ireland
Their mission the hearty approval of Cardinal Far
ley John d. Crmmins. Of New York; J c. Heyer Of
Boston; A. c. Kains. OF San Francisco; John Joy
Edison. OF Washington; Mrs Schuyler r. Warren, Of
New York and many other prominent friends Of Ire
land.
Cardinal Farley greeted Lord and Lady Aber-
deem with wish for every possible blessing on the
movement In letter addressed to the latter who is
president OF the national association, he said
Il than pleased to know that you have re-
turned TO America to further the cause Of the Wo-
mems National Health Association Of Ireland the
progress of which have been observing since your
first visit TO this country and in the greater
OF which am more tkan deeply interested
1T is very gratifying TO you not only continuing
but increasing, II possible, your zeal devotion 10
Ireland which. owing to causes economic as well as
social has contributed too large share to the vic
Tins OF tuberculosis
Il trust that there will be a generous response to
your appeal. and that you will succeed in such times
and places you may arrange to reach those who
should be intensely concerned in promoting the health
and welfare Of the mothers and babes OF Ireland"
In this connection the thought occurs to that the
friends Of Ireland who reside in Wilmington and lis
vicinity have an opportunity to do something for In,
city. The Marquis of Aberdeen and Lady Abor-
deem have put Wilmington on their itinerary.
The citizens OF community and especially those
OF Irish extraction, should experience pleasure in Civ
ing hearty welcome to these titled friends OF the wo-
manhood and the childhood of Ireland Nor should
Mayor Price and his associates the city government
fail to take cognizance Of the impending visit fact
everyone should join in a gentle conspiracy TO make
the visitors feel that their benevolent mission to this
country and to this city is appreciated Even il the
Marquis and his Lady spend only a few hours here
such interest in their visit will be good thing for the
humane cause they represent and also the friends
OF Ireland and for the city OF Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
The First Arm of Defense
From The Washington Post.J

In times of peace the Monroe Doc
trine is enforced by the potential
strength of the United States. In time
of war it would be enforced. if at all,
only by the actual strength of the
nation. manifested in its navy.
The President of the United States
said at Cleveland:
America has said ever since the
time of President Monroe that she
was the champion OF freedom and the
separate sovereignty OF peoples
throughout the western hemisphere.
She is trustee for these ideals. and
she is pledged, deeply and perma-
nently pledged. to keep those mo-
mentous promises. She not only
therefore must play her part in keep
ing this conflagration from spreading
TO the people of the United States
she must also keep this conhagration
from, spreading on this side OF the
sea. These are matters in which our
very life and our whole pride are i'm
bedded and rooted. and we can never
draw back from them"
This is why the United States navy
Is and must be the first arm of de-
fense. II that arm is not strong, the
nation is not strong in defense. even
II it possesses an army which can re-
pei invasion of the United States. II
would avail nothing for the United
States to repel invasion of its own
territory. only TO see the rest of the
hemisphere transformed into Euro
pean dependencies. This nation might
as well surrender first as last, if re-
publics are to yield to empires.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
Compulsory Service for England
CFrom the New York SUM-

There was never serious or embar-
RAISING opposition in Parliament to
Mr. Asquith's compulsory service bill
which was passed on its third reading
in the House OF Lords on Wednesday
and in consequence becomes a law
to go into effect on February 1. The
final vote in the House OF Commons,
the popular body, was 1888 to SO. the
Irish Nationalists having decided not
TO obstruct the measure. The new
law is revolutionary in a political
sense, for voluntary service has been
tradition in England. in theory at
any rate-there were press gangs in
the old days to man the navy. Taking
the Kings shilling was always the
token Of willingness to serve in the
army. But now all men Of fighting
age. except in Ireland. are to be call
ed to the colors. single men and wild
overs without children before the
married men. in fulfllment OF a
pledge made by Mr. Asquith.
Il has been estimated that a total
of 2,O74.267 men will be added TO the
land and naval forces. including 527,-
936 single men who volunteered un-
der the Derby recruiting plan, 65l,-
100 single men who declined to en-
list and S95,171 married men who Off
cred their services with the under
standing that they would be called
upon last. However, it must be un-
derstood that all these men are moi
to be sent to the front, or even re-
tanned at home in camp for emergen'
cies; the law provides for the en-
ployment of as many men as are
needed in the munition factories and
shipyards. in coal mining and in other
war auxiliary industries. Thus Grea'
Britain becomes a nation in arms fol
every practical purpose.
While the great labor conference
Evening journal., 1916-02-02

wanted to weaken the bench instead
of strengthening it; that is, weaken
il from the point of view to which we
have all become accustomed. Pos
sibly, for some reason known best
to himself. ne deemed the time oppor-
tune for realizing in the judiciary the
apprehensions that were expressed
nearly ten years ago by the present
Governor OF Mr.. Brandeis' State
when discussing the importance Of
preserving in other respects the con-
stitutional balance between the cen
tral Government and the States in
that rounded and symmetrical system
of government handed down to us by
the fathers:
THE time may come when the
muck-raker shall sit in the seat of
the publicist, and the sensational
demagogue take the place of the
statesman. and when we shall be
given over to the heralds Of a statu-
Evening journal., 1916-02-02

Having at his command all the ex-
pert information available. the Presi-
dent tells the country that the United
States navy "in its strength ranks
fourth. not second"
He adds that the navy is "our first
arm Of defense"
Since the war began two nations
have made additions to their navies
nearly il not quite as great as the
total strength of the United States
navy.
The comparative naval strength of
the nations has completely changed
since the beginning Of the war The
United States has fallen behind.
Yet the navy is the first arm Of de-
fense. II would be called upon to de-
fend this hemisphere if the United
States should become involved in war
The army would remain at home. II
would not go to Rio dc Janeiro or
Valparaiso OF Honolulu But the
chief danger to the United States
might not be at home. but at dis
tant point in South America or in the
Pacific.
The safety Of this hemisphere lies
IN the moral strength OF the United
States, plus the strength of the navy
In time OF war the moral influence
Of the United states would be strip
ped away. The enemy would pay nc
attention TO requests or protests OF
peace meetings. He would seek the
iugular vein. He might find it at
Panama or New York or Honolulu
but in any event he would find it and
cut it if the navy did not prevent him
Evening journal., 1916-02-02

nence of war" Mr.. Garrison had
hazily in mind a regular army reserve
made up of men who had served with
the colors. but he does not seem to
have included them in the first line
OF 100000 troops ready for instan'
service in the field.
The Statement" Of the War Col
lege Division is very plain on the
point of the first line of defence: "As
the United States should have a mo-
bile force OF 100000 soldiers availa-
BILE at home at the outbreak OF war.
the army. with the regular reserve.
should amount to this strength" Then
the Statement" goes on:
I'm addition to the 100000 fully
trained mobile troops mentioned
above, at least 100000 more-a total
of 100000 men-should be prepared
to take the field Immediately on the
outbreak of war. and should have had
sufficient previous military training
to enable them to meet a trained en-
emy within three months. Twelve
months intensive training is the min
imum that will prepare troops for
war service"
Now it is evident that the War Col
lege Division does not consider Sec.
retary Garrison's continental army Ia
be first line troops; in fact. it rates
them as partially trained volunteers
who must be worked over after wal
begins to make them fit to face the
enemy's regular troops. II Mr.. Gar
rison will double the intensive train.
| ing period Of the continental army
the War College Division may con.
slider it eligible for the first line
Comparing his annual report with tn,
Statement" there is certainly not a
meeting Of minds as to the charac.
ter and usefulness Of the Fedora
volunteer forces which he calls the
continental army.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
The Revised Shipping Bill
(From The New York Tribune.

Il am not what / am" said Iago.
Likewise the Administration new
shipping bill is not what it is. The
bill fathered last year by President
Wilson and Secretary McAdoO pro-
vided for government ownership and
operation of merchant vessels i'm
competition with private owners. II
was a clear-cut application OF the
theory OF State socialism. IL was
passed by a Democratic House and
defeated in Democratic Senate. Mr..
Wilson said that the Senate in defeat
ing it misrepresented the people.
Yet with the House still Democratic
and the Senate more Democratic than
II was last year. the Administration
has not Vontured to reintroduce
straight-Out government ownership
and operation measure The new bill
wears gum shoes and mask.
The main purpose. however. is
about the same-to take $4,000 600
out OF the Federal treasury and spend
IL purchasing merchant ships Just
what the government is to do with
these ships after il gets them is left
in the shadow. They are to con-
stitute an auxiliary fleet for naval
Ae's Ah'f iNdt Ui lNdrtu VI It-
sold to private shipping companies.
They may even be operated by the
government as ordinary freighters
All these details are slurred over and
left TO the discretion Of a shipping
board, which Is. besides, to take over
the duty Of regulating interstate and
foreign commerce by water now per-
formed by the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Nose OF these provisions are mere
ly trimmings TO conceal the real oh
iect at which the Administration aims
that is, to eXtOrt tactical victory
from Congress. SIMILAR in effect to the
diplomatic victory on the submarine
issue sought to be extorted from Ger
many The President and Mr. Nc
Adoo want to be able to repair their
defeat Of last winter-to prove TO
the country that Congress has yielded
to them on the government ownership
idea. II they can vindicate the
principle of government ownership
by getting a S50.OOOO,O00 appropri-
alton for the purchase of ships. il will
be of comparatively little consequence
what happens thereafter TO the $780,
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
The Continental Army and the First Line
Iron the New York SUM

At a hearing by the Military Com
mittee OF the Senate Major General
Hugh l.. Scott, Chief OF STAFF, said,
according to a report Of the proceed
ings. that the continental army plan
had been approved by the Army War
College. General Scott. we are in
clined TO think. could not have made
the assertion without qualifying 1t.
Mr. Garrison's proposal was Of "a
force of 100000 men. raised in in
crements of 1873. 600 year, obli-
gated to devote a specified time to
training for a period of three years,
and then to be on furlough for per-
iod OF three years without obliga-
tion except to return to the colors in
the event OF war or the immmence
thereof" The training period for
each Of the three years of enlistment
Mr.. Garrison fixed at two months, ad-
hitting i'm effect. however, that the
experts might want to increase il.
They certainly would require a longer
period II they were permitted TO have
the last word
rigadier-General NJ. NJ. Macomb.
in the statement OF a Proper Mill
tary Policy for the United States.
prepared by order Of Secretary Gar
rison. said: Twelve months inten-
sive training is the minimum that
will prepare troops for war service
Secretary Garrison proposed half oi
that time for the continental army
and in installments of two months a
year for three years. This body the
Secretary would put into the first line
of defence as a reinforcement of th'
increased regular army Of l4l,SiS, in
cluding auxiliaries. I'VE would have
in this country" he said in his annua
report. "a force of at least 100000
men ready for instant response to
can in the event of war or the immi
Evening journal., 1916-02-02

at Bristol, representing more than
1000 900 trade unionists, went on rec
ord against compulsory service yes
terday. the vote should be read in
the light OF the resolution, adopted
by an overwhelming majority the day
before pledging the conference to
stand by the Government in prosecu-
ting the war TO a victorious conclu-
sion. Mr.. James Sexton carried the
conference with him when he said
IF Germany wins nothing else on
Gods earth matters" The instructed
representatives OF 100000 miners cast
a solid vote against the anti-war
movement agitating in labor circles
Organized labor proved its patriotism
when the conference pledged the
Government its support Mr.. James
Sexton had struck the keynote
That there will still be opposition
among labor men to compulsory SER
vice is to be expected. but it can
hardly be of a serious character when
the sentiment is general among them
that nothing else would matter il the
Germans were to win the war. Great
Britain is now assured OF practically
the last man able to bear arms or to
make war munitions. Just as in Par
lament opposition to "conscription"
declined almost to the vanishing
point. so in the labor organizations
il will diminish until there is virtual
solidarity for universal service to
save the nation.
All this is OF good omen. Mr.
Lloyd Georges refrain TOO Late!" in
which we think there was method.
now loses its force, and Great Britain
can face the ordeal strong in hope
with growing confidence of ultimate
victory. England is aroused awake.
and ready at last to put forth all her
strength.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
WOMEN SHOULD
Get This HABIT
As we'll As men
Don't eat bite of breakfast until you
drink glass Of hot
water.

Happy, bright, alert-vigorous and
vivacious--a good clear skin, nat
ural, rosy complexion and freedom
from illness are assured only by
clean, healthy blood. II only every
woman and likewise every man could
realize the wonders of the morning
inside bath. what a gratifying change
would take place.
Instead of the thousands OF sickly,
anaemic-looking men, women and
girls with pasty or muddy complex
ions: instead Of the multitudes Of
nerve wrecks" "rundowns," brain
fags" and pessimists we should see a
virile. optimistic thrOng OF rosy
checked people everywhere.
An inside bath is had by drinking
each morning before breakfast. a
glass of real hot water, with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in IL
to wash from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards Of bowels the pre-
vious days indigestble waste. sour
lamentations and poisons. thus
cleansing, sweetening and freshening
/ the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
Those subject to SICK headache. bill
iOusness. nasty breath, rheumatism
colds; and particularly those who
have a pallid. sallow complexion and
who are constipated very often, arc
urged to obtain a quarter pound OF
limestone phosphate at the drug store
which will cost but trife. but is suf-
fcient to demonstrate the quick and
remarkable change in both health and
appearance awaiting those who prac.
tice internal sanitation. We must re.
member that inside cleanliness is
more important than outside. because
the skin does not absorb impurities
to contaminate the blood. while the
pores in the thirty feet Of bowels do
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
With The Paragraphers

Chicago will probably survive the blow even II the
Bull Moose do decide 10 hold their national conven-
tion elsewhere Washington Herald.
man often regrets the 50 he paid for HIS marriage
license But he always believes that the 81 he paid for
his dog license a good observation-disclosures Ull)
Star.
Dr. Frank Crane says ell you have TO do TO save
money is 10 spend less than you get. Another good
way is to make more than you spend--Montgomery
(Ala) Advertiser
No wonder Billy Sunday INDUCES in some OF the
epithets he does. Somebody Is said TO have given
him worthless check for thousand dollars the other
day.-Provdence Journal.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02

tory millennium who would make
everybody equal and perfect by penal
enactment"
Governor Mccall could not have
had Mr.. Louis ID. Brandeis in his
mind at that time, for at that time
Mr.. Brandeis had not become con-
spicious in the peculiar activities
which have since won for him the
unqualified administration of Norman
Hapgood and made him in the fond
estimation Of Robert Marion La Fol-
lette of Wisconsin the ideal American
jurisconsult.
Perhaps. again, Mr.. Wilson, in ac-
cordance with his sometimes singular
methods OF reaching given. result,
had no other purpose than to test
the Senate's vigilance and firmness in
the exercise Of its duty to protect the
bench OF the Supreme Court from
such utterly and even ridiculously un-
fit appointments as this.
Evening journal., 1916-02-02
RrnrFr FnR EuGENICS.

TTNHosB who advocate eugenic marriages have suf-
fered rebuff in New Jersey II probably
will he reflected in other States The New Jersey
Health Officers Association has ordered expunged from
it's records all references to Endorsement given to
the proposed law in favor Of eugenic marriages This
action doubtless will have an influence against such
legislation in the New Jersey Legislature.
AS rule the rock upon which the cause OF Gu
genics is wrecked is that the heart rather than the
BRAIN rules in most courships and marriages. Scen-
thcally eugenics is all right Socially it is regarded
by many being impracticabe because love travels
along sentimental rather than scientific lines.