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POPULAR SPIRIT IN RUSSIA

when asked him why such short SEES
sions and long recesses. he said:
''Duma members are mostly farmers.
We can do more good for the army
blowing than we can talking"
The Russian Duma Is probably the
most really representative body OF the
sort in the world and when it's presi-
dent said that. he was not merely
sounding a. phrase. 1t was evident that
he was In earnest. Every Duma mem-
Der with whom talked said the same
thing.
To take advantage Of Russia's sit
uation and use II to force through
even cherished reforms appealed to
Duma-ites a. unfair. They feel that
rows in the;Duma would weaken the
nation In her fight for life.
Citizens Also Help.
Citizen organizations for aiding Rus
STA make war have made It possible
for millions to take part In public work
who until now never knew what such
work was like. This IA boosting the
spiriting OF the country wonderfully.
Imagine every county Of every State
Of representative citiyens-farmers.
landowners, villagers. Now II every one
OF these organizations Joined in single
body to help the American army do Its
work, such an organization would be
similar to the All-Russian Zemstvo
Union, only-thcre are nearly 200 million
Russians. 70 per cent Of whom are peas
ants, and thus either directly or indt-
rectly interested In Zemstvo WORK.
Automatically the war has worked
wonders for Russia.
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
MARYLAND GUARD
NEEDS MORE MEN

Before the Maryland National Guard
commands now in the fields as a result
OF the Presidents call. reach full WAN
strength. II will be necessary TO re-
cr,lit s.slS additional troopers.
This Is the Information given out IN
an order from Gen. Leonard Wood.
commanding the Department Of tho
East. Issued to Major John Philip Hill
OF Baltimore who has lust been as
signed to recruit duty. He has opened
HEADQUARTERS at Silver Spring.
Major Hill is one Of the stan officers
Of the MARYLAND guard who ,wsrs ap-
pointed TO take the field Immediately in
an effort to bring the MARYLAND Or
Will campaign through Prince GEORGES
County for the next few DAYS for men.
and expects to send not less than 100
recruits from the county to the border
In Issuing orders to Major Hill. Cen
You will recruit for the orsaniza-
tions named below. the number of re-
erEits needed for this date for each as
First Infantry. $50
Fourth Infantry. LOTS.
Fifth Infantry. ST.
Battery A. 80.
further SSy w
dav Of each week to Major Robert p.
Bav Baltimore. Md. who Is senior re-
cruiting officer for your State"
sn Ths w rssrI faIm,v spsnea at sSsr
Senator Blair Lee paid a visit to Major
HIM before attending the session OF
the Senate. The Senator left comics
himAelf and General Bliss last week
in which the latter. declared that the
universal spirit Of cbeerfulness and
CONFINEMENT I'm the national guard
The Senator also left a COW Of let
ter received from a member Of the
First REGIMENT now at EARLE Pass
which closed with this paragraph:
home and who is Worrying about pre.
parcdness. Plattsburg. and General
Wood can resist or refuse enlistinR fol
a thorough training either Tor war OF
is bayond my simple and honest con-
ception."
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
LOOKING BACK...AND AHEAD

In his acceptance speech Mr..
Hughes searchingly directed thought
to the ephemeral, unnatural, and
temporary character Of the present
war-made prosperity Of the country.
What will happen when there is no
war stimulus?
It happened that Mr.. Hughes ad-
dress marked an interesting and sig
nificant anniversary. Just two years
before that address, the governors
Of the New York Stock Exchange
voted to close it, because Europe
was unloading its American hold
ings at a rate that threatened to
swamp American capacity to absorb.
Just what has happened in the in
tervening two years is pretty we'll
suggested by comparison of stock
quotations Of July 80, 1914, and
July 80, 1916: --..-. .,
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surrendered their most cherished prin-
ciplcs. In the interest of the empire
the trade unions have forfeited for the
period of the war practically all they
had succeeded In establishing through
desperate and bitter struggle.
Their greatest sacrifice was the "di-
luton of labor" or placing unskilled
workers on n par with the skilled-both
men and women. The bars of unionisI..
have been let completely down in the
name OF patriotism.
This is organized labor's reply to the
charge of lack Of patriotism. The unions
are stili passing resolutions against the
one because OF Its repugnant to the
ideals Of nnionisn and against the other
because they still think II unnecessary.
But there have been and will be no draft
riots In England as there were in New
York during the civil war.
Most of the Irish opposition in the
war Is of American origin. There arc
no finer patriots In Great Britain today
than John Redmond and Sir Edward
Carson. each representing extreme poles
of Irish politics. The Sim Fein rebel
lion. organized by well-meaning but
misguided idealists, encouraged by self
expatriated Irishmen In America.
financed by Germany. was not an ex-
preston OF Irish national sentiment
No troops in the whole empire have
fought more gallantry or suffered great
err loss than the Irish regiments The
| Obstetrics have proven their patriotism
by consenting to the Inauguration of
home rule forthwith. The Nationalist
have demonstrated theirs by agreeing
to the exclusion Of Ulster from It's pro-
! visions. ..s
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VnO WILL BEAR THE LOSSp

Estimates Of the losses by the great
explosion in northern New Jersey
still vary considerably; but there is
no uncertainty on one point. They
have been very heavy, and the ques-
ton Of who shall bear them is a
serious one. ''..
From a banker familiar with the
terms on which war orders have
been placed in this country comes
the information that most Of the
war munitions that were. destroyed
represent loss to the governments
for which they were made. 1t is
explained. that. those governments
have generally accepted the re-
sponsibility for all transportation
from the time the munitions left the
factories.
II this proves to be correct, the
explosion will be less disaster than
had been expected. American es-
Establishments will be called upon to
produce new material to take the
place Of that destroyed, and foreign
governments will have to pay for it
once more.
On the other side, however, is the
fact that the property damage in
general, aside from the actual mu-
nitions exploded, cannot be shunted
of on the foreigners. Somebody in
this country. will have to bear it;
presumably the losers, who will
shunt it over on the insurance corr
panies if that can legally be done,
and thus spread it over the entire
community.
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
POPULAR SPIRIT IN FRANCE

famous LOAN OF Victory" french
necessarily with
French spirit-has furnished France
with the financial sinews for prose-
cutting the war. Parting with the gold
was purely a matter Of patriotic SEN
timent.
Subscribing to the loan was matter
OF careful investment. Yet this
thrifty investment speaks perhaps
more for the spirit of the French peo-
pie than did the parting with the gold,
for the loan subscription spelled in
great big capital letters the one word
CON In the financial
stability Of the French government
and In Its ability to win the war.
Now q fnal test IN being made OF the
spSf1t OF the French people. Minister OF
finances Ribot has Jsut estimated that
there are beeing held In France no less
than ylA.VVJ.UU,UU OF foreign bonds ana
securities. These would be OF the most
supreme value to France in enabling
her to offer them as security for her
large purchase OF war ana other ma
terial in foreign countries, without d.
minishing her gold reserve and without
suffering the terrible rate OF exchange
II IL nearly ~ per cent In the united
States-caused by the disproportion OF
her Importation over her expectations.
so france has asked-not ordered as
has been necessary in England-ner
people to loan her these $l2IUU.uO.UO or
foreign securities until after the war
The response has been the same as TO
the request for gold and for war sub
sCriptions
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they can obtain reasonable terms of
peace. II they had to vote to 90 on
until they can get these terms or to
stop and accept the terms OF the en-
envy. they would vote to 10 on.
Grumblers Everywhere.
Germany wants peace because Ger
many believes she has won the war,
There are critics and Gru,nblers lissat-
sifed with everything. Every .belliger-
The difference Is that IN England they
grumble publicly. In Germany they can
not; and when people cannot criticize
publicly. they do II twice as hard pri-
vately.
The people are individually personally
interested In the war because every
The beat Indication Of the public sup
port Of the war Is the vote Of the
e Mssfh't q two SiiSono MARKS new Se sr
was less opposition to II than to the
one before. The Socialists supported It
for the fourth time and Socialist mem
bers OF the Reichstag are In hourly
touch with public sentiment.
80 the public still has confidence In
tho aims of the government as an
nounced by Won Bethmann-H ollwes
In the Reichstag.
The people themselves deny that
they are militaristic. They believe
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POPULAR SPIRIT IN GERMANY

their army Il their police force, thor
oughly equipped and prepared for de-
Tense. To the people this IL a de-
fenssive war. They are not nghting
to hold Belgium. Poland, or oeroia.
They are against annexation.
e Won Over Fire Eaters.
The chancellor has won out against
the Republicans" and "Standpat-
ters." the Annexationists. the Trouble
Makers. the Fire Eaters. and all the
other brands Of politicians In this
class in Germany. where they are
present Just as they are in every other
country In the world.
That 10 the reason the spirit of the
German people as O whole Ia good.
The people trust the chancellor. The
Kaiser trusts Won Bethmann- H ollweg's
Judgment. The, Reichstag respects
Won Bethmann- Holiweg's statement
and ideas aid IL the war lasts another
year from present indications II will
strengthen the position Of the chan
cellor and every move In that direc-
ton Ii 4 move toward freer Germany
because the chancellor and Kaiser are
both pledged to franchise reforms In
Germany after the war. the very
things thefold leaders OF the o-called
Military Party" have been ngntinR
against for the last five years.
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
BY ED L. KEEN.
United Press Staff Correspondent.

LONDON, July II (By maiD.-some
Britons are born patriots. others
achieve patriotism, and still others.
yes. the paraphrase holds good All
the way through. Only. those VINO
have had patriotism thrust upon
them constitute q very small minor
ity of the British public.
Con scription IL no criterion. Tnere
were less than . million eiiEibies ieis
10 be conscripted. The majority o.
tb.se would have volunteered II the
r...ons why their services were re-
avired had been freely
Lots Of Britishers have relative: IN
Missouri: some moro skepticai thsn
others. The military powers thoukn'
th.v couldn't take the British pubic
info their confidence without eniisht-
.n,n. IN. oermans. Your King and
onwrtrv need YOU" they said. That
sufriced for 100000 men; the others
wanted details.
aut mi. installment OF war ami
xarsarv observations has to do prin..
oipally with those who have achieved
natriotism,T and II revolves largely
about \ man named Ben Tillett-be-
cause he 10 type
Becomes All Briton.
Before the war Ben was a self-pro'
claimed international revolutionary
socialist. For the period. OF the wal
he 10 neither International. revolu'
tionary. nor sociaiistic. He Is al
lRritons Whist he viii be after tn
The Washington times., 1916-08-01

I'm every French family there are but
two great passions-lhE ONLY Sun
AND rhE LITTLE FAMILY hOAhD
OF GOLD.
1t 10 the little hoard Of gold" on
which every French household 10 built
Gold. In the popular French conception.
II the one real. tangible thing In life on
which anyone under any circumstances,
can always count. II 10 the family's
life. death. accident, health. marriage
Even " the 'Boches" had actually
reached Paris. the average Frenchmar
would have known he could still count
on his gold to help him out.
Knowing all this. the government
did not hesitate to ask for II. nut
II asked. II did not command. II knew
that however much the gold meant to
its. sons and daughters. La Patrie"
meant much more. by .. ..
The greatest test that could be ap-
piled to the French people after they
had parted with their sons was to ask
them to part without a sou Of recon-
pense or premium. with their little
family hoard Of gold.
Have Gone Further.
This 10 far from telling all the
story OF the possibilities of French
thrift. II has enabled them to do far
more than give the government gold.
The French people have also sub
scribed some <s.WO.UU to france
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
BY HENRY WOOD.
nited Preaa staff Correspo,

PARIS. July. 4 10y maiD.-'-There 10
not single piece Of gold to be found in
my house today"
With eyes flashing pride and voice
vibrating with enthusiasm. these words
were pronounced to me by Prof. Alcide
Betrine. Of ies Boulevard Montparnasse.
I picked him at random to tell mo
something Of the spirit Of the French
people after two years Of war.
Prof. Betrine has grown gray In the
public school service OF france. He ID
entitled to retire on . pension. but he
won't do II while the war lasts. Prof.
Betrine Is proud to be able to say:
For the first time In my life and In
generations in the history Of my family.
thefe 10 not q singte gold piece to be
found In my house today. have turn
ed It all In to the Bank OF France for
the national defense"
The boast Of Prof. Betrine today ID
the boast of practically every famil!
In France. Within the last year the
French voluntarily have exchanged for
himsy French banknotes over $Q5. 000. 00(
gold. This stream OF gold has been flow
Ing for year and II still flowing a,
from 81 100000 to 8, 10000 a week. Such
IL the spirit Of the French after two
years OF war.
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS.
United Press Staff Correspondent.

PETROGRAD. July I (by mailj.-
Twenty-four months Of war has made
a new country Of Russia. The spirit OF
the people has changed. Confirmed pes
simists admit that the war has worked q
miracle. . ,.. ..,
Two years ago. when lighting began.
Russia like England and France. was
torn by internal dissension. Her many
races were at odds. A strike Of serious
proportions was on. Things looked dark
Tor the empire.
Russia today 10 more united than she
ever has been. She Il better organized.
Every city and town in the land belongs
to . municipal union TO aid tho nation.
Every village and rural district has
Joined second and similar organisation.
In all Russia. including Siberia. there Ia
scarcely q single peasant not working
for the army or some public good.
Up to August. 1914. of nearly 100 mil
Hon Russian subjects. few had taken d.
rect part in any public or national work
They are today nearly all doing theil
bit. This fact Is lending brand new
tone to the empire.
A war Of gigantic. proportions makes
or breaks a participant For Russis
this one promises to be = blessing II
disguise. according to VIGOROUSLY con
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
JITNEY KINDNESS
EARNS A $40 FINE
Samaritan Arrested for Helping
Collect Car Fares.

NEW YORK, Aug. 1.-Daniel Mcclure.
a conductor on a Greenville- Bayonne
trolley had crowd aboard his car ana
had trouble collecting all the fares. II
was an open air car and the running
board was filled with passengers. one
Of whom was Joseph Rejens. Of New
ark
Suddenly Rejens decided to help the
conductor. He walked along the run.
ming board shouting. Fares. please.
and collected several nickels before NC
CURE knew what had happened.
What was your idea In playing con-
ductor?" asked Recorder William
Cain In the police court. where ReJeus
was later arraigned. charged with dis
orderly conduct.
why, Judge. answered the prisoner
you should have seen how busy that
poor conductor was. l just had to hclr
him collect those fares"
You are too ambitious" said the re.
-corter, land will just collect ~
fine. from you for causing so much
lhoAVAp. 4 -, s.gs... . ,.Js...s =. S.l,.. ~
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of July 80, 1914. That will give an
idea of the demand that would be
made on the country's absorptive
powers. 1t would require cantilever
springs, pneumatic cushions, and all
the approved styles in shock absorb
ers to take up the lost motion with
out giving a shock that would mean
national industrial and financial
crisis.
o. What political party, what set of
policies, is best adapted to meeting
this exigency? That is the real
question that the American public
has to consider when it chooses the
administration that shall rule the
country from March next, for the
four succeeding years.
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
PROHIBITION ON A RIDER

The District appropriation bill
never works its troublous way
through Congress and into the
statute books Without meeting a
variety of experiences that demon
strate the impossibility of having a
town governed entirely by people
who don't belong to it.
There has lately been a lot Of
talk in the Senate about hitching a
rider on the bill, making this city
dry. Now, while they are seriously
discussing | that proposal, without
any idea of letting the community
have a voice in deciding the matter,
the question of a municipal hospital,
as to which there is no uncertainty
about the city's serious need, con-
tinues uncertain of solution.
There is no other city in America,
situated as Washington is, that
would not get its municipal hospital
that would not have had it long be-
fore this.
On the other hand, there Is no
city that could possibly be turned
"dry' without having any voice
whatever in the decision. K
Washington can get the things it
doesn't want with the utmost case.
1t cannot get the things it wants and
needs.
Congress has plenty of time to
consider Washington affairs. II il
would only consider the right ones
the things about which there is real
and urgent and pressing need for &C.
ton, it would be able to manage the
town pretty we'll.
But it doesn't. II talks about pro
hibition, for the benefit of constitu.
encies in distant parts of tho. coun.
try, and overlooks great essential in
terests that concern only Washing
ton and its people.
There is no reason why Washing
ton should not Ego dry" if Wash
ington wants to do so. But Wash
ington should be allowed to decide
that question:; to be heard in it.
own behalf.
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
By CARL w. ACKERMAN.
United Press STAFF Correspondent

BERLIN. July Z (by maii)-An Ameri-
can diplomat recently declared the
greatest mistake in the war Ii the use
Of the term ~miiitarism.' mo one" he
said. will ever agree on what II means
and II 10 going to be difficult to end
the war because of that"
The spirit Of the German people dur
Ing the last year cannot be shown with
out discussing German militarism." In
outlining the peoples attitude toward
the war, the KaIser and the govern
mont. militarism will not be justined or
criticised. Recent Developments In Ger
many will be discussed in their rela-
ton to what 10 generally termed Ger
At the beginning OF the war there
was great enthusiasm throughout Ger
many. More than q million men voinr-
teered to nsht. During the first ynar
they fouEht hard. died. or were wound
Cd. The people at home began to ecopo-
mise. This spirit carried the armies
far into France and Russia
During the second year this enthu-
slapm has not been, % great but the
discrimination Of the people has not
sbated. They want peace At once. II
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
Man on Corner at Shore
Caresses Passing Women

ATLANTIC CITY. Aug. IA we'll
dressed elderly man with gray whisk-
ers. busily engaged himself In pattins
well-dressed maids and matrons ON the
back at the corner of Pacific and
South Carolina avenues.
Finally he entered the drug store on
the corner and was In the act OF again
caressing a summer belle when a
policeman appeared. In the station
house he said his name was Vegt, File
burz. that he was salesman from
Philadelphia. and was spending n few
days at the shore. lie was licked spn..
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POPULAR SPIRIT IN ENGLAND

war, Ben says 10 his own business.
II he weren't over military age, Ben
would be in the army. He Is doing
his bit by preaching patriotism to
those who haven't acquired II In full
measure.
Ben used to vie with Mrs. Pank-
being OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of the
British empire. As head Of the
'Dookers' Union and Organiser OF the
powerful Transport Workers FEEDER
alton. he had successfully engineered
some most disturbing strikes.
There were serious labor disputes IN
the carly days-two OF them. big. Ia =
voivinR the Welsh coal miners and
the Clyde ship workers. But In thsse
there were other causes than lack of
patriotism. Tho strikers felt that
they had been unduly exploited. Their
sole demand was that they be nc
corded g reasonable share OF the war
big strikes the men won.
This years disturbance on the Clyde
was different. IT. was obviously organ
lied by men Of ,pro-German sympathies
Germans. Tho labor leaders had no
part In It: they protested against It.
The government ,sequestered tho agita-
tors ana killed the strike.
As to the attitude Of British labor
generally toward the war;, No fewer
than 100000 Of the 100000 volunteer
Tsaf sh ' cns t part Ct II
story.
Labor Gave Up Rights.
The Tilietts of England. men who
| previously had put the rights Of organ.
, lied labor shove everything else. have
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
What TheySayof.
Hughes Speech 7
New York Sun.

The speech Of Mr.. HUGHES acceptins
the nomination leaves no doubt as TO
where he stands with regard to any
essential issue. An utterance so
strong and honest. 30 free from, the
consciousness of phraseology. SO void
OF the pettinesses Of evasion and art
full. Cancellation. has seldom been heard
when candidate for President arose
to pronounce his creed. ,s,..5
The Washington times., 1916-08-01

The rise is a remarkable one, de-
spite that in recent months this
class of stocks have been under
rather depressing influences. >
Now, reverse the glass. Imagine
what would happen to the country if
the processes We're turned upside
down by which this advance had
been accomplished. Assume the
stimulus Of war demand removed,
and prices sagging back to the level
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New York Herald.

Mr.. Wilson NAV with care match its
literary style. but II he Ia going to
match Mr.. Hughes he must speak as
President OF the United States and not
OF humanity In general. and a. the
nominee Of political party ana not
OF the world Mt large. For Mr.. Hughes
proclaims himself an American candt-
dnte. and his watchword Is America
FIRST and America efficient" "
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Philadelphia Ledger.

His speech is carefully reasoned
brief In the case of the people against
the Wilson Administration. and II viii
furnish telling ammunition for the host
OF lesser speakers who will follow In his
footsteps and plead for the coming of
the Republican vision "of America pre-
pared and secure. strong and Just.
equal to her task, an exemplar OF the
capacity and efficiency OF . free peo-
pie"
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
New York World.

The independent voter will read II IN
vain for IA word of hope or encourage
ment, 1t Is the partisan utterance of
partisan candidate appealing to par
tisnni vote that can see nothing In gov
eminent except physical possession or
the Federal patronage and the protec-
ton of property and privilege. It might
have been delivered by william Barnes.
or Doics Pcnrose. or Joseph @. Can
non. or any other standpat Republic
can.
The Washington times., 1916-08-01
New York Tribune.

Long as II Ia. Mr. Hughes indictment
is the one thing which the Administra-
ton cannot successfully meet. For to
meet II Ia to opcn wider than over TO
public view all that melancholy record
Of ipeDtitude. which. a. Mr.. Hughes
rightly SAYS. cannot be examined BY
any real American today without the
profoundest sense OF humiliation.