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Malvern daily record., 1917-08-07
seIective Board Examines III from Noon Yesterday to Noon Today, 80 Of Which are Accepted, and 31 Prob ably Rejected.

Many of those who have passed ysical examination, have tai tnks to file their exemption clail ] only few have as yet filed tn inns. A complete report will be publisl to those filing exemption clail 1 also of the Boards action on ne. The following have passed the ph l examination, since our report y day and up to noon today: Vim. Lawrence Haltom. Wm Isaac Spurlin. Wm. Monroe Goodman Marhaha T. Beekman Alvin Sanders. w. k. Daniel. Willie Artemus Hardin Joe Cleveland Diffie. Sidney A. Douglass Mert Grant. Clyde Elmer Hodges. William Paetrick Thomas. Joseph Henry Goesman. D. G. Arnold, (eol.) Fred J. Runyan. Wm. Porter Harper Leroy Murdock (eol.
 Ernest Clyde Adams. John Edward McMahan, Thomas Lloyd Louton. Horace Jewel Yates. John Henry Vim. Smith. Geo. Aaron Sheets. Walter Carl Brown. Luster Jones. Emanuel Belrens. Samuel Ellis Edgar. Algie Lemuel McClain .Otho Roy Lawrence.
  Lee Houston Harris. Arthur Edgar Barnett Carl Schultz, Jr. Elmer Dennis Sheets. Charlie Bettis. John Brooks Williams. John Thomas Terry Henry Clay Phillips Thomas Houston Garner Jno. Rufus Wright Alvin Lindsey Burk Henry Mccain. Henry Newton Easley Garland F. Collie. Watson Crutchfield Joe Crowder. Rufus Edwards Bernice Earl Conatser William Levy Dodson. Samuel Fordyce Moore Henry Weaver, (coD William Reubin Staton John Thomas House. David Franklin Wallace Edward Daley, (col) Clalence James Carter. Charles Nusco. Herbert Luther Ward. Earle Holmes. John Noah Hendrix Albert Jefferson Wheeler Henry Evans O'Neal. James Washington. James Lee Corbitt. Curtis Wiggins, {eol) Carl Halbert Erwin Ira Burl Thornton. Clarence Everette Stratton. Geo. Norwood, (co.) Homer Napoleon Cheek. William Owen Welch. Zaek McClain. Walter Fitzhugh. Sonny Bulloc, (col)- Elijah O'Neal Stratton. SiIas Boston Wilson. William Carl Williams, Milton Dent Wiley. Thomas Augustus Lambert Joseph Madison Reason. David Goraan Burris.
 The following arc probably qualified, but their cases have
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06

drops near sroup or horarmru and hurst8.
man with whom TcarI Wis ridim@ Show fore.
F'S""a sr"mo ., ,G'.roS m"p Hr,oS G, into air.
"'gl6. '''''' "'''N'' to '"'''''' 90
voiplRmint m iiirr"mnmuL h"IrhE1 m Aviator CONES
GG"rta.,Trn aTrnuG. n"sI followed hv drrnadmns on
arrupIan" Ndatns frr mrI anu 2bml"'tFIs Fs
n,'r6pu,II" bIr iiaaTI5S iaIS "1 t4iHIa' lALl rntyl1
"'nnTg, n, u|lmIs inIs ara gets ngiI l"tu F"r Dr"u-
nHsm n,,,,,,g 3"I i'@rl nos out Of picture, Adams
Gra4mn GT4 in T.drT,Ss r,,,- hor@g and Eaops or as
1lo,p,I 1RlG IaE''i'o has commonderrci Grouadtin
scene 1I-iRgo,, in ,,,,,I, .,r. ,.,.. ,,.,
pr4r,, @rsss SpGr di4phraEm Of Adams ~
can WoilaI Sr,TTuE E'',ni , nm, nm p,,HElast MrAt
@%yes 0'Ds Sic s"u"" rs's rios"s and as seas aI
Scene i.-tHou.-b ro,.,tt,, r,.,ri,,., ,,..,.,n
g4atd i" of '"S Nm@rT" raT"ny I4to pictg" irrnl and
ar,lon Hide up to a"f Womami i"I'l aa1st"n,d @PpG5'5g
Of shncDl anu d." 'N'' III ''''''''"
Ao"s A. GoI2 2'' n M Pqas It n, ren And sqars
thcm INTO his pSrf 'VTiii'ttoN' as ne igrHss
Ir,n' Isi ,n,qtt Haa4ms tnr..tens {" reveal
in and SIX Aiams S,c rh" he a6I TG"TI his TE,S 1i
~ u"'iIE Naams
raso dr Norr.i T"rl i''tT rrty 1'adluarlrrs at
rmnr mn 70" %H' @ GI @"""dIgar,"r. gaT comes
ndyenlqre %erS s"rynnt ii octra At anr ''nr
rayry %S '% @ @ ~, nI yo"g' J TG 70 n%E ror"r,- Dis
SpSion splendid work. Major Brent.
wilI Gty, 0 spt Hal Ir ttt,n,G r i gaTTI'hh'
barr nmrsn,s ,.pnakfpr o,,t .,r,,.. r,,,t ..
presses mat su", too. Wishes to 70 10 Wash
lngtou. bare ronsldcrs. then aods assent N"sru
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MASTBAUM TO BUILD
BIG NEW THEATRE

Central North Philadelphia is about to
get a new theatre and another building,
which will be used for business purposes
and stores The playhouse win he devoted
no photodramas, with musical features and
viii be under the direction of Stanley y.
Aastbaum and Sablosky q McGurk.
In this realty transaction, an important
one of it's kind, group of properties at
ne northwest corner of Broad street and
columbia avenue has been sold by Roy A.
Hevman 4 Bro, representing the Dob
blns Estate 10 Edwin Wolf represented
in the deal by Mastbaum Brothers &
Fleisher. The theatre erected on this site
will have entrances on the Broad street
side. with stores on the Columbia avenue
side The amount involved in the trans
action Is std TO be about million dollars
work on the buildings wiz be rushed
Until this year West Philadelphia has
held the center gf attention as the neigh
borhood of new mOving-piCture theatres
Now. with the Strand just opened and this
new house promised, as lively a future is
hi sight Tor the district tributary TO North
Broad street.
II may also be recalled that Stanley v
Nastbaum Is rumored to be projecting a
huge photoplay house not far from mis-
present holdings in the center Of the city,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06
BROAD STREET AND
BROADWAY
GOSSIP

John Drew's season at the Empire Thea
tire. New York, is at an end. 1t has been
neither notably longer nor shorter than
usual, which ought to mean that the ver-
sion of ThaCkerays "Pendennis," made by
fellow-townsnlan LangdOn Mitchell and
played by MIR. Drew, under the title of
Major Pendennis," won enough adherents
among the Thackerayans to make up for
the fact that it was just a bit under the
average as Drew play" OF course, no.
body minded in the slightest that Mr.
Drew's new and forward-ooking manager
John D. williams, chose to give Mr.. Drew
some real acting to do instead of the usual
pleasant bit of preening. 1t happened, un-
fortunately. that Major Pendennis' con-
tained little less of continuous action than
is desirable in n play, unless Shaw or Bar
rie has decorated it with their verbal
gawds. 1t did however, convey n certain
atmosphere of ThaCkeray over the foot
lights 1t was most eXcellently staged, and
Mr.. Drew and Mr.. Brandon lyman did
some capital acting. When it comes to the
Broad in February it should win the
Thackeray public and tho Mitchell admirers
Cand they are many), and the fact that the
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| iarr m'otr" shocmy "P,or of ne Arry.
CAST
T.. o. Adams s................... Ralph K%llta,rd t,,
coonc Dare. ~ r ,nriat"r
Najgr il.fl%, Hf%t I, f6'%%2@rs EEt.@". m.
Toxic T.; ...... ................T n 1amamotu
| l"N "NtUl M'uh'r. .,.-..-... ~
SYNOPSIS or PREVIOUS EPISODES
Tue Silent MrU1rc is seeking the canal def use
P1ns aI "Gig9 werg gPlrqst.d TO- 2p,e'n h2'P m
prison for IT,. Tno train on WHEN h. travrloi
was wrecked and q mulintud body was found
RaSr RR@1 ''9's' t5 q" dar A Har his na@ % &a AZ &''i
m5s}yrions slra4Eer wmg j%q"d iMe ntqG taT a4
mas rescued her from lorro. tho lrad'' OF the
, suDguc--IIaymE escaped from nolero.. the
iiEht
Scene zen, lIns!ao ea&yel peerl lying as!sgp l,gl
ground Adams quickly taking Dn Pearls belt
sHl RGtnE Et MI """ sI%p"a 4IT dscoyrI
substitution. Picks up revolver and drlorminedN
Scene @-CLocation near exterior of cayeD
SHOW foreground Of Adams VITA n"lt and paCket
looks into lis SIN" muzSIc Fu t s"tt-pr&rI comes
put From bushes Forces Adams to surrender
tne point OF Tsyolygr, THeH .Nit, ,.,,, ,,,
saarcRhIs party hnmttIng Tor penrl com, unon
bertha Bonn and Pcurls ftithtul rnauticur
Scene a-CWoods locationD Toxic and bertha
tnited states soitrfs nnnroirh thpm from
opposite side Gronadiaus gallon into picture and
to one Hreqt in furious hEht win nr,g Grrn,
adams as lioero gallups through foreground and
T2aiGH%s 6st'4 1 rem 5SG Er14nI To- W ~ TI %i
Bertha and makes no ATTEMPT To halt liOlcro.
orders his soldiers 70 retreat. ....,-.,,.
Iipcru, the revoutiouist. for his failure 10 re-
cover the mugh-uredrd canal plans
Grcnadal open diaphrasm ON foreground Of
Sg9t Mrnucs and hts it"Pgn9H,s nG2Il P} 'SF," 5
S'?Raf ngkaS 9stqff t4em Itan SPS hours
mtud in your place
liolrTo crinses bacH. afraid. AIakos veal, uro-
Seen" - Q-ocuton outside 8tronEhold In
Horro. $ campD Bertha and Tolso seated on
impertinently examine her. lierlhp pulls her
self away from thr Grrnadiaus. Toxic tells
fight follows when Toxic attempts 10 protect Lrr.
Bolrrp comes into picture and orders GTrnad.hnS
customary for women raptiyes 20 be turned
over 10 his men Brrtha pleads with hlm.
spoken tttle-"Let your Japanese friend go to
the CELLAR 9f my old headIuarters and there
r nS Mll ma pEr iTS Dodirsi Mn IN t@g Rim OF ] 24g
t"r9y ] -Four hours Gt6cr|'it,se / &c Cannot 'hoo
foso hcsltates, then agrees Holero aud Toxic
su6til'L'rbe .rnlted States Aviation Corps
Scene - Brush ocationl Pearl and Adams
l@gard ssd itR rev5h They top 10 rSs ld@n5 @
hlUpras 10 look toward sky. points toward
neropguo which hoyers in Lecture far overhead
lranadluns come through bUshcs. Pearl shoots
one of Hoigro.s men She and Adams are
sunttti--T2 the rescue. o,.,...
ground Of aviator in machine gazing below and
scene S-tAnothor brush locatoul Homb
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wotu,D be stretching IT bit to say
,bs episodes that make up The
'na' z, oysrf ave we're snatched from the diary
,., nItrichsteln who wrote the play IN
aL-s,4s,lon ~ with the Hattons and who
~ ,ts central role Of Jean Paurel, and
,sare are parallels--one in particular.
% ~ singer in the drama. Mr. Ditrich-
. .e ~ us,o lost his voice suddenly and never
Sssjn But let MIR Ditrichstein tell his
" sos in 1895 and I was playing in
sonthern Romance at the Firth
Tbeatre-the old naly Theatre at
r,y.ninth sngv street and Broadway. After
fnrjrcinal solo the audience applauded
Senanded an encore, but as 1t would
hesn o,it Of keepins with the part
~, respond The next night my singing
4 y bad lcft me and my career as Ight
singer was at an end.
Nv jestinies that shape the lives OF men,
!. make of one man a successful mer-
NJ, m another famous actor. of third
aaor reporter, are always a subject OF
", so the Poor Reporter asked the
s,ons Actor how he CHANGED TO become
III Vienna. where was born and spent
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06

lANSFIELD'S MANTLE BEARER
10 player of the American theatre
s.Dday bears so close a resemblance
s does Leo Ditrichstein to that
layer whose face is Enthusiastically
nggested in this picture, posed
bring the New York run of "The
Sreat Lover" the new comedy
lhich he brings to the Garrick
Monday.
childhood" said Mr.. Dtrichstein. 81
8 a good deal of the stage through my
lalntance with the family of Kar
esel. a famous comedian The event
j .l,determined my career was a perform.
Of schller's The Robbers, in which
pared while [ was still young man
Hlt ready to enter the university.
That was twenty-sevcn years ago" Mr.
flchsteln continued unblushingly. which
&c Of the advantages of being an artist
i first engagement was with n stock
pany at Passau in Bavaria. and my
appearance was in The Private Sec
#ry' You know in German stock com
j you get the broadest sort of expert
for the repertoire embraces comic
"a, farce, comedy and tragedy. So |
pared in operetta and discovered ! had
nor voice that served me very well in
ing parts
soon was playing in Vienna and the
zE large cities, and it was there that
lav Amberg saw me. had some very
friends in America and on one of their
+ to Vienna they urged me to come see
y So | arranged with Mr.. Amberg to
MS company at the Irving Place, and
ssl made my first appearance there
Fhe Other Man
played every kind of role at the Irving
II which was then at the zenith of its
ef' One of the plays in which [ ap-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06

Nat Goodwin in
oliver 7 wis t.
5 C + e e n career,
n y m p {" T h e
Darkening Trail, +"
The f Frie n d.
aloha Oe," "Thc
NJ a tin g." "The
c u p of Life"
The Conqueror, "
The Iron Strain.
" I h e No . Good
Guy" "The Cap
tive God" Be
t W e e n NJ e n,
Shell F orty-
Three, " ''The Vul-
t u e's Win z"
50 ivi1iz = ion .
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etc.. Height, 8 feet 4 inches;
weight, 125 pounds; dark hair, dark
eyes. Recreations, motoring, riding,
water sports, designing, dancing, etc. e.
Studio address, Ince, Culver City,
Cal. AT the Victoria next week in
Civilization"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06
CLOSE-UPS

MARKEY, ENID, leads, Ince. Born.
IFl Dillon, Col, 1896. Educated in
Denver. Stage career, Burbank
stock, Los Angeles; toured coast with
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When George M. Cohan
Takes a Shot at Mars

George NJ. Cohan has always made point
of flag waving and patriotic appeal il
all his plays, but in The Cohan Revue
1910" at the Forrest Theatre, he takes
shot at the war game. George Michael
pokes fun nj the folly of war through the
mouth of Harry Bulger As Andrew Over
draft, the cannon maker, burlesque of
Shaw's Andrew Undershaft, of ''Major
Barbara" he says Il don't propose to
have any gang of fanatics preaching that
peace on earth and good will to mem
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pearl of the Army y

BY GUY W. MCCONNELL
Scenario by
GEORGE BRACKETT SEITZ
Claw" Tho shielding shadow"
PRODUCED BY PATHE
EPISODE VI-"Major Brcnt's Perfdy"
Copyriyht IgIG, Jy george b.. Scti=
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06

Arnold DAILY who brought out Bahr's
drama. The Master" in the Americaniza-
ton Of Benjamin Glazer, Of the Philadel-
mia Press, has hired the little BandhoX
Theatre on New York's upper East side, 10
continue the run Of the play *. NJ.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06

Nazimova's season in repertory-ont
more sign of the direction OF progress II
the American theatres to begin with the
production at the Princess Theatre, in New
York. Of "'Ceptjon Shoals" by II. AuStir
Adams, Then comes a long list Of con
tineutal plays,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-01-06

Two more weeks Of Cohans amusing new
revue at the Forrest. then Raymond Hitch
cock, in Betty" In the company is Joseph
Santlcy
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
THE COMMENCEMENT IN WAR


In the affairs of men and of the
world, the month of June plays part
all its own. 1t carries the commence
ment season key, and WITH it unlocks
the doors of school and college and
university, and releases from scho-
lastic bonds an army of youth. 1t
puts into the different works of life a
new brand of recruits, all eager for
the fray, all certain of their prowess,
all confident of reaching the goal
their ambition has set.
But the commencement season OF
1917 is like no other that this gener-
alton has seen. There is the absence
of the sonorous speech of the gradu-
ate. In its place is the martial drum
beat The cap and gown have given
way to the khaki. The sage advice to
the world from graduating lips is not
heard. nor the easy settlement Of the
problems which for years have COM
plicated life and living. The old ster-
eotyped picture of the young man go
ing forth with sheppskin in hand to
conquer all that opposes is no part
of the June of this year.
Graduating exercises will be held,
but many of them will be without
graduates. The diplomas of gradua-
ton will not be presented in person,
for the hands will not be there to
receive them. The student part in
the ceremonies of commencement will
be a negligible one The valedictor-
ian of this years class is probably
learning the alphabet of war in some
training camp; the salutatorian is
taking his first lessons in some avi-
alton school, the prize essayist OF
the class is already driving an am
bulance at the front in France.
The senior class of this year has
gone almost bodily into the war SER
vice of the nation. The deep student
and the great athlete have alike
obeyed the call. The broken ranks
of commencement day visualizes most
forcibly the fact that we are nation
at war, and, as well, that to the
young, clean, vigorous college man
the call to colors is well-nign ire
sistible. His prompt and eager re-
sponse has in it, of course, much of
the spirit of adventure. He is at an
age that seldom stops to count the
cost. To him danger gives but added
zest to the undertaking
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
THINK 1T OVER

Never was there such rich pickings
for a conqueror as the United States.
Never were conquerors so ruthless
as German Kaisers. Sequel: The in
demnity which the Kaiser will de-
mand if he wins will stagger you just
as that billion dollars staggered the
Frenchman in 1871.
Bismarck collected from France a
sum which more than exceeded the
value of all its railroads at that day.
How would you like Hindenburg to
say: "I'll settle for the price of all
your railroads s"-something like an
even $4,000, 100000?
John L. Sullivan once told a fledg-
ling prizefiIghter: every time you
enter ring keep thinking, If don't
knock him out he will knock me
OUT"
And you, Mr. Bond Dodger, if you
don't help knock out the Kaiser he
will paralyze you with a financial
blow greater than the world has ev-
er felt. He won't say, "Please give
me two billion dollars" but he will
put an army here and collect twenty
billions,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
THE ADVANCE GUARD

The arrival in Englasd of Major
General Pershing, announce almost
simultaneously with the arrival of the
collier Jupiter laden with grain at a
French port, marks the beginning of
American military activity in Europe.
The task of Pershing and his staff is
to make ready supply and training
organization and quarters for the ex-
peditionary force soon to arrive.
According to the War Departments
announcement, Pershing's first COM
mand will consist of a division of
regulars and a regiment of marines
with units of the National Guard to
follow as soon as they are ready. Ac-
cording to Colonel Fabry, the valiant
side to Marshal Joffre, it is to be "a
veritable army which will be increas-
ingly swelled by fresh contingents
and is destined to occupy an ever
increasing front" But whatever its
size, we are confident that Pershing's
command, when set to the front, will
be second to none in splendid man
hood and dauntless courage.
Now our army as well as our navy
has put in it's appearance in Europe.
The United States has actually en-
tered into the fight with both hands.
This realization should give us at
home a clearer conception Of the
gravity of the war in which we have
entered, and should spur us on to
renewed eXertions. The sooner we
can throw our full weight into the
balance the sooner the war will be
ended
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
LIQUOR ADVERTISING AFTER
JULY 1

Section of the act of congress
approved March 9, last, and which
goes into effect July 1, will probabl,
eliminate all liquor advertising from
newspapers and magazines.
This laws provides that after Jul,
i:
No letter, postal card, circular,
newspaper, pamphlet, or publica-
tion of any kind containing any
advertisement Of spirituous. vim
Gus, matted, fermented, or other
intoxicating liquors of any kind,
or containing solicitation of an
order or orders for said liquors,
Or any of them, shall be deposited
in or carried by the mails of the
United States, or be delivered by
any postmaster or letter carrier,
when addressed or directed 10
any person, firm, corporation, or
association, or other addressee,
at any place or point in any state
or territory of the United States
at which it is by the law in force
in the state or territory at that
time unlawful to advertise or So
licit orders for such liquors, or
any of them, respectively.
Violation of this law by a publish
er or by his agent involves a penalty
of $1,000 and six months imprisen-
mhent for the first offense and by i'm
prisonment for year for each sab
sequent offense. The trial may be
held either in tn, district in which
the matter was mailed, or in the dis
trlct in which it was delivered.
Practically every newspaper of any
consequence has a circula,.or
throughout the United States. Fol
example, residents of Bridgeton wh>
are moving to distant states ha u
their "old home" newspaper sent t.
their new address. Thus, while New
Jersey would not fall under the ban
Viig mia and Kansas ana Maine an:
dozen other states and localities
would come under the prescription
and any New Jersey newspaper send
ing copies of it's publication into those
states would be liable to prosecution
under the law. The law applies not
only to dry states, but to dry
Counties and towns.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
COMPARATIVE DEPI IETION

1t has been said that history fur
nishes no parallel in any way COM
parable with the condition that now
exists; that the depletion of the re-
sources of the nations at war is SO
enormously greatly than has been
the case in previous wars, which
condition is likely to extend to the
United States if the conflict is suffi-
GENTLY prolonged, is producing a
state of affairs that finds no parallel,
and that, therefore, it is unsafe to
rely on past experiences. To this it
may be said that, by comparison, the
resources of the Allies are not being
strained to a greater extent than
were those of England during the
twenty years of Napoleonic wars, and
that the entrance of the United
States as a belligerent as well as an
economic factor so siren 3thens the
resources of the Allies that no appre-
hension need be felt as to the final
result; the economic effect on this
country.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-06-14
THE NOTE TO RUSSIA

President Wilson's note to the Rus
sian Government, sent some time ago
but first released for publication Sun
day, is described in the Presidents
own words as a restatement of the
American purpose in entering the
war. But it is actually a great deal
more than that. Not only does it tell
the Russians where America stands,
but it plainly indicates to them where
they themselves. should stand when
the confusion of German-made phras-
es has been cleared away.
Russia is warned to place no trust
in the liberality and justice Germany
has now begun to profess. The mo
annexations nor indemnities" formu-
la is branded as pernicious. The
Status quo ante" theory of peace is
pronounced inadequate.
"The war Glas begun to go against
Germany and those who are
IN authority are seeking to
obtain pledges that the war will end
in the restoration Of the status quo
ante. 1t was the status quo ante out
Of which this iniquitos war issue
forth That satus must be al
tered in such fashion as to prevent
any such hideous thing from ever
happening again Whatever
readJustments are necessary must be
made. But they must follow a prin-
ciple, and that principle is plain
Nothing could be fairer, clearer,
truer than the statement of principles
that President Wilson here proceeds
to outline: mo people must be forced
under sovereignty under which it
does not wish to live. No territory
must change hands except for the
purpose of securing those who in
habit it fair chance of life and lib
erty. No indemnities -. except
those that constitute payment for
manifest wrongs done No re-
adjustment of powers except such as
will tend to secure the future peace
of the world and the future welfare
and happiness of it's peoples"
America fights for no advantage or
selfish object of her own, but for
these principles alone. Russia can
adopt these principles for her own
without any fear that she is serving
the selfish interests of any Power or
Powers. She can have no doubt that
Americas influence will join with her
own at the ultimate peace conference
to carry these principles into impair
tial and practical effect.
President Wilson's frank and
forceful statement of these principles
should clear the air not only in Rus
sia but throughout the world. Again
in measured and statesman-like ut
terance he has given universal justi-
fication to the war against Prussan-
ism. He has made Mr. Roots hercu-
lean task of showing Russian the
light thousand times easier.