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The Washington herald., 1917-09-02

selves against such attacks while the
convention is in session. A member
must be free to discuss his attitude
as much or as little as he chooses
with his own people. Only by this
method Is there hope" Sir Francis
Hopwood agreed with these senti-
ments.
To visitor to Dublin at this critica,
time the remarkable fact about the
temper of the population who always
do the unexpected, is their apparent
apathy to the convention and the vas,
issues raised. Before the conyen-
tion met, there were wild rumors that
Sim Fein would attack the members.
or at least that serious rioting woula
take place. There has been SO far no
trouble OF any kind, barring a verbal
demonstration against John Redmond
as he left the convention building.
Police precautions proved entirely un-
necessary. In this absence of dis
turbance. probably due to orders from
the leaders of Sim Fem. Devlin and
other Nationalist leaders who believe
or hope that Sim Fein is bluffing see
a good omen. 'The clever men in Sim
Fein don't want a republic" DevIin
| said,. "and IL there is a settlement on,
the proper lines, they may accept il
and claim the credit for having. by
their policy of violence and terrorism,
coerced England into granting it,
Look with Suspicion.
The dominant note among the cab
drivers, mall'shop-keepers, clerks and
working people / have met here is
| one of suspicion. With the gift for
imagery that is the endowment of his
race, porter in my hotel remarked
when l asked him whether he did
not think England was ready to do
justice to Ireland, "If they were to
oner ireland present OF fifteen mil
| lion golden soYereigns your honour,
the people of Ireland would meet in
! convention and debate ten years
whether to take the money. and then
| they would appoint a committee TO
ring each one of the sovereigns on a
plate to see whether it was good"
The greatest problem before English
men and Irishmen alike is TO remove
the mutual distrust between the two
peoples that may survive and wreck
| the settlement, even IL Ulster and
Nationalist Ireland can get together.
In my next dispatch the amazing,
laughable and tragic. contemplate and
heroic, spectacle afforded by the Sim
tein plotting will be discussed, and
interviews given with the leaders of
the movement. who have taken up
their old work with renewed vigour
since their release from life terms
imposed for their part in the Dublin
! insurrection last year.
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ADLER & SoN-Shoes. 7os Tth St. n. W.
ANDREWS. ESTELLA s.-Milinery, Ills O
ST. n. W.
ASSOCIATED DRUG sToRE-7,h and sts.
NV
CASTELBERG's-Jswele s5 Pa. Ave.
DERZAYITZ, D.-Millinsry. e3 7th St.
EIsESiAS BRoS.-sos 7th St and 1874 Pa, Ave.
FOSTER. PERCY s.-Everything Musical, I3O
G St
FRIEDLANDER BRos.-Clothiers and Haber-
dashsrs. rs sth ST.
GANSS CO--Milinery rs Tth ST. NV.
GOLDSMITH & Co.-JsEery. ms F St.
HAAS, L a Co.-TAilors. l2lI Pa. Ave-
HARRIS. R--Jswslry. 100 7th St.
HARRIS sHOP-womens Wear, 1872 F St.
EEss' SONS. N.-Bench-nade Footwear, ssl
Pa. Ave.
HOWARD & DEAN-Importers, l8e St.
IRVING HAT COMPANY-Hats that Top
Them AL ss Pa. Ave.
KAUFMAN. CHAs. & son, 81 Tth St.
KAUFMAN. H.-The Store for Thrifty People.
ms Tth 81.
KLEIN'S koRNER-Men's Wear, Tth and Z
KOHNER-Bes Hive Store. ss Tth St
LIvINGSroN's-Msn's Wear, ss 7th st.
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better TO amuse themselves. they
counted the words in the books which
real men had written. and prepared
tables of the forms and endings which
the users of words employed. The
lifeless dregs of books which their
distilling. left we now call grammar.
and study instead OF books and even
speech itself. In their lowest depth
OF indifference TO the moving, pulsing
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LOEB co.-Ladiss' Suits. cIoskS. ard Mill
nery. ia Tth st.
LOUIS. S.-Shoes, ao4 Tth St.
MERTz & MERTZ-Tailors, s6 F St.
MEYER, s. N.-MiIitary Shop, 1881 ST.
NODE. THE-Clothiers, llth and F.
McCRoRY Sc AND loo STORES.
NEY, MILTON R.-Ladies' Outhtters, sol Pa.
Ave.
oPPENHEIMER's-sev Machines, sth and
sts.
sAKs & Co.-Men's and Boys outattsrs, rth
St. and Pa. Ave.
SAMUEL. N.-Lsdies' Suits and Dresses. s3 F
ST
sCHLOsBERG BRos.-Faultless Clothes Shop,
732 Tth ST.
SCHMEDTIE BRos.-Jeaels-s, 7H 7th 81.
| SMALL. I.-Hartware. 7l3 7th st.
| SNYDER LITTLE-shoes, I'll st.
sPALDING-Sporting Goods, sl3 18th ST.
sTIEBEL-MhHnery. 1901 C St.
SWEATER sHOP-7th and H sts.
TRAvERs' SHOE sToRE-3Ii 7th st.
WHITE'S-outhtter to Women, sls F St n. W
VOLTS wALK-ovER SHOE sHoP-sg F
F st. n. ".
The Washington herald., 1917-09-02

In an endeayor 20 further the
propaganda for British trade in
China the recently organized Brit
fish Chamber Of Commerce at
Shanghai is issuing a Journal
printed in Chinese.
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Advertisers will find Mrs. Olsens prizeSnnins letter
in The HERALDS Shopping Contest reproduced above
particularly interesting. Mrs. Olsen turned to we'll
known local drug stores advertisement in The HERALD
to ascertain the current price article which she had
used and in which she evidently has great faith Here is
case OF newspaper reader seeking the advertisers an
nouncement for information While they did not hap-
pen to have the item she wanted listed in that days ad
vertisement. Mrs Olsen impressed in the savings
advertised other standard preparations that she went
to the trouble of phonng the store to learn the price of
the particular article she had in mind
Advertisers very often fail to give their newspaper
advertising credit for such sales Note particularly when
Mrs Olsen arrived at the drug question she made
several other purchases addition to the article which
she first sought.
This firm can very easily estimate what <1o> a
they would have lost on this one custo- fiKT TNM
had their announcement failed to 1GHNy
make its customary appearance on that n 4os
day.
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life Of man not even. the Aiexandrians
sank 50 low as that--Ernest c. Moore.
in the Yale Review.
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This Is Matter
OF Interest to
Every Washingtonian.
$50 THE PEOPLE
MAY KNOW"
The Merchants Who Are
Already Doing Their Bit
Saving Delivery Costs
To Their Patrons.
has called Merchants of the country to
vital necessities in the
through the carrying of and request that
delivery
fact at we % % ] Ds To TR 'Hs % KNOWN
as The Associated Merchants Delivery"
also complying
receiving the full heneh of the saving
handle
of appo,r
.y one per cent a a. 'sa" private delivery services cost
by the Council Of Nation
s % saving 'Is SS ss % H s so Eo .Ssn %
saved would be negligible to estimate
>GoLDENBERGs- The Dependable Store. 9TH and Streets
KINGS PALACE-Department Store. $40 9TH Street
ROBINSON. ]. E-Muic, 1906 C Street.
S. & H-5c, 10c and 25c Store 618 9TH Street
HIRSH SHOE STORES-1026-28 9TH Street
KRESGE Sc AND lOc SToRE-llh and Streets N W.
SIGMUNDS-Suh and Hat Shop, 736 9TH Street.
EDMONDSTON & CO-Foot-Fom Shoes. 1884 Street
GAMOND CO.-Ladies' Specialte 402 9TH Street
MORRISON PAPER Co.-1OO9 Penna Avenue.
ZlNiMERMANS- Millinery. I'LL G Street.
GRoSNRS Representing the House of Kuppenhem 1913 Pa Ave-
GOlDEMSPedsed to Quality l4h Street and New York Ave.
BEHRENDS DEPARTMENT STORE-720 9TH Street
WOOLWORTHS Sc AND 0c STORES.
LOUVRE, TE4E-Women's Wear, Ills Street
WAFORD D. N e~ey and Sporting Goods 9Oo Penna Avenue
LADIES' CAPITAL HAT SHOP-50S 11th Street.
SMAN COIN COFuiers and Ladies Wear 18th and Streets
%DERMIlK & CO-Books. 1912 C Street
.4UFMAN D. The Mans Store. I005-7 Penna Avenue
0DONNELLS DRUG STORES.
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.Mnke-Up of Convention.

The convention is composed OF
ninety-four delegates. These include
fifteen delegates-at-large chosen by
the British government, seven Labor
representatives, seven delegates from
each fastion representing the Nation
alist, Orange and Southern Unionlst
parties, and representatives of the
Catholic and Protestant churches IN
ireland. The remainder of the con-
vention, about one-half OF the whole
body, is composed of mayors and
members of town and county coun-
ellis chosen regardless OF politics.
An attempt was made, by choosing
the convention in this way, to bring
together all the parties and interests
in Ireland. Sim Fein, which means
in Gaelic ourselves alone" was Of
fered equal representation with the
other parties, but refused unless the
members were to be chosen by popu-
lar vote, unless the convention was
made free to pronounce for complete
Independence and unless the british
government would pledge itself in ad-
vance to accept the decision. The last
two demands are impossible, from the
English point Of view.
II the convention had been chosen
by unrestricted suffrage, it is quite
certain in the existing state of Irish
feeling that II would have been SUBJ
mitted to them on a referendum, when
ratified by the constitutional conven-
ton. THE extremists" he said,
would have combined against It,
just as they would do here If given
the opportunity"
object to Secret Session.
There is almost complete unanirnity
among the delegates regarding the re-
naming criticism brought by Sim
Feiners against the convention. Sim
Fein objects to the secrecy of its de-
liberations. Sir Francis Hopwood,
Prof. Phillips, Mr.. Devlin, Lord Mid
Teton and Sir Horace Plunkett point
ed out that the rule of secrecy, under
the existing conditions, is necessary.
THE hardest problem we have to
face" said Provost Mahaffy, of
Trinity, one of the delegates, "is that
If we are to succeed many Of us, per-
haps most of us, must modify strongly
expressed opinions and take up a new
stand. If the deliberations are to
leak out and the newspapers talk
about the attitude of individual mem
bers. what will result? If Unionist
or Nationalist changes his ground,
extremists among his own supporters
will denounce him as a renegade and
turncoat. We must protect our
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

quarters he was even hailed as secons
Napoleon, who, with his whit OF grape
shot" would soon put an end to the gar
rulous patriots Of the Workmen's and
Soldiers stripe.
Thus "The Portland Oregonian," in an
article captioned 1.-THE Man on Horse
back" speaks of Korniloff as having IN
despair undertaken to seize the reins from
the babbling horde of theorists and pol
iticians at Petrograd.' 1t further writes;
"The rebellion of Kornilof against the
Petrograd debaters is the fit sequel TO the
events Of the last few months in Russia, as
was the seizure Of supreme power by Crom-
we'll in England the natural end OF the sec
taries' quarrels in Parliament, or the coup
d'etat of Napoleon the only means OF BRING
ing order out of chaos TO which the first
revolution reduced France"
1.-THE San Francisco Chronicle writes
similarity: Russia needs a dictator, and
Korniloff looks to be the man best fitted
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

Russian state. It says that 1.-TWO mutually
incompatible principles met each other face
to face at the Moscow conference and as
sured themselves of the fact that they
could not live together. The two
principles are disintegration and construc-
ton. chaos and society, anarchy and gov
ernment, the nation and its destruction
The Times" regards Kerensky as COM
promiser between these two principles
and adds: Russia Will not De
saved by compromise"
Most Of the American papers, however,
remained true to Kerensky, and his sue
cess in overcoming the rebellion was
greeted as the triumph of the forces most
likely to lead to well ordered democratic
republic. 1.-THE Providence News" voiced
4 general sentiment in saying: The men
of other nations do not care to see MILL
tary ruler controlling Russia" THE Co
lumbus Evening Dispatch" hailed keren-
skv's victory thus: Russia has won her
greatest victory. She has, apparently,
nipped in the bud revolution that would
have hurled her back to autocracy, had 1t
been successful
Nevertheless, the proclamation OF the
Russian Republic by Kerensky was re-
ceived by the American press with a
marked lack of enthusiasm. THE Spring
field Republican" undoubtedly expresses
the general sentiment in saying: In no
land will the proclamation of the Russian
republic have heartier greeting than in
the United States the eldest Of the great
republics, and nowhere will aid be more
willingly and generously given" but not
many editors took the trouble Of saying
even so much. Probably this lack OF in
terest is due to the fact that the republic
has already had a nominal existence of
half year. Moreover, the proclamation
changes nothing for the present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

now is: but a widespread belief that ne
will sooner or later be swept away by some
other Korniloff exists. Thus 1.-THE Omaha
Bee" doubts whether Kerensky's greater
ascendency indicates greater stability Tor
his government and its reason for thar
view is that "stern discipline, regularly ap-
FLIED. is the only hope for Russia and the
Russians" A remedy which it evidently
does not expect from Kerensky.
1.-THE Pittsburgh Dispatch" assumes that
Kerensky will be succeeded by dictator,
military or political" and "The Portland
Press" admits that under Kerensky we
have little hope Of ever being able to Sc
cure much aid from Russia" The En-
poria Daily Gazette" which saw in develop
ments prior to the Kornlof uprising the
rapid descent Of Russian arms into RUNS
and the Russian state into chaos" writes
in similar tone even regarding the post
revolutionary situation, thus:
But no man can mistake the STEADY
march Of the Russian state toward ruin. and
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through ruin toward reactioh n the mod
crates have now failed, the chance that some
other Korniloff will play Napoleonic role
must be increased"
The pessimism Of "The Arizona Republi-
can" is radical and antedates the recent re-
belion. It writes:
I'VE never shared the expressed gratifca-
ton over the succession of democracy to
the empire, for We never could conceive that
democracy in such a field could thrive.
Russia was made up of despots, dreamers
and a densely ignorant and conglomerate
population, containing no element essential
TO a democracy
"The New York Times" remarks that
the surrender Of Kornioff is but the be-
ginning; and THE Montgomery Adver-
tiser," after saying that Russian history
is still in fluid state, remarks: eve are
yet to read more and more interesting
chapters of Russian history Of 1915"
while "The Houston Chronicle" is Of the
opinion that confusion in Russia is In
creasing, not diminishing
But other organs write in a more hope
full strain. "The New York World" writes:
"She RUSSIA seems to have rounded an
other corner safely, though the way ahead
is perilous and difficult" but this paper
sees a reasonable assurance for Russa's
future in the fact that the army "has
competent commanders who intend to re-
store discipline
The Birmingham Age-Herald" is even
more confident: Late developments have
shown that Kerensky is indeed man of
destiny, who seems to have been born to
work out Russia's salvation" And "The
Providence Journal" gathers hope from
Kerensky's middle-of- the-road policy, which
gives offence to other editors. 1t writes:
Zone thing seems plain-the Russian re-
public is challenge to the radical forces
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but because be Ia Cosssck This Is the
tribe around which intelligent opinion in
Western Europe has been clustering hope
fully for several months past The Cossacks
are stable and they are fighters"
In the English press the leaning toward
Korniloff was pronounced. The big inhu-
entail London papers mostly sympathized
with the rebel general, while other organs
sharply called attention to this phenom-
enon. Thus A. G.. Gardiner wrote In The
Daily News:
Il don't think any one who believes IN
the revolution can have watched the attitude
fected in the press this week without lnoig-
nation and concern.
"With few exceptions the newspapers have
declared definitely for General Kornilof and
against Premier Kerensky. The Lord North
ciife organs have fed their readers with
scsndalons ridicule of the Soviet and the
Premier and the mad dervishes on the
Morning Post have openly advocated the
cause of the rebel general with as much
enthusiasm as if he had been tariff reform
candidate. They were certain 1t was to be
walkover for the military dictator and
their glee was undisguised"
THE Manchester Guardian" dissented
from the general attitude of the press IN
the following terms:
"How has this great transaction, this
struggle Of q nation for its life, been viewed
in this country? So far as the government
is concerned, in silence; so far as the press
-unhappily, with too scant attention. Inc
Times which is still taken abroad as the
semi-ofTcial organ of our Foreign Office, so
recently as day before yesterday took 1t
unon itself 70 scold these very newspapers,
ourselves included. Wa have differed from
i in not desiring TO see the ruin OF the
established government OF our great ally
and the triumph of military revolt against
ia authority. The Times in the course OF
its long and distinguished career, has com
mitted many indiscretions, but none perhaps
so great, so gratuitous, as this
The American press was also strongly
influenced by the considerations which
made the English hope for korniloff's sue
cess: impotence with the instability OF
Russian political conditions since the rev
olution, the belief that the strong hand OF
a military dictator is needed for bringing
order out of chaos. With hearts made sick
through hope deferred not few American
editors turned to the rebel as the last pros
pect for getting Russia upon its feet and
keeping her fighting lines intact. In some
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23
A Deep Feeling Of Pessimism
~ Regarding Russia

But the deeper cause evidently lies in
the pessimistic feeling which has come to
prevail regarding Russia. In the midst of
the rebellion tone of marked dependency
existed in official quarters at Washington,
as was reflected in dispatch of c. W. Gill
bert's, The Tribune's correspondent, who
wrote as follows:
Few people outside of official circles I'M
derstand how little is now expected Of Rus
STA as a factor in the The extreme
position with regard 20 her is that of certain
representatives of the Allies, who feel that
all energy and money spent to keep Russia
on her feet and offering feeble front to-
ward Germany is throwing money away"
And Kerensky's triumph has by no
means overcome American pessimism re-
garding his further prospects, as the pa
pers amply show. 1t is admitted for the
moment, indeed, that Kerensky has come
out of the little rebellion stronger than
ever-stronger, that is, for the time that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-23

British government to verify for them
selves the German report, were able to an
nounce to their newspapers that no attack
had even been made upon Liverpool.
Thereafter" adds the correspondent of
the English weekly, "the Swedes began to
pay some attention to the news from Paris
and London, as well as from Berlin. Ger
nan credit-and, as consequence, Ger
man propaganda-had received a blow
from which it has never recovered. The
Battle of the Somme and all the subse-
quent fighting that has taken place on the
Western front have still further depressed
German credit in another sense. Ger
man invincibility is no longer taken for
granted"
Next comes the Russian Revolution,
which. as the writer thinks, "has prob
ably been the decisive factor in the change