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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
THE IRISH MAJORITY

To The Editor Of the EUcntng Ledger.
Sr-"If the United States has enough to
do with its own affairs" why do those men
of Ulster living in Philadelphia threaten
our Congressman and our President by
sending committee to Washington to pro-
test against justice to the majority of the
Irish people!
Why did they leave Ulster?
I am an American citizen. born in the
north OF Ireland, and | am in favor Of the
majority of the people of Ireland receiving
from the British Government the right to
make their own laws and govern their coun-
try without any outside interference from
London or Philadelphia. w. w. HANNA.
Philadelphia, May 8.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
A bill has been introduced in Ha,

A bill has been introduced in Har-
risburg to permit building and loan asso-
Citations to invest funds in war loans. The
stability and prosperity of Philadelphia
have been due in large measure to it's
sarly establishment of such associations
and savings funds. The purpose of a
building and loan association is to main
tain fund for the building of homes and
not for speculation of any sort A crisis
might arise when patriotism would re-
quire even these associations TO aid the
Government; but there is no such crisis
now. and we regard with apprehension
the proposed legislation. 1t ought not to
pass, and IL 1t should pass the Governor
should veto 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
Brazil's Navy

F. B. S.-(a) Brazil's nayy according
TO the best Information obtainable. consists
or two 2l200-ton dreadnoughts. two 1892
ton battleships, two cruisers, two protected
cruisers, training cruiser a mine ship,
three large torpedo gunboats. two smaller
torpedo gunboats, four torpedo boats, ten
fast e6O-ton destroyers. a 26OO-ton trans
port, hve river monitors. four river gum
boats, torpedo depot ship, a 3sOO-ton SUBJ
marine depot ship and several submarines.
There are nearly 10000 men in the navy.
(b) The area of Brazil is nearly 3,22OOOo
square miles. The population is estimated
at more than 20,525, 900 persons
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

Insurance conditions which permit
q young clerk to own and misay two big
Office buildings during manipuations of
the Pittsburgh Life and Trust Company,
Involving the use of an Office dummy"
call for more than temporary remedies.
A drastic revision of the State insurance
laws was on the program of the Legis.
lature at Harrisburg. where most OF the
needed reforms remain.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
HOME RULE FOR SCOTLAND

To the Editor Of the EUening Ledger:
Sir-In nearly all your editorials you
support very strongly home rule for Ire
land. VIII you in the near future write
an editorial on "Why Ireland Wants Home
Rule? What is Ireland suffering today
more than Scotland or Wales under the
Union Government? What would Ireland
do to improve her condition II she had
home rule?
If we are to be Irelands champions we
ought to know her cause.
Philadelphia, May 3, INTERESTED.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

OF the five plays to be featured
In the forthcoming Masque of American
Drama to be given next week at the
University Of Pennsylvania, it is note
worthy that three of them, THE Prince
Of Parthia," THE Gladiator and Fran
cesca da Rimni" are Of Philadelphia
origin. New York is the theatrical cap
ital now, but much of the history Of the
American stage, from Thomas Godfrey
to Langdon Mitchell. is inscribed In the
annals of our own city.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
LIFE

Life is a trifie;
Honor is all;
Shoulder the rife;
Answer the call,
"A nation of traders!
Well show what we ara.
Freedoms crusaders
Who war against war.
Battle is tragic;
Battle shall cease;
Ours is the magic
Mission of Peace.
Gladly We barter
Gold Of our youth
For Liberty's charter
Blood-sealed in truth.
"A nation of traders"!
Wen show what we are.
Freedoms crusaders
Who war against war.
Sons of the granite.
Strong be our stroke,
Making this planet
Safe for the folk.
Life Is but passion,
Sunshine on dew,
Forward to fashion
The old world anewl
"A natton OF traders"!
rrsssom's va, show sv,,vI what s... We are,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
Farmer

p. W.-It is impossible to say with GER
tainty whether or not a twenty-t three year.
old man farming in the summer will be ex-
empt from military service. All men be.
tween the ages to be designated by Con.
gress will be required to register on a cer-
tain day to be named soon. Exemptions
from service then will be made. 1t is
probable that men who were married before
the call for volunteers. men with dependents
and men whose daily occupation is consid-
cred by the Government as necessary to the
prosecution OF the war will be exempt from
service
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

but would also tend to divert slowly
number Of dstillers' employees to other
Industries so that IL prohibition is neces.
sary 1t will not come too suddenly and
leave many thousands Of workers idle and
unable to support their families.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
A Man From the North of Ire
land Asks for Maj ority Rule.
Kitchen Gardens-Home
Rule for Scotland

This Department Is free TO oil readers -Gho
iCIsh to CrpreSS their opinions subjects Of
cWrcrt interest. ~ is Oprt forum and the
ErclinD LodDCr assumes no rcspoHS ability for
The ri"iCs Of its correspondents. Letters must
be signed by the uamc and addrcas Of the
tCritcr, not necessarily for publication. but as a
guarantee OF good faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
KITCHEN GARDENS

To tho Editor Of the EUening LEDGER:
Sir-Announcement is made that n COM
mittee for tho promotion of kitchen gardens
has been formed and prizes in an aggregate
of $500 will be offered for the best results
of vegetable gardens managed exclusively
by women on competition. The particulars
will be announced more fully in few
days. CITIZEN.
Philadelphia. May 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

Now we know. Doctor Firth, ad.
dressing the New Jersey Osteopathic AS
sociation, declares that human beings
absorb with meat the characteristics of
the animal consumed. "and the Prussians
have always been partial to pigs knuckles
and sausage" Sausage and beer, he
says, produce savagery. Truly a terrible
arraignment of the pig.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
Tom Daly's Column
The Wish

The Wish
Oh. man OF my heart, have asked this
of God,
little white house that faces the sun
And yourself to be coming In from the field
When the days work is done.
have told II to God. the wish Of my soul
The little white house at the butt of
the hill,
with handful of land and some grass
where the goat
Could be eating her I'LL
White walls and nasturtums, the yellow
and red
Climbing upward to cling to tho straw
of the thatch,
And n speckledy hen with dozen fine
eggs
That's she's wishful to hatch.
The two of us there by the side of the
hearth
And the dark lonely night creeping up
TO the door.
Your smile and your handclasp; oh! man 81
my heart
am asking no more.
w. NJ. LET'S.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

1t was perfectly consistent with
Marshal Joffre's character that the great
French general should have waited his
turn In a Chicago barber shop the other
day. Waiting for the right time to move
10 his specially. 1t was this policy that
won the Marne
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

Persia. inspired by Russa's exam.
pie, wants to be republic too The dust
of empires" seems TO spread the con-
tagion Of revolt as rapidly as the dust
Of Philadelphia spreads disease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

The sentiment OF revenge WHICH
moved US exactly two years ago today,
when the Lusitania went down, is now
replaced by something vastly nobler, by
= surge of idealism. by an espousal Of the
radiant cause Of democracy that makes
sur entry into war supremely justified.
Time has not dulled our sorrow over
~ most dastardly of Germany's sea
murders. but It has given us a sense of
Drpportion which many of us lacked
whom the outrage was committed. We
ere not SO proud of having avenged the
Maine" now as Of having freed Cuba,
ana today. happily. "avenging" the Lusi
tania 10 not the burden of our thoughts.
H y the hope Of world democracy which
noW thrills US.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
German Rulers

J. S,-Only four of the German States are
klngdoms. The Kingdoms and their rulers
are Prussia, William II, German Emperor;
Bavaria, Louis III; Saxony, Frederick
august III. and Wurttemberg, William
II. The rulers of the other States-grand
duchy, duchy or princpality. as the case
may be-are grand dukes, dukes and
princes The names Of the States of Ger
many were printed few days ago.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
A number of societies and associ,

A number of societies and associa-
lions are petitioning the Government to
Eve grain by enforcing war prohibition.
while waiting for that possibly necessary
MEASURE they can prove their good faith
NJ p,sdsing their memberships to refrain
Inn drinking. Liquor that 10 not de-
onded viii not be made. The move
ut viii PROGRESS just SO far and SO
~. - various communities see the
~ ~ Rntting down consumptiop.
W - cFly bexe e. yi.,s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

and from whose hearts the young sons will
be suddenly torn away!
Who can call this happiness? Who can
call this protection?
SAMUEL II. CHOvENSON.
Millville, y. j.. May |.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
Virgin Islands

r. o. C.-There are no railroads on the
principally for hauling sugar. On ST. John
the only means Of transportation is by
horseback. the roads being rough and rum
ming through hilly country. On st. Thomas
there are about fifteen miles OF good roads,
over which carriages are driven There as
49, .ssssI tor nire st croix has one huI-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
LAUDAToR TEMpoRTs AcTI.

According to Freud. we may suppress
our desires-at any rate, those desires
which because of law or convention. or
timidity or physical difficulty are i'm
possible of fulhl'ment--but by suppress
sion we do not get rid Of them They
are merely reegatod to the unconscious.
whence they constantly exert an impor-
tant influence on all our thoughts and
actions, When the mental censorship
relaXes they emerge into consciousness,
disguised or symbolzed. in the form of
thought called wish.thinkinG.
-Conrad Aiken.
According to Goldocks, who but lately
began adventures i'm that exact science
having to do with computation by
numerical units, but whose confidence in
those mazes is as great as her knowledge
of the rules of grammar is small, two and
two is or are, four.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

It is no idle Jest TO predict that the
proposed employment of single women as
car conductors in Cleveland will bring
forth many rings.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

Coal will be increased forty cents
. ton. The only thing not going up is
the Darby L.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
What Do You Know?

Queries Of general Interest ,oiH be dnscerel
IN this column. Ten questions, the anst1ers to
Uhich every oell-informed person should know.
are asked ddtIu.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

No vacationst with a bent for
travel will have to be urged TO "see
America first" this summer. The sub
marines have won a complete victory
for the home tourist propaganda.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
Lookin' Ahead

Since Uncle Sam has took a hand
In this here war
I've done n heap of thinkin', and
I'm mighty sore.
But this here thought comes homo to me
If I was born in Germany
I'd still be sore as | could be;
No less-no more.
Ye see, when folks gifts In fight
Each tries to win.
Each feller thinks that he is right
An pitches in.
They bang an slam an cut an slash
Until they settle some ones hash,
An everything in sight they smash.
It's sure a sin.
Now war amt moral so they say
q guess that's right,
But jest figger this here way:
We've got to fight.
/ wasn't born in Germany
An when we fight I'm gonna be
Their downright mortal enemy
With all me might,
But when the war comes to an end,
With peace again,
I'm gonna change from foe to friend
That's me! What then?
Why then I'll try with all me might
TO jest fergit We had a fight
An thatll help to make things right.
Amen. Amen F. NUT.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
A GREAT FIGHT
FOR DEMOCRACY
President Wilson's Declaration
Reminded England What the
War Is About-She Had
Forgotten
BY GILBERT VIVIAN SELDES

Special Correspondence Evening Ledger
LONDON, April TO-
LNXcEPTTNG newspaper correspondence
IL we have no way of knowing. 80 far,
how the declaration Of war has affected the
United States. l do not suppose that the
delirious happiness which came over us
Americans here has been entirely paral-
leled at home, because hero we are con-
scious chiefly Of tho great opportunity. We
are far enough away from the difficulties.
In the first days after the declaration of
war l think l assisted In breaking out as
many as ten American nags-from offices
and apartments and shops where Americans
do their work and have their being. Lon
don Is by no means star-spangled even to
this day but I am told that the Lord Mayor
is going to follow tho French example and
suggest the new decoration. Our flag has,
Of course. been run up wherever the Allied
collection Is being shown, and between the
acts at the music halls the pictures of
our leading men--army and navy, politics
and flnance-arc being shown. Mr.. Roosc-
welt ia getting n glad hand,
what pleases the thinking people most
of all IS the declaration which President
Wilson made and which Congress ndorsed.
II almost seems as If they could not be
sure. until VIC came In. that this war was
a war for the preservation Of democracy.
You could almost hear tho sigh Of relief
that went up,
one man said to me: 1--WE knew IL thirty
months ago. Since then VIC have been
too busy lighting Somehow we stopped
thinking about the great thing We were
fighting for. And now you come in and
say This is the object; this and no other"
It throws us back into the fresh clean air
Of 1914. Excuse me II I sound sacriicgious.
: rogtoratb our
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
They Want Our Soldiers

And now what do they want OF us? OF
course, there had to be those who murmured
their hope that the United States would
draw the sword as well as the check
book. When you consider that now, with
great and terrible things in action on the
western front. there Is still call for an
other half million men, you can understand
that those who are touched by this call
and those who have been touched deeper
still by the loss of their dear ones look
upon us to share in the work of the army.
But these are exceptions. People here have
grasped more quickly than / had hoped
the fact that since we went to war in de-
fense of democracy on the high seas our
battles should be there. They want our in
genulty in ferreting out submarines and our
faithfulness In sending supplies. Many of
them think, as many Americans think, that
it would be a great good thing for all of
us If at least a small army came over soon.
There was a smile of joy when the Ger
man communique made its first mention Of
American airmen among the enemy, and
something like a cheer when the LAFAYETTE
squadron announced its intention Of flying
in American uniforms. But l have yet to
hear word which will justify sneer at
Britains desires from us.
They have accepted our ideals in many
things. incidentally, l have Just received
a clipping from a friend. 1t is from one
of the cheaper picture-papers, appealing to
some 100000 people with each issue. II
announces that the words too proud to
fight" are the noblest words ever spoken
There's a change of heart, indeed. They
accept our ideal of a league of honor, a
league of nations, however formed, which
will pledge itself TO the peace of the world
And these are the people. who, five years
ago, were assuring each other that the
British navy was the great guardian of
peace for the world and that nothing else
mattered
1t may be inevitable that any one who
has enjoyed the courtesy and the kindness
of Britons at home should want to defend
them. l am conscious of the many things
which are said against this people. / am
not defending the mistakes Of the past But
IL / may disregard the advice of Samuel
Weller, Sr., and break into poetry I would
like to quote the words Of a poet, himself
radical critic of all that Is unclean and
unwholesome In British life. He is speak,
ing of two friends who answered the call
only because there lowered before their
eyes:
England, an immemorial crusader,
"A great dresm-statue, seated and serene.
But stiil shons out with hands and garments
summoning now with an imperlous message
To one last hght that Europe should be free,
Whom though II Lieant swift and bitter
They had 10 serve for she served Liberty.
1t is not an answer. But II is what these
people believe 40 be the truth. It = what
they want p u The truth, u y U|hat TO,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

June roses will not be as welcome
as Early Rose potatoes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

THE VOICE said: II called you to
say that your story of the gentleman at
Wayne who lost an important part OF
his pipe reminds me that / have lost
my pencil. Eth? Well, that reminded
me that | wouldn't be able to write out
for you something else it reminded mo
of, and I was wondering If you'd take
it over the telephone. oh, will you?
thanks.
- During the last Illness Of Bayard Taylor in
Bcrlln the attending physician was asked, by
tho patient the nature of the trouble, md
whether or not he could recover. The doctor
replied that tho colon was affected and that n
complete recovery could not be expected. Tay
lor then remarked: 1T seems strange that
literary man should be brought to n fun stop
by colon
- Rev, DR.. Osgood made nm address Mt tho
Bayard TAYLOR memorial meeting In New York
and In the course of his remarks said: "Bayard
Taylor q tonic" "Teutonic" remarked
Richard Henry Stoddard scarcely above "a whis-
cncc.
Mrs Taylor German. and after living
IN thiS country over forty years returned to
Germany about year
"Wlat'S that oh. | wag ppar-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

We were in error, in several errors,
about William Rose Benet. He himself
has pointed them out to us. He was mis-
quoted in Reedy's Mirror, it seems Be
sides-but here's his portrait of himself
and his speech.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07
Doubts of Britain Removed


But beneath this great and serious reioic-
ing | find longing still unfulflled 1t Is
that the United States should recognize how
fully and how faithfully Britain Is fighting
for this object The British correspondents
remark. occasionally. that Americans are
more convinced of the good faith and de-
mocraCy of Russia and OF France than
they are of the single purpose Of Britain
herself
| confess that | shared these doubts and
/ confess that l was happy to lose them
My friends have written to me that / am
becoming pro-Brtish. | shall not deny
it. Because | am convinced that Britain
with all her sins upon her head is funda-
mentally for democracy. for freedom and
for justice. She is as far from attaining
these ideals as any other nation. But she
has never given up Not even in this war
There is terrible lust for acquiring land
at the end of this war. Nine out of every
ten men and women ] have spoken to have
said the same thing. They want something.
This is what they want their graveyard
at Gallipoli. Nothing else In nearly eight
months I have never heard another desire
mentioned. l have never caught an under
tone which would suggest that any one in
this country seriously proposes to add to
the British domains as a result of the war.
| have heard people say that it would be a
good thing for MesopOtamia If the British
engineers who remade Egypt were to go
out there, But the same people rather
cordially welcome the idea of an Arabian
empire with France as the protecting
genius There is little talk of capturing
German trade. The jingoes who shouted at
the beginning of the war have sobered up.
They talk now Of remodelng British in
dustry, of establishing a capable ministry
OF commerce, of doing things for themselves.
| do not know what the Government thinks.
| do know that the Government of after
the war; will be elected by the people whom
| have met and by millions like them. Therei
are conservatives and reactionaries among
them, to be sure There are selfish interests
and private greeds. But the country is not
an organized predatory interest.
In previous articles l have described the
feelings which Britons have toward the
United States. I did not dare to tell the
whole truth because. as the old song goes.
you wouldn't believe me" | could hardly
believe myself We are not considered a
foreign country. a friend of mine has
pointed out to me the aliases, the almanacs
and the books which are divided off into
three seCtons-the British Empire. the
United States and foreign countries" Mr..
II. G.. Wells reminds us that no American
is ever considered a foreigner here, although
Britons are so considered in the United
States We are held to he the greatest
nation earth by nine-tenths of the
liberals in this country.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

TWO little girls who are running a
potato patch in partnership have had a
slight disagreement and one of them
has written to Farmer Smith to ask.
How shall we devide up the poetatoe
bugs when they conner"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-05-07

Z THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the Bell
Telephone Company of reduction in its
rates prompted Z telephoner TO rins an
pp ipst g. Fanez>I - ~ q. eheep,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-10-25
LOOK FOR BREAK WITH KAISER
Mexico Expected to Sever Relations
at Early Date.

Mexico City, Oct. 23.-Mexico will
sever relations with Germany within
very few days If the present plan Of
the vast majority Of senators ma
terializes. That it will materialize is
not doubted in any quarter.
At private meeting the senator's
discussed the bill introduced, urging
the government to declare benevolent
neutrality toward the Allies. After a
number of important speeches the SEN
ators agreed to go as far as severing
relations. It is believed that resolu-
ton to this effect will be voted by the
Senate very soon. Public opinion
throughout Mexico has taken a sharp
and decided turn in favor of the Allies
and this new sentiment is growing
stronger daily.