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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
THE NEW PAN-AMERICANlSM

DY CUBA'S and Panama's espousal of
- our cause against Germany, Pan
Americanism achieves a lustrous triumph.
Added protection for the canal and
notable strategic assets in the West Indies
are. of course, immediate material gains
but the real meaning of this Latin-Ameri'
can action lies far deeper than even its
military and naval advantages.
We behold at last glorious ideal. In.
tenseIy typical of the New Worlds creed
of liberty, on the point of tangible realiza-
ton. We know now that Pan.Ameri-
canism is no mere figment of romantic
fancy. 1t has produced rich fruit in a
league of freedom, a willing partnership
quick to defend those concepts of civili-
zation born in our Western Hemisphere
and ever jealously nurtuDed here.
The imminent entry Of Brazil into the
conflict still further attests how the gos-
pei of true Americanism has spread. The
New World has now singleness of pur-
pose significantly evident to the eyes of
tyranny. The United States of free
Europe sounds ominous in Prussian ears,
hut Berlin rejoices that such a league is
as yet only product OF the liberalist
imagination. The United States of All
the Americas is fast becoming a tire.
mendous fact.
Furthermore, this great liberalizng
force is based not so much on the narrow,
one.sided construction of the Monroe Doc.
trine, involving our performance of the
somewhat patronizing role of the protect
ing big brother of weak. restless nation.
alities as on principle of manly CO.
operation. Cuban and Panaman senti.
ments and those now prevailing in Brazil
certainly demonstrate that fear of any.
over certain southern Latin lands is rap.
idly becoming archaic.
Our sense Of honorable partnership
with South America was convincingly
shown In our joint efforts with the en-.
tireiy adult A. b. C. Powers to solve the
Mexican problem. la the bloom of Pan.
Americanism there is no longer the
chance for that certain condescension in
foreigners" of which Lowell. referring to
Europe. complained
Our South American diplomacy has not
always been considerate or expert. and
Monroe's doctrine. out OF which Pan.
Americanism grew. was sometimes an
irritant to sensitive Latin peoples. But
Its later and more generous development
has produced the miracle of spontaneous
allies. whose chief cause for entering the
war + arm belief in our ideals Of liberty.
The Free Alliance 4 sprsadins. The
1IcoSiS y eforee Psacs y beconlnr I
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
COMPULSORY SERVICE

To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir-Now that we are officially at war
with the Hohenzollerns and Prussan junk
erdom, it hehooves all patriotic citizens to
prove their sincerity By prompt enlistment.
Australia and Canada. for three years at
war with Germany, have done very well
without conscription.
why, then, should the United States, alb
solutely free from all danger of invasion.
resort to the obnoxious system of filling the
ranks by compulsory service?
If only ten per cent OF the millions who
for more than two years have kept the coun-
try in turmoil by loud. bellicose mouthings,
brass bands and preparedness marches were
to prove their real worth by enlisting, we
would muster in a patriotic, ardent willing
army million strong within thirty days.
un-American Prussian-like conscription
Will give us an army of reluctant dis
gruntled, perhaps conscientious pacifsts
whom it would be both unfair and imprac-
ticable to draft to the colors, while the pro-
war shouters would be stunning the duties
which their conduct had imposed upon
them:
Before resOrting to conscrption, a refer
endum vote of the nation like that taken
by the Australians. should be the immediate
step of the national we'll as State Gov
ernments. A PATRIOTIC SOCIALIST
Philadelphia, April T.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
Answers to Saturdays Quiz

l. Men between nineteen and twenty-aye yean
old viii be subject to call for the fore
which II Is proposed to raise through tM
new army bill. 80 =" -"
:. NOAH Webster. Of Connecticut who dIed N
ls43 complied the first compreheRsiys,
popular dictionary Of the English Ianguaes.
D. Io,Gotha "the place Of the skuII') ID the
NH near Jerusalem upon which Christ
was crucihed. Its exact location Is ast
'. count Czernin ts the Austrian Foreign Min.
lster. who Is reported to De making 4
move Tor peace conference. :
d. David Porter was an American naval hsrs
q ths wars with France. England and
nSIp0li. His son, Admiral David DIxen
!orter. was one Of this cOuntry's most dIs-
Hhguished naval officers in the Civil War.
"' me Sorb9nne is u university founded In
pis pparis i9 the thirteenth century b.
. Joseph HAYDN. who died in 1900 was .
nonmcsd :.9hmhpsG,se.; The name Is rrc: rc:
sound. " "
o. An h 1mpending us event is said to he "in tho
" 'hIcory Is plant. the root Of which b
roasted. ground and mixed with coffee.
io. The anti Home Rule district OF ireland Il
northeast. " '' ~ Wv
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
ORGANIZERS AT THE FRONT

LNOR the present "the front" Is at
Washington. The great organizers OF
the country have responded promptly to
the call of the Government for their
services. which will be the most important
for some months TO come of all the many
endeavors that will converge toward the
common cause of winning the war.
1t is said that every man in the
trenches must be served by four men not
in action. The fghtlng line Is the thin
end OF wedge which widens out from
the front TO headquarters. That wedge
continues to widen out straight back to
the factories and farms Of the nation.
Eventually we see that each man at the
front is served by twenty or more
workers
This is a war of organization. The fight.
ing forces of the modern nation arc not
the detached armies of old which today
we would call mere punitive expeditions.
Twenty years of war against Napoleon
did not produce as much economic, social
and Industrial change In England as a
few months of the present conflict pro
duced there
We cannot stop at easy.going self.con'
graduation that the Administration has
promptly appealed to a number of the
greatest manufacturing and financial or
ganizers in the country and that they
have come to the Governments aid.
There must be line officers as well as
field marshals in the organizing army at
the capital. The cooperation of hundreds
of leaders right here In Pennsylvania
should be offered to the Government.
The restriction of profits upon steel
the preference promised the Government
in delivery of supplies. the mobilization
of department store buyers for the service
of the Government involving the prepara.
ton of a system of purchase and inspec'
ton that can he of inestimable value
these are some of the main lines of the
program. But the working out of the
details cannot be left to a few big men,
For this work there are many of military
age who can serve the country at home
better than at the front.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
"JOHN BROWNS ROnYn

Florence Howe Hall. author of "rbe
STORY OF the Battle Hymn of the Republic. -
recently answered an inquiry about the
origin OF the tune of the Battle Hymn Of
the Republic Tor John Browns Body) AS
1t was called, The tune, she says. "orig.
nally camp-meeting hymn. was adan,ea
TO a marching song by the bandmaster NJ
COL Fletcher Websters regiment CTweIftb
Massachusetts Volunteers early in the
summer OF 1851. The soldiers practiced n
In their drills at Fort Warren in Boston
Haroor before starting for the front. II
was afterward revised by military band
This information was furnished me h., ~.
late Franklin b. Sanborn. 1t shonid ne
noted that Colonel Webster was the son NJ
Daniel Webster" "'' Vi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
War and Christianity

~ d. E.-ta) 1t was Cardinal Gibbons
oI haitimore, who recently replied to the
assertion of President Emeritus Eliot OF
Harvard. that the war had proved Christi.
anty failure. Cardinal Gibbons pointed
out the great strides made In military
medical work as giving the present war Z
humane touch unknown in previous wars
a virtue which the war possesses in spite
or ITS horror and magnitude. (b) 1t is true
that IN the Civil War more United States
soldiers died of disease than in battle. In
round numbers 225.OOO died of disease
$1,000 were killed in battle $4,000 died
OF wounds and there were %. 900 unclass-
ned dead. tc) Authentic statistics for
deaths from various causes in the present
war Will not be available until hostitles
cease.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
THE SHOESTRING REPUBLIC

Chilli is as long as from New York to
San Francisco and as narrow as Lake Erie /,
Truly "shoestring republic" She is
squeezed tightly between the mountain
range and the coast. Her cities look up to
the hills and down to the sea- with as Ar
thur Ruhl puts it. 'the Andes hanging like
a beautiful drop curtain at the eastern end
of every street"
chill contains twenty-four provinces and
the largest province is big enough to hold
all pennsylvania, Vermont, Rhode Island
and Massachusetts.
The Chi.ians are the Yankees of Soutb
America aggressive, keen, making fortunes
from nitrate erecting a chain of wireless
stations from the near-tropical north tin
OF Nthe Chilian shoestring to the Antarctic
south tip and preparing for Panama trade
by expendng $4,000, 900 on port and doc,,
improvements, Chill is elbowing her way
IN among the most forward pushing nations
OF the twentieth century.-words Outlook
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
THE VOICE OF
THE PEOPLE
An Appreciation of Mr.. Daly's
POem-A Socialists Views
on Conscripts and
Volunteers
"A NEW NATIONAL ANTHEM"

To the Editor Of the Ercning Ledger:
Sir--If there's any patriotism in you at
all it's bound to come to the surface after
reading Flag o. My Land" Tom Daly's
stirring poem, which appeared in the
EVENING LEDGER on Saturday.
In many of the lines there is a whole
chapter of history
The message of Righteousness in the
coors. for instance. is told in the line
Blending your folds with the dawn in the
sky"
The duty of every real patriot Is pointed
out in the sentence. "Whither you beckon me
there will GO Fortunately. thousa nds of
red-blooded American men have already
obeyed this call of the flag. There are
many pampered youths in our midst. how
ever, who should try to realize what this
line really means. If they grasped its sig
nificance perhaps there would be better
business at the recruiting stations. And
those from other shores who have become
prosperous through opportunities offered in
the land of liberty would do well to dwell
on the line, Unto no other allegiance
owe" This should be the attitude of every
one who enjoys life under the protection Of
Uncle Sam.
Take us and make us your patriot
band" is the offer made in this song of
loyalty.
How many will stand by this offer?
il would be an ideal national anthem. 1t
breathes the spirit of peace and justice
with the warning that right must prevail
even at the cost of conflict.
Although | would not be accepted for en-
listment for the reason that | am beyond
the limit, nevertheless, I felt like reaching
for my gun after reading the inspiring lines
and reporting to the first military station
Following the poem | saw note to the
effect that the author gave the words to
Albert Dooner, who offered to set the
thoughts to music, Now, let us hope that
Mr. Dooner is a doer. and. should he take
up the task of supplying the harmony with
the same spirit in which the poem was
written there Is every reason to believe
that It will succeed the Star Spangled
Banner" Why not publish this DAILY poem
daily until we shall have our proper quota
of recruits from Philadelphia?
AN OBSERVER.
PHILADELPHIA April 3.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
Dearth of Labor

A. f. B-A bulletin Just issued by the
State Department of Labor says that from
March l. 1915, to the end OF January. 19l7,|
there was total of 1s.ss+ places awaiting
workers who could not be supplied.
There was an excess of applications for
work as compared with the number OF jobs
offered. up to and including February,
1915" the statement reads. "Since the open
ing of the spring quarter In 1915 there have
been more jobs offered than workers regis
tered.
'"rhis.excess WAS 400 IN the spring quar-.
ter of 1915. $500 In the summer quarter and
$500 In the autumn quarter. The demand
for female factory workers. which VS..
noticeable IN December. js1s was even
more pronounced IN January. 1911. Dor9ef
tic and personal service led In calls ~
help and in positions fllled Factory -
nsgcaatiis w9yk WA = !neqary;
pse4pd n feln ~ helR ~ l1|
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
EQUITABLE TAXATION

To the Editor ot inc hoe""'0 Leo9e"
Sir-There is one paragraph in the
Presidents address to Congress that is very
important. but one that | fear will not re-
ceiye much attention from the general pub
lie,
In 1t the President emphasizes his desire
that the costs of war should be raised. sin
so far as may be equitable by the method
OF taxation rather than by the method of
issuing bonds.
TO many citizens, even some Of those
who have given some attention to ques-
tions Of government, this looks like an i'm
possible proposition, and 1t assuredly will
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
THE TINES ARE PERILOUS

The times are perilous and one incurs
Some dire disaster qchen he dores an
praise
The number OF the years that may be
hers,
The times are periIous--
she may hare liped In ante belIum days,
Been kissed by Lafayette; her lovely turs
Combin aoith shortened skirts serre
but to raise
our curiosity, and act as spurs;
But be she maid or grandma age dis
plays
TO distant Uieto no sign. so ono inters
The times are perilous.
T.. y. MURRAY.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

the Liberator who made men free by
making land (the reservoir of human sus-
tenance) free.
The President. who so deservedy enjoys
the confidence and respect of the electorate,
can bring. or help to bring. all this about
not by the exercise of might or unreason,
but by the exaltation of morality as a gov
ernment requisite and the enthronement of
justice as government foundation.
OLIVER M'KNIGHT.
Philadelphia. April 5.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
Our Largest Army

7. Y, Jr.-The largest army ever as
sembled In the new world in one city was
at the close of the war when Il Is est.
mated, nearly 100000 United States troops,
under General Grant, marched in review be-
rore president johnson In Washington The
parade was led by General Meade. the
Army OF the Potomac 100000 men) the
Army of Tennessee $4,000 mem and the
Army Of Georgia $4,000 men) taking part
The review was held May 23 and "a, 1865.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
Mother GOOsesteps

Qn the march OF the II. &. la
There U1s man IN our tO,Un
And he qcds acondrous tcise,
He cleared the brambics from his lot
And soued potatoes eyes.
And tchen he sap them shoot and sprout
He toOrked ,oith might and mutn-
Soon jumped into the moneyed push"
For he'd made quite a gain.
W. UP
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

Put several grains of salt upon that
German sailors story Of the scanty and
unpalatable food aboard the Kaiser's
ships. Sailors are SJtorious grumblers.
Our father-in-law, who was master of
a sailing ship al twenty and who followed
the sea for quarter of a century always
pronounced at table this secondary grace,
Eat hearty and give the ship good
name"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
Tom DAILY 3 Column

EASTER
Udfbed out IN tho country
And all nas cold and ordy
But suddenly a little bird
Began to sting array
Why do Dou sing asked him
and thus he seemed TO say
1 do not kuow The reason
am simple thing
! oniy knoW this season
~ is my time TO sing
j Ddlkcd n Mtic further
The fields ccrc broun and dead
But suddenly Uioict
Rdtsed up It's Httlc head
why do you 0roW ! asked IL
And this Is ,chat II said
cannot tcH the reason
really do not knop
oniy knoW this season
~ is mn time 10 orou
met some Httle children
As happy as could be
And they Tere ,cuikin1 homcrard
From sunday school you sec
Said ,chp are you happy
And Hus hey spoke to me
7his is the happu season
For SorroD nor has ned
because our Lord is risen
is risen from the dead
rent mn sody rejoicing
Hour Kind our Lord and KING
TO rise again at Easter
which atrdys comes in sprin1
When riolets are oroiriHg
And birds begin TO sing
SO hail the hdppU season
When all our grfets are dead
Because our Lord is risen
Is risen from the dead
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

He kept US out of war'--until the
hines between freedom and tyranny be.
came so sharply drawn that our entry
into strife had the most unselfish moral
Justification in the history OF conflicts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

1t is estimated that there are
ooven million men between nineteen and
twenty-hve. the years designated for the
Gfst conscription. OF these. four million
ore available after those who do not come
mp to requirements and those engaged in
sequipping fighting men are eliminated
fAmerica's man power from this limited
class falls only a million short of Brtain's
entire enlistment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

. hdee. nrowins and ever-better traiiied
army over the head of the Kaiser as the
threat Of the deathblow II he does not
yield the fun measure of self-government
to his subjects will accomplish our mill.
tary and political purposes simultaneously.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

Laments over the disbandng Of
the Kneisel Quartet are modified by the
thought that 1t is impossible to hear deli
cate chamber music while lusty brass
bands of Mars are marching by.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

Berlin leads Vienna by the nose
again, this time to break off relations
with the United States. The helpless
Austrian Foreign Office sent us a note
while ago which was masterpiece of
ambiguity, seeming to be an attempt
70 convince us that Vienna highly APP
proved of U.boat ruthlessness and heartily
condemned it. But there was no am.
bigulty about the wild joy among the
people of the dual monarchy when they
thought the Allies would accept the
KAiser's peace offer. We have only hazy
knowledge about many Teuton affairs.
but that Austria is crazy for peace is the
one cruel certainty of Middle Europe.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

Had he foreseen this day, Henry
James. indignant over Americas long
neutrality, would probably have not
yielded up his birthright so hastily. He
must be resting easier in his English
crave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

I'm OLD TIMES the sun was wont to
dance on Easter morning. There are men
still living in Ireland who will tell you
they have seen It. and Lieutenant Gov
ernor Frank McClain says his own father
used to rouse him and his brothers and
sisters out of bed before dawn to watch
for the phenomenon. The 1t Gov. doesn't
recall now whether the sun ever did
dance in his presence, but SEE he. amy
OF fathers sons would have done 80, II
he dared TO deny the miracle"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
Reading Homer"

j. X. Threading into Homer what
Homer never knew" is way of ress-
ing the meaning of inaccurate trat alton
or misconstruction -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

A small blotter has been lying upon our
desk for several weeks, advertising man
who deals I'm produce market reports at
1856 South Second street. &c. T. Garlick." !"
1t says. We prefer leeks In the spring.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

America, having created the Frank
onstein of the submarine, should be the
nation best fitted to slay 1t.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
Shooting Pains?

The deceased was almost eighty years of
age, and was i'll but short time prior to
his demise. Kidney trouble. with deadly
accuracy, hastily terminated useful life
Stroudsburg Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

Archie Roosevelt is engaged" says a
newspaper headline. And the militant
Colonel is anxious to be.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
The booming of the bell has be,

The booming of the bell has been
heard in every corner Of the continent.
Independence Hall has sent out more
thrilling messages in the last ten days
than It has in as many decades. The
elAmor of the bell calling the crowds to
The patriotic rally was stirring feature
Iof that historic event. and the half hour
- tolling following the signing of the
var resolution by the President, which
the authorities ordered as the result of
" suggestion made by this newspaper,
was a solemn reminder TO the city of the
meaning of the nations decision. East
and West read of It, for the bell does not
often toll and never without good reason.
Traditions. when they are merely orna-
mental. die. Traditions. when they are
used, live.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
"GERMAN WITHOUT TEARS" An E,em.n.
tary German Reading book.

. NudPteu TTUII tHe FTehCh OF Lady Bell
by A. Fl. Hutchinson. Illustrated
-Longmans, Green e. Co.'S List
volumes OF comment might be built
upon those first three words, and the
most forceful Of all would be adapted
from the French" on the line Of the Ger
man retreat.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
LiliuOkalani

A. D.-Queen Liliuokalani was dethroned
as ruler of Hawaii In a revolution in 1898.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
"Casus Belli"

j. C.-"Casus belli' means grounds for
war" s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
"BOmbardment of Reims? BOche"

ttTom letter from our own Henri Bazin.)
And in the hope you may not
be unwilling to look into the past and see
again the beginning of something that has
never really stopped, ! inclose couple of
paragraphs that appear daily in our papers
With the difference Of hour and quantity
OF SHE'LL they are as regular as the break
OF day Perhaps you may think them wor.
thy of at least an editorial paragraph:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

The cloud upon our far-western
horizon slides further into oblivion with
,overy step we take in preparing our in
fervention. A new friendship wiping out
the old seeds of rivalry between Japan
ond America should be one of the COM
pensa tions of our unhappy times. No
.lnyal American viii renew the old irri-
|o<lng talk of suspicious supposed TO be
entertained about Japanese intentions.
~ must have the worlds greatest navy
assure the world the freedom of the
~ that only pure democracy can guar
&tee: but that navy will be planned with
feeling that 1t will ever be used
ninst an Oriental Power. 1t has been
u our naval weakness that has sug.
~ to American minds that a Japa-
o<A1merican war was possible.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09
the AVERAGE NET PAID DAILY CIR
cULArION OF THE Evening LEDGER
FOR MARCH WAS tOV.671


The horrors of the Bulgar-Cuban
VAr have yet to he adequately painted.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-04-09

And We used to hear ten Of "Esstsr