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MORAL AIMS OF WAR

Tomorrow evening. 1T fourtn S'Fee'
N. E. church. two distinguished minis
tiers will speak on the moral aims III
this war, a question that affects the
stability Of the Christian religion the
world over, and whatever strikes at
the Christian faith necessarily lmper-
lis the governments OF clrlllzatloh'
These ministers are working under
the direction Of committee OF the
Federal Council of the Churches OF
Christ in America, in cooperation with
the government Of the United States
and in conjunction With like propa-
ganda iutistuted by Great Britain II
Is wholly non-sectarian and unoenomi
national. and is a part. OF a campaign
to quicken the American war spiTlt'
TO place before the people the tower
ing menace OF the Hunlish ideals to
the moral foundations of society anu
the institutions Of free government as
they function in this country and 9th
er lands governed by the democratic
spirit
1t is q splendid front that the Chris
tian churches of America have pre-
sented in this war FOR righteousness
and justice. They have. without e"
ception. rallied in tea. ,ipport OF the
government and in patriotic tcrvor in
behalf Of the Traditions ANA ideals OF
this great nation, which seems 20 have
been raised up by the Almighty aS
the champion OF the freedom and lib
erty not only for ourselves, but for OPP
pressed humanity in all clinics. The
moral issue in this war is funGameEt-
al. 1t concerns every one Of us. II
appeals particularly 70 the Christian
citizenship Of this country. For this
reason Fourth Stree: church to-mor-
row evening ought 10 be filled with a
representative audience to hear these
missioners of patriotism and its un-
DERIVING principles.
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RECKLESS pRoFITEERING

The disclosures Of the Federal Trade
Commission show clearly why it was
necessary to fix the price Of wheat and
restrict the profits OF the milleSs and
flour dealers. And what applies to
this class is applicable to other prof
iteers who would not hesitate to coin
money out of the misfortunes Of the
country. and who practically take a
blood profit. Five years ago the mil
lers We're doing fairly we'll with ten
per cent profit On their investment, or
eleven cents barrel. That is about
s2.760,000 year profit for grinding
550,000,000 bushels Of wheat into 49,
100000 barrels Of flour, the average OF
the last three years. When the war
began the President appealed to all
business men to "forego unusual profit
to organize and expedite shipments Of
every kind. particularly Of food. 49,
shall confidently expect you to de-
serve anG win the confidence OF peo-
pie Of every sort and station"
Did the millers respond? Not In the
way expected. They had already taken
advantage Of the worlds shortage OF
their product to work up the price so
thar their net profit for the crop OF
1851 was 50 cents barrel instead
Of eleven cents. although they were
doing no more TO earn the 50 cents
than they did to take tho former toll
Of eleven cents.
These advances mant profit for the
1000 -four mills Of s60,32O,0O0 instead
administration seems 10 have dealt
very moderately with these food pi..
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ARE WE TOO LATE?

Whatever may have been the inten-
lions Of the administration when it
finally recognized the imminent peril
to this country and the real deternlin-
President Wilson said in April year
ago "weSare accepting this challenge"
anG which was accepted with war. it
IS a solemn question whether our per
formances in getting into the fighting
have been up to what has been expect
ed Of u.s. Col. George Harvey. in the
current issue Of the North American
Review. very pertinently asks wheth-
er we have at last reached the turning
point in the war. and if so. have We
been too late in reaching il? Speaking
Of the Presidents recent Baltimore
speech. when he recognized for the
first time that force" was required TO
combat the Hun, force to the utmost
force without limit OF stint" the editor
OF the ReSle~ says:
Why was it necessary to speak them
full twelvenlonth after Congress. re-
spending promptly to the importantly of
the President. r::adr formal declaration
o. war Does not III" mere engaging in
war imply the use of force" What else
Gould tho President have had in mind
when nc proclaimed the quick preparing
OF the Navy and the Immediate raising
OF a comparatively great army and
urged the people 20 husband all their
resources for participa ton in the mighty
conflict? Why tho present manifesto
tions of surprise. relief and rejoicing
among ourselves and notably among our
Allies?
Col Harvey expresses the hope
that now imbueS Ill OF us, that ut the
end Of year of potter!ns about IN IL
dicient foundering. and in fatuous ex-
pectation Of quick collapse of the
enemy when shown the ruler In the
schoolmaster'S hand" the great drive
has finally opened the Presidents eyes
to the stark. staring menace not mere
~ to France and to England. but to
our own beloved country. And what
is the prayer that the Review suggests
at this critical juncture:
Upon hended knees. III humility and
shame. let us all. and let him. beSeerh
Almighty God 10 permit us and him To
atone in the Immediate future for the
sins Of the past. Never. never. since
America won her dependence and
peace with victory has she been go hu-
INFLATED she is to-day. Warming aft
sr warning mas passed UNDECIDED. plead
ing after pleading has been mad" in
vain. prediction after prediction " the
terrific struggle ROW in progress has
been placidly assumed ny oar own pa
thetically dI$organizrI War department
with what IcSults" on" hundred thou
line when There Siuuid have been and
could have been half million. and thH,
small number broken up INFO SrSntents
and scattered from Ni'Iport to Bcifurt.
as mere flllerS in. Inadequate sep
arate command :" maintain single
sector or part IF a sector against the
Huns.
Patient and propitiatory as our AL
lies have been. and as flattering as
their press has been compelled to be-
they have known our shortcomings and
sstely they have not hesitated to e1
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Lloyd George. in announcing con-
Scriptiun for ireland. referred TO the
United States ms more Irish than Ire
land" 1t is interesting to eNamln: the
grounds for such 4 comparison.
Any unr familiar with the early his
tory Of tn" United States. running wall
hack into colonial times. knows how
frequently tn" term Irish appears III
the contemporary references to the pep
ulatiou. 1t is easy TO get the impress
sion that the Irish constituted an I'M
portant element in the population be-
fore the Revolution. This impression.
however, is incorrect If tho word Irish
is used in it's strict sense.
The penplc who in colonial days were
in fact, really 'Scotch-Irish. group "l
people of whom it has been APPLY Salu
that they ARE very little Scotch and
much loss Irish" They arc really IN"
most composite people OF all the natives
OF the British Isles.
Their original homo was Scotia. 4
small district between Scotland ana
England. and their racial stock is Il mix
'tura of the primitive Scot and Ptct. tn"
primitive Briton and Irish and Il large
admixturr OF Norwegian. Dane, SAXON
and Angle. At the time or the ulster
PIantatio r" III the reign Of James the
First, many OF them were transferred
to Ulster. and hence acquired the name
Irish" or later "Scotch-1rish.
This element mad" up most uf the So
called Irish immigration To this country
until. we'll into the nineteenth century.
They were Il hardy. advcnturcsome lot.
with wcll-dovclopcd pioneer instincts,
and tremendous will power. They con-
trIbuted n noteworthy proportion or
those who have achieved cmincncc for
practical accomplishment in this coun-
try.
Tho emigration Of the true irish to
America in considerable numbers began
about 1870. The population Of Ireland
had been increasing at a rapid rate. ana
the evils Of ovrrpupulatiun were Begin
ming TO be keenly felt. Ut the same time
there was a growing demand for COM
mon labor in this country to carry on
the newly undertaken construction or
roads railroads. and canals. This de-
mand could not hc easily supplied from
The native population. who were mostly
interested in things which promised
greater remuneration or at least more
freedom and Independence.
The abundant unclaimed land was the
chief factor which prevented any large
number OF Iiherty-lovinE Americans
from being cocrced into the subSrrrient
position of hired lahnrers. To the Irish.
however. suffering from oppression as
we'll as over-population- the opPortuni-
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but as an Incident only in the Battle
of the Nations. which will not be dccid
cd until the armies Of the Allied nations
are crushed or the German tide starts
running back.
This is the stale OF mind in which W..
must read the dispatches from the front
day by day. It is no paradox to say
that we cannot afford to lose heart over
the setbacks OF this week or next, be-
cause We need all our courage tor
good many weeks 10 como. The sober
and basic consideration to keep in mind
Is not the .lally shift OF the battle-linr.
but The fact that Germany has set out
on an enterprise which she Is bound To
carry on to the last ounce of power. She
has staked everything. and she will dare
everything. She, too, will give up all
thought Of the war elsewhere. It Is no;
enough TO count the German divisions.
II Germany feels the need. she will
brig up Austrians and Bulgarians and
Turks. It will be the Central allies
against the Entente allies in a very real
sense. II she sees Guiding her tho VIC
tory which she has promised herself.
after ono haul blood bath" Germany will
not hesitate to withdraw every man
from Scrvia and Russia She started to
win world dominion on the battlefields
Of France, and she has returned to that
idea under compulsion-
We must think Of this world battle in
terms Of months. precisely as we may
I've sure Germany Is thinking. and as the
ALLIED governments are now thinking.
This is tie meaning Of the call for Am
ercan troops who cannot enter into the
battle for months to come. This is the
thought behind Bonar Laws statement
that the government will not begin TO
apply CONSUMPTION in Ireland till August
l. The Allied leaders are looking ahead
and so must we. In the face OF good
ncws-short OF another miracle like tho
Marne-or Of bad news short Of catas-
trophc-we must read the news OF the
day In the knowledge that the Battle or
tic Nations is not going to be lost In a
week or won in q week
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[ Editorial il New York Tribunc.)

Editorial il New York Tribune.)
So far as thu, war on the land Is con-
crrncd the World War has merged and
concentrated into the Battle nj TN:
Western Front. But for lhH very reason
that tn. SupTcm" strength ind dGtrrm!-
nation Of the CnnhalantS are cunrcrE-
,ng towards Il focus it ~ necessary tliai
we should Learnt I" think Of this "bntilr'
in France and Belgium in other terms
than we have applied - earlier battles.
';iliria. Ncrtun. The S"mm". Not even
tho Marine. which is the only struggle
that will compare for the inomrntnus is
sues inv lived with The one we now en-
gagged in, offers Il complete parallel. The
Marine was the last great battle az III"
old style. II WAS fought ny armies in
the OPEN II was decided IN less than Il
week. It employed tn. weapons Of ma
nruvrc.. or in other words. 1t was an
attempt on both sides IL carry out a
plan. in which the Germans failed and
Iufire succeeded. To-day We arc Witness
ms the strategy Of brute force. Fore
Thought and cunning no doubt. play
their part. but In essence 1t Is Il contest
If att-itiun. rs llinlcnbu"g has nut it,.
Tn. Germans ha," SGT ont Ia make II Il
killing match in the expectation that
,hry will hr the slower to bleed white.
i:v tirrmnny'S own confession. she VIII
have lost the war II N" Allies cam stand
u1 un,lrr the strain.
nth"r theatres Of TIL" war du not mat
ter. Whatever now happens il Asia Mi
nor III III SalOnlcA will liz validated ur
nulliticL by the results in the west Con-
slider what the appointment Of F"ch ~
%cnerllSSimo and the dispatch If lial-
ian troops 10 France means. They mean
the suburdInation Of every other inter
est 10 the one purpose of winning on the
western front. Until they were con-
frontrd by this supreme test. the Allies.
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ties Offered BY the conditions and wages
Of common labor in the United states
were attractive. and the chances OF es-
Gaping entirely from this class into
more advanced social status were still
more SO.
The chief barrier 10 emigration was
their poverty. and the dangers. hard
ships. and difficulties of the voyage
The obstacle Of poverty was partly over
come by the action Of the orerseers OF
the poor. who transported large num-
hers of Irish paupcrs at the expense OF
the parish. but much more by the rapid
ly augmentinS funds Of money &C
cumulatcd by earlier Irish immigrantes
and available for luuns to friends ana
relatives. The difficulties OF shipping
were slowly diminished by protective
LEGISLATION on the part of the United
States. by Improvement in the type OK
sailing vessels. and finally by the hr-
pIcatiun of steam to ocean navigation.
Accordingly. before tho middle Of the
nineteenth century WAS reached. the
channels Of Irish emigration wrr" worn
fairly deep. and tho way opened for IN
enormous thrush should tn" occasion
arise. This occasion was furnished BY
, the widespread disaster Ia the potato
crop in Ireland during tn" middle years
Of the decade Of the furlics The fall
urc OF their main food supply condemn
ell 4 considerable proportion of the pop
ulation of Ireland to either starvation
or flight and all who could naturally
chose the latter alternative :. There
sprang up An emigration which was I'M
prrcrdcnird In volume. II scattered in
; different directions. hut til" bulk Of 1t
was. directed tn the United States. reach
ing maximum If 4%7S32 in 1874.
From that time on the Irish have con-
stitutcd an important cement in the
immigration stream To this country.
though in recent years their numbers
have declined both absolutely and rrlI-
lively Fur variety Of Reasons the
birth rate IN Ireland never recovered
after the years OF famine. This fact.
coupled with the steady drain Of popu-
'lation through emigration. has pro-
duccd a steady decline in the population
of the Emerald Isle. until at the pres
ent time tn" total number of inhahi-
tantS is barely more than half OF what
it was before the great famine.
In the meantime the number Of Irish
in America has increased until 1t is
stated hy one competent authority ;hnt
1T is n question whether there is not
moro Irish blood now on this side at
the Atlantic than on the other"
Possibly. then. In one sense, il is
actually true that the United States Is
more Irish than Ireland
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HOME RULE. OR HUN RULE

Premier LLOYD George. recently ar
guing for Home Rule for Ireland. told
the House of Commons that the meas
ure would produce something like
contentment in Ireland and good Will
IN America" There is no doubt that
the Home Rule cause has had Its
staunchest support from this side OF
the ocaan, and that but for the Sener'
OILS contributions Of America Home
Rule would long ago have become a
mere dream. Certain it is that with
out the aid OF American dollars the
Home Rulers could never have elected
and maintained their representatives
a, Westminster, without whom no
Home Rule bill would ever have been
given more than desultory attention
in Parliament Consequently. Lloyd
George is justified in thinking that
Home Rule will foster good will for
England in the United States.
But Americans, though they look
upon Home Rule as right and not
as a privilege, will view with mixed
emotions the attitude Of those Home
Rulers in Ireland who are resisting
the CONSUMPTION act at the very mo-
ment when they are demanding the
Home Rule bill. Ireland under Home
Rule will have higher duty to the
empire than any which she has had
since the Act of Union was passed. II
Ireland is to be self-governing, she
must take on new responsibility with
out sloughing Off any Of the old ones.
And one of the old duties anG one OF
the new duties is TO provide men for
the army which is fighting to secure
a result without which Home Rule
will mean absolutely nothing.
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A BATTLE OF THE NATIONS

for the reason that they were allies.
cualL nui b" brought 10 this viewpoint.
Inst autumn ii was still being argued
that 4 general iSsirlo fur the Allies was
impossible. because there WAS a. point
beyond which M nation would go in it's
sacrifices for the common cause. sup
posr an allied grn"rnli:'Siulo named Foch
considered II necessary to surrender
Ecnic" Or Cairo In order to saw" Paris:
It was inconrrivuhl" Today the thing
can be imagined. When We recall that
IN Austrian attack upon Italy Is consid-
cred by MANY observers tn he imminent
when VIZ read that Italian troops are
nevertheless guuG 10 France. We ST.:
thai the ideal al absolute" unity has been
attained.
What Italy Is now doing. America did
months ago when We pressed in the
Council of Ihr Allies fur Il complete
pooling rr interests. and followed it up
with tie offer Of our Cwu army some
weeks since. England has fallen into
line Up Ii In" last IL ,man like Col.
RepinGtun protested against tn" sur
render of III" autonomy of III" British
army. rul. lexington now writes.
No on" in his senses doubt the i'm
rort.lncc Of Calais nnd lsoulnGne for air.
naval and military operations. AN adj
va:rr uI"n thom will be resisted, step
h% step Hl"rr the Who'll" British front.
But there Is one interest which IL su-
prone and which takes precedence even
ovcr the defence Of these two ports
namely the preservation, at NO matteS
what cogt OF the union OF tho Anglo
French armies.
In nth:= words. il Fnch should he COM
PEELED tn give In" word that Calais and
Boulogne must he abandoned. II Will be
done. And the proper state of mind In
which To regard such an event Is not to
think az II rs the lost battle OF Calais
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press their serious disappointment
over the meager results in men
rushed" to their aid. Col Harvey
concludes his observations with this
warning: Take heed, you men in au-
thority: ineficiency now is treason.
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The action of the Democratic State
Committee of Minnesota in deciding to
have no opposing candidate 10 Senator
knute Nelson was a wise one, but is
by no means to be heralded as An OK
hibition of non-partisan motives. as
Senator Nelson's recollection was 4 fore
gone conclusion
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The State Department says it cannot
spare Ambassador Francis from Russia
at this critical time. so Governor Card
ner of Missouri will have to look else
where for a successor to the late Senator
Stone
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The 'inconspicuous ablities' ut the
head Of administration departments will,
no doubt. fall back on the Old refuge OF
partisanism after reading Senator Shrr-
mans Scoriation of them.
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Germany is the only belliGerent that
IA. made war on neutral nations. She
respects neither the laws Of nations nor
the ordinances OF the Almighty.
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The character Of the recall petition
disclosos the character Of the men be-
hind 1t.
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NOTICE

Editor Intelligenccr:
You nrs authorized to announced
Davis Elkns of AorgantoUn. Aonon
galia Co.. n candidate for nominate:
BY the Republican Party for the United
States Senate from West virginia SUP
ice, 10 nil rules OF the Republican Party
and the laws Of the State Of West Vtr.
rinia governing the primary election
10 be neld August 1918.
E.kINS CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE
]. II. McDERNOTT. Chairman
T.. .. Drawer. ISL.
MorEantown. W. Fa-Adv.
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The ,averagp service Of each man
and each was hailed in turn as Tie
Man---was 81 days.
After all this ii is cheering to leel
that at last the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration has the right man at its
head. The Sun. viewing Mr.. SchwaD's
history as an organizer, has no DOUBT
that he Is the right man. That his
appointment CAME 5S6 days after the
Congress put into the hands Of the
Government the power, by degrees
made absolute. 10 create the fleet that
every man knew We must have wheth'
or we went to war o. not. may cause
regret for time lost. but Schwab is on
the Job, and better late than never.
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Wouldn't it be better to celebrate
Liberty Day by working harder. than to
be out hurrahing?
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Another parting with selectives to-
morrow. Let us give them the glad
hand and the cheering smile.
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The burial of Richthofen awaits the
Qualification of q sympathetic poctical
pen.
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Old Man Winter is warned against do
ing any more lingering in the lap Of
spring.
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Now for Garrison finish" of thc
Third Liberty Loan throughout tho
country.
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Holland is truly in an unhappy plight.
Ii she yields to Germany she will be
dishonored. II she refuses she will be
crushed
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Senator OverInan Is an apt scholar IT
the White House correspondence school,
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The FIFTH MAN
What Was Done in Ship Building
Before SchWab Was Drafted.

Before SchWab Was Drafted.
Editorial from the n. Y. SUM-
In the cheerful hour OF the arrival
of a great captain OF the shipyards
it is interesting briefly TO set down
the chronology Of a somewhat long
procession.
The bill creating the Shipping
Board became 4 law ON September {.
1916, or $50 days ago.
The members OF the board were ap-
pointed by the President on Deccm-
Der 20 of the same year, 106 days
after their appointment and orSani
zation was made possible.
1t was April II, eleven days after
the United States declared war
against the German Imperial Govern
ment--and 222 days after the Ship
ping Board was Created--that the
Emergency Fleet Corporation was
organized.
On July q. 1917. after 9S days OF
the corp Iration's eXistence-anl heav-
en- knows how many days Of Quarrr.'
ling-Chairman Denman OF the Ship
ping Board and General GoethalS, the
general manage. of the Emergency
Fleet Corporation, were forced out or
office. Three hundred and ten days
had then elapsed since the President
had signed the Shipping Board meas
ure. Edward y. Hurley became chair
man OF the board and Rear Admiral
Capps succeeded General Cocktails As
general manager Of the corpora
ton.
In one year less on day the Enter
sency Fleet Corporation had five gen
eral managers. The tenure in Office,
by days, of the first four incunloents
was as follows:
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Over the minimum, now for the maxi.
mum goal Of 3a,o00.0o0.
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Think twice. before you scrap your
overcoat fou may have TO make it do
next winter.
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IS U. s, MORE irish THAN IRELAND?
Facts Concerning of Irish Blood America Show That
in a Sense Lloyd Georges Statement is True
By H. P. FAIRCHILD

or of Sociology Yale University and Immigration Expert