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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
A POPULAR DECISION

"H HE judgment of General March
that an army of 100000 in
France, with it's reservoir of
reserve man-power" on this side OF
the ocean, can go through the Ger
man lines whenever it chooses and
his decision to put such an army in
the field will prove popular. The
whole country is behind the govern
ment in its war aims. Victory and
victory alone, full and complete, will
satisfy the American people, but they
don't want to have the bloody job on
their hands a moment longer than
possible. They are making war be-
cause they are intense lovers OF
peace. and they are therefore anxious
to apply themselves intensely to the
nasty task and get it over with.
We are in much better position
to increase our army to $4,000
men in France by June 80 of next
year than we were to put a million
men overseas by July 4 of the pres
ent year. Last year this time the
draft was an experiment. The gov
ernment did not know fully the tenn
per of the people with respect to the
operations of the selective system
Those entrusted with the vast task
of raising and equipping an army
powerful enough to meet the Hun
had the foundations of their oper-
ating plant scarcely laid. The whole
intricate machinery of war was Nit
tie beyond the blueprint stage. 1t is
different to-day. We know now thai
the draft law works out splendidly ir
practice, that the nation is solidlS
behind the President in his prosecu.
ton of the war and the war machine
has reached the stage where those
In charge have but to press the but.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
THE DIFFERENCE

A N obscure five-line item in the
u newspapers announces the fact
that Richard F. Cleveland, son
of former President Cleveland, has
completed preliminary training at
Boston and has gone to Quantico,
Va, to enter the officers school of
the Marine Corps. Only that; no
long account of his distinguished an
cestry. No mention of the sacrifice
he has made. Only the bare news
that he has done his simple duty
as thousands of other American boys
have done and are doing, and that
he will be an officer in the ranks of
the hard-fighting Marines-provid-
ing, of course, he makes good in
training camp. Always providing
that, for there is no soft berth in the
American Marines, no royal road to
military honors.
That is one of the differences be-
tween the United States and Ger
many. The Kaiser's six sons, deco
rated with all manner of honorary"
degrees and burdened with unearned
military decorations. strut about like
peacocks safe behind the lines.
while sons of free-born Americans
Who have held the reins of power
for a day, but who have stepped aside
at expiration of their terms as Pres
ident, go forth in the ranks or as
minor officers to fight shoulder to
shoulder with the sons of other free
men from the humblest walks of
life.
Former President Taft's SON is in,
France, with the artillery. having err.
listed as a private. One of fo.nIer
President Roosevelt's sons has bee.,
killed, and two of them wounded
all of them having responded to the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

- T would not be surprising to find
behind the rice" riots of Japan
a rising spirit of democracy.
Ever since the war with China. the
imperial government of japan has
been taxing the masses very heavily
| in order to maintain the vast mill
tary and naval machine with which
Japan has been working out her pro-
pram as the dominant power in the
East. Added to this are the very
potent influences of occidental life
which Japan has been at pains to
introduce or which have forced
themselves upon her, willy nilly. I'M
itating the dress and adopting the
industrial and business methods of
Am erica. the Japanese very naturally
of Americans, read American litera-
ture, studied in American colleges
and, perhaps, became innoculated
with the germs of American democ-
racy.
The agency which has brought the
people to an understanding of their
power mas been the constant repres-
sive measures of the very despotic
Japanese government and the en-
deavor of the wealthy class to keep
profits up and wages down. Social
unrest has been astir in Japan for
the past four or five years. but it is
not likely to go at this time much
farther than disturbances and pro-
tests of the kind recorded. But one
wonders, in the light of recent oc-
currences in China and Russia, if
the government will be strong
enough to maintain control indefi-
nitely without granting radical re-
forms and making many concessions
to the aroused populace. The next
five years promise to be highly inter-
esting to students of affairs in the
Orient.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
WELL. KNOWN PEOPLE

commissioner John S. Killing is
in Pittsburgh where he is to hold
hearings for several days.
Highway Commissioner O'Neil
makes it practice to ride over a
different road to Harrisburg almost
every time he comes here.
William c. Truxal, the Somer-,
set company captain captured by
Germans, is a Franklin and Marshall
graduate and a Somerset lawyer.
General A. j. Logan will have
charge of work of drilling drafted
men in the Pittsburgh district.
--R. w. Gardiner, the Allegheny
county fuel administrator, is lam
basting the national railroad author
tiles for not furnishing enough
cars.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
lFrom the Detroit Free Press.I

lFrom the Detroit Free Press.I
Pennsylvania Dutch" that Curl
Gus combination of German, English
and Yankee, which since Revolution
ary times has developed in parts of
Pennsylvania and Ohio, is going into
the discard. For more than a CEN
tury it has been growing just as
languages always grow, with use. 1t
has corrupted words, made words,
created forms, one might say a
grammar of its own. 1t has not, it is
true, produced a literature. But it
has been the speech of a consider
able number of persons in their
homes. 1t long since ceased to be
recognizable as German, and Eng
lish it never was. In it, students tell
US, are mangled German, English,
Welsh, French and even Gaelic
words
Pennsylvania Dutch" has been
the dialect of those German disciples
of Peter Menno who came to Amer
lea. some of them in Revolution
days, seeking religious liberty and
political freedom. Some of these
went into Ohio during Revolution
days, others into Canada, some as
late as Civil War days. Their reli-
gious beliefs contributed to isolation.
And they were largely an agricultu-
raj people.
Now the word has gone forth
among the Mennonites that it is no
longer patriotic to speak "Pennsyl-
vania Dutch" and as fast and as
thoroughly as possible these unbe-
levers in war are discarding the
speech of childhood and home asso-
Citations. The task is not an impos-
sible one to them, since all or nearly
all of them have had some expert
ence in the common schools. From
among them 5000 young men have
gone overseas to fight the oppressors
of their ancestors and the barbarians
who threaten their own liberties.
The banning of "Pennsylvania
Dutch" is an impressive object lcs-
son to all Americans Let's all re-
solve to speak English.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
4 SPLENDID VICTORY
Louisianas Ratification of the Prohibition Proposal
AchieDed Against Great Odds

islature on the assembling of that
body last Monday is one of the ablest
prohibition documents of the times.
Viewing the liquor situation in Lou
isiana in its relation to the country,
and the liquor situation of the coun-
try in its relation to existing world
conditions, the Governor pronounced
the submission of the amendment to
the States an act of patriotism and
sound craftsmanship. He did not, he
said. believe that Louisiana was
ready for mere statewide prohibi-
ton, for the reason that the per-
centage of its population opposed to
prohibition is too great for proper
enforcement of a state law to that
effect, but he presented an unan-
swerable argument in favor of ratifi-
cation in these words:
I'm so far as nationwide prohibi-
ton is concerned, the United States
is ripe for such a policy. More than
so per cent. of the territory of con-
tinental United States is already
dry" and about 70 per cent. of the
nations population live in dry" ter
ritory. She (the nation) is therefore
in a position to secure the approx
mate enforcement of prohibition
laws"
The Legislature was properly i'm
pressed by this logic. The contention
that prohibition in Louisiana could
not be enforced was left without a
leg to stand on. Other States now
wavering, or likely to waver here
after, will see the force of the point
that, having the power of the nation
al government behind it, prohibition
must prohibit.
The action of the Louisiana Legis-
| lature therefore is not only a victory
for prohibition in the ordinary sense;
it means a triumph for the doctrine
| of nationwide prohibition by con.
stitutional amendment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
1NE action of the Louisiana
L Legislature on the prohibition
amendment to the Federal C,

amendment to the Federal Con-
stitution is not to be regarded as
meaning simply that one more State
has been added to the number rati-
Tying. 1t amounts to far more than
that. 1t is, of course no small tri-
umph that the ratification column
should receive an addition at time
of year when the legislatures of the
Union are supposed to be in vacation,
for every new State counts; but Lou
isiana's falling into line at this time
takes on unusual importance, says
the Christian Science Monitor, by
reason of the extraordinary efforts
made by the opposition to keep it
out.
Agricultural as we'll as CONNER
cial interests were appealed to in
Louisiana to save the State from
coming under the influence of the
prohibition fanatics" Prohibition,
it was held by the foes of ratification,
would depress and perhaps destroy
the States industrial prospects. Mar
kets for some of its principal pro-
ducts would be removed. The State
would lose greatly-needed revenue.
Taxes in communities would have to
be increased to make up deficits re-
sulting from loss of license fees. II
was this line of argument that
brought about a Senate tie vote and
prevented ratification last May in the
regular session of the Legislature.
But the great majority of the pc
ople of the State were discontented
with this outcome, and the senti-
ment manifested against letting the
question rest was not only agreeable
but convincing to Governor Pleasant
who called special session for such
action as would decisively reflect the
popular will. His message to the Leg
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
Electors Paramount Riqht
pittsburgh Gazette-Timesl

NPlttsburgh Gazette-TimeSl
Those who regard complaisantly
President Wilson's interference with
the free choice by the people of
United States Senators and Repre-
sentatives ignore a prerogative of
citizenship the preservation of which
is imperative. That is the right of
individual judgment as to ways and
means by which an end, shall be Sc
cured. If that right is denied. the
right of free speech, which no Amer
lean will undertake to deny, must go
by the board.
In accepting the Wilsonian view
that anyone in Congress who dis
agrees with the President is an OBJ
structor and should be relegated to
private life, supporters of the Presi-
dents recent political activities stand
for the indefensible theory that Con-
gress should abdicate and the Presi-
dent be set up as dictator. There
is no question that the purpose of the
people is to win the war, but there
are, naturally, differences of opin-
ion as to methods that should be
adopted to achieve that end. 1t is
the duty of Congress to consider bills
submitted to it for action. Consider
alton calls for debate, for an eX-
change of views. Discussion brings
ideas into prominence. When a vote
is taken. if there has been proper
discussion. the decision will reflect
the intelligent judgment of the ma
jority voting. Experience proves that
usually wisdom has prevailed over
unwisdom. That some members have
not approved the White House pro-
gram does not argue that they are
nIN NcfF 1icIA to g.
the President to decide that they
have acted contrary to the best in
terests of the country. AS represent
atives of their constituents they are
responsible to the people who sent
them to Washington, not to the
President. Whatever the autocracy
we must have in time of war should
be strictly limited in it's sphere. 1t
cannot properly be extended to die
tation of the choice of Senators and
Representatives. If it could be so .ex-
tended, why hold any elections ?
Why not permit the President to
draft" the men who shall go to
Congress and do his bidding without
thought of the wisdom Of their acts
The objection of Mr.. Wilson's at
tempted dictation to the people of
several states and congressional dis
tricts is that it is an assault on
our representative system. AS to its
excluding "undesira bles'' from the
halls of legislation, who is ready to
| admit that all the knowledge of can
didates is held by the President? Do
the neighbors of these men know
nothing of them? Is their judgment
of their qualifications of no account
At least, it is their inalienable right
to choose their own representatives.
The President has no right to inter-
fere with that
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
PATRIOTIC,NOT PARTISAN

DRESIDENT WILSON must now
look TO Representative Kahn, of
California, Republican, to lead
his fight for the adoption of the ad-
ministration man-power bill in the
House. The division in the Military
Affairs Committee is so serious that
the Presidents bill will fail unless
Republicans come to his assistance.
This will be a repetition of the sit
uation which prevailed when the Sc
lective service bill was before Con-
sress more than a year ago. 1t was
q distinctly administration measure,
but it was put through because Re-
publicans stood by the President
when his own Democratic friends
failed him.
All good Republicans will rejoice
in this patriotic response to the call
upon their representatives in Con-
gress. The Presidents bill was drawn
by General March, who knows what
he is about and it ought to go
through. Republicans in Congress are
patriotic first and partisan second.
II they occasionally raise their voices
in criticism it is because they be-
lieve there is just cause for criticism.
But when the President desires sup
porters for a very worthy measure
he invariably looks to the Republican
side. This is not surprising. 1t is in
full accord with tho history of AL q
party from it's very foundation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
THE HALLOWED FLAG
By j. Howard Vert

1.-THE subjoined poem was publish
ed in the Telegraph October 8, 1904,
At that time it was copied by many
papers in the middle and western
states. The present seems an oppor.
tune time for its republication with
the addition of stanza commemo-
rating the American heroes now in
France.-J. H. WI
Our flag more than one hundred
years
Unfur1ed mid storm and sum-,
The flag the tyrant hates and fears
Shall never be undone.
Stand by the flag while life remains
For it man every gun;
Beneath its folds, on battle plains,
Our Union grand was won.
CHORUS
From sire to son, the flag hand down
And follow where it waves;
Unsullied be its fair renown,
Hallow'd our heroes graves.
God bless our flag of stripes and
stars,
Proud symbol of the free;
No stain it's dazzling record mars,
Honor'd on land and sea;
From eastern waves to western
strand.
Forever may 1t be
Emblem of freedom pure and grand
Symbol of liberty.
Well ne'er give up our flag of fame
God speed it's onward way;
Accused be the hand or name
That e'er disowns its sway.
Beneath the starry banners sweep
Waiting the Judgment day,
Four hundred thousand heroes sleep
Who fell before "the gray"
Honor the flag of Brandywine,
That flew Ger Lundy's Lane,
Whose added glories brightly shine
Beyond the tossing main;
The charge at San Juan ii led.
Manila's land-lock'd bay,
Beheld its spIendor folds outspread
Where Dewey urg'd his way
And now on Burope's battle lines,
Amid the cannon's roar,
The starry flag in splendor shines,
Whilst rings, from shore to shore
The welcome of our valiant sons,
Pledged to maintain the fight .
Against the Kaiser and his Huns
Till victory crowns the right.
Holy with memories pure and. grand,
Hallow'd with blood and tears,
In triumph, DER our favor'd land,
Wave on a thousand years.
No freeman but would gladly die
Where bright our flag appears;
And prouder yet we'n kiss the sky
After a thousand years.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
Telegraph's Policy Approved
IFrom Young Republican. Phila.

GFrom Young Republican, Phila.1
The Harrisburg Telegraph, of
which E. J. Stackpole is editor-ir-
chief, editorially appeals to the Re-
publicans of Pennsylvania to favor
the ratification of the dry amend
ment by legislative action. The Re-
publican party throughout the coun-
try is committed to national prohibit
ton, hence wise Republicans will
follow the Harrisburg Telegraph's
lead in this important movement.
The Telegraph has become
one of the leading newspapers of the
state, and very deservedly it prospers
to a generous degree In the
present instance the Telegraph rem
ders an important service to the Re-
publicans of Pennsylvania
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
GOING TO FRANCE?

X DING to France?
V,r No? You're beyond draft
age?
That is no obstacle.
If you can get away from family
or business for six months there is
a big job awaiting you over there.
The Y. NJ. c. A. needs hundreds of
men for all kinds of work. Hut"
secretaries. moving picture men. au-
tomobile drivers and repairmen,
clerks, executives, stenographers,
storekeepers-these and many other
positions are going begging.
The Y. NJ. C. A. with the Knights
of Columbus, the Y. NJ. H. A. the
Y. W. c. A. and the Salvation Army.
is entrusted with the work of caring
for the soldiers in France. Upon the
efficiency of this service depends
largely the morale of the troops.
But even above that consideration
which alone is vital to the winning
of the war-is the thought of the
soldier himself. He is making the
great sacrifice and is worthy of our
every care and consideration. Are
you men who can get away from
work or family without undue sacri-
fee going to let it be said after the
war that our young men were ready
with their lives in the nations time
of peril, but that the older men with
held even their time and energies?
The day has arrived, Mr.. Beyond
the Draft Man, when you must de-
eide whether this call means YOU.
Rice riots in Toxic. Japan is ran.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

ton and constant stream Of weap-
ons. equipment and the ships to
transport men and munitions issues
forth.
The United States as q nation is
Just getting into its stride. The peo-
pie believe what General March says
about our ability to smash the Ger
man army next summer. Indeed, they
had reached that general conclusion
long before the General gave his ex-
pert opinion to, Congress. They will
heartily support every move designed
to speed up our preparations for
next years campaign. They will give
themselves and their dollars cheer
fully, even enthusiastically, to that
end. just as they would resent Bit
terly any delay of the war program.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

Germany is exacting from Russia
an indemnity of s3,5OO. 900, 900. in ad-
dition to the real estate taken over
under the Hun plan of benevolent as
similation. Yet the deluded Musko-
vites were led to believe that the
Prussian highwaymen really meant
what they said when they declared at
Brest-Litovsk in favor of peace with
out annexation and indemnity" But
Ivan is learning fast his terrible les
son of German duplicity. OF the hope
less character of the present Russian
Government, or lack of government,
the New York Sun says:
Whatever the United States
may be about to do in Russia, we
cannot afford to sanction the
apotheosis of folly which tfould
be involved in promoting or toler-
sting the principles or methods of
the Bolsheviki. Efforts are being
made every day to win for them
the approval of the President We
cannot believe that these schemes
have any prospect of success
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
u. S. SpecidlizeS Too

By the time the Prussians get a
few more dinges in their military
vanity they will stop sneering at
others who are giving them lessons
in their national specialty.-EX-
change.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
Ach! Nein!

When the Kaiser declares that
every German must fight for the
fatherland" he isn't thinking of
FREDERICK Wilhelm. Wilhelm Eitel-
Friedrich, Adelbert. August, Oscar
and Joachim Won Hohenzollern. Nein.
Erie Evening Herald.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

The Kaiser feels dreadfully cut up
over the recent allied air raid on
Frankfort. but that's not q marker
compared with his feelings when al
lied troops march into said town.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
Another FOch DriDe or TLUo

About the only place German
rulers seem to be popular is in Ger
many, and the time is coming when
they won't be very popular there
Erie Dispatch.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
Tmo Glasses of Women

In this country the women are
divided into two main classes-those
who don't believe all their husbands
tell them and those who haven't any
Notwithstanding News
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
Another S0uDenlr Soon

The Huns are advancing back
ward to Hindenburg's line And
even that the Allies will be taking
presently as souvenir of old times.
American.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
All in Sport

One thing about a f1at-wheeled
car is that it gives the passenger a
suggestion of what the rider. of a
trotting horse endures in the name
of sport.-Pittsburgh Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
1t Happens Very Frequently

While Karl and Bill are discuss
ing ways and means of getting out
of tight place the Allies are MAX
ing it more difficult to accomplish.
Pittsburgh Sun.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

KAISER and Charles arrange for di-
vision of loot" says a headline. Count
ing the chickens before they are
stolen, as 1t were.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

Peace stuff from the Huns has about
the same effect on the American fight
ing man as. red rag on a bull.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

call of country with the first call to
arms.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

The Czecho-Slovaks are almost as
hard to beat as their name is to
spell.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
HISTORIC HARRISBURG

General Sullivan came here dur
ing the preparation of his expedi-
ton against the Indians
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

Member of the Associated Press-The
Associated Press is exclusively en-
titled to the use for republication OF
all news dispatches credited to IL or
not otherwise credited in this paper
and also the local news published
herein.
All rights of republication of special
dispatches herein are also reserved.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21
DO YOU KNOW

THAT Harrisburg shipments
have jumped in the last year
beyond what was expected in
five?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-08-21

Rice riots in Toxic. Japan is rap.
idly becoming civilized.