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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
FocH: HIS MEANING

ElVEN 20 the present moment there
- seems 70 be a disposition in England,
fostered by leather-chair campaigners in
the military clubs, 70 doubt the wisdom
or the propriety Of generalissimo for
the Allied armies in France. Foch has
been appointed. He is admittedly brill
liant military tactician -- perhaps the
greatest on the Allied side. II is pre-
sumed that he will act az the supreme
commander Of the French, British and
American forces. And yet there is some
remaining doubt about the extent Of his
authority. Foch is being spoken Of as a
"co-ordinator," as a "councilor," as a
dictator Of strategy.
Can il be that even in the light Of
recent experience the withered and faded
traditions Of an earlier order will be per-
mitted 10 endanger the Allied cause and
the Allied armies? Lloyd George must
surely have spoken for "A minority in
England certainly a minority Of the
empire-when he said that public opin-
ion had been opposed 10 the centraliza-
tiOn Of military command in the person
Of one general. He should not have had
20 make 50 sorry an excuse for an admit
ted blunder. He should have inspired,
led and directed public opinion from his
superio" vantage point and strongly
advocated unified command.
In every important development Of the
war the ordinary considerations Of
nltionalsm have vanished in Allied coun-
ellis. The great armies arrayed against
Germany have for the time being at least
I.I 1sr-.4,4g,v,4 80
country. The men who are fighting the
Germans might be said to represent a
distinct new nationalism Of their own,
since they are fighting, as every one
admits, not primarily for any country,
but for the world itself. They arc upon
a mission for mankind. And get the
pride Of some Of the older British officers
in London and the fear Of some British
politicians 20 offend the opinion which
such pride engenders in part Of the coun-
try would confuse the work Of these
armies by opposing any move 70 make
Marshal Haig a second in command.
Lloyd George admitted that the Ger
mans have profited by centralized con
troll. Haig and Pershng have no appar-
ent objections to a generalissimo. The
officers and the men at the front are
wiser in war and in life than the men at
home. And they do not have 10 play
politics. The armies now fighting for
world cause should have a command ade-
quate TO their task
Foch made the plan that turned the
Germans back from Paris in 1915. That
was the supreme military achievement
Of the greatest Of wars. If he is hindered
in the present crisis the politicians in
London may save the pride Of few per
sons at home by further complicating the
task abroad.
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A DECISION AT SEA?

CISCE the war began there have been
~ military experts who Insisted that il
will never end without n decisive naval
engagement Of colossal dimensions In the
North Sea near Helgoland The iussteut
rumors Of extraordinary activity at the
German naval bases and the obvious IN.
tentlon of the Germans 10 stand or fall by
the present campaign give these pred.c.
tlons a fresh interest The possible extent
and nature Of a massed naval conflict be-
tween the German and Allied forces at
this time defy Imagination.
The engagement, should the Kaiser send
out his Grand Fleet, would presumably be
waged somewhere near HelgoIand, the sup
pOsedly impassab,e island that guards the
sea approaches to the River Elbc and the
German naval base at KleL Tic Germans
might attempt a destructive sally against
the English coast or even the partial de-
structlon Of tho British feet by means Of
some theory Of strategy conceived 70 over
come the odds against them
The Allies. on the other hand, fighting
simultaneously from the air and from tho
sea In unexampled force. might try 10 de.
stroy the HegOland dcfcnses, the only
barrier that so far has protected tho
Kalscr's naval forces and part Of tho
German coast. Ia the event Of such a
battle the sky would be black over the
little island with cOntending air fleets.
10 disaster on land would be 50 costly
10 Germany as the fall Of HclgoIand. And
even partial victory for tho Germans
over the Allied fleets would mean defeat
Z. Ell, Of,
channel communication and partly Isolate
the armies in France.
The British Grand Fleet ls intact. The
present state Of affairs in France liz ad.
eGuate to Justify the determination Of tho
Admiralty 10 hold that magnificent force
IN check for emergencies. Day and nigh;
for almost four years the British navy has
kept steam up. It's men at battle posts its
decks cleared, It's spirit high and hungry
for eliminating smash BY the very
force Of It's implied power Il has swept
German commerce from the seas and per.
mitted the Germans 10 go out from Kiei
only as skulkers in submarines and raiders
The feet Is now almost loly thing tD tho
hearts Of Englishmen. They do not know
where II is. They know only that some.
where IT Is ready to leap.
a naval engagement planned as a coz
operative move in the present German
drive would involve a large force Of Amer
lean vessels that now are in European
waters and many French and Italian bat.
tleships. II such an action develops IL
will be the epic event Of the war. II viii
be faSter and moro furious than any LAM
action. And on such battle the fate Of
the world may yet depend.
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WILL THE SENATE RISE TO THIS
OPPORTUNITY?

TT THE rule Of seniority IS observed
\ Gilbert ~ Hitchcock. Of Nebraska, will
succeed the late william J. Stone as chair
man Of the Senate Committee on Foreign
Reiations II should be noted that the
seniority rule does not promote 70 chair.
manship the man swho has served longest
81 the senate. but the member Of the ma.
1ofify party who has served longest on the
committee.
Mr.. Hitchcock entered the Senate In 1911.
Z, Mr.. Swanson Of Virginia. has been IN the
senate a year longer butjhe has not been
on the committee 30 long. Mr. Lodge. Of
Massachusetts. entered the Senate in 1898
and he has been on the committee almost,
II not quite. from the beginning. A service
of twenty-five years in Intimate touch with
Al the diplomatic Issues Of that period GER
fainly qualities him 20 preside over the COM
n1lttee. II the Republicans we're IN control
he would be chairman without any ques-
tion.
II Intimate knowledge and experience
were desired regardless OF seniority. sena.
cor Knox has both. He entered the Sem
ate IN 1904 and remained there until he
became Secretary OF State in President
Taft's Cabinet. He entered the senate
again last year and very properly was as-
sis1led 70 the Committee on Foreign Rela,
atoms.
The nation II passing through a crisis,
when ola rules and precedents should be
ttrapped The opportunity has come for
putting AZ the head Of one Of the most
lnportant committees a man who can d.
rect is deliberations with full knowledge
IN 81 our international obligations.
What q magnihcent opportunity is pre-
enfed for the Senate 10 rise above
0afI|sansbip and promote senator Lodge or
&snsicr Knox 20 the ehairmanship. not
II1&nse these men are Republicans. but
EtHnnte they are immeasurabiy better ht-
t fof ne post than any Democrat on
.t sbmmifiee
#tt1 me war had forced bath England
.| EI4n1e 10 put ihe best men IN resDon-
|fns n ~ CoFfrnment regard
||& Nf .H|Asa'ons l ought not
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BUSINESS BY MACHINERY

TsHE business man Of 1870 would be as
a. dazed in a modern Office a. the in
veutor Of the locomotive would be when
confronted by an automobile engine Busi-
ness was done by hand q generation or
two ago It IS done by machinery today.
The typewriter. which can / operated at
tAe rate Of about 10000 words an hour by
the most expert, would seem as marvellous
10 A. T. Stewart as the airship seemed 10
Us FIVE years ago. The automatic debating
machines would be incredible. The vertical
ming cabinets and the ioose-leaf account
books would daze the oldtimers by their
seomplicated simDlicities.
We are so used 10 these labor-saying
devices that we accept them as A matter
Of course. Yet the exhibition Of modern
tconveniences and necessities now In prog
ress at the Business Show IN the First
Regiment Armory contains many surprises
or those who think they are up 70 date.
0 business man can afford 20 stay away.
T., will find appliances there that are
Z. Wh their weight in gold some Of which
as heard little about. lie must use
n the time savers possible nowadays, for
the war has made Il necessary In many
Industries for one man 20 do the work Of
two. In some instances one woman must
do the work Of thret men II the machine
can be found for her. One way TO help
win the war Is to Use more machinery IN
business. The exhibition shows how 10
do IL
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RAIDS THAT MEAN NOTHING But
GRAND-STAND PLAY

TT WILL take more than spectacular
A raids Of vicious resorts over the heads
ef. district police TO clean up the city.
There have been raids before, and the
persons arrested were back In their o!d
haunts In advance Of the officers who took
them IN custody.
All that Is necessary is 20 pass the word
around that the places must be closed
They SiIl be closed then, oil right. n the
keepers are persuaded that the police
mean business
The vicious have taken 70 cover In the
past on a tip from the police. They know
they cannot ply their trade unless tho
police turn their backs The location Of
the resorts Is yell known. The police
know. too. vino is responsible for the
management Of each one
The police will do what Is really cx-
pected Of them. There is both knowledge
and power in the city Hall u cannot
he that in the present crisis the local au-
thorities think they can throw dust in the
eyes Of the public by making few raids.
They have the rest Of this week 10 show
their sincerity and good faith. Let them
40 II.
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oddly enough like a faded leaf. Prom
height Of a mile or two the French ayi-
ator lets his plane fall This Is the way
OF the modern sky riders. Il am dead"
signals fighting aviator IN this manner
when he finds himself against impossible
odds or at a great disadvantage. Down
ne comes silently. his engines barely
moving, turning over and over glddlly,
slipping 20 one side and another. with
out a sign Of life or control: failing de.
liberately-a little sad TO soe--quite like
n leaf abandoning the emlnencc Of It's
twlg forever and making for a home In
the dust. No other human gesture is so
eloquent as that descent when Il ends
finally near the earth with a Triumphant
blast OF rcawakened engines. with wings
suddenly poised, az the little machine
takes TO the air again like a rocket, 20
go back believing gladly for a better place
In the fight. The thing surpasses poetry
IN iDs symbolism Of resurrection and life
regancd.
After Russia. after Italy. after some Of
the colossal blunders Of allied statesman
ship. good part Of the world at large
experienced It's falling leaf But In these
intervals human consciousness merely re-
bounded 10 summon new and overwheln.
ing strength and new and greater ineplra.
ton 10 the trial for Nfc. The engines arc
going again, and they will continue til
their sounds hIl all space.
Essentially the conquest Of tho air rep.
resents only a new achievement Of human
Instinct The amazing mechanical i'm.
the matter. II seems only yesterday that
the Wrghts sent Up their FIRST clumsy ma.
chimes. Already men are at home In the
air, with an actual sense ~ wings other.
wise there could be no falling leaf Men
doubtless would find way 20 live In
water Or IN fire II they had q little time
FOR tho achievement or a real need of n.
II ie not to bc supposed that they can
ever bc beaten by clique Of manlacs with
or1s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
A Railroad Non Sequitur

TO the EditOr Of the EUcHiHO PuJHo LcdDCr'
Slr--In the EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER OF
April II, find a very important article on
railroads and their conduct by Mr.. Alba
Johnson. lie says:
As rule. railroads have purchased
locomotives largely under the spur Of OK
cessive traffic and have abstained from
purchasing during periods Of reduced
earnings. This Ia contrary TO the eco
Monies Of the situation. Enlargements Of
facilities should be made Ia times Of de-
preston, because. first. that Is the cheap
est time TO do II; second, II Is the most
convenient time 10 do It. and, third, II Is
the time when managers can give most
attention 10 doing n, and. fourth, the
employment Of labor. arising out of large
railway purchases tends TO mitigate tho
severity Of a general depression.
The reason the railroads have not done
this since 1907 is that. under regulatory
policy which went into effect at that time.
railway managers have not been able 20
accumulate HuTpluses sufficient In their
Judgment 20 warrant bold construction IN
times OF small earnings! and especially be-
cause future earnings have not been sus-
ceptible OF approximate calculation even
where the volume OF traffic could be esti-
mated In advance.
Although ! am no Socialist. l think these
plain words from the president Of Baldwin's
big locomotive works exemplfy strongly that
our private ownership method OF running
railroads was most extrayagnnt plan and
not 70 efficient as might be under Govern
ment ownership. European railroads. under
Government ownership Nave made good for
many years. under. IN many Instances, one
third our pFiSate ownerrhip passenger ana
ffct1f rates. ~ can be shown in almost any
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THE FALLING LEAF

XLTHENEyER Lieutenant Georges Tla-
w chaire. the thlrteen.Hun ace Of the
French air service. flies Tor the Sunday
Afternoon crowds at Belmont he includes
IN the dazzling exhibition the most beau
tifm maneuver yet evolved by fighting
men. II Is called the falling leaf Twice
at BelE.OEt multitudes have been shaken
70 the heart BY sight so familiar to
the battieneids that soldisre no longer
even look upward Tor A.
Aloft the machine That Lieutena,.f
F'afhalro rides seems thing or golden
p|m. &p'isflng sslidF u he sppIlenl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
THE ENGINEERS
By Herb Fendrich

Twas in the CambrI sector where tn dead
was piled in heaps
An tn 'Ens was throwin molten FIRE
n shell
An ] watched the bloody harvest that The
Dutchman always reapa
When they pour tn barrage fire an give
us hell.
I saw tn bombers disappear behind wall
o fame,
An tn regimental legion blown t bits
An ! saw captain lead a chosen numbs
on 10 fame
But tn story never lived to pass his lips
It seemed the end Of eyerythlng-tR
BOches came In hordes,
II seemed that Britain's blood 'ad flown
in vain.
When through IN line they hacked
ghasty trail with gas n swords,
As they followed up tn Busy Bertha rain
waIlcred inca shell ole til tn bllghteS
all was by,
Me right arm mostly mixln with tn mud,
bloOmln' best Z die
But me gun was choked with dirt an
drippin' blood.
Thin ! crawled an wrIggled mostly til I
reached the crater's crest.
Where took a sGunt toward tn Bhl>
ish lines.
An / thought for falr I'd died an got
passport with tn blest
An ] wouldn't swapped a princes plss'
for mine.
The Stars an Stripes was Gyln'-'twss Tho
Engineers they say.
livery man among tn bunch 'ad grabbed
a gun,
50 bowed me 'ead an blessed tn land
what up an saved tn day,
Whln they launched tn Yankee fighters
at tn Hun.
The gray-boys lay In Jumbles an turned
me 'ead away,
An / woke beneath a quiet khaki tent
Yes, gave me arm for England, but u
isn't much they say,
With tn righteous world at large On
yict'ry bent.
Well, we 'eld tn line at Cambria, thanks 9
good old u. S. A.,
~ tn 6ghtin' boys that saved our Lines
for us.
An I'm listed now for Bllghty, but won't
forget IN day
Whln tn Engineers broke up tn bioOmir
muss.
There's q million hell-fres ragin' on ms
bloody western front.
But they'll never keep tn Yankees from
tn Rhine,
An though I'd like Z seen tn Spun1
TOmmies pull tn stunt
Twas tn Yankee Engineers what -
tn line.
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Informing Mr.. MordeII

Dear SOcrates-In answer to Albert Nor.
dell's inquiry, / wish 10 inform him that
the lines
Tell me not In mournful numbers" etc,
were written by William Randolph Shakes.
peare Russian poet Of the sixteenth CEN
tury
Maud Muller on summers day. etc,
Is from poem Maud Mueller" written by
the German poet Faust.
"once upon a midnight dreary" was
written by King solomon about 1000 y. c.
Another line Of this poem is Vanity Of
vanities all Is vanity" The Kaiser Is very
fond Of this poem.
With this knowledge Mr.. Morden car.
safely face the Obesity Literary Society.
Il q. D., Wnliamsport. Pa.
0cHATE6.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

European railway guidebook. Also. more
cheap excursions are run than under private
ownership WfSTAR PARKER BROWN.
Philadelphia. April l2.
m is the general impression among the in
formed that passenger and freight rates IN
Europe are not lower than ia America for
tho same class Of service e.-- Editor Of the
EyESISG PUBLIC LEDGEE.1
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
Answers 10 Yesterd.v,. o..,

1. The RiEht Honorable Arthu, t.. ..
iormeT Premier. II F0FelEn Mlnist nniIIolTs
British coalition cabinet. s'ef ~ the
z. plebisfitef n vote or dsers. 81 a. -
the Initiative. W ""dg having
last h"o or man-DOwer defense F'" the
strait Of Dover. "PVH on the
g. The Golden HsTni the estt,arx 81 a.. .
SSrIIs Is npg5 re banks Of Which CeSstasg- 81
myth9lggy. haVins the faces IN u,n,, w. classic
the bodies Of VultuTss. ~ women and
!. HalfYon dagsi peTiod Of traRquIIlity ana h..
pinfss;, The hsiyeOn. a. ths ElnshsBs, 40 20
hheentN ealiedF was said 10 laV Es.t nas
rocks near the sea aerla-F .aeF ekEs
weather about the winter solslies Nv s"i"
'@ffs ~, ~ snsms sa sla ssns name r EnEIand
fioner 81 that name. '"e" sAecu-
D. uefr a. ylliai fhs Nuaelna nan.a ~ a..
hen N Ffenfh 400 ueIaiaa dIiear.' ''"n
~ h.,sak sssk = sexss s,.s seg shs 80 - u,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

I. Who are the ROmanons?
2. Where and what IL Hnrwfehg
g. What was the Ring Of GyEss"P
:. Name the author Of "GulIIvsr's Trav.Is"
City"f 'N tho OriOle
o. Who IL Grown Prince RupprsehtY
!. What IN bordeaux miHtureY
4. What IL heolOEism?
o. Who wrote ~ babe In tbs ho,..
spring OF DeasuTe"P - Meu-
10. what Is meant By 'honOrs OF wa,"s
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
FORCE TO THE UTMOST
WHAT 1T MEANS

Force, force 10 the utmost; force 5fih.
out siint OF limit. the righteous and m.
urnphdHt force Vhich shall make right the
lop Of the t0orid and cast every selfish
dominion doton IN the dust.--Prcsidont
WILSON at baltimore
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

DUYING Liberty Bonds Is not an act
- Of penance. The American people
do not need 10 be bullied or frightened
iBto buying them.
We buy bonds because they are a
token Of our honor, a pledge OF our lib.
erty. a symbol Of our pride.
Because we have been generously
blessed with love and safety and oppor-
tunity II Is our gladness 70 make what
return we can.
WHAT will the greatest Of free nations
w give toward the freedom Of the
worid7
csrsslbu'ss b ns.'. iron sna via,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

city Hall II not threatened by the work
going on underground so much as by what
happens on the second and fourth floors.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

When Charlie Chaplin gets into tus
trenches he won't find the mess there mvos
worse than any he has willingly encounter"
In putting over his slap-stick comedy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16
BEEF, IRON md VINE
Espionage in Obesity

THE spy fever has struck Obesity. y. j..
l. and all the better Obesitar.ans arc
hunting for concealed propaganda.
Dove Dulcct says he has found ground
glass In his garden and he adds that the
patriotic bed he planted with red and
white tulip bulbs and blue hyacinths, 10
make a growing national emblem, has come
up sour kraut. There has been come
sinister work there.
Mr. DUlcct thinks that his mail has
been tampered with also. He says ne sent
check renewing his subscription to Beef
Iron and Wine and Immediately copies Of
tho TagebIatt began to come To his house.
In order TO insure his contributions
reaching US uumutilated Mr Dulcet has
been sending them written In invisible ink.
lie impaired 10 us secret chemical
formula by which his writings could be
made lcgible. We mixed up a dish Of thes,
chemicals. which We have been using right
along 10 decOde Doves manuscripts. But
''' '1'''''g N'''. 'iiin' 'dh bbI lllID our teSE
and, 10 our distress, We learn that She
drank up the whole platter Of yisibllzing
fluid.
That cat had always seemed Ike the
ordinary tOrtOlseshelI Of newspaper Of
fices. but these chemicals have brought out
on her uumistakablo markings Of rnastIf
and maltese mingled with what look like
the stripes Of some dne old hyenas.
But more tragic stI io the fact that
up to the time of going to press We have
not been able TO mix any more Of the
chemical and, consequently Dove Dulcetg
daily contribution remains a blank.
LATEE-Just as fOrIorn hone va
passed Mr. Dulcct's letter through q
beaker Df book beer Evidently thls had
some sympathetic rapport with the poets
ink' for portions of his letter became leg
iblc. II we had been able 10 drencb tho
manuscript with Tom and Jerry perbaps
the whole Of the message would have
come out But We could not afford 10 do
this. We pass the letter or to our read.
ers az II stands:
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The woman who a few
AbAl But Was years ago was widely
the MAn IdsAI2 acclaimed as a con-
spicuous ideal In
beauty and character has Just been divorced
from her husband-for cause. This is another
proof that II is easier % be an ideal than
10 continue being one.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

No, Gwendolyn. Count Czernln does ~
use the particle de- in front Of bis name
but his resignation suggests that Il be'oAS'
there. -
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Ring Again

Ding dong ding
Just hear the old bell ring
Calling out 10 you and me,
ITO save our land and Iiberty
Buy. buy bondlv y
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

4 'oE' ~ soIf-cou'rol la whether 81 man
cau keep on Hrrapiug thcs" wartime Hafciy
matches against the bDA without swearing.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

Hats on to the weather man lie Is
doing better.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

Good time 70 plant your garden. Be the
Ace Of Spuds this year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

Mr. Dulcet thinks that his mail has
been tampered with also. He says he sent
check renewing his subscription to Beef
Iron and Wine and Immediately copies Of
tho Tagebiatt began 10 come to his house.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-16

THE spy fever has struck Obesity, y. J..
i and all the better Obesitarlans arc
hunting for concealed propaganda