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that attracted wide attention, the United
States playing leading part in bringing
about this concert of the powers.
In March, 1907, President Roosevelt ap-
pointed him Ambassador to France. He re-
signed in 1909 in the first year Of President
Taft's administration.
The peace delegate member Of an old
and distinguished Maryland family. His
father was the late j. Campbell White, or
Baltimore. In 1873 he married Miss Mar-
garet Stuyvesant Rutherford Of New York,
the daughter of noted astronomer. Mr..
White has a home at Newport, r. l., fine
residence in Washington and owns consider
able property in Baltimore.
According to stories from Rome in 1906
Mr.. Whites recall ambassador was at
the suggestion of the Italian government
on the ground that he had proved himself
"nersona non grata" One dispatch from
Rome December 5, 1906, which was extern
.iyely published in this country, said:
..When MIR and Mrs. White arrived here they
were waited on by court officials who, in accord
ance with custom and etiquette in such cases re-
ouested them to arrange for an evening when the
members of the court and OF the aristocracy. OF
the diplomatic corps and of the official and polit-
;caI world could take part in u reception at the
American Embassy, at which the court chamber
,a;n would make the presentations. OF course,
the purpose of such diplomatic reception is TO
acouaint new ambassador and his wife with the
reonle of the capital in which they are stationed
."ro the chamberlain's amazement. Mr. and Mrs.
white instead of leaving the reception entirely
in their hands insisted that list of those who
.gera 10 attend be submitted to them. When it
u,as laid before them the names of several of the
ladies' If the aristocracy and of the court were
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Dru Makes Funeral Reforms

Shocked by the public display Of
grief at the funeral of the wife of a
cabinet member and Disguised by the
curiosity manifested by the public,
Dru sets about reforming the burial
customs of the nation.
When the opportunity presented
itself, he directed attention to the
objections to this method of disposing
of the dead, and he suggested the
formation in every community of
societies whose purpose should be
to use their influence toward making
lnternents private, and toward the
substitution of cremation for the I'M
sanitary custom of burial in GENE
terles. These societies were urged to
point out the almost prohibitive ex-
pense the present method entailed
upon the poor and those Of moderate
means. The buying of the lot and
casket, the cost of the funeral itself,
and the discarding of useful clothing
in order to robe in black, were alike
unnecessary. Some less dismal insig-
MIA Of grief should be adopted, he
said, that need not include the entire
garb. Grief, he pointed out, and re-
spect for the dead, were in no way
better evidenced by such barbarous
customs.'
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\ Warm Spot
"a For Germans

The marriage April 70, 1909, OF Mr.
Whites daughter, Miss Muriel White, to
Count Thoss, son of one of the peers of
Prussia and closely associated with the
Emperor, caused another social as we'll as
religious sensation. The Ambassador was
reported to have protested against the re-
fusal OF the Roman Catholic Church au-
thorities to permit the marriage service to
be performed according to the rites Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, in addition to
the service Of the Catholic Church. of which
the Prussian member. MIR. White did
not attend the wedding service, but subse-
Quently explained that his protest to the
Catholic authorities was not because of any
dislike for the doctrine of the Catholic
Church. Count Thoss at the time of his
marriage to Miss White was a member Of
the Royal Prussan Curassiers. When the
guest in Germany of his daughter and SON.
in-law, Mr.. White on several occasions took
luncheon with the Kaiser and it was always
accepted that the relations between the two
were very cordial
That Mr.. White still entertained o warm,
friendly feeling toward Germany and the
Kaiser after the latter had started the
world war has been shown in various pub
Ashed reports, as follows:
August 26, 1914, after the war started,
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BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.-IIenry White,
- whose appointment by President Will
con delegate to the peace confer
eace has been the subject of much public
criticism because Of his former kindly feel
ing toward the ex-Kaiser and Germany,
even after the war had begun, and because
u the fact that his daughter is the wife of
count Ernst Herman Scherr-T hoss of Prus-
ga was in the diplomatic service more than
'n'fty years His first appointment was In
1'0o' as secretary of legation at Vienna.
i"e same year he was transferred and made
second secretary Mt London, and was ap-
pointed first secretary of the American
'esstlon there in 1886. In November, 1893,
Nc retired. He participated in contro
'''sy with Ambassador Thomas Bayard over
VINE remarks which had been made by Mr..
'aSard and quit the service.
when President Mckinley entered Office
"hite resumed diplomatic work, and
,''S MS old place as first secretary at Lon
'' which legation meanwhile had become
Embassy. He served continuously there
'4'i 1905, when ne was appointed Ambas-
sador to Italy.
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the English change oY front, and were
ready to listen to other proposals. To
them he opened up wide vista of COM
mercial and territorial expansion, or at
least its equivalent Germany was to have
the freest commercial access to South
America, and she was invited to develop
those countries both with German colonists
and German capital.
There was to be coercion of the gov
ernments, or political control in that terri
tory, but the other hand the United
States undertook that there should be no
laws enacted by them to restrain trade, and
that the rights of foreigners should have
the fullest protection. Dru also undertook
the responsibility of promising that there
should be no favoritism shown by the South
and Central American governments, but
that native and alien should stand alike
before the law so far as property rights
were concerned.
Germany was to have a freer hand IN the
countries lying southeast OF her and in
Asia Minor. 1t was not intended that she
should absorb them or infringe upon their
rights as nations, but her sphere of infu-
ence was to be extended over them much
While England was not to be restricted
in her trade relations with those countries,
still she was neither to encourage emigra-
ton there nor induce capital to exploit
their resources.
Africa and her own colonies were TO be
her special fields of endeavor
In consideration Of the United States
lifting practically all custom barriers and
agreeing to keep out Of the Eastern Henri
sphere, upholding with her the peace and
commercial freedom OF the world and of
the United States recognizing the necessity
OF her supremacy on the seas, Englsnd,
after having obtained the consent of Can
ada, agreed to relinquish her own sphere
of political influence over the Dominion
and let her come under that Of the United
States. Canada was willing that this situa-
ton should be brought about, for her trade
conditions had become interviewer with
those Of the United States, and the people
of the two countries freely intermngled
Besides, since Dru had reconstructed the
laws and constitution Of the big republic
they were more in harmony with the Can
adam institutions than before
Except that the United States vas not
to appoint a Governor General, the repub-
lies relations with Canada were TO be much
the same as those between herself and the
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The World as He Wanted II Re-.
made lin 1912. i'm
Novel

"Tho ground was more advontaro,,.
''e'e' ana he felt confident he could dis
lodge him. When he gave the command 10
retreat he was surprised to find Dru ,noss-
ing his troops outside his intrenchuo,.,
""o preparing to follow him. He slowly
rctreated and Dru ms slowly followed Now
ton wanted to get him we'll awav from, bic
stronghold and in the open plain. and then
wheel and crush him. Dru was merely
keeping within striking distance. SO that
when his two divisions got in touch with
Newton they would be able to attack h;r,
on three sides.
Just as Newton was ahont 10 tnr,, n,,..
two divisions poured down the stones Of
the hills on both sides and began TO
charge And when Dru's centre began -
charge it was only y matter of moments
before Newton's army was in q panic.
He tried to rally them and to face the
oncomine enemy but his efforts were in
vain. His men threw down their guns.
some surrendering but most of them flee
ing in the only way open, that toward the
and the lake
"Dru's soldiers saw that victory was
theirs, and, maddened by the lust of war,
they drove the government forces back.
killing and crushing the seething and help
less mass that was now in hopeless con-
fusion.
"Orders were given by General Dru to
push on and follow the enemy until night
fall, or until the lake was reached, where
they must surrender or drown
''By o'clock of that fateful day the
splendid army Of Newton was thing for
pity, for Dru had determined to exhaust
the last drop of strength of his men to
make the victory complete and the battle
conclusive
"At the same time, as far as he was able
he restrained his men from killing for he
saw that the enemy were without arms
and thinking only Of escape His order
was only partly obeyed, for when man
IS in conflict with either beast or fellow
the primitive lust for blood comes to
the fore. and the gentlest and most humane
are oftentimes The most hoodthirsty
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States at the peace table is not known but
1.-THE Baltimore Star" in an article discuss
ing his appointment 10 the peace commits
sion, said:
1T IS of more than passing interest IN connec~
ton With the appointment Of MIR. White 10 note
the concident publications in The Baltimore Sum-
in which his family is interested financially. Of
articles tending to SOW discord among the Allies
the peace table"
The Baltimore American in an editorial
upon the appointment Of M White, had
this TO say
The delegation without any OF vide
Republican standing and national experience Us
such. Mr.. White will serve a Republican in
a sense, while at the same time he viii be we'll
enough versed in the political personages and
their positions to be a ready reference for Mr.
Wilson Mr.. Baker. who is scheduled to relieve
the President when the latter shall return home
The delegation will. 70 all intents and purposes be
a delegation of Nor does this necessarily
imply limitation for its usefulness although it ini-
poses vast responsibilities upon that Theirs
serious matters OF record alleged against Mr.
White. Any who is upon record as giving
expression to such views those stated by
Mr.. Henry White should be regarded as ipso facts
disqualified for membership upon the peace dele
CATION. On August TO- 1914. Mr.. White vas 70
ported in Baltimore newspaper as saying that
the none OF the business of the United
States. and it should keep out of it. This may
have been q permissible sentiment at the moment
but it counter to the views OF rnultitudes
OF Americans. 1t has turned out that Mr. White
was wrong -tragically wrong. All Americans
since have come 10 know that it was indeed, tbs
supreme business OF the United States. Probably
Mr. White has likewise been convinced althosyxA
his family connections with the Prussans sureSv
must have created aympathies difficult 70 unbxvs
den
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tives and shall hold Office until removed
by the House. The Senate shall be COM
posed of one member from each state.
They shall be elected for life, but may
be removed by majority vote Of their
constituents at the end of iive-year
periods.
The reforms which Administrator
Dru brings about in the affairs Of the
nation have a familiar sound to ears
that have gathered up all the various
words and phrases Of the last four and
half years.
The telephone and telegraph were
taken over "at fair valuation"
The government was represented
on the directorate Of the railroads,
the nation sharing in their earnings.
This method was extended to all other
Z large corporations. Labor was repre-
sented on directorates as we'll, hay
ing share in earnings after the pay
ment of wages and interest on
capital.
"A SAe@uudCeO income lax was ITStI
tuted, with q minimum tax of 70 Der
cent on incomes Of $1O,OOO,OOO and
over.
There was universal suffrage. Philip
Dru believed woman could be morally
and socially free only by being eco
ironically Independent Of man.
Customs barriers were tor,, Go,,-7,
III other words free trade"
Mexico was invaded and protec-
torate declared. The terms Of set
Element included these words
nor shall we demand any indemnity
as the result Of victory further than
the payment Of the actual cost Of the
war and the maintenance Of the
American troops while order is being
restored"
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CHAPTER VII
DRU REARRANGES THE WORLD

DNU REARRANGES THE WORLD
Dru's administration did not escape
becoming embroiled with the world
powers. Finding that the nations Of
Europe are plotting against the United
States, he proves his diplomatic ability
by organizing new coalition, which
divides up the world without much re-
gard for that self -determination" which
we heard so much about as result of
the Russian revolution However. Rus
STA doesn't come in for much considera-
ton III Colonel Houses book. Japan is
told to go ahead and take all of Siberia
she can get, and it is left to some I'M
named power to exploit Western Russia.
Germany showed that she at least felt
that that exploiting of Russia favored
by Colonel House was part of German
destiny. AS matter of fact, Colonel
House showed great partially to Ger
many in his book, not only placing his
approval on Mitteleuropa, but giving
Germany all Of South America as her
Held. Because Of its possible bearing
on peace negotiations the whole of the
chapter on the dividing up of the world
is given herewith:
Busy General Dru had been rehabi1i-
Eating domestic affairs, he never for mo-
ment neglected the foreign situation He
felt that it was almost providentaI that
he was in q position to handle it unham-
pered, for at no time in our history were
we in such peril of powerful foreign coaIi-
tion. Immediately after receiving from
Selwyn the information concerning the
British German alliance, he had begun to
build, as it were, fire behind the British
Ministry, and the result was its overthrow.
When the English nation began to realize
that tentative agreement was being ar
rived at between their country on the one
hand and Germany and Japan on the
other, with America as its object of attack,
there was storm of indignation; and
when the new ministry was installed the
diplomatic machinery was set to work to
undo, as nearly as could be, what their
predecessors had accomplished.
In the meantime, Dru negotiated with
them to the end that England and America
were to join hands in a world wide policy
of peace and commercial freedom Accord
ing TO Dru's plan, disarmaments were to
be made TO an appreciate degree, custom
barriers were to be torn down, zones OF in
! huence clearly Defined and an era of
friendly commercial rivalry established.
1t was agreed that America should ap-
proach Germany and Japan in furtherance
of this plan, and when their consent was
Oht tbn would fo11ovy
Dru worked along these lines with both
nations, using consummate tact and skill
Both Germany and Japan were offended at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
CHAPTER VI
DRU INSTITUTES REFORMS

Under Philip Dru's constitution the
President becomes very much the same
kind of d figurehead as is the King Of
England. The Dru constitution pro-
vides that the President shall be elected
for term Of ten years, shall be in
eligible for reelection, but shall be pen
stoned after retirement, and that his
duties now devolving upon the Presi-
entirely formal and ceremonial" The
duties now develving upon the Presi-
dent are, under the Dru regime, to be
transferred to an "executive' who shall
be elected by the House Of Representa-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-15
DIR" Speaks the Language Of
Love

Il have loved you since the day
that you came into my life, and you
can never know how I have longed
for the hour to come when I would
be able to tell you 50. Come with me,
dear heart, into this unknown land
and make it glad for me. Come be-
cause | am drunken with love of you
and cannot go alone. Come so that
the days may be flooded with joy
and at night the stars may sing to me
because you are there. Come, sweet
Gloria, come with me. ''-FTron,
"Phihp Dra1: administrator. ="
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Continued from preceding page.

detour in order that their movements
night be concealed 1t would also delay.
Re thought. Newton's attack.
ais army was up and alert at 8, and by
o'clock those that were to hold the centre
u.sre in position, though he had them lie
down again on their arms, so that they
might get every moment Of rest. Three
o'clock saw the troops that we're TO flank
,be enemy already on the march
AT $50 his outposts reported Newton's
army moving. but it was o'clock before
they came within touch of his troops.
ain the meantime his men were resting
and he had food served them again as late
IS 7 o'clock.
Newton attacked the centre viciously at
first, but. making no Roadway. and, seeing
thst his men we're being terribly dec-
mated he made detour to the right, and
With cavalry, infantry and artillery he
drove Dru's troops in from the position
which they were holding.
"Dru recognized the threatened danger
and sent heliograph messages to his right
and left wings to begin their attack,
though it was now only II o'clock lie
then rode in person to the point of dan
ger and rallied his men to frmer stand,
upon which Newton could make no head
way.
an that hell storm Of lead and steel Dru
sat upon his horse unmoved. With barred
lead and eyes afane, with face flushed
sad exutant he looked the embodiment OF
he terrible God of War. His presence
and his disregard of danger melted his
soldiers 70 deeds of valor that would for
ever be An inspiration ard benediction'
&c the race from which they sprang.
Newton, seeing that his efforts were
costing him TOO dearly, decided to with
draw his troops and rest until the next
lay, when he thought to attack pru from
ne rear
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while Mr.. White was at Copenhagen, ac-
cording TO a publication in "The Baltimore
News:
IT wish ~ lay emphasis upon the necessity for
"a neutral bearing the part Of America. This
war is not their business, and they should keep
out OF it,
August 10, 1914, in the "Kreuz Zeitung,"
"rll never forget the impression which I re-
ceived in regard to the moral grandeur Of the
German nation. l regret that have to leave
Berlin, which has given to Americans many
proofs Of sympathy. | do not believe that at the
present time there Is another town in all Europe
in which you may feel comfortable and safe as
Berlin. The city is just clean. we'll managed
and provided with food in times of peace
Every American who knows Germany will be
= friend Of Germany, everybody who has seen the
holy earnestness and the ironlike will power that
all Germany shows in fulfilling the duty toward
the Fatherland and everybody who has seen the
marvellous organization which represents the Ger
man army and navy cannot believe that Germany
be defeated"
Upon Mr.. Whites arrival in New York Sep
TENDER s, 1914" says The Baltimore News "he
spoke in high praise OF the way in which Ameri-
treated in Germany since the war
started He was visiting ct big country place
at eastern Siesia, near where the German. Aus
TRAN and Russian frontiers converge. when the
started. He did not believe that Germany
medtated war, according to the newspaper reports
of his homecoming"
Mr.. White on one occasion had luncheon
with the Kaiser, August II, 1909, at which
time the Kaiser thanked him for his SER
vices in the Algeciras conference.
Mr.. Whites daughter is understood to
have spent part of the war period in Switz-
erland, where communication with both
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Philip Dru's Proposed Constitution.
$40 PHILIP DRU: ADMINISTRATOR

$40 PHILIP DRU: ADMINISTRATOR
after the FIRST Monday in January ard shall
never have more than FIVE hundred members,
f. The House Of Representatives shall elect e
Speaker whose term Of Office may be continuous
at The pleasure Of The majority. He shah pre-
SIDE over the House, but otherwise his functions
shall be purely formal,
5. The House shall also choose. an Executive.
rhose dutieg It shall be, under the direction Of
The House, to administer The Government. He
may may not be at The time Of his election
member of the House, but he becomes an ex-
oficio member by virtue thereof.
S. (s) The Executive shall have authority 10
select his Cabinet Officers from members Of the
House or elsewhere, other than from the Courts
Senates, and such Cabinet Officers shall bv
reason thereof, be ex-offcio members of the
House.
(b) Such officials are to hold their positions al
ihe pleasure Of the Executive and the Executive
IS to hold his at the pleasure Of the majority OF
the House
tc) In an address to the House. the Executive
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CHAPTER XII
THE ssw xAr1oaA1. coxsr1rurrox

rHz Ssw xA17oaAL coEszrrUr1o1
nESIDES the laws and reforms elresdy
I'D enumerated, the following IS in brief the plan
for The General Government that Philip Dru
outlined and carried through as Administrator of
The Republic, and which, in effect, was msas part
OF The hew constitution.
!. Every adult citizen of the United States, male
or female, shall have the right to vote, and no
state, county or municipality shall pass law
or laws infringing upon this right.
9. Any alien, male or female, who can read write
and speak English, and who has resided in the
United States for ten years, may take out
naturalization papers and become e citizen
g. No one shall be eligible for election as Execu-
tive, President, Senator, Representative or
See Appendix
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AZ PHILIP DRU: ADMINISTRATORS

OF revenue for the current needs Of the Coz
eminent and The expenditure thereof, shall 80
to the Senate for approval
(b) The Senate may approve measure by
majority vote and it then becomes Law. or
they may make such suggestions regarding the
amendment as may 20 them pertinent, snd
return It to The House 10 accept or re;ec. a.
they may see fit.
tc) The Senate may reject measure BY q
majority vote. II the Senate reject mess-
IKE, the House shall have che right TO dissolv,
and go before the people for their decision.
{d) II the country approves the measure by
returning House favorable TO IL, then. upon
its passage by the House 10 the same form g.
'phen rejected By she Senate, il shall become
law.
8. (a) A Senator may be impeached by naa-
jority vote Of the Supreme Court, upon an ac-
ton approved by the House and brought BY
the Executive or any member Of his Cabinet.
tb) Senator must retire at The age Of sew
enfy years, and he shall be suitably psnsioned
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NJ ewspaper
l. Y Interests

Whether Mr. White himself has any tinan
cial interest in THE Baltimore Sum-" which
recently published from the pen of it's
managing editor, Frank r. Kent, sensa-
tional story about England and France pre-
pairing to stack the cards against the United
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on's Silent Adviser as Author and Reformer

"Of the enemy 100000 we're dead and 21o,-
600 were wounded, with $4,000 missing. OF
prisoners Dru had captured $4,000.
General Newton was killed in the early
Afternoon soon after the rout began.
philips casualties were $4,000 dead and
10000 wounded.
indeed ended