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SIR HENRY's AMUSING EXPLANATION

DRONOST SMITH put the members of
the British educational mission on the
defensive when he told them that he
sought to take postgraduate work in prep.
aration for degree at oxford University.
but discovered that oxford refused to rec
ognize the validity OF the degrees granted
by an American university and insisted
that he should start as an undergraduate
Accordingly, DR.. Smith went 10 a German
university, which was more hospitable to
Americans than oxford was in his time.
The only explanation offered for this
condition came from Sir Henry Jones, of
the University of Glasgow, who said that
the British universities had shown lack Of
enthusiasm in welcoming American stu
dents seeking postgraduate degrees for the
reason that we have "unforturatey sepa.
rated economics and ethics" and that the
people of Great Britain and ireland had
always combined them.
This is an explanation that does not
explain. So far as the evidence cffC: Is
any basis for an opinion. there is q. greater
sensitiveness over the ethics Of economies
in the United States than in Great Britain
We have a great body of law here. the in
citing purpose of which Is to apply ethics
TO big business. The law may be wrongly
drafted, but there is not the slightest
doubt that ! has been passed because of
the sensitiveness of the ethical conscience
OF the nation. AS we are aware that busi.
ness practices go unchalenged in Great
Britain which are forbidden here Sir
Henry's remarks must bring a smile to
the faces q" those who know
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WILHELM, PEWTER NAPOLEON

fifty months Europe has witnessed the most
appalling war in all her history. and dur
ing every month more than 100000 soldiers
have been killed in this war, but william
the Pewter has remained unscathed. This
is a cynical world, or it would not ask why
he has escaped How could IL come about
that a monarch who, from boyhood up, had
beloved praises of war, who had created
synod of biologists and Lutheran pastors
and atheists to prove that war was the
natural state OF man, and the only CONDITION
worthy Of high men and low men alike, by
what evil fate has it happened that TINS
monarch has been unable during fifty months
to get into the most multitudinous or all
wars one which moreover he himself caused
and pretends TO have directed Every day
during all this time hundreds of tons of
munitions have been fired at his armies,
but not a single bullet. not the smallest
splinter of shrapnel has come near him. Was
ever "a man so cheated In his fondest desire?
Every day has witnessed a thousand hero
isms, and he, who should be. potentially,
the most radiant German hero of them all.
has been unable to reach the terrain where
battle-heroes find Immortality.
MYTH a feeling OF chagrin the world con-
w cludes that the pewter in him has made
the bumptious Kaiser coward. and the
world though cynical. is really fair II
says to the shade of Napoleon the Great:
Being Napoleon, you naturally rsked your
life on fifty battefields." and to William II
gently kept out OF harms way, ever since
as a little boy you toddled up and down
Inter den Linden with your bodyguard of
nurses and lackeys. During the war. We
hear of your rushing from the French front
to the Baltic in your limousine surrounded
by other cainoufaged automobiles. with your
motor kitchen. your sleeping cabinet, your
truck of fine wines and all the paraphernalia
which monarch kept in cotton should have
The newspapers give us snapshots Of you
preparing for your triumphal entry into the
foreign capitals, which you have temper
ar'ly taken. We see you in your innumerable
uniforms-these alone must require four or
five extra camions--and a squad of cham
Notwithstanding troops in Sofa War
saw or wherever you run across them, and
a photographer is at hand How many i'm
Herial kisses you have bestowed on the Sui
tan. or the Car of Bulgaria Ferdinand,
father of all the Shyloclis), on the old Empe-
ror Of Austria and on the new. What an
eye you have for spectacular effects provided
the kodakers are near!'
II you think the. world cynical. I reply !:
"You are mistaken. The world simply
judges men by their positions and profess
sions. As II expects n parson to lead a
moral life. so it expects a supreme military
commander to know at least how powder
smells. and the difference in sound between
the whizzing of bullets and the explosive
shrieks Of shrapnel When it discovers that
you are pewter, it procams the fact out
of its stern love of TRUTH
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their reform in essential principles.
Now it is apparent that the German peo-
pie have not acted. Their rulers have
acted for them. II is not the voice OF
the German people that is audible, but
the voice of frightened and dodging
junkers who still hope to gamble and
trick their way out Of their tragic fix.
There are two courses open TO the
President. He can send curt refusal
to Germany announcing a disinclination
to discuss the matter further or he can
forward the suggestion for an armistice
to the Allied council, which in turn would
forward it to General Foch under the
terms explicitly stated in the Presidents
last note to Berlin. Foch would accept
none Of the conditions suggested by Doc
tor Solf. He would demand evacuation
of France and the right Of a peaceful
invasion of German territory, the right TO
hold the German Rhine cities and perhaps
Berlin and the German navy till peace
was agreed He might do the Germans
great service by demanding the
Kaiser and his princes as hostages. Thus
Germany would receive the final answer
precedent to complete surrender or a
war to the bitter end.
In any event, President Wilson has
acted only as an intermediary. Germany
has not helped him in his admirable
efforts TO decent and permanent peace.
Mr.. Wilson himself will probably act
upon the secret information which he
possesses in determining his future
course. The German note shows but one
thing. The Germans are not willing to
admit themselves beaten.
The German people are not yet ready
TO act.
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A GREAT AMERICAN

TSHE tributes paid to Cardinal Gibbons on
= the occasion Of the jubilee celebration
OF his entrance into the priesthood are de-
served
There is no sturdier defender of the es-
sentials of Americanism than this distin-
guished churchman. lie has always thrown
his Influence on the side of democratic in
dividualism and in opposition TO the social
istic teachings of the sentimental ldealists
who seem to think that by banding lot
Of incompetents together it will be possible
10 make them competent The Cardinal is
believer in the old-fashioned doctrine
that every tub must stand on its own
bottom.
Long may he live to preach the doctrines
OF democracy 10 the propagation of which
he has given HIS life.
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CONSULAR SUPPORT FOR OUR SHIPS

TT is inconceivable that even so huge a
! total as 25,O0OOOO tons of ships. which
the United States expects TO have within
the next two years. will outpace the possi-
bilities of world trade. But the chance
that this enormous expansit Of our mer-
chant marine may be embarrassed by lack
Of machinery to make the gain count de-
mands immediate attention.
Chairman Hurley. OF the shipping board.
clearly realizes the situation in his recent
appeal for the prompt and thorough de.
velopment and extension of the America n
consular establishments. In his own words.
I'VE can't have the trade unless we give
american service. a very large part of
this will depend upon United States con-
suis."
Neglect of American obligations in this
matter would be the height of folly. More
and better trained consuls are imperativelS
needed. The type of candidate who is sur
ptlsed that Brazilians do not talk Spanisl
or that the Haitian blacks speak French
should be relegated into the limbo Of tn
past
On the other hand, the extent OF none
tary remuneration for our trade agent
should be made commensurate with tn
raised requirements. Given good pay an
sound credentials. American consus Of tn
RECONSTRUCTED world can be Of prime as
sietance In sitting ignorant wonder as I
the postwar utility of our vast -eN fee
--
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Mas of Baden and the Kaiser

NTAX OF BADEN and the Kaiser are
A'A now ready for peace,
Or at least will talk to that effect, and
temporarily cease a
To burn and bomb and ravage and inhict
all forms of death, "
While their scientific looters stop to get
their second breath.
Max of Baden and the Kaiser will now
adopt the dove
Or any other emblem that will typify their
love
For the pillaged, ruined countries that they
ruthlessy laid waste
In defense of German kultur, a vulturs
pure and chaste.
Max of Baden and the Kaiser perhaps have
seen the light .
That America not only can but always
dares TO fight
For Truth and Right and Justice, for all
oppressed lands,
without fear of kings or chancellors with
blood-stained, guilty hands. .-
Max of Baden and the Kaiser, with their
other mates Of evil,
May call on their German God who is more
the German Devil,
Who has led them to the heights and they
saw the glory there
Who will leave them In the depths, mid
defeat and in despair.
Max of Baden and the Kaiser now are
ready for peace;
They will now confer, .diplomatize and beg
for some release
There IS only one round table where this
conference can dwell
For Max and for the kaiser; let them
argue it in hell.
HARRY b. SOMMER.
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SOLDIERS LETTERS

STSHE recert arrival in this city of more
than nve thousand letters from soldiers
Drovokes wonder about the number of
l@tters which went out to soldiers.
| ~ like TO hear from the boys at the
mont. but the boys at the front are much
nors anxious to hear from home. Have
Nv written that letter to your acqualnt.
@co y uniform that YOU have been plan
|r1 - Aend7 His family Is writing him.
M ~ you'd Ike 20 hear from his friends
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

The nomination OF Major Generals Hun
ter Liggett and Robert l.. BullaTd to the
rank of lieutenant general is a fitting pro-
motion of the men in command OF the first
and second American armies in France. They
have earned the distinction by their conduct
and they are entitled to the rank because
of the responsibilities which are on their
ale
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The Test

THE test Of ererV plan OF peace is this: !:
4 Is it based upon the faith of all the
peoples nroired, or merely upon the ICord
Of an ambitious and Intriguing GoUcrn-
mcnt, on the one hand. and Of a group Of
free peoples, on the other? This is test
1rhich goes to the root Of the matter and
il Is the test ichich must be applied.
PRESIDENT WILSON, August 81, 1917.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

A German Socialist
Pewter the Great newspaper calls the
Kaiser the last mill
tary monarch But William Roscoe Thayer.
in an article in another column. denies that
he is military and insists that he is only
a pewter imitation, Pewter the Great, in
short.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

There are lot Of Germans besides the
Kaiser who deserve some salty medicine
for their nsdeeds. Think OF Lissauer. for
instance the chap who wrote the Hymn
Of Hate" We hope that in his case the
punishment will ft the rhyme.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Ludendorff, hoping for nature to stem
the Allied advance Is reported to have urged
the German people to pray for rain. Doesn't
he know that no amount of Invocation can
save the Kaiser's? -.'.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

The big Bertha which has been lombard
ing Dunkirk has been captured. But We
shall not be satisfied until the nest of all
the big Berthas at Essen is destroyed
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Herr Solf says that the Germans are
guilty of only such atrocities as seem neces-
sary. That is just why " quarrel with
them--so many brutalities seem to them
necessary that none Of the rest Of us would
thirlr rnsaihle-
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In Cultures Hub

1t is interesting to
In Cultures Hub read that normal
conditions were re-
stored in Boston when theatres, notion
picture houses, dance halls billiard and
poolrooms. bowling alleys and liquor saloons
were allowed TO reopen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Private stills are said 10 be in operation
in Frankford. II a short drought can start
such crop soon, what will not the har-
vest be il the States adopt the prohibition
amendment TO the Constitution?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

In crowded grip-ravaged Philadelphia
the apartment-hunter. disappointed at the
lack of an open fireplace, may at least re-
joice that there is no rue In his establish
manI.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Now that the Huns have taken up the
selie line it is inevitably evident that they
are offering all they have at continually re-
duced prices.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

The President wanted to hear from the
German people, but according TO the latest
reports guns are mounted in the streets of
Berlin to prevent the people from speaking.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Even In the midst of a world war there
are certain portions of the globe in which
an entire army is taking leave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

The Czecho-soyaks deny the divine
right Of the Hohenzollerns and the Haps-
burss. and the Hapsburgs and the Hohen-
zollerns themselves seem to begin to doubt Il.
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Colonel Millard d. Brown says that
every man in the losth Regiment is a hero.
Their conduct at chateau-Thierry proved
that before the colonel told US.
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To Joyce kilmer

From Mineola to Flanders
That was the name to be
on the next book OF poems
We wanted so to see.
From MineolS to Heaven;
The longer way for thee
The book remains unfinished;
But thou art poetry!
CAROLINE GILTINAN,
Once of the Chief Surgeon, A e. f.
1t is reported from New York that the
hoboes Of America have hung a service
flag ON the Bowery in honor of the 10000
'boes that are fighting for freedoms II
there are as many of them as all that,
surely we may hear an appeal for a new
nation, the Hobo-Slavs, or something of the
sort. They could govern Prussia a good
deal more pleasantly than thu Junkers.
Has anybody thought to put UP a service
flag on the old Hoboes Clubhouse. at Fifth
and Buttonwood streets?
And. speaking Of hoboes, JEFF Davis,
their sef-deposed king, declares thai the
word hobo is derived from the Latin homo
bonus. good man. We wonder II any one
will rise to confirm or contradict that
etymology? We ourselves always thought
that Hoboken had something to do with 1t.
There is one evacuation OF occupied ter
ritory that Doctor Solf forgets in his note /;
The evacuation OF the German brain by
the Prussian militarist philosophy.
No wonder Kaiser Karl OF Austria Is
anxious to amalgamate and federalize the
hostile races in his distracted empire. He's
anxious to get his winter coalition into the
bins before it's too late.
There is one thing about Doctor Solf--
| A. "a pleasant to deal with German ON.
cial who hasn't got won" in the vestibule
OF his name.
one OF our rejected coatrlbs writes;
PH neuer be poet, see but IN die
| trVing.
How unnecessary that seems. The cas-
ualty lists are heavy as II Is: and this Is 9
death that is so painful for all concerned
The Kind Of naval base the German
dreadnoughts love is not a base. but Z
basement or bassinet 80.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Colonel Bearss seems to have the right
sort OF punch. He swatted a German off,
Ger in the jaw with his fist and thousand
men surrendered
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Shopping Wife-Isn't it a sweet little hat.
Jack? Guess what 1t cost?
Motoring IIusband-About one tire,
should say.-Sydney Bulletin.
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j was Mrs. O'Leary's COW that started
the great Chicago fire, which Is more than
jeremiah OLearys bull has been able TO do
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Twehk and not Izzet Pasha is the new
Turkish grand vizier, and the wags must
now stop asking. Is II Izzet or is II Tewfik ?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Germsny's reply indicates that she
hasn't the crust TO produce any other varl-
ETY. OF food for thought than humble pie.
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That Vaienciennes is sustaining It's tra-
ditional reputation for lace is emphasized
by the fact that Hun contingents are be-
coming thoroughly well ruffied there.
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II IS now conclusiyely proved that not
only did Won kluck know just as much as
Won Hndenburg knows now, but he knew
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your foot onto the third rail.
Judging from the photos. German pris-
oners are particularly good at lining up
for mess. Whereas Fochs men shine at
messing up the line-the Freya and Humid
ing lines and any others that Hindy has
left lying about.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Verify 1t is the Blue Danube" which
flows through .pesce-hungry Vienna
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Bread at Ave cents extra may be inter-
preted as the staff OF strife.
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Answer. TO Yest-rliys Quiz

L. kohert BrpvninE wrote "Hsw We Rrousht
the Good News from Gheat 10 Aix p
=. Lord Miner Is ths British Secretary Of state
fer War. ~.
Franeslse-freneh kepubllc.
A. An areIitrave IL the main beam restIns -
thR capltnl Of a. columni afss yntlsns psrt
%oiainS round the sltsfibr 81 an arch. as
underwrtters In Lsndsn.
o. and ne treaty OF peSss bssswasssn" bssas G,.sst 49,
e.itss,a, ss9, ssS r. sfs United States was slsssd
pIeblseituIh. ssspes sf the psscle.
phiIcsoshy isssklss by sssnsss2.
3. Gass l. the Fr<neh fern sf 0ns.t.
-. Nscsals was the classical ss>61ss Il ro>va-
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Belsium:
2. whst are sarysssidss and what is the singular
8. What Is the last book In the Old Tsstamsntf
4. what In honNn haddle?
s. What In tho "lex taiionis"?
Q. who was HundSnE. after whom ono Of the
Gernan defensive lines IL namedf
:. What st.te In the Union produces tho most
copper
8. Who IL President Of switzerlapdr
Q. what H. the sreiasntsl trapspositien Of
initial 'ssniILsc "1cs 1cstsstS stSSts%spts
"weiI-olied bicycle" ealiedY
TO- What is o psntason.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

Queen Elizabeth seems 10 have been
the true belle of Bruges.
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The clauses which plead innocence of
submarine outrages and of despoliation
and barbarity in the field must excite the
bitter mirth and the fresh resentment of
men who remember the Lusitania and
the transgressions of the German army
in Belgium as recorded in the Bryce
report and other authenticated records
without number Of German cruelties to
the helpless and the unprotected. Here.
above all places, the German appeal is
furtive. II is not suggestive of truth,
contrition nor an acknowledgment OF
wrong. II would be easy for the Presi.
dent to answer with the sweeping record
Of barbarities already tabulated for tht
day of reckoning with the fiends whc
perpetrated them. But that would be az
idle waste of words.
The President in his earlier communi
cations with the Germans made no effor
to dictate to the enemy the reformi
which he considered necessary before h,
could fttingly pass the appeal for peac,
on to the Allies. He made it plain tina
he and all the Allied nations would judg,
for themselves by the action of the Ger
man people in this crisis the degree O,
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NEITHER then in his third decade nor at
~ any time since, SO far as the records
show, has the pewter Napoleon OF Prussia
come within range Of bullet or shell. For
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There is one thing about Doctor solf--
II IL pleasant to deal with German ON
cial who hasn't got won" in the vestibul'
OF his name.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-22

The kind Of naval base the German
dreadnoughts love is not base, but .
basement or bassinet.
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No wonder Kaiser Karl of Austria is
anxious to amalgamate and federalize the
hostile races in his distracted empire. He's
anx,ous 10 get his winter coalition into the
bins before it's too late.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-01-25
Cast Ia u1it8d de ia f'ota de- zeppe|'.
nes Sc haIIa flera dc sseervIcio
No menos de treinta han sido destruldos
Dor Ia a~rtiller(a de los a)iados

Armada tales como los de observa-
ci6r. eynediciores host!les contra las
Tabiacionea y costas enemigaS, pro
t-cci6r de los b&rcos d~estinados a Ia
colccac;6n de r.inas, caza submarines
eremigos, descubrimiento de campoS
cnemigos minados = IN e. mas iii
nortante de todos esos trabajos, re
. conocimiento Y observation de las
rrandes flotas enemigas de los Altos
Mares.
Muchos ia csos monstruos aercos
han sido vict;mas de desastres o de
'os cfectos de la artilleria especial
@rti-aGro2, pucs no menos de treinta
ic clos, Sc sabe que han sido des-
truidos por uno u otro medic, como
aparcce dc IA siguiante lista cuya
&rtent;cidad esta comprobada:
L-3.-Destruido pocos dias antes
de Que cstallara la guerra, en- una
ca;da en- el Mar del Norte, cerca de
dciigola1.I.
L-2. InccndiaGo en- Buhlsbuettel,
noco antes de Ia guerra,
L-2.-Cay6 en- Fanoe, Dinamarca,
a principle de Ia guerra y fu3 III
ccndiado ror sill tripulaci6n.
L-4.-Cay6 en- Blaavands Hulk, Di-
namarca, al principle de Ia guerra Y
como e. anterior, fue incendiado por
su tr;pu!acion.
L-5.--Echado abajo en- el frente
be'ga, en- 1915 habiendo sido salvada
parJe de su tripulacion.
L-6.--Incendiado en- su hangar en-
Brhisbaetted, en- Septiembre de 1916.
L-7.-Echado abajo por los des-
troyers brit4nicos frente a las cos
tas de Jutlandia, en- 1915, habiendo
Eececido ahogada su t~ripuiacion.
L-8-Echado abaio por las anne
~tralladoras en- BcIgica en- 1915, pc
reciendo parte de su tripulacion.
L-9.-Incendiado en- su hangar en-
Buh!sbuettel ell misno dia que Ell L-6.
L-10.-Incerdiado por IN rayo en-
las cercanias de Cuxhaven, durante
SIS primeros vue'os, siendo destrui-
do con toda su tripulacion.
L-l2,-Destruido en- Ostend en-
1915, cuand ~regresaba de IN raid
sobra I~nglaterra.
L-15.-Echade abaio en- el Tame