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OTIE BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE SEW YORK SATURDAY OCTOBER 20-101S France Full of- Americans British Soldier Writes control of Congresa lt aUo tojrrinfed about her or abat aha caa bla oa position la tbe Pm Uencybe jriwtnt beraelf did not couth! bla anxMy a tlita convicted Etlmerj shoacnjryrd bla cupfitlenre 5 (fcjtot tho reporters Insist la only hint- uM Manvcf in 11k mIM followed RnriB pvetwdrnta ton he MW mpbaalalng hJ if H- thjfn Wlftll fpr to a friend penonaq rflult misj-blrf of aueb a band aa Use mb she billion though I aio md fn fj wt led working secretly and appealing! for followers in a foreign tongue ihcseflDflriBUIrSp but rtnoot bvtveri port of losing Bmjrna aooo aa At- tenby la Joined by Marshall at Aleppo Turkey baa boro completely rut off from her allies by tbe reeonquest of Serbia and the desertion of Bulgaria Bf)w rN(jtoJc1a th Alllri ta on Constantinople All thinking Turks long realised that the game was up Former Ambama- 8ereurjr of War aol a uN-llmi pmriflfrt go far mm Roosevelt's demand for an unconditional surrender and a ces-satloa of parleys slth Garmany la concerned I would stake anything ithat II per ceat of the American peopla agrsa absolutely with Roosevelt Fuiihsr I would wiser a plurality af the Americas peopla bailer Roosevelt has bean right from tha very flrat on tha war and mors thaa a few are Inclined to believe that had tha big slick had full play much of our past and present trouble lu tha conduct of this wer might have been avoided A CASWELt Ml Ocean Farkwajr October 1)11 for ouraelve and were af re opinion straightway that tha WDnSr of thl "They were ao keen there flrat American And er(ry outers a keen and (trek are going" 1 tha line and every day thalr are bring taken In ths villages brr other What would th German Li If they really knew all thl oa din "They are marry and llght-haartae ut underneath they are takin but underneath they are taking reTl (CmiomOwi af the A assets Fraae London October aol dlera seem to gVow in tho night as that each morning there ar more of them than writes a- British soldier in France to' his relatives la England "Americana ar the topics or conversation ererywhare" ho continue "The vlllageare' full of automobile taprka are on all the roads and their columns of In fantry era everywhere 'ff sre be-igshsr sing ginning to know tbs songs and ths phrases they use "Te many sf us they were iV run- vLj tvni4i aK ia 1M1 raw Mtrt "Cm-V nmtfMMi) Atl liCAV KVCMNO oiYOlitll IS Mil nr I 1 to fWhlri I'- Mail Mhp rfUWUTM Itio A4iairi ww to VuiM fr all Mars VlMp I le rr- rM4 to II Ml ffHH MW wl IM Ml ImI atwm of if fcrn All rliMi VffiNIflffi" i1 ki'-ci fcrfk-t Wl tin MW taa nnkM Ibn rt mn Kiaii hpr af li ('it hJba I niir-4 iM Iw taler aa nril I Anaraat tn ll-rlrr faw aa Hanl Waaacrr a -liia Vaa IMa Via Pro TrrM Wa-tm GanM-aa Mix orrir-K P-aeM Waattarfa aa4 T-Ipfjiwp Sa S2BB Mala Mat h-aw iM hnik aa rkaataa i4w-ae ei'Daenienna Fifia aaaf bf Mil (aafaUa RmtM I anil Itau aiaatha II fj ateatka MMi 1 fta IS kaadar bgla I pip 11 Mf Hlfar 1'pbtIp idrramat I paar llSOi Ipaalil Miliary ra- aaoa'k SO rain I amaiha 1121 aaa'h KW (la aal la aarrlaa aoljl Hakl rata f100 arf raar beta llhrarg tM par ptr ibpMIm 0)1 Mi Obaaaac 1'onKiiinBscRirTioR bates rallp aa4 itMap 1 paar 11420 Malta ITI I Mat lU Map ar Vakip Ealf 1300 pa paar tbat th west or woo of this Igq-wt Nation will ba decided tn Noverwtiw There Js no program offered by any wlt of the Democratic party but that raui (result In the permanent destruction'll ihe Union" But while he entertained opinion no strong a this Mr Llnl did not think It necessary lu 18fiA the Government were safe Issue a public appeal to tbe petvbi monw nr Pwte 1 I or financial prosperity Mr Bhlpiaroff of ube North among whom were many! 1 I here In Brooklyn kas already taken Dei we rat Ic supporters of hla admlnla- warulngiand other Ilk him may well tratlvm II stood upon the war record jdo ao of hlsAdmlnUtratlou and tha people stood villi him and against George C0LOXEL HOUSEl MISSION might eaally become serious la a city Ilka New York The fact that they are to be locked up out of harm way until they bare been forgotten and their power for mischief baa evaporated Is a good thing It should bo a warning to other radical who bare Imagined that preaching anarchy and UcClellAi and the Demoerstic party yrlio oppmed him The greatwlanger of the President's courrir as we sea It la lu the fea tings plate mystery at Brat' WA had ktw Mieir talk shews It the way to of America only aa a distant country take fighting you know a either Then suddenly they ware In -J mnch la which la mar- tell well-trained men with gunlue hiArwer too much na a Jok-whkh la fdplteh The wire man la ha whs' oitboa orearatea hlmaalf nor under-rates riaageri The Americana ar wit -man "Th pensanto Ilka them the tg French mother mother thwy hare an inattpet1 which gives them a realization of tho homesteknaw which must ooraetimooeome to thaw Whan yearn hav gone by and It 1 possible to aoo tborirnr 1a perspective It may bo possible to give full vain te what those woman hare don "MaanwhUa aa waa aaylag the Americans go on arriving and spreading nil over Franca" for making friend sad adapting themselves to new condition We watched them with curiosity at first surprised to find how like they war to other men before wo bad quit recovered from tho first pleaaant aurprire they wore making a reputation ta a trade whore tho tost te art ea ay They came up from tholr village ringing and filtered late th trench more and more of them each day Th papora began to talk about tholr fighting but wo thought they cannot bo doing muck And then nil at once wo began to ore It AhaU lolls aa ms crisis la tha foreign affaire of Nation since the war began haa closely related to a visit to Eu-by Colonel House tho Presl-d it's friend and adviser Thera Is hcghligg surprising therefore In tbe asbouiicement that Colonel House has President ulll' himself as an indlvuw agto gone to Europe Aa the personal uai become ghi' center of a raging con-jJ reprem nUtlve of the President he sriU trorersy la thOmldst of which th ex4! paatlclimt In th deliberation of Ah erdse of calm ARPaahmat atjiteamen and military advisers will become dimwit to aU and impo T1" Qwrtlona brought about alUe to many Politic Instead of offer lug adjourned wlllibe more active end From I tima to time It has been re-aSarked jthat while we are represented bjmlritary and naval offleiat at Vee aafUeu tho United States not adequate Tvpresented In the political trace among the Allied aUtes-mraU Tkie Premier of Englamj France and wtaEjt frequently meet to dlactuw mat' era 'of policy quite apart from mllli pry' and naval questions it ha been jftlt that in those cnnfereuce tin Gowfnuent of tho United State thou have a voice end that without such representation then might laekl that complete unity that hat been Drought about In the purely military kthere Col fuel House has been sent abroa GERMANY'S DAY OF RECKONING Her Haag Fit Bra Many Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: Vary clear nnd excritant te your statement of tho Preridenf attltudo toward Garmany must com Into th court of nation conreaod to decide tfeo lasure of the' war not aa tha' equal of thore who alt la Judgment but' aa on whosri guilt la isstebllshed sad whore punlattmrat haa bean determined upon" -Th day i of reckoning has attlari arrived Tha th oomtAm furioua than ererand It will not be politics of the betteitype It will not be the polities of expAdtlon argument And reason It will be iiggely the politics of paietoa savagery and vlnoue tlweneas In spits of thla wo beHev thaPresldent will carry hi point and bve behind him Democratic Coy qrcA at ha ought to' harm But believe that this desirable result would have heed ar-rlvedlatlinyerent Thepeoirleof the United Btati hare never repudiated a war Admlulitiratlm and there hasMtem Ballon of the AUte From tha i sate and contributions crilaettA ere than I40M was raised It ted Intended to hare Maggie Tarts elite ringer on th program but as mtmik of Influenaa obliged bar te cm eeCyd 1 th eleventh hour Ha GUIs secured ta her place As Anils such reel tala do net mb mlt to 4K itlctem but yesterday' ta Its combination on th tamo prom am of two of the bat ezemplare A' French art that ltnudti many a wore of pralss for tha efierU of both iwtt Mm GUIs hug three groupriof ong Including ore of Debussy's Y'Clalr da Lun" It Choreluars" i "Fantoche" and as- other of of the Bsvntatsth fend Eighteenth Vitoria Mr Cope tend also played group of Debowr 7 eompoattlona and of Moaart Bor tettio and Chopin Walter Gold te- companlod Mm GiU' In ths evening nt AA Hall Kar vtn Maasal who playit two of the Sunday ecwerti last winter gare hi ftrsA recital Mr Maasel la a pianist of pt te with csllantiflnger tecUnlqu art grad ms-Meal ton He ha noA tenw achieved a mastery of tonA variety aor has ho arrivad at tha pot I wten hla Individual conceptions laV Important musical message bo heard again with plaasur ft tt premise of hla playing yesterday! wall ripen Into mare elgnlflcant fmW necessary olomenta of the do they pofeaea thsmaelvea oyer to of tholr They a largo scale and ns amenable only to tore Baatvolenc has bean violence and horrible tha personal safety of glvsa place to of property nnd tho the rule "To each his haa faded away and thorn ta a thing without honor and with sovereignty parts of their nature away and order has disregard toy the rights 1 appalling arraignment of it te beyond question present tint baton Tha theologian agree Deviation from tho ho trite must bo repentance confession tv ths Dlvlno WUL nation haa ttimptiX deceit to offer an confession and repentance midst of it white as It' wer on bonded protestations of slain tha priest at th th Baerantent of Mercy and tor acolyte and battered th no evidence that they Intended todo from lime to time to meet this need Much out a been made of tho fact thal Colon-1 Howw hold no oMclal poaltlou la tbel Govrrnmrat but the Diet re mains jthat he due represent the Pree Idmt as i no other man could possibly irepmtni him since he I perhaps Vkwer hla chief than any other ad iuer 'Fa rthermora ou each oceaslotu planet louse becomes to all Intent aiVl pnnoea a duly accredited pletal-poVntlar' of the Oovernment I'M very fart ha been a source v' lrrlifttot) to th Piealdent's critlcu An iff eel I ve answer to such crltjra iboul be-'eougbt in the results achieved by Col 'one! House hla little European Jaunts i li will be recalled that Colonel House loot (tart la th find important Allied poi Veraallle' Al that caiforence the foundation wat laid for complete unity military aoouoml naval that haa reversed the mlUtlijr situation since It was brought ah it UnICsa foreign aulbor-ltiee ana ail fault Cokwel House was largely i restk melble for tho effective work that vuJs dooa at Versailles at that dm rCokmet Hoa again goes abroad at a time when there 1 a corresponding need for conn eta Allied unity lu tbe political flelct We need not credit the Morlee that ffaiit circulation from time tot time of divergent view Imong the Allied nations Vo -understand that in such matters atm (tedding upon terms of aa armlstlceeand peaua preliminaries It la nacossaryifor' the Allies to do a lot of xMtrdlnadng to present that solid demanded by the situation President JITllaon tsuataGdouel House further Gila unity and those who trust the PrAldent 'will do well to re-eala from ctUldalng choice of Colonel House mission A at thU time 0o the other luaid then has alwaysheea tho beat tpf reason for believing public opltfr lou regardless of party was wbrimlngly-behind the President and that It would ao expnets itself on November 8 That Is whjrtihe appeal aeeme to us to bn unneemaaty aa well as unfortunate lntsoute-of lti conaequencea A SUlVATTHKOUCM a SWAMr The fact that only a shuttle service from the Pacific street to the Canal street stations of th Brooklyn Rapid Transit subway will -bo ron between 1 o'clock and o'cldck ln tha ttorilng and that th dty mut'APend f20XXl la stopping leeks la'theCaukl street station la not tho result) of careleeo-ness or bad workmabchlp It la the natural consequence of build lug a subway through a swamp Canal' street bears In Its name a reminder oflts history: First a brook then a banal and finally a fllled-ln street over tb rprlngs ywhich fed the brook In the first place Subway construction 1 between the' Manhattan Bridge and Broadway was the most difficult In the dty because the excavations filled with water and the pumping waa as constant as the digging Consequently that link1 waa the last bit finished In Its neighborhood It had then to be Joined to tba Centre street loop at one end and to (he Broadway eubway at th other ItSwss water proofedlat the beginning noma too successfully as thousands of readers wUl testify the constant dripping la lie Broadway station bring a serious nuisance But now that tho structure has had time to settle It has cracked other building dor Morgenlhau was frequently approached by the Yeung Turk triumvirate to bare him undertake to get peace for the Turks before we entered lbs war Noar that tha gang headed by Enver has been ousted aud Turkey is on her kurea the civilised nations of tbe world will know what to do with tbe supplicant We are not at war with Turkey but we may ba aura that President Wilson will Join with the Allies In seeing that Justice Is done Ihe murderers of the Armenians and other Christian races stlll at the merry of the Turks and that the marauders that fame out ofOAala ao long ago will be put bark where they belong and rendered Impotent until they manage to catch up with civilisation ECHOES FIOM A CAPITAL There was aa immediate adjourn ment of tho Reichstag aa aooa as it waa known that the President's reply to tho request for an armistice had been received ta Berlin There was also an adjournment of tb War Cabinet not becatue of tb receipt of the reply bat because tbe latter la not to bo answered until iti learned what conditions precedent to a auspeiuloa of hostilities th Entente proposes to impose Meanwhile these happentnp: Frantic applanse and flowers for the liberated Uebknecht with this acknowledgment of the tributes: "The time of the people haa arrived" i A speech by the new Prussian War Minister Baton von Hcheiwk admiring altnattra to be grave A demand by tbe Yoesiaebe Zeltung that despite the military party It' time to take such action regarding Alsace-Lorraine as will heal the wounds In the heart of the French people The statement of the President of the Prussian Diet that never before had the Chamber assembled under graver conditions with the enemy threatening to strike down the doors of the country Finally and anything but least vo riferoua demands for tbe abdication of tiie Kaiser and thla from the National Zeltung of Berlin: "President Wilson haa anaweted quickly Well If ever Emperor William's Invocation that God be wlth itlm la in season Is right now" Nona of these happenings" bring subject to dispute all of them being duly authenticated and not on of them bring Incompatible with the ugly conditions Fdch and others have succeeded In creating for the War Cabinet which conditions are likely to grow won the Cabinet should not have adjourned pending further enlightenment regard' lug the terms of aa armistice There are and will be no ouch terms ta tbe amae of there bring more- than one which ta exceedingly Islmple And the longer that remains uncompUed with the sooner will the time of the German people arrive It haa been long ta coming CRITICISM AND DEMOCRACY Colonel Attitude on the Wtr Upheld Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagle: Ths writer Is a regular 'reader of The Ragle who haa much an Joyed a walcoms relief Its freedom from any petty or partisan ting and who has tor yean valued it tba mors for th lack of personal animus displayed by Ita tutorial writers Th one unfortunate and very glaring axcaptlon to this nil by (ho author of "Walk and Talks" was vary properly and adequately disavowed by a subsequent Of lata my high opinion of tha dUntoraotad-neoo of Tho Eagle's writers has had another disturbance by aomo of tho recent paragraphs under tho and handing: In particular may I register my earnest disapproval of tho paragraph beginning "Ths sneer i of CoL ate ta tho iarae of Saturday October It This eontinuad with a remark that ao Republican organ had com out advocating tho nomination for President ta list of ox-Froaldant Taft aa haa besa dona tor Rooaavrit Nowt I hav net always agread with Rooeovalt by any means and am not a devotes but it seems to mo that aurriy any (air-minded person will permit aa sx-Prssldant who has volunteered tor war service at tha front hlmaalf who haa loot ns son la action and had another' Invalided home th constitutional right to express aa opinion oven If a wrong on without Impugning hi motlVoa Riding to business dally I am eon-fronted with a sign reading "Sustain Wilson Veto for So and Bo tor Something or Other" Isn't thla sort of thing overdonsT have too high aa opinion of President Wilson to bailors ho would authorise such partisanship by eoma of tho politicians who ar Just aow'ao furiously anxious to wrap of his reflected luster about fhemaelvsa Constructive criticism ra a access! ty In a democracy Uks avary fair-minded parson I brilov full credit should be given this or any ether administration for all good mevoa and full responsibility for any errors of Judgment Republican or Democratic Any administration ta bettered by the watchfulness of tha minority and I my this aa on who criticised much and voted against several Republican president Just tor tha sake of fairness 1st ma state that no President hi war times aver has had such full support from opposing feaity members as President WUaon Republican congressmen hare a much better record In this respect than tha members of tha own party In th early crucial days of tha war ladsed it waa prominent Democrats who stood for a cringing attltudo Almost all tho belligerent even Germany have coalition cabinet Why not America? Abraham Lincoln summoned eno of Ala bitterest political opponenta aa burinere very aeriowly and some Washington are' Albany or at the CaoitoL Albiiv FRANCES VCLEVELAND PRESTON II Waat 44th it Now York City tober Ull JOINT RECITAL AT AEOUAN Coorgo Copfltnd and CabridIU in Bonofit for Blind Marvin MaazbI in Rscital Geerg Copeland plea let and brill GUI French soprano yinti I New Books Today Full leritws ef ImeaniM feMi to ItoN re ta estarisy Rut hi Book of (If--v oate and Symbol" by Dan Beard N-: ttlonal Scout Commissioner Bor Scouts of America Three hundred asd flRy Illustrations by the euther J- Mpplneott Company)- Deals with feu eigne and signal of tbe Indian ic wigwagging of tha Navy Mors telegraph coda th deaf and dumb sign' language etc "Hla Luckiest a etfluel to "Lucky by Father Finn (Bensi-gar Bro) concerns a young here who comas Into hte own after a fwr of struggle and adventure in a targe dty "Th Greatest of Lauretta Taylor (George Dorn Company) A- diary with portrall of tho patriotic all-star tour of "On1 which netted BBI142-X for tha Red Cress "JapaneM Print" by John Go' Fletcher (Tho Four Boas Company'-Illustrated by Dorothy Pulta L-teroi' Pooms written after certain design ol tha Ukl-oy or pooring school of Japanese print by ohr' Lake MA (Silver Burdrit-A Cal-Th subjects treated are there whl are vitally connected with Ilf Good book for reference llbrar- 'Firebrand' Trevleon" 1X Alden Beltser (A McCfiure Co" pany) Illustrated by P- A story of th Umporiuoua day transition from th old to th new Weet -1- -V "Th Adventure Oub WUbJhJ by Ralph Henry (Dodd Mead' A will enjoy following Club boys Into th Lnlted Bla aervlc a Little Mother Gooee Mead A Co) "Mother Ocore with numerous illustration1 color and black and while hr Wilcox Smith Bevelatlone by an pf (George Doreo 1 memorandum to Herr von Bethmann Hoiweg booklet form -Bm Grant In Hln John Garland (Yh Fwn Illustrated by B- -I rire riory of tho provre thkt ths boyhss alcknamo of "Doo Tsnderfort- -JUMm-KIrt CHjW-JJ'jJ thrilling reading: Th Kory Barnett lBustratH pyiea (Th rm gjrJ a story to Inetruct and rw nd boys from 1 to Personal and Impersonal Influenza la fstigua uniform a Tho of Congress build no butte I Don't worry It has all boiled down to Foch It la a oafs wager that Col Momma of our Army Is a father to hla boys a The turning back of IOIMIII docks la ao much wind blowing good for village tinkers This country la spending 4G0)-esOII on ohlpa If U-boato oink ship It la ovldaat that U-boats create ships see Mothers may soon be voting fqr President and constable In tho Fatherland Aa occasional spanking at home will then bo oraata for war abroad 0 0 A tltMMI cantonment will come near wagging one' of those Southern towns -Wags In Congress are pithily saying aa much In columns of debate Twanty-two king prince dukos and kaiser ml tho Gormans The David Ha rum principle that fleas are good tor a dog breaks down beyond tho Rhine so a The sluggish Gorman carp to never too proud to bits All he sees Is tho periwinkle of peace but when Rooked It will be with the barb of a Foeh- decreed armistice "Jug" in Jugo-Blav means "Southern" That may explain why our Virginian President amid the rising waters of Prohibition haa always refused to let go of that Jug Bom people buy land ta Naaaau County to maka COG per cent But when found out they nr toon to bo philanthropists and handing it back Tho limelight tolerate no doing good by stealth differences are regarded hare aY Germany's teat hop She la understood to hare her inlnd on th core of the apple of discord" Thaoe words are used by Charles Mlchelson ta tha World on Friday It la always a pleasure to meet old friends a While wo are about It lot no ask tho Reichstag to provide in Ita rules that the chairman of Its Important standing committees bo selected for their ability and fitness and not merely because of th length of service careful reading of tha Coagrea-atonal Record reveals UncteiJoa Cannon to hare achieved tho dignity of "ranking minority member of tho Subcommittee on Truly this 1a the off year for ex-Cura Tho soldiers who ar passing through hare on tholr way from homoo In th Southwest where there 1a no frost rare over th autumnal foliage on Long Island There globs trotters will find nothing to match It ta tho Louvre Tho frequent appearance of Posen ta tho new recalls of Pore tho early predecessor of "Potash and Perlmuttsr" Tbe 'hero of tha old play dealt ta suspenders nnd when th rip hour -arrives doubt tho present cttlrena of Poren will auspond a few of their military muter Touth! Youth!" Thla cornea In a eoldler'a letter to a Ban Diego girl: "California la the only decent climate 1 think In th world And whoa you tell a girl here In England you oaqi tarn California they go wild and want to marry you right offend go back to tha A But I toll them 'Carry on kid I am not thinking of such a Lama logic Is always Interesting A correspondent take up hie pen to defend the police who sre being for tba alleged rough treatment of a notorious thug police are doing good work and should bo let alono" ho writs Then bo tells how a friend of hla was shot and kilted on tho street adding: "Nothing was don about Ho should hare written ter Utters at leak a day apart 1 Tha end of th President's note of October II la bitter enough for any bittar-onder concluding peace and attempting to undo tha Infinite Injuries and injustices of this war Not tho qualification "attempting" In that Area lias restitution of devastated lands and ruined building That UtU wor probably tho biggest thumbscrew that waa aver wrought ta all history At aay print that Garmany Intarrenaa with a squeal wa may bo sure Foeh Is I sttalghUn'eut the archcrook Foch accomplishes what he attempt Questions: Oh who will wash dUhe'whllo the womea run tha care? Thla query springe From th toco of things For an nnewer Logic spar Oh whs will rock the cradl white tha women plow tb land? wipe dirt spots From ths Uttte tote? Who will aee that fruit te canned? Oh who will sweep the kitchen while the women work ta shops? make tha had And tha table spread? Who wlU rew UU daylight stops The Goopa they lick their fingers nnd th Goops they lick their knives They epUl their broth On th table cloth Fra their papas hare ao wire Th greasy dishes cry aloud the dusty parlor too All women shirk What la aura their work Who will tackle It? Will as aay new does and ihs leaking la worse thaa ever The single track shuttle service Ait been adopt edl to allow workmen to fill thqse cracks during th hours when travel la lightest The Job expensive and troublesome but It would not difficult If th subway wen not la tus and when it Is dona our eubway through a swamp may bo expected to be aa dry' as other jtarta of tho gnat dual system It hadto bo laid through tho swamp because la connection between the Manhattan Bridge and the Broadway lino waa vital to th service of Brooklyn UeaawhUo we must submit to the inconvenience and expeny which the aatnre of th ground Impoeea upon ns with inch philosophy as wo rcan muster remembering that tho' an noyanco will ba temporary THE rXESlOENn KEMAKKAELE AffEAL roit surroiT Tho first finite of the Freeldent'a appeal for a DnAnrratlc Congress will be the revival of partisan bitterness la th remaining day of the campaign Thla la inevitable Irjaiuman nature Tbe fact that tha Preidflevt is careful to band a certlllcata of patriotism to his Republican opponents wllllnot pre vent many of bla Democratic vMenda from' taking tba position that thra-- turu of their' party power wouM-ex press popular syminthy with tha war and that a reverie mult would Imply not only distrait of tba Administration aa tho war-making agency but also condemnation of the wjr Itself That attitude will be resented and rightly so by tha rank and file of Republican whose loyalty cannot be challenged much I cm Impeached aud who atand aa firmly aa the President' Democratic aupportera for tbe rlgoroua andunre tenting proaecutlon of tbe war The Eagle regret that the Pmlilcnt 1 baa found It necessary to take aucb i step aa thla yet It recognises the cour i age wblch Impale Inm to It In our Judgment be might safely hare trusted the country to glrehlm a Congrem in political aympathy with hla Admlnla-' tratton Yet he iippeara to be convinced that the election of a sympathetic that is a Democratic Congress Js far from assured and therefore he puta hla caa squarely before' th people doubtless with a full realisation of the spirit of fury and turmoil of bitterness and ra- crimination thus let loose It means nothing to aay that no President ever before d4 such a thing aa thla The President known tbe extraordinary tha unprecedented nature of hla course quite aa well those who ao char' aetcriso It In expressing their indigna- lion and resentment TheM are ex unprecedented times and the Fresldont la not altogether without reason In adopting tha extraordinary and unprecedented course of popular appeal In behalf of tho party he lead And ta true that if William McKln ley did not personally urge tha country to return a Republican Congress to power to deal with tb Issue raised by i our war with Bpaln In 1808 he gare free rein to prominent representatives of hla Administration who did tho ap- pealing for him Tliere la much to te said la favor of the Preildent'a logic When ho says that the leader of the Republican minority- In Congress have been i Administration while' also pre-war ha Is elating a fact of whlrh every Intel-n- llgcnt reader of the newspapers la fully aware Senatora Lodge and Polndex-f Icr are ftampie of a Republican leadership and a Republican sentiment ii1 I Ixith of whkh bars been discreditably miployed In Congress against the Ad-ministration Does anybody believe that the return of a Republican Cou- preMi at Ihe approaching elections would not be proclaimed by these KM)kcfiuien a condemnatory of tbe and bis advisers In their cou duct of the They might argu: i that the' pruaccullon of tho wae to a a 4- i a -a suciTsvful ilnlsh would not be Impeded by their polltlral success bat at the same lime they would rontend that the A dmiul stratlon had been rebuked that the country desired a change of policy end that tbe Republican party had Ihcii set over the President aa a chock upon his conduct Tho Interpretation put upon Republican' success by the Republican leaders would aim be the ililprpretatlon- put upon Republican hj cress by Ihe public opinion of tbe country at large nor is the President wrong when be says that "tbe return of a Republican majority either Jlou-eofthe Congrraa would more-ever be Interpretative on the other side of Ihe water as a repudiation of my leadership" That la precisely what would happen not only la the countries against which we fight but In the countries which are leagued with us But recognizing the courage of the President and paying full tribute to the Iigle reinforcing hla position we cannot Jielp feeling (bat the wiser course would have been to lat the country de- Ido without a declaration from him lVbcn Abraham Llucoln was ennfront- on of tha human character They hav given ths animal part are rioters on such are police fores replaced by wrongs against the world Juotlcs has disregard of rights wiping out of own" Truth contract by unthink-nbl They are not understpndabl of tho lowfar purity has faded given place to of government Thla la an but th truth manifest at fhlq th eyre of all with this verdict moral standard corrected by and oubmterion Tho Gorman' with Its proverbial apparent and right In th before th alter knad making rlght-oouanaa haa niter drilled murdered th Bister tured the walla of th tempi" Was' there over such a picture of stupid animal reran deceit The theologian with the moralist in ouch esses calls on tha polios fra protection That is th only resource left And thus with thla agreement between human and dlvlno tew the world through tho voles of iho AUled nation- tell Garmany to cease her talk and villainy and surrender to the ths police fores of tho nation They hearing th riot act read to them In short They have ceased to belong to fell body politic Thore te but one way for them to return to It nnd 'that Is by tha abandonment of tho sword Surrender it or will take It from you they ere Informed Then and not untU then will tho sentence be paesednndno shyster lawyer will be permitted to befog the tent Tho evidence te before Uit hour th care has boon tried and sentence will ba passed from which thore wUl bo no nppreL Tho German nation adopted the sword as aa Instrument of livelihood and by that Instrument shall its rental career com-to an end MORAL THEOLOGT Brooklyn October SI till AFFEAL FROM MRS PRESTON Editor Brooklyn Dally Eagla: I should bo very grateful if friends of Mr Cleveland who poaaaaa published addressee or other critical comment of historical value concerning hla policies ra character ra tottsfo to or from him or personal recollections of incidents connected with hla Ufo which would be of interest in tho preparation of a biography would communicate aa aoon aa practicable with WUIIam Gotham Rice of Albany Any auch tetter account or Incidents nnd comment sriU acknowledged nnd will bo carefully returned If tha sender ao desire It la my hope that' Mr Rice aided by aucb material and by hte own already existing collection may feel disposed to undertake a Hognpby of Mr Cleveland during tha ensuing year Ths assembled tetter comment publication and records new proposed to brought together will bo deposited ultimately In tha State Library at Albany tor tha use of Dr John Finlay who some time ago Invited Mr Rico to collaborate with him or whoever finally may prepare a definite and documented biography Tha collection thus deposited will also bo of permanent value because of Its accessibility to anyono who In tba future may desire to obtain fra historical ra other purposes knowledge of Mr Cleveland' traits and hla opinions and administrative record on public question Mr Rise was secretary to Governor Cleveland In Albany nnd was later by President Cleveland's appoint ment a United States Civil Service Commissioner at Washington and' la now a Now York State Civil Berrien Commissioner He was associated wltk Mr Cleveland from 111 onward and waa always hn esteemed and devoted friend Inquiries concerning th requests and inquiries concerning th requests and augg 1st Iona male In thla letter may ba i addressed te Mfjtica at hte residue Timurs uroKiiB' suuudel Confirmation of Turkey's reported i surrender la- lacking dut it la highly probable that th new) Turkish Government has approached tho Entente with an offer to nutyjpeace on their terms Tho change iff government nt £onstanlliople could have had-uo other jmrpoea than to mak peace It waa a'oceaeaiT first step Yowmrd ending thOVatrngfleethat has long been hopeless) for the! Turks firsts because th rid 'government would never make peace 'em Its own secountsand aacoad bacauMlfb I Allies wouldyievar have eonaented'-toideal with that monstrous clique headed fey Earn iTtsha and Talaat Beykwhlch brought Turkey Into the war andlhaa been responsible fra tho crimes against hnmanltyf whklbfor-rer preclude their authoiaJtaomo-ldsratloik Turkey 'has been bestenj ewer sines tha British lnvaded Mesopotanula and Syria and fneed Ambla andftha Boa-iana bvecraaVArmeala Hadtho Turks been capablo'Vof fighting a they did at dalltpoU lei worid not 'have bsgn powlbl for that Allies totavada Turkey overcoming alU tha obatadea to hampalgulng' ta the difficult country Since th capture of Bagdad the only thing that hast savad" tha Turks from utter defeat cmrryingwtth it tho loss of tar more territory than haa fallen to-the armies of 'Allrattr and Marshall waa th defection of Russia which held Marshall to Ijh Tigris and re-established the Tut ta Armenia and the Black Bea littoral Had Germany wonphotgroot gamble i the west thla year) in- the sense of having reached the Channel aud Faria and further weakened flu) Allies- there derstand the potency of such leadership 1a ao doubt that sh wotid have next from our experience wllb Emma Gold- -turned to the eastern front and amt (enough troopa to Turkey Vto make rest rikera But Emma Goldmsn's math- icon th route to India cqwned up to oda were baaed on American Jdeas of her by tbe treachery of tboiBolahevikL publicity tor profit Th woman waa (Germany tailed ta tbe west and Tur- Indeed an expert and aucceHtful lime- key waa left helpless Sbeicouhl only lighter whereas the typical Russian rwalt tor the disasters 'that later etna revolutionist depends upon mystery 'to her- In Palestine Today In addl- by a rrit-ls which In hla judgment and her personal Influence her lion to haring lost Arabia Mesopo-jv-rlious not only to the Rcpul-j follow era rather than upon what Isitamlaand Syria with -tha surpros-.