AGITATORS IN ARMY
QUIETED BY FRANCE
TROUBLE NOW ENDED
Government Uses Drastic Meas
ures Against Those Who
Incited Mutiny,
SOLDIERS SOUGHT RELEASE
Many Objected to Year of Ad
ditional Service After Enlist
ment Period Had Ex
pired.
Paris—Tho government's last dras
tic measures against the agitators who
caused the recent mutinies among sol
diers In various parts of the country
as a protest against the three years’
military service, and the knowledge
that M. Clemenceau Is one of the
strongest men In France today, Is ready
to come to the assistance of the presi
dent, have entirely taken the wind out
of the sails of the hotheads of the Gen
eral Confederation of Labor, and no
more troubles are anticipated.
Everybody here knows the French
soldiers to be patriotic and eager to
sacrifice everything for the sake of
their country, so It would be as ab
surd to Identify* the recent disturb
ances In the French army with the
antlmllltarlst movement as to Identify
the recent strike of the workmen In
the Champagne vineyards with the
temperance movement.
Tho workmen of Champagne were
not Interested In temperance theories
•—very much the reverse—but they did
want shorter hours and more pay. Sim
ilarly It is safe to reckon that the vast
majority of the young men who have
got themselves Into trouble with the
military authorities were not Inter
ested In antimilitarism theories and ac
cepted military service as a more or
less unpleasant necessity, but they do
not want to be kept a third year in
barracks Just as the normal moment
of release, upon which they had so long
been reckoning, arrived.
The whole situation can only be un
derstood In the light of tho history of
revolutionary syndicalism, from which
the antlmllltarlst movement 1s a nat
ural offshoot.
1*1 was not long before the General
Confederation of Labor discovered that
Boclety possessed In the army an un
answerable reply to all Its attempts to
overturn the state.
Its only hope was to gain the army
to its side, and that could only be ac
complished by working on the young
conscript. The Catholics had already
formed associations with the purpose
of keeping the young soldier In-touch
with his religion and making his life
more easy and more Interesting for
him.
The leaders of revolutionary syndi
calism decided to follow the example
of the Catholics, and they formed the
Institution called the Sou du Soldat,
which was kept alive by subscriptions
from the various syndicates. When any
member of a syndicate was called to
the colors he would receive from the
Sou du Soldat a postal order for $1
and a letter begging him not to fire on
his fellows of the "oppressed” prole
tariat if he was called out on strike
duty.
Throughout his military service this
Institution tried to keep in touch with
him by sending occasionally a postal
order and far more often a more or less
revolutionary or antlmllltarlst tract.
All this revolutionary propaganda
produced only one practical result, the
mutiny of the Seventeenth regiment
during the wine riots In tho south, and
this mutiny was due to an entirely
special cause. How hopelessly revolu
tionary syndicalism had failed to touch
the army was shown during the rail
way strike. M. Brland mobilised the
railway men, and practically every
striker, as soon as he became a soldier,
forgot his grievances.
The truth Is that revolutionary syn
dicalism. as at present constituted, can
never do more than carry on a guerrilla
warfare against society. It can no
more overthrow the present order than
the wandering tribes of the Sahara can
hope to overthrow French rule at Fez.
Where discontent exists it can exploit
it and give it an organization, but it
cannot produce a general movement
throughout the working classes.
it Is the Irony of fate that so long
as the General Confederation of Labor
seemed to be a power In the land It
could find no discontent In the army
ready to Its hand. Now that It is dis
credited the international situation has
given It an opportunity that a few
years ago would liavo seriously com
plicated matters, though there can be
little doubt that the national spirit of
the people would have come victor
iously through the crisis.
Watting Wealth.
From the Mexican Herald.
"Mexico,” says a northern contem
porary, “which a little over two years
ago was a prosperous and progressive
country, now seems to be possessed by
the very demon of destructiveness. The
waste of wealth down there must be
prodigious. It will require many years
of patient labor, aided by foreign capi
tal, to make good the great losses."
The worst of It is that the statement
quoted above is true, and that the de
struction of property Is going on with
a free hand. It qll reminds the stu
dt nt of Mexican history of the great
devastation wrought during the war of
Mexican independence, when in exten
sive districts, haciendas and ranches
were ruthlessly pillaged and long re
mained uncultivated. A loss was in
flicted on the country which required
years to repair.
At the present time not only Is rural
property greatly suffering, but railway
communication Is Interrupted and In
ternal trade checked to the great detri
ment of all Interests. Hanking, man
ufacturing and commerce are badly In
jured and the government sustains a
large loss of revenue. It Is no exag
geration to say that the wealth bo pa
tiently accumulated In the 10 years pre
ceding the Madero revolution has been
gwept away. And all this In the namu
of patriotism!
A Comparison.
“So you were one of the workers who
appeared in the big spectacular event
to promote the cause?”
“Yes.”
“How do you feel about it now?”
“Well, I must admit that the disci
pline of a large Industrial plant Isn’t
anything like as exacting as the tyran
ny of a stage manager.
Coal exports from the United State*
In the current fiscal year will approxi
mate $90,000,000, against $60,000,000 In
1909.
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!/. though fallen then*
<yT <£l
yjj <2 <T^r * J
^ > - gff-ri yTi/c, «» tuc i i^uomjSpi&t, horn f
When we wer/ wdak andC$oungf~SV
* sp? i?uf nurtured string till, loud and long,
to sings on evbry tongue, ^yl *yJ J
O welcome TndependenccDay^ (f~ ^
The same old Fctbi;/h,I knows C_
Clamor of bells and guns they heard / ^ ^
Long'[years and years ago— If '
Oh, let your saintly story now * f J
Be louder, plainer told, J v
\M]IN"yr"',"t,Y^% For Freedom's tongue is always young
* j\nd never shall grow oldl
Before lee Wee
Plenty.
"Henry, you are
getting old."
"Nothing of the
•art" i
"Yes, you are.
Bvery Fourth of
July, now, you tell
about how your
folks used to have
to cool the water
melon in a tub of
pump water."
What He Waated.
Mrs. Winkers—I
heard you whisper
to that soda foun
tain clerk to put a
Uttle tonla In yours.
Mr. Winkers —
Y-e-s, my dear;
I'm getting quite
bald, you know,
and I wanted hair
tonic.
Utterly Impossi
ble.
Jimmy — D'yer
know dat fire
crackers wus in
vented by de Chi
nese?
Tommy—Ah, wot
chergivin'us? W’y,
de Chinks don’t cel
ebrate de Fourt'.
Defensive Patri
otism.
“Do you always
have fireworks?”
“Yes, Indeed. The
only Fourth of Ju
ly noise we really
enjoy, you know,
is th» noise we
make ourselves."
A REPEATER.
A Silent Part.
Grooves — That’s
Bascom. He Isn’t
on speaking terms
with any member
of the company.
Foyer—You don’t
mean It'I What
was the cause of
the 111 feeling 7
Grooves — Never
was any cause; al
ways the same. He
has only thinking
parts, you know.
Artistic,
He flew up In the
air at the can
non’s bombard.
But he fell to the
pavement much
faster.
He is now laid out
In the surglc.al
ward,
A beautiful study
In plaster.
The Modern
Fourth.
The one great trou
ble with the
- kid,
He makes It come
too soon;
He takes hts squib
and pyramid
And sets them off
In June.
Came In Hendy,
Mrs. Crabshaw—
You’d better go see
the doctor. You’re
getting as deaf as
a post.
Crabshaw—A11
right, my dear; I’ll
go as soon as the
Fourth is over.
“Old Glory.”
A Fourth of July celebration would
be a tame affair without "Old Glory”
to flaunt In the folds and wave In the
breeze. It flutters everywhere It can
be nailed or fastened, and in all sons
and plzes, moreover, It is known all
the world over, few people, even,
among the half civilized, not being able
to recognize It as the emblem of a free
country.
Yet, it was t^ot until nearly a year
after the Declaration of Independence
that the nation had a regular flag. At
Cambridge, Massachusetts, Washing
ton displayed* the original of what Is
the present flag, without the stars,
however, us there were then, January
2, 1776, no states. He therefoi'e c6n
structed the flag with thirteen stripes
of alternate red and white, but where
the stars are now, he put a St. An
drew’s cross of white on a blue field.
On June 14, 1777, by resolution of
congress, the flag was made to consist
of thirteen altSnute red and white
stripes, representing the union of thir
teen states, while In a blue field there
were thirteen white stars. A change
was mftde In the flag, dating from May
1, 1795, by adding two more stripes
and two more stars for Kentucky and
Vermont, which had been admitted to
the union, and it was decided also to
add a stripe and a star for each state
to be admitted in the future. Congress,
however, foresaw that the added stripes
would make the flag too large and on
April 4, ISIS, it passed a resolution fix
ing the number of stripes at thirteen,
and the number of stars at one for
each state. So now, anybody who de
sires to know how many states there
are in the union has only to count the
number of stars on old glory.
The first American flag was raised
at Port Schuyler, New York, August 3,
1777, John Paul Jones was the first
to raise it in a foreign country, at Qul
beron. France, and that nation saluted
1 it. It was first displayed In England
! at Downs, and history does not say
l whether it was saluted or not, but the
English government never forgets tc
do so now, even on the Fourth of July
Patriok Henry’s Words.
"It is useless," said he on one occa
sion. “to address further petitions tc
the government or to await the effect
of those already addressed to th«
throne. The time for supplication 1«
past; the time for action Is at hand
We must fight, Mr. Speaker. I repeal
it, sir; we must fight! An appeal tc
arms and to the God of Hosts Is al
that is left us."
"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet
as to be purchased at the price ol
chains and slavery? Forbid It, Al
mighty powers! I know not what
course others may take; but, as foi
me, give me liberty or give me death I’
An Easy Mark.
"Boo hoo! Dls cracker won't go off!*
"Never mind. Here's a dime for an
| other. Now, why won’t H go off?’’
" 'Cause I shot It off already!"
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l THE FIRST FOURTH. |
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i 1 A Latter Written by John Adame to a Friend tha Day After the Dao- H
4- deration of Independence, Reproduced From a Newspaper in ♦ * > [
the Possession of W. S. McCrea, of Chicago. h ■
' “ “Philadelphia, Pa., July 5, 1776. ;;
“Yesterday the greatest question was decided which was • -
l ■ aver decided among men. A resolution was passed unanimous- 1 1
fy, That these United States ore, and of light ought to be, ;;
•- ftcee and independent states.’
■ “The day is passed. The 1th of July, 1776, will be a "1
i memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to be- ;'
-- lieve it will be celebrated by succeeding generations, as the ■■!
:: GREAT ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL! It ought to be com- -I
; l aoemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devo- ' 11
j- jion to the Almighty God. It ought to be solemnized with ;
1 pomps, shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and ilium ina- • -
nans—from one end of the continent to the other, from this “
J• &me forever! You will think me transported with enthusiasm; ;;
• - Soffit I am not. I am well aware of the toil, and blood, and treas
l are, it will cost to maintain this declaration, and support and '"
J;; defend these states; yet, through all the gloom, I can see a ray ;;
l » of light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than +
ill all the means; and that posterity will triumph, although you £
i” end I may rue—which I hope we shall not. Yours, etc., ”
i>- “John Adams.”
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Roll Call After the Fourth.
"Reginald Grant I” the principal read.
‘■‘Here!” was the answer, loud and clear.
Reginald Grant had lost an ear
But stood In line with bandaged head.
."Andrew Blake!”—then a silence felll
Many an eye had witched him sail.
Clinging fast to a rocket's tail.
;Had he alighted? None could tell.
There they stood, In the morning sun.
Lads who answered the call by turns.
Marked with poultices, scars and burns;
Another glorious Fourth was done.
A cottage and barn were blackened coals;
The shreds of crackers were everywhere;
.An odor of brimstone filled the air,
| And coats and trousers were full of holes.
i"Herbert Peters!” a voice said low,
"Herbert Peters was standing near
When the cannon burst; and the doctors
fear
He won’t be up for a month or so.”
Harold Judd and his brother, Tom,
Found their places with halting tread.
William Cabot was home In bed,
Badly scratched by a sudden bomb.
Endlcott Mllliken lacked a thumb—
A pistol had taken him by surprise.
Sparks from a plnwhoal had seared the
eyes
Of Anthony Collins—he could not come.
I
Book at the record! Tear by year
Powder and Polly take their toll.
Adding names to a mournful roll—
’Tls a glorious Fourth, but It costs us
dear!
—Anthony Guiterman, In XJfe.
In Baluchistan even the wolves go
mad. In his hook, "The Frontiers of
Baluchistan,” G. P. Tate writes: "The
shepherds give a strange reason for
the epidemic of rabies. According to
them It was caused by the wild beasts
eating dead larks. In some years, they
said, the larks develop extraordinary
vitality and pour forth such a flood
of songs as they rise on the wing that
they become suffocated and fall to the
ground dead. A wild animal which eats
one of those dead birds Infallibly de
velops rabies. This Is a widespread
superstition and seemed not unfa
miliar to the natives of India who were
with me.”
THE OLD FASHIONED FOURTH OF JULY. &
^ The dawn of the Fourth—the old annual story—
4 The nervous man's dread and the small boy’s glory. 4
4 The east Is yet gray when all the land rumbles, 4
4 And the small cannon pops and the big cannon grumbles; 4
■4 And the torrid sun creeps through a blue haze of powder, 4
4 And the torpedoes snap and the cannons boom louder— 4
4 ’ On the Fourth of July— 4
'4 The old fashioned Fourth of July! 4
j4 4
j 4 - The small boy's abroad, and his breakfast forgotten, 4
;4 With his long stick of punk or his smouldering cotton; 4
,4 And he touches off bombs and crackers and rockets, 4
4 And drops plnwheels In the policeman’s pockets; 4
'4 Old gentlemen sweat* and old ladles mutter, 4
4 And the Chinaman peeps through his steel-bolted shutter— 4
;4 On the Fourth of July— 4
4 The old fashioned Fourth of July! 4
■4 4
4 The nervous may fume and sizzle with Ire, 4
:4 But the rocket will flare and spurt Its red fire; 4
,4 The police protest, and almost profanely, 4
4 And the papers may plead to spend the day sanely; 4
4 But remember the days when you were a tacker, 4
: 4 And list to the boom of the big cannon cracker— 4
j4 On the Fourth of July— 4
;4 The old fashioned Fourth of July! 4
4 —Victor A Hermann In Judge. 4
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JIMMY’S FOURTH OF JULY TEST.
carsely): “And new da mystery of whedder dat oie guy is truly
blind or no. Is about to be unraveled.”
Why do actors so often wear long
hair? Perhaps this Is the reason:
There once was a statute In England
under which actors found wandering
were liable to be branded through the
right ear. The long hair concealed the
deaoratlon. and thus the custom was
started.
Ecuador exports about 20,000 tons of
vegetable Ivory annually, of which
Germany takes about one-half and the
United States one-forth.
The Salvation army preaches the gos
pel in SI different languages.
Denatured alcohol haa been success
fully manufactured from flax straw at
the North Dakota agricultural college.
The yield of 35 gallons a ton does not
make it a paying proposition.
The largest known species of orchid*
grows In Ceylon. The leaves measure
up to 10 feet In length, and a single
plant will have as many as 3,000 blos
soms In on# year.
In 1908 the American merchant ma
rine carried only 1H per cent of the
freight between the United States and
Uruguay.