The evening world. Newspaper, September 27, 1917, Page 16

—s ee a wewhen OF TRE AaROR ED Fo - ee — nano ot hh em eat ae VAS. 2 mae vi eoeee , NO THE JAPANESE MISSION ne extends « cordial weleome te Viscount lett end the T members of the Lmperal Jepanese Communica whe become ite gueste to dey The netional colors of Japan, already eoneplenous among the flags displayed in honor of thie nation’s allies, will be accorded « piece af special distinction beride the Stare and Stripes, and New York! will do its beet to make ite visitors feel the whole-bearted enthusisam of ite greeting The modern, thriving and progressive people from whom this Mission comes ¢o us have moved fast and far since the time only sixty odd yeare ago when Commodore Perry, in the words of « Jepances suthor, “kindly shook Japan from her long slumber.” Americans now recognize Japan ag a wide-ewake, efficient ally net only for war but for the future work of establishing the civilized world upon lasting foundations of liberty and peace after domoorecy | has triumphed. | “In the past fifty years,” to quote an eminent Japanese merchant, “Japan has been importing, digesting, assimilating Western civiliza- tion.” | So extraordinary and rapid has been the success It hae made of, the procers that in scarcely more than « generation Japan hes come, to be an important and respected factor et the forefront of political! and commercial progress, The Japanese themselves are the first to point out the special, debt they owe the United States for what they havo learned during the Inst half century. Business methods, industrial efficiency, up-to- date inventions, labor-saving, comfort-giving conveniences are, they assure us, by no means all. | To American educational systema they have given close and oon- stant attention, They have also taken pains to learn to know us through our history and through our literature, Hawthorne, Irving, Bmerson, Mark Twhin, even Walt Whitman and Henry James aro| more than names to Japanese readers. Forty translations of Emerson are said to have been published in Japan, “To ne,” Mr. Naoichi Masaoka, Japanese editor and author, af- Qirms, “the eloquence of Webster and Patrick Henry is a fact as famil‘ar as the loyalty of Gen. Nogi. Benjamin Franklin’s Auto- biography is used in many middle schools as a text book of English, and our boys and girls, as they take lessons from It every day of the week, become eo familiar with him that they feel as if his were not a foreign name.” All testimony to this effort on the part of the Japanese to un- derstand and appreciate America raises the natural question: Do Americans try to any such extent to understand and appre- elate Japan? The answer, we regret to cannot yet be Jn the affirmative. Given the present relation which exists between this country and Japan as allies in a paramount cause; given the desirability of deepen- ing and strengthening the understanding between the two nations in order that it may withstand the commercial strain and strees with) AL which the world is certain to be seized when the war is over; given the mal-adjustments of the past, the facts of the present, the prob- lems that loom ahead—this visit of the Imperial Japanese Miscion ought to set Americans thinking whether, now more than ever, they do not owe it to themselves to broaden the basis of information upon which they estimate and judge Japan. ‘The Kainer seoms willing to ot out of Belgium if allowed to remain there! HH WELL EXECUTED. HM round-up of enemy aliens in Greater New York, quietly effected last night by the police co-operating with the Federal authorities, 1s further reassuring evidence that those whose epecial duty is to defend the Nation against foes within are not asleep. Neither the number of prisoners nor the specific cireumstances under which they were apprehended can be made publio without en-| dangering the results of other investigations now under way. But the quiet, business-like way in which last night’s arrests were made and a mass of enspicious correspondence and material | seized onght to convince New Yorkers that tt does not require an Impeial Secret Police to handle euch matters efficiently, + +——_—____. Ir petmary, for a purifier of polittes, t= weartng a de biorably black eye, whore fault ts 1t? No election machinery ean be guaranteed to purity tte o matter In whose hands tt 1s left of otherwise intelligent and consctentious voters ry is an automatic protective device that needs em to do ite work, d there's the whole trouble, A lo think the prin Kalser and von) ot one of each, We have ten Brem- ay when they are |ons and no less than thirty-two| United States) Hamburye, Oniy eleven States In the | m Borlin, Leip-| Union Miven't & town names Berlin, and other} Put avira make up for the desictenoy | ows 3? Perhaps they | four and Virginia three) ee OMe will divs “Tr but they will get] When the war bro! he comfort from that, for the boys @ rush on the part Wil good Amert. | 0 change the nan AR) case pure conf od by all fe ruhe out there wi f all belligerer vs of towns, strecta, hotels and restaurants which bore ens emy names, Herlin, Ontario, changed to Kitchener; Ri named 8t. Petersburg Petrogri london renamed all ite Germ atreeta; Paris renamed all tte German cafes, and Berlin retaliated in kind. No one has brought up the subject fo far of changing the titles of the| humerous Berling, Hamburgs and ther American tewns with German name from these towns are -> cans. The fact Is t Berling to each of the front. five Leipaion ov ere are fifty-two States, and ita sons to there are h Uncle Sam Kalser has only « for Hamburgs and Bremens, e Kalser can't touch us, He’ wh ‘Bubbles ! Dumb Animals in War Time By Sophie Irene Loeb Coprright 1017 by the Prem Publishing Oo, (The New York Brening World), YOUNG woman writes to me as followa: “I eam @ business woman working downtown, end in walking o: the different alde otreets 1 sometimes watch horses being fed with bags tied mn their heads; and halt of the materia! which t# given to then Is spilled or wasted, nine timer out of ten, This in due to the careless way in which the bag is attached. “The poor horse is made nervous trying to eat, especially when the rein strap ts too tight to reach the ground, Will you kindly fake this up at once with the people who own horace? “In war time certainly nothing should be wasted, and the horar should be cared for in thie connec tion, It breake my heart to see horses made to miffer unnecessarily and my observation has extended over many months.” There is much wisdom In this young woman's words, Many times in answer to such appeals in these columns I have expressed the hope that the day 1» not far distant wnen this faithful burden bearer of man will be supplanted by the non-auffer ing motor and that the horse will be used only for pleasure or in the rural C{striots Where every inoh of space is not counted in dollara, But in the meantime, and espacial in this war time, the uppeal of thir speechless sufferer should be an swered with action. The high cost v food ts a tremendous problem, an. with the fellow who uses the horsw to “get the most out of him” tho ani- nal {8 prone to get less food than he seeds. This is a dangerous individual and one who should be prosecuted to the full letter of the law. No puntsnment 5 too great for him who starves his faithful servitor—the means of his livelthood, Such @ person hasn't the frst inatinot of gratitude. Also the owner who ts careless of the comfort of hin poor deast de- orves no leas condemnation, Such a condition as the business woman describes could be readily remedied, A little consideration, a little attention in the Interest of his feeding, would go @ long way to ease up the trials of the animal and doubt- less the owner would benefit in bet- ter service as @ requit, In like manner many cate and dogs are left to stray on the street suffer- ing from hunger, when a telephone message to the proper authoritics would relieve thetr misery, What « splendid example a man I know; who bae denied himself many times tn order to buy enough food for his horse, Ho is @ huckster and has been in this country but @ short ume. He had three Ifttle children and a good wife, and times without num- ber the horse was fed before the family, As this man said once when he was hard up: “My ohildren can speak when they have not enough or Why One Foot Moves | Faster Than the Other LMOST every one of ne walks faster with one foot than we do with the other, according to @ solentiat who has studied the subject, In & Majority of cases it ta the right foot that outdoes the left, Dut some lefthanded persons aloo walk a bit foster with their left foot. ‘The incredulous may tmmedl- ately make answer that if this wero true we could not walk in a straight line, That ia the exact conclusion of the solentist in on, Who un- dertakes to prove his case, Hoe points ut that @ person lost on @ prairie will almost without fail walk around in a circle. All of us have heard in- oidenta of persons lost in snowstorms who found themselves traversing the same ground in an endiess olrole ‘This, argues the scientist, is not due woleky to any failure of the sense of ireotion, but to the fact that one of the wanderer’s feet was imperceptibly moving faster than the other, Under ordinary ctrcumstanoes a pedestrian turns corners, outs into a different road or ts carried in one general direction by the course of a |highway or street. And ho does not attompt to walk in one exact Ine, | but moves about more or loss freely |Thus the speed of his step ts equal- ized and the difference is not ap- parent, As @ prpof that @ person does not walk in a at it ine the edientist | Proposes @ test which he says has proved almost unfailing. That ls, to place two aticks about eight feet Spart, then start from @ distance wiaty feet away while bDilndfolded and try to pass he sticks, Ho found that ry fow jone could successfully withstand & trial, are unhappy, but with my horse it is ‘ifferent.” This great human qual- ity Was goon discovered and he made nany friends as @ result of it This vrought him prosperity, And now his little motor te doing the work, while friend horse is the pet of the children and lovingly cared for in his declining old age. The glow of gladness that must come to thie man in the knowiedge ‘that he has acted “on the level” even with the brute whe could not “come back at him” should prove an incen- Uve to others who have horses and who want to be real men among their fellow men. If he will not, let us etop tm the oy- ways and have him arrested for his lawlessness. For {t is unlawful to mistreat # dumb animal, |The Jarr Family Americans m Under Fire By Albert Payson Terhune Cerne ett No yrs 1h DECATURS ATTACK ON ALGIERS, EN Untied Bicee werckipe te May, 1008, ot aba the Medierancer Gheapporied eed Hhequiggaells howe (he form dable Berbers satee inte @ seepect for Uncle hem Ce © top wee le com Variier ihe of cog tee trot these slates to reepe \ fee cod to etre ealle pie © our merchang ships. But eine thee of 1812 with Great bp » had been fought Merbary , vard thet Eogiend bed oat crushed our power Bo the Borba Bpon our commer oo they retursed to Ob orizing and looting © jay hands on. tng slaves of the teerln The mom our war with E ted Mtates Govern~ ment sent Decatur to put « stop to this wort of thing The Dey of Algiers was the worst offender, Bo Decatur sailed fret for Algiers. Juet after passing Gibraltar on the eastern voyege the tem Tames ships encountered ap Algerine war squadron scouring the Mediteranenm #@ search of American vessels, They found what they were looking fom Decatur opened fire on the Algerines and thrarhed them tn fatr ight The Algorine squadron retreated. Decatur gave chase, Vor two Gags he followed hot upon the heels of his fying foes, During the course of the pursuit he captured their fugehip and a twenty o gun brig-of-war, Not satisfied with this object lesson that filam ot!!! had power to punivh any one whe mes lested hin people at sea, the victorious Decater walled straight into the harbor of Algiers, He ane chored his Meet, then sent word to the Dey that he intended to stay there until the Algerine Govern- | meant should eubmit to such terms as the United Btates had sent him to dictate He added @ solemn promise to attack and wink any Algerine Geet that might try to enter the harbor while he was there. The Dey was horrified at such threats, Foreign powers were geually far more civtl to him. He Invited Decatur to come ashore and talk matters over, Decatur raised to set foot on land, and he ordered the Dey to come aboard hin flagship for any talking he might care to do. ‘Tie Dey by this time was thoroughly cowed by his grim visitor and he obeyed the summons Out to the Magship he came, tn royal state, Dew catur recelved htm more as he might have recetved a mutinous sallor thea & potentate Curtly he told the Dey that all oppression of American ships and sea men muat stop at once; that he munt free every American prisoner im his dominions; that he must pay full indemnity for all stolen American prop- erty and that he must renounce claim to any tribute money from the United States for leaving Yankee ships unmolested tn future, | Decatur had already drawn up @ treaty to this effect. He commanded lene Dey to sign tt. The Dey merely agreed to all Decatur’s terma except \the pledge to renounce all tribute from the United States. This, he ex« | plained, would be making @ dangerous precedent for other nations and would deprive him of most of his revenue, | “Let the United States pay us something each year," he coaxed. “Even ff it ts only a little gun< powder.” “Certainty,” agreed Decatur. “But If you insist on having gunpowder from us you must be prepared to take bullets with It.” ‘The scared Dey dared make no further objections, Tremblingly he signed the treaty. Thus, by the way, he ended forever the power of organ- 4 Tripolt, ised piracy on the high seas, From Algiers Decatur bore down apon Tunts ‘There he foroed the rulers of these pirate tes to sign a similar treaty. He attacked, the ports of Tripol! and Tunts #o suddenly that there was no time to ore qantze any opposition to him. |" Thus, at the muzgle of his warship guns, he persuaded the atartled pirates to agree to hie terms, There was nothing else for them to da, - By Roy L. McCardell st bad destroyed our entite rulers decided they could grey » no fear gf puniehment, aad fr earlier profitable port Of y American ship they eoald own ood wan over the t The Treaties Are Signed. Ooprright, 1917. by the Prom Publishing Os, (The New York Bvening World), “ee ND at this affair, thie tea of your Ladies’ War Knitting League, will there be any lam speaking of the ladies.” tonishing evidence of the effictenoy “The ladies? Do you mean will the/of the Prussian weltpolitis-t ladies smoke?” asked Mra, Jarr,| thought you had your own gold tipped aghast “Oh, you are not eo bourgeoise or smoking, hein?” asked the Baroness conventional that you do not realize Holstein, who was invited to all pa-|all ladies of ton smoke, whether they triotio affairs because she was sus-| permit their husbands to or not,” the pected of being a German epy, and Baroness went on. “But I am in- that made her so interesting. |formed that, as patriotism {ts all the “Not if I know it!” sald Mrs, Jarr | mode, your society women now do not emphatically. “Bvery woman te to smoke while knitting. Virst they are bring her husband, but not a one of sacrificing that pleasure to make the them will dare to smoke if Mr. Jarr world safe for demooracy—although | doesn't, and 14 just like to see him I will be frank to say that it were well try itt” |to do something to make !t safe for “But I de not mean your husband, the aristocracy—why, I hear the Crear Mre, Jar,” ventured the Baroness.|of Russia is now living in a flat in “Of course, your husband shall not be | giperia"— Permitted to do anything he wants 0.) «nectar families than the Cars No husband ts ever permitted that. 14 in fats,” interrupted Mra Jarr. ‘And ours, for one, ts colder than Bachelor Girl Reflections Siberla"— “And, as I was going to ad," con~ tinued the Interesting noble lady who was suspected of being a spy, “Ameri ae By Helen Rowland Coverian, 1011, by the Free Publishing Oo, (The New York Rrening Workd), F course every woman yearns to be “understood”—but at the same time she would far rather have a man love her with his imagination than with bis common sense, — There are still some women who will unblushingly take @ living from # husband; others prefer w remove hie “backbone,” As far as women are concerned, most men have a Prussian conscience, warranted to stretch over @ multi- tude of Lies, — ,The pledges of the Central Powers to the Pope must make the Allies just as weary ae those Sunday morning “never-again” vows make an average wife, When @ woman dinds a towel around her head it is a sign that a big day's work ts beginning; when @ man binds a towel around bis head it is a sign that @ big night's fun te ended, If the sverage man had as much faith in the triumph of good over evil as he has in the triumph of a hair tonio over nature thie life would be filled with sweetness and light instead of with pessimism, A man ts Interested only in the beginning of a love affair; but a woman always watts fo peep at the last chapter and “see how it is going to turn out” before she can take any vital interest in the introduction, A husband who will sit at home evenings and read aloud to you is a joy and a comfort; but & husband who will eit there and let you read aloud to HIM 1s @ stained-glass hero, When ® man boasts that his wife always agrees with him ft ig some- times because he has @ olever little way of finding out what sho thinks firat. Aman Is perfeotly satisfied to accept love at {ts face value, but s woman ie forever demanding credentials, can women, I am also informed, do not amoke while they knit because the cigarette aparke burn holes in ths yarn.” ~ “Well, I'm bourgeoise or Puritanica! or @ prude or whatever you may call it," said Mra, Jarr, “It's bad enough for men to smoke, but I certainly won't tolerate it in women!” “Achi You surprise me," sald the Baroness, drawing her deadly lorg- nette, Mrs. Jarr thought of Mdith Cavell, but she never flinched. She was ready to die, true to her country 4 the prejudices of her forefatners, “You surprise me," repeated the Baroness languldly, putting down the lorgnette, which evidently wasn't loaded and it Detng also somewhat to the camouflage, in that it looked like gold and tortoise sholl but was celluloté and German allver--remem- ber the Baroness was supposed to be ® German epy, What ehe could spy in Mra, Jarra set is the most as- In a Kite frame patented by a Wis- | consin man ribs radiate from @ cen- | tral disc of metal. . ee According to a Paris physician, premature baldness is due to some trouble with the teeth, eee Enough matches to light all the contents are attached to a recontly invented cigarette box, ‘The winds at Curacoa are go steady that three wireless stations depend upon windmills for power. Millions of sam have been found br Ameren cigarettes with your family trade mark—you Americans have right« fully no costa of arms—or at least your monogram on them," , “I have my monogram on my table Mnen, and that reminds me that Fil have no smoking and run chances of burning holes in my lace doyties\, when I serve tea,” onid Mra, Jarr, . “How droll!” seid the again aiming the lorgnette, but Mra, Jarr was now no longer lorgnette-wshy, “Yes, and, besides, I expect two young ladies from Philadelphia to assist me in pouring,” Mra. Jarr went on, “And you know how Puritanteal the Philadelphians are?” “In Philadelphia, yes” remarked the Baron “Dut when they -get out of Philadelphia—Ou! Ia! lalate And the Baroness shrugged ker shoulders and rolled her eyes to tm. dicate that once inmate of Phila~ delphia escaped he or she wag all rollicking romp and riot, “And yet it is your desire, ts tt mot, that your affair for the Ladies War Knitting League shall be chic, shall be au fait, shall be recherche?” Mrs. Jarr thought that « pleasan¢ time described in English might do her just as well: but, anyway, the Baroness was using French, and the French are our allies, So Mra, Jare admitted that she wanted her affaie to be a success, ‘ “Then you must permit the la@ies to smoke, Leave it to ma I seoure you the very exclusive of gold-tipped cigarettes I emoke my~ self They are now $ @ box—on aes count of the war—yes, fifty in a box, but it will be suffcient. Yea? the five dollars? Yes, thank youl” When Mra, Jarr told Mr. Jarr abo it he said it was his opinion that tho Baroness was a German apy ¢ carried on & side line of olgar peddling, But men have no “atts in them! experts investigating Southern China * ‘Me Selde of oe Dry battery electric lamps ae mounted over a new eye shield to give @ wearer light whore needed, se 6 French ‘postal authorities portmenting with ‘American's a matic Semi-automatic telephones, “8 6 : Horning, great quantities of are caught in Japan used chiefly to, fertill .