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- FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1917

America First We are at war with Germany. The step taken by Congress last week was steadfastly opposed by the Times since the start of the hostile attitude lietween United States and Germany. Our feeling was aptly expressed by a Times reader in a letter this week, which in commenting on the war situation says: “Had we been strictly neutral from the beginning, and ready to defend our rights against all interference from belligerents, we would today lie the noblest nation on earth, and the logical arbiter of peace when the war fever would lx* over. But now we have lost our prestige—and we will never recover it We are only at the beginning—the day will come when we have to defend ourselves against our present allies, for war begets war.” The die is cast however, and America is in a state of war. The situation, unnecessary as it seems to many, calls for the finest in our citizenry, am! a staunch display of patriotism. Every man, reg.irdless of his personal beliefs and feelings must be loyal and stand back of his country. The time for personal opinions as to the merit of the action of President Wilson, and Congress, is over. We are, and must be, a united nation, for America first As said by the President in his address to Congress: -‘We must be willing to dedicate our lives, and our fortunes; everything that we arc and everything that we have,” to help America come out victorious in its participation in the world conflict. Is the Liquor Tmtlle on the Rim? With tlic granting of the many liquoi licenses in Cape May County by Judge Kldredge last Tuesday, one is piouipt^l 1 * i>k whether tbe liquor traffic is really diminishing. Cape May County is only the small toe of the laige boot of “wet” New Jersev.—ihc pleasure ground of “wet* Pennsylvania, so foi the prosperity and welfare of its resorts it should 1> j>erhap*>, the last to abolish the tiade. But in the country at large the number of “dry” States, we aie told, is constantly increasing. Take up a map .showing the Prohibition States as compared with the ‘ wet” States, and one is amazed to find that nearly three-qnarteis of the total atea of the United States is now either wholly or paitly “dry.” Yet Government statistics show that the total consumption of liquor was greater last year than any previous year in the history of the country. Nearly 3,000,000,000 gallons of wir.es and liquors were sold, representing a total investment of capital, material and labor of $1,870,153,076. How this increase in the numlxr of “dry” States, and the almost proportionate increase in the manufacture and sale of liquor is possible, is a matter tor thought. Perhaps Jersey and its sister States arc drinking enough to make up for the balance of the country! Here is a fine demonstiatiou of the Democratic view of “non-paitisauship" m the o.ganization of Congicss in oidci t«> "stand by the President'' One of the most important duties of the session will be to find money tui tarrying on tbe wai. The Way* ami Means Committee will assume these duties. The Krjmbliiaos and Democial* in the House aie about equal in numbei. Yet the Democrats originally proposed to make up a Ways and Mean:. Committee of tweu-tv-oue members, thirteen of whom were to be Democrat*, seven Republicans, and the odri man to be Martin, of Lomsiana, once a Democrat, uow a piotevtiouisi-iudcpeudeul The proper aligumei.t, under the circumstances, would be tau JtemtKrets. tea Republican* and Martin.

We Agree, Mr. Blackwell In reply to the questions asked Mr. Blackwell, editor of the “Wildwood Sun,” by the Times two weeks ago, the “Sun” last Saturday printed a two column article headed “Fact* are Stubborn Things.” We agree, Mr. Blackwell, that facts are stubborn things. It has proven a fact that your opposition to the AU-Resort Boulevard, or Ocean Boulevard, as you name it, has been prompted by a feeling of sectionalism rather thnn worry over the burden of additional taxes. For while you openly declare that the building of the Corson’s Inlet road and bridges will do everything but bankrupt the County, you are perfectly willing for a sum much larger to be spent on the connecting roads and bridges from Wildwood City to Cape May, over Two Mile Beach. You say this yourself in the following paragraph “As to Two Mile Beach, if that impiovement is made, (Wildwood) expects to join in paying for it as we have always done in every other county road." So does Ocean City, and the rest of os, Mr. Blackwell. We are agreed that none of the municipalities are unwilling to pay the extra font cents per hundred dollars in valuation for the building of the Ccrson’s Inlet Bridge. Yon say so yourself. Admitting this, then why all the talk and explanation of yonr previous statements ? We are agreed that, as yon say “Ocean Citv, Upper Township, Dennis Township, and Woodbine have-always paid their debts and sufficed in silence with the rest of us!” And also that all the resorts have good roads (gravel) leading to the mainland, including Wildwood, which has a $145,000 road leading to the mainland, with a hard paved surface, tbe only one in the County. ' However, we digress from the subject The point is, j-ou say that the Ocean Boulevard is a bad thing, and will kill the County and break its taxpayers, and in the same breath admit the Two Mile Beach link might not be so bad. You say that it will cost 46 cents per hundred doliars to pay for the bridge, and then admit that this 46 cents would be spread over a period of fifteen yeais or so, so that no one would feci the extra burden (some four cents) when they get their yearly tax bill. These are the two points we wish to settle. So far as we are concerned they are settled, and we agree now, Mi. Blackwell.

THE ROB ART CA8I Sea Isle City, April U. Ml? To the Editor of the "Tlmee". Dear Sir:— A few days ago the Philadelphia papers contained a new* Hem from Mlllvipe, concerning the surest of several youths for larceny, and among the names was ‘‘Raymond Gifford ' From this report it has become quite generally believed In our community that a former resident of Sea Isle City, (Raymond Hobart), was In trouble again. To settle the question. I visited Mrs. Gifford, who Is Raymond Hobart's mother, and was glad to 9 oat beyond all doubt that the I&g man who was given a chance make good, has not gone back on the friends who helped him out of his trouble. I personally Interviewed Raymond at his place of employment, and learned that he Is a satisfactory employe, and has worked steadily, not losing one day's, work, except for the ose of attending the funeral of a relative. ▲t the M. E. Parsonage I learned that Raymond regularly attends both Church and Sunday School services. Prosecutor Eugene Cole recently expressed to me his great pleasure in seeing this young man's case disposed of so satisfactorily, and promised his cooperation toward similar results, whenever humanitarian treatment could be applied with fair chances of successful results. I have a letter from Hon. H. E. EldredgS. In which he gives generous thanks for the services rendered by Baymond's pastor in this case, and hopes that the young man will always do well. Raymond's former employer, Mr. E. B. Arnett, has done more than Is generally known to help the boy. ami has paid all railroad fares and other expenses of mine, while looking after this yonng man'* welfare. Yours truly. JOHN T. GILUSON.

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Wood and Kitchener When England found herself on the brink of war with Germany, Kitchener was on his way to his post in Egypt. He was at once recalled, was immediately placed at the War Office and the raising and training of “Kitchener's army” was begun. When the United States found itself confronted with the prospect of war with Germany, I^eonard Wood was in command at New York, the most important post in our army. Wood is the nearest counterpart to Kitchener whom the American army can produce. Yet he was transferred from the Deportment of the East, with which he was thoroughly familiar, tbe center of the most compact population, and the place where the largest number of soldiers would naturally be found. In addition it is the most exposed of all our ports, the richest of all our cities, the primr magnet for a hostile attack. He was taken from this post of importance and real sendee and sent to a new l>epartn*t :, that of the Southeast, with headquarters at Charleston, South Carolina, a post created especially, as it would seem, for his banishment. Even with Kitchener’s aid and inspiration, England was slow in finding herself and in getting into condition to make an adequate contribution to the war. America, without Leonard Wood,

will be even slower.

The protective idea is spreading its roots very fast over that portion of the soil south of the Mason and Dixon line declared a newspaper man : u* from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, recently j

on a visit to Washington.

The South today realizes that protection has a national aspect. The prejudices engendered by the Civil War are vanishing. The creed peculiar to a strictly agricultural section is undergoing revision. Take the little town of Roanoke, Virginia, for example, which has made large industrial strides in the l>ast few years. Quite a healthy number of Republican voters are to be found there, and more will be icgisterj ed when the large plant for the manufacture of J artificial silk is in oj<eration. The influx of northern capital i* making the South -it up and take notice. The *alcguaiding of thcii inanuUcluring p>-ni? is earnestly desired. Unless the I Democratic party swings arounc to the protective point ot view, and the recent selections for the tarifl commission discourage the notion, the expression tbe “Solid South” will be a thing of tbe pa*i in the not far distant future.

RISE OF THE EMBASSY. At FI rat Ambaaaador. War# Ratad as

“Honerabla Spiaa."

It was not tmlil toe close ot tbe nftsenth century that the permanent embassy became at all common, and not until :he end of the sixteenth that U became a generally recognized Institution. Spain led tbe way In the matter la 1487 Dr. Boderlgo Gondeaalvl dr Puebla was appointed permanent Spanish ambassador to England, and as be was atlll In Loudon In 1500, the Span lab embassy in tbe British caplin I mnat be regarded as tbe oldest amim* the

permanent omhasalea of the world. Spain was followed by Venice. In

li&d tbe Venetian republic, owing to the fact that "the way to the British laiae is very long and very danger oca,'' appointed two mercUania resident in London as aubambas- lutorea tor the republic, but in the summer of tbs as me year Andrea Trevisano arrived in London aa permanent ninlw*

aador at the court of Henry VII. U was about this r-.-rlod that there

egmn to be evolved that Weal of diplomacy which Mathis veil! expounds with such thoroughness in "Tbe Prim* " and Tbe Discourse* on Livy,” an ideal best indicated. |>erhaps. in Blx Henry Wottou'a famous deUnition. -An amnaaaadur is an bonest man sent to lie abroad for tbe good of bis country.” So universally was this ideal accepted and elaborated that the "conpleat ambaaaador" of the old school

oaver expected to be believed. In tbe sixteenth and seventeenth cen-

turies the position of ambassadors was anything bat comfortable. Bovereigna thought U wiser to keep them at a safe distance. Henry VII. of England forbade bis subjects to bold any intercourse with them, while Francis I. of France adopted the policy of keeping them away from court. They were maintained purely on the basis of the balance of advantage. Each sovereign reckoned that the advantage accruing to him for being able to lave "honorable spies'' 'u tbe shape of ambassadors at foreign courts more than compensated for the Ionscs which came his way from having around him tbe "honorable spies" of other power*. So tbe system gradually consolidated li-

lt was not. however. 1 atll the ocaof Vienna and Alx-la-Chapelle.

Jo 1813 and 1618, respectively, the 1 diplomacy. as a uniform system, based upon generally recognized ru!*a and directed by a diplomatic hierarchy having a fixed International status, was firmly established. It was. moreover, cdiy in quite recent time* that tbe system waa extended beyond Europe to the great nations of tbe east.-Argo-

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