March 10; 1916. 
Coronel, House Has Returnep from his. trip to 
Europe as the President’s representative. These are try- 
ing days when the mails, cable messages and personally 
conveyed letters are not safe means of communication. 
The international problems are intricate and dangerous 
and there is a corresponding responsibility laid upon the 
President and his foreign representatives. Colonel 
_ House’s mission has been important not so much in direct 
communications with foreign powers as in unifying the 
activities of all our officers abroad. Colonel House has 
Pheen able to inform our foreign representatives of the 
_President’s wishes and policy. The criticisms which have 
been launched against the President and Colonel House 
have not been just and cannot stand. The Colonel’s mis- 
sion was an honorable and valuable one and instead of 
_ being a censure of our representatives abroad the visit of 
Colonel House has been entirely friendly and was so 
understood by them. The President will now be able to 
‘understand his problem better by weighing the informa- 
tion Colonel House brings and our foreign representatives 
can act more intelligibly and efficiently because they under- 
‘stand accurately what the President expects. 
THE REPUBLICAN city committee of Beverly has vot- 
ed to endorse the new representative district, which will 
include Manchester, Beverly and Wenham. Formerly 
Beverly and Danvers were in one district and Manchester 
‘united with Gloucester. Manchester has nothing to lose 
_by the new arrangement. Beverly on the other hand has 
more in common with Wenham and Manchester than 
-with Danvers. The new arrangement should prove satis- 
factory to all three of the communities. 
THe New Haven Roap has settled its suit against 
the Billard combination for a million and a quarter dollars 
_ and another mooted railroad question is settled. The New 
Haven has a large opportunity and the future now appears 
greater than ever. When the New York transportation 
problem is settled the company should have a respite that 
will restore prosperity and the dividends. 
Tue Coroner Has Reporrep that the engineer in 
‘charge of the second passenger train is to blame for the 
~holiday accident on the New Haven railroad. It is an- 
other illustration of the failure of the individual. With 
the best apparatus for safe-guarding human life it is im- 
possible to eliminate the personal element. 
THERE Is SOME CONSOLATION even in twenty-six-cent 
‘gasoline when the motorists of Great Britain are paying 
forty-eight cents to sixty cents and automobilists in Paris 
are paying one dollar a gallon. There will be a relief 
from high prices for automobile accessories when peace is 
declared, and not sooner. 
Nor SATISFIED with spectacular progress in having 
aeroplane mail delivery, Nantucket is to have a telephone 
cable to the mainland. If the islanders do not look out 
they will be wanting automobiles next. 
Tue Boston & Maine railroad is beginning to feel 
the effects of the new railroad schedule and the increase 
in business. The railroad has had hard times, but the fu- 
ture is promising. 
Tue Youts Wuo Divep from a coal-pocket tower in 
Gloucester into the harbor last week may have made a 
_ world record for a high dive, but what fool-hardy experi- 
_ Ment, 
NORTH SHORE BREEZE (= ey 7 7 ee aia 
SENATOR : Cotes. STATEMENT im ttle Senate, of the 
President’s opinion being that war with Germany was not 
undesirable, was a blunder of the first magnitude. It 
is evident that the man had been worked up to a high pitch 
bordering upon political hysteria. and in the heat of a 
speech spoke the ill-chosen words. Whether true or not, 
as a Statement of the President’s opinion, Senator Gore 
was not wise in bltirting it out unauthoritatively in .open 
debate in the Senate. It is the President’s prerogative to 
speak for himself. Considering the serious questions the 
President has on his mind to settle the Senator was 
stupidly indiscreet. “The President’s prompt denial of the 
statement leaves Senator Gore in an unenviable position 
and in endeavoring to justify himself he has put his foot 
deeper in the mire. 
CriticisMs ARE VALUABLE in a republic and there 
should be no restraint of the press, but it does appear that 
the representatives of the people holding high office should 
be spared some of the partisan criticisms which are hurled. 
‘here is a point at which criticism should cease and re- 
spect for a high office begin. Liberty ought not to degen- 
erate to license. 
THE BarrLe oF VERDUN has demonstrated the fright- 
ful and almost impossible cost of aggression, the folly of 
Germany’s efforts to break through to Paris and the im- 
probability of the Allies being able to drive the Germans 
back and capture Berlin. If the Allies are able to drive 
the enemy across the Rhine they will have gained a great 
victory. 
In VoTING To SUSTAIN the President, the House and 
the Senate, have strengthened the hands of the President 
and made it possible for him to sustain the dignity of the 
nation, preserve one fragment of international law, and 
put an end to the most shameful filibustering movement in 
Congress in the present generation. 
THE BATTLE OF VERDUN a the Battle of the Marne 
will go down in history as the great battles of 1915 and 
1916. The Battle of the Marne held the German invasion 
in check at the very beginning of the war and the Battle 
of Verdun checked the attack made to break the lines. 
Tur NEw SUBMARINE Poricy went into effect on 
March 1, and now the United States government is in sus- 
pense until the first tragedy of the sea is reported as the 
result of the new orders. What will the future bring 
forth? 
THE CONFIDENCE which the people of America have 
ir. their President despite the recognized mistakes that are 
always possible is a cause for thanksgiving. What would 
be our status now with a Buchanan? 
‘THERE 1S A GREAT Nava battle coming. ‘The Brit- 
ish fleet is waiting “the day.” It is now believed that Ger- 
many will try an issue upon the sea if there is a fighting 
chance for a victory. 
AMERICA CAN NEVER Force? the’ assistance France 
gave the new republic in the struggle for independence. 
Neutrality may be the legal status of the nation, but there 
is sympathy for France. 
Wirth AN ALLEGED SALARY of nearly three-quarters 
of a mililon of dollars it is time for Charlie Chaplin to 
appear in a new film, “Over the Hill to the Poor House,” 
