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VOL. XV 
February 9, 1917. No. 6 
A Man. 
Give me the man of gentle mind 
And simple heart who loves his kind; 
Who scorns the cruel and the base, 
And who, with strength and manly grace, 
Fills nobly his appointed place; 
One who is bold and free to speak; 
Who can discern twixt right and wrong; 
Who “May I?” saith unto the weak; 
Who saith “I Will,’ unto the strong. 
—J. A. TORREY. 
Tue Presipent Has Given EvipENcE of great 
patience in dealing with the foreign situation and the 
change of conditions in the last week has served to rally 
everyone to his support without regard to party lines. 
He is right, of course, in the action which he has taken. 
His message to Congress is temperate and worthy of the 
traditions of our great republic. The United States does 
not wish war. It does not believe in war. Our course 
with Mexico demonstrates that and our patience with the 
European situation also gives evidence to it. “The sever- 
ance of diplomatic relations with a nation, usually, is 
followed by war, but it need not necessarily be the case 
this time. If Germany commits no overt act of war the 
status quo will be maintained, but if German submarines 
should attack one American ship contrary to the inter- 
national laws expressed by the President and if there is 
a loss of life there will be no other course open to our 
Government but to maintain our position and the cause 
of humanity by all of the means of protection at our dis- 
posal. The action of Germany with regard to the Hous- 
atonic is the most hopeful of all of the signs. The 
American ship was sunk and damages may be claimed, 
but the commander of the submarine was careful to ob- 
serve all the amenities of the situation, warning the com- 
mander and caring for the lives of the crew. If Ger- 
many has made a mistake and does not desire war with 
the United States it will be possible for that nation to 
keep out of war with the United States by refraining 
from acts of war upon our ships upon peaceful errands 
in the danger zone. It is evident that to avert war Ger- 
many will be forced to abandon the war zone policy. Will 
she do this? That is the present situation and the great 
evestton! There will be no more exchange of notes nor 
of opinions between the Imperial German Government 
and the United States Government. Germany can 
rescind its message by actions. Let it be sincerely hoped 
that peace may be maintained and that Germany will re- 
fain from any hostile act. War is undesirable and brute 
foree eon never make right; but America cannot afford 
to sacrifice all that it has won in the name of honor, 
Vherty, righteousness and law for the sake of peace. 
Peace may be bought at too high a price. 
Not A BoMBARDMENT, 
Thunder in a snow storm! 
Monday, only thunder. 
Feb. 9, 1917. 
Tue Nortu Suore Distrricr will be quite fortunate — 
if it can be represented in the coming constitutional con- 
vention by such a man as the Hon. Augustus Peabody 
Loring. Thus far Mr. Loring is the only candidate for 
this district—the 20th Legislative District, comprising 
Manchester, Beverly Farms, Pride’s Crossing, Beverly ; 
Cove, and the town of Essex. The convention was called 
on the express understanding that it was to be non-parti- 
son, and we confess that we do not know of another man 
in the entire district who ought to appeal more to the ~— 
constituency as a whole as representative of a district 
with which his forbears were so intimately associated in — 
its early history, as Mr. Loring. The Constitution is the 
foundation on which the Legislature builds its laws. Its 
cbject should be to safeguard the rights and liberties of 
the individual, and to see to it that each person shall have — 
equal opportunities before the law. The securing of 7 
these fundamental rights by a just constitution is the uni- — 
versal desire of all parties and all fair-minded persons. 2 
Tue NortuH SHorE as Usua, ArosE to the emer- ~ 
gency when the menace of war appeared last Saturday. — 
The Gloucester folk immediately organized a committee ~ 
for the maintenance of a coast patrol by the fishermen of 4 
that port. This is in accordance with the best traditions 4 
of our nearest neighbor which furnished during the war 
with Spain more men to man the navy than any other j 
’y in the Union. In Beverly the Red Cross committee 
for Essex ‘County immediately began its work of pre- ~ 
“redness and under the leadership of Miss Katharine _ 
P. Loring issued a call for funds. To this call there 
should be a generous response. The funds will be used 
for the usual Red Cross work which is familiar to every 
one. Mail your remittance to the Treasurer, care of the 
Beverly National Bank. 
JoHN Hays HAMMonp, JR., announced Monday also 
that he would give to the Government his wonderful wire- 
less control torpedo which he has perfected. General 
Wood believes that it is the best coast defense weapon 
that we have. In making the gift Mr. Hammond has 
done what he should have done as an American citizen, 
but he has done it with such despatch and with such a 
good spirit that he cannot but be honored for the duty so 
well performed. 
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AMONG THE GREAT PREACHERS who have visited 
Boston must now be added the name of Rev. William L. — 
Sullivan, who has been lecturing under the auspices of | 
the Unitarian church. He is a man of parts, large, human - 
svnpathies and eloquence. Harvard has requested him — 
this year to give the Dudleian lecture. This is an honor 
which is well merited and is a credit to the appointee and 
to the committee making the appointment. 
Tue Learner Market Conpirions still remain 
threatening and there is and will continue to be a constant — 
increase in prices. ‘The leather substitutes, obtained from 
tanning the skins of certain fish, are not proving profit- — 
eble for many reasons, although beautiful leather goods 
are being manufactured from carefully selected seal skins. 
The market, however, will not be helped by this sort of 
substitution. 
Ir Is Betrevepd Now that the public inaugural plans 
will be abandoned and that the President will be quietly | 
and privately sworn in by the Chief Justice. This is only 
good judgment. It would be more democratic if much 
of the usual pomp were always omitted. 
A REAL OLD-FASHIONED WINTER with ideal sleigh-_ 
ing! 
