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VOL. XIV 
.  CuHartEs EF. Hucues in his Philadelphia speech - 
Monday declared that it should be American policy “ 
protect American lives on land and sea.” «This in ee 
ence to the sinking of the Lusitania came immediately 
after the news of the German submarine raid on Sunday 
and the effect upon his audience was electrifying. Mr. 
Hughes declined to comment in any way upon the latest 
submarine affair for the reason that it might embarrass 
the administration. Comment was unnecessary. Should 
it develop that (Germany has not kept her pledges to this 
country regarding the method of submarine warfare the 
administration will be confronted by the same trying prob- 
lem that grew out of the Lusitania affair. This time 
President Wilson will be compelled to face the submarine 
problem as a campaign issue as well as a diplomatic tangle. 
Mr. Hughes’ ‘declaration regarding the Lusitania: may not 
have been intended to embarrass the administration in any 
controversy which may grow out of the last submarine 
episode, but it will certainly have that effect, at least in 
America. 
October 13, 1916. No. 41 
THe Democratic PArty ApPEARS to make much of 
the fact that both Hughes and Roosevelt have and still 
favor the eight-hour law for railroad employees. That 
is the very “nub” of the issue. Both Roosevelt and 
Hughes favor and have favored legislation that tends to 
alleviate the hardships incident to long hours of labor. 
No one can reasonably object to an eight-hour law, but 
what the republican party objects to, and what Roosevelt 
and Hughes are endeavoring to emphasize is not the ques- 
tion of the desirability of an eight-hour law, but the sacri- 
fice of national honor and governmental principle to the 
rule of force. The government surrendered under a 
threat and the whole transaction was reprehensible and 
unworthy of great federal government and for that fal- 
lacious move the democratic party must answer to the 
people. Hughes is not opposed to labor and ameliorative 
legislation, but what he does oppose is the subjection of a- 
national government to the sway of a group of railroad 
employees, demanding what should be granted only as an 
act of justice and not as a rule of force. 
THE SUBMARINE that slipped out of Newport late 
last) week and worked havoc with the shipping off the 
Nantucket shore stirred up public feeling to a high pitch 
on Monday. The stock markets opened and there were 
panicky flurries for three or four hours and many dollars 
lost and won. The situation, however, does not menace 
America. Germany was operating under international 
law.. Not an American seaman was lost and the work 
was done upon the high sea outside the neutral three-mile 
limit. The United States government cannot but view 
the situation with pao 8 but there is no occasion 
tor new correspondence with Germany. As neutrals we 
are helpless to intertere. 
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Mayor Curtey of the city of Boston acting in con- 
cert with the other censors duly appointed by law ‘re- 
fused recently to grant a license to a certain company 
presenting a film that the censors deemed to be dangerous 
to the morals of the public. This is a most wholesome — 
sign. ‘The theatre of the old days was most trenchantly 
criticized in many circles for its liberties, but’ the moving 
picture house may do/an incalculably greater harm. This, 
usually, to young folk whose ideals and habits have not 
become fixed. No one will condemn the moving picture 
as a means of instruction and entertainment. It does 
make a great difference, however, what is presented. 
There ‘has not been in modern times a better contribution 
to wholesome amusement than the clean and instructive | 
film but the misfortune has been that unscrupulous men 
have seized this valuable recreative agency and have been 
debasing the business and harming many. It appeared 
for a while that a free hand was to be given to these men 
and that despite national censorship boards unclean photo 
plays have been presented and advertised in a, most re- 
pulsive way. Mayor Curley has put a check upon one 
such indecency and he should receive the commendation 
that the worthy act demands and merits. 
ALreapy THE Boston & MAINE RAILROAD is begin- 
ning to recover, now that the suspense is over. There 
are “conditions, worse than those of receivership. This 
movement is certain to stabilize values in this stock and 
will place it in a position to recover what has been lost. 
The present prices of labor, the high rates paid. on leases, 
the increased prices of material and the generally depress- 
ing conditions caused by the war make the situation far 
from good, but there is a light on the clouds. The re- 
ceivership will afford an opportunity of cleaning’ house — 
and it is reasonable to expect that the stock will begin a - 
slow, up-grade pull. It is inevitable. The stockholders have — 
had a long and patient wait and soon they should be 
rewarded. 
Tur Norra SwHore HorricuLturar Socmty has 
been doing a splendid work in the last decade and its 
progressive leadership assures it of a leading place among 
the organziations of the State. The work during the 
winter and the show. work during the summer seasons 
have been handicapped because of the need of a suitable 
building in which to hold meetings and to present horti- 
cultural exhibits. A new building is now assured. — It 
will aid the Horticultural Society. in its work and will 
ive the town of Manchester another good building. The 
efforts of the finance and building committees of this 
organization deserve the support of our citizens and sum- 
mer residents. 
30sToN 1s WAITING the coming of Billy. Sunday, 
evangelist and former baseball player. And Boston is in 
a much more receptive mood than a few months ago when 
the first plans for his coming were in evidence. The cold, 
reserved nature, usually credited to the New Englander, 
conceals a very human heart and Boston and New Eng- 
land are waiting the coming of the athletic preacher with 
quite a bit of curiosity if not friendly interest. 
Littte Dip THE Vacation’ ForK who viewed the 
manoeuvres of the torpedo boat destroyers off our coast 
on Friday think that these same craft would, before 
seventy-two hours were past, be doing rescue work in a 
real war game. 
A Birnty SunpAy CaAmpaicn following the excite- 
ment of a World Series may prove too much for Bos- 
tonians. 
