endured. 
tions abroad. Poor bleeding Armenia! 
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Hav: 19, 1915. NORTH 
Tue Norra Snore has a mosquito problem to solve 
and the lecture given in the Manchester Town hall last 
night was a valuable contribution to the public’s knowl- 
edge of the subject. In other years it was supposed that 
the mosquito was harmless save the irritation of his at- 
tentions and that it was a necessary evil that had to be 
It is now known that the mosquito is a danger- 
cus insect and that it carries disease from one person to 
another. That the mosquito must be endured is now 
known to be unnecessary. There are simple ways of ex- 
terminating the pest and these ought to be tried. Tue 
marsh wastes, the stagnant brooks and even garden water 
barrels are convenient breeding places. A study is being 
made of the North Shore mosquito problem and every- 
one should co-operate insofar as they are able in tue 
good work. 
Aw Errort Was Mape last Sunday to arouse an in- 
terest in the Armenians through the agency of the Amer- 
ican pulpit. The conditions in Armenia and Turkey are 
beyond description. The pity of it all is that the Amer- 
ican people have been stupefied by the wars, rumors +f 
wars and the massacres from the old world. Everything 
tnat could stir the emotions and sympathies has. come to 
the nation and the new horror of Armenia is recognized, 
but the overwhelming catastrophe of a world war has 
inade it all but impossible to appreciate the real condi- 
What will Amer- 
ica do? Dollars will not stay the hands of a blood-thirsty 
nation. 
Ir Dorks Not Take A SEER to forecast that when the 
history of the war is written and the resulting changes 
in the preparedness policy of our nation, that Augustus 
Peabody Gardner, Congressman from this state, will have 
an honorable place in the annals. It was Congressman 
Gardner’s timely, sane and enthusiastic appeal for better 
preparation against war that began the campaign which 
is certain to end in an unprecedented appropriation for 
national naval and military preparedness. 
-. Dr. JAmMrs P. McNaucuron, for twenty-eight years 
resident in Turkey, says: “Whoever wins in this present 
great world conflict, the Turkish Government is doomed.” 
No one will shed tears; the laissez faire policy of the 
Nations in Furope to the atrocities committed by Turkey 
in other years has made it possible for the “sick man of 
Europe” to toddle about in his assinine industries un- 
molested. It is time for Turkey’s atrocious influence and 
work to end. 
Mr. Homer Huripurt punctured the pacificist’s 
argument against armament and other preparatory move- 
ments on the part of our governnent, at Manchester 
Monday night, when he said that it was an affront to the 
American people to assume that the nation would become 
a military people thirsting for conquest. An effective 
preparedness for war is assuredly the easiest road to 
peace in these days of warfare. 
Tue Krupp Stee, Company has “donated” five 
million dollars to the relief fund for the benefit of the 
families who have lost their husbands and sons on the 
battlefield. Comments ought not to be made. 
A Couracrous PuBLIsHER of a high-grade magazine 
kas actually issued a number without an article or a refer- 
ence to the international struggle in Europe. He is not 
asleep; he is a philosopher. 
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SHORE BREEZE 9 
For Years THERE Has Existep in the minds of 
many Bostonians a fear that sometime efforts would be 
made to violate the integrity of the Common and the 
Public Gardens. The time has come. It is suggested that 
a portion of Boylston, Park and Tremont streets be 
taken for street purposes. Another schemer has suggest- 
ed the continuation of Commonwealth avenue as a sunken 
street across the Public Garden, under Charles street and 
across the Common to a point opposite West street. The 
construction of such a street would afford an easy en- 
trance for those coming into the city by motor from the 
north and afford those in the city an opportunity to reach 
the South Station easily. There is no danger that the 
Boston Common ever will be taken in its entirety for 
any purpose. Too well do the citizens appreciate its 
value as a breathing spot in the centre of the city. The 
teking of a small section of the streets proposed for street 
purposes will probably be accepted by the citizens of Bos- 
ton, but the sunken street is another matter. The pro- 
position is interesting, feasible and desirable, but there 
is opened up a question of the uses of the Common and 
the Public Gardens not brought up by the suggested plans. 
THE FORMER GRECIAN PRIME MINISTER has at Iast 
broken his silence and in a speech that will live has made 
a plea to Greece to remember their national history and 
consider their future hopes. With rare skill and deep 
emotion he called upon his people to consider well the 
deceitfulness of their present national program and the 
crime that must be laid at their door for forgetting their 
treaty with Serbia. Greece has not yet come to realize 
its part in the struggle for liberty in the old world. 
Nations move slowly, but time tells. Prudentially the 
issues Of the war must force the old nation into the 
arena. He who reads the signs of the times can discern 
ir which direction Greece will turn, but will Greece de- 
Iny too long? 
THe HypHEeNAtTED AMERICAN may at least maintain 
a dignified silence in these days of stress and race anti- 
pathies. Why did the hyphenated American seek these 
shores of ours and why do they still stay? Our repub- 
lican spirit of political tolerance does not permit us ‘to 
compel hyphenated Americans to subscribe to the na- 
tional spirit of loyalty to the new nation where they seek 
a livelihood, and the blessings of liberty, but it is not too 
much to request such to remember the debt that they 
owe the new land. 
THE AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTON are readjusting 
the rates of compensation paid to railroads for carrying 
mail. The railroads have been underpaid for years for 
their service as mail-carriers and it is time that the Gov- 
ernment corrected the abuse. 
A Macutnr Gun has been purchased and placed in 
the prison from which Frank was abducted. Too late! 
But, what has ever been done to punish the offenders? 
Anything ? Georgia needs less ‘machine’ and more 
justice. 
Waar AN ENviABLE Record Booker T. Washington 
has had? His career may well be an inspiration to the 
boys and girls of the white race as well as to the young 
of his own race. 
It is a pity one can’t screen against some people as 
you do against flies and mosquitoes. 
