Show Public u lc Opinion in to i 1 Excerpts From the Leading Ii Editorials of Yesterdays Yesterday's s Eastern Newspapers H I Baltimore American JI AX AN ARCTIC TI COi CONTINENT i T E j 3 r SPITE O the f fact t that the pOles D DESPITE poles i have been beon brought Into the field t tor of or discovery ery and the northwest pa passage sage r threaded and tho the terra from end to end seems to have o been fairly welt well plotted out there still lingers In th the imagination ulI a polar continent In tho the nature of oe tho case there thero Is no reason to doubt do tho the possibility of there b being ln extended land Jand surfaces even as big as all that which Is 18 put forth b by the promoters ers erR of or the plan to discover yet et another continent In this adventurous ag age This Is square miles Sa Save Saor for or geographical purposes an and I to tc satisfy some lau laudable able interest In inthe I ISa tho the stud study of or tides tlde Is tt t difficult to per- per an any advance l In determining whether r the polar Ice Is merely that of or the frozen conditions of or the sea seo that Is s for tor the most part perpetually frozen over or duo due to accumulations of or Ice tee nn and l snow upon some somo continent bed The so called land for tor little of ot It would be found free from leo Ice and snow would add nothing to the areas of or the earth I New York Sun I TITE TUB FINAL L TEST j T THE approach o of or f the end of ot the th the Balkan war deserves to emphasize tho fact that the real test of or the capao- capao It Ity of or the Serb the Bulgar and the Greek to direct their own o fortunes Is Isnow Isnow Isnow now to como come Thoy They havo have formed an alliance which Europe In the light of or history deemed Incredible the they have ha conquered an enemy who at the oU outset et seemed utterly beyond their stature Thore There remains the problem as u to whether the thc they can agree on a division of ot the tho spoils Not Mot In the war wat nor In the pe peace ce terms with Turkey but In the tho conferences conferences confer confer- and meetings of ot the thc four little states which have havo just defeated a great empire lies tho the real Interest for tor the next few tew days or 01 weeks I Boston Herald I SCHOLARS SCHOL I IX TN PUBLIC PUBLIO LIFE 1 THE pHE HE frequent allusions to the Pres Pres- 1 elect Ident-elect as an unusual Instance 4 In our times of tho success of ot a a. 4 scholar in politics call attention to n a significant change in the tho world of or e ed education ed- ed 1 within the tho last ut generation i Many Stany of or the mon now prominent in public life Ilea are college graduates yet jet very ery few tew of ot them arc are over referred to toas toas as scholars In politics the emphasis I 1 which education now places on utilitarianism as contrasted with th the classical and cultural II The old time humanities get ct less leas I and less n. n attention Men Ien ma may now no noh h have havea e ea i ia a bewildering bewildering- list of or dc degrees decrees without i 1 j having the tho scholarship which the world associates only with the litera litera- literature literature ture and philosophy of ot the ancients The times dotes have o changed And it is Js an eloquent tribute to former W ways S and standards that only the decreasing decreasing- number of or statesmen who have a a. classical classical class class- ical Ion 1 education are aro rc referred to as scholars J In n poll politics tics I New York World I TU L PLAY R. R TAFT has urged the tho Republican MR committee to contInuo continue its work Worl without Interruption Chairman McCombs Me 1 c- c Combs of or tho the Democratic committee suggests that the tho body establish per- per offices The Tho Progressive leaders leaders lead lead- ers will meet moel next month to d decide clde upon plans for tor further activities Tho The Socialist party art nover never suspends opera opera- thong tion If It we are to have four great political political cal parties no one of or them in a l majority major maJor- It ity it Is probable that zeal zealot of this kind wilt will be necessary Thero There used to be a L faint hope that our political campaigns l could be shortened but from present presen t appearances they are to be prolonged front flom months to years j |