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PROBLEMS OF THE WAR.
An article from the London Times,
printed on this page, shows why the
Japanese cannot pursue the recreating
Russians very far, and why it "would
be inadvisable to do so if they could.
The pursuit must necessarily be feeble,
for the Russians in their retreat have
the Immense advantage of the railroad,
which they des'troy "behind them, and
the Japanese must get their artillery,
munitions and all necessary supplies
forward without the help of the rail
road. To the next position at 'which
they .feel they will be able to make a
stand the Russians therefore are able
to retire, without serious molestation
from the Japanese;
Japan could waste her strength In
such pursuit, at long distances from
her base, far more than in actual bat
tle. Harbin is over 500 miles from Port
Arthur. On the line of their retreat the
Russians have wrecked the railroad as
completely as possible; the bridges can
not soon be renewed, and the Japanese
lack locomotives and cars. It will take
a long time to get the railroad Into
effective operation up to the Japanese
front, and the Russians, retiring fur
ther and further, will repeat their tac
tics as they go.
Not for a considerable time, there
fore, is the war news IJkely to be im
portant. Japan may send an expedi
tion by sea, with Intent to isolate
Vladivostok, cut the railway behind It
and press on from that direction
towards Harbin. But any operation by
Japan at a distance from the sea will
be not only difficult and hazardous for
her armies, but will very rapidly ex
haust her resources. The article from
the London Times very clearly points
out this danger.
The advantage gained 'already by
the Japanese armies Is Immense.
Russia has been expelled from a
great part of the Important Prov
ince of Manchuria, and deprived of
food supplies there. Above all, she
has lost control of mines that have been
the main resource for operation of the
western divisions of her great railway.
If Japan could press forward to Har
bin, the advantage to her of the -occupation
of that place certainly would be
very great. It is the point of junction
of the railroads from Port Arthur and
Vladivostok; it Is a center 'of a great
wheat district and is a flour mill city;
and situated on the Sungari River,
navigable for steamboats, it has water
communication with the upper and
lower Amur. But the Japanese armies
are still nearly 300 miles distant from
Harbin, and their task of reaching it,
oipon a long and lengthening line of ad
vance and transport, in the face of an
enterprising and powerful enemy, is
very great. The horses necessary for
such a campaign are scarcely at the
disposal of Japan. For these reasons
there is little ground to expect any very
rapid advance of the Japanese on Har
bin, or on the new Russian positions.
But Japan, having established her
prowess, has no need now to expend her
resources in dangerous enterprises.
Her next undertaking, the capture of
Vladivostok, should not be a very dlfll
cult thing. Japan's silent supporter,
though effective ally. Great Britain, by
whom the other powers of Europe are
prevented from interfering "a friend,"
as the London Times says, "strong
enough to ward off hostile combina
tions and leave Japan face to face with
a single enemy" watches everypart of
this game with Interest; and her atti
tude makes it certain that Japan will
not again be subjected to the indignity
to- which 6he was forced to .submit at
the close of her war with China. The
most probable reason for peace within
a short time lies, however, in the fact
that the Russian exchequer is in
straits. Russia, as .a state, has, for
many years, lived, on its loans. Since
this was her resource In peace, what
wonder that she Is hard pressed in
war?
.Addicks could not be1 elected Senator,
fand ,he would permit no one else to be
elected; so the Delaware Legislature
has again adjourned without an elec
tion. If Thomas W. Lawson has done
no other public service by his sensa
tional exposures and -wholesale denun
ciation of the "system," he has at least
held Addicks up to public contempt for
what he Is an unprincipled financial
buccaneer who scruples at nothing1 to
accomplish his ends. It is unfortunate
indeed for Delaware that such a vam
pire as Addicks has fastened himself
upon Its vitals. Some hope Is offered in
the general report that he Is near the
end of his money resources, and that
the state may be able to shake him off.
Meanwhile It Is better for Delaware
that it be represented in the Senate by
nobody which is another word for the
surviving Senator than by Addicks.
A MOVEMENT OF THE TIME.
There was simplicity once in our pub
lic and private life; but that was in pio
neer times, when all persons were on a
level. That state or condition could
not continue. With increase and con
centration of wealth changes naturally
came. A mistake of Jefferson, as. a
political philosopher, was his assump
tion that the conditions of pioneer life
could be continued forever; and his po
litical thought and system were formed
on that -error. But times change and
men are changed with them. When
there was little wealth and no concen
tration of wealth there was no sugges
tion of laws such as we find necessary
now, to bring vast aggregations under
control of the state. But great changes
have taken place; so we find President
Roosevelt, with approval of the coun
try, saying:
Neither this people, ner any other free
people. w4H permanently tolerate the use ef
the vast power conferred fey vase wealth, and
especially by wealth In Its corporate form,
without lodging somewhere In the Government
the still higher power ot seeing that this
power. In addition to being used In the In
terest of the Individual or individuals pos
sessing it. is used for ami aot against the
interests of tho people as a whole.
There are evils of plutocracy, and the
march of these evils for years has been
steady and stealthy, and all the more
to be dreaded on that very account.
Enormous fortunes have been built up
by methods too Insidious to be under
stood by any except those who have
made special Investigation of the meth
ods. Vast hoards have been accumu
lated in a few masterful hands; private
corporations have assumed sovereign
powers; the great arteries of commerce
have become the property of a very few
persons, who are In league with such
combinations in production, as the Beef
Trust and Standard ' Oil. Hence the
pertinence and pregnancy of such
statements as that by President Roose
velt, quoted above. These matters are
in politics. Governor La Follctte, of
Wisconsin, in a recent address, thus
foreshadowed the future political line of
cleavage:
The political issue In this country for the
next 10 or 15 years will be between govern
ment for the special Interests and government
for the people. The Insue Is plutocracy or
democracy, and we will settle It and settle
it right. Either the state or Nation will reg
ulateraijrpad charges or the state or Nation
will own the railroads, and I think the com-
panleXre" coming to see that.
But President Roosevelt's statement
puts it in clearest light. Read over
again the quotation above, which con
tains his statement thnt the Govern
ment must have a power of supervl
slon, in the interest of the'whole people.
Here is a movement,- or -protest that is
not to be ridden down 'by -Cossacks nor
checked by attack on ."its present
spokesmen.
SPECIFICATIONS IX TRAYER.
Children are accustomed to look upon
prayer In a manner that amuses even
those who believe In prayer's efficacy.
There is a story told of a little girl who
was greatly perturbed by the discov
ery that her brothers had set traps to
catch birds. Questioned as to what she
had done in the matter, she replied: "I
prayed that the traps might not catch
the birds." "Anything else?" "Yes,"
she said, "I then prayed that God
would prevent the birds getting into
the traps, and," as. if to Illustrate the
doctrine of faith and works, "I went
and kicked the traps all to pieces."
That illustrates the direct manner in
which children ask for what they de
sire. Grown up, however, the children
forget their early simplicity, and take
to praying in vague and general terms.
"Even the preacher who takes it upon
himself to ask that public affairs be
rightly directed seldom goes Into de
tail," says the Indianapolis Star, com
mentlng upon this subject. The Star
goes on to suggest that petitions for aid
in secular affairs be made more spe
cific, and there seems no reason why
the suggestion should not be adopted.
Much praying Is done in Portland at all
times, and just now the amount Is be
ing greatly Increased by the systematic
campaign directed by Mr. Chapman.
Why should not a petition be made that
saloon-keepers close promptly at
oclock In the morning? A specified
number might be suggested for the at
tendance at the Fair. It might be
asked that the Beef Trust fix the price
of beef at a certain figure. A date
might be set for the completion of the
Panama Canal. Our desired March
rainxau migni De nxea at so many
Inches.
The approved size of billboards might
also be mentioned In such petitions, and
the suppliants might ask, like the little
girl, that visitors be prevented from
seeing any of Portland's noted shacks,
Only in this case it would be advisable
to pursue the little girl's example fur
ther and to kick the rattle-traps all to
pieces.
WHY THIS CHANGE OF NAIE?
The State of Washington no longer
has an Agricultural College, the Legis
lature of that state having changed the
name of that institution at Pullman to
"Washington State College." Just why
the name .was changed is not readily
apparent, though it may have been for
one of several reasons. Perhaps the
friends of the school were ashamed of
the word "agricultural" and preferred
the more indefinite and elastic name of
"state college." Again, it is possible
that the institution has ceased to be an
agricultural college in fact and the
friends of the school were unwilling
that it should carry a name that mis
represents it to the world. Or,
neither of these reasons is correct, it
may be that the institution has been
gradually drifting away from the pur
poses for which it was established and
is taking up the work Intended for the
State University, and the school desires
to adopt a name more in keeping with
the character of the work done.
It is scarcely believed that the people
back of this movement for a change in
the name were ashamed of the word
"agrlculturaL" Upon agricultural re
sources Washington- depends very
largely for its industrial growth, and
no small portion of the money for the
maintenance of its institutions comes
from the pockets of the farmers. It is
a farmers' school, designed particularly
to instruct farmers sons In the better
methods of practical agriculture. While
it Is true that the State of Washington
feels Immensely proud of her commer
cial giants and her clever politicians.
it is hardly probable that she has lost
pride in her farmers. The residents of
our sister state doubtless indorse the
entiment of Thomas Jefferson when he
said, "Let the farmer for ever more be
honored in his calling, for they who
labor In the earth are the chosen peo
ple of God." They would perhaps go
further and join with Beecher In saying
that "He who would look with con
tempt on the pursuits of a farmer is not
worthy the name of a man." Can it be.
then, that the word "agricultural" was
dropped because the friends of the
school were ashamed of it?
THE FRESEXT HOUSE OF COMMONS.
Who can fair to take Interest In the
scenes now passing at Westminster?
One Is accustomed to hold In mind the
House of Commons as In some way
parallel with our House of Representa
tives. The present condition there ac
centuates contrasts,, not resemblances.
The whole policy of the British Empire
in finance, army, navy, foreign alli
ances and in industries affected by tax
and tariff hangs on the question as to
how long the Balfour Ministry can hold
a majority of the 670 members. The
seven years' life of the Parliament Is
rapidly nearing its end In any case, and
the Balfour government Is plainly bent
on holding on and postponing the ap
peal to the voters to the very last day.
By all precedents a defeat of the gov
ernment on so vital a question as that
of maintenance of the free-trade-policy.
under which Great Britain has pros
pered for forty years past, would mean
its downfall. While defeat was- far off.
supporters of the government were led
out to vote by the Prime Minister on
this question whenever a vote was
called for. But by ones and twos Mr.
Balfour's supporters left h'.m and ma
jorities dwindled. When the end was
to all appearances In sight, Mr. Balfour
took a resolve that what he styles "fis
cal policy" should not be permlted to
be brought to the Issue by vote of the
House. So he and all his followers
walk out when the vote Is called, leav
ing his Liberal opponents and the Irish
Nationalists to carry by a vote of 254
to 2 the artfully drawn resolution.
"That the House declares that to Im
pose Import duties not exceeding an av
erage of 10 per cent, on goods Imported
from abroad, would be Injurious to the
commercial Interests of the United
Kingdom."
The main intention of the resolution
evidently was to draw Mr. Balfour.
Mun -Mr. unamoenain ana tnelr re
spective followers, Into the same lobby.
as upholding protective duties. Then
the opposition would have been able to
Involve the whole number in a general
melee. But the bird was too crafty to
oe caught in that act. With great
show of candor, Mr. Balfour announces
thatttiey will give full time for the op
position to move a vote of censure on
tne government's fiscal policy. But
.such a motion would have to define that
policy. Then a calm denial would be
given to the accuracy of, the definition
On that formal Issue, not on the main
question behind It, a A'ote would be
taken. The government would tri
umph. Then all hands would go to
marking time again possibly an un
dignified plight for the government of a
great empire.
FOSTERING AMERICAN ART.
It is most unlikely that the National
Dressmakers' Association was organ
Ized expressly to promote the gaiety of
the Nation, but that Is just the object It
Is most successful in accomplishing.
Just now the association Is giving its
annual exhibitions In New York and
Chicago let us hope Portland may soon
be added to the list Miss White, the
president, having charge of the New
York show and Miss Wade, the vice-
president, the Chicago show. Miss
White devotes most of her time to lec
tures on anti-fat treatments and to
"corset demonstrations" with very fat
and very thin models. Her very latest
exploit was with a model weighing 300
pounds. "Now I don't know whether
that woman Is coming or going when
I look at her," said Miss White, "but
she'll look smart when I fit her with
the new 1S03 high-bust straight-front
corset." And when Miss White had fin
ished punching and lacing her elephan
tine model, that flattered woman was
pronounced to have the "smartest and
swellest form In Jersey."
Miss White advocates sleeping face
downwards, with the toes touching the
end of the bed. Miss Wade Is at one
with her superior officer on this point.
"Do not curl up like a hibernating
groundhog," she says, with fine scorn
for those who would be merely com
fortable.
Important as these matters are. Miss
Wade touches upon something of even
greater moment when she waves the
red flag of revolution, metaphorically
speaking, and cries, "Down with
Paris!" American styles for American
women, says Miss Wade, and she might
have added, "American dollars for
American dressmakers." Too long have
Americans danced to Parisian piping,
and too dearly have they paid the
pipers. "It is time for us to break away
and create National styles of our own'
says Miss Wade. "Styles made here
are better adapted to the American
woman's figure and temper than the
French gowns. But until we take the
law Into our own hands and refuse to
import Parisian gowns at great ex
pense, we shall not be Inventors and
artists, but copyists."
Since the tariff does nothing to foster
the Infant Industry of style, concerted
action on the part of all patriotic Amer
lean women Is the only remedy. Let
every woman refuse to wear any gar
ment thut has not been designed at
home. In a year or two the results
may not be entirely satisfactory, but a
few years are as nothing In the life of
a nation, and soon an army of Amerl
can milliners will arise. At present
even the members of the National
Dressmakers' Association are copyists.
not artists. Sir Purdon Clarke, the new
head of the Metropolitan Museum, has
declared his intention of fostering
American art In America. He should
not overlook the great field in which
Miss White and Miss Wade are co
laborers.
"The site of our state building is pos
slbly the most commanding and ad
vantageous of any building at the
Fair," said King County Commissioner
Steel to the Seattle newspapers on his
return from a trip to Portland. The
people of Washington are beginning to
understand that the Fair management
has been desirous that every facility be
afforded them to make the most ade
quate showing on the generous appro
priation given by the State Legisla
ture. It is not an Oregon Fair, but a
Pacific Coast Fair, and it is Important
that there be the fullest co-operation
between all Western States. The coun
ties, of Washington are preparing to
make Independent exhibits, and it Is
probable that their outlay will in the
aggregate be as great as the state's; so
that all persons who are interested in
Washington will have no occasion to
fear that everything that can be done
will not be done by that state and its
cities and counties. .
Just as the contract for construction
of one of the largest dams in the world
for Irrigation purposes was let in Ari
zona, the skies opened, so to speak,
and set all records of rainfall in that,
region at defiance, with a downpour
that threatened for a time to turn a
large area of the long-parched terri
tory Into a great lake. The "Roose-
elt dam" on Salt River will, however.
be built, since the clouds cannot be de
pended upon for water supply even In
this freakish fashion in Arizona. The
dam, according to a late dispatch, will
De JZ5 feet hlsh, and at Its base It will
have a thickness of about 200 feet. It
must, according to the contract, be
completed in two years. Through its
agency 350,000 acres of arid land will be
made productive by systematic inunda
tion. The project Is gigantic, and well
deserves the name that has been ap
plied to it.
Germany Is endeavoring to collect a
claim of 5120,000 against the. United
States and Great Britain for damages
sustained during ,the Samoan mixup a
iew years ago. One-tenth of the
amount asked is for actual land the
remainder for moral damaees. and
the Americans and British have
offered to pay 540.000. As thi
would leave' about $28,000 for' moral
damages, it would seem that Germany
was being fairly well paid. "Moral
uamages" are difficult to estimate In
dollars and cents, and if Germany suf
fered to that extent in the Samoan af
fair, she must be entitled to a good
many millions from the United States
for the moral damage suffered by her
cnaracter when she got In the way
down at Manila a few years ago.
A picture taken of the late Mrs. Jan
Lathrop Stanford, after she arrived in
tionolulu. is that of an asred wnman
with a sorldusaface and meditative air.
It Is the face of a woman not satis
fied with life a pre-, as it would seem.
to anxiety or fear, or haunted bv un
realities. It Is certainly not the mirror
or a soul In repose, awaitlnsr In trust
and confidence what the mcrrow would
Drmg forth. That this good woman was
a prey to some ldiosyncracy which ex
pressed Itself in almost her last words
can hardly be doubted. The Stanford
mausoleum-will open today to receive
ner Dody, and "sacred to memorv" will
De me many generous acts of her lone
iite.
The airing which polygamy as nrac-
tlced by President Joseph Smith, of the
unurcn of Latter-Day Saints, haa late
ly received through the' Smoot trial
shows that that Institution Is similar
in aeiau ana practice to that ofrwhieh
Ann Eliza, "Wife No. 10" of Brlrham
j. oung, -discoursed so volubly In a thick
volume published a quarter of a cen
tury or more ago. The husband of flvo
wives and the father of forty-two chil
dren may pose as a saint anda patriot
uu u. 5uoa, aii-arouna citizen, but the
people ot an enlightened day and aze
may be excused for viewing the specta
cle with disgust and abhorrence.
The Circuit Court, at. Cleveland. O..
nas aeciaea mat an electric comnanv
could not be compelled to nroduce Its
dooks in. court in order to show what
money had been expended for alleged
DriDery ana in contributions to a polit
ical fund. If the purchasable element
in Ohio politics has no higher value
man that which has recently been
quoted in the Investigations in Missouri
and California, It is probably just as
well for the credit of the Buckeye State
mat me law has prohibited the delicate
exniDit.
-tne ruDDlsh-cioggcd fire-eseane
ougm to go me way of the granulated
cork life-preserver," said the New York
iroune a day or two before the anrjall
ing tenement lire in which men. wom
en ana emicren were burned alive be
cause every fire-escape was clogged
wun ruDDisn. An ordinance prohibit
ing the use of fire-escapes as storerooms
is useful, but only when It is enforced.
It is the old story of negligence and
disaster.
The former Portland young man who
fired at his wife and unfortunately shot
another woman, in Douglas County, it
is to De nopea win not escape the pun
ishment that is his due. The tendency
in affairs of this kind, where all are or
have been friends, is to patch it all up
ana cnarge it up to domestic indiscre
tion-. Douglas County has had too much
undetected and unpunished crime to
permit another to be added to the rec
ord.
It is now proposed to require by or
dlnance saloons to lower their curtains
Detween iA,a. ana 5 A. M., so that
violations of the saloon-closing ordi
nance may be seen by the authorities.
It Is generally agreed that some illu
mlnating means must be devised to
permit the police to see an open saloon
between those dark and sleepy hours
For a bungling execution like that
which took place at Pittsburg yesterday
mere is no excuse whatever. The
Sheriff who did the job should plead a
suaden attack or nervousness and be re
moved from office upon grounds of con
stitutional Incapacity to transact Its
business.
A new arrival who came through on
a colonist rate was yesterday buncoed
out of 560 by means of the ancient lock
trick. The only cause-for wonder ove
the Incident is that such a guileless fn
dividual as the victim was able to ac
cumulate $60 in this wicked world.
The Standard OH Company has sent
Its general counsel to Kansas to ex
plain matters "to "tne state authorities,
Gollah has concluded to negotiate with
David before the legislative stone Is
fired.
Russia goes at her peace proposals
as ii sue ac luim iu uie war Tvlin
Japan.
President Castro Is the "chilli In the.
International stew.
NOTE AND COMMENT.
The Glasses.
The wine-glass waa a fine glass.
With a jimp, i jimp waist.
And very fine the wine was.
And pleasant to the taste.
Who took the slender wine-glass.
And kissed its grapey Up,
Took pleasure at his leisure.
A Summer in a sip.
The tot-glass is a squat glass.
And ot an awkward shape.
And risky Is Its whisky
Beside the mellow grape:
Tet men cow take the squat glass
And gulp its rawness down.
Then scurry to the hurry
And flurry of the .town.
The olden days were golden days
For men to sit and drink.
And the slender glasses render
Into chime-bells with a clink.
Today perhaps you're longing
To crush a genial cup.
But honey, now time's money
We gulp ours standing up.
Nobbly Ned the Stable Boy.
(By arrangement with Queerson's Magazine.
The Oragonlan Is enabled to offer Its readers
the following great sporting story):
I.
Nobbly Ned was only a stabe boy, but
he had a rare way with a horse. Blue
Blazes," the terror of the Donnybrook
Farm, could be handled by none but Nob
bly Ned, who was passionately devoted to
the demoniacal black horse. As our story
opens, Nobbly Ned, holding last to a large
pebble to prevent the breeze from blowing
him away he weighed but .0017 pounds-
was standing by the door of the stable.
ir.
Tuffnut, the trainer, aroused Nobbly Ned
with a kick "Currss2 you!" he muttered.
'wake up! Blue Blazes must lose today.
Do you hear. Blue Blazes must lose to
day!" "Blue Blazes must lose today?"
murmured Nobbly Neu. "Yes, currsse
you!" answered Tuffnut. "Blue Blazes
must lose to-day!!!" Nobbly Ned had
been trained to obey orders. "All right.
sir." he said, "I'll stop him."
III.
The Honorable Dick Doughnut wis at
the end of his tether. In three years he
had spent J33,OCO,000, and upon Blue Blazes
he had staked his last million, getting 150
to 1 on account of the horse's well-known
habit of chewing his Jockey's near foot in
stead of starting with the others. Lady
Angela was "sweet" on Dick, but, as she
remarked one day, "one can't live on love
and a mere million."
IV.
The horses go to the post for the ' hlna
Cup. "Win for me. Nobbly Ned," cried
Lady Angela as Blue Blazes went past.
Nobbly Ned nodded his head. He swore
to foil Tuffnut.
V.
A strong breeze was blowing down the
track. As the barrier went up, Nobbly
Ned was blown from the saddle. Clutch
ing the bridle, he was blown along like
thistledown before Blue Blazes, the horse
making desperate efforts to reach him.
At the turn the wind shifted, and Nobbly
Ned was wafted home an easy winner.
VI.
All objections were scoffed at by the
judges, and Dick pulled down his $150,
000.000. Lady Angela accepted him -it
once, and Nobbly Ned was made happy
with a box of cigarettes.
Sign in a Washington-street window:
Toung roan wanted to drive
automobile with high-school
education.
Senator Wilcox introduced a bill in the
New York Legislature making it a misde
meanor to use impropor language over the
telephone. It's worse than a mlsdemean
or now; It's a blunder.
Ballard reports a baby weighing IS
pounds at birth.
Portland equals the record.
Ccntralia comes along with one weigh
ing "slightly over IS pounds."
It's up to Dr. C. L. Large, attending.
Seattle safe burglars turned a trick at
high noon. That was a low-down thing
to do.
President Morales, of Santo Domingo,
impresses- the Associated Press with
his blind faith that right will tri
umph." Wouldn't that blight you?
"Every German battleship," says the
Kaiser, "is a guarantee of the peace of
the world."
"A strong American Navy is the best
guarantee of peace, says President
Roosevelt.
The best, guarantee of peace,
says the Earl of Sclborne, First Lord o
the Admiralty, "is- to have a great Brit
ish navy ready for instant action."
In view of these declarations and ot
the universal activity in building bat
tleships. It seems that war will hence
forth be an Impossibility.
A New Jersey Justice held that
woman's tongue is a concealed weapon
Women, while within sight of this Jus
tlce. should put out their tongues at
him.'
A. Downing has been drawing pic
tures of Igorrotcs chasing Portland's
stray dogs during the Fair. We have a
lively appreciation of his art.
An indemnity is a sum paid by a na
tion for the privilege of being licked.
Headquarters of General Sin, Port
land, March 23. Heavy fighting all along
the line.
WEX. J.
Belated, but Good, Story.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
This belated but authentic story of
inauguartion time in Washington is
worth preserving. The day after the
inauguration. Sunday, a particularly
gracious Washington hostess was seat
ed in her drawing-room in the after
noon expecting that callers would come
in as usual for tea. Without any warn
ing a party of a dozen or so, all ab
solute strangers, were shown in. Not
having sent out cards for the day, and
feeling that there must be some mis
take, the nonplussed Washlngtonlan
endeavored to rise to the occasion with
due courtesy until the mistake should
aprear. But one of the visitors prompt
ly put an end to all mystification by
casually announcing, while looking
around, that they were "from New
York, come down for the inaugura
tion," and had dropped In just because
they "thought they'd like to see how
people lived In Washington." Overcom
ing her astonishment, the Involuntary
"hostess tactfully and somewhat mis
chievously replied that they were
"really very enterprising, indeed, but
that unfortunately she was "not official
and didn't count, and that what they
ought to do was to call, say, at Sec
retary Hay's house or at Senator De
pew's." There was a moment's hesita
tion, and then'' another of the party
quite naively replied, "Yes, we tried
that, but they put us out."
Watcha da Monk'.
New York Evening Sun.
For U3lng a sick monkey to beg with,
an organ-grinder ha3 been fined JtO in
London, - - .
MAKING TREATIES OF PEACE
Hott Natloss Adjust Their Difference Growth of Demand for Heavy
Cash Iadenimltles.
(Led by M. de Wltte. the peace party in
Rus?la is gaining power dally, and negotia
tions with Japan may be opened through
France at any time, according to the informa
tion of the Associated Press correspondent in
St. Petersburg. The Czar Is said to be un
alterably opposed to the payment of a cash
Indemnity, but It Is pointed out that Japan's
probable demands In thb direction might be
met by turning over the proceeds from the
Port Arthur & Dalny and the Chinese Eastern
railroads, and by a grant of ashing and teal
lag privileges at Sakhalin Island and else
where. In the following article, from the Lon
don Dally News, an idea -Is given ot the nu
merous points Involved in making treaties ot
peace, and the growth of indemnity demands
is also traced.)
WHEN nations have had their till
of fighting, and one of them at least
has come to the conclusion that peace is
worth having at any price, the first thing
Is usually to arrange an armistice, and
then preliminary terms of peace are discussed.-
Few people have any Idea of the
number of points about which a settle
ment must be come to at the end of a
war. In ISH, when Napoleon had been
checked and mado prisoner, and the King
of Great Britain and his European allies
had placed the legitimate French monarch
on his throne, the first treaty of Paris
was made. It began, like mo3t such
agreements between Christian nations,
In the name of the Most Holy and Un
divided Trinity," and went on to declare
that Their Majesties were animated by
"aa equal desire to terminate the long
agitations of Europe and the sufferings of
mankind by a permanent peace." The ar
ticles of the treaty provided for the res
toration of the old boundaries of France
as in 17S2, with some increase of territory
on the side of Belgium and Germany. The
communications with Geneva, the naviga
tion of the Rhine and other rivers, the
sovereignty ot Malta, Holland and certain
Italian states, the federation or Germany
and the Independence of Switzerland had
to be dealt with, and the nations taking
part agreed to hand over to the King of
France the colonies and territory lost by
the ill-fated Republic, which had been In
possession for 20 years. Great Britain
handed over many colonics, fisheries, etc..
but received as her own parts of the
French West Indies, while Sweden re
stored Guadaloupo to France and Portu
gal returned French Guiana. The division
ot warships and arsenals found In the ter
ritories changing hands had to be pro
vided for, and also the position of public
servants, public pensioners and fund Hold
ers, public and private debts, and tne
property In land purchased from the state.
The "high contracting parties." desirous
"to bury In entire oblivion the dissensions
which have agitated Europe," arranged
that no citizen in the restored countries
should be prosecuted, disturbed or molest
ed in person or property for his political
opinions or his attachment to any govern
ment, even one that had ceased to exist.
The powers made another treaty with
the King of France, whom they were de
lighted to have preserved "from the con
vulsions with which France and Europe
were menaced by the late enterprise of
Napoleon Bonaparte and by the revolu
tionary system." France agreed to pay to
the allied powers an indemnity of 700.000.
000 francs, or 28,000,000, but a portion
of this was to be spent by the allies In
maintaining forces on the French frontier
to preserve the country Intact "without
prejudice to the sovereignty of his most
Christian Majesty."
An Indemnity was also paid by the King
of Sardinia to Austria In 1813. when he
had helped Lbmbardy and Venice In their
revolt and Austria had crushed the rebel
lion. The treaty began by declaring:
"There shall be from henceforth and for
ever peace, friendship and good under
standing between Their Majesties, their
heirs and successors and their respective
states and subjects."
After England's war with China Jn 1812
there was an Indemnity payable to Eng
land of $21,000,000. or about 4,000.000. The
Emperor did not sign the treaty; he mere-
PEACE IN THE ORIENT.
Conclusions of the Military Expert
of the London Times.
London Times, March 6.
But if peace is not desired by Russia,
then it becomes advisable for Japan not
to occupy one foot of ground more than
she can defend without undue strain, and
defend for long, and not to chase will-o'-the-wisps
into the far Interior with
the underlying thought Here Russia will
make peace. It is necessary to consider
that this fallacious thought proved the
perdition of Napoleon and of the finest
army that ever was assembled for war
in modern times, and that the fallacy was
due to Napoleon's Inability to understand
the character of Alexander and to meas
ure correctly the fortitude of the Russian
people. The only safe plan is to govern
Japanese strategy by the thought that
Russia will never make peace; then, at
least, there will be no disappointment.
It may. and indeed it does, seem most
unjust that the onus of upholding a cause
which Is that of the civilized world should
devolve upon the gallant people of certain
small islands In the far Pacific, but a
similar duty has devolved upon us In the
past when our population was far less
numerous than that of Japan and our
enemies more powerful than hers today.
Japan, moreover, has an advantage we
never possessed a friend strong enough
to ward off hostile combinations and
leave her face to face with a single
enemy, That, and nothing else,has been
the true foundation upon which all Ja
pan's successes have been bBilt. In order
to realize her aspirations Japan has to
prove to Russia that the latter cannot
maintain an army in East Asia that Ja
pan cannot defeat.
When Indubitable proof has been given
of that fact and some proof has been
given already peace Is the necessary and
logical consequence sooner or later. The
lasting character of such peace has its
best assurance In the preservation of the
Anglo-Japanese alliance after the war,
but if the settlement also secures some
valid international sanction and guaran
tee, then so much the better .for the good
relations of all great powers and the
peace of the Far East.
But If Japan has thus yet to crown her
victories and to redouble her efforts In
order more rapidly and effectually to
compass her ends. It Is also true that
much of a permanent character has al
ready been achieved. Japan has taken
her rightful place among the nations, and
even the greatest and most ambitious ot
military states will think twice before
again molesting her and stirring up such
a nest ot hornets. A long era of peace
for Japan will be the certain reward of
her great sacrifices, and, truly, no nation
will ever more richly have deserved it.
A Teacher for 70 Years.
nrui Tlarrlnzton Corr. SDrlncfleld Union.
John M. Roys of Clayton, bears the
proud distinction of bejng the oldest
teacher both In point of years and ser
vice of any man in Western Massachusetts
or Connecticut- Mi". Roys is now acting
as tutor In the family of Mr, and Mrs.
William Canfleld. just over the line in
Canaan Valley, Coan.
Mr. Roys was born March 4,'1S34, and
began teaching at the age of 22, and
with the exception of two years It has
been his life's work. He was tutored
in many of the prominent families In the
vicinity of his home and two genera
tions of tho Canfleld family owe their
JL education to him. v
ly published aa edict In which he agreed
to the terms.
"The barbarians are allowed to carry on
their dealings indiscriminately with, whom
soever of our merchants they please," he
wrote.
As to the indemnity the edict went
on: "It is a vast amount and where Is
such a sum to come from? Let Ke Ting
be held responsible for the matter!"
Next came the Crimean War, and tho
Peace of Paris in 1S56. By. this treaty
Turkey took her place among the pow
ers, and as the Sultan was Mohamme
dan the trinity could no longer be in
voked. "In the name of Almighty Goar
the treaty therefore began. No cash In
demnity was provided for by this
treaty.
It was after the Franco-German War
that the Indemnity came to be so big a
factor In tems of peace. The amount
fixed at Versailles in February. 1S71,
was Ave milliards of francs or 200,000,-
00J. an amount which people thought
must crush and enslave the French peo
ple for a generation.
To the surprise of Europe the last
installment of tnls gigantic tribute was
paid on September 5, 1S73, and the last
German troops crossed the frontier on
the 16th of the same month. While the
soldiers remained France had to keep
them!
After the Russo-Turkish War Russia
sought to follow the example of the
Germans by demanding a huge and
crushing war indemnity. The treaty of
San Stefano, in February, 1S78, com
pelled Turkey to agree to the inde
pendence of Montenegro, Servla, Rou
mania and the autonomy of Bulgaria
and Crete and to promise to pay the
following bill of Russia's costs:
BoubleL
War expenses 000.000.000
Damage to Russia'e coasts 400,000,000
Damage to the Caucasus 100,000,000
Damge to Russian subjects In
Turkey 1O.00O.0OU
Total 1.410.000.000
Or nearly 150,000,000. At the confer
ence of Berlin, however, England pro
tested against this amount as prepos
terous and quite beyond Turkey's power'
to pay.
Russia agreed to reduce the sum. and
at the, treaty of Constantinople, Janu
ary 27, 1S79. she agreed to deduct from
the Indemnity the value of the terri
tory handed over by Turkey Adjara,
Kola. etc. This brought the indemnity
down to S02.500.00J francs, or 33,000,
000, to which was to be added the Jam
age suffered by Russian subjects In
Turkey.
Even the reduced indemnity proved
tno much for Turkey's power of pay
ment, and Russia has allowed it to fall
into arrears and used it from time to
time as a means of squeezing her un
fortunate neighbor.
After tho China-Japan War of .1894
China paid an indemnity of 230,000,000
taels. or 34.500.000. and .was compelled
to borrow the money,, as well as nearly
as much more for her own war ex
penses, in the European market.
The United States set a moderate and
humane" example in-the matter of in
demnities after the war with Spain.
At the peace of 1S9S she took the Phil
ippines and other islands and made
Spain grant the IpJependence of Cuba,
and also take over the debt of Cuba
and the Philippines,, amounting to
46.000.000. But America did not demand
a war Indemnity as well as the islands;
on the contrary, she handed over 4.
000,000 as part compensation to Spain
for their loss.
In the present case Japan Is not likely
to demand a crushing Indemnity of-the
Franco-German type, .She. is- not. in-a-cpq-:
sitlon to strike at. her enemy as'Ger- -many
struck at France, and up to date
has probably not spent much more
than 50,000,000 over the war. If sho
gets Port Arthur and the Llao-tung
Peninsula japan will probably be glad
to accept peace with a quite -moderate
cash payment-
A WOMAN'S ADVICE.
New Yorker.
A woman who has had a very unhappy
married life gives this advice to young
women:
Don't marry a man to reform him. It
can't be done unless he Is under. 22.
The woman who permits her heart to
rule her head makes a sad mistake.
If a girl loves a man. no matter i.ow
dissipated or selfish he, may be, she
plunges Into matrimony with her eyes
cfosed.
No woman should ever depend entirely
on her husband for happiness. It is folly
and leads always to heartache. A mar
ried woman should have a life apart
from her husband.
Let her keep sweet and true and lov
able, but beyond a certain point she
should not venture, lest she lose her in
dividuality In her husband's, with the re
sult that he will Impose upon her.
Beware of a man with an ungovernable
temper; and almost all men are endowed
with this quality.
Shun the man who drinks to excess,
for It Is a habit that leads to wretched
ness. Avoid also the man who Is selfish, the
man who considers t lways his own Inter
ests before those of his wife.
All men are fickle, and it depends on the
wife's power to hold them.
Japan and the Philippines.
Kogoro Takahlra, the Japanese Minis
ter, replying at Washington to a pub
lished statement by a Western Congress
man asserting that the Japanese are
planning to insist on the possession of the
Philippines as soon as convenient after
the conclusion of the war with Russia, de
clared In an Interview Thursday last that
such was not the case. He added: "The
possession of the islands by the United
States is beneficial to Japan and its peo
ple. The United States has given an ob
ject lesson to the Orient ot a more ef
ficient civilization. We are trying to do
our best to teach the Koreans, as well as
the Chinese, and we are aided by what
has been done by the United States in
proving' the benefits to the people of the
progress. It Is true that the advent of'
the United States as the controlling pow
er in the rich possessions of the Philip
pines Is a matter of close interest to
Japan. Before 1S98 there was little inter
course and trade between the two groups
of islands, but since the American occu
pation It Is a notable fact that both- have
increased considerablyi
"My opinion regarding the relations
which Japan should maintain with the
Philippines is very simple that they
should be good neighbors, whose com
merce will steadily develop, and whose,
social and political. conditions will be pro
gressive and peaceful. Japan has never
had any Intention ot taking advantage of
her neighbors or to seek for territorial
aggrandizement, but the sincere desire of
her government Is to have all neighbor
ing countries realize that mutual Interest
can best be promoted by the maintenance
of peace and the strengthening of the tie
of Interdependence. I do not mean by this
that a race coalition should be formed
hostile to the Interest of other countries,
such as has been typified In the expres
sion "yellow peril.' .Japan wishes other
nations to be peaceful and prosperous so
that she may be also."
The New Opposition Party. .
New York Times.
Ever since the disappearance of the
Democratic party there has been much
regretful talk about the need for a strong
party of opposition. And behold, as soon
as it is wanted it is found. Nature abhors
a vacuum, and has filled this one with
great celerity. The new party of oppp-.
sitlon Is known as "the United States
.Senate. -
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