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One of the strange spectacles of con vulsed Russia is the aimless cruise of the best ship of her Black Sea squad ron, with an attendant torpedo-boat. For many years Russia has spent mil lions of money on this fleet, yearly en larging It, but knowing always that, except in case of a general European convulsion. In which -treaties were torn up as waste paper, her ships were to be confined strictly to the Black Sea on which they were built. Russia was tightly held in the treaty of Paris, which closed the Crimean War, In 1870. seizing the moment of a beaten France, an occupied Germany and an isolated England, she denounced the treaty, by which both her ships of war and her arsenals were excluded from the Black Sea. By the European conference of 1871 her action was per mitted, but the Dardanelles, the pass ace from the Black Sea to the Mediter ranean, was still closely shut against her. Yet she built shin after ship, and has maintained Immense dockyards and shipyards at SebastoDol. Russia could cet shins and guns by paying, for them, but she has failed to produce sailors in man them. Naval recruits torn from their farms and fac tories In the interior hav been carried off In thousands to great naval bar racks to be drilled and made seamen. The world sees the resulL For months it has been known that the barracks were full of disaffected mn. The ships' crews were on the eve of a general outbreak many weeks back, but were reduced to apparent submis sion by stern punishments. Then, sud denly, the storm breaks. But with the fame absence of direc tion and organization as seen so often in every Dart of the empire. What ideas were at work when the crew seized the Knlaz Potemkin. and, after killing some and landing the rest of the officers, steamed off, k Is impossible even to imagine. There is a great element of the ludi crous in the Potemkin affair. A mod ern battleship, with 700 of her crew, an engine-room lieutenant seemingly in command, cruises off. She visits Odes sa, nominally to bury the seaman shot down by an officer the day before. She demands a public funeral -for him. un der threat of bombarding thecity. The terrified Governor and the Generals and police officers at once consent. So these desperate "pirates" carry off and bury their comrade with full honors. They demand food and get It. What next? If there were a plot of which this naval exhibition was to be as a spark to a magazine; it failed to con nect. So far a's the dispatches show, these sailors do no harm to the city they fire a shot or two at some sol diersbut are careful not to attack the foreign shipping, of jyhichthe harbor Is full. So the whole business is a domes tic show, no foreigners wanted. Then come the rest of the Sebastopol fleet, battleships, cruisers and the mos quito attendants. A fearful battle is watcfled for. but the spectacle ends in a sailor's kiss or two their officers powerless to Interfere. Back to Sebas topol goes the fleet, and the awful "pi rate" takes a. cruise to a neighbor's port, and peacefully, in the ordinary course of sea business, asks to be al lowed to get provisions. Refused this, do the mutineers forcefully seize and rob? No. They go hungry to sea once more. Strange "pirates," these. Meanwhile this Sebastopol fleet, what of that? Once got back safely into har bor, the Admiral sits down to consider. He can't fight, he can't punish. If he speaks too .loud, his sailors will explode, also. So he puts out the fires and crip ples the engines, and goes back to his thinking. Meanwhile the whole Province of Kherson is blazing with a peasants' war; that worst of horrors of which history tells. Poland up and doing, and at last signs of a central rallying point, of some kind of plan, of uniforms and discipline. Moscow, St. Petersburg, Cxonstadt. unable to scare a soldier or a Cossack, for extinguishing the new flres of insurrection. Even bird of ill omen, telling of the Invasion, oppres sion!! and robberies of provinces and peoples of the last three hundred years, seems to be winging home this year to roost. And the "professional and edu cated classes, we hear, throughout the empire, propose to go on strike until a constitution is granted. Will that now cure these monstrous Ills? It sounds to outsiders a slow remedy for a galloping disease. TURE QUESTION OF POLITICS. Admission of a limited number of Chinese annually is urged as a remedy for the exclusion trouble by T. B. Wil cox, president of the Trans-Mississippi Congress, arid by W. D. Wheelwright, president of the Portland Chamber of Commerce. . Both men are foremost ex porters f American products to the Ori ent, and have keen Insight into trade conditions. Each has set forth his views In The Oregon Jan in an able manner. Said Mr. Wilcox in Monday's paper: Chinese labor to perform th labor on sugar plantations 1a the pressing need of the Ha waiian Islandc. and on the Pacific Oast the demand Is just as Insistent for clearing of lands, cultivation of sugar beets, fmltrals Ing. hopgrowlng. and In certain branches of farming to perform clawes of labor that will not pay th ware white labor command!1. In the salmon Industry of the Pacific. Coast States and Alaska difficulty Is experienced In procuring th neeesKary help, and much of thle work is of a character that white labor cannot be procured to perform, although pa ing good wages, and for which Chinee adapta tion makes that people peculiarly efficient and desirable. I take the position that a treaty should be made with China ... by which the I'nlted State would admit' to the Hawaiian Islands and to the Pacific Coast ports for a term of five yearn or a longer period s lim ited number of Chinese immigrants annually, eay fiO.000 or 100.000 each year. That number would t sufficient to cover our own necessi ties, and would Patlsfy 'the Chinese govern ment fully, could be easily assimilated and absorbed In the industries that require that kind of labor, and would be of vast benefit In the growth and development of the West ern country. I am confident, moreover, that white labor that commands good wages would not b in any way Injured or disturbed by such a course. . . .1 have no hesitancy In raying that most people on the Pacific Coast would not consider such a proposition good polities, but It Is good busings, and my qb ervatlons have been that what is good business becomes good politics. But docs good business become good politics whe'n It produces race conflict, with terrors of mob violence, bloodshed and anarchy. like twenty years ago? No conflict Is so cruel as that between antagonistic races. This, and not dexn agogism, makes the exclusion question one of politics, and In this case "poll tics" Is used In its true sense, as it relates not to the fortunes of ward heel ers, machine bosses or office-seekers, but to the principles governing social contact between peoples, separated In ideals and sympathies and purposes further apart than the .shores of China and America. No doubt Chinese labor ers In this country would quicken In dustries now dormant for want of hands to stir them. But how about politics-? How about the race conflict? Do you want it? The Oregonlan has a memory, and It does noL A "SANE" FOURTH OF JULY. Much has been said within the past few years of a "sane Fourth of July." This expression is intended to convey the idea of a more decorous, less nerve wracking celebration, the most wildly exciting feature of which is the reading of the Declaration of Independence. It has been urged In defense of this sort of celebration that powder, care lessly and enthusiastically, burned as an expression of patriotic fervor, costs the Republic, annually, some two or three hundred, more or less, of citizens in embryo, and that nervous prostration Is the prevailing disease for several months following the Fourth of July. The public, scanning the proof that supports these charges. Is forced to confess judgment: wise men look seri ous and serious men look wise in the face of accumulated evidence; Legisla tures have been petitioned to stop the slaughter of the Innocents, and munici pal Councils have been urged lo protect by ordinance the lives, property and nerves of citizens from the all-confusing, menacing patriotism that If bound in red paper in packages of. varying sizes. The sputter and hiss and detonation of the firecracker was heard from morning until night yesterday, and the litter of them bestrews the streets. In truth, however, the more objec tionable features of an Insane Fourth of July were eliminated, to a consider able extent at least. The "cannon cracker" was not greatly In evidence: "Dewey chasers" did not hold the right of way of our principal streets: the ex plosive cane was not an adjunct of noise and fright, and the toy pistol was not used to call up the doctor In hilari ous homes. With these features elimi nated, wc of this city may accredit our selves with having passed a saner Fourth than usual. THE WANING HONEYMOON June, the wedding month of the year, has passed. Its chronicles, solemn with vows, gay with flowers, resonant with softest, sweetest music, instinct with hope and touched by the sadness that is inseparable even from the happy leavetaking. have been made up. The wedding month has passed the month of the honeymoon is on the wane. What now? There will be homecom ings, but they will be brief. The home building Is now to begin. The house divided against itself, says the Great Teacher, "cannot ftand." In the Interest of the commonwealth, as well as of Individual happiness, let us hope that every June wedding will rep resent the first beginnings, the sacred foundation, of a home of united pur pose, out of which will proceed ele ments of a wholesome community life and Interest, and ripening glory of manhood and womanhood to the .state and to the Nation. x Pity their shortsightedness, their fail ure to assess the obligations of life in their higher sense, and their narrow and selfish view of its pleasures and opportunities, if the young married pair, whom the waning honeymoon finds installed in a boarding-house, and who. having voted children a han 'dlcap and a nuisance, have determined that they will live for themselves alone. Pity thebrlde who finds In anticipation the care of a home distasteful and who views the possibility of motherhood with repugnance, if not -with alarm. Pity the young husband who finds In the club and. the "fellows" a resource from boarding-house gossip. Pity all who. thus beginning life, miss the high est sources of enjoyment that He in homebulldlng. with its tender ideals and grave responsibilities. For every new home that Is set up. the communltj and the state is made richer; for every marriage in which the brjdal tour ends in a boarding-house, the community Is the poorer. The first, if founded in love, in responsibility, in unselfishness, is a guarantee of moral ity and of usefulness; the last. If en tered as a retreat from the require ments of homebulldlng. "becomes the stronghold of selfishness, of frivolity, of aimless living. This estimate Is borne out by human experience everywhere. The exceptions that prove the rule are found here, but they do not change the result In aggre gate. The honeymoon that Is passed in the home newly set up. or the wedding tour that ends In the new home which two people have planned and estab lished together, with definite aim In life, is guarantee for fulfillment of the pur pose that marriage contemplates. The boarding-house entered at the close of the wedding tour Is a menace to this purpose. The reasons for this are not far to seek. They are found in the Idle hands and gossiping tongues of women who are wives but In name; in the outside associations and tempta tions to extravagance and Immorality of men who are husbands but In name. In the exclusion of children from the results of the marriage compact and as sociation comes Impoverishment to the state thro'ugh a contract that should have resulted in Its enrichment accord ing to the extent of Its Influence. Let us hope, therefore, that the honeymoon of each June wedding. In Its waning, will be succeeded by the bright glow of a new home, reflecting the vir tues and the pleasures of the "simple life," and showing forth the cheerful, commonplace endeavor, that makes for happiness in realization and retrospect, and. in the larger view, for the welfare of the state. IfEAVV TRAFFIC WITH CALIFORNIA. Two trains from San Francisco for Portland, running In live sections, car ried north from the Bay City In a sin gle day this week 3000 persons, and the facilities were overtaxed. Meanwhile an average of one steamer a day is sent out from each port, and the accommo dations are always sold far In advance. The extent to which the O. R. & N. has failed to handle the water traffic is re flected in the large number of outside steamers that have been placed on the route. In the month of June twenty nine steamers sailed from Portland for San Francisco with full passenger lists, and of this number but three were sail-, ing under the Harriman flag. The theory that It was unnecessary to provide a sufficient number of steam ers to handle this traffic because it could just as well be turned over to the railroads. Is not working out very satis factorily. Not only have the owners of every old floating tub that can turn a wheel been reaping rich returns from the traffic, but It Is taxing the capacity of the railroads to handle their share. And the busy season Is not yet fairly on. It will eventually dawn on the transportation lines operating out of Portland and through Oregon that this is a trade field worth cultivating. Five years ago the 0. R; & N. handled all of the water traffic between Portland and San Francisco. Three years ago more than two-thirds of it still re mained In its hands, but at the present time not to exceed one-third of the water traffic between the two cities is carried on Its -ships. Fortunately, the ocean route Is free to all comers. Were It otherwise, our California neighbors would have difficulty In reaching the Fair. TAX ON MICRATORV LIVESTOCK. A suit is pending in the Supreme Court of Oregon to test the validity of the act of the last Legislature which provided for the taxation of migratory livestock. The act provided that the owner of livestock shall pay the taxes thereon, at the time of assessment at the rate of the last levy. If the stock should be taken Into another county, he must pay a tax on them In proportion to the time they are pastured in that county, and will be entitled to collect from the first county the amount of money he has paid to the second. The purpose of the law was to enable each county to collect a tax on live stock for the time the stock may be ranged within Its borders. The princi pal objection to the law Is that It pro vides an unequal rate of taxation, for the owner of migratory livestock must pay at the rate levied for the previous year, while all other property Is taxed according to a rate levied after the as sessment. The new law was expected to discourage the driving of stock from one county to another, to make a fair division of the tax upon migratory live stock, and. Incidentally, to lessen the range troubles. Like many laws that have been en acted In Oregon, the first thing to do Is to submit It to the Supreme Court. Lake County brought the first suit nu der the law. and has carried the case to the Supreme Court, Judge Benson having sustained a demurrer pro forma. NO FUNDS FOR FARM TESTS. It is unfortunate that the Eastern Oregon agricultural experiment station will be deprived of funds for mainte nance for the next two years, but such Is the result of placing Its appropria tion in the omnibus appropriation bill. Heretofore the station has been permit ted to use as the officials saw fit such money as was received from the sale of products. The receipts from this source were somewhat less than $5000 a year. The Legislature of 1905 passed an act requiring that whenever public prop erty Is sold at any state institution the proceeds shall be turned into the stale treasury and deposited in the general fund, from which all appropriations are made. In lieu of the revenue thus cut off, the Legislature Increased the appro priation for the station 55000 a year. A referendum petition was filed, and this prevented the appropriation from tak ing effect, so that all revenue for the station has been cut off. The act requiring that all money re ceived from the sale of public property should be turned Into the public treas ury was a good one. for it removes an ever-ready opportunity for abuse and graft. Giving the head of a state Insti tution the power" to sell property as he may see fit. and to spend the proceeds to suit his own fancy. Is not good busi ness policy, nor Is It in accordance with the intention of the constitution which places restrictions upon the expenditure of public funds. There should be a definite appropriation for each expend iture, and the accounts should be aud ited before the money Is paid oul With this law the experiment station people had no fault to find, and they cannot complain at their appropriation having been held up by the referendum, for it should have been provided for In a proper bill, and not joined with the appropriation (or the normal schools, the asylum, the penitentiary, etc California imported from Oregon for the twelve months ending June 30 about twenty cargoes of wheat. During the same period there was shipped foreign from San Francisco ten full cargoes and a number of part cargoes of the cereal, the total wheat shipments sent out from the Bay City being less than the amount received from Portland. This may explain the willingness of the San Francisco Merchants' Exchange to revise Its rules so that Oregon wheat Is to be made deliverable on contracts on the exchange, on the same basis as the California article. The greater part of the dealings made In real wheat In San Francisco for the past six months has been in the Oregon product, and -from the size of the shipments that have been going down since the new season opened, the business for the current season will be greater than that of last year. Portland exporters are charter ing no ships but the San Francisco men have secured a few. and will take more If we are content to sepd our wheat down to be sold on their ex change. A Fisheries Commission appointed by the Canadian government will meet either at Victoria or Olympla this month to confer with similar repre sentatives of the American fishing In terests on the Pacific Coast. The meeting Is a- very important one. as it may lead to enactment of an interna tional law, or the harmonizing of Cana dian and American laws, governing the fisheries, so that there will be an Im provement in the present unsatisfac tory methods of protection and propa gation. The boundary line between the United States and Canada is quite plainly marked on land, but the salmon which run In from the ocean show such strict Impartiality that not Infrequent ly flshwhlch were hatched In a Cana dian hatchery are caught in American traps. The knowledge of these habits of the salmon has created more or less feeling among the Canadians who-supply the money for the hatcheries, and one of the questions to be discussed by the commission is a plan for mutual work in artificial propagation. Schemes for separating the avaricious individual from his money without re turning an equivalent theerfor are con tinually being Invented by men too lazy to work for a living. These schemes are. many of them, new and varied, and new ones bloom and the old decay. As bait for "suckers" nothing has yet been the equal of the old "lock trick." Even the time-honored gold brick has fallen Into a kind of disfavor, and the speculative public no longer shows, a deep desire to pay Jo for a guess as to which of the three shells the little ball is under. But the old "lock trick" is ever fresh and blooming, and rarely a month passes without some wise man falling a victim to Its charms. The latest case reported in this city hap pened Monday. "Lock trick" swindlers should not be permitted to infest the city, but the individual who Is so Inex pressibly Innocent as to lose his money at such a game should also be passed on to an institution where the Inmates are carefully guarded. The County Superintendent of Jose phine County has announced that he will follow strictly the rules regarding the filing of School Clerks' reports, and as a consequence all districts whose reports- are not filed within fifteen days after the annual school meeting will lose their apportionment of the school funds. That's the way to do business. Too many officers whose duty It is to make statistical reports fail to file their statements at the required time. School Clerks are slow In making reports to the County Superintendents, and the latter are slow In reporting to the State Department, with the result that on several occasions the statistics have not been complete at the time for making the state apportionment. There Is al ways some County Clerk who is behind with his report of the assessment of his county or the annual report of county- expenditures. If a. penalty were im posed for all suen delinquencies there would be no delays. Chauncey Depew. witty after-dinner speaker and urbane Senator of the United States from New York, stands before the world as a high-priced lobby ist, in connection with the Equitable Insurance scandal. It will probably be necessary. In due time, to make a plea before a jury In his behalf on the basis of his few gray hairs, his length of years and service, and the crowning fact that he Is a Senator of the United States, with few years of life before him. The erotic farmhand Is abroad, as usual, at this season of the year. His latest appearance was on a "farm near Gaston. Washington County, where, from unrequited affection for the mis tress of the farmhouse, he went mad with jealousy anil considerately shot himself. The community Is well rid of such a man. and is especially to be con gratulated when, as In this case, mur der did not precede suicide. The simple funeral observances with which Secretary John Hay will be car ried to the grave today will be In keep ing with the unostentatious character that marked his life. Nothing for show all for purpose was the rule by which his life was ordered. Spectacu lar features, so common to such occa sions, would ill become the funeral of John Hay. Fifty boys were arrested Monday for bathing In the Willamette In Nature's bare garb. Their fathers did the same thing before them and were not arrest ed, but that was long ago and times have changed. It seems that rebellion In Russia Is so cowardly that "It can but peep to what It would." Cowardly rebellion will but furnish victims for the gibbet. Now that Russians are about to fight among themselves, on the Black Sea, their navy cannot be robbed of a glori ous victory by a foreign enemy. The Oregon City 'Enterprise urges a creamery and a cannery at Its town, to replace the lost Land Office. They would more than replace It. When the Czar's ships can't keep the peace among themselves, how can. they expect to win peace from the enemy? Boys nowadays have better Fourths of July; it used to rain on that day. The puret treasure mortal time aftord Ik rpotlfjs reputation; that away. Men are but glided loam and painted clay. 0REG0N OZONE. The -Astoria Herald. In relating an Inci dent that 'took place while some of the National Editorial Association party were ' cruising down the Columbia River, re marks Innocently that "they all gathered around the festive board, and as the first glass was being poured the vessel took a lurch to port." Didn't the vessel have water enough to quench its thirst? What ailed, it? And when the vessel took a lurch to port (as the glass was being poured), did it throw the editors off their feet, beat their faces against the deck and draw first claret? "The old school of politeness Is passing out of existence." says an exchange. Per haps It has Just had its commencement, and Is closed for the Summer vacation. An esteemed correspondent sends J Ozone this clever comment and con- j elusion: "The Queen of Roumanla rises at 4 o'clock In the morning. We SUnnOftM hr iiihnn nnit tvrnnt til. I King, forces her to get his breakfast j at that unseasonable hour, just to ' show that he Is her lord anil master." ! The conclusion Is noQ quite correct, j The Queen of Roumanla Is a poetess, and she gets up at 4 o'clock to write a poem for the Evening Roumanian be fore she has to dress the children, comb the Crown Prince's hair and get him off to school. The United Professional Teachers of Dancing In America, in National -convention, have, determined to discourage the use of the word "profefifor" as a title de scriptive of dancing masters. This Is a concession that evinces a high order of self-abnegitlon. The dancing professors realized that there were too many pro fessors: that confusion frequently results by reason of the multiplicity of avoca tion which have adopted the overworked word as their sign manual. In a burst of noble lf-sacrlfice they now agree to leave the title to college professors and professors of legerdemain, and professors of aeronautics, and profefsors of shoe shlnlng. The college professors should be the next martyrs. An Expensive Climate. "I see." said the citizen who was read ing the newspaper, "that a man who died 13 months ago has been drawing JC5.C0O a year salary from the Equitable Life." "That so?" "Paper says so Now. what do you sup pose a dead man wants with 525,000 a year?" "Maybe his Ice bill is large" When the Conversation Lapsed. "Do you get my drift?" said the river to the ocean. "I would." said the ocean, "if It were not for those houseboat people who use it for fuel." Hiram Hayfleld's View?. Grass Valley. Or.. July 4. 1003. Dere Ozone: It's a plumb shalm how the boys of thlss day and alge air kep frum sellebraltln the Gloryus 4th of Jooly. Why. dad rot it: thay haint got no chanse to hev no, fun a-tall, What kin a live and Abel boddled boy ot thlss day and ginerashun doo to amoose hlsself with unly ate or ten thousun fiarkrakers. a kuppel of duzzen Roamin kannels and a waggln bed full of sky-roklts? I repete. what kin he doo? Ekko an sers. What? Duz thlss grand and gloryus nashun. on whltch the son never setts down a nashun that rcatches from Porty Reeko on the rite to the open doar of Chiny on the left, and frum Tampy. Flor Idy. on the tale end. to the hedwaters of the Ucon or summers eltse upp thalr in Alasky-what duz thlss Guvment ekspect of Itts kummln voaters when Itt wunt glv the pore boys a permltt to blow upp the Main or putt a bum tinder the battelshlpp Orrygun? Agin I ast. What? Itt sertenly seams too mee that Unkel Sam Is grajally undermlnln hiz own wiirks and puttln thlss Republick on the down grald towardz distracshun and dekay. Why kant wee lett the boys hev sum fun while thay air boys? When thay grow upp thay will naff to wurk till noon on the Gloryus 4th and then karry the baby and the lunch basklt to the. Butchers' Unyun plcknlck. Iff I wuz a boy agin I wud demand my rites. I wud say to Theodoar Rosyfelt and Sekretarry Tafft. "I am an Amerykln sltizcn. b'gosh. or will bee when I reatch the alse of dlscreeshun. and I puppose to hev the Inalyenabel Rites galranteed too me bv the Deklarashun of Indypendants. ! whltch sez that awl men air kreatcd free and E Plurlbus Unyun and air entiteled to life. Hbburty and the persoot of the pub lick with dlnamlght bums on the Gloryus 4th." That's Jess what Hi Hayflcld wud doo. and Iff thlss Guvment didunt like Itt. why. Itt cud dektalr war again the underlined. Kin we hev soljers and salers tltt to upphold the. gloryus dostunlcs of thlss Re publick onles we give them a chanse too sellebrait the prlceliss llbburties handed down frum sire to sun. rentched frum Jorge the Third by th soared of Wash ington, and the cutlooe of John Paul Jones? Agin I ast. Kin wc? I paws fur reply. How Is the Amerykln eegel a-coln too sore onlcss we hav the onlmpeatchabel prlvllej of puttln a barrel of dynamlght under his tale feathers to give him a start? I ast. How? Boys will bee boys, as the polt sez. Lett them sellebrait. Lett awl us groan fokes talk to the woods on the Gloryus 4th and leave the town too the boys. Iff thay burn down the Methydiss church and blow upp the Sltty Haul In the meantime, why. It's thayr lookout, not hours. Wee kin blld churches and hauls agin, but wee kant blld. troo Amerykln sltlzens Iff wee bind thayr innosenl sperrlts like the Chi nees bind the fete of thayr feemall in funts. Shalm on these blew laws nginst the use of fiararms and dynamlght bums and mareen tarpecdoes on the 4th! Shalm. 1 say! Yores fur joovenlle emanslpashun. HIRAM HAY FIELD. P. S. I hearby announts myself as a kandydate fur the Legislator at Wash Ington. D. C. on thlss broad and nobel plattfarm. "Give the boys rope and thay'll rurnlsh the match too smoke Itt. H. H ROBERTUS LOVE. What the People Wanted. Condon (Oregon) Times. The Oregonian's report of Senator Mitchell s trial was complete In all- par ticulars, tvery detail or the noted trial was given In the verbal- report that ap peared dally In the columns of the big Portland paper. The task was Immense and reflects much credit on the push and enterprise of the Oregonlan management. A synopsis of the case also appeared witn cacn run report. Off the Track. RlchmonJ (Va.) Times. 'Portland's ''Pike" is 'The Train. An onion by any other name would smell as strong. JAPS CAN DRIVE HARD PEACE BARGAIN la. Ending War With China TeH Years Ago, Plenipotentiaries of Con quered NatlOH Were Coantralaed to Accept Their Term. Diplomats In Washington are recall- j negotiations had not been clothed with ing, as an Indication of Japanese policy ' the necessary authority for the pur now. how stoutly their envoys held out Pos; " ico- t . nrm J It has from the first been the wish In 189 against an armistice or any ;iQf Japan tQ avo,d reaulta whlch h,s. suspension of military operations. j tory teaches her are liable to be tho The whole Interview on the first day . of the negotiations was devoted to this contention. Japan demanded that Jap anese troops should occupy Taku, Tien tsin and Shanhalkwan; that all arms and munitions held by the Chinese at J these points be surrendered, and that j nations that the Chinese plenlpoten China pay an Indemnity commensurate i tlarles should be furnished with full with the length of the arml3tlce, LI pronounced these conditions lmpossib.1 Marquis Ito, with the firmness of a rock, refused to change them. Over and over LI demanded a general armis tice, and as. often Ito dangled before. him the prospect of terms of peace to i divert him. Finally, worn out with ferred upon my colleague and myself his efforts and the. immovable deter- 1 1 full powers to conclude and sign pre mlnation of the Japanese diplomat, tho J Hminaries of peace with the plenlpoten great LI Hung Chang gave up, utterly i tlarles of China. beaten, and proceeded to arrange tht i "That your excellencies' powers are, terms of the treaty. Even during these I notwithstanding that assurance, fatally negotlatlons Ll was told by Ito that the Japanese forces should proceed at once to attack Formosa. The same day LI was shot by a Japanese assassin Japan promptly offered an unconditional ' armistice as amends tor tne assassin s ; f!nf?rftlv- ottaflr X nnvnnflnn fM tlrn dastardly attack. A convention for the armistice was at once made, and both governments were bound to maintain unchanged the military positions they then had. It Is interesting to read again the speech of Marquis Itu, in which he stated the position of Japan to the Chinese envoys. The important part of it follows: "China has hitherto held herself al most entirely aloof from other powers, and while she has In some Instances en- I joyed the advantages accruing to her as a member of the family of nations, she has perhaps more frequently denied the f responsibilities of that relation. She has pursued a policy of Isolation and distrust, and consequently her external relations have not been characterized by that frankness and good faith-which are essential to good neighborhood. 'Instances are not wanting in which Chinese commissioners, after having formally agreed to International com pacts, have refused to afTix their seals, and cases might be cited In which treat ies solemnly concluded have been un ceremoniously and without apparent reason repudiated. "Those unfortunate occurrences find a sumclent explanation In the fact that, China was not on those occasions seri ously In earnest, but beyond that It might be said w.lth .truth that the offi cials that were designated to carry on, FAIR BOOiMEjTlN NEVADA. Colonel Frank J. Parker, who for two 'decades was editor ot the Walla Walla Statesman has been cruising through Nevada ami at Tonopah boomed the Lewis and Clark Fair in an Interview with the Miner. He said the Fair must he seen to be appre ciated, for there are not words enough In Webster's Unabridged to describe the fairy-like beauty of the grounds; with their unparalleled features of lake, river, hill and dale, all surround ed by the most magnificent scenery In the world. From the grounds Mounts Rainier. St. Helens. Hood and Adams, witn their everlasting snow-capped heights, can be seen from almost any point of view. The Colonel continued: At nlxht every building I? belted many times over with electric Illuminations, and this fea ture alone is worth traxellng acro3 the con tinent to iee, for. unlike other expedition, where only one bulldln? could be seen at a time, a: PorJInnd It is all embraced in one rrand view. The Forestry building- is the moat unique structure ever exhibited. It 1 eompooed of the grandest monarehs of the Oregon forests. and thwie. belnjf placed upright, with the bark on. Just as they were felled, remind one somewhat of the magnificence of the ancient temple of Egypt, so vant" and awe-Inspiring are they. Nearly every nation is represented in the different buildings, but Japan monopolizes six time as much space as any other foreign nation. Two of the handsomest buildings, full to overflowing with the mineral, agricultural and horticultural products of their "respective state, are thoseof Washington and Califor nia. I want you to Impress upon your readers that not only the directors of t the Exposi tion, but the people of Portland and all Ore gon, are a unit in making visitors welcome, and are one and alt Imbued with the West ern spirit of hoepltallty in all the word im plies. Visitor can come with every assur ance that there will be no extortion in any aense whatever. Prices at the hotels, restau rants and lodging-houses are the nra aa ever, and Portland ha always been noted for Its great variety of food and moderate prices. And, concluded the Colonel. Just let the boys know that on my return to Portland I shall make my nVst call on the Chief of Police and see that the Nevada boys, and thoee ef Tono pah In particular, have the freedom, ot the city extended to them, and I wilt aee to It that they are treated well and often. I am not now connected with the Exposition in any official capacity, but we are all free lances In tlje Northwest, and always do as Grant toM u to do during the" war buckle In and do the best you can. Root n Possibility In 19 08. Leslie's Weekly. For several years Root has been looked upon as a very promising candidate for the successor to President Roosevelt In ISO?. Taft has a light on his own hands with Foraker In his own stat. Between each of these and Vice-President Fair banks there Is an active rivalry for the West's favor. Root Is the East's only as pirant. In the West and South he has powerful friends. Socially he stands closer to the President than does any other man In th" country. With tho sole exception ot Stanton he was the best Secretary of War the country ever had. Tn every respect he Is of full Presidential stature. He has much of the candor, the heartiness, and the democracy which have made Roosevelt the most attractive per sonality of our day. In the convention of 1DCK Elihu Root stands a chance to be.ii. Ian-e figure. Isn't Portland Good Enough? Woodburn Independent. Portland surely didn't expect the Russo-Japanese peace conference to be held thore. That invitation was enough to make a dignified diplomat smile and the distinguished foreigner to look amazed at the effort to make a circus out of the meeting of the plenipotentiaries. The Unhappy Id) a merely makes Oregon a laughing stock. Do;? .May Bay at the Moon. Butte News. Judge Warren dismissed the case against William Paschall on South Mon tana street. In which he was charged. with maintaining a dog kennel which was a nuisance. In dismissing the case the court held that dogs had few pleasures, and that they had a right to "bay the moon." It being one of the time-honored amusements of the specie. Exposition Is on Its Quit Merit?. Kansas City Star. It does not seem to have occurred to Senator Mitchell of Oregon to make the .point that his trial was ribbed up at this time to help out the Lewis and Clark Ex position at Portland. Yes, but a Little Late, as Usual. New York Evening Mail. Maryland politics have produced a Well ington and a Bonaparte, but Is there a Blucher? Ney. Ney, Pauline i outcome of negotiations with Chinese officials who arc not clothed with full powers In the sense In -which that term is usually understood. Consequently the imperial government made it a condition precedent to anj peace neco powers to conclude peace, and It was only upon receiving positive assurances from the Chinese government that that condition precedent had been, complied with and that the Chinese plenipoten tiaries were on they way to Japan, that his majesty the Emperor of Japan con defective is to me a sure indication that the goverhment of China Is not yet really sollcitious for peace. I disclaim any right to Interfere, with the nurelv domestic customs nf rhlnn. but I deem it not only my right but my j .- . .. . . .. . out) to insist mat in international con cerns affecting my own country the pe culiar methods of China shall yield to the superior rules of International In tercourse. "The restoration of peace Is a matter of the greatest Importance. To bring about a re-establishment of amicable relations It Is not only necessary that treaties with that object In view should be sinned, but It is imnerntiv. that th engagements should he fulfilled in o-nnd faith. "Whit Jnnnn h fmind n t m approach China on the subject of peace. she nevertheless feels bound in defer ence to that civilization whicn she rep resents to listen to any bona fide over tures which China maj- advance, but she will decline to take any part In the future in any fruitless negotiations or to become a party to a paper peace. The terms which Japan agrees to will be scrupulously observed by her. and she will at the same time Insist upon a llko observance of the terms by China. "Whenever, therefore. China finds herself seriously and sincerely desirous of peace and will confide actual full potvers to Chinese officials, whose names andPosltIons will serve as an assurance that the terms which they may agree to will be. confirmed and carried out in good faith. Japan will be prepared to enter upon new negotiations. VISION OFJIIE HUDSON. . . Four-Track News. We are approaching the 300th anni versary of Henry Hudson's discovery of the New York river that now bear3 his name. It matters not whether he was the first European navigator to visit that historic stream: It may have been Roberval in 1542; or French fur traders In 1540; or Verrnzano In 1524: " or the Cabots about 14U7; or Zeno In 13S0: or Madoc in 1170: or Thorvard and Helgl In 1011: or Thorfinn and Thorvard In 1007; or Thorwald lo 1003: or Lief, the son of Eric. In the year 1000; tr perhaps some bold navigator or storm-stressed voyager in even ear lier years, unknown to tradition and unhonorcd by history. September 12. 160D. Hudson 'brought his vessel to an chor In the broad bay that is now the harbor of New York. We can imagine that bold commander standing upon the high stern of the Half-Moon In tho gathering gloom of that Autumn day. with folded arms, rnd pensive gaze fixed upoa the fading landscape, dream ing of the riches of the Orient toward which he fondly hoped lie had now dis covered a shorter route. But his fond est and most extravagant fancies could have but faintly foreshadowed the wealth and glories that were to follow him. Had fate x'ouchsafed him but one glance behind the veil that hides the future, and shown him that harbor a3 It Is today, he would have seen, not a route for the costly perfumes and 3pices of India, but a great harbor thronged with the commerce of tho world, surrounded by a vast popula tion. In Its midst the great bronze statue of Liberty, whose dimensions surpass those of the Colossus of Rhodesr which was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. Over Its eastern approach he would have seen the vast bridges that are greater won ders still, and upon the island that was the home of the simple Manhattoes. a wilderness of buildings that are tho triumphs of modem architecture. Hacc-Mad (New York. Metropolitan Magazine. Some day. somewhere, there may ba something offered to the Summer-worn man and woman that Is better than horse-racing, but not as yet has It been found. And New York, seemingly only to have discovered It. Is race-mad. Race mad Isn't "precisely the expression; Tha big city is just learning how much there Is In the country besides idleness, and that among all these, for a gentle titiita tion or for a nerve-rack. If one wants so severe a -medicine for mid-Summer rous ing, there is nothintc so good as one of these yellow and gren Afternoons down where the rataplan beats the rataplan of the thoroughbreds doing their noblest for glory and for gold. We have much for which to thank this fellow we call tha thoroughbred. These be his dayt, July l his month above all others, and he Is' the daily god for the worship of 30,000 oC the people of New York. Portland Talks to China. Omaha Bee. Portland merchants object to the Chi nese boycott, but when the local con sumers are heard from the members of the association may change their opinion. For, while the Chinese market Is valuable. and Chinamen are entitled to decent treatment, the home market Is when the American merchant still makes his profits. Really! Montana Record. In spite of the strenuous efforts of the publicity bureau of the Ijewis and Clark Exposition to instruct the Oregoniani In the proper way In which to conduct them selves while in town, there aie suspi cions that two women blew out the gas in Portland. Portland as n Peace City. Boston Herald. Portland. Or., is indeed half-way be tween Russia anad Japan, and on this account Its proposal to have the peace conference there Is not altogether illog, lcal. But rtlll the plenipotentiaries may prefer a different route. ot His Fault. Fllegende Blaetter. -Sergeant Why didn't you stop those' students when they became so noisy? Policeman I tried to. I arrested four of them but they wouldn't come along with "me. Do You Mean Red-Halred? New York Mall. The Washington Post is still agitating for a red-headed man for President.' The people have an Idea that they have now on the job a man who comes near enough to It,