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This term "treaty" involves many Interesting points. Six kinds of treaties are known to International law. the first and most important being "po litical." to which that now in question Deiongs. 'ine oiner treaties, commer cial andt'soclal, an on civil and criminal legal matters, and general, such as the Geneva convention for limiting the hor rors .-of war, need- not. be noticed now What, then, are the requisites to a binding political treaty? The first is that the parties must be sovereign and independent states for only such states can make treaties; semi-independent states make conventions. The power m both. .Russia and Japan rests in the executive the autocratic Cznr on the one side, the Mikado on the other. The second point of validity is that duress or compulsion to make it, on the part of either state, does not Invalidate It So a treaty differs from a contract between private parties. The third point is that .express agents, or plenipotentiaries must be named by the treaty-making 'executives, acting personally in the present case." "Such agents must be vested with power both to contract and to sign the- treaty. But. fourth, even when sp.signed. the treaty must be rati , fled by both the powers. Without this it has .no- permanent authority at all The fifth point concerns the language of the treaty.. Modern treaties hav been written In French, as the language of diplomacy, which has thus taken the place of Datin, used for this purpose for hundreds of years. It will be interest , 4ng to see if the Japanese concede this "End meet their adversaries round common table in a foreign tongue. The seventh point Is one which will need very careful watching. It Is some times contended that a treaty can cover only a lawful object, and that surrender of territory and sovereignty is not law ful, and may be a ground for subse quent repudiation. The Russians hav fled., this before and may do it again To avoid such questions, guarantees are often demanded such as temporary possession of revenues, custom-houses. taxes, cities or any other prized posses sion of -the treaty-making power. The Russo-Japanese treaty, when made, will be one of t the first class, styled "transitory conventions" in the books. This word is not used in the sense that its power passes quickly and is gone, "but In the' opposite sense, that it effects a change. The treaty-making state is held. In the comity of nations, to be bound by it if the executive who made it dies, or Is displaced or changed, or loses the treaty-making right, and even if there is a total change of gov ernment Russia Is responsible for having In 1870 raised the question that a change of the circumstances under which a treaty was made may. justify one of the parties in repudiating and breaking it. She did Jt then, and took the chances of a war with England and , France. It did not come then, because France was prostrate before the feet of Germany. But now Japan is both fore warned and forearmed. This recent entry in the race of the powers, having made good both on sea and land, may be' trusted not to give away in debate round the tablcwhat she has won In the field. It Is plain, however, .that the game will need very'oareful watching the whole time that the session lasts. President Roosevelt is bringing them together with unexpected and unexam pled, success. He has led the "horses to the water they must determine if they will drink. The preliminaries may be tedious if either party so desires. The process wfli probably, be the exchange rZf'&mr parKrs" that Is, to ascertain a ' Aground for discussion.. Then, when the battle is fought out by the pleni- potentlaries, a "protocol," or heads of agreement. is signed and issued. At last the complete and binding treaty 6ees the light. 8TKANGE COMMENT. The distress of the Salem Statesman is manifest in these remarks, viz: The verdict In the cape against Senator Mitchell 'will no doubt give as much satis faction to the enemies or that gentleman as it will be disappointing to his friends. That a number of things were brought to the at tention of the Jury which were not pertinent to the cane at Issue can not be denied, yet these things must of necessity have had their bearing on the minds of the Jury. That the prosecution showed personal animus, at times. will make many feel Its unfairness, is also true. The cuertlon of a right or wrong verdict 111 not enter Into the ordinary duuueslon of this matter. A feeling of infinite sorrow and regret will fill all the friends of the aged Senator. Many. If not all. of them will feel thattoe has been guilty of only a tech nical wrong, and they will continue to feel that It carried with It nothing of moral turpitude. That is, there Is nothing Tight or wrong, good or evil, moral or immoral. In this world. A man's "friends" are to etand by him and defend him and uphold him. Any form and every form of official or other cor ruption is but a "technical wrong" if you are allied with the offender in politics or friendship. Hence In these matters there can be no such thing as "moral turpitude." But Oregon doesn't stand for that doctrine, and they who do stand for It will find their mistake. Indeed some are finding it now. This view, that "the question of a right or wrong verdict will not enter into ordinary discussion of this matter," is not safe or sound. It will lead to trouble. It has led to trouble. And it is wrong, whether It leads to trouble or not. That there has been so much of this in Oregon as to confound dlstlnc tions of right or wrong in so many minds is the deplorable fact of the pres ent time. It has been going on these forty years in Oregon. Now it gets a check belated Indeed, but not too late. let us believe, for good effects in the years to come. RUSSIA AFTER THE WAR. A good many people are amusing themselves with the notion that the first thing Russia will do after the Japanese war will be to open a new conflict with England. Speculation is rife as to whether it will be three, four or five hundred thousand men that Russia will dispatch to Afghanistan, on the way to India. For this, two men are chiefly responsible Rudyard Kipling and Lord Kitchener. To most of us it looks as if the poor bear would be kept busy cleaning house at home for a few years, before he would be ready, as the pugil ists say, to "take on" a fresh fight Nor, with the few millions of square miles that his empire covers, to put Into order again, even without Man churia, will the Czar, or whatever the executive may then be styled, be aching for a couple of hundred million more subjects who have been living under the British system of colonial govern ment The Indian peoples pay taxes. It Is true, but all Is spent there, not one cent going to the British exchequer. The Russians prefer direct taxation that is. taxation framed on the ancient rule that "they should "take who have the power, and they'should keep who can." Lord Kitchener means to have his way and to get the. Indian army reor ganized and strengthened, placed in healthy cantonments facing to the north, with strategic railroads so built as to enable the various corps to con centrate at the foot of the Himalayan passes. The trouble between him and Lord Curzon was mainly on the ques tion of cost of the new arrangements. It is understood that an understanding has been got at by which both of these two great servants of the British crown and people will be kept In place. Any one who desires can read with much pleasure Lord Roberts "Forty Years in India," and so learn what are the real problems facing the British adminis trators there. THE OHINESE BOYCOTT. Powerful influences are at work at Washington and Pekin to ward off the blow which China Is about to strike at our commercial prestige In the Flowery Kingdom. Edicts have been issued by the Viceroys commanding the people to cease agitation for a boycott on Amer ican goods, and on this end of the line President Roosevelt, taking heed of the vigorous protests from the commercial interests. Is endeavoring to abolish the principal cause of the disturbance. Ex Consul Denby, who has spent many years in China, and ought to be famil iar with the situation, is quoted as re garding the matter very lightly and at tributing the movement to students throughout the kingdom. Inasmuch as it was the students who have been among the principal sufferers through the Indignities which the American im migration service has thrust on China, it would seem eminently proper that they be the first to revolt It will not do to regard the Influence of the student classes too lightly. Stu dents In Russia are directly responsible for the popular upheaval In that nation today. Neither death nor imprisonment stayed the progress of revolt against domination and oppression practiced by the Russian autocracy. The student classes In Russia are bitter against the Czar and his official family for the in dignities they have forced on the com mon people. The Chinese student classes are bit ter against the United States for the indignities Americans have heaped on them. Imperial edicts will not stay Chinese sentiment The movement may be checked by the present attitude of the Chinese government and by our expressed desire to remedy the evils complained of, but it will never be eradicated or cease to be a menace until we remove the cause. That cause Is an entirely too rigid enforcement of the Chinese exclusion act The certificates of Chinese who seek to enter this country, to all Intents and purposes, are the same as the pass ports used by Americans abroad. If one of our own students or professional men was to be held up, detained and subjected to the Indignities that aro heaped on many of the Chinese coming to this country, there would be some thing more than a commercial boycott under discussion. The remedy for the trouble appears easily available. Whatever our desires In the matter of admitting a limited number of coolies each year, there is apparently no desire on the part of the Chinese government to protest against their exclusion. Other countries, anx ious for development of their resources by cheap labor, are just at present tak ing all of the Chinese subjects that the government care to send away. Exclusion of Chinese laborers, accord- ingly, offers no obstacle to fair and decent treatment for Chinese citizens who have a right to land in this coun try. The simplest method for handling the matter would seem to be the grant ing to otir representatives in China full power to Issue certificates, sufficiently complete to admit the bearer without j question. The issuance of a certificate or passport to a Chinaman at Hong kong, only to have the bearer detained and humiliated at the Pacific Coast port where he enters, shows conclusively that some employe of the Government, either in China or in the United States, Is derelict In his duty. Reform in the consular service or In the Immigration j service thus becomes the first step toward getting the vexed question on the road to a satisfactory setttlement. Meanwhile we need expect no com plete abandonment of the matter by the aggrieved people who have started the movement for the much-needed re form. CHANGES YET TO COME. The mighty forces that are working throughout the length and breadth of this Republic for solution of problems involving Important principles govern ing the rights of men will effect changes In our social fabric beyond belief to day. So great will be the changes that young men of half a century hence will study with amazement the conditions out of which their own generation has arisen. Slowly but surely the old and Imperfect must give way to the new and. better. Great though the trans formation may be. it -will be wrought peacefully and without injustice, for the perfection of justice and peace will be Its purpose. The record will be one of progress, onward arrd upward. The absolute rights of men are three: The Tight of personal liberty, the right of personal security, the right of pri vate property. Around these rights the greatest conflicts of history have waged. To measure and define them has called forth the labor of judges and lawgivers throughout all time, and yet we are far from the realization of anything we are willing to accept as Ideal. It Is true that In this country we have, by the abolition of human slavery, attained what seems to be the height of per sonal liberty, and but for the assertion by one class of persons of the right to use violence to prevent another class from working, we should be constrained to believe that a proper standard of personal security has been reached. We have at least what seems to be a fair conception of the metes and bounds of personal liberty and personal security. In view, however, of the persistent ef forts to devise a means for the control of the accumulation of great wealth by individuals, it must be admitted that we are far from reaching a definite set tlement of the right of private property. For a long time the rule has been es tablished that the right of private property consists In the free use, en joyment and disposal of one's acquisi tions, but we are trying In these days to place new limitations upon the use. enjoyment and disposal of property claimed as private and to question some of the heretofore recognized methods of acquisition. The plea of "vested rights" has not the force It once pos sessed, for we take the liberty to In quire whether the acquisition does not represent a vested wrong. For many centuries the robber was he who took -by physical force that which rightfully belonged to another. Today we are ready to class as a robber that man who uses the force of monopoly to ex act an unreasonable tribute from his fellow-men. and we are almost ready to compel restitution. The right of pri vate property will still exist, but around Its enjoyment will be thrown safeguards made necespary for the pro tection of the masses of the people liv ing under modern conditions. Even though the changes In our laws should be no more radical in the next half-century than they have been in the last half-century, they will be great enough to make this look like an age of Ignorance and injustice. Less than fifty years ago slavery was abolished. Scarcely more than fifty years ago the several states passed acts securing married women In their property rights. A little more than fifty years ago It was the rule that parties to litigation were not competent wlinesses. Now wo not only permit the parties to testify, but expect them to do so. Numerous other instances might be cited, showing that changes have been made for the protec tion of the people and the promotion of justice. The great Injustice which exists today is that which Is made pos sible by the acquirement of vast mo nopolistic power under the fostering protection of law. The creation, of a monopoly carries with It the power to tax or levy tribute, whether that mo nopoly be In the control of oil refineries or street railway franchises. The greut problem of the day is the regulation of the acquisition, use and disposal of pri vate property. STIUKK WEARS ITSELF OUT. The Chicago Teamsters' Union evi dently over-reached Itself in the strike that It Inaugurated In that city. Re sults show that It was not able to tie up the business of a great city until Its de mands were met. Boycott, violence, even murder, have been its weapons; financial loss, distress of worklngmcn and their families, and great public In convenience, have been effects of the strike. But employers were firm, the public was patient, the police bore a x'aliant part, and the strike has dwin dled. Only one thing now remains to be done. The men, carried along by the -leaders Into idleness and open revolt against authority, must now return to work if they can find work to do not as members of unions with a wage scale and hours of their own, but as individuals, who will be required to stand upon their merits as worklngmcn. It Is not pleasant to contemplate the possibilities of Injustice to worklhgmen in low wages and long hours that lie In conditions of labor thus adjusted, but the men have only themselves or their leaders to blame for the strike and Its failure. When pushed beyond the limit of Jus tice and expediency, the demands of labor must fall. Riot and murder may prevail for a time, but they cannot work out the ends of Justice nor meet public approval, which Is a force to be reckoned with In a clash between em ployers and employed. It Is not surprising, therefore, that the' teamsters' strike in -Chicago has failed. The elements of disintegration were within It. A Gray's Harbor shipbuilder has con tracts for three steam schooners, to be built at a cost of J70.000 each. They will have a carrying capacity of about 1.000.- 000 feet of lumber, and will ply between Oregon and Washington ports and San Francisco. In no other branch of mari time commerce on the Pacific Coast have there been such gains as in the traffic handled by the steam schooners. Operated with a crew but little larger than that required on a sailing schooner of one-fourth the capacity, and with very small fuel consumption, tnese modern freighters for many years have returned profits, even In periods of greatest depression, and for the last few years of good times have made fortunes for their owners. If this fleet Increases in size as rapidly In the next five years as it has in the past, the sail- Ing vessels will be obliged to seek other fields. There was a variation of nearly A cents per .bushel In the Chicago wheat market yesterday, the close being more than 2 cents under last Saturday's close. With the crop In the Pacific Northwest now Indicating a breaking of all records, .we are naturally hopeful that the present high level of prices may be maintained, but It will require some more potent factors than manu factured bullish sentiment to hold It up to the figures at which It Is now quoted In. the Chicago market. Unless we can consume all of the -wheat grown In this country, we must still depend on Eu rope for a market for the surplus, and the price which we will receive for that surplus will be governed entirely by the exports from Russia, the Argentine, India and other exporting countries. In this connection It is Interesting to note that, in spite of the Internal dis turbances in Russia, Its weekly wheat shipments are still averaging 5,000,000 bushels. It will be Impossible for Amer ica to hold prices up very high unless the crop is so small that there will be nothing available for export "A champagne appetite with a lager beer salary" Is the somewhat Inelegant but expressive statement not Infre quently made about a man who is liv ing too far ahead of his Income. Some handicap of this nature must have been resting on Banker Devlin, of Kansas and Illinois. His case is not so bad as that of Blgelow, the defaulter, for, un less the situation assumes a worse phase than It now presents, the credit ors will not lose very heavily. The sympathetic effect of one of these fail ures Is not infrequently more serious than the actual, loss. The exposure of such reckless banking methods as are shown In both the Bigelow and Devlin affairs has a tendency to weaken the faith of the public In many other insti tutions which may be managed with the greatest care and are at all times strictly solvent A writer in another column suggests that the net earnings of the Fair, If there shall be any, be contributed by the stockholders for purchasing the Exposition grounds and making them Into a public park. Good suggestion. The plan. If carried out. would present to the city a lasting memorial of the first Lewis and Clark Centennial, and would add to the municipality's posses sions a beauty spot The plan might be impossible, however, should specu lators gain control of any considerable share of the stock; therefore subscribers should hold their certificates. The Lewis and Clark Exposition fund was subscribed without expectation of Its return, and In view of that fact those who put up their money can afford to put me reiurns into a pant, or at least to ward off speculation sharks. Independence day explosives sent fewer patriots to the hospital and the grave this time than In many year3, This Is the result of the movement for safe and sane celebrations. And be cause the Fair, without any fireworks. was the safest and sanest place In town, it had nearly 54,000 admissions on that day. In the last few years laws have been enacted all over the United States for regulation of patriotic explosives. The Oregonian's special dispatch from" Chicago, printed yesterday, giving the total of accidents In the United States, contained statistics compiled by the Chicago Tribune, which makes a spe cialty of such figures every year. The Governor of Oregon Is to leave the state for a month or more. He Is to E 0-V a 5"""" "The Elks- somewhere to go at this special time In the history of Oregon, when the state Is Inviting all peoples of all states and all nations to visit her. Doubtless "The Elks" are very Important. And doubt less the Governor of Oregon will deem himself a more Important figure among the Eastern elks or tnrs or bulls or buffaloes, than among the people of Oregon during the Lewis and Clark Fair. Now that there haB been a free "ex change of views" between the warring parties In the late Episcopal Church Convention, and Dr. Lloyd has repudl ated the soft Impeachment of being a "high" churchman, with the result that the protest against his election Is with drawn, let them all "kiss and make friends." There Is plenty of room In Oregon for a young and vigorous bishop of this and other branches of the Chris tian Church. As In social so in rellg lous matters, Oregon's field is widening, The Portland charter gives Mayor Lane power to suppress gambling houses "within four miles of the corporate limits"; therefore, perhaps he can drive gambling out of Mllwaukle. The legal question whether the Mayor's authorlty cxtends to a neighboring municipality can be settled after the games shall shall have been driven out and proba bly nobody will then dispute. If the new Mayor shall exercise this author lty. he will be sustained by the people of Portland. Governor Folk, of Missouri, posed as the Ideal executive. ha3 Issued an edict against betting on horse races, or "race track gambling." He has directed the Sheriff of St Louis County to prevent the race meetings there If wagers are to be placed on the races and has told him that If he cannot enforce the order with his deputies, the military forces of the state will be sent to enforce It. What's the Governor of Oregon going to do In cases like this? Let those who will come out for repeal of the law that shuts Chinese laborers out of our country The Oregonlan will not do so. The Chinese could do a lot of work here, of course and make a lot of trouble. We want industrial devel opment, but we want peace, and must not have race war. And now the story goes that Russia, unable to beat Japan. Is spoiling for a fight with Britain. Well, there may be something In the story; Britain never "did up" Russia as the Japs have done. 0REG0N OZONE Worried mammas should send their bad little boys to Correctlonvllle, la., for treatment t While playing baseball in a Nevada town a man from Salt Lake City discov ered gold ore on the ball field that as sayed JS37 a ton. This. Is by no means the first strike "ever made on a baseball field. Moreover. If the Salt Lake man bad looked a little closer he might have discovered a large diamond. A Los Angeles Summer resort promoter advertised a prize of $3 to the "man, woman or child catching the heaviest fish In bay or ocean." sharks and stlngarees being barred. We hereby offer a like prize to any man. woman or child catch ing the largest animal in Oregon, the horned dinosaur at the Exposition and the chlgger barred. "Up Near Alaska. From a single Issue of a country paper . , - c,,, Tt-r,, I published at the town of Seattle, Wash., we take the following Items: "The Snohomish electric light plant has i burned down." "Enterprising citizens of Wenatchee have organized a company to build a san itarium at Snoop Lake." "A Jail wilt be built at Ororille, in Okanogan County." A Chehalls company with ample capi tal will try to develop the valuable coal properties near Cowlitz Pass." And yet we laugh because Russian ge ography has some funny names I Hiram Hayfleld's Views. Grass Valley, Or., July 5, 1905. Dere Ozone: I wuz a-readln inn the Grass Valley Gazoot thlss noon about Miss Alius Rosy- felt and her trlpp too .the Flllypeens. The Gazoot sed she wuz In San Funsisco at the Pallas hotell okupyln nlno rooms. Hooray fur Alius! Horray, say I, fur m odd urn progrlss and wlmmin'a rites. b'gosh! I repete, Horray! Way back thare Inn Tom Jeffasun's time thay wud a sett thayr fete down on enny slch upp-too-dalt trawlln akkomlda- shuns az thet air. Iff a gurl had gone on a trlpp inn them days she wud a hed too putt upp at the best hotell In town and blld an addlshun too the house bet she cud a gott nine rooms, and then she wud a hed to hlar the kltchun and the ice box to malk upp the nine. But hour ho tell hev growed, along with hour ldees. We have ekspanded. and nowydaze a gurl kin git the akkomldashuns thet soot her stnshun inn life. Why. dad rot It! 1ft my eister. Mlrandy Jane Hayneld hed a started on a trlpp when she wuz Miss Allus's alge thay wud a maid her okupy wun room and putt a nuther gurl inn thare too sleep with her; and iff she hed riz upp on hur French high heals and demanded hur rites too 2 rooms, thay wud a cawled hur hifalutln and sed she wuz a-gittlng 2 stuck-upp fur the nayberhood. Shalm on slch old-fashun Idee az thay hed when I wuz a boy! Shalm. I say! Why. old Tom Jeffasun hlsself, I red wunce. road to his own lnnogerashun on Mizzoury mewl and hitched the anl- mule too the front gait post of the Kapt- tal; and on his way tharo he slep inn unly wun room att the tawurn and hed unly wun plait att the tabel. I glory Inn the spunk of the gurl of this? day and glnerashun. Nex weai Ime a-goin too send my darter, Jane Mariar, upp too Portland too sea the Fare, and I hev allreddy hlared a hull hotell and a Annex fur. hur akkomldashun. I wunt Ictt my darter bee outdun by enny gurl thet wears shoo-leather. That's HI Hay- field's stile. I halnt kutt 3 kropps of al- falfy fur nuthln. Tores til my necks. HIRAM HATFIELD. An Appeal to Burbank. Whereas. We. the Anti-Onion Ladles' League, of Columbus. O., have declared that the onion, unlike the Chinese, must go: and. Whereas. Luther Burbank. of Califor nia, has made the blackberry white and has dethorned the cactus and has con tributed a scent to the scentless call a; therefore be It Resolved. That If Mr. Burbank will kindly and considerately eliminate the odor from the onion, which Is the ground of our objection thereto, wo will rescind our order that the onion must go, and will permit It to remain In our midst, notwithstanding the fact that we must attend 5 o'clock teas, prayer meetings and dances. Forgot What Electricity Was. A Denver newspaper devotes large space in an unavailing effort to answer a correspondent's question. "Does anybody know what electricity Is?" As somebody has observed, that reminds us of a story. There Is now In Prlnevllle, Or., a law yer who. some years ago, was a college student back East. One day "in the classroom the subject of discussion was electricity. This student had read all he could find in his textbook about electric ity, and considered himself primed for the occasion. The professor opened the ball with this direct question, flashed peremptorily at this particular student: "Mr. Blank, can you tell us what elec triclty Is?" Mr. Blank squirmed In .his seat, hemmed and hawed for a time, and finally ad mitted: "I did know, professor, but I've for gotten." The professor gazed at the student with an expression of unspeakable sorrow. Then ho said. idly: "Mr. Blank, you do not know what you have done. Alas! what a sad loss to science! You are the only man that ever lived who has known what electricity Is and you have forgotten." ROBERTU3 LOVE. Miss Iloosevelt's Popularity. Issue's Weekly. The fondness for outdoor life, which is one of President Roosevelt's marked char acteristics, is inherited In large degree by all his children. Including his charm ing daughter. Miss Alice Roosevelt's bent In this direction Is evinced by her attendance at many scenes of open-air sport. Golt and tennis tournaments. baseball games, horse-racing, etc, ap pear to have for her a strong attraction Tho wholesome enjoyment which she de rives from the contests of the field indi cates a healthful vicor of mind and body. Undoubtedly her Interest in such events has been a factor as well as her worn anly graces In -creating the wide popu larity which she enjoys. There Is no one who Is more in favor than she among the younger generation of Americans, and her tact and ladyllkeness have gained her the approval also of older heads. In Harmony. Tales. 'What color does Madame wish ma to give her hair today?" "Black, please; I am going to a fu neral." KAISER'S NEIGHBORS jfern- Readme la Busaia Easer to Against Genua Special Cable to the New Tori Sun. LONDON. June 2). It Is now possible to outline some of the far-reaching effects of Germany's sensational diplomatic at tacks on France and the Kaiser's other at tempts to take advantage of Russia's Impotence In Europe. It has been Indi cated already In these dispatches that the sharp check put upon German aggres sion was due chiefly to British Initiative. The prompt and substantial success which has already attended the English efforts In this direction constitutes one of the most remarkable accomplishments of modern diplomacy.. The German-French crisis is by no means settled, but the German attitude has already changed from provocative aggression' to moderate concllation. Fresh retaliation may yet come from Berlin, but it Js the present view In diplomatic circles outside of Germany that the Kais- er nas over-reacnec mmseu, uwi ue n ... th nntlona and arou-ed the greater nart of the world osainst him to little Duruose. Never was the machin- ery of European diplomacy so active as now, and the sole object of International endeavor seems to be to devise an effect ive plan to restrain the vaulting ambitions of the German Emperor. Certain Important developments may be specified: First The terms of an extended Anglo Japanese treaty have been definitely agreed upon. An announcement of their nature may be expected shortly. Second Because of this, and because she Is confident that she may rely upon Japan to cancel all future Russian am bitions In the Far East. Great Britain feels less unwilling to allow Russia to seek certain expansion In the Near East with the object of holding back the Kaiser. Third Great Britain la taking the most active measures to concentrate her fight ing strength very near home 'InnrthLomfnJ reX In Ru-sla ! Fourth The Incoming regime In Russia Is full of fear of the Kaiser since he has recently shown his hand and Is anxious to unite with France and England to check German aggression. Fifth Plans to do this without creating a false Impression in Germany that an aggressive anti-German coalition is com ing into being are occupying the attention of the diplomatists of Western Europe and other countries. In the foregoing outline of history In the making The Sun's London correspond ent Is quoting almost the exact words of a diplomatist who has full knowledge of the Inner facts of the great crisis through which the world is passing. It requires some reading between the lines In order SHAKESPEARE AND CERVANTES The trustees of Shakespeare's birth place. Stratford-on-Avon, sent the fol lowing address lately to La Real Aca demla Espanola. The address Is signed by Sidney Lee. chairman; G. M. Bird, Mayor of Stratford: Archibald Flower. Theodore Martin, Henry Irving and Rtch ard Savage: "We, the trustees and guardians of Shake- soear a blrtnoiace. ai airauoro-on-Avuu, desire to offer through your excellency to the Spanish people our congratulations on tne occasion at the 300th anniversary ot the pub lication of the first part of "Don Quixote." the Immortal novel of Shakespeare b contem porary. Miguel Cervantffl. Saavedra. The duty has been imposed on us ty act of Parliament ot preserving and protecting, on behalf of the British nation, the surviv ing memorials of tb greatest of English poets and dramatists in his native town of Strat ford-on-Avon. In your Illustrious fellow-countryman. Itlguel Cervantea Saavedra. the creator of the Knight of La. Mancha. we recognize. K spirit of exuberant fancy Rnd an Insight Into hu man naturw which command the aprlngs ot pathos no less than the springs of humor. I That rare spirit and insight, which make uni versal appeal to the mind and heart, stve Cervantes In our eyes kinship with Shake speare, the. tranecesdent interpreter in poetry and drama of human life. Th iLiorv of "Don Quixote" of La Mancha, very won after the publication of tho first part at Madrid In JW. acnievea in England, mainly through translation, a popu larity which has steadily grown through the centuries and shows no sign or aiminuupn at the present day. It Is a satisfaction to us to h abl to point out to your excellency that there I good reason to hellevn that Shakespeare. who died at Stratford-on-Avon on April 23 (old Ftyle). 1619. within ten days of Cervantea himself, was among the earliest English readers of this nobla romance. The greatest efforts In literature know lit tle of tho -limits of nationality. They make their appeal to all mankind. None the less, the fam which the highest literary genius confer on the nation that gave It birth la undying. Therefore wo felicitate you and your fellow-countrymen on the- endless re nown which the genius of Miguel Cervantes Saavedra has helped to confer on the nama of Scanlard. The president and directors of the Span ish Royal Academy replied as follows: The Royal Academy of Spain acknowledges with cordial thanks tho message of congratu lation which, on tho tercentenary ot the publication of th first part of "El Ingenloso Hidalgo D. QuIJote de la Mancha," you (as chairman of the committee of the trustees appointed by the Parliament of England to protect the. glorious memorial of thn Illustri ous dramatic poet William Shakespeare, pre served In the place of his birth. Stratford-on-Avon) have been pleased to forward to me. Among the numerous expressions ot af fectionate admiration which the Spanish na tion has received on the occasion of this glorious anniversary, few have been received with such sympathetic enthusiasm as that which your committee has. through you. ad dressed to the Royal Academy of Spain. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and William Shakespeare are two supreme geniuses who symbolize In the loftiest degree the power and aplendor of the literatures of the nations of which they were the glorious ornaments. If Cervantes has no equal In the fiction of -the novel. Shakespeare Is unique and Incom parable in the art of the drama. Br tho force of their imagination, by the brilliancy of their style, by the vigor of their lan guage, both will confer eternal honor on th'lr respective literature. The glory of the two writers wilt bo the object of the most lively, sincere, and universal admira tion. Your message Is evidence and proof of that admiration. In gratefully acknowledging this meg frcm th trustees of the memorials of Shake speare, the Royal Academy of Spain, the trustees of the memorials of Cervantes, re joices to acknowledge the numberless testi monies of affectionate sympathy which has at all times been accorded by workers In the field of English literature, and more espe cially by EnglUhmen working In the field of literary history of Spain, who by their la bors, which they have pursued with unflinch ing thoroughness, have Illustrated. diKu;ed and extolled the works of the Incomparable Miguel de Cervante3 Saavedra. The Royal Academy, in response to your ad dress, requests you to make known to all the members of the committee of which you are the honored President, the eentlment of affectionate regard which I havo the honor ot expressing to you. Taft Isn't the Only Talker. . Butte Miner. The American public la beginning to suspect that Secretary Taft Is talking too much for a successful candidate for the Presidency. The public will await with some degree of Interest, If not anxiety. his next burst of statesmanship. Kuropatkin Ought to Know. Los Angeles Express. War dispatches remark that General Kuroki-has 115.000 bayonets. Kuropatkin can testify that there is a man behind every bayonet. PLAN TO CURB HIM Unite With France sad EHKlaad a AgrjrrcanloB. to appreciate Its stupendous significance. What, for instance, is themeaning of the phrase "the incoming regime in Rus sia," and when may its advent be ex pected? If the amazing drama, at Odessa and the signs of military disaffection, else where mean anything they signify that Russia's critical hour Is close at hand. Will the Romanoff dynasty survive, or Is the present order of things to be swept away? The writer is not at liberty to suggest answers to these fateful questions. Thl3 only he ventures to say: AH is not chaos in the plans for saving this stricken na tion. There are important factors at work, no hint of whose existence has reached the outside world. Peace with Japan, when It comes, will not be signed by the present Russian government or rather. It will be ratified by direct repre sentatives of the Russian people. - It would not be wise to discuss trie de tails of any of the plans under considera tion for safeguarding the peace of Europe during the perilous days which will wit ness the regeneration of Russia and tho settlement of the Far Eastern problem. Emperor William has done the world a service In demonstrating how imminent and how great some of those dangers are. He made one serious mistake from, his own point of view In assuming that the English hatred of war at the present mo ment would make Great Britain pusil lanimous if he attacked her Indirectly through France. It Is scarcely paradox to say that Eng land's love of peace today Is so strong that she Is willing to make war against war. 'She has completely abandoned her traditional policy of Isolation, as she be lieves tho United States should do also, solely In the interests of peace. She has frankly communicated these views, to President Roosevelt Today's papers print the Presfdent'3 message to the Kaiser. It may seem curi ous to the American public that European nlplomocy and the Continental press treat rnTT,intr tho nresent mo- this telegram, coming at the present mo ment, as of great political significance, even Interpreting it as a rebuff to Prime Minister Balfour for suggesting at the Pilgrims' Club dinner that America should assume her responsibilities In the family; of nations. Public telegrams between heads of states in times of crisis are regarded in Europe as direct Indicators of public policy. President Roosevelt doubtless-had not the slightest idea of suggesting that American official or public opinion is on the side of Germany and against England In the present crisis, but such arr interpre tation will inevitably be placed upon Tils dispatch in other European capitals, as well as Berlin. ODD BITS OiOREGON LIFE. Did tho Girls Object? Wolfer Corr. Aurora Borealis. One of our sports cut a wide swath at the dance last Saturday evening, and some of our fair damsels looked wild and woolly, "but that doesn't cut any ice," says Charley. Rude Town Marshal. Sherwood Corr. Hlllsboro Independent "Sam." the Invincible, has shook twsK dust of the town from his feet because an honorable gentleman cannot ' take a few drinks for his health without a med dlesome Town Marshal objecting to lt Vale "Sammy." No Race Sulcltle Here. Echo Xews. And here comes Bob Thorns with his joyful countenance more brilliant than usual Thursday morning last. Boh., Is a jolly fellow, but upon this cfjeaston- he was more so, for he confidentially told us he was the happy father of a . 10-pound boy. Bob has a family now of four boys and one girl, and has a nice piece of land for each upon their maturity. Tonsorlnl Courtesy. Freewater Times. One day last week Burt Lynch was shaving a man. He was In a hurry to finish him as he wanted to go to a. show. and he threw the lather around rather recklessly. Some of tho soap got in a customer's mouth, and he, of course, reg istered a mighty kick. Instead of taking umbrage at the man's hot language the barber told him to keep quiet and bo careful not to let the boss hear him and; he wouldn't charge him anything extra. Editor Wants a Cook Lady. Echo News. Wa are willing to enter Into a contracli with a party desirous of performing th culinary duties of our little household. We will pay moro than anybody else la town, will give every afternoon off and no cooking on Sundays. The good- wlfet will wait If there Is a. rush at the table; now we don't mean a rush of grub butt a rush for a location. Wc aro trying tor mortgage this plant; If we succeed we will purchase an auto. If we can raise enough to pay the first payment and freight, off course. This vehicle Is at the pleasure of the "H. G.," and her friends. All we asks Is notice each morning, when we are -preparing our coffee and sinkers, which wo would, of course, expect to do. if we got anything that day. Now if this is not enough Inducement, then stay where you arc and starve to death and see If we care. For further particulars, write thl? offlco and a stamp will be returned. Meaning of Silence. Seattle Times. Ex-Senator John M. Thurston oc cupled all day Friday In defending Sena- tor Mitchell in the United States Court against the charges brought by the Gov- crnment. If Senator Mitchell had taken the stand In hla own behalf, Thurston'3 argument might bo of some avail. "Si lence" on tho part of a respondent, when, charged with crime, can be construed only in one way, and that construction; spells "guilt" every time. Russia's Turn to Howl Neutrality. Rome Messaggero. It la quite within the range of possible achievements that, if Togo were so In clined, ha might forthwith proceed to tha Baltic and successfully bombard any Rus sian port. It would simply mean a ques tion of coal, and . . . there is a lot oC It In Great Britain. Terrible Tommy Atkins. Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution. A leading St. Petersburg paper thinks there is some hazard In disbanding art army of 500,000 men without giving them a tasto of victory. Might send them down to the Indian frontier and see" If tha Tommy Atkina Is any easier than the ter rible Jap. What Great Event?" Oysterville Corr. South Bend Journal. Ben Andrews was seen going south re cently wearing a new suit ot clothes and a pleasant smile. New wall paper, car pets and furniture arrived for his house this week. Ben says he doesn't know just when the great event will take place. Keep Your Eye on Bogota. Philadelphia North American. s Some people are going to have a hard time reconciling our professions of re newed friendship for Colombia with tha fact that John Barrett has been nomi nated Minister at Bogota.