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third that the Indictment was defect
ive. In that It did not charge the com
mission of an offense under the law: a
fourth, that evidence was permitted
that the firm of Mitchell & Tanner
had received at other times and from
different -persons than those named in
the indictment, moneys for professional
services in connection with land cases.
Mr. Thurston resents the statement
that these pleas are "technical., What
are they, then? They were brought
forward on the trial expressly to pre
vent presentation of the case on Its
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MRS. REED'S BEQUESTS.
It was the wish and intention of Mr.
and Mrs. S. G. Reed that large part of
the fortune which they accumulated
during their lifelong residence In Ore
gon should be devoted to the establish
ment and maintenance of an educa
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But relatives resolved to contest the
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Webster holds this contention that Mrs.
Reed was not a resident of Oregon, un
sound. She always claimed Portland
as her residence, and was buried here.
in compliance with her own direction.
The case probably will be carried
further by the contestants of the will.
but it is difficult to imagine that Judge
Webster's decision will not be upheld
by higher courts. Certainly It was the
intention of the Reeds that the major
part of their fortune as they had no
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street, it would not dare to make its J roent in undertaking reclamation would
use of the thoroughfare so monopolistic ! "be thwarted, since Instead of providing
and exclusive. many homes for many families, it would
The same abuse manifests itself on merely enrich a few great proprietors.
Alder and Tamhill streets, between And, finally, these proprietors, as the
Second and Third, where cars are demand for land Increased with time.
bunched together and switched to and would come to the estate and arrogance
fro In the path of the public. If, as the of feudal lords dominating a popula-
managers assert, a street-car Is but a tlon of tenants, which Is contrary to
vehicle running on a steel track In- American Ideals and policy. The enor-
stead of on the paved street surface, mous productiveness or irrigates larms
still, a similar obstruction from the idle makes it easy to lease them on terms
wagons would not be permitted. The profitable to the landlord; and this Is
humble expressman who Is compelled very well so long as the tenant may
to "move on" will testify to this. ultimately Duy nis noioing. uui in uie
it all roes to show that the recipients case or great estates paying neavy re-
of free franchise gifts Xrom the public turns there would be no chance for him
are '"soulless corporations," ungrateful to buy. The economic conditions, which
for their blessings.
are breaking up the bonanza wheat
farms In Dakota and the large cattle
ranches In Texas, would not apply to
irrigated tracts. Here the landlord's
profit would Include not only the nor
COLONIZING RECLAIMED LAND
The most important problem which
the Irrigation Congress has discussed
is that of colonizing reclaimed territory.
Mr. Smythe, of California, suggested
calling upon each state for colonists in
proportion to its population, a plan not
without difficulties. The most success
ful settlements are made by people
whose circumstances and habits of life
are somewhat similar. When the land
is divided, into small holdlngsr consid
THE AMERICAN birth-rate. erations oi tnis sort oecome ot uie
Wo have had it. over and over, that highest Importance, and they would.
In our country, the birth-rate from -uIte llkel5. be ignored if colonists were
mothers of American nativitv Is small selected by states. Mr. Smythe's re-
and growing smaller. In comparison mark that all parts of the country are
with the birth-rate from mothers of for- equally interested in the reclaimed re-
elgn nativity. It scarcely needed the &ons s sound, but there is a better
details furnished by the census reports way an the one he proposes to appor-
to show us that. It is a fact. annarent uon colonists.
to overv observer. Children are born. Before settlers are mvuea lo a new
In createst numbers, of narents who tract lis agricultural possiomiies snoum
are noor. who have no nrosDects or ex- e thoroughly studied. Its climate and
pectations, who accept humblest ways e questions or luei ana annKing water
of Hvlne. and who do not exDect to anouia De investigates as wen as duhq
better them. Foreign immigrants are lng materials. Supposing that all this
WirPlv. hut bv no means wholly, of has been honestly done, then it would
this class. Our own neonle. in pioneer 1 oe a great misuse to can ior coionbu
davR. belonged to it. Many do. vet. As from tne wnoie country, -tne result oi
a rule, large families belong to those such a proceeding woum De a riotous
who are content with a low grade of scramble tor iana wnicn must cause
living, and who do not expect to Im- great Joss and hardship to many fam-
rrove IL Wes
It is an enisrma. a paradox. For If instead or. mis metnoa. let a wen
the human race could raise all its qualified Immigration agent make his
members above the conditions and re- headquarters at some center of popu-
aulrements of lowly life. Its own de- lation and advertise the exact truth
cline would begin at once. The whole about the tract to be settled, stating
basis of progress is in those who work that all applications for land must De
ton the lower levels. These continually made to him. Persons who liked the
supply the materials for new advance- kind of farming which the conditions
ment. "High culture" continually "runs required would apply; others would not.
out." From one or two children In the Men who like wheat and stock farm
family, it will descend to none. Thus, lng could notbe induced to colonize an
the race must be recruited continually Irrigated tract and live on 40-scre lots,
from the "lower classes." They emigrate to the Canadian North
The human race. then, in trying to west But those who are Interested In
Jmprove Itself, steadily exhausts itself, small dairying, fruitgrowing, alfalfa for
and is forced to begin anew. This hogs; potatoes, Hops ana so on, wouia
process is going on through all times, call on the agent and he could pick
and has been going on since the begin- and choose among tnem until ne naa
ning of history and civilization. France secured his full number of desirable
Is the highest present exemplar of the families. The railroaa companies nave
prudential or small family system; and followed a plan not unlike this with
France, great as she has been in his- admirable success in many instances
tory, great part as she has borne In There IS no Teason why a Government
spreading the Ideas and arts of modern allotment or iana snouia degenerate
civilization, now stands still. Under
her present sociological system France
can proceed no further. She has
reached the limit. We shall reach ours.
so soon as the Idea shall become gen-
Into a riot or a game of chance.
Upon opening another tract, the
agents could be sent to a different city
or state to call for colonists, thus In
the long ruH treating all parts of the
eral among us that families must be country alike and always securing com
restricted in order that the standard petent. thoroughly Americanized set
of living may be maintained. For such tiers. The point was well taken by Mr.
an idea will surely defeat its own ob- Wantland, of Colorado, that there Is a
MORE VICTORIES FOR JAPAN?
Japan's Insistence on her terras of
peace is based on her belief that the mal Rnt of hj3 andf but aiso fee
tasks that lie before ner in war are for ater and he would not be likely
less than those she has atreaay to MlI
achieved. She believes she can beat As to the second dlffleultv which the
the RusEian armies and roll them back Reclamation Service encounters, that of
to Lake Baikal; that she can take vested rights of persons already using
Vladivostok and exunguisn nuesjan water. Where the water supply is Hm
power on the Pacific. These re- ited, an irrigation system cannot be
suits would give her lasting peace, and atlsfaetnrv nnlua all users have the
Jf the present conference fails, they fiame rights and are subject to the
will be her ultlmates. same rule3. Numberless questions of
Relieved now from all lear of attack I equitable distribution, maintenance and !
by sea, japan can devote ner enure repairs of ditches, precautions against
energies to the remainder of the prob- waste and the like, cause dissension and
lem before her. Tet there are chances litigation under the best of systems.
In war, even to those- hitherto victor- where users from the same limited
lous, and sacrifices certainly. source had various titles to their water
Japan has precedents for her demand I tne troubles would be fatal.
for Indemnity. . Russia committed j Here. then. Is a case where the in
against her a great wrong. Her mill- terest of private owners comes square-
tary occupation of Manchuria was un- I iy in conflict with the Interest of the
Justifiable, and her refusal to evacuate public Which should give way? The
according to her agreement was a gross I usage of civilized nations when such a
breach of faith. Russia therefore ere- conflict occurs Is long established and
ated the war, and Japan feels that Rus-I invariable. Napoleon III Invoked the
sia ought to reimburse her for Its cost, right of eminent domain to construct
or for large part of It, according to the the boulevards of Paris; Manchester
general usage enforced upon defeated I invoked it to condemn and destroy un-
nations. hj-glenlc tenements; railroad companies
Invoke It daily to establish their rights
MR, newell shows the OBSTACLE, j of way, and cities are using it more and
Mr -NToivr.il fThlPf Engineer of the more to open parks and playgrounds.
Reclamation Service, has said plainly There Is. therefore, abundant precedent
In the Irrigation Congress that the ana cogent reason for tne united states
ronoA r,r drfav in the Government's Government to confer upon the Recla-
reclamatlon work In Oregon is unwll- mation Service the power of eminent
iinmAK. lnnrt-holdlmr coroora- domain ror tne condemnation oi an
tinno in let th Oovernment in on terms iana ana ail water ngnts wnicn m an
harmonious with the reclamation law way hinder or limit the usefulness of
a .i4u ir.t nt hnmitPAders. .rresiueni. rtooseveus oenencent proj-
Mr Nau-pH did not say tiat the ob- ct tor the Irrigation of arid areas.
structlng corporations are the wagon-
road companies, but his reference to The public has never had a great deal
them was plain. This utterance will be I of confidence in the committee appolnt-
welcome to the people of Malheur, for ed by the New York Legislature to in
it coincides with their own knowledge vestlgate life-insurance matters. It will
of the matter. now have still less after Mr. Arm-
The people of Malheur complain not strong's cheerful declaration that the
alone of the delay made by the wagon- I entire business of the committee Is
road owners but of the danger of the J whitewashing, not Investigation. "It Is
reclamation fund's being used up in our hope," he says, "to restore public
other states, before the Malheur project confidence in Insurance, not to tear
can be started. This danger was point- down reputations." The only reason why
ed out by Mr. Newell to the Congress. public confidence In Insurance needs
With due respect to the wagon-road restoring Is that there was too much
owners. It may reasonably be said that delay in tearing down certain reputa-
thelr obstinacy. If not selfishness. Is tlons. What the Nation wants Is a
holding up a much-needed work in Ore- clear and fearless statement of facts
gon. Nobody will deny that their own- The absolute truth, without regard to
ershlp should be respected and that reputations. Is the only basis that pub
they should be made whole for their lie confidence can be rebuilt upon.
land concessions. It Is to be expected.
perhaps, tnat tne Keciamauon service despicable stool-pigeon system of
and tne wagon-road companies snouia cItv detectives Is shown forth anew
disagree. ut tne oeopie oi uregon i in arrest of Bob Lucas, who has been
are looking to the development of Mal- fagging ror joe Day, and of Frank
heur's resources and they cannot be T omn v.yin ha boon faeeinc- for one
blamed under the circumstances for another of the detective force. The
putting the fault on the side of the m03t notorious "mugs" in the rogue's
land-CTant owners. srallerv have been dolnc that service
Under the reclamation law. an owner for the detectives: still the latter depose
of Irrigated land can obtain water for an(j say they don't know of any such
only 160 acres, thus necessitating the gentry In town. The police, however.
division of large tracts into small noid- or gome of them, seem to have sharper
Ings. of not more than 160 acres. This eyes. Policeman Scallen. who look In
division is an obstacle to reclamation j Lucas, and Policeman Wade, who took
projects In Oregon and Washington. in Lamb, ought to be felicitated
Mr. Newell pointed this out In the Con
gress. And It was obvious from his re
marks that the obstacle Is set up by
the land-grant companies. This was
not news, however, because It has
been manifest a long time. Of course
they can reply that they want only
such terms as will conserve their In
terests, and that thev are willing to
make all reasonable concessions. But
In a dispute between their idea of
reasonable" and that of the Reclama
tion Service, the public can hardly be
expected to side against the Reclama
tion Service.
The wagon-road owners demand that
they withhold whatever lands they wish
from the irrigation project, and that
they be allowed one year to sell their
lands In the Irrigated area, after com
pletion of the project. These are very
thrifty demands. If granted, the wagon-
road owners would reap a big harvest
of gold, through enhancement of their
land values by the Government work;
In fact, they would be speculating on
the Government's expenditure of money
In irrigating .the land. The Reclama
tion Service is right In this dispute
and will not back down.
ject
The "best families," devoted to this
idea, steadily commit suicide. They
have few descendants, or none, and
leave the world to a rude yet vigorous
proletariat hungry yet ambitious. Yet
this Is the way the world gets on, and
the way democracy continually makes
Its gains over privilege, plutocracy and
and oligarchy.
The "better classes," then, through
the very methods they employ for their
preservation, tend continually toward
extinction, or contribute to their own
real danger of segregating upon re
claimed areas undesirable and un-
Amerlcanlzed groups of people. Once
there, they are in a measure isolated
from the Test of the country and not
much subject to bettering Influences.
The Irrigated tracts must always
somewhat resemble ooaos In a sur
rounding desert, and a population of
foreigners settled upon one of them
would probably remain foreigners In
definitely. The assimilating t process
which we boast of so Justly might not
readily reach them. Conditions of life
supersedure by the proletariat. In- in the reclaimed sections may be made
creasine- luxury, late marriages, or few almost Ideal for the colonists. They
or -none, the notion that It Is lmpru- may become centers or progressive civi
dont or vulcar to have children, take llzation and nooie citizensnip; but ail
the future out of the "hands of the depends on starting ngnt.
STREET MONOPOLY IN PORTLAND.
It Is not enough that the Portland
Consolidated Railway should run Its
cars over the people's streets and leave
the streets in miserable condition; the
company must block the people's streets
with long lines of Idle cars, simply be-,
cause It -finds that method more con
"first families" and pass It on to
the "common herd." The selfishness
that refuses to be "troubled with chll
dren" and sends young married cou
pies to-boarding-houses,, will be avenged
through the extinction of those families
who think themselves above "the com
mon rabble."
And it is well. It is-the way, and
the only way through operation of Na
voTiipnt than houslnt: the cars In Its
ture to Teduce calculated selfishness nr w not barns lanre enouch
and msuneraDie insolence io uie exunc- i t v,qm them
tlon they deserve. It Is the way hu
man society gets on
At the head of Washington street.
the thoroughfare leading into the City
Park, cars stand Idly the livelong day
PLEAS FOR SUPPRESSION. and when night comes, nearly the en
Not wishing to speak in language of. tire street is taken up with them, while
criticism or censure of Senator Mitcheliy the car crews exercise tneir vocai or
unon whom a Jury of his countrymejflN gans and make loud noises or omer
has nassed Judgment. The Oregonlan sorts, at a time wnen tne gooa ioik o
feels nevertheless that it may say a the neighborhood oesire to sieep. uars
word about the statement of his coun- blocking the streets in that manner
sel Mr. Thurston, of Nebraska, pub- would be tolerated In none but the
lished vesterday In Its special report I most patient city.
frnm Washington. In this statement Visitors who drive to the City Park
Mr Thurston presents the grounds of in the day time find the street taken
his appeal dP with the cars, and It their venicie
One objection is that a member of happens to get in tne way oi a car
thp irrand iury who returned the In- crew's maneuvers. It Is treated as If it
dictmpnt is not a citizen: another, that I ought to get oft the earth. If the Con
fh defendant was entitled to a trial solldated Company's franchise naa giv-
by Jury hp b rfes ir abatement: Ucp apany tie sts tisW i th
Many cities would be glad to drink
water even like that of the Willamette
River, but Portland has become so used
to Nature's purity from Bull Run that
It cannot endure any but absolutely
pure beverage the kind that flows from
Mount Hood's springs. St. Louis
pumps up the Mississippi, which has
come past hundreds of cities on the
Missouri and the Mississippi proper,
and past Chicago, and sends the fluid
to its households. A SL Louis resident
would thrive on Willamette water; he
might starve for bacteria on Bull Run.
OREGOIfOZONE
Tha fact that you own an automobile
won't buy you any electric fan service
In the hereafter.
Somebody has struck gold In Donegal.
Ireland, but the natives refuse to believe
that It Is anything but a petrified po
tato. Roy Knabcnshue's new airship is egg
shaped. The one he operated last year
was cigar-shaped, and the one used by
Lincoln Beachey, the boy aeronaut, at
Portland, I? potato-shaped. From the
cigar to the potato Indicated practical
progress, and now that the egg has been
reached we have reason to hope for
something from the airship if it does not
turn out to be overtrained.
Sir Edward Elgar. reputed to be the
most famous living musical composer of
England, delivers some sharp remarks
concerning the anthems of the nations.
National anthem?, as a rule, he says.
are rubbish and rot. and he notes no
exceptions to the rule. He says the
rhyme, tho sentiment and in ?orae In
stances the music are vile, and If the
music happens to be passable It has
been borrowed from somewhere. 'We'll
keep on singing "America." "The Star-
Spangled Banner." Yankee Doodle," and
even "Hail Columbia." though Sir Ed
ward classes them with the anthem?
of other nations, and In his view It
appears that anthem is anathema. There
may be something to his criticism. Look
at the average popular song, whether it
be eecular or sacred; it is pretty punk.
now. Isn't It. from an artistic stand
point? But If It weren't pretty punk.
how In the name of Sacajawea and Sam
Hill could It ever become popular? Why
does the vaudeville show put on punk
puns and puerile palaver? Because It
must play to Its audience. Ditto the
writerof popular songs. Sir Edward El
gar. eminent composer, should know
enough to be aware that In order to be
popular a eong must be punk.
A sure sign of the beginning of the
end so far as summer Is concerned lies
In the tact that the newspapers are
printing stories about the revival of the
whaling Industry In New Bedford, Mass.
Tho whaling Industry always revives
about a month before the equinoctial
storms begin to do business. No one
knows why this is so, but all close ob
servers Know that It Is so.
No matter how devoutly you adore
music, after you have heard the same
old tune about 7.C00 times you begin to
feel like going out and killing a dog or
pulling up a tree by the roots.
Those Shoe Jokes.
After being In office a little over
year, the Governor of Massachusstts de
cldcs he had rather peg away at the shoe
business. Omaha World-Herald.
This may not be the sole reason. Ou
buque Telegraph-Herald.
Of course not. It's the upper one.
Burlington Hawkeye.
What! Are the boys going to revamp
all those old shoe Jokes. Sioux City
Journal.
It is hoped this Is the last Keokuk
Gate City.
Peg away. boys, until a full understand
lng Is reaphed. Springfield Register.
Why not retire? Douglas Is well heeled
Qulncy Whig.
Where's the welt? It Is high time it
was used. Keokuk Gate City.
What! Is this old Joke still on the
string? It Is high time somebody put
their foot down on it. Hawkeye.
Bet J3.C0 none of them know what they
are talking about. CentervIHe (la.) Clti
zen.
This thing has waxed so old It must
be near its end,. AH the perpetrators of
the above sad ones ought to be made to
toe the deadline, put out their tongues
and swsar that this Is awl. Baltimore
American.
Shoo!
It is stated In a dispatch that a man
was cured of leprosy In Manila by the
rX-ray. It Is admitted that he died at
once, and most opportunely, of liver
complaint, gfvlng the doctors every fa
cility for an autopsy. A cure followed
by Immediate death Is of questionable
advantage to a patient, however sci
ence may regard It. But it is interest
ing to learn that physicians have at
last found something like a remedy for
this ancient and frightful malady. Even
If the remedy kills the patient, there Is
a gain in the method of his death.
EMINENT DOMAIN AND IRRIGATION.
The project of irrigating arid land
The Northern Pacific announces a
further reduction of rates for the Fair,
through the public Reclamation Service. beg,nnmg September 1. to last till the
close of the Exposition. The rate hith
erto from points In Washington, Idaho,
Oregon and British Columbia has been
one fare and one-third for the round
trip. Alter September 1, It will be one
fare and one-tenth. This more favor
able rate offers a considerable saving
to visitors and will be appreciated by
the public.
In an editorial on the Lewis and
Clark Exposition, the New York Sun
congratulates Portland, both on the ex
cellence of the .preparations and on the
attendance at the Fair; closing with
the remark: '"Portland has carried a
great enterprise far toward success.
May she see the end of the Exposition
with the same gratification that marked
Its beginning and Its progress up to
date."
w"hlch President Roosevelt recommend
ed and which Congress adopted. Is re
tarded by two serious difficulties in ad
dition to those Inherent in the work
Itself. One Is the reluctance of holders
of large tracts of land affected by the
project to meet the Government's re
quirement that ownership by one per
son under a ditch be limited to 160
acres. The other difficulty comes from
vested rights of landowners already in
possession of water supplies,
From the President's standpont. the
Government requirement Is fundamen
tally Just, since his only object in advo
eating reclamation was to provide
homes for as many families as possi
ble. But the landowners naturally take
a different view of the matter. The
difficulty is serious because the greater
part of all areas which the Reclamation
Service Is likely to affect nas passed
from Government ownership into pri
vate hands and is held in large tracts.
To water these lands at public expense
is not proposed: the cost of the irriga
tion works, it Is expected, -will be ultl
mately returned from the areas bene
nted. But. nevertheless, there are
three objections, all serious, to allow
ing the tracts to remain undivided.
For one thing, and this is the least
weighty, though weighty enough, the
large landholder would receive an enor
mous benefit In the Increased value of
his land through neighboring settle
ments for which he would make no re
turn. If he were obliged to sell or con
tract to Bell at a fixed price before set- Wltte thinks the Japs not very clever
tlement of the Irrigated tract began in peace-making. That they have shown
he would be deprived of this advan- themselves cleverer in ngnung,
tar-., which Is uniust from every oolnt Russians have abundant evidence.
of view, and particularly so when the
methods of evasion and chicane are Not one kopek for tribute, says Wltte.
recalled by which these princely do-1 That's because the Russian bureau-
mains have too often been acquired. I crats need all the tribute themselves.
AceJn Uje very OZCtSil the. Govern- j They're stingy.
Of course, now, as the Washington
Post says, "M. Wltte could settle the
whole business up in short order if he
would Just agree that Russia will give
Japan as much as Russia would have
asked If she had won the fight In Man
churla."
. Portland people have strong apprecia
tion of good musICy just as of good
drama and every high-grade attrac
tlon. The Mormon Choir is a vocal
harmony which many residents have
not had the fortune of hearing before.
the
The Grlnncrs.
(Being some Jovial lines suggested by
skull.)
We grin while we're living.
Since life is a Jokc
We grin while we're giving
Life up as we croak.
JAPAN'S OLD TERMS AND NEW
Growth ot Mikado' Demands Shorrn by Comparison of Those Made
at Peace Conference With Those Before War Began.
New York Times.
When the peace conditions Japan now
proposes are put side by side with the
demands, made by Japan In 1903 and re
fused by Russia, which brought on the
war. one Is struck not so much by what
Russia loses as by what Japan gains, or
seeks to sain, in comparison with the
original terms. In Baron Komura's tele
gram of August 3. 1903, to Minister Ku-
rino. the conditions proposed as tne
basis of understanding between Japan
and Russia" were these:
1. Mutual engagement to respect the in
dependence and territorial Integrity of tho
Chinese and Corean Empires and to maintain
the principles ot equal opportunity for the
commerce and Industry ot all nations la
those countries.
2. Reciprocal recognition ot Japan's pre
ponderating Interest In Corea and Russia's
special interests in railway enterprises in
Manchuria. . and of the right of Japan to
take In Corea and of Russia to take In Man
churia 'such measures as may be necessary
for the protection of their respective inter
ests as above denned, subject, however, to
the provisions of article 1 of this agreement.
3. Reciprocal undertaking on the part of
Russia and Japan not to Impede development
of those industrial and commercial activities
respectively of Japan In Corea and of Russia
In Manchuria which are not inconsistent
with the stipulations of article 1 of this
agreement.
The additional conditions set forth in
the telegram provided for the extension
of the Corean Railway Into Southern
Manchuria: for the recognition of Ja
pan's exclusive right to give advice and
assistance to Corea: and Included a re
ciprocal engagement that If troops were
sent to Corea by Japan or to Manchuria
by Russia for the protection of their re
spective Interests, they should not exceed
the actual number required and should
be recalled as soon as their mission had
been accomplished.
the conjectural protocol oi me lorma
now orooosed by Japan has been re
peatedly drawn up by correspondents In
their disoatches from Fortsmoum. it is
of course, not official, but it is accepted
as true In substance. It has been very
conveniently summarized by our neighbor
The Evening Sun. from wnose columns
we reproduce the 12 articles:
1. Recognizing the preponderating Influ
ence of Japan in Corea.
2. The simultaneous evacuation of Man
churia by the Russian and Japanese military
forces.
3. The whole transfer to Japan of the
Russian leasehold In the Liao Tung Penin
sula Port Arthur and Dalny.
i. Return to China of the civil admlr.ia-
tration of Manchuria in accordance with the
treaty given by Russia to China, on April S.
1002. which provided that Manchuria would
be restored to China In three successive per
iods of six months each, the failure to carry
out which was one of the chief factors of
the war.
5. The cession of the Island of Sakhalin
by Russia to Japan.
6. The transfer to Japan of all docks.
Magazines and military warehouses m Port
Arthur and Dalny wlthfout compensation. All
rights In private property to be respected.
. The transfer to Japan of the railroad
between Port Arthur and Dalny and Harbin,
part of which is now in Japanese military
occupation.
8. Retention by Russia of the main Man-
churlan line.
9. Russia to reimburse Japan for the ex
penses of the war.
10. Russfa to transfer to Japan -all her
warships now interned in Pac!flcports.
ii. me limitation of the Russian naval
force in Pacific waters.
12. Japan to have nshinr rights on the
Siberian coast.
The comparison of these terms with
the ante-bellum conditions Is enough to
set the world a-thlnking. Japan asks
nothing new In respect to Corea. Article
II, calling for the evacuation of Man
churia by Russia and Japan, and Article
IV. for the restoration of Chinese civil
administration In Manchuria, are merely
a renewal of the first of the original
demands for an engagement to respect
the independence and territorial Integrity
of China. AH the rest is new.
"Russia's special Interests in railway
enterprises In Manchuria," which wer
expressly recognized by Japan in the orig
inal terms, are completely extinguished.
The conqueror demands the whole rail
road line from Port Arthur and Dalny to
Harbin. Furthermore, Japan demands
the transfer of the leasehold of the Liao
tung Peninsula, Port Arthur, and Dalny
to herself. There is nothing correspond
ing to that in the original document. With
the surrender of the lease she demands
also tne docks, magazines and military
warehouses In Port Arthur and Dalny.
and as she Is already In possession of
the property, she very naturally declines
to make compensation.
These new conditions If granted would
have the effect of substituting Japan
for Russia In Manchuria with the possibly
quite unimportant difference that Chinese
civil administration would be restored.
How far "the principles of equal oppor
tunity for the commerce and Industry of
all nations" In Manchuria will be main
tained depends In the first place upon tho
good faith of Japan.
We grin for delight and we grin for de
rision;
We grin like the devil, or angels Elyslan;
We grin through our lifetime, if saints
or If sinners
But after we're dead we're the gayest of
grinners!
Ho! ho! we are grinners
At frolic and feast.
At dances and dinners
With Beauty (the Beast!)
We grin through the night and we grin
through the daytime;
We grin through the gloom and we grin
through tho gay time;
We grin as adepts and we grin as be
ginners;
But after we're dead, we're the grandest
grinners!
Ha! ha! we are grinning
In weal or In woe.
When serving or sinning,
When high or when low;
We grin when defeated, we grin when
successful;
We grin In repose. In strenulty stressful;
We grin when we're losers, we grin when
we're winners
But after we're dead we're the grlnnlest
grinners!
Oh. life Is so merry
We all go a-grln
Through fortunes that vary
Thus all are akin;
For all are so made that we needs must
be grlnsters.
Though benedicts, bachelors, eunuchs or
spinsters;
And nature has fixed It (since worms
must have dinners)
That after we're dead w.e're the ghastliest
grinners! ROBERTUS LOVE.
Wall of a Nebraska Editor.
Wayne (Neb.) Herald.
This season makes us tired. We
would much rather hie ourselves to the
mnnsv soot beside the babbling brook.
beyond the sound of the irrepressible
printer's lusty yell for "copy," than bo
compelled to remain here to chronicle
Hazzard Solvin's recent visit to Speck-
ville or say nice things about the mar
riage of the big-footed daughter of
some fellow who hasn't paid his sub
scription for 12 years. Right now we d
sooner be nsning man do rresioeuw
At the Rich Man's Funeral.
Le Crl du Peuple.
Funeral Director (noticing mourner in
back new who Is sobbing violently;
Come up to a front seat, sir you are a
member of the family, are you not.'
Mourner Alas, no!
"Then why do you weep so?"
'Because I am not,"
INDEMNITYPRECEDENTS.
New York Press.
Professor de Martens of M. WItte's
staff. Is at much pains to show that the
precedents are against the reimburse
ment of Japan for the cost of a war
that was forced upon her. One of
these precedents he quotes Is the pay
ment of Jl.000,000.000 by France to Prus
sia, which' would not have been paid but
for the fact that the city of Paris was
held by the enemy.
The allusion to this particular "prece
dent" Is unhappy from the Russian point
of view. It supports the argument for
the payment of a substantial Indemnity
by the Czar. Professor Martens neglects
to mention the pertinent and significant
fact that a long time before the fall of
Paris It was soon after Sedan Prince
Bismarck offered to settle for about
55CO.00O.00O. When the French rejected
his offer the march on Paris followed,
and In the end the third republic had to
pay twice as much, besides the loss of
Alsace and Lorraine and the humiliation
and ravage of a four months' siege of tho
capital.
Marshal Oyama has not made of the I
Czar a prisoner of war. as- Von Moltke
had of Napoleon III. Nor Is his army
at the gates of SL Petersburg. But
Russia Is as soundly whipped as France
was after both Sedan and Metz. There
remain for Japan. In the possibilities
of further chastisement to bring the
enemy to his knees, the taking of
Vladivostok and the railroad thence to
Harbin, and the dispatch of a fleet to
the shores of the Baltic Sea. Reflec
tion of the Franco-Prussian precedent
should teach Professor Martens the
wisdom of an Immediate payment of the
Indemnity now demanded. A year later
It may be doubled, and Russia will have
no choice but to pay it. Meanwhile she
would have to spend a huge sum more,
at high rates of interest, in prolonging a
hopeless conflict than her conqueror now
asks to end it.
Another precedent to which Professor
Martens points Is that Russia ha3 never
paid an indemnity. But also Russia has
never been so thoroughly beaten In an
her history. She had never fought Japan.
She had never had her whole navy wiped
off the seas. She had never suffered over
whelming disaster In every military en
gagement of a war. All precedents have
been broken In the war with Japan, so
why should there not be a break In the
Russian precedent of not paying indent
nity?
In fact, there is no reason whatever.
except that the Grand Dukes neither
want to face the anger of a people
already groaning under a crushing bur
den nor yield up to the national treasury
the loot they have taken from It. But
Rursla must pay; and Russia, realizing
that It ie cheaper to pay the bill ere It
doubles or trebles while more tand more
Russian territory sups away ana Detore
the enemy s fleets appear In the Baltic
to levy tribute, WILL pay.
Perhaps and Perhaps.
Boston Herald.
Henry Watterson. of the Louisville
Courier-Journal. In a recent letter from
London, acknowledges that In early life,
when ho flrst visited London, ho was a
poet In his expectations and had a drama
all written, and also a novel. He says
that, If his paradise was a fool's para
dise, he enjoyed It, and would not in the
least object to going back to It to pass
all the rest of his days. Some of the
newspapers take It for granted that this
never published novel must still be in
existence In manuscript, and they are
calling upon the author to publish It.
They do not express any sure judgment
ttyat It Is a great novel, but they think it
must oe an interesting- one. aim iney
agree that the fame as editor and wit and
politician which Mr. Watterson has
achieved would make that youthful novel
one of tho "best sellers" of the season.
The Better Way.
Chicago Chronicle.
Governor Hoch's admission that it is
practically Impossible -to enforce the Kan
sas Prohibition law In 20 of the 100 coun
tto nt tho. stnto confirms the conviction
that local option accomplishes better re
sults than state Prohibition. Communities
that want whiskey will get whiskey. It Is
a good deal better that the traffic should
be carried on lawfully incidentally yield
lng revenue to the public treasury than
to have It conducted In "Joints" and holes
and corners generally. That Is the lesson
of all Prohibition experiments.
Personally Applicable.
New York Press.
Again. Mr. Roosevelt quotes
from the Epistle of James:
"Pure religion and undeflled before God
and the Father is this: To visit the rath
erless and widows In their affliction and
tn keen himself unspotted from the
world."
If this is not a hard crack at several
gentlemen of a life Insurance directory
then no verse in tne scriptures can nave
a personal application.
ALASKA NEEDSJIOT SEATTLE
Juneau Transcrlpt
The suggestion made by the peoplo
of Seattle that an "Alaska Exhibit" bo
held In that city in 1907 or 1909, Is cer
tainly impudent. But even one or two
of the Alaskan papers have been
preaching "Americanism" for the last
few years fall In with thl3 idea and
actually Indorse it. Nothing could be
suggested that would be more humiliat
ing to the real Alaskan. Seattle, we
fear, already has the Idea that Alaska
Is her "gold ranch" and she Is grad
ually becoming so outspoken along that
line that Alaska people have begun to
resent It.
Alaska docs not have to depend upon
Seattle capital or the "Seattle spirit"
for the development of her mines the
richest in the world. Pennsylvania has
$10 Invested In Alaska where Seattle
has $1. Indiana, New York, Massachu
setts and several other of the Eastern
States each now have several repre
sentatives here eagerly looking for a
chance to invest in property sufficient
ly developedxto show a probable value.
And now that Seattle sees this she la
endeavoring to use Alaska and her
goldfields to advertise herself. Alaska
has done ten thousand times more for
Seattle than she will ever be able to
do for Alaska. While we duly, appre
ciate all the kind acts that Seattle has
done for us. we must at the same time
observe that she, while doing them,
knew she was to be paid in gold ten
times the amount such acts ever cost
her.
Alaska Is not like "other colonies."
She Is a "cash customer," and conse
quently is able to trade where she
pleases. The State of Washington is
naturally the beneficiary of the gold
discovery In Alaska, but Seattle has ni
more claim upon us than Tacoma. Bel
llngham, Everett or Spokane. There
fore, why should Alaska's exposition
be held at Seattle, any more than Wash
ington's exhibit be held at Chicago?
Will some good American in Seattlo
please suggest that Washington hold
a state exposition at Chicago in 1309.
and see how quick he is assassinated?
If any person attempts to give you
medicine that he will not take himself
you may rest assured It will do you no
good.
If there Is to be an Alaska exhibit
held In 1909. why not hold It In Alaska?
And who should be more willing to
move heaven and earth to acomplish.
this than Seattle? For. like the nig
ger's rat trap, she would catch them
'a comln and a goin'."
If Seattle Is so selfish that she will
not permit the people ot the states to
see Alaska, she deserves our contempt
without any of our gold. Alaska's tub
has a golden bottom and It Is able to
stand on it, thank you. Her tub 15
full to overflowing with sockeye sal
mon, and she will not starve, thank:
you. She has one mountain within five
lies of Juneau that contains enough.
gold to buy Seattle, body and breeches,
throw her Into Elliot Bay, give her a
J7.200.000 funeral, erect for her on
Mount Rainier a 510,000,000 monument
and then have enough left to hold an
Alaskan exposition that would make
the Lewis and Clark Fair look llko
a 30-cent piece. Only give us time.
BITS AND SKITS.
A mon nlver quite knows whither uts c"nJ
science, common since or caution that kapeS
'm from yleldin' t tlmptation. Maybe uts
all av thlm. Baltimore American.
"You know Mr. Miggles?" said one Summer
girl. "Tes," answered the other. "He pro
posed to me yesterday." "He Is always do
ing something silly. Isn't he!" Washing
ton Star.
"All the water we use here is boiled." said
the boarding-house landlady. "Ah." said
the heartless wretch as he poured his tea.
"you must have scorched this." Indianap
olis Star.
Doctor (to Mrs. Perkins, whose husband Is
111) "Has he had any lucid Interval's?" Mrs.
Perkins (with dignity) "E's 'ad nothing
except what you ordered, doctor." Kansas
City Independent.
Guest "I say, my man, how long have
you been a waiter in this cafe?" "Walter
"About six months, sir.' Guest "Oh! Then
It can't be you that I gave ray order to."
Cleveland Leader.
Patience "Didn't they advertise that you
could sleep under blankets up on the moun
tains where you went?" Patrice "Tes; but
the trouble was they didn't have any blank
ets." Yonkers Statesman.
"Tes. Senator," remarked the reporter. "I
suppose you sometimes And it necessary to
dodge issues?" "Issues?" snorted Senator
DeGrafc "Why. young man. it keeps ma
busy dodging prison bars." Chicago Dally
News.
"His vast expenditures In tho purchase ot
votes are not denied." "Well?" "Of course
these make him out an unfit man to sit In
the United States Senate." "You are mis
informed. They, by no means impoverished
blm." Puck.