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THE SUNDAY QREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 3, 1903. PARIS IN ITS GLORY City Is Blaze of light in Hon or of Edward. ' HE SEES REVIEW OF TROOPS Dazzled Tiy Splendid Cavalry Charge He Drink Health of Paris and Hakes Speech at City Hall Brains and Beauty at Opera. PARIS, Mar 2. King Edward today witnessed the maneuvers of 14.009 nicked French -troops on the parade grounds at vmcennes. it was a martial panorama, presenting as nearly as possible the con ditions In real -warfare, the troops being uniformed and equipped for actual serv ice. The King drove to Vincennes In an open state coach, accompanied by President Loubet. the Cabinet Ministers, and the head of the army and navy. JIhe streets were densely packed, and the people con tinuously acclaimed the "King. As the equipage entered the field of the maneu vers, "batteries of field guns. In a deafen ing xoar,-fired a royal salute. On-ascend ing the tribune, where, under a canopy of flags and surrounded by the chiefs of stair, tne King witnessed the review, the spectators vociferously acclaimed him, the women crying, "Bravo, Edward." General Faure-BIguet, the Military Gov ernor of Paris, commanded the troops. The troops defiled before the King, who rose and saluted " each French flag. A dramatic climax to the revew was a furi ous charge of the whole brigade of cav alry. It was a bloodstlrrlng sight as the solid line of horsemen swept straight to ward the King's tribune, the cavalrymen yelling and brandishing their sabers, and terminating with an abrupt halt In un broken column In front of the tribune. The King rose and bowed his acknowl edgements of the' salutes of the command ers, and addressed , words of congratula tion to President Loubet oh the splendid discipline and appearance of the troops. Gncst of Municipality. Later King Edward was driven to the Hotel de VMq, where he was" welcomed as the guest of the municipality. The crowds everywhere cbntlnued their friend ly manifestations. At the Hotel de Villo King Edward made his first formal speech in France. He re ferred to the beauty of Paris, and assured the officials he would not soon forget his visit to this charming city or the bounte ous reception accorded him. The' King drank some champagne from an exquisite cup presented to him by the municipality. The Mayor expressed his best wishes for the health of Queen Alexandra and other members of the royal family, for which the King heartily thanked him. Longchamps was the center of attrac tion in the afternoon, and there King Ed ward was the chief feature. It was a typical French racing scene. Ideal weath er drew an enormous crowd of fashion able and aristocratic persons to the race course. - King Edward and President Xou bet were warmly acclaimed as they took their places In the royal box, where Mme. Loubet, Mme. Saint Prix and a party of officers waited them. Between the races King Edward chatted with the Prince D'Arenburg. president of the Jockey Club, and other leading men of the French rac ing world. Brilliant Scene at Opera. Tonight the city was magnificent with radiant electric effects. The colossal out lines of the opera were traced In Jewelled lines of light, and the road by which the King proceeded to and from the opera was aflame from end to end. The sump tuous brilliancy of the Rue de La Paix culminated at the Place de l'Opera In an enormous crown made up of thousands of colored electric Jets, sparkling like dia monds, rubles, sapphires and emeralds. Following the state dinner at the Elysee Palace, King Edward drove through the blazing, brilliantly lighted thoroughfares, continuously acclaimed by the dense crowds which had gathered. The magnifi cent interior of the Opera-House was filled by an audlenc.e representative of the French Capital. ' In the audience were offi cials of the navy and army, the diplomatic corps In full regalia, the 40 Immortals clad in green velvet uniforms and the fairest women in France. The King occupied the royal box with Madame Loubet and the Ministers and Ambassadors. His Majesty wore the black and gold uniform of a British Ad miral, and he appeared especially to en Joy the superb ballet presented. NOTHING TO LOSE. Defeat of Portage Road and Corpora tion Tax Costless Undertaking. PORTLAND, May L (To the Editor.) Upon my return today from Southern Oregon I found numerous telegraphic and letter orders for more blank petitions In the referendum questions accompanied by the statements that the people are signing them rapidly and that-they have awakened to the fact that the mere signing of the petitions does not affect the laws as passed, one way or the other; and that there is nothing to lose In sub mitting them through the referendum to the people, while there is everything to gain for the taxpayers in general; the workingmen In particular and the mining men, who are attempting to develop the resources of the state, are to be espe cially benefited by the repeal of the Portage railroad bill, the corporation tax 1)111 and House bill No. 292, or the ex emption amendment These orders come from both Eastern and Southern Ore gon. I found much enthusiasm all through Southern Oregon and the "Willamette "Val ley on these questions, and even those who . supported the corporation tax bill, and still- believe that It is a good thing in the main, are yet willing to submit it to the vote of the people, and have elgned the petitions "to that end. A large majority of the people south of Port land are opposed to the Portage railroad bill and the exemption amendment. Now that the "War Department has made plain the fact, which I have pre viously recited, that the Federal Gov ernment cannot transfer title to the right of way for the Portage road, and cannot decide as to the rights in the premises between the Federal and State governments until after the next session of Congress, so far as concerns the right of way question and other matters In connection with the Portage road, the taxpayers are all the more anxious that the Portage railroad bill should be re pealed. There is no authoritative etate ment from any reliable engineer as to the exact cost of the construction -of the proposed Portage road, and the Gov ernor of Oregon can only obtain such information by making a complete sur vey, the expense of which would natur ally bo taxable against the 5163,000 ap propriated, and this expense would be considerable. Engineers who are fa miliar with that country and with rail road construction are unanimous in the opinion that It even the right of way were donated by the Government, or tomebody else, the cost of building the road would be very largely in excess of the amount appropriated. The cost of the terminal docks and warehouses alone would almost eat up this appropriation. Then there is the laying of rails, pur chase of equipment and operation of the road for "two years. It has been clearly shown that this Portage road bill was made the pivot. of a lot of political log rolling, which resulted In pie repeal of the coyote scalp bounty bill and the saddling upon the taxpayers of the corporation tax bill and exemption amendment to the present tax laws, which strikes the poor man under the belt. While, in Cottage Grove I met a State Senator from Multnomah County, :who Is a well-known business man here and whose name Is withheld for obvious reasons. He told me that he voted for the Portage bill simply to help beat the scalp bounty act for political reasons, and not because he believed in the Portage-bill, and he added that other mem bers had done the same thing, which thoroughly corroborates what ex-Speaker Reeder told me a few days ago at Med ford. There is now every Incentive to hold up these three bills, which were linked together by the politicians both before and during the recent scramble for Fed eral office, by the use of the referendum, which the workingmen .say cannot pos sibly harm anyone and will give all a chance at the polls in 1904 to pass upon these matters so vital at the present time and In the present stage of the develop ment of the state to the Interests of both the large and small taxpayers. They are backing their belief by signing the petitions. , W. C. COWGDLL, NO REMEDY FOR MORMONS Ambassador 'Tower Says Ge'rmaay Has Sight of Expulsion. WASHINGTON, May 2. A long mall re port has been received at the State De partment from Ambassador Tower at Ber lin, recounting the results of his investi gation into complaints that -certain Amer ican Mormon preachers had been expelled from Germany. These cases antedate those recently reported in press dis patches, but as far as can be seen they, are slmlar in principle. If the German authorities take the view that the Mor mon preachings are objectionable to Ger man law and order and morality,, this Government can do nothing to prevent the expulsion of the missionaries, for it reserves a similar right of expulsion to itself. Of course, it could not admit any such right on the part of the German government, if the missionaries were persecuted because they were Americans, but Mr. Tower's report negatives this. The failure of the Berlin Foreign Office to hear of any recent approaches by the United States in the interest of, the Mor mons is probably because Mr. Tower has not yet had time to prepare his case. PEAK OVERHANGS TOWN People "Warned to Keep A-rray From Threatening Mountain. VANCOUVER, B."c7, May 2. A commit tee of the Board of Trade examined Tur tle Mountain this morning, and decided to warn people to keep at a safe distance for at least a week so that the town will be absolutely deserted for a time at least. The reason for this conclusion is that an immense peak of Turtle Mountain is now overhanging the southern !part of tho town, Its fall might destroy tho remain ing buildings in the town, although expe rienced mining men believe that another slide would spread over the valley, de stroying the buildings of the coal com pany at the base of tho mountain, but not overwhelming the town proper. Mine Is Not Damaged. BAKERS FIELD, CaL, May a Walter EL Dowlen, consulting engineer of the Amer ican-Canadian Coke Mining Company operating at Frank, N. W. T., received a dispatch this evening from ex-Governor A. D. Spriggs, of Montana, one of the directors of the company, stating that he had been all through the mine- and finds it entirely uninjured. Stranse Story ot a Suicide. NEW YORK. May 2. The body of a man who shot himself last night In a cab at the Liberty-street ferry was identified today as that of E. A. Patseauer, a mas ter in a training school in Brooklyn. In which Hooper Young, the murderer of Mrs. Pulitzer, was formerly employed. The identification revealed an 'extraordi nary story which Patseauer told at the District Attorney's office, a few hours be fore he shot himself. He told an Assist ant District Attorney that he knew that Young was innocent of the murder, and that he was in a position to prove It. He also said that he himself was engaged to a young woman who had been murdered, and that her body would be discovered in a few days, wrhen, he said, he would give information that would lead to the arrest of the murderer. The young woman re ferred to was found today. She denied that she was engaged to Patseauer, and 6aid he had been drinking heavily and ap peared to be crazy. Xo Colonel Erlcson a Prisoner. LOS ANGELES, Cal.. May 2. Concern ing the widely published reports from Arizona points telling of the capture of one Colonel Erlcson by Yaqul Indians and the holding of the prisoner for a large ransom, the Associated Press to day received the following telegram from J. McCallum, president of the Arizona & Sonora Chamber of Mines, at Nogales, Ariz.: "Report that Colonel Erlcson has been captured by Yaquls absolutely false and without a shadow of foundation. There Is no Colonel Erlcsom- millionaire. In Sonora. "J. M'CALLUM." Xo Troops -Have Crossed the Yalu. SHANGHAI. Mav 2. With rofpronr-o in the reports of trouble between Russia nnA Japan regarding the ownership of prop erty aiong tne oanKs of the Yalu River, It is authoritatively stated that no Russian troops nave passed the Yalu River. Cholera Deaths in Philippines. WASHINGTON. May 2. Acting Adju-tint-General McCain has receive n re port from General Davis, commanding tho iepirtment or the Philippines, In which he says that of ten deaths since his last report, seven were caused by cholera. Consul Snngcr Must Explain. -.. v. .uu - j. no ouiie de partment will call upon United States o . - Ww....e.u, utiiiiaiiy, tor a report on the imposition rof a fine upon Vllm fnr rnn t t t-if . - . i In the cable dispatches. , AT THE HOTELS. THE PORTLAND. B R Armstrong and Dr B E inner and E "V Hammer, Chgo Jllorsan. Saa Fran a. .aimer, umc&go J H White. Salt Lake T. Sf Ktim V V u tu lrwin, Rochester Mrs D D Walker. N Y Martha Plttman. If T M Sprast. N x P Tvonlnn n.lmn V M Vlckery. N X u -m iriizgeraia. x j Li uioson. Boston IJ Loewenstcin. N Y i v f1151", SU.caJG 21 McKlnney, Chr X M Mat-ahull Tttil.itti P C Rnnnr C W C Smith. Saginaw S H Cadden, Mtaapls J smun. Cleveland S D Lanflecher. S P A P De Sanno, X x osier, -seauio G A Parker, Moate- S L ttlUw ind wite T HoncM1,,?, 1 A G Rockel, St Louis San Pranelr it? c mk WO Ebbs. NX S Sternberg; If X A Harris. NX U Israel. Saa Fran a v Relfcl. ClevelandID Singer. Pa J B Murphy, SeatUe .lira Lincerroan and E J F Rea, Salt Lake I dtr. SeatUe F M f tepheas, Chpo G H Bond. Cincinnati ,,MJcbclE!h K Y I1 N Heidelberg. Tfe S Glldden, Chicago i and two dtrs. IC X H B Cornwell. S F J E Levi. San Jcte S GUnner. Chicago W F Eel Is. PhlU. J C Walker. Mlnapls j Orchum. and wife. J TV rVlllIno R Vnl r.vi ' T Buford, St Louis fA Alderhlll, N X V. ""J", ocaiuci juies v;iarice. Toronto j. iwcim, ronuw ija fconoheim. Frankfort C E Hanley. Corinth I Mrs N A Goodwin. S F W H Heywood. wife 1 -wife. Tacoma ana cniia. Hoiyoko w P Story and wife. . J Bennett. Tacoma I Boreman. Mont G H Walkr. Seattle I Mrs N Story. Sr.-do n A rihtr 'Vn VV It. k ir,...i . - itiiiiivit ns J W Robinson. Boston! wife, San Fran ?rF c,ro.y' SHHl Carpenter, Voncrr Urs H Ye&ler. Wash 1 THE NORTHERN SECURITIES CO. WILL APPEAL TO Mr. Hill Your honors, the lovrer court says It is unlawful for me to have this combination coin-die and nanccier In my possession, but I assure you vre vrlll use It only for beneficent purposes. We nvill make sen nine dollars with it. RUSSIA EXPECTS WAR FORTTFYI2VG - XIU CHWAXG AND ARMING CHINESE. Japanese Propose to Send Army to Manchuria and Force Opening of More Ports to Trade. VICTORIA, B. a, May 2. Mail advices were received here today that Nlu Chwang is being strengthened by the Rus sians, who have explained to the Chinese authorities that this course was made In evitable, as Russia may soon come into conflict with a certain power. It Is also reported that Russia has formed nine reg iments of Chinese troops In Manchuria as auxiliaries to the Russian garrisons. The number will be Increased to 50,000 In three years. The Yomiuri Shimbun of Toklo had an interview with Professor Takashashl, one of Japan's eminent Jurists, In which the Manchurlan question is discussed. He suggests that, if Russia refuses to with draw her troops from Manchuria, Japan should also send an army to be stationed there. He says Manchuria would thus be maintained as neutral territory. The Asahl Shimbun on tho Manchurlan question suggests that Japan take ad vantage of the provision of her commer cial treaty in China to open new ports in Manchuria. Hung Kiang, at the head waters of the Liao, Ta Tung at the mouth of the Yalu, and a point higher up the Yalu are the places suggested. The Asahi says that what Hangkow is to Shanghai, Hung Kiang is to Nlu Chwang, and the MAP OF ROGUE RIVER FOREST RESERVE. A G& A J J -l if "f The above sketch will give, an Idea of the territory embraced In the proposed forest reserve in the Rogue River country, in Southwestern Ore gon. A strong recommendation by the Geographical Survey to the effect that this reserve be maintained has resulted in Land Commissioner Rich ards' order for the temporary withdrawal from entry of practically tho entiro mountain district of theRogue River region in Josephine, Curry and Coos Counties, extending from Bone Mountain, In Coos County, south ward to .the California line. The reserve will embrace L2I9.920 acres of land, mostly mountainous, and heavily covered with timber. A portion of the land has been proved up upon as homesteads, and a large portion was originally included In a railroad grant and Is now held by tho Southern Pacific The Interior Department is considering the advisability of purchasing the railroad lands outright. If they can be had at a reasonable price. It Is possible that an exchange with the company" of adjacent lands of equal value may be effected by, the Government. The destruction of the forests has had a marked effect on the flow of the many streams that penetrate the reserve, and this Is looked upon as likely to prove disastrous to tho surrounding country, should the on slaught on the forests be continued. The timber of the reserve is- prin cipally of yellow or Oregon fir and larch, as well as a very good quality of hemlock. Sawmills for some time established In the .withdrawn land will ot course be compelled to closo down. It being impossible to get tim ber except from the few homesteads proved up upon. .1 I Vvj "a JJ ' J ' vv'w-" , J 1 I? " 1)2 " 1 l' opening of the port would facilitate Japan's Manchurlan trade. News comes from Shanghai of an insur rection which has broken out at Huachlng Fu and Menghsien, in Honan Province, where the people are Indignant at the ex tortion of the officials on the pretense of having to raise funds for the indemnity ot the foreign powers. The Yamens at both places were attacked and destroyed, and the officials have fled. The rising is inter fering with the operations of the Pekln syndicate (British), which has minlngtind railway works in Honan.' CONGER'S REPORT CONFIRMED. But Hay Will Avralt Action Before Protesting Airaln. WASHINGTON, May 2. It is learned that Mr. Conger's original statement of the Russian demands has very recently received further support in the shape of several reports from different sourccs all official bu the State Department feels bound to accept without question that explanation of the Russian Government as made through its Ambassador here, and through Count Lamsdorff In St. Pe tersburg, and docs not feel called upon to make any further representations at present upon this subject. Be Ready for Emergencies. HONG KONG. May 2. In connection with the American and Japanese engi neers' incident and tho generally dis turbed conditions in the interior, the United States Monitor Monterey, stationed at Canton, and the American Consul at that port are urging that more ample moorings bo supplied In the river In or der to provide for emergencies. A brother of the late Bill" Nye has unaer taken to exonerate ex-ilayor Ames, of Minne apolis, which Is fully as humorous as any thing of "BIH'e." t THE SUPREME COURT TWO BOOKS ON PEACE SU3IXER'S ADDRESSES OX INTERNA TIONAL RELATIONS. The Polish Jevr, Jean le Block, Says War Has Ceased to Be Practi cal Settlement of Disputes. In his famous address on "The True Grandeur of Nations," delivered at Bos ton July 4. 1S45. Charles Sumner, arguing against war as a just arbitrament of na tional disputes, made among his prefatory remarks the following allusions to the Oregon question: By an act of unjust legislation, extending our power over Texas, peace with Mexico Is endan gered, while by petulant assertion of a dis--puted claim to a remote territory beyond the Rocky Mountains, ancient flres of strife are kindled anew on the hearth of our mother coun try. ... Far from our Nation and age be the sin and shame of contests hateful in the sight of God and all good men. ... Spring ing manifestly from an ignorant and Ignoble passion for new territory, strengthened. In our case, ... by unnatural desire to add new links In chains yet destined to fall from the limbs ot tho unhappy slaves. ... What Just man would sacrifice a single human life to bring under our rule both Texas and Oregon? While making a great and on the whole Just argument for a grand consummation, Sumner, In the actual solution, of at least one of the jgreat questions of tho day, showed his lack of appreciation. Had he fully understood the Oregon question, or had ho known what Oregon was, he would not have made precisely the al lusions he did. On the other hand he might, even then, have cited the history of Oregon, up to that point, as a remark able example of the efficiency of peaceful occupation and settlement as the true principle of extending national power and territorial area. For two years at that time the embryo settlements In the Wil lamette Valley had been living under a little government of their own, whose ob ject was to maintain the peace between Americans and English and Indians, and at the very time that Sumner was ad dressing Boston and making an epoch In the -peace movement, the Oregon settlers were devising how to gain tho co-operation of the chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company in their organization, and Jesse Applegate was Inducing the pas sage of a resolution that did actually bring about the desired result. McLough lin himself, though cut to the heart by the taunts of his own countrymen, un dertook from almost that moment to avert all cause of war In the valley of the Columbia between Americans and English, and steadfastly followed a course that, while sacrificing his relations with his company and gaining nothing for himself from the Americans, brought about a result that could not have been Improved in point of justice by a war that could scarcely have cost America and England each less than a billion dol lars. Sumner certainly could not then have known this, but couftl ho have fore Been it, he might have added the very Illustration that reeent history afforded to contrast the accuracy and Justice of tho determinations of peace with the harsh and -often blind fates of war. It he could have penetrated the future, also, he would have seen that the demand of the unlnstructed West for Oregon held In it the very elements that at length brought about tho paramount Influence of the free states, and caused the chains to fall from the limbs of tho unhappy slavea But this only proves that history was wiser than Sumner. It is not" intended, however, to discuss a remarkable feature of National history, but simply to call attention to two very valcablo books brought out during the past year, show ing the progress of the movement for some International tribunal that would settle international disputes without re course to war. One of these consists of three addresses of Charles Sumner, and the other is the sixth volume of the great work, written In Russian by the Polish Jew, an Immensely wealthy bank er, lately deceased, Jean de Bloch. The Interest of Sumner's addresses, aside from their masterful oratory, lies in their Ideality, and superb human! tarianlsm. The note Is given In one sentence of his, often quoted: I say that the kingdom of God can come In this world, that peace and Justice and frater nity can come among men. that democracy It self has a safe future, oaly as some elect peo ple, with sublime abandon, la a great epper toalty, does this thing Ukfac, ! this world oS Badeajable aad conflicting risks, the herolo risk; the risk, which alone has la It hope for the world and relish of salvation. This' was tho note" of his life, though these particular words were written more than 25 years after his Fourth ot July speech at Boston. We lack In him, how ever, the penetration of the historian; es pecially of the modern historian, who has long since ceased to Idok for the best or greatest results through social cata clysm, but has infinitely Increased faith in evolution. Tho work of Bloch. recently completed. shows the effect ot the last 25 years of industrial development All humanitarian arguments aro excluded. One 13 at first inclined to believe that the author Is sim ply a new Shylock. converted in no re spect except that he has shrewdly learned that the pound of flesh Is of no value or of the most value to the money-lender on the breast that drives the arm of labor. But careful persual shows that the hu manitarian argument Is exercised simply because It Is taken for granted : the au thor simply presupposes that people no longer desiro to be killed, or to kill each other; the age Is industrial, not military. He therefore does not stop for an instant to . repeat what tho age has already learned, or to call up arguments of hu manity that no one disputes. The book uiercforo proceeds with the undefiected flow of a river that does' not even wrinkle over the Inequalities of Its bed, and never DreaKs its foam. The book is all one long and perfectly sustained argument, with the Intention of overbearing every objection to the thesis; that is, that war has ceased to be a prac tical method of settling international dis putes. It would be impossible here to en ter into even a resume of the contents of this sixth volume, which Is Itself but a re sume of the other five. The constant ar gument is simply that war has now reached a point of destructiveness such that It cannot be sustained. The proofs of this thesis are found In the five vol umes that precede the translated sixth, and in the sixth the scope of the discussion is condensed under the following chap ters: Part first: How wars will be waged on land; plans of campaigns; the future of naval warfare; does Russia need a na vy? what wars have cost In the 19th cen tury; what they will cost In the future; the care of the wounded. And In part second he considers the economic difficul ties In time of war, In Russia, Inr Britain, in Germany, n France, together with the 'effects of war on the vital needs of peo ples, and probable losses In future wars, and closes with a rapid review entitled ."War and Its Nemesis." The discussions are all economic and military, and are Illustrated with almost an Infinity of figures, and many maps and diagrams. While a specialist In eco nomics, tho author does not claim to be a military specialist, but does claim that he can understand military discussions, and. it Is said that in his debates with Army and Navy officers he has seldom been worst'ed. Some of his conclusions are startling: for Instance, that In future wars" most of the officers will not survive, that the mortality will reach practically one-half of the casualties on the field, and that the dlfllculties of taking care of the wounded will be such that the most of these will die before relief is possible. Another conclusion upon which he dwells at great length and often repeats la even more grave; that Is, that future wars will array entire peoples against each other; there will be practically no noncombat ants. A people acting on the defensive can hold out owing to the advantages given them by modern anna as long as supplies last. This will compel the of fensive to desolate and ruin all places of refuge and supply. Towns will be de stroyed, fields wasted, stores captured or destroyed; habitations and all shelters, even fences and Orchards and walls, laid low; and In the general ruin the old, the women and children will suffer equally with the soldiers; while all the able-bod-led men will be compelled to be soldiers. This is a state of things which he be lieves no civilized people will now per mit; the governments that bring about, or are allowed to be drawn Into such a wholesale ruin as war now will require, owing to improved methods of defense and destruction, will not be sustained by their people. They will be deemed public ene- That this prediction of the changed character of wars, from the time when it might be chronic and yet the people live In comparative comfort and safety, the soldiers being but a small part of the adult men, to tho present, or future, when all the men must be soldiers, and all the populatlonexposed to the horrors of battle and siege, seems to be well sustained by the most recent conflicts. The following, reported in a late Salvation Army paper from a Boer prisoner in Ceylon, might have been Inserted In this book as an illustration. The prisoner, being asked If he were happy gave the following short history of his recent life: "Before the war I had a beautiful home, a loving wife and twelve good children. Seven of my sons and myself were commanders, and six of them were Killed and one sent to St. Helena and myself here (Ceylon). My wife and five children were sent to a ref uge camp. I received a letter that three of my children had died of measles and the week following another one died. The last letter says that my wife has died also, and God alone knoweth tho where abouts of my last little one In South Africa." Here was the almost complete annihilation ot an entire family, non-combatants suffering imprisonment and death the same as combatants, and every able- bodied man being made a soldier. The fate of this family was simply that of many others. The war In South Africa proves that a people on the defensive will resist, and can resist until practically the entire population ia killed or Imprisoned and their property entirely destroyed, and that the most civilized people of the wrld, such as the English, will devastate territory and Imprison both men and women until such a large proportion suc cumbs that the remnant of men left In the .field tear the complete extermination of their race. The war of Weyler in Cuba, with bis reconcenti-ado camps, and the war of the Americans In the Philippines, with their burning of villages' and reconcentrado camps. Illustrate the same. Boer, Cuban. Filipino, and even the Chinese boxer, will resist until his home is desolated and his family captured, and American as well as Spaniard, or any other civilized Deople, will accept the logic of military necessity and destroy the home and capture the family or loot and burn the villages and cities upon which the defenders rely for supplies. These wars show an Increase In suffering and severity such as Jean de Bloch clearly foresaw. These are not to THREE BIG EVENTS IN BOOKS DARREL of the Blessed Isles. Irving Bachelor's new book. MARJORIE, a new romantic novel by Justin Huntley McCarthy, author of "If I Were a King." ' THE WARD OF KING CANUTE by Othlie A. Liljencrantz. COg. THIRD be attributed to a mere cnael dUspoaltioa. but rather to the improvement In the weapons of defense and the consequent requirement that power of iesfstaneff txi taken away. Soldiers are probably no mora cruel than ever, but war has become almost Imlnltely more crueL The social reaction la then rioted. Against the severities required by modern wariare me masses of the people will pro tost. The process has been Illustrated in Spain, in the United States, and in England. The soldiers themselves were first condemned as brutes, but on second thought given a somewhat cold forgive ness as but performing what was deemed a military duty. The rulers or administra tors bringing about the wars, were at first denounced as returning to the condi tion of monsters, like Alva or Nero, and except for the exigency of the moment they would not have been sustained, and there Is no question that promoters ot war are generally regarded with coldness and aversion; or excused with a sardonic grimace. The logic of the situation de mands that not the soldier, or even the statesman or politician, who but uses war as the recognized means to an end, but war itself will be condemned. ThlsJU clearly stated by Bloch. He notes the growth of Socialism as the protest against war, and that this must bo heeded. Gov ernments can no longer compete for mili tary superiority; It they do their subjects will become Socialists, who demand aboli tion of war. He notes also the rise of Anarchy, and attributes this to the same cause. There I3 not only the propaganda of Socialism, that all men and govern ments are to be comrades, but the prop aganda of Anarchy, that rulers are the chief criminals. He notes also that war preparations and military service, ex hausting the resources of nations on arms, fortifications and fleets, that may In a short time be turned into rubbish by a superior arm or fort or ship elsewhere," and the conscription of able-bodied met are little less burdensome than war. He considers that civilization will little longer bear the burden. To quote exactly his last sentence: "Such are the consequences of the so-calley armed peace of Europe slow destruction in consequence of the expenditure on preparation fir war, or swift destruction In the event of war In both events convulsions In the social order." The above is certainly no review of this great work. It cannot be reviewed; for proper and popular understanding It rather needs the treatment given a text bookto be explained. Illustrated and re stated for current applications. It Is the great modern text-book on Peace. In these days, when the matter of increasing our own Army and Naw. and followrlne- a policy that will compel us to support a large military establishment, is up, every uiic aaouia nave Dotn the addresses of Sumner and the monumental work of Bloch. Those favoring a military estab- uaHment cannot do so Intelligently, or without blame, unless they know and pn answer his reasoning; while those oppos ing a military system in our republic need his overwhelming array of facts. There Is need, however, of still another work on the subject; that Is, to treat the prac- uci questions rrom too American, or New World, standpoint, with the same thoroughness as Bloch has done from th European. One cannot help the remark on closing this book, however, that the cause of peace seems now further advanced than heretofore. No great confidence seems a3 yet to be placed In The Hague tribunal. Those who at first hailed It as a great step in humanity became cold upon soon finding that It was at once converted into a coalition of the great powers, so that they might the more easily maul the smaller ones; and that It was not for humanity, but for the exaltation of race; Its benefits were denied to those not "hav ing had the good fortune or opportunity to be signatories. Nevertheless it Is a sign. The great powers, though in a suppressed fever, or in a cold sweat, and If the day of peace is breaking, greeting it with, the sullen face of a dismal mornlnsr. still am willing to retreat behind ThetHague In face of the threat of war. The great war between great powers has lowered jiow for more than 30 years, and still Li voat poned. This may be a mean and wicked peace, and prolonged only trom fear of results: but It tends constantly to mako militarism hateful. If not ridiculous-. The little wars that have occurred within a few years have been chiefly butcheries, and have solved no military problems. Nations, or their rulers, that are afraid to fight each other, and then pick a quar rel and fall upon a little people, one hundredth their power, and annihilate It, gain no glory. They may gain territory, but probably lose power. Much happened within a few -years af ter Sumner's speech for peace to discredit his conclusions. The Mexican War was justified by its complete success. It was deemed that the Civil War In the United States solved a great question of human ity, as well as of government. The ag gressors were beaten. Sympathy was gen erally with Juarez In Mexico in expell ing a European usurper. Those favoring free Institutions generally sympathized with France and England in checking the despot Nicholas of Russia; while those favoring free and united Italy re joiced in the downfall of Austria before Louis Napoleon. Sympathy was also with Prussia, as a progressive, Intelligent Protestant state, in Its victory over de cadent Catholic Austria at Sadowa. In the war between France and Germany, the former was the aggressor, and was thought to represent the Imperial Idea, and It was generally believed a step for ward in civilization when the French usurper was made captive at Sedan. Even in the Russo-Turklsh War, almost all tha civilized world was rejoiced at the de feat of the Porte, and the liberation of the Danubian provinces. There was much, therefore, to lead even good men to believe that good results might yet be obtained by war. It was declared and believed, too, that war Itself was be coming humane to a degree. But the events since the defeat of Greece by Turkey have all unless the Spanish-American been of a contrary character. Wars since that time have mostly been disproportionate, and pur sued for ends of conquest and to increase despotic authority in the world. The awards of battle have shown no corres pondence) to right. Certainly we are as yet less able to see what wilt be the' end of these petty and unequal events, where approximately unarmed or vastly Inferior people have gone down before modern steel. But there will be an increasing number who believe that their best result will be to discredit war Itself. H. S. LYMAN. Spring Clearance Sale Of Fine. Correspondence Papers Odds and ends in highest grade EN VELOPES at 5cPkg. AND ALDER