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PAGE TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, WEDNESDAY MARCH 9, 1904, Morning' Astorian Established 1873. DAILY EXCEPT MONDAY. . . OJ NIONfLlDE L RATES. i ijr mail, per year ., By mail, per month I By carriers, per ruonth . ?G 00 50 CO TUB SEMI-WEEKLT ASTOltlAN. By ;ail, i cr year, in advance $1 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. THE RULES OP WAR. . The Russian rules of war, which have at last been promulgated, present in at least one respect, a mark ed contrast to the Japanese, and suggest possibility of controversy concerning them, says the New York Tribune, In part, they are undoubtedly just and worthy of .general approval. Thus they reaffirm the principle that a free flag makes free goods, and that neutral goods are free even when under the enemy's flag always excepting in both cases,- of eourse, goods that are contraband of war. Those principles the world owes to Frederick the Great of Prussia, who put them forth at the time of the Seven Years' "War. They were then taken up by Franklin and by him impressed upon the French government which in turn got Russia to accept and proclaim them during our revolution. After a Century and a quarter of adherence to them, there was no fear that Russia would renounce them now. Nor, after half a century of practical universal acceptance of them, is there danger . of repudiation by any nation that wishes to remain in the company of civilized states. The principle that blockade to be respected must be effective is also reaffirmed, as was to be expected. ' The crux of the matter lies in the designation of exceptions to the rules concerning merchandise that is, in declaring what goods are contraband of war. Concerning some goods there can be no ques tion. Arms, ammunition, military eauiDments. war ships and their equipments are univenally recognized as coming under the. ban. But it will be observed that, Russia puis coal, oil and all kinds of fuel on the contraband list absolutely. It is doubtful if such classification will meet the approval of all other powers. No doubt fuel intended for a warship is as much contraband as is the ammunition for its guns. But is coal or oil that is not for military use but for the peaceful uses of non-combatants, con traband! Curely it should not be so classed. It may be hard in some cases to determine for what use it is intended. But those Russian rules give no hint that any attempt will be made at such discrimination or even that such goods would be exempt from seiz ure if their non-belligerent destination were proven. The same is true of telegraph and telephone in struments and material. Whether it is . true of all food supplies is not quite clear, the clause dealing with them being obscurely worded. It is to be wished that the intent had been more unmistakably express ed. What we have said in regard to fuel applies also to food. Its character as contraband or non contraband depends upon its destination and intend ed use. The chief difference between the Russian and Jap anese pronouncements upon this subject is that the Japanese divide goods into two classes, those that are essentially and invariably contraband and those that may be or may riot be contraband, according to 'cir cumstances, while the. Russian makes no such dis tinction, but classes fuel, oil, spirits and perhaps food in the same catagory with arms and ammunition and warships. We should be sorry to believe the Russian government intended to enforce the rules as harshly and unvaringly as they are expressed. There is room for hope that it will not, seeing that the czar has ordered the release of various cargoes of coal bound for Japan which were seized by his warships in the Red sea. There is an ominous touch, however, - in the declaration that Russia reserves the right to modify or make exceptions to the rules as she pleases to suit special cases, so that she might abrogate the rule that neutral goods are exempt from capture in the case of some country that had incurred her suspicion or displeasure. Of course, we have no no tion that she dreams of any such extreme step ; but her proclamation opens a possible way for it. We do not look for any trouble, or for even the least controversy, with her over the matter of neutral or contrabond goods; but the possibility of any differ ence on the subject between her and any country would have been made much less had her "rules of war" been more explicit in some respects and more discriminating in others. seem infinitely silly in the perspeetive.of recollection. France was worked up to a pitch of interna excite ment over the Dreyfus ease a few years ago. Over there the presumption is that if a man is accused of crime he is certainly gtlilty, and unless he can es tablish his innocence by a preponderance of evidence there is no cnanee for him. It had been discovered that some traitor connected with the French army was selling military secrets to the Herman and Ital ian governments In France it does not pay for a stranger to be inquisitive about fortifications, means of defense, military maneuvers or. matter of that kind. Questions ou such subjects bring the inquirer under suspicion and he is apt to be reported to the police authorities and watched. .To understand the popular feeling that was aroused against Prey f us in France it is necessary to bear in mind a uumber of differences between their system and ours. French men are trained to regard 'military secrets as inviol able and that a stranger or foreigner is warned not to ask about, a Frenchman would bo despised for re vealing, especially for money, to a foreigu power. The crime with which .Dreyfus was charged was hideous, there was a legal presumption of guilt, and, to make- matters' worse, the young officer was a Jew. Probably the infamous scoundrels vho charged Captain Dreyfus with treason selected him as their victim, because they knew popular feeling would be more easily aroused against a member of a race that has never been popular in France. The anti-Semitic aggitatiou has been one of the most disgraceful and indefensible movements that has arisen in France. It was easy to work up feeling and preju dice against Dreyfus, but it seems incredable that he should have been convicted without the slightest show of proving his innocence. t One of the peculiar and discreditable features of his first court-martial was that Dreyfus was not allowed to hear the evi dence offered against him, and the court took the declaration of Colonel Henry that Dreyfus was cer tainly guilty as evidence of the fact. Dreyfus was publically degraded and sent to Devil's island, and France gloated over his downfall. He was absolutely innocent of the charge against hirau There were some brave men who were convinced of Dreyfus' innocence and sought to secure justice for him. They were persecuted without mercy. The sac rifices of Zola and Colonel Picquard and Maitre La bori and others in Dreyfus' behalf will go down in history as truly heroic. But it has taken years for the first impression that Dreyfus must be guilty to wear off. The court of cassation annulled the first conviction, ordered Dreyfus brought back to France, and retired, and again he was convicted, though there was no evidence that would justify a convic tion at common law. Now the court of cassation has granted an application in Dreyfus' behalf ( for a rc jview of that second conviction and the final decision of that tribunal may be awaited with confidence. The best news from France in connection with the Drey fus case is the change in public feeling regarding him. Time has softened prejudices and restored sight to the blind. There were few Frenchmen who could be lieve that Dreyfus by any possibility could be inno cent long after the rest of the world was convinced of it. It is fortunate that Dreyfus lives to see justice in sight. JUSTICE FOR CAPTAIN DREYFUS. Time works wonders, says the Ledger. One of the best things time does is to cool the passions of men Things are said and done in the heat of passion that THE LATEST WAR. The latest war in evidence is that over the kind of music that is to lie rendcrpd at the, St. Louis expo sition. The committee having the music in charge seems to be quarreling over the subject. One class of people wants the official music program to be clas sic in character, declaring that music of the highest order would best befit the dignity of the great expo sition. Another class wants a plenteous sprinkling of "rag time" music, on the ground that music of this character would best please "the common'' people," whose ears are not attuned to such high grade classic music. As the so-called "common peo ple" will in all probability far outnumber those who are educated up to a comprehension of a higher grade of music it would seem that the "rag time" advo cates should have their way. The advocates of high grade classic music, how ever, are reported to be strenuous in their insistence that only that class of music shall be rendered and the advocates of "rag time" are reported to be in a ninority, although they have not yet given up tneir labors to secure music that shall please- the masses. Here is a chance for arbitration and compromise. A mixture of classic and rag time music would grat ify all classes of visitors to the exposition. The man agers of the exposition can afford to abandon at least the proposed "high" character of their music scheme in the interests of the people. If, however, the mana gers shall hold to their determination to have none but classic music played there will undoubtedly be not only plenty of "rag time" music rendered on the midway, but music of every kind to suit the fancy of the unrefined. The Mississippi legislature will listen to Hearst but it turned down Cleveland and Gorman. Panama appreciates the value of having a rich uncle. fiTTF ' 3 f.- "W-y i -mil Tnnmit" (iiir.rtnr"'""""nM'-' Decorating The quiet, urtistio beauty of any home, is easily marred by lack of tasto in wall deeorntions. We wish to state that tbo .New Your will find us in u iK'ttvr position to do decorat ing than ever before. New j'lUterns nro beginning to arrive, ami all wo usk istlmt you favor us with an op portunity to show ymi the lino. B. F. ALLEN SON. ?65-7 Commercial Street. ' , V BLACKSMITH I NG. 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