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THE DISEASE AND THE CURE.
In yesterday's Astortan . appeared &
brief local news item which revealed a
case of Incredible parental depravity.
Briefly, the facta were as follows: An
Astortan, sitting In a vaudeville show
at Portland, chanced to glance up at
one of the boxes, where sat a man, his
wife and their two children, the young
est aged about 2 years. To this tiny
tot the father was administering beer,
and the child soon felt the effects of
the liquor, to the apparent unalloyed
Joy of the father.
The story Is not a new one, by any
means, but It Is nevertheless one that
should bring to the attention of the of
ficials of the city of Portland the feel
ing that they are decidely negligent in
their duty. Society has long since de
creed that such parents as those who
sat In the box at the raudevile show
are not fit to care for children, and has
made ample- provision for punishment
in su;h cases If to deprive a brute of
this fellow's Ilk of his children may
properly be tailed punishment. The
spectacle of a 2-year-old babe, yet un
able to articulate, under the Influence
sf liquor Is indeed a sad one, and the
brutish parents should be made to feel
the full extent of our rather lame law
governing such cases.
Portland Is, after l a. m., a "closed
town." Portland society has willed
that persons shall not frequent saloons
after the hour named. The law la
calculated to regulate the habits of
adults, and, while it Is said saloons
"close At 1 and open at 1:15," the ex
istence of the regulation Indicates that
the municipality, complying with popu
lar demand, has sought to raise the
moral standard by means of 1 o'clock
losing. The police religiously make
the rounds at the appointed hour and
see to It that the saloons are closed.
But how many policemen are to be
found watching for just such cases as
piat reported by the Astorian who vis
ited the vaudeville playhouse? Port
land can spend her hard earned money
to obliterate mole hills, but she has not
a dollar for the removal of her moun
tains. Portland is not alone at fault
In this respect; all the other cities df
the country are qquite as palpably
lacking. The offense of the father Is
a" matter of small concern, compara
tively stating the case. The essence
of the situation lies in the failure of the
police to detect? the offender.
J. um.aoc lino jvii JkiiSlCU 111 lilt!
land. It Is time the cure should be
applied and that cure is vigilance.
them, thwt was probably not one who
tok account of the contingency of a
naval defeat of Russia by Japan. .
If the Franco-Russian alliance Is to
continue It will need to be strengthened
in some way at sea. Here Is one posel
ble recourse In that direction which no
InuM Is having earnest consideration
at rarls and St. Petersburg. If Ifa'y
could be won over from the triple alli
ance the Impaired position of France
and Russia would be restored. Italy's
present associations are unnatural.
She would like to get Trent, Trieste
and Diitmatla away from her ally. Aus
tria, and her Interests clash with those
of Austria in Albania, France and
Russia could offer to satisfy her there
and also In Tripoli. As an Inducement
to break her present relations with
ICngland they could promise her the re
version of Malta.
Italy holds the key of the European
situation. She Is In a position to make
the rival powers of the continent bid
high for her friendship.
SEND CASSINI HOME.
Count Casslnl, the Russian ambas
sudor at Washington, has himself
chiefly to blame for no inconsiderable
part of the popular sentiment In this
country against his government a
sentiment which was at first pro-Jap
an rather than antt-Russlan,says the
Post Intelligencer.
His attitude toward the American
people and the American press has been
one of contemptuous and domineering
superiority, which has been shown not
only in his communiques with the state
department, and in his self-sought In
terviews with press agencies, but it has
also been made manifest generally and
more strongly In his private convers-i-tion.
In fact, not since Sir Lionel Sackville
West, as British minister, showed that
he was incapable of understanding a
republic, and so was recalled, has there
been any representative of any foreign
power so distinctly persona non grata
to the American people however wel
come he may possibly be officially as
this small representative of a great
empire. ,
Whoever runs may read In Wednes
day's and Thursday's papers the differ
ence between Count CassinL's tactless
ness and Russian official tact, his lec
turing, blustering style and the grace
ful, easy concilltory manner of the
Russian foreign office. This alone
shows his incompetence.
The truth Is that no one In this
country is carrying a chip on his
shoulder for Russia to knock off. as
Count Casslnl seems to think. No one
wishes Russia to be ruined; but in this
war the symDathies of the American
people are with Japan for reasons
which are good and satisfactory, which
are founded on facts vnd common sense
such as Count Casslni can never appre
ciate, and which he seeks to overcome
by telling us we ought to be grateful to
his country.
There Is no foreign ambassador at
our national capital today who under
stands this country so little as Count
asslnl, and his government would play
a master stroke If It would recall him
and send Instead even a Burlat Lama.
In spit of the statement that It will
not cure cancer, Radium la (tlvlng
whalebone a close brush for first place.
A NEW DEAL IN EUROPE.
A French statesman remarked at the
beginning of this war that it might
lead to new and startling groupings of
the powers, says the Saturday Eve
ning Post. It may, indeed. For in
stance, consider the effect of a complete
Russian defeat at sea upon the Fran-oo-Russlan
alliance.
When that league was formed one of
Us chief objects in the minds of both
partus to it was the creation of a naval
power superior to the triple alliance
on the one hand, and able to make head
against England on the other. This
object seemed to be attained. The
fleet ef France and Russia were much
stro.itjer than those of Germany, Aus
tria and Italy, and they appeared on
paper a fair match for the navy of
England.
But the practical elimination of Rus
sia as a naval power would completely
,1 cumivi ill wig Diuauvut A tic VJCi llia.ll
navy alone will soon be equal to that of
France, so that the French fleet plus
the debris of the Russian squadrons
would be no match for the forces of the
triple alliance. Still less would it be
able to challenge British supremacy at
sea. Thus the Franco-Russian al
liance would lose a great part of Its
reason for existence. There could
hardly be a better illustration of the
futility of prophecy. Among all the
statesmen who built up the two rival
European leagues, and who anxiously
canvassed all the possibilities ' that
might affect the position of either of
Some startling statistics In regard to
immigration have been presented to the
department of congress and labor by
the lunacy commission of this state,
and they call for some action by the
federal authorities, says the Brooklyn
Standard Union. By these statistics It
appears fully 60 per cent of all those
who are in asylums or homes for the
feeble-minded In New Tory state are
of foreign birth. There are now 800
such immigrant patients In New York
asylums,and, in view of the inadequacy
of the .United States officials, the state
has asked the general government to
relieve It of one-half this number.
With over 3,000 Immigrants landing
dally In New York from foreign coun
tries a more thorough system could be
extended to the place of embarkation
of these Immigrants. That It has been
a practice In the past for foreign com
munities to ship their feeble-minded or
pauper surplus to this conutry is notor
ious, and the practice has only been
stopped In part. It must be stopped
altogether by more stringent laws and
stricter enforcement thereof.
The war map Just issued by the New
York Tribune Is like everything else
that comes from the Tribune office the
best. It takes In all of the country
occupied or in dispute, with the most
modern spelling of names, and will
prove of exceptional value during the
progress of the hostilities in the far
east.
The republican party will be 50 years
old this summer, and an interesting
history of the organization has come to
us in the form of a booklet compiled
by Charles Emory Smith, editor of the
Philadelphia Press. The work is an
accurate .one and will be of rare his
torical value.
The price of radium has increased
from $8,400,000 a pound to $12,600,000,
The steady advance In the price of
coal no loss than 440 per cent which
has taken place since 1898 haa stimu
late experiments looking to the In
vention of artificial fuels. Results ob
tained In foreign countries from the
use of lignite nl pct In brlquetted
form sholild encourage producers In
the United States to try similar meth
ods of manufacture. Small slses of
anthracite coal formerly wasted are
Indeed recovered now by washer!
from the old culm banks and utilised,
A large amount of con! lost. In the
form of dust or finely pulverised ma
terial might also be put Into conveni
ent' shape for domestic consumpt'nn
and slack now waated at nmny'of the
bituminous mines In the United States
ml;ht be used to advantage If com
pressed Into briquettes. , There,, are
many Indications that the time Is not
far distant when these neglected fuel
resources will be all utilised.'
Everybody who has spent any time on
the continent of Europe has noticed
the economy practiced by Europeans In
the consumption of coal and marveled
that the results should be so satisfac
tory. To be sure, the lofty, tomlMn
like porcelain stove of the Oerman
has a chilly look at first, and the cooler
atmosphere of German houses may give
one a homesick longtng for the furnace
heated rooms of America, but gradual
ly the open-minded stranger comes to
look with approval on the European
arrangements for keeping warm, and
to wonder why his own people have not
perceived the beauty, cleanliness, the
economy, and satlnfactory results that
some patent fuels have to recommend
them. That many a Yankee has turn
ed the matter over In his busy brain
Is attested by a chapter on artificial
fuels In Edward W. Parker's report on
The Production of Coal In 1902." which
Is about to be published by the United
Stat?s geological survey as an extract,
from the annual volume of mineral resources.
Prior to 1902. about 400 patents had
been Issued In the United States on
artificial fuels, but up to the close of
1901 none had proved a commercial
access. Mr. Parker gives a list of
United States patents granted since
January 1, 1902. It remains (o be seen
whether any of them will be successful
ly developed. The list Incldea 27 pat
ents, but contains no mention of fuels
made from petroleum or petroleum
residue unless used In connection with
coal, lignite, or peat Neither does It
Include any compounds that have for
their object, the Increase of fuel effi
ciency unless they are used In the man
ufacture of the fuel Itself. Three
patents were used on hrlquettlng machinery.
Inopportune Optimism.
(Eugene Guard.)
Louis Mott, sentenced to hang at
Missoula, Mont., March 18, for wife
murder, has written Congressman Joe
Dixon, of that state, concluding with:
"I will be In Washington on March 20,
and I hope to meet you at 10 a. m."
It wit" be noticed that he gives him
self two days In which to make the
trip. That he will be hanged Is rea
sonably certain. That he or any part
of him may be found In any other
place than the grave after the law
has exacted Its penalty may be ques
tioned. There is no proof nothing but
hope.
Our Nsvy as a Peace Promoter.
(Albany Herald.)
In the event of war and rumors of
war nations i.ot directly contending
become t once fearful of possible
trade Influences of an unfavorable
character. A nation will not tamely
anhmtt to Interference with its com
merce. This accounts for the navies
of the world as much as the tendency
toward conquest. This is a good rea
son for the maintenance of a good
navy by our own government, not to
prvoke war, rather to promote peace,
and at the same time to look afjer any
doors that ought to open to American
trade and are r.lised.
Chicago's Good Example.
(Tacoma. Ledger.)
Violators of Chicago's anti-spitting
ordinance are being arrested by seores.
They are generally reprimanded and
compelled to pay costs. Chlcagoans will
be more careful about expectorating if
the present crusade Is long continued.
Chlcagoans are not the only people
who shold be taught to spit according
to rule or not to spit at all.
An Evident, of Good Faith.
The fact that corruption has been un
earthed in the postal department is all
the more credit to the present ad
ministration. The people are willing
to trust a man like President Roose
velt for his cleanliness.
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