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PAGE TWO. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 25,1904 Morning Astorian ' Established IS73 h ' .. , - RATES. "V- if mail, per, yeac ;7.; ... . 4 0 $6 00 By mail, per month , . ..';...."...... 50. By carriers, per mouth : CO THE 5 SEMI-WEEKLY ASTOHIAN. , By mail, per year, in advance . . ; ; $1 00 ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. ATTITUDES TOWARD RUSSIA. There is a certain significance in the present war which from the point of view of philosophical his tory deserves for more attention than it has yet received- It was just half a century since' Russia had engaged in war with a firt-class power. In that time she had made enormous territorial gains, some of which were offensive to other nations. But no ser ious attempt, unless on one occasion, had been made . to check her advance. There had grown up a tra dition that she could not be cheeked. It was not based upon her proved prowess in war, for, as a inat-j ter of fact, she had never, unassisted, won a war with a great civilized power. Iler victories have been gained through diplomacy. At times her di plomacy has excited the resentment of other govern ments, which found themselves outwitted or other wise beaten in the game. She has been even charged with bad' faith and lack of truthfullness. But no nation until now has ventured to do more than to protest or to rail, against her. There has been an unwritten rule that Russia must not be opposed with force. This atitude toward Russia has arisen chiefly from the habit of taking that country at its town estimate of itself. When Russia declared she was seeking only her rights, other nations acquiesced without ven turing to challenge or even to scrutinize her alleged rights. When Russia vaunted herself upon her over whelming power, the others conceded that she was indeed too strong for them to overcome. This cur iously obsequious attitude has been displayed by no power more markedly than by Great Britain, the very power tha has theoretically been Russia's chief opponent Note, for example, the case of the Af ghan boundary. In 1872 Russia agreed with Great Britain exactly upon that boundary, and it was marked upon both Russian and British maps pre cisely the same, as definitely as any boundary line on any map in the world. For a dozen years there was no dispute over it. Then Russia suddenly chal lenged the correctness of the very line she herself had accepted Had the British government insisted that the matter had been setled, Russia would doubt less have acquiesced But it did not do so. On the contrary it promptly conceded that, since Russia dis puted the boundary, the boundary must be in dis pute. The case was reoppened, a commission was ap pointed, and Russia succeeded in changing the bound ary so as to secure for herself a large and valuable slice of territory. Now, these things are not to be recalled by way censuring Russia. Her policy may at times be devious. But what are we to say of her policy in ether lands of Prussia's in Schleswig-IIoLstein, of f France's in Madagascar and Siam! British ad ministration of Egypt has been and is a blessing; but many would prefer that Mr. Gladstone had hot made that promise of withdrawal which he did not keep and which his successors have not fulfilled and will not fulfill. United States possession of Texas and California has been and is a good thing, but the chapter of our diplomatic history which tells how I it was effected is not to be read with pride. It is t well to go slowly, therefore, in condemning Russia . for the qualities which have made her policy so not : ably and almost invariblyt successful. Moreover,, we must remember the temptation of her opportunity, f If other nations are so, ready to acquiesce in. what . ever Russia says or does, it is only human nature that she should generally say and do whatever most pleases her and most serves her. own interest. The roll of the -world's nations bears no4 such" name' as Altruria.. , . . , But what is significant is that now, for the first time in half a century, a nation disregards the Rus sian tradition, as we may call it, and ventures to op pose Russia's policy with force of arms." It is a new experience for Russia, and is something of a sur prise to the world, that Japan should venture to dis pute the validity of Russia's claims and should even call into question the assumed omnipotence of the great northern power. This is the fact which the philosophic historian of these times will not fail to consider. Whether Japan is justifiable or is prudent, or is likely to be successful, in the course she is pur suingthese are questions with which we are not at this moment concerned, The present observation of race interest is that while for half a century Russia has been doing substantially as she pleased, with no one to hinder and with a prospect of continuing so to do for an indefinite time to come, there now mid denly steps forward the newest of the great powers to challenge her and to resist her and to compel her to-vindicate her diplomacy, if she can, by conquering in war. There have been few more interesting spec tacles in our time. It is an incident . which must strongly affect the attitude of other natos toward Russia, and of Russia toward other nations; and, we may hope, with ultimate" profit to them all. BOSTON'S NEW ELEVATED CAK Boston is about to adopt a system of cars on its elevated road that promises to go a great way to wardputting an end to jams on elevated stations in rush hours and that will make it next to impossible for such accidents to occur as the one that took place on the Sixth avenue elevated in this city a few weeks ago, by which a young woman lost her life, says the . w New York Commercial. On these cars the end platforms are to be abolished altogether, and instead of a door at each end, there are to be three doors on each side of the car, one in the center to be used solely by passengers intending to get off and one next to either end of the cars, to be used solely by persons intending to get aboard. By this arrangement passengers will be able to get off without being compelled to fight their way through a crowd in the aisles and on the car and station platforms, and persons intending to get aboard will be able to do so without having to wait for passengers to alight. Neither stream of persons will come in conflict with the other, and by no means the smallest advantage of the scheme--women will not be compelled to push through a crowd of men on the car platforms, one of the most annoying nuisances connected with the elevated system of New York city, especially when the no-smoking rule is being tiolated by them. The arrangement is perfectly practicable and it is safe to say that it will not be long before public sentiment will compel elevated lines everywhere to follow Boston's example. the soap which ( bogan its sale in the 18th century,, sold all through the 19th and is selling in the 20th." Bella ill ef th world. Accused of Libel, Tien Tsln; Mtrc,h 24. VWwoy Yuan prohibited the Chinese from punhim in the Chines newspuper t'hlhpuo on the ground that It had publlHhed an untrue article referring, to the bud conduct of the Imperial troops on the border which tended, he claimed, to eclte the people. Jockey Retires From Turf. New York, March 24. Jimmy Mitch- nel wilt be Meen no more In the United Stntea a a, nicer, says the World. Aftr attempting In vain at Juckmm vllle, Kla:, to train off the effect of a full In Berlin when hi head waa budly Injured, he la mated to have willed for his home in Wales with his brother. Welcome at gunihln after a long atorm ii a feeling of relief when an obatlnale, pttlleea cold baa been driven away by Allen's Lung Ilalsam. Only people who have been cured of throat-ache and soiu lung by this remedy can quite reullse what the feeling Is. There is no opium tn the Balsam; Its good effect t radical and lustlrg. Take a bottle hmna today. IPI The Ledger heartily seconds the proposal that the Washington delegation in congress should earnestly co-operate with the Oregon members of the senate and the house in protesting against the cutting down to $475,000 of the appropriation for the Lewis and Clark exposition, says the Tacoma Ledger. The amount originally requested, something in the neigh borhood of $2,000,000, was doubtless high, and the senate, cut the amount considerably, but not enough to occasion any disappointment at Portland. But the proposed reduction from $1,700,000 to $475,000 will compel the abandonment of many plans which, if carried out, would add greatly to the usefulness and attractions of the exposition. Of course $475,000 is a substantial sum and not to be dispised, but it does not appear to be unreasonable to call for more, and Washington is with Oregon in desiring to make the exposition as great a success as possible. It is to be hoped that the Washington senators and rep resentatives will render efficient assistance in the matter. The Pacific northwest is a unit in support of the Lewis and Clark, exposition. It is rather curious that Lord Roberts, who has just retired, was only the 18th commander-in-chief that the British Army has had since the office was created in 1674 This gives an average tenure of nearly 13 years, which is a long time for any man to serve after working his way up to a lofty position. But at times the office has been vacant, and not all of the incum bents put their feet on all the rounds of the ladder. In earlier times the .office was a perquisite of the great. Charles II appointed his son, the Duke of Monmouth, who was later beheaded. He was fol lowed by the Duke of Marlborough. Lord Welling ton was the fifteenth in succession, if reappointments be counted. According to statistics collected by Chicago offi cials in 12" of the principal cities of the United States, foreign born residents constitute 26.1 per cent of the urban population, and they furnish 29.3 per cent of the prisoners arrested for all causes. In view of the fact that many foreigners offend , against the laws through ignorance, the common assumption that there are more criminals among the foreign born than amoiig the native born population is difficult of proof. Discussing' the police problem the Daily Journal says, "Paris isn't Portland." We hasten to con gratulate Paris and hope she may continue to main tain her identity. ' ; The council may have failed to build its city hall, but it has a chance to retrieve itself by building a city pound. Fifteen railroads discharged 21,000 employes in the last three months. Oregon Short line and union Pacific 70 hours from Portland to Chicago. No change of cars. Depart rhkws Portland special tKiAa. m. via Hunt- 111 If ton Halt take, Denver, ft World, Omaha, Kan lMCHy. Kt tuuia Cmqugo and the Kant Atlantic r xpra S.-I5 p. lit via liuut- iuglou KU Paul Fat Mull 7: lip. III. VlttpO- Kane tIME WHEDULE8 Prom POKTLASn "alt take, Itonver rd worm, umana. kmi- nmClly, Hi lrfiula, Chicago "ml the Kiiat Wttllu Walla, lewla ton, Hpokatit), M lime- xill. ht faul, imlullii WIIWIIUKW, tlilcugo, and fcuai Arrive 6:35 pm 9.O0m 8 :00 p m OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE From Astoria AH sailing dates subject to change. For Ban Francisco every five days. Dally ex cept Hun day alTam Columbia River to I'onlaiid and May landings i 4am Daily ex cept Mon Steamer Nahcotta leaves Astoria on tide dally except Sunday tor Ilwaco, connecting there with trains for Long Beach, Tioga and North Beach points. Returning arrives at Astoria same evening. Through tickets to and front all prin cipal European cities. ' 0. W. ROBERTS, Agent, Astoria, Ore. A DIRECT LINE to Chicago and all points east; Louis ville, Memphis. New Orleans, and all points south. See that your ticket reads via the Illinois Central R. R. Thoroughly mod ern trains connect with all transconti nental lines at St.. Paul and Omaha. If your friends are coming west let us know and we will quote them direct tha specially low rates now in effect from all eastern points. t Any information as to rates, routes, etc., cheerfully given on application. B. H. TRUMBUuL, Commercial Agent, 142 Third street, Portland. Or. J. C. LINDSET, T. F. ft P. A., 142 Third street, Portland, Or. P. B. THOMPSON. F. ft. P. A.. VAUGIIAN, ' ' A Dkntist. Pytuian DullJing, Antorla, Oregon. ....... lr. T. U BALL , V DENTIST &! Comme.flal street. Astoria Or. Dr. W. C. LOGAN s . 1ENTIST 678 Commercial St, Shanaliati Iull4trg C. J. TUEXCHAIU) Insurance, Commtaslon and Shipping. CUSTOMS HOUSE BROKER. Agent Wells-Fargo and Northern Pacing Express Companies, Cor. ELEVENTH and liOND 8T3. JAV TUTTLE, M. D. . w Anting Altant tturseoa - V, R. Marios tlMIti Horvloa, Onto hours: 19 to 11 aan. to 4:10 p.m. '47? Commercial Street, nd Floor, PclUIODA 0. HICKS . . OSTBOPATHf , Mansell UMg. -' ; 671 Commercial ($, ntoNtbUCKm. . O. W. DARN DENTIST MsDneil liutUlinf 679 Comuierclal tt treat, Astoria, Or TEI.ENIOKE RED 4HM1. or Tor ?jm Month wk fat is or hrTUUM l.Jtl iUa.( tllnl'a u i.a . MITM. J. II, IHM.Iiwm, ,Lh n.l. U-ntn as, hit a7(, Reliance Electrical Works We am Umroughly preparml for mnVIng ' ivtiinatit and eiecuting onlers (or all kimls of eltvtrlsnl ibstulllng md repairing. Huppllos in stm-k. W mil tl.CfllrbrateJHHELUY LAMP. Call up rtmna 1101. ll.WXYRL'8. Mauair 428 BOND STREET BLACKSMITH1NG. mmmmmmmtmmmmm CARllIAtJK AND WAGON lIl'H.WNU. FIKST-CUS H)ltHE HUUEIXU. v LtOjxKlng Cntitp Work, Wll kiiuls ( waifun mntfrittls in stork for salm Wp guaranty tho Iwst work done in the city, Trices rikfit. ANDRUW ASP. Corner Twelfth ami Duane Strorts. i'hont 291, ASTORIA AND COLUHBIl RIVER RAILROAD LEAVE I PORTLAND ARRIVE TwiTnlrtSnd'Uni 7;00 p oil pot for Astoria and! 1:40 9 m I Way Points ASTORIA 7:ttam 4:10 p m For Portland and Way Points ll-.Mam 10:) pm SEASIDE DIVISION 1.18 am U:J3am 5:60 p m Astoria for Wareo- ton, Plavel Fort Stevens. Hammond land Seaside 7:40 am 4:00 pm 10:46 a m :15 am :J0am 1:30 p m Seaside for War- renton. Flavsl, Hammond, Fort Stevens ft Astorial 12:60 p ro 7:20 pm 9:25 am Sundky only AH trains make close connections at Coble with all Northern Pacific trains to and from the East and Sound points. J. C. Mayo, General Freight and Pass. Agent li T UXURIOUS 1 RAVEL Tru "Northwsatern Umi'd- traloa ifctrlo lighted throughou', both l'tl ana out, and sitam ntaten. are with out eiorptlon, the finest trains ia lU world. 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