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PAGE FOUR. ' ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, ., 1904. ZU morning JWorian ' ESTABLISHED 1873 -, PUBLISHED BY".- ASTORIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY; RATES. By mail, per year By mail, per month . . . By carriers, per pvouth $6 00 50 GO THE SE.MI-WEEKLY ASTOKIAN. $i 00 By mail, per year, ia advance RUSSIA ON CONTRABAND. , The Russian reply to the American note concern ing contraband of war seems to be practically the same as that made to the British note upon the same subject, says the New' York Tribune. It may be re garded by this government, as it is said to have been by the British government, as satisfactory so far as it goes. : It involves a decided recession from the ground at first taken by Russia,' and a reversal of some decisions already made by Russian prize ; courts. Thus it concedes that there may be innocent commerce between America and Japan, and that cer tain articles may or may not be contraband, accord- ; ing to circumstances. The latter point is one of the most important in the case. Russia at first declared that all fuel and all foodstuffs should be regarded as contraband. That was a direct reversal of her own contention of only a few years before, and was ob viously something to which other nations could not assent. Now that Russia withdraws from that ex treme and extraordinary ground, and concedes that while such goods consigned to the Japanese govern ment and intended for military supplies are still to be held as contraband which nobody ever disputed such goods consigned in good faith to private par ties for civilian uses are not contraband and are to be exempt from seizure. Moreover and this is a point only second in importance to the other the onus of proving good faith is not thrown upon the shipper or the captain, but the onus of disproving it is assumed by Russia. . . To such extent the Russian reply may be regarded as satisfactory. Indeed, it is more than that. It is gratifying, being an acknowledgement of the cor rectness of the American contention. It will go far toward establishing that contention as a principle of international law which will scarcely hereafter be disputed. The thing to be regretted is that the Rus sian note does not go a 'little further and apply the same just and reasonable principle to other articles of commerce which the United States and other na tions regard as in the same category. Chief among such articles are machinery and railroad material, concerning which this government is making repre sentations to Russia. The Russian contention is that such merchandise is ' invariably to . be regarded as contraband, while the American view is that its status is conditioned upon circumstances of destina tion and purpose. Such goods shipped to the Jap anese government or to a Japanese military con tractor might naturally be regarded, upon their face, as contraband. Material for a military railroad in Manchuria might be held to be as much contraband as cannons and gunpowder. But material for a rail road in Japan, or perhaps even in Korea, would have nothing to do with the war, and should not be re garded as contraband. In other words, the same rule should be applied to those goods that Russia has now consented to apply to fuel and food. That is the general view of . the great civilized nations of the world, and we must hope and expect, to see Russia accept and adopt it.' The question of contraband of war has always been a trying one. It is annoying, even exasperating to one belligerent to see other nations conducting commerce with its enemy, doubtless to that enemy's aid and comfort. But the rule of contraband is pre ' eminently one that works both ways.. Whatever rule a nation applies to its enemy's commerce it must ex- pect to have applied to its own, . That consideration commends to every belligerent nation not only con sistency "in practice, but also the largest possible de- gree of generosity in the interpretation of terms and rules. Moreover, the unmistakable trend of inter national law, and international practice now is to ward confining war and its injurious ; effects as closely as possible to the actual 'belligerents,'"' and leaving Jhe rest of the world as free as possible f to continue industries and commerce just as though there were no war. It is for this latter wise and benevolent end that the American government has been" striving ever since the beginning of this war. i Its first step toward it was taken in securing the assent of the powers to the recognition and main tenance of Chinese neutrality, so as to circumscribe the war territorially and politically. Now it is ef fecting a scarcely less important step in seeking to circumscribe the commercial effects of the war. It has ialready gained much in that direction. It will be a, good. thing for all concernel for Russia no less than for America if a supplementary Russian note concedes the whole principle for which Amer ica is contending. . " 1 ' THE WAY OF THE WORLD. If over Russia needed plans and specifications for a successful march to India, through the very heart of Tibet, she needs them now. The expedition of Colonel Younghuslmml into Tibet, somewhat lost to view in the progress of apparently greater events in Manchuria, has been most brutally successful. The treaty submitted by him to the representative of the grand lama has been duly signed, sealed and ratified and is now in Peking awaiting the signature of the dowager empress, China having the nominal suzerain ty over Tibet. The treaty will be ratified. China can not well help herself, and Colonel Younghusband's troops are in excellent condition for a fight, if necessary. The treaty is a complete rout of Russia and Russian in fluence in Tibet. The commercial and trade advan- tages England lias wou are oi immeasurable im portance to her, not only in that regard but in check ing Russian designs on India and the lama pays the piping of Britannia to which Tibet danced. Under the terms of the treaty the grand lama is to pay the expenses of the expedition, amounting to $2,500,000, in three annual installments. The prac tical suzerainty is transferred from China to Great Britain. Tibet agrees not to sell or transfer any portion of her territory without the consent of Great Britain, and the power to grant concessions for tele graph or railway purposes is taken from the grand lama and is to be vested in the British resident an other name for grand lama without the ornaments. It is the way of the world, perhaps. It is a way Great Britain has of doing things, in any event. She is entitled to the fruits of her daring and her de termination, under English supervision there will be a wider opening of the Tibetan door to the com merce of the world than there would have been un der Russian, and the influence of Russia was be coming parampunt in Tibet until Japan declared war and hit the Bear when he wasn't looking. That Russia was seriously planning an invasion of India, sooner or later, was undoubted, and John Bull has simply beaten the. Tartar at his own game. Mean while, and until ratification by China, Colonel Young husband sleeps on his arms. Horrors of Mlmio Warfare. The horror of war have their ollevl utloiis. according to "The Atlanta ((in.) News." While the buttle of the Hlxth whs mining, nn olTUer of the Second Oeorglu discovered two privates of his regiment reconnolterlng a position held by two Virginia iflrls. "Why aren't you eniftigeil?" yelled the otnY. "They hnven't proposed yet." tittered the girls, "I'll hiive them court nmrtliiled for cowardice," stild the Kitlliint officer, riitstntr his cup. "They ore it disgrace to CleoiKla." The Klfth Massachusetts lost two llaKS In Wednesday's (IkM, but not un til every man was declared dead by the umpires. The unfortunate ickI inent suffered fearfully from the un Krummatlcal expressions of the altmk Iiik party. Shortly ifter noon n split Infinitive knocked the entire fourth company senseless. In Tuesday's flKhtlnjC the N'lnth Mas sachusetts, which Is composed of Irish Americans, covered Itself with glory. It had recklessly exosed Itself to tt crossfire from two batteries, und tie umpires had pronounced It "deud en tirely." A pained expression darkened the handsome face of Colonel u'Hooll- oran; but only ror a moment. noys, he shouted to his stricken troops, "yes have died once for America; now once more for ould Ireland!" The umpires were powerless to silence them. 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