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PORTLAND, OREGON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10. 1904 THE OREOON DAILY JOURNAL, AN a IN DEPENDS NT NEWSPAPER C S. JACKSON i Published tvtrr evening (except Sunday) at The Journal Building, Fifth OFFICIAL, PAPER OP TMEl CITY OP A RAPID CAMPAIGN INAUGURATED. E VENTS are very likely to move so rapidly that H e ..'will be next to impossible to. keep track of tbem I in , the Russian- Japanese Jwar which Is now on. - Japan will allow no grass to grow under its feet. It not only, tookf the initiative daringly and brilliantly, giving a aupreme tt to the quality of it seamanship in the ' widnlght f attack At , Port , i Arthur, ; but it is undoubtedly . ready to follow up its advantages with a celerity of movement, a resourcefulness and audacity, that cannot fail to throw into confusion the first plans of its .enemies. In following out this plan Japan 'effects two purposes With the one effort. First, Jt secures the moral effect upon the civilized world and it secures the tactical effect ' on its foe. In a sense Japan has yet only secured; a the oretical standing among: the civilised nations of the earth, - It has sprung into what we' call life .in a generation. Dur ing that time its progress has not been not merely rapid, but phenomenal. It has seen further into 'the future, so far as itself was involved, than any other nation. The luoment" the fetters of medievalism weiw thrown off, It seemed to appreciate at its full the great task that was before it It foresaw that while there must be-, develop ment along the lines of peace and peaceful progress that it must at the same time place itself ift the very forefront of the modern science of war. ' It Is a long time since the young Japanese first scattered themselves over, the cap itals of the civilised globe.'LThey 'went thing that was teachable, in practical lines, in literary lines. In army tactics and equipment and in naval con struction. At the same time it set in motion the work of - building and organising: a navy and merchant marine in its own country. It imported qualified men to begin the work and it placed under their instruction young Japanese. Now It knows much that the world knows in every branch of human knowledge. But w hile it was making actual progress precisely what H could do in case of war and its emergencies was un known. The first test came in Us short, sharp and de cisive contest with China. In a sense that was a revela tion of what it could do. When the war first broke put it Was generally believed that China would overwhelm it with the weight of numbers. , in the hour of 'victory Japan was given more credit than it lowed the Boxer uprising and the Invasion of China by the allied troops. By common consent it was acknowl edged that the mikado's troops were the best behaved and among the most alert, well drilled and serviceable in the whole list. All of this still further served to raise Japan in the estimation as! well as the respect of the world. But still the supreme test, the test of a great hand to hand conflict with one of the great powers, was awaited to give Japan its definite status and to accurately place It among the world's greatest nations. , While It is entirely too early for speculation, this much may be said, that Japan has met the emergency which confronted it with an intelligence and a bold audacity that has aroused the world's admiration and has given: pause even to the stoutest , pro-Russians who imagined , that ' Japan would.be swallowed at a single bear. But we are apt to see many happens, if it ever happens. ,'Jn the be rapid, vivid and picturesque movements in many quar ters and Japan is likely to push her campaign with such vigor as to keep Russia fully occupied for some time to come, . , ' ' ' ' . "LEAD US NOT INTO TEMPTATION" ? A SEATTLE PAPER In commenting upon the con tempt with which the t city officials of Portland trample upon the laws of the city, ends by quot ing the old aphorism that you cannot act of parliament. ". If the meaning of this saying is to sertipn that statutes do not change sententious platitude of no real force whatever. Hearts are outside, the jurisdiction' of legislators and magistrates. The laws have only to do With men's . ' it -cannot he taken as meaning that unaffected by outward restraints," for, if that is absolutely certain it is that conduct is largely con trolled by circumstances; that a man's actions are gov erned and his character moulded by Incentives to virtue and checks which nolo" him back from vice. : There are numbers of people in this city and everywhere else who would, fall into crime if a criminal career could be made safe and easy for them. Children trained in the midst of vicious criminal surroundings almost inevitably become criminal or vicious, 1 whilst V the children of the lowest product of the slums, when taken early from tbelr parents and subjected to good Influences oftentimes be come worthy and useful members of society. Mrs, Sarah Cooper, the San Francisco altrurlan who founded, the kindergartens in that city, reported that of . ltf,00(rchTTdren taken Info The klndergartenTronrthe"irtuhis, and whose careers were carefully noted, there were not above half a dozen who developed criminal tendencies. Practically all of them, left entirely to slum environment and training, would have been criminals or at. the best, useless and burdensome; members of .'society.; TfV , i We consider ourselves a very enlightened people ' in comparison with the' people who still have faith In the assumption of the divine right of kings to govern wrong; but we prove ourselves no further advanced than the Ig norant moujlk who continues to regard his czar as a sort of god not to be interfered with, even when his home is destroyed and his liberty taken from him. We enact laws which we consider necessary for the safety, of our homes, more especially' for the youthful members of the community;, we elect officials to see that these' laws are enforced, and then we stand idly by, some of us smiling and others sneering, but all equally acquiescent When the laws are flagrantly violated by the little tin gods we have set, up; we allow them to make the most of their little hour of officialdom for their selfish purposes and to com pletely ignore their duties. , ;The city Which presents the least show of glittering temptation for the young or morally weak; the place where public sentiment Is strong enough to ensure the strict -enforcement of the laws, so that vice must hide in the most secret places in order to exist at ail; the city which does the utmost to abolish ignorance, to develop and educate the individual;' that city which adopts modern methods to meet modern needs, realizing that every child trained by kindergarten and manual training school be comes a center from which flows the self mastery and consideration fo others which is the corner-stone of their work; that city Is well governed. . No city - .government is razexoENCJi nr eholawd. Thomss Wentworth lllgginaon in the . Atlantic. :. ... . . I knew a vouiik American girl, who. going- to England under the car of an'; ambassadora. family, ana attending her tint large dinner party, sclwted, as the sucat In h room who. most interested h-r. on man of distinguished epect. ,M)i. the guats were ushered into the PUBLISHED BY JOURNAL PUBLISHING CO. perfect, but some lag so far behind that they become a by-word and a hissing to the more enlightened. Each and every that the laws are enforced in his city,, and. that educa tional facilities are Improved to keep pace with modern needs,' will reap the benefit for himself in the improved conditions of living and in the greater safety for his own children. In doing neighbors from evil rTHE OREGONIAN sorrowfully deplores the con ' I ; tinued existence of the disgraceful feud among the savage Kentucktans who refuse to be educated out of their tendency to allow their hatred for an eneniy to lead them into the devious paths of bloody revenge. The young Kentuckian who was' so unchlvalrous as to wreak his spite upon a girl is a horrid brute and the fact that he -was ejected by his fellow pupils proves con clusively, to the Oregonlan, that his kind are in the na Jorlty in Kentucky. . ' What Breathitt utterly savage portions of Kentucky really need is a. mis sionary from Oregon with newspapers and other par aphernalia to give them some object lessons in the proper and decorous conduct of the feud and the best manner in which to end them gracefully, touchingly and in. the best to study every-J interests of the reconciled ones. 'i The trouble with Kentucky is that a feud usually has its origin In some trifling matter like' a disappointment In love, the removal of a boundary fence or the too game some behavior of some moonshiner,' filled with his own particular brand of shine. These little troubles are un worthy any worse conclusion than a few murders, the burning of . a dwelling or so, or the maiming of some of the parties on each side occasionally. - In Oregon the feud Is more apt to result from political hopes decayed or gone to seed; some political job lost or some office not won.' The public pillory for a man and his entire farmlly is the only proper punishment for the political boss who turned you down. . A newspaper expose of the family life of the enemy, his lapses from virtue, his '- utter lack of good morals - and gentle manners and the publication of his private corre spondence is a delicate way of showing consideration for his innocent daughters or wife totally unknown to the coarse Kentucky "feudist. . ' ( . . . It will take a great deal of educating yet to teach the Kentuckian all the various and well assorted epithets which are so generously used by gentle fishwives, the elegant habitues of Billingsgate and Oregon newspapers wheh describing an enemy. " No vulgar bloodshed,' no dreadful firearms, no risk to anyone. ; Not even a horse-" deserved. Then fol whip for the back of the home. But, however 1utrd teach the benighted, gon. When our hopes are dead, our friends are fled, or off to the senate started; when we realize that nothing can injure our enemy so gulp by the hungry injure us, we do things before thai triumphant, enemy meantime there will the teaching of our youth and in a spirit of truly Christian forgiveness and with a meekness to which the heathen Kentuckian is an entire stranger, we eat crow. The unaccustomed Kentucky stomach may be nauseated, and the'hot Kentucky temper may continue to prefer lead, but we will have the virtuous feeling of -all those who have done their little best to spread the gospel of peace and good will am&ng men to the heathen. ' .'' . -H'-' . ' - h t V; MONEY AS A MEANS AND AS AN AIM. fT HERE seems to be a sort of maudlin sympathy with make men moral by , be taken' as an as men's hearts, it is a strain of having lost with ' those who' quences of his failure to make good. actions. man's conduct is there is one thing suffered through his misuse of their money who can afford to take a trip to- Honolulu or Europe to recuperate their shattered health. He is to be pitied, no doubt, but no more so than thousands of others who" have gone wrong with greater reason, driven by necessity and not greed.. The men who retire from business when they have secured enough money to place them safely beyond want and to indulge whatever fancies they may have in the way of study or work to , improve themselves or others, are very rare1 in this country. Jft 'is a pity that there are not more examples of moneyed men like those of France and England who retire from business and busy themselves with experiments in horticulture, agriculture, as orchard Ists or in the promotion of the many public improvements needed in City and country. The desire for a greater display of wealth and power on the part of themselves or their womenfolk is the root of a great deal of evil and of no good whatever among American people. The men and women who accomplish most for themselves and other, the great thinkers, phil anthropists and the real public benefactors are invariably people of simple habits to whom money is simply a means to an end, and not worth the trouble of accumulating for its own sake.. Russia, peace-loving Russia, has all at once become very sensitive on the subject of violation of international law, a charge' against Japan's attack on her celebrated , navy. But ' the World has not forgotten some incidents of the1 Crimean War;' bow the now complaining power on No vember 80; 1853, massacred the Turkish fleet at Sinope, oh the' south bank of . the Black sea, to the astonishment of the whole civilized world, and contrary to war usages; how the same well-meaning Russia, on April 8, 1864, fired at the "Furious," an English vessel under a flag of truce, at Odessa; and how with all of her regard, real or im aginary, for war usages, the same Russia massacred an English boat's craw with a flag of truce at. Han go, June always speaks with dining hill according to the .laws pt pre cedence, she found herself at the end of the brilliant procession,, as one of the two untitled plebeians in the room, and assigned to the escort of the very man who had Interested her, and who turned eut to be Samuel Rogers, the recognized head( of literary - aoclety in England. She always said that aha secured two things at that entertainment, namely. JNO. P. CARROU. and Yamhljl Btreets.. Portland, Oregon. PORTLAND citizen who takes an interest in seeing his best to deliver the children of his he also delivers himself and his own. - MISSIONARIES FOR KENTUCKY. county' and the other unreclaimed and of a slanderer of women and defamer ..' , ' .;..''. : ' ' :;' the task, some one should be sent to Kentuckian how we do things in Ore much as the lack Of his support.may not. wickedly and wastefully fill, our with lead. .No indeed, we remember I the man who uses other people's money to spec - uiate with and breaks down physically under the it and the knowledge that he, along trusted him, ' must suffer the conse The mad desire to make more and yet more money after a sufficiency for all of the comforts and the majority of the superfluous luxuries of life had been gained was at the root of the speculations which brought financial ruin upon CV B. Wade of Pendleton. He was honored and trusted by his fellow townsmen and by the unfortunate ranchers whose money he used and he had what has been described as an "elegant" home, and an Income more than sufficient to maintain it, but he was not satisfied with his success and,; strained every nerve ' and overstrained his conscience in order to attain his desire to be a millionaire. It is safe to say that there are not many of those who S, 1865. , No comment is necessary, for Russian duplicity such mlraculoua voice, - t the most delightful companion .that she ever had at a dinner party, and. more. over, a lesson in the outcome of mere hereditary rank that would last a life time. Rogers was one of the richest bankers in London, and was very doss! bly the only person in the room who had won for hlmaelf a reputation outside of his Own little inland; but he was hex t to nobody in that company, and the little American gin was the apbody, Personal Side of the Late From Various New York Papers. VV Mr. Whitney was distinguished in ap pearance; he was fully six feet in height, and yet retained something of the sUra ness of his youth. Active training and outdoor living' kept him in the "pink of physical condition. Hie head was long; the tapering oval in the countenance of the ' character who calculates, who looks before he 1 leaps;" his : second thought would always correct the rash ness of his first Impulse. - His eyes were dark, and . with . the ' half -closed lids which go with certain kinds of" near sightedness. His eye-glasses were so much a part of his facial make-up that photographs without them look almost like another personage. His nose was large and full and nearly straight A close-cropped black moustache, curling In at the ends, shaped his full-lipped mouth. His sharp-pointed ' and . firm lined chin was smooth shaved. . ' The gre.t house of Mr. Whitney,; on - Fifth avenue, at Sixty-eighth street, op posite Central park, was finished about four years ago. . It is one of the most costly houses In New York City, . and contains pictures , and furnishings of great value. The musio-room in Mr.- Whitney's house is composed of fine, richly carved panels of oak gilt, and was formerly the property of Phoebus d 'Albert, Baron de Tours, field marshal of France and gov? ernor of the Guyenpe Province, who was a chevalier in the time of Louis XXV.. His castla' was near Bordeaux; .thence the salon, which is the . music-room In the Whitney residence, was transferred In the time of Louis Philippe to Paris, where it was purchased by Mr. Whit ney's agent The ' celling is decorated with a large painting, and on the walls are hung costly works of art and rare tapestries. One piece of , tapestry by Boncht and a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds are among . the prominent pieces. .1."- ,i A corridor leads from the musio-room to' the grand hall, which Is one of the beautiful features of the house. This is all antique inlaid work, and bears the name of the artist "Franclsoo Orlan dlni, Verona, 1647." This passageway la lighted by antique chandeliers formed out of stag horns and carved metal, and is furnished with chairs of the time of the woodwork. Among the works, of art which are dis tributed about the house are "The Sower," by Millet; 'The Knitting Girl." by Hopner; a portrait of Oaetano; two large panels by John La Farge; a por trait of William de VlUlers. Viscomte Qrandlsson, by Van Dyck, said by Her mann Schaus of the Schaus Art Gallery to be the highest-priced picture ever Imported to this country, and reported to have cost Mr Whitney 1120,000. Mr. Whitney's ability ; to persuade other city Democrats against what he regarded as foolish politics gained for him at one time the name of "foolkUler." His wealth and social position in the city helped to, .Increase his influence. His marriage to the daughter of Senator Payne of Ohio led to his association with men prominent in the Standard Oil company. After the election of Orover Cleveland to the presidency, New. York politicians were not surprised at the selection of Mr. Whitney for a cabinet office. As secretary of the navy in Mr. Cleve land's flrat administration, Mr. Whitney was instrumental In Inrrenatnir th num. ber of fighting ships In the navy. He exniDitea executive aDlllty and the knack of picking the right men for the right places, and he became popular as the creator of the White Squadron. ' With Mrs. Whitney he set the pace socially for other members' of the cabinet The New York home of the Whitneys at that time was at Fifth avenue . and Fifty seventh street, a spacious house. In which Mrs. Whitney had one of the lareest orivate ballroom In tha, iv in Washington the - Whitneys occupied a nouse wnicn nao oeen me nome of Sec retary Frellnghuysen. They added Wlnxs to it. makinff aoaoa fop lgr ballroom and dinlng-hall. There they gave many receptions and social enter tainments. Three miles from Wash- Infftnn thpxr Vinn -ht a mumma Georgetown Heights, in a park of 100 aores, apent large sums in improving it and there entertained many people, One of the latest appearances of Mr. Whitney In the political field was In a long letter to Major Hinckley, advocating xnr. mu election, in tnis letter he said "There are persons I know who are In clined to oppose Governor Hill on the theory that this campaign will have an Important bearing upon the candidacy of the party two years hence. I wish to suggest to such that 1896 may ba safely left to take care of itself 1892 did, and 1898 will. Neither Governor Hill nor any one else will be able to secure two-thirds of the' votes in the next national con vention unless he stands clearly for the Intellectual and moral Issuea of his party, and hag pre-eminent qualifications for the performance of his duty to both peo ple and party." With the first nomination of William Jennings Bryan as the Democratic candi date for the presidency the political ac tivity of Mr. Whitney ceased, lie was known to be strongly opposed to Mr. Bryan's platform and theories. . Two years ago Mr. Whitney announced that he had decided to retire from active business life. He said he would refuse to bo drawn into any mora business un dertakings or, give much tima to the management of properties In which he had large Interests. The management of the Metropolitan Street Railway com pany, he said, was left entirely to H. H. Vreeland,- president of the company. PKIVATB UTBOP THE POPS.' Pins Rises Early, Confers With Beore . taxy and Cardinals and Prefects. ; Rome Correspondence . of the Chicago . -.' j ... News. Pius Is an early riser. At 6 he says mass In his private chapel, which wail Rampola's in the times of Leo.- The present pontiff occupies the apartment of the lata secretary of state, the rooms of - his predecessor having been con verted Into a state, apartment for the reception of princely visitors. ; This was a lucky Idea. . because : In removing ' the old furniture of Leo costly Jewels and money amounting to millions, they say, were found hid and forgotten in out-of-the-way places quite a windfall lo. the present strained circumstances of the holy see. It is known that Leo in his latter days trusted nothing, not even Iron safes, in money concerns. ' , -After mass the pope, steps into his writing room, which is always in great disorder, books and newspapers, letters and. reports ; incumbering' chairs and tables"' in wild confusion." "There "coltee is served and his private secretary and school chum, Mgr. Bressah -a Venetian, of course. comes in with the latest news and piles of letters. f . : Letters and . reports ' having ' been glanced at, and a list of the audiences having been read, with comments from the secretary. Plus sees in the gross what his day's work Is to be and at t he goes to the audience chamber. . " The first audience is 'daily granted to Mery del Val, cardinal secretary ( of William Collins Whitney Mr. Whitney declared that he intended to give up hi time to the enjoyment of life during the time he had to live. Since then. Mr. Whitney had rarely visited his downtown office, and had not allowed the cares c of ; property ' to encroach largely upon his time. , William C. Whitney did more to dignify the American turf, "really 'to improve the breed of horses," .than any man. in this country. When the "Eton blue, crown cap" won tb multitude howled With delight, ' for winners and , losers knew'they had "a run for their money." He wbs president of the Saratoga as sociation and renewed racing there with tenfold more than Its ancient glory. Ills eyeglasses were as familiar at the race tracks as Gladstone's collar used to be in parliament i He had a track of .his own at his country place, Westbury, L. I. - He poured out money on his racing establishments .north and south and in England. . - :': ,': When- h saw a hors he liked he bought him. He paid I35.00O for Bally-hoo Bey, and with him won the Futurity at Sheepshead bay in 1900. For $20,000 he leased Volodyovskl,' and with him won the Derby at Epsom Downs in 1901. He paid $60,000 for the stallion Hamburg, $10,000 for, Jmp.' Meddler, $50,000 for Nas turtium, $35,000 for Jean Beraud and Goldsmith, Blackstock, ' Leonora Loring and dozens of others all added to the fame of his stable. i'1:- j : -f ;"- Mr. Whitney was most generous to his Jockeys. He brought Tod Sloan back from England and paid hln $5,000, win or lose, to ride Ballyhoo Bey in the Fu turity, which he woa This was the larg est fee ever, paid a Jockey for one race. Never a plunger - Mr. Whitney often backed his horses. He always displayed the greatest interest in a race, because he wished the best-horse to win, . But only once did he show emotion. In. the Brooklyn ' handicap ' last season Irish Lad, owned by Harry Payne Whitney, beat his father's Gunfire "by a whisker." Father and son, side by side, watched the race. When Irish Lad won Mr. Whit cey dealt his son a thundering glad slap on the back, grabbed his hand and Jumped up for Joy, His friends hurried to congratulate Harry Payne Whitney. "Better congratulate my father," said he., "I'm sure he is better pleased than I am."' ' i - - "Racing ' is my pastime," said Mr. Whitney . one day. - "To win , a great stake is a delightful sensation, but to watch his own horses develop and race gives a man more genuine pleasure than anything I know of." . No one knows how much money Mr. Whitney spent to enjoy the sport of kings and financiers. Three years ago it waa estimated that he had expended more than $1,004,000 on racing.. . Last year he was unlucky; his horses ran sec ond for many great stakes. Yet he led the list of winning owners, with $99,405. But this did not nearly reimburse him for his outlay for the glory of the turf. He leased a stud farm in Kentucky, where 10 stallions and 60 odd brood mares are quartered, with the $60,000 Hamburg" at the head of the stud. He had three training quarters -Aiken, S. C; Wheatley Hills and Sheepshead Bay. He practically owned the racing grounds at the American Spa, for he held the largest amount of stock In the famous track. ' That his friends might enjoy his hospitality,- Mr, Whitney last season ofteied to pay to Richard A. Canfleld any amount of money he might lose by keep ing open his restaurant during the Sara toga racing season. . ; The entrance money he paid last year amounted to $40,000 or $50,000. He had two high salaried Jockeys Redf em and Barns.: To Radfern he paid $27,000, to Burns , $10,000. John W. , Rogers, his trainer, got $10,000 salary and 10 per cent ,of the money the horses won. At Saratoga, when Mr. Whitney backed his horses heavily, his colors were not more than four times to the front during the 25 days' racing. ' . ,- So the $99,000 he won must have been but a tithe of what he generously paid for his pastime and that the turf might prosper. . . . ' . : At the close of the racing season in England last fall Mr. , Whitney an nounced his intention to retire from the English turf. Most of the horses that he had in training there were sold at auction lit December. A few were brought to the United States,, most of which were sent to his La Belie farm for breeding purposes. The principal sire at La Bella Is the famous Ham burg, for which horse Mr. Whitney paid $60,000. ' . ' ', In 1901 Mr. Whitney, with August Belmont and others, acquired the Sara toga race track. Mr. Whitney waa made president . of . the association,; and . held the office at .the time of his death. s He saia mat ..me race meetings - at tne springs ought to be the finest in this country, and that ha intended to make the Saratoga course the Newmarket of America. He so far succeeded that the stakes offered by the Saratoga associa tion are among the richest lm the coun try and attract the best horses of both the east and the west. As a member of the New York Yacht club, in November, 1898, Mr. Whitney was appointed a member of the com mittee to tnvestigate the charge made by Lord Dunraven that the Defender. In her first America's cup race against Valkyrie HI. had been secretly loaded so as to sink her four Inches deeper in the water. Mr. Whitney's associates in the committee were J. P. Morgan, George L. Rives. Edward J, Phelps and Capt. A T. Mahan. The committee gave a long hearing to Lord Dunraven and made a report disproving his charge, and the New York Yacht club took Lord Dun raven's name from the list of Its hon orary members. state, ascetlo-looklng, of Hlspano-Brlt-ish extraction and remarkably wide awake. J His emlnency Del Vai does not come on Tuesdays and Fridays, because he is engaged with the diplomatic corps In his own splendid apartment the Bor gia rooms, frescoed by ' Plnturacchio. After political affairs the ecclesiastical business is taken in hand and. trans acted with cardinals and prefects of con gregations. Lastly, outsiders are ad mitted,, foreign bishops and illustrious laymen.' ,, . . . -. . . . ,.. His holiness gets very nervous when these foreigners do not 'speak Italian. His knowledge of French is limited,, so .limited that it was one of the .three reasons which made him hesitate to ac cept the' tiara. When at the oonclave his name came up with the canonical two-thirds majority of , votes and friendly colleagues Satolll, AgllardI, Ferrari came up to Induce him to acr cept Cardinal Sarto said the burden was too heavy. ' , . V "I cannot rule the universal church, being only used to ' govern small bishoprics. T canhoT apeak "French and I cannot live locked Up in the Vatican," he ejaculated.. Addressing Ferrari with tears In his eyes he added: "Your emi nence will Soon return to your arch diocese of Milan, but I shall never see my beloved Venice again." .; At noon. the pope dines in a large airy room " where Rampolle gave" his diplo matic banquets, but on homely fare- no made dishes, but soup and roast, plenty of vegetables and a modicum of wine, 'The Russian-Japanese War By W..R Galvani.1. ': -J X.: i The grim power of Russian despotism has flnaliysucceedod in carrying out the first act of a great drama, or rather tragedy. By its usual methoda of de ception it forced Japan to appeal to arms to defend and maintain her exist ence. , That Japan is fully able to do so of this,; there is no question In the mind of any ordinary observer of ;th world's doings. It is true that Japan has no standing army as large as Jius aia. At least, the syndicate articles printed in some of our newspapers and written by Individuals commissioned to represent' here Russia's interests have spread ,the idea of an army larger than that of all the combined 'armies of Eu rope. In this, of course, there is no truth it is only a bluff, though of the two' Contending '; powers Russia's army Is, of course,' the larger. Nevertheless, the advantages are on the side of Japan, Which can place .every available : man In the field, while Russia could not begin to do anything of the kind. ' In deed, It Is very doubtful whether Rus sia could place one-fifth of her army in Eastern ; Asia. Not only s are - there strong rumors of Balkan complications and who in this world has a : more Just grievance against Russia than the Turkish empire-r-which necessitate a large army in Southern and Southeast ern European Russia, 1 but : it IS prob ably the. only imperial power today whose: internal' foes can be found in every part of its dominions. '. There is Scarcely a well-populated province in that empire where thousands of people under some pretext fcr another have not been for years driven to despera tion by the brutality of that relentless power. There is scarcely one peasant out of a hundred that has not been re duced to poverty by taxation, extor tion and general plunder as carried on by that oligarchy. There Is scarcely one home out of fifty where a son or a daughter, a sister or a brother, has not been Imprisoned in her dungeons, ex iled into Siberia Or hanged for partici pation real or supposed In the revo lutionary movement against the impe rial . government or, rather, mlsgov ernment, Because of these and many other similar wrongs the greater part of Russia's army must be kept at home guarding i-her own subjects. Such is the actual condition that prevails in that empire ' ' . Japan, however, represents a most remarkable contrast . Not only is every soldier and Bailor ready and anxious to respond to the call of his government but every available man in that island empire would take up arms of his own free will and accord, should his gov ernment need him. This is best proven by the fact that Japan, it is claimed on good authority, already has an array in and About Korea, which came over in the capacity of laborers, mechanics and traders, and which at a given signal would be in perfect- readiness. , Such a thing would be an absolute impossibil ity in' the case of men of Russia, tor no soldier would ever turn up were he once on the other side of Russia's boundary line. Furthermore, In intelli gence the Japanese soldier is on tha whole 'superior to - the Russian, for it must not be forgotten that according to Russian official sources over one half of her soldiers are Illiterate. As to the naval strength of the two powers, competent authorities declare that the Japanese navy is to the Rus sian as 19 to 14, and in addition thereto the Japanese, in the .very .i nature of his being an Islander, is a good seaman, while the Russian is the poorest sea mad in the world, since the vast ma JOsity of them have never seen the sea until drawn . Into military ' service ' and assigned to some war vessel. . , . The commissary and hospital depart ments of the two powers represent Items of fully as, much Importance as their actual fighting forceai both on land, and on sea. In Russia the com missary department at all times, and especially in war times, has ever been the greatest scandal in that land, and this has never been due to . the con tractors, but to the flflcers from com Papal etiquette requires that the vicar of Christ should dlna alone, . No one, not even sovereigns, ever sat at table with a supreme pontiff, r Plus does not appreciate such cob webberies; he likes sensible talk with his meals and one of his secretaries or a favorite cardinal la always invited to dinner; but on the sly to save appear ances, t Dinner lasts one- hour, after which the pope retires to read the news papers or to Indulge in a short siesta, i One of the sorest afflictions of Plus is the impossibility of having his sisters always about bim as at Treviso, Mantua and Venice, when he waa bishop and patriarch. He misses their Company and affectionate tending. They are now in Rome in . the first floor of a palace close to the Vatican and they Come to him onoe or twice a week, overhaul his linen and stay to dinner a great solace to the poor man. , Bressan is reported -to have said it was a pleasure to see the three old dames, with old-fashioned spectacles, hemming and darning while the brother rattled : In Venetian dialect about old days. ! r"7 ' ' --'-jT-ir: septus loves his family dearly. Ills at tendants remarked that he used a watch of nickel, which required constant tinkering to koep time, so they got him a splendid gold timepiece from Geneva; but Sarto stuck to his trumpery thing of nickel. It was a gift of his dead mother. In the afternoon he takes his consti tutional walk up and down the close, gloomy .Vatican corridors, instead of the open-air exercise and long walks on the Lido, which he so greatly enjoyed at Venice. . In the evening he receives familiar people whom hs likes, then come supper, prayer and1,:' perhaps a clandonsUne smoke, and at 10:80 he Is In bed. Sill, his valet an. old peasant from Rlesl, sleeping in the antechamber. AW BEATS TOO SMAX.Ii POX TATT. From the New York World. ; Secretary Taf t's first official act today was to summon the war department car penter and tell him to make a new desk and chair and be tjulck about it. Secretary Taft is six feet tall and weighs S20 pounds. He found he could barely Mfqueese into the chair UBed by Mr. Rooh, He could not sit comfortably in it, and there was great danger that the chair Would go to pieces under him If he moved iulckly. J i . : v When heltrled to get up to the desk he discovered that' ' tha opening was neither wide enough nor high enough to admit his legs. The best he could do was to pull out one of the small eaves of the desk and try to. write on that. The desk and chair that will be built for the new secretary will be of mam moth proportionsm. The chair will be very strong and will be braced with iron a" every "J61htT".-T"''rt "'" ,- .r- .. ; It is probable that a special Chair will have to be provided for Secretary Taft in the cabinet room at the White House. The cabinet chairs are very" large, as or dinary sites go, but they are a tight fit for Mr. Taft. ' ... (' , Yeatnresome Xmperor. From the Atlanta Journal. ' The kaiser is building an automobile boat Just as If he didn't have trouble enough already. Viewed by a Close Student missary sergeant up to the comraisisury general. , , or couiaf , in neany every . such case the contractors are tnaue in sutler f orr tHe ' simple reason -mat it would not do to punish any otticer, ua that would shake tne conhqeno or tin people in the governing crew. "It la a remarkable thing that the very name of one of the most important supply headquarters in Eastern siueria la ii.na barovka,. whlctv translated means "brib ery headquarters." In. Japan, however, the case is, entirely different at least, no one has ever heard of any bribery and corruption in her military and naval' affairs, and there are no "bribery head quarters", in the Japanese empire. 4 :; -Vr iy" ---'r 'j-',:i:,:i ' The question of finance the most Im portant Of all at least. In the Judgment of the greatest Of generals the advan tages, are all y on . the Japanese side. Even In times of peaoa it has been hard" of late years for bankrupt Russia' to obtain funds. jt this the world has seen a good -example when Bome years. , ago Russia tried to obtain money to build her trans-Siberian, and other Asi atic railways, ' Though she finally suc ceeded, it was only after a long eTort, and only for an industrial enterprise. But for warlike operations, when her success means the dismembering of an empire, and possible complications In volving , all the great powers,; it is - cer tainly "doubtful whether Russia could obtain the money Bhe wants,. In the case of Japan matters stand entirely different; to prove i which the world needs no additional Information 'or as surances. ': . : ' ' , . c- There is another Item whlclC if it ' does not now, will in time prove of the highest possible Importance to Japan It is the universal sympathy for Japan in this struggle; The world at large understands only too well; that, though Japan was forced by Russia , to taka the Initiative, the real aggressor is not at Toklo, but at St Petersburg, The world knows that for many months past nothing hut soldiers, supplies and war materials have been carried - on . the trans-Siberian railroad, while additional warships were uispatched with all pos sible haste to the scene of operations in the Far East, In fact, the world knows that Russia has not: done anything to give her pretended desire for peace the least appearance of .sincerity, but on the contrary: her actions all along the line of preparations and diplomacy was to drive Japan to such desperation as would result In an appeal to arms. 5 The world further knows that Rus sia is the only power today whose sole policy -is that of conquest and should that monstrous : absolutism in man brute guise succeed in this war, it would mean tha ' dismemberment of China, and . in due course of events it would only become a. question of time as to who should be its next vic tim. ; 'iuis is the history of Russia, and this is why the whole world is in full sympathy with the heroic effort of the Japanese people, who, strange as it may seem, are , fighting , for civilisation agatnst a Caucaslon race who through-, out the whole of Its history has been the uncompromising enemy of every cardinal principle on which modern civ ilization, rests. This Is why the whole world is In full sympathy with the he roic effort of the Japanese people, and herein is the actual source of that firm conviction in every human breast that , should Japan fail in dealing that ig noble aggressor the mortal blow it so Justly ? deservee, - the great powers will step in with Something like a repetition of the famous' Berlin eongrass of 1578, the results of which will be final and unmistakable. On the other hand, : should Japan come out victorious, as Indications seem to point,' the world will certainly applaud her achievement, while Russia will be obliged., to give up all she struggled - for. ; Manchuria will not fall into the paws of "the bear tnat walks like a man," and the integrity of China will be preserved, whatever the , outcome of the struggle between Russia and Japan may prove, and Russia In either case would not gain what she now expects to gain. whole world Is against her. Advice to the Lovelorn BY BIATSICB f AIXTaX Dear Miss Fairfax: I am a young lady who ; haa been keeping company with a young man 26 years of age for the past five months, and received a -ring for Christmas from him. , Now, last week a coolness came between us, and he has gone back to his former sweetheart who, X believe, he cares more for than me., I want to know If ' It would be right for me to send htm the ring, as I am very unhappy, for 1 don't care" for him, and will never go with him again; Kindly advise "i me what to do In my1 case. ' LILY. If you do not care for. him I think: you had better sena back tha ring, and then he will know that you do not cars to become friends again. j t. Dear Miss Fairfaxr- I am' 17 years of age-and -ant -very-much- devoted to - a -young gentleman 22 years of age. He is deeply in love with me, and asked me to marry him.' To this my parents ob jected because of my age He now speaks of an 'elopement, to which I' would agree only for the love of-my parents and home. - Will' you kindly ad vise me in this case? .':....: B. E. J. You are too young to marry without ; your parenta' consent - If your youth is their .only objection to your marrying the young man wait a year or so, end then, no doubt they will consent Do not think of eloping. - Dear Miss Fairfax: ' I fc walk home with a girl every night for two years steady. I love her dearly, but she , never shows any love for me. Tell me how I can win hor love and how I can approach tba subject of marriage? ' -'.-.. V ' v'-;. v. j. r. :; If you have not won her after two years' courting I am afraid your case is a hopeless one. 'However, don't give up yet. A little wholesome neglect is sumetlmes a good tonlo for an indiffer ent maid. Try walking home with some other girt for a night or two and per haps your lady will awaka to the fact that she does .care for you. ' 1 bear 'Miss Fairfax: I am a young lady 1$ years of age and made the acquaintance of a gentleman about two years ago who Is 80 years old. He Is a widower and has three children. He -has made a proposal, and I am in doubt whether to accept him or. not Kindly advise 'me whether to accept him, as I think a widower with three children should look for a woman and . not-r"youngTriri. anxiots.- ' . You are very young to become the : stepmother Of three children, and I think you should be Very sure of your love for tha man before you decide to do so. Remember that you would start In with responsibilities that only come to other women after years of matrl- mony. You would be greatly tried and have but little time to Indulge in the enjoyments that a&y 18-year-old girl would enjoy. It is a very grave ques tion and one not easily decided. '