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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING. ' NOVEMBER: 8, 1914.
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BUY STATES
UASHINGTON has also voted
dry. The sober Judgment
1 of a majority of the people
: in that state is that con
Ions wlll.be better without the
oon than with It.
fn .Washlngon as' In Oregon,
re are those who . resent the
inge.'; There are those who In-
I that the general welfare will
harmed by banishment of the
oon. ,. There are many who pre-
t ' disaster and evil conditions,
them, and to all. Governor Lls
of Washington haa spoken with
-ad common sensa. In a public
tement, he says'.
rh ffect on the state will be
t -wTiat the People of the state
ka it. We believe In the rule of
majority. A majority of the
Vr of the state have declared In
or : of this measure. If all now
I accept the decision of the ma
ty; lend a hand In seeing the law
nreed and direct energies to those
nr which will build up and de-
?p the state, rather than predicting
i disaster aa a result of this meas-
becoming a law, we materially
l assist In quickly bringing about
I rearrangement necessary on ac-
ht of Its adoption.
i, believe Its opponents will agree
h- too when I say that business
i!4 be Injured much more by. con
it agitation against the law, now
-as passed: than by accepting It
! directing our energies to proper
ilopraent binder the new order of
'iiere could be no sounder analy-
i and' no wiser advice. The
pge is ordained. The policy is
feed." by verdict, ot the ballot
' . It ' la the sovereign edict of
I majority, and there can be no
'ernmeni- in a -self-governing
jitry unlesa , the will of the ma-
ly he permitted to prevail.
p Oregon the majority la un
jitloned. It 'is pronounced. The
;tlon was regular and all-the
;eedlngs according to the con-
it ion and the law. There is
I ling else to do but accept the
It
j s Governor Lister well says, the
! .r
ltant conditions will be largely
NOT A TIME FOR TEARS
OBTLAND and Oregon are on the threshold of a new era in
which there is promise of exceptional rewards for high en
deavor, ror,InduBtry and for enterprise. The country at large
is the only great civilized nation not Involved In war. Ameri
can fields, American pastures, American, mills and American workers
are facing such a demand for their output as. has not pressed upon
any country in modern times. To meet this demand, to supply the
needs of the contending nations, to furnish products And merchan
dise to thoBe countries which were formerly supplied by ; the nations
now at war, will strain the capacity- of every mill, every field and
every toiler. In. America. ; '
r .
it, uuwjysr, pieep pu our nguia. sruiuuie uwr uv ""k
pened, and spread broadcast the virus of discord, refusing to coop
erate for well doing, the city and state will stand still In the midst
of unprecedented opportunity, all to the Injury of ourselves and to
the benefit of no one. Just because the saloon has received a knock-out
blow, there is no reason for discouragement, disappointment, Indo
lence or kindred diseases. J
On every hand there is abundant opportunity for well doing by
those willing to be public spirited. On every hand there is mvltatlon
to enterprise, to investment and to industry. On every side, there
are resources and opportunities to still the voice of the knocker and
silence the complainings of the disgruntled.
There Is an Alaskan trade to build up there are industries to
Intensify, there are natural .resources to develop, there are rivers
to dredge and open to easy navigation, there are lands to reclaim, there
are highways to build and there are tasks to be given willing labor
through the inauguration of all. these splendid opportunities for
building here a ' modern and aggressive commonwealth. In the pro
gram, there are .results beyond the dreams even of men given to
visions. -
Uppermost fn this dream of empire is the canalization of the up
per Columbia, utilizing the power, the irrigating potentiality and the
navigation to the Canadian border, peopling the country from Fort
land to the British Columbia line, and providing untold activities
for willing workers and bringing the unaggressive population of our
soft climate into exhilarating contact with the more aggressive peo
ples of the northern climes, Including Alaska. .
Proper transportation facilities' between Portland and . Alaska,
whieh Is comparatively easy of . accomplishment is an immediate and
fruitful part of the great beneficial program, a program affording
real work for real men, and giving us industrial stimulation to pen
etrate to the remotest borders of our environs. . V
It is not a time for tears, but for optimism. It is true that we
have a handicap in the feeling of some of those we call capitalists
that a thing is not worth while unless It guarantees double profits,
and that somebody or something warrants the investor against loss,
hard work and worry- The fact Is that a state has been reached in
our community career, in which the old order is passing. The fact
of the matter is that heretofore, profits have been gathered in too
abundant totals, and for little or no risk or effort; in short, without
having been fully earned. Vf-'s
Easy money and lightning profits are a thing of the past. The
going of the saloon Is the last step In the old procession. It is
the latest farewell to the old times. Open gambling went first.
Then law-protected gambling went. Then the wide open town passed
along with the wide open elections and shotgun politics. The gradual-curbing
of the saloon appeared in the progressive process, and
now the passing of the high licensed saloon is ordained. Some hold
that the whole land will pass gradually under the same regime, and
others that there will ultimately be a compromise of the conflicting
views, all of which Is yet to be 'demonstrated.
In the nation, there is a great movement, led by the president.
against over-capitalization, over-speculation and over-monopolization,
by which men get something for doing nothing, while others are thrown
out of employment to become a problem for communities and states
and nations, because these derelicts are reduce?! to starvation and suf
fering by the speculators and monopolists. Gambling in life necessi
ties is a national crime that Is more and more to be made the ob
ject of national and state attack. Speculating in natural resources
and the monopolization of these resources, created for the benefit of
all mankind are arousing the conscience and moral indignation of men.
anjl the abuse will have to pass as other evil things before it have
passed.
The commanding human incentive will be to merit esteem rather
than to absorb, collect, gain, grab and graft. The real picture is
painted in words by the prophet of San Francisco who said:
With want destroyed, with greed changed to nobler passions, with
the fraternity that is born of equality taking the place of the Jealousy
and fear that . array men against each other, with mental power loosed
by conditions that give the humblest comfort and leisure, and who shall
measure the heights to which our civilization may soar?
In spite of ourselves, and in spite of all human selfishness, we are
being steadily carried toward the goal, the brotherhood of man, the
Ideal given mankind J5y the Man who walked in Galilee.
AFTER THE WAR
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Justice. That Is the big reason for;
unnecessary.:: litigation.' Lawyers,
instead of telling clients where the
STJi" Alben Bnshnell Hart la Chicago
and take a chance on winning wnat; whatever the sufferings and losses
should not be won. . of the people, in the end Europe's
s i war must come to one of three re-
CAUSE OP PEMiAGRA -suits?
' i - . 1- It Is possible, thousta unlikely.
N
ATIONAL- and state govern- that the whole of warring Europe may
ments have spent, mucn um- be brought into the pitiable condition
and --money in . teaching peo- of Germany in 1648, when gaunt and
ole how to feed nigs, cattle starving bands of men. calling them-
and chickens. There must be a eiyes armies, passed to ana rro across
balanced" ration to secure the ! counxry eaung up tne scanty sup
best results. I I r"7. ,1 ......
Now comes the federal public
health service with a report on
pellagra, saying It - Is not ..j a com
municable disease. It is f depen
dent on some yet undetermined
fault in a diet in which the ani
mal or leguminous .protein com
ponent is disproportionately small."
That Is to say. the pellajsra vic
tim has not had a balanced ration.
This report will probably end
a long controversy on the origin
of the disease. It is, refutation of
the musty corn theory once held,
and reinforces a similar recent re
port by an Italian national . Investi
gating committee and the opinion
ot a majority of independent In
quirers. While pellagra is not prevalent
in many sections of this country,'
the findings regarding it are val
uable everywhere In that they
point to the necessity of a proper
diet. People as well as pigs need
a balanced ration. The report sup
ports the theory that a majority
of maladies find their first vic
tims among the inadequately nour
ished. Neither peruni, antitoxin
nor mysterious "cultures" of re
search work can be relied upon as
a substitute for good food, fresh
air and sufficient time for rest.
The report does not guarantee
that a ' well balanced ration will
cure advanced cases of pellagr.,
but it lays emphasis on the duty
of state and private agents to in
crease the consumption of proteins
as a precaution. This means that
proper food is a safeguard against
disease.
tants to starve.
. In such , a case the probable result
would be that Europe would make
peace, restoring, as nearly as possl-
oie, the conditions of July, 1914.
The control of the forces of nature
and the use of machinery would per
haps enable Europe In 30 years' to
come back to its previous wealth and
population.
2. The allies may win a general and
decisive victory; and, on the doctrine
of chances, that is the most probable
result." For in a wearing down process
the maritime nations and Russia have
a decided advantage; and if the allies
should be worsted it Is not unlikely
that Italy would come to their aid.
If the time comes when resistance by
Germany and Austria is not longer
possible, what terms will probably be
meted out to the vanquished T
Austria by that time would presum
ably be so crushed and the unity of the
empire so affected that no further pun
isnment would' be i inflicted, except
that the Italians might take Trieste
and the Trentlno: 'and Servia mieht
taKe Bosnia and Terzegovlna, with a
seaport on the Adriatic probably
Montenegro would voluntarily come
into this combine. If the Roumanlaa
Joined In the war they might perhaps
get the province of Transylvania,
which includes so many of their peo
ple. The Russians would undoubtedly
claim Constantinople, with the control
of the Bosphorus and Dardanelles, and
perhaps western Asa Minor; they would
also probably expect Gal Ida.
By common consent Austria migh
be left with a territory not much dl
minished, but be compelled to . reor
ganlze so as to give the Slavs an op
portunity of self development.
THE DEFENSE OFTHE ALAMO
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, IN EARLIER DAYSfP
' v Hy Fred Lockley. . J
After-a most exciting: conttt4be-
,,", k. Miim nl tween the "wet and the "drysA Jths
it i ?akJ2 b an Suit on
I andydlltS the .Ute by a large majority, but ln-
The, Alamo was a mission buildinr founded in 1744 at San Antonio,
Texas.- Until 17J?3 it was used as a church and subsequently as a fort, being
surrounded by strong walls. In February, 1836, it was occupied by Colonel
W. B. Travis with about 150 men in revolt
Mexico. After withstanding a terrible siege
aVIaitrta VUC UiiU JJAU 14 V IVUJIJ J SkMV M 1
Santa Ana came storming, as a storm might come;
There was rumble of cannon f there was rattle of blade;
There was cavalry, infantry, bugle and" drum
. Full seven thousand, in pomp and parade,
The chivalry, flower of Mexico; ,
And a gaunt two hundred in .the Alamo!
And thirty lay sick, and some werfr shot through;
For the siege had been bitter, and bloody, and long.
"Surrender, or diet" "Men, what will you do?"
And Travis, great Travis, drew sword, quick and strong;
Drew a line at his feet . . j"WM you come? Will you go?
I die with my wounded, in the Alamo."
Then Bowie gasped: "Lead me over that Hnelw
' Then Crockett, one hand to the sick, one hand to his gun,
Crossed with him; then never a 'word or a sign v
Till all, sick or well, all, all save but one,
One man. Then a woman stopped praying, and lo j
Took her place to die in the Alamo.
Then that one coward fled, in the night, in that night
When all men silently prayed and thought
Of home; of tomorrow; of Qod and the right.
Till dawn; then Travis and cannon shot,
In answer to insolent Mexico, ,
' From the old bell .tower of the Alamo.
Then came Santa Ana; a crescent of flame!
Then the red escalade: then the fight band to hand;
Such an unequal fight as never had name
Since the Persian hordes butchered that doomed Spartan band.
All dayl and all night! and the morning so slow,
Through battle smoke mantling the Alamo.
Then silence! Such silence! Two thousand lay dead
In a crescent outside l and within? Not a breath
Save the gasp of a woman, with gory gashed head;
All alone, all alone there,' waiting for death;
And she but a nurse. Yet when shall we know
An6ther like this of the Alamo?
Shout "Victory, victory, victory holM
I say 'tis not always for the hosts to win;
I say that the victory, sudden or slow,
Is given the hero who grapples with sin.
Or legion or single; Just asking to know
When duty fronts death in his Alamo.
Joaquin Miller.
As for Germany, Alsace-Lorraine Is
practically already mortgaged by the
allies to France; and Russia might
claim Posen and perhaps East Prussia.
There Is Just the same objection to
taking that territory that there was to
slicing off Alsace-Lorraine from
France; It would leave a , permanent
scar in the consciousness of the Ger
man people,
Neither the Germans nor the Aus-
. V T. , I trian Germans nor the Magyars can be
walls of Paris. It Is an up-to- t ,, fPOm th., aru, th win
the-mlnute institution, con- : 8tay as neighbors, presumably friends
i ducted on modern lines, backed by I and probably more anxious than ever
AN AMERICAN HOSPITAL
A
MERICANS have established
a hospital Just outside the
served by
skill that
for a political union of alt the German
speaking people, to which union the
Magyars would have to adhere or be
submerged.
Germany would lose In such a peace
all or nearly all her colonies; and prob
ahl v thA bJHm with their colonies
and Senegalese are , ' patients, for j would thereafter lay. discriminating
the wounded of all the contending , duties on German ships for the purpose
armies are treated Impartially, xue of keeping down their carrying trade.
. , Z . . Such a peace, imposed by the will of
Journel's Pans correspondent tells conauerors. would orobabiv bind Ger-
of a visit to the hospital. He ex- many to keep up none but a greatly
business-like men and
I the best professional
could be secured.
There French and German, Eng
lish and Austrian, Algerian, Hindu
WAR IN EVOLUTION
By Dr. Prank Crane;
pected to find a "nice" place run reduced army. It does not seem proo-
fr. o si wv whprn "nice" sol- able. vlew of e"lhle passions of
in a TUce way, wnere nice bui . . .mi.. h
Idlers, more or less wounded, were broai statesman like view that that it is slowly developing from im
being treated by "nice" doctors in ioo.000.000 people of like views and as-
tCopyright, 1914, by Frank Crane.)
It Is helpful for one to get any event
properly set In his world view. Every
one must" have some sort of philosophy,
some theory of the universe, Its design
and intelligent purpose.
We have no more the mediaeval out
look, that view held by Dante or St.
Bernard. We cannot be satisfied with
the world conception of the ancient
Norsemen, nor with that of the Brah
man. The modern idea is the result of the
unfolding of the evolution of thought.
The principal factors in its making
were the Reformation in northern Eu
rope, the Renaissance In Italy, the
French Revolution, and the rise of
modern science. To these may be add
ed the appearance of America and
American ideals upon the world's stage
The simlficance of all these is that
the world of men Is a growing thing;
the nicest possible way.
Instead, he found evidences of
efficiency and business manage
ment everywhere. He found sur-
plratlons are bound to occupy a place
in the world, and that it is Detter Tor
the conquerors to treat them as equals
rather than as subjects.
One possibility is that the allies will
t the neople see fit to make
iv.' If all now will lend a hand
Win the law enforced and In
will-build up the state rather DU""' , ' 7i.lT
.- tt wealth of the country multiplied.
'.prntiTlV eas7to bWg Education is spreading and Justice
t the rftAriliifttmAnta made uttB wcu eaiau.mucu.
saary by the decrees of the one need not he a aruisn or a
I Ioj - French partisan to deplore the pos-
t jse'riod of more than a year exility of the Turks undoing all
been given to prepare for the that has been done In Egypt since
W If that vear be devoted 1882. As between English or Ger-
I spirit of building up and con- man suzerainty, right thinking peo
Itlte endeavor instead of be- Pe may be neutral. But It Is un
ovAterf a the nronhMvine of thinkable that Germany contem-
i days to come, the opponents Vl&tea turning Egypt back into the
ihe. new, order of things will bands of Turkey, for the restora
tbemselves far more than they Hon of the crescent and another
'nfionihlv At hv another course, era or cruel misruie
C 'rf
. Ai1w,t -eentiitiAn quarrel over mo cu vision wo pvn,
geons of International reputation j tfaat Germany wlu ba admlfted, as
giving tneir services iree. ne iouhu , Fiance was admitted in 1814, as a
throat specialists', oculists, den
tists, X-ray operators assisting the
regular surgeons and ambulance
tie Journal played no part in
1ng- about the changed order.
It feels that it is- Its duty to
Vln -the law and It believes It
duty of all others to take the
coarse, now that the change
been legally and constitution-
ordered.
A- SMALL INCIDENT
A
EQYPT8 FUTURE
YPT'S future Is an issue of
'war. Turkey has entered the
European conflict with the
I avowed purpose of recovering
ssion of the land of the Nile,
jit is- not ' conceivable, even
'il the allies meet defeat, that
I any, a civilized country, would
t a return of Turkish misrule
:!a coveted country,
yptv touched bottom about
v That "was the year when
1 Pasha; sold his. Suez canal
i ' to the BritlBh 'government.,
ountry was groaning under
Its credit was gone its peo
ound down under the relent
eel of a relentless despotism.
Egyptian, " people lived in a
ic state of semi-starvation,
at,'' gloomy and squalid. '
a came European lnterven
ad an' era of Improvement
Egypt was not conquered
rope; she was rescued front
:rks.; 'Taxes, which had been
?d by use of the kurbash,
reduced and regulated. The
. which had ' been a riot of
'ion and cruelty, were made
form, tn a degree at least,
demands of civilization.
1882 England . has ': exer
. dominating leadership in
Any other, civilized conn
t hate dose as " well, but
t remains that for 32 years
tory ot ,, Egypt is a record
ving. prosperity and of ad
?nt of the people., . Debt- has
luced and new loans raised
eat public - works.-, , Taxes
en lowered, agriculture re-
BELGIAN was mistreated in
Mexico. Minister OMay,s rep
resenting the Belgian gov
ernment, protested to ' Car-
ranza, but the provisional head of
the Mexican government took ex
ception to the envoy's manner of
doing what he considered his duty.
The Belgian envoy was dismissed
and ordered to leave Mexico. He
took refuge under protection of
the . United States forces at Vera
Cruz, and there-he remains, barred
from the Mexican- capital by the
man who claims he represents the
cause of exact justice.
It Belgium were a nation able
to enforce the respect of Carranza,
it Is not probable that the Inci
dent would have happened. Under
such circumstances it might be a
cause for war, for Europe Is very
touchy about the way her official
representatives are treated.
But Belgium Is unable to back
up her minister. That is why Car-
ranza's edict of expulsion is any
thing but reassuring. It may be
ai small matter, but, with other
things, it goes to indicate Car
ranza's- character. Perhaps Villa
knows what he is about when h-
perslsts In demanding that Car
ranza step down and out of Mex
ican affairs.
feeling' of triumphant satisfaction.
There is no other Dhrase so much corps.
dreaded and so much disliked. , It Wounded have come to this hos
is enough to sustain the conse- pital In overwhelming numbers,
auences of our failures and mis- and yet the place has been kept
faWoa without ttainir mminiio hv I Immaculate. The rapidity with
those who never make a failure or which work is done has astonished
mistake, "I told you bo." the Europeans. A French army
We should have consulted them surgeon, after having spent part of
when we were undecided, lust as a' day inspecting the place, said
the ancients consulted the oracle "It is a shame that here In our
at Delphi. - Many a Drodleal has own country we must come to ron
been kept from returning home be-1 Americans to learn how a military
cause he did not wish to be humil- hospital should be tun.
lated with an "I told you so." Europe is demonstrating extra-
There is no telling how many ordinary efficiency in maiming
failures could have been turned I men. America Is showing the
Into success but tor the "I told world how to relieve the suffering
you so." After all more is learned and to save the lives of war vis
through failure than success. Mostltims. History will give greator
of the experiences of life come out credit to American surgeons and
of some failure to obtain Just what 1 nurses than it accords to the ablest
we desired most, yet it can hardly generals this war produces,
be called failure If we obtain
I TOLD TOU SO
A
COMMON., expression is
told you so."
It Is an expression that
never' varies from one gen'
eration to . another. ' It was used
by Adam when he realized .the
consequences of eating ' the apple
at Eve's suggestion. : It has been
a favorite phrase ever since in
every tongue, . .
.It is often uttered in tones simu
latlng kindness but in reality irri
fating because there is conveyed a
power which must be reckoned with in
the settlements.
3. The third alternative is that fhe
German-Austrian combination may win
a decided victory. If another Fred
erick the Great should unexpectedly
arise he may double the forces of
the country by adding his genius, and
there is. always the chance of getting
complete command of the sea, which
would probably mean the invasion of
contending nationalities; just as it
would be impossible for these United
States to thrive If every state were
sovereign, and there were no central,
national government.
Just why men must learn their les-
,n.t nf mn much violence
! England That would destroy France's d deptructlon no 0ne can say. But it
jally. and if France were then con- seeraifWt l8 the only way humanity
coherent, or-
perfect conditions into
ganlzed whole.
In this prorram where does
come?
The answer is. that war is a phase of
evolution, a painful phenomenon inci
dent to the passing of world thought
from childhood Into maturity, from
competition to coordination.
The ultimate aim is that the whole
earth "shall be one homogeneous unit
It Is Impossible from progress to eon-
. .. . . .V .... 1An. aa mantrfllrl
unue mucu iui ium m ' 1 pu.in i.i.. .
- r in. maTisimM nn 1 1 a. ... ..ut .
As a matter of fact, it. is no new tlng
for Oregon to bo oryt for Oregon
started its history as a dry state? It
was a live issue, however, even from
the very first, when Oregon was a jpro-
visional government, and later in, its
territorial days.
On December 7. 1847, the' governor.
la his message to the legislative as
sembly of Oregon territory,' said: MTtia
act entitled 'An act to regulate I the
manufacture and sale of wine and 'dis
tilled spirituous liquors, passed at i the
last session of the legislature, I W uia
recommend for revision. An aH to
prevent the introduction, manufai fure
ana sale or ardent spirits in Or fgon
would be far preferable to a- majt jrity
of the people of this territory.? In
our early History, ardent spirits fere
unknown among us. Every effort Jwas
maae to keep it out ot the terrf sry,
and to a great extent successfully ntll
1849 when, owing to the defects 11 the
law passed at the session of 1846. t bme
persons violated the statutes. :. (and
liquor was made and sold in the f uri-
tory. It was not done openix jnor
carried on to any great extent. J
"The ; last legislature licensed, Khe
manufacture and sal cf ardent spfrits.
I hope the present legislature wllf re
peal the license law. ' Would It nH . be .
better to have the law oppose; lo
ardent spirits than to have the manu
facture and sale of it legalise ty
statute? ' - in
'It is argued by some persons that
you have not the right to put it d)wn.
and by .others that it Is interferit t in-
the liberties of the people and del riv-
in them of their riKhts. 1 thlnlt sou
have the right to prevent Its lntr Ruc
tion. o one can dispute your rig) jf to
regulate It down to the medical i pro
fession. - t.
"With regard to taking away .the
liberties of the people. prohtbltoryywS'
are paused by all legislatures. -1 Will
simply give one instance: in a uiw
of Massachusetts, passed Marclj 1 23, .
1S33, it is declared that, any p( poa
who shall, in violation of the Jawefl
a lottery ticket, or knowingly s! tfer
one to be sold, in any building oTned
or rented by him, shall forfeit anqgpay
a 'uum not less than jt 100 nor wore
than $200; and that if any pf on.
after conviction, shall repeat tint of
fense, he shall be sentenced for- K?try
I subsequent offense to labor in, ftha
I house of correction or in the common
Tom a sermon ny itooert Eiuoti oti tnr a. term of not less than iarfee
Speer, secretary of the Presbyterian j months, not more than 12 months. fhl
Board of For elm Missions. I was not Considered by the peopE ) as
rhe ereat non-Chfrtstlan rellriota 1 taking away their liberties. Thej.dO
are today confessing their inadequacy, deprive some of the liberty df ruHlng
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a..v Waaa fholr wirx And UmnC
-a. . . a , . HIVI1T3 V, V I,- V Jl we i
xworea. uave eeen oninioiem puouc th statute founded In the true frln
ly aegranea irom me status or a re- clples of legislation not to -lilnse
ligion to a mere code or court etiquette
in Japan.
We are witnessing one of the great
est religious transformations that
ever took place In the non-Christian
world passing over Hinduism. Phil
lips Brooks thought he saw in the
rise of the Brama SomaJ -a great
schism ' running through Hinduism
that was to Issue in a reform move
ment that would bring up In Itfdia
great masses of men to pure thelstlc
conviction, from which they would be
ready to step over into a Christian
faith.
But Hinduism has ' so readjusted
Itself as to make it unnecessary for
the Brahmos to revolt from It. It-Jiaa
simply made room in its expansive
folds for the ethical conceptions of
Christianity, so that it is comfortable
for a man who wants to hold those
conceptions to stay inside the Hindu
faith and live the Hindu life If that Is
his desire. Hinduism is engaged in
a great apologetlc.adaptatlon.
In like manner all the great non
Christian religions are disintegrating
or undergoing some form of signifi
cant transformation. What Griffith
Jones says, in "The Ascent Through
FAILING FAITHS
in
the . long run something that is
better for us.
WALL STREET LOOKS UP
LESS LITIGATION
I
W
learns.
Ti j .e-tv mifrvAoo ftf 4 111 a WRr.
f theVeforis'that ?he .people shall be
made to realize tne terriDie price o
quered there would be more than fen j
equal chance of defeating Russia.
HENEVER financial clouds
begin to gather Wall Street
is the first to scurry ta
N NEW YORK the state' bar as- " cover. When the storm
soclation Is behind a movement blows-over Wall Street is usually
to prevent unnecessary lltisa- the last to come out of hiding.
tion. A committee has sent out The New York Post says the
to Judges, lawyers, interested or- concensus of opinion in Wall Street
ganizations and laymen a circular is unanimous to the effect that a
letter asking suggestions which distinct turn for the better has oc-
may aid the committee in making curred In the business and flnan
recommendations to the state as- ciai situation in America. There
sOciatton. The letter says: Una a sudden and violent move-
In making suggestions it will be 1 mant of foreign exchange in favor
well to remember that law, like medl- UfNw Yorlr Tint thA Post -ava
cine, is or-two kinds, preventive and . . . ..'
remedial. Law is preventive only that .was a symptom rather than
when it is so constructive as to ob- a cause. Optimism has followed
viate all cause for dispute. It be- closely on the deepest financial de-
comea remedial onlv after n. rmiM t nr I ... .
dispute has actuaiiv come mto . Jection since me war Degan.
istence. i wan street nas learnea tnat Jfiu-
The committee is right in say-1 rope is buying supplies here In
Ing that prevention must be at the unusual quantities, on a scale and
source. But there may be a aues-lf such sort as to show them to be
tion whether the source will be designed not. only for the armies
reached by lawyers intent noon but for the needs of the general
changing the law itself rather than population. Dally cotton exports
its administration. The great rea-bave increased three or four times
son why litigation Is increasing so their recent volume. 1 The big
rapidly tn America is because law- imaaciai ceuiw ui America reai
yers never admit that a, question zes that It has been taking too
of law or equity is settled. Should gloomy a view oi me situation
the New York committee devise! When Wall Street begins to look
something 100 per cent perfect, it I np. it is time for the rest cf the
would probably not be long be-1 country to taae courage. ' When
fore members of the committee it-1 the timid investment dollar comes
self would be picking the ; system J out of its storm cellar,-, that fact
to pieces In the Interest of clients. I alone is evidence enough that clear
possessed of sufficient power to die
tate, what would probably be her will?
As to European territory, Austria
may receive Servia and Macedonia
with the seaport of Salonika, but will
hardly wish either German or Russian
territory. Germany will certainly an
nex Belgium and not unlikely Holland,
but will probably leave the boundaries
of France about as they were. The
Scandinavian powers may be untouched
if they have not Joined In the "War.
Germany will probably take such of the
English colonies' as pleases her fancy,
especially any in which Germans might
like to settle. Thia will not Include
Canada or Australia, but not unlikely
will include SoUth Africa.
If England is brought to her knees
she will have to give up her chain
of fortresses from Gibraltar to India;
Hongkong and the Straits settlements
will go; probably not India, for it
would be a serious thing for Germany
to take on 300,000,000 unwilling sub
jects. Restrictions and special taxes
will be laid on English commerce. Eng
! land will be obliged to keep down her
! navy below, any danger to the Ger
non-cooneration.
The end will be to bring the nations
together. To save themselves from
annihilation, they must eventually se
cure some kind of unity of action.
Militarism, with its deep delusion of
military preparedness, must show It
self utterly unbearable.
The present vast conflict is one of
the "growing pains" of humanity.
The abhorrent injustice of the old
regime in France could not go without
tha bitter struKKle of the revolution.
'Human slavery in America could not
pass without tne sneaaing oi diooq.
So the federation of the world can
not come by Hague conferences and
aciulemic discussions: the old order,
wh,r, nations are armed camns direct-
in the passions and prejudices of the
rwnnle to dlsaooear without gigantic
convulsions. ' There are some devils
that go not out of man except they
rend him.
But our children's children will read
nr thi mltrhtv ruck of destruction with
mans. The'Germans will not be likely ' the same sentiments we now read of
everywhere pressing hard upon all
other nations. Western civilisation
in all directions is disintegrating both
the customs of savage nations and
the more stable civilisation of the
east, and It Is everywhere being shown
that in this general break-up of old
and effete orders there is an imminent
peril. For where our civilization
penetrates without our religion it is
invariably disastrous in its effects.
It never fails to destroy the confi
dence of the subject races In their
own creeds and customs, without fur
nishing anything in place of their
sanctions and restraints. The result
is everywhere to be seen In the way
In which heathen nations neglect our
virtues and emulate our vices.
"The advice sometimes given to the
missionary, .therefore, to leave the
people to whom he ministers to their
simpler faith, is .beside the mafic
These faiths are inevitably going
soon they will be gone and the ques
tion presses, what then? If history
proves anything, it proves that a na
tion without a faith is a doomed na
tion. "From this point of " -view alone,
then, there is a tremendous respon-
nn direct- I siDinty lata upon us. . we must see
ed by monarchies, is too deepry rooted) to it that we give somethlng-hr-the
evil, but to -defend the comm airy
from It? i i
"When a crime is committed byiany
person under the influence of liquor,
where does the responsibility rest? $The
individual, when, sober, informs M Jhe
dfd not know what lie was. doing. ?JThe
seller says'"! have a license toisell .
liquor, and sold It to him according to
law.' . Would It not be for the lntj rest
of the territory to take away thlsijilea
from the seller? The license system
throws a bulwark around the dealt r In
ardent spirits, behind which hj ; In
trenches himself. Remove this j bul
wark, place the law against hlra, nd
public sentiment will put. him dt Wn.
"The temperance cause la an on rd
one. We hear of state after stat'de-,
ciding through the ballot box tha nao .
license to sell liquor shall be gra ted
within it bounds, and the supJme
court at Washington, to which several'
cases have been carried from theiclr
cult courts, arising from the 'liquor
question, decided at the last term "That
the states have a right to regulate.,the
trade In, the licensing of, and the,Vll
Ing of ardent spirits. ;
"The question, 'Shall a license f.iys
tem be continued, or shall the ii tra
duction, manufacture and sale of! ar
dent spirits be prohibited, is in jDur
hands. I hope, in deciding npo j it,
you will take the happiness and f u, jUre
prosperity of Oregon territory Into 1w--slderatlon.
I leave the question I jlth
you, sincerely hoping that should, ws ,
come under the Jurisdiction of . the
United State the coming year, we lay
be found with a law on' our starts
books prohibiting the sale of artent
spirits in this territory.'!
This sounds as If it were wrt'ien
last week In place of nearly .70 yars
- aa m. aa.'a. M .
ago. It is very eviqeni inai.u ii
question of wet or dry had been let to'
Oregon's first governor, Oregon w aid
have remained throughout all its Ama
tory what It soon will be a dryatyte. ,
to keep their-hands off Asia Minor,
which in .climate, productions ana mar
kets would be a good field for German
colonization.
If Europe is "wise it will, whoever Is
the Victor, avoid these harsh terms,
because they would simply mean a
The things that ought to be done
to make the peace permanent "are the
the French Revolution and the Amer
lean Civil War, and rejoice that the
ends gained are as valuable to the hu
man race as the means employed were
fearful.
For this war is the terrible plowing?
the crop shall be t"he federation of the
world and the disarmament of the sep
arate nations.
(Scientifically . speaking, war Is .a
phase in the change incurred by the
evolution of mankind from hetero-
f olio wing:
1. Europe must recognize tne blood s geneity to homogeneity.
kinship of people of the same race, and j
mft st cease to try to amalgamate race , "Preoare for the Rash."
uasiuiuu - - ; , -B-Tn th -Raitimora American.
offer not only toleration of religious
but of race existence. ,
2, Europe must also give i up the
idea of compelling large racial .units to
Immigration officials and others who
are in position to obtain advance Infor
mation are of opinion that at the close
:i..w of the Euronean war, or before tne
to3 BTe rr Indrfhere'wm
It rrr. i I thin side before the war ends, there will
ntf3 world bet ofJneV! a rush of European immigration to
- . ' v. a TTnUAi ua tas na gqinr v iar mi
pid cruelty of the Kussian govern-, 1 r" -,--,- Po.
What American courts of , jus
tice need is stronger determina
tion that justice only shall prevail,
that what may appear today as an
skies .Are. due.
Ifa Possible.
From the Kansas City Times.
t ,nAnA , , . l x ua uiuuuw utte uu BU success-
innocent, inconsequential ;r ruling Lul,,n batterlng aown -impre&mxhie
shall not grow tomorrow into f a I
strongholds, they may try to take a
dominating - precedent overturning fail out of Gibraltar.
1 CAi.n k Drevlous records.
7r,i.-n ; iiand. Austria. Belgium, and even from
HuprmTst admit a larger and j Germany this peaceful invasion wUl be
ri -..iliT ),. .),!. comlne. wv those who undertake tc
community to decisions ras to their t speak with some degree of authority
own destiny. It is a fearful thing for j upon this mtteiv-If this forecast is
any nation to allow" half a dozen or accurate, immigration authorities, na
hijf a hundred persons to decide upon tional and state and civic organizations
peace or war. ' Jttoat make a specialty of social prob-
. . .. ... 1 1 . ahinM lu -riavK nr w&va ana
. AOOVe ail. no peac tn uc ounKire"" -' - - .
ble that does not provide in some way methods even now for disposing of this
against the causes which have brought extraordinary influx to the extent that
about the present war. wniei among
them is the feeling, fostered by great
armaments, that war is a proper and
manly way of settling national differ
ences. : War and more war ia inevita.
ble so long as there Is any power or
group of powers . which keeps war al
ways in the foreground, .
there shall not be population conges
tion in certain spots. The United States
can easily absorb 3,000.000 or 4,000.000
of good population material if it can
be. only rightly placed. . There is agri
cultural opportunity in the south At
Untie and gulf states for at least ,2,-
OvMOO of thrifty land, pliers.
place of what we take away, and that
something must be Christian faith ot
It will be nothing." .
We stand In the midst of a areat
world of wrecked reliaiona Hereav
after heresy has shot schism upon
schism through what we used to look
upon as the solid mass of Mohamme
danism, and all the other non-Chris
tian religions are - attempting, -in
greater or less degree, to transform
themselves beneath our eyes..
or tne Christian calvary closes the
question. All the non-Christian rell
gions, except Monarameaanism, were
here when Jesus Christ came. If tha
missionary- enterprise is a mistake, it
is not our mistake; it is the mistake
of ood. if the laying, down of life la
the attempt to evangelize the world
is an illegitimate waste. let the r.
proacn ox it rest on tnat one priceless
Life that was therefore laid down
needlessly zor the world.
Koenigsbergg Borden. v
From the Pall Mall Gazette.
If Koenigsberg suffers the same fat
as Brussels and is called Upon to pay
a war levy its inhabitants mar well
reel aggrieved, as up to little more
than 20 years ago they were still be
ing taxed for the levy made by Na
poleon in 1(07.' This was originally
fixed at 800,000, but In response to
the earnest representations of some of
the citizens the emperor reduced It to
440,000, provided payment was made
immediately. To satisfy this proviso
the. whole sum Was raised by. means
of a Joan bearing interest at .1 per
cent, and not until 1891 were princl
pal and interest repaid in full.. Koe-
nigsbergers. bitterly resent the fact
that for more than 9 years the Prus
sian government let them bear this
financial burden unaided, although' the
city unlike- its neighbor, Danzig is
far from rich, and that out - of the
huge Indemnity Imposed on France in
1871, only i3760 a year was allotted
to wipe off the debt they had lnearred
through Napoleon,
The Ragtime Muse
1 1
Inconsistent Man. -
m .et m ttratitf KsaSaaV
UI. 4VA-t las tnnat lintTftlTllV. l
(1IB awl 1 - r vw . w w
By wearing clothes this ract, at taurb
He recognizes piainiy. .;
His ugly feet he hides in shoes, .
And tnem ne ne er aiojo!, . . ;
But there his sense he seems to
For he his race expose. j.
In gloves he often masks his bandi ?
This silliest of creatures,
But why, no person understands-!
He still parades hi features.
He scorns Dame Nature's kindly. Bd,
Foolhardiest of riskers!
And, unashamed and unafraid, t :
Removes nis screen oi wnuwri,
Dame, Nature, in her artful' way, f .
All ugliness concealing, ;
Dedecked man's face with foil
. gay : ; ft -
That he's nent on revealing; t i t
Poor wretch! Could he himself b-
serve, - - M
Shorn nf his hirsute forces J-
He'd spare the" razor and conserve
nil uauiru invuioir ' .
According to Preecription. If
His neighbors had been much
tlfied bv Flaherty's strange . act ?ru -
ThrM afternoons in succession he )ad
run from bis home to the corner tad .
hack, tjunosiiy prtvui nw.j
the fourth afternoon, Flaherty isa (ed
forth with-a child's skipping rope f id
went- through the perrormance f-ioi
skipping to the corner and back. ,1 Jil
ligan was appointed to learn whet er.
Flaherty naa lost ms fene ,
What do you mean oy ui .r nen-'
quired of Flaherty. ;
"DOCtners r-raers, was inv
prompt reply, "sure, an didn't J be -give
me some, pills, and say to t,tke
one three days runnln', then mip
one?" K
The Wofnan's Page?
The Journal each evening "pre
gents a number of striking
features; " Mahy of them ani
ot exclusive interest to wom?'
en; others , r of genera j
appeal. '
They all are worth while.' Cut
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page; yoo will find it profit
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