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ta, who relinquished to W. H.
ihoroy on July 1, 1911. Published r
44 years without missing an issue,
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Published Thursdays.
ANOTHER DEPLORABLE
FEATURE OF WAR
Think of it! Great Britain,
is spending for war purposes
in the current year 1,300,
000,000! Wouldn't it he bet
ter to build schools or homes
for the poor with the money.
The worthy poor widows with
large 'families need the help.
With the amount voted in
the financial year of 19 14-' 15
the sum allotted for the war,
including the new vole of
credit will reach an aggregate
of 1,662,000,000.
WILL SAFEGUARD U. S.
WAR DEPARTMENT
SECRETS
Congress probably will be
asked to broaden the scope of
the national defense act of
191 1 so -as to more adequately
safeguard military secrets
with reference to torpedoes,
guns or other navyxlevices
designed by the Navy De
partment and turned over to
private contractors for use in
connection with government
vessels they have under con
struction. In his annual re
port, made public today, Soli
citor Egerton of the Depart
ment calls attention to litiga
tion with the E. W. Bliss com
pany in connection with its
contracts for manufacturing
torpedoes under government
designs, and adds:
"This office purppses sub
mitting to the department at
the proper time, with recom
mendations that appropriate
legislation be requested of
Congress, certain amend
ments to the national defense
secrets act of March 3, 1911,
whereby a contractor with
the government would be pro
hibited under severe penalty
from selling, demonstrating
or explaining to any person
or government other than the
United States anything, or
any part thereof .covered by
the contract or any pertain
ing to or connected with the
matter covered by the con
tract and whereby the act
will be broadened in scope in
certain other material re
spectso as to provide protec
tion against the obtaining of
information concerning the
national defense in ways that
are now not forbidden by the
terms of the act."
DEMOCRATS SPLIT ON
DEFENSE PROGRAM ;
I 'Representative Claude -J .
Kitchin, Democratic: leader
of, the 'House, told President
ilson after a long confer
ence with him that he could
not support the administra
tion's program for national
defense and that he would
"oppose the program in a per
sonal capacity onlv and not
kas majority leader.
All I can say, said Rep
resentative Kitchin as he left
the White House, "is that I'
very much regret that I can
not support thb president's
national defense program.
The .plans do not meet with
my convictions, particularly
with reference to the navy. I
shall, make a clear exposition
of my viewsas soon as Con
gress convenes, in a' speech in
the House."
Kitchin said he thought it
very probable that the ' ma
jority would favor the de
fense program.
Representative Kitchin's
definite announcement of his
position will make it impos-
siDie ror mm to leaa tne Dig
fight for the administration's
program in the House. The
burden of the leadership will
devolve probably upon Chair
man Hay of the military!
committee, Chairman Pad
gett of the naval committee,
Chairman Sherley of the for
tifications committee, and
Chairmafr Fitzgerald of the j
appropriations- committee. !
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PEKING DAILY NEWS
WELCOMES RETURN
TO MONARCHISM
The following editorial
from the Peking Daily News
whicrr is supporting the mon
archy, is typical: of the argu
ments advanced1 for the im
mediate abandonment of the
republic:
"The opposition to the pro
posal to afford the people of
China an opportunity of
showing whether they wish
to maintain the existing
nominally republican form of
government or to revert to
monarchism, appears to be
weakening. It has become
increasingly apparent that
the movement for the restor
ation of the monarchy has
behind it a much' greater
weight of popular opinion
than was at first thought to
be the case. There are some
intransigents, .and well-meaning,
bur misguided, foreign
ers who still hug the fond' de
lusion that China has reach
feet a stage of political devel
opment that renders possible
the successful application of
genuine republican princi
ples. . . . ' .
"Some of the arguments
advanced , against- the pro
posal to restore monarchis"m
are delightfully naive. Thus
a well known' and highly re-'
spected American lawyer in
Shanghai (T. R. Jernigan)
comes to the interesting con
clusion that it would -he un
wise to change the republi
can form of government be
cause there has been no re
publican government. If
there "has been no republican
government, what earthly
purpose is served by pretend
ing that a republican govern
ment exists? . Is it not better
to abandon a pretense that
dnly, hampers administration
and promotes unrest?'" But
the publicist in question jis
not quite correct in saying
that there has been no repub
lican government. He has
apparently forgotten that the
provisional constitution as
adopted by the National
Council at Nanking in the
month of March, 1912, was
effective until November, in !
1913. This instrument was
framed by the most radical;
wing ol the Chinese revolu
tionaries and was distinctly
republican in spirit and sub
stance. The experiment of
trying to govern the counrry
under this constitution fail
ed utterly. No useful pur
pose is served by denying the
facts. The experiment of re
publicanism was tried; it fail
ed disastrously, and .much
better, though not the best
possible, results have' been
obtained under a system that
is - monarchial in everyir.ing
except that its perpetuation
is:not provided for.
"The argument that China
made no real and substantial
progress under a monarchial
form of government in by
gone years is not impressive.
Fifty fears ago the same
thing could have been said
Swith equal truth about Japan,
but it is doubtful whether
"anyone will summon up the
courage to claim that' Japan
would have made greater pro
gress if she had espousecj re,-,'
publica'nism. It ,musf always
be remembered that the pro-'
posal is tt give China a pure
ly. Chinese dynasty with a
man. on the throne who has
proved himself patriotic, and
progressive To argue that
this would be inviting disas
ter because an alien dynasty,
directed by eunuchs and,
court parasites and notori-'
ously ignorant of modern
conditions and requirements;
failed, to ensure progressv is '
to show a singular circum
scription of mind." '
THE HOME MERCHANTS
ADVANTAGE
Every merchant has a bet
ter chance to do business with
the people in his neighbor-'
hood than has trie far-away
mail order house.
It doesn't cost him as much .
to get trade as it costs the .outsider.
He can draw the people to
his store and show them the
actual article they -are inter--
ested.in; and this beats' catar
lbgs to a frazzle.
WhenUiis customers buy
they can take the goods with
them or have them delivered
at once, instead of waiting
from one to two weeks longer.
The home merchant is on
the. inside track. But the
trouble too often is that in
stead of pushing his business
through advertising, like the
far-away mail order house,
does, he sits idly byand cus
ses his luck and unfair compe
tition. Don't hide your light be
hind a bushel. The public
likes an aggressive business
man. And they like to 'do
business with that kind.
Be on the offensive, not de
fensive.
Deafness Cannot Be Cured .
i Wat applications, as they cannot
much the diseased portion of the ear.
Thero la only one way to euro deaf ness.
and that is by constitutional remedies,
Deafness Is caused by an inllamed condi
tion of the mucous lining of the Eusta
chian Tube. When this tube Is inllan.ed
you have a rumbling: sound or Imperfect
hearing, and when It is entirely closed,
Deafness Is the result, and unless the In
flammation can bo taken out and this
tube restored to Its normal condition,
hearing: will bo destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh,
which Is nothing: but an inflamed condi
tion of the mucous surfaces. '
We will glvo One Hundred Dollars for. any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Bond for circulars, fre.
F. J, CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
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