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HB 2 GOODWIN'S WEEKLY. HB them to be sure to give no occasion to have the H rumor repeated, he had himself interviewed and R to have published to the world what measures he H proposed to take to have those places safeguarded B against any repetition of the charge, which public H notice caused the foreign orders for preserved H meats to fall off $17000,000 that year, which loss H fell on the farmers and range men of the central fl He was on a hunting excursion on the lower J Mississippi when the panic of 1907 struck the H country. On his way back to Washington, upon reaching Memphis, he made a speech filled with H threats of what he would do when he reached the Hj capital. What lie did do was to approve the ab sorption by the great steel company of the Ten- H nessee Iron & Coal company, to bring around J which absorption the panic was brought on. Hr When he needed help and personally solicited H the support of Senator Tillman and ex-Secretary H Chandler, so soon as he got out of his trouble, he H declared that he had never sought the help of H either of them and that they were both liars. H When he went out of office only the very H strongest railroad companies could borrow money Hj enough to keep up the repairs on their roads. H He had held as personal friends for years a B gentleman and his wife. When he finally differed H1 with them he advertised them both as liars. H When ho returned from Africa a noisy mob B gave him a great ovation as he reached the pier H in New York. He was the next week "forced H against his will" to jump into New York politics, H dictate a Republican platform and defeat the H party that had every promise of winning until he B insisted upon running it. Then came 1912 which B we all know about. And now it may be that the B Republicans may nominate him next spring as the H Progressive hope, but the fact should be kept in H mind that the American people are not much in H the habit of rewarding traitors, and aside from H that while they may not love a peace at any price H president, they know that were a war to come H the people would have to fight, and they would H 'not want a president who would demoralize the H armies at the front, the navy at sea and the con- H gress at the capital. Nations Must Safeguard Themselves MR. CHARLES ELIOT, president emeritus of Harvard, proposes a naval alliance with all H the entente powers and for the United States to H join a peace league of faith-keeping nations, and H. thinks our country is not ready for radical mili- Hl tary changes. H Professor Eliot's order of mind always leans H toward a compromise when trouble exists or is H threatened. H The European war has supplied the world H with a great many object lessons. One is that M the disposition of most nations is to be faith- M keeping until it looks as though an advantage B could be gained by breaking faith and then a de- V bate is sprung at once. Another object lesyon that i has been furnished is the accentuating of the wis- I, dom of Washington's injunction to "in time of H peace prepare for war." H Another lesson which is most pertinent makes H clear the wisdom of the Nevada saloon keeper's H remark in self-justification, when arraigned for H keeping a disorderly house. Said he, "When I H opened my saloon I promised the best citizens of H the place that it should always be a peaceable, H t quiet place, and I am going to keep my word if I H have to beat to death some blankety blankety un- H regenerate son of a gun every quarter of an hour." H Certain facts are plain to the dullest eyes. No H formidable enemy could attack us without com- Hj ing from three thousand to five thousand miles j to do so. HI That makes clear at a glance that wo should HI have an ample fleet to, entertain them were they H to come; an ample fleet and coast defenses, and HJ both the fleets and fortresses should always be prepared for immediato business. Each state should have an ample state guard and these state guards should alwuys bo ready for business and the government should see that ample material to enable them to do effective work should be kept in depots so arranged that railroads could bo engaged to hurry both the men and supplies to any needed point. Military training should begin at once in all the advanced graded schools and in all the high schools, with annual maneuvers under "United States officers. This kept up for ten years would greatly im prove the efficiency of the coming generation for all the works of peace, and would scatter through out the republic some millions of young men who would be ready for service at a moment's call; the knowledge of which fact would cause all the world's bullying powers to think twice before undertaking any raids upon us. Of course, the army and navy departments would keep up with the advances in the means and instruments for killing men which might be made and should keep experts in invention, in science and mechanics constantly busy along all those lines. The expense of all this ought not to be rela tively very great, nothing at all to compare with what the cost of war would be if sprung upon us while unprepared. Moreover, it would reduce the danger of war quite 90 per cent As for alliances. They were once thought to be good things to ward off wars and so were peace-covenants between nations. The present European war shows that agreements among na tions count for little except where there is a power behind them to enforce them. E. L. Lomax A MONTH to a day from the coming, like a joyous hand-clasp, of a Christmas card from him, the wires brought the message that ho had taken that train the further terminal of which is in the stars. It is pitiable news. He loved this life exceedingly and most because of those he loved and the first thought that came on receipt of the news of his death was : "How those whoso lives were incorporated with his life must be suffering!" He was an alert and most capable business man and was as faithful in the round of his duties as are the stars in their shining spheres. For years his thoughts were a watch over a thousand miles of railroad and his constant study was to supply the road's needs, and the sleep of every director was more tranquil because of the knowl edge that he would neglect nothing. But behind the faithful and never-tiring officer was the brave, high-souled man who wanted the world to be bet ter and those he loved more blessed. His place in the road may be filled, for corporations are ma chines in which wheels are broken and bolts wear out every day which may be supplied with new ones, whether they be of steel or men, but no substitute can be found for that other higher machinery; for those other attributes and facul ties which, springing from heart and brain, be come linked with other hearts in ties which to break is a tragedy which darkens always before happy homes and wraps hearts that never before had a real sorrow in mourning robes. God pity and comfort his loved ones. God rest his gener ous high soul. As To State Universities 'T'HERE are two kinds of state universities. Both carry on the same studies; both have the same forms. But the one pursues its way year after year, and draws to it no affection, no reverence, carries with it no especial prestige, and is not of much use, except as it gives young men diplomas, which on their face certify that they have attend ed it some years, and have gone through a cer tain course of study. The other pursues its courso, there is no attempt at display, no ostentation in its proceedings, and yet, after a few years, it seems to be incorporated into the very life of the people of the state. Men speak of it as though it was a part of their own property, a glorious I something, which binds the hearts of all the peo- . 3 plo together, exalts the state, and remains in their y I estimation as something which makes their state i better than any other state. This latter estima tion comes when those who have control of it, give to it their best and most unselfish thoughts, when no politics, no particular religion, no fami ly preferences, no .favoritism, no prejudices are invoked; when the only thought is, to have the institution so conducted that every man, woman and child in the state may feel a proprietorship in it, and that it is a something entitled to all 1 reverence, because it is one thing in the state to which there is attached nothing that is selfish 1 or unclean. But when those in control, while pro- I fessing all manner of fairness, and a desire that ,. I nothing that is not of the highest and best shall ' J be carried on, are still in secret working out self ish and sinister plans of their own, plans which they would not dare openly to reveal to the people, the institution may go on, may prosper n .financially, but because of that mysterious law of I compenstion, it will draw no love, and no prestige to itself, because it will not deserve to. For a I university, while it is supposed to be a scientific institution, a place intended to start young men I on their way to a higher education, and to teach I them to concentrate, and systematize their minds, I to be really great and influential, must have more heart than brain in its control, and from that con- . I trol every selfish and unworthy motive must be j eliminated. I Holy And Unholy Wars g 'T'HIS was a good week for the Sons of the I American Revolution to have their annual ban- te quet in, for it is a good time to make comparisons tj between the war their ancestors fought, and the war that is raging over a continent 'beyond the seas. This week is an anniversary week for some of those weeks that were passed at Valley Forge. The same hardships prevail In the trenches be yond the sea, but the descendants of those who are fighting there, will not desire to celebrate the anniversary because the war, one incident of which was the gloom of Valley Forge, was not like the war that is being prosecuted now. The one was the struggle for liberty, and the right of men to be their own rulers, to have their own country, when all men should have equal oppor tunities, regardless of station, to win for them selves, fortunes and high names, while this other Avar that is raging now, when analyzed, reveals nothing, save a desire for conquest and power, and invokes nothing but the selfish and cruel motives and passions of men. The fathers went to Valley Forge of their own accord. The purpose behind them was so holy that memory of it transforms y that lonely valley with its snows and cold and sufferings into a sacred place. In future the mem ories of the condition of Belgium and Poland will make a photograph of sorrow on the glass of the ages. And the lesson of it all to Americans ought to be, that there must never be a war in this country unless behind it there are the same high motives that governed at Valley Forge, and which for all time will make it a sacred place. The Mexican Problem " F course, we know nothing of President Wil- son's intentions toward Mexico. He agreed J with the representatives of Brazil, Argentine and Chile to recognize Carranza as president of Mex ico, and so far as can be seen he is waiting for that special bandit to conquer a peace in distract ed Mexico. But affairs are becoming very danger- . ous in that country. The people of this country l