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THE EVENING STAR.
With Sunday Morning' Edition.
WASHINGTON.
SUNDAY March 13, 1910
THEODORE W. NOTES. .. .Eciivir
Entered a? aecond-claaa mall matter at tha pott
efflce at Waahinftoa, S. 0.
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Family Circulation much more than the
combined circulation of the other Waah
tsgton Calllea. As a Hews and Adver
tising Medium it haa no competitor.
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edition. Is delivered by carriers within the city
? t 60 cent* per month: without the Sunday
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The District's Legislature.
Congress is the District's legislature. It
Is Bp designated by the Constitution of
the United States, which provides that
the national law-making body shall exer
cise exclusive legislation In all cases
whatsoever over the seat of government.
By the act of 1878 It has specifically
taken upon Itself, in addition to the gen
eral legislative functions pertaining to
the maintenance of order at the National
Capital and the protection of the federal
Interests, the detailed duties of a board of
aldermen and a common council, at the
same time pledging the government of
the United States to meet one-half the
expenses of the capital municipality's up
keep. By this act Congress assumed a
definite responsibility.
In tfteir capacity as members of the
national legislature, representatives and
senators should regard themselves as
custodians of? the District's interests. It
is the desire of all the people of the
United States that the seat of govern
ment should be properly maintained upon
a dignified basis. Whenever it'is under
stood, the organic act Is approved by
intelligent American citizens. It Is only
iir cases where the relations between the
District and the federal government are
misunderstood that the District Is regard
ed as the beneficiary of congressional
bounty. And yet in Congress itself, the
seat of legislative authority, the scene of
the enactment whereby the District was
constituted a partner with the United
States in the matter of keeping up a capi
tal municipality befitting the federal dig
nity, an erroneous idea persistently pre
vails as to the spirit and even the terms
of . this federal pledge.
If the members of the House, in which
body the District usually suffers most
severely from uninformed criticism, weytf
to approach this subject of local legi^a
tion without prejudice and were to ac
quaint themselves with the actual con
ditions, and to study the statistics, su?h
as those presented In the Congressional
Record by Representative Olcott, there
would be less occasion for the District to
protest against the inequity which it is so
often compelled to endure at the hands
of lis own legislative representatives, the
members of Congress. Not a vote has
ev?r been lost in any congressional dis
trict through the correct interpretation
and just application of the organic act to
the District on the part of any member
of the House. There Is no politics in re
garding the District as a mendicant. On
the other hand, it should be considered
a? the patriotic duty of every legislator
to give such an Interpretation to the act
of 1878 that the District of Columbia will
be developed as a model municipality.
This can only be done in a spirit of falr
neas with an intelligent understand
ing of the facts.
The Bival Ship Builders.
Great Britain's new naval program, as
embraced In the estimate for 1910, Just Is
sued by the admiralty, indicates no dis
position to halt in the process of building
up a large establishment. An expenditure
of orer $200,000,000 is contemplated, an
Increase of more than $27,800,000 over
1900. This Increase is largely accounted
for by constructions authorized by par
ll'unent before the late dissolution. There
are io be five new large armored ships
of the type popularly known as dread
naughts, five protected cruisers, twenty
destroyers and a large number of sub
marines.
It is Interesting to note that both the
first lord of the British admiralty, Regi
nald McKenna, and the German chancel
lor, von Bethmann-Holweg, have Issued
statements explanatory of the large na
val increases, each averring that his par
ticular propositions have had no sinister
significance as a threat against the other
nation. The German chancellor declares
that the German naval expenditures have
no reference to the relations with Great
Britain, but are solely in the interest of
national proteotion. Mr. McKenna as
serts that the British estimates are not
based upon the assumption that other na
tions, intend to be unfriendly, but have
been framed to preserve the British stknd
ard In naval power without regard to the
expenditures by other countries.
Despite these denials of antagonistic in
tentions, the fact remains that each of
these two powers is annually adding
heavily to its armament. Everybody un
derstands that they are mutually watch
ing one another, adding ship for ship and
straining every nerve to score advantage.
The bogle of war is shaken before the
people from time to time to justify the
tremendous expenditures for additions.
Great Britain is In a singularly unfortu
nate situation In that its percentage of
naval requirements Is heavier than that
of Germany, owing to the wide dispersion
of its colonial interests. It has several
times as much territory to safeguard as
Germany, so that the process of main
taining the standard in proportion to Its
nearest rival involves an actually heavier
drain upon Its resources than that Im
posed by the ambitious naval projects of
the kaiser. No one can foretell the out
ceme of this as yet bloodless warfare of
shipbuilding.
Mr. Patten, the speculator, was "booed"
by. cotton exchange men at Manchester.
It is not likely that he will follow the ex
ample of aome other wealthy Americans
a ?d become a British subject.
Prayer for a Political Boss.
A Cincinnati clergyman haa proposed
prayers in all the pulpits of the city
for Boss Cox?that he be moved to use
his influence for better local government,
and all that.
Though new, even novel, is not the
suggestion worthy of consideration? Mr.
Cox, whose influence in the affairs of
the town is conceded to be great, has
for a long time been lectured and de
nounced for his course without result.
Might not a change of treatment affect
him? Might he not be sobered and
softened by the consciousness that so
many persons who subscribe to a belief
in the eiucacy of prayer were employing
such petitions in an effort to reach
him? He is callous to partisan criticism
and abuse. It is plain that he cannot
be turned by ordinary means. Why,
then, not try extraordinary means?
With the fullest respect, this may be
described as the Gordon treatment car
ried a step farther than the now famous
Misslssippian lays it down. Col- Gordon
thinks we are too bitter and strenuous
In our political warfare; that if we rea
soned more and denounced less we should
pret along better and make more progress
Our communication with the opposition
is hampered with abuse and some blind
ness. He does not indorse the means
that have made the Standard Oil Com
pany so rich and powerful, but he does
not reckon Mr. Rockefeller as the sum
of all villainy. He regretted Senator
Heyburn's reference to Gen. Lee^ but in
stead of denouncing him for it, invited
him to be hits guest in Mississippi. He
seemed to think that under hospitable
circumstances he might change some
what Mr. Heyburn's point of view.
Mr Emerson, after renouncing his
early religious convictions, never lost
his respect for those who remained in
the churches and guided their lives by
the faith they professed. Passing a
house with %. friend one day, he ob
served: "An excellent woman lives there
who prays for me every night." He no
longer subscribed to her view of prayer,
but her petitions were hot lost on him.
He held her in reverenoe, and her in
fluence with him must all have been
for the good.
Mr. Cox may not be a churchman, or
"a praying man," but it may not be as
sumed that he is indifferent to all church
influences. If brought to bear upon him
in a concerted and kindly way, they
might at least cause him to take a new
look around. And if we may trust the
local appraisement of the man and his
methods, any check or change would
be for the better.
Hughes and a Third Term.
There is one hope for the New York
republicans. Things are now so bad, they
must be mended, or the party will be
ended. No man in either faction is blind
to the real situation. Hades is to pay,
and there is a good deal of pitch hot.
One man in the state towers as Saul
did among his fellows. He is the ablest
lawyer to occupy the governor's chair
since Samuel J. Tilden. He has shown
as much courage in the office as any man
on the list since the organization of the
commonwealth. He has the respect, re
gardless of party, of the whole country.
He has good policies of his own. and sup
ports the best policies of others. The
men who admire him the most trust him
the most Implicitly. He is popular with
out being a buttonholer or a handshaker.
He plays politics by announcing purposes
and keeping faith. He has made a pro
found impression on the best thought of
the day.
Gov. Hughes does not want another
term. He considers that his private af
fairs, after several years devoted to the
public, have now the first claim on his
time. His children are growing up, and
he has not made the financial provision
for them that he desires. A lucrative
=ppactlce awaits his return to the bar.
For^hls reason, and this alone, he has
declared against another nomination for
himself. > *.
Men] prApose, and circumstances
sometimes dispose. Not only is Gov.
Hu^nes* party in peril, but so also are
the policies he represents. Under any
other leadership than his next fall, his
party is likely to go to defeat, and if
his party goes down his policies will
go with it.
This is the generally accepted view
of the existing situation. Developments
since the governor made his announce
ment have emphasized all the troubles
that previously existed. In the face of
them will he adhere to his purpose?
Should not his party draft him? That
lucrative law practice would be post
poned only a few years. And it would
probably be the larger foT another term
In office, with important state policies
carried through and clinched. Tam
many state-wide domination prevented,
and New York kept in good fighting
form for Mr. Taft in 1912.
With such a man as Mr. Taft in the
White House, such a man as Mr. Root
in the United States Senate, such a man
as Mr. Sherman in the Vice Presidency,
and such a man as Gov. Hughes on
deck at Albany, It would be a terrible
reflection on the republicans, torn even
as they now are, to lose the contest
this year in the greatest state In the
Union, when by the proper nomination
for governor they could save it. Why
not a third term for the man who has
served so admirably for two?
Mr. Rockefeller has said he is fond of
a joke, and he is probably having a
quiet laugh just now at the expense of
people who questioned his philanthropic
enthusiasm.
About the only excuse that Japan would
have for war with this country is the
persistent assertion in the face of pro
test to the contrary that she wants to
fight.
Parte has entirely recovered from a
state of affairs where the hackman had
to stand by and see the tips going to a
man trith a rowboat.
Of course, Senator J. Davis ie hearing
from the I-toM-you-so club that has long
been expecting him to say something he
would be sorry for.
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The Cudahy case Is somewhat unusual
In that no affinity or artistic tempera
ment arguments are Introduced.
When Caruso wants a particularly
dramatic high note he can think of the
Black Hand and Shriek.
Iconoclasts in Boston.
If somebody does not call a halt all the
sacred traditions of Boston will be laid
low in-the dust of ldonoclasm. Not long
ago a book was published in which the
writer cast aspersions on the character
and patriotism of some of the most dis
tinguished New Englanders of the revo
lutionary period, including a group of
Bostonians highly exalted in the popular
estfeem. Next came a declaration by a
speaker before a legislative committee,
considering the question of the purchase
of the Old North Church, to the efleot that
the midnight ride of Paul Rever* cele
brated in Longfellow's Immortal verse, did
not take place and that no lanterns were
hung in the belfry of the ancient house of
worship.
As if this were not enough to shock the
Bostonian sense of historical proportion, a
professor of botany at Harvard University
has in a public lecture demolished the
tradition of the visit of the Norsemen to
Boston in the eleventh century. He has
asserted that the Norsemen did not stop
at the Hub for grapes, but that the "wine
berry." for the sake of which they made
a landing, is not a grape at all, but a
mountain cranberry, oommon at the sea
level in Labrador and a familiar product
of Norway. Consequently the statue of
Leif Erlksen, which now stands in the
Back,Bay, should, for the sake of con
sistency. he removed to some point on the
Labrador coast.
Is the sacred cod safe? Will some local
geographer prove that the streets of Bos
ton were not laid out along the cow paths,
as their present tortuous nature so strong
ly suggests? Will history go even further
than the indictment of Bunker Hill, which
has already been drawn, and assert that
the famous battle was fought on some
other eminence even than Breed's Hill?
Will it be demonstrated that the Boston
massacre was only a street brawl?
History smashers are an annoying lot of
folks. They take particular delight in as
sailing traditions and ,cherlshed institu
e
r
tions. They have no reverence for that
which has been long: honored. They have
no regard for the fondness of people for
ancient things. They like to destroy the
faith of children In Santa Claus and
Mother Goose, and if they can find a flaw
In the character of a conspicuous person
age of the past they chortle with glee.
Boston will probably rise In revolt against
this recent Invasion of her dearest faiths,
lest somebody may venture to cast as
persions upon the fully accepted proposi
tion that from the gilded dome of the
statehouse radiate the Intellectual forces
that dominate the nation.
The Return of Natives.
His friends at home, without regard to
party, are discussing a reception for Mr.
Fairbanks upon his return. He Is sailing
from England today. The Idea Is excel
lent, and the function should be of state
wide consequence. He has deserved well
of Indiana In more than as a political
leader. His place at the bar has always
been high, and his influence for good liv
ing marked among the people. The state
has honored him, and he the state. Why
should not his friends and neighbors man
ifest In a concerted way the pleasure that
each will undoubtedly feel when Mr.
Fairbanks Is again In the midst of them?
A function of this kind in Mr. Roose
velt s honor in New York Is taking very
gratifying shape. The most notable and
influential men In the community are in
charge of the arrangements, and the de
sire to make the affair worthy of the
city and the man to be honored is ear
nest and universal. A welcome never to
be forgotten is to be given to the mighty
hunter. All the way up the bay, and all
over the big town, he is to be assured of
the pleasure of the people at his return.
And there Is Mr. Bryan, who will come
In some weeks ahead of Mr. Roosevelt
from a Journey of great length In Latin
America. He will be entitled to and will
receive a host of very glad hands. From
New York, where he will land, to his own
vine and fig tree in Nebraska, many en
thusiastic evidences of personal respect
will be shown him.
This spirit is worthy of the highest
cultivation. These men are not only emi
nent at home, and representative of our
exceptional opportunities, but have been '
so accepted and honored In all the for- |
eign countries they have visited. Amer- :
lea, in their persons, has everywhere
been saluted. In the far east as well as
in Europe, Mr. Fairbanks was received
by the heads of governments in a way
to show how well they know our progress
as a people, and how much they respect
the larger policies for which we now
stand.
And so we get a better idea ourselves
of our own leaders. When they come
back to us orowned with foreign Inter
est and approval for what they have
done at home, we should crown them
with fresh evidences of our own appre
ciation. There Is no politics In It, as
the phrase Is. A democrat may partici
pate in such a demonstration to Mr.
Roosevelt or Mr. Fairbanks, and a re
publican in a demonstration to Mr. Bry
an, with only the feeling that properly
attaches to a fellow-countryman who
has scaled the heights and won wide and
hearty recognition.
Foreign Relations.
Some English newspapers charge that
the British government Is being used as
a tool by Japan to the detriment of the
United States, while some Japanese news
papers are of opinion that the United
States 1s being used as a tool by Europe
to the prejudice of Japan. Neither as
sertion Is at all persuasive. Things are
going well enough, both between Great
Britain and the United States and Japan
and the United States, and It will take
more than stock ticker Influence, or In
judicious and unauthorised big navy talk,
to seriously disturb them.
Revelations at Albany, N. Y., Indicate a
sad tendency on the part of grafters to
descend to rough work.
It must be conceded that the scientists
made a neater job of oomet discovery
than of polar discovery.
A statesman with Uncle Joe Cannon's
energy and experience Is bound to be a
hard proposition for the oblivion pro
moters.
The month of March always brings up
the difficult problem of where the shirt
waist shall begin and the fur coat leave
off.
Use of aeroplanes, in mountain climb
ing threatens to reduce once heroic un
dertakings to mere afternoon picnics.
The Georgia judge who decided that a
woman has a right to change her mind
is possibly a philosopher as well as a
Jurist.
The recent death of a Texan who had
voted the democratic ticket seventy-nine
times means an especial loss to W. J.
Bryan.
SHOOTING STARS.
BT PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Multitudinous Details.
1 suppose life In the suburbs requires
attention to many details."
"Yes," replied Mr. Crosslots. "I have
annoyed my wife terribly by forgetting
to take down this 'for sale' sign when
we had invited company."
The True and the False.
"She has a wealth of golden hair," said
the poetic youth.
"Are you sure," rejoined the practical
young person, "that some of that wealth
isn't counterfeit?"
The Test of Type.
How often it will cause dismay
That s tinged, mayhap, with sorrow,
To see how what was said today
May look in print tomorrow.
Too Much Variety.
"Bllggins ]? a genius," said the cen
sorious friend, "but he won't stick to any
one thing. He has too many different
kinds of ability."
"Yes, he's unfortunate. There Is no use
of being a genius If you're going to be
heterogeneous."
Accurate.
"Before elections you invariably say it
Is all over except the shouting."
"res," replied Senator Sorghum; "but
I take care not to say whether we are
going to shout for Joy or revenge."
Mutation.
I've heard opinions grave expressed
About our climate rough;
Some fellers say that they'll be blessed
Ef It ain't mighty tough
To see the snow drift o'er the land
And hear the north wind roar;
?ut we have had some sunshine and
I guess we'll have some more.
They're talkln' 'bout hard times that drive
A feller night an' day,
And how they hustle an' contrive
Their various debts to pay.
But Hard-luck can't hold full command;
His rule must soon be o'er.
We've had some mighty good times and
X guess we'll have some more.
FIFTY YEARS AGO
III THE STAR
Considering the vital Importance of the ,
great Issue soon to cause the two sec
tions of the country to
Fending engage In a civil war, the
~ ..... reforms noted in the fol
OrllU. lowing paragraph in The
Star of March 5, 1880, as of paramount
consequence appear trifling:
"Pour questions have been before Con
gress so far this session, which, if prop
erly disposed of, will result In Important
reforms?the franking question, the mile
age question, the printing question and
the proposition hereafter to give the
transportation of the malls to parties
who will furnish the postmaster to at
tend to them also. That Is to say, upon i
such routes as can be thus as easily sup
piled with postmasters ss at present. The j
latter project will soon become a popular
one, insomuch as its result will be, when
carried out, to dissolve the Post Office
Department's connection with politics, a
consummation desired by all honest and
unselfish men. Parties have not yet set
tled down upon them and we are curious
to know where democracy will eventual
ly be found on them."
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After a period of dramatic privation the |
people of Washington were given a gen
uine treat at this time |
Dramatic half a century ago in the
m a visit of a remarkable j
company of players head
ed by J. E. Murdoch and Mrs. Gladstane.
In The Star of March 6, 1860, is a no
tice as follows of the performance of
"The Lady of Lyons" the night before:
"Mr. Murdoch, though hardly Juvenile j
enough for the gardener's son, was other
wise thoroughly admirable as 'Claude
Melnotte,' while Mrs. Gladstane, a charm
ing actress by the way, was, with her
sweet face, fine eyes, graceful figure and
judicious action, the very best 'Pauline
we call to mind after a pretty long the
ater- going experience. And what a capi
tal "Col. Damas' Bass makes, with his
blufl soldierly look and good-humored
face! In his line of parts we know of
no better actor upon the stage. Mr. S.
W. Glenn had not much to do in the
slight part of 'M. Deschapelles,' but that
little was rendered with the careful ef
fectiveness which marks every perform
ance of this meritorious actor. Mr. Bangs,
who has improved astonishingly, was
excellent as 'M. Beausant.' "
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A summary of the annual report of Dr.
Blake, the -commissioner of public build
ings, appears in The
Washington's Star of March 7,
Improvements. 1!?'ihe un"5ual
*u.t..w.v,u1vu(,a, extent of nearly a
column. After noting certain improve
ments that had been accomplished and
others recommended, the latter including
the repair If not the replacement of the
Long bridge. Commissioner Blake said:
"Those who are uninformed not un
frequently accuse the city of relying too
much upon the government and of not
doing anything for itself. To show that
this charge is founded in error it Is
neoessary only to state one or two fact?
During the last ten years the corporation
has raised by taxation the sum of S2.376.-l
012.86, which has been expended for gen
eral purposes: and the city has from first]
to last opened and made more than fifty
miles of avenues and streets at a cost \
of about one million and a half of dollars.
It can safely be affirmed that no city, in J
proportion to Its population and wealth,
has done more for itself than Washington,
notwithstanding nearly one-half of the
property within Its limits belongs to the
government and is not subject to taxa
tion."
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Political prophesying was as uncertain
of success fifty years ago as at any |
time since, possibly even
Republican more hazardous then on
_ , account of the abnormal
rrospect. 8tate of afralrB The
following prediction in The Star of March
9, I860, regarding the presidential nomi
nation of the republican party was des
tined to be emphatically discredited in the
course of a short time:
"We presume that no difference of
opinion exists here now as to the prob
able result of the action of the Chicago
convention. Before that gentleman's
return from Europe, it will be recollected.
The Star expressed the conviction that
Mr. Seward would virtually walk over
the course there. Subsequently republican
party popular demonstrations throughout
the north and west have confirmed the
impression, and already those of that
party now here who were scheming to
procure the nomination of some other
have come to the conclusion that their
labors have been in vain. Thus it is so
soon demonstrated that Mr. Seward, and
Mr. Seward only, as a presidential candi
date can fill the expectations of all who
may be relied on to secure the election
of republican party electors anywhere. It!
is freely admitted that Mr. Bates cannot
carry a single slave-holding state and
that his nomination would so disgust the
ultra men through the north as to en
danger the triumph of republicanism in
nearly every non-slave-holding state; while
the nomination of Mr. Banks or Mr.
Chase or Mr. Fessenden will not secure
a vote anywhere not certain to be given
to the party's great representative man."
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Some impatience was expressed from
time to time half a century ago regarding
the leisurely manner in which
Capitol the work of constructing the
^ Capitol dome was being pros
ilome. ecuted and reports were .n
circulation that the foundations were
insufficient for the vast structure of metal.
In The Star of March 10, 1860, is the
following paragraph:
"In relation to the recent Senate reso
lutions Capt. Franklin, the engineer in
charge, reports that the weight of the
dome will be 3,700 tons; that this weight
is only about one-fifty-sixth of what is
necessary to crush the foundations; that
it is but one-eleventh of what is necessary
to crush the wall of the rotunda upon
which the dome rests. There has been
no delay in construction, some 600 tons
of Iron having been used per annum upon
it. The entire cost of the dome will be
about J900.000. From five to seven years
will be required to supply 100 monolithic
columns of American marble for the por
ticos as now ? required by law. Each
column will cost about $1,500."
T. R. ON HIS TRAVELS.
From the Savannah Nsws.
It's not the least bit of use in the world
for Vesuvius to begin spouting again, just
at the time Bwana Tumbo is headed for
Europe.
From the Cumberland Times.
Mr. Roosevelt's latest Installment of his
travelogues is entitled "Trekking Through
the Thirst to Sotik." Is Sotik In Alabama
or Georgia?
From the Milwaukee Journal.
According to the inhabitants of the
African jungle, the comet has been and
went.
From the Rochester Post-Express.
Paris is preparing for a fete for Citizen
Roosevelt. Paris has always been kindly
disposed toward Tartarln.
From the Cleveland Leader.
Roosevelt in Europe will give an exhi
bition of how a bull can wander about in
a china shop without breaking a single
sevres vase
From the Nashville Banner.
Lake No in Africa will find Mr. Roose
velt a decidedly affirmative proposition.
From the Harrlsbiirg Telegraph.
While Roosevelt is delionizing Africa.
London is lionizing his former running
mate.
From the Cleveland l'laln Dealer.
There seems to be no doubt that Mr.
Roosevelt will be numerously and noisily
met.
'ENGLAND'S NEW POLICY IN INDIA
Lord Morley promised In the house of
lords. December 18. 1908. that h? would
change things In India.
Morley's an<* that when a royal
_ commission to study
Promise. conditions there had re
ported he would frame a bill to correct
certain abuses. Lord Morley quoted on
that occasion from Mr. Brlght's speech
on India In 1858:
"We do not know how to leave It, and
therefore let us see If we know how to
govern It. Let us abandon all that sys
tem of calumny against all natives
which has lately prevailed."
As a result of the measures provided
by Lord Morley a new imperial coun
cil has been constituted. In which
natives have been accorded a larger
share In the affairs of British India.
Lord %Minto, governor general, pre
sided at the opening session of the
imperial council and referred to the
event as "a great historical occasion,
opening a new era with the Inaugura
tion of broader principles of govern
ment."
The viceroy, however, accompanied
this declaration with a statement which
was in the nature of a cold doucHe to
the aspirations of the Indian reformers.
He would not support those who would
follow in the wake of Turkey and
Persia, and he declared emphatically
that "representative government in the
western sense wa.s totally inapplicable
to the Indian empire." Lord Minto also
seized the occasion to refer to the an
archy and lawlessness which were seek
ing to subvert not only British rule, but
the government of the Indian chiefs,
and while admitting that much of the j
political discontent was justified, yet
the British administration would no
longer tolerate the preachings of the
revolutionary press, which would be
restrained.
Following this declaration a dispatch
from Calcutta reported that a bill to sup- j
press sedition had been offered in the
legislative council. The particulars in the )
bill relate to instigations to murder or
anarchial outrages; tampering with the!
loyalty of the army and navy; exciting 1
racial class or religious animosity and
contempt of the government or a native
prince; criminal intimidation and interfer
ence with law and order and attempts to
intimidate public servants with threats of
injury.
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Sir Herbert Hope Risley, secretary of
the home department in Calcutta, explain
ing the bill in the council.
Seditions stated that It was needed
. ., badly on account of the
ACUVliy. growing unrest among
the natives, who are constantly being in
cited to revolution by seditious articles in
the newspapers, pamphlets and leaflets
from certain leaders, who permit their
youthful followers to do the actual incit
ing. The leaders themselves ' work
secretly, while the young men blindly in
vade peaceful villages in certain guises
and openly preach the doctrine of an
archy.
A Calcutta correspondent telegraphs
that the Bengali leaders, including Mr.
Rash Behari Ghose and Mr. Surendranath
Banerjee, have issued a manifesto on the
subject of the reforms. They declare
that the regulations regarding the new
council are in striking contrast to the
spirit of Lord Morley s utterance when
lie announced the reforms, and that they
clash with the idea of representative gov
ernment and make invidious class dis
tinction.
A dispatch from Bombay February 2fi
declares that Lord Minto's health is bad
and that Anglo-Indian opinion is discuss
ing the viceroy's retirement. It has all
the appearance of what occurred in
Egypt. Lord Cromer committed a fatal
error at Denshawi. Lord Mint*)' has been
unfortunate in the matter of his speech j
in the council at Calcutta Lord Cromer
was suddenly rtricken in health and Lord
Mlnto is now in the same situation. Lord
Cromer was retired and the same fate
awaits Lord Minto.
The Saturday Review in an editorial of
recent date entitled "Lord Minto's Apol
ogy" writes: "The thing which Lord
Minto was at most pains to disprove was
that the new councils act was not granted
to India as a concession to seditious agi
tation. But it was, perhaps, so regarded
by the agitators and the act was accepted
by them as an encouragement. It has
been attended by assassinations: the
Kennedy ladies; the attempted murder of
the collector of Dacea; the discovery of
the Alepur conspiracy and the assassi
nations that fo'lowed. The act was on its
way through parliament when Sir Curzon
Wyllle and Dr. Lalcaca were struck
down. Its final introduction wa?s the oc
casion for an attempt on the viceroy him
self and the murder of Mr. Jackson and
'now the assassination of the police in
spector Shame-ur-Alam. Lord*Minto, the
review concludes, has acted tardily, and
the tone of the article inartcates that his
mission te ended.
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Another dispatch from Bombay of the
26th ultimo declares that the new order
of things in India is grad
Women ually taking the place of
. the old and the purdah
Active. system will be swept
away. The correspondent cites as a re
markable feature of the situation in
India the part being played in politics
by women, who are Intensely interested
and are working for their complete
emancipation. In the Bombay presidency,
for example, Indian women are far more
advanced in their views than in many
occidental countries. They have a club
of their own in Poona, of which many
English women are members.
An Indian writer In the Contemporary
Review, Mr. Bipln Chandra Pal. under
the title of "The Forces Behind the Un
rest in India." repeats in a changed
form what was said several months be
fore by Mr. Francis Mury on the troubles
In India. What these two writers have
to say about the troubles in India is
both ihterestlng and instructive.
According to Mr. Bipin Chandra Pal,
the present problem in India is the di
rect fruit of the history of the British
administration of the country for the
last two hundred years. He says it is
due to the creation of English education,
British laws and methods of administra
tion, increased facilities of intercommu
nication, growth of the native press and
foreign travel. The awakening has been
a desire for freedom and national great
ness; the breakdown of old ideas in the
masses, and a general destruction of il
lusions of classes and the masses alike in
regard to physical and moral superiority
of the country over the governed. In
a word, it is the spirit which awakens
pride of race, then pride of nationality,
race prejudice and?unrest.
From the Caucasus to China, from the
transcaspian provinces to the Pacific,
the populations which until now believed
Europeans Invincible have been thrilled
with the fever of nationalism. With
surprise and stupefaction the people of
China, Indo-Chlna, Slam, Afghanistan,
ROCKEFELLER'S FOUNDATION.
From the Dulutta New?-Trlbune.
Still, Mr. Rockefeller will not distribute
hie wealth the way the coal man gets rid
of his load.
From the Providence Journal.
Some hesitant members of Congress
seem to think that the proposed. Rocke
feller Foundation is too much of a good
thing.
From the Detroit Free Pre**.
On the other hand, it isn't necessary to
wait until you have as much money as
Rockefeller before you start to do any
giving.
From the Providence Tribune.
In the circumstances Mr. Rockefeller
might tlnd it impossible to obey the
scriptural injunction relative to keeping
the left hand uninformed as to what the
right hand is doing.
From the Council Bluffs Nonpareil.
Perhaps after looking the field over the
Rockefellers concluded that charity was
about the only thing not already commer
cialized.
ST?1* Turkey. Egypt and Ir.dia learned
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Today it Is not to be doubted we are
con ronted by an immense renaissance
a ? . | of yellow and red races
unentai Who are arrayed against
Revival. occidental domination.
Ihe Japanese victories
have awakened everywhere in the orient
a new life, and there comes to the most
listless a confused echo of the shock.
The antagonism of races, the divergence
of doctrines, and the conflict of Interests
are Increasing from day to day. Not
BHtis*h n<rinmith?- p*ace they enjoy under
bltterlv th?t m ' orientaIs complain
slav^n?rta^ ey are ,,tt,e eIse than
slaves, and are worse than aliens in their
R? . They affirm thTt the
ull* not *ept the solemn prom
ises made after the revolt of 1S57. That
insurrection, it is recalled, was provoked
rv.nl ^ action of the East Indian
Company, whose agents violated tho
usages and customs dear to the native
Too late the government decided to take
abuses administrat,on and reform the
and^he* Briffah C>?niUry a11 went well
that 'j16 Brit1sh had come to believe
that a recurrence of revolt wn? Itt.
possible, when they were suddenlv
made aware that a serious nationalist
sentiment had taken deep root In the
minds of the people.
' n-TJ16, "e!T a]snirationa were manifested
if? J Indian national congress
which assembled in 1885. and every
senf fr'rP06 u <1e,e?ates have been
sent from all parts of India, who meet
to exchange and express their griefs
# ?PM- The British govern
al".\ v"Snrtunate1y- little or no
heed to these assemblies, which, never
^ A.rya Samaj. a powerful relieious
association, unites Its efTorts to fhnsl
of Rrahmans and socialists in all mat
iTf rolatinsf to foreigners, a fact
which proves that the sentiment of na
tionalism is gaining ground. Its chief
!' %, t. Rai. has been banished
?^Urma . hecauBP of his persistent
S?r,a.1?i"St the Brlt"h '"<"*? *?
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The troubles In Bengal were largely
due to a blunder of the British Indian
government. In 1905 the
Bengal government divided Ben
Troubles *al ,nto two Parts- The
Buddhists and Brahmin
ists, who were in the majority, found
j themselves In the minority In the east
ern province. They protested, but in
vain, and the division was maintained.
It was only too manifest that the gov
ernment desired Dy such division to
favor the Mussulmans of Bengal on the
familiar principle of "divide in order to
govern.
The Bengal question, however, was
destined to plague the Inventor. It has
| become a sort of cult, in which there
fr.t* heroes who have become the
i a\ators of Indian patriotism. There
I ei^Pen meetin^s- Protestations,
! boycottage of European products
and students in the street who sing
the national hymn. "Band* Matarem"
| T adore Thee, O. My Mother"). The
rSafy??f the t,ay of the division
?? x> a ,day of mourning, in
^ ?lich the Bengalese fast from sunrise
till sunset, and in this interval men
marcl? through the streets with arms
attached to each other by the wrists as
a s gn of union, and the women break
their jewels as public evidence of their
readiness to make sacrifices. It is
manifest thus tnat the spirit of union
which w-as deemed difficult is perhaps
possible. *
It Is to be remarked that the greatest
nemies of the British domination in In
dia are the "babous." or natives who
u vea received European instruction in
the first schools and universities of Eng
lana.
In this connection it is interesting to
te^tuany. what Colton Seeley. the
British historian, wrote thirty years ago
against the danger of such instruction to
Indians:
"There does not exist in India,- wrote
Seeley, any unity of race, language or
religion; no sentiment of a common in
terest. Patriotism Is an idea unknown in
the county, which explains the conquest
and length of out domination supported
by .native troops. It will be very differ
ent if that etate of things is changed and
there shall be created an entente cordlale
in which all the elements should be con
centrated and extended."
In view of the present troubles in India,
the cited opinions of Colton S66lcy Are
truly prophetic.
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The British government tried an ex
periment, and it has proved a disastrous
failure. It hoped to form
Unsuccessful a native elite which would
Experiment. ?ecom? a powerful auxii
* iary to its administration
of India. It succeeded only in placing on
I the top of ancient caste a new class of
! lettered men whose heads were turned
i by their learning. A new class which
! was pretentious and vain, and which did
j not wait long to turn against their pro
j fessors the instruction received. Think
ing she was working for the Interests of
! the colony. England in reality worked
against herself, and perhaps against In
I dia, and created an element of agitation
which is now termed babouism.
The baJious returned to India, hoped to
be employed in the high state functions,
but nearly all of such posts were reserved
[ for Englishmen, and the Inferior places
were already distributed. Thus an active
hostility was engendered.
There are Englishmen who would save
the government from committing acts of
injustice. Sir William Gregory and Mr.
Wilfred Scawen Blunt endeavored to per
form this patriotic service In Egypt and
Mr. Keir Hardle would do likewise in
India.
India without doubt is scarcely ready
for autonomy. Should Great Britain, let
us suppose for a moment, decide to aban
don her authority there, what would be
the result? India would inevitably fall
into the hands of the lettered caste we
have mentioned. The power of this caste
on the authority of the most far seeing
man who has made intricate studies of
the orientals, Mr. Joseph Challley. would
be deeply regretted by the native popu
lations which would learn too late that
the English domination was an hundred
fold more endurable than that of the let
I tered class and its ancient regime of
rajahs.
That England would ever contemplate
letting go her hold upon India must be
| considered as simple sophistry. On the
contrary England will endeavor by all
! the means in her power and by strength
ening and developing her influence from
Constantinople and her defenses from
i the Mediterranean to the Indus to main
tain herself In India. England's new
policy in India may yet be more elastic
| than that already indicated. C
CH. CHAILLE-LONG.
THE BALLOONING PIGS.
From the Wilkesbarre Leader.
The highest price paid for hogs in forty
years was paid in Chicago the other
day. Who double-crossed that meat
strike?
From the Albany Evening Journal.
As eggs are coming down, pork is
going up. and thus the price level of
"ham and" will be maintained?as long
as the people will stand it.
From the Omaha Bee.
After trying to buy a pork chop for
dinner a man can go to an automobile
show and never wince. Everything else
looks cheap after that.
From the Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
If the price keeps up it will be the
hand that feeds the piggies is the hand
that rules the world.
From the Dayton Xewa.
At the present price of hogs, one could
cause a good deal of envy by driving
a pair to a carriage?if he could get
the hogs.
TIMELY
HARD LUCK ADAN.
Adam had no Easier hat to buy for Mrs. F.ve:
Adam had no "cost-of-living" troubles to ag
grieve;
Adam had no job to bold by slaving day or
night.
Adding columns?beating carpets?planning stuff
to write;
Adam had a beetle cinch?played acnwi the
boards.
Everything that nature and an Idle life affi>*.l? -
And yet X wouldn't change with him or trad*
ray bitter cross
He never saw a triple drive the winning run
acrom.
Adam had no dress to bay to calm his spouse's
grief?
(All that Adam bad to do was go and pull a
leaf)?
Back In Father Adam's day?long and long ???>,
There* was not an Aldrlch nor a crusty I'ucle
Joe:
Raring polltlclana never roamed about the land.
Double-crossing voters In a way to beat the
hand;
But xvlth It all poor Adam never had a chancs
to dream
Of bold three-hundred hitters and a pennant
winning team.
Adam living on Easy street?dreaming In the
sun;
Never a policeman there to cut in on his fun.
Never had a cook nround threatening to leave?
??Bridge" was not Invented in the days of Mrs.
Eve:
Take It up and down the line In those golden
days.
Adam had It on us In a hundred different ways:
And yet with all bis blessings what a dull and
massive pall?
For poor old Father Adam never saw a game of
ball.
?Qrantland Rice. In the Nashville Tennessean.
PRIME FAVORITES.
Some vernal properties they bring
And set the scene we know as spring.
A team comes out to show its skill
Well known in nature's vaudeville.
Robin and Bluebird form the team;
Their act Is said to be a scream.
For, while the latter's songs entrance,
The former does a lively dance.
And he would be an utter wretch
Who could Ignore this pleasing sketch.
?Louisville Courier-Journal.
IN OLD 1UNN0N.
The Monument will bend to see,
i The Bow Bells blithely ring.
And old Cheapsl'le will ellent be,
The gray fog will take wing:
The Temple will forget Its years.
The Bank forget its frown.
The Mint and Bridge will shake-with cheers
i When Teddy comes to town!
?Cleveland Plain Dealer.
FROM THE SOUTH.
j From the south the news Is wafted.
Matty's throwing :irm Is great.
j "Wild Bill" Donovan Is lobbing
Snaky curves across the ,plate.
1 Every bush league youth ambitious
In the sporting writer's mind.
Is a home-run hitter surely.
And a find.
I 3 - ? ? "
1 From the park In sunny Texas
They are sending back the word
| That a kid is doing wonders
In the neighborhood of third.
; That his work will Are the bleachers,
And enthuse the summer mobs.
And they have unearthed a dosen
Tyrus Cobbs.
From the south the scribes are sending
j News to scare us into fits.
There's a minor making bincles
Just like Sammy Crawford's hlta;
They've a dozen unknown pitchers
Who are bound to win renown,
i Every one of them's a second
| Mordy Brown.
? But the spring days soon will leave us
And the summer days return.
And you'll find Sam Crawford batting
When a run we have to earn;
And you'll see Cobb stealing basse,
Witb the same old reckless rushes,
And the minors will have wandered
To the bushes.
?Detroit Free hM.
- ABUSING THE BABY.
The baby wept with bitter tears
That pierced my heart to see.
And loud it cried until I asked:
"What might the matter bet"
It stopped its wall to answsr me,
"My ma has gone to Albany."
"Oh. wicked woman," I replied.
"Away from you to flee.
Deserting you in helplessness
To make s suffrage plea.
The Babe and Home are Heaven's key,
And not the balls of Albany."
At this the child but louder bawled.
Then woful answered she:
"My ma's an ant 1 -suffragist,
I like ber gall, b'gee!
It is to keep the vote from me
That ma baa gone to Albany!"
?McLaodburgh Wilson. In N. Y. tab
AXIOMS THAT FAILED.
"Aim high," they said to William Brown,
And be cbose notions elevated;
To common things he gave a frown.
He felt for greatness he was fated.
Alas, be did not rise to fame.
Nor realise his high ambitions?
He put so much thought on his aim
He quite forgot his ammunition.
And "Hitch your wagon to a star."
Was what they counseled Henry Walk
He wished to journey on and far
Behind a steed that was no balker.
Alas, the journey that he made
Was not distinguished by its farness.
His wagon led no cavalcade
Because be overlooked tbe harness.
"Do not put all your egga," they said
To Hiram Perkins, "In one basket."
Now, Hiram bad It In bis head
To some day own a treasure casket.
Alas, he met the worst of fates?
He thought of fortune In a slather.
But while assembling all his crates
He did not think the eggs to gather.
"A burnt child, dreads the Are," thsy told
To Julius Miggles for his training;
He waited then till things were cold.
Even a lukewarm chance dladalnlng,
Alas, although bis fingers ne'er
Were scorched by anything he handled.
The fortune that might be bis care
Today in other hands Is dsndled.
?Chicago PMt
THAT DUEL IN ROME.
'Twaa Deputy Chlesa planned
With bravery good and plenty.
To meet upon the bloody sand
Tbe General Prudente.
Twelve seoonds bold Chlesa named.
All butchers, grocers, drapers;
And, with a valor all untamed.
He notified tbe papers.
But, oh, the heartlessness of Fatel
Quick gossip Feme was cheating;
And, when they came to St. Paul's gate
A crowd forestalled their meeting.
Chlesa's touring car was there;
He boarded it 'mid laughter;
And. as It fled, Prudente's car
Was swiftly following after.
The seconds' autos started next.
Precipitate progression;
Reporters, surgeons somewhat vexed;
Completed the procession.
Behind an anarchist's saloon
They loaded next their pistols;
But ran away, also, too soon.
From atern policemen's whistles.
All schemes their shrewdness could contrive
Save one, Festlna Lente;
Were balked?That's why they're now alive,
Cblcsa and Prudente!
HATS AND HOLINESS.
Only twenty women of the Central Congrega
tional Church, Brooklyn, followed tbe bat-removal
plan last Sunday.
8hsll womsn lose ber inborn right
To spoil a hapless stranger's sight
By poking la his eye
Tbe plumage of s bird of song
Thst measures several cubita long
And many lncbea high?
Who hoped that even in a church
Tbe heron would come off his perch
Upon a lady's hesd?
To bear the Song of Solomon
Is It not fit that abe should don
A Sheba crown outspread?
Iiaat Sunday I at worship sat
Behind a Woman and a Hat
Which all my vision blurred.
A lefty preacher, this D. D. ?
Well, yes; as far as 1 could see
lie surely wss s bird.
Yet birds-of-paradlse on hair
Made full of sanctity tbe air
And smoothed th? frowning brow.
Oh, beautiful tbe feeling that
Witb tbe great wings upon ber bat
Worn airs an ange: now,'
?John O'Keefe, in N. T. World