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PAGE FOUR THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1914 lli ill Arizona Republican's Editorial Page H ill The Arizona, Republican ' Published by ARIZONA PUBLISHING COMPANY. The Only Paper In Arizona Published Every Day in the Tear. Only Morning Paper in Phoenix. Dwight B. Heard .-. President and Manager Charles A. Stauffer Business Manager Garth W. Cate Assistant Business Manager J. W. Spear Editor . Ira H. e. Huggett City Editor Exclusive Morning Associated Press Dispatches. . Office, Corner Second and Adams Streets. Entered at the Postoffice at Phoenix. Arizona, as Mall Matter of the Second Class. Address all communications to THE ARIZONA REFUB L1CAN. Phoenix. Arizona. TELEPHONES: Business Office t .421 City Editor , . . ".4S3 ., SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Daily, one month, in advance 1 75 Daily, three months, in advance " 200 Daily, six months, in advance " 4'no Eaily, one year, in advance "" g'oo bundays only, by mail "" 2.50 FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 28, 1914 Ware and rumors of wars. St. Matthew: XXIV, 6. Our Proposed Merchant Marine The law admitting foreign-built ships to reg ister under the American flag has been effective for a week, but they have not registered. It was sup-; posed that many of the German ships engaged in trade would avail themselves of the law, but the British and the French have protested against the acceptance of them or of any other vessels of bel ligerents, subject to seizure at present, and they have supported their protest by ancient and estab lished precedent. The protest also goes against the purchase by American financiers of ships of bellig erents, and we suppose it applies, too, to the pur chase of vessels of belligerents by this government for the purpose of creating a government-owned merchant marine. It is contended by France and Great Britain that this would be one way of giving aid and comfort to a belligerent. For instance, the merchant ships of the Germans and the Austrians are now useless to those nations. The protection that would be af forded them by American registry would preserve them for, not immediate, but future use, to Ger many. The money that would be received for them. If sold either to our government or to private Amer ican citizens, would be of immediate use to the citi zens of those belligerents and, indirectly, to the belligerents themselves. In 1908 the Declaration of London was adopted, -providing in one of its stipulations that "the trans fer of .an enemy vessel to a neutral flag, effected alter the outbreak of hostilities, is void unless it be proved that such transfer was not made to evade the consequences to which an enemy vessel, as such, is exposed." Another clause states: "The onus of proving the transfer is genuine lies with the claim ant." The claimant is the new owner, who would have to come before a prize court in the case of the seizure of his vessel, and, in the circumstances, of the seizure of a transferred German or Austrian vessel, the claimant would have an up-hill job prov ing that the transfer had not been made to evade the consequences of war. ; So, it is unlikely that any foreign ships can be transferred or registered under our new shipping laws. It is sajd, . however, that there are available for cross-seas service more than 100 vessels of 5000 tonj or more owned by Americans. Nearly all of them fly foreign flags, mostly British and German. The Standard ' Oil company owns a dozen British steamships and a still larger number of German ships. The United Fruit company and W..R. Grace & Cd. each has a large number of ships, all flying the British flag. Many of the ships of the Interna tional Marine fleet, all under British colors, are owned by Americans. This is, therefore, --the only source from which this country could acquire a merchant marine. The American-owned ships are flying foreign flags be cause the shipping laws of those nations offered them an inducement to do so. In the case of the ships under the, British flag, the inducement has not been removed. Our new shipping laws offer noth ing appealing to them. They, are still safe under British registry. The German ships owned by Americans, though, might be expected to come under American registry, though the few American-owned German vessels would find that to their advantage. We learn from this that merchant marines are not created by strokes of pens. " Violation of Neutrality In spite of the desire of our government that absolute neutrality may be maintained by this coun try, one of our contemporaries has Just committed an act calculated to provoke a hostile declaration against us by Great Britain. It has printed a large picture of Lord Roberts and called it Lord Kitchener. It is, of course, no insult to either of these men to be mistaken for the other. They are the two .greatest and most idolized military leaders Great Britain has produced in two generations, and both are held In equal esteem by their countrymen. They are M unlike in appearance as two men may well. be. "Bobs" is diminutive and good natured of coun tenance. Kitchener is tall and lanky, of rather for bidding mien, whose truculence is somewhat ac centuated by a long, flowing mustache. The insult which our contemporary has offered is not to one of these great men, but to both. It Is In itself a denial of their greatness. This and other contemporaries have also some thing to settle with Belgium which has troubles enough of its own without being misrepresented In the pictorial departments of the newspapers of the United States, a supposed neutral nation, friendly to all and equally sympathetic with all. There have appeared in some of the papers a picture of what was described as the palace of King Albert. We are informed by reliable travelers that the picture is that of the Hotel de Ville, the seat of municipal govern ment, and that the king's palace is two miles dis tant. What ' would we think, and how would we feel if foreign newspapers, in the course of a war in which we might be engaged with Mexico, should print a picture of our city hall and label it "The Residence of Governor Hunt?" Photographing the Grand Canyon The August number of the National Geograph ical Magazine devotes practically all of its space to ' an illustrated article describing the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River and adjacent canyons, giving the result of a series of explorations by Ellsworth Kolb and Emery Kolb", extending through several years and culminating in a trip through the lower canyon, first explored by Major Powell, in the early seventies. The paper is embellished with fifty-one full page and fifteen half-page reproductions of a series of. remarkable photographs secured by these ventur Bome young explorers. Since the early exploration of the canyon by Major Powell, there has been intense popular interest in the wild scenery of the alomst inaccessible gorge, now for the first time revealed in its integrity. The explorers not only carried with them a large stock of dry photographic plates, but a motion-picture camera and films, by means of which the moving waters of falls and rapids were reproduced, and even the struggles of one or the other of the two boats are depicted on the moving pfcture films. The story of the final journey of 101 days, dur ing which the explorers carried their cameras and moving-picture appliances down 365 rapids, involving a descent of nearly 6000 feet,' is simply and modestly told. 'But the pictures shown in the Geographic Magazine demonstrate clearly that only the most magnificent skill, nerve and courage on the part of the explorers brought success to their dangerous enterprise. , The Monroe Doctrine A reader of The Republican desires to know what the Monroe doctrine is. Therefore, The Re publican prints below an extract from the message to congress by President Monroe in 1823, containing the declaration which has since been known as the Monroe doctrine. The message related to certain treaties then pending in the senate, when the presi dent took occasion to assert the influence of the United States over that part of the western hemis phere, not already occupied by European colonies and dependencies, and to limit the holdings of Euro pean nations in this hemisphere to those already occupied by them. , . The declaration of the president was not rati fied or acted upon by" the senate, but it has been accepted in this, country and has not been seriously disputed by foreign governments since the abortive attempt of the French and British to establish an empire in Mexico. The usefulnes of it depends upon the ability of this government to enforce it. The following is an extract from the president's message, and that part of it in black-face type Is what is commonly known as the Monroe doctrine: "In the wars of the European powers we have never taken part nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when . our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries or make preparations for our defense. With the movements in . this hemisphere we" are, of necessity, more im mediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to enlightened and -impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this, respect from that of America. The difference proceeds from that which exists in their respective governments. And to the defense of our own, which has been achieved by the loss of so much blood and treasure, -and matured by the wisdom of their most enlightened citizens, and under which we have enjoyed unexampled felicity, this whole nation is devoted. i : " " " "We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations exiating between the United States and those powers to declare that wo should con sider any attempt on their part to extend their y tem to any portion of this hemisphere, as dangerous to our peace and safety. -With the existing colo nies or dependencies of any European nation we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the government who have declared their in dependence and maintained it, and whose independ ence we have, on great consideration and on "just principles acknowledged, we could not view any in 'terposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling, in any other manner, their destiny by any European power, in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition towards th United States." THEIR NAME IS LIEGEON (Springfield Union) ' " "Say, have you heard about the siege That raged around the walls of Liege?" "I've heard of it, but you'll oblige Me if you will pronounce It Liege." "Oh, pardon me, but, as in Fiji, r- The i is crossed, so call it Liege." ''I've heard the name used on the stage. And there they simply called it Liege." .si. "The Gallic style should have the edge, So why not split it into Liege?" is "Don't be so prejudiced, I beg; , The Germans call it plain Liege." "Well, if you're trying to be cagey, Why not pronounce it all Liege?" "You boobs will drive me crazy. Whydja ' ' Go bringing up a name like Liege?" . WOULD HAVE STAID IN CORSICA Ben Foster was noted for his shiftlessness. If it had not been for his wife he would not have done a stroke of work on his little farm and garden. It was all his wife could do to get him to work, for he preferred to ait and read all day. , One evening, after he bad been reading French history with deep Interest, he closed the book and said to his wife: "Do you know, Marie, what I'd a-done if I had been Napoleon?" '. . , "Oh, yes, I know ' well enough," his wife re sponded. . "You'd have settled right down on a farm in Corsica, and let it run itself." - :.i . DO .THEY? When the people wed in Holland . And the wedding guests enthuse, ' Do they shower the bridal party1 .With those heavy wooden shoes? .' Kansas City Journal.. BETHMANN-HOLLWEG, ARE KAISER'S CHIEF Admiral von Tirpiti (left), Chancel lor von Bethmann-Hollweg (top 1 rictl) and Count von Moltke. ' Here wro the men upon whom Em peror William most depends in the present war. Von Bethmann-Hollweg is ' the imperial chancellor of Germany; Grand Admiral von Tir piU Is in supreme command of the How to Be Healthy By WALT MASON Each norn, before eating, I walk seven miles, the Journey repeating, in different style, before I eat dinner, and thus, you may see, my health is a winner just gaze upon me! . There is for the glut ton but sickness and grief; I never eat mutton or chicken or beef; I never eat puddin' or doughnuts or pie; "it's me for the woden old turnips," say I! A : beet or a pumkin will make enough fat; the vitals my trunk in will thrive upon that. I never drink water that hasn't been fried, for cooking will slaughter the microbes inside. I boil it and stew it and strain through a rag, and then I go to it until I've a jag. I do not wear clothing for duds are a snare; I view them with loathing, and always go bare. I eat in a stable and sleep in a tree. You think health's a fable? Just gaze upon me! I graze with the horses and browse with the kine, and science indorses this method of mine! Oh, ye who are ailing, it's useless to weep! There's one cure unfailing come, eat with the sheep! There's one man who whistles .with joy nil the day; I'm living on thistles and carrots and hay! HISTORY OF THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE While the electric car has been more or less overshadowed and forced into the background by the more rapid development of the gasolene car, it is rapidly coming into its own. When Thomas Davenport, the Vermont black smith, developed the first successful electric mo tor he demonstrated that a car could be operated by electricity. In fact, Davenport made models of several such cars, both for railroad tracks and road service. However, Davenport's models never actually grew into anything material so far as the electric vehicle is concerned. It is said upon good authority that the first attempt to operate an electrically-driven car on a road was in France about- 1887. For the next seven years the electric car was in' the experimental stage in both France . and '.England. Inventors and men interested in electricity and the storage battery built a num berpf such electric cars. In America experiments with electric vehicles were being made at Boston and New York. In 1894 Jeantand, a Frenchman, manufactured commercial electrics, one of which took part in the Paris-Bordeaux races, covering some GOO kilometers (375 miles) of the race by frequent recharging. During 1895, two electric storage battery vehicles competed with a gasolene car built by Charles E. Duryea, in a trip around Chicago. The electrics were built by a Philadelphia battery company to help in developing its business. They made a creditable showing and, in 1S9B, one of the leading motor car' concerns of that time gave out the state ment that It had passed the gasolene Mage and after several years of experimenting had settled on the electric storage battery as the best means of furnishing energy for propelling horseless vehicles. Electric cabs were put on the streets of New York in . 1899 and, though crude and cumbersome, they worked, for ten years. At this time, a number of companies were organized for the manufacture of electric vehicles, but the vehicles did not live up to the expectations of their promoters. The rapid development of the gasolene car so far over shadowed the electric, that during 1900-1904 there was a, decided decline in the popiir interest. - By this time the promoter had come to earth, com panies had been reorganized and manufacture, started on a more rational basis, until in 1913 it represented a production of 5000 passenger and 1448 commercial cars of a type which will fulfill the guarantees placed on them and give the ser vice required. According to the most reliable figures .obtainable, there are today 7085 commer cial, electric vehicles In use in this country. A mistake is like an automobile.; you get its number after it Is past. 'jr MOLTKE AND TIRPITZ AIDS IN GREAT WAR German navy, while Count von Moltke is in charge of the operations of tif. German forces on land. . . Volcanoes By GEORGE FITCH Author of "At Good Old Siwaah" A volcano is a mountain which is insurging against the universe. . . Most mountains are .quiet and well-behaved, re maining in the same spot year after year and al lowing tourists and other insects to swarm over them and among them without protest. But the volcano has a system fit manners that is all its own. It is connected 'directly with the furnace room in the earth's Interior and whenever it gets peevish or dissatisfied with the government it " erupts. When a volcano erupts it does things on a grand and awful scale. It blows its top off, throws ten-ton boulders through the nearest postoffice, puffs smoke three miles ' into the zenith, spits fire at the dog star, spills melted rock over half a dozen townships, emits roars which can be heard a hun dred miles, rocks the surrounding country until the buildings get seasick and lie down, and fills the air so full of brimstone that it smells like- a theater during a Paris Revue. Nothing is more terrifying than a volcano when it is in full cry except per haps an I. W. W. orator who Is explaining on a soap box why he is entitled to eternal rest. Volcanoes are very fatal, not because they are so violent, but because they:' are so placid between outbreaks. After a volcano has blown itself limp ond empty it sometimes sleeps for a hundred yfsrs, while green fields grow over its sides and people build .towns with joyful abandon just in the wrong place. Then the volcano turns over in its sleep and the undertakers do' not get, any vacation which is a large red-hot throat looking a good deal ( ff t4' 0A1$ HkfSK . -i-J , CL , Two Story Farming " In' foreign countries they grow Olives or Almonds ""awSKJil ticca grain neias ana f complete failure ; . r baskets there We can learn many .things from the The Phoenix MMMWIWMMMMWWWWIIWWWWWWWW RESIDENTS' OF PHOENIX who rely upon courteous consider ation and the best possible service, consistent with safe methods, are in vited to do their banking here. 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He is not a hothouse plant; has not been forced in any particular. For five days in the week, from nine until twelve my time is his, just as conscientiously as if I were employed in the public schools. He is eager for his lessons and he has learned the wonderful lesson of concentra tion. Repetition does not create brain cells, but interest and attention will accomplish in one min ute what idle repetition may never attain. I have always believed in the dignity of moth erhood as the greatest boon of life, and for this reason am I willing to devote my services to my child. His memory is marvelous, accurate, discri minating and retentive. How much this is the re sult of strong suggestions given to him and how much a natural gift. I know not. Even at his early age he can draw from a hidden reservoir of strength, and when called before large Ttudiences to sing solos or to recite as many as two hun dred and seventy-one lines, for instance, of Hia'r 'watha, he displays as much self-possession as a professional actor or singer. His advancement I attribute to concentration, suggestion, optimism in creating interest, the thought-form held constantly before him that he can do whatever he wishes to do and the wonder ful teachings of New Thought. Kathyrn Momoney Ray, A. M., in August Nautilus. the new banking system is altogether unquestion able, and their presence there is altogether desir able. But our politicians are essentially vote-getting animals, as some writer has put it, so these men must go down to ' Washington and be pawed over by a village-minded senate committee which proceeded as if inquiring into a country church choir ecandal. Mr. Jones endured it, but Mr. Warburg refused, and the country risks losing his invaluable services so that a few senators can go on the stump this fall and brag how they showed up that foreign plutocrat. Swinish methods in handling appropriations and asinine methods in handling appointments are two reasons why our country's business is so expen sive and so badly done. Collier's Weekly. kWWWkWWWkJWWWWWWWMi piameu in eg uiai uuuugu turn pastures so tney win never nave a in one vear their eggs are in two is always something to sell. thrifty farmers of southern Europe. National Bank