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Colombia, free from fighting with herself, now
wants to pick a quarrel with Nicaragua and pos
sibly gain control of both available isthmian canal
routes. Some of these days Colombia may wake up
and find herself off the^map.
Under the theory that it is wise to make the pun
ishment fit. the crime it might be well for the good
people of San Rafael to scorch the firebugs of the
town in one of the fires of their own making. The
suggestion, however, may be more opportune when
the rascal is caught. <p
SINCE the munificent millionaires of the East
have about overloaded the big universities with
money and the country with libraries, David
Bispham suggests in the current number of the
North American Review that it will be well for some
of them to make a new departure and do something
for music. He argues that music is one of the most
important factors of national culture, and that as yet
it lias been largely overlooked by the public and by
those who are wealthy enough to be its patrons.
For the purpose of promoting the study of music
Mr. Bispham advises the establishment of a "univer
sity of music" on a grand scale. The university, he
says, should have affiliations with all music schools
now existing among us and should seek to extend its
influence throughout the country by searching out
persons of musical talent and encouraging their ef
forts. He would also have the university import mu
sicians of high ability, so that we might have the ben
efit of the best of the Old World as well as of our own
genius.
Concerning the work of the university he grows
enthusiastic and opens up a wide field. There should
be maintained, he says, a staff of singers and instru
mentalists who might tour the country and perform
music of various times and countries. He adds:
"From the Gregorian chant to the compositions of
Palcstrina, and the masses of Beethoven; from the
lays of troubadours and minnesingers to the art songs
of Germany; from the operas of Handel to those of
Wagner, every phase of vocal art would be traversed.
From the lyre to the harpsichord and the piano, from
the viol to the string quartet, from 'the instrument
of ten strings' to the modern orchestra, the growth of
music would be clearly demonstrated, its perman«#e
as one of, the most lofty, though most evanescent, of
the liberal arts would be assured, the influence of the
charlatan would be kept within bounds, and even the
least attentive class of the population, unconsciously
to themselves, attracted, cultivated, raised from the '
sordid affairs of the moment, soothed, cheered, en
nobled and inspired with fresh courage to face the
problem of life." ' ,.'... ,, l - '
Surely that has a sweet and winning sound. More
music is better than more books' As Mr. Dooley i
A UNIVERSITY OP MUSIC.
. An appropriate gift, to any lady— a box
of fine writing paper, from 50c upward.
Stationery Department, Sanborn. Vail &
Co., 741 Market street. Open evenings. •
Proper Papers in Pretty Boxes.
So bear that in mind when buying his
Christmas gift. Memorandum books, wal
lets, cigar cases, match boxes, inkstandi
are what men want. Sanborn. Vail & Co..
.41 Market street. Open evenings. •
All Men Need Diaries.
All Hawaii must be waiting with suspended activ
ity in anticipation of the coming of the Pacific cable.
For nearly two weeks we haven't received even the
suggestion of a scandal in the affairs of the. island
Territory.
Useful presents (look out for 81 Fourth
front of barber and grocery) best eye^
glasses, specs. 20 to 60 cents. •
ROME, Dec. 22.— Count Filippo FolchI,
the artist who eloped with Donna El
vira, the second daughter of Don Carlos,
in November, 1SS6, is now trying to ob
tain the annulment of his marriage to
Countess Folchi so that he may marry
Donna Elvira.
Would Wed Don Carlos' Daughter.
Special Information supplied dally ta
business houses and public men by th«
Press Clipping Bureau (Allen's). 230 Cali
fornia gtreeu Telephone Main 1042. •
Townsend's California glace fruit aad
candles, 60c a pound. In artistic flre-etched
boxes. A nice present for Eastern friends.
639 Market st. Palace Hotel building. •
Prunes stuffed with apricots. Townsends •
SANTA BARBARA. Dec 22.— Admiral
Casey, his wife, and daughter were ten
dered a brilliant reception at the Country
Club here by Mrs. T. D. Wood to-night.
A largo number of Invited pucsta were
present. The cruiser New York. Admiral
Casey's flagship. since, he transferred his
flag from the battleship Wisconsin, is still
in the harbor awaiting: orders from
Washington.
Reception to Admiral Casey.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.— The montfily
statement of the collections of internal
revenue shows that the total amount for
November, 1902. was $19,283,357, a decrease
as compared with November, 1901, of $3,-
S90.E93.
Internal Revenue Decreases.
Funeral of Former Senator Franck.
SANTA CLARA, Dec.* 22.— The" funeral
of the late Hon. F. C. Franck, former
State Senator, was held this afternoon
under the auspices of the Odd Fellows*
ledges. Rev. J. M. Maclnnis of the Pres
byterian church delivered the Invocation.
The cortege was a very large one.
HIS FAVORITE BLOSSOM
PERBETXJ ATE ; MEMORY
Proposal to Form Carnation League
in Honor of William
McKinley.
CLEVELAND. Dec. 22.-The Carnation
League of America 13 the name of a new
patriotic movement proposed to the trus
tees of the McKinley National Memorial
Association. The Idea originated with
Lewis G. Reynolds of Dayton, Ohio, and
it will be submitted to the trustees at
their coming meeting in Washington.
Mr. Reynolds proposes that the Carna
tion League shall have a creed framed
from some notable words of McKinley,
and that It shall be a perennial memorial
In his honor. What the Primrose League
has been to British politics the Carna
tion League may be to American pa
triotism.
The proposition to form the Carnation
League meets with the hearty approval
of Judge Day, president of the MeKlnl-y
National Memorial Association, and also
of Treasurer Myron T. Herrick and Sen
ator llanna.
RAILROAD MANAGERS
TO HOLD CONFLUENCE
Will Discuss Hatter of Closing Op
tion Held on Portion of Oregon
Short Line.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 22.— J. Ross Clark
and Thomas 5. Gabbon, respectively sec
ond and third vice presidents of the San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Rail
road, are preparing for a trip East early
in the new year. In New York they will
meet W. A. Clark and R. C. Kerens in a
conference with E. II. Harriman of the
Union . Pacific and affiliated interests and
associates. Tho meeting has been called
for the purpose of closing the option held
by Senator Clark oh the 300 miles of tho
Oregon Short Line operated from Salt
Lake City. The price to be paid, has been
stated as low as S6.000.000 and as high as
$12,000,000. Part of the consideration will.
It is said, be stocks and bonds, insuring
a protective Interest to the Harriman
syndicate In the Clark railroad enter
prise.
OBJECTS* TO ANY SALOONS
IN VICINITY OP POSTS
W. C. T. TJ. Wants a Pour-Mils Limit
Between Soldiers and
Liquor.
CHICAGO, Dec; 22.— At a meeting of
the general officers of the National Wom
an's Christian Temperance Union to-day
It was voted to ask the, Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Unions of the various
States which do not have a State pro
hibitory law to take immediate steps to
secure through their Legislatures a law
prohibiting saloons within four: miles of
United States forts, army posts, camps
and , all premises used for military pur
poses by the United States, and to urge
the States having 1 , prohibitory laws to
Clve special attention to their strict en
forcement in the vicinity of such prem
ises. , : j\ ' V
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. — Admiral
Frank Wildes, the junior squadron com
mander on the Asiatic squadron, has been
condemned by a board of medical survey
and, having been ordered home, sails next
Friday. Captain Spefry has been tempo
rarily assigned to the command of the
Southern Squadron In place of Admiral
Wildes. • v;!trTJrt ?
Admiral Wildes Will Come Home.
WASHINGTON. Dec. are
the arrivals from California: Ebbltt—
Mrs. H. W. Seal and Miss M. C. Hanson.
San Francisco. National— William C.
Poole, San Francisco. St. James— D. M.
Ashley and Frank Van Vleclt, Los An
geles: Mrs. L. W. Trlpp and daughter,
San Francisco. • .
Californians in Washington.
Concerning the question of persons! responsibility
for the catastrophe The Call has nothing to say at
this time. We have published the statements of all
who had any relation to the accident, so that each has
had fair and full opportunity to present his side to
the public. The matter will be carefully investigated
by the proper authorities, and it is nothing more
than right that the public should abstain from passing
judgment in advance. of a full inquiry. To do so would
be,to run the risk of inflicting grave injustice upon
an innocent person. ?nd that risk no well-meaning
man will take.
There is, however, one phase of the subject upon
u-hich decided judgment may be passed at this time
in the full assurance that nothing will be brought to
light by any future inquiry that will materially affect
it. The two trains were running within a very short
time of one another, and they were running at a high
rate of speed. The "flyer" in particular was being
driven over the rails at a rate that made a prompt
stop impossible, and was therefore running on the
verge of a catastrophe almost from the time it started.
Mr. J. A. Agler, manager of the Southern Pacific
lines west of Ogdcn and El Paso, is quoted as saying:
"Passing the scene of the wreck both trains run very
list, probably fifty miies an hour. There is nothing
strange or unusual in trains running at that speed
and only fifteen or seventeen minutes apart. Standard
rules in force on all the big roads of the country
sanction such practices."
If that statement be correct, then it is a safe conclu
sion that the roads of the countryare taking danger
ous risks. It is all well enough to say that the speed
is safe enough if the trains keep fifteen minutes
apart, but as a matter of fact it is not humanly pos
sible to keep them at that distance uniformly. One
train is certain to gain somewhat on the other, and
when one loses time there is a rush to make it up at
the first opportunity. Hence the incessant danger of
collision. That brakemen are expected to signal ap
proaching trains, and that locomotive drivers are ex
pected to keep a lookout ahead, does not help the
matter. The most alert men alive have moments
when they are not vigilant, and then if train sched
ules have bf en arranged on risky terms there are sure
to be accidents.
The railroad officials in this case, and in every case
for that matter, have been prompt to carry relief and
help to the injured. Everything that the ministration
of human science, skill and tenderness can do for
the sufferers has been done. It would be better, how
ever, if the roads would exercise as much care to
prevent accidents as they now exercise to relieve the
results of accidents. Our railways are, of course,
tempted by the rushing impatience of American:
energy to do everything in their power to make i
speed. It is their duty, however, not to yield too far
to such impatience. Railway accidents among us are
too numerous. There should be more care at head
auarters. • *? , K :
The elow of that heroism cheers the disaster by
xeminding us of the essential nobleness of the human
heart in times when fate has done her worst. Man
has once more proven himself equal to the calamities
of mortal life; and even those hearts that are now
most stricken by the fearful death of the loved ones
may find some ray of comfort in the knowledge that
the shock, the suffering and the death were borne
with a heroism that mitigated the pain and attested
the supremacy of the undaunted soul.
OUR Christmas season that promised to be one
of undimmed brightness in all the homes of
California has been suddenly darkened by a
horror so appalling as to affect the whole community
and nil all hearts with sympathetic sorrow for the
stricken families. The dreadful train wreck at Byron
is one of the most fearful railway accidents of late
years, and its coming in the very midst of a time of
general rejoicing and gladness makes it the more im
pressive and terrible.
One ray of light illumines the gloom. All re
ports bear witness to the heroism displayed by the
survivors of the wreck and to the fortitude with which
the crushed, scalded and mangled* sufferers bore their
pain. The first thought of all and each appears to
have been that of relieving others. Dr. Rowell, editor
of the Fresno Republican, who was on the wrecked
train. saj"s: "There was' not one person who in his
agony forgot that others were also suffering. One
man called out that his son was crushed; another
called for haste, because 'we' are bleeding to death;
but no one absolutely lost control of himself. I did
not see one selfish or cowardly act, nor hear one
selfish word all night."
THE LESSON OF THE WRECK.
James V. Packard, a capitalist of
Marysville, is among the arrivals at the
California.
Ex-Railroad Commissioner . H. M. La
Rue Is down from Sacramento and is
registered at the Occidental.
A. P. Scheld of Sacramento is at the
Occidental.
Clay, Peters, a mining man of Tonopah,
is at the Grand.
Stephen D. Fessenden of Washington,
D. C, is at the Palace.
W. F. George, an attorney of Sacra
mento; is at the Grand. *
J. B. Crow, a land owner of Crows
Landing, is at the Lick.
S. F. LJ<?n. a leading attorney of San
Jose, Is registered at the Palace.
F. H. Hradshaw, a mining man with
headquarters at Jamestown, is at thu
Lick. .
PERSONAL MENTION.
STOCKTON, Dec. 22.— Notice has been
given the local management of the Stock,
ton Electric Railway Company that on
the 1st of January ex-Mayor W. R. Clark
will take charge of the company's Inter
ests here, representing the new owner?,
H. E. Huntlngton and ex-Governor Bud'i.
The company's annual meeting will be
lit Id in San Francisco next week, when
the old board of directors will surrender
their control to directors to bo named by
Huntington, as he Is now the owner of
four-fifth* of the capital stock and will
control the company.^. It Is announced
that the new owners will at once Improve
the property and make extensions that
have been long demanded by the people
and which will greatly Increase the busi
ness of the company. - ~ :
Ex-Mayor Clark, Representing tha
New Owners, Will Take Charge
. January 1.
STOCKTON ELECTBIC BO AD
WILL SOON CHANGE HANDS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.— Postmasters
commissioned: California— Robinson R.
Porter, Malaga. Oregon— Robert McCul
loch, Ruckles.
Fourth-class Postmasters ¦ appointed:
California— Hans P. Olsen. Chualar. Mon
terey County, vice Enevold J..Enevoldson,
resigned; B. F. Somrair, North Pomona,
Los Angeles County, vice M. II. Curry,
resigned. Oregon— Fannie Brown. Island
City, Union County, vice Frederick J.
Holmes, resigned; Peter Bergerson, Klst,
Columbia County, vice Jam is II. Turk,
resigned.
Pensions granted: California— Original-
David Elkins. Modesto, $S: Orrin Richard
son, Clipper Gap, $6; John McGrady, Ia>s
Angeles, $10 (war with Spain j. Increase,
reissue, etc.— Thomas H. B. Scott, Sol
diers* Home, Los Angeles, $8; Charles T.
Seavey. Sacramento, $12 (war with Mex
ico). Widows, minors and dependent rel
atives — Mary Ann Johnston, Pomona, JS.
Oregon— Increase, reissue, etc.— Charles
Tidcombe, Portland. $10.
Washington— Original— Eugene S. Jack
son, Chesaw, $S; Joseph N\ Koontz, Spo
kane, $0; John I. Allen. Seattle. $G. In
crease, reissue, etc.— James Green, Spo
kane, ?i>. Widows, minors and dependent
relatives— Mary B. Kribs, Dayton, 18.
Naval orders— Medical Inspector David
L. Bertollcttc Is ordered to duty as fleet
surgeon on the Pacific station. Medical
Inspector Edward H. Green, detached as
fleet surgeon on the Pacific station and
otdered to tho Wisconsin. -.-¦- •
Army orders — The leave of absence
granted Second Lieutenant William N".
Campbell, Fifteenth Infantry. Depart
ment of California, is extended two
months. First Lieutenant Milton E. Lan
do, discharge camp. Angel Island, and
First Lieutenant Charles Y. Brownie*.
Benicia Barracks, California, assistant
surgeon, are ordered to the Philippines.
OF INTEREST TO PEOPLE
OF THE PACIFIC COAST
Postmasters Appointed and Pensions
Granted Throughout This
Section.
TUESDAY.. .......... ......DECEMBER 23, 1902
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STATEMENT OF C.RCULflTION OF
ThJE SAN FRANCISCO C0LL,
MoQth of November, 1902.
November 1... «l,060l\oTember 16. . . 70.240
November 2... 70,2»M>'\ovember 17. . . «il.O20
November 3... «ll.mHl\oveniber IS... «1.25O
November 4... (11.1741 November 1O. .. «1.4i»(»
November 5... <ll.24(l;\oveml>er SO... «O,l»SO
November «... fll.O.'tO November 'Jtl . . . 61,45l>
November 7... Wl.llONovember 22. . . tMKSfto
November 8... 61.2!H>LNovember 2rt. . . 7O.25O
November !»... 70.500 November 24. .. 61.O5O
November 1O... «l.l«olNovember 25. . . 61.R6O
November 11 ... 4J1.22O November 26. . . <>l.O4<>
November 12. .. «1.2SO[November 27. . . 4JO.85O
Noiember 13. . . 60,»7flj\ovember 2N... ttO.OTO
November 14. .. ttl.lOO November 2». .. O1.2SO
November IS. .. «l,410jNovember 3O. . . 70.700
Total l,881,78O
STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
CITY AND COUXTT OF SAN FRANCISCO— •«.
Personally appeared before ra«. William T. Hess, a Notary
Public la and for the city and county aforesaid, W. J. MAR
TIN, who beinz sworn according to law declares that he is the
Business Manager of the San Francisco Call, a daily news
paper published in the City and County of San Francisco, State
of California, and that there were printed and distributed dur
ing the month of November. 1902. ore million Hght hundred
and eighty-one thousand seven hundred and eighty (1.8S1.TS0)
eopje* of the said newspaper, which number divided by thirty
uhe number of days of issue) gives an averajro daily circula
tion of 62.726 copies. . W. J. MARTIN.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 20th day of Decem
l*r. 1SKC W. T. HESS,
Notary Public In and for the City and County of San Fran
ct»co. State of California, room 1015. Claus Spreckels building.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22. — President
Roosevelt has let.it be.lfnown that be
fore he reached his decision to send the
Cuban reciprocity treaty to the Senate
and not to the House he consulted free
ly the leaders of the House and the mem
bers of his Cabinet. After mature con
sideration, it was determined that It was
unnecessary to send the Cuban treaty to
the House, notwithstanding the fact that
it affected revenues of the Government.
Precedents were looked up carefully. It
was found that previous reciprocity trea
ties had been sent directly to the Senate
for ratification. This was notably true
of the , Newfoundland treaty, vthich is
regarded as being similar to the Cuban
treaty. No objection ever was raised to
the consideration by the Senate alone of
that treaty. . ¦
It can be said to be the purpose of the
President, when the Cuban « treaty shall
have been ratified by the Senate, to send
a message to both branches of Cosigress
with a recommendation for such enabling
legislation as will make the treaty op
erative. This will afford the House full
opportunity, it is expected, to stamp with
its approval and Us Individuality the
negotiations for reciprocity with Cuba;
LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. 22.— Fifty pas
sengers oh train 302 on the Burlington,
running from Denver to Deadwood, were
burled beneath ten feet of snow for twen
ty hours. They were rescued last night
after ten hours' work by a relief force
sent from Sidney, Ncbr. The, relief force
numbered fifty persons. The little town
of Mercer was the home of the snow
bound travelers for ten hours. The place
Is only a, cluster of about- ten houses and
shanties, and the train was obliged ; to
remain beneath thn snow until aid could
be summoned from Sidney, fifteen milea
away.
OMAHA. Dec. 22.— The passenger train3
which were blockaded by snow in the
western part of the State began to ar
rive this morning, from five to sixty
hours late.- The Union Pacific suffered
the most, although the Rock Island and
Burlington trains are badly delayed by
the blockade.' At Union Pacific headquar
ters it was. said that the blockade had
been removed last nisht.
SAN JUAN, P. R-. Dee. 22.— Rear Ad
miral Sumner arrived here to-day and
Admiral r>ewey will report here to-mor
row. There will be a public reception and
demonstration In honor of Admiral
Dewey, who will go to the'palace escorted
by artillery, infantry and mounted police
and accompanied by a procession oC
school children. The Governor, military.
commandant and other officials will re
ceive the admiral at the palace. The pub
lic reception will follow. .
WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.— Cable advice*
to the Navy Department show that the
holiday itinerary for the ships of Admiral
Dcwey's squadron in the Caribbean Sea a
being rapidly executed. Christmas will
«nd all the forty vessels in port. Tho
Iowa. Rear Admiral Sumner*s. flagship.
and the Massachusetts have arrived at
Santa Lucia; the Olympla, Nashville an.l
Machias at §>t. Kltts; tho Vixen at St.
Thomas, the Detroit at Antigua, the San
Francisco and Culogua at Mayaguez ami
tho Chicago. Prairie. Atlanta. Eagle, Doi.
phln. Leyden. Fortune and the torpedo
flotilla at San Juan. ¦
PROPOSALS to annex Indian Territory to Ok
lahoma and confer statehood upon the. com
bined commonwealth have awakened an un
wonted interest in the conditions of the famous Ter
ritory, and it appears from official reports that they
are well deserving all the st- dy" Congress is likely to
give them. A number of intricate problems arc in
volved in the proposed fusion, and it might be much
better were Indian Territory to retain its separate ex
istence. • • .
Within the Territory, which is not much smaller
than Maine, and which is rich in grazing and farming
land, minerals and forests, there are five distinct gov
ernments to some degree independent of the United
States. The population is overwhelmingly .white,
there being even at the most liberal computation but
80,000 Indians and persons of mixed blood to upward
of 35°»°oo whites. Many of those classed as Indians
are not really so, for as each Indian has title to a share
in the lands of the tribe, and may come into possession
of from 100 to 500 acres, the inducements to fraud in
asserting Indian blood arc many. Thus it is said that
the freed slaves of Indians were given citizenship in
the tribes after the Civil War, and now there are many
hundreds of negroes who are trying to prove them
selves descendants of the freedmen.
Out of the conflict between the whites and the
Indians there early arose dissatisfaction with the
manner in which law was administered, and a special
court was provided for the protection of the whites.
The two races have thus developed side by side, and
the result is the Territory shows some of the most
striking contrasts of civilization to be found any
where on the globe.
One report says: "Intense industrial activity was
found bordering upon utter indolence and primitive
makeshifts. For the last half-dozen years Ardmore,
a town in the Chickasaw Nation, has been known as
the greatest primary cotton market in the United
States. This means that more cotton is hauled there
in wagons than to any other town. During this same
period some of the worst gangs of outlaws that ever
ravaged a country have found refuge in that nation.
Vinita, in the Cherokee Nation, has long been one
of the country's leading cattle-shipping towns, and its
neighbor, Claremore, sixty miles west, called a state
hood convention for December 3 this year. In that
same Cherokee country, hidden in the rough, flinty
hills that border Arkansas, live fullbloods who cannot
talk English and who still gain a precarious livelihood
by, hunting."
That the Indians should strongly object to giving
up their independence and forming a union with Ok
lahoma as a State was, of course, to be expected.
Even white men would hesitate long before making
"a change of that kind. Men develop an attachment
to the commonwealth in which they are born and
brought up. Closely as are the people of New Hamp
shire and of Vermont related to one another in race,
language, political sympathies and social customs,
they would balk at a proposition to fuse them as one
State and thus put an end to that independence to
which each has been accustomed.. We need not con
demn the Indian, then, for hesitating about a fusion
with Oklahoma, nor should we be surprised that the
people of Oklahoma show a decided preference for
continuing their commonwealth as it is.
In addition to the general problem of fusion there
are several serious questions of property to be consid
ered in the matter. An Indian correspondent of the
Boston Transcript, in reviewing the situation, asks:
"What shall be done with the valuable coal and
asphalt deposits now held and leased by the 'tribes
acting as commercial organizations? What embargo
shall be laid on the sale of the lands when they are
transferred to. the individual owners? How are the
school and taxation systems to be rearranged to serve
both Indians and whites to best advantage? Sup
posing the Indian Territory and Oklahoma to be
included in one Territory, how are the peculiar needs
of those nations who still live in the old fullblood
style to be met? And where is the scat of territorial
government to be established? . Will the imposition
of a territorial government at the present time result
in forcing these tribes toward United States citizen
ship too fast, and result, as the President has wisely
warned, in preventing their going forward at all 1 ?"
Compared with the mightier problems of the time
the qucsftons involved in 'the settlement of Indian
Territory are minor matters. Nevertheless, Congress
should not be too "hasty in dealing with them. The
East in its growing jealousy of the West would like
to limit the number of States west of the Mississippi
as far as it can, and therefore favors the fusion of the
two Territories. It is quite probable, however, that
the interests of each would be better served by main
taining their separate existence.
INDIAN TERRITORY.
SNOWBOUND
PASSENGERS
ARE RESCUED
One of the many plans proposed for improving the
harbor of London 15 the construction of a dam across
the Thames just below the city, thus converting the
upper river into a huge lake deep enough to accom
modate vessels drawing thirty feet of water. It is es
timated that the plan could. be carried out for about
$16,000,000. /" , :
WHY TREATY
WILL NOT GO
TO THE HOUSE
PORTO RICANS
WILL WELCOME
GEORGE DEWEY
On board Silvertown, December 22/ noon— Latitude 27.7 north, longitude. 146. 16 west-
Total cable paid out, 1480 knots.- Wind-south. BENEST. V
12:4^ o'clock— Fresh southeasterly breeze. Sky heavily overcast. Weather, very threat
eninsr. . . . r>ci\r.oi.
TUB Postal Telegraph Company's officials have begun to
relinquish the hope' that the cable-ship Silvertown will
reach her destination on Christmas day. Chief Weather
• Bureau Official McAdie says that the vessel will encoun
ter adverse winds for the rest of the passage and is like
ly to have to weather three gales. He believes that she prob-
nbly met the first of these last night and that the storm
quickly followed the slam* mentioned: In ' the last cablegram.
se,nt. Those aboard will see plenty of rain from now on, h*
adds. The Silvertown has gained about two hours in time
since leaving San Francisco. Her dally progress thus far, as
marked on the chart at the Postal Telegraph Company's of
fices, was 77, 259. <53. 662, 863, 1054, 1263 and 1480 miles. .
THE Venezuela affair has not yet reached the
point of testing the Monroe doctrine. It is
probable, however, that before Great Britain
and Germany get through the United States must
prove that international rights, are safe under the
Monroe doctrine or must formally abandon that doc
trine as an active principle in this hemisphere.
The evident conception of Monroeism in the Latin-
American states is that it protects their sovereignty
and territory against the Old World, and therefore
they can do as they please with the persons and prop
erty of European nationals. This the United States
cannot accept and Europe will not. It must be shown
that enforcement of the Monroe doctrine is consistent
with international obligations, or it must fall.
As Great Britain and Germany cannot unseat the
sovereignty nor alienate the territory of Venezuela, it
will be seen that they stop short of the power to
enforce demands for indemnity of their subjects. They
can overpower Venezuela, by arms, but they cannot
touch her sovereignty. She may repeal her revenue
laws and leave them with no means to collect indem
nity. Ii they could take territory, as Germany did
from France and Austria from Italy, and Italy again
from Austria, they would have no difficulty in bring
ing Venezuela to term's, but the Monroe doctrine for
bids that last resort, and they will find themselves
powerless. But the United States, having the power
to enforce the Monroe doctrine, has also the responsi
bility of seeing to it that that doctrine is not made
the protector of injustice by Latin-America toward
the nationals of other countries.
When the armed punishment of Castro is complete
the United States must accept the responsibility
which goes with this nation's power to enforce the
Monroe doctrine. Instead of that doctrine being
made the shelter of injustice to the nationals of other
countries, domiciled in Latin-America, it must be
made by the United States the instrument of their
protection. After the victory of Great Britain and
Germany there should be arbitration, and if its award
he against Venezuela the United States must be re
sponsible for its enforcement. In logic and law power
and responsibility must be equal. Therefore we are
responsible to the world for international justice in
Latin-America, since we have and use the power to
prevent its enforcement by the destruction of sover
eignty and alienation of tcritory.
We should not hesitate to assume and discharge
that responsibility. The Monroe doctrine leaves us a
free hand in this hemisphere. We can discharge our
responsibility to the world for international justice
by destroying any sovereignty and alienating any
territory we please in Latin- America. In an arbitra
tion Venezuela must promise us to discharge all obli
gations she may incur. If she subsequently refuse
we <V not assume her obligations, but we can and
must compel her to meet them. Otherwise the Mon
roe doctrine is a bandit bond bestowed by us upon
the other nations of our hemisphere in the nature of
letters of .marque and reprisal, empowering them to
prey unrestricted upon the nationals of Europe, who
will be without remedy and with no right to appeal
to their own country for redress.
Such a system would mean retrogression and its
establishment would be insufferable. The Monroe
doctrine shall lead this hemisphere to light and not
to darkness. y
We cannot object to war made upon Venezuela by
the two great nations who deserve the loyalty of their
people by adequately defending their rights, wherever
they are. It is a policy that becomes any self-respect
ing nation and that is needed more frequently in the
United States. But such war must not be permitted
to throttle an American sovereignty nor alienate
American territory. Ir% is evident that this is well
understood by Great Britain and Germany. Mr. Sew
ard made Great Britain and France understand it in
the case of Maximilian's imperial venture in Mexico.
We will rot recede an inch nor will we permit any
Latin-American country to use our position to pro
tect outrages upon other nationals.
The timid ones in this country whofcar that we
may have war with Great Britain and Germany do
not reflect that it would be a war of this hemisphere
against those two nations. They do not wish such a
struggle. There will be no such struggle. But we
will see to it 5 that Latin-America is disabused of the
impression that the Monroe doctrine protects piracy.
TESTING THE MONROE DOCTRINE
CABLE-SHIP SILVERTOWN REPORTS
SUDDEN CHANGE IN THE WEATHER
says, -'No man wijl read a book when he can-go to
the circus, but it is better to read than to wish to go
to the circus when ''you can't." A larger and a freer
music will save us from putting so much of a de
mand on libraries. The suggestion is worthy of Car
negie's consideration, but it is to be hoped that if
he takes it up hie will not go about furnishing money
for music halls on condition that the taxpayers will
support them. When we get the university of music
we wish the endowment to accompany the building. .
THE SAN FRANCISCO CALE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23; 1902:
It is saidthat President Castro is a full-blooded In
dian. If he doesn't have a care he may soon supply
in his interesting self all the necessary characteristicV
of a good Indian./; \ y: , ;
The publication is announced of a new book en
titled '/Funds and Their Uses," but if the writer had,
supplied the funds the readers would doubtless have 11
been able to find the uses themselves.
California will insist that its place in the world is
in the forefront whatever the occasion may be. 'Even
our mud volcanoes in Mendocino . are sputtering 40
keep up with the fiery mountains' of the "world. . J
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