TIlE WASHINGTON TIMES THURSDAY FEBRUARY 19 1903GI

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The Snowfall Problem

Why Not Have a Permanent Fund forBlizzard StreetCleaning

Every succeeding blizzard findsWashington trusting to Providence ora belated appropriation from Con

gross to clean the streets and preventthe packing of ice in the PotomacThis year fate has beon more thanusually kind to ii U

But the happygolucky methodswhich have loft us in the presentpinch without sufficient funds to ridthe streets of snow and forced us tomake a hurry call on the twohouses are not to be commendedWhy not secure in advance a fundlarpre enough to insure against all ac-

cidents ard cvbr4 all 3hS capricesour uncertain winter weather

Operatic Storm Signals-

But They Fail to Turn Director Conned

From His Noreast Course

Wo learn with sorrow and some apprehension that there is danger toframe the indictment lightly that theontonto cordiale between Heir Conned the new director of tho Metro-

politan Opera House and some of theartistes of grand opera is in danger ofbeing destroyed before it has fairlyLad an opportunity of being estab-lished Listen for instance to theimpassioned remarks of Mme Gadski

I am afraid that Mr Conned willhave to expand a great deal from themanagement of a little German play-house to Jha Jtrnprcsarjo pfthe mar-velous the wonderful the great Met-

ropolitan Opera Company He maybe a good stage manager but he willhave to learn that great vocal artistscannot be bullied driven or whippedinto getting around for S oclockmorning rahearsals like tho little Ger-man actors of his little German thentcr

Thus it will be soon the storm sig-

nals are flying and if Herr Connedwere a iiraift navigalor Ho might betempted to anchor in the offing andnot put out into stormy waters untilthe wind had lulled a bit But he isnut

On the bridge of the Gorman barkwhich h has safoly steered throughirany troubled waters and past many-

a lee shore he has always been unriucstionud master We wagcrhe will

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xnand Perhaps it would be woll tokeep out of the zone of fire of evenhi subcaliber guns As for the 13imhors cgadski we would rathernot be there when Herr Conried givesthe order to Are

The New Departments Home

Congress Should Authorize Plans forOne Before the Session Endsugrees should no time in

providing strituble homo for therw Department of Commerce andLabor Secretary Cortolyou has

tke oath of office bureau ohicfsare being selected and the work oforganizing this new branch of theGovernment service to bequickly nccotupliubcd Are the newSecretary and his staff to be fur-nished with accommodations equal totheir needs and worthy of the Gov-

ernment which ofTore thorn or aroto strugglQ along indefinitely in

makeshift quarters left to the uncurthin and coetly hospitality of privatelandlords

fongroes lias too often shown itH lf penny and pound foolish inchoosing to cramp tim various execu-tive departments into buildings whichno lougor meet their wants or as analternative to scattor their dismem-bered drKMNonK and bureaus to allcmte of the city The Governmentnow pays annually for rentals4 0000 whiuu represents at 2 potcent AU investment of 13000000That sum would easily cover the costol three or four additional depart-ment buildings furnishing habita-tions for exiles and wanderers likellto Department of lueffj relievingt e general discomfort and congestion

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in the older buildings and constitutjing in themselvesmeats to the National Capital

But Congress has on one pretextor mother maintained and extendedthe shortsighted rental system insteadof capitalizing its rent account andenjoying the many splendid fruits ofthat capitalization

It is to be hoped that a wiser judg-ment will induce the two houses torecognize the individuality of the newdepartment by voting it a buildingdistinctly and completely its own Itshould have a home where all itsbureaus can be brought into touchand its work can be done with themaximum of cfiioioncy and comfort

It is not too late to authorize theappointment of a building commis-sion at this session If Congress ad-

journs without such action the newdopartment will be left a waif tillnext December and its occupancy ofa permanent home may be indefinite-ly deferred If the now Secretary andhis force are to be housed in a man-

ner befitting a rich and powerful na-tion why not take the first step inthat direction now

Venezuelas GratitudeExisting Only in the Fertile Imagina-

tion of Eminent PublicistsIn certain quarters the results of

the Venezuelan imbroglio are setforth with singular innocence underthe following heads

United States hasearned the undying gratitude of Ven-ezuela and other South and CentralAmerican States and the trade withthose countries will therefore devel-

op henceforth at a surprising rateBritain has lost

prestige and its trade will seriouslysuffer

Third Germany dittoditto

Such reasoning is puerile to say theleast But it is probably no worsethan the inflated rubbish to whioh wehave been treated during the last fewweeks For have we not had if dinnedinto our ears that the Kaisers sinisterpurpose was to seize territory and tosmash the Monroe Doctrine intosmithereens Have we not been toldby eminent strategists that war wasinevitable and that a hundred thousand stood on theshores of the North Sea watching forthe signal to embark Have we notbeen kept awake nights by the wail-

ings of naval men on the trail ofglory and contractors inN search ofpelf that it is ships more ships andetill more ships we want and thatwithout them some ono will steal us orwipe us off the face of the earth

Let us pinch ourselves to seewhether we are awake or simply befuddled Does any sensible personbelieve that because of our recentcourse Venezuela feols profoundlygrateful toward the United StatesEverybody on the contrary whoknows anything knows that thesemakebelieve hidalgos hate us with ahatred that is surpassed onlyreadiness in making use of the Mon-

roe Doctrine whenever they wish toshield themselves from the conse-

quences of their misdeedsGrover Cleveland certainly gave

Venezuela every opportunity to showits gratitude and within a year afterhaving settled the boundary disputewith Great Britain we had a new cropof claims against Venezuela including the asphalt controversy on ourhands Gratitude The word is notto be found in the official dictionary-of a South American republic

And this idiotic twaddle about anincrease of trade resulting from ourpolitical attitude toward the countriesto the south of us Why we shallcontinue as heretofore to buy eachyear their products valued at about

120000000 paying for them incash while they will take from us lassthan onethird of that amount orabout 38000000 and demand longcredits in the bargain Theyll continue to buy in the cheapest marketsand try to sell in the dearest That

businessWhatever else they may be they tire

not fools The fools are those whofancy that because we came to theirrescue when hard pressed the Vene-zuelans will empty the contents ofthsir pockets into our laps or thatbusiness is based upon sentiment in-

stead of cold hard and unsympathet-ic factS

Lo the Poor Biker

The L A W Once an Army NowNumbers Five Thousand

Five years ago the League ofAmerican Wheelmen had a member-ship of 103000 a regular army Inthose days the silent steeds were asthick as mosquitoes on a summernight A year ago the league hatdwindled to 10500 People said thatthe dwindling was over that thecranks had fallen by the waysidethat those who wore left represented-the real enthusiasts

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53SO members In 1SOS there werefifty cycling papers in the land Nowthere is only one such paper Lothe poor biker will soon be a lone-

some figure The day of the stripedshirt century meet sooms to be over

FreeHand Comment

Mulls and muslin and shimmeringgauzes interspersed with flowerladenhats and chiffon pnrasota place the shopwindows and the snowcovered streetin sharp contrast Still the windowdisplays servo a cheerful purpose foreven plowing through the snow we arereminded that the good old summer-time is coming

On such a day as this happy should botho man or woman who can sit by theparlor window of a home made cozy bya roaring wobd fire and study at closerange the beauties of Whittlers Snow-bound

St Valentine showed a great deal offorethought in distributing all his lovemissives before the blow came and themail trains stopped Cupid even laughs-at blizzards

The college presidents talk a good dealabout the path a young man should

in fitting himself for a professionbut the sum and substance of their remarks is that it all depends on theyoung man

The world Is divided botwixt the peo-

ple who would convict a man beforethe law has had a show and the peoplewho protest the innocence of a maneven after the law has convicted him

Ithacas epidemic is subsiding Sci-

ence has got the trouble by the throatand typhoid fever will soon coasc to

epidemic form But the questionarlsos what are State and local boardsof health for if the water supply of awhole city can be contaminated as wasthat of the pretty university townEtornal vigilance should hurry itself

A bill has boon introduced In the Missenate to make It a misdemeanor to

flirt with boarding school girls or spin-ster principals or teachers The lasttwo classifications wore added to the billIn order to prevent tho charge of speciallegislation What a pitiable Ignorance-of human nature Any man of eiperlenco would at once flirt with a teacherrather than a pupil There Is a desperation in the coquetry of an aging teacherthat is Irresistible even to deep thinkers

The Talk of the DavThe look of Ute worlds a made upOer graves and fiery depths and nothings tateBut what is horrible If man eovM see-The perils and diseases that he elbowsKach d y he walk a mile which catch at isbnWhich fall behind saul graze him a passesThen would he know that Lifes a singfe pll

grinsFighting unarmed a mo neat a thmMaad ftokliersIl in this infinite invisibleWhich we must leant to know and yet to scorn

Irma the scorn of that regard Ute world

Convicts tortured by straitjackets inCalifornia prisons We thought thatCharles Roade exposed the horrors ofsuch jackets once and for all In his

Never Too Late to Mend

Pension the exslaves Certainly butlet us free and pension the white slavesof today as well as pension the blackslaves of befo the wall

So Mr Conreld Is now said to be MrGraus successor Further remarks byMr Damrosch showed that he felt keendisappointment at failing to obtain thedirection of the opera The position isnot an enviable one There are the subscribers to be satisfied and some wantFrench and Italian operas and somewant nothing but Wagners musicdramas but both factions want the bestsingers Then there are the primadonnas and the tenors must be countedamong are daily to be ap-

peased and flattered The prima donnasare the ones that shatter the nervoussystem of the manager with their jeal-ousies and their demands The success-ful opera manager ia a born diplomatHo must not only know the weaknoMeof human nature he must coldly takeadvantage of thorn

A contributor to the New York TimesSaturday Review writes that ho In-

quired lately for a library edition ofFlorlos translation of Montaignes es-

says within the reach of the bookloveror moderate mans and was informedthat there is none The bookseller thatinformed him needed Information ThereIs an uaexpurgated Florlo in one volumeclearly printed and edited by HenryMorley Rut how seldom booksellersare aware of books that are not on theirshelves

Only by reading the ancients do wobecome fully acquainted with the won-

drous schemes of nature Thus Betnardin de SaintPierre tells us thatnature divided the melon into slices sothat it could bo eaten by a family butthe pumpkin is larger and can perhaps-be eaten with ones neighbors See his

Etudes tie la Nature

This reminds us of n sentence of theBishop of Meta in 1846 Tho Inundations of the Loire are due to the oxceases of the press and the nonobsorvance of Sunday

And side by with these observa-tions may bo put this opinion of thogood Fenelon Water was made to uus

those prodigious floating buildingswhich are called vessels

Fullblooded men who walk in furcoats woo pneumonia openly If you arefat and scant o breath and possess sucha garment talk about it Its nearlycold enough to wont by fur coat I

wish I had on my fur coat What doyou do with your fur coat in summer

but leave It in the cedar oloset nomatter bow shrewd the wind

You are not the first to own a furcoat Both AngloSaxons pace MrFreeman and Normans sported themHenry VIII that hearty old monarchloft such a splendid collection of fursthat for years aCter his death they fur-nished a stock from which presents weregiven to pcraons of distinction

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THE FIELD OF POLITICS GOSSIP VIEWS AND INCIDSffSEditor Young an Original Maker of Presidents Arrives at the Capital From Des Moihes lsStl I Without Office lrTfiU Iowa Way A

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HouseGovernor MonologistAll TariffReturns

Editor Young of Iowa HereThe Iowa Way has been the sub-

ject of many animated discussions thopast week due largely to the arrival InWashington ot Col Lafayette Youngpublisher of the Dally Iowa CapitalFor this he is Justly famed In the

State as his paper Is probably theleading afternoon dally In Iowa

Admirers of Colonel Young look uponhim as a maker of men and give him thecredit of placing Theodore Roosevelt Inhis present exalted position A fond saying In Iowa Is that Roosevelt wouldnever have been gIver the nominationfor Vice President had It not been forColonel Youngs speech placing beforethe Philadelphia convention the name ofthe hero fresh from tropical battlefields

Xo speech ever rang from a conven-tion floor causing more bubbles of en-

thusiasm to break over the audienceand dance and scintillate in the coloredrays that came In through the stainedwindows of the han than that of thocolonel No speech ever delivered Inhonor of tho Grand Army of the Repub-lic possessed more fire more praise ofthe grand old flag and the boys thatfought In the shadow of its foldsIn

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The Saxon DivorceWith regard to the stories currant ot

the impending annulment by the Vaticanof tho already legally dissolved marriagebetween tho Crown Prince and CrownPrincess of Saxony there Is but littletruth in them and Inasmuch as the suc-cession to the Saxon throne Is assumedby the fact that the crownthree little boys there are no reasonsof state or of a dynastic order to renderIt necessary the crown princeshould marry again

It Is true that the Catholic church atthe Vatican will In rare instances annul a marriage when It can be definitelyproved that one or another of the par-

ties has been forced into it and it wason this ground that the first marriage ofthe now reigning Prince of Monaco andof Lady Mary Hamilton daughter of thelate Duke of Hamilton was annulledevidence being given to the effect thatLady Mary bad been compelled to wedagainst hor will by her mother the lateDuchess of Hamilton nee Princess ofBaden and by her cousin Napoleon IIIBut In this Monaco case the husbandand wife lived but a very short time togother only one child being born to theunion who was declared legitimate bythe decree that annulled the marriage ofhis parents and Is now the CrownPrince of Monaco

With the Crown Prince and CrownPrincess of Saxony however the condition of affairs is quite different Foralthough it Is notorious that PrincessLouise was anxious to wed Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and reluctant to marrythe Crown Prlnoe of Saxony yet shelived for more than twelve years withthe latter as his wife and bore him noless than five children whloh of courseindicates that however muoh the princess may at first have disliked becomingthe wife of the crown prince she

resigned herself to her lot andwas a willing consort It Is for this rea-son that tho Vatican will be unable to

THE PUBLIC EYE

Father Edmund Goetz a famous SouthAfrican astronomer who has spent tholost fourteen months conferring withAmerican scientists has sailed forFrance where he will secure instrumentsand proceed to Rhodesia South Africato establish the first reliable observatoryin that country

Senator of Indiana hasbeen Invited by the Methodists of Sa-

vannah Ga to bo pros out at the bi-

centennial of John birth June38

The Rev Dr W S Ralusford of NewYork when asked how he regarded thoaction of Vermont in repudiating pro-hibition said I rathor see aman free than sober

John P Jonas of Nevada about toclose thirty yoars of service In theUnited States Senate is one of five mem-bers of the upper house not a native ofthis country

Herbert W Bowen minister to Yenozuela Judge Taft governor of thePhilippines and Judge Hunt governor ofPorto Rico were classmates at Yale andwere close friends

A NIGHT SONG IN THE STREET

Here mid the hasting and eddying facesHere In the whirl of tho crowd

Where the car lights flare and the win-

dows glareAnd the night In white and loud

Here we two are twoUnheeded content unknown

Not In the wilderness could we beMore wonderfully alone

No face of them all is a face we knowNo too familiar eye

Will peer from the throng to vex our joyAs we two wander by

Yon towering walls with tho lights thatsoar

Arc gnomeland palacesYou airy train Is a dragon rushing

To carry us overseas

I press you close to my side secureIn the solitude of tho throng

And the laughter of children cornea toour lips

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fact Colonel Young surpassed his manysuccesses as a Fourth of July orater inthis tho crowning effort of his life

With the Rough RidersBut the inspiration was there fourfold

Wasnt Colonel Young in Cuba tofamous Rough Riders follow their

intrepid leader up San Juan hill Havenot Colonel Youngs stories of that bat-tle thrilled the lovers of history anddaring deeds At least thv readers ofthe Dally Iowa Capital have beenfilled with the delight only to bo foundby a perusal of his twenty installmenthistory of the Spanish American warwritten by One who was there La-

fayette YoungSo when the calls of tho country be-

came burdensomely persistent MrRoosevelt consented to have his biography road to the assembled dele-gates As evidence of the fact that thereading was well done one only hasto look at the result In a whirlwindof applause the name of Roosevelt walaunched upon the convention and allthat were not cautious enough to set-out of the way were trampled underfoot by the march Rooeoveltward

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IN THE COURTS AND CAPITALS OF THE OLD WORLD

Complications Have Followed Crown Princess Louises Elopement Efforts Afoot to Deprive the Crown Prince f the Saxon Suc-

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An to WindwardIncidentally I may mention that In

certain portions of Austrian Russianand German Poland it Is common amongthe Catholic aristocracy that on the dayof the wedding Just befQre thethe mother of tho bride should in thepresence of as large a number of theguests as posnible give a slight slap onthe cheek of her daughter This Js solelyand entirely for the of enablingthe bride If afterward hor marriageturns out unhappily to be able to ap-peal to the Vatican for an annulmentof the union on the ground that shehad been compelled by her mother towed against her will

To Supersede the Crown PrinceMeanwhile steps are being taken with-

a view to the crown prince waiving hisrights of succession to the Saxon throneIn favor of his eldest boy the now tenyearold Prince George who would inthat event ascend the throne as KingGeorge II on the demise of his grandfather the present sovereign of SaxonyThe regency would be undertaken by thoyouthful monarchs uncle the childlessand popular Prince John George of Saxony pending his nephews majority andit Is a wellknown fact that this projectmeets with warm approval both at Ber-lin and at Vienna In each of whichcapitals John George Is far more popular and Is considered an Infinitely morecapable man than the crown prince-

It IB noteworthy that on the occasionof the banquet given In honor of theXalat rs birthday the other day at Dres-den it was Prince John George insteadof the crown prince who presided in theplace of the still ailing King and 4n allpublic functions and state affairs it isPrince John George and rot the crownprince who now represents the King

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do for Colonel Young The position-of First AMtietant Postmaster Generalwas thought about right bet unfortu-nately thq place was filled by a com-petent man The Des Moines postomco-Is generally considered a cinch andwhen Colonel Young shied his castorin its direction everyone la that citywrote their friends that Young Is go-

ing to be appointed postmasterhow the place failed to materialize orMr Young declined to aoeopt tho nomi-nation

Guest of the PresidentFaith in the President and his Inten-

tion of doing the right thing hifriends never flagged Something wassure to be found Consequently all Iowaryes wore turned to Washington honColonel Young came scanned thecolumns of their papers and at last worerewarded at last They saw this para-graph

Colonel Lafayette Young ofMoines was the guest of PresidentRoosevelt at luncheon Sunday

Those of the oldtimers in Iowa whoremembered Colonel Youngs social ambition when he was a young man wereglad to kaow that tho true friend bana long memory

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out of tho very awkward imbroglio Forrightly or wrongly the husband who hasbeen unable to retain the fidelity of blwife to her marriage vows is an objectof ridicule rather than sympathy tothe public and has been so from timeimmemorial and it ia realized that itwould not be conducive to the prestigeof the crown to have on the throne aman wto has not only been betrayedhut who h 8 been unable to avenge theIndignity placed upon him

The Ethics of InsultAccording to the ethics of officers

nobles and gentlemen of birth andbreeding on the Continent and especial-ly In Germany and Austria anyone whohas been subjected to an indignity is debarred from accepting apologies but iscompelled to obliterate the stigma of theaffront by bloodshed on the socalledfield of honor The officer or the nobleman who fails to do this is subjected toostracism and when In the army or navyIs compelled to resign his commission

Meetings on the field of honor can onlyoccur between equals that is to saybetween gentlemen of high and low de

an officer who for instance IsInsulted by a working man or by a ser-vant Is debarred from fighting a duelwith him and has no alternative but tacut down the individual in question onthe spot with his saber or falling thatto shoot him That is why one hears sofrequently of Instances of unarmedcivilians being cut down in the streetsin Germany and Austria by officers ofthe army

In the same way that officers arefrom fighting duels with men

inferior social caste royal and Im-

perial are prevented from meet-Ing nobles and gentlemen on thefield of honor and from either graatingor demanding satisfaction so that whoaan officer Is unfortunate enough to be in-

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BITS OF MISCELLANY

HighPriced RailsPenmvrvMia Railroad Oarepaiy has or-

dered 4000 torn of aieJral taut HMMwilt cost about 74 a ten while owMfwrjr rstandard cost 13 a too Tke rafts

be on some of die feeswy em no to fbe-AH Rh Ry Uowatafaw PittH mtK HMrisii saddie middle dtrMons Kew Y ifc W fW

Once Hero Now EducatorCapt Richmond Paarsoa Il son ttK kora-

of the Morrimac will write a andall Mtt time to lecterisjf Htoratr wait

captain MJV th t in the foowc Ms mtaatawould b t tifcseaU tfc Amorlea people tfcftt-

tfcfe fa the greatest nation in the world tintwe coatrol fxwthmi f the wwM ansifore ottfibt to bays die say in tkKi

world sad M mart to soy m fottersntMMl afa all of K rop tegetlter Chicago die

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opium seed MIll gtmisVirs among owe leesttwrded maids sad laatnsui ot mte artrtoeracy of wealth It Is a terrible dtolpaMonSome of the victims Mil tfc tee sitU evety bit

tbeloaves which renders the Mts r anddangerous It is astringent that nomembrane can readily overcome its erectWomen wise revel and luxuriate like K tioaamsoit b a good ptckmewp While siwtae itin evtf corners same ave kegs to drop

art always loft hi the cop These wttchM wOltell a t drunkard sheet everything she is go-

Ing to do dwtoft the day how man callersshe will have whether they will be men urwomen whether er no she is going to driveride or have a lIght with husband orbe at peace with all Ute work WhatNew York Press

Honna HashCorned beet hauls a la hisses Is a favorite

tanclieen dish with many When Shavrthe head waiter the Senate restaurant waRtits prepared with Mmsual care he orders it thisway

One corned hash for SenatorThe restaurant was doing great business

yesterday and everybody seemed to want cornedbeet hash Fourteen the order for oratedbeef hash for Senator llamas sbowled to tinschef AVben Ute fifteenth order west downthere was a rumbling noise U the kitchen sadthe chef shouted

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Yottags coming followed slosaly uponthe telegraphic Gov-

ernor Cummins of Iowa had started toWashington called by the President fora consultation on Ute qwwftUwa of tariffrevision

Governor Cummins is member of tbefaction in the Kopubllea party kaownas the advance claws Sonater Delltvtris a classmate of the goeraer aw theyhave both been promteoatly before thecountry Is the past year speaktaion theMibjeet of tariff revision Coleeol Young-is also an Iowa Republican but repre-sents the staadpat faction

Talk of the GossipsTaken together the arrival et the two

leaders of opposing factious attractedalmost as much attcatloe ae did therecont visit to this city of GovernorOdd and the snnoyneoraet that thePresident was fixing up tbe governorsquart I with Sonator Platt

But Governor Cummins declined to gobefore the country in that light Whenhe learned of the prescace of ColonelYouag in Washington and his vIsit to

President the governor completedhis speaking tour and returned to Iowa

Governor Cummins never was strongIn the double comedy act but as a monologfst he has few equals

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ample of the oldtime Japanese Samuraiwho when affronted was wont to takehis own life There are stories whispered at many of the Continental courts otEurope of cases where young officerswho having become Involved In disputeswith princes of royal and Imperial birthand subjected to gross affronts by thelatter have either blown out their brainsor else have taken their life by moans

iof a simulated accidentDut thus far there has been no instance

I can recall of a prince of the bloodputting aa end to his days owing to hisInability to secure satisfaction for an affrost put upon him by an interior

No Duel With Giron PossibleHad Erof Giron been an army officer

or a man of birth the crown princemight have waived his rank and foughta duel with him It may be romombered that Prince Philip of Coburg chal-lenged and fought a duel with his exchamberlain Captain Keglevltch aftertilt latter had eloped with his wife theduel taking place at Vienna to whichKeglevitch returned under a safe con-

duct for the purpose the encounter re-

sulting in the prince being wounded ButGiron comes from the lower strata ofthe Belgian bourgeoisie and aopordlng

the ethics of the Continent of Eu-

rope the crown prince could no moremeet Giron in a duel than an ordinaryofficer of the army could light a duelwith a menial

The consequence is that the crownprince the betrayed husband who hastakes no steps beyond those of the lawto avenge his honor occupies at thepresent moment a very awkward posi-tion in the eyes of the royal personagesof the nobility and of the entire mili-tary caste of Continental Europe More-over he is disliked by bis future sub-jects who do not refrain from publicraaalfestadoBs of their Illwill towardhim Indeed his position Is s cb an in-

tolerable one in every respect that Itot one should not be actoatobed at anytime to hoer that he has killed himself

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THE BEST THINGS FROM OTHER NEWSPAPERSr r IEDITORIAL COMMENT

Glad to Get Out AliveGermany I ha achieved wWi MO KXi

What have y f got out ofKngJand That I haw Rot H atenough for me N r York Kwnlag P t

A Deserved PromotionThe promotion of Cot Wallace K Ritneofph

chief of artillery to the reek of brigadier gen-

eral made under Secretary Roots interpret stkwof the general stag act te a prompt ansi de-

served recognition of General Rewleljms ser-

vices JM well of the needs of the ArtilleryCorps It gives to corps for the heel tissuein niece than hundred y jwt K nc lartillery who succeeds to the pest once heW by

on Henry Knox Washingtons ann aiit sadmeat vvmed military adviser New York

A Lesson to VenezuelaVcnecuela should profit from tide lesson and

all of tile South American countries ran easilyapjireriate whet would be in store lor thorn ifthe United Slate did net Sonly in sup-

port of the Monroe Doctrine Had It sot heedfor the Moore Doctrine maintained by the

States the Venezuelan port would nowbe In the hassle of foreign troupe and VeiHiaNeU

would be in a situation where she rmrid onlyregain independence by ceding territory flatVenezuela was to blame in not earlier

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The Tipping EvilWe are fast approaching that state of civili-

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