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SATURDAY EVENING REVIEW OF THE WEEK'S EVENTS HERE. THERE AND EVERYWHERE
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THE WEEK IN
WASHINGTON
Happenings in the National Capi
tal of Legislative, Political nml
Diplomatic Interest.
The Mexican situation assumed n rad
ically new phase this week by reason of
the "convention of genet ata." at which
the adherents of Villa and t'arratua
threshed out their difference1! In debate
Instead of resorting to the sword. The
following deflnlto facts have appeared.
General Carrnnzi has resigned, and his
successor as Provisional President will
bo named on October 20 Villa has won
Ills point that the representatives of
Zapata be admitted to the conference
ahd the Imitation to them to attend the
convention has been renewed. According
to the present outlook, the thrcatpned
bloodshed between the arloils Mexican
factions has heen averted, and the Ad
ministration Is now optimistic, over tho
prospect of a peiocful settlement It Is
generally hellerd In Washington that
the elimination of nrraiiza from the sit
uation will strength the Constitutionalist
party greatlv, since he has noer been
tegarded as n stiong man. It Is prob
able that f'arraii7a'a reslBnation ns Pro
visional Tresldrnt w III be promptly fol
lowed by the announcement of his can
didacy for the presidency at the coming
election, but It Is not believed he lias
any real chance of being elected.
President Wilson signed the Clayton
nntl-trust meaMire Thursday, thus plac
ing upon the statute books tho omnibus
bill which carries prartlmllv the whole
of the comprehensive pmgr.im of trust
legislation to which the Democratic party
had pledged Itself
Tho I'tesldent addressed a lptter to Gov
ernor Martin II OH nn. of Now York, In
dorsing th Governor s administration and
cvpresslng the hope that ho would be re
elected This action places tho Admin
istration squarely behind the organiza
tion elements In New York Stato which
hud been opposed by the Independent
Democracy, headed by Mayor Mltchel,
Assistant Secretaij of the Navv Roose
velt, Dudley Field Matone and others
It was also announced that the Presi
dent will, In the near future, address a
letter to Representative t'nderwood re
viewing the achletments of the present
Congress and calling upon the nation to
give its work a vote of nppiovnt
Tho Jones bill granting a laigcr meas
ure of loeil self-government to the Phil
ippine Islands passed the House nf Rep
resentatives on a strictlv pnitv vote
Tho Alaska coal land l--lnir bill, tho
passage of which wis doomed impentlve
NEUTRAL?
owing to the nature of the sttuatlon now
existing In Alaska, passed the Senate
and Is now In conference preliminary to
Its final passage The .shutting off of
Alaska's usuol coil supplv from British
Columbia, this having been diverted to
Gre.it Britain would b-lng great suffer
ing and privation to Alaska if she were
not permitted to mine her own coal.
J Plerpont Morgan visited Washington
this week on business regarding the pos
sible purchase or lease by the Govern
ment of the Copper River Railroad In
Alaska, which ha3 firm owns. Mr. Mor
Kan Is anxious to dispose of bis road
Tiefore the Governmnt-owned line Ii
Alaska Is built. Secretary of tho In
terior Lane took the proposal nnder ad
visement. Ecuador and Sweden tdgned with the
United States peae treaties of the tvpe
which Mr ilrvan has evolved, and a note
was addressed to the belligerent nations
of Europe by the Secretary of State con
taining resolutions which were adopted
by the Pan-American conference and
xvhlch urge an early peace.
Democratic leaders in Congress are now
freely predicting that the session will not
close until a week or two before De
cember. COMMERCE AND FINANCE
The most optimistic news In the world
of commerce and finance during the last
week iv as the assertion of Sir George
Falsh former editor of the London Stat
ist, who arrived in New York yesterday
from London, that with the end of the
British moratorium, which expires within
three weeks, the London SwK Exchange
Would reopen and that the opening of the
New York Stock Exchang would fol
low Sir George said that he could not
eee any reason for heavy liquidation from
abroad He further said that ther was
e. large amount of gold In London at
the present time. Sir George Is the finan
cial adviser of the British Treasury.
Tho Toronto Stock Exchange opened
lor business Thursday on modified rules
lor trading Transactions must be mad
lor cash only The Montreal Stock Ex
change wt'l reopen on the tun rules.
On Wednesday the Boston and -ew York
curb markets opened for business, but
because of a misunderstanding of roles
the latter closed at noon on Thursday
Brokers are still allowed to conduoi busi
ness over the counter and by telephone. ,
and thev can buy and sell stooks under j
tld a share without the transactions hav-
Intr to go through the special committee.
The Committee of Ftv on Unlisted Se
curities In New York mads tho same
ruling
Money markets both In tile city and
New York workd more easily this week.
Call loana In New York could be had for
T per cent, as compared with S per oent.
1m t week. Comnjerrlal paper rates wer
a it ealr In tbls city good nam
c-merctal paper changed hands at H
pe- 'rt . th J-west l"r roaiy weeks.
If ! T-a-i-tins we-e notvarge, however
MiSl i Ii
lng held In Washington yesterday, de
elded to Issuo n call for the payment of
the first Installment of member banks
to the capital stock of the 12 regional re
serve banks, payable on November 2 This
first payment will be one-sixth of tho
subscription of the banks It Is expected
that the banks will be In actual opera
tion bv Nov ember 15. The Tederal Reserve
Hank of Philadelphia opened temporary
offices In the Lafayette Building yester
day The Department of Commerce Issued
preliminary figures showing that the bal
ance of trade Is again growing In our
favor llxports exceeded Imports by $6,
0?4,S23 In September, as against an ex
cess of Imports In August amounting to
ilM0il,36i? For the nine months to Septem
ber 30 the excess of exports over Imports
was f5T,ST2 91fi, compared with $10rt,0J7,0S7
In 1113. Tho Imports In September were
$131 204.2C7. compared with JlTt.mi.813 last
ar; nine months' Imports Jl.iflfl.Srto.Mn.
compared with $l,32?.62i.071 In 1913. Septem
ber exports $lSB,lS,7rx, against 2H,2iO,000
in me same monm or net vpar, nine
months' cxpoits $1,467,63"!, H6, against 11,
733,422,16s In 1913
VARIOUS TOPICS
The Jones Phlllnnlnr. Mil t,ui, i,
been under consideration In tho House
of Representatives for some time, has at
tracted llttte nttentlon In the newspa
pers 1'ow people know what Mr. Jones
and his friends purpose doing In the Phil
Ippincs. and they have doubled bo often
on their own tracks that they hardly
know themselves what they nro trying
to do. Rut ono tiling Is clear, and that
Is that thev are bent on upsetting the es
tablished order under which tho peoplo
of the Islnnds have made such encour
aging social nnd economic progress. One
of the loading features of the bill Is the
subtltutlnn nf an electeil Senate for the
nppolntlve Philippine commission as the
upper branch of the Insular Legislature
Rut what would be the practical advan
tage of such a change? The elective
lower house has made a great deal of
trouble recently for the Governor Gpn
enl by careless and factious legislation,
nnd the commission has had to undo tho
lower body's many blunders of commis
sion and omission. Why destroy the value
of the Legislature as a training school In
government by making both branches
elective and both considerably more Irre
sponsible than at present? New York
Tribune.
The Philippine bill booked to pass he
House at Washington todav extends to
the natives of the lslindo an Increasing
share In their government nnd fulfils the
Democratic pledge of Independence "as
soon as a stable government can be es
tablished." This event Is accompanied
From the Nw Tork Tribune.
NOT MUCH
by cable reports of a demonstration of
over &).m0 Filipinos at Manila In joyous
celebration of the flrst anniversary of
Ooernor General Harrison's administra
tion. What evidence could be mom conclu
sive of disaster than this great native
demonstration of confidence In American
pledges and growing satisfaction with the
Administration and Its purposes? New
York World
There was a case In a Chicago court
the other day which Involved a family
squabhle The complainant lived next
door to his mother and on the other side
was his mother-in-law, who were always
quarjeling on the son's account The son
wanted it stopped In some way; and the
Court, seeing no other way, ordered tho
son to move to another house, four miles
distant, from the two mothers This, the
eon proceeded to do, and now thefe Is
peace In the neighborhood There Is no
son there to quarrel about This Is not
exactly law. hut tt Is splendid common
sense.. The man might have Insisted upon
having an Injunction or a decree of some
kind, but the Judge didn't see how that
would Mttle the matter, so he ordered
the son to roovw away from the prox
imity of the mothers, and thus Insure
their peace and hh own. It often hap
pens that the best settlement of a case
Is not don according to law, bnt accord
ing to common t-ense Ohio State Jour
nal. The Supreme rourt of Montana sounds
a strong note and one of which this na
tion may well heed In denying the valid
ity of th mllltla to try and sentence
citizens accused of crime To check riots
eoldlers may arrest rioters, but until
there Is a complete and long standing
breakdown of the civil courts they
should not be allowed to try offenders
And when such breakdown occurs we
may as well throw the constitution upon
the bonfire and bid the dictator enter.
Grand Baplds Press.
If this newspaper detred to preach a
permon It could ask no better teit
than the performance of a certain base
bJl club now In the ptrbllo eye. Ifere
was . club that stayed at the bottom
until It had been forgotten by the. publto
and the season was nearly half over
But it never quit fighting So after a
bad start and a lot of failures, it came
to the front with a rush merely by
plugging away and never giving up.
Thre aro a lot of young fellows and
middle-aged fellows, too. who have fallen
Into a rut and become discouraged, who
would do well to consider carefully their
own possibilities to the light of what the
Boston Braves accomplished this season
after all the sharps had set them down
as failures. Kansas City Times.
Harvard has to lose the Wiener future
of two certs cr upwards but it rogH
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FORECASTS OF
FALL ELECTIONS
Political Issues nnd Prospects in
the Nation as Viewed From Many
Different Angles.
Taking the country as a whole, what
are the chances of the Progressives In
tho senatorial contests this fn!17 In 21
of the 32 States holding elections, they
have, according to the latest tabulation,
candidates, while seven of the remaining
11 aio Southern States In which not even
tho Republicans have thought It worth
i while to name men The outlook cannot
be enlled bright In any quarter. Although
tho Pennsylvania Progiesslvcs ape main
taining thnt a vote for Pnlmer Is a vote
for Pentose, and those of Illinois thnt a
voto for Sherman Is n vote for Sullivan,
the Independents In these States will be
well advised to vote for the old party
opponents of the two bosses They In
evitably have the best chance of winning
In California, Trancls J. Heney has a
strong following, hut he can scarcely do
more than so split the old Republican
voto as to elect the Democratic nominee,
cx-"Iayor Phelan, of Son Francisco In
a doren other States, ns Colorado, lown,
Indiana and Connecticut, the Progressive
candidacy Is looked upon merely ns
stiengthening Democratic hopes of suc
cess, or as absolutely guaranteeing It. In
THah. the Democratic-Progressive fusion
candidate, J. H Moyle, Is a Democrat
The Progressives are undoubtedly proud
of the fact that In so many States they
have been able to bring their party Into
the field, but it Is altogether Improbable
that the present party alignment
Democrats to 43 Republicans will he al
tered by tho choice of Progressive Sena
tors New York Evening Post
If Roger Sullivan succeeds In being
elected t'nlted Statps Senator from Illi
nois, It will be a success achieved In the
face of a redoubtable rebellion In his own
party and against the better judgment of
a great majorltv of progressive Demo
crats the country over. Seldom has a
regular party candidate faced so strong
a hostile demonstration among his own
partisans Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The argument has been advanced that
tho best Interests of the country demand
the re-election of a Congress In political
sympathy with President Wilson more
than It demands the election of a Con
gress avowedlv hostile to the public offi
cial. To this the Hartford Courant takes
exception It sav s "Instead of being
sound and disinterested public advlco to
say that the next Congress should be sat
isfactory to President Wilson without re
gard to whether It Is good for the coun
try or not, Is nothing more than a per
sonal plea. It does not rise even to the
dignity of a straightforward partisan
plea "
There need be no doubt about what haB
happened to Mr. Bryan's one-term plank
In tho Democratic platform. It Is deader
than a doornail, and the Woodrow Wilson
candidacy for 191B Is responsible for Its
untimely ending New York Evening
Mall.
"Ry comparison Mr Cleveland looks
like a befogged and hopeless amateur."
Tho Washington Star toshes this remark
off airily, as a sort of Incident to a dis
cussion of Mr. Wilson's command of the
political situation, and as If It were a
matter so universally conceded as not to
be worth elaborating.
The honorable aspiration to be chosen
Governor of Massachusetts lies between
two men, and no more It lies between
David I. Walsh, who holds that office
now and who Is named again by tho
Democratic paj-ty, and Samuel W. Mc
Call, the Republican nominee. , , . The
only man whose candldaoy serlouely af
feots the two who atone really contest for
the leadership Is Mr. Walker. The cure
of this evil rests with the Republican vo
ters of Massachusetts and with those
progressives who cannot stomach this
dog-ln-the-manger b u s I n e s a. Lowell
(Mass.) Courier-Citizen.
Precisely at a time when the people and
opposition parties are quite non-partisan ,
on account of the war. President Wilson
and his associates are more partisan and ,
more "regular" than at any other time )
since the Democrats assumed office In
every State, not excepting New York and
Illinois, President Wilson Is either openly I
or tacitly supporting the Democratic can
dtdates for State office as well as na
tlonal Irrespective of their race, color or
previous condition of yervttude, St Paul
Pioneer Press.
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS
In a statement Issued by Rolland S
Morris, chairman of the Democratic State
Committee, he brought worry to the
minds of Penrose workers hy giving de
tailed proof that the antl-Penrose regis
tratlon In Philadelphia has reached the
highest mark In the hlBtory of the move
ment for clean politics In PermsylTanta.
Mr Morris pointed out that M.CJO voters
have registered against Penrose, where
as in the years of reform victory In
Philadelphia there has never Been an in
dlcated strength In th primary or on the
books of more than 60 000 Mr Morris
also pointed out that the Increase In reg
istration over 1913 was in the Independent
strongholds of the city
Tb Democratic State Committee met
In Harrisburg and drew up plans for
meeting in Crawford, Montgomery and '
Lycoming Counties. The meetings were t
addressed by Vance C McCormlck, Dam
ocratlc candidate for Governor; A.
Mitchell Palmer candidate for Senator
and Prof William Draper Lawlj. Con
gressiran Palmer cn-Uded the week'tj
campaign In AlUxma. ,
Franklin TV. EbotweP. prorelneat' R-
AN ATTACK ON UNCLE
Idont Taft, writing f om Nebraska, vig
orously denounced the candidacy of Sen
ator Penrose, saying that "Penrose Is a
menace to the party nnd to the country,
and should bo defeated "
Tho American Federation of Labor de
nounced Penrose ns a foe of labor In a
report on his record sent to President
Samuel Gompers It wns shown that out
of 27 votes on labor reforms Penrose
voted twice In f tvor of labor, seven times
In opposition and on 11 occnslons ho
dodged.
At the convention of the Now Jersey
Liquor Dealers' Protective League at
Atlantic City Penrose wns roferred to
ns the over-ready and ever-fnlthful sup
porter of the liquor trlfllc In the countty
at lnrge Even mention of the Senatoi's
name met with loud applause Senator
Penrose was declared to be the greatest
friend of the liquor dealers In Pennsyl
vania In their attempt to stem the anti
saloon tide In the State
In one of his most vigorous addresses
of the campaign at, Altoona, Doctor
Brumbaugh nailed the He that he was
opposed to local option "I stand com
mitted to tho passage of a local option
law," said Doctor Brumbaugh, "giving
to the people of the several jsjuntles nf
this State the light to decide for them
selves whether or not the licenses for
the sale of liquor shall be granted In
their county."
In a letter to the Republican Slate
Committee Doctor Brumbaugh Informed
the committee that ho will accept no
money from Its fund for use In his cam
paign. He cleared himself completely of
any association with the liquor Interests,
and said thnt his campaign wns support
ed by contributions from persoml friends.
"My hands are clean of tho liquor back
ers' taint," said Doctor Brumbaugh.
ANENT THE WAR
On the subject of the destruction of
works of art In war, the Journal of tho
American Instltuto of Architects tnk.-s a
singular position It asks whv art should
be exempted nny more than tho other
prized things nf life from the ravages
and barbarities of war Faced by mil
lions of bereft families, weeping women,
fatherless children, why mourn over oup
cnthedral or university library, more or
less' Ono understands the underlying
motive of these questions. The thought
Is to mnke war appear of merciless In
humanity, ns that Is the only way In
which It can be swept from the earth
"The one task before the world Is to
abolish the possibility of war, and to
no nobler end could art be con
fcrrated " The good intent of this
seems to us more apparent than Its
clear reasoning. It may be magnificent.
but It is hardly art. New York Evening
Post. l
If a country Is bound to have a king,
obvlonslj that Is the only condition on
which It can afford to have him. "The
king who thinks he owns the countj-y,
the king who assumes to rule by a title
superior to the public will Is at best nn
expensive luxury nnd at worst a positive
public danger. Public ownership of kings
hnH mnde great strides In Europe slnco
the beginning of the nineteenth century
But the work Is not vet complete. There
still remain a few royal houses to be
brought into line rn3 made to know thtlr
proper plsces Chicago Herald
An Interesting statement Is that of
Charles Edward Russell, the writer on
sociological nnd economic topics, who
after returning from Europe nnd a study
of war conditions declares old-world
civilization is becoming extinct, nnd tho
hope of the race Is turning to the United
States. And the longer the conflict lasts,
he sas, the greater will be the apprecia
tion hy the European masses of the bless
ings nf peace and liberty In America.
The, Red Cros3 will help the Christmas
Ship because Its officials recognize the
fact that both are born of the same spirit
of service to unfortunate humanity.
Chicago Herald
-From the St. Louts Poft-Dlspatch.
SAM
ON MATTERS
OF BUSINESS
Editorial Comment, Critical and
" Suggestive, on Various Phases of
the Pockctbook Question.
It la about time political parties stopped
hoodwinking the people. They all pass
resolutions favoring economy nnd re
trenchment, and yet they keep on In
creasing tho appropriations. Wo don't
think that politics has much to do with
It. for all kinds of politics do the same
thing. It Is a distorted human nature
that does tho devilment. It Is so easy
to tpend somebody else's money. One
can always find reasons for It. There are
some legislators who would vote to spend
$100,000 to extract sunbeams from cucum
bers If some garrulous fellow would set
up the clgnrs. They are dend easy, and
such men should never he trusted with
spending the people's money. We believe
It would bo a good rule In electing a
member nf the Legislature, State or na
tional, and City Council, too, to select tho
most stubborn man. Ohio State Journal.
W. D. Boyce ndvlses American manu
facturers "to do business everlastingly
on the square" He says South Amer
icans are not used to such treatment,
but they will like it once the.v find It Is
genuine, and it Is vitally necessary to
establish confidence In our honesty and
friendliness, "becauso tho people of the
United States have been lied about by
evoiv European salesman for a cen
tury." Springfield Union.'
One of tho objectlonnble paragraphs of
the tariff bill that survived criticism
1ms lain dormant, but Is now galvanized
Into life by the announced enforcement
of an executive order. The hunger of
the Department of Commerce is to be
snted with the trade secrets of lmport
pip, and treasury agents are to be per
mitted nnd empoweied to glut their cu
riosity with nil manner of details ns to
the bargaining hy which American deal
eis get advantageous prices In foreign
mantels. jone of tills Information I
essential to the proper valuation of mer
cnnnoise tor the fixing of the duty. It
Is valuable, however, to the business
rlvnls of houses that ore able to buy
abroad cheaper than others New York
Evening Mall.
The one market that is nlvvnys open
to Americans Is tho homo market. Nn
now organization has to be created to
take advantage, of It No special credit
nirangements, no flnnnclal help, no new
means of transportation need be estab
lished. All producers have to do Is as
crtaln the demand, como forward with
the supply nnd let the buying public
know they are ready. New York Sun.
Uncle Sam's unique dally newspaper,
the Dally Consular nnd Trade neports,
was never moro nbsorblngly Interesting
than right now. It Is a day-by-day guide
to opportunity In the field of foreign
commerce; and the careful study of its
contents ought to bo of great assistance
to every manufacturer or exporter with
thoughts; of entering the foielgn fields.
Washington Times
Probably economic conditions will never
bo so highly Improved that men and
women will not find It better to provide
for the future as well as for the present
and to put away something for a rainy
day, Just as our forefathers and fore,
mothers have found It necessary to do
In past ages. All that parents and
friends can do to hold up the arms and
th credit of tho unfortunate and all
mat tne most iinerai pniianthropy or
government Itself can do will always be
something less than Ii required to keep
an Improvident and extravagant person
prosperous nnd content. The rest must
r i the New Toik Worl4.
be done, by the Individual himself. Gal
veston News.
A straight tip on the best way i do
business came from Iceland to Chicago
last week. Tho process Is extremely
simple. It Is to go ahead and do It. Ice
land wanted a new market for herring,
Correspondence first addressed to the
Chicago Chamber of Commorce disclosed
the fact that there was a market here.
Whereupon a deal wns closed nnd the
shipment made. Last week It arrived In
this city 32 cars of Iceland herring. This
ship will take back a return cargo of
grain, flour and other ortlctes. Chicago
Herald.
Tho business community trusts the
bankers It gives them Its money, It
leans on them and goes to them for
counsel. Confidence Is an honor which
the bankers are bound to repay In help-fulness.-Nevv
York Evening World.
IN PHILADELPHIA
Educational circles were Interested In
two Important announcements! ono by
Doctor Jacobs, Acting Superintendent of
Schools, that 17,000 pupils are on half
time: tho other that a school for glrla
similar to Glrard College will bo founded.
The money for this school tins been pro
vided In the will of the Into Robert N.
Carson, who died In 1907. Litigation over
the will has Just ended.
Mayor Blankonburg made a request to
Councils that drdlnnnccs be prepared so
that there will be no delay In getting
results from the $11,300,000 municipal loan
If It be passed by tho people The Mnyor'a
deslro for hnsto Is to provide employment
for tho poor. In advising Councils to go
slowly. City Solicitor Rjnn pointed out
that a short cut might result In tying
up the loan bv court action.
Many Philadelphia women attended tho
convention of the Pennsjlvnnln Federa
tion of Women's Clubs nt Pittsburgh.
An encouraging report was mido by tho
Board of Revision of Taxes, showing
the vnlue of the city's taxable property
to have Increased $52,000,000 This will
glvo the city an Increased borrowing ca
pacity of $3,500,000.
Argentine's new $7,000,000 dreadnought,
the Moreno, sailed from tho Now York
Shipbuilding Company's yards nt Cam
den for tho trial trip and gun test.
The Rcmedlnl Loan Compnny, pattern
ed after tho Russell Sage Foundation of
New York, opened offices this week nnd
will operate along seml-phllanthroplc
lines.
All pedestrians ore Interested In tho
ordinance Introduced In Councils provid
ing for the slowing down of nutolsts to
ANOTHER
eight miles an hour at street crossings.
Tho present regulation make3 the speed
limit 20 miles an hour, with no provision
for crossings.
Director Cooke this week repeated his
statements that the Philadelphia Elec
tric Company's rates are too high. Tho
question Is to be taken up by the Public
Bcrvlce Commission at public hearings
beginning next Monday.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES
Personally and without committing the
paper In any way, shape or form, we nre
thinking seriously of coming out for
Hank Gowds for Governor, If not for
still higher honors Ohio State Journnl.
From the standpoint of the anti-Im-perlallsta,
perhaps the Philippine bill
means well, but for all practical purposes
they must themselves admit that It does
not mean much. Boston Transcript.
How proud we would all have been of
General Funston if he had burned Vera
Cruz and dragged out and killed women
and children because a few snipers fired
from the housetops I Columbia State.
At the moment, the most unklndest Cut
of all eeems to be Culebra New York
World.
A moving picture of the United States
Senate has been taken. The country
would not object to a film of the entlra
Congress if the moving were toward
home. Troy Times.
If you wish to see a real good moving
picture, keep your ey on the Presiden
tial chair of Mexico. Milwaukee Journal
A New York hotel sues a woman for
, a $5000 board bill. Those New York hotels
Insist on having ineir dius paia every
week Rochester Post-Express
"Made In America" means the manu
facture of goods here, Instead of shipping
our raw material abroad and bringing It
back again In a finished state. Los An
geles Express.
The effective order for General Funs
ton to get out of Vera Cruz will come
from Washington, not from Mexico City
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Iron Cross Is the proudest deco
ration In the world." states an old Ger
man veteran to the papers. What's the
matter with the Red Cross? Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"Is Europe to become anglicized, ger
manlzed or civilized?" asked the Baitl.
mow American Thus far It has become
only brutalized and d-morallz 1 aid Is
fast becoming pauperized Tha ii'tit
outcome can only be surmised. Kansas
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COURSE OF TIIE
EUROPEAN WAR
The Most Significant Events ol tho
Week, as Kelatetl to the General
Situation.
Wnr operations of tho week were
marked by strong offensive movement
by both Allies nnd Germans. In the west
em zono terrific fighting chnracterli.a
attack and eounter-nttnek on tho vast
shifting battlejlne, which now, probably
Is moro thnh EO0 miles long, extending
from VoBges to tho English Channel in
tho East, tho Germans move steadily
against tho Russians, whllo tho Czar
liutled Intgo forces against his foe Tim
Russians, forced to defend their own
city of Warsaw, appeared more on tha
dclcnslvo than at nny previous period of
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Advantage, to nny npprcciablo degree
hns not been with either side, but h
Allies appear to havo mode a brilliant
stroke In extending their lines to tha
Channel, thus cutting oft tho German at
tempt to flank their left wing,
Tho fall of Antwerp released a largs.
force of German troops and these forces
Immediately advanced west and south
west toward the coast. Bruges was oo
cupled and tho march to Ostend was re
sumed. This German advance menaced
not only tho Belgian nnd French coasts
but England ns well, as It was believed
tho seaports would form valuable bases
fur nn Invasion of Britain.
Belgian und British troops, united with
n French force, captured Ypres and
fought their way to the coast, apparently
bljcklng any flanking move. Violent
fighting wns resumed along tho Meuse
nnd tho French Invaded Alsace and Lor!
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In East Prussia tho lUtsslnns nuccecded
In pushing across tho frontier and captttr.
Ing poets near Lyck. They also reported
ooctipntlon of that city, which was denied
In a Berlin statomont. Tho Germans
ngatn crossed Into Poland and, In several
dnyn' novoro fighting nt Wlrballen, in the
Huwalkl province, forced the Czar's
troops to retreat southward.
Tho Russian offensive ngalnst Gallel
nnd Crnoow has turned Into n defense of
homo territory. A week of movements
of Russlnn armies, veiled In secrecy
through strict censorship, brought the
Czar's main force into Poland to face tho
Combined Austro-Oerman Invasion of
that country. Tho Invading force, con
sisting of four armies, has moved on a
800-mtle battle front, extending from Lodz
to Przemysl.
In tho North the advance came within
10 miles of Warsaw, tho objective, but
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SIEGE
was pushy hack to the bases at Lodz and
Klelce.
In the South the Austrian contingent
brought relief to Przemysl. Fighting has
been contlnous west of the Vistula for
eight days Both Berlin nnd Petrograd
claim success In the tklrmishes, and the
former denies lifting the siege at Prze
mysl Naval engagements of the week were
decidedly favorable to Germany, the
dendly work of Its submarines being the
feature of operations. The Pallada, a
Russian cruiser with 574 men, was sunk
by submarines In the Baltic Sea. On
Trlday the BrltUh Admiralty admitted
loss of the British light cruiser Hawka
In the North Sen. A submarine darted
out from the German coast nnd sank ths
Hawke, with almost tho entire, comple
ment of tOO men Indications were that
Qermany soon would make a naval sor
tie and test Its powers. Great Britain
expects a great sea fight
A revolution led by Colonel Mnrltz at
the head of a force of South African
Boers gave Great Britain considerable
uneasiness on Wednesday, hut late re
ports Indicated thnt Premier Botha, dis
patching a small army, had, In a largs
measure, succeeded In quelling the dis
turbance. Marttz was aided by the South
African German troops, and together
they planned to form an Independent Re
public. MUDDLED MEXICO
As time goes by it becomes plainer that
the peaceful elimination of Carranza as
a presidential possibility should be viewed
with approval by this country At no
time has Carranza evinced any apprecla.
tlon of the disinterested efforts of the
United States to bring peace to Mexico
Everything he does shows a thinly dis
guised opinion that this country Is offi
ciously Interfering Chicago Herald
President Wilson ought to be, well satis
fled with the new piovlsional President of
Mexico. Antonio Vlllareal to whom Car
ranza Is about to relinquish the reins of
government, for Vlllareal Is one of the
original supporters of Madero, and has
been a Maderlsta through all the fighting
He is, moreover, an Idealist and radical
of the Madero type In a sense, this
adjustment puts Mexico back where It
was when Madero took charge of ths
Government New York Mall.
It la not of vital consequence what man
Is at the head of the Mexican Govern
ment The Important things aro the
man's political principles la he thor
oughly Inoculated against an attack of
the despot disease? Does ha see that it
Diaz and Huerta could not maintain a
Government based merely en force, h
cannnt? It H bv rrnr-"n sej-gn a"d g""4
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