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THE SCR ANTON T1UBUNE- WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1898.
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WHITNEY'S WEEKLY
BUDGET OF NEWS
PETER WARREN'S ADVENTURE
WITH A MONSTER.
A Touching Story of the Klondike.
Hon. E. D. Hardenburgh's Claims.
Fred Wright's Lively Canvass Ho
Saved His Farm Personal Notes
and Other News.
Special to Tho Scrnntoti Tribune.
Susquehanna, .Sept. 20. retcr War
rcn, of Boston, tuul Professor Wlnden
nor, of Brooklyn, who aie summeilng
In this vicinity, started out a few morn
ings since, In a small boat on a fishing
excursion In tho Susquehanna river,
near Hed Rock. Thev can led with
them a. Winchester and a shotgun, In
order, possibly, to bag some game.
Thev had rowed hut a short distance
when a strange creatine was seen a.
little ahead. Jlr. Warren grasped his
rifle, fired, and apparently wounded
tho creature. Infuriated, the monster
made desperate efforts to learh them.
After a second and third shot the
strange visitor still fought, and It
seemed Impossible to disable It se
riously. It made the most furious at
tacks upon them, mid with distended
Jaws It seemed at times as If to engulf
boat and all. Twelve shots were fired
Into It, and still It continued Its on
slaught. It splashed and foamed,
spreading heavy spray In all directions,
and nothing but the most skillful man
agement left the boat nt a safe dis
tance. Now and then It plunged un
der the water, trying to get under the
boat and send It skyward, but the
steady Brooklynlte managed each time
to send fie boat beyond Its reach.
The situation was growing serious, as
the cartridges In the rifle were- ex
hausted, and It seemed Impossible to
reload while tho monster was making
such furious attacks. 'While attempt
ing It, a sudden onslaught made It
necessary to use the shotgun, and
Mr. Wairen filed hastily. It was a
most fortunate shot, as it took effect
in the eyes of the monster and must
have blinded It. The pain seemed to
Increase its ferocity, but its effoits
Were futile, and It was an easy matter
to row to a safe distance. When the
creature was killed at leisure, It looked
like a porpoise. It had n. head simi
lar to a catfish. Its skin was of a
dark brown, with red rings. It would
probably weigh 300 pounds. Pome fish
ermen extracted several gallons of oil
from Its flesh. It Is supposed to havo
swam up the river from the Chespeako
bay during a freshet. The skeleton
will be sent to Harvard university.
THE county; ROUND ABOUT..
Hallstcad Is to have a "Fat Man's
club."
About 173 business men and heads
of families of Hallstead have signed
a petition to the government, to mus
ter out Company G, Thirteenth regi
ment. The one hundredth anniversary of
the settling of Lenoxvillc, will be held
this year.
Will J. McConnell Is about to hold a
series of temperance meetings In Hall
stead. He is now at Nicholson.
About 4,500 tickets of admission to
the DImock camp meeting grounds
were sold this year.
The second annual meeting of the
Susquehanna County Teachers' Asso
ciation was held and largely attended
at Harford on Friday and Satuiday.
Rev. E. C Davidson is holding lellg
lous revival meetings In Montrose.
LOVE UNREQUITED.
A touching story of tender love comes
to us from a town not many miles from
Susquehanna. Two years ago a beauti
ful young girl became engaged to a
young ninn of the neighborhood. He
went to the Klondike country to seek
his fortune. She ignored all advances
from scores of suitors, and patiently
awaited his return, feeling confidence
In his keeping true to her. So the
months passed, and even a few grey
hairs began to show themselves among
her brown tresses. While her fiiend3
no longer pitied hut ridiculed her for
lefusing all advances from other deslr
nble sources. Lately her fidelity was
rewarded. The lover has returned from
Klondike, bronzed. Item (led and with
$50,000 and a wife and twins!
CHIEFLY OTHERWISE.
Summer's gone, but let's not worry.
O'er that theme let poets potter.
Other j ears will bring us others
Just as hot and maybe hotter.
The Delaware county chap who
eloped with his mother-in-law is now
In Jail. Hadn't be been punished enough
olieady?
It Is said that Honesdale Is below
seven damned points. This is not In
tended for a piofane paragraph.
The cider mills are maklns merry
music on the hills. The fellows who
dilnk the apple nnd woim Juice will bo
making a dlfterent sort o' music on the
mountains, later on!
Why "beloved husband" or "beloved
wife" in the columns of a newspaper.'
A blmple announcement of death,
name and date, should suffice. Never
parade vour affections, and don't keep
jour sentiments on tap.
You can easily borrow trouble, the
most of us have It to lend.
When you hear u scandal about
jour neighbor, hunt It down to Its
source before giving It credence. It
j'Our have neither the time nor the
Inclination to do that, bury It.
The turkey Is wondering whj there
Is so much meal amout his meals.
If' some people should come to life
again It would be a very difficult mat
ter for them to live up to the high
level of the obituary notices given
them.
Leaves have their time to fall, and
the) stais to set, and the flowers to
Wither at the north wind's bieath, but
thou hast ull seasons foi thine own,
O' dbt!
L'ttle Johnnie Grim lies here,
He neither ciles nor frets:
He had Just reached his thirteenth
year-
Clgarettes!
' MATTERS POLITICAL
Our state senator, Hon. U. B. Har
denbergh, ot Honesdale, deserves well
nf Susquehanna countj', for framing
and doltjB everything possible to have
the Erie bonus bill become a law. He
has served the county well, in both
branches of the leglslatme, und when
the votes are counted In November, It
will be seen that our people havo
shown their appreciation In u practi
cal manner.
"Hon. A. Gum well, of Bethany, Wayne
county, Is the Democratic candidate
for congress for this district, It Is
certain thut Bethany will be Mr. Gam
well's postofttce address for some years
to come. It would be cruelty to take
him from bucIi a quiet hat em of rest.
John D. Miller, esq,, of Susquehanna,
Is the Democratic candidate for state
senator for this district. Ho Is a cupa
bls lawyer, and an excellent man In
"WORKING WOMEN WHO SUFFER.
Should Got Mrs. Plnkham's Advlco Tho Wholo Truth can bo Told
to hor Booauso eho Is a Woman.
The suffering anil pain endured by some working women Is nlmost past beltef.
Hero Is a letter from onoof the multitude of women who have been restored
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HoovF.n, Wolfsvlllc, Md.
Lydia E. Pinklmm's Vegetable Compound for a quarter ,
of a century has been helping women to bo strong and well.
The following statement from Miss II. Patterson, of 2531
Lawrence St., Philadelphia, Pa., should interest all working
women who nro troubled with femalo complaints:
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Mrs. Pinkhara Invites all women troubled about their health to write to her
at Lynn, Mass., and secure her advice free of all charge. All Mich letters ure
seen and answered by women only.
Ask Mrs. Plnkham's Advlce-A Woman Best Understands a Yoman's Ills
eveiy respect. He deserves well of his
partj-.
C. Tred Wright, of Siisquelmnna, the
Republican candidate for congicss for
this district, will bo elected by a veiy
largo majority. Mr. Av'nght Is a suc
cessful, hustling business man, a man
of affairs genial, companionable nnd
popular. He will represent tho district
ably nnd capablj-. He Is most popular
whare he Is the best known. It is
needless to say more.
A RACE WITH A REPTILE.
As the Carbondale Express, on the
Jeff ei son branch of the Erie, was nnr
ing Brandt, a few days ago, 'Engineer
"Hub" Wood was horror-stilcken to
see what he supposed to bo the end of
the rail just ahead of his rushing lo
comotive, sliding lapidly nway from
him. His first thought was a broken
rull caught by the pilot, and he ex
pected an instantaneous shock. Won
derment usurped the place of fear when
a second glance levealed a live-foot
blacksnake of the species known as the
"uinner" gliding rapidly on top of the
rail. In tho excitement of the moment
Engineer Wood sought tho throttle.
Ho threw It wide open, and the train
bounded forwatd under tho Impulse,
but the snake maintained Its lead, al
though tho tialn was running forty
miles an hour, and when Melrose was
reached, nnd an opportunity was offer
ed to escape, it left the rail, thtow Its
head in an attitude of defiance nnd
died tight theie. An examination
proved that the intense heat of the mil,
with the added friction, had burned It
to death.
IN A LINE OR SO.
The Delavvaie and Hudson's annual
report shows a prosperous condition.
She deserves It.
Having gone lame, "Eagle Woodnut",
Messrs. Driscoll and Furej's trotter,
has temporarily been withdrawn fiom
the tiack.
"Kid" Hurley has accompanied Frank
Bartlej', of Blnghamton, to Chicago,
wheie both have engagements.
Rev. D. I. Sutheiland Is at Troj
Bradford countj-, attending a meeting
of the Presbytery of Lackawanna.
George Smith has entered Syracuse
university as a freshman.
The funeral of Joseph Clapper, an
old resident, occurred on Satuiday af
ternoon. HE SAVED HIS TARM.
A Starucca fanner went limping and
groaning to the oflice of a new doctor,
a few days ago. "Its the rheumetU,
Doc." groaned the patient. "My whole
back Is jest gone with It. I'm one
ache from the back of my neik, clear
down to the hips. I'm sufterin' the
toiments of the condemned."
"Let me see your tongue," said the
doctor. "Ah, yes, I see, I see. Take
this prescription, get it filled and use
us directed. Two dollars"
"Holy Moses!" said the afflicted one,
as he hobbled away, "If I ain't the
luckiest man In Starucky Two dol
lars for looking at my tongue. An' I
was jest on the bate point of askln'
him to look at my whole bick!" And
he breathed hard as he thought what
bj' what a nuirow escape he had saved
the faim.
WHOLLY UNPREMEDITATED.
Tuin, pilgrim, tuin, thy can forego
And drink thy till of mirth,
Man wants but little here below
He only wnnts the earth.
Many a man seeks a glil for her
pa value.
The mnn who ruleth his wife's splilt
is a great deal bcaieer than he who
taketh a city.
The Ludies Home Journal recently
had an aitlcle, "How to Tieat Your
Wife." One good wuy would be to
treat her as you did befoie your niar
ild her. Few men do!
The real teason why some pople
live to such an extensive old age Is
that they don't exactly know- when
they were bom.
Those who talk most and loudest
ubout ministers forsaking their pul
pits for summer vacations, and rail
against them, ere the very ones who
generally fall to attend serv Ices either
In summer.or winter
Wnat Is home without a newspaper
-New Yoik World. It Is a pluco
where old hats are stuffed into window
panes, and children are like pigs; the
housewife like an aboilginal savage,
and the husband with the panoiama of
a dlsmnl swamp painted on his shlit
fiont with tobacco juice. Whitney.
A Hostile Employer.
"Tho ol 1 man hits the war cplrlt on this
morning said the Junior partnet to 'tho
bookkeeper "He has tired lour cleilvs ill.
reudj."
"How does that Imllcnle the war
spirit'.'" asked the bookkeeper.
"To my mind It nhows a rapid-fire ex
position. "Now York Journul.
A Valuable Adjunct.
SqullldlK "ilobton Intends to raise tho
Cristobal Colon by means of alr-bugs.-'
McSwIlllgen "If his siiMly of wind
bogs becomes exhausted he might go to
Havana and cuptuie Blanco." PltUbur
Teleeiapli.
1 suf
was flMl . "v
On the Sttidy
of the Uiolin.
Peitinent Advice from the Pen of
One Well Qualified to Give It.
From the Musical Brcoid, Published bv
the Oliver Dltsou Compan).
Students of the violin aio becoming
very numerous in Amoilcn, and glils
even more than boys seem to thiovv
part of their energy In that direction
with .v will that, while pralsewoithy
is none the less curious, If one bears
In mind tho fact that until a few j-eais
ago the violin was consldeied a man's
attribute and an Instiument altogether
out of women's province.
Tills being taken Into consldeiation,
I feel it my duty towards patents to
saj a few words of warning against
the harmful ways In which the lolln
Is often taught. I havo made these
observations since I have devoted pait
of my time to violin instructions. I
think It ndvlsable nnd timely to speak
on this subject. Students should be
made aware of the wrong path they
nie following.
How often, I maj" say nearly nlwajs,
do pupils who come to me for ad
vice, in leplj to this question' "How
long huve jou pluyed the violin?" an
swer: "So many jears off and on!"
This "off nnd on" ir the mistake; ou
cannot learn properly by taking les
sons "off and on" and expect to make
progress In violin playing any more
than y-u would in ordinary Instruction
by attending school In the same man
ner. Is It to be expected that children
can sccuio a good scholastic education
b at lending their classes "off and on,"
and would nnrcnta be thnnn-htlexn nn.
I outj'i tc keep their children out of col
lege a month or year at a time unles
imperative motives, such as a reverse
of inrtuna or a serious illness of the
pupil, compelled them to do so? Inter
ruption In any study Is a great draw
back. Why Is It then that parents
think so lightly of doing this in an
ait which Is so difficult to acquire and
ictaln as violin playing. This fact. In
my observation, exists only In the I'nit
ed States, and I can presume that tho
fault lies in tho Ignorance of the great
difficulties of the Instrument, which are
not In tho province of the unitlated to
undeistand.
CHOOSING A TEACHER.
When one has decided to learn the
violin, the essential consideration Is
the choice of a teacher, and parents
err greatly when they Imagine that
for the elementary lessons any cheap
teacher Is good enough. Upon that
first teachei depend ultimate lesults,
and the cheap teacher often becomes a
dear one.
Parents as a rule select at the begin
ning the best establishment of educa
tion for their children, but are loathe
to follow the same course whete the
violin is concerned. The lesult Is thut
pupils come to me with little knowl
edge after six or moie ;eio of studj'.
r.nd otten that knowledge is wrong. I
heard u pupil not long agr who had
been taught for eleven jens "e ff nnd
on," nnd it was pitiful to cee her
inmho the bow.
There is In violin playing t) e same
irinduntlon of studies that ixists In
ichiiol education (list, come the nl
vl abet, then spelling, and so on until
J hi 'each the hlgucst clisscs. One
'.oes not begin by conjugating eibs,
rr. more can one plav stud'es of Kie
t.er. Si ohr etc , prloi to learning the
t-cnle: and how many students upon
examination can play a Jirnu In tluee
oi laves when they come to me" 1
hnve not found one capable of doing It
piopeilj. Then, to biidge over this
gap, one will snj', "I have gone thioirgh
a concerto by Mendelssohn or Bruch "
One had even played the first concerto
of Paganlnl' However, let It be said
that they realized it was all wrong,
and as one expiessed It: "I play at it,
Madame." This Is like trying to solve
a problem In nlgehin, without having
learned the fundamental rules of arith
metic. I remember another who re
piled when she was asked to play
scales, "Why, Madame. I finished those
long ngo," not having been told that
it was to be a dally task.
When I belonged to the fatuity of
the National ConBeivutory of Music of
America, at one of the yeaily exam
inations fifty-four boys nnd girls pie-
ruled themselves for admission In the
classes as fieo pupils. This opportun
ity Is offered by that excellent Institu
tion to any student In any bianch of
music who shows promising talent
Out of those fifty-four who competed
for admission to entei these classes
only two were accepted, The appli
cants had all studied for seveiul j-eais,
and they came from nil puits of the
United States. The two admitted were
the only ones who filled satlsfactoilly
the requirements exacted, simple en
ough ns the requirements were. All
that was asked of them was to play
acceptably the elementary exercises,
There should be a limit of time In
w
taking lessons. Five years should suf
fice for it gifted pupil, under u super
ior and painstaking teacher. A great
fault of the Americans In tholr study
of music Is their constant chango of
teacher. This Is a peculiarity of the
country and detrimental In the ex
treme. Tenchers have more or less
different methods, some of which nro
not always sound, Bevvaie of the
teat her who claims to have a special
method of his own.
lint if, as I said above, there Is a
limit to learning from others, there Is
none In one's study to attain perfec
tion. What one has learned by mem
ory may lemaln In the mind: but what
one's fingers hnve ncqulred can only
be tetalned by pel severing study.
I believe there nro more music stud
ents In tho United States than In nnv
other country nccoidlng to population.
Therefoic there Is more money ex
pended for that purpose than In other
countries. Why is It, then, thnt with
ull this teaching, this great outlay of
nionej' and time, there have been no
noted achievements In violin playing.
Whv has Europe alone pioducrd vio
linists eminent enough to be universal
ly acknowledged ns masters? Theie Is
ns much talent In America ns any
where else; but there Is less tenacity
of purpose. Plenty of ambition, but
not enough pains taken in surmount
ing the drudgery necessary to attain to
the first rank.
Certainly a reform Is needed, and
this consists, first, In the i holee of a
capable and painstaking teacher. To
secure this, ask the advice of a lecog
nlzed nrtlst, whose authority In the
matter Is unquestioned nnd who will
recommend only those whose ability
and honesty of put pose will Insuic to
the pupil proper advancement,
PRACTISE.
Second, tho pupils should practise
tho same number nf hours dally ten
months In a year, with great nssldultj',
and even during the two months vaca
tion not a dn' should be passed w Ith
out reviewing the scales, If nothing
moie. I will mention that all great
nttlsts I have known pructlo the jear
round, nnd for my own part, I do not
deviate summer or winter and do not
allow social pleasure or duties to In
terfere. I am talking to those who
wish to be artists. To the meie ama
teur, such training Is unnecessniy
They mo the privileged ones who can
do ns thej please.
To keep what one has attained is the
great object, and as an object-lesson
remember vvhnt the great virtuoso nnd
musician, Huns von Hulow, said: "If
I don't practise one da I notice It:
two days, my ft lends notice It; thtee
days, the public notices it." As there
is nothing new- under the sun. It had
been said before piobnblj-, but never
was anything more npproprlntely told
for the benefit of aspirants to fame.
If the aforesaid remarks cairy
weight with those Interested, I nm cer
tain thut a change In the right direc
tion will be brought about before many
yeais have passed among the players
of the violin In Ameilca, and that
American violinists will be able to com
pete with European celebrities, ns they
have done In other arts, In science, nnd
In literature. Camilla Urso.
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ATTACKS ON QTTAY
How His Political Enemies Are Tir
ing Off Burnt Powder.
Colonel W. A Stone, at Media.
My attention has been cnllcd to i
speech recently delivered by one of mv
opponents, In which he cilticises and
complains much of Senator Quaj-. I
think It Is pei haps right, if Senator
Quay Is to be abu&ed,. that the Demo
cratic paity should do It. and It seem.-?
that that is the usual course which
thej take In all of our campaigns. They
have suffeied more at his hands than
anyone else. Several of the charges
which they make have, as I undeistand
It, been disproved in the coutts upon
several occasions, jet It Is to be ex
pected that the Democratic party will
abuse Senator Quaj. They have been
doing it for thirty j-eais in this State,
more or less, generally without much
pioflt to themselves, but they have been
quite consistent in their complaints.
He has In several political battles
given them good cau-e for enmity
against him. We naturally expect that
this fall theie will be a lepetltlon of
these charges. They can never quite get
over his management of the Harrison
campaign, and while they have forgiv
en some others who materially aided
In that contest they have not j-et
leached the point of foi giving him, am
I buppose they will continue tills " .,ie
for vears to come. I do no .ee how
tales that have been dlspioved In the
courts nnd have never jet chnnged any
votes enn serve their put pose, but I
am glad that what might be called the
defamatorj' branch of the campaign
has, fallen into the old proper chan
nels. These are old tales, often told
but never believed, but they are about
all that lemaln to the Demociatlc paity
In Pennsylvania.
SIX TIMES MARRIED.
And Now on Good Terms w.th All
ner ex-Husbands.
W i: Curtis, in Chicago Record
Down at Newport this summer one
of the objects of Interest has been a
woman who has been married six times.
At her last wedding four of her fonner
husbands were present and acted as
usheis. The fifth would have been
there with the rest but for un accident
which detulned him. This estlmnble
lady Is Mis. Augustus Thlstlewood. of
Providence, II. I. Her mulden name wns
Eleanor II. Riblet and hei first hus
band was from Cleveland, O. He sent
his regrets, with u handsome present
and an invitntlon to the biide nnd
gioom to spend their honeymoon at his
residence In the latter city, which was
a eepted.
No was Aithur K. Singleton, of
Mansfield, O., No 3, Hiram L Crump,
of Rochester, N. Y.; No. -i, Albert Ed
waid Derbj", of Llveipool, Hug.; and
No. G, Walter E. D, LInter, of New
castle, Pa.
The nveiage teim of servitude for
these husbunds was ten months, and all
the divorces were granted upon the ap
plication of the lady without opposition.
In each case the respondent cherftilly
paid the costs of litigation nnd gave the
divorcee a generous ullmonj-. The
haimonlous and rapid dissolution of
mattlmnnlnl ties has been due to the
tact and diplomacy of the lady, who
convinced her several spouses that they
vveie mlsmated and would be happier
apatt They yielded gracefully to her
arguments and prefeired scpaiatlou to
a low.
It has been customary for Mrs. Thls
tlewood to invite her ex-husbands to
take Thanksgiving dinner with her
each j ear, nnd on two or three occa
sions they have all managed to be pies
ent und enjoy a teunlon without the
slightest Jenlousy or dissension.
Very Easy,
Hicks "Which do you think Is HKel.v to
get married Hrjt, u homoly girl or a'tmurt
gin?"
Wicks "Tha one that is unkcd first."
I Somervlllo tMas9j Journal.
JONAS LONG'S SONS.
Two Events of
GRAND EXPOSITION OF
DRESS GOODS AN! SILKS
FOR MJUMiHND WINTER
WE HAVE GATHERED together for this season's sell
ing, the finest collection of Dress Goods and Silks
ever quartered under a single roof. That is a broad assertion,
but the goods are here to prove it. Never have we been able
to show so many exclusi e styles and patterns as now and the
woman who would be exclusive in dress will come here to buy.
The stock is now at its best, and an inspection of its varied
beauties will be sure to interest you. We aim to give you every
attention, whether to look or buy. And if our years of experi
ence can be of service to you in making selections, we shall be
pleased. Prices will be found lower than ever you may be
sure we will not be undersold. Come today any day from now
on. Department, Wyoming and Lackawanna Avenue corner.
JONAS
JAPAN'S CORDIAL WELCOME.
Friendly Sentiments About Amer
ica's Presence in the Philippines
Expressed by nn Influential Jap
anese Organ of Opinion.
Prom the Toklo 1'ar East
It Is with tho express object of rescu
ing the neighboring Island of Cuba
from misrule and anaichv that the
United States has gone to war with
Spain, and we do not venture to ques
tion tho slncerltj- of the Americans ns
to the motive they have declared. But,
once entered upon, wnr cannot be local
ized; It Is progressive not onlj' In op
eration, but also In consequences. The
fighting power of Spain has proved
even more feeble than was generally
supposed, and the wnr seems to be al
leady drawing near a close. Of course,
Cuba will be freed from Spanish rule,
and, at all events, vlitually put under
American protection, If not incorpenat
ed Into the Union. This will be a di
rect result of the war what the Amer
icans have avowedly aimed at accom
plishing from the outset. One need not
be surprised, however, if more Import
ant and far-reaching consequences
shall follow in other directions.
Merely as regards the operation of
the war, the first nnd perhaps the most
Important of the engagements haa
taken place rather unexpectedly In a
quarter furthest from both of the con
tending countries as well as from the
object which constituted the cause of
the contest. Neutrality piociamatlons
deprived the American squadron in far
eastern waters of safe and reliable an
chorage. Admiral Dewoj' was thus ob
liged to get hold of a fort If for no other
purpose than to secuic a shelter for his
fleet. The American occupation of
Cavite was a measure, we believe, pri
marily dictated by the necessities of
naval sttategy and required for defen
sive ns much as for offensive pi'-oo-ses.
The United States government
maj not have contemplated the acqui
sition of the Philippines up to the mom
ent of opening hostilities with Spain.
Yet, the Stars and Strlpen once flying
In the baj- of Manila, a npvv Issue Is
likely to ailse In Inteinatt nal politics
OTHER FACTORS.
According to the usage of modern
warfare. It Is true, military or naval
occupation as a phase of the operation
of war does not necessarily mean the
permanent acquisition of tenltorj In
the present ease, however, theie aio
factors tending n) give Use to serious
complications, owing to the peculiar
position of the Philippine Islands
Usually theie aie onlj two alternatives
In the iliirfl disposition of a territorj'
which has been occupied in the time
of war either to letuin It to tile legit
imate possessor or to retain it by ob
taining u definite cession. But, If the
Americans were to evacuate the Philip
pines, there Is no secuilty that the Is
lands would be smoothlv turned over
to Spain. In the (list place, theie aie
rebels who would Jake everj- oppoituu
Ity to thiow ulT the Spanish yoke.
Thos recalcitrant natives have been
the enuse of constant Trouble to the
Spar.latds and made the Spanish rule
In the Philippines 'inythlng but un
easj task Now thnt (he prestige of
Spain has plteously d.uilnrd because
of her ignominious defeat at American
hands, the lebels are already on the
win path nnd seem to be ranging over a
consldeiable poillon of the uichipelago
Even lett to themselves the. Philippine
Islands would hnve been n second
Cuba at no distant date. Hence, In le
thiiiff from the occupied leiritoiv, the
United States would be dellvriing It,
not to Spanish rule, but to unurohy anil
commotion. Net, there ate other pow -cis
looking tow aid Inheritance of thn
Spanish possc&slon. One of them, at
any rale, has ulready bestlired itself
in older not to let slip any oppoitunity
that may be furnished by the present
w.u
In evacuating the Philippines, there,
fore, tue United Slates rnuy be prepar
ing the way for a European power or
powers to acquire another foothold In
the far KnM. In the fue ot thene "Oii
shUratlons, the Ainerlcuns may well
hesitate lo relinquish the t-nltory
whl-h has fallen Into their hands by
the i hnn e of war. Resides, seeing
that the T. idled Stnten' commerce wltlj
far Eastern countries Is fnst growing
in Importune e, it Is reasonable that she
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should claim to have a voice in the dis
position of fai Kastern affairs, and In
order to make her voice heard It Is ob
viously' desl'able that she should be In
possession of a naval base of her ow n.
The precarlousness of a lleet with no
base to lely upon In times of emeirieney
has been proved by the experience of
Admiral Devvej', whose fleet would
have been utleily helpless had the
Spaniards been strong enough to stand
tho first attack. It Is very natuial,
then, that the Amei leans shoald desire
to take advantage of the fortune ot the
present war and to take petmanent
possession of the tenltorj- now occu
pied bj' their fleet and armj
OlUt TtHSPONSimLlTY.
In estrbllshin!? heiself In the Philip
pines the United States will ceitnlnly
incur a verj" heavj lesponslbllltj-: but
it Is not In the nature of the Ameilcan
people, of Juvenile light h"aitedness
and taiiRUine tempeiament, to shrink
from anj undertaking whatever. The
acquisition of a teirltorj far removed
from Ameilcan shoies is no doubt a de
viation from tho trtdltlonat policy of
the Union. lut Amerini i-oems to be
destined sooner oi Inter to step for
ward us nn active factoi in Interna
tional polities Of ionise 11 would be
eceedlngly ndvantageous and profita
ble to cultivate coinn er iul illations
with other nations without at the sunie
time entering Into polltli al entangle
inenrs, onlj' it Is too advantageous and
piofltabl to be practicable Ir. this ige
of commercial llvalry, backed by ui
mles und navies, ns well as by political
Intrigues. Again, owlns to the gieat
l evolution wrought bj steam and elee
tilcilj" In the ireans of communication
and transportation. It Is no longer pos
sible to adhere to the policy ot conflr
liirf the rphete of political intlvltv lo
the American continent Aineilca
cannot be now ie2aided us septuatd
ftoin the rest of the woild. If she de
siies to secui nuukfctB foi her com
modities, sh'- c innftt avoid hiving io
litlcul lelallons with foielgn mtlons
and hei sphere ot political rctlvltj
must ot necess tj be coextensive with
th it of her commerce
The .Monroe doctime was, in ore
sense, a deviation from the pollcj of no
political lelutlous, foi It alms at e
eielslng the political Inline nee of ihe
United states In pi eventing the eii-eioachnie-nt
of Huiopean powers upon
the western hemisphere, indeed, the
United Stales has lonu been a potent
factor In America. The eueigetle and
enter prising splilt ot the growlntt na
tion cannot be confined foi ever within
the limits ot Its own continent, nnd
now a furthei deviation fiom the origi
nal policy lh ubout to take place. The
new deparluiu Is In the same direction
ns the Alonioe doetiine, and only goe
far bejond It. The self-lmpoH-d i.
Strletlons of the Montoe duett lne .i
to be bioken olf, but the claim
political Influence is not to be
cloned The plesent wur Is veiy v
cant, because It wus begun oi
etreiiKth of the Monioe doetiine i
most likely to end in the contlim
of a. new national policy. The nnn
Hon of Hawaii has alreadv been
fen-ted us a side Issue of the wai Thn
th Americans will letulu at leiut a
pirt of the Philippines Is a probability
f the highest degree. Ifcm ofcuward
United States will be an Impmtnnt
. tor in international politics, not only
with regaid to the American conti
nent, but with regard to tho world In
general nnd the far eust In puitlcu
lar. Who knows but that tho twentieth
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century may find the United States one
of the dominant naval powers of the
Pacific?
oi'ii aijVhnt wni.roMi:.
On the whole, the advent of the Uni
ted Stntes ns a fai eastern power Is
to be welcomed tiiim a Japanese point
nf view, because our i elation with her
has been and Ih one f particular cor
dlalltj, and hei Intel ests In this pait
of the glube He 'in to be In genei.il
hurmonj with outs, if plutoulc friend
ship Is possible to nations It must cc
tnlnlj eM between Aineilea and .la
pan. Wo have tegatded, and still le
gate!, Ihe Ameilcan nation In the light
of lender and beiiefat ti r, and we be
lieve It Is not ton much to say that
Ameilcan pi ople have teason to bo
piciiul of the progress achieved by our
eountrjiii'ii Uioui a sentimental
point of View, then foil, we liuij" look
wllh satisfaction upon the United
States becoming a nea neighbor to us.
As to the eiietion of pollev. our ob
ject Is to sec me the peace of the far
eust on the basis of the development
of geneinl coniineiee, and to chei lc
the pollcj of mllltarj uggiession nnd
commeiclal ec luslveliess. On this
point un essentinllj peueeful und cum
menial people like the Aluel leans mav
be i;ected with lensoti to have com
mon lntete:s with us. if the Amer
icans 'contilbute to the attainment of
the above Oblii is, theii paitlcipatlotr
in fai eastern aflalis Is to be much
deslied and we look to the conclu
sion of a leilpioeal tariff between the
United Slates und Japan as the Hist
step foi piomotlng the giowth of clos
et comineicial lelallons.
Great Uiltalii nlt-o seems to favor the
iippentanee of Amcileii as u woild
power, especlalls as a fur Taster n pow
er To iiote fiom the Loudon Times:
"W'e uhe lliltlsh) could not view with
ludiffiieiice the acquisition of the Phil
ippines by either Trance, Hussla, or
(let many, though we have enough on
our own hands not to cine to add to
otli lesponslblllties In that qu, liter.
We contemplate their posses
sion, however, by the United States
vlth equanimity and, indeed, with sat
sfuc tlon " Tills Is the kejnote of Hi It
'll opinion, and the unison is because
it iscleail) perceived that the United
tales have. In common with this
ouutiy (5ie.it liiltnln), a substantial
lutei est in keeping open the markets
of China."
This community of Inteicst exists not
only between Oreat liiltaln and Amer
ica but ulso between Japan and the
two AngIo-Saon nations. The HIs-pano-Amerleiiu
wnr will prove u bless
ing lo a gieat mass of humanity If,
In Its consequence, the co-opetutlon of
the. tluee countiles shall bo secured In
thu fur XJust. .
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