PAGE TWO THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1913. NO PROSPECT OF EUROPEAN WAR Count Viite Says Peace. Is ! Assured For Years. RUSSIA AVOIDS CONFLICT. Former Premier Reviews Conditions of That Country and Declares Thoy Are In Transition, Pointing to Advance. Says Other Powers Also Aim at In ternational Quiet and Friendliness. A review of conditions In Russia and the prospects for .1 European war was recently written by Count Serglus Witte. former premier of Russia. lie says tlint his country Is on the way to conservative constitutionalism, brought about by the better understanding of the manifesto of 1005. As for the international sltuatlou, Count Witte saya Itussla for one does not desire war. She needs peace too badly. He says this situation exists in every other European nation where economic welfare Is at stake. The next fwur, he says, will be for colonial con quests. Ills review, translated from the Rus slan by Herman Bernstein, follows: "Russia Is at present in a state oi transition. We have neither real con stitutionalism nor real absolutism. In our political life tbero arc many fea tures which may be called abnormal. These hayc been called forth by the fact that at the moment Russia was made happy by the throne In the gra cious manifesto of Oct. 17, 1005, pro claiming a new constitutional regime, neither the liberal nor the conservative parties were able to ponetrate properly the new order of things. "The liberal parties did not under stand the psychological moment; they did not occupy themselves with prac tical politics In a constitutional spirit, but immediately endearored to secure a parliamentary form of government (which the manifesto of Oct 17 did not have in view and which did not re spond to the actual needs of Russia at that time. "The mistake of the liberals, the blunder of the liberal parties, consist ed In the fact that by their actions they drifted far away from the correct conception of the logic of history. They failed to realize that history knows no leaps and bounds. Like na ture, history does not allow such leaps and bounds to go unpunished. "As for the International situation, I am fully convinced that Russia does not want any war. On the contrary, Russia Is very sincerely striving to ward a policy of peace In International affairs. The country lived through a painful war several years ago, and even if that war had ended successful ly for Russia she would have needed the rest which every -victor needs. "Russia Is now especially in need of rest, and consequently she is in need of peace during this period of transi tion when she is elaborating and strengthening her now form of gov ernment Peace Assured For Years. "In my opinion, the general position of Europe is such that peace is assur ed for many years to come. At the present time a European war would have assumed proportions compared with which all wars in the past would seem but child's play. "Not n single European power could desire war in principle when it takes Into consideration the terrible conse quences to which such a war would lead. Every war is a risk, even to the power that is sure of victory. There Is no country whose economic welfare would not bo affected oven by a successful war. This explains the pacltic Inclination of the European powers. "There is no reason to fear a great European war In the near future. Such danger threatens us only in the far east and particularly in those countries which are outside the pale of European and American civiliza tion. Evidently the great powers aro bent on dividing among themselves all the lands outside of Europe which have not yet been occupied. "The French have taken Tunis and Morocco, England has taken Egypt, Italy has taken Tripoli, Germany has taken Kongo, etc. Austria has annex ed Bosnlii and Herzegovina. The great problems of today will bo solved by the division of tho lands outside of Europe, and therefore the only circum stance which may call forth a war between some of the great powers la a conflict of interests in tho far east "The next war will bo ' a war for colonial conquests. All other ques tions having a direct relation to Eu rope will bo only motives for a uni versal war; but, on tho other hand, tho general opposition to war and tho consciousness of tho responsibilities for tho consequences of such a war to all participants aro the only guaran tees of peace. Herein lies tho inner logic of history. "The representative of peaceful in dustry is replacing war. Tho enor mous preparations for war and tho terrible power of the European armies and navies guarantee the calm and confidence which wo need so badly. The fear Inspired by these powers is tho best security of the peaceful cqu HbriuDj of Europe. "He who is able to understand all this sees clearly the Inner logic of history." WANT WHITE HOUSE RENAMED One Set of Historians Claim Name Is a British Slur. A heated discussion Is raging before the Columbia Historical Society of Washington over the common use of the title "White House" for tho resi dence of the president of the United States. One set of dclvors into history declare thnt tho title Is ono of con tempt beitowed on tho historic man sion by the victorious British shortly after tboy partially burned It In the war of 18lir. Others maintain that the name was given the building In honor of Mrs. Martha Washington, whose girlhood home on the York river in Virginia bore It Already the society Is divided Into two camps and nn embryonic movement to petition for tho changing of the name of the building Is bitterly opposed by the "pro-white housors," as they have been designated. Arabian mm TREASURE USE The Khezna at Constantinople Holds Priceless Jeweis. GOLD DIVANS SET WITH GEMS Dr. Young, Permitted to Visit the Re pository, Says There Were Precious Stones Enough In Sight to Buy the World's Largest Navy New Testa ment Manuscripts In St. Sophia. The Rot. Dr. Edward S. Young of Brooklyn, who visited the sultan's treasure house, gives a description of some of the contents that rivals an "Arabian Nights' " dream of wealth and tells what tho fall of Constantino ple might mean to tho world at large. "Constantinople's fall would mean," said he, "tho opening up of unparal leled treasures of precious articles, archaeological stores and memorinls of Christianity. By an irade of the sul tan we were admitted to the Khazna and saw jewelry enough to buy, I sup pose, tho world's largest navy. "There were enormous pearls and rubles and other gems believod to bo the biggest known to man. A dlvnn there taken by Sellm I. from .the shah of Persia is of beaten gold and set with thousands upon thousands of pearls, emeralds and rubles, while in the gallery of the same room is a divan incomparably more exquisite and priceless. Muhrad's Jeweled Scabbard. "When Christian nations were ask ing for reimbursements of property lost to our missionary stations at tho time of massacres of Armenians Abdul Hamid could have taken tho scabbard of the scimitar of Muhrad IV. and paid tho whole bill with the diamonds on it, and the relic would not have been missed from the piles of like riches in the Khazna. "Who can guess tho value to stu dents of the monuments and tombs and other antiquities in the museum at Seraglio Point? Scholars have not yet been given free access to those, which appear to me the choicest finds of all tho expeditions. "There is nothing on earth fit to bo mentioned alongside of the collection of sarcophagi you thero gaze upon, tho most gorgeous being spoken of as that of Alexander the Great "You read on tho lid that rested abovo Emperor Tabnlth of Sidon this Inscription: 'If thou openest my coffin and dlsturbest mo, mayest thou have no posterity among the living and no resting placo among the dead!' Then you look Inside the glass case behind and behold Tnbnlth's embalmed body. Christian Antiquity In St. Sophia. "And what shall I say of the sacred remains of Christian antiquity to be found in the Church of St Sophia, which was dedicated 1375 years ago tho 2Gth of this December? Out of it passed tho Christian congregation, tho emperor and the dignitaries on May 28, 1453, tho conqueror Mohammed II. then taking possession and holding the congregation captives. "Will tho students not find in Its walls or cloisters or foundations one of tho fifty mnnuscrlpts of tho New Tes- . tament and Septuagint mado by skill ful calllgraphlsts at the order of Con stantiuo the Great? This Church of St. Sophia was tho cathedral church of eastern Christendom yes, of tho whole of tho then Christendom and whatever was cherished most of Christian me morials was brought to its mighty in closure. "Tho fall of Constantinople would mean n now chance for the Bible to 1 defeat the Koran. Tho Christians of 1 the Holy Oriental Orthodox Apostolic I Catholic Greek church (to translate Its I official tltlo) comprise tho majority of I the soldiers in tho ranks of tho allies. Tho war is between Christians and Moslems, snd tho capitulation of tho capital of Mohammedanism, seat of tho sheik ul Islam, would lower tho pres tige of tho false prophet throughout tho regions where, taking the three continents, ho has some 200,000 fol lowers." Ford's Theater to Be Razed. The old Kord theater building. In which President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in 1805. will be razod in the near future. Tho theater was taken over by the government aft er the shooting of President Lincoln and Is now used for offices. STOCK EXCHANGE TO BE REGULATED Profits of Promoters to Bo Made Public Is Plan. MORGAN THINKS IDEA GOOD. Pujo Probers of Alleged Money Trust Show How Speculation and Manipu lation Could Be Killed Interstate Commerce Laws to B Used on Wall Street Affairs. I I The questions asked by the Pujo committee's counsel clearly indicated tho program of reform which the com mittee had in mind in Its probe of tho alleged money trust, in some cases positively enough to make it practical ly certain that they will be included in the committee's recommendations. There wus one reform of which thero seemed to be no doubt of the commit tee's Indorsement, and that was com pulsory publicity in regard to promo ter's profits on stock issues listed on the New York Stock Exchange. J. Plerpont Morgan acknowledged on the witness stand thnt such a regula tion would be beneficial, but he doubt ed the practicability of attempting to enforce it. He thought that such an attempt would result in the orcnnlza tlon of another exchange. The committee seemed certain nlso to make some recommendation looking to the curtailment or abolition of ma nipulations of the stock market Several suggestions have been made by the committee in the course of the hearing. One was that members of the New York Stock Exchange be pro hibited from executing orders for im portant operators who are known to have manipulated the market An other was that the exchange compel the actual delivery of the stock at the New York exchange clearing house. From what has already developed, however, the indications are that the committee itself will not nttempt to lay down any rules as to how manlpu-1 lation shall bo wiped out but instead ' will impose the duty on the responsi-1 bio authorities of the stock exchanges. . Will Use Interstate Commeroe Law. I It is known now that the committee i expects to make reforms of this char-; acter possible through dealing with the ' Now; York Stock Exchange as an instl- j tutlon engaged in Interstate commerce. 1 To compel the incorporation of tho exchange and to forbid tho transmis sion of quotations over the telegraph wires unloss tle exchange adopts cer- 1 tain reforms Is apparently tbe scheme on which the committee Is at present , proceeding. Counsel for the committee In the conrse of the hearings thus far has In dicated nlso that tho Investigators are seeking somo method of preventing the flow of money to Wall street during periods of stringency In the money market The suggestion has been mado on several occasions that the limitation of tho interest to be charged for call loans might reach this condition, but obviously this would bo a matter for otnte legislation. Mr. Morgan was of the opinion that nothing could prevent the attraction of money to Wall street for speculative purposes so long m Wall street was willing to pay high rates. Ho contend ed that If tho sources in this country wore closed against Wall street by usury law tho money for speculation would be qbtalnod from Europe. As to tho practice of clearing houses the Inrostigatlng committee nlso seems to have some pretty definite views. It Is practically certain they will recommend that the state and national banking authorities have the power to review the Judgment of the clearing houso In cases where a member de clines to clear for a nonmember bank. There Is strong likelihood also that tho commltte will recommend tho dis continuance of the charging of com missions on tho collection on out of town checks and also that any bnnk that Is absolutely solvent and whose condition is approved by tho state or national banking authorities shall be admitted, to full membership in tho clearing house. It was learned early that the com mittee planned to call somo of the younger members of tho firm of J. P. Morgan & Co. and to question them in dotall In regard to certain transactions. The committee In examining Mr. Mor tmn sought chiefly to obtain his gen eral views, and it planned later to tako up with Mr. Morgan's partners transac tions on which it Is seeking light Morgan Disarms Suspicion. The general impression in Washing ton, however, is that Mr. Morgan's frank and forceful testimony has been a How to the money trust end of tho inquiry and that the committer from now on will make Httte progress in try ing to establish the existence of a mo nopoly of this character. It is expected Beveral witnesses will be called who charge that they have been discriminated against in their ef forts to obtain capital for new enter prises. It Is reported that the Ten nessee Coal and Iron transaction, Ar thur B. Btllwell's complaint in regard to the Kansas City Southern road, Ber nard F. Baker's futile efforts to finance a steamship line In opposition to tho Southern Pacific steamship's interests and other cases will be taken up. The eommltteo will not, however, allow it Ntf to bo made the dumping ground of b tot of eompkinti nad gtiir tm. ForSale Large Dairy and Hay Farm GOOD SUMMER. RESORT. . The Buy-U-A-Homo Realty Com pany has just listed ono of the finest and best-known farms In Wayne county. It is located in tho heart of the summer boarding business, in Wayne's highlands. The property consists of 325 acres and is well watered both by creeks and springs. A most beautiful natural lake, con sisting of 15 acres, Is one of tho at tractive sheets of water in Preston township. Ideal for tho location of summer cottages. The farm le 2 miles from tho Lakewood station on the Ontario & Western railroad, three miles from Poyntelle on tho same road and two miles from Como. Of the 325 acres 275 are under good state of cultivation, consisting of meadows, plow ground and well-watered pasture fields. The balance are In maple, beech and birch timber. This farm Is especially adapted to raising hay and for dairying. There are four dwellings and cot tages upon tho premises. Dwelling No. 1 will accommodate from 40 to 50 guests. Near this house Is a never-falling spring for domestic use. The second cottage contains nine rooms. Good water. Small barn near house. Home No. 3 Is a very good- seven-room cottage furnished with water by one of the best springs in Wayne county. Cottage No. 4 Is near beautiful natural spring lake, which consists of about 15 acres. Tho above mentioned places are located in an ideal sum mer boarding district visited every year by boarders from Philadelphia, New York, Scranton and other cltlo3. Other cottages could be built on tho border of this lake. Situated upon tho premises Is a laundry, coal and wood house com bined, size 20x60 feet. The second floor is equipped for holding enter tainments, etc. The barns are as 'follows: Horse barn 2Cx56 feet, with running water; hay barn 26x36, with two cow sheds attached 20x50 'feet. Ono building with scales and wagon house with underground stable for cows. One good 'blacksmith and carriage shop, with second story for storage. Chicken houses, capacity for 200. Barn No. 4 situated near House No. 3, size 30x40 feet, two sheds for cat tle, with good spring water. Two other hay barns, size 26x36 feet, and 18x20 feet. There are three apple orchards on tho farm and a small fruit orchard. The property will be sold for a reasonable consideration and upon easy terms. Consult Buy-U-A-Homo Realty Co., Box 52. Jadwin Building, Iloncsdalc, Pa. Wayno Common Picas: Trial List Jan. Term. 1913. First Week 1. Knapp vs. Stlnnard. 2. Skinner vs. Dolsen. 3. Kordman vs. Denlo et al. 4. Conley vs. McKenna. 5. Wilcox vs. Mumford. 6. Hlttlnger vs. Erie R. R. 7. Sllvka vs. Kelsey. 8 Honesdale Milling Co. vs. Kuh bach. 9. Vetter vs. Columbian Protective Ass'n. 10. Box vs. Columbian Protective Ass'n. 11. Bregsteln Bros. vs. Rid way. 12. Jordan vs. Lake Lodore Imp. Co. 13. Dexter vs. Blake. Second Week 1. Selllck vs. DeBreun. 2. Krelger et al. vs. Salem Twp. 3. Krelger vs. Salem Twp. 4. Wayne Concrete S. & C. Co. vs. Cortrlght. 5. Cortrlght vs. Kreltner et al. 6. Kreltner vs. Cortrlght. 7. Tuthlll vs. Erie R. R. 8. Thomas vs. Norton Exrs. D. Gerety vs. Columbian Protective Ass n. 10. Congdon vs. Columbian Protec tive Ass'n. 11 Grey et al. vs. Hudson et al. 12 Wilcox vs. Hanes. 13. Laweon vs. Weltzer. W. J. BARNES, Clerk. Ijji J it J li ij 11 ji ifr 11 1 ffy J ifr ti 1 ji jti fy, J t. MINUTE "MOVIES" OF THE NEWS I RIGHT OFF THE REEL I New York Swiss club held a banquet and nobody yodeled. More baby carriages have been Bold this year than over before. Twenty-seven hunters and 15,000 deer were killed in New England this season. Woman ono hundred years old In British Columbia won several prizes for fancy work. Emperor William of Germany haB had a moving picture theater Installed In his palace at Pottsdam. A fifteen-year-old boy has been itent to the Missouri Btato reformatory for six years for killing a cat Tho last word In cold storago ntroci ties comes from Tarrytown, where a hen lays her eggs in an icehouse. It Is not exactly a high cost of living note, but rattlesnake poison has In creased In price from $2 to $5 an ounce. Tbe Itev. George W. Grlnton of Ford ham bolleveu that wivos are entitled to two nights off a week as much as la tbe cook. Isaac B. HetUr of New York spent three days at Hot Springs, Va., tree ing a toothbrush ho had left In a Pun man car. Not many records come from Ashta bula, O., but a young bride who has just applied for a divorce there has made ono. She was married at 3:30 p. m., arrived home at 4:80 p. m., and separated from her husband at BAO a nu all on the m 3y. MARTIN CAUFIELD Designer and Man ufacturer of ARTISTIC MEMORIALS Office and Works 1036 MAIN ST. HONESDALE, PA. $6,000 Farm for $4,500 If sold within a week One of the beet farms In Wayno county, assessed at ?G,000, will be sold for ?4i600. Farm contains 118 acres of land, 50 of which are cleared and balance In pasture land, except ing 20 acres of good young growth of hickory. Ideal place for dairy farm. Milk etatlon two miles from place. Good farm nouse, two barns. On R. D. Route. Telephone con nections. Locatea in Berlin town ship on main road 3 miles from Honesdale. Remember this farm is assessed at $6,000. If sold immediately wo will close the deal at 4,600. Buy-U-A-Home Realty Co. Box 83 Jadwin Building Honesdale, Pa. CHICHESTER S PILLS THE DIAMOND BUKn. lAdlea! Aftk roar DrBcHit for j-iiu im jtta ana Mell!lc bo, SMled with Blua Rlbboi. Tke do tkr. Bar r ynr DIAMOND KUAN 11 FII.I.SL i oS jnen known i Best. Sfst. Almjri Rellabl SOLD BV DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE Start The New Year Right Provide the protection you should against loss by FIRE and DEATH INSURE TO-DAY WITH Insurance and Bonding LIBERTY nAIilj BLDG., HONESDALE. Consolidated Phono 1-O-L. New Way " Air ENGINE! No Water to freeze. No pipes to burst. No weather too cold. No weather too hot. Less Gasoline. More Power. Have you seen our Reo delivery truck? It's a dandy. Better look it over. REO OVERLAND and FORD AUTOMOBILES. No better cars mado for anywhere near tho price. Place your order right now. Better times coming; help it along. For sale at bargain prices: Auto Car Runabout, Liberty Brush Runabout and Maxwell Runabout. Get in tho swim and own a car. E. W. Gammell HOTEL WAYNE JOHN H. WEAVER, Proprietor After nn absence ot two years from Hotel Wayne, during which time I leased the building to other parties, I how desire to nnmounco to tho public that I liaro again Resumed control of Hotel Wayno where I will be pleased to greet my former pa troirfl. Tho hotel Is being thoroughly renoratod and placed In first-class condition for tho reception of guests. Good tablo accommodations. Special attention given to transients. Stable in connection with hotel. REGISTER'S NOIIOE. Notico is hereby given that the accountants herein named have settled their respective accounts In tbe office ot tho Ileglstcr ot Wills ot Wayne County, Pa., and that the same will be presented at tho Orphans' Court of said county lor confirmation, at the Court Houso In HoneBdiile, on tbe third Monday ot January next viz: First and final account of Charles A. McCarty, executor of tho estate of Rose Sheeren, Honesdale. First and Anal account of Mary Tlerney, executrix of the estate of Bernard Tlerney, Texas. First and final account of J. G. Bronson, administrator of tho estate of Cortland Brooks, South Canaan. First and final account of Myrtle Swingle, administratrix ot the es tate of J. Lee Swingle, South Ca naan. First and final account of Frank Hauensteln, executor of tho estate of Nancy Hauensteln, Mt. Pleasant. Second and final account of Alonzo T. Searle, executor of tho estate of Maria A. Huftelm, Preston. E. C. Mumford, administrator of tho estate of Fannie E. Brown, Da mascus. Third and final account of H. T. Wright and John Page Spencer, ex ecutors of estate of John Page, Mt. Pleasant township. W. B. LESHER, Recorder. tMfMTMTfttttttt ;j SPENCER The Jeweler t -would like to see you if you are in the market! :: for t j JEWELRY, SILVER-: I WARE, WATCHES, I CLOCKS, :i DIAMONDS, I AND NOVELTIES j I "Guaranteed articles only sold." t - Cooled Gasoline 1 JOHN H, WEAVER